Delay a hearing set nor monday. Democrat are calling for the fbi to investigate allegations that she was sexually assaulted by kavanaugh when they were teens. President trump and his Senate Allies say thats not going to happen. Ill get democratic reaction from our correspondents and analysts. First the congressional response Phil Mattingly, tell us more about the letter from grassley. The question of delay is certainly not going to happen according to Judiciary Committee grassley. And a question of an fbi investigation. Grassley rejecting that out of hand saying the process is too far along. That should have. Happened before allegations ever became public. Instead, its up. To the committee. He said this. We have no power to cocome deer an investigation. We have been told by Committee Staff basically they have been conducting at least the republicans an investigation of sorts on their own. They have been making calls to witnesses. They have been reaching out to people. But the big quest
We have been following this all very closely. Remind us what the options were that were offered to Christine Blazey Ford and do you believe is this decision officially on the committee . Is this what they were expecting . Well, remember grassley said he wanted a response by 2 30 today or he was going to hold a vote and lawyers have come back this statement saying they accept the offer and they are going to come in to testify. But there are some issues here. They said in their letter that they think that some of proposals theyve been going back and forth with the committee are fundamentally inconsistent with the committees promise of a fair, impartial investigation into her allegations. They want to have a Conference Call later on this afternoon to talk about that. Theyre saying theyve accepted it. I did talk to some sources close to professor ford, and one of the things theyre probably going to say in this call later on this afternoon is they think it should be on thursday. Theyre goin
What else, come on, what other shows . Sean i love the concerts in vegas. And i love innout burger. Its my favorite. Laura are you a little bit country or a little bit rock n roll . Sean all country. Good grief. Laura i am Laura Ingraham on a busy night in washington. We have an exclusive big interview tonight. Secretary of state mike pompeo sat down with me for an rare interview to discuss among other topics whether john kerry, obamas former secretary of state broke u. S. Law by meddling in Foreign Policy. Plus his first reaction to an undercover video where a state Department Employee suggests there is a resistance inside the administration. Oh, goodie. And Raymond Arroyo is here with a seen and unseen i can actually say for the ages. Here it goes. What is roseannes death and sexuality of muppets and jack black have in common . Well find out. Plus nancy pelosi and adam schiff employee a lastditch effort to stall the president s order about the documents and texts regarding the russia
Security. At the left calls for open borders two of californias top cops are echoing donald trump and turning a Police Officers tragic murder into a wakeup call that did save lives. The state department offering new support to the former marine held as a spy in moscow. More on the effort to clear his name and bring him home. Fox and friends starts right now. I will be there for you looking for a good time live from the streets of new york city, the sun has yet to rise but it will be a good day, it is 2019, day 3. A new beginning for all of us, you are watching fox and friends first this thursday morning. Thank you for starting your day with us. Lets begin with the situation room showdown. Did you see this picture, Donald Trump Holding firm on the border wall after democrats are accused of derailing the high level briefing and still no deal is the partial Government Shutdown enters day 13. Dont lose 8 or live in washington with democrats about to take over the house. We are getting read
Political capital, in his words, everyone dies. Adding he does not regret taking the job. In many ways id rather be back to my old life, but i think that i love the department of justice, i love the fbi, i think its important that he would not, in this period of intense partisan feeling, destroy our institutions. I think one of the ironies today is that people are saying that its President Trump that is shredding our institutions. I really see no evidence of that. From my perspective, the idea of resisting a democratically elected president , and basically throwing everything at him, and you know, really changing the norms on the grounds that we have to stop this president , thats where the shredding of our normts and our institutions is occurring. Really . Stop and think about what he said for a second. And how appropriate it is that the man who decided unilaterally what Robert Mueller would not, that there wasnt enough evidence to say that the president had committed a crime, also se