chris: all right now on fox news sunday. and hello again from fox news in washington. president trump is claiming victory after former fbi director james comey s testimony this week, saying there s no evidence of collusion with the russians or obstruction of justice. but the president recognizes the investigation isn t over, saying he would 100 percent testify under oath before the special counsel. where do the investigations and the trump agenda go from here? joining me now the chair of the republican party rhona mcdaniel. ms. mcdaniel, the president has been tweeting today and i want to put up one of those tweets. here it is. i believe the james comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible, totally illegal, very cowardly. what do you think the fact that comey admits that he leaked at least one memo to the press. what do you think that indicates about the former fbi director?
with a new poll. let s take a look at that mr. trump s approval now stands at 34%. disapproval at 57%. that s the lowest we can finder for any president in his first term. isn t the president at this point a drag on republicans and your agenda? absolutely not. you look at the montana special election with greg gene tore at a who had lost in november running for governor by 4 points. he wrapped himself around the president. he had donald trump jr. in there and he won by 7 in a state with a democrat governor and a democrat senator. the president resonates with our base. he has faced more obstruction, more resistance and more negative media than any president in our history, but is he going to keep laser focused on policies that help the american people. and you re going to see all those numbers rebound as they start to feel that in their everyday lives. chris: chair woman mcdaniel thank you. thank you for your time this weekend. please come back. thanks for having me.
ms. mcdaniel s suggestion that congress should wrap it up? well, no. we have a separate obligation. intelligence committee. bipartisan basis. what s remarkable this is truly bipartisan. we are conducting investigation because i think one thing that the president continues to diminish, which i think is unfortunate, is the fact that the russian government, at the highest level, deliberately interfered with our election in 2016. and according to all off you are experts in the intelligence community they are coming back with more force in 18 and 20. we have to as a legislative matter, find out what they did, why they did it, how we can prevent it. do we need statutory improvements? do we need to empower our agencies to do something else? so we have a separate mission, in addition to finding out what went on is how do we fix it. chris: forgive me, senator, i watched all three hours of the hearing. right. chris: there was precious little talk about what the russians did. it was all abo
wanted comey to shut down the investigation. g.o.p. strategist karl rove, charles ellayna of the washington post, former democratic congresswoman donna edwards and former speaker newt gingrich, author of the upcoming book underunderstanding trump out this tuesday. that must be a long book. it s interesting. chris: i m sure it is. speaker gingrich, i want to speak to you about something else. i want to start with your tweet that i discussed earlier with the republican chair woman ronna mcdaniel. here it is up on the screen again. republicans need to focus on closing down independent counsel because it clearly isn t independent. what s your reasoning and wouldn t that really look like an obstruction of justice? well, first of all, look at what comey said. comey said i deliberately leaked through an intermediary to create this counsel who happens to be one of his closest friends. then look at who miller is starting to hire. i mean, these are people that frankly look to me like they
ms. mcdaniel s suggestion that congress should wrap it up? well, no. we have a separate obligation. intelligence committee. bipartisan basis. what s remarkable this is truly bipartisan. we are conducting investigation because i think one thing that the president continues to diminish, which i think is unfortunate, is the fact that the russian government, at the highest level, deliberately interfered with our election in 2016. and according to all off you are experts in the intelligence community they are coming back with more force in 18 and 20. we have to as a legislative matter, find out what they did, why they did it, how we can prevent it. do we need statutory improvements? do we need to empower our agencies to do something else? so we have a separate mission, in addition to finding out what went on is how do we fix it. chris: forgive me, senator, i watched all three hours of the hearing. right. chris: there was precious little talk about what the russians did. it was all abo