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transactions by u.s. persons or within the united states involving sanctioned individuals are generally prohibited. transactions within the u.s. are generally prohibited for anybody on the sanctions list. that means if you're on the sanctions list you can't come to the united states. except in this guy's case, he's still on the sanctions list and he was just here. he came to the u.s. last month. we learned he was here because the russian government started bragging on twitter about how the head of the sbr just had a great trip to the usa. he what now? then we learned that he didn't come alone. the head of the sbr, russia's foreign intelligence service who is under sanctions turns out he came to the u.s. with the head of the fsb which used to be the kgr, russia's equivalent of the fbi. while they were here they reportedly met with our director of national intelligence dan coats and mike pompeo. then "the washington post" reported there was actually a third guy here. the head of russia's military service, t
transactions by u.s. persons or within the united states involving sanctioned individuals are generally prohibited. transactions within the u.s. are generally prohibited for anybody on the sanctions list. that means if you're on the sanctions list you can't come to the united states. except in this guy's case, he's still on the sanctions list and he was just here. he came to the u.s. last month. we learned he was here because the russian government started bragging on twitter about how the head...
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goods, one-third of total u.s. exports. in fact, the amount of u.s. goods and services that are exported to both countries have more than tripled since nafta's signing. from $169 billion in 1993 to $582 billion in 2016. things like groceries, cars, and fuel. at the same time, u.s. imports from both countries, things like electronics, livestock, and machinery, have also gone up. and much of the merchandise that comes in contains parts or materials that are sourced in the u.s. the wilson center, a nonpartisan think tank in washington, offers this illustration. mexico aan oil goes to louisian shipped to a factory in the u.s., where it's molded into a dashboard, where it's shipped back to mexico to be installed in a car. many products that are sold in mexico originate in the united states. this supports 6 million american jobs by harnessing the resources of all three countries. yet some american workers, especially in manufacturing, have lost out because of nafta and free trade. that's because many companies chose to move their production abroad to save o
goods, one-third of total u.s. exports. in fact, the amount of u.s. goods and services that are exported to both countries have more than tripled since nafta's signing. from $169 billion in 1993 to $582 billion in 2016. things like groceries, cars, and fuel. at the same time, u.s. imports from both countries, things like electronics, livestock, and machinery, have also gone up. and much of the merchandise that comes in contains parts or materials that are sourced in the u.s. the wilson center,...
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explain to us why the u.s. government has done this before and why we see tonight them doing it again. >> for the simple reason, when people commit crimes in this country or against this country, they can be indicted and brought to justice. it didn't always simple to do that, to bring people to justice. but it doesn't mean at some point we won't get them. they're certainly not going to be tourists in the united states again. if there's one thing, it's a guarantee we're going to be on the lookout for these people. >> you just said something very straight forward. some of these people indicted here today, were in the united states doing this election interference. and you're pointing out that those very people, as a matter of law, if they tried to come back here, they would be only here in jail, they can't just walk through here again. >> the minute they walk in, cuss t customs has a red flag on them, they're cut in cuffs and taken away. it's extremely important that the american people know exactly that we know
explain to us why the u.s. government has done this before and why we see tonight them doing it again. >> for the simple reason, when people commit crimes in this country or against this country, they can be indicted and brought to justice. it didn't always simple to do that, to bring people to justice. but it doesn't mean at some point we won't get them. they're certainly not going to be tourists in the united states again. if there's one thing, it's a guarantee we're going to be on the...
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person using one of their u.s. personas. they sent this money to a real u.s. person to, quote, build a cage large enough to hold an actress depicting hillary clinton in a prison uniform. also in the indictment, quote, for example, defendants and their co conspirators asked one u.s. person to build a cage on a flat beg truck and another person to wear a costume portraying hillary clinton in a prison uniform. they paid these individuals to complete the requests. and it's an amazing thing to know that that kind of anti hillary clinton prop was a kremlin-funded operation on an american street. but it also looks like the payment trail there is one that was found and followed by the special counsel and his prosecutors. and so now we've got these criminal charges against 13 different russians and the russian internet research agency, the troll farm, and two russian organizations that were used as funding sources for that op. and in addition to these charges, we've got chapter and verse. not just on the russian game plan. but how it can be charged as a criminal matter
person using one of their u.s. personas. they sent this money to a real u.s. person to, quote, build a cage large enough to hold an actress depicting hillary clinton in a prison uniform. also in the indictment, quote, for example, defendants and their co conspirators asked one u.s. person to build a cage on a flat beg truck and another person to wear a costume portraying hillary clinton in a prison uniform. they paid these individuals to complete the requests. and it's an amazing thing to know...
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in june of 2014, two defendants travelled to the u.s. on false pretenses, stopping in nevada, california, new mexico, colorado, illinois, michigan, louisiana, texas and new york to gather intelligence. later, the alleged conspirators commonly referred to targeting purple states in direct their efforts. the defendants working out of a russian troll farm called the internet research agency went on to create social media accounts, group pages meant to look like they were run by americans. some of those efforts have been previously expoed like facebook groups like secured borders. twitter handles like 10 gop which i myself had retweeted at one point. what we didn't know was just how professionalized those efforts were. with so-called specialists divided into day shift and nightshift hours instructed to make posts in accordance with the appropriate u.s. time zone. and like any sophisticated digital operation, they tracked the size of the online audiences reached through posts, different types of enzbajt with the posts, changes in audience siz
in june of 2014, two defendants travelled to the u.s. on false pretenses, stopping in nevada, california, new mexico, colorado, illinois, michigan, louisiana, texas and new york to gather intelligence. later, the alleged conspirators commonly referred to targeting purple states in direct their efforts. the defendants working out of a russian troll farm called the internet research agency went on to create social media accounts, group pages meant to look like they were run by americans. some of...
