we continue our interview with former secretary of defense robert gates. is watch these trade talks between trust and china, and there seems to be this brinksmanship game over tariffs under way. does china have an advantage over us? >> the chinese have an advantage because they have a strategy and we don't. they have set goals. they have a strategy for achieving those goals. and we really don't have a strategy. we have not had a strategy in quite a while. >> brennan: you don't think the trump administration has a broader plan for china? >> i don't think basically that recent u.s. administrations have had a strategy for how to deal with china long term. >> brennan: why? >> in washington i always liked to say that long-term planning is a week from thursday. washington is so consumed all the time by the issue of the moment that it's very difficult to get senior people to set aside the time to think about where do we want to be in five years with this country or that country. that's what the national security council and its staff is supposed to do in terms of

former defense secretary robert gates spoke to "face the nation" moderator margaret brennan about that a peer of yours. he's got a year older. >> yes. >> you think he's right for this moment? >> i think i'm pretty busy and pretty active. but i think having a president who is somebody our age, or older, in the case of senator sanders, is... i think it's problematic. i think that... you don't have the kind of energy that i think is required, to be president. i think-- i'm not sure you have the intellectual acuity that you might have had in your 60s. >> ninan: you can watch more of margaret brennan's interview with former defense secretary robert gates, tomorrow on "face the nation," 10:30 a.m. eastern, 9:30 central, right here on cbs. coming up, a desperate search for a millionaire businessman accused of murdering his wife. police say the trail of evidence made him a prime suspect. plus, changing the culture of aviation, one flight at a time. inan forniaeighborhis now the focus of an international manhunt. a millionaire businessman, arrested for killing his wife, vanished after being rel

at 37 year's old, come on, time now 26 minutes after the top of the hour, robert gates slamming joe biden'spolicy record. >> you said in your memoir, i think you've been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades. >> i standby the statement. heather: should that be red flag for voters, political panel on deck to debate it. aaaah! nooooo... nooooo... quick, the quicker picker upper! bounty picks up messes quicker and is 2x more absorbent. bounty, the quicker picker upper. with licensed agents available 24/7. it's not just easy. it's having-a-walrus-in-goal easy! roooaaaar! it's a walrus! ridiculous! yes! nice save, big guy! good job duncan! way to go! [chanting] it's not just easy. it's geico easy. oh, duncan. stay up. no sleepies. heather: welcome back, look at top headlines for you this morning, islamic terror compound uncovered on american soil, fbi described the property as, quote, make-shift military-style obstacle course reportedly owned by the same man already charged by training children to commit shoot negotiation new mexico. se

is introduced by former defense secretary robert gates, chancellor of the college. this is 20 minutes.

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former defense secretary robert gates says america must do all it can to stop foreign interference inlections. >> the piece of the mueller report about russian interference is not case closed. and frankly, i think elected officials who depend on honest elections to get elected ought to place as a very high priority measures to protect the american electoral system against interference by foreigner. jon: let's bring in david mark, news editor for the washington examiner. the russians like to see chaos in the american democratic system. what kind of leverage does the secretary of state have against, say, the foreign minister or the president of russia? >> in theory, there's a lot of leverage. there are potential threats of pushing back on russia's own systems. they don't exactly have a free and ferrell ex sis -- fair election system, they have infrastructure, grids, et cetera. there's no evidence that the administration is going that route. i do, however, think secretary pompeo is going over there to deliver a stern message on any number of issues like venezuela and other matters. jon:

is introduced by former defense secretary robert gates, chancellor of the college. this is 20 minutes. [applause] i have to say at the outset that there are two disadvantages to being chancellor of the college. one is that i get to march in behind a seven foot tall rector. [laughter] the other, is the regalia. which i have described as unique blending of academic, medieval academic tradition and lady gaga. [laughter] [applause] >> as someone who has served as the university president, i know one -- i know very well the stresses and demands of the position. so take it from me that we are fortunate that your president took the job five years ago under difficult circumstances and agreed to re-enlist last year. [cheers and applause] >> to the class of 2013, having passed the last exam, turned in the last paper, and paid the last parking ticket -- [laughter] sec. gates: you have now survived one of the most rigorous educational experiences in the world. [applause] sec. gates: in doing so, you've had the experience not only of a first-rate academic education, but the very

