u.s. intelligence community and the example with saudi arabia. do you understand why allies are skeptical? >> well, i understand why allies want the intelligence. anytime you have a situation like this, it's important for those that have the intelligence to be able to share it certainly with our allies in europe, our allies in japan and to provide the evidence that's necessary before anybody takes any sort of military action or diplomatic action. i think it is incumbent upon us as it looks like the secretaries have done to showcase the intelligence in a way that is meaningful to our allies. >> when president trump said he wads revoking john brennan's security clearance last august, you spoke out. you wrote an op-ed and wrote in part i would consider it an honor if you would revoke my security clearance so i can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency. i hoped when you became president you would rise to the occasion. your leadership has shown little of the qualities. you have embarrassed us in the eyes of

u.s. intelligence that the u.s. is now claiming that this was the work of iran backed militias militias that have been allowed to flourish inside iraq despite the u.s. says a previous misgiving or misgivings excuse me. right so then in terms of the the relevance of all of this how might it feed in given the recent spike in tensions we've seen between tehran and washington in the gulf. well i would imagine that if you're a u.s. official this is one more complication in a situation that has already been quite tense with the president donald trump pulling back a week ago thursday on launching attacks on iranian sites in retaliation for an attack on a u.s. surveillance drone over the gulf as the u.s. says or in iranian air space as terror on claims this certainly is a long running problem however that the u.s. has not been pleased with any sort of relationship that the central government in baghdad has had with terror on since the u.s. invasion back in 2003 so it's a complication of the iraq the iranian excuse me the ir

u.s. reports our intelligence agencies and the reports of the iraqi air force command have confirmed that none of this has happened and he's asking for more evidence from the u.s. and that means a couple of things that means iraq is no longer taking u.s. intelligence officials simply at their word they're asking for confirmation that this is happened and it also just shows baghdad's position here in the middle iraq has grown increasingly close to iran over the years since the u.s. invasion in 2003 despite being arch enemies and going to war in the 1980 s. and now there is now iraq is saying the u.s. word simply isn't good enough give us evidence right so how does this incident and the competing narratives around it feed into these rising tensions between tatiana and washington. it definitely feeds into the growing tensions and this cynical view of that is that the u.s. is ginning this up in order to escalate those tensions you've heard president trump talking sometimes militaristically sometimes a little more nicely but he does have hawks in his cabinet who have been pushing for regime cha

u.s. intelligence, 4 years working with u.s. intelligence. >> that's right. and had recent contact in march of 2016s just as he was named o the president's campaign. how does that stay a secret for so long. someone didn't want us to get the big picture. john solomon, good reporting. >> sean: this is going to get bigger and bigger. the fact that there was no collusion, the rage trump democratic party. they are hell bent on one thing only: impeaching the president. they don't state a reason. they get the assistance of the liars.ic media mobs tonight, this is no longer a democratic party of joe lieberman. it's the party of anti-trump rage and psychosis and even impeaching trump is not enough. speaker nancy pelosi telling senior democrats she would like to see trump behind bars. based onic no actual crime, she wants a political opponent locked up in prison. that happens in banana republics. beyond despicable behavior. they would turn the usa into a country we no longer recognize. constitutional republic with equal justice under the law. equal application of our l

u.s. intelligence services produced a national intelligence estimate on this issue and. stated that as far as they were concerned. didn't have a nuclear weapons program. george bush was angry about the he was angry but he said in his book that he was angry because this meant that he could no longer. make it more difficult for him to maintain the diplomatic pressure on iran and there's no way he could attack around militarily and circumstances in which. didn't and your weapons program so obviously the whole bloody business about the weapons program was just a pretense it was just a stick to beat around with and to use for the purpose of working on people against iran. unfortunately the u.s. intelligence services broke a stick well interesting that you keep referring to iran's possible mean you can't program because just the other day john bolton was on record saying that there was quote no evidence that iran made a strategic decision to renounce nuclear weapons so he takes it for granted that iran has actually accepted nuclear weapons as part of its policy of each i'm sur

