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Watchdog Launches Investigation Into Pre-Election Actions of FBI, DOJ

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NewsHubThe Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General announced today that it will launch a review of the actions taken by the FBI and DOJ ahead of November’s election in connection to the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
The inspector general will look at whether FBI Director James Comey’s press conference and notifications to Congress before the election were appropriate under DOJ guidelines.
Specifically, the watchdog will look into allegations that DOJ or FBI „policies or procedures were not followed“ in connection with Comey’s public announcement on July 5, 2016, and his letters to Congress on Oct. 28 and Nov. 6, 2016. The review will also look at whether certain underlying investigative decisions „were based on improper considerations. „
In a statement, Comey said, „I am grateful to the Department of Justice’s IG for taking on this review. He is professional and independent and the FBI will cooperate fully with him and his office. I hope very much he is able to share his conclusions and observations with the public because everyone will benefit from thoughtful evaluation and transparency regarding this matter. „
In July, Comey announced in a news conference that his agency was not recommending that charges be brought against then–presidential candidate Clinton after a yearlong investigation into her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.
On Oct. 28, Comey issued a letter informing Congress that in connection with an unrelated case, the FBI had learned of the existence of emails that appeared to be „pertinent to the investigation“ and was reopening the probe into Clinton less than two weeks before Election Day.
In a second letter to Congress, delivered on Nov. 6, two days before the election, Comey said that after a review of the newly discovered emails, the FBI concluded that there was no reason to change its previous conclusions.
After the election, Clinton blamed Comey’s first letter to Congress, saying it was a turning point in the race between her and now-President-elect Donald Trump, according to a source familiar with her remarks.
The Office of the Inspector General will also look into allegations that the FBI deputy director and the DOJ’s assistant attorney general for legislative affairs should have been recused from participating in certain matters.
In addition, the office will look at whether DOJ and FBI employees improperly disclosed nonpublic information and whether decisions regarding the timing of the FBI’s release of certain Freedom of Information Act documents „were influenced by improper considerations. „
The review of the FBI and DOJ is in response to „numerous“ requests from members of congressional oversight committees, various organizations and the public, according to Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz.
However, it will look not at the substance of the FBI investigation but at whether FBI and DOJ actions adhered to department guidelines.
Former DOJ officials and others were critical of Comey’s handling of the situation at the time.
„Many of us have worked with Director Comey; all of us respect him. But his unprecedented decision to publicly comment on evidence in what may be an ongoing inquiry just 11 days before a presidential election leaves us both astonished and perplexed,“ read an open letter penned by former federal prosecutors and high-ranking Department of Justice officials in October.
The situation was complicated because Attorney General Loretta Lynch informally recused herself from overseeing the Clinton investigation after she met with former President Bill Clinton on an airplane over the summer.
ABC News‘ Liz Kreutz contributed to this story.

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In A Surprise Send-Off, Obama Awards Biden Presidential Medal Of Freedom

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President Obama presents a teary-eyed Vice President Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on Thursday.
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President Obama presents a teary-eyed Vice President Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on Thursday.
President Obama awarded outgoing Vice President Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday afternoon.
Calling the former longtime Delaware senator „the best vice president America’s ever had“ and a „lion of American history,“ Obama gave his White House partner the surprise award in an emotional ceremony, initially billed as a farewell.
After extolling the job that Biden has done, Obama ended it with the unexpected news that he was giving the vice president the nation’s highest civilian honor, with distinction — a designation previously given only to President Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II and Gen. Colin Powell.
„To know Joe Biden is to know love without pretense, service without self-regard, and to live life fully,“ Obama said.
Overcome with tears and completely caught off guard by the award, Biden praised the president as „remarkable man who did remarkable things for this country“ who had truly treated him like an equal partner in governance.
„This honor is not only well beyond what I deserve, but it’s a reflection of the generosity of your spirit,“ Biden told Obama. „I don’t deserve this. But I know it came from the president’s heart. “
The two have enjoyed an unusually close working relationship over the past eight years, and Obama himself even joked at the outset of the ceremony that „this also gives the Internet one last chance to talk about our ‚bromance.‘ “
Throughout the ceremony it was evident not just how close the two men were but how close their families and staffs had become, and Obama said his „family is honored to call ourselves honorary Bidens. “
Obama has frequently said that picking Biden, his former primary rival, as his running mate in 2008 was one of the best decisions he ever made. Before accepting the nomination, Biden had spent more than three decades in the Senate, amassing a large portfolio and body of work, including stints as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The president said, laughing, that the people of Delaware sent Biden to the Senate as soon as they could, electing him to the Senate at the age of 29 (he turned the constitutionally required age of 30 before he was sworn in).
But before Biden could even head to Washington, his life would be marked with unspeakable tragedy for the first time. While Christmas shopping, his first wife and 1-year-old daughter were killed in a car wreck; his sons Hunter and Beau were injured in the accident. Biden considered resigning before he even took office but was persuaded not to. He was sworn into office at the hospital beside his sons, and for years he would famously commute back and forth every day on Amtrak to be with his family. Later on, he would meet and marry his now-wife, Jill, and they would have a daughter together, Ashley.
In 2015, tragedy would strike the Biden family again when his eldest son, Beau, the former Delaware attorney general who was long seen as his father’s political heir, died at the age of 46 from brain cancer. The loss came as the elder Biden was weighing whether he should make his own run at the Oval Office to succeed Obama. Months later, the still very emotional vice president acknowledged his window had passed and said that he wouldn’t launch his own presidential campaign.

