u.s. senate intelligence committee on tuesday arrived on capitol hill to give his evidence behind closed doors with his public testimony due to start on wednesday kerr is expected to tell lawmakers what he knows about trump's contact with russia in the lead up to the presidential election as well as revealing details about how money given to a former adult film actress known as stormy daniels she had her tanzi has more from washington. or getting a lot of leaks already now from those who claim to have seen michael cohen's testimony or claim to be close to michael cohen that he will document the quote lies racism and cheating of donald trump with a personal behind the scenes anecdotes of trump and his conduct how donald trump inflated his wealth his net worth in order to get onto the forbes richest list and deflated his wealth with all of the pay as little tax as possible and also how donald trump directed michael cohen who was his long time lawyer to make those payments to the two women during the presidential campaign who had claimed to have an affair with donald trump the hush money payments

u.s. senate intelligence committee is public testimony is due to start on wednesday cohen is expected to say what he knows about trans contact with russia in the lead up to the presidential election argyria is reading party says unofficial results show that president mohammad hugo howry has won the election with votes counted across half the country's president who are relieved by two million enough to avoid a runoff under election rules jarius main opposition party has accused the ruling party of trying to rig the polls india has launched air strikes close to the border of pakistan and pakistan administered kashmir saying they've killed fighters from jaish e mohammed the armed separatist group behind the attack on security forces in indian administered kashmir two weeks ago iranian president hassan rouhani has held back from accepting the resignation of his foreign minister. zarif made the shock announcement on instagram apologizing for any shortcomings during his service and ally has suggested his decision was motivated by criticism of the nuclear deal he helped to negotiate in twenty fift

u.s. senate intelligence committee is public testimony is due to start on wednesday cohen is expected to say that what he knows about trumps contact with russia in the lead up to the presidential election there's that unsettled more news in just under half an hour's time coming next rewind returns to kosovo ten years after independence thanks very much indeed for watching us from iowa. the that. the the. that the air. hello welcome again to rewind i'm fully back to bill since al jazeera english launched more than a decade ago with built up an incredible library of award winning films here on rewind where revisiting some of the best of them and finding out what's happened since ten years ago kosovo sandwiched between serbia and albania on the balkan peninsula declared itself independent and independence held the promise of a new beginning after a bloody war had ravaged the country at the end of the one nine hundred ninety s. in the months following the emergence of this new nation al-jazeera correspondent bonamy phillips traveled to the village of barrack of all where ethnic said he and sold

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u.s. senate intelligence committee officially admits that there is no direct evidence donald trump colluded with russia in the twenty sixteen presidential race that after an exhaustive two year probe into the matter. well i'm not sure how to. search for no factual evidence because. the two year probe got parts of the media very excited expecting it would find a smoking gun. the walls to feel like they're closing in on the trip administration right now and i'm not sure they can hold them off for much longer the walls are closing in and everyone is freaking out the walls are closing the wheels are coming off. the walls are closing in on president trump the walls are closing it with trump on the walls are closing in on the trump white house. all of the walls are closing in at this point the walls are closing in fast after two years two hundred witnesses and three hundred thousand documents if we were to report based upon the facts that we have that we don't have anything that would suggest there was collusion between the trim campaign and russia democrats have now confirmed this to n.b.c. on c

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u.s. senate intelligence committee members want to talk to an american business man based in moscow whosecades. cnn europe editor, nina desantos has details. nina is joining us live. this is part of an effort top determine if the russians have compromising material on the president? >> yes, both from a personal and business perspective, as well, according to multiple witnesses who i've spoken tour under the condition of anonymity, wolf. and also according to testimony that i have seen that has been submitted to this committee, saying that the senate intelligence committee should speak to this individual, an individual, though, who remains in moscow at the moment and has been thus far unable to help them or unwilling to help them with their inquiries. >> reporter: the senate intelligence committee wants to talk to this man, an american who once escorted donald trump around moscow, to see if he can confirm claims that russia has embarrassing material on the president, according to multiple sources. david has been based in the russian capital for almost three decades, at one point taking thi

