it raises questions about potential money laundering between potential trump associates, et cetera, and russian associates. no clear answers. we're wondering have you seen in your house on the house intel committee any direct evidence of money laundering involving anyone in the trump orbit? >> i've seen a lot of evidence, poppy of money laundering, but it can't be tested or compared without subpoena power and third party validation. as you said, glenn symptom testified about leads he had about money laundering. one of the favorite parts of my committee, it shows all the flaws this committee has had by the way republicans have been leading it. at one point a republican asked glenn simpson, how would we find out what has been alleged on money laundering? simpson curiously looked at the republican and said, well, you would have to subpoena that. the republican was acting as if they don't have subpoena power. we do have subpoena power. the problem is they're not willing to use it. you subpoena bank records, you subpoena travel records, subpoena telecommunication records, text message logs.

they want to know whether he knows about contacts that occurred between russian officials and trump associatesuring the campaign, what he knows about that when he was the chief executive during the campaign as well as anything that occurred during the transition and as a chief strategist to president trump before he was ousted last year. now, as you alluded to in that new book that came out by michael wolff, steve bannon called that meeting that occurred with donald trump jr., russian associates and the like tresson us. he said it was unpatriotic. that meeting also attended by paul manafort and jared kushner. bannon later said he was referred to manafort, not donald trump junior. in that book he also says there was a zero percent chance that then-candidate trump did not know about the meeting, did not meet with any of those russians afterwards and did not discuss that with donald trump junior. as we know, donald trump jr. testified under oath he did not inform his father about that meeting afterwards. now, bannon was not in the trump campaign at that time, so lawmakers are going to ask why did

on trump illegally susan rice on mask names illegally and they tried to find information on trump associates even though donald trump has never been accused of a crime and he's not the subject of a crime they haven't found any evidence and it's been since two thousand and fifteen the mulla probe is completely partisan and it was a result of james comey squeezy memos. russia never interfered in the election to the point of giving the election to anyone what took place was it was a one point two billion dollar loss from hillary clinton and to cover up the loss we know that there was an insurance policy so peter struck in the text messages stated well i spoke to andrew mccabe and now mccabe is out. and we can't we can't. question whether or not we have to have an insurance policy if in the event that trump wins then you have speedo struck ok all right. you've got a lot of material right there let me go to james here i mean ha's got it down cold here the facts here but james i mean the fact of the matter is that we're going to actually see what's behind the curtain here how the obama justice dep

testify before a grand jury in the investigation of possible links between russia and president trump's associatesident trump's doctor says the 71-year-old commander-in-chief is fit for duty and should remain so throughout his term. he examined the president last week at trump's requests. cognitive function screenings were normal and that the president takes cholesterol medication, aspirin, and multi-vitamin and a hair loss drug. bitcoin has slumped as much as 25% as a regulatory crackdown appears to spread. other cryptocurrencies also ium droppingh ether 24%. an online trading platform says the crypto boom may be coming to an end. china national petroleum says it expects brent crude to average $60-60 five dollars per barrel that is lower than current levels. they see global oil demand expending less than last year at about 1.4 million barrels per day. i am in singapore, checking the markets missed in asia on wednesday. we are seeing most markets tracking lower apart from new zealand, which is up for a second session. generally, you are seeing of the rally start to stall in asia following from wha

no people has now grown to 12 people, trump associates who have had contact with russians.e most prominent have been charged with crimes. michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. paul manafort pleaded not guilty to, among other charges, money laundering. you'll hear more about them later in this story. but one lesser known player is also in the hot seat. donald trump first mentioned him at a meeting with "washington post" editors in 2016. >> george papadopoulos, he's an oil and energy consultant. excellent guy. >> excellent guy george papadopoulos has pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi in the russia investigation. >> you called george papadopoulos an excellent guy. what is your reaction? what's your reaction to george papadopoulos? >> thank you very much. >> the trump team has been working overtime to portray him as a nobody. >> this individual was the member of a volunteer advisory council. >> he was the coffee boy. if he was going to wear a wire, all we'd know is whether he prefers regular american coffee. >> but the coffee boy found his way to the big boy table

