so those claims by senator feinstein, the ones john brennan called beyond the scope of reason, it turns out they were dead on. so dead on that brennan himself actually apologized yesterday to feinstein and the committee's vice chair, saxby cham bliss. hours ago, a member of the senate intelligence committee tweeted, the cia broke into senate computer files and tried to have senate staff prosecuted and unacceptable in a democracy.

is the chair and as i mentioned reported on this show just a couple of weeks ago dianne feinstein's bills that she authored i don't recall the co-author but she authored a bill that actually would system that would actually expand the ability under different legal reasoning by a vote of twelve to three out of her committee for even more bulk collection of electronic communications data and metadata so i think the greatest concern right now is senator dianne feinstein. certainly another alarming bill and lots of course talk about the timing because ranging closer and closer to august recess for congress in you mentioned that this bill won't realistically get passed i mean what chance do you think it has at all well actually it's our view and i know that there's some very good privacy advocates from organizations like a.c.l.u. electronic frontier foundation and others who are working very hard to get this passed. it's they're working on it but it's our view that the chances are very low and i think even the most positive view especially as you mention america the timing of this to be

. >> eric, he's getting some sharp critique from the left, senator diane feinstein has some harsh words from the capitol hill, from the senate chamber about the president deciding not to focus on these crises. take a listen. >> look, i'm not going to tell the president what to do but i think the world would very much respect his increased attention on this matter. i think the leader of the free world be strong and this is a time where strength is necessary. >> how can that when you have diane feinstein -- >> it doesn't help. i assume she means he could be killing some of these fundraisers. he doesn't. the president has checked out. he's a lame duck president who is completely lame. he'll do his thing. really, you're going to kill the jimmy kimmel appearance but have a tour of the west coast and when you go to the texas you don't want to go the border. he doesn't want to lead. he doesn't want to be president to lead us through the times of crisis where it's crisis after crisis. next month, i don't know, if he really means it that kimmel is a bad idea, next month he's going to martha vine

the timing of the declassification will be up to senator dianne feinstein. joining me now is senior national security and intelligence correspondent with mcclatchy newspapers jonathan landy. thanks for joining me. it is a huge news story today, this reveal, john brennan apologizing for what dianne feinstein had initially accused him of, the cia breaking into or monitoring senate computers. what has gone on behind the scenes in the months since dianne feinstein first levied these allegations or today or yesterday with john brennan's apology some. >> so according to the cia, john brennan, because of the seriousness of senator feinstein's allegations asked the cia inspector general david buckley to conduct an internal review of the buckley came up w number of cias, attorneys and specialists inappropriately accessed a database that was supposed to be accessed only by the senate committee staff by agreement of the cia. the cia will dispute the way a lot of people are interpreting the finding here as well as the response -- the response by john brennan that you ju

senator udall. >> thank you, senator feinstein. good to be here with you. >> good to have you here. >> let me just thank you and senator grassley for focusing on a tremendously important issue. this testimony we've seen, this chart that i think was in your package, this astronomical growth is just astounding, and in light of senator klobuchar's discussion with me, i first want to turn to you, doctor, and ask you on the prescription drug monitoring issue, i think you wanted to say something there, and so i hope that you have an opportunity to do that. >> i did. thank you for asking me. so most states as we've heard have prescription drug monitoring programs and we can invest in interstate data sharing, but, unfortunately, they're not being used. the pdmps may be one of the best tools we have in the country for bringing this crisis under control, and except for new york, kentucky, and tennessee, the three states that made it mandatory for doctors to use them, they're just not being used. so if there's some way that you can incentiviz

as dianne feinstein complained. and at the time people in the white house and the cia were denied. this is dicey because john brennan, the cia director, former nse deputy for terrorism working very closely with the president. very popular. very close to the president. and the white house initially was siding with him and going up against the senate on this. >> it will be interesting to see

