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Away. Weve also got a former e. R. Doctor, congressman mark green on this, and the hill media reporter joe concha takes on the media hysteria in the midst of a Public Health crisis. Msnbc asking nancy pelosi whether the white house talked to her about the continuity of government. Carl bern teen proclaiming bernstein proclaiming a National Security crisis, and Michael Moore makes up a new, off the wall, cinematic conspiracy that makes 9 11 conspiracies look tame in comparison, and its easily proven false. Critics now ask is it the debates that need the mute button, or is it Michael Moore and the media . Also to trump 2020 Advisory Board member Harmeet Dhillon, fired up that cnn is facing blowback for airing a leaked conversation secretly taped by a former friend, a former friend taped it and distorting what the first lady really said. What is the news value in this . Plus attorney general william barr testing negative for covid19 while senator mike lee tested positive. New document disclosures in the botched trumprussia probe and Hillary Clintons plot to colleague it up to cook it up to begin with. House overnight and reform Ranking Member james comer on nominating judge amy Coney Barrett. And congressman greg steube from the house subcommittee on immigration and citizenship now breaking down how the u. S. Is hoping with the covid crisis at the border as some 3,000 immigrants try to make their way through honduras to try to cross the southern border illegally or try to get through the ports of entry. Thanks for joining us, im elizabeth macdonald. Weve got a jampacked show tonight, the evening edit starts right now. Elizabeth thanks for joining us. Youre watching the fox business network. We are staying on this live shot of whats going on right now at the white house as marine one is about to take the president its unclear whether the first lady will join him to Walter Reed Medical Center. Congressman mark green is a former e. R. Physician. Your reaction to what is happening, hell be undergoing tests there. Why do you think there is a need for further testing for the president . Sure, liz, thanks for having me on the show. They can do things like cat scans, look at his lungs, you know, the tissue in his lungs, you know, chest xrays, all that kind of stuff, advanced lab work. So its a good place for him to go. I understand hes going to walk out to air force one, so hes obviously still in a mild symptom, you know, spectrum. But i just think its cautious and a good move. Elizabeth okay. So hes got a mild cough. The first lady has a mild cough and a headache. He has reportedly fever, headaches, congestion and a cough. Next week is critical for them as this moves forward, right . Yeah, absolutely. So the cdc revised its guidelines taking quarantine to those who are positive from 14 days to 10 days. But what it did include, i you have to be feverfree for about 3 days before you could release, even if it was 10 days. Those are the things theyll be looking at, just following his symptoms, particularly his rest respiratory status. And then, of course, one of the complications of this disease is blood clotting, so theyll probably be monitoring that kind of stuff too. Elizabeth White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany said the president was given a single 8gram dose of regenerons antibody cocktail. That really goes after the spike protein on the coronavirus. Hes also been taking zinc, vitamin d, pepcid, melatonin and a daily aspirin. It looks like theyre, of course, really doing the regimen, the fullbore regimen for him. Thats what youre seeing too, right . Yeah, i think so. Thats all of the stuff that so far has been shown to show some significant improvement. You know, vitamin d, zinc, all of those things are clinically showing promise particularly as it relates to early disease. And the antibodies, they actually prevent the virus from penetrating the lung tissue. So it actually is if you can get that on very early, it does wonders. Elizabeth okay. Lets go through this. Top adviser hope hicks, rnc chair Ronna Mcdaniel testing positive. Testing negative are the president s son, barron, also joe biden and his wife, dr. Jill biden, as did Kamala Harris and nancy pelosi. Amy Coney Barrett tested negative, she did have it in the summer. Also negative ivanka trump, rudy giuliani, Jared Kushner and the White House Press secretary. Theyre going to be monitored closely, i would guess, right . Typically its two negative tests. Probably 24 hours, maybe 48, but they will get a second test just to make sure. Because, remember, the incubation period for this is pretty long. Originally we thought it was as long as a 15 days. It turns out now that on average its about 5 days. Theyll get tested and, you know, the Contact Tracing sort of indicate when that second test needs to be done. Elizabeth you know, this spreads like the most lethal, dangerous cold. It is highly contagious, and, you know, but for most everyone its even those over the 70, i think recover. They recover. Im not going to ask you to speculate about the prognosis, but the drugs that hes given are pretty aggressive, and theyve been the regeneron has proven to be successful in recent testing. Do you think the first lady will have of to go on it . I think it all depends on symptom complex. If what i understood today from what i understood today, the president s symptoms started mild and got slightly worse over the course of the day, so i think thats whats driving their precautions both with the therapeutics that theyre using as well as sending him over to walter reed for some tests. But i dont know about melania, i havent heard what her symptom complex is. Thatll be what drives their Decision Making on therapeutics. Elizabeth you know, theres been criticism he held rallies, mocked biden for wearing a mask, so theres a pushback on the president after hes been diagnosed. When you heard that, what was your first thought . You know, this is just democrats mostly, liberal media being bullies, and, you know, taking advantage of a situation. The president has been very clear, you know, if youre out in the middle of a pasteur or a field pasture and youre 200 yards away from a human being, everybody agrees you dont need a mask. Now, if youre in close proximity to someone, you need a mask. And the president has said in circumstances where its warranted, i wear a mask. There are plenty of images where hes doing that. The people who are, you know, taking advantage of this, they hate donald