we need, like, four hours a night. it's the way it is. we're not the -- jerome coursy just put out an article. hannity is the next target of the deep state. let not your heart be troubled. laura ingraham, you will have to take over 9:00 and 10:00 d deep state -- he exposed the deep state. >> that means four hours i'm not good at math, that means you would be on until 1:00 in the morning. >> sean: no. i was in radio just like you. number two, i just got done saying jerome coursy just said hannity, they want to kill hannity and take him out. >> laura: i heard. you think i'm deaf? of course, this is their dream. >> sean: my dream, hannity held hostage on the laura ingraham show. >> laura: i want to host that. so i can do the bug at the bottom of the screen.

and i won't leave you abandoned like they did in benghazi. >> sean: just bring me a cake with a file. >> laura: only a fruitcake. good evening from washington i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle." we have an interview with dinesh de souza. and i'll examine about what that pardon says. plus the media leaks a disgraced fbi official's claim that the president obstructed justice by firing comey. the president is firing back. prosecutors release chilling videos by the florida school shooting suspect nicholkolas cr. why now? and kevin mccarthy is here

to react to what google is saying. but first, for the left it's suddenly open season on women in trump's family. what a series of vile and vulgar attacks the women have had to deal with. first up, samantha bee's assault on ivanka trump on her show last night. >> let me say one mother to another, do something about your dad's immigration practices you feckless [ bleep ]. he listens to you. put on something tight and low cut and tell your father to [ bleep ] stop it. >> laura: how about deport her. she called ivanka trump and apologized for saying the "c" word saying i crossed the line and deeply regretted but did not apologize for the sexually suggestive remark.

her network apologized but did not indicate that bee or her show would suffer any consequences. in fact, they are gloating that bee is getting a big hollywood award tonight from the group that hands out the emmys but they closed the event tonight to the press. talk about that later. the network wrote on may 31st, full frontal with samantha bee will be recognized for advancing social change by the television and academy. is that what hollywood calls lewd and obscene character assassination. and the lefties are not happy about bee's apology. look at the reaction from sally field who tweeted i like samantha bee a lot but she is wrong to call ivanka a "c" word. and ivanka is not the only trump woman under attack.

let's discuss with rachel campos duffy, christen tate. let's go to you, first, ms. campos-duffy and ask you how we've gotten to this lace where a comedian would say something like that about the first daughter after she posts a picture of herself and her son. like an endearing photo and that brings out such incredible bile. >> right. i wish i could be surprised but i'm not. there has always been a special abuse as you know this as well as anybody knows for conservative women and for conservative minorities because the left views us as traitors. so i'm not surprised by the comment but the hypocrisy, i think conservatives are finally getting sick and tired of. we know exactly what would happen to samantha bee if she

said that about sasha, malia or chelsea clinton. that's what is getting the conservatives finally are fighting back and calling it out for what it is. what it does is expose the left. i don't thunk they care about racism or sexism. if they did they would come out en masse and be outraged by it. but they are celebrating samantha bee. racism and sexism are tools for power and politics for them. they want to use it as a hammer to get us to agree to their political aims. and they want to make sure they're the only ones holding that hammer. this is about politics and power. >> laura: there was a hill staff whoever criticized the way that sasha and malia were dressed at thanksgiving and was booted. ivanka is an adult and she can take the heat, but erica, keith

boykin on cnn said something interesting today. i want to play it for you. >> the point she was trying to make was about immigration and the point was lost in her comment. but the larger point that is missing is the culture that is being generated from the president and the top. donald trump exists to divide us. everything he does is divisive. >> laura: representative thomas, do you believe that donald trump is responsible for samantha bee using the "c" word to describe the first daughter? that's what keith boykin is saying. it was said yesterday about the roseanne comments as well. >> i would say that samantha bee is responsible for her comment. she is her own person and is responsible but it's i want to go back to what the common tash we care deeply about racism and

