attorney general william barr calling the shooting of the naval base where there was one armed gunman an act of terror, a saudi national, if you'll remember. this was part of a training school where americans welcome in foreign missions to train with our navy, with the air force and this man was there. he has called it an act of terror. they are expelling the other saudi nationals from the training program they have there and send them back to saudi arabia. what good timing for us, how do you feel about this news? >> well, that military training program we have has been vital to u.s. national security for 40 years. we train people from all over the world. we end up with good continuing contact with them. the saudis have always been a huge part of it, maybe 1,000 students. we have to get better at vetting these students. that was preposterous, a dozen to 20 of them that should have understood what was going on and apparently had connections to extremist organizations back in saudi arabia. i think secretary esper has taken a relook at the program, and hopefully it will be better monitor

that's not anything william barr has done. and let's just add because i can't let this show go by without adding it his statement to the federal -- about policing, that is unacceptable. >> it was a law enforcement honor, prize where you give that speech. >> and barr has long been a troubling -- more than troubling, an awful authoritarian pro-incarceration figure. but what he has done now is so beyond the pail that i agree we need impeachment investigation. and i hope congress investigates him. but also a real rethinking of the structure of power in the a.g.'s office and i remember this moment because it's actually so cheering how everybody was outraged. totally outraged. >> it's like you can't do that. >> you absolutely cannot politicize this, so i actually think that unfortunately this is an area where the norm has been so profoundly broken that we have to look towards 2021 and look towards the future and say we can't allow this kind of abuse to happen again because it so undermines the rule of law in this country. >> that's

in the latest privacy battle over cracking open the iphone that attorney general william barr says was used by a terrorist, a saudi terrorist, in the pensacola shooting last month. the silicon valley leadership group ceo is here. there was a dinner where secretary of defense mike pompeo was last night. carl was there. he's with us now. >>> plus, mgm is making a huge bet on its sportsbook. how bet mgm plans to award players in its casinos around the world to get you to bet more and maybe win some interesting gifts. >>> less than an hour to the closing bell. let's start "the claman countdown." liz: and we've got this breaking news out of washington, d.c. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has just said the senate impeachment trial will likely start next tuesday. he was saying this just a few minutes ago, as you see on the screen, that's the weekly press conference on capitol hill. moments ago mcconnell said it is likely the house will send impeachment articles to the senate tomorrow, and the swearing-in of senate members of the trial could actually happen later this week. he also sai

. >> he became that powerful when he got william barr. >> he became that powerful when he got william barr. he went on to describe the atmosphere around the president like a cult. what does this say to you about the attorney general? and i know as a doj loyalist, it pains you to have to criticize a sitting attorney general, i imagine. >> you know, when i joined the department of justice and was doing public corruption cases, i had friends who are cynical. they said, paul, you know it's going to be political. you know whatever administration is in power, they're going to go after the folks on the other side. that's not how it worked. i was there for the bush administration, for the clinton administration. in terms of our priorities, the way that we brought cases, it didn't matter the party. that's not true anymore. the attorney general now does not appear to represent the interests of the united states. he represents donald trump. so donald trump has the attorney general of his fantasies, but unfortunately that's not in the best interest of the united states. >> counselor, thank you fo

new reporting overnight from "the new york times" says bolton told attorney general william barr that he was concerned about president trump granting personal favors to the autocratic leaders of turkey and china. joining us now is one of the reporters to broke this story, magger haberman. thank you for joining us with your new reporting. so it sounds like the headline is that john bolton was not just concerned about what was happening with ukraine, there was more stuff that was concerning to him and he's talking about more of that in the manuscript. >> right. what mike schmidt and i have been told is that he writes about interactions that he himself had with bill barr, the attorney general, and it's noteworthy that it's bill barr. i just want to note that when we reported on other things that were supposedly said in this book two days ago bill barr was one of the few administration officials who actually offered a statement saying that what we had wasn't entirely true or at least what bolton was claiming wasn't true. this is unusual to hear barr expressing concerns about the president

it is one of the things i find so strange about people like william barr, who knows there will be another attorney general some day, and it will be a democratic attorney general who will have the power to look at every single thing william barr did. and it's coming at some point. >> and you feel like this people like that senator who is acting as if there is no tomorrow. there is never a reckoning. i tried to make the point whoever goes to jail or doesn't go to jail, whatever crimes are find out now or in the course of the trump presidency is nothing compared to what's been buried that none of us know about. and people are going to be turning over rocks for decades. and you look back at history, general motors and ford both had executives who were essentially hitler appeasers ands in case of general motors were involved in the armaments used against american troops in manufacturing them in germany during the war. it took 40 years to find all that out, but it all came out. and people who support these kind of regimes, whether it be appeasement then or america first in the '30s or trump, wh

