schiff, seek recognition. mr. schiff: mr. chairman, i rise on behalf of my colleague, keating, to offer what i have listed as amendment two. i is this the keating amendment, mr. chairman? the chair: number one. mr. schiff: yes, mr. chairman. i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1, printed in house report number 115-815, offered by mr. schiff of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 8989, the gentleman from california, mr. schiff, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. schiff. mr. schiff: i thank the chairman. i'm pleased to offer this amendment on behalf of its author, mr. keating of massachusetts. who has r fine members great experience in public safety prior to coming to the congress. this amendment builds on an initiative from chairman nunes to extend tour links of deployed u.s. government personnel. particularly those who are proficient in difficult languages you s

he'd rather go in front of adam schiff. they have a lot in common.y both wanted hillary clinton to keep be president. i get what he wants to go there. he's going to come before our two committees whether he wants to or not. >> jason: looked, peter strzok did not have an insignificant job, as i like to say, he didn't work for the fish and wildlife service department. he was the number two person in counterintelligence for the united states federal bureau of investigation, tens of thousands of people to choose from. have you been able to find out why is it that he was selected or appointed to go beyond the mueller probe? >> well, you got to go all the way back to clinton. he was on the clinton probe. then in july, not only was he on the russia probe. mueller, he was the lead agent on the russia probe. 39. in july of 2016, we just got through jim comey with the unprecedented press conference, and three weeks later, he is working on donald trump's campaign and the russia probe. i think that group was then transposed over onto the russia probe and then, m

we are here today again so honored -- adam schiff has joined us. you'll hear from him first. i yield to him first congressman adam schiff of california and congresswoman janet of colorado. any one else join us, i'll acknowledge as will be sure that everyone is here is acknowledged. other members tied up in other committees now who send their regards, their thoughts, their concerns, their suggestions on how we go forward. they will all provide incite into the deep damage that the president has cause today our democracy and to all western democracies under the threat from putin. it's really sad, it's almost heartbreaking to acknowledge this. in 1975, america and the western world united to counter the soviet threat by forming the helsinki formation. president ford was part of the negotiation and also signing the accord. it's strange and disturbing and heartbreaking that president trump threw out the values that were the basis of the helsinki commission when he was cowering before president putin yesterday. instead of standing up for our democracy and democratic principles, pres

we'll analyze with former trump adviser, tom bossert, democratic adam schiff from the house intelligence committee and the national security adviser of president obama, susan rice. plus, bombshell tape. >> are you concerned with the tapes? >> the president's former lawyer michael cohen recorded trump back in 2016, discussing payments related to "playboy" bunny, karen mcdougal. the president responded with his first twitter attack on michael cohen. how will cohen respond, does he have more damaging information on trump, how will it shape the investigations? stormy daniels' attorney, michael avenatti joins dan abrams on our legal panel. and our powerhouse roundtable, we'll talk about the politics, the facts that matter this week. >> from abc news, it is "this week." here now chiefnd welcome to "this week." what a week it was, and i know we have said that a lot over the last couple of years, but this may rank as one of the most head-spinning and consequential yet. the sight of an american president standing side by side with a russian dictator echoing vladimir putin's talking points may not

adam schiff phone even cosponsor his own build. there's far too much partisanship and how people are evaluating the facts. democrats and republicans come up with good ideas, we had to be able to work together so we don't see this happening in the future. >> shannon: i don't see happening anytime soon but let me redo this from "the washington post." the headlights of the release of documents, the devin nunes memo on carter page's gotten even less credible. the inside the piece it says, from the evidence at hand it's fair to assume that the nunes memo, not the warrant application, the separate form a stronger political bias in its creation. >> i would encourage anyone to go look at the peace that byron york did in the "washington examiner" where he broke down every paragraph of the new naz memo and then he went down the information in the fisa applican that justify those claims. the most significant claim is that information went from the dnc to the spouse of a justice department official into an application and that form the basis o

you will hear from him first, congressman adam schiff of california. the congresswoman of cash we will be sure everyone here is acknowledged. there are other members tied up in their committee who send their regards, their concerns, their suggestions on how we go forward. they will provide insight into the deep damage that the president has caused to our democracy and to all western democracies under the threat from putin. it is a most heartbreaking to acknowledge this. in 1975, america and the western world united to counter the soviet threat by forming the helsinki commission. that was the work of president ford, who was part of the negotiation and signing the accord. it is heartbreaking that president trump threw out the values that were the basis of the helsinki commission when he was towering before resident putin -- president putin yesterday. instead of standing up for our democracy and principles, president trump cowered in the presence of putin, and the whole world saw that. trump's eagerness to sell out america proves the russians have somethi