. >> in 2013 robert mueller was head introduced he is by robert gates, chancellor of the college. this is 20 minutes. there are two disadvantages, one is i get to march in behind the seven foot rector and the other is the regalia which i have described as a unique blending of academic medieval tradition and lady gaga. secretary gates: i get to as someone who served as a president i know very well the stresses and demands of the position. so take it from me that we're fortunate that taylor first took the job five years ago under difficult circumstances and then agreed to re-enlist last year. as someone who serveda president i know very well the [applause] that taylor first took the job five years ago under difficult circumstances and then to the class of 2013, having passed the last exam, turned in the last paper, and paid the last parking ticket you have now survived one of the most rigorous educational experiences in the world. well-done. rigorous educational experiences the world. well-done. [applause] in doing so you have had the experience not only of a first rate academic edu

he is introduced by former robert gates. this is 20 minutes. secretary gates: i get to march in behind the seven foot tall representative-elector. the other is the regalia which i have described as a unique blending of academic, medieval academic tradition, lady gaga. as someone who served as a president i know very well the stresses and demands of the position. so take it from me that we're fortunate that taylor first took the job five years ago under difficult circumstances and then agreed to re-enlist last year. to the class of 2013, having passed the last exam, turned in the last paper, and paid the last parking ticket you have now survived one of the most rigorous educational experiences in the world. well-done. [applause] in doing so you have had the experience not only of a first rate academic education, but the very special opportunity to be part of an institution rooted in the earliest history and fundamental governing principles of the united states. indeed it is impossible to be a student here and not feel the weight of that history.

defense sector there robert gates we saw him a 2nd ago making the point that the u.s. escalating tensions with iran is extremely dangerous is he right to make that warning do you think. you know there's no doubt about it when you will carry it's gas for sponsor another ship once you know bombers that are capable of carrying nuclear weapons into an area you take a chance on this getting out of hand and of course as you call a war bob gates for this interview the rainy ends themselves are saying you you know if you try to retract our suit you know even if you're not going to be very successful we you know we can handle it so you really do have to be careful you put a lot of forces in they are and something could happen even if you don't intend it to yeah i mean critics say that president trump is provoking iran into a conflict so why is he doing this now i mean is this all about trump doing israel's bidding and to a lesser extent saudi arabia i mean they both want to bring iran to its means well there's no doubt about that but i think he's got people on his staff who are

in an interview with margaret brennan for "face the nation," former defense secretary robert gates saids worried the stage is being set for a conflict neither side wants. >> if the iranians make the mistake of launching an attack in the persian gulf on an american warship, the administration probably won't have any alternative but to retaliate. >> reporter: the carrier "lincoln" must first pass by yemen, where iranian-backed rebels have in the past fired missiles at american ships, and once it arrives at the entrance to the persian gulf, it will be operating under the noses of iran's hard-line revolutionary guard units. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >> glor: we are just getting details here tonight of a daring rescue in the west african nation of burkina faso. french special forces were able to free four hostages, including an american. all are safe. their names have not been released yet. four kidnappers believed to be islamic militants were killed. two of the french soldiers were also killed. intense rain and thunderstorms again swamped parts of texas and parts of the south to

president donald trump for tightening sanctions on iran and military deployments to the gulf robert gates said washington and tehran need to return to the negotiating table i think that. there's a conflict between the united states and iran would have tremendous unforseen consequences in the middle east i think would be very dangerous so i think that the strategy needs to be how in fact do you get the iranians back to the negotiating table and understanding that the agree that whatever agreement emerges has to be broader and has to deal with some of these other issues lawrence korb is a former u.s. assistant secretary of defense and he says even if actual conflict isn't the intention the latest deployments increases the chances of a possible skirmish. when you will the chariots task force plus another ship plus you know of bombers that are capable of carrying nuclear weapons into an area you take a chance on this getting out of hand the iranians themselves us say you know if you drop it we're tac us you know if you're not going to be very successful we you know we can handle it so you rea

