but warner believes critics are laying the groundwork. >> firing mr. mueller or any of the top brass involved in this investigation would not only call into question this administration's commitment to the truth but also to our most basic concept, rule of law. >> warner added that any attempt to remove mueller would provoke he warned against pardoning any targets of the russia investigation. >>> ambassador nikki haley says the u.s. will be quote, taking names at the united nations today. the names she's talking about are the countries that support a resolution criticizing the u.s. for recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel. haley vetoed a similar resolution on monday after it was supported by several key u.s. allies. president trump supported haley in a white house meeting yesterday saying the u.s. won't be taken advantage of at the u.n. any longer. and haley tweeted in the words of the president, let them vote against us and we'll save a lot. >>> breaking overnight, another north korean soldier has defected to south korea. that soldier dashed a

. >> but warner not convinced. >> firing mr. mueller or any of the other tops involved in this investigation would not only call into question this administration's commitment to the truth but also our most basic concept rule of law. >> president trump is not ready to talk pardons after michael flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi >>> interstate 5 near the site of the deadly amtrak derailment is back open tonight after killing three. the rail company will pay the cost associated. federal investigators looking into the cause of the wreck want the to know why the train was going 80 in a 30 miles an hour when it went off the rails. >>> cal fires says firefighters have been making progress on the thomas fire in southern california today's but could change tomorrow. red flag warnings continue to be in place zrechi stretching from santa barbara raw to los angeles county it is 60% contained burning 272,000 acre making it second wildest fire in southern california history and officials fear wichnds could spark it eve more. >>> big surp

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warner: mr. president, i rise today concerned about the threats to the special counsel's ritical investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election. ver the last several weeks a growing chorus of irresponsible called less voices have for president trump to shut down special counsel mueller's investigation. at first, these calls came from of our political discourse. those who would refuse to put country and our discount spipolitical stings. earlier this year many of my sides of the both aisle were right to push back on urge misdirected calls and the special counsel be allowed to do his job without interference. owever, in recent weeks those voices seem to be growing in volume.t si and just this volume one major news organization suggested that counsel mueller could be involved in a coup against the president. one senior advisor at the white ouse has now outrageously alleged that the fix within gainst donald trump from the beginning. those statements are reckless, inappropriate and they are

mr. president. with that i yield the floor and note the absence of a court. >> senator mark warner on the russian investigation yesterday on the senate floor. right now we'll go live to a conversation between senator warner and axios editor mike allen. >> the christmas music as well. welcome to c-span. thank c-span for being here. welcome to the c-span audience and welcome all of you. axios is here to make

. >> reporter: but senator warner isn't convinced after the firing of fbi director james comey. >> firing mrle iror aeller the other top brass involved in in this investigation would not only call into question this administration's commitment to the truth but also to the most basic concept, rule of law. >> reporter: president trump says he's not ready to talk pardons after michael flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi, senator warner also warned the president against pardons in the russia investigation. diane and kendis? >>> we want to move on to breaking fl breaking news coming in from australia. a suv pedestrians on a busy sidewalk. it happened at a rail station. the suv was speeding and did not brake before hitting those people. up to 19 people may have been injured, including at least one child. we'll keep on top of this. >>> and the highway shut down by the deadly amtrak derailment is open again. two lanes of interstate 5 south of dupont, washington reopened. meanwhile, washington's governor says amtrak will pay the cost associated with the recovery, including medical expenses. they wa

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mr. mueller, you're seeing a smear campaign. >> we saw senator warner give remarks at length on the senateterday, warning about the efforts to undermine the mueller investigation and you giving remarking tonight, congressman adam schiff has been sounding the alarm about his own committee and about the possibility for firing not just mueller but rosenstein and elijah cummings to guard democracy, a lot of democrats intensely involved in the investigations including your self-are fired up and very much on alert. is there something going on among either republican colleagues in congress or that you can see happening in the white house that is leading to this acute concern that you guys are displaying right now or just that you're seeing the same trends in conservative media and republican reck rhetoric? >> we understand the congress wrap up tonight, people on holiday. this is the time when you always have to be concerned about potential abuse of power, and that's why i wanted to make it clear that i think every single member of congress, every democrat, every republican has got to make it clea

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mr. franklin has to be here at all. in 2016 he built a replica of the house on warner brother's back lot. e's never used it on the sitcom. if he used that instead of 1709 broderick, we might have a normal neighborhood. mr. franklin is no stranger to disputes. in beverly hills a property owner was trying to build next to his mansion and he fought this development. he expressioned concerns it would damage his quality of life. now we have the same concerns baw the quality of life has been seriously damaged thanks to his action. >> thank you, sir, your time is up. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commission. i'm pamela. i've lived at 1715 broderick street for over 46 years. i've been requested by one of our neighbors, mr. dave hollister to read his letter to you. dear members of the planning commission i am writing this letter in opposition to the project at 1709 broderick street that is up for for a discretionary review hearing on december 7th, 2017. i live at 2726 bush street and our family lived in the neighborhood since 1997. additionally, my wife has grown up in the neighborhoo

