Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Americas Newsroom With Bill Hemmer And Sandra Smith 20190620

Brandnew hour begins now here on americas newsroom on a brandnew day. Im bill hemmer, good morning. Sandra im sandra smith. The big question at this hour what will the u. S. Do next . Right now iran saying it targeted the drone in iranian airspace but the United States says that is not the case. Bill this latest move marks the second time tehran shot down an american drone this month. Were live from the pentagon. Lucas, hello. Central command responsible for all forces in the middle east rejected irans claim the american drone flew over iran. Those reports are false. It was an unprovoked attack on a surveillance asset in International Airspace. The race is on to recover the wreckage of the drone shot down by an iranian surface to aramis ill over the strait of hormuz not far from where u. S. Officials say iran attacked oil tankers. The shoot down of the unmanned drone with a wing span the size of a boeing 737 airliner took place two days after Patrick Shanahan resigned. Army secretary mark esper takes over monday. President trump spoke to sean hannity last night about an hour after the u. S. Drone was shot down. I worry about iranian proxy wars. President trump dont worry about a thing. Everything is under control. Iran is a much different country. Much different today than when i took over. It look like there was no stopping them. Lindsey graham spoke to bret baier. My red line. If there is any more take out their navy and bomb their refineries. Go after the iranians so theyll feel pain. The drone can fly up to 60,000 feet and loiter for 30 hours at a time used to spy on Iranian Military communications and tracks shipping in the busy waterways. Each drone costs up to 180 million. Last night Officials Say iranianbacked forces launched cruise missiles into saudi arabia targeting a power plant. Bill topic a for the administration today. There was a secret meeting at the white house last night after these reports of the iranianbacked forces launching cruise missiles to saudi arabia. Now a large, unprovoked attack according to u. S. Officials on a 180 million piece of military hardware. Expect meetings at the pentagon and white house. Patrick shanahan has resigned and mark esper doesnt take over until monday. Bill developing story. Thank you. Sandra more breaking news. In one hour we could get some of the final decisions from the Supreme Court. First a democratic aide is heading to prison for releasing home addresses and phone numbers of senators who supported Brett Kavanaugh. Doxxing is the act of gathering and posting on the internet Sensitive Information about an individual and it is highly illegal. 27yearold found out the hard way after he posted personal and private information on five senators on wikipedia. Here they are. Now the man was sentenced yesterday to four years if prison after pleading guilty in april to five felony charges. Two counts of making public personal information, one count of computer fraud, one count of witness tampering and one count of obstruction of justice. The district judge called this a vicious offense and told the court it has serious consequences. He admitted he was motivated out of anger after his release last year. His attorney issued this statement. No one should be judged by their worst act but how they emerge from it. The defendant is remorseful and is in recovery and looks forward to a successful life after his sentence. Davis is also a former staffer who has been charged. Sandra griff, thanks. President trump the fact is they were spying on my campaign, using agencies to intelligence agencies to do it. Were trying to find out whether or not they listened in on my calls. That would be the ultimate. Well see what happens. Bill the president last night with sean hannity and he suggested phone calls were monitored during the campaign of 2016. Dan henninger from the wall street journal. Based on that comment i suppose thats part of what is being investigated when it comes to the investigators. Thats what bill barr was talking about in the Senate Hearing when he said he thought there was spying, surveillance of the Trump Campaign and he wanted to find out what was going on. And the expectation is that attorney general barr will do exactly that. That was improper. The big issue here i think, bill, what bill barr is attempting to do is to restore the credibility of institutions like the f. B. I. And the c. I. A. To which the American People invest a lot of power. And their credibility has been damaged with at least half of the american population. Thats a bad thing. I think bill barr, who wants to see these institutions function properly, wants to get to the bottom of who did what, punish those people and restore their credibility. Bill you had hope hicks before the House Judiciary Committee. It believes theyre headed to court on this matter and a few other things. Theyre probably headed to court where these things usually go. I think what the House Democrats are also doing at least some of them are trying to push nancy pelosi towards agreeing to impeachment hearings. This is a political project of theirs. They want to tee up the Trump Presidency as impeachable. They want to convey to the American People that it was an illegitimate presidency. The russian collusion narrative failed and this is plan b as the president has said. As a legal matter there is no reason why any of these white house officials have to testify before those committees and undoubtedly this is going to court. Bill youre writing this morning in the wall street journal about trumps sleepy joe problem. He was on telemundo and asked about his potential opponents and characterized two of them this way. President trump bernie looks like he has had it. Bernie looks crazy but he always did. He looks like a tired crazy now. Joe biden looks like he is exhausted. I dont know what happened to him but he is exhausted and he doesnt do any work. He is not working. Bill how does that match up . My column was pegged to a couple of interesting things in the fox poll this week, President Trump didnt like it very much. Deeper down in the poll they asked democrats whether they preferred a candidate who was steady and reliable or one with a bold new agenda. Upwards of 72 said they wanted somebody who is steady and reliable. What that suggested to me is there are a lot of voters out there who think our politics has become too chaotic. They want a timeout and possibly that is joe bidens appeal. Sleepy joe biden. Why do so many people like him . I think its because biden is promising a return to normalcy from the kind of tumult of the Trump Presidency. Bill whether or not that strategy works. That is the strategy he is pursuing. Reliable. Im bipartisan, reach across the aisles. The democrats set it up so there is no reaching across the aisle to the Trump Presidency right now. Thats his plan. Bill check it out today in the wall street journal. New reaction in a moment on the investigation of the investigators. House Intelligence Ranking member devin nunes is live later this hour. Sandra defiant joe biden after claims he needs to apologize for comments he made referencing back to the good old days in the 1970 senate. The point im making is, we dont have to agree. You dont have to like the people in terms of their views. But you just simply make the case and you beat them. You beat them without changing the system. Sandra now his democratic rivals are calling him out of touch. Dnc Communications Director will be here to respond. Bill President Trump touting his record on jobs and the economy saying that more americans are working now than ever before. We talk about that with Peter Navarro from the white house shortly. Sandra the f. B. I. Reportedly testing mini bar samples from hotel rooms in the Dominican Republic. Well have the latest on that investigation. More families continue to speak out about the mystery. I do not know whats going on over there. I may never know whats going on over there. People need to be held accountable as families are mourning the loss. My mother was on was on her birthday and she passed away. Its cedar plank seafood time at red lobster. Featuring three new dishes that are planked to perfection. Feast on new cedarplank lobster shrimp. Or new colossal shrimp salmon with a citrusy drizzle. Tender, smoky and together on one plank. But only till june 30th, so hurry in. You might or joints. Hing for your heart. 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Bill there is joe biden a stern response after taking heat from several democratic rivals included senators cory booker and kamala harris. It developed quickly. With me now is xochitl hinojsa, Communications Director for the dnc. Where did this come from . It seemed to catch fire overnight. It did. Im not going to get into the back and forth between candidates. That will be up for them to respond to. Frankly you will see a lot of that on the debate stage next wednesday and thursday for the first debates in miami. But i think that whats really clear is what every Single Person on that debate stage next week has fought for civil and Voting Rights and diversity. I dont think you can say the same of this president. Earlier this week was Donald Trumps relaunch of his campaign and he had White Supremacists at his rally. You dont hear him or republicans denouncing them. Its clear between these parties. Bill i understand where you are trying to go. Lets bring it back to the issue at hand. Joe biden was reacting harris and booker, who will be on stage next week. Here is what they said yesterday. First of all this is bidens original comments. Joe biden says i was in a caucus with james o. Eastland. He never called me boy, always called me son and he goes on to say we did not agree on much of anything. We got things done. Today you look at the other side and today youre the enemy. The enemy, we dont talk to each other anymore. Booker and harris went him the following way. Watch. Somebody running for president of the United States, somebody running to be the leader of our party, should know that using the word boy in the way he did can cause hurt and pain. To coddle the reputations of segregationists, people if they had their way i would not be standing here as a member of the United States senate, is i think its misinformed. Bill thats pretty clear. Using the words like coddle. How far left will his democratic rivals drive him or drag him in this primary season . Well, i dont even think its about how far left will his colleagues drag him, i think it will be answering to the voters. Voters have questions of all of our candidates. So every candidate will have to answer directly about how they are going to help them. And whoever has the best ideas, whoever has the best plans for the American People will come out of our democratic nomination. It is going to be a very long year. I think that we have 12 debates happening. Bill he already reversed his position on the Hyde Amendment. How far left will they take him . Thats up to him and it will be a decision that he is making in terms of his policies and his stances and where he is going to go with that. I think what will be really interesting is the debate stage next week where youll have people talking about the issues. Well have candidates not only answering questions about their plans but they might have questions about each others plans and so you will have two nights and have these campaigns responding directly to whoever on various things. Bill does the dnc have a position on the reparations hearing . They believe these conversations should continue to happen and these are conversations not only within our party but within our country. We believe that civil rights is a shrink of america. Thats a conversation democrats are willing to have while republicans run scared. Bill i didnt hear a yes or no. Do you have a policy whether or not you support it . We support the conversation, absolutely. Bill only the conversation but not the actual payment. Again, we want to make sure were having these conversations within our primary. Bill burgeis owens was in front of this committee yesterday in the house and he is very much against it. Here is his position, watch. How about a Democratic Party pay for all the misery brought to my race, and those after we learn our history decide to stay there, they should pay also, theyre complicit and every white american, republican or democrat who feels guilty should need to pony up also. Bill react to that. Going back to what i said before i think the Democratic Party here isnt the problem. The Democratic Party believes diversity