pete strzok fbi agent wrote back, no, no, he won't. we'll stop it. matt miller, your response. >> that is an appalling thing for an fbi agent to say, to think. it would be worse if he acted on it. there is no evidence that he did. and the i.g. found that there was no evidence and that he didn't take any steps to -- based on animus, based on bias. when you look at this report in total, i think the top conclusion is that it explodes the lie the president has been telling about the department of justice for over a year now. yes, the department of justice made mistakes. they made mistakes that helped him in the election. >> right. >> not that hurt him. when i look at this report, joyce used the word painful. that's how i feel about it. >> yeah. >> we've known about the mistakes jim comey made for a long time. i read through this report and i see the actions of people at the department of justice who all of us on the outside were watching and saying, why didn't you tell him not to do it? why didn't you stop him? why didn't you order him ton do it? i read

i wonder if we heard pete strzok's side of the story -- and he was interviewed by the doj -- look, i was trying to comfort lisa page, but also we have a candidate for president under investigation that we believe may be a russian operative, that we believe may be compromised by a foreign intelligence service. so when i say as a counterintelligence professional this has to be stopped, that's what's factoring into my mindset at the time. secondly, i think we do have confirmation that comey acted inappropriately, but he did so, motivated, ironically, by integrity and morality and lack of trust of then attorney general loretta lynch. but ironically we now have a public perception because of his actions that the fbi lacks that integrity or that lack of bias that they must have. so tarnish the fbi's reputation. big conclusion here -- no bias found, and bigger conclusion, we would probably be exactly where we are right now, investigating what we're investigating right now, whether that behavior was different or the same. >> pete williams is back with us. pete, what else do you have? >> well

pete strzok was for a brief period part of the mueller investigation. he was kicked off the investigation after the discovery of some of these text messages, but it does raise the problem for the fbi and for everyone involved, really, the question of whether or not there's some and you can already hear it from his allies in congress. i expect sarah sanders will address that in her press conference. we've also heard from attorney general jeff sessions because he is obviously still in control of the justice department and the fbi and really, you know, the reason why james comey is no longer the director of the fbi is because people at the justice department had lost faith in him and he says, quote, the inspector general's report reveals a number of significant errors by senior leadership of the department of justice and the fbi during the previous administration. accordingly this report must be seen as an opportunity for the fbi long considered the world's premiere investigative agency and all of us at the department to learn from past mistakes. make no m

it was subjected there is disciplinary steps to be taken because it's not just pete strzok and lisa page. three people were exchanging these inappropriate messages and the inspector general points out there were inappropriate contacts with the media that occurred during process -- during the course of this investigati investigation. nobody comes out looking good from this damning report. although no political bias. we'll hear from christopher wray this hour. he's about ready to begin his news conference. president trump has consistently and repeatedly attacked james comey. let's go to jim acosta, what's the reaction to this watchdog report? >> the findings basically lay into how the fbi and justice department conducted themselves during the clinton e-mail investigation. here is how white house press secretary sarah sanders addressed the matter when she was asked about it. >> it reaffirmed the president's suspicions about comey's conduct and political bias among members of the fbi. >> she said that given -- we should also point out even though she said that we should note that in the insp

you have pete strzok opens up the counterintelligence investigation against trump's campaign the end of july the then a week later this text message, he ain't going to be president, we'll stop it. then the next week the infamous insurance policy text message where he says we can't take the risk of a trump presidency, you need an insurance policy. the american people see that, doesn't that undermine the whole integrity of the actions of people like peter strzok? >> yes, congressman, that obviously is highly inappropriate. and -- >> well, it's more than that. it's more than that. the inspector general did find that the bias affected, he didn't say it affected the decision about hillary. but he said once we got into the fall when you had the huma e-mails and they were slow walking on that by peter strzok, he was really concerned with pursuing this collusion investigation and he testified on the record that it was reasonable to say that the bias, not only existed, but affected what he did. let me ask you this. what did the doj or fbi do in terms of collecting information, spying, or surv