we're back with adam schiff., we're now less than 24 hours away from the president's summit with vladimir putin which will take place in the presidential palace. the white house says they are proceeding as planned despite for calls from people like yourself to cancel it. they also say the indictments issued on friday strengthen president trump's hand when it comes to confronting putin about election interference. your response? >> of course that's not the president's intention. the president as you pointed out, jake, knew these indictments were coming and yet was telegraphing he thought the meeting with putin was going to be easier, easier than meeting with their own allies. putin is getting a lot by taking this meeting. afterall, part of the reason for this indictment is to stigmatize those involved in interfering with our election. putin is essentially an unindicted co-con spir tore, not just any co-conspirator, he's sitting down with donald trump and trump is a basically saying that indictment is just a witch

adam schiff, tweeting, politicizing security clearances to retaliate against former national securityicials would set a terrible new precedence. un-american. well so is using dubiously gathered intelligence to mortally wound, an enemy's list of one, it appears our top intel agency and stewarts have come fizz -- star wards have compromised themselves, accountability is in order, next stop, rein in the surveillance state to make it more difficult to abuse pourer t -- pour to poo receive it, news that some of these charactering still even have security clearance caught a few people by surprise. but, should there badges be stripped? they don't need no stinken 'badges. chris stirewalt is joining us. >> i did not know that is what clapper sounds like this whole time. kennedy: that is it, a bummer for him, i don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth. when you are rumored from duty, as a law enforcement officer, do you get on keep your badge and gun. >> you said duty. the next thing is. this washington is full of people who have held on to their security clearance, it expires after a p

. >> we're joined by adam schiff, he just left the house floor forecasting votes. we have a breaking news report from "the washington post" indicating that president trump has known since january 6th, 2017 the new york times reports tonight that the president was briefed and real specifics how vladimir putin specifically ordered the invasion, the attack on our election and that donald trump has known this for a couple of weeks before he was inaugurated. >> lawrence, i'm permitted to comment specifically on what the president was briefed and given the briefing but i can say this, as a member of the gang of eight, i was kept abreast of what the russians were doing in realtime during the election. i continued to get briefings after the election during the period in which donald trump was in the president elect and not just the gang of eight members, the candidate, the major presidential candidates will get a briefing on certain intelligence. when they become the president elect, they will be given specific intelligence and when they become president, the briefings wil

we've gone several minutes, congressman schiff, without discussing rudy giuliani. would like to rectify that by showing the comments he made that are both bizarre in how he did it, but relevant in the sense he's the lawyer for the president talking about a potential meeting that might add culpability. take a look. >> there was another meeting that had been leaked, but hasn't been public yet. there was an alleged meeting three days before. according to cohen, or according to the leak, he says there was a meeting with donald jr., with jared kushner, with paul manafort, with gates, and possibly two others, in which they, out of the presence of the president, discussed the meeting with the russians. we checked with their lawyers, the ones we could check with, which was four of the six. that meeting never, ever took place. it didn't happen. >> is this important in any way, and does your investigation look at whether there were such meetings that could suggest greater culpability about this potential collusion and conspiracy? >> well, we certainly tried to look into this

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adam schiff are has joined us. u.s. congressman of california and the congressman of illinois. else join us? i will acknowledge and make sure everyone here is acknowledged. there are members tied up who sendommittees now their regards, their concerns, their suggestions on how we go forward. they will provide insight into the deep damage that the president has caused to our democracy and to all western democracies under the threat from putin. it is a most heartbreaking to acknowledge this. in 1975, america and the western world united to counter the soviet threat by forming the helsinki commission. that was the work of president ford, who was part of the negotiation and signing the accord. as dni dan coats has said, the intelligence community has stated the russians are once again waging a campaign to interfere in our elections. president trump continues to take the word of russians, enthusiastically embracing their excuses and the president gave a green light to continue to attack our democracy to the russians. yesterday the president sided with the enemy, the enemy who made an

