democratic colleagues complaining about the removal of an fbi director whom they themselves repeatedly and sharply criticized, that removal done by a man rod rosenstein who they repeatedly praised. when mr. rosenstein recommended mr. comey s removal for many of the reasons they consistently complained about. charles: joininge congren pete hoekstra. the political kabuki theater, everyone jockeying for different things. what are we watching? what are both parties trying achieve right here? what you re seeing here is why grassroots america hates washington. i think steve colbert announced james comey was fired, and his audience applauded. and it s like, no, no, guys, that s the wrong answer, you re supposed to be upset! he forgot to tell them, when i tell you james comey has been fired, i know the democrats have been telling you for ten months he s a terrible person, now you re supposed to boo because you want him in office. this is washington and the democrats being totally
growth agenda in washington, d.c.. because of the russia investigation. the russians. aiding the russians. the russia investigation. and whether the trump campaign colluded with the russians. liz: welcome to risk and reward, i m elizabeth macdonald in for deirdre bolton. his tax reform, health coverage reform, new infrastructure bill, even the border wall now on hold, it appears, as the president s firing of fbi director james comey has cranked up the russia trump collusion scandal factory now in overdrive. but here are the facts. there are ten fbi congressional investigations already into russia. 7.5 senate, three at the fbi. the fbi even set up its own unit at that probe. also the trump administration has been pushing back on russia. no listing sanctions there. russian ally is another example after dictator bashar al-assad used chemical weapons on his own people and secretary of state tillerson have both publicly called out russia in overseas remarks. and accordin
assist anything. and the citizens will protect their country and bring those that are guilty to justice. maria: plus an emotional return to manchester for ariana grande. she honored her young fans killed in a terrorist attack two weeks ago at her cons are. conserve. [inaudible] trade to her moving rendition of somewhere over the rainbow -close-double-quote is there. a rift between both nations in four countries cutting diplomatic ties with guitar over claims the country funds terrorism. airlines cutting flight. oil prices rising this morning at 47.85. major indices coming off of record highs in the u.s. now pulling back this morning. fractional losses at the open. dow industrials down seven-point. nasdaq s&p 500 fractionally lower. we see mixed markets. the dax index is higher. 160 points higher in germany. the ft 100 done a quarter% s. in asia overnight, across the board as you see there come the worst performer china, shanghai composite down half of 1%. the infrastructur
we may have our differences, but we do well in times like these to remember that everyone who serves in our nation s capital is here because above all they love our country. we can all agree we are blessed to be americans. that our children deserve to grow up in a nation of safety and peace, and we are strongest when we are unified. and when we work together for the common good. charles: tammy bruce, and byron york. wonderful word from donald trump. the temperament and care and sincerity was there. of all the things happening around the world, including the terrorist events in london, this was the last thing i expected, even though we talk about this sort of thing all the time. tammy: looking at that fire in that apartment building in london. we do have intellectual conversations about the potential of this. my column today in the washington times. a column in february, warning how the rhetoric that s been unleashed will lead to violence. this is not brain surgery. it s pre
he s a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. i watched and read a lot over the last few days. he is highly respected by everybody in the military, and we re very honored to have him. charles: the president also naming acting national security adviser keith kellogg as national security counsel chief of staff and former un ambassador john bolton will also be named to his security team. joining me now to discuss rodgers and scott. scott, let me start with you. universal, all i m seeing so far are just rounds of applause for this election. yeah. hey, charles, thanks for having me on. as a green beret, i worked around a lot of talented combat leaders and i aalways called it rooftop leaders. the kind of leaders that would go up on a rooftop or firebase and defend even if others didn t follow. that s the kind of leadership that this work requires and that s definitely who hr mcmaster is. he s lived it. he s done it. i mean, he is very innovative, many he s also got a