steele in fact would be happy to meet with richard burr and senator mark

richard burr saying enough already. >> if he had courage he would do that. i see the house not piling on. these people have to have political courage to do the right thing. i think some of them are afraid they will be pilloried and criticized. somewhat are they afraid of? are they afraid of k street or afraid of mitch mcconnell? the deep state in the billionaire donors? that's the veal:question. what they are not afraid of are the american people. thanks so much. be sure to vote in our poll tonight. should the special counsel pivot from trump to zuckerberg in his quest for evidence of russian collusion. we would like to hear from you on that. cast your vote on twitter @loudobbs. like me on facebook and follow

yesterday chairman richard burr discussed the committee's investigation into the dossier but said they're having trouble verifying some details. >> as it relates to the steele dossier, unfortunately the

the toptable that both republican senator richard burr as well as the top democrat mark warner on thismittee are giving a joint conference. to some extent they decided to do this routinely and offer the appearance of having it be nonpartisan, and having it stay above the ideological, political fray. that is notable. whether or not they have you -- emerge to have several differences, we will have to see how this plays out, but in terms of democrat mark warner, many have wondered about his own political future within the party in the next presidential cycle. it will be interesting to see how he interacts with senator burr. shery: from what we have heard so far, we have investigations going on in the house as well. what do we know so far about the extent of the meddling in the 2016 elections and what have these firms done? forgetting a third investigation, counsel mueller's investigation. it is the one we know the least about. what we know so far is there were 3000 advertisements, that is what facebook has said, connected to the russian government. we have got an indication from folks on

mark warner and richard burr. discuss --ger to they are eager to discuss all they have talked about on their russian investigation -- on the investigation into russia's influence in the 2016 presidential election. senator richard burr said he is not going to institute an arbitrary timeline, but he wants to get them done by the end of the calendar year. let us go to our chief washington correspondent, kevin cirilli. and max, let me start with you. a huge focus on social media. what is the latest we know? max: my take away from this, this is the beginning. they were very careful. we think they have more work to do as far as investigating what happened. interesting thing that came out of this was that senator warner seems more worried about fake activity. then he was about specific advertisements. might be seeing stories surfacing to the top of your feet because hackers and social engineers -- top of your feed because hackers and social engineers are causing you to see fake new say they are getting support and we thi

the panel has reached no conclusion, according to the committee chairman, richard burr, and the vice an. burr told reporters, quote, "the issue of collusion is still open." the pentagon is injecting millions into software and equipment in an urgent push to counter north korea's nuclear missile capabilities. the extra funds include $128 million for an expansion of the missile interceptor force based in alaska. the interceptors would be launched if the u.s. decided to shoot down a north korean missile aimed at the u.s. a tropical depression off the nicaraguan coast with the potential to amass hurricane strength is approaching the coastline between louisiana and florida. it could hit the gulf coast late sunday. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. it's just after 5:30 here in new york, 8:30 thursday morning in sydney. my colleague, paul allen, has a look at the markets. good morning. paul: the new zealand stock exchange has been trading for about 30 minutes now, looking kind of flat, off by about seven p

steel in fact would be happy to meet with senator richard burr and senator mark warner. apparently senators burr and warner had requested as they said in the briefing yesterday requested to meet with christopher steele the answer from christopher steele through this associate was yes, yes, i will meet with you. the next step as they understood it was a date. the associate who relayed this offer to me, christopher steel was surprised to hear senator burr say full avenues of communication had been cut off with christopher steele and a brick wall had been hit and there was no way to get him to answer these questions. so we reached out to the senate intelligence committee, to the chairman and vice president tonight and they did give us a statement in response to the reporting from us. they gave us an interesting statement that doesn't refute what our source told us but let me read you what they said, quote, the committee made multiple requests to meet with mr. steel over the last nine months including out reach to his attorneys open to any credible offer to meet with mr. stee

