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- Hello everyone, thanks forjoining us for CBS NewsWatch,
I'm George Thomas.
For nearly two years,
special counsel RobertMueller and his team
looked into possibilities
between the Trump campaign and Russia.
The result?
No collusion.
Mark Martin joins us now
in the CBN News Room with more, Mark.
- George, US Attorney General William Barr
released his main conclusions
of Mueller's investigation Sunday.
It took 22 months, 2,800 subpoenas,
and the interviews of 500 witnesses.
In the end, Mueller clearedPresident Donald Trump
of collusion with Russia.
President Trump tweeted, "Nocollusion, no obstruction,
"complete and total exoneration.
"Keep America great!"
The investigation also foundthe president committed
no crime of obstruction of justice.
Now on the issue of obstruction,
Barr's principle conclusion is:
"The special counsel states that
"while this report does not conclude
"that the president committed a crime,
"it also does not exonerate him."
But Barr and Deputy AttorneyGeneral Rod Rosenstein
come to their own conclusion that:
"The evidence developed
"during the specialcounsel's investigation
"is not sufficient toestablish that the president
"committed anobstruction-of-justice offense."
Trump's lawyer tells ABC News
they are ready to move forward.
- And what I'd like tosee the Congress do,
is work with the presidentfor the next two years,
and get some things donefor the American people.
- Earlier today, I receiveda four-page letter.
- [Mark] But Democrats,
led by House JudiciaryChairman Jerry Nadler,
are not convinced, andwant Attorney General Barr
to testify before Congress.
They say they're concernedabout Barr's impartiality
and vow to continueinvestigations into the president.
- Attorney General Barr,who auditioned for his role
with an open memorandum suggesting
that the obstructioninvestigation was unconscionable,
made a decision about thatevidence in under 48 hours.
- [Mark] Republicans say it's all
an elaborate plan for impeachment.
- If anyone thinks that theMueller Report being concluded
is the end of the Democrats' attempt
to take down President Trump,
they haven't been payingattention the last two years.
- Meanwhile, Trump talkedabout investigating
the Mueller investigation, saying, quote,
"It began illegally,
"and hopefully somebody'sgonna look at the other side.
"It was an illegal takedownthat failed," end quote.
Back to you, George.
- Thank you, Mark, joining us now
is CBN Senior Internationalcorrespondent Gary Lane.
So, the investigation is complete.
Attorney General hasissued his brief summary.
How are members of Congressresponding to all this?
- Well, you heard whatsome of them are saying.
As expected, the Democrats,many of the Democrats,
are saying, look, we believethis was part of a conspiracy
of the President and the AttorneyGeneral and also Mueller,
but nothing could befurther from the truth.
I mean, Barr is a well-respected attorney.
He's been Attorney General before.
Mueller, also respected.
And, you know, it's interesting, George,
because not too long ago,
these same people on the Hill,
the Democrats, some of them,were saying, oh, Mueller,
he's gonna do the rightthing, this is gonna be.
You know, so, depending, either way,
the president would lose,because here's exoneration,
they're criticizing that.
If it'd come against the president,
then they'd say, boy that Robert Mueller,
what a great special counsel he was.
- So, what's in store for the president?
What does he do next?
- Well, the president said he,
go ahead, release the whole thing,
which would be highlyunusual for an investigation
to have the whole report released,
but he said, go ahead, let'shave full transparency.
So the president is not opposed to that,
but let's take a look atwhat he did right away.
He put out a commercial.
This is from his campaign 2020,
putting out a commercialagainst the Democrats.
(dramatic cinematic music)
(typewriter keys clacking)(buzzer buzzing)
- The evidence is prettyclear that there was collusion
between the Trumpcampaign and the Russians.
(buzzer buzzing)
- I think there's plenty of evidence
of collusion or conspiracy in plain sight.
(buzzer buzzing)
- We saw strong evidence of collusion.
(buzzer buzzing)
- Well, we know there was collusion
with people in the campaign.(buzzer buzzing)
- I think a mountain ofevidence of collusion
between the campaign and the Russians.
