thank you both for a spirited debate i did over audience learned a lot political commentator amir oren and don dyker of the true islam center for public affairs it was a pleasure. ok some more great program starting in what was here are two international event to join me for all the latest news headlines this monday thirty six. film begins in hawaii in the middle of the pacific ocean in spite of the island and its remoteness cation it is also full to the epidemic of the twentieth century plastic. plastic pollution is littering beaches and endangering said species of animals no matter how remote or out of reach. in this neighborhood tree in the north of the occupied ago scientists study marine animals not plastic at least in theory. no idea what that. but it's certainly plastic. jessica perelman is a biologist accustomed to finding plastic in fish stomachs she has started a very unique connection. casually often plastic bags and this was all coiled up in the stomach when i found it had no idea what it wasn't all that it just. or did you react when in this installment i was shocked i sta

oren liebermann is joining us live from voous with tjerusalem.will this impact his re-election establish if the charges stick? >> reporter: this will make it much more difficult for benjamin netanyahu as he seeks a fifth term in office. and those elections just over five weeks away at this point. that has been one evof netanyahs main criticisms that he doesn't have a chance to have a hearing to present his side before elections so all the voters have is the statement from the attorney general. netanyahu calls this announcement politically motivated and a witch hunt driven by the media and the left to topple his right wing government at any cost. so what was the big announcement? the attorney general here saying that he intends to indict the prime minister on charges of bribery and breach of trust in the biggest case facing the prime minister as well as charges of preach of trubreach in two smaller cases. so we'll have to see what the latest round of polling shows, but netanyahu facing a serious blow here. before this announcement, it looked like

important data is behind me in this building with bea investigators download agency that data. >> oren, a slow process, yes, any indication, are you getting any hints about how long this may take when they may be complete? >> it's a question of what condition those black boxes are in. the flight data recorder we know from a source close to the investigation appeared to be based purely on visual inspection, although it looks good, it has suffered damage. it's a deliberate and methodical process to examine every electrical component there and see what was they're in. if it's damaged, it becomes you can repair it? it's already a sort of a methodic cal slow process to dpin w. if all goes well, the data could be downloaded sometime this weekend. that on its own is simply raw data. it doesn't give information in and of itself. ethiopian authorities will decide who tries to pull the vital information. it could be the french behind me, the americans, the ntsb or they could go somewhere else. we do know ntsb and boeing have representatives here, observes of the process as they download that inf

. >> joining us now, cnn analyst oren liebermann. oren, good morning. what are you learning?he piece that the "the new york times" is talking about is what's called a jack screw. and it was found in the ethiopian airlines flight 302. the jack screw is the stabilizing at the tail of the airplane. and the position according to the "the new york times" would have forced the stabilizer to put the plane in a nose down position and caused the airplane to go very fast and to dive which is unusual after the takeoff. and, of course, incredibly dangerous. the question becomes why was the stabilizer in that position. it could be pilot input, it could be the autopilot or what's known as the mcast system. an automated system to help a pilot avoid a low-speed stall. that position is from the lion air crash back in october. the system was apparently triggered by a faulty sensor reading. now, the question is is it that same system that forced the plane down in the ethiopia airlines crash. that will be an answer. and perhaps that question is be here when they're looking at the black box and t

i well earlier i put the issue off for the bait with political commentator amir oren and down dyker project director out the center for public affairs. let me make it very clear this is about the new freshman member of congress ilan omar who basically legitimized anti semitism by saying by saying that jews control america with money and the jews have dual loyalty in the united states the real issue is anti semitism and he's on isn't the answer is yes the debate is is one in which if you deny the jewish people the right to self-determination as not on sharansky sat in a in a soviet prison for nine years because he was a jew wanting to come to the jewish state you are an anti semite that is what that is the issue and ilan omar has camouflaged anti-semitism in the united states and has turned it in to a to a camouflaged issue of criticism of israel this is not about ok criticism of israel amir on the resolution why do you think it went beyond semitism to all forms of bigotry does not not just water don on effectively leave it as a nothing document the power for israel's friends be the jews or.