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let's say u.s. intelligence got spies working for us inside the embassies in washington, would you give mike flynn the names of those spies? they are working at the embassy who is working for the one he engages in secret conversations about undermining the u.s. government. give him the name of our spies? if there is a spy in his office? will you tell flynn? this all happened christmastime over the new year, into early january, right? after the election. so late 2016, early 2017. on january 2nd, right after the new year, that's when they reportedly got the transcripts of flynn's calls with kislyak. that call happened on the 29th. we know as of january 2nd, they had the transcripts of the call and knew what flynn was talking about with the russians. they get the transcripts january 22nd. on january 3rd, it was reported there would be an intelligence briefing for the incoming president about russia having attacked the election. this got a lot of attention and was anticipated as a big stand off between
let's say u.s. intelligence got spies working for us inside the embassies in washington, would you give mike flynn the names of those spies? they are working at the embassy who is working for the one he engages in secret conversations about undermining the u.s. government. give him the name of our spies? if there is a spy in his office? will you tell flynn? this all happened christmastime over the new year, into early january, right? after the election. so late 2016, early 2017. on january 2nd,...
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"russia starred their anti-u.s. campaign in 2014 long before i announced that i would run for president. the results of the election were not impacted. the trump campaign did nothing wrong. no collusion." he released an official statement saying we can alou those seeking to so rancor to be successful and it's time we stopped the wild and false allegations and theories which only serve to further the agendas of bad aerktz like russia. we must unite to protect the integrity of our democracy. this is from the guy who claimed the president of the united states was an illegal alien and snuck in from africa under be false pretenses. discord, disunity the name of his game. how did trump for months ever since we started talking about russian involvement has said it's a democratic hoax. there is no russian involvement. he convinced half his party, republicans there was no russian involvement because he was afraid people tell me, the people who do psychobasketball, if he admitted any russian involvement, he was admitting they
"russia starred their anti-u.s. campaign in 2014 long before i announced that i would run for president. the results of the election were not impacted. the trump campaign did nothing wrong. no collusion." he released an official statement saying we can alou those seeking to so rancor to be successful and it's time we stopped the wild and false allegations and theories which only serve to further the agendas of bad aerktz like russia. we must unite to protect the integrity of our...
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nobody believes the u.s. will have an easy time getting into -- them into any american courtroom, maybe ever. how do you think russia will respond to this? >> well, yeah, it's going to be hard to get them to have putin send them to america but i think this has a pretty big deterrent effect for a couple of reasons. number one, if they are not going to be sent by the russian government, if they show up in london, if they are on the french riff area, if they are anywhere they want to go where we have closer ties with the countries, they will have real problems. that's a big deterrent. their lives changed as a result. number two in my opinion what this document does is criminalizes this behavior in terms of interaction in our elections, right, with bots, with buying ads, all these things ambiguous. i think that will deter russia from doing this in the future. >> there aren't people charged to be direct employees or at least it's not clear there is an agency charged and two other organizations that are funding sou
nobody believes the u.s. will have an easy time getting into -- them into any american courtroom, maybe ever. how do you think russia will respond to this? >> well, yeah, it's going to be hard to get them to have putin send them to america but i think this has a pretty big deterrent effect for a couple of reasons. number one, if they are not going to be sent by the russian government, if they show up in london, if they are on the french riff area, if they are anywhere they want to go...
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the u.s. government to send a message to both identify and name and shame the russian entities that carry this out. and to send a message it won't be tolerated. because it's still going on. on a daily basis, russian bots and trolls are assuming social media personalities and trying to influence political discourse and so far the social media companies and u.s. government haven't come up with a way to fight it. here's one way robert mueller is attempting to do so. >> can you say name and shame here? there's a lot of symbol toiism this. what kind of teeth does an indictment like this have? >> very little in terms of actual consequences if these people can't come into court. although it may affect their ability to travel to places where they can be extradited. so it could affect them that way. subject them to sanctions in other venues. in terms of actually bringing the weight of american justice on these defendants, that seems unlikely. >> let me turn to you and get your reaction to this news. th
the u.s. government to send a message to both identify and name and shame the russian entities that carry this out. and to send a message it won't be tolerated. because it's still going on. on a daily basis, russian bots and trolls are assuming social media personalities and trying to influence political discourse and so far the social media companies and u.s. government haven't come up with a way to fight it. here's one way robert mueller is attempting to do so. >> can you say name and...
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u.s. senate since the dinosaurs roamed the earth. because of that it's easy to forget this is the first session of congress for which chuck schumer is the democratic leader. before him for 12 years, the democratic leader in the senate was harry reid. harry reid retired from the senate after the 2016 elections. we knew for a long time in advance he was going to retire, was going to leave the senate. we knew as early as the spring of 2015. so that was a really long lead time for him to give, where he would still be around but we knew he wasn't going to be standing for re-election. he wasn't still going to be in the senate after the 2016 elections. that turned out to be very valuable time, though. there's a sort of magic pixie dust that elights on members of congress when they announce they're retiring, when they know they're not going to stand for reelection, they're not going to have to face the voters again, but they're still there for the last time being, serving out their last term. that
u.s. senate since the dinosaurs roamed the earth. because of that it's easy to forget this is the first session of congress for which chuck schumer is the democratic leader. before him for 12 years, the democratic leader in the senate was harry reid. harry reid retired from the senate after the 2016 elections. we knew for a long time in advance he was going to retire, was going to leave the senate. we knew as early as the spring of 2015. so that was a really long lead time for him to give,...
