attorney general oversees the department and it's the department that's in charge of special counsel robert miller's investigation into russia's possible role in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election an election that put trump into office. thank you very much believes u.s. intelligence agencies believe russia try to sway the election in favor of trump and special counsel miller is investigating whether trump and his aides colluded let's stay away let's stay away u.s. politicians worried that trump is trying to hold the investigation putting someone in charge who's willing to stop the russia probe protecting. and his investigation is paramount it would create a constitutional crisis if this were preload to ending or greatly limiting the mauler. investigation because jeff sessions was involved in trump's presidential campaign he formally stepped aside from overseeing miller getting miller the freedom he required to fully investigate. sessions replacement is matthew whitaker he's openly critical of the investigation and he may have the power to end it you're going to get hit with the pirat

his team are going to be trumped crush of escalations fake news supported by fake media so as robert miller closes in and as they become war concerned about trying to get rid of him they're going to use the cover of these attacks on the process to say this is not a legitimate investigation anyone who questions us is not legitimate so this is just the start there will be more jim acosta's who will feel the wrath of the president because it isn't just crunch ego now is trying to battle for survival as part of a campaign to get away from russia and to get away from robert mueller thank you so much for joining us to share that view scott lucas professor of international politics and american studies at the university of birmingham we appreciate it. and staying in the united states some breaking news this hour from the state of california at least twelve people have been killed by a gunman who stormed a bar in the los angeles suburb of thousand opes police say that the attacker died inside the venue the suspect has not yet been identified a sheriff's deputy responding to the incident is among th

lawyer says the us president has submitted his answers to written questions by special counsel robert miller or is investigating if chance campaign colluded with russia to influence the twenty sixteen presidential election. afghanistan has declared a day of national mourning after at least fifty people were killed in a suicide attack in the capital kabul an interior ministry spokesman says more than eighty all those were wounded in the assault the suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a wedding hall during a gathering of muslim religious scholars and they were meeting to mark the birthday of the prophet mohammed. no group has claimed responsibility for the blast they've got to fuck up mother i heard the explosion just take my cousin out of there was seriously wounded but when i got here i realized that i was wounded as well and i am here i wanted to enter the hotel to participate in the ceremony but i got a call from a relative and he told me that there was a blast inside the hotel and the his children were wounded now and looking after my friends who've been injured in the blast th

us president says he has completed a written and says to questions posed by special counsel robert miller's investigation into russia's role in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. election donald trump told reporters he answered the questions easily. stephen bach he has been named as the u.k.'s new breaks it secretary he replaces dominic robb who resigned on thursday over the draft brecht's agreement made by prime minister theories in may with the european union rebels within may's conservative party trying to launch a leadership challenge accusing her of selling out she's been defending her plan on the radio this is not the deal of the future relationship with the european union the deal of the future relationship with the european union means we take control of volatiles wheat and free movement take control of our borders take control of our money so we can spend it on priorities not the n.h.s. well out of the customs union out of the single market rob the common agricultural policy rather the cause issues policy that's what i think people value full that's why i'm delivering what jane hall

the house of representatives called the move a blatant attempt to end or impede special counsel robert miller's investigation into russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election kimberly how could his more when house democrats are in control of congress sorry the house of representatives in january they will be able to conduct these oversight hearings they would have to call for emergency hearings they will just put them in place so they're asking for these preservation of documents so that they can buy some time until they have control to be able to probe further and ask the questions that they are looking for with respect to this investigation and their concerns that the firing of just sessions was really just the president's attempt to in their view obstruct justice and to shut down the robert mueller probe the world food program says it's doubling the amount of food it provides yemen to try and prevent what it's calling mass starvation with yemen currently suffering the largest hunger crisis in the world the u.n. agency says it's aiming to reach up to four thousand people. syrian

