Transcripts For FOXNEWSW The Daily Briefing With Dana Perino

Transcripts For FOXNEWSW The Daily Briefing With Dana Perino 20190304

Launching an aggressive investigation of President Trump and his administration, targeting dozens of people and entities and thousands of documents in a bid to prove obstruction, corruption and other misconduct. Catherine herridge is live in washington. What else are we learning from these document requests . Reporter good afternoon. Fox news obtaining this letter to carter page. Page is one of more than 80 individuals and entities tied to the president that are now under congressional investigation. Chairman nadler is asking for the official round of records by march 19th. The president was asked if he will cooperate. I cooperate all the time with everybody. You know the beautiful thing . No collusion. Its all a hoax. Reporter the democrats investigation appears to signal a shift away from russia collusion to alleged financial crimes that preceded the 2016 election. On the sunday shows, nadler said they cannot rely on Robert Muellers report. He said the timing is up in the air and its russia focus is too narrow. Crimes and impeachable offenses are two different things. They can be crimes that are not impeachable offenses. Theyre two different tasks. But we have to lay out for the american people, and we cant depend on the Mueller Investigation for this. The Mueller Investigation, number one, we dont know anything, despite lots of rumors. Number two, its focused on specific crimes. Reporter we just received statement from the committees ranking republican who said, quote, we dont even know what the Mueller Report says, but democrats are already hedging their bets after recklessly prejudging the president for obstruction, chairman nadler is pursuing evidence to back up his conclusion because, as he admits, we dont have the facts yet. So setting the table for what will be a drawn out contentious back and forth over the witnesses and the documents, dana. Dana indeed. Thank you. Reporter youre welcome. Dana fox news alert. Alabamas governor giving an update on the deadly tornados that swept through the state yesterday. This as President Trump is directing fema to respond to alabama after tornados tore through the eastern part of the state leaving at least 23 people dead. Crews are now searching for any survivors trapped under the rubble. Jonathan serrie is in lee county, where the storm struck. Jonathan . Reporter yes, from one of the businesses that was heavily damaged. This was a bar here. In fact, some of the beers were Still Standing on the counter. Building completely gutted. Employees and the owner are going through trying to salvage whatever they can. In fact, the owner said he was on the property in his vehicle when he saw the funnel cloud approaching. He describes what happened next. It was very scary. I was in front. I managed to get in front of the store. I had, there was like three or four seconds before everything started falling and coming apart. Reporter and intense winds knocked down the nearby cell tower blocking portion of the highway. The storm system knocked out power to 40,000 homes and businesses across alabama and georgia. Nearby in the town of beauregard, you can see the towns path, half a mile wide in some places. Mobile homes were blown off their foundation, rooms were ripped off of Single Family homes. We spoke with ron washington, who was inside one of those homes with his family when the storm hit. I was in my room and i tried to go out the hall. The whole top was blown off the house. So i just started praying. Reporter lot of people have similar stories. The storm all caused damage in florida, South Carolina and georgia. In the talbutton area of georgia, tornado knocked down trees, damaged homes and levelled a cinder block church that had been used as a storm shelter. Thankfully no one was inside at the time. You see not only the damaged bar, but also the gas station that was gutted. The owner was inside at the time but he, too, escaped injury. Dana, back to you. Dana thank you. Lets listen in to the briefing on the deadly tornado. And make sure we minimize loss of life and the suffering people of lee county and the surrounding areas. We appreciate all the things youve done for us. Well unleash the responsibilities of ema, to take care of our local citizens. We just want to let you know theres a need out there, work through the lee county ema. If you need assistance, 211. Well be working with officer services, the red cross and other volunteer capabilities to make sure we funnel volunteers into the community. Thank you all for all you do. Thank you to the first responders, the community. Its a whole of government, whole of society, whole of alabama effort to get us back to a new normalcy and get everyone taken care of as we move forward during this recovery. Thank you very much. Dana that was a press conference down there in alabama on the tornados. Governor there behind us leading off that press conference. Well continue to monitor that and bring you more information