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you know, i don't think senator burr, a republican who chairs the senate intelligence committee has come to the conclusions that russia definitely interfered, i don't think he's someone who's trying to help the democrats in any kind of political way. but he and the lanking member, senator warner have come to the same conclusion about russian interferen interference. >> also ran the elections program for the pugh charitable trust, now the cofounder and executive director for innovation and research. we'll go to carol in norwich, new york, independent line. >> caller: i'm afraid you guys stole my thunder. i was going to ask a follow-up about the woman from chicago who was about to go out to hear president trump speak. but she was very specific that there was something like 300 illegal immigrants that voted in chicago. my question was, what is the evidence that illegal immigrants do, in fact, vote and whether they do or do not have any impact on the elections? >> i think you talked about that a moment ago. question on text from lou. please ask mr. becker which he believes affected the 2016

stations over that because it's that kind of illegal domestic surveillance of house and senate intelligence committees were created over 40 years ago to prevent. this has this is not been a topf conversation for censorship or senator burr, chairman of the senate intelligence. >> host: president trump tweeted a couple days ago about the whistleblower, the so-called whistleblower before knowing i i was going to release the exact transcript stated michael what you couldn't present was crazy, frightening and completely lacking in substance related to national security. this is a very big lie. read the transcript. >> guest: i don't recall the whistleblower using that phraseology. what we do know so far on the basis of the testimony that has so far been given in the snippets of testimony we have so far from state department and other officials involved, is that the substance of the allegations were valid. that's what mr. maguire of of te intelligence committee inspector general currently found wendy evaluated the complaint several months ago. i understand the the presidents frustration. he feels

the report from the senate intelligence committee is part 2 of its investigation into illegal foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election as many people already know it was the internet research agency run by a man with very close ties to the kremlin that was behind the massive social media manipulation that was designed one to destroy political support for hillary clinton the democratic nominee to to build political support for donald trump the republican nominee who is now the us president and 3 something that many people did not know before now to want to destroy the reputations of those republicans running against mr trump including the u.s. senators ted cruz and marco rubio and so the senate intelligence committee is calling on the general public on the u.s. government and on tech companies to try to find ways to promote more transparency to try to promote ways of closing off the back doors or security flaws that allow incorrect information to jump from website to website with rapid speed and 3 it does call on the american public to be much more sophisticated about wha

she's a member of the senate intelligence committee and senate judiciary committee.ator harris, i have to ask you, isn't it possible that your letter to the inspector general is what triggered some kind of inquiry by him that has him rushing to congress tomorrow for a closed door briefing? >> i'm sure it's possible, lawrence, but as claire mccaskill said earlier, the inspector general as carryover from a previous administration knows that fundamentally their duty is to incrementally share the issues. they had a question to answer with rudy giuliani's engagement with officials, and what resources or tax dollars were used to facilitate basically the request of political favors from a foreign head of government by donald trump. >> mike pompeo's letter today to the chairman in the house refusing to comply with their request to depose state department witnesses complained of bullying in their tactics because in their notices of the request for these depositions, they reminded the secretary of state what the law is and what they would interpret as obstruction of their acti

she's a member of the senate intelligence committee and senate judiciary committee.enator harris, i have to ask you, is it possible that your letter to the inspector general is what triggered some kind of inquiry by him that has him rushing to congress tomorrow for a closed door briefing? >> i'm sure it's possible, lawrence, but as claire mccaskill said earlier, the inspectors general who have been carryovers from a previous administration i think know that fundamentally their duty is to ensure the integrity of the agencies that they serve. and on this issue, the state department and mike pompeo at the very head of it really have a lot of questions to answer about what they did to facilitate rudy giuliani's engagement with ukrainian officials and what resources and taxpayer dollars were used to facilitate basically the request of political favors from are a foreign head of government by donald trump. >> mike pompeo's letter today to the chairman in the house refusing to comply with their request to depose state department witnesses complained of bullying in their tac