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does the u.s. need to be a bit more flexible, at least, in its posture to the prospect of these talks? >> the reality of u.s., japanese and south korean military power is overwhelming. south korean armed forces alone are 700,000 some odd troops. i n't think that backdr of negotiations is going to goway readily. i would say that, again, i think the north koreans are in a clever way trying to divide the south koreans from a common military national security deterrent effect. it might well work and not to the greater safety of the south koreans, japanese or us. so we're in a difficult position. it's not likely, at all, that the north koreans are going to back off their nuclear and missile program. i think that is really the central concern for u.s. national security planners. >> always good to hear from you. thank you very much. retired general barry mccaffery. >>> still ahead, what a difference a week makes. the market takes investors for another wild ride. what it could mean for your wallet. there a
does the u.s. need to be a bit more flexible, at least, in its posture to the prospect of these talks? >> the reality of u.s., japanese and south korean military power is overwhelming. south korean armed forces alone are 700,000 some odd troops. i n't think that backdr of negotiations is going to goway readily. i would say that, again, i think the north koreans are in a clever way trying to divide the south koreans from a common military national security deterrent effect. it might well...
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the u.s. civil war. just this week he angered many immigrant rights supporters when he suggested some young immigrants were too lazy and too afraid to sign up for daca. with me now, los angeles times columnist and host of the slate podcast, virginia hefernan. let me start with you. i'm going to read this tweet again. it's so astonishing. people's lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. some are true. some are false. some are old and some are new. there is no recovery for someone falsely accused. life and career are gone. is there no such thing as due process? >> i think one thing we're missing in conflating these issues with me too is, yes, 99% of the cases, the me too cases that have been brought forward in the press with incredibly skrup lating vetting has been born out. these women didn't come forward, the ex-wives of rob porter, and david sorensen. they were sought out by the fbi. the reason that even if you didn't believe them, even the worst sexist in the world who
the u.s. civil war. just this week he angered many immigrant rights supporters when he suggested some young immigrants were too lazy and too afraid to sign up for daca. with me now, los angeles times columnist and host of the slate podcast, virginia hefernan. let me start with you. i'm going to read this tweet again. it's so astonishing. people's lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. some are true. some are false. some are old and some are new. there is no recovery for...
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has there ever been a foreign intelligence operation that affected the u.s. public and u.s. politics in this way? >> well, i think what we saw today, rachel, really took a step toward the possibility that this is the biggest covert action operation against american interests that we may have ever seen. it's going to take a while to find out. this is something that under mined faith in our democracy, pitted groups against each other, and maybe, we may know soon, may have decided who was the president of the united states. when you've got an election that was decided by 77,000 voters in three states almost anything can affect it. >> you talked in the past how previous presidents have worried about whether or not russia or other adversary nations were taking covert action because you -- i've heard you talk about presidents worrying about that, not just because of the direct effect of a foreign covert action against us, but because of the expectation that the united states government, united states military would have to hit back so hard against something like that that it might
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and the u.s. delegation that the administration sent to the closing ceremonies is not equipped to conduct diplomacy. the north korean main delegate is an old intelligence hand. he's an insider. they have heavy hitters there on nuclear issues, on north american affairs. they're ready for these kind of talks. and if ivanka trump is there as a cultural envoy, that's perfectly appropriate. but nobody should expect her to be prepared to conduct diplomacy. that's irresponsible. >> let's talk about that. because she's there, she greeted the south korean president on her father's maximum campaign and new round of sanctions against north korea. here's what she said in a new interview. take a listen. >> i spent some time with president moon, but my primary role as an american is to be here to cheer on team usa and show them the love and support we have so much as a country and can learn from the incredible athletes. >> adam, can ivanka and diplomacy work that in that part of the world? >> no, she doesn't ha
and the u.s. delegation that the administration sent to the closing ceremonies is not equipped to conduct diplomacy. the north korean main delegate is an old intelligence hand. he's an insider. they have heavy hitters there on nuclear issues, on north american affairs. they're ready for these kind of talks. and if ivanka trump is there as a cultural envoy, that's perfectly appropriate. but nobody should expect her to be prepared to conduct diplomacy. that's irresponsible. >> let's talk...
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the u.s. government was going to use the resources to compile a list of russians that became millionaires because of putin's regime through ill gotten means, right? there are credible reports such a list was actually produced by specialists career employees within the u.s. government. that was first reported by the atlantic counsel. we were able to confirm it with a person who had knowledge of the process by which that list was created. we believe such a list was generated as a u.s. government work product as required by that u.s. sanctions law. but when it came to the deadline, came time to push publish the list, it never arrived. steve mnuchin's treasury department put out a list of rich russians they copied from the forbe's magazine billionaires list and a directory of people that work in the kremlin. putin's government had been terrified about the actual corrupt putin connected list that the united states was about to put out. they expected to have global consequences in terms of the abili
the u.s. government was going to use the resources to compile a list of russians that became millionaires because of putin's regime through ill gotten means, right? there are credible reports such a list was actually produced by specialists career employees within the u.s. government. that was first reported by the atlantic counsel. we were able to confirm it with a person who had knowledge of the process by which that list was created. we believe such a list was generated as a u.s. government...
