Both mccain and james khomeini, though he was given the green light to share it on tv. I have talked to the highest level of intelligence officials, and they have assured me that the New York Times story about constant contacts is grossly overstated and inaccurate. The president went off on the fbi for yet another leak, tweeting, the fbi is totally unable to stop the National Security leakers that have permeated our government for a long time. They cant even find the leakers within the fbi itself. Classified information is being given to media that could have a devastating effect on u. S. Find now. In between fighting political fires, the president got some business done, signing another Executive Order on regulatory reform. This one directs agencies to establish task forces to identify and rescind regulations the president claims are stifling economic growth. Donald trump. We are not afraid of the opposition because we are going to unify, come together, and kick some ass, we are going to take names. With seven candidates buying two replaced donna brazile, the leading contenders include tom perez, who enjoys strong support from the Democratic Party establishment. Says he plans to support perez. This is a generally centrist country. Mainly in the center, got to have a message that resonates across the board. The other front runner, minnesota congressman Keith Ellison, an early supporter of bernie sanders. But ellison has had to defend himself against accusations of antisemitism because of his now severed ties with Nation Of Islam leader and comments he allegedly made in graduate
school. These are false allegations, and that is why i have 300 rabbis and jewish communities supporting me. With many dnc voters still uncommitted, the other candidates have a fighting chance. I like all of them. I have really narrowed it down to four, and i am intending to remain open to persuasion right up until the vote. Political scientist saying that the young mayor there is a mother another candidate to watch. He points to successes in his party and state legislative races. He wants to not be totally progressive or totally establishment but try to figure out a way to bring all types of people together. And that is really the delicate Balancing Act democrats hope to achieve. On one hand, they want to capitalize on strong antitrump sentiment among the parties younger, more liberal base. At the same time, they hope to win back their reputation as being the party of working americans, a group that, in the last election, came out and large support for President Trump. Jonathan, thank you. The government will begin accepting bids for work on the president s border wall next month. Customs and Border Protection says it plans to start awarding contracts in april during his cpac speech this morning, President Trump set the ball is ahead of schedule. A federal judge in brooklyn is ordering Government Lawyers to work with attorneys representing people stopped from entering the country during the first hours of President Trumps First Executive order and travel ban pete Senior Correspondent Rick Leventhal was in that courtroom today. When President Trumps Executive Order went into effect temporarily banning travelers from seven predominantly muslim nations from entering the u. S. It sparked protests and lawsuits. It also affected far more people than originally claimed by the administration. Speak with the white house, the president said that there are only 109 people who were minimally inconvenienced by the Executive Order, and for the first time, the government has revealed that there are over 700 people who had some contact with customs and Border Protection under the Executive Order. And we dont even think that that number is complete. In a hearing friday morning, attorneys said they were simply handed a list of names but no other information to help track down the 746 people who may have been wrongly barred from entering the country in the first 26 hours after the ban took effect. We are trying to assemble a jigsaw puzzle. The government already has that puzzle together, and they could disclose that tomorrow if they wanted to. In court, the judge ordered the two sides to Work Together in sharing information. But there are still questions about how a new Executive Order, expected next week, might impact this and other cases. What we are working with is
like a 26 hour slice of a much larger problem which begs the question of what the government is hiding and why theyre hiding it. At the Justice Department declined to comment on the specifics of this case, but in court, a u. S. Attorney told the judges they cooperate by giving giveaways Additional Information on all of people who were turned away. This issue is not raised during todays offcamera White House Press briefing, but it is expected that next week when the new Executive Order is issued that will allow anyone holding a legal visa to enter this country, no matter where they are coming from. Bret . Bret Rick Leventhal tonight. Thank you, expecting that sometime next week. A white house spokesman is dismissing a security report saying there is insufficient evidence that citizens of seven muslim majority countries including President Trumps travel ban pose a Travel Threat to the u. S. The spokesman calls it an open source report, says it does not