senate's intelligence committee has published a new report alleged russian interference in the 2016 presidential election the documents authors claim the internet research. agency attempted to use social media to swing the votes in favor of more broadly so distrust in american democracy or tease foreign breaks down in the details the senate intelligence committee they report that the agents of the russian internet research agency or ira quote sought to influence the 2016 us presidential election by harming hillary clinton's chances of success supporting donald trump at the direction of the kremlin now the senate panel cited the quote close ties of the ira's director to russian president vladimir putin as quote evidence of significant kremlin support authorization and direction of the ira's operations and goals now the senate intel committee writes that the dissent from ation put out on social media sites like facebook twitter instagram and you tube was part of a broader sophisticated and ongoing information warfare campaign designed to sow discord in american politics and society and this activi

guest: this comes largely from what the senate intelligence committee included. course, in 2016 we are at a high point of social media use. their news siloing consumption with people that they only agreed with. for the kindy ripe of divisiveness that russia there's also6 and substantial evidence that russia specifically wanted to help donald trump's campaign and hurt secretary clinton's campaign. host: is among your concern that , just thennovation mere threat of tampering with elections keeps a voter turnout down? guest: that is a huge concern, and i think there is good evidence that that is exactly what russia and our other adversaries want. they want citizens of our democracy and other democracies to lose confidence that their votes matter, that their votes count. the more that citizens of democracy lose faith in the democracy, the more autocracies like russia can fill the vacuum and we are seeing that now. host: we are talking about election security particularly in 2020. we welcome your calls and comments. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for d

the senate intelligence committee's recent report confirmed this tactic assessing information acquired by the committee of intelligence oversight social media company, the special counsel's investigative findings and research by the commercial cybersecurity companies helped to carry out another vector of attack on the 2018 election, the dissemination of hacked material. one of the ways that the g.r.u. was able to amplify its ability was by collaborating with wikileaks. the special counsel found that in order to expand the interference in the 2018 presidential election, they transferred many of the documents they stole from the democratic national committee and the chairman of the clinton campaign to wikileaks. it must be noted that the special counsel has established that the organization wikileaks was not just acting as an unwitting stooge for the russians. wikileaks had a role in the amplification of these information warfare operations. the special counsel's indictment from july of 2018 stated that g.r.u. officers posing as a fake persona gucifer2.0 discussed the release of the docu

senate intelligence committee has found russia was behind a social media distance from ation campaign designed to influence the 2016 presidential election the committee report outlines how social media platforms were used to so division and spread fake news in an effort to get donald trump elected u.s. intelligence chiefs trace the accounts to the internet research agency a russian organization widely believed to be directed by the kremlin it echoes findings in the miller report which led to the indictment of 12 russian nationals linked to the ira. still to come on al-jazeera the promise of jobs to stop widespread protests now iraqis are demanding the government follows through with its plan. freshman not in jail and straight back to the streets we speak to one u.k. climate activist undeterred by the police response to extinction rebellion. still got some rather lively showers around central parts of the mediterranean sea this area cloud here just pushing across greece heading across see a channel that will help help to make its way a little further east which as we go on through the

i believe it is customary to alert the heads of congress and the heads of the house and senate intelligence committee. is that what happened during bin laden raid? >> so my experience with very sensitive operations like this one is one of the things that you'll be talking about in the situation room after the intelligence community briefs this operation and you consider all of the other risks the question will turn to how and when do we notify the key members of congress that could involve the leadership, the leadership of both the house and the senate, the gang of eight, as it were, which of course chairman rodgers was a member of, so the leadership of the house and senate intelligence committees and my experience is that is done after the operation has concluded to a point where our folks are out of harm's way. >> and that is because of the fear that there will be a leak. >> exactly. and that was the case in the ubl raid, an attempt to cloister the information and ensure that our people were safe that conducted the raid before word gets out because that is -- news like that is hard to con