right, when it comes to investigation of the white house and robert mueller's wrote, any hint -- robert miller'sbe, any hints -- he went dark during the midterm elections after a number of indictments. >> he sure did go dark. stigation was a lot narrower, six years old he has work to do, but if he has indictments, mr. whitaker could decide not to issue them, and if there was a conflict it would have to be reported to the congress. we will have to see how this playeds. o mr. mueller is in a precarious situation. best case scenario, he's very rushed. laura: do you have any indication that the eanate majorityr will all out legislation to be brought to the floor that would proct the investigation how you outlined? >>nfortunately, no. his public statements recently is that there is no need for it. as an independent law professor, i don't know how you can say there is no need for oversht over any government actor. this is what we are talking about, whether the president could be above the law because the congress has decided to look at the oth way. laura: do you see turbulent times ahead between the p

national committee ahead of the twenty six thousand presidential election especially vest a geisha by robert miller into trunk russia collusion claims that they were hacked by moscow science can't make any comment on the issue because in an ng creasing the strained relationship is ecuador and host well they have placed a series of restrictions on limiting internet access visitors and public statements among other things whistleblowers lawyers say that if these u.s. charges are for real well that would set a dangerous precedent for press freedom former m i six officers and the national police such a notion is becoming and big use to the mainstream media. obviously when wiki leaks broke into the international consciousness about eight years ago you had a lot of allies in the international media and worked particularly closely with organizations such as the washington post the new york times and the guardian newspaper in the u.k. then there seem to be a lot of in-fighting and these old legacy media outlets started turning on on julian songe so the question is why are they not protecting one of their o

michael cohen is a key figure in robert miller's investigation into the alleged russian interference need twenty sixteen u.s. presidential campaign. the number of measles cases has spiked globally by more than thirty percent that's according to a new report from the world health organization report it was the blame on gaps in vaccination coverage health officials are especially worried about an increase in axiom skeptic parents who do not immunize their children. according to honduras has convicted seven men in the murmur murder of the prominent environmental activist better cosette us. to set us lead a grassroots campaign against a hydroelectric dam project on her tribes and suffer lads should be shot dead in her home and twenty sixteen. police in hong kong say five people have been killed and more than thirty injured in a bus crash on the main roads of the airport the bus was ferrying staff from the cathay pacific airlines work when it plowed into a broken down tax. well united nations is playing down hopes of an immediate breakthrough in yemen if peace talks go ahead next week as

trump's remove all of attorney general jeff sessions they accuse trump of trying to undermine robert miller's investigation into russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election people are also currently out in times square and washington protesting against any efforts to undermine it sessions has been replaced by matthew whitaker who has openly criticized the inquiry classical hain reports now from washington. d. .

congress about a trump real estate deal in russia cohen is cooperating with special prosecutor robert miller and his investigation into possible russian interference in the twenty six thousand presidential election trump called cohen weak and said he was trying to get a lighter sentence. german chancellor angela merkel has blamed russian president vladimir putin for the recent naval confrontation between russia.

congress about a trump real estate deal in russia cohen is cooperating with special prosecutor robert millerand his investigation into possible russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election trump called cohen weak and said he was trying to get a lighter sentence. german chancellor angela merkel has blamed russian president vladimir putin for the recent naval confrontation between russia and.

congress about a trump real estate deal in russia cohen is cooperating with special prosecutor robert miller and his investigation into possible russian interference in the twenty six thousand presidential election trump called cohen weak and said he was trying.