trump, theyve a hated him all throughout his presidency, theyre shown it by their actions whether its impeachment or all the various investigations, the horrible things that theyve said about him. This is what i would expect from these people. Elizabeth you know, the president s former white house doctor, dr. Ronny jackson, said the president basically theres plenty of time between now and the october 15th debate for him to test negative twice. Is that doable . Oh, yeah, absolutely. I mean, remember, for the vast majority of people have mild symptoms, you know, only about 58 get critical disease, 15 or so wind up being admitted. Is so the chances are, weigh in Donald Trumps favor. Just from what we know about the disease now. Plus hes in great shape, he doesnt have any comorbidities. Hes getting the best care. I think hes going to be fine, and i think therell be plenty of time for him to recover and be ready to go on 15, october. Blel. Elizabeth well, the fear is that hes overweight. Thats considered a comorbidity, right . You know, the indication is a bmi, body mass index, of 30 or higher. Donald trump is 30. 5. And thats because, you know, hes a tall guy. Elizabeth okay. They calculate the bmi based on height, whats expected. Maybe hes slightly overweight or a little overweight. It is considered a comorbidity, the data does suggest that those people who are above 30 have slightly higher risk. Elizabeth okay. I want to move on to this, you know, critics keep saying and analysts keep saying this is a time for calm, just be calm right now. But multiple news organizations immediately hit the panic button after the news came out that he and the first lady tested positive. Basically youre hearing things like this is the worst, most dangerous moment the u. S. Government has ever faced. Thats coming out of news outlets like cnn. When you hear headlines like that, analysis like that, what is your first reaction . Well, first, i only hear that from you, liz, because i would never watch that network, you know . They are at least lately, some of their reporting is just horrible. There are a few good guys over there. But for the most part, i dont watch that network. Honestly, i think thats absurd. I mean, the president is able to make 100 of the decisions he has to make, hes walking out to the aircraft today. Hes hired phenomenally competent people. You look at a guy like mike pompeo, those the guys that are on this president s team are fantastic. They are good people, the president s fine. This is absurd for them to say that. Elizabeth all right. Congressman, its great to see you, and thank you so much for coming on. Were going to stay on this breaking news story throughout the hour. Up next, the hill media reporter joe concha. Were going to return to the scene, fear mongering now erupting over the president and first lady contracting covid19. This is the story, the medias credibility crisis is now getting worse. That story next. Good luck. What a ridiculous assertion by the New York Times. That may be the hope and the wish of the New York Times, but President Trump is the president of the united states. Hes on the ballot. He is hard at work. Stock slices. 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This is out of an abundance of caution after he and the first lady tested positive for covid19. The president s symptoms are as follows; fever, cough and congestion. The first lady is experiencing makes. This is were staying on this story. We are going to be talking to doctors and giving you updates throughout the hour. Heres the other story were staying on, media fear mongering and hysteria over this news. This media facing a growing credibility crisis, a credibility crisis in the midst of a Public Health crisis. Just take a look at this. But this is a very Serious Health threat. You are second in line for the presidency. Has the white house contacted you about the continuity of government . No, they havent. The sad truth is that we really cant at a face value what comes out of the value on this. I think we have to ask the questions, and we will continue to do so. I think we need to look at one thing immediately, we are now in the midst of a National Security crisis that is different than any one in our history in this country. We are concerned about adversaries, particularly russia, taking advantage of this situation for its own purposes. We have to think about possible cyber manipulation of the markets. Elizabeth okay. Lets with welcome back to the show the hill media reporter joe concha. Joe, when you hear this, it seems like this is armchair analysis and speculation without reporting. Thats what we are finding when we look through what the media just said. Theyre asking questions, but its questions based not on, really on evidence or facts. Theyre exploiting what you just described before as a Public Health crisis involving the president of the united states, the first lady of the united states. You see that shot there of marine one about to go to walter reed. This is a very serious situation, we need serious reporting and not just throwing things out there like that monotan you played. Before, i got some more doozies there, joy reid said, quote shes got a cell phone full of texts from people who arent sure whether to believe trump actually has covid. Is he doing this just to get out of the debates . That got 65,000 likes on twitter. It should be deleted immediately. You have a cnn Foreign Affairs analyst who used to work in the Obama Administration that says the u. S. Government is facing its most dangerous moment right now because the president , you know, the implication is hes incapacitated and were vulnerable. No, look, were not. Is the pentagon closed . Are our Defense Systems down . Is the president incapacitated . Of course not to all three of those questions. So so that is scare mongering. But you even have, and this is just incredible, the New York Times now arguing that President Trump perhaps should not be on the ballot. Look, theres already been 2 million votes cast, all right, in early voting. 