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so oren, what is the very latest?er: wolf, moments ago, another rocket alert coming out of the southern end of gaza, indicating this round indicating a potential rocket or mortar launch may not be over yet. it was just a few hours ago there were reports from hamas that egypt successfully brokered the restoration of a cease-fire, and that seemed to hold for all about 20 or 30 minutes. then there were more rocket alerts. in fact, as we were standing even closer, we saw two interceptions of israel aerial defense system and heard launches from gaza into israel. it was roughly 5:15 this morning when a rocket was fired from gaza deep into israel. in fact, deeper into israel than any rocket since the end of the 2014 war. that hit a home north of tel aviv, wounding seven people inside. all of this while prime minister benjamin netanyahu was in washington to meet with president donald trump. that trip cut short. he is now on his way back. israel said it would respond. netanyahu said they would respond forcefully and that begun

let's bring in oren liebermann live in central israel. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. i'm standing in front of the house where the rocket from gaza landed. you can see the damage to the house. it land just after 5:00 in the morning ripping apart the roof essentially and sending shrapnel all in the area. we're standing next to a car that was torn apart. some other homes here were damaged as well. according to the emergency response services, seven people were injured inside this house including two women and two young children who suffered shrapnel damage. this is the farthest a rocket has been fired from gaza. and also the timing of this, rockets are rarely if ever fired at first light in the morning. normally they are fired overnight. so that will be one of the key questions so to why and who fired this rocket. israel has closed the two border crossings into gaza. and netanyahu was set to meet with donald trump today. and he will still have that mighting but then he will immediately return to israel and he said that they

. >> oren liibermann is there in paris. he is on the phone with us. tell us what's happening here.ve seen smashed store fronts along this famous alley here in response. we seen police trying to get them to smash here. >> that is phuket this restaurant phuket and then the president symbolized the wealth and inequality since mid-november. one of the key questions here is why now? why such a violent protest? they have been going on since november they had since tapered dow down. >> that answer pay be the great debate. he tried to engage the average citizens on what they were upset about. the great debate as it was called ended yesterday. part of the frustration was that there were no competition from the great debate. there was no idea on how to close economic inequality. >> that may have led to what we are seeing at the anger and outpouring as well as right now. the yellow vest protesters may be streaming the violence on the streets so far we have learned 44 will detained. >> that number may well rise. >> oren liibermann, reporting from paris, thanks, so much. >>. >> question want to

. >> oren lieberman, thank you. follow me on twitter @brikeilar on cnn. >>> happening now, breaking news. bracing for mueller. white house, congress and the country are on pins and needles, bracing for robert mueller's russia report, which could drop at any time. the trump legal team preparing to react to any eventuality. >>> west wing what's app. top white house officials, including ivanka trump, have conducted government business with personal e-mails. and he claims jared kushner has used the what's app messaging system to communicate with foreign leaders. >>> just say no. the white house refuses to comply with democrats' request for information on president trump's communications with russia's vladimir putin. does the president have something to hide? >>> and in the heights. president trump drops a twitter bombshell saying it's time to recognize israel's sovereignty over the golan heights, captured in 1967. speaking of timing, is the president acting now because his support for prime minister netanyahu is in a ve

oren lieberman, cnn, jerusalem. >>> let's talk more about this now with samantha vinograd. samantha a cnn national security analyst joining us this hour in new york. samantha, good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> so the president's decision to recognize israeli sofrntd over the golan heights, it's certain to draw the ire of syria and lebanon who argue such a move would destabilize the region. what are your thoughts about the regional and international impact of this decision? >> i tack a step back and think about what motivated the timing of this decision. i worked on national security for president obama including decisions related to israel and various territories that israel currently controls. and when we look at the timing of this, secretary pompeo's in the middle east. he gave a press briefing hours before the president made this policy announcement by tweet. there are two things that really strike me. one is president trump knows that prime minister netanyahu, who is a current lie, is up for re-election hay few weeks and president trump is deeply pop

oren liebermann is there live for us with more.orning. >> reporter: erica, i'm standing here in the golan heights. this was seized by israeli forces from syria in 1967 during the six-day war. since then 52 years ago considered occupied territory and no country on earth had ever recognized israel's annexation of the golan until now with president donald trump's reversal of decades of policy and going against the international consensus. the question, why? apparent answer, netanyahu is facing a tough re-election campaign and that campaign, the election itself is only a few week it's away. this appears to be the trump administration blatantly campaigning for netanyahu to win the elections. on top of that, mike pompeo was here during the announcement and netanyahu heads to washington, d.c. for the aipac conference meeting with president trump a campaign stop with trump. the fact pompeo didn't mention elections neither did netanyahu and trump said he barely knew about them. >> it's not about netanyahu's re-election? >> no. i wouldn't ev

