A look at the days latest news and headlines. Supreme court. Harris i bring in my first guess this talk to the president during a golf game. South carolina senator Lindsey Graham is with us now, member of the Senate Judiciary committee. Great to see you tonight. Thank you. And so the president brings us up on the golf course. How does that happen and what did you tell him . He thinks this is a witch hunt and he didnt do anything wrong. Mr. President ive seen new evidence in collusion. Why do you think we didnt collude with the russians. We got to be patient and run its course, and we want to make sure hes treated fairly. I dont blame him for being frustrated. This has been going on for a very long time. Harris i know ive heard you say that it was about 20 or so time that he said that. I was joking. You dont want to hand losses to republicans, how would that go . If we shut down the Mueller Investigation publicly it would be the only thing that anyone talked about. That would just let this thing go. If he doesnt issue a report soon, ive looked at this thing pretty close, zero evidence of collusion between the Trump Campaign, President Trump and the russians. Collusion and meddling are two Different Things and we will see what happens. Thats handing off now, the response if you will and they are handing off their list. We talked about that and the president again is frustrated with the investigation going to long. He thinks he did nothing wrong. He makes a good point. Look at what they did with the clinton email investigation. The fbi agent in charge of the clinton email investigation heated trump white clinton, nothing happened. The fisa warrant came from a document prepared by somebody on the Democratic Partys payroll and he feels like there is a double standard here. One of the things that we didnt talk about, apparently about five years ago the fbi told Dianne Feinstein that one of her employees may be an agent of the Chinese Government and that was the right thing to do. And she fired him. We are going to send a letter to director ray next week and ask him, what is the policy . Why Didnt You TellPresident Trump that you had concerns about carter page . Is there a double standard here . If this is a Counterintelligence Investigation or criminal investigation, the fbi should have told President Trump that they had concerns about papadopoulos and paige. Why didnt they do for trump what they did for feinstein . Harris let me step back for a second to Dianne Feinstein, the senator was made aware and she went on ahead and then fired the spy. Now youre sending a letter to christopher wray. Are you feeling like that needs more investigation right now . What do you want him to do exactly and do we need to step back even further and take a look at anybody else . Im saying, Whats Going On with the fbi . Why do you tell a democrat when they hire somebody connected to china, it could happen to anyones office. When the fbi finds out that somebody is working for us and may have connections to a foreign government, they should
tell us and Dianne Feinstein acted responsibly. When it comes to the Trump Campaign, why didnt they tell us about papadopoulos or carter page . And at the end of the day, what has carter page done wrong . When i said stop back, Paul Manafort is on trial right now. Thats what i mean, how far back do we need to go. Heres the point, a Counterintelligence Investigation is designed to protect american institutions from infiltration. The right thing for the fbi to do is if they find somebody working for a Political Campaign or bank or any part of the government is to inform the people in charge that this person in charge that you hired has unsavory connections. Thats what they did for feinstein. Why did they not do that when it came to manafort, gates and papadopoulos . If they did have a confidential informant, what did the
informant learn about the Trump Campaign in russia, apparently nothing. That seems like a couple of names that needed to be added. As you just said, i want to talk about iran. I read a statement from you today and its one of those things where, would it have made a difference a few years ago if the iranian citizens had somebody to advocate where you did in the statement. You feel very strongly that this is the time again to support any kind of revolution that might pop. Whats happening and why . President trump, if you are listening, this is a murderous regime that will not allow iran to be a peaceful of the member of the family of nations. The ayatollah is the religious. He wants to purify islam and
destroy israel and come after us. World peace and the ayatollah cannot fit into the same sentence. This is disgraceful that you are picking this regime over the people. That you want to do business with this man who dismembered the mideast and has destroyed the state of israel and is the largest statesponsored. European businesses are going to pick our economy over iran and its not if the regime falls but a matter of why and if we keep the pressure on. I think its working. The president of iran said he wanted to see if we could be sincere, if we were interested in getting another deal. Before i let you go, when you play golf with the president do you let him win . I try my best to beat him, i just cant. For me to beat him he has to beat 80 and i have to shoot 80 which is hard. But hes a gracious host and he has lots of fun and hes doing a
