Trade center. Theres never been an attack like this. And it should have never happened. Sandra meanwhile, more states are moving to reopen their economies. Montana, michigan, mississippi, maryland, vermont and hawaii all planning to ease restrictions today. We will have much more on all of this coming up. But first, brandnew questions about the handling of the russia probe. The Justice Department releasing a longawaited memo, one that reveals the scope of the Mueller Investigation was much broader than originally thought. Good morning everyone, im sandra smith. Ed very pleasant good morning to you, im ed henry. That memo set on august 17. Clear the Trump Campaign of collusion with russia. Sandra louisiana senator john kennedy, member of the judiciary committee. Lots to get to this morning. First i will ask about this longawaited release, unless rejected merck version of this memo. What have you been able to conclude about the scope of the Mueller Investigation from what was originally known . Let me talk about the scope memo first and then id like to talk about the revelations regarding chairman schiff. I wasnt as surprised by the scope memo, i think based on what i observed and what the American People observed throughout the Mueller Investigation, it always appeared that they were just after a scout. When he testified before congress, i think it became clear to many that he was not in charge daytoday of his investigation. His team that he put together. And they were after a scout. In terms of chairman schiff, its just terrible. What they just revealed about him is third world country stuff. His investigators called 53 witnesses in secret, not a single one of them said that there was any collusion. In fact they all said we dont have any evidence of collusion, it was all done in secret. Chairman schiff knew it and read the transcripts and he walked out in front of god and country on the American People and set i have direct evidence of collusion. Now if you and i lied to congress, its perjury. If Congress Lies to us, its politics. Its third world country stuff. And the whole time, chairman schiff is lecturing all of us about the rule of law. And he is lying to the American People. You know, an ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition, thats an old saying. I dont know who said it but she was a smart person. To me, what are we going to do about it . This is on top of the carter page staff, every thing else we have heard, general flynn stuff, and congress hasnt done anything. All weve done is strut around and talked and issued press releases. I hope we prove yesterday that we can hold safe hearings where we are apart and people can participate by zoom if they want to. We need to start hearings now, like yesterday. Thats my opinion. Sandra let me ask you more about that in just a moment, but first just to give everyone an idea of some of the words that were revealed in that less redacted memo, this was the Rod Rosenstein memo dated auguss to the scope of the russia probe senator kennedy. Any links or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump and, number two, any matters that arose or may arise directly from that investigation. This was just some of what was revealed that showed that the scope was much broader than you or i or members of congress or the American Public initially new. Fox news is being told by a Senior Administration official, senator kennedy, that to your point, adam schiff is in panic mode. You went back to his past statements that there was direct evidence of collusion. I hear you calling on your own colleagues asking the question, what are you going to do about it . So what are you going to do about it . First of all we need to call all these people and put them under oath. On rosensteins memo, the way i read that memo it basically said, go find me something, give me a scout. It became clear to me throughout the entire investigation that that is what mr. Mullers team was doing. I dont know whether mr. Miller was all that involved. But in terms of what adam did, congressman schiff, thats third world country stuff. To gather evidence from 53 witnesses, that they deposed in secret, under oath. They said nope, theres nothing there. And he goes out and says i had direct evidence. Now thats not right. A disagreement is fine in a democracy but this isnt disagreement, this is persecution. These werent investigations, they werent prosecutions, they were persecutions. Where is the fbi . Where is the department of justice on this . I mean, bill barr has been the person thats been the most active but the hits just keep on coming here. And nothing gets done. Look, apparently its easier to divorce your spouse up here then to fire somebody. And nobody gets fired or anything. Sandra i know the American People have Big Questions about all of that. They should. Sandra how those held responsible will be accountable. I want to transition to whats happening in your state of louisiana. I know this was hardhit during the pandemic. Some of your details on your bill of state aid to giving the states flexibility on funding when it comes to the care act. I will throw the details up on the screen but how is your state doing and how are you responding to get the state at a local level out of this, senator kennedy . While things are better in louisiana. Our governor has postponed of the opening of our economy and i think in many respects he forgot to get the peoples compliance there. Im not sure governor edwards can hold them until may 15th which is the next date hes going to consider. But in terms of your question about the money. Look. There are all kinds of bills flying around here, its like a labor day mattress sale. One group wants to get the states 500 billion and Speaker Pelosi wants to give them a trillion. Weve already spent 3 trillion and we dont even have 5 of that. Part of the carriers act, we gave a huge amount of money to state and local government already but we just put restrictions on what they could spend on. I have a bill that i think will pass if senator mcconnell will let it come to the floor. It says look. We will take off some of the restrictions of the money we have given to the state and local government so they cant use it to go fill up their Pension Plans but they can use it to fill gaps in their budget. The monies already appropriated, its not new money. My state has gotten money for state and local government, higher education, Public Schools and hospitals, extra medicaid money, like two and a half or 3 billion. The only complaint i hear primarily from my state is, we are limited in what we can spend it on and im going to try to give them the flexibility before we start spending another Million Dollars like the speaker wants to. Sandra keep us posted on that senator kennedy as we watch your state and other states climb out of this and see all those folks get back to work. Senator kennedy, we appreciate your time, thanks so much. Thank you, sandra. Ed the republican led to admit Michigan Legislature now this suing democratic Governor Whitmer seeking to enter restrictions after she extended the state of emergency last week. Mike tobin is live with details. Good morning. They telegraphed this punch when they approved resolution giving the okay to sue democratic governor gretchen whitmer. The Governors State of emergency expired at the end of last month and she went to the legislature looking for an extension and republicans in michigan refuse that extension so she did it by executive order. They approved the resolution to sue and yesterday that suit went into the Michigan Court of claims. The House Speaker and senate are arguing that she is using power she doesnt have. Witmer has faced substantial protest through this process as opponent said shes been heavyhanded and arbitrary with restrictions and the restrictions treat Population Centers on detroit the same as rural parts of the state. What i cant do is negotiate like this is a political issue, its a Public Health issue. I need to listen to the epidemiologist and the Health Experts in our state and across our country and thats precisely what im doing. Witmer argues her restrictions are to protect the citizens of the state and she has the state, in support of the attorney general. The Department Chair called the lawsuit at dog and pony show which will waste the courts time and the taxpayers dime. Michigan has one of the worst outbreaks in the nation is over 4,000 deaths. Ed mike tobin, thank you. Sandra . 