also expect the president to address russia s annexation of crimea? reporter: probably so just because this dominated the discussion so much. the g-7 meeting which was held as a part of the nuclear security summit wasn t really, the move wasn t originally part of the plan. it wasn t because of the esflepevents that happened in ukraine. suspending with the biggest economies in the world. russia was supposed to host in june in sochi. it is a big step. the question, though, is, specially among critics, will this have any effect? the u.s.ed administration, other countries repeatedly said, there is still a door open to discussion, to a diplomatic solution. there is a chance for deescalation. we can change things if russia decides to change course. for everything that has been said and all the talks that have
been held, not only among western countries but talks with russia, nothing has changed that course. so it remains to be seen now what could constitute escalation for additional and
e-mails. and then the letters comey sent to the hill, one saying we found more e-mails on anthony weiner s laptop that could be pertinent to our investigation, we need to look at those, and then his follow-up letter a few days before the election in which he said, we ve done that review and we haven t had anything. hillary clinton herself has said she thinks that first letter in late october changed the course of the election. so, the inspector general is going to look at that and a couple of ancillary things. there have been allegations that an fbi deputy director should have taken himself off part of this case because of some connections to the campaign or his wife s connections to the political to politics in virginia. some allegations that an assistant attorney general for legislative affairs passed information along to the clinton campaign, and other employees disclosed nonpublic information. the foeklecal point is the two actions by the fbi director, the letter to the hill in
the car then crashed near parliament and at least one man, armed with a knife, continued the attack into parliament. sadly, i can confirm that now four people have died. that includes the police officer who was watching parliament and one man we believe to be the attacker, who was shot by a police officer. the officer s family have been made aware. at least 20 people have been injured. as part of long established and well rehearsed plans, parliament has been locked down. that response included uniformed foreign officers. we now of course have an on going operation on what we currently believe there was only one attacker. i m sure the public will understand that we re taking every precaution in locking down and searching the area as thoroughly and exhaustively as possible. and i know that the officials
working within parliament are in the area completely understand the need to do this and i thank them for their patience and their support. this investigation has the full weight and ex
we re going to continue our breaking news live coverage of this. i wanted to amplify for you what andrea was just telling you about the wadirector comey former director comey found out about this, the new york times account of this is just stunning. he was addressing a group of fbi employees in los angeles when the television in the background flashed the news that he had been fired. in response, mr. comey laughed. he said he thought it was a fairly funny prank. and then his staff started securing around in the background, told mr. comey that he should step into a nearby office. mr. comey stopped addressing the group. he proceeded to shake hands with the employees he had been speaking to and he stepped into a side office where he confirmed that he had been fired. at that point, he had not heard from the white house. shortly after that, rachel,
after all of that, it s been on television, a letter from the president was delivered to the fbi s headquarters just 7 blocks from the wh
minutes because that s they ll be focusing not only 17 victims in parkland, but the 13 victims in columbine that were killed in that 1999 shooting that really sparked this sort of awareness across the country. andrea. thank you, steve paterson. and the students at north high school in denver. we go to chicago, which is an hour earlier, rather an hour later, so they have already been out for an hour. ron mott, a city rocked almost every day by violence in various neighborhoods but all reacting to what happened in florida. ron? reporter: yeah, absolutely, andrea, good day to you. i m with young man from leo high school here on the south side. you mention this is a daily problem here in chicago, gun violence. so these students who came out today, this rally wrapped up 10 minutes ago, those rally not just for those folks lost at parkland but all the people lost
daily basis in chicago to gun violence. cash a, senior, what brought you out today and what s your message? i wanted to p
bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms because he had links to the aryan nations. and they tried to pressure him to inform on his friends in the movement, and he refused. weaver is summoned to court for a weapons charge that involves the selling of some sawed-off shotguns to law enforcement. now a force of 200 police, federal agents and the national guard have surrounded the house. this is nothing more than a show of force to scare everybody who lives up here in north idaho. we all have guns in our houses. we all have guns buried someplace. northern idaho has become home for a lot of people like randy weaver who want to be away from the problems of civilization and from civilization itself. he s not a terrorist. he s not endangering anybody. everybody that knows him has talked about him as a good, loving christian family man. never before has northern idaho witnessed this kind of fire power from the federal government. what should have been a relatively routine arrest
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with the track history of lying to his face. dana: with the account at that particular time that peter doocy was reporting on. she testified on friday. she said she felt like it was wrong but she did it anyway. is she in any sort of trouble? well, sounds like not. i mean, one the tactics you can do as a prosecutor is saying basically look, i m viewing you as a witness. i m not making you any promises. you get up on the stand and tell the truth. the person gets up on the witness stand and kind of hard to impeach by cross-examination because they say i could still be charged. and they are kind of twisting in the wind a little bit. it gives them some credibility. i know there is a number that were immunized. she might have been one of them. dana: how awkward is it for the defendant to be there paul manafort and rick gates, colleagues for a long time, partners and now obviously on opposite sides of this very high stakes trial. how awkwar
stock sale that helped his son and others avoid millions in losses. the fbi said there s a better inside tip. do not lie to its agents. and assange to testify? wikileaks said the founder is asked for the senate committee to testify about russia interference. would he leave the london embassy where he s been holed up for years? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. breaking news. the u.s. announces it s imposing new sanctions on vladimir putin s government after finding the kremlin responsible for the nerve agent poisoning of a former russian spy and daughter in britain. also breaking, republican congressman chris collins pleads not guilty to charges of insider trading and lying to the fbi. collins, the first member of of
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unleashing a nerve agent in the uk. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. republican chris collins of new york first sitting member of the congress to back the president trump s bid in february 2016. he was such a strong supporter of mr. trump collins at the republican national convention was asked to formally second mr. trump s nomination to be his party s nominee. i have the honor of seconding the nomination of donald j. trump as the next president of the united states of america! but today the congressman was arrested by the fbi. moments ago the congressman walked out of federal court in new york city where he was arraigned. prosecutors this afternoon detailing the grand jury indictments of the new york republican, his son and his son s fiancee s father for 13
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appears to be dialing up the pressure on other witnesses in the investigation specifically anyone one tied to roger stone, anyone in his orbit. mueller has a number of stones passed to associates now firmly on his radar tonight. one of them is andrew miller is being held in contempt for refusing to testify before a grand jury hearing evidence into the russia investigation. another roger stone s associate kristen davis did testify today. this was after she voluntarily spoke to investigators last week. randy who has been reported to be the back channel between stone and wikileaks have been subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury on september 7th, randy credico. this investigation will not be over.
they re all involved. hey frank, let s talk about the siemny chhuogns that things tightening around roger stones and where do you expect this to be going. roger stone is a bigger fish than ma