on a couple locations out there in california. >> they're not dropping donuts. just the word. >> you'll get your donuts. >> thanks for joining us. >> "america's news hq" starts now. >> the trump administration putting leakers on notice. hello, everyone. happy friday. i'm sandra smith. attorney general jeff sessions saying the government has tripled the number of leak probes. the director of national intelligence saying they mean business. >> important to stress, any disclosure outside of authorized channels is a criminal offense and we will simply not tolerate the illegal release of classified information. >> sandra: we have fox team coverage. john roberts is live at the white house. but first we start with doug mcelway live from the department of justice. doug, we understand the administration wants to potentially look at reporters roles in these leaks.

what did they say exactly about that? >> reporter: this may not be all that surprising, sandra, given that the president repeated the same for what he calls the quote unquote fake news media. there are many constitutional scholars who will tell you that reporters are protected by the first amendment and that the first amendment is sacrosanct. but there are many cases where reporters have been jailed for refusing to divulge their sources. judith miller was jailed for 85 days for refusing to divulge a source of course, demanded by federal judge thomas hogan. our colleague james rosen was named an unindicted co-conspirator by the obama justice department, eric holder. but this treacherous road is one of the reasons that attorney general jeff sessions may have worded this so carefully when it comes to reporters. here he is.

>> one of the things we are doing is reviewing policies affecting media subpoenas. we respect the important role that the press plays and will give them respect. but it is not unlimited. >> reporter: in a later pen and pad with reporters, the deputy attorney general was asked, will you jail journalists and he said, i'm not going to comment on hypotheticals. but there is already a case which is far beyond hypothetical. it was the release yesterday the publication yesterday by "the washington post" of the transcripts of presidential conversations with the president of new mexico and the prime minister of australia. the administration is already on record as saying that damaged national security and there are reporter bi lines associated with that story. since i have lost my ifb, sandra, please don't ask me any follow-up questions. i can hear you. >> sandra: roger that. thank you. from the white house today on sessions. the russia investigation appears

to be gaining steam. special counsel robert mueller reportedly tapping the services of a federal grand jury. john roberts is live on the north lawn, where he can hear me, thank goodness. hi, john. >> reporter: sandra, you can ask me anything you want. >> sandra: thank you very much. john, what's the reaction from inside the white house to the reports of a grand in your now impaneled? >> reporter: the president hasn't weighed in himself. he's had a couple opportunities to do that, including last night in huntington, west virginia, on the idea that robert mueller is using the authority of a grand jury to issue subpoenas. but he did talk last night in huntington, west virginia, about the overall tone and scope of the russia investigation, insisting to the thousands upon thousands of people who were there that it wasn't russia who put him into the oval office, it was people like the ones who showed up in huntington, west virginia. and the president repeated his mantra that this whole russia

investigation is nothing more than a witch hunt. >> they're trying to cheat you out of the leadership you want with a fake story that is demeaning to all of us, and most importantly, demeaning to our country and demeaning to our constitution. i just hope the final determination is a truly honest one, which is what the millions of people who gave us our big win in november deserve. >> reporter: i talked to every member of the president's legal team today and none of them have able to independently confirm that mueller is using a grand jury. ty cobb, let's put that back up on the screen. he's inside the white house. he's not here today. said, quote, grand jury matters are typically secret. the white house favors anything that accelerates the conclusion of his work, his being robert mueller. the white house is committed to fully cooperating with mr. mueller.

and john dodd said, quote, we have no reason to believe that president trump is under investigation. there's a point, sandra, that there may be less here than there appeared to be here initially yesterday. according to "the new york times" robert mueller has not impaneled a separate or special grand jury. he's using the services and the authority of a grand jury that has already been sitting here in the district of columbia. but it's still an indication though that this investigation is reaching a fairly serious phase and is likely to go on for some period of time. i can still hear you, so ask me anything you want. >> sandra: john roberts, thank you very much. by the way, some members of congress are taking steps to protect mueller at this point. >> reporter: the president has, in the past, said that mueller better stay in his lane, not go outside the scope of the investigation into whether russia hampered in the american election. kelly anne conway reiterated that this morning.