good job. Any deal with iran that they would honor it is probably not worth having. I just want to thank President Trump for resetting our Foreign Policy leading from the front, taking on dictators and thugs like the ayatollah. We will bring about Regime Change without firing a shot. Senator Lindsey Graham, thank you very much. Great to have you from the great state of South Carolina tonight. Take care. And that there is Breaking News tonight. At any moment we expect to hear from republican Chris Collins. We are told he will hold a News Conference following that indictment of Insider Trading charges that broke earlier today. And as we roll along in prime time several Big Tuesday Races still too close to call. But there is one clear winner in michigan. Being called a future of the Republican Party, john james
known mike joins me next. Alexandria ocasiocortez says she is the future because america is no longer soccer moms and minivans. And at ben shapiro says he has some thoughts on that. Stay put, you know he doesnt mince words. Liberty. Liberty we really pride ourselves on making it easy for you tech at safelite autoglass, to get your windshield fixed. With safelite, you can see exactly when well be there. Saving you time for what you love most. Kids whoa kids vo safelite repair, safelite replace the world is full of different hair. Thats why pantene has the perfect conditioners for everyone. From airlight foam, to nourishing 3 minute miracle, to the moistureinfusing gold series. We give more women great hair days every day. You know how painful heartburn can be. For fastacting, longlasting relief, try doctor recommended gaviscon. It quickly neutralizes stomach acid and helps keep acid down for hours. Relieve heartburn with fast acting, longlasting gaviscon. And helps keep acid down for hours. If these packs have the same number of bladder leak pads,
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call. Ohio, the special election there. Republican Troy Balderson is claiming victory before it has become official. He holds a slim margin with just about 1750 votes between democrat denny oconnor. In the race to be the next governor of kansas, chris kovach has a slim lead over sitting governor jeff collier. But one race is definitive, michigans g. O. P. Senate primary where Iraq War Veteran john james beat fellow challengers sandy pencil or by nine points. President trump tweeted this congratulations to the future star of the Republican Party, future senator john james. A big and bold victory tonight and the great state of michigan, the first of many. November cant come fast enough here now, john james, the republican nominee for senate in michigan. Great to have you on the program. Tell people a little bit about
what last night felt. I want to hear directly from you and now it stay down as you head down the road. Last night felt absolutely incredible and it was awesome to give the glory of god and also point out the folks who got me to this point, the grassroots support that we felt from the very beginning. Folks who believe that michigan is is truly a state that is the home of the american dream, the birthplace of the middle class and we are finally going to send somebody to washington who understands what it takes to grow a business. I grew my family business, but i also understand what it takes to keep america safe. Your last segment with senator senator graham, its the iranian exporting of terror and hate. I understand that personally fighting with iranian trained fighters, that actually took american lives and killed american soldiers, and thats my experience to bear in washingto
washington. We are fighting them on the ground in syria. They are going after our men and women on the ground there. Lets move on and talk about you, because you have just gotten off the stage with Vice President pentz. Vice president pence is 100 behind me, and as 43 years as an elected official, shes got nothing done for the state of michigan. So we will continue to make sure that we tout our gains and stay on the defense. If we go on the offense of and tell everybody that we are the party of emancipation, we are the party of suffrage and we are the party of economic opportunity, Separation Of Powers and making sure everyone
can achieve the american dream. Its been are some things to bring up particularly from an africanamerican candidate. We have so many problems, i understand if we want to flip back. I want to kind of leave on that line, because thats what people are thinking, politics are local. And by the way, did i get enough attention in 2016 from the other side of the political aisle . I came back from iraq because while i was over fighting, i saw pictures in our Armed Forces Networks of areas in the places you just mentioned. They look worse in the combat zone i was flying in so i came back and helped create jobs. What we need to do is make sure that we continue to push forward the Opportunity Zones that just got signed, and our president moved forward. Our president is at 29 approval
rating but right now africanamericans are in a situation where the Democratic Party is ignoring them and we have a Republican Party that is now paying attention. I will be listening and learning before i lead and im happy to not have a black or white message about a red, white, and blue message and make sure that i bring forward and get results that deveney Debbie Stabenow has not gotten. Harris red, white, and blue all the way. Thank you john james. Thank you. Go to john james for senate. Org senate. Org. Thank you for your support. Harris chairman of the harris poll and former president ial pollster to bill and hillary clinton, great to see you as well. Thank you for being on the program tonight. The harris poll was not my own. Lets talk about if we can the Democratic Party right now. Opportunities that may be there because of a message that is