u.s. senate intelligence committee on tuesday current arrived on capitol hill to give his evidence behind closed doors with his public testimony do just start on wednesday cohen is expected to tell lawmakers what he knows about trump's contact with russia in the lead up to the presidential election as well as revealing details about how she's money given to a former adult film actress known as stormy daniels she has her times he has more from washington. or getting a lot of leaks already now from those who claim to have seen michael cohen's testimony will claim to be close to michael that he will document the quote lies racism and donald trump with a personal behind the scenes anecdotes of trump and his conduct how donald trump inflated his wealth his net worth in order to get onto the forbes richest list and deflated his wealth with all of the pay as little tax as possible i'd also how donald trump directed michael cohen who was his long time lawyer to make those payments to the two women who during the presidential campaign could claim to have an affair with donald trump the hush money

u.s. intelligence chiefs only last month they told a senate intelligence committee that i saw remained a major threat was capable of attacking the united states here the president is saying that a formal announcement about the defeat of eisel could be as soon as next week the said odds with his own intelligence chiefs and might presumably as you say victory over eisel territory doesn't necessarily mean victory over i still what does the defense community have to say about all this. well they've been very clear indeed that i saw remains as i said a formidable organization that it will take a long period of time to completely eradicate them if that can ever be achieved at all now it's interesting to note as well that the u.s. representative to the global coalition the previous one the u.s. envoy good he resigned along with the defense secretary at the time that president trump withdrew those soldiers from syria without consulting the people most directly concerned now just days before his resignation breath mcgurk gave a speech in which he said that it would take years to completely dismantle i

u.s. intelligence chiefs at dogs with that of their president their opinion given to the senate intelligence committee last month i saw remains a formidable organization and is still capable of attacking the united states mike hanna al jazeera washington one iraqi city which was under the control of iceland for a long time as my.

u.s. intelligence chiefs at dogs with that of their president their opinion given to the senate intelligence committee last month i saw remains a formidable organization and is still capable of attacking the united states mike hanna al-jazeera washington on iraq a city which was under the control of myself for a long time is mosul it was taken over by the armed group and two thousand and fourteen they were driven out three years later but the fight between isilon iraqi forces left large parts of the city in ruins matheson has more from baghdad. the iraqi government is very concerned that these comments by donald trump might be the precursor to the same sort of pullout that he's talking about from syria and the government doesn't want that but it's in a kind of cleft stick here is why there's a large section of the iraqi parliament which has ties and links to iran and makes no secret of the fact and iran does not want to see american troops or foreign troops on the ground on its doorstep in iraq as well there's a large block led by. the leading shia cleric who's describing himself as a nationalist he d

u.s. intelligence chiefs at dogs with that of the president their opinion given to the senate intelligence committee last month i saw remains a formidable organization and is still capable of attacking the united states my kind of al-jazeera washington one iraqi city which was under the control of eisel for a long time as mosul it was taken over by the armed group in two thousand and fourteen they were in terminal three years later but the fight between eisel and iraqi forces left large parts of the city and ruins matheson has more from baghdad. the iraqi government is very concerned that these comments by donald trump might be the precursor to the same sort of pullout that he's talking about from syria and the government doesn't want that but it's in a kind of cleft stick here is why there's a large section of the iraqi parliament which has ties and links to iran and makes no secret of the fact and iran does not want to see american troops or foreign troops on the ground on its doorstep in iraq as well there's a large block led by. the leading shia cleric who's describing himself as a nationalist h

