Former congressman Jason Chaffet z is here. And is reforming medicaid the next target for republicans, congresswoman Marsha Blackburn is live as we look ahead on new years eve on sunday morning futures. The head of the House Intelligence Committee is blasting the department of justice and the fbi for failing to turn over documents tied to the largely discredited anti trump dossier. Fox news obtaining a letter congressman devon nunes sent to Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein suggesting the fbi and Justice Department should be investigating themselves and demanding all records by this wednesday. Joining me right now is Florida Republican congressman ron desantis a member of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committee happy new years eve so good to see you congressman. Let me ask you about this letter here from representative nunes. Putting that deadline on things how does that change the equation right now . Will they need it . Well i think the letter was great and i applaud chairma
Here tonight, and another story were following Robert Mueller charging 13 russian nationals and three russian entities for trying to interfere in our election. Conducting Information Warfare against u. S. , but doj made it clear no american was a knowing parts pa tant in this participant in this illegal visit. President trump tweeting it is clear his campaign did nothing wrong. Were going to discuss special council probe and stunning lack of collusion evidence with chris ferrel of Judicial Watch and ed rollins, also with us, legal scholar jonathan turley, coming tonight. More now on our breaking news. President trump and first lady at south floods Broward County health hospital. The president had been expected to visit parkland today, he tweeted, he would meet with people quote whose lives have been totally shattered, they have. But we did not know about the specifics of the trip, that is new. The president s visit comes as fbi admit its mishandled, to say the least, the credible, spec
responding and recovering. it s now more than 48 hours since he was brought here to methodist hospital just hours after attending his wife barbara s funeral. also attending that funeral of course were former presidents clinton, obama, and george w. bush. president bush s condition is said to be serious, an infection that s spread to his blood. that s obviously difficult for a man who is 93 and has had health problems. but his spokesman jim mcgrath said the 41st president wants to go to maine this summer. he is the most goal oriented person on the planet. and i would not bet against him. today as barbara bush s gravesite officially opened to the public, i think it s safe to say that we all hope former president bush makes that trip to maine this summer. trish. trish: absolutely. i hope he enjoys his summer in kennebunkport. our prayers are with him. thank you so much, jonathan. that will do it for me here today.
dangerous and can be a deadly trip through hostile, hostile territory. that is not good. it s not fair to the people of mexico. and, you know, many people ought to be applying for asylum in the country. they get to first, which is mexico. and certainly it s not fair for the people of the united states who sometimes then bear the burden of the additional expenses related to the people who are here illegally. so, i support what the president is doing. i support what the secretary of homeland security has promoted, but it also gets to the cases we need a secretary of state to be dealing with other countries around the world where some of those people are coming from. because when you look at what is guatemala, honduras, el salvador. there are things to be dealt won the ground there and that s why it s critical we confirm mike pompeo. trish: senator, i don t have a ton of time. you are a doctor by background. let me ask you about dr. ronny jackson. do you think he is out of the running a
don t really need. this does that signal to you that he is not going to continue pursuing this position as head of v.a.? we need a secretary of the v.a. who is able to make sure that our veterans are getting the care that they need. i want to make sure the most qualified person is there. and that s up to the president to decide who he wants to nominate. trish: do you think that some of the things we have heard surrounding dr. jackson and how he may have acted in the past make him not as qualified? well it, raises a number of questions. and that s why we have hearings in the united states senate. to ask the questions of nominees and then for the senators to decide yes or no on confirming the nominee of the president. but the democrats have been blocking nominations for all throughout the time delaying the process, dragging it out, purely political. i wants to make sure we get the right people in place. the best people. president trump needs to get his team on the ground. trish: