why can nazanin zagari—ratcliffe not be released ?, but also improve relations between the uk and iran? i'm not in a position to discuss the legalities of the case. she is an iranian citizen, and she has been accused by thejudiciary, which is an independent body. and that is the problem. the iranian power brokers who decide mrs zagari—ratcliffe's fate are not around this table. this afternoon mr hunt met her four—year—old daughter, gabriella, and otherfamily members. back in britain, her husband welcomed his efforts. honestly, i think we have been here before. this is the second time a foreign secretary has gone to iran, you know, to lobby for nazanin's release, so we will need to see exactly what happens before we get our hopes up too high. yet again, obviously we remain fingers crossed, and hoping beyond hope that she can be back before christmas. jeremy hunt, though, did notjust come to iran to talk about british iranian dual nationals. he also came here to assess for himself the impact of us sanctions, here, on the streets of tehr

why can nazanin zagari—ratcliffe not be released ?ons between the uk and iran? i'm not in a position to discuss the legalities of the case. she is an iranian citizen and she has been accused by thejudiciary, which is an independent body. and that is the problem. the iranian power brokers who decide mrs zagari—ratcliffe's fate are not around this table. this afternoon mr hunt met her four—year—old daughter, gabriella, and otherfamily members. back in britain, her husband welcomed his efforts. honestly, i think we have been here before. this is the second time a foreign secretary has gone to iran, you know, to lobby for nazanin‘s release, so we will need to see exactly what happens before we get our hopes up too high. yet again, obviously we remain fingers crossed and hoping beyond hope that she can be back before christmas. jeremy hunt, though, did notjust come to iran to talk about british iranian dual nationals. he also came here to assess for himself the impact of us sanctions, here, on the streets of tehran. he concluded iran was u

nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe in iran. the foreign office for their handling of the sort of cases. the foreign office for their handling of the sort of casesm the foreign office for their handling of the sort of cases. it is difficult for them. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's difficult for them. nazanin zaghari— ratcliffe's case difficult for them. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's case is different for lots of reasons. she isa different for lots of reasons. she is a dual national. the iranians don't have any trouble with dual nationality. she was of course teaching over there. she was doing research for academic studies. we are in the dark. let's see what happens now. there are a few hurdles before the sanctions. there is an appeals process. this is not necessarily the end of the matter. it does look like there is an appeal process. the government is talking about diplomatic efforts. the government has a strategy that we will have global britain and we will make friends everywhere. send people to do research and teaching. there is

jeremy hunt called for the immediate release of nazanin zagarhi—ratcliffe, the british—iranian who has there since 2016 on spying charges. diplomatic correspondent james landale was with the foreign secretary in tehran. this is not a sight you will see everyday. a british foreign secretary strolling the streets of tehran, sampling the delights of the grand bazaar. this isjeremy hunt's first visit to iran and he came with a clear message. the country, he said, should immediately release nazanin zagari—ratcliffe and other british iranian dual nationals who have been detained. if they, as a policy, detained dual nationals as a tool of diplomatic leverage, then there will be consequences for iran. this is not something that the united kingdom will allow to happen and let them get away with it scot—free. it's a case he took to his iranian counterpart, who admitted he could help with humanitarian assistance, but little more. why can nazanin zagari—ratcliffe not be released 7 would it not correct an injustice, but also improve relations between the uk and iran? i'm not in a position to discus

would it not improve relations between the uk and iran to release nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe? accused by an independent party. the rainy and power brokers who decide herfate are not the rainy and power brokers who decide her fate are not around this table. this afternoon mr hunt meant her four—year—old daughter gabriella and other family members. her four—year—old daughter gabriella and otherfamily members. back in britain, her husband welcomed his efforts. we have been here before, this is the second time a foreign secretary has gone to iran to lobby for her release, we will need to see what happened before we get our hopes up. 0bviously happened before we get our hopes up. obviously we remain fingers crossed and hope that she comes back before christmas. jeremy hunt did notjust come to iran to talk about british/ iranian nationals but came to assess for himself the impact of us sanctions on the streets of tehran. he concluded iran was under real pressure, seeing few western goods on sale. iranian leaders accept people will suffer but are urging european politicians like mr h

