mr. cummings: may i -- mr. cole: certainly. mr. cummings: with all due respect, you don't need to [indiscernible] mr. hastings: you have ample opportunity. mr. cummings: i want to make sure the truth comes out. mr. hastings: all right. i heard that. mr. morelle. mr. morelle: just to be clear, none of the amendments would add the citizenship question to the form, right, that's not what you're intending to do? mr. jordan: we can't do that. only the commerce department and administration can add to the form. this is -- these are statements in the resolution that we offered in the committee that we think make the resolution -- that are just facts, the truth, that we wanted in the esolution if it's coming up. mr. morelle: i know it doesn't include conversation about the redacted nature of the documentation which has been submitted nor the fact since 1950 in actually hasn't been a question on the census, is that right, mr. chairman? mr. cummings: this amendment is highly misleading. the citizenship question has not been asked on the shor

mr. cummings: we reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky. mr. comer: i yield one minute to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. meadows. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. meadows: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i want to make a point that in this body, now on two consecutive days, we've broken the rules of congress to expedite things. in this particular contempt resolution, i want to make sure hat the record reflects that we broke rule 2-f, it was brought to the attention of the chairman, and here we are again going and violating the rules of the house, not the rules the minority put in place, but the rules the majority put in place, and we gave the chairman the chance to perfect this procedural problem and, yet, they continued on to hold this contempt violation. so i can tell you, they may vote today to hold them in contempt, but it's a violation of congress' very rules itself that should have been remedied and with that, i ask that the

mr. cummings: mr. gibbs. mr. gibbs: i don't think anybody in this room or the president of the united states doesn't support the -- applying for pre-existing conditions, having that in the bill. it's a tragedy when somebody loses their coverage for health care because of pre-existing conditions. fortunately, last congress we had a bill that passed that address that had, that protected pre-existing conditions. it's unfortunate the other side of the aisle wouldn't work with us to make that bill better. it's interesting when i look what's going on. we talk about the cost and i had a neighbor come to me a little over a year ago. my county was down to one insurer on the exchanges. she's going to lose their health insurance because that was going away. the other thing i hear a lot about is people talking about the deductibles are so high they can't afford them. one of the reasons i hear a lot of people are uninsured and i believe there are 30 million uninsured is because the deductibles are so high. it's a problem. i d

mr. cummings: we reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky. mr. comer: i yield one minute to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. meadows. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. meadows: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i want to make a point that in this body, now on two consecutive days, we've broken the rules of congress to expedite things. in this particular contempt resolution, i want to make sure hat the record reflects that we broke rule 2-f, it was brought to the attention of the chairman, and here we are again going and violating the rules of the house, not the rules the minority put in place, but the rules the majority put in place, and we gave the chairman the chance to perfect this procedural problem and, yet, they continued on to hold this contempt violation. so i can tell you, they may vote today to hold them in contempt, but it's a violation of congress' very rules itself that should have been remedied and with that, i ask that the

my questions guess is, no, mr. cummings is in charge. oversight. it's the richest state on per household basis, yet this have real poverty. president wants folks to know that look instead of dealing with those issues, mr. cummings is spending all of his time on this impeachment inquiry which is going no where. democrats have chance to actually focus wrong things that matter instead they'rety black . when it calls rat infested, no human being would live there, do you understand that that is offensive to the americans who do live there? >> i understand everything that donald trump says is offensive to some people. about two weeks ago he said things that were contract kate of aoc was accuse. then nancy pelosi of that same group of people she was defended by the media and folks on the left for not being racist. >> brennan: no human being would want to live there. this is being perceived at racist, do you understand why? >> i understand why. but that doesn't mean that it's racist. the president is pushing back against what he sees is wrong, how he's don

did of kevin mcaleenan and mr. cummings saying that kids were sleeping in their own feces. and when the president hears lies like that, he's going fight back and that's what you isn't that true the tweet. chris: this goes back to what happened with the four members of the squad, nobody objects the president defending border policy but this seems, mick, the worst racial stereotyping, black congressman, majority-black district, no human being would want to live there, is he saying people that live in baltimore are not human beings? >> chris, help me with this, when the president attacks aoc plus 3, attacks the squad he gets accused of being a racist, when nancy pelosi does it a few days later, the left, not you in particular, make that clear come to nancy's defense, couldn't possibly be racist, she was simply attacking their ideas, the president is doing the same, the president is attacking mr. cummings for saying things that are not true about the border, i think it's right for the president to raise the issue, look