26 states have voted. How do you get him off the ballot exactly in that situation . Yeah, were seeing the story exploited that benefits democrats or joe biden. Elizabeth you know, this is a serious moment. The critics are saying does the media need a mute button along with the debates. Marc thiessen is saying this is a great day to block people who show a basic lack of decency. So were also seeing these other stories, you know, beyond the hysteria, critics are also calling out many in the media showing a sense of glee, as you pointed out, and, you know, people are saying theres just no place for this. Lets break in here. Were seeing the blades on marine one in motion right now as the president is onboard. The president , as we are just hearing right now, breaking news, the president is onboard marine one. He is headed to Walter Reed Medical Center after testing positive for covid19. He will be going through a few days of tests, he will be working out of the president ial offices there. Marine one about to take off, youre looking at a live shot. Lets get back to joe on this. To what you were saying, filmmaker Michael Moore out with what critics are saying is a new offthewall cinematic conspiracy that makes e 9 11 conspiracies look tame in comparison. And its easily proven false. Michael moore says trump is not above, quote, weaponizing the virus to buy sympathy and buoying his chances in the election and he could be lying about his condition. Your to that. So basically what Michael Moore also said was that hes praying for covid19. In other words, hes praying for the death of the president of the united states. And hes saying also that hes faking it just like joy reid, as i pointed out earlier, hes trying to gain sympathy for himself. How does that remotely make sense 32 days out from an will election . If President Trump is faking it, that means all the doctors that are going to see him at walter reed, theyre in on it as is Melania Trump, as is hope hicks, as is the press secretary. We shouldnt listen to these people anymore or even broadcast anything that they say. They should be dismissed and shunned for what they are, conspiracy theorists, elizabeth, and nothing more. Elizabeth so you point out faking test results would require a whole range of people to do it and not talk about it. Here is marine one lifting off on the south lawn of the white house. The president is onboard, he is wearing a mask. He is heading to walter reed right at this moment to go through even more testing out of an abundance to of caution to make sure he will be on the path to recovery and to health. You know, so what were seeing in the Media Coverage today and throughout last night is really sort of failing the standards of what should or be reported when a president falls ill. Is the media credibility crisis growing . I dont know how it could get any worse, quite frankly, elizabeth. After everything that weve seen over this year and, again, these two stats bear repeating, gallup and the Knight Foundation did a poll just a couple weeks ago, 86 of the American People, so this isnt just a conservative republican thing, 86 of the American People believe that the press is biased. But more importantly, 84 say it bears the blame in this country. Your not informing anymore, youre pitting one group against another and telling people what they want to hear instead of what they should hear. If ive got to hear about russia one more time by any of these analysts, i dont know, maybe we should get bob mueller to look into it for two and a half years and see if he can conclude there was collusion with the Trump Campaign oh, thats right, he didnt. Carl bernstein, of all people, talking about how the russians are going to take over this election or, more importantly, senator chris murphy telling cnn that since trump is off the campaign trail, his surrogates will have to talk over with, quote, led by russian president vladimir putin. Five hours after the president announces he has covid19 along with the first lady, and were making putin jokes and russia manipulating the election. Its just pathetic. Even sitting senators like chris murphy, elizabeth. Elizabeth well, as you point out, it just brings up who are you going to listen to anymore and who you dont listen to. If people have talked to me about remember september 12th after 9 11 when we were a nation unified, we were a nation together, we were a nation applauding and cheering our heroes. There was no political divide on september 12th. You would hope that today would be a september 12th, a 9 12 feeling, and its not happening because of this vitriol and poison being poured into the National Conversation because people are setting awe aside their ration, their logic and their empathy, not looking at the facts, not looking at the evidence and just talking, speaking a narrative out of motion, out of this negative pivoting toward the president. You know, he could leave, you know, he could leave, you know, walter reed monday, who knows, he could get better in a few weeks time. Nobody knows, this is speculation. He could be fine in recovery, who knows . If then he could and then he could come back strong. So this whole theory that hes lying and making it up were about to get tape of the president. Lets listen to the president. Sorry, joe, well be back. No, go ahead. [inaudible] [background sounds] elizabeth okay. Okay, joe. What were watching is the president , basically as weve been covering, he is heading to walter reed for testing. Thisll be a story throughout the weekend, joe. What will you be watching for, here is the president wearing a mask, as you can see, heading to walter reed. Hes giving the thumbs up. Hes looking, waving at the reporters. What will you be watching this weekend, joe, over the weekend . Elizabeth, i noticed today and plenty of other people did as well that the president , obviously, very active on twitter, he sees it as a way to bypass the media and get the message out to his 86 million followers. He didnt tweet today after he announced that the first lady and he had contracted covid19. And im curious to see if other the weekend if over the weekend hell start to communicate again through those means while hes at walter reeled. Obviously, good to see him wearing a mask there. And from there, announcements around are we going to see him at the debate on october 15th. Thats usually 13 days from now. Usually you quarantine for two weeks, and that is a town hall debate, remember, elizabeth, where youll have people in an indoor arena, so to speak, a small one, for that matter. And joe biden, donald trump as you remember in 2016, Hillary Clinton and donald trump were walking right by each other. Im very curious to see how thats going to be done now given the diagnosis of the president and how closely that event is coming. They may actually have to postpone it perhaps a couple days just to be safe. Those are two things im looking at at this point, will the president be communicating and what is the schedule moving forward if and when he gets better. Elizabeth