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Actions were justified. As long as im president of the United States, iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. As i speak to you this morning from the white house, we continue to receive word that iran is standing down. The question is, should the United States be at war with iran . President trump, in a series of backandforth escalations in the last 18 months, has brought us to that place. I think its unfortunate that so Many Democrats are making the question of the imminence of this attack a partisan measure. It was very clear, the intelligence suggested a major attack against our troops in iraq and the middle east. I came away from this briefing deeply angry and dissatisfied. This briefing was almost an insult to our intelligence. Bill so now every angle covered. In a moment, michael and tom as a reaction. Trey yingst back in baghdad for the latest in iraq, we start today in washington there with griff jenkins. Graph, good morning. Good morning, bill. Lawmaker said the president didnt consult them before striking soleimani. We will get their say today in the house. If it passes, it directs the president to terminate the use to engage in hostilities and or against iran or any part of its government or military, unless Congress Declares war or an imminent threat exists. Thats why the mistress and officials were trying to convince lawmakers that killing soleimani was the right option. The briefing so short for some, including republican senator mike lee, who called it the worst briefing he seen since hes been in the senate. That briefing is what brought me on board. Together with the amendments that we make. I walked into the briefing undecided, i walked out decided. Specifically because of what happened in that briefing. Early this morning, Vice President pence was asked what he would say to those unsatisfied like mike lee. I was there every step in the way. To protect sources and methods we are simply not able to share with every member of the house and senate the intelligence that supported the president s decision to take out Qassem Soleimani. But democrat senator tim kaine, who now has supported similar message measures, strongly supports the strikes. Especially not striking them in iraq when they havent given us permission to wage military action on their own soil. The house will start debating the rule for the resolution, then debate it itself. If the house passes, the senate will take it next, where a majority is needed. With only 53 republicans in the senate, the math could be something to watch. Walk it out further, if it passes both chambers, the veto was virtually guaranteed to come. That didnt stop the president from treating a few moments ago, encouragement to House Republicans to vote against it. Bill thank you, griff. Washington, d. C. , griff jenkins. Center has more. Sandra and officials thing iran did intend to kill americans and its retaliatory strike on those iraqi bases. A top u. S. General touting the militarys Early Warning system for saving the lives of american troops. I believe, based on what i saw and what i know, that they were intended to cause structural damage, destroy vehicles and equipment and aircraft. Sandra trey yingsts life in baghdad with more. Trey sandra, good morning. Uncertainty remains in baghdad as iranians continue to send mixed signals. No one knows exactly what is going to happen next. No one is really sure if the response to the killing of Qassem Soleimani is over when it comes to the iranians. Last night, two rockets were fired into baghdads green zone. This, as alarms sounded with the words incoming, incoming, incoming. After tuesday night, iran fired 16 blissfu16 Ballistic Missiles. President trump respond yesterday trying to deescalate tensions, sanctioning iran but not responding militarily. Today a Senior Commander in the revolutionary guard said a harsher revenge is coming. Caught between iran and u. S. Is a rock. There are new questions about if and how the United States will be able to coordinate with the Iraqi Government on a military level moving forward. The u. S. Abruptly stopped the coalition against fighting isis this week, where they were working alongside Iraqi Security forces. Overnight, iraq conducted its first mission. We talked of the major about the bulls of missile attacks on tuesday, and the american stopping there participation. Listen to what they had to say. Translator there is cooperation. In fact, the forces were there is no casualties amoe iraqis or the international coalition. I hope this will be the end of the crisis, and we will be able to return to our goal of identifying the terrorists of isis. That general telling fox news that even if american troops are ultimately forced to leave iraq, they werent actually doing a lot of the fighting on the ground. Their role was nora more trainingintelligence. Its uncertain what will happen, is not only isis continues to be a threat against American Forces and iraqi forces in the region, but of course iran, as those threatening stamens are coming in today. Sandra trey yingst, thank you. Bill President Trump calling on the International Community to follow americas lead in pushing for a new and improved to deal with iran on its Nuclear Program. The time has come for the united kingdom, germany, france, russia, and china to recognize this reality. They must now break away from the remnants of the iran deal, or jcpoa. And we must all Work Together toward making a deal with iran that makes the world a safer and more peaceful place. Bill michael anton, former National Security spokesperson for the president. Good morning to you there in washington, d. C. 36 hours removed, where do you think we are at the moment, michael . We seem to be in an extended and lets hope it remains very extended period of calm. I keep coming back to the fact that the foreign minister of the iran sent a tweet yesterday. Theres a sentence you never thought youd hear yourself say. Zarif tweeted, and the key word was we have concluded our retaliation. Things are still quiet. Does that mean they have concluded these kinds of activities forever . I doubt it, theyve been in the terror business for 40 years. You dont just give that kind of thing up overnight, especially if you are a regime committed to destabilization and revolutionary action. Member, the body that one of the organizations that soleimani had it is called the revolutionary guard. What do they do . They foment revolution. But theyve been quiet for now. I would expect they are going to be quiet for a while, because i think the president s action and his clear determination have the intended effect, to act as a deterrent. Bill michael, wall street journal. Trumps reply, returns show deterrence beats appeasement with iran. Whats next, michael . Weve seen examples of that before. One of the reasons the United States is so active in the middle east and is particularly in the persian gulf is to protect oil supplies that have to go out a very narrow channel called the strait of hormuz. Iran has been known to harass shipping in the persian gulf in the past, as its done recently. For instance, in 1986, president reagan took strong action against the iranian navy over such issues. The activity stopped for quite some time. When iran has faced consequences and pushed back in the past, it tends to shrink back. Like i said, it doesnt shrink back necessarily forever, but for a time. Longer is better. The more the iranians are convinced they will face pushback from the United States and our allies, probably the less they will do for the time being. Thats good for everyone, including people in the middle east but dont have to face the prospects of conflict and war. Bill two things that struck me. I will go back to the president yesterday in a moment. Mike pence, the Vice President , earlier today on fox friends talked about the warning that perhaps went out, in different forms. We would be in a very different place today if those missiles had hit their intended target. All the credit goes to our team, our military on the ground. There is no doubt in my mind that when the iranians fired those missiles they were intending to kill americans. Bill i think about that comment, and this from the present yesterday. When he stepped to the microphone, before he even said hello, as long as im president , iran will never have a nuclear weapon. Thats critical statement. Whether hes got another year or five years in office, thats his next redline. Would you agree . Yes. Thats a perfect of the sanctions. A Nuclear Program is extremely expensive. Even a rich country, like around, with a lot of natural resources. They have to spend a pretty high proportion of gdp on the Nuclear Program. Sanctions that significantly curtail the iranian economy means that irans leaders have less money to spend on terrorism and also quite a lot less to spend on the Nuclear Program. Thats before you even get to all the ways the United States works with other countries to restrict the importation of illicit materials and things like that. So the president will make it as hard as possible as he can for iran to get a nuclear weapon, for as long as hes around. Thats been his clear policy since he took office. He really didnt say anything new there, he just reiterated it to make sure there is no confusion on that point. V7 thank you, michael. Michael anton in washington. We will bring you back for more analysis. A lot to think in. Thank you. Sandra a lot to come up on the show Pray Congress and Michael Burgess is on the House Rules Committee preview will be i guess 11 9 30 to talk the vote on a war powers resolution. Also, senator james resch, who chairs the Foreign Relations committee, will join us. He is our headliner, that will be at 10 30 a. M. Eastern time. A bit later we hear from senator marco rubio about the next steps with iran. That will have been top of the 11 00 hour. The big show, love newsmakers. Bill some of these republicans were not happy with what we heard, so we will share that with you. The former vp joe biden firing back at the white house and President Trump. How Foreign Policy now is playing a significant role now in bidens 2020 strategy. Thats coming up. Sandra and a judge sentencing the man convicted of killing a u. S. Border agent. In the case that brought the botched gunrunning operations fast and furious to light. Bill Speaker Pelosi under intense pressure from members of her own party on these articles of impeachment. The lawmaker now suggesting that delay is draining the democrats. Thats next. Shes losing democrats and the senate. The impeachment hats off to Mitch Mcconnell for pulling this very well. We will take a trial up next week. Liberty mutual customizes your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need. I love you only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. The ups and downs of frequent mood swings can plunge you into deep, depressive lows. crying take you to uncontrollable highs. muffled arguing or, make you feel both at once. Overwhelmed by bipolar i symptoms . Ask about vraylar. Some medications only treat the lows or the highs. Vraylar effectively treats depression, acute manic and mixed episodes of bipolar i. Fullspectrum relief of all symptoms. With just one pill, once a day. 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He doesnt deserve to walk among the innocent. Im happy. I would rather have brian. It doesnt get any easier. Thats how much of an impact he made in our family. Sandra u. S. Attorney robert b were saying a life sentence for the agents murder cannot eliminate his family suffering. But he hopes it brings them some comfort. Bill joe biden hitting the current strategy in iran, tweeting this. Instead of his stomach using his team to lay out a coherent strategy on iran, donald trump use it to mislead the country on the obama biden record. His been present for three years, its time he saw explaining president obama for his failures. Dan henning jerry, with me now how are you doing cannot good morning. We are only in this mess because donald trump pulled out of the iran deal, to that you say what . Joe biden keeps wrapping himself in barack obama as something of a security blanket. Eventually he is going to have to start proposing his own candidacy rather than obamas candidacy. I think there may be a political reason for this. Hes currently running in the primaries, he has a lot of support from black democrats, he has to win the South Carolina primary. We get that. Theres a point where he has to run its own campaign and engage with President Trump on the substance of what is going on in iran. I dont think theres any question that the iranians use the money from the iran deal with the Obama Administration sent them to buy and develop these missiles. Also the destabilization thats been going on in the middle east since then that came in the wake of the Iran Nuclear Deal. He will have to talk about what President Trump is actually doing. Its clearly not the case as of yesterday that there is no plan. The president addressed the nation. He said hes going to talk to the iranians, the foreign minister zarif himself responded that the missiles they sent over there was a proportionate response. Its what looks like we are at the brink of a possibility of a negotiation. That is a strategy. Joe biden has a start about th that. Bill if its a general Election Campaign of trump versus biden, this is a clear difference of opinion on Foreign Policy. Done and injury says joe biden the strategies where it was a 1972, a year their candidate lot big. Heres a line i picked up. A byproduct of mr. Trump some editing persona is that it causes his opponent to lose their ability to think straight about anything. Why did you write that . I wrote that because i was struck, as well as Joe Lieberman, who wrote on the editorial page this week, that the democrats are running their risk looking as though they will not any longer use force in foreign affairs. I was reminded of the fact that years ago they used to be National Security democrats like Joe Lieberman or sam nunn who understood the idea of having a credible deterrent force, which means the willingness to use military force against