ford has been accused of breaching a plea bargain with federal prosecutors nor is working on robert miller's investigation into russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election it's a matter for lying to f.b.i. investigates is which is nullified graham and of course expected to receive a life of punishment for cooperating with the investigation he faces at least a decade in prison on ten charges ranging from financial fraud to conspiracy to obstruct justice. u.s. comic general motors is shutting down five manufacturing plants across north america as part of a plan to save the company around six billion dollars and focus on electric and self drive vehicles fourteen thousand jobs will be lost mexico has deported ninety eight asylum seekers accused of trying to breach the u.s. border san isidro border crossing into california was temporarily closed and tear gas was fired on sunday as asylum seekers attempted to scale the border fence. a car bomb has killed at least eight people in somalia's capital mogadishu it went off in a busy market there on monday. and responsibility for another a

what you as a special assistant to the attorney general, you appointed robert miller.ller to come from boston. with the seating to be highly professional, intelligent and educated. —— dedicated. he demonstrated those qualities when we worked together in the 19805 and i believe, i hope it‘s not inappropriate a judge to say, that he brought tho5e inappropriate a judge to say, that he brought those same qualities, much refined, to his present position. you were quoted as saying recently that since richard nixon‘s resignation no discernible effort by the president to abuse justice in a partisan manner have been seen in the united states. you still feel that way? i can't and when i said that way? i can't and when i said that but it was a while back. it is a big question. i actually... that but it was a while back. it is a big question. iactually... i didn‘t think my experience during the watergate era would be relevant again. the watergate situation involved among other things the president using the department of justice uppal —— partisan purposes, punishing enemies and no

the house of representatives called the move a blatant attempt to end or impede special counsel robert miller's investigation well is looking into allegations that russia interfered in the two thousand and sixteen presidential vote the democrats won control of the house in the midterms and have vowed to protect it was sessions has been temporarily replaced by matthew whittaker who's been openly critical of miller's investigation was or was the u.s. attorney for southern iowa from two thousand and four to two thousand and nine in that role he prosecuted white collar and drug trafficking crimes it tried to run for the senate in two thousand and fourteen but failed to win the republican party's nomination he then worked as a conservative legal commentator for c.n.n. before being hired as jeff sessions chief of staff in october last year to get more now from our white house correspondent kimberly so i mean obviously the jeff sessions firing had somewhat been predicted the two men him in prison for by and got on in a very long time so how realistic are these fears that this is going to eventually sp

house does things like meet cabinet appointments that could change has to go out into the open robert miller was unwilling to do this before the midterms but now that that's passed we could be seeing a lot more on that and if this investigation the meddling is blown open that could make a big difference in u.s. e.u. ties even again if nothing can change in legislation and both parties are very much looking to two thousand and twenty and their runs for the white house teri schultz with the international view from brussels this morning thank you terry. and we'll have more on the u.s. midterms in a moment with gary hart from our business desk but first we're going to a quick check of some other stories making news around the world and acclaimed russian film and theater director has appeared in moscow in a court on embezzlement charges carol sarah burning off is accused of misusing more than two million dollars of state funding for a theater project his supporters say that he is the target of a crackdown on artistic independence under president vladimir putin. authorities in peru say that a form

capitol hill, the president's words, democrats say they will focus on the russia investigation robert miller -- robert mueller's investigation. >> we will find out if he made commitments about the probe, whether he is serving as a back channel to the president or his lawyers about the probe, if he's doing anything to interfere with the probe. >> reporter: our power panel during up to debate that was french president macron takes on donald trump on his use of the word nationalism. it was a no-br. i switched to geico and saved hundreds. that's a win. but it's not the only reason i switched. the geico app makes it easy to manage my policy. i can pay my bill, add a new driver, or even file a claim. woo, hey now! that's a win-win. thank you! switch to geico®. it's a win-win. .. [ phone rings ] what?! ready for christmas? no, it's way too early to be annoyed by christmas. you just need some holiday spirit! that's it! this feud just went mobile. with xfinity xfi you get the best wifi experience at home. and with xfinity mobile, you get the best wireless coverage for your phone. ...you're about to f

