and the speaker offers support to nazanin zaghari ratcliffe.matter, the iranians need to know, will not go away. all that to come and more. but first, theresa may's penultimate prime minister's questions was dominated by clashes withjeremy corbyn over each other‘s record in dealing with allegations of racism in their own parties. senior labour figures paid for a newspaper advert to criticise the labour leader's record in tackling anti—semitism. jeremy corbyn wanted to talk about climate change. but theresa may wanted to ask him questions about events in the labour party. mr speaker, time is running out on climate change. that's what the environment secretary said yesterday. so why did the all—party environment and mental committee accuse the government of coasting on climate change? the government has a fine record on climate change, including our recent legislation on net zero emissions. but there is an issue, mr speaker, that needs to be addressed in this house. and before the right honourable gentleman stands up and parades himself as the ch

ratcliff was a u.s. attorney in the eastern district of texas in the post 9/11 world where you have to understand the relationship between both law enforcement and national security but i think a deeper issue is that we don't really need a dni. the dni job is not necessary. without the head of the cia gina haspel. she is responsible for collecting intelligence and analyzing. we've got a great national security advisor, john bolton. that's why the dni -- we've had a parade of dnis who have been not very memorable, largely ineffective. it's just another layer of bureaucracy so if the president wants to have someone as close to him, that's fine. if the person we should really care about is the national security advisor in head of the cia. mr. ratcliff i think is welcome to the job. i don't think is going to make a big difference. >> mike: one thing president trump clearly likes about ratcliffe is his ability to handle himself on camera. watch this. >> so now they're moving on saying they want to pursue obst

john ratcliffe. here's how president trump defended the pick this morning. >> john ratcliffe, i spoke to him about this for a long time. he's a very talented guy, he's a strong man. it's what we need in that position. strong man it's what we need in that position let's see, aleve is proven better on pain than tylenol extra strength. and last longer with fewer pills. so why am i still thinking about this? i'll take aleve. aleve. proven better on pain. ♪ here, hello! starts with -hi!mple... how can i help? a data plan for everyone. everyone? everyone. let's send to everyone! [ camera clicking ] wifi up there? -ahhh. sure, why not? how'd he get out?! a camera might figure it out. that was easy! glad i could help. at xfinity, we're here to make life simple. easy. awesome. so come ask, shop, discover at your xfinity store today. >>> we're just hours away now from a pivotal moment in the democratic presidential race. a debate in detroit that all but promising to be a wind willing moment for the progressive

ratcliff has to pass the senate vote to get the job. the moment he was announced democrats began pouncing on the idea -- chuck schumer said the senate would be making a grave mistake by advancing his nomination. certainly two big stories out of the white house to follow. >> big fight to watch on capitol hill. thanks so much. and unusually angry mitch mcconnell, the top republican in the senate taken to the floor on accusations he is moscow mitch allegedly looking the other way while russian interference in america's elections. garrett tenney has the story. >> i object, i object mister president, i object. >> this goes back to last week after robert mueller's testimony when gop leaders sparked a wave of criticism preventing democrats from passing a series of election security bills without any debate or what is known as unanimous consent. the headline of a washington post op-ed labeled mitch mcconnell russian assets, called trump unpatriotic and said he is arguably more than any other american doing vladimir putin's bidding. the hashtag

congressman ratcliffe is a staunch defender of president trump.was tough in his questioning of robert mueller on wednesday. arthel, our chief white house correspondent, john roberts, is reporting that a senior administration official says ratcliffe would certainly be considered at the appropriate time, but that official would not expand on that, arthel? arthel: and that twitter fight, david, with congressman elijiah cummings, is the president continuing to dig in? >> reporter: he is. it started yesterday morning very early, around 7:15 in the morning, it continues late sunday afternoon. the president spent the morning golfing. as soon as he got into the presidential limo e this afternoon, he tweeted again alt elijiah cummings. he wrote: there is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know, that elijiah cummings has done a terrible job for the people of his district and of baltimore itself. dems always play the race card when they are unable to win the facts. shame. yesterday it began when the president called west baltimore wor