mr. ambassador, thank you. evelyn, thanks to you as well. senator mark warnerrom virginia just a few moments ago, let's take a listen. >> -- can't distance themselves from president's national security adviser who mass acknowledged a crime and will be anxious slus to see what his st was.mass acknowledged a crime and will be anxious to see what his story was. in terms of hifs contacts wiof hush s russ russia. this is why the investigation needs to continue. but the administration's effort to continually dismiss all these figures, i'll be anxious to hear what they say when their national security adviser again pleads guilty in terms of lying to the fbi about his contacts with russians. >> is this investigation one step closer to proof of collusion? >> listen, i think that we have got more work to do. and we'll do -- take as long as it takes to get all of the facts. we have a number of major figures like donald trump jr. i want to bring back jared kushner particularly in light of some of the supposed comments that general flynn may have been making. we have other

senator mark warner issued this morning to president trump on the senate floor. >> firing mr. mueller or any other of the top brass involved in this investigation would not only call into question this administration's commitment to the truth but also to our most basic concept rule of law. no one is above the law. not even the president. >> i mean, you know, the white house has said the president has no plans to fire mueller. he says that. but republicans, clearly some of them have been working to undermine his investigation. so i guess, you know, you wonder is warner's warning just, again, partisan politics, he's saying what you expect a democrat to say. could it help put some of those republican voices to rest? where are we with that? >> it's not going to put some of the more extreme republican voices to rest. there's a new report out from politico that says house republicans have been engaging in this secret effort to uncover corporation. what they say is corruption and how the fbi and justice department has handled that dossier from the bridget intelligence operative about

mr. mueller, you're really seeing something of a smear campaign under way. >> we saw senator warner givearks at length on the senate floor yesterday, warning about the efforts to undermine the mueller investigation. we saw you giving your remarks on the senate floral tonight. congressman adam schiff has been sounding the alarm about his own committee and about the possibility for firing not just mueller, but potentially rosenstein as something that would be an affront. elijah cummings pleaded with america to guard democracy on this front. clearly a lot of democrats that are intensely involved in the investigations, including yourself, are fired up and very much alert. is there something going on among either republican colleagues in congress or that you can see happening in the white house that is leading to this acute concern that you guys are displaying right now or just that you're seeing the same trends in conservative media and republican rhetoric that we're all seeing? >> the reason to be especially vigilant right now is, we all understand that congress wrapped up tonight, people a

mark warner making these remarks, wolf, just moments ago on the senate floor. >> firing mr.ller or any other of the top brass involved in this investigation would not only call into question this administration's commitment to the truth, but also to our most basic concept rule of law. it also has the potential to provoke a constitutional crisis. in the united states of america, no one, no one is above the law. not even the president. congress must make clear to the president that firing the special counsel or interfering with his investigation by issuing pardons of essential witnesses is unacceptable and would have immediate and significant consequences. i hope my concerns are unfounded. in many ways, i hoped i would never have to make this kind of speech. but there are troubling signs. it is critical that all of us, as elected officials and as citizens speak up against these threats now, before it's too late. >> reporter: now, just a few days ago, wolf, i asked warner's counterpart on the senate intelligence committee, the republican chairman, richard burr, if he has any co

senator mark warner is speaking up on troubling signs he believes could lead to a constitutional crisis. >> firing mr. mueller or any other of the top brass involved in this investigation would not only call into question this administration's commitment to the truth, but also to our most basic concept rule of law. it also has the potential to provoke a constitutional crisis. >> joining me now is samuel buell, a law professor at duke university and former federal prosecutor. sam, thanks for being with us. as you reflect not only on the statements made by senator warner here but others, and the reporting coming out of washington, d.c., the white house and the hill, what is your takeaway about this question of to fire or not to fire robert mueller. >> richard, it's very hard to read this because so much of this is just strategic talk and there's so little substance here. these issues that are being raised about alleged conflicts of interest are frankly ridiculous. two-thirds of the american people disapprove of donald trump's performance as president of the united states right now. it would be difficul

mr. mueller's investigation has much more extensive powers and hours does to run its course. mike: does your investigation of weeks or months to go? sen. warner: our investigation will take as long as it takes for us to talk to all the appropriate people. -- youou mission mentioned that jared kushner has talk to the staff? will you call him -- we you ask him to come back to talk to the committee? sen. warner: that is the chairman's call and that was the right one, which the first round of interviews would be done by our staff investigative team, which is a very good team. but that was done, the presumption that some of the key witnesses would be to come back. i would lean more they come back publicly. members, democratic republican, it would be hard for them to reach any final conclusions without being able to see some of the principles, not the semester kushner would fall into that category. mike: so you expect jared kushner to be called back to talk to the senator? we. warner: i don't a how can reach conclusions without the principles involved in some of these activities that individual senators have a chance to question them. mike: do you

warner about the implications of this. >> this is a real national security concern because every one of mr. trump's appointees within the intelligence community all acknowledge that russia massively intervened in our elections with the effort to try to help mr. trump and hurt hillary clinton. we all agree that russia tried to intervene in 21 states electoral systems. we all understand that russia used facebook and twitter and other social media sites in a way to spew hate and try to drive division. and what i'm concerned about is someone who doesn't want to try to relitigate 2016, but wants to make sure our country is protected in 2018 when you don't have someone in the white house who's kind of leading a whole of government approach. it means that our response to these kind of actions by russia and for that matter other nations that may try to copy russia's efforts, those national security efforts are undermined by this kind of aversion in the white house to face the reality. >> also tonight, another washington post report says that music promoter rob goldstone who set up that june 2016 tr