she wins it. the escape from the net happened when the fish tried to just fly there. moments later an employee returns the fish. ultimate fake. jillian: thanks for watching. have a good day. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> president trump slamming former president obama on twitter. he says obama was president up to and beyond 2016 election so why didn't he do something about russian meddling. >> he mocked and chastised people who were warning about it. >> i invite mr. trump to stop whining and go make his case to get votes. >> internal polling in the key battle ground states tax cuts while american people are getting more of their money, democrats are doubling down against it. >> as the march 5th deadline looms deal on daca the supreme court may step in as soon as as today. >> he f. they do take the case they would hear and decide it by june. >> brand new poll shows 77% think more effective health

screening and treatment could have prevented the shooting in florida. >> they advance to face the chex in a quarter final match-up here at pentagon pyeong ♪ what's wrong with being confident ♪ what's wrong with being ♪ what's wrong with being ♪ what's wrong with being confident ♪ steve: did you see that? there is not a single car on the avenue of the americas right now. ainsley: there really is not. steve: keep in mind it's a tuesday after a holiday monday. people aren't up yet. just us. ainsley: this is the benefit of going to work so early in the morning for all of us. no traffic. brian: did i go out to dinner last night on and moo night. steve: look at that. brian: i think everyone partied last night. partied to favorite president. yesterday was presidents' day.

steve: there went a cab. we can officially start the show. ainsley: you went out last night. brian: go out monday night quickly eat and leave. i had to wait 15 minutes on a a monday night. i sense it's also winter break for a lot of people. steve: did you make a reservation. brian: no. ainsley: when you walked in did they know how are brian kilmeade. brian: absolutely not. ainsley: they made brian kilmeade wait. brian: that won't happen again. steve: tell you what's going on. yesterday the president of the united states september out an interesting tweet. the mueller indictment on friday all about the troll factory and those 13 russians. the president of the united states wanted to know why is everybody want to know about me colluding. it was the former president who knew all about it before the elections and beyond. he tweeted this. ainsley: he said obama was president up to and beyond the 2016 election. so why didn't he do

something about russian meddling. brian: one thing that can characterize the obama of 8 years is we are going to reset things with russia. remember, the first thing he did was pull the defensive missile system out of eastern europe. the second thing he did was send secretary of state there with a reset button. him leaning over to medvedev and saying after this election we are going to be -- i will be free to do a lot more things. when all this stuff came up with james clapper in charge and john brennan running the cia. what move did they make on pushing back on russia? almost none. ainsley: even adam schiff was saying why didn't obama do something about this he is the leading member of the intel committee. steve: president obama knew at the time russians were trying to rig our elections. we know now that he knew? because a month earlier he said he had told putin knock it off. and he believed that putin

did. at least that's what he told the press. but, nonetheless, listen to how the fact that the former president knew it was going on. yet, diminished the fact that people were talking about it. watch. >> there is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow that you could even -- you could even rig america's lebszs. there's no evidence that that has happened in the past or that there are instances in which that will happen this time. and so i would invite mr. trump to stop whining and go try to make his case to get votes. brian: he did. and they came out yesterday, jay johnson came out yesterday and said hey, listen, we tried to tell you but it was the weekend of the access hollywood tape. really? so one weekend after 8 years you come out october 7th and say yeah, we have evidence that russia is doing something through social media to affect our elections. i don't really think that i is

that effective. steve: the president knew right then when he was saying that it was going on. he said there is no serious person out there that would think that there is no evidence that it has happened in the past. stop whining, mr. trump. ainsley: when we heard that sound bite this morning when we were preparing for the show and we played back that sound bite from him i thought okay, well, this is another example about how president trump was right. i mean, he predicted this when he was running and people laughed at him, no one expected him -- steve: mitt romney was right. ainsley: just reminded me of how in touchy is with the american people and how the american people feel. brian: do you know what it underlines too, if we could pull politics out of it, we were attacked in a sophisticated way in which you expect madison avenue to come up with it in another era inside our elections. they tried to divide us did the russians through their bots through social media which we creative and have been quite effective.

when michael moore shows up anti-trump rally after the election and turns out that was sponsored by the russians. do you really think michael moore was collaborating with the russians? it was unwitting collaboration. they can't have witnessing on collaboration. brian brine social media pushing us on the program. ainsley: this was unwitting, why is the mainstream media pushing the collusion and continuing to do it? is it just because they don't like this president? steve: you be the judge. here is one of the interesting things. byron york tweeted this out yesterday. we have heard how much facebook ads affected the investigation. this is how much the russian bot factory spent on

facebook ads in the state of pennsylvania. $300. do you know how much they spent in michigan? $832. do you know how much they spent -- the russians spent in wisconsin? they spent $54 after the primary. do you think that turned an election? come on. brian: there is a lot of people. put a zldz. a lot of people are not on social media, period. it's not like you doing direct mail that everyone is going to see and buying billboards that you can't help but notice. meanwhile, i sense that if it ended right now, we could go to attacking back and preventing this have from happening again. unfortunately people are waiting to see what robert mueller is coming up with next. and now they are starting to worry about the business aspect of people in and around the trump organization. the last one rumored to be in the line of fire is jared kushner. so that's a distraction that keeps us from working on preventing the next russian attack. ainsley: there is also a new poll talking about tax reform and what you, the measure people, how you feel

like it's affected your life. it turns out this president, this administration is actually winning over some democrats. especially after nancy pelosi said. this. >> the debate on healthcare is like death. this is armageddon. in terms of the bonus that corporate america received versus the crumbs that they are giving to workers to kind of put the schmooze on is so pathetic. steve: evidently it is putting the schmooze on americans. and more americans are approving about this the more they hear about it. take a look, a brand new poll out right now, 51% of americans approve of it you go back to december and it was 14% less. what's going on? people are realizing they got a little more money in their paycheck. plus, all of those tax cuts and impacting the company so they are able to give thousand dollar bonuses. $2,000 bonuses as well.

ainsley: that was "new york times" survey monkey. even though support remains low among democrats it did double in the past two months. steve: went from 8 to 20%. that's good news for the republicans. on the generic ballot. the republicans while they were down 15 points, what, a month or two ago, now think are up by one. we will talk to matt schlapp about that from cpac in about five minutes. brian: republicans did get another body blow yesterday congressman rooney from florida said i' m retiring. that's it. another seat open. rash retirements is something we should look at. you wonder what's going on there. because you are in the majority. if you are ever going to have an impact now is the time. about 30 heading for the gate. ainsley: sarah huckabee sanders who could be for lower wages. higher taxes? steve: sarcastic. abc received something like 25,000 phone calls over the last couple of days when joy behar said this:

>> it's one thing to talk to jesus. it's another thing when jesus talks to you. that's different. that's called mental illness, if i'm not correct. hearing voices. steve: so christians are mentally ill, essentially. she has since said she was just joking, trying to put it behind them a lot of people have hurt feelings. ainsley: president of media research center his name is brent bozell, he has been on fox a lot. he wrote this open letter he is going to start going after advertisers if she doesn't apologize because she offended so many people. he is encouraging christians to tune out of that show and abc if she doesn't come out and apologize. brian: i thought they were until we started giving them so much attention. you brought that up with the vice president a couple days ago. >> when i heard that abc had a program that likened my christianity to mental illness, i couldn't be

silent. my christian faith is probably the most important thing in my life. i do try to start every day reading the bible. my wife and i try to have a prayer together before i leave the house every morning. but i do think i'm a very typical american. i think people of all different faith, traditions, cherish their faith in god and to have abc have a forum that spoke in such meaning terms, i think it's evidence of how out-of-touch some in the mainstream media are with the faith and values of the american people. steve: well, the american people did call. as i said earlier, at least 25,000 phone calls to abc complaining. ainsley: let us know what you think. love to read your emails. brian: no one complains when we toss to jillian, right? jillian: i don't know. maybe they do. brian: let's go see. jillian: send those emails in. let us know. seriously, don't do that good morning, guys, good morning to you at home. let'letstudents will march on

florida's capitol demanding changes to gun safety laws. their demonstration coming hours after the judge ruled the childhood suspect's records can go public. revealing allegations that nikolas cruz lived in a home filled with abuse and neglect. meanwhile stoneman douglas high will open in phases starting friday. class also likely resume next week. the building where the killings took place will be demolished. the fbi now joining the desperate search for a missing 5-year-old boy in kansas. according to a stepmother lucas hernandez was last seen inside his home on saturday afternoon when she woke up from a nap, he was gone and the back door was open. police do not suspect lucas was kidnapped. according to local reports, a relative called child protective services last year concerned about the child's well-being. student hopeful mitt romney getting a huge endorsement. president trump tweeting his support saying, quote: he will make a great senator and worthy successor to

orrin hatch and has my full support and endorsement. romney tweeted back i hope over the course of the campaign i earn the support and endorsement of the people of utah. look at your headlines. big development there. brian: how long can they keep this truce going? it's been a day. let's see if it stays that way. steve: thank you, jillian. they did patch things up. they had that supper that we saw televised on television where they were apparently considering mitt romney to be secretary of state for a while. look at that. brian: what did he have frog legs? ainsley: i like suspect ir. it reminds me of home. my mom said supper instead of dinner. steve: you do where i come from. ainsley: i like it. steve: coming up on this tuesday. brian: speech at cpac. governors gain ground midterm poll. how do they keep that going. matt schlapp knows what history is. brian: that's a very close

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in the congressional generic ballot. ainsley: president trump touting these numbers, the big question can they carry them through the midterm elections in november co-chair matt schlapp is the co-chair behind cpac where the president will speak this week. good to see you. >> good to be with you. ains haines what do you make of these numbers, will the republicans be able to carry that through in november? >> i think it's the cpac bounce clearly, right? all of these polls have shown that the democrats had double digit, you know, wide margins going in on the generic ballot as we head closer to november, but this very typical employe ploy on the media. they define on the way out the g.o.p. is doomed. we saw this in 2016 with donald trump. there's no way that he could possibly win when you look at the polling. and when it comes to politics, especially whether or not the republicans will be returned to power, it's

going to come down to what is the effect on people's lives? and i think it's the word security. they feel greater economic security and they feel like president trump is projecting strength overseas and keeping them safe. if they continue to get the policy right, the politics will be just fine. steve: matt, if you look at the two parties, they have two completely different messages. democrats russia, russia, russia, collusion with this guy. >> that's right. steve: republicans are we gave you tax cut, tax cut, tax cut. that's reflected in capri said. the democrats have got to be about something. listen to this. >> there's no question that people in ohio and frankly across the nation care more about the economy, more about jobs, more about healthcare, more about infrastructure. democrats have to be for something. we can't just be against donald trump. we need to talk about those issues that are important, you know, to the american public and that is what is going to make us successful in 2018, not being obsessed with russia.