going so far west, you could see. I think right now for democrats heading into the midterms, and its concerning the fact that democrats keep outperforming. However i will caution that with the fact that special elections are special for a reason. Take for instance the Arizona Special election. Arizona eat is not a competitive race, and, one thing that we know because we have asked seen it, its intensity on your side of the aisle. But its confusing. Who is really wearing i guess the messaging pants of the party right now, is at the far, far left and the socialist democrats or someone else . I think you have to
differentiate between the voters and kind of what you see on table, cable tv. Theres no question that donald trump is in charge of the Republican Party, but hes not winning over swing voters. On the Democratic Party what we learned is socialists are not in charge of the Democratic Party. None of the sanders backed candidates emerge from their primaries. Some of them lost quite badly. The whole Socialist Movement has been overplayed and ten or 20 of americans are socialists. The economy is not taking a turn and its like that hit song, its meeting people in the middle and i think thats what you saw him last nights primar primary. Harris you know lisa as you go forward, we are 90 days away. I you cant even count this day. Is there something within the party for republicans outside of the president s mojo as he touches down and helps candidates that they can really
lean on . Im not hearing as much about the economy. It is and i think for republicans the biggest challenge they have is the fact that they have so many competitive open seats and its these members that havent had to run a tough race in a while, but i will also say that republicans have in fact 18 out of the nine special elections. So i think republicans have to work much harder to get their voters to turn out to vote. Weve already seen that enthusiasm is high, and they want to retake the house. So republicans have to work harder but i think if they do i it, and the candidates run good races, we may lose some seats but we may not lose the house specifically. And those particular democrats, who may leave a little bit toward a center line
or even to the right, what do you predict will happen with them . I think they will have tough races but i think most of them are beloved in their states. This is where is it always a National Election or is it a local . Donald trump is certainly nationalizing the election and making it about him, and hes at 45 approval but not over 50. That means the republicans, if thats their message, because after all republicans dont really have the leadership. Ryan has quit, they dont have a message, there is no real republican card. And they may do better in these races localizing it. Its about people who care. Harris we look out ohio, we are waiting for this provisional and Absentee Ballot to come in, but those suburbs, actually the president was right
around 55 in terms of his ability to win in those areas. We will see if those translate in that race as well. Too close to call as they are calling it now. And its great to see you. Up next, the Socialist Movement not making many waves last night and we were just talking about despite Media Darling alexandria ocasiocortez flooding the airways with ideas like this. They say how will you pay for it, as though they havent use the same ways to pay for unlimited war, to pay for a trillion dollar tax cuts and tax cut extension. Harris so i ask, and you see ben shapiro, where does socialism actually work . We will talk about it, he has a whole lot to say about that. Also we are waiting on that News Conference, a senator charged with an indictment that was full faceted. He has already been taken off at least one committee by House Speaker paul ryan. Lots to talk about, our first time to hear directly from this congressman and we will bring it to you live as he steps up to the lectern. Stay close. No matter who rides point, there are over 10,000 allstate agents riding sweep. Call one today. Are you in good hands . They work togetherf doing important stuff. The hitch . Like you, your cells get hungry. Feed them. With centrum micronutrients. Restoring your awesome, daily. Centrum. Feed your cells. Its the Ford Summer Sales event and now is the best time to buy. You ready for this, junior . Yeah, i think i can handle it. No pressure. Thats just my favorite boat. Boom. laughs make summer go right with ford, americas bestselling brand. And get our best deal of the summer zero percent financing for sixty months on f150. Right now, get this special offer on f150 zero percent financing for 60 months during the Ford Summer Sales event. At ally, were doing Digital Financial services right. But if thats not enough, we have more than 8000 allys looking out for one thing you. Call in the next ten minutes. And if thats not enough, well look after your every dollar. Put down the phone. And if thats not enough, well look after your every cent. Grab your wallet. Beeping SoundComputer Voice access denied. And if thats still not enough to help you save. Oh the new one well bring out the dogs. Mush dogs barking the old ones just fine well do anything, seriously anything, to help our customers. Thanks. Ally. Do it right. Who would have guessed . An Energy Company helping cars emit less. Making cars lighter, its a good place to start, advanced oils for those hardworking parts. Fuels that go further so drivers pump less. Improving efficiency is what we do best. Energy lives here. You always get the lowest price on our rooms, guaranteed . Lets say it in a really low voice. Carl . Lowest price, guaranteed. Just stick with badda book. Badda boom. Book now at choicehotels. Com
