why or how she lost her balance. do we know if she is okay? rob: i assume she is. at least we know she is in switzerland which we learned today is the greatest country in the world. jillian: we did learn that today. thanks for watching. rob: see you later. >> the trump-hating fbi agent peter strzok makes stunning revelation about the russia investigation. strzok said there is no big there there. >> what this is all about is further evidence of corruption at the highest levels of the fbi. >> more u.s. companies giving back thanks to those new g.o.p. tax cuts. verizon and media giant disney. plus big-time wall street bank jp morgan chase. >> the president is going to dallas to speak to world leaders about investing in the united states. >> america first is not america alone. >> we need a physical barrier. we need an end to chain migration and visa lottery. we are going to get a deal. >> liberals and a lot of democrats are furious with

you right now. what's your response to all that anger? >> public does not like shutdowns. people love the dreamers but don't want the government shut down. >> out here trying to figure out what californians think about his first year. >> i think it's pretty pretty great. >> i think it's a failure. >> really looking forward to the next three years. ♪ ♪ steve: live from new york city, folks you, it's wednesday, 6:01. there is your wake-up call. you are watching "fox & friends" from studio f. ainsley: good morning to you. thanks for choosing us this morning. we are glad to be in your house. brian: we have so much to cover on both sides of this operation as well as the soaring economy as well as the immigration debate which shows early signs of not going anywhere over the next three weeks. steve: shocking. but let's start with this. it looks like robert

mueller, the special counsel looking into co-thriewtion pet of the united states. he wants to talk to him pretty quickly. according to a story in the "the washington post," apparently he would like to have a face to face and some of the other questions are written down. generally what he wants to talk about is the firing plaintiff flynn and mr. comey and efforts that have been suggested to remove the current attorney general. the good news for the president is, it sounds like that whole russia collusion thing not really looking into that. ainsley: the president's attorneys have said all right we are going to talk about this. whether or not he will sit down with robert mueller. he said we hope to have the president answer some in person and answer some on paper, some in writing. brian: right. here's the question. jeff sessions evidently just met with robert mueller. some people called it a grilling. others have said just last add long time. then we found out right before the new year james comey met with robert mueller. one thing is pretty clear, they are coming to a close

on this. after the president, what do you do for a headline? they want to get answers. i mean, for me, if they are lining up every single person that had anything to do with this campaign over the last two years, it seems to me not in the president's interest to be able to sit down and try to recall every single interaction if somebody is there trying to maybe catch new a perjury trap, especially if the main focus is supposed to be collusion and then talking about obstruction of justice. what are you obstructing if there is no justice to obstruct. steve: the president all along hebrew talking about look, you see these love birds over at the fbi. they hate my guts. you know, it looks like the deck is stacked against him in some parts. you know. brian: or was. steve: it does suggest that there has been a massive scandal at the fbi. you know, you look at the stuff we have learned in the last couple of days. secret society, the missing texts, the insurance policy, the dossier. it all adds up to it looks like somebody in the fbi and we know the love birds were

involved but we don't know who else could have been involved in essentially trying to pick the president of the united states. ainsley: there are 50,000 text messages and those don't even include the five months of missing text messages. and if you go through some of these texts, they are unbelievable. listen to this one. this is peter strzok. this is two days after robert mueller was appointed special counselor. it was on may 19th, 2017. he writes: you and i, to his lover, you and i both know the odds are nothing. i thought -- if i thought it was likely, meaning if there's collusion, i would be there no question. i hesitate in part because my gut sense and concern there is no big there there. steve: no big there there. a nothing burger. brian: he did join the case and got kicked off shortly after. also, lisa page evidently has a text message out there that indicates that she wanted to finish off the clinton investigation because that investigation was not quite done.

she says she wants to finish this. she says for me and this case personal slay sense of unfinished business. unleashed it with mye. the clinton investigation that didn't really amount to anything. now i need to fix it. i need to fix it and finish it. steve: yesterday senator ron johnson was on with bret baier. he revealed, you know, he verified there are these texts about the secret society, right? but then he spilled the beans that somebody from inside is spilling the beans. listen to this. >> top officials in the fbi knew that loretta lynch knew before she said she was going to let comey decide he wasn't going to prosecute. he was going to press charges at all. comey later testified there was no coordination between the department of justice, the loretta lynch, and the fbi. so that is coming into question. so, what this is all about is further evidence of

corruption, more than bias but corruption at the highest levels of the fbi and that secret society, we have an informant that's talking about a group that were holding secret meetings off site. there is so much smoke here. ainsley: who is telling the truth? james comey testified under oath that there was no coordination. was there coordination? steve: it's just crazy. the president himself yesterday tweeted this out regarding the love birds. where are the 50,000 important text messages between fbi lovers lisa page and peter strzok? blaming samsung. that's what the fbi has done. look, there was a problem with the software and retention at the fbi. we're really sorry but we can't find them. a lot of people says that's plain fishy. brian: there is inspector general report about what went on at the fbi that's going to be out soon. chuck grassley yesterday said the justice department statement about the messages

need to be reconciled because blaming samsung for the reason why these text messages aren't retained is absolutely out of control. meanwhile the other major story taking place yesterday is the aftermath of the three day lockout which produced nothing for the democrats and nothing but heartache and worry for the people employed by the federal government. by far in the early round, very few people that i know really believe the democrats got anything out of it. in fact, chuck schumer looking to save possibly his career in leadership came out and said we are going to start brand new. they got three weeks to get this done. i trust mitch mcconnell is going to put this to a vote. by the way when i offered to fund the wall at whatever level he wouldn't reveal the number he said that is off the table. ainsley: he never should have included the daca thing in founding the government anyway it all back fired on him. he eventually said we will found the government if you give us daca. the president said no, i want the wall. i want the visa lottery system.

steve: chain migration and then you get damascus that. ainsley: and then you get daca. chuck schumer is getting blamed for the schumer shut down. you never should have shut down the government chuck schumer. you are right. i'm going to fund the government and i'm retracting my promise that i will give you money for the call. brian: he lost a lot of his constituency. a lot of democratics defected from the leadership. it's going to get done below the leaders. guys like joe manchin and lamar alexander are fed up. they were supposed to be the voice of moderation originally with the senate but they haven't been for 20 years. ainsley: i know we are talking about washington. this goes back to what your grandmother always told you just do the right thing. fund the government. do all this other stuff and he wouldn't be dealing with this today. steve: chuck schumer is in trouble with his base because his base is outside of his house in brooklyn with the protest signs. the president of the united states tweeted this out yesterday. crying chuck schumer understands after humiliating defeat that if there is no wall, there is

no daca. we must have safety and security together with the strong military for our great people. meanwhile, chuck schumer, here he is talking about how his base steamed. >> liberals and a rot of democrats are furious with you right now. what's your response to all that anger? >> well, look, we have advanced the cause. what people have to understand and i think most people do, most of the democrats here on capitol hill perfectly understanding, we don't have the levers of power. all of us in the democratic caucus, not just the moderates but liberals as well came to the view that if we carried it on much longer, two things would happen, a, no one would budge. the public would lose support of the shut down. people love the dreamers but don't want the government shut down for it. we cut the best deal we could. brian: people weren't tolerating that in brooklyn. they stormed his office in

washington before. on top that they interrupted nancy pelosi's speeches before. there you see the protesters, now all of a sudden chuck schumer says he doesn't have the power. he knows in the senate have you 60 votes. he kept saying that over and over again leading up to this. he criticized the president about his negotiating or not negotiating. diewngsd the president realized where his leverage was and all in the white house and by keeping silent that was negotiating because he realized chuck schumer had no hand to play. that was his tactic. ainsley: deputy press secretary at the white house yesterday hogan gidley was slamming schumer on fox news yesterday just saying this is a phony plan anyway. he was only offering 1.6 billion to fund the wall next change for daca. and the president said i need 18 billion to build this wall. steve: so anyway it, looks like they're starting from scratch because the white house also said that bipartisan plan that came out at the middle of last week, that's a nonstarter. we are not even going to consider that. so, guys, start over. ainsley: back to the drawing board and they only have about two weeks.

steve: 6:10 in new york city. here is jillian. jillian: we start with a fox news alert. at least 33 people are dead and dozens injured after a double car bombing in benghazi, libya. first car blowing up in front of a mosque while worshipers left evening prayers. second exploding just 15 minutes later across the street. so far no one has claimed responsibility. the teen who opened fire at his high school killing two classmates will be charged with murder. police say the 15-year-old boy sprayed his crowded high school with bullets leaving two teens dead and more than a dozen hurt. his motive is still unknown. one student claims he knew exactly what he was doing and he looked determined. >> i just, you know, i took off. i started running, you know, i was scared for my life. it was terrifying. still, is like something out of the movies. it doesn't feel real. jillian: three students remain hospitalized at this hour. president trump's america first mantra will take center stage when he heads to switzerland layer later

today. the commander-in-chief attending world economic forum meeting with world executives pushing to stop unfair trade and promoting our economy. >> america first is not a america alone. we are open for business. we are a competitive country. >> expect this country to go there and show what america first continues to look like on the world stage. ainsley: steve mnuchin and white house advisor jared kushner also going on the overseas trip. marine vet at arlington national cemetery salute to first ever female ♪ of the united states marines ainsley: master sergeant catherine murray serving for nearly 20 years after enlisting in 1943. she was assigned to motor transport duties and drove five ton trucks during world war ii. murray was 100 years old.

guys? steve: god bless her. thank you very much, jillian. brian: 12 minutes after the hour. we have been talking about it concerns about corruption in the fbi. the man who led the hunt for the unabomber has perspective you won't hear anywhere else. he wants to know how are these two still working at the fbi. steve: the love birds. ainsley: plus, a school bus packed with students slides backwards down an icy road. steve: oh my. >> oh my god. oh, no. ainsley: we're going to play the entire video for you coming up. venture card, you'll earn unlimited double miles

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♪ brian: bombshell new text messages for fbi investigators raising concerns about the russia probe and possible bias against the president after he won election and leading up to the election. so are the rank and file fbi agents reacting? do they feel they are getting a raw deal? former deputy assistant to the terror division terry teshy has been talking to them. those are the people on his

speed dial. he joins us now to weigh in. when you look at lisa page and peter strzok how do you feel that reflects on the fbi or do you feel we are taking them out of context and not giving them a fair shake? >> first of all we have to separate what happened at the top levels of the fbi from the rank and file from people working in the trench in the field divisions. those people are doing their job. but they count on these people in these positions to help cover them from politics. because, there's nothing new about the department of justice trying to inject politics into the fbi. and we always were on guard on that. but, in this instance. this is a catastrophic failure. the fbi was failed at the top by the director, the deputy director, peter strzok, lisa page. lisa page, to give you a frame of reference here, was a chief legal counsel in the deputy director's office. that's a big deal. so, this didn't just all happen. it wasn't a series of coincidences.

