5 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast. It is the memo in a everyothat talking about. And does it discredit the Russia Investigation . Congressional supporters of the u. S. President are being accused of trying to do just that. They allege that the fbi improperly targeted for surveillance a former Trump Campaign adviser. The contents of the controversial memo are highly disputed. Critics say it only on shows part of the picture. And misrepresents the testimony of former fbi Deputy Director andrew mccabe. Here is more now from jim sciutto In Washington. I think it is terrible. Reporter the president and republicans leveling a new broad side at the fbi. With a four page memo alleging the bureau abused its Surveillance Authority in seeking a warrant to monitor carter page during the 2016
election. Its been a tough fight. Reporter the disputed memo authorized by the staff of devin nunes Claims Mccabe says the page warrant would not have been sought without a dossier on trumps possible con
Was that officer specifically targeted . The manhunt right now. The medevac helicopter, crashing into the woods. The search. The discovery. And, what went wrong . The controversial video. The Officer Firing through his windshield at a suspect on the sidewalk. And tonight, the Consumer Warning. Now nearly 100 sick. More than 20 states. The lettuce they want you to throw out. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on this friday night. We begin with the moment in court, the former police officer, a suspected Serial Killer. Joseph james deangelo, suspected in 12 murders and at least 50 rapes. Believed to have left chilling Phone Messages for victims after the attacks. Tonight, his apparent state in the courtroom, and what he then said to the judge. Whit johnson was in the courtroom. Reporter Authorities Say this is the face of the Golden State Killer. Joseph deangelo handcuffed in a
wheelchair, listening to the litany of charges in a haze. Two counts of murder in a special circumstan
Its monday, february 26th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside louis burgdorf. Students at Margie Stoneman Douglas High School expected to return to class as early as wednesday following the deadly shooting that took place there less than two weeks ago. An orientation was held yesterday where students and parents returned to the school for the First Time Since the attack that killed 17 students and staff members. The fbi and local authorities now facing more criticism in the wake of that attack. According to the New York Times, less than six weeks before the shooting, a woman who knew the gunman said on the fbis tip line, i know hes going to explode. Mean wile, the brawl ard county Sheriffs Office is investigating why three of its deputies apparently remained outside the school during the shooting. The news came days after another deputy, scott peterson, resigned following reports that he, too, had not gone inside the school to confront the shooter. The Broward County sheriff scott
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Profiting off his ties to people in power. And companies that hired him like at t and novartis pony up for access, something that his boss railed against his candidate. I know the game. I understand it. So many people have come up, lobbyists. I said i dont want money from lobbyi lobbyists. The system we have is broken. A guy like bush, all these people are controlled by peemt who give them the money. It is time to drain the swamp in washington, d. C. Thats the best Case Scenario of what cohen has been up to. Here is the thing. There are numerous reasons to believe that scenario may not be the truth. For starters, lets start with this. Prior to taking money from corporate clients, cohens llc of central consultants was being used to pay hush money to the president s mistress and unexplainably to a former
government. Specifically focus on u. S. Tax reform, major Trump Campaign issue and the time warner merger. This had been announced by at t in october just before the election, and donald
Reforms, adding into this mix, of course, this is now a Midterm Election years year. Things are not easy in an Election Year so that adds into this complicated agenda they have. Up here on the hill tomorrow white house aides will be meeting with top congressional leadership trying to work towards that Government Potential Shutdown Showdown that we might have in a couple weeks and this weekend, speaker of the house, paul ryan, and Mitch Mcconnell, will be heading to camp david to meet with the president about the legislative agenda ahead. Also changes in the senate. Al franken, minnesota senator, Stepping Down Today and then all eyes on utahs republican orrin hatch, will he run for an eighth term . What are we expecting . Thats right. This is frankens last official day. Tomorrow his replacement, tina smith, will be signed in. He steps down amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. That officially ends his term here in congress today. Of course utahs orrin hatch, this is a big ques