. >> mr. glen? >> i would just echo what mr. villanueva mentioned, as well as the success of our programs relies largely on the political will of the countries we work in. without that political will we can do a tremendous amount of work and have very few results. when we get high level engagement, for example, the attorney general's engagement, with the countries that we work in it sends a very clear signal as to the priorities of the united states and helps them internally develop the political will that's needed to make these programs successful. >> follow up with you, mr. glen, how is the callen coordination, how does that enhance coordination between police and el salvador and u.s. communities where ms. rice and i represent. >> sure, it's been a tremendous development, and a very effective tool. what it does is it places or has placed in el salvador a law enforcement official who has access to their criminal information databases, and puts them in physical connection with law enforcement authorities in the united states. an

mr. glen fine is the acting inspector general for the department of defense. a role he has held since january 10, 2016. in this position he's responsible for detecting waste, fraud and abuse as well as promoting accountability for the entire department of defense. prior to being active inspector, acting inspector general, mr. fine was named as the department of defense principle deputy inspector general june 1st, 2014. and we all know him because he previously has served as inspector general, doj, for 11 years. i think i didn't introduce you this way, but i think we'll go dr. wilson, brandon, fine, and then lindquist, anth then your entire statement will be put in the record. and five minutes. i never cut anyone off at five minutes, but when you see the red light go on try to summarize. thank you. dr. wilson. >> thank you, mr. chairman, my full statement will be in the record but i would like to summarize a few remarks to open. what happened in sutherland springs, was absolutely awful. a mass murder of people gathered together to pray. why? it was clear very e

mr. glen fine is the acting inspector general for the department of defense. a role he's held since january 10th, 2016. in this position he's responsible for detecting waste, fraud and abuse as well as promoting accountability for the entire department of defense. prior to being active, mr. fine was named as the department of defense principle departmenty inspector general. and we all know him because he previously served as inspector general doj for 11 years. i think i didn't introduce you this way, but we're going to go this way. your entire statement will be put in the record in the extent to which you can do it in five minutes, i never cut anybody off at exactly five minutes, but when you see the red light, try to summarize. thank you, mr. wilson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my full statement will be in the record but i'd like to summarize a few remarks to open. what happened in sutherland springs was absolutely awful. a mass murder of people gathered to pray. the morning after the shooting in sutherland springs, the chief of staff and i directed the rapid

glen simpson interview. something, by the way, that mr. simpson urged us to do. why? because a number of republican members were trying to distract from or undermine special counsel robert mueller's investigation by misleadingly suggesting that it was because of this steel dossier, because of this fusion gps funded research that the whole investigation by the fbi into possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia began. we now know that's not the case, that there were other sources from foreign intelligence, from someone in the trump campaign that led the fbi to begin investigating this question and while the president in today's somewhat belligerent press conference incested there's no collusion, no evidence of collusion, that conclusion has not yet been reached. i think all of us, republicans and democrats in the senate, have an obligation to make sure that we respond to russia's attack on our democracy in the 2016 election and that we fully prepare for our next elections. i commend senator carden on foreign relations for releasing this strong and compreh

cooperation in the senate judiciary committee. >> now, during this august interview, glen simpson was asked by the committee about mr. steele's sources and he would not reveal his sources because according to his attorney, one of those sources may have been killed because of his cooperation with christopher steele in putting together the dossier. now, tonight, a source close to that testimony, erin, tells us it wasn't in reference to any individual but to the string of deaths that occurred in russia after the elections, raising some concerns about exactly why he would reveal these sources of information because perhaps that could endanger further lives if they were to get out, erin. >> thank you very much. obviously extremely troubling. >>> now, former adviser to four presidents including nixon and clinton, david gergen, former assistant secretary for there department of homeland security, julia chim, and richert painter. let me start with you, obviously, the testimony here that somebody's already been killed. you heard manu saying that there's just a string of deaths that clint watts referred to his in testimony. t

glen simpson. his company hired cyhristopher steele to compile the dossier on donald trump. >> steele was concerned mr. trump was being blackmailed. the release of simpson's testimony undermines republican attempts to discredit steele's motives. >> republican committee chairman of iowa blasting fienstein for releasing simpson's testimony. he says it undercuts the committee's ability to bring in new witness. although they wanted this to be released so how it would impact new witnesses, not sure. they wanted this testimony out there. >> all right. speaking of the russia investigation, twitter missed a senate deadline for additional info on russian meddling in 2016. representatives from facebook, twitter and google testified back in november. the committee was investigating how russian trolls were able to influence u.s. politics on their platforms. all three were asked to provide additional data, but senator mike warner, he said twitter, twitter missed the due date. now, twitter told cnn it would provide answers to the senate soon but a source said they were not surprised they didn't have the data yet cl