is our greatest strength and we must have these important conversations about race in our party. But you have a Republican Party who is not doing that and i think that is extremely troubling and donald trump is up for reelection. Voters should be asking him these questions. Bill owens was offended by it because he thought it was another form of welfare. I think we should be having these conversations within our party. We have a debate next week where a lot of these questions will be asked of our candidates right now and i think that there are some serious issues that are being raised not only in this hearing but around the country and those should happen on the debate stage. Bill bill as a party would you take a position . There will be a process. When we have our democratic nominee and actually a little bit before that where we will have a platform process where were going to discuss a who range of issues not from the economy to healthcare and that is a process that takes several weeks and we will discuss exactly where the Democratic Party stands on a number of issues. Bill it will be considered is what i hear from that answer. A number of issues will be considered and we bring in a lot of stakeholders, unlike the Republican Party. Bill to be debated next time. Xochitl hinojsa thank you for coming in again. Thank you for having me. Sandra breaking news out of california where a young Police Officer who just joined the force last year has been shot and killed. What were now learning about the suspect. Bill Top Democrats including Speaker Pelosi now brushing off the concentration camp comments by alexandria ocasiocortez. Republican congressman lee zeldin is here to respond. I think this woman gets off on attention. I think this woman gets off tweaking people on our side. If she does believe it she is so stupid that there is nothing to do about it. Wow thats ensure max protein, with high protein and 1 gram sugar. Its a situp, banana bend at the waist im tryin keep it up. Youll get there. Whoahoahoa 30 grams of protein, and one gram of sugar. Ensure max protein. Look limu. A civilian buying a new car. Ug lets go. Limus right. Liberty mutual can save you money by customizing your Car Insurance, so you only pay for what you need. Oh. Yeah, ive been a customer for years. Huh. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. 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Christina, good morning. She is the first sacramento officer to be killed in the line of duty in 20 years. Police say the 26yearold rookie officer was shot and killed by a man who barricaded himself inside a house for nearly eight hours. Osullivan and several other officers went to a home in North Sacramento for a domestic disturbance call last night helping a woman get her belongings out of the house. A man at the house started firing shots. Osullivan was hit. As the man kept shooting several roads were closed and nearby residents were told to stay inside. She was in a backyard and the suspect kept firing. It took 40 minutes to get to her eventually using an Armored Vehicle to reach her. After an eighthour standoff the shooter came out of the front door of the barricaded house before 2 00 in the morning. Family, friends and coworkers are mourning sullivans loss. Our Police Officers leave home knowing there is a possibility that they will never return. Today that horrible possibility has become the devastating reality. The Sacramento Bee reported osullivan was part of the first graduates of the Scholarship Program in 2017. She worked for the city since january of 2018. Osullivan is described as having a bubbly personality and always willing to help but also tough and strong. The men and women of our department will continue to do our jobs to protect the community. And we will draw from the strength and courage of tara. Our hearts are with her family, whose pain can hardly be imagined. Police were able to negotiate with the suspect to get him out of the house and taken into custody. No word what led up to the shooting. Sandra what a story. We all grieve the loss of that officer. Thank you. Bill also from california today there is a massive homeless issue in l. A. And many are now stepping up calls for the mayor to resign. Our leaders seem to think its okay to leave people on the street to die just whistling past the graveyard where weve had 3600 people die on the streets of los angeles in the past five years. Bill is there a solution . Money man Charles Payne has been digging into this and well talk to charles next hour coming up. Sandra u. S. Central command confirming an unprovoked attack by iran taking out an american drone stoking fears of war between the u. S. And tehran. Are sanctions working and is the administration considering imposing more. Well speak with Peter Navarro from the white house next. And it really shows. With all that usaa offers why go with anybody else . We know their rates are good, we know that theyre always going to take care of us. It was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. It was funny because when we would call another insurance company, hey would say oh we cant beat usaa were the webber family. 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The mini bar is at a resort as american authorities continue to work with local authorities here in the d. R. The ministry of health saying so far their tests by local Health Inspectors show negative results when checking food, alcohol, pool, a. C. Units and other areas. The f. B. I. Is also helping with the toxicology tests of three of the now 10 americans who died in the d. R. In about the past 12 months. Those results could take up to a month to get back. Physicians who study problems involving lungs and respiratory issues say time can be a factor when studying and collecting the samples. I think the authorities are doing the best they can do. The numbers of deaths that have occurred as the ability to do autopsies swiftly might be challenging in some countries or cities where coroners who are doing this may not easily be available. 2. 7 u. S. Citizens travel to the d. R. Each year. The overwhelming majority visit without incident. So far the state Department Says there have not been an uptick in deaths reported to them. The minister of health in the d. R. Says that these deaths are isolated and he worries longterm what impact it could have on the important tourism to this area. Bill jeff paul, thank you. Good to have you there. This is new as well today. The Dominican Republics a. G. Is given an update on the shaongt of david ortiz. It was a case of mistaken identity and the target was another man sitting at the table with big papi. The hit was orchestrated by a Cartel Member who remains on the run. Ortiz hospitalized in boston. His condition is good. President trump i would have said well create five million jobs in 2 1 2 years, people would have said how ridiculous. I would have been skewered by the press. We have the best, lowest Unemployment Rate for africanamericans, asians, hispanics. Nobody has ever seen numbers like this. Sandra President Trump last night talking jobs on hannity. He says there are more people working today in this country than ever before. Joining us now is Peter Navarro assistant to the president for trade and manufacturing policy. Everything you have been doing, peter, good morning to you. Has front and center when it comes to the future of this country, our economy, looking at the stock market today s p 500 hit an all time high. Are the president s policies working . Is that what is at play . I remember during the campaign we talked about cutting taxes, deregulation, unleashing our Energy Sector and of course leveling the play field on trade as a way of getting us out of this terrible stagnating 2 growth in the obama and bush years. Weve hit over 3 . The president said over 6 million jobs created. Im most proud of this president because he created manufacturing jobs compared to 200,000 jobs lost in the obama Biden Administration. Obama said we couldnt bring those manufacturing jobs back unless we have the magic wand sandra joe biden the frontrunner for the democratic ticket now took credit for the strength in the economy because of the obamaera policies. What did you think when you heard that . So laugh out loud moment. I remember debating the economists from theyre all this inbred group, biden, obama, clinton. They said manufacturing jobs were gone. Service sector economy. Forget about all that. On the campaign trail we used to talk about how everything obama biden did was growth killing. You think about it more regulation kills growth, higher taxes kills growth. Trying to stamp out our oil and gas industries. And of course these bad trade deals that they did nafta back in the 90s or south korea deal was hillarys deal. Sandra i want the talk about those and i want to acknowledge the dow up 214 points. 100 points away from an alltime high. S p is hitting an alltime high. Rising tensions with iran is front and center this morning. I know you played a part in the construction of the sanctions, the aggressive sanctioning that we have imposed on iran. Do we have anything left in the tool box to further pressure iran, peter . So of course im not going to comment on the events of the day but here is what i can tell you is the big picture. Iran is a rogue nation seeking to export Nuclear Weapons technology, radical islam and terrorism not just to the middle east but europe and the rest of the world. The approach of the Biden Administration was to give them billions of dollars i dont know to what end. I guess they were trying to pay them off in some sense. Our approach is economic sanctions. What were trying to do here and which is succeeding is to cut off their export revenues. They sell oil, they sell petrochemicals. They sell iron and steel. If we cut off the revenue off they cant pay for the war. It is certainly working. It is working beautifully and we have to trust this president , President Trump, to carry this policy. Sandra are the european allies still buying oil from iran . They better not be. The sanctions are in full effect. Anybody around the world who doesnt believe that President Trump will do exactly what he says he will do hasnt been watching fox news lately. Sandra so france for example, italy, germany, theyre not buying oil from iran right now . I dont know the details of that. Clearly we have strong sanctions and if they do that, there is strong cost to them. Look, were working with our all aisles around the world. But there is this tension where for economic reasons our allies do things that arent in the interests of both the United States and the rest of the world with military expenditures for example. Our National Security umbrella is financed by u. S. Taxpayers and countries around the world try to shirk those responsibilities even though they benefit from the National Security umbrella. This president is changing that and getting people to step up and its all to the good. Lets see what happens. The most important thing we have to do in the short term is get the u. S. , mexico, Canada Agreement passed and make sure we can continue with this Beautiful Run on the economy. Sandra mexico gave a thumbs up on that. The first country to do so. When eventually and what are the chances of congressional approval for the usmca. I think the vote was 1144. It was a slam dunk in mexico because this deal is good for mexico, canada and the United States. The thing that i like about it as a trade and manufacturing guy is the fact that we have the strong rules of origin coupled with tough protections for labor and the environment to u. S. Soil. Every member of congress, regardless of party, wants to go back to their district and talk to their people and be proud that they voted for usmca. Its a matter of getting it to the floor. Sandra i want to get to china quickly before we let you go. On usmca considering congressional approval would be next when do you see it happening . Summertime july, august . When does it happen . Were shooting for summer. The ambassador is doing a fantastic job working closely on both sides of the aisle on capitol hill. We need to get language to the house soon and summer is what were hitting. We have to do this. It will be great for american. Sandra final thoughts on china. President has a big meeting coming up end of next week. Does a deal get done . I was in orlando and he said we either get a great and fair deal or we dont. If we dont we have a Strong Economy and the tariffs are working beautifully to bring our factories, job, supply chain home and last quarter this is really important, q1, 2019 grew 3. 