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Biden Couldn’t Hold Back His Tears When Obama Did This [VIDEO]

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NewsHubVice President Joe Biden was in tears after President Barack Obama surprised him at his farewell address Thursday.
Obama took the podium and had Biden crying in a seconds with a touching tribute.
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Then, in an apparent complete surprise to Biden, Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom — causing him to lose it all over again.
“So, Joe. For your faith in your fellow Americans, for your love of country, and for your lifetime of service that will endure through the generations, I’d like to ask the military aide to join us on stage,” Obama said. “For the final time as president, I am pleased to award our nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.”
The medal is the highest award a civilian can receive.
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熱海で住宅火災、6歳女児不明 住民ら6人搬送

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NewsHub13日午前6時20分ごろ、静岡県熱海市和田町、高校非常勤教諭石井明光さん(67)方から出火し、木造2階建て住宅を全焼、隣のアパート2棟も建物の一部が焼けた。石井さんの孫の愛夢ちゃん(6)が行方不明になっており、県警が詳しい状況を調べる。他に6人が病院に運ばれたが、全員意識はある。 静岡県警によると石井さんは5人暮らし。愛夢ちゃんを除く家族4人と隣のアパートから住人の女性2人が搬送された。 現場はJR熱海駅から南西約1・7キロの住宅街。

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13日の株価材料 ファストリ純利益45%増

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NewsHub▽米ダウ平均、反落し63ドル安 トランプ次期米大統領の政策に不安 ▽NY円、1ドル=114円65~75銭で終了 12日東京市場終値比35銭円安・ドル高 ▽安倍首相、フィリピンに5年間で1兆円規模の経済協力(各紙) ▽米マクドナルド、マクドナルドの持ち株最大33%分を売却へ(各紙) ▽セブン&アイ・ホールディングス、傘下のイトーヨーカドー社長に三枝氏 16年3~11月期連結純利益は40%減(各紙) ▽東電HD…

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タカタ、和解金最大1150億円 米司法省と合意へ :日本経済新聞

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NewsHub欠陥エアバッグの大規模リコール(回収・無償修理)問題に揺れるタカタが刑事上の責任を認め、米司法省と最大10億ドル(約1150億円)の和解金を払うことで13日にも合意する見通しとなった。タカタはすでに米運輸省と最大2億ドルの民事制裁金の支払いで合意している。刑事と民事の両面で米当局との和解が成立し、 タカタ の経営再建策づくりが進む可能性がある。
タカタは取引先自動車メーカーなどへの適切な情報開示を怠った責任を認め、和解金の支払いに応じることで米司法省と最終調整している。和解金には米司法省に払う刑事上の制裁金のほか、取引先自動車メーカーやエアバッグ事故の被害者らへの補償などが含まれる見通し。刑事責任の追及を実質的に免れたい考えだ。
タカタと米司法省はオバマ米大統領の任期が切れる1月20日までに司法取引に合意することを目指し話し合いを進めていた。
タカタ製エアバッグの異常破裂による死者は2016年10月までに米国内で11人に達している。リコール対象は世界で1億個を超え、関連費用は1兆円を上回ると見込まれている。費用の大半は ホンダ など国内外の取引先自動車メーカーが一時的に肩代わりしている。タカタは現在、弁護士らでつくる外部専門家委員会を通じてリコール費用の負担割合の交渉や、約6割の株式を握る創業家に代わるスポンサー選定などの再建計画づくりを進めている。
米司法省への和解金はタカタの財務基盤を圧迫する恐れがある。一方、スポンサー候補に名乗りを上げているエアバッグ世界最大手のスウェーデン・オートリブなどにとっては、大規模リコール問題に関する費用負担の全体像が見通しやすくなる。
自動車業界に対する米司法省の刑事捜査では、14年にリコール通知の不備などが問題視された トヨタ自動車 が12億ドルの制裁金支払いで合意した例がある。独フォルクスワーゲン(VW)も今月11日、排ガス不正を巡り米政府に刑事上の罰金など総額43億ドルを支払うことなどで合意したと発表している。

