thell be requesting majority leader call a closed and if necessary classified all senators briefing with the attorney general and the deputy attorney general separately. they can be asked questions. some of the questions. why was the attorney general, who had recused himself from the russia investigations able to influence the firing of the men conducting a russia investigation? did deputy attorney general rosenstein act on his own, or at the direction of his superiors or the white house? reports of the president searching for a rationale to fire the fbi director for weeks true? was director comey's investigation making significant progress in a direction that would cause political damage to the white house? why didn't the president weight for the inspector general's investigation into director comey's handling of the clinton email investigation to conclude before making his decision to fire him? was this really about something else? no doubt we will have the opportunity to question mr. comey, now a private citizen, about what happened. but we need to hear from this administration about

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thell lead to fact he asked comey about the investigation shows he tried to that the united states and relationship was at an all-time low, but yucking it the ambassador inside the oval office. these were pictures that the out.ians put it was something that the resident was trying to hide to show that he does have a cozy relationship with russia, but et, still goes out telling the american peep they'll we're at all-time low. i just don't believe that, so to republicans out there, when the president is messing in office ly been four months, but, you know, hey, years, imagine the damage he can do to the country. host: budget director, mulva ney served the state of south and there was a special election, the process of electing who would take his place. the state newspaper highlights ralph norman, who won over tommy pope in the runoff for congress. 200 votes separated the two out of the 35,000 votes cast. special bearer in june election to fill south carolina congressional seat. norman -- for the second time and at least on that gamble seemed to pay off. the closeness of the vote with win

meet with thell senate today. she is the one who warned the white house about michael flynn weeks before he was fired. she told him that flynn's communication's with the russian diplomat posed a security threat. gates was later fired herself. the fourth u.s. circuit court of appeals in richmond will hear arguments a decision that put art of that order on hold. the next monday the ninth circuit will hear arguments on another decision that the order from hawaii. starting today, drivers must pay to park in front of those top meters around the district. $250.ne if you don't is the meters are reserved for people with disability parking tags or license plates. the are located around capital, the mall, the white house and as far away as sunday bottom. -- soggy bottom. >> i understand that courage means not simply doing what is politically expedient, but doing what they believe in their hearts is right. >> calling for courage. former president obama is taking aim at lawmakers. the gop health care bill hits the senate. a b

thell say julian assange, head of wikileaks also does not have the u.s. best interest. wikileaks is not a transparency organization, they are working with russian intelligence. mike pompeo, who actually was republican when he was in congress publicly stated that last week i believe that -- he said that wikileaks is very much working with russian intelligence. articleex, back to your about how the cia forgot the art. there is a bit you write saying, as the culture admission of the agency changed, said of the workforce. the war on terror created a defense industry. older and experienced. officers cashed out to join the private sector others last of the bureaucratic changes that seem to hamper the flex ability the agency had previously held so dear. is there anything that suggests the cia might find its way back? finley: even if you have a whole generation of officers who have been trained and raised in the war of terror way of doing things in the agency, there are still creative people. the agency brings the men because they are desperate of people -- brings them in becau

that this would do away with deficit concerns, was that same conversation happening in the yeah, but thellconversation now is about genetic growth and not increasing the deficit, but that's just pie in the sky. you have to have revenue neutrality. what happened in 1986 is paul volcker came to me and said -- i like what you are doing and tax reform, trying to end these real estate tax shelters. the high interests are there. the chairman of the fed tells me to keep going, eliminate these loopholes for tax shelters, and that meant something to me. you wrote about this for a piece in "the new york times." yes, there was bipartisanship. working in back rooms. but you also had the development of the -- involvement of the administration. paul volcker, the treasury secretary. when you look at it today, where's the breakdown? why does it seem like there are so many parallels? bill: it's a function of the port -- polarization of our political system, but you also have to have something in it for each party. democrats wanted to get rid of loopholes. republicans wanted lower rates. if you put those to

i have been here almost thell entire time she has been here, i don't know they're there are a lot ofater's bills that are improving my life. >> my firm participates vigorously in the corporate finance space and she has absolutely been a leader, a bipartisan leader, on consumer protection, has put this country in a much better place, so corporations, banks, don't take advantage of you and i and the little guys. i think she is very proud. she should be very proud. >> tucker: i thought her husband was getting rich for g y bank. >> again, they did not happen. >> tucker: he didn't get rich? >> one bank in los angeles, her husband was on the board of trustees. one united was on the dozens of thousands of banksng throughout this country was participated in the temporary assets reliefe program. she was correct and cleared by any congressional ethics probe that she did no wrongdoing in that. he did not get rich. he is on the board of trustees. should they not have participated in the same program of thousands of banks did? >> tucker: if your family is profiting, you should recuse yourself. >>

