steele is fired for lying and leaking and what's more interesting about this is ohr knew steele was desperate and, by the way, we know that ohr said he warned everybody in 2016 that, in fact, steele was political and hated trump but desperate at this point that trump not be elected, then it gets into what we also know from bruce ohr's notes, he was not only a conduit for christopher steele after being fired for lying and leaking but he was the conduit to the special counsel's office and andrew weissmann was also warned in august of 2016 about steele's political agenda, hillary paying for it, not being verifiable. >> yeah, absolutely. joiningt's great to be you from the great campus of liberty university. awesome to be here. >> sean: by the way, two of the nicest people you'll ever meet. i wish i was there with you.u. >> i wish you were here, too. so today is the mosts extraordinary day in the unraveling of the russia case for this reason. take it at 30,000 feet. first, everything that's in the bruce ohr 302s, nearly everything, was on your show a year ago because of the reporting of the team

and china pretty much is the biggest buyer of steel so steel prices started to stumble at the same is true for stock prices if you take the stock price of united of u.s. steel that's basically in a freefall since march of the stock is down by 17 percent so just last week u.s. president donald trump claimed in their steel industry of pennsylvania that he actually. turned a dense business into a thriving enterprise well those numbers actually tell a different story and hence is more talk today and us about economic stimulus to ward off for a session what's in discussion. that actually seems to be the big new idea here in the united states but we heard similar arguments over in germany for instance so the central banks overall seem to basically got rid of all their dry powder so now. we see the turn to fiscal politics so there is the idea for example here in the u.s. to cut payroll taxes but that is very unlikely to happen even if us president donald trump on tuesday said that he's toying around with this idea but we're in the face of elections and it's basically impossible that there wi

and give us steel industry in the uk. and give usa steel industry in the uk. and give us a sense steel industry in the uk. and give us a sense of what this news will happen to workers who no doubt will have been concerned about the possible future of their jobs. have been concerned about the possible future of theirjobslj think it's very welcome, all the workers have been really positive so farand workers have been really positive so far and this has lifted a lot of the burden on the shoulders. at least it shows there is a future there and it is about working to make sure we work together to create a sustainable industry, which is profitable for the uk steel industry. thank you very much indeed. a civil rights group has warned the use of facial recognition systems in public places across the uk has reached ‘epidemic‘ levels. ‘big brother watch‘ says the technology, which can scan people's faces in crowds, comparing them with databases of criminals, is a threat to privacy. we are nowjoined by silkie carlo, the director of civil liberty group big brother

in total, that represents a third of all uk steel production. there are so all uk steel production. there are so many people who have an interest in this and that is why one union representative said to me a few moments ago that the last three months have felt like three years. he said as well, don't forget the painful past here. they have had months of uncertainty and what they need to make sure now is that awill keep the business together and have a bold vision for the future so that history does not repeat itself again. —— that ataer will keep. our business editor simon jack is here. what do we know about the potential buyers? ataer is a holy is the mystery of the turkish military pension fund, and you might think it's a bit odd that a pension fund would want to buy a steel company but they say they are just like any other occupational pension scheme. hs one, a bunch of uk airports is owned by ontario teachers are so occupational pension schemes are some of the biggest investors in the world. this particular subsidiary also owns 50% of turkey's biggest steel producer and it i

on running steel firms. do you think there is synergy with british steel? why would become an by this company? that has to be the assumption there are potential synergies, there is experience of running steel firms. turkey is one of the top ten largest steel producers in the world so it has some success in establishing a global steel industry and that presumably is what has made it the front better. 0ther presumably is what has made it the front better. other companies have a p pa re ntly front better. other companies have apparently been interested but this has made it the front better. front line jobs, has made it the front better. front linejobs, four and has made it the front better. front linejobs, fourand a has made it the front better. front linejobs, four and a half thousand but many otherjobs down the supply chain. how hopeful do think those work in the supply chain should be about this tonight? it is a first optimistic sign for a while, especially with the effective colla pse especially with the ef