people have worked major cases in the fbi know that these kinds of things just don't happen unless they're designed to happen this way. and when you look at little things, you have to be really alert to little things that were going on in the past year. for example, i will give you three of them. hillary clinton numerous times was positive she was not going to be indicted. remember that? brian: yep. >> she had it all down. she knew. she knew she wasn't going to be indicted. the phoenix meeting on the tarmac, we're then told we find out later the fbi was more concerned about the leak that there was a meeting. i would have thought and did i think early on that gosh, they wouldn't do such a glaring thing in front of an fbi security detail. but that wasn't the worry. the worry was the leak about the meeting. and then a couple days later, after the exoneration by director comey, the president is now going on a campaign rally with hillary clinton. he knew that she wasn't going to be indicted that

would have never been planned. there is a lot going on here and people have worked these cases see what's going on and we need answers. brian: terry, we have a whistleblower to talk about the secret society that was referenced in one the text messages that wasn't lost by the samsung phone. that's interesting. but you said we haven't gotten to the heart of this yet. what do you mean? >> i mean that there is a lot of political dirty tricks going on here. i don't think this trail is going to stop at the door of the russians. i think it's going to stop where the democratic party came through the door of the fbi i think this is watergate part 2. bill and hillary clinton part two. we put up with all of this and the clintons during my time at the fbi. it was one scandal after another if you luke at past practices remember we always say the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. this is all way too looking like the things i saw when i was there. brian: terry, we are going

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♪ ainsley: here's some quick headlines for you, the government shut down not stopping our military from blowing isis fighters to bit. weekend air strikes killing 150 terrorists in eastern syria targeting one of the last remaining areas under isis control. top military officials believe the head of the group is hiding in that area. and the accused terrorist that was charged with murdering will people on a new york city bike path on the west side refusing to stand for a federal judge. his namhe is from uzbekistan

accused of mowing down people with a truck in the name of isis. his lawyers have said he would take a plea deal in order to avoid the death penalty. steve: thanks, ainsley. remember when president trump promised this on the campaign trail? >> we're going to win so much, you may even get tired of winning, and you will say please, please, it's too much winning. steve: well, thanks to his tax cuts that went through congress, there is even more winning, jp morgan chase announcing yesterday plans to raise hourly play for employees and add thousands of new jobs. yet, some democrats won't admit the economy is winning right now. will they ever stop complaining about it? well, here for a fair and balanced debate we have the former speech writer to attorney general eric holder and loretta lynch jake mcnamee. good morning, jake. >> good morning. steve: economists at the university of maryland professor peter more reachy, good morning. >> good morning.

>> certainly own the tax cuts the reality is for most americans and americans making less than $75,000 a year, taxes are going to end up going up over the next 10 years. so, it's even for these lucky few who are getting bonuses or who are getting small raises, ultimately it's going to come out to be a loan and going to come due eventually. steve: okay, professor, i don't know that it's a lucky few in the middle class going to wind up seeing more money in their paycheck because i believe the withholding tables are changing first of february and suddenly everybody is going to have more money in their pockets. >> about 91%. let's say 90% of americans will have more money in their pocket come february 1, february 15 as these withholding taxes take effect. more importantly though, the tax cuts going to make less expensive to invest in america. it's just going to lower the cost of doing things give

more money to spend and more demand. more demand and lower cost do more. invest more, create more jobs, that should drive up wages. the real $64 question is will the economy do better? barack obama accomplished 1.7% growth. steve: right. >> if we can double that then we can afford to expand tax cuts beyond the five years. the concern some of the tax cuts will laps will go away. let's see how it performs. steve: jake, i have heard a number of democrats actually cite the former president for the reason the economy is taking off. are you one of those guys. >> yeah, absolutely. steve: you are. so tell us how president obama is impacting is impacting what is happening in the united states a year later. >> laying ground work for growth that took us down the barrel of a second great depression and bringing us to where we are now some of the best growth we have seen in a long time. and let's remember, too when we're talking about multinational corporations

investing in their workers, most multinational corporations when asked what they would do with savings from this tax bill said that they wouldn't invest in their workers. said they would use it for share buy backs and dividends and using it for paying down debt. so, and some large multinational corporations even now are saying that they're going to close offices. that they're going to lose workers. you saw sam's club -- excuse me wal-mart say they are going to close 60 some sam's club. kimberly clark is shedding workers and so is at&t. a lot of the these multinational corporations even now aren't investing in workers and america they are investing in executives and top brass. steve: professor, disney yesterday specifically cited the tax cuts from the president of the united states and the republican congress is the reason they are going to give 125,000 of their employees $1,000 bonuses. >> absolutely. there are lots of companies that will be able to pay

their employees more money. some of that is already happening. apple is another. foxconn from taiwan is moving to the united states. i think it's pretty easy to demagogue this issue if you want to and that is purposefully confused. kimberly clark, union any leave, proctor and gamble the consumer companies are under a lot of downward pressure because of amazon. they are going to be shedding jobs no matter what though amazon is adding jobs. that's just structural change in the economy. but, more broadly, you know, it seems to me amazing that for a seven year economic recovery that averaged 2.1% growth, donald trump becomes president, starts deregulating, tells businesses we're going to have a tax cut and all of a sudden we are growing at 3% three quarters in a row. that is something that has not been accomplished since early during the bush years. again, you can't take credit for the entire bush boom and we'll see what happens. your record is in the book. 1.7 economic growth. 2.1 during your recovery.

let's see if donald trump does better. what i would like to know is 2, 3 years now from now if the u.s. economy has done better, are you willing to recant on those statements? or will you invent new reasons to criticize him? >> look, certainly. >> will you recant? >> certainly donald trump started with a good hand. he started with an economy that was roaring and we will see where it goes from here. believe me, i would love to see an economy that keeps growing. and we will see where it goes. but the reality is he started with a real good hand that he got from the previous president. steve: jake, just out of curiosity, do you agree with nancy pelosi those $1,000, $2,000 bonuses are just crumbs? >> well, the problem with the bonuses is that they are not long-term wage increases and that they are going to come due when those people have to pay more money in taxes and in healthcare. steve: all right. good discussion, guys. professor, jake, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. steve: it is 6:30 in new york city. coming up, our friend ben

shapiro will speak on a big college campus tonight and some students are getting counseling to prepare because he is there. i'm not kidding. plus, white house press secretary sarah sanders blasting the media's focus on russia, russia, russia. >> you guys are absolutely obsessed with everything to do with collusion. if it has anything to do with the president. steve: so why won't they cover the fbi and the president's accomplishments? tomi lahren has an idea and she is next. first, happy birthday to neil diamond and the singer is 77 years old. fans around the world are sending him thoughts and prayers after he announced he has parkinson's earlier this week. let's listen ♪ you believe they never would ♪ but now i ♪

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>> most of you have spent the better part of a year looking, digging, obsessing over trying to find something and have yet to find anything. in fact, a cnn reporter actually admitted over the weekend that when you talk to people about russia and that's all we talk about at cnn, basically, they say they don't care because it doesn't have any effect on their lives. frankly, this administration, we have said it time and time before, there was no collusion. there is nothing to it. we are ready to move on. clearly the american people are and my guess is some of you are probably tired of talking about it as well. steve: all right. so there you have sarah huckabee sanders during her press briefing yesterday. and if you take a look at what it says in the "the washington post" today talking about how the president would like to be robert mueller would like to interview the president, it's about a line of questioning that doesn't have to do with russia for the most part.

brian: well, we think, but who knows what robert mueller is actually thinking. and also they did interview the first cabinet member in the attorney general who is one of the first to jump on board the trump train as a supporter. ainsley: let's bring in tomi lahren a fox news contributor waking up early in california for us. hey, tomi, great to see you. what do you make of sarah huckabee sanders saying all the media you are obsessed with russia, i wish you would take that same fervour and obsession and focus on what democrats have done, what's happened at the fbi, these text messages? >> first of all, i would like to say isn't sarah huckabee sanders amazing? if we're going to applaud women, we had the women's march this past weekend. if these women really want to march for someone they should march for someone sarah huckabee sanders first mommy press secretary. she handles this press conference perfectly. mainstream media and obsession with russia. if they weren't obsessed with russia and some sort of collusion that has zero evidence, then they actually

have to talk about the accomplishments of this president and they don't want to do that. they have to focus on this or they would have to talk about the real collusion story that's happening unfolding before our very eyes. again, they are not going to do that. steve: sure. and tomi, i think what you are talking about what's going on at the fbi. how did they lose five months worth of text messages? what did they do ultimately what are they doing with the love birds there. apparently they are still working at the fbi as well in different departments. but that's the real collusion and you don't see them talking about it on other channels other than this one. >> isn't it funny how, you know, certain sides of the political aisle, they usual have things that go missing to their benefit, the irs scandal, hillary's emails, now these text messages, i'm sorry something stinks here. and yes, again, they should be talking about these things. these things are very real. they are in front of our face. we can see it unfolding and we are covering it here on fox news. the other mainstream media

networks are not going to cover it because it makes them look terrible for focusing on the trump russia narrative and not focusing on this. and, again, if they had to actually tell the truth, it would implicate president obama, hillary clinton, and president obama's fbi and they do not want to do that. it would invalidate everything they have been saying for the last year. they do not want to look silly so they won't talk about it. brian: fascinating development as the nfl coming off biggest ratings since last year's super bowl with the jaguar's game and patriots beat them in the fourth quarter that played into it. they rejected amvets add that would have emphasized the need to stand for the national anthem. amvets being the american veterans. the nfl's decision this is a celebration of football. what's your reaction to them rejecting that ad? >> isn't it sad that it's now become too political or too controversial to ask americans to stand for the american flag? that used to be a given.