provocations by adversaries. In the cold war it was the soviet union, no it is iran. And the response of the democrats to the killing of soleimani seem to fall into two paths of proposition. One, that we were on the brink of war, and the only alternative to that was, as joe biden said tuesday, only diplomacy. In other words, there is no middle way anymore. This struck me as basically being the kind of antiwar proposition that senator George Mcgovern made in 1972 when his campaign got completely wiped out by Richard Nixon in the november election. Bill you are saying two things. No more is the headline. Thats what youre saying. We cant even see what it is. Moderates like joe biden, amy klobuchar, seem to be saying that they are unwilling to use force. I think the defining event was in 2012, remember, when barack obama drew the redline in the sand against assads use of chemical weapons but did nothing when he use those weapons. So thats a proposition of diplomacy only. Democrats are very vulnerable by showing that they are unwilling to use a credible deterrent force, as i believe the president just did by killing soleimani. Bill nixon blew out mcgovern in 1972. Is that a prediction . I think we could be heading in that direction, unless the democrats begin to act as though they can be entrusted with the nations security. Bill dan, thank you. Interesting piece in the wall street journal. Nice to see you. Sandra, whats next . Sandra more mystery surrounding a plane crash into round that killed 176 people. Why is iran refusing to hand over the black boxes to boeing . Bill also the bombshell from paris dont like prince harry and duchess of meghan, saying we will set back from their roles in the royal family and split their time between the u. K. And north america. When are they moving across the pond, we wonder . Whats behind this . Ocolate would be good snacking should be sweet and simple. The delicious taste of glucerna gives you the sweetness you crave while helping you manage your blood sugar. Glucerna. Everyday progress while helping you manage your blood sugar. Here, it all starts withello hi . How can i help . A data plan for everyone. Everyone . Everyone. Lets send to everyone wifi up there . Uhh. Sure, why not . Howd he get out . a camera might figure it out. That was easy glad i could help. At xfinity, were here to make life simple. Easy. Awesome. So come ask, shop, discover at your local xfinity store today. Bill a missing florida man rescued after his boat reportedly ran out of gas. Thats the u. S. Coast guard helicopter. Spotted and 9 miles off the coast of fort pierce in florida. Crewmembers able to lift him into safety and give his boat a tow back to land. Well done, coast guard. Job completed, success. Sandra meanwhile, more democrats now urging Speaker Pelosi to send over those articles of impeachment to the senate. The speaker says that she will not do that until she knows the format of the senate trial. Dianne feinstein tells politico the longer it goes on, the less urgent it becomes. If its serious and urgent, send them over. Running is now, andy mccarthy, former assistant u. S. Attorney in fox news contributor. Good morning to you. The longer yo shields on those articles, which impact does it have i think it was america very confused. Look at what we have now seen just ove over the last two mont. They dont actually catch the president doing anything. This is an abatement or nothing actually happened. And if they tell us we cant wait for the november election, we cant wait to hear from important witnesses, because the president is an imminent threat. At the same time, we have iranians and the networks they control attacking americans again and again. The president takes out a guy who has killed 600 at least americans. Their current position is, why would he do it . Because are not an imminent threat. I must think people look at this and are fairly confused. Sandra some democrats in the center are clearly making a point. We will see where that goes. When it comes to her reasoning for not sending them over, does she have a point . She wants to know what exactly will be the details and the constraints, and how exactly that senator i will be laid out. She doesnt have a point. They put the sun and chart of trying impeachment just like he puts the house in chargf whether there is to be impeachment or not. In any normal child, you dont get a guarantee there will be any witnesses who will testify. Obviously if the home of these witnesses were that important they would present them in the house. In every trial, there is. If period were both sides get to make their pitch to the court about what the case is about. The accused actually gets a right to try and dismiss the case before it actually gets to the stage of a trial and witnesses. I think Speaker Pelosi knows the process that she is looking at is going to be a bifurcated process in the senate, where at first out of when she finally deigns to appoint them and theyre going to argue with the case is about. And if they decide they want to hear witnesses, they will be able to do that. Sandra i want to get into really important pieces of sound. Mike pence making the case that now is the time. Heres the Vice President. Speak of the time come for the senate to take action that is necessary come to take this matter up and acquit the president and move onto the important business facing the American People. Sandra and to Lindsey Graham, who says Nancy Pelosis dam is about to break. Here is the senator. If you want us to start the trial under the Current Senate rules, you must transmit the articles. If by the end of the week she has not transmitted the articles, i hope we will change the rules so we can start the trial without her. Sandra final thoughts, andy. What does that tell you about what comes next and all of this . Well, there is a push, obviously, sandra, to begin the impeachment even if they havent gotten the articles transmitted. I must say i am not in the same camp as Lindsey Graham on that. I think its on the house to transmit the articles of impeachment, and if she doesnt want to transmit them, every day she doesnt do that it shows how frivolous this is. If you had a real impeachable offense, they wouldnt be able to wait to get this stuff over to the senate. Sandra that leaves us at today. We will see what happens next with all of that. Andy mccarthy, thank you. I appreciate your time this morning. Bill ices the ante. The house expected to move forward in eliminating President Trump from taking more military action toward iran if it comes to that. How the president is reacting on that in a moment, plus senator rand paul from yesterday. Check this out. I wanted to hear the intelligence first. What i hear was less than satisfying. Our duty under the constitution is to debate when we go to war. We, for one, are not going to abdicate that duty. Sandra some fiery reaction from two Top Republicans as they slam an Administration Briefing on the decision to kill general soleimani. Congressman Michael Burgess joins us to talk about that, and todays house vote. Be next. Ag i felt gross. It was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. 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Well, it goes back to the early 1970s. It was a way to attempt to circumscribe the power of the president. Things that had happened in korea and vietnam, the Nixon Administration and congress was attempting to research some of his authority. I got into quarrel with it. And the rules committee we did review some of the principles in the war powers act. I think one of the things i cant obviously talk about what i heard in the briefing yesterday afternoon. What i heard in the Committee Last night from Committee Democrats was the issue that the authorization that the Administration Seeks to use is the iraq war resolution from 2002. I wasnt here when that resolution passed. Actually, there were three democrats in the room last night who were here without resolution passe passed. If we want to go back and argue, if its time to sunset the 2002 authorization for use of military force, okay. I think thats a reasonable argument to have. But you have a president who is making decisions based on what the safety and security of the United States of america, and other want to circumscribe that authority. We shouldnt talk about how we want to limit our president. We should be talking about how we are going to support the individual protecting our country. Sandra to go back to earlier point, congressman, this is nothing new. Weve seen so many times in the past that opposing partys on sitting president s over their war powers and try to limit those. Obama in 2011, clinton, 1993. The somalia mission. Bush 41 in 1990 with the gulf war, and reagan, his lebanon policy in 1983. So why does this have such an uncertain history . And why is it not more clearlydefined . Hmm, thats probably the question of the hour. Uncertain as the operative word here. What i should say in this situation is its perfectly legitimate for congress to have the argument over the war powers, but at the same time, under article two of the constitution, the president does have the authority to do what is necessary to protect the nation. He does need to come back and talk to the congress about what has happened and why, and if theres further authorization needed, congress can have that debate and have that vote. A lot of the anxiety ive certainly seen this not of this it administration but in the last in the station. A lot of the anxiety is the authorizations for use of military force were passed in 2001 and 2002. Most of us were not here when those authorizations were pass passed. They seem to continue in perpetuity. If that is a problem, then thats a problem that congress should fix. We shouldnt be quarreling with the president about that. That is our obligation to fix. I was upset when president obama went into libya. He did notify us. He kind of give a brief press conference while he was boarding a plane for brazil. I thought that was wrong, i thought it was handled inappropriately. There was never the requirement that congress put on the president to come back and explain himself. As a consequence, we have even continued unrest in that country because of the actions that were taken by the administration. I wasnt here in somalia, i wasnt here in kosovo. But its one of the most important inconsequential votes that a member of congress can make. The fact that we havent had a secondary authorization for years and years is perhaps of some concern. But this isnt even a real authorization, because what it says when you read the context of the joint resolution, it says the president may not continue the war in iran. There is no war in iran right now. Right . Unless i missed something in the headlines today. Sandra its taking place at a time where it can be described as a deescalating situation, that could change at any moment, obviously. Which makes it even more important. But when it comes but the president did deescalate. Look, for the 24 hours between tuesday night and wednesday night, i thought things looked pretty dire. I think the president handled it with just the right measure, and then spoke to the nation at just the right tone. Sandra put the decision to take it soleimani was the imminent nature of that. They did all that to be briefed on that. That happened yesterday. I want to get your take away from that briefing. First, to senator mike lee. Probably the worst briefing ive seen, at least on a military issue, in the nine years ive served in the United States senate. One of the messages we received from the briefdr s was, do not debate, do not df the appropriateness of further military intervention against iran. If you do, you will be emboldening iran. I find this insulting and demeaning. Sandra so, what was your take away from that briefing, congressman . Well, first off, senator lee and i had different briefings. They briefed the house and then they went over to brief the senate. So i cant speak to anything that senator lee heard in his briefing. Really, im obligated not to talk about what happened in our briefing. But i came away from that briefing completely confident that the actions taken by the administration in regards to general soleimani were absolutely appropriate and correct. You know what . I think back to the mid1990s, im just a regular guy, clinton apparently have the opportunity to take out mid dont like bin laden and we learned later he didnt. Look at the consequences we suffered because the administrative folder. We had an administration willing to take decisive action, minimize the consequences, but take the consequent as was required. You have to respect that. Sandra a big vote, we will watch all of that. Thank you for your time this morning. Bill another alert, or intriguing by the day. The mystery surrounding the crash of that passenger jet in tehran on the same night those missile strikes hit iraq. The Ukrainian Airlines plane went down in flames moments after take off, killing 176 people. Many of them, canadians. Iran has said it will not hand over the black boxes to boeing, and dan springer has more. A big develop meant today is that ukraine now says a missile strike or some act of terrorism are possibilities that must be looked into. Remember, initially those things will ruled out by the embassy in iran as officials their immediate he pointed to mechanical failure. The early statement was taken down in the country said it was too early to tell what happened. Now the president of ukraine laid flowers at a memorial at the kiev airport today. He said the investigation must be open and the information from the black boxes shared in accordance with international law. The plane crashed just 3 minutes after takeoff from the tehran airport, about four hours after iran fired missiles at air bases in iraq. Flight tracker data shows the plane ascended to about 8,000 feet at normal speed and then lost all contact. Witnesses say the plane was engulfed in flames as it plunged to the ground. There never was any communication between the pilots and the tower as the plane was going down, but officials in iran now say the pilots were attempting to turn around the plane and landed back at the