Word with lawrence odonnell. So tuesday who will the National Security advisor be . Will john bolton get the ethics clearance and take the job or will h. R. Mcmaster sit there until bolton clears or never clears . Whats next . If it were any job other than National Security advisor or any potential conflicts other than hey, maybe youre in the middle of the mueller counterintelligence investigation you might expect they clear whoever it is through. I think the prospect you have a counterintelligence problem for two of your three National Security advisor while the flynn one is still resonating. Flynn is still awaiting sentencing. I think the john bolton situation is a real question. Well see. And theres always the possibility of a pardon discussion in the white house for Donald Trumps first National Security advisor, and would the current National Security advisor be part of that discussion . Yeah. The things to imagine. And who clears the security clearance . Thank you, rachel. Thank y
Robert muellers investigation there are going to be a lot of dramatic scenes in airports and different airports. It seems that Robert Muellers fbi agents are doing a lot of their work in american airports. They secretly arrested George Papadopoulos when he got off a plane at washington dulles airport. And tonight New York Times is reporting that agents stopped joel zamel at Washington International airport and briefly seized his electronic devices. Theyre also reporting tonight that fbi agents stopped a Russian Oligarch at a new york area airport, questioned him about his dealings with mr. Trump and seized his e electronics, according to a person familiar with the matter. And ted mallic was stopped at Logan Airport at boston when he returned from an international trip. They took his electronics and questioned him about roger stone and wikileaks. And george nader was stopped in january. Nader is emerging as a more and more complex figure with connections from the United Arab Emirates to
Tina haskell from speaking to senators about that audio intelligence on wednesday . Let me take the question of the tape first. No, i havent listened to it. Why do you think i should . What do you think ill learn from it . Reporter youre the National Security adviser. You might have access to that. How many in this room speak arabic . Reporter you dont have access to an interpreter . I can read a transcript, too. Im trying to make a point to everyone that says why dont up listen to the tape, unless you speak arabic, what are you going to get from it . The president has spoken on the position very clearly. That is our position. Reporter mr. Bolton back here in the back. Reporter mr. Bolton the man in the back. Reporter so the argentinean authorities captured two hezbollah suspects last week and brazil is probably going to follow the american foot steps and black list hezbollah also on terrorist lists. Also hezbollah is applying for the last sanctions by blocking the formation of the new
Sort of happy friday morning. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. The pictures underplay how terrible it was yesterday. Accidents on the bridge. Port authority was slammed. People were furious. We hope it is better this morning. It is friday, november 16th. 5 00 a. M. In the east. We begin with references to wikileaks founder Julian Assange in an unsealed court filing suggesting he might be criminally charged. Developments could have significant implications for the Mueller Investigation. Assange made a name for himself leaking government secrets, including on the wars in afghanistan and iraq. Prosecutors referenced assange by accident in a filing last week. Joining us is our political reporter hadas gold. Reporter this is a fascinating story not only because of who it involves, but how it came to happen. The filing were made in august, but unsealed last week. It seemingly inadvertently a spokesperson told cnn and mentioned assange by name. Authorities had been
Campaign chairman Paul Manafort. The guardian is reporting according to unnamed sources manafort held a number of talks with Wikileaks Julian assange, including in the weeks of 2016, just months before they published the trove of Campaign Emails hacked by the russians. Through a spokesman this afternoon, wikileaks is vehemently denying the report saying in part, this report is totally false and deliberately libelist. I have never met julian asanction or anyone connected to him. I have never been contacted by anyone from wikileaks either directly or indirectly. I have never reached out to assange or wikileaks on any matter. Wikileaks and assange are also denying the story, and for its part, the white house say they remain confident that the president wasnt involved in any wrongdoing. But lets just step back for a moment. Because if the guardian sources are right, it would mean the Trump Campaign chief cultivated a longstanding relationship with the guy whos being used as a front for rus