immediately after the bombing, the f.b.i. partnered with law enforcement agencies from scotland to investigate. that joint investigation led to the filing of charges in 1991 against two libyan intelligence officers. the investigation also pointed to another conspirator, a man known by the name abu agela masud, but at the time, investigators were unable to identify or locate this third person. this morning i'm joined by the head of our national security division here at the department of justice, john demers, by acting u.s. attorney for the district of columbia michael sherwin and by steve, the assistant director in charge of the washington field office of the f.b.i. i'm also joined by kara weipz, who i met last year at the memorial of the 103 victims. and her brother rick monetti was killed on that flight. kara now leads a pan am flight 103 advocacy organization. i also want to say i talked earlier this morning with the director, chris wray, who regrets he can't be here in person, to underscore the commitment and the tenacity

on that circuit board was mebo which the f.b.i. and scottish investigators linked to a very small outfeet of an electronic outfit in zurich. the individual that ran that outfit spoke to investigators and he said that during that period of time, in the late 1980's, he had an exclusive partnership with the libyans where he supplied those circuit boards, timing mechanisms, to the libyan government. specifically the libyan military. now, in addition to that, we have the admission that the attorney general played reference to. statements from mas'ud in which he talks about his role in the bombing, making the bomb, and also the role with the co-conspir stores. another circumstance -- conspirators. another circumstantial fact that ties them together are the travel records that really pin and the government believes proves yard mas'ud's role in the conspiracy. this is highlighted in the criminal complaint. the criminal complaint states that through travel records in december 14, 1988, mr. mas'ud flies from trip poe lee, libya, to malta. six

the f.b.i. has taken control of the investigation authorities are also in the public for help these tell us what you know. we need to leads we need your help the the hour prevented more casualties the area is filled with shops restaurants bones i'm glad to poppins and an a.t.m. t. technical facility is adjacent to the site if you want to kill a lot of people and you'll do it during your shopping hours 730 at night or 2 in the afternoon 630 on a christmas morning there is about the time you would be there the fewest people out possible so that could imply there's this it's a statement grabber act rather than seeking to cause mass casualties the president has been briefed as he spends the christmas holiday in florida she had her town see out. let's bring in karen greenberg she's the director of the center national security at fordham university school of law she's joining us from westchester that's a new york state thanks for your time with us on al-jazeera what's your reaction to what went down in

the f.b.i. stands with the city of nashville today. in this very tragic christmas day that. this is our city to live here and we work here. putting everything we have into finding who was responsible for what's happened here today. it's part of doing that there are investigative leads to be pursued and there's also technical work that needs to happen and we're standing with the metro national police department and our federal partners and our state partners to bring every resource we can possibly bring to bear to find out what happened here today. and to bring those responsible to justice. the investigative leads are you understand not something that we can talk about. as we continue to pursue every step that would ask the public to go to w w w dot f.b.i. dot gov slash nashville. w w w dot f.b.i. dot gov flashing nashville where an online tip submission process has been set up. please tell us what you know. you need to leads we need your help. also call 1800 call it always have information you know anything about. what happened here today reshape your house. on the technical

the a.t.f. and f.b.i. at everything left behind, all to track down the suspect or suspects responsible. katherine schweit is a former f.b.i. agent. >> this is an opportunity, on a holiday like christmas, and in a big city like nashville, to make a splash and get their name out there. so i think we're going to see somebody who wants to be known. >> reporter: in the past, extremists have targeted christmas to carry out attacks hoping for maximum exposure. sources tell cbs news that this year, nationwide, the threat level was assessed as "low" heading into the holiday. major. >> garrett: jeff pegues, thank you. tonight, more than 120,000 people are being treated for covid in america's hospitals. that's not just a record, but double the number of patients that were in hospitals at the peak of the outbreak in april. but there is some promising news. new data suggests the u.s. saw a decline in cases compared to two weeks ago. it's the first time that's happened in more than three months. more than 18.7 million ca

