quick programming note. tomorrow night, 10:00 eastern, i will be into interview the ♪ >> martha: breaking tonight, president trump comes to michael flynn's defense, as democrats delve into hyperbolic comparisons, calling it the worst crisis since pearl harbor or watergate. we will drill down on the reality tonight with breaking news on the story just moments away. from chairman of the house oversight committee, jason chaffetz, who was news to break here this evening. welcome today 27, everybody come up the first 100, i am martha maccallum. >> he has been treated very, very unfairly by the media. as i call it, the fake media, in many cases. i think it is really a sad thing that he was treated so badly. >> martha: the defense comes as a new report in the

washington free beacon claims that flynn's departure was the work of former president obama loyalists, hoping to keep the iran deal intact, a deal that flynn detectives. -- detested. they are alleged repeated contacts with russian intelligence. while all this was playing out today, navy vice admiral robert harvard is expected to be the new national security advisor. he could report for duty as early as friday. congressman jason jay fitz is here tonight to announce a new investigation and the wake of this new story. now, we turn to catherine herridge. good evening. >> thank you, martha. in the last 10 minutes, the republican chuck grassley at dianne feinstein sending this letter to the attorney general and fbi director. "seeking the content of the national former security advisor

flynn." information about protect all my potential links about information, as the president blamed politics in the media for his national security advisor's exit. >> people are trying to cover up for a terrible loss that the democrats had under hillary clinton. i think it is very, very unfair, what has happened to general flynn, the way he was treated, and the documents and papers that were illegally -- i stress that -- illegally leaked. >> also come out later today, naming the middle east on harvard as flynn's replacement. the trump administration having the it -- hoping it will blunt further comments. fox news is contacting former intelligence an obama administration officials separately and directly. in the meantime, the washington free beacon reports that ben

rhodes is the center of the iran deal and the benghazi terrorist attacks is the main driver of the leaks. there is no further comments from him tonight. writing on twitter earlier this week, he said, "when campaign chairman and national security advisor both resigned over russia ties, there is more. paul manafort and flynn had nothing in common, except russia end of term." a government source confirmed that the fbi investigation does go beyond flynn. it also includes contacts between the trump campaign tweets and russian officials leading up to the election. we are told that the fbi does not see evidence that any laws were broken, martha. just be one that is one of the highlights. thank you very much. my next guest has big news can share to share concerning general michael flynn. utah congressman jason chaffetz. chairman of the house oversight committee. good to have you here this evening. a lot buzzing this evening about investigations. what can you tell us? >> what we are going to do is

send a letter to the inspector general. the mishandling of classified information is something we have been keenly concerned about in a variety of settings. not only the president communications, the national security advisor, again, it happened before the president was sworn in. you can't mishandle classified information. we want to the inspector general to dive into that issue, as he can do with the department of justice and look under the hood and find the truth behind this. >> martha: what are you digging and for? are you trying to figure out whether general flynn was translating any confidential information to the russians prior to the election? >> we asked the inspector general asking how the information ends up in the news media. if you have classified information, since sense of see information, there are policies for handling that. the president has made serious allegations and concerns in his

description of the movement of this information. we want the inspector general, michael horowitz, rightly regarded on both sides of the aisle as a person of great integrity to find this out. no matter where you are in the political spectrum, you cannot have classified information migrating out into a nonclassified setting. if there has been something that has been mishandled, we want them to look out. >> martha: to be clear, you are looking at it on both sides of the equation. a lot of people see you and they equate you with a hillary clinton investigation. you were very concerned that classified information may have passed from her hands, dealings with russia, we talked about at that time. you would apply that same measure to general flynn as well? >> yes. we also sent a separate letter to the white house, concerned about what the visuals that we saw the president in mar-a-lago, again, classified information, mishandled there. i think the standard is still the same. you have a duty and obligation.

