turns out there were thirteen of them according to the u.s. justice department thirteen people were meddling in the u.s. election thirteen against the billion dollar budgets of the intelligence agencies against the intelligence counted halogens against the state of the art technologies absurd yes but this is america's modern political reality by the way why thirteen apparently that's the only number with bad associations and that's their only hope . now the chances of these individuals being extradited to the united states to stand trial is rather slim so essentially these charges will serve as defacto sanctions these individuals obviously won't be traveling to the united states or they would be arrested their bank accounts and such will be shut down and essentially these are defacto sanctions imposed by the u.s. department of justice now it's interesting to note that the bob muller special counsel investigation into the possibility of rump and russia collusion has been going on for quite a while and you know even up quite a bit of the resources of the u.s. depa

department of justice. there are other benefits. technical assistance. part of the last agreement we had with the u.s. partment of justice, there was technical assistance provided. there are many areas where we need to go outside of the city and outside of the department to call on experts, many of who have done the work before, many who have ideas that maybe we didn't think about and that technical assistance is a major part of a collaborative reform agreement. with the california department of justice, with the partners we have in place, we believe that technical assistance will continue, we believe that it will help us with the improvements we know we need to make. and ultimately, our commitment is about becoming the best police department we can be. working with our community partners, we've already accomplished a lot. many people in the room are part of the groups put together to have the public input we need to get better. we can't do this -- you'll hear me say this over and over again -- we cannot do that without the public. our use of force dropped 18%, we hope that trend continues. we expect i

u.s. department of justice they said they have not attempted to contact any of the thirteen individuals that they named now they are all in russia they're not in the united states so it's not like they're going to go apprehend them and arrest them there entities and people in russia it hasn't even tried to contact them and that it would follow the normal extradition process so it would be contacting the russian government under standard procedure in asking them to extradite them to the united states in order to stand charges these are not individuals in the u.s. they're not going to be tracking anybody down and these are individuals in russia now one of the individuals has already spoken up the individual who is listed first . in the indictment basically pinned is the mastermind he spoke up and said that americans are quite impressionable and that if they want to see the devil they will and that was his comment on these alleged charges now it's it is interesting that this indictment came down in the aftermath of a horrendous school shooting in the united states the country is still reacting

u.s. department offing a ry culture in conjunction with the trenton police department are using pyrotechnicpotlights and recordings of pros distress calls to machinage the estimated 30,000 crows. the goal is to break up the larm population into small less concentrated flocks. u.s. department offing a gry can ture's district supervise climb clap are said it formed and has been in this area for years. >> in the winter months they do group in in these and, a. they will pk up a well lit elevated area, maybe an area near some water or even a wooded area. the problem here, though, is that, you know, they have chosen an area that is highly populated this. >> the usda workers load what looks like a small water pistol and aim it. the bird then react to the noise and fly away. for some residents, relief cannot come soon enough. scott millioner has been being for hem? begging. >> they are k walking through sidewalks covered with crows. of course, a noise problem, too. the crows are quite noisy. >> according the usda, bird droppings are not only damaging, but pose a health risk. the efforts to reduce t

u.s. securities exchange commission before the commodity futures trading commission my old agency the department of treasury and the u.s. federal reserve and individual states. japan's steel industry said on monday that the a proposal by the u.s. department of commerce to president donald trump would impose curbs on steel imports and that it violates the principles of free trade for more we're joined by r.t. correspondent dan cowen dan thanks for being here so what's the latest on on these on these still import potential quotas good to be with you bart the japanese steel industry is up in arms over the commerce secretary wilbur ross his recommendations to the trump administration to curb the import of steel and aluminum from not only japan but also china vietnam venezuela these would be implemented through tariffs and import quotas on japan the japanese iron and steel federation chairman coast said tariffs are a violation of the principles of free trade and of course japan is a major trading partner of the u.s. very important one there is opposition in the us in the republican party from trump's ve

