mr. jordan: why is that? mr. sessions: i'm not able to reveal internal investigateor matters that's under the investigation of anybody, but particularly -- mr. jordan: this happened in the summer of 2016. the democratic national committee paid to produce the dossier. chris steele reported he was on the payroll of the f.b.i. i want to know if that's the case? mr. sessions: i'm not able to provide an answer. mr. jordan: the f.b.i. present the dossier to the fisa court? mr. sessions: i'm not able to answer that. mr. jordan: do you know the f.b.i. did the established process, protocol, evaluating claims made in the dossier? mr. sessions: i'm not able to answer that. mr. jordan: on january 6, then f.b.i. director james comey, briefed president-elect trump up in new york about the dossier. shortly thereafter, that -- the fact that meeting took place and the subject of the meeting was the dossier was leaked to cnn. do you know who leaked that information mr. sessions: i do not. mr. jordan: are you investigating who leak

mr. jordan. sometimes we have to study what the facts are and to evaluating whether it needs the standards required a special counsel. >> we know one fact or the clinton campaign and the democratic national committee paid for through the law firm paid for the dossier. we know that happened and it sure looks like the fbi was paying the author of that document and it sure looks like the major political party was working with the federal government to then turn and opposition research document from "the national inquirer" story into an intelligence dr. take that to the fisa court so they can get a warrant. that's what it looks like and i'm asking you doesn't that warrant in addition to all the things we know about james comey and 2016 doesn't that warrant a special counsel as 20 members of committee wrote you bring up months ago asking you to do? >> mr. comey is no longer the director of the of the eye. we have an excellent man of integrity and ability and i think he's going to do an outstanding job

mr. jordan for five minutes. >> mr. attorney general, did the fbi pay christopher steele? >> where am i -- >> yeah. >> the fbi pay christopher steele the author of the dossier? >> those are matters you will have to direct to the -- i think maybe the special counsel. >> why is that? i'm just asking -- >> i'm not able to reveal internal investigator to manners. >> you know -- >> that's under the investigation of anybody, but particularly i think the -- >> this happened in the summer of 2016. the clinton campaign, the democrat campaign paid through a law firm to produce the dossier, the author christopher steele, reported he was on the pay rom of the fbi. i want to know if that is the case? >> i'm not able to provide an answer to you. >> did the fbi present the dossier to the fisa court? >> i'm not able to answer that. >> do you know if the fbi did the established process protocol in evaluating claims made in the dossier? >> i'm not able to answer that. >> on january 6th, then fbi directors james comey, briefed president-elect trump up in new york about the dossier. shortly t

what happened between that phone call between mr trump and mr jordan's very important the superpowers because this can actually pull the strings on regional powers that might have a different edge and i don't want to second guess whether there is but it is very actually important that all the powers that come thirdly you mentioned iran and turkey the are the neighbors in the region and obviously there's a controversial role for iran so let's hope again some russian diplomacy would kick them into she can let me go to you in beirut to reflect about what i said because you know it looks like it is going to be the political will and i thought it was very interesting was the conversation between putin and trump here can trump fill any kind of obligation that he would like because his administration is very divided and how to approach the closure of this conflict in syria we still hear this lingering assad must go i worry about that the political will on the west i think that putin wouldn't have come out with the iranians and the turks to be didn't think he had something more or less nailed

mr. jordan, congressman jordan on the issue of appointing a special counsel with that in mind.atch this. >> what's it going to take to actually get a special counsel? >> it would take a factual basis that meets a standard of the appointment of a special counsel. >> we know one fact, we know the clinton campaign and the national committee paid through the law firm for the dossier. we know that happened and it sure looks like the fbi was paying the author of that document. doesn't that warrant naming a second special counsel, as 20 members of this committee wrote you asking you to do? >> martha: congressman, do you think we will see a special counsel appointed by attorney general sessions based on what you heard today? >> i don't know, but i did like his answer, which is we will follow the facts wherever they go. robert mueller, it is within his jurisdiction to look at all of russians efforts to influence the election, and that might possibly include finding a dossier. i think general sessions' broader point is we don't need a special counsel for every fact pattern. you do have a

