is the attorney general and the director of the fbi. he thinks they owe him a pledge of loyalty. he thinks he should be able to direct political prosecutions against his perceived enemies like james comey and hillary clinton. he thinks he should be able to dole out pardons as political favors. that s not the kind of america or the kind of leader that the framers of the constitution imagined. and shannon, what paul s mentioning there about the attorney general, about jeff sessions, that s the other thing that s come into focus again in the last couple of days because of comments from the president and from sessions for that matter. but jeff sessions staying on as attorney general. some signals from republican senators that potentially now maybe they re open to replacing him. what is his status right now? how do you read it? yeah. the president s allies in congress have sent a strong signal, do not do anything before the november midterms. there s enough distractions the president cr
whack-a-mole. it s hard to see trump move on because of these drip, drip, drip of revelations, and stuff hard to pin down, decades old allegations that are hard to prove or disprove. john, you know the house leadership so well. this is what newt gingrich had to say on fox business today. let me say about trump, who i admire and try to help as much as i can. there s a big trump and a little trump. the little trump is, frankly, pathetic. and, i mean, he s one of the supporters and surrogates, frequent surrogate. what is happening on capitol hill with the leadership and how does paul ryan emerge from all of this? well, i think paul s got to do what paul s got to do. he s got to manage his coalition. some people in his coalition really love donald trump and they re going to continue to support donald trump throughout this campaign. we ve seen this through the primary process. you know, i was an anti-trump guy for a while. during the primary process, i wanted anybody but trump, exc
i want to bring in our panel. stay with us, paul. marion, what we re hearing is an idea of regulatory approach that s been backed by litigation. the role of the fda, some of this is picking up the slack where they ve been inactive? i think we need all of it. we need to look at what happened with tobacco as a way to deal with some of these food issues because there are many parallels. that s one way to deal with it. another is what michelle obama is trying to do in order to educate the public, reduce rates of childhood obesity, and given the kind of push back that there is on this, what she s doing has to be understood in today s politics as being really courageous. yeah, nikki, just briefly. what paul s calling for here goes way farther than what the first lady is trying to do. is that a matter of practical washi i washington wouldn t boundaries or should she give the voice to
district. we are on the road to 2012. and hannity starts right here, right now. that road has been filled with many twists and turns for the republican field. in a moment, former alaska governor sarah palin will be here. but first tonight, the so-called feud between former house speaker newt gingrich and congressman paul ryan appears to have been resolved. speaker gingrich for seemingly referring to ryan s medicare plan as, quote, right-wing social engineering. i made a mistake and i called paul rye aptoday, who is a very close personal friend and i said that. visupported what paul s trying to do in the budget. my newsletter strongly praised the budget. the budget vote is one i would have voted for. i will defend. and i will be prepared to talk to any democrats who attempts to