. >> and we were able to report tonight to add to that, richard burr said yesterday hate brick wall in terms of senate investigators to talk to him, that we were able to report tonight that at least from the steel side of the equation, he's willing to talk and so we may yet see him speaking with those investigators, as well. >> i read that you provoked a response from chairman burr and vice chairman senator warner tonight and i've read their written response. and i'm wondering if there's some gray area where it's sort of true that they haven't gotten the cooperation so far from christopher steel they were seeking. the way they put it is they have sought many i'ms over the months and open to any credible offer. >> yeah. >> they might regard what's been offered as not credible or practical or something. >> right. they specifically reference to try to reach him including through the lawyers and made sure to say that. i mean, what -- i think the bottom line is that they haven't spoken yet. that there does not appear to be a lack of will on either side that they should speak and a matter of

richard burr expressing frustration that he has not agreed to sit down with them.hough, both richard burr and mark warner said they trust the results they came up with saying it was russia at the direction of vladimir putin that wanted to tamper with this to help president trump become president, and chris, both warner and burr warned starkly that perhaps not just this year's elections but also the midterm elections could be impacted by russian meddling measures, but this investigation, may not end this year. both burr and warner saying it could carry on into next year and who knows? possibly even beyond. >> oh, boy. we heard them say they're moving with alacrity and their goal to have it wrapped up sooner. thank you very much for all that reporting. let's discuss if with cnn political analyst, david gregory and phil mudd. when they announced they were going to have this press conference that got our attention, surely there must be a bombshell they're going to announce. to my reporters here, it sounded like a status report. to your investigative ear, what did you h

. >>> the senate intelligence committee chair richard burr along with mice warner gave an

on wednesday, chairman of the senate intelligence committee richard burr said when it comes to the dossier the investigation has hit something of a roadblock. >> as it relates to the steel dossier, unfortunately, the committee has hit a wall. we have on several occasions made attempts to contact mr. ste steel, to meet with their steel, to include personally the vice chairman and myself as two individua individuals making that connection. those offers have gone unaccepted. >> three sources dispute that characterization by senator burr. nbc news reports that one source close to steel said that in late september steel relayed to washington through an associate that steel would be happy to meet with burr and senator mark warner of virginia. joining me now, rob reiner, director, activist and co-founder of the committee to investigate russia. rob, it is interesting. we've had not only the three sources that nbc news reported on, but a senate committee response to the nbc news report saying in a joint statement, the comm committee has made multiple requests to meet with mr. steel. what do you mak

now, the senate intelligence committee chairman richard burr has said that he wants to sequence this in a way that he can talk to everybody else who was in the room before talking to donald trump, jr. so this is a real sign, john, that the fact that they've interviewed several of these russians suggests they're getting closer to bringing in donald trump, jr. in for an interview. several other committees on capitol hill do also want to talk to donald trump jr., including the senate judiciary committee which privately had a staff interview with trump jr. last month. but there's a big partisan fight within the committee about whether or not to bring him forward to a public hearing. and that's something that one committee source told me could happen as soon as this month, but that has not been decided officially yet. no date set but the chairman of the judiciary committee chuck grassley has told me that a public hearing is probably unavoidable at this point. >> that will be interesting. any sense because you listen to republicans, even republicans on the senate intelligence committee who

. >> and we're live on capitol hill today as the senate intelligence committee chair, richard burr, and vice chair, mark warner, are gathered, will be gathering here to brief reporters on the committee's investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. just got a two-minute warning before the start of this event, so it should get under way in just a moment here. while we have a second, karen and greg miller of the washington post have written a story about this. the senate intelligence committee leaders expect it to wednesday, largely endorse the intelligence community's findings that russia sought to sway the 2016 u.s. elections through a hacking and influence campaign as they sound the alarm that states preparing for the coming election season must be vigilant against similar threats. in the course of the investigation, committee members and staff investigators have interviewed several members of the intelligence community and president trump's inner circle, mostly behind closed doors. including former campaign chief paul manafort and current senior adviser jared kushner,