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the folks who work for the u.s. taxpayers. what would your number one question on the russia matter be? >> well, i think you have to come back to the question about what has this administration done to try and prevent this going forward? that is a large question that continues to be unanswered. and they really haven't done much there. and the question is why. why is that that if the russians were so successful for bob mueller to lay it out in dozens of pages the way he did it on friday, why is it that nothing is being done on that issue? is it simply that the white house is afraid to confront and deal with that issue because the president hates that issue so much? and that's a larger thing. you don't hear a ton from republicans on capitol hill about that. you hear some of that, but there's not a large chorus behind that. but i guess in a broader sense that would be the question i have. why does this continue to be ignored? what is it that motivates that? >> eli, put on your predictive cap. we have by my count porter, kelly, po
the folks who work for the u.s. taxpayers. what would your number one question on the russia matter be? >> well, i think you have to come back to the question about what has this administration done to try and prevent this going forward? that is a large question that continues to be unanswered. and they really haven't done much there. and the question is why. why is that that if the russians were so successful for bob mueller to lay it out in dozens of pages the way he did it on friday,...
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the allegations the russians posing as u.s. persons and creating false u.s. personas operated social media pages and groups using stolen identities of real u.s. persons. it alleges they travelled to the u.s. under false pretenses and procured and used computer infrastructure, staged liberalies inside the united states and communicated with unwitting individuals associated with the trump campaign. there is no allegation in this indictment in today's announcement that any americans were aware of or had any knowledge of this. the president has over the first year of his administration cast great doubt on the investigation and deny that there was any russian attempt to interfere with our election. >> you know this russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. it's an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election. >> this was the president's reaction to today's indictments, and we, quote. >> russia started their anti-u.s. campaign in 2014, long before i announced that i would run for president. the results of the election were not impacted. the trump
the allegations the russians posing as u.s. persons and creating false u.s. personas operated social media pages and groups using stolen identities of real u.s. persons. it alleges they travelled to the u.s. under false pretenses and procured and used computer infrastructure, staged liberalies inside the united states and communicated with unwitting individuals associated with the trump campaign. there is no allegation in this indictment in today's announcement that any americans were aware of...
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according to u.s. intelligence agencies russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election with a clear preference for donald trump. also, according to u.s. intelligence agencies russia is already working to interfere in the next round of u.s. elections which take place just eight months from now. early voting for the primaries is already open in some states. despite that ongoing very real threat to our electoral integrity, the head of the national security agency, admiral mike rogers, testified to congress today the president has not directed him to do a single thing topping disrupt russian election hacking operations where they originate. >> so you would need beak to be directed i about the president through the secretary of defense. >> yes, sir, i mentioned that in my statement. >> have you been direct frommed to do so given the street k strategic threat that faces the united states and the significant consequences you recognize already. >> no, i have not. there are some things i have the authority
according to u.s. intelligence agencies russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election with a clear preference for donald trump. also, according to u.s. intelligence agencies russia is already working to interfere in the next round of u.s. elections which take place just eight months from now. early voting for the primaries is already open in some states. despite that ongoing very real threat to our electoral integrity, the head of the national security agency, admiral mike rogers,...
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sanctions and u.s. ones. >> my sense of the sanctions is they are focused on shipping and the ability of north korea to transport fuel, coal in particular. how strong are they? there was a moment during the press conference with the treasury secretary which he was pressed. are we headed for an economic blockade? do you think we need that or are close to getting one? >> we're getting there, and the issue is, because you see now a number of established analysts, many on this network, talking about how there is a need not so much for a blockade, but for an embargo, which is effectively a blockade. and so we're moving there step by step, and the question is, how far will russia and china go? they've been doing more, but not enough. the chinese have been busting sanctions, they've been caught red handed as the president tweeted famously, but the u.s. has not imposed costs on beijing for busting the sanctions. i think what we saw on friday was another signal to beijing that is if you don't get onboard with th
sanctions and u.s. ones. >> my sense of the sanctions is they are focused on shipping and the ability of north korea to transport fuel, coal in particular. how strong are they? there was a moment during the press conference with the treasury secretary which he was pressed. are we headed for an economic blockade? do you think we need that or are close to getting one? >> we're getting there, and the issue is, because you see now a number of established analysts, many on this network,...
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and u.s. officials had good reason because of past track record to believe that this individual had bona fide connections to russian intelligence. if there was someone that had isn't them an email or walked into a u.s. embassy somewhere, they would not have gone to such great lengths one would presume to try to recover this information. so anyone who offers this kind of information will be vetted using every tool, every database at the disposal of the u.s. president. >> this was quite a story to begin with before the president responded. one aspect of the story that this article made clear is that there's the risk that those throughout the world that are adversaries are just trying to kick up dust and get the country fighting with the president. yet there's no confirmation of the tape. here's trump's response, according to to the "new york times" a russian told phony secrets on trump to the u.s. asking price was $10 million brought down to $1 million to be paid over time. it's all coming out.
and u.s. officials had good reason because of past track record to believe that this individual had bona fide connections to russian intelligence. if there was someone that had isn't them an email or walked into a u.s. embassy somewhere, they would not have gone to such great lengths one would presume to try to recover this information. so anyone who offers this kind of information will be vetted using every tool, every database at the disposal of the u.s. president. >> this was quite a...
