Bit, im feeling fine now. Happy to have you back. The looking good. Oh, thank you. Youre outnumbered. I am. Thank you very much. Good to be here. President trumps legal team taking on tougher tone to deal with special counsel robert mueller, his new attorney Rudy Giuliani explaining why he doesnt want the president to sit down for an interview with robert mueller. Because they are trying to trap, you couldnt put a lawyer on the show who wants to keep his law license to tell you to testify. They dont have a case on collusion or obstruction, they are asking all kind of questions about what do you feel and think. I will walk him into prosecution for perjury . Giuliani was asked if he believes the president could be forced to testify before a grand jury, watch what he said. We dont have to, hes the president of the United States. We can assert the same privilege as other president s have. Are you confident the president will not take the fifth in this case . How could i be confident of that . Short time ago our own judge andrew weighed in on the legal argument, watch. I dont blame him for making that argumenta, thats his job to make it, hes been making it extensively over the weekend, but history shows that president s, when subpoenaed by grand jurys, one way or another, do comply. Charlie hunt, what say you . Charlie you know, this Rudy Giuliani thing, i keep referring as the shock in all legal strategy. You have no idea what, i mean, he is all over the place, but the bottom line is, you know, he is right about one thing, he needs to prevent the president from testifying. If he walks in and sits down under oath with mueller and his team, it absolutely will be perjury trap and im sure the president would be delighted to go and talk to them and because the president always
fraud case against Paul Manafort, judge ellis telling mueller, you dont care about mr. Manaforts bank fraud, but what information mr. Manafort can give you that would reflect on mr. Trump or lead to prosecution or impeachment or whatever, that is what you are really interested in. Here is reaction to former from a former federal attorney joe digenova, part of the president s legal team at one time and Rudy Giuliani. Watch. I do, i believe that after judge ellis remarks last night, there is no question that the amount of Government Misconduct is accumulating. It is greater than anybody realizes. This investigation reached level of bad faith, no longer a good faith investigation. All right, so is this no longer good faith investigation and was that federal judge right to call manaforts team out not manafort, muellers team out, rather . Charlie i from the beginning dont believe this was goodfaith investigation. Clearly it wasnt when we started to see the charges coming out. Not all charges against Paul Manafort have nothing to do with donald trump or his actions with the campaign. It has to do with things from the past that okay, im in favor of prosecuting somebody for anything, breaking laws. So, you know, you didnt need a political investigation, Special Prosecutor in order to go after these things, these things should have been gone after a long time ago by regular White Collar Crime prosecutors. Best lin from t. S. Ellis iii, he said, he is asking for more evidence from the memo, right . The actual memo. He went back to d. O. J. Saying i need evidence from the mueller team. They are saying, we have it. He said, let me be the judge of that. He may end up being a big player in this entire thing. What hes saying, what evidence
look at Rod Rosenstein, hes the guy who laid out the case for firing james comey and the one that appoints special counsel to give mueller Broad Authority to look at things like obstruction of justice, for instance. Again, he laid out the case to fire james comey. Look at the fact we know that James Clapper wanted comey to sit down and brief President Trump about the dossier and that meeting is leaked to the press, right . We know james comey himself was one that said the was looking for a news hook to publish the dossier. Nobody could verify the dossier, including own intelligence, as well, could not verify the dossier. Then the run with the dossier and from there on it has been rampant in the media about russia collusion. How can you look at some of these things and not be concerned objectively regardless what your position on the president is, that should be deeply concerning. Like a Movie Trailer for what is going on. But it is true. Where is Rod Rosenstein . Do we know enough about the parameters of this investigation . No, we dont. I mean, i think that is why judge ellis wants to see the memo, and understand the scope of the investigation. And it is the political critics of the president are actually waiting in the wings, hoping the manafort investigation can yield impeachment, what happens when it doesnt . Right. No accountability for the wasted taxpayer money and all of this time and all of the damage that it has done to potentially the office by becoming that shiny object that the media likes so much like to focus on. Then the political fallout from going after Paul Manafort, he wasnt a good guy. He wasnt a good guy. He may be compromised, but is it worse this obsession, this constant obsession that really does he broke the law, separately, as they are doing with Michael Cohen and others, separately go after him. Why keep one case and not the
