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ste. so you can feel fresh and free to get as close as you want. for a free sample call 1-877-get-tena >> hello everyone and welcome to "america's news headquarters". >> i am rick leventhal. topping the news, the president wrapping up his historic visit to saudi arabia. now it is unto israel for the second stuff in his overseas trip. you have a preview of that just ahead. >> also helps oversee chairman jason chaffetz says he plans to meet with the former fbi director james comey ahead of the public testimony. before with the senate intelligence committee. what you may expect? >> heightened concerns over north korea after pyongyang
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conducted another missile test. the us response and what it means for security in the region and here at home. "america's news headquarters" starts right now. >> we begin with the president delivering a landmark statement today to 50 majority muslim nations. urging them to take a major role in defeating the radical ideology that still plagues their society. >> america is prepared to stand with you. in pursuit of shared interest. and common security. but the nation's of the middle east do not wait for an american power to crush this power for them. the nation's of the middle east will have to decide what kind of future they want for themselves for their country. and frankly, for the families and for their children.
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>> the chief white house correspondent john roberts is live in riyadh saudi arabia. about midnight there. so did the president's speech send a strong message to the leaders of the arab world? >> good morning arthel. we're just past the midnight hour. i think the president did send a strong message to the arab world. the rhetoric was toned down to a large degree, we saw during the election campaign. never did the words radical islamic terrorism escaped his lips but the white house that agreed to just that they believed he was tougher now because he was direct with the arab and muslim nations. speaking to some 50 leaders of nations. they stated the battle between good and evil. it is very much the same as the president bush did when he took on the war and terror after the 9/11 attacks. the president also saying that he is seeking partnerships not based on lecturing and ideology but on common interest and
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shared - processes arab and muslim nations need to come to the plate in the fight against terrorism and terrorist ideology. listen here. >> is a choice, america cannot make for you. a better future is only possible if your nations drive out the terrorists and drive out the extremists. drive them out! drive them out! of your places of worship. drive them out of your communities. drive them out of your holy land. and drive them out on this earth. >> the president indicated that there is one thing to kill terrorists and their willing to do that but he wants muslim in our nations to come up on that front. but there is more than that. because you have to get rid of the ideology that gives rise to terrorism. the president says in his
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speeches need to start in the religious institutions in the arab world and muslim nations around the world. listen here. >> religious leaders must make this absolutely clear. this will deliver you know glory. and it will bring you no dignity. if you choose the path of terror, your life will be empty. your life will be brief and your soul will be fully condemned. >> now it's really important on all of this is follow-through. how many of the nation's that the president addressed today will actually get up and do something about this? i asked a senior administration official -- some of these leaders are actually, they did not turn a blind eye to terrorist financing. the countries are actually actively engaged in it. the white house official said that is going to be the real challenge here.
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something that they will have to keep a close eye on. >> absolutely. actions speak louder than words. now we have a big speech down and another one tomorrow. are you getting any early word at all in terms of what the president's message will be to the israelis tomorrow? >> clearly visiting israel the president will be re-articulating and reaffirming the unshakable bond between the us and israel. but the goal is bigger than that. because he will meeting with benjamin netanyahu and also the president of the palestinian organization. he really wants to start to set the stage for a peace agreement. it is part of what he was talking about here again today. if we can get to the roots of extremism, if we can defeat terrorism and if we can engage corporation than ever before, which in the united states, the arab world and also israel, that a peace deal may finally be within reach. that is a big one, he knows that we will see where this goes. it's nice work john roberts, go
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take a nap now. >> hayes like i'm still going! i have more work to do. >> obviously always on the president as he takes his first international trip.but home lawmakers are all here is waiting to hear from james comey. the senate intelligence committee confirming that he is said to testify in a hearing in the committee plans to schedule this right after memorial day. what are lawmakers saying about this? dammit tenney is live from washington with more. >> at least one lawmaker will not have to wait until that hearing to speak with james comey. today the house oversight committee jason chaffetz said he is expecting to speak with james comey tomorrow for the first time since the former fbi director was fired.he said one of the things that he plans to ask james comey about the personal memos that he wrote following his meetings with the president including one in
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which he was allegedly asked to drop the fbi investigation into former national security advisor michael flynn. >> is important to remember nobody's actually seen these documents. even reporter at the new york times is not seen these documents. there has been an awful lot written about it but i don't even know that the department of justice has them. maybe doctor connie has them. i don't know where they reside, i don't know if there are documents. but we are certainly pursuing them. >> in another concern is the report that the new york times said president trump told russian officials he fired james comey to relieve some of the political pressure the white house was facing with the russian investigation. that report allegedly came from an official document summarizing the presidents meeting with the russian officials earlier this month. why the white house has said that the statement had been misconstrued, the top democrat on hope house oversight committee wants documents
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subpoenaed for congressional investigators to review themselves. >> i want every note that they have. you have been so many lies, so many contradictions and i think documents will help us to find out exactly what is the truth and what is a lie. >> as the congressional investigations into russia continue, newly appointed special counsel robert muller is now getting up to speed on the fbi's work on the case and several lawmakers have said they would be surprised if muller allows james comey to go ahead with the public testimony a few weeks from now. >> will have much more on this story later this hour. thank you. >> meanwhile north korea grabbing some of the spotlight after firing a another missile. one week after his last launch. the medium-range missile flying about 100 miles before landing in the sea of japan. pyongyang's latest test coming as the president travels to the middle east and europe as part of the firstborn strip since taking office. we have more rationale from washington. allison?