. >> so according to the cia, john brennan, because of the seriousness of senator feinstein's allegations asked the cia inspector general david buckley to conduct an internal review of the buckley came up w number of cias, attorneys and specialists inappropriately accessed a database that was supposed to be accessed only by the senate committee staff by agreement of the cia. the cia will dispute the way a lot of people are interpreting the finding here as well as the

has gone up to the hill and has apologized for this and a apparently had this tense meet with dianne feinstein earlier this week. it's interesting how this report comes out, it's clear the cia was doing all this other stuff to find out what was going to be in it and what information was there. apparently it's improper according to their inspector general. >> the inspector general has, we were reporting on this ourselves, i guess, about two months ago. the inspector general has done

whether or not the cia had an internal review of the interrogation program, that according to senator feinstein and others, actually confirmed the findings of the senate's own report. >> let me ask you, there are some very angry senators on capitol hill today. senator udall issued a statement that says i have lost confidence

the timing of the declassification will be up to senator dianne feinstein. joining me now is senior national security and

because i believe, as you asked cent senator feinstein that mr. putin is returning to a cold war mentality. when i was over there you could see this nationalistic pride, a sort of resurgence to regain the glory of the old days of the soviet empire and so we're seeing that happen with crimea being annexed. we're seeing that happen with the russian speaking peoples and the ukraine and all throughout the baltic states now, where i think his long-term strategy is to bring back into the fold, if you will, the glory days of the empire, these baltic nations with the russian-speaking people. so in addition to that, candy, it's a different threat. it's not the al qaeda threat, but it's a threat of brute force. it's a threat that could involve submarine warfare. we know that russia is more fully engaged in every aspect of that type of warfare, and that concerns me from the homeland security standpoint. >> and if you look at the situation as it now is, and that cold war mentality, that senator feinstein spoke about and do you as well, what possible use can r

jabber you know reporters journalists people across the aisle laughed at that and even today dianne feinstein the senator from the democratic senator from california and chair of the senate intelligence committee she told andrea mitchell on m.s.n. b.c. that this president needs to be more engaged she said quote that the world would very much respect greater attention paid to these matters she listed isis in iraq even over just this weekend isis was chasing out christians basically running a genocide campaign against them they've fled to the kurdish area of iraq of course you have the ukraine crisis with the shooting down of flight seventeen which president obama has been roundly criticized about another democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia this weekend again told local news that the united that the world doesn't know what the u.s. stands for and that there has been a vacuum of leadership so president obama is getting criticism from across the aisle i name to two very prominent senate democrats who like to see this president more engaged rigid was he doing wrong oh listen i think th

dianne feinstein. not going easy on the president, your take on it. >> she was pressing her point of view about the foreign policy crisis we're facing. >> do you agrow with her? >> i think the president has been strong. he has shown leadership -- >> you have to do it continuously. >> absolutely, that's part of the drill. you look at the president's record, even netanyahu gave the president great credit, we had peace talks moving forward. >> but at a -- you heard the questioning with ed henry. out of five days this week, three of them he's going out on fund-raisers, he does it at a politically sensitive time all the time. the night after the benghazi murderses, he went out to vegas and fund-raised. did he go to the border to visit the crisis? no, he went to austin and had a fund-raiser. as the plane comes down, he goes to more fund-raisers. the crisis continues this week, more fund-raisers. >> all his critics would embrace him and support him if he didn't participate in fund-raisers. in fairness both pa

feinstein a prominent democrat. listen larry i listen i will agree with him and i think we can put we could put more sanctions on the russian that i think will see that come from this white house when the president started this sanction regime against the white house this actually it was slow and steady it will contain will continue to do that this president will continue to do that and i think it's working we've seen the russian economy pretty much collapse but it cannot be u.s. sanctions alone that what's propping up the russian economy and aiming as well as i do is the europeans and so what we need to do is work with our european allies to say let's put more sanctions on let the e.u. put more sanctions on the russians right now is the time to do it when it's not in the summer time so heating prices that he it's not cold so you have to worry about heating oil is that the third but we've that requires us to get to the come to the table and talk to our allies and try to get something done on that so i agree there bu