the court wants records after steele fired by the fbi just before the presidential election. over his contact with the media where he was spreading the dossier of allegations about collusion between the trump campaign and russia. responding to a federal lawsuit brought by judicial watch, u.s. district court judge christopher cooper said the records could help or hurt the fbi and should be public because the steele allocations targeted a political campaign. "those records might weaken his credibility as a source. that information in turn could provide a basis on which to evaluate the fbi's performance of duties. including relying on confidential sources, especially in connection with politically sensitive subject." the inspector general pfizer report because the team had to reenter witnesses, and after steele agreed to cooperate and since we learned steele was not only reluctant witness to come forward at the hour, sean. >> sean: we will have more and the opening monologue coming up the first other breaking news in the bizarre disturbing mysterious case of jeffrey epstein. he

they own a part of turkey's biggest steel producer which is why they are interested in british steel. this may provide reassurance to workers at places like scunthorpe in north lincolnshire who are desperately waiting to hear news about whether a buyer would be found for the company. we knew there were several buyers in the bidding, perhaps, or who had shown an interest, but it looks like they have now almost got to the point where it is going to be signed off. it does and it is significant that the bid appears to be that the whole business which has a lwa ys be that the whole business which has always been the government's preference and a business's preference, nobody wanted to see british steel sold off in bits so it is significant that the whole business is on the table here. the official receiver says it has received an acceptable offer, and yes, this was not the only company which i expressed interest, there had been others who had also wanted to buy the whole business. —— which had expressed interest. it is fair to say the company will have to have fairly deep pockets to ke

it's a community built on steel. the industry came first. the town has grown up around it and suffered unpredictability alongside it. the last three months has felt like three years... ..because of that uncertainty, it's the not knowing. this coming out today, yeah, that's removed a lot of that uncertainty and instilled a lot more confidence back in people so, yeah, we are massively more hopeful. to be fair, while this doesn't actually get us over the line, it does get us very close. business after business sit in the shadow of the steelworks, all of them also dependent on its success. eric deighton runs his own sheet—metal workshop, producing for contractors who in turn work for british steel. each company, another link in the supply chain. not every firm has a guillotine or a folder and so i do them jobs that they can't do, that british steel need. it's me but it's places that sell nuts and bolts, and washers, and cafes that supply people with food and things like that, it's everybody. and so, down the road at the cafe, they were relieve

and if suddenly they by this steel—maker in the uk free steel, that is suddenly their asset, and the government doesn't have to lay off 5000 people, the steel—maker in turkey suddenly gets all this still they can use at a lower price and they are making their products and you're talking a win— win situation, ultimately if this deal does get approved. you mentioned that 5000 figure. 0r this deal does get approved. you mentioned that 5000 figure. or the right to be cautiously hopeful on thejobs? right to be cautiously hopeful on the jobs? at least in my experience in the united states, it's always important to be cautiously optimistic in these situations. you don't know when the deal comes through, when whoever the buyer is finally gets to look at the books or look at the business, forever long it is, to really make the decision on what they want to keep. listen, i was talking to one analyst who says there is a possibility they won't keep all thesejobs, there is a possibility they won't keep all these jobs, they will realise they don't want all these jobs, if this turkish group end

this is a community built on steel. the industry came first. the town has grown up around it and suffered unpredictability alongside it. the last three months has felt like three years. because of that uncertainty, it's the not knowing. this coming out today, yeah, that's removed a lot of that uncertainty and instilled a lot more confidence back in people so, yeah, we're massively more hopeful. to be fair, while this doesn't actually get us over the line, it does get us very close. you might wonder why a turkish military pension fund wants to buy british steel. well, the deal isn't as extraordinary as it may sound. the fund already owns nearly 50% of turkey's largest steel company, which has assets of £20 billion and is hungry for the kind of steel they produce here in scunthorpe. the rails and beams made here are used in construction all over the world, from istanbul airport to coventry‘s new water park. products and expertise attractive to the prospective buyer. british steel produces high quality rail, it has a long experience in producin

this is a community built on steel. the industry came first. the town has grown up around it and suffered unpredictability alongside it. the last three months has felt like three years. because of that uncertainty, it's the not knowing. this coming out today, yeah, that's removed a lot of that uncertainty and instilled a lot more confidence back in people so, yeah, we're massively more hopeful. to be fair, while this doesn't actually get us over the line, it does get us very close. you might wonder why a turkish military pension fund wants to buy british steel. well, the deal isn't as extraordinary as it may sound. the fund already owns nearly 50% of turkey's largest steel company, which has assets of £20 billion and is hungry for the kind of steel they produce here in scunthorpe. the rails and beams made here are used in construction all over the world, from istanbul airport to coventry‘s new water park. products and expertise attractive to prospective buyer. british steel produces high quality rail, it has a long experience in producing hi

