TAPE: EF02/0573 IN_TIME: 23:18:20 DURATION: 2:53 SOURCES: APTN/ POOL RESTRICTIONS: DATELINE: Hamburg, 5 July 2002 SHOTLIST: APTN 1. Exterior court 2. Mid shot court lists 3. Close up court list showing timings of former SS Major Friedrich Engel's case 4. Engel's defence lawyer, Udo Kneip, entering court room POOL 5. Wide shot Engel and defence lawyer with press in court (before verdict) 6. Close up Engel 7. Mid shot with Engel with defence lawyer 8. SOUNDBITE: (German) Friedrich Engel: "Q: What verdict do you expect? A: I expect it to be not guilty of course, not guilty." 9. Various shots journalists in court 10. Engel sitting with defence lawyer 11. Close up Engel 12. Close up Engel's defence lawyer 13. Wide shot of court (before session) APTN 14. Set up shot prosecutor 15. SOUNDBITE: (German) Jochen Kuhlmann, Prosecutor: "Today justice has been served. This case, we can say, has achieved justice." 16. Set up shot, Olivia Bellotti, lawyer and representative of families of victims 17. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Olivia Bellotti, Lawyer and representative of families of victims: "It's very important for us to show after 58 years the court has decided that someone is responsible (for something that happened such a long time ago), that someone is still responsible." 18. Mid shot press 19. Set up shot defence lawyer on steps of courthouse 20. SOUNDBITE: (German) Udo Kneip, Defence lawyer: "Doctor Engel has asked for justice and this verdict is not just. In sentencing, it was important for the court to prove that the murders were cruel. But I think that the murders cannot be called atrocities, as I said before, because you have to look at the world "cruel" in two different ways in relation to the charges. Every murder is cruel, but we have to differentiate relevant to the charges and we have to take into account the time the murder took place." 21. Wide exterior courthouse STORYLINE: Ending one of Germany's last trials for Nazi crimes, former SS officer Friedrich Engel was convicted on Friday of 59 counts of murder for a "cruel and illegal" World War II massacre of Italian prisoners, and sentenced to seven years in prison. But the court said he won't have to serve out his sentence due to his age. Engel, 93, denied the charges and blamed Nazi naval officers for carrying out the shootings in May 1944 at a mountain pass outside Genoa, Italy. Prosecutors sought life in prison but the Hamburg state court issued a lesser sentence, given "exceptional circumstances" created by the long interval since the crimes. The court rejected Engel's argument that naval personnel who guarded the transport from Genoa's Marassi jail bore the main responsibility, noting that Engel was the highest-ranking officer present. The court based its findings on witness accounts, including those of several former German military officers, and historical records presented during the trial, which opened on 7 May 2002. The shootings at the Turchino Pass were in retaliation for an attack on a movie theatre that killed five German soldiers during Italian partisans' fight to drive Nazi occupying forces out of the country. Prosecutors described the killings as particularly cruel, saying the Italian captives were bound in pairs and forced to walk onto a plank over an open grave where they were shot. At the time, Engel headed the Genoa branch of an SS intelligence unit charged with tracking enemies of the Nazis. He testified he approved the list of prisoners from Genoa's Marassi jail to be shot and was present during the killings, but did not order the massacre or shoot anyone himself. Engel's lawyer pleaded for acquittal, pointing out that the Hamburg state court last week upheld arguments that such reprisal killings were not explicitly outlawed under rules of war in 1944. That argument, however, also was rejected. Despite the court's ruling that Engel remain free, there remains a chance he could go to jail if he does not appeal and if prosecutors find him fit to serve. However, it was unlikely they would disregard the court's verdict.

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Each station must exercise its own judgment in determining whether it is appropriate for broadcast to its audience.***\n\n --SUPERS--\n:36 - :01:07\nChris Engels\nDirector, investigations and operations, CIJA\n\n1:53 - 2:07\nYOUTUBE/70HORAN\n\n2:33 - 2:51\nAdel\nCIJA Investigator\n\n3:15 - 3:27\nAbo Al-Fada' Al-Hamawi \n\n3:27 - 3:51\n(c) 2012 "Caesar" collection\n\n3:51 - 4:01\nAl - Kholani Family \n\n4:11 - 4:26\nAmina Al - Kholani\nSyrian Activist\n\n4:32 - 4:42\nAl - Kholani Family \n\n4:42 - 5:06\nAbo Al-Fada' Al-Hamawi \n\n5:06 - 5:16\nAl - Kholani Family \n\n5:16 - 5:26\nal-Akhbaria TV\n\n5:26 - 5:40\nChris Engels\nDirector, investigations and operations, CIJA\n\n 5:55 - 6:03\nAdel\nCIJA Investigator\n\n --LEAD IN--\nA RECENT ESCALATION IN VIOLENCE IN SYRIA'S LAST-REBEL HELD PROVINCE HAS KILLED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND FORCED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TO FLEE. THE AIRSTRIKES HAVE DESTROYED SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND, MOST RECENTLY, AN OPEN-AIR MARKET THAT LEFT DOZENS INJURED. \nINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS BELIEVE SOME OF THESE AIRSTRIKES MAY HAVE INTENTIONALLY BEEN AIMED AT CIVILIAN TARGETS, WHICH COULD AMOUNT TO WAR CRIMES - JUST SOME OF THE MANY THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BY ALL SIDES OF THE SYRIAN CONFLICT OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. \nC-N-N'S JOMANA KARADSHEH AND HER TEAM WERE GRANTED RARE ACCESS TO A CLANDESTINE OPERATION BY A GROUP OF INVESTIGATORS RISKING THEIR LIVES TO COLLECT EVIDENCE OF ALLEGED WAR CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE ASSAD REGIME. \nWE MUST WARN YOU THAT SOME OF THE IMAGES IN THIS REPORT ARE DISTURBING.