barr to recuse himself from this case. let's go to our senior national correspondent alex marquardt, what are you learning about parnas and his legal maneuvers. >> for starters, wolf, parnas's attorneys are saying william barr is compromised because he was a point man for the president on ukraine. they sent a letter to the department of justice today saying that the attorney general should name a special prosecutor and recuse himself from the investigation of parnas's role in the ukraine scandal, remember from that transcript of the july 25th phone call, we know that the president asked president zelensky to work with bill barr as well as giuliani on investigating the bidens, and now in addition to that trove of documents that parnas has handed over to congress, all of this goes right to the heart of the impeachment trial. deep in hot water, indicted on four federal charges and looking for an out, lev parnas has quickly thrown former associates including the president under the bus. his revelations in both interviews and i

attorney general william barr called the shooting an act of terrorism. barr also revealed that the shooter who was a saudi national acted alone. here's nbc's pete williams >> reporter: the justice department says it was an act of terrorism when muhammad al shamrani, a saudi officer here in the u.s. for military training opened fire in a classroom at pensacola naval air station december 6, killing three u.s. servicemen. on september 11th, the fbi says, he posted this message on social media. the count down has started investigators say he also posted a string of anti-american, anti-israeli and jihadist messages the last one just two hours before the attack. but the fbi says he apparently acted alone. >> we have not identified any coconspirators, any evidence that the shooter acted with anyone else, or that he was inspired by any one specific group. >> reporter: out of 852 saudis in the u.s. for military training, 21 have now been sent home after it was found they had either child pornography or jihadist material. fbi agents also found two phones belonging

he is going to have the power to look at every single thing william barr did. and it's coming at some point. >> it's coming and you feel these people like him or the crack-pot senator. they are acting as if there is no tomorrow, there is never a reckoning. and what i try to do in this piece, whoever goes to jail or doesn't go to jail, whatever crimes are found out now or in the course of a trump presidency is nothing compared to what's been buried that none of us know about, not even a very zealous investigative press has found. people are going to be turning over rocks for decades. you look back at history. general motors and ford both had executives who were essentially hitler appeasers and in the case of general motors were involved in the armaments that were used against american troops and manufacturing them in germany during the war. it took 40 years to find all that out. but it all came out. people who support these kind of regimes, whether it be appeasement then or america first in the '30s or trump, which is, let's face it, a criminal presidency, there

can be impeached, that is what william barr says but i can't be impeached. that is a recipe for president who is above the law. that only is not required by the constitution, quite the contrary. founders new from a monarchy that if they were going to give extraordinary powers to their new executive they needed an extraordinary strain. they needed a constraint commensurate with the evil they sought to contain. that remedy is not holding up a nomination. the remedy they gave her an executive that would abuse their power, endanger the country, that would endanger the integrity of elections was the power of impeachment. as one of the experts said in the house if this conduct isn't and impeachable offense, then nothing is. >> thank you, mister manager. mister chief justice? >> senator from south carolina. >> i send a question to the desk on behalf of myself, senator alexander, to me, sullivan, murkowski and counsel for the president. >> thank you. the question for senator graham and the other senators is for the counsel to the president. assuming for argument's t

barr his concerns about mr. giuliani who is pursuing a shadow ukraine policy encouraged by the president and mr. bolton told mr. barr the president mentioned him on the call. mr. barr denied he learned the call from mr. bolton. the chessie pharma has said he learned about it only in mid august. the acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney was present for at least one phone call where the president and mr. giuliani discussed the ambassador, mr. bolton road. mr. holding has told associates he was always step with the president spoke with his lawyer to protect their attorney-client privilege. mr. mulvaney's attorney has put out a statement saying this. the latest story from the "new york times" called it with the book launch has more to do with publicity than the truth. john bolton never told mick mulvaney of any concerns around purported august conversation with the president nor did mr. mulvane ever have a conversation with the president or anyone else indicating ukrainian military aid was withheld in exch

, william barr, that is -- never even had a conversation with william barr. he was adamant about that but wouldn't talk about -- >> if donald trump really care about corruption in ukraine everything john talked about he would have brought up with whoever the head of ukraine was in 2017 and he would have brought up corruption rather than something looking for an announcement of an investigation. >> the president ran on stopping -- he ran on gravy train and said nato has got to pony up more money, that was the first part of the call, what a wild hour, great to have you one, we will be back tomorrow night, full coverage of the impeachment trial. shannon bream, take it from here. >> the president relies on the theory of absolute immunity, embarrassing the president's counsel talk about this today. >> the only one who should be embarrassed is you. heather: happening at 4:00 am on the east coast of fox news alert. sparks flying on the senate floor. the heated first day of donald trump's historic impeachment trial stretching into the we hours of the morning. the sen

