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Congressional intelligence committees. the justice department did not immediately respond to nbc newss request for a comment about the watchdogs statement. >> and republican lawmakers are using the impeachment inquiry as an attempt to gather information on the whistle-blower who filed a complaint against president trump. the "washington post" reports that republican members and their staffers have attempted to repeatedly raise the name of the suspected whistle-blower based on interviews with ten...

Country. and in a tweet, the kurdish syrian democratic forces call it a five-month, quote, joint operation. >> i want to thank the nations of russia, turkey, syria, and iraq, and i also want to thank the syrian kurds for certain support they were able to give us. >> can you tell us what role the kurds played in this generally? >> they gave us not a military role at all but they gave us some information that turned out to be helpful. the kurds. the kurds have worked along incredibly with us, but ...

Came out and said he believes they were there to try and, he was there to re-establish his caliphate, probably means that he heard that in some sort of intelligence briefing, and that may be really one of the reasons the u.s. thinks he was there. >> and one of the things that the president has been criticized for is being a lot of the operational detail. >> classified information. >>. so classified information involved in this operation. >> courtney kube as always, thank you very much for the gr...

Bin laden had to be killed before he knocked down the world trade center. its true. i made a prediction. and lets put it this way, if they would have listened to me, a lot of things would have been different. >> of course, bin laden was not unknown before the 9/11 attacks and quite well known, especially within the intelligence and military communities, in fact, he was widely responsible for the 1998 bombings against u.s. embassies, the uss cole, many other terrorist attacks on the world and the...

Dependability as an ally, and he said that it is not just him, but many of the allies are worried that the u.s. will repeat the mistakes of the past, declare mission accomplished, with isis, when in fact, mission is not accomplished. the physical caliphate may be wiped out. but they could re-emerge. >> do you think that was a surprising sign of just how much the presidents policies, especially in the middle east, are impacting our allies there? >> i was surprised he was so candid. this is a lead...

Two or three previous launches had been canceled, trump said, because baghdadi changed his mind, about where he was headed. the strong implication was that the u.s. either had a human source in baghdadis entourage or was monitoring his communications. the helicopters lifted moments after the white house meeting assembled. trump and his team watched a video feed with a definition that the president said was as clear and detailed as a man cineplex. the u.s. aircraft flew low and fast for about an ...

Nearly $1 trillion in 2019, up 26% in just the last year. the treasury department made the announcement on friday, that the deficit has now reached $984 billion, and that is the highest it has been since 2012, and now, during trumps time in office, the deficit is up nearly 50%, due in large part to the presidents endorsement of big spending policies. the current state of the u.s. economy, largely copt dicts the presidents campaign promise, to eliminate the federal date within eight years. treasu...

Does this mean going forward for brexit as of now? >> well, this was widely expected to come through. this is the european union, the 27 nations within europe, agreeing to grant the u.k. the extension of requests that boris johnson sent over last week. now this is not just an extension, it is a flex-tension, meaning that if the u.k. is able to agree to a deal, that the deal that prime minister boris johnson agreed with the eu earlier this month, then they can leave the european union before this...

Welcome back. dozens of inspectors general for the justice department have signed a letter slamming the d.o.j. legal opinion which said the original whistle-blower complaint about president trumps call with ukraines president did not have to be turned over to congress. the strongly-worded statement rin by justice departments inspector general described the opinion by the d.o.j.s office of legal counsel, as dangerous, wrong, and really damaging to whistle-blower protection. the independent watchd...

I like the graphics by the way that you put up there. did you come up with those? >> for you, yes. still ahead -- >> i worked all day. >> still ahead, new reporting on just how much the federal deficit increased this year. despite president trumps campaign promise to eliminate the national debt. >> that story and other headlines driving your business coming up next. searching for a way to help stop your cold sore? only abreva can get rid of it in... ...as little as 2 1/2 days when used at the ...