washington has also repeatedly emphasized that these demands well be enforced strictly now william president trump out of the negotiations with the chinese as going on very well how's that assessment on these talks from the chinese side. experts predict that the u.s. is still having the upper hand in the ongoing training because the china's sluggish economy and the rising unemployment rate are putting a lot of pressure on beijing they predict that if both sides cannot find a solution to end the trade war china's economy could eventually collapse. there's only twenty four days left on the hill the truce between the trade between the u.s. and china is to run out and tariffs are to spike again how nervous are businesses in china as time is ticking away there have been reports about chinese factories temporary suspending their operations because they're trying to assess the impact of the trade war on their businesses however experts that i talked to earlier today predict that both sides aren't likely to extend the deadline of the trade truce so they can continue to negotiate and find reach consensus o

william barr, officially sworn in today, now officially overseeing mueller. and it comes amid explosive new claims in the russia investigation. the former acting director of dealings with president trump in the days after the firing of james comey. let's get late details on all this from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: the day after president trump fired fbi director james comey, the man who took over as acting fbi director, andrew mccabe, opened an investigation into whether it amounted to obstruction of justice. that's according to mccabe's new book "the threat," coming out next week. excerpts are now appearing. he tells "60 minutes" he wanted to be sure any investigations involving the president would keep going no matter what. >> i was very concerned that i was able to put the russia case on absolutely solid ground in an indelible fashion, that were i removed quickly or reassigned or fired, that the case could not be closed or vanish in the night without a trace. >> reporter: mccabe says the president deliberately lies to get what he wants and could never pass a lie detector test at the fbi's training center. if he were on the box at quantico, he would break

president trump was asked on friday if he has spoken with attorney general william barr about the probe. president trump: i have>> not. o you expect to? president trump: at some point'i guess be talking about it but there was no collusion, no obstruction, no anything. so that's the nice participate. there was no phone calls, no nothing.kn you why i won the railings? because i was better candidate than she was and she -- it had nothing to do with russia. roibroism joining me tonight, mark mazzetti from the "new york times, amna nawaz of the pbs newshour,olly ball of the-time magazine and phillip rucker of the washingtont. p mark, you've been following this. where does it stand, what do we know about when it will come out or held to the department of zuffs mark: as usual we don'tkn exactly and any prediction about when exactly the mueller report will end would be foolish but it does for the first time feel that we're in an end game here, that mueller will deliver a report sometime in the coming weeks, a lot of people haveed repo that, and he's wrapping up his work. robert what gives gnaw

. >>> in washington the senate judiciary committee is voting today on william barr, president trump's nominee for attorney general. if the committee approves, as expected, his confirmation will go to the full senate next week. if he is confirmed he would replace jeff sessions, who was forced out of office last november. he previously served as attorney general under president george h.w. bush. >>> the jury at the trial of drug lords el chapo starts day for deliberations from yesterday the jury sent a note to the judge asking to see transcripts of testimony of three prosecution witnesses who testified against guzman. guzman escaped jail twice in mexico, but was recaptured, sent to the united states in 2017 where he has been in solitary confinement. he is facing ten federal felony counts related to drug trafficking and if convicted he could get life in prison. >>> pg&e says it wants to expand the policy of turning off power to customers during extreme wildfire danger. the plan is part of a wildfire mitigation proposal submitted yesterday to the state public utilities commission. the uti

this comes as the senate is set to vote today on whether to confirm william barr, president trump's nominee to replace jeff sessions as attorney general. the federaral r reserve reportsa record 7 million americans are three months or more behind on their car payments, in a worrying sign for the u.s. economy. the rate of auto loan defaults is even higher than it was in 2010 when u.s. unemployment topped 10% at the height of the great recession. in argentina, tens of thousands marched through the capital buenos aires wednesday, blocking roads to protest high unemployment and austerity measures imposed by president mauricio macri, including cuts to public utility subsidies. the austerity measures have led to higher water and electricity bills. they come as argentina has submitted to a plan by the international monetary fund to end much of its fiscal deficit by the end of the year. this is argentine labor leader hugo godoy. >> our people do not want this agreement with the international monetary fund, which we want to repeal. we have bills and proposals for government policieies that incle the