cummings: let me say -- >> mr. chairman? rep. cummings: yes? >> at the appropriate time, i'd like to move to strike the last word. rep. cummings: yes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. so i'm sitting here thinking about this and the opposition that has cropped up on the other side of the aisle. like i do when i had one of my children who comes to me and complains to me, but mom, what i did wasn't as bad as what she did. and i say to them, you broke a rule. there are consequences to breaking rules and when i am exploring what those consequences might need to be, i need to know what you did and it has nothing to do with what someone else may or may not have done in our family. but consequences are going to result after i have an opportunity as their mom to take a look closely at whether they broke a rule. what our colleagues on the other side of the aisle seem to be suggesting is that -- but mr. chairman, what some other person did is worse than what we think the white house employees working there now might have done. so, since it's not as bad as we t

mr cummings recently criticised the trump administration over conditions in migrant detention centres. speaking a little earlier, our washington correspondent chris buckler said president trump rarely lets criticism of him go unanswered. president trump had clearly been fuming by some of the recent comments from elijah cummings. at a congressional hearing, he attacked the secretary for homeland security at one stage about the facilities at the us border, asking kevin mcaleenan at one stage, that, would he be prepared to have his child sit in faeces, and not be able to take a shower? and president trump has hit back with a stream of tweets in which he has attacked mr cummings personally, describing him as a brutal bully, and also really sent a stream of insults against the part of baltimore he represents, describing it variously as filthy, disgusting, and rodent—infested. now, this is a black congressman in an area with a majority black population, and that has led democrats to claim that this is racist, particularly following recent comments that mr trump also made on twitter, about

mr cummings recently criticised the trump administration over conditions in migrant detention centres. speaking a little earlier, our washington correspondent chris buckler said president trump rarely lets criticism of him go unanswered. president trump had clearly been fuming by some of the recent comments from elijah cummings. at a congressional hearing, he attacked the secretary for homeland security at one stage about the facilities at the us border. asking kevin at one stage, that would he be prepared to have his child sit in faeces, and not be able to take a shower? and president trump has hit back with a stream of tweets, in which he has attacked mr cummings personally, describing him as a brutal bully, and also really sent a stream of insults against the part of baltimore he represents. describing it variously as filthy, disgusting, and rodent infested. now this is a black congressman, in an area with a majority black population. and that has led democrats to claim that this is racist, particularly following recent comments that mr trump also made on twitter, about four democr

mr cummings recently criticised the trump administration over conditions in migrant detention centres. speaking a little earlier our washington correspondent chris buckler said president trump rarely lets criticism of him go unanswered. president trump had clearly been fuming by some of the recent comments by elisha cummings, at a congressional hearing, he attacked the secretary from homeland security at one stage about the facilities at the us border, asking kevin at one stage, that would he be prepared to have his child sit in faeces, and not be able to take a shower? and president trump has hit back with a stream of tweets, in which he has attacked mr cummings personally, describing him as a brutal bully, and also really sent a stream of insults against the part of baltimore he represents, describing it variously as filthy, disgusting, and rodent infested. now this is a black congressman, in an area with a majority black population. and that has led democrats to claim that this is racist, particularly following re ce nt is racist, particularly following recent comments that mr trum

mr cummings recently criticised the trump administration over conditions in migrant detention centres. lets get more on this, we can speak to our washington correspondent, chris buckler. chris, i have to say, it always seems to be the case with donald trump, that if you hit him or his administration, he hits back ten times harder. yeah, and president trump had clearly been fuming by some of the recent comments from elisha cummings, at a congressional hearing, he attacked secretary for homeland security at one stage about the facilities of the us border. asking kevin at one stage, would he be prepared to have his child sit in faeces, and not be able to take a shower? and president trump has hit the back with a stream of tweets, in which he has attacked mr cummings personally, describing him as a brutal bully, and also really sent a strea m brutal bully, and also really sent a stream of insults against the parts of baltimore he represents, describing it variously as filthy, disgusting, and rodent infested. now this is a black congressman, in an area with majority black population. and t