mr. jordan as much time as he will consume. mr. jordan: why in 2016 would james comey call the matter not an investigation. he wasn't director of the federal bureau of matters. why in 2016 would loretta lynch one month before the benghazi report is supposed to come out, why would she meet with bill clinton on the tarmac in 2016. in the days following that will meeting with the former president when the attorney general corresponding, why would lynch not use her real name. if we are just talking about grandkid and golf, you could probably use your real name. why have we learned recently, rurming the f.b.i. be christopher steele the author of the dosier. we had previous speakers and had this focus the last several months on potential russia-trum col like. we know something pretty clearly. the justice department tried to influence the election. we can see that without a doubt. and what did we learn today? the gentleman from florida was talking about the dossier. reported today that the was meeting with the russian lawyer was meeting wi

mr. jordan, the gentleman from ohio, mr. ross, the gentleman from florida, mr. mast. i ask unanimous consent that these members be allowed to fully participate in today's hearing. without objection, it is so ordered. panelappy to introduce a of experts. we have the senior fellow of the american enterprise institute, , mr. mortonore gold klein, president of the zionist organization of america, dr. eugene koplow, and mr. kontrovich. all witnesses will be sworn in before they testify. please rise, raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give us the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? all witnesses answer in the affirmative. mr. gold has affirmed that he will tell the truth as well. you can be seeded. seated.- you can be i know, i know. please limit your testimony to five minutes. your entire written statement will be part of the record. will turn yellow when you have 30 seconds left. please turn your microphone on before speaking. would like to recognize the ambassador for five minutes for his openi

what happened between that phone call between mr trump and mr jordan's very important the superpowers because this the can actually pull the strings on regional powers that might have a different edge and i don't want to second guess what that engine is but it is very actually important that all the powers that come thirdly you mentioned iran and turkey the are the neighbors in the region and obviously there's a controversial role for iran so let's hope again some russian diplomacy would kick them into she can let me go to you in beirut to reflect about what dell said because you know it looks like it is going to be the political will and i thought it was very interesting was the conversation between putin and trump here can trump fulfill any kind of obligation that he would like because his administration is very divided and how to approach the closure of this conflict in syria we still hear this lingering assad must go i worry about that the political will on the west i think that putin wouldn't have come out with the iranians and the turks to be didn't think he had something more o

mr. jordan, mr. ross, mr. zeldin, mr. map, mr. grothman. i ask unanimous consent these members be allowed to fully participate in today's hearing. without objection it is so ordered. i'm pleased to be able to introduce a really stellar panel of witnesses here today. we have ambassador john bolton, senior fellow at the american enterprise institute and chairman of the foundation for american security and freedom. ambassador dore gold, president of the jerusalem center for public affairs. mr. morton klein president of the zionist organization of america, dr. michael koplow,, policy director at the israel policy forum, and mr. eugene kontorovich, professor of law at northwestern university. and i want to welcome to you all. pursuant to committee rules all witnesses will be sworn in before they testify so if you could please rise, please raise your right hands. [witnesses were sworn in] >> witnesses, all witnesses answered in the affirmative, and ambassador gold has a firm that he will tell the truth as well. you can be seated. i know, i know.

mr. jordan.ou can have your idea come but sometimes we have to study what the facts are and evaluate whether it needs to stand. lea: here to weigh in on this is official under president george w. bush, paul botticelli and prosecutor david bruno. i want to start with your misconduct of a special counsel the uranium would deal on the legal side of it. it's got to meet the standards, so what exactly sets the bar. >> well, there's a statute that directs it is applicable in the more investigation. there has to be a conflict of interest. candidly i don't see the conflict of interest as it stands. republican lawmakers have been trying to get this appointment since july. they send multiple letters to attorney general sessions and yesterday in a heated exchange with representative jordan, it seems as if he doesn't think sessions will not be appointing that. it looks like it hasn't been met with respect to uranium one. lea: what you think about this on the political side there's so much pressure from repub

mr. jordan for five minutes. >> i thank the chairman. ambassador bolton, how many countries are there in the world? >> we have diplomatic recognition with over 190. there are 193 members of the u.n. >> 193 countries. my guess we're the united states, the biggest, strongest country on the planet. my guess is we have embassies in just about every one. maybe not iran and north korea. >> a few we don't recognize. >> so 180-some countries we have an embassy in those countries, is that right? >> that's correct. >> in all those countries, the embassy is in the capital of seat of government except for one, is that right? >> the only exception is occasionally a country moves its capital city. >> it takes a while to relocate. >> i looked this up to be sure. for many years, our embassy in belize was in belize city, but i see ten years ago, we finally moved our embassy. >> so 188 countries we recognize, we have an embassy. every one, we put the embassy in the capital or the seat of government. >> must be something to that. >> except one. israel beca