but the interesting thing to me is richard burr, the senate chairman said we would share with you ourthere is no evidence. i think both mark warner the ranking democrat and burr are dim with its. as well -- are dimwits. they are subverting the president. they are saying they don't trust the fbi to carry out a conclusive investigation in a year? gregg: actually 14 months. lou: they don't trust themselves to have come up with something after 9 months. gregg: it was infuriating and goofy to watch burr smug and arrogant talking about well, you know, we don't see any evidence here, and yet we are going to continue to look. he seems like a lap dog of mark warner. lou: a lap dog is being kind. to watch this tells you there is only one explanation. mcconnell and the senate obviously means to do harm to this president and his administration, otherwise he would shut this down on the facts, on the face, and there is no other explanation for its perpetuation. greg: : i think you are right. the president has developed animus towards the president because the president calls him out. and mcconnell

cory: richard burr, the chairman of the senate intelligence committee, delivered a stern warning today the prospects of future russian election meddling. senator burr: what i will confirm is that the russian intelligence service is determined, clever, and i recommend that every campaign and every election official take this very seriously as we move into this november's election and as we move into preparation for the 2018 election. cory: he is not alone in looking at this. representative mike quigley of illinois is also doing a lot of work on this and joins me now from washington. thank you for joining me. let me ask you first, is the role of technology in this -- i wonder, the role of technology and the biggest companies in technology, google, youtube, facebook, twitter -- the russians seem to have figured out how to influence the american electorate, maybe even more than some of our own politicians. representative quigley: obviously they are very good at it. they have been doing this for decades in europe. if anyone imagined it would stop at our shores, they were being naÏve. i watc

>> chairman there richard burr being very cautious with his words. as all of this unfolds, the president is expected to meet with john huntsman, his newly minted a.m. bass so door. huntsman formally presented his credentials to president vladimir putin. and then a comment by the president and the white house has yet to clarify. we'll show it to you flanked by military families and their spouses and standing next to the joint chiefs and his wife. the president said this to those ushered into the room. >> you know what this represents. the calm before the storm. >> what's the storm? >> it could be the calm before the storm. >> what storm? >> we have the world's great military people in this room, i will tell you that, and we're going to have a great evening. thank you all for coming. >> thank you. >> what storm, mr. president? >> you'll find out. >> give us a hint. >> isis? >> thank you, everybody. >> that was kristin welker asking what storm, mr. president? let's bring in our leadoff panel tonight, shall we? nbc news intelligence ken delaney is here.

richard burr saying the investigation expanded slightly from its original mission. he didn't go into a lot of detail about that expansion but said it expanded. that's worth noting. third, they essentially completed their piece of the investigation into the memos james comey wrote. fired fbi director. i think they're essentially saying they're seeding that piece to bob mueller's investigation. >> some say they're growing very impatient with the slow annou e announce. how to close the open questions in this probe? >> he's clearly feeling some heat. no republican is eager to turn the calendar page the end of december to an election year where the entire third of the senate has this still hanging over their heads, every time a press conference is held, but in their own house, the hall of congress. that being said, they can clear the air and that being said if there is a definitive decision that can take the focus away from the president and the republicans. most of the pressure they're feeling is coming from the administration rather than fellow members of congress. >>

that's still a question that senator richard burr says is outstanding. >> the president has said thatny talk of collusion is a hoax. we've gone through all these documents and interviewed all these people. at this point is the president right is it a hoax? >> i'm going to let you guys quote the president and ask him questions what he says. it's not going to be the committee. >> do you have any evidence to suggest to rule out that the president knew anything about the meetings between associates and russians? >> let me go back and say i thought i was pretty clear. that the issue of collusion is still open. that we continue to investigate both in tell begitelligence and and we are not at a point where we've completed the process. >> reporter: now the committee does want to interview 25 more witnesses this month. those would happen mostly in a classified setting. but burr did suggest that they were having some issues with other witnesses, including christopher steel who is british agent that compiled the dossier looking at any potential things between trump and officials. could not get h

