the oig found that fda was woefully slow and dirty in the recalls. the average length before recall began once fda knew of the safety issue with 27 days. the report also raises questions about the fda's ability to cope with uncooperative companies in one case involving a dietary supplement company took 10 months after fda issued a warning letter about unlisted ingredients before the firm finally pulled the product. in another case the recall of nut butter began five months after the fda had traced the salmonella outbreak to the source facility. there were 14 illnesses in 11 states during that time. a series of recalls contaminated with nine people getting sick including one into fetal losses linked to illness. during that time, and the firm ally to the fda saying the firm would suspend the manufacture and distribution of cheese. however, the owner despite knowing the product tested positive for listeria continue to allow the product to be distributed. the owner later pleaded guilty to fda crimes and went to prison. justice is done, but if you need to

oig found that fda was woe fully slow in starting recalls. the average length began once fda knew the safety issue was 57 days. the report also raises questions about the fda's ability to cope with uncooperative companies. in one case involving a dietary supplement company it took ten months after fda issued a warning letter about unlisted ingredients before the firm finally pulled the product. in another case, a recall of nut butter began more than five months after the fda had traced the samma nilla outbreak to the source facility. there were 14 illnesses in 11 states during that time. a series of recalls of cheese products contaminated with listeria took 81 days to complete. nine people got sick, including one infant who died and two fetal lotio fetal losses linked to illness. during that time the firm owner lied to fda saying the firm koh would suspend the manufacturing and distribution of cheese, however the own are, despite knowing that the product tested positive for lis steer yar toind let the product be distributed. he later pleaded

>> so i think oig referenced some of the earlier data. most recently we were doing that within 13 to 15 days within the food program. >> i'm assuming that if it is class one, you know, that's when somebody's hitting the buzzer with the red lights and so forth, that you do a lot more detailed work, analysis, urgency for a class one? >> it is a red flag. >> so roughly how many class ones a year do we get versus two or three? >> i think it's in my written testimony. i'd have to get back to you with the exact number. >> is it 10% or 80% class one? >> it's in between those two. so i don't have the exact number. it's -- i would hesitate to give a number when i'm not sure. but it is in between those. there's a significant proportion but it's not the majority. >> if it was 20%, that would be two a day, roughly. now, do you have the staff that you know, that is one person given oversight of that particular recall so you got two every day that are class one voluntary recalls. is that a team that goes to work or a single person? >> we have recall co

the oig report looked at 30 volumtoll tier recalls. the fda used mandatory recall authority only two times since enactment of physicfizz ma and all over the last four years. in some cases fda was slow to evaluate health hazards. took fda average of 47 days to complete an evaluation after learning of a planned food recall. the oig found that fda was slow in starting recalls. average leebt between recall began once fda new of the safety issue was 57 days. the report also raises questions about the fda's ability to cope with uncooperative companies. in one company it took ten months after fda issued a warning letter about unlisted ingredients before the firm finally pulled the product. in another case recall of nut butter began more than five months after the fda had traced the out break to the source facility. there were 14 illnesses in 11 states during that time. a series of recalls of cheese products contaminated lister yeah took 81 days to complete. 9 people got sick, including one infant who died, and two fetal losses linked to illne

to the oig. >> the white house is saying president trump wasn't involved in mccabe's departure.blicly impugned mccabe. he's racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go. question mark, exclamation point. inspector general is obviously important here but was this trump's doing at all, do you think? >> i think trump's pressure certainly sped up the time line. ray got to the fbi. he wanted to get the lay of the land. he wanted to figure out the building. it's normal for fbi directors to put their own staff in place. whether it's a general counsel, a chief of staff. ray wanted to do it according to his timeline. if he did i according to sessions or trump's time line that would make hit overtly political. that's what ray was trying to avoid. what happened today was ray found something in the ig report that concerned him. just like ray found something that was concerning involving lisa page. what he did is sidelined them. that's effectively what he was going to do to mccabe until the clock ran out on march 18th. my reporting doesn't tell me that trump's finger prints a