so some members of congress including lindsey graham are taking steps to give mueller some measure of protection. he will be introducing legislation that would require that any firing or removal of him from his position would be subject to judicial review. but at the same time, he is offering support for mueller, he is also giving him a warning, particularly after this news of the grand jury leaked yesterday. listen to what senator graham said this morning. >> he's running the grand jury process. i will respect it, do your work behind closed doors professionally, work with the trump team when you need to. but if we get constant leaks coming out of the grand jury, then he needs to be held accountable for that. that's not fair to the president. >> reporter: not fair to the president. likely, we will not hear from the president on this today. he is wrapping up a phone call with the president of france and then headed to new jersey for a working vacation for the next couple of weeks. >> sandra: 17 days. yeah, okay, thank you very much, john roberts.

we've got the author of "the swamp." washington's murky pool of corruption and how trump can drain it. eric bowling who is also co-host of "the specialist." fun to have you here. >> thanks for having me. >> sandra: there's a lot to get to. the leaks front and center as the president -- >> first of all, lindsey graham, really? really, senator? come on. you're doing trump a favor by saying that if trump finds to fire mueller he'd have to go through the senate to do that. come on, guys. >> sandra: he's protecting him. at the same time -- >> then what? >> sandra: showing you lindsey graham saying there's still no evidence here of wrongdoing, watch. >> i found no evidence of a crime by president trump or his team. i find no reason to fire mueller. if he can show me a reason to fire him, bring it on. if you've got a crime that trump or his team has committed, bring it on. at the end of the day, i want to protect the process, but i see nothing yet that the trump people have done wrong.

>> sandra: he's protecting mueller but giving the president credit. >> nothing the trump team has done wrong so why is he requiring the trump team to go through the senate to fire muleer? >> sandra: he just said he wants to protect the president. >> the process is the president can fire mueller. that's the stated process. that's the constitutional process. lindsey graham wants to change that. lindsey graham's no friend of the president. don't be fooled. >> sandra: what we just heard from jeff session. don't do it, as far as addressing those leakers.

i'll leave it there. is that all right. >> it's a working 17 day what do you call it, vacation. i want him to be rested. house is out six weeks. i vote for a 50 week vacation for both of those. always good to see you. >> >> sandra: congress woman debbie wasserman schultz defending her decision to keep an i.t. employee on the rolls for months. plus the governor of west virginia joining the republican party. he's not alone. so what can democrats do to win back voters? a panel is on deck to discuss this next. >> he's one of many democrats out there who are sick and tired of a leftist party that's gone so far that you don't welcome pro lifers, pro second

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>> sandra: fox news alert. the governor of west virginia having a press conference right now after switching from being a democrat to a republican last night during president trump's rally. he's not the only one. democrats switching parties and declaring their support for president trump. governor jim justice said this last night. >> i can't help you any more being a democrat governor. [ cheers ]

so tomorrow i will be changing my registration to republican. [ cheers ] >> sandra: let's bring in richard fowler, radio fox tv show host, former speech writer for george w. bush. good to see both of you. there's certainly a trend here, would you say? >> absolutely. people have talked about votes that switched in 2016, about 6 million people, people who voted for obama who ended up voting for trump. you've got to look at more the national trend of what's taken place over the last six years. democrats have lost 1100 seats. to put a finer point on this, there are 26 republican trifectas meaning they have the governorship, state house. democrats have six. part of the problem is, sandra, there's no real compelling

message. there's no compelling message coming out of the democratic party. at the same time i have been telling people, this ain't your daddy's democratic party. you look at some of the things, their pet projects of transgender. people are starting to think maybe this democratic party isn't our party any more. >> sandra: i should let richard respond to that and represent his party in doing so. >> good to see you, sandra. i think there's no question we lost a lot of seats. there's no question that we lost votes over the past couple years. this is less of -- i think our party needs to work on a message. a better deal is part of that strategy. overall what you're seeing happen is a shift overall. so what used to be solid democratic votes in rural parts of the country are now republican votes. what used to be republican votes in the country clubs of america. fairfax county, virginia, west palm beach florida have become