lisa page and pete strzok there is no way they weren't biased in their text messages.illary clinton didn't win the election ultimately because james comey reopened the investigation. >> the i.g. report cleared the fbi of bias but people keep piling on hillary clinton. when will they acknowledge james comey robbed her. >> the american people are stupid and they were going to vote for donald trump. these people are heroes. they did everything they could and pulled out all the stopped. they used the most of powerful agency in the federal government to bring down donald trump. what america needs is a clinton in the white house. we need one that's wearing a skirt. that's fine. but that's the answer for america. we need a clinton in the white house. >> topic two. weed. adrienne you ready? the texas republican party endorsed marijuana decriminalization. isn't jeff sessions right when he says good people don't smoke pot. it in the bible. off course, jeff sessions is the most of amazing attorney general we have ever seen. sure. yeah. no sash california intended there. jeff sess

pete strzok, we should say was removed by robert mueller last year. and the ig report overall of course finds there was no political bias that motivated the investigation of the e-mail. alex. >>> joins me now, contributor for "time" magazine. and political reporter for the "los angeles times." welcome, ladies. seema, the president, not surprised in a session with reporters outside the white house several organizations including nbc have done fact-checks on his comments they find some of his statements are misleading or completely false. why aren't republicans calling out the president when he says things that are simply not true? >> i think, perhaps, politically, it could be a problem for them. look at mark sanford who has been calling out the president and what happened to him in his primary earlier this week. this man survived the appalachian trail and the mistress, but he couldn't survive taking on his party. even though republicans sometimes express discomfort about what the president is saying and the way he tweets, they've gotten a number of jum

the problem for the fbi is these e-mails and tex met messages an pete strzok, that's what happens whenmisconduct frankly, that was going on behind the scenes that we had no idea was going on behind the scenes. the inspector general again, it opens it up to these political arguments that are being made. >> quick break. everybody stand by. we're waiting for the white house briefing to begin momentarily. i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. mayor maybe they're justnts posinan ordinary couple.uple. either way, this room came at an unbeatable price. no one looks out for you, like travelocity. with price match guarantee, you'll always wander wisely. i think, keep going, and make a difference. at some point, we are going to be able to beat als. because life is amazing. so i am hoping for a cure. i want this, to uh, to be a reality. um, yeah. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> here we go, you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. got a lot to talk about, including the breaking news of the hour, this explosive report 18 months in the making, the inspector g

independent of pete strzok.ust an effort i think to undermine the progress. >> i want to read the exchanges between struck and former fbiagy lisa page. >> page, trump's not ever going to become president, right? and struck says, no, no he's not, we'll stop it. based on what you heard and you saw today do you believe peter strzok was biassed in the investigation? >> it was inappropriate, and she shouldn't have sent it but the inspector general report found that his independent personal opinions expressed to ms. page privately had no effect on the investigation. because so many other agents were working on it and so much was outside his control. i'm not condoning anything he said. i have two brothers who are police officers. they have very personal private opinions. but i see every day how hard they work, and they separate their politics from what they have to do on the street, and we expect that of every law enforcement officer in america. >> did you hear any evidence that struck tried intended to influence elect

i do think the problem here, the pete strzok problem, the fbi department sent those inappropriate texts, those things have done a job here to undermine what mueller and what the fbi have been doing. i think you cannot get away from those facts. and so the fbi and the justice department are under an obligation to try to answer the questions from members of congress, but i do think that sometimes if you watch these hearings, these are co-equal branches of government. if you want to do a civics lesson, it doesn't mean that congress has super powers over the executive branch, it just means they'll have to duke it out and maybe congress will never be satisfied so long as this investigation is still going on, because they're not really going to get all of the answers they think they're entitled to while this investigation is still going on. >> that's a key point there. we're waiting for that house judiciary committee meeting to get back under way. the fbi director and the attorney general answering more questions. >>> president trump gives president putin two gifts, a summit date and a tweet

