Bizarre, how about a hockey uniform at a rink in russia . How will the firing of james comey affect u. S. russia relations . There will be no effect. Your question looks very funny to me. Dont be angry with me. We have nothing to do with that. President trump is acting in accordance with his competence and in accordance with his law and constitution. Meanwhile, back in washington its chaos. President trump who just last october cheered now former fbi directors criticism of his then opponent secretary Hillary Clinton, and who once blew him an air kiss, now telling the former fbi director, get out. But get this. The democrats now just like the president singing a different tune. For months democrats have been slamming comey for his handling of the clinton email investigation, but now democrats say comey did not deserve the boot. Go figure, right . I know what youre all thinking. Whats the real reason the president fired comey, his bungling of the clinton investigation or is the Russian I
The u. S. Could be within range of north koreas military. But now an olive branch from the Trump Administration. Thats ahead this hour. Im jon scott in for Shepard Smith. President trump expected to call for a historic overall of the nations tax code as he meets with Small Business owners any minute now. Todays event, part of American Dream week at the white house. Well take you there live as soon as it begins. Meantime, the white house responding after the Washington Post reported that President Trump personally dictated a misleading statement ahead of a New York Times story about his sons meeting with a russian lawyer. Donald trump jr. Attended meeting during the Campaign Last year after getting an email offering damaging information about Hillary Clinton from the russian government. Sources told the post the president s lawyers and advisers initially talked about releasing a statement to describe exactly what happened before the times broke details of the meeting. According to the p
It was a short meeting. I think from a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting. It is called Opposition Research or Even Research into your point. I have only been in politics for two years. But ive had many people call up, oh, gee, we have information on this factor or this person or frankly, hillary. Thats very standard in politics. Politics is not the nicest business in the world but it is very standard where they have information and you take the information. I think the press made a very big deal over something that really a lot of people would do. Reports have painted a picture of a white house in crisis as it tries on respond to the drip, drip of news. The first familys vulnerability. And congressal investigators say they want to talk to donald trump jr. And Jared Kushner about the meeting. They say they have also requested documents from the president s son but the president himself seems to think the worst is behind him now. According to the New York Ti
Day in four states, including pennsylvania. A potential make or break spot for democrats trying to take control of congress. Plus a passenger jet copilot sucked halfway out a window in mid flight. Lets get to it. Breaking news, Shepard Smith reporting live from the fox news deck. Shepard President Trumps summit with kim jong un may not happen. Why . You cant trust the North Koreans. This is not new information. North koreans cant say what they want, worship as they want, congress grey gait were and when they want ever. North korean human rights vials are as deplorable as anything on the planet. The government has committed crimes against humanity, including termination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, other forms of Sexual Violence and the north korean government has forced its citizens to have abortions. The dictator had his brother murdered with a banned nerve agent. North koreas main cash crop is weapons. Giving them the ability to get away with all of is that, the
2017. Donald trump had only been in office five months and just fired fbi director, james comey. The official reason for the firing was comeys handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Trump couldnt manage to stick to the official line, as you just heard. He told Nbcs Lester Holt the firing was about the russia thing. Now, almost two years later, we know that interview caught the attention of the fbi, according to a bombshell report in the New York Times opened a counterintelligence investigation prompting this sentence in the New York Times report, which i am quite confident has never been uttered about an american president , quote in the days after President Trump fired james comey as the fbi director, Law Enforcement officials became so concerned by the president s behavior that they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of russia, against american interests. Just let that sink in for a minute. The times cites two instances that led them to open this