Protected status for seven years under the Obama Administration, the leader finally getting answers, joins us live. Welcome to fox news night, im Shannon Bream in washington. New tonight, capping a week which began with the state of the Union Address and about to close with the release of that controversial surveillance memo, President Trump appears to be going on offense against his critics. These new comments coming in just a short while ago speaking at the Rnc Winter Meeting right here in washington. The name is resist, thats all they do is resist. I dont know if theyre good at, they cant be too good at because we are passing a lot of things. Shannon those comments directed at democrats but they white house is poised to further
infuriate its critics with the release of a memo of alleged surveillance. Ed henry joins us that story. Breaking tonight, two sr. Republicans are pushing back at reports that this republican memo will not live up to the hype that there are four separate explosive revelations about surveillance during the Obama Administration that have not yet leaked out ahead of the expected release. If that turns out to be true, it will be a vindication for republican devin nunes who suggests that this demo reveals abuses of the fisa law dating back to the obama years. A lot on the line as you saw House Democratic leader nancy pelosi today called on Speaker Paul Ryan to remove him as intelligence chairman, charging his actions have been a dangerous attack on Law Enforcement all meds to help President Trump politically. A senior white house official suggested the president is going to Tell Congress he does not object to the public release of
this memo. Then it would be up to the house to release it to the public. The top democrat on the panel has been very outspoken, he pushed back on the claim that he made only minor grammatical fixes to the original memo before sending it to the white house. The democrats charging it was secretly altered to tar both the fbi and the justice department. That was a claim that was hotly disputed by various republicans today including speaker ryan who seemed to give him some cover. I think the fbi is exactly right, this memo is a spin on not just a set of particular documents but broader Classified Information on that. Thats because of serious and material omissions is inaccurate and gives a very misleading impression. This memo is not an
indictment of the fbi, department of justice, it does not dip you and the Molar Investigation or the Deputy Attorney general. It is congresses legitimate function of oversight to make sure that the fisa process is being used correctly and if it wasnt being used correctly, that needs to come to light and people need to be held accountable. The former fbi director james cone he went off on twitter and voting writing all should appreciate the fbi speaking up, i wish more of our leaders would, take heart, American History shows in the long run, weasels and liars never hold the field. So long as good people to stand up, not a lot of schools or streets named for joe mccarthy mccarthy. The mention of the fbi speaking up is an apparent reference to the statement put out by his success for, the current fbi director that the memo should be kept under wraps. Cnn today claimed that he was threatening to resign if the president lets this memo go
public, nbc news knocking that down is false. We should note the people who have seen this memo have told us privately that james comey may be implicated all of this which might explain his fiery tweet. Shannon we will debate that coming up, the case of this topsecret memo has captivated washington and dominated media coverage. Join us now is hogan ghibli, special assistant to the president. Lets talk about this memo. Their accusations late last night, breaking as this show is going on. There are alterations to the memo before it went to the white house, questions about whether the white house had anything to do with it, what can you tell us. We had nothing to do with alterations, it was generated in congress, sent to the white house. The president takes very seriously and he meant with the relevant stakeholders, people in the white house counsel, also on the National Security team, they
found the next steps, we are moving into the final stages of that up with the president hasnt made a decision yet. Shannon everyone things were going to see it tomorrow. There is a process in place and the president would never do anything to put the American People at risk or harm our National Security in any way. Thats why the process takes so long, there is a five day window with the president has to go through the document. He did that with the team and they will make a decision soon. Shannon how was the statement received at the white house . The fbi was provided a limited opportunity to review this memo the day before the committee voted to release it. We have great concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memos accuracy. This is coming to us already finished. Whatever squabbles they have in congress, whatever the fbi is
saying they did, thats up to them. We are doing exactly what we were outlined to do by law to make sure it protects the American People. If it does get declassified, there is nothing in there that would harm this nation. Shannon i want to read a couple of analyses and give you a chance to respond. From cnn, President Donald Trump continues to tell his associates he believes the highly controversial republican memo alleging the fbi abuse could discredit the russia investigation, multiple sources with the white house discussions and said to. Do you think the memo is going to discredit the Molar Investigation . Im not going to get ahead of anything the president is going to say. He has read the document, he has poured through it meticulously meticulously this is important not just for what occurred, the president has been very clear. Obviously he supports the rankandfile members of the fb fbi. He believes they are hardworking and deserve our respect and