the chairman of the committee, richard burr has confirmed, in fact, that they've spoken to several ofm. he would not disclose to us who these people were he met with, but we know there were four russians at this meeting, including a russian lawyer, a russian-american lobbyist, as well as a russian translator, as well as a russian who was tied to an oligarch in that country. john, that is key area of focus for this investigation because they're trying to figure out whether there's improper coordination, improper context, collusion between anyone in the trump campaign world as well as the russians. that's something we don't have an agreement on quite yet but a sign they're moving closer to getting the information they want. >> donald trump jr. has yet to be interviewed by this committee, correct? >> that is correct, and the question is which -- they're closer to bringing trump junior in. staff interviewed last month. in the same committee there's an effort to bring him in publicly. i'm told that could happen as soon as this month, even though that is not yet been settled yet the republi

>> well, richard burr was trying to, you know, straddle very fine line. he wanted to make it seem like the committee is doing a lot of digging and gave us a lot of stats, how many documents they looked at, people interviewed to show it's a serious effort unlike the house effort which hasn't done anything like this. the house intelligence committee. but at the same time, you know, politics still crept into this. he was asked what about the intelligence community's assessment that trump was the beneficiary purposefully of the kremlin operation, that they did this to help trump? he said that's still an open question and another time he said they have confidence in the intelligence community's assessment and wouldn't accept that fully. and on the question of collusion, he said collusion is an open question. wait a second. we have donald trump jr. e-mails showing collusion, at least that one act of collusion that donald trump, paul manafort, jared kushner got together with a russian emissary as part of the russian government operation to help donald trump. so

>> chairman there richard burr being very cautious with his words. as all of this unfolds the president is scheduled to meet with his newly minted u.s. ambassador to russia john huntsman. he's fresh off his trip to moscow where he formally presented his credentials to vladimir putin as newly arrived ambassadors do. and then tonight a comment from the president that no one fully understands and the white house has yet to clarify. we're going to show it to you flanked by military families and their spouses and standing next to the chairman of the joint chiefs and his wife, the president said this to reporters who had been ushered into the room. >> you guys know what this represents? it's the calm before the storm. >> what's the storm? >> could be the calm before the storm. >> what storm, mr. president? >> we have the world's greatest military people in this room. i will tell you that. and we're going to have a great evening. thank you all for coming. thank you. >> what storm, mr. president? >> you'll find out. >> give us a hint. >> thank you, everybody

. >> that was republican richard burr.s now from nbc news intelligence international reporter, ken delinian. ken, what are the big takeaways? >> after six months of intense investigation, 100,000 documents, 100 witness interviews, the republicans and democrats on the senate intelligence committee cannot rule out that donald trump's campaign colluded with a russian intelligence operation to win the election. and if you talk to others, it goes beyond that. everybody is acknowledging there was some amount of collusion here. the only question is what was the intent and who in the campaign knew about it? how high did it go? the other big takeaway, stephanie, is this investigation has looked intensively at that intelligence assessment that was released by the obama administration that donald trump has never accepted. he called it a hoax. they interviewed everybody in the intelligence community that compiled that assessment and they endorsed it yesterday, and i'm talking about the conservative republicans on the senate intelligen

richard burr also said the committee is still examining whether the trump campaign colluded with russia. >> the issue of collusion is still open, that we continue to investigate both intelligence that we're notnd in a position where we will come to any type of temporary finding on that until we have completed the process. amy: cnn is reporting a number of russian-linked facebook ads seeking to polarize the u.s. electorate specifically targeted michigan and wisconsin, two states crucial to trump's victory in november. the ads focused on issues such as gun rights, immigration, lgbtq rights, and racial justice protests like black lives matter. the naacp said -- "the utilization of facebook for propaganda promoting disingenuous portrayals of the african american community or alleged election manipulation by foreign nations is both disturbing and reprehensible." a new investigation has revealed president trump's adult children ivanka trump and donald trump , jr., were almost charged with felony fraud for lying to people interested in buying apartments in the trump soho, a hotel and condo dev