every night on fox news which essentially argues that, look, the bias that we saw with fbi agent pete strzok's texts which were cited by the inspector general in his report infects the entire investigation. it means the whole mueller investigation is improper. so let's unpack that. obviously the strzok texts are hurting mueller as a matter of public relations, but as soon as he found out about them, he removed peter strzok from his team. moreover, what this article suggests is that because strzok was biased, he and his team went easy on hillary clinton. the fix was in on that investigation. the inspector general said the opposite. it says they found no fault with the decision not to charge hillary clinton with crimes and they found no evidence that any bias has infected the russia investigation. now, they are investigating that question and they will have a later report analyzing some of the decisions that led to the start of the russia investigation. but right now there just isn't any evidence to make the leaps that these lawyers and this "wall street journal" article are making, nicolle. >>

was it because as some republicans were sexting that pete strzok and his colleagues were biased against was there significant evidence of collusion that we have not seen publicly, evidence that the fbi to be aggressively begin to investigate, put trump aides under surveillance, that is what strzok has in his head. the question is whether he can answer those questions before congress while the investigation is still pending. >> and his team seems to want to mount to vigorous defense of strzok. he's hired these lawyers, that is their job. what is interesting to me, a pr team talking about here are the different points of why strzok is not as controversial as everybody says he is. remember, he was sending anti-trump text messages to a colleague with whom he was having an affair with at the time. from a pr perspective, do you think strzok could be effective today? >> i'm told that he is a very self possessed and confident guy. you can see him smiling as he walk in there. he will go in with guns blazing defending his own conduct. but fbi agents are of many political persuasions. former offic

pete: we don't know. we actually don't know. so have you peter strzok charge of not just the hillary clinton investigation. he is in charge of the so-called russia investigation as well. so the same guy in charge of both was he sitting on the information for a month because hillary clinton was he so distracted by the, you know case they were building against trump that he was unable to get to it for a month? i mean, what i'm struck by this horowitz investigation is a lot of good, interesting nuggets in there that expose bias. but it felt to me just like the comey press conference. here's all the bad stuff that they did. here's all the bias. here's all the ways hillary clinton didn't follow the law. but you know what? we are going to let her off the hook. same thing with horowitz. here's all the bias. here's all the texts. we are going to stop him. you know what? i don't really see the evidence of systematic bias. i don't buy it anyone with common sense doesn't buy it horowitz's report has great information but comes to the wrong conclusion. of course th

an attorney for peter strzok told cnn, "pete is central to this story. we should let the american people see whoa really is." strzok found himself at the center of controversy because of the anti-trump texts including one saying we'll stop trump that he had exchanged with lisa page, an fbi lawyer with whom he'd had an affair. those text messages prompted his removal from the special counsel's team early after robert mueller took over that investigation. now, an inspector general's report recently faulted strzok for his anti-trump bias but also concluded that his bias did not impact the fbi's handling nor the conclusion of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. >>> coming up, a mass shooting at an all-night new jersey arts festival. 22 people hurt, one suspect dead. we'll go live to the scene next. and the safey for "most parallel parallel parking job" goes to... [ drum roll ] ...emily lapier from ames, iowa. this is emily's third nomination and first win. um...so, just...wow! um, first of all, to my fellow nominees, it is an honor sharing the road with

so, yeah, there may be some solace, but strzok is still at the fbi for pete's sakes. so, that's a problem over there and the fact that the mueller investigation necessarily, but it does undermine the credibility of the mueller investigation and that's important. leland: last question. the fbi has many, many roles over the past 14 months. it's been solely political, almost, perhaps now even 18 months now as we've gone through what's happened here. but it has many other roles, just indicted elizabeth holmes and counter intelligence investigations and anti-drug and anti-gang investigations. should the american people have confidence in the fbi with the exception of when politics comes in or are you ready to just say the american people shouldn't have any sort of confidence in their abilities to do their job? >> i don't think we throw away the whole agency. i think we see the corruptive issues, the political issues weighing in. it was at the highest levels. it wasn't at the levels of the rank and file or in the district offices where they're conducting investigations on a