sexism. the same people who are saying that the samantha bee show needs to be cancels are the same people that stood behind a certain person and said that person would grab a woman by her private parts which is the same comment that the direction neighbor defines the "c" word as. and they stand behind that person and that president's show has not been cancelled. >> laura: i don't know what you mean by a president's show, that's not a phrase that makes sense to me. but there was an election. >> it makes sense very much. >> laura: i don't know what the president's show is. >> we watch episodes every day where africans are called -- >> laura: so you are saying that the president is responsible for the "c" word and the president is responsible for the "c" word being used by a liberal because

i guess they are motivated by the president. >> i said the president is not responsible but the president said the same type of words and was elected into office. >> christen, let's go to you. in your state -- hold on, and your state -- and he won your state. >> he didn't win my vote. >> laura: that's kind of obvious. let's talk about joy reid. there's a double stand here. we have a list of people here whose apologies are accepted like joy behar, joy reid attacks on home swaosexuals. and wolf blitzer. and alec baldwin for his nasty comments over the years including using the "n" word. the double standard here is they don't lose their platform.

but if someone is friendly to trump says something they find objectionable, it doesn't matter how many times you apologize. you are excommunicated from the public square forever. christen. >> most of the people you mentioned still have jobs because their targets are conservatives. but back to samantha bee if she is not fired it is a slap in the face to middle america and conservatives and women. and it proves that left wingers can make vulgar comments with impunity but the rights are not extended to conservatives. conservatives have acknowledged what roseanne barr was vile and hateful but we cannot even -- >> will they acknowledge what president trump said as vile? >> the -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> laura: representative, you

were not interrupted by christen. so please let her finish her point and we're trying to give everyone equal time. >> i think there's a big difference between comments made in public on a tv show and some that were made in private. but i just want to know where the moral equivalency here is. >> laura: maybe everybody has to get off their moral high horse here. i want to get your reaction on something else. a slam on yet another trump supporter, obviously, first lady melania after she tweeted she was at the white house and feeling great after her surgery, a writer named ashley fineburg suggested that the firpresident keeping the first lady under wraps. this from the ap, where is melania? first lady not seen in public for three weeks.

maybe because she is recovering from major surgery less than three weeks ago. your reaction? let's go to rachel campos-duffy. do you find it curious that the attacks are coming from women as well? >> of course. i know the representative doesn't want to admit it but there is a double standard. they don't care that melania is home recovering like any normal person would be after surgery. but i think what is more important is the hypocrisy on the samantha bee issue. if samantha bee had said that about chelsea clinton she would not be at a hollywood event right now being celebrated, being acclaimed as a hero. she would be a social and professional pariah just like roseanne barr is right now. that's the double standard. and that's what liberals are fighting back against. >> laura: i think tbs should

bring on roseanne on. they have a high threshold. samantha bee's commentary is reprehensible. or if you can apologize -- let everyone apologize and get past it. but it doesn't apply -- >> or cancel her show. >> i don't. [ overlapping speakers ] >> i don't like it either but it has to be fair. >> i won't admit it's a hypocrisy and she mentioned chelsea clinton. let's talk about how ted nungen said the same thing about hillary clinton, he called her the "c" word and he ended up at the white house with sarah palin, greeted at the white house. when we talk about double standards. >> laura: he hardly has his own show. >> let's talk about -- >> laura: because he appeared --

he plays at -- >> for saying the "c" word but you want to cancel her show. >> laura: this is where the left, sladadly, they want to champion women and women's rights. that's all fine. but when you want to stand on this moral high ground and one of your own, not a conservative or alt-right but one of your own says something that is so juvenile and stupid and joyce and she said anti-catholic says and anti-religious things. budgeted statements about people of faith. this is a history and pattern with her. you said roseanne has a history, samantha bee has a wild history of biassed comments of people of faith. christen? >> it's really sad, laura is that she is not an outlier. conservatives have been the targets of this rhetoric for a long time.