williams has more. >> reporter: president trump tweeted that he'd instructed secretary of state mike pompeo not to allowoda muthana back into the country. the state department said muthana had no right to return because she, quote, is not a u.s. citizen. but muthana's family say she is an american citizen. they've given us a copy of what they claim is her birth certificate showing she was born in hackensack, new jersey, in 1994, and they say she held a u.s. passport. muthana even seems to have tweeted a photograph of it in 2014 claiming she was going to burn it. hasson shibley is the family's lawyer. >> at the end of the day, she's a u.s. citizen. whether americans make crimes or not, that doesn't deprive them of their citizenship. >> reporter: if she's been stripped of u.s. citizenship, it's apparently news to her family. >> she's literally trying to turn herself in to the u.s. government, to be held accountable to our laws, to pay any debts she may have for society. >> reporter: hoda muthana was studying business at the university of alabama in 2014 when she told her family she was going on a school t

i am jesse watters with jedediah bila, juan williams, greg gutfeld. president trumpmmit with kim jong un. the pair set to face up later. progress during the first sit down and optimistic north korea will eventually give up its nukes. >> i think we can have a very good summit. i think we'll have a very tremendous summit. we want the denuclearization and i think will have a country that

i am jesse watters with jedediah bila, juan williams, greg gutfeld. president trumpn his way to a second high-stakes summit with kim jong un. the pair set to face up later. progress during the first sit down and optimistic north korea will eventually give up its nukes. >> i think we can have a very good summit. i think we'll have a very tremendous summit. we want the denuclearization and i think will have a country that will set a lot of records for speed in terms of an economy. >> jesse: the mainstream media is already trashing trump and throwing cold water on any positive outcome from the talks. >> is this visit just for lack of a better word or romantic visit? >> to the president say that he loved kim jong un again? do they send each other -- >> it is so disturbing and dangerous. >> my word is that this negotiation, this summit may be a dud. >> he looking for good press. he felt like he got good press after the last one any figures in another photo op might do that. >> jesse: here's how you know how biased the mainstream media is. when he was tough on kim, he was

mueller's conclusion will land on the desk of president trump's new attorney general, william barr. what becomes of his findings, whether they're released to congress and then in some form, to the public, is still, though, an open question. one, though, that the president says is up to his, quote, tremendous new ag. >> mr. president, should the mueller report be released? >> that will be totally up to the new attorney general. he's a tremendous man, a tremendous person who really respects this country and respects the justice department, so that will be totally up to him. the new attorney general. >> if mueller's probe is wrapping up, there is the issue of what becomes of the multiple investigations that may still be active. for example, conservative author jerome corsi says he was told by mueller's team in november that he will be indicted. so where might that case lead? congress has sent transcripts to mueller to determine whether witnesses like donald trump jr. and eric prince may have lied during their congressional testimonies. like roger stone and michael cohen did. so do those

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whether to challenge donald trump for the party's presidential nomination and twenty twenty william weld is the first republican to announce an exploratory commission for president says that trump has served himself rather than the nation and is too unstable to carry out his duty. authorities in nigeria say that at least sixty six people have been killed in a wave of violence in the central state of could do in ahead of the country's presidential election they are thought to have been killed in clashes between christian farmers and fulani muslim herdsman the two groups have been competing for land and water for years the munich security conference has opened in southern germany amid concerns over expected u.s. withdrawals from syria and afghanistan it's three days of high stakes global debate and closed door meetings and the u.s. has sent its largest ever delegation the hosts germany is focused on cooperation at all levels but first and foremost on the european continent. he couldn't have made his point more clearly the head of the munich security conference will put proceedings wheeling and beauty going wants world leaders to know that europe has to fulfill its

