the republican led house intelligence committee says there's no evidence donald trump's presidential campaign colluded with russia a report released by the committee does criticize trump's eldest son for poor judgment over his e-mails about a meeting with a russian lawyer president trump says the report clears his campaign and that allegations against it were based on lies democrats however challenging the findings the report is separate from the special counsel's investigation into the trunk campaign's russia ties to. the new u.s. secretary of state like pompei or has been meeting nato counterparts in brussels just hours after being sworn in nato secretary general stalking burke says the trip was a testament to the importance of the alliance and commitment of the united states the coming hours players set to begin a tour of the middle east making stops in saudi arabia jordan and israel. singapore's prime minister has warned southeast asian nations that a trade dispute between the u.s. and china is putting regional economic growth at risk prime minister lee hsien long was opening the

the republican led house intelligence committee says there is no evidence donald trump's presidential campaign colluded with russia but his report does criticize trump's eldest son for poor judgment over his e-mails about a meeting with a russian lawyer president trump says the report clears his campaign and that allegations against it were based on lies democrats are challenging the findings singapore's prime minister has warned southeast asian nations that a trade dispute between the u.s. and china is putting regional economic growth at risk prime minister lee hsien long was opening the ten nation as he and summit in singapore he told delegates many countries have turned against free trade and the bloc must work to counter protectionism. the israeli army has struck six had mass naval targets in the gaza strip it says it was in response to a so-called mass infiltration attempt four palestinians were killed as demonstrators marched right up to israel's border fence armenia's acting prime minister is refusing to hold talks with a leading opposition figure as anti-government protests co

the other story out of capitol hill getting a lot of attention, republican-led house intelligence committee releases long-awaited report on russian interference in the 2016 election. including that moscow waged a campaign to undermine the legitimacy of the american democratic process but found no evidence that donald trump or his campaign assisted in that effort. democrats on the committee contested the findings, writing and their dissent that russia sought influence any donald trump campaign and the campaign was open to such contact. the redacted version of the full 253 page report was released by the committee yesterday. -- and thehas been various hearings about the report have been rife with partisan infighting. a report, it is unlikely to stop the controversy the wall street journal reports during what occurred during 2016 and the senate intelligence committee is conducting a review of the same matter. more of your calls this morning from rural america as we talk about the state of rural america. julia in hagerstown, maryland. good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for taking

the republican led house intelligence committee says that there's no evidence donald trump's presidential campaign colluded with russia a report released by the committee does criticize trump's eldest son for poor judgment over his e-mails about a meeting with a russian lawyer president trump says the report clears his campaign and the allegations against it were based on lies democrats however challenging the findings the report is separate from the special counsel's investigation into the trunk campaign's russia times. turkey says that it will work with the u.s. in serious minded region to accuse foreign minister level of cover solo vents with the new u.s. secretary of state mike compare on the sidelines of the nato summit in brussels relations between the allies been strained over northern syria where turkey has been attacking kurdish rebels who are supported by the u.s. israel's army has struck six hundred targets in the gaza strip an army statement says that it was in response to a so-called mass infiltration attempt on friday three palestinians were killed as they marched right up t

the republican led house intelligence committee says there's no evidence that donald trump's presidential campaign colluded with russia but its report does criticize trump's eldest son for poor judgment over his e-mails about a meeting with a russian lawyer president trump says the report clears his campaign and that allegations against it were based on lies democrats however challenging the findings singapore's prime minister has warned southeast asian nations that a trade dispute between the u.s. and china is putting regional economic growth at risk prime minister lee hsien long was opening the ten nation assy and summit in singapore he told delegates that many countries have turned against free trade and the bloc must work to counter protectionism the israeli army has struck six highest naval targets in the gaza strip it says it was in response to what it's called a massive infiltration attempt on friday when four palestinians were killed as demonstrators marched right up to israel's border fence more than forty people have been killed now since the end of march during rallies held in

the republican led house intelligence committee says there's no evidence that donald trump's presidential campaign colluded with russia but its report does criticize trump's eldest son for poor judgment over his e-mails about a meeting with a russian lawyer president trump says the report clears his campaign and the allegations against it were based on lies democrats however a challenging the findings israel's army has struck six hamas naval targets in the gaza strip it says that it was in response to what it calls mass a mass infiltration attempt three palestinians were killed as demonstrators marched right up to israel's border fence more than forty people have been killed since the end of march during rallies held in the run up to the seventieth anniversary of the mass expulsion of palestinians. to the the influential former president of guatemala has died he signed the one thousand nine hundred six peace accord which ended the country's thirty six year civil war office who was the mayor of the capital guatemala gross motor city when he died at the age of seventy two he suffered a hear

