We had a dance party earlier after we finished the kitchen floor. That took us days to make. [laughter] bill caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. The factor begins right now. Bill hi, i am bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. The brawl over sanctuary cities. That is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. As you may know, the federal government is threatening cities that do not cooperate with Homeland Security with the loss of federal grant money. Now, the city of seattle, suing the feds over that, the first o, many lawsuits, i believe. The basic problem is that cities like chicago, seattle, new york, los angeles, San Francisco, do not want to hold illegal aliens theyve arrested until i. C. E can pick them up. Those cities want to release the aliens on bail orr their own recognizance. Talking points believes that is dangerous and irresponsible. If there is a federal detainer request on someone who should not be in the country, that request should be honored. It is just common sense. The sanctuary city people say they will obey a warrant for an illegal alien. But that is a much more complicated process. Immigration agents have to go to a federal judge, present evidence, before a warrant will be signed. It takes much more time than a detainer, which just requires aa signature of a i. C. E agent. In a moment, judge Jeanine Pirro will tell us about the backlog of immigration cases, which isin astronomical. Now, why is all happening . In a city like new york, the mayor is a far left individual who was elected by very liberalu voters. Mayor de blasio sees himself as a defender of the poor and downtrodden. He opposes immigration regulations in general and is fine with millions off undocumented People Living a in and visiting the city. De blasio has no problem abouthe it, none. So, the mindset of de blasio, rahm emanuel in chicago, and other far left mayors, their constituencies wants open borders and amnesty, so they play to that constituency. And to the federal government, which now wants to enforce immigration law, because President Trump made out a hallmark of his campaign. So you have two opposing forces with little chance of reconciliation. It should be noted that theg federal appeals courts have never required local governments to comply with detainer requests. It is optional. D you cant be arrested if you defy a detainer. An official can be arrested ifrr he or she defies a warrant. Finally, to make sanctuary cities comply with federal, law, the Trump Administration will now withhold money from them in the form of Justice Department grants, that means cities like seattle, which receives millions of dollars to beef up local law enforcement, and Institute Safety programs, may no longeril get that money. Which is why seattle is suing. The whole thing is a giant mess and reflects the Huge Division in this country. Will sanctuary cities be forceds to comply . Doubtful. But they will pay a price. Thats the memo. Now, the top story, an interview with the attorney general of United States, Jeff Sessions joins us now from washington. Am i making any mistakes in my analysis, mr. Attorney general . I think it is pretty close, bill. There is a serious matter. The American People believe the arnctuary cities are wrong. It clearly makes their own cities less safe. As you know, the kate steinle story, that murderer, who had been deported, what, seven times, came back into San Francisco because he felt safe there. He had a sanctuary there before he murdered that wonderful young lady. Its a big deal. Bill he hasnt been convicted yet, but he is certainly an accused murderer. Hell go on trial very soon. Is the Justice Department do you ever target noncriminal aliens for deportation . D and if so, who . T yes, sometimes, they are apprehended. For example, we had one last month who was a known gang member, he was arrested, i. C. E placed a detainer on him. They ignored it in denver, and a few weeks later, he murdered and robbed an individual in the area. So you dont have to be a criminal, but that is our top priority. Bill so this man did not have a criminal record when you asked for a detainer. But you knew he was a member of a gang, and the city of denver still wouldnt hold him. Then he got out and he murdered someone. But im talking about the millions of illegal aliens who are working the farms in california and florida and working as chambermaids or whatever. You dont have a squad or a crew going after them, do you . No, you are correct. That is not where we i. C. E is focusing its efforts at all. We are doing a lot of good things. For example, you know, it looks like the entries at the border are down 60 just because of President Trumps strong leadership. And as we continue to build a wall and beef up our forces and bring in more judges, well be even more successful there. That is the way to solve this problem. And if we stay at it, we can create a lawful system of immigration, one that admits 1. 1 Million People lawfully every year and one that we can be proud of as a nation. Bill we dont want anarchy. Now, is there any other way to punish sanctuary cities other than denying them the Justice Department grants, which will hurt them a little bit, but it is certainly not going to put them out of business. You know, you have heard theth rhetoric from rahm emanuel and de blasio in new york and the mayor of San Francisco, they will defy you. Is there any other punitive measure the Trump Administration is thinking about taking . We dont want to take any measures. We want to see the cities comply. I was pleased that miamise complied. I was pleased to see the president of the Maryland Senate reject a housepassed bill and say maryland would not be a sanctuary state. He said that unequivocally. Hes a democrat. S i think a lot of these leaders need to get hear from their constituents. H you are right, it is not going to devastate their budgets. We dont have that much money that will be controlled. But it is a signal. Bill is there anything else that is being discussed in thehe Trump Administration to punish the sanctuary cities . Any other denying of funds a or anything else . We are looking at other possibilities that would be detrimental bill can you give me an example, mr. Attorney general . I am not prepared to give that now. D bill oh, come on the no spin zone. Al all right, you are discussing other things that you will do or possibly do. In the future, we can put requirements right now, under the Obama Administration, they sent out grant notices that required people to assert their compliance with the laws and threats of cutting off of various funds if they didnt comply. Well continue to pursue that and go further. Bill if you get into the transportation area, but it will be lawsuit after lawsuit. Theres limits on what you can do. It bill i want to ask you one question about the russian investigation, which you recused yourself from. Is there a liaison in the Justice Department that is working with the fbi, actively working with the fbi right now . Yes. We do have persons within the department of justice that work with the fbi every day, and there are persons working on all the cases. Bill okay. So you have contact. And then you will, of course, know what is coming back and forth. What i am recused on, i do not keep bill not even a