♪ >> jesse: i am jesse watters along with kimberly guilfoyle, juan williams juan williams, dana perino and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city, and this is "the five" ." >> we have not seven years to go, folks. we've got a long time to go. >> jesse: he gave us a sneak peek at cpac. the president is not only making america great again. he is going to keep it great with another run in 2020. today we learned who is going to take the helm of the reelection bid.

brad parscale, named as campaign manager. he worked with the trump organization that helped bring the president's campaign to victory and went on to lead digital strategies for the rnc. exciting news for trump supporters. dana, this is very early, announcing the reelection. what do you think the strategy is? >> dana: i don't know. >> jesse: all right, greg. what do you think? >> greg: i know. but go ahead. >> dana: i think everybody knows president trump is going to run again. cpac wasn't the first time he hinted at it. he keeps talking about how the media, even though they can't stand him, they're going to vote for him so they can have good ratings. could've been been something like structurally, he wanted to send a message thing i already have my person. stop bugging me. stop calling me and telling me you're going to be my campaign chairperson because i have someone in mind. giving brad the title quiets that. they are going to have their

work cut out for them. the american public usually gives it president a second term. it's very rare they don't. in our lifetimes, really only jimmy carter. well, my lifetime. you usually can get a second term. the path to the electoral college is what is so important. the popular vote is going to be difficult for the president to get. he didn't get it last time, but he was able to get the electoral college. democrats are invigorated that they are also going to have probably 20 candidates, maybe more. that are going to basically water it down. what's different this time is president trump will have a record to run on. it's not just "i might do this, i might do that." it is "i have done these things." if you are a republican, conservative, you should be happy with these things. >> jesse: tough to defend. better to be on the attack. >> dana: the other thing it does is allows president trump

to continue to define himself before other people define him. he can spend his time defining those other people in the ways he does. >> jesse: greg, you are happy he made the announcement because you wanted fresh news. >> greg: the flag it to my main point, why he did this. the name brad parscale is an anagram for red cabals rap. he's definitely a russian spy. >> kimberly: got to the bottom of that. >> greg: he is thinking beyond the sale. people are thinking about collusion stuff. he is saying no, we are talking about the election. he is thinking beyond the sale. when a real estate agent takes you to a house that's a little bit out of your range that you walk into one room. this is definitely your home

office. they are thinking beyond the sale. they want you to be in the house psychologically. this is a perfect bonus room for your pool table. bonus rooms are terrible because it means relatives stay. don't get a bonus room. you just get a bonus relative. trying to look behind whatever present conflict there is, if you're in a fight with your spouse, you start talking about the trip you're going to go on for your anniversary. you are always thinking beyond the sale. that's what a salesman does, to move beyond. the thing is, it works. people are going to be talking about this. they are interested in this guide. they are interested in the strategy, he's going to implement a social network strategy. a controversial but winning, and important. this is what salesman do. >> jesse: he has a large field in front of him. there is going to be a lot of names out there. how do you think that's going to

impact the reelection? probably easier when you are running against a crowded field. >> kimberly: gets a smart move. doesn't surprise me he did this i heard they were going to make some announcement, get the word out there. midterm elections are coming up in the shores of the base. let's get fired up. this is a president who, despite what people are trying to say, wants to run for reelection. he's not tired of it or frustrated. he wants to keep doing things and having accomplishments, including winning another term. this way he can go out and have his surrogates, campaign essentially, fund-raising, support the people they need to win reelection in the midterms and shore up the base. take some distraction away from other investigations. we are going to get through this because the bottom line is i am running and i'm going to win again. >> jesse: juan williams had a provocative piece that was all over the internet the other day. you think three prominent black female democrats can take out president trump in 2020.