. >>> attorney general william barr will hold a news conference to discuss the investigation of the shooting at the pensacola station that left three servicemembers dead and eight others injured. >>> tonight the clemson tigers face off the undefeated lsu tigers in at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> get ready for pain at the pump as you head to work this t important news for you for anyone who may have received any gift cards over the holidays cnbc's karen tso is watching your money good morning, karen. >> stand by for a mini hike in gas price this week. there's an anticipation there will be an increase of about 4 cents. according to thegallon, but whe comes for the trigger increase, it's not the middle east tensions that have played out over the past week if anything they closed weaker in fact, this time around it's a partial recovery in the retail dealer margin. >>> when it comes to gift margins, a popular go-to these days over the holiday season, but that $3 billion of unused credit is out there every year what happens to those funds? the money is sent back to the retailer or the bank, so the messa

. >> he became that powerful when he got william barr. >> he became that powerful when he got william barr. he went on to describe the atmosphere around the president like a cult. what does this say to you about the attorney general? and i know as a doj loyalist, it pains you to have to criticize a sitting attorney general, i imagine. >> you know, when i joined the department of justice and was doing public corruption cases, i had friends who were cynical. they said, paul, you know it's going to be political. you know whatever administration is in power, they're going to go after the folks on the other side. that's not how it worked. i was there for the bush administration, for the clinton administration. in terms of our priorities, the way that we brought cases, it didn't matter the party. that's not true anymore. the attorney general now does not appear to represent the interests of the united states. he represents donald trump. so donald trump has the attorney general of his fantasies, but unfortunately that's not in the best interest of the united states. >> counselor, thank you f

>> the tech companies are definitely in focus for william barr. obviously apple is in the pensacola case. remember we heard from whatsapp and facebook with encryption. william barr says why don't you build a access point to stop protecting the bad guys? this can't be a political conversation but about privacy and our future. charles: it is political, it is about lives, and saving lives, putting bad people in prison. i don't know if you call that political or not. i think it is public safety. unfortunately we're having it again. susan, thanks very much. >>> house gop introducing a solution to support the protesters in iran. it will put lawmakers on record. one the of the sponsors, michael mccaul, what it means for those opposing president's iranian policies. at comcast, we didn't build the nation's largest gig-speed network just to make businesses run faster. we built it to help them go beyond. because beyond risk... welcome to the neighborhood, guys. there is reward. ♪ ♪ beyond work and life... who else could he be? there is the moment. beyond

. >> he became that powerful when he got william barr. >> he became that powerful when he got william barr. he went on to describe the atmosphere around the president like a cult. what does this say to you about the attorney general? and i know as a doj loyalist, it pains you to have to criticize a sitting attorney general, i imagine. >> you know, when i joined the department of justice and was doing public corruption cases, i had friends who are cynical. they said, paul, you know it's going to be political. you know whatever administration is in power, they're going to go after the folks on the other side. that's not how it worked. i was there for the bush administration, for the clinton administration. in terms of our priorities, the way that we brought cases, it didn't matter the anymore. the attorney general now does not appear to represent the interests of the united states. he represents donald trump. so donald trump has the attorney general this fantasies, but unfortunately that's not in the best interest of the united states. >> counselor, thank you for coming. it's always a p

so they've all either confessed or implicated one another >> here's what he said about william barr, attorney general. >> do you know if mr. giuliani was in contact with with mr. barr specifically about the fact he was trying to get ukraine to announce the investigations into joe biden? >> oh, absolutely. >> mr. barr knew about that? >> i told him everything. it is impossible. >> did rudy giuliani tell you he had spoken to the attorney general specifically about ukraine? >> not only rudy giuliani, barr was basically on the team. >> it was uncomfortable for a lot of people watching last night. barr, pence, devon nunes heard their names invoked. >> all with their names invoked, all implicated by multiple witnesses in the impeachment investigation. >> now we have phone records. we have dep on nunes's phone number on parnas' phone records. he can lie about whether or not he knows who lev parnas is, but there's the document. no wonder they worked hard to keep documents away from the house, and keep in mind, this was a subpoena that went to parnas for the documents, and the reason they had