. >> senate intelligence chair dianne feinstein joining us this hour. >>> rising death toll. with casualties mounting in gaza and the deaths of two american israeli soldiers, secretary kerry is about to arrive in cairo hoping to revive cease-fire talks. >> it now has to be our focus, and the focus of the international community to bring about a cease-fire that ends the fighting and that can stop the deaths of innocent civilians. both in gaza and in israel. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington where president obama has just spoken out within the last hour about the horrors of the crash scene in ukraine and demanded vladimir putin order russian separatists to let international investigators get to the site. this comes as a train with refrigerated cars has finally been loaded with bodies but only after evidence was contaminated for days by passersby, drunken soldiers and others, looting the personal effects of the victims. we have this covered from around the world. keir simmons joins me from phone by donetsk, ukraine, jim maceda in moscow and mcfaul will be joining m

and what diane feinstein is intimating without violating her responsibilities is saying there's stuff out there, that if we just put out there, you know, like we did in the united nations years ago with the cuban missile crisis and just showed the world the evidence, that it would be there. so on this, i'm with diane feinstein. >> yeah, and in this case, unlike iraq, this would be backed up by lots of evidence. very quickly, does this finally move the governments in europe to take some action and actually stand up to russia despite russia being their gas station? >> i think it should. you know, they have been diterring a bit and holding back in joining the united states in what right now are unilateral sanctions that we've imposed. the europeans have agreed to not to finance new projects. if this doesn't bring them around, i don't know what will. it's a good opportunity for that. we have to see whether -- because there are costs for us in these sanctions. and there will be costs for the europeans. but i think right now a unified signal to putin that he's on the edge of a very differen

. >> reporter: andy feinstein is the second most powerful person on the san jose state campus. sources confirmed that provost feinstein met with dean bullock days following the investigation, days before the dean stepped down. >> can you answer if he was forced out or if he resigned? >> i cannot. >> are you happy with the way this unfolded in justice studies? >> i think we're not happy about what unfolded in justice studies. we also and the president and i both agree that the initial investigation was too narrow and was not thorough enough and i think that's one of the primary reasons why the president has requested from the chancellor's office a complete investigation of what occurred in justice studies. >> during the past several weeks a team of auditors from the chancellor's office has dug deeper into tissues we uncovered in the justice studies department. results of that new audit are expected in the coming weeks. >>> up next, we change venues, from campus to cabs. >> what would a driver have to do to actually have their permit suspended or revoked? >> well, again, there's

this is what senate intelligence committee chair diane feinstein said after a top secret briefing today. >> russian-based separatists have shot down more than a dozen planes, helicopters in ukraine over the past few months. it's too soon to make any conclusion about the malaysian airlines crash right now. we hope to have more information within the next day or so. if evidence emerges that russia was involved, that would obviously be extremely concerning. >> joining me now is nbc aviation and transportation correspondent tom costello. tom, has the faa or any other organization now indicated that it is not safe to fly those routes over ukraine? >> yeah. moments ago, in fact, the faa put out a new notem, that's notice to airmen, and they are prohibiting flights until further in the area over eastern ukraine due to the recent events and the potential for continuous hazardous activities. this is an expansion of the notice to airmen and the prohibition you mentioned earlier prohibiting airliners to fly over crimea and that portion of the black sea in which we saw the russians and ukranians go

because prior to the feinstein amendment being adopted in 2008, the number of people coming across the border, unaccompanied children from those three countries, was somewhere in the 6 to 8,000 a year range. and since that amendment this has gotten worse. in the crossfire, let me ask you, ben, this is say theation where literally, you wouldn't solve all of the immediate and past problems but would you stop the flow by simply repealing the feinstein amendment and going back to the laws that existed in 2008. i mean, don't you think the country, prior before giving another $3.7 billion, the country want to see the stream of people stopped? >> i think what this nation wants to see is the countries of honduras, el salvador, take care of their own children. parents are putting their children on trains because of the conditions within their country. they are afraid their children will be killed there. newt we spent a couple hundred million a year on development assistance in these countries and now spend billions to take care of the problem of the children being sent to our country. let's mak

