number one beating all of the networks and all of the cable channels. they did not amazing job. that's what theywn do. i'm proud to be a small part of this. and i love these colleagues. most of them are leak friends, all of them, as a matter of fact. that's all of the time. as always thank you for being with us. let not your heart be troubled. laura ingraham is next live. we'll see you back here tomorrow night. . >> laura: i'm laura ingraham. this is the "ingram angle." >> breaking news on multiple fronts. we're going to unpack it all for you. i tell you with the dust settling y on the split mid term results another bomb shell pierced the news cycle. jeff sessions is out. the attorney general has submittedne his resignation at president's request. we will have the reaction to the fallout, including what it means for the mueller probe.

it is freaking everyone out. also my angle on what the mid-term results mean for you, and for this president. plus, trump takes it to the media. this was unbelievable. i was screaming laughing. and why a ruckus white house press conference revealed the media has basically learned zipo during these past, two years. and raymond arroyo is here. he tacks the big losers of last night, especially the celebrity stars, who started to fall. but, we begin tonight with the news that pushed the mid terms off of the front page. the resignation of jeff sessions. all right, sessions departure comes less than two years after he angered trump by reducing himself from the russia probe. the president has repeatedly expressed his frustration over that initial decision to recuse. stepping in as acting attorney

general. matt wit ker a former attorney general from iowa serving as session's chief of staff. trump is said to have a strong personalal rapore with wit ker. at least v for now will oversee the mueller probe and rest of the doj business. including the other federal investigations, including the new york prosecutors locking into the finances of the president and his former aid. now, for what this aj mean, we'recould joineded by former u.s. attorney joe degenofa not in the studio. former fox news contributor andrew mccarthy and james grill ger the doj who became an acting doj. democrats are already calling-- . [ laughter ] for whitt ker to recuse himself because of his past statements.

your reaction? >> the previous comments are not recusable comments. mr. whitaker is a fine person. he is completely independent. he knows about the administration of this particular case. i am delighted that supervision of case has been taken away from deputy attorney general rosenstein in light of his conduct. i think mr. whitaker will handle it fine. the democrats are diagnose was theyth always do. when they don't have anything else. they start screaming and yelling. it is an embarrassment to them it. will continue and mr. whitaker will be just fine. >> laura: george you were acting aj i had forgotten. shore said, given his previous comment advocating defunding and limitations. mr. whitaker should recuse itself for the duration of his timer as acting attorney genera. just so people know was we're

talking about. i want to play the sound bite from mark whitaker. it from cnn in july of 2017. let's take a look, watch. >> i can sigh a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment. that attorney general doesn't firent bob mueller but products budgets so low, it grinds to the same halt. >> laura: he was working for the network grounds for recusal? >> no, two, wick points. one, if every time a lawyer made comments about some matter of public interest, and then later would have to recuse himself. joe wouldn't be able to practice law. but secondly, your point is well taken. >> i'm doing just fine. >> this was a different time. i different set of facts and i'm sure matt will make his decisions, in this case based on what ever circumstances he

becomes aware of. >> laura: just for our viewers edification act attorney general you have all of the powers of the attorney general, you just haven't gone through senate confirmation. it is thought to beberr tempora. could it be indefinite? >> well, under the vacancy act there will be some limitations of time he can't be nominated to succeed to his own position >> this is getting interesting. >> laura: we have to go to andy here. john brennen, your favorite, andy was out today. and joe's favorite was out today. of course banging the same recusal drum thatth george was just returns researching. let's watch george and company. >> matt whitaker comes with a lot of baggage. it is going to be quietest, i think whether or not he is going

to fulfill his responsibilities in that position. >> are you saying mr. whitaker with his public statements and writings and comments on television should be recused from overseeing the mueller probe based on the statement? >> i would think there is a very strong case that given his public acknowledgement of his prejudiced view on this issue. he should recuse himself. >> andy, more recusal talk what they pushed sessions into doing. i know there's a debate about that. i think sessions didn't have to recuse himself. he t rushed to recuse himself. a lot of pressure and he wilted, in my view. is there really legitimate grounds here for a former commentarior to have to recuse here? >> no, laura. i looked very carefully at what hei said when he was at cnn. i havee a column up at the national review.