(buzzer buzzing)
- So, it is, it's like abad game show, actually.
(Buzzes) You know, you're out.
But, basically, thepresident, the message is
look, I was right, they werewrong, they need to eat crow,
but George, they're notgoing to be eating crow,
they're going to be spitting it out.
- There's at least one other investigation
that's still going on is my understanding.
- Yes, Michael Horowitz,who is the Inspector General
of the Department of Justice
has an investigation thathe started about a year ago
looking into the FISA warrants,
and the reason that those warrants
were issued to beginwith, and the allegations
that they were issuedunder false pretenses.
That's a very important investigation.
We'll be looking for that one, George.
- What is likely, real quickly,what's likely to happen now?
- Well, I think you're going to see
some Democrats pushforward with impeachment.
I think what you're goingto see from the committees,
some of the Congressional committees now,
especially in the House,
they're going to be lookingat obstruction of justice
because as you know,the special prosecutor
did not say that the presidentwas exonerated from that.
He didn't say he was guiltyor not guilty of that.
He really didn't look at it,
he should have, as a prosecutor.
He shoulda come to someconclusion, he did not.
So the Democrats in the House
are going to come to conclusionsof their own on that.
They'll be investigating that.
- All right, terrific.
And I'm sure there'sgonna be a lot of focus
on the media as well, and therole that the mainstream media
has played over the last two years.
- And also the president's finances
and his business dealings.
- Yeah, okay, Gary, as always,sir, thank you so much.
Appreciate it.
Vice President Mike Pence today
slammed multiple Democraticpresidential candidates
for skipping out on theannual AIPAC Policy Conference
which is the largest gatheringof pro-Israel Americans.
Pence saying that any White House hopeful
should stand with Israel.
- Anti-Semitism has noplace in the Congress
of the United States of America.
(audience applauding)
So let me be clear on this point.
Anyone who aspires to thehighest office in the land
should not be afraid to stand
with the strongest supportersof Israel in America.
(audience applauding)
It is wrong to boycott Israel,
and it is wrong to boycott AIPAC.
- Democratic presidential candidates
have traditionally, as you know,
attended the gathering ahead of elections.
Moving overseas, Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu
is cutting short histrip to the United States
after a Hamas rocket from Gaza
struck an Israeli home north of Tel Aviv.
Reports say Israel is alreadysending troops to the border.
CBN Middle East Bureau ChiefChris Mitchell has that story.
- [Chris] Just beforedawn, a rocket from Gaza
slammed into an Israeli home
in the community ofMishmeret in central Israel.
The rocket destroyed the building
and wounded seven Israelis,including children.
- (speaking in foreign language)
- [Translator] We woke up from the boom.
I live nearby, a few streets away.
The glass in the windows were shaking,
and glass shattered in nearby homes.
We made phone calls to find out
if anybody was injured,and how we can help.
- Southern Israel, around the Gaza Strip,
has been plagued withrocket attacks for years,
but a rocket attack more than 50 miles
into the densely populatedcenter of the country
takes the conflict to a new level.
- Israel will respond withall the necessary means.
We're fed up with the Hamas.
Enough is enough.
- [Chris] Hamas launchedtwo rockets at Tel Aviv
just 10 days ago, thefirst since the 2014 war.
The Iron Dome intercepted those rockets,
and Israel responded
by hitting 100 Hamas targets inside Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
who was in Washington for ameeting with President Trump,
talked with the Israeli military
and National Security Council.
- [Translator] This was a vicious attack
on the State of Israel.
We react with might.
In the light of the security events,
I've decided to cutshort my visit in the US.
In a few hours, I willmeet with President Trump,
and immediately after that,
I will return to Israelto oversee our activities.
- [Chris] Netanyahucanceled his appearance
at the annual AIPAC Conference.
And despite the attack,children in the area
were advised that schoolwould be held as normal.
Just last week, the UNHuman Rights Council
condemned Israel for itsresponse to the border riots.
Israeli Foreign Ministryspokesman tweeted that,
"This is a deliberate anddangerous act of aggression
"by Palestinian terrorists,encouraged, no doubt,
"by the complacency of UN Human Rights."