all right. Joe concha, thanks for joining us in this coverage of this historic day. The president is heading to watter reed, just walter reed, just leaving moments ago on marine one. The president giving a thumbs up and waving to reporters. Lets brick back on brick back on to the show Harmeet Dhillon with her reaction on this breaking news and developments in this ongoing story. Stay with us on this story, the president is heading to watter reed medical center. Walter reed medical center. Your reaction to the coverage of this story. On the story front, i think the president s going to be surrounded by the best and brightest physicians. Im glad hes going to walter reed where he has an office and he has medical care at hand. It couldnt be a better situation for somebody who falls sick, and i know the president has been giving us dale daily briefings, so he knows all about this disease, and i think he has a good attitude to move through it, and i also pay for the family. Aside if from being the president and leader of the free world, he has a wife and several children, so we pray for all of them and their anxiety to be alleviated. In terms of the coverage, you know, its hard to be surprised, those of us who have been following this campaign and the media and the coverage of the keg degradation of our normal human behavior. We really did hit a new low last night on twitter and going through today with respect to media figures, celebrities and others wishing death, conspiracy theories, insanity, a lot of goodminded people on twitter have just said, you know what, im out. I cant take it, im going to come back in a few days when people calm down and behave like human beings. I think we can all be better to one another and, or unfortunately, its been busy to see how the chattering classes have behaved in response to this sobering news. Elizabeth the first lady tweeting she has mild symptoms, she has experienced headaches as well, and shes looking forward to a speedy recovery. Shes calling out cnn and the media for their coverage of this is a separate story. In the midst of her diagnosis, cnn did a story last night of secretlyrecorded phone call from july 2018 by a former friend, stephanie winston, the author of the book melania and me. Whenwhen you saw that story, wht was your first thought . Well, the left dropped a couple of bombshellses, they thought, yesterday. What i thought was how pathetic is it that somebody in that position of trust with the first lady, a friendship position, an employee employer position would secretly go and tape something secretly and then release selected portions of it. Theres no context, theres no understanding of what the level of the conversations were before and after. The second thing i thought after actually listening to what i was promised would be something shocking that would make her look bad was, wow, i like Melania Trump even more than i did before because what you hear is a woman who was concerned about the media distorting her work on behalf of trying to visit the children who are in a lockdown position because their parents brought them here illegally, concern about how the media asks her questions and hounds her but does not ask the questions about the Obama Administration which put those children into that that policy situation and that she cares more about that and alleviating suffering than decorating the white house. Wow, like every woman in america who doesnt like to be relegated to chores and trivial things when there are important things at hand. So i think a lot of people in america listen to that and say, wow, our first lady is a real person, and its a shame that somebody she trusted betrayed her like that. Elizabeth yeah. You know, the question is whats the news value of it. And the way cnn reported it last night with Anderson Cooper is not the way you relayed it just now. She could be heard defending herself against attacks by the media and over their alleged refuseal to talk about the horrific journey that churn make when theyre brought children when theyre smuggled across the border. But thats not the take you got when you watched that segment. You had that creepy grin on Anderson Coopers face, you had that weird frozen guilty look by the author of this book. And when you hear the first lady talk about the coyotes who smuggle people, her anger is with the people who exploit children, who engage in human trafficking. And she tried to help. She expresses her frustration on the tape about how shes just the first lady. She couldnt do much about it, but when she tried to bring attention to the plight of one of these children and families, the Mainstream Media wouldnt elizabeth okay, were going to break yeah, sorry, the president just arrived at Walter Reed Medical Center to spend a few days undergoing testing after being diagnosed with covid19. You can see the secret service have just stepped down from, starting to step down from the marine one helicopter after it departed the south lawn at the white house. The president basically his symptoms are as follows he has a cough, hes got congestion. Hes now on a are e general ron cocktail, its an infusion. Hes taking vitamin d and zinc as well. Regeneron. Hes being look at very closely after experiencing fever throughout the day. The president about to leave and step down from marine one. He is wearing a mask and, you know, watching these images, hes probably hes saluting, hes going to wave to the crowd, probably give a thumbs up. You know, he looks pretty strong here right now. And hes going to be working out of walter reeds president ial offices doing business as he can do it through the weekend. So, you know, hes theyre taking care of him right now. Hes getting attention right now. So, again, Walter Reed Medical Center. Go ahead. I mean, i think, of course, the president takes these things seriously. Hes a germophobe, by the i way, so anybody who suggests hes not careful, we just dont know a lot about this virus. We are in this country, the greatest country in the world, developing terrific therapeutics for them. I know hes going to be able to get those. I suspect the president being somebody who barely sleeps will continue working hard throughout this and, by the way, our country needs it. All of our prayers i just got off a prayer call for a number of different people of faith. There are prayers coming from every faith from every corner of this country for our first family. And with that and with science, i have every confidence that hes going to recover and continue to get back on the campaign