by its very nature, if classified information gets out there, it can harm somebody. it can kill somebody. this is serious stuff. there are some questions and concerns about how in florida did they have the proper security protocols set up, and place, to deal with that classified information. same with hillary clinton, same with donald trump, and same with those in the intelligence world for the department of justice to see this information. they just can't handed out like candy and favors to those in the news media. >> martha: what about president trump's assertion that he thinks is it is a criminal act, in terms of the way this information, particularly, he is somebody that you would like to talk to? do you expect to have hearings of this? bring in people from the obama administration? >> the fair way to do it, to make sure that you get to the truth in an impartial way is to make sure that the inspector general is leading out. they have tools, they have access. to give you an idea, and all the federal government, there are 72

inspector general's. they have 13,000 employees. the department of justice alone has roughly 500 people working there. as the inspector general to get in there and find the truth. >> martha: you want them to go first, then, you will likely follow up later. chairman chaffetz, thank you very much. joining us now with more, marc thiessen, fellow at the american enterprise institute and fox news' contributor. austan goolsbee and mara liasso mara liasson. welcome to all of you. good to have you here tonight. let me start with you. what is your reaction to the inspector general call from chairman chaffetz? >> it is interesting. congress will investigate this. i want to say, the first time on this show for me, i'm glad to be here with two people i really respect a lot. [laughter] congress is looking into this

and to some extent, republicans are investigating this even though they didn't want to be investigating their own president. chaffetz is looking into one aspect of it. they are a lot of investigations that are happening on capitol hill. i think it's a good thing. i think there are so many questions about this whole story that don't make sense. npr has found out that so far, nobody has uncovered evidence of criminal wrongdoing, so, the question is why would flynn lie to mike pence or mislead him about what he said? doesn't make sense. as far as i'm concerned, more light can be shed on this. >> martha: marc thiessen, obviously, the same measure that was applied to hillary clinton needs to be applied to this case, no? >> oh, absolutely. let's pull back and look at the bigger picture besides just the flynn story. in the last 25 days, think about the leaks coming out of the white house and the executive branch. we have had the classified transcripts of three

conversations with three different world leaders, the prime minister of australia, mexico, russia, all leaked. we have had more than a half-dozen draft executive orders, including some of them dealing with highly classified things like terrorist interrogation leaked to the press. we've learned that general mattis was considering interdicting an iranian ship. we learned that they are considering sending troops to syria, all classified information leaked to the press. we have the fact that one of general flynn's deputies was leaked to the press. and at in addition to the flynn information, leaks, classified information going to the press. when people say we are worried donald trump creating an authoritarian state, i am worried about the authoritarian application of a national security apparatus going after people they don't like, who's policies they oppose by leaking classified information. >> martha: as a suggestion, austan, some sort of shadowy

entity out there that is trying to reveal these things, phone calls between the president and foreign leaders. if any member of the former obama administration is involved in such a thing, do you want those feet held to the fire? >> let's take a step back and recognize the irony and absurdity of a lot of these charges. first, the irony. for donald trump to be saying that his biggest objection is over the illegal leaks, when throughout the campaign, he is the guy that asked russia to hack into emails and release them for hillary clinton, and wanted to do nothing more than to discuss what was in all of the wikileaks documents, that is quite ironic. >> that was not classified. second, the fact that you are seeing leaks in every aspect of the white house, from national security to economic policy to personnel, suggests very strongly it is not one

person who is doing the leaking. there is chaos taking place. >> martha: which is precisely why we need to look at both sides of the equation. from any one of the trump camp to russia or anyone in the former obama camp to the public. both sides. >> i applaud congressman chaffetz for investigating why they are having classified briefings in the dining hall at mar-a-lago -- >> martha: if that happened. >> people taking photographs of their phones on it. they should investigate all of those. but donald trump is a most serious issue, which is when the smoke alarms are going off and there is smoke coming out of the doors, he has not been in washington crises before. he is taking a private-sector approach to to crisis management, which is, circle the wagons, release nothing, don't give them any information. the problem with that is if you don't release everything you have right now, tax returns, who talked to who in the campaign,