we will ask adam schiff next. ♪ ♪ our new, hot, fresh breakfast will get you the readiest.zzer sound) holiday inn express. be the readiest. slonly remfresh useseep one in ion-powered melatonin ht. to deliver up to 7 hours of sleep support. number one sleep doctor recommended remfresh -your nightly sleep companion. >>> this morning, a huge question hangs over the white house. who is telling the truth? the president or his former personal attorney? sources tell cnn that michael cohen says he witnessed candidate trump signing off in advance on that trump tower meeting. this morning, the president says his former fixer is lying. here is his tweet. i did not know of the meeting with my son don junior. sounds like someone is trying to make up stories to get himself out of an unrelated jam. if cohen is telling the truth, it would make liars of the president and those closest to him. they have said that he learned of this meeting only after "the new york times" asked about it a full year later. >> did you know that they had the meeting? >> i didn't know anything about the meeting.

no investigation into, let's see, congressman adam schiff. we have the tapes.emember, he was duped into having the conversation with the russian pranksters who promised him embarrassing political dirt, naked d pictures and everything, of donald trump? collusion. listen for yourself. >> he was in moscow in november, 2013, met with a journalist? >> well, she is poor journalist. anyway, she became a famous because of putin is scared of her father. >> okay. putin is the godfather. >> she is also known as a person who provides girls for escorts for oligarchs and she met with trump and she brought him one russian girl, celebrity, olga, who is also known as a person with history and reputation. >> olga. how do you spell her name? what is the nature of the copper mat? >> well, there were pictures of naked trump. >> so putin was made aware of the material? >> of course. >> we will be back in touch with you through our stuff to make arrangements to obtain these materials for our community and for the fbi and i appreciate you reaching out to us. >> sean: naked pictures of

adam schiff just told us a few minutes ago he would like to see that meeting canceled. gloria, i suspect it's not going to be canceled. >> no, no. but maybe you'll wind up with some other people in the room aside from the president of the united states. but it's hard to know. the president makes those decisions. the white house response to this is to say that, you know, there's no allegation that any american citizen committed a crime. that is what rod rosenstein said. but as you read this indictment, it's not just american citizens they're talking about. they're talking about people who are affiliated with the trump campaign who had communications with guccifer 2.0. whether or not they knew that they were dmcommunicating with e russians remains to be seen, but we have some stunning quotes in this indictment. somebody -- one of the -- guccifer writing to a person who is in regular contact with senior members of the trump presidential campaign. guccifer writes, thank you for writing back, did you find anything interesting in the documents i posted? please tell me if i ca

congressman schiff, so much to ask you about, but let's start with that interpretation. the president is saying this filing by the justice department proves what he's been saying all along, that this was politically motivated, going after cte page, that it was based on a political -- in his words, a political witch hunt. >> it's quite fitting in the trump administrationh tat donald trump would come to the defense of someone who hasn kowledged -- that is carte page -- acknowledged being a former advise tore the kremlin. the b.i. had probable ca to believe carte page might be acting as a page to a foreign power, russia. they hd an application approved by four different judges, appoted by three different republican presidents, and there was ample evidence to warrant the approval of the f.i.s.a. applications. the president is counng on people not to read them. who has timeo to reads hundreds of pages of f.i.s.a. application? so the president is repeating falsehood after falsehood. but the fact remains te f.i.s.a. applications were appropriately put before the court and appte

. >> congressman adam schiff on the release of the carter page fisa application. rebecca tracer on the midterm messaging from democrats like elizabeth warren. and a message of apology from this american lawmaker. >> america! >> "all in" starts right now. >> you're going to drop the gun or i'll touch you! >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. today the former campaign chairman to the president of the united states showed up in a green jumpsuit to federal court, where he got a rare legal win to postpone his first of two trials for all of six days. now, while the president's former lawyer and fixer we just learned had at least 12 audio recordings possibly with the president on them, which federal prosecutors now have in their possession. this as the president himself lashes out in all different directions and provokes new fears about his apparent leejs to vladimir putin. one week since he stood next to putin in helsinki and sided with the russian president against the u.s. intelligence community, the president has undone all attempts at cleanup by his whit

