trading but we made two observations two members of congress seem to be very active tom price and mr collins and like tom price before remember congress and then the secretary of health and human services who left admit some sort of scandal a few issues arose with mr price and we asked congress and the securities and exchange commission to look into that and on january fifth of two thousand and seventeen they actually interviewed mr collins and it was seventeen days later that he got an e-mail from nate that they had failed a trial drug experiment leading him to spend about fourteen minutes before he decided to call his son seven separate times for the call went through and the son then unloaded the stock under after seventeen or so different trades the following day as i was reading a story about it he was actually at. in the rose garden at the white house and got this call and then he is usually say fourteen. minutes before he actually decided to allegedly break the law yeah i think it's sixteen minutes at six fifty five he gets an e-mail and then you can see him on the telephone it's actu

trading but we made two observations two members of congress seem to be very active tom price and mr collins and like tom price before remember congress and then the secretary of health and human services who left amid some sort of scandal a few issues arose with mr price and we asked congress and the securities and exchange commission to look into that and january june fifth of two thousand and seventeen they actually interviewed mr collins and it was seventeen days later that he got an e-mail from innate that they had failed a trial drug experiment leading him to spend about fourteen minutes before he decided to call his son seven separate times for the call went through and the son then unloaded the stock under after seventeen or so different trades the following day i was reading a story about it he was actually at a. in the rose garden at the white house and got this call and then he is usually take fourteen minutes before he actually decided to. to allegedly break the law yeah i think it's sixteen minutes at six fifty five he gets an e-mail and then you can see him on the telephone it'

mr. collins: thank you all for coming today. before i get started, most of you here know my wife of over 30 years, mary. thanks for being here. national press may not know her as well as our local press does. over the years, i have often talked about the american dream. i am extremely fortunate in that i have lived it. it started for me when i borrowed and started scraping together every dollar i could buy the westinghouse gear division in buffalo. i moved it to niagara falls under a new name. i am proud that we put hundreds of people to work, who are still working there today. after selling that company in 1997, i ran for congress in 1998, up in the niagara falls area, knowing that my business experience would benefit the citizens of new york, and offer a new perspective in congress. after being humbled in that race, i spent the next 10 years as an entrepreneur, investing in and helping to stabilize dozens of bankrupt and financially distressed companies, saving and creating hundreds of jobs here in western new york. in 2007, i

mr. collins clings to him like a life preserver, because nobody believes that mr. llins represents western new york. he was arrested in his penthouse in new york city for selling talk to his friends in capitol hill. this is insane. this is someone who needs to be removed immediately or resign. he doubled down yesterday. it's a tragic thing for our region. >> very interesting to go right to the heart of the district that has been on everyone's mind since that big news broke scandalizing the political world yesterday. nate mcmurray, thanks for coming on "the beat," and jess mcintosh, thank you as always. >>> coming up, retired four-star general warning donald trump's behavior is alarming and illogical, but first what bob mueller is learning about these connections between russia, the trump campaign and the nra. we have exclusive reporting, next. so to breathe better, i go with anoro. ♪ go your own way copd tries to say, "go this way." i say, "i'll go my own way, with anoro." ♪ go your own way once-daily anoro contains two medicines called bronchodilators that work tog

mr. collins offer the ballot. i think the maneuvers will raise a lot of eyebrow, this he will have to reach deep into the bag of tricks to get there to work. it looks like they will have to have him run for another position and that is a curse on the town or jurisdiction that will have to take on such a candidate. this is all wrong. the thing is i want to emphasize, people knew this was wrong before. this has all been in the public record. i felt like paul revere but no would be was list one was listening. we've known that he was engaged in this type of activity. there has been ethics investigations b s bipartisan findings. i can't believe he was endorsed. and again, he was endorsed by a crooked system, a system of party bosses and people trying to get a little bit of piece of the dirty scheme. and they put forward this man. and i think that type of system needs to end and it also needs to be held accountable. >> let me ask you about democrats now. you are one of 51 democrats either in or trying to get into the ho