. >>> william barr will hold a press conference to discuss the shooting at the pensacola naval air station that left three service members dead and eight injured. >>> clemson tigers face off tonight against the undefeated lsu tigers in the college football national championship beginning at 8:00 eastern. >>> 10 million cases of the flu reported2 pediatric deaths from the flu but one mother warning other parents the flu can bring along with it severe symptoms you might not have thought of >> throw it, throw it. >> reporter: this 4-year-old's mother is worrying her daughter will never see again because of the flu. >> i'm trying to hold on on what i can control right now which is how can i give her the best possible care. >> reporter: before christmas, jay contracted the flu and on christmas eve she became unresponsive and amanda rushed her to the to do. >> i was holding her on my body. i looked down at her and her eyes were the back of her head i looked at him, you need to move we have to go. >> reptepe over two weeks in the icu and of much of that in coma and she developed a disease that wa

bear in mind, folks like attorney general william barr said the president cannot be indicted even if he committed a criminal offense. by this line of thinking of the president can be indicted for criminal conduct, can't be impeached for non-criminal conduct, that we surely put the president above the law. and we would cease being a democracy. the founding fathers were aware there were terrible thing the president can do that don't violate the criminal law. and wanted to give the congress the power to stop it. there are so many examples you could think of then and so many examples now. the clear facts, the clear evidence, mister dershowitz is an outlier, total outlier. the third argument we hear from republicans against witnesses and documents goes like this. the president will be acquitted no matter what. we know the result, nothing can change our minds. why even bother with a fair trial? talk about being political. talk about being cynical. i understand the pressure my republican colleagues are under to wrap this up as fast as possible because donald trump demands it but we, the sen

william barr, john durham were on the case and they are unflappable. >> host: this tweet for you, how much influence is clausewitz's book on war a part of your own philosophy. >> guest: it is one of my three favorite books, i break it down a great deal in the second book why we fight. if we are near national security and strategy, there are two tacit forces you must be familiar with. you must be familiar with the chinese strategist sun tzu's the art of war, they complement each other. it is the most influential text on how the west does national security, the system of nation states thinks about national security. not always right but the concept of friction, the center of gravity, eternally applicable. it is incredibly important because it breaks you out of a eurocentric way of thinking and illustrate how other nations have different ways about thinking with regard to national security and the strategy, have essential rating. iran and russia, russia and iran are asian because sun tzu is the foundation of the regular warfare, the indirect approach. how you take down a more powerful en

is it the involvement as we heard in the unfolding of this of his attorney general william barr? is it the involvement as we heard from lev parnas of vice president mike pence? is it lev parnas simply saying donald trump wasn't telling the truth. donald trump was lying when he said he doesn't know me. >> i mean, i think it is stark and difficult for the white house to have mr. parnas who was so plainly involved in every aspect of this bluntly and directly and without equivocation say the president was directing this. the president was involved in every step of this. the president knew everything that we were doing, and we were doing it on his behalf, and we did nothing without his express approval. that is -- that's sort of chapter and verse of the scandal in terms of presidential culpability. i actually think that for me the headline out of this interview is very serious questions being raised about vice president mike pence. so mr. parnas is saying that we -- that there's two interactions between vice president mike pence and the ukrainian government that are very important her

barr, republican congressman, devin nunes and the president himself. the formal articles of impeachment are now in the hands of the senate after being hand delivered by the seven democrats appointed to prosecute the case. president trump maintaining it was all a hoax even as new details emerge about his actions in ukraine. in a new bombshell interview on msnbc, an associate of president trump's attorney rudy giuliani says the president was in the loop when it came to pressuring ukraine. >> president trump knew exactly what was going on. he was aware of all of my movements. he -- i wouldn't do anything without the consent of rudy giuliani or the president. >> reporter: lev parnas also facing indictment and more ptential charges is doubling down. >> it was never about corruption. it was never -- it was strictly about burisma, which included hunter biden and joe biden. >> reporter: new evidence handed over by parnas was made public by the house intelligence committee. text messages, emails and handwritten notes. when asked if he had any comment on the par

barr is calling the shooting at the naval air station in pensacola as an act of terrorism and ronnie also posted anti-american anti israeli messages on social media now one of those messages even being posted just 2 hours before the shooting on december 6th the justice department learned during their investigation that 21 members of the saudi military who were training here in the u.s. possessed a derogatory material and of those 2117 had social media profiles containing jihadi or anti-american content however bar says that there was no evidence that they were involved with any terrorist activity or groups also it's important to note 15 individuals were found to have accessed child pornography bar says that saudi arabia determined the material demonstrated conduct unbecoming of an officer in the saudi royal air force and the royal navy and as a result those 21 cadets have been an enrolled and they are all returning to saudi arabia at this shooting has now made the pentagon halt any flight training for saudi military aviation students at 3 florida bases national security adviser rober

