Donald trump, 4842. That is, by the way, down from an eightpoint lead last week, and a ninepoint lead the week before. We are one day away from what could be a make or break moment for trumps campaign, what he himself is calling, a quote, major speech on the core issue of his campaign. Immigration. That speech is happening tomorrow night in phoenix, arizona. It was postponed from the originally scheduled speech that was supposed to happen in colorado last week. The big challenge, though, for trump, will he walk back his vow to deport the nations 11 million Illegal Immigrants and betray his base . His surrogates, including his Campaign Manager, Kellyanne Conway and mike pence have been struggling to answer that for days. Hes going to lay out with great specificity his commitment to ending illegal immigration in this country. I can say there are many tenets to his plan. I think theyre incredibly important for everyone to remember. Build a wall, which has been the signature of his campaig
Unlike that speech seen here there was no appearance by the. The today nor any by the Vice President and secretary of defense. Not even video of the signing. Lets go to nbc reporters Pete Williams is in our washington newsroom and Chris Jansing is there at the white house. Chris, why did we not see the president today rolling out this new executive order with the same sort of fanfare hes done almost every other executive order . Reporter thats the key question. We asked it when they did that almost hourlong call with seor administration fici anthe answer was ask the white house. So far the white hse isnt talking about that but there is the briefing off camera with sean spicer that is coming up at 1 30. Look, we both know that this is a central part of the campaign that President Trump waged, talking about making america safer, and that there was a lot of fanfare when he signed it the first time. This time, he did it without any cameras there, except a picture tweeted by sean spicer, no
Secretary is revealing more of rosensteins reasoning that led President Trump to act. It has to do with the comeys unprecedented News Conference when he announced he would not be charging Hillary Clinton in an investigation of her emails. List now to Sarah Huckabee sanders. Hes questioned director comeys reason for needing to stay at the fbi. Hes had countless conversations with members within the fbi. I think one of the big catalysts we saw was last week on wednesday. Director comey made a pretty startling revelation that he had, essentially, taken a stick of dynamite and thrown it into the department of justice by going around the chain of command when he decided to take steps without talking to the attorney general or the Deputy Attorney general when holding a press conference and telling them he would not let them know what he was going to say. And that is simply not allowed. And somebody like the Deputy Attorney general, Rob Rosenstein who everybody across the board has unequivoca
Did it go so far as though to reach a point where there was any legality being crossed . Its a high stakes showdown. The nation riveted today. Hours of testimony first and now an attorney who represents the president coming up to speak. Reaction pouring in from both sides of the political aisle after fired fbi director james comey gave his side to the conversations he had with with president about the russia investigation. This as new questions are being raised about what was actually said between the two men and whether what the president said amounts to obstruction of justice. Youre watching outnumbered. The Fox Business Network Megan Mcdowell is here. Former Spokes Person for the state department is here. Right on time with legal analysis like no other can give. Todays hash tag one lucky guy. Judge andrew napolatano. Were better for you being here today. Very kind to say that. High stakes day. Harris lets start with the news. He said he was put under unrelenting pressure at a point.
Ordering hundreds of diplomats and staff away from the posts in russia. He also said he may retaliate further. We will bring any updates on this as we get them. Another fox news alert, big changes could be in store for americas immigration system, you just heard from President Trump at the white house unveiling a bill i would slash Legal Immigration levels in half. It would put in place a meritbased system for potential migrants. A Key Campaign Promise or President Trump. How would this work and what impact would it have . Happy wednesday everyone, this is outnumbered, and jenna smith. Here today, harris faulkner, host of kennedy on fox business, kennedy. Democratic strategist and Fox News Contributor Jessica Tarlov and todays oneluckyguy, we will come back Fox News Contributor and Political Editor of townhall. Com, guy benson is here and by the way, guys book and a discussion, how the outrage industry caps on debates, manipulative voters, and makes america less free and fun, and paper