adam schiff was here already to talk about what rudy giuliani's been saying about the president possibly cooperating or not with the mueller investigation. we'll get his take on what his read of this tape is as both a former prosecutor and member of congress. but rachel, i think this is -- this is the night that the president has been preparing his followers for. just today saying don't believe what you see, don't believe what you read. he knew this was coming because rudy giuliani had been working all day on the response to the public release of this because cnn told them that they had the tape and it was coming. >> and it remains an open question as to why we learned about the existence of the tape when we first got word that this tape existed. to my eye, my sort of practiced eye watching these guys, it feels to me like this was leaked from the trump side to sort of get out ahead of this story and put their own spin on it before the tape inevitably came out. now that the tape is out, certainly the interpretation of what actually happens on that tape is one thing. as you say, this is ta

when barack obama was president, i introduced the expecting legislation int this congress ad adam schiff won't cosponsor his own bill. it shows to the extent that there is too much partisanship in how people evaluating the fact. of democrats and republicans come up with goodca g, w t idea should be able to work together so we don't see this happen in the future. >> let me review this from the washington post. the headline says the release of new documents, has gotten even less credible. inside the piece, it is fair to assume nunez's memo, not the warrant application server from stronger political bias. >> i encourage everyone to look at the piece byron york did in the washington examiner where he broke down every paragraph of the memo and went through the information in the fisa nf application to justify those claims. the most significant claim that information went from the dnc to the spouse of a justice department official into an application and form the basis of that application and was validated by a yahoo news article planted by christopher steele. that news article cited four time

we'll talk about that and much more with congressman schiff, the top democrat in the house intelligence committee and our correspondents and specialists standing by. first, let's go straight to brussels. white house correspondent jim acosta is on the scene. jim? >> reporter: wolf, this is exactly what u.s. allies feared this week. president trump ripping into the nato alliance just before meeting with russian president vladimir putin. president asking what good is nato as he describes germany as a captive of russia with the dependency on russian oil and gas and sounds as if he's saying he's not the one with a russia problem. >> good morning, everybody. good morning. legitimate media and fake news media. >> reporter: it was an unsettling scene in brussels as president trump picked a fight with nato. accusing longstanding allies in the partnership of taking advantage of u.s. military might. >> many countries owe us a tremendous amount of money for many years back for their delinquent. >> reporter: in harsh language that has europe fuming, the president lashled out on twitter asking what g

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it is not like you and congressman schiff are consta constantly asking for interpreter's notes. >> we gave careful consideration for this. that's why we asked for it to be first so there was no spectacle of a public hearing. but the president has demonstrated time and time again that he should not be given the courtesy of precedent because he acts in such extraordinary ways. to see today that the lesson, to invite him back to the white house shows he either missed the message or doesn't care. slad mere pew tip attacks america. when your house is broken into, you upgrade your home security system. you don't inside the burglar over for dinner. all we can do is upgrade our security system. senator chuck schumer today said the president should have no more one-on-one interactions with putin in the united states in russia or anywhere else. ambassador burns, your reaction to that? >> i think it is just common sense. you always want to have a record of what our guy or gal says and what the other person says. you always have a national security adviser or white house staffer in the room. you

adam schiff mentioned this earlier. here is the tape.27, 2016, in the middle of the campaign. >> i will tell you this, russia if you are listening to, i hope you are able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> i think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. >> an open invitation to russia, susan page and what happens after that? >> and russia did not do that. we know from disclosures that come out since that russians on that evening started -- >> the indictment. from the mueller indictment. this is quite a -- it was remarkable at the moment but the context of what we have known, this becomes even more central occasion where the president to his comments and in some cases through his tweets has critical parts of this russia investigation in full view. >> it is great to end the week with you susan page and phil rucker, thank you both for your expertise. more ahead, we'll be right back. "on your business," we got your back with expert advice of getting funding. each week we'll focus on ideas for growing your business b

so ranking member schiff and i put a motion forward during our hearing to sub the translator and bring that person in a closed hearing so we could learn what national security deals are at risk and what secrets have been exposed. they voted it down, which shows me they are not quite there yet as to wanting to protect our country over this president. >> and senator jeff flake has said he's wondering whether you should get the interpreter's notes. the unprecedented nature of the request or even the request for the subpoena is what has slowed down the senators. this is an unprecedented situation. it is not like you and congressman schiff are constantly asking for interpreter's notes. >> we gave careful consideration for this. that's why we asked for it to be first so there was no spectacle of a public hearing. but the president has demonstrated time and time again that he should not be given the courtesy of precedent because he acts in such extraordinary ways. to see today that the lesson, to invite him back to the white house shows he either missed the message or doesn't care. slad mere