the f.b.i. says they've received more than 500 tips. d cbs news has learned they have zeroed in on a person of interest. >> reporter: the day after an r.v. exploded in nashville, leveling parts of downtown, federal agents raided a home tied to anthony quinn warner. this google maps image is partly why the feds ended up at the home just outside nashville. notice the r.v. parked behind the wood fence. investigators believe it matches the description of the one used in the explosion. on the christmas morning it was blaring a message. >> if you can hear this message, evacuate now. >> reporter: in addition to three injuries, human remains were found around the scene. it is unclear to whom they belong, but authorities say possibly the suspect. >> we're working on that assumption. >> reporter: at this point, the f.b.i. says they do not believe there are any additional public threats. parts of the downtown area remain a crime scene as ivestigators sweep the area. >> it is like a giant jigsaw puzzle created by a bomb that throws pieces of evidenc

but, you know, as the f.b.i. director christopher wray said in his interview in june with bret baier, they're opening investigations into chinese targeting in the united states every 10 hours. so it is obviously a very serious issue. and for nancy pelosi to simply have waived onto the intelligence committee a sophomore member of congress who had had an involvement like this does really raise serious questions about her judgment going forward. >> sandra: and republicans are speaking out this morning talking about the hypocrisy, the double standard they're seeing in the way this story has been treated thus far. here is matt gaetz earlier as well. >> if i was dating a waitress at a chinese restaurant, they would be burning a hole through my front door with the mainstream media's lights and cameras and it really shows, i think, a desire to go after republicans at every cause and then to protect democrats and sadly often you get the same double standard from the media reflected in the activities of the f.b.i. and the d

you have the f.b.i. attorney in michael flynn altering the documents to facilitate obtaining a pfizer warrant against him against a quarter page and now you can ask how the same agents of justice can potentially be so partisan and so politicized themselves that they will weaponize their own prosecutorial process or weaponized not investigating it explains itself easily without knowing exactly what those 50 individuals said yeah but you don't think joe did in danger and didn't see that one of the things i've noticed since the 2016 election all the way to the present here is that both parties have let the neo cons in ok and if it infiltrated both parties and so ok for to get joe across the line these 50 individuals made a judgment call for the cause for the cop their cause ok not the cause of democracy here but that could make that event itself opens the door to well what happens when another president or another official doesn't follow the line then you're going to have to 50 wise people again on politico

what response from the f.b.i. so far on this? ns on the committee want a briefing from the f.b.i. as soon as possible waiting for a response. they want to get a full briefing about chinese efforts for espionage operations here writing in a letter, quote, we must insure members of congress remain uncompromised from the attempts of adversaries to plunder classified intelligence and influence american leadership. congressman swalwell said there was no wrongdoing and the f.b.i. hasn't charged him with a crime. the f.b.i. says it opened a new counter intelligence case against china every 10 hours. of the 5,000 counter intelligence cases half involve the chinese. a database of chinese communist party members has been leaked showing the relationship to american companies. to be clear senior u.s. intelligence officials say the espionage on capitol hill both goes ways. chinese are trying to spy on republicans and democrats in order to gain influence inside the country. >> sandra: we'll keep watching it. lucas, thank you. >> trace: for more

we are learning that the f.b.i. will brief house minority leader kevin mccartney today on eric swalwell's reported past connections with the suspected chinese spy. speaker nancy pelosi may be there as well. republicans have been urging the f.b.i. to brief them. and have been calling for an immediate investigation in the "compromising of swalwell." there also have been growing calls for speaker pelosi to remove swalwell from the house intelligence committee. we will bring you all the details as they develop this hour. this is also happening. newly obtained text messages show hunter biden's former business association discussing a push to get joe biden, "involved" in their now bankrupt chinese business venture. that was back in may of 2017. it may look like a "truly family business" to the chinese. that is what they told them. it's not clear how the group may have intended to get joe biden involved in the plan to set up a chinese energy company. however, in more messages between the former hunter biden associates days

the f.b.i. to him knowing that they picked up on this chinese spy following her. >> sandra: we talked to members including brad wenstrup of the house intelligence committee on this program yesterday, marc. he says that they were never briefed on this. nancy pelosi then held a news conference a few moments later and said that they were briefed on this. so there is obviously clearly a lot of questions that lie there and now mccarthy says he wants to be briefed directly by the f.b.i. will that happen? >> it better. and quite frankly i don't know, i would probably remember if i had been briefed that one of my colleagues was funded and cultivated by a chinese spy. that would be a memorable event. i think these members would remember if they were briefed. dianne feinstein was also targeted by the chinese intelligence and had a driver working on her staff for 20 years and listed as her office director and her driver. when the f.b.i. hunt down mob bosses the first person they go after is the driver. the