but no sign whatsoever that this investigation is coming to a close i must stress as well that robert miller is quite capable and is legally able to ask follow up questions to president trump and also should he wish to press for an in person. interview so this is not over perhaps this phase of the mill investigation getting some kind of input for direct input from president trump so it's basically the answer to question is how long is a piece of string it's very unclear how long this investigation is still going to take before robert mueller releases his final report and remembering to that this speculation that president trump really wants to shut this investigation down this was also accentuated by his firing of his attorney general replacing his attorney general with a lower rank the chief of staff who is known to be opposed to the mill investigation so there's a lot of play out there and there's a lot of incidents and the vents are still likely to happen in the coming days weeks possibly even months in the mike thanks very much dave mckenna reporting from washington d.c. . stephen barkle

for the first time since the special counsel's investigation began donald trump is firmly in robert miller's crosshairs in his evidence submitted to the court michael cohen speaks of an individual one this has subsequently be identified as a donald trump himself now michael cohen's evidence is that he lied to congress because he did not want to publicly contradict the statements made by individual one donald trump had repeatedly said throughout the presidential campaign that he had no business dealings of any kind in russia michael cohen so evident is that up until at least june twenty sixth the negotiations were continuing with trump property operations inside russia with russian individuals this means that president trump also revealed a candidate when they're worth connections and negotiations with individuals in russia itself this despite the fact that even at that stage there'd be an intelligence indications that russia was attempting to subvert the electoral process so very damaging evidence for president trump at this particular stage he's completely dismissive of it having tweeted fr

donald trump's ruvell of attorney general jeff sessions they accuse trump of trying to undermine robert miller's investigation into russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election people are also currently out in times square and washington protesting against any efforts to undermine it sessions has been replaced by matthew whitaker who was openly criticize the inquiry classical hane with ports now from washington. a day after losing one of the houses of congress the president was a man on the defensive we keep hearing about. investigations now facing investigations on two from special counsel robert mueller looking into potential russian collusion and obstruction of justice and in january a democratic controlled u.s. house of representatives looking into pretty much anything it chooses to. with that a dramatic move his attorney general fired replaced by matthew whitaker a man close to the president in tweets in articles he's made it clear he thinks the moeller probe should be limited whitacre will have tremendous power over the investigation now not just the scope of it but under law

congress about a trump real estate deal in russia cohen is cooperating with special prosecutor robert miller and his investigation into possible russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election trump called cohen weak and said he.

as acting attorney general whitaker has previously called for the defunding of special counsel robert miller's investigation into russian election meddling senate democratic leader chuck schumer says he must recuse himself from oversight of the russia inquiry i find the timing very suspect number one but number two number the our paramount view is that any attorney general whether this one or another one should not be able to interfere with the moller investigation in any way they should not be able to end it they should not be able to limit it they should not be able to interfere with our going forward and doing what he thinks is the right thing and that will help guide us as we go through this process to get the latest from alan fischer in washington alan certainly a very busy day in washington not just the results of the midterms than this announcement that many had been waiting for for a long time but still it came today of jeff sessions resignation do you think the two are linked. i think they are absolutely and i think don't realize is that now he's got more numbers in the senate that he

the president last out when asked about his campaign rhetoric and the investigation that has led robert miller to investigate. >> are you concerned >> i'm not concerned about anything. >> that's enough cup without the microphone. >> democrats now have the power to ramp up investigations and subpoena documents. trump warned he would fight back with the republican- controlled senate. >> the president said he still has questions about the job. >> i will answer that at a different time. >> he answered it with they named matthew whitaker as acting attorney general. he has publicly spoken about putting funds and finding ways to stop the mueller investigation. >> protecting mueller and his investigation is paramount. >> nancy pelosi is no posed to take the leader role and promise vic three. >> sticking with the program for the people with lower healthcare costs and a cleaner government. that will produce a big victory for us. >> this does not mean we will go looking for a fight. it means we may see a need to go forward and we will. >> whitaker released a statement today saying, i am committed to lead

congress about a trump real estate deal in russia cohen is cooperating with special prosecutor robert miller and his investigation into possible russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election trump called cohen weak and said he was .