contain high side classified intelligence, this source calling it incomplete at best. We are learning more tonight about what may be in the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. One crucial point, medicaid expansion. Correspondent peter doocy has the latest. Fans of obamacare like to point out that more than 26 Million People got coverage through the law, but a majority got covered through expanded state Medicaid Programs which cover low income americans. 31 states and the district of pe tab with expanded funding from the feds that republicans suggest will be reduced. But the g. O. P. Should be aware, because 84 of those surveyed by the Kaiser Family Foundation Want congress to keep the expanded funding in place. And g. O. P. Leadership isnt just under pressure from the public. They are hearing it from House Speaker paul ryans predecessor. Fix obamacare. I shouldnt call it appeal and
replace. Thats not what is going to happen. He was during dozens of successful votes is offbase. I sure hope he is wrong. We need to do that, it is a commitment be made. A 106 page documented published today by political reportedly contains the gops longawaited replacement in terms of plans to talk cut oute individual mandate. Dr. Sica manual has been warning against this. It would be a disaster. The first thing is, and the first year, 18 million americans will lose their Health Insurance paid democratic governors now probably make protesting. I think what congress would love to do is push all those costs on to the states. Republicans lawmakers hope that even there if there is les funding they will have more flexibility. The federal government wants to be involved in who gets
covered, get the money to me and let me figure out if i can do it better. One of the 16 republican governors who took money to expand medicaid coverage in his estate, john kasich, was at the white house today, and he is heading back tomorrow to meet with Hhs Secretary to explain my he thinks the feds should keep sending states like his money for medicaid. Bret . Bret think you paid the gal rallied late, posted its 11th reset my consecutive record close. The nasdaq gained ten, the dow was up about a Percentage Point. The s p 500 gained twothirds. The nasdaq finished i heads about one seventh every Percentage Point paid up next, a special fox news investigation into a tax text taxpayer funde. It is a story you will only see here. First, what some of our Fox Affiliates around the country are covering. Fox 13 in tampa, Officials Say a
prayer that damaged this tampa area mosque overnight was arson. Calling it terrorism and offering up a reward. The fire was extinguished quickly, but the facilities sustained significant water damage. Fox 5 in new york where Bill De Blasio was interviewed as part of a public corruption investigation, at issue, or that a democrat broke the law to benefit his 2013 campaign or his shuttered nonprofit. The Mayors Office says it is confident everyone acted appropriately. And this is a live look at the long beach, california, from our affiliate, fox 11, one of the big stories there tonight, and im police are maintaining watch on a neighborhood where a Raucous Demonstration erupted after an offduty Los Angeles Police officer scuffled with teenagers and ended up firing a gun shot into the ground. The Anaheim Police chief is suspending these decision defending the decision not to arrest the officer. Tuesdays confrontation was the
result of an ongoing dispute between the officer and teens who have reportedly walked on his lawn. Tonights live look outside the beltway. For special repopopopopo
it advertises as military friendly, helping vets complete new and advanced career. That same day, agents raided the home of umt president. She is watching agent searcher home. 3 1 2 3 1 2 years later, here ss speaking at the 2016 graduation. We are excited for our students. The school has received upwards of 6 million taxpayer dollars from the Defense Department but School Officials didnt want to talk to fox news about how umt is run. It is a bad bill for the soldiers, and is a bad deal for the taxpayer paid he is stepping forward for the first time. Absolutely disgusts me. It needs to stop. He says he worked at Umt Recruiting Vets when they approached him in 2012. Documents reviewed corroborate key elements of history paid where you asked to be an informant in a case . How long did he do that . About three years. Documents reviewed suggests there is another side to umts leadership. In this solution, he suggests that paid one of the first things she ever threw out, i was a colonel in the army. Yanping told her she was a member of the Chinese Military . Absolutely. The a west point graduate we one of the definitive books about the Chinese Military. This picture from the mid80s appears to show chen before she went to George Washington university. If someone was wearing that uniform, i would say there is a great likelihood that they were in the Peoples Liberation army. What can you tell me about
that uniform . This is a pla officers uniform, between 1987 and 2007, and from the epaulets, you can see that this three stars and two red stripes would be a full colonel. After the 2012 raid, chen denied being a colonel in the Chinese Military, and she checked no on this form when asked, are you now or a few ever been in any way connected or associated with the Communist Party . Chen became a naturalized citizen. Fox news asked an expert to review the form. If she has marked no on the petition but if, in fact, the answer is yes, that we have a false statement, and where that comes into play most assuredly is in the arena of passport fraud. The answers she provided on these Immigration Documents ultimately ends up being her approval to become a naturalized