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>> rex tillerson says the us is still in the quote - early stages of applying economic and diplomatic pressure against the reclusive regime. by today's test is disturbing. watch.>> the ongoing testing is disappointing, disturbing and we ask that they cease that because until they cease that testing, clearly they have not change their views.i think we are early in the game of putting pressure on them. and one can also interpret that perhaps they're just acting out now in response to some of the pressure that i believe they're beginning to feel. >> north koreans reportedly launching medium-range ballistic missile ran 9:59 pm hawaii time. the us pacific command since the initial launch near brooke chang and they attracted so it splashed down in the sea of japan. this comes one week after one of north korea's most successful tests today. last sunday the communist regime launched and missile. as it traveled 1245 miles above
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the surface of the earth. the international space station is about 240 miles above the earth. that means north korea's missile traveled so high it theoretically past the space station 1000 miles. white house officials told fox news that the missile launch today has a shorter range than the one tested last week. south korean military officials say traveled about 300 miles. it did not pose a direct threat to north america. this is the 11th test carried out by north korea this year. last year they tested seven in the same timeframe. in washington, fox news. >> thank you so much. >> not the warmest of welcomes for the vice president mike pence at the university of notre dame as dozens of seniors walked out of their own graduation ceremony during his keynote address today.
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it is the same university where students also process of barack obama in 2009. mike tobin is live on the campus with more. >> i think we should put the numbers in perspective. were talking about roughly 2100 graduates who gathered on the field for commencement. when the vice president began speaking about 100 of them got up and left. this was a planned demonstration and parents and spectators booed the departing graduates as i got up and left. the vice president responded by complement and the university of notre dame for remaining a form for open expression of ideas innovative universities with speech codes. safe zones and pressure to conform. >> 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. >> the walkout was organized by former student body president
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and leader in the lgbt community. his is the processing against the vice president was not against his policies. not only related to gay-rights issues but also immigrants and healthcare. he says it was not meant to disrupt the vice president speech. >> we want to make this an opportunity for them to walk out and hold your head high and can you be, to honor their time here as students of notre dame. >> they said there was not a lot of buzz on the campus are among graduates. the most was coming from outside. he asked the outsiders who were looking to inject their own political influence to back off and let the graduates have their day. >> thank you mike. >> outgoing house oversight committee chairman jason chaffetz promising to follow the facts wherever they lead. as he prepares to. >> : former fbi chief james comey tomorrow. about the russian
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of headlines. eight people hurt after a plane hit a supply truck on a taxiway and los angeles international airport shortly after landing. this happened yesterday. placing all injured work in the truck. not the plane. an american climber has died and an indian climber has gone missing as they headed down mount everest today after successfully scaling the mountain. organizers say the 50-year-old from alabama perished at an altitude of nearly 28,000 feet. meanwhile five people hospitalized after police say they ate nacho cheese from a gas station in northern california. reports say they were infected with a rare form of food poisoning that can lead to paralysis and sometimes death. the gas station was stripped of
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its permit to sell food and drinks. >> outgoing house oversight committee chairman jason chaffetz saying this morning that he plans to. >> : pharmacopeia director james comey tomorrow. ahead of the public testimony before the senate intelligence committee about the russian investigation. this following last week's media avalanche after the president abruptly terminated the former fbi chief. james comey's alleged memos documenting his oval office meetings with the president concerning format as a director michael flynn. >> director james comey and i will have a conversation. i've not spoken with him directly. it is important to number nobody has actually seen the documents.even reporter at the new york times has not seen them. there is an awful lot written and said about it but i do not even know that the department of justice has them. be the director has them. i do not know where they reside or where there are documents. but we are certainly pursuing
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them. >> there is a lot to digest here. let's go enterra spokesperson and senior policy advisor for the counter extremism project and a former cia military analyst. >> thank you for having to request much of the report on the president may have said to then director james comey and now lawmakers can hear this from him himself. but should he be considered a hostile witness since the president fired him? >> i don't think so. he's the former director of the fbi. he took note of the meetings during the period of time that he was meeting with the president. these were memoranda written prior to his firing. there also shared with the fbi officials i believe at the time. i think will be interesting to hear his testimony.i think there are a number of issues being looked at in the investigation. not just about russian interference in the election. not just about if their work or not ties between the trunk campaign and the russians. but also attempts to obstruct the investigation. i think that is a critical part
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where his testimony will become crucial. >> what is the goal for lawmakers? what are they hoping to accomplish? finding the truth i would assume. >> yes finding the truth. i think you'll see that play out both to the house senate investigations on capitol hill and for the appointment of special counsel muller. all of these investigations are going to look at sort of different components and they're going to get to the bottom of it. both publicly and -- a lot will happen also behind the scenes that we might not seen. there will be documents that are probably given over to the investigation and muller through subpoena. we will probably not all of them but i think that the american people probably have more confidence in the integrity of the investigation with muller at the helm.it will not become one of bipartisan debate. >> wavered from the president to step in the deputy attorney general. how important are these contradictions? >> i think the contradictions
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are important but at the end of the day they're going to be records about the meetings. there is going to be written transcripts of some of the meetings in some cases. notes that were taken. and these are all things that both in terms of the investigation and general plan in terms of the conversations between james comey and the president. the government does a pretty good job keeping test and would be interested to see what get turned over to the senate and house investigation and also what is turned over to the special counsel. i think there's probably a lot that we know already because unfortunately there has been a lot of flakes but i think there's also a lot that we do not know and i will all be behind the scenes. >> but gets more complicated. because as you know there are several separate investigations of the possible collusion between the trump officials and now you have muller overseeing this. so that could result in criminal charges being filed. i guess some people connected to this. so they could be reluctance on the part of anyone who
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testified before congress if they know that their words can be used against them as part of a criminal probe. >> yes and they can subpoena sent records also the criminal investigation will be let out and coordination with the justice department. as like any criminal investigation the choice in all of these cases about the level of documentation that they're going to turn over. it is important to find out, there are three parts investigation is a sin. it is not just about russian interference and it is not just about potential collusion between the russians and campaign associates and/or members of the administration. also it is about any attempt to interfere with the process to investigate both of those components. so all of those on the table in terms of the ongoing investigation and in terms of the collision itself, is not just about russian hacking of the dnc server. it is about any cooperation that took place between the campaign and the russians related to the election.