president donald trump for tightening sanctions on iran military deployment deployments in the gulf robert gates says that washington and tehran need to return to the negotiating table i think that. there's a conflict between the united states and iran would have tremendous unforseen consequences in the middle east i think would be very dangerous so i think that the strategy needs to be how in fact do you get the iranians back to the negotiating table and understanding that the agree that whatever agreement emerges has to be broader and has to deal with some of these other issues. where the government has banned some social media platforms following violence in parts of the country and the overnight curfew was imposed in some areas off the mosques were times when this comes just a month off the churches in hotels were targeted in bombings on easter sunday you know fernandez's more nothing can in nazi noles in sri lanka. social media networks once again under restriction by the sri lankan government i spoke to the information department director while ago and he said that one of the main reasons

sanctions on iran a miniature deployments to the gulf are being criticized by former defense secretary robert gates said washington and tehran need to return to the negotiating table. i think that. there's a conflict between the united states and iran would have tremendous unforseen consequences in the middle east i think would be very dangerous so i think that the that the strategy needs to be how in fact do you get the iranians back to the negotiating table and understanding that the agree that whatever agreement emerges has to be broader and has to deal with some of these other issues the united arab emirates has confirmed an attack on 4 cargo ships off its eastern coast the government says the commercial ships were in its would subject to sabotage early on sunday it happened close to the port of pajama happen reports of explosions on 7 ships in the port on sunday morning which officials denied of the time authorities say nobody died of the gulf cooperation council issued a statement condemning the attack georgia fan was a fellow with gulf state analytics he says the incident raises the stakes i

as assistant secretary of defense he served robert gates and donald rumsfeld.was special assistant to the president for national security affairs and the senior director of the national security council. currently he is an officer in the united states air force reserve and previously served in the navy reserve with the joint forces intelligence command naval special warfare group and the office of marriage intelligence. the v.a. secretary mr. robert wilkie. >> thank you and thank you to the gold star mothers who have made more than one sacrifice for this country. i was privileged to address the tax organization last night. i quoted an australian prime minister who said 40 years ago, what would it be like for the there were world if not this country called the united states of america? were not this giant country prepared to make so many sacrifices for peace and freedom across the grove -- globe. that's what i think of when i think of gold star mothers. want to talk about vietnam seen through the eyes of the child. histtle boy who watched father go off to the se

sanctions on iran a military deployments to the gulf and been criticized by a former defense secretary robert gates said washington and tehran need to return to the negotiating table. i think that. there's a conflict between the united states and iran would have tremendous unforseen consequences in the middle east i think would be very dangerous so i think that the strategy needs to be how in fact do you get the iranians back to the negotiating table and understanding that the agree that whatever agreement emerges has to be broader and has to deal with some of these other issues. the more than a dozen u.n. linked aid groups have suspended their operations in syria's rebel controlled province. several hospitals in the buildings belonging to aid agencies have come under attack in recent days more than a 1000000 displaced people are believed to be sheltering in the last major opposition stronghold the u.n. says since late april a syrian government offensive in the area has forced over 180000 people from their homes but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after al-jazeera worl

as former secretary of defense robert gates said, they want to fight the iranians until the last american. it is interesting about this report. it is not intelligence that was the united states about what the iranians are doing, but rather an analysis of d doing iranians may be in t the region. so we are now in a situation in which john bolton wants to use in israeli analysis written by some analysts in israel about do as the smokingng gugun t to starart his war. this is not only a repeat of the iraq scenario, b b a farcical version of the iraq war scenario. amy: we want to thank you for joining us, trita parsi, recent book, "losing an enemy: obama, iran, and the triumph of diplomacy." coming up next, as trade tensions between the u.s. and china ratchet up, we look at how china has built massive surveillance networks to monitor and otherf uighurs muslim minorities. and what does joe biden's son hunter have to do with this? stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: china's top trade negotiator is traveling to washington this week a

the trump campaign has just issued a response to that, quoting former obama defense secretary robert gates saying joe biden has been wrong about a series of policy errors. that was their response there. there's no one i would rather discuss this with than an msnbc contributor who left the republican party and a long time conservative commentator and critic of donald trump. gentlemen, i want you both to take on two different aspects of this. charlie, i'm going to ask you about the media landscape, george, i want to ask you about conservative circles. let me start with the following. i want to play for you what a former presidential candidate, when he was running for president, scott walker, what he said while -- he was a presidential candidate and he was in the uk. take a listen to this. >> i think particularly when it comes to foreign policy, i just think maybe it is a bit old-fashioned, but there was some sense in the past saying when you were in another country, no matter what my opinions might be of the president of the united states, i don't think it's wise to undermine the president o

