. >> senator ron wyden, a member of the intelligence committee on the big night for the intelligencemittee thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> and i appreciate you be willing to talk to me about stuff you can't talk to me about. >> thank you. >> one of these days well get a normal night in the news. i won't know what to do with myself. stay with us. we'll be right back. take this left. if you listen real hard you can hear the whales. oop. you hear that? (vo) our subaru outback lets us see the world. sometimes in ways we never imagined. un-stop right there! i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer. with unstopables in-wash scent boosters by downy. ah, it's so fresh. and it's going to last from wash to... ...wear for up to 12 weeks. unstopables by downy. ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun♪ ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma transitions™ light under control™ visit your local visionworks to ask about transitions™ brand lenses news story just broken within the elicit hour from "the new york times." as you know, there's been a l

thank you. >>> joininow, a of the senate intelligence committee democrat ron wyden. let's get right to the issue, the former trump campaign chairman, what does it tell you about -- manafort is the former trump campaign and mueller is the investigator. what does it tell you about the mueller investigation, senator, that he was able to obtain these communicatns between paul manafort and his associates? >> the fact that mr. manafort feels free to engage in witness tampering while he is being watched by federal authorities certainly raises questions about whether the president promised m mr. manafort he would never face justice. >> these are allegations so they haven't yet by proven, but how much additional leverage does this give the special counsel to try to convince manafort fli a cooperative witness. >> again, what we're looking at are dangerous times for democracy. mr. manafort and this administration have shown contempt for the special counsel, contempt for checks and balances, contempt for the rule of law, and it does raise questions in my mind, wolf, about whethe

senator ron wyden is the top democrat on the senate finance committee.senate intelligence committee. i am assuming that he will not be able to talk to us about this matter, but i am going to ask him anyway. senator wyden, thank you very much for being with us tonight. i appreciate your time, sir. >> rachel, you are quite good at making correct assumptions. and under the senate rules it's just not possible for me to get into it. >> let me just -- i want to push around the edges of that with great respect for your fidelity to your responsibilities as a member of the intelligence committee, sir. the "times" is reporting tonight that there is a connection between the justice department surveilling their reporter, looking at a reporter's e-mails and looking at her phone records while she was a reporter going back years. the "times" is reporting a connection between that treatment of their reporter which obviously raises a lot of first amendment concerns and this investigation into whether or not there were unauthorized leaks from a staffer on your committee.

feinstein kristen gillibrand of all harris mike lee merkley jeff merkley rand paul elizabeth warren and ron wyden so you know a lot of democrats obviously but at the end of the day it's like you could put legislation. and should have been put legislation in place to curtail this kind of spending or say you know what like we do with other things that if you are going to have this in the budget every year must have a cost of living pay raise if you're making amends are you don't pay your soldiers the same amount of money when they're sitting at home as when they're getting shot at right and then you don't come back and go well we can't quiet for the money to fix the v.a. we can't find someone to fix the v.a. that's exactly right there's a grid and it's and it's when you see these like massive numbers and then your mind merely goes like will who are the people that say this is ok who are the people that like a line up and say hey let's spend more money on nuclear weapons let's do this i mean just a name a few of them look a lot of these are part of the so-called you know resistance which also doesn'

. >> reporter: and today democratic senator ron wyden, a staunch liberal, shuddered at the thought. >> i certainly hope it never reaches that point. that would bring about a full- scale constitutional crisis. >> reporter: but talk of pardons appears to be getting ahead of the investigation. the president has not decided whether to sit for an interview, and there is no guarantee of indictment, trial, or verdict, all of which would be challenged. white house press secretary sarah sanders today. >> the president has not done anything wrong and wouldn't have any need for a pardon. >> reporter: the issue of presidential pardons has never been tested in the court. in fact, the only official guidance we have on that issue is a 1974 justice department memo issued shortly before president nixon resigned, and that memo says that a president cannot pardon himself under the fundamental legal principle that you can't be the judge in your own case. jeff. >> glor: paula reid, thank you. the hunt for a man suspected in as many as six murders in arizona came to a violent end today. the man shot himsel