the good news is william barr didn't want the job. there is to clean the stables that is the doj after own. john durham puts bad guy inside jail, who often wore a badge and gun so be patient. we believe in rule of law. we believe in collecting evidence. not having kangaroo courses like nancy pelosi does0. so a little more patience because the statemented out of the doj and john durham of the ig honor re witness report are very heartening. >> host: from the war for america's soul you write that america is busy being deliberately dismantled and that the election of donald trump is only possible because of a bipartisan betrayal of middle america. >> guest: yes. i am a bib lowow file. i have a medical complaint. i can't go past a book store without buying a book or a gun store without buying a gun. my two vices but i don't read auto biographies or biographies. i can't read 600 page of what icen hour had for break california eye. read two autobiographies in the last 20 years. excepts to the rule that changed my life. the first one is andre

barr is calling the shooting at the naval air station in pensacola as an act of terrorism a bar says on september 11th the 21 year old gunman mohammad saeed ronnie who was an aviation student at the naval air station and member of the saudi air force he said he posted a message on social media stating quote the countdown has begun now bar added that ronnie also visited the $911.00 memorial in new york city in november and posted anti-american anti israeli messages on social media now one of those messages even being posted just 2 hours before the shooting on december 6th the justice department learned during their investigation that 21 members of the saudi military who were training here in the u.s. possessed a derogatory material and. of those 2117 had social media profiles containing jihadi or anti-american content however bar says that there was no evidence that they were involved with any terrorist activity or groups also it's important to note 15 individuals were found to have accessed child pornography now bar says that saudi arabia determined the material demonstrated conduct

barr is calling the shooting at the naval air station in pensacola as an act of terrorism the justice department learned during their investigation that 21 members of the saudi military who were training here in the u.s. possessed a derogatory material and of those 2117 had social media profiles containing jihadi or anti-american content however bar says that there was no evidence that they were involved with any terrorist activity or groups also it's important to note 15 individuals were found to have accessed child pornography now bar says that saudi arabia determined the material demonstrated conduct unbecoming of an officer in the saudi royal air force and the royal navy and as a result those 21 cadets have been an in rolled and they are all returning to saudi arabia at this shooting has now made the pentagon halt any flight training for saudi military aviation students at 3 florida bases national security adviser robert o'brien said that u.s. officials and defense secretary mark esper are proceeding with caution saying quote pensacola showed that there are errors in the way that

barr is calling the shooting at the naval air station in pensacola as an act of terrorism and ronnie also posted anti-american anti israeli messages on social media now one of those messages even being posted just 2 hours before the shooting on december 6th the justice department learned during their investigation that 21 members of the saudi military who were training here in the u.s. possessed a derogatory material and of those 2117 had social media profiles containing jihadi or anti-american content however bar says that there was no evidence that they were involved with any terrorist activity or groups also it's important to note 15 individuals were found to have accessed child pornography now bar says that saudi arabia determined the material demonstrated conduct unbecoming of an officer in the saudi royal air force and the royal navy and as a result those 21 cadets have been an in rolled and they are all returning to saudi arabia at this shooting has now made the pentagon halt any flight training for saudi military aviation students at 3 florida bases national security adviser

barr is calling the shooting at the naval air station in pensacola as an act of terrorism a bar says on september 11th the 21 year old gunman mohammad saeed bronnie who was an aviation student at the naval air station and member of the saudi air force he said he posted a message on social media stating quote the countdown has begun now bar added that ronnie also visited the 911 memorial in new york city in november and posted anti-american anti israeli messages on social media now one of those messages even being posted just 2 hours before the shooting on december 6th ronnie opened fire in one of the classrooms and then was shot dead himself by law enforcement he also reportedly posted a manifesto on twitter before the shooting denouncing america as a nation of evil who killed 3 was identified as saudi air force officer and he came to the u.s. for training despite the f.b.i. suspecting the shooting as an act of terrorism at the time a top u.s. officials they were quick to highlight their warm relations with saudi arabia take a listen this person in no way shape or form represents the

barr, about the two fake investigations that the president sought. this is important to keep in mind. at no time during this entire sordid scheme was there an ongoing american law enforcement investigation into the phony slander related to joe biden or the conspiracy theory related to ukrainian interference in the 2016 election. at no time was there an ongoing american law enforcement investigation. america is the leader of the free world. we do not urge other sovereign countries to target american citizens. absent any legitimate basis whatsoever, absent any scintilla of evidence, apparently donald trump does not play by those rules. during the july 20 fifth call donald trump didn't raise legitimate corruption concerns as it relates to ukraine. donald trump did not mention the word corruption once. the president did, however, viciously malign former us ambassador to ukraine marie yavanovitch, a distinguished, anticorruption advocate whom he abruptly removed because she was seen as an obstacle to his geopolitical shakedown. ambassador yavanovitch join