with russian intelligence officials, giving explanations, if you don't do that, it will be drip, drip, just like hillary's emails. >> martha: they are never, ever going to stop unless there is clarity on both sides. mara, thank you so much. austan, thank you. marc, thank you. coming up, the media coming to extreme lengths to compare general flynn's oust with some of the country's darkest moments in history. is that fair? we will show you some of the reactions would ben shapiro and richard fowler join us in our media conflict segment. plus this, new details tonight about what that immigration officials to arrest this man, a so-called dreamer who was allowed to stay in the united states under president obama's program. exclusive new details on his more complete story are straight ahead. and president trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu single a renewed relationship between these two countries after eight

years of tense situations at the white house. we'll compare and contrast and show you interesting moments from the news conference when we come back. >> the perseverance in the face of hostility, your open democracy in the face of violence, and your success in the face of this is truly ininininin

>> martha: new controversy tonight surrounding some of the dramatic media declarations in the wake of the general flynn ouster. a column in "the new york times" put it on par with some of the most devastating attacks in our nation. reading in part, "we were attacked on december 7th, 1941, where we are attacked on september 11th, 2001, and we were attacked on november 8th, 2016." dan rather added this. "watergate is the biggest political scandal of my lifetime until maybe now." finally come of this, chuck tod todd. >> one abortive the arguably arguably the biggest -- hunker a class five political hurricane that is heading washington. >> martha: a class five political hurricane. ben shapiro, editor-in-chief of

the daily wire.com and richard fowler, nationally syndicated radio host and fox news contributor. gentlemen, i hope you are hunkered down because this is big, big, big. ben, what you make all of that? >> everybody sounds like a used car salesman trying to hawk an old chevy. wow. the level of outrage over something that we don't even know what happened yet. i am confused as to what flynn did that was supposed to be the worst thing that happened since the bill biblical plagues thomas friedman and dan rather, the godfather of modern media fake news, talking about how this is the greatest prices we have seen in modern political history, again, what happened? should be know what happened before we freak out and lose our minds? >> martha: an excellent question, richard, when you dig into "the new york times" piece, which started off declaring that there had been so much contact between the trump campaign and russia that it was just so dramatic in the nature of it

that they just had to dig and dig. then, they dug dog and dog and d anything at all in terms of a nefarious connection. they may but we don't know that he had. >> martha, you are right. we don't know. i think the media is being rough. i think the reason why the media is being so rough as everything to do with the fact that the circle the wagons of the haven't released any information. a little bit of advice for the donald if he is watching, the first thing you do is you release these transcripts to the intelligence committee. they will get a classified come over with. he will be political capital -- >> martha: i remember when that argument was used for hillary clinton. >> it is the right argument to get it all out there. he will need political capital to roll out his infrastructure package, to roll out the tax reforms. right now, 90% of republicans like him. if this drip, drip continues, martha, it could create doom for the trump administration just 30 days then. >> martha: put up these headlines that we have.

the story broke a month ago. it was out there, intercepted russian communication, part of inquiry into trump associates. that story back then, a "washington post" story said that they didn't find anything nefarious. it didn't find connection between the communications. they just found that there was phone calls and contact that they were concerned about. sally yates brought that to the attention of the white house, as well. i want to remind everyone of this moment with president obama a wild back. watch this. >> after my election, i have more questions. >> martha: after the election, we might be able to talk about that issue that is bothering you. is that essentially what we think general flynn may have said? >> i think that is basically the idea. the only difference being that president obama was in the middle of an election cycle and flynn a said edge after the

cycle was order. you are getting a lot of advice to donald trump, i agree with the advice you are suggesting, but some of advice for the media. if you want people to take you seriously, you have to stop resetting your hair on fire and running into plate glass windows before you know what is going on. you are jumping on every rake in a 300-mile radius before you let the fact out. we can't take you seriously unless you lay out a series of facts. the headline of "the new york times" piece could easily have been "an investigation shows no causal links between trump campaign and russians." >> martha: it's an investigation that is ongoing. when you step on a rate, it can hit you and i had. once you've laid on these markers, this is watergate, pearl harbor, 9/11, you have to be careful. >> i think it has to do with the fact that donald trump has made the media the enemy. to go out there in your press conference and say, "mike fling didn't resign -- that happened.