why can‘t nazanin zagari—ratcliffe be released?e has been accused by the judiciary, which is an independent body. and that is the problem. the iranian power brokers who decide mrs zagari—ratcliffe‘s fate are not around this table. this afternoon mr hunt met her four—year—old daughter, gabriella, and otherfamily members. back in britain, her husband welcomed his efforts. obviously, i think we have been here before. this is the second time a foreign secretary has gone to iran, you know, to lobby for nazanin's release, so we will need to see exactly what happens before we get our hopes up too high. yet again, obviously we remain fingers crossed and hoping beyond hope that she can be back before christmas. jeremy hunt, though, did notjust come to iran to talk about british iranian dual nationals. he also came here to assess for himself the impact of us sanctions, here, on the streets of tehran. he concluded iran was under real pressure, seeing few western goods on sale. iranian leaders accept that people will suffer, but are urging eur

trey gowdy,he john ratcliffe, ty can't do their job unless they have theow documents.ership in place, i think there is an expectation that those things di get loosened up, and by the way, i agree with gregg, i hope that president trump appoints john ratcliffe, i think he is best person. >> sean: really? sara, now the exoneration before investigation, the real russian dossier, that canig now be investigated by the new attorney general. democrats want a lot of investigations, there is a lot of fertile ground that we know crimes were committed. >> absolutely, i think one of the things they're going to be looking at is also all of the unmaskings. how was the intelligence community weaponized, particularly in how the fbi handled this investigation into president trump? i mean, there are so many avenues that can be looked at right now, and we know, based on what president trump said today, that there is a strong possibility, sean, that these documents will be declassified, the american public deserves to know what was going on. i have also beenen hearing that indictments may

richard ratcliffe's wife, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, was jailed for five years in iran in 2016 also forgn secretary. thank you for being with us. what is the latest on your wife's case? i think you are going to the foreign 0ffice again tomorrow? think you are going to the foreign office again tomorrow? yes, for a full debrief and we are very grateful that the foreign secretary is pressing her case in around. he met with gabriella and gave her a present, a colouring sat and sun books. the family are very positive that he was very caring. we will wait to see what the reaction in iran was, he was very strident in the statement that he made that she is innocent and should be released. there has been some pushback in the parliament asking what he was doing meeting the daughter, that was against protocol. we will need to see how it goes. part of the catch up see how it goes. part of the catch up tomorrow is to make sense of what they have learnt. remind us of the conditions she is being held on. she was in solitary confinement for a long time, now she is in the women's political ward. she is

but also we have the case of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and other dual masses and is —— dual nationalsand i‘m just to head to the foreign ministry and all these things will be discussed. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in tehran and gave us more details about the foreign secretary‘s visit. this is his first visit to iran so naturally he took in the sites. but now he has come here, to the ministry of foreign affairs, to talk to his counterpart, the iranians foreign minister, and the messages are clear. he is telling the iranians that they should release immediately nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and other british iranians do will nationals who are detained in tehran. they will say they should be released on humanitarian grounds and should not be used as tools for diplomatic leveraged. but he is also here to assess the impact of american sanctions in tehran. these sanctions we re sanctions in tehran. these sanctions were reimposed two weeks ago. his message will be that for now britain is sticking with iran, supporting the deal is limiting iran‘s nuclear programme, but as long a

ratcliffe. >> thank you chairwoman. it has been publicly reported that 50 dod personnel were reassigned in the lead up to the midterm elections. detail on into more the nature of their mission within dhs during that time -- i'm curious what operational played thatsonnel was not just situational awareness? >> we had 11 personnel that came over, integrated. we had officers long-established with dod that come from cyber com that have been integrated. part of the conversation we had in setting up, pre-negotiating the request for assistance should we needed, on election day or after, was that it would be helpful to have dod personnel that would be fulfilling that request, familiarity with our organization. they came over for a couple days to become more familiar. still serving in that liaison role. it was 11 people. >> ok. thent to follow-up on discussion about pathfinder as it relates to financial sector. act of 2015ty offered liability protections to private organizations for sharing cyber threat information with dhs. that

ratcliffe. >> thank you thank you, madam chairwoman. ms. manfra, i want to start with you. it's been publicly reported that 50 dod personnel were reassigned to the nccic in the lead up to last weeks midterm elections. can you go into a little more detail into the nature of their mission within dhs during that time? i'm curious what operational role dod personnel played, if any, that wasn't just situational awareness. >> we had 11 personnel that were integrated. we do have liaison officers that a been long established with dod that come from cyber comp. giving integrated. part of the conversation that we had in setting up renegotiating if you will the request for assistance should we needed if we needed surge support, on election day or after was that it would be helpful to have some dod personnel that would be fulfilling the request, have some familiarity with our organization. they came over for a for a couf days just to become more familiar. still serving in that liaison role but it was about 11 people that did come over. >> okay. i want to follow up on a discussion about