williams, nbc news, washington. >>> something else president trump sa at his news conference today is raising some eyebrows. mr. trump says president obama told him he was the brink of starting a quote big war with north korea before he left office. our kristen welker reports on obama aides pushing back hard tonight. t >> reporter:s a startling statement from president trump tout that 90-minute conversation betwe president and his predecessor in the oval office just over two years ago. while touting his own record on barth korea, mr. trump saying former president told him he had been on the brink of starting a war. >> i said, what's the biggest problem? he said, by far north korea. and i don't want to speak for him, but i believe he would have gone to war with north korea. i think he was ready to go to war. in fact, he told me he was so cl e to starting a big war withko norta. where are we now? no missiles. no rockets. no nuclear testing. >> reporter: tonight those romments sparking blowback top obama advisers. former deputy national security adviser ben rhodes. we were not on the bnk of war with north korea in

president trump. the attorney general, william barr, has committed to releasing some but not all of that report. >>> southwest declared an operation boo emergency. what's going on tonight. we will hear from passengers stuck in san jose. >>> empire star jussie smollett is out on bail tonight. how an uber ride helped police undercover >>> the skies don't seem too friendly for passengers of southwest airlines. first, mechanical problems and now the weather has led to several delays and cancellations nationwide including at san jose minnesota. some passengers have tried several times to fly out of san jose today. wrote southwest airlines has declared an operational emergency. all hands are on deck until all planes are back and service. yesterday, more than 450 flights were canceled and 1000 delayed. it's not any better today. dixie strobel's plans to see her 96-year-old mother are not going as she hoped. >> i am an old lady. this bothers me. >> reporter: both of her flights to las vegas were canceled. when we spotted her, she was trying for a third time. >> i will get there at 11:00 tonight. 12 hours after i orig

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williams starts now. >>> tonight, president trump speaks to "the new york times." he calls the negotiations over his wall a waste of time and he calls the presidency a big loser for him financially. that's just the start of it. we got the reporter who interviewed him standing by with more. >>> plus the president said he never spoke to roger stone about wikileaks, that comes not long after a mueller revelation that the feds have found a ton of material from stone's computers and devices and this case just got longer than first expected. >>> and yesterday, he said his own intelligence chiefs needed to go back to school. today, trump says they were misquoted, even though we can see and read their sworn testimony that was nothing like their boss' view of the world. all of it as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a thursday night. >>> well, good evening, once again, from our next nbc news headquarters in new york. day 742 of the trump administration. "the new york times" just published an interview with the president who sat down with reporters maggie haberman and peter

williams has the latest. >> reporter: rare words of praise from president trump from the new man in charge cht justice department saying the decision of what to make public will be up to attorney general william barr. >> he is a tremendous man, a tremendous person who really respects this country and respects the justice department. that will be totally up to him. >> reporter: several government officials say mueller's work is nearly done and he will likely present his report to barr in the next week or so. federal reports say the report is confidential saying at his confirmatios mun as poss but suggested it could be his summary nmueller's document. >> the special counsel report is confidential. and the report that -- t report that goes public would be a report by the attorney general. >> but members of congress demanded more including some republicans. >> the only way i know for the taxpayers to hold anybody that spends the taxpayers money responsibly is through transparency because that brings accountability. >> even sew it's clear it is chlorit won't be like the starr report publicly released in 1998 on the c

president trump says that decision is in william barr's hands.ch. >> should the mueller report be released while you are abroad next week? >> that will be up to the new attorney journal. he's a tremendous man, a tremendous person who really respects this country and respects the justice department. so that will be totally up to him. the two attorney general. yes. >> reporter: what you expect from austria? >> from what i understand, that will be totally up to the attorney general. >> meantime, richard blumenthal's outlining what happens if the ag does not provide what he considers to bea picture of the report. >> they will be subpoenas from congress, including, i hope, from the senate judiciary committee where i sit. there will also be a public perception of cover-up. because if he does think the sitting present can't be indicted, i disagree with him. and if he brings no charges that mueller says can't be brought, and if there are also no public disclosures, the public greatly will feel that there is a cover-up. >> katie: ari, the country has been