that used to be something that all americans were proud to do regardless of political affiliation, race, jerntiond. that used to be a given. and now it's not. and we have the nfl in part to thank for that and when they say that they don't want this game to be too political. are you kidding me? what have they done for the last two seasons? they bent over backwards for activist groups and spit in the face of patriotic americans, veterans, and our military. and now they don't want to be too political? give me a break. brian: but the super bowl is oftentimes one of the most patriotic pregames ever with the flyover and the flag and they usually have the military, i think they would have done a great job just to let the ad one because they say they can't control the players. they also can say this is a reputable organization we are proud of. maybe we don't love the ad but just let it run and avoid the criticism. >> the nfl has made it clear they do not stand for patriotic americans anymore. they stand to bow down to

activist groups know you this he are viewing this. funny how choosey they are with what flies. there have been ads that fly in the super bowl. budweiser and 84 lumber that have advanced anti-trump messages. pro-immigrant messages very political in nature. that was okay. but standing for the flag, respecting the flag and the anthem now that's too political. again, give me a break. ainsley: you live in a liberal state, what's known as a liberal state. in fact i wrote on article that democrats want to tax any profits you would make after the tax returns so let's talk about your state. did you go out on the street and you talk to people in hollywood, right, about president trump? what was the reaction? we want to watch and this then we will talk to you about it, okay, tomi? >> what do you think about the first year. >> i think it's really great. i kind of back him um. some of the things he says on twitter i don't necessarily agree with all the time. but for illegal immigration,

i totally back him um. >> i think everybody is pretty convinced that it was a failure this year. >> i think is he an answer to prayer. >> have you always voted republican? >> no, first time. >> why is that? >> donald trump, i wanted to change. donald trump was going to bring it to this country. obviously is he doing it. >> i am really looking forward to the next three years. brian: where did you find them? >> well, you know, there is more to that. we definitely encountered some other folks that were not as happy. ainsley: i bet you did. >> i have got to tell you guys this. i moved to california from dallas, texas, of course, a much more conservative place. i do have to tell you as i have been telling sean for the last three weeks, there are conservatives here. there are proud trump supporters here. even in west hollywood we found so many. we almost had to turn away the trump supporters because we kept getting the same answer. it was actually sometimes hard to find people that didn't like this president and that was in west hollywood of all places. steve: there you go. >> don't let the liberals

fool you. there are conservatives here and they're diverse. steve: tomi lahren thank you for joining us live today from hollywood 3:41 in the morning government bless her. brian: susatmzchuck schumer all smiles after ending the government shut down. >> we're very pleased with how things came out. i think we have renewed momentum. brian: they looked pleased. especially dick durbin. doesn't he? next guest says is he playing politics with our budget and putting lives at risk and there is nothing to smile about so look grim ♪ down the road i've ever known ♪ i was born to walk alone ♪ but i've made up my mind ♪

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oh my god. oh my god. >> can you imagine? there were nearly two dozen kids on board that out-of-control bus when it slammed into a car. no one was hurt. the street very ice qua there. fear of conservatism taking center stage. offering counseling to any students offended by writer ben shapiro's speech today. university taking aim at free speech banning the public from attending shapiro's appearance. here is a look at your headlines. ainsley? ainsley: thank you, jillian. senator schumer all smiles as the government reopens after that three day shut down. >> we are very pleased with how things came out. we are a lot better off today when it comes to the cause of dreamers than we were four or five days ago.

we have gotten a commitment from senator mcconnell, trust but verify, but he made it not just to democrats but to a good chunk of his own caucus. so, that means a lot. and i think we have it renewed momentum. ainsley: but are democrats going to push another shut down in three weeks if they don't get their way? and could playing politics with the budget be a deadly game for some americans? our next guest says yes. mckenna was a marine and a doj prosecutor who is now a treatment specialist for addiction campuses. he shares his story of how his life changed with his own drug addiction spurred by opioids in his book it's called shear madness from federal prosecutor to federal prisoner. and drew, thank you so much for being here. you served time. 65 months behind bars after you were a marine. you were a jag. both sides of the law. you went to prison for your addiction and robbing banks to fund your drug problem. now you work at a treatment center and you see firsthand. you say it is deadly.

if we see another shutdown, it could be deadly to americans. why do you say that? >> no question it's going to be deadly. i mean, this is an epidemic. the number one cause of death for people that are 50 and yiewrng is overdose right now. it's taken over guns and traffic accidents combined. for the cdc to say this is an epidemic is huge. my issue right now and i don't get political. with addiction campuses i get people into treatment. that's what i do. that's all i care about. ainsley: how does the shut down affect what you are doing. >> if you looking at people trying to get knee treatment. it's a federal agency under 2017 guidelines, contingency plan for a shutdown, they are going to drop down to 10% of their workforce. i looked at their website yesterday it also says in the top, in red, the statistics or the information in our website may not be accurate due to

the government shut down. ainsley: oh my gosh. >> here's what i'm really concerned about, ainsley. i see chuck schumer on tv and he seems smug, you know, like this is not a big deal. i see him laughing. i see him smiling. i see his staffers in the background and i watch c-span. i'm a nerd. i get that. i see these things and i think this is serious stuff. ainsley: what's your message to him because in three weeks we could see another shut down and lives could be affected. what's your message to folks in the swamp? >> puts your narcissist aside and realize that this is real and that we are losing people every day, you know. at addiction campuses that's fine. we're going to continue to take people and place them. what about samsa, what about the funding for these programs it's going to go away. if it goes away a week or two weeks or three weeks. thank god we only had three days of it going away. i guaranteed people have perished in those three days

because they couldn't access treatment. you know, this is politics at its worst. you know, i get it, you know. the democrats and the republicans and -- i'm a centrist, right? but they can't come to some sort of agreement. i get that but the democrats are going to have to come. we need border security, period. we have ms-13 you guys reported on recently. >> drugs coming over the border. >> absolutely. drugs pouring across. we have got you to do something. and schumer with that smug smirk on his face, i don't know how new yorkers could possibly re-elect him. ainsley: andrew mckenna i'm proud of you thank you for coming on and telling your story and overcoming drug abuse. >> my pleasure. ainsley: and what you are doing to help others. we now know americans are among the dead and wounded in that hotel attack in kabul. the taliban now claiming responsibility for that former cia officer mike baker on what this means for our role in afghanistan. he is going to talk about that next. plus a new pole shows

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prior brian american brian: americans among the people killed. ainsley: saying it's possible they had inside help. steve: officer and president of diligence llc a global intel and security firm, mike baker. mike, good morning to you. >> good morning to you guys. steve: the bad guys went in through a special door and it looks like they probably had somebody hold it for them. >> yeah. essentially this is the problem in afghanistan. this is the problem in iraq we faced all these years is

the potential for somebody who is on the inside of one of the facilities that either we or private security are guarding to turn and provide information to the hostiles. and it appears that's what's happened. this hotel has been attacked in the past it had a similar deadly attack going on six or seven years ago. this is going on on on a regular basis. we are talking about it now because obviously there were american citizens. ainsley: why are civilians going on-to-kabul that's not on my vacation list. >> you have to remember also that even though the former president, president obama declared an end to the war to combat operations back in 2014, the troops never left. we have maintained over those years and since then about 10,000 troops. now it's going up. brian: rules of engagement changed. putting another thousand in there. put more guys, escalating and changed the rules of engagement. i watched the 60 minutes

feature. no one is walking anywhere, they are flying everywhere. right now it's more unsafe. yet we are upping the ante when it comes to the actually battles. >> we could end up with 16,000 or so u.s. troops, men and women in afghanistan. and people watching are thinking what, are we still in afghanistan? and that is the bigger question. what is the end game here? look, the taliban have no place else to go. it's like the vietnam war. where do they think going to go. they are currently contesting or in control of 50% of the districts in afghanistan. this is a problem that is not leaving any time soon. brian: is pack san the issue and aren't we cracking down on them? we are pulling back aid from them. >> the afghan government says this attack that killed these american citizens and several -- almost two dozen people in total, they say that the haqqani network is responsible for this attack. haqqani network has operated for the most part of pakistan. command and control out of pakistan.

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fbi i think this is watergate part 2. steve: jp morgan chase announcing yesterday plans to raise hourly pay for employees and add thousands of new jobs. yet, some democrats won't admit the economy is winning. >> donald trump becomes president and all of a sudden we are growing at 3% three quarters in a row. that is something that has not been accomplished since early during the bush years. >> we need a physical barrier and need an end to chain migration and the

lottery. we are going to get a deal. >> you guys are absolutely obsessed with everything to do with collusion. if it has anything to do with president. >> if they weren't obsessed with the russia and some sort of collusion that has zero evidence then they would actually have to talk about the accomplishments of this president. they don't want to do that. ♪ it's fine by me ♪ if you never leave ♪ and we can live like this forever ♪ it's fine by me. brian: every time i do hear andy grammer not only do i think of him playing in our green room for three hours, in son that monica unknown sit there in little hallways and put his guitar out and people throw money in it. little did they know they were supporting one of the future stars of music. steve: he sat in front of the forever 21 store and now is he a big star and now it's fine by him. brian: that's the only place

i shop by the way forever 21. steve: what do they have their, brian? brian: fragrances. steve: it's a clothing store. we have disturbing news if true. it looks like there was somebody at the fbi who is essentially trying to pick the next president of the united states. i know you've heard over the last 48 hours about the secret society, the missing text mail also the insurance policy and the dossier. well, now they are starting to put it all together, congressional investigators are, and it looks as if there is one central character and he is half of the love birds at the fbi. we're talking about peter strzok who was essentially taken from i had high ranking job and 34506d to hr but not fired by the fbi. ainsley: we have new information about the text messages there are 50,000 text messages. those don't include the five months that are now missing. and many people, even sources within the fbi are wondering okay, why are their text messages missing but everyone else during that same time period their

texas messages aren't missing. brian: in this age of technology, samsung phone is something the fbi chose to use and transfer. they have a complicated response when asked why they were missing the text messages all the way up to the mueller probe. just a coincidence. when robert mueller gets the job suddenly the text messages are back working again. doesn't mean some of these texts aren't really alarming. fofor example, two days after the mueller aappointment these two texts appear. you and i both know the odds are nothing if i thought it was likely i would be there no question. i hesitate in part because of my gut sense and concern there's no big there there. and what he is referring to is the would-be collusion between the trump campaign and russia. and the interaction was about hey, lisa is asking him are you going to join that probe? he is like listen, i don't think there is anything there. he would join the probe and be kicked out right away. steve: then also the same thing, same guy two days

after mueller was appointed, strzok said this for me in this case i personally have a sense of unfinished business unleashed with the mye, mid year exam, that was the hillary email caper. now i need to fix it and i need to finish it. jim jordan. ainsley: needing to fix it meaning there was a problem. change the narrative. we need to fix it? steve: we don't know. all we know jim jordan, ohio congressman who has been on this case, he says look at this guy, this peter strzok guy. is he central to so many things that have gone haywire. listen to this. >> the central player in this entire drama, sean, is the guy you identified, peter strzok. the first batch of text messages he talks about the insurance policy in case the american people make donald trump president. this latest batch he talks about unfinished business. i unleashed it during the mid year exam which is the code name they had for the clinton investigation. now he says i need to finish it and fix it four minutes after that text message he sends another message to

lisa page where he says an investigation that rides to impeachment. if that doesn't go to their entire motive, their entire plan, what they had in store and the animus they had for president trump, i don't know what does. and never forget, as you pointed out in your monologue, peter strzok was the key guy in the. interviewed mills, interviewed clinton. evidence was the guy who changed the exoneration. brian: is he all over it the secret society reference is backed up by senator ron johnson. a whistleblower has come forward to shed more light on meetings that could have taken place off campus, off site with peter strzok and maybe others that might be involved. who know what we don't know about those five months worth of text messages that we don't know what they contain. what we know already is alarming. it's amazing to me as i flipped around to see how people are handling this new news. ron johnson really breaking news as if he was one of our reporters because these revelations are coming forward because is he getting text messages that he requested. nobody thinks this is a big deal.