trump and hurt hillary clinton. those claims in the dossier have all pretty much been verified by the u.s. intelligence committee. >> another powerful charge in the dossier will sound familiar now. associatesonald trump were in contact with russians throughout the campaign. >> the dossier describes trump associates, russia's ties to the government, communicating in meetings discussing cooperations and the russian intelligence. >> and other ways they tampered with the election. >> social media, fake news, many of the pieces start to fit together sdplp there are no evidence so far for the most sensational allegation that the kremlin has compromising material on trump but a former cia station chief in moscow says russia almost certainly has a file on the president. >> so you believe they have material on donald trump? >> i would be surprised greatly if they did not. that's what they do, that's what the fsb does they have for decades and decades. >> most importantly they say is this. it is just one piece of information in their wide ranging inquiry. >> i have spoken to a number of people and they make clear listen, there is a lot more out there than just this. it is one small piece of a much l

publication the white house hits back at you were a scathing claims in it including that close trump associates consider him a child unfit to govern. and deadly winter weather blasts the northeastern united states we'll take you to massachusetts where the coldest paralyzing communities along the east coast. time had an all free good to have you with us germany and turkey have pledged to take steps to calm tensions between the two countries german foreign minister. and his turkish counterpart move it to one meeting to discuss recent dispute. a wave of arrests in turkey following the failed coup in twenty sixteen at least nine german citizens were among those arrested including then as you check out a correspondent for germany's devote newspaper he has been in a turkish prison for more than ten months without formal indictment. here's what the two for mrs had to say about the outcome of today's talks. we have set ourselves the task of doing everything possible to overcome the difficulties and the german tarkus relationship. and remembering what unites us to find more common ground for the future.

steve bannon has been called to testify in front of a grand jury over alleged contacts between trump associates and russia the new york times reports special counsel robert moore issued a subpoena to ban them last week and this is part of an ongoing program to suspected russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election today u.s. lawmakers have been grilling banned in over the trump campaign's alleged ties to russia in a closed door hearing a back to that subpoena i asked you to be used alexander phenomenon how significant it is that special counsel robert muller has called steve bannon to testify before a grand jury well if it's true it's going to be confirmed it's very significant because it would be the first time that mr miller is issuing a grand jury subpoena to seek information from from a member of the president's trumps inner circle and it would be a clear signal that the investigation is intensifying and not going to be concluded soon so it has to be confirmed but if you ask me i'm sure that it's very obvious that mr miller would like to speak to steve benen because of his v

stop from publication the white house aides back at numerous claims and including that close trump associates consider him a child i'm fit to govern. alone welcome i'm marrying in evanston it's good to have you with us germany and turkey have pledged to take steps to calm tensions between the two countries german foreign minister is it my god but in his church counterpart to my food shovel show lou were meeting to discuss recent disputes that include a wave of arrests in turkey following the failed coup attempt in twenty sixteen at least nine german citizens have been among those arrested such as dennis you jel a correspondent for germany's developed newspaper he's been in a turkish jail for more than ten months without. a formal indictment. germany's foreign minister had this to say about the outcome of today's talks have a listen. we have set ourselves the task of doing everything possible to overcome the difficulties and the german talking. remembering what unite to find more common ground for the future. for more i'm joined now in the studio by . who's reported extensively from turkey you

publication the white house hits back at numerous caving claims in it including that clothes trump associates consider him a child unfit to govern. and bundesliga soccer gears up for the second half of the season we checked in with byron munich at their winter training camp ahead of next week's match against slavery. welcome to the program i'm marion evans dean it's good to have you with us. bitter winter weather is gripping the northeastern u.s. again this weekend threatening a fresh round of record breaking lows parts of the u.s. and canada are seeing temperatures around minus thirty degrees celsius in massachusetts city streets are turning into frozen fields of ice and snow the biggest storm surges in massachusetts in three decades and at minus twenty nine degrees celsius water is literally freezing in the streets here. traffic is frozen to those hoping to get into their cars will just have to wait until the ice thaws. to keeping an eye on all of those different floodings and if anyone wants a question global warming just to see what the flight flood zones are those zones didn't flood thir

