how do you feel about the training that you got before you came to the fbi and maybe describe the fbi's trainingas you can ? >> your spot on. that's the absolute truth. undercover work at the state and local levels is a sink or swim type endeavor.you either get it or you don't and unfortunately, the training, although over the years i've seen it get much better, when i started doing it there wasn't much available. but the fbi has taken it to a whole new level. i've worked with agencies across the globe from different countries. law enforcement and intelligence agencies all over the world, and there is nothing that compares to the fbi undercover program. second to none. the reason for it is yes, the training the elaborate commitment to these legends that are under covers portray and it really gives us multiple tools to be able to do the job regardless of national security. >> and i think one of the things i thought, it was the people who did the work, the agents who are active undercover agents were always willing to come back and provide training, to be there as counselors and i hope th

was difficult for the fbi to get people who have arabic language skills through the fbi's undercover school. why do you think that was? or was that just a recruiting tool, trying to give you one more reason to join? >> no. in law enforcement you can work swat, bank robberies, violent crimes. there are different avenues you can take but the undercover skillset was a bit rare to find. not everybody has it. and it is not necessarily, doesn't make you a good cop, bad cop, just makes you different. some guys have a niche for doing undercover work. so you're already working with a smaller pool to choose from. throw in the language skills, the cultural skills, religion, so your pool is even less. i just happened to be at the right place and the right time. thankfully with the right skillset to be able to do this work. >> and when you were still working in law enforcement before you came to the fbi, what attracted to you undercover work? >> you know, i was, i worked on the fugitive task force. i worked, a lot more overt type law enforcement work, when you're more out in the field. and i love

lou: don't you trust the fbi? >> i trust some people in the fbi. but as an institutions there are some institutional problems inside the bureau, inside the secret service. >> i'm a former cop, lou, you have got to help me out. i don't want to throw people under the bus. lou: when you screw with the american people the way the fbi leadership high school done for years, it's time for an accounting, time to clean house, and comey was just the beginning. >> you have got to retore faith, confidence and trust in the american people. and it has to be demonstrated through actions. what does the fbi know? how many people were targeted? how were they targeted? were they targeted in a coordinated campaign. lou: we can't get a straight answer from the fbi leadership on the hacking of the dnc. that president didn't do a thing about taking russia's take of crimea. didn't do a thing about the known meddling by russian hackers, state actors meddling in our elections. >> in your earlier segment when you started talking about the entrenched bureaucracy. what tillers

sawyer was working for the fbi. >> next, the fbi got siebold an office in times square where he could meet with enemy agents. ken crosby was one of the fbi agents who helped shoot these undercover films. >> we set up his office. we set it up with a double mirror where we could photograph through the mirror everything that went on in the office. >> and every time somebody came into siebold's office and handed over blueprints, somebody was running a movie camera. >> the first time that i covered that particular role of the camera, i'll never forget, fritz walks into the office to give his report to siebold. very suspicious. he stops and he looks all around the room very carefully. and he looks right at that mirror. i think he's looking right at me. i thought uh-oh, something's gone wrong. i haven't worked this thing right. if he sees me, the whole thing is blown. i've blown the whole case. i'm ready to collapse. he pulls out his pocket comb and he starts combing his hair. >> on june 29th, 1941, the fbi simultaneously arrested all 33 german spies. the trial was head in federal district c

i was in fbi headquarters on the days of the attacks themselves. and i was there for the four years afterwards. and the fact we have not suffered another 9/11 scale attack is not just luck. it is the product of an enormous amount of very, very hard work and diligence by thousands of professionals. most importantly it's a product of teamwork and information sharing and dot connecting by those professionals in the post-9/11, post' wall world. with dot connecting made possible especially by tools like section 702. unfortunately, some of the potential amendments that we've heard about as part of this reauthorization discussion strike me eerily similar to essentially rebuilding walls like we had before 9/11. it's like watching well-intentioned people start positioning bricks back in the walls again. perhaps growing complacent from the fact that we haven't had another attack. so what i would like to try to do in my brief remarks today and then obviously i'd like to have a discussion, is talk first about the current threat landscape, which has evolved and