u.s. intelligence d classify information relating to this white guy looks at how parts of the media have shifted their starts on whether the u.s. president can question the activities of the intel services. the thing with spies with all this secrets and power and egos is that it really seems to goo to their heads and honestly how can you blame them they are literally be yawned public scrutiny and you wouldn't tries to stick their nose in you just stamp everything that's classified and loudly denounce them as unpatriotic see it as a very very serious and outrageous move on the part of mr trump once again trampling upon the statutory authorities of the director of national intelligence and the heads of the independent intelligence agencies how dead trump what true american would ever question why they're being wiretapped and spied upon a good thing america has m.s.m. be she true patriots would miss the bread and full time so he can vent his frustrations for everyone to hear of course to do that m.s.n. b.c. had to sacrifice their principles and integrity president obama said today he still stands b

u.s. intelligence right. that's absolutely true germany is very dependent on u.s. intelligence we can all remember back a few years when it was revealed that the us had been essentially using its intelligence powers to sweep german telephone calls that it had to even listen to the mobile telephone of the chancellor and there was much shock in germany about that and at the same time a recognition that germany is deeply dependent on the u.s. both the iran issue and this issue of huawei indicate how important it is for the european countries to work together on the goal that they have set for themselves but so far have not made a lot of concrete progress in achieving namely of a stablish in a common intelligence and foreign policy and security position that will allow them to act as a united force and that is clearly crucial at a time when the transatlantic divisions are so deep and melinda it comes at a time where we saw the german chancellor angela merkel and delivering a commencement address at harvard yesterday talking about the importance of working together let's

u.s. intelligence. about you the wo but the words that followed the clip you just aired is where the president said once again that president putin denies it totally that he interfered in the election. that is not the view of the u.s. government or national security apparatus. and again democratic and republican lawmakers on the hill. so that is a remarkable thing to do. and you remember the criticism that the president got after helsinki. but does that mean that the u.s. president doesn't believe that russia interfered? it is possible. it is possible. hard to say. >> jim sciutto live for us in osaka. jim, stand by. let's bring in nic robertson. nic also live in osaka. and one of the big headlines as well, the u.s. president traveling from japan to seoul, set to meet with moochb jn jae- there. but he has signaled that he would like to possibly shake hands with the north korean leader. listen and we'll talk about it on the other side. >> kim jung-un was very receptive. he responded. and so we'll see. tom

u.s. intelligence community surprisingly brennan isn't working for the guardian yet one by one though the pundits and the seeing wrong from right the question is are they going to demand brennan's resignation or accountability within the cia patriotic answer by the way is no holding the cia accountable would be sure to put a secret agents do top secret stuff and drink martinis and add things and carry out special secret missions i didn't see anything improper on lawful and yes james clapper brennan's former boss is now a c.n.n. employee. we are told you this every true american can be proud or a brave brave people watch over you and record everything you do or say they night whether you wanted or not and if times all politics change in 5 years who will moon remember it ever happened. in parliamentary elections saw green and liberal parties make significant gains well anti establishment came out on top in countries like italy france and belgium and ashanti bensky reports there was no shortage of political drama in the run up. for months pundits have been predicting a rise in anti establish

u.s. intelligence on that front. so they're asking for more information. they're asking to make s te that u.s. is sort of crossing all of its t's and dotting its i's to make sure the intelligence is clear before moving forward with any type o and you have to remember that a lot of these countries support the iran deal that the u.s. and t president pulled out of. and they're not in favor of the idea that the president and the u.s. is sort of leading to more tension with iran when they t felt liky had a good deal to de-escalate some of those tensions. robert: saudi arabia, we have seen senate republicans take action against the arms deal this week. >> yes. was a real show of force against the president. it was a bipartisan vote against him. there was seven republicans who voted with theemocrats not t sell arms to saudi arabia. now, it's a -- largely symbolic vote because the president is going to veto it and he's got a veto prooc majority. robert: and where does it play in the iran discussion? >> they've been large silent. we've heard again from rand paul and