he didn't say anything that was in the nature of recusable commentary. he didn't make any prejudgements about the investigation. he didn't say anything to denigrate what mueller is up to. what i find fascinating. i'm not casting spirrions on deputy attorney rosen stein's ethics. i haven't heard any of these guys complaining that rosen stein is overseeing this investigation. not withstanding that mueller is investigating supposely trump for obstructing the investigation by firing comey. a transaction, in which rosen stein the key player. if there's anyone in this equation that has a screaming conflict of t interest. it is rod rosen stein. i haven't heard these guys say a word about that in. >> i have to ask you, on picks for attorney general. we all have, maybe a couple of

ideas. what are your ideas? >> well, i have a couple of ideas, which i've shared with the president. i'm not going to share them with anyone else. w if i say any ofy ideas, i will be sharing a conversation with the president. >> can youon give us a vowel. you know, if we do wheel of fortune. my gorsuch it is frustrating. now forget it. >> there relationship plenty of great people. there are plenty of great people. >> that's such an uncharacteristically vague answer. he's going right in. all right, 2011 ger. a couplesw of ideas. throw it out. it is a fun conversation. >> i agree with joe. there's lots of great people. >> laura: am i the only one to give the president any advice other than- andy, joe, george, attorney-- andy would you take t if he asked you, would you do it?

>> laura i don't need to be on the signature lean. i'm content not to be in the caption. [ laughter ] look, george 2011 ger and joe have been at the top of every list every, single time i've qubeen asked it. andy you gave itaway. you have joe and twillager on the list. yes, you are. i'm going to make a suggestion. just to throw it out there. you can criticize in a second. i'm going to make a suggestion of chris christy. i will tell you why. a number of reasons why christy would be good. we might have him in order. numberf one, he has an 18 year personal relationship with the

president. they get along. they know each other. he has already walked through the media fire. he knows what it is like to be in the bright, white spotlight of the new york media and frankly the national media. i think temperamentally he and trump are similar. they get along. they have a similar style. i don't think that's a detment in the job whatsoever. he was known as the tough as nails prosecutor. well respected at doj. i think that the bridge gate. i don't think any of that matters. i think with the number of republicans that we have now in the senate, christy would get confirmed if the president said this is the guy i want. i think chris christy would be confirmed i don't think it would be much of a problem. and i don't think the beach closure will knock him out. that's's my view. joe, give me some thoughts. christy? >> um, chris christy would be fine.

he's experienced. he's smart. he's intelligent. he would have the full confidence president of the united states. to f me what was messing with te rerelationship with jeff sessions. the president is entitled to vay full-time attorney general and christy could fulfill that role nicely. >> laura: andy mccarthy what aboutcc christy? >> i've had my policy disagreements with him. ybut no one can question his credentials. i would be worried the bridge gate would be more of a problem thana i think you're calculati. i think they would try to relitigate the whole thing. >> the republicans in the senate won't. if theep president said he's my guy. i know him. he's not going to wilt under pressure and accusal. he's not going to do that it is the good relationship with mueller. he respects mueller. he's's not been on tv saying its a witch-hunt, which i think it would be a problem becoming attorney general. he has been dispassionate in his

analysis. >> yeah, no. all of that is true. i justlo think-- i probably think would be more of a problem than you do, in terms of the way that it would play out at a confirmation hearing. i think he would be confirmed and do a good job. >> by the way, and by the way, his lawyer, his lawyer at bridge gate was christy for ray. >> laura: the tentcles all-around. we'll let you go. what do the republicans have in store in the house of representatives. with the subpoena power, all of these very anxious democrats out of power for a while. tax returns. monuments clause. business dealings. >> it is-- it has the promise of getting really ugly. and i think i that the white hoe is going, and the administration in general are going to have to make some very hard decisions about-- what things to fight, when to fight, and how to fight.

