Theres no good time to do it, by the way. He made a recommendation, but regardless of recommend, i was going to fire comey. Paul Michael Mukasey served as the 81st attorney general of the United States. Thanks for coming in. Good to be here. Paul first point, is there any doubt in your mind that as a legal matter the president had the right, the authority to fire james comey . None. Paul none. None. The fbi director is a part of e. E executive, the president is regardless of whether the fbi director is appointed for a term or not for a term, the president has the authority to fire him. Paul thats despite the tenyear term he was supposed to yeah. Paul all right. In the chain of command at the Justice Department, some people seem to believe that the fbi is independent. That is not true. It is not true. The fbi director is supposed to report to the Deputy Attorney general who then reports to the attorney general. Thats the way its supposed to work. Paul okay. And the fbi is not some indep
So will changes to the bill be enough to get moderate republican holdouts on board . Lets ask wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor dan henninger, assistant Editorial Page Editor james freman, and Editorial Board member joe rego. Joe, the bill has changed for the better or worse and how . Well, i would say both. This is a bill thats moved to the political center. Its moved leftward. Its worse in the sense that it gets rid of a lot of the tax it keeps a lot of the tax increases on Investment Income 3. 8 percentage that were part of obama care. That were part of it. That republicans promised to repeal . They did for years. And it spends that money on other stuff. Its got 45 billion for opioid treatment. Its got a lot more up front medicaid spending. Its good and better in the sense that it retains the fundamental medicaid reform. Thats really the most important part of this bill. Moving to a per capita block grant to the states from the federal government. Right. A lot to the s
Colorado. Moments ago, reacting to the news that the fbi is reopening its investigation about the private email server, throwing the president ial race into turmoil. With the agency reportedly examining new emails after it seized Electronic Devices belonging to huma abedin and her estranged husband, former new york congressman, anthony wiener, as part of a separate investigation. Hillary clinton responded to the news late friday and called on fbi james comey to immediately release whatever information he has. We are 11 days out from perhaps the most Important National election of our lifetime. Voting is already underway in our country. So the American People deserve to get the full and complete facts immediately. The director himself has said he doesnt know whether the emails referenced in his letter are significant or not. I im confident whatever they are, will not change the conclusion reached in july. Joining the panel this week, wall street columnist, dan hellinge, jason riley, joe
Welcome to the journal editorial report. As more obama care problems plague the white house, president obama now apologizes that americans are losing their Health Care Coverage when he originally promised they would be able to keep it period. Now even democrats are admitting that health care. Gov should be shut down until its fixed and made that proposal to Kathleen Sebelius this week. Youve indicated that delays health care for a lot of people. And i appreciate that, but if you want more time, why not just get it done right . And this week, 16 Democratic Senators met with the president at the white house to express their concerns about the health care glitches. 12 of those senators voted for the Affordable Care act in 2010 and face reelection next year. Dan lettinger. Editorial board member joe rego and washington columnist kim straso. This is not a president who apologizes for much. Recently, he just said were going to grind it out. I think thats a direct quote. Were going to grind i
Im paul gigot. As more obama care problems plague the white house, president obama now apologizes that americans are losing their Health Care Coverage when he originally promised they would be able to keep it, period. Now even democrats are admitting that healthcare. Gov should be shut down until its fixed and made that proposal to Kathleen Sebelius this week. Youve indicated that delays health care for a lot of people. And i appreciate that, but if you want more time, why not just get it done right . And this week, 16 Democratic Senators met with the president at the white house to express their concerns about the health care glitches. 12 of those senators voted for the Affordable Care act in 2010 and face reelection next year. Joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist, dan lettinger. Editorial board member joe rego and washington columnist kim straso. This is not a president who apologizes for much. Recently, he just said were going to grind it out. I think thats a d