u.s. intelligence chiefs at odds with that of their president their opinion given to the senate intelligence committee last month i saw remains a formidable organization and is still capable of attacking the united states mike hanna al jazeera washington one iraqi city which was under the control of ice will for a long time is mosul it was taken over by the armed group in twenty fourteen they were driven out three years later but the fight between eisel and iraqi forces left large parts of the city in ruins al-jazeera as well matheson reports from baghdad. the iraqi government is very concerned that these comments by donald trump might be the precursor to the same sort of pullout that he's talking about from syria and the government doesn't want that but it's in a kind of cleft stick here is why there's a large section of the iraqi parliament which has ties and links to iran and makes no secret of the fact and iran does not want to see american troops or foreign troops on the ground on its doorstep in iraq as well there's a large block led by. the leading shia cleric who's describing himself as a nati

u.s. intelligence chiefs at dogs with that of their president their opinion given to the senate intelligence committee last month i still remains a formidable organization and is still capable of attacking the united states mike hanna al jazeera washington or one iraqi city that was under the control of iceland for a long time is mosul it was taken over by the armed group in two thousand and fourteen they were driven out three years later but the fight between i saw an iraqi forces left large parts of the city in ruins let's go live to baghdad i was in a restaurant matheson joins us now rob how do people there in iraq feel about any announcement of the imminent defeat of isis. well we should remember that back in twenty seven seeing the then iraqi prime minister high that a lot body said that i still had been defeated in iraq that was after the retaking of mosul by the iraqi military most of the being held by i saw it for about three years but in the months immediately after that announcement was made there was a significant uptick in the number of sporadic attacks that happened around deisel that wer

u.s. presidential campaign the admission came from the senate intelligence committee's tell person. well i'm not sure how to make sure of and i've said it before we have no factual evidence of collusion between the campaign right and circle trump russia investigation has drawn valse attention from the media which expected to find a smoking gun but the walls feel like they're closing in on the trumpet ministration right now and i'm not sure that they can hold them off for much longer the walls are closing in and everyone is freaking out the walls. the wheels are coming off. the walls are closing in on president trump the walls are closing it with trump on the walls are closing in on the trump white house. all of the walls are closing in at this point the walls are closing in fast after two years two hundred witnesses and three hundred thousand documents if we were to report based upon the facts that we have that we don't have anything that would suggest there was collusion between the trim campaign and russia democrats have now confirmed this to n.b.c. on conditions of anonymity send

u.s. intelligence chiefs of dogs with that of the president their opinion given to the senate intelligence committee last month i saw remains a formidable organization and is still capable of attacking the united states by kind of al-jazeera washington. one iraqi city which was under the control of beisel for a long time as mosul it was taken over by the armed group in two thousand and fourteen they were training now three years later but the fight between isilon iraqi forces left large parts of that city in ruins matheson joins me live now from baghdad so rob how do people they are faile about this announcement this imminent announcement this claim from donald trump that isis been defeat it. well i think they're very concerned about it richelle and i think we do you know we heard the iraqi foreign minister in mike's package there saying that it's very important that foreign troops should stay in iraq in order to be able to help the iraqi military counter the remnants of i saw in the country because attacks are still going on according to the government it was back in twenty seventeen though when th

u.s. intelligence chiefs at odds with that of their president their opinion given to the senate intelligence committee last month i saw remains a formidable organization and is still capable of attacking the united states mike hanna al jazeera washington iran has accused the us of supporting what he calls dictators butchers and extremists who brought rule into the middle east for mr mohammed jevons relief was responding to donald trump's criticism of iran during his state of the union address in that speech the us president promised to contain iranian influence. my administration has acted decisively to confront the world's leading state sponsor of terror the radical regime in iran it is a radical regime they do bad bad things to ensure this corrupt. dictatorship never acquires nuclear weapons i withdrew the united states from the disastrous iran nuclear deal with i for we put in place the toughest sanctions ever imposed by us on a country we will not overt our eyes from a regime that chants death to america and threatens genocide against the jewish people and the united nations has warned against usi