airport. Iran is blaming engine fire and the western intelligence agencies also believe there was a technical malfunction that caused one engine to overheat. But many crash experts in the u. S. Are skeptical. The boeing 737 8s most popular jet in use with a good safety record. The wreckage showed the plane was in small pieces dont i pieces indicating it was breaking up in the air, as something catastrophic happened quickly. They got almost 8,000 feet, so it wasnt right after takeoff. The fact there was nothing coming from the cockpit probably meant it was destroyed upon impact with something, and the pilots were there to make any kind of comment. Canada is also expressing the desire to have a very open investigation. They lost a majority of the 176 passengers on board. Iran says it will not allow boeing to inspect those black boxes, and we will have to see if that changes in the coming days, bill. Bill thank you, dan springer on that in seattle. Thank you, sir. Sandra apparently six super bowl rings is not enough for tom brady. After losing a game, the quarterback suggesting he is not ready to retire just yet writing this on an instagram. In both life and football, failure is inevitable. You do not always win. You can, however, learn from that failure. Pick yourself up with great enthusiasm, and places of in the arena again. That is right where you will find, because i know i still have more to prove. This lit up social media. Bill it did. I think he lives in england, he goes to l. A. And place for the chargers. Sandra really . Bill thats the theory. Im going to go with them on this. On the trail, Michael Bloomberg going after President Trump on the strategy. Charles payne will gauge it coming up. But first, there is trump has brewster of the deterrent. We need to maintain deterrence. The lesson from ronald reagan, one strike, however bold and courageous it was and it was is not enough to deter them. Sandra next, why our guest is coming President Trumps decision to take out the top general reaganesque. [alarm beeping] {tires screeching} {truck honking} avo life doesnt give you many second chances. But a subaru can. dad you guys ok . You alright . Wow. avo eyesight with precollision braking. Standard on the subaru ascent. The threerow subaru ascent. Love. Its what makes a subaru a subaru. And let me tell you something, rodeo. 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Marc thiessen, fox news contributor. How are you doing . I redo chuckling. Im laughing, bill. Bill maybe politico has a point. There are a lot of shortcomings in this deal. I will give you four of them. It was going to expire in ten to 15 years, thats one. We did not secure any time, anywhere extractio inspections e Nuclear Program pay no estrogens on bozek muscle testing some of those started the other night. I set that up and give you a chance to return serve. I do see it . [laughs] you just listed all the reasons why trump was right to pull out of the iran deal. The idea that donald trump is channeling his inner obama when it comes to iran is one of the most farcical things ive ever heard. First, unlike obama, donald trump drew a red line and enforced it. He told iranians, if you kill a single american, we will hold you responsible for the actions of your proxies and come after you. And he did it. Second of all, that Iran Nuclear Deal, one of the worst parts about that deal is that barack obama, and giving iran 150 billion, directly subsidized soleimanis campaign of terror. Donald trump killed Qassem Soleimani. Big difference. Number three, the obama strategy was to appease iran. They said, if we sign this deal, iran would alter its maligned behavior. All of that money they sent over to iran was an accelerant of irans behavior. When donald trump came into office, he was on the march across the middle east and lebanon, syria, in iraq, in yemen. What donald trump did was cut off that deal, imposed crippling sanctions, and take away that accelerant. Then, by killing Qassem Soleimani, he restored deterrence. The Iranian Regime understands, before they doubted Donald Trumps resolve, now they understand that if they kill another american, if they cross that redline, he will make them pay. He will hold them responsible for the actions of their proxies. Bill here is your headline, trump wins an standoff with iran. He understood what his critics did not, that the Iranian Regimes number one priority is the preservation of the regime. Thats the point youre making. He understood that bullies, they only win when you have from them. When you punch a bully in the nose, he backs down. Thats what the iranian state. Theyve been escalating for months. They attacked norwegian and japanese oil tankers. They shut down an unmanned u. S. Drone. They attacked the saudi oil facilities. In all of those cases, donald trump restrained himself. He responded with a cyber attack, he put on sanctions, but he didnt hit them back. When they crossed his red line, he killed soleimani. You look at the iranian response the other day, they literally carried out an attack that was intended not to kill any americans. We had 80,000 troops in the middle east. They could have attacked our bases and United Arab Emirates in saudi arabia, other places where they were tens of thousands of american troops. Instead, they fired at a base in iraq that was sparsely populated, they warned the iraqis beforehand. A warning they knew would get back to us, so we saw it coming. They planned the attack in a way that no americans would be killed. What they wanted was the pictures of missiles, but they didnt want to kill any americans because they knew donald trump would take it to them. Bill i apologize for the interruption, im out of time. Thank you for your time. 5,000 troops in iraq alone, your right to point that out. Marc thiessen, thank you for your time and analysis there in washington. Sandra fotis dulos could be arranged though mike remained in the disappearance of his estranged wife, jennifer. We have a live report from connecticut. Our Retirement Plan with voya gives us confidence. So we can spend a bit today, knowing were prepared for tomorrow. 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When the iranians fired those missiles, they were intending to kill americans. They struck bases my wife and i visited just this last thanksgiving. Thanks to our preparedness, thanks to these measures that were taken, thankfully no american lives were lost. Bill we have all angles covered now. Mike emanuel live on capitol hill, but we begin with Lucas Tomlinson at the pentagon. Another day there. Lucas, good morning. Good morning, bill. We now know more about those measures the Vice President mention. U. S. Militarys top officers telling reporters here at the pentagon and Early Warning system tipped off American Forces, sending them to shelters, saving lives. But general mark milley warned, make no mistake, irans goal was to avenge Qassem Soleimanis death and kill american troops. I believe based on what i saw and what i know is that they were intending to cause structural damage, destroy vehicles and equipment and aircraft, and to kill personnel. President trump downplayed the impact of the Iranian Missile strike in his address to the nation. We suffered no casualties. All of our soldiers are safe, and only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases. Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned, and a very good thing for the world. Until general milley spoke yesterday, pentagon officials have privately said iran wanted to avoid killing americans, a message echoed in tehran today from iranian commanders. Officials say they did not attempt to shoot down any of irans missiles because they did not have antimissile Defense Systems in place. An expert explains why. Its aidemand scarce asset. Theres a lot of different targets within the middle east being protected, and we just dont have enough patriots to go around to blanket the desert and protect everything. As a Vice President mention, it would be much different story if americans have been killed, and Missile Defense would be much bigger issue today. Bill Lucas Tomlinson, back with you throughout the day at the pentagon. Congress needs to do what Congress Needs to do. Part of the frustration that i have had is that congress is an equal branch of government, a coequal branch of government, and theyve never been treated that way. Its way past time. After 19 years of war, thousands of americans have died over the last two decades. Tens of thousands have been wounded. We spent over 4 trillion executing these wars. Its time that we have a National Conversation but whats in our national interest. Congress needs to leave that discussion. Sandra House Democrats gearing up for todays vote on the resolution limiting the president s war powers against iran. Chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill on that for us this morning. Hey, mike. Sandra, bill, good morning to you. Its a nonbinding vote on this resolution that is expected to be on the house floor today. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced there would be a vote, noting the Trump Administration conducted what she called a provocative and disproportionate military air strike, targeting high level Iran Military officials. And plus he adds, the Trump Administration took this actiont consulting congress. Democrats argue that it endangered u. S. Troops, diplomats, and others by risking a serious escalation of tensions with iran. The resolution reads, congress has not authorized the president to use military force against iran. Congress hereby directs the president to terminate the use of United States armed forces to engage in hostilities in or against iran or any part of its government or military. Here is part of the pitch for it, as the House Rules Committee prepares the measure for the floor. This is no time for us to sit on the sidelines. Congress shouldnt be an afterthought. The constitution is crystal clear. The president may be commander in chief, but only congress has the power to declare war. We are the voice for the troops being deployed. But a senior House Republican says the commander in chief was doing his job. The president very clearly has the Legal Authority under article two of the constitution to use defensive military force in response to immediate threats to american personnel, even in the absence of congressional approval. President trump tweeting today, i hope all House Republicans will vote against crazy Nancy Pelosis war powers resolution. Also getting the impeachment hoax voted on and done. Just another democrat fraud. President to harassment the measure is nonbinding, but members of the house will go on the record on the use of force against iran today. Sandra mike emanuel, thanks. Bill thank you. Senate majority leader , hes talking about the impeachment articles. No movement from nancy pelosi yet, but there might be this hour, she will talk is expected, 30 to 45 minutes from now. Bringing the ateam, welcome back. Leslie marshall, progressive or your talk show host, fox news contributor. Mcshane, anchor of after the bell. Nice to see you all. Happy new year. A lot of different angles we can dissect here. I think it significant what mike emanuel describes. This war powers resolution is nonbinding. However, there will in all likelihood be a vote later this afternoon we will likely have the votes to pass. That being said, big diplomatic test for the president this past week. How did he do . I think we could say he has been successful in the primary goal, to deter iran from achieving a nuclear weapon. This maximum Pressure Campaign is obviously working. The fact that i agree with your previous guest who said that he very much wanted to draw a line in the sand about killing u. S. Personnel, and he responded and iran backed off. However, i will say this is really important that he brings in the diplomatic community, that is a weakness so far that weve seen. I would say thats the one mark against the president. He needs to shore up support to make sure our allies are also applying maximum diplomatic and economic pressure to make sure we continue to push iran away from Nuclear Weapons. I would take the so far, so good argument. A lot of what we do it fox business is seen through the prism of the Financial Market reaction. At the other night when the operations from the iranian started, you saw how quickly markets not only stocks, but the price of oil reacted, shooting at 5 . Just as quickly when he found out there no casualties, when the president came out the next day that in his view iran was sitting down. The price backs off. Sandra brandnew eyes this morning. Exactly. That feeds into that so far, so good argument, not knowing with the next steps will be. Bill leslie, what have you jump in . Depends who you ask, obviously preleft to right , stopping iran, we went from p5 years to less than five with this action. The iranian experts i have focused, i spoke to said this is not over. Many of us are breathing a sigh of relief and saying, theres no world war ii world war iii, excuse me. That was a hoax. We are very fearful and should be of terrorist attacks, cyber attacks. Bill we could be of the very beginning of the next chapter in the story. Standby, Mitch Mcconnell. Th the American People won. 77 told a harvard survey that the basic outline of the clinton trial, reserving the windows question until later in the proceedings, ought to be good enough for this president , as well. Fair is fair. In the same survey, 58 of americans said they want Speaker Pelosi to do her job and send the articles to the Senate Rather than continue delaying it. And it makes sense, madam president , that American Families have lost patience with this act just like we senators have lost patience with it. Because this is not just some intramural tiff between two houses in a bicameral legislator. This recklessness affects our entire country. When you take a step back, what has really happened over the last three weeks . What has happened . When you take a step back from the political noise and the pundits discussing leverage by the way, that never existed dash what have House Democrats actually done . This, madam president , is what they have