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whether that was coordinating, cooperating, sharing information. and/or knowledge of the hacking. we do not have evidence of these things. i'm just saying these are all areas that will be looked at through the court and investigation. >> what is the point of jason chaffetz meeting with james comey a week prior to his testimony before congress? >> that is a good question. i'm not fully clear. i imagine jason chaffetz coming and others that have leadership roles on capitol hill interleaving the committee. i think perhaps they requested one-on-one meetings. i'm surprised, james comey does not meet with him but perhaps in terms to lay groundwork for the testimony or just as background, for background purposes. but i will be surprised if we hear much from that. it will probably be a private meeting. i would imagine in terms of preparation for public testimony later this month. >> i suppose we will find out tomorrow. >> thank you. >> president trump making it
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the muslim world leaders today, they must do their part to combat terrorism. the landmark address reportedly written by a top official in the trump administration. up next, we will examine just how much influence the president staff had on his speech and possibly his presidency. also, the president preparing to travel to israel as part of his international trip.the message he is sending 23 of the world's major faiths with this journey. >> we must practice tolerance and respect for each other once again. and make this region a place where every man and woman, no matter their faith or ethnicity, can enjoy a life of dignity and hope. remember here at ally, nothing stops us from doing right by our customers. who's with me? we're like a sports team here at ally. if a sports team had over 7... i'm in. 7,000 players. our plays are a little unorthodox.
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partnership. >> of course that is the president delivering a major speech in saudi arabia. calling on muslim leaders to help combat the extremism emanating from that region. mr. trump offering partnership to the muslim world and the war on terror. the speech reportedly written by his policy advisor steve miller. it didn't go back to some key talking points. >> there is still much work to be done. that means honestly confronting the crisis of islamic extremism. an islamic terror of all kinds. we must stop what they're doing to inspire because they do nothing to inspire. but kill. >> generally now we have chris whipple author of the book the gatekeepers. how the white house chief of
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staff define every presidency. chris, good to have you back. >> thank you heavenly. >> i want to find a what you think when you heard the president's speech and then tackle your thoughts. >> it was moderate by his standards. to her that rather stones of the speech actually made him sick to his stomach. so i guess trump did something right. so the fact is that in no speech and no foreign trip, no matter how successful changes the underlying problem which is that the trump white house is broken. it is dysfunctional. the reason for that based on my conversations with 17 living white house chiefs is that donald trump has failed to empower a white house chief who can be first among equals, execute his agenda and tell them what he does not want to hear. and the disarray extends not only in domestic policy but also to foreign policy. i mean who is in charge?
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who wrote the speech? the fact that we are debating that just underscores the fact that nobody speaks with the president. >> so we. >> : those living chiefs of staff, what is the correction, what is there advice? >> i think it is not the first time a president came into office thinking he has all the answers. jimmy carter thought he could run his own white house. it took him two and half years to figure he could not. it took bill clinton a year and and a half to realize he had to empower a white house chief. so it happens. two chiefs have come at some 10 presidents have to hit rock bottom. there was a kind of intervention in bill clinton's case. hillary clinton and al gore told him he had to change. >> because president trump has those type of power players in his camp. >> what's clear is that it is broken. reince priebus has to go. he has no authority and has not from the beginning. he is no credibility and clearly he is not someone that can tell donald trump what he
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does not want to hear. i think it almost requires a kind of intervention ivanka trump, jared kushner and mike pence. someone needs to go in the oval, close the door is that you are in deep trouble. you have a choice. you can be a one term president which case do exactly what you're doing. or, you can be ronald reagan. you can find your equivalent of james baker the third. someone that can execute your agenda and tell you what you want to get. >> and do you think that ivanka trump or her husband jared, if they are the one that have his ear and say listen mr. president, you need to get this together. you have the political experience to suggest who that person should be? >> i'm not about to sit here and tell you i know that person might be. it may well be mission impossible. but you know, another thing about to go back to this foreign trip, foreign trips are
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easy. governing is really hard. foreign trips can be kind of like a narcotic or embattled presidents. and one is no danger here is that trump comes back and is caught up. thinking that he is doing everything right. he really needs to realize he has a broken white house and that governing is tougher than traveling to foreign capitals. >> maybe says the president will be riding high, unless speech, thus far he is doing well. can he come back and want to maintain that level of excitement. can he remain disciplined and be focus enough to come home to the white house, reorganize, stop tweeting and causing errors and get back here get his presidency back on track. >> there is no evidence so far that he thinks he needs a grown
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up in the room. every other white house, every other president learns the hard way. that you have to empower a chief of staff as first among equals in the white house. >> who should not be? >> you know, there are not a lot of james baker's around. maybe he needs the kind of civilian version of james mattis. someone that he respects and who apparently was able to turn him around on the subject of torture for example. but he needs somebody with that, someone he respects that can really tell him what he does not want to hear. >> well donald trump, mr. president may not want to hear something else has to say in terms of what he does not want to say perhaps. but what we do know, does not like to lose. so perhaps now is the time that he is going to pay attention. get things back on track. >> well he has been very successful in his real estate
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practice and as a campaigner. governing is different from campaigning. >> chris, we have deleted there. i am not going to change your mind on this. always good to have you. >> thank you for having me. >> the president wrapping up his visit to saudi arabia tonight. preparing to fly to israel tomorrow. he is expected to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and israel's president and continue on his path to become the first us president to visit us holy sets with a jewish christian and muslim faiths in the same trip. >> after concluding - in a fabulous place, today, - i will travel to jerusalem and bethlehem and then to the vatican. if these three can join together in a corporation, then peace in this world is
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possible. including peace between israelis and palestinians. >> ,powell has more from our jerusalem bureau. >> it was a quick trip for the president will visit several important religious sites in jerusalem.including the church of the holy sepulcher in the western wall. but this trip is really about trying to lay the foundation as the president says were the ultimate deal. the president will see netanyahu and -- but does he want immediate direct talks or smaller confidence building steps first? sunday evening israel's cabinet met in a series of economic incentives to the palestinians and is seen as a positive step.