mr. jordan.ometimes we have to study what the facts are and to evaluate whether it meets the standard to require a special counsel.. >> sean: the department of justice has since put out statements are made to further explain attorney general jeff sessions comments. it says "the attorney general was clarifying the legal basis for appointing a special counsel, not passing judgment on whether it applied in any specific investigation." that statement and sessions' testimony today is crucial in all of this.es sessions is explaining that just because a special counsel has not been appointed, that does not mean it won't happen, andd that the threshold for one won't eventually be met. look, we've been exposing these massive clinton scandals, and i believe crimes for over a yearwe it's frustrating, people are getting impatient. i totally understand why congressman jim jordan was pressing and demanding answers to important questions. we all want the truth, we'd need there to be an investigation because we

mr. jordan. >> i appreciate -- >> you can have your idea. sometimes we have to study what the facts are and to evaluate whether it meets the standard -- >> shepard: so what are the facts? what is uranium one. that is name of a south african based mining company. in 2007, it merged with a canadian company. in 2010, the mining arm of the russian nuclear agency bought controlling interests in the company. among other places, that mining companied that operations in wyoming that amounted to what the nuclear regulatory commission or the nrc said was at the time about 20% of uranium capacity in the u.s. today the nrc says it's about 10%. now, here's the accusation. nine people involved in the deal made donations to the clinton foundation totallying more than $140 million. in exchange, secretary of state clinton approved the sale to the russians. a quid pro quo. the accusation first made by peopler schweitzer, the senior editor at large of the website breitbart in his 2015 book "clinton cash." the next year candidate donald trump cited the accusati

mr. jordan.ou can have your idea, sometimes we have study what the facts are, evaluate whether it need as standard. >> let me ask you this. >> if it requires a special counsel. i would say looks like is not enough basis to appoint a special counsel. david: attorney general jeff sessions telling ohio republican congressman jim jordan his thoughts what would be needed to trigger appointment of a new special counsel to investigate hillary clinton and dnc, and fbi connections to russia. here is congressman jim jordan. he was leading that conversation. boy, terrific questions you asked of the attorney general yesterday. congrats. he said looked like is not enough for a special counsel but isn't that exactly what was used to appoint robert mueller? i mean there was no crime. it was just things looked like there was a russia connection? >> to date, after months of this investigation, we found no collusion between the president and russia. so, but what we do know is, major political party through a law f

mr. jordan. you can have your idea but sometimes we have to study what the facts are and to evaluate whether it needs meets the standard that requires a special counsel. >> jon: jake sherman, senior writer for politico and co-author of politico's playbook. if you didn't know the names of those involved you might have thought it was a democrat grilling the attorney general there. >> listen, what sessions said is what a lot of republicans say behind the scenes but don't want to say publicly. they don't want to annoy the president. special counsel is a very rare move by the department of justice. yes, there is one now, but there haven't been many in our history. two dynamics going on here. jim jordan, fiery republican in ohio is going to get points with president trump for that. president trump will see it perhaps on this air right here and he will probably be happy that he is pushing for an investigation of the clintons. but this is -- jeff sessions is standing up for what aides tell us behind the

mr. jordan, it seems like this and that, and at the end of that and i can only paraphrase could because i did not write down the exact paired my note said, you said you cannot base a case on something that seems like something, but in essence, the notion of probable cause it seems like this and that person committed this, the act, which seems like it is in violation of the law. i am trying to get clarification to that. >> this congress has the right to ask for information, and the right to express an opinion about the special counsel should be appointed. it is my responsibility to evaluate it. i would have to feel in some cases the deputy would have to feel that the circumstances that would justify, and we have to know, and i want you all to know, the special counsel is required and everyone else in the department that had the responsibility would name one. if not, we have to say, it is not required. i would say, our department with chris wray at the fbi and are department of justice, i feel like we can do work, but there are some cases that get so significant, and they had to search a le