\n\n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nIN A NONDESCRIPT BUILDING IN EUROPE IS A ROOM CALLED THE VAULT. NEARLY 800,000 DOCUMENTS SMUGGLED OUT OF SYRIA ARE HERE LOGGED AND TRANSLATED STORED AND PRESERVED. CHRIS ENGELS HEADS THE REGIME CRIMES UNIT AT THE COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY, KNOWN AS CIJA, A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FUNDED BY WESTERN GOVERNMENTS. \nIN THESE BOXES IS POTENTIAL EVIDENCE OF ALLEGED WAR CRIMES THAT COULD ONE DAY BE USED AGAINST THE REGIME OF SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL ASSAD. \nChris Engels, Director, investigations and operations, CIJA: "The documents cover a wide range of information and levels of command. They start from the highest levels of command that include information on the president and the policymakers at the national level. We were able to get quite a lot of clarity on how orders went up and down the chain of command, how responsibility at the highest level for policy is and implemented in a way that we can see criminality actually take place on the ground."\nTHERE IS NO ONE DOCUMENT HERE THAT'S A SMOKING GUN, BUT IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE, IT'S ABOUT LINKING THE CRIMES TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE. DOCUMENTS LIKE THIS 20-11 ORDER AUTHORIZING PAY RAISES FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL SIGNED BY PRESIDENT ASSAD, THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES, MAY SEEM INNOCUOUS, BUT ENGELS SAYS EVEN THIS IS CRUCIAL EVIDENCE. \nChris Engels, Director, investigations and operations, CIJA: "We have several documents that are similar to this naming Assad and others who demonstrate that they are in control, and they have the power to direct the army and security services. It is a fact that the army and their security services are continuing to commit crimes and these individuals aren't doing anything to stop it." \nCIJA HAS BUILT DOZENS OF CASES AGAINST THE REGIME MOST RELATING TO THE EARLY DAYS OF THE REVOLUTION, THE VIOLENT REPRESSION OF PROTESTS, AND THE ALLEGED TORTURE AND KILLING OF THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS DETAINED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. \nSINCE 20-12 IN THE SHADOWS OF A WAR THAT'S UNLEASHED SOME OF THE WORST ATROCITIES OF OUR TIME, A NETWORK OF MORE THAN 100 SYRIANS WERE RECRUITED, VETTED AND TRAINED BY CIJA. WE GET A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ONE OF THOSE DOCUMENT HUNTERS. \nADEL, AS HE WANTS TO BE CALLED, WAS A LAWYER. NOW, HE HEADS THIS TEAM THAT HAS RISKED EVERYTHING TO SAVE THE EVIDENCE. \nAdel: "All members of our team men and women have been subjected to arrests or beatings or humiliation or danger. We are operating in a war zone. In most cases, we would enter areas as airstrikes would be ongoing. But we have to go in to collect the evidence before it's damaged."\nFOR ADEL AND HIS FELLOW EVIDENCE HUNTERS, A TREASURE TROVE OF DOCUMENTS HAS BEEN LEFT BEHIND BY THE REGIME'S INFAMOUS BUREAUCRACY. \nAdel: "After the Free Syrian Army captured locations from the government, like military or intelligence sites, our teams would be ready and they would enter these sites. Their primary task to preserve these documents or what is left of them, because in many cases these documents would be destroyed." \nCIJA HAS NOT ONLY RELIED ON EVIDENCE COLLECTED BY ITS OWN NETWORK OF INVESTIGATORS. IN A NUMBER OF CASES, THEY'VE COMBINED THAT WITH SOME OF THE MOST DAMNING VISUAL EVIDENCE OF THIS CONFLICT. 28,000 HORRIFIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF DEAD DETAINEES SMUGGLED OUT IN 20-13 BY A MILITARY DEFECTOR CODENAMED CAESAR. \nCIJA HAS BEEN ABLE TO CROSS-REFERENCE THE IDENTIFYING NUMBERS SEEN IN THESE PICTURES WITH ONES IN THE SMUGGLED DOCUMENTS, ALLOWING THEM TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE PRISONERS AND LINK THEM TO SPECIFIC FACILITIES AND THE SECURITY APPARATUS WHO WERE HOLDING THEM. ONE OF THOSE PHOTOS OF THOSE NUMBERS WAS 30-YEAR OLD MOHAMMED AL - KHOLANI, A NEWLY WED LAW STUDENT DETAINED IN APRIL OF 20-12. HIS SISTER, AMINA, A SURVIVOR OF GOVERNMENT JAILS NOW A REFUGEE IN THE U-K IS A LIVING TESTIMONY TO THE SYRIAN REGIME'S BRUTALITY. \nAmina Al - Kholani, Syrian Activist: "When the Caesar files came out, Mohammed's photo was the first one. We went to issue a paper from the civil registry to confirm his status. They told us he died as a result of a heart attack. Our 34-year-old boy died of a heart attack." \nDOCUMENTS ISSUED BY THE REGIME CLAIM THOUSANDS HELD IN ITS FACILITIES ALL DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES. THREE OTHER BROTHERS FROM THE AL - KHOLANI FAMILY WERE ALSO DETAINED. ONLY ONE OF THEM, BILAL, EMERGED ALIVE. HIS GAUNT FACE TESTAMENT TO THE HORRORS INSIDE GOVERNMENT JAILS. \nACCORDING TO CIJA'S INVESTIGATIONS, IT'S A STORY REPLICATED THOUSANDS OF TIMES OVER IN SYRIA, WHERE TORTURE IS RAMPANT AND SYSTEMATIC AND FORCED CONFESSIONS ARE THE NORM. SYRIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DID NOT RESPOND TO MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR COMMENT. \nBUT THE REGIME HAS REPEATEDLY DISMISSED EVIDENCE AS FAKE AND INSISTED IT WAS FIGHTING TERRORISTS, NOT PEACEFUL PROTESTERS. AMIN AL - KHOLANI STILL DESPERATELY CALLS FOR JUSTICE FOR HER BROTHERS. BUT LIKE SO MANY OTHER SYRIANS, SHE FEARS SHE MAY NEVER LIVE TO SEE THE REGIME HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS CRIMES. AS BASHAR AL ASSAD SEEMS TO HAVE DEFIED THE ODDS FOR NOW, SURVIVING A REVOLUTION AND IS ON THE VERGE OF WINNING THE WAR.\nChris EngelsDirector, investigations and operations, CIJA: "The tides changed and what we're making sure of is that when the shift does come, when the discussion about justice does appear in five or 10 or 20 years, that there will be evidence there." \nEVIDENCE COLLECTED BY CIJA HAS ALREADY BEEN USED IN INDIVIDUAL TRIALS IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. IT HAS ALSO LED TO THE ARREST IN GERMANY OF AT LEAST ONE MID-LEVEL REGIME MEMBER ACCUSED OF TORTURE. FOR ADEL, THIS IS JUST THE START. \nAdel: "I said goodbye to my wife and children and told them I am no longer yours. I am now owned by Syria and justice." \nJUSTICE, HE SAYS, IS A DUTY FROM WHICH THERE IS NO TURNING BACK. \nJOMANA KARADSHEH, C-N-N. \n\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nSYRIA ASSAD EVIDENCE WAR CRIMES\n\n

