got along well that would be good. if russia and the united states got along well went after isis, that would be good. he has no respect for her. he has no respect for our president. i'll tell you what, we're in very serious trouble. because we have a country with tremendous numbers of nuclear warheads, 1800 by the way, where they expanded we didn't. 1800 nuclear warheads and she's playing chicken. look putin from everything i see have 240 respect for this person. >> that's because he'd rather have a puppet as president. >> no puppet. >> it's pretty clear -- you're the puppet. >> it's clear you won't admit -- >> you're the puppet. >> russians have engaged in cyberattacks against the united states of america but you encourage espyianage against our people that you are willing to spout the putin line, sign up for his wish list, rake up nato do whatever he wants to do. and that you continue to get help from him because he has a very clear favorite in this race. i think that this is such an unprecedented situation, we've never had a foreign government trying to interfere in our electi

producer in the world, after russia and saudi arabia. another chart on domestic production is also instructive. this shows total u.s. oil production between 2000 and 2011. it clearly demonstrates that current increases in oil production are reversing several years of decline in that production. we've not had to change any environmental laws or limit the protections that apply to public lands in order to get these increases. this next chart shows the percentage of our liquid fuel scum on this that's imported -- liquid fuel consumption that's imported, including the projections that the energy information administration has made out to 2020. the trend is very encouraging. in 2005, we imported almost 60% of the oil that we consumed. now we import about 49% of the oil we consume. the energy information administration projects that these imports will continue to decline to around 38% by 2020. this is an enormous improvement that we would not have thought possible even a few years ago. now let me say a few words about natural gas because that is also something which greatly affects utili

don't know putin. i think it would be great if we got along with russia because we could fight isis together as an example. but i don't know putin, but i notice any time anything wrong happens they like to say, the russians -- here is the russians doing the hacking, maybe there is no hacking. but they always blame russia the reason they blame russia because they think they're trying to tarnish me with push a. i know nothing about rush a. i know about russia but i know nothing about russia the inner workings of rush a. i have no businesses, i have no loans from russia, i have very, very great balance sheet, so great that when i did the old post office on pennsylvania avenue the united states government because of my balance sheet which they actually know very well, cheese me to do the old post office between white house and congress. chose me to do the old post office one of the -- perhaps the primary thing was balance sheet. but i have no loans with russia, you can go to the united states government and they would probably tell you that because they know my sheet very well in order

antirussian. in fact, i believe it is pro-russian. it's pro the people of russia. it's pro the people that stand up for human rights and democracy in that country which unfortunately seems to be sadly deprived of. this legislation, as my colleague and friend, senator cardin, will describe, requires the secretary of state, in consultation with the secretary of treasury to publish a list of each person that our government has reason to believe was responsible for the detention, abuse or death of sergei magnitski, participated in efforts to conceal the legal liability for these crimes, committed those acts of fraud that magnitski uncovered, is responsible for extra judicial killings, torture or other gross violations of human rights committed against individuals seeking to expose illegal activities in russia or exercise other universally recognized human rights. second, the individuals on that list would become the target of an array of penalties. among them, ineligibility to receive a visa to travel. they'd have their current visas revoked, their assets would be frozen that are under u.

nervous about russia's moves about ukraine. on saturday the russians apparently responded making those 12 passes alongside the donald cook. we are told the russian plane didn't fly directly over the deck of the u.s. navy warship but flew close enough to get the attention that the ship called and tried to reach the cockpit and say back off. the pentagon this morning calling this provocative and unprofessional. no indication that the fighter jet had missiles under its wings but this is the kind of military activity that the u.s. does not like to see of course because when forces get too close to each other you can have accidents. you can have >> heightened tensions clearly being seen as a provocation. barbara starr, thank you so much for that. we want to stay with the situation in russia now where pro-russian protesters in ukraine have taken over a police building. this is the tenth town in eastern ukraine where they've occupied government buildings. they're ignoring a government deadline to put down their weapons and get out of those buildings or face a major anti-terror operation

and control capabilities before the invasion of georgia by russia. it is that kind of activity that either state sponsored or terror sponsored that can shut down various networks of the military or in the private arena as well. and presumably we have really smart people working on this. i remember the fbi several years ago didn't have the best -- before you took office, didn't have the best computer system. >> luckily, we do have very smart people and i rely on them. >> i'm sure. thank you. thank you, mr. director. >> if i may make another point on that, this is the way of the future. for the fbi it's absolutely essential that we attract and we bring in these people because the war -- the battlefields of the future going to be in the cyber arena and we have to grow in the same way that nsa and the intelligence commune vit to grow to address those threats of the future. >> thank you. >> director chairman leahy has gone to the vote. he will be back shortly, but in the meantime it's both my turn and my temporary chairmanship. so i guess i call on myself. >> do i call you mr. chairman?

