We have no evidence of wrongdoing by the president of the United States. Howie President Trump is claiming vindication. How much of Robert Muellers sentencing memos is really new . John kelly leaving as chief of staff is the latest white house shakeup. Anthony scaramucci will be here. As george h. W. Bush is laid to rest, some pundits cant stop themselves from making it about trump. We are honoring a great president. Howie why do the media have to make any story about donald trump. Prosecutors found les moonves lied. . Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. It was according to the media a bombshell of epic proportions. Robert mueller finally reveal something of his evidence against Paul Manafort. There are alleged affairs with very little evidence on russian collusion. Donald trumps conclusion . Totally clears the president , thank you. You could see the sense of deflation when there were no new revelations and Robert Mueller said the exNational Security advisor should go to jail. I said really . Because its so redacted. The frustrating part of this for those interested in the case is the core of his cooperation is blacked out. I think this is a big zero. I think this mueller thing and what they did to flynn is disgusting. Howie joining me, mollie hemingway. Sara fischer media reporter for axios and richard fowler. Michael cohen the memos say was contacted by a russian who wanted to set up a trumpputin meeting which never happened. Mollie that detail was a wrestler who reached out to Michael Cohen and cohen didnt respond to that offer of help. Sometimes when these things are written, they are written in dramatic style. And when you dig into them, there isnt a lot of there there. There are two competing theories about the Mueller Investigation. That there was collusion on the part of the the russians to steal an election. Running informant, having wiretaps. The other theory is this is a witch hunt. An attempt to bring down trump through any means possible. Michael cohen was being looked into because our government believed he was the central linchpin. He had gone to prague and met with russians. None of these documents say any such thing. When you have the theories that this is a political means to get trump. I think that needs to be part of the conversation. Howie there were two prosecution memos on cohen. The u. S. Attorneys office called for substantial jail term saying trump directed the hush money and thats damaging. But didnt everyone in america basically know that . Richard i think it depends upon which american you are asking. We know there is more work to be done by mueller and his team. But we dont know if there was or wasnt russian collusion because it could be in blacked out parts of the memo. But what we do know, and i think its important that we do know this. The president of the United States asked his lawyer to pay off a porn star and a playboy playmate. For a party who says it has the moral high ground, its important for the media to cover that. Howie its not russian collusion. What got lost this week is trump nominated william barr, president bushs attorney general to run the justice department. I dont see the press giving trump a whole lot of credit for picking a guy who is well qualified and not a crony. Sara hes lauded in washington. Howie does it not squelch the trump media narrative. The prosecutors say manafort told repeated lies even when he was supposedly cooperating with the special counsels office including about a meeting with a business colleague in ukraine. Mollie Paul Manafort has his own trouble and he seems to have knead poor decisions. But this is another one of these people who is supposed to be a central figure that shows there was collusion between russia and trump. He has been investigated to the end of his life and we dont have evidence of russia collusion. Other people might think this really doesnt seem like they had legitimate reasons about russia collusions. Some of the principles involved in setting up the special counsel, they said they didnt believe there was russia collusion. But they were seeking to rein in the president. Thats problematic for people who want the Russia Collusion Investigation to have credibility. Howie what do you make of some conservative commentators including here on fox saying while lying to investigators is a process crime, there is no other lying crime. Richard in mike flynns case he has to be held to a higher standard. Hes going to be National Security advisor to the president of the United States of america which is one of the highest positions in our government. He lied to the fbi and he lied to the vice president. Its disheartening to see conservative commentators say that. He belongs behind bars for that. Howie democrats are accused of lying, too. Mollie people should not lie to federal authorities. Its also true the investigation itself produced these crimes. Someone in the Obama Administration made a criminal leak of that phone call. Certainly no one was held accountable. That set up the russia hysteria people fell for. Nobody has been held accountable. Sara just to say if it wasnt for this investigation he wouldnt have committed the crime. Mollie if the investigation is producing its own crimes. People were promised treasonous collusion with russia. Richard its not that he called the ambassador. Its that he lied about it. Mollie thats not true. When it was first reported richard why would you cover it up . Howie earlier on the flynn business, john kelly, it seems like its been a year of stories, dead man walking. The