look at bill mayher. he called sarah palin the "c" word and referred to her son as retarded. the host of "the view" they have made so many offensive comments. the media would point to the women in the trump administration as shining examples for young girls if they were not conservatives. these are strong, independent women. but because they work for the most hated republican in american they are slandered and smeared. and the media gives them a total pass. >> i want to read a comment from the first lady's press person. the double standard. the trump family and members of the administration are subjected to false reporting, hateful rhetoric and outrageous lies yet

the main stream media stays silent. representative, you can close it out. >> at the end of the day we definitely condemn anyone who says derogatory statements but we have to make sure at the end of the day this is not a partisan issue. when you speak about women and when you speak racial slurs you should be condemned. but at the end of the day, the same people that are condemning samantha bee and roseanne and everyone else should also be condemning the president of the united states that does the same exact derogatory racial and -- >> laura: he didn't say the same thing. >> what the left is angry about, laura is that republicans and conservatives are finally speaking their mind. en masse together. we're angry because -- >> any derogatory statement should be the main -- >> i -- >> laura: guys, we're -- i want to say we're all talking about

the fact that culture matters for a long time we were told that culture doesn't matter. culture matters and words matter. we all can do better. myself included. all of you strong women with important points of view. you don't want to miss my interview with dinesh de souza, his first interview since getting the word about his pardon from president trump.

>> laura: run away prosecutors and politicized law enforcement. that's the focus of tonight's angle. a lot of us grew up to have a romanticized view of federal prosecutors and law enforcement. they were all like elliot necessary in the untouchables, truth, justice and the american way. it was about locking up the bad guys and protecting the rest of us. and there are many dedicated men and women serving as assistant u.s. attorneys doing just that. but sadly, we've also seen egregious examples in recent years of prgs prosecutions of prominent figures that were political motivated that resulted in huge miscarriages of

justice. one of those is dinesh de souza who was pardoned for a conviction stemming from a bungled campaign contribution to a friend wendy long. they went for broke against de souza in a chase that could have been disposed of with a fine and should have been. this is de souza who i spoke with today. >> with regard to -- along with eric holder as part of this obama team of goons, if you will, that was unleashed to get me in retaliation for the movie i made about obama and i think the ambition was he would prove by getting a fellow indian, he would endear himself to the obama team. it was a move of ambition as i would understand it. but this is filed into the karma

is a [ bleep ] department. >> laura: de souza was sentenced to eight months in a community confinement center and five years of probation and community service. a $35,000 fine and counseling. he calls it a failed attempt at reeducation. when republican members of congress who suspected political motivations pushed for release of the fbi file, the department balked. when they turned over the file and made access to the file they found out his political affiliation and work critical of obama had indeed been referenced. from the fbi report it said the following, de souza is likely an ultra conservative right wing author and creator of a documentary critical of the obama administration because of de souza's purr ported conservative beliefs it is likely he orchestrated the excess contributions. the agent's name who wrote the

description was redacted. the expenditure authorized a case concerning $20,000 worth of campaign contributions, $100,000. >> but my case shows in miniature the way that obama and hillary, too, have gangsterized u.s. politics. there's a new term in american politics and trump is very well aware of it and in some ways he's the product of it. >> it's not just de souza who the former obama justice department targeted. remember bob mcdonnell, who many thought could have been a future presidential candidate. he was prosecuted on corruption charges by dana boente who was appointed by the obama administration. mcdonnell's conviction was overturned by a unanimous supreme court. boente was also colleagues with

g jim comey and has been interviewed on what comey relayed to him about his meeting with trump. boente is now serving as the general counsel of the fbi. and then there is former democrat governor from illinois, rod blagojevich who was sentenced to 14 years in prison on federal bribery charges despite the fact he never took a bribe. the prosecutor in the case? another jim comey friend, patrick fitzgerald. his wife appeared here on the angle recently. >> ten years ago, these same people, comey, fitzgerald, moourl used out of control prosecutors and fbi agents came after my husband with their unchecked power to undo an election by the people. these are politically motivated opportunists who use their offices for their own personal enrestructure richment to further their careers. >> and remember the decision to

