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For that. Woodruff mccabe was expected to retire when he became eligible in march. Instead, hell take leave, effective immediately, but remain on the f. B. I. Payroll until then. Mccabe has been a target of President Trumps anger and tweets, in recent months, with mr. Trump suggesting that he is politically motivated. Mccabe once oversaw an investigation into Hillary Clintons use of a private email server, though no charges were filed. Mr. Trump falsely claimed that coincided with mccabes wifes failed bid for a Virginia Senate seat in 2015, when she was backed by a proclinton group. This past week, mr. Trump denied reports he had asked mccabe last may how he voted in the 2016 election. Did you ask mccabe who he voted for . I dont think so. No. I dont think so. You dont. I dont know whats the big deal with that, because i would ask you who you voted for, who did you vote for . Woodruff all this, on the heels of new questions about special counsel Robert Mueller, after last weeks New York Times report that mr. Trump wanted to fire him last june. On sunday, republicans were split on whether they should intervene to protect muellers job. Senator Lindsey Graham i think mr. Mueller is the perfect guy to get to the bottom of all of this. And he will. And i think my job, among others, is to give him the space to do it. I intend to do that. I have got legislation protecting mr. Mueller. And ill be glad to pass it tomorrow. Woodruff Republican House leader Kevin Mccarthy disagreed. Would you support legislation to protect mueller . I dont think theres a need for legislation right now to protect mueller. So were raising an issue thats not. Woodruff as mr. Trump gets closer to a potential interview with mueller, some House Republicans turned their focus the controversy continued over whether to publicly release a memo written by house intelligence chairman devin nunes. It reportedly claims the department of justice is rigged against mr. Trump in the russia investigation. All u. S. House members can view that memo, and more than 200 already have, according to the House Intelligence Committee. The white house addressed calls from republicans to make the memo public. One at the white house has seen the memo. Its hard for us to make a decision. If and when its time to weigh in, well do it through proper protocol. Woodruff but in a letter to chairman nunes last week, the department of justice warned it would be extraordinarily reckless to release that information without proper review. The House Intelligence Committee was expected to meet today to discuss that memo, and a competing one written by democrats. In the days other news, President Trump called for bipartisan action on immigration. Hes offered a plan that protects young immigrants, the socalled daca recipients, but also limits Legal Immigration and includes money for a border wall. Were going to get something done. We hope. Its got to be bipartisan because the republicans really dont have the votes to get it done in any other way. So, it has to be bipartisan but, hopefully, the democrats will join us, or enough of them will join us so we can really do something great for daca and for immigration generally. Woodruff mr. Trump spoke at the swearingin for alex azar as secretary of health and human services. Vice president pence administered the oath of office to the former drug company executive. He previously served under president george w. Bush. Afghanistan has suffered its fourth terror attack in the past nine days. This time, 11 were killed at a site in kabul, where both taliban and Islamic State extremists are waging a violent new campaign. John yang has our report. Yang the Afghan Capital was still reeling from a Taliban Attack that killed more than 100 people on saturday, when Islamic State militants struck this morning. Five heavily armed fighters stormed an army outpost near afghanistans main military academy on the western outskirts of the city. Police say two gunmen were killed in the ensuing shootout, two others blew themselves up, and one was captured. They struck just 48 hours after taliban suicide attackers detonated an ambulance full of explosives on a crowded street in central kabul. At least 103 died, with another 230 wounded. translated bodies were everywhere, near the hospital and everywhere. Yang a week earlier, taliban militants assaulted kabuls intercontinental hotel, killing 22 people. And last wednesday, an isis attack killed six at a Charity Office in the eastern city of jalalabad. President ashraf ghani vowed today the attacks will be avenged. But that did little to reassurance kabul residents. translated look at what is happening to this nation, when you are not able to control what kind of government and ministry is this . You are not even able to secure the city, how can we complain about the government securing the provinces . Yang in washington, President Trump condemned the he dismissed any direct peace talks with the taliban, who theyre killing people left and right. Innocent people are being killed left and right, bombing in