says the f.b.i. used improper means to convince a secret court to allow surveillance of a trump a campaign aide it says our findings raise concerns with the legitimacy and legality of certain department of justice and f.b.i. interactions with the foreign intelligence surveillance court and represented troubling breakdown of legal processes established to protect the american people trump expressed strong feelings about the agency's conduct as described in the memo i think you know i think. what's going on in this country i think. whatever. country when you look at that and you see that and so many other things with a. lot of people. much worse. but former f.b.i. director james comey who was fired last year by trump had this to say on twitter. that's it dishonest and misleading memo wrecks of the house intel committee destroyed trust with intelligence community damaged relationship with fees or court . it's unclear what trump plans to do now that the memos there's been speculation he might fire senior

donald trump has accused the f.b.i. and the justice department of skewing the russia probe in favor of democrats interests and against those of republicans on twitter he said they were politicizing the investigation. and now a controversial memo is the latest salvo in this conflict drawn up by republicans and released over the objections of the f.b.i. and justice department it alleges bias at the nation's top law enforcement agencies a committee led by republican lawmaker devan newness voted to release the memo which says the f.b.i. used improper means to spy on trump campaign aide carter page. not surprisingly democrats take another view. the top democrat on the committee had voted to release the memo says it's meant to undermine miller's investigation. the point was to selectively declassify information so that it would support a narrative favorable to the president a characterization that trump rejects he's defended his decision to allow the memos release the memo was sent to congress it was declassified congress wil

controversial memo critical of the f.b.i. and the justice department has been released and speaking at the white house u.s. president donald trump confirmed the document had been declassified it alleges the f.b.i. used bad evidence when it applied for a fine as a warrant to buy on a member of the trump campaign during the twenty sixteen election the memo was created by republicans in the house of representatives and it was based on classified information the justice department and the f.b.i. both lobbied unsuccessfully to block the release of this memo. and trump has been speaking more about the memo here's what he had said i think it's terrible you want to know the truth i think it's a disgrace what's going on in this country i think it's a disgrace the memo was sent to congress it was declassified congress will do whatever they're going to do but i think it's a disgrace what's happening in our country and when you look at that and you see that and so many other things what's going on. a lot of people should be ashamed of th

president it accuses the f.b.i. and justice department of securing a warrant to spy on donald trump's presidential campaign based on the unverified claims in the trump russia steal dossier which was paid for in part by the democrats i think it's terrible if you want to know the truth i think it's a disgrace what's going on in this country i think it's a disgrace and when you look at that and you see that and so many other things what's going on. a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than that well if you take a look at the four page memo facts now christopher steele. ca this was the basis on which the f.b.i. acquired their warrant under the foreign intelligence surveillance act their warrant to wiretap members of the trauma campaign that was based on the infamous r.c.a. from christopher steel now we also know that the f.b.i. chief said it was so lace this and verify furthermore the f.b.i. was aware that the d.n.c. and the hillary clinton foundation paid roughly one hundred sixty thousand dol

agents and they say the f.b.i. special agent has not and will not allow parties and politics to discreate us from our solemn commitment to our mission also republicans have been reacting in a similar way that has been also reacting to sound by we already heard republicans the vast majority of them say there is nothing important in this document and that the whole memo thing has been politicized. carolyn issue more reporting for us there from washington thanks very much. well let's turn now to some of the other stories that are making news around the world the united nations says that around ninety people are believed to have drowned off the coast of libya after the boat they were in capsized three survivors said most of those on board were from pakistan more than two hundred fifty people have died in the last month trying to cross the mediterranean most of them headed for italy. police in kenya fired tear gas at opposition protesters after they barricaded a main road in nairobi protesters are demanding that kenya's

you know i do i my experience with the f.b.i. in those thirty years particularly at the highest reaches of the f.b.i. is that assistant director we were not driven by politics we were driven by the facts in the wall i was never asked my party affiliation who i voted for in election i never would ask that of somebody that was looking to be promoted in my in the criminal investigative division never came up in discussions about cases. and i never had that experience with period i think he's probably republican i've been told christopher ray is that rosa stein is but i don't know that the f.b.i. his work is about the facts in the law and politics should never have a role in it i suspect strongly that bob mueller certainly appreciates that and is driving his investigation forward in a political manner knowing that that evidence that he finds if you bring charges will be exposed to the light of day in a court sitting over here in europe and certainly looks very strange to see the president at odds with his own intelligence organizatio

