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And in a hush money scheme to silence women before the 2016 campaign. whitaker refusing to answer directly when asked under oath last month whether he ever discussed the investigation with the president. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> reporter: the justice department telling cnn, quote, mr. whitaker stands by his testimony. >> i think the bottom line is he was...

The most liability and the most concern. thats what i think this does. it also is interesting that he -- he wanted someone in that job in the southern district of new york who would ultimately protect him. the fact that berman, jeffrey berman had recused himself from the cohen investigation concerned him and they knew what was going on there. that investigation is not ending about time soon. this could go on for a couple of years. the question that if he was asked to do anything wrong. here are ...

Including working on trumps transition as well as his contribution to the presidents campaign. really despite jeff bermans clear recusal from this case, the times says the president attempted to interfere by making this request of whitaker. when matthew whitaker was asked about any conversations he had with the president about the michael cohen case when he testified before congress just a few weeks ago, whitaker refused to answer directly. take a listen. >> at no time has the white house asked ...

House asked for, nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> reporter: the justice department telling cnn, quote, mr. whitaker stands by his testimony. >> i think the bottom line is he wasnt transparent. >> reporter: "the new york times" report also shedding light on the white houses strategy to spin the resignation of former national security adviser michael flynna of it a was revealed he lied about his relations. ...

To two women during the election. and that he did talk to bwhitakr about it over the phone. during recent congressional testimony, whitaker would only say that he wont discuss conversations with the president when asked if he spoke to him about the sdny investigation. >> i want to know whether you talked to president trump at all about the southern district of new yorks case involving michael cohen. >> congresswoman, as ive mentioned several times today, iage not going to discuss my private conv...

Testifying. again, i want to play what the acting attorney general matt whitaker said during his house testimony about communication with the white house and the russia investigation. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> so with the "new york times" reporting that the president did ask whitaker to intervene in the cohen investigation essentially, is that perjury? >>...

Convince trying to extend it through the necessary and even see a reasonable deal between march and may need help in the event that deadline gets extended by the wall we seem to be some agreement on trade trade reduction or strengthening intellectual property rights all the demands made by washington like end of subsidies cyberattacks told aerated by the chinese government or eliminated forced technology transfer seem is still in the air also i keep question is how both parties will ensure compl...

Rail plan was supposed to create a bullet train line from l.a. to san francisco. but it well over double the initial budget and behind schedule. rather than scrap the project, governor newsom wants to scale back the scope and focus on finishing a line that runs from merced to bakersfield. >> abandoning the high-speed rail entirely means that we will have wasted billions and billions of dollars with nothing but broken promises, partially fulfilled commitments, and lawsuits to show for it. >> pres...

With the u.n.s universal declaration of human rights." the trump administration has come under fire when it comes to lgbt issues at home and abroad. the trump administration reversed obama-era policies effectively banning transgender people from serving in the military. activists at the administration administrations asylum policies complicated efforts to save lgbt chechens, as reports suggested the chechen government was arresting, torturing, and killing members of the lgbt community. in a stat...

Structure. this is going to run like a well-oiled machine. steve. brian: what role do you think you will have? what is different this time. >> i will be overseeing all our communications with the press in coordination with our calm comms director. the false kyrons we see. we will be on offense not defense. we will be out there. exposing the press. attack these democrats and guarantee you its offensive, its proactive. not reactive and we are ready to go toe to toe. brian: decide the shutdown many...