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And deep and abiding concern for our country. so bottom line, a lot of shock on capitol hill. this is somebody that they served with a long time. they did expect there would be a shakeup coming. now the focus is on confirm ago new attorney general with all of these things going on in the world. >> shepard: thanks, mike. catherine herridge in washington now. catherine? >> one of these situations that you get a lot of information from didn't open-sourced media. an interview with whitaker has been flagged to fox news. this is an interview with cnn in july of 2017. according to this report, it was...

>> i will answer precisely. >> reporter: for several years row the coalition spokesman for the saudi led war in yemen. he had huge exposure and became a local celebrity in saudi arabia. his fame, coupled to his robust defense of saudi interests, earned him the attention of architect of that war, mohammad bin salman, known as mbs. a general in the air defense are corps, he got a second start and according to a source, sought close ties to salman during his rapid rise to crown prince. it paid off, he was made deputy intelligence chief in 2017. according to the source, he took over after the prev...

Saudi spending on lobbying in the united states, $10 million in 2016, jumped to $27 million in 2017. according to foreign influence transparency initiative, in 2017 saudi lobbyists contacted more than 200 members of congress including literally every senator. so the saudis are spreading a lot of money around in washington. >> absolutely. i think it's worth looking at the president's family, specifically jared. there was a report that mbs, the crown prince, was meeting regularly with jared and saw that he had jared in his pocket. jared kushner is vastly overspent on some of his new york real es...

2017. according to sworn testimony from jerry jones, the president in a private conversation had told him that the issue was, quote, a very winning, strong issue for him. adding this one lifts me. but critics cry it lifts up bigotry, as well. >> our commander in chief is, in fact, the racial opportunist in chief in this country. >> reporter: all this as we approach the one-year anniversary of the unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia. after which the president failed to denounce its racist attendies clearly, decisively and without any moral equivalency. >> i think there's blame on...

The courthouse in new york. brian. >> all three men wells his son's fiance's father they were here set $500,000 is bail set for each of the men. they have all been ordered to hand over their travel documents including congressman collins who has been ordered to hand over his diplomatic passport. now, this all began in june of 2017. according to the indictment, that is when chris collins was at a congressional picnic at the white house. he received an email you from the ceo of this australian pharmaceutical company called innate. and in that email the ceo informed the board of directors that th...