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one asked one u.s. person to build a cage, as i mentioned in a flatbed truck and another to wear a costume portraying secretary clinton in a prison uniform. they paid these individuals to complete the requests. tell me, if people are cooperating with these russians and they don't know that they're working with propaganda, with stuff that's reel a out to undermine our democracy, what did people think they were doing? >> what you have in a country like tis is wide range of political opinions. and what the russians here are trying to do are boosting the moe most divisive. >> so that's why push at a jill stein candidacy -- >> right. and also pushing minority groups to not vote in the election. they were trying to make us more divided. >> that works, by the way. when we get the message minorities don't vote, there's something wrong in our system. we take that to harm. it didn't take long for the president to claim the indictments somehow cleared him. quote, the results of the election were not impacted. the
one asked one u.s. person to build a cage, as i mentioned in a flatbed truck and another to wear a costume portraying secretary clinton in a prison uniform. they paid these individuals to complete the requests. tell me, if people are cooperating with these russians and they don't know that they're working with propaganda, with stuff that's reel a out to undermine our democracy, what did people think they were doing? >> what you have in a country like tis is wide range of political...
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russia started their anti-u.s. campaign in 2014, long before i announced that i would run for president. so now he believes the witch hunt. russia started the anti-u.s. campaign in 2014. now that he believes the witch hunt, maybe he'll start calling it the russia investigation instead of the witch hunt. now that 13 russians, who are not witches, have actually been indicted. we know that's not going to happen. we know that donald trump has an increasingly limited vocabulary and he'll never get the witch hunt thing you on of his head and he'll never stop lying about what robert mueller's investigation is actually about and what it is accomplishing. in a 37-page indictment filed in district court, robert mueller said that 13 russians have conspired since 2014 to violate laws that prohibit foreigners from spending money to influence elections in the united states, including the presidential election in 2016, in which their constant mission was to hurt hillary clinton's candidacy and help donald trump's candidacy, as we
russia started their anti-u.s. campaign in 2014, long before i announced that i would run for president. so now he believes the witch hunt. russia started the anti-u.s. campaign in 2014. now that he believes the witch hunt, maybe he'll start calling it the russia investigation instead of the witch hunt. now that 13 russians, who are not witches, have actually been indicted. we know that's not going to happen. we know that donald trump has an increasingly limited vocabulary and he'll never get...
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the u.s. according to current and former officials briefed about chinese communications, chinese officials said that in meetings to prepare for the chinese president summit at mar-a-lago, the chinese ambassador and jared kushner discussed the business interests along with u.s. government policy. if jared kushner is bringing up his own personal business interest alongside, that's a serious national security breach that was the first time we learned jared kushner was given access to the presidents' daily brief every day. frankly strange about that revelati revelation. jared kushner was given access despite the fact he doesn't have a full security clearance or hasn't been able to get one for the year he's been in the white house so that new yorker report was last month. since then, as you know, the whole issue of security clearances has blown up into a full scale disaster for the trump white house. following revelations about rob porter, the white house staff secretary who lost that job following
the u.s. according to current and former officials briefed about chinese communications, chinese officials said that in meetings to prepare for the chinese president summit at mar-a-lago, the chinese ambassador and jared kushner discussed the business interests along with u.s. government policy. if jared kushner is bringing up his own personal business interest alongside, that's a serious national security breach that was the first time we learned jared kushner was given access to the...
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the u.s. according to current and former officials briefed about chinese communications, chinese officials said that in meetings to prepare for the chinese president summit at mar-a-lago, the chinese ambassador and jared kushner discussed the business interests along with u.s. government policy. if jared kushner is bringing up his own personal business interests alongside government policy while talking with the chinese government, that's a serious national security breach. and what just broke tonight in the "washington post" tells us a little more detail about why that is. we're going to go through that with shane harris in just a second but that new yorker report from last night, that was the first time we were learned that jared kushner was given access to the president's daily brief that's prepared for the president every day. what was unprecedented and frankly strange about that revelation is that jared kushner was given access to the pdb despite the fact he doesn't have a full security c
the u.s. according to current and former officials briefed about chinese communications, chinese officials said that in meetings to prepare for the chinese president summit at mar-a-lago, the chinese ambassador and jared kushner discussed the business interests along with u.s. government policy. if jared kushner is bringing up his own personal business interests alongside government policy while talking with the chinese government, that's a serious national security breach. and what just broke...
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quote current and former u.s. intelligence officials said they couldn't recall so many heads of russia's espionage and security apparatus coming to washington at one. so one it's weird they all came at once and our government didn't say anything about it, we had to learn about it from the kremlin bragging about it. and of these three intelligence chiefs two of them are sanctioned and come to the u.s. on their own steam. the guy from the svr, he's sanctioned and the guy from the gru also sanctioned. we know how the svr guy got in, he was here to meet with p pompeo and coats so they got him a waiver. but the gru guy, he's sanctioned and no one admits to him coming here. someone would have had to make the case to the state department, it's worth him coming into our country, let's issue him a waiver. who did that? we reached out to the state department yesterday, was this guy here? nobody admits to meeting with him. "the washington post" stands by their reporting, he was here. and we asked state if he was here, how di
quote current and former u.s. intelligence officials said they couldn't recall so many heads of russia's espionage and security apparatus coming to washington at one. so one it's weird they all came at once and our government didn't say anything about it, we had to learn about it from the kremlin bragging about it. and of these three intelligence chiefs two of them are sanctioned and come to the u.s. on their own steam. the guy from the svr, he's sanctioned and the guy from the gru also...