According to media reports,Hamas leaders told Egypt
the rocket was fired by mistake.
Hamas has also kickedup the level of violence
in its protests alongIsrael's border with Gaza
ahead of the one-year anniversary
of what it calls theGreat March of Return.
The protestors throw firebombs at soldiers
and renewed sending balloons
with explosive devices across the border.
The noise from nighttime demonstrations
is also intended to disturband frighten Israelis
who live near the border.
With just two weeksuntil Israeli elections,
it's not yet clear how farIsrael will go in its response,
but it's clear that Hamas
is trying to escalate the situation.
Chris Mitchell, CBN News, Jerusalem.
- [George] Thank you, Chris.
We will have more fromour Washington Bureau
on Faith Nation tonight.
You can catch it right hereon the CBN News Channel.
Coming up, things heat up in Venezuela
after interim President JuanGuaido's top aide was arrested.
We'll bring you that story next.
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A pre-dawn raid by NicolasMaduro's secret police
resulted in the arrest ofone of interim Venezuelan
President Juan Guaido's senior aides.
Guaido, meantime, is holding rallies,
and claims the embattled Maduro's regime
cannot last much longer.
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- [Chuck] High stakesbrinksmanship on the world stage
between the United States
and Venezuelan leaderNicolas Maduro's government.
After US aid was burned at the border
by gangs loyal to Maduro,
the Trump administrationcontinued ramping up the pressure
on the embattled leader to leave office,
something Maduro hassteadfastly refused to do.
After interim President JuanGaidos' top aide was arrested
by Venezuelan intelligenceoperatives March 21st,
Trump's National SecurityAdvisor John Bolton
fired off a tweet threateningeven more sanctions ahead.
Though all of the Venezuelanborders are officially closed,
more than 40,000 desperate Venezuelans
are escaping into Colombia every day.
Most are hoping to find some kind of work
in order to send help to thefamilies they left behind.
Catherine has beenliving here on the street
with two of her children.
- (speaking in foreign language)
- [Translator] I've been here four months
working as a porter.
- [Chuck] She tries to make a living
helping others carry their supplies
back across the dangerousriver crossing into Venezuela,
but there's lots of competition.
- (speaking in foreign language)
- [Translator] Sometimes Ihave to fight the other porters
because everyone wantsthe same car, you know?
- [Chuck] The sense of frustration
reached a boiling point weeks ago
when gangs loyal to Maduro burned aid
sent by Colombia and the United States.
Catherine, along with many others,
are bitter about what happened.
- (speaking in foreign language)
- [Translator] If we goback, it won't be any better.
At least here my kids can eat.
- [Chuck] Cracks are appearing
in the ranks of the armed forces as well.
These two soldiers threwdown their arms February 23rd
when they were given ordersto fire on their own people.
Sergeant Major Darwin Malagera
says morale in his unitwas at rock bottom.
- [Translator] February23rd was the breaking point.
When we saw what was happening,
we decided we wanted to beon the right side of history,
and we made the decision on our own
to cross over to the Colombian side.
- [Chuck] First Sergeant Omar Carrero
was on the bridge that day,watching the tragedy unfold.
- (speaking in foreign language)
- [Translator] Many times we had talked
about defecting amongst ourselves,
but were very afraid one ofour superiors would hear us,
because if they did, we'd bethrown in prison automatically.
But finally, in small groups,we made the decision to cross.
On the very same day,
the secret police showed up at my house
looking for my family.
Thank God they weren't home.
- [Chuck] Eventually,over a thousand soldiers
followed suit, including some officers,
but many more are still afraid.
- [Omar] (speaking in foreign language)
- [Translator] I can say that98% of the troops in the army
would like to see a change of government.
- [Chuck] To keep hisstranglehold on power,
Nicolas Maduro has beenarming gangs of criminals
who swear allegiance to his regime.
Called (speaks in foreign language),
these gangs currently control this border,
and everyone who comes across has to pay.
