Have been perceived is that i wouldnt be objective in participating in an investigation that might involve the campaign. I do not confirm or deny any investigation. I just felt like i should clear the air. Shannon john roberts is live on the north hall. How is this story affecting the white house this morning . The white house was worried this was becoming the big story, the big narrative feeding into this idea there was more to this russia story than the white house was leading people to believe. And yesterday it even really kind of blew the president s big signature speech aboard the uss ford out of the headlines. Jeff sessions moved quickly to take the story out of the headlines announcing he had had a previously planned meeting with his staff yesterday to decide whether or not he should be in charge of investigations regarding russian interference in the election. During that press conference he said he would recuse himself from future investigations regarding the campaign. What tr
Democrats calling it nixonian wanting a special prosecutor to look into the possible ties to russia of the Trump Campaign. The white house firing back saying it was the only option. Director comey had lost the confidence of the rank and file in the f. B. I. And lost the confidence from members of both sides, republicans and democrats in the house and senate. Frankly, most importantly he lost the confidence of the American People. The president made a swift and Decisive Action and let director comey go. Bill we have team fox coverage all morning law. Chris stirewalt is there for analysis. We start with kevin corke from the north lawn at the white house. What are they telling you this morning . Good morning. Theyre talking about a number of things. Most notably the timing. The letter, the president writing to his director. The president went on to write that he still did not have confidence that mr. Comey could lead the bureau and thats why he ultimately made his decision. Comey learned
Just let people quote pour into the nation. We want to solve family separation. I dont want children taken away from parents. And when you prosecute the parents for coming in illegally, which should happen, you have to take the children away. Thats not good. We want to end the border crisis by finally giving us the legal authorities and the resources to detain and remove illegal immigrant families all together and bring them back to their country. Bill so today we have team fox coverage. Jeff paul is live in texas. Congressman peter king live on the hill with reaction there. Lets start at the white house with kevin corke from the north lawn. Is there concern at the white house they could lose this p. R. Battle . They acknowledge it is not a good look given the publics perception but they also believe that americans can balance the need for compassion with also wanting fairness and a Legal Immigration law that would help people come here the right way. The way millions of others have co
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world outside of dc so should it for someone who probably wants to become our commander in chief. hi. i m eric. welcome to cashing in. our cashing in crew this week. welcome everybody. all the crazy violence. there is something we can do right here in america to cut our dependence on foreign oil, especially mid eastern oil. i m talking about the obama administration. michelle your thoughts? it s about time that the president moves on thiz energy initiatives? right now specially. americans are going on vacation, road trips and they will have to spend a ton of money. we need to allow energy develop development we need to speed up our natural gas and oil exports. we can reduce. indeed. our policy should be hands off. we should be deregulating more than anything. and of course it s government that has made oil and energy production so difficult. i think the whole notion of drill here and explore here defends that the war was only about oil. i m going to take the other s