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also send it prime minister netanyahu declared that jerusalem is and always will be the capital of israel. palestinians of course also hope the present jerusalem will be part of their capital if an agreement is ever reached. opposed to new talks let alone a two-state solution. conservatives believe president trump will immediately move to u.s. embassy to tel aviv to jerusalem as he promised in the campaign but the white house says it will not move the embassy now. >> these moves have angered some politicians in netanyahu's government. >> connor powell in jerusalem. thank you. arthel: first lady making mark in saudi arabia. today mrs. trump spent time with children at the american international school in riyadh
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speaking to fifth graders and delivering dr. suess books. the first lady praising the major strides being made there towards the empowerment of women. >> well, as former fbi director mueller begins work as special counsel or in russia investigation, senator john mccain says mueller appointment's raises the stakes in a major way.. than warfarin, i'll go for that too. eliquis. eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus had less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis had both. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to,
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the man now facing a possible charge of interference with the flight crew. and clean-up is underway in southern indiana after powerful storms triggered major flooding, police say the state of emergency has been lifted but a travel advisory is still in effect. rick. >> senator john mccain weighing in on the russian investigation this morning on fox news sunday saying the appointment of special counsel to investigate coordination between associates of president trump and russia in 2016 campaign raises the stakes in a major way. >> would the appointment of mr. mueller, we are now at the stage of a scandal and now the question is how is it handled, is it hand it would way watergate was or drip, drip, every day more and more or do we handle it like ronald reagan handled, scandal, he fired people, he went on national television and said we made a mistakes, we did wrong and we
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are not going to do it again and the american people let him move forward. >> for more on this, i'm joined by the author of the special prosecutor and american politics, katie, international affairs at lake forest university. katie, thank you for being with us. >> nice to be here. >> the former head of the fbi robert mueller, the most respected prosecutor in america. do you think he's the right man for the job? >> i think he is. i think there's -- it's hard to imagine anyone else who would have, i think, the level of support and trust that he has across parties. that's pretty rare in washington these days. >> he could -- his probe could derail the congressional investigation based on what i've been roading, though, and i find it fascinating how these different inquiries could intersect because witnesses may not testify at hearings if they realize it's a possibility of criminal charges from all the federal grand jury. do you think that's going to be an issue. >> that's right, i think it
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could be an issue. historically this isn't the first time that's happened and there's sometimes the members of congress and the special prosecutor's office have been willing to negotiate and work with each other, make sure the special prosecutor gets to interview somebody before they go before the congressional hearings but other times that's not happened, i mean, oliver north was given immunity and that ended up making it -- well he was prosecuted but his prosecution was overturned. >> the congressional hearings -- some see as the congressional hearings as a circus whereas the investigation of robert mueller has much more seriously, potential serious tone. >> to say that the congressional hearings are a circus, that's enough to give enough credit to congress, the senate committee has been acting pretty responsibly and they have a function that's different from the special prosecutor have congress.
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congress' function is to help understand what happened and the special prosecutors is to figure out where the crimes -- whether crimes were committed. >> who leaked the information from the president's meetings with russian officials, russian embassadors and others to the press and if it's a federal crime to leak information like this, then mueller's probe could actually lead to criminal charges to people who were the source of the leaks; is that correct? >> sure. i think that certainly could be part of what he's investigating. >> the mueller probe would be confidential in a town that's notorious for fail to go keep stuff under raps, do you think we are going to hear about what's going on? >> i don't think we will hear much. mueller, his reputation in particular is someone who, you know, buttons up and does the work and keeps things under
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wraps and that's what prosecutors are supposed to do. the saying is that indictment speaks for itself and if there's no indictment, then you don't tell a whole bunch of stuff about what you did. if you do indict something, the indictment lays out the evidence . >> while he continues with his investigation, if there are people reluctant to speak to congress because they could be compelled to peak to robert mueller, does that then force lawmakers to focus on policy and pay less attention to this stuff? >> yeah, i mean, i think there are things related to the issues here that congress probably wants to and should pay some attention to that don't necessarily have anything to do with the allegations of criminal misconduct around people, sort of how was it that it was possible for russia to interfere with the election. are there things that we can do as a matter of policy to keep
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that from happening in the future are within congress' bailey when i can and certainly things we should continue to look at . >> katy, we really don't know what was said in the meetings. there are report that is the president asked comey to stand down on the michael flynn investigation, the former national security adviser. if that happened, what might the fall-out from then be. >> depending on what kind of evidence there is, it's certainly possible that that would be part of on obstruction of justice and that's certainly something that mr. mueller would be looking at. >> something else that senator mccain said on sunday that he was almost speechless that president trump told the russians that comey was a real nut job. >> yeah. >> i wonder your reaction to that. >> well, i'm rarely speechless
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but -- >> john mccain is rarely speechless. >> i think the president challenged and those around him challenged figure out as one of the earlier guests said, how do we make sure to not add fuel to the fire and to keep this thing sort of on the agenda when what could happen to the benefit of the white house if mr. mueller goes about his business and doesn't talk to the press and could take heat off of this but if he continues to have -- we continue to have these revelations of things he's saying or tweeting, then it's not going to go away. >> quickly, katie, just to wrap it up, as someone who knows prosecutors and their role very well, you do believe that robert mueller was the right man to pick for this particular investigation? >> yeah, i absolutely think he was a very, very good choice. >> thank you very much for joining us on a sunday afternoon. >> thank you. >> well, the ringling brothers
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arthel: iconic ringling brothers and barnum&bailey circus preparing for a packed house, would be the last ever after 146 years traveling across america, laura ingle in new york with a very cool assignment, laura. laura: indeed, and you know arthel many people say they remember waiting all year long for the circus to come to town. those days are over after tonight's final show which takes place in just about an hour, that is for this very iconic group of circus performers and, of course, we are talking about the ringling brothers barnum and
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bailey circus. it's where we got the phrases, throw your hat in the ring and hold your horses, just to name a few and while the circus was wildly popular over the last 146 years, the circus operation ran into trouble when performing elephants were taken out of line-up due to animal rights pressure. the ringling parent company, high-operating costs and eventual poor ticket sales in their decision to shut everything down. performers say they have been honor to take part in this era but are kind of sad to see it go. >> it's a legacy of devotion to one's craft, when you see people who can fly and they can talk to animals and they can do daring things and they do all sorts of fabulous things with their bodies, you know they've spent a lifetime doing these things. >> those performers acrobats and animal trainers which number in
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the hundreds are all out of work, the long histof animals, though, have all been placed in new homes and that all shuts down tonight, 7:00 o'clock eastern is the last show and you can feel the excitement. arthel: how many times as a child did you go to the circus? laura: you know, i was having the conversation with my mom, not many, not enough. i've got to see it here and it's truly amazing. >> good for her. we are live from riyadh and the challenges awaiting the president on his next stop. and over-the-counter treatments, but my symptoms keep coming back. it turns out i have irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, or ibs-d. a condition that's really frustrating. that's why i talked to my doctor about viberzi...