u.s. intelligence chiefs of dogs with that of the president their opinion given to the senate intelligence committee last month i saw remains a formidable organization and is still capable of attacking the united states mike hanna al-jazeera washington venezuela's president sesay supports dialogue and the ongoing political and humanitarian crisis. scenting that is ready to take part in any process that will lead to national agreements comes ahead of the meeting in europe wide by a newly formed international group that aims to resolve the crisis. i ratify the support of the full state of the multi videos mechanism integrated by the government of mexico fourteen countries of the caribbean and i believe you are proposing. participate in the process of sovereign post you look for national agenda off agreements peace and understanding. britain's prime minister and brussels to urge a later strict set of changes to their barracks at agreement the main sticking point is how to keep open the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. rescue teams and turkey have all thirteen survivors from

u.s. intelligence chiefs at dogs with that of their president their opinion given to the senate intelligence committee last month i saw remains a formidable organization and is still capable of attacking the united states. mike hanna al jazeera washington sami nada is the director of the levant institute for strategic affairs and says the threat of ice was far from over. i think isis should be defeated not only by militarily means this is true it should there are. means to be put in place to stop countries or the source of financing for financing for such military or organization but primarily i think this is a long term strategy that has to do with peace it has to start with proper education and profoundly forms in the society that that the emergence of and starting in starting full political participation namely of the sunni community in iraq and syria now who are the. political system in place in syria and iraq is it ensuring full participation of all the component. of that iraqi and syrian society and afford it but the stipulation of all the components in the power sharing system this is the quest

testimony for the director of national intelligence, dan coats in january he told the senate intelligence committee the u.s. has seen activity from north korea and it is inconsistent with foodfold denuclearization. we hope the senator will execute a serious diplomatic plan which would include a sequence process to verifiably wall back nuclear programs in contention with continued appropriate sanctions and other pressure. here is a little bit more of reaction from lawmakers on capitol hill. >> there should be a roadmap which is put in place to ensure that no concessions made by the united states for example, in the thing sanctions occurs without verifiable evidence that kim is complying step-by-step. >> we have a go now. give up your nukes, we will provide you the security need and help you become more prosperous. if trump wants to adjust what he said before, to take some of the pressure off now to get them to move at a faster pace, i am all with him. >> system is expected to last two days. eric? eric: you have more with jim walsh later on in the hour. thank you. arthel: president trump 's legal team bracin

u.s. intelligence chiefs at dogs with that of their president their opinion given to the senate intelligence committee last month i saw remains a formidable organization and is still capable of attacking the united states mike hanna al-jazeera washington a united nations humanitarian aid convoy has arrived at a remote refugee camp on the border with jordan it is the largest ever to reach rock band camp since the start of syria's war more than one hundred trucks for food and medical supplies to thousands of syrians stranded in the camps the united nations has warned against using aid as a political pawn in venezuela u.s. officials say trucks carrying supplies bound for venezuela have arrived in colombia opposition leader why don't request of the eight amnesty international has accused the united arab emirates of supplying weapons to armed groups in yemen it says the u.a.e. diverts billions of dollars worth of weapons after buying them from the west many of the groups they supply have been accused of war crimes supporters of breaks it have reacted angrily to remarks by one of the e.u.'s top politicians

u.s. elections this one stated reason behind the bell yet it comes as the head of the us senate intelligence committee officially admits that there's no direct evidence donald trump colluded with russia in the twenty sixteen presidential race that's after an exhaustive two year prayed into the matter. well i'm not sure how to make sure that i said it before we have no factual evidence of collusion between the computer and wrote. it in your private parts of the media very excited expecting it would find a smoking gun. feel like they're closing in on the truth administration right now and i'm not sure they can hold them off for much longer the walls are closing in and everyone is freaking out the walls are closing the wheels are coming off. the walls are closing in on president trump the walls are closing it with trump on the walls are closing in on the trump white house. all of the walls are closing in at this point the walls are closing in fast after two years two hundred witnesses and three hundred thousand documents if we were to report based upon the facts that we have then we don't have anything t

