With what ive seen and the way id describe it is there is circumstantial evidence certainly of collusion or coordination. There has been direct evidence of deception, and i think people i hope got the sense today during this long hearing about just why its so important that both congress and the fbi do a thorough investigation. But to be crystal clear, this evening, as we speak, there is no hard evidence of collusion between the Trump Campaign and the russians . You said there is circumstantial evidence . You know, i would not say i would not phrase it the way you did. Circumstantial evidence can be very powerful and it is hard evidence. You can certainly prove many cases on the basis of circumstantial evidence, so people shouldnt underestimate the power of that. During your committee hearing, someone using President Trumps official twitter handle took issue with what was being said by the fbi director, and the director was asked, and he rebutted that. That was pretty unusual, in fact
Well, the Intelligence Committee chairman devin nunes declined an invitation to speak with us tonight, but we did talk to the ranking democrat on the committee, adam schiff. Congressman schiff, as we speak this evening, is there any evidence of collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia . Well, i think what we saw in the hearing today was director comey acknowledged that there was sufficient evidence and credible information that warranted his opening up a counterintelligence investigation, that is, is there coordination with a foreign power, has someone become an agent of a foreign power . There was sufficient evidence certainly for the irector to open that investigation. Thats certainly consistent also with what ive seen and the way id describe it is there is circumstantial evidence certainly of collusion or coordination. There has been direct evidence of deception, and i think people i hope got the sense today during this long hearing about just why its so important that both c
Tragedy in texas. At least 12 people have been killed today in a crash in the tex texas hill country. A church bus carrying Senior Citizens home from a retreat collided head on with a pickup truck on route 83, thats a twolane highway. Again, 12 confirmed dead. Parts of texas and oklahoma were pounded last night by tornados. 100mileperhour wind and hail. Near oklahoma city, a truck was blown off the road, and the driver was killed. And near lubbock, texas, three Storm Chasers were killed when a vehicle ran a stop sign. There is growing concern tonight that the u. S. Military may be responsible for the deaths of many dozens of civilians in the tough, urban combat in mosul, iraq. Iraqs military, backed by u. S. Airstrikes and special Operations Forces is liberating the city of 1 million from isis. Since last fall, nearly 800 iraqi troops have been killed. 4600 wounded. David martin has been hooking in looking into the civilian deaths. Reporter american officers have now inspected the coll
[ cheers and applause ] i appreciate that. I hope you had a great weekend, a good spring break. April fools day came and went and donald trump is still president. So i guess thats real. [ laughter ] now, i was thinking about doing something to my wife on april fools day but then i thought, you know what, tricking her into marrying me was more than enough prank. [ laughter ] i guess what im trying to say is im growing up, i really am. Tonight from phoenix, arizona the Ncaa College Basketball championships. Two number one seeds, North Carolina versus gonzaga. Or gonzaga. Im not honestly sure which is correct. So i alternate them every time i say it. Im right at least half of the time. But Gonzaga University was founded in 1887. This is interesting. It was founded as a bet to see if students would want a diploma from a school that sounded like it was named after a monkey disease. [ laughter ] turns out they do. Actually, i did look it up today because i was curious. Gonzaga university is
A lot to focus on from those new treasury rules to disney to fed speak. Europe in the red after unimpressive pmi numbers for march. Well get ism services in an hour and oil not bouncing after kuwait says they still predict a Production Cut in doha. We begin with the new tax inversion rules threatening the pfizer and allergan deal. Disneys heir apparent, the companys operating chief stepping down. Who is next to lead . Minneapolis president going after the big banks saying its time to end too big to fail once and for all. But that wildcat victory, theyre calling it maybe the best final ever. First for the wildcats since 85. Chriskris jenkins, how do you not celebrate that shot. This is a moment you look at jay wrights team, theyre a bunch of kids who go to college and also play basketball. Thats important. You dont go to villanova to play for the heat after a couple years of not taking classes. You go to nova, get a degree. Some of the parents of the guys on the team, they went to schoo