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quote, current and former u.s. intelligence officials said they couldn't recall so many heads of russia's espionage and security apparatus coming to washington all at once. so, we've been following this and trying to make sense of it ever since. one, it's weird they all came at once and our government didn't say anything about it, we had to learn about it from the kremlin bragging about it. and there's this practical and legal matter here. of these three intelligence chiefs two of them are sanctioned and come to the u.s. on their own steam. the guy from the svr, he's sanctioned and the guy from the gru, also sanctioned. we know how the svr guy got in, he was here to meet with pompeo and coats, so they got him a waiver. but the gru guy, he's sanctioned and no one admits to him coming here. so, if he really did come to the u.s. as a sanctioned person, somebody would have had to make the case it was in our national interest to let him into the country. let's issue him a waiver. who did that? we reached out to the stat
quote, current and former u.s. intelligence officials said they couldn't recall so many heads of russia's espionage and security apparatus coming to washington all at once. so, we've been following this and trying to make sense of it ever since. one, it's weird they all came at once and our government didn't say anything about it, we had to learn about it from the kremlin bragging about it. and there's this practical and legal matter here. of these three intelligence chiefs two of them are...
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>> president trump and the u.s. congress bid farewell to billy graham who died last week at the age of 99. graham's body just arrived at the u.s. capitol where it will lie in honor. >> he's only the fourth private citizen to lie in the capitol. paul ryan will all be making remarks. we'll take you there live. there they are all standing by to receive billy graham's casket. we'll bring you those comments live when they happen. >>> now we want to turn to a major development in america's gun culture. congress might have thoughts and prayers but we're seeing action. it's been 14 days since 17 students and adults were brutally killed and 14 others injured by a gunman at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. since then there's been zero, zero, zero federal laws passed protecting americans from gun violence. now a major u.s. company that could take a hit for this is taking action. just this morning dick's sporting good, one of the largest sport retailers in the country announced it will no longer sell a
>> president trump and the u.s. congress bid farewell to billy graham who died last week at the age of 99. graham's body just arrived at the u.s. capitol where it will lie in honor. >> he's only the fourth private citizen to lie in the capitol. paul ryan will all be making remarks. we'll take you there live. there they are all standing by to receive billy graham's casket. we'll bring you those comments live when they happen. >>> now we want to turn to a major development in...
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bet with the u.s. economy and in the long-term it has always gone up and the stock market ultimately has always gone up and i can't tell you whether it is up this year but 25 years from now, it will be a lot higher than it is now. >> bob, great treat to you see my old friend. thank you for being a voice of reason for us. >> and we miss you down here. come back and see us more often. >> i would like that. my old friend cnbc stock editor from the new york stock exchange. >>> up next, the president said he will release the democrat memo, the one they say will provide context to the one that accused the fbi of using shady info to spy on a campaign adviser but even if the president releases the democrat memo, how much are we going to see. how much redactions will there be? that is the big question this afternoon and we have new information on that and i'll bring it to you have after the break. when it comes to strong bones, are you on the right path? we have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for f
bet with the u.s. economy and in the long-term it has always gone up and the stock market ultimately has always gone up and i can't tell you whether it is up this year but 25 years from now, it will be a lot higher than it is now. >> bob, great treat to you see my old friend. thank you for being a voice of reason for us. >> and we miss you down here. come back and see us more often. >> i would like that. my old friend cnbc stock editor from the new york stock exchange....
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if he could find that u.s. individuals had cooperated with russians or he would also bring charges against russian individuals. he's answered that question now. so i would expect if he's answered that question in the affirmative with regard to social media activity and for related actions trying to stage rallies and the like in the united states. he will probably also answer that question in the affirmative with respect to the hack. unless he can't get get the necessary evidence to support an indictment, i would think we would in the coming months see charges around the actual hack of john podesta' kpael ae-mail hack of dnc e-mails. >> brian williams is going to take over our coverage now in new york. brian, a very busy day with these indictments. and also not to be overlooked, an extraordinary statement from christopher wray and the fbi that they overlooked a very specific tip on january 5th about the threat from nikolas cruz to murder in florida. >> absolutely. we have these two dueling stories, one of which,
if he could find that u.s. individuals had cooperated with russians or he would also bring charges against russian individuals. he's answered that question now. so i would expect if he's answered that question in the affirmative with regard to social media activity and for related actions trying to stage rallies and the like in the united states. he will probably also answer that question in the affirmative with respect to the hack. unless he can't get get the necessary evidence to support an...
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if the u.s. government was interested and focused on seeing the links between these troll farms and the russian government, they would have a case that would be described and focused on and discussed within the u.s. inter-agency, with intelligence, with the treasury department, the department of justice and state department, and they would come with a decision that would ultimately be presented to the u.s. government that would fall with an extradition request. >> while the indictment doesn't draw that line, the intelligence agencies have already, but i guess the problem we have in america right now is that the intelligence agencies seem to have a fairly accurate view of what's going on. there's policy resistance from the executive, from the white house. >> that's exactly right. in this situation, which we have seen on russian issues before, responsibility will pass to the congress. the congress is itching for a chance to accelerate sanctions on russia. democrats in particular have been calling f
if the u.s. government was interested and focused on seeing the links between these troll farms and the russian government, they would have a case that would be described and focused on and discussed within the u.s. inter-agency, with intelligence, with the treasury department, the department of justice and state department, and they would come with a decision that would ultimately be presented to the u.s. government that would fall with an extradition request. >> while the indictment...