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EXT BROLL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS STAKEOUT SOTS AFTER WHITE HOUSE SYRIA POLICY MEETING W/ PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA / CUTS Wednesday, September 3, 2013 TRANSCRIPT: Media Availability following President Obama's meeting with members of Congress on Syria. Speakers include Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. Dutch Ruppersburger (D-MD), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), followed by CUTS. DC SLUG: 1030 WH DRIVE SO RS37 73 NYRS: HD2 DISC#: 472 CUTS 12:00:58 Boehner 12:02:03 Pelosi 12:08:04 Ruppersburger and Feinstein 12:09:01 Engel joins 12:13:27 Rep. after Engel Before heading to Europe, President Obama is meeting with top Congressional leaders to try and convince them that an attack on Syria is necessary. The meeting comes the same day as John Kerry and Chuck Hagel testify at the first congressional hearing on the matter, laying out the case for why the US should intervene, militarily in Syria. The President is still facing an uphill battle, but has picked up conditional support for an attack on Syria from two key Senate Republicans--Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham. The House and Senate both plan to vote on resolutions authorizing military action next week.

--SUPERS--\n0:23 - 0:31 \nNorma Quintana\nNapa Resident\n\n0:49-0:56\nJames Engel\nCal Fire\n\n1:21 - 1:23\nDrew Griffin\nSenior Investigative Correspondent \n\n2:04-2:10\nJohn Fiske\nAttorney, Baron and Budd\n\n --LEAD IN--\nA LEADING SUSPECT IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEADLIEST WILDFIRE IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY IS NOT AN ARSONIST.\nIN FACT, IT'S NOT A PERSON AT ALL.\nC-N-N'S DREW GRIFFIN LOOKS AT WHY CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST PUBLIC UTILITY IS UNDER SERIOUS SCRUTINY.\n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nNorma Quintana:\n"This area was my studio with big windows."\nTHIS IS ALL NORMA QUINTANA HAS LEFT AT THE HOME SHE LIVED IN FOR 30 YEARS.\nA MACABRE REMINDER OF THE DAY HER PHYSICAL WORLD TURNED TO ASHES.\nNorma Quintana: \n"The fire was behind us." \nSHE AND HER FAMILY HAD FIVE MINUTES TO ESCAPE THE ATLAS FIRE IN THE FALL OF 2017.\nWHEN THEY RETURNED IT WAS ALL GONE.\nNorma Quintana:\n"I couldn't negotiate the loss. I couldn't negotiate the loss of a home. Couldn't."\nACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE FIRES IN OCTOBER OF 2017 FUELED BY HIGH WINDS AND DROUGHT WOULD KILL 44, BURN 89-HUNDRED HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS.\nAS THE BURNING ENDED, THE BURNING QUESTION BEGAN.\nHOW DID THIS HAPPEN?\nJames Engel:\n"We had a number of fires that were the result of some some type of ignition from powerlines."\nCAL FIRE INVESTIGATORS CONCLUDED THAT 17 OF THE 18 FIRES IN OCTOBER OF 2017 WERE CAUSED BY EQUIPMENT FROM PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC, THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR POWER COMPANY.\nIN 11 OF THOSE FIRES, INVESTIGATORS FOUND EVIDENCE P-G-AND-E VIOLATED STATE LAW.\nJAMES ENGEL OVERSEES FIRE INVESTIGATIONS FOR CAL FIRE.\nDrew Griffin:\n"Is PG&E doing enough in your mind?"\nJames Engel: \n"Well that's not my call to make. To win ... in the case of those particular fires, they were referred to the district attorney. If there is violation of the law.\nIT'S ACTUALLY BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR YEARS.\n19-94, 99, 2004.\nTHE WHISKEY FIRE IN 2008.\nTHE DEADLY BUTTE FIRE IN 2015.\nFIRE AFTER FIRE THAT INVESTIGATORS FOUND WERE CAUSED BY A POWER COMPANY FAILING TO FOLLOW STATE REGULATIONS TO TRIM TREES OR MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT.\nJohn Fiske:\n"You see a pattern and practice that PG&E is not willing to step up to the plate and do what it needs to do to prevent these utility caused wildfires."\nATTORNEY JOHN FISKE HAS BUILT A PRACTICE SUING POWER COMPANIES AND SPECIFICALLY P-G-AND-E FOR CAUSING FIRES THAT ARE DESTROYING CALIFORNIANS' LIVES.\nHE'S DOING IT HE SAYS BECAUSE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WON'T. \nJohn Fiske:\n"And if you had a company that was out in the Atlantic and it kept starting hurricanes and the government just kind of continued to let it start hurricanes again you'd consider that behavior to be almost sociopathic because people's lives are absolutely devastated."\nP-G-AND-E WAS CONVICTED OF SIX FELONIES BECAUSE OF A GAS PIPELINE EXPLOSION IN 2010.\nJUST LAST MONTH, THE PRESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION ANNOUNCED A NEW REVIEW OF P-G-AND-E,\nTELLING THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HE WAS VERY CONCERNED THEY, P-G-AND-E, STILL DON'T HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY IN PLACE. \nDrew Griffin:\n"Is PG&E getting the message do you think? Are any of the power companies getting the message to change behavior so we don't have their particular fire starting.?"