investigate valerie plame's name in 2003? scooter libby was convicted in that case not for leaking, but for lying to investigators. trump pardoned him, something george w. bush should have done before leaving office. do you remember who appointed the special counsel in the plame/libby case? then deputy attorney general, jim comey. whom did comey choose as special counsel? his old chum patrick fitzgerald. it's all so incestuous. now fitzgerald is remitting jim comey in his dealings with special counsel robert mueller. that brings us to today where some of the same figure are back at work using their position and pedigree in an ongoing effort to purge the country of president

donald j. trump. what started as concerns of russian collusion has morphed into an obstruction of justice narrative because trump fired someone who he was constitutionally permitted to fire for any reason. in federal investigations, the government has limitless budgets, subpoena power and an army of prosecutors on its side. so targets should not be chosen or eliminated on the basis of their political views, nor because they're considered big fish whose prosecutions could pay big time in big career dividends down the road. this is neither just nor enforcement of the law. what it is, it's big game hunting with a political preference and that's the angle. joining us now for reaction, civil rights attorney and california rnc committee woman harmy dillon and former clinton

adviser, richard goodstein. >> first, your friend dinesh de souza was shunned for mocking the parkland students. >> laura: that's not about what we're talking about. keep it focused. we have limited time. focus on the prosecution what we found in the fbi file which they did not want to release, references to his political viewpoint, why? why do they reference his body of work and political viewpoint if he was someone who we just have to throw the book at him for $20,000 in a campaign down 25 points? >> it was a knowing violation. when trump says you don't deal -- you don't deal with criminal finance violations with just a fine. knowing it was intentional -- >> laura: prosecutorial

discretion. >> he practically goaded the trial judge -- and tried to base -- he could have gotten two years and got five months of probation. >> he reimbursed $8,000 to john edwards campaign. pierce or donnell, harry whitmore, straw donors. $20,000 is a small amount. should not have done it. but this looks and looked at the time, he comes out with a movie about clinton and obama, this is someone who was highly effective in a world dominated by the left, namely, film making. >> absolutely. i don't think there is any other conclusion. you laid it out well why it's clear that information was hidden and he was treated differently based on his

viewpoint. and dinesh mentioned that the prosecute in question was known for going after indian american targets. he is prominent in the indian american community himself. and it's important to remember it's not the department of convict whoever you can to help your friends. it's the department of justice and prosecutors are supposed to exercise their discretion and that is exercised every day in not bringing convictions like this. and one of the reasons he had to plead guilty was he was being threatened with a five-year sentence for obstruction of justice on top of the two years which is the penalty for the penny antti offense of less than $25,000. >> laura: they turn the screws on people all the time. and speaking as a former criminal defense attorney, that's in my blood. we need prosecutors and they serve an important purpose. this case was ridiculous from the beginning. it should not have been handled

this way. i want to play some -- a montage from media figures today and i want you to react to this, what they said donald trump could be signaling with this pardon. >> pardoning him now is a brazen act that sends a message that he's going to intervene and issue pardons basically on his own whim. >> president trump seemingly passing out pardons to heros as the far right. >> one step closer to being a third world power. this is destroying the idea of independent justice. >> richard? >> i can think of one. >> yeah. >> you talked about blagojevich who ended up in jail because he was corrupt. >> that was dismissed. >> what i'm saying -- >> laura: that was overturned. >> he used his power in a way --

we all heard the case about how he was doing it like a mafia figure. the fact of the matter is that trump has unfettered pardon power but he can't use it corruptly. and you know, and michael cohen, but all the crimes, obstruction, lying, et cetera, campaign finance, goes list by list. that's exactly what that cast of characters looks like -- >> laura: you agree that article 2, section 2, clause one -- >> he can fire comey but not for corrupt reasons. >> laura: you're saying the pardoning of dinesh de souza could be tantamount to obstruction of justice. >> every single one of those crimes -- >> laura: how about mark

