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Crack down on illegal leaks out of st white house. Can he put a stop to them . What role will the new chief of staff john kelly play in that . I will talk to former clinton chief of staff along with former congressm congressman. We will hear from orrin hatch. Does he think congress will get a done on tax reform by the end of the year . A look at that and ahead on sunday morning futures. The u. N. Security Council Voting unanimously yesterday to impose new sanctions on north korea following a series of missile tests. The sanctions banning 1 billion dollars in exports out of north korea. Im joined right now by the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations nikki haley. Ambassador haley, wonderful to see you. Thank you very much for joining us. Thanks. It is a new day at the u. N. It is a new day at the u. N. Tell us the impact of this. And why this resolution was so important . Its an incredibly strong day for the United States. Its a strong day for the United Nations. Its a strong day for the International Community that wanted to send a message to the north korean regime that we were done. The time of talking is over. We made that very clear on monday. And the time for action has happened, and now it is time for north korea to decide where they are going to go. What you saw the Security Council do was a unanimous vote that basically banned coal, lead, lead ore, iron, iron ore, banned seafood, stopped all new joint ventures, stopped expansions of joint ventures, had multiple sanctions designations, including, you know, a primary bank that north korea does business with, hit very very hard. A third of their trade exports have been hit. And we gave them basically a kick in the gut with a billion dollars of sanctions that are going to start they are going to start to feel right away. It is going to be very strong. It is time for north korea to realize we are not playing anymore. This is a billion dollars hit to north korea out of their 3 billion dollars in exports, some of the most Important Industries to north korea like coal. Yes. Not only that, it capped their laborers. They send many laborers overseas to do work. They take their money in the process and they use it back for the north korean irresponsible Nuclear Missile program. What this does is this stops all new laborers from going over as well. It sends a really strong message strong message, you have to look at what north korea has done. This is a country who has taken all its revenues and not given it to its people to feed, where they are starving, but instead put it towards an an irresponsible Nuclear Program where they are trying to show their muscle. We basically kicked them in the stomach, told them to stop and said were not going to put up with it anymore and the ball is in north koreas court. They have a decision to make. They can respond by pulling back and say they will not be a part of this reckless activity anymore or they can see where it goes and we will continue to keep up the strength and the activity to make sure we stop them. Can you characterize the impact of this Missile Launch . Hr mcmaster was very clear earlier in the week basically saying you cannot underestimate the impact of these missile tests coming out of north korea. What will it mean in terms of the u. S. . I mean, maria, this has been a very dangerous situation. These two icbm Missile Launches are not just, you know, disrupting to the region, it is internationally disrupting to the entire world. And its something that we need to be careful of. Having said that, this Security Council resolution strongest resolution in a generation, is not going to solve the problem of north korea. It is going to send a strong message to north korea. But we all have to be very conscious and realize this is dangerous situation. We now see where it is have to see where it is going to go from here. And, you know, the entire International Community has to one, make sure they follow through with these sanctions. But two, keep a united voice against north korea and what they are doing. You were able to wrangle together even those countries that had pushed back initially, china, russia initially said they needed more time. How were you able to get everybody on board here . Well, i mean, thats the negotiation process. And so, you know, our team here in new york did a fantastic job. We had conversations with china. We told them that this was important, that this was something that they needed to show that they were going to team with us on, in terms of going forward, and they did. We had to let russia know that, you know, this is not a time for them to disrupt or stop or cause chaos in the process, and they worked with us as well, so the negotiations were tough this week, but what we came out with was a very strong product. More importantly we came out united as an entire Security Council and united as the International Community. I think it sends a very strong message to north korea. And, you know, a strong message from the United States as well. And you were very clear in your statement earlier this week, all options are on the table, in terms of the u. S. Continuing to put the pressure on north korea to rein this in, back it up, what does that mean . Are you considering a military option . Troops on the ground . What does that mean . What it means is the United States is going to always keep our options on the table. You know, we