but they're going to have to fight. >> laura: and again that's christy is a fighter. anyone seeing his old press conference in new jersey among the most entertaining. he's really smart. >> that's true. i think it is really important that someone at the top of the justice department particularly with these issues actually be a real prosecutor. >> laura: who knows how to do it and what it is all about. i think that was the deficit, wasth it not, joe for jeff sessions? and jeff sessions i think is a very nice person. he's phenomenal on some many of the issues trump cares about. he was great. love what he's doing on the marijuanae thing. i'm with him on that but his temperament, versus nuts and bolts experience in that regard. >> well, and he had another problem. the president insists on people, who have command presence. that w is certainly something which chris christy would bring to the job. with robert mueller spending

more than $38 million to produce absolutelyce nothing, but way of russian conclusion. christy would be the perfect overseer of that monstrosity. >> laura: does the mueller investigation, how do you see it developing at this point with m the change of sessions? >> i think it is probably pretty right. i think mueller is toward the end of what's he's doing anyway. i love be that you want a war-time consulary. >> laura: you bette. i go for the italians. it is the italian mind-set. we like the irish too. >> is that right, joe? >> yes. yes, did. >> laura: have you never watched "godfather" one and two. the best ever made. thank you for your insight. george great to have you would you come back? >> love to. >> laura: for more on why trump won and how the g.o.p. could do

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people like paul ryan, god bless him andry liberal media consultants and he followed his own political instincts. i say that those instincts are generally superior to all of the so-called pros many of a few months ago were predicting a big, blue waive. in the senate was more like a wave good-bye for democrats. in the end the president accurately laid out what this mid-term would hinge on. >> president trump: this will be the election of the caravan, kavanaugh, law and order, tax cuts, and common sense. common sense. >> laura: he couldn't have been more correct. in the end, the republicans saw historic gains in the senate. something that only happened three times since 1906 and certainly kavanaugh, he ticked that off was a huge factor. the democratic senators who voted against kavanaughho lost. and those who suggested that the

president should have muted his talk of immigration on the campaign trail, paul ryan, were simplyca wrong. most pro-am nesty republicans will either retired or lost. >> president trump: you had some that decided to-- let's stay away. let's stay away. they did very poorly. carlos kickella. mike kaufman. too bad, mike. mia love gave me no love and bob comstock. peter rocco and eric fallsome didn't want the embrace. >> laura: one thing, mya love, gave me no love. i was screaming. all right, so most of those who fought the president on immigration, they crashed and burned. like paul ryan and jeff flake. they say they retired and of

course, there was exceptions. sadly he just wasn't a great campaigner. but on the whole, trump's strong immigration policies proved the deciding factor in both the senate and the gubernatorial victories in florida, texas and in georgia. now in florida for example, florida rated immigration the second most important issue. just a few points behind healthcare. check it out. three points. now, these mid-terms also showed that neither political or hollywood star power paid off. in georgia or in florida. and what the democrats did achieve in the mid termsms is below average pickup of seats in the house against the party of power. the amazing thing is, that all of this happening, the democrats still really haven't learned

anything. since donald trump decented that big brass escalator in the tower theyhave beenat trying to cast m as racist, home phobe, zeno phobe. like the archy bunker in a long, red tie. a lot of people liked archy, you can't put up with someone like archy bunker today. my friends, the democrats are be rest of real ideas. rather than offering some, they propose socialist-style freebies in healthcare, college, universe pre-k. and the democrats, once again by theem way went all in for identy politics in the midt term. they i tried to argue that bryan kemp in georgia was trying to stop black people from voting. it is ridiculous. they tried to argue that rhonda sanityez was closet racist for questioning gillum ethics and it went on and on and on. and even after they got

shellacked in 2016 and lost the senate last night, they're still dealing the race card. >> he used every race dog whistle and bigotry he had. >> making overtly bigoted racist statements. attacking brown people. attacking black people. >> i want to watch who will replace the west coast jew and black man and a woman nancy pelosi. >> the president has enough support, and enough places to win big races in states that have large enough rural populations to off set suburban america or whatever. >> laura: those racist rural people. how dare those country bump kins ruin the country for the urbanized elite. now when the country rejects the

lessrationallization of politics. the democrats write them off all together. how do you build a political movement by hating on, basically half of theal american people. rather than grapple with why this tactic fell flat last night, the media continued the race to the bottom during today's white house news conference.me >> on the campaign trail you called yoursrs a nationalist. some saw it as emboldening white nationalist. >> it is such a racist question. >> now some say now the republican party is seen by nationalist according to your rhetoric. >> why do i have the highest poll numbers among african-americans and among the highest poll numbers with african-americans? why do i have my highest poll numbers. that's such a racist question. >> no, i would never do that. i don't use racist remarks. >> you have-- >> what-- you.po >> quiet, quiet. >> in america. >> it is just 80% sir.