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. >> robert gates wrote in his book that joe biden has been wrong on every foreign policy and national four decades, so i think there's -- he may not be pre-disposed to vote for biden regardless of his age, but he is hitting upon a point that democratic voters speak to a lot which is a generational change. they want somebody different to challenge president trump and insight some new energy into the party and biden doesn't do that. >> he seemed to be answering the question of whether or not he can handle the duties and if you look at joe biden and donald trump and bernie sanders, all of them are pretty invigorating, they are not low-key candidates any of them or in office the president. but the question about what the age of the candidates is what views they represent. it's more of a generational issue, not whether or not they can actually perform the duties of the office. >> we'll see. we'll see as it plays out. as we watch the vice president there, there's some other numbers out of new hampshire that involve the current president, current president. if you're going to challenge an in

president donald trump tightening sanctions on iran and milledge deployments to the gulf robert gates said washington and tehran need to return to the negotiating table i think that. there's a conflict between the united states and iran would have tremendous unforseen consequences in the middle east i think would be very dangerous so i think that the strategy needs to be how in fact do you get the iranians back to the negotiating table and understanding that the agree that whatever agreement emerges has to be broader and has to deal with some of these other issues well lawrence korb is a former u.s. assistant secretary of defense he says even if the actual conflict isn't the intention the latest deployment increases the chances of a possible skirmish. when you will the chariots taskforce plus another chef plus you know of bombers that are capable of carrying nuclear weapons into an area you take a chance on this getting out of hand with the iranians themselves as saying you you know if you drop it we're tackling oncet you know if you're not going to be very successful we you know we c

previously held by nancy pelosi [ laughter ] during an interview this weekend, former defense secretary robert gates asked if he believes joe biden would be a good commander in chief, and responded by pausing for several seconds and then saying, "i don't know. that is not a "yes." [ laughter ] if you ask your girlfriend to marry you, and she paused for several seconds, and then said, "i don't know," you would not start booking a dj [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause "the new york times" has published a story about democratic presidential hopeful andrew yang with the headline, "is andrew yang too nice to beat president trump? yeah, because other than that, he's definitely the favorite [ laughter ] prince harry and meghan markle posted a photo on instagram of their new son, archie's feet with a mother's day message. and maybe this is just because i'm a dad, but it feels like they grow up so fast [ laughter ] [ applause ] in honor of mother's day, ihop yesterday tweeted a photo of a sonogram showing a large stack of pancakes inside a uterus instead of a baby. but it does make sense if you know the mom

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interestingly, robert gates in his book who criticizes almost smoke two times secretary of defense andoe biden has been wrong on almost every foreign policy and national security issue for the last four decades. if you go back in time this is a guy who wanted to divide up iraq. he opposed the bin laden raid. firestone iran deal and sending cash to them. back in 1979 celebrated the ayatollahs coming to power because he thought that was going to bring human rights. this is a guy that opposed the defense build up of ronald reagan. he opposed the b-1. he opposed b-2 that brought down that policy direction brought down the soviet union. he opposed the mx missiles. and then get to china. think for a minute what he said on china. china is truly or number one potential adversary and our number one competitor in the world. number two economy in the world. this is a country that right now kills about 13 million children through infanticide or abortion a year on their one child policy. they have about a million peaceful muslims in prison camps up in the northwest for reeducation as good communist