steve: looks like the tax cuts are more popular with the american public than russia. >> yeah. because, you know what's happening? people are seeing it affect their bottom line. they are taking home more money in their paycheck. they are having greater opportunity on the job site and with their investments. they see their 401(k)s and their pensions going up. so it's just a fact -- it's good politics when people feel better about their personal lives. and i think when it comes to the democratic party, #resistance is a very interesting folly. they are not will to work with donald trump on this immigration deal. they are not maybe willing to work with him on it in an infrastructure deal. democrats running in red states, that's a stupid strategy. ainsley: whamatt, what are you going to do at cpac to get that bowl rolling for november. >> we are going to focus on republican agenda that's had so much success. i think we will look at what we did last year and what's come up this year and making sure people understand how important it is for this agenda to keep rolling. steve: all right. he is the chairman of cpac,

matt schlapp, thanks so much. >> thanks. steve: it's 6:20 in new york city. one of the bloodiest battle in the war in iraq. one marine opening up about being on the front lines in are a made. led 250 troops through the city. verado's are the most dependable, longest lasting full-size pickups on the road. which means that ford f-150s are not. (laughs) which truck would you pick? the chevy. the chevy. the chevy. there you go. boom. that was obvious. plus it looks cooler. no doubt about it. now they know what to get me. (laughs)

♪ ainsley: here's some quick headlines for you. the state of pennsylvania issuing a new overhauled congressional map ahead of key 2018 races the state supreme court approving the map that will be used in the coming primary. it replaces one that was drawn by republicans that's accused of being gerrymandered. they are vowing to challenge it in federal court as soon as today. also in pennsylvania, the governor ordering all electronic voting machines to keep a paper record. it's just one of the multiple states looking to stop russian meddling and voter fraud.

down in georgia, lawmakers are considering doing away with electronic voting all together. now down to brian and one of our nation's -- brian: in 2004 while serving overseas captain hughesing saw his newborn daughter live for the first time on "fox & friends." >> you've gotten a chance to see some photos and probably a video of bailey. but you have never gotten the chance to see her live. and so we wanted to give that you gift. >> she's cute. brian: there you go. and what you couldn't see over there through the marine he would carry the weight of carrying 354 men through ar ramadi, iraq. is he sharing new experience brand new book echo ramadi. had you 10 deployments over there. first off.

live that moment. they told did you go to the hotel. they didn't know what was going to be happening, right? >> it wasn't an option. my boss go over this sheridan. heard you on the head set. saw my daughter on the tiny little monitor, could barely make her out. and there she is. she is 13 now. brian: that was the first time i saw her. >> that was the first time i actually saw her. when i actually saw her she was 5 months old. she is talking now. she is 13. of course she is talking now. brian: i have a 14-year-old. i know exactly that time. now that you are out. you have been out since 2013. wow, she is 13 years old now. >> look at that beautiful girl. brian: wow, she is beautiful. 8th grade. >> 8th grade. you got it. you have been out since 2013. you want to write this book. you say this book isn't about politics or war. this is about people. >> it is. i think it's about the marines that are in it. it's obviously my story. but i wrote echo in ramadi as a tribute to my marines. they were the whole reason i started this project.

it's their shared experiences. obviously the fighting, the friction. all those things that we experience in such a dynamic environment, they were trust into the war in ramadi deadly in 2006 during the surge. it's about the people and the feelings and the emotion. that's what makes this book so different. i did 75 interviews with my marines, the soldiers, the families, my amazing gold star families that i cannot thank enough. they are just remarkable people. i call them extraordinary because there is no other way to describe them. brian: right. >> through that process it was interesting that i understood a little bit more about myself. i understood a little bit more about my marines. some of the funny stories came out. some of the heart breaking stories as well. but it was just a great process to be able to share their story. brian: what changes when you go through a life and death situation with a large group of people and you are responsible? what changes about a relationship? >> well, what's great about our relationship between the

marines and the families is the families were there to support us while we fought and they still do today. we have this remarkable chemistry, brian, as you know marines have that's inextrick cable. you can't replace it. brian: two generations not only the people you fought with. >> it is. these marines were not the most elite grouch marines, but we had this remarkable chemistry. and to lead them under those types of conditions. throughout writing the book and age and experience. you know you gain a little wisdom along the way is that i never really saw how young they were. and look at those faces of those guys. they are 18, 20 years old in most cases. and i could never have been more proud of them than i was in those marines in echo company. i didn't say 20-year-old brian. i saw sergeant kilmeade or corporal kilmeade. that's who i was tasking on the battlefield to do these super human acts every single day, day in and day out in the face of great uncertainty as these guys

are surrounded by most certain danger. they performed amazing every single time we were fighting the enemy. brian: they say that about war that you have got to adapt. you could have had the best plan but everything changes as soon as the first shots are fired. it really happened here. the invasion was perfect. the post invasion wasn't. and you got the worst nightmare that happened. had you to have urban warfare. you guys had to learn on the fly in the beginning it wasn't working. so you adapted, you changed and you won. what is that like? >> well, i don't think there was ever a metric of success where they say hey, scott, did you win or loads? i get that question a lot. brian: you could say that you suppressed the city. >> absolutely. if there are bad guys that killed my marines absolutely effective, that's what they do. in that picture you that you have. i ordered my marines that day before we were thrust into that sea of ramadi. i had to order my men to kill because i never wanted them to hesitate at that

singular moment when they had to make that critical decision to squeeze the trigger in the rifle to kill the enemy. that's what marines do. they are trained and they take ortd orders and they perfom phenomenally. brian: lastly 10 deployments. the first persian gulf war until the end how have you changed. >> i think i have gotten better. i look back who was that 18-year-old lance corporal that fought in desert shield to the major that retired in 2013. i'm a better person and it's through this amazing network of supporters that have gotten behind echo in ramadi. guys like fox news being ollie north, west, dale die. major general livingston. medal of honor recipients and all the marines in my family supported this great project. it's just really something different. it's not just another war story, brian. it's about the people and that's what make makes it so dinner. brian: that's why every american should grab this story because it's about us. echo in ramadiy, first

marines in iraq's deadliest city. scott, thanks for all your service and thanks for putting it down in black and white and the hard work of doing the interview. >> my pleasure. brian: great to see you and great to see your daughter all grown up although she has a lot more growing up to do still. >> yeah. brian: convicted leaker spent presidents' day dreaming of a world without a president. today the world is responding. >> imagine if fdr had denied that the japanese attacked us at pearl harbor and didn't react? that's the equivalent. brian: pull your jacket down in the back. now, one congressman is comparing it to 9/11. dan bongino is here to react next. he is getting closer. happy birthday to supermodel singsdy crawford. she turns 52 today and doesn't know i exist ♪ ♪ just one look ♪ and i fell so hard

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steve: that's the building we are in. brian: music was up would have been kellie pickler. i kept it down. it was my fault. steve: this man is approaching the status where he would have a hard pass to get in the building. dan bongino, he was with tucker last night live and now he is up first thing in the morning. >> my influence and a metro card gets you on the train frame. sometimes i'm so powerful don't have onto mention my name show the metro card. ainsley: get into some of this mean. drapg democratic congressman joaquin castro running for president in 2020. he likened the russian

interference in the election to 9/11. listen to this. steve: this was op-ed. ainsley: we will read it while this current is not marked by blood shed destruction or death we have entered a new generation of warfare on america's national security. september 11th, 2001 a moment in our history when a non-state actor effectively identified one of our nation's greatest security vulnerabilities in the airline industry. keep in mind, 2700 people died on 9/11. this election meddling, they are telling us, didn't interfere with the election. >> talk about just a peek of insensitivity. comparing it first to pearl harbor. steve: jerry nadler. >> jerry nadler comparing it to pearl harbor and now to 9/11. saudi arabia a geopolitical foe. get it out of the way. no one should be apologizing to russia no. one on this set is. comparing a set of facebook ads designed to change people's minds in election. everybody is acknowledge didn't do so effectively,

comparing that to the buildings that got knocked down just miles from here is beyond disgraceful. what's sad can you expect this kind of literally insane rhetoric to ratchet up, this is what democrats are pandering too, a base absolutely unsaysed with a farcical hoax story. there is no facts to back it up so hyperbole is all they have. brian: do you realize if we could take a step back and mueller probe backs up the russian dream was to create this derision. they went inside and found out what the issues are divide out. divide us for generations. fine. they jump on those. as soon as we can take a step back and take a deep breath we will realize that the dossier seems to be a set up to lure hillary clinton in. and these facebook ads were set up to lure people who are anti-trump or pro-trump in. so this was a manipulation of our system on the whole, not just for one. if we could get politics out of this, we can come up with a strategy to fight. this. >> but we can't. because the media -- there

are entities in the media that are absolutely obsessed with tearing down donald trump. they are so obsessed with the style over the substance that they're playing exactly into the russian propaganda. there are people media got upset because some people tweeted the media is worse than the russians were in this. i wouldn't necessarily say that but there are some people in the media who are playing the russian game. read the indictment. they had pro-hillary, anti-hillary, pro-trump, anti-trump. brian: michael moore was at anti-trump rally sponsored by the russians. >> is he a co-including with the russians? the media is playing in their hands. steve: one campaign spent $5 million to hire a british spy who then worked with russians and then wound up with this fake dossier that was used to produce these fisa warrants to spy on ordinary americans. which should be against the law. >> you know, justice isn't blind anymore. justifiable will be dead if something doesn't happen here. we have a hillary clinton