i mean, this is something that if i were to write an fbi drama. steve: other channels. brian: someone would hand this back to me and say where is the finesse? this is too deliberate? what are new a rush? ainsley: what bothers me secret society within the fbi they are not supposed to have bias especially dealing with all these investigations. steve: sure. ainsley: investigating the guy running against hillary clinton and they're all in hillary clinton's camp and sending text messages against this guy running against her and get her through collusion. that is illegal. steve: that shows there was a bias at the fbi. how many people was it? was it peter strzok? was it more people? terry turchie who was on talking to brian former fbi guy. he said this is so big he compared it to one of the biggest scandals of all time. >> there is a lot of political dirty tricks going on here. i don't think this trail is going to stop at the door of the russians. i think it's going to stop where the democratic party

came through the do you remember of the fbi and i think this is watergate part 2. brian: they just never thought trump would win. i will add to this. another story out today that the president might have asked acting director andy mccabe after they fired comey and hired chris wray. they said the president asked him who did you vote for? you wonder why the president was wondering how voted for he? wants to find out not so much who is on my team but who is not on my team? steve: right. this is a "the washington post" story that dropped last night at 7:45. and what did andy mccabe say? he said i didn't vote, mr. president. but, that now his people have leaked a story to the "the washington post" to make president trump look bad. and mr. mccabe says he found it very disturbing that through his sources, through his connections, found it very disturbing that the president of the united states would ask a civil servant who they voted for. brian: whose wife took tens

of thousands of dollars from the. steve: the president brought that up in the meeting with mr. mccabe and said, look, i can't believe your wife did that and mr. mccabe who we heard about a month ago would like to retire in a couple of months, leave all that fbi junk behind him. he is just disturbed. ainsley: extremely alarming for every single american what's happening behind the scenes that we never would have known if this president had not been elected. if hillary had been elected, none of this would have come out in the wash. brian: wait, somebody not concerned? democratic senator chuck schumer. ainsley: shocker. >> i think there has been a great deal of activity on the other side intending to either divert attention from mueller or even stand in his way. we are all worried about it the diversion that they are trying to do both with mueller and with others is not good for the country. ainsley: diversion, he should talk to peter strzok a guy in his own party, there is no there there. steve: this is not even

though, brian, you say the other channels are not covering it and tomi lahren is going to touch on that in a moment, devin nunes and other members of congress are trying to get this four-page fisa abuse memo out. they are trying to get -- it's kind of a complicated process to do it. essentially what it does is lays out the fbi and others attempts to corrupt the election last november. and the people wh who have seen it says stai is so damaging that heads could roll at the fbi, the department of justifiable, and it could be just the beginning. ainsley: sara carter says it's going to be released in the next few weeks. steve: let's hope so. brian: tomi lahren is out on the west coast. she was talking about how the media was handling. this let's listen. >> if they weren't upset with russia and some sort of collusion evidence. they would have to talk about the accomplishments of this president. they don't want to do. this they have to focus on this or talk about the real collusion story that's happening, unfolding before our very eyes and again,

they are not going to do that. brian: it just seems any time there is movement on the other side you find out maybe an agenda people at the fbi or elsewhere department of justice. prior to sessions arriving there, something happens on the mueller side. annual indictment is handed down. manafort is given house arrest. gates comes forward. so i almost feel as though on some level mueller seems to have a p.r. agent on his team to say we have got to leak out somehow that there is something going on on our side. steve: let's hope that's not true. ainsley: that's what happens during the election. we saw that happened. when something negative happened against her she would release something. steve: change the subject. brian: someone is leak ing to "the washington post about the mueller probe that the president is next. steve: and about andy mccabe. brian: and attorney general sessions had a long interview. ainsley: come up with a good intro to jillian based on what you just said. brian: here is somebody that never hides you from the truth, jillian, what's happening? jillian: i love how your brain works sometimes. ainsley: remember we did on a

story about someone being weird and he said somebody who is not weird. jillian: prosecutors don't want any contact between 13 thinner and the parents accused of torturing and starving them. david and louise turpin heading back to court tote. planning to move back to oklahoma. reportedly when the daughter escaped from the home. seven adult siblings will be sent to adult living facility. president trump's america first mantra will take center stage heads to switzerland later today. the commander-in-chief attending the world economic forum meet with world leaders and business executives pushing to stop unfair trade and promoting our economy. >> america first is not america alone. we are a competitive country. >> president is expected to go there and show what america first looks like on the world stage u.

jillian: jared kushner and muniching also going on the overseas trip. fox news confirming white house event scheduled for 24th. feature formal arrival ceremony, 21 gun salute and joint press conference. macron was president trump's guest in july for bastille day in paris. brian: they are becoming. steve: i bet the state dinner is a steak dinner. he loves steak. ainsley: and mcdonald's. steve: they are not catering. new poll shows americans on president trump side. how does president get a deal for border? brian: today's forecast kind of slippery ♪

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emerged. we are going to have to start, start on a new basis and the wall offer is off the table. steve: president trump firing back after senate minority leader chuck schumer pulled his offer to fund the border wall. the president tweeting, quote: crying chuck schumer fully understands especially after his humiliating defeat if there is no wall there is no daca. we must have safety and security together with a strong military for our great people. this as a new poll shows a majority of americans side with the president on his immigration policies. here with reaction is republican georgia senator david perdue. senator, good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: all right. so there is this new harvard harris poll out that polled americans on their views on immigration. 65% want daca deal with stronger border. 68% oppose the visa lottery. they want illegal immigration reduced. they think the current border security is inadequate. they want a wall by a

majority. and they want their secure rather than open borders. so essentially, americans are on the same page as the president, aren't they? >> well, this is a great illustration of where the democrats were just out of touch with the american people. the schumer shutdown overplayed their hand and misread the american people. 80% of america wants a secure wall. over two thirds as you just said want a daca solution to include a border security with a wall, end of chain migration and an end to this diversity lottery. so the president has been instinctive about this all along and he has been right. steve: for chuck schumer for the sound bite we ran in the ability the inability of president with congress is inaccurate. he made an offer and chuck schumer didn't like it and that's what happened. >> that's exactly what happened. the schumer shutdown was based on one thing the democrats misread the american public. this president has been very consistent all along. he said any daca solution. by the way, he wants a

compassionate solution to the daca situation. he wants to give them certainty. but any daca solution has got to include border security, to include a wall. steve: right. >> end of chain migration and an end to this diversity lottery. he has been very clear about that from the beginning. steve: right. he has been very clear about it, senator, and yet durbin and flake and graham brought this proposal to him last thursday and part of that stuff was there but the rest of it wasn't and he said are you guys kidding? this isn't what i want. get out of here. >> well, that's exactly right. this president knows what the american people want. he is instinctive about this issue. that's how he got elected. one of the main issues he got elected on. this is deal that should get done. the president has done at love big deals. he know instinctively this deal should get done. symmetry here. both sides want to end diversity lottery. both sides want to solve the border security issue. the president has been proven right over and over that a wall is necessary to do that. steve: so have you got a couple weeks to come up with something in the senate. here's the key.

have you got to come up with something, you senators that will pass the house, otherwise, it's not going anywhere. >> we have been meeting with the house. we have had them in bicameral bipartisan meeting at the white house a couple weeks ago. the president has been very engaged. i was at the white house this week along with democrats in different meetings. look, we have got a plan right now and road map that we believe not only will pass the senate, will pass the house. the president is driving this agenda. he has been very engaged from the beginning. steve: does that road map have those four components that the president wanted? >> do you know this president? of course it does. steve: otherwise it ain't going anywhere. >> exactly. steve: senator david perdue from the great state of georgia. thank you for joining us live. >> thank you. steve: 7:20 here in new york city. coming up in god we trust in schools. the surprising new move one state is making. we're going to tell you about it. plus outrage growing this morning after the nfl rejects this super bowl ad from a veterans group because it told players to stand for the anthem. the group's director is here