i'm a former fbi agent. today is my great pleasure to talk to tamara, and, i think i want to start by having you explain why it is you have to speak from behind a screen. >> thank you for having me. the reason obviously is because of the fact that i'm still an active operative for the fbi joint terrorism task force. my identity even if i wasn't still active is sensitive. and should never be revealed. >> host: i think that is what makes your book unusual. a lot of fbi undercover agents after they have retired have gone out and written memoirs. those have to go through a screening process before they're allowed to be published. but why did you want to write the book while you're still working undercover. >> i get that a lot from within and outside the organization. it's a great question, but i guess it's a bit of of a perfect storm. one of my international terrorism cases was declassified so that gave me a chance to be a voice to those who don't have one. i have a unique perspective into the world most america

as far as within the fbi? >> within fbi or law enforcement in general. >> no, i cannot tell you that quite the opposite. >> good. >> i will say this much, that sometimes when you have a particular skill set, you can be in -- infiltrating bikers were drug dealers or gun runners or terrorists. sometimes what i told students at fbi undercover school, do not believe the hype about yourself. don't become the diva that says i need this kind of car, i need this particular apartment or don't be the person that is in a cog on the wheel. is it a part of the team. no matter how good or successful you may be doing undercover work. so i will go, one step further to answer your question and say, i have always been treated extremely well and almost the other end of the spectrum, too well. >> is a program called post education risk management program which is basically the way it works. most agents go through a background reinvestigation every five years, but if you were born abroad had to do that every year. pretty much cons

how do you feel about the training you got before you came to the fbi, and later described the fbi training if you can. >> guest: you are spot on. that's the absolute truth that the state and local levels it is a sink or swim a tight end better. you either get it or you don't. the training back when i first started doing it there wasn't much available. but, the fbi has taken it to a whole new level. there's law-enforcement and the agencies from all over the world, and there's absolutely ty nothing that compares to the fbi undercover program come absolutely second to none and the reason is yes, the training, but the backstop, the elaborate commitment to these legends that the undercover portrays. and it gives us multiple tools to be able to do the job regardless of the national security. >> host: the people that do the work that our undercover agents were always willing to come back to provide training to be there as counselors, and i hope it is still the case. the brotherhood and sisterhood and law enforcement that i ever encountered to say i need a guy to step in and play this cameo and he

and spy on china in the confucius institute for the fbi. the fbi at south florida developed the branch campus in china to use as a base of spying. it plays out to an interesting dÉnouement which i hope you will read the book and see what happens. the one highlight of the reporting process was my legal battle with the fbi i would like to tell you about. one tactic i use to gather information was sent public records at state university use, to the fbi and cia. i could send the request to the fbi and cia, it takes decades to respond if they responded at all. i'm no longer a young man and the prospect is bleak. i went to the universities and tried it to stand around and most universities respond quickly including wisconsin. and the new jersey institute of technology which i chose because it have a high proportion of graduate students in sciences who might be targets for recruitment and so i contacted in git and they got back to me and said at least 4000 pages of emails with the fbi that we will be glad to send to you. the package arrived and v

tip line at 1-800-call-fbi. your local fbi office or the nearest american embassy or consulate. they don't put out a document like this, you know, casually, do they? >> that's exactly right. and you can tell that it took them some time because at the time that they do it, they're just doing it within the last half hour, this isn't someone they just learned of. i bet what went on is they made every effort to find him on his own. we know they've been doing so phone work to try to see who the suspect has been communicating with. so perhaps maybe this is where they found him. but we do know this man lives in new jersey or has some connection to new jersey. and obviously a concern and the fbi feels that they need to find him. this is why they put his photo out. >> are you surprised, phil, how much information they're getting from the suspect in that hospital room right now? he was shot in the abdomen. he went through some surgery, but he apparently is talking very openly to law enforcement. he's talking a lot -- i as

the fbi came. they grilled me for 32 hours. >> but they should have searched the local train station. after the encounter with cullen, the saboteurs headed for the long island railroad, and like good commuters, they took the first morning train to new york city. meanwhile in washington, hoover ordered the largest manhunt in the bureau's history. >> the recent landing of saboteurs from nazi submarines sounds a new alert for all americans. >> except for cullen's story and description of dash as a man with a streak of gray hair, they had no leads. in new york, the saboteurs lived the high life. they stayed in hotels, shopped at macy's and ate in posh restaurants. but george dash began having a change of heart. >> the realization struck dash, who did know a lot about the united states, about the puny size of their capabilities and the immense strength of the united states. a sense of futility probably came over him. he was a saboteur, he would be executed. nothing that would make his sacrifice worthwhi