had the f.b.i. simply done their job and looked through the on line you know gallery of statements that were being made had the f.b.i. actually looked at the aztec shooter school file they would have realized that he was serious about competing in the crimes of ultimately he committed they knew how to identify it and they just simply didn't do it in this case. and in germany to the authorities had clear evidence pointing to the far right network but despite witness testimonies describing william actress and as a potential attacker that information was not forwarded to agencies in the us. it is our mission to hold those accountable who allowed this tragic event to occur and if the german authorities are in fact at fault for this they should be held accountable and we would consider pursuing litigation if the evidence supports it it would be a horrible thing to find out and again an actionable thing in my eyes if the german authorities chose not to inform the united states you know all it would have ta

had the f.b.i. simply done their job and looked through the on line you know gallery of statements that were being made had the f.b.i. actually looked at the asphyxiated school file they would have realized that he was serious about competing in the crimes of ultimately he committed they knew how to identify it and they just simply didn't do it in this case. and in germany to the authorities had clear evidence pointing to the far right network but despite witness testimonies describing william actress and as a potential attacker that information was not forwarded to agencies in the us. it is our mission to hold those accountable who allowed this tragic event to occur and if the german authorities are in fact at fault for this they should be held accountable and we would consider pursuing litigation if the evidence supports it it would be a horrible thing to find out and again an actionable thing in my eyes if the german authorities chose not to inform the united states you know all it would have take

the f.b.i. has canceled the briefing that they had scheduled with me in the last week. today i will get a briefing. >> sandra: and congressman we had two members of the committee the intel committee on this program yesterday, both chris stewart, brad wenstrup say they were not briefed. what is going on here? >> i think the first question is what is nancy pelosi talking about then? you have three other people supposedly getting briefed and said they weren't. what is she talking about? the last time i checked kevin mccarthy didn't put swalwell on the intel committee, pelosi did. the key question is when did she know and why did she put him on if she did know that this was already happening? if she had information about eric swalwell and the chinese spy, why did she put him on the intel committee in the first place? >> sandra: what's the answer to that? >> you would have to ask her and she would have to give you the answer. she is the one who put the -- selects the chairman and put democrats members

meanwhile, the f.b.i. it does not appear that anyone else was involved, major. >> garrett: mola lenghi, thank you. the nashville bombing is prompting new concerns tonight about so-called lone-wolf terror threats here in the u.s. we get more on this from cbs news chief justice and homeland security correspondent jeff pegues. >> reporter: investigators believe nashville's bomber acted alone. ( explosion ) and lone-wolf attackers have proven to be some of the most difficult for law enforcement to stop, because studies show they are often more educated and socially isolated than group-based actors. and the fuse can be short. >> what i describe as the flash- to-banang ratio. the period of time when the individual decides to acactually execute an attack. because lone-wolf-style subjects sometimes choose to commit their crimes not over a peperiod of montnths, jeff, but in a matterf minutes. >> reporter: while the nashville bombing has not been characterized as an act of domestic terrorism, the number of domestic

the first one is from the ongoing f.b.i. investigation in los angeles and involves a number of people for whom have pled guilty. but the main defendant involved is council member of the los angeles city council and he, at this point, has been charged with bribery, extortion, money laundering and on the services fraud. one of the schemes that's discussed in the f.b.i.'s complaint against him is that he was soliciting behested payments from partis that had matters before him. he was the chair of the land use management committee t committee of the l.a. city council that looks at large development agreements. he was asking those developers to make behested payments and, in some instances, he was asking them to donate to a private high school that employed his spouse as a paid fundraiser. so, in this fact pattern, we have both kinds of harms that we looked that -- at in this report. you have a public official asking somebody who has business before them and trying to influence them to make a behested payment and that brings the i

you remember, he was the national security advisor that pled guilty to lying to f.b.i. agents. and the department of justice also got involved when roger stone, a close trump aide, was going to be sentenced. he said, hold on. the sentence is much too harsh. you need to tone back and of course roger stone ended up getting a pardon from donald trump as well. so he's been by donald trump side on a lot of occasions. he's actually been accused of being more donald trump's personal attorney than someone who actually is the united states main law man. and so he's a huge ally of donald trump's, but there was a falling out in the run up to the election because donald trump really want to build bar in the department of justice to investigate barack obama, and particularly joe biden, over allegations of spying on the trump, campaign, and 2016 d.o.j. looked at that didn't find anything, but that really didn't please don't all trump, he needed that investigation, trying to replay what happened in 2016 when you remember the jim comey, then the head of the f.b.i. came out and said he was resta

