Announce Andrew Acosta as the new nominee for secretary of former norm he knee withdrew his nomination. This is an hour and 20 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the resident of the United States. President trump i just wanted to begin by mentioning that the nominee for secretary of the department of labor will be mr. Alex acosta. He has a law degree from harvard law school, great student, former clerk for Justice Samuel alito. He has had a tremendous career, hes a member and has been a member of the National Labor relations board. And has been through Senate Confirmation three times, confirmed, did very, very well. And so alex, ive wished him the best. We just spoke. And hes going to be, i think hell be a tremendous secretary of labor. And also as you probably heard just a little while ago, mick mulvaney, former congressman, has just been approved, weeks late, i have to say that, weeks, weeks late, office of management and budget. And he will be, i think, a fantastic addition. Paul singer
Do with Ongoing Investigation of russia and possible obstruction of justice. The other item appears to fit a patternment another alleged instance in which President Trump tried to asscertain or obtain the loyalty of the top official of justice, we are talking about rosenstein in this case. The new reporting according to our sources that shortly before rosensteins testimony, the president asked him, are you on my team. This is after asking mccabe and james comey for his loyalty. Well have more on both of the stories tonight. We want to begin with the deal of the investigation and the people running it and the latest socalled nunes memo memo. The fbi and Christopher Wray now publicly releasing it and addressing security issues. The white house intends to get the memo out one way or another. The president was caught on an open mic saying the chances of it being released are 100 . Dont worry. 100 . Can you imagine that . 100 . That was last night. The fourpage memory row alleges that the f
Adm. Ronnie jackson facing explosive allegations of drinking and driving and wrecking a government vehicle. The pres. s embattled pick was spot on capitol hill tonight reportedly meeting with sen. Tom tillis who is a member of the va committee. There are reports that republican support for the confirmation is dwindling. Is anxious to answer the charges. Team coverage tonight, Kristin Fisher will have details on Rudy Giulianis efforts to wrap up the special counsel investigation. Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reports on james comey and his friendship with a law professor who had a special deal with the fbi. Was a line crossed. We begin with it henry on the latest on dr. Jackson. Fox has confirmed donald trump met with rear admiral Ronnie Jackson and is hanging in for now midreports that the white house is bracing for the possibility that he will throw in the towel. I spoke tonight with rob shah and he says the president supports jackson but added, quote, we are pre
Closures, well after the time for corporate welfare reform. But first, lets bring in foxes here, producer chad. Lots going on all weekend long and it keeps coming. Everyone was saying that after President Trump announced that john kelly without, neck, the Vice President chief of staff was almost certain to get the job but it turns out thats not the case. Talk about that. I was getting some hand signals late last week that it wouldnt be him, that he might go sideways. We hear a lot of these things on capitol hill, especially when capitol hill players had one name part of the administration is nick mulvaney, the budget director and he used to be a republican congressman from South Carolina and was cofounder of the Freedom Caucus. Weve also been hearing about mark from North Carolina who kind of cofounded and leads the Freedom Caucus right now. I think youre going to see more in the next few days about might have the president back as he goes toe to toe with them got and others as they tr
Closures, well after the time for corporate welfare reform. But first, lets bring in foxes here, producer chad. Lots going on all weekend long and it keeps coming. Everyone was saying that after President Trump announced that john kelly without, neck, the Vice President chief of staff was almost certain to get the job but it turns out thats not the case. Talk about that. I was getting some hand signals late last week that it wouldnt be him, that he might go sideways. We hear a lot of these things on capitol hill, especially when capitol hill players had one name part of the administration is nick mulvaney, the budget director and he used to be a republican congressman from South Carolina and was cofounder of the Freedom Caucus. Weve also been hearing about mark from North Carolina who kind of cofounded and leads the Freedom Caucus right now. I think youre going to see more in the next few days about might have the president back as he goes toe to toe with them got and others as they tr