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th th th maria: president trump in riyadh, saudi arabia, wrapping up an historic speech in front of 50 muslim leaders. in royal court with king o. i w sian di arabi, th king salmant r i am maria bartiromo. james your reaction? >> braith. if president trut if follows through on this, he will be one of our great presidents. it could not be alead different than president obama's speech after he drew the line, red line in saneh and said sll bians hado kill their own people with chemical weapons if they do it ly tain, they cross that red li,

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they dress addressed it, made it clear not just, ran, nobody said, well they elected a moderate to the presidency, again. the moderate, you know. the iranian decision making structure, at the top of the guard, and top of government is purely to toll tearian.

they have a word that means lying. they did not get away with that this time. both king and the president, called them out. and i am just agreeing with congressman king there. it was a fine speech. maria: president said that citizens of the middle east need to be freed from terrorism. >> absolutely, if arab world, muslim world plays true role, it has to eliminate terrorism. drive them out. and condemn their souls. maria: it looks like he has done a fair amount offer encouraging. >> i think so, reminds me

of lord nelson, a great british leader said, go right at them. maria: thank you so much for joining us, analyzing this, this is it for "sunday morning futures" thank you for joining us, i am maria bartiromo, i'll see you tomorrow fox business network, stay with fox news. back to saudi arabia, but first joining us on analyze coverage of the week. political editor, a fox news contributor. so this story that have dominate hire i here in dc. washington post story. leaking classified information about isis, and

james comey memo. with white house pushing back, would you say those stories are good journalism? >> i would. because, it seems like overall, membership of the details of those stories have been confirmed, and white house pushed back has been, muddled, early on saying, well, some of this is true, we've had a changing narrative out of the white house. so, i am not going to defend every element of every story. but i think yes this is important real journalism. >> we add to that, in new york times adding piece about that meeting with russia administer, and ambassador. on balance do you agree? what if they are not to be true? >> i guess it will cam out in the wash, and soon. as more people start speaking on

the record, this is a tough thing, to go on unidentified sources when this such big import and official blockbuster nape of some of these stories. but, you always have to ask yourself, would to be better off if we den didn't knows stuff was going on. >> interesting comment there from bob woodward the other day saying some journalists are binge drinking the anti-trump kool aid. >> yes, i think there is a lot of glee about being able to cover the stories that we've covered this week, that is going a little bit too far, but i agree that journalism has all been good, the stories need to be out. >> let's play a sound bite about president asked about a story at a news conference this week. >> did you urge former fbi

director james comey to close or back down the investigation to michael flynn and also -- >> no. no, next question. >> shortest answer we've heard. but when donald trump said this is a witch-hunt, referring to naming of special council, and hobert mueller and media coverage of that mess, he is casting as fake news. you made the point a lot of details have not been contradicted. >> a lot of is real news, fixed in with fake news. there are still members of mainstream media referring to hacking of election by russia that is nonsense, and then other networks declarings this comey memo proves who president trump intended to do, we don't know that. i think there is a frustration on part of president who sees a gleeful file on, sometimes at

expense of contact and perspective, you add that harvard study on media base how in first ame church hyundais, 8 -- first hyundais, 80% of coverage is techtive. >-- >> what washington post story, thathat said investigation of we matter of, a quote person of interest. that trir otroubled me a little. >> this is a thing, this is a highly competitive business, people want to beat other people, but they want to be right, they are humiliated when they are wrong. if that person of interest story is wrong, it is not a metal on somebody's chest, it is taken

seriously inside and outside of the be, there is risk, and you really would rather go on the record with people who can speak for the record, sometimes you can't. using person of interest that is a different meaning than target, i think a lot of folks in media contemplate those 2, just that you are talking to someone that could be a person of interest. >> there have been a gusher of leaks from the comey side. and there is a i think we have video of it. a story in which comey described to his pals at fbi he was trying to blend in with the curtains in a white house ceremony, and

trump saw him, and wanted to have a handshake. my question is, what about the motivation of this guy? former fbi director, fired in a humiliating fashion. should that be addressed by the press. >> it is clear it is coming from him. we can't fault the reporters for including this. >> is ther skepticism toward co. >> he has kept notes with president trump, it is clear he has a motivation, he doesn't to talk about these things when he testifies. >> anchors are asking lawmakers, well would you consider

impeachment? weekeep hearing that word. does this go too far. i think when you have folks whether in media or in democratic party or anywhere else, using the i of word in a serious way, follow-up question is what is high crime . >> reporters look for patterns of behavior. it catches their eye.