campaign, we absolutely know, factual right now that they fed information through their own clinton con signature do you gsonsignature . christopher steele also wound up with russians to get information into our justice system and nothing really happened. we will seal what happens -- brian: get his message out. mother jones on down. >> citing yahoo news, michael isikoff. citing their own circular reasoning get americans spied on, using tools by the way we unquestionably used to spy on the worst of us, terrorists, using same tools to spy on the trump team with yahoo news articles? guys, come on, constitutional republic can't continue like this. ainsley: let's read a tweet from senator kamala harris who is sad because fewer illegal immigrants are applying for the california dream act to get financial aid. tweeting this: for the second year in a row, fewer undocumented youths apply for financial aid in

california because they are distrustful of our government. this is a direct product of trump's anti-immigrant agenda. no one in america should ever have to live in fear of our government. steve: our government. >> this is really disturbing they still don't get why trump would be. the american people are tired of being sidelined for secondary and intersherry interests. we have taken in millions of people. immigrants from countries all over the world for this beacon of light and freedom this great country. suggesting somehow that we are not generous enough or we are not doing the right thing by people. brian: or that undocumented are equal to citizens. >> they are not. guys, you know the story. my wife came here legally. i ask everyone out there the same question all the time when they say this to me. well, don't you want to be compassionate? how is it compassionate to people who sat in line and waited and did the right thing and by the way what is a broken immigration process

but it's still a process. tens of thousands of dollars in attorney fees. how is it fair to say to them by the way this man or woman came here illegally they get the same you did. they did none of that. brian: that tweet resonates maybe with the people that put her in office. steve: california. brian: california. that shows the divide in the country wherism legals deserve the same status as americans. >> it doesn't resonate in wisconsin and pennsylvania and swing states where people work their butts off for a livings and tired of paying taxes to obey the same rules they don't have to obey. steve: is he going to be on outnumbered. ainsley: last night, this morning. >> i don't sleep anymore ever. it's ridiculous. look at these eyes. brian: you look good. i find you to be a very handsome man. >> talk about it on the radio show. jillian: dew points me to let you guys continue or do you need more time. brian: he doesn't look tired, does he? jillian: you don't look

tired. you look great. get you caught up on your news. substitute teacher in north carolina is fired after a video emerges showing him body slam ago middle school students. [shouting] the student says it started after the teacher took away his valentine's day chocolates. the child's family says they will take legal action. his shoulder and back are badly bruised. the police say the video doesn't capture the entire incident. they are currently investigating. imagine a world without a presidency. convicted secrets leaker and senate hopeful chelsea manning slammed for dissing the president on twitter. some people quick to point out she would still be in prison if we didn't have a president. last year obama commuted her 35 year prison sentence for leaking military documents. one person calling her a hypocrite, tweeting back, quote: imagine a world where someone running for senate is criticizing basic

structures of our government. a family gets the shock of their lives when they find a cougar right outside their house. the wisconsin couple checking their security camera after finding paw prints in their yard. that's when they saw the big cat. look at that peeks into the window. wildlife officials think it came from south dakota looking for a mate. people are warned to keep their animals inside. ainsley: they belon think it belonged to someone? >> no keep your animals inside or eat them. okay. got it. jillian: you know some people have exotic animals. ainsley: still ahead newt gingrich, ben shapiro all here live. steve: robert mueller's indictment show no sign of collusion. a judge is ordering him to surrender any evidence that could exonerate mike flynn. coincidence? judge napolitano does not

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ambassador kislyak, which is the alleged lie that he told the fbi about. so mike flynn pleads guilty. a new judge comes. in it's time for sentencing. bob mueller says we don't want to sense him until may that's normal. if you have a cooperatingens with you don't want to sentence until after the cooperation is finished. then the judge on his own, not in response to any application from a general flynn's lawyer says by the way, i want all exculpatory evidence, evidence that could help flynn or hurt the government turned over, pardon me to flynn's lawyers. why we want that after general flynn has already pleaded guilty? that is unheard of. he must suspect a defect in the guilty plea. meaning he must have reason to believe that general flynn pleaded guilty for some reason other than guilt. do people plead guilty for a reason other than guilt? brian: yes. >> yes, brian, unfortunately yes. ainsley: what do you think the reason is. brian: son and money. >> lay off my son and i

don't want to have to mortgage my house again to pay my legal fees. so give me something to plead guilty to so that this can be over with. so now the question arises was he guilty? did he lie to the fbi? did the fbi agents who interviewed him, one of them was peter strzok, actually believed that he lied or did they say we don't see anything wrong, but senior management said wow, we do we think it was a lifetime achievement we don't know the answers to that it may very welcome out as a result of judge sullivan, a very courageous federal judge in d.c. ordering this information to be revealed. ainsley: what do you think will happen? >> it's hard for me to say what will happen. but if it was a faulty guilty plea, if the government accepted the guilty plea, knowing he wasn't guilty, the lawyers involved have a very serious problem. steve: we told the story last week how james comey told the members of congress we believe michael flynn did not lie to the fbi. >> right. then after comey gets fired,

the same crew says we think he lied. brian: 10 seconds, why would they indict 13 people who will never go see prison. >> to smoke out any americans who helped them. i think that a lot of americans don't know this, are under surveillance to see what their reaction is, if it's a shew, they didn't get me. ainsley: they said americans weren't involved. >> that's what they said. ainsley: thank you, judge. more "fox & friends" coming up. and got an estimate in 24 ho. my insurance company definitely doesn't have that... you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance. with its historical ance records...test ...you could learn you're from ireland... ...donegal, ireland... ...and your ancestor was a fisherman. with blue eyes. just like you. begin your journey at ancestry.com

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now here in the studio, skull tore howard. chairman of the u.s. world war i commission terry hamby. good morning to both of you. >> thank you for having us. steve: washington, d.c. has every war memorial for every american war except world war i. why? >> it's a national tragedy that we have overlooked theselves of 4.7 million americans and the sacrifices they made in world war 1. they shaped the world we live in today. steve: this is personal for you. you have a family member who was in the big one? >> i do. i have a grandfather and a great uncle who was in world war i. migrate uncle was killed in action. and that's the reason the commission was formed. there is no long ear survivor world war i and it's up to us to speak for those who know longer are here. so that they and their families may be recognized with this memorial.

steve: the memorial is beautiful. you have already got the land. it's going to be to the east of the white house. tell us a little bit about this because this piece of art has never been done before. this is not the actual memorial. this is just a depiction of what it's going to look like. >> this is an idea what it will become. looking at a bronze wall that will eventually be created 65 feet in length. 11 feet high. with 38 figures. all marching towards the future. which is that image of world war ii at the end. steve: it's so beautiful. given the new technology, explain how you use computers to actually build this. >> well, i traveled to new zealand to workshop and did something that's never been done before. use digital equipment to take out the grunt work in the middle and went back to creating it with my hands which is the that additional way it's been done for how many thousands of years. steve: fantastic. the finished product will be built by humans or computers.

>> no, by humans. traditionally cast poured bronze in a foundry transported across the country and installed. steve: terry, this is beautiful. but it does come with a price. you are trying to raise the money, aren't you? >> we are. it was mandated that it be placed in pershing park and built with public funds. so we have a fundraising drive underway and as i say it's a national tragedy. these were the first men to deploy to a country that they never visited, fight in a war that they didn't start. and die for peace and liberty for people they didn't know. so it's up to us to recognize the sacrifice. steve: it will be built. this is what it is going to look like. if you would like to find out how you can help. go to foxandfriends.com. also, they have got a website. it's ww 1 cc.org. guys, thank you very much for joining us live.

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today. >> president trump tweeting his support saying he will make a great senator and has my full support. ♪ ♪ up town funk ♪ saturday night ♪ don't believe me just watch ♪ brian: where does bruno mars horn section from. ainsley: great performer and has all these dancers. brian: is he also a very good dancer. ainsley: he is. steve: there will be no uptown funk today in new york city 60 degrees. tomorrow it's going to be 75 degrees in the middle of february. what the heck is that about? brian: everyone at news corps is wearing a tank top to work today. steve: mandate? brian: we were already at work so we had already gotten dressed. steve: usually it's like there is going to be no steam in the building on

saturday night. brian: you should charge your phone because it's there. ainsley: let's talk about the election meddling that was the big story at the end of the week last week. 13 russians tried to interfere with the election in 2016 while president obama was in office. so, our current president, president trump is asking why didn't he take action? steve: he tweeted this out yesterday, president trump did. obama was president up to and beyond the 2016 election. so why didn't he do something about russian meddling? well, you know what, mr. president, that's a great point, because we know, historically, that president obama told reporters after the election that he had told putin in september, before the election, i know what you're doing, knock it off. and, yet, when this narrative goes forward about the russians were involved and the obama administration knew about it, the president knew about it when he said this about three weeks before the election. >> there is no serious person out there who would

suggest somehow that you could even -- you could even rig america's elections. there's no evidence that that has happened in the past. or that there are instances in which that will happen this time. and so, i would invite mr. trump to stop whining and go try to make his case to get votes. brian: turns out he did stop whining, made his case and won. oops, how did that happen? if you look at the president's track record, anything but strong when it comes to russia, took the first thing he did was take the missile defense system out. steve: president obama. brian: and then, of course, he made that statement to win re-election against mitt romney, hey, the 1980s called, they want their foreign policy back when he said russia was our number one geopolitical foe, as mitt romney runs for senate, i'm sure this going to come out again. i'm sure this comes out russia was working on our system since 2014. and as was tweeted over the weekend, people saying well,

president trump knew he was running for president in 2014. no, he didn't. he had thought -- since 1980 he thought about running for president. no one really thought he was running for president when he actually declared and he came down that escalator. up until 48 hours before. they couldn't have been saying donald trump is our guy because he wasn't anybody's guy except ntsb because he hosted the apprentice. steve: barack obama was the president of the united states when russia was meddling with our election, trying to sow disorder. why didn't he as a chief executive of the country stop it? and now fast forward to now, and what's the narrative been? forget about the fact that it happened on obama's watch. now it is well, you know it, looks like the trump campaign colluded with the russians. which there is no evidence, absolutely none that that happened. all we found out on friday with the mueller indictment was there was this place called the troll factory. spent about $100,000, and just put out a best of your