u.s. securities exchange commission before the commodity futures trading commission my old agency the department of treasury and the u.s. federal reserve and individual states. japan's deal industry said on monday that the a proposal by the u.s. department of commerce to president donald trump would impose curbs on steel imports and that it violates the principles of free trade for more we're joined by r.t. correspondent dan cowen dan thanks for being here so what's the latest on on these on these still import potential quotas good to be with you bart the japanese steel industry is up in arms over the commerce secretary wilbur ross his recommendations to the trump administration to curb the import of steel and aluminum from not only japan but also china vietnam venezuela these would be implemented through tariffs and import quotas on japan and the japanese iron in steel federation chairman coast said tariffs are a violation of the principles of free trade and of course japan is a major trading partner of the u.s. very important one there is opposition in the u.s. in the republican party from trump'

u.s. department of energy. mr. secretary, good morning to you. ainsley: good morning. >> good morning to you all. steve: great to have you. we will play a sound bite for you because having lived down in texas your whole life, you are very concerned with immigration. here's the president yesterday talking about if california is going to be a sanctuary state, maybe the federal government should pull the ice guys out. listen to this. >> frankly, it's a disgrace. the sanctuary city situation, the protection of these horrible criminals, you know because you are working on it the protection of these horrible criminals in california in and other places. if we ever pulled our ice out. let california alone, let them figure it out for themselves, in two months they would be begging for us to come back. they would be begging. and you know what? i'm thinking about doing it. steve: governor, what do you think? >> well, i think that this whole issue of immigration has always been incredibly difficult one. if it wasn't, it would have been done a long time ago.

u.s. department of justice now this announcement is coming we're expecting to hear from rod rosenstein very shortly there will be some kind of press briefing most likely on this issue but it's interesting the timing as it came just just moments after it was announced that the recent shooter in the united states this is this nicholas cruz who killed seventeen high school students it was announced that the f.b.i. had had a second tip about him in the lead up to his shooting and they had a second tip informing that this this young man was pending and planning to attack a school so it seems that that in addition to the fact that the f.b.i. had received these tips they were spending quite a bit of time investigating something else and that perhaps if the f.b.i. had been focused on preventing school shootings up perhaps they were not focused on this kind of issue there might have been a different results at the high school that just recently happened very interesting that the f.b.i. spent months and months preparing this report on thirteen individuals who were not even in the united states this i

u.s. department of transportation. i have with me the under secretary of policy and jim ray, the senior adviser to the secretary for infrastructure. they're here because of this gift. and let me proceed. as many of you have heard yesterday, 12 federal agencies have been working with the white house on the comprehensive infrastructure proposal that the president announced yesterday. transportation is one component. the proposal also includes energy, drinking and waste water, broadband and veterans hospitals as well. the goal of the president's proposal is to stimulate at least $1.5 trillion in infrastructure investment, which includes a minimum of $200 billion indirect federal funding and a key element is to empower decision making at the state and the local level because state and local officials know best. the infrastructure needs of their communities. many of you know that the principals are behind us. so i wanted to reiterate some of the principles. the principles behind this proposal are one, to use federal dollars

u.s. by impairing the lawful functions of the ftc, the u.s. department of justice, u.s. rtment of state in administrating federal domestic activities. i want to ask this in relation to russia's point, which i thought was brilliant, which was, if they would have done it in this particular case, that means hillary, that means fusion, that means christopher's deal, that means everyone else with the same standards would have applied. so while they talk broadly about it and mention it in the press release, that's not what they were charged with, do you see that that was done purposefully? >> i think it was a fundamentally dishonest document designed to distract from the>> fact that the russia collusion allegations against donald trump are collapsing and the reason for being the mueller investigation is disappearing. and you have in many ways the obama administration responding appropriately to what they were doing in this indictment because they were having an immaterial impact on our public policy process. they should've been told to stop messing around, which apparently they

u.s. department of justice. well let's go live now to legal and media amaris lionel for his views with a line of thank you very much indeed for joining us on this some emotional reaction to this indictment and could we actually see a trial in this case. you know that i would love for there to be a trial i would love to be one of the defense lawyers arguing this what is so fascinating about this and i and i read it is it reads like a narrative when out there being any crimes there is something in law in our country called the demur which you file that basically says oh yeah so why what does this mean now let me give an example when you talk about an indictment normally it is something that really is specific they give citations and sections and code numbers and case law and it reads like the worst narrative of of nefariousness you can imagine this reads almost like this lyrical story of you've been bad there's basically seven cases very very quickly they accuse these thirteen of being basically involved in organiz