trail and finish out this election cycle. Elizabeth what do you think the fallout will be for the 2020 race . Well, it is like somebody, you know, sort of just upending the chessboard, you know, all the pieces have been scattered all of a sudden. Im sure on the left those who did not want joe biden to debate a second time are seizing on this as some sort of an excuse to not do that. I think it will be great if the American People get to see a second and a third debate. We have a Vice President ial debate coming up on tuesday or wednesday next week, and i see some voices from the left saying it would be criminal to ask them to, you know, move forward with that or to travel for that. And so, you know, there are all kinds of game playing scenarios that are being done there. But i think this could backfire. All of this hate, this vitriol, this nasty commentary from the media and from the left could backfire because at our heart most americans are very decent, loving, generous human beings even to those whoa we dont agree with. Thats certainly how conservatives reacted when Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away, and we generally see people rising above. I think the president being sick, fighting and the first lady also doing the same, fighting bravely and not trying to, you know, malinger, i think thats going to generate a positive feeling amongst american voters. And so, ultimately, were going to have an election on november 3rd. The president and his team have put it out all on the field and are not leaving anything undone. Youre going to see campaigning by surrogates in the coming days, the Vice President is going to be out there, many other surrogates, and we have a lot of work to do and a lot of things to be said between now and the time the president can come out of his quarantine and get back on the campaign trail. But i suspect were going to be hearing quite a bit from him between now and then, including while hes at walter reed. Elizabeth joe biden, i think you referred to it, the Biden Campaign is now suggesting there will not be that town hall debate coming up in a couple weeks. Your reaction to the Biden Campaign now talking down the possibility of the next debate . I predicted this minute i saw this news. I thought joe biden is going to call a lid on the entire remainder of this campaign. Because he thinks he did well because he listens to his handlers in the first debate. The American People are the ones who need to see these candidates debate. Weve seen very, very, very little of joe biden. Weve seen plenty of the president , by the way. So if i were one of the advisers of the former Vice President , i would tell him to suck it up and, you know, take off the lid and get out there and campaign. And if he were actually taking advantage of this way that a normal person would, hed be out there taking advantage every day, every hour. Not just five handselected people sitting 40 feet apart in an empty basketball court, but actually getting out there and working it. He hasnt been able to do that. I dont think he can. And so the idea that now theyre going to take these debates off the table is a sign of weakness from the biden camp. Even the Vice President ial debate is being called into question by the biden harris ticket. That seems very odd to me. Life is going on for 300 million americans. We are making changes to our lives, we are taking precautions, and we are moving forward. So i dont know why a president ial campaign should be any different when its certainly not the Trump Campaign with our president now in walter reed who is asking for a reprieve, its the other side. Elizabeth the president just tweeted moments ago saying, quote i want to thank everybody for the tremendous support. I think im doing very well. Were going to make sure that things work out. The first lady is basically doing well too, so thank you very much. I appreciate it. I want to get back to that cnn story about the first lady because that phone call with, basically, that conversation was taped two years ago and is coming out now. Now the hits are going at the first lady. She was criticized on cnn last night, basically talking about, you know, talking negatively about christmas, having to do Christmas Decorations and talking about how children were separated at the border under the Obama Administration as well and put in detention facilities, basically saying the media is unfair about the coverage of the Trump Administration and their handling of that. Finish the president did sign an executive order stopping separation of children, but that, that policy was a bit more aggressive than the Obama Administration, the zero tolerance policy. Thats all changed. So your take on this coming out now two years after the fact on cnn with the first lady . Well, its obvious whats going on, and it wasnt just this one lady, there was omarosa and other people who weaseled their way into the inner circle of the first family for the purpose, apparently, of trading off of that relationship, making money with a book deal. Its all about selling books, you know . I think even the partner of Pete Buttigieg tweeted about this saying all you guys are doing by drawing attention to this shady, sleazy story is helping this woman sell books. She broke an nda, she betrayed the first family. No person, if you just said it by the politics and imagine this happening to you as a person, youre talking off the of cuff with a friend, you didnt think you were being taped because only a weird doe would do that, and then its selectedly edited. Her words were true, they were decent, they cared about those children. And the reason why the president put forward that policy of separation was to deter human trafficking. Im sorry, whos against deterring human trafficking, you know . Thats what the white houses policy has been all along, thats what the first lady reflect inerer remarks in her remarks there. What did she say that was untrue . Elizabeth i think the window for your satellites about to close. Were so grateful that you came on and gave us this terrific coverage. Come back soon, okay . Good to see you. My pleasure. Elizabeth attorney general william barr tested negative for covid19. This after a week that saw the former head of the fbi, james comey, deny under oath two dozen times not knowing details about the fbis abuses of power in the botched trumprussia probe that he ran and leaked about and disclosures that the Hillary Clinton campaign made up a story july 2016 to distract from her email scandal. We bring this up because