an fbi informant. that means holder had to know. they have not only has four plus years experience as anw. undercover agent, informant, they also have tapes, and they also have documents, and they also have emails, and they slapped an nda on this guy, putting a muzzle on him. wait until he now discloses this. i'm imagining this is devastating. sebastian first. >> look, you've done the amazing mapping of all the corruption, the pay for play, the emails server and everything else. you can do it again for simply network analysis.ve look at who was in key decision-making positions for the last eight years. look at the connections between the directors of the fbi, comey, mueller, look at the ags holder, lynch. this is really important. look at who rob rosenstein's best buddies are for the last ten years, and the fact that this is still at top of the department of justice today in the trump administration. just the network analysis tellss you that there is something rotten in the heart of denmark, and it is now time to clean it out. >> se

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contempt to get the fbi -- against the fbi and doj. james rosen is here with the story. >> in a memo obtained by fox news, senior counsel for the house intelligence committee urged republican chairman devin nunes three weeks ago to pursue contempt of congress citations against the department of justice and the fbi. congressional investigators accuse those agencies of withholding key documents and an fbi witness that could shed light on whether you whether u.s. officials under president obama relied on the infamous anti-trump dossier to justify surveillance against associates of donald trump. >> we are trying to work with doj and the fbi. we hope they will comply, but if they don't, they leave us very few options. we sent subpoenas out in june, july, and august. they haven't been complied with. i think stonewalling would be putting it lightly. >> the dossier is the compendium of salacious mostly unverified allegations about then canada trump and others on his campaign that was compiled last year by the opposition research firm fusion gp

, or between individuals within the fbi. and each one of these artifacts, you could find textual documentation and are files that would tell you more about the significance of the artifacts you are seeing here. again, this is the black sweater oswald was wearing when he was shot. our conservators have put these in acid-free boxes with tissues. any labeling that would've been on the materials when they came to us, we have preserved every artifact of the artifacts. so any of these are all original labels. the national archives would not have put the labels on here. finally, this is the shirt oswald was wearing when he was shot. he was shot when he was in the custody of the dallas police, being moved from one place to another. and it was being filmed. so it was unusual. there was a lot of press available. the conservators at the national archives have experience in what we need them to. if necessary, they will reach out to an expert. they have all been trained to deal with multiple types of materials. this item is commission ex

i asked did the fbi fay christopher steele? if you look at kim stossels column over the weekend, i want to know if he was -- was our government paying the guy who wrote the dossier the clintons were financing? lou: your question and the attorney general's answer while trying to fling gps:fusion, the democratic party, the fbi. >> this happened in the summer of 2016. the clinton campaign and the democratic national committee paid through a lawsuit firm for the dossier. i am wanting to know if that is the case. >> i am not able to provide an answer to you. >> did the fbi present the dossier to the fisa court? >> i'm not able to answer that. lou: did you get impression he was not answering because he didn't feel he should, or did you get the feeling as i did that he didn't know the answer to your question. >> i wish i had asked him that. the fact you can't tell us if someone is on the payroll. i know how many people there are. i know if they get paid. he's the head of the justice department. was in fact the justice department in th

mueller or his team or the fbi concerning any factors. >> nobody else with the fbi either? >> no. >> and the department of justice? >> no. >> the white house? >> no. >> any members of congress? >> the conversation may have come up with some time but not to obtain information. with regard to your broad question i don't recall at this moment sitting here with any such discussion. >> the time of the gentleman has expired. we have a lot of people want to ask questions. i took the liberty of reviewing federal crimes against children particularly those dealing with or physical abuse. as you well know lee coffman debbie miller gibson and beverly young nelson, these young women have accused this individual judge moore who is running for a federal office the united states senate of child activity. do you believe these young women women? >> i have no reason to doubt these young women. >> with that in mind if you believe these young women do believe judge moore should be seated in the senate if he winds and will you introduce investigations by the doj regarding his actions? >> we will