u.s. intelligence has divined that it was in fact iran backed militias based inside southern iraq that carried out the attack so again from the u.s. perspective this is iran again exerting its malign influence around the region and in particular attacking one of the closest partners in the middle east they're not saying exactly what the evidence was that u.s. officials presented to iraqi officials earlier this month but they do know that when the secretary of state michael pompei o spoke with the prime minister mr. vaca in the middle of it in that he brought up the incident brought up the evidence and said that the iraqi government has to be no much more aggressive in dealing with iran backed militias in the country the u.s. of course is well aware that iran and iraq do have a sort of relationship they are physical neighbors after all but the response from iraqi officials has been we're not certain that this evidence is actually conclusive you need to prove it to us and of course there's no word yet on whether the u.s. has presented more evidence to the iraqis about the involvement the alleged

u.s. intelligence shows saudi arabia has significantly escalated its ballistic missile program by purchasing technology from china that's according to a u.s. media report that says there is a suspected missile factory west of the capital riyadh the u.s. president mr trump has been accused of not disclosing this information to key members of congress the discovery has heightened concerns among congress over a potential arms race in the middle east let's talk now to jeff stacy he's a national security and development consultant who worked at the u.s. department of state during the obama administration is in washington jeff stacey what's the difference between not disclosing and covering up. very little indeed and that's exactly what congress thinks both sides of the aisle this isn't a very alarming developments and especially as the president says they're basically celebrating a successful alliance this runs quite contrary to the interests of that alliance washington is going to wake up tomorrow and be hopping mad on both sides of the aisle about this new development and the key question is th

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u.s. intelligence have known about them for months and months and months and u.s. administration has known about all of this for months and months and months and hasn't relate this to the public or it seems to capitol hill so i think that is one of the places where the fresh pressure will go she is recommending now that international inquiry how exactly would that what james we're talking about universal jurisdiction how would an international inquiry work. well she says that the saudi investigation is. or appears to be a form of a whitewash she's also pretty critical about the turkish investigation so she says there should be an international investigation she says the 1st step would be for the secretary general of the united nations to launch a criminal investigation he said all along he can't do that he doesn't have the power and you have to be referred by one of the bodies of the united nations the security council the general assembly the human rights council or one of the states involved for example turkey which has called for an international inquiry but has

u.s. intelligence agencies say that russia into a fit in the 2016 presidential election. and warned that it's likely to do so again well adam schiff is the u.s. house intelligence committee chairman and he tweeted as a robot mother said russian to parents and out democracy should concern every american but not the president apparently who thinks it's a joke and if we don't act to secure the 20 twentieth's action against feather interference person will have the last laugh well let's now speak to moxon a cub scout who is a senior fellow at the atlantic council's eurasia center and he joins us now via skype from washington d.c. talk us through some of the reaction that way hearing from washington i mean not only from democrats but republicans to. you know president trump walked into it as we see the night they walked in new and in fact the hole that president putin sent for him president trump of course as his moment related to it and all soccer were couldn't help themselves and using the election and his rejection of any russian election or urines to laugh about it was his

u.s. intelligence committee as well documented in the report that there was a russian government intelligence operation directed at the 2016 campaign. that is for me intelligence perspective indisputable. as the commander in chief and the individual who has executive responsibility to protect the country, it is deeply concerning that the president legitimately does not believe that assessment. >> the gentleman yelled back. the young lady from arizona. >> thank you mr. chairman. i would like to yield how much time he would like. a few minutes. >> i do appreciate them admitting he did not know what was going on. i appreciate you saying that. you were given by having to go to the five-minute rounds. i want to give you a moment. >> that's in the context my statement. they have exceeded their constitutional powers. if you believe starting the war was unconstitutional, that is on impeachable offense. my statement applied to all the past presidents and not just this one. the particular one only referred to this one. my point is that congress needs to move beyond partisanship. members all take it. on