cohen mr collins actions reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over a significant period of time. but michael cohen's lawyer lanny davis said his client had testified that quote donald trump to wrecked it him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the principle purpose of influencing an election if those payments were a crime for michael cohen then why wouldn't they be a crime for donald trump michael cohen now faces up to five years in prison he's a man who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump now people are wondering how much of a mark his case will leave on the president of the united states presidents only al jazeera new york. and as cohen was in court in new york a jury in virginia found the president's former campaign chairman guilty of tax fraud bank fraud and breaching electoral finance laws pull manifolds now facing a lengthy prison term as i got to report. was he was once one of the most influential men in washington now poor man afford his facing life behind bars after a

mr. collins? it's shameful.reach deep into this bag of tricks to come up with some strange solution. it's not going to fix anything. it's going to make, it's going to just be more of the same dirty political machine we've seen over and over that's taken advantage of people here in western new york. >> all right. nate mcmurray, we have to let you go because of this press conference but we appreciate you joining us. alaska airlines discussing yesterday's plane crash outside of seattle. let's listen in right here. >> ceo and president gary beck will make a statement. we've already gone over the spelling of your last names. following the statements, we'll hear from representatives from the fbi and the port of seattle and afterwards, we'll open it up for about 15 to 20 minutes of q and a for those of you in the room and those of you on the call. please raise your hand if you have a question and i will call on you. be sure to speak loudly so people listening in on the call can hear. i suspect there will be a lot of qu

mr. collins and do it today. well, let me do it for them. mr. collins, suspension is one thing. time for you to resign. do it today. mcmurray making the case that collins and republicans are corrupt, jon, and that they betroyed the 27th -- betrayed the 27th district. jon: do we have a replacement candidate yet? >> not yet. the republican party say they have to choose. some names have popped up is the erie county comptroller and also the ceo and founder and ran against governor andrew cuomo in that race. he lost handedly. now the 27th district in new york includes buffalo's suburbs. it is regarded as probably the most republican district in the state. trump won by more than 25 points, jon, in 2016. jon: we will keep an eye on whatever race turns out to come of that. bryan llenas, thank you. >>> well, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee grassley says confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh are set for september 4th. democrats are accusing republicans of rushing the vetting process relying on files from george w. bush's lawyer instead of the national archives. republic

mr. collins.ow do not automatically forfeit their offices upon conviction of a felony. but we'll have to see what voters and what they have to say and how they react in november. >> shepard: should be a thing. laura ingle, thank you. accusing the united states trying to demonize moscow. announcing the penalize for using a chemical weapon to try to kill a former double agent and his daughter. the spokeswoman for russia's foreign ministry called the penalties unacceptable. >> all these allegations are baseless and cynical. russia has warned multiple times that using force and using ultimatums when talking with us is futile. russia is going to develop a response to this very hostile step on the part of washington. >> shepard: earlier this year british officials said that russia porscheed a pair with a military grade nerve agent. russia has denied playing any part. a spokesman for vladimir putin say the new penalties go against the constructive talks that putin had with president trump last month. ric

mr. collins had run on draining the swamp.o knew that he meant that he was talking about himself. >> collins' net worth is $66 million, $15 million in innate immunotherapeutics. that's what he's accused of inappropriate trading today. when you consider that and you consider the way that donald trump talked about draining the swamp, erica, in your experience and covering congress, how do you see this affecting things going forward? is this going to be something that will be a daily matter, or will we stop hearing about it pretty quickly? >> well, i think that it depends. it may be hard for collins to survive in congress through november, although there are examples like with michael graham, the former congressman from staten island, he was re-elected while under indictment. but i think we're going to see on collins perhaps to step aside. he's clearly very damaged goods heading into midterms that obviously are already tough for republicans and democrats are going to try to capitalize on this. there's not a way for republicans to

allegation of any wrongdoing against the president and the government's charges against mr cohen mr collins actions reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over a significant period of time. but michael cohen's lawyer lanny davis said his client had testified that quote donald trump to wreck to him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the principle purpose of influencing an election if those payments were a crime for michael cohen then why wouldn't they be a crime for donald trump michael cohen now faces up to five years in prison he's a man who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump now people are wondering how much of a mark his case will leave on the president of the united states presidents only al jazeera new york well in a separate trial a jury found trump's former campaign chairman guilty of eight challenges pullman affords now facing sentencing for breaching campaign finance laws tax fraud and failing to disclose foreign bank accounts trump insists this has nothing to do with . the. way. you know russia has dismissed claims from microsoft that it's been targ

