his team is in contention and we wish him nothing but the best. it's been an honor and privilege to host this show. i thank laura ingraham for allowing me to host tonight. we have shannon bream up next. >> shannon: breaking tonight a second white house aide resigns over domestic abuse allegations as mixed messages from the president and his chief of staff are raising new questions about general kelly's future in the white house. >> i was appalled when i learned of the allegations. >> we wish him well. he worked very hard. >> shannon: we break down a rocky week for the west wing. while you were sleeping the government shut down and reopened. congress working through the night to pass a two-year budget deal keeping the lights on and giving a big boost to the military. a student claims spirit airlines told her to flush her emotional support pet down a toilet. whether she has a case against

the airline or if she is getting caught up in a hamster wheel. welcome to "fox news @ night". the white house dealing with a second white house staffer resigns over allegations of domestic violence a day after white house staff secretary rob porter cleaned out his desk over accusations by two of his ex-wives. critics are questioning how the trump administration is handling the issue and whether it could cost the chief of staff his job. chief national correspondent ed henry joins us. >> the second white house staffer this week alone resigning amid allegations of domestic abuse. speech writer david sorenson after his former wife claimed he was violent and emotionally abusive. denies the allegations but

stepped down amidst the outcry that started with the exit of rob porter a white house aide. white house officials are pushing back hard on an abc news report that says john kelly may be on the outs. a spokesman the retired general did not offer his resignation today. he is still under fire for offering the media a glowing statement on tuesday of allegations of domestic abuse. he privately urged him to stay on when the staffer stayed down as evidence amerged and allegations mounted from two ex-wives and a girlfriend compounded by the fact the president and vice president seem they are in different time zones and not close to being on the same message or the same page about this matter. the president at the white house again stressing that porter maintains his innocence and not mentioning the female victims in his comments.

the vice president did an interview in south korea with nbc news and was far more conciliatory. >> he did a very good job when he was in the white house. and we hope he has a wonderful career. he also, as you probably know, says he is innocent and i think you have to remember that. he said very strongly yesterday that he is innocent. >> there is no tolerance in this white house, no place in america for domestic abuse. that being said i think the white house has acknowledged that they could have handled it better. >> the "washington post" reporting this morning at a senior staff meeting kelly was rewriting history tonight at a meeting one staffer saying he told the staff he took immediate and direct action, one of the officials said people after the meeting thought the latest account was not true. it contradicts the public record and numerous white house officials as the porter drama

unfolded. multiple reports are out tonight saying the president is privately quizzing outside advisors like mick mulvaney or meadows might be better suited for the chief of staff role. kelly hasn't offered his resignation and is still in charge. >> shannon: late this afternoon fox news confirmed that associate attorney general rachel brand will be stepping down. a friend of hers says she wasn't looking the leave but offered a dream job at a fortune 100 company. deputy associate will step into the role temporarily. president trump says he is inclined to -- claiming the f.b.i. abused its spying powers but president says his hands are tied. tonight white house counsel don mcgahn sent a letter to

democrats asking them to redraft the memo for national security concerns raised by the justice department, not the white house. let's bring in white house correspondent sarah westwood. there was so much back and forth today. what will the white house do and what won't they do? what don mcgahn's letter said about this. he says the doj has identified portions of the february 5th memo the disclosure of which it believes would create significant concerns for the national security and law enforcement interests. although the president is inclined to declassify the memo he is unable to do so at this time. they went on to offer saying we have instructed the justice department to work with the committee to redraft the letter and send it back to us. >> the memo the democratic memo has become a test, you see what you want to see. democrats see the white house potentially withholding this memo for political reasons to try to suppress evidence that might contradict what the nunes memo claims last week. republicans see democrats

trying to include an unnecessary amount of classified information in order to provoke this kind of response from the white house so they can claim that the white house is trying to suppress it for political reasons. a lot of back and forth going on. not clear what is happening with the memo. the white house has been clear from day one their position supports full transparency and that they want this memo to be released as long as it doesn't compromise sources and methods. >> shannon: trey gowdy, here is what he said about the democrats' memo. >> the democrats are politically smart enough to put things in the memo that require either the bureau or the department of justice to say it needs to be redacted and it creates this belief there is something being hidden from the american people. >> shannon: and like clockwork tonight we get from the chuck schumer saying the rationale of transparency vanishes when it could show information harmful to him. americans are asking what he is