and when they see another unuse yalunusual thing related to it,t looks like a pattern of practice practice. >> president provided other newses in form of 9 day foreign speech this morning. they had not been following if closely enough, and we breathe the air, comey, russia, comey, trump. >> yes, they might not care,

however i have seen a lot of polling that suggestions a large majority of americans wanted to see a special prosecutor, council, people are paying attention to some degree, i think that a number of issues, american care about more than this, there since rift. >> i am saying it may not be with same obsessiveness now. anderson cooper it a moment with a panel, a pro-company defender, and jeffrey lord, cooper said this.he president of thez united states if he wants to say that, barack obama if george w. bush said that. >> you would defend it. >> what? >> >> cooper later apologized. it shows me where tone of debate has gone into this mess. we're short on time, guy benson.

thank you very much for your debut here, up next, brit hume on how trump versus comey battle is playing out in the press. brian, i just need to know if the customer app will be live monday. can we at least analyze customer traffic? can we push the offer online? brian, i just had a quick question. brian? brian... legacy technology can handcuff any company. but "yes" is here. you're saying the new app will go live monday?! yeah. with help from hpe, we can finally work the way we want to. with the right mix of hybrid it, everything computes.

>> for this son of indiana it's great to be home again. my mother is with us today. 83 years young. and you know, i'm pretty sure my

mother never thought she would see me at a graduation at notre dame. hi, mom. the notre dame class is a class of extraordinary accomplishment. you came from all over north america and all over the world. some 3,143 men and women with graduate with 3,171 degrees. by my count, that difference means we have about 28 graduates earning multiple degrees from notre dame today. we have two olympians, a

national champions in fencing and soccer. the indiana complex wood award winner, and most impressive of all, i say with gratitude, that 38 of you will here here and serve as officers in the united states army, navy, pair force and marine corps, and we thank you for your service. [applause] today is a day of celebration. and the sun is out. it's also a day of appreciation. especially for those who

believed in you and saw you through. your friends. these great professors. and your wonderful families. on behalf of the moms and dads here, i can attest firsthand that this ceremony is one of the proudest moment of their lives. [applause] you know, i have been a governor and now vice president of the united states with the most important job i will ever hold is that of husband and father. in fact, my wife of 31 years, the second lady of the united states of america is also with us today. would you join me in welcoming karen pence?

[applause] karen and i are the parents of three amazing kids. one of them just joined the ranks of college graduate. thought it's an accomplishment for you graduating, but it's also an accomplishment for your families. your family even couraged you, they prayed for you. in most cases they signed a whole lot of checks to make this day possible. before we go one step further, class of 2017, why don't you stand up, turn around, catch the eye of your loved ones and show them how thankful you are for the love and support that carried you to this day.

you know, because of your hard work and their support, you are graduating from an exceptional university today. and my charge to all of you is simply this. be exceptional from this day forth. 175 years ago the reverend edward soren and 7 companions level their homes and traveled amid the fields and valleys until they reached the ground we stand on today. here they broke bread, said their prayers and established an institution with a noble anything in their words to become a powerful means for good. and so it has. for 175 years the men and women who have come before you in this place, graduated from this

university, have gone forth to do good. the university of notre dame is special. [applause] from engineering to politics to pros, you have been given a long foundation of critical thought. you studied the text boxes of your discipline. but a notre dame education doesn't end with the formation of the minds. in these halls you experienced the formation 69 heart. your education here has prepared you for a life of service to your families, your community and our country, and the countries to which you will return. notre dame is exceptional. this university stands without apology for human freedom and

the inherent dignity of the human person. and the impact of notre dame reaches far beyond the sight of the golden dome. your education brings knowledge to children across the globe who need it most. your focus on ethics and culture promotes the value of all human life. know in so many causes i can assure you that in these matters you have an ally in our still new administration. you know, the greatest honor of my life is to serve as vice president to the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [cheers and applause] just as notre dame stood strong

to protect its religious liberty, i'm proud this path just took steps to insure this university and the little sisters of the poor could not be forced to violate their consciences to fully participate in american civic life. and just as notre dame has stood for those persecuted for their faith around the world, just a short while ago in saudi arabia this president spoke out against ridge percent kiewftion all people of all favorites. on the world stage he condemned in is words the murder of muslim, persecution of jews, and the slaughter of christians. [applause] this president stood for the right to life at home and abroad.

i'm so proud the university of notre dame has stood without apology for the sanctity of human life. [applause] your education at the university of notre dame has been exceptional. but as the good book says, to whom much is given, much will be required. i urge you as the rising generation. carry the ideals and values you learned at notre dame into your lives and careers. be leader in your families and community and every field of endeavor for the values you learned here in notre dame. in these divided times, i urge you to take one more aspect of the culture of this historic institution into the mainstream of american life. you know, if the nations of free

speech were chart on a nap one would hope the university would be the hottest places, red and purposing with dispute, not dark blue and white frozen into intellectual stasis. if such a map were to exist notre dame would burn bright with freedom of expression it's a vanguard of free expression of ideas sadly at a time when free speech and civility are waning across america. opposing if views are debate and every speak for no matter how unfashionable, is afforded the right to air their views in the open for all to hear.