robert: when you say people, where's chairman richardurr of north carolina from the senate intelligence commiee a senator lamar alexander of tennessee. carl: they've been on recess. robert: and they've been quiet. where are they? carl: i think they are still not ere. i think what you'll hearrom a lot o senate republicans like lamar alender,ho people are looking to to say, he'sot running again, maybe they'll do it. i think they'll say this unappropriate, it's not impeachable, the democrats are rushg ahead. t as more of these things come out -- i have been here for impeachmact before. things tend to take on a life of their own. margaret: i think it's interesting to seehe talki points. the person speaking over thein person a the question as corey gardner just did there because if youe hear the c made, maybe you have toddress the point of the question, instead of frame ts alls paisan, which allows you to tune out the substance of what is described. so there's not actually a conversation about what the president has done or said and as you heard, the president, even this week, confirmed he d

new detail like that, though, the most important thing is the stark top-line result of what senate intelligencecluded, especially because they did so on a bipartisan basis. bottom line, as far as they're concerned, is, quote, the intelligence community assessed that the russian government aspired to help president-elect trump's election chances when possible by discrediting secretary clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him. the committee found that i.r.a. social media activity was overtly and almost invariably supportive of then candidate trump and to the detriment of secretary clinton's campaign. they also concluded bluntly that this social media effort to hurt hillary clinton's chances and help donald trump's chances was directed from the kremlin. so, in short, it was russia and russia did it. and this should not be a surprise to anybody who has been paying attention, right? except for the fact that alongside the thing for which the president is being impeached now, him asking ukraine to help him against his potential opponent in 2020, the other thing we now know that presiden

>> well, as you know, the senate intelligence committee that i serve on has been asked to look at this to see if we can't assemble all of the facts. i think that gives us a responsibleility to get the facts before we reach conclusions. others who haven't been asked to do that might reach their conclusions a little quicker than we are, but in terms of other people stepping forward, i heard it earlier today that maybe this would be a firsthand source, which means they -- >> that's what the attorney says? >> i guess it means they have seen the transcript we have all seen. emmunth.y, i.gs f torhere sometg wrong with the whistleblower law that people who were firsthand sources told somebody else and tried to get that other person to come forward. i think it will be interesting to find out more about who that person is and what kind of contacts they had. we do know that they contacted the democrats on the house intelligence committee and then chairman schiff said that didn't happen, but we're all sort of firsthand sources now that we've all seen the transcript, and let's see what else actual

the senate intelligence committee they report that the agents of the russian internet research agency or ira quote sought to influence the 2016 us presidential election by harming hillary clinton's chances of success supporting donald trump at the direction of the kremlin now the senate panel cited the quote close ties of the ira's director to russian president vladimir putin as quote evidence of significant kremlin support authorization and direction of the ira's operations and goals now the senate intel committee writes that the dissent from ation put out on social media sites like facebook twitter instagram and you tube was part of a broader sophisticated and ongoing information warfare campaign designed to sow discord in american politics and society and this activity increased after election day back and 2016 the report found that dozen from asian put out by the ira targeted specifically african-americans more than any other age group or demographic to exploit some hot button issues and even convince some people to sign petitions well earlier this year former special counsel for

>>absolute abuse of this process senate intelligence co-chair mark warner says president trump is putting the whistleblower en the whistleblower and anyone the whistleblower talked to calling him out as the most spies are traitors warner's concerns come as the president seems to be stepping up his efforts to discredit the person you have a whistleblower that. >>reports things that were incorrect. i'm very afraid that in the future whistleblowers will watch how this case played out earning mccullough is with the government accountability project see that the commander in chief is urging retaliation against people like them. and we'll essentially choose to remain silent federal law protects whistleblowers from retaliation such as losing security clearance. >>are being fired. the law also allows whistleblowers to remain anonymous, unless it's an unavoidable part of an investigation. >>essentially in congress does have a right to hear from this whistleblower as does the american public and those the president. >>mccollough says in this case the whistleblowers testimony could be key to the hou