the middle of children, in the middle of families, bombing, killing all over afghanistan. So we dont want to talk with the taliban. There may be a time, but its going to be a long time. Yang instead, mr. Trump touted the administrations more aggressive military strategy. It includes deploying some 3,000 additional u. S. Troops. New reports say 1,000 are readying to deploy as soon as this spring, to advise and assist afghan infantry on the front lines. For the pbs newshour, im john yang. Woodruff in moscow, the kremlin today dismissed Opposition LeaderAlexei Navalny as a possible threat to president putins reelection. A spokesman said its unlikely anyone can compete with putin. On sunday, navalny organized nationwide protests, charging the march vote will be rigged. Police grabbed navalny, forced him into a bus, and held him until late last night. Russias Paralympics Team has been banned from competing in the upcoming winter games in south korea, for doping. Instead, about 35 russians who can prove theyre not using performanceenhancing drugs will be allowed to compete. The president of the International Paralympic committee made the announcement today in bonn, germany. We often said during our deliberations last saturday, can we look in the eyes of the athletes, all of them, and say that we are doing everything that we can to guarantee a level Playing Field . And the answer was yes. So, we are not rewarding russia, but we are allowing athletes that we believe are clean to compete under a neutral flag woodruff the doping crackdown has also barred russia from competing in next months olympic games. Back in this country, the Cleveland Indians announced theyre removing the chief wahoo logo from their uniforms next year. It follows decades of complaints that the cartoonish image is racist. The indians say they will continue to sell chief wahoo merchandise, so they dont lose ownership of the trademark. On wall street, stocks pulled back from record highs, as apple led a tech slump, and oil prices slipped. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 177 points to close at 26,439. The nasdaq fell 39 points, and the s p 500 slid 19. And, bruno mars was the biggest winner at last nights grammys, with six, including album, record and song of the year. The night had a decided political flavor. Abuse survivor kesha lead a tribute to the me too movement. And, Hillary Clinton appeared on screen for a skit lampooning President Trump. The tv audience fell below 20 Million People, down from 26 million last year. Still to come on the newshour a member of the Senate Intel Committee on the latest shakeup at the f. B. I. Fitness apps revealing Sensitive Information about military bases. Texans still displaced five months after Hurricane Harvey, and much more. Woodruff we return now to the shakeup at the fbi, and what we know about the state of the investigations into the president and the fbi itself. This evening i spoke with the vice chair of the senate Intelligence Committee, mark warner about his reaction to Deputy DirectorAndrew Mccabe stepping down earlier than expected. Im concerned. Im concerned because there seems to be this pattern that anyone thats involved in the investigation into russian interfering, impossible collusion with the Trump Organization seems to end up losing their job or getting denoted. Weve seen f. B. I. Director comey fired, weve seen the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein appear to be under attack from the white house. Weve seen the president s own attorney general, mr. Sessions, reports being the president is angry about his recusal, and then you heard earlier reports about the desire to get rid of mr. Mccabe. Now, i dont know what the basis of mr. Mccabes stepping down early is. I need to hear that from the f. B. I. , but, boy, oh, boy, it seems anybody who gets close to this investigation, its not good for their longterm job security. Woodruff i notice you said, senator, in an interview over the weekend that you are thankful the f. B. I. Director Christopher Ray had what you called a backbone to stand up to pressure in recent months to fire mccabe, but just now the New York Times is reporting that Christopher Ray was indeed putting pressure on Andrew Mccabe, that he suggested he move to another position which would have been a demotion rather than stay where he is. Again, im not sure i know the basis of that New York Times reporting. I think thats why, at least in our investigation, the last remaining bipartisan investigation, you know, i want to hear from director ray. I want to hear why mr. Mccabe stepped down early, before i weigh in. Woodruff what does it say to you that the president has been either critical of or actively trying to fire the very top officials at the Justice Department and the f. B. I. . Frankly, judy, its unprecedented. We went through that litany before, whether it was comby or rosenstein, his concerns with sessions, now mccabe, individuals connected to the investigation dont seem to last very long, but what is even as troubling if not more troubling and this we see more from some of the