the Justice Department has been in an uproar with all of these disclosures and this information coming out into the general public, and now friday caps a tumultuous week down there in washington d. C. Lets welcome former federal prosecutor jim trusty. Your response to that story, sir . Well, look, i mean, its overdue. We need to have some transparency from the department of justice, particularly the fbi in term of how it conducted itself during these investigations that touched on the president. And the more we see, the more we realize how difficult it is for institutions to police themselves. We really need to know in a bipartisan fashion how this fbi got weaponized, how it became political, how it broke the rules because the rules doesnt apply to the incoming administration. And i welcome more and more scrutiny of that at this point. Elizabeth you know, Kimberly Strassel of the wall street journal writing about the general mood of the country right now as we have been reporting President Trump arriving at Walter Reed Medical Center just moments ago ago after being diagnosed with covid19. Just to recap, he will be undergoing more testing out of an abundance of caution. Kimberly strassel, the wall street journal, wrote a column that americans are outraged, fed up, frustrated at the double standards and zero accountability in washington, d. C. That voters are furious as they watch whats going on in d. C. , basically unaccountable, unaccountable bureaucrats with stunning powers and a mentality that theyre entitled to make the rules, to tell Little People what is best for them. And we see now with the Media Coverage of what happened, whats going on at the white house, unaccountability, lack of accountability for what is said in the media as well. What do you think about that story, jim . The media part of that is pretty well established, the trouble standard the, the dishonesty. Its kind of a lost cause. But in terms of an constitution like Law Enforcement doing something as political as what the fbi did, the problem behind all this frustration is that weve become reliant on inspector e generals. We think inspector generals are going to get to the bottom of this, and theres institutional reaches with inspector generals. They are administrators, not prosecutors. For instance, in the investigation into the russia probe, they never got any of the personal Text Messages from peter strzok and lisa page, just the fbi phones. I think also dont draw conclusions, they just tell you what the data is. If a person does anything less than confessing to an inspector e general, they wont call it a strong case. Conversely, youve got john durham which is what we have to have, professional prosecute prosecutors willing to sift through it, and i think thats still going on as we speak. Elizabeth you know, Kimberly Strassel also said that james comey, in saying i dont remember with, i dont recall two dozen times per son ifys what enrages americans, the breathtaking arrogance of people in washington dancing around accountability. She said, quote this was the same fbi crew that in 2016, based on a series of tips, launched a counterintelligence investigation into a president ial campaign complete with secret surveillance, wiretaps and informants. He leaked to the media when his probe failed to provoke a special counsel and, quote, two years of hell. But people still today think that trump is a russian asset when the irony is a russian spy fed disinformation into the Hillary Clinton campaign via the steele dossier that the fbi used in part to get fisa wiretaps to spy on the Trump Campaign. You cant write it. This is truth is weirder than fiction, jim. [laughter] it is. Its also the cause of great Blood Pressure concerns across the country. I mean, look, i dont really expect differently from the political side of that equation, the dnc, the law firms, fusion gps, theyre peddling a story that happens to be a lie, but theyre peddleing it for political reasons. The problem is the cover up of lies, the use of lies to spy on a campaign, and thats what comey is pretending he doesnt remember. You know he was thick as thieves with peter strzok, with lisa page, andy mccabe, all these folks that were micromanaging an ongoing investigation. Theres absolutely no chance in hell that jim comey didnt get briefed on a daily basis and know the inner workings of everything from, you know, Paul Manafort to michael flynn, to roger stone, all the points in between. This guy was in the mix for these cases, and he knew what was going on on a daily basis. So its a very convenient memory loss and one that i dont think gets us past the frustration with the inertia. Elizabeth again, were talking about this because what happened today with the president caps a week of volatility in d. C. If we could put it that way, with jim comey denying two dozen times, immediating ignorance, not knowing pleading ignorance, not knowing details of the fbi probe that he ran when Justice Department officials, fbi agents, cia officials were telling him, hey, theres problems with what youre doing. Basically, it got to the point where fbi agents said weve got to buy our own personal Liability Insurance because this could be found out through foia, freedom of information requests, as they scramble to find evidence to fear the narrative fill the narrative. Again, were looking at shots taken moments ago. The president arriving at Walter Reed Medical Center after being diagnosed with covid19. I think this is a shot of him about to get on marine one. He is there now. Can you wrap this up for us . Its been quite a weekend in washington, d. C. Welcome to the weekend, were ready to hit the beach. One, you started this segment talking about the health of the attorney general, and thank goodness that hes healthy. Theres never been a time when its more important to have a steady hand at the helm of the d organize j. Im glad hes there. I know theres a lot of frustration with what looks like a pretty clear double standard in the operations of people like jim comeying but you have to put some faith in john durham. I think the time will come. Well find out through indictment whats criminal and whats not, and im pretty sure a guy like him will be apolitical, serious and have [inaudible] elizabeth all right. Jim trusty, its always great to have you on. Come back soon, okay . We appreciate your insights. See you, liz. Elizabeth okay, lets get you updated on the Supreme Court nomination process. Welcome back congressman james comer. Sir, its great to have you on. First, your thoughts on