2 . A full point was due to the china tariffs. We grow faster when we produce more and it is all good. Well see what happens. Sandra we appreciate you coming back to americas newsroom. Hope to have you back soon. Bill good stuff there. 19 before the hour. President trump not letting up on those he said who spied on his campaign. President trump the top people were terrible, they were leakers. The top of the f. B. I. He leaked and when you look at what went on, sean, it is disgusting. They wanted insurance policy in case she loses. Bill he went on to say democrats are handing out subpoenas like they are cookies as hope hicks goes behind closed doors to answer questions and democrats were not happy. Republican devin nunes will tell us what to look out for next coming up live. D not so go. For the mundane. 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I want to get to a lot in four minutes. Lets start with hope hicks. What was this hearing all about . It appears based on that reaction that were going to court. Well, it was a deposition taken behind closed doors. The House Intelligence Committee last year had her for many, many hours. She has been interviewed by the senate, the mueller team. So nobody quite understood why she was back in the u. S. Capitol yesterday doing essentially another deposition. My sources that were inside and did the interviewing said it was quite embarrassing to watch the democratic congressmen ask hope hicks about her love life. Thats bizarre to have a bunch of old congressman asking somebody about her love life. I think the American People would be ashamed if they knew what actually happened in that room. Bill that came up in that hearing room yesterday . Thats what the folks that i talked to are telling me. Bill whats relevant about that . I have no idea. Thats a good question. Bill the president was with sean last night by telephone talked about subpoenas flying left and right. Listen. President trump nancy pelosi hands out subpoenas like theyre cookies. I will tell you, when a jim and mark meadows, jim jordan and devin and all these people when they went to paul ryan to get a subpoena, paul would say well, lets take it easy. Lets not this. It was impossible. You couldnt get a subpoena. She hands out subpoenas like theyre cookies. Bill it was a clever line. I guess trying to just cut through this and understand it. Give us perspective on where the investigation of the investigators is today. What has moved forward, sir . So what i would remind the president had it mostly right but also what he didnt talk about was how d. O. J. And f. B. I. Continually blocked our subpoenas. We had very targeted subpoenas and oftentimes they would use the mueller team, for example, as the reason why they couldnt answer our questions. One of those questions is about the second scope memo. Remember they had the first scope memo that didnt meet the qualifications that Rod Rosenstein signed. And then a second memo we werent allowed toz. It went to court, a piece came out about paul manafort. It was based on the dossier. We said wait a second, you have no evidence of collusion, you used the dossier for the second scope memo. D. O. J. And f. B. I. And mueller stonewalled us. Weve been able to see it. I cant go line by line what was in it but the bulk of it nearly in its entirety was based off the steele dossier. Why is that important . Remind the viewers, this was the information that the Clinton Campaign got from the russians. Ultimately is where it came from. Bill the information they took to the fisa court to get their surveillance. Bill thats correct. Byron york is saying now mysterious third scope memo for robert mueller. What do you know about that, sir . So what i dont know if its the third scope memo but it looked to me as somebody who read it it looked like a cya memo. We know this, the public knows this, you can go into the mueller report, dossier, you can see they talk about this expanded investigation and they list a bunch of names in there and so but it looks to me like they wanted a reason. There must have been a legal reason why they needed to add an addendum to this. My guess is they expanded it so far and wide and remember, by this time this is in october, they already know there is no collusion. So they start to investigate random americans like roger stone. Remember at the end of the day what did they get roger stone for . For lying to congress. Why was roger stone put into anything like what they are saying we have no idea why he is in this. Bill ill cut through this. A lot of things that happened between election and Inauguration Day is something bill barr is focused on. Do we ultimately find out what was going on . Yeah. Well get the full picture. That i am quite sure of. Were actually weve sent over eight criminals referrals to d. O. J. I expect some will be acted on. I think the big question is how many people will ultimately be prosecuted in this. I am confident well get the full story. Bill thank you for your time. Well speak again. Devin nunes the republican from california. Thank you. Sandra new developments in the murder trial of navy seal Edward Gallagher. A member of his platoon giving graphic testimony about the killing of an isis prisoner, how the defense is now responding. But with a personal loan from sofi, you can consolidate your Credit Card Debt into one monthly payment. Get your money right with sofi. 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. Everyday progress i come facetoface with a lot of behinds. 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Miller said yesterday on the day in question a captured isis fighter was brought to the seals and miller said he had a leg wound but miller said he saw chief gallagher kneeling next to the prisoner and quote, i saw him stab the prisoner in the side of the neck. Miller said gallagher, who has been accompanied to court each day by his wife stabbed the isis fighter twice and took pictures with the body and miller said gallagher came to his room later that day, quote, he asked me who is not good with it . I said im not good with it. On cross examination gallaghers lead attorney chipped away at millers credibility pointing out his memory lapses on many details although not on the central accusation of being witness to murder. What we learned about chief miller is when you arent telling the truth you cant remember anything to keep your story straight. And the attorney said he considers every one of the seals who served with gallagher and now is testifying against him to be, quote, cowards and liars. It is open warfare between some of our most elite fighting forces in this courtroom. Bill minutes away from what could be a critical day at the u. S. Supreme court. We could get major rulings. More coming up in a moment. The deaths of americans. It has been a mystery, the Dominican Republic needs to give answers soon, says ted williams, who has watched this case carefully. His thoughts coming up on that as well. Come on back at the top of the hour. [ paper rustling ] exactly, nothing. Theyre completely different people, thats why they need customized Car Insurance from liberty mutual. Theyll only pay for what they need [ gargling ] [ coins hitting the desk ] yes, and they could save a ton. Youve done it again, limu. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Red lobsters new weekday five days. S here five deals. 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Shannon bream is at the Supreme Court with a preview of the big cases. I think the hem nateor works for bill. Two cents on the nickname. Were waiting three big cases, several. 20 actually now. Right now at this moment 10 00 eastern they start handing out those cases. Well wait to see what we get. We look for the cross case, the war memorial that sits outside d. C. In suburban maryland and it was put up almost 100 years ago Commemorates World war i. It is in the shape of a cross. A humanist organization is challenging that. They say that it sends a religious message. The government has been sending a religious message by having something in the shape of a cross and that there are plenty of veterans, those who died in world war i who dont share that faith and have no faith at all and not an aappropriate yt symbol for them. The critics are worried if this cross is struck down. There are crosses and religious symbols in War Memorials and cemeteries here and overseas as you saw with the visit to the crosses and the cemeteries over in france from that world war. It is a mess potentially with the memorials as folks look around the world at what could be impacted. Also there are two gerrymandering cases in North Carolina and maryland and affect control of the house. How those districts are drawn and whether or not they would benefit republicans or democrats. The court has never struck down a partisan gerrymandering case before. Finally a big Citizenship Question that the Trump Administration has wanted to include in the 2020 census. There has been a big fight whether or not that makes people not filling out the form if they need to talk about the status or citizenship. They say people in minority or immigrant groups will be under counted. The government says there is a legitimate reason and need to print the forms by july 1. Bill on this census matter everybody is waiting on that. It was expedited through the Legal Process now and there is a chance they may not rule. What is happening there, shannon . Its very unusual but theyve already heard arguments. Theyve had the oral arguments and briefing and Everything Else but there are opponents of this question who say they have now discovered new evidence in some materials left by a late republican strategist that were discovered after his death saying it is enough to reopen the case to talk about the animus and why the question was included in the census. Three federal judges have ruled against the question being included. One of those lower court cases there was an order from one of the judges saying it could be significant material if potentially noticed here the Supreme Court here potentially the case that they would actually reargue this case later. Take that into account or go ahead and rule because the record was closed. Well know shortly. You are still the breamer. Were back with you later. Sandra joe biden firing back as critics pounce on his comments about seg regraitionists who served with him in the senate in the 1970s. Peter doocy is live with us. Joe biden served with hundreds of senators from 1973 when he got to d. C. Until 2009 when he became v. P. There are two that come to mind when he recalls a time that stuff got done in d. C. And they are both segregationists. He told donors about a man known as the voice of the white south. I was in a caucus with james o. Eastland. He told donors about a man who tried to keep schools segregated. Herman tall imagine, you go down the list of all these guys. At least there was some civility and we got things done. Both of those were democrats. It doesnt change anything for kamala harris. To coddle the reputations of segregationists people if they had their way i wouldnt be standing here as a member of the United States senate is i think its misinformed and wrong. Cory booker added i have to tell Vice President biden as someone i respect that he is wrong for using his relationships with eastland and tall imagine and how to bring our country together. He should joe biden is defying democratic requests for a sorry. Are you going to apologize . Apologize for what . Corey should apologize. He knows better. There is not a racist bone in my body and i have been involved in civil rights my whole career, period, period, period. That represents a profound difference in the way biden sees himself and the world compared to 19 other candidates who will try to make a splash at the debates next week. Sandra thank you. Bill want to bring in the ateam now. Lot to react to. David asman from the fox business network. Jon sumers and Lauren Claffey former Deputy Assistant secretary for public affairs. This thing got red hot in a hurry. This issue of reparations got a lot of attention yesterday on the hill. I was on the hill yesterday down in washington for the art laffer award ceremony. Republicans think he is finished. All the republicans i talked to. Republican strategists in the room with art laffer, they say there is a 100 chance that he is not going to be the democratic nominee. There may be other views on that. Im no expert. Thats what they were saying. Republicans that i talked to think just as a reporter i was working there as a reporter among these republicans. They that i that biden is finished not because of this but he has been slipping so much in so many