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ratcliffe was a u.s. attorney for the eastern district of texas from 2007 to 2008 while me served four terms as mayor of heath, texas. that's a city that had about about 7,000 people in it at the time. ratcliffe is a member of the house judiciary committee. also joined the intelligence committee earlier this year. pushing investigations into the use of fisa warrants and the president's allegations of bias against the gb. "the new york times" reports that ratcliffe privately met with president trump about the job last month. before the hearing with mueller. ratcliffe continued to call the report meaningless. >> trey gowdy said it best this week. the person who learned the most about the mueller report during wednesday's hearings was robert mueller and that's sad but true. really what it meant is that the mueller report and the conclusions weren't from robert mueller. they were written by what a lot of people believe was hillary clinton's de facto loyalty team. people who had supported her, even represented

according to analysis, ratcliffe has significantly less experience.ffe served briefly as a u.s. attorney down in texas. additionally nbc news reports although ratcliffe's website reports he put terrorists in prison, there is no evidence he ever prosecuted a terrorist in his life. he distinguished himself through his attacks on the obama administration and allegations of impropriety of the fbi and doj. here he goes. >> i'm of the opinion that for the last eight years, we have survived the worst presidency of my lifetime. we learned today about information that in the immediate aftermath of his election that there may have been a secret society of folks within the department of justice and the fbi. there was a direct pipeline into the doj essentially from the democratic national committee and fusion gps that is troubling. what i do know as a former federal prosecutor is it does appear there were crimes committed during the obama administration. >> one candidate for president of the united states had commissioned and paid for the central piece of evidenc

congressman john ratcliffe of texas.b at democrats during the mueller hearings last week. president trump announced on saturday this weekend that ratcliffe is his choice to replace dan coats, who has been one of the few cabinet members willing to stand up to the president. in contrast to coats, ratcliffe has shown himself to be a partisan foot soldier for the president. in fact, just before mueller's testimony, ratcliffe met with trump about the job, according to "the new york times," which notes that the hearings just five days later are foffered th congressman a chance to essentially audition for the president. during that hearing, ratcliffe repeatedly accused mueller of violating the special counsel regulations because his report didn't charge the president but didn't exonerate him either. >> can you give me an example other than donald trump where the justice department determined that an investigated person was not exonerated because their innocence was not conclusively determined? >> i cannot, but this is a unique

trump's choice to replace him, texas republican congressman john ratcliff. a member of the house judiciary committee who was less than five years of national security experience and who trump once thought was too nice according to sources. until he aggressively questioned the former special counsel robert mueller last week. >> i agrow with the chairman this morning when he said donald trump is not above the law. he's not. but he damn sure shouldn't be below the law -- >> reporter: the new york times is reporting senate intel chair richard burr among other republicans have privately expressed concern ratcliff is too political for the bipartisan post. and in a statement burr said he will move swiftly to confirm ratcliff and hopes to work with dni deputy sue gordon in the interim. now i've asked the white house for clarification on why sue gordon hasn't been the acting -- and he doesn't believe elijah cummings or donald trump is a racist but even as allies of the president defend him as not being a racist, his tweets are stirring racial divide and putting allie

you know john ratcliffe. >> i do. >> who is he?one thing i will say, he is a remarkably capable and skilled person. i don't have any concerns about his ability to handle the position. he is a former u.s. attorney in the eastern district of texas. he challenged one of the longest serving members of congress in a primary. he is incredibly conservative by the scorecards. i think as the nation saw over the last week, he is very political in wanting to investigate the investigators. >> can he remove that hue, if you are a traditionalist, about such a position, you don't need politics in that? >> that's the big question. i believe he will bring to the president unbiased intelligence reporting. the question is, how does he prioritize and how does he frame the issues? for instance, he said this past week he thinks barr should bring charges against the obama administration officials if they were involved in launching the investigation that we're undergoing now. what does he prioritize for the president? his conservative record indicates per

some republican leaders are concerned that congressman john ratcliffe is too political, after his questioning of robert mueller. >> americans need to know this, as they listen to the democrats and socialists on the other side of the aisle. volume ii of this report was not authorized under the law to be written. >> the racial divide, donald trump doubles down on his inflammatory language, attacking a leading democratic congressman. the city of baltimore and the reverend al sharpton, while republican leaders all stay silent. >> calling me a troublemaker. yes, i make trouble for bigots. i made trouble for him with central park. i made trouble for him with birtherism and i'm going to keep making trouble for bigots. >>> a father's grief. a mass shooting at a food festival in california leaves three dead, including a 6-year-old boy. >> i lost my son. there's nothing i can do except try to be with him until i can put him in his resting spot, wherever that is. >>> good afternoon. i'm ayman mohyeldin in for andrea mitchell. >>> congressman ratcliffe, president trump's pick to replace dan coats. the an