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there are other things the u.s. intelligence committee could be doing, including releasing damaging information about corruption and misdeeds by the putin government they have in their possession. we have no evidence it is happening. it goes back to this issue that donald trump has not publicly even acknowledged this. from all the reporting we've seen, people around him are afraid to bring it up in the oval office. there's no -- >> for instance, the president on a whim decides he'd like to have a military parade, and everybody at the pentagon steps up and organizes a military parade. the president has not said, i would like to organize something to stop russia from doing this, so nobody wants to fly this flag on their own. >> that's right. you see members of the cabinet raising it, as tillerson and pompeo did, but there is in leadership from the oval office on this. >> last month, from those who think we don't know what to do about this, democrats on the foreign relations committee issued a 206-page report, titled,
there are other things the u.s. intelligence committee could be doing, including releasing damaging information about corruption and misdeeds by the putin government they have in their possession. we have no evidence it is happening. it goes back to this issue that donald trump has not publicly even acknowledged this. from all the reporting we've seen, people around him are afraid to bring it up in the oval office. there's no -- >> for instance, the president on a whim decides he'd like...
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he made a number of stunning admissions about the u.s. response or the lack of it following the russian interference in our elections. while admiral rogers revealed he hasn't requested additional authority to stop russian cyber attacks he also said president trump has not ordered him to do so. >> you said that president trump has never ordered cyber comm to take any action to thwart russian attempts to meddle this fall, is that correct? >> i said i've never given permission to take additional steps. >> no one from the administration has asked you to take any additional steps? >> haven't been granted any additional authorities, capacity, capability. no, that's certainly true. >> well, from there things got heated. democrats on the committee became increasingly angry with what they were hearing from admiral rogers. >> i'm going to try to channel a woman who came up to me at the grocery store not too long ago. she asked me are we strong enough and smart enough that we can keep them from doing this again? >> yes. >> okay. so then the next que
he made a number of stunning admissions about the u.s. response or the lack of it following the russian interference in our elections. while admiral rogers revealed he hasn't requested additional authority to stop russian cyber attacks he also said president trump has not ordered him to do so. >> you said that president trump has never ordered cyber comm to take any action to thwart russian attempts to meddle this fall, is that correct? >> i said i've never given permission to take...
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such a list was generated as a u.s. government work product as required by that u.s. sanctions law. when it came to the deadline, it came time to publish that list, that list was never published. when the oligarchs list - list -- putin's -- they expected to have global consequences in terms of the ability of the pew ten's regime and maintaining their wealth and keep doing what they have done all these years to keep putin in power. we have reasons to believe that such a list was created by the u.s. government. some where before the deadline, it got submarined and replaced with this list that was a joke. forbes' magazine list and the kremlin phone directory. so much for closeness of putin, give a list of people, forget it. michael flynn have been gone today. both campaign chairmans were arrested in october. the white house right now is in escalating turmoil of mishandling of classified information and flawed white house to the senior person. there is no clear sense from our intelligence agencies that we are defending ourself ves of wh russia did to us in 2016. what they did to us appe
such a list was generated as a u.s. government work product as required by that u.s. sanctions law. when it came to the deadline, it came time to publish that list, that list was never published. when the oligarchs list - list -- putin's -- they expected to have global consequences in terms of the ability of the pew ten's regime and maintaining their wealth and keep doing what they have done all these years to keep putin in power. we have reasons to believe that such a list was created by the...
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u.s. military spending, giving arms to ukraine, calling out russia's alleged role in the cyberattack last week. and then she said that there is an incident that happened last week that will be reported, quote, in the coming days and that will show also how tough president trump is with russia. it is still unclear if she mis-1mi misspoke or not. i haven't heard. but apparently at least according to her words yesterday, there is a further example of president trump being tougher than obama coming. >> let's turn to the gun issue here and sort of changing of the gun laws. every time there is a shooting, there is this renewed call to get stricter controls on gun laws and every time we then move on and nothing actually happens. what are we do think if this time is going to be any different, first of all, and secondly, talking about bump stocks, do you think that they will actually be banned and is this a way to avoid having a conversation about banning assault weapons? >> you know, it is interes
u.s. military spending, giving arms to ukraine, calling out russia's alleged role in the cyberattack last week. and then she said that there is an incident that happened last week that will be reported, quote, in the coming days and that will show also how tough president trump is with russia. it is still unclear if she mis-1mi misspoke or not. i haven't heard. but apparently at least according to her words yesterday, there is a further example of president trump being tougher than obama...
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the u.s. economy and continue to increase prosperity for the american people. again, that, from sarah sanders. i'm told the treasury secretary steven mnuchin briefed the president on the trip the two men made to ohio. the president's economic team, noticeably, really remains untested when it comes to times of economic uncertainty. but based on my conversations here, stef, their public stance appears deliberate. that silence that they don't view this really as a crisis, instead, insisting this is broadly a good problem, a function of a churning economy. stephanie. >> a churning economy. well, i don't know if it's a good problem but i know i have a great panel. brendan greely is the founder of the economics newsletter. david zurbos from jeffries, global investment firm. and robert schiller, co-founder of the case/schiller index. i'll say this in slow motion. you're about to speak to robert schiller. this man was awarded the nobel prize in economics in 2013. so let's turn the volume up and go str
the u.s. economy and continue to increase prosperity for the american people. again, that, from sarah sanders. i'm told the treasury secretary steven mnuchin briefed the president on the trip the two men made to ohio. the president's economic team, noticeably, really remains untested when it comes to times of economic uncertainty. but based on my conversations here, stef, their public stance appears deliberate. that silence that they don't view this really as a crisis, instead, insisting this...