strzok's lawyer defended his client. >> you can ask, really, any agent or prosecutor or national security official who worked ngth pete during his 20-year career at the f.b.i., and they'll say he is among the best-- very professional, very focused, works very hard. >> reporter: after he was kicked e f the special counsel investigation, strzok was reassigned to the human resources department at the f.b.i., where he is still technically employed. now, tonight, his attorney told me that strzok still believes there is a chance he could go back to work at the f.b.i. after this disciplinary process wraps in. jeff. >> glor: all right, paula reid, thank you. now our cbs news investigative team, which went under cover to expose the cozy relationship between lobbyists and state attorneys general. lobbyists are making huge donations to groups that help get officials elected. for their money they get access to top law enforcement officers, only expanding what some call "the swamp." here's nancy cordes with a cbs news investigation. >> reporter: holding public office has its perks. ia kiawah island in south carolina, we spotted rep

. >> gentlemen, agent pete your struck gave -- peter strzok gave us the timeline yesterday, following the work the hillary clinton e-mail investigation, he was assigned the lead agent of the russia collusion investigation from late july of 2016 to may of 2017. then in late may of 2017, following your appointment of robert mueller, he became part of special counsel mueller's investigative team until late july of 2017, when he was removed by special counsel mueller and returned to the fbi. any disagreement about that timeline? >> i don't have the precise dates, but that sounds generally accurate. >> all right. during 11 hours of testimony yesterday, agent strzok testified at length about his roles during that year, from late july of 2016 to late july of 2017 as part of those investigative teams. he testified, in fact, that he drafted the initial investigative plan on the russia collusion investigation, that he made investigative decisions and took actions to gather information and collect evidence in both the trump/russia matter and -- >> order -- >> and the special counsel probe. agent

strzok could face issues here. here is what his attorney wrote in usa today. pete others at the fbi went out to prevent leaks and weeks before the election actively ensured that news reports did not overplay the seriousness of the investigations. these aren't actions of partisan conspirator, as for strzok's current stage, attorney says he remains a proud fbi agent. rob and jillian. jillian: fascinating to see if we do hear from him, thank you. rob: after meeting with house republicans, president trump pledging full support for both republican immigration bills but democrats are vowing to derail them both. jillian: comes as governor pulls national troops from border, griff jenkins live in mcallen, texas, you're going a great job, griff. griff: thank you, good morning, jillian and rob, the fallout from the family separation centers right behind me is reaching ahead in washington, the president frustrated as backlash against zero tolerance policy, took to the hill yesterday to urge republicans to support one of two bills before the house this week. listen. >> the laws

. >> reporter: strzok's attorney says his client is devastated that his own words are being used to undermine the fbi. >> peteould be the first to admit that it was a mistake to send these texts. he sent them with the expectation that they would remain private. >> reporter: strzok has agreed to testify before congress without immunity and without invoking the fifth amendment. i asked his lawyer why mr. strzok would agree to such a public and likely very bruising hearing, and he told me that his client wants a chance to tell his story and does not want to allow republicans to paint him or his actions unfairly. norah? >> paula, thanks. a very serious story, but you hear the lawyer saying he thought these were going to remain private. well, yeah, that's the problem. >> it's 2018. these things -- once you type it, it's there, even when you hit delete. you know that. >>> this morning, air travelers face a new level of attention at airport check points. the tsa will now inspect passengers' carry-on bags for powdered material. that's anything from cosmetic to drink mixes. chris van cleave is at newark liberty intern

week house republicans appeared ready to subpoena strzok but his lawyer says he is willing to come voluntarily telling me last night in a statement petentral to the story. we should let the american people see who he really is. >> let's talk about this with harry litman, former u.s. attorney and former deputy attorney general. >> thanks for having me. >> this offer from peter strzok, his lawyer saying he is willing to testify without immunity, how significant is that offer? >> i think it is a pretty significant tactical move. i think he feels he has been completely bloodied by the o.g. report and doesn't have much to lose in a way. it is gutsy. he is walking right into the lion's den and will be ring peo been calling for his head. i think he thinks that his stock really can't fall vh more and he really relishes the opportunity to set things straight both about what he has been accused of doing and also the broader context of the investigations. >> does he put himself in any lel jeopardy by appearing before congress? with sworn testimony he would have to tell the truth under tough questioning. does it present some legal risk for him? >