other . That is a very fair question. Yeah, where is Rod Rosenstein, charlie, in this he he kroeted this memo that led to the investigation. Charlie last week he went aggressively and said they will not be extorted, basically accusing his bosses, in the white house and congress of trying to extort the department of justice, which i think is a crime, but i think Extortion In General Charlie exactly. Amazing thing to think about. To your point, charlie, it doesnt exactly boost confidence in the d. O. J. Or the f. B. I. Charlie no. That is severely lack nothing contentuous confirmation. I watch your show 8 p. M. Eastern and i sometimes will hear you say about, you know, where this investigation is. Why do you think it is that we are at a point now where people arent necessarily waiting or looking at the evidence, but waiting to be told . Is it because there has been so
much focus on this . Apparently, yes, so problematic and out of hand and so allconsuming and i hope everyone steps back and asks themselves, is this the function of an investigative counsel . Is this what we put so much faith and money and time, endless time and money into special counsel . Charlie the clock is ticking, we get closer to midterm, mueller is about to pull a comey and wind up being in the middle of an election doing this i dont know which part, leak or which part of comey . Charlie having a huge major highprofile investigation in the middle of an election. You dont want that. Trying to get people to flip flop and it will not happen. President trump throwing full support behind his pick to head the c. I. A. Talking about that ahead of her Confirmation Hearing that is happening wednesday. The white house says gina haspel is victim to bring down one of
the president s nominees. Plus, President Trump accusing former Secretary Of State john kerry of potentially breaking the law, after reports mr. Kerry was meeting secretly with the iranians in an effort to save that iran nuke deal. Former secretary kerry responding. John kerry. [booing] President Trump not the best negotiator weve ever seen. Never walked away from the table, except to be in that bicycle race. This program is brought to you by lear capital. The signal reaches down here, too. So sophie, i have an xfi password, and its daditude. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Xfinity. The future of awesome. Harris we are back with the Fox News Alert, 48 hours ahead of critical Confirmation Hearing, President Trump has come out swing og behalf of his pick to head the c. I. A. , gina haspel. The president tweeting this, my highly respected nominee gina haspel has come under fire because she was too tough on terrorists. Think of that in these dangerous times. We have the most qualified person, a woman, who democrats want out because shes too tough on terror. Win gina. This comes after reports mrs. Haspel considered withdrawing on friday. Short time ago, white house source weigh nothing on that report saying haspel did discuss withdrawing, but was bouncing her concern off white house officials, who are guiding her
through the process. Haspel faces stiff criticism from democrats and some republicans, even in her role in enhanced interrogation procedure. Love your take, kennedy, i know you have something to say about this. Democracy, President Trump won the election, should pick the people he wants in top positions. Kennedy absolutely, that is what the hearings are for, vet these people, get a sense of who they are and challenge them on past and present positions. Certainly her personal history. And hiding behind the fact that much of her Work Histories classified is not enough. There are some very serious questions that need to be raised about those sites, particularly the ones she oversaw in thailand and two senators, whom i think are good on civil liberty, white and rand paul raised concerns about her and i hope senators take careful time and deliberation. We have, as we were just talking
about, such erosion of trust and Law Enforcement and with the c. I. A. We cant just say, you know, shes a woman, shes been there a long time and that is enough. That is not enough. It doesnt matter who the candidate is. If there are questions about their past, those need to be raised and thoroughly answered. And be taken to that hearing, this comes charlie, after admiral Ronny Jackson was dragged through the mud publicly. What does it say about where we are that you have a lot of Public Servants that want to withdraw their names before being put up before a hearing. It is sad. Charlie kennedy, you are right and i would like answers to the questions, as well. Sadly, you could probably count on one hand the number of democrats or republicans in the senate who actually care about those things and want the answers to those questions. The real thing, they dont like her because donald trump nominated her and want to do anything they can to undermine him by stopping her. Obviously they are not doing havent yet gone into any of the personal stuff the way we saw with Ronny Jackson, but i think politically speaking, again, setting aside the good questions you raised, the politically speaking, this is a great fight for trump to have. Especially when hes in the middle of negotiating with north korea, talking about iran. Major things going on. This is a great i would say that it is okay for him in your argument, to have that, but for the democracy itself, maybe not so much. Charlie agreed. Kennedy weve got open seats of more than 100, i was at the going away event for the german ambassador, what rick ranel. Kennedy he was thanking people for support, he waited so long to get confirmed. I agree with kennedy, we need a venue to ask about the black sites and a venue to get thoughtful questions. I dont know if a hearing will