different ways and his comebacks are always insufficient. I dont know about that. We have no idea who will ultimately end up being the nominee at this point. Sandra thats a fact. I will say that he said was insensitive and unnecessary if im being completely honest. He didnt need to go all the way back in history to talk about what is happening right now. We have a donothing senate that hasnt had a vote or passed a bill since may. Lets talk about what is actually not happening in washington bill youre saying joe biden misfired. He could have selected a better choice of words. He didnt need to lift up the names of those people and could have talked about what is actually happening right now. What is fascinating about that is his advisors are taking to the press to push back on that. They told him he shouldnt tell the story. He went and did it anyway. Major red flags for a candidate they revert back. Bill what do you think it says if it is true that there were leaks from his campaign this early on . It makes me think they are going to have a lot of disillusionment and people starting to think twice about him being the frontrunner. Bill when he made the reversal on the Hyde Amendment his Campaign Chair went to him and spoke to him privately and said you cant continue this way. It seemed to be the trigger that changed his mind. It doesnt seem that he is actually changing his mind. He doubled down on these comments in the fundraiser next and he adjusted his comments slightly to make more of an emphasis on working with people that you drastically disagree with. The foul is already there. He cant take it back. He does represent stability, political stability. He wants to at least. He wants to. He represents a link to the past when people did work with each other. Ronald reagan famously worked with tip oneil and there were some things some great things done when clinton was working with a republican congress. We have had times. But democrats have a big skeleton in the closet. That is they were the segregationists up until 2010 senator rob byrd from West Virginia was a ku klux klan member and recruiter for the ku klux klan and in the United States senate until 2010. You look at the list of ku klux klan members, you look at their party, the big leaders who were in politics, and most of them were democrats. This is a problem that democrats will have to deal with. They love to throw that out there. Its history. Its just history. Lets talk about the action taking place and which party is working to level the Playing Field for people economically its the Trump Administration. Economically its the democrats. Sandra we have escalating tensions with iran. Lindsey graham made fresh comments and were told the president has just been briefed on the situation with iran. Here is senator Lindsey Graham. The ayatollah is to blame. We didnt sink anybodys ships or blow up pipelines or dismember yemen. We arent the largest state sponsor of terrorism. What are they trying to achieve . Theyre trying to bring trump back to the negotiating table through intimidation. Theyre trying to divide us and the europeans. Theyre trying to drive up the price of oil because they need money. So getting out of the nuclear deal was a good decision because it was a bad deal. To get trump back to the negotiating table they are trying to use hostile acts as the means to do that. If they are successful, that becomes the template for other outlaw regimes and terrorist organizations. So the iranians have made a miscalculation. Only if trump responds in a way to deter this kind of effort to restart negotiations. [inaudible question]. I talked to him this morning. He believes we are going into a were getting into a bad space. That his options are running out. That he is not going to be intimidated to redo a nuclear deal that was terrible. He is not going to relieve sanctions because the iranians are worse than theyve been. The iranian deal was to get them to change their behavior. The nuclear deal. They did everything but change their behavior. They took the money and used it to disrupt the mideast further. The first miscalculation that the Iranian Nuclear deal would make them a viable member of the family of nations. I think what President Trump believes this regime is spoiling for a fight but they understand how a conflict would end. It would end badly for them. He does want to try to get a better deal but not this way. Sandra senator Lindsey Graham reacting to the news of iran overnight shooting down an unmanned american drone with a wing span of 737, 180 million military drone owned by the United States. Lindsey graham made the point that he with irans actions are trying to provoke the United States. Divide us with our european allies. As far as our response the president s response to this should be to deter further actions and escalation by iran. As far as sanction relief he says we are not there. David, what did you think . The point is that iran is poking the hornets nest. You have to be careful. Were the hornests nest to them. Theyre seeing how far they can poke it before something comes out and bites them. So far there is nothing in the history of the Trump Administration to make me think that trump is not preparing some kind of plan to show them whats inside the hornets nest. They have to be very careful. Were in a delicate passion now. The market doesnt much care about this. Bill what do you guys think . The foreign minister was out recently talking about how their strategy against the u. S. Will be to rile up our allies and create a consensus the u. S. Needs to break their position on sanctions. This is a key moment for the United States and for the Trump Administration to make sure were aligned with our european allies. Our european allies are still trying to make trade deals and work with iran. Bill they have not bent on their position. I thought it was very interesting. A little reported but came out yesterday from the washington post. Mike pompeo went to baghdad in may and delivered a message to transfer to tehran. If you kill one american in iraq today there will be hell to pay. This administration is getting ready if that happens. Hopefully there is planning taking place behind the scenes. We have a hornets nest. They know President Trump has a tendency to be unpredictable. It could be an advantage or disadvantage in this case. We dont know. Hopefully there is Strategic Planning that is taking place behind the scenes and not a situation where the president is going to have sandra white house director of trade, Peter Navarro involved in the creation and construction of these sanctions on iran to some extent said the sanctions are working on iran. He said working beautifully, david. He said as far as the response from European Countries, i asked them are they still buying oil from iran. Interesting he didnt have a definitive answer to that. It is. They have changed i would suggest they have changed in one regard. That is irans responsibility for the tanker attacks. At first the germans and others were suggesting that you couldnt be sure. When they were shown all the information we had, all the photos, all the videos that we have, thats when they turned around and said okay, absolutely. Even adam schiff admits that. One reason they went after the drone. The iranians are worried about our eyes in the skies to get them and catch them redhanded. Bill it was unmanned flying slow. Pause for this moment. Were going back to the u. S. Supreme court. There has been a decision reached by the court in a case that shannon was describing a moment ago. What do you have there in realtime . This is a very fractured decision. It appears to be a 72. Essentially this crosses a big war memorial from world war i that stood 100 years outside of washington, d. C. In maryland. Now it looks like that cross will stay put. There was a big argument from the humanist organization that challenged the cross and wanted it torn down saying it didnt appropriately represent all veterans. They felt the cross was a christian symbol and entangled the government with religious. In that time period the cross was often a symbol of Fallen Soldiers, people who died in battle. At the end of the decision in the case the cross is undoubtedly a christian symbol but that shouldnt blind us to Everything Else that the cross has come to represent. For some that monument is a symbolic resting place for ancestors who never returned home. This was put together by the mothers of Fallen Soldiers in world war i. Many of them didnt return. Their bodies were never returned. For itss it is a place for the community to gather and honor all veterans and sacrifices for our nations. For others an historical landmark. For many of these people destroying or defacing this cross that stood undisturbed for a century would not further the ideals of respect. The cross does not offend the constitution. Thats good news for people who are fighting to save this monument and also worried about monuments across the country, around the world that may have some religious symbolism tied in with them like a cross as a grave marker, those kinds of things. Arlington National Cemetery a couple miles from here great concerns what would happen to some of the cross symbols that are also being upheld there. For now they send this back to the Fourth Circuit the next lower court right before the Supreme Court and they tell them to rehear this case essentially for further proceeding. The cross will stay. It will go back to the lower courts with this guidance from the Supreme Court. Many fractured opinions. A lot of the other justices agreed with the overall outcome but had their own reasons for writing their additional concurrences. Ginsberg and sotomayor said it sits at a busy intersection saying it is bold and clear in the middle of traffic and they have questions about whether or not that would indeed violate the separation of church and state because it is viewed as a christian symbol. They talk about this. They say from the very dedication of the ceremony the keynote speaker who dedicated this thing almost 100 years ago talked about the sacrifice of soldiers and compared it to that of jesus christ at the time. So they say there is religious symbolism. For now that cross is staying put. Guys, back to you. Bill thank you so much. If there are more decisions well get back to you. Sandra thank you. At least 10 americans mysteriously tying in the Dominican Republic between 2018 and 2019 as authorities investigate what exactly happened there. One tourism expert believes it could have parallels to the Natalee Holloway case. Bill the president saying iran has made a mistake. More on the breaking news and the briefing he was given at the white house after we woke up to the news of an unmanned aerial drone flying over the strait of hormuz downed by an Iranian Missile. Where this goes next when we come back. Wanna take your xfi to the next level . Now you can with xfi advantage. Giving you enhanced performance and protection. When devices are connected to your homes wifi, theyre protected. Helping keep outsiders from getting inside. And if someone tries, well let you know. So you can stream, surf and game all you want, with confidence you can get coverage where you need it most. Thats xfi advantage. Make your xfi even better. Upgrade today. Call, click or visit a store. Bill Dominican Republic, that big business on the island is tourism. That could be at risk. 10 americans dying at resorts. Dominican republic experts saying that if authorities dont find the cause it could be as damaging as the Natalee Holloway case from 2005 on the island of aruba that sparked double digit tourism losses there. Ted williams attorney, former homicide detective. Ted, good morning to you. Why do you think this has been so hard to figure out so far, ted . Good morning, bill. The reason i think it has been rather difficult to figure out is because the d. R. , meaning the Dominican Republic officials, are not on top of this case. And i do agree that there is some similarities to the aruba case with Natalee Holloway, a case that i covered here with fox. I think that what were looking at here is a Public Relations nightmare. Sandra they are warning that this could lead to a significant drop in tourism. What are you hearing about what is happening on the ground there and any future plans to continue to garner business there . Well, it is a Public Relations nightmare, sandra. Tourism in these caribbean islands like the Dominican Republic is their bread and butter for them. I just was down there a month and a half ago. I can tell you people are deeply concerned about the deaths and the manner that theyre being investigated. Bill