mr. jordan. >> well, i appreciate -- >> you can have your idea, but sometimes we have to study what the facts are. and to evaluate whether it meets the standard it requires as special counsel. >> it sure looks like a major political party was working with the federal government to then turn an opposition research document, equivalent of some "national enquirer" story into an intelligence document, take that to the fisa court so they could get a warrant to spy on americans during president trump's campaign. that's what it looks like. i'm asking you go, doesn't that warrant, in addition to all the things we know about james comey in 2016, doesn't that warrant, as 20 of this committee wrote you three-and-a-half months ago, asking you to do. >> i would say looks like is not enough basis to appoint a special counsel. >> joining me now, frank figliuzzi, assistant director for counter intelligence at the fbi under then director robert mueller. let me start with this. what would it mean to the fbi and department of justice if the attorney general under pressure from the president and his allies were

mr. jordan. >> i appreciate that -- >> you can have your idea.we have to study what the facts are and to evaluate whether it meets the standard that requires a special counsel. >> as the republicans pushing hard for a special counsel, the attorney general's boss, president trump, he's also on the case. let's watch. >> you know, the saddest thing is that because i'm the president of the united states i am not supposed to be involved with the justice department. i'm not supposed to be involved with the fbi. i'm not supposed to be doing the kind of things that i would love to be doing and i'm very frustrated by it. >> i'm not involved with the justice department. i'd like to let it run itself. they should be looking at the democrats and at podesta and all that dishonesty. a lot of people are disappointed in the justice department, including me. >> i'm joining with barbara mckwad. michael, do you get a sense the attorney general is trying to keep his job here by slow walking this thing and turn it over to the bureaucrats? >> he certainly appeased the

mr. jordan. >> i appreciate that. >> you can have your ideas, but sometimes we have to study what the facts are and to evaluate whether it meets a standard -- >> so let me ask you this. we know one fact. we know the committee paid for. and it sure looks like the fbi was paying the author of that document and it sure looks like a major political party was working with the federal government to then turn an opposition research document of national enquirer story to an intelligence document, take that to the court so they can then get a warrant to spy on the campaign. that's what it looks like. doesn't that warrant naming a second special counsel as 20 members of this committee wrote you three and a half months ago asking you to do. >> well, mr. comey is no longer the director of the fbi. >> thank goodness. >> we have an excellent man in chris ray. i think he's going to be an outstanding jop. >> he's not here today. you are and i'm asking for a special -- >> the time of the gentleman has expired. >> -- looks like not enough basis to appoint a special counsel. >> chair recognizes the gentleman

mr. jordan, and he said seems like this, seems like that, seems like this. and at the end of that, you made a comment, i could only paraphrase because i didn't write down the exact comment. you were saying, well, you can't base a case on something that seems like something. but in essence the notion very notion of probable cause indicates that something seems like something and it seems like that person probably committed that act, which seems like it's in violation of the law. and so i guess i'm trying to get clarification to that. >> this congress has a right to ask for information. and has a right to express opinion about whether special counsel should be opponent. but it's my responsibility to evaluate it. and i would have to feel or in some cases the deputy would have to feel that the kind of circumstances that would justify, and we just have to know that i want you all to know, that if a special counsel is required, i or i'm sure anyone else in the department that had the responsibility would name one. if not, we have to say its not required. i would s

mr. jordan. >> i appreciate that. >> you can have your idea, but sometime we have to study what the factsre and to evaluate whether it meets the standard and requires a special counsel. >> nick pete mentioned this, it does not sound like the attorney general wants to do this. >> no, i don't think so. and really, the emphasis is away from doing this sort of thing. the presumption is that the department of justice, which has a couple professional attorneys and trial attorney who is do this sort of prosecution and investigation all the time they are more than adequate to take care of these matters. there are standards within the department of justice which determine whether or not a case is even worth investigating. if it's beyond the statute of limitations, for example, why waste our time? if it is something that has already been investigated and the case is closed, why waste the time? i think that is right. i just don't see that any of this rises to the level worthy of having a special counsel look at it. >> steve, there's an absurdity here. the absurdity is there is a specific department

mr. jordan and he said it seems like this and that. and at the end of that you made a comment. i can only paraphrase because i didn't write down the exact. my note says seems like you were saying like you can't base a case on something that seems like something. in essence, the notion of probable cause indicates something seems like something and seems like that person probably committed that act which seems like it's in violation of the law. so i guess i'm trying to get clarification to that. >> this congress has a right to ask for information and has a right to express the opinion about whether special counsel should be appointed. it's my responsibility to evaluate it. and i zd to feel or in some cases the deputy would have to feel that the kind of circumstances that would justify. we just have to know that and want you all to know that special counsel is required i'm sure anyone else in the department that had the responsibility would name one, if not we have to say it is not required. i would say that our department with chris ray at the fbi and our team at the department o

