several weeks, michael yang paid mallory $25,000 to come to shanghai twice, and mallory reached out to former colleagues at the c.i.a. asking to be put in touch with people who had current intelligence on china. prosecutors say his former colleagues grew suspicious and reported him to c.i.a. security, putting him on the radar of law enforcement. when mallory returned from his second trip to china, he was stopped by customs at chicago's o'hare airport. he had lied on this form about how much money he was carrying-- more than $16,000 in cash-- and agents discovered this box with a phone in it. mallory claimed it was a gift for his wife, but it was actually a covert communication device that had been given to him by chinese intelligence. this looks just like a regular phone. what makes it a covert communication device? >> gaynor: so, it's not so much the hardware. the phone itself had a unique piece of software installed on it, designed to allow secure communication, both in text and also the secure transmission of documents later. >> cooper: you might think a former c.i.a. officer would

mallory, thank you forjoining us here. do you know one of the most i think touching aspects of this news is the character of president bush thatis is the character of president bush that is being described by so many people who worked with him or who analysed the way he led america. his character. his character was totally unique. for today. he character. his character was totally unique. fortoday. he was character. his character was totally unique. for today. he was a character. his character was totally unique. fortoday. he was a man, first of all, who believed in the presidency. he believed in the presidency. he believed in the presidency —— you believe it was something very special. when he went in to see his son, he addressed him as mr president. this is right after the inauguration. he is a man who was not a conservative. a lot of conservatives did not like him because he was not. what he was was a man who believed first in family, he actually said this, second in faith and third in america. he also was a great l

auden wanted to succeed where mallory had failed. rather like the space race of the cold war, in those years every major european if power wanted to claim an ascent on a peak over 8,000 meters. in the western himalaya, it was germany's mountain of destiny. and, of course, everest -- the highest mountain in the world -- was reserved for great britain. indeed, why climb everest if not to assert great britain if's power over the power of nature to raise a mountain beyond its reach? in this way the himalayas became a proxy stage where the power and virility of a nation could be broadcast to the world. and in the case of germany, its national honor reclaimed from the indignity of its great war defeat. this is a nazi flag. but the british fantasy of conquering everest had a flipside. failure might unman the nation, strip the king emperor naked for all to see. there were four efforts to reach the summit in the 1930s, all failed. among john auden's papers, i found a letter from another himalayan explorer, the older brother of the poet steven

joining me, ned ryun and mallory hagan. the allegations of impropriety that have been out there for years and years. all kinds of stuff. the premise is you could pay for access. if you just turned over a nice check for share the to the clinton foundation, suddenly things were getting easier for you. >> we talked about uranium one situation. but between 2010 and 2012 the clinton state department approved $165 billion in thunderstorms deals to the nations that had given donations to the clinton foundation. that doubled the sales to these countries from the bush's second term. when you look at the 2014 audit of the clinton foundation it had $235 million in assets. they only gave out 3% in grants. trish: mallory, what's your defense as a democrat to these charges? >> my reaction is that this isn't a partisan issue at all. if there is wrongdoing and there has been commingling an investigation needs to take place. if the allegations are true, the clintons should be held accountable. but it seems like this is a well-timed allegati

mallory has called him the greatest of all time and was in attendance this year at farrakhan's annual address where he gave tamika mallory a shout out and then proceeded to give a speech replete with anti-semitic and homophobic remarks. the women's march says farrakhan's statements don't align with the group's principles and mallory's presence at his annual address was bad judgment. yet perez and malory have disavowed his comments, and now tablet magazine is reporting that during the women's march first meeting back in november of 2016, both mallory and perez endorsed an infamous and debunked anti-semitic trope that jews exploited black and brown people and were proven to be leaders of the american trade. the controversy is also gaining notice because the women's march has become, as you noted, powerful organization that has been endorsed by potential 2020 presidential candidates like california democratic senator kamala harris and new york democratic senator kirsten gillibrand. both of whom spoke at the women's march prerally in january 2017. it's also worth noting that despite alleg

it mallory's full not come until march when she wrote on her twitter feed "it seems i am not being clear. i am it always have been against all forms of racism. i am committed to ending antiblack racism, anti-semitism, homophobia and trans phobia. this is why i helped create an intersectional movement to bring groups together. but for cofounder teresa stroke, that was not enough. she called on the entire women's march leadership to resign saying "i have followed anti-semitism, anti-lgbt qi a sentiment and hateful racist rhetoric to become a part of the platform by the refusal to separate themselves from groups that espouse these racist, hateful beliefs." millions around the globe attended the first women's marches in january 2017 following president trump's inauguration. marches and rallies are still scheduled to be held in washington, d.c., and dozens of other cities across the country and around the world on january january 19th. >> ed: jonathan hunt live in los angeles, thank you, jonathan. still ahead, "the new york times" accused of being a gossip rag found in the supermarket checkou

mallory, you get it right? you get this order free pass. mallory if he were still with us do you have any perspective on the whole cgi event itself on the amount of money they charge of people coming from all over the world. theoretically that's a good thing but sadly you are getting a stamp of approval that you are paid for from the clintons. >> i c think that's a charity events work. people pay a lot of money usada have dinner with celebrity guests and people who are of some sort of importance in some way or another this would be absolutely no different trading mentioned the rule of law and people not being above it. the one about us and that takes place here today, people are saying that donald trump should be held accountable for some of the things that were done in hillary clinton should. this is an issue. people are doing something wrong and specifically people in position of power -- trish: i want to pursue that with you a little bit and we still have net joining us. mallory said things he should be held accountable for what i'm tryi

joining me, ned ryun and mallory hagan. the allegations of impropriety that have been out there for years and years. all kinds of stuff. the premise is you could pay for access. if you just turned over a nice check for share the to the clinton foundation, suddenly things were getting easier for you. >> we talked about uranium one situation. but between 2010 and 2012 the clinton state department approved $165 billion in thunderstorms deals to the nations that had given donations to the clinton foundation. that doubled the sales to these countries from the bush's second term. when you look at the 2014 audit of the clinton foundation it had $235 million in assets. they only gave out 3% in grants. trish: mallory, what's your defense as a democrat to these charges? >> my reaction is that this isn't a partisan issue at all. if there is wrongdoing and there has been commingling an investigation needs to take place. if the allegations are true, the clintons should be held accountable. but it seems like this is a well-timed allegati

trish: ned ryun, and mallory hagan, thank you. we have fresh evidence that jerry nadler vows to end investigation into the fbi and doj. the democrat claiming there are no political biases at the fbi. right? yeah. congressman nadler, did you see the hundreds of text messages between former lovers -- i hate that word -- boyfriend, girlfriend. peter strzok and lisa page? the ones that clearly display their hatred for president trump? how are you out there saying there was never any bias. the ones where they vowed to make sure the president, now president would never make it to the oval office? there is a whole lot of bias there. i'm setting the record straight for you on why these probes must continue. don't go anywhere. each of these food boxes represents a gift of life for people here in israel who are in desperate need. these are very difficult times for israel and the jewish people as the government spends more and more of it's resources for battling terrorism. the situation has become a crisis. every week the lines get longer an