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>> i am rick leventhal in for eric shawn, welcome to "america's news hq." arthel: i am arthel neville,ppif bridge building, president trump reaches out to the muslim world. now the president overseas tour rolls on to israel. >> jason chafe it said she will be speaking with james comey tomorrow. our legal panel looks at what is at stake. arthel: north korea defies world with another missile test, what this could mean in ongoing showdown with the rogue regime, "america's news hq" starts right
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now. >> we begin with president trump, dominating the spotlight in saudi arabia, with a landmark speech, president looking to turn the page with the muslim world. calling on nations to unite and defeat terrorism once and for all in search for common ground mr. trump mincing no words they all face a common enemy in iran. >> until the iranian regime is will be to be a partner for peace, all nations must work together to isolate, deny it, funding for terrorism. and pray for the day when the iranian people have the just and righteous government they so richly deserve. >> chief white house correspondent john roberts working a very long day and night, traveling with the
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president live in riyadh, saudi arabia, where it is 1:00 a.m., president trump told the arab leaders, his priority of the safety and security of america, but 95% of terror attacks targeted muslims, they share this common enemy? reporter: right, they should be united in the fight against this common enemy, this is not just attacks on christians or jews, but muslim will acknowledge 95% of terror attacks see muslims at the victims. they have gone this distance. jared kushner released say statement, that president asked us to plan a trip to help unite the world against terrorism. even the saudis say they according to u.s. officials who
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we were briefed by, they are ready for a new relationship with the united states, it appears they are beginning to go down that road big message that president was givenning today in the speech was that we can partner together against a common enemy, that common enemy is terrorism and iran. that could potentially yield benefits of peace, including finally peace between israel and the palestinians. president for that to happen, arab nations and greater muslim world have to come to the little bit and offer assistant. >> muslim nations must be willing to take on the burden if we're going to defeat terrorism and send its wicked idea ol. >ideology into oblivion. first task is for your nations to deny all territory to the
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foot soldiers of evil. every country in the nation has a duty to ensure what terrorists find no sanctuary on their soil. reporter: not all of the muslim nations, not all of the arab nation are onboard with that, some, giving safe haven sanctuary to some. saudis very happy with this trip, foreign minister, who used to live in united states, saying this is a turning point in u.s. and saudi relations. >> based on the president's rhetoric, many might have thought it all be a tough room for him to work. tough to tell thousands of miles away how his message was received. what is your sense? reporter: well, the fact that he chose saudi arabia which is site of the two holiest shines in all of the islamic world as his very first country to visit, i think a lot of people remember
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impressed by that he came with a message, say we're not going to lecture you or dictate to you or impose our way of life on you, we're just asking to partner with us. third, the fact that he singled out iran, really is being a big threat, many people here believe it is an existential threat to the arab allies was a point of commonalities. >> for decades iran has fueled the fires of sectarian conflict and terror, a government that speaks openly of mass murder, vowing the destruction of israel, death to america, and ruin for many leaders and nations in this very room. reporter: that prompted reaction from iran, foreign minister, saying that united states should wore more about saudi arabia, and preventing another 9/11. rick, you will remember, that 15 of 19 hijackers, of 9/11 came
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from saudi arabia. but iran is now seeing it is not quite a unified front but more than before that all of sunni arab nations with the u.s. are forming a coalition that looks like they are ganging up on iran. if you are aban iranian official you are worries. >> a fascinating day, thank you, john. arthel: meanwhile, here at home lawmakers react to latest develop in firing of james comey. the former fbi director agreeing to tell his side of the story, to the senate intelligence committee in next coming week, garrett tenney is live from washington with more on what lawmakers had to say on the sunday shows. reporter: that hearing will be james comey's first chance to respond to a number of reports that have come out since he was fired, including one that president trump allegedly called
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him a nut job during a meeting with russian officials this month. while white house pushes back that that report, a second part of that meeting is raising eyebrows on capitol hill, "new york times" reported that week that president also told the russians that firing comey had relieved a lot of political pressure he was under with the investigation in to russia's election meddling. fox news sunday, secretary of state re rex tillerson who was n that meeting says those comments have been misinterpreted. >> my take walker was not that -- take away are not that, president saying, these issues at home are not getting in the way of my effort and my government to move this relationship forward. reporter: several top democrats are not so condinsed and request that -- convinced and requesting white house to provide documents from that meeting.