. >> oren lieberman joining me live now from jerusalem.>> it certainly is other than effectively deny iing it. netanyahu had not had a great week in the elections until this point. he was sliding in the polls and the headlines, of course, were around the charges he potentially faces in a couple of months. even if it's not objectxten -- obstensab obstensibly about the elections it certainly looks like it. at the jerusalem wall with netanyahu. trump visited alone and mike pence did as well. that's because of the sensitivity. trump, in an apparent move to get netanyahu a boost before the elections recognized golan heights as part of israel and netanyahu, where he will meet trump in washington, d.c., which is effectively going to look like a campaign stop and trump will once again be appearing to campaign for netanyahu instead of trying to stay out of israel's elections. that will be another major chance for netanyahu, essentially, to burnish his credentials and relationship with president donald trump right before these elections, as he faces

oren lieberman is joining us. it's being analyzed.ys as new information from two sources with knowledge of the recovery operations, what are you learning? >> reporter: wolf, the piece of equipment we're talking about here is it's called a jack screw. it sets the position of a horizontal stabilizer on the wing. it will put a stabilizer to force a nose down attitude of the airplane. that would do two things. it would force an airplane to go very fast and it would force an airplane to dive. in the minutes after takeoff that would be very unusual and very dangerous. the question then, what put the stabilizer in that position? it could be pilot input. it could be the auto pilot. or it could be what's known as the mcas system. automated system intended to help the pilot avoid an intentional stall. the lion air crash from back in october perhaps because of a faulty sensor reading. the question is it the same mcas system that caused this problem in this ethiopian airlines flight 302 crash? the answer there depends on the black boxes. figure o

oren lieberman is joining us. was a close call involving that same lion airplane the day before it crashed. >> reporter: on that flight, according to bloomberg, which spoke with two people familiar with the investigation, there was an off duty pilot in the cockpit who saw the problems that the flight crew was having in terms of the indications and the warnings happening and the difficulty controlling the plane. it was that off duty pilot who hopped in to diagnose the problem and correct the problem. that flight continued without the autopilot which had been deactivated and landed safely. what's critical is that it indicates a difficulty in diagnosing what the problem was and how to fix that problem. that, of course, was crucial on the next flight. reuters is reporting according to three people who heard the cockpit voice recorder, from that doomed flight indicating the flight crew, the pilot and second in command were trying to diagnose the problems they were having. the difficulty they were having controlling the

let's go live to cnn's oren liebermann. what's the latest?ur period of calm was shattered. a few hours later, in fact just before midnight, a second rocket was fired from gaza into israel. the israeli military has responded with military strikes against hamas military targets inside gaza, including a weapons manufacturing facility. to give an idea where israeli thought this was going a few minutes before the rocket was launched, israeli announced restrictions had been lifted so israel thought this round of fighting was over. that changed with the first rocket. now it's a question of what happens next. if it were only these two rockets, israel would respond by targeting hamas military targets. we have seen this before. and then the fighting would end. but this comes less than 36 hours after that rocket was fired from gaza, deep into israel hitting a home in central tel aviv, rather north of tel aviv. now it's a question of what does prime minister netanyahu who also serves as defense minister decide to do at this point? he told aipac he was re