griffin? who cares. it's an absolute power. >> it is absolute power. >> laura: he traded illegally with ayatollah khomeini's iran. he did deals with ka dafy's libya. the list goes on and on. that was a hideous pardon with political ties as well. his wife was a campaign donor. >> i think that -- >> laura: and we had the puerto rican terrorist group pardoned on the part of obama. i criticize these things but the idea this is a big signal to people, i think that donald trump sees this as an injustice. martha stewart a big liberal. the idea of pardoning martha stewart -- jim comey was the southern district of new york u.s. attorney at the time. she was a big fish get for comey. that was a huge feather in his

cap. that was another ridiculous prosecution. >> absolutely. he is looking at pardoning a couple of democrats, you mentioned blagojevich and martha stewart. you try to get them on this process crime and it would be just for him to pardon her and others who have been witch hunted for the purposes of their own careers. no one can doubt that james comey and patrick fitzgerald who is a two-timer there with scooter libby. they should not be allowed to abuse their positions to do. this and i think others would applaud the president for righting those wrongs and i hope he does that. >> laura: conrad black another outrageous prosecution by patrick fitzgerald. the media are pushing jim

comey's events in the russia probe. we may have uncovered the reason for it. and we're going to discuss it next.

>> laura: president trump is firing back after "the new york times" leaked a supposedly secret memo by andrew mccabe. trump tweeted i never fired comey because of russia. the main stream media pushes the narrative but it's not true. the inspector general report on the fbi and doj's handling of the e-mail probe will be released imminently. is that why we're seeing the leaked stories favorable to comey and mccabe. let's put that question to ari fleisher and saul wisenberg. a lot a to unpack but you get the idea that this mccabe memo

is out there. it seems like mccabe is getting ready for himself to be prosecuted. but why do you think that's out there now? >> the times has a history, we know, of leaking things in a certain way before an unfavorable news story is going to come out. i don't think this is any exception. but also keep in mind any story that's really sourced by mccabe or that has to do with a memo written by mccabe, you're not talking about a very credible source according to the latest oig report. i wouldn't worry about it too much. the big thing to keep in mind is that the president has the constitutional authority to fire comey as he had to fire mccabe. absent something extra like paying hush money to somebody or lying to a government investigator, it just similarly is not obstruction.

i would ask everybody who comments on the other networks and acts like it is obstruction to read the arthur anderson case where the supreme court in a 9-0 vote talked about what was needed for something to be corrupt. >> laura: ari fleisher, look, this seems to be very conveniently timed. we do have the new ig report which we hear is going to be released any minute now and watch them release it tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. i hope that's not the case. but this is what the niems reporter on this issue of mccabe and this memo, what they said. let's watch. >> mccabe goes into this meeting at the justice department. it's a crowded meeting and rosenstein is telling his version of the story and he says the president originally asked me to mention russia in the memo but i didn't think that was a good idea and didn't do that.

to mccabe the memo was there to write down, this may not have been about hillary clinton, there may have been russia interest going on here. >> a game of telephone tag. but even if that's the case, rudy giuliani hinted at this. it's not obstruction of justice. he can fire him for whatever reasons he wants. but unless there with corrupt intent. your reaction to this wild swirl before this ig report comes out and before they decide they're going to charge mccabe. >> i spent 21 years in washington and one of the things i noticed about the people who make it to the top of the agencies, they are superb at maneuvering the washington system and that includes how to handle the media. any time something is bad coming out in the press, that's about to come out from the fbi, that's the time you go into overdrive to get your story ahead of the time to preempt the bad stories

that you know are coming. and here's the thing about the word "russia" people are no longer being precise. the word to a democrat equals automatic guilt for donald trump and automatic collusion and automatic obstruction. the word "russia" can also mean that president trump was frustrated with james comey because he would never say in public what he said in private that trump is not under investigation. and that is understandable for the president to have that sentiment. of course you want that occupant. it's not an unreasonable request to a subordinate and comey didn't do it. i think that's why trump fired comey. >> laura: and why he didn't want jeff sessions to recuse himself. he did not want this taken over by someone else and maybe a special counsel.