hiding? we knew that would be the playbook and everybody predicted it ahead of time. mcgahn's letter says it's the d.o.j. objecting, not the white house. >> democrats are basing their argument that the d.o.j. objected to the release of the nunes memo. the question does become what kind of information is in the democratic memo that is suddenly worse considering the doj's object suns bit. democrats would love nothing more for a memo to be released full of redactions so the american people are wondering what's behind the black bars even if it is something that is so wildly sensitive there is no reason to include it in the memo. we don't know. potentially this is all playing out in democrats' favor right now. we don't know how the memo was crafted or if it was crafted to create this kind of response. >> shannon: we also heard from

nunes tonight i warned the democrats' memo contained sources and methods. so it is not surprising tonight it comes back this way. apparently the d.o.j. has provided materials to what their objection wants. we want the democrats to resolve the issues to get it released as soon as possible. do you think it works for them from a p.r. standpoint to say we're trying to facilitate this thing and want to get it out as quickly as possible or do you think the releases from the democrats they told us they were never going to let you see it. who wins the p.r. war. >> the democrats have been angling to make this kind of argument. when objections were raised in the nunes memo things were changed before it went to the white house and democrats say nunes altered the memo and needs to come back to the committee for a vote. a deviation from the normal

process. eventually the memo came out anyway but they weren't happy about the way the process worked in that case. now it seems that the publication of their memo will take the same trajectory and now they're mad at the white house for doing the same thing that happened with the nunes memo. i think there was no way that this process was going to go to their satisfaction. >> shannon: nothing like a little friday night news especially something that you know you'll have to manage publicly. we'll see where we go from here. always good to see you. while you were sleeping the government essentially shut down and then reopened after lawmakers pulled an all nighter. finally passing a $400 billion budget deal. what is in the 652 page agreement? has anyone read it? a look at where some of your tax dollars will be going. >> the two year deal craft evidence by senators keeps the lights on for the federal government for six more weeks while they craft a longer spending bill.

let's break down some of where the money will be going. $6 billion to fight the opioid epidemic. extending the khierns health insurance program to 10 years and $80 billion for disaster releafs from hurricanes and wildfires and lifts military spending caps the next two years. defense hawks are happy about the bill. a 10% jump in military spending. that works out to about $700 billion for national defense and war spending in 2018. and $716 billion in 2019. plus $4 billion over the next two years to help reduce the veterans affair healthcare backlog. domestically it gives a 10% increase in funding. some democrats are hailing it as historic that $60 billion more this year for programs like childcare, increased funding for community health centers and more in 2019. $20 billion over the next two

years for new infrastructure investments like water, broadband, energy and transportation improvements and waves the national debt ceiling for a year and extends tax breaks for individuals and businesses. however, there is no fix for the daca program in the bill and the hundreds of thousands of immigrants known as dreamers. the daca program expires on march 5th unless congress comes up with a bill. fiscal conservatives have balked at this budget because of the enormous increase in federal spending with few ways to offset it. for lawmakers signing this bill isn't the end. it sets out the broad budget numbers for the next two years. congressional appropriateors need to write a detailed bill by march 23 to allocate that specific funding. >> shannon: the process seems like it is never really over. thanks for tracking it for us. this weekend might be one to cozy up to a nice warm fire if you've been hearing the word

matteo tossed around. it is brought snow and freezing temples all -- temps all the way to the northeast. >> it wasn't a crippling storm but a classic winter nuisance here in chicago. at least six inches of snow falling in the city making for a dicey morning and evening commute. perhaps the biggest headache out at chicago's o'hare and midway airports. more than 1,200 flights were canceled today. we all know the headache and backlog of one canceled flight. imagine more than 1200 canceled flights in chicago. here on the streets of the city people, their cars remain snowed in except for the select few who decided to get their cars out to try to get to work. we talked to one person who says he used a brush to get his car out to go to school. >> i have school, i am a dental student actually. all my classes in the morning got canceled but patients come in in the afternoon so i have