robert. >>checking in on the golden gate foggy across the span and for those of you coming in to a knot of sanfic is light overall so we like what we see here as far as the drive and the drive time, i'm so no major issues are clocking in at 22 minutes to make your way over to the toll plaza here is the bay bridge one more slow down for you it's stocked up from the maze but pretty quiet across the upper deck. james. >>thank you very much rob and coming up in the next hour the warriors they took on the raptors last night toronto a live report. fights at one bay area school caught on camera will take a look at how teachers are making sure at least try to make sure this doesn't happen again. and president trump imposing new tariffs on mexican goods will tell you what impact that's going to have the next time you head to the grocery store. here's a live look outside of the san mateo bridge traffic humming along with that robin with a check. a complete check coming up in a minute with john talking more about our forecast, i know it's a little cloudy now but his prom ing as promising as we're going t

robert. >>checking in on the golden gate.we want to take a look at traffic here on one on one oh it's like i do see some flashing lights right there near the tower nothing has been reporting at the something's going on so i'll keep checking to see if it comes in on the chp lot right now or 20 minutes, nevada to san francisco favorites traffic still jammed up from the maze for this is exactly what we expect for this time of morning so no major issues just very very busy at least it's under 20 minutes, we'll check more in just a bit chain started. >>robin let's go to oklahoma now where a man's visit to his friend's house took an unexpected turn when he was attacked at the front door it was all caught on a doorbell camera take a look. it was just a it was a silly take a look launched bit of right over the oh my gosh so journal named or when he opened it did apparently wrapped itself around the porch light the sea at all. and so obviously the snake felt threatened when he got that close luckily it's not fantasy at. he was shed to

right out of the gate said robert mueller did not decide on obstruction of justice not because of precedent the language we saw in the mueller report. >> if you read the mueller report, there are four guiding principals at the outset. the firs one is we can't indict a sitting president. the third one is we don't even think it would be appropriate to accuse the president of a crime in this report because he can't respond. the fourth is, but if we thought we could clear him, we would. that's what the report says. now, with regard to this letter that mueller wrote that seems to express frustration with william barr, barr responded to that and said it was not about the letter. he said he talked to robert mueller. mueller said it was about the media coverage of the letter. he said that mueller claimed that his letter and press conference was not inaccurate. he did not misrepresent the report. this sort of creates a situation where robert mueller has to testify now. now we have barr saying what mueller thought, what mueller said to him beyond this letter. if there was ever a question about whethe

>>robert let's check in on the golden gate still very busy from the north bay to san francisco.checking out the southbound drive time it's still a bit high and that's because it's jammed from 37, leaving the to about 5.18 sandra fell but after that the rest of your trip will be great continuing cross golden gate into san francisco favorites traffic also slow backed up through the maze so not a huge improvement or lease to the bottom of the maze, a 17 minutes to make an end just keep in mind that we had a major accident on the lower deck that cleared. but it's still backed up on to north one to one and north to 80 so very slow heading to san frcisco, especially want to one 31 minutes just to get from brisbane to the 80 split. james. >>all right. thank you very much, robin. so new this morning we've got the acute update now to the san francisco zoo story about these little prairie dog pups that welcomed no names though they had a online poll and turns out we have the winning results you don't they look like a ski world. oh you know, i'm afraid of weeks if they have no years the da

robert thank you john we're checking out the golden gate, it's been. >>very quiet throughout the morning very little traffic leaving the north bay, there's a little patch south lawn when i want approaching central samra fell. but that's about it. 24 minutes right on time nevada to the toll plaza now the bay bridge 80 west much heavier as expected. it's been like this since the 6 o'clock hour. and yes, you are backed up into the maze we have problems earlier nothing going on right now but a full weight even though it's friday it is packed here, rolling into san francisco. we're checking out some numbers and some drive times out of the east bay maybe you're heading toward downtown oakland this morning, 5 80 and the nimitz are roughly the same between 2024 minutes to make that trip to downtown oakland. so not so bad keep in mind that to 80. there was an accident near winchester that still wrapping up so it's very busy from the guadalupe parkway a to the scene of the crash but already improving 14 minutes north to 80 san jose to cupertino highway for norma