john ratcliffe, are you going to vote for him, is his nomination jeopardy?> his nomination is not in jeopardy. john ratcliffe is an incredibly complicated situation, which means the democrats hate him just because he's a republican. the part that is simple and not complicated is the fact that he is a qualified, competent person who has spent his life in public surfaced from a u.s. attorney, congress member and somebody has worked on issues in the area of national intelligence for a number of years. his partner in law firm was john ashcroft. so my perspective on john is one that has been built over the last two and a half years having dinner with he, myself, and trey gowdy are probably once a week for several weeks -- for several months. >> bret: the last one, are you going to vote for the spending caps, debt ceiling legislation even though there are real concerns from people like you who expressed problems with the rising deficits and national debt? >> i think the president and the negotiators have put together the best package that they can imagine. the par

richard ratcliffe says military personnel are preventing family visits.s zaghari—ratcliffe went on hunger strike for 15 days last month in protest at her detention. both she and the british government deny the spying charges. jeremy corbyn has been accused of "failing the test of leadership" over his handling of complaints about anti—semitism in the party. more than 60 labour peers have taken out an advert in today's guardian newspaper, saying the party leader has not defended the party's "anti—racist values". the labour party says it is taking decisive action against anti—semitism. the father of a 17—year—old who was stabbed says he will never give up fighting forjustice after a teenager was cleared of murdering him. yousef makki died in the hale barns area of greater manchester in march. last week, a jury decided the boy that killed him had acted in self—defence. he and another boy admitted offences connected to the killing and will be sentenced next week. i will leave no stone unturned until there is justice for my son. that's a promise i made to youse

congressman ratcliffe, you are a former u.s. attorney, trey gowdy and i served with you. we both abandon you and left you there to your lonesome on the judiciary committee. but my understanding is that you have had a discussion with the inspector general just a few days ago, tell us what happened and what transpired. >> jason, trey, good to see both of you. i did have the opportunity to meet with inspector general horowitz last week, we talked about his report, the timing, not the content. and he related that his team's investigative work is complete. they are in the process of drafting the report. i would expect that it will be a draft completed in short order. i will tell you that i don't expect that any w of us are goig to see it any time real soon. he did relate that as much as 20% of his report is probably going to include classified information, so that draft report will have to undergo a classification review at the fbi

ratcliffe has been very much a party line man. his comments on mueller you discussed earlier i want to say briefly that what the danger of this is. dan coats was an unlikely hero. he was a politician himself but he won the trust of his workforce by pushing back the day of the helsinki summit when donald trump seemed to be siding with vladimir putin on his own. dan coats released a statement essentially defending the intelligence community. he didn't ask permission of the white house. he just did it and people loved him for that. the workforce in the intelligence community as near as i can tell is traumatized. people are looking over their shoulders. they're worried does anybody have their back? there's increasingly a narrative about the deep state being pushed by republican members of congress. they feel that they're in the bull's-eye. the final point to make, this may be the most important one, we depend for our security on the cooperation of key intelligence partners around the world who can get to places that our intelligence o

ratcliffe, however, appears to be somebody who is more interested in pleasing donald trump. he doesn't have intelligence background. he is on the intelligence committee in the house. but that is very, very limited in terms of his experience. >> we have his biocard on the screen. what you make of his qualifications or credentials for the job. however do you think that confirmation process is going to go? >> well, i think it is going to be difficult. i'm hoping it is not just the democrats who will challenge him. i think the republicans also need to look at his lack of intelligence experience. again, at a difficult time, in your national security. and making sure that he is going to be able to tell mr. trump what's going on in north korea, iran, or terrorism and not just give mr. trump and the rest of the community what he believes mr. trump wants him to hear and what mr. trump wants others to hear. >> based on reporting, dan coats was very vocal about the threat of election interference. that is an area that the president apparently didn't necessarily love to hear about all t

critics are questioning the qualifications of john ratcliffe.f confirmed by the senate, he would succeed dan coats, one of d e last remaining members of the original trump cabinet. paula reid has more now on thet. >> the bedrock principal of our justice system is the ocksumption of innocence. >> reporter: the texas congressman is a staunch defender of the president. his support was on display last week as he grilled robert mueller on capitol hill. >> donald trump is not above the law. mn's not. but he damn sure shouldn't be below the law. >> reporter: ratcliffe is a former u.s. attorney and mayor. he has no experience in intelligence. senators returning to washington today were asked about his lack of national security credentials. >> if his performance with mueller was an audition, that's not evidence of the kind of independence that we need. >> reporter: if confirmed, ratcliffe will be a stark oantrast to the outgoing director, dan coats, who has teen one of the few top intelligence officials to publicly disagree with the president. mr. trump