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falls on the list of best selling beers in the u.s. the king of beers was dethroned that used to be number one little brother now number one is bud light according to marketers insight. coors light and millers light rounding out the top three. three light ones. they do a lot for our wounded warriors and for folds of honor. folds of honor coming out with a new beer thanks to budweiser. brian: a lot of beer talk. corona is what i drink because they don't fill up the neck with beer. five minutes before the dot bottom of the hours. amvets submitted this ad for the super bowl, asking players to quote please stand during the national anthem. but, it was rejected by the league. the nfl says it's because the super bowl game program is designed for fans to commemorate and celebrate the game, players, teams and the super bowl. it's never been a place for the advertising it could be considered something of a political statement. joining us right now with his reaction, the executive director of amvets himself

joe. your reaction to the nfl's rejection? >> good morning, brian, we were surprised and very disappointed. and we felt this was a strong form of corporate censorship. we didn't really know what to take of it at first. they came to us about a week and a half ago and asked us if we would be interested in placing this full paged a in the super bowl program. americanism program thought it would be a good concept to focus on. brian: the nba is running this at their all star game. >> nba, nhl and nascar will be running this 26 of their races this year. brian: nfl went on to say looked to work with the organization asked to consider other such as please honor our veterans. asked not to. asked please stand for our veterans. production was delayed as we awaited an answer. the organization did not respond and the program ultimately went into production meetings to meet the deadlines. so, your reaction? >> well, first, that

statement outlines the series of events that we did not experience. we were highly engaged with the advertising agency. the statement also does talk about the fact that there was an agency between us and the nfl. they are the ones who we communicated with. they are the ones ha came and pitched us for this ad. we met allth deadlines and we did respond to them at the end when we told them no, we would not change our message. that our messages and our values and we can't change our values. brian: i want you to watch this, joe, the commissioner of the league roger goodell talking yesterday at an economics club meeting talked about the nfl players and the controversy around taking a knee. >> our players were all trying to do what's in the best interest of communities that they live in, that they care about. and trying to improve them. and i admire that a great deal. i wish all our players are standing for the national anthem. i always did and i always told them that. but i also -- we really took the time to understand them. and i think we could use a

little bit more of that in our society. brian: but is he taking the time to understand you and how you guys feel as freedom of speech go both ways? >> exactly right. the league has gone out of their way and taken a lot of the criticism and lost a lot of money in protecting the freedom of speech and expression for their employees, their players, and we respect that and we don't argue against that. but we do believe that we should be able to, especially since we are paying to be able to express our stance on this situation as well and all we did was ask please stand. brian: all right. in the big picture, no one is saying that we couldn't improve our communication between all creeds and colors and races. no one is saying that. that their cause does not have validity. we are just questioning how they are going about showing that they want attention to it. the national anthem is the issue. not the issue. correct? >> you are absolutely right. we are a patriotic organization.

we are also a diverse organization. we address these diversity issues and racial injustices and things like that. we address those through our organization as well. but, we try to do that the proper time and place and we wanted to make it clear that our organization feels that people should be standing for the national anthem. we just are simply asking them. we are not credit siding them if they choose not to. brian: i just hope they come back to you and give you the spot. joe chenelli thank you very much. if your viewers agree with us, please join us. brian: okay, how? >> well, go to amvets.org for veterans, we want you to join us, stand with us. if you don't, find a way to support us, we have a lot of different ways out there in our americanism program. we go into the schools on a regular basis and we are helping teach our america's youth about the importance of patriotism and respecting our flag. brian: i remember amvets spawn soaring little league to soccer league when i was

younger. thank you so much for all do you and keeping veterans first and foremost in the fronts of everybody's minds. thanks. >> appreciate you, brian. brian: we know fund mentally the nfl is a very patriotic organization. hopefully they will find a resolve to this. stunning text messages between these two individuals veto society at the agency quoting them. one senator says that's just the tip of the iceberg. former federal prosecutor andrew mccarthy here to discuss that next. and rosie o'donnell goes off the rails again. her newest unhinged tweet that takes aim at sarah sanders. tell me when she is on the rails. that would be bigger news ♪ some day i will be living in a big old city ♪ and all you're ever going to be is mean ♪ some day ♪ i'll be breathe freely fast with vicks sinex.

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♪ >> corruption, more than bias but corruption at the highest levels of the fbi and that secret society, we

have an informant that's talking about a group that were holding secret meetings off site. there is so much smoke here. there is so much suspicion. >> let's stop there secret society. discreet meetings off site of the justice department. >> correct. >> and you have informant saying that? >> yes. steve: oh, man, so there is an informant helping congressional investigators. let's bring in andrew mccarthy, former federal prosecutor. former u.s. attorney in new york southern district. he is also a columnist at national review. andy, what do you make of that interview bret baier had with senator ron johnson last night where he was talking about there is a secret society reportedly in the fbi, they meet off site and apparently they were out to get the president, this president. >> well, you know, what i want to see, steve, isn't bias or corruption. that was what was alluded to. and, you know, bias is what you feel, corruption is what you do. and if they have evidence that these guys acted on

their political buying cease that affected their job performance that's very alarming. if it's just kind of dopey humor, i would hate the thought of somebody having sort of followed me around for 20 years as a prosecutor because there is a lot of gallow humor that goes on in a job where you're investigating bad people all the time. it's just a fact of life. but that stuff always get checked at the door. at least it's always supposed to get checked at the door when you are at the point of applying the law to the facts. and so what we need to see is what they did, not what they shot their mouths off about. brian: that's why the whistleblower could be so valuable. that's why those five months of text messages would be valuable that seem to be missing because of that new fangled thing called a samsung phone that evidently doesn't save text messages. >> right. your government at work. brian: but in terms of them using terms like secret

society and plan -- the stuff that they are say something so clumsy. this is not something indicative that i think the fbi -- this is not how i thought that they worked. dolls it seem like how the fbi interacts to you? >> well, again, brian, we have to separate out what they say and what they do. so, for example, i wan won a close case one time in my career and, you know, when we were sort of laughing about it back at the office, i commented that it requires no talent to convict the guilty. now, if you heard me say that in the environment that we're in that would probably be the end of my career if somebody thought i seriously meant that i'm hesitant about just because i have been in this environment for so long of convicting people on the stupid things that they say. brian: they have to -- i hear you. do they have an answer to

this. do you want answers from them? >> yeah. absolutely. and i think that's the issue here. when you go from the point of like joking around to saying we need an insurance policy against a trump candidacy, in circumstances where it seems that you have used this partisan propaganda screen, the steele dossier, which is salacious and unverified and evidently has been brought to a court to get authorized surveillance authority, that's a lot more serious than a bunch of guys saying stupid stuff. and that needs to be looked into. ainsley: yeah. i understand what you are saying as far as the text messages are concerned. if they have a secret meeting happening, ways to go against this president, and to make him look bad and to take him down within the fbi, that in and of itself is illegal, correct? >> of course. if they are trying to -- if they are conspiring to do something that violates the law, or if their conspiring

in any way to obstruct justice, that isn't a bunch of guys sitting around talking and saying stupid stuff. that's agreeing to violate federal law. steve: right. >> the jump from one thing to the next is something that has to be proved with hard evidence. there is an awful lot of places in the fbi that you can have covert conversations so, you know, i'm a little bit skeptical about the idea that, you know, these fellows all have to go off to offsite and have their sinister meetings. but i'm open-minded about it because there has been a lot of funky stuff that's gone on here but let's see the proof. steve: exactly it sounds like devin nunes and other members of congress on the republican side are trying to show the american public some proof. there is this four-page fisa abuse memo that they have apparently written up. they are trying to get it declassified. trying to present it to folks. and that would be hard evidence of corruption, right? >> yeah. we would hope so. depending on what's in it. you know, i'm inclined to

believe that there is serious stuff in the memo because there will be an awful lot of people with egg on their face if there isn't. the criticism about, you know, the fact that it's probably a one sided partisan document, coming from people who champion this dossier, which is like the one sided partisan document of all time that is salacious, unverified, and apparently used in federal court to get spying authority on the opposition party's candidate, i would be a lot more alarmed about that than a four page memo. a four page memo under circumstances where we need information. steve: right. >> should be something everyone would welcome i would think. steve: sure. andy, for the folks who are watching, you are wrote a great op-ed in national review, and essentially you talk about how the hillary email caper was white washed and it wasn't the department of justice. it wasn't the fbi. you point the finger directly at the former president of the united states, barack obama. >> yeah. i have never understood,

brian, it seems to me, -- steve, i'm sorry. it seems to me that they have always tried to go bottom up with this. in the sense that it was the fbi that case or the justice department. what you need to separate out who are the most visible actors and obviously director comey was very out front in all of this versus who are the real decisionmakers. and the fact is if president obama did not want mrs. clinton charged, she was not going to be charged by his subordinates. that was not going to happen. and what happened here is obama himself engaged in these email conversations with mrs. clinton, knowing he was doing it on her private email. steve: he used a sue used a pse. >> you could not have prosecuted that case without exposing that fact and that brings up the reason why

this case was never going to be authorized in the first place. brian: andy, you believe since the president was using his private email interactorring with the secretary of state using her private email that was the linchpin that says that he will not turn on the secretary of state because he looks worse. it shows he knew the whole time she was doing. this. steve: and they classified it all, right? >> let me be clear though, i'm not saying president obama was using his private email. from what we can determine from the reporting it looks like it was a pseudonym, it wasn't his real name but it was an official government email. but the violation here is that he knew he was talking on a private email channel, that is mrs. clinton's account and they were discussing very important government matters that shouldn't be discussed in that setting. steve: if folks would like to read the editorial go to national review online. andy, thank you very much. ainsley: thank you. >> thank you, guys. have a great day. ainsley: you too. jillian has headlines for you at home. jillian: that's right. good morning to you guys and

to you at home as well. new information on the taliban's deadly attack on upscale notes afghanistan. the state department says multiple americans were killed and injured when gunmen stormed the intercontinental hotel in kabul. earlier former cia officer mike baker told us it could have been an inside job. >> this is the problem in afghanistan. this is the problem in iraq that we fafsed all these years is the potential for somebody who is on the inside of one of the facilities that either we or private security are guarding to turn and provide information to the hostiles. jillian: the 13 hour hotel siege leaving a total of 20 people dead. the exact number of americans killed unknown. putting god front and center. a new bill could require florida schools to prominently display the words in god we trust. the bill receiving anonymous approval from committee with both republicans and democrats phrasing the idea. the phrase first appeared on

florida's flag part of the state neil 1968. lawmakers adopted it as the state motto. it will help kids learn about history. well a reporter gets tripped up on live tv. just stop what you are doing and watch. [speaking foreign language] jillian: so the woman, obviously, as you can see slips and falls to the floor while giving the forecast in switzerland. it's unclear why she lost her balance. we have all had moments. steve: is she okay? it looks like she hit her head. jillian: i can't confirm if she is injured. we have all had moments. steve: not like that. ainsley: someone just waxed the floor, i guess. jillian: i have not fallen but i actually spilled an entire full mug of hot coffee on myself last year right as our show started. steve: that's a problem. jillian: it's online.