we've learned at the same time michael flynn was cooperating with robert mueller, he was reaching out to a critic of mueller, matt gatesobtained by cnn that flynn sent. your leadership is vital or our country now. keep the pressure on. before he got that message, gates was on fox news, criticizing mueller and the department of justice. flynn also sent gates a message as recently as february of this year, on the same day william barr was confirmed as attorney general. flynn sent gates a picture of a bald eagle and a flag. i want to bring in attorney and cnn legal analyst areva. gates called for mueller to resign. the fact flynn was messaging him, telling him to keep it up, does it make you wonder how willing flynn was to cooperate and whether he told mueller everything he knew? >> i think it is very troubling, ana. if you recall, back in december of last year, when michael flynn appeared before a federal judge, a federal judge questioned whether flynn was sufficiently loyal, i would say, to, you know, the prosecutors with respect to the information he provided, and if he was sufficiently remorseful for the conduct that

waiting to see is if the democrats can get robert muller the former special counsel before them they say they want to hear directly from the man who invested the gated the president as to whether the president of the united states committed crimes still had on. the latest on the aid effort in mozambique. the country. hello there it's still looking quite mobarak cross the southeastern parts of china at the moment plenty of cloud all marching its way towards the east and this line of rather intense looking showers is the tail end of a system that's now moved away from japan but it's still going to have some rather lively downpours those pushing their way into the northern parts of luzon there in the philippines as we head through friday behind it actually a bit quieter for a time but this is some here it's going to begin to pop up as we head into saturday so off to saturday we'll see some heavy rain for many of us across this region out towards the west and we've got a very intense blob of cloud an asteroid picture this is our tropical cycle on phony and you can see it working its way towards the north it is a very intense feature we've got winds over

gate. that is why -- it took a lot of time. maybe robert mueller doesn't want to be that guy to be the one to testify to help the democrats bring the public along. given the situation that there is nobody inside the president's orbit, maybe don mcgahn, but obviously he is being kept from testifying, he is the only show in town. he has the credibility. >> the pressure clearly will mount on mueller to make an appearance. democrats want him to show up. >> they do. as we pointed out earlier, there is no mention of it in chairman nadler's statement. i heard from a senior democratic strategist who appeared pretty outraged that mueller is saying i hope this will be my last appearance. let me quote to dwrouyou. he said he should be subpoenaed the day he leaves the department of justice. he has no basis in which to resist a subpoena to testify. there are dozens of legitimate questions and goes on to list them. these are the questions we all know which is why didn't you interview the president? why did you decide not to do that? what did you think of

gate ferry bus. on the westbound direction towards san francisco. here sergeant robert powers with the chp you've got an update from caltrans do we know when this will be reopened certain. >>we're hoping within the next hour hour and a half we're still awaiting coroner's office to arrive. really that the one thing we're waiting for cleanup is almost done. and uh yeah once we can get all that knocked out will be open everything up any speculation on what might have caused this accidents. >>driver sleeping at the wheel speed. there wasn't a rainy morning. >>you know what it could have been. a million different things so. we have our officers right now speaking to you know that even occupants who are or who are kyron able to speak with us were able to speak you know likely with the driver of the box tracks others speak with him right now at the hospital. the out fully you know doing that in. >>talking to some witnesses that they will be able to get a little better picture what happened whether anybody any passengers on the bus at the time. i it sounds like there were a cou

on the question of obstruction, robert mueller was very clear that he felt he could not get out of the gate on any kind of charges against the president because of his office of legal counsel opinion. the olc is the office and the justice department behind me. it's like the lawyer for the executive branch. robert mueller did not mention congress, and he did not mention impeachment, but he seemed to be passing the baton on to lawmakers. >> special counsel's office as part of the department of justice. by regulation, it was bound by that department policy. charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. first, the opinion explicitly permits the investigation of a sitting president because it is important to preserve evidence while memories are fresh and documents available. second, the opinion says that the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. >> he also addressed a conflict between himself and his boss, attorney general william barr, over how as special counsel report wa

waiting to see is if the democrats can get robert muller this former special counsel before them they say they want to hear directly from the man who invested that gated the president as whether the president of the united states committed crimes. americans and naturalized cubans who once owned properties in cuba that were seized by fidel castro may now seek damages for their losses their claims total more than eight billion dollars and could cause international turmoil the lawsuits were authorized by the trumpet ministration often historic change in u.s. policy on you sure castro has more from washington. american cruise ships docked in the port of havana are a sign of how far the business relationship between the u.s. and cuba has come in a few short years the ships arrived in twenty sixteen after president barack obama eased a decades old trade embargo but they sailed in taking a risk that may now back fire the previous owners of the land the ships are docked on the private families that lost their property to cuba's communist government are suing they're doing that under a legal provision just enacted by donald trump the floodgates are open sores

