coup and what the president s role in that, why bother pretending it has an oversight in the first place. the letter is striking and it uses exactly the kind of words i have been waiting for from this administration for six months. it acknowledges the serious accusations that donald trump put his personal and political interests above the country by trying to weaponize the justice department in the election. that s critical phrases. that s remarkable the see in a justice department document. neil, we have been doing this in our reporting and we rely on your expertise and sometimes you say things and i go oh yeah right, that s literally the situation. you just said well, you have to have an investigation of an attempted coup that tries to enter the justice department and that s literally what happens
christopher dossier was not credible and they did a rush to make sure that they could to rehome, that will come out because of the cover up the happen within certain rounds at the fbi. eric: that was republic congressman, who is on the news is money. the new justice department document expected to shu shed me light on the origins of the russian investigation. this comes as democrats and house plan and new pairing to the russian probe as well as an expected contempo against attorney general william barr and former white house counsel don began let s bring in former d.o.j. counsel and former chief counsel and senior advisor for the senate foreign relations committee. you ve explained to this. it could be the result of holding the two officials in contempt. obviously that is going to run its course over a long . . . they have to go to federal court and try to force the contempts of subpoenas. i will be a challenge, you saw what we happened we did try to
was s&p s faulty ratings that detonated them. standards and poor s accuses the government of conducting a witch hunt. a ground breaking law maker from illinois has passed away. she became the first african-american woman to represent illinois on capitol hill. collins originally was elected to fill the seat left vacant when her husband congressman george collins was killed in a plane crash in 1972. she died sunday night at the age of 81. members of congress tomorrow will be debating the use of drones to take our terror targets. in many congress are expressing concerns about the obama administration s use of drones. and it s expected to be debated tomorrow. concerns are intensifying after the release of a justice department document that claims drones can be used against al qaeda targets without evidence of specific plots against the u.s. and president obama will be heading to israel next month for
[ female announcer ] bargain brand cooking spray leaves annoying residue. that s why there s new pam. today, however, our immigration system is badly broken. but there is hope. this hearing and more importantly the bipartisan legislation that i believe can be enacted because of it shows that we are on the cusp of real progress. san antonio mayor julian castro speaking. and later, the president is talking about immigration as well. a secret justice department document is revealing new information about the nation s drone program. the memo states that it s legal for the government to kill u.s. citizens abroad if they re
reporter: here are some facts gathered by the aclu from justice department document. between 2009 and 2011 the number of orders for surveillance went up 60%. e-mails and network data, while smaller in number, increased by 361%. this type of information used to be gathered from devices attached right to the telephone but now, it can easily be retrieved by the phone company internally. aclu says it is done without a judge considering merits of the case. but the department of justice fired back saying in a statement, in every instance cited here the federal judge authorized law enforcement activity as criminals increasingly use new and sophisticated technologies use of orders used by a judge and strictly authorized by congress is essential for law enforcement to carry out its duty and to protect the public and investigate