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a guy took a bite out of the battery and store in china causing it to explode in his face. he was reportedly just trying to see if it was real. note to man in the store. it was real. boom. all right. it is 7:48 now here in new york city. let's talk a little bit about a spat that has gone viral. ainsley: rosie o'donnell had some harsh words for sarah huckabee sanders. she tweeted out a response. nicolle wallace who is a republican, she had a harsh tweet about sarah huckabee sanders basically saying you have a tough job. you are smoother than spicer more stable than mooch if you ever use your tax funded oh gosh i keep losing it. if you ever use your tax funded job again to denigrate the intelligence of a reporter or sitting u.s. senator, you're fired. so rosy jumped on the train and sent out this tweet. brian, do you want to read it. brian: all right and who on trump's team would ever consider doing that she is doing exactly what he wants. so she will sit in hell no

doubt. said something very similar to paul ryan. she also speculated why some democratic female senator is always frowning. she went on to say trump is the darkness itself. so, rosie o'donnell, if you listen to her talk, i was listening to her being interviewed on howard stern, she says that she is -- she lives every day for donald trump, something terrible that basically happened to donald trump, and not going to finish out the two years. she is obsessed this whole thing. steve: i think she probably will not be invite to the president's first state dinner. just saying. and other thing is sarah huckabee sanders is doing quite a job and it is driving the political left crazy. ainsley: that's why you have these liberal women that are attacking women. isn't that like the biggest no no ever? according to liberals, unless they are women on the other side. steve: hypocrisy? ainsley: to say she is going to hell. steve: that's a little harsh. ainsley: don't think that's going to happen her dad is a baptist preacher. brian: that should keep you

out of hell. ainsley: it does. she is saved. brian: doabout to crack down on sanctuary city. sarah flores here with the announcement you will only see on "fox & friends" that's coming up. steve: companies nationwide are benefiting from that tax cut. now, one state wants to tax those businesses more. is that really fair? if you live in that state, you are probably going to think no. ♪ dollar, dollar ♪ i need a dollars ♪ dollars, dollars ♪ that's what i need ♪ the bottle curl. the twist n' turn. the stretch n' grab. the gummy squish. centrum micronutrients fuel your body from the inside out. grab a centrum and join in. repeat daily.

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companies, get this, to fork over half of their expected savings, thanks to tax reform, to give all that money back to the state. the new proposal calls for 10% surcharge on companies that make over a million dollars. steve: that would impact a lot of companies. the democrats say the plan could raise billions of dollars that the state would use on social services programs. but is it fair? former california assemblyman chuck devore joins us right now. is he also the vice president of the texas public policy foundation. notice he moved from california. he is in texas now. ainsley: i don't blame you. no taxes there. steve: hey, chuck, this is not fair, is it? >> well, it's worse than not fair. it's really bad for california and really bad for california workers. they are proposing to more than double california's business tax. it would become the highest business tax in the nation if they did. and i think a lot of businesses with their workers are going to leave california if it ever becomes law. ainsley: oh, i'm sure. is this even allowed? is there not some law that

protects when the federal government changes tax reform? >> no, not at all. what they need to do is they need to get a two thirds vote in each chamber in the state assembly. steve: good. >> and state senate. then it goes to the people for a statewide ballot. it's a constitutional measurable. now, the challenge is the democrats are a couple votes short in the state assembly because they have some shawvmensexual harassment resignations that knocked them below two thirds majority. they will probably go back to the two thirds in the june election. even so, silicon valley is going to lobby really hard to prevent this from becoming law. so i think what they're doing is just trying to raise money from the far left because they have their eyes set on higher office. this is the way to put them on the map. steve: chuck, i think you are exactly right. i think it's a political talking points for some ultra lefties who don't like this president and out there it would play very well to the base. you know, this trump tax cut

is a give away to the rich. and to big corporations and we are trying to fight for you guys. >> exactly. that's exactly correct. the problem is that the data shows that state taxes matter. and when big states have high taxes, what tends to happen is americans move from those high tax states like california and new york to low tax states like texas and florida. that's what the u.s. census bureau data shows. this would only accelerate that trend. steve: people from my state new jersey moving to texas, too. ainsley: maybe not the state to go to. steve: maybe texas. ainsley: thanks, chuck. steve: 7:56 in new york city. special counsel robert mueller is moving closer to perhaps interviewing the president. but guess who thinks the russia probe is a big nothing burger? peter strzok. the guy from the fbi.

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along. steve: outrage after the nfl reject as super bowl ad from a veterans group. >> this was strong form of appropriate censorship. all we did was ask, please stand. ♪ steve: gave you the day and the with the time and the year. ainsley: what are you talking about? steve: did you forget what year it was? brian: sometimes you write a connect. ainsley: in the month of january you have a right to. you have a few more days to for bet what year you're in. brian: we hope everybody is off to a good start. we tell them what day it is. steve: that makes us the world's number one morning cable show. we give you the time, the day and year. ainsley: only two more alarm clocks. when i think of that movie

"trolls." brian: i don't want movies. too much to read and learn. ainsley: that is not what i was talking about. steve: outside our world headquarters. brian: it is a gray day. talk about what kind of a day it is in washington d.c. as it turns out robert mueller, the special counsel looking into russian collusion. sound like he is on collision course with president of the united states. according to "the washington post" mr. mueller wants to talk face-to-face to the president and allow him to submit to written questions. the worry is, given the fact that the president is, given to hyperbole from time to time, that he might say something that is not accurate and that always brings up the perjury trap thing. so some people on the political right i was reading this morning, mr. president, whatever you do don't meet him

face-to-face. better to say a witch-hunt, because you can't trust people at the fbi, than sit down to get yourself in impeachment trouble. brian: there is no legal obligation. >> it looks bad. brian: judge napolitano said the president should not speak to robert mueller, especially after he spoke to some of the other people, some of people president barely knows like papadopoulos. ainsley: let your lawyer do it. brian: rick gates was in and out of the robert mueller building. that he might be looking to cut a deal. they will focus on the flynn investigation led to james comey firing. comey to the fired. he spoken in december we believe before the new year. that must have went well. they're good friends. senator sessions who is now attorney general, he just spoke. grilled for hours. ainsley: the fbi was able to recover 50,000 of those text messages between the two lovers at the fbi.

we're waiting for five months of lost text messages. out of 50,000, some are red flags and have been brought to our attention. we want to bring them to your attention. there was one, let me read it to you. this is from peter strzok to his girlfriend. this was the day robert mueller was appointed to the investigation. may 19th, 2017. he writes to his girlfriend, strzok does, this is talking before i read, collusion. you and i both know the odds are nothing. if i thought it was likely i'd be, it would be no question, i would be there no question. i hesitate in part because of my gut sense and concern there's no big there there. steve: there's no big there there. if you look at "the washington post" article how robert mueller wants to talk to the president. looks like he is not going down the line of collusion, but obstruction of justice. all president do look at text message, and look it is a witch-hunt. i can't trust the people at fbi

because strzok himself texted this out to his girlfriend, for me, in this case i personally have a sense of unfinished business. unleashed it with mye, mid-year exam, that is hillary email caper. now i need to fix it and to finish it. the question what was he talking about there? we had andy mccarthy on with us 30 minutes ago, a lot of these text messages look really bad but maybe people writing stupid stuff as people do. a lot of gallows humor and stuff like that, maybe there is. at this point, we don't know, some sort of corruption. brian: no humor. no one is laughing to themselves in the gallows. ron johnsons says we have to continue to dig. this is possible corruption at highest level of the fbi. here is more. >> what this all about corruption, more than bias, but corruption at the highest levels of the fbi. secret society, we vin

enforcement talking about a -- have an informant holding secret meetings on site. there is so much smoke here. steve: no kidding. brian: robert mueller was running the fbi. will he be that critical about the fbi if he find out upon further review that the fbis with out to get president trump? will that be something he is going to uncover, go where the investigation leads him. for example, one time looking at clinton whitewater investments. next thing you're talking about an affair? would robert mueller ever go down this path. a lot of people say, believe it or not, have a special counsel probe into fbi. ainsley: get rid of the bad apples. steve: initially he was given to the job to find out if there was russian collusion. doesn't look like he has got that case. terry turci was on the program with brian half an hour ago. he said this scandal what is going on potential scandal at fbi, if it is all true, this is

like watergate part deux. >> there is a lot of political dirty tricks going on here. i don't think this trail is going to stop at the door of the russians. i think it will stop where the democratic party came through the door of the fbi. i think this is watergate part two. i think this is hillary and bill clinton part two. we put up with this with the clintons during my time at the fbi. it was one scandal after another. steve: why devin nunez and members of congress are trying to get out the four-page fisa memo. it is classified, but written in manner average american can understand it. they're going through a laborious process to get it to the point where we read it. they will have to sign off in the committee. the president himself would have five days to say i don't think that should go it. i got a feeling i think this

president would like everybody to read about what went on at the fbi. ainsley: the president tweeted where are the 50,000 important text messages between lovers lisa page and peter strzok. blaming samsung. brian: there is curiosity about the investigation, about the agents why they're still on the job. it is a distraction saying to get away from the mueller probe. the mueller probe, if they're requesting the president, conventional thought says it is just about done. meanwhile, let's talk a little bit about what is going on with immigration and where we know. we know by february 8th, mitch mcconnell pledged to senator schumer, we're going to be taking up the daca deal, maybe not comprehensive immigration. throw it out there, put amendments in. chuck schumer clearly overplayed his hand. even democrats are beginning to agree. he is trying to save face to a degree. he said, i'm pulling the wall

out. i promised the president to build the wall in our deal on friday. the deal fell apart. so i'm no longer going to build that wall. donald trump tweeted this out, crying chuck fully understands, especially after his humiliating defeat. if there is no wall there is no daca. how will you stop the next generation of kids being brought here under no, under circumstances because their parents are here? if you don't secure the border to stop it? it is logical link, not illogical link. ainsley: he was blamed for the shutdown, you're right. he is trying to correct what he did wrong because he is finally realizing he should not have done that you should not add daca, which was bargaining chip they feel like they have. the president feels like his bargaining chip is the wall. that is supposed to be immigration. he tried to attach it to funding the government and shutting the government down. people were so mad at him for this. steve: political left, really steamed. here is familiar face reminding the senator of that. >> liberals and a lot of

democrats are furious with you right now. what's your response to all that anger? >> well, look, we have advanced the cause. what people have to understand, and i think most people do, most of the democrats here on capitol hill perfectly understand, we don't have the levers of power. all of us in the democratic caucus, not just the moderates, but the liberals as well came to the view that if we carried it on much longer two things would happen. a, no one would budge. the public would lose support of the shutdown. people love the "dreamers" but don't want the government shut down for it. so we cut the best deal that we could. steve: what is the deal going forward? we had senator david perdue with us an hour ago. what he said they're working on a plan that incorporates all four of the president's principles, do something about daca, have a wall, something about chain migration and also the visa lottery. he said as well, that the high hurdle is, would it pass by the

house? and he is confident that what they're working on right now, a bunch of senators, both sides, would pass the house. brian: well the problem is, i like to add this, the problem is senate. you have to get 60 votes. unless he lines up, unless he has these senators, the senators that are pliable maybe senator coons and manchin, it will not pass. they need to get to the 25 member meeting that persuaded schumer to bail. ainsley: on other networks, this is the republican's fault. they need 60 votes. samsung released the statement, talking about the text messages, fbi saying we can't recover because it is samsung's fault basically. samsung says we believe the samsung devices are not the cause of this issue. we willfully cooperate with any investigation. steve: keep in mind what the department of justice put out on friday was we can't find five months. these new phones, samsung and

problem with software and retention. samsung is saying there is nothing the matter with our phone. something the department of justice -- keep in mind we had sara carter on yesterday, she said one of the theories floating around right now, perhaps the inspector general horowitz at the department of justice did get all of the email between the lovebirds at the fbi but somebody may have come in after he took them and tried to get rid of them. in which case that would really be, really bad. ainsley: the american people deserve to know three things in regards to this. we need to see the fisa memo. we need to know what happened to these text messages. we need to see them. ba was the third thing i was thinking of? brian: maybe there were just two. ainsley: there was a third. what were you thinking brian. brian: senator johnson tell me yesterday on the radio, he does not believe horowitz has the five months of emails. ainsley: the last thing was secret meetings, the secret meetings within the fbi. if that is happening --