also the connections between trump and his associated and russian oligarchs. ll led to the possibility that the russian government had blackmail on donald trump and trump associates. now, simpson said it was that possibility that led christopher steele to go to the fbi with the dossier. the top democrat on the house intelligence submit tcommittee schiff said that simpson's testimony reveals serious allegations that the trump organization may have engaged in money laundering with russian nationals. of course, that's what adam schiff wants the house intelligence committee to focus on. we see with all this other information including the nunes report, there's a lot going on. >>> a new report in the wall street journal says one of the president's private lawyers for many years actually set up a shell company that may have been used to pay a porn star and ensure your silence about an alleged sexual encounter with the future president. brian todd is joining us from dover, delaware. what are you finding out? >> reporter: we tacked this mysterious company reportedly se

publication the white house hits back at numerous scathing claims in it including that close trump associates consider him a child unfit to govern. welcome to the program i'm mary in evanston it's good to have you with us germany and turkey have held fresh talks aimed at calming tensions between ankara and berlin german foreign minister. and his counterpart. have agreed. to work together to overcome difficulties in bilateral relations all ties have suffered in recent years amid disagreements about the refugee crisis and a wave of arrests in turkey following the failed coup attempt in twenty sixteen those jailed have included at least nine german citizens such as dennis you jel a correspondent for germany's devalued newspaper he's been in a turkish jail for more than ten months without a formal indictment. well for more i'm joined now in the studio by. who's reported extensively from turkey you know good to see you so the german foreign minister and his turkish counterpart just a short time ago held a joint press conference after their talks what was the mood of their joint appearance the atmo

open next monday as crews remove tons of mud and debris from the freeway. >>> and several of trump's associatesr in front of congress. meanwhile, steve bannon is expect expected to meet with the house intel committee later today. >>> president trump continues to reject accusations that he is a racist in the wake of his allegedly disparaging comments about haiti and several other african nations. >> the alleged remarks throw yet another hurdle in the way of the daca negotiations with just days to go until the friday deadline. nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has more on this. >> as the president's cabinet honors a man who spent his life fighting intolerance, the president himself is battling questions about whether he's racist. >> no, i'm not a racist. i am the least racist person you have ever interviewed. that i can tell you. >> donald trump, ending his holiday weekend if in palm beach on his way back from his golf club passing demonstrators waves haitian flags. it's more fallout from those oval office comments in which the president, during an immigration meeting, repor

but people that make that much of a deal about president trumps association because they know he was a celebrity, very colorful character before he got into politics. this is different. governor cuomo is a big deal in democratic circles. >> that's a great point. he's looking like a presidential candidate. how discover, not get tied to it when the guy was making money, some of which he disclosed. >> tech about in terms of payment something is going on with message : money, zd. cuomo will be impacted by this. >> thanks. let's check out headlines for chasing tonight. >> at least two students and 17 injured after student open fired at a high school on tuesday. the suspect will be charged with murder and attempted murder. the new york city halloween attacker appeared in court where supplant the first deadline for the justice department to decide whether to seek the death penalty. he drove into the bike path killing people. last week there for guilty plea in exchange for not having the death penalty. dirty, democrat gained recognition for leadership new jersey shore town after hurricane ne

he is one of three trump associates the committee will question about contact that members of the campaignad with russians during the 2016 election. in just the space of a few months, let's recall bannon has lost his white house job and then his job heading breitbart news. npr characterizes bannon's current life situation this way, quote, with no radio show, no billionaire patrons and noack assess to the president he helped get elected, bannon has found himself adrift on an iceberg in the night. it is this bannon, not the colosus but the castaway, is set to testify before the house intelligence committee about the russia imbroglio. hicks has been by the president's side since day one of the campaign. was in the room where it happened for so many critical meetings and private conversations. corwin lewandowski is also expected to testify. he talked about that on wbc radio here in new york. >> i'm not concerned because i have nothing to hide. no one has ever claimed that i've done anything wrong because i never did. i never worked with any russians. i have never spoke to any russians that i'm