lot of activity comes out of russia. we find a mixture of unofficial and semiofficial background. but that problem, that attribution is a tough part of cybersecurity. those are the countries that a great number of them come from. >> we have people participating on the internet as well. this is a question from one of our internet participates. how do you and other seniors officials in the intelligence community plan to assure there are no further uses of detainees in the u.s. intelligence si? >> because we're not going to have any other detainees. you'll be talking with director here shortly as we mentioned. we have closed down all of the facilities that we had for the intelligence community detaining personnel that we can get overseas. all of them who are -- who we may detain in the future will be taken care of in the future in some sort of national security where we will decide who's going to run it. but there won't be any run by intelligence agent -- agencies. we deciding going forward for the high-value detainees we were putting together an agency interrogation system that will hav

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canceling arms, for saudi arabia to change and buy arms from russia or china won't be easy. a lot of their systems are american and they would have to make a lot of investments to integrate those systems. it won't be an easy option for them. that would definitely hinder them. analysts tommy this at hinder -- tell me this would hinder their efforts in the war in yemen and so on. there's a lot riding on this to containing iran to many other issues aside from investment and just economics. francine: thank you so much. let's get back to our guest .ost, paul donovan when you look at the saudi fallout, there are a number of -- what would be the biggest fallout? is a direct foreign investment, money that comes from the kingdom elsewhere or the price of oil? >> from the standpoint of global markets, the key question is, should we be worried about the global supply of oil? best case was whereby to get the iranian oil out of the market. that, we't be sure of could see another leg up in the oil price. that matters because we are now the price range where it is really beginning to hurt, particul

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improved. listen to this, a prison in russia is installing tanning beds to compensate for the lack of light inmates receive. [ laughter ] yeah, the idea from the new russian prison warden snooki. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ rhythmic clapping ] [ imitates russian accent ] "we get together, we have three-way." [ laughter ] ♪ [ rhythmic clapping ] "i want to put my butt in the refrigerator." [ laughter ] ♪ [ rhythmic clapping ] "stay tuned for 'skins.'" [ laughter ] ♪ [ rhythmic clapping ] hey, did you hear this? [ scattered cheers ] hey, did you hear this? there's talk that the band o-town may be doing a reunion. oh, man. [ cheers and applause ] i hope they play some of the old stuff. [ laughter ] hey -- ♪ [ rhythmic clapping ] [ imitates russian accent ] "i'm a good person." [ laughter ] did you hear about this? a 60-year-old strip club employee was fired for being too old. [ laughter ] oh, it was bad, you guys. i mean, whenever she came to the stage, she would ask the deejay to play the charleston. [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers ] back when she started, the strip

favorite in this race. >> do you condemn interference by russia in the american election? >> by russia or anybody else. >> do you condemn their interference? >> of course i condemn. i don't know putin. i never met putin. this is not my best friend. if the united states got along with russia. won't be so bad. putin has outsmarted her and obama at every step of the way. >> joining me now, co-host of i'll tell you what here on fox, on sunday, 5:00 p.m., chris stire walt and howie kurtz. >> you're a puppet. >> i know you are, but what am i? over all, your thoughts? >> not exactly lincoln douglas there. look. i think donald trump deftly spun away from barack obama and he said i didn't come up with the idea for the wall. you wanted the wall. don't blame me for the wall. i don't want to deport people. obama deported people. he was unburdening himself and showed political aptitude. that is good. unfortunately for him, he said the thing about the elections and that is going to blow up everything else. >> as -- howie, just looking now. "wall street journal." trump says he won't say if he'll acce

there an effective way in your mind to deter russia's support of assad or is it too late? >> i think at this point they have been supporting for a very, very long time. it's unfortunate that they are so involved in that region, but we do have to find a way forward. if diplomacy would work, i would say we always need to start with diplomacy, but certainly there would be military action. that would make quite clear that there would be strikes. we did not see a response from russia, not yet. we do need to keep our eyes open to any sort of retaliation, but it does make this a very tenuous situation. >> let me ask you a couple of separate questions about the russia investigation. first, the legislation that's a bipartisan legislation, tom tillis, lindsay graham and cory booker essentially to protect robert mueller's status as a special counsel, protect him from being fired. and tom tillis making the case this is good for the president to take away this speculation about whether mueller stays or goes. would you support that legislation if it came to the floor? >> well, it is my under

was a public divide figures who have already said russia. >> that's usually my role. when you go high, i go petty. >> but v if republicans are just looking at the numbers and they're thinking all right, donald trump is set to lose in a barry goldwater style route, i economically stressed out and everything. on this very same discussion of now what of the leadership. >> well, you know, a couple of things are going on here. they're interesting in the republican culture. but i think the big question is the apples and oranges problem here. to say that irregularity, especially in big cities and deny that is crazy because there are occasionally. but the idea that they would affect the results is insane. cities like philadelphia producing 85% for obama in the most recent election. they produced 450,000 for johnson, for humphrey. 330,000 for kennedy. these pluralities are overwhelming. what disturbs republicans in the suburbs and the rural texas, big cities do have the oomph. the suburbs around the big cities, you have 36% advantage report differences with trump losing to hillary clinton. the

