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And deep and abiding concern for our country. so bottom line, a lot of shock on capitol hill. this is somebody that they served with a long time. they did expect there would be a shakeup coming. now the focus is on confirm ago new attorney general with all of these things going on in the world. >> shepard: thanks, mike. catherine herridge in washington now. catherine? >> one of these situations that you get a lot of information from didnt open-sourced media. an interview with whitaker has been f...

>> i will answer precisely. >> reporter: for several years row the coalition spokesman for the saudi led war in yemen. he had huge exposure and became a local celebrity in saudi arabia. his fame, coupled to his robust defense of saudi interests, earned him the attention of architect of that war, mohammad bin salman, known as mbs. a general in the air defense are corps, he got a second start and according to a source, sought close ties to salman during his rapid rise to crown prince. it paid off,...

Saudi spending on lobbying in the united states, $10 million in 2016, jumped to $27 million in 2017. according to foreign influence transparency initiative, in 2017 saudi lobbyists contacted more than 200 members of congress including literally every senator. so the saudis are spreading a lot of money around in washington. >> absolutely. i think its worth looking at the presidents family, specifically jared. there was a report that mbs, the crown prince, was meeting regularly with jared and saw ...

2017. according to sworn testimony from jerry jones, the president in a private conversation had told him that the issue was, quote, a very winning, strong issue for him. adding this one lifts me. but critics cry it lifts up bigotry, as well. >> our commander in chief is, in fact, the racial opportunist in chief in this country. >> reporter: all this as we approach the one-year anniversary of the unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia. after which the president failed to denounce its...

The courthouse in new york. brian. >> all three men wells his sons fiances father they were here set $500,000 is bail set for each of the men. they have all been ordered to hand over their travel documents including congressman collins who has been ordered to hand over his diplomatic passport. now, this all began in june of 2017. according to the indictment, that is when chris collins was at a congressional picnic at the white house. he received an email you from the ceo of this australian pharm...

Asked to turn in his passport and three men are facing federal charges for insider trading as well as lying to the fbi. it all goes back to june of 2017. according to prosecutors, collins was a member of the board of directors for an australian biotech company and received information the drug, the backbone of the company that was meant to be a cure for multiple sclerosis failed in its drug trials. that information was then given by the congressman to his son, his son gave it to seven others. th...

About improperly authorizing the disclosure of sensitive information to the media. mcca mccabe insisted comey knew. it does not indicate prosecutors have reached any conclusions so far. in a statement to the post the attorney said he was confident the u.s. attorneys office would ultimately conclude his client had done nothing wrong. new details emerging about president trumps efforts to pressure attorney general jeff sessions over his recusal from the russia investigation. according to axios, ...

No, we are trying to conduct an investigation, congress is. they have constitutional oversight authority. they are supposed to do this. in the process, "washington post" as bias as they are is revealing key details who the person is. for example, the source is a u.s. citizen and provided information over the years to both fibs and the c.i.a.s a the post previously reported and aided the russia investigation before and after muellers appointment of may 2017. according to people familiar with the ...

No, we are trying to conduct an investigation, congress is. they have constitutional oversight authority. they are supposed to do this. in the process, "washington post" as bias as they are is revealing key details who the person is. for example, the source is a u.s. citizen and provided information over the years to both fibs and the c.i.a.s a the post previously reported and aided the russia investigation before and after muellers appointment of may 2017. according to people familiar with the ...

Administration. they did no legal or lobbying work for us and the contract ended in december 2017. according to these financial documents, novartis paid cohens company $100,000 a month for a year totaling over $1 million. novartis told nbc, quote, any agreements with essential consultants were entered before our current ceo taking office in february of this year and have expired. according to avenattis report, cohen paid himself with three checks from essential consultants. those payments totale...