is what we are waiting for to start right here. Republican representative Chris Collins of new york, the southern district. This will be interesting that we have heard from him after Insider Trading charges were pressed by prosecutors in the state of new new york. His client will be vindicated, and there will be a case mounted with vigorous defense to clear his good name. They are running about 60 minutes behind, and as soon as it happens you will see it here. Meanwhile, this has developed. The future of the Democratic Party as we head into the midterms, starting tomorrow, 89 days. New york congressional candidate and described socialist alexandria ocasiocortez. Her way forward is the right
way, she says. She has some big issues with the current outlook of her party. Take a listen. We have not had a party that has been investing in its own future. So we have people who are constantly fundraising for their own reelection. The average age of House Democrat right now is 65 years old. Their heyday was in the 90s when kids had further use and parents soccer moms had a furby and like to vans. Harris heres how to respond in one way, ben shapiro is editor in chief. I just had on mark penn and used to work for the clintons, this
is not the Democratic Party of of old. Its the new Democratic Socialist Party and this is a wave of the future. Whats really incredible about all of this is if republicans could simply make this a referendum of democratic extremism on the fact that this is not even Nancy Pelosis party anymore, i think the republicans would have a much better shot in 2018 and going into the future. The fact is that she makes statements that are factually untrue, they are wild and crazy and she wants to spend 218 trillion which would require a quadrupling of the percentage of gdp. That is anything remotely resembling an interview with somebody else on the other side of the aisle. And that might be the only reason why the tough questions have not come. They have come and they have been difficult for her. The middle east Foreign Policy
is not my thing so on and so forth, and she struggled in some areas but i quite frankly i thought her district was here in new york. The democrats are putting her out on the Main National stage and that gets complicated no matter whom month they surround her with. Like Bernie Sanders or whoever it is. You have a direct clap back to the soccer mom line. The fact is the Soccer Moms Arent Driving Vans anymore, they are driving suvs. You dont have to have two of them, and, its also factually untrue. The fact is that the number of mothers in American Society is actually increasing over the past ten years. Erasing an increasing number of women who are staying at home and i dont know why the democrats are appealing to a crowd that does not include soccer moms. And what is it, the passion versus the policy. A guest on outnumbered overtime earlier today put it that way. That is fine and what is the policy that goes along . What socialist country that we know of where these policies have actually worked. They keep shifting the answer. They say cuba was not socialist and venezuela was not socialist, and they are ignoring of course the fact that all wealth generated in Nordic Countries was generated by capitalism and their social Redistribution Programs which have actually created massive costs. In an attempt to label them with social systems on top of those, with socialist countries as a whole. Then iraq Prime Minister came to the country a couple years ago when he was saying the country was a socialist country, we are not a socialist country, we are a capitalist country. Why do people want to hear
about democratic socialists . And most of them say thats not my party. Dianne feinstein couldnt even get an endorsement. The democrats dont actually have a lot of new idea, and their hatred for the president and the fact that they need a separate agenda. That does create the need for ocasiocortez. Harris ben shapiro looks into it and writes about it. Thank you, great to see you. Up next i would have never dreamed that all those coffins that were coming back had anything related to my father. Harris a dog tag identified in the remains returned to United States by north korea. Hear from the family of a korean war veteran. Bill bennett is coming up with historical significance, dont miss this. Join the fight with the alzheimers association. You might or joints. Hing for your heart. But do you take something for your brain. With an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in Clinical Trials to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Back pain cant win. Now introducing aleve back and muscle pain. Only aleve targets tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. Aleve back muscle. All day strong. All day long. The leof up to 24 lapsline is taround the world. Ent experience an unrivaled feel for any road at the lexus golden opportunity sales event. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. Something important. Its not going to be easy. Quicksilver earns you unlimited 1. 5 cash back on every purchase, everywhere. Actually, thats super easy. My bad. Oscar mayer deli fresh ham has no added nitrates, nitrites or artificial preservatives. Now deli fresh flavor is for everyone. Like those who like. Sweet. Those who prefer heat. And those who just love meat. Oscar mayer deli fresh. A fresh way to deli. Oscar mayer deli fresh. With tripadvisor, finding your Perfect Hotel at the lowest price. Is as easy as dates, deals, done simply enter your destination and dates. And see all the hotels for your stay tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites. To show you the lowest prices. So you can get the best deal on the right hotel for you. Dates, deals, done tripadvisor. Visit tripadvisor. Com
we were contacted by the Department Of The Army and, we found one dog tag and they said, its your fathers. We are just overwhelmed, or i am, that all of these boxes that came back and out of all of these thousands of people that we are the only one that has certitude on at least, is it possible obviously my father is alive someplace and lost his dog tag . Thats improbable. But we have some certitude now. Harris an emotional moment on the road to closure today. The military handed over the dog tag identified in the boxes of remains returned from north korea last week. To the family of Master Sergeant charles h mcdaniel. He is believed to have been killed in combat in 1950. His sons, charles jr. And larry that you just saw were so young that they had little memory of their dad. Joining me now, bill bennett, host of the bill bennett podcast, former secretary of education and now fox news contributor. Great to have you on the program tonight, and eileen in your direction because you hold so much about the history you have served under many president s and councils. What do you have to add about this moment that really teaches us the meaning of those dog tag tags . Isnt it interesting, with all the things in life and all the things that matter to people that this dog tag with matter so much . And its a touch and a substantiation of the memory of this man and you can see how overwhelmed this young man, the reporter called them young man, to have that in their hands. And then the remains coming as well. This is an important fact about human nature, and we treasure whatever we can put in our hand and hold onto. We are spiritual people, and a touch of mortality is something we can hold in our hand when they examine these boxes and see if they are the remains of the soldiers, can mean the world to their families. Even ancient times, what will happen with the body . What will you do with my remains. Hector and achilles are talking about that at troy, and hector says, lets return the body, whoever wins, return the body to the others family. Achilles refuses and humiliates him by humiliating the body. Whats interesting here is a family of Hector Greaves not only for his death but the
accumulation of his body. Harris want a deep reminder by those principles that are so much ingrained in war. It bears reminding that this is such a hinge point now in history. We have an armistice in place, and this is just the end of fighting the korean war. Theres so much more ground to work over to get to the point where we actually call it peace and in part of that process, it is what you say, and this is just the beginning of this journey. Our other journey as a marine is to leave no man behind it. In some cases its necessary to leave a man behind but something of that man is returned. And i have to say what that means, that gift back, that
recovery back mean so much. People are then able to have something tangible, by means with which they can remember. Its a very solemn thing and it reminds us in our celebration of something, what a serious and spiritual people we are. We hold these things to be of great value. I hope everyone can appreciate what this means. It is as a wonderful line of poetry, virgil says, hereto, things mortal touch the mind and there are tears for passing things. Hereto, the Honorable Finds its due. And Something Like that is going to the minds of people as they gather and wait to receive this. Our thoughts are with them. Harris and all the families that are waiting for some sort of answers in this journey toward closers as well. There were 55 boxes of remains
and i had the head forensic scientists of the pentagon explained to me, we dont even know if those are separate remains or if someone goes together, but there is a long road of thousands of additional possibilities for remains to come back and answer those questions about closures for family. But for now you have given us a lot to think about in terms of history and that informs us of how to be in the future. War is part of life unfortunately and you make it it has extra meeting tonight for those remains coming back from the korean war. So thank you, bill bennett, for your time. Shakespeare says the valiant die only once in the coward dies many times. We celebrate the valiant. Thank you. The great dr. Bill bennett was so much deep into the ocean knowledge there. Now we turn to Breaking News. We are waiting and we have just gotten word that we are closer now to representative chris