[applause] but notre dame is an exception. an island in a sea of conformity so far spared from the noxious wave that seems to be spreading over academia. poor too many campuses pack america have become characterized by speech codes, safe zones, tone policing. all of it amounts to nothing less than suppression of the freedom of speech. [applause] these all too common practices are destructive of learning and the pursuit of knowledge and they are wholly outside of the american tradition.

as you, our youth, are the future, and universities the bellwether of thought and culture. i would submit the increasing intolerance and suppression of the time-honored tradition of free expression on our campuses jeopardizes the liberties of every american. this should not and must not be met with silence. [applause] now, little more than two years ago i was here when this university, this nation, and the world bid farewell to a giant of this institution and of the 20th century. father theodore hesper.

[applause] his contributions as the longest serving president of this institution are legion. but this moral example is greater still and will impact generations. on this point of which i speak he wrote word of admonition that i hope you will carry into the careers of consequence that unfold before you. he wrote and i quote, notre dame can and must be a crossroad for all the vital intellectual current of our time meet in dialogue. where the great issues are plumed to their depths and every sincere inquirer is welcomed and listened to. where they can exoa exist with

civility, hospitality, respect and love. father ted said notre dame was to be as she is today, a place where the endless conversation is harbored and not foreclosed. so i say to this rising generation, so, too, must america be in your time. [applause] as graduates of this exceptional university, i urge you, be leaders forethought and expression. from this day forward like the generations who have gone before for the past 175 years, the graduates of the class of 2017, your call to lead for good, to be men and women of integrity

and values. to be involved in life in these ever changing times and you are called in one other way. to have faith. for as the old book says, he knows the plans he has for you. plans to prosper you, not to harm you. plans to give you a hope and a future. strive every day to lead for good with courage and conviction. live your life according to the precepts and principles you have learned and seen here at notre dame. and in all you do, have faith that he who brought you this far will never leave you n you because he never will. if you hold fast to him, to the faith you deepened in this place and all you learned and the

examples you have seen, i know you will not only persevere, you will prevail. and you will lead your families, professions and our country to unimaginable heights. the university of notre dame class of 2017, this is your day. so go, irish. the future is yours. thank you. god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. [applause] howie: vice president pence speaking at the graduation at notre dame. join being you now is brit hume. you covered stories like this before. you started special report to

cover the monica lewinsky story. its there something different in the way they are covering trump? bring ittrump. brin>> the media as a whole hasa cultural revulsion to donald trump. there is a resumption of irregularity in everything he undertakes. it's through that prism he is seen. the sense you have is the media that essentially joined the so-called resistance to donald trump and the coverage reflects that. it's the most negative i have seen, and the tone and media coverage of presidents since watergate is more adversarial than it was before that, but this on a new level. howie: does that undermine

reporting by news organizations of who said what to comey? are you saying there is an underlying assumption of nefarious doings when the evidence hasn't taken us there? >> the evidence hasn't taken us far enough to justify the comparisons to watergate and other presidential scandals. if you you think of it in political terms. this allegation of collusion between the russians and the donald trump campaign has done farther and less evidence than any scandal i have ever seen. you have got to admire the democrats for their persistence and determination. they managed by a political alchemy to convert this set of suspicions and guess and contacts into something that

people like david gergen and john mccain are likening to watergate. howie: is it also fair to say president trump fuels some of this not just by firing jim comey, by suggesting he might have tapes. saying he might end the press briefings? >> there is a certain way that presidents in this era of adversarial coverage have learned to cope with with it. the first rule is do no harm. do not feed stories that hurt you, do not inflame the situation. that's the standard playbook. for whatever reason, this president refuses to play by it. as a result he does a lot of things that make it worse. it seems like he's not guilty of

much of anything. but he persists in acting as if he may be. the investigation is a proceedings in place. it's been going on since last july. as far as we now it's a counter intelligence not a criminal investigation. in the midst of it all he fires the f.b.i. chief. if you are going to do that you probably should have your nominee in place and

howie: it's almost like a spritz screen president. bret: when given the chance it's

the major focus. when you talk to world leaders they think it's a big deal. they think it's a turning of the tide. saudi arabia and the gulf nations in fighting this threat. i think you are seeing an effort by the white house perhaps to try to stick to the message of the day. that's why we are not seeing open q and as. howie: the president did not news the phrase "radical islamic terrorism." do you think that's significant or is it semantics. bret: he went pretty far.