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and feinstein said these new reports make her concerned that the white house is trying to cover something up. >> i know what the president told me when he called to say high was firing him. that turned out to be not the reincereason. reporter: james comby is not expected to go before the senate intelligence committee until after memorial day, he is scheduled to speak pr pyatt vaty with house -- privately with house oversight committee jason chaffetz tomorrow. they are interested in the memos. arthel: thank you could garrett. >> kim jong-un and north korea defying international community with another level launch. u.s. and south korean officials concerned that it is a sign to the rogue regime is speeding up
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its development of nuclear weapons and missiles. reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson said that u.s. is still in the quote, early stages of applying economic and diplomatic pressure against the reclusive regime. but today's test is disturbing. >> ongoing testing is disappointing, disturbing we ask they cease that, because until they cease that testing, clearly they have not changed their view. but i think we're early into the game of putting pressure on them. and one could interpret that perhaps they are just acting out now in response to some pressure that i believe they are beginning to field. reporter: north koreans reportedly launches a missile at 9:59 p.m. hawaiian time, this missile launch near back -- they tracked it to a flash down in sea of japan, a week after one of north korea's most successful
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tests to date, last sunday communist regime launched a missile, u.s., south korean and japanese officials say it traveled 1245 miles above the earth, that means that missile traveled so high it theoretically passed space station by 1 thousand miles. today the launch has a shorter range than the one tested last week. it traveled about 300 miles. it did not pose a direct threat to north america. in washington, ellison barber, fox news. arthel: president trump wrapping up his visit to saudi arabia preparing to flytize really isr,
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president to meet with prime minister netanyahu and palestinian president abbas. then mr. trump will continue on miss path to be first president to visit holy sites from jewish, christian and muslim faiths in the same trip. >> after concluding in a fabulous place that we're at today, riyadh, which i have gotten to know so well in so short a time, i will travel to jerusalem and bethlehem than the vatican. peace in this world is possible, include peace between israelis and palestinians. >> connor powell with more. reporter: it a quick but packed trip to the holy land for president trump, who will visit several important religious
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sites here, the western wall and church of holy se. >> president trump pushing netanyahu and abbas to renew peace negotiations, but there are mounting questions about what specific steps that president trump is opening to see from both sides. does he want immediate direct talks or smaller confident-building steps first, sunday evening israel cabinet met and approved a series of economic incentives for the palestinians, sunday, prime minister netanyahu declared that jerusalem is and always will be the capital of israel. palestinians hope that parts of jerusalem will be a part of their capital if an agreement is reached. when president trump was
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elected, israelis were excited but now some are raising questions, in netanyahu's conservative government are opposed to talks, let alone a two-state solution. and talks that he would move the capital from tel aviv to jerusalem. white house has said they would not move it now. it has angered some politicians in netanyahu's government, making an already difficult process all the more difficult. arthel: all right connor powell thank you. >> crunch time for the white house. after robert mule ar mueller isd special counsel. >> a collision on the runway at one of the country's busiest airports, what authorities are saying happened, ahead. usaa gives me the peace of mind
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the truck. not on the plane. >> american climber has died and an indian climb irgone missing while heading down mount everest today after successfully scaling the mountain, organizers say that 50-year-old from alabama perished. 5 people hospitalized after people said they ate nacho cheese from a gas station in northern california, they were infected with botulism, that could lead to paralysis, sometimes death, the gas station was stripped of its permit to sill food and drinks. arthel: nation's capital still feeling fallout from former fbi director, robert mueller named special counsel in the russia investigation. raising stakes on trump administration, saying best for white house to put all its cards on the table. instead of letting the controversy drag on.
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>> point is, to we get it behind us, get all of the information out there and move forward? american people are very forgiving, they understand that no one is infallible. my point is let's get all of the facts out, move forward and address challenges that face that nation. arthel: joining me now with more, republican congressman patrick meehan of pennsylvania who sits on the houses aways and means committee. >> and great to be with you. arthel: you worked closely with mr. mueller, tell us why you think he is the right choice for special counsel, assuming you think he is. >> he brings a sense of integrity, he has confidence of republicans and democrats, most important because of his service as fbi director, he is
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comfortable in the space, he understands the connection and issues that underly that relationship and i think he will be uniquely positioned to be able to not only investigate the matter but give people confidence that that doing so he is getting to it appropriately, and quickly. arthel: how do you assess mr. mueller's work ethic and his methodology? how will he tackle this investigation? if he investigates the leaks, will he get to the bottom of who did the leaking as well as motives? >> that may be, i think that first thing he will have to do is identify the scope of his investigation, what is it that is directly related to the russian relationship that he wants to investigate. will he take some of those issues. and move further on.
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in the election campaign. then also whether or not there had been acts on the part of the administration in particular the president which may have interfered with that investigation. i think those will be primary places. i know that administration is going to want him to look at that question about where there was inappropriate leaks of classified information that has been used to purposely embarrass the president. arthel: mm-hmm, do you agree with senator mccain, saying that appointment of a special counsel means that investigation has reached the stage of a scandal? >> well i wouldn't say a scandal. but it is a serious investigation. because for the first time have you somebody taken matters not before congress but before a grand jury, that is nature of the subpoena powerra bob mueller has, he will draw no conclusions until ciancia see he sees the f,
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that is the bob mueller i know. there could be issues raised if that could lead to serious charges. or very likely, impossible he could look at facts and determine that president did not act an intent to obstruct an investigation, and he finds that the president did not interfere in participate in anyway with russian collusion on the campaign. so you know there a lot of ways this could go. i think bob mueller will use it, make those decisions based on the facts. arthel: you have full confidence in mr. mueller. do have you that same level of confidence in congress, senators, representative, republicans and democrats, accept the findings from mr. mueller's investigation without political bias blinding their view? >> that is going to be politics in washington. i think those who know bob mueller, and people from both sides, have already confirmed
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their confidence in bob mueller. i do believe that the way he will approach it, will undermine that confidence -- under score that confidence, i believe that happy will accept it, they are looking for a timely resolutio. arthel: you know, we are reporting that congressman jason chaffetz said he is set to speak with mr. comey tomorrow ahead of mr. comey's public testimony happening after memorial day, which is before the senate intel commit y there. is there anything to read into that? >> it is a race for every committee to be first to become rerelevant. what is interesting to watch is extend that congress has access to documents. or mueller will ask congress to step back, you don't want to have if you are an investigator is people making multiple will statements, a number of people looking at same information and
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documents and same witnesses, and coming to different conclusions. i ask that specific question to rod rosenstein when he appeared before the house at our closed-conference friday afternoon. i wanted to be assured there was a methodology in place for congress to be able to have access to information to work with bob mueller but create the opportunity so that both and senate investigation mace -- investigations may continue. arthel: did get that? >> they look for point people to engage and communicate with mueller. i think it will be incumbant on those -- hey, if people' access to the information and they want witnesses to speak, you know they will have to work it out. arthel: cool heads must prevail. right about now. congressman patrick meehan, nice to have you. >> hey, thanks for having me, great to be with you. rick: president trump learning
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how complicated middle east can be, as he prepares to fly to israel, main officials express concern over a deal mr. trump made with a key ally in the region, saudi arabia. >> president trump's hard-line policies may be paying off, as new numbers show number of illegal immigrants arrested in side of u.s., have increased dramatically. >> walking out the door, that means we have to use resources to go out and find these individuals out in the committee. oh, hello! lucky for me, there's some great golf here in the carolinas. whether you golf or not, geico could help score you some great savings on car insurance. maybe even hundreds of dollars. whoa! (chuckles) hole in one!