an fbi sharpshooter shot his wife dead while she was carrying the baby in her arms. >> fbi agents are trained to shoot only to protect themselves or others. the rules of engagement for ruby ridge were rewritten. >> decisions were made within the fbi that allowed the snipers to shoot at anyone who was armed. it was completely unjustifiable. >> put a bullet in my head! hey, i'll make it easy. ill' turn my back on you. >> not everyone who lives around here says randy weaver is in the right. but they say none of this would have happened if federal authorities had just left him alone. >> ruby ridge was not a story that was on the front page of national newspapers. most people didn't know about it at all, but it actually did energize the radical right. >> the siege ended at 12:15 when randall weaver and his three children walked off the mountain after 11 days. >> there is all this tremendous ferment that is arising after the end of the cold war. this mind-set that the united states government is the enemy breeds almost the decade of violence. >> in langley, virginia today, right outside cia

papadopolous' effort with anybody at the fbi? >> did i discuss the matter with the fbi? >> yes. >> ask them questions about what they may have found? >> did you discuss the papadopolous question with the fbi? >> i have not had any discussions with mr. mueller or his team or the fbi concerning any factors with regard to this. >> nobody else at the fbi either? >> no. >> at the department of justice? >> no. >> at the white house? >> no. >> any member of congress? >> well, i don't know if these conversations may have come up at some time, but not to obtain information. in any -- let -- >> okay. >> with regard to your broad question, i don't recall at this moment sitting here any such discussions. >> i have one further -- >> it's important for me to say that. >> the time of the gentleman has expired. a lot of people waiting to ask questions and the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. attorney general, does your recusal from an investigations related to the interference by russia in the 2016 presidential campaign, apply to

he was on the payroll of the fbi. i want to know if in fact that was the case. >> i'm not able to provide an answer to you. >> did the fbi provide the dossier to the fisa court? >> i'm not able to answer that. dido you know if the fbi the established process protocol in evaluating claims in the dossier? >> i'm not able to answer that. 6, james comey briefed president-elect trump in new york about the dossier. shortly thereafter, the fact that that meeting took place and the subject of the meeting was cnn.ossier was leaked to do you know who leaked that information? are you investigating soulik that information? -- who leaked that information? a number of investigations going on regarding leaks. is that likely one of those you are investigating? >> i'm not able to reveal the existence of investigations are not. >> i appreciate your service in the senate, your service as the justice department. frankly, i appreciate yesterday's letter saying you were considering appointing a special counsel. my concern is, we sent you a

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let's go fbi and justice department. before departing for asia this morning, the president said this. >> would you pardon jeff sessions if the justice department doesn't -- >> i would like to let it run itself but honestly, they should be looking at the democrats. they should be looking at podesta and all of that dishonesty. they should be looking at a lot of things. and a lot of people are disappointed in the justice department, including me. >> here he is last night in a radio interview putting an even finer point on it. >> i'm not supposed to be involved with the fbi. i'm not supposed to be doing the kinds of things i would love to be doing, and i'm very frustrated by it. i look at what's happening with justice department. why aren't they going after hillary clinton with her e-mails and with her -- the dossier and the kind of money? >> the public rebuke of the justice department and fbi at the end of a week that started with his campaign aides being indicted by the special counsel and a terror attack in new york city

that's our foreign offices of the fbi. a lot of those i just came back from europe in particular where we're starting to get more and more two-way flow of information in particular from the brits but also from other countries as they learn more about what would be valuable and we get more and more embedded in the level of trust both ways between the two countries, matures. that's another place where when i look at the kind of cooperation that exists now between intelligence services and the way it was back when i was in government before, it's like night and day. doesn't mean it can't be better. it needs to keep getting better. i really feel like we're on the right track there. >> i would add to that if there was any modest silver lining in the difficulty threat haven't we face driven by isis over the last few years it's been the dramatic increase in information sharing globally we've seen. many more countries than ever before view this as their problem too and not something that they can shut off and ignore and say that's

fbi resources are on scene. atf is on scene, as well. a lot of people in this community are just trying to wrap their heads around what happened. have you been in touch with residents there? >> we have. we have been in touch with a few constituents who live there and we have been in touch with the sheriff's department. certainly what occurred today is certainly not character of the community. wilson county is a rural community. a lot of really good people. most of them are in farming and ranching and work in oil and gas fields. it's known as a very safe place. this is certainly way out of character and i think shocking to everyone there and everyone in the community around wilson county. >> sure. are you able to share anything about any of the victims? >> well, probably what has been reported to me is a lot of the same reported to you at this time. we are still gathering information. we have been in touch with fbi and local authorities and i think they will probably have more to share with the public. >> i know you are working to gather