between the u.s. and russia. did putin just outmaneuver president obama on the world stage as the two leaders meet one on one for first time in years? >>> trump's tax plan. he calls it common sense. some believe it's a major windfall for the rich. tonight, who would see their taxes go up, who would see them go down, and who would pay for it all. >>> sticker shock over a staple of the american breakfast table. cereal suddenly getting more expensive. shrinking boxes and concerns at the grocery store about what's behind it. >>> and signs of life? nasa's exciting new discovery on mars as millions take in a breathtaking show in

the white house before as tension between the russia and the united states has ratcheted up in recent -- and recent weight. he says getting along with russia is a good thing and not about thing. here comes the president. >> thank you. honored to host the president of estonia, the president of latvia, and the president of lithuania at the u.s. baltic center any own summit. thank you all for traveling to the white house for these really important discussions we have just spent a long time together and it was very interesting. the summit proudly displayed to the world america's deep and lasting friendship with baltic nations. on behalf of the american people, thank you very much. anotherre going to have 100 year, very long and beautiful relationship. this is your 100 year of independence, congratulations. for a century, the united states has stood with the people of the baltics in support of their independent sovereignty and self-determination. through the decades of brutal soviet occupation, the united states never ceased to recognize the sovereignty of the baltic republics. in o

the reagan play book and economically isolate russia. >> senator graham may be having deja vu but there isn't a playbook for president trump to rely on with the latest move. so far it's turning up some grim discoveries. british officials believe the following to be true. putin himself directly approved the attack in advance. the russian government is planning further assassinations of russian defectors around the world. and the attack was designed to be traced back to the russian state. how is the u.s. to respond to this strategically. well, there is the military option. >> i think the better way to respond is build up strength in eastern european countries in the baltics to make sure russia goes no further. >> there is also economic and diplomatic pressure outlined by senator graham today. and there is the russian ambassador's approach. >> we are confident that only close interaction between our countries can help maintain international strategic stability and find solutions to global and regional challenges. we want everybody to understand that we are destined to become friends

headlines. secretary clinton, russia. they're challenging the u.s. and syria. according to u.s. intelligence, they've lied about who they're bombing. you spearheaded the reset with russia. what would your response to vladimir putin be right now in syria? >> first of all, we got a lot of business done with the russians when medvedev was the president and not putin. we got a nuclear arms deal, the iranian sanctions, an ability to bring important material and equipment to our soldiers in afghanistan. there's no doubt that when putin came back in and said he was going to be president, that did change the relationship. we have to stand up to his bullying and specifically in syria, it is important and i applaud the administration because they are engaged in talks right now with the russians to make it clear that they've got to be part of the solution to try to end that bloody conflict and to provide safe zones so that people are not going to have to be flooding out of syria at the rate they are. i think it's important to that the united states make it very clear to putin that it's no

. the newly emboldened aggression of russia with whether it is ukraine or -- >> you -- handed approach -- you said vladimir putin -- we'll get to rush in a moment. i do want to bet back to the -- >> the -- ank you, senator. >> praise vladimir putin as a great leader. >> we do have that coming up here. in the meantime, the question -- >> i hit a nerve here because at a time of great challenge, in the life of this nation, where we have weakened america's place in the world. stifled america's economy, campaign of hillary clinton and tim kaine has been avalanche of insults. to get to your question about trustworthiness. donald trump has built a business. through hard times and through good times. he's brought an extraordinary business accumen, he's employed tens of thousands of people in this country. >> and paid no tax and lost a billion dollars a year. >> why the disconnect with your running mate? >> there's a reason why peopl people -- question the trustworthiness of hillary clinton that's because they're paying attention. the reality is when she was secretary of state, senator

since apologized. >>> and a crowded beach in russia receives hail. you don't expect that at the beach, do you? a fierce hailstorm taking beach goers by surprise helping down the people. the people did find shelter under a shelter house there. and one man tried to use a newspaper, that's not a good idea. >>> rick reichmuth is standing by now, remember in pennsylvania a month ago they had the huge hailstorm and they were like this big destroying all the car dealership there is? >> it's the season, guys. it's the season for hail. it happens all over the place and a lot in the midwest with the gigantic hail. we'll see more of it today. unfortunately, i started late and don't remember that time in pennsylvania, but it is the time for that to happen. hey, guys, i have a family here, welcome. you guys came h because you won in at a silent auction. and you want to be an anchor. >> i do. >> well, you are off to a good start. ainsley, she says you're her favorite. >> she's my favorite, too. she's been in the studio with us and maybe i'll practice with her later. >> if you want to know a look at