to go to school. >> go to school and burying out your car. >> without a shovel. >> i have to say we've had two mild and rather enjoyable winters. no major snowstorms. now we're back in the business of winter and we're expecting a one-two punch with more snow on the way sunday. shannon. >> shannon: matt, thank you very much. the dow finished friday in the green but it still experienced its worst week in two years. after a rollercoaster week in which two days the dow lost more than 1,000 points stocks closed higher today. it swung more than a thousand points and surged again and finished up 330 points. the dow and s & p 500 falling 5%. the worst performance since january 2016. nasdaq was off more than 5% for the week. the winter olympics are kicking off in south korea but not all

celebration. u.s. speedskater seany davis boycotted the opening ceremony what he tweeted was a dishonor able coin cost. davis and erin hamlin tie. it caused some to wonder if race played a role in the decision. davis is not the only story coming out of the winter olympics. a seating assignment seen round the world as vice president pence and the north korean dictator's sister attending. plus emotions run high as a north korean defector meets the father of otto warm bao*ir. the upside and down side of the president sitting down for an interview with mueller in the russia investigation.

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>> shannon: top u.s. athletes battle for a place on the medal stand. vice president pence is there to keep the pressure on north korea. we're in south korea with the latest. >> fireworks over the winter olympics in south korea and muted fireworks in the olympic

stadium taking in the opening ceremony the sister of the leader of kim jong-un exchanging a handshake with president moon. looking sternly ahead vice president pence. during the reception before the ceremony the south korean president greeted another north korean official. the vice president only stepped in briefly. earlier in the day pence visited a memorial to south korean sailors killed when a north korean submarine torpedoed their ships and met with defect ors, and the father of otto warmbier to keep north korea from hijacking the games. >> the simple truth is the time has come for north korea to permanently abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions. >> as she arrived in south korea along with other officials kim jong-un's sister.

>> she has some latitude that other prior envoys from the north don't. >> others are also not so sure that what has been branded the pyongyang olympics is a good thing. >> we do not except that winter olympics contaminated by the participation of north korea. >> for many attending north and south korean athletes marching together and helping to light the olympic torch gave a long-shot hope for peace. >> it shows potential for the spirit of the olympics to survive. that's what it's all about is bringing people together in a peaceful environment to celebrate sport and something we all love to do. >> one official traveling with the vice president offered this analysis about mr. pence's perceived cold shoulder to the north koreans. both sides quote chose not to engage with each other. in the coming months following the olympics could show whether it's a winning strategy. >> shannon: let's talk about

this more. the situation now in north and south korea. joining me now retired lieutenant general and fox news contributor tom mcinerney. what does north korea get out of this and their playing nice during the olympics? >> a little bit of prestige and look like they're part of the international community. it doesn't really mean a lot. it might be something that they are interested in but it doesn't get down to the brass tacks. you can see vice president pence was very stern. on the other hand president moon was not. of course he has to be very collegial and trying to do it in a peaceful way thinking he can convince kim jong-un to lay down nuclear weapons and join the united korea. that won't happen. >> shannon: which is the better strategy? we talked about whether the u.s. should have conversations with north korean leaders or allow them to, give them legitimacy. is that a good or bad thing on the international stage?

>> i'm from the john bolton school. play tough with them. put in very district economic sanctions, squeeze them in every direction we can. that's all they understand. for the last 25 years, shannon, we've had three different american presidents trying to pay them off, buy them, and what have we got? we have a nuclear north korea, and almost equipped with icbms that reach the united states. it has failed. >> shannon: even when these sanctions are passed we have countries that are caught aiding them, russia and china come to mind that they are not abiding by the terms that they voted for at the u.n. >> it's a difficult problem. china and russia have made north korea. china and russia, we have to admit are behind in sustaining them. until we recognize that and play tough with those -- both china and russia, then we aren't going to get anywhere. china is greatly dependent on

our economy in trade. so we'll have to play tough with them as well. >> shannon: i want to talk to you about this. we covered last night when we had a mini shutdown. the big package that came together, $400 billion in additional spending and republicans who voted for it were very excited about this being offered to the military and the pentagon because they have been jerked around by the short term spending measures. they were celebrating that but they were fiscal hawks on the other side who were very disturbed by the amount of money being spent on domestic programs, the tradeoffs are there. i remember a few years back whether he was then the joint chief chairman mullen said the most significant threat to our national security is our debt. how do we balance these two things, the need to shore up our military again but to do so in a way that doesn't now contribute to the debt that makes us more vulnerable in the long term? >> the only way to balance it is what president trump said. more republicans in the