the president is attacking mr. cummings for saying things that are not true about the border. i think it's right for the president to raise the issue -- look, i was in congress for six years. if i had poverty in my district like they have in baltimore, if i had crime in my district like they have in chicago, homelessness like they have in san francisco and i spent all of my time in washington, d.c., chasing down this mueller investigation, this in bazaar impeachment crusade, i get fired and i think the president's right to raise that it has absolutely zero to do with race. >> chris: you say it has little to do with race, there is a clear pattern here. before his inauguration, the president tweeted about john lewis, a black congressman -- this is before his inauguration. you should spend time in his crime infested district. then, two weeks ago he goes after these four members of "the squad," all women of color, and says they should go back to the crime-infested countries from which they come. then he talks about elijah cummings and he says his district is rat and rodent- rodent

i now recognize the distinguished chairman from maryland, mr. cummings. mr. cummings: thank you, mr. chairman. to you, ranking member cole and mr. -- mcgovern. members of the committee, i want to thank you for holding this meeting this afternoon. support the proposed rule because this resolution to hold attorney general barr and sec. wilbur ross in contempt of congress is necessary to preserve the integrity of this body and of the united states interests. the constitution mandates we conduct a census every 10 years. a thoughtful, fair and accurate count is critical to ensuring that we properly allocate funding and congressional apportionment. year, the trump administration has stonewalled the oversight committee' yes investigation into the real reason commerce secretary wilbur was trying for the first time in 70 years to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. secretary ross testified under congress thatof he added the citizenship ,", toon, quote, solely help the justice department enforce the voting rights act. but we now know that claim was nothing b

i now recognize the distinguished chairman from maryland, mr. cummings. mr. cummings: thank you, mr. chairman. andou, ranking member col -- cole and mcgovern. thank you for holding this meeting this afternoon. i support the proposal because this resolution to hold attorney general barr and sec. wilbur ross in contempt of congress is necessary to preserve the integrity of this body. and of the united states interests. we constitution mandates .onduct a census every 10 years a thoughtful, fair and accurate count is critical to ensuring that we properly allocate funding and congressional enforcement. for more than a year the trump administration has stonewalled the oversight committee's investigation into the real reason commerce secretary wilbur for the firstg, time in 70 years, to add a citizenship question two the 2020 census. secretary ross testified under oath in front of congress that he added the citizenship solely" to help the justice department and the voting rights act. but we now know that claim was nothing but a pretext, that in fact the supreme cour

. >> the president is attacking mr. cummings for things that are not right at the border. i was in congress for years. if i had homelessness in my district like they do in san francisco and i spent all of my time in washington, d.c., and chasing down this mueller investigation, i'd get fired. >> two important points here, dave and christine. first, related to congressman cummings description of these border facilities, they line up with what we've heard from numerous outlets, that conditions at these facilities are horrendous. secondly, if you look at the president's tweets, he doesn't fact check cummings or dispute his descriptions. mick mulvaney with a bit much spin. the president's tweets were inaccurate. he is the most educated, affluent, african-american districts in the country. >> thank you, boris. >>> the "baltimore sun" did not take kindly to president trump attacking their city as a rodent infested mess. the paper hit back in a scathing beater to have rodents living in your city than to be one. >> here's how t

i now recognize the distinguished chairman from maryland, mr. cummings. mr. cummings: thank you, mr. chairman. to you, ranking member cole and mcgovern. thank you for holding this meeting this afternoon. i support the proposal because this resolution to hold attorney general barr and sec. wilbur ross in contempt of congress is necessary to preserve the integrity of this body. and of the united states interests. the constitution mandates we conduct a census every 10 years. a thoughtful, fair and accurate count is critical to ensuring that we properly allocate funding and congressional enforcement. for more than a year the trump administration has stonewalled the oversight committee's investigation into the real reason commerce secretary wilbur ross was trying, for the first time in 70 years, to add a citizenship question two the 2020 census. secretary ross testified under oath in front of congress that he added the citizenship question "solely" to help the justice department and the voting rights act. -- justice department enforce the voting rights act. but we