even dianne feinstein, democrat from california said that's not right. that's a wrong interpretation of his authority to get those kids back home safely and humanely. all our energy is on this. all the border folks are trying to figure this out and how to put them around the rest of the country. that time, energy is better spent trying to get them back home. it's better for the children. you don't want kids exposed to this sex trafficking, drug use. again, some of those kids are being recruited for gang use, press gang-type activities in these criminal organizations all en route up to the united states. >> do you lament -- you're going to be leaving politics. do you lament republican party stand on immigration reform, on an unwillingness to come together to find some path to -- a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants here to somehow fix some of these problems? >> to say this is a republican problem is wrong. >> republican political problem. >> democrats have the same problem. i think there's a way to move forward on this that's responsible. most ame

dianne feinstein doesn't want to change the law. bob menendez doesn't want to change it. that's where the politics gets sticky for the white house. its members of their own party reluctant to change the law. republicans are willing to change the law, even if they are skeptical and distrustful of the president and how he may deal with it. >> is feinstein doing to the coyotes and smugglers and cartels? what does she want to do with the flow that won't stop? if they are gaming the system, why does she want them allowed to do that? >> well -- >> i'm talking about the next year, ten years. why would they flood the system if it works to their advantage? they make $5,000 a kid or whatever. >> we have to not create an incentive. senator feinstein and menendez say you don't have to change the law to give the flexibility to the department of homeland security to speed up the process. when you talk to the administration, they say the way to stem the tide, be able to start sending planeloads of children back to honduras in the next two, threes months is to get the law changed. >> let

this is what senate intelligence committee chair diane feinstein said after a top secret briefing today. >> russian-based separatists have shot down more than a dozen planes, helicopters in ukraine over the past few months. it's too soon to make any conclusion about the malaysian airlines crash right now. we hope to have more information within the next day or so. if evidence emerges that russia was involved, that would obviously be extremely concerning. >> joining me now is nbc aviation and transportation correspondent tom costello. tom, has the faa or any other organization now indicated that it is not safe to fly those routes over ukraine? >> yeah. moments ago, in fact, the faa put out a new notem, that's notice to airmen, and they are prohibiting flight until further notice in the area over eastern ukraine due to the recent events and the potential for continuous hazardous activities. this is an expansion of the notice to airmen and the prohibition you mentioned earlier prohibiting u.s. airliners to fly over crime a and that portion of the black sea in which we saw the russians and

dianne feinstein seemed to welcome the news there wasn't going to be further investigation in terms of spying on congress and let that go when that was announced. >> right, she is not spoken about that. the matter has sort of been dropped and eric holder has indicated he is not going to investigate these charges or doesn't think there's anything criminal involved. but it certainly poisoned the well on the relations between the two sides. >> well, we will keep the calendar marks going and see how long it takes to finally be released to the american public. thanks again and thank you for the great reporting. after the break, the white house gives the gop 150 billion reasons to take action on climate change. details coming up next. ugh. heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. honey, look i got one to land. uh-huh. (vo) there's good more... honey, look at all these smart rewards points verizon just gav

today senator feinstein appeared willing to accept the statement that there was nothing on either end. i'm delighted to hear that. i think it's the right thing and i gather they have dropped both investigations, so that's that, and i couldn't be happier. when we asked feinstein's office for clarification they issued a statement reading i am pleased the justice department has decided not to open an investigation into intelligence committee staff. and yet, not all democrats were quite as satisfied. just hours ago another minute of the intelligence committee, mark udall called it troubling, adding it draws a false equivalency between congressional staff fulfilling their constitutional obligations potentially breaking the law. >>> just ahead, the latest chapter in the makers versus takers saga, that great feeling you get from making $7.25 an hour. mia wiley schools ed gillespie on the harsh realities of the minimum wage. that's next. ♪ [ male announcer ] we all deserve a good night's sleep. thankfully, there's zzzquil. it's not for colds, it's not for pain, it's just for sleep. ♪ beca