u.s. says intelligence chiefs they made very clear to the senate intelligence committee last month that they believe that i saw remained a major threat and would for a period of time and that it was able still to attack the united states or its allies should that wish to this very much at odds with the opinion of president trump this no doubt noticed by those at the global forum in the course of the day and mike where are we now with the u.s. troop withdrawal from syria president trying to initially wanted it done in fact he day is then well well beyond that. well years since that initial unilateral statement was yes let's give it thirty days since then he's tempted to down to a reasonable period of time this is something that's also been said by his secretary of state and his military leaders now quite clearly at the time that president trump made that announcement it came as a complete surprise to his military chiefs and in fact is secretary of defense resigned immediately because of that decision the reason for the military concern about this was that it's a very complicated and complex s

u.s. president's former personal lawyer sesa firing to congress about donald trump's contacts with russia and his alleged criminal conduct. the senate intelligence committee behind closed doors is said to serve time in prison for lying to the committee and twenty seventeen on wednesday he'll be giving public testimony on sensitive and potentially explosive topics. survivors of the september eleventh attacks in new york have taken saudi arabia to court along with the families of victims excuse a saudi government of helping the hijackers launch the two thousand and one attacks christenson know me as more. they came to court to demand the saudi government cough up more information specific documents that survivors of the attacks of september eleventh two thousand and one believe will shed new light on the hijackers responsible for the deaths of nearly three thousand people fifteen of the nineteen were saudi citizens filed a lawsuit because beyond wanting justice for the murder of our loved ones who want the truth that we want the truth to be told to the world we want everyone to understand the role that the saudis played in financing in aiding abetting the n

u.s. and united nations, rolling back sanctions would still need the approval of congress. >>> michael cohen criminal conduct. today cohen is testifying before the senate intelligence committee in a closed door session. committee wants to know why cohen mislead congress back in 2017 about president trump's plans to build a moscow tower in 2016, also did someone tell him to lie and were there other business deals and who were his key business partners. cohen has been convicted for campaign finance violations and for tax evasion. >>> right now democrats are trying to roll back the president's national emergency declaration that could syphon billions of dollars in military funding to truct a rder wa in 2 hours the house is expected to pass a resolution blocking president trump's declaration. now gop lawmakers are urging their colleagues in the senate to vote against it. >>> ultimately you continue to see problems arise at the border, and for nancy pelosi to say that this is not a crisis is completely denying the reality of what's happening at our border. >> the resolution will then be sent to the senate, if it passes in the house so far 3 republican senators say they will suppo

senators on the intelligence committee. and that's of course the first of three consecutive days of testimony. cohen arriving at a secure facility inside the u.s. senate before 9:00 a.m. you see him there, walking in, escorted by lanny davis, his adviser and lawyer you've seen on this show among others. he was facing we're told skeptical lawmakers, particularly since this is the very committee he now confesses he lied to in 2017. >> that's what it looks like when a senator doesn't want to answer questions but can't help himself and answers at least one. michael cohen's private testimony has been focused on russia. that's part of why it is private today. on how long he worked on the trump tower moscow project, whether the russians had leverage over then citizen, now president trump. cohen won't talk about russia probe lines of inquiry in public tomorrow. we can report a source telling nbc there will be other significant political and legal bomb shells. cohen ready to share, quote, anecdotes on trump's lies, racism and cheating as a private businessman, which he saw up close in the decade he worked for mr. trump. evidence of electriccriminal cod

u.s. senate. and after nine-plus hours of testimony, michael cohen has wrapped up his testimony before the intelligence committeethis was the first leg of what will be ea three-day marathon of hearings for the president's former lawyer. one of which will be broadcast live beginning tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. here was cohen leaving today's hearings moments ago. >> at this point in time i really appreciate the opportunity that was given to me to clear the record and tell the truth. i look forward tomorrow to have my voice tell the american people my story and i'm going to threat american people decide exactly who is telling the truth. i want to thank you agon for sticking around. have a good night. >> cohen's team is promising revelations in his testimony. this is what you call split-screened coverage. at the very moment cohen was arriving on capitol hill, trump was touching down in vietnam for his high-stakes summit with kim jong-un. potentially high reaching consequences for trump's presidency. on the eve of his crucial meeting quote the expectation is that trump will stay up overnight in hanoi