what mr. cummings said was wrong. truck cummings and border protection detention facilities during a recent congressional oversight hearing. >> a child sitting in their own feces. cannot take a shower. >> reporter: just last week, cummings committee authorized a subpoena for all work-related text and emails from the personal account of the president son-in-law, and daughter. nicole killian, cbs news, the white house. >>> we continue to follow the investigation into the deadly gilroy garlic festival shootings. new details about the weapon used in the rampage. >>> questions about how two teen order suspects from the bay area are being treated in italy as a stands accused of killing a police officer. >>> it is much cooler across the bay area thanks to the onshore flow. here is they live look at the treasure island camera. the clouds are still in the sky and we are watching the clouds started to break up. we will talk about how we are looking ahead for the rest of the work week. details on that are coming up. at at&t we b

mr. cummings has not been to the border in recent memory, not during this administration. when the president hears lies like that, he is going to fight back and that's what he saw. >> the president taking aim at nancy pelosi tweeting "speaking of failing badly, it has anyone seen what happened in nancy pelosi's district? it's not recognizable lately. something must be done before it's too late. the damage should stop wasting time on the witch hunt hopes and start focusing on our country. the president met a little while ago with a group of 20 inner-city pastors, including the reverend alveda king, the daughter of martin luther king jr. the number of others as well. one of whom was asked, do you believe the president is a racist and he responded no, i don't think so. the president will tomorrow preside over ceremonies marking the 400th anniversary of the first-term preventative assembly in the world in jamestown virginia. we have heard that virginia black lawmakers are going to be boycotting it because of what the president set over the weekend. john roberts at the white ho

. >> the president is attacking mr. cummings for saying things that are not true about the border. i think it's right for the president to raise the issue. look, i was in congress for six years. if i had poverty in my district like they have in baltimore, if i had crime in my district like they have in chicago, if i have homelessness in my district like they have in san francisco and i spent all of my time in d.c. chasing down the mueller investigation, the impeachment crusade, i would get fired. i think the president is right to raise that and it has absolutely nothing to do with race. >> reporter: two important points. first, the border facilities, they line up with what we've heard from numerous outlets. the conditions are horrendous. if you look at the president's tweets, he doesn't fact check cummings, mulvaney -- >> boris, thank you for that. meantime, a strong response from the "baltimore sun" to the president attacking their city as a rodent infested mess. the paper hit back in a scathing sunday editorial saying

i believe that what the president said about mr. cummings is exactly right. i don't think it was an indictment of the city, having it was an indictment of the leadership in baltimore city. mr. cummings is always quick to belittlealtimore to the people of baltimore. the stop stitching video that amounted tode nothing, but cummings came to baltimore and castigated the ,oung people, went back to d.c. presenting legislation to tighten the tampering laws. when martin o'malley was locking .p 100,000 people per year but there was no probable cause for the arrest and they were only made two bolt -- bolster om alleys standing around the state and the country because he planned to run for president. mr. cummings could not come to baltimore to do something about that, though matter how much the people complained. now, children in baltimore are separated from their parents every day. when somebody goes to jail or when they go to the more. mr. cummings has not been to baltimore to deal with the problem of crime and homicide , butt to castigate people he's crying about imm

did of kevin mcaleenan and mr. cummings saying that kids were sleeping in their own feces. and when the president hears lies like that, he's going fight back and that's what you isn't that true the tweet. chris: this goes back to what happened with the four members of the squad, nobody objects the president defending border policy but this seems, mick, the worst racial stereotyping, black congressman, majority-black district, no human being would want to live there, is he saying people that live in baltimore are not human beings? >> chris, help me with this, when the president attacks aoc plus 3, attacks the squad he gets accused of being a racist, when nancy pelosi does it a few days later, the left, not you in particular, make that clear come to nancy's defense, couldn't possibly be racist, she was simply attacking their ideas, the president is doing the same, the president is attacking mr. cummings for saying things that are not true about the border, i think it's right for the president to raise the issue, look

