[laughter] [drum roll] jesse: for years, the late night stopover has been a presidential staple. republican, democrat, doesn t matter. because comedy is bipartisan where it s supposed to be: you can jimmy fallon play a round with trump on one show and slow jamming the news with barack obama on the other. there will be no third term. i can t stay forever. besides, daddy has got a hawaiian vacation booked in about 232 days. but who is counting? if comedy isn t your thing, don t worry. we have a couple of presidents who know how to drop a wicked baseline. it wasn t just the smooth stylings of slick willie or richard nixon that made these presidential cameos part of tv history. it was the fact that they made themselves the butt of the joke. oh no, i don t think we could get dick nixon to stand still for a sock it to me. sock it to me? jesse: nixon isn t the only one with a sense of humor. george bush had a good laugh when giving us the top ten things he wanted
action. the media s favorite story in the last year and a half is finally taking center stage tonight, in prime time. the first of several televised hearings for the bipartisan january 6th commission the only reason it s bipartisan is because of these two republicans here who won t even be in congress next year. liz cheney is going to lose her election and adam k. got redistricted out. so, who are the democrats on the committee? bennie thompson is chairing this whole deal and is he sitting on a throne of hypocrisy. in 2005, thompson voted not to certify the election when george bush beat john kerry. that s odd. i thought he was all for upholding the constitution. isn t that what this is all about? and get this? committee member jamie raskin he did the same thing in 2016 when trump won. and then there is shifty schiff. he has been trying to take down trump for years. he was the number one push everywhere of the russia hoax. he intentionally lied to the
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he didn t call me. he turned it over to the fbi, hoping to put me in jeopardy. the mueller probe was also on the president s mind as he left the white house for ohio this morning, when asked if he special counsel s report should be released to the public, the president said let the people see it. i don t mind. frankly, i told the house, if you want, let them see ed. ultimately, that decision is up to the attorney general. during his confirmation hearing last month, the ag would not guarantee of the special counsel s report would be made public. of course, shannon, we are waiting find out when the report will actually be released to the attorney general attorney general. shannon: if the game we play here in d.c. folks at home will know here first. thanks, kristin. counselor to president kellyanne conway, caught in the middle as the president and her husband are feuding, locked in a battle of words. trace gallagher picks up the story from there. hey, shannon peered for critic
tonight. don t forget, my new podcast drop today, you want to listen, it s hilarious. culture, politics, everything and believe. go to open our podcastone.com or itunes. shannon bream and the phenomenal fox news @ night team take it from here. shannon: it s a fun podcast when you go out to ron, laura. you might be laughing i lose your breath over that. laura: have a great show. shannon: to begin with a fox news alert tonight, let the people see it. that is it president trump says about making special counsel robert dollars upcoming report public. also taking center stage tonight, a feud with no end in sight. as the president unloads on deceased senator john mccain for nearly 5 minutes in a visit to critical battleground state of ohio, to talk about we thought u.s. manufacturing. that too appeared on kellyanne conway staying loyal to the president as president trump feud with her husband take center stage feared breaking news from new zealand, where the there has announced plans