williams starts now. >>> tonight, president trump speaks to "the new york times."ons over his wall a waste of time and he calls the presidency a big loser for him financially. that's just the start of it. we got the reporter who interviewed him standing by with more. >>> plus the president said he never spoke to roger stone about wikileaks, that comes not long after a mueller revelation that the feds have found a ton of material from stone's computers and devices and this case just got longer than first expected. >>> and yesterday, he said his own intelligence chiefs needed

holly williams has late news on this. >> reporter: president trump wieeted this afternoon that he'd instructedretary of state mike pompeo not to allow hoda muthana back into the country. the state department said muthana had no right to return, because she "is not a u.s. citizen." but muthana's family say she is f american citizen. they've given us a copy of what they claim is her birth certificate, showing she was born in hackensack, new jersey in 1994. and they say she held a u.s. passport. muthana even seems to have beeted a photograph of it back in 2014, claiming she was going im burn it. hassan shibly is the family's lawyer: >> at the end of the day, she's a u.s. citizen, and whether americans make crimes or not, that doesn't deprive them of their citizenship. >> reporter: if she's been stripped of u.s. citizenship, it's apparently news to her family. >> she's literally trying to turn herself into the u.s. government to be held accountable to our laws, to pay any debts she may have for society. >> reporter: hoda muthana was studying business at the university of alabama in 2014 when she t

president trump delivering his state of the union address there now for some chinese reaction to the president's speech let's bring in d.-w. is welding yang in taipei william good to see you dollars trump says china's quote theft of u.s. jobs and wealth needed to end how's that going down with authorities where you are so far we haven't really heard any reactions from beaching regarding this speech this morning however as donald trump points out the importance of including the structural changes to final deal with beijing. analysts here in china believe there have been some measures that's got underway in china that can reflect the well in this of beijing to comply with washington's demands they include the passing of the foreign investment law and also promising to import more soybeans and automobiles from washington however washington has also repeatedly emphasized that these demands well be enforced strictly the president trump says he has touted that the trade negotiations with the chinese were going very well do the negotiators on the chinese side feel the same way. all right i think we're exposing experience and trouble with the line there. william.

and president trump is speaking out on the possibility of that report being made public. nbc news justice correspondent pete williamse on this. >> reporter: rare words of praise from president trump for the new man in charge of the justice department saying the decision of what to make public from robert mueller's robert will be up to william barr. >> he's a tremendous man, a tremendous person who really respects this country and respect the justice department. so that'll be totally up to him. >> reporter: several government officials say mueller's work is nearly done and he'll likely report to barr in the next week or so. federal rules say that report is confidential. they nay nothing about sending it to congress or making it public. at his confirmation hearing, barr says he's committed to releasing as much as possible but it could be his summary, not mueller's document. >> the special counsel report is confidential. the report that goes public would be a report by the attorney general. >> reporter: but members of congress demanded more including some republicans. >> the only way i know for the taxpayers to hold an

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president trump: from what i understand, it will be totally up to the attorney general. >> charles: in new reports that the mueller probe is wrapping up and president trump says it's now up to williamear jay prosecutor, john. this was sort of anticipated but now moves, including michael cohen going to reporting -- being pushed back. looks like everyone is bracing that this could possibly be true. what do you anticipate, because it feels kind of eerie in washington, d.c., that maybe this won't be what democrats had hoped it would be. >> if the mueller report is finally finishing up, the investigation is closing down, this is not just good for president trump. this is good for the country. it's good that we finish the investigation and that the attorney general can now decide what to release to the public. i hope he releases a lot. i think it's in president trump's interest. so far we haven't really seen a lot of facts that would suggest president trump in anyway committed a crime or conspired with the russians. it's in president trump's interest to have this it out in public, to reassure the public that their president didn't do anything wrong and then of democrats in congress want

