About the governments bulk collection of our phone records. And the release of some of Hillary Clintons private emails. Plus the white house defends its strategy for countering isis, as the terror group seizes the ancient syrian city of palmyra and tightens its hold on ramadi. Are we going to set our hair on fire every time there is a setback . Well sit down with former u. S. Ambassador john bolton. Who says were losing the war against isis. Our power player of the week honoring nations veterans with a proper military farewell. They want every family to have live taps at that going away presentation of their veteran. All right now on fox news sunday. Hello from fox news in washington. Its not just barbecue on the menu this memorial day weekend. Theres also politics and National Security. We begin with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee who ran second for the gop president ial nomination in 2008, became a star on fox news channel, but then left television to run again. Governor huck
Policies. I want to drill down into those. You said first funds are being short shrifed because we limit the manner which people pay in. If everybody was under a consumption tax, which is what the fair tax does, all americans would be contributing. I want to stay on this entitlement reform. Back in to 2011 here is what you told neil cavuto. We keep saying that 60 is the new 40. Okay. Lets treat 60 like its the new 40. Lets raise that eligibility age up to 70 for the people under 55. You favored reforms to entitlements back then whats changed . Well, the main thing i feel like that has happened, as i understand if we start breaking promises to people and we start making changes in a Program People have been into for years i think it adds to the disstrus we have of government. Frankly, theres never been a time in my lifetime where people are more distrustful of government. I say go back to people who are 14 and 15 just entering the work force and here is another suggestion. If i may brie
Council Robert Muellers prosecutors. In the case of manafort, he was sentenced for 7. 5 years with bank and fax fraud, he tax frau. The president granted a pardon to him saying he was mistreated. In the case of roger stone, he lied to congress, to the Republican Congressional Committee that was investigating russ russias involvement with the 2016 election. One of the things the judge said in his sentencing was that he tried to protect the president and now hes got a pardon as a result of what he did for the president. Charles kushne convicted in 2005. Chris christie was the attorney at the time. Hes the father of Jared Kushner, we have been told by white house officials that Jared Kushner did not play a role in this pardon but obviously this is something thats on everyones mind for some time to come. Another name that stood out Margaret Hunter whos the wife of duncan hunter, the former congressman who was pardoned last night. Shes also an estranged wife of duncan hunter, they were invo
And we do have breaking news. For a secondstraight night, the christmas message is it doesnt matter how naughty, nasty, or even last night, murderous, you are. Being nice to the president changes everything. 24 hours after pardoning corrupt congressman, medicaid scammers, and more criminals, the president is at it, again. This time, the big three are his disgraced campaign chair, Paul Manafort. His campaign operative and selfdescribed dirty trickster, roger stone. And real estate tycoon, Charles Kushner. Charles kushner is Jared Kushners father. Paul manafort, the president once tweeted, quote, unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to break, make up stories in order to get a deal. Family values, if the familys last name is cor leone. Evan, again, these pardons were close to the president. What can you tell us . List of 26 pardons and three commutations are the president s campaign associates. These are people, who were sentenced to prison for essentially trying to protect the president. Tha
Afghanistan, brought to you by the cato institute. For example, roughly 25 million afghans are now living in poverty. Well over half the population. The United Nations estimates up to 900,000 jobs could be lost here as the economy stalls. Since taking over, the taliban has made several promises such as offering amnesty to soldiers who were members of the security forces, working toward an inclusive government, engaging stakeholders in a transition counsel and allowing girls to attend school. However, the group has failed to uphold several commitments. There is mounting evidence of reprisal killings. The u. S. Has documented 160 cases to date. According to the Biden Administration, the group has violated its commitment not to give shelter to al qaeda by allowing the groups leader, who was recently killed in a drone strike, to this was also one of the reasons the Biden Administration has decided not to release the roughly 7 billion in foreign aid, foreign assets held by afghanistans cent