pete: said terrible things about trump in ig report. >> part of the investigative team. what we do know is that along with peter strzokact, the discussion of the discussions she was right there. making investigative decisions and so, we have just got to get to the bottom of it can i tell you the american people are tired of it guy back home to north carolina, and they are just very, very frustrated with the fact that this president continues to get attacked over and over again. and, yet, the doj and fbi are not transparent. pete: more to come. we will follow up with you on that for sure. this week also a big week on immigration. >> right. pete: as someone who control as lot of vote freedom caucus important ones, what do you see coming? >> we have a vote, i believe, tomorrow night on the house floor with immigration. we worked over the weekend. multiple calls. i had a couple of one hour conference calls yesterday trying to get the language. ultimately if we do not succeed. cathy mcmorris las angeles dodgerrogers hasgiven insight hp families together. i would think if it doesn't pass on tuesday night, you will see a fol

the latest from strzok's attorney on him being willing to testify before congress said as pete has playedthe rules cooperating in an investigation and freely testifying before congress the president and his allies from done the opposite. theythe texts out of contexts and one or two word snippets prove the f.b.i. investigations of former secretary of state hillary clinton and the russia probe were biased. such a conclusion was proved soft by the i.g. general investigation. >> i think they're right. the problem is shelby and maria, if you're sitting here in the public and right now we're such a polarized nation. either side you say my side was hurt by actions of jim comey or peter strzok. >> the out of context remark. turn everything over, then. they were begging to see these texts, provide the context. >> now is the deadline. nunes said if we don't get the documents there is hell to pay. the d.o.j. says it's not easy to get documents to you in a timely fashion. if we knew we need an insurance policy text which was texted on august 12th of 2016, we knew that for months, how come we just lea

pete: he took a selfie. abby: you couldn't help but sit there and wait what's coming? nothing. ed: speaking of bizarre folks fbi agent peter strzok willingly testify. what happened? well, ron desantis is a member of that committee. we are going to ask him what we can expect next. pete: that's right. ed, he said any time. pete: then he doesn't give him a date. pete: whiskey factory now on the rocks well written in the prompter. thousands of barrels crashing down in a distill lery collapse. pictures that will make you sad. ed: that's a lot of waste of whiskey ♪ for else forget about it ♪ ♪ you always get the lowest price on our rooms, guaranteed?m let's get someone to say it with a really low voice. carl? lowest price guaranteed. what about the world's lowest limbo stick? how low can you go? nice one, carl. hey i've got an idea. just say, badda book. badda boom. badda book. badda boom. nice. always the lowest price, guaranteed. book now at choicehotels.com ♪ >> breaking this weekend, the house judiciary committee has subpoenaed embattled fbi agent period strzok to appear before congress next week. this after lawmakers say strzok wo

chairman before that interview peter strzok and his attorney issued a statement after being escorted from headquarters. despite being put through a highly questionable process petef.b.i. procedure including being escorted from the building as part of the ongoing internal proceedings. it calls into question the impartiality of the disciplinary process which now appears tainted by political influence instead of publicly calling for a long-serving f.b.i. agent to be fired. politicians should allow the disciplinary process to play out free from political pressure. >> what does not complying with two armed security guards escorting you from the f.b.i. look like? he is lawyering up. it is a political fight now. he is in trouble and he deserves to be. >> bill: what did the i.g. conclude about hillary clinton's intent? >> this was significant. when you see the i.g. report there wasn't -- in the interview of hillary clinton by the f.b.i. there was not one mention -- not one question number one of the tarmac meeting. no questions in the interview with hillary clinton of her husband meeting with loretta lynch on the tarmac. no discussion whatsoever of what was the intentio