as we have it. Another fox news alert. On the death of actor luke perry just days after the former 90210 star suffered a massive stroke. He was only 52. Jonathan hunt is live in los angeles with more. This is terribly sad news to learn, jonathan. Reporter tragic news, dana. Luke perry was rushed to the hospital after a 911 call was placed from his home in sherman oaks, west of l. A. It described someone having a stroke. We got no details on his condition then. The silence from those close to him seemed significant. Then just about an hour ago we got the tragic news from his representative in a statement that read, quote, actor luke perry, 52, passed away today after suffering a massive stroke. He was surrounded by his children, jack and sophie, fiancee Wendy Madison bower, exwife, mother anne bennett, stepfather, brother tom perry, sister amy and other close family and friends. The family appreciates the outpouring of support and prayers that have been extended to luke from around the world and respectfully requests privacy in this time of great mourning. No further details will be released at this time. Perrys house had not been known, but he was treated for precancerous growth after a colonoscopy in 2015. He became a star on the iconic show Beverly Hills 90210 and has worked consistently, most recently winning a whole new generation of fans in the hit show riverdale. The writers of that tweeted a short time ago, quote, luke perry, you were a joyful and vibrant soul. You will be missed, but most certainly your legacy will be remembered forever. Rest in love and peace, friend. While his riverdale costar Molly Ringwald wrote, my heart is broken. I will miss you so much, luke perry. Sending all my love to your family. Luke perry dead today at the age of just 52. Dana . Dana thank you, jonathan. Frpblts theres a Court Hearing under way to determine if the United States must take back a woman who left the country for syria to marry an isis fighter. Well have the latest. Shes in court today. Plus, we are awaiting a decision on a potential 2020 run by former Vice President joe biden. How his decision will impact the rest of the field. I dont want this to be a fools hand. I want to make sure that if we do this and were very close to getting to a decision, that i am fully prepared to do it. With all that usaa offers why go with anybody else . We know their rates are good, we know that theyre always going to take care of us. It was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. Were the tenneys and were usaa members for life. Call usaa to start saving on insurance today. And were usaa members for life. 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Dana the House Judiciary Committee has sent letters to 80 people and organizations with ties to the president , seeking information and documents relating to alleged abuses of power by the president. For more on this, lets bring the former Communications Director with the National Republican Director Committee and the former Spokes Person for the obama campaign. Let me start with you. The request is quite broad. 81 people and a mix of organizations, documents related. We dont know all that theyre going to ask for. Any concern that this could be an overreach . Well, i do think that in 2018, one of the things the democrats ran on was having a check and balance system, which they thought was being ignored. So it shouldnt really be a surprise that this is really happening. I do think it is fair to have some concern about whether this will have any impact on voters in general. Seems to me that most attitudes toward the president are pretty well based. His supporters support him, his detractors dont. This plays into his hands with some of the arguments he makes. This is a congressional responsibility to do this. I think its reasonable to look into this. It is also fair that theres a lot of smoke surrounding this administration and his associates. Dana theyre on the hunt for pfeiffer. Former congressman trey tkpwoudy had this to say this morning. Take a listen. Do you remember when nadler and schiff didnt want to interfere with on going investigations . Does anybody remember that . They dont have this concern. This is all about 2020. They can ask for it. President s got smart lawyers and id be shocked if he produced it. Dana any thoughts . Its absolutely about 2020. This is one of the key reasons it was so important for republicans to keep the house in 2018. This process is politicized. Weve gone from oversight into obstruction. I think Michael Cohen gave the democrats a ton of what they see as leads and they will request anything and everything to find something. I dont think theyre going to get much. Theyre just trying to make political hay out of this. Dana lot of documents. I remember in 2007, the republicans lost majority in the house and there was a big document request production. White house has to figure out how to keep doing things as they move forward and trying to get the president s agenda done. Congress is going to make their voices known. Its monday. On friday we