u. S. Citizen. With no laws preventing a natural u. S. Citizen running a school like Umt Cannot Rose remains concerned about the security of vet records. Got uploaded into a drive, personal military bio, where they were trained, how they were trained, how that could be remotely accessed. During its investigation, the fbi discovered the contractors in the umt beijing office have access to the student database. She was very interested in Wrightpatterson Air Force base paid a technology hub, their crests apparently went further. She wanted me to go out to these remote reserve and National Guard centers to get the information. How did she react . Oh, you dont tell him anything. We dont know each other. You dont know what you dont know was her buzz phrase. Was the fbi aware of that . They were. These emails show rhoads and at least one fbi agent alerted the office, yet confirming another multimillion deal was signed. How much money was you into getting from the Defense Department and the va every month . Between 200,000. 300000 a month. The Eastern District of virginia, got the case, but it stalled after a disagreement with the fbi over how to proceed. Neither the bureau nor gillis would comment to fox, but separately, the naval criminal investigative service, ncis, confirmed the case is an Ongoing Investigation but said nothing further. After repeated interview requests, fox went to umt where we were told chen and dr. Frame were in the office. But both refused to come out after learning it was fox news. According to umts web site, graduated 1700 students, contact by fox news, a spokeswoman said they are reviewing the deal which runs through 2019. And fox news put a series of questions to the Chinese Embassy here in washington but there was no immediate response. Bret we will see if there is any followup on capitol hill. We will definitely follow up. Bret thanks. The Help Wanted Sign us up at virtually every federal agency here in washington, but the matter of actually getting those openings filled has become something of a political football. Chief washington correspondent james rosen tells us how and why. As his deputy, Rex Tillerson picked a veteran who has written a book about the israelipalestinian conflict, then someone in the white house, and abrams has his suspicions
about who it was, red flag that had characterized President Trump as unfit for the presidency, just like that, till or since joyce was out. They are called political appointees for a reason. The idea that people who come into this government should want to support and enact the president s agenda that he campaigned on. And aid to the Secretary Designate was escorted from the building after his october oped in the hill resurfaced last week. You would hope when the president is in this time of reflection and learns more about the critiques toward him by people in the community. And the nscs new Latin American chief was sent back to National Defense university after offcamera remarks last week critical of the president reaching the white house. Political reports political reports they are starting to reach them in the filling of the sub cabinets 400 jobs while supporters of abrams stated white house is hardly applying a
consistent standard. Nikki haley. Donald trump is everything i taught my children not to do in kindergarten. The candidate fired back, the people of South Carolina are embarrassed by nikki haley paid since then, haley has been confirmed as the president s ambassador to the United Nations paid supporters of the administration contended is not just loyalty that is slowing down staffing. The approval of the trumpet nominees. Of the 4,000 positions, those who make the executive branch run, upwards of 1200 require congressional confirmation. As of this week, the Trump Administration has just over a dozen confirmed nominees. Bret . Bret james, thank you. There are signals coming out of the white house tonight that he trumpet Administration May take enforcement of federal laws against Recreational Marijuana use much more seriously than its predecessor. But with recreational pot exploding into a multibilliondollar industry, some are asking, is it too big to jail . White House Press Secretary said the Marijuana Industry and the in the states i think that is a question for the department of justice. I believe you will see greater enforcement of it. In 2013, president obamas doj said it would take a handsoff approach to states approving recreational use. No questions abound. In california, which recently passed recreational use, many medical marijuana dispensaries are making plans to expand their customer base. We have taken all of the preparations that we possibly can, and we are ready to face that music. Recently, a Cannabis Industry representative said it is going to be difficult to unwind these laws. If the federal government starts to pull the rug out from
under these businesses, i think you are going to see, obviously, Business Owners being very disrupted, but also youre going to see state and local leaders speaking up and saying, you know what, our voters chose this. Eight states in the in and e district of columbia have legalized medical marijuana. Last year, the three states combined collected nearly half A Billion Dollars in tax revenues from recreational weed. Confusing matters, comments made by thencandidate trump on the campaign trail. Then i really believe you should leave it up to the states. It should be a state situation. During a confirmation hearing, Jeff Sessions put the ball squarely in the court of lawmakers. If that something is not desired any longer, congress should pass a law to change the rule. In a pull out this week, 71 of americans said they support against states that already