democratic counties. fairfax which was as red as red could be, blood red, is blue as blue could be. >> sandra: i think you're getting away from the topic at hand. let's get some numbers in here to back this up. west virginia switching from democrat to republican. from august 2016 through august 2017, 5613 repbl centered voters. you can see a similar trend happening in pennsylvania. pennsylvanians switching from democrats to republican. richard you can make your argument but they speak for themselves. >> sandra, i have been making the argument that we've kind of entered what i call a post party era in american politics. if people might be registered with one party or the other. there's no maybe real adherence. i think this is where democrats in 2016 failed and are

continuing to fail. the american people want to talk about job, the economy, national security, all these things. you're seeing a third of the democratic party wanting to talk about transgender rights, climate change. i think part of what you're looking at. this is something i think republicans need to be very careful about. if they don't figure out how to govern there is no real loyalty leslie to a party. it's which of these leaders are going to advocate issues that we believe in. >> sandra: a certain amount of this is self-reflection, looking at what's happening. look at hillary clinton's new book titled "what happened." there's no question mark attend of that title, richard. >> no, because we know what happened. she lost. i'm not sure why she's coming out with a new book. to go back to ned's point, i think he's right to some extent. democrats have to learn how to

govern and govern quickly. a recent poll came out donald trump -- what a president wants to have is over 80% approval with his own party. this week he fell to 67% among republicans. that is nerve-racking for republicans. >> sandra: ned, we've got to leave it there. >> it's july 2017. i'm not worried about polls until we get to 2020. >> 67% is very low. >> sandra: richard, i gave ned the last word. debbie wasserman schultz said she did the right thing keeping an i.t. aide after she was informed he was under investigation for fraud. why? you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise)

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debbie wasserman schultz is standing behind a former i.t. staff are facing charges for bank fraud. the lawmaker said she "did the right thing" by not immediately firing him even after he was injured in an investigation of stolen equipment from the house, and his access to the chambers i.d. network was suspended last year. live from washington with more on this. peter, how is she defending this decision? >> sandra, she said she wanted him to have his day in court, and just because he was accused of double billing members of congress for servers and computers would have dilated due process. she now tells the newspaper, "when their investigation was reviewed with me, i was presented with no evidence of anything they are being investigated for, and so that, to me, give great concern that his due process rights were being violated, that there were racial and ethnic profiling concerns that i had. he was only fired after the fbi arrested him on fraud charges as

he was trying to fight in pakistan. >> sandra: peter, what kind of red flags to republican see in this case? >> republicans want to know why this staffer and multiple members of his family were paid by the congress, hundreds of thousands of dollars, way more than they should have been paid. >> to put that in perspective, in my office, we spend about $1500 a month for i.t. support, it was contracted out. then they had access to the members of congress who were serving on key committees. the intelligence committee, the foreign affairs committee. so you have to get the facts of how these people would have been brought into the system, why weren't alarm bells answered earlier. >> in this newspaper interview, the first time we heard wasserman schultz talking about this case, but she says that is only because she has been on vacation. >> sandra: okay, peter, thank you. the trump administration issuing a stern warning to leaders.

>> let me be absolutely clear this morning. these disclosures have resulted in a major threat to our national security. >> sandra: why the doj crackdown is now sparking concerns about freedom of the press. plus, wall street about to wrap up another record-breaking week. we'll look at the factors that are fueling this rally, and how much credit should go to the white house. >> trump is promoting, on a certain level, optimism, because people feel if he relaxes the regulatory environment, that can only be good for the stock market. and also, if he is able to get to simplifying the tax code, that is going to be a good thin thing. recommended dry mouth brand. it's the only leading brand clinically proven to soothe, moisturize, and freshen breath. try biotène®.