u.s. attorney for the district of arizona. still to come, nbc news reporting that the senate intelligence committee found no direct evidence of experience between the trump campaign and russia. what this could tell us about the special counsel's investigation into the trump campaign and to get the city closer to its goal of 100% renewable energy and improved air quality, los angeles's mayor abandons the plan to invest billions in natural gas. mayor eric garcetti joins me next. mayor eric garcetti joins e next with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, you never know how your skin will look. and it can feel like no matter what you do, you're always itching. but even though you see and feel eczema on your skin, an overly sensitive immune system deep within your skin could be the cause. so help heal your skin from within. with dupixent. dupixent is not a steroid, and it continuously treats your eczema even when you can't see it. at 16 weeks, more than 1 in 3 patients saw clear or almost clear skin, and patients saw a significant reduction in itch. do not use if you are allergic to dupixent. serious allerg

u.s. congress if the president broke the law while in office cohen's evidence will be given behind closed doors to the senate intelligence committee is expected to reveal what he claims to know about trump's contacts with russia and other sensitive topics related to the president his public testimony is due to begin on wednesday protesters in sudan's capital khartoum are defying a government ban on protests issued on monday hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets demanding president omar bashir and his city able to share impose a year long state of emergency on friday daily protests have been held across the country since december people are angry over the high price of basic goods the head of the norwegian refugee council has called up what he calls the hypocrisy of yemen's biggest aid donors who say he says fueling the conflict there yannick agnel and was speaking at a donors conference in geneva where two point six billion dollars was pledged meanwhile the u.n. chief antonio terry says u.n. teams have arrived at food storage depots in the port city of her data for the first time in six months they're going to try to

u.s. and its allies the future not only of the two countries is uncertain but the international trade as well. stay with the latest updates and. the bipartisan senate intelligence committee shocked a liberal media when it needed there was no evidence of so-called collusion between the trump world and russia so what have the last two years been all about and what is the damage left behind when russia gate fades from a new site. sophie shevardnadze talk of u.f.o.'s havering in the skies have been exciting researchers and the general public for decades are being watched from a ball fine are we ready for encountering the unknown i ask dr steven greer director of the center for his study of extraterrestrial intelligence and the disclosure project. it's quite likely that humanity is not alone in the infinite universe but somewhere along the myriad planets there is another full of life from some day we may meet those who live there but has already been and gone what are the chances that they are among us no one else in the world found out. dr steven greer director of the center for the study of extraterrestrial intelligence welcome to the show great to have you with us seductio

u.s. president's former personal lawyer is testifying to congress about donald trump's contacts with russia and his alleged criminal conduct michael cohen met the senate intelligence committee behind closed doors he said to serve time in prison for lying to the committee and twenty seventeen on wednesday he'll be giving public testimony on sensitive and potentially explosive topics britain's prime minister has offered part of the chance to decide whether to delay brix it or go for a potentially disastrous no deal departure from the european union his how her latest plan is expected to pay out to reason may will push the existing e.u. withdrawal agreement to a second parliamentary vote by march twelfth m.p.'s decisively rejected it and january if it's vetoed again then parliament will be asked if the u.k. should depart with no deal and if they turn that option down then a vote will be held on march fourteenth on delaying the departure date which is currently march twenty ninth. ultimately the choices we face would remain changed leave with a deal leave with no deal or have no bricks it so when it comes to that motion tomorrow the house needs to come together as we did on the

