think sessions came up with the upper hand in explaining i did provide him with that email. obviously didn t see it. i think those people who are watching are looking at the democrats, trying to build up this narrative about the russian collusion with attorney general sessions. it s basically i think he was successfully able to stop it. bret: he didn t answer some questions and that was frustrating, much like in the nsa hearing and dni hearing where they said were not going to talk about the conversations with the president. that was pretty much the extent. he was weakest in refusing to answer questions in explaining why he was refusing to he was relatively weak and trying to explain his role or why james comey was dismissed and why the white house had given the convoluted explanation it gave. overall, a good witness for the white house, a good day for the
after giving a teary confession which many believe was under duress. ever since then, his parents have worked hard for his return. we love you. you are an amazing guy. hang in there, tiger boy. you are coming home. at his trial, he was shaky and we know he fell critically ill afterwards, apparently coming down with a case of botulism. unknown to his family, he has been in the, ever since. we have secured the release of otto warmbier from north korea. he s on his way home to be reunited with his family. dennis rodman flew to p yong yang, a rare visit to the country by a man who calls kim jong-un a friend for life. he said he was going to open doors and president trump was
the tree line. a big cuba policy announcement later on this week, and on health care, breaking news from capitol hill. there was a luncheon today. associated press reporting that the president referred to the house version of the bill as mean, mean, mean. and that the senate could do better. one source on capitol hill told fox news the president thought the senate could be more generous. bret: john, thank you. let s get reaction. talk about what s ahead in the senate, south dakota s john thune is the republican conference chairman in the senate. will it start where john left off? did the president say mean, mean, mean about the available? he thinks the senate can do improve upon the hospital and he likes the fact that the senate is writing their own version. what i think he conveyed was a
the radio tv correspondents association, which is the group which represents reporters on capitol hill, the electronic media, put out a statement saying we are condemning this in the strongest possible terms. i am told at the end of the day here, that this was a miscommunication. senator shelby is saying things are back to normal but they are still reviewing the rules for press coverage. part of this has been brought on by the crush of reporters descending on capitol hill to cover senators at this very hectic news time. bret: we expect to see those interviews to continue. i appreciate it. for president trump s crusade to ease federal regulations taking aim at a consumer finance watchdog. kristin fisher tells us why the president is going after this particular agency. consumer financial protection bureau created by president obama in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis is under fire from the treasury department. a new report accuses the bureau
it s about james comey, jeff sessions, collusion, obstructio obstruction. i fully agree with senator klobuchar and others. do it in a classified setting, then. let the special counsel proceed. let s stop the public kabuki going on. bret: another story that was shot down and that was that president trump was going to fire bob mueller, the special counsel. there was some talk about that and then the deputy attorney general who was in charge was asked about it. at this point, have you seen any evidence of good cause for firing special counselor mueller? no, i have not. if president trump ordered you to fire the special counsel, what would you do? senator, i m not going to follow any orders and thus i believe they are lawful and appropriate. as long as i m in this position, he s not going to be fired without good cause.