the fisa court was not told about steel's opinions on donald trump nor the dossier steel compiled had been funded by fusion gps which in turn was being paid by the democratic national committee and a lawyer connected to hillary clinton's campaign but the notes released tonight suggest that ohr told the fbi several of than obama administration were aware. >> he confirms when fusion gps had been talking to the state department this was going to a state department official, the clinton campaign and the fbi, talk about a joint operation. >> reporter: it is worth pointing out that according to the documents ohr and steel continue to communicate through may 2017. that is when the special counsel robert mueller was appointed and at least 6 months after steel was terminated as a source by the fbi. >> bruce or communicating on an encrypted apps and communications between the two continued long after the fbi had fired steel. let's turn to deputy assistant attorney general john you, thank you for being with us. i want to start with you, you know these key players because of your work for the doj

all our steel meals are closed. us some can you send steel please? we don't make steel anymore. we make it now. the u.s. steel mills, all of them, they are expanding all over the place. new expansions, new mills. we had not had a new mill built in 30 years and now they are going up. many car plants coming in from japan. i told prime minister abe, great guy, i said listen. we have a massive deficit with japan. they sent thousands and thousands, millions of cars. we send them wheat. wheat. that's not a good deal. and they don't even want our wheat. they do it because they want us to at least feel that we are ok. they do it to make us feel good. but the deficit is massive. it's changing rapidly, but what they are doing is buying a lot of our stuff, including our military equipment. they are building car plants now in the united states. in michigan, in pennsylvania. many, many of the japanese car companies are coming over and building car plants in the united states. it doesn't fully do the trick, but it helps. and those deficits will start coming down very substantially. but we are

steel companies took advantage of those tariffs the steel companies name it related the terms to their benefit didn't hire workers and now because their prices are too high. they have to lay people off because they're losing cannot competition demand . for weak i've got some dramatic footage to show you from the russian city of trunk father dan got his baby daughter out of the window they're threatening to drop her luckily though some local police officers managed to save the day. was. the only good vehicle for which a person suppose most of the time. a quick comment. or are you going to use a should be worth learning to see just to get the shimmer of the story because just for the audience mostly because folks of a season is feeling. hopeless that's is still supposed to know it's been a move to salute those true years old due to the sort of mood 006 the chill local. dump a good place to blow up the movie is awesome. so this is the most fun to. show we should. put a show to shake up little inspiration. from almost from the. office of. a lucky escape that's the news for now we're back w

in terms of steel, steel prices, the health of steel companies tend to jie rate. it's up and down and there's a lot of factors that go into that. when you don't have the demand, which it appears we're seeing less demand for a whole lot of manufactured items, or when you add in the inputs that people have to have to make a product, including things that get imported, which now costs more, all this contributes to a slowdown. and so what people are hoping is that the consumer demands are going to push the economy along and out weigh the decline in manufacturing. we've had a longest recovery in history and these don't go on forever. and so we're going through a cycle and obviously the tariffs have not helped us. they are contributing to this and a slowing economy is never good news for an incumbent president or incumbent governor. it doesn't matter what it is. people want to see their lives getting better. >> that's a good point. that is definitely the reality. on that note, i am not going to ask you about where you are in considering a residential run, even though yo

in the steel companies are thriving again. we have to have a steel industry. steel for defense. what are going to do, we have a little bit of a problem, a little bit of a conflict. we say listen, china, could you do us a favor? we need help, our steel meals are closed. dam it, could you send us -- our steel mills are close. they are expanding all over the place. , new expansions. we had not had a new mill built in 30 years and now they are going up. abe, greate minister guy, we have a massive deficit with japan. they sent thousands and thousands, millions of cars. we send them wheat. wheat. that's not a good deal. and they don't even want our wheat. they do it because they want us to at least feel that we are ok. they do it to make us feel good. but the deficit is massive. it's changing rapidly, but what they are doing is buying a lot of our stuff, including our military equipment. they are building car plants now in the united states. in michigan, in pennsylvania. many, many of the japanese companies are coming over and building car plants in the united states. it doesn't fully