but a democratic senator, ron wyden, he is now demanding telephone companies and the federal communications to stop any potential spying, especially because, as he puts it, the president and his personal phone could be a target of foreign intelligence svices. the fcc, though, declined a previous request from democratic lawmakers to investigate other devices that were found around washington. the fcc at that point said there was no evidence yet those devices were being unlawfully used. law enforcement has already done some investigation. they've determined at least some of the devices and the signals came from legitimate devices. but it appears, of course, there are lingering questions about whether any foreign entities may have set up any of these spying devices. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. >> and our thanks to jessica. more news ahead. washing machine dying) appliance got you down? head to the sears memorial day event. up to 40 percent off appliances. 52% off this kenmore refrigerator. 50 percent off kenmore elite laundry pairs. find your new appliance at the sears memorial day eve

the separation of migrant children from their parents as a bargaining chip, democrats like senator ron wyden says a dozen makes sense. lawmakers to tour immigration and make stops across texas as protests continue all over the country. >> no. no. no, we are not not going anywhere! >> reporter: here is cnn correspondent ed lavandera with a look at what lies ahead. >> reporter: while the trump administration remains unapologetic in its support the way it's rolled out the so-called zero tolerance policy for undocumented immigrants crossing into the u.s. southern border, there is a growing chorus of frustration and anger and protests that will start to be invisible here on sunday in south texas. there is a congressional delegation that will be touring several immigration facilities throughout the region, throughout the day. most of the members of that delegation very much opposed to this zero tolerance policy. there is a vigil protest also scheduled to occur here on sunday in mcallen, and there is another congressman who is leading a march and protest toward the newly open temporary immigrant ch

democratic senator ron wyden said the move seemed more like quote major imposes in any thought-out strategye a white house writer at the lawmakers fighting for free trade? hedge fund manager and a "fox news" contributor jonathan hoenig is here. jonathan i feel like a lonely voice alone in the forest screaming for help against the terrorists. no one is listening. >> i have to shake my head when i'm watching the president on "fox business" aunties announcing the tariffs and people are clapping and cheering they are cheering taxes on americans, not on china, not on mexico, on americans. we know the net result of this. tariffs cost jobs. adam smith discovered this george bush discovered this. kennedy: what are some of the impressions we are seeing right now? what are some of the effects that we are seeing on items that are manufactured with steel and aluminum? >> people keep saying this as a negotiating tactic. the trade war has begun kennedy. started in january. the presence engineered tariffs on lumber and washing machines. what is then the net result click? it price of washing machines have

but the top democrat on the finance committee, ron wyden wanted to talk about something even more urgent. >> how many have been reunified? >> so they would be unified with either parents or other relatives under our policy. so, of course, if the parent remains in detention, unfortunately, under rules that are set by congress and the courts, they can't be reunified while they're in detention. >> so is the answer? >> no. we've had hundreds of children who had been separated who are now with -- for instance, if there was a another parent who is here in the country. >> i want to know about the children in your department's custody. how many of them have been reunionified? >> well, that's exactly what i'm saying. they have been placed with parent or other relative who is in the united states. >> how many? >> several hundred. >> of the -- >> 2,300 plus that came into our care, we probably have 2047. >> 2,047. okay. so that means so far this week health and human services have held in some unknown way exactly six children. because this weekend health and huices department said they had 2,053 mi

and to hear you tell us that ron wyden, a member of the committee didn't know about what the "new york times" is reporting tonight, which seems related to that resolution, that's really quite stunning. >> it seems like whatever was going on with this investigation of this long-time staffer on that committee, i don't know how much senators knew about that, and senators on the intelligence committee won't tell us, they are actually great about not leaking from that committee. but in terms of this investigation from the point of view of the justice department, involving long term surveillance of a reporter, that is a whole different scandal. there have been scandals about it in democratic and republican administrations. there are supposed to be rules about that, but you can tell from the "new york times" reporting that they are ripping mad about it, as will most news organizations be when this news gets out. >> the senate staffer involved is a 31-year veteran. he left the staff this year. that means that all of the senators on the committee know this staffer. and 31 years means he's obvio