. >> john ratcliffe is a brilliant man. >> reporter: president trump ffended his pick for director nfnal intelligence today as democrats called him unqualified. >> he's the wrong man for this job. >> reporter: he's three-term texas congressman john ratcliffe, who just joined the house intelligence committee six months ago. as d.n.i. he would be the nation's top intelligence official. ratcliffe's congressional bio claims he put terrorists in trison during his four years as a prosecutor and u.s. attorney for eastern texas. nt his name does not appear in court documents for any oerrorism-related cases. >> it appears the president is more interested in getting a loyalist than someone who will speak truth to power. to reporter: ratcliffe was one of the president's fiercest defenders during the mueller hearings last week. >> donald trump is not above the law, he's not, but he damn sure shouldn't be below the law, which is where volume two of this report puts him. >> reporter: ratcliffe's office ifys he handled secret, top secret, and confidential information daily when he worked for d.o.j.

third term congressman john ratcliffe was u.s. attorney for the eastern district of texas from 2007 to 2008. he served four terms as mayor of heath, texas. he joined the intelligence committee earlier this year pushing investigations into the use of fisa warrants and the president's allegations of bias against him at the fbi. "the new york times" reports that ratcliffe met with trump just a week before he lectured former special counsel robert mueller at the hearing, a performance that the president shared on fox news yesterday, ratcliffe continued to call the report meaningless. >> the person who learned the most about the mueller report during wednesday's hearings was robert mueller and that's sad but true, and really what it meant is that the mueller report and its conclusions weren't from robert mueller. they were written by what a lot of people believe was hillary clinton's de facto legal team, people that had supported her, even represented some of her aides and so the mueller report is really going to be difficult for the d

ratcliffe has already shown himself a full-throated defender of the president.the mueller report was not e itten by bob mueller. and that a lot of ndings and conclusions that were in there were written by a bunch of lawyers that didn't like donald ump, >> reporter: last week, the congressman grilled the former special counsel in person at a house hearing. >> you wrote 180 pages, 180 pages about decisions that weren't reached, about potential crimes that weren't charged or decided. you manageto violate every principle and thmost sacred of traditions about prosecutors not offering extra prosecutorial analysis. >> reporter: senate minorityad chuck schumer warned sunday that ratcliffe's confirmation would be "a big mistake." he said the nominee was" selected because he exhibitedlo blinlty to president trump with his demagogic questioning". there is no word yet on when the senate will hold a confirmation hearings for ratcliffe. >> brangham: on that issue, senate intelligence committee chairman richard burr said in a statement thatuld work swiftly to begin the confirm

now, by way of explanation we got a statement from ratcliffe's office in which it says that ratcliffecome of the holy land case, and that between 2004 and 2008 ratcliffe opened, managed and supervised numerous domestic and international terrorism related cases. jim, note that it doesn't say anywhere there that he put twists in prison. now, i spoke with a government expert who was involved in both iterations of the holy land case. he says he was intimately involved. when i asked him what ratcliffe's role was, he said that he had no idea, that he had never heard of ratcliffe. now, if even if all of this proves to be true, even if ratcliffe had but terrorists in prison, the fact remains that he has an extremely thin resumÉ when it comes to foreign affairs and intelligence. certainly when it compares to previous directors of national intelligence. and that is why you are now seeing democrats on capitol hill pile on and republicans voice a lot of hesitation. >> look at james clapper. he served as the director of two intelligence agencies before becoming the dni. we know you'll stay on top

ratcliffe has been on the intelligence committee for six months. in your view necessary to be the highest ranking intelligence official in the country? >> in a word, no. now, it's important to point out that that doesn't mean that he can't do a good job. but across the board as you pointed out, in the past we've had directors of national intelligence who have had extensive experience either on the political side as members of congress or through their time and service, or as jim clapper had decades of experience working in the intelligence community. jim, that really matters, because at a time when we have more threats, more concerns, more issues and challenges facing the united states around the world than we've ever had before, you really need someone in this position who, one, either has the ability to lead based on their previous experience, or knows enough to be able to depend on and rely on the seasoned intelligence officials who are currently in place. >> and with that experience, of course comes credibility as you're dealing with the agenci

richard ratcliffe talking to the bbc a little earlier this morning.taken out an advert in the guardian newspaper accusing jeremy corbyn of failing the test of leadership over his handling of allegations of anti—semitism in the party. the advert opens with "this is your legacy mr corbyn", and it says he's failed to accept responsibility for "allowing anti—semitism to grow in our party". adding that he's "failed to defend our party's anti—racist values". it goes on to say that "labour is no longer a safe place for all members and supporters". let's go to westminster and talk to our assistant political editor norman smith. what is the reaction to this letter and what will it mean for the party dynamics? it has been another very brisk response from team jeremy corbyn, who dismissed the peers as hostile to his leadership. they have again defended the way mr corbyn has responded to these allegations, pointing to the fact there has been a fourfold increase at which the speed at which these claims are dealt with, only 0.06% of party members have ever faced su