done. They have initiated one of the most grave and most unsettling processes in our constitution, and then refused to allow a resolution of it. Now she is unilaterally saying you cannot move forward to resolution. Its bad enough that House Democrats given to the temptation of subjective impeachment that every previous house, for 230 years, had managed to resist. However unwise, that is their constitutional prerogative. They get to start it if they choose. They do not get to declare it can never be finished. They do not get to trap our entire country into an unending groundhog day of impeachment without resolution. Alexander hamilton specifically warned against a procrastinated resolution of impeachments. In part, that is because our duly elected president deserves a verdict, just like every american who is accused by their government deserves a speedy trial. Look, this goes deeper than fairness to an individual. This is about what is fair to the entire country. There is a reason why the framers did not contemplate a permanently unsettled presiden presidency. That is true under any circumstances, but consider especially the circumstances of recent days. Even as the democrats have prolonged this game, we have seen iran escalate tensions with our nation. We live in a dangerous world. I was majority can create this temporary cloud over commander in chief they choose it if they choose. But they do not get to keep it in place forever. Look, there is real business for the American People that the United States senate needs to complete. If the speaker refused to take her own accusations to trial, the senate will move forward next week with the business of our people. We will operate on the assumption that House Democrats are too embarrassed, too embarrassed, to ever move forward. And we will get back to the peoples business. For example, the Senate Continues to process President Trumps landmark trade deal, the usmca, three are committees of jurisdiction. It passed the Senate Finance committee this week by a landslide vote of 253, a major victory for the president and for working families. Now our other committees will continue their consideration. There is more. The epidemic of opioids, functional, and others continues to plague our nation. Some colleagues have said they will raise provisions on more powers. The senate has plenty of serious work to do for our country. While the speaker continues her irresponsible games, we will continue doing the peoples business. Bill Mitch Mcconnell on the floor, we will see where this goes. We will hear for nancy pelosi, standby for more on that. Sandra some democrats now breaking with nancy pelosi saying that if its urgent, send over those articles to the senate and lets get going. Bill its all about political timing now. Dont you lose some of your leverage, to the point of Dianne Feinstein and other democrats, if you dont send over the article sooner . The only way to see this im not sure why Speaker Pelosi has delayed as much as she has but the only way to see this is through the prism of the 2020 president ial election now. You still have five democrats from the Senate Running for president. Is there really a good time for them to send up these articles now . The 8th of january, the iowa caucus, the 3rd of february, a week and a day later. March 3rd, super tuesday. So if youre looking out from there and saying, heres the time we should do this, it makes the most political sense, there really is no good time. Sooner rather than later would seem to make sense. Sandra i want to quit Mitch Mcconnell just now, they may keep the cloud over the president if they choose, but they do not get to keep the cloud forever. What is Nancy Pelosis next move . s because she has set all along and i believe she will do as she said come as she has throughout her career that she will send them over once it set. This is a game of who will blink first and chicken at this point. Which is unfair, quite frankly, to the American People on both sides. Leader mcconnell has the votes to set the rules. When you set the rules, the American People arent stupid. Theyre watching him today, what theyre saying paid some of them are going, set the rules and send them over. Thats what needs to happen. The fact that there are more democrats coming out and saying, lets do this already, does show theres a concern about the timing because so many of those nominees for president. Bill you will probably get movement in the next 48 hours. To that point, chris coons, democrats in delaware, concerned about it, time to get with it. Senator feinstein, the more it goes on, the less urgent it becomes. If its serious and urgent, send it over. If it isnt, dont send them over. I think you will hear a lot of that. The interesting part about all of this is plus the engine work in concert uses is more of an exercise to frame up and take away the republican talking points that this was the sham impeachment. Set up their messaging and their campaign ads for the 2020 races, that this is an unfair trial. That we should have had more witnesses available, those types of things. I think the longer this goes, the more the narrative turns. Especially as mcconnell continues to make light and make fun of the fact that pelosi, in his mind, doesnt have any leverage on this. If hes not blinking, shes losing the messaging battle. This whole idea of a cloud over the president is interesting to talk about. I know if its true or not, but from the democrat political perspective, the best tool they have in their arsenal. The economic win, no matter what you think of his policies, the Financial Times has a plot this morning. For the first and the majority, 51 , see the president s policies are helpful for the country. There either strongly or somewhat helpful on the economy. Sandra Mitch Mcconnell just said on the floor, if the houses and send over articles by next become of the senate will move next week to get on with other issues. To that point, leslie. To that point, people get angry with me that this is not political. Because if it was, this is not necessarily win. I wouldnt do it it was purely politics. But speaking to politics, speaking about the voters, the voters dont care left or right about this issue when they go to vote. When you talk about a cloud, its not a win for republicans were a win for democrats. Issues like health care. If you look at states like arizona, where you have bite and then come headtohead, and arizona is a pretty red state, i would expect a far larger margin but the president should have over every nominee. I was not a political process if the outcome is nothing but a foregone conclusion . There is no one that expects the president to be convicted in the senate. Moving forward, if its not political, you move forward with something a trial you essentially know you are going to lose. Thats why i think schumer has set this up to put the 2020 the vulnerable republican senators on the record on some things and set up his campaign attacks against them. It is a foregone conclusion. Any glimmer of hope went by when murkowski and collins lined up with mcconnell last week saying they wouldnt even challenge the witness process, and the fact they were Going Forward with the clinton impeachment precedent. I really do think this is more about politics, more about 2020 senate control. The democrats cannot do anything until they regain control. Sandra are you worried about cracks in the dam, Lindsey Grahams point . Im not worried about cracks in the dam. The reason i say its not political, if you look at the more than two dozen democrats over 30 democrats are in red trump districts. Districts have voted for trump that support the president. 22 of those are freshmen. Those freshmen voted, those more than 30, voted to impeach the president at their own political peril in their districts. If this was purely political, they would have already cracked. Sandra you got in the final point there, leslie. Thank you. Much more on tensions with iran coming up in just moments. Our headliner, senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman james rush will be our guest. He will weigh in on all of that straight away bill Jennifer Dubose expected to be released the latest on the fotis dulos investigation as it unfoll time this week. We are relieved, optimistic, looking forward to getting the discovery, and we very much want to try this case. Mr. Dulos wants to clear his name. So every veteran can save 2000 a year. 0a[on4hx40y zx2x our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition. For strength and energy whoohoo greattasting ensure. With nine grams of protein and twentyseven vitamins and minerals. Ensure, for strength and energy. Sandra fox news alert now in the case of connecticut mother of five jennifer dulos. Missing and presumed dead for months now. Her estranged husband, fotis dulos, expected to be released on the 6 million bond today after he, his exgirlfriend, and his former lawyer were arraigned on criminal charges in connection with jennifers murder. Laura ingle has been following this for us from the beginning. Shes live from the grouse in stamford, connecticut. What to be expect to see from all of this today . Good morning, sandra and bill. After the arraignment yesterday of fotis dulos, his exgirlfriend, and former attorney, there was word here at the courthouse that all three could make their bond and walk out of here. It didnt happen, so we are back here again today. Lawyers said yesterday there were problems with paperwork that couldnt be resolved in time, so the three went back to correctional facilities and spent another nigh night in loc. Lawyers for dulos, his exgirlfriend michelle troconis, and dulos former civil attorney, tried for a bond reduction, only troconis had her amount lowered from 2 million to 1. 5 million. The lawyers remained the same, and dulos bond remains at a large 6 million due to the gravity of the new charges. Dulos, arrested for the murder, felony murder, and connecting, kidnapping of his estranged wife, jennifer dulos, who has been seen since he dropped off their children at school on ma may 24th. Arrested for despite learning of the new and seemingly devastating evidence in the case, including dulos dna and fingerprints on some of the items were covered with jennifers blood on them, his attorney said yesterday that he is actually relieved. If there doesnt appear to be a crime scene weapon. There doesnt appear to be any admissions or statements. There is nobody. What we have is a suspicious disappearance and an entirely circumstantial case. If released on bond today, all three will be fitted with gps tracking devices and will be under house arrest until they go to trial. Sandra . Sandra we are learning a lot more about the evidence thats been recovered in the dont like this case. What are police revealing about that . Weve been finding out a lot. We are talking about these very large arrest warrants released on tuesday for all three. Investigators have been working on all this time, they havent made that public. We are finally getting a look at what they believe happened to jennifer dulos. Police say they recovered 22 items, including zip ties with jennifers dna. Some of those items had blood, and they believe all of them were discarded by dulos and troconis the night the mother of five vanished in hartford, connecticut. Investigators revealed they found bloodlike stains for us on ponchos, plastic garbage bags, paper towels, and jennifers range rover. Those tested for either her dna were the dna of troconis and dulos. According to previous warrants, Police Believe fotis dulos was lying in wait in the garage the morning she vanished. We also learned tuesday that fotis dulos dna was found on the doorknob inside her home, a home he was never allowed to be inside. The medical examiner calling her death a homicide of violence, which likely, he said, included Blunt Force Injuries such as bludgeoning or beating, along with injuries such as stabbing or slashing. I sat down with fotis on december 20th, inside his home, where he was just arrested tuesday, and asked him point blank if he was involved. Did you have anything to do with jennifers disappearance . Again, i will refer to the gag order. So i cannot answer that. Can you tell us what you think she might be . The same answer. Bonding out or not, fotis dulos will have his next Court Appearance on february 28th. Sandra . Sandra one more thing we are learning, additional property that fotis dulos had paid something about a grave that was found . This is a property, we had never had this before, sandra. This is a property that there was a connection with the civil attorney. We mentioned he was arraigned yesterday, charged with conspiracy. Here is the story behind that. Police say that two men who are members of a gun club, that the lawyer once belonged to, and as asked for access to in the weeks before jennifers disappearance, found an empty grave on the wooded grounds that had blue tarp and two unopened bags of lime in the hole. They said somebody had filled that hole and made it need as a pen. They used canines and never found in human remains. As the search where body continues, sandra. Speed learning more about all of that. Laura ingle, thank you. Bill on the hill now theres a battle over the president s war powers. Speaker pelosi moving to try and handcuff the commander in chief, to prevent further action militarily against iran. She will speak in a matter of minutes. We will cover that for you, coming up shortly from capitol hill. Sandra plus, lawmakers wreckage of the intelligence briefing as President Trump moves to reduce tensions with iran and following that missile strike in iraq. Senator james risch is our headliner. 