>> sandra: all right, here's a quick check of the headlines for you that we are following at this hour, volkswagen pleading guilty overlying about diesel emissions in a detroit court this morning. oliver schmidt faces up to seven years in prison and a fine of up to $400,000. the ntsb is now investigating an explosion that caused a schools roof to collapse. police are looking for the person or people who opened fire on a crowded san francisco park, wounding three yesterday. at least one of the victims is in critical condition. all right, well, attorney general jeff sessions launching a war against the leaks, and pointing a finger at the news media warning, there are limits on freedom of the

press. >> we respect the important role that the press plays, and will give them respect, but it is not unlimited. they cannot place lives at risk with impunity. we must bow the presses role with protecting our security and the lives of those who serve in the intelligence community, the armed forces, and all law-abiding americans. >> sandra: a national security attorney, bradley, thank you for being here. first off, that balance. cannot balance be found when it comes to dealing with the media? >> absolutely. let's be clear that despite a lot of the concerns that people have about what people have about what was said in that press conference. it was essentially recycled chest-thumping verbiage that we have heard before. we have heard about it, we are going to have a crackdown on leaks and were going to prosecute leakers, and that has been done before by both democrats and republicans. we have heard about, we're going

to use the authority of the federal government to the extent allowed by the first amendment to inquire into activities done by the media. again, both the bush administration, the obama administration, two diametrically opposed ideological administrations both had cases that advocated the media and they had to find a way to address that balance between the news gathering activities of the press, which is a vital part of a democratic society, and tht classified information, which is the executive branch's responsibility. it is a delicate balancing act, one that has been tried and dealt with before, and so far, with the exception of the type of rhetoric used, i didn't hear anything in this press conference. >> sandra: this was announced as a crackdown on leaking, bradley. are you say nothing changes after this news conference today? >> personally, i view this as a nothing burger. a lot of it was repeated language we have heard before. the only thing of substance, the one thing that should be

followed very closely, is whether or not the media guidelines that the justice department relies on with respect to subpoenas or search warrants to go after journalist journalists, either emails or documents, things like what happened with james rosen here at fox news, if that changes, that is something to be concerned about. that is something to monitor. but beyond that, this press conference was meant for it audience of one, the president and the president alone. >> sandra: but he made his point, his warning to the media very clear. we will give you the respect that you'd deserve, but it is not unlimited as far as what you have as far as freedom of the press. when you are jeopardizing national security, which these leaks do do, the media has to somehow change the way they are doing things here, right? >> that, i think, with some of the impression the attorney general was trying to impose, trying to speak out to an extent the editorial board and to the editors at various

media outlets on what they publish and how they evaluate information leaks to them. the media is not going to change on the idea of publishing classified information. >> sandra: if this doesn't change things, bradley, what could have? what should the attorney general have said or what can they do? >> the only thing that might come out of this, with the attorney general mentioned, they might revise these guidelines to give more authority, more latitude to the justice department in terms of how they go after the emails and documents and other aspects of news-gathering activities engaged in by journalists. i don't think they're going to be criticizing the publication of classified information, but they are going to try to bend the rules, use precedent established by past administrations to see if they can go after more of the records of journalists to try to track down these leakers. >> sandra: under robert mueller, the grand jury, is this a big deal? >> it is too easy early to say. the fact that there now two grand jury's that have been

impaneled, that is certainly a significant. no longer voluntary interviews or anything along those lines. special counsel is using the authority of a grand jury to subpoena records. that is very significant. does this mean indictments are coming down tomorrow or monday morning? probably not. i don't think you're going to go near that yet. i think this is the special counsel using the authority of the grand jury to define the months and years that preceded. >> sandra: bradley moss, thanks for joining us. we want to take a quick look at markets. the dow jones industrial average, historic on wall street. wall street. the dow continues the rise that has been on, hitting a new hike for its ninth straight day of gains, and today's job report, it was a big wimp rituals that employers added more jobs in july than expected, pushing the employment rate to its lowest level in 18 years. what to make of all this?

live from the new york stock exchange, we are left wondering, does this last? >> the trend is your friend. i have been speaking with so many of the traders, and if you like the path of least resistance is still to the upside, and even if there is somewhat of a pullback, they are liking some of these stocks where they can pick them up a little bit cheaper. i will say the nine days of gains that have been straight on, we haven't seen a trend like that in the dow since january. this remains strong, 209,000 jobs added in the month of july, the prior two months had a net revision of +2,000. lisa health care, leisure, manufacturing. the and implement rate dropped to 4.3%, the lowest since 2001. we still have so many americans that have part-time jobs rather than full-time and hoping for some real wage growth to provide for their families. the trend is certainly in the right direction. bringing us to the record, they