or f.b.i. it would be about actions of a small fraction of individuals in those two organizations who just happened to be at the top, though. political appointees. >> bill: i think it needs to be repeated as we go through the story. late on tuesday night the president leaving the house gallery after the state of the union address stopped and saw a republican lawmaker named jeff duncan out of south carolina. he said will you release the memo? the president said yes, 100%. duncan tweets this yesterday. having read the memo, the f.b.i. is right to have grave concerns as it will shake the organization down to its core showing americans just how the agency was weaponized by the obama officials/dnc sl, hrc to target the political adversaries. shake the organization to its core. a lot more dramatic than what you're saying. >> i have to see the memo. i have been out of the community for sometime now. even if it shows real malfeasance at the top level of the f.b.i., if you take this memo to the worst ca

as a former assistant director at the f.b.i. as criminal investigative division he retired in two thousand and fourteen after a career spanning thirty years at the bureau he spoke to me earlier from washington studio. mr haas co thanks for being with us earlier james conway the former f.b.i. director called this memo dishonest and misleading is it. well look we're talking about a three eighty three and a half page memo that presumes to describe deficiencies in pfizer a process that probably has much more below the surface than what we're seeing in these three pages my understanding is that the f.b.i. was looking at from a counterintelligence perspective quarter page for several years for his intersections and relationships with russians that perhaps at some point he was warned about those caution about that those relationships have persisted and my supposition would be that the f.b.i. knew much much more and included it in the pfizer request and the renewals that is depicted by this three page memo and so you're saying there's m

the f.b.i. had interviewed both his ex wives for his permanent security clearance that he never received. he was handling a lot of top secret documents. the chatter about his past increased in recent weeks when porter broke up with his girlfriend samantha dravis. and started -- she was an attorney at the epa and started dating the white house communications director hope hicks. chief of staff john kelly was one of the people who knew about it for some time. in a statement earlier this week that hope hicks -- rob porter is a man of true integrity and honor and he is a friend, and trusted professional i'm proud to serve alongside him. late yesterday after those photos of the ex-wife with the black eye surfaced kelly did an about face releasing a statement different in tone than the one he released earlier this week saying i was shocked by the new allegations released today against rob porter. there is no place for domestic violence in our society. i stand by my previous comments of the rob porter

f.b.i.'s request to spy for them and wound up with a prison sentence well that's one way to not take no for an answer. f.b.i. rejection is a part of life it's not him it's you except in amman didn't want to spy on his employers at the united nations iranian mission where he worked as a political consultant you wouldn't want to find down twelve years later a man you thought you knew had a goal to help the iranians and the americans to live in peace the f.b.i. proposed this by gig to this iranian american academic and good to see a spy detaining him at a hotel for questioning the agent revealed that shakes out it was the subject of a sealed indictment in the eastern district of new york when he refused just by he was charged with falsifying is tax returns oh my other more serious accusations including money laundering and conspiracy to violate u.s. sanctions against iran and that was the second dirtiest thing that ever happened at the jersey city hyatt the first was one could davers were disse

there may have been milf eason's at the f.b.i. by certain individuals so it is our job in conducting transparent oversight of the lead of the executive branch to get to the bottom of that sunshine is the best disinfectant and so what we want is all of this information to come out so that transparency can reign supreme and accountability can occur but the f.b.i. has warned against releasing the dossier in a rare public rebuke we have grave concerns about material admissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memos accuracy for their part democrats claim the memo cherry picks and i only classified information in an effort to discredit the russian investigators in lead by robert mueller. this is not about the facts this is about and there it is that the chairman wants to put out misleading narrative to undermine the f.b.i. undermine the department and ultimately undermine gentleman tensions between the trump white house and investigators has been mounting days ago the f.b.i. his deputy director andrew mccabe quit and now an open c