begins with president trump weighing in on reports that the special counsel robert mueller could be wrapping up the russia investigation. the president says the new attorney general, william barr, will decide himself whether to release the final report. one of president trump's attorneys, rudy guliani, tells fox news that the president's legal team has not received notice that the special counsel, robert mueller's report, is complete. so far the special counsel prosecutors have either indicted, convicted or received guilty pleas from 34 people and three russian companies. that includes a half a dozen of president trump's now former associates. special counsel mueller is looking into whether moscow meddled in the 2016 presidential election and any possible interaction with members of president trump's campaign. the president has repeatedly denied those claims. the chief white house correspondent john roberts reporting live on the north lawn. hi, john. >> shep, good afternoon to you. the department of justice not commenting to fox news about when that report might come out. there's some thinking that it could be very soon. some people are saying next week. but that might no

did nancy pelosi trump the president? >>> william barr has oversight over the special council. could that sway him to release his final report? >>> talks on ousting trump. the former fbi acting director is confirming the top justice department officials discussed the possibility the 25th amendment to the constitution would be invoked. the administration is pushing back as andrew mccabe is speaking out. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news on the 11th hour drama as the house is preparing to vote on a bill to prevent another government shutdown. president trump waited until the last minute to confirm that he will sign the legislation that cleared the u.s. senate a short while ago. he is also planning to declare a controversial national emergency to secure border wall funding that was not in the bill. another breaking story, william barr was sworn in as the attorney general and overseer of the russia probe. this as former fbi ac

did nancy pelosi trump the president? >>> william barr has oversight over the special council. him to release his final report? >>> talks on ousting trump. the former fbi acting director is confirming the top justice department officials discussed the

. >> reporter: president trump today said his new attorney general, william barr, will be the one to decide just how much of special counsel robert mueller's report the american public will see. mr. president, should the mueller report be released while you're abroad next week? >> that will be totally up to the new attorney general. that will be totally up to him. >> should the report become public, do you think? >> now, i guess from what i understand, that will be totally up to the attorney general. >> reporter: sources tell abc news mueller is expected to turn over his final report to the attorney general soon. during his confirmation hearing, barr would not say how much he plans to make public. >> my goal will be to provide as much transparency as i can consistent with the law. i will not let personal, political or other improper interests influence my decision. >> reporter: this, as former acting fbi director andrew mccabe, as part of his book tour, opens up about why he launched a counterintelligence investigation into the president himself. >> do you still believe the president

president trump to double down on claims of a witch hut, the democrats new accusations of unlimited presidential harassment. amidst this, however, welcoming news for president trump attorney general nominee william closer to being confirmed. today his nomination passed through the senate judiciary committee clearing the way for a vote by the entire senate next week. also breaking this evening, fox news confirms the acting attorney general bill whitaker will testify tomorrow morning before the house judiciary committee 9:30 p.m. -- 9:30 a.m. and a battle that reads betweene committee chairman and the depat of justice, but ed, be prepared. tomorrow sources are telling us may be close testimony. >> ed: all right, looking forward to that gillian turner looking forward to that report and the russian probe or democrats simply not take a hit there was no collusion. let's take a deep dive, u.s. attorney andrew mccarthy who is a fox news contributor, good evening, andrew. >> andrew: high, ed, how are you. >> ed: what do you make of this the intel panel coming two years no collusion but i see eric trump the president's son tweeting. if you can't legislate, harass. it is so wrong. congress stop this nonsen

. >> judge: all right, william, thank you so much. as president trump his efforts to get funding for a border wall between the united states and mexico, it is becoming more evident why the wall is necessary. via is expiring out of control in the mexican border city of tijuana causing the mexican president to deploy federal troops to cities with increasing violence. joining us now is tom homan an author of slave stealers true accounts of slave rescues then and now. tomball ladder. tom, i want to start with you. this whole idea of hold go ahead people in mexico and one of the gentlemen on the video said if they if they didn't want me to be back, they would have sent me to honduras. that's kind of an arrogant attempt or arrogant interpretation of what is going on at the border, is it not. >> yeah. the president is trying to do the right thing. if they want to come to this country and do it legal way wait for mexico for a hearing. president trump tried to address this when he said if you are going to internet country illegally we will not let you have sigh