republican senator richard burr said his committee was still examining evidence to determine if there was any collusion between moscow and the trump campaigngn. >> any determination on collusion or russia's preferences if we used socially -- sully the social media advertising we have seen, there's no way you can look at that and say thahat that was to help the right side of the ideological chart and not the left, or vice versa. they y were indiscriminate. nermeen: president trump has called allegations of campaign collusion with russia a hoax. meanwhile, the justice department is pursuing a separate probe under special counsel robert mueller. well, for more on russia and trump, we recently spoke with award-winning russian-american author and journalist masha gessen. her new book is titled "the future is history: how totalitarianism reclaimed russia" and has just been shortlisted for the national book award. it looks at why democracy failed in putin's russia and how the country descended into a more virulent and invincible strain of autocracy, all in the space of a generation. amy: mas

. >> i would just point him on that part to the comments of richard burr, the republican senator whoas the chairman of the senate intelligence committee who just a week or so ago held a press conference with an update on the status of this investigation. nothing with richard burr, the republican senator said, was indicating he was doing this simply because the democrats needed a feel-good moment after losing the election. think the facts of the investigation, bob mueller longtime nonpartisan kind of justice man is doing this thorough investigation belies that notion. but i do think hearing the president say unequivocally, no, not at all, i am not considering firing mueller. that's different than we've heard. we've heard him talking about warning bob mueller on red lines. raise the prospects, we'll see. this was a flat-out -- that to me the flat-out rejection of the notion of firing mueller shows trump is evolving a little bit in understanding how problematic it would be if he did fire him. >> he flatly said in response to that question that there is absolutely no collusion between hi

i'm talking about the wall that republican intel chairman richard burr said he hit when trying to reach the author ofrt trump dossier. >> as it relates to the dossier, unfortunately, the committee has hit a wall. >> burr made news this week by suggesting steele would not talk on senate investigators. not even a little bit. there was a wall, remember? and then news broke that steele is talking to bob mueller. continuing many months of fbi scrutiny of the explosive claims in the trump russia dossier. and then last night rachel maddow reported that steele is happy to talk to senate investigators. >> an associate of steele test us that in fact very recently, in late september, christopher steele in london related to washington through this associate that mr. steele in fact would be happy to meet with richard burr and senator mark warner. >> that is very different than what the republican chairman had suggested this week. and this discrepancy is important. if steele is ready to give his intel to investigators, and they are suggesting otherwise at the same time, then maybe this doesn't all wh

warner along with committee chair richard burr said the investigation into russian collusion will remain open for some time to come. but burr added thus far he's seen no evidence there was collusion between the trump campaign and russians. secretary of state tillerson is denying a report he considered resigning this summer. the comment follows a news report that claims tillerson called president trump a moron during a pentagon briefing in july. the secretary of state did not deny making that statement, but says he does not want to comment on petty stuff. later in the day, a -- in las vegas today, the president called the nbc report fake news. >>> you're not seeing double. coming up, dog in training nigel gets a lesson from his predecessor. >>> coming up next, here from dc police officers just back from helping out people who are ralph northam: i'm ralph northam and as a doctor, nobody ever asked if i'm a democrat or republican. they just want my help. so if donald trump is helping virginia i'll work with him. but donald trump proposed cutting virginia's school funding, rolling back our c

. >> richard burr today said he knows. >> that's right. richard burr said it is kre clear. they said it was absolutely russia and he refused to give the president the one thing the president he has been asking everyone for. the president wants to be exonerated. when asked the direct question, senator burr said i can't give that you answer. >> when you look at where it goes from here, it does take longer. the other piece, the other disagreement i heard was mark warner saying there are things we can do. look at the russian ads. and burr said that's already illegal. there was a bipartisan mood and style but underneath it, you could see different ideas about whether anything more has to be done. >> i think this is tension that we'll see on facebook and twitter and google execs, if they agree to it before they testify. in front of senator byrd, senator warner and all the former members of the intel committee. this tension of what happened with the political advertising. >> if it was legal, as so many bad things can mean left field, then you do have to ask. there was this area. d