single digits. >> when you talk about division, it is people like this that cause division. >> president trump: great division.au point of fact is i never used a racistst remark. that's the point of fact. >> laura: the press was absolutely refer hencible today. i have never seen anything like that. and the president is right. the tracking poll from october 29 has the president at a 40% approval among black respondents. they can throw out the single digits. let's say it is 25%. now it is good that the president smashed back against these obvious attempts to recap his victory and demonize his supporters. here are the facts. the democrats have lost two supreme court seats, the senate, and the white house. after two years of protests and non-stop attacks on trump, they emerge from the mid terms with

no command. good going guys. there's no doubt that the president, of courses now will have his work cut out for him. he willcu have to recalibrate hs approach as the new year begins under democratichouse house rule. he would be wise to do a few thing. begin to expand his movement beyond where it is. and i he has to adapt to the changing demographics in key states. occasionally he should shift a more moderate tone, while not moderating his policies and offer to work with democrats and common concern. by the way, he did today. watch. >> president trump: i put that statement out on social media about nancy pelosi. a lot of people thought i was being sarcastic. i think she deserved it she's fought long and hard. she's a capable person. we can work together and get a lot of things done. >> laura: that was a great moment. he getsau no credit for that sometimes the president might seem to think that showing his

humanity or-- i don't want to say soft his humanity is a sign of weakness. it iss not. the turning on the charm sometimes it resonates. especially with female voters. so going forward, the president should, urge, by the way, separate from all of the tone and how you should come off. the president should urge mitch mcconnellel to go full steam ahead of senate confirmation of the judges and members of the executive branch. the next supreme court nominee should be without regard to gender ornt skin color. on their conservative. forget the bean counting. you don't need to do it. don't threat the house investigation, mr. president. we know that adler, maxene, ship and et cetera will all take it a step too far in their fervor for payback and the voters won't like that at t all. president trump will have to be more creative in advancing his

agenda b forward. but in the meantime, he should feel really good about what he accomplished. especially since the voters may have under witnessingly given the president something he has needed for so long. aon clear, and worthy opponent. and that's the "angle" coming up. beggest losers last notice? hollywood. they still haven't got the memo. ram arroyo is here. next.

>> laura: time for our seen and unseen, where we explore some of the big cultural stories of the day. >> it could beay the biggest hollywood flop ever, maybe since "ghost buster" reboot. the political advocacy did not achieve awhat he hoped. joining us raymond arroyo. of the released "mother

angellaa." hollywood had a horrible night. they accused me of trolling taylor swift, by the way in the "hollywood reporter." i sent a funny tweet. she's adorable young, woman. >> in the hollywood community it is to turn out that young vote. one of the biggest efforts was star-studded telethon organized by comedian. and jerry lewis had love network. this was the resist network. the ideas was, you called in and pledged to vote and a star would call you back. there was only one problem. no one knew who stan clev was andon barely knew the stars at e phone bank. >> we are going here into our celebrity phone bank.wa thisis is amazing. look at these incredible people. rel. oh, my god. hello. high-five. >> everybody here in the phone bank. we have eric griffin. >> we have matt smith, everybody. >> we have an incredible g

line-up. hello. everybody. >> phil bellamy. deborah messing. andd holy crap. lawyer deborah messing is the only one. >> rsjoe smith. he must have just got there. >> mike brown. this effort did not produce much. there was a bump in the youth vote. according to the stuffy there was a 10% increase in voters age 29. but two-thirds of the votes were democratic. this is where things fell apart. a third were conservatives. [ applause ] >> the phil ferrell efforts there were young conservatives which threw off hollywood. y> maybe charlie kirk is on the college campuses. >> the youth vote failed to put any of the major races in florida georgia, actress julie ann moore and roseario dawson narrated an ad for trump immigration policy. >> then they create humanitarian

crisis by separating many families and putting the children in cages. they want to imprison these children indefinitely. >> inprisoning children. >> laura: indefinitely. >> we just take from their arms. they keep them for a limited time while they await trial and make sure-- >> laura: first of all they might not be aware of the third branch ofwa government called te jewishry. judiciary. >> and maybe we should send them a positive pocket copy of the constitution. >> this whole effort was organized by group we stand united marisa tom may and others filmmakers and people in the digital industry. they tell stories. that they hope move the electorateat. they got what they wanted partially. >> laura: will they ever stop politicianing what happened at the israel film festival in beverly hills. >> this is the 32 nd film