dow up right now up 40 points exactly. we are at the eighth record close enable new micro. here are your dow winners of the week, apple came up with quarterly revenue in its history, 3m a winner, home depot, and jpmorgan chase. there have been some weakness in tech and energy. then moving on to some big movers also sandra. spoon apple has been a big mover on the week for a while now. >> two biggies, yelp and gopro. they are up about 26%, gopro is up 20%. >> sandra: the president and his administration taking a lot of credit for the stock market rally as well. nicole, thank you. all right, a rain delay at wrigley field during yesterday's ball game between the cubs and diamondbacks set the scene for some serious shenanigans. check out this grounds crew

member, got caught under the tarp. [laughs] he had to crawl his way to safety. that was only the start of it as both teams bullpens ham it up for the cameras. here are the arizona players writing and imagine roller coaster, i guess, and then he goes fishing and comes up with a big catch. okay. the d-backs decide to go bowling and pick up a 7/10 split. paul goldschmidt's home run power the diamondbacks to victory after over two and a half hours of rain delays. special fun on a friday for you. president trump heading off on a two-week vacation today. has the white house turned the corner on its communications problems? what could the administration be doing differently? close, heart-stopping moment as a pilot tries to make an emergency landing on a highway. what happened here? an estimate .

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>> shepard smith on the fox news desk. president trump's new chief of staff putting his military mark on the white house. general john kelly reportedly stopping rambling advisors in their tracks and kicking staff members from meetings. not only that, the general apparently wants the president's own relatives to check in with him if they need time with the commander in chief. so is it all working? live at the white house coming up at the top of the hour on "shepard smith reporting." >> sandra: a dramatic plane crash along in east texas highway caught on dashcam video. there it is. a single engine cessna attempts to land on the road, hit some trees, whammo, two people were injured. the pilot was treated and released. a top democrat on the senate intelligence committee is calling on congress to investigate the week of president trump's telephone transcripts. senator mark warner voicing alarm, telling

"the daily beast," "a president of the united states, a governor would tell us they've got to be a little have confidential communications, and i would say it is disgraceful those cannot." the calmness for "the wall street journal" and former speechwriter for george w. bush. the leaking of these transcripts, first of all, and we saw the crackdown by jeff sessions today, are they tackling the problem? >> i think they are trying to. i've been on both sides, people in the administration of talk to me, and i have been in the bush administration, where i had an obligation not to leak and not to release things. this release of the president phone records i think is getting universal condemnation because you can't have a president able to carry on a conversation if it is going to be leaked. >> sandra: do you have confidence they are going to get to the bottom of this? that someone will be held accountable? >> i think so. i don't think the wide audience

gets it. again, you have a small audience that may get it and someone might share it with a friend or someone who then shares it with someone else. but i think this is one that they probably can find out. >> sandra: we are hearing a lot of anger. we had senator mike lee talking about this just yesterday saying justice needs to be brought on. watch. >> whoever leaked these needs to be found out and needs to be reprimanded, it needs to be fired, and that is why, in many cases, doing something like this could not only and should not only result in termination but also criminal prosecution. someone is publicly disclosing that, that is a very serious federal felony offense. this should never happen. the president has every right to be discouraged, to be furious about this. we've got to get to the bottom of it. >> sandra: obviously a republican. democrats are also speaking out. just heard mark warner. are we seeing this being made a priority on the other side of

the aisle with the democrats? >> this is president trump's problem. it obviously came from somewhere within his administration, right? logical thing, his communications, his team there. so it is primarily his problem. but i think some responsible democrats realize, the president of united states cannot do his job if people are going to be leaking his private conversations. >> sandra: how dangerous is this? we're talking about how messy it is inside the white house. >> it's very dangerous. we have a lot of leaks. general flynn's names unmasked and leaks to the newspapers. the chairman of the house intelligence committee, many other names were unmasked. we don't know how many were leaked to the press. but it does seem a lot of people were carry casual -- very casual with confidential information. when i was in the white house, we had a safe, if i left it on my desk and went downstairs to get a diet coke, i could be cited for that. we treated it very, very