oig which i have led since january 2016. unfortunately this hearing arises from the tragic events of november 5th, 2017 when an individual devin kelly killed 24 at the baptist church. at the request of the secretary of defense, the oig agreed to investigate what happened with regard to his criminal history records. also to review more broadly the policies, practices and procedures regarding when appropriate information is submitted by d.o.d. law enforcement agencies for entry into fbi databases. the oig has begun that investigation and review. we have previously performed several reviews that found serious deficiencies in the d.o.d. submission of required criminal history information to the fbi. our first review in 1997 found significant gaps in the military service's compliance with the requirement to submit criminal history data to the fbi. in addition, other previous d.o.d. oig evaluations examined the handling of specific types of investigations by military service law enforcement organizations such as sexual assault inv

the oig has begun that investigation and review. the dod ig has previously done several reviews that have found serious deficiencies in the submission of required criminal history to the fbi. our first review in 1997 found significant gaps in the military services compliance with the requirement to submit criminal history data to the fbi. in addition, other previous dod-oig evaluations by law enforcement organizations such as sexual assault investigations or the handling of certain types of evidence, such as dna. they also found the services were not consistently submitting required data from criminal investigations to the fbi. in 2015, the dod oig completed another evaluation and found noncompliant in their submission of fingerprint and final disposition reports to the fbi. in february 2017, the oig opened a follow-up review to evaluate again whether the military services were submitting fingerprint cards and final disposition cards for its members convicted of qualifying offenses. we reviewed these submissions for the period from

has been climbing in recent months next ongoing production cuts by the opecdebbie ti crude crude of oig nations among other factors. on the stock market a bit of nervousness today after reports that china is looking to cut back on u.s. bond purchases. markets are still pretty close to record highs. genie: one company that had an astonishing day on the market tuesday is kodak and it's thanks to bitcoin. >>markets are still pretty close to record highs. almostshares soared by 120% on wall street on tuesday after it announced it was launching a business based on blockchain. that's the technonology thahat underpins crypto currencies like bitcoin. ofs includes the creation kodak point which would be used to help photographers control the rights to their images. kodak also plans to use spare capacity -- power capacity at its headquarters in rochester to run a crypto currency mining operation that they will be able to rent out to people so you can do your bitcoin mining paying kodak to do it for you. france hastailer in dropped plans to use a new law to lay off workers. labor changes to french

the building had various farming supplies and equipment along with a make shift oig offiffice.he farmer suffered minor injuries. it appears the fire was accidental. >>> eagles had an ugly loss to the cowboys 6-0 in brutal lir cold conditions. eagles already had the best record in the nfc locked up. nick foles was hoping to head into the postseason with some positive moments, but it didn't happen. he threw a bad interception in the first quarter and completed just 4 of 11 passes for 39 yards before sudfeld replaced him. in the fourth quarter, dak prescott threw a touchdown pass to butler, but they missed the extra point. after the game, nick foles was asked how he felt. >> i feel great. honestly, i feeling great. i know what i can do. i feel really confident. i'm excited to get ready for the playoffs. >> a couple weeks now to prepare, just enjoy this time, reflect on where we've been and refle reget ready to go. >> eagles cannot play the rams. they are the number three seeds. atlanta heads to l.a. to face the rams. if atlanta wins, they come here to face the eagles. if the rams

in some cases, like the cbp, your oig said that the i.t. systems are so old and ineffective that they are risk to public safety and national security. this risk became real for hundreds of thousands of holiday travelers when cbp system went down two weeks ago on january 2, stranding them at u.s. airports around our country. on top of that, the department still has not fulfilled its decades-old promise to create a working exit entry system. because dhs has never been able to complete the system, we don't know who has departed this country, and that means we also don't know who is still here. statistics show that almost half of the aliens unlawfully president in united states -- present in the united states came here legally but overstayed when their status expired. if we knew they were still here, we could track them down and penalize the people who overstay , but the department has not been able to build the i.t. system necessary to make this possible. despite all these concerns, it's clear that under the current administration dhs is makin