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we'll consider how indigenous communities have advanced science often to the benefit of all to mr collins via twitter and. maybe sleep forth. and now you're getting this comment on you are in the stream. to most of us the works science comes up images of the boat trees experiments and textbooks but indigenous peoples around the wells have their own very different systems of knowledge that have advanced human understanding indigenous knowledge also known as traditional knowledge is founded in men tamed by indigenous communities the experiences of tribal members within the natural world are passed down the generations by word of mouth indigenous knowledge is key to understanding in array of different science fields this clip from the center for international governance innovation has some examples of traditional knowledge means different things to different people it may relate to genetic resources plants animals that are native to the area where that particular community resides indigenous peoples and insight into sustainable development and conservation and protection biodiversity and tha

cohen mr collins actions reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over a significant period of time. but michael cohen's lawyer lanny davis said his client had testified that quote donald trump to wrecked it him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the principle purpose of influencing an election if those payments were a crime for michael cohen then why wouldn't they be a crime for donald trump michael cohen now faces up to five years in prison he's a man who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump now people are wondering how much of a mark his case will leave on the president of the united states for sincerely al jazeera new york hours after cohen surprise plays a jury in virginia found the president's former campaign chairman guilty of a fraud charges paul manifold now faces a long prison term as andy gallacher reports. was he was once one of the most influential men in washington now poor man of forty is facing life behind bars after a trial lasting three weeks the jury found him gu

cohen mr collins actions reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over a significant period of time. but michael cohen's lawyer lanny davis said his client had testified that quote donald trump to wrecked and him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the principle purpose of influencing an election if those payments were a crime for michael cohen then why wouldn't they be a crime for donald trump michael cohen now faces up to five years in prison he's a man who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump now people are wondering how much of a mark his case will leave on the president of the united states for sincerely al jazeera new york. hours after cohen surprise plays a jury in virginia found the president's former campaign chairman guilty of a fraud charges pull manifold now faces a long prison term as andy gallacher a forbes. was he was once one of the most influential men in washington now poor man a fourth who's facing life behind bars after a trial lasting three weeks the jury found

collins: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be permitted to proceed with a closing statement for up to three minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, as we near completion of the fiscal year 2019 appropriations bill for transportation, housing and urban development, and related agencies, which has been included in the appropriations package before this chamber, i would like to thank all of my colleagues for working collaboratively with us. the managers' amendment incorporates more than -- incorporates 14 t-hud amendments, which adds to the deliberations that produced the bill that we brought to the floor. in drafting this bill, the ranking member, senator jack reed, to whom i'm very grateful for his bipartisan collaboration, reviewed more than 800 requests and input from 70 senators from both sides of the aisle. so this truly is a bipartisan product. i also want to thank the staff for their diligence and commitment throughou

mr. collins being indicted? >> are you. >> mr. president -- >> mr. ident, any response to chris collins? >> thank you. >> please exit. >> mr. president, are you going to sit down with robert mueller? >> thank you. >> let's go. >> thank you. >> thank you. pra maria that's the president's round table on prison reform. >> we heard all of the participants speak joining for reaction pastor darrell scott thank you for joining us today, sir, your reaction to what the president is trying to do here? >> well, first of all, i think the meeting today with the state leaders proves that this past meeting the president had with the inner city pastors was not simply a photo op. he has a genuine concern for prisoners, for american in prison reform i know that for fact. i was on a meeting with him last year on prison reform. no one advocated for the prisoners more vociferously than the president did. he believes in giving them a second chance and another chance. he also believes that jobs and better living conditions and better environments will help cus curb that rec