ratcliffe: thank you, chair woman stefanik. i am excited to have the opportunity to hold this hearing with you. these joint events always provide some unique insights and perspectives that would be hard to explore under a single committee purview. we are here today to discuss something that is vital to our national security. cyber security affects every single american, every single day. that's because cyber security is national security. so it is imperative that the department of homeland security and the department of defense work hand in glove to protect our nation's systems, and to provide assistance to our critical infrastructure partners. that assistance comes in many forms. and that is part of the reason why we're here today. to explore the roles and responsibilities of the two departments and to better understand how they can effectively and efficiently work together to keep our nation safe from malicious cyber actors. whether we're talking about the chinese stealing sensitive information on our navy submarines or the i

her husband, richard ratcliffe, has been speaking tojohn humphrys on bbc radio 4's today programme thisminister, then met with other officials, met with a number of ambassadors and met with nazanin's family, clearly was very moved. clearly, the family came away very struck that he was going to be pushing for nazanin's release. he was quite strident in what he said. and we have seen a bit of a reaction to that in the iranian media. and also, in fairness, in the iranian parliament. so criticisms that he was meeting with gabriella from iranian mps. so we were sort of waiting to see what the reaction would be, if there was any more negative fallout. nothing more negative seems to have happened and he's been again pretty strong. he was on the andrew marr show on sunday. and he made a personal call for her to be released. in time for christmas. he also gave a book for nazanin, which was nelson mandela's ‘long walk to freedom'. 0h. which he put a dedication into. and also, which he gave to the iranian foreign minister to give to her, but that hasn't arrived yet. so he's been very clear. yester

jim ratcliffe, britain's biggest man. tell us more?a dream of building an off—road vehicle. —— any us. building an off—road vehicle. —— any us. the land rover iconic car no longer made in the uk. he thinks it isa longer made in the uk. he thinks it is a shame. he wants to build one of its own. a pet project. twin that with ford who have got an engine factory in bridgend in wales. they currently make engines for some of the jaguar models. that contract comes to an end in 2020. 1100 jobs at risk in wales. here is a guy who wa nts to at risk in wales. here is a guy who wants to build a car. here is a factory that may not have engines to build any more. it is an elegant solution to a problem from many angles. everybody is happy. very early stages. i have been trying to get in touch with the company this morning. they are not confirming it but nobody is denying it. talks at an early stage. sounds like a relationship about to blossom. let's talk about google. not a great relationship with its staff right now. staff walk—out yesterday over th

they don't want to be seen, frankly, as behaving like iran, in the case of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. for them. perhaps they might want to see a way out of this. but i think the family is probably asking, with an accusing finger at the foreign office, how did it get this far? thank you. the parents of a girl who was sexually assaulted by boys in the playground, when she was six years old, have won compensation from the local authority. the council has not accepted liability, but the undisclosed five—figure settlement could set a precedent. the mother has been speaking exclusively to our education editor, branwen jeffreys. bella has made friends at her new primary school, but she carries the mental scars of past experiences. at the age of six, she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by boys in her primary school playground. staff had seen bella with her underwear partly removed. eventually, she told her mum she was in pain. for the family, the legal action was about holding the authority to account. and being able to support bella, in the future. it's been worth it financially, because t

ratcliffe? >> thank you, chairwoman. i want to start with you, it's been publicly reported that 50 dod personnel were re-assigned to the end kick in the leadup to last week's midterm elections. can you go into a little more detail of the mission within dhs during that time? i'm curious what operational role dod personnel played, if any, that wasn't just situational awareness. >> we have 11 personnel that were integrated. and we have officers that have been long established with dod that come from integrated and part of the conversation that we had in setting up pre-negotiating, if you will, the request for assistance should we need search support on election day or after was that it would be helpful to have some dod personnel that would be fulfilling that request and have familiarity with the organization. so they came over for a couple of days just to become more familiar and still serving in that liaison role and there was about 11 people that come over. >> okay. >> i want to follow up on the discussion of pathfinder a