years and through this process and they wish to acknowledge that a special thank you goes to judge robert miller junior who taught me what it means to be a federal judge last my students at university of notre dame i promise to acknowledge your talent and i fully expect it to be on display in class. think you chairman grassley for the privilege of being here. >> good morning mister chairman also ranking member feinstein for scheduling the hearing and also mister leahy to preside over the hearing it is an honor and humbling experience to be before this committee like to start by thanking god through his grace only i am here also all the individuals who have assisted in supporting me from a nomination initially senators to me and casey my home state senators for supporting and advancing my nomination senator leahy i appreciate you entering into the record i apologize to senator casey for missing his phone call i was tying my daughter's shoe. like to thank those bipartisan commission back home in pittsburgh that worked tirelessly on this process and also president trump for the honor of the nominat

a special thank you goes to judge robert miller junior who has taught me much about what it means tobe a federal judge. to my students at the university of notre dame law school, i am a man of my word and promised to acknowledge your talent too and i fully expect it to be on display this thursday in class. thank you for the privilege of being here. >> thank you, mister chairman, i thank ranking member feinstein for scheduling this hearing and ranking member lady for presiding over this hearing. it is a great honor and humbling experience to be before this committee. i thank god, only through his grace am i here. i would like to thank all the individuals who supported me in my nomination. initially i would like to thank senators toomey and casey, my home state senators for supporting and advancing my nomination to the president. senator leahy, i appreciate you entering into the record senator casey up statement in support. i apologize to senator casey for missing his phone call this morning. i was time my daughter's shoe when he calls. i think the 20 members of the bipartisan commissi

i do not like that someone like you know has on both sides of the aisle as robert miller being labeledratic thug when he's been a lifelong registered republican. there some untruth i understand how he's trying to move the narrative. >> the president also tweeted today quote - universities will someday study highly convicted and not senate approved robert mueller and his gang of thugs what they've done to destroy people. why is he protecting crooked hillary? -- and all of his friends on the other side? that is the president this morning madison, your take.>> the president makes a valid point here. again going back to should equal justice for all. we should want to get to the truth. it seems a lot of cases not just in the mueller probe but across the doj and across the fbi in recent years, it was only about them going after they wanted to go after instead of going after everyone that committed crimes. we had multiple pieces of evidence in hillary clinton's case. >> you been terrific will have you back on soon. and thank you for watching. thank you for having us in your home. lou dobbs is

they will lot -- they will probably lead robert miller do his work.s mueller, the democrats could finish it out. guy: alex, the challenge for the democrats now is 2020, and they have to figure out a way of winning. how are they going to make that happen if they are simply being obstructed with the president? how do they develop a more interesting, positive narrative that they can take to the electorate come 2020? alex: they will have a problem treating the president as an a scapegoat. they did get a head start last night. look at what happened in the midwest in wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania, ongoing democratic. those with the three states that got trump and to the white house. vonnie: alex, what will -- speaker pelosi is stillthose wi, does she stay speaker, first of all? but she is still the favorite. what will she be saying now the democrats today as they begin to try to get together and start the session off on a very positive, strong note? alex: i am more interested to see which he is the say in her press conference more than president tru

it's interesting, laura, democrats didn't run 30-second ads on russian collusion or robert miller. we are done with it. when the president is the commander-in-chief, our leader and he goes to california and consoled people having devastation, everyone in america is rooting him on and when the president stands up for things that criminal justice reform, i think you going to get more americans to route him on. so much more bandwidth on issue issues. >> laura, democrats ran on health care. republicans ran the democrats are evil. i think candace had it right for the president is a wartime president. we are at war in afghanistan. he is not at war with people of the opposing party. we might sometimes disagree. the election is over and it's time for us now to try to move the country forward and find common ground. every good president that has faced a defeat like this president has in a midterm has moderated their positions, moved to the center, found common ground. >> laura: watch? whoa, whoa, whoa. obama lost seats. how did he moderate his positio position? i don't think obama moderated