he knew he didn't have anything to hide on the russia issue. on the point about obstruction. a bloomberg reporter addressed it. >> there is a lot of concern about this obstruction investigation based on our reporting we're hearing that there could be a risk of obstruction here. obstruction in an impeachment sent. you get into interpretation and into intent. >> laura: i'm not sure whether she is a lawyer or not, saul, but again, this is just rank speculation before this ig report drops which we are led to believe is going to be quite damaging to the doj during that entire 2016 period of investigating hillary's e-mails. >> i think it's going to be embarrassing to the doj and to the fbi which is part of the doj. but if you want to talk about obstruction.

you can impeach somebody for anything. if you want to talk about obstruction as a matter of criminal law. i say, let's say for purposes of argument, let's assume the worst about president trump and he was guilty of an underlying crime and he fired comey because he didn't want comey to get to the bottom of it. if that's all they have, it's not criminal obstruction of justice. i don't know of one supreme court case that would support that interpretation. there are a handful of appellate course cases over the last 20 or 30 years -- >> laura: i know what you're talking about. they can't hang it on that. fantastic conversation, guys. up next, a twisted revelation on the florida school shooting case. stay right here for that. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't.

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>> laura: prosecutors released three videos made by nikolas cruz. in one video the accused killer calmly states he's going to be the next school shooter of 2018. these videos don't provide new information or answers. but do they raise questions? why release them? media wanted them. media were making freedom of information act requests and let's get answers from retired

lapd detective mark fuhrman and andrew pollack whose daughter was killed in february in the shooting. and andrew you were on radio today. you have done so much already to bring sanity to this conversation about school safety and so forth. and our viewers, you know, our heart goes out to you and thank you for being with us tonight. you had very poignant and pointed words, andrew, about this video, these videos being released. >> laura, i couldn't -- i didn't watch it. i read the transcripts. and reading those transcripts made me sick to my stomach just reading it. so i'm glad i didn't really look at the videos. but what bothed me was the fame aspect of it. he knew he was going to be glorified in the news and i think that -- that's a big problem in this country with the media using their names and showing their pictures

throughout on the media throughout the country. so i think that we could learn a lot from this in this country and not really show their names or their faces on -- in the media. i think it would make a difference. >> laura: that's what they want. and he referenced you're going to know who i am. premeditated murder in florida, this really kind of explodes that. there's no way -- i think they couldn't charge him now with premeditated murder and that would mean possibility of the death penalty. but you are very against the release of the videos and tell us why. >> well, the release of the videos has no evidencery or information value whatsoever. he has confessed and he wants a life sentence in exchange for no death penalty. the media at large request because of florida law of discovery once discovery is made they can ask pretty much

anything that the defense attorney and the prosecutor have. so they do that. but they obviously show no responsibility by releasing this. because this information now in front of every juror in the country, not just florida, is seeing something that makes a death penalty case difficult for the prosecutors. because now when you go into that courtroom, the jurors have all seen this, not only does he show premeditation but he really kind of argues against the mental defect. he seems completely in control of his planning, completely in control of the motive. and this is his manifesto. >> laura: andrew, you made this point on radio, the guy is like he's insane and has autism. he's crazy. yeah, maybe he has mental problems but he knew what he was doing. >> and you know, laura, there are other videos. my daughter was murdered in the

hallway. so that's going to be the next video the media is going to be looking at and they're going to look to put that in the media also on the third floor she was shot nine times. and that's on the camera, too. they'll be looking for those videos next. and that is going to be heart wrenching. >> laura: what they are trying to do is keep the school shooting video game going for the longest time. thank goodness that has been shut down. mark, i know you have strong feelings about that as well. parents are worried about copy cat killers who want fame. they are not focused on what andrew is focused on, how to make the schools safe, metal detectors, whatever we have to do. practical things that texas is doing and other places. mark, final word? >> laura, we have legislation on my website that people can look