have those military exercises that we have with south korea. Those have been happening for 40 years. They are very transparent, but they are also meant to defend our allies and make sure that north korea knows that were going to be continuing those exercises. Thats not going to stop. What will happen is north korea has the opportunity to do the right thing. And by stopping this reckless behavior. We will now see that the United States will respond based on north koreas actions. We hope they dont do anything further. We hope they will stop this reckless activity. We hope we dont have to do anything but all options have been on the table and will continue to be on the table. Talk to us about the neighboring countries. Can china do anymore . I guess is the word is that they havent done enough . What about japan . Well, i think we need to look at the fact that these negotiations that we worked on, we worked on with china to make happen. So i will tell you that i appreciate china and their team. I appreciate the fact that they understood that we were serious and we were tired of the talk. And we needed some action. I appreciate the fact that they moved with us on this. And so i think that china deserves credit where credit is due. They totally stepped up. You know, we appreciate them for that. Japan and south korea, what we have seen is they have very much wanted the assistance of the United States. But what we told them as well was this is not a United States problem. This is an international problem. And we needed every country to step up. And we needed every country to stand with us. Japan has done that. South korea was good to see them this week really step up by wanting to see the exercises continue but also stepping up in the fact that we move forward with this resolution today. I think it was certainly a strong day for the region in terms of wanting peace and security for the peninsula. It was a strong day for the Security Council in terms of showing action and not just talking about it. Let me ask you about regime change. Is there an effort underway to launch a coup with the generals in north korea to have the generals take over . The United States is not pushing for regime change. We never have been. What we have said is stop the activity. Our goal is to make north korea become secure. We want to see a peaceful and secure north korea. We want to see the region secure. We want to see the Korean Peninsula secure. But we have never pushed for regime change. I think what you are seeing is a paranoid leader that thinks that the United States is trying to do something to his control. The truth is, what were focused on is the north Korean People, making sure that the human rights aspects improve, making sure that the regime realizes that were not going to tolerate this reckless behavior to the International Community, but were not going to tolerate the reckless behavior that they have towards their own people. The fact that every dollar that they get in instead of going towards the health and feeding of the north Korean People is going to the reckless behavior of these Nuclear Programs is, you know, unconscionable and that needs to stop. I have to switch gears and ask you another question here because obviously were seeing a lot of personnel change in the white house. Theres questions about Rex Tillersons future as well as the leadership of even hr mcmaster are you prepared to take over as secretary of state should the president ask tillerson to step down . Thats not going to happen. The president s not going to ask rex to step down. I will tell you that secretary tillerson continues to be strong. Hes meeting with russia. Hes meeting with china this weekend. He will continue to do what he needs to do. General mcmaster, i cant say enough good things about him. He is an amazing leader. He continues to keep the national Security Council organized. He continues to make sure that hes serving the president by putting options in front of the president. The president strongly supports general mcmaster and he strongly supports secretary tillerson. We have a great team. And our team works very hard. And we work very united together along with general mattis and others on the national Security Council. While i know it is fun for a lot of people to talk about moving the chess pieces i will tell you we are a team thats united and a team thats very focused on making the United States voice known, making sure were strong and making sure were about action. You dont see secretary tillerson stepping down any time soon i dont see secretary tillerson stepping down any time soon. Ambassador, wonderful to have you on the program this morning thank you very much for joining us. Thanks. Congratulations on a great day, a great accomplishment. See you soon. Thank you, appreciate it. Meanwhile attorney general Jeff Sessions draws a line in the sand against illegal leaks out of the white house. Will it make a difference . Former congressman weighs in on that, coming up. Follow me on twitter maria bartiromo. Let me know what you would like to hear. Were looking ahead right now on sunday morning futures. We will be right back. Rethink whats possible. Rethink your allergy pills. Flonase sensimist allergy relief helps block 6 key inflammatory substances with a gentle mist. Most allergy pills only block one. And 6 is greater than one. Flonase sensimist. Upeace of mind. S we had a power outage for five days total. We lost a lot of food. We actually