congress. the fact is i don't like that amount of money that they threw into civil and social programs. but we are in dire straits, shannon, we really are. that 1.4 trillion over two years is going to enable us to start -- just to start rebuilding, modernizing and getting our equipment and aircraft and ships and that up to commission rates when i was a commander i used to be at 80% and 90%. these units now are at 40% and 50%. we're in deep trouble. >> shannon: planes that can't fly and ships that have trouble and missing parts and inability to supply our men and women out there fighting with what they need risking their lives. >> shannon: president obama disarmed our military and did it very cleverly through sequestration which the republican congress approved. we are where we are. we needed to do that. and i know the president feels

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amount they receive regularly it can be a hand up that helps them to really gain their own economic success going forward. >> base income movement is popular in silicone valley. fears tech automation will wipe out jobs. it is being privately funded. a nonprofit spearheaded by facebook co-founder committed $1 million. pay should be earned and point out basic income is still welfare. some economists say giving out free money could be a disincentive to work. >> people want to be engaged but need to have a reason to get up and go out and earn a living. >> in 2012 stockton became the largest city in america to declare bankruptcy. one in five residents is statistically poor and lags behind the nation in jobless rates and median income.

financially strapped after being hit by a car alex says an extra $500 a month would motivate him to -- >> to get things going for myself. >> $500 a month may not sound like a lot but in this city where the median income is $46,000 a year. an extra $6,000 a year does seem significant. the program is set to begin this fall. in stockton, california, fox news. >> shannon: what a day to lose a phone. thursday defensive back sidney jones lost his cell during the eagles super bowl victory parade in philadelphia. fans found the phone and posted a selfie on his instagram page. they reunited him with the phone today and an updated photo. president trump said he would welcome an interview with

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previously said he welcomes the opportunity to talk to special counsel robert mueller in the russia investigation. even as reports suggest his lawyers are advising against it. next guest says it is not just a bad idea for the president to talk to federal investigators but no one should unless they have to. great to have you with us tonight. okay, want to play a sound bite for somebody who knows about this. kenneth starr. he is what he says about this. >> i think depending on what bob mueller knows. depending on what he knows he will want to talk to the president. if the president resists bob mueller has subpoena power. >> shannon: a couple of things there, ken. we don't know. the president doesn't know what bob mueller knows. secondly, what about the possibility of a presidential subpoena? >> certainly a possibility if the president doesn't cooperate voluntarily. but that's not a good reason to

go in voluntarily. if the special counsel does seek a subpoena the president likely has various options to delay things and object. it took quite a while to straighten out president clinton's testimony. the basic idea is the same. a terrible idea to go in voluntarily and subject yourself to the risks that two people have already seen in this investigation lead to lying to the f.b.i. charges. >> shannon: not charged with underlying crimes but with lying about something and something interesting from an article you had out that spells this out well. you wrote when special counsels or f.b.i. agents ask questions of one of these powerful people they aren't fact finding. they've already done their homework. they are asking the questions the answers to which they can prove hoping the interviewee will tell a lie and thus commit a crime. because as you point out in those two cases it wasn't an underlying crime it is lying to investigators. it is a crime to lie to the

f.b.i. >> it is. amazingly the law is such that it doesn't have to be an important lie. it doesn't have to be a lie that hurts the investigation or misleads the f.b.i. for a minute. they can charge you with a federal felony if you lie about something and the f.b.i. has you on tape and can prove it instantly. that's -- >> shannon: finish your answer there. >> it's a scary power. the f.b.i. has the power to get you charged with a federal felony for lying when they question you. they have the power to decide who they will question and put in that danger. >> shannon: there is public perception issue that a lot of folks are worried about. the president when asked publicly has said i want the talk to him and he is thinking about the fact in his mind he is innocent of all of these charges and doesn't know what rabbit trails and robert mueller may have gone down but