get us further than other public hearings have. We need vetting and do it expeditiously. What granel wants to do. He will be pretty busy with germany and iran and korea and all that, pretty busy with that, but when he can, he wants to fight against a can sept everything has to go through the senate and congress for confirmation. Can there be some jobs where you have thoughtful review and not have it be a political fight. I thought it was interesting. He would know, hes been through it. Lisa, Sarah Sanders did say this, everyone fighting for Women Empowerment are hypocrites saying gina haspel cant go up. It makes me laugh, using democrats against them. Anything sexist, if they disagree, they label you something horrific and you are likely not. I think it is kind of funny to use that against the democrats. If you are not going to support the first female c. I. A. Director, you are sexist or dont believe in womens empowerment. The Trump Administration has a strong case to be made here. Look, gina haspel has been part of the c. I. A. Since 1985, as long as ive been alive and on this earth. Shes had the endorsement charlie, we feel old. [laughter] she also has support of every individual who served in the intelligence committee, former directors, deputy directors, as well, and i do think if democrats vote against her largely for political reasons, not like kennedy laid out and having real concerns and questions for her. It is political. We saw that play out with mike pompeo when democrats voted for him for c. I. A. Director and Didnt Support him as Secretary Of State. Come on. At least have the hearing. Great point. It is on wednesday, well see what happens there. Coming up on the show, final push by supporters and critics of the Iran Nuclear Deal ahead of political dead let line coming this saturday. Top diplomat is making official during a twoday stop in
washington, plus amid the good vibes ahead of historic summit between President Trump and the north korean dictator, rogue nation is lashing out at the u. S. , what is this about and does it put that meet nothing jeopardy . Reid lamberty i wont use the rhetoric then, im trying to calm it down a little bit. I will not use the rhetoric. You can listen to the stories you love while doing the things you love, outside. Everyones doing it shes binging. Theyre binging. And. So is he. So put on your turn on audible and binge better. Searching for answers may feel overwhelming. So start your search with our teams of specialists at Cancer Treatment centers of america. The evolution of cancer care is here. Learn more at cancercenter. Com experts. To give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you dont. Ill take that. [cheers] 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. New ensure max protein. In two great flavors. New ensure max protein. With recurring constipation and belly pain if you feel like you spend too much time in the bathroom talk to your doctor and say yesss to linzess. Yesss linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. Linzess can help relieve your belly pain, and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements. Linzess is not a laxative. It works differently to help you get ahead of your recurring constipation and belly pain. Do not give linzess to children less than 6, and it should not be given to children 6 to less than 18. It may harm them. Do not take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. Get immediate help if you develop unusual or severe stomach pain, especially with bloody or black stools. The most common side effect is diarrhea, sometimes severe. If its severe, stop taking linzess and call your doctor right away. Other side effects include gas, stomach area pain, and swelling. So say yesss to help for recurring constipation. Yesss to help for belly pain. Talk to your doctor and say yesss linzess. Its red lobsters create your own shrimp trios. Pick 3 of 9 new and classic creations for just 15. 99. With new creations like savory crabtopped shrimp, and parmesan truffle Shrimp Scampi you better hurry in before shrimp trios is gone. Harris Fox News Alert now. Last ditch effort by u. S. Allies to influence President Trump before the deadline to keep the u. S. In the Iran Nuclear Deal. A short time ago Boris Johnson met with new Secretary Of State mike pompeo. Earlier making his case for the agreement this morning on fox and friends. Watch. The president has a legitimate point, he set a challenge for the world. We think that what you can do is be tougher on iran, address the
concerns of the president and not throw the baby out with the bath water. Not junk the deal. As i say, plan b does not seem to me to be particularly well developed at this stage. The visit by the u. K. Top diplomat ahead of the may 12 deadline for the president to decide whether he will keep the u. S. In the deal. Meanwhile, a Top Republican is urging the president to stick with the agreement, Congressman Thornberry chairs the Armed Services committee. Watch. The key question is, okay, now we are where we are, what happens next if the u. S. Pulls out . Maybe the best thing is for the president to delay a bit more, his deadline of this month, and put the french and the british up to the test about whether it is possible to get this other sort of agreement. Harris okay, one side, charlie, delay things and work on a Contingency Plan and bring more people and europe onboard. What do you think about the reports of Shadow Diplomacy with the former Secretary Of State, john kelly . I mean, does that help our government . Help our cause to have him in the back wings saying no, no, no, keep the d