>> listen, i have no closer friend in the house than john ratcliffe. beyond a friendship. if you look at his vast experience, we would not know about some of the d.o.j. and f.b.i. abuses had it not been some of his questioning with comey and strzok. this guy is not timid yet measured in his comments. this is the kind of individual i believe that's the integrity and character to fill such a position. i certainly join kevin mccarthy and many others who would recommend john ratcliffe for attorney general to the president. >> sandra: thank you for your time this morning, sir. have a good holiday. >> you too, thanks. >> jon: fox news alert. thousands of immigrants at the door of the united states. according to dhs thousands more are headed this way. what homeland security secretary kristjen nielsen is saying about the caravans. a live report ahead. in baltimore, a community sees new life rise from ruin. in southern california, a small family business becomes a beacon of hope. in seattle, people with disabilities create success and shatter barriers. day in,

that doesn't permit the kind of in depth interview by former prosecutors like trey gowdy and john ratcliffeer investigative staff on the committee to ask the hundreds of questions we have for mr. comey. so he has been dodging us for months now, refusing to come in and cooperate like everyone else we have asked to come in has cooperated. and now he has this dodge of let's do a public hearing. we're not looking for a circus. we're looking for answers and that is what we intend to get. why it was necessary for us to issue a subpoena, by the way was served on his lawyer who accepted it by email. there was no disruption of anybody's thanksgiving. melissa: what is your first question for him? what is it that you want to know specifically? >> well, he was the lead at the fbi and the lead in an investigationtive process regarding both the hillary clinton email matter, and the so-called, trump russia collusion matter. and we have hundreds of questions to ask for him about why he conducted himself the way he did. there is an inspector general report out more than 400 pages long, that criticizes him u

congress needs to get james comey back up in thatt transcribed interview and let trey gowdy and john ratcliffejim jordan and mark meadows, let them go after them. at the do that before the clock runs out in january. >> sean: remember, we also have lindsey graham in the senate. donald trump helped theso campan of marsha blackburn, rick scott, helped josh hawley. joe donnelly was beaten. i think he did a pretty good job. that was probably helpful. thank you both. when we come back, we will expose mueller's most outrageous tactic yet. alan dershowitz and craig jarrett will break it alll down. the latest on the caravan and much more.nd m straight ahead. ♪ -we're in a small room. what?! -welcome. -[ gasps ] a bigger room?! -how many of you use car insurance? -oh. -well, what if i showed you this? -[ laughing ] ho-ho-ho! -wow. -it's a computer. -we compare rates to help you get the price and coverage that's right for you. -that's amazing! the only thing that would make this better is if my mom were here. what?! an unexpected ending! i am a techie dad.n. e. i believe the best technology should feel e

. >> repor la ratcliff lost everything he owned in the camp fire while he was fighting it. today local and federal officials asked him and his crew what could have been done to avoid it and what can be done in the future. their message was clear. more money, less red tape. >> we work 1,000 hours of overtime in six months. so to think that we're going to be able to pull that off in the wintertime, too that's not going to happen. >> reporter: hotshots are a federal firefighting service and today these three have the ear of their bosses at the u.s. division of forestry, did not of agriculture and the secretary of the interior. >> this has been fires season after season and it's time for action because this is unacceptable, the loss of life, the devastation of communities. >> reporter: secretary zinke's answer is forest management and in part a new farm bill sponsored by northern california's congressman doug on lamalfa. the controversial bill would in part give the feds new authorities to clear dead growth. >> we have to change laws in order to make more of this process happen

a couple of congressman, john ratcliffe from texas, outgoing congressman trey gowdy. a few interesting names floating to the surface. janice rogers brown, recently retired judge from fifth circuit court of appeals. michael ludig, former fourth circuit judge. these are able, distinguished men and women who could serve with distinction. connell: a lot comes down to confirmation or the prospect of being confirmed? >> yeah. look, i think that's right but the senate is controlled at the moment by republicans. they increased their majority, by how much we don't know. there has to be an attorney general. somebody will ultimately get confirmed. these are certainly well-qualified people. connell: you don't think, the president will be picking from that type after list rather than boeing -- going down the road of chris christie whose name was floated out there? >> chris christie's name, you heard rudy giuliani. i'm sure the president has somebody or some small group of people in mind. after all he called for jeff sessions to resign. he called for it now. connell: that was teleg