u.s. intelligence drone. german chancellor angela merkel has called for police to investigate whether the recent killing of a german politician was linked to the right wing a terrorist group the n.s.u. falta look joe was shot dead 3 weeks ago in front of his home after receiving multiple death threats over his progress fiji's dangerous one man is currently in custody. some 10000 people have taken to the streets of the romanian capital bucharest for the city's pride parade event organizers hope to bring attention to the need for tolerance of the elegy beseech huge community in romania the frayed was one of almost 40 such events this week. hundreds of georgians have demonstrated in a 3rd night of anti-government anti russia protest that says the kremlin announced it will impose a flight ban on georgian airlines entering russia and russian planes flying into georgia tension has been mounting since on test began in the capital tbilisi on thursday i. millions of voters in istanbul were turned to the polls on sunda

u.s. intelligence drone. people in istanbul are preparing to go to the polls tomorrow in a reborn of the city's mayoral election that was an old in may polls show the now the guild room of the ruling a k party again trailing edge from the mallo of the opposition opposition c.h.p. . won the initial vote in march which was then controversially scrapped alleged irregularities. chinese president xi jinping has left young after a 2 day state visit to north korea the country's leader kim jong il moment and of the seeing off ceremony for g. and his one visit was highly symbolic it was the 1st by a chinese leader in 10 years the 2 countries agreed to strengthen collaborate. unquote major internal and external homes. the 2 remaining contenders to be the next british prime minister kicked off their campaigns in the u.k. city of birmingham so they they spoke to conservative party members at the 1st of 16 events to decide who will be the new party leader the front runner is boris johnson he went 1st and laid out his visi

intelligence agencies, yes. that suits russia's aims because it suggests that the u.s. president does not believe or take seriously the findings of the intelligence community, which clearly implicate the russian government and mr. putin himself in an attack on the united states. >> thank you. professor, you wrote attorney general barr's allegations about spying on the trump campaign and his announce the of an investigation into how the fbi's investigation got started has put agents who are following existing rules in an untenable position if the need arrises to conduct similar investigations in the next election. you wrote that the current environment may create a chilling effect on agents who may be reluctant to open investigations on certain individuals based on the rhetoric of the president. can you explain why there is a chilling effect and what danger of what is? >> sure. as a former justice department national security lawyer, that's the perspective that i bring to these, to this issue. so what i'm concerned is, because the attorney general has now publicly and ope

u.s. intelligence community to say, mr.convinced that they're putting missiles in cuba. >> kennedy gets together a group of his closest advisers which becomes known as the ex-com, or the executive committee of the national security council. >> sir, we have never seen this kind of installation before. >> even in the soviet union? >> no, sir. >> how do you know this is a medium-range ballistic missile? >> the length, sir. >> u.s. intelligence showed him the parts of the united states that would be hit by nuclear attack. and the figure was about 30 million americans were in danger of dying. >> my father, he want to be recognized as equal. if you're not recognized as equal, you challenge opposite side. >> now, what kind of military action are we capable of carrying out? and what may be some of the consequences? >> we could carry out an air strike within a matter of days. >> big debates. should we bomb? should we invade? back and forth. >> after we've launched 50 to 100 sorties, what kind of a world do we live in? how can we sto

u.s. intelligence drone. chinese president xi jinping is left pyongyang after a 2 day state visit to north korea the country's leader kim jong un attended a seeing off ceremony for she and his wife the visit was highly symbolic it was the 1st by a chinese leader in 14 years 2 countries agreed to strengthen collaboration on quote major internal and external policies. the 2 remaining contenders to be the next british prime minister kicked off their campaigns in the u.k. city of birmingham today they spoke to conservative party members at the 1st of 16 events to decide who will be the new party leader the front runner of course is boris johnson he went 1st and laid out his vision for the future of the party and the bracks a process he was followed by his rival foreign secretary jeremy hunt a new leader is set to be elected in the 3rd week of july. let's go to london now standing by is the correspondent charlayne potts now sure lots of this was the 1st hustings or campaign event between the 2 contenders how would