nancy cordes reports. >> john ratcliffe is a brilliant man. >> president trump defended his pick for director of national intelligence as democrats called him unqualified. >> he's the wrong man for this job. >> he's three-term congressman john ratcliffe who joined the house intelligence committee six months ago. his congressional bio claims he put terrorists in prison during the four years he was prosecutor and u.s. attorney for eastern texas, but his name does not appear in court documents for any terrorism-related cases. >> it appears the president is more interested in getting a loyalist than someone who will speak truth to power. >> ratcliffe was one of the president's fiercest defense da defend dants last week. >> he damn near shouldn't be below the law, which is where this report puts him. >> reporter: ratcliffe says he handled top secret, secret, and confidential national security information daily when he worked for the doj. >> i don't know him at all. >> do you think he has the qualifications for the job? >> i'd rather not address that until i've had a chance to meet him and

because as you know, you saw during the mueller hearings ratcliffe, congressman ratcliffe delivered a critical speech, you might say, of bob mueller. there wasn't really so much a question at the end. it's cnn's reporting that the president was impressed with that performance last wednesday and that put him over the top for this role. again, you say it's an overseeing role, but listen, they're senior to the directors of 17 intelligence agencies with a great deal of experience. he needs the respect and the credibility. are you concerned that politics made the difference here as opposed to experience? this is not supposed to be a political position. >> i understand that. and i promise you this. i know john. he won't make it a political decision. his role in congress is different than it will be dni. mike pompeo who sat with me on the intelligence committee, now secretary of state, in each of his positions he's had a different role and he's gentlem intelligent enough that he adapts and begins to fill the role. his role and responsibility as member of congress and the intelligence committ

one is that ratcliffe doesn't have the job yet.ok at the tepid response in the senate today you will see he has hurdles to climb. he'll have a chance to prove during the vetting process whether or not he wants to be a director of national intelligence for the president, whether or not he intends to stand for the things the intelligence community stands for which is fact-based analysis and not the political, partisan misuse of our information. >> so this job as dni, director of national intelligence, is one of the most sensitive, powerful jobs anyone can have in government. what experience does this man have? >> he's had experience in the justice department. the administration will say he's had experience dealing with counter terrorism cases. he's been on the committee for a little bit of time. it's not a lot of experience. it's better than nothing. ultimately you have seen dnis with lots of experience and those without much. dan coats was senator and had more experience but he wasn't an intelligence professional. the reason he did

just how big are the differences between coats and ratcliff?both republicans but that appears to be where the similarities end. coats distinguished himself in the job by standing up to the president on behalf of the intelligence community. he testified before congress iran was complying with the nuclear deal, north korea was unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons, and russia was continuing to interfere in our politics. those are all things the opposite of what trump was saying at the time. so in short, coats appeared willing to speak truth to power. speaking to andrea mitchell last summer he made clear that he thought it was ridiculous that president trump was inviting vladimir putin to the white house, a meeting that never happened. ratcliffe by contrast is about as partisan a republican as we have in congress and he has been sort of hewing to the conspiracy theories about the origins of the russia investigation. he said yesterday he believed obama administration officials committed crimes in launching that investigation. we don't know of cou

in congressman ratcliffe, we wish you the best, godspeed in the upcoming hearings. thank you, gentlemen. tonight we are just 17 days away from one of the most anticipated public testimonies this year. bob mueller is set to face questions from members of the house intelligence and judiciary committees on wednesday, july 17th, and while democrats will be happy to keep the pony russian collusion narrative alive for a few more weeks, repe planning to demand answers surrounding the political bias inside mueller's witch hunt. in 2017, despite conducting an extremely sensitive high-profile investigation into the trump campaign, mueller filled his staff with big time democratic donors, hillary clinton's former lawyer, and two of the biggest trump haters in the fbi, you're struck and lisa page pit how could anyone in the right mind think that is appropriate? joining us now with analysis is fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett, ohio congressman mike turner, and florida congressman that is both congress will get to question him later this month, because turner being on the int