today your committee released the testimony of glen simpson, the founder of gps. the transcript shows mrtold you that he diskcovered there were an amazing number of people that will purchased properties from mr. trump. what do you make of it? >> this is a concern i had all along. that this one area of the investigation could be potentially the most compromising of the president, and it ought to be in the exercise of due diligence investigated like the other allegations we've faced. when we began this investigation, there were allegations of secret meetings with trump campaign people which we know took place. there were allegations of what general flynn was doing, which we now know proved to be true. and there have been persistent allegations of money laundering, which we have not been allowed to investigate. steve bannon is concerned about money laundering and simpson as well. i think it would be irresponsible for us not to look into it and find out it's not true, it was just highly suggestive or no it looks like there's merits to the allegations and the president could be potentially co

details revealed in the report of the commission op-ed in "new york times" founder glen simpson peter right this we hired mrd us steele in russia not paid reported on expensive now confirmed effort by kremlin to help elect there trump president, mr. steele saw this a crime in prosecuting decided he needed to report to fbi said dossier did not tricker the fbi russian meedline wanted to expose donald trump business ties to russia what a crock, i mean seriously. [laughter] honestly, what is the evidence dagen that they didn't use this dossier, to actually justify wiretapping donald trump and his associates? dagen: we don't know, because rosenstein will not deputy head of justice would be the say anything christopher wray where are they we have to see what gets -- the house, and that is another problem, that is you one of the reasons that the president has been -- >> you got to love the language the wordsmithing we don't believe the steele dossier was trigger for fbi investigation into russian meddling they believe? well what is for sure what has christopher wray testify let's have jeff sessions instruct his pe

. >> i was rereading there, glen simpson op ed from the paper last week, says we told congress we found widespread evidence that mr. trump and his organization had worked with wide array of dubious russians in arrangement that is often raised questions about money laundering. likewise those deals don't seem to interest congress this was his whole plea to congress, please release my transcripts. how is this since senator feinstein was the one, despite senator grassley concerns went ahead and released that, how is that going to complicate things? >> well, let's see, it's an obje subject of ongoing investigation. and our reporting robert mueller many strands he's looking at including the possibility of collusion or some ort of cooperation between the campaign and russia, that they are also looking into financial questions as well. financial of the trump administration prior to the campaign. so that's something we already knew they were looking at. whether releasing glen simpson testimony before the senate judiciary committee effects an ongoing special counsel investigation, i suppose you have to leave that up to the

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profile of glen simpson from earlier this week, this nugget, quote, the work has not stopped. fusion continues to look into ties between mrssia, according to several people briefed on the research. specific areas of focus and information about current ben factors, who is paying for the work, closely guarded. work still not stopped, still investigating trump and russia. publication of the original memos by buzzfeed, happened a year ago tonight, apparently not the end of this work by fusion gps and christopher steele. but start of a new odyssey for buzzfeed itself. since fending off lawsuits and attac attacks from all sides. but ben smith says he's proud to have published the dossier. he joins us next. you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. new family connections, every day.llion that's more ways to discover new relatives. people who share your dna. and maybe a whole lot more. order your kit at ancestry

glen simpson, the committee voted to do so. this is not unprecedented, right? the arrangement made with carter paige to release that testimony, with mrngements made in advance to release that testimony, and generally speaking, the committee is not going to do that, but when there are extenuating circumstances, an agreement, or compelling reason to do it, the committee might do it. >> thank you so much for joining us. a lot of work to do in the investigation. appreciate it very much. >> yeah, thank you, wolf. >>> coming up, a sophisticated russian spy ship on course towards the united states, the east coast of the united states. how close will it get? what are the russians up to? your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get the full value back including depreciation. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance.

glen simpson. his company hired former british spy to compile that infamous dossier on donald trump. >> according to the transcript simpson told the senate committee steele was concerned mr. trump was being blackmailed. the release of simpson's testimony undermines republican attempts to discredit steele's motives. >> republican committee chairman blasting fienstein for releasing simpson's testimony. he says it undercuts the committee's ability to bring in new witnesses. >> although as we learned, si simpson wanted this testimony released, the suggestion that someone was murdered as a result of this dossier has not been confirmed by cnn or any other outlet, but wow. >>> more than a dozen people are dead after powerful mud slides in california. we'll take you there. they came out of nowhere, sir! how many of 'em? we don't know. dozens. all right! let's teach these freaks some manners! good luck out there, captain! thanks! but i don't need luck, i have skills... i don't have my keys. (on intercom) all hands. we are looking for the captain's keys again. they are on a silver carabiner. oh, this is bad. as long as people misplace their keys, you can count on geico saving folk

mr. suozzi: i want to bring up one thing i forgot to mention, i was the young mayor -- mayor of the city of glen cove in 1994 and we had day workers from central and south america gathering on the street corners, seeking work, it was -- the community was divided. one group, this was 1994, think how long ago this is now, one group say, get those people out of here. other people say, these poor guys are trying to live the american dream the same as your family did. i ended up setting up the first day worker gathering spot anywhere on the east coast of the united states of america in 1994, one of the first things i did as mayor, and those same guys that were gathering on the street corners back in the 1990's that we ended up bringing indoors, if you didn't get hireded for a day, you could learn a skill, learn to speak english, learn about the cultural norms of our community, we said if you play by the rules, we'll help you. break the rules, you'll get in trouble. those same guys that were on the street corners have their own businesses, own their own homes and their children go to school with my ch