knowledge of facebook ads. that's it. ainsley: congressman joaquin scas astro democrat from texas, many think he will be running for president. he compares the russian meddling to 9/11. he writes while the current situation is not marked by catastrophic blood shed, destruction or debt, we have entered a new generation of warfare on america's national security. september 11th, 2001, was a moment in our history when a non-state actor effectively identified one of our nation's greatest security vulnerabilities in the airline industry. brian: keep in mind, too. the president isn't like he hasn't done anything about russia. remember, the speech in poland. remember there was one president who sold the ukrainians lethal weapons to defend themselves and it was this president. in november of 2017, the presidents he agrees with you intelligence community that russia meddled in the election. i would love to see stronger action. i sense it's come. i think this president, if anybody knows anything about him, i think we all know him pretty well. they have not said let's get

to the bottom of it they have said you are illegitimate president who has colluded with russia to win an election. this president says you are hurting my administration and you are hurting my credibility. that's what he sees. until we can get through, this you are not going to see massive reprisals at russia. imagine if he did. do you know what the rhetoric would have been president trump is overcorrecting because he colluded with russia to begin with and now he is going to show to everyone that he didn't by hitting with these sanctions. steve: the rhetoric on the other side is amazing. you know, yesterday, we played you jerry nadler's sound where he compared the russian meddling to pearl harbor. and ainsley, as you were just pointing out, joaquin castro comparing it to september 11th. ainsley: 2700 people died? steve: almost 3,000 people died. dan bongino was on the couch about 30 mention ago. he said expect this kind of rhetoric to ratchet up from the democrats. >> listen, this was very serious. okay? russia is a geopolitical

foe. everybody understands that let's get that out of way. noble should be apologizing for russia. noble on this set is. but comparing a series of facebook ads designed to change people's minds in an election, comparing that to the buildings that got knocked down just miles from here is beyond disgraceful. what's sad is you can expect this kind of literally insane rhetoric to ratchet up, because this is what democrats are pandering to. a base absolutely obsessed with a farcical hoax story. there is no facts to back it up so hyperbole is all they have. steve: what happened on friday is the robert mueller indictment came out. 13 russian nationals who will never wind up getting tried in american courts were indicted along with three corporations. what's interesting is paul sperry, well-respected investigative journalist apparently spoke to veteran fbi official who said the russian's indictment was simply a publicity stunt. robert mueller and company had to, you know, essentially justify their existence and so they came up with that and the words

of gateway pundit, it's just a big nothing burger. ainsley: if you hear the phone ringing, it's probably coming from abc. 25,000 people have called that network to complain about what joy behar said. she was mocking the vice president love of christ and christian faith. listen to this. >> one thing to talk to jesus. it's another thing when jesus talks to you. that's differential. that's called mental illness if i'm not correct. hearing voices. brian: oprah comes out the next day and says oh why am i not running for president? because i think god would have told me to and he hasn't yet. ainsley: right. brian: call oprah winfrey mentally ill will you joyless? ainsley: talked to the vice president on the border on friday, we asked him what he thought about her comments. listen to this. >> when i heard that abc had a program that likened my christianity to mental

illness, i just couldn't be silent. my christian faith is probably the most important thing in my life. i do try and start every day reading the bible. my wife and i try and have a prayer together before i leave the house every morning. but i do think i'm a very typical american. people of all different faith, traditions, cherish their faith in god and to have abc have a forum that spoke in such demeaning terms i think it's evidence how out of touch some in the mainstream media are with the faith and values of the american people. steve: joy behar came out and said she was joking. she asked you what you thought and our email machine pretty much has melted. cynthia said this woman is so mean-spirited on so many levels i don't understand how she is still on the air. ainsley: paul emailed us and said we pray for our country every day. she pray preys on our country every day. different spelling of pray.

brian: oprah says jesus hasn't told her to run for president. is oprah mentally ill too. according to behar. if so mike pence and oprah can't get a gun if the background check is correct. steve: let us know what you think about this email us at friends@foxnews.com. ainsley: hand it over to jillian for headlines. jillian: bus loads of grieving students from majory stoneman douglas high school will march on florida's capitol. judge ruled the florida shooting suspect's childhood records can go public. revealing allegations that nikolas cruz lived in a home filled with abuse and neglect. meantime stoneman douglas high will open in phases starting friday. class also likely resume next week. the building where the killings took place will be demolished. the fbi joining the desperate search for macing 5-year-old boy in keeps. according to his stepmother, lucas hernandez was last seen inside his home on

saturday afternoon when she woke up from a nap she says he was gone and the back door was open. police do not suspect lucas was kidnapped. according to local reports, a relative called child protective services last year concerned about the child's well being. a massive manhunt underway for an inmate who just escaped jail for a sixth time. tennessee police say philip andrew marshall busted through a jail scent. previously made a rope made of bed sheets. before that walked out of a door left open by employee. is he wanted for nonviolent charges. first stent in jail was for evading police. advancing to the olympic quarterfinals overnight. sparking the win with two goals as the americans hand slovakia 5-1 loss. up next the unbeaten czech republic. the united states could use a boost. falling behind in the medal count sitting in fifth place

with 12. steve: we're in fifth place? brian: they predicted get 20. so far ratings down. performance low. and not many people are paying attention. ratings down 16%. ainsley: because we're busy? brian: nope, no one is busy. we have nothing to do. steve: i think part of it, thank you, jillian. i think part of it is it all happened yesterday. ainsley: you already know. steve: hey, look what's happening. i already have the answer. brian: tribute to the let's run yesterday's show. steve: we are a news channel we try to do things live. ainsley: 12 minutes after the hour and that is live. still ahead former house speaker newt gingrich joins us live, brian, to weigh in on this morning's big stories. brian: fergie, no last name, now trying to explain that national anthem performance flop ♪ that our flag was still there ♪ o say does that star

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brian: we have been telling you about the 13 russians charged on friday for melding in the election now indicted by mueller special counsel. move next guest political statement. here to explain andrew mccarthy done a great job telling us what's next. andy, what's next and what do you mean by that statement? >> well, when you return an indictment that no one is ever going to be tried on, you do it because you are trying to craft a narrative or make a statement. and i think what happened with mueller's case is the original collusion angle that they were proceeding on, which is that the russians hacked the election and that trump may have been or trump people may have been complicit in the hacking, is something that a, they don't have evidence of and, b, even if they had it, they couldn't prove in court. because of, you know, the fact that, number one, they never even took physical

control of the democratic servers. they basically contracted that out to a dnc contractor. so they would have a hard time proving in court that russia even hacked. much less that the -- that trump was complicit in it. so i think since that's a big hole in a collusion case, what mueller probably wanted to do was put to rest any claim that russia hadn't actually interfered with our election. i think this indictment is an attempt to do that. but it's far afield from what the original collusion allegation was. brian: all right. so there's the foundation. why would you do that to set up a obstruction case? here's the problem. here's the obstruction. right? >> well, yeah. i mean, he has got a lot of problems with the obstruction case. not least that he doesn't have a statute that applies. the prosecutor can't bring a case unless there is some federal, criminal law that's

been violated. and the u.s. attorney's manual, for example, says that a pending proceeding for purposes of the obstruction statute can't be an fbi investigation. so, mueller has been proceeding or people who are behind the obstruction narrative have been proceeding along the assumption that what was obstructed here were fbi investigations, whether it's the criminal investigation of flynn or the counter intelligence investigation of russia's interference in the election. and for purposes of the criminal law, the problem with that is that it probably can't be the basis for an obstruction charge. so you wouldn't -- if you were a prosecutor, brian, no prosecutor in his right behind would think you could indict the president anyway because it's a lot of structural ways the president can get out of that so i feel all along this is really about impeachment. brian: you want to throw this give congress something to go on so the house flips

the democrats. he will say yeah, i just don't like the way they acted during the election process and we're going to go ahead and impeach? >> yeah. well, look, impeachment is something that they -- the house has control over. the law is not so they can decide what a high crime and misdemeanor is. mueller needs criminal statute violation and he doesn't have one. brian: there will be a problem with that i have two other quick topics for you. first, on kushner, word is that mueller is in jared kushner's foreign business dealings. as it relates to the election? >> well, the problem with this, brian, all along has been that there no limitations on what mueller can do. you are supposed to have a crime first and then assign the prosecutor to the crime. here what the justice department did was assign a prosecutor and tell him, you know, go on ahead and try to find a crime. we can't really say exactly what he is honing in on because he is not limited that way.

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steve: now time for news by the numbers. first 75% right there. that is how many young americans are ineligible to join the military. 75%. a new study finding americans age 17 to 24 do not meet the minimum standards for enlistment due to all sorts of things, obesity, criminal background, or a lack of education. next, 30 minutes, that's how fast elon musk wants to get people from new york to washington, d.c. half an hour.