collins coming to the lectern. I key is today an indictment of Insider Trading, what did you know and who did you tell about Nonpublic Information on a medical product . Did you benefit or did anyone you know benefit . And they are talking to republican reporters for the very first time sisto started to tip. We will take you there live as it happens. Plus he was the calming presence among the unrest in ferguson, missouri. Captain ron johnson is now saying a whole lot about those 13 violent days, next. I grew up there and this is currently my community in my home. Therefore this means a lot to me personally and we will break the cycle of violence
come away with me barnabas but i am a simple farmer. My life is here. [telephone ring] ahoyhoy. Alexander graham bell here. No, no, my number is one, you must want two two, i say like my father before. [telephone ring] like my father before. Ahoyhoy as long as people talk too loudly on the phone, you can count on geico saving folks money. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. The world is full of different hair. Thats why pantene has the perfect conditioners for everyone. From airlight foam, to nourishing 3 minute miracle, to the moistureinfusing gold series. We give more women great hair days every day. Pantene. Johnson of the missouri Highway Patrol was put in charge of keeping the peace and was hailed as a hero by all sides by taking off his bulletproof vest and join the protesters at one point. Captain johnson just wrote a book 13 Days In Ferguson detailing what he calls the most trying days and nights of his life, and he joins me now for an exclusive interview. Captain johnson, thanks for being on the program. I first want to just make the point that they that Darren Wilson was vindicated, he was found not to have done anything legally incorrect in shooting Michael Brown and he has now been in seclusion with his wife and child for some time. We will get to him in a moment. You became the face that stood between the black live matters protesters and the Police Officers who had to do their jobs. Why did you put yourself in that position . You know for me i was able to see both sides of it and i believe the middleoftheroad was the road to travel to bring both sides together. Whatever it took to do, i was willing to do that. Your family didnt want to do that, they feared for your safety. What did you tell them . I told them the day that i put on that badge there was a responsibility. I think when we get that badge would get a responsibility and that was my responsibility, to the Community Come up to country, to make sure that im here for the safety of all, and that was my charge. Harris what impressed me at the time and i know you have written about this in your book, you wanted people to understand about those white Police Officers and that particular police force, that there were so many good people on that force. And it not to judge everyone the same way. Captain johnson that is true. I think we cant judge everyone the same way. I wanted those policemen, and we couldnt judge all those protesters the same way and that once again goes back to the middleoftheroad. Harris youve written this book, what do you want people to
know about the book . Captain johnson i want people to know that there were a lot of stories that were on the streets of ferguson, on both sides. Lots to hear and a lot of courage that was shown. We have to make sure that we understand each other, can relate to each other, but also about faith. I think faith played a big role for me and a big role for a lot of the protesters and a Law Enforcement that was out there. Harris all right, i have to let you go, we have some Breaking News. Thank you captain ron johnson. This is congressman Chris Collins of new york, we were watching a News Conference following an indictment of Insider Trading charges from earlier today. The congressman now, lets watch together. It started for me when i borrowed and started scraping together every dollar i could to buy the westinghouse Gear Division here in buffalo and move it to Niagara Falls under a new name. Im proud that we put hundreds of people to work that are still working there today. After selling it, i ran for congress in 1998 in the Niagara Falls area knowing that my Business Experience would benefit the citizens of new york and offer a new perspective in congress. After being humbled in that race, i spent the next ten years as an entrepreneur, investing and helping to stabilize dozens of bankrupt and financially distressed companies, saving and creating hundreds of jobs here in western new york. In 2007, i was recruited to run for erie county executive, to turn around of the effective bankrupt county. I was elected, and by applying the principles of lean six sigma, turned around the county finances in 18 short months. All the while honoring my Campaign Pledge to work for 1 a month. One of the Many Companies i invested in was a small Drug Development company, Innate Immuno Therapeutics, which was working on a unique cure for hiv patients suffering with aids. Ultimately come up that focus shifted to a treatment for secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, which is one of the deadliest autoimmune diseases known to mankind. My affiliation with this company is why we are here today. I have been an avid and unwavering supporter of Innate Immuno Therapeutics for more than 15 years, long before i came to congress or was elected County Executives here in erie county. Over this time, my affiliation has prompted a tax on me, my integrity and by investments by
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