u.s. intelligence drone. at least 7 people were killed in cambodia when a building under construction in the city of scieno quill suddenly collapsed overnight it's feared more people could be they're worried and the rubble a local official said workers were using the unfinished structure as their sleeping quarters. chinese president xi jinping has left pyongyang after a 2 day state visit to north korea the country's leader kim jong un attended a seeing off ceremony for she and his wife the highly symbolic visit was the 1st by a chinese leader in 14 years since the 2 countries agreed to strengthen cooperation on quote major internal and external comiskey. the 2 contenders to be the next british prime minister are in the u.k. city of birmingham today in the 1st of 16 campaign events for the leadership of the conservative party front runner boris johnson laid out his vision for the party saying he would quote get bricks said done johnson also refused to answer questions relating to a police incident at his home

u.s. intelligence senior members of the u.s. trumpet ministration of already known which is that the saudi cover story that this was a struggle that they were trying to take mr back to saudi arabia it was a lie that they had talked and their recordings of saudi officials talking about his murder and disposing of his body before he arrived at the consulate in fact on the 28th of september when the 1st time he went into the consulate to inquire about paperwork for his forthcoming marriage as soon as he left the consulate they were already talking to officials in riyadh those conversations started and then she reveals that the tapes say that just hours before he arrived at the consulate on the day he died the 2nd of october there was a conversation between maher here move through who is a security official who's often accompanied the saudi crown prince on his travels around the world and dr sala took begay who is a forensic scientist who is one of the 15 saudis who arrived and we believe the team the carried out the murder and that

u.s. intelligence assessed directed interference in that election and crucially who will attempt again. trump has held one cabinet meeting on election security. what difference does it make tat the u.s. president does not treat election security as a priority? >> it certainly cannot command a government in which there are many desperate agencies working on this problem if no one believes that the president himself is truly committed to it. you know, what struck me watching the tape of this is that it was just a few days ago that the president's own national security counsel held a briefing for a large number of reporters, gathering people from the administration who were working on election security and disinformation issues for 2020 to convince us of how seriously they're taking the issue. and then the president turns around and does this offhand remark that basically signals to putin forget all of that noise, this really isn't that central an issue. and that seeps through the administration. now, i think below the president's level there's been actual activity that states are doing a b

u.s. intelligence communi community wasn't sure.eresting dynamic here at play is you'll remember the president was supposed to meet with vladimir putin at the last g20 summit but he canceled it because that was after russia had seized the ukrainian ships and detained the ukranian sailors and the president said he wasn't going to meet with him until that was resolved. the sailors are being held by the russians and the president sat down with him. when we asked the white house about the discrepancy of those, they did not get back to us. >> you bring up whether president trump is getting played. we saw the rex tillerson transcripts overnight. the former secretary of state saying that president trump wasn't prepared for his meetings with vladimir putin the same way vladimir putin was. that's what we see in public, that photo right there. what goes on behind closed doors is -- >> is just as concerning if not more so according to rex tillerson and others. >> yeah. one other thing we want to look at this morning, jim. we saw an image of pr

u.s. special envoy to iran is heading to the gulf region brian hook will hold meetings in several countries including saudi arabia the united arab emirates and kuwait he'll share intelligence on perceived threats from iran the u.s. government's already announced it's sending an extra $1000.00 troops to the middle east president trump and secretary pump aoe have expressed very clearly our willingness to negotiate with iran when the time is right no one should be uncertain about our desire for peace or our readiness to normalize relations should we reach a comprehensive deal we have put the possibility of a much brighter future on the table for the iranian people well earlier we spoke to hillary mann leverett she's a former white house national security official and she says don't trump appears convinced his tough line on iran could yield positive results. president trump from from the very beginning from when he campaigned in 2016 has had 2 messages about iran one is that he thought that the deal that obama struck was terrible not because the deal itself was so bad but president obama really was so bad and that he trump was so such a great deal maker he could make such a bi