filed a claim with usaa to replace that spoiled food. And we really appreciated that were the webber family and we are usaa members for life. Welcome back. Attorney general Jeff Sessions taking a tough new stance on friday against illegal leaks coming out of the white house. He issued a stern warning that offenders will be, quote, held accountable. Im joined right now by Fox News Contributor and former House Oversight Committee Chairman jas jason chaffetz. Good to see you sir. Thanks for having me. Explain to us who the deep state is. You have said on a number of occasions, look whats happening right now is very dangerous that the deep state is undermining this president. Who exactly is the deep state . Well, the bureaucracy that underlies these various agencies and the white house itself. The state department, the department of defense, they are some career officials there that have been well embedded into the into the bureaucracy that unfortunately are taking these classified pieces of information and making their own decision about whats in their best interest and giving that out and you just cant do that. That puts peoples lives in danger. So you think its these holdouts under the Obama Administration that are still there . How come the president cannot weed out all of the holdouts . Are there too many . There is a swarm of people youd be shocked, the thousands of people that have access to these classified information. You would think with President Trump has a private conversation with the president of mexico that that would be a very close hold, but literally there are hundreds and hundreds of people who have access to that information. It makes prosecuting it very difficult. There are far too many people with far too many security clearances, and it makes it very difficult to find this stuff out. Will he be able to then . Obviously if you are going to see a conversation, what you thought was a private conversation between the president and the leader of mexico and the president and the leader of australia, and youve got those printouts of those conversations, why would any world leader want to talk to the president of the United States and not worry that that conversation is not private . Well, put aside the political affiliation here, you have got to have the senior most people in your administration be able to have these types of conversations with other nations. I think the country wants to see people in handcuffs and until they are actually able to do that, theres going to be a lot of doubt about their ability to actually enforce the law. If you are trafficking in classified information, you cant do that. But you can see the problem that the department of justice has because they just made the case last year that even though there were close to 300 people that touched these socalled Hilary Clinton emails, classified information, and nonclassified setting, the Inspector General calling it out, they didnt prosecute anybody. They didnt even fire anybody, let alone put somebody in handcuffs. So it makes it very difficult moving forward to unroot this deep state and the damage they are doing to this administration. Why not then . How come no one was prosecuted . Maybe the president has a point when he comes out and says im disappointed my attorney general recused himself from russia and not looking at the crimes that are obvious from the Clinton Campaign and the clinton side . How come . I dont know. It is one of the great mysteries. I believe it was july 7th of last year the state Department Said it was reopening its own investigation. I mean, people arent even losing their security clearan s clearances clearances let alone being prosecuted. That investigation is still open. We sent a letter, the chairman of the judiciary committee, to the administration, to the department of justice asking if Hilary Clinton lied under oath in testimony before congress, they never responded to that. And so President Trump and his Current Administration can follow through on things that were started a year ago because those answers have never been given to congress, never been given to the american people. Thats where it starts. If you cant do that, then you have a hard time rooting out somebody who did something last month. By the way, does Hilary Clinton still have security clearance . There was a debate recently that she still has security clearance. What does that entail . Her still having security clearance. Is that true . Do you know . It probably is true. As a former first lady and also as a former secretary of state, you want to be able to tap into that knowledge base. I can understand why they do that. What i dont understand are all the people that are around her, some of her senior most aides, why are they given those security clearances . How about the attorneys that she used who didnt have the proper security clearance at the time when she gave them that classified information. The whole reason that clinton investigation started is because the Inspector General found that there was classified information with these attorneys who didnt have the proper security clearance and Nothing Happened to them, absolutely nothing. We should point out that robert mueller, the special prosecutor has hired a whole team of lawyers to investigate trump and they are all clinton donors. Yeah. The credibility, mr. Mueller started with really high credibility, but now that hes brought in this team of clinton donors, it really does it really does look suspicious. We will leave it there. Jason chaffetz, good to see you. Thank you. Former white house chief of staff with some advice for the new man on the job, general john kelly how he says kelly could put an end to the leaks coming put an end to the leaks coming out of the west wing. Put an end to the leaks coming out of the west wing. Who knew that phones would starentertaining us,ng . Getting us back on track and finding us dates. 