cohen mr collins actions reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over a significant period of time but michael cohen's lawyer lanny davis said his client had testified that quote donald trump to wrecked it him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the principle purpose of influencing an election if those payments were a crime for michael cohen then why wouldn't they be a crime for donald trump michael cohen now faces up to five years in prison he's a man who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump now people are wondering how much of a mark his case will leave on the president of the united states presidents only al jazeera new york. a lot now think and to gallop outside the white house andy the big go watery out of these two cases for right now would be. concerning michael cohen as a been anything new on that as americans wake up today. all right. it doesn't appear that andy can hear me at the moment apologies for that we'll move on for now in the last few minutes though we have heard

mr. collins has been indicted, so he must have been subject to insider trading laws. >> those rules do applyof congress. what is interesting about the situation with representative collins is he was the director of a company, he got information the same way or the indictment alleges he got information the same way any other corporate insider would get it and abused the trust according to the diamonds, and passed on information so others could trade on it. that could have happened to anybody, not just a member of congress. for members of congress, and this goes back to 1978, the post-watergate era, when a number of reforms were passed, members of congress were exempted from requirements to divest stocks, like an executive branch official has to selloff their holdings. a member of congress does not. the idea for congress is that it is public disclosure so constituents can know what a member is invested in, and voters go to the polls, and if they do not trust a member is acting in his own interest, the main mechanism of which it is policed. sherry: chris collins is not the only house member tha

mr. zarsky's wife sold. other friends and relatives sold. and all because congressman collinslated his duty to keep innate's information secret. and when the news of the drug's failure became public, the stock plummeted. in total, the conspirators used that inside information to avoid $765 million in losses. but congressman collins couldn't keep his crime a secret forever. the f.b.i. asked to interview him. and instead of telling the truth, he lied. so did cameron collins. and so did stephen zarsky. by lying to the f.b.i., they compounded their insider trading crime with the crime of criminal cover-up. now i'd like to go over to the two charts which summarize some of the allegations in the indictment. the first chart is a tipping chain. it demonstrates the flow of the illegal insider information. and the trading. the illegal trading on that information. that is the top of the chain is congressman collins. he had an obligation as innate board member when he received confidential corporate information to keep that information secret until the company announced it to the public.

mr. collins and do it today. well, let me do it for them. mr. one thing, but it is time for you to resign. do it today. mcmurray making the case collins and republicans are corrupt and they've betrayed the 27th district. arthel? arthel: so the question now, bryan, is there a replacement candidate on board yet? >> yeah, not yet. the new york state republican party will ultimately have to choose, but some names that have popped up, include the erie county comptroller, and also the ceo and founder, and mayor of buffalo at one point, and ran for governor against democrat cuomo in new york. the 27th district in new york includes buffalo suburbs. it is regarded as probably the most republican district in the state. trump won by more than 25 points in 2016. arthel? arthel: bryan llenas, thanks, bryan. >> of course. eric: new questions are surrounding that mysterious pause in the paul manafort trial. the judge delayed testimony for five hours without any official explanation. prosecutors had to finish calling witnesses yesterday but now that's not to be

allegation of any wrongdoing against the president and the government's charges against mr cohen mr collins actions reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over a significant period of time but michael cohen's lawyer lanny davis said his client had testified that quote donald trump to wrecked it him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the principle purpose of influencing an election if those payments were a crime for michael cohen then why wouldn't they be a crime for donald trump michael cohen now faces up to five years in prison he's a man who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump now people are wondering how much of a mark his case will leave on the president of the united states presidents only al jazeera new york. and virginia and he gallica has been following the trial and conviction of trump's former campaign chairman paul metaphor. was he was once one of the most influential men in washington now poor man afford his facing life behind bars after a trial lasting three weeks the jury found him guilty on a charges of tax and bank fraud over the course of the