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cooperating with robert mueller's investigators, he contacted at least one member of congress that we know of who had been publically critical of the probe. that's florida congressman matt gates. he sent a couple of direct messages to gates over twitter saying, quote, you stay on top of what you are doing. your leadership is so vital for our country right now. keep the pressure on! that message was sent april 2018. that's the same evening, anderson, that gates appeared on fox news sharply criticizing the mueller probe. congressman gates says he didn't respond to the messages from flynn and did not have a prior relationship with him, anderson. >> do we know -- i mean, at this point if gates was the only member of flynn that reached out to? >> reporter: we don't know that. it couldn't be learned if flynn reached out to other members of the congress. we reached out to other members, particularly those that have been critical of mueller. but these messages raise questions about flynn's contact with politically powerful people following his guilty plea of the mueller probe when he was cooperating with investigators and they added this perception that has played out in flynn's cour

>>robert sounds good alright, let's check in on traffic now starting off at the golden gate, we're lookingbay to san francisco it off to a great start right night since moved here, no major trouble spot story about so come on in 19 minutes in growing nevado to the toll plaza now the bay bridge traffic is busy year. we have a backup right down the middle mostly for the cash payers and it's starting to stretch almost under the 80 over crossing so just a sign that we have more folks coming into san francisco, but still no major issues for 80 west 5.80 to the richmond center fell bridge, picking up a little bit but not bad this commute usually starts a little bit later right when you compare to the bay bridge and the sanity of where to doesn't back up as early 8 minutes from the tolls out to what i want i'm getting word of a new crash and want to create this is on southbound 6.80 before treat several vehicles in the right lane. so i'll be taking a closer look at that livermore to dublin on 5.80 looks good dublin to fremont trouble free the limits wide open and friday light and to 37 7 minutes

robert all right. thank you john let's check in on the traffic and see how well the commute moving. >>we are starting off with want to want to cross the golden gate there it is traffic light so far if you want to use one to one right now will be about 20 minutes to head south and make it to san francisco over to the toll plaza side of the bridge, here's the bay bridge, 80 west traffic is picking up here too but we haven't had any major issues so far leaving downtown oakland through the maze 5 8024 the nimitz the sure all is well and it moves well across the upper deck over the freeman street. let's find any to the richmond center fell bridge the usual bridge work under way both eastbound and westbound usually wraps up before 5 o'clock and it never really clogs up the drive only because it's happening so early in the morning, but just be aware of the cone slow down as you pass the bridge crews aircell for the cone zone overall it's a great trip into the north bay we're checking in on traffic tracker we're looking at more freeways and drive times maybe you take highway 4. if so it's looking good right westbound it's about 15 minutes from antioch to

gate. this could be huge. >>> breaking news from washington. president trump saying today he does not think that roberter should testify before congress tweeting moments ago and slamming democrats for pushing for mueller to testify saying are they looking for a redo because they hated seeing the strong no collusion conclusion? there was no crime except on the other side incredibly not covered in the report and no obstruction. bob mueller should not testify. no redo for the dems. well, that contradicts what the president said just days ago. >> mr. president, should robert mueller testify? >> i don't know. that's up to our attorney general when i think has done a fantastic job. >> okay. we know earlier the attorney general had already said that he thought it was okay for mueller to testify. so let's bring in buyers sanchez at the white house where the president is now weighing in on the calls for mueller to testify, and he's giving it a big thumbs down. what changed? >> yeah. that's right, fred. now it appears that it is possible that robert mueller will testify as early as may 15th. that tentative date