i blame us all in fake news. what you begin to do, the media's best reaction is, here's all the facts as they are being leaked out. i think donald should be more concerned about leakers in the white house and throughout the government then about the media"" fake news. >> martha: good points, all around. good to see you tonight. also, new fallout from the breaking news that president trump's labor pack has bowed out. plus, a big story out of seattle. a so-called dreamer is under arrest. it is getting a ton of attention across the country that a dreamer has been taking down on this immigration situation. his lawyers say he is innocent. but we want you to know the fact that we are learning now and this case. david and francisco hernandez up next on this. >> contrary to the trump administration is saying, lots of folks who don't have records are being picked up. we are saying that ed is tearing families

>> martha: tonight, under the new immigration policy, the arrest of a so-called dreamer. daniel ramirez was apprehended friday by immigration and customs enforcement agents. despite being improved twice under president obama's daca

program. i.c.e. officials claimed that he is a self admitted game member, representing a risk to the safety of the public. his attorneys argue that he is being detained without justification, presenting no threat to the larger public. one of those attorneys, is here to go on the record on this for tonight. david wohl san francisco hernandez will debate. first, let's go to trace gallagher for the background. >> he was detained to an immigration against showed up to arrest his father. emigrations i.e. ce arrested hie was in a blended gang member. when we -- there is additional evidence including photos and social media content that illustrate his gang affiliationf belonging to one. ramirez's lawyers tell a

different story, saying "he was repeatedly -- under the obama administration, guidance for daca, or deferred actions for childhood arrivals, being in a gang did not qualify for deportation. you had to commit a felony name. although, even under president obama, i.c.e. agents were allowed to use discretion. the weiss white house has yet to comment, but last month, president trump said that his immigration, administration was devising a policy figuring out a deal with people covered by daca. they were not to say that he shouldn't worry because he is a big heart. daca -- the lawsuit was filed by a harvard law professor. the 23-year-old's constitutional rights had been violated and that has a rats represents a

significant broadening of immigration enforcement under the trump administration. the department of justice is reviewing the matter. a hearing is scheduled for this friday. >> martha: thank you. here on a fox news exclusive, attorney for the dreamer and i.c.e. cost to custody. good to have you here. thank you for being here. >> thank you very much for having me. >> martha: your understanding, you just saw the statement that came in from i.c.e. they say that he admitted being a gang member while in custody, when he looked into his social media and his computer, it was clear that he had a connection and a number of ways to a criminal gang. >> i will say a couple of things. first, as i think you know, and as the introduction said, in order to get daca status, you have to give a lot of personal information to the government. you have to give your fingerprints to the government. dhs runs a background check.

he went through that twice. both times, the government found after all that work that he was not a threat to the public safety, he was not a threat to national security, the most recent such review was less than a year ago. nothing has changed since then. they looked at this twice already. the second thing i will say, we talk to the government yesterday and ask them what evidence they had of his gang membership. the government told us, they didn't know what information has had prayed all of this seems to be coming out now. we look forward to seeing what they tell us tomorrow morning. we are supposed to get an explanation from them as why they are keeping him. we will respond to it as soon as we see what they have to say. >> martha: some background from federal officials in the department saying that he had admitted. as you point out, it needs to be determined what the actual case is. it is interesting, when they went into the house, they took the father, who they were