. >> mr. cummings saying children are sitting in their own feces, it's not accurate. mr. cummings has not been to border recently, and when the president hears lies like that, he is going to fight back, and that's what you saw in his tweets. reporter: complaining about the way that cummings framed the border crisis. also president trump tweeted: in 2015 we found this with baltimore related to freddie gray riot, he tweeted, president obama, you have a big job to do, go to baltimore and bring both sides together with proper leadership. it can be done, do it. many democrats, including house speaker nancy pelosi, even jenna bush hager -- the daughter of the former president of the united states -- telling president trump to stop the rhetoric. they say these tweets have gone over the line, but it appears, arthel, for now this battle is continue. the prime minister known to double down -- president known to double down, continues to tweet about elijiah cummings. arthel: yeah. and many democrats who disapprove, they're calling it an attack, not a twitter fight. this is an attack

mr cummings recently criticised the trump administration over conditions in migrant detention centres. a man and woman, aged 43 and 41, are being held by police after an alleged mass brawl on board a cruise ship. the p&0 britannia was returning to southampton after a week—long voyage around the norweijian fjords when the disturbance took place on friday. a witness said trouble flared when one passenger objected to another wearing fancy dress. a british teenager has won nearly a million pounds after coming second in the world cup finals of the online game fortnite. jaden ashman from essex was competing in new york in what was billed as the biggest ever e—sports event. joe tidy reports. they are as shocked as you are. laying the game they love has just earned them £2 million. it all ended ina hail of earned them £2 million. it all ended in a hail of bullets after a day of action watched by a packed new york stadium crowd. the prize purse for this, the first fortnite world cup, is the largest ever in a sport. even the second—place team became millionaires. jaden ashman from essex

cummings said this week was wrong. mr. cummings is spending all of his time on this impeachment inquiry, which is we all know is going nowhere. so it's the -- democrats actually have a chance to focus on things that matter. instead they're working on scandal. >> during the obama administration, house republicans spent roughly $7 million and held 33 hearings investigating the attack on the american consulate in benghazi. congressman mulvaney told his constituents there were times in our nation's history if our ambassador was killed, it was time to go to war. pumping it up. >> you and i both know there is no president, no presidential administration that has ever loved congressional oversight. they never love -- >> it's an audit. please audit me but they put up with it, you know, because that's the way the constitution works and those are the powers given to congress. so you put up with it and you provide the documents, you provide the witnesses and you get past it. so through kbrgritted teeth, th obama administration had pa

cummings for your great leadership. as you now, the mueller investigation could not make personal or business connections. one of those could be is to the russians. that's what we want to find out. as we go to questions i want to say that i believe that what we saw today was a strong manifestation, in fact, some would even say indictment, of this administration's code of silence and their cover-up. this is about the oath we take to protect and defend the constitution but some of the actions that the administration may have taken will see through our investigation that they have jeopardized our national security by interfering in our elections, undermining democracy not only in our country but others as well. upsetting our preeminence as a democracy in the world. this is very serious. today was a very important. again, we salute six chairman ho have been involved in this. ow about a new person? as a mother of five. >> thank you. speaker, what you saw today will change whether or not you think the house of representatives

mr cummings had recently criticised conditions in migrant detention centres on the mexican border. he's also the chair of the powerful house oversight committee, trying to get access to mr trump's financial records and tax returns. chris bucklerjoins us from washington. chris. more accusations of racism against the president, with elijah cummings being one of his staunchest critics? yeah, there are parts of this district in baltimore that it elijah cummings represents which are run down and do have high levels of poverty and indeed, high crime rates. however, that is true of many american cities and there is real anger here against donald trump's comments, which they feel are targeted and not particularly constructive. he called elijah cummingsa constructive. he called elijah cummings a brutal bully and describe this place is filthy, disgusting, dangerous and rodent infested. and that has left democrats claiming racism, particularly after his previous comments about four democratic congress women. you might remember he said about them that they should go back to the places they sho