and why are the findings of the nation's 17 intelligence agencies and the republican-led senate intelligence committee not enough for the trump administration? >>> falling in line. republicans escalate their assault on the house impeachment inquiry, trying to slow down the pace after two weeks of damaging testimony. >>> plus going home. thousands gathering in baltimore this hour, including two former presidents, for a final farewell to congressman elijah cummings. the man that speaker of the house nancy pelosi called "our north star." ♪ >>> and good day, everyone, i'm andrea mitchell and we're keeping a close eye of course on congressman cummings' funeral service in baltimore. we'll take you there when president clinton begins his remarks followed by president obama. >>> but we begin in washington where the justice department is pursuing a criminal investigation into the origins of the mueller probe. for two years president trump has been calling this a witch hunt and a hoax. even though russia's attack on the 2016 campaign to help mr. trump's election was unanimously accepted by u.s. intell

don't believe the special counsel's investigation, perhaps you would believe the republican-led senate intelligence committee, which just within the past two weeks produced a bipartisan report affirming wholeheartedly without reservation the intelligence community's conclusion that russia attacked our election in 2016 and actually doubling down, becoming more emphatically than the intelligence community did on the specific fact russia was intervening in our election to help the trump campaign. that is undisputed as a matter of fact. nevertheless, this attorney general under this president is now seeking to turn it into a criminal act that somebody investigated that. and it's one thing for them to say they're reviewing it. it's another thing for them to be planning to bring criminal charges against law enforcement and intelligence officials who did their job of recognizing that russia was interfering in our election to help a specific candidate and checking out whether or not that candidate's campaign was in on it. this is the justice department investigating itself, potentially bringing criminal ch

now the us senate intelligence committee has found that russia was behind a social media disinflation campaign designed to influence the 2016 presidential election the committee report outlines how social media platforms were used to so diversion and spread fake news in an effort to get donald trump and acted u.s. intelligence chiefs trace the accounts to the internet research agency that is a russian organization widely believed to be directed by the kremlin and it echoes findings in the report torch led to the indictment of 12 russian nationals linked to the ira russell and jordan has more from washington d.c. . the report from the senate intelligence committee is part 2 of its investigation into illegal foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election as many people already know it was the internet research agency run by a man with very close ties to the kremlin that was behind the massive social media manipulation that was designed one to destroy political support for hillary clinton the democratic nominee to to build political support for donald trump the republican nominee

this afternoon, the senate intelligence committee put out a bipartisan report about russia's interference in the 2016 election via a massive social media campaign. quote, harming hillary clinton's chances of success and supporting donald trump. this is a bipartisan senate report that reinforces robert mueller's key findings in a moment where the president and the lawyer is recruiting northern governments to try to distract from the president's efforts to dig up dirt on his possible 2020 opponent. those efforts to interfere in the 2020 election are now the focus on an impeachment inquiry where the evidence continues to mount and public opinion shows possible signs of moving. according to our new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, a combined 55% of the country supports the president's either removal from office completely or supports the inquiry. 24% say there is enough evidence right now to remove the president from office. 31% support the impeachment investigation. 39% do not support impeachment. this inquiry has been open for exactly two weeks and there is slightly more appetite to pur

there is a senate intelligence community and judiciary community.chard burr, the chair of the senate intelligence committee and lindsey graham who has never seen a microphone or camera he didn't like, the author of so many opposing sound bites and inconsistencies to the point of eccentricity, instead he has done nothing to investigator set the record straight or defend this president other than run his mouth. it's time he does something more than just play to which way the wind is blowing at any given hour on any given day. >> when you are a wind mill every day the wind blows a different direction. that's lindsey. he's a wind mill every day. lou: what does the president have to do. >> i grew up in a town with the navy and marines and i was a boxer. whenever i was in a barroom brawl every item you needed for your defense was there. whatever weapons they have they need to use. >> he will win in the independent. gary cooper in "high noon." lou: i like it, but i don't want him to leave town. i want him to stay right there. breaking news now. the pentago