mr. jordan. he said it seems like this, it seems like that. at the end of that, you made a comment, and i can only paraphrase, because i did not write down to exact comment. it seems like you were saying on cannot base a case something that seems like something. notionessence, the very of probable cause indicates that something seems like something and it seems like that person probably committed that act, which seems like it is in violation of the law. i am trying to get clarification of that. atty. gen. sessions: this congress has a right to ask for information. you have the right to express his opinion about whether becial counsel should appointed. it's my responsibility to evaluate it, and i would have to feel, or in some cases the deputy would have to feel that the kind of circumstances that would justify, and we just have to know, and i want you all to know, if special counsel is required, i or i'm sure anyone else in the department that has a responsibility would name one. if not, is not required. i would say that our department and our

mr. jordan. butcan have your idea, sometimes we have to studied what the facts are and do -- and evaluate whether the standard requires a special counsel. mr. sessions: connotative clinton campaign and the democratic national committee paid for the dossier. we know that happened. it sure looks like the fbi was paying the author of that document. and it sure looks like a major political party was working with the federal government to then turn in opposition research a national quilt enquirer story. that's what it looks like. and i'm asking you doesn't that warned, in conditions -- in addition to we know about james comey in 2016 doesn't that warrant a special counsel? mr. sessions: mr. comey is no longer the director of the fbi. we have an excellent man of integrity and ability and i think he will do an outstanding job and i am very happy. sen. jordan: he is not here. and you are. say looksns: i would like it not enough basis to appoint a special counsel. johnson: thank you. general, you have led

mr. jordan. you can have your idea but sometimes we have to study what the facts are and evaluate whether it meets the standard. >> we know the clinton campaign, the democrat national committee, paid for through the law firm, the dossier. it looks like the fbi was paying the author of that document. it sure looks like a major political party was working with the federal government to turn an opposition research document into an intelligence document, take that defies a court so they could get a warrant to spy on americans associated with president trump's campaign. a secondhat warrant special counsel? 20 members of this committee wrote you come asking you to do. >> mr. comey is no longer the director of the fbi. we have an excellent man of integrity and ability in chris wray and i think he will do an outstanding job. >> he is not here today. >> i would say looks like is not enough basis to appoint a special counsel. >> chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. johnson. remarkable and a not

mr. jordan for five minutes. >> ambassador bolton, how many countries are there in the world?>> we have diplomatic recognition with over 19193 members of the u.n. >> 192 countries are my guess is where the united states, the biggest, strongest country on the planet. my guess is we have embassies in just about everyone, maybe not iran and north korea and a speech a few we don't recognize. >> so 180 some country riven embassy in this country, right? >> correct. >> and all those countries the embassy is in the capital or the seat of government except for one, is that right? >> the only exception, the answer is yes basically. the only exception is occasionally a country moves its capital city. >> so takes a lot to relocate. >> i looked this up to be sure. for many years our embassy in belize was in belize city even though the capital was -- ic ten years ago we finally moved our embassy pics we may be down to israel alone. >> 180 countries that we recognize we have an embassy, single one we put the embassy in the capital or the seat of government. >> there must be something to that

mr. klein you now the u.s. city in which jordan maintains their embassy. >> could have been in jump jump i that chose ahman. >> they maintain their embassy in washington washington, d.c. ambassador gold, you where the saudi arabia maintain their embassy. >> the center and power of influence, the capitol of the united states, washington, dc. >> you better believe and it we maintain ours in riyadh. ambassador bolton, i'm sure you can say where israel and 177 other nations maintain their embassies here in the united states of america? >> turns out to be washington. >> that's exactly right. so, i guess short of invasion, really can't think of a bigger slap in the face to any nation's sovereignty, their right to self-government, their legitimacy, than not recognizing their capitol or center of government, and i think us not celebrating having an embassy in jerusalem, having the presence there, our diplomatic mission in israel having it there, it's absolutely slight to our greatest of allies every single day. so i'm going to keep my rema