what has happened today with the president and first lady . Well, its very unfortunate. Weve seen covid doesnt discriminate against republicans or democrats. But i think the president proved just moments ago ago that hes very strong, hes resilient, hes taking it seriously, and hes going to to get better, and hes not going to miss a beat. Hes going to continue to operate, and hes going to continue to run the country in the great manner that hes run it. Ive been very disappointed following social media all day, seeing democrat operatives trying to imply because the president hadnt been seen in public oring hadnt tweeted that he was at the point of death and everything else. I think that just shows how desperate the democrats have become in this election. So im glad to see the president looking well on tv. Elizabeth you know, sir, senator, lets get back to judge amy Coney Barrett. Senator mcconnell says it is full steam ahead on her nomination process for the Supreme Court. She did test negative for covid19. The Washington Post reporting that judge barrett was diagnosed with coronavirus in the summer, but she has since recovered. This storys coming in, democrats led by senator dianne feinstein, Ranking Member of senate judiciary, formally requested a day delay in the confirmation process for judge barrett until after the president ial inauguration saying the senate and the American Public deserve a deliberate are rahtive, thorough process and this falls short. Should there be a delay . What do you think . They never miss, pass on an opportunity to try to push their agenda. They certainly do not want anothertive justice on the bench, and theyre going the use the president s testing positive for covid in any manner they can to try to block a good conservative justice. Its the president s responsibility to nominate. Hes been very transparent with that, and its the senates responsibility to confirm. And membership mccontinue Mitch Mcconnell has made that commitment theyre going full period ahead. Im glad that hes going to fill that seat. Elizabeth senator Lindsey Grahams pushing back saying, all right, were going to start the confirmation hearings october 12th. Itll be out of the committee by the end of the month, so thats e ooh about 16 days. You still have the same thing with justice kennedy, justice stevens, powell, rehnquist, chief justice berger, they all came within that time frame, and senator majority leader mcconnell called it a democrat, quote, myth that theres not enough time to properly vet and confirm the nominee because John Paul Stevens was confirmed 19 days. So were just factchecking the claim, sir. Your take on what you just heard. You know, the democrats, again, theyre trying stall tactics. Theyre desperate. They do not have the votes to block this new great justice that the president has nominated. And, you know, the senates following regular orders. This is exactly the process. Theres no timeline, theres no reason for the senate to delay. Elizabeth okay. I mean, this is going to happen, and im glad that its going to happen, and the American People should be very happy too. Elizabeth all right, congressman, were going to break in here. The president tweeted out a video. Lets listen to the president , this video he tweeted out just moments ago. Watch this. In the hospital. I think im doing very well, but were going to make sure that things work out. The first laid duh is doing very lady is doing very well. So thank you very much. I appreciate it. I will never forget it. Thank you. Elizabeth you know, sir, so theres the president just moments ago tweeting out a video saying hes doing well and the first ladys doing well. He does have a grueling schedule, sir. Hes been on a tear, barnstorming across the country. It would be natural for him to be tired as well, but the medias been pushing back saying you should have been more careful. Nancy pelosi saying you should have been more careful. Youre putting people at risk of covid19 with your rallies. When you hear that, what is your thought . I know that everyone thats been around the president will tell you that he takes it very seriously. He requires social distancing. I think that the president invites people to listen to him. He has a lot of people that want to attend. I attended his acceptance speech at the white house along with about a thousand other people. He could have had 100,000 people there. People love this president , they want to be around this president. And i dont think that the president s done anything wrong, and i hope that he continues to have his rallies. I hope that he continues to encourage people to wear masks and to social distance when possible because i think that this election is the most important election of our life time, and its theres nothing wrong with getting people excited to vote for a candidate. The democrats realize they have a candidate that generates absolutely no excitement. Their candidate is a dud, and theyre kind of jealous of the excitement and momentum that donald trump has right now. Elizabeth okay. Were going to be staying on this story of the president arriving at Walter Reed Medical Centering just tweeted out a video of himself just moments ago saying hes going to do what it takes, basically, to recover. You know, staying on the nominee, nomination process. Judge amy barrett, again, just to recap, tested negative. She was, had tested positive during the summer. You know, so your thoughts on how and whether or not the democrats will succeed in stonewalling her nomination process. Do you think they can do it . I do not think they can do it. Theyre going to go cry to the liberal main steel media Mainstream Media, and theyre going to paint the republican senators as being careless, not taking precautions. But im right here in the Capitol Building right now, been here all week, and everyone in washington, d. C. In Congress Takes this very seriously. We all wear masks, were all social distancing. And i think that youre going to see more and more precautions moving forward, but i think its completely safe. And i think every senators made up their mind. I mean, we all know what the votes going to to be. Its probably going to be about 5248. So i think they should do it. Elizabeth all right. Thank you so much, sir, congressman comer, come back soon, okay . Thank you for having me. Elizabeth lets were going to stay on this breaking news story. The president , just to recap, has arrived at Walter Reed Medical Center to undergo a few days of tests. He will be working out of the president ial offices