Bottom of all of this. Mike . Reporter in that exclusive interview, attorney general william barr spoke about his desire to get to the bottom of how that whole russia investigation got started. No ones really looked at it. I think theres a misconception out there that we know a lot about what happened. The fact of the matter is bob mueller did not look at the governments activities. He was looking at the whether or not the Trump Campaign had conspired with the russians. But he was not going back and looking at the counterintelligence program. Reporter the attorney general also revealed hes looking into the events leading up to election day 2016 and a january 2017 briefing intelligence officials gave then president elect trump at trump tower. Barr says he wants to find out if some government officials acted with bias. Democrat adam schiff of california was not impressed with attorney general barrs answers, barr sayss Trump Campaign was spied upon, trump claims treason. Both is incendiar
Way to heading the justice department. Its too early to make a snap judgment. But almost everyones judgment watching these hearings closely, hes comporting himself very well by challenging the authority of those that ultimately picked him, including president of the United States and others in the administration. Even republicans and democrats on capitol hill who he says he will hear out but not necessarily cater too. Lets get the latest with Catherine Herridge following the developments on capitol hill. Hi, katherine. Were nearly seven hours in the confirmation hearings. One of the main themes from william barr is hes committed to protecting the Russia Special counsel investigation. Any final report he wants to make public to the fullest extent possible. Lets listen. The country needs a credible resolution to these issues. If confirmed, i will not permit partisan politics, personal interests or any other improper consideration to interfere with this or any other investigation. Barr al
Draft trade agreement is riddled with reversals by china. So why is the president appearing to be striking an optimistic tone . Blake burman is keeping track of these developments and the president s responses. Blake . We havent even gotten to the discussions. Were hearing now that the discussions between the u. S. And china might take place a few hours tomorrow meaning its all but certain that the tariff levels on 200 billion worth of goods will be increasing from 10 to 25 12 01 a. M. On friday. That notice hit the register and china responded by reminding that they too can raise tariff levels. That is the backdrop going into these discussions that will begin tomorrow among the u. S. Trade representative, robert lighthizer, Steve Mnuchin and the chinese vice premier. Lighthizer and mnuchin have gone on report saying that china has retreated on previous commitments. Im told, neil, by one source that that includes china taking out of the deal commitments that dealt with changing laws in