allegation of any wrongdoing against the president and the government's charges against mr cohen mr collins actions reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over a significant period of time but michael cohen's lawyer lanny davis said his client had testified that quote donald trump to wrecked it him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the principle purpose of influencing an election if those payments were a crime for michael cohen then why wouldn't they be a crime for donald trump michael cohen now faces up to five years in prison he's a man who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump now people are wondering how much of a mark his case will leave on the president of the united states presidents only al jazeera new york. the cohen surprise plays a jury in virginia found the president's former campaign chairman guilty of a fraud charges powell manifold now faces a long prison term as andy gallacher reports. was he was once one of the most influential men in washington now poor man afford his facing life behind bars after a trial lasting three weeks the jury found him

cohen mr collins actions reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over a significant period of time but michael cohen's lawyer lanny davis said his client had testified that quote donald trump to wrecked it him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the principle purpose of influencing an election if those payments were a crime for michael cohen then why wouldn't they be a crime for donald trump michael cohen now faces up to five years in prison he's a man who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump now people are wondering how much of a mark his case will leave on the president of the united states presidents only al jazeera new york. well al is off to cohen surprise please a jury in virginia found the president's former campaign chairman guilty of eight fraud charges paul manifold now faces a long prison term as andy gallacher reports. was he was once one of the most influential men in washington now paul man afford his facing life behind bars after a trial lasting three weeks the jury

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any response to chris collins being indicted? mr. president? mr. ent, any response to chris collins? >> exit! >> thank you. >> got to love the look on his face there. collins, of course, was arrested yesterday, charged with inside trading. yet, he says he's not giving up. his name is still on the ballot in november. but what was once considered a reliable republican win now, with this, has democrats smelling blood in the water. alex marquardt went on the scene to talk to voters and is "outfront." >> reporter: in the far western reaches of this firmly blue state, new york's 27th congressional district is as red as it gets. a district that went heavily for president donald trump in 2016, where in that last election, voters gave representative chris collins a 34-point landslide victory. bill schroeder is a mayor in this district and was one of those voters. now, after collins was arrested for and charged with insider trading, schroeder says he and others are changing their minds about the congressman. so what do you think the reaction was in western ne

republican chris collins of new york first sitting member of the congress to back the president trump's bid in february 2016. he was such a strong supporter of mr. trump collins at the republican national convention was asked to formally second mr. trump's nomination to be his party's nominee. >> i have the honor of seconding the nomination of donald j. trump as the next president of the united states of america! >> but today the congressman was arrested by the fbi. moments ago the congressman walked out of federal court in new york city where he was arraigned. prosecutors this afternoon detailing the grand jury indictments of the new york republican, his son and his son's fiancee's father for 13 counts of securities fraud, wire fraud and false statements. all stemming from an alleged insider trading scheme of an australian bio tech firm for which collins was a board member and it's difficult not to notice that the president who repeatedly declared himself the law and order candidate on the campaign trail whose crowds continue to chant that his opponent hillary clinton to be locked up, that president seems to have people in the orbit to'm to ru

mr. collins had no business serving on this publicly traded company from the get go -- host: again, he was indicted last week, issuing a statement yesterday that he is suspending his campaign. chris collins, of the new york 27th district. east lansing, michigan, we hear from andre. no ahead. i was calling for the race relations topic. seems like part of the issue, this doesn't improve it because this is a hard topic discussed, but there's a big issue with a lack of empathy and listening. i will give you some examples. when the nfl players are taking a knee, i know it's highly controversial, but i think the problem with that is that that of people that when i zynga, they should actually take a and maybelisten empathize with what the players are trying to stand up for. of you back off of that, i would say that to mend the race relations, to start, anyway, it's kind of like those therapy. if you have a spouse and you two are going back and forth and arguing, the first thing you learned there if he is that you need to stop and acknowledge what the other person is thinking and their feelings, i