carefully, and obviously, that some people are not. you don't get to make those decisions when you're a staffer. >> sandra: the press is about -- the president is about to begin a 17-day working vacation. he's going to be headed off to his call for us in new jersey. how did this week go as far as messaging? we started out the week with you and your piece, trumps unused bully pulpit. really talking about how he could do a better job getting his message out. >> we know how the week ended, they killed the messenger, mr. mr. scaramucci. i think he had to go after the interview was put up there. look, i think president trump rightly gets criticism for choosing such a man who would conduct himself physically in an interview with someone, but i think he also should get some apart for picking general kelly come on, it looks like is recognize that they've got a problem, they need a serious person in charge, and again, whs

in the white house, no one would think of trashing the chief of staff. we had two excellent chiefs of staff. >> sandra: john kelly, is he the guy? >> he is a marine. he knows what chain of command is. you just can't have people fighting each other in public. it is very demoralizing. i think it doesn't help. it is not a disciplined message. the president has to get his message across, and to do that, he needs the white house all operating together. >> sandra: all right. bill, thanks for being here. former pharmaceutical martin shkreli has been found guilty, two counts on security fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. pharma bro convicted of three counts of fraud. and we will be right back.

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>> sandra: it is friday afternoon, and we could all use some good news. an indiana couple nearing the end of a culinary quest to visit every last cracker barrel restaurant in the country. i had the pleasure of speaking with wilma and ray about their epic journey earlier this week. thank you so much for being here, nice to see you. >> we are glad to see you. thanks for having us. >> sandra: what a neat story, ray. how did this quest begin to visit all of these cracker barrel restaurants? >> well, because it was so much like home and so comfortable, and people friendly, and we just enjoyed it a lot. and the food was all the alwaye

best. we could order things that we like and that we had at home also. even my wife can hardly keep up with all the goodies they do. >> sandra: why do you like going to cracker barrel so much? >> we know we get something good when we go there. >> sandra: everyone is watching this. your story, thinking, everybody knows they like cracker barrel, you've at least been to one, and we are probably all wondering, what do you like to eat when you cracker barrel? >> well, that meat loaf was our favorite. nobody could match that. we couldn't at home and haven't found any other place i could come close to it, so that was always a favorite. and the sugar ham for breakfast, and especially the blueberry pancake with blueberry syrup. >> sandra: it sounds like you know the menu very well. [laughs] >> well, we do kind of by now.

probably haven't quite tasted everything on it, but most of the things. and the hash brown casserole also at breakfast very good. >> sandra: you and your wife visited ten cracker barrel's in one day on a trip from orlando to canada? that is remarkable. and cracker barrel has certainly shown that they are thankful for your dedicated service and loyalty to their restaurant, as you just heard and you have just been told now. they have said this. "through their travels throughout the country, ray and wilma yoder have delighted the people in our stores, to the people who have welcomed and serve them over the years, ray and wilma are more than our guests, there are family and our home. to share back with you just a small part of the joy you have brought with you into 644 cracker barrel stories, cracker barrel is sending both of you to portland, where we will celebrate your achievement with you. welcome back, ray and wilma."

because, that is the only one you have been to yet, is that right? >> that is correct. >> sandra: how did that make you feel to hear from cracker barrel? >> oh, it's great. i love it, yeah. that is flawed at all amounts due. the excitement we get out of traveling the highways is cracker barrel number one for us. >> sandra: wilma, if they happen to open a new one in the next couple months, and going to go to that one too? >> probably. >> sandra: [laughs] well, it's a really neat story. thanks to both of you for being here. it was a pleasure to meet you. >> okay, nice to meet you. thanks for having us. >> sandra: and enjoy that meal out in portland. >> oh, we will. >> sandra: they were an absolutely lovely couple. we so much enjoyed talking to them. they have four wonderful

children that support them through that journey, and they are finally going to get a taste at that last cracker barrel. good luck to them, and see if any more open. they're going to go. a couple more stores open, they are there, they said. they are very active. america's sweetheart, taylor swift, gearing up for a fight. by the mega pop star is gearing up for a fight against a fired radio host. and make stuffing from scratch. so that you can spend time on what really matters. marie callender's. it's time to savor.

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