Campaign. All as part of an effort to undermine that investigation. Hes pardononing people, perhaps sending a message to witnesses who might testify against him that they, too, could be pardoned. So stay strong. If an effort to prop up the dying Coal Industry his administration is reportedly weighing an unprecedented intervention in the u. S. Energy grid which would basically order some folks to get their lick trits from coal plants. He tipped off wall street this morning about confidential employment numbers more than an hour before they were officially released. Possibly to give himself some cover from last nights decision to slap steep tariffs on our closest allies in europe, canada, and mexico, renewing fears that he is leading us into a trade war. When given a chance to denounce a racist comment he instead attacks the press. He suggested one of his criminalityics should be fired for using offensive language
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Were hearing from a source, they told rich edson that mike pompeo, the secretary of state himself went to President Trump and said you need to fire this guy, steve linick. We found out late last night that he would be dismissed in 30 days. An obama era employee who briefed on ukraine last fall. The white house not commenting why the president did this. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put out a lengthy statement about the friday night firing. Its concerning that the president has taken the action as the house passes the heroes act, which contains critical funding for the state department ig to oversee and ensure the effective wise spending of Coronavirus Response funds. This firing will set back the important work of the office of Inspector General to perform critical audits, investigations and inspection of u. S. Embassies and programs around the world during the crisis. Kristin, this is interesting, this is from the chairman of the Foreign Relations committee eliot engel. Ive learned that
Well first of all, brooke youre not allowed to fly drones in d. C. Let alone around the white house. That is a restricted air space. What we can tell you here and we see a picture of this drone, the small uav that was used in this case. The secret service just releasing this statement basically saying that secret Service Uniformed Division Officers saw this man flying the u uav. He was then detained by secret service and instructed to land the small uav. The statement says that he did comply and the small uav was recovered in lafayette park. Of course that uav was swept by secret service and subsequently declared safe by the metropolitan Police Department. We now know that individual was turned over to the custody of the u. S. Park police. But brooke, this is the second time in a few month where is a drone has been near the white house. We know one landed on the white house lawn back in january. It turns out there was a malfunction with the drone and the operator was not charged in tha
Lets get to the first reads of the morning. White house damage control, day four now at this point . It continues under fire for her role in managing the health carcar car carolout. Hhs secretary Kathleen Sebelius spoke out saying the white house didnt know about the websites problems until after its launch. I think it became clear fairly early on, the first couple of days. But not before that, though . Before october 1, there was no concern at the white house or at hhs . I think that we talked about having testing going forward. Sebelius offered something of a mea culpa, but would not offer reports that the administration ignored supposed red flags and she would not give any indication how many people have signed up for Health Insurance. People are enrolling every day. Not as maniy as we would like, not at the volume we would like and we will keep working on it until its running as efficiently as possible. And its perhaps the most significant and if youre in the white house, the most
Its a Fox News Sunday exclusive. Then, syria submits an inventory of its Chemical Weapons Program as secretary of state kerry calls on the u. N. To act. This fight about chemical weapons is not a game. Its real. Its important. Well discuss what happens next with former weapons inspector charles duelfer. Plus, lawmakers are calling for aggressive background checks. Well talk with Claire Mccaskill who is leading the charge. And our power play of the week. Iylana trump. All right now on Fox News Sunday. Hello again from fox news in washington. Well, the clock is ticking. The government shuts down in just eight days unless Congress Agrees on a bill to fund federal agencies. On friday, the house passed a measure to keep the government going until middecember but also cut off funding for obama care and, as you just heard, majority leader harry reid says that it done in the senate. Joining me is senator ted cruz. Senator, welcome back to Fox News Sunday. Thank you, chris. Good to be with you