i'm not worried about john ratcliffe, he's fantastic. but they need to think of the trenches or buckets, what did he find? no criminal collusion. what did you not find? an indictable obstruction of justice defense. what did he not bother to look for? johnny mentioned collusion between the trump campaign and russia.lu we do know one campaign was getting dirt from russia, did mueller bother to find out whether the russian government was feeding that dirt through christopher steele to fusion gps? did he even ask? and the legal issue that is really important, and johnny just touched on it, if you can resist an unlawful arrest, can you really obstruct an unpredicated investigation? which it is important where mueller began, and i don't think he began by figuring out the origins of the russia probe as it relates to trump. but we will find out. prepare, set low expectations, it is 5 minutes. it is impossible to unlock thect mysteries of the world in 5 minutes. i wish that they were not having the hearing. i'm really glad that we got a good lawy

and if he doesn't get ratcliffe -- by the way, there are republicans who have been very lukewarm on ratcliffe see how he comes. you know, i don't think we're going to get that. i think he's going to just keep putting people up. you showed that clip earlier which could have been a north korean cabinet meeting for kim jong-un. the only person who is still in the cabinet, mitch mcconnell's wife. >> elaine chao. timo brian, david wrath coe, thank you, pretty much it. >>> trump sides with saudi arabia and we have exclusive reporting. how the saudi government makes di d dissidents disappear. disappear $379 a month, for 36 months, and we'll make your first month's payment. experience amazing. the way you triumph over adversity. and live your lives. that's why we redesigned humira. we wanted to make the experience better for you. now there's less pain immediately following injection. we've reduced the size of the needle and removed the citrate buffers. and it has the same effectiveness you know and trust. humira citrate-free is here. a little change can make a big difference. humira can lower your ab

that's what ratcliffe told fox news yesterday.hat's what the new pick for national intelligence chief says ought to be gone after. the last democratic administration. and especially the people involved in the russia administration. so on a day like today, we do have to watch what the president says because the things he's saying, the attacks he's launching, and the targets he's choosing, it's so repellent that it has an actual tangible effect on our politics and our social fabric. we are going to talk more this hour about that. on a day like today, we also need to watch very carefully what the president is doing. joining us now is ned price. he worked at the cia for more than ten years and thought he would spend his whole career at the cia. until donald trump was elected. in february of 2017, ned price quit his job at the cia in defiance of the president's posture toward the intelligence community. and he wrote, "i didn't think i'd ever leave the cia, but because of trump, i quit." thanks so much for being here. >> good to see you

and, paula, what are you hearing from the intelligence community about ratcliffe's resume? >> norah, it's been a chilly reception so far for this nomination. cbs news spoke with one former top intelligence official who notes that ratcliffe has less experience in intelligence, national security and foreign policy than anyone who has ever held this post. the senate intelligence committee chairman, republican richard burr, has not endorsed ratcliffe but says he will move swiftly with the nomination process. >> all right. paula reid, thank you. >>> in afghanistan, two american service members were shot and killed today in kandahar province. our david martin has learned it was the work of an infiltrator who disguised himself as a member of the afghan army. he was wounded and taken into custody. the americans have not been identified. 15 u.s. service members have been killed in afghanistan this year. >>> we have new information tonight on what may have led to a deadly encounter between an italian police officer and two teenagers from california. the teens are being held for murde

the reception we have seen thus far is republicans are very lukewarm on ratcliffe.hey're worried he is way too political for this nonpartisan post. he is someone out there, one of trump's warriors and criticized the fbi and russia probe and cast doubt on the idea which the intelligence community has said, that russia interfered in our elections on behalf of the trump candidacy. number two, they're worried about hiss qualifications. he's only been on the house intelligence community a few months now. there's now new questions thanks to reporting from abc and other outlets whether he was misrepresenting his resume. they said even though he was appointed of chief of national terrorism for many north texas he actually did not put any terrorists behind bars despite claiming otherwise. that raises serious questions about not only his qualifications and whether he's being honest and something senators will definitely dig into when this vetting process gets under way. >> interesting to look at some comments or lack of comments for some senators. you get a sense with this jo

yes, john ratcliffe is a republican congressman. he's a former us attorney, who's from texas.ited states, so not an uneventful time in thejob. the man donald trump has nominated to replace him, tell us a bit more about him. yes, john ratcliffe is a republican congressman. he's a former us attorney, who's from texas. he's not a household name in the united states, although he did make headlines last week, because he was one of those questioning robert mueller, who led the investigation into russian meddling in the us election and the president's role and president donald trump's campaign in 2016 and possible collusion with russia, and it was his aggressive line of questioning of mr mueller that made headlines, asking whether he didn't exonerate the president and talking about the bedrock of the us justice system being the presumption of innocence, which he said applies to a sitting president as well anyone else. it was quite an aggressive to—and—fro that certainly made headlines, and some reports here suggest mr trump was watching and he liked what he saw. canadian police reinf