\nJames Engel:\n"I think you're going to have to ask them."\nWE TRIED BUT THE COMPANY DECLINED AND INSTEAD SENT A LENGTHY STATEMENT SAYING IT EXPANDED ITS COMMUNITY WILDFIRE SAFETY PROGRAM, \nIMPROVING REAL-TIME MONITORING, ENHANCING VEGETATION MANAGEMENT EFFORTS, CONDUCTING ACCELERATED SAFETY INSPECTIONS,\nINSTALLING STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT POLES.\nCRITICS POINT TO THE WAY P-G-AND-E HAS SPENT ITS MONEY, AWARDING ITS C-E-O SALARY AND STOCK WORTH EIGHT-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN 2017,\nAND SPENDING ANOTHER EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS LOBBYING LAWMAKERS IN SACRAMENTO TO GET A LAW PASSED THAT ALLOWS P-G-AND-E TO PASS SOME OF THE COST OF THE FIRES ONTO CUSTOMERS.\nNOW P-G-AND-E IS DEALING WITH THIS.\nLAST MONTH'S CAMP FIRE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA KILLED 86 AND DESTROYED THE TOWN OF PARADISE.\nEQUIPMENT FROM P-G-AND-E IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE.\nATTORNEY JOHN FISKE SAYS IT HAS TO STOP.\nJohn Fiske:\n"You know in these wildfires oftentimes the most vulnerable members of our community are affected because they're immobile and they cannot get out. That's how devastating these wildfires are. That's why it's so important that these companies change their practices. It's a matter of life and death." \n -----TAG----\nC-N-N SPECIFICALLY ASKED P-G AND E ABOUT THE STATE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS THAT FOUND THE COMPANY VIOLATED STATE LAW IN 11 OF THOSE DEADLY FIRES LAST YEAR... \nTHE COMPANY WOULD ONLY SAY IT IS LOOKING FORWARD TO REVIEWING THOSE REPORTS.\nPROSECUTORS ARE REVIEWING THEM TOO, AND DECIDING IF THEY WILL AGAIN PURSUE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE MASSIVE POWER COMPANY. \nIN THE MEANTIME THOUSANDS OF HOMEOWNERS ARE SUING PG&E.\n ---END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nCALIFORNIA WILDFIRES UTILITY\n\n

INT BROLL CONGRESS STAEKOUT SOTS ON SYRIA Sunday, September 01, 2013 LOG: Stakeout of Arrivals at White House Briefing to Congress DC SLUG: 1330 CONGRESS BRIEF SO RS1 76, 1540 CONGRESS BRIEF SO RS1 76, D0139407 and D0131686 NYRS: 5101 AR: 16x9 DISC# 408, 407, 686,766 13:39:01 Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) "Congressman you made up your mind yet?" "Not yet" 13:40:53 Rep. Dutch Ruppersburger (D-MD) on camera interview from afar (no audio) 13:41:43 Congressman "I'm very much looking forward to it, I'm happy that the administration chose to consult with Congress and we'll try to get to a good strategic response effort. I'm confident Congress will rise to the occasion, get to the right strategic answer for not only Syria but for the entire Middle East" 13:42:08 I think everybody's gonna weigh the facts themselves. We're a pretty independent Congress, that's the thing we're going to do. We're going to make decisions based on America's national security interest and when we do that I'm confident we'll get to a good outcome that protects Americans both here in the homeland and our soldiers fighting abroad all across the world. 13:45:40 Unidentified Congressman "No. Just saw the briefers' names so hopefully they tell us." 13:46:10 Rep. Dutch Ruppersburger (D-MD) "Not yet." 13:48:29 Unidentified Congressman (beard and glasses) 13:48:43 Unidentified Congressman "going to find out" 13:48:56 Congressman pretending to check blackberry 13:49:10 Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) with staff 13:50:43 Unidentified congressman 13:50:56 Unidentified congressman 13:51:30 congressman with mustache talking to small group of print reporters 13:52:43 Rep. Eliot Engel (D- NY): Well we're going to be briefed obviously and I think it's a good thing for the congress to be briefed. Well, it doesn't influence me, I think that was democracy in action, 13:53:53 Rep. Eliot Engel (D- NY): that's speculation, I really don't know. I think the White House is confident they'll lay out their case. 13:55:04 Unidentified Congressman walks across hallway 13:55:26 Unidentified Congressmen walk 13:55:44 Unidentified congressman walks across 13:55:52 Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (R-CA) 13:56:49 Jeff Zeleny talking with Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) 13:56:57 Unidentified congressman 13:57:08 Unidentified congressman 13:57:16 Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) 13:57:24 Jeff Zeleny talking to Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) 13:58:55 two unidentified congressmen and staff walk through 13:59:39 Rep. Michael K. Conaway (R-Texas) 14:00:10 Unidentified Congressman 14:00:22 two unidentified congressmen 14:00:52 three congressmen - two unidentified and Rep. William R. Keating (D-MA) 14:01:27 Unidentified congressman 14:02:16 "Difficult process to go through here." 14:02:49 Unidentified congressmen 14:05:53 Rep. Al Green (D-IN) 14:06:31 Rep. Jim Himes (R-CONN) 14:08:06 Unidentified congressman in golf shirt 14:08:32 Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) 14:10:24 Unidentified congresswoman 14:11:52 Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MA) 14:14:55 Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) 14:16:07 Unidentified congressman 14:19:21 Unidentified congressman in bowtie 14:33:50 Rep. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) 15:31:27 Rep. Janice Hahn (R-CA): it's pretty obvious that chemical weapons 15:31:39 Rep. Janice Hahn (R-CA): I think members of congress were divided in terms of what does that mean 15:31:59 Rep. Janice Hahn (R-CA): the members of congress 15:32:16 Rep. Janice Hahn (R-CA): I took a red eye last night 15:32:47 Rep. Janice Hahn (R-CA): I'm not there yet 15:32:52 Rep. Janice Hahn (R-CA): I feel terrible about the chemical weapons that have been used 15:33:37 Rep. Janice Hahn (R-CA): I would not vote for it today 15:36:25 Rep. Jim Himes (R-CT) great deal of skepticism 15:37:38 Rep. Jim Himes (R-CT): in that room today there was a lot of memories 15:39:17 Rep. Elijah Cummings (D- MD) "very very critical moment" 15:43:04 Rep. Elijah Cummings (D- MD): I want to know exactly what the game plan is after this 15:44:24 Rep. Elijah Cummings (D- MD): I can say generally that it was helpful, but there are a lot more questions that I have to have answered. 15:45:08 UNIDENTIFIED CONGRESSMAN: I'm a yes. Well let me just read from the unclassified just briefly - "high confidence" - the briefing here I think spells that out and it comes from multiple sources so essentially the government crossed the red line, began to be drawn a hundred years ago. 15:46:12 I think it'll pass. I have confidence that members of congress will step up to the plate because if we do nothing I think it sends the very wrong message. 15:46:38 I think the president has essentially said he has confidence we in congress will respond 15:47:31 if there's a will we can find a way and I think there has to be a will 15:48:16 there aren't that many of us here, as many came as possible 15:49:50 go beyond politics and this is one time we need to do that. 15:50:55 ANOTHER UNIDENTIFIED CONGRESSMAN: well I was not skeptical with respect to the evidence that the Assad regime committed atrocities; what I wrestle with and I continue to wrestle with this - if an attack is going to take place, after that first cruise missile leaves there will be a series of events that unfold 15:52:07 that troubles me because in our strike- certainly would result in loss of life, yet the assad regime is still in place. Well I do and I'm wrestling with this question. 16:10:49 Rep. Mike Burgess (R- TX): "in my mind it's far from settled. should not be taken lightly." 16:11:15 Rep. Mike Burgess (R- TX): I honestly didn't hear anything that told me I should have a different position 16:11:29 Rep. Mike Burgess (R- TX): if this is important to do, today, or before the year ends and I can't tell you that I'm convinced that that timeline. 16:11:46 Rep. Mike Burgess (R- TX): yes - the larger question is what are you trying to accomplish with this. If the intelligence is correct and Mr. Assad launched an attack - backed into a corner? Clearly he's functioning of his own self interest I don't see how anything changes 16:12:48 Rep. Mike Burgess (R- TX): I just think back to what General Eisenhower said in 1954 - shouldn't go to war for emotional reasons 16:13:26 Rep. Mike Burgess (R- TX): how open ended, how long does it go on. 16:13:49 honestly I think that from a rules perspective my intention, has to come from the floor for a vote 16:18:55 Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC): They've got a lot more explaining to do. For example, what really stumps me. why does he use massive amounts of chemical weapons now? He's been using small amounts up until now. Does it mean the regime is weakened or have they been winning the war and about to wipe opposition out? Why did he invite in the chemical weapon inspectors. this doesn't hold together. 16:20:48 Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC): I think that there's a lot more intelligence and they're gonna have to give to the congress before they get the kind of majority that they need. 16:21:37 Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC): they didn't convince me yet at least that the only response available is for us to go in 16:22:50 Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC): the District of Columbia has sent people to Iraq and Libya and Afghanistan without a vote. even though I can't vote for them I can speak for them on the House floor and I intend to do so 16:51:16 DWS talking 16:51:29 definition of swiftness 16:53:50 Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) 16:54:14 on Iraq- chemical weapons 16:55:38 went to Iraq in 2003 when there were no longer chemical weapons. I will not support a blank check or even a partial 16:59:14 Rep. Eliot Engel (D- NY): "There are a lot of questions, I think a lot of legitimate questions. I think it was well thought out. everybody who wanted to ask a question had an opportunity." 16:59:52 Rep. Eliot Engel (D- NY): I'm supporting the president yeah. I feel very strongly that these are war crimes. 17:00:49 Rep. Eliot Engel (D- NY): I think there'll be some changes, narrow it somewhat, have to be careful 17:01:30 Rep. Eliot Engel (D- NY): he knows what he's doing, got to let him do it 17:01:42 Rep. Eliot Engel (D- NY): I think we can't share any of the intel but I have no doubt in my mind gas was used and no doubt Assad's people used it U.S. warships are on the move in case they're needed to support a limited air strike on Syria. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier U-S-S Nimitz and other ships in its strike group are heading west toward the Red Sea. In Washington, the Obama administration's gamble to seek the support of congress is facing an uphill battle...with several members of both parties saying they could not support the resolution authorizing an attack on Syria as it's currently worded. They held that view even after Secretary of State John Kerry confirmed the Assad regime used sarin gas to kill its own people. Senator John McCain says he and President Obama will meet today at the White House for a strategy session. The Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad is mocking Mr. Obama's decision to seek congressional backing, saying it shows the U.S. has lost its nerve.