frankly, 5 minutes is not enough time for an experienced former prosecutor like trey gowdy or john ratcliffehat need to be followed. >> melissa: comey says he's concerned about leaks. he's been accused of licking himself, and let's not forget. especially when he gave memos of conversations he had with the president. republicans have also subpoenaed former obama attorney general loretta lynch to appear on tuesday. katie, i mean -- in fairness, james comey doesn't like to do anything if there isn't a camera present. it's not worth speaking if you don't have an audience. >> katie: this actually is reading to me. james comey was the head of the fbi. do you any regular civilian who gets a subpoena from the congress has an ability for two seconds to negotiate the terms of where they appear and when? and what questions are asked? this is a totally privileged out of touch, entitled, government bureaucrat who 60s not only above the law, but above the same standard of the law that everybody else in america has to comply with. he's not only trying to dictate the terms -- after we know but what he is, i

the presidents on and long, and other name circulating is republican congressman from texas john ratcliffehe is a former federal prosecutor and has handled some of the most challenging interviews of the housewares show probe into the justice department abuse during the 2016 campaign. he also has personally handled some of the most difficult issues in the russia email probes. meanwhile senior housing democrat sent out a press release confirming that preservation letters went to the administration intelligence agencies, and fbi for all records relevant to the special counsel russian investigation as well as the resignation of his attorney general jeff sessions. on the cable networks, they took aim at the new acting attorney general matt whitaker. >> we can insist that the documents be preserved in this transition, and also demand the recusal of mr. matt whitaker who has demonstrated a pretty clear conflict of interest. but we may have been a lot more powerless in the past, that is not the case now. this is a new time for the president. >> on fox, the counselor to the president today empathiz

he'd be speaking to his iranian counterpart about the imprisonment of british woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe it clear to iran if they, as a policy, detain dual nationals as a tool of diplomatic leverage, then there will be consequences for iran. this is not something the united kingdom would allow to happen and let them get away with it scot—free. so they have to understand this is not a sustainable situation from our point of view. we're not going tojust accept it. and it's notjust nazanin, by the way, there are others in the same situation as her, whose families have asked us not to divulge their names, so we will respect that. but no country in the world should think that, if they want to get sucked in from another country, the way to do it is to lock up that country's citizens, it's totally unacceptable. how confident are you that iran can survive us sanctions and will stick with the nuclear deal? well, the country's clearly under huge pressure. and you can see that walking around, there are very, very few western goods on site in the shops we went to this morning. but we have a view in

"it's a bitter—sweet moment as people like nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and others are still detained ine won't have been done until they‘ re all brought home safely." our correspondent paul blake has been following the story, hejoins us from dubai. thank you for being with us. the united arab emirates, although they have pardoned him and they are still insisting that matthew hedges was a spy. insisting that matthew hedges was a spy. it is interesting. they a p pa re ntly spy. it is interesting. they apparently showed a video to journalist before the press conference. in the clip which is a purported confession by matthew hedges he says he is a member of mi6. the video shows him saying he was looking into the military systems the uae was purchasing and saying he was approaching his sources under the cover, the guys, ofa sources under the cover, the guys, of a phd student. they have maintained his innocence since he was first detained on the 5th of may and throughout these hearings in the past few weeks. now they are saying they are looking forward to having him coming home. the uae is st

they don't want to be seen frankly as behaving like iran, in the case of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe.ee a way out of this, but i think the family is probably asking, with an accusing finger at the foreign office, "how did it get this far out"? the headlines on bbc news. theresa may says further progress has been made during crunch brexit talks in brussels, ahead of a planned eu summit on sunday. british academic matthew hedges is jailed for life in the united arab emirates after being convicted of spying. donald trump is criticised over his support of saudi arabia, as he rules out sanctions following the murder of of the journalist, jamal khashoggi. in sport, ireland are looking for a new manager, their leader left after five years in charge. they have not won a competitive game this year. a new survey of over 27,000 supporters from anti—discrimination campaign group out, nearly three quarters of fa ns wa nt group out, nearly three quarters of fans want fifa to take racist abuse into... tiger woods and phil legos and go head—to—head for $9 million in an18 hole and go head—to—head for