"the washington post" reports his company has been given the green light to build a tunnel for a high speed hyper loop train, experts predict it could take 10 years to build. and finally, $150,000, that's how much a michigan inmate and author got as an advance on his new book of short stories. now the state is coming to collect the money. the attorney general says that money should be used to pay for his incarceration. but curtis dawkins who is serving a life sentence for murder wants to pay for his children's education. all right. ainsley, over to you. political correctness and you can do. california college professor details her journey to leaving p.c. culture behind and writing, quote: i suddenly noticed my political correctness when i caught myself lying to my students about a simple matter of fact for fear of sounding right wing. i also told myself it served the greater good but now i saw that it served me.

once i realized that, i had a choice, you have a choice, too. here is the author of that book and founder of th inner mammal institute. thanks for being here. >> hi. thanks for having me. ainsley: had you that ah-ha moment when you were teaching. what led to that? what happened? >> many experiences over the decades that gave me a moral quandary in my dealings with students. cheating was widespread and we were not really expected to do anything about it. and before that i had a career in foreign aid with the united nations. and there was a lot of corruption and bribery and, again, i was expected to look the other way all these things had frustrated me over the years. my whole world, my profession. i was trying to be a good member of a group that one learns to. but finally when i couldn't deal with it anymore was when i saw how it affected my children.

and my mom genes kicked in and i said okay, this is not right. i'm going to do something else. ainsley: how it was affecting your children? what did you see? >> what i saw was as you probably know called the rousseauian fantasy, children are born perfect. we need to serve them and not have any expectations on them. this was sort of the belief system that i was surrounded by. and what when i saw it not working, you know, i tried to talk to people about it and just nobody was on the same page as me and then i found that other college professors were having trouble with their own children not wanting to do schoolwork. i thought wait a minute, we're telling other people how to raise their kids and it's not working for our kids? so, that made me decide that i needed to rely on my own judgment regardless of what the learned was doing. herd was doing. that's how i started studying herd behavior.

ainsley: need to take off the progressive goggle. how do people fall in pc cycle and what's the danger of that. >> that's what i was so curious about why would so many people follow this including highly educated people that i respected. when i started studying the animal brain i came to understand the real depth of our urge for a herd in the primal sense in the that mallian brain sense and in the human since it's called a tribe. in the modern world we have chosen not to live in tribes, our mammal brain has a feeling something is missing. we feel more insecure. the more independent a life a person wants to have, the more they feel like something is missing preliminary correctness a way of meeting that need and give you a bonded feeling so you feel like you are part of something powerful. ainsley: thank you so much, professor for being with us. how i escaped political correctness and you can too. loretta bruening.

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show which means it's time to go to newt gingrich fox news contributor, former speaker of the house and former presidential candidate himself. newt, welcome back. ainsley: good to see you. >> good to be with you. always fun. brian: first time talking to you since the 13 indictments came down with little notice. next thing you know rod rosenstein coming out and saying these 13 russians were behind infiltrating into social media since 2014. what do you think of what has been declared so far and what does it tell you about this investigation? >> well, i draw a distinction. i think this particular part of the investigation is very helpful. mueller is doing exactly the right thing. and minus letter, which will come out tomorrow both at fox and gingrich productions talks about the election. much more than this. no question the russians today are the most aggressive big country in the world. north korea probably is the most aggressive small country. but the russians are pushing everywhere. president macron of france

has complained about them. so i think we need to recognize this is not a criminal investigation problem. this is a national security problem and it's ultimately going to require a national security response. ainsley: all right. president obama expelled those 35 russian diplomats, closed the compounds that were in d.c. we all remember and issued sanctions. but the current administration right now, this president tweeted obama was president up to and beyond the 2016 election so why didn't he do something about russia meddling insinuating he didn't do enough. do you agree with that? >> well, look, i think it's fair to ask ourselves if this particular project was as big as the news media claims it was, then why didn't the national security agency or why didn't the fbi, why didn't the central intelligence agency, somebody is supposed to pick it up, so you do have to say to yourself, there is a long stretch in there where either the system broke down or we have a much deeper

need to rebuild our security system. and this is not about obama personally, but that whole structure, you have to say to yourself, if it was as big as mueller seems to think it was, somebody should have noticed. steve: absolutely right. because, look where we are now. meanwhile, newt, let's talk a little bit about this. this is a national conversation now about school violence. there is a brand new "the washington post" poll out that shows -- asks people mass shootings are a reflection of what? 57% say problems identifying and treating people with mental health problems whereas 28% say inadequate gun laws. so, it does look as if people for the most part, a majority feel it's a mental health issue and not a we need more gun laws issue. >> well, my last newsletter, i outlined what i think is the only long-term solution, which is to have --

depending on the size of the school, a minimum of 6 to 8 teachers and administrators trained in the use of firearms and prepared to defend the kids. we have in this experiment. i thought the sheriff from florida said it perfectly when he said we have experimented with the gun free zone it's called a school. every school in the country is supposed to be a gun free zone. how come it didn't work? we have to be realistic. we are not going to confiscate on the scale to make us a gun free country. sooner or later somebody is going to slip through the net. the civil liberties problem. if you go out and pick up a person who is a little weird, you are really infringing on the right of people to be free. which is not to say the particular killer in florida or the particular killer in orlando earlier, i mean, there are people you should be able to track down, but it's not as easy and not as obvious except after the shooting. brian: right, true. there seem to be so many red

flags here and the fbi already admitted they dropped the ball. here is an example of nobody i know, watching, listening, looking at you are saying that nikolas cruz should have had a gun. but, if there -- if his background check is clean, there's a problem with the background check. don't you agree? is there a way to weave in the police reports, which there were plenty, is there a way to do that to get that into the background check so the gun owner doesn't have -- doesn't feel like his life is ruined because he at some level might be complicit on this sale? how do we stop the next nikolas cruz from getting a gun? >> well, first of all, you're not going to stop all of them which is why i think we have to have some kind of armed defenders who are also school teachers or administrators in every school in the country: second, i notice that president trump did strongly support what senator cornyn is trying to do. senator cornyn does have a bill which expands the gun check. and i think most americans

would agree with that i mean, if you have somebody who is just blatantly obviously nuts, they shouldn't be able to get a gun. this should not be a hard problem. steve: all right. meanwhile, switch to politics for just a moment. we are going to put up on the screen a tweet from the president of the united states. mitt romney has announced he is running for the senate from the wonderful state of utah. he will make a great senator and worthy successor to orrin hatch and has my full support and endorsement. wasn't that long ago, mr. speaker, that the president of the united states had some unkind words about mitt romney and visa versa. it looks like everything is patched up now. >> first of all mitt romney is very talented and comp test person. he will win the senate seat. he will very competent the way he walks in. he won't be a freshman in any sense. he will be a major player day one. second, if you could take the romney bush moderate

suburban wing of the party and connect it to the trump blue collar wing of the party you are going to have an absolute governing majority. and neither one is going to win consistently without the other. so i'm delighted and i hope that governor romney is going to come to washington with the idea that he wants to be a person who helps unify the two wings of the party, not somebody who is going to stand up on one side and attack the other. steve: mitt romney sent out a tweet as well thanking the president for his support. steve: all right, mr. speaker, thank you very much for joining us today. ainsley: thank you, mr. speaker. >> great to be with you. ainsley: isn't it interesting to see how much has changed over the last year? steve: politics. ainsley: didn't like each other, now they love each other. showing you the video at john gorgeous. steve: surf. brian: he could have been secretary of state. he was definitely a finalist. ainsley: hand it over to jillian. jillian: teenage girl once thought to be a robbery victim now charged with setting up her friend. police say 17-year-old susan mice planned a carjacking

with two other friends in texas. suspects accused 6 tying the victim up threatening with a gun and knife and demanding money. at first she lied to police about the incident but later telling cops the victim was an easy target. the nra not backing down on the mayor of dallas calls the group to relocate annual gun convention. the group issuing a statement saying politicians can't tell them not to come to their city. but duane caraway says the event is inappropriate in the wake of the florida school shooting. and points to past tragedies in dallas like the assassination of jfk. the nra meeting is set to take place in may and draw thousands of people. legacy from a movie exotic sports cars caught on camera, speeding down the highway. newly released footage out of minnesota showing two lamborghinis, ferrari clocking in well over 100 miles per hour. >> how fast you guys going? >> i was doing 85. >> really? i got the first call 110.

>> jesus. >> yeah. >> 12 men were eventually issued tickets for misdemeanor reckless driving. i wonder how many points against your license that is. steve: too many. slow down. ainsley: how much are those cars? that's my question and who would spend that on a car? brian: that's why i'm staying with my chevy vega keeps me out of trouble. steve: people like to go fast: out to janice dean who is out on the streets who isn't going that fast. janice: big wheel coming up, i will be riding it on the plaza later in the 8:00 a.m. hour. steve doocy, i heard you say 75 tomorrow. i'm going with 70. let's take a look at the maps. very warm air ahead of this cold front. there you go. you see where the cold front is? that's where we are getting the potential of freezing rain, a lot of rain, snow, and ice. unfortunately kansas city, have you an ice storm warning in effect. that's going to be concerning throughout out next i would say 620-to-12 hours as this front doesn't budge and dealing with flash flooding and i mean the good

side of this is we are going to be dealing with warmer than average temperatures across the east coast. the bad news is the flooding concerns and the ice this morning. stay tuned for more weather and big wheel racing. steve: big wheel keep on rolling. all right, j.d., thank you. brian: 18 minutes before the top of the hour still to come remember this anti-teacher military rant. >> they are norant. brian: calls are growing louder and louder from him to step down from the city council seat. veteran will join us live next hour. steve: democrats like nancy pelosi have called the republicans tax reform prols crumbs. the polls show americans like crumbs. charles payne is here with the numbers. he's coming up on "fox & friends." ♪ that's what i want ♪ your love gives me such a thrill ♪ but your love don't pay my

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ainsley: making it quite clear how they feel about tax reform and the bonuses that followed. >> the debate on healthcare is like death. this is armageddon. >> in terms of the bonus that corporate america received versus the crumbs that they are giving to workers to kind of put the schmooze on is so pathetic. steve: put the schmooze on. but, democrats may want to find a new message as the new poll shows support for president trump's tax cut increasing by 14% in 60 days with more than 50%, a majority of americans, favoring the plan. brian: goes to show you messaging doesn't matter. results do. here to react, the host of making money with charles payne on the fox business

network. hey, charles, welcome back. i mean, they kind of negotiated this underneath other news. when it came out, they didn't sell it, so it wasn't popular. but now what's happened? >> they couldn't sell it. i mean, in the face of all the opposition from the media, whatever. it was kind of dumb in retrospect, right? there was one headline that said the g.o.p. tax cuts are more unpopular than tax hikes. are you kidding me? i would rather you take more out of my check than give me more. that's so nonsensical. that was a headline just back in december. ainsley: that is so stupid. who wouldn't be in support of getting more money in your paycheck. all right, so if you look at this "new york times" survey monkey poll from 23eb 5th to the 11th. looks like more even democrats are supporting the president's tax reform plan. 51% of americans approve of it. it was 46% in january. and 37 in december. have you got more than the majority are approving of it. 46%. >> i think with democrats what should be worried about are independents approving of it it's not just the tax plan. you know, friday, the university of michigan came

out with sentiment, consumer sentiment number and the most amazing gem inside the report was 35% are favorable of the government's policies. that's the highest level in over half a century. people are happy with not just the tax cuts, but the lower regulations. the antidotal evidence you see the help wanted signs. last month, 3.3 million people quit their jobs. that was like we haven't seen that in years where people have enough confidence in this economy to quit because they know they are going to get a better job. steve: democrats did such an effective job in talking down the impact. right now, one in five think they're going to get a tax cut but in reality, the experts say it's going to be four in five will get a tax cut. >> absolutely. that's by the way the most -- have you other people done research and thinks the number going to be even higher. brian: let's talk about this. we know when the whole housing market fell apart.