. >> the president is attacking mr. cummings for saying things that are not true about the border. and i think the president's right to raise that. it has absolutely zero to do with race. >> the number of democrats supporting impeachment proceedings against the president grew by 4 over the weekend. 107 now support the idea of a of a majority of the democratic caucus. >> my personal view is that he richly deserves impeachment. he's violated the law six ways from sunday, but that's not the question. the question is can we develop enough evidence to put before the american people. >> president trump today met with 20 inner-city pastors, one of them came on until the media he does not believe that the president is a racist. still, black virginia lawmakers say that they will boycott a presidential event tomorrow in jamestown to mark the 400th anniversary of the first representative assembly in the world. bret. >> bret: john roberts live on the north one. thank you. team coverage as promised. let's get some insight from chairman cummings maryland district. doug mckelway is in baltimore t

cummings saying children who are sleeping in their own feces. it is not right. mr. cummings has not been to the border recently and certainly not in this administration. when the president hears lies, he's going to fight back. >> the only african-american in the house drawing the extinction between the attack on cummings and the president telling the four congresswomen of color to go back. >> we condemn the go back tweets, you did not condemn these tweets by the president? >> i would not be doing those and tweeting this way. i think they are different and also elijah cummings and chairman cummings is someone i have worked with closely on all kinds of legislations. he's someone that cares passionately about his community and has been working tirelessly his entire adult life on behalf of his country and his community and he's someone that he can defend himself. >> listen to what congresswoman tlaib says of what the president says going after cummings. >> our president has a hate agenda. this is a crooked seed in the white house that's making decisions on profits and b

and now mr. cummings. you start to say, is this att n? is there something more deliberate or is thisal coincide i do not believe in politics that anything is coincidental. laura: the president is trying to expand his base. what is the political sk particularly in terms of independent voters? ron: i think the risk is a strong one. who wins elections in america? it is the independent voters. those folks from key swing states. the people who say -- who voted for president obama who de vded e for mr. trump are saying after eight years of the first black president, is this what we need in america today?ep laura: as you ointing out, republicans have to defend the president on a daily basis against thaccusation that he is a racist. you have said this is not good for america. isn't there something here that is above politics? ron: there should be. this is noligood. cs is about addition, not subtraction. when you are saying divisive things, that is pulling people apart, not bringing them together. you are supposed to unite theun y as president of

reverend sharpton was heading to baltimore to meet mr cummings — and trump denounced him as "a con man" who "hates whites & cops". let's hear more about trump's newest targets. here's katty kay. donald trump went after women of colour, now it is two men, icons of america's civil rights movement. elijah cummings was born in 1951. one of seven children. his parents were poor sharecroppers. he was one of the first kids to attend an integrated public swimming pool. he had rocks and bottles thrown at him. a child's price for equal rights. now he is a congressman for baltimore, that saw race riots in 2015. he is also the powerful chairman of the oversight committee charged with investigating the white house, which makes him no friend of mr trump. we cannot have a president that plays the role of dictator. reverend al sharpton is a civil rights leader with a history of furiously attacking powerful white men. he has been there at all the big recent racial in america. he advised president obama on race relations. he has a media platform and he has used it to take on mr trump. the president's de

then we talk about the infamous sq color.r black women of and now mr. cummings. you start to say, is this a pattern? is there something more deliberate or is this coincidental? i do not believe in politics that anything is coincidental. laura: the president is trying to expand his base. what is the political risk rticularly in terms of independent voters? ron: i think the risk is a strong one. who wins elections in america? it is the independent voters. those folks from key swing states. the people who say -- who voted for president obama who decided to vote for mr. trump are saying after eight years of the firstpr blacident, is this what we need in america today? laura: as you keep pointing out, republ president on a daily basis against the accusation that he is a racist. you have said this is not good for americ n't there something here that is above politics? ron: there should be. this is not good. politics is about addition, not subtraction. when you are saying divisive things, that is pulling ople apart, not bringing them together. you are supposed to unite

mr cummings recently criticised conditions in migrant detention centres. now, imagine winning nearly $2 million —— £2 million, in a sporting event when you're just 15 years old. well, that's what jaden ashman, from essex, hasjust done. he came second, with his teammate, in the video game fortnite world cup finals. a0 million players attempted to qualify over weeks of competition online. joe tidy has been talking tojaden, and his mum, about their success. i got my first xbox when i was six. and i played controller, go through all the games learning how to hold the controller, how i do stuff, and it hasn't really hit me yet, like, what's going on. probably, when i get back home, it's probably going to be, like, insane. what is going through your mind? you've got a millionaire. how old is he? 15. what is going to your mind? you've got a millionaire teenager. to be honest with you, i knew he was going to place well. i don't really know much about video games, it has not been a straightforward journey withjaden, if i'm honest with you, i've been quite agai