i want to talk with democratic congressman adam schiff the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. congressman schiff, i guess the obvious question first is what was your react when you were watching this press conference. >> i feel like every day people have said, wow, i can't believe what happened today. was this a new low? >> it was new low. i found it just disgusting. this is probably, without a doubt, the most shameful and cowardly is your vendor of american interest in modern history. to see the president of the united states humble himself, prostraight himself in front of the russian dictator, basically blame america for problems in our relationship rather than take on russia's invasion of its neighbor, poisoning of citizens in britain, its blatent interference in our election. to side with this former kgb officer over our own intelligence agency, it was a despicable act of the made to. i will say this about my gop colleagues how are in hiding right now. you are complicit in this. you are complicit in the this betrayal of american interests in your silence as you

adam schiff this morning, the ranking member on intel, going after it. and that's part of the reason, alex, i think these documents were released. rosenstein and republicans who are allies of trump in congress, they don't get along. so this is, i think, a really direct shot at that. and, of course, now trump is also saying let's remove all those redactions and make everything public. we'll see if that happens. i doubt it. >> okay. relative to the michael cohen recording, let's listen to a bit more of what michael avenatti said earlier. here it is. >> i think you've seen an evolution by michael cohen over the last month or so with the retention of lanny davis and others. i think he's ready to tell the truth. and ultimately, i think he's going to cooperate with us as it relates to our search for the truth. >> what's your reaction to that, jay? >> things are certainly getting interesting on that level, as well. and in speaking to those in trump world, they have always been much more worried about the michael cohen case than they have, frankly, about another

how do you solve issues when the rhetoric is that heated. >> it is terribly irresponsible for schiffighest echelons were doing. insubordination is what the inspector general said about the f.b.i. director. my grandfather was a career f.b.i. agent. i wish this wasn't the case. but the f.b.i. that we know and love and we count on in this country has been hijacked in part by these senior people who went off the rails, went rogue, took the power of the f.b.i. into their own hands. if you are going to fix it, you have to understand it. we're different in the united states of america. we are self-critical and we look under the hood. and what adam schiff is saying about nunes is totally wrong and inappropriate. >> molly: some of those senior f.b.i. folks are facing the consequences. something that is happening next week, peter strzok expected to testify openly. he went behind closed doors. what can we expect? some word perhaps that he won't show or won't talk openly. we'll see what happens. >> it was peter strzok who said he would volunteer to show up. when bob goodlatte the chairman of the

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thank you so much, congressman adam schiff. greatly appreciate you being here today.s, layout, if you will, your concerns, your greatest concerns about where a trump presidency leads us as it pertains to america's alliances abroad and its national defense at home. >> well, i think the starting point is trump, the man and his psychological state. he is unstable. he shows very deep signs of personali personality disorders. many people that i speak with, experts, think that he's evidencing dementia. and what is alarming about all of this is the extent to which our nation has become a one-person game, because as congressman schiff just said, congress doesn't do anything but enable. the republican side should see right now it is not a partisan game. this is putting our entire nation at risk. the way that the republicans have been enabling this man. we have a one-person wrecking ball right now that is going to destroy global trade through his individual ignorance and whims. we have a one-person wrecking ball who is undermining every alliance, and the public's abroad -- and

>> [laughter] leader, house minority nancy pelosi and congressman adam schiff, ranking member of the house intelligence committee, talk about president trump's summit with president putin. the lawmakers were critical of president trump's interactions with mr. putin, as well as his refusal monday to back the assessment of the intelligence community that russia interfered in the 2016 u.s. election.

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showing us democratic congressman adam schiff. congressman schiff, i wonder what your reaction, this move by the white house to stop announcing calls with foreign leaders. to some people it may not sound like a big deal. it certainly sounds like chipping away at transparency. >> it certainly is chip away at transparence it is. i think it's the impact of some of his conversations leaking in the past, leaking do not congratulate putin, and then of course he goes and congratulates him. this is a president who doesn't trust his own staff, doesn't trust really anybody around him. this is why he wanted to go into that meeting with putin without any witnesses. and you know, watching mike pompeo and sarah huckabee sanders try to answer the question what did the president commit to or what did they even discuss, you know, it's not difficult to read between the lines, both of them saying basically we have no idea. we really have no idea what they talked about, except in the most general terms. well, i guarantee you the russians have a very