president s allies in the house is that people are willing to go out and basically impugn the very integrity of the whole f. B. I. And, for that matter, the whole department of justice and that gets us in uncharted territory and dangerous areas where the integrity of our Law Enforcement agencies are being called into question when it appears theyre just doing their job. Woodruff senator, i want to ask you about something getting a lot of attention, the memo prepared by the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee devin nunes about raising questions about the kind of investigative work done by the Justice Department. That memo has not been released. We know its classified, but there is discussion right now this afternoon about whether it should be released. Youve called it fabrications. How concerned are you that it may be released . What do you see as the significance of it . Well, judy, ive read the underlying intelligence that was the basis of this memo. Ive not seen this specific memo. Ive not seen it. My republican counterpart richard burr has asked to see it. Hes not seen it as well. The truth is, when you go on the Intelligence Committee, the first things you learn is to protect classified information. The fact that a small subgroup made up only of one party went out and created this product, and now were kind of ban ding g it about really bothers me and, on top of that, when the president s department of justice saying this memo shouldnt be released, i actually hope there is a way to get the classification issue dealt with that it does get released, because having seen the underlying documents woodruff youve seen there were significant rev laws in many new documents that have been made available to the senate Intelligence Committee. Where did that information come from . We continue to get additional comets, we continue to schedule more witnesses, and the challenge in this investigation has been there always appears to be new threads coming up, and all of these have got to be followed to its conclusion. Woodruff and when you said new revelations, you mean information that is different from neg thats been in the public arena before now . I mean, judy, that we have been working at this for a year, and we have a lot of items that still remain to be cleared up, some of which we may never be able to fully clear up because they would fall more in the realm that mr. Mueller, the special prosecutor whos looking at criminal actions, may take on. But we owe it to fellow senators and we owe it to the American Public to conclude this as quickly as possible and get as many of the facts out as quickly as possible. Wanted to make sure that we knew what happened in 2016, but equally important to make sure that russia and for that matter any other foreign country doesnt intervene again this massively in our elections. Woodruff do you know how much longer this means the investigation will go on . I hate to speculate. Listen, we want to get it done. The chairmn and i have talked about getting this done as expeditiously as possible. The sooner we get these witnesses in, the soon we are get a chance, for example, to get back some of the principals like mr. Kushner and donald trump, jr. And Michael Cohen and the sooner we get done. Woodruff back on Andrew Mccabe, do you plan to ask f. B. I. Director ray about how this came about . Yes. The short answer is we need to find out why mr. Mccabe, a career f. B. I. Officials, stepped down early, particularly in light of some of the press stories about mr. Mccabe over the last couple of weeks. Woodruff senator mark warner, vice chairman of the senate Intelligence Committee, thank you very much. Thank you. Woodruff millions of people around the world wear devices or have apps on their smart phones that track how much they pexercise. John yang explores whether that data, from the fitbits some of you are wearing right now, and other apps, also reveal Sensitive National security information. Yang judy, a 20yearold student in australia took a close look at data posted late last year by strava, a website and mobile app that tracks millions of users athletic activity. The International Security student discovered that these socalled heat maps, from trillions of g. P. S. Points, not only show mundane bigcity jogging routes, they also reveal the locations of bases where military forces and Intelligence Services exercise. Heres a map he posted that he says shows where soldiers jog along the beach in mogadishu, somalia, near what is likely a reported c. I. A. Annex. This is a map of the bagrham airfield in afghanistan. And heres a map showing where Turkish Forces patrol north of manbij in syria. For more on all of this we turn zack whittaker, the security editor at zd net, a website that covers technology. Zach, thank you so much for joining us. Help us understand exactly what information has been apparently inadvertently disclosed here that might be of use to enemies of the United States. So a lot of data, really. Your fitness tracking data from when youre walking, cycling, doing cross fit sports, all this data is obtained