mr. jordan. have to study what the facts are and to evaluate whether it meets the standard that requires a special counsel. i would say looks like is not enough basis to appoint a special counsel. >> contacts mother jones was among the first media outlets to report on the unsubstantiated anti-trump dossier after the opposition research firm fusion gps. >> sandra: kathryn, there are new developments on the firm behind the dossier and a legal effort to block the release of their banking records. >> that's right. also involves fusion gps. a new judge, republican appointee is handling the case. fusion is the firm behind the anti-trump dossier and they want to block the release of their banking records to the house intelligence committee. these records may show how fusion gps works with law firms to shield their work from public scrutiny by citing attorney/client privilege. the judge indicated he wants full transparency in the case saying if there were ever a case where public access is in the best in

mr. jordan.n have your idea sometimes we have to study what the facts are and evaluate whether it meets the standard. -- well said. -- >> well said. we are asking should a special counsel be appointed to investigate hillary clinton. thisng your thoughts morning, lines for democrats, republicans, and independents, as usual. william, texas, and independent, go ahead. caller: this is a typical pivoting point. just like president trump always does, changes the conversation. it is always a disguise. lady whor as the last was on, i do not have a chance to mention this but i would like to ask the lady or those who called in, do they have daughters? that is it. thank you. kathleen, pasadena, maryland, line for democrats. caller: i watched the meeting with general sessions. i appreciate he will only call it,he situation, call for but if it makes public and feel better, i think we should have a special counsel. do you trust the justice department can make the decision on the special counsel? caller: yes, i

mr. jordan. >> i appreciate -- >> you can have your idea but sometimes we have to study what the facts ande whether it meets sts -- >> well said. >> requires a special counsel. >> so that's some of the exchange. he's not there yet. people came in waiting, when you have a special counsel, becomes a wild west, we are seeing that with paul manafort being in trouble for something that has nothing to do with donald trump. that's the investigation gone wild to many. real quick, he also said there were 27 separate investigations into leaks, what does that make you think? >> well, that was one of the most important pieces of evidence that the attorney general disclosed yesterday. as you talked about, 27 matter where is they are looking into disclosure, illegal unmasking of americans and that's a market increase. he related that there had only been nine cases prior three years, why that's so important, brian, as we know, when people disclose america's most sensitive national security information, there has to be consequences and that's one of the things that i was most comforted to hear from the at

first we'll hear from jim jordan. >> mr. president, do you want the assailant sent to gitmo? >> i would certainly consider that, yes. >> are you considering that now? >> i would certainly consider that. send him to gitmo. i would certainly consider that, yes. >> dana: president trump raising the possibility of sending the new york terror suspect to guantanamo bay. also saying he wants homeland security to step up the extreme vetting program. joining me now is ohio republican congressman jim jordan member of the house oversight committee and freedom caucus and your first appearance on "the daily briefing." >> good to be with you. >> dana: first open with your reaction to the terror attack yesterday? >> first of all, our hearts go out to the families who were impacted. again, this illustrates how evil these folks are. there have been a series of these across europe and now, unfortunately, in the united states, this kind of tactic. i think the president's right. this guy deserves the full penalty. they deserve to die, this terrorist. but the full impact of the law should be agai

another statement, indicating there is no determination on the facts but things this more jordan was saying mrld not comment on whether or not there was a sufficient factual basis, for three and a half months, 20 members of judiciary committee have been calling for a special counsel, so we don't have a double standard, where you have a special counsel, with unand you have real connects, clinton foundation, the democratic party to bribes that had a nexis, that is pretty serious, we need a childrespecial counsel to look o those. >> i think, we can't say quick, otherwise we started already. what could be app help -- apprehension, is there somewhere he may have to recuse himself. >> you nailed it. i don't know that attorney general has a clean grasp on his own recusal. to look into uranium one deal for example, it necessarily impacts hillary clinton. and the clinton foundation because that is where allegation is where bribes were going, attorney general said he is recused on everything to do with hillary clinton, it will be an issue to sort it out. reason for a special counsel is a lot of people a

congressman jim jordan about this. >> mr.no longer the director of the fbi. >> thank goodness. >> we haven't excellent man of integrity in christopher wray, and i think is going to do an outstanding job, and i would say -- >> he's not here today, and i'm asking for special counsel. >> not enough basis on the special counsel. >> shannon: jim jordan along with another congressman, they had an op-ed out basically saying jeff sessions, do your job, outlining all these things they think he should be investigating and we don't know if he is or not because they can't publicly dispose a lot of that. >> if that's what the fbi does, they can't disclose investigations. as far as uranium one goes, there actually was some investigation in 2015, a field office investigated uranium one. it was it was eventually bumped up to the national fbi office, but at that point in time career investigators, career prosecutors said there's not enough evidence here. it just a little bit of background. when we decide to sell uranium, not saying this is a