. >> but for the an an original oig communities, it is a painful day because it memorial lizs iz datehe british began colon nizing, a process that killed tens of thousands and ripped entire groups from their homes and societies. >> now indigenous australians and supporters say the holiday should be moved to a new date free of the old wounds. >> we want to create awareness that we're still here, we're still strong, we see alternatives to this date. it is micked feelings. personally, i want a day we can all celebrate and this is to create awareness that we all can celebrate as australians and on january 26, we just can't do it due to the historical facts of this day. >> we'll talk more about this with mark kenney, national affairs editor for the sydney morning herald and the age. good to have you with us. these are two very diametric views of whether to keep this at a time date as is or to change it. first let's listen to the nation's prime minister speaking of how important it is to reflect on the nation's past and feelin feelings, but also unify on january 26th in that reflection. we'

in some cases, like the cbp, your oig said that the i.t. systems are so old and ineffective that they are risk to public safety and national security. this risk became real for hundreds of thousands of holiday travelers when cbp system went down two weeks ago on january 2, stranding them at u.s. airports around our country. on top of that, the department still has not fulfilled its decades-old promise to create a working exit entry system. because dhs has never been able to complete the system, we don't know who has departed this country, and that means we also don't know who is still here. statistics show that almost half of the aliens unlawfully present in the united states came here legally but overstayed when their status expired. if we knew they were still here, we could track them down and penalize the people who overstay, but the department has not been able to build the i.t. system necessary to make this possible. despite all these concerns, it's clear that under the current administration, dhs is making real progress to improve hom

a person familiar with discussions told the times oig th appeared to be asking about comey and flynn. take a listen to this. >> i'm not at all concerned. >> did you talk to him? >> no, i didn't. but not at all concerned. >>> and coming up a "morning joe," new reporting from carol lee with even more on what is it happening behind the scenes in the russia probe. >>> new development late last night about andrew mccabe, president trump alleges that he was influenced by his wife's donations. "washington post" reporting that while mccabe served as acting fbi director, president trump summoned him to the oval office and asked who he voted for in the 2016 election. mccabe who is considered to replace comey said he did not vote according to several anonymous current and former u.s. officials sourced in the report. mccabe who has spent more than two decades at the fbi found the conversation with trump, quote, disturbing and said one former u.s. official -- that was said by one former u.s. official. and one person said it is of interest to bob mueller. both the white house and fbi did decline to

yes, the appointment of gorsuch oig w was very significant.oted for trump because of the supreme court. but even more significant is the appoint mment of 22 federal appellate and district judges. that is more than any other president in history. he had a republican congress, he was able to confirm these judges who are deciding 60,000 cases a year as opposed to only 80 that the supreme court hears. and we've seen this week one federal district judge can hold up the immigration law for the entire nation, a district law can have huge impact over the constitution of the country and trump's most lasting legacy may well be his affect on the federal judiciary. >> what is the one constitutional issue that jeffrey rosen most has his eye on for the second year of the trump presidency? >> the scope of the pardon power. this is a president who breaks norms and the question of whether the president can pardon himself is mooted. most think no, but? think yes. and the question whether he can use is corruptly is also questioned. the supreme court hasn't spoke

i trust the oig, but there were a number of messages redacted and some withheld because there were personal informations back and forth that had nothing to do with the clinton case, ining to do with the collusion case, and those should be withheld. it's difficult to divine out of this and say that line means this. are there troubling things, are there threads that can be drawn between the insurance policy and what we talked about in andy's office and this is horrific and a grave risk. we have to go to our plan, whatever that is. >> clearly through the text messages we see at least these two fbi officials were not happy president trump won the election, but what i'm hearing you say, correct me if i'm wrong, is some scrutiny is deserved, but we shouldn't draw any conclusions at this point. >> you said it perfectly, and you add to this piece the fact there were a number of notations they made to go to other devices, meaning to go to their personal devices. you should never as an fbi agent discuss parts of a case on a device because when you do that, they're subject to discovery. you have to gi