confident he would illustrate his innocence and doesn't want to look like he is avoiding it. there is this issue of perception. "the new york times" has a pace saying rejecting an interview with mr. mueller carries political consequences. certain to prompt accusations that the president is hiding something. and a court fight could prolong the special counsel inquiry casting a shadow over republicans as mid-term elections approach and beyond into the president's reelection campaign. do you think the president shouldn't worry about what the perception is going to be? if he has a choice he needs to say no? >> it is my take and what i tell clients. you have to ask compared to what. saying no, refusing to cooperate could have some political consequences. it is not clear to me why these would be worse than any other things happening. you have to say what about if he gets caught in a lie? what about if he says something and the special counsel claims it's a lie? what about the special counsel presenting a case to congress saying these are the 10 things

i think the president lied about during the interview to the f.b.i.? that could be a much worse political scandal. there is scandal any direction you look. my bias as a criminal defense lawyer is to tell people not to subject yourself to federal felony prosecution. >> shannon: yes or no, do you think the issue of having written interog towers, do you think it works and solves some problems worried going off and saying things or being hyperbolic about something and being caught up in something that maybe is not substantive but isn't true? >> as a defense attorney i would vastly prefer it. you still have to worry about giving answers you think are true and the person with power thinks are not true. >> shannon: ken white, great to have you with us. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> shannon: critical hearing today in federal court in san diego. the challenge to the border wall construction almost as notable as the presiding u.s.

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>> shannon: there was a federal court hearing this afternoon in san diego that could determine the immediate future of the

president's border wall. as william la jeunesse tells us the man who will decide this case is all too familiar to president trump. >> he is hispanic, i believe. he is a very hostile judge to me. >> candidate judge disparaged the judge suggesting he could not be fair because of his mexican heritage. a year later he is in trump's cross hairs. >> we'll begin immediate construction of a border wall. >> he is hearing a challenge by the state of california and environmental groups against the border wall. >> it happens in our backyard. we demand it be carried out in the right way. >> shannon: california claims any authority the feds had to build a wall expired with the 2006 secure fence act. >> what the challengers are arguing is when congress passed this law, it didn't intend to give the department of homeland security a blank check. >> the feds counter federal authority in the name of national security supersedes

state and environmental objections. >> congress gave them waiver authority. the waiver authority was supposed to encompass not just the projects on the books at that moment, but any other projects that could have been done under the act. >> analysts say both sides have a strong case and don't expect bias from the bench. >> just apply the law. >> will it end the whole debate on the fence or the wall? no. but it could be a significant victory for one side or the other. >> california would stop not just the wall but a fence to replace this rusting steel fence california once begged for in 1990. the arguments upstairs are over. the state and environmental groups argued federal overreach and secondly that any fence building would violate the endangered species act among other environmental regulations. the federal government says their authority was tested four

times under president bush and it was upheeled and the supreme court refused to hear the case. we expect a decision in several weeks. >> shannon: night court passed no judgment on these stories but press them to you for your consideration. on the docket today a college student considering pressing charges against spirit airlines. 21-year-old says spirit airlines gave her conflicting instructions which led her to make the decision to flush her certified emotional support hamster down a toilet because it wasn't going to be allowed on the plane with her. several airlines are tightening restrictions for service animals on flights. a peacock was denied a flight on united. chip merlin, a trial attorney to defend spirit airlines. and a former prosecutor here to defend the college student. thank you for joining us.

>> shannon: this is so terrible this story no matter what you fwhi the legal outcome. this hamster was certified by her doctor. not a joke, she called ahead of time and said she was told by spirit airlines it would be fine. when she got there you can't take it on. she tried to find friends and get home to florida for this emergency. so she says ultimately an employee told her to flush the hamster down the toilet. it was better than throwing it on the street and letting it be hit by a car. she was scared. i was scared. it was horrifying trying to put her in the toilet. i sat there for 10 minutes crying in the stall. chip, why is this okay for it to end this way? >> it's not okay for it to end this way. i think that's the reason why many animal activists and animal rights individuals are so upset the fact she would make the decision to have this

particular animal life destroyed by her own hand. she didn't have to do that and the reason why in this particular case if you had to take a look at it from a legal perspective most everybody taking a look would say what are you doing throwing the hamster? the animal that is for your emotional support individual and you are throwing it and killing this animal. >> shannon: she said she didn't have a choice. she was told she had to get rid of the animal. somebody suggested to flush it down the toilet. they put her on another flight. too young to rent a car. she was hours away from school and she was in this emergency situation. she says she decided it would be the most humane thing to do. spirit says this. to be clear at no point did any of our agents suggest this guest or any other for that matter should flush or otherwise injure an animal. our representative -- reservation representative did misinform the guest a hamster was permitted the fly as an emotional support animal on