>> juan: i think they have the capacity. oprah winfrey, michelle obama, those two are really extraordinary because they are both in the trump model, as celebrities. their political standing is a subset of their iconic standing in american society. kemal harris, big pockets in california -- kamala harris. you have women as president trump's kryptonite. women overwhelmingly, black women, latino women. 43% of white women voted against trump. you have a strong, iconic femal female, i think that's why trump went after her. >> greg: you left out maxine waters. she's an icon. if you're going to do a trend. >> juan: here is the thing. i think president trump is more

interested in running a permanent campaign. that's what he's doing. >> jesse: i think president obama was accused of knowing the exact same thing. >> juan: there is no comparison. president obama didn't announce that he was running until two years before the next campaign. this guy announced on the inauguration day. everybody who watched the show, president trump announced. on inauguration day, he filed papers announcing that he was going to run again. >> jesse: obama was running for reelection. >> juan: there is no comparison. the second thing is when you look at trump, he has raised $43 million in the last two years. that's four times more that obama raised in his first two years. you understand this is a permanent campaign. he gets a kick out of running. he loves the rallies. after the november 16 election, he was holding rallies. he had his first campaign rally

for 2020 a month after he was inaugurated. >> greg: you are telling me president obama wasn't in love with campaigning. he was an amazing campaigner and a terrible leader. >> juan: i don't think he was a terrible leader. >> jesse: one of the knocks on president obama was he couldn't manage the government very well. when he wasn't on the ballot, his party suffered. he was a great oratory. he loved these speeches. the timing of the announcement. >> juan: if i was to draw out the bottom line, i would say he loves campaigning. he loves the rallies. he is not a governing guy. the second thing is hope hicks was before the house intelligence committee. are we talking about what's going on with hope hicks talking to investigators? no, we are talking about the distraction. >> jesse: taking of investigations, dana. jeff sessions said he was going to open up an investigation into fisa abuses under the obama administration. i think it's basically

investigation warfare going on. is this going to do anything? >> dana: the investigation that sessions ordered will fall under the inspector general michael horowitz who has his hands full. he's got a lot of stuff to do. trey gowdy was on "the daily briefing" today and said he welcomed this investigation but there could be other needs for investigation such as the state department in case this investigation they are working on turns up other funny business. >> jesse: how was trey gowdy's hair? >> >> dana: good. >> greg: i believe there is an investigation gate gate. that bothers me. i was thinking about announcing emily to running for reelection before i actually run for my first election. just for the heck of it. i want my library to be in san mateo, california, across the street from the high school. >> dana: do you have to knock

down anything? >> greg: yes. there will be free ribs and no books. >> jesse: kimberly, his sessions looking into the fisa abuses? this has boomerang on the democrats, if you ask me. we have been unmasking them all that is about to drop commend that's not going to be pretty for a lot of the obama officials allegedly involved. samantha power, susan rice. is this going to get lost in the text-memo investigation kerfuffle? >> kimberly: i think they are going to pay attention to it. there's been a lot up lead up, vocal pressure. from trump supporters to examine it, especially given the fact that democrats started it. they opened up this can of worms and made these accusations and now this is follow-through. follow-through eventually leads to justice. he should be doing this. he is doing his job. he would be derelict in his duty

if he did not follow through. what we need to do is cover it. >> jesse: juan, last word. >> juan: i love what kimberly said. investigations lead to justice. >> jesse: maybe we can investigate sheriff israel. president obama caught on tape discussing revisionist history about his time in office. next. prudential asked these couples: how much money do you think you'll need in retirement? then we found out how many years that money would last them. how long do you think we'll keep -- oooooohhh! you stopped! you're gonna leave me back here at year 9? how did this happen? it turned out, a lot of people fell short, of even the average length of retirement. we have to think about not when we expect to live to, but when we could live to. let's plan for income that lasts all our years in retirement. prudential. bring your challenges.

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♪ >> greg: let's admit it, america. we miss barack obama. in a recent speech he said he had no real scandals in his white house. a jab at trump. >> we did have a scandal that embarrassed us. seems like a low bar. you didn't hear about a lot of drama. >> greg: no drama. to quote the tsa officer whose dog sniffed my carry-on, let's unpack this. why didn't you hear much about obama's white house? who was brave enough to look? never a closer relationship between the president and the media. if the white house was a bed,

the press was the mott dozing. they took and ate your sleeping pill to wake up when obama's policies lead to the rejection of the party in the election of trump. they sprung to action. it wasn't like there weren't scandals under obama. irs, benghazi. the media's bar was so high in terms of interest they didn't exist. now you have a woke press chasing down any incident where trump has a burger whose center isn't hot pink. obama's speech was at a conference where participants were rejected if they shared any part of it. you want to know why you never heard about obama? there is your answer. compliance. trump's white house, the most transparent entity since scotch tape. the press scrambles after him as if they are making up for a lost time. like a man climbing a mountain after a lifetime of couch surfing and pizza.