the republican led house intelligence committee says that there's no evidence that donald trump's presidential campaign colluded with russia a report released by the committee does criticize trump's eldest son for poor judgment over his e-mails about a meeting with a russian lawyer president trump says the report clears his campaign and the allegations against him were based on lies democrats however a challenging the findings the report is separate from the special counsel's investigation into the drug campaign's russia. i mean he is acting prime minister is refusing to hold talks with a leading opposition figure as anti-government protests continue there in color petty and called off the talks with a call me and accusing him of trying to dictate the agenda meaning is parliament meets next week to elect the prime minister of the search. resigned on monday following weeks of antigovernment rallies. china's president has hosted india's leader calling for greater cooperation between the countries she and paying held an informal summit with prime minister narendra modi at a time of tension along

. >> this story broke, the republican led house intelligence committee released its final report. the conclusion, no collusion. it says as if irony has the world's greatest scheduler. even as it was revealed one potential colluder who has denied kremlin ties at all is in fact an informant, the president taking a victory lap. >> great report. no collusion, which i knew anyway. no coordination, no anything. no collusion with russia. you can believe this one. she probably can't believe it. who can. but the report was very powerful. very strong. no collusion between the trump campaign and the russian people. as i have said many times before, i have always said no collusion, but also said nobody tougher on russia than me. with that all being said, if we can get along with russia, that is a good thing. not a bad thing. nobody tougher. i was honored by the report. >> the intelligence committee report from which intelligence committee descended no -- as for the meeting, and trump junior was promised would include damaging intelligence on hillary clinton. their eager attendance and willing

. >> this story broke, the republican led house intelligence committee released its final report.collusion.

at very nearly the same time this story broke, the republican-led house intelligence committee releasedion? no collusion. it says if irony has the world's greatest scheduler even as it

at very nearly the same time this story broke, the republican-led house intelligence committee released its final report. the conclusion? no collusion. it says if irony has the world's greatest scheduler even as it was revealed one potential includer, natalia veselnitskaya, who has denied any kremlin ties at all, is, in fact, an informant, the president was taking a victory lap. >> a great report. no collusion, which i knew anyway, no coordination, no nothing. it's a witch hunt. that's all it is. there was no collusion with russia. you can believe this one. there was -- she probably can't believe it, who can, but the report was very powerful, very strong. there was no collusion between the trump campaign and the russian people. as i've said many times before, i've always said there was no collusion, but i've also said there has been nobody tougher on russia than me. with that all being said, if we can get along with russia, that's a good thing, not a bad thing. but there has been nobody tougher on russia than me. i was very honored by the report. >> the intelligence committee report fro

house of representatives. but, you know, eric has been such a wonderful leader on all matters intelligence. he is fighting and taking on the republicans in this sham investigation in that house intelligence committee led by devin nunes that really wasn't an investigation at all. eric is there. you see him a lot on television talking about this. he knows his stuff. he knows the issues. and he's fighting for all the things that democrats are fighting for. plus he's a lot younger than i am. and he's got a heck of a future, i'll tell you that. he is fearless, focus. he is fearless. and, you know, i give him a lot of trouble but he knows he's got to put up with it, as long as i'm there. but please give native iowan eric swalwell a big round of applause. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you! thank you, scott county! thank you! and don't we love dave loebsack! thank you, dave. of thank you, terry. i came here to help dave find some democratic friends. if not only to make his plane rides a little more enjoyable. and dave, when we get more iowan democrats in congress i hope you'll still hang out with me. well, thank you, dave. thank you to the scott county democrats. thank you to tom. troy for representing the

the house intelligence committee led by republicans says they found no evidence of the 2016 trump campaign collusion with russia. report says that they demonstrated poor judgment like meeting with a russian lawyer at trump tower. >> still he is highlighting these overall findings. >> we were honored it was a great report. no collusion. there was no collusion that's all it is. she probably can't believe it. who can? but the report was very powerful and very strong. no collusion been -- between the trump campaign and the russian people. >> the committees democrats say that the findings are suspicious. adam schiff says republicans ignored crucial evidence and did not run a serious investigation. >> big plans for special protests if mister trump fire special counsel robert mueller. some of those ready to protest are republicans.>> rumors that the president might do something to shut down the special counsel's investigation have been swirling for months. at the same time groups on the left and right have been mobilizing to protect bob mueller and his mandate.>> reporter: steve rappaport hopes i