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want to bring in oren liebermann. politically for netanyahu, this was important. >> reporter: absolutely. netanyahu was facing a very difficult re-election campaign. he had been slide management polls a little bit and this could easily reverse that trend polls a little bit and this could easily reverse that trend. the u.s. recognition of israeli sovereignty where i'm standing now in the go plan heights. this has been considered as occupied territory. no one recognized it until now. there didn't seem to be any pressing reason to make this announcement even if the international community was opposed to it. there wasn't anyone pushing back. so why now? and that answer perhaps the elections. trump handing netanyahu such a big victory, certain to give him an election boost. when asked about it, secretary of state mike pompeo who was visiting here didn't mention the election, netanyahu never mentioned the elections and trump said it wasn't really a consideration, but that is hard to believe. here's what he said to fox. >> i

oren liebermann has the latest from jerusalem. where is this going?hat's an excellent question and a very, very difficult one to answer at this moment. there was renewed fighting overnight, but that broke a period of lull that we had seen hold for most of the day tuesday. now we're seeing that same uneasy calm holding for most of the day today. the last exchange of hostilities was early this morning. we'll see if this ends and how quickly it ends. the last period of calm was shattered by three rockets from gaza into israel. after the second of those rockets, israel hit hamas targets in gaza including a weapons manufacturing warehouse. the question is at what point does this proceed or slow down and both sides back off. the assessment here is that neither israel nor hamas want an all-out war. it's a question of where does the response come and who feels the need to respond at this point. the last fire was a rocket from gaza into israel at 4:00 in the morning. israel generally prefers to carry out the last strikes. there could very well be more action t

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let's go to oren liebermann live in the golan heights.alk about the ramifications for this across the region, et cetera, because although a tweet does not change what happened, the u.s. position on this has been established for decades. >> reporter: right. i wouldn't expect anybody to follow the u.s.'s lead. eu has made it clear as has russia. i don't think countries will follow the u.s. lead. in terms of what changes on the ground, the answer is very little. essentially, the world has grown used to israel controlling, administering the golan heights. it wasn't frankly a big issue even if it was routinely condemned by other countries. we have seen condemnation from where we expect to see, turkey, syria. i suspect from iraq and iran. we haven't seen condemnation from some of the sunni arab states, saudi arabia, egypt, uae. they have grown used to israel controlling this. for them it's not a big deal even if they put out a symbolic condemnation of it. it is more important to be in trump's corner. if there is a geopolitical sort of ramificat

let's go live to oren liebermann. are these two things related? >> reporter: this is incredibly convenient timing for prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and by all appearances is the trump administration and donald trump himself openly campaigning for netanyahu to win as he seeks a fifth term in a tough re-election campaign here. and it is not just the tweet. it is the fact that it happened while secretary of state mike pompeo was here right before a presser with netanyahu. earlier in the day pompeo has actually visited the western wall in the old city of jerusalem with netanyahu. and that is essentially unheard of. when trump was there is a couple weeks ago, he went on his own. mike pence also went on his own. and that is out of respect for the sensitivity of the holy site. well, not anymore. pompeo went with netanyahu and that behinds credence to the argument that the trump administration is basically lobbying for netanyahu to win the campaign. even though pompeo didn't mention the election, netanyahu didn't mention the election and trump in an

oren liebermann is joining us live from jerusalem.re seeing net running for a fifth term in office. here is a question for you and what has been plaguing me, if he is reelected, can a sitting prime minister be indicted? >> there is nothing barring the attorney general in israel from in-fightingdicting a sitting pr minister but it would be a momentous occasion because it has never happened before.the best analogy is ten years ago, that prime minister was going to be indicted but he saw the writing on the wall and resigned. however netanyahu is not going to do that, he has vowed to fight these charges. he has called them political persecution saying it is an attempt by the media and left to pressure the attorney general for issue the indictments against him. so certainly no indication that he has any intention of stepping down. the big announcement of course coming late last night, the attorney general saying that he intends to indict the prime minister on charges of breach of trust in two smaller cases and in a much larger case on char

oren liebermann, reporting from jerusalem.rs, thanks very much for watching. you can follow me on twitter and instagram, at wolf blitzer. you can tweet the sho show @cnnsitroom. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, investigating trump. democrats launching a sweeping probe on the president. could it be the biggest threat to trump yet? the man in charge. the house judiciary chairman, jerry nadler, is my guest. plus, the house intelligence committee chairman says the mueller report is the, quote, bare minimum. whoa! we'll talk about that. and the art of contortion. top officials twisting themselves into pretzels, denying reality, lying, just to defend the president. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the biggest threat to president trump. his name, and it's a person, is jerry nadler, the powerful new