isn't it true, dana, that obama's lack of scandals were not about scandals but a compliant press that allowed him to operate in total secrecy. >> dana: having been a republican press secretary, i would say yes, republican communicators always have to work harder. i also think one of the things obama said is there were no scandals that embarrassed us. if you are not capable of embarrassment, then that would be true. the other thing is, it is true that there is less drama. there was less drama and the obama administration, looking at personnel announcements and backbiting in the first eight months of the the trump administration. the other thing is that all of the obama people who worked for him, they have said from the beginning that even as he ended

his presidency, the one thing they were so proud of is they had no scandals. he became a wrote talking point. "no scandals" is the new "no collusion." everyone says it over and over again as though it will finally sink in. >> greg: i remember msnbc, if you criticized president obama, you were racist. that was a good immune bubble to keep any criticism or anybody from looking into anything. >> jesse: very effective. you glossed over pretty big obama scandal. the birth certificate was huge. obviously that was a forgery. he pulled one over on the american people. still getting to the bottom of that. [laughter] >> juan: you won't give up. >> jesse: i am teasing. i believe him. i believe him. i think you are right. it is all about the press. this is but the press said about

benghazi. it was a republican conspiracy. they didn't protect one of their own ambassadors on the anniversary of 9/11 after warning signs and lying about it. and that's a republican conspiracy? they said the irs scandal was bipartisan even though 95% of the groups that were targeted were conservative. they said the aeron deal was great diplomacy when they we st them cash that wound up in hezbollah's hands. we are passing over the bergdahl trade. half a billion dollars in taxpayer money. the va scandal. people died. government bureaucrats got bonuses. i found a list of what "the new york times" says trump scandals. ready for these? kellyanne conway promoted ivanka's fashion line on tv. government officials stayed in trump hotels. if that is the bar, come on.

anything is a scandal. >> greg: that is a good point. i forgot about the va. what i learned from president obama, my life would be easier if i was a liberal. no one questions your competence. i should be a liberal. my life would be easier. >> juan: you would have a hard time here at fox. [laughter] i think fox was absolutely vigorous in pursuing every benghazi, irs. >> greg: fair and balanced. we had to. >> juan: you say it's a scandal. there's a difference between nitpicking pimples and stumbling and a huge rock falling on you and crushing. that's 19 people indicted.

five people pled guilty. >> kimberly: they are not even living here. >> jesse: any trouble for show plead the fifth or destroy evidence? >> juan: national security advisor. trump in the oval office talking to russians about national secrets. >> jesse: what about reverend wright? >> juan: you talk about what's going on. i don't know what happened in niger. four people dead, no report, nothing. you are dealing with -- how about rob porter beating up his wives. you can stay. imagine if that -- imagine if obama had a personal lawyer paying off porn stars? >> greg: that would be impressive. >> kimberly: fact would be interesting for a lot of reasons. i think it's important you have

to cover the mueller investigation. we are covering fisa warrants, how they were obtained, the propriety, the ethics, the facts and substance. when you see what we did here, we covered everything in a healthy way, whether it was solyndra, benghazi, fast and furious, lois lerner. there was a plethora. they needed to be discussed. i wouldn't take back any of it. i would do it the way we did it. >> greg: president trump signature campaign promises one step closer to reality. that's next. alice is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking

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his first visit and office of the state scheduled for mid-march. u.s. district judge once criticized by the president rules in favor of the wall today. he ruled the administration can continue waving environmental laws to proceed. that news comes as the daca debate rages on. >> we thought that the president's main goal was to build a wall sea to shining sea. 19th century answer to a 21st century problem. it turns out his goal is the deportation of dreamers. >> dana: immigration still beg. jesse, mark meadows, congressman from north carolina, told speaker paul ryan they must vote on the goodlatte bill or his speakership could be in danger. >> jesse: the judges ruling on daca takes a little bit of leverage away from the president when he negotiates the wall but the wall will be built. it will be beautiful and mexico,

juan, will still pay for it. there's about a 2,000-mile border with mexico in the united states. because of the rio grande in the mountains, the virtual fence, you only need about 800 miles of border wall. there is already 500 miles constructed. they want to improve upon it and add an additional 300. the sector chief says when they put defense up, illegal crossings dropped. it pushes it down to another sector. pushed it to the yuma sector. prototypes look good. 24 to 30 feet high, they are impenetrable. you had u.s. special forces tried to scale them, blowtorch them. they couldn't do it. the testing became so dangerous they had to stop doing it. he is going to go down there and an architect would try to look at the specs and take a look. maybe a hard hat and it's going to be a great photo op. looks like it's making progress.

