Us, i think it is very easy, if you are not an ardent trumpite to think this is a really dangerous road he is taking america down. On the people who voted for him. Those people who voted for him. Those people in business, who are like him, will also see this week, although he has fewer headlines in the United Kingdom, that he is planning perhaps to roll back on regulation, on basically on the Quote Red Tape that is tying up wall street how do you reconcile that with the little guy, who he claims to speak for, when he with the little guy, who he claims to speakfor, when he is going to give more power to the titans of wall street. The job, i mean Something Like that. We shall see. Listen, i think that the real take away of these first 15 days is, in my eyes, this is a real test of the resilience of the american democracy. And perhaps, certainly in oui democracy. And perhaps, certainly in our lifetimes, it is the biggest test. Can the separation of powers, can the checks and balances of t
The coffin for President Trump to fire him. Bret tonight, new questions. Did the president hint at comeys firing a month ago . We will see what happens. Its going to be interesting. Bret What Happens Next in the russia investigation . Catastrophically compromise the investigation. The investigation going on in the intelligence committee. Bret we have all of the angles covered. A Special Edition of Special Report starts right now. Good evening. Welcome to washington. I am bret baier. The Reality Tv Star Billionaire Businessman who made you are fired a catchphrase used it this afternoon and what is turning out to be one of his most controversial moves yet. President trumps dismissal of james comey has rocked washington. Democrats tried to link the action to the investigation of a possible connection between the Trump Campaign and the russians before the elections. Demands for a special prosecutor are louder tonight and democrats are jumping to watergate comparisons. John roberts starts u
Thats all the time we have left this evening. Please stay with the Fox News Channel for all night, continuing coverage of this breaking news. The president firing the fbi director james comey, bret baier is next. We will see you back here. An important show tomorrow. Bret a massive political shock wave hits washington. I was flabbergasted, to say the least. The president did not fire the entire fbi. He fired the director. Speak with the goal was to act on recommendation of the Deputy Attorney general and the Attorney General. The administration has to answer the question why now . Bret President Trump writing the letter that he believes comey cannot lead the fbi. Essentially puts the nail in
the coffin for President Trump to fire him. Bret tonight, new questions. Did the president hint at comeys firing a month ago . We will see what happens. Its going to be interesting. Bret What Happens Next in the russia investigation . Catastrophically compromise the investigation. The investigation
What he says in private conversations. He thinks this is an unfair attack against his presidency. But that these probes have expanded, mushroomed to different veins, different associates of him. There hasnt been any wrongdoing proven, of course, so far, but its kind of gotten hotter and hotter over the past few months and that frustrated the president. He also gets frustrated when these senators are trying to take some of his autonomy away. He wanted to determine the bill on russian sanctions and exactly what would happen. He wants to be able to fire mueller if he chooses to do so. He says he doesnt want to, but he says if i have that option, i might want to take it. And he says he doesnt like being backed in a corner. So you see him really getting frustrated by these different measures. The latter point about mueller, theres a sanctions argument, well get to sanctions in a moment. The latter point about mueller, the president said hes not going to fire mueller and theres a period indi
Truman ass the nat 1 on thef korean war. Quote what we are doing in korea is this. We are trying to prevent a third world war and this may be a turning point for a search in a practical way of achieving peace and security. And that mission goes on. Eve ael tucker carlsonight. It tns out the doj failed to dictate the final result of the 2,018 president ial election, but a year and a half into the Trump Administration the Justice Department still seems to at times be operating as a shadow government, a place that considers itself beyond the reach of normal oversight. Back in the real world, congress has the explicit constitutional power to oversee the fbi and a othercutincies, less weight supposed to work. Apparently that fact infuriates the Deputy Attorney general Rob Rosenstein. Earlier this year in january, rosensteinhreatened to appeal the email sent on staffers because of her being too aggressive. The message from rosenstein, back off. You dont investigate us, we will investigate yo