at because now is the time for governors to act. they need to look at what florida did and what governor scott helped get passed and look what we're doing in florida with senate bill 7072 6. why should they wait for another shooting? they should be pro active. >> laura: mark? >> i think we should leave this with what mr. pollack said and hear his anger and self righteous purpose to stop these school shootings. >> laura: thank you so much. much needed tonight. and by the way, google is making a mistake and making one as really bad suggesting extreme left wing bias. we report, you decide up next with kevin mccarthy.

>> laura: google has a lot of explaining to do. if you googled the california republican party lately. the information box would inform you about the party's ideology. let's examine it with kevin mccarthy, republican from california. what is going on?

google said this is a mistake. when you typed in california republican party. what showed up? >> it said our ideology was naziism. it wasn't the party of lincoln. it wasn't the party of reagan. it said we were nazis. and google is the largest search engine in the world. 90% of internet searches go through google. this is what they said the california republican party was. i got wind of this. are they pulling it from wikipedia. and i went to pick speed yewiki does not say naziism. this is not the only situation. if you searched instagram for donald trump jr. this weekend, it warned you his site could cause you harm or even death. and amazon kicked off the alliance for defending freedom

to give their charity program, amazon smile where you can send charity money to a non-profit. southern poverty law decided they weren't good. >> that southern poverty law center turned into a left wing radical group that tries to malign people, myself included because we stand up for -- against christians being pur purse -- persecuted in the middle east. >> laura: google claims that it was wikipedia. and occasional errors get through. >> i had searched wikipedia. it wasn't on the wikipedia page. this is why we need transparency. this bias against conservatives has to stop.

and they always explain it away with something small. no. i want to know did an employee in there go forward and put the idea that the party of lincoln, that brought us ronald reagan, that decided we were nazis? that is unacceptable. >> laura: it's a liberal culture in silicon valley and at google. a lot of conversation about who will be the next speaker. you' your name is at the top of the list. but why kevin mccarthy is having a hard time locking down the speaker's job again. what's happening? i heard a congressman from north carolina's name mentioned i don't know his name. we have other names mentioned. but what's going on? >> well, one, there's no speaker race right now. paul ryan decide he is not going to run for re-election. after the election we will have

one. but we have to focus and make sure we have a republican to be speaker. i feel confidence about that race going forward i can win that vote inside conference. but right now i have to make sure we win the majority. we have to have the resources to win. remember, what we've been able to accomplish here. unemployment at 18 year low. we reformed the v.a. the right to try for those sick individuals being able to have a new medication that hasn't been approved yesterday. dodd/frank and we did prison reform and the nda. that was just last week. >> are you going to do an amnesty? >> no. we're going to protect our borders. because we know and you know so well, this idea of the current system right now is broken. you've got to be able to, one, build a wall. and you have to catch and release. we have to have a system based

upon merit if we want the country to grow. >> laura: does john cox have a hope in california? >> yes. we have a lot of hope. remember, this is a state that brought us ronald reagan. john cox will come through. >> laura: army people are -- >> john cox will come through. but there is another reason to be hopeful. the democrats when they took the majority, they raised the gasoline tax 12 cents. we have an initiative to repeal that. >> we got to bring hope back to the people of california especially republicans. thank you for joining us. we'll be right back. when i tra. for leisure. so i go national, where i can choose any available upgrade in the aisle - without starting any conversations- -or paying any upcharges.

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>> laura: that's all the time we have to have denied. shannon bream and the hannon bream and the >> that is all the time we have tonight but shannon bream takes over with a great show. shannon: major breaking news on multiple fronts. and less than an hour the trump administration plans to protest tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the eu, canada and mexico sparking fears of a trade war. he will hear from a republican who supports the controversial move plus the north korean chief who met with mike pompeo brings a message for donald trump. breaking tonight the washington post