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and now the f.b.i. n to who caused this destruction in the heart of music city? hello. merry christmas. i'm rick leventhal. >> molly: i'm molly line. delighted to be with you, rick and merry christmas to everyone at home. police say they responded to the call of it shots fired in downtown nashville early local time when they noticed there was an r.v. that had a recording that said a bomb would go off in 15 minutes. the officers tried to evacuate the area as best they could before the explosion. three people were hurt. >> this area should be evacuated now. this area must be evacuated now. this area must be evacuated now. if you can hear this message, evacuate now. if you can hear this message, evacuate now. [explosion] >> rick: that is unverified but the remarkable footage that appears to show the moment of the blast. you could hear a recording in the background. it's not clear if it was a recording from the police or the recording that the police say was coming from the r.v. that warned them that there w

around lots of restaurants recently gentrified area on the riverfront in nashville we understand the f.b.i. has now taken control of the investigation and we are expecting another update shortly from local authorities perhaps the man or the f.b.i. and she had any indication that this point in time from officials about you know what the target might have been. absolutely not i we have no information about what it was i mean. it's an r.v. though there might have been speculation initially the duties always carried gas canisters after all they carried kitchens on board perhaps but we have no information i mean it's pure speculation right now all we can say is the circumstantial evidence of occurred early on christmas morning and in fact authorities are saying we're very lucky that this happened to a time when there weren't that many people around just the people who were living in the adjacent buildings or various loft style apartments that are around only 3 people were injured not critically but they have been taken to hospital all right thanks so much to have response either. let's move now

says he's going to give the full resources of the department of justice to to this investigation the f.b.i. is now taking the lead and we know the president trump was briefed on the explosion he's currently at mar a lago in florida we understand he was briefed but with the deer jerry it was taken a lead in the in the investigation they were they had their representative they're speaking of the press conference just an hour ago we're expecting another press conference there in the next hour thanks very much you have a tanzim washington. millions of americans have boarded flights for the christmas holidays despite warnings to avoid travel as virus deaths and infections continue to soar across the country more than a 1000000 people pass through u.s. airports on wednesday the busiest travel day since march holiday rush echoes a similar rise around the thanksgiving holiday which has been blamed for the current spike in infections and deaths more than 193000 new cases were detected on thursday and nearly $3000.00 deaths well it is a quiet christmas across many parts of europe as countries strugg

. $566 million for construction projects at the f.b.i. the bill also allows stimulus checks for the family members of illegal aliens, allowing them to get up to $1,800 each. this is far more than the americans are given. despite all of this wasteful spending, and much more, the $900 billion package provides hardworking taxpayers with only $600 each in relief payments. and not enough money is given to small businesses. in particular, restaurants whose owners have suffered so grievously. they were only given a deduction for others to use in business, their restaurant, for two years. this two-year period must be withdrawn, which will allow the owners to obtain financing and get their restaurants back in condition. congress can terminate it at a much later date, but two years is not acceptable. it's not enough. congress found plenty of money for foreign countries, lobbyists, and special interests while sending the bare minimum to the american people who need it. it wasn't their fault. it was china's fault, not their fault. i am asking congress

had the f.b.i. simply done their job and looked through the online you know gallery of statements that were being made had the f.b.i. actually looked at the aztecs uter school file they would have realized that he was serious about combating the crimes of ultimately he committed they knew how to identify him and they just simply didn't do it in this case. and in germany to the authorities had clear evidence pointing to the far right network but despite witness testimonies describing william actress and as a potential attacker that information was not forwarded to agencies in the u.s. . it is our mission to hold those accountable who allowed this tragic event to occur and if the german authorities are in fact at fault for this they should be held accountable and we would consider pursuing litigation if the evidence supports it it would be a horrible thing to find out and again an actionable thing in my eyes if the german authorities chose not to inform the united states you know all it would have take