they don't want to be seen frankly as behaving like iran, in the case of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. bad publicity for them. so perhaps they may want to see a way out of this, but i think the family is probably asking, with an accusing finger at the foreign office, "how did it get this far out"? staying in the region, amnesty international and human rights watch have released allegations that human rights activists are being tortured and sexually harassed in saudi arabia. the allegations centre on a prison called dhahban. with claims that inmates including women are being electrocuted and flogged. human rights watch alleges that abuse includes "electric shocks, whipping women on their thighs, and forcible hugging and kissing." the saudi king and, in particular, his son, the crown prince mohammed bin salman, have been keen to tell the world how saudi arabia is modernising. allowing women to drive was the most high profile change. but there have been further crackdowns on dissent. the bbc is still waiting for an official response on these recent allegations, but a saudi official was qu

jim ratcliffe was a strong brexiteer. they have said they no deal was a disaster.at we want from brexit, it is ok. they do not say we wa nt to brexit, it is ok. they do not say we want to go back to staying in the european union, they support the deal put forward by theresa may. we will have several assessments later today. we get the stress test from the bank of england on britain's big banks on top of that we get our financial stability report. a wealth of staff on brexit. a lot of data to get our heads around. the thing is to consider businesses, whether they are backing the deal put forward by theresa may. in a couple of weeks remaining before the parliamentary vote whether they can bring influence to bear on conservative mps and others who say currently they will not back the prime minister. do you remember the scottish referendum on the original european referendum? when businesses came out it was kind of the kiss of death. that is a hangover from the financial crisis. lots of companies are saying nothing. they are choosing not to come out strongly because th

says he will use the trip to raise the case of the british—iranian charity worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been the victim of a homophobic hate crime in cardiff. he appeared bruised in a video posted on social media. thomas asked that officers dealt with the 16—year—old attacker through restorative justice — when a victim talks to the perpetrator about the harm they have caused. i was iwasa i was a big in my home city of a hate crime for my sexuality. —— victim. i wanted to be positive, i wa nt to victim. i wanted to be positive, i want to say thank you to the police who were involved, they were very helpful and allowed me to do restorative justice with the people who did this and i thought they could learn more this way than any other way and the people of cardiff who supported me and help me because there is a lot of people out there who want to hurt us. gareth thomas there. a treatment for nut allergy sufferers being developed in cambridge is a step closer to being made widely available. over the past three years the allergy clinic at addenbrookes hospital has treated around 200 pat

brian: i know you like ratcliff. let's talk about matthew whirkwhitaker.o get this bombardment on almost a daily basis that everything is on fire and everything that is inappropriate. this gentleman now the acting attorney general is very well qualified. he has a great resume for this. and he has the trust of the president. that's important. ainsley: everyone said it was going to happen right after the election and it did the day after. >> just a few hours. ainsley: thank you so much. brian: thanks, jason. more on this breaking news out of california and it's not good. 13 people killed, including a sheriff sergeant and gunman after shooting at a country music bar last night. we will hear from a witness who was inside the bar. that, next. billions of mouths. billions of problems. dry mouth? parched mouth? cotton mouth? there's a therabreath for you. therabreath oral rinse and lozenges. help relieve dry mouth using natural enzymes to soothe and moisturize. so you can... breathe easy, there's therabreath at walmart. don't mind recounting what you saw and what

he'd be speaking to his iranian counterpart about the imprisonment of british woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffekeep asking, but i've made it clear to iran that, if they have a policy detain dual—nationals as a tool of diplomatic leverage, then there will be consequences for iran. this is not something that the uk would allow to happen and let them get away with it scot—free. so they have to understand that this is not a sustainable situation from our point of view. we are notjust going to accept it, and it's notjust nazanin, by the way. there are others in the same situation as her whose families have asked us not to divulge their names, so we respect that. but no country in the world should think that, if they want to get something from another country, the way to do it is to lock up that country's citizens. it's totally u na cce pta ble. how confident are you that iran can survive us sanctions and will stick with the nuclear deal? well, the country is clearly under huge pressure, and you can see that walking around. very, very few western goods on sight in the shops that we went to this morni

but also we have the case of nazanin zaghari ratcliffe and other dual nationals here, who are in prisonemy hunt‘s first visit to iran, and so naturally, this morning, he took in the sights. he went to the grand bazaar here in tehran to sample some of the dates and pomegranate juice that are on offer at the market there. but now he‘s come here to the ministry of foreign affairs to talk to his counterpart, the iranian foreign minister, and the foreign secretary‘s messages are clear. he is telling the iranians that they should release immediately nazanin zaghari ratcliffe and other british iranian dual nationals who are detained here in tehran. the foreign secretary will say that they should be released on humanitarian grounds, and they shouldn‘t be used as tools for diplomatic leverage. but he‘s also here to assess for himself the impact of american sanctions here in tehran. the sanctions were reimposed two weeks ago. his message will be that for now britain is sticking with iran, supporting the deal that is limiting iran‘s nuclear programme, but as long as iran sticks to the terms of tha