before, thelled chiropractor, thes he's not crazy. they need to legalize it. host: are you from no restrict -- are you for no restrictions? caller: absolutely. i think they should set up shop and have a nurse or nurse practitioner there. host: what would you say -- caller: pardon me? host: what would you say to folks who say it is enabling drug users? caller: i don't think it's enabling them, they are going to do it anyway. i used to be a dallas county bondsman for nine years. it's not really enabling them. they are going to get it. host: what is your experience as a bondsman? offenders.eated [laughter] out,go to prison, they get and i would see them in 18 months, two years max. like, what are you doing back here already? well, you know how it goes. plus, they cannot get a job. host: what would change things, lori? caller: it's sad. and what really bugs me is what's going on in the white house. they have all the dirty republicans in there running the show that probably own half the prisons. it's big money. host: that's lori in texas. gilbert is in tulsa, oklah

in china, president sheesh and at thell host 30 leaders world's first soft power porsche -- push. is belt and road forum intended to soften president she is image as he prepared to spend billions of dollars of infrastructure projects around the world. made a milestone spates walk today, but a water by 2.5ortened the walk hours. still, they were able to complete all but one of the scheduled tasks in the four-hour operation. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by50ournalists and over 120 countries. thanks, mark. sean spicer is back at the podium today. pfizer has been taking questions on the firing of director james comey and the search for his successor. it is hard to say if president comey's loyalty in a meeting, and in reality tv, who leads the kardashians? you can catch more on this on our bloomberg out on tv . ♪ this is bloomberg markets, i'm scarlet fu. julia: president trump has escalated tensions amo jes comey. for a rap on another dramatic and busy week in washington, our washington correspondent joins us in the studio today. he covers financial regulations for bloombe

fall into thell lap of the state because so much of the debt in china is owned by the state. >> absolutelye broader macro figures are startling. just over a year ago the imf did its own calculations from a bottom-up approach going corporate by corporate to build estimatelem loan seeing on chinese banks. the figure they came up with was approximately $1.3 trillion. is 15% of chinese gdp. just hey you quickly about a red-hot headline, a $4 billion softbank,vidia for making it the fourth largest shareholder. president trump and pope france's have little in common, but they will meet later. we will discuss that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ i've spent my life planting a size-six, non-slip shoe into that door. on this side, i want my customers to relax and enjoy themselves. but these days it's phones before forks. they want wifi out here. but behind that door, i need a private connection for my business. wifi pro from comcast business. public wifi for your customers. private wifi for your business. strong and secure. good for a door. and a network. comcast business. built for security. built for b

it really does represent thell c growth.ow much will it help job creation, how much could it potentially lift people's incomes in the country by targeting corporate tax rates. >> it does a lot. the statistics show if the rate goes down and gets simpler, it will definitely create jobs. maria: we all agree that 15% is probably not going to be the number for the corporate rate because paul ryan is 12%. what about the pass-through rate, what about the small-owned operating businesses, do you think they'll still be at 15% which is what donald trump wants? >> no. maria: that goes to 20% too? >> could go even a little higher, 25% contemplated in the blueprint. making sure that people are not manipulating the choice. maria: how do you know that not everybody turns llc, what's retained earnings. >> exactly. >> let's talk about $2 trillion offshore. maria: actually donald trump says it's 5 trillion. he told me two weeks ago. you keep saying 2 and a half maria. >> he always thinks big, between 2 or 5 trillion -- maria: 2, 3, 4, 5. >> i

it by thell do harbor. mark, back to you. coming, we take a look back at the earnings season so far. our next guest says there's more potential upside in store. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: you are watching "bloomberg surveillance." check out what's happening to european markets. they are down today. the big move of course came after the first round of the french election a couple of mondays ago. in the interim, we saw the biggest leap in french stocks between the first and second round in history, 7% rise in the cac 40. stoxx 600 is lower today. has risen in the last two weeks. up 9% this year. it didn't rise as much as the cac 40. brent crude trading higher today. we've had some interesting comments in the last 24 hours or so. russia supporting this suggestion from saudi that opec extend their output talks into next year, doubling down on this effort to eliminate the supply surplus. euro lower against the dollar, has been up by as much as two point 5% since the first round of the french election. let's go back to james barty.