steele who hated trump's guts. so there is a common theme here that the investigation of trump was very biased. liz: this is about precedence of this country. using the intelligence apparatus in this country to do opposition research in the campaign. >> you hear it's nothing but a republican right-wing talking point. but this is a serious issue. to those who have been saying all along we must look at how this started, we must look at the fisa warrant process, i commend them for saying that. you don't prejudge anything. but these are serious issues and bruce ohr had massive conflicts of interest. liz: the next step is the steele dossier, the quote insurance policy. thanks for reading those 34 pages. i tried to read them. president trump saying joe biden not ready for primetime. politicians make mistakes when they say thousands of word a day. liberal intolerance unchained. twitter mobs with electronic pitchforks boycotting trump fundraisers. the left hikes to say we are open and intolerant. but critics say not so muc

on the question of steel capacity we know there is too much steel production worldwide. we also have this statement from resident from's security advisor earlier in the week if we leave the european union and we do not have a deal may be mrtrump will union and we do not have a deal may be mr trump will lift the terrace applied to the eu and then turkey sees that in a sense the uk has a good investment for that reason. you have hit the nail on the head with there is too much steel capacity in there is too much steel capacity in the world. i would be very worried about getting into bed with donald trump. he has spoken about free trade deal but i think the uk needs to be very worried about entering into a trade deal with the us. 0ne of the reasons that the steel production lines are so distorted is because americans have but i have those tariffs on steel step inputs from its allies in the eu japan mexico and canada although they had been lifted there. i think the key to this deal would be what does turkey get out of this? remember turkey get out of this? remember turkey as

at the steele dossier, what did they find, john? >> they found that 90% or more of it cannot be verified and was wrong, or was simply internet garbage hearsay from the internet, really indicate -- >> sean: they have the spreadsheet? why did they discover that 90% of this was garbage? >> they began in october /november editing it, and they stopped because it was about a product. >> sean: we have the october initial fisa warrant based on the phone he clinton bought and paid for dossier. it's as verified, but they didn't investigate it, and they found out when they did investigated that they couldn't verify, and that was how many months later? >> six or seven months later. and here's a very important point: some of the testimony house members got, niehaus and judiciary committees by jim jordan and meadows did back to mike last year, they talked about process of betting the steele dossier began after or simultaneous to them already going to the court. the cart and the horse were backwards, the fbi had invented what it was representing t

trish: by the fall of 2016, bruce ohr knew that steele was quote desperate. christopher steele felt so strongly about this and was willing to push and push and do what was needed. this is right before that first fisa application. so they know christopher steele has a massive bias and they never bothered to check his work jason? >> well, remember -- jason? >> well, remember who is paying for all this. this is the clinton campaign and the democratic national committee. of course, he's desperate to get this information. he's being paid to generate it. john ratcliffe from the judiciary committee, congressman from texas read the unredacted version of these fisa applications and at the very top it says "verified application." at some point they will have to have the courts. justice roberts is in charge of that fisa court. at some point the court have to stand up for itself and say how did you provide this information so the judges stamped their approval. trish: if you are the judge rubber stamping this stuff. the fisa court is scary enough because they don't though

"those records might eitherti bolster or weaken steele's credibility as a source. that information in turn could provide a basis on which to evaluate the fbi's performance of its law enforcement duties. including its judgment in selecting and relying on confidential sources, especially in connection with such a politically sensitive subject." based on new information, the inspector general's fisa report because its team had to interview witnesses to the conflict testimony after steele agreed to cooperate. since we've learned that steele was not the only religion wasn't to come forward at the 11th hour, sean. >> sean: catherine herridge in washington, thank you. we'll have more in my opening monologue comingn: up. first we have new breaking news and that bizarre, disturbing, mysterious case of jeffrey epstein. he gets more strange, more weird, more bizarre by the moment. here now with her shocking details as trace gallagher in the west coast new german. trace? >> believe it or not, two days before he committed suicide, jeffrey epstein signed his will. turns out he w

steel companies are not competitive. a lot of voters took a chance on trump but trump's policies have clearly failed not only in michigan but in other areas of the great lakes where we had a lot of manufacturing u.s. steel companies are are not competitive they've taken the money and raised their prices instead of investing and becoming more cost efficient and hiring more workers that's what they did so the tariffs don't work what happened was those 25 percent tariffs on steel imports the u.s. steel companies took advantage of those tariffs distil companies name it related the tariffs to their benefit didn't hire workers and now because their prices are too high they have to lay people off because they're losing cannot competition and demand. before we go we have got some dramatic footage to show you from the russian cities that iran's cleric drunk father dangled his baby daughter at a window that threatening to drop luckily though some local police officers managed to say i think that. c you're going to be a principal.