military appreciation basketball games for both the penn state men's and women's team at the bryce jordan center. mr. speaker, caring for our veterans and military has been one of our top priorities since beginning my congressional service. it has a special place in my heart not just because all that our veterans have done but i have seen the magnitude as a sacrifice. as a military father i know wearing the uniform is about service and sacrifice. i thank all those who serve this -- who serve and have served this great nation. i look forward to honoring their service this week at penn state and every corner of our country. may god bless our veterans, the united states america and the nittany lions for a homecoming win. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my ime. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, ms. bonamici, for five minutes. ms. bonamici: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong opposition to the dangerous tax plan that's currently being considered by the house ways and means committee. house republicans wrote this proposal behind closed doors and p

street and probably won't be until mrs may has a question and a nswer until mrs may has a question and answer session in jordanay has a question and answer session injordan where she's going to be speaking later this afternoon. but there is now massive pressure on her over the state visit which yesterday downing street were saying was still happening, america is an allie, still going ahead. but the level of anger and criticism that donald trump's tweets have provoked, i it that donald trump's tweets have provoked, i - it stretches across provoked, i mean it stretches across the political divide right up into the political divide right up into the cabinet, particularly struck, i was, by sajid javid's tweet you sent off last night. you get the sense he is personally incensed. he said so he's endorsed the views of a vile hate—filled racist organisation that hates me and people like me. he is wrong and i refuse to let it go and say nothing. you get a real sense of his personal anger. slightly less angry was the cabinet minister david gauke this morning but he's normally fairly mild mannered. even he was criticisin

mr. trump was told about ties. jd jordan, as you'll see here in this photo was at that meeting march 2016, that's where george p papadopoulos made his pitch to set up a meeting between vladmir putin and candidate trump. he did not dismiss the idea. jared kushner turning over documents to robert mueller's investigators. sources tell cnn that signals that mueller could be building a case of obstruction of justice against the president for firing fbi director james comey. >>> serious new questions about attorney general jeff sessions, his memory and sometimes lack thereof. carter page testified to a house panel that he told sessions he was traveling to russia during the campaign. sessions was also in the room with papadopoulos when he made the pitch, yet the attorney general has said he was not aware of any conversations between the trump campaign and russia. all of this as the president gets ready to leave this hour for his high stakes 12 day trip to asia, he has been writing furiously all morning. tweeting about many, many th

jordan. we're tied at 27. we've got a shot. there's two minutes to go and mr. molson right there.ay jay molson ices the game with a gut of wrenching then-yard field goal. cal ends 5-7. ucla wins it. they go 6 and and 6. it's ohio state against university of michigan at the big house. >> we'll continue there from 7:30 to 10:00. following several stories including a horse rescue ranch recovering from the north bay. have a great saturday. even if no one in your home smokes, secondhand smoke can be closer than you think. secondhand smoke from a neighbor's apartment can enter your home through air vents, through light fixtures and even through cracks in the walls and the floors. secondhand smoke is toxic. especially to children. protect your family. visit tobaccofreeca.com. >> home to the world series. college football. the daytona 500. the ufc. and the fifa world cup. the world's biggest event all on fox sports. >> we are fox sports! >> the weight is finally over. a year's worth worth of fevered anticipation has led to this moment. >> we've dreamed about this day! >> nothing matters b

mr. trump. prime minister theresa may was in amman, jordan. she spoke out again after the president reacted to her criticism by urging her to focus on islamist terrorism, instead of on him. >> the fact that we work together does not mean that we're afraid to say when we think the united states has got it wrong, and to be very clear with them, and i'm very clear, that retweeting from britain first was the wrong thing to do. >> woodruff: despite that criticism, may's government rejected new calls to cancel mr. trump's state visit planned for next year. the pentagon now says at least 800 civilians have died in air strikes by the u.s.-led coalition fighting the islamic state group. the number released today includes deaths in iraq and syria since 2014. various monitoring groups, however, say the count is far higher. pope francis appealed today for "decisive measures" to end the crisis engulfing the rohingya muslims of myanmar. hundreds of thousands have fled a military crackdown in the buddhist country. now, they're crowded into refugee camps in n