. >> and how he ended up in exile in russia. >> people are going to find it hard to believe that president putin hasn't taken a run at you or what you know. >> tonight, the man who insists he is a trained spy. >> i'm not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old hacker. >> and is wanted for espionage while insisting he's a patriot is. >> you hear often in the united states why doesn't he come home and face the music? >> from nbc news, "inside the mind of edward snowden." >>> good evening. i'm brian williams. he is routinely called the most wanted man in the world. last week in moscow, cloaked in secrecy and after months of behind-the-scenes back and forth, we sat down with edward snowden for his first american television interview. let's begin with a reminder of what this 30-year-old has done and why he's living in exile overseas, wanted for espionage in this country. the classified documents he stole, downloaded from the nsa and handed over to journalists blew the lid off data mining programs that had been launched in the wake of and in the name of 9/11. they have names l

russia. there's no doubt now that russia has used cyber attacks against all kinds of organizations in our country and i am deeply concerned about this. i know donald's very praise worthy of vladimir putin, but putin is playing -- >> wong. >> playing a really tough long game here. one of the things he's done is to let loose cyber attackers to hack in to government files, to hack into personal files. hack into the democratic national committee. and we've recently have learned that this is one of their preferred methods of trying to wreak havoc and collect information. we need to make it very clear whether it's russia, china, iran or anybody else, the united states has much greater capacity and we are not going to sit idly by and permit state actors to go after our information. our private sector information, or our public sector information. and we're going to have to make it clear that we don't want to use the kinds of tools that we have. we don't want to engage in a different kind of warfare. but we will defend the citizens of this country and the russians need to understand that. i t

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to mr. putin. >> did you see these are the worst relations with russia since the cold war i thought we were supposed to have good relations. >> according to him. >> no, according to everyone >> it does feel like it. >> all that collusion was for nothing? we're getting nothing out of this we're not friends? it's like very frustrating any way, after his news conference, nbc's megyn kelly, who is on assignment in moscow, sat down with the russian president for an exclusive interview. >> several analysts in the west have said this is the declaration of a new cold war. are we in a new arms race right now? >> translator: my point of view is the individuals who have said that a new cold war has started are not really analysts. they do propaganda if you were to speak about arms race, then an arms race began at exactly the time and moment when the u.s. opted out of the anti-ballistic missile treaty >> some analysts are suggesting you tested it and it's failed, and that's why you only showed animations of it today and have not yet produced any actual videos >> translator: are you talking abou

dead. but it is a fact. and it is a crime committed in putin's russia. >> do you trust putin to do this investigation? do you somehow believe he's responsible for this death? >> whether he gave a direct order, i don't know. we'll probably never know. but definitely the atmosphere in the country was hatred where people disagreed with putin had been portrayed as national traitor, enemies of the state an boris was one of the most formidable critics of the regime and he's pictures on big billboards and spread around moscow. so it is definitely the atmosphere. but this morning i look again at the video of the shooting, that's what we could find from one of the many cameras that are located at the bridge, and there are so many questions about inconsistency of the official theory and the big question is about this snow removal track that suddenly appeared exactly at the spot where camera could catch out the killer. >> what is this going to do to the opposition movement? does this become a moment where suddenly democracy activists feel more freedom to come out and protest, feel as if they

acropolis. taking over the revolving presidency of the european union. in russia, tens of thousands packed the red square to enjoy the fireworks. as might imagine, security tight in the aftermath of the two suicide bombings. let's go to south america. rio dejaneiro, i never have been there, but they did not disappoint. they put on the fireworks display at the copa ka baba beach. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. happy new year! >> thousands gathered in key west to watch the drag queen known as sushi knob. she has done it for 16 years in a row. should i say he presided over that celebration? on the other end, the partygoers watched a conch shell drop to countdown the new year. finally in a much more subdued level, pope francis presided over new year's mass offering words of strength, courage, and hope as the world begins a new year. that was a good whip around what happened across the world. hope you are awake or getting ready for bed after you watch this. restaurants and bars in the big apple, they cast in big time looking to ring in the new year. you want an example? how about applebees where you

to mr. trump, possible coordination between his associates and russia's election interference and whether he tried to obstruct the investigation." adding this, "they did shift slightly on format. including they want to have mr. trump answer follow-ups in person." do you think that's going to be enough to get the president to sit down for an interview? >> i think he's playing a public relations game now. he tells the public that he wants to sit down, he wants to talk. he's said that for some period of time but his lawyers clearly don't want him to. what's interesting is basically they're asking that he get a take-home test so he can practice his answers and give something in writing. i thing it's the follow-up questions that concern him the most. possibly the obstruction questions. and so it's odd to have this negotiation back and forth. you know, i'd be interested to see if rudy giuliani, i'd love to know if he ever gave a grand jury witness the opportunity to negotiate what he would say when he would say it, whether or not he was going to do it in written format for telling them.

