Handled better. Yesterday you echoed that the situation could have been handled better. Today the chief of staff said it was all done right. You can explain does the white house think the rob porter situation could have been handled differently or all done right . As i said yesterday, we come here and do the very best we can, and every day we can do better than the day before, and were going to continue to strive for that, were humans making us imperfect people so every day i think we can learn from the day before and striving to do better. Thats our goal certainly within our team and try to do everything we can to help serve the American People to the best of our ability. Reporter was it appropriate for hope hicks to be involved in drafting the statements given her relationship with mr. Porter . She was not part of a lot of the conversations that took place. I dont recall you being in the room to be able to say specifically what comment she made or didnt make. Shes the White House Com
Today. Certainly peppered with questions about the president s meeting tomorrow with students from parkland high school, and, of course, his thoughts on strengthening gun laws in america, something the gop and the president are seemingly open to changing gun laws in this country. Also, the issue of russian meddling in the 2016 election. The mueller investigation. Those issues are likely to come up with the press corps. Were going to take you there as soon as sanders takes to that microphone. Were going to leave both of the shots up on the screen. I would like to say hello to you. Im Cheryl Casone in for liz claman today. You know, the long Holiday Weekend not enough to erase investor fears over the issue of the month. The rising Interest Rates, the yield at 2. 9 this morning. Stocks mixed right now. The dow at lows of the session, barely off of them now, 228. 241 was the low a couple of seconds ago. We are on track for the dow to snap the sixday winning streak at the close. Another vol
Delta airlines finds itself stuck between the nra and millions of dollars. Gerri willis on how one Political Party is trying to punish an airline for picking a side in the Hashtag Boycott the nra battle. And the chief mechanic at Advance Auto Parts says hes got to retool. Ceo and president tom greco is here to tell us why the gop tax plan is actually revving up his companys turn around. Hes here. Plus, actress Heather Graham using hollywoods half magic to break down sexual barriers in tinseltown, writing, directing and starring in a movie she couldnt get the establishment in hollywood to buy into. Heather graham on how she turned into a businesswoman and fought the establishment. She joins us on set. Were less than an hour to the closing bell, lets start the countdown. Liz we want to quickly, at the top of the show right now, take a look at gun stocks. They are moving lower by more than 5 , at least two of them here after Sarah Sanders said the white house will have specific policy ann
Within the hour he will huddle with economic adviser howard lorber, still working to fill two cabinet secretary positions. Blake burman on what they are and also how the trump family plans to celebrate tomorrow night. It is nighttime in russia, but is Vladimir Putin sleeping . Maybe not after what happened today. In a multicar caravan, his 35 diplomats hightailed it out of town after being expelled from the u. S. By president obama. Are we on the verge of a new cold war . President Ronald Reagan turned to Defense Department big wig larry korb during the last cold war, hes with us exclusively on this new and potentially dangerous game with the russian bear. Plus, its the ultimate new years eve entrepreneur story. The wine lover who used a syringe to keep a cork in it revolutionizing the way wine lovers enjoy their collections one glass at a time. Its a fox news exclusive with the founder of the wine needle. Happy new year, everybody. Im so glad youre with me. Were about to ring in the f
Contribution is a First Amendment fundamental right. It says that. And im quoting buckley. Or citing buckley. And then it says what level of scrutiny should we apply to that case . Buckley suggestions that its something less than strict scrutiny in the First Amendment context for contributions. Thats the instruction that i as lower court judge have in the First Amendment context. But this was an equal protection challenge. Okay . Its not just contributions, its the inequality of contributions thats the problem here. This system favors Major Party Candidates over minor party candidates. And normally when we have a fundamental right in equal protection analysis, we apply strict scrutiny. And so i was faced with a situation where you take the this little scrutiny out of the amendment context. Or do you apply the normal scrutiny under the equal protection context . And i pointed to two excellent opinions by wonderful district judges in the area. Okay. All right. I really did read it. So he