seized in july. british authorities had seized an iranian oil tank they said was ill lie delivering oil to syria. tensions have been rising since they were blamed for an attack on a key saudi oil facility and today, the secretary of state reiterated those accusations. this was an attack by iran. on the world. an act of war here at the u.n. is the to prevent but saudi arabia hasn t either. primary job is to protect peace around the world. that was state on state act of war. i don t know why anybody listens yawn yan foreign minister. has nothing to do with iranian foreign policy and has lie d fo decades then resigned. not even worth responding to him. all right. i want to bring in susan glasser, a staff writer at the new yorker and a cnn global afares analyst.
haunted me for decades. vanessa tyson coming forward to accuse the state s lieutenant governor justin fairfax of sexual assault. tyson wrote in a statement she met fairfax at the 2004 democratic convention and went with him to his hotel room where she says they began kissing before mr. fairfax put his hand behind my neck and forcefully pushed my head towards his crotch. tyson insisted, i did not want to engage in oral sex with mr. fairfax and i never gave any form of consent. do you think it s a coincidence that on the eve of my being elevated that s when this smear comes out. reporter: fairfax denied the accusations releasing a new statement wednesday reading dr. tyson should be treated with with respect. i cannot dpree agree to a descr of events that s not true. she told democratic congressman bobby scott about the incident
committee. we understand he s cramming according to your reporting for that hearing. reporter: that s right. talking to multiple people throughout the justice department to get ready for what will be a very contentious hearing tomorrow before the house judiciary committee. democrats have been very eager to hear about the firing of jeff sessions, the conversations that occurred between the president and matt whitaker around that and any conversations whitaker has had with the special counsel s team, how he s influenced how they are going forward with their own investigation. that s why this morning the house judiciary committee is taking a rather unusual step. the democrats are going to issue a subpoena to allow jerry nadler, chairman of the committee to keep it in his back pocket and deliver it tomorrow in case he can t answer the questions they are going to have and the question is how much can he and will he reveal about his conversations with the president or will he exert executi
and the little known process of obtaining the president s tax returns. tomorrow the acting attorney general is due before the house judiciary committee which will have a subpoena with his name on it in case he s not sufficiently forthcoming on his own. our guide for this is cnn senior congressional correspondent manu raju. you have a lot to follow up on the hill. i haven t mentioned a major vote today on the senate side. reporter: the president hasn t either. that before bill barr, his pick to be attorney general to replace matt whittaker as the acting attorney general. this is the first time the committee will vote to cannonsi the nomination. we expect the vote to be along party lines. republicans are the majority so that will be sent to the floor. democrats have raised concerns because barr in his confirmation hearings and privately in
law experts in there to say how important it is for the president to release his returns. jim? we should remind people presidential candidates from both parties going back to the nixon days have voluntarily done so. this is truly uncharted territory. jessica schneider, thank you very much. democrats aren t stopping there. kara skinell has more on the plans to launch another investigation into the president s finances and russia. it s a lot for folks at home to keep track of here. you have the tax returns, separations at the border. tell us what s really significant here about what specifically house intel is looking into. reporter: so yesterday, adam schiff, the chairman of the house intel committee laid out their agenda saying they wanted to look at areas that robert mueller is looking at such as the scope and scale of russia s interference in the 2016 election and beyond. any links between russians and trump and his associates. they are also going to take a deeper dive into the