stockton, california hurt the most and most depressed since. istic there before. they i don't know how they are going to get out of it. they think they have a way. they are going to give people, since jobs aren't available. if you don't have a job. they will give you automatic income. $500 a month. how is this experiment working? >> misnomer. income is when you receive money on a regular basis through work or from an investment. so,. ainsley: not really income. >> misnomer. secondly it's not going to work. >> they tried this big time last year in finland. unmitigated. more money, bigger people. whatever. it simply doesn't work. this is what they should do with that money stockton to your point here is what bad about stockton highest sales tax in california. 9%. 2% higher than the whole state. 32% of their people there are under 20 years old. 25% don't even have a high school diploma. you want to help these folks in stockton? put that money into job training. teach them how the to weld. get them out of high school. if you really want to help

them, but don't start giving them money just because they are. brian: for nothing. >> at some point. ainsley: no incentive to work. >> entitlement. they won't ever want to work. it's a failed experiment everywhere it's been tried. no matter how good-hearted it is in this particular case the wealthy guilt of silicon valley donors. steve: them them how to make money. making money is your show on fox business. >> try to do it every night. brian: thanks, charles. coming up straight ahead, convicted leaker chelsea manning spent presidents' day dreaming of a world without president. this morning the world is responding. ainsley: plus, it was the anthem heard around the internet. now fergie is trying to explain that massive flop. carley shimkus has her reaction, the other trending stories this morning. that's coming up next. ♪ o say does that star spangled ♪

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steve: let's talk trends. hollywood's highest paid star could be taking a break to fix democracy. >> trying to get, you know, young people engaged politically, you know, on a local level. >> that's awesome. >> doesn't have anything to do with partisans, it's just anticorruption and stuff, trying to pass state-by-state laws that can help prevent corruption, fix our democracy. brian: wow. steve: jennifer lawrence taking a break from acting. ainsley: getting political from actor to activist; yeah, she is apparently. the organization is a nonpartisan anticorruption organization that says that they employ both conservatives and democrats. but she is currently on a

press tour promoting upcoming movie called red sparrow when she dropped that bombshell. brian: taking off for a year. >> taking off some time to do a little bit of political activism. the whole purpose of this group is to get young people to vote as well. steve: all right. brian: we will see how that goes. we know she is not going -- she has been anti-trump in the past. but she is not going to be anti-trump now. >> who knows? we will see, yeah. maybe not. ainsley: fergie, we talked about fergie yesterday with the national anthem. she came out and said she was trying to ar artistic. >> she did respond to all the criticism she received for this unique, let's call it, version of the national anthem. let's take a listen. ♪ o say does that star spanglestar-spangled banner yet wave.

>> she was like -- listen to her response. she said to tmz i have always been honored and proud to perform the national anthem and last night i wanted to try something special for the nba. she goes on to say you know, she tried her best but it just didn't work out the way she thought it was going to. ainsley: a risk taker. steve: ultimately the national anthem doesn't need to be jazzed up. >> i like her response. ainsley: me too. brian: honest. ainsley: loves her country and tried her best. >> she stumbled on a very public platform and we can all kind of forgive her for that. ainsley: she has learned. she had a hard year. her and her husband broke up. >> he brought flowers over. brian: she was saying she probably wouldn't have got the flowers. ainsley: i don't know if it was worth the flowers. ainsley: they do have a child together. joy behar mocked the vice president about his faith. turns out thousands of people don't seem to share

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not bad. what's with the coffee maker? sorry. we are not on speaking terms. ainsley: he obama was president up to and beyond the 2016 election. so why didn't he do something about russian meddling? steve: when russians were involved and the obama administration knew about it, he said this -- >> i would advise mr. trump to stop whining to make his case to get votes. >> justice isn't blind anymore. justice will be dead if something doesn't happen here. steve: new poll shows support for president trump's tax cut increasing by 14%. >> 35% are in favor of the government policies. that is the highest level in half a century. >> you can take the romney suburban wing of the party and connect it to the trump

blue-collar wing of the party you will have absolute governing majority. >> jennifer lawrence is revealing she is taking a break from the spotlight. >> trying to get young people engaged politically. fix our democracy. ♪ ♪ let's get it start the in here ♪ steve: music from the black eyed peas. ainsley: have you got your taxes done? taxes are due right around the corner. steve: two months. ainsley: if you wait until march, my tax guy always says, will you get money back in a few months? you waited so long. brian: right. ainsley: i like to get it done soon. i haven't even started. brian: get to your accountant. do you do your own taxes? ainsley: no i get someone to do

them. do you do your own? steve: i do the kids taxes. i help them all. why not? brian: i use professionals if you get them at end of the cycle they're exhausted. income that didn't happen. ainsley: who are you using? that is it called illegal. brian: i will turn my sell in at the end of the show. thank you very much. steve: you have two months before taxes are due. we'll tell you the news of the day. here is the news of the day. how many times have we heard that russia colluded with the trump campaign to throw the election in his favor? well we've heard it a million times. however president trump himself has been tweeting out, hey, you know what? president obama knew this was going on. he was president. why didn't he stop anything last time we had an election? that could have put the kibosh on everything. ainsley: i'm glad you mentioned it. this is what the president tweeted. obama was president up to and beyond the 2016 election.

so why didn't he do something about russian meddling. i am reading that. i didn't memorize it. brian: glad you mentioned that. last eight years, prior to president trump's win which not many people were expecting especially people in the obama white house it, was a period of appeasement for russia and america. president bush said, i looked at president putin's soul, he is a good guy. turns out he is evil. president obama starts, i know one thing for sure we'll have better relations with russia. i will show a show of solidarity. i will pull our defensive missiles out of eastern europe. really? you will do that ahead of time? they looked at that as weakness. next thing they're in the middle east and back in georgia and ukraine. then the president of the united states has to reset the relationship, it doesn't work. in 2014 they started infiltrating into our election process. ainsley: next thing you know president obama said this on october 18th right before the election.

listen. >> there is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow that you could even, you could even rig america's elections. there is no evidence that has happened in the past or that there are instances which that will happen this time. and so, i would advise mr. trump to stop whining and to try to make his case to get votes. brian: he did. and he won. steve: here is the thing, so many democrats are whining about russian collusion, we saw from the mueller indictments on friday there was no collusion they can prove at this point but when barack obama said those things about how there is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow you could rig the elections because things were so dispersed president obama at that time, when he said that, he was hearing from the intel community, you know, the russians are trying to rig the election. in fact a month before he said that, he was sitting down with vladmir putin and he said, i know what you'ring doing.

knock it off. he later told reporters we believed that putin knocked it off. he did not knock it off. brian: not only did they knock it off then, they're not knocking it off now. within hours of shooting wednesday, they have bots, could be traced back to russia, working both sides of the gun issue, working in social media to further divide our country, set up organizations, riots, demonstrations around both issues that are not even set up by americans. ainsley: so we asked speaker of the house, former speaker of the house newt gingrich about the obama administration and did they do enough? listen to his response. >> if this particular project was as big as the news media claims it was, why didn't the national security agency or why didn't the fbi, why didn't the central intelligence agency, somebody is supposed to pick it up. there is a long stretch in there where either the system broke down or we have a much deeper need to rebuild our security

system. this is not about obama personally but, that whole structure, you have to say to yourself if it was as big as mueller seems to think it was, somebody should have noticed. brian: they did, but why didn't they say anything? among the people that did notice, michael moore, he participated participated in a anti-trump rally days after the election calling for donald trump to come down. the people that organized that rally? the russians. steve: i was watching on "special report" last night, they are so worried about influence or hacking of our next election, what some states are talking about, forget about the machines hooked up to wi-fi, you can hack into, maybe we go back to paper ballots. that is scary, florida back in the day. exactly. brian: we don't know how to punch them out. you can't use chads. give people a blank piece of paper. if they can't spell, they can't vote. write the person you want to see president. ainsley: that wouldn't be politically correct, brian.

steve: brings us back to the original point was that president obama in his last year knew it was happening and could not or did not do anything to stop it. brian: but was the ground laid in the interim to destroy the president's first year and mired in controversy about the russian's imprint on the election? it certainly has been the at very least a distraction for the last 13 months. ainsley: a lot of you are writing about different topic, joy behar making that comment. omarosa said on live tv on reality show she is part of the one you have to worry about the is the vice president he speaks to god and hears from god. joy behar said this bit. >> one thing to talk to jesus. it is another thing when jesus talks to you. [laughter] [applause] that is mental illness if i'm not correct. hearing voices. steve: the problem is, when you say that people who hear, talk

to god are mentally ill, there are a lot of americans who feel exactly that way, that they do have a conversation with the almighty. ainsley was down at the border with the vice president of the united states a couple days ago and asked him about that exchange. here is mike pence's response. >> when i heard that abc had a program that likened my christianity to mental illness, i just couldn't an silent. my christian faith is probably the most important thing in my life. i do try to start every day reading the bible. my wife and i try and have a prayer together before i leave the house every morning. but i do think i'm a very typical american. i think people of all different faith traditions, that cherish their faith in god, to have abc have a forum that spoke in such demeaning terms, i think it is evidence of how out of touch some in the mainstream media are with the faith and values of the

american people. steve: well, joy behar has since said, because abc took 25,000 calls furious from people that she would do that, that she was simply kidding. she was making a joke. brian: but she does say, she gives money to the catholic church. there. >> she has a lot of family and friends that are christians. steve: we asked you what you thought. bill emailed, everyone is is ins saddest part of the statement, reaction from the audience, they applauded her. brian: everyone laughed. steve: what does that speak to? i wish we would have heard boos from them, not cheers. ainsley: people in the audience support what those ladies say. also they hold up card that say clap and audience does it? brian: we don't get any applause. thank you, jillian. i will do my best cindy voice. if she does apologize i will not accept behar's apology. it is not sincere. she was not joking t would only be to save her job. we know her true colors.