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He was my military aide for two years when i was secretary at the defense department. And the best thing to know about john kelly is he is first and foremost a marine. Hes dedicated his life to public service. Committed to whoever is commanderinchief. And hes somebody who believes deeply in discipline and a strong chain of command and an orderly process for Decision Making and doesnt tolerate chaos very easily. So i think hes the right guy to be able to try to get the white house back in order. I think the real question is going to be whether or not the president gives him the room to make the changes that are going to be necessary in order to improve the operations of the white house. Meanwhile the crisis that the administration is dealing with now are these leaks. Attorney general Jeff Sessions on friday came out, gave a press conference, called these leaks incredibly damaging. They are ramping up the attention on leaks, and they are going to prosecute the leakers. What do you think about all of this, secretary . How do you stop the leaking . Well, you know, interestingly enough, maria, i think a lot of that will relate to john kellys ability to be a strong chief of staff and to be able to make the staff there feel like they are part of a team. Look, you know, i dont think these leaks are helpful in any way. I think they are dangerous, particularly when it involves classified information. And you can refer to the fbi and you can refer to the Justice Department and obviously where it involves classified information, it ought to be investigated. But the key to preventing leaks is to create a sense of teamwork within the white house, within the staff, so that they feel loyalty to the president of the United States. Yeah, but secretary panetta, lets face it, some of these roles in the white house and in government are people who worked there under the Obama Administration, even perhaps under the Clinton Administration, many of those people are not on Donald Trumps team. They prefer president obama and Hilary Clinton. So how do you get teamwork going when you know youve got all of these obama holdouts still working in government and perhaps some of them could be trying to undermine the president . Well, maria, were six months into this administration. It is about time that they get a handle on the various departments and agencies that are out there. But you cant do it unless you get your personnel in place. And thats been a real problem with this administration in terms of getting personnel, their people in place to be able to handle policy. Every administration goes through this. And the best way to try to get people to be loyal to that administration is to know that there is merit to the job that they are doing. That they are accomplishing something thats worthwhile and thats recognized as important to the administration and important to the country. But to do that, you have to have people in place. Youve got to have supervision. Youve got to have people who are willing to control whats going on in the various departments and agencies, and right now, thats a real problem, in terms of the discipline of this administration to take charge of their own administration. I think you make a really important point here. Look, some in the administration might say that the left has been obstructionists and earlier in the administration when he was going through the hearing process, they were there was plenty of obstructionism going on in terms of extending the hearings, taking as much time as possible so he wasnt getting his people confirmed, but there is an issue, even more than that, that its been slow going in terms of bringing new people in. Why do you think that is . I mean the personnel issues have been talked about quite a bit, even from donald trump supporters. You know, maria, almost every Administration Takes time to be able to fill the key positions in any administration. But what tends to happen is that a president walks into the oval office, the staff walks into the oval office, they are suddenly dealing with crises in the world. They are dealing with crises here in this country, and very frankly personnel issues get shuffled off to the side and they decide that they can try to get the job done with the people they have. And it doesnt work that way. Youve got to be able to continue a personnel process in which names are being referred for those key positions in the administration. That cant come to a stop. If you look at the state department, most of those positions have not been filled. If you look at other departments, there are a lot of positions that have not been filled. Theres no excuse for that. They have got to continue to make personnel changes at the same time that they are doing the business of the country. Secretary panetta, always a pleasure to see you. Thank you very much for joining us this morning. Nice to be with you, maria. So appreciated. Secretary leon panetta joining us. Mean while, Senate Republicans are gearing up for their next big push on tax reform after the august recess. 