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william with more from los angeles. reporter: making good on a promise to overturn obama-era immigration policies, new en % oenforcement numbers showing 40% increase in u.s. cities, that is 400 a day. although down from 2014 levels, i.c.e. said that 75% were criminal al aliens. i.c.e. agents say targeting immigrants who commit crimes is more difficult because of sanctuary policies. >> they are walking out the door, that means we have to use resources to find these individuals out in the community. reporter: for agents that means encountering more spouses, relatives and coworkers who cannot -- did not commit crimes but are here illegally.
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noncriminal alien arrests are up. angering critics such as l.a. police chief charlie beck. >> we get people to talk, we get witnesses to come forward, and victims to come forward. reporter: beck appeared at a news conference following a crackdown on the ms-13 gang. , l.a. police commission is considering a proposal to ignore minor crimes. the stats show how far apart trump administration is for many immigration. lapd officials refuse to show up at ms-13 press conference if i.c.e. attended. fox news in los angeles. rick: president trump cements u.s. relationship with saudi arabia with a major military deal.
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>> the landmark agreement includes announcement of a $110 billion saudi-funded defense purchase. and we will be sure to help our saudi friends to get a good deal from our great american defense companies. the greatest anywhere in the world. >> arms transaction to bolster national security in saudi arabia and kingdom's ability to combat terrorism it causes concern for another key u.s. ally, israel, which is the president's next stop on his until tour. israeli cabinet member, writing, hundreds of millions of dollars in arms deals is something we need to get an explanation for. saudi arabia is a hostile country. joining me now, dr. ariel cowen.
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thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure. rick: this is described as largest single arms deal in american history. why now? why the saudis? >> this is vi vintage, donald trump, he thinks big. think about the trip he is on visiting key countries of 3 abrahamic religions, saudi arabia, jeer u jerusalem and tht vatican, he is building a huge coalition. st looks like saudi arabia is eagerly jumping on, they will buy a lot of american arms, in fact not just 100 billion this year, it is additional, 350 billion over 10 years. together almost half a trillion dollars, a lot of jobs, jobs, jobs, trump is bringing bacon
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back home, looks good, drives attention away from russian investigation. but creating choppy waters ahead for the president, many are calling this troubling. one called it -- saudi arabia a hostile country, and saying that jewish state needs to maintain a military ej. edge. they have a loc a long term thrf god forbid saudi arabia ever follows the paths of iran and the regime turns. and a anti-american regime falls into power. >> this wouldn't be first time that u.s. arms fell into the wrong hands, is that something you see on the horizon with saudi arabia. >> not at all immediately.
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i think what president trump is doing, is trying to put more burden sharing on our arab ally. saying you get these people off the planet, you put more arab, and islamic ownership on the war on terror. and very important aspect of this trip is buttressing the coalition against iran. if i was an iranian leader today, i would be very nervous, billions of dollars of american weapon go to saudi arabia, qatar, bahrain, he is building this coalition, then he talks to the israeli. i understand israeli concern, but at the same time the relationship between the gulf states including saudi arabia and israel, are better than ever before. rick: president walking a fine line between near neighbors who do not polic love each other. >> yes, but on other hand in middle east, as many other
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places, it is who you are friends against, today israel ands sunni arab states are friends against iran, because ereasoiran is spreading instabiy from tehran to the mediterranean. rick: you mentioned 310 billion over 10 years, 100 billion up front. what do you see the saudis using this equipment for. >> a lot is not against isis. you do need it against iran. i see this big package mostly aimed at the defense of saudi arabia, against the islamic republic of iran. but also fighting the war in yemen for example that saudi stuck with that. rick: president making it clear he was not in riyadh to lecture the saudis, not on human right
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policies but to advance safety and security of americans. and defeat terrorism and build the coalition, how do you think that will play with israelis and palestinians. >> israelis are as -- as they come, they live in a tough neighborhood, they are not about to worry about human rights, this is more of a domestic issue for us, because a lot of people here. republican and democrats will attack the trump administration and particularly the president and secretary til tillerson for stating that human rights or not important. this is a realpolitik as much as richard nixon. at the same time, proof of the pudding is eating, if we're successful if building this coalition, and whipping off -- wiping off the map the radical
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islamic terrorist organization such as isis and al qaeda, it would be a huge success. rick: an aggressive agenda certainly, but that continues with israelis and palestinians, this has been said before, what do you think likelihood is of a peace deal. >> i am a pessimist on the israeli and palestinian issue and caution optimist on the rish issue. people talking to israelis, under the table some in open with palestinians, i hate to say its iz els israeli-palestinian t is a graveyard of diplomacy, trump would be the most unusual person to solve it, many tried, jimmy carter, bill clinton, george w. bush, everyone has failed. but trump is thinking big. rick: maybe that is what they
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need the unusual to solve it. >> it will not mark my word, not be resolved if the united states is not recognizing israeli rights in jerusalem, making recognizing jerusalem at capital or western world as a part of israel -- western wall as part of as israel. >> thank you very much doctor. arthel: time for a break, let's go to the circus. the end of the line for greatest show on earth, we're live from final ringling brothers barnum and bailey circus performance ever. >> wen can't wait. >> have to be happy for 146 years we could bring the joy to hundreds of millions of people. tech: when your windshield needs to be fixed... trust safelite autoglass. our exclusive trueseal technology means a strong, reliable bond.