the chairman of the intelligence committee republican senator richard burr of north carolina also saying there's general consensus they trust the intelligence community's findings from last january that indeed, russia meddled in the 2016 election. there's a lot more news to discuss. let's talk about it with our panel. chief political correspondent dana back, chief national correspondent john king, the anchor of "inside politics," gloria borger and security canadien tate ter mike rogers. chairman rogers, let me start with you because obviously president trump has called the whole issue of russian meddling in the election a hoax. i can't find any single other person in the trump administration who believes that. they all say it's real. and although chairman burr wouldn't touch it when asked about it by manu raju, they were very clear they think the intelligence community's conclusions were accurate. take a listen. >>> i think there is general consensus among members and staff that we trust the conclusions of the ica. but we don't close our consideration of it in the unlikelihood that we fi

and before that you saw richard burr, the chair of the intelligence committee, speaking with garrett haake, among others about a couple different threads here. the google execs having a hearing on capitol hill this week. and number two, election protections in place for the virginia elections next week. and number three, bringing you back to the conversation with tom, aaron and anna, the plea agreement by george papadopoulos and what that means for the congressional investigations. because remember, those are happening also. you have all these things happening at the same time. and i thought it was interesting, tom, we had a conversation here at the table as garrett interviewed senator burr there, he said, yeah, we're not really impeded in our investigation, but dot, dot, dot. >> well, look, the answer is they are impeded in the investigation. the fact is, at least if you look at manafort and gates, if you are under federal criminal indictment, that is going to make you renosant to go into congress and tell what you know. the first thing you don't want to do is clam up and we'll pres

here in the senate, mark warner and richard burr, it has taken time, it's not been easy, but they have been very dogged about this. the social media wasn't looking forward to sharing this story but the senate intel committee has stayed on them, so now the american public is going to learn about the massive extent and how many americans received information that was part of a foreign adversary's propaganda campaign. >> sarah sanders at the briefing yesterday, and continuously the president on twitter, blaming all of this on the democrats rather than on what republicans did in 2016. i want to play a little bit of that for you. >> the big difference here is you have a meeting that took place versus millions of dollars being sent to create fake information to actually influence the election. you compare those two, those are apples and oranges. what the clinton campaign did, what the dnc did was actually exchange money. they took a meeting. those are far different. and one is pretty common practice in any campaign to take a meeting, the other is actually paying money for false information.

we are awaiting senate intelligence committee chairman richard burr and vice chairman mark warner. with an update on their probe into russian meddling in the election. the senators are expected to largely endorse an intelligence report that moscow did interfere in the election and to warn that states should prepare for similar meddling attempts in the midterm election next year. so we are waiting on that update and i know you have some strong thoughts on this. >> guy: i think there's so much to discussion about the dysfunction of washington and a lot of it is merited and true, but i think that the senate intelligence committee deserves a shout out for going about this process in a professional, bipartisan manner. i think we are going to see some findings that ought to disturb and concern every single american because if, and it seemed like when, we find out for certain if the russians attempted to interfere in our election, that is not saying that hillary clinton should have one. that is not a shot at donald trump read that is simply grappling with a very worrisome fact that an ene

richard burr and mark warner said russian operatives are determined to sow chaos in the elections nextey also said the investigation has not been yet able to determine if russia coordinated with the trump campaign to sway the 2016 election. >>> the "sun sentinel" reports that prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for the woman accused of dressing up like a clown in 1990 and shooting the wife of her future husband. warren was extradited on tuesday where she lived with the victim's husband for years. >>> the "detroit free press" reports on a michigan mom being jailed for refusing a court order to vaccinate her 9-year-old son. a judge ordered rebecca brado for seven days for not getting her son vaccinated. her husband wanted her son vaccinated, but brado is the primary caregiver. >>> all five former presidents will attend a hurricane relief concert at texas a&m university. former presidents george h.w. bush, barack obama, george w. bush, bill clinton, and jimmy carter will be at the october 28st concert. it will benefit texas, puerto rico, and the virgin islands. george bush's