it doesn't sound good for the fbi or for christopher steel. thanks for joining us. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. [♪] president trump talking tough on trade, declaring it does not matter if a trade war is good or bad for the economy short term. but somebody had to take on china. reporter: president trump making it clear he's not letting economic tension pressure him into making any deals. he said he's still not ready to make a deal with china. president trump: i can tell you i'm not ready to make a deal unless it's the right kind of deal. i don't know. but i will say this. something will happen, maybe soon, and maybe a little bit later. but china have much wants to make a deal. reporter: china wants to send a signal. the president said if china cracks down on protesters in hong kong with violence, that could make a difference. the president is blaming the fed for hiking interest rates and putting more pressure on the economy. president trump: whether it's good for our country or bad for our country. long-term it's imperative that som

steel is very much exposed to the global manufacturing slowdown a big issue in the steel sector is the slowdown in the auto sector we talked about weak german numbers, dropping car sales, european economy, that takes in 30% of total flat steel production in europe that's a big driver of the slowdown we're seeing. >> this is the fourth profit warning in four quarters for this firm. the shares are down a third on the year, we saw a pop this morning. why would investors see positive signs out of these numbers >> there has been some signs that we are near a turning point. a big issue was very expensive raw materials, in particular iron ore we are seeing those prices dropping and dropping fast they're down 20% in the space of 20, 25 days. that will provide some relief in terms of cost structure. >> with then you think about st, there are two main raw materials, you have iron ore, and you have coal. so talk us through the developments in the coal space and also china's role in that given the way that that economy has shifted away from an investment economy towards a consumption economy. >> t

between mr steele in the u.k. government ok so at least the inspector general of the devoted to justice and his people to london for this grilling on presumably allegations against you robert mueller didn't even talk to julian assange. for his reports and made allegations about then he said went on to say some government is that the president is kind of guilty until proven innocent according to us. know what if you make a. really sad. it's funny because when these. when his investigation began in the 1st half of 2017 i thought as a u.s. former u.s. marine this person would would have a lot of integrity but it's unfortunate that he repeated lies about a 1000000000 deal in iraq. yeah why did trump think that was a good guy to be running well you know i think. it was really a bad position and there is just so much misinformation being pushed out there by the media and its political opponents really rested their credibility on these false rumors going after the wiki leaks founder julian assange because. you know i i'm

the fisa court was not told about steele's opinions on donald trump nor that the dossier steele had compiled had been funded by fusion gps which in turn was being paid by the democratic national committee and a lawyer connected to hillary clinton's campaign. the notes released tonight suggest that ohr told the fbi several branches of the then obama administration were aware. >> he confirms that glenn simpson at fusion gps had been talking to the state department. this information was going over to a state department official. the clinton campaign, and the fbi. talk about a joint operation. >> it's also worth pointing out that according to the documents, ohr and steele continue to communicate through may of 2017. that's when the special counsel robert mueller was appointed and it's at least six months after steele was terminated as a source by the fbi. shannon. >> shannon: jonathan hunt in l.a. thank you. bruce ohr and the author of the dossier, if you heard, communicating on an encrypted app and communications between the two continue long after the fbi had fired steele. a couple things we a

steel? >> yeah, hi, jim, well people here in the community are confused and shocked by this news because they thought these steel tariffs were actually supposed to boost production but u.s. steel announcing they're laying off temporarily 200 workers at this facility just behind me, and the company saying this is happening because of ongoing market challenges. and this is uncontrast to what we've heard the president say the last couple of weeks. i spoke to one city leader here who says he hasn't found a boost in the industry, and he and another community leader are concerned that these temporary layoffs will become permanent. >> we assume we have more production, and in fact we thought there'd be a reverse effect. and i'm hoping that things reverse quickly. >> it's a recession when your neighbor is laid off. it's a depression when you get laid off. it hasn't changed in the past 30 years, and there's all kinds of emotions. you get concerned when you hear 200 people are laid off, so it is a con