memo by the f.b.i. excuse me alleging f.b.i. bias in the russian investigation has just been released the publication was approved by donald trump despite fierce objections from senior f.b.i. officials. you're watching t.v. news from berlin more at the top of the hour i'll see you soon take care. the men. who blew. the but. let's. move. the ball. good. she doesn't know if her daughter is alive or dead. solemn all of us one of many chechen mothers who've lost their children to us. why do so many young chechens join the islamist militia even parents caught between hope and fear not knowing if they'll ever see the sons of daughters again. sixty minutes on d w. the fast pace of life in the digital nor going to shift as the lowdown on the west showing new developments and providing useful information that the wiki is fine and interviews with makers and users of shifts in forty five minutes on google. earth hope to millions of species a home worth saving. google ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the

that of the f.b.i. clashes with president trump over a controversial memo due to be released today by the white house republicans say the document shows and bias in the justice department democrats say has been doctored. and getting ready for takeoff the german asteroid alexander gas goes through his final preparations for his next mission into space a reporter sees how he's coming along before he blasts off. i'm brian thomas' a warm welcome to the show thirty nine russian athletes have successfully overturned their lifetime bans for doping offenses. now the court of arbitration for sport an old the citations originally had it down by the international olympic committee twenty eight russian athletes had their lifetime bans revoked and have now been cleared to compete at the winter olympics in junk sharing would start next week eleven others receive reduced ban and will be able to compete after the olympic games in south korea. well let's talk about the sudden development with a limo talking from the spo

or the f.b.i. and a lot of people against them. me, i do trust with the f.b.i. i agree with the last caller. you have got to have rule of law. in kentucky, it was probably in the federal government that got him. it wasn't the locals or the state and it was the federal. so tinge you got have the federal government and we do trust the f.b.i. here in hazard. steve, thank you for taking my call. you're one of the best, man. host: let's go on to the democrats line. ben in clarksburg, west virginia. you're next. caller: hey, good morning to you. host: good morning. caller: i believe fox news might be paid by russia to put a division between them and the people. russian got involved in this situation, when we have a congress that goes against the rule of law, in other words, they're against our police or f.b.i., i really don't feel like the democrats should let it out. although it's kind of like if we turn our back against the police and you're looking at a situation where the police might tell you hey, s

and the f.b.i. -- papadopoulos and the f.b.i. was already on this case. those are the two arguments. >> carter page had been a target of russian intelligence years earlier before the trump campaign. we know this from other court documents. he had given power-point presentations so the ia that going after carter page was an arbitrary thing, this is a guy who had been targeted before and was traveling toga russia during the campaign. >> the trump campaign administration sought to push themmlves away f carter page and interesting that he would become this person. one t molly's point, this warrant was extended. they had to go back and getle mult renewals, so it wasn't just this one time to cevince th judges. judges tend to go along, but you still have to justify this. >> it is a surveillance request. you have to justify. robert: rosenstein is under fire from the right today. are there efforts to protect mueller inside congress, protect rosenstein and protect the russian process? >> democrats and some republicans have been talking about legislation that would

the f.b.i. also said they couldn't find any audio or video tape showing what happened that day then in one thousand nine hundred ninety s. us small marshals impounded previously undisclosed f.b.i. tapes that reportedly include every courting of an f.b.i. commander giving the ok to fire incendiary tear gas. who's to say. we know you were asking about the bootleg tapes of the bon jovi concert at madison square garden number four that time the f.b.i. lost the laptops of hillary clinton's aides or rather agreed to destroy the lab in a kind of you scratch my back i'll wipe your hard drive can a deal. a month before the thousand and sixteen election we learned the f.b.i. agreed to destroy the laptops of top hillary clinton aides after a limited examination of their contents let us see the evidence and we'll burn it for you. normal number three that time the f.b.i. lost the d.n.c. servers which were supposedly hacked by russians during the election oh wait no the f.b.i. didn't lose them they just ask n

the f.b.i. and white house on a collision course today over the release of a secret surveillance memo that might go public now. all this as multiple forces across washington try to stop the president from making that move. so again it may happen today. we await for news on that as we say good morning on thursday. bill hemmer, inside "america's newsroom," how are you doing? >> sandra: i'm doing well. good morning. end of the show i want a super bowl pick out of you. two hours to get one. i'm sandra smith, good morning. the president was overheard saying he would remember say 100% he said release that memo which allegedly reveals government surveillance abuses against the trump campaign during the 2016 campaign. top f.b.i. officials spent hours at the white house going over that memo which left the trump team scratching their heads when the agency put out the following statement. we have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo's accuracy. >> bill: it happ