papadopoulos effort with anyone at the fbi? >> did i discuss the matter with the fbi? in his some questions about what they may have. >> i have not had any discussions with mr. muller or his team or the fbi concerning any factors with regard. >> at the time of justice were smart. >> notes. >> any member of congress? >> well, not sure if these conversations may have come up at some time but not to obtain information and -- with regard to your broad question i don't recall, at this moment sitting here any such discussion and it is important for me to say that. [inaudible conversations] >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio for five minutes. >> poster attorney general is your recusal from investigations related to the interference by russian in the 2016 presidential campaign apply to any investigations regarding efforts by the democratic national committee on the committee complain to secretly fund a widely discredited dossier on candidate donald trump? >> mr. chairman, anything that arises in this nature that may be or may not be connected to my recusal on the

the only link that i see there is the fbi. and it raises serious questions in regard to, one, why they are filed together and the only link between them is the fbi. what role if any, and i mean this -- i'll be delicate about this, but what role if any did the fbi play not only in keeping dossiers on both of these leaders but also what role if any did they have or suspiciously did the fbi play not just in investigating these men and keeping dossiers, but whether they had a role in their assassination attempts or if they had knowledge of the assassination attempts. that could be the only link here, but i think we need to stay tuned and see what else gets released. >> what is the takeaway when it comes to the fbi today and understanding how they function? >> well, i certainly hope that they don't function in this way to undermine leaders who are trying to do the best for america and challenge americans to be the best in this country. i'm sure they have their ways of investigating leaders, but i also think the remnants evof the ty

. >> congress has been trying to get this from the fbi for months now. judge jeanine: tonight i head to cap mill to get answers directly from two members of congress pushing for the truth. and i'll talk why with the one man who may have more power than congress when it comes to getting some action. then another controversy that has me investigating. "street justice" gets sex are you over blake shelton. it's a hot hour of justice and it starts now. welcome to "justice." i'm jeanine pirro. if you didn't believe the deep state existed after watching attorney general jeff sessions testify before congress this week, you should know. i don't know what the problem is, but i'm telling you, there is one. when russia sells 20% of americans uranium and the clinton foundation gets $145 million and bill gets a $500,000 speaking fee from the kremlin-connected company financing the deal and buddy barack allows clinton to meet with the russian nuclear energy commissioner and cfius approves the sale, no surprise, 7 of the 9 cfius members who approved this sale have conne

he went voluntarily to the fbi to give them this information. and then he was asked by the fbi and the justice department to not leave the job with rosatom, but to stay inside and help them build a case. to investigate. he was doing his due diligence and he believed it was his patriotic duty to give this information to the justice department. >> sean: he's a hero.pa >> yes, he has absolutely 100% -- i have spent months and months and months looking at this. and they paid him more than $200,000. it wasn't just the $51,000 at the end. it was $200,000 in reimbursement, which sourcesin told me would have gone all the way to the top of the fbi. m you just don't give that kind of money out. >> sean: knowing that putin is doing all this, why would anybody sign off on that, and where did the money come from, as we now look at the connection with everybody associated with uranium one and the timeline and the clinton foundation and bill's speaking fees -- does that timeline coincide with payments? >> yes. if you look at the payments, some of the payments.

the air force failed to pass along the information to the fbi. the sale of that murder weapon should have been blocked, david. >> pierre thomas with us tonight. pierre, thank you. president trump sending his condolences to the victims from tokyo tonight. the first stop on his 13-day tour of asia. saying it is not a guns situation, but a mental health problem at the highest level. and tonight, a move by president trump just weeks after his inauguration is now taking on new scrutiny. he signed a measure making it easier for some people with mental illness to buy a gun. here's abc's cecilia vega, traveling with the president. >> reporter: the deadliest mass shooting at an american church overshadowing president trump's first trip to asia. >> who would ever think a thing like this could happen? >> reporter: at a joint press conference with japan's prime minister, the president was asked which policies he would support to prevent mass shootings. his response? >> mental health is your problem here. this was a very -- based on preliminary reports, a ver