legalized medical or recreational medical marijuana. When asked by fox news, the department of justice declined to comment on spicers comments. Alicia, thank you. In international news, and syria, isis car bomb suicide bomber killed people a day after the town was liberated, meanwhile, Syria Peace Talks resumed in geneva today. Serious u. N. Ambassador says his delegation is considering details of an unspecified paper presented by the u. N. Envoy for syria. Malaysian Officials Say the people who assassinated the estranged halfbrother of north koreas dictator used a powerful Chemical Warfare agent banned by international treaty. Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent greg palkot has more disturbing implications. The north korean regime of kim jongun unleashed a weapon. The dramatic new claim by malaysian authorities investigating the death of kim
jongnom. The tocsin was apparently applied by two young women, one who was nauseous after the attack. Experts say north korea has some 5,000 tones of chemical weapons, and the small amount needed could have been smuggled in. While there was only one person who died in this, we have to be fairly clear that the north koreans are willing to use the worlds most destructive weapon on a regular basis. Seven north koreans being sought, the one under arrest, also a chemist. Officials there continue to deny involvement. Malaysian Foreign Minister shot back. The investor has been formed of the process involved, but he continues to be delusional. In fact, experts say this public killing could be pyongyangs way of sending a
message. Like the former number two who recently declared the regimes days are numbered. He is now reportedly and hiding. It could be a message to a longtime ally china as wellpaid north korea criticized this week new Rules Beijing Against Pyongyang in the wake of a recent missile watch. Saying kim jongnam had long been protected by beijing at his home in a chinese territory. Back in the 90s, domestic terrorists used this to kill. It could be first time that north korea north used it. Bret President Trump takes a victory lap in front of adoring conservatives at cpac then drops the hammer on certain hi. Im dave nemeth. Hair club provides exclusive technologies and Proven Solutions for every stage of hair loss. At hair club, we understand what its like to lose your hair, and we understand what its like to get it back, and we would like you to have that experience. Based on my need for immediate results, hair club customized the right solution for me. Its called xtrands. Its new and only available through hair club. I walked in with a bald spot, and that same day, walked out with a full head of hair. Just call or go online now to receive your free information kit and dvd at no obligation. Youll hear more about our full range of solutions, including exclusive nonsurgical xtrands and xtrands plus. Now i look in the mirror and i just cant believe thats me. This is my hair, and it feels great. It feels natural. Its growing. Its strong. I leave my house. Im not thinking, oh, how does my hair look . I know it looks good. [ nemeth ] this was me before going to hair club, and this was me by the end of my visit. The moment you see yourself with hair again, youll wish youd done it sooner. Call and set up your free Hair Analysis at a hair club near you. Yet some cards limit whereuldnt you earncomplicated. Bonus cash back to a few places. And then, change those places every few months. Enough with that echo with quicksilver from capital one youve always earned unlimited 1. 5 cash back on every purchase, everywhere. Welcome to unlimited. Whats in your wallet . And i love the First Amendment; nobody loves it better than me. Nobody. So im not against the media, im not against the press. I dont mind bad stories if i deserve them. But i am only against the fake news, media or press. They should put the name of the person. You will see stories dry up like youve never seen before. Bret President Donald Trump at cpac, and rock star welcome there. He spent a lot of time talking about, as he does, the media and fake news. Sean spicer hadnt on the record offcamera gaggle, it is called, were not the press pool, what he
called an expanded pool. He did not include some networks and some organizations, and that caused quite a kerfuffle. The White House Correspondents Association said the wac a board is protesting strongly how it is being handled. Organizations that were allowed into Share Information and were not. The board will be discussing this further with white house staff. Fox joined the complaint in the pool to the white house staff as well. But the material was accessible. It was put out by the press poo pool. Lets bring in our panel. Byron york, chief Political Correspondent of the washington examiner, charles lane, and charles krauthammer. I want to get to the overall message that President Trump continues to hit on here. And the specifics of this gaggle and why it caused a lot of