the f.b.i. also said they couldn't find any audio or video tape showing what happened that day then in one thousand nine hundred ninety s. u.s. small marshals impounded previously undisclosed f.b.i. tapes that reportedly include a recording of an f.b.i. commander giving the ok to fire incendiary tear gas. who's to say. we know you were asking about the bootleg tapes of the bon jovi concert at madison square garden number four that time the f.b.i. lost the laptops of hillary clinton's aides or rather agreed to destroy the lab in a kind of you scratch my back i'll wipe your hard drive can a deal well a month before the twenty six thousand election we learned the f.b.i. agreed to destroy the laptops of top hillary clinton aides after a limited examination of their contents let us see the evidence and we'll burn it for you. normal number three that time the f.b.i. lost the d.n.c. servers which were supposedly hacked by russians during the election oh wait no the f.b.i. didn't lose them they just ask

robert:e ignores warnings from e f.b.i. and signs off the release of a repubcan memo he says shows bias ainst him in the rusan probe. president trump: people shoulsh beamed of themselves. robert: democrats accuse the president of trying to discred robert mueller. >> this is not about the facts. this is about a narrative that the chairman wants to put out to undermine the f.b.i., undermine the department and ultimately undermine bob mueller. robert: it is republicans against republicans. the speaker: this is not indictment of the f.b.i., the department of justice. it does not impugn the mueer investigation or the deputy attorney general. robert: but senat mccain strongly disagrees. he released a statement that read in part, ife continue to undermine our own rule of law, we are doing pin'sob for him. at the heart of the document, a controversial dossier, paidor by democrats during theneral election. and by a republican client in the early primary season. we discuss it all with molly ball of "time" magazine. michael scherer of

the head of the f.b.i. clashes with president trump over a controversy on memo due to be released today by the white house republicans say the document shows anti trump bias in the justice department democrats say the documents been doctored. also on the show the far right loves to make its mark in german politics lawmakers from the country's populace alternative for germany pick up some key positions in the new parliament could they steer german politics either way. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show suffers forces in yemen have surrounded the presidential palace in the southern port city of aden high ranking government ministers are inside that building this is another blow for yemen's internationally recognized government for three years it has been battling who's the rebels backed by iran and now the emergence of an autumn separatist movement in the south of the country in aden has added a completely new dimension to the conflict we have this report from. smoke rises over the port city of aden after h

turns out the f.b.i. was fully aware that he was online in communication with top al qaeda leaders they still didn't bother to investigate i think we've seen time and time again over the last he is our intelligence ace.

we start in the united states where the f.b.i. has condemned plans by the white house and house republicans to release a secret memo later today the memo alleges that the f.b.i. abused its surveillance powers when it investigated the trouble presidential election campaign the agency contest the documents accuracy while democrats say its release could undermine investigations into russian interference in the twenty sixteen election. that's really. not what i thought of. a quick exchange overheard after donald trump state of the union speech on tuesday night the us president reassures a republican lawmaker that he has every intention of putting out the memo that's polarizing washington. if you. just wrote the memo was commissioned by devin newness chairman of the republican house intelligence committee and it describes alleges surveillance abuses by f.b.i. and justice department officials looking into possible ties between the truck campaign and russia investigators are accused of failing to disclose that their probe was partly base

times out the f.b.i. was fully aware that he was online in communication with top al qaeda leaders they still didn't bother to investigate i think we've seen time and time again over the last he is our intelligence agencies across the west drop in the pool in terms of getting tips being aware of potential threats and not following up on those threats and he you to take advantage of measures it seems.