, namely the trump associates carter page. it turns out they were denied access despite the request. it shows the level of effort to ensure it does not go to anyone but house members. quun of the few members of congress, him not being able to review the memo makes it, assures that he won't be able to give an analysis of whether or not this memo is accurate or not. now, we know the house intelligence committee may vote to release it and send it to the president who will make the ultimate decision about whether or not to object to the release. that could happen in a matter of days. democrats are moving on their own front. and the house intelligence committee, the top democrat is saying this. in a statement about their new memo. they stay majority steeks selectively and misleadingly characterize classified information in an effort to protect the president at any cost. they say it has been necessary to draft our own memorandum setting out the relevant facts. so the members of the house are not left with an erroneous impression. an

and two other trump associates, hope hicks and former campaign manager, cory lewandowski is expected to meet with the same house panel. >>> happening today the school district of philadelphia what officially opened kindergarten regvation for the 2018-2019 school year. any child that lives in philadelphia that will be 5 years ole on or before september 5. can register their children. kindergarten registration closes on may 31st. for more information head to our website at 6abc.com. >>> much more ahead on "action news" at noon. a disturbing discovery in california. now two parents are accused of holding their 13 children captive. and a 6 abc campaign that saved countsless lives back to raise fire safety awareness. >>> now to the house of horrors in california. a couple is behind bars accused of abusing their 13 children and amaking them live in dung enlike conditions. they were discovered when a 17-year-old girl escaped with a cell phone from the house and called 911. officers swarmed the home and arrested their parents. they are both held on $9 million bail. neighbors recall seeing th

trump's associates helped a russian campaign to disrupt the 2016 election. the "times" reports that the president wanted sessions, a loyal ally, to protect him

you have a number of trump associates who are visiting in russia, who have russian contacts. it's really a remarkable effort on the part of the russians to establish these manifold connections to the trump administration, to open up a dialogue that continued during the transition and eventually got michael flynn in a whole lot of trouble. so i think that this is the -- just as matt said, this is the dp beginning of stitching together a whole tapestry of connections in which we'll see how high up the connections went. and the notion that there was, quote, no collusion i think has been debunked. there was public collusion by the president of the united states encouraging the hacking of hillary clinton's e-mails. there's george papadopoulos trying to get dirt from the russians, trying to set up these meetings with russian officials. there's the meeting at trump tower in which individuals representing the russian government directly and indirectly meeting with donald trump jr. and jared kushner, so we're getting a very robust picture of what happened in 2016. >> matt, let me ask y

trump's campaign. >> manafort's ties to russia go way back. he worked for a close associate of putin. >> is it true mr. manafort owes you millions of dollars? >> olhoh, one of the few wealthy oligarchs he consults with quickly. >> he can pick up a phone to the oligarchs and say, hey, i need to get a message out and it gets done because he's vladimir putin and that's how it works. >> less than two weeks before trump got nominated, manafort offered to brief darpasks. >> on how the campaign was going, according to "the washington post." >> it's not often that the russians get somebody to volunteer like that. >> does he owe you millions of dollars? >> in fact, court documents indicate that manafort may have been in debt to him. >> did he offer you those private briefings to try and repay some of that debt to you? is that why he offered them? >> get lost, please. thank you. >> dar >> he told cnn the oligarch was never offered briefings by manafort. manafort's spokesman has denied that manafort was in debt to darapaska during the campaign and afterwards. but he has admitted that m