u.s. intelligence findings that russia and to fear in the 2016 presidential election diplomatic editor james bass has more from osaka. there are many key issues that these 2 countries differ on and certainly if you were to speak privately to military commanders in the u.s. they say they are deeply concerned about russia. right russia's threats in ukraine russia's involvement in syria russia trying to pull out of some or certainly with the u.s. to to separate from some of the treaties that have been governing nuclear relations with the 2 it is a tense time but not a tense relationship it seems between the 2 leaders not a lot of illuminating comments coming from either of them with the reporters in the room we will get our headphones on listen very very carefully try and transcribe what was said there try and find if there are really no gates in it but what is going to happen now is going to be behind closed doors and if we look at the previous meetings between these 2 men it may well stay behind closed doors. the former u.s. secretary of state has described being kept in the dark about foreig

u.s. intelligence capabilities, particularly when it comes to russia. is some mystery about just exactly what the relationship is particularly personally between president trump and putin. so i think we can't confirm or deny, but it's certainly plausible, and i do know there is concern in the intelligence community about that. >> the president just tweeted a denial of "the times" story and also call for them to immediately release their source. he's previously denied ever watching much tv or our show, but do you buy that? >> that he doesn't watch tv? oh, yeah. >> he's calling for a denial from the "new york times." what do you think? and to release its sources. >> well, that gets into a real sensitive area with freedom of the press and all that, and i hope it doesn't come to that. because, again, assuming this is accurate, that for the sake of discussion, then someone convey that to the "new york times" who has concerns and wanted those concerns be known publicly. i will say, in defense of the administration, that they did publish a national cybersecuri

u.s. intelligence and will not hesitate to deal with threats to their personal interests. reporting live in washington, mona koes rav difficult, abc 7 news. >> mona, thank you. >>> an arizona family claims phoenix police officers used excessive force during a father and pregnant woman holding a baby. take a look at this video, it shows the officers profa profane commands. the police chief has apologized to the family and says an internal investigation is under way. >> the maker of rag gu is voluntarily recalling jars of pasta sauces because it could contain pieces of plastic. missizkan says it recalled the products out of an abundance of caution. >> reese foods is recalling more than 246,000 pounds of elmont ray breakfast wraps. the recall affects the eight-back size of the egg, potato, bacon and cheese wraps with a best buy by january 17 and 18. the rare blue lobster is now headed to a forever home. a cape cod restaurant posted a photo of the blue beauty last night. the restaurant displayed the lobster for a few days. the restaurant finally decided the blue lobster will l

u.s. intelligence. anna coren there in seoul. we should note that just moments ago, the president's helicopter was wheels up from seoul on its way here to the dmz. that trip just about 20 minutes or so. the president should arrive in 15 minutes, and within the next hour perhaps we expect him to go to the border to meet face-to-face with kim jong un, the leader of north korea. we will of course bring that to you live as that happens. please stay with us. we'll be back after this short break. of a lifetime. it's "progressive on ice." everything you love about car insurance -- the discounts... the rate comparisons... and flo in a boat. ♪ insurance adventure awaits at "progressive on ice." tickets not available now or ever. at "progressive on ice." they're america's bpursuing life-changing cures. in a country that fosters innovation here, they find breakthroughs... like a way to fight cancer by arming a patient's own t-cells... because it's not just about the next breakthrough... it's all the ones after that. since my dvt blood clot

u.s. intelligence agencies that russia had interfered. but not the only time he did so. ounters questioning that assessment, seeming to go to the russian side as opposed to the side of the u.s. and i'll tell you another thing that struck me just in the last hour or so here is when the british prime minister, theresa may, when she met with the russian president she said in no uncertain terms there can be no normalization of relations between britain and russia while it continues its irresponsible and destabilizing activities which she cited including the example of misinformation. so why can the british prime minister say that in definitive terms but the u.s. prelz misses repeated chances to do so? it is noticeable, and also, john, just one more thing. it's not just the rhetoric because we know in terms of the time he's spent on this issue, just one cabinet level meeting on election security even as his intelligence advisers warning russia will interfere again in 2020. so it's the words but also the actions. >> matthew, there was also another dimension to that exchange. it