oren liebermann, reporting from jerusalem. thank you very much. >>> and to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. you can follow me on twitter and instagram, at wolf blitzer. you can tweet the sho show @cnnsitroom. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, investigating trump. democrats launching a sweeping probe on the president. could it be the biggest threat to trump yet? the man in charge. the house judiciary chairman, jerry nadler, is my guest. plus, the house intelligence committee chairman says the mueller report is the, quote, bare minimum. whoa! we'll talk about that. and the art of contortion. top officials twisting themselves into pretzels, denying reality, lying, just to defend the president. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the biggest threat to president trump. his name, and it's a person, is jerry nadler, the powerful new chairman of the judiciary committee. the committee with the power to lead impeachment proceedings against the president

. >> oren liebermann on the border between israel and gaza. be careful over there. we'll stay in close touch. >>> and to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." erin burnett, "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, the breaking news the white house has still not received the full mueller report but that is not stopping the president. he has declared victory. plus, is the president about to pardon his former advisers? his lawyer just answering the questions. >>> and michael avenatti charged with trying to extort tens of millions of dollars. prosecutors say it's all caught on tape. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening, i'm erin burnett. the west wing still has not seen the mueller report but president trump does not need the report to declare victory. >> i love this country as much as i can love anything. my family, my country, my god. but what they did, it was a false narrative who -- it was a terrible thing. we can never let this happen to another president again. i can tell you that. >> and with that, all

he's the director of the anti-defamation league center on extremism lee joins us now from new york orenwe've seen a worrying rise in white supremacy so what are the responses that make people vulnerable to be recruited into white supremacist groups in the first place you know i mean that's the sixty four thousand dollar question is what is it about these hateful ideologies that big people want to join and i think there's really no one factor that you can point to but i will say that the mainstreaming of hateful discussions whether it's in our public discourse or on social media makes these hateful ideologies floor accessible than ever before and what do you think motivates and inspires white supremacist to carry out these terrible acts of violence because these acts on isolated are they i mean something much more frequently particularly in places of worship. yes i mean look no further than pittsburgh just a few months ago where the jewish community was targeted by whites premise is this well all essentially there is a foundational trope within the white supremacist movement that opposes

pressley, on which further proceedings were postponed oren which the ayes pro pre-intrailed voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 24 printed in part b of house report 116-16, offered by ms. pressley of massachusetts. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient numbering are vizen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 126, the nays are 305, two answering present. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 25 printed in house report 116-16 by the gentleman from tennessee, mr. green, on which further proceedings were postponed,

harassed oren discriminated against. the big thing that happened in september 11, shook thent that nation, the mother mosque was receiving flowers on the steps of the mosque, they were receiving letters of messages came from our neighbors. we know you. we know you are not like them. we know that this is not the portrayinge islam and muslims. relief really. besides the community of isar rapids, whether it the government, whether it's the mayor of cedar rapids, the polices station in cedar rapids, the mosque,tect rapids.t of cedar it is their entity, their their legacy. there is hate in some of the american population but didk god that that hate not extend to their mother, theirir entity, to heritage, because this mosque is american. ground upfrom the as they say. we consider ourselves part american -- part of the fabric. >> i'm standing in the african-american history museum of iowa, where up they feature their "driven by hope" exhibit. >> the african-american museum of iowa was built 15 years ago and the purpose of the m

oren: would donald mr. allen weisselberg have more discussions about that -- more information about that? mr. cohen: don jr. would have cursory information. mr. cohen:mr. cummings: this is by donaldrs to be trump, himself, is that his signature? mr. cohen: that is donald trump signature. mr. cummings: donald trump wrote you a check out of his personal account while he was serving as resident of the united states of america to reimburse you for hush money payments to miss clifford? is that what you are telling the american people today? mr. cohen: yes, mr. chairman. mr. cummings: the president claimed he knew nothing about these payments. his ethics filing says he owed nothing to you. based on your conversations with him, is there any doubt in your mind that president trump knew exactly what he was paying for? mr. cohen: there is no doubt i did it to protect mr. trump, donald trump jr., the ivanka trump, and eric trunk. mr. jordan: in your sentencing statement in december in front , myhe judge you said weakn