barr is calling the shooting at the naval air station in pensacola as an act of terrorism and ronnie also posted anti-american anti israeli messages on social media now one of those messages even being posted just 2 hours before the shooting on december 6th the justice department learned during their investigation that 21 members of the saudi military who were training here in the u.s. possessed a derogatory material and of those 2117 had social media profiles containing jihadi or anti-american content however bar says that there was no evidence that they were involved with any terrorist activity or groups also it's important to note 15 individuals were found to have accessed child pornography bar says that saudi arabia determined the material demonstrated conduct unbecoming of an officer in the saudi royal air force and the royal navy and as a result those 21 cadets have been an in rolled and they are all returning to saudi arabia at this shooting has now made the pentagon halt any flight training for saudi military aviation students at 3 florida bases national security adviser robe

barr is calling the shooting at the naval air station in pensacola as an act of terrorism and ronnie also posted anti-american anti israeli messages on social media now one of those messages even being posted just 2 hours before the shooting on december 6th the justice department learned during their investigation that 21 members of the saudi military who were training here in the u.s. possessed a derogatory material and of those 2117 had social media profiles containing jihadi or anti-american content however bar says that there was no evidence that they were involved with any terrorist activity or groups also it's important to note 15 individuals were found to have accessed child pornography now bar says that saudi arabia determined the material demonstrated conduct unbecoming of an officer in the saudi royal air force and the royal navy and as a result those 21 cadets have been an enrolled and they are all returning to saudi arabia at this shooting has now made the pentagon halt any flight training for saudi military aviation students at 3 florida bases national security adviser r

barr, republican president himself. the formal articles of impeachment are now in the hands of the senate after being hand delivered by the seven democrats appointed to prosecute the case. president trump maintaining it was all a hoax even as new details emerge about his actions in ukraine. in a new bombshell interview on msnbc, an associate of president trump's attorney rudy giuliani says the president was in the loop when it came to pressuring ukraine. >> president trump knew exactly what was going on. he was aware of all of my movements. he -- i wouldn't do anything without the consent of rudy giuliani or the president. >> in terms of the president and what he has said about you, he said about you and mr. fruman, igor fruman, i don't know about those gentlemen, i don't know what they do. you're saying that was not a true statement from the president. >> he lied. >> reporter: lev parnas also facing indictment and more potential charges is doubling down. >> it was all about joe biden and hunter biden. it was never abou

b william barr calling out apple in response to the pensacola shooting >> it is important to know who and about what the shooter was communicating before he died we have asked apple to help unlock the shooter's phones. so far, apple has not provided any assistance >> apple pushing back saying, it responded to all inquiries and turned overall information tech firms have previously argued creating vulnerabilities would make users less safe we've dealt with this in the san bernardino debate. i don't know where i stand in this one >> talking about the terrorist organization, if they say the keys don't exist, that's one thing. in the past with san bernardino, they said they had the keys but wouldn't do it the last one, a number of months later, the justice department said, we don't care because we hacked into it anyway. >> they used israeli intelligence >> why didn't they do it this time has apple changed encryption >> i think this is true of most law enforcement, they want a ruling in their favor that can become the standard. >> right so it doesn't take months. >> it may be that they know

barr saying it so before i would answer something like that i would see what actually william barr is saying in the process. he wants to protect americans and does not have information and he has the ability to do it. >> which is to say if the chinese government were to say we need you to unlock this other phone because we believe that it represents a national security threat to china. >> i don't want a back door for government to look at everybody's phone. we have an individual from a foreign country that came from america and killed american servicemen and women from that point of view if it's a different situation because there's an action taken, were there any more plannings to kill american citizens. where did this come from i think in those situations maybe government has to get involved here from a congress point of view. but from this point of view these were foreign nationals and there's a place that was different. and that's the nuisance of what we have to put together to find those answers. >> you give us your thinking on some of the comments some of the comments that you m

that william barr today is the same william barr when he worked for 41. >> when he went to high school in new york talked about the need for a strong presidency and he believes this. you see that in the remarks about killing of qassem soleimani, a president needs to be able to kill someone they feel is a threat to the country. when he was attorney general under george bush the father, he supported and wrote a legal opinion the u.s. could arrest man well noriega in panama. he supported preemptive attacks in the first gulf war under older president bush. so this is nothing new. to be fair, he believes in a strong president that can carry out these attacks, get in iphones, talked about that yesterday, is needed to defend the country. it is the most effective, most important branch of the government, and congress is less important. >> mike. >> david, one of the elements of bill barr's personality that's more pronounced than ever, always been there, grant you that, but the level of certainty that he brings to his public appearances and public statements. i know in your piece, in the book yo