and sandra, if i were in the Dominican Republic and i was conducting an investigation i would bring in independent Forensic Pathologists to conduct autopsies to try to determine what these various individuals died of and what is causing or precipitating the illnesses there. Bill you figure that they would probably do that in an expedited manner. It hasnt happened. You wonder why. Here is what we got from the director of health in the d. R. Said it is all a hysteria against the Dominican Republic to hurt our tourism. We are a popular destination. People are taking aim at us. When you consider up to two million americans go there every year. How do you cut through the possibility of this being coincidence and this being something entirely sinister, ted . Well, first of all i think its garbage that statement that the Dominican Republic person just made. I think that what they have to do is to bring in i know the f. B. I. And the center for Disease Control is already down there. But we have to give them complete access to this investigation and i dont think that is occurring at this stage. Also when you look at these resorts, these allinclusive resorts that sell alcoholic beverage, one of the things that was a scandal several years back was that they were using moon shine and rot gut liquor that they were giving to the public. So as a result of that they need to conduct, bill and sandra, an extensive investigation down there. Sandra do you think well get answers . I think sooner or later well get some answers. It is sort of like the answers we just got in the shooting of david ortiz, big papi was that it was somebody else. I think they are trying to deflect, meaning the Dominican Republic officials. Bill ted williams. Try to run it down for us. Thank you for coming in today. Sandra thank you, ted. Breaking news now from the middle east. Iran stoking the flames of confrontation further after shooting down a u. S. Navy drone. Tehrans revolutionary guard saying it is sendsing a message to america. The president just tweeted moments ago that tehran has made a, quote, big mistake. Bill in a moment here congresswoman ocasiocortez sparking fierce backlash, refusing to apologize for the comment regarding concentration camps on the southwest border. Republican congressman lee zeldin is our headliner. Well talk to him about that and iran. If i were i wouldnt give her so much i would just treat it as why are we listening to this woman . Refinance your home and take out 54,000 dollars or more to pay Credit Card Debt, or just put money in the bank. It even lowers your payments by over 600 dollars a month. 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Our middle east bureau and tray yengst. A major escalation after iran shot down a u. S. Drone in International Airspace. This time, though, iran is taking credit speaking thursday the revolutionary guard claimed the u. S. Drone entered iranian airspace before being hit by a surface to air missile. It has the wing span of 737 and cost 180 million. The drone took off from a u. S. Base in the persian gulf before being engaged. The top generals are saying the attack was meant to send a clear message to washington those who defend the borders of the islamic nation of iran will react in a total and decisive way to any intrusion by foreign elements on our land. Our borders are our red line. As for the american red line to engage iran the pentagon says there will be a response if u. S. Forces are targeted. The downing of this u. S. Drone comes after a month of rising tension between the u. S. And iran after proxies are believed to have targeted western linked oil tankers and pipelines. Iranians set a july 8th deadline for europe to find a way to skirt u. S. Sanctions or they say theyll leave the nuclear deal like the u. S. Did and begin enriching uranium our envoy is trying to find a path forward. Bill developments from the middle east. Sandra for more on this lets bring in lee zeldin of new york. Congressman, good morning to you. Can you add to the developing situation anything new that you know as the president has responded iran has just made a very big mistake . Iran is acting out. The pressure that the United States has been applying to iran, theyre feeling it with regard to their economy and we have to understand domestic politics for iran, they seek to appease hard liners. We criticized the regime. It is not just the Senior Leadership but they also have people on their right that they seem to be more concerned about than all of the many millions of iranian people who actually want a free, stable, democratic peaceful iran instead. Were hearing from the intel that were receiving here on capitol hill is that this actually didnt go down within irans borders. It was over International Waters. Irans going to continue to set themselves backwards if they dont engage in productive diplomacy. The United States does not want military conflict with iran. The president of the United States does not want military conflict with iran. We would love to see a resolution with regard to these nuclear and nonnuclear activities that iran is engaged in. Bill it is a tough neighborhood as you know. I want to show our viewers on the map the area were discussing and very specific question as to what is happening with our allies and what sort of support or lack of it we may be getting. On the map over here, saudi arabia to the west, iraq to the north, iran here, the persian gulf, strait of hormuz, that choke point where 20 of the worlds oil squeezes through on a daily and weekly basis. This is the port city. According to the iranians this is where a truckbased missile was fired at 4 00 in the morning and again as you mentioned they are claiming credit for. This choke point. The amount of oil that goes through here. Two tankers were hit by land mines in the last two weeks in this exact area. Among our allies, who will come and defend us knowing the europeans right now are fighting us on this nuclear deal . First appeared foremost in the middle east, theyre so concerned with iranian aggression they are starting to view israel in a different light. Alliances are shifting. Irans nonnuclear activities that we saw before the negotiation of the jcpoa during the negotiation and especially afterwards when iran got all this cash, their vision is to build a land bridge across the middle east. They worked with the houthis in yemen, assad in syria. They have great influence over the Iraqi Government in baghdad. As far as our best allies in this effort, while there was a p5 plus 1 that included three European Countries, u. K. France, germany, china and russia. If you want to find our best friends when trying to respond to what iranian aggression is happening each day you will find it in the countries around iran greatly concerned with this aggression. Sandra i want to update our viewers at the bottom of the screen. We got word there will be an 11 00 a. M. Eastern Time White House meeting an iran. As far as who will be in the meeting. Both pat shanahan and mark esper, the outgoing and incoming acting defense secretaries. As far as our response here, what we have heard from the pentagon, what we have heard from the president , President Trump has not ruled out using military force, although we constantly hear as we did from Peter Navarro avoiding allout war. How specifically do you want to see us respond to the latest developments. First, we need to continue to make it absolutely clear to iran that we will have zero tolerance for the targeting of the United States, of United States personnel, of United States National Security interests. When you attack the United States, it is very different than a situation where they might be aggressive in a neighboring country. Were concerned about that but as far as red lines on our end, there should be a military response if were attacked by iran. That message needs to be out there. I want to reiterate, i dont want to see a military option. Thats the last possible option. The president doesnt want military conflict. I dont believe that our country wants military conflict. But i do believe that if everyone out there who believes in the multiple instruments of National Power, diplomacy, information, economics, applying economic pressure, having bilateral and multilateral diplomacy with other nations that are concerned or the Information Campaign where millions of iranians are concerned about the people leading their own country. To make those other instruments and National Power for effective it is helpful to have the military option on the table as a deterrent. Bill you wont get much of an argument from this administration on that. What do you know about the message mike pompeo delivered in iraq in the month of may that was destined for tehran about not killing a single american. Secretary pompeo is very intelligent and will stand his ground in being concerned about iranian aggression specifically in iraq, as well as what were seeing in other countries. But what we need is for the Iraqi Government, there are many who arent beholding to iran within the Iraqi Government. For them to know that the United States has their back. Their support, their encouragement to have their own sovereignty, to control their own destiny and not allow themselves to become proxies for iran. I believe that in any of these conversations he would be well pressed and stand his ground. Offer encouragement and support for the iraqis. Bill we will find out whether iran received that message. Thank you for your time today. Republican lee zeldin out of new york. Sandra thank you, congressman. Meanwhile another story were watching this morning. A growing homeless crisis in hightax california and a massive problem in the streets of los angeles. Several voters there have decided to take action. 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The golden state. They have the homelessness, rodent problem. Typhus. Over 20 of the population is living in poverty right now. 17 of people under 65 dont have health insurance. If you want to buy a house, lets say someone moved to l. A. Today. They would put the 20 down payment on a house by 2061. You move out there today and want a house, hope you are 17 or younger. Sandra based on average earnings. Mortgage payments and home prices are going up. Wages are stagnant in los angeles for 40 years. They have not moved in 40 years. Sandra you look at the pictures of the streets of los angeles. It is heartbreaking. It is nuts. It blows your hand. Bill 59,000 can fill a football stadium. It was up 12 last year despite all kinds of efforts. You know, people have to look one thing to say we want to do these initiatives to fix it. But how did this city and how is new york city, lurching toward that get in that position . A city with very high taxes and very high regulations, it is hard. There is no upward mobility. Thats the problem there. Housing prices are expensive. But if people could start a business. If you wanted to start a business in l. A. You couldnt afford the hurdles. Bill whether its l. A. , portland, san francisco, the governments in the cities are making it possible. An issue all across the west coast. They are moving out in droves. Google is trying to do something huge in san francisco, talking about a billion dollar initiative. The private sector trying to come to the rescue. These cities cant have it both ways. It might be the only solution. Bill why would that be acceptable if you have Public Officials voted into office are allowing it to happen and people who live there are ticked off. Whether its googles or apple of the world. People who lived in l. A. For years cant afford it. They wont get a job at google and apple. It is tempering the public frustration with them. Bill this woman wants the mayor of l. A. To resign. She said this. It is outrageous. Weve had a 75 increase in homelessness in the past six years under the leadership of Eric Garcetti. There is no question who is to blame for this increase. He needs to be recalled. The mayor is under a lot of heat and responded the following way. Garcetti, the mayor in l. A. My strong opinion everything were doing is working. My strong opinion is thats not enough. Secondly its not preventing people entering homelessness and the city doesnt have the power or the departments to address that on our own. In fact, most of those things arent even under our jurisdiction. You talk about a punt. Of course its not right. His strong opinion doesnt matter. I dont care how strong his opinion is. The facts on the ground are heartbreaking and he should be embarrassed and ashamed of himself. Sandra dow up 212 points. Took a little bit of a hit when the president tweeted out iran made a big mistake. The dow is right behind it. 