in response to these reports on september 25th, 2017, congressman cummings asked mr. kushner to provide information about the security of the private email account and the names of the individuals mr. kushner communicated with about official business on his personal account. mr. kushner never responded to the letter instead the white house directed us to the personal attorney for jared kushner and ivanka trump. that attorney confirmed mr. kushner uses messaging applications including for communications with foreign individuals. we spent the entire day yesterday listening to special prosecutor mueller highlighting the threat the russian government had to the subsequent elections. and we have a senior adviser to the president communicate iing h foreign government. you should be alarmed. you should be concerned. he could not answer whether kushner included classified information which would be a major national security breach. and for the other side to not be concerned about that is kind of like selective memory. i would be concerned. and you're going to let the presiden

mr cummings recently criticised the trump administration over conditions in migrant detention centres. a man and woman, aged 43 and 41, are being held by police after an alleged mass brawl on board a cruise ship. the p&o britannia was returning to southampton after a week—long voyage around the norwegian fjords, when the disturbance took place on friday. a witness said trouble flared when one passenger objected to another wearing fancy dress. a british teenager has won nearly a million pounds after coming second in the world cup finals of the online game fortnite. jaden ashman, from essex, was competing in new york, in what was billed as the biggest ever "e—sports" event. joe tidy reports. they are as shocked as you are. thpllaying the game they love has just earned them $3 million. a competitor from norway and another from austria. it all ended in a hail of bullets after a day of action watched by a packed new york stadium crowd. the prize purse for this, the first fortnite world cup, is the largest ever in a sport. is the largest ever in e—sports. even the second—place team

cummings for your great leadership and where we're going next because as you know, the mueller -- the mueller investigation could not do the president's personal or business connections and one of those connections could be to the russians and that's what we want to find out. so as we -- as we go to questions i just want to say that i think -- i do believe that what we saw today was a very strong manifestation -- in fact, some would even say indictment of this administration's cone of silence and their coverup. this is -- this is about our -- the oath we take to protect and defend the constitution, but some of the actions that the administration may have taken, we will see through our investigation, may have jeopardized our national security by strengthening russia's hand and interfering in our elections, undermining democracy not only in our country, but in other countries as well, upsetting our pre eminence as a democracy in the world. this is very serious. today was very important again, salute our chairman all of our six chairmen who have been involved in this. and here from first

cummings. >> welcome mr. chairman and i want to commend you chairman connelly for holding this hearing and i want to commend mr. meadows, our ranking member not only for his statement that he just made, but for his spirit of cooperation. under this administration we are witnessing simply a stunning lack of cooperation that is hampering multiple investigations and it appears to be a part of a large scale coordinated pattern of obstruction. i do not say that lightly. it is frustrating when you cannot get documents. it hampers us in doing our job and it literally takes away power from the congress of the united states of america. it takes away our power. clear and simple. the documents that we seek in investigations we will discuss today our documents that we would have received in previous administrations. many of them without any reductions and without a fight. some of them are even the type of documents that we did receive in the beginning of the trump administration. before the president declared that he and

cummings: thank you, mr. i don't have that information. >> why don't you get it. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr.jordan. >> thank you. mr. ekoske, let me come back. you're not only the administrator for t.s.a. you're the acting deputy secretary of d.h.s. yes. how long have you worked there? i have worked in dhs in that position since april 11th. how long have you worked total at dhs -- mr. pekoske: well i was in the coast guard for 33 years and in the t.s.a. for almost two. >> appreciate your service. to reiterate where we have been in this hearing, there's a crisis on the border, is that right? mr. pekoske: without a doubt. >> enough fentanyl seized to kill 150,000 americans. how many an pretions last month? -- one drug seizure to kill 57 million americans. how many apprehensions last month. mr. pekoske: 144,000. rep. jordan: for the year so far? mr. pekoske: this year, 667,315. that's way above any previous year, isn't it? yes, sir. rep. jordan: 60,000 kids in 40 days was also happening. so this is certainly