it is a three-part investigation and it had been turned over to william barr and the department of justice. they are looking into it. it explains what popped up lately and the other things that were going on with hunter biden. it is document it with witnesses , and paperwork. it is legit. exactly whatlain trump was talking about to the leader of ukraine. the treaty that bill clinton signed gives lots of leeway to the ukrainian leader and president trump when they cooperate with each other to flush out crime and crimes that are going on and other incidents, whether it is this year or back to 2014, during the previous administration. lastly, if she wants to look that up, she will get a lot of answers that she criticized you for. pictures, documents, whatever she wants. thanks again for c-span. i am sorry you had to deal with that caller from ohio who was rude to the congressman to nebraska. have a great day. i think that, with respect to the bidens, there has not been a clear legal investigation of what is going on. we will find out whether or not the attorney general or the prosecutors beli

barr are actually basing their investigation off of my accusations whether it was my closed door testimony to the house oversight committee a year and a half ago in front of congressman john radcliffe and congressman mark meadows or of a certain elements have come out recently in my book or in headlines this investigation is much different than the horowitz reports and the miller report this delves into the involvement of the cia and foreign governments in their interference and spying on americans associated to a presidential campaign it's a very sensitive matter you have u.s. allies caught up in this the president himself has called out the u.k. and australia for spying he has tweeted this and this is what john durham is looking into your book called the state target how i got caught in the crossroads of the plot to bring down president drone. again i ask you ever regret in the this . will the one thing i do regret is talking to the f.b.i. without in the tourney in the united bed movie in hindsight of hindsight of course is 2020 but when you're just leaving the inauguration as i was havi

we have attorney general william barres just started something from their investigation right now what he's saying is in december the 1st week of december at this navy base in pensacola florida that a saudi pilot whose name was muhammad. he opened fire we believe 100. at this training facility in pensacola 3 americans were killed 8 others were injured and that brought the pentagon and the u.s. government. the program the training saudi military about 900 officers in the u.s. receiving training so that they could do an investigation. that this is in fact a terrorist act and that they believe that. had posted what they call it messages 911 of this past year he. has begun in about a couple weeks before the shooting. and that he posted extremist messages. so they're calling this an act of terrorism what's going to come from this there are reports that we have not yet been able to confirm. a dozen saudi officers are going to be kicked out of the country because they helped plan or carry out the attack. reports that saudi. troops that they took the aftermath and work with officials so right

attorney general william barr has requested apple to provide access to iphones used by the gunmen in the pensacola naval base shooting. he says it was an act of terrorism. it is an escalation of an ongoing fight between government and big tech, pitting privacy against national security. apple has given information for the icloud account but has refused to open the phones. a top executive says iphone security and encryption says it cannot access on device data even if it wanted to. mike pompeo state is planning to attend a dinner in silicon valley, including with larry ellison. this comes days after new sanctions on iran were announced. i am joined by bloomberg's sarah frier. do we know -- what do we know about this meeting? is trying to garner support for the trump administration among tech leaders. of other issues that tech leaders care about right now like immigration, the trade war. all of these issues are bubbling up to become very real. it is not just larry ellison. mark and recent. reeson, sarah friar, not me, but the ceo of nextdoor. taylor: i like that you brought up the tens

attorney general william barr has requested apple to provide access to iphones used by the gunmen in the pensacola naval base shooting. he says it was an act of terrorism. it is an escalation of an ongoing fight between government and big tech, pitting privacy against national security. apple has given information for the icloud account but has refused to open the phones. a top executive says iphone security and encryption says it cannot access on device data even if it wanted to. secretary of state mike pompeo is planning to attend a dinner in silicon valley, including larry ellison. this comes days after new sanctions on iran were announced. i am joined by bloomberg's sarah frier. what do we know about this meeting? sarah: pompeo is trying to garner support for the trump administration among tech leaders. there are a lot of other issues that tech leaders care about right now like immigration, the trade war. all of these issues are bubbling up to become very real. it is not just larry ellison. mark andreeson, sarah friar, not me, but the ceo of nextdoor. gearing up to be an interest

. ♪ general william barr today released more information about last month's deadly shooting at a u.s. naval base in pensacola, florida. the shootings, authorities said, was carried out by a saudi aviation student. thehe evidence shows that shooter was motivated by jihadist ideology. we learned that the shooter posted a message on september 11 of this year. during the thanksgiving weekend, 9/11en visited the memorial. posted messages on social media, including two hours before his attack. barr alsorney general announced that the united states is removing nearly two dozen saudi military students from a training program and sending them home. it was announced today that the two people who storm day kosher grocery last month planned an assault for some time and were involved in another shooting of a jewish person a week earlier. state officials in new jersey revealed details about the months leading up to the shooting in notes left in the grocery shooting scene and in online posts. eruption for state mass evacuation in the philippines. it is located about 40 miles south of manila. there a