. russia did not help me. ok? i call it the russian hoax. one of the great hoaxes. that is the thing democrats did best. they lost the election and didn't know what happened. they needed an excuse so they said russia. and then they said, wait a minute. russia. and trump -- honestly, that is the thing they did best. they get a rotten job of running. to convince people about this hoax, that is one thing they did best. no, russia did not help me. that i can tell you, ok? are there any russians in the audience? i don't see too many russians. i did not see too many russians in pennsylvania. we need people in this country who have the courage to say what they mean, to do what they say, and never, ever backed down. as your attorney general, luther helped lead the fight in court against the obama administration's big power grabs. that includes challenging the epa clean power plan. did you see what i did to that? boom. gone. look at that guy. he knows. [cheers and applause] gone. and i did that one without luther, but he defended it and got rid of a lot of things. also, i defended and luther

fanatics. we must also deal with russia. after the downing of the russian airliner, i hope mr. putin chooses to engage more constructively. he has serious homeland security issues of his own, and we have a shared interest in fighting islamist terror. before we think about working more closely with the russians, strict conditions must be met. mr. putin needs to push asad towards the exit door, cease military operations against moderate rebels, and bring an end to russia's provocations against nato allies. only then can moscow become a potential partner in destroying isis. in the end, our military strategy must be combined with a political strategy. last month, negotiators in vienna brokered an 18-month timeline for free elections in syria. while i am skeptical about whether this plan will succeed, we can't give up. this crisis will end when the syrian people have read taken their country and can provide the level of security needed to --retaken their country and can provide the level of security needed to clear extremists from their territory. sadly, we will still need to go further.

morning. we're following new developments today in the russia investigation. former trump campaign manager, paul manafort, is making it clear, he is ready for a fight. his lawyer is asking a judge to throw out the indictment against him, claiming special counsel, robert mueller, exceeded his authority by charging him with crimes unrelated to russian meddling. that's happening as attorney general jeff sessions considers whether to fire former fbi director, andrew mccabe, just days before his planned retirement. a move that could put his pension at risk. >>> we've also got the latest on new documents linking the trump organization to efforts to silence stormy daniels, the former adult film star, who claims she had an affair with the president a decade ago. those documents show another top trump lawyer was involved in trying to enforce a gag order against daniels. >>> you're welcome, president trump claims the congressional victory in pennsylvania was all due to democrat connor lamb acting like the president. running like a republican. we'll dive into that. >>> nbc news investigations

the morning. >> russia quietly marked the 20th anniversary of the events which forever change the region and the world. two decades ago, communist hard- liners failed and their attempted coup. not long after, the u.s.s.r. collapsed. many hoped for freedom and democracy. 20 years later, they have been speaking to our moskow correspondent. >> on a warm august evening, the russian capital since wealthy, sophisticated, and free of fear. life has been transformed since the fall of the soviet union. surrounded by luxury cars, it is easy for to forget that 20 years ago, the impoverished city was in turmoil. tanks rowling down at the same street. -- rolling down on the same street. with him on the tank was a scientist to become a parliamentarian in the days of reform. today, he is still proud to have been part of those momentous events. he has left politics, disillusioned with the modern russia of billionaires' and corruption. >> unfortunately, what but ended up with was what we were fighting against. a population that has separated the extremely poor and the extremely rich. >> one critic

remorse. like he shouldn't have made the deal. >> you made a lot of headlines with russia this week. what is your relationship with vladimir putin? >> i have no relationship with putin. i have no relationship with putin. >> but if you have no relationship with putin, why did you say in 2013, i do have a relationship? in 2014, i spoke -- >> because he's said nice things about me over the years. many years ago, he said something very nice about me. i said something good about him when larry king was on. this was a long time ago. and i said, he is a tough cookie or something to that effect. he said something nice about me. this has been going on. we did "60 minutes" together. by the way, not together together. meaning he was probably shot in moscow. >> he was in moscow. >> i was in new york. >> here's the thing. >> just so you understand. he said very nice things about me. but i have no relationship with him. >> yet you said for three years, '13, '14, and '15, you did have a relationship with him. >> what do you call a relationship? >> i'm asking you. >> i have no relationship with put