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♪ brian: the nfl made a decision. they had a spot open, in that spot, i have a good idea, call amvets. we like to support spreadveterans causes. they have a spot to fill the bill. i was asking the executive director there, you twice an afford this? they give us a discount because type of organization. ainsley: advertising spot. steve: this was not a tv spot. it was going to be in the official super bowl program. it simply said #pleasestand. here is the guy you were just talking about, listen. >> we respect that. we don't, we don't argue against that but we do believe that we

should be able to, since we're paying, to be able to express our stance on this situation as well. all we did was simply ask, please stand. ainsley: so the nfl rejected that super bowl ad, said we're not going to put that in the program. it is too controversial. tomi lahren talks about how the nfl has been controversial. listen. >> isn't it sad too political to controversial to ask americans to stand for the american flag? that used to be a given. that used to be something all americans were proud to do, regardless of political affiliation, race, againer. that used to be a give. now it is not. we have the nfl in part to thank for that. when they say they don't want this game to be too political, are you kidding me? what have they done for the last go seasons? they bent over backwards for activist groups and spit in the face of patriotic americans, veterans and our military. ainsley: guess who did like the ad? nascar, nhl and nba you will see

that ad in their programs. brian: they do stand for the national anthem. steve: they do. seems a little hypocrisy there. we did get an email from number of you watching right now. eric emailed us this. just show the ad. i'm a vet and embarrassing some players get to show their political stand and real americans get the door slammed in our faces. brian: mark says, i remember the super bowl commercials last year were all bill my graduation. now the nfl says they never allow political commercials, question mark. that's rich. ainsley: bill says, many of my friend will not watch the super bowl due to the nfl rejecting the ad. very surprised goodell has a job. brian: got another four-year contract. ainsley: for how much money? 50 something million. brian: direct deposit. don't really see it. steve: somebody must like the job he is doing. it is 8:20 almost here in new york city. 20 seconds, it will be 8:20. coming up president trump made

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jillian: good morning, hope you have a good day, starting with headlines. a fox news alert. isis claiming responsibility after a car bomb detonates outside a save the children office in afghanistan while gunmen storm inside. two people are dead. 12 people are injured.

believed 50 people were in the building. this is two days after a taliban attacked upscale hotel in kabul and where two americans were killed. police say the 15-year-old boy strayed students in benton, kentucky with bullets, leaving two teens dead and 20 injured. 16 have gunshot wounds. the suspect's motive is unknown. one student claimed he knew exactly he was doing and looked determined. >> i was took off running. it is terrifying. something out of a movies. it doesn't feel real. jillian: four opportunities remain hospitalized. we're getting a look at one of the victims, 15-year-old, bailey nicole holt. prosecutors don't want any contract between 13 children and the parents accused of torturing and starving them. david and louise turpin heading back to court as the family was

planning to move to oklahoma. it was reportedly interrupted when their daughter escaped from their california home. six of the children will be split up in foster care. while seven adult siblings are sent to assisted living facility. the couple faces 94 years in prison. that is a look at headlines. ainsley: thank you, jillian. president trump going to the davos the world economic forum. he is expected to tout our economy, meet with word leaders, making america great again and pushing america first agenda. steve: stuart varney predicts a confrontation. because, stuart, you have all the elites. they include the climate crowd and open borders people. >> yes. steve: the president has been very vocal that he doesn't like their policies. >> you read my notes, didn't you. let's explain. every year in the swiss alps in the town of introduce voice, the elites from business and politics around the world get together for a big confab.

this is as you say this is the home of the global warmers. this is the home of the people who think that income inequality is the greatest threat to capitalism and to our society. those are the open borders people, and in walks our president, president trump, right in the middle of them. i predict a confrontation because he stand for everything that they don't stand for. confrontation. ainsley: bring it on. steve: i think so. now look he could play nice, i mean he could but i don't think he will. i think he will stick it to them. look, we know how to get prosperity. you follow us, learn something. this is how we do it. steve: says america first but not america alone. he also said we're open for business. look at our economy. >> right. brian: i watched gary cohn's press conference yesterday along with mcmaster. we'll tell the world what is going on. we want bilateral agreements. we not big titanic agreements. what do you think of the tariffs on washing machines and solar

panels? is he sending a message intentionally before this visit? >> that is exactly what he is doing in my opinion. i don't agree putting tariffs on. i think it could end up in a trade war. i'm not in favor of that protectionist policy, however this is opening gambit from our president. he is laying it on the line the he saying look, here we go sports fans. this is what we're going to do, pay attention, because you don't know what is coming next. steve: go ahead and buy your washing machines and solar panels from american companies. meanwhile, stuart, i hold in my hand a starbucks iced coffee. what will happen to the person who put the coffee in this cup? >> he or she is getting a wage increase and increase in their benefits. steve: phase two? >> we're talking about the pass-through flow from the tax cuts given to business, passing through to employees. starbucks is the latest. it is becoming a flood. disney will give 1000 bucks to 125,000 employees. verizon will give 2500 bucks

worth of stock to employees. jpmorgan is giving, i think it is a wage increase. steve: that's right. 10%. >> huge amount of extra money for loans. starbucks on top. it is a flood. ainsley: how about what is happening in california? you have two local lawmakers, everything you make, if companies make a profit after tax reform, we wan so of that profit? you have to give us 10%. >> california is still a part of the union because they're drifting off out there into the leftist land. ainsley: i doubt it is going to pass but -- >> they are going to say, look, you have got x number of extra dollars in your business because of tax cuts. take half of it, give it to us, the government of california, we'll spread it around to people who deserve it. that is socialism at writ large. i don't like it. brian: why so many companies left for texas and florida. >> of course. brian: overall they're ceo's not pro-trump but pro-business. going out of their way to

respond to the tax cut. i'm fascinated by this. >> i think american business was on trial. they got just about everything they wanted from the tax cut deal. what will you do for us. brian: they're doing it. >> if they don't do anything, the bernie sanders are eager to jump in and retax them. they are coming through with a flood of givebacks and bonuses. ainsley: it is smart to do that, get your competitor's workers. you offer more money. >> that is part of the deal. we're short on skilled labor in america, short on labor period, if you offer extra to the people you encourage people to stay and come work for you. competitive advantage. brian: best way hold on to the house is tax reform if you're a republican. >> i this so. brian: stuart if you host a show from nine to noon yet today on fbn, is that okay with you? >> yes i call it "varney & company." is that okay with you. brian: a little self-promotion. ainsley: we include friends. steve: thank you, stuart. coming up on this wednesday, the department of justices about to take a major step to crack down

on sanctuary cities. public affairs director sara flores with announcement only see on "fox & friends." you will want to hear it. she is next. brian: plus i will read this alone. our friend ben shapiro will speak on a college campus tonight. some students getting counseling to prepare for it. ainsley: seriously? ♪ you wouldn't believe what's in this kiester. a farmer's market. a fire truck. even a marching band. and if i can get comfortable talking about this kiester, then you can get comfortable using preparation h. for any sort of discomfort in yours. preparation h. get comfortable with it.

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from our bureau. she is the doj public affairs director. ainsley: hi, sarah. >> good morning, guys. steve: great to have you. you have a big announcement. we've been talking for a while about sanctuary cities. president of the united states said we'll crack down on them. you have a big announcement today, don't you? >> absolutely. later this morning we announced we identified 23 jurisdictions we think may not be in compliance with federal law. we're sending them a document request. if they don't answer that, we're sending them a subpoena. brian: give us example of the jurisdictions that will be zeroed in on? >> i will save those for later this morning. i don't think they will surprise you. these are jurisdictions with politicians that will charge criminal aliens, illegal aliens who committed crimes with lesser offense an than they would charge u.s. citizens. these are jurisdictions that have politicians that release criminal aliens back on the street after they commit crimes to commit more crimes against their citizens. this is what caused kate steinle's death. ainsley: are they protected by

their local laws? >> they are except if they're conflicting with federal law. we have given them federal dollars, your taxpayer dollars, to cooperate with federal law enforcement. they didn't have to take that money, but they did. when they took it they said they would comply with federal law. if we find out you're not complying with federal law we're taking tax dollars back. steve: tax dollars is what we're talking about. all these municipalities and entities get a lot of money from the federal government. you're not talking about all the money, you're stalking about the burn grants, right? >> these are grants for law enforcement. they're meant to help citizens of these jurisdictions, if they are not protecting citizens of these jurisdiction, we'll give it to jurisdictions that care about law and order and restoring the rule of law in their communities. brian: it is kind of sad, because a lot of cops want to enforce. politicians are not letting them. they will pay the price for it. there is talk last week, not confirmed by you guys, maybe you will start arresting some of these mayors?