the f.b.i. when you do oversight you haul them in under oath saying why was this and that included? the interest wasn't oversight. the interest was a political hit job on the f.b.i. in the service of the president. >> melissa: now democrats want their own memo released. a vote on that set for later today. chief white house correspondent is live with the latest. busy monday. >> as it is every week here, melissa, no question about that. the house intelligence committee will gather at 5:00 this afternoon for a business meeting to discuss whether or not to release and send that democratic rebuttal to the republican memo to the president for his review. sources tell fox news that this democratic memo portrays devin nunes and trey gowdy as misleading the american public with the republican member and talks about possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia to influence the election. the president weighing in. little adam schiff who is desperate to run for higher office is one of the bigges

an f.b.i. the department of justice and f.b.i. knew that the dossier was fake and politically motivated the department of justice and the f.b.i. present fake dossier to face a court to get trumped wiretap we're talking about a page in this case the d.o.j. in the f.b.i. don't tell the pfizer court that the dossier is fake and from trump's political opponent and the face of court. fraud into ordering wiretapping the trump campaign again quarter page here. this. victor this is devastating ok devastating there is well six smoking guns at the very least and from what i understand this is i hate using the term tip of the iceberg but what. the intelligence community made available through the you know the white house was approximately ten percent there's a lot of underlying evidence that can be released that was based on these six points look at the irony of the situation and the american intelligence community accused russia of interfering in the election process in the united states while in the aleksey there is not a single fact. ther

the f.b.i. says failure to take action against this killer is unacceptable seventeen innocent people are dead and acknowledging a mistake isn't going to cause it and apology will never bring the seventeen floridians back to life or comfort the families who are in pain the families will spend a lifetime wondering how this could happen an apology will never give them the answers they desperately need the f.b.i. director needs to resign well the law enforcement authorities admitted they had had over a dozen calls regarding the suspect and for several years. we have uncovered at the broward sheriff's office that we've had approximately twenty calls for service over the last two years regarding the killer the f.b.i. has a term and their protocol was not followed. the information was not provided to the bombing field office. and no further investigation was conducted at that. when in particular the f.b.i. had been given information about the suspects and gun ownership and his social media posts also f

reporter: f.b.i. director christopher wray laid out a different deadline and the white house has been in contradiction that the white house has laid about. can you speak to what the trect tore said. he seemed to indicate that first you would have known might have been in march, june and november and in january when the case was actually closed. ms. sanders: we explained the process last week. the white house personnel office received information last year and what they considered to be the final background information report in november but not made a final recommendation for ajudication to the white house because the process was still ongoing. in the view of personnel security office, the f.b.i.'s report required significant additional investigatory field work before personnel office could begin to evaluate the information for ajudication. as the director said information was coming to the white house personnel office in february. reporter: in the july report and back to march, what information was i

that's what this is all about the f.b.i. does not have a jurisdiction in the school shootings that's a local police matter furthermore it seems to me the question should be raised about why teenagers are able to buy assault weapons or anyone able to buy an assault weapon and in the meantime though i suppose that the f.b.i. as you mentioned has been under pressure not just from other republicans but also from the top from president trump has talked in the past in december about the their reputation being in taxes in the west in history and how difficult is it to be in the f.b.i. these days with those kind of in a climate of being attacked given that they they do i suppose have to try and keep people safe. all right lauren that's a very good question and the president is the top republican in the republicans in the congress and in the state houses the governorships are falling in line with his drive to discredit the f.b.i. and these attacks are having unfortunately a lot of success f.b.i. agents have complained and some have t

the f.b.i. might be released. good morning to you on this friday. i'm jon scott. >> i'm julie banderas. president trump expected to clear the memo for release today and up to congress to make it public. what's inside is highly controversial. ranking member adam schiff accusing the chairman devin nunes of changing it before sending it to the president. meantime kentucky senator rand paul on "america's newsroom" this morning said it is time to release this. listen. >> the american public needs to see this because we need to know was an entire investigation of a president based on an accusation from a campaign opposition research? if that's what we're basing an investigation on and people are talking about on the democrat side trying to topple a president over a campaign research, that's a big problem. >> even james comey weighing in the former f.b.i. director tweeting the following. american history shows that in the long run weasels and liars never hold the field so long as good people stand up.