had the f.b.i. simply done their job and looked through the online you know gallery of statements that were being made had the f.b.i. actually looked at they asphyxiate or school file they would have realized that he was serious about combating the crimes and ultimately he committed they knew how to identify it and they just simply didn't do it in this case. and in germany to the authorities had clear evidence pointing to the far right network but despite witness testimonies describing william actress and as a potential attacker that information was not forwarded to agencies in the u.s. . it is our mission to hold those accountable who allowed this tragic event to occur and if the german authorities are in fact at fault for this they should be held accountable and we would consider pursuing litigation if the evidence supports it it would be a horrible thing to find out and again an actionable thing in my eyes if the german authorities chose not to inform the united states you know all it would have t

can't the f.b.i. get that? d as i said the last time i did speak with you we need to know what nancy pelosi knew and when she knew it. same with adam schiff and swalwell and with the f.b.i. that's the only way we'll get to the bottom of this. this is not going away, i can promise you that. we have to get these answers. you are asking all the right questions and for that matter so is the "wall street journal." >> sandra: we're just wondering how you as a member of the intel committee are going to move that story forward and to be clear you are calling for him to be pulled off that committee, is that correct? >> i don't think he should be on there right now at least until the questions are answered and i can tell you that as republicans on the intel committee we met yesterday and we are having our discussions on how we move forward. i'll leave it at that right now. we aren't just sitting back. >> sandra: got it. please follow up with us on any developments on that, congressman. appreciate your time. thank you. >>

as the head of the cia and the f.b.i. and for the last couple of hours we've all be watching don't trust twitter feed expecting that bill barr might be fired because of those comments saying that he saw no widespread fraud but nothing from donald trump and as of this moment bill barr is still the attorney general of the united states at this moment yes allan functions at the white house for us thank you allan on to other news in just weeks before the 1st covert 19 vaccines are potentially distributed in the united states health experts are recommending her to get them 1st the advisory committee on immunization practices says health care workers and the elderly need to be a priority more from andy gallacher. in hospitals across the us medical staff are making preparations to receive the 1st but use of the coronavirus vaccine currently to drug makers pfizer and medina a seeking emergency approval for their drugs as the u.s. averages 150000 new cases a day the death toll according to johns hopkins university stands at close 2

had the f.b.i. simply done their job and looked through the online you know gallery of statements that were being made had the f.b.i. actually looked at the aztec shooter school file they would have realized that he was serious about combating the crimes that ultimately he committed they knew how to identify it and they just simply didn't do it in this case. and in germany to the authorities had clear evidence pointing to the far right network but despite witness testimonies describing william actress and as a potential attacker that information was no fool wanted to agencies in the us. it is our mission to hold those accountable who allowed this tragic event to occur and if the german authorities are in fact at fault for this they should be held accountable and we would consider pursuing litigation if the evidence supports it it would be a horrible thing to find out and again an actionable thing in my eyes if the german authorities chose not to inform the united states you know all it would have tak

. >> the f.b.i. confirmed the sleuthing paid off. the f.b.i. by brief at citizen. the killer terrorized communities and decades have gone by by seek justice. the police linked the zodiac the five killings but he may have been responsibility for others. there has been hope the killer would reveal his identity. >> this didn't do the trick. >> it likely the zodiac is dead but hits messages could reveal his identity. >> all these years suspects have been identified as the zodiac killer but no arrest has been made. at least one of the code crackers was not borne at the time of the killings. >> i had the pleasure of hosting a gathering. basketball decodeed. >> anderson explained how technology is incorporated. >> there's cameras hanging above the floor. they measure how fast you ran how many smiling you have in a game. >> they are passionate about it. it will be fun and easy. >> this is a hack of diversity in the tech field. those companies have emergencied to reverse the trend. >> tomorrow is one up mexicos biggest festivals. and a reminder to celeb

he semaj wealth 2016 more recently when year later the head of stroud strike the cyber firm that the f.b.i. deferred to to do the forensics admitted quote there is no concrete evidence from forensics that there was any exfiltration namely hack it must have been a year or he didn't say this but that's the only alternative mechanically downgrade down there loaded thumb drive kind of thing right to just a pretty touch another issue why do you think people always assume not a government is behind hucks of this kind even if iranian chinese russian as you said or as really hikers where the breach us systems how could anyone know who was actually directing them. well i'm very it's very sad to say this most of the american people are just brainwashed because of what they hear in the media whatever media they listen so matter of fact one prominent newspaper person roche look we don't have the evidence yet but blame russia blame russia well you know again i'll return to the macro part of this and that is that we needed enemy if we're going to if we're going to spend 700 and $40000000000.00 with a b.