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if the u.s. and south korea hold the joint exercises they suspended, that is considered provocations. >> not only what is happening on the ice, but outside as well. thank you, chris. >> bring in more with christopher hill, former u.s. ambassador to south korea. thank you for joining us. author of out post, a dip platat work. >> it was strange for me to say, i have never said it before, unified korean team here. i don't know if you have said that either, ambassador. how real is the real here? >> there is no question that president moon jae-in was out on his skis with this. the games lds be a headache, north korea was firing missiles all the time. president moon, frankly, did well to calm everything down. the down side, he has to host this north korean delegation. he has to make room on the hockey team, five pushed off the team. it has been tough for him. about half of south korea is not happy with this unity banter, rather than the south korean flag. he had to do this. the big surprise, of course,
if the u.s. and south korea hold the joint exercises they suspended, that is considered provocations. >> not only what is happening on the ice, but outside as well. thank you, chris. >> bring in more with christopher hill, former u.s. ambassador to south korea. thank you for joining us. author of out post, a dip platat work. >> it was strange for me to say, i have never said it before, unified korean team here. i don't know if you have said that either, ambassador. how real is...
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this is by no means an indicator that the u.s. is poised for any recession, just that they're revaluing the way things have moved in the stock markets. >> asian markets down, the nikkei in japan down almost 5% overnight. what do we expect to happen today in the markets when they open in a few hours? >> i can tell you what's going to happen, at least in the beginning of the day. it will be a down market again, although not down by as much as it was in the earlier session. as things stand currently, the dow would theoretically open up if the dow was down by another hundred or so points. that is important because at one point overnight, it looked as though the dow might open down another hundred points. this is not something that traders think will resolve itself in a day or two. >> and i think the underlying point a lot of people are saying is don't hit the panic button just yet. >>> coming up at 5:30, former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst steve ratner is going to join us on set with his analysis on yesterday's
this is by no means an indicator that the u.s. is poised for any recession, just that they're revaluing the way things have moved in the stock markets. >> asian markets down, the nikkei in japan down almost 5% overnight. what do we expect to happen today in the markets when they open in a few hours? >> i can tell you what's going to happen, at least in the beginning of the day. it will be a down market again, although not down by as much as it was in the earlier session. as things...
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is there something the u.s. can do further right now to try to, i don't know, avoid history from repeating itself? >> there are a number of things they could be doing. they could be aggressively prosecuting some of these russian hackers and some of them who are even located in places other than russia. they could be working with the tech companies to shut down some of these fake accounts. they could be helping state election systems secure their cyber infrastructure. they could be working with campaigns to try to help them make sure they are secure. >> all these need at the end of the day, they need trump administration sign-off. not just the sanction that need the president's sign-off. are we doing some things now that are not getting a lot of publicity? >> so dhs is trying to do some of these things but without direction from the top, how far can they go? how much are they getting in the way of resources to support these efforts? a lot of these cybersecurity efforts to secure information technology can be very
is there something the u.s. can do further right now to try to, i don't know, avoid history from repeating itself? >> there are a number of things they could be doing. they could be aggressively prosecuting some of these russian hackers and some of them who are even located in places other than russia. they could be working with the tech companies to shut down some of these fake accounts. they could be helping state election systems secure their cyber infrastructure. they could be working...
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that's going to bring jobs back to the u.s. it's going to bring investment back to the u.s. it's going to cause gdp to expand. it's stimulus. it's stimulus at a time when we're raising rates. so i, you know, look, i think the bottom line is that we could not compete globally with 35% corporate tax rates. >> but it didn't necessarily need to go down as low as it did. i mean, 21% is a huge cut. we're seeing companies now say they're going to hire and they're going to offer bonuses. but bonuses almost seem like candy. actual raises seem sustainable. >> i think you'll see raises. when you say that it didn't need to go down to 21%, what is it in britain? what is it in great britain? it's 20%. so i talked to a lot of -- >> great britain is not in -- hold on a second, if we're going to use great britain as an example, i'd far rather have the united states business community than great britain's. you think they're better than we are on a global business stage? give me a break. >> look, i think that when you look at where -- look at all the investments that were being made and lowere
that's going to bring jobs back to the u.s. it's going to bring investment back to the u.s. it's going to cause gdp to expand. it's stimulus. it's stimulus at a time when we're raising rates. so i, you know, look, i think the bottom line is that we could not compete globally with 35% corporate tax rates. >> but it didn't necessarily need to go down as low as it did. i mean, 21% is a huge cut. we're seeing companies now say they're going to hire and they're going to offer bonuses. but...
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chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney, former senior official at the fbi who worked on the stamp staff of both robert mueller and james comey and now an msnbc contributor and matt miller, msnbc legal analyst and former chief spokesman at the justice department. an embarrassment, kristen welker, i have to start with you. i watched the president give a signature move there, the thumbs up. i heard your shouted questions and i wonder if anyone was surprised that today wasn't the day that he walked up and offered any comments. >> well, we thought we had a shot today, nicolle. there's no doubt about that. in part because of the statement that you saw coming out of the white house and that tweet that he sent out. they are now making the case that this is proof that there was no collusion. of course, the investigation is ongoing. but we thought perhaps he would say something on camera. it's worth noting, nicolle, this white house hasn't answered our questions since tuesday. that's the last time we had a briefing here. an
chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney, former senior official at the fbi who worked on the stamp staff of both robert mueller and james comey and now an msnbc contributor and matt miller, msnbc legal analyst and former chief spokesman at the justice department. an embarrassment, kristen welker, i have to start with you. i watched the president give a signature move there, the thumbs up. i heard your shouted questions and i wonder if anyone was surprised that today wasn't the day that he walked...