it says that the oig has been investigating this matter and this week succeeded in using forensic tools to recover text messages from fbi devices, including text messages between mr. struck, the fbi agent, and ms. paige, the fbi attorney, that were sent or received between december 14th, 2016, and may 17th, 2017. but what they go on to say in this letter is that while they have recovered some of these text messages, they have not recovered all of them. that's something that the inspector general's office continues to do, and they say at this point these text messages won't go directly into the hands of members of congress. instead, the inspector general will hand over these text messages that they've so far retrieved from the devices themselves, they will go to the department of jurisdiction and then the department of justice will determine what to do. of course, we've seen the department of justice hand over two batches already of these text messages. first they handed it over to congress, as well as gave reporters a look. and then this most recent batch, they came out in the past few

what a by partisansh is when yo take republicans who don't believe in immigration cotton and perdue oig and they agree with those who do. like saying i want to reform baseball, but i have to sit down with people who want to destroy baseball. >> i'm still trying to get a clear answer. are you going to vote to shut the government down if d.r.e.a.m.ers are not in this government funding bill? >> yeah, here, katy -- i'm not going to -- i'm not going to vote for a budget that does not include fairness and justice. they are holding them hostage. >> is that democrats across the board? >> i am not going to vote for a budget that does not include fairness and justice for them. just like i wouldn't vote for -- >> is that across the board or just you? >> here is my sense of it all. i'm sorry this earpiece keeps coming out. >> you can look like brinkley. >> i want to look like me. but here is my point to you. i'm not going to vote for a budget that didn't include justice and fairness. and what do i believe? as i shared with you earlier on, i think that that is where democrats are, that's why i beli

we're committed to maintaining the status quo on the hole oig si holy sites.hope is that that message got through as well and that the palestinians will find their way back to the table. they walked away from the xwoesh ya negotiating table in 2014. but my hope and the president's hope is that the palestinians will see their way clear now that we've taken the issue of recognizing the capital of israel off the table to move on to the issues that should be able to be negotiated to chaefr achieve a lasting peace. >> for the full interview, tune into andrea mitchell reports at noon right here on msnbc. and i won't take you to break because we have breaking news and special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. pete williams is joining me with details. we were just talking about robert mueller. his ears must have been ringing. what can you tell us? >> well, we've been trying to find out repeatedly when and if the special counsel was going to be interviewing the attorney general jeff sessions, and now we're told by the justice department that in fact the at

. >> according to the va oig patient account center, in 2015 the va billed third-party payers $7.2 billion for medical treatment. i think we collected about $2.5 billion. the department considers third party collections as revenue. budget projections. how does the va project its expected collections for each year and how does that match up with what we're actually collecting? >> yeah. we do give our projected collections as part of our budget request. it's an offset to essentially our -- what's given to us in our budget. our finance team does the projections based upon actuals of last year and then sets the target for improvement. and this is something that we have targeted, improved collections. one of the provisions that i think is being considered under the current legislation is a requirement to disclose third party insurance because that's part of the challenge that we have. if we don't know a veteran has other insurance, it's very hard for us to go and collect it. so that's something that we're working on. >> right. i believe we have a pilot program going on in five areas? >> yes. >>

oig's opinions are interpretive, and so it's not really a matter of compulsory or noncompulsory. oge is taking the position that this is what the law means. at least in terms of its legal opinions. it also specious and program advisories where it gives instructions to agencies and it has taken the position that a contract agencies to do things like produce documents or change the way they track things. we recently required them to start using the electronic financial disclosure system, unless they the apply for a wao that. but in terms of the legal opinions those are interpretive. oge court nate with the department of justice when it involves the criminal statutes, and oge cannot bind the department of justice so they could still prosecute somebody. you could talk a prosecutor out of prosecuting probably if you were just to say i relied on ts opinion. so as a practical matter, they have effect of the compulsory because they are your best guidance of what the law is, but again they are not written as orders to go into something. >> on the gsa question regarding the interpretation