president confirmed the general will be leaving as white house chief of staff next month. The Washington Post story said how much difference can any white house chief of staff make with an impulsive head strong president who isnt interested in reading briefings and is happiest at his rallies. Mollie thats a news story . Thats a tremendous amount of opinion for a news story. Like a stopped clock, sometimes it end up howie his demise has been predicted so many times, and the president said hell be staying through 2020. Clearly their relationship deteriorated and thats why richard i think its ironic if you look at 8 years ago, the third year of obamas term. Howie lets close with this New York Times story. An investigative piece on two women who worked at the president s Golf Course Club in benew jersey. They are both illegal immigrants. One said she made his bed and cleaned his clothes and he gave her a tip. But she was offended by his antitrump narrative. Sara i think that plays into the political narrative thats he doesnt care so much about these illegal immigrants. Howie he says he didnt know. Sara the president hasnt said anything and the reason is he doesnt think thats such a big deal. I group close to that golf club. There are people who come in through that golf club and go on to get papers. It plays into a story that President Trump is going hard after illegal immigrants. Howie the white house has not responded. Anthony scaramucci will be here on the president s rough week with the press. Big time fireworks on the view of the celebration of george hur place, the xfinity xfi gateway. And its strengthened by xfi pods, which plug in to extend the wifi even farther, past anything that stands in its way. Well almost anything. Leave no room behind with xfi pods. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Click or visit a retail store today. George Herbert Walker bush was americas last great soldier statesman. A 20th century founding father. Howie bush biographer jon meacham paying tribute to george h. W. Bush. But some couldnt resist using the death to bash 45. Under donald trump the office of the presidency has been debased in a way thats unimaginable for people who served every past president. Howie then on the view Meghan Mccain objected against joy behar turning the death into a bash against trump. We are honoring a great president. I am not interested im talking well be right back. Howie that is called cutting to commercial. What do you make of joy behar arguing with Meghan Mccain. Hijacking the discussion of george h. W. Bushs legacy to beat up on trump. Mollie we did see a lot of this. And its disrespectful to both president s. This is a time to remember all the great things the first president bush has done. He had a one term in a significant period of time. His role in the end of the cold war alone gives you enough to talk about. Howie Meghan Mccain wasnt having it. The daily mail reported that off the set behar continued to rage. Richard thanks to whoopi for cutting to commercial. We celebrated the United States of america and respect for the institution which george h. W. Bush did until his dying day. Its beyond what he said about his family, its about the presidency of the United States. Howie i understand some comparisons are inevitable given their different style. But its been going on for days. The trump denegration seemed to me to be just out in the open. The Washington Post had three different headlines criticizing trump on a day that was supposed to be devoted to george h. W. Bush. Sara you want to celebrate the legacy of george h. W. Bush. I can see why wallace will highlight the difference from the two. You are talking about a world war ii veteran versus someone who never served. Howie megyn mccane just went through this with her own dad, john mccain. Molly, it didnt seem to matter in this case that trump did make racial remarks about george h. W. Bush. He went to the hill to view the casket and went to the memorial service. Mollie the proper thing to do when a previous president dies is to invite the president. To not do Something Like that is to break the norm. George h. W. Bush was someone who was gracious with dignity. I think our world today shows we can all learn a lot from him. Howie george h. W. Bush was president in far less polarizing times. Richard i will say i think there was a lot of coverage of the entrance of donald trump into the row of president. There was a lot of conversation about him being out of the commanderinchief club. I think the day was less about donald trump and more about should have been more about george h. W. Bush and his legacy. Howie jon mech am read the eulogy to george h. W. Bush. There was a lot. Meacham. Thank you so much for being here this sunday. Appalling revelations about how les moonves tried to cover up his Sexual Misconduct at cbs. The next u. N. Ambassador used to work here at fox. Today is the day youre going to get motivated. Get stronger. Get closer. 