>> well, i don't have any announcements on that this morning but the truth is, every crime committed by someone who shouldn't be in this country is crime 100% preventable. so we are highly prioritizing these sanctuary jurisdictions urging them to cooperate with federal law enforcement so we can lower the crime rates in some of these places. ainsley: people want to see the list. a lot of families don't want to live in those counties, they want to be protected and feel safe. >> you will see later this morning. steve: we'll be standing by. sarah, while you're here we have to ask you a little bit about the lead story. we heard through some congressional investigators some of the contents of some of the 50,000 text messages between the lovebird, who were working there at the fbi. samsung came out with a statement this morning that said, hey, don't blame us. not our devices but we're going to cooperate with the investigation. to the best of your knowledge, what happened? >> that is what we're going to find out. here's what we know so far.

we know there were just over 50,000 text messages between lisa page and peter strzok during the time period that the inspector general's investigating. what we also know that for about a five-month period those text messages never got into the february by server. steve: how, why? why? >> the attorney general said we are going to get to the bottom of that. the inspector general is looking into that immediately. we're going to figure it out. we'll use every option available to find the text messages through other forms. whether it is old phones. whether it is going to some of these technology companies that were involved and seeing if they have them. steve: right. >> the attorney general said we'll leave no stone unturned trying to find the text messages. we're reviewing immediately how they didn't get into the server in the first place. brian: we keep hearing about hard drives smashed with hammers and bleachbit, that wipes out servers. you can't blame the american people. who say there is some reason why we never get the five months out pen. i also think it is interesting

to find out through the press that your boss, the attorney general, did sit down with robert mueller's investigators, the term used, it went on for hours and it was a drilling. how do you guys characterize it? >> we are happy to confirm that the attorney general spoke with the special counsel's office last week. he was there for a few hours. he returned to work, to get back to the work of this president, reduces crime, taking on sanctuary cities. taking on opioid epidemic. ainsley: why did they interview him, sarah? >> i will not step on the special counsel's investigation while it is ongoing. the attorney general was happy to speak with him about anything they asked about. don't forget the attorney general, we counted 25 hours of open testimony on congress last year. he has said a lot about these topics. not shy to share. steve: we understand you obviously because of the special counsel don't want to say too much, but let's go back for a second to the lovebirds at the fbi. they are still working for the

fbi. why? >> well the inspector general's investigation is ongoing. we hope that wraps up soon and expect that we'll have a determination bit inspector general of whether there was wrongdoing and in the meantime we have every confidence in director wray and that these folks no longer work on this investigation. they have been taken off of it. as soon as these were discovered. steve: but, sarah, ifer this taken off the investigation because they had an my news impacting their work, shouldn't they get canned? >> as you know the career civil service rules are a little bit complicated but once the inspector general wraps up -- steve: talking about the fbi. they should be above reproach. >> that is absolutely true. steve: and they're still at the fbi. >> you know what? i spoke to my mother last night one of the first supporters of this president from the moment he announced his dan today sy, this is exactly covers she had. we she was reading text messages

as we all are and is deeply disturbed. the answer is when we have a finding from the inspector general, we'll release publicly, that is when you will see real action. ainsley: what do you know about the secret meetings? >> i'm reading the same text messages you are. so i know nothing. steve: what day are they? >> i wasn't invited. brian: i am so jealous of you, sarah, i can not get my mom to text. we got her iphone, she will not text. she will only email. >> mine started texting a couple months ago. there is hope. steve: is she on emojis? >> no. steve: it is coming. brian: thank you, sarah, for telling us as much as you canada. >> thank you. ainsley: i don't ever want to be a mom like that. y'all keep me up-to-date on electronics please. my mom sent seven texts in a row with one letter. mom -- brian: doesn't use vowels yet. steve: we know that feeling. jillian: good morning guys.

we have news to get to. starting with this, the accused terrorist, charged with murdering eight people on a new york city bike path refusing to stand for a federal judge. showing blatant disrespect in court. the uzbek national is accused of mowing down people with a truck in the name of isis on halloween. his lawyers indicated he would take a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. on another college campus the university of connecticut offering counseling to any students offended by writer ben shapiro's speech today. the move part of new rules that only target conservative speakers. the university taking roehm at free speech, banning the public from attending shapiro's appearance. incredible video showing a school bus supplieding backwards down ice sigh street in massachusetts. watch. >> oh, my goodness. oh my god. oh, my god!

jillian: nearly two dozen kids on board the out of control bus when it slammed into a car. no one was hurt. your headlines. steve: one of those things you see. jillian: can't control it. ainsley: car parked on the side of the road stopped it. brian: i like to formally come out against black ice. complaining against it. adam klotz against black ice, right, adam. >> absolutely against black ice. i'm slipping and falling. we have a family from florida who was disappointed janice dean was here. because of that i'm moving right along to the nice family here for over an hour. the nielsen family. somebody you want to give a shotout. >> my son, love you. >> cold winter in chicago. >> freezing, freezing. >> there is good news. take a good look at maps. i am almost out of time. there is warm-up piling up in the middle of the country. big fox news fans, guys. throwing it back in, who is the

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the 15th century. >> it is idiotic. steve: in the 15th century. while some say the wall is ineffective for a border plan, countries around the globe come to rely on walls. michael rubin, senior fellow at american enterprise institute. joins us from the nation's capitol. >> welcome to you as well. >> the president wants to build a wall so it is hard to get into this country. does it work elsewhere, right? >> critics of the wall think there is no press dent here, fact of matter, 60 different countries rely on border walls when they built them they haven't come away disappointed. steve: look at the big wall, some of the countries and impact. for instance, in israel it did all that stuff but reduced attacks by 9%, didn't it? >> that is absolutely the case. i was in israel teaching at a university during the terror campaign of 2001-202.

that terror campaign was ended when israel built the border wall along the west bank. now, some people say, hey, you look at u.s.-mexican border, people can tunnel under noth it but israeli technologies counter that as well, huge advances in anti-tunneling technologies. steve: go to the country of cyprus. the u.n. built a wall there. you know what it did, successfully end the fighting between the turkish and greek combatants, didn't it? >> absolutely. so many in the united nations criticize donald trump or criticize idea of building walls but by the united nations actually building that wall in cyprus, they created the precedent in international law of these walls being legal. steve: sure. meanwhile we're talking, our southern border need as long wall. in the country of morocco, they built one 1700 miles long and you know what it did? the last line right there, it resulted in cease-fire ending a war.

that's impressive! >> you know this is dusty corner of africa. in 1975, a war broke out and this is a very sparsely populated border. the war only ended basically when more rocco completed this war, completed this wall -- morocco. they built minefields. they built fenceposts, a huge sand berm. the fact of the matter is, more or less kept the peace in last quarter century. steve: if it works around the world, why can't we try it here? >> that is one of the big questions. lots of countries built walls not just for security, india, pakistan may have prevent ad war between nuclear powers but they also used it to prevent illegal immigration. the fact of the matter is, the record is clear, the precedence is in. it works. steve: no kidding. michael rubin, thanks for joining us from the american enterprise institute. >> thanks for having me. steve: interesting stuff.

a grand new spy thriller, discovers an agent forcing her to choose between her country and her family. it is written by an actual cia anally. the author of the "need to know" is with us. >> what does this informant know? senator ron johnson is live on that. what does robert mueller need to know yet? alan dershowitz will answer that question today. another major company making moves after the tax law. chuck schumer says no deal on the wall but was there ever a deal to begin with? depend who you ask. sandra and i will see you shortly, top of the hour, ten minutes away. it's not theirs. it's mine. mine. mine. mine. the new lexus rx 350l with three rows for seven passengers. are you excited about your baby sister coming? experience space for the unexpected with the rx l,

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♪ ainsley: a cia analyst on maternity leave writes a new

suspense novel in some way mirror hers own life. in the thriller vivian miller uncover as dangerous secret that will threaten her job, her family, even her life. she is forced to choose loyalty to her country over loyalty to her family. it is called, "need to know." we have the author, former cia analyst, karen cleveland. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. ainsley: you wrote it on maternity leave. you wrote it during your second maternity leave. how did you have time to do that? you are my hero. >> this is opportunity to do it. i tried to get it wering in when i could, when my older son was in preschool or my younger son wasp thatting after they both got to bed at night. ainsley: is it based on your own life? >> in some ways there are some similarities. vivian the main character is cia analyst. i have spent eight years as cia analyst. she is regular mom as well. she has four young kids.

i also have young kids. there is a big difference. she uncovers this life-changing secret that her husband isn't who he says he is. luckily my husband is a great guy. so i don't have to worry about that. ainsley: she figures out her husband is a russian spy. you will read an excerpt from your book, as soon as vivian figure this is out, right? >> yes. ainsley: okay, go ahead. >> so, how long have you been working for the russians, i say? he looks at me, wait as beat too long to answer but just barely, 22 years. that is not who he says he is. my husband is a deep cover russian operative. ainsley: sounds likes a great book. i can not man finding that out about your spouse. >> that would be pretty terrible. ainsley: when does it come out? >> it is out now. ainsley: that's wonderful. congratulations. what was it like working for the cia? >> it was a great experience. i feel very honored to have done it. you know, i was a freshman at college on 9/11. i lost a friend in iraq. two years later, so, you know, i

saw it as a way to help protect my country. i'm grateful that i had the experience to work there. ainsley: congratulations, if you want to get the book, it is called "need to know." it is out this week. karen cleveland. thank you for serving our country. fulbright scholar. bright and wonderful mom. we thank you for having me here. >> thank you very much for having me. ainsley: more "fox & friends" straight ahead. ♪ do you need the most trusted battery for your son's favorite toy? maybe not. maybe, you could trust he wouldn't leave the upstairs water running. (woman screams) or, you could just trust duracell. ♪

>> brian, you have a big announcement. >> thursday i'll be in virginia beach. that's tomorrow. i can't believe it. 6:30 at barnes & noble. we have a great station out there. fantastic. friday i'll be at regent university. it's a big military area thursday. if you buy a book i'll buy the

next one for free with a military i.d. >> adam is tan. >> where did you go? >> we were talking about vacations as well. >> we'll talk about it in the after the show show. >> bill: good morning, everybody. russia, special counsels and bombshell accusations facing the f.b.i. they're dominating the news in washington this week. republicans unveiling evidence now of an anti-trump secret meeting within the f.b.i. as robert mueller's interviews get closer and closer to the oval office which might be weeks away now. we'll follow each bit of it for you and take it as it comes and see where it goes slowly. i'm bill hemmer live inside "america's newsroom." >> sandra: a lot to keep track of. i'm sandra smith. good morning, everyone. the new revelations centering on the text messages between two former members of mueller's team. five months of text messages between peter strzok and lisa page. strzok said he