rolling that back a bit and we should note this is a speech that gary cohn wrote, not steven mill are oer oig which i important point. >> as president of the united states, i will always put america first just like the leaders of other countries should put their country first also. but america first does not mean america alone. when the united states grows, so does the world. >> i mean that is sort of self-evident. but does this mean that the whole donald trump nationalism, economic nationalism thing is dead? >> he's giving different speeches to different audiences. this is six months away from the next election, this is not the speech he gives. he can give this year and get away with it. a lot of his fan base as you said they are just happy that he is in office right now, they are not really particularly paying close tension to what he says. what does donald trump really stand for on? who knows. >> and really quickly, the polling shows that the american image is tainted under donald trump. does that really matter to the people who are at davos, do those people care what the world thinks of t

were between peter strzok and lisa page in the middle of back and forth on the russia thing, saying oigoffice of inspector general has been investigating this matter. succeeded this week using forensic tools recovering things from fbi device, including text messages from mr. strzok and miss page, reteased december 2016 and may 2017. to vince collagnese. how big of a deal is this. >> i want to know why we went through the whole nonsense scandal. text messages a missing, public pressure mounts. all of sudden they find them. couldn't they have found them in the first place? neil: a lot of them were coming old galaxy 5 phone and lost between the galaxy -- i didn't even understand it. bottom line they found them. >> that's right. well we'll have to look through them this is critical period. remember, this goes from the transition period all the way up to the appointment of robert mueller. that include a bunch really critical points along the timeline including the inauguration of president trump and firing of james comey. what it will do color in the lines where peter strzok, lisa page, thes

steve, i'm not convinced here that sessions, the oig investigation that they don't have some rather damninging coming up later. but, here is the caveat. there are still a lot of slimy swamp rats left in justifiable likely tangtsed by this memo and the spying scandal in the obama administration. it doesn't surprise me that a category of swamp creatures would want to make this thing go away or at a minimum take a look at it first so they can scrub it before the public gets to see it. ainsley: that's what's scary. they work for the department of justifiable. brian: will hardy used to be in the cia for over a academic indicated. he says is he for releasing this memo. he knows classification and says it should go out. the other thing brought up interesting by a congressman is it's not enough to release the memo. you have to put it more into something to tell people where it came from. so you could put 10 great principles out there. but you have got to tell where it came from and where you sourced it from. so that could get a little bit complicated, don't you think? >> yes. and here's the issue h

>oig report wego death con. involved in the hillary email and trump investigation. also, he is the guy conveniently just one quick note who interviews mike flynn in the white house in what i believe to be a set-up on this logan act nonsense and then strzok goes back to andy mccabe and tells him that flynn, he was a little disingenuous in the interview. the other fbi agent in the room didn't say that there were two of them. so it sounds to me like it was a personal vendetta against flynn. brian: wow. steve: sounds like they are starting to clean house at the fbi. >> thank god. steve: got to restore the integrity of it. brian: too late. steve: dan, i didn't see you in the crowd, if you missed it, here is some of the festivities from yesterday attacking president trump. >> as we seek to rid ourselves of trump we must also cleanse our american soul of its white neo privilege, its veracious greed, and it's enforced ignorance. >> the one silver lining in trump is that we have created the mother of all movements. >> do

i would say we have to fwig oig out what they're going to do with it.rators and financial folks, the j. ama.b. people it's not one i would have argued for. >> if you're coke or pepsi this morning, what are you thinking >> look, i think you're thinking that there's more consolidation in the space i think you're thinking that there's more opportunity to put similar beverage products on the same truck we've talked a lot about beer and carbonated soft drinks potentially going on the same truck. this is coffee and carbonated soft drinks on the same truck. this will continue is probably what this is suggesting. >> thank you for your perspective. we'll keep an eye. you're looking at coke and pepsi both. >> yeah, it's fascinating. anyone else could have gone and grabbed dr. pepper it is surprising that it's keurig. >>> apple is reportedly cutting its first quarter production of iphone x in half they're citing slower than expected holiday sales the report said apple is expected to maintain a total production target of 30 million units like the iphone 8, 8 plus a