ratcliffe falls short of that high bar. john negroponte became the d.n.i. head after working in the foreign service. dennis blair has the decades of military service. dan coats served as diplomat, senator and sergeant in the army before resuming the post. representative ratcliffe, on the other hand, is a three-term tea party congressman who when he goes on tv appeals to the president's sense of stridency and partisanship. representative ratcliffe lacks the experience required to lead an intelligence agency, much less the entire intelligence community. his time in congress, particularly over the past several weeks, since it was rumored he might be picked for the post has been alarmingly partisan. he's been a fierce critic of the russia investigation. he's earned praise from deep state conspiracy theorists. during the mueller hearings, representative ratcliffe badgered, harassed, the former special counsel with a baseless line of questioning and repeatedly interrupted him when he was trying to respond. he showed little regard for the seriousness of putin's in

i'm john ratcliffe. as u.s.rrently on ratcliffe's official house web site it says as a u.s. attorney and federaler the prosecutor, ratcliffe put terrorists in prison. yet, there is no evidence ratcliffe ever prosecuted a terrorism case. in a 2015 news release, ratcliffe's office claimed that in the case of u.s. v holy land foundation he convicted individuals who were funneling money to hamas behind the front of a charitable organization. but ratcliffe's name does not appear in the holy land trial record. ratcliffe's spokesman said he was appointed to investigate what went wrong by the attorney general in the first of two trials in the case. a former justice department official said that ratcliffe had made no recommendations and was not involved in the retrial that resulted in convictions. tom nichols, your take? >> you know, this is so characteristic of trump world. simply to create a reality and live in it and expect rightly -- they're not wrong that 60 million people are going to nod their heads and say, well,

one thing that ratcliff has is the trust of the president.me as dni, there is an extraordinary friction between him and the president days after coats told congress at one of their hearings of many of the comments you referred to regarding to iran deal. the president cancelled the daily intelligence briefing. it is not unusual for briefings to be cancelled but coats and gina haskell were in downtown washington and it was viewed as a really sort of disquieting moment to see the dni crowded out. for ratcliff he'll have access to the president and a little while coats may not have had by the tail of it. >> why may the president trust ratcliff more and some events of last week may help explain that. here is ratcliff talking about mueller. >> volume two was not authorized under the law to be written. it was written to the legal standard that does not exist. it was written in violation of every doj principle. i agree with the chairman this morning when he said donald trump is not above the law. he's not. but, he damn sure should not be below the la

but ratcliff is not a well-known personality.a former mayor of heath, texas, which is a suburb of dallas. there is a lot of concern about whether he will be someone who is independent-minded and stands up to the president when he has intelligence issues to deliver that maybe the president doesn't want to hear. emily: to recap his questioning of mueller, he agreed with the president that the special counsel's investigation was a "witch hunt." he said it was a way to invalidate the election. but dan coats himself last year had this to say about russian interference in our democratic process. take a listen. >> in regards to russian involvement in the midterm elections, we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states. these efforts are not exclusive to this election or future elections, but certainly cover issues relevant to the election. emily: that was dan coats in november of last year. this is bob mueller last week on russian interference. take a listen. >> in your investi

congressman ratcliff is cut from a slightly different cloth.ecurity field then is predecessors and less bipartisan support. >> bret: but they have the throats to get them through? >> he has the support of the one person that matters in this, potus. >> bret: when we come back, we've seen all that video, police soaked with water. if this time it's a good thing. ♪ geico and saved hundreds. that's a win. but it's not the only reason i switched. geico's a company i can trust, with over 75 years of great savings and service. ♪ now that's a win-win. switch to geico. it's a win-win. times change. eyes haven't. that's why we created new ocuvite eye performance. between screen light... sunlight... and our always-on world... eyes have never been more stressed! ocuvite delivers nutrients that can help strengthen your eye's natural protective filter. and with new ocuvite eye performance you get 7 protective nutrients vital for today's eyes. because in this day and age nourishing your eyes has never been more important. ocuvite eye vitamins. eye nutrition fo