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New ortho home defense max indoor insect barrier kills and prevents bugs for up to a year without odors, stains or fuss. New ortho home defense max. Bugs gone. Stress gone. Sandra three fastacting marines on the flight from tokyo to dallas subduing a passenger was screaming and making threatening comments. The passenger had reportedly barricaded himself in the airplanes bathroom and the marines restrained him and subdued him with flex ties. Mobile the live report in the next hour on that. What a story. Ed it really is. You see that play out, there are obviously not a lot of people on planes these days and then an incident like this happen and then you wonder whats behind it but those marines acting quickly and doing what they do best. Sandra lets take a quick look at the markets this morning as we look for another positive open on wall street. The big board should reveal again 13 minutes from now and there is optimism as we see more states reopening this morning and seen people get back to wo work. Youve got a market predicting there is the dow future, up 316 points this morning. You got large expectations that things are going well as states start to reopen. Ed and even as that happens, as weve been talking about, the number of people unemployed continues to increase in this country. We just got that, 3. 2 million laidoff workers applying for unemployment claims this week but as youve been noting many times, a lot of that has been baked in and the markets are hoping that its going to get better as the days go on. Sandra remarkable when you look at those tens of millions of people out of work in the month of april alone, using their jobs. What its going to take to get all those americans back into their roles could take some time but you have the white house as you know predicting a sharp bounce back and return to the economy that we saw before this pandemic set in. The optimism is there in the stock market and we will be watching for that opening bell this morning. Ed absolutely. The economy is the front and center of the 2020 campaign. Americans sharply divided over the allegations against joe biden. A new monmouth poll asking whether the Sexual Assault allegations are true. If found, its close to a three way to tie of probably true, not true and, i dont know. The probably trues coming out slightly ahead. With us now is Newt Gingrich, also a Fox News Contributor. Good morning mr. Speaker. Ed at the least, the fact that folks are divided like this at least shows that that interview that joe biden did last week to try to turn the page on this didnt quite work out. I think he has a unique challenge because the left wing of the Democratic Party has made such an enormous effort on these kind of attacks. So you look at what they did last year due to the proposed Supreme Court justice, look what happened to senator franken in minnesota. They really have a deep emotional commitment and i think biden is not meeting that commitment. So what has happened is people first ignored it and then people on the left began to write about it and then as they listen to themselves they begin to get more upset about it though theyve been writing more about it. And since hes caught in the trap i believe there was a blog written about the age of hysteria. We are faced with enormous challenges in terms of the chinese, the coronavirus, the economy, and we are trapped into this kind of endless repetitive news cycle and i think that is what biden is trapped in. Hes got to figure out an answer that will satisfy his left, where this will just be a running sore until election and thats a very big challenge for him. Ed heres dan henning here today, prevented moral trumping against as a political weapon against their enemies and now theyve exhausting exhausted it. Political moralism is losing its punch. Other than democrats downloading pro forma support against joe biden, hardly anyone cares one way or the other but his guilt or is innocence or about his accuser. In fact you are seeing some of the left saying, i kind of belief that tara reade is telling the truth but i dont care because i want him to be donald trump. I thought the letter by the reporter from politico that basically said i dont want an investigation, i want a coronation. Please dont report anything about joe biden. I thought that was the most honest reporter on the left that id seen in a long time because he laid it all out. Hes not going to cover anything negative about joe biden if he can avoid it and i thought that was refreshingly honest, give and if its a little disturbing in terms of an honest media. I think this is a peculiar problem on the left because this is what i have staked their claim to and its a little bit like florence in the middle ages, you start establishing a standard thats impossible and then you find yourself caught up in your own standard and then suddenly the crowd starts to turn on you. I think now the democrats have a very significant challenge ahead of them. Biden has to find an answer and part of it is going to be that he has to release documents which is actually probably better for him even if the documents prove that tara reade is telling the truth. Its probably better for him to get it out in the open now rather than this drip drip drip attack for the entire rest of the spring and summer. Ed dr. Bill bennett was on special report last night suggesting he thinks theres a 50 50 chance that biden wont even be the nominee. This following that oped from a couple of days ago suggesting democrats can turn to plan b. Is it too late for them t to do that . Its impossible. Biden ran in every primary and is one millions and millions of votes but the only person who could plausibly replace him as Bernie Sanders who ran in every primary and one millions and millions of votes. The idea that someone is not contested a comfort not attempted, not been out there and not one a single vote is somehow going to be imposed on the party by who . What magic secret group will do this . Biden will be the democratic nominee because its virtually impossible. And people would be so offended, i think it would be utterly impossible. Ed Bernie Sanders might be upset about that as well. We appreciate your insights, thanks for coming on. Sandra . 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