had a new entrant into the 2020 race, governor jay inslee from washington state. This morning the former governor of my home state, colorado, jumped into the race. Take a listen. Ultimately, im running for president because i believe not only can i beat donald trump, but i am the person who can bring people together and get stuff done. Dana all right. Tell me your initial thoughts about him getting in the race . I think the governor was a very successful mayor, very successful governor i do think hes trying to own a space that hes not really going to be able to own. I dont know the moderate space will be something hell own when senator biden or senator brown gets into the race. Dana matt, i am curious about hickenlooper. Interesting to me, he took the state which was reliably red for many years and now not just a purple state, but probably categorized as a blue state. Your thoughts on that . Absolutely. He only won by three in his last election. Its worth noting democrats have never nominated for president someone whos from west of the rockies. But i dont see any doubts that biden is running. Obama nominated everyone that was in his cabinet. Maybe hell have a viral moment like his colleague did on the senate floor. Who knows what can happen. Theres really no downside for not getting in. Dana im serious what his name might be. We have i dont know how many candidates in the race. Maybe 18 and more to come, as we understand it. While were doing this, there are a lot of interest in 2020. Just last week, larry sabato from the university of virginia said heres the tossup states, lean right, lean left. One of the states that is so important for President Trump is pennsylvania. That is considered a big tossup. I read this story yesterday in the New York Times. Democrats are concerned about the direction of the national party. Here the New York Times yesterday quoting saying someones got to take the democrats into the real world. Liberalism is good. Theres nothing wrong with that. But there has to be a middle there. We do have a working class. Let me get your thoughts on the concerns in pennsylvania that the National Conversation is that the democrats are going in is maybe going to hurt democrats chances of winning pennsylvania in 2020. I spent a lot of time in pennsylvania with then senator obama and biden. One of the things people forget is over half of democratic primary voters identify as moderate or conservative democrats. The president has absolutely no path for reelection without the industrialized midwest, including pennsylvania. Maybe arizona or maybe North Carolina is a state that is in play in 2020. Realistically, we can pull those states back. He has no path. I think having an economic populous message to those states will be something that will be very successful for somebody running for president in 2020. Dana matt, as you look across the land staeup and for Republicans Holding on to those states that President Trump was able to flip. Michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. Key to a victory . Without a doubt. Michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, the whole ball game. You look at some of the folks that have been elected recently in pennsylvania. Tom wolf, bob casey, conner lamb circling. They arent socialists. 2018 was a referendum on the president. 2020 it will be a choice, whether the democrats that were left in the primary, if its going to hurt in the general. Dana let me give the last word to zach and have you comment on this story, about some infighting in the Democratic Party on the house side where you had some moderate democrats who had just won, very difficult swing states in 2018, trying to tell some of the left wing members of the party, its really hard to represent these districts. You got to cut us some slack. Do you think that is going to be heated . I actually dont, no. It wasnt heated in the Republican Party. I dont think it will be heated in the Democratic Party. We have the House Majority because of those swing districts. They were running on pretty moderate message. Dana right. As matt knows, those will be the first ones to be targeted in 2020. That was his specialty. Matt and zach, great to have you here talking politics. 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Dana looks like there are enough votes in the senate to block President Trumps National Emergency declaration now that rand paul of kentucky said hes voting to overturn the president s executive action. The big question now, can congress override an almost certain president ial veto . Mike emanuel is live on capitol hill to break it down for us. Mike . Reporter dana, good afternoon. We heard other lawmakers express concerns about the president signing this national pherpbl. Then kentucky senator rand paul wrote on fox tphaousz. Com, quote, i must vote how my principles dictate. My oath is to the constitution, not to any man or political party. I stand with the president often and i do so with a loud voice. Today i think hes wrong, not

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