. >> congressman john ratcliff and trey goud dwdy is on the short .id to be on the list. >> we were there when that interview took place and we expressed very positive statements about robert mueller and the mueller investigation and talked about all the ways that he wished trump had taken advice about not commenting on the mueller investigation. i don't get this chris christie idea. if you're concerned about the mueller investigation and wouldn't he have to recuse himself for the reason jeff sessions did? he's a member of the trump campaign. wouldn't he have to step aside and have rosenstein back in charge. >> erick erickson, what's your take on whether the president should appoint somebody who would be the person that oversees the mueller investigation, how important is that to the selection for the president himself and also for getting whoever this person may be through congress? >> this is going to be the problem. we're now past the election cycle and a lot of republicans that thought they had to be nice to the president before election cycle don

he is not in permanently yet, there will be another man and they are talking about this gentleman ratcliff from texas as the possible choice when the .enate sits down what they are going to have to worry about in my opinion is another special counsel. new attorney general appoints another special counsel withvestigate this thing the dossier and hillary clinton busting up her iphone. those are clear crimes. that is up structure -- obstru ction of justice. host: is that who -- what you want to see from whoever replaces jeff sessions? caller: i want to see the truth come out. president trump keeps saying it is a hoax. he would know. this why i am making haven't the democrats been investigated at all? that is an interesting question and that gentleman who said the democrats should win 100 million to zero, that investigation was a fraud and he insulted trump voters. he is nothing but a punk. like sean hannity, he talks a lot and the others talk a lot, if you notice one other thing, all the commentators, they are afraid of hannity. you can agree or disagree, but hannity has got guts. host: the p

frankly, five minutes is not enough time for an experienced former prosecutor like trey gowdy or john ratcliffeo follow all the threads that need to be followed, the hundreds of questions that need to be asked. and that needs to be done in a private setting. but we're happy for the transparency. >> bill: if there are hundreds of questions, give me one that's on your mind. what do you need to know, sir? >> well, we need to know just as one example, what jim comey was doing during the time between when he wrote a statement that exonerated hillary clinton and when he actually issued it in revised form a number of weeks later. we need to know what jim comey was doing with regard to the ini shallation of the trump russia collusion investigation and why he persisted in pursuing surveillance of carter page, united states citizen, for a full year, when there is no evidence that carter page did anything that would suggest that he was colluding with the russians. >> bill: you don't think you can get those answers in an open hearing. >> no, you get an answer and have three or four follow-up questions. the

says he will use the trip to raise the case of the british—iranian charity worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffeelayed or revised all—day. that will be causing havoc for many people in that part of the country. four men have been taken to hospital with stab wounds, after a fight in edmonton in north london. officers and an ambulance crew were called to the area yesterday evening. one person has been arrested. it occured a day after two men and a teenager were injured in a nearby shooting. houthi rebels in yemen say they're stopping drone and missile strikes on the saudi—led military coalition after a request from the united nations. the un is attempting to revive talks to end a three—year war, which has caused the world's worst humanitarian crisis. thousands of people have been killed and millions more pushed to the brink of starvation. facebook will today announce new measures to help support britain's local newspapers, by training journalists and helping to build subscriptions. it comes days afterjohnston press, one of britain's largest local newspaper groups, was rescued out of administration

john ratcliffe congressman whose been all over the fbi story you like his chances?of the cover- ups still going on. he's clean up the department and the fbi and hold accountable those who engaged in wrongdoing. ed: and jeff sessions did not do that frustrated the president. yes. pam bondi, familiar face, attorney general down in florida >> terrific attorney general, served two terms, she would also hold accountable those who have engaged in wrongdoing. i think she would reopen the hillary clinton e-mail case and she would certainly present evidence to a grand jury about comey, mccabe and the whole gang of individuals. her problem is her closeness to trump and accusations of favortism toward her, so a bit problematic but she'd be great. ed: that could hurt someone lik. >> and chris christie has bridgegate still going on so there are a bunch of others but look he was an outstanding u.s. attorney but bridgegate still haunts him it would be a problem during his confirmation. ed: it seems to be the president is not in a rush to name a permanent replacement because come j