before the election voting started. first of all, so deeply offensive you would use human sufferings to push your ratings if you re president of the united states. secondly, he s wrong on all those counts. he s not beloved in arizona. the two republican senators are condemning this pardon. he was voted out of office by people in his own county. that s a lot of symbolism to not just the pardon but the way the president talked about it. and arizona in the fall of next year when we look at the races there, arizona is going to be one of the most important states in the country to determine now people are feeling about donald trump. he won the state against hillary clinton, but he s stirring things up there on both sides. heidi, i mean, sheriff arpaio at this point, this feels like the beginning of many pardons that will be absolutely very hard to understand and possibly
would be higher then a they were normally. i put it out that i had pard pardoned, as we say, sheriff joe. he s done a great job for the people of arizona. he s very strong on borders and very strong on illegal immigration. he is loved in arizona. i thought he was treated unbelievably unfairly when they came down with their big decision to go get him right before the election voting started. reporter: as you heard the president who not much more than a year ago was still a reality tv star was boasting about the maximum exposure he gave to that announcement saying by no means was he trying to bury the news but he wanted to build it up. the president bragged about the size of the crowd at his phoenix rally. according to bloomberg politics, he wasn t too happy with the results. the president was reportedly watching tv in a waiting room before he took the stage. was said to be displeased because the convention center was less than full. the man in charge of that event
engaged in unconstitutional policing. he is a disgrace to law enforcement. the th is what tis is what t said today. i thought he was treated unbelievably unfairly when they came down with their about big decision to go get him right before the election voting started. as you know. and he lost in fairly close election. he would have won the election. but they just hammered him just before the election. i thought that was a very, very unfair thing to do. was is it politically motivated. of course not. why don t we talk about the facts, chris. initial inquiry open in june of 2008 under the watch of george w. bush. when we investigated, one of the reasons we didn t release ourer of findings until december of 2011 was because they fought us tooth and nail. they wouldn t give us access to information. we had to go to court and file a lawsuit to get access to
came down with their big decision to go get him right before the election voting started. welcome back to the 11th hour. president trump today provided some insight as to why he pardoned former sheriff joe arpaio, as hurricane harvey, a category 4 hurricane, charged towards texas. politicians from both parties criticized the pardon, including arizona senator jeff flake, who tweeted, quote, he would have preferred the president honor the judicial process and let it take its course. now today arpaio added fuel to the feud, addressing the possibility that he would run for flake s senate seat in 2018. he told the washington examiner, i m sure getting a lot of people around the state asking me to challenge flake. all i m saying is the door is open and we ll see what happens. i ve got support. i know what support i have. phillip rucker and kimberly are still with me. i want to correct something.
not so much anymore, end quote. this as the president-elect returns to trump tower in new york city later today. his team gearing up for another full week of meetings with potential candidates for his administration. and in the meantime house democrats still reeling from the election voting for their next minority leader this next week, nancy pelosi, being challenged by ohio congressman, tim ryan. is she in danger of losing her seat. let s begin with ryan nevils near the mar-a-lago resort. sounds like he s not too happy about the upcoming recount. can t blame him there. what more is he saying? reporter: martin and christi, good morning from palm beach. you re right, donald trump not impressed at all by this effort by dr. jill stein. he called it ridiculous in a statement yesterday and last night a series of tweets tying it back to hillary clinton and the democrats. let me read for you one of those tweets from trump last night. he said, quote, the green party scam is to fill up