of justice for three decades. he served under five u.s. presidents and has a most distinguished career with the department of justice. this is what vice president pence said about him when he was being sworn in. he said he is a man of independence and integrity and good character. in terms of the rule of law, in terms of upholding justice. the rules are very broad. talk to us about a day in the life and what you do with respect to fighting terrorism, fighting crime and upholding the rule of law. rob rosenstein: as you recognize, it is a low-profile job in many respects. employees in the front of justice. you would not know that from the newspapers or cable tv news. but there is a lot that goes on in the government of justice. the deputy attorney's job is to manage those jobs. there are a couple of large components. we have a lot of different operations. as the governor mentioned, the unifying theme of the department of justice is about the rule of law, ensuring protection, ensuring it is enforced equitably around the country. the best known for the criminal enforcement, and that is just one component of what we do an

u.s. department of justice issued indictments against 13 russians citing evidence of a conspiracy to disrupt the 2016 residential election and destabilize the u.s. political system. jana is in the newsroom. the indictments called the russian meddling information warfare.>> reporter: that is what they called it. the justice department said the conspirators wanted to promote discord in the u.s. and undermine public confidence and democracy. the russians stole identities of citizens to create fake social media accounts organize rallies and fund their operation. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein said friday there is evidence 13 russians headed up a conspiracy to interfere with the u.s. political system. the evidence collected by special prosecutor robert mueller's team was laid out in an indictment. a group called internet research agency began operations in 2014. during the 2016 presidential election paid for online ads and created online sites supporting the presidential campaign of then candidate donald trump and disparaging hillary clinton.>>> the post as politically and socially active

spokesperson for the russian foreign ministry tends out there with thirteen of them according to the u.s. justice department fifteen people were mentioning in the u.s. that should think against the billions on the budgets of the intelligence agencies against the intelligence counted ten digits against the state should be our technology upset yes but this is america's move to put it's cool reality by the way why i think he apparently wants the only number with bob this is she a sions announce that. at this point we also have a response from the president of united states donald trump who earlier was briefed by the department of justice prior to their releasing of this indictment now donald trump stated on twitter he said russia started their anti us campaign in two thousand and fourteen long before i announce that i would run for president the results of the election were not impacted and the trump campaign did nothing wrong and he repeated the phrase often used throughout the process he repeated the phrase ending his tweet with no collusion furthermore we have a statement from the white house press secretar

u.s. department of justice applied unsuccessfully to block its release.rump has been speaking about its memo -- the memo and its content. >> i think it is a disgrace. what is going on in this country, i think it is a disgrace. congress will do whatever they are going to do but i think it is a disgrace what is happening in our country. when he see that and so many other things that is going on, a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves. sarah: james comey called this memo dishonest and misleading. is it? >> we are talking about a three and a half page memo that presumes to describe deficiencies in the fisa process that probably has much more below the surface than what we are seeing in these three pages. my understanding is that the fbi was looking at it for several years for its intersections and relationships with russians. perhaps at some point, he was cautioned about those relationships and persisted. my supposition would be that the fbi knew much more and included it in the pfizer request and renewals that is depicted by this three-page memo. sa

u.s. department of justice is bowing out of that role.. (catherine) until september....the u.s. e was very hands on...providing the resources and guidance to help push through police reforms in san francisco... we're talking about 272 reforms recommended by federal justice officials in 2016. that was after several officer-involved shootings in 2015...which led to the resignationof chief greg suhr. but then - federal justice officials decided 'not' to continue its oversight role. now - the state attorney general's office is stepping in.san francisco's mayor says the new partnership will work... mayor mark farrell - today marks the beginning of a lasting and ongoing chapter in our reform process. one that stays true to our goal of transparency, accountability and most important - trust building. california attorney general - we picked up the ball. and we're going to run with it. we're doing this for the peopleof california and san francisco. police say they've completed 81 recommendations, submitted 79 others for review,and started on the last 112. the recommendations include impro