mr. trump was elevating the conversation about terrorism. our correspondent has been with the prime minister on a visit to jordan. reporter: this is a trip focused on building relationships around the world. but while theresa may was meeting kings and ministers in jordan, a major diplomatic row was building elsewhere. president trump has been personally rebuked by downing street for sharing far-right videos online. his response to theresa may on twitter, of course, "don't focus on me. focus on the destructive radical islamic terrorism taking place in the u.k." >> madam prime minister. reporter: her tour of the middle east suddenly requires diplomacy of a different kind. prime minister may: the fact that we work together does not mean we are afraid to say when the united states has got it wrong and to be clear with them, and i'm very clear that retweeting from britain first was the wrong thing to do. >> he effectively told you to stay out of his business. is that acceptable behavior from a supposed ally? prime minister may: it is an enduring relationship, but it is there because it is in both our national interest

it is now a cage match between congressman jim jordan and congressman trey goudie, one in favor, one opposed. >> it needs to be any everything, including mr. comey's handling. >> i did not sign the letter, i don't think that threshold has been met, i think in important, you can investigate something without special counsel. lou: we take up need for attorney general jeff sessions to do his duty with former doj official tom dupree. >> we'll have full report from capitol hill, we'll be right back in just a moment. back in just a moment. afterrrrr my "business" was going nowhere... so i built this kickin' new website with godaddy. building a website in under an hour is easy! 68% of people... ...who have built their website using gocentral, did it in... ...under an hour, and you can too. type in your business or idea. pick your favourite design. personalize it with beautiful images. and...you're done! and now business is booming. harriet, it's a double stitch not a cross stitch! build a better website - in under an hour. free to try. no credit card required. gocentral from godaddy. or a little internet machine? it makes you wonder: shouldn't w

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hello i'm down jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up. in the interest of the people of zimbabwe. mr robert mugabe in my city. president mugabe rejects calls to quit military leaders say the only way to ensure a bloodless transition of power. amnesty international accuses all sides of war crimes in the battle for control of money in the philippines. and how a trump administration decision is being saluted by elephant hunters. russia has vetoed a u.n. security council resolution to extend the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria last month u.n. investigators found the syrian government was responsible for the chemical weapons attack in a handshake and in april in which eighty people died many of those were children diplomatic editor james bays reports from new york the tenth veto by russia in the u.n. security council on syria and one that ends the council's efforts to hold to account those who use chemical weapons in the country. it was a vote that sparked outrage from the u.s. ambassador and she gave this warning that the u.s. may now work outside the u.n. russia

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mr. worldwide. former judge and pro, julianne hough returned to the judges table, bumping the possibility of a perfect score to 40. >> there were quite a few of those. jordan lindsey finally able to let loose in the freestyle round with lots of lips, stunts, ak accompanying the lightning cues as you can see right there. not hard to believe they pulled a flawless score of 40. he's a ringer because he's from "hamilton", so dancing is on his resume. he's pretty good. >> a ringing endorsement. that's what a ringing endorsement sounds like. the other heavy favorites to win, lindsey and mark showed off their love of music and their talent. lindsey plays the violin, so she multi-tasked this time, playing while dancg, while being lifted in the air, pretty cool. >> everybody can do that. >> oh, yeah? >> next to the risky move for frankie and whitney, choosing to embrace more of frankie's manly side. instead of embracing his boyish, fun side, the judges gave it a 38, a rough score for a freestyle, especially at this point in the round. >> maybe they didn't appreciate him not heeding their advice? >> no, they're like, frankie, we don't need you in the middle but just

jordan, adding she's not afraid to criticize friends when they get things wrong. the british ambassador and other united kingdom diplomats brought up their concerns at the white house after mr. trump retweeted anti-muslim videos from the white nationalist group britain first yesterday. >>> well, we're not going to hit 70 like yesterday, but we'll be closer to 60 this afternoon which is several degrees above seasonal averages. check this out. we got a line of rain coming through detroit, approaching buffalo right now. this is ahead of a cold front that will be arriving later on this evening into tonight. now, the showers look pretty solid here, but i think they're going to have less oomph when they get here. out ahead of that front, temperatures are mild. temperatures up to 60 in pittsburgh, 65 charleston. we're 54, again, considerably cooler than yesterday, but that's about or the average anyway. so for today look for temperatures this afternoon upper 50s to near 60 in town. it'll be a little bit cooler north and west and then some spotty showers to about 8:00, 9:00 until about midnight or so. they are not going to be very widespread and we have not had a lot of rain here o