the f.b.i. says failure to take action against this killer is unacceptable seventeen innocent people are dead and acknowledging a mistake isn't going to cut it and apology will never bring the seventeen floridians back to life or comfort the families who are in pain the families will spend a lifetime wondering how this could happen an apology will never give them the answers they desperately need the f.b.i. director nice to resign any of the law enforcement authorities that over the last few years that had dozens of calls regarding the killing. we have uncovered at the broward sheriff's office that we've had approximately twenty calls for service over the last two years regarding the killer the f.b.i. has a chairman the protocol was not. the information was not provided by me. and no further investigation was conducted at that time in particular the f.b.i. had been given information about the attack as gun ownership and his social media posts his desire to kill people erratic behavior and potent

report' f.b.i. he has knowledge, access and will make a report and shed a lot of light on a lot of things. >> moving on to another topic. special counsel robert mueller facing new questions of bias amid a report that one of his legal hires is a self-described democrat and a donor who also wrote for the left leaning huffington post. he wrote nearly 50 articles as a contributor for the liberal news outlet from 2009 to 2014. i'm a democrat, he wrote in one piece. and in a column for a newspaper he cheered on former president obama ahead of his first debate with mitt romney. stay relaxed. you did the debate thing in 2008. he joined the special counsel's team is the growing list of democrats currently working on mueller's team. more than half of the team, nine in total. have contributed to democrats on the federal level. ill oh he start with you, ari. we're in this place right now as a country of great bias. great political divide as well. we've seen instances of concern at the f.b.i. as well as the d.o.

and f.b.i. have worked with the fisa-- or foreign intelligence surveillance court-- as there is a "troubling breakdown of legal processes." what is that based on? the memo centers on et surveillance of carter page, who was an advisor to then-candidate donald trump for some six months in 2016. republicans charge that the f.b.i. and d.o.j., including top officials james comey, rod rosenstein and andrew mccabe, got permission to spy on page based on flawed sources that biased against trump, a that the agencies knew that and hid it. specificly, the memo says that officials did not disclose that the trump opposition research dossier put together by christopher steele was funded at one point by the democratic national committee and the hillary clinton campaign. another charge? that christopher steele mself was biased, telling a justice official in september of 2016 he was "desperate that donald jump not be elected." one more: that ttice official he told, a man named bruce oh himself had conflicts-- th

particular the f.b.i. had been given information about the suspect's gun ownership and social media posts his alleged desire to kill people erratic behavior and potential to conduct a school shooting also flagged one of those who actually warned the security service about the suspect to spoken out about what led him to raise the alarm september twenty fourth two thousand and seventeen i sent a screenshot of a comment on one of my videos you know this comment said i'm going to be a professional school shooter and i knew that i couldn't just ignore that i hit the report but report it to youtube of course they remove the comment in then i tried to email it to the. shooting in parkland florida occurred wednesday when a former student is said to show seventeen people and injured a dozen more than one thousand year old suspect was the taken by police on the day of the atrocity his case and how the f.b.i. failed to recognize the threat posed by him and now being investigated. all sorts of the hundreds including s

unverified by the f.b.i. they knew hillary bought and paid for it, and they didn't tell the fisa judge. it wasn't done just once. they attempted it in july. they didn't get it. in october, they got it. they renewed it three times, and the bulk of information that was presented was that clinton bought and paid for dossier that they never informed the judge about. if i'm that fisa judge, i'm calling those people back in yesterday. >> well, look, at this point you also have to say when is the congress going to call in the fisa judge? what was the fisa judge thinking? why did he do it? why didn't he ask these questions? i mean, it's not implausible to say to the f.b.i., gosh, where did you get this dossier from? how was it produced? have you validated? i mean, apparently the f.b.i. validated nothing. they took this document and walked in and gave it to them without any validation >> hannity: yeah, unbelievable. i agree with you, mr. speaker. just last question, historically, i keep saying it is so much bigger tha

the f.b.i. and the u.s. justice department security warrants to spy on donald trump's two thousand and sixteen election campaign using a highly dubious report partly paid for by the democrats a newly declassified memo. the world anti-doping agency says it is seriously concerned with a decision by sports top court to overturn a lifetime olympic bans imposed on twenty eight russian athletes also ahead. five migrants are shot and dozens more injured in a massive draw at a food bank in the french port city of galle a number of locals we've heard from that tell us that they're living in fear. or you could give up i think we need a structure put in place to protect us there's a lot of delinquency here it's a catastrophe for the french and especially for the people of cali the violence is pretty damaging. for broadcasting live direct from moscow this is our thomas certainly glad to have you with us now the controversial congressional memo that has been stealing the headlines in recent weeks has now been released af