originally therefore, a felon who was deported and returned, clearly under the category of this executive order. they say they want to remove repeat criminals, people who have come back into the country and also members of gangs. that is the group that is included in this order. i didn't take his brother. it is possible that they didn't take his brother because they didn't find the same information or he didn't admit to being in a gang, perhaps, your client did. >> i will tell you this. first of all, from all the reports we have had, none of those questions were asked of the time of the arrest. what we understand happened at the time of the arrest, daniel and his brother were at this apartment, they happen to be there, there was no warrant for either of them. daniel said that he had a work authorization card, the card you get for having daca status. we can't explain, we don't know why it is that he took daniel and not his brother. really, they were in the same

circumstance. both mexican-american young man, they both had daca status. neither run was the subject of the arrest warrant. that arbitrary treatment is exactly what the daca promise was meant to avoid. i will say one more thing about this supposed admission to gang membership. daniel ramirez denies that completely and in fact, what he has been very clear about was after he was taken to the processing station, the i.c.e. agents pressured him to admit to that. he wouldn't do it because it is not true. >> martha: mr. dettmer, thank you very much for being here tonight and telling your clients side side of the story to us. we hope this is resolved quickl quickly. joining me now, david wohl and francisco hernandez. welcome, good to have both of you here. david wohl, you are a trump supporter. i understand the motivations of the administration. if this person is not a member of this gang and they are wrong,

i would imagine he'd be released quickly. >> they have got to have more than a simple admission, martha. i have worked these cases for more than a quarter-century. generally, the large law enforcement's agencies, they have experts that work in this, they have large databases that contain whether this gang member has attacked, whether he has gang affiliations, whether he is a juvenile confection or adult conviction. this man doesn't have any at all convictions but may have juvenile convictions. we aren't sure. one of the major ways they catch them is the social media. especially myspace. i remember, gangs were so often nailed by posting things on myspace, communicating with other gang members. they may not have known this when they first arrested them. they were it may have researched it after the fact. they got to have something than a simple admission. sometimes, these kids do something by way of braggadocio. my guess is they have a lot

more. if they do, he is not going to be saved by daca. he will be deported. >> martha: two elements to the story. the individual, who everyone want to be treated fairly. i know we agree on that. then, the larger picture, where there is almost, i think, and anticipation, pope was too strong a word, that people will be brought in who don't deserve to be brought in. that will reflect poorly and fulfill the wishes of people who are very much against the president. mr. hernandez, what do you think? >> it has nothing to do with it. it has everything to do with the constitution. it is called the due process clause of the constitution. what is amazing is that the extreme rights argue for the last four or five years that president obama did not have the legal authority to execute that executive order. if he did not have the authority to execute the executive order, then, daca is invalid. in order to give this young man,

whether he is guilty or not, due process, means the executive order was valid. that is the constitution. >> martha: no one is talking about having -- him and not having due process. >> he is getting a court hearing to determine whether he is a documented gang member. if he is not, then, the judge will probably release him. if he is determined to be a documented gang member, then, the fact that he is a dreamer will not save him. the judge will find the public safety priority and he will be gone. >> martha: but the facts don't matter. just the fact that he is getting to process it shows you that president obama has the executive constitutional authority to execute the action for late arrivals. >> martha: that whole thing was about prosecutorial destruction given to a huge number of people at once. that is a different situation. the question of whether or not this person, who has been brought in, we'll get due process, which he appears to be

getting at this point, if we find out that is not the case, we will make sure that we follow up on that. in terms of that -- >> president obama had the authority. donald trump does not want innocent people being deported to fit under the daca. he has made that clear. i agree with that. >> martha: we will leave it there. thank you very much, mr. wohl, mr. hernandez. also, the trump administration delivers in another campaign promise, as our defense secretary travels overseas and delivers a very blunt message. former white house press secretary dana perino joins me on why that was long overdue and what the reaction is in europe. plus, president trump opening a fresh chapter in u.s. israeli relations after eight years of some pretty tense times with the gentleman on the left visited the white house. when we come back, friend of jeron kershner, here's a tell us what it means going forward. >> israel stands with you. and i stand.