it has been almost a year ago that senator grassley revealed the central intelligence agency had been monitoring the --tinued acacia and communications of whistleblowers , and i have been shocked that neither the house or senate intelligence committee have gone to battle stations over that, because it is that kind of illegal domestic surveillance that laws were created over 40 years ago to prevent. this has not been a conversation for senator schiff or chairman burr. host: president trump, let me show the viewers what he had to say -- the so-called whistleblower, the call was crazy, frightening, completely lacking in substance, this is a big lie. read the transcript. guest: i don't recall the whistleblower using that phraseology. basise know so far on the of testimony that has so far been given, and the snippets that we have so far from state department and other officials, is that the substance of the allegations were valid. founds what mr. maguire when he evaluated the complaint several months ago. i understand the president's frustration. he feels like this is supposed to be a gene

the us senate intelligence committee has found russia was behind a social media disinform ation campaign designed to influence the 2016 presidential election the committee report outlines how social media platforms were used to sow division and spread fake news in an effort to get donald trump elected. protesters have clashed with security forces in ecuador's capital as the country grapples with a 6th day of anti austerity demonstrations thousands of indigenous people have converged on quito barricading roads and tires angry the government has scrapped 40 year old fuel subsidies and those are his headlines on al jazeera this is europe is next. al-jazeera stands with every suits. him up as a member of the slum she controls are. missing something and yes books give us any problem books. so when the media was just so thankful enough us from. atlanta says it hopes. to miss and. just to comment much to say how much of a story i sure don't think i'd say. they're keeping us in the country. and in the last night. and this is just. it's over i'm trying to help i know that a new long time been. wa

we don't know, but i want to show a comment from sator mark warner, vice chairman the senate intelligenced senate intel is wrapping investigation that found nothing remotely justifying this. he said mr. barr, referng to pae attorney general investigation, jize key international intelligence partnerships. he needs to come before congress and explain himself. how much ds this matter that this has become a criminalbe p . mark: it does matter, starting with the mark warner point. an ocean ofoiling, rancid partisanship, the senate intelligence committee has been an island of collegiality and cooperation. so i don't know if he is speakinglfust for hims ranking democrat of the committee, or with the quiescence of senator burr, the chairman, i don't kn. but it is certainly serious. you have toome t the conclusion that in bill barr, donald trump finally got the attorney general he wanted. jeff sessions didn't deliver for hire jeff sessionsed himself. bill baris at taxpayer expense, hurtling around thefr glob australia to italy in pursuit of information to somehow rationalize, justify, that donald

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to tell us what do we know about this whistleblower so the whistleblower has been this quiet senate intelligence official we don't know his or her identity about as you said this appears to be someone with the 1st hand knowledge of some of the allegations that were outlined in the original whistleblower complaint so that appears to be someone who can talk about direct steve relates to ukraine and to this phone call president trump had with the ukrainian president and that could be someone here who could undercuts president strom's claim that the 1st whistle blower complaint was completely wrong as i recall he was saying that this was 2nd hand knowledge for the 1st complaint but now we have somebody who has firsthand knowledge of how how do you think this will affect the trump inquiry going forward. well i think that it's definitely backing up the argument against president strom it's helping the democrats to build up their case and there are moving in a very rapid and greece aggressive way and it's quite interesting and remarkable that normally what you would see members of the trump administrat

senate intelligence committee has found that russia was behind essential media to see information campaign designed to influence the 2016 presidential election the committee report outlines how social media platforms were used to say a division and to spread fake news in an effort to get donald trump elected u.s. intelligence chase trace the accounts to the internet research agency that's a russian organization widely believed to be directed by the kremlin it echoes findings of the report which led to the indictment of 12 russian nationals linked to the internet research agency. now an aide to turkey is president has told the reuters news agency that a military intervention against the kurdish led syrian democratic forces all the s.d.f. in northern syria is about to begin turkish troops gathering near the syrian border in preparation for an offensive against the kurdish led s.d.f. it follows a preemptive strike by ankara which targeted the syrian iraqi border in an attempt to cut supply lines kurdish forces of warned any military escalation in syria could lead to the return of eisel and ca