mr. collins lost millions of dollars in stock but they argue the only reason representative did not maketock was held up in the australian stock market and not here. he is considered the 13th most wealthy member of congress worth $44 million. we expect him to be in federal court in manhattan later today. >> sandra: we'll cover this live today. thank you. >> bill: another fox news alert high stakes election not over yet. republican troy balderson and democrat danny o'connor is too close to call. a slim margin in a red district could trigger a recount in ohio. what does it tell us about the mid-terms if anything less than three months away. here is ronna mcdaniel. >> we won the majority of the specials. arizona, montana, georgia, the media descends on these races and give a home court advantage to the democrats because they get outside attention and funding. that won't be the case in november when we battle across the country. >> bill: kristen fisher live in columbus, ohio. late night last night. good morning. >> good morning, bill. these two candidates are just 1700 votes apart. there are

collins: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. what a pleasure it is to be here on the senate floor with such determined advocates on behalf of the families all across our nation who are dealing with this devastating disease of alzheimer's. i spoke earlier in the week about the many terrific provisions in this bill on the defense appropriations side and the labor-health and human services part of the appropriations package. but, i am delighted to be here today to shine a spotlight on the additional funding for alzheimer's disease. as a member of the appropriations committee, it has been such a pleasure to work with my colleagues, including senator moran, senator capito, and our leader, chairman blunt, on this shared priority year after year. and i particularly want to recognize the extraordinary leadership of chairman blunt in making sure that adequate funding is provided for this devastating disease. mr. president, alzheimer's is the sixth-leading cause of death in this nation, and it is increasing at unprecedented rat

collins. i can or member sitting upstairs, mr. pallone, to get my partner and a few others to talk about how much money we wanted to add to that baseline. we got $45 billion increase over a 10 year span. leadership demanded we have worked, we came up with those not once, but twice. comments made earlier and might be more important to have someone from hhs here, but i was alarmed lest week when i read the story that hhs was moneyramming some of the we had done a dollar for dollar a year by year table to make sure that went for the nih. i do not know dr. collins, if you have knowledge, there is some truth to the published reports that money was being taken away from what we were able to do and put to something else? if it is happening, how do we get back? >> i am not aware of the report your mentioning. there is, i believe, and we should check this, late which in 21st century cures prohibits funds for any other purposes. i think this is nicely designed so those funds are intended to go for your original plan. >> that is good to hear

collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: i ask unanimous consent that proceedings under the call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: madam president, i also request unanimous consent that my defense fellow, john paul mantone, be granted floor privileges for the length that the current debate on the appropriations bills that are before us. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, as a member of the defense appropriations subcommittee, let me begin my remarks by thanking chairman shelby and ranking member durbin as well as vice chairman leahy for their leadership on the committee and their advocacy for the men and women who defend our nation. at a time when the threats to our nation are increasing rather than decreasing, the work the defense subcommittee is vitally important -- the work of the defense subcommittee is vitally important to ensure that our men and women in uniform as well as our d.o.d. civilian employees have the

collins: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, it has been 11 years since a labor, health and human services, and education appropriations bill has been considered on the senate floor, so let me begin my remarks this morning by commending the chairman and ranking member of the full appropriations committee, senators shelby and leahy, for their determination to report each and every one of the appropriations bills so that they could be considered fully debated, amended in the regular order. i also want to commend the subcommittee chairman, senator blunt, and the ranking member, senator murray, for their leadership in creating a bipartisan bill. this bill will make critical investments in medical research, opioid abuse, prevention, education, and treatment. the education of our students and strengthening america's work force. i appreciate so much that the subcommittee accommodated so many of my priorities in crafting this bill. it has my very strong support. i'm particularly pleased that the bill includes a

mr. mcgahn said. we start with caitlyn collins. let's start with the connection, the communication, or perhaps lack thereof, between trump's personal legal team and the white house counsel, don mcgahn. what do you know? >> brooke we are seeing how they are still scrambling to find out what it was that don mcgahn said during these 30 hours that he sat down with investigators from robert mueller's team. it's pretty clear they don't know a lot. we heard from rudy giuliani who is the president's lead attorney on the president's outside legal team handling this russia probe saying he is relying on what john dowd told him. esque on the president's legal team last year but left the team five months ago. hasn't been around in five months yet that is the person that jaul joule is relying on for his information that he is essentially getting secondhand here, brooke. we are seeing them scramble to find out what it was that says since no one on the president's counsel team debrief don mcgahn about what he said. the president questioning why mc