there are many real examples of hillary clinton, adam schiff and other democrats colluding with russia before, during and after the 2016 election. also so many important topics that we have covered, jim comey may be headed back to capitol hill. the president is now pushing forward with the strong plan on immigration which is now an important issue, 98 days. and that's rooting against america strong economy. it's time for tonight's multipronged opening monologue. >> it's a worse example of political persecution. it supposed to be a deep dive and how russia was attempting to metal and cause chaos and our presidential election. instead for months, robert mueller has been searching for something, anything, to malign the president and all the allies. now the special counsel's judgment and political president is in the spotlight today. is robert mueller going to release a conflict of interest with respect to president trump including the fact that we had a very nasty contentious business relationship? i turned him down to head the fbi one day before his appointment as special counsel and jim

schiff, for five minutes. mr. schiff: mr. speaker, it was almost exactly two years ago as donald trump closed in on the republican nomination that the russians began weaponizing stolen emails that it acquired sometime earlier. this disclosure of stolen emails was only one veeck tore of the russian active measures campaign. at the same time the russians were engaged in a social media campaign and overt use of their paid media platforms like sputnik and russia today to influence the electorate. what was this about? was this new and unprecedented intervention in our affairs merely about choosing one candidate over another in the american presidential system, or was there something broader within the russian aims? it is certainly true that the russians had a preferred candidate in donald trump. candidate trump had talked disparagingly about nato. he had talked about doing away with sanctions on russia over its invasion of its neighbor. he had talked about making common cause with russia in syria where our interests are not at all

adam schiff when contacted. if this was true, it means he appealed to russia for help, but privately approved receiving it. the conspiracy case may have gotten stronger. >> as part of the investigation into michael cohen, "the wall street journal" reporting the finance chief of the trump organization allen weissberg has been called to testify in front of the federal grand jury. he is a witness in the probe of possible bank fraud or campaign finance violations by cohen. weissberg's name came up in the recording of trump and cohen that cohen's lawyer gave cnn this week. the two men talked during the campaign about possibly buying the rights to the former playmates story claiming she had an affair with mr. trump. >> i need to open a company for the transfer of that information regarding our friend david. i will do that right away. >> give it to me. >> i have spoken to allen weissberg about how to set the whole thing up. i'm all over that. i spoke to allen about it. when it comes time for the financing. >> neither w

schiff, you knew and we now know it was the bulk of the application.e's one of the biggest liars ib the country with 500 tv appearances. oh, about that. remember it was the deputy ag rod rosenstein who is conflicted many ways. he actually signed off on the last final pfizer renewal against carter page who had this to say. listen to your own words about the sanctity of getting a fisa warrant when you said back in may, apply these standards to yourself knowing what we now know. >> the way we operate in department of justice, if we accuse someone of wrongdoing we have to have admissible evidence and credible witnesses, we have to prove our case in court and we have to affix our signature to the charging document which is not something that everyone appreciates. there's a lot of talk of fisa applications and many people seem not to recognize what that is. afi's application is actually a warrant, like a search warrant. in order to get a fisa search warrant, you need an affidavitt signed by a career federalar law enforcement officer who swears that the infor

joined now with adam schiff ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee.ssman schiff, kavanaugh's past opinions about sitting presidents and criminal prosecution, you've expressed concern about that. but opinions a judge may have expressed previously on aler court whether on the bench or not. why does that necessarily translate into how they'll rule on the supreme court? kavanaugh wrote this in the minnesota law review, it wasn't even a ruling of his. >> well, of course someone's writings or past decisions are at best guidance about what they may do in the future. they're never a perfect road map. but here there are very legitimate concerns. this is someone who was on the ken starr investigative team that was dogging a sitting president who then has an epiphany and says really, sitting presidents shouldn't be the subject of an investigation or prosecution. and what accounts for the transformation? he worked in the bush white house and discovered that presidents are very busy. i don't think anyone is quite that naive to think that presidents are not busy, b