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Headache and sore throat may occur. Could you be living a bigger life . Ask an asthma specialist about fasenra. I can assure your viewers that there was a front of an imminent attack. It was after those air strikes the president ordered on those five militia bases that we received word that soleimani was traveling the region to make preparations for a larger attack on American Forces. The bill there was the Vice President , mike pence, making a case of it earlier today. Chuck schumer is now making the case of impeachment. We heard from Mitch Mcconnell a moment ago. There could be action on this today. We will not know until nancy pelosi speaks, thats about 12 minutes away. State and for all of that. In the meantime, idaho republican senator james risch, chairman of the Foreign Relations committee, hes our headliner from the hill. Good morning to you, welcome back to our program here. Think you for having me. Bill you bet, happy new year to you. A disagreement over democrats and some republicans about what they are yesterday. What did you hear bond close doors about the threat that soleimani post . Well, look this is democracy, and debate is very healthy. I have to start with a little bit of a disclaimer im also on the Intelligence Committee and spent almost a dozen years they. My understanding of this background, first of all, was a little deeper than what is generally out there right now. Secondly, it has a history of about 12 years. Look, that briefing that they had yesterday was done by five of the best people the administration has. It was good, it was in depth, it clear. I fully understand theres a partisan divide on this. They disagree, but for different reasons. We will get through this. Its been going on since George Washington was present. This is democracy. Bill in a word, were you convinced of what they said yesterday . Yes or no . Absolutely. I was convinced of it long before we have a briefing yesterday. As i said, the day before that i had spent most of the day sitting through Intelligence Briefings by a number of them. Bill here is your colleague, mike lee from utah. He disagree strongly with your assessment. Probably the worst briefing ive seen, at least on a military issue, in the nine years ive served in the United States senate. It is not acceptable for officials within the executive branch of government. I dont care whether they are with the cia, the department of defense, or otherwise. To come in and tell us that we cant debate and discuss the appropriateness of military intervention against iran. Its unamerican. Its unconstitutional, and its wrong. Bill worst briefing in nine years. What you make of that . Mike is a dear, dear friend. He is a really bright guy, and as you can see from that, he has strong feelings about when the law allows the president to use military force. The president has three things available to him. His got his inherent article to, constitutional authorities. He has the war powers act, and he has the 2002 declaration of the use of power in iraq, which at this specifically covered. Mike feels strongly that the point at which the president can use power should be handled the family prayed specifically, mike was frustrated i sat there and watch him argue with these people dash he wanted them to give it definition of when we were at war and when were going to war. They brought the lawyers and everything else. I set for lots of hours of debate on this. It isnt a bright line prayed and forcibly, its a gray line in todays world. Unlike what it was when the constitution was written. This is a robust debate. We should approach it in good faith and do our best to resolve this. Sandra the American People sure hope thats the case, senator. What can you tell us about the current threat iran poses today . The threat really hasnt changed that much. One of the things that has been lost in the National Reporting on this is all the criticism thats been given to the president. He doesnt have a neuron strategy, he doesnt know where hes going, hes shooting from the hip. We need to do is take that speech he gave yesterday morning. That wasnt an off the hip speech. It was a text to speech. He was giving it off a text. That is the policy, and said suddenness rations policy, on iran. It was the policy before the events of this week, it was the policy during this week, and it is the policy Going Forward. I guarantee you and around they are taking it sentence by sentence, pulling away the punctuations and looking at it. And the American People. Especially my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, and especially the National Media ought to do the same thing, which was a clear, clear expression of this administrations policy on iran. Sandra senator, can you tell us more . Weve heard military generals on the president give so much credit to the intel that was given to the United States, the heads up to get our american troops out of harms way before that strike actually hit those bases. What was that, and what did you learn about that . Yeah, a lot. But unfortunately that stuff is classified and i cant talk about it here. There is tremendous amounts of intelligence that go back and forth. A lot of communications that go back and forth between countries, that, im sorry, we cant unpack here. Its important stuff. Bill it seems as if you are saying one thing and people like mike lee and rand paul are saying another. If i hear the distinction clearly, what mike lee is arguing is whether or not the president has the authority to take military action. Correct. Bill i think with the reporters are curious about learning yesterday is whether or not people like you are convinced that soleimani was a clear and imminent threat to americans serving in iraq or other places in the middle east. I understand the distinction correctly . If thats the case, was soleimani on the verge of killing americans in iraq or elsewhere . In answer to that last question, the answer is yes. Clearly, yes. Emphatically yes. The question of what the difference is on the use of military force, i think its quite a bit more sophisticated than what you laid out. I dont mean that derogatorily. Its just a difficult and complex question. I think that the . Lee is arguing is, at what point in the president do it . Thats, again, and over supplication, but its a complex question paid one that deserves to be. Sandra are we in a time of deescalation right now . How long is that last . I really hope so. Youve heard the debate over whether they intentionally put their rockets in a place were no americans would be hurt or killed. Look, they knew what the red line was. This had been escalating for the last year. The president said a red line that, if you kill someone, we will do something. They did, he did. What he did was not proportional, it was substantially more than proportional, and done intentionally to restore deterrence against iran because theyve been pushing the envelope. Theyve been escalating. He did what he did. Look, we are in a spot right now where there is a debate as to whether or not the intention was to hurt or kill somebody or whether they didnt. I hope they did not. I knew what was coming next, once those rockets for lunch. I was praying. Have they taken american lives in that attack, wed be in a very different place than we are right now, and evan help us all. Bill senator, thank you for your time. We must begin. Sandra fox news alert now from capitol hill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi about to step up to the microphone and speak with reporters there. We are going to bring that to live when she begins, and with the full house preparing to vote on a nonbinding war powers resolution, we will get reaction this morning from senator marco rubio. He will be our guest at the top of the hour. Bill also Michael Bloomberg sing his plan is to go after him on the economy. As of the right move . The moneyman Charles Payne has an answer, too. Check out the sneaks i like it. Nice to see you. I have huge money saving news for veterans. Mortgage rates just dropped to near 50year lows. One call to newday usa can save you 2,000 every year. }du thlook at all this ink no more bit comes with. Es. Big ink tanks. Lots of ink. No more cartridges. Incredible amount of ink. The epson ecotank. Just fill and chill. Bill 2020 democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg laying out his agenda for his campaign, saying the best line of attack against the president is to challenge him on the economy. What about that, Charles Payne . Hello sir. There used to be this Old Commercial called snausages. This weird meat thing. Every time the dog would say, snausages . What the hell is this, are you serious . Snausages . Jobs gone through the roof, weve got a job claim today. Down again. 50 are low on that. Tomorrow we will find out that more women are working than men in this country. Really . I mean, snausages connect this is what you want to challenge him on . s vat can make a point that hes a selfmade billionaire who has built multiple successful countries from the ground up. He can. When bloomberg left office, the coefficient was 547. Fourth worst. There was a bill to have he thought that was misguided. Almost shelters, when he came into office, less than 30,000 People Living in them. More than 50,000 when he left office. 400,000 People Living with routes. Lead poisoning paid by the way, he stopped checking the lead poisoning. He did say one thing i thought was pretty good trait he wants his vp to be in charge of education. You know why this is good . When he left office, thirdeighth graders math proficiency, which proficiency was 26 in new york. If hes president , i hope there is someone different in charge of that. Bill heres his quote, i will work on building an economy where all americans, not just people like me, can share in our prosperity. Where in the midst of one of the most amazing shared prosperity explosions in a long time. Im talking decades. People are doing so much better. At the lower economic runs. I think its a mistake for anyone to say they can mess that up. Its an old democrat talking point. Its all political talking point. If the democrat was in office, the republican would say the same thing. The facts suggest we are really in an amazing economy, lower economic run, so much better than it has a long time. Speed weekend and a segment with you today without pointing out that the dow and the stock market is on fire. Alltime highs. Again, no approaching 29,000. We will see what happens with the jobs report tomorrow. We got a groups of it yesterday. The official government number is as good as that. It really means again, our economy is reigniting. Even though weve got an expansion, there are signs its reigniting, which is amazing. Speed Charles Payne, thank you. The question of the day, bill hemmer. Prince harry and Meghan Markle shocking the world after announcing plans to set back from their royal duties. Why . Is that net carbs or total . Eh, not enough fiber chocolate would be good snacking should be sweet and simple. The delicious taste of glucerna gives you the sweetness you crave while helping you manage your blood sugar. Glucerna. 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Yes. Yes you do. A kohler walkin bath provides independence with peace of mind. Sandra the royals shocking rose from big announcement of the duke and duchess of sussex. Prince harry and Meghan Markle planning to step back at senior members of the royal family and work toward becoming financially independent. Splitting their time between north america and the united kingdom. Carley shimkus here with us. On the say shock the world, et cetera. I think its a big deal they have answered some questions. After they made this announcement, they launched a website where they say they want to be members of the royal family with financial independence. Thats a phrase theyre using. So they will no longer take money from the sovereign grant, the money taxpayers give the queen every single year. They want to continue living in from more cottage. They will pay for their own travel. They wont pay for their security, because the metropolitan police has classified them as internationally protected people. Bill is it true they didnt tell the queen before they went forth with this information . That is the widely reported story, that the queen was totally caught off guard by this. And she is going to have a meeting with Prince Charles later in the day, and they will try to hash this out. I cannot believe they would do this without telling the queen first. That is the biggest shock to me. Sandra let me make my point here. Having gone and reported on the Royal Wedding of harry and meghan come of country and brace them. They filled the streets. They were signed up there were signs up in front of every house, welcome meghan. The really embraced her into the royal family. What changed . Thats why this is getting so much criticism today. A lot of people do you feel they welcomed her with open arms. She was given this huge honor of becoming a member of the royal family. A lot of people feel like she is ripping harry apart from that. Whether or not thats true, thats personal for them, their family, and their relationship. But what changed was the media. She said she tried to become remember, try to fit in, and it didnt work. Harry has a lot of history of being at odds with the media and all the attention. So now they want to try and take a backseat. The only problem is, youre a member of the royal family even if you try and distance yourself from that. Bill fair point. I dont think this will end the Media Attention on them at all. Bill we can agree theres a back story we dont know yet. Its kind of sad. I think it said. We will see what happens. They could still stick with it and scrap this whole plan, who knows . Bill we will see them in manhattan when they ar arrive. Marco rubio straight ahead. We will have him and more, coming up top of the hour. Ncing a strong economy. That is certain. But history tells us that economies dont live in a vacuum. 