the senate intelligence community looked at whose.and in a bipartisan way, unanimously came to the conclusions that the analysts were right. that what the russians were trying to do were trying to divide us and damage hillary clinton and help president trump. so the republicans and the democrats on the senate intelligence committee said analyst came out right place. that's proper place to look at this. the house committee met in a different place because it is broken. is intelligence community said the ascii mountain replaced the republicans said they came out of the right place on trying to create divisions and earning hillary clinton but they got it wrong on helping president trump. they provided no compelling arguments for that. some people have already looked at whose. the proper people have already looked whose. john durham should not be looking at whose. >> you agree. >> here's my definition of an analyst. they are someone who deals with situation of ambiguity with information arriving incrementally but on constant pressure to c

what the executive branch might be able to do to address election security there was a recent senate intelligence report that said the executive branch could do more to callout and raise awareness ahead of the election. do you agree quick. >> yes i agree. also the executive branch questions their fairness. so you have to start off with a platform to convince people you really are looking for fairness. i do think it's possible if we have people in place that also feel that they are looking a way to get around fairness. you have to want to play on is to be honest. >>host: madam chair when it comes to five g is the country ready quick. >> i cannot answer that yes or no we will experience them. and then to protect the people to be honest and look for what we are dealing with. and then to decide to go beyond the morality of the technology. we cannot continue to let things go without some degree that we reach a fair balance but now whether or not we can just get out there we need to look at public responsibility so technology and innovation will offer that we cannot stop it. we have to learn to deal wi

>> senator, please stay with us across the break and what we come back, i'll ask about the senate intelligence bipartisan report. i don't think people realize how bipartisan senate committee is that you released yesterday specifics about the russian interference and the election, new specifics including the way the russians specifically targeted black voters and their disinformation. we'll do that across this commercial break. please stay with us, senator. >> will do. thank you. seeing what people ld in the attic. well, saving on homeowners insurance with geico's help was pretty fun too. ahhhh, it's a tiny dancer. they left a ton of stuff up here. welp, enjoy your house. nope. no thank you. geico could help you save on homeowners and renters insurance. geico could help you save on homeowners i wanted more that's why i've got the power of 1 2 3 medicines with trelegy. the only fda-approved 3-in-1 copd treatment. ♪ trelegy. the power of 1-2-3. ♪ trelegy 1-2-3 trelegy. with trelegy and the power of 1 2 3, i'm breathing better. trelegy works 3 ways to open airways, keep them open and reduce inflam

>> senator, please stay with us across the break and what we come back, i'll ask about the senate intelligence committee bipartisan report. i don't think people realize how bipartisan senate committee is that you released yesterday specifics about the russian interference and the election, new stpecifics including the wa the russians specifically targeted black voters and their disinformation. we'll do that across this commercial break. please stay with us, senator. >> will do. thank you. with us, senator. >> will do thank you. ug with this key to the city. [ applause ] it's an honor to tell you that liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. and now we need to get back to work. [ applause and band playing ] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ aleve it. with aleve pm. pain happens. the only one to combine a safe sleep aid. and the 12-hour pain relieving strength of aleve. so...magic mornings happen. there's a better choice. aleve pm. i wanted more that's why i've got the power of 1 2 3 medicines with trelegy. the only fda-app

raskin: the house and senate intelligence on oversight. at least. >> [indiscernible] ms. rowe-finkbeiner: -- rep. raskin: it looks like trump hotel stationery which were the folders used, the documents placed in. >> [indiscernible] rep. raskin: sorry? no, looks like the same hotel, sam trump hotel stationery. -- same trump hotel stationery. i believe this is an irrelevant distraction from where we need to go. we thought it was about something else. this is why we are reporting something else is at stake but we got this packet of information. >> is there something they would have liked the ig to address, as we are hearing about ukraine and pressure put on congress, trump administration officials not to comply? all weskin: this was talked about. i am being -- i have to go. >> [indiscernible] rep. raskin: i am being beckoned why my staff. >> live thursday on c-span, a discussion on the diversity of federal judges hosted by the center for american progress at 11:30 a.m. eastern. than 4:00 remarks by samantha power, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, followed by a t