appreciation. Its obvious at the senior levels that reports have shown some serious biases against the donald trump and four Hillary Clinton during the investigation. Thats troublesome. Hes all about transparency, he wants these things to come out. He believes that sunlight is best in this situation. Shannon cnn saying that trump is frustrated with the russia investigation, the Deputy Attorney general, he may look for any opportunity to build a case for rod rosensteins firing. I cant speak to that i havent talked to him about tha that. This process, so many reports were brought out today of various aspects of this memo. They were all wrong. Several reports saying he was going to release it before he
took off today, didnt happen. We were all sitting at the white house laughing, who was saying these things . Et cetera old adage that the people who know dont talk and the people who dont know talk and thats obvious today. Shannon lets talk about immigration, the president has made the four pillar proposal that some on the rice dont like because they are upset about 1. 8 million being eligible for a pathway to citizenship who are here illegally. The left is unhappy about the wall and all of these kinds of things too. They are unhappy about a lot of things. Shannon the president spoke about this tonight and the democrats and where they are in immigration. President trump the democrats are awol, they are missing in action. We are saying where are they, we have a proposal, we never hear from them. I dont think they want to solve the daca problem, i think they want to talk about it, i think they want to obstruct the name is resist, thats the name of their movement. Resist, thats all they do is
resist. Shannon will they find a way to meet in the middle . What are they resisting, lower taxes, more money in the pocket. Shannon i wall they dont want. They all voted for that wall in 2006 and 2013, the democrats are playing politics with peoples lives and use all that with the shutdown. The president did a masterful job of exposing exactly what democrats are about. They want to shutdown the government, put our military at risk, 8. 9 8. 9 million childrent risk all to protect hundreds of thousands of people who are here illegally and unlawfully as opposed to the hundreds of millions of american citizens. That line has been drawn. Present comes forward and says not only am i going to get a Strong Border security plan that ends chain migration, things democrats used to be for, protects our nation, gives Border Security what they need. Im even going to put out
1. 8 Million People with a possibility for a pathway to citizenship, thats three times more than president obama offered in the democrats dont want it its just baffling. Shannon we will keep watching, always good to see yo you. A contentious tax overhaul is starting to deliver in the form of bigger american paychecks. You have heard about 300 plus companies passing along benefits to workers and bonuses, one of the latest hostess giving employee bonuses, that has not stopped democrats from characterizing the cuts as crumbs. Caroline joins us with details. It was a twofer for the president today, he he took a shot at nancy pelosi and got in a jab at Hillary Clinton. Comments that bonuses coming out of republican tax cuts are crumbs to one of clintons most memorable lines during the 2016 campaign where she called some
of his supporters deplorable, heres the president today. President trump corporations giving tremendous bonuses to everybody that nancy pelosi called the crumbs, was a bad that could be deplorable, when people are getting 2,003,000, lets not crumbs, thats a lot of money. Its one that she has used a number of times including today at the text town hall in massachusetts. There is no comparison between the trillian and a dollar tax bracket that slashed corporate rates. While they give banquets to the highend, top 1 corporate america. They are giving crumbs, compared to the banquets, they are getting at high end. She also had this to say after the president s comments today. Was deplorable are republicans desperate efforts to hide the g. O. P. Tax scam behind a handful of meager one time bonuses, the casual dishonesty of taking her words out of context is nothing compared to the dishonesty of republican sales pitch on the tax scam itself. At least a 300 companies have announced bonuses, races, or that they are adding to 401 k programs ranging from 2500 at apple, the Smaller Companies ranging minimum wage,. Shannon brandnew tweet from the president at this late hour. He said this, Democrats Arent Calling what daca. We have a great chance to make a deal or blame them, march 5th is coming up next. Mucks to discuss with fox News Politics editor chris stirewalt. Where do we start here will we have a deal by then . The president is tweeting here and trying to advantage the republicans about whose fault is going to be. The republicans won round one of the shutdown olympics. As i have said to before, this bobsled run is not nearly done. Theyre probably going to be multiple shutdowns i would guess in this year. Unless republicans can apply pressure to democrats. To apply pressure, they have got to pass legislation through the house and theyve got to have a bill to get 50 republicans in the senate. If they cant do that, theyre going to let democrats off the hook. Then pressure starts to ship them i could shift back to the g. O. P. Shannon trump has got the democrats right where he wants them, theres a quote in there