president trump. bret? >> bret: william, thank you.ew york, freshman alexandria ocasio-cortez is taking the democrats' campaign against the prospers to new levels against with the green . we take an examination on his political manifesto. correspondent doug mckelway takes a look at the impacts of america's national security. >> it took a week after the rollout of the green new deal that california governor governor avenue seven through >> abandoning high-speed rail entirely means we will have wasted billions and billions of dollars. >> the protected cost balloon from $10 billion to at least $77 billion today, and warning some say for the utopian vision of the green new deal. >> i hope to cofound a green new deal about 15 years ago, and we did about $150 billion of investment in renewables and a lot of that money was wasted, may be most of it. >> even if the green new deal was fully implemented, how would it impact climate change? >> if the united states disappeared from the planet right now, ed the effect on gll temperatures would only

president trump clearly on the right side of both. more history made today, the senate confirmed president trump's nominee as attorney general william barr. barr now faces among his first test as the nation's top law enforcement official whether he will open investigations into the illegal surveillance against a presidential candidate, against a president and intervention in a presidential campaign and election. and ultimately, the attempted overthrow of a duly elected president of the united states. the top of the fbi and department of justice was ridden with political corruption. former acting fbi director andy mccabe, who supported -- as apparently did most of the fbi and doj leadership -- hillary clinton. and who admits setting in motion much of the fabricated and politically-motivated investigations of fictional trump-russia collusion and equally outrageous claims of obstruction of justice. >> i was speaking to the man who had just run for the presidency and won the election for the presidency and who who might have done so with the aid of a government of russia, and that was something that troubled me greatly. lou: mccabe out selli

president trump. attorney general william barr has committed to lose -- releasing some but not all of the report. >>> pg&e says splitting the company into would improve customer safety but make higher rates more likely according to the filing with the california public utilities commission. state regulators are looking into whether pg&e should make a separate company of the gas and electric divisions. pg&e has filed for bankruptcy blaming much of the financial trouble on the wildfire -related lawsuits. >>> for the first time in seven years you will be able to drive on stockton street and downtown san francisco. the central subway construction closed stockton while the area reopens to the cars today. the new subway will not be finished until later in the year to can it chinatown to the caltrans station at fourth and king street. >>> rising rivers causing dangerous conditions on the waterways with floating wood and the metal.broke free slamming into the concrete support structure at the sacramento tower bridge. the caltrans bridge inspectors say there does not appear to be any structural damage but the

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president uses emergency powers for the wall. trump has his first republican challenger in the 2020 primaries, william weld announced today that hereated a presidential exploratory committee. he said that president trump's priorities are skewed towards promoting himself and causing " -- and is "too unstable for the job." and the irish prime minister told the german chancellor his government will not accept a no deal brexit border. bloomberg has learned angela merkel requested a phone call on the issue last month, so she could better understand his stance. she was concerned about undercutting negotiating positions on the backstop, which is designed to keep the border in visible. nicolaszuelan president maduro told the associated press his government has held talks with the u.s. envoy. he also predicted he would survive the global campaign to force his resignation. he hopes to meet president trump soon to resolve the crisis, triggered by america's recognition of juan guaido as the rightful leader in venezuela. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at "tictoc" on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more t

challenge challenge donald trump for the party's presidential nomination in twenty twenty william weld is the first republican to announce an exploratory committee for president well it says that trump has served him self rather than the nation and is too unstable to carry out his duties authorities in nigeria say that at least sixty six people have been killed in a wave of violence in the central state of a doona ahead of the country's presidential election they are thought to have been killed in clashes between christian farmers and the fulani muslim herod's men the two groups have been competing for land and water for years. the u.n. investigation shows that rape and sexual violence against women and girls is still widespread in more than south sudan that's despite the signing of a peace deal to end the country's five year civil war last september the report says that many perpetrators were members of youth militia groups or the national army. friends has sent its ambassador back to italy following the biggest diplomatic dispute between the two countries since world war two last week paris recalled the christian macit to protest what it called italian medd