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Hes chairman of the Senate Finance committee. And senator, good to have you on the program. Thank you very much for joining us. Nice to be with you, maria. You and your colleagues in government including Steve Mnuchin from treasury and gary cohen from the white house along with paul ryan have released a five paragraph statement outlining your goals on tax reform. Can you walk us through where the Common Ground is on tax reform within the senate . Well, right now weve got to make sure that the democrats are willing to work with us. So far this year they havent been willing to work with us. But senator widen of my counterpart on the finance committee has indicated that they are willing to try and work with us as we do tax reform, which of course is a wideranging very very important bill, and its going to be everything from Capital Gains to Corporate Income taxes. Senator, the president has said that he would like to see a Corporate Tax rate of 15 . Is that realistic . Well, thats what the president would like. I think its possible. However, i think its more likely and look were going to bring that corporate rate down. I think it is more likely it will come down somewhere between 20 and 25 percent. But im willing to try and get that for the president. I think that would boom america. That would get businesses going like never before. It would make us competitive in worldwide marketplace. It would stop the erosion of our Companies Going to other nations, and frankly, it would be very very good for america. But i suspect that its going to be well be lucky if we can get the Corporate Tax rate down to 20 , even 25 , but were going to try and were going to have some democrat help to do that, and so far that hasnt materialized where do you stand on bannons idea of raising taxes on the top earners, the rich to 44 1 2 . Im not for that. You know, were certainly going to hit the rich, theres no question. They are not going to get anything hardly anything out of any tax reform that we do. But the fact of the matter is, is that you know, almost 60 of all taxes are paid by the upper 50 upper 5 . The rich pay all the taxes. If you are not cutting taxes on the highest earners, are you really for cutting taxes . They pay 90 of the tax. Theyre very interested in making sure that the tax rates are reasonable and something that they can live with and something that that will boom if economy and stimulate the economy. Boom the economy and stimulate the economy. They know they will make a lot more money if the economy is rolling and going very well. In terms of the highest earners, when you say they wont get anything, is that because you will eliminate all the deductions . Put it this way, there wont be an awful lot of personal deductions but a lot of those arent used anyway. All i can say is i dont think the rich the rich know that were going to have to come after them, but they also know there are certain things in the tax code that will benefit those who are creating jobs, creating the economy, creating the opportunities to have jobs and the economy move ahead in the way it should. They will benefit very greatly if they can. To be clear, the president has talked about three brackets, 10 , 25 , 35 . Are these the rates that look good to you . Is this what you would like to see is that what you would like to see . What would you like to see as an individual tax rate for the majority of the country . I would like to see it very very low. If we could get to those rates it would be miraculous and beneficial for the country. The president is right on that. It would be a miracle if you got there . Well, looking at what we have going on in congress right now, all the difficulties and the catfights across the board and the slowdown of everything by the democrats, the desire not even to let legislation coming forward, yeah, it would be very difficult to get there. But frapg frankly i have but frankly i have found some of my Democrat Friends really want to work on this. I think the people in the finance committee are open to working on that. The question is will the democratic leadership allow that to happen . The time line, when you could see this happening, let me play for you a sound bite from mark meadows because he had some things to say about when the bill will get to the president s desk. P we dont have a bill if we dont have a bill that were actually debating in september that hopefully gets a vote by october, it will not get to the president s desk by thanksgiving. If it doesnt get there by thanksgiving, guys, it isnt going to happen. Your reaction . Well, i dont quite agree with that, although hes talking about how difficult it is to get these things done. I mean hes not way off. I happen to think hes doing the country a favor by stating how really difficult it is in congress and how difficult it is in any administration to get these things done. Yeah, we need to move ahead. And no question about it. Do you think you will do it this year . Is it doable in 2017 . I actually think it is. But it is going to take democrats and republicans getting together putting aside their stupid differences and saying look, this one time lets do this for our country, lets do this for our american citizens, lets do this for our economy, lets do this for the world really because the United States is