senior white house official insists that the president's phone is secure but a democratic senator ron wydenone companies and the federal communications commission act to stop any potential spying, especially because, as he puts it, the president and his personal phone could be a target of foreign intelligence services. the fcc, though, declined a previous request from democratic lawmakers to investigate other devices that were found around washington. the fcc at that point said there was no evidence yet those devices were being unlawfulfully used. law enforcement has already done some investigation. they've determined at least some of the devices and the signals came from legitimate devices. but it appears, of course, there are lingering questions about whether any foreign entities may have set up any of these spying devices. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. >>> as if traffic is not crazy enough in southern california, right, add this to the mix. a small plane forced to land in the middle of the street. this looks worse than i thought. mike and jen doyle? yeah. time for medicare, huh. i

. >> so senator ron wyden is saying he would like the staff of the intelligence committee to interview ivanka trump. he said he would like the staff to do that because there are two separate national security questions they want to talk to her about. but one of them is this connection of the russianght lifter to michael cohen on the trump tower moscow dream. presumably, michael cohen has somewhere in all that stuff the fbi collected, some information about that specifically, and possibly some communication directly from ivanka trump to michael cohen at. >> absolutely. and she should be worried about not being 100% accurate. the russian weight lifter has said i never h anything to do with anybody from the trump organization, and yet apparently there are e-mails. and that disproves that. so she has to be very careful too to dlyt the right thing is. this is all so almost ridiculous. everybody says you can't make this up. if you did, if you wrote this as a novel, no one would accept it. no publisher would publish it because it's too ridiculous. >> i'm telling you, in the of this whole thin

azar also claimed it is easy to locate children in this exchange with democratic senator ron wyden. >ts have been told where their kids are? >> every parent has is beiacces know where their children are. >> that's the 800 number. how many parents actually know where their kids are? you said "access." this is just in my view part of the rosw of rosy responses and t doesn't line up with the parents who desperately want to know where their kids are. >> there is no reason any parent would not know where their child located. i sat on the o.r.r. portal with basic key strokes within seconds could find any child in our care for any parent. >> how difficult has it been to match up these parents with their children? >> extremely. extremely. it seems that there's no plan. it is very hectic. right now we have parents looking for their children. i mean they are crying. they are looking elsewhere for support to know where are the children? i think that is coming another crisis, i think on top of the crisis of them being separated. >> i'm not even sure where to begin. this is outrageous. how could t

. >> so senator ron wyden is saying he would like the staff of the intelligence committee to interviewsaid he would like the staff to do that because there are two separate national security questions they want to talk to her about. but one of them is this connection of the russian weight lifter to michael cohen on the trump tower moscow dream. presumably, michael cohen has somewhere in all that stuff the fbi collected, some information about that specifically, and possibly some communication directly from ivanka trump to michael cohen about that. >> absolutely. and she should be worried about not being 100% accurate. the russian weight lifter has said i never had anything to do with anybody from the trump organization, and yet apparently there are e-mails. and that disproves that. so she has to be very careful too to do exactly what the right thing is. this is all so almost ridiculous. everybody says you can't make this up. if you did, if you wrote this as a novel, no one would accept it. no publisher would publish it because it's too ridiculous. >> i'm telling you, in the end of this

i want to thank orrin hatch and ranking member ron wyden for working with us to ensure that we could get this legislation marked up in committee and on to the floor of the united states senate as part of whatever we do in terms of the opioid crisis here in the coming days and weeks. i also want to of course, comment my house colleagues are to the vote today and the work they've done on this, particularly the ways -- ways and means committee chairman, bill rickert and bill pasinel. my hope is that the bill that passes the house today will be identical to the bill that we'll take up here on the floor of the united states senate so that we can ensure that we get this bill to the president for his signature as soon as possible. this is an urt issue. this is not -- urgent issue. it is not just an important issue, it is urgent. we need to push back and push back hard. this drug fentanyl is so dangerous that a few flecks of it can kill you. again, it is something that is causing the most overdoses right now it's not just affecting those who are overdosing on it, it's affecting all of us, in