collins. >> there is no cause for firing mr. mueller. it's inappropriate for him to be commenting on ongoing investigation. the white house says it was an opinion and not an order. >> the president stating his opinion and stating it clearly and expressing the frustration he has with the level of corruption we have seen from james comey, peter strozk, andrew mccabe. >> harris: the chief white house correspondent john roberts are more. you are there. we are getting ready for this. >> john: we are not sure when sarah huckabee sanders will show up. probably in the next half hour or so. we haven't got word of a delay. but here is where we are in terms of the mueller probe and whether or not the president might sit down and do an interview with robert mueller. sources tell fox news that the president's legal team may respond monday to the letter earlier this week from robert mueller outlining what he believes are the parameters for an interview with the president. the president's legal team want to limit questioning to russia, election and whe

mrs. schroeder: that's right. matt: lindy boggs and cartis collins. was that a special bond with the freshmen members of that congress? mrs. schroeder: oh yes. barbara jordan was wonderful. she would come out and campaign and do things. yvonne burke was -- they were all terrific. they were very good. marjorie holt i think really wasn't quite sure she wanted to be with the group, but she was friendly. no, we were a lively bunch. it was a whole new day. kathleen: a couple of those women that we mentioned were african-american women. did they have any barriers even more barriers do you think than you had? what was their experience from your perspective? well you know, shirley chisholm, i had been very excited about her when she ran for president. as she said, it was almost worse being a woman than being an african-american at that time. although what i think the problem was is at that time the black caucus was all male. and so when she comes in to it, there's jealousy i didn't know if he said. a lot of egos. all sorts of problems you have to deal with. wo

mr trump incidentally kerry fifteen of those states. and yesterday we reported on current congressman chris collins a republican from new york who was arrested and charged by federal prosecutors with insider trading and lying to the f.b.i. the congressman allegedly conveyed nonpublic information that's a legal term of art nonpublic information about innate immune.

mr. president, i yield the floor. announcer: reaction to john mccain from the sunday shows this morning. we will hear from jeff flake and klobuchar and susan collins and richard durbin and hillary clinton. >> we set out on a deck and watched the creek and talked about arizona and curse of the -- and personalities he admired and particularly those and those that put politics to the side and he had a huge funds in this for a democrat from arizona -- fondness from a democrat from iz

collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. kelly, you have a very profound statement in your testimony. you said russian efforts are not directed against one election, one party, or even one country. what are russia's ultimate goals? is it to undermine the public's faith in western democracies and so weakens the bonds that unite us, that there are students for russia? >> yes, senator, i believe that's actually correct. i think they have long-term strategic goals which include weakening western institutions in faith and democracy and traditional sources of information and authority. that's the strategic goal and then a lot of near and short-term goals, things like injecting hacked information to sway a particular event or election and they're doing that activity all around their periphery and now here. >> ms. direcstra, both of you said it did not stop in 2016. you, doctor kelly, said that russia stepped on the gas and increased its activity and miss diresta, you said that russian efforts increased post-election to promote racial tensions in our country. we impose sanctions on russia. th

mr. czarsky's wife sold. other friends and relatives sold. all because congressman collins violated his duty to keep inate's information secret. and when the news of the drug's failure became public, the stock plummeted. in total, the conspirators used the inside information to avoid over $750,000 in losses. but congressman collins couldn't keep his crime a secret forever. the fbi asked to interview him, and instead of telling the truth, he lied. and so did cameron collins and so did steven czarsky. by lying to the fbi, they compounded their insider trading crime with the crime of criminal cover-up. now i'd like to go over these charges which summarize some of the allegations in the indictment. the first charge is a tipping change. it demonstrates the flow of the illegal insider information and the trading, the illegal trading of that information. at the top of the chain, congressman collins. he had an obligation as innate board member when he received confidential corporate information to receive that information secret until the company announced it to the public. in tota