shared his unease with william barr who cited his own worries about the president's conversations with the leaders of several countries. i'll just read. john bolton privately told attorney general william barr last year that he had concerns that president trump was effectively granting personal favors to the autocratic leaders of turkey and china. barr responded by pointing to a pair of justice department investigations of companies in those countries, in china and turkey and said he was worried that president trump had created the appearance that he, the president, had undue influence over what would typically be independent deliveries. again, this information is being sourced to the unpublished manuscript from john bolton that has just turned president trump's world upside down. joining us now is mike schmidt, who broke this story for "the new york times" tonight as well as last night's bombshell along with his colleague maggie haberman. michael, thank you for taking time to be with us tonight. i know it's a busy time. >> thanks for having me. >> so i wonder if you could reflect a li

lou: we are getting some indication the william barr of the justice department is not ready even though he has done absolutely nothing in those years as some form of investigator. you can style is at you wish. certainly not a successful one. listening with serious issues including as you say, whistleblowers, uranium one scandal still not any part of a meaningful investigation by the justice department. where are we? the idea that 145 million dollars changed hand for what is effectively 20% of america's uranium assets is a big damn deal by anyone's standard. >> there is a place where john durham may cross over into the huber atmosphere. it's on the question of did the cfius review learn that there was a criminal investigation showing that they were engaged in the united states owfnlt s. soil in bribery, kickbacks and the krupght of our transportation company. the just its department confirmed there was a warning to you cfius before they approved this sale. that could be an area where where john durham could look. lou: the cfius, the secretary of treasury and the secretary of state who wa

up next attorney general william barr details the military shooting by a saudi nationalist. stay with us. sometimes your small screen is your big screen. and with the xfinity stream app, which is free with your service, you can take a spin through on demand shows, or stream live tv. download your dvr'd shows and movies on the fly. even record from right where you are. whether you're travelling around the country or around the house, keep what you watch with you. download the xfinity stream app and watch all the shows you love. attorney ask general bar said a shooting at a naval air station in pensacola, florida was an act of terror and he acted alone. barr criticized apple for not helping the fbi get access to the shooter's personal smart phone. joining us is byron york. chief political correspondent for the "washington examiner." byron, the trump administration is working with big tech. pompeo talking to the leaders of some of the big tech firms. barr is talking straightforwardly about what has to change with apple. we are seeing a real confrontation with big technology by

howie: reference to former federal prosecutor victoria, ray, he's never met william barr, i thought he was less credible. are journalists able to make distinctions, he said a lot of things in various interviews not just with rachel, what he can back up and surmise at this point. >> he in these interviews brought in a whole test of characters putting the lie to the idea that nobody knew what was going on, that rudy giuliani was an independent actor that nobody authorized him to do what he was doing, there's this whole deep story, you may not want to believe it, he brought in all kinds of people. gillian: still no smoking gun, if you look at just the evidence, he doesn't have anything where somebody is saying i told president this, i told president trump that, president trump ordered us to do this. howie: on that point jnn jake tapper was pretty stuff on president trump, parnas has a credibility and democrats are characterizing as theodore. gillian: comes back to he should have just had lawyers put the evidence out there, i think he undercuts his own credibility when he goes on televisio

barr are actually basing their investigation off of my accusations whether it was my closed door testimony to the house oversight committee a year and a half ago in front of congressman john radcliffe and congressman mark meadows or of a certain elements have come out recently in my book or in headlines this investigation is much different than the horowitz reports and the miller report this delves into the involvement of the cia and foreign governments in their interference in spying on americans associated to a presidential campaign it's a very sensitive matter you have u.s. allies caught up in this the president himself has called out the u.k. and australia for spying he has tweeted this and this is what john durham is looking into your book called the state target how it got caught in the crossroads of the plot to bring down president drome. again i ask you ever regret in the of this. the one thing i do regret is talking to the f.b.i. without in the tourney in the united bed movie in hindsight of hindsight of course is 2020 but when you're just leaving the inauguration as i was having

barr, decided to throw the full wave of our american justice department behind an effort to invalidate the patient protection and affordable care act. i was astonished to learn that, and when i asked him myself what happens if you win the lawsuit, what is your plan? he said, that is not our department. vice chair clark is right, we are talking upwards of 80 million americans. i have heard as high as 130 million americans with pre-existing conditions who are left on hooks while we wait for the fifth circuit and the district court in that case to sort things out. the justice department is pushing to take their protections away. it is astonishing. with no plan to replace it. we have done these things and work for the kitchen table, pocketbook issues for ordinary americans. we have passed for the first time in 10 years a raise in the minimum wage. the ontalk all day about implement rate, but what you want to know about is if people can clothe, feed and shelter their families and what they make. what we know is they have to do it on more than one job unless we raise the minimum wage. we hav