two other trump associates are scheduled to appear today before that committee. will they also say that the white house won't let them testify about certain questions? let's begin with abby phillip live at the white house. abby? >> reporter: good morning, chris. a couple of big questions on immigration. the white house is insisting that it is the president, not his staff, who is running the show on that issue. with just about three days before a potential government shutdown, there is no efpdz they are any closer to having a plan. it is unclear what exactly the president will support. gop will unveil a stopgap measure to avoid the shutdown. that will include goodies to hopefully get democratic support. house republican leadership now attempting to go it alone to avert a shutdown, rallying support behind another short-term spending bill to keep the government funded another month. the problem, the chairman of the conservative house freedom caucus says members are not yet on board, warning that currently, just based on the nos and undecideds, there's not enough sup

it includes details about an order for more surveillance of carter page, of course a trump associate who did have contact with russian officials during the campaign. he's denied that there was any wrongdoing in any of those contacts, though, andrea. but democrats show that this memo was cherry picked, and they believe that it essentially does not paint an entire picture and that it's biased in and of itself. so you have this big back and forth that's being set up here. there's going to be a vote on whether to release the memo later on today. the president's deputy press secretary saying that the president hasn't actually seen the memo, that he's busy working on his state of the union address. but this also comes against that other backdrop, andrea, reports that the president has privately been venting about the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein. over the weekend, ty cobb, the president's attorney, who deals with all things related to russia, really dismissed those reports. he says, we do not find it to be a coincidence there's an onslaught of false stories in what appears to be

to donald trump's campaign as part of the justification to win approval to secretly monitor a trump associateto u.s. officials briefed in the investigation," saying it's "part of." the dossier also has been cited by fbi director james comey in some briefings to members of congress in recent weeks as one of the sources of information the bureau has used to bolster its investigation. according to u.s. officials briefed on the probe. it goes on to say, "officials familiar with the process say even if the application to monitor page included information from the dossier, it would only be after the fbi had corroborated the information through its own investigation. the officials would not say what or how much was corroborated." so our breaking news, president trump taunts the north korean leader on twitter. a short time ago he posted this. "north korean leader kim jong-un stated the nuclear button is on his desk at all times. will someone from his depleted and food-starved regime please inform him i, too, have a nuclear button but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his and my button wo

of the committee to scrutinize the suspicious financial dealings of president trump, his family members and his associates. it is very clear that donald trump has something to hide when it comes to his finances. why does trump refuse to reveal his tax returns to the public? why was deutch bank, a bank that has been fined for russian money laundering and many other violations of law willing to lend hundreds of millions to trump after his bankrupted when no other banks would lend to him. why are so many properties owned, licensed under trump's name sold to russians associated with criminal activity or to see cretive shell companies which are known for facilitating money laundering and masking foreign influence. despite the urgency of whether learning this president is compromised. republicans have turned our requests for cooperation at every turn. in march of last year i and committee democrats wrote to chairman hensarling to request that the committee use the full range of its investigative powers to examine deutch bank's russian money laundering and assess the integrity of the united states department of

it comes to miller's investigation this grand jury subpoena about the possible links between trump's associates and russia and really trying to get to the bottom of that alleged relationship if bannon refused to speak to lawmakers about that. what would happen if he were to refuse to do the same for muller subpoena i mean that would be a possibility he i mean basically all legal minds are saying but he has to basically be up front and frank with the with the grand jury otherwise he could be held under contempt it could have criminal implications so he's going to need to he cannot obstruct justice he could not impede the investigation the grand jury is going to have to answer the other question is really you know executive privilege really applies to executives it does not apply you know presidents in the oval office does not apply to campaigns it does not apply to what has happened since he left his position asked. and so to the president you know he is continuing or he was continuing until the release of fire and fury to provide some outside counsel to the president that if that book is to be