i can't believe any christian would watch the program. ainsley: neil says sent this email to us, a message to joy behar, god is speaking to you. you're just not listening. steve: oh, boy. brian: we're talking about "the view" again for first time in five years. they have to feel good bit. they should send a thank you note to president trump every day, by teeing off on president trump they're they are making themselves relevant. steve: i don't think this is good for the view because we're a majority christian nation, what they said is not good for business. brian: i think they have a different viewpoint. one thing good for us is when jillian is here. jillian: excellent. let's get you caught up on some headlines this morning, starting with this. today busloads of grieving students from marjory stoneman douglas high school will march on florida's capital demanding changes to gun safety laws. after the judge ruled suspect's

childhood records can go public. he lived in a home filled with abuse and neglect. stoneman douglas high will reopen in phases friday. classes likely resuming next week. the building where the shootings took place will be demolished. according to a stepmother lucas hernandez was last seen inside of the home on saturday afternoon. when she woke up from the nap, the backdoor was open. they don't suspect he was kidnapped. a relative called child services last year concerned about the wild's well being. parts of western u.s. is buried up to a foot of snow. drivers left dealing with the mess from denver to salt lake city. california and oregon getting hit hard. the system pushing into the midwest, pushing show, ice and rain. it will be 60s in new york today and 70s tomorrow.

ainsley: very nice. steve: we'll take it. jillian: yes we will. brian: we'll go right to spring. impossible to snow in february and nothing happens in march. steve: get a call on friday. ainsley: meteorologist brian kilmeade. brian: i have a hunch. jillian: can't swing in central park. all the swings trane bit kid. brian: that is why children should not be allowed in the city. i always said that. ainsley: 12 minutes from the top of the hour. one sheriff are making sure teachers are prepared after last week's school shooting. giving them free concealed carry lessons. what do you think about that? brian: you can't make this up. senator kamala harris is sad. fewer illegals applying for financial aid. exactly. ben shapiro might want to see if he can make her happy. ♪ for adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer,

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educating them about guns. ainsley: sheriff richard jones tweeting on sunday, he said, quote, i'm going to offer free concealed and carry class to teachers in butler county. limited number. details coming soon online. also training on school shootings. steve: since then the sheriff received hundreds of requests for the class. he joins us from cincinnati. good morning to you. >> good morning. how are you guys doing? steve: we're doing okay. we're talking about your offer. why do you want teachers to carry guns in school? >> we had a school shooting here and my daughter came to my house one morning, the day after the shooting. she was in tears, just like a lot of mothers in our country. she was taking her kids to school the next day. every time there is a school shooting she fears for her kids safety. being a grandpa i determined i'm going to do something. i will not be like other leaders in our country fighting over weapons, and what's legal, what's not. we'll actually do something. it is community involvement.

we're the 8th largest county in ohio. we offer 50 slots. within 20 minutes we had 100. within an hour we had 150. we'll be probably over 500. these are teachers. when people say teachers don't want to be armed in school, that is not true. this is a community in ohio between cincinnati and dayton and it is overwhelming with the numbers. we'll do it for free. we'll teach the teachers. we'll give them concealed carry permit when they're done. in ohio you can carry concealed carry in the schools if the school board allows to you do that we're doing training. starting training next week. we'll have 50 in the class. leading by example. getting calls from all over the country. how are we doing it? we have vendors wanting to feed the people free meals at lunchtime. caterers. we want people wanting to pay for their permits. people come forward. we've got to do something. there will be, two weeks ago, the number was 15.

now the number is 17. believe me there is somebody out there now as we're watching and talking that want to beat that number. we have to do something we've got to do it now. the copycats are coming. we can not depend on the congress and senate to do anything to fix this issue. all they will do is fight and argue. ainsley: sheriff, school shooting down in florida, there was a police officer that did have a gun but obviously didn't help in this case. what is your plan? do you want every teacher in the schools in your county to have guns or 10 or 12 in each school? what's the plan? >> we had a officer in our school also, armed but when he left the cafeteria the student got up and started shooting that gun and shooting people in the school. one is not enough. it needs to be teachers and, the kids don't need to know who has the weapon. doesn't need to be all the teachers. we need to do something. we can't be like ostriches, have our heads in the sand.

we have to protect the kids period. steve: sheriff richard jones, joins us from butler county, ohio, where he is the sheriff there. thank you very much for joining us live. ainsley: thank you, sheriff. thanks for what you're doing. remember this teacher's anti-military rant. >> they're not like high level thinkers. they're not academic people. they're not intellectual people. they're the lowest of our low. ainsley: calls are still growing and growing louder for him to step down the city council seat. the council's only veteran is here live. that is next. steve: catch of the day is trout. ainsley: look at that! steve: a bid for freedom, caught on camera. get me out of here. ♪

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♪ brian: some quick headlines. here is what is happening right now. the supreme court coming back from its winter break as a deadline looms on a deal for daca. justices may step in and decide on the appeal of president trump's executive order. under the current plan daca would expire on march fifth. president trump will honor 12 of america's finest with the public safety medal of valor. among the recipients, first-responders to the san bernardino terror attack. remember them. honor reese were scheduled to receive the awards but they went to officers that responded to the congressional baseball shooting. we can understand that. steve: meanwhile remember the california school teacher who said this about the military? listen carefully. >> they're with bunch of dumb [bleep]s. think about the people over there. they're dumb bleep.

they're not high level thinkers. they're not academic people. they're not intellectual people. they're the lowest of our low. ainsley: residents of peco rivera, california, asking that teacher gregory salcido to stretch down from the seat including the council's only veteran. brian: we have bob arch let at that thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. brian: we saw the meeting. he was fiery. he is not budging. what is the message to the teacher who is councilman? >> listen to the community. listen to the nation. this country is coming together for one reason and that's to beingage no the fact that our men and women who are in uniform, those who have served with honor and distinction should be recognized and honored every single day. this man just doesn't get it. he has got to understand the city of peco riff veer remarks entire state of california, everyone i know, greg salcido,

step down you don't deserve to the hold the position in the city council and teacher's classroom. ainsley: you are the only veteran that sit on the council with him. your go sons serve in the military. he said you and your sons, he have one in the military are the lowest of the low. what dowhat do you think about ? >> wow that is amazing. tell that to the jetfighter who is flying. tell that to paratroopers serving right now. air force, army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard, those are my sons who are west point graduates. i don't think any west point officer, anyone who has gone to academy is lowest of the low. right now our men and women are serving, brightest we ever had. i had the opportunity to visit our sailors aboard ship. i was l.a. county commissioner of military and veterans affairs for about 20 years. i served under two presidents, both president george w. bush and president obama, representing our men and women in uniform. so i have been there. i've been on the ships.

i've been on submarines. i've been on military bases. in today's skills that are needed these men, these young men and women are the brightest you've ever seen. steve: absolutely. i understand that your town hall received something like 100,000 calls and emails from people all over. there has been apparently a recall petition launched at the council meeting that you were at. there is one of the people who wanted him to quit. here is the defense he launched at that meeting. listen to this, bob. >> i don't think it's at all revelation to anybody that those who aren't stellar students usually find the military a better option. that is as plain as it is tuesday night. but that is not a criticism of anybody. anything i said had nothing to do with their moral character. steve: he is still a teacher on leave right now. he is still a councilman. but if he is recalled by the

people of your town, he will leave, right? >> well, he is already said he is not going to leave. he is been belligerent, in some cases i understand he refuses to step down. we passed a resolution asking greg salcido to resign. we asked him to do that. the community has come together. the school board had its meeting with 1000 people there. we had a couple hundred people in our chambers. they said resign, salcido, resign. we have 200 people outside chanting, get him out of here. he doesn't represent us. he doesn't represent this community. and he sure doesn't represent anyone who is in education. we have finest teachers out there. ainsley: have you had words with him? >> no, i have not. i don't choose to. and i don't think pollgy he could muster would ever have any sincerity in it. so no, i have no, no time for him at all. too many great, honorable men and women out there. brian: not only not his opinion,

the numbers don't add up. we had the head of recruiting for the army on here and he went over everyone's average scores, their education. it is above the national average in almost every way. not only bias it's wrong. bob, thanks to your service. to your family's service of the thanks for speaking out this morning. in california, according to reports it is earlier there. we know you got up early for us. >> i did. listen, my pleasure. god bless america and thank you our men and women in uniform for serving this great country. steve: here, here. bob, thank you. brian: there is hope in california. meanwhile the video is shocking. a teacher fired after body slamming a student. you won't believe how it started of the you might change your opinion. steve: you can't make this up. california senator kamala harris is sad because fewer illegals are applying for financial aid. ben shapiro lives in her state. wait until you hear his

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violence, they can do something about it. they haven't been able to get a handle on it so far. what is your suggestion? >> i mean i think the first thing has to be done is obviously security at the schools need to be radically escalated. when i was in high school, i went to a jewish day school in los angeles, a mass shooter wanted to target the jewish center. he drove right past it, he didn't want to go where the armed security. he have went over to the jcc in valley and shot up the jcc. a lot of security guard would be welcome thing. students should have i.d.s checked. guard the children like we guard our bags. this is pose valuable asset. idea that anybody opposes this is unreasonable. brian: i worry about situations in the budget. teachers have to buy their own supplies. go to the people living off property taxes, go spend money on armed security. i wish there was a way to do that nationwide. >> yeah.