--SUPERS--\n0:23 - 0:31 \nNorma Quintana\nNapa Resident\n\n0:49-0:56\nJames Engel\nCal Fire\n\n1:21 - 1:23\nDrew Griffin\nSenior Investigative Correspondent \n\n2:04-2:10\nJohn Fiske\nAttorney, Baron and Budd\n\n --LEAD IN--\nA LEADING SUSPECT IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEADLIEST WILDFIRE IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY IS NOT AN ARSONIST.\nIN FACT, IT'S NOT A PERSON AT ALL.\nC-N-N'S DREW GRIFFIN LOOKS AT WHY CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST PUBLIC UTILITY IS UNDER SERIOUS SCRUTINY.\n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nNorma Quintana:\n"This area was my studio with big windows."\nTHIS IS ALL NORMA QUINTANA HAS LEFT AT THE HOME SHE LIVED IN FOR 30 YEARS.\nA MACABRE REMINDER OF THE DAY HER PHYSICAL WORLD TURNED TO ASHES.\nNorma Quintana: \n"The fire was behind us." \nSHE AND HER FAMILY HAD FIVE MINUTES TO ESCAPE THE ATLAS FIRE IN THE FALL OF 2017.\nWHEN THEY RETURNED IT WAS ALL GONE.\nNorma Quintana:\n"I couldn't negotiate the loss. I couldn't negotiate the loss of a home. Couldn't."\nACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE FIRES IN OCTOBER OF 2017 FUELED BY HIGH WINDS AND DROUGHT WOULD KILL 44, BURN 89-HUNDRED HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS.\nAS THE BURNING ENDED, THE BURNING QUESTION BEGAN.\nHOW DID THIS HAPPEN?\nJames Engel:\n"We had a number of fires that were the result of some some type of ignition from powerlines."\nCAL FIRE INVESTIGATORS CONCLUDED THAT 17 OF THE 18 FIRES IN OCTOBER OF 2017 WERE CAUSED BY EQUIPMENT FROM PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC, THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR POWER COMPANY.\nIN 11 OF THOSE FIRES, INVESTIGATORS FOUND EVIDENCE P-G-AND-E VIOLATED STATE LAW.\nJAMES ENGEL OVERSEES FIRE INVESTIGATIONS FOR CAL FIRE.\nDrew Griffin:\n"Is PG&E doing enough in your mind?"\nJames Engel: \n"Well that's not my call to make. To win ... in the case of those particular fires, they were referred to the district attorney. If there is violation of the law.\nIT'S ACTUALLY BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR YEARS.\n19-94, 99, 2004.\nTHE WHISKEY FIRE IN 2008.\nTHE DEADLY BUTTE FIRE IN 2015.\nFIRE AFTER FIRE THAT INVESTIGATORS FOUND WERE CAUSED BY A POWER COMPANY FAILING TO FOLLOW STATE REGULATIONS TO TRIM TREES OR MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT.\nJohn Fiske:\n"You see a pattern and practice that PG&E is not willing to step up to the plate and do what it needs to do to prevent these utility caused wildfires."\nATTORNEY JOHN FISKE HAS BUILT A PRACTICE SUING POWER COMPANIES AND SPECIFICALLY P-G-AND-E FOR CAUSING FIRES THAT ARE DESTROYING CALIFORNIANS' LIVES.\nHE'S DOING IT HE SAYS BECAUSE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WON'T. \nJohn Fiske:\n"And if you had a company that was out in the Atlantic and it kept starting hurricanes and the government just kind of continued to let it start hurricanes again you'd consider that behavior to be almost sociopathic because people's lives are absolutely devastated."\nP-G-AND-E WAS CONVICTED OF SIX FELONIES BECAUSE OF A GAS PIPELINE EXPLOSION IN 2010.\nJUST LAST MONTH, THE PRESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION ANNOUNCED A NEW REVIEW OF P-G-AND-E,\nTELLING THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HE WAS VERY CONCERNED THEY, P-G-AND-E, STILL DON'T HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY IN PLACE. \nDrew Griffin:\n"Is PG&E getting the message do you think? Are any of the power companies getting the message to change behavior so we don't have their particular fire starting.?"\nJames Engel:\n"I think you're going to have to ask them."\nWE TRIED BUT THE COMPANY DECLINED AND INSTEAD SENT A LENGTHY STATEMENT SAYING IT EXPANDED ITS COMMUNITY WILDFIRE SAFETY PROGRAM, \nIMPROVING REAL-TIME MONITORING, ENHANCING VEGETATION MANAGEMENT EFFORTS, CONDUCTING ACCELERATED SAFETY INSPECTIONS,\nINSTALLING STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT POLES.\nCRITICS POINT TO THE WAY P-G-AND-E HAS SPENT ITS MONEY, AWARDING ITS C-E-O SALARY AND STOCK WORTH EIGHT-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN 2017,\nAND SPENDING ANOTHER EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS LOBBYING LAWMAKERS IN SACRAMENTO TO GET A LAW PASSED THAT ALLOWS P-G-AND-E TO PASS SOME OF THE COST OF THE FIRES ONTO CUSTOMERS.\nNOW P-G-AND-E IS DEALING WITH THIS.\nLAST MONTH'S CAMP FIRE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA KILLED 86 AND DESTROYED THE TOWN OF PARADISE.\nEQUIPMENT FROM P-G-AND-E IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE.\nATTORNEY JOHN FISKE SAYS IT HAS TO STOP.\nJohn Fiske:\n"You know in these wildfires oftentimes the most vulnerable members of our community are affected because they're immobile and they cannot get out. That's how devastating these wildfires are. That's why it's so important that these companies change their practices. It's a matter of life and death." \n -----TAG----\nC-N-N SPECIFICALLY ASKED P-G AND E ABOUT THE STATE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS THAT FOUND THE COMPANY VIOLATED STATE LAW IN 11 OF THOSE DEADLY FIRES LAST YEAR... \nTHE COMPANY WOULD ONLY SAY IT IS LOOKING FORWARD TO REVIEWING THOSE REPORTS.\nPROSECUTORS ARE REVIEWING THEM TOO, AND DECIDING IF THEY WILL AGAIN PURSUE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE MASSIVE POWER COMPANY. \nIN THE MEANTIME THOUSANDS OF HOMEOWNERS ARE SUING PG&E.\n ---END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nCALIFORNIA WILDFIRES UTILITY\n\n

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INT BROLL CONGRESS STAEKOUT SOTS ON SYRIA Sunday, September 01, 2013 LOG: Stakeout of Arrivals at White House Briefing to Congress DC SLUG: 1330 CONGRESS BRIEF SO RS1 76, 1540 CONGRESS BRIEF SO RS1 76, D0139407 and D0131686 NYRS: 5101 AR: 16x9 DISC# 408, 407, 686,766 13:39:01 Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) "Congressman you made up your mind yet?" "Not yet" 13:40:53 Rep. Dutch Ruppersburger (D-MD) on camera interview from afar (no audio) 13:41:43 Congressman "I'm very much looking forward to it, I'm happy that the administration chose to consult with Congress and we'll try to get to a good strategic response effort. I'm confident Congress will rise to the occasion, get to the right strategic answer for not only Syria but for the entire Middle East" 13:42:08 I think everybody's gonna weigh the facts themselves. We're a pretty independent Congress, that's the thing we're going to do. We're going to make decisions based on America's national security interest and when we do that I'm confident we'll get to a good outcome that protects Americans both here in the homeland and our soldiers fighting abroad all across the world. 