people to question access. I think you were like when you called it a little arcane. I think that is probably true. I think the first thing you should say, all of us in journalists should be in a favor of access. That said, i dont think this was the worst thing in the world. The white house has had briefings for limited numbers of journalists for quite a while. As you point out, not only did they get a cool report pull ret a recording of the whole thing. My guess is, you wont see it again, and if the white house wants to stick it to organizations, they will find more subtle ways to do it. I think the bottom line is, we should be in favor of more access for everybody. Bret that is a key, the excess. I guess on a day when he is out saying he is going to do something about it, then this happens, this expanded pool that includes the Washington Post, the New York Times , time,
others, cnn, that kind of send a message that sent set off alarm bells. Denial of access wasnt random. It was selective and targeted at various media that have been sort of, you know, on his blacklist for some time. And he has been complaining about them specifically on calling them fake news. I have to say that what struck me about his remarks though, there was a hint of defensiveness in and for the first time. He took pains to say, no, i wasnt really saying all the media is the enemy of the people, just a fake media. Nobody loves the First Amendment more that i prayed in the scheme of things for donald trump, that sounded like kind of a climbdown in the sense that it seemed like some of the criticism he had been getting for that awful enemy of the people remark had started to hit home. You remember the admiral said it was one of the most Dangerous Things he has ever heard or
words to that effect. What the president is trying to do in a time when conservatives have a lot of internal disagreements amongst themselves, one thing they can agree on is that they dont like the mainstream media. He is trying to use that in addition to pursuing his own little quarrels with particular media, trying to strike this one theme that all conservatives agree on and take advantage of that. Bret here is another little part of the speech. Somebody said, a poll came out, and i say, what network is it . And theyll say, a certain lets not even mention names, right . We have a lot of them. Look, the Clinton News Network is one. We have to fight it. Bret charles, a popular message with his supporters, what steve bannon talked about. Is it working, does it work longterm . It works on the base. He will get the cheers and applause. I dont think it works anywhere else. I think people are rightly somewhat concerned. They may not be alarmed. What happened today was symbolic and minor, as a real thing. Nonetheless, the symbolism is alarming. The president uses a phrase from lennon, enemies of the people. If you were an enemy of the people in lenins day, you were dead. These are serious historical terms that shouldnt ever be used, and you are sending a message that you are hostile to certain media outlets. As you say, on the same day, you explicitly, and subtly exclude them from any gaggle. In the scheme of things, that doesnt matter, but i am glad to see that fox joined with all of the others, we being a favored
outlet for trump, remembering that when obama excluded fox from access way back when, everyone rallied around us and said, if you dont include them, were not going to be there. It is the only way to do it. The press cant allow itself to be bullied. And im glad its not. Bret but i can hear Middle America in my head, i can hear them say, god, they are obsessing about this white house gaggle, and their heads were exploding about the words he is using. I can hear it, i can hear it on social media. It is important though. It is important but i will speak for Middle America. I went to the speech day. Trump comes out and talks for a long time about the press, 10, 15 minutes. Then he says, in conclusion, and you think, is that all hes going to talk about today. Then he delivered a long speech, the speed you thought he would give about his agenda, talking
about what he has done and what he intends to do. I counted a dozen bullet points, border security, violent crime, tpp, lots and lots of stuff. So in an alternate universe, you could cover the, say, twothirds of trumps speech that was about his actual agenda. Bret i should point out to command the was included, New York Times , and the l. A. Times were not. On the other hand, he took a shot at the Washington Post in his speech, talking about the story with the nine sources. You know what were not talking about today and every network is not talking about today, this whole fbi deal and whether Reince Priebus talked to the fbi about getting the story straight about the New York Times Reporting Create The White House put out a very detailed kind of background on what priebus says happened, that the New York Times story was wrong. But were not talking about tha
that. As in many other cases, its hard to decide whether this was a deliberate act of misdirection or whether it just happened to turn out this way. I always tend to not believe in intentions and conspiracies because it gives anybody that you talk about, even washington, too much credit. They couldnt organize a two car funeral if they tried. I would assume it was random. But it did actually take attention away from an odd story and one that seems to imply that even though the impetus came from the fbi, there was the white house political sort of operatives trying to persuade the fbi to make them look or to help to dismiss a story about russian influence, and those kind of interactions completely pushed back on that. President trump tweeting the fbi is totally unable to stop