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u.s. citizen who since 2014 also has had a russian passport. he's someone who's lived in russia for 13 years. the senate intelligence committeecorted donald trump around moskow to see if he can confirm claims that russia has embarrassing material on the president, according to multiple sources. david geovanis has been based in the russian capital for almost three decades. at one point taking this picture in front of a joseph stalin portrait surrounded by scantily clad women. sources saying he's known donald trump since the 1960s. >> it's been the best business year of my life. >> reporter: this russian news report from the time emerged a month ago. it shows geovanis looking on as trump meet with moskow's deputy mayor. according to "the new york times," donald trump, jr. called lorber after his now infamous trump tower meeting. he did not respond to requests for comment. the 1996 trip was part of a long held plan to explore building a trump tower in moskow. geovanis also has close ties to another figure of interest in investigations, oleg deripaska whose ties to trump's former campaign chief, paul manafort has been scrutinized

u.s. senate. a serious question. i think an important point that andrew mccabe did brief the gang of 8, leaders on both sides of the intelligence committeeembers of the house and senate. obviously they can respond and say, yes, the briefing took place, no, it didn't or i objected or, no, i didn't. that's an important part of the story. the fbi had reason to believe there was something to investigate. they didn't reach conclusions. but that's their job is to protect the country from threats, particularly counterespionage threats. the fact that congress was briefed is an important part of the story. they weren't trying to do something subrosa, behind anybody's back or a secret coup. i'm sure you'll have interviews with mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, richard burr, the various people who were in the briefing. >> you used the word coup which is a word some of the president's allies are using. the president used the word treason for the actions of andrew mccabe opening up the counter-intelligence investigation. is that how you see it? >> no, sir. that's a misuse of the term. the president is confusing himself with the united states of america. it

u.s. troops from syria and afghanistan. with me this morning, independent senator angus king of maine. he serves in the intelligence and the armed services committeet's begin on syria. the president chose not to repeat his false claim that isis had been defeated in syria. he did say, look, our soldiers deserve to come home. essentially, this has gone on long enough. does it encourage you that he didn't repeat the false statement, that he's listening to his generals? or are you concerned at the overarching message. >> he didn't repeat it which is a good thing. on the other hand, the problem is, as we heard testimony just yesterday in the armed services committee, there are between 20,000 and 30,000 members of isis. about 15,000 in syria and iraq. so clearly there is a threat there. what worried me, two things worried me about his decision on syria. one was the process. as we learned yesterday in the armed services committee, he didn't even consult the general on the ground. >> for anyone who missed it, let's play that. this is the exchange between you and the general. >> general, were you aware of the president's intention to order the withdrawal o

u.s. special envoy. in qatar. in the united states the president's former personal lawyer is testifying to congress about donald trump's contacts with russia and his alleged criminal conduct by cohen met the senate intelligence committee behind closed doors is said to serve time in prison for lying to the committee and twenty seventeen on wednesday he'll be giving public testimony on sensitive and potentially explosive topics the heads of seven top pharmaceutical companies in the u.s. have been to do more to lower drug prices for consumers the industry leaders were testifying before a senate finance committee on the rising cost of medicines it's expected to be a major issue in the two thousand and twenty presidential election campaign from washington alan fischer reports. the unusual public hearing after the drug companies asked for it to be in private is a saying america's congress is running out of patience over the price of drugs we here in congress search woring legislative options to determine companies to deter companies from engaging in these practices a key drug braces high for patients. today we expect open honest answers each of the company bosses submitted statements to the committee one said the companies

senate intelligence committee doing back channels with russian agents representatives. and we have not even had a question asked, what is the role of british intelligence with u.s.ligence and national security, whether in the fbi or cia. we don't even know was going on and it's been years now. >> yes, senator burr has been a two-year investigation saying there is no proof of collusion. we robert mueller continuing to widen the investigation to justify the existence. lou: let me ask you this can we do something concrete?how about you, how about the republican congress other republicans in the senate demanding that the nsa turn over the peter strzok and lisa paige text? turn over the laptop and the telephones, the cell phones that went missing, amazingly. that they could not find them, did not ask for them for six months. i mean, we are watching what is clearly one of the dumbest coverups i've ever seen. and people are acting or going about their business as if this was as normal as it could be. this is a cover-up by a corrupt fbi and a corrupt department of justice. >> well, is absolutely crazy. and yes, lou, you can anticipate the ranking member and others on th