the n.s.a. cia like f.b.i. we're the most surveilled society maybe next to the u.k.where they have a camera on every street corner you can't get around why take your anger out the way that this guy did and i want to hear that this is a guy who also previously worked in security his whole job with the people so i'm like i don't really fully understand that but we've also heard from some of the neighbors who spoke about you know not only his fears but how much of a loner he was how much he fit that he wanted the world to remember him that badly those are things that are thin by people who are about to commit some type of crazy act we've heard it time and time again from those who have committed acts of terrorism thankfully not as painfully he kept the body to the minimum one could possibly do but still no excuse for that cover. everybody as we go to break remember that you can also start watching the hawks on the man this is brother portable t.v. ad which is available on all platforms so definitely pick that up coming up we look at it we look at how the governor of kan

tonight, the f.b.i. is looking into the deadly shooting of casey goodson, jr. who died last friday from multiple gunshots fired by an ohio sheriff deputy. police say he had a gun, but his family said he was holding a sandwich. here is cbs's jeff pegues. >> reporter: a preliminary autopsy report revealed today that casey goodson was shot multiple times in his torso, but the coroner's office says it has not been able to determine with certainty, direction and number of bullets. the 23 year old was shot and the 23-year-old was shot and killed just afternoon on december 4th as he was returning to his home with sandwiches. >> my grandson just got shot. >> reporter: on a call with 911, you can hear his grandmother say that he had been shot as he walked through the door. >> reporter: in the moments before the shooting, police say goodson was spotted by a sheriff's deputy waving a gun as he drove by. the deputy, jason mead, was working as part of a u.s. marshall's fugitive task force searching for a suspect in the neighborhood. goodson was not the target of the manhunt

his property to a woman in los angeles for 0 dollars the woman declined to comment referring to the f.b.i.'s orders a cousin of warner's. said he owned an alarm company in the past he also worked as a computer consultant for a nashville real estate company for 15 years one of the co-owners said warner retired earlier this month and never exhibited any behavior which was less than professional neighbors described warner as a loner several celebrities offering reward money to help assist in the investigation some $300000.00 has been raised still far now the governor of tennessee has asked the president for an emergency declaration all the while authorities are still searching for a motive for 44 watching the hawks atocha suites are. truly tragic but you can kind of look at this from a really interesting angle is why are they calling this a terrorist act. but there is a fresh station there resides in me and i think most people of color when it comes to how the f.b.i. and other organizations as well as the media handle white terrorism when the when the boston marathon bomber committed his act

s ill, the f.b.i.as brought in profilers to interview people who knew warner, to try to get inside his mind and hopefully get closer to a motive. margaret. >> bre >> brennan: mola lenghi, thank you. tonight, president trump is stepping up his attacks on republicans who oppose his calls for increased stimulus checks. here's cbs' paula reid. >> reporter: from his holiday post in palm beach, president trump today tearing into congressional republicans, calling leaders "pathetic" for not backing his baseless voter fraud claims and saying that unless they have a "death wish," they should approve $2,000 stimulus checks. that puts the president more in line with democrats, who tried to force a vote on the new direct payments today already passed by the democratic- controlled house. >> there's one question left today: do senate republicans join with the rest of america in supporting $2,000 checks? >> reporter: today, that answer was no. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocked the democratic effort, spea

but he did the right thing and he called the f.b.i. hutters the shop and has to go out of business. he is called an russian agent. he is called a russian agent who is a right wing nut job. instead he said let me explain to you my family serving in the military since before world war ii. he said he is not a hacker. all he did is click and drop on to a usb drive to save the hard drive. he saw what was on it, he did the right thing. don't mock nobody because they didn't get to msnbc show. maybe it just so happens that the people in small businesses are not morons and they did the right thing. >> harris: i want to go to something that "wall street journal" editorial board wrote on hunter biden's business dealings. and then i will come to you, kennedy. "when the younger mr. biden business relationships first surfaced, for example, his highly paid physician on the burisma board, december -- position on the burisma board, despite no background, it should have ignited reporting. but instead, they ignored the stronger evidence than the younger m