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>> martha: president trump posting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white house today. there is a picture with their wives, signaling a strong relationship moving forward. that is in stark contrast to the chilly scenes that we used to see. there is a handshake. generally, there was some cold body language that went on between president obama and benjamin netanyahu in the past. highlighting the dramatic shift in tone with this headline "smiling again at the white house." for more, let's go to john roberts. hi, john. >> good evening to you. really interesting to watch the body language between the two, like her girlfriends coming together as opposed to the adversarial relationship that there appeared to be.

the big headline today was that president trump appeared to drop decades of u.s. policy dropping the insistence of a two state solution to find a peace deal in the middle east. the president did say that he was going to do everything he could to try to bring the two sides together. the white house position is that the president doesn't think he should impose the conditions for a peace deal upon israel and the palestinians. they need to find the path to peace themselves. they did say that he would try to the best of his ability to facilitate some sort of peace. lesson. >> i am looking at the two state and one state and i like the one, that that both parties like. i'm very happy with the one that both parties like. i can live with either one. i thought for a while the two state look like it may be the easier of the two. but honestly, if bibi and if the palestinians, israel and the palestinians are happy, i am happy with the one they like the

best. >> you can tell the relationship between the two men come but this will be far different than the past eight years have been. in fact, prime minister benjamin netanyahu told the israeli press after his meetings, "i have met many presidents, i can say that we never had a better friend for israel than trump." there was an extraordinary moment of the president lay down a marker to his old friend. >> >> as far as settlements, i would like to see you hold back on settlements a little bit. we'll work something out. >> doesn't sound too optimistic. good negotiator. >> "the art of video." >> a quick headline, confirming a minute ago, four candidates to potentially replace andrew puzder as a nominee for labor secretary. catherine templeton, joseph guzman, peter courson, and alexander acosta. two hispanics and a woman on that list, notable, there are no hispanics in this president's

cabinet, which he got some criticism for a couple of weeks ago. we will see where this goes. those of the four names as we understand it. >> martha: john, thank you so much. here now with more, prominent trial attorney and its real advocate. good to have you here. what did you think of these exchanges? >> i think for those of us who support israel and her advocates on behalf of israel, it is like a breath of fresh air after eight years of a frosty relationship. this was encouraging. i think both president trump and prime minister netanyahu did very well today. >> martha: what did you think of the dropping of the two state solution idea and perhaps opening the door to a one state solution? what would that look like? >> i think what president trump said is that he would allow the parties to agree how this should be resolved, rather than impose the united states' will of the parties, which is what president obama tried to do unsuccessfully for many years. whether it is a one or two state

solution, the impediment to peace has always been the fact of the palestinians refused to accept israel's right to exist as a jewish state. for decades, the violence and terrorist acts by the palestinians have created a hostile environment that has made it impossible for israel to offer peace. >> martha: we saw in the room, jared kushner, the son-in-law to president trump, married to ivanka trunk, and the front row. he has been pointed out as someone that president trump, he said himself, my son in law will solve the middle east peace problems. is he qualified to do that? >> i think he is very qualified. i know him well. he is a brilliant young man, he is soft-spoken but brilliant. two very good qualities when you want to make peace. to be soft-spoken but smart. he also has strong ties to israel. he understands the conditions on the ground. i think he is going to be very creative because he is a very creative young man. i don't think age has anything

to do with this issue. older people have tried for the past 50 years to resolve this and have failed miserably. youngblood, who have respect for issues on the ground, a breath of fresh air. >> martha: a great point. thank you, ben. good to see you tonight. tonight, the defense secretary delivered a very stern message to our allies about their nato commitments when he was in brussels. general mattis tells nato they did to pay their fair share or be prepared to see us take a step back. how does that work? dana perino on what it all means when we come back. ♪