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東京株午前終値は99円高で1万9200円台回復 円安115円台前半に

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NewsHub13日の東京株式市場は反発している。日経平均株価の午前終値は、前日比99円19銭高の1万9233円89銭。 前日の大幅安を受けて、午前は買い戻しが進んでずっと堅調。寄り付き後は100円前後の上げ幅が続いた。一時113円高の1万9248円まで上昇した。 未明から114円後半で値動きしていた対ドル円相場は、午前11時すぎには115円台前半へと円安に振れた。 東証株価指数(TOPIX)の午前終値は、前日比5.03ポイント高の1540.44。

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鳥インフルで休園、東山動物園が再開 1カ月ぶり

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NewsHub鳥インフルエンザによる休園から約1カ月ぶりに営業を再開した東山動植物園に入場する人たち(13日、名古屋市千種区)=今井拓也撮影 飼育する鳥が鳥インフルエンザに感染し、昨年12月から休園していた東山動植物園(名古屋市千種区)の動物園エリアが13日、約1カ月ぶりに営業を再開した。午前9時の開園を前に再開を待ちわびた親子連れなど約200人が列をつくり、にぎわいを取り戻した。 三重県桑名市から3歳の長男と来た主婦(35)は「本当は冬休みに来たかった。ゾウと、『イケメンゴリラ』のシャバーニを見たい」とうれしそうに話した。 東山動植物園は動物園エリアの再開に合わせ、15日までの3日間、入園料を無料にする。 鳥インフルエンザの感染防止対策は続いており、展示する鳥類は休園前の約240羽から約100羽に減らす。黒辺雅実動物園長は「早く通常の状態に戻せるように努力したい」と話した。 同園では昨年11月下旬以降、コクチョウなど飼育する鳥類が相次ぎ死んだ。計10羽で高病原性鳥インフルエンザの感染を確認。動物園エリアは同12月11日から休園に追い込まれた。

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ホンダ:シビック6年ぶり国内復活 今夏3タイプ発売予定

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NewsHubホンダは13日、2011年に国内での販売が終了した小型車「シビック」を今夏に約6年ぶりに復活させ、発売すると発表した。セダンなど3タイプの発売を予定しており、同日、千葉市の幕張メッセで開幕した改造車や関連部品の展示会「東京オートサロン」で公開した。
ホンダは国内で広く知られているシビックを復活させることで、ブランド力の向上を狙う。
ホンダのシビックは1972年の発売以来、世界で累計約2400万台を販売。2016年には「北米カー・オブ・ザ・イヤー」に選ばれるなど海外では現在も販売されているが、日本では11年3月に通常販売を終了していた。(共同)

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В столице Сирии произошел теракт, есть погибшие

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NewsHubТеррорист-смертник подорвал себя возле спорткомплекса
В столице Сирии, Дамаске прогремел мощный взрыв рядом со спорткомплексом в районе Кафрсу. Об этом сообщает 112.ua со ссылкой на Al Jazeera .
Сейчас сообщается о восьми погибших, многие тяжело ранены. В полиции сообщили, что взрыв осуществил террорист смертник. При входе в спорткомплекс полицейские обратили внимание на мужчину. Вероятно, он пытался пройти к безопасному перекрестку с другой стороны от комплекса.
Когда сотрудники подошли к подозреваемому, он побежал. Поняв, что бежать смысла нет, он взорвал заминированный пояс на себе у входа, где были люди.
Взрыв произошел недалеко от места нахождения ключевых военных баз. Район также известен благодаря нахождению в нем квартир министров, чиновников высокого ранга.
На месте происшествия, которое оцеплено, продолжают работать сотрудники правоохранительных органов и скорой помощи. Пока никто не взял на себя ответственность за это нападение.
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Мишенью атаки стали сотрудники афганского парламента
По словам главы Минобороны РФ, он не может согласиться с такой оценкой своего американского коллеги

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