. >>> a house panel released the reports on their rusher probe. the republican-led intelligence committee says they found no evidence that the 2016 trump campaign colluded with russia. the president seized on that report.>> it was a great report. no collusion which i knew anyway. new correlation -- no coordination, it is which hot -- it is a witchhunt that's all it was. >> the committees leading democrat says that the findings are suspicious. adam schiff says that republicans ignore crucial evidence and didn't run a serious investigation.>>> the leaders of north korea and south korea agreed on goals for reducing tensions. more on this historic summit. >> reporter: a step across the border that many in korea and around the world did not believe could ever take place. kim jong un became the first north korean leader to set foot on south korea's soil president moon jae in warmly greeted him as they kicked off a historic summit after planting a pine tree to symbolize peace they spoke privately on the footbridge for 30 minutes and met inside of the piece house in the demilitarized zone. afterw

republican-led house intel committee released its final report today that found no evidence of conspiracy or collusion between russian and the trump team. while the president just tweete at the top of the hour at the house intelligence committee rules that there was no collusion between the trump campaign and russia. as i've been saying all along, it is all a big hoax by the democrats based on payment and lies. there should never have been as special counsel appointed. which hand. democrats just can't let go. >> i think it's just across on very political report document that could've been written by the white house. it closed the investigation and to write such and in accurate and complete an irresponsibly premature reports that does nothing to protect us. >> this complete partisan whitewash by the republican intelligence committee jet show more so why we need an honest report. in many ways it was a kind of kindergarten investigation. >> laura: sean duffy joins me in wisconsin and radio talkshow host leslie marshall in la. great to see both of you. congressman congressman, that president was all over this tonight. he is tweeting about it. it's time to end the russia investigation. jeff sessions said as much this wee

republican led investigation a wreck. congressman trey gowdy says that's an unfair assessment. >> did the house intelligence committee at all serve a good investigative purpose during all this in your observations? >> not that i can see. >> totally too political? >> it wrecked the committee. >> i wouldn't say it's a wreck. the witnesses we talked to no one says they had any evidence of collusion and i participated in almost every one of those interviews. >> bill: byron york is here to sort through this. the issue appears did comey tell lawmakers that he did not think general flynn lied originally, comey has been asked about it repeatedly over the last week and comey said republicans did not hear him correctly, right? >> this is a simmering showdown may we see resolved in the next couple days. republicans say that when comey came to brief them in march of last year this was the michael flynn controversy was very hot and comey told them that the f.b.i. agents who interviewed michael flynn didn't think he had lied. that caused a lot of confusion, of course, when flynn pleaded guilty to lying later in the year. now, james comey

led to the investigation of russia and president trump's team. nunes had threatened, congressman, to impeach the deputy ag and chris murray. didn't republicans also shutdown the house intelligence committeetigation? >> they did. they voted to shut it down with the issuance of their report, which is now going through declassification process. >> so why did they need this document then? >> well, don, let's go back to march 21st last year where devin nunes after that hearing that was such a disaster for them went down to the white house to collaborate how they could shut it down. that's been going on over a year, although i must say chairman nunes seems to have calmed down a bit since the fbi gave them those reports. >> why didn't they request the reports while the investigation was happening? >> you'd have to ask them. i really have no idea. >> so adam schiff says republicans are laying down the groundwork to fire rosenstein, undermine the mueller investigation. do you think that's it's about, you think? >> i fear that's what it's about. don, it gives me absolutely no joy, no gratification whatsoever to say this. i think donald trump is unfit to be president of the united states. he had mu

republican-led house intel committee released its final committee thatl found no evidene of conspiracy or collusion between russia and the trump team. while the president just tweeted at the top of the hour, the house intelligenceommittee rules that there was no collusion between the trump campaign and russia, as i have been saying all along, it is all a big hoax by the democrats based on payments and lies. it should never have been a special counsel appointed, witch hunt. the democrats can't let go. >> i think it's just a gloss on a very political report, document that could have been written by the white house. >> close the investigation and write anti inaccurate, incomplee and premature report does nothing to protect us. >> this complete partisan white wash by the republicans just shows more so why we need an honest report. >> in many ways it was a kindergarten investigation. >> joining me now for reaction is shawn duffy in wisconsin and leslie marshall in l.a. great to see both of you. the president was all over this tonight. he's tweeting about it. time to end this russia investigation. jeff sessions said as much this week as well. but our democrat. this is all political. there is no serious examination of