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You have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion this was orchestrated and organized by people under the command of mbs. There is zero question of what mbs did. There is still a question of what the United States does about it. Howie i get the president has to weigh the diplomatic and financial consequences. President trump named Heather Nauert the state Department Spokeswoman to be the u. S. Ambassador to the united nations, and some pundits are disparaging the choice. In terms of what we look for at the united nations, her experience is very thin. Her experience in diplomacy is nonexistent as far as i can tell. Choosing her as u. N. Ambassador makes no sense. All the skeptics lining up on the left, bring it on. When she goes before them for confirmation shell knock it out of the park. Howie its easy to say she is just a tv personality. But she has done a good job. And trump may see this as a communications job. Some of her predecessors have had tremendous credentials such as george h. W. Bush. But others were academics and even journalists. Samantha power was a terrific journalist when she worked for Barack Obamas campaign then got the u. N. Job. So this question. Would the reaction have been different if say Heather Nauert worked for the today show instead of fox and friends. The Parent Company is exploring options for the standard. It has lost circulation while being highly critical of donald trump. And it has been a tough time for print magazines. Kevin hart is blowing off the oscars after revelations of his homophobic tweets. Sara howie the president ripped by the media over the Mueller Investigation and another shakeup. Joining me, anthony scaramucci, author of the book trump, a blue collar president. Word is that john kelly will be leaving next month as chief of staff. Scar. I respect his time in the military. But the president needs somebody who likes him, likes his agenda and wants to work with him on his agenda, and he needs somebody who can public back on the president the way the president likes to be pushed back on. The big misnomer is the president likes sycophants. He likes a rigorous debate. But he wants everyone to know hes the boss. Howie is it a misnomer that his management style is chaotic . Anthony i dont find it to be like that. What i find it to be. He had a good folks system and one guy at chief of staff who really liked him. Then he had fortification of those other people things would run seamlessly like they did during the trump organization. The trump organization, 1520 years of management. Once he trusted everybody in those seats, he did well and the company did even better. He needs to get somebody in the seat that likes him, that can talk to him in a way he likes to be talked to, recognize there is numeros dos. And get people in there who want to help the american people. Think about the sacrifices the president made to take this job. He had an unbelievable life before he entered the american presidency. Lets pick somebody to be chief of staff to help him prosecute this. Howie Rex Tillerson is talking to cbs saying the president is undisciplined and doesnt want to read and sometimes told him to do things that are illegal. The president tweeted back that tillerson is dumb as a rock and lazy as hell. Anthony i am not in love with that tweet. I think its unfair for rex to say hes trying to get him to do things illegally when the president is trying to push the envelope. Hes a guy who brainstorms a lot and makes a lot of suggestions. If some of those suggestions are you will legal of course he does the want to be doing them. He shouldnt be calling him dumb as a rock. If i was there i would tell him not to do that. He would laugh at me and tell me hes going to do it any way. Howie is the president helping himself with these constant tweeting attacks on mueller accusing his office of mccarthyism . Does that help him in terms of the way the story is perceived . It probably doesnt help him in the way the story is perceived. Hes trying to send a message he hasnt done anything wrong. If you analyze what took place. There is nothing on the edge of illegality that relates to the president. Even if you are trying to surmise werent reactions, i think the president is in the free and clear on all that stuff. Hes exhausted by this. Howie with the guilty flees by manafort, flynn and gates. People would say the president is involved in a culture of lying. I dont think thats fair, but he did higher these people. Anthony some of these things that happened outside of the campaign, maybe there noted to be more vetting of what these guys were actually doing. But i dont think you can tag on the president something that happened 10, 5, 8 years ago, in michaels case, im a friend of michaels and i wish him and his family well. As it relates to the taxi medallion stuff, i dont see how that can be pinned on the president. If you are going to tell me you are hiring thousands of people and you dont have a few rogues in the system. At skybridge i do a background check on every single person. At the end of the day, people are imperfect. So at the end of the day you are going to have situations like this. Howie finally, there is an emotional outpouring in the media of gratitude and affection for george Herbert Walker bush. The president acted graciously and praised bush even though he was at odds with the family. Do you think he may have learned something after what happened in terms of john mccains death . Listen. The stuff i dont understand. He handled that thing like a chapel. He lent the plane out. They asked him not to speak. He was gracious and said okay. At the end of the day he beat the pant off the media in november of 2016. They still cant believe it and hes still driving a hard wedge against him. They made themselves the story and they pounding back. I thought he looked great yesterday at the armynavy game. He got a rousing ovation from the army and navy at that game. At the end of the day look at his record and what hes doing for the country and dial it down. My guess is they will cut a deal with the democrats going in