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The number of expectant mothers that use marijuana has doubled and most common during the first trimester. Dr. Marc siegel and fox news contributor. Good morning to you. First trimester is critical in the development of a baby and its brain. You know why its much more common in the first trimester for women to use it. Sandra they dont know theyre pregnant. They get morning sickness. They try to counter the morning sickness with pot. 7 of pregnant women in the United States use it according to the new study. 7 . Especially in areas where its legal. Thats bad news. It leads to early term, leads to preterm labor and small birth weight infants. Many studies suggest it may affect behavior later on of the infant as they develop into childhood. Bill how do you feel about medical marijuana . Im for medical marijuana but not for pregnancy. Thats when i tell my pregnant patients dont take anything let alone a psycho active substance. I like marijuana for pain. It can be used if properly prescribed for pain and epilepsy. There are medical uses. But recreationally it ends up in food, drink, cosmetics. You dont know where its coming. The key headline here is that the thc content, the psycho active substance has gone up 10 to 20 now over the years. It used to be 1 to 3 . When its 10 to 20 your risk of psychosis is five times what it would be otherwise. Sandra fascinating not only to learn that 1 in 14 pregnant women are using marijuana, but women in general using more marijuana. 12 of women, 1 in 8 women in this country are using marijuana. I think it has something to do with the point bill just made. We think its medicinal. People use a lot of things thinking it will make them feel better. They have aches and pains. Sandra some people use alcohol for that. They use vitamins or turmeric, but marijuana has huge side effects in terms of psychiatric short and long term problems. Behavior problems and judgment. 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Military calling the downing of our drone an unprovoked attack in International Airspace. Tehran claiming it was shot down over iran and warning the u. S. Not to invade its territory again. President trump was briefed just this morning on the attack and tweeted this. Iran made a very big mistake. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin leads our coverage from the pentagon this hour. Whats the latest . The white house says President Trump has been briefed about the attack. Both outgoing and incoming acting defense secretaries will be going to the white house shortly for a meeting on iran are john bolton and mike pompeo and the National Security team. In a statement u. S. Central command rejected irans claim that the drone flew over iranian territory. Those reports are false. It was an unprovoked attack on an u. S. Surveillance asset in International Airspace. 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Bill Jennifer Griffin watching all that from the pentagon. Sandra with retired navy seal david sears. We know that house and Senate Leaders receive a classified briefing that should be happening any moment now at the white house. Lindsey graham, the senator, is speaking right now. Stand by, please. Lets go to the senator. Go back into the enrichment business. There is one country in the entire world that cant afford to sit back and watch iran move forward on the Nuclear Front is israel. What do you make about the criticism that joe biden is getting for speaking somewhat sympatheticly about things that he was able to get done with segregation. Im not on the panel of the debate. I dont know why they didnt pick me to be part of the democratic debate. You never know. I would ask do you believe barack obama would have sandra he moved off the topic of iran. We heard from him earlier, david, saying what he believes iran is trying to do here. To try to poke at us and divide us with our allies. What do you make of what youve learned so far, the president has been briefed. We expect this meeting to be happening any moment at the white house. There is definitely multiple things going on at once. We have to treat them sort of in separate bins. You have the attack on the drone. I think that the United States needs to come forward with very good evidence showing that it was International Waters. If thats the case, then it warrants a response. Some sort of measured response, whether its tomahawks or bombers into those missile batteries just showing iran they cannot do this. The tankers are another separate issue. Its iran using provocation but it is not against us. It is against the international shipping. We havent heard anything from the International Community on this other than a couple of small this is a bad thing. But you didnt hear anything from norway or japan. That you let the International Community start to weigh in. We have the larger middle east strategy which we need to discuss and kind of some of our assumptions there. Sandra thats what will be discussed in the white house surely as we await the meeting to begin. Nancy pelosi making comments on iran saying its a dangerous situation. The high tension wires are up in the region. I dont think the president wants to go to war. He has gone on the record saying that but he has not ruled out a military response to iran. This will be a closeddoor meeting. Relevant Committee Members will be there along with john bolton and mike pompeo. Senator Lindsey Graham made comments earlier on iran and what were seeing happening there and what we need to tell the iranians. Here is the senator. We need to tell the iranians that if they increase their Enrichment Program for uranium, it would be if we give in here to intimidation and, you know, outrageous conduct, then north korea will do the same and on and on and on. Sandra that was senator Lindsey Grahams response on how we need to proceed. What do you expect to hear out of this meeting . And what further response do you expect from the white house, david . I think that you will have to see some sort of if they come forward and say this was in International Airspace and the wreckage was recovered in International Waters youll see some type of kinetic response. You should. As far as the enrichment piece. We have to see where iran goes and what theyre pursuing. The United States department of defense, not the Israeli Department of defense. Our concerns in the middle east should be our concerns and not all of our partners or allies there in coming to the aid of saudi arabia or israel all the time. They need to handle their own region as well. We need to be very measured in what we do. I think the sanctions are a great way to proceed and keep the pressure up on iran. Sandra great point on what further we can do economically if we discuss that. Peter navarro said this on that. What were trying to do here and which is succeeding is to cut off their export revenues. They sell oil, they sell petrochemicals, they sell iron and steel. If we cut off the revenues they cant finance their war and terrorist machine. Thats the approach. It is certainly working. It is working beautifully. Sandra working beautifully was a big statement at the house there. Final thoughts. The president has hinted the white house has economic tools to deal with European Countries that have opposed those sanctions. That i hear from you, you also believe those are working. Should the president consider options as far as acting with these European Countries that are not in favor of those . I think he certainly should. If you put pressure on them, on the European Countries to do business with iran it isolates iran more. They need oil coming out of the gulf but not iran. Theyre working. Iran has had to cut funding hamas and hezbollah. They are hurting and they are getting domestic unrest as well which is the last thing that they want or need. Sandra david sears, retired navy seal. Appreciate your input. Thank you, sir. Bill eight minutes past. Inside the trial now, dramatic testimony in the courtmartial of navy seal Edward Gallagher. A fellow navy seal on the stand describing in graphic detail the moment he says he saw gallagher kill an isis prisoner. Jonathan hunt is on this trial reporting live in san diego, california. What happened, jonathan. Good morning. Well, today two more seals who served alongside chief petty officer Edward Gallagher in iraq are due to take the stand and testify against the chief accused of murdering this wounded isis fighter in iraq in may 2017. Now on the stand yesterday was chief craig miller who served with seal team 7 with chief gallagher. Miller said a captured isis fighter was brought to the seals on the hood of a humvee. Minutes later miller said he saw chief gallagher kneeling next to the prisoner and quote, i saw him stab the prisoner in the side of the neck. Miller said gallagher, who has been to court each day by his wife stabbed the isis fighter twice and took pictures with the body. Gallagher came to his room later that day and he asked me who is not good with it . I said im not good with it. On cross examination gallaghers lead attorney chipped away at millers credibility pointing out his memory lapses on many details. Although not on the central accusation of being witness to murder. After the session he talked about chief gallaghers reaction to hearing the accusations. Listen here. This entire process for him has been difficult hearing people say things that arent true. People that he thought were his brothers. People he thought he could trust and went into combat with and that they then turned on him. For the first time in two years he got to watch chief miller actually be questioned on the deeper details and exposed for the fact that this is just made up. And when i asked him, the attorney repeated what he said before, he considers every one of those combat veteran seals who is now testifying against chief gallagher to be, quote, cowards and liars. Bill a lot of attention on that case. Jonathan hunt, san diego. Sandra fox news alert. Supreme court issues a key ruling on a war memorial in the shape of a cross on public land. It has been there for nearly a century. Can it stay and what other impact will the courts decision have . Bill a new mystery surrounding the mueller prob. Another memo outlining the scope of the investigation just now surfacing. Raising more questions about the investigation and well explain in a moment, next. President trump its a hoax, a terrible hoax and it should never happen to another president again. Many of them would not be able to handle it. 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It was overwhelming but grateful god protected us. God carried us and covered us. I was overwhelmed and i became grateful do you know this person at all . Never saw him or met him. Bill the suspect was trying to recruit supporters in the u. S. To commit similar acts for isis. Sandra fox news alert as we get new information on the probe itself. Were getting word this morning of a previously unknown memo outlining the investigations scope signed by then Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. It is dated several months after the special counsels appointment and as of now its contents are secret raising Big Questions on why it was necessary in the first place. Byron york is the chief Political Correspondent for the washington examiner. Good morning. You are always so good at laying this out for us, what we need to know. What does this tell us . Its a little mysterious. Go back to may 17th, 2017. Mueller was appointed and Rod Rosenstein who was the Deputy Attorney general writes a memo to mueller. Youre assigned to investigate three things. You are supposed to investigate links and coordination between the Trump Campaign and russia. Anything else that might arise directly out of that and then you can investigate obstruction of justice. So we all thought thats what the investigation is about and then we later learned that it was kind of all for show. We learned that on august 2, just 10 weeks after the original appointment, rosenstein writes another memo to mueller and he expands on what his jurisdiction is we think. I say we think. That second memo is still secret. And now we learn that on october 20th of 2017 a few months later he writes a third memo to mueller again expanding the investigation. Weve had brief descriptions of these things but dont know what theyre about. Sandra we asked devin nunes about that report, byron. Here is how he responded. Looked like a cya memo. We know the public knows this. You can go into the mueller report, what i call the mueller dossier and you can