the key country in the world, if were not strong, the rest of the world is going to be in chaos even worse than it is right now. Well, let me ask you about the differences. When you look at the deductions, where is the most debate going to be, would you say . Which deduction . Well, look, i dont think anything is going to be failed to be looked at. I mean everything in that code is going to be looked at. Were going to try and do a job that really does the best job to bring people together. For example, the mortgage deduction, sir. I mean, peter king from new york says i cant sign anything that takes away my constituents deduction. I cant sign anything that takes away my constituents income state deduction. Where do you think you are going to have the big fights . Youre tough, maria, is all i can say. [laughter] let me just say that there are only two deductions that absolutely are going to be kept. One would be the charitable deduction and the other one would be the mortgage deduction. Whats the plan if you actually have no support from the other side . You really believe that maria that our democrats are that way . You just said they are on their high horse. They have got to Work Together. Im just trying to understand why they dont see i am america wants to see tax reform. Im so grateful that you are telling the truth in very bold terms the way you are because thats right. The democrats have not wanted to do a thing. Thats why the First Six Months of this year we havent even been able to get bills up. About the only thing we have been able to do is get some appointments through, and even then its slower than ever before. Yeah. And frankly, i think they think they are hurting the Republican Party by doing that. I think they are hurting themselves. Yeah. Because people out there in the country is to look at that and say whats the matter with those people . There are so many important issues especially in the tax world why arent they working to get those done and why dont they get with the republicans and see what they can do to bring people together. Im counting on Chuck Schumer stepping up to the plate and being willing to take some good swings here and be able to help us, rather than just he knows that i work with him. He knows well that i have passed hundreds of bills over my senate service, and those have been bipartisan as well. It is also a number of others as well. And schumer is one of them. Hes got to lead like a democrat leader ought to lead, and hes got to get some of those on his side to come along and say look, were willing to save the country. Thats more important than all this political stuff that were going through. Senator, good to have you on the program this morning. Thank you very much. Nice to talk to you. We appreciate your time. Senator orrin hatch joining us. Well, the entire u. N. Security council including russia and china voting for tough new sanctions against north korea. Will they rein in the rogue regime and how will they keep those rules in place . Our panel will weigh in. 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They have a decision to make. They can pull back and they they wont be a part of the reckless activity anymore or they can see where it goes and with he continue to keep up the strength and the activity and we will continue to keep up the strength and the activity to make sure we stop them. That was u. N. Ambassador haley talking about a group of new tough sanctions imposed against north korea over its Missile Program that would ban exports and limit investments in the country, banning a third of their exports. We want to bring in their panel in now we want to bring in our panel right now. Thanks for joining us. Your thoughts . I think haley is a rock star. She put the feet to the fire of north korea, reeled in china and russia. When was the last time there was a unanimous vote of the Security Council . Normally it is one of the main stays of the council, permanent members who stops the United States. This is a good sign. We have to put things in perspective. North korea is sizable. They have 25 million people. China needs to be brought to account for anything that happens in north korea. I think donald trump has finally put the blame where it belongs. Thats a really good point, 25 million people, the size of ohio, yet they are able to create such disruption and problems for the world. Nuclear weapons will do that exactly. Initially russia was pushing back. We need more time. China was pushing back. We need more time. She was able to wrangle them in, jessica, which was a real accomplishment. Absolutely, bipartisanship moment. Haley is a rock star. Shes allowed to be a rock star because President Trump stays out of her way. He trusts her on this front. He knows as well how good she is for his image, shes a woman, a minority woman as well but someone who opposed him when she spoke out against him. She came around and said if im going to get a top job, im going to do it my way. I think it is working really well for her. I think china needs to help us out a little bit more on this. This is a great step forward but we wont be able to fully rein in north korea without china. How do you enforce these rules . What we have to do is we have to keep pressure on china. We have now with the iran deal, every 90 days we have a review. We have to have the same process of constant review, putting their feet to the fire and making sure that we use all the tools in our tool box