will testify before the grand jury investigating possible link between russia and president trump's associatesday, been in testified behind closed doors. sir huckabee sanders -- sarah huckabee sanders as the president will not apologize for trying to fix the immigration system. speaking to reporters today, sanders claims the president -- sanders and said claims the president is racist are "outrageous." oliver was gunned down in northern coast o kosovo. he was shot at least five times by assailant to escape in a car found burned out. convicted himrt of war crimes during the 1999 war. th

heather: let's look at current and former trump associates interviewed by the mueller team. omey, hicks, kushner, the list goes on. does donald trump have a choice in this? >> he would like to, politically speaking, he wants to get ahead of this, it is clear from the president's statements that he has nothing to hide. no collusion whatsoever even if it were a crime, he wants to get this finished and done and get on with the business of being president, but legally speaking, we got to honor the subpoena power of the court. then again it is all about the scope and purpose of what that subpoena is. my question would be where is the crime for them to investigate? they can't subpoena somebody and go for a fishing expectation. heather: there seems to be biased going on because there was a determination made before one person was even interviewed, that being hillary clinton, this is an email sent by james comey and you see what it says. before hillary clinton was interviewed. >> it is a dangerous thing when you have such ingrained bias inside law enforcement, fbi and doj. to be fair

been and will testify of possible links between russia and president trump associates. nato has confirmed the assassination of a leading politician and is calling on kosovo to return to associations in brussels. unknownhot to death by attackers in northern kosovo here to the trump administration is cutting $65 million in ending the leafunited nations at work agency, that's a social service body for palestinian refugees, less than half of its expected contribution. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. analysts in over 120 countries. >> i'm alisa parenti. this is bloomberg and "bloomberg technology" is next. ♪ emily: i'm emily chang and this is "bloomberg technology." bitcoin tumbles, its worst decline since 2015? we catch up with arianna huffington, what she has to say about current ideal plans and the me to movement. and one of apple's is getting slammed for harsh conditions. there hasn't been a a selloff like this in bitcoin in months. less than a month ago bitcoin was trading at almost $19,000, rival cry

testify before a grand jury in the investigation of possible links between russia and president trump associatesbefore a houseed committee on tuesday behind closed doors. workers in a chinese factory supplying apple with iphone casings say they sometimes stand for up to 10 hours a day in a hot noisy workshop and handle noxious chemicals without proper gloves or masks. the conditions are described in bloomberg news interviews, the workers at the technology factory and in a report by china advocacy group labor watch. standards areat being violated is apple stance. says therson intercontinental ballistic missile launched by north korea in north -- november was seen on a commercial flight from san francisco to hong kong. of 280ve the same range nautical miles, highlighting the north's recklessness. the u.s. is posting canada for centuries on kim jong-un's regime. petroleum says they 560 or $65 per barrel this year, that is 10% higher than in 2017. it has seen oil demand is been less and less at 1.4 million barrels per day. energy outlook, cm's he also predicts a 10% rise in chinese guest despite the

lq.com we close tonight with the dossi erkts r that containing many all kbagtss about donald trump, his associatesis campaign. >> we have breaking news in the nation's capital tonight. those we need to tell you about. a team of cnn reporters broke a stunning reporter. about mr. trump. >> u.s. officials with direct knowledge told cnn trump had been warned. that's the damaging information often gathered through survey lance that vladimir putin is believed to collect on powerful people. >> former intelligence chief. >> if they can compromise somebody, they have a term for it. >> it was our sense that the nation's senior most intelligence officials would not waste the time of the president elect if it was easy to dismiss information. >> cnn did not reveal the contents because it had not been verified. but shortly after they break the story, buzz feed broke the story on the internet. >> the dossier describes trump associates, russia's ties to the government, communicating in meetings discussing cooperations and the russian intelligence. >> and other ways they tampered with the election. >> social media