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And try align gummies, with prebiotics and probiotics to help support digestive health. Bill fox news alert from washington, nancy pelosi heading a News Conference out of the s house vote. Growing pressure from within her own party on the articles of impeachment. We will take you to capitol hill as she starts now. We have a responsibility to consult with congress. We hold it close. Whoever close means. As you see, there has been criticism from the republicans about the briefing put forth by the administration on this subject. Some of asked, do you agree that the worst intelligence classified Briefing Congress has received from his administration . Some of you have heard me say, there is stiff competition for that designation of worst. Here we are, to protect american lives and values. We are passing today a war powers resolution to limit the president military actions. The Administration Must deescalate and must protect prevent further violence for america and the world cannot afford war. Some of you have heard me say that in december i took a bipartisan delegation, the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. It was so remarkable to meet our vips, are veterans who served the battle of the bulge. Some of them also at normandy. Imagine the courage. Teenagers, most of them, at the time. The compelling message from the veteran who spoke for them, along with the king of belgium and the archduke of luxembourg and the president of germany, veteran who spoke, he spoke about the band of brothers, about allies working together, multilateralism. He spoke about the challenges they faced in those winters. Reminding me, really, of Washington Crossing the delaware. Because it was in december and it was snowing, and they were not as prepared for snow, and camouflage from snow, as they needed to be. Just seeing their patriotism, their courage, those young people, this veteran coming to speak for them. 90 some years old. At the end of his remarks, he said, i just want one message. I dont know if its appropriate to say, but i will. Pray for peace. Pray for peace. Thats what we all do. Protecting the American People is our first responsibility. Protect and defend. Those we take. Not only of our constitution, but of the American People. Pray for peace. Thats what we must do. What happened a few of many of us is not promoting peace, but an escalation. Not that we have any confidence of the good intentions of iran, and we certainly did not respect by, for my intelligence background, know just how bad soleimani was. Its not because we expect good things from them. But we expect great things from us. In terms of impeachment, you all keep asking me the same question, and i keep giving you the same answer. As i said right from the start, we need to see that the arena in which we are sending our managers. Is that too much to ask . In october we put forward the resolution which talked about the terms under which we would proceed, to further proceed with the investigation so that people knew what the battlefield would look like. We expect to see that here. I hear different things. I hear that they might want to youve probably heard one way or another some of them have suggested they might want to dismiss. Dismiss equals cover up. Dismiss equals admission that the truth, the witnesses, and the augmentation. We want to proceed as with the clinton process, that there would have been a bipartisan resolution determining how to proceed. Contrary to what the majority leader said, he said this is like the clintons. No, its not at all. I said to our members yesterday, i sent them six of the points in which it is different. Nonetheless, at some point we would hope that we would see from them what they do in terms with the terms of engagement will be. We are ready, we are proud of our defense of the constitution of the United States. We are concerned that the senators will not be able to live up to the oath that they must take to have an impartial trial. So much for that. At the same time that this is all going on, its important to note that there are still many other things of concern to the American People. One is the assault on the Affordable Care act that this administration is engaged in. In the courts, in the congress. And we are fighting them in the courts, the congress, and the country. Right now they are in the court instead of defending the law of the land, as is the responsibility of the justice department. This administration is fighting the law of the land. That means benefit for preexisting conditions, no lifetime limits or annual limi limits, child stain, being a woman no longer being a preexisting condition. The list goes on and on that they want to pare down. With all of the other, shall we say, distractions going on, which are a collateral benefit to the administration because its a distraction as they are masterful at, of whats going on. In addition to that, the statement from the administration that they are no longer going to enforce the National Environmental protection act. This mean pluralism over this means more polluters x of the water our children their denial of climate, they are going to not use the climate issue has anything to do with environmental decisionmaking. The public should know this. Denial, denial about the Climate Crisis in the midst of fires in australia. Have them in our own country. I will close by just talking about how proud we are of the work our members have done for the people. We have moved to Lower Health Care costs by lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Hr three, wildly popular in the country. Past the house before he left. We also are proud to pass the mexicou. S. The u. S. Mexicocanada trade agreement, which is sitting over in the senate. Its sitting over there with me before hundred bills we sent over. More than 275 of them are bipartisan legislation. One of them, we observed yesterday, the ninth anniversary of the assault on Gabby Giffords life. A bullet. Thoughts of the highest priority. If they pass this bill, it would save lives. To have sensible background legislation. We are proud of our legislative agenda, to Lower Health Care costs, keep the American People safe, build bigger paychecks by building infrastructure. This coming week, in the next period of time, our chairman, chairman defazio will be putting forth our most Current Initiative on i say climate because you cant do infrastructure without having a recognition of resilience and green technologies. Thats where we are there. Today we again send sad condolences to the person who lost his or her life in puerto rico. Others whose homes were damaged. We call upon the white house to stop its unlawful withholding of funds from puerto rico. There are needs that need to be met. There has been a disaster designated, but the ongoing withholding of funds appropriated by congress to puerto rico is illegal, and we call upon the administration to cease and desist that illegal activity. What else do we have here . Maybe we will just take some questions from all of you. Reporter you say you need to know what the arena looks like in the senate. How long are you prepared to hold onto the articles of impeachment if you dont get the answers youre looking for . Well, its interesting to listen to what they say. Because the other day you probably heard the leader say, im glad to show you what it is when im ready. But we dont know when hes going to be glad to be ready to show it to us. So there is something that they will have. And then he says, well, we will pass it once we get the articles. In the past few weeks since weve had this, shall we say come in past because they will reveal the terms of engagement many things have been accomplished that are collateral benefit to the discussion. They relate to on december 20th, new emails showed that 91 minutes after trumps phone call with the ukrainian president , a top omb aide asked d. O. T. To hold off on sending military aid to the ukraine. Directly related to the call. On the 729, it was reported public revelations about mulvaneys role, the effort of lawyers at omb doj, and the alarm the delay caused within the administration. Everyone was not in agreement. Emails expose serious concerns by Administration Officials about the legality of the president s hold on the aide. The legality of the president s hold on the aide to ukraine. Just this week, bolton announced that he would comply with a subpoena compellings testimony, his lawyers have stated he has new relevant information. Our investigation and our articles necessitate a fair trial with documents and witnesses. They dont want documents, the documentation. They dont want witnesses. They may want a dismissal, which is proof that they cannot, cannot clear the president of the wrongdoing that he has put forth. Reporter are you holding on to the articles definitely . No, im not holding them a definitely. I will send it over when im ready. That will probably be soon. He said, if you dont send them over, im going to pass the u. S. Mexicocanada trade agreement. Okay. We want to see what they are willing to do. And the manner in which they will do it. But we will not let them say, this is just like clinton, fair is fair. Its not. Documentation, witnesses, facts, truth. Thats what theyre afraid of. Reporter the democrats call the danger to democracy. House democrats, calling oh, i thought you meant Mitch Mcconnell, okay. [laughter] reporter [indistinct] no, i think we should move smartly and strategically. Reporter good morning. On iran, this is not a joint resolution. A concurrent resolution, yes. Reporter theres been some criticism from both sides that this should be binding. I know there are some parliamentary questions about it being privileged over there. But why not make this with real teeth, to make this like an aumf . This is with real teeth. If you are familiar with the war powers act and i will get you the text the war powers text enables two approaches to go forward. One is a concurrent resolution, and it gives the procedure for that, which we will be following today. And it gives a password concurrent for an h con resolution. We are taking this path because it does not require a statement a signature of the president of the United States. This is a statement of the congress of the United States, and i will not have that statement be diminished by whether the president will veto it or not. Reporter madame speaker, many of your members have raised serious concerns about the timing of the strike against soleimani, the administrations justification. Youve been briefed. Do you think the administration misled the American People about an imminent attack . I think it is very unfortunate that right now because i was briefed in the gang of eight and i was briefed in the dash what did he call it . Demeaning classified briefing, that the republican sinners had ever heard, yesterday what is in the public domain, its difficult to address some of what they contended. However, i will say this, because i was informed by what i mentioned earlier. I think i did, anyway. That when i was briefed by the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs over the weekend, taking responsibility for the killing, it was disdainful in terms of not consulting with congress. Dismissive. We held it closely. So if you want us to all join together, let us have a strategy that we Work Together on. I do not believe, in terms of what is in the public domain, that they have made the country safer by what they did. And that is what our responsibility is. We will have more discussion of this on the floor today at some length. Again, i go back to the battle of the bulge. Pray for peace. We must avoid war. The cavalier attitude of this administration. Its stunning. The president says, ill inform you by reading my tweets. No, thats not the relationship our founders had in mind in the constitution of the United States, when they give power to the white house to do one thing in terms of our National Security, and to the congress, to declare war and allocate resources. This is does your question is an important one. Again, we will have two hours of debate. Two hours on the bill today to put forth some of the factual basis of the concern we have. Let me just say this you hear the administration say, well, we were justified because the office of Legal Counsel said. The office of Legal Counsel as a tool of the president of the United States. The two that is. So whatever the president wants to be declared legal, his office of Legal Counsel declares it so. So its misleading to the public as to what the war powers act, article two that gives the president certain powers, article one that gives the house, congress, certain powers, are. Its a very big issue now because its nothing left preventing war. Our first responsibility is to protect the American People. Reporter the brief phrase yesterday akin to the senate, several people came out and said that they told them putting out information, debating the war powers act, would empower iran. They are debating more powers around iran. What would you say to the Trump Administration if they are telling you that . I dont spend a lot of time telling many things, because i dont know what the basis of judgment is to receive information. I will say this if they think any statement they make is there to curtail public debate on the subject as serious as this, it just explains to you the seriousness of the situation we are in. We will debate on the floor of the house. Now, we are not going on the floor talking about will be learned. They said in the beginning, even if you read it in the newspaper, if you hear it in here, you cant talk about it. And they proceeded to tell us many things we read in the local metropolitan journals that are seen on tv. Thats foolish. Its completely foolish. As i say, we have no illusions about iran. No illusions about soleimani. He was a terrible person. He did bad things. But its not about how bad they are, its about how good we are. Protecting the people in a way that prevents war and does not have us producing again and again generations of veterans who are suffering. Let me just close by saying this when we were there, i met many of these veterans, the 70th anniversary of normandy. When i met them there, i said my uncle was in report to close the battle of the bulge. And they said, we went there next. They were so brave. Teenagers come most of them were. Some 17 years old. When we talk to them this time, because deeper relationships over time, they said, i never wanted to kill anybody. I didnt want to kill the germans. I was incapacitating them. I would shoot them in the leg or something. One of them told me, i killed somebody and found out later that he was a doctor, and ive always carry that with me. And they said, well, you were instructed to shoot end. A superior said, you