the National Security leakers that have permeated our government for a long time. They cant even find the leakers within the fbi itself. Classified information is being given to media that could have a devastating effect on u. S. Find now. He says. To your point, byron, he did come on to talk about the travel band thats coming up, as well as repeal and replace of obamacare, at House Speaker john boehner says is not going to happen. There was substance in there. Here is the important thing about the speech in that room, the conservatives in cpac. It was very well received. It was not below the roof off well received, but it was well received. And the people who love trump, they left all of it, but the people who really didnt love trump, about that supported ted cruz. Most of them had come around to support trump, some of them not completely, they left parts of it, the part about cutting regulation, tax reform, increasing military spending. And they loved the part that cpac with clinton. Came to cpac, hasnt happened in a long time. Bret democrats choose a leader, what is going on with leader, what is going on with north korea, plus winners a a aa
hillary clinton. I believe i could pull people together so we can come together as a party and we can win elections so we dont have to go through this thing anymore. Tom perez and Keith Ellison actually leading in the hunt for the dnc chair. There are seven candidates still up for grabs voting tomorrow in atlanta. A couple of the candidates have dropped out. The question is, which may what does the Democratic Party go. We are back with a panel. Byron . The interesting thing is how little it has to do with why democrats just lost. And why they have lost so many seats and so much power and influence across the country. It started basically as kind of a real fight of the hillarybernie fight with Tom Perez Being The Hillary standin and Keith Ellison being the bernie standin. Now it seems to be a heading
trump contest. Bret what is clear, either one, chuck, going to take the party, it seems, towards the Elizabeth Warrenbernie Sanders wing. Or even further to the left. All of the energy now is on the left. So much so that Chuck Schumer has actually, through pressure from the base, been forced to endorse Keith Ellison. This has been described in some of the press as Group Therapy for a defeated party still trying to make sense of novembe. The question i think a lot of people are saying privately among the party, if we brand ourselves so far today left coming out of this, will we be able to recover in those
battleground states . Bret quickly to north korea. You have this strange story that continues to get more strange, the assassination, which now they are saying was a chemical nerve agent that was used on this halfbrother of kim jongun. And you have north korea threatening missiles and launches and tests to come. Outlook, the vx agent that was used is very rare, very sophisticated, and probably the deadliest agent on earth. It is not something you pick up at walmart. It clearly makes this an obvious part by an obsessed and paranoid leader in north korea who happens to control some nukes and is working on missiles. I think this is sort of the signature of a regime plot, and it just reminds people, including the chinese, of how dangerous this regime is. This one lightning, winners or losers, winner first. Winner, mike pence, putting pressure on nato to spend more money, saying, i want you to expand your plans to spend more, if you dont have a planned, get
one. Bret loser . Andrew mccain, the second guy whos managed to get himself involved in both scandals. Republican saying he was in the tank for hillary clinton, democrats complaining he is in the tank for the trump white house. There is no winning. Bret winners and losers . My winner, teresa may, favored her candidate in an ancient labor constituency, in another district, her enemies on the right were defeated. She commands the center and the political high ground in britain as a result. My loser is milo yiannopoulos. It seems like ten years ago, but it was this week when his career crashed and burned for some comments he made about how great pedophilia is. I say good riddance to him. Bret winner and loser . Kim jongun is the loser. So enrich that the chinese have cut off outgoing exports out of pyongyang, 40 of their exports. My winner, of swords, julian assange, the weekly wikilea. Apparently has been visited with increasing frequency by Pamela Anderson who says that she spent more time with him than with her three exhusbands. Family show. Ill leave it there. Slow and that was worth the extra seconds i gave you. I needed all three. Brerererere
president s war on fake news yes. No accountability. Fire heather . No i do not agree with it. The press is supposed to call out those in authority. If they dont, who does . Also asked if the Democrat Party would move toward the center. Gary harden running to the left as fast as leadership can take them. Leaving much of mainstream leadership behind. During alicia acunas story that should enforce president rules against it none your business, no. If he was smart like he claims, he would start collecting tax revenues from it and make it federal. Casey kelly, yes, because its illegal. I dont care about the facts of its benefits. He i actually agree with the studies i have read bottom line drugs equal illegal. Thats your friday feedback thanks to all of you. On twitter bret baier very close to 1 million followers. If you dont follow me at bret baier. Thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. Thats it for this special report, fair, balanced and
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