if they are in the fbi files. they said that there was no connection between the uranium one case in the criminal case. we now know the criminal case got its first evidence in 2009, a whole year before they uranium one deal was approved by the obama administration. there are a lot of things that people have been saying that these documents simply don't agree with. >> sean: i got a very high ranking congressman and that knows, actually sent me a note. the knowledge of key administration officials will be the next thing proven by both of you, and the links to the clinton foundation. sara, is that true? >> i believe that is true. especially when we at -- >> sean: do believe or you know? i can't ask victoria that question because she won't tell me. >> i know it's true. i know that looking at these documents following the money, following the money is what's important here. the justice department has not pointed out that they will possibly call a special counsel to this. this is still out there. they are looking into i

at some point the justice department and the fbi must do what is right and proper, and let's go, fbi and justice department. in case you thought the previous two tweets were too subtle. think about what it might be like to be a military judge or an attorney general or a justice department staffer or an fbi agent and your boss, president trump, is out there criticizing the decisions you've made and/or announcing what he wants you to be doing, investigating his political opponents. might that impact what you do? might that have an effect? it's a staggering lack of regard for the sanctity of judicial matters and the norms of the united states government and yet we don't hear much criticism of this from those on capitol hill in the president's party. just another periodic reminder none of this is normal. my panel is here to talk about this. okay, here is a hypothetical, mary katherine ham. president obama starts tweeting fbi, justice department, you need to be investigating mitt romney or you need to be investigating john mccain. what would the response be? >> i think people would be ups

and the fbi. i think it's important that we are all working as one, and in this kind of situation, there is no alternative. this is not a time to have politics. this is not a time to point fingers. this is not a time to find blame. it's a time to come together. and work for a common goal. the effort yesterday killed eight people. but in my opinion, the effort failed. because the effort was not to kill eight people. the effort was to disrupt us, to terrorize us, to scare us, to create mayhem. that's the effort. that's the goal on all of these attacks. new york's a special target, because we have that statue of liberty in our harbor that we're proud of, holding up the torch for freedom and democracy, and we've seen it all around the world, and it is to create mayhem and terrorize. and it failed. the mayor is exactly right. the halloween parade last night was a beautiful example of the failure of the attempt. a million new yorkers came out, with their families, with their children. they celebrated. t

fbi person really reports directly to the president of the united states. egos on. -- he goes on. i could have ended the flynn investigation just by saying they say it can't be obstruction because you can say it in bed, it's over. as is often the case the president requires some correction. the director of the fbi reports directly to the attorney general and has since the founding of the bureau, it can be obstruction of justice if the president orders an investigation closed with a corrupt motive. but what strikes me about these comments is the president's of you that the criminal justice system serves him and not the public. president trump seems to believe that on a whim he can bring pressure to bear on his enemies, dismissed charges against his allies, and insulate himself and his family from any consequence. i cannot overemphasize the danger of this perspective poses to our republic. and i have served on this committee long enough to remember another president who shared this view. i was, myself, on richard nixon's enemies list. and although we work to

fbi director christopher wray. ctc director nick rasmussen for joining us today. you represent thousands of patriotic men and women who go to work every day to ensure the safety of their fellow americans. everyone on this committee is extremely grateful for your service and director rasmussen, forever -- two decades you have helped to navigate an unprecedented landscape and combat terrorism around the globe. you have been a great partner to me and to this committee. and i would -- i would like to call you a friend. and we all wish you the best of luck in -- i hate to say retirement because that's -- in whatever you do after this. this past year has been a particularly devastating one. in just the last month we witnessed another terror attack in downtown new york, and over the summer parts of america, including my home state of texas were greatly impacted by hurricanes and other natural disasters. we also saw several heinous acts of violence that included the mass shootings in las vegas, sutherland springs and the hate-fueled homicides in portland and charlottesvil

on february 14, the president asked fbi director about the flynn investigation. "i hope you can see your way clear to letting flynn go. i hope you can let this go." the president fired comey. on may 11. he went on television and announced, the russia thing with trump and russia. would it be reasonable for the members of this committee to conclude that the president, by first interfering in one investigation, and then interfering in investigation into himself commit in a structured of justice -- commit and obstruction of justice? >> i don't believe that is a fair conclusion. a matter that rests with the special counsel. >> the obstruction of justice being among other destinations, any communication that endeavors the influence of impeding the justice.istration of that's exactly what the president did in both of those cases. in spite of moving on to the special counsel, you brought up in spite of efforts bipartisan efforts to protect the special , republican mueller leadership and this committee have refused to take action to ensure that he is protected. do you bel