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ultimatum on military applications of all those countries. >> it is a fair demand that all who benefit from the best defense in the world carry their proportionate share of the necessary cost to defend freedom. >> martha: the warning surprisingly well received by nato secretary-general. he acknowledged unfair spending birdie in. watch this. >> conveying a very firm message. that message is about the importance of fairer burden sharing. it reflects a political reality. in the united states. and i think that will be appreciated by the ministers. >> martha: big crowd of the news conference. i am joined here by dana perino, former white house press secretary to george w. bush. thanks for being here. it strikes me, would you look at both of those, when he said nato was absolute, the hair was on fire. now, general mattis goes there

with that strong message, from the germans also side, it makes sense, we did say we were going to pay this amount, we should. >> also, one of the exceptions that people took to president trump as a candidate, they hadn't thought terrorism. all of the nato countries did send troops to fight terrorism. however, three things happen. our politics changed america. the politics of those countries are happening. and a threat has increased. in all of those countries, the threat of radical as long terrorist has increased. the other thing is, the militaries of all of those countries would have liked more resources. now, because of these political changes in the fact that you have a president in the united states who is saying, i am serious this time. they were like, okay, fine, we will meet our obligations. i think it was a win win. they may be relieved that i have somebody giving them the backing they need to bulk up their

military, especially when they see russia barking at their doo door. also, ice is creating problems. it is interesting, there is this battle over hardware and software, cyber, drones, things that are needed for the fight against islamic terrorism. when you have putin adding tanks, planes, they got to do that, too. >> not only that, the cyber security threat from russia, as we know very well. >> martha: threats all across the board. >> nato is very much not obsolete. i think donald trump has said that in a way that pushed them. i think the real star of the day in terms of of the story is general mattis. he is forceful. he also understands because he was a general working with these other countries in afghanistan, iraq. he knows them very well. he knows to ask them for things that they can do. part of the problem, especially in germany, these rules of engagement for german soldiers were different from everybody else. you can't ask them to change

that. could you ask them for more money? >> martha: before i let you go go, big communication message for the trump communication folks, having been there. >> today? it is okay to say "i don't know." if your tired mind is in fact somebody else's, you have to go over it and over. just tap the brakes and wait a minute. that i make it under time? >> martha: absolutely. thanks, dana. straight ahead, president trump's pick for labor secretary, surprisingly dropping out just hours ago. ed henry here with breaking news on match. when we come bacacacacac

>> martha: breaking tonight, andrew puzder, president trump's pick for labor secretary is no more. he has officially withdrawn his nomination after a lot of buzz this afternoon. breaking news on possible replacements. here is ed henry. >> good to see a parade on a surprise when you remember

chuck schumer had put together a hit list of about half a dozen cabinet nominees he wanted to pick off. this is only the first. not because the democrats that andy puzder stepped aside. it is republicans who have the majority and could have pushed him through. sources tell us that mitch mcgonagle told the white house they had a numbers problem, about a dozen republicans expressing heartburn over the ceo of carl's jr. at hardee's. democrats piled on with allegations that he physically abused his ex-wife. allegations, by the way, that have been recanted. before pundits get carried away with this being another sign of chaos, you can see, every recent administration has had multiple cabinet nominees withdrawn. the obama administration, three. the second batch of administration, two. clinton, five. by the way, john roberts noted four possible replacements, two of them hispanics. they have gotten witticism for

not having hispanics in the cabinet. >> martha: thank you. before we leave tonight, and inspirational quotes to keep us on track. "always do right, this ♪ >> tom: welcome to "red eye," hello everyone, i am tom shillue. let's check in with tvs andy levy at the "red eye" tease deck. >> andy: wasn't michael flynn's resignation caused by his own actions or by unscrupulous leaks by people with ulterior motives? discussion at next. just kidding, will tell you it's the second one. will the young han solo movie feature a female droid? finally, googles new ai becomes highly a