>> dana: i think more than a photo op, especially with the judicial ruling that they can move forward. the environmentalists have tried to stop progress and a lot of these construction projects, not just at the border but across the country. curiel is saying it's a go. >> juan: curiel said there is no basis for the courts to stop it. i think the politics is a whole different box of wax. >> dana: ball. to >> juan: i think the mexican president had a very difficult conversation with president trump about paying for the wall. so difficult. the second time he canceled the trip to go to the white house. >> greg: could be a language issue. >> juan: it could be. what strikes me is today you had 200 catholic nuns, priests protesting, singing, standing up for the dreamers. people saying this is not a comfortable. you saw there a moment ago dick durbin, number two democrat in the senate saying it appears

the president is just trying to stop the dreamers. he is trying to cut legal immigration. >> jesse: the result of merit-based immigration. >> dana: even though the deadline is not looming, do you think the president, we haven't heard from him yet. he is going to try to continue to push congress or wait for the courts? >> kimberly: i think he's got to continue to push congress. today this was a victory from the president, coming from judge curiel. courts aren't going to stop it. california has been vocal on trying to stop the president on environmental grounds. this is really symbolic i think of president trump. not only his campaign but his presidency that he made this promise. it's a physical, tangible thing people can go and look at to say okay, he made this promise. he is running for reelection. he has announced it pretty better get the wall up and start it. i think that's why we are seeing such focus and emphasis on it.

it has the italian with daca and immigration. i think he's going to try to be compassionate about it and work with both sides. they are going to get boxed and if they don't try to come to the table and meet him partway. >> juan: if this is about politics, just say it. >> kimberly: i think this is what he believes and i think it is about national security. it's a big piece of what he campaigned on. we have to make america safe again. we have to make american borders that aren't penetrable, that aren't porous. people aren't coming in that are criminal recidivists that are taking, hiding in sanctuary cities, taking cover. committing crimes against americans. legal citizens, et cetera. there is a path to citizenship. there is a way to do it. do it like everyone else did. you shouldn't come in and try to cut the line and commit crimes and get back and forth because we don't enforce the laws on the books. >> dana: may be california secretly the wall.

inside their thinking, this might not be too bad? >> greg: it is a vertical highway. it's a highway you push up. if we sold it as a highway, that would've been a better idea. not a wall. >> dana: to nowhere? >> greg: if trump plays this right, he is proving the democrats don't see people. they just see power. what he is doing is something very compassionate. there is nothing better than a wall. good make good neighbors. legal, lawful immigrants should appreciate that. all he is saying he wants it enforced. 1.7 million people can stay. that's pretty compassionate. the democrats are saying dreamers can dream on because it's not coming from us. the democrats are ticked off because he might come up with the solution and reverse the false perception that the democrats of capitalized forever that they are compassionate and

the republicans aren't compassionate. if trump ends up being becoming pro dreamer, pro-immigrant, it's going to reverse a polarity that's been around for long time and it could be a really big deal. it helps there is no deadline. >> dana: i can't decide. i am of mixed mind on that and i will continue to think about it. >> greg: we can sell california to mexico. >> dana: companies have severed ties with the nra after the parkland school massacre but fedex isn't caving to the pressure. that's next. manatees in novelty ts? surprising. what's "come at me bro?" it's something you say to a friend. what's not surprising? how much money matt saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.

