apple that has been revealed here. so is it fair to say the entire investigation has been compromised and the integrity of the f.b.i. is called into question? most definitely. the lead investigator was having conversations, his personal beliefs but it was about a person involved in the investigation. so that goes to the points i wouldn t be safe to have someone talking about my case when i say i m innocent and they are leading this investigation? i just ask the american people sitting down watching this program would you feel comfortable with an investigator talking about you if you were the person being investigated? sandra: ben, i want to share with you alan dershowitz s op-ed this morning. for the trump team mueller played into their hands in his sloppiness and not cautious with his personnel. they seem biased against trump.
we sewed in that time. no one should be excused. it s wrong, people should be fired and one has to make sure that this should be wherever they are, the public or private sector, public sector especially. this is a societal issue which we have we actually threw away the discussion 20 years ago. i think now we re paying for it. sandra: interesting, ben. you wonder how a few years out how this moment will look. was it the beginning, the middle, the end? right. i think what we re going through right now in a series of growing pains as we mature as a society when it comes to what is appropriate behavior in the workplace. i think this purge that is occurring right now in society will have a good outcome at the end. this is something that is obviously needed. evidently as we ve seen the allegations come it seems to be every day whether it be the president himself and president
in syria. sandra: nbc news firing today co-host matt lauer after receiving a detailed complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. joining me now is ben kissel and david hoppe. this is new for everybody. news of matt lauer s firing. it s a good thing that nbc fired him and acted quickly. there appears to be information that made it very clear that he had done not only this act but some others. but actually 20 years ago we had a societal discussion about this and for political reasons it was swept under the rug. under almost anybody s definition bill clinton was a sexual predator. but for political reasons that societal discussion got swept under the rug 20 years ago and in some ways we re reaping what
if you want an example of what systemic sexism looks in in government or monica went to work for bill clinton. huma went to work for hillary. possible that huma could be in the white house now. we saw what happened with monica. this is a very serious issue and as a society we will handle it and hopefully we improve. sandra: we ll keep learning more i m sure. ben and david thank you. bill: jon scott is coming up in a couple of minutes. good morning to you. concerns intensify after north korea fires another long-range missile. it demonstrated the rogue nation s ability to hit the u u.s. mainland. police arrest a serial killer thought to be responsible for four senseless murders. what will more automation mean to american jobs? staggering numbers on how many
rolling and i think we re going to look back a year or two from now and we re going to be stunned at the dishonesty and bankruptcy of the obama administration. sandra: that was newt gingrich calling out what he believes to be corruption in the obama administration as more scandals continue to surround hillary clinton and loretta lynch. let s bring in our political panel. lawrence jones is a host for the blaze. ben kissel is a talk show host and commentator. if only you could see their faces while we were listening to newt gingrich. you were both having very different reactions. start with you first, lawrence jones. maybe we need a special counsel to investigate this. actually we can t use our current special counsel because he was the f.b.i. director back then and he probably has some involvement with this. here is my problem. for months we ve heard about russia and connections and shady business without any evidence.