The president wants to create a special new visa specifically for Illegal Immigrants that would allow them to stay in the country while they wait for permanent legal status, even those with criminal records would be welcome so long as they havent been convicted of three crimes or spent more than a year in prison. It appears to be a long way from the bipartisan plan that is slowly taking shape on capitol hill. Leaks dont happen in washington by accident. This raises the question that many of us continue to wonder about. Does the president really want a result or does he want another chance to beat up republicans to get political advantage in the next election . Reporter the white house says the president is simply following through on his promise to have a plan of his own ready to go if Congress Fails to act. We are doing exactly what we said which is well be prepared in the event the bipartisan talks on the hill which were very aggressively supporting. Reporter the Sticking Point for m
Beating over Tea Party Challengers. It could mean problems for democrats in november. We are breaking down the breaking results live here on early start. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. Im poppy harlow in for christine romans. Im john berman. Election results 5 00 a. M. In the east. We do begin with big political news breaking overnight. Voters in six states said no to Tea Party Challengers making their choice for who they want to run in fall we are talking from congress to their state capitols. By far the biggest race of the night was kentucky where Mitch Mcconnell was facing off against matt bevin. He was expected to map a strong challenge. Mcconnell ran hard. In the end, he held him off easily. Now the fiveterm senator faces a tougher fight in november against alison lungergan grimes. My opponent is in this race because barack obama and harry reid want her to be in this race. Theres a reason, my friends, a reason every hollywood liberal is sending her a check. Togeth
Side and we want to make him look as good as possible. At the press can be very demeaning too. I really think hes a very dignified man. I would like to see him go through a dignified process. I think he deserves that. Hopefully it will go quickly and it will see what happens. What we might do, we might ask for the folks in the room to give yourselves a quick name and introduction. Wayne, i would say they know you better than they know me now. [laughter] i doubt that. Im with american values. Thank you mr. President for his nomination. U. S. Chamber of commerce. Americans tax reform. Leadership institute. With that, ill ask you all to hit the road. As you pointed out last nigh night, a member of democrats say what would you say to those democrats and would you encourage senator mcconnell to vote the Nuclear Option . I think theres a certain dishonesty. He did get a unanimous adjustment. Hell be a great justice. I feel that its very dishonest if they go back to that. Yes, if we end up wi
Arthel at jfk where 12 people are still being detained, we have a Live Press Conference happening. We are expecting to hear from a volunteer attorney for some of those being detained. We are monitoring that situation. Meanwhile President Trump defending the action, tweeting this morning, quote our country needs strong borders and extreme vetting now. Look what is hatching all over europe and indeed the world. A horrible mess. But many say the president s order created i could and confusion. We have team fox coverage. Kristin fisher has reaction at the white house. Wee begin with will carr at the airport. Yesterday here at l. A. X. , 7 people were detained. Their as us is unknown. We reached out to federal authorities trying to figure out where they are, if they have been sent back or if they are still here or if they have been released after the federal judges order. At this point we dont know. 300 people showed up spontaneously here at lax after the 7 were chief takenned. In seattle t
Twitter today promising to root out the leakers after a day earlier calling their actions criminal. Papers are being leaked. Things are being leaked. It is criminal act and it has been going on for a long time. Before me. But now its really going on and people are trying to cover up for a terrible loss that the democrats had under hillary clinton. Shannon chief White House Correspondent john roberts joins us live. What is the president saying . The white house is changing the message away from Lieutenant General Michael Flynn who had to resign on monday in what flynn might have been saying in his conversations with the russians and now turning it toward the idea that people are leaking this information. The president clearly very upset, speaking his mind this morning on twitter. Twitter storm on this whole thing. Here is one of them. The spotlight has finally been put on low life leakers. They will be caught. And then this, leaking and even illegal classified leaking has been a big pro