even maine's republican senator susan collins found the tweet ill-advised. >> there is no cause for firing mrmoeller and i don't think it's going to happen. the president tweeted some unfortunate -- i don't think it's appropriate for him to be commenting on an ongoing investigation. >> the president's lead outside counsel thought it necessary to clarify the president's intent. >> established a clear practice now that he expresses his opinion on twitter. he used the word it should, he didn't use the word must end there was no presidential directive. >> as the white house was dialing back the president tweeted it was ramping up the trade dispute with china announcing today that the next $200 billion in chinese goods to be targeted by tariffs could be taxed at a rate of 25%, more than double the initially proposed 10%. >> the president is going to continue to hold china responsible for their unfair trade practices. this has gone on for long enough and he's going to do something about it. >> china's response was swift and sharp. >> u.s. pressure and blackmail will not work, if the u.s. takes furt

mr. trump. >> now the white house is short on answers as the contradictions mount here. the president himself seems unfazed. even 1:10 a.m. tweeting no collusion. we have kaitlan collins with more. >> reporter: christine and dave, the president is now facing enormous political and legal pressure. in the middle of that, he is trying to change his story of the payments michael cohen made to the two women who allege they had an affair with trump. what he knew and when. the president saying with fox news he did not know about the payments until later on. he did not specify a date. >> did you know about the payments? >> later on i knew. later on. you have to understand, what he did and they were not taken from campaign finance. that's a much bigger thing. they did not come out of the campaign. they came from me. >> reporter: that contradicts the tape released by michael cohen last month which discusses how to make a payment to one of the women before the payment was made. >> when it comes to the financing. >> what financing? >> payment. >> pay with cash? >> no, no, no. i got it. >> reporter: as these questions come, the white house is struggling to mount defense here. >> t

mr. president. >> reporter: he marks the second early trump backer along with republican congressman chris collinsheading into november's election. congressman hunter's democratic opponent has already seized on these charges. in a new ad saying this just shows he was all in it for himself and he said he did nothing wrong and the doj is an arm of the democrats. making a first appearance tomorrow in court in san diego. >> thank you so much. let's talk about this. department of justice is an arm of the democrats? a department of justice of sessions and trump? >> they're so devious. even a republican administration they get their people in there. here's the good news part of this. it is the system working part of the story. this is the second member of congress who endorsed donald trump at a time when that kind of legitimacy was badly needed and he is facing the law dispassionately applied so that's the good news. the bad news you mentioned before. all of the really tawdry examples of incredible selfishness on his part and indifference to the appearances. >> you used to work at the dccc and i remember

.:" mainer susan collins of warned that removing mr.essions because of his refusal from the russian investigation would not be a -- recusal from his russia investigation would not be a wise move. mr. garthwaite -- a comprehensive bipartisan .riminal justice overhaul at thethursday's meeting white house, the president held at the white house, the president held off on backing the proposal until after the midterm elections including that the endorsement now carried too much political risk. this is according to a senior white house official. the presidremain committee committed to working with the senate on their proposed addition. mr. trump's notably -- decision notably aligned him with sessions and grassley in the short term. -- open to confirming a possible replacement for him. i've got time for hearings this fall, he told reporters. senator lindsey graham, republican of south carolina hedged support for mr. sessions and said he did not necessarily object to mr. trump replacing him after the midterm elections. mr. graham previously said

mr. trump saying before leaving for new jersey? he had plenty to say and our caitlin collins was there. >> reporter: president trump lashing out at the russia investigation, reminding critics his presidential powers go a long way. >> hello, everybody. >> reporter: defending his decision to strip former cia chief john brennan of his security clearance and rejecting criticism he is trying to silence his critics. >> if anything, i'm giving them bicker voice. many people don't know who he is. now he has a bigger voice. that's okay with me, because i like taking on voices like that. i've never respected him. >> reporter: that as sources tell cnn trump is prepared to revoke more clearance in the coming days. his next target, bruce orr a little known department employee. >> i think bruce orr is a disgrey, i suspect i will be taking it away very quickly. >> reporter: he targets him because of his former connection with christopher steele. the justice department says or has no involvement with the investigation. >> for him to be in the justice department and doing what he did. that is