see in there they talk about this expanded investigation. And they list a bunch of names in there. But it looks to me like they wanted a reason. There must have been a legal reason why they needed to add an den dumb to this. Sandra what about the legal reason . Devin nunes has an advantage over all of us because he has seen the memo. And the Justice Department has shown it to some members of house committees. Were not sure what the legal reason could be. It could be that some of the people mueller was investigating, their lawyers were claiming their case was outside the jurisdiction of mueller. He didnt have any authority to investigate them and maybe mueller went back and got some investigative powers there. But we do know that october of 2017, we know in the end mueller could not establish that conspiracy or coordination had taken place between trump and russia. And what we know is that by october 2017 thats when he was learning that he could not establish this. So is it linked to that somehow . We just dont know. Sandra there is still so much to learn and that we dont know. We had the chance to catch up with jim jordan. He appeared on fox friends earlier this morning. Talking about the overreach of the probe and the investigation of the investigators. Here is jim jordan. Emmett flood sent a letter to the attorney general. If they can do this to a president of the United States. Imagine what they can do to you and me. Thats the fundamental point here and why this investigation that the attorney general and john durham are doing is so darn important. Sandra your response. You really get to see how much importance republicans are placing on this investigation by the attorney general, bill barr, who has appointed john durham, the u. S. Attorney in connecticut to do this investigation. Theyre placing a lot of hope in that. There is also the Inspector General investigation in the Justice Department. They think theyll get some information out of that but they dont hold hope it will be a big, broad, wide ranging probe. So republicans have put all their eggs in this basket hoping that attorney general barr will be able to get to the bottom of the origins of the trump russia investigation. Sandra very interesting. Thank you for your reporting on all of that. Bill 20 past the hour. The publisher of the New York Times firing back at the president after he accused the paper of treason. Why the publisher said those remarks have crossed a dangerous line. Sandra democrats venting their frustrations following that closeddoor testimony by hope hicks yesterday as President Trump defends his former Communications Director. President trump they fight a dirtier fight, the democrats fight a dirtier fight. Its too bad. Moving is hard. No kidding. But moving your internet and tv . Thats easy. Easy . easy . Easy. 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There is no appetite for going the war in our country. Sandra reaction pouring in now after iran shot down a u. S. Military drone in International Airspace. President trump tweeting that iran, quote, has made a big mistake. Well have more on this as it develops. Bill the New York Times publisher firing back at President Trump writing a piece today in the wall street journal. He says the president has irresponsibly he said they committed an act of treason. Howie, good morning and thank you for coming back. We showed salzburgers father who used to be publisher. What is the genesis for this . This has gone from conventional warfare to nuclear and a. G. Salz burger in defending a times story about u. S. Cyberwarfare efforts against russia. Details in a moment. Is not just accusing President Trump of making a dangerous charge but really rolled out a lot of ammunition. He is saying the president is boosting leak investigations against the press. That he tried to stop at t from taking over time warner and blaming him for a worldwide surge in violence against journalists. I think that one goes too far as a guilt by association. Bill those are serious charges. It all started with the times story that says the u. S. Has made incursions against russias electric grid to send a message to Vladimir Putin in the cyberwarfare efforts between the two rivals. And so what salzburger is high lighting is they went to National Security officials. Do you have any concerns and were told by various agencies including nsa no, we dont have any concerns. Now the president comes along and says its virtually treason. President is making two different charges here that are hard to square. One he says the story is virtually true because it is such Sensitive Information. At the same time he says it is not true. Nobody else in the administration has denied it. Bill let me share the tweet and ill give a little bit of what salzburger wrote in the piece. A virtual act of treason by a paper needing a story bad for our country. Also not true. Anything goes with our corrupt news media. Theyll do whatever it takes without the slightest thought of consequence. From his piece today interesting it showed up in the wall street journal and not the times. He said the president s rhetorical attacks continue to foster a climate in which trusts in journalists more than a quarter of americans and republicans agree the news media is the enemy of the American People and the president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior. What you go on to describe is how this has become personal between these two men. How so . I think salzburger in publishing trying to reach a different audience than putting it in his own paper. The president is entitled to criticize New York Times coverage. The personal part comes in here. When salzburger took over the publishers job from his father trump had an off the record session which the president made public and he president asked for an off the record and salzburger said he went with his reporters to the oval office and some months ago delivered his message to the president that your enemy of the people rhetoric is creating problems for journalists. Now the gloves are completely off. President using a word like treason and the publisher no longer trying to be diplomatic in saying hey, the rhetoric that you are using is now sliding into real threats against my business. Bill a lot to talk about on sunday. Howie kurtz there in washington nice to see you. Sandra a former democratic aide sentenced the prison for posting the personal information of some top gop lawmakers. Judge napolitano will weigh in on that next. Bill there is history being made in north korea. The question is why now . Chinas president has arrived for a summit with chairman kim. 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Justice alito explaining even though it is a christian symbol the court cannot be blind to Everything Else that the cross represents. The judge here andrew napolitano. Good morning. 72 ruling. What was your read on this, judge . That this changes the standards that judges will use in the future when they evaluate whether a religious symbol violates the First Amendment. The old rule, the rule before today, looked at the purpose of the symbol. Justice alito rights the purpose is obscured by history. It was developed in 1925 and we shouldnt be historians. New rule says if there is a sectarian perception of the symbol and there are sectarian perceptions here according to the majority, ones of peace and sacrifice and honoring those who sacrificed for the country during the great war, then the court will ratify it and will not interfere with it. Bill translation . Youll see more government construction and use of religious symbols in the Public Square as long as there is some nonreligious meaning to those symbols. Bill on screen here, here is the issue, cross shaped war memorial. American legion, secular peace cross honoring the war dead. Opponents said it is a mix of church and state on public land. The Supreme Court disagreed today. This may the case that Justice Ginsburg was talking about saying there was bitter disagreement coming. I think she is also talking about the one thats coming monday, the census. But her dissent is a stinging dissent said hey, the cross means one thing, christianity. How can it possibly not mean that . Bill alito said this. The removal or radical alteration at this date would be seen by many not as a neutral act, but as the manifestation of a hostility toward religion. This is the conundrum that the First Amendment creates with respect to religion. The government cant establish a religion by supporting anything outwardly religious but the government also cant interfere with something that is already there because it cant be hostile. So surprisingly 72. Surprisingly two justices you would think, the dissenters are ginsburg and sotomayor. You have Justice Kagan and breyer with the traditional majority on this changing the rule as i explained a few minutes ago. Bill were waiting on the census question. Perhaps it comes tomorrow or next monday. I want to move to this other case. A phrase called doxxing. I didnt know what it was. Bill the exposure of your personal information putting it online. Five u. S. Senators, mcconnell, mike lee, orrin hatch, Lindsey Graham and rand paul were docksed docksed has struck back. Thats the kicker. He received an excess of what you normally receive for doxxing. His purpose was to interfere with a governmental function to interfere with the ability of senators to pass judgment on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be on the Supreme Court of the United States by making their lives miserable and exposing where they lived and phone numbers were so people could harass them. Bill he was sentenced to four years in jail for stealing that information. In a new technological age you could do this in the past on paper and distribute in a very nefarious way. With technology you can do it with efficiency. The crime becomes more acute and the punishment becomes more severe. On the same day he is sentenced they charged one of his collaborators who works for the same senator. I dont believe the democratic senator hassan had anything to do with it. How big was this conspiracy and what does the government do before it entrusts these people with access to these computers . How does it determine that they are worthy of that access . Bill i would dare suggest it will happen again if it is not happening already. Judge napolitano, thanks. President trump these people are absolutely they use the word its a good word i guess, unhinged. What has happened to the democrats. In the meantime they arent doing any work in congress. Theyre so busy interviewing hope hicks and taking pictures of this incredible young woman and putting the pictures out to the press of her testifying. And theyre not allowed to do that. It is probably illegal. Sandra President Trump attacking democrats last night for investigations related to the mueller probe. The House Judiciary Committee holding a hearing this morning one day after former white house Communications Director hope hicks was avoiding questions in a closed door hearing. Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge is live in washington for us. Good morning. The House Judiciary Committee hearing is part of their investigation into the special counsel report but none of the witnesses this morning have firsthand knowledge of the russia case, the fact witness, but theyre offering expertise at legal scholars and specialists on foreign election interference. Doug collins said todays testimony along with the sevenhour testimony from hope hicks yesterday, the former white house Communications Director, now an executive Vice President and chief Communications Officer for the Fox Corporation are an effort to relitigate the mueller findings. They realized the Summer Season was after all the shows had run the whole season and time for reruns. Well, tomorrow is the official start of summer, its time for rerun season. Yesterdays episode was hope hicks. Todays episode is before us. The committees democratic chairman nadler pressed witnesses on the president s recent abc news interview where he said he would listen if a Foreign Government offered damaging information on an opponent and based on the information he received mr. Trump said he would decide whether it should go to the f. B. I. Is it likely or plausible that the president s statements last week may encourage russia or other Foreign Governments to engage in the same type of influence operations against our democracy in the next election . Of course. Theyre paying attention and listening to everything that the president and his advisors and members of this body say. Republicans and other critics accuse the democrats of a double standard. Democrats took information from a former british spy and used it to open and f. B. I. Probe of trump associates. As a footnote democrats hope to get out that testimony from hope hicks in the next 24 hours probably, maybe by the close of business tomorrow, sandra. Sandra thank you. Bill also new today the chinese president has arrived in north korea. President xi will spend two days with kim. We follow that from hong kong. Why now and what comes of it . Interesting stuff, bill. The region here, the world watching the summit in pyongyang involving chinese president xi and north korea leader kim jongun. The first time that the chinese leader has gone to north korea. Kim went to china for their four other meetings. Today, well, was the well choreographed arrival at the airport. Both are looking to get something out of this surprise session. Our analysts say that kim is desperate for relief from International Sanctions hurting his economy. Chinese president wants a commitment from the north Korean Leader to move forward on the stalled denuclearization talks on the us uls so he can bring something to President Trump when they meet next week. So he can get leverage in his trade battle with the United States. And overall experts say xi wants to boost his political stature which has been hit in recent weeks by mass antibeijing, prodemocracy protests in hong kong. Another day of wellorchestrated events are planned for tomorrow. Good diplomatic cover for the chinese president. More protests are planned here, too. Bill interesting meetings there from hong kong today. Thanks. Sandra defense attorney for navy seal charged with murdering an isis prisoner reacting to graphic testimony yesterday from the prosecutions star witness. Saying he cannot be believed. Where the trial goes from here, a closer look at that case next. For the first time in two years, he got to watch chief miller actually be questioned on the deeper details and exposed for the fact that this is just made up. You should know about the newday va home loan for veterans it lets you borrow up to 100 percent of your homes value. 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The u. S. Wages economic terrorism on iran has conducted covert action against us and now encroaches on our territory. We dont seek war but will defend our skies, land and waters. Well take this aggression to the u. N. And show the u. S. Is lying about International Waters. All this coming a short time ago. President said iran has made a big mistake and also learning that National Security advisor john bolton will travel to israel to meet with the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as President Trump gets ready for a meeting with mike pompeo and incoming and outgoing acting secretaries of defense. This follows the latest escalation of tension with iran when an american drone was downed overnight. This was in International Waters according to the u. S. Position. The president is about to welcome the canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau at the white house a few moments from now. That deal with mexico and canada, the usmca will be a big topic of their meeting. Were told based on sandras interview with larry kudlow they could be close to getting that deal done. So it passed apparently in the mexican senate. Well see where it goes next. All that now is on our plate as we watch. Sandra two more navy seals expected to testify today in the courtmartial of navy seal Edward Gallagher. The jury heard from the star witness yesterday who claims he saw gallagher fatally stab an isis prisoner in the neck. Phillip holloway is a former jag and criminal defense attorney. Good morning to you. What did we learn when the prosecution called up that star witness yesterday . Well, sandra, what we learned is this is a swearing contest to be sure. If you think about it, though, this is very remarkable in the context of a war crimes trial to have a swearing contest. But regardless of which said prevails with the jury, this is a lose lose scenario for america. Consider this, if the prosecution is correct, this seal team was led into combat by a notorious war criminal. Someone with a trouble past who was nevertheless able to mount a Successful Navy career and earn awards in the process. On the other hand the contrast set up by the defense is theyre all wrong. That instead of being led into combat by a criminal, that the outfit was infested by criminals who were lying to remove their leader going so far as to lie about him to accuse him of murder and sit in a military courtroom and commit perjury in their efforts to remove their chief. They are saying its mutiny. Bill the video is Edward Gallagher. We have had his wife on this program several times. She says and maintains that he maintains his innocence through all of this and says he is not guilty of what he is being charged with here. What that star witness said on the stand yesterday is that i saw him stab the prisoner in the side of the neck. The testimony as you know got very dramatic. He said he believes he saw gallagher stab the man twice and identified another seal, corey scott, who was next to the detainee as well. Where does this case go . It will be very difficult for the defense to prove this was not a murder. I think instead what they need to do is focus on the issue of reasonable doubt. The highest standard of proof known to our legal system and applies in military courts as in all other courts in the nation. The key distinction here the prosecution gets a little bit of a break. They dont have to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt to all jurors. They must convince five. In that contest that your burden of proof responsibility is watered down a little bit so that could give the edge to the prosecution in the end of the of course, time will tell. Sandra to be clear this trial was derailed and eventually delayed because of problems with the prosecution and these emails that were exchanged that revealed they were monitoring emails that Eddie Gallagher was sending with his legal team and his family and others. Thats one of the things that is going to make this case even notwithstanding the facts of the case or the allegations in the case. Thats one of the things that will make this so historic. There is no shortage of animosity between the prosecution and defense team. You have the email scandal, of course, going into the trial. You had the removal of the head prosecutor in the last days or weeks. But you also have the defense going on the offense basically in the court of Public Opinion having Daily Press Conferences where they are accusing the prosecution and their entire stable of witnesses of lying and being overzealous. This is definitely one where the sides are going at it with everything theyve got. Sandra weve been watching this from the beginning and it continues today. Well continue to watch and monitor all of this. Phillip, thank you for your time. Bill busy morning already. It will continue in a few moments. Outnumbered is coming up next. Melissa francis has a preview. President trump says iran made a very big mistake shooting down a u. S. Drone. A top general warns the u. S. Reserves the right to respond with military action. Is iran trying to goad the u. S. Into a conflict . And joe biden refusing to apologize for touting his past work with segregationist senators despite heavy blowback from fellow 2020 democrats. The former vp standing apart from the democratic pack on the issue of reparations. All that plus our lucky guy. Outnumbered at the top of the hour. Bill russian president putin weighing in on iran. He has a message to washington were the slowskys. We like drip coffee, layovers and waiting on hold. What we dont like is relying on fancy technology for help. 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Lindsey graham just out of that meeting as you see the white house camera there. Well take you to the white house. First here is Lindsey Graham on capitol hill on iran. Here is the deal. This drone was in International Waters. Weve been flying patterns like this for months. Were trying to collect intelligence to make informed decisions. Were told the iranians, before they shot the drone down, that if you engage against american personnel or assets you do so at your own peril. The president does not want a war with iran or anybody else. But he is the commanderinchief and so when abe was asked by the president , the Prime Minister of japan to deliver a message to the iranians lets talk, not only was he rebuffed, they attacked a japanese ship while the japanese Prime Minister is delivering a message from the american president lets see if we can negotiate. So that tells me all i need to know about the Iranian Regime and the negotiating. So i talked to the president this morning. I will meet him this afternoon. They made a big mistake by shooting our drone down. Whats provocative is to shoot the drone down and blow up a Japanese Oil Tanker with the japanese Prime Minister in the your office trying to start negotiations with the United States. What the provocative is having your proxies shoot into saudi arabia. This is the way this is headed. If they start enrichment at the levels theyre talking about in a few days, israel will have to respond over time. There is one nation on the planet that is not going to give the iranians the pass on their nuclear program, thats israel. Israel will, as a last resort, attack to prevent a Nuclear Armed iran. Well come to their aid. Here is what theyre trying to do. Theyre trying to break our will. Intimidate us to come to the negotiating table. The president made an offer to negotiate, the response was to attack a japanese tanker, the emissary of the person chosen to deliver the offer and last night they shot down a drone. Iran needs to get ready for severe pain inside their country. Their capability pale in comparison to ours. We wont let them disrupt navigation of the seas, attack our allies and u. S. Interests without paying a price. So if theyre itching for a fight, theyll get one. Militarily . Were a lot closer today than we were yesterday and only god knows what tomorrow brings. If next week they go back into enrichment, putting them back on a path to a bomb which they were on anyway, that escalates the tensions between israel and iran. If they do anything else against an American Asset and this president doesnt respond like Ronald Reagan thats a signal to north korea and the entire world were all talk. So irans fate is in their hands. And its its up to them to decide how it ends. When you say the u. S. Will aid israel. What does it mean . Military involvement . 100 . If they go back into the enrichment business that puts them on an accelerated path to a bomb and israel has to defend itself against the threat. Im confident well be there. Nobody wants to get there. Im also confident that well protect the straits of hormuz and well protect American Military personnel and civilians on the ground. Im confident that if there is a war with iran, they lose. Im confident it would be very devastating to the region. It will not be pretty. Dont want to go there. But what more do you expect the president to do . He sent the japanese Prime Minister to try to start negotiations and they blow up a japanese tanker. I dont know what to say. Is the president prepared to act military tearly . I will let you ask him. If he does not change the course were on, then others will act. You talked to the president this morning and you will talk to him later. Do you believe that he that he sees were one step closer to war . I think anybody would believe that were one step closer. They shot down an American Asset well within International Waters trying to assess the situation. What are you supposed to do . Ronald reagan took a lot and then he acted. This president has taken a lot from iran. He was right to get out of a bad deal and right to put sanctions on their disruptive behavior throughout the world. He would like a better deal. To me its clear that the iranians are trying to break us iranians are trying to break us between our allies, trying to create chaos. And you can legitimize this way. If we do it with iran, north korea could explode a bomb, shoot off a muscle, thinking that is how you get america back at the table. For the Campaign Strategy all i can say is if you are not willing to stand up to aggression, you are going get hurt. It was not a very good strategy. This is not an endless war. This is a provocative regime that shoots its own people down in the street, that threatens the business of the state of israel. If you are not willing to take this enemy on, you will regret