gate transit bus. we are joined right now by sergeant robert powers, you can tell us so far what the investigation has shown, we understand both vehicles were moving westbound this morning and it appears that the box truck hit the back of the bus. >> yes, that is correct, so far with what we found out, it sounds like a rear end collision with the box truck and the golden gate transit van. as a result of that, one of the parties in the box truck sustained fatal injuries. the other occupants sustained major injuries. it sounds like everybody in the transit bus suffered minor to moderate injuries. >> reporter: we have been talking about this traffic impact, in particular, back in the toll plaza, we heard reports of other accidents, what advice do you have for people that are trying to get from the east bay into san francisco this morning? >> the best advice we have, just use alternate routes, be patient, we know everybody has to get to work and you have to live your life, but we have to remember that safety is the utmost importance, and we certainly don't want another accident like this, or somehow causi

waiting to see is if the democrats can get robert muller this former special counsel before them they say they want to hear directly from the man who invested that gated the president as to whether the president of the united states committed crimes well still ahead here because there are countries who still bahrain or who will no longer be exempt when the u.s. sanctions waiver in the coming hours. clamping down on hate speech facebook but on several far. to vigils and organizations stay with us here on al-jazeera. al you'd expect big range at the moment in china but as a couple of days almost rain free the brightest seen from space of these the showers are in the south china sea and touching taiwan and there in the fall cross for friday now the breeze would suggest we're talking more secure into vietnam and turkey back up into china so there's going to be an increase in showers in vietnam western china which will probably then march some still east as was hong kong but not until after the weekend there are quite a few showers around the philippines a developing delhi there more south of the north and even more so than to was so the ways in west papua

waiting to see is if the democrats can get robert muller this former special counsel before them they say they want to hear directly from the man who invested that gated the president as whether the president of the united states committed crimes. now some of the highest profile voices in the u.s. have been kicked off facebook and instagram the social media network announced the ban is it comes under growing pressure to care of hate speech rob reynolds reports . facebook and instagram have permanently banned several prominent far right anti-semitic and anti muslim provocateur too or there is a concerted a social media empire you can't concentrate radio host alex jones conspiracy theorist who claims mass shootings like the one at a high school in parklane florida last year where seventeen died were faked by the government. gone to his laura loom or a prolific stuart of anti muslim diatribes and false conspiracy theories visitors to loom or his facebook page on thursday found this no more facebook or instagram for milo yen up a list former writer for the conservative breitbart news site has been closely associated with neo nazi and white supremacist fig

has been lit dated and relate gated in the court of public -- an and relitigated ine court of publi opinion. >> wooi uff: connie? n't think they're thinking about it. robertller should be concerned about russian 'tterference with the elections. we c emphasize that robert mueller has not common rated president trump d has made it very clear that there is work to th done here in terms of peeling away everg that has happened since his presidency, .nd this is the way we do it i always look at it this way -- when in doubt about what americans kn, give them ore information. >> woodruff: meaning mr. mueller testifies. >> yes. even if he just reads from the report, judy, a lot o americans will be hearing it for the first time. >> woodr buff: chrskirk, you do now have one, granted only one, republican mber of wngress, congress justin amash of michiganho has called for an impeachment proceeding against thpresident. said he's read the mueller report several times and he believes the president should be impeached based on that. s you e republicans you talk, to memb the public see this as something that could grow? >> well, at least if you're asking if it's something

robert mueller breaking his silence dod weeks after his report went public. everything he said today we already knew. no matter how hard barr and trump worked to obscure it. since the water gates a very powerful medium. hearing directly from mueller both today and potentially in front of congress in the future could have a huge impact. let's discuss now. the former substantiate special water gate prosecutor and the former director of the nixon presidential library and the author of impeachment and american history. hello, gentlemen. thank you for joining us. let me start with you, i want to talk nixon. put this up. after starting his second term his approval rating was 68%. in may the hearings started being televised and poll numbers fell. by august his approval rating. plummeted to 31%. does that speak to the power of holding televised hearings? >> no doubt about it. one of the reason why i'm convinced the trump white house is not allowing people to testify is they're concerned americans when they hear scriptions of the things in the report and hear people describe them. they will be turned off and be turned off by the president. in 1973 the american people were riveted by t

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