speak to the justice department pushing back saying they replied to the congressman letter and the white house signed up on it. that way that s releasing the letter they sent on thursday last week. it reads, quote - the department has determined that consistent with applicable laws and long-standing executive branch policy, it is not in a position to provide information responsive to your request regarding specific individuals. disclosure of responsive information could have severe consequences including loss of human lives, damage to relationships with valued international partners, compromise ongoing criminal investigation, and interference with intelligence activity. eric: meanwhile there are mandatory evacuations still in force after the erection from the active volcano in hawaii. and multiple eruptions going on in the area. how the folks in the big island of coping with lava and
usually a period of many months, where you re getting whether it s intelligence from our agencies, maybe you re digging through their trash or conducting physical surveillance, you re gathering a lot of information in order to show a court that there s probable cause to believe that as jeffrey said, this person is knowingly acting on behalf of a foreign power and engaging in clandestine intelligence activity. so they are they are looking like they are spying on behalf of this foreign government. and what your intent is, what you re trying to convince the court is, that if you commence this electronic surveillance, again you are already using other techniques, we need to use the other technique because we believe that in these communications, we re going to get more foreign intelligence about what this foreign intelligence service is up to and how this person may be participating in it and potentially other people who are involved. because, you know, intelligence agencies are human
paul manafort to attend. but now a russian american lob business is telling the associated press he was there, too. he served in the soviet military for a couple of years in the 1980s. he said it was routine service and denied any involvement past or present in intelligence activity. and trump jr. s attorney is telling fox news another person, an american citizen says he was at the meeting as well. bringing that total number to 8 people reportedly at this meeting. democrats and some republicans say it s all concerning and they need more information. president trump took questions on the issue of the meeting during his trip to paris but state side the administration is trying to shift attention away from the emails and back towards policy. the democratic politicians who passed obamacare made many big promises, but they turned out to be lies. salute, total lies. president trump is pressuring senate republicans
with his governor that his state will not ask for a waiver. great. does the president have a preference as to whether or not states ask for waivers? the president s preference the president believes in state s rights. his goal is to make sure that the pre-existing conditions are covered, care coverage goes up and costs go down. those are the principles that continue to guide him. i want to go back to director comey and things he said about russia. one of the things he said is the russian government is still involved in american politics. is that the view of this white house? i think that s the view of the fbi. is that different than the white house? it doesn t go that way. the director and the intelligence committee update the president on all of the threats that the united states faces and all of the intelligence activity that need
a waiver. so does the president have a preference as to whether or not states ask for waivers? the president s preference the president believes in states rights. number one. number two, not just preference. his goal is to make sure that he stated repeatedly that preexisting conditions are covered. care coverage goes up and costs go down. those are the principles that continue to guide him. cecelia. thank you. talking about russia. one of the things he said was the russian government is still involved in american politics. is that the view of this white house? i think that s the view of the fbi. what about the white house? we rely on them and the rest of the intelligence community to provide the president with updates on what they re learning. we don t it doesn t go that way. the director and the intelligence committee update the president on all of the threats that the united states faces and all of the intelligence activity that need to be briefed. in that particular