, the author of the fourth way the conservative playbook for a lasting gop majority and hes here to discuss that book, as well as the republican strategy now that they control both the white house and congress. Thank you so much for joining us today. Young associates asked me, you been on before . I said, i was here before you were born, the transition show had proun hair, not white hair. It is an institution, happy to be on. Here. Glad you are lets talk about the fourth way, the title of the book, what does mean . Guest attention of the way. The first way was f. D. R. , build big, reagan, cut back at home and be aggressive abroad. Blairs, picked up by bill clinton to make liberalism way, ate and the fourth delivered to every republican member of the congress at their philadelphia retreat, all threw house, how to go big, what , go fast and marry President Trump wants, which is infrastructure spending, large navy, a wall, Regulatory Reform with what paul ryan and the is tax ans want, wh
Nations. That travel ban and refusal to enforcement led President Trump to fire and hire new acting attorney general all within a matter of hours. Had is out and in and why did it all happen. Our Melanie Alnwick is live outside of the Justice Department, good morning. Good morning, allison and wisdom. Yes, angry accusations from the white house all of this over President Trumps immigration ban executive order and message last night from the White House Press secretary to centers is basically if they cant get with the program they can get out. We have a statement from the white house overall of this. And its saying that sally yates, who is acting attorney general of the United States betrayed department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order described to protect citizens of the United States and yates said in memo monday she was not convinced trumps executive order halting u. S. Refugee program and entry from seven muslim majority nations is lawful and nor defense is consists w
Democrats and republicans are squaring off for Supreme Court confirmation it takes 60 yes books, eight democrats have to cross party lines. Neil goresuch is one of the most qualified to be on the Supreme Court and i dare any democrat to say hes not qualified. We explicitly say 60 should stay on Supreme Court. The reason is this is such an important position to should be bipartisan and mainstream in terms of nominees. Now the Senate Judiciary committee would be the one to first hold those hearings before it would two to full vote for confirmation. But the way were hearing from some democrats they say this will be quite a fight even in the hearing room saying they want exhaustive and robust examination. Melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. Melanie, thank you very much. 4 31 is donald trump is said to nominate rod j. Rosen stein to be Deputy Attorney general. He was appointed in 2005 and is longest serving u. S. Attorney in the cantry and earned praise from both side of the aisle in that rol
Good wednesday everybody im allison seymour. Im steve chenevey. Welcome to fox 5 news morning busy day for sure all eyes on Supreme Court today as new nominee is named what do we know about neil gorsuch and well check in with Melanie Alnwick in a few minutes. First at minute after 7 lets get to what developed overnight deer locally around the dmv. We start what can be described as frightening wakeup call a car crashes into basement legal of home around 2 00 this morning you can mathen the noise when the car crashed into the home. The 88yearold man that lives here was sleeping on the couch in that basement at the time of the crash. For the tatly he was not hurt and hes opened the home since 1971 he says this is fifth time someone crashed into his house. Fox5 caught one him moments ago. They come over that hill and if you go up and look at cushion that side you s over there and cant navigate that corner or that turn. And thats what happens. Keep if mind that man is 8 years old. Police sa
Capitol hill. Mel. Good morning, guys as you mentioned 49 years old gorsuch would be the youngest member of stream court pen. And people saying he better have a lot of stamina. It could be a long and contentious battle. When rights are at risks americans stand up to defend their core principles. Protesters outside the Supreme Court are condemning President Trump pick for Supreme Court. Judge neil cavuto but many evangelical voters believe hes the right pick. Were delighted hes porch jurorist in the mold of justice scalia. They hope the Supreme Court is closer to overturning roe v. Wade on abortion. More nanny of us in the evangelical and faith community, this was the reason why we voted for donald trump. Many democrats are worried Supreme Court will protect President Trumps decision on civil rights including recent immigration order. Millions of americans are scared. Theyre scared their rights will be destroyed and mrael be rounded up. Republican analyst are expecting liberals to scrut