ratcliffe will be confirmed.ust would like to know more about people whose votes i'm being asked to give before i make the vote. >> bill: got that. what did you think of last night? did you spend any time watching the democrats debate? >> i did. >> bill: what did you think? >> i'm not buying the story line of progressives versus moderates. i would remind you that the lesser of two socialists is still a socialist. and what i heard last night even from the so-called less liberal candidates -- i'm not impugning their integrity. even from the less liberal candidates, i heard a job killing, soul crushing socialist agenda. the only thing missing was the cuban national anthem. same old stuff. socialism, illegal immigration, abortion, socialized medicine, moral goods, free enterprise, border security, sanctity of life, you're on the job health insurance, those are all moral bads, and at the rate my democratic friends are going, the american people will have a stark choice in this election. it will be growth versus redist

president trump has announced he will nominate texas congressman john ratcliffe to replace him. spunt is at the white house with breaking adopts. >> reporter: good evening from the white house. president trump confirmed this about an hour ago here from the white house. john july 12th -- on july 12st, fox news was the first to say he was considering it. late this afternoon confirming this, he wrote: a former u.s. attorney will lead and inspire greatness for the country he loves, dan coats will be leaving office on august 15th, i would like to thank dan for his great service to our country. the acting director will be named shortly. dni director coats and the president have had a a tumultuous relationship over the past year with coats contradicting the president multiple times. he was on the defense when the president went on the attack criticizing different intelligence agencies. in an interview last year, coats found out during the interview that vladimir putin from russia may come to white house. he expressed concern publicly. he also contradicted the president on north korea a

ratcliffe last week made quite a name for himself with his questioning of robert mueller.> i agree with the chairman this morning when he said donald trump is not above the law. he's not. but he damn sure shouldn't be below the law which is why volume 2 of this report puts him. >> here's an interesting bit about that. cnn's kaitlin collins is now reporting that president trump was so impressed with that performance that he deemed him a warrior and from that decided that is who he wanted for the dni job. joining me right now is former republican congressman and governor from south carolina mark sanford. he is also considering a run for 2020. congressman, thanks for being here. i do want to get your reaction to this move in general from the president. kaitlin collins reporting about the ratcliffe decision that folks around the president actually didn't think he was aggressive enough but then trump was so impressed by his performance in the mueller hearing that he decided that that is when he wanted ratcliffe for the coats job. what does that mean to you? >> what it means to

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ratcliffe was chosen in the usual way. he liked what he saw on fox news.e will be a question of, you know, have we gone too far down? it's the equivalent of saying, okay, you passed your first aid course. now we'll have you do a heart transplant. that's the situation we are in now. will people go along with that? there is no question he liked what he saw on tv. he knows the guy will be loyal. >> do republicans worry he doesn't have the expertise he should? >> there is some uneasiness. we saw republicans come out with statements in the wake of the announcement coats was leaving that praised dan coats but not necessarily praising congressman ratcliffe. that's an indication they maybe don't think he's the best person for the job, but the president will get who he wants. they are not willing to stand up and oppose him, particularly on personnel matters. we're at a point also, not just in terms of going down the list of people willing to serve but it is clear the president doesn't want people who challenge him in the cabinet. he doesn't want people who challeng

nothing against congressman ratcliffe, he's 53 years old, mayor, u.s.ign aide back in the day. five years' experience. no deep experience. he's been on the committees a couple of years, but no deem experience in this realm. this job was created after 9/11 to try to bring together the fbi, the cia, the defense and military intelligence agencies. is this the right guy? >> no. it's not just his lack of experience, it's the fact that he sees the world through an ideological lens. we spent billions upon billions of dollars trying to understand and analyze a very complex world and making sure that the president and people around him understand that world. when you begin cherry picking the facts out of a national intelligence estimate and using those for the basis on how you make decisions, you can get into real trouble. example number one, john, as you well remember, many of us think we got into iraq in large part because the evidence there was cherry picked and we were presented with a view that was not accurate. >> right. mike pompeo, the current secretary

. >> tonight nbc news is reporting that there is no legal record of congressman ratcliffe participatingn any terror prosecutions when he served in the bush justice department in texas, even though the congressman's website claims he, quote, put terrorists in prison. if donald trump manages to get texas congressman john ratcliffe confirmed by the senate as his next director of national intelligence, the president will continue his record-breaking pace of appointing inexperienced and utterly incompetent people to his administration and his cabinet. joining us now is brett mcgirk who served in senior national security positions with president obama and president trump. he is also a senior foreign affairs analyst for msnbc. also joining us is seth molten, a member of massachusetts. he's also a democratic candidate for president. mr. melton, let me start with you. >> the most important conclusion of the russia investigation is that russia attacked the united states. what john ratcliffe did to earn this nomination is undermine robert mueller in the united states congress. he's playing politic