it appears now, what we have been referring to as the steele dossier was not in fact the steele dossier. it may have been the steele, simpson, ohr dossier. what i mean by that is, a lot of this information we are finding out, nelliee ohr had a dossier now, paul manafort, is it possible, sara, that christopher steele's name was slapped on this dossier because he was the only moment of credible work history from the fbi they could've gotten this past the fisa court? t >> absolutely. i think this was a hodgepodge effort among all of them.. i mean, exactly what you and gregg had said. bruce ohr, as well as glenn simpson, nellie ohr, christopher steele, the highest levels of the fbi, they were laundering information through glenn simpson, and i don't think we have spent enough time on glenn simpson here, you know, he has been able to escape by under the radar to some extent. he owned and founded fusion gps. the research firm that was paid for by hillary clinton and the democratic national committee. i'd like to know what his connections were with people. how he operated. because i believe wh

they call it sand steel, it was dirt steel. it was mixed up. we didn't want to use it for our jet fighters and beams that hold up buildings. but they were dumping tremendous quantities of steel. and what was happening is that the united states steel and all of our companies were going virtually out of business. and i stopped it. i put on a 25% tariff. billions of dollars is pouring into our treasury and our steel companies and our steel workers are coming back. right here in ohio, a great steel company that is doing great again nucor has announced an $85 million upgrade. another one plans to build a new $150 million steel mill in cuyahoga. and cleveland cliffs announced a new $700 million plant in a very good place that i like a lot. toledo, ohio. four years ago steel plants were closing. there were not building or expanding. we are building new plants in florida, north carolina, south carolina. not just ohio. on issue after issue democrats have forgotten who it is they are supposed to represent. i wonder why they forgot. the job of elected off

when christopher steele was found leaking to the press, they said steele, you're out. buff it turns out he was never out. through the what's app. they were communicating bruce ohr to christopher steele to circumvent and cut donald trump. ainsley: for six months. brian: to cut donald trump off at the knees. christopher steele was so incited by the thought of donald trump becoming president after he was actually had his contacts severed with the fbi, it turns out, according to these reports, that the communication continued from 2016 all the way through 2017. pete: that's major headline, bruce ohr, senior doj official continued communicating with christopher steele even after bob mueller was appointed. by the way, i didn't look at this until now, bruce ohr still has a job. he still works at the department of justice. it's unbelievable. this next 302 goes even further with it. another one redacted thanks to the good work of tom fitton from january 27th, 2017. ohr received a what's app. innovation like texting in a secure mode from christopher steele independent indicating

lorraine has a steel mill. even here in cleveland the major steel mills are once again up and running. i do believe they've made significant investments in water pollution control and also air ollution control, but no doubt accidents happen. there are, of course, other kinds of contributors to water pollution. cleveland, like lots of cities that grew in the late 19th century and early 20th century, has combined sewers, which means that sanitary sewage combines with storm runoff and when it rains, that means that untreated sewage flows into both the cuyahoga and directly into lake erie. we also know that lake erie suffers from nonpoint pollution, which is to say agricultural runoff mostly, particularly over in toledo from the river. so as i tell my students, there are no permanent victories in environmental protection. it's an ongoing effort. you have to adjust to new threats, to new problems, and to be vigilant about regulation and enforcement. >> to the west of cleveland is toledo. tim, you are on the air. goo

they call it sand steel. they collect dirt steel. it was mixed up. it was bad stuff. and we didn't want to use that for our jet fighters and for our beams that hold up buildings.t but they were dumping tremendous quantities of steel and what was happening is, united states steel and all of our companies were going virtually out of business and i stopped it. i put on a 25% tariff, billions of dollars is now pouring into our treasury, and our steel companies and our steelworkers are coming back. [cheers and applause] right here in ohio, nucor, a great steel company, and a steel company that is doing great again. nucor has announced an $85 million upgrade in marion. [cheers and applause] steel announced plans to build a new $150 million steel mill in cuyahoga heights and cleveland cliffs announced a new $700 million plan in a very good place that i like a lot, toledo, toledo, ohio. [cheers and applause] and this was unthinkable because four years ago, steel plants were closing. they weren't expanding and they weren't building new plants in florida, north carolina, south