from a princeton political scientist who says that his name is nolan mccarty. If the Democrats Dont Go along with this deal, blocking it would allow the Trump Administration to suggest that the democrats were willing to trade to dreamers for lottery and change migration as well as position them on soft on Border Security. The president has to back them into a corner. The crazy rhetoric that has come from some democrats talking this is racist, that doesnt help their case either. These are views that even very recently were not uncommon or were considered inhumane among democrats. Theres a 70 position in america on immigration. The overwhelming majority of the electorate wants some kind of amnesty they want amnesty but they also want Border Security. Shannon they dont like that word though, may be some kind legal status, but i dont people in hell want ice water. The majority of americans, the overwhelming majority of americans favor favor amnesty they favor allowing these people to stay. That in exchange for more Border Security. Its not about the ones that are here. Its about the next wave and the whole effort in washington, this is colored by what happened in 1986 by ronald reagan. There was amnesty but then the enforcement wasnt there on the other side. Thats the one that trump can deliver him, he is in a unique position to get a deal done. If his party will help them. When he was at the greenbrier today, if they will take his word to heart and let him make a deal and give him the votes he needs, and just try to suck up primary voters, they would be a big deal. Shannon i love the greenbrier, im not from west virginia. Its a great place to be. Hogan is try to be cagey with us, we think were going to get it tomorrow. Andy mccarthy formal federal prosecutor from the national review, he said the Intelligence Committee has gone about things right away, conducting oversight and carefully handling Classified Information so that things the public should know are disclosed without compromising vital intelligence or its sources. Democrats are condemning the process and much of the media seems strangely indifferent if not opposed to disclosure. I think thats true, i think the larger context here, democrats started with obvious and pernicious leaking on the russia probe to try to paint the Trump Administration, the president as a puppet of the kremlin. That was an obvious and
intentional act by democrats. Republicans are now responding with an escalation. This escalation is going very obvious that the target here is impossible to miss, its rod rosenstein. He is the linchpin of the justice department. Now you got rod rosenstein, hes the guy that looks obvious that trump might like to pry him out. The memo creates different constituencies. There are civil libertarians who like the memo because its going to make it harder on Mass Surveillance. They dont like Mass Surveillance if these people want to help them get the memo out, and there are people who are doing it for political reasons, theyre trying to discredit the Mueller Investigation or start Firing People at the fbi. Pushing them out. Then you have people who want clarity, they want answers. Ill tell you where i think this all ends up. I think this all ends up that everything is coming out. Its all coming out, the republican one, the democratic one, all the testimony. Backup the semi and we are going to have a Document Deluge over the next couple of months. Shannon this is not the mccarthy reference by former fbi director comey. He did say the democrats memo as long as it meets the classification and requirements, that one should come out too. The fbi should write one if it has proms with either or both of these. I have a memo, its a delicious recipe for ribs. Shannon happy friday evening. Nikki haley offering a scathing indictment, also arguing that the Trump Administration has been tougher on russia since any Administration Since reagan. We have sent advanced weapons to ukraine, we have not lifted a single sanction on russia. In fact, weve expanded sanctions against them. We have expelled russian diplomats, i have no idea what russian expected from the American Election but ive got to tell you, they are not happy with what they ended up with. Shannon she repeated russia is not our friend, adding they will never be if they continue their course of action on the world stage. All of this memo drama has turned into a melodrama but what about the rank the Rank And File fbi . Our next guests are uniquely qualified to discuss the impact this is all having on morale. Check it out, Trace Gallagher is reporting on one of the biggest stories in southern california. Plus closure in the case of one conservative group targeted by the irs for seven years. Were going to talk to the Lead Plaintiff who stood up to the agency under the Obama Administration. Isnt it like a bad cold or flu . Pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung disease. In some cases, part of your lung may fill with mucus, making it hard to breathe. Can i catch it from a pneumococcal vaccination . No. The vaccines do not contain live bacteria. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about how to help protect yourself. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist you for four years. You named it brad.