Briefing Senators News Today

starts right now hi, ari. >> hi, nicole. so nice to see you welcome to "the beat" everyone im ari melber we are running and gunning i have a lot for you tonight i have the secret tapes of ted cruz about how he tried to steal the election and we have ted cruzs response. he responded directly to that beat report from last night and we have something else a a new excerpt from the cruz tapes and tucker carlsons firings and new details and new implications that go well beyond media. we begi...

maybe you want to keep those seat belts fastened. "the lead" starts right now. major questions raised today about your safety in the air as senators grill the faa why the agency cannot be so sure there will not be more runway near misses and grounded flights. plus, nikki haley officially kicks off her 2024 campaign, bringing a pledge to bring in a new generation of leadership. but how long can she maintain this delicate dance, throwing subtle shade at trump while not alienating his s...

Steps that he would need to take if he was going to invade ukraine and so that is a warning from the pentagon today as jake sullivan, the national security adviser here at white house, was up on capitol hill briefing house member this is morning, briefing senators this afternoon and they emerged saying they were very concerned about the likelihood of an attack. >> kaitlan, stand by. were going to have more coming up. there is more news that were following. but right now i want to go to our corre...

Wrong. sources telling cnn u.s. intelligence says these accusations of ukrainian meddling are part of a russian operation. now, to be fair, fiona hill said the same thing during her testimony yesterday. >> this is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the russian security services themselves. >> now, this is not the first time theyve heard this. its not like the tenth time theyve heard it. how do we know? our reporting suggests that intel officials have been briefing ...

Theyve heard it. how do we know? our reporting suggests that intel officials have been briefing senators and their aides for weeks about russias years-long campaign to frame ukraine for its own hacking of the 2016 race. so think about it. a russian talking point is making its way into our presidents mouth. your elected officials know it, and theyre defending the talking point anyway. this is literally the answer to putins prayers. >> translator: thank god nobody is accusing us anymore of interfe...

Right now with what the counterstrike in iran would be. if the goal is to eliminate use of nuclear weapons, the deal captured that. if the goal is regime change, which is what john bolton has always wanted, then were in for a long haul. >> right. thank you both very much. and next breaking news, the transcript of hope hicks testimony just released. now we are learning what she knew about the meeting in trump tower. plus the navy briefing senators on close counters with ufos yes indeed briefing...

International relations and the rest of it is crazy. >> how do they square what they say about ballistic missile tests and you see this activity in these pictures, you cant, right? >> i think anybody who knew north korea knew they wouldnt disarm. thats their trump card. they werent going to give this stuff up without a significant agreement and with russia and chinas input and we just ignored russia and chinas input so it was not going to happen. lets talk about the murder of jamal khashoggi. yo...

Trump. which is a great gift to trump and giuliani. plus the 32 people total who are fulling information for them. hes put himself out there. even the president does an interview with rupert murdochs "new york post." >> when he doesnt get the pardon, ive had this happen before, people who first arent going to get the truth, they the good hammered with a major sentence. what are they going to do? he has a chase. either staying in prison or singing. i think youre going to find him in the choir wit...

Senators as well? >> i was asked to be here, and here i am. >> you were briefing senators on on issue thats sensitive. >> i was asked to be here and i dont care. >> senator merkley, he can offer no legitimate answer why she wasnt there. >> and essentially what pompeo was conveying today was that because saudi arabia was a player in the region that supports some of our u.s. objectives that were not going to hold them accountable for this murder. its -- its basically unbelievable to me that were s...

Her attendance was requested. why didnt she appear? would she have done that on her own or consulted with the presidents team? certainly always seems thats a choice of the president and his team. and so we feel trump does not want her to share the details about why the cia strongly believes that the crown prince was very involved in this plot to murder an american resident. >> lets listen to what former cia director mike pompeo, now secretary of state pompeo said about gena haspel not attending ...