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regardless of their policy positions or political views." fedex says its position on gun policy differs from the rifle association. it opposes assault rifles in the hands of civilians but it's not taking away discounted rates like other big organizations who are responding positively to boycott calls. kimberly, what do think? >> kimberly: it's interesting because we are seeing a continuation of the story. we talked about delta and municipalities, local federal governments, what's the proper role in getting involved. georgia getting upset because of the boycott against the nra. going to take away your tax subsidies and credits. we are getting into a little bit of a back-and-forth. it's getting tricky. where does it stop? and then there's going to be a public pressure on any different company to say look, fedex did this. this is what delta did. on and on. where does it stop? i'm not 100% sure about the role

that companies should be having in a situation like this. public companies. >> juan: jesse, i remember when a lot of trump people did not like shakespeare in the park last summer. the julius caesar presentation. you had companies like bank of america, delta i think. they said you know what. we are pulling back a little bit. not associated with this even though they were funding shakespeare in the park. >> jesse: some companies can't take the heat. this company can. the ceo is a great american. he served in the the -- servedn vietnam. purple heart. he was roommates with george w. bush at yale. the nra didn't kill anybody. they didn't break any laws. it wasn't the nra that failed to protect school safety. that was the sheriff and fbi. there are 5 to 10 million people in the nra.

there was an nra member who shot the shooter in texas last year. there's a few thousand activists bombarding the companies, you don't have to cave to pressure. businesses shouldn't discriminate against people because they support an amendment or not. the aclu supports the first amendment. nra supports the second. what's interesting is there hasn't been a boycott of the nra triggered by the chicago situation. there has been almost 100 shootings in chicago. victims in the last two weeks and no one said anything about that. that's interesting to me. >> juan: are you calling for one? >> jesse: i'm not calling for boycotts. i'm not a fan of them but it suspicious when people use death to fulfill their political purposes. >> juan: what is interesting to me is the larger concept that the politics are so polarizing, especially run an like guns.

you see american corporations playing a role. they say if everything is going to be tribal and divided, we are going to express our values clearly. we are going to put them on the table. fedex has done that, even in this situation. they may not be seeing we're going to take away the discount but companies like delta, others thing we think these are american values and we don't agree with the nra. >> dana: i had a flight attendant reach out to me on twitter. somebody, she explained about the united decision that i didn't know. i still don't think it's right to basically segment populations and identify a financial benefit for one or the other based on partisan preferences. i don't think governments should punish companies for expressing their first amendment rights. whoever they want to give discounts to. one of united's captains, his daughter was killed in florida, in parkland. she was one of the 17.

her name was gina. united airlines, perhaps trying to have solidarity with that captain, decided to make that decision. all in all, i am not for different financial systems based on your partisan preferences. i think that's a terrible road to go down. >> juan: want to think when the big companies punish, like rush limbaugh or something, for saying something. the other day in boston, several companies pulled away because they were saying bad stuff about tom brady's agent who is asian. >> greg: i am often suspicious about companies acting on so-called values. i think it's more about fear. the fear is based on the effective social networks on which their numerical significance is exaggerated. we hundred -- a hundred people can feel like a thousand. if we see a lot of companies folding. i think they fold prematurely.

what happens is, what i have noticed on twitter, people will say "i will never use american again." until virgin american is the only flights out of aruba. they may change their minds. a lot of these boycotts are part of an initial onslaught from a couch. there is a lot you can do. if you really are upset about this, you can offer actual solutions. you can call your congressman, senator, do things and talk to people and think hard about this and think about real solutions rather than getting mad at a company which is basically just people doing our jobs. if you are more mad at fedex then you are at the broward sheriff, that is false concern. you are choosing the company purely as a virtue signal to say "look at me. look how moral i am." it's clear the failure lies with the sheriff, not federal express. more companies should follow in fedex's footsteps.

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♪ >> kimberly: some people don't believe in the power of prayer. i am not one of them. neither is actor chris pratt who asked his twitter followers to join him in prayer for kevin smith who suffered a massive heart attack sunday. the gesture was attacked by online trolls. some of the vile responses. what do you make of this greg? people responded this way. he is being attacked by trolls for simply offering thoughts and prayers to his friend. >> greg: i think we have established twitter is a dumb

x-ray. it exposes all of them. i'm not religious but i don't need to do this on twitter. it's unoriginal. this is a neil degrasse tyson move. whenever anybody says hopes and prayers, he have to let them know. hope and prayers, that stuff doesn't work. anybody who does this is simply copying the original self absorbed attention seeking fool. >> dana: this isn't the first time. over and over again you see this. the point about thoughts and prayers for mastering victims is a policy statement or maybe it's a political statement. i think one of the best ways you can tell people you care about them is pick up the phone and call them. i am finding online stuff so dissatisfying in terms of actually expressing sentiment.