spirit airlines. they say it was not their doing. >> that's probably one of the reasons this young lady wants to file a lawsuit. the big risk here. while this may not be a great legal claim that will ultimately stick at the end of the day. this suit could cost this airline lots of time and money especially damaging their public reputation. this is a p.r. nightmare and having a lawsuit to get down into the nitty-gritty of who told who what and when is probably not worth this airline's reputation. >> shannon: chip, what kind of claims could you see this young woman pursuing? what kind of damages? not just the cost of the hamster. this is emotional. emotional distress. where do we go legally with this case? >> for a lawyer with nothing else to do or looking for publicity. the courts look at this, what's the value of the animal that got destroyed? i looked it up.

$15.91 at pet smart. don't get me wrong. the courts also recognize certain circumstances where you have an animal such as an emotional support animal that has gone through training could be worth more. there is no indication of that here. most attorney will say the woman might have an emotional distress. what is the emotional distress? what we find is jurors are very skeptical in the united states about this. it might be legally something that people pursue but unless somebody is going out and shooting your dog or trying to injure you or intentionally do it most of the courts and juries are skeptical ever giving these types of lawsuits any credence whatsoever. i think most good attorneys would probably pass on this one. >> shannon: do you think it might be a situation where spirit doesn't want their reputation to get dragged into the conversation where people have a sympathetic plaintiff

and this cute little hamster. anybody who loves animals or have pets, the thought of doing this is just gut wrenching. better for them to settle and make it go away? it is really gone viral. >> i'm the biggest animal rights sporter. law school spent a lot of time undering the views of people very concerned the lives of animals mean just as much as what the beings on this earth do at the same time. yet i fly 250 segments a year, spirit is the worst it can be. who really cares about that? versus giving up and allow somebody to sue you for emotional distress you would be asking people to sue you when they got upset about anything. >> shannon: i had clients who said i will not settle this particular case because i don't want to open the floodgates. what do you think is the best bet for this young woman? >> for her to try to get it

resolved without a lawsuits. they cost time and money are emotionally upsetting. she has been through the wringer making decision she made. this young lady is an adult by law, 21 years old. anybody with college kids can tell you it's an age at which we haven't quite reached our real strong decision making capability yet. whether or not they want to put this young lady on tv which this case will get more air time and talk about who told her what to do with this little animal and when and explain themselves, it might be wise to end the lawsuit. they will have a big decision to make. >> shannon: all right chip and nicole. thank you for weighing in on tonight's night court. great to see you both. at home if you are listening we want to know what you think about this case. i see every night your tweets to me. by the way, up next i'll answer some of your online questions. right now log on and give us your best during the commercial break and we'll answer some right after this.

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>> before we wind things down for the week i want to reach into our social media bag, we might come up with another name. we want to answer some of your questions. separating fact from fiction, some pundits have reported that the yahoo! news report on the dossier was not used to corroborate the original dossier, here is what lead to my most say. if the house intelligence memo it says the carter page vice application cited extensively a yahoo! news article by michael isikoff that focuses on the trip to moscow. here out of the senate side, they note the existence of a news article dated december 23rd

2016 which in particular containments about the same dossier information compiled by mr. steel. some of you want to know about my colleagues here at fox and my twitter habits, catherine harwich is absolutely my favorite female reporter, she doesn't have a twitter so i can tell her. i will tell her and i do tell her a lot, that's one of the number one things i hear, people want to hear why catherine doesn't have her own twitter account. it's because she's busy out there digging up stories. she is always sniffing up national security stories and

the details other people want find. we would love to hear more from you. meanwhile, most watched, trusted, grateful you spent the evening with us. have a great weekend, i'm shannon bream. ♪ >> tucker: welcome to "tucker carlson tonight," there's an awful lot going on. minutes ago the white house released a letter saying the president is inclined to declassify this democratic committee memo and will work with the house intelligence committee to see if they can come up with a releasable version of it, much rejected. the russia story has suddenly become an fbi story and it's moving faster than anyone anticipated.e all of the smart people were mocking donald trump for being insane enough to suggest the obama administration had surveilled or is he put it wiretapped his campaign -- what a paranoid lunatic