Of the United States. Its kind of our way, or the highway. Mississippi senator roger wicker on all of that very shortly, In The Meantime, to Mark Meredith on how this is all going down, fueled by not only the president stating that this is the only way to do it, republicans, at a jobs report which might have helped his argument. Mark . Reporter neil, good morning to you right that jobs report is having an impact on the discussions. President biden counting on house and Senate Democrats to pass his 1. 9 trillion Stimulus Package. Republicans want the president to reign in spending but the president made it clear yesterday that hes willing to do this on a Party Line Vote if necessary to fund a few priorit ies like the 1,400 round of stimulus checks that he wants to see go out, more money for Food Assistance programs, as well as extending those enhanced federal Unemployment Benefits. The president making it directly in a speech on friday. Others think that things are Getting Better and we
klain asked hunter for $20,000 to keep this low, low key to prevent bad p.r. our next guest said that hunter biden s questionable business dealings were the chinese are listen alone for a special counsel and he would know. joining us now, ken starr, former whitewater independent counsel, former judge. great to see you tonight, ken. the white house claims that doj is independent. so for folks out there, why would a special counsel be necessary here? to ensure independence, we want the justice department to make independent judgments, but long ago as early as the administration of ulysses grant, the justice department is not independent. they re part of the executive branch. that s we have the special counsel regulations. they re the law of the land the
and seemed to side with the professor, interesting over her own democratic colleague. i think we are all i in and e public is anxious to see how the process will unfold. they want to see a process that they believe is fair. and i think this kind of maneuvering just further raises questions in the public about what is happening in congress. laura: well, joining me now robert ray, former whitewater independent counsel and congressman andy biggs, house judiciary committee member. robert them i will start with you. there s been a lot of debate over withholding the argument articles mean legally, constitutionally but does this expose the entire process as a fraud to? it does because it reaffirms the fact that this is an entirely partisan effort my house democrats. and it is absolutely clear from the constitution that it
professor, interesting over her own democratic colleague. i think we are all and the public is anxious to see how the process will unfold. they want to see a process thati they believe is fair. and i think this kind of maneuvering just further raises questions in the public about what is happening in congress. laura: well, joining me now robert ray, former whitewater independent counsel and congressman andy biggs, house judiciary committee member. robert, i will start with you. there s been a lot of debate over withholding the articles, legally, constitutionally but does this expose the entire process as a fraud to? it does because it reaffirms the fact that this is an entirely partisan effort my house democrats. and it is absolutely clear from the constitution that it requires instead a bipartisan effort in order for there to be
the abuse? we are going to give you abuse of power, go home, pick something you don t like about the president, and there is your abuse of power. not just because they don t like the president, they don t yke us. they don t like the 63 million people who voted for this president. andhe they dislike us so much they re willing to weaponize the government. two years ago was the irs, more recentlyly the fbi, and now the impeachment power of congress. laura: joining me now is ken starr, former whitewater independent counsel, fox news contributor, along with robert ray, who succeeded ken as whitewater independent counsel. you both have seen this process up close and personal. ken, let me start with you. what do you make of what has unfolded tonight, and in the days and weeks preceding, given what we are facing now, with these two articles of impeachment? the democrats have searched so hard, under every rock, for a crime.