trump's for a move all of attorney general jeff sessions they accused of trying to undermine robert miller'snvestigation into russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election sessions has been replaced by matthew whitaker who's openly criticize the inquiry atika hain reports from washington. a day after losing one of the houses of congress the president was a man on the defensive we keep hearing about. investigations now facing investigations on two from special counsel robert mueller looking into potential russian collusion and obstruction of justice and in january a democratic controlled u.s. house of representatives looking into pretty much anything it chooses to. with that a dramatic move his attorney general fired replaced by matthew whitaker a man close to the president in tweets in articles he's made it clear he thinks the moeller probe should be limited whitacre will have tremendous power over the investigation now not just the scope of it but under law he has the ultimate say as to what happens to muller's findings he could simply shred his final report but the midterm elec

expected to get to robert miller's office by thanks giving.igh-stakes stuff but the president seems pretty confident. >> the present always seems confident no matter what. and that is his style and perhaps he is reason to be but i think the stakes are very high and i think in some ways, the presidency and his future weathers impeachment, and whether mueller can get or democrats coming a lot of things will fall into place depending on how he answers these questions and whether or not they satisfy whatever it is that robert mueller is looking for. which of course is a change day today. i think it is important to gets record i respect that he is taking a perhaps more seriously than he let on that he just wrote it, read it once as he said in the interview. jon: does a submission of his answers mean that this investigation is nearly over? reporter: you would think so, right? usually we see with hillary clinton, the investigation with her they did the entire investigation and then basically interviewed hillary clinton at the end. normally these inve

president says he has completed written nonces to questions posed by special counsel robert miller's investigation into russia's role in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. election donald trump told reporters he answered the questions easily when there is investigating whether the members of trump's two thousand and sixteen presidential campaign team could looted with russia yemen two three rebels say the saudi and iraqi coalition is continuing to bomb data despite announcing that it had ordered a pause in the fighting the official said at least six civilians have been killed in a strikes rebels say they've also launched an offensive against pro-government fight is in the outskirts of the port city. palestinians have gathered near the fence marking the border with israel for that thirty fourth weekly rally against siege gaza's health minister says at least forty palestinians have been injured by israeli fire despite efforts to calm the tensions. all right up to date the headlines there with its world war one through arab eyes coming up. world war one. four years of bitter conflict. kn

on the senate floor, a bill to protect special counsel robert miller's investigation was blocked as one republican made their case. >> we have already seen the forced resignation of the attorney general after the election, it is clear, therefore that something has to be done to protect mr. mueller's investigation. >> this is about the legislative branch ensuring a common sense check and balance on presidential overreach. >> the senate floor action seemed symbolic after the majority leader made his objections known tuesday. >> this is a solution in search of a problem. the president is not going to fire robert mueller. >> new records obtained by fox news showed mueller's investigations focused on the campaign emails released in 2016 by wikileaks. its founder and any connection to the trump campaign. the agreement offered earlier this month accuses him of lying to investigators. >> i have never spoken with assange, i never emailed him, i had no contact with julian assange whatsoever. >> in august 2016, the special counsel cited a corsi email saying "the embassy planned two more domes. sho

accused of violating a plea agreement in the russia investigation, the white house is accusing robert millerer of ruining lives. president's are the grievances? reporter: he is forming a pre-rebuttal for what his allies expect to be a damaging report from the conclusion of the investigation. these are many of the same issues he has been bringing up before, accusing the prosecutors that are working with robert mueller of being democrats, robert himself is a republican, initially appointed to the fbi by a republican president. is hee of his grievances didn't talk to everybody in his campaign including people who didn't have any dealings with russia or agents of russia. and that those people, a number of people's lives have been ruined. he is setting this up -- it is a matter of keeping his supporters behind him any possible erosion of support once the report comes he can continue to criticize and try to undermine the credibility of the investigation this way. for the battle that will be coming ahead of not only with the robert mueller conclusions but also when the democrats take over the house