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the name has been released of the fbi inform phapbt. john is reporting the democratic senator from the state of california calf, dianne feinstein wants to speak with him. joining us now is john solomon and investigative reporter, sara carter. i don't know where to begin. this informant's name was released. that's troublesome to me. more troublesome, i will let you both address this. john, first, more troublesome is the fact their justice department is leaking he doesn't have information when i know that is a lie. >> yes, are you right, john. we have seen the attorney general say there was no connection between uranium one and the russian bribery case. now two anonymous officials saying. that what we say back to that is people should tune into the hill next week. we will show people the real fbi documents what they learned in real time about the russian bribery case and the connection to the uranium one. there is no question about it when the documents are put into the public domain. >> i are going to be woodward and bernstein by the tim

between 1956 and 1971 the fbi ran a counterintelligence program initiated by hoover. they mainly targeted civil rights leaders and it is understood that this was an abuse of surveillance power. ask to enterto this report into the record, which is black identity extremist likely motivated to target law enforcement officers. i believe you said you were not familiar with this report. mr. sessions: i have not read it. so you are somewhat familiar with it. who and your department had the power to order a report like this? mr. sessions: i'm not sure how the report got ordered. i am not sure i directed it. >> so you have not necessarily read the report and you're familiar with the term black identity extremist? can you tell me what the term means to you? do you believe there is a movement of african-americans that identify them as lack identity extremist, and what does that movement do? interested toi be see the conclusion of the report. i am aware that there are groups that do have an extraordinary commitment to their racial identity and some have transformed themselves int

>> the fbi was? >> do you know about that? >> i'm aware that the turkish government continued to press the federal government with regard to seeking the return of mr. gulen to turkey. >> did you know -- >> and our department -- had a role to play in that, although i'm not at liberty to discuss the details of that. >> did you know that the turkish government allegedly offered $15 million for mr. flynn to kidnap mr. gulen? >> absolutely not. you mean -- no. >> on -- >> time of the gentlecle woman has expired. the gentleman from iowa mr. king for five minutes. >>> thank you. thank you general sessions for your testimony here today and your service to our country over the years that you have been front and center. and a number of things i wanted to discuss, one of them is, the daca situation and seems as i recall you made a public statement some time back about the constitutionality of the policy that was implemented by president obama. would you care to reiterate that position today? >> well, the president, president obama, indic

and eliminate the congressional hush funds, tonight, fbi informant to testify on crooked hillary clinton's collusion with russia. i will talk with the inform ant's attorney about that evidence that shows a pattern of russian bribery, money laundering and racketeering in support of russian national strategic objectives, including act -- ac acquisition of uraniu. and good news of the day, market soaring as congress moves closer to actually cutting our taxes, dow posting 62nd record close of the year, 60 points short of 24,000. top story, firing of matt lauer for sexual misconduct. it continues what is a wave of allegations of sexual harassment against hollywood, television and media personalities and executives. political figures as well. but on capitol hill, there has been feckless attempts to deal with incidents of sexual harassment that have been swept under the carpet for decade. no accountability, no tran person see, and taxpayers all of the while footing the bill for slush funds. to tell you how awful and stupid the people are who create those laws, their answer to this point has been

comey in the weeks before the fbi investigation was complete. the senator says that memo shows someone removed the phrase grossly negligent and replaced it with the extremely careless. gross negligence? that can be a crime. carelessness, not so much. then, use that exact language when he eventually let clinton off the hook. remember? okay. he did. we remember it, and if we can bring that tape later, we will. here is fox news sr. judicial analyst andrew napolitano on these new revelations. >> this is the rare federal statute that doesn't require the government to prove intent. this statute, the government can get a condition if you are grossly negligent. what is the difference between grossly negligent and extremely careless? nothing. they mean the same thing. james comey thought he could pull a fast one on the american people are using a slightly less offensive sounding term, extremely careless and thereby exonerated her. legally, it's the same thing. >> harris: we want you to hear it in james comey's voice and words as it was. let's watch. >> t