u.s. intelligence congress and the united nations say the kingdom was responsible for the murder of journalist. also notable during that photo op chinese president xi seeking out trump in the midst of their ongoing trade war to shake hands that gesture was apparently lost on trump despite she's defense of china's digital policies trump indirectly blame she's government for intellectual property theft and risks to 5 g. security at the same time as we expand digital trade we must also ensure the resilience and security of our 5 g. networks this is essential to our shared safety and prosperi. the process of data collection analysis and circulation east but we also need to respect our software as rights each nation. their differences foreshadow a potentially tense meeting between the leaders of the world's 2 largest economies on saturday and less hope for resolving the us china trade war but looming over all of this was trump's meeting with russian president vladimir putin their 1st since u.s. special counsel robert muller released his report detailing russian interference the 2016 u.s. election i

intelligence agency's assessment of interference in the election. he sits next to the russian president and makes a joke. >> we've never seen that in american history, a u.s. president side with an inemical force, that's what russia is, when it comes to the conbe text what they did in the election, over his intelligence people on the world stage. we've never seen anything like it. let's bring in max putin, ron brownstein. max, nobody expects this president to go heavy about russian interference because he thinks it's bad for him and he believes it's now a game of gotcha. he can't own it, he can't put his hands around it. but to treat it the way he just did, forget about what we think, forget about media perception or even political analysis. in terms of strategic thinking with a power like russia, what does that mean? >> well, once again, chris, i think that for somebody who thinks of himself as being very strong, donald trump actually comes across as very weak, very much as a supplicant to vladimir putin. donald trump is not showing any kind of strength. i would contrast to you the way he speaks to putin, the way right bunch he took off for osaka, the wa

u.s. special envoy to iran is heading to the gulf region brian hook will hold meetings in several countries including saudi arabia the united arab emirates and kuwait he'll share intelligence on perceived threats from iran the u.s. government's already announced it's sending an extra $1000.00 troops to the middle east. venezuela's opposition leader is under growing scrutiny that some of his envoys on the colombian border facing corruption allegations they were accused of stealing funds meant to help military defectors living in colombia and asunder m.p.'s he reports from cocoa tongue in the venezuelan border but more than $1400.00 members of venezuela's armed forces have fled to colombia this year. heeding the call of opposition leader. to turn their backs on president nicolas maduro. at the time why dog praise their decision is now way those representatives are being accused of stealing funds intended to help them from crack as why they are called for an investigation. we will not allow any mismanagement to tarnish what has been if it have all been aswat loads that's why we immediately sent the information gathered by my ambassador to colombia as attorney general's office

u.s. intelligence, the president sews more confusion saying, and i'm quoting now, that's not what i meant, it's what i said. so what does he mean? >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news. the house oversight committee has just voted to hold the attorney general, william barr, and the commerce secretary, wilbur ross, in contempt for not complying with subpoenas. that follows president trump's assertion of executive privilege, refusing to let congress see the materials related to the addition of his citizenship question to the 2020 census. the president digging in his heels, saying it's totally ridiculous to have a census without asking about citizenship. also breaking, donald trump jr. appears again before the senate intelligence committee, but says afterward there was nothing to change from his previous testimony, adding that he's not concerned at all about perjury. we're also just now getting new confirmation from a congressional source that former white house aide hope hicks will testify behind closed doors next week before the house judiciary committ comm