against china with the same sanctions that are being used against north korea. They cannot be left to just a Security Council being passed. Its got to be enforced. Also part of that will be that we cant nitpick and needle as well. I think that its important that the president stays off twitter and the kind of the aggravating way. You want to talk policy. You want to talk diplomacy and sanctions i think thats important. You have an incredibly unstable leader in north korea. Someone who would get on his twitter account as well. I dont think we should play that way. We have a new chief of staff, john kelly, who is putting new discipline into the white house. You wonder if that is going to be able to stem some of the personnel changes which is why i asked nikki haley would show be the one to step into Rex Tillersons shoes should he step down . She was adamant, tillerson is not going anywhere. Theres been speculation that mcmaster and the president have some disagreements. What do you think . I think it is a great team. It is a diverse team. You dont see them breaking up . I dont. Nikki said it best, they are a team. The white house needs to have that camaraderie and spirit of a team and feel like you are invested in the team. I think haley complements mcmaster and tillerson. Yeah, i dont see them breaking up now but i think john kelly is key in that. This is a major shift not only in policy and tone. And you saw the wall street journal piece about how things are different there. The president s door is closed for instance. You cant wait for a second where ivanka and jared could walk in and say hey there were thinking this, much more formalized. I think it was smart to make those personnel changes swiftly at the beginning of the week. And hopefully it is a new era there. I have been hearing as we talked about before the show started from people i know at the state department that it is disorganized there that tillerson was frustrated that he couldnt get his nominees through but couldnt do the diplomatic work that he had hoped to so hopefully kelly will enforce some discipline there. Also Rex Tillerson was very clear when he took a few days off saying im not going anywhere. We will take a break. When we come back, i want to get your take on Jeff Sessions. Also more from the panel we have a lot to look ahead to on sunday morning futures. Stay with us. Its time to rethink whats possible. Rethink the experience. Rethink your allergy pills. 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Brad and jessica, want to talk about Jeff Sessions, the attorney general seems to be getting tough on these leaks. Heres what he said on friday. We respect the Important Role that the press plays, and well give them respect. But it is not unlimited. They cannot place lives at risk with impunity. We must balance the presss role with protecting our national security. Is this a more aggressive Jeff Sessions, do you think, brad . Theres no doubt about it. But look, the president s right. You have to stop the leaks. And kelly if i were kelly, i would fire up the polygraph machine. I would get the fbi in. Theres a finite universe of people who have the kind of information that is being released like the transcripts of the president s call to mexico and to australia. You have to go through the list. Have a Forensic Accounting of the instruments that these this information was held on. Yeah. The people who had it. It is dangerous. Very dangerous. Who is going to want to talk to the president if they think it is not a private call. Absolutely. Instead of calling us, you know, canada will call germany. Right we will see if he will be able to rein it in. What are you expecting on healthcare . I understand healthcare is more controversial but statement you still have members of the Republican Party who are deficit hawks who arent going to like it unless it is revenue neutral. You will have some issues. Think the American Public has been very clear about this, maybe not the far left and the far right, but the middle certainly wants people in washington to Work Together and to get something done. Everyone wants a tax cut. I wonder if the voters are going to basically say look you were an obstructionist im voting you out in 2018 and the people who dont participate in governing will have a ramification, brad . The republicans and i think america at large are getting impatient. September they have got to hit the ground running. We need to get the budget end of the fiscal year, have to get tax reform. If we dont have that, a congressman said they have till thanksgiving. Yeah. Nothing gets done until they have to get done. Im giving them until december 15th. If by then we dont have tax relief, tax reform, both corporate and individual, then republicans are going to have a hard time in 2018 meeting the voters i think they will have a hard time even if they do get it done. Werent they supposed to not be going on vacation . Wasnt there a discussion about we have to stay there the senate is here but the house yeah. It is absurd i remember when a republican had to introduce a bill to demand that Congress Worked a 40 hour week. When you look at what americans are doing, how much time they are putting in to just get by, and you think that your congressional representatives arent working a 40 hour week, you wonder why everyone hates d. C. Hey, im on the air six days a week. Exactly we will leave it there. 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