take him, ill take him. And they still will never forget that. We will all die for our country. We take pride in saying that. But you kill for our country is a pretty traumatic thing. When we want to engage in whatever we want to call this that the president engaged in, we have to be really careful about how we endanger our men and women in uniform who courageously, patriotically put themselves out there to protect and defend. Any other questions . Reporter because the air strike targeting general soleimani happened in iraq, is it time for the house to consider a broader aumf . The legal justification the administration has put forward with this air strike. Is it time for congress to get rid of the 2001, 2002 aumf . We did get rid of the aumf of 2002. It was in an appropriations bill, and passed in a bipartisan way. In the dark of the night, speak a rent check it out. It was highly unusual and highly unusual. They just went and took it out. Its ridiculous. But thats what he did. So congress has already passed rejecting after it passed both houses, he took it out, what was signed. We will have that resolution coming up soon under leadership of congresswoman barbara lee, whose wedding we observe today. Then the question is, what do we do about aumf . Thats harder than you would think. And aumf, whose president back democrat or republican . How much power or confidence to have that person can back regardless of party, to execute and aumf and the decisions that have to be made, its important to note what is the timing of it . This one is too long. It should have a date. Not one that couldnt be renewed, but nonetheless it should have a date. The timing, the geography, what are we talking about . It was used to pursue al qaeda in different places, and here we are. Third, wher what is the scope . Boots on the ground, air cover . What are we talking about . The timing, geography, and scope. When you have that debate, its, well, i want the president to have as much power or a not to e as much power. Its harder than you would think, but we have to do it. We have to do it with enough time its realistic militarily but also not unless, so that we are in the situation were in now. Here point, the argument would be made that putting the shoe on the other foot is the United States had a high level maybe the second most important person in the country assassinated wherever the United States might consider that assault on our country. Right . And the iranians might as well, even though this took place at the iraqi airport. Its foggy. There are those that think it was in iraq, so it counts. It was an assault on iran, so it shouldnt count. I dont think theres anybody who thinks that the aumf would apply in iran. To your other point on it, though, it needs to be addressed, rewritten. Because we need to have an authorization of use of military force specific to the danger that we are addressing. One last question. Reporter [indistinct] well, they are in the senates hands. They have tried to have a bipartisan approach to how they would conduct the investigation. What i recalling it . The trial feebly, the majority leader has said this is just like clinton. Except it isnt. Its exactly not like clinton, in that he wont do it a partisan agreement on how to proceed. Thats very important. Its not incidental to say, but for the documentation and witnesses. No. Separate from all of that, under housesenate rules of 1986, what is allowed for the presentation from the house is one person to speak. One person to speak. Are those the terms . Is that what we should be ready for . Or is there Something Else that they have a nine . If one person speaks for the house and one person speaks for the white house. Did you know that . 1986. Is that the rule under which they are going . It doesnt mean we have to agree we have to agree with or electricals can we just have to know what we are. Active sports, because i thought we live. Football, college, high school, professional. We send in our team, or we have to send in the special team as well as the team. P reporter [indistinct] theyve had the negotiation. The senator says he doesnt have to have witnesses. We may send them over. Im not responsible to Mitch Mcconnell or to anybody else except my members, and the people who have worked so hard on this. Members and staff. Patriots honoring the oath of office. The constitution of the United States. I will give them the best shot to find the truth for our bosses, the American People. Thank you all very much. Reporter are you going to the niners game . It would be my intention to go. I went to the one game in San Francisco. We watched all together the second game in seattle. I have unfortunately responsibilities to save our country from payroll. [laughter] im wearing that hat of pulls a good leader this weekend. So my family will enjoy our season tickets at the game this weekend. Reporter Baltimore San Francisco super bowl . We had the Baltimore San Francisco super bowl, and that was hard because i had been rooting for both teams all along. And again, going to the 49ers game and watching on tv right there at the stadium, what happens when they both win. Nobody was in a more difficult situation than i, then the mother of the coaches. [laughs] those coaching the teams. Then he saw what happened at that game. The dalessandros from baltimore came all dressed in purple, and the pelosi port left from San Francisco came and read, and had a lovely family reunion. I hope we have a similar result, that we have both teams. Because of my, shall we say, responsibilities to win the house for the democrats and hopefully the Electoral College for the American People, i was scheduled to be in florida that weekend. Almost. When we or another. [laughter] reported back to you think they will move to california . [laughter] we will talk about tom brady. Who knows what happens all this connect isnt it interesting hi its wonderful because it is so unifying. Whatever your politics, forget it. Its about the team. We all like to say and believe that we are all teen usa. So however it turns out. Thank you all very much. Sandra even listening to the speaker of the house nancy pelosi there on capitol hill, ending on a lighter note after taking on the two big topics the moment. Thats impeachment and iran. On impeachments, she said she is ready to send over the articles of impeachment but reiterated she needs to see the rules of engagement. She used a sports analogy talking about needing to see the arena in which we are sending over our managers. Bret baier on the and a second, but first to iran and we just heard. Lets bring in retired fourstar general jack keane, chairman for the institute of the study for an fox news strategic analyst. Good morning, even listening along with us. Nancy pelosi said these are her exact words the administration conducted a provocative and disproportionate air strike against iran, which endangered americans. This, of course, is that of a vote to limit the president s war powers in congress this afternoon. Well, that makes no sense to me. Yes, was it provocative in terms of taking down soleimani . Was the risk involved in it . Yes. Was it bold . Yes. But it was about protecting american lives in doing that. And it has changed the strategic equation as a result of it. I think its likely even exceeded anything the administration had in mind at the time when they made the decision to do that. What am i talking about . Well, look what we got as a result of it. The iranians, for only the second time in 40 years, have exercised restraint. And they back down based on the feeble response they had. More for propaganda reasons inside their own country than anything else. Irans credibility in the region is going to be diminished, and it is being diminished as a result of what has taken place here. We already know their economies in the tank, and they are declining economically rather significantly. You say to yourself, well, why didnt iran do something more, then . Heres why, sandra. They know full well that an american response to an attack on one of our u. S. Air bases and those bases are vulnerable, lets put it right out there. Its well known. Im talking about our major airbases, navy bases, and ground bases in the region. Not even talking about iraq. Those bases can be penetrated by their cruise missiles and our pretrip missiles would not be able to stop them. As they capably demonstrated when they took down the saudi airfield. Oil field, excuse me. So why didnt they do that . They didnt do that, sandra, because they believe the president demonstrated by killing soleimani and by the air strike that had preceded it, based on the other in provocation, that he would come out than full throttle. What do i mean by full throttle . We would have taken down all eight of their refineries, most of their power plants in the country, either electricity grid, and we would have taken down their cruise missiles at all of their strategic short range and Ballistic Missiles. They would have been done at that point. Thats what their calculation is. They are dealing with a completely different president. Then, even after their feeble response, the president read it completely right. He sighed as restraint. He know they are backing up and he offers them what . And all of branch. He says, get back to what we wanted to do from the very beginning. Lets craft a new deal based on negotiations. Thats kind of where we are. Sandra i will have to leave it there because of all the breaking news. We appreciate you standing by with us. Nancy pelosi said we have no illusions about their own or soleimani. Those were her words. She talked about the timing, the geography, and the scope when it comes to the vote happening in the house this afternoon. We appreciate you staying with us. General jack keane, thank you. Good talking to you. Bill life in prison for men convicted of killing the u. S. Border patrol agent. The case connection to fast and furious. In a moment, how the agents families reacting on that. Alexa tell me about neptunes sorrow. Its a master stroke of heartache and redemption. The lexus nx. Modern utility for modern obstacles. Lease the 2020 nx 300 for 359 a month for 36 months. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. As i said right from the start, we need to see that the arena in which we are sending our managers. Is that too much to ask . Bill that was pretty much that line a moment ago. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats, some of them breaking with Speaker Pelosi over a decision told articles, saying its time to end the stalemate. We want to bring in bret baier, an acre of special report, do double duty this week. Good morning to you and hello. What are you hearing in terms of lets say the timetable for when she makes a call on this. I thought was interesting to listen to the News Conference with Speaker Pelosi saying that she is getting ready. She is saying that itll probably be soon, but she wants to see the arena. She is likely not going to see that. Mitch mcconnell is saying its done, and if they dont send them over by next week, he is moving on to other things like usmca. I think its going to happen soon. I think its a little bit of facesaving for Speaker Pelosi, and this move may not be looking the best. Her aides told Time Magazine that she got from john dean, watergate figure, talking about this idea. The other thing to point out is she still has control over that caucus. She had the House Armed Services Committee Chairman adam smith cough this morning and say, yes, it is time to send over the articles of impeachment. The short time later he walked out back on twitter, saying he misspoke. Bill my guess is the nonbinding war powers resolution takes front stage for headlines this afternoon, and that maybe later she moves toward that. Not tomorrow, early next week. Sensing like like the schedule . Speak of the Senate Democrats ive talked to think that its all beginning next week. It could be a likely schedule. She is signaling that its coming soon, that shes getting ready to do it. How she justifies that, if the unit isnt set, she described in the News Conference. We will see. She said that by doing it if he things of come out. John bolton saying he will answer a subpoena. They will testify. The unprotected emails, all of these things that she lists. However, in the big picture when you have democrats stepping up publicly saying its time to move on, the pressure builds. Bill heres senator dan find some time for them. The longer it goes on, the less urgent it becomes. If its serious and urgent, said it over. If its not, dont send it over. I dont want to get too deep in the weeds, i got chad pergrams note early. He posed this question, could it wait until Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell reese releases a piece of paper spelling of the frame work trial . See any dominic and the ac under any obligation to release the rules before she makes a call . No, he has the votes. You heard from Lisa Michalski li and susan collins, they would be open to it as is. Im into Mitch Mcconnells process, lets have the Opening Statement sent to capote. Only needs 51 votes to make the rules and set the groundwork. Its been the same way for the past week. So maybe thats how she climbs down what she has kind of drawn in the sand, not sending it over. Bill i want to complete the circle. Program said they have to have a short debate and vote to send the articles across to the capital. Thats a formality. Theyve been saying one of the reasons they are holding it up is they dont know who they are going to say are the managers, the people who have to make the case, interview witnesses, people who argue. Either way, push comes to shove, its coming in the coming days. I think Speaker Pelosi signaled that today. Bill one more thing, joe manchin said something similar, so did chris coons. Does that she wasnt Democratic Senators . Or is she more concerned, as you point out, of the control of her own pockets . I think its the latter. When it starts to build and you have seven, eight, nine Democratic Senators i had tim kaine on special report last night saying he expected to happen, that it needed to move forward. I think it does send a signal even though its not a house democrat. It was interesting to see the house Committee Chairman Armed Services Committee Chairman say its time and then walk it back on twitter this morning. Bill see you at 3 00, see you at 6 00. Thank you, bret. Im just going to hold your seat for a little bit. [laughter] bill i hope its comfortable. Thank you, bret. Sandra have you heard about this . They are calling it megxit. Prince harry and duchess Meghan Markle nothing they will step back from their senior roles in the royal family. How is the queen reacting . We go beyond the headlines next. Heres recordbreaking news for veterans. Va Mortgage Rates have dropped to near 50year lows. Newday usa can help you refinance your mortgage and save thousands a year. I urge you to call newday usa now. I am totally blind. And non24 can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the things i love to do. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442142424. Of course id love to take an informal poll. I used to be a little cranky. Dealing with our finances really haunted me. Thankfully, i got quickbooks, and a live bookkeepers helping customize it for our business. live bookkeeper youre all set up janine great hey you got the burnt marshmallow out delivery man he slimed me. janine tissue . vo get set up right with a live bookkeeper with intuit quickbooks. The easy way to a happier business. Sandra its time to go beyond the headlines or we take a break from the fastmoving new cycle every day. Today we are focusing on the royals, meghan and harry stepping down officially from their royal duties. Joining us now is abby hornacek, fox nation host. I will step in for them ill take over the will duties sandra meghan really wanted this, right . Harry has always been the beloved royal, theyve always loved him since he was a baby. Son of diana. And then he married meghan and they embraced her. So what happened here . I dont think we will truly know what happened. I dont understand why we as americans and we as a society in general feel like we can judge the royal family. We dont know whats going on within their own family, but i honestly i might be going against the grain here, but a kind of respect this move. They want to be financially autonomous, nothing wrong with that. You bring up the point, what will he do with the money . Sandra a lot of breaking news today, standby on that the president talking impeachment and taking questions right now. Let sit and listen. President trump there probably was none or maybe you know who the second was a blur was. Maybe we do, but he never showed up. All of the sudden they dont talk, because they were really unexpectedly met with the actual conversation, the exact conversation. If we do that, i would like to have those people plus others testify. Because its the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the United States government. This has gone on since the day i came down the escalator. This isnt just here, this isnt just the ukraine hoax. This is the witch hunt, this is the whole thing with russia that turned out to be a total fabricated plot. The ones who are guilty are the democrats, the dnc, and all of the dirty cops that were involved that we caught. Reporter mr. President , im sure you saw mike lees comments. Did your National Security team really say that it would be wrong for congress to debate military action on iran . President trump heres what happened on that. Had calls from numerous senators and numerous congressmen and women saying it was the greatest presentation theyve ever had. Mike and rand paul disagreed because they want information that, honestly, i think is very hard to get. Its okay if the military wants to give it, but they didnt want to give it. It really had to do with sources and information that we had that really should remain at a very high level. Could we individually maybe give one or two of them some information . Possibly, if we can do it. I get along with mike lee. Ive never seen them like that. Other people have called and said it was the best presentation of ever seen. Let me tell you what was the best forget about presentation. The result. We killed a man who killed many, Many Americans and many, many people. Thousands and thousands of people. When i go over to walter reed and i meet these young incredible folks, mostly it seems mostly men, but also women where their legs are gone, their arms are gone. In some cases, both legs and arms are gone. In the face in the body is badly damaged. Frankly, five years ago they couldnt have lived. Today they can live because of the wonders of medicine and the wonders of walter reed, and the people over there. Whawhat a job they do, the medil doctors. I will say this, we caught a total monster. We took him out. That should have happened a long time ago. We did it because they were looking to blow up our embassy. We also did it for other reasons that were very obvious. Somebody died, one of our military people died. People were badly wounded just a week before. And we did it. And we had a shot at him, and i took it. That shot was pinpoint accurate, and it was the end of the monster. Really, that was the second attack. We didnt start it, they started it by killing one of our people and wounding badly other of our people. So that, you call retribution. Ukraine, if you look at what happened with ukraine, thats a hoax. Well, this is a hoax, too. Arend went in and hit us with missiles. Shouldnt of done that, but they hit us. Fortunately for them, nobody was hurt, nobody was killed, nothing happened. They landed very little damage, even, to the base. They landed. But we had a chance to take out a monster. We took him out, and it should have been done a long time ago. Visited upon congress to take further military action against iran . President trump it would all depend on the circumstance. I dont have to. You have to make splitsecond decisions sometime. You have to move very quickly, john. In some cases it would my junior. What bothers me is when i seen nancy pelosi trying to defend this monster from iran who has killed so many people, who so badly so many people are Walking Around out without legs or arms, because he was the big roadside bomb guide. He was the one they would send them to afghanistan. Hed send them to iraq. He was big, that was his favorite thing. He thought it was wonderful. He doesnt think its wonderful anymore. When nancy pelosi and the democrats want to defend them, i think thats a very bad thing for this country. I think thats a big losing argument politically, too. Reporter outside of the jcpoa and also with total sanctions implemented, whats left . President trump its close to expiring. In other words, if i didnt exterminatterminated, it expirea short period of time. One of the problems of which there are many pay 150 billion, 1. 8 billion in cash. That money was used for terror. If you look at iran, it wasnt so bad until they got all that money. They used it for terror. Thats when it became really bad. You just take a look, he really got bad when they have 150 billion, 1. 8 billion in cash. The agreement i was caught the Iran Nuclear Deal that didnt work. The iran deal, it was just something that is no good for our country. It expires in a short time. That means they would be on their path to Nuclear Weapons. For me its about Nuclear Weapons more than anything else. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. They understand that. We have told them very strongly. Iran now is not wealthy like it was when president obama handed them 150 billion. They are much different country. We will see whether or not they want to negotiate. Maybe they want to wait until after the election and negotiate with a weak democrat. Somebody like a biden or a pocahontas or buttigieg for one of these characters. Maybe they want to wait. I think theyre better off doing it now. If you look at the polls and whats going on, we are doing very well. Theyre losing a tremendous amount. They are getting hurt very badly by the sanctions. As to whether or not they want it, thats up to them. Not up to me. Its totally up to them. They can straighten out their country. Iran right now is a mess. They can straighten out the economics of their country very, very quickly. Lets see whether or not reporter when should we expect to see sanctions on iran following the attack . President trump immediately. Its already been done. Weve increased them. They were very severe, but i was increased substantially. I just approved it a little while ago with treasury. Reporter what sort of sanctions . President trump you will see, we will put out a minor announcement. Its a major event. Like this, this used to be a major event, so far ive had no questions on the fact that we can build a highway, and a small fraction of the time, that we can but dominic build all these beautiful bridges we want to build but they cant get approval. Ive had no questions on that. Are you shocked, sean . Honestly but should be having some questions. Reporter mr. President , the plane went down yesterday from iran. What do you think happened to that plane . President trump well, i have my suspicions. I dont want to say that, because other people have their suspicions, also. Its a tragic thing, when i see that. Its a tragic thing. Because somebody could have made a mistake on the other side. Could have made a mistake. It was flying. Not our system, it has nothing to do with us. It was flying in a pretty rough neighborhood, and somebody could have made a mistake. Some people say it was mechanical. I personally dont think thats even a question, personally. So we will see what happens. Reporter meg do you think it went up accident . President trump i really dont know. At some point they will release the black box. Ideally they get it to boeing, but if they give it to france or if they give it to some of the country, that would be okay, too. Ideally that will be released. I have a feeling that its just some something very terrible happened. Very devastating. Reporter mr. President , the situation in venezuela has not gone as smoothly as some people, like leaving yourself, have hoped. What are you prepared to do President Trump i never thought it would go smoothly. Venezuela hasnt gone smoothly since it became a socialist or worse than that country. I never expected to go smoothly. We will see what happens with venezuela. They are doing poorly. When i say this country will never be a socialist nation, there is a great case. It was a wealthy country 15 years ago, 20 years ago. That was like a really wealthy country. Now they dont have water, they dont have food. We are supplying a lot of food, we are supplying a lot of water. So no, it takes a period of time. Ive only been here a relatively short period of time, we will see what happens. Reporter are you prepared to do anything else . President trump we are helping a lot of people, columbia is helping a lot of people, but i think we are doing a good job. They have a system right now that is very broken. We will see what happens. Stay tuned. Reporter do you know what the plot was . President trump this was the antibenghazi. They showed up a long time after it took place. They saw burning embers from days before. I said get out today immediately. We think they can have them tomorrow. I said no, they have to go right now. They were on their way very quickly. And they got there quickly. They couldve done that with benghazi. The same thing. Had they gotten there. Had they done what i did, you would not have had she would not know the name benghazi. It would not be a famous name. Now it is a famous name. This was the antibenghazi. We got the apaches they are, they were doing the players. People did not know what was happening. But if you look at the protesters, they were rough warriors. They were rainy and backed somewhere from iraq. But they were irani and backed, and they were looking to break the windows, and there were strong windows, and they went through, had they gotten through, i believe that we wouldve had a hostage situation or we would have had worse, a lot of people killed. Those people are going to do serious harm. There were soldiers and warriors, and he stopped it. That was a totally organized plot, and you know who organized it. That man right now is not around any longer. And he had more than that particular embassy in mind. Reporter what about john bolton testifying in that trial . President trump i always got along with him. He did not get along with some people, but that is up to the senate. I dont stop it. But it would be, no, i do have to ask the lawyers. Because we have to meet for the future. We have to protect president ial privilege. When we start allowing National Security advisors to go up and say whatever they can say, we cannot do that. We have to protect president ial privilege. For me, but for future president s. I would have no problem other than we have to protect. We have to be able to protect. People cannot go up and say whatever my thoughts are, whatever your thoughts are about us, countries, views, we dont want that to be out. So we have to protect president ial privilege. You said yesterday you want nato to do more, could you be a little the information from them . President trump i spoke to secretary general yesterday, and we had a great conversation. He was very i think he was actually excited by it. And i actually had a name. Nato, right, then you have mee, middle east. They call it natome. Usmca, like the song ymca. Think of the song ymca. Now they do not remember the previous name of the bad deal, commonly known as nafta. If you add the words and the two words middle east at the end. That is a big problem. And natome, doesnt that work beautifully, john. Nato plus me, he is not smiling. He used to smile. Before iran he was smiling, now he is not smiling. You know what im talking about. Reporter more nato personnel in the region . President trump as opposed to us, this is an international problem. And we can come home, or largely come home and use nato. It is an international problem. We caught isis. We did europe a big favor. We got 100 of the caliphate. We have thousands and thousands of isis fighters killed, and thousands and thousands, tens of thousands are in prison right now