spokesperson for the russian foreign ministry tends out there with thirteen of them according to the u.s. justice department fifteen people were mentioning in the u.s. that should think against the billion to the budgets of the intelligence agencies against the intelligence counted ten digits against the state of the art technology so upset yes but this is america's move to put its cool reality by the way why things he apparently that's the only number without the sushi asians announce that . at this point we also have a response from the president of united states donald trump who earlier was briefed by the department of justice prior to their releasing of this indictment now donald trump stated on twitter he said russia started their anti us campaign in two thousand and fourteen long before i announce that i would run for president the results of the election were not impacted and the trump campaign did nothing wrong and he repeated the phrase often used throughout the process he repeated the phrase ending his tweet with no collusion furthermore we have a statement from the white house press secretary on

u.s. department of. agriculture has met has measured the hop glut they say inventories rose fifteen percent just a few months ago with growers holding sixty five percent an all time high i say this news calls for i don't know a drink. have a market worth to the point where it has some wondering if the financial products available to investors are suitable for individuals for mom and pop investors and institutional investors and if those products are actually working in tandem with markets for the benefit of all here to discuss as someone who has spent many years looking at markets and some of the problems with them tyler go i should have director of healthy markets association mr claridge worked in the senate for a number of years the investigation subcommittee which oversaw the market could torsion in the thousands and he works professional staff member at the u.s. curies and exchange commission plus is an attorney so he's a triple or quadruple threat to try to keep track of tyler welcome thank you for

u.s. securities exchange commission before the commodity futures trading commission my old agency the department of treasury and the u.s. federal reserve and individual states. japan's seal industry said on monday that the a proposal by the u.s. department of commerce to president donald trump would impose curbs on steel imports and that it violates the principles of free trade for more we're joined by r.t. correspondent dan cowen dan thanks for being here so what's the latest on on these on these still import potential quotas good to be with you bart the japanese steel industry is up in arms over the commerce secretary wilbur ross his recommendations to the trump administration to curb the import of steel and aluminum from not only japan but also china vietnam venezuela these would be implemented through tariffs and import quotas on japan the japanese iron and steel federation chairman coast said tariffs are a violation of the principles of free trade and of course japan is a major trading partner of the u.s. very important one there is opposition in the u.s. in the republican party from trump's v

u.s. department of homeland security.they said given everything with ice he believes the timing is no coincidence. >> you could say it's random burglary and ice can deny involvement, but whoever went into enough to look long and hard for very specific travel documents. i find that fishy. >> they both have final deportation orders with ice. >> if they were to pick up the individuals living in those homes they would have to put them in detention and request travel documents from the conflict. they could take them straight to an airport and deport them. >> they're looking into legal avenues for both men to get passports. he hopes the attorney general will look at these burglaries as possible hate crimes. >> new jersey state governor, phil murphy is continuing his march to legalize recreational use of marijuana. what's interesting, if you ask people across the country though say poll after poll, survey after survey, most people want to see it legal. a new poll in new jersey showing folks here, not so fast. only a little over

u.s. department of justice were abusing the foreign intelligence surveillance act in order to spy on donald trump that is what is being alleged now we've already got a recording of donald trump on a hot mike saying that the memo will be released just released. right now one hundred. the f.b.i. is saying in complaining essential that they didn't have enough time to review the memo out before it's pending release and we've also heard from adam schiff a top democrat who is saying that changes to the memo have been made without prior approval called on the white house essentially not to release it he's saying it's not ready to be released there have been changes that have been made to it now we've also heard from devon newness spokesperson devon's known as the chair of the committee and he said that some of those changes actually came at the request of the democrats it was minor edits some grammatical fixes as well as two edits done at the request of the f.b.i. now this medal is set to to really kind of challenge and kind of throw away some of the credibility of the f.b.i. as well as the entire