williams has the latest. >> reporter: rare words of praise from president trump for the new man in charge of the justice department, saying the decision of wha to make public from robert mueller's report will be up to attorney gene l williarr. >> he's a tremendous man, a tremendous person who really respects this country and respects the jnttice departme. o that will be totally up to him. >> reporter: severaler gent officials say mueller's work is nearly done, and he'll likely present his report to barr in the next week or so. federal rules say that report is confidential. they say nothing about sending it to congress or making it cblic. at hisfirmation hearing, barr said he's committed to releasing as much as possible, but heuggested it could be his summary, not mueller's document. >>elhe special cou report is confidential. the report that goes public would be a report by the attorney general. >> reporter: but members of congress demanded more, includingomerepublicans. >> the only way i know for the taxpayerso hold anybody that spends the taxpayers' moneysp resibly is through transparency because that brings acco

president trump's former campaign manager. details on both. the senate confirming president trump's pick for attorney general. william barr set to leave the justice department and oversee the russia investigation. barr pledged under oath he would interfere in robert mueller's work and he would release as much of the final report as possible. andrew mccabe with a blockbuster telling "60 minutes" he made sure the russia investigation would not vanish should he be fired. >> i wanted to make sure hour case is on solid ground and if somebody closed me and tried to walk away, they wouldn't be able to do that without creating a record of why they made that decision. >> you wanted a documentary record that those investigations had begun because you feared that they would be made to go away? >> that's right. >> neil: mccabe confirms a report that the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein offered to wear a wire in his meetings with president trump. catherine herridge reporting live from washington. >> shep, mccabe went on the record reporting media first broken by "the new york times" that he believed the justice department's

that whitaker keep his hands off the mueller investigation in his final week with president trump attorney general williamarr expected to be confirmed next week.izabeth >> ivanka trump is speaking about helping women in the developing word and whether she is concerned about being investigated by robert mueller. >> the mueller investigation sounds like it is coming to an end at some point soon. you said before, nothing concerns you. >> no. some of the president's former aides have not been charged and people are saying, look, the walls are closing in. sitting here now, knowing that it is almost over, are you concerned about anyone in your life that yu love? >> no. >> being involved? >> there is nothing there. yet it is created weeks and weeks and months of headlines. so, no. i have zero concern. >> ivanka trump tried to further down play the significance of doing business in russia noting other major hotel chains have propertieshe. >>> wells fargo customers faced another day of technical problems. people couldn't see hup -- couldn't see updated account balances. a spokesperson said all problems have been f

president trump is the first white house president to not have a dog since william mckinley held officeton the original was not only eight founding father, the original breeder of the american box dog. i didn't know that. president trump's lack of having a first pet, 2017 when the family was offered a hypoallergenic goldendoodle, the offer sadly seemed to go nowhere. he did seem to like the best in show at the west dog show. she told the president and rescue job can be there. like a lot of the vice, he takes it and entrust his own instincts in the end. monday night in el paso at that rally. >> certain types of dogs, you do love your dogs. don't you? [cheers and applause] how do i look talking a dog on the white house lawn? it feels a little phony. >> shannon: may be he is a cat person at heart. i'm a big dog fan at heart. maybe we will convince him. tonight in the midnight hero, this little girl, her father is a marine who died nine years ago and her mom said she actually got bullied at school for that for not having a dad. when the time came for the father daughter dance, she did not h

and raging hush money payments to women who say they had affairs with president trump before he took office. >>> today, serena williams and gloria steinman will be the keynote speaker and san jose. the goal of the watermark conference is to increase the number of women in leadership positions. others are whitney and the founder of the bumble networking and dating at. the conference at the convention center runs today and tomorrow and 6500 people are expected to attend. >>> california attorney general javier and mark levine will announce legislation designed to close what they call a loophole in the data breach notification laws pick legislation requires businesses to notify consumers of passport numbers that are compromised and biometric information. the news conference is set for 2:00 at the san francisco department of justice on golden gate avenue. >>> some some unveiled a new smart phone with a foldable scream. they introduced the amount. when it is closed, the galaxy looks like a traditional smart phone but look when you open it up, it is the size of a small tablet. it has six cameras, three and a back and two on