here is diane feinstein. >> i would say putin, you have to man up. you should talk to the world. you ask say if this was a mistake, which i hope it was, say it. >> we will have more ahead on what to do what vladimer putin. >>> and the irs under oath and what they are saying about the lost e-mails on behalf of lois lerner and six others at the irs. >> and a police officer puts his life on the line after a drunk driver walks across a busy highway. >> he could not believe what he was saying. >>> a massive mudslide shutting down a highway in colorado near colorado springs. this area was devastated by flooding after forest fires two years ago. it is the forth time in two weeks it has been shutdown. >> we brought in two loaders and have ten dump trucks and we are plowing the material off the road. >> the cars that were coming the opposite direction had to shlow down and let us go around. it turned into chaos. >> no cars were stuck in the mud and no one was injured luckily. >>> fox news alert. we are just getting word the president will make a statement on ukraine at about 10:50 eastern

senator feinstein will recall, because she passed legislation regarding this. and that act separated the refugee status for children away from adults, unaccompanied children, because of her concerned about several instances, but one in particular that was gruesome. chinese children were shipped here in a container, and some of them might have died on the way. so, we've got to go back a long way talking about this law. it's the asylum law. number two, i want to help, but i also have strong feelings about right now, today, a lack of accountability as to what agency in front of us is ultimately in charge. i want to support one agency, coordinating with the others. otherwise, it's going to be a dis disbursal of funds, and we need to get it correct. we need to secure our borders, spend the taxpayers' money well, and protect the families. number three, we already have a plan. this is for you, mr. shannon. you've been very, very quiet. but i have some questions for the state department. i worked for several years with republicans and democrats, and the government of t

willing to help you and your oversewed this right here we have a representative i believe from dianne feinstein's office to present a letter to you (clapping). >> hello. thank you for inviting us the senator expresses her sympathy for not coming. dear graduates it's with great privilege i i did not think mayor ed lee as well as our families and friends today it honors our academic achievements and community members the opportunity to celebrate those accomplishments you've distinguished you yourself with the goals achieved. at the united states senator representing the people of california congratulations for best wishes and success in the years to medical cannabis. congratulations again and thank you for having us i have this for ms. smith. congratulations thank you (clapping) >> scott is scott adams here from coming cast you didn't come for me my bill is paid. >> thank you so much. wow. what on amazing event i was going to read some prepared remarks but i've been inspired and moved by your stories and accomplishments and really on behavior of coming cast we congratulate you, you you know the pre

here's chairman dianne feinstein. >> it's obviously very concerning. separatists have shot down more than a dozen planes, helicopters in ukraine over the past few months. it's too soon to make any conclusion about the malaysian .irlines crash right now we hope to have more information within the next day or so if evidence emerges that russia was involved, that would obviously be extremely concerning. >> are there preliminary ideas that it was in fact a surface to air missile? >> no, you said are there preliminary ideas? >> are there preliminary findings? >> not at this time. this is just beginning, so it is hard to tell. >> are you confident that the u.s. will be able to figure out exactly what happened? i hopeconfident, and that international regimes can get in there and get the black box, and really be able to look at what might have happened. it appears, just to somebody that looks at this, that it was an in air explosion, because the debris field is so widely spread. >> i heard what you heard. it's my understanding that the manifest is not yet avai

the sunset from 10 to 25 years he know this is something that voters about continue to support and feinstein we'll changed the rainy day fund from tom support 70 decided which when they need the fund without sending pink slips to our teachers (clapping) so this work couldn't have happened you without united states community folks that have advocated for the funding i want to recognize them and the young leaders i want to in particular thank supervisor yee and supervisor avalos and the reauthorization that's a roller-coaster ride but worth the effort. thank you (clapping) and it is my player to bring up the next speaker who will represent the board of education emily (clapping.) all right. where are our public school supports i want to ask several the commissioners to come up i'm here to talk about the importance of the public education enrichment fund for over 5 years we've been strufrg in the face of 25 percent of budget kits they december matted cuts in music and student health centers anything outside the core subject but in san francisco we proximately caused protected those programs as