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back in july, the senate select committee on intelligence released its bipartisan report on russian interference in our 2016 elections. senate intel found that, quote, russian government affiliated cyber actors conducted an unprecedented level of activity against state election infrastructure in the run-up to the 2016 u.s. elections, end quote. ms. jayapal: they called for sweeping action to protect our 2020 elections. with election day just 378 days away, it's crucial we move quickly. all of are you responsible for various aspects of protecting our elections and you are aware that a significant concern of securing our elections is that foreign actors will attack election reporting, or the results of elections. take the following hypothetical. florida reports that candidate x won after counting the votes. the next morning florida election officials report that the results were tampered with and in fact, candidate y won. what is being done at the federal level to first prevent attacks on our election results? and second, if such an attack occurs, to ensure public confidence in the reporting of ou

all of that will go to senate intelligence. asking if the ask itself is appropriate. >> 58% -- let me just ask you about the polling. 58% -- 58% now support the inquiry. >> i'm sorry. we've got to keep rolling. i'm going to pay atantention to the iowans here. >> i'm sure the iowans would like answer to the questions, too. the white house released the transcript of the call of the president and ukrainian leader. she has that transcript. >> you are asking her a generic is it okay for a president to ask a foreign -- >> simple yes or no. >> let's go to chris for a check on what's coming you on cuomo "primetime." >> it seems like it's the same game, people just switch jersey. during the clinton impeachment, the democrats were screaming this was such a -- >> you trey gowdy screaming at eric holder and now trey gowdy looks like he's going to be an attorney for the president. >> captain benghazi. >> and pompeo at the time was on capitol hill was calling in state department people and raking them over the coals. >> they switched sides.

side, telling only lindsey graham, who played golf with the president on saturday, and the senate intelligencetee chairman remember in advance of what was going to happen. raymond berg. richard burr. sorry. >> bill: john roberts from northline. california congresswoman katie hill announcing her resignation over a sex scandal. democrat freshman step down after nude photos of her were published online without her consent. she says she doesn't want anyone else to go through what she has recently experienced. >> i have before, i will stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves. there's one thing i know for sure. i will not allow my experience to scare off other young women or girls from running for office. for the sake of all of us, we cannot let that happen. >> bill: yesterday the congresswoman tweeting this to every girl and woman, to everyone who believes in this fight, this is not over." chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live in our west coast newsroom where i'm certain this is getting a lot of headlines today. >> certainly is. congresswoman katie hill was a rising star in the par

want to show for all ofs, this is a comment from senator mark warner who is vic chair of the senate intelligencey wrapped up a threee bipartisan investigation, we have found nothing remotely justifying this. he said will barr's investigation has already jeopardized see international intelligence partnerships. he needs to come before congresi and exhimself. how much does this matter that this has become a criminal probe? >> i think it does matter starting with the mark warner point.oc in aan of roiling, rancid partisanip, the senate intelligence committee has been an island of collegiality andio cooper so i don't know if he is speaking just for himself as the ranking democrat and coe chair of that committee, withe th acquiescence of senator burr, nthe chairman, i don'tw, but it certainly is serious. you have to come to the conclusion, judiny, tha bill bar, donald trump final got the attorney general he wanted. jeff sessions didn't deliver for him. jeff sessions reced himself. hurling around the globe from australia to flit pursuit of informion to somehow rationalize, justify that donald trump did