trump or his associates? >> i don't want to answer that question. >> reporter: two days after comey's testimony, the "new york times" reports that an aide to mr. sessions approached a capitol hill staff member asking whether the staffer had any derogatory information about the fbi director. the justice department denies this account. according to "fire and fury" author michael wolff, he called him jarvanka. a nickname kind by bannon. the first family shared a contentious relationship stkraoeubgd as a death match due in part to the conviction that bannon had played a part in many of the reports of kushner's interactions with the russians. wolff writes they exhibited an increasingly panicked sense that the fbi and doj were moving beyond russian election interference and into family finances. ivanka is testified, said a satisfied bannon. the president has no events on his schedule today. the only time we expect to see him is when he heads out to camp david. he is spending today and tomorrow huddling with the vic

benin described the meeting between a russian lawyer and trump associate as treasonous. republicanon, leaders are trying to avert a government shutdown friday. democrats say the bill must include a measured that keeps young undocumented immigrants from being deported. toldhina's leader has president trump at two sides must work together to resolve trade disputes. china has been resisting harsher sanctions on north korea and president trump called for state concessions. there hasn't been a selloff in bitcoin like this for months. the cryptocurrency has been down 20% today. less than a month ago, bitcoin was trading in $19,000. china is among those trying to crack down on speculation. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. vonnie: thank you. breaking news on goldman sachs -- erasing gains of the day. goldman suffered the worst commodities performance in its history as a public company with a drop of 75% in net revenues in 2017. goldman sachs suffering the worst commodities performance in

and then did this counter-intelligence thing where you are focusing on trump associates. when it does, it will answer the question about the question and your viewers have. once that is public, i any we have the ability to press for people to be held accountable. judge jeanine: i want them taken out in cuffs. i don't want to hear their parking space got moved. this is crazy. >> that is something -- i think once the memo is released, i think there will be calls for a special counsel, from all the committee chairmen involved tonight, and it will be hard for sessions not to do that. that special counsel will have to follow the facts. you need somebody outside the swamp. i don't agree with this idea just pick somebody who there are knows the people inside the bureaucracy. bring them in, they don't owe anybody anything. judge jeanine: how can you make jeff sessions appoint a special counsel. >> the congress is telling him you need to do it. judge jeanine: the president tells him what to do and he doesn't do it. >> i think in this case session' office has been cooperative. ther

alarming, what role the anti-trump dossier played in trying to get a surveillance warrant on one trump associatedays to decide whether he had any objections before the memo can be publicly released. >> the perception that you are fighting against the fbi accused of being a russian spy. >> we are not defending anybody, this is about process and doj and department and fbi, reviewing national security equities, when you read the memo, hard-pressed to argue we are defending anybody. >> the memo came hours after top fbi official andrew mccabe was, quote, removed as deputy director, taking terminal leave using vacation time until he reachedes his retirement in a matter of weeks, his days at the fbi are done. >> the president did not play a role? >> the president was part of the decisionmaking process and refer you to the fbi where christopher ray served as director, last week, i will repeat again today the president has full confidence in him and put the decisions in his hands. >> democrats blasted both the decision to release the memo and mccabe's departure. former fbi director jim comey weighed in t

willand will -- bannon testify in the investigation between possible links from russia and trump's associatesrld economics organizers say india's prime minister will deliver the opening remarks at and week's conference, president trump will deliver a keynote address before friday's closing. the forms president says he thinks both leaders remarks will become pulmonary to each other. bei think they will complementary to each other. but each of these speakers and own thewill have their point and share their insight and four participants, it is interesting to see, like we have which challenges they put most offensive -- emphasis on. have teammberg will coverage from davos next week. french president emmanuel macron travels to the epicenter of france's migrant crisis. he laid out a new approach to immigration, help for those who expose them for using tramp -- france as a transit point and sanctions by security forces. calle is a magnet for migrants because it is the closest point between france and britain and has two cross channel transport systems. the euro tunnel and fairies. the turkish presid