feinstein: that's exactly right madam chairman. your supplemental does that, and that's really the thing that makes the difference for the child. if you can't speak the language and if you're held in a jail cell and if you're shackled and handcuffed before a judge and have you nobody to help you and you have no one you know in this country, what can you do except cry? and that's what i saw directly myself, and that's what sort of awakened me then to a problem, which was just 5,000 a year, in the start of this. now we're at 54,000 and probably 90,000 before the end of the year. ms. mikulski: that's right. mrs. feinstein: i thank you for your support and your energy and effort that you've put forward. i hope this body does the right thing. ms. mikulski: well, mr. president, i'd like to continue the discussion on the urgent supplemental. just -- but before i do, i just want to note that the senior senator from arizona is on the floor and i just want to say something heart warming to my colleague. you're a graduate of the naval academy

what about the situation in ukraine. >> good for dianne feinstein for actually saying like that. she will no doubt be getting calls from the white house. she is right. the president needs to be paying more attention. the fact he is not paying attention gives the de facto green light to vladimir putin supports separatists. big news today ukrainian fighters were shot town and russian troops were moving, again, to the ukrainian border. this is clear that vladimir putin doesn't see anything the u.s. has done since the shootdown of the malaysian airlines plane as having any real consequences. he is not afraid of the consequences. he is not afraid of the west. and he doesn't think that this president has taken this crisis seriously. i think he has good reason to come to that conclusion. >> a.b.? >> well, i don't think there is anything president obama is going to do, militarily that will be supported by this country. if you look at recent polls over the last just week alone, you see americans thinking that we should be doing less to counter russian aggression, which is really quite stu

systems of bipolar are disorder and encouraged me to make contract with the mental health clinic and feinstein get the treatment i needed. i just wanted to extend my congratulations to dr. barry and he's a true man >> thank you and i'm sure dr. sdef vin is most appreciative of our had appreciation. >> i have no other - >> is there any public comment? >> i may mention to the public we appreciate the comments we actually take the subject at hand and will be reviewing with a you have told. next item, please. >> next item is the report from the community and public health community. >> the community and public health community heard a transformation initiative how it's integrated into the health improvement plan, which has a comprehensive wellness model that includes exercise and pedestrian safety we heard from nearly 40 people from the relocation of the height street community services to hyatt street the residents voiced their he concerns and the supporters spoke about equal access the committee approved the relocation and urged the continuation for dialog among all parties so i think we'll requ

now democratic senator dianne feinstein, senior democrat told msnbc this. listen. >> i'm not going to tell the president what to do. i think the world would very much respect his increased attention on this matter. and i think there ought to be increased attention. >> reporter: also interesting, the president continues to focus on midterm elections and in the last few moments house democratic whip staid the fact that the president's popularity is not as high as we would like it is a factor. that's probably an understatement at this point. interesting that as president is out there doing so much fund-raising focusing on mid terms, democrats are questioning how much of a positive impact he'll have. >> very interesting. okay. so any signs that the president is going to cut his three-day fund-raising trip short? >> reporter: so far, no. i pressed josh earnest on this yesterday. he said, look, you've got air force one. you've got the president's staff. they follow him everywhere. he has trappings of office to do these secure phone calls with world leaders, with

i'm proud to have as my council nancy pelosi and dianne feinstein and congresswoman spear joins us in making sure we're strong and we have a strong fight for our san franciscans and here in san francisco and washington, d.c. so joining with others congress members honda and hoffman and spear and nancy pelosi we're going to move forward and advance workers rights and equality for all of us in san francisco and across the country i know there's a lot of work ahead i remain committed for all residents i commend you and people in the audience and those i've just met even those years i was just happy to see roses come and join us thank you for coming here today congratulations (clapping) >> good morning and thank you four attending this important forum i'm emmy i'm the region representative for the department of the labor in san francisco i've had the privilege of working at the department of the looker no washington, d.c. for the past 4 years and how time flies when you do something you love with amazing people you deeply respect but it's an honor to introduce secretary tom perez when we