the presidency. and who might have done so with the aid of the government of russia, our must formidable adversary on the world stage and that was something that troubled me greatly. i was very concerned that i was able to put the russia case on absolutely solid ground in an indelible fashion that were i removed quickly or reassigned or fired, that the case could not be closed. steve: really? brian: meanwhile andy mccabe has a little problem. he brought focus on what he did and didn't do as deputy director and. they recommended a criminal referral for andy mccabe. you cannot say he is telling the truth and at the same time back james comey. they contradict each other at person times during important time lines no. doubt about it he was taking head counts in order to overthrow the president. the vice president said said no one came up to me would i take over the job should andy mccabe and the fbi do a palace coup. that's what alan dershowitz was saying and fearing. >> any justice department official who even mentioned the 25th amendment in the context of president trump has com

at the airport in russia with millions of items . >> they did fail but we do not know where precisely they failed and we may find they failed at multiple points in the system. in the exercise of individual responsibility or the design of the system in the first place. >> has anyone offered to resign? rex everyone is working hard to understand what happened and put in place the necessary -- >> how do we know who screwed up? will find out and we will hold them accountable. >> are you taking steps to does notch as group happen again? rex we have instituted a range catch someone who might want to repeat what mr. snowden did. there are many other ways that someone might try to beat the system. >> you can understand why some people have used the old expression, locking the door after the horse has been stolen. >> i can, sir. >> i appreciate your candor. is in lasexander vegas but i will ask you this question. last month he promised to provide me with specific examples of terrorism cases where section 215 phone records collection has been used. there were dozens of cases where the 215 has be

, he'll meet later on with ang san suu kyi later on as well. >>> russia's defense minister says the country will expand military air patrols farther from "i" borders. it includes the gulf of mexico and the caribbean sea. russia says it's for training exercises. pentagon officials says russia needs to conduct those operations safely. >>> in washington this morning they're ready to approve a pipeline. democrats blocked it for six years. congress is expected to vote today on the keystone xl project. say the senate will vote next week. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the story behind that sudden turnaround. nancy, good morning. >> good morning. you will not be surprised to hear that it is all about politics, and democrats tries to save the seat of democratic senator mary landrieu whose race has gone to a runoff. louisiana is an oil and gas statement the pipeline is very popular there. the democrats thought giving landrieu something she has been asking for years might boost her chances at home. landrieu insisted it has nothing to do with politics. >> if taking my name off of this bi

hello and welcome to bbc news. a little bit of history was made at the football world cup in russia on saturday — the first use of the so—called video assistant referee. france were the beneficiaries — awarded a penalty in their match against australia. elsewhere, iceland continued their impressive form at recent international tournaments, holding argentina to a 1—1 draw. there were also wins for denmark and croatia, as the bbc‘s tim allman reports. chanting: ole, ole, ole! aussie, aussie! some fans have come a long way for this. many are bringing reminders from home. others aiming to win new recruits. that wonderful moment at the beginning of a tournament when anything seems possible. we're headed for a 2—1 australia win. 2-0. 2—0, all right! we're hoping! australia 3—1, australia to win against the french. whatever the result, this match did seem a world cup first — the video assistant referee — var — awarding a penalty to france. these socceroos got a penalty of their own in the second half, making it 1—1. but paul pogba scored a late winner. the french we

russia's meddling in last year's election and what the administration is doing to stop it from happening again. >> i can't talk about the details of the intelligence, but we have, the intelligence community, have said that this election was meddled with by the russians, in a way that is frankly not particularly original. they've been doing this for an awfully long time and we are decades into the russians trying to undermine american democracy. in some ways, there's no news, but it certainly puts a heightened emphasis on our ability to figure out how to stop them. >> the news was actually that putin personally directed. do you think the president did that? >> i don't confirm the intelligence related to that. >> john brennan, your predecessor, is said in that story, to have called his counterpart, now your counterpart. have you talked to him? >> i don't talk about the liaison partners that i speak with. but it is important that we continue to work in places where we can on intelligence matters to keep america safe. counterterrorism is a perfect example. americans play on russian planes, r

of their probe into russia's interference in h the u.s. election she met with the senate intelligence committee yesterday. >>> schools in puerto rico set to re-open next week, more than one month after hurricane maria devastated the u.s. territory. this as the governor confirms that the death toll has risen to 49. >>> and first lady melania trump continuing a washington tradition, donating her inaugural gown to the smithsonian's national museum of american history the dress will be featured alongside others worn by michelle obama, laura bush, jacque kennedy, and martha washington that's your cnbc news update at this hour. back over to you, michelle >> got it, thank you so much, courtney. >>> all right. markets right now just a few points from intraday highs take a look. the dow jones industrial average higher by 1138 point s&p higher by 11 nasdaq higher by 33. we're checking on shares of the ge, member of the doumw jones industrial average tried to move toward positive territory. gotten very close. still down 4 cents, well off, however, the session low brian, back to you