13:45:40 Unidentified Congressman "No. Just saw the briefers' names so hopefully they tell us." 13:46:10 Rep. Dutch Ruppersburger (D-MD) "Not yet." 13:48:29 Unidentified Congressman (beard and glasses) 13:48:43 Unidentified Congressman "going to find out" 13:48:56 Congressman pretending to check blackberry 13:49:10 Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) with staff 13:50:43 Unidentified congressman 13:50:56 Unidentified congressman 13:51:30 congressman with mustache talking to small group of print reporters 13:52:43 Rep. Eliot Engel (D- NY): Well we're going to be briefed obviously and I think it's a good thing for the congress to be briefed. Well, it doesn't influence me, I think that was democracy in action, 13:53:53 Rep. Eliot Engel (D- NY): that's speculation, I really don't know. I think the White House is confident they'll lay out their case. 13:55:04 Unidentified Congressman walks across hallway 13:55:26 Unidentified Congressmen walk 13:55:44 Unidentified congressman walks across 13:55:52 Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (R-CA) 13:56:49 Jeff Zeleny talking with Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) 13:56:57 Unidentified congressman 13:57:08 Unidentified congressman 13:57:16 Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) 13:57:24 Jeff Zeleny talking to Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) 13:58:55 two unidentified congressmen and staff walk through 13:59:39 Rep. Michael K. Conaway (R-Texas) 14:00:10 Unidentified Congressman 14:00:22 two unidentified congressmen 14:00:52 three congressmen - two unidentified and Rep. William R. Keating (D-MA) 14:01:27 Unidentified congressman 14:02:16 "Difficult process to go through here." 14:02:49 Unidentified congressmen 14:05:53 Rep. Al Green (D-IN) 14:06:31 Rep. Jim Himes (R-CONN) 14:08:06 Unidentified congressman in golf shirt 14:08:32 Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) 14:10:24 Unidentified congresswoman 14:11:52 Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MA) 14:14:55 Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) 14:16:07 Unidentified congressman 14:19:21 Unidentified congressman in bowtie 14:33:50 Rep. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) 15:31:27 Rep. Janice Hahn (R-CA): it's pretty obvious that chemical weapons 15:31:39 Rep. Janice Hahn (R-CA): I think members of congress were divided in terms of what does that mean 15:31:59 Rep. Janice Hahn (R-CA): the members of congress 15:32:16 Rep. Janice Hahn (R-CA): I took a red eye last night 15:32:47 Rep. Janice Hahn (R-CA): I'm not there yet 15:32:52 Rep. Janice Hahn (R-CA): I feel terrible about the chemical weapons that have been used 15:33:37 Rep. Janice Hahn (R-CA): I would not vote for it today 15:36:25 Rep. Jim Himes (R-CT) great deal of skepticism 15:37:38 Rep. Jim Himes (R-CT): in that room today there was a lot of memories 15:39:17 Rep. Elijah Cummings (D- MD) "very very critical moment" 15:43:04 Rep. Elijah Cummings (D- MD): I want to know exactly what the game plan is after this 15:44:24 Rep. Elijah Cummings (D- MD): I can say generally that it was helpful, but there are a lot more questions that I have to have answered. 15:45:08 UNIDENTIFIED CONGRESSMAN: I'm a yes. Well let me just read from the unclassified just briefly - "high confidence" - the briefing here I think spells that out and it comes from multiple sources so essentially the government crossed the red line, began to be drawn a hundred years ago. 15:46:12 I think it'll pass. I have confidence that members of congress will step up to the plate because if we do nothing I think it sends the very wrong message. 15:46:38 I think the president has essentially said he has confidence we in congress will respond 15:47:31 if there's a will we can find a way and I think there has to be a will 15:48:16 there aren't that many of us here, as many came as possible 15:49:50 go beyond politics and this is one time we need to do that. 15:50:55 ANOTHER UNIDENTIFIED CONGRESSMAN: well I was not skeptical with respect to the evidence that the Assad regime committed atrocities; what I wrestle with and I continue to wrestle with this - if an attack is going to take place, after that first cruise missile leaves there will be a series of events that unfold 15:52:07 that troubles me because in our strike- certainly would result in loss of life, yet the assad regime is still in place. Well I do and I'm wrestling with this question. 16:10:49 Rep. Mike Burgess (R- TX): "in my mind it's far from settled. should not be taken lightly." 16:11:15 Rep. Mike Burgess (R- TX): I honestly didn't hear anything that told me I should have a different position 16:11:29 Rep. Mike Burgess (R- TX): if this is important to do, today, or before the year ends and I can't tell you that I'm convinced that that timeline. 16:11:46 Rep. Mike Burgess (R- TX): yes - the larger question is what are you trying to accomplish with this. If the intelligence is correct and Mr. Assad launched an attack - backed into a corner? Clearly he's functioning of his own self interest I don't see how anything changes 16:12:48 Rep. Mike Burgess (R- TX): I just think back to what General Eisenhower said in 1954 - shouldn't go to war for emotional reasons 16:13:26 Rep. Mike Burgess (R- TX): how open ended, how long does it go on. 16:13:49 honestly I think that from a rules perspective my intention, has to come from the floor for a vote 16:18:55 Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC): They've got a lot more explaining to do. For example, what really stumps me. why does he use massive amounts of chemical weapons now? He's been using small amounts up until now. Does it mean the regime is weakened or have they been winning the war and about to wipe opposition out? Why did he invite in the chemical weapon inspectors. this doesn't hold together. 16:20:48 Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC): I think that there's a lot more intelligence and they're gonna have to give to the congress before they get the kind of majority that they need. 16:21:37 Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC): they didn't convince me yet at least that the only response available is for us to go in 16:22:50 Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC): the District of Columbia has sent people to Iraq and Libya and Afghanistan without a vote. even though I can't vote for them I can speak for them on the House floor and I intend to do so 16:51:16 DWS talking 16:51:29 definition of swiftness 16:53:50 Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) 16:54:14 on Iraq- chemical weapons 16:55:38 went to Iraq in 2003 when there were no longer chemical weapons. I will not support a blank check or even a partial 16:59:14 Rep. Eliot Engel (D- NY): "There are a lot of questions, I think a lot of legitimate questions. I think it was well thought out. everybody who wanted to ask a question had an opportunity." 16:59:52 Rep. Eliot Engel (D- NY): I'm supporting the president yeah. I feel very strongly that these are war crimes. 17:00:49 Rep. Eliot Engel (D- NY): I think there'll be some changes, narrow it somewhat, have to be careful 17:01:30 Rep. Eliot Engel (D- NY): he knows what he's doing, got to let him do it 17:01:42 Rep. Eliot Engel (D- NY): I think we can't share any of the intel but I have no doubt in my mind gas was used and no doubt Assad's people used it U.S. warships are on the move in case they're needed to support a limited air strike on Syria. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier U-S-S Nimitz and other ships in its strike group are heading west toward the Red Sea. In Washington, the Obama administration's gamble to seek the support of congress is facing an uphill battle...with several members of both parties saying they could not support the resolution authorizing an attack on Syria as it's currently worded. They held that view even after Secretary of State John Kerry confirmed the Assad regime used sarin gas to kill its own people. Senator John McCain says he and President Obama will meet today at the White House for a strategy session. The Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad is mocking Mr. Obama's decision to seek congressional backing, saying it shows the U.S. has lost its nerve.