whisper in the hallway or anything . You wont get anything . [laughs] no, i do not. Bill finally, Loretta Lynch was your peer in the Obama Administration last year. Did you speak with her on the way out . I mean, she did things a lot differently than you are doing them. That is for sure. Well, we changed a few policies, no doubt. But, you know, she is a very gracious lady. She wrote me the nicest letterer when she left. And i called her and we had a sace conversation about it. She had already left washington by the time i assumed the office. But, yeah, she is a special, wonderful lady. We had a great conversation. Bill okay, final question for for you. The leakers in the various agencies, federal agencies, you guys zeroing in on them . Do you think you will have some indictments shortly . I expect that well get to the bottom of some of this. This is not right. T we have never seen this kind of leaking. We have never seen its almost as if people thinkg. They have a right to violate the law. And this has got to end. Probably will take some convictions to put an end to it. Bill do you foresee indictments shortly . I wont predict that. I will just say that i take that very seriously. What is happening now is not correct and must stop. Bill mr. Attorney general, we really appreciate it, anytime you want to say something, i hope you come to us. Thank you very much. Thank you. Bill next on the rundown, as mentioned, judge pirro, outrage over the illegal alien court situation. Then theie trumpeters have alrey convicted the president in the russian deal. There were hearings inrs controversy today, new controversy, colonel peters has some thoughts. Those reports after these messages. I no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. Wondering, what if . I let go of all those feelings. Because i am cured with harvoni. Harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. Its been prescribed to more than a quarter Million People. 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Because what we are doing is, we are in a system where it is set up so in the end, there is no way to get out of this hole. Right now, we have got an immigration system, with the influx, for example, in 2014, an additional 161,000 immigrants who came in from central america. President obama put those at the head of the line, pushed everyone back, and the interesting thing is that the cases that were pushed back, they will get lost. Witnesses are going to be lost, there is going to be files thatt will be lost, there will be people will essentially disappear because they know thel them. System is not going to find them. The curious thing, 161,000 that were pushed to the front of the line, 41,000 of the 67,000 resolved had been sent back. Even that 161,000 had not completely been resolved. It is just getting more and more in a hole. Bill there arent enough judges, first of all, right . Immigration judges. Right. Bill and there is no urgency on the part of the system to bring these people in and figure out whether they should be allowed to stay or have to be deported. But now there is an urgency. What we are seeing now with the Trump Administration, thee promise of law and order and the rules implemented now by the department of justice, as the general just indicated. Now what we have are judges who are going through the detention centers. We no longer have the obama catch and release. We now have judges going to the detention centers, immediately making a determination as to deportation and getting them out. They also understand, the immigrants understand, we are going to get caught, why pay a coyote a 10,000 bill down about 60 . What about the people who dont show up . Because a lot of the immigrants who come in here, migrants, illegal aliens, whatever you want to call them, they are giving a desk ticket or something, you have to come back now. But they dont. They dont. Bill what happens to them . Nothing. Bill well, do they go on a computer, an i. C. E computer, a system, a database . Do you remember last year, bill, that the Obama Administration accidentally removed the names of all of those who were wanted in the immigration system . Bill i dont remember that. I do. Bill well, that is why you are on the program. No, that is why you are theth host and i am not. Bill you are saying that there was a giant erasure of people who didnt show up . F of people within the system. Okay . These cases get lost, the files get lost, the people get lost, we dont have the resources. Look, right now, we need 520 judges, and we have 301 immigration judges. We dont have enough judges. We dont have enough courts. All we can do now is stem the tide. We cannot deal with what is already here. They have been flowing all over the country. We dont even know who they are or where they have been flown to. Re bill so anarchy reigns and they are trying to stop the flow coming in and take care of it after that. But still, if you are an illegal alien, the odds are, you are going to stay. Unless you commit a heinous crime, you will stay. Unless you commit a heinous crime, you will stay. And with the sanctuary cities, unless we hurt them where it hurts, which is in the pocketbook, i really believe i that that is the decision to withhold federal money, unless they agree bill got to be more money than the Justice Department has. You would be surprised. That is lawenforcement money. If you are not safe, you are not going to be happy. Bill theres the judge. Directly ahead, if you watch the cable competition, you would j think that the president would have been charged with a crime over the russian deal. That, of course, is nonsense. But today, more controversy. We will tell you about it when we come back. The only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. 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It would surprise me if there was no coordination with his campaign. I dont want to believe that that is true. At this point bill what facts . What facts . Mr. Murphy doesnt say. And he wasnt even asked about it on that dopey channel. Today there was a hearing in the senate and new information about who showed congressman devin nunes classified information on the white house grounds. Joining us from washington, fox news strategic analyst, Lieutenant Colonel ralph peters. First of all, john roberts sent this to me, and this is so crazy what is going on now. Th and i say that because it isw. Being used as propaganda rather than fact. Apparently, the National Security council, they have an office in the white house, came across a number of instances where members of the Trump Campaign, including the president himself, showed up on intelligence wiretaps, that is transcripts of recorded secretly recorded conversations. Two white house guys called nunes, the head of the house intelligence committee, to the white house to look at the stuff, to look at what was nunes said he saw shocking stuff, but he said it had didnt have a thing to do with russia, shocking, shocking. Re he talked to President Trump about it. Okay, that is what happened. Is there a scandal here or something that you are seeing as our security expert that i am not seeing . There is a sort of scandal in the fact that this wasnt the National Security council sourcing these documents. It was a couple of trump appointees assigned to the National Security