just a remarkable decision and now of course the administration is appealing it but i think you to mr. cummings of for your great leadership and where we are going next because as you know, the mueller investigation could not do the president, the personal business, connections and one of those connections could be to the russians and that is what you want to find out. so, as we go to questions, i just want to say, that i do believe that what we saw today, was a very strong manifestation in fact some would even say indictment. of this administrations cone of silence and their cover up. is is about the oath we take to protect and defend the constitution, that some of the actions that the administration may have taken we will see through our investigation, they have jeopardized our national security, by strengthening russia's hand and interfering in our elections, undermining democracy that only in our country, but in other countries as well. upsetting our preeminence as a democracy in the world. this is very serious. today, was very important. again, i salute our chairman, all of our s

mr cummings recently criticised the trump administration over conditions in migrant detention centres. it's emerged that a british soldier who died in syria fighting the islamic state group was accidentally killed by allied operations. it was previously reported by us officials that sergeant matt tonroe was killed by a roadside bomb in 2018. however, the ministry of defence said the 33—year—old died as a result of "explosives" carried by allied american forces. breaking news from the last few minutes connected to those talks in vienna trying to stave off the colla pse vienna trying to stave off the collapse of the iran nuclear deal. the president has said that he hopes that boris johnson's familiarity with ron will hope get rid of barriers. —— familiarity with iran. of course, he had dealings with the iranian government but he was criticised for his role in the nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe case. the comments come after senior diplomats from britain, france, germany, russia and china met representatives from iran in vienna. all those countries are signatories to thejoint agreeme

mr cummings recently criticised the trump administration over conditions in migrant detention centres. a british teenager has won nearly a million pounds after coming second in the world cup finals of the online game fortnite. second! jaden ashman, from essex, was competing in new york, in what was billed as the biggest ever "e—sports" event. joe tidy reports. your fortnight world champions! they are as shocked as you are. playing the game they love has just earned them a shared $3 million, or £2.4 million. 16—year—old emil bergquist pedersen from norway, known online as nyhrox, and 17—year—old david w from austria, known as aqua. it all ended in a hail of bullets after a day of action watched by a packed new york stadium crowd. the prize purse for this, the first fortnite world cup, is the largest ever in e—sports. even the second—place team became millionaires. 15—year—old jaden ashman, known as wolfiez, is from essex. he'll share $2.25 million with his 22—year—old dutch team—mate, dave young, known online as rojo. it hasn't really hit me yet, what is going

mr cummings recently criticised the trump administration over conditions in migrant detention centres. two people, arrested over a mass brawl which broke out onboard a british crusie ship, have been released from custody but remain under investigation. six people were hurt as p&o's britannia sailed to southampton after a week—long trip to norway's fjords. a 43—year—old man and a woman, aged 41, both from chigwell in essex, were arrested on suspicion of assault. plates and furniture were reportedly used as weapons during the incident in the early hours of friday. it's emerged that a british soldier who died in syria fighting the islamic state group was accidentally killed by allied operations. it was previously reported by us officials that sergeant matt tonroe was killed by a roadside bomb in 2018. however, the ministry of defence said the 33—year—old died as a result of explosives carried by allied american forces. the headlines on bbc news. the minister in charge of no—deal planning — michael gove — says the government still aims to reach an agreement with the eu but

mr cummings recently criticised the trump administration over conditions in migrant detention centres. two people, arrested over a mass brawl which broke out onboard a british crusie ship, have been released from custody but remain under investigation. six people were hurt as p&o's britannia sailed to southampton after a week—long trip to norway's fjords. a 43—year—old man and a woman, aged 41, both from chigwell in essex, were arrested on suspicion of assault. plates and furniture were reportedly used as weapons during the incident in the early hours of friday. the headlines on bbc news. the minister in charge of brexit no—deal planning — michael gove — says the government still aims to reach an agreement with the eu but is preparing for the "very real prospect" of no—deal. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says his party would do everything it could to block a no—deal brexit. fresh protests in hong kong — as the territory continues to be engulfed by huge anti—government demonstrations. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. egan bern