it's time to get back to human connections. >> kimberly: i totally agree. >> jesse: steve scalise was on our air a couple nights ago and said when he was struggling and clinging to life, he could hear and he felt the thoughts and prayers of the people in a country that were praying for him when he was in the hospital. he was getting all the surgeries. that gave him the drive and inspiration to keep fighting, and he fought through some really devastating bullet wounds that would make a lot of people just collapsed. >> kimberly: surgeries. >> jesse: inspired him and i was impressed by that. you can be agnostic or atheist but let's not discount the people that aren't. why attack it? >> kimberly: interesting perspective. juan. >> juan: i think what this is really about, as dana described it, you had mass shootings and people on the right, the nra crowd, saying thoughts and prayers but not taking action. then people say oh, this is just

an evasive device. you can say i have thoughts and prayers and not do anything. but in fact i think thoughts and prayers are, to me, essential. i think we should pray. i don't have any problem with that kind of energy or exchange, communication and love between people. i think it's all positive. i have to tell you, i think dana will be amused. i got in trouble once because i said at my church we prayed for president bush every sunday. why did you say that into an interview? why did you bring religion into it? it's true. as my church, we pray for president trump every sunday. >> greg: i pray for you at my church. it's a very strange church. i am trying to clear my apartment as a church. tax purposes. >> kimberly: you are agnostic but you don't have a problem with anybody praying or hovering religion in their lives. >> greg: of course not.

>> kimberly: people shouldn't be attacked for it. it is very small minded. i pray for them. "one more thing" is next. (vo) dogs have evolved,

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♪ >> jesse: it's time for "one more thing." juan. >> juan: imagine watching movies with the movie star who became president. that means you are watching movies at camp david with president reagan.

that's what mark weinberg did. when i was covering the reagan's white house, he was reagan's speech writer, deputy press secretary. he has written a memoir. a couple things you learn from the book, ferris bueller's day off was one of reagan's favorites. and he learned a lot about leadership from the movie business. it is good reading for oscar's weekend. >> dana: i heard he cried when he watched et. >> jesse: i did too. i am next. time for a new edition of mom texts.

>> greg: a good mom. it is a talk show, mom. if trump fires rod rosenstein, we will have people marching in the streets. trust me on that. i will not be alone. i am on hannity tonight. check it out. [laughter] dana. >> dana: a week from tonight there's going to be a primary election in texas. texas second congressional district, crowded primary. nine republicans trying to place ted poe. have you heard of someone running for congress who was literally running for congress? dan crenshaw, former navy seal, he ran 100 miles over five days

to raise money not for himself. watch this. >> the reason we did it was to shine a light on a lot of our neighbors rebuilding after hurricane harvey that haven't been able to move back in their homes and show people that the work is not done. what i saw was grit, resilience, hope. i saw texans not giving up on each other. >> dana: 10-year career in the navy seals, educated at harvard, master's degree in public policy. injured in afghanistan. that's why he has the patch there. purple heart and navy commendation medal. the primary is next week. he is 1 of 9. >> kimberly: god bless him for his service. it's amazing. >> greg: time for greg's celebrity corner. we got amazing footage from tmz. former secretary of state john kerry arriving at an airport and met by two of his biggest fans.

they were all over him. john kerry still very popular among his fans. they were kissing and hugging him. you can see that charm and wit that exudes from the former secretary of state john kerry as he tries to maneuver through baggage. but it's impossible. >> kimberly: did they lick the tree? time for kimberly's food court. this is a good one. this is interesting. we all have our snacks in our drawers. moving on. according to a new survey, we have the drawer but we keep a secret stash on the side. this is fruit manufacture crispy green conducted a study of 2,000 women. they found two-thirds, 66% of

american moms have a supersecret supply of their favorite snacks they keep hidden from their families because they don't want to share. >> jesse: no sharing. set your dvrs. never miss an episode of "the five." "special report" up next. do you like my blazer, bret? >> bret: yes. news about jared kushner's security clearance, what does it mean for his role in the white house? justice department launches its own investigation into the foreign surveillance court, fisa. president trump gets a jump on the competition by naming his 2020 campaign manager two and a half years before the election. we will talk live with kellyanne conway on a host of issues. this is "special report" ."