<pi> This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment. Usage must cease on all platforms (including digital) within ten days of its initial delivery or such shorter time as designated by CNN. </pi>\n\n --SUPERS--\n:27-:32\nJuly 7, 2017\n\n:40-:58\nJuly 16, 2018\n\n:58-1:09\nSen. Mark Warner\n(D) Vice Chairman, Intelligence Committee\n\n1:20-1:25\nRep. Eliot Engel\n(D) Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee\n\n1:39-1:45\nJanuary 22, 2017\n\n --LEAD IN--\nTHE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DENYING HE EVER WORKED FOR RUSSIA.\nTRUMP WAS ASKED THE QUESTION ON MONDAY AFTER AN EXTRAORDINARY REVELATION FIRST REPORTED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES...\nTHAT THE F-B-I HAS BEEN SO ALARMED BY THE PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS -- OFFICIALS THERE OPENED A COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION TO EXPLORE WHETHER TRUMP WAS SECRETLY WORKING FOR THE RUSSIANS... AGAINST AMERICAN INTERESTS... EITHER KNOWINGLY OR UNWITTINGLY.\nCNN'S JESSICA SCHNEIDER REPORTS. \n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nA WEEKEND OF BOMBSHELL REPORTS CASTING QUESTIONS ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA... \nPROMPTING THIS RESPONSE FROM THE PRESIDENT ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN THIS MORNING.\nTrump: "I never worked for Russia. Not only did I never work for Russia, I think it's a disgrace you even asked that question."\nTHE PRESIDENT'S PUSH-BACK COMING AFTER SEVERAL STUNNING REPORTS ABOUT RUSSIA.. INCLUDING THE WASHINGTON POST'S REVELATION THAT THE PRESIDENT CONFISCATED HIS INTERPRETER'S NOTES FOLLOWING A MEETING WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN AT THE G-20 SUMMIT IN GERMANY IN 2017.\nCURRENT AND FORMER U-S OFFICIALS ALSO TELL THE POST THE PRESIDENT INSTRUCTED HIS INTERPRETER NOT TO DISCUSS THE MEETING WITH OTHER ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS.\nnats\nTRUMP AND PUTIN HAVE MET FIVE TIMES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.... AND WHILE IT'S UNKNOWN IF THE PRESIDENT GAVE SIMILAR INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS INTERPRETER EVERY TIME... \nOFFICIALS SAY THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET A RELIABLE READOUT OF THE TWO LEADERS' TWO-HOUR MEETING IN HELSINKI THIS PAST SUMMER, WHERE NO AIDES OR OTHER CABINET OFFICIALS WERE PRESENT.\nSen. Mark Warner: "The American government does not know what was discussed between Trump and Vladimir Putin in that, frankly, pathetic, embarrassing encounter where Trump was kowtowing on the world stage to Vladimir Putin in Helsinki."\nNOW, TWO HOUSE COMMITTEES PLAN TO SUBPOENA THE INTERPRETER'S RECORDS FROM THAT G-20 MEETING IN 2017.\nRep. Eliot Engel: "What we're not going to do is sit back and do nothing. We're going to try to get to the bottom of this."\nTHE PRESIDENT CHARACTERIZING IT ALL AS BUSINESS AS USUAL...\nTrump: "I have those meetings one-on-one with all leaders including the president of China, including prime minister of Japan, Abe, we have those meetings all the time. No big deal."\nCNN IS ALSO LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE F.B.I. INVESTIGATION INTO THE FIRING OF JAMES COMEY.\nTRANSCRIPTS FROM CLOSED DOOR CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY WITH SEVERAL F.B.I. OFFICIALS DETAIL HOW THE BUREAU CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE PRESIDENT FIRED COMEY "AT THE BEHEST OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT..."\nTHEN-F.B.I. GENERAL COUNSEL JAMES BAKER TOLD CONGRESS ABOUT DISCUSSIONS AT THE TIME, SAYING: \n"WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER... THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO IS POSSIBLY TRUE OR THE PRESIDENT IS TOTALLY INNOCENT."\nAFTER THE FIRING, A SOURCE TELLS CNN THE F-B-I OPENED AN OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE INVESTIGATION INTO THE PRESIDENT....THAT ALSO HAD A COUNTERINTELLIGENCE COMPONENT...\nTO INVESTIGATE WHY THE PRESIDENT WAS ACTING IN WAYS THAT SEEMED TO BENEFIT RUSSIA.\nTODAY THE PRESIDENT SLAMMED THE FBI FOR OPENING BOTH FACETS OF THE INVESTIGATION.\nTrump: "The people doing that investigation were people that have been caught that are known scoundrels. They're... I guess you could say they're dirty cops."\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nPOLITICS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON WHITE HOUSE DC\n\n