u.s. department of justice were abusing the foreign intelligence surveillance act in order to spy on donald trump that is what is being alleged now we've already got a recording of donald trump on a hot mike saying that the memo will be released just released. right now one hundred. of. the f.b.i. is saying in complaining essential that they didn't have enough time to review the memo out before it's pending release and we've also heard from adam schiff a top democrat who is saying that changes to the memo have been made without prior approval and it's called on the white house essentially not to release it he's saying it's not ready to be released there have been changes that have been made to it that we've also heard from devon newness spokesperson devon's known as the chair of the committee and he said that some of those changes actually came at the request of the democrats it was minor edits some grammatical fixes as well as to edits done at the request of the f.b.i. now this medal is set to to really kind of challenge and kind of throw away some of the credibility of the f.b.i. as well

u.s. department of state offered a $1 million reward, the first bounty ever placed by the agency for informationleading to the dismantling of the network. vira: xaysavang is based out of laos and is widely suspected that they have the complicity of senior laotian governmement officials,s, which is part of te reason why, despite a bounty, despite all the attention, despitite all the investigative reporting, not very much is being done to really disisrupt that netetwork. narrator: central and eastern africa are the current hotspots of elephant poaching. africans are the trigger pullers and transporters of the ivory from the bush to urban centers, where it's prepared for shipment from ports like mombasa, dar es salaam, and zanzibar. asian criminal syndicates move the ivory through various transit points en route more often than not to china. alie: we see hiding of ivory under coffee, under avocados. these methods to conceal these products are very sophisticated. roberts: you might have a legal shipment in a giant shipping container that has 20 tons of capapacity, and that 20 tons o f capacity is fi

it took the work of a large organization called the department of justice to make this prosecution work. and for all of you u.s. attorney folks, those are important resources to leverage as you tackle larger human trafficking cases. >> i was intrigued by her -- by your comments about the use of money laundering as an investigative technique. how do you see this playing out as we go forward? >> in this particular case, because there were folks who were specifically given the duty to launder the money, those folks have been indicted when we can find them. as you can imagine, some are offshore. a lot of them are on the west coast, fortunately, and we were able to indict. when you have a specific indictment against a money launderer and they come in to plead guilty, then you say open up your books and start writing checks out to us as part of the plea. as you know, restitution is ordered at the time of sentencing on the backend, but a good prosecutor and agent begin to think about the money on the front end. that is crucial in all of these types of cases. unfortunately, as you know, a small human trafficking case

of branch named after chris military operation which has seen u.s. trained kurds moving across the region to fight against turkey. on monday the u.s. department of homeland security pushed back against an n.b.c. news report on russia's alleged role in the two thousand and sixteen presidential elections calling it misleading and the department stated that contrary to the impression created by the report there is no evidence russian hackers were able to alter any votes in the u.s. election system are to smear cost has more. well the department of homeland security has discredited a n.b.c. news report claiming that russians hacked into voter registration rolls a prior to the election well in the statement she slammed n.b.c. for their irresponsible reporting saying that it undermines the ability of homeland security to do their jobs but man for also offered an assurance that the department of homeland security along with its state and local partners will continue to secure the nation's election systems but obviously this isn't the first instance of fake news regarding russia there have been rumors floating around that russia influenced the braggs

u.s. department of justice. well to discuss this further let's cross knives now to robert naiman policy directed the media outlet just policy robert thank you very much indeed for joining us well donald trump has tweeted the alleged russian meddling started long before his campaign and the result wasn't affected i mean will this make a difference to his opponents who think russia didn't sway the election. well there are people who have already committed to a certain rove who probably that's not going to be effective certainly people who want to put forward the russia russia russia story many of them will see this is vindication they won't care really what the details are as has been widely pointed out and as the justice department so put out in describing it damon isn't showing me. anyone in the united states. campaign or indeed any american it was they themselves said there is no evidence that any of the americans involved had any idea that they were involved with these alleged russians nor is it being alleged