russia's aggression against ukraine, which is a threat to the world as we saw in the appalling shoot down of mh-17. a tragedy that took so many innocent lives, among them your fellow citizens. as your ally and friend, america shares the grief of these australian families and we share the determination of your nation for justice and accountability. >> reporter: the president, of course, talking about the plane, long suspected to have been shot down by the russians over ukraine. no justice really brought for that. meanwhile, of course, the other thing the president is focusing on is some of the domestic affairs already aides indicating to us as soon as next week when he gets back interest asia he could be issuing executive orders over immigration. republicans have been upset about that, obviously some advisors suggesting to him i'm told, a little bit of a split, he should wait well beyond next week. make sure the budget talks get wrapped up before he angers republicans by going forward with the executive orders. guys? >> ed henry live for us from australia, thanks a lot, ed. >> thanks,

care of the fisa applications. and peter strzok in charge of counter intelligence and russia would go to the fisa court for these warrants to be signed. >> laura: and presumably -- >> yeah. and what is interesting -- >> but it's -- >> laura: hold on, alan. >> inside the text messages, he specifically states with page -- >> laura: we have some. >> yeah. if you see them, he knows that if he continues this relationship, it could prese present -- >> laura: this is peter strzok's test. he, contreras, super thoughtful and ethics and conflicts thought a setting would be better than a one-on-one meeting. i'm going to have to invite you to a cocktail party. of course you'd be there. have to come up with some other work people cover for action. odd, odd, odd. then it goes on. there's other things as well. professor dershowitz, that's wild. >> that's the smoking gun. the smoking gun is the attempt to meet with him with a cover so that nobody will be able to say that they met in a way that required recusal. this guy, strzok, seems like he's really a piece of work. he should have recused himsel

russia. what do we get out of that? quick, what's the answer? answer.e's no right, we don't get anything out of this at all. of course, no one in the press pauses for 30 seconds to question the core story at the bottom of this. we're sending close to half a billion dollars in military aide to ukraine because why? because an couple of neo-cons think we should? please. another thing that puts our national security at risk for real is when you make it impossible for the president, any president, to have private conversations with his counterparts in other countries, with other foreign leaders. remember the closest world ever came to nuclear war was in 1962 during the cuban missile crisis. how did that end? how did it de-escalate? it ended when our president reached a deal with the soviet president, nikita khrushchev, they secretly. they make concessions to one another secretly. s they could not have done it in any other way. if there were self-righteous leakers around in 1962, the world would have blown up. that probably not an overstatement. it's a huge problem if this president o

. >> i wanted to ask you about the travel alert issued for sochi and all of russia really. experts we talked to say within sochi itself at the venues it might be safe. but that elsewhere in russia, that they don't think that going in public transport, taking trains is safe from terror attacks. what is your advise for travelers for the olympians and their families? >> absolutely. it's not unusual before major international sporting events to have an uptick in threat reporting. we have seen that in the past. that's certainly not unusual. we recommend that american citizens who are traveling to sochi register with the state department so we know how to get in touch with people if we need to and they are aware of their surroundings. we're not telling people not to go. the olympics are a hugely important international event. we also have offered our support to the russian government, both with security personnel and guidance advice, working together to help them combat this threat and make sure the games go off safely. but we're really looking forward to them. certainly we have folks fr

going to get along with him. he's a leader of his country. i say it's better to get along with russia then nods. will i get along with him? i have no idea. >> bill: he is a killer, though. putin is a killer. >> president trump: there are a lot of killers. do you think our country is so innocent? >> bill: i don't know of any government leaders that are killers in america. >> president trump: take a look at what you have done too. we've made a lot of mistakes. i've been against the war in iraq from the beginning. a lot of people were killed. a lot of killers around, believe me. >> bill: you mentioned isis. can we expect, we the american people, more u.s. military action against isis? >> president trump: i hate to be evasive, but i don't like talking openly about it. i can say this, isis is bad. they are evil. they cut off heads of christians and muslims and anybody else that gets in their way. they drown people in a steel cages. this is not since the medieval times has anything has happened like this. the previous administration allowed it to happen because we shouldn't have been in ira

capital on tuesday. ukraine's prime minister is calling russia's military presence an act of war. >>> a huge winter tomorrow making its way to the northeast is already affecting passengers. i'm veronica de la cruz, let's get you back to "lockup." >>> behind the walls of hackensack's bergen county jail, tensions continue to rise in one of the female housing units. >> we only have about 45 to 50 women in the female wing right now. usually even with more women in there it's a lot quieter than it has been. this particular group just does not mix well. >> officers continue to monitor the group to figure out which inmates fuel the conflicts. >> one of them who is the loudest person in there, she was removed yesterday after an investigation where multiple people have said she was the common denominator. >> that inmate is shontera jennings. shortly after she was released from a four-hour stay in the neighboring segregation unit, she is back in for disruptive conduct. >> i don't know. they target me because i'm the loudest. i talk back to the staff. they look for a way to keep me locked i