u.s. sources claim groups backed by iran operating in southern iraq are responsible. houthis have the been thought to have been behind the attack. iraqi intelligencencies and air force confirmed the drones were not launched from iraq. we are joined live now from washington. a denial from the iraqi government. tell us what the u.s. is saying what happened, and also iran's response. >> despite the outright denial insists thise u.s. is the latest provocation by iran against the u.s. it increases this escalation that has been going on. asked the prime minister of iraq to ensure iraq is not used as a new staging ground against the u.s. , theu just mentioned there said prime minister has this absolutely did not happen. here are the words he used. reports,s of the u.s. our intelligence agencies and the reports of iraqi air force command have reported that none of this has happened. it is important to know that iraq and iran have grown closer together since they were bitter enemies and engaged in a war in the 1980's, but what this clarifies is that despite the close relationship the u.s. has had with iraq since the invasion in 2003, the iraqi government s

u.s. intelligence congress and the united nations say the kingdom was responsible for the murder of journalist. also notable during that photo op chinese president xi seeking out trump in the midst of their ongoing trade war to shake hands that gesture was apparently lost on trump despite she's defense of china's digital policies trump indirectly blame she's government for intellectual property theft and risks to 5 g. security at the same time as we expand digital trade we must also ensure the resilience and security of our 5 g. networks this is essential to our shared safety and prosperity. the process of data collection analysis and circulation east but we also need to respect the solvers rights of each nation. their differences foreshadow a potentially tense meeting between the leaders of the world's 2 largest economies on saturday and less hope for resolving the us china trade war but looming over all of this was trump's meeting with russian president vladimir putin their 1st since u.s. special counsel robert muller released his report detailing russian interference the 2016 u.s. election

u.s. intelligence agencies the department of defense state others who are going to be hopping upset about this very concerned and want it stopped but with the president and his nephew stop them. time for a short break here now just when we come back as a new report finds public confidence in the media is falling find out to your friends believe is to blame plus. i'm. in iraq. occupation create heat decent cook county to. buy algorithm an exhibition of images produced by the world's 1st humanoid artist more or less stay with us. the web sponsored by cattle and ways. hello again and welcome back well we are seeing some clouds and some rain here develop across much of the eastern med and into the middle east over the next few days there's that line of clouds right there making its way on shore so as we go from thursday and into friday notice that we do particular some overnight showers across much of the area also into parts of eastern turkey where that will remain as we go into friday as well baghdad though clouds in your forecast as we go towards friday with the temperature about $44.00 de

u.s. intelligence. who are they trying to make the case to? edwho do they o convince most?bara: i think there's another aspect to this, which is that wany countries in europe and elsewhere don' to give the united states any justification for military action. if say sayhat the evidence is ambiguous, that they need to be convinced, we need mme to investigate this information, i think that is a way to deescalate the situation. jane: both sides, the u.s. and iran, y they don't want a kind of military confrontation, but how close do you think they are? barbara: the president of the united states says he does not want military combination, but there are other voicesn his ministration who have been advocating what they call limited strikes on iran. i'm thinking of senator tom, cottr one. john bolton has talked for a long time about wanting to bomb iran, the national security advisor. i think it is very, very delicate subjectand there is no such thing as a surgical strike when it comes to iran. this could lead to a wider war. jane: what does this mean for the nuclear dealf iran doe

u.s. intelligence that russia has tried to hack into key american targets. and according to the "times," some in the administration nt russia to be on notice. >> lana, thank you. >>> and we move to the severe weather threat stretching from texas to the northeast. 40 million in the storm zone. at least 17 reported tornadoes and damaging winds in the past 24 hours. one of them destroying this church in indiana. torrential rain and flash flooding as well. diane macedo with the images tonight. >> reporter: tonight, dangerous weatr is slamming texas to the midatlantic with at least 17 reported tornadoes in the past 24 hours. >> we've seen the tornado start forming, and a roof flew off one of the houses. >> reporter: four of the twisters confirmed in central indiana. >> there's debris everywhere in the air. >> reporter: the storms knocked over semi trailers. as an ef-1 tore through with winds up to 100 miles an hour. drone video showing warehouses torn apart. this group seeking shelter in the freezer of a restaurant. >> we saw the trees coming down, they told us t