. >> reporter: republican richard burr is running the senate's russia investigation. he says papadopolous was a person of interest in his probe, as well. >> these are some serious charges. >> reporter: democrats argue it's time to pass bill protecting special council mueller from a presidential firing. >> the investigation must be allowed to proceed unimpeded. >> reporter: republicans say the president knows better than too try that. >> the president should let the special council do his job. >> reporter: but they would still ratheral anything else. >> that really isn't our job. >> reporter: texas republican john cornyn. do you think this impedes the president's ability to do his job? >> i don't see how the indictment changes the president's ability to do his job. there is a process for this to go forward, and i trust that it will happen. >> reporter: the white house said today the president has no intention of firing mueller and republicans here on capitol hill say that's a good thing. in fact, the president's recent golf partner, lindsey graham, said a shorted time

these ads what are these ads we watched today the senate intelligence committee mark warner and richard burr on the republican side declare that these ads were sort of potentially decisive we've seen reports. it's from their media lapdogs who are getting leaks of the details of the contents of these ads that we can't see the ads and they say that for example fake facebook accounts that promoted this is dylan byers and c.n.n. he said that fake facebook accounts that promoted protests in baltimore and ferguson against police brutality were designed by russian operatives to undermine democracy which means that black lives matter is effectively undermining democracy i think those protests are fundamentally democratic you saw another report about one of the ads that showed a black woman with a gun and it was designed according to the cancun gresham investigators to so racial division and chaos so any image of a black woman with a gun which upsets white people is designed by russia to sow division and it's just don't show any black women and the idea that a movement to stop unarmed black people fr

senator richard burr are a and senator mark warner say they are trying to release the information this year. >> act issue a little bit of a sense of what we might save. hello. how is everybody today? thank you for being you. it is a busy day around the country i know. recognize the weekdy of a lot of this and at this point i am glad to seem to have a terrorist in the is. our hearts and prayers go out to those affected directly and indirectly. i can assure from a standpoint of intelligence, providing as many assets to those tasked with investigation of this unbelievable act. andre here to update you the american people about the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. when we started this investigation on january 23 this year we're focused on an evaluation of the intelligence community assessment. additionally, the investigation was to look at collusion by either campaign during the 2016 elections. the third was assessment of ongoing russian active measures anduding information influence campaigns that may still be ongoing. the investigation started with those three bu

congressional members receiving the most money from the national rifle association like john cain richard burr and journey ernst have all consistently voted against any kind of study restrictions registration and safety for firearms and all they seem to have right now as a lot of people have been saying our thoughts and prayers but after being largely silent on recent events the national rifle association today made a somewhat shocking statement regarding gun control didn't say. that they did to have been a joint statement you know in the earlier this afternoon and they are n.r.a. c.e.o. wayne la pierre and executive director chris cox called the a.t.f. the bureau of tobacco and firearms and explosives to review the infamous there's everybody is kind of pointing the finger at now bump stocks for you know federal legalities they stated that despite the fact that the obama administration approved the sale of bunch fire stocks on at least two occasions the national rifle association is calling on the bureau of alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives to immediately review whether these devices com

richard burr saying enough already. >> if he had courage he would do that.he house not piling on. these people have to have political courage to do the right thing. i think some of them are afraid they will be pilloried and criticized. somewhat are they afraid of? are they afraid of k street or afraid of mitch mcconnell? the deep state in the billionaire donors? that's the veal:question. what they are not afraid of are the american people. thanks so much. be sure to vote in our poll tonight. should the special counsel pivot from trump to zuckerberg in his quest for evidence of russian collusion. we would like to hear from you on that. cast your vote on twitter @loudobbs. like me on facebook and follow me on instagram at lou dobbs tonight. dow down 2 points from its record highs. the s & p down 3. the dow and s & p posting gains for two weeks straight. the nasdaq. you more than 1%. listen to my reports three times a day coast to coast. you have next, the motive for the worst mass shooting in american history still a mystery. we take up the search for answers