Shortly after that meeting, heres how the foreign minister described the conversation. We had a lengthy meeting with rex tillerson, he was primarily interested thats what he started with, details of those discussions that were made in response to the antirussian sanctions taken in the congress of the United States of america. We provided an explanation. Actually, this explanation was based on the interview of vladimir putin. Everything was said in detail there. Cnns Political Affairs correspondent joining me now, elise, what more do we know about the meet something. Theres a lot for these two ministers to discuss. Not only the russian sanctions and the actions they took against u. S. Diplomats and employees cutting 755 employees. From the u. S. Embassy in moscow, they have a lot of National Security issues to talk about, they talked about syria, they talked about ukraine and north korea, and the foreign minister feels that some of the u. S. , beefing up of the region he says is an impe
Reporters that, quote, weau have not seen any evidence of wiretapping at trump tower or on anyone within trump tower. Richard burr and mark warnerny those are the two top senators on the senate intel committee. The Justice Department denied surveying trump staff as then fbi director jim comey while testimony before congress. The media laughed derisively. Wiretapping, come on. Its tin foil hat stuff, its nuts. Another time with more trustworthy institutes that would have been the end of the story. We live in a country with deeply corrupt institutions. Turns out all those pepe tronnizing assurance is probably false intentionally so. According to that you report from cnn, Paul Manafort who for a time last year Trump Campaign chairman wasl wiretapped by the federal government both before and after the election. Manafort, it ought to be noted, had an apartment inside trump tower during that time so its virtually certain that surveillance of him would have included other members of the Trump
Insane. Speaker of the house paul ryan confidently told reporters that, quote, we have not seen any evidence of wiretapping at trump tower or on anyone within trump tower. Richard burr and mark warner those are the two top senators on the senate intel committee. The Justice Department denied surveying trump staff as then fbi director jim comey while givin testimony befe congress. The media laughed derisively. Wiretapping, come on. Its tin foil hat stuff, its nuts. Another time with more trustworthy institutes that would have been the end of the story. We live in a country with deeply corrupt institutions. Turns out all those patron pepe tronnizing assurance is probably false intentionally so. According to that you report from cnn Paul Manafort who for a time last year Trump Campaign chairman was wiretapped by the federal government both before and after the election. The manafort, it ought to be noted, had an apartment inside trump tower during that time so its virtually certain that s
Insane. Speaker of the house paul ryan confidently told reporters that, quote, we have not seen any evidence of wiretapping at trump tower or on anyone within trump tower. Richard burr and mark warner those are the two top senators on the senate intel committee. The Justice Department denied surveying trump staff as then fbi director jim comey while givin testimony befe congress. The media laughed derisively. Wiretapping, come on. Its tin foil hat stuff, its nuts. Another time with more trustworthy institutes that would have been the end of the story. We live in a country with deeply corrupt institutions. Turns out all those patron pepe tronnizing assurance is probably false intentionally so. According to that you report from cnn Paul Manafort who for a time last year Trump Campaign chairman was wiretapped by the federal government both before and after the election. The manafort, it ought to be noted, had an apartment inside trump tower during that time so its virtually certain that s
Weve had some private discussions this. Im concerned similar vain, that we have just a skeletal staff there in the embassy given the issues that occurred there but i think that its an important time there. Were going to have a noncastro head of state for the first time later this month. Yes. And so anyway, if we could beef that staff up, it would be great as well. Thank you. Thank you. Senator . Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. And thank you for your service, director pompeo and we really appreciate having your family here look forward to you answering our questions. I want to follow up. Ive worked with senator flake quite a bit on cuba and follow up on the cuba issue. Cuba is about to choose its first leader which is not a castro. Yet, the u. S. Presence in the country has been reduced significantly and as a result, other countries are filling this vacuum. Will you work to help improve ties with cuba, relationship that benefits many states hoping to increase trade with the island .