u.s. department of commerce report only one-quarter of women hold jobs in stem fields in the united states. cal stanley hopes these kids will see themselves in these characters. >> the kids can get a feel for the technology seeing themselves there and seeing themselves behind the scenes going forward. >> reporter: in oakland, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >>> very inspiring. >> let's talk about that snow, wind and rain and spencer will have the seven-day forecast next. >> stay with us. >> track today's storm any >>> it has been a roller coaster of emotions for a family in richmond who spent the last year fending off foreclose sure. michael finney is there with the story. >> this family got creative in a last ditch effort to stay in a home that has been with them for generations. days after thanksgiving and four generations of one family are enjoying a sunny day outside their home in richmond. two youngest grandchildren. along with their mother. and then grandma betty along with great grandma george. grandma has been in this for 43 years. betty suffered severe nerve damage and couldn't walk i

u.s. department of commerce report only one-quarter of women hold jobs in stem fields in the united statesl stanley hopes these kids will see themselves in these characters. >> the kids can get a feel for the technology seeing themselves there and seeing themselves behind the scenes going forward. >> reporter: in oakland, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >>> very inspiring. >> let's talk about that snow, wind and rain and spencer will have the seven-day forecast next. >> stay with us. >> track today's storm a >>> it has been a roller coaster of emotions for a family in richmond who spent the last year fending off foreclose sure. michael finney is there with the story. >> this family got creative in a last ditch effort to stay in a home that has been with them for generations. days after thanksgiving and four generations of one family are enjoying a sunny day outside their home in richmond. two youngest grandchildren. along with their mother. and then grandma betty along with great grandma george. grandma has been in this home for 43 years. betty suffered severe nerve damage and couldn't walk in

u.s. department of housing and urban development says it's awarding the island $1.5 billion to help it recoverrricanes irma and maria. the money will be used as grants to support long term recovery of seriously damaged homes and businesses. officials said earlier this week that nearly half a million customers still remain without power on the island even now. >>> all right. lauren, so i'm telling you it has just been a nasty couple days. >> yeah. >> we can't see any sun. is it anywhere in our future. >> dreary. look out the window you're like should i go outside? no. >> no. >> skip it. again tomorrow things will be the same. the heaviest rain does arrive tonight into the first half of our sunday. but right now still have clouds in place. we are barely dry at the moment in center city philadelphia. 46 degrees with those northeasterly winds up around 9 miles per hour making it feel a more like 41 degrees. add that damp factor, yeah, just doesn't feel so great and it has been a wet february thus far. month to date precipitation, over 5-inches of water, in the about 3-inches above our average and

u.s. department of homeland security pushed back against an n.b.c. news report on russia's alleged role in the two thousand and sixteen presidential elections calling it misleading the report claims that a top trump official found that russian hackers quote successfully penetrated the u.s. election systems american joins us live with details on this story. thanks for being with us here on r.g.p. international so how did n.b.c. get itself into trouble. well the department of homeland security like you said has discredited the report which claimed that russians hacked into voter registration rolls prior to the two thousand and sixteen election now in a statement jeanette man for the department's chief security official said that quote recent n.b.c. n.b.c. reporting has misread that represented facts and confuse the public with regard to the department of homeland security's efforts to combat election hacking but in the report n.b.c. interviewed man for a and all she said was that twenty one states were somehow targeted but then the article was actually

department of justice. >> that was supposed to be the job of the u.s. department of justice in washington until president trump decided to stop community policing. >> reporter: you know, it was the san francisco police department that told the department of justice in washington you know, if you don't want to help us anymore, we will look to california for guidance. now this is the first agreement of its kind between a police department and a state attorney general. in the past few years, san francisco has seen a series of officer involved shootings. when mario woods was shot more than 20 times by san francispol, having to make changes to the use of force policy. what followed was a review in 2016 by a department of review. today half of the recommendations have been implemented or close to being approved. >> use of force has dropped 18% in 2017. we hope the trend continues and expects it to continue. >> reporter: citizen complaint dropped 9%. >> we stopped getting complacent and we got serious. >> reporter: last year president trump decided to scale bac

department of justice. >> that was supposed to be the job of the u.s. stice in washington until president trump decided to stop community policing. >> reporter: you know, it was the san francisco police department that told the department of justice in washington you know, if you don't want to help us anymore, we will look to california for guidance. now this is the first agreement of its kind between a police department and a state attorney general. in the past few years, san francisco has seen a series of officer involved shootings. when mario woods was shot more than 20 times by having to make changes to the