adam schiff has been the lead hoaxer.there on television now for a year looking in the face of you, america, and lying to every one of you in an effort to distract the entire country on a hoax russia scandal. is he a fraud. and he should be called out as a fraud. he has been lying to everyone u. steve: exit question real fast. speaking of probable cause as did you a moment ago. was there from what you saw in the application probable cause to investigate carter page for connections to russia? >> probable cause? it wasn't even reasonable suspicion. that document is a joke. the man's team was spied on for zippo. they better produce redactions soon it's going to get worse. ainsley: didn't take long sharpy black black black black black. >> it's about five pages when you get the redactions out. steve: still ahead, ainsley goes one-on-one with white house press secretary sean spicer at home. does he miss working for the president? the answer to that top of the hour. ainsley: plus, despite the his tearia, the president's approval

i am going to read this from the ranking member of the house, adam schiff. >> if the june 9th meeting is true, that means he privately receiving and as far as papadopoul papadopoulos, that helps in the release of the e-mail. conspiracy case may have gotten stronger. what do you think of that statement, jim? >> this is a line of inquiry that democrats on the house intelligence committee and the senate have wanted to go down for some time and had some time been blocked in those efforts and we have seen a lot of reactions of the story tonight from members of those committee and democrats one of them made the point that they attempted to subpoena donald trump jr.'s record. they wanted to know whether the blocked number was -- >> don jr. spoke to after the russians whether if that were the president's. questions like that. this is the line where they want to go down and did not get to ask those kinds of questions. it is certainly attracting their attenti attention. listen, we got to explore this. this is indeed true that michael cohen is offering this. i am not a lawyer at all. when you li

adam schiff. is meeting is true, it means he not only publicly appealed to russia for help but privately approved receiving it. in the release of clintons e-mails. a conspiracy case may have gotten stronger. what do you think of the statement? >> this is a lot of inquiry. that democrats on the house intelligence committee and the senate intel have wanted to go down for sometime. and have sometimes been blocked in those efforts. we have seen reaction to this story tonight from members of the committees. democrats. one made the point that they attempted to subpoena donald trump jr. phone records. because they want to know whether the blocked phone number which i think we talked about on the show. was the president. don jr. spoke to after the meeting whether it was the president. questions like that. this is a line they wanted to go down and get to go down all those lines. to ask the questions. so this is it's certainly a attracting their attention now. and you can imagine those members will be calli

. >> but the ranking member of the intel committee adam schiff rejected the notion that the courts wereled. >> , no of course, and i think actually if the performance that we had in helsinki took place before the applications were filed, i think that whole interchange with putin would have been a central exhibit in the fisa applications. griff griff fallout among republicans was mixed. >> i don't think they did anything wrong, they went to the court and got judges to approve it. >> i don't have an issue with looking into people that have cozy relationships with russia, that's fine. i do have an issue when you rely on political opposition research that is unvetted. >> so will we see anymore? no word yet from the white house on whether they will consider declassifying any more of the documents, we have to wait and see, jillian. jillian: all right, griff, thank you. rob: new information revialed in the fisa warrant documents, lawmakers want to know what else was going on in the obama-era justice department. jillian: bob goodlatte says latest revelations will have impact into doj and fbi. >

war he did like except maybe with north korea because they have to turn a capacity john mccain adam schiff who is kind of the adam kinzinger of the democratic party and loves bombing countries and jake tapper has personally clamored for a military strike on syria which would have been you know turned a country in the heart of the middle east into libya and afghanistan. and that is our show for you to remember everyone in this world we are told that we love the lord told you all i love you. and that happened wallace keep watching those hawks and over great. day and night everybody. thanks. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. zia's says harlan kentucky. over all of this move them places you go three families leave. a co money city with no coal mines left. two jobs are gone all the coal miners have said. that it was a laugh to see these people the survivors of disappearing before their eyes. i remember thinking when i was younger that is anything ever happened to the coal min

adam schiff says he has evidence of collusion he has absolutely nothing, they want this investigationo drag on as long as it possibly can because it's going to affect the midterms and they will get the gavel in their hand. regardless of whether you are republican or democrat, its higher expectations and demand more from your elected officials, it's not just about winning it's about government and a responsible way that's worthy of people's respect. >> tucker: adam schiff accused me of working for putin, he's in a buffoon. it's said said. >> try working with him. >> tucker: i can't even imagine. the attorney general has singled out colleges for turning bright young minds into sanctimonious fools and authoritarians, he's clearly right. how bad are things on campus? should use stop participating in the system that is destroying h america? will talk to a college professor about that coming up. you'll ask... what pain? with advil liqui-gels that's the same things i want to do with you. it's an emotional thing to watch your child grow up and especially get behind the wheel. i want to keep y