If a victory lap that continues today on to chicago. The commander in chief saying the video of that operation may be coming out soon. Meantime democrats on capitol hill, their leadership was kept out of the loop on the operation. It was made to protect against leaks specifically from House Intelligence Committee adam schiff. On the investigation front, general barr defending in the russia program, the meanwhile correspondent covering it from the lawn. We have an exclusive interview with the attorney general coming right up in the status of the jerome investigation. But first, President Trump praising military special operators for taking out a target that he has wanted to get for years. It was a friendly crowd for the president s event in chicago. Today applauding the chief staff of isis leader. He was a stick and depraved man and now he is dead. He is dead. He is dead as a doornail and he didnt die bravely either. Democrats complained that President Trump had it informed congress the
Steve i unplugged after that. Brian you did . I cant afford to. Steve i got to catch up. We are going to start with a fox news alert. This broke late yesterday. The secretary of the navy is out. Brian case in point. Richard spencer asked to step down after disagreeing with the president Eddie Gallaghers war crime case. You will. Secretary of defense mark esper fired Richard Spencer over his handling of Eddie Gallaghers case. According to the pentagon, spencer lost the trust and confidence of his boss after secretly trying to negotiate a deal with the white house to allow the navy to complete its review of gallaghers case while promising he would essentially fixed the results to ensure gallagher was allowed to you keep his trident and his rank. Defense officials tell fox news President Trump rejected that offer. Telling spencer, quote no. Were done. And then doubled down on his efforts to halt the review of gallaghers actions in 2017 that resulted in a high profile war crimes case. Gall
Thought our Ukrainian Ambassador who donald trump got rid of, hes going to say that he thought she was great and that he has nothing negative to say about her performance as ambassador to ukraine, despite her removal from that job by President Trump. A person with knowledge of sunlens testimony is telling nbc news tonight that she was an able and professional diplomat and that he had absolutely no issues with her whatsoever. Thats a big piece of breaking news from nbc news tonight. And theres another also from nbc news. Correspondence between fiona hills lawyers and White House Deputy counsel obtained by nbc news show that the white House Counsel tried to limit fiona hills testimony today in her closeddoor deposition with the congressional impeachment investigation by raising the issue of the executive privilege. They tried to impose that on her. She, of course, is a former National Security Council Adviser to President Trump on russia issues primarily. The white house did not try to b
Consequences and then because the world is not always fair, he walked right into a cushy media gig over at cnn. A company that has literally no scruples. Now, things have changed. If we have reasons than i to believe that there may be a measure of justice for andre mccabe. He faced criminal charges for his conduct at the fbi. The least of this developing story we turn now to our chief correspondence intelligence, catherine. Thank you, tucker, knaus Anthony Mccabe is close to prosecution the Justice Department rejected his last appeal. They met with the Deputy Attorney general to argue against idle charges for leading investigators over his role in the immediate league the foundation. Fox news learned that jesse, recommended moving forward with charges. Based on the findings of a 2018 Inspector General reports. You mentioned the cnn contributor was fired over the findings within days of his retirement. The Justice Department watched him lacks candor and at least four separate occasions.
Weekend cohost pete hegseth. We will cheat on mike tat in a bit but lets get right to benjamin hall. Benjamin . We see President Trump, and we are awaiting the arrival. In fact we have a convoy coming in at the moment, and he is on his way to Buckingham Palace. Before that hes meeting Prince Charles nextdoor around the corner. Significantly meeting Prince Charles for the bilateral rather than the queen. Thats really taking on her mantle and is taking on her role but the day is only halfway done. He has a major meeting with other nato leaders alongside Boris Johnson. So what we see so far as a jampacked today and its only going to get busier over the next couple days. Melissa that was about President Trump meeting with francis president macron today. I watched it live today, there was a lot there. It was absolutely remarkable. And it was the second 45 minute plus bilateral that they had together. Usually you expect disagreements between leaders to be kept behind closed doors but not in