how did they use the dossier in terms of surveillance on trump associates and what was the role of bruce. was he the that brought the dossier? he was one of the highest ranking officials and his wife worked for fusion gps and met with christopher steel during the election. so these are all simple questions to answer, but we have gone months and months without any answers. >> will rosen stein at the department give over that information and more that congress is looking for? >> i don't know. >> you don't? >> no. my sources haven't told anything at the doj. i think that in a vacuum, this would be something that all of us talked about. the concern about huma abedin is something that the justice department might want to look into. just because it's the past administration and the presidential candidate lost, doesn't mean it's not worthy of investigation. it is clouded by all of the circumstances on this. this is a president under investigation bia special counsel and already had two dimes and two guilty pleas. he is feeling pressure and the white house is feeling a lot of pressure on this. t

trump's associate had helped. the russian campaign to disrupt the 2016 election. walter is the former head of the office of government ethics and resigned from the trump administration in july of last year and he tells cnn in hindsight a few weird conversations suddenly make sense. >> i felt the doj officials seemed uncharacteristically rattled when i was talking to them and i couldn't figure out why. i thought maybe jeff sessions has a hot temper that i don't know about. it turns out don mcbegan who was known have a hot temmer was leaning on them to recuse and thats in the piece of the puzzle as to why they seemed rattled. >> here to share their story is michael zeld on, a former special assistant to robert mueller and lauren fox and olivier knox from yahoo news. happy friday. let's dive right into the theme of this "new york times" story which i should say has some more meat on the bones, but it's a notion that we and others have been reporting that potentially, let's zero in on it, it's not necessarily the crime, but the cover up that could get the president in

those who have seen it say it reveals what role the anti-trump.a plating getting a warrant on one trump associatethe president, has 5 days to decide whether he has any objections before the memo can be publicly released. >> the perception you are siding against the fbi and defending someone accused of being a russian spy. >> this is about the process and the memo -- doj and fbi, part of his review for security equities, i would be hard-pressed to argue we are defending anybody. >> now as the memo vote came hours after top fbi official andrew mc cable was removed as deputy director taking terminal leave using vacation time until you reaches his planned retirement in a matter of weeks meaning his days at the fbi are done. >> the president did not play a role? >> the president was part of the decision-making process and we refer you to the fbi where christopher ray served as the director because i said last week and i will repeat again the president has full confidence in him and has put decisions at the fbi in his hands. >> democrats blasted both the decision to release the memo and mc cable's remo

trump associates who had contacts with russians.f the most prominent have been charged with crimes. michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. paul manafort pleaded not guilty to, among other charges, money laundering. you'll hear more about them later in this story. but one lesser known player is also in the hot seat, donald trump first mentioned him at a meeting with "washington post" editors in 2016. >> george papadopoulos, he's an oil and energy consultant, excellent guy. >> excellent guy george papadopoulos has pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi in the russia investigation. >> mr. president you called george papadopoulos an excellent guy. what's your reaction? >> thank you very much. >> the trump team has been working overtime to portray him as a nobody. >> this individual was a member of a voluntary advisory council. >> he's the coffee boy. if he was going to wear a wire all we know is if he prefers a caramel macchiato over regular coffee. >> but the coffee boy found his way to the big boy table with donald trump and ot

possible link between russia and president trump's associates. earlier today, been in testified behind closed doors. sir huckabee sanders -- sarah huckabee sanders as the president will not apologize for trying to fix the immigration system. speaking to reporters today, sanders claims the president -- sanders and said claims the president is racist are "outrageous." oliver was gunned down in northern coast o kosovo. he was shot at least five times by assailant to escape in a car found burned out. convicted himrt of war crimes during the 1999 war. that verdict was overturned and a pretrial was underway. the united kingdom still has a chance to change its decision about brexit. tusk spoke to the european parliament in france. >> if the u.k. government sticks to its decision to leave, brexit will become a reality with negative consequences in march of next year. unless there's a change of heart and mind. mark: the government has said there will be no second vote. has toughenednion its demands for concessions u.k. must make during the brexit transiti