begins in testified on capitol hill. obama's highly political intelligence agencies all agree russia intervened in our election. but there is a problem. there was apparent no cyber attack at any level in our elections and the agencies agree not a single vote was altered. >> we have no evidence vote tallies were altered or manipulated in any way? >> that's correct. lou: president-elect trump taking aim at democrats who are refusing to take responsibility for the obamacare disaster that's theirs. he says the human were clowrns are to blame for the mess and it's time for the head clown to help fix it. a new car maker draws fire from the president-elect who warns toyota if it goes ahead with building a new plant in mexico, there will be a hefty border tax on toyota's brought to america. good evening. the country's top intelligence officials gathered and delivered their report on russian hacking to the white house this afternoon after being grilled on capitol hill to explain what if anything they learned about alleged russian interference in our presidential election. fox news, chief inte

in eastern ghouta. both damascus and its ally russia describe claims of a chemical attack as fabrication. and they are prepared to take douma at any cost. this footage was shot by syria's civil defence, known as the white helmets. here, they run in to the aftermath of an air strike. they find an injured man. while the politicians talk, this is the reality in douma. martin patience, bbc news, beirut. the other main story moving this hour: the hungarian prime minister viktor orban has declared victory, after preliminary results from sunday's election suggest he's won a third successive term in power. polling stations stayed open later than expected due to large queues of voters and the turnout is expected to be at a near record level. with 74% of votes counted, the national election office data projects victor orban's ruling party has received just over 49% of the vote, the far rightjobbik party has 20% and the socialist party received 11.9%. here's the latest update from nick thorpe in budapest. very much a party going on at the party headquarters. in the last few, viktor orba

, i'm not happy about it. and i know for a fact he's not happy about it. when i went to russia with the miss universe packagents, he contacted me and was so nice and i mean, the russian people were so fantastic to us, i can say this, they are doing -- they're outsmarting us at many terms. their leaders, whether you call them smarter or more cunning or whatever, but they're outsparting us. if you look at syria and other places, they're outsmarting us. i really think we should not be knocking that country with all of the money and all of the guts they put into it and, hey, i'm a fan of our country. but we have to get along with people a little bit and -- >> i think you're right. everything you live your life by deadline and they weren't finished. they had seven years. i don't think you're going too far to comment on it. >> yeah. but you know with a? wonderful opening ceremony, and they did a have problem with the rings and that was fine of the because lot of people thought it was magnificent. when they put their guts into it and they put the tremendous amount of -- in all fairness, a ridi

go, russia still seems to support him. -- while america wants president assad to go, russia still seems to support him. >> one should not underestimate the fact that countries as different as china, russia, qatar, the united states, on an agreement that talks about a condition. that is the first time that the word is used in a public document agreed by all those countries, and that is quite a signal. i think it has been underestimated. it is a very important step. >> while the united nations ways with the to even continue with its monitoring mission, one hopes -- weighs to even continue with its monitoring mission, they hope for a political settlement. >> the courage of the observers, the courage of the people on the ground will not make a difference. i think it is essential because i think the alternative is a conflict of unprecedented balance in the region, and we have to avoid that at all costs. >> the meeting last weekend in geneva led to an agreement between outside powers, not the parties to the syrian conflict themselves. >> united nations officials believe the agreement to

google from russia. james kraft a canadian, co-found over kraft foods inc. levi strauss, founder of levi strauss and company. liz claiborne from belgium founder of liz claiborne inc, nd that's a company worth $5 billion. andrew grove from hungary, co-founder of intel a company orth $112 billion. the founder of hovnanian enterprises home builder with revenue of $1 nt -- of $1. billion. every single one of those individuals made their second life here in our great country and it's because there was a time that in this cubry we embraced everyone from around the world and all we asked of them is that they just obey the laws once they are here and that they do well with the opportunities that our great country affords every human being when they are here. we have one of the highest standard of living in the world and there's a reason for that because there was a time for many, many years that we welcomed people to our shores and now basically at this time where we just reopened the statue of liberty, it's time for taos embrace people from around the world and for us to recognize it's not

talking about it. nothing is being done. in the meantime, presidents of russia -- he is not sitting by and letting cyberattacks go by and china doesn't need guidance. so when are we going to get serious about it? does the president have to have a cybersummit? where he gets them together and say pass this bill? >> so many things i could say. i am trying not to get in trouble. i think this time of year, politically very difficult to move through congress but my experience on working with both sides of the leaders of the republican and democrat, see this as the key issue and the key problem is how do we help articulate what is in that legislation? i am getting a lot of calls from both sides and from my perspective they do want to push this. i do think it is hard because there are fundamental disagreements. and resolving those and helping people understand those disagreements and getting to the right middle ground is a step in the right direction. we may not get everything i would personally want but we are heading and the legislation and different forms of it generally speaking have the k