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bailey. arthel: big top is coming down ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus taking its final bow before a packed how the on long island tonight, the end of an era last performance after 146 years. laura ingel is live in union dale, new york with a special assignment. reporter: indeed, you know there have been a lot of smiles, on the faces of children here. parents hold them close realizing this is the end of an era for these lions and tigers and clowns. there have been three shows scheduled today two have taken place, one is about to happen, that means it is the last show, then it is truly all over. as we have been talking about showing you the great pictures from inside of ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus, not only a piece of americana, but a
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beloved childhood memory for these parents bringing their children out. circus did run into trouble about a year ago, after performing elephants were removed due to animal right pressure, adding to that ringling president trum parent d that old fashion business model, and high operating costs contributed to the decision to shut it down. performers say they are sad to see the era end. but fans came from near and far to witness history made. one man we talked to drove from michigan. to see the last performance. >> once it is gone, it is gone forever. i'm not going to let a lit of geography stand in my way. >> it was kind of sad, this was first time i went to a circus. and this was last circus. >> it was my childhood, i am glad i got to bring my daughter.
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reporter: estimated 10 million people had been to a ringling circus each year, which delighted fans with acrobats, clown, and ice skaters, and 85 animals. pigs, horses, camels, a spokesperson tells us after the last show ends tonight those animals have a home, they have somewhere for them to go. all those performers and acrobats are out of a job, they sent out their circus resumes. they will be looking for work. arthel: good luck to them. laura thank you. >> right. arthel: quick question. your favorite circus snack? rick: oh. you threw me. arthel: cotton candy for me. rick: i was think that cotton candy, but as a kid. arthel: as a kid. rick: yeah. cotton candy. and speaking of cot a cotton ca,
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arthel: newing well questioning surrounding president trump concerning his firing of fbi james comey, they involve mr. trump reportedly made to russian officials in the oval office to why he sacked comey, democrats saying he may have committed obstruct of justice in the russia after investigation. according to the "new york times," president trump saying -- >> two top administration officials coming to mr. trump's defense saying that president's comments are blown out of proportion. >> i think that president was triking to convey and i'm not going to be dist tracke distrace issues at home. >> the gest of the converve sayinthe conversationthat presi.
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arthel: let's bring in our legal panel. rachel and david, good to you have. get your reaction to mcmaster and tillerson, who of the two has stronger argument david in president's favor or are they both solid defenses? >> i think they are both solid defenses, even beyond that, even if the remarks are as they are, they were not blown out of proportion, it does not come close to obstruct of justice, you need a willful act involving bribery for it to amount to obstruct of justice, if is not close, if remarks are obstruction of justice i would be guilty of that in every case i have handled. >> reich tol rachel to you, frol defense, political of whe perspe
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what, biggest roadblocks in the way of clearing his name, what does administration and president have in their favor? >> well, at this point, from a criminal defense perspective, his statements could be tantamount to admission of wrong doing in an obstruction of justice case, hardest part for government to prove in that case would be intents. if they reveal his intent in firing the individual was to prevent the investigation from happening then you are looking at straight charge, from a political perspective, biggest probably is he sold out an american by trashing comey to the russians, words matter, when he sold out comey by trashing him to the russians, he not putting america first. that is a problem from of perspective. what he can do right now is throw all his cards on the table, say mueller do your job,
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if an indictment happens it happens if not it speaks for itself. arthel: david. >> willful actions by means of bribery, u.s. code is clear on obstruction of justice, words don't matter. they do not obstruct justice, i don't care what the words are, i don't care why he fired comey, comey is an at-will employees, the bottom line is, it may be other things but not obstruct of justice. >> i disagree with you. >> when. >> when you impede a criminal investigation from doing what it is supposed to be doing. >> nope. >> he could have possibly, okay, fired him for the purpose of turning a blind eye to the investigation. and getting it off of there and relieving pressure he was facing, if that is the case he is looking at -- at -- >> jumping in. we have a minute. i want to ask you david, how key
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is comey's testimony in his memo and how can mr. mueller fold those findings with his investigation. >> comey's testimony could have an affect on president's credibility, but bottom line, it will have no effect on obstruction of justice, again, it is a willful act involving bribery, where is the bribery. show me the bribery. arthel: i am sorry, i have to leave it there i am up against a hard break, thank you very much. >> thank you.er >> we'll be right back. if a sports team had over 7... i'm in. 7,000 players. our plays are a little unorthodox. but to beat the big boys, you need smarter ways to save people money. we know what you want from a financial company and we'll stop at... nothing to make sure you get it.
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>> it sounds like a riddle but it's not. a stranger jumps right in the middle as prom pictures are being snapped for canadian teens. >> this was no ordinary photo bomb. the culprit was prime minister justin trudeau jumping into the shot. the teens didn't seem to mind. they asked him to take a proper group photo and he agreed. >> you look so young, i can't tell which is the prime minister and which is the kid. >> i gave a lot of thought your
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question about my favorite food and i realize it's been so many years since i went to the circus that i can't remember. that's a problem for me. but it was probably a candy apple. >> that's a good answer. i like candied apple and cotton candy. >> president trump making a pitch to the muslim world in his first overseas speech. it calls for unity in the fight against terrorism. i am kelly right in for harris faulkner and this is the fox report. the president delivering the strong message to leaders gathered in saudi arabia and a push to cut off funding for terrorist groups. as a front to people of all faiths saying it's not a battle between faiths but a fight between good and evil.
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