there. Lets welcome back congressman greg steube. Congressman, its good to have you on. A momentous day. Yeah. What a start to a day. You wake up that the president and his wife have covid, but he seem to be doing well. And i hope that he does as much virtually as he can. He was supposed to be in florida tonight for a rally in sanford, and unfortunately, he wasnt able to make it. So i know theres a lot of disappointed people in the orlando area that were looking forward to get up to the Sanford Airport and welcome him in florida as hes got a lot of support here in florida. But i hope he tries to do as much things virtually as he can as his health allows him to do, because hes got a lot of support here in the state of florida. Elizabeth lets talk about whats going on stout of the border. Weve got a covid19 crisis and an economic, severe economic downturn just south of the border both in mexico and central america. Weve got now 3,000 the migrants trying to make it to the southern border, crossing from honduras out of, through guatemala and honduras. Do you so thats an issue too, that theyre trying to get to the bodders. It start borders. Mexico is in a severe covid outbreak, so border arrests have been declining for each of the past four months. Theres this story, too, whats going on south of the border with covid19 and Border Apprehensions going up. When you hear those numbers, are you concerned . Yeah. I think whats interesting is you have democratic governors and democratic mayors, theyre shutting down economies and shutting down Small Businesses and telling people that they have to wear masks and not operate their Small Businesses, yet theyre perfectly fine with having an open border south of our border, they dont want a wall, they dont want any type of partition preventing people from coming illegally into our country. They welcome that, they welcome thousands of people. Weve detained almost 50,000 people during this period of time that weve been able to send back because theyre trying to get in the united states, and we have democratic governors who are wanting to shut down our economies in the stateses, but theyre perfectly fine with illegal immigrants, thousands of them, all together coming across the border and into our country. Of course, during a pandemic we need to do everything we can, and i applaud the president for having 300 miles of wall built to prevent people coming across the border in droves that may obviously have Health Implications for this country. Elizabeth you know, this is a humanitarian country. We want to help people come into the country legally. People should apply for asylum at ports of entry. The president has been criticized for putting an aggressive cap on Asylum Seekers. Should he lift the cap for humanitarian reasons for Asylum Seekers . Look, anybody that wants to file for asylum can do that in their embassies in the cup. So so if theyre in honduras, they can go to the u. S. Embassy in honduras. They dont have to come across the country, go through the legal parameters that we set forth as a country especially during this time in a covid pandemic to decide whether they apply and are requisite for asylum. They can do that in their home country. They dont have to come in droves of caravans to our borders that overwhelm our Border Patrol and i. C. E. Elizabeth you know, weve also been covering that story. Weve also been covering operation legend. The Justice Department is out with new numbers. Again, this is, the news is coming in thick and fast. Theres now 4,000 people arrested in operation legend taking place in cities across the country. Theyve recovered more than a thousand illegal firearms and massive amounts of narcotics, heroin, fentanyl and cocaine. So it, as we continue to monitor whats going on with walter reed, weve got a number of things happening at the border and now Justice Department announcing new numbers about operation legend, sir. Yeah. Thank god we have a president thats all about law and order and is all about the doj and i. C. E. And these other federal agencies and federal Law Enforcement actually upholding the law and prosecuting these individuals that are breaking laws and going against gangs that are coming into our country. So i thank the president for taking those policies, i support those policies. Everybody here in florida is pray oring for him and his wifed hope they rest well, and hopefully soon hell be back on the campaign trail. Virtually if he has to be, but ill be looking forward to seeing him soon in florida. Elizabeth you know, getting back to what the administration, the white house, the Justice Department is dealing with, violence in u. S. Cities, and coupling that with whats going on at the border, we have heard time and again mexico s leaders saying we we need a safe, orderly and legal migration. Were struggling with covid19 outbreaks in our own country. They dont want to have to deal with caravans transversing across their borders. They typically offered people doing this opportunity to speak asylum in mexico, but many ignore that, set that apseudo. Theyre full on aside. Theyre full on coming here to the united states, and we have an economy, we understand why they want to come here. But the issue is even minority communities and hispanic and latino communities say its not fair, do it legally like we did. Wait in line. Yeah. We have legal opportunities for them to claim asylum in their home countries, and President Trump is all about securing our border and insuring that we dont have lawlessness and criminal coming across the border. So we have genuine asylum cases, they can apply in their embassies in their home countries, and theyll be evaluated by a judge. Elizabeth all right. Congressman, its so great to see you. Thank you so much for helping us out. Thanks for having me. Elizabeth capping a tumultuous week in washington. Its good to have you on, congressman steube. Well be back. Im elizabeth macdonald. Youve been watching the evening dead it edit. We hope you have a good week and join us from the fox studios in new york city, this is maria bartiromos wall street. Maria and happy weekend, everyone. Welcome to the program that helps position you for the week ahead. Im maria bartiromo. Coming up in just a few moments, the man behind match. Com, angies home service and video to name a few, iac chairman barry diller, my special guest this weekend with thoughts on the state of economy, technology, the struggling travel industry and more. Barry diller coming up. 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