i think there should be talk about, federal dollars going toward things like that. i think that if there are states spending on various boondoggles around the country it, seems to me this should be priority number one. this should be near the top of the list. should not be near the bottom. ainsley: we interviewed a guy, sheriff richard jones. sheriff in butler county in ohio. pretty toughfy. we liked him. we all liked him. he put on twitter, wrote to the teachers in the area, come i will teach you, give you conceal carry license. teach you how to carry a gun to take them inside of your classrooms. i will do it for free. hundreds of teachers responded. >> when people say teachers don't want to be armed in school that is not true. this is a community in ohio between cincinnati and dayton. it is overwhelming with the number. we'll do it for free. we'll teach the teachers. we'll give them conceal carry permit when they're done. in ohio you can carry conceal

carry in the schools if the school board allows you to do that we'll start the training next week. we'll have 50 in a class. we're leading by example. steve: i guess the idea is, if a shooter were to walk into a classroom you just don't know who in the school is carrying a gun. >> yeah i think that would be a great solution. you're trusting your safety to the teachers anyway every single day when you send your kids to school. we're telling teachers, better for them to jump in front of deers and block bullets with their body than arm teachers to defend students? it makes zero sense. some of the heroes who died in park land, wouldn't it be better if that coach was able to protect students with gun on campus? you're already trusting safety of the kids. brian: background check allowed nikolas cruz to get a gun. are you okay with that knowing year of mental illness they have been dealing with in the school system? >> this is insanity. the fact the background check

system is not transparent. the fact you have federal background checks are not coordinated with local background checks as we've seen in other shooting case. fbi was twice told about this guy and twice they did nothing about it. the push for gun legislation, someone has to enforce the legislation. tens of thousands of people who are straw buyers, illegally purchasing guns to hand off to people who can not legally purchase gun. 44 were prosecuted in a several year period. if the government is given additional power, they should use power they have right now to prevent people who are bad from getting guns. brian: more dangerous to buy beer for kids than buy a gun for a kid. steve: enforce laws we have. out in california the state you're sitting in, the senator there, kamala harris sent this out. in the statement she said, for the second year in a row fewer undocumented youth applied for financial aid in california because they are distrustful of our government. this is a direct product of trump's anti-immigrant agenda. to one in america should ever

have to live in fear of our government. okay, where would you like to start on that, gem? >> my state is so stupid. i'm sorry, i lived my entire life in california, california is so dumb. kamala harris's statement here what california need to shell out more dollars for financial aid for illegal immigrants, according to fair anti-illegal immigration group, california spend $23 billion a year on illegal immigration. that is twice as much than any other state in the union. governor jerry brown said all illegal immigrants are welcome in the state of california. we'll subsidize them to be in the state of california. if you're legal residents of the united states, if you're here illegally you should be upset with the idea of subsidizing people to come here illegally if you're interested at all in having a sovereign country that controls its borders. it is pure insanity, shows once again for democrats there is actual look to make illegal

immigration more problem meant. they want more, not fewer illegal immigrants. that explains their behavior on immigration bills. brian: go to san francisco, you see the homeless. you don't think to yourself we need more people having trouble making end meet. >> obviously most of homeless people in california are not illegal immigrants but those people obviously could use resources state is not providing. those the state is not providing those the state of california is bankrupt. according to estimates we have trillion dollars in outstanding debt. the idea we'll spend $23 billion a year on people not being in the country legally and mourn the fact we're not spending more. citizens i'm not in favor of government spending but if you have it at least spend it on the people here illegally. brian: talk about jennifer lawrence. heck of an actress. she will be doing this next year. >> i'm taking next year off. i'm working with a organization i'm part of to try to get young people engaged politically, on

local level. >> that's awesome. >> doesn't have anything to do with partisan. it is anti-corruption and stuff, trying to pass state by state laws. that can help prevent corruption, fix our democracy. steve: sound like she is taking a year off to do some activist stuff but her agents have apparently confirmed to "entertainment weekly" she will be returning to work when, she has a bunch of projects on the table ready to go, but nonetheless she wants to get political. >> i mean if red sparrow, the previous red sparrow are any indicator, that united states takes off from acting for a little while. what is amazing me folks in hollywood are consumed with their own political agenda they don't understand how off putting they're politically. hillary clinton trotted out every single democrat person who is celebrity she could find, alienated in everyone in the middle.

country. nobody was voting for hillary clinton because she trotted out lena dunham at dnc. people in hollywood doesn't understand we're not interested. you have a right to say whatever you want in america. people in america are not that interested in hearing perspectives of people read other people's lines. but they're not interested in hearing what jennifer lawrence has to say about tax policy or corruption policy off the screen. it is just silly. brian: they're registering to people to vote outside black panther, runaway hit, one of most successful movies ever. that is probably more effective. ainsley: go ahead. >> that is simply right. [laughter]. steve: this show sun scripted. ben, thank you very much. >> thanks. brian: janice, calm down, please. ainsley: just telling brian what we all tell him. you're right, brian. jillian: good morning to you twice, following a number of stories. get caught up on headlines.

a substitute teacher in north carolina is fired after this video emerges showing him body slamming a middle school student. >> bleep -- [bleep] [shouting] jillian: the students said it started after the teacher took away his valentine's day chocolates. they will take legal action. the police say the video doesn't capture entire incident. imagine the world without a presidency. chelsea manning slammed for that tweet dissing the oval office. some people quick to point out she would still be in prison if we didn't have a president. last year president obama commuted her 35 year military sentence for leaking military documents. one person called her a hypocrite. imagine a world where someone running for senate is criticizing basic structures of our government. talk about a catch of the

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♪ ainsley: the denver police union president says his city's hands-off approach to immigration is not only making the community less safe, it is also adding to the heroin and opioid problem. >> we can no longer call and share information with i.c.e. they can no longer call to ask us four assistance or ask us for intel on suspects involving criminal activity. the ordinance has created in my opinion a city much less safe than it was prior to this ordinance. brian: we have police undetective nick rogers himself. we heard the other side that for a long time that everything is working great. >> you mean for the guys on the ground fighting the battle, the heroin epidemic, it's, it's made it much more difficult for us. prior to the ordinance i would

call a couple i.c.e. agents here in town. they did a fantastic job. they would come out and they would assist us with these investigations and, reciprocal we would assist them with information on people they were looking for. i think it should be noted that we never looked at misdemeanors or anything that was petty type offense. it was always felonies. it was alling selling methaphetamine, heroin, burglars, sex assault suspects, things of that nature. ainsley: do you see the same people, are you arrests the same criminals? >> yes, ma'am. that has happened. i mean i personally bought heroin from someone and, you know, maybe six months a year later, ran into him in another narcotics transaction and the second time around they had a fake i.d., with a different

name, and, come to find out they never appeared in court here in denver on the first case. so they got new charges but, they're not, it is just, it's a cycle that we can't seem to break. brian: here's the problem. if people tell us law enforcement says they don't want illegals to feel they will be deported because they will be your number one source to tell you where the criminals are. what do you say? what do you say? >> i'm sorry, can you repeat? brian: the illegals allowed to stay in sanctuary city. if you go tell them that they will be deported, you're not going to have people who aren't breaking the law getting rid of people who are breaking the law. what do you say to that? >> i say that people that break the law probably should not be here for any reason. people that are following and abiding by the laws, whether they're here legally or illegally doesn't necessarily put them in harm's way. i believe that the people that

should be targeted are the ones that are committing the felonies. the ones selling heroin, the ones that are responsible for the overdose deaths of our citizens, of our friend, of our family member, our community members. those are the ones that need to be targeted. brian: gotcha. ainsley: thank you so much. detective nick rogers, we appreciate you being with us. thank you. thanks for what you do. >> thank you. brian: coming up straight ahead in the final segment, bob mueller's indictments show no signs of trump collusion so far. what does that mean for the clinton campaign. our next guest says they could face charges but -- ainsley: let's check in with san doctored to find out what is coming up at top of the hour. hey, sandra. >> good morning guys. the president was tweeting a lot over the holiday weekend in florida, tweets ranging from gun laws to russia, to an endorsement of mitt romney. reaction from the white house in just moments. republican congressman calling for common sense changes to our gun laws. how are his republican

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♪ steve: we've been telling you about robert mueller's indictments against 13 russian nationals on friday for meddling in our election. the question is now, what does it mean for the hillary clinton campaign? our next guest argues the campaign could face potential charges for ties to that anti-trump dossier. attorney robert barns joins us right now from las vegas. robert, good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: so what would make the hillary clinton campaign a target of an indictment? >> well it turns out there was in fact a disinformation

campaign withs that targeted at a presidential candidate during the election. it turns out it was sourced and there was collusion by russians that paid for the disinformation campaign. turns out there was a foreign agent involved who never registered under the foreign agent registration act. turns out it was paid for by a political campaign or political party just didn't disclose it to the federal election commission. it wasn't the trump campaign but the clinton campaign. they accused the everything they have accused and aled against president trump is something actually the clinton campaign and the democrats did. and by the very legal premise of the allegations against those low level russian trolls that bob mueller left with the scaled and size of that is like an olympian gymnast compared to the michael moore sized fraud by the clinton campaign in this case. steve: you laid out the argument very well. christopher steele. they knew he was a foreign edge

anti. they paid him to influence the election. they put on their federal return essentially that they were using, paying him, fusion, five million dollars for legal expenses. they needed to be a little more specific about that. robert, when can we expect indictments to come down? >> unfortunately so far bob mueller has not shown an inclination to go after the clinton corruption and clinton collusion where he targeted minor scale rush limbaugh's point that bob mueller appears to cover for collusion of his old buddy james comey and activities the president obama administration and lying and spying took during the campaign. appears to be more of a focus than honest, independent inquiry. hopefully he will change course and apply the law to both sides equally. unfortunately there is no evidence of that to date. steve: robert barnes, attorney from las vegas. thankim you, sir. >> thankon you.

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>> we'll be back tomorrow with a big show. >> run right to the radio, we have a huge show. i don't want to give it away. >> i dressed up. >> bill: good morning, tuesday. the president waking up this morning at the white house and plenty to get after. he is pointing a finger of blame at the obama administration after the indictments in the russia matter of last week and questions anew about background checks. as we say good morning the gang is back together here in new york. i'm bill hemmer. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith. the president did return home from the holiday weekend finding protestors at the door calling for action on gun laws in the wake of the florida massacre. the white house already offering support for more extensive background checks. he is tweeting about russia and giving romney a boost. john roberts is live from