For the time being,these Venezuelan soldiers
can only wait, hope, andpray the regime will collapse
under the weight of its own evil,
but they do have a message for America.
- [Translator] Please, keep supporting us,
putting pressure on in every possible way.
I'd like to say, with military force,
but I know that would result
in lots of bloodshed in Venezuela.
- [Translator] We don't have a plan,
we're simply ready andwilling to follow the orders
of our president, Juan Guiado, every day.
- [Chuck] In Cucuta, Colombia,
I'm Chuck Holton for CBN News.
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- Rainstorms are expectedlater this week in the Midwest,
just as residents are cleaningup from major flooding.
The National Weather Service said
that more than an inch ofrain is expected to fall
in Nebraska and Iowa later this week.
Weather officials say the storms
between Wednesday and Fridaycould create a foot rise
in the level of the Missouri River,
but it's not clear yet howmuch additional flooding
that rise could create.
Recent flooding in the Midwest
is blamed in three confirmed deaths,
and two men in Nebraska have been missing
for more than a week.
Joining us now with more
is Weatherbell meteorologist Joe Bastardi.
So, Joe, what can people in the Midwest
expect in the days ahead?
- Well, Nebraska and Iowahave been ground zero
for all of this, especially in Nebraska,
and come Thursday night, Friday,
cold front's going to go through
and it's gonna start rainingin back of that for a time,
and then change over to heavy snow.
Much of the state of Nebraska
is gonna get three to six inches of snow
Friday afternoon, Fridaynight, and northern Iowa,
so it's sort of a mixed bag,
while liquid amounts fromthis may wind up being,
oh, you know, half-inch to an inch,
half of it's going tobe snow, if not more.
Eventually, I mean, youknow, at this time of year,
the snow melts off in a couple of days,
that would go into the rivers.
What would be a blessing, I think,
is that if it went into the river slower,
if it wasn't, and I'msaying it's not gonna be
all rain coming at once.
It's gonna be rain changingto snow and accumulating,
and that means it would have to melt off
so it would lower the rateof flow into the rivers.
- [George] Joe, I'm curious.
Is this weather unusualfor this time of year?
- Oh, yes, it's very unusual,
but it's been set up by theextreme cold that we've had.
We've had one of thecoldest February and Marches
on record back to back.
It left a frost underneath in the ground.
You know, you had three to six inches
of rain or liquidamounts, in the snowpack,
'cause the snowpack would not melt.
Underneath the groundwas frozen for two feet.
Then a storm came up andbrought some warm air
for a couple days, andwith it a lot of rain.
All of that, a lot of that snowmelted, and when it melted,
it could not soak into theground as it normally does.
So, the real power behindthe throne over here
is the fact that it was sodarn cold for so long, right?
And this is opposite of what is supposed,
remember, there's not supposedto be any snow and cold
during the wintertime seasons, right?
So, this was so extreme onthe other end of the spectrum,
it led to all the snow.
The snow did not melt.
The ground was frozen underneath.
When the big storm camealong March 13th and 14th,
it warmed up, it rained, melted it,
and it could not soak in,
so it had to just flow rightinto the rivers all at once.
- What is the forecast looking like
as spring weather makes its arrival?
- Well, I think that is stillabout another eight to 10 days
of cold coming into the country,
but I think you're gonna seethis year, 'member last year,
April was very cold for the United States.
I think April's gonna flip
and in the Great Lakes, Northeast,
I think they're gonnabe warmer than normal,
but a core of cold may remain
back through the SouthernRockies into Texas.
When I say cold, I meancolder than normal, all right,
because the normals are coming up in May.
And by the way, that configuration,
where you're cold down in,you're colder than normal
from Texas into theSouthwest Rockies like that,
and it's warm to the north,
may mean a less-than-activetornado season this year,
so we're already looking at that.
- [George] Okay, terrific, Joe.
Folks here in Virginia,
we've not even seen aflake of snow this winter,
but at least we've had warm days.
Joe, as always, thank you so much.
- It'll balance out eventually,
so next year.- That's right.
As always, thanks forcoming on the show, buddy.
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