so i think the radical part how he said it on the campaign is getting picked up differently. h.r. mcmaster said -- is said to be behind the softening of tone. he leaves here with the plernlings of fighting terrorism and with $350 billion of investment inside the u.s. howie: thanks for joining us in saudi arabia. you will be moderating a forum called "tweet" with the president and others. we'll move on to other news that hit hard at home. roger aai lerks s -- roger ails passed away. >> the fox news channel we

looked at national polls. 65 to 75% of the country said news in america is boring and biased. howie: rupert murdoch called him a brilliant newscaster. he was forced out as chairman last july after mounting sexual harassment allegations made by women at fox. how should his legacy be remembered? i would say no one can take way from roger ailes * in that he filled a void in the media most people didn't see. >> there were only two cable networks. he built a major multi-billion

dollar business and changed the face of media and politics, that's true. there is more than one way to look at him. i think that there are two sides, the dissphairt between the interpretations is very striking. there are people who say he was a serial sexual harasser who built this multi-billion dollar bills in part on objectivefying women. howie: roger ailes was come pattive and controversial as fox was and is. >> he was the most influential media executive ever. certainly over the last 20

years. considering what he built here at fox news as the most dominant cable news network. charles krauthammer said it best. way always said about the genius of rupert murdoch and roger ailes, they found a niche audience, half the country. what i marveled about him most in terms of the way he carried himself. the way he evaluated talent. he would watch audition tapes with the sound off to see if that person had presence and filled the screen. look at way he hired about bill o'reilly from "inside edition." howie: the lawsuit by gretchen

carlson. roger ailes was accused of some pretty horrible conduct toward women. we have to balance that against whatever else he achieved in his long career in politics and media. >> he was different things to different people. and you have people like this network who he -- who have come out and talked about how much he helped them when they were going through family situations, when they were sick. he did those things. those things cannot be denied. you have other people who obviously who have come out and said that some of them destroyed their careers and created a culture of object jok.

howie: let me get you here on this last question. many assumed he gave daily marching orders. he hired me, and i covered him aggressively on other news organizations. and he never had any contact with me on what to do on this program. >> i would think after he left the network we would have heard from other anchors who used to work here who would say i was told what to say. as far as professional dominance as far as not living an exemplary life, you look back at former presidents, former presidents, big time athletes and celebrities. that seems to be more the rule than the exception. howie: thanks so much.

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>> the white house is playing word games to try to blunt the impact of this story. howie: your thoughts? >> if i were the reporter i would have wrote that story. it hard to turn down information like that about a president potentially leaking classified information. the problem with this type of reporting where the people inside the white house are debunking the press, then the price debunking back. it leaves a confusing scenario. the consumer of media loses out. what really happened. did the president give up classified information or is this just another attempt by the press who is openly hostile about the president. howie: the administration was so concerned about the sensitivity

of the information it asked "the washington post" not to release the details of this isis plot at their request. quoting james comey notes about the president asking him to drop the mike fine investigation. the "times" didn't have the notes. they were read to the reporter by a source. >> we haven't seen the membership oh yet. the chairman of the intelligence committee didn't even know about it. and they talked to comey before his firing and he never said he had been pressured to drop the investigation into michael flynn. we haven't seen it. howie: i don't have that gray problem trusting the source.

howie: with comey putting out memos. do we need to have significant continues of accounts here? susan: it's very biased against president trump. the argument is always trump is the liar and the person telling the truth is the one who has the information about him. we don't know. we'll hear from comey next week. why didn't he say something sooner about this when everybody asked him about this. howie: despite the past media criticism of james comey for his handling of the email investigation. thanks so much for coming in. that's it for this edition of "mediabuzz."

we hope you like our facebook page and continue the conversation on twitter @howardkurtz. we'll see you next sunday at 11:00 a.m. eastern with the latest buzz. >> any moment now we are expecting president trump to depart to king abdullah's conference center in riyadh after delivering a landmark address to the muslim world calling for unity in destroying terrorism. welcome to "america's news headquarters." i'm arthel neville. reporter: the president spoke for several hours.