festival. jason blum the producer of "halloween" oscar winner he was given a film award when he got up he started talking about trump not only does he not like the president but he is creating antisemtism. this crowd didn't like it. [whistling ] [crowd noise ] >> they are yelling and pulling him off of the stage. film festival said we have security to take him away for his own safety. but here's the unseen bit of this. this film festival has long been sponsored by the sheldon aidleson foundation the conservative funder of republicans. there must have been a lot of pro-israeli trump. i don't like it. >> i don't like it. >> but when you go up to get a

film award. that's what the audience expects you don't throw politics in. some were yelling. it is a film festival. >> laura: we're sick of hearing yourot political views when youe accepting the award. we didn't go to the movie to hear your political views. they're not frankly interesting. let me tell you, that was an interestingey moment. i guess they don't think he's antisemmistic. >> we were watching nancy pelosi news conference. you noticed that assistant democratic leader is standing behind pelosi did not crack the smile. >> he's not happy. >> it made me think of a song-- ♪ you know i smile without you ♪ >> you tweeted out, why is jim clibbrink not smiling he did his own interview. look what happened. >> back in the majority very soon. focus for democrats be more finding common ground with the president?

>> he can't smile about you. >> laura: i saw him there. it was after all of the coverage. great night for fox news. awesome everybody. great team effort. all of the production, all of the people behind the scenes. they're all right. behind the scenes, but i was watching. they won the house. hein looks like he just lost his best friend with old nancy. >> he also had a shawl collar on. >> not getting on people with the shawl collar sweater i like those. >> laura: whether it is a proor antiour executive producer of shawl koller. >> never saw anyone with a greater person of men couture. >> but he smiled i was glad he was happy. >> laura: all right. in one post election press conference with the president the media revealed they have learned zipo in the past two

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>> laura: a short while ago the white house announced they're spending access to cnn reporter jim acosta an absurd athlete tricks during the white house news conference today. >> i will challenge you on one of the statements that you made in the tail end of the campaign. in the mid terms. >> president trump: here we go. >> mr. president that this caravan was an anvation. >> president trump: i consider it to be an p invasion. >> that's not an invasion. >> president trump: honestly i think you should run the country and you run cnn if you did it well you would have better ratings. >> president trump: that's enough, that's enough. >> mr. president. >> president trump: that's

enough. >> pardon me mammo. >> president trump: cnn should be ashamed having you work for them. you're a rude, terrible person. you shouldn't be working for cnn. >> mr. president. >> president trump: just sit down please. the democrats would unleash the waive of violent crime that endangers family everywhere. why are you putting americans against one another. >> the question is, to be clear. >> president trump: thank you very much. let down. >> but you didn't answer my question. the question is, why are you pitting americans against one another, sir. >> president trump: i'm not. >> mr. president. if it is unfair to the country, and it is costing millions of dollars. why don't you. >> president trump: give him the mic. i answered the question. take the mic. >> president trump: i'll give you voters suppressing. you just have to sit down please. sit down! >> i didn't call you. i didn't call you. excuse me, i'm not responding to

you. i'm talking to this gentleman, would you please sit down. >> excuse me, would you please sit down. >> please go ahead. >> through mr. president, now that the house of representatives. >> president trump: it is such a hostile media. it is so sad. >> laura: the chairman of the american conservative union and byron york. and fox new contributor and dan magino show. >> to start with you. have the media learn anything? about how trump rolls and about why he connects with the regular people that disgraceful performance today by the reporters in the briefing? >> no, they've learned nothing, laura a. for four and a half years i worked in the white house. i am sure you remember the daily column reporter questioning obama while making statements ande the media lost its mind. how disrespectful, how horrible it was. you know what you saw today was

not a press conference. what you saw was an interrogation. what they wanted was not answers. what they wanted was a confession. they came in convinced donald trump was a fascist, a racist and a zen phobe. they wanted him to answer. that was the confession, but one, last thing. i don't know what's more embarrassing. accosting in the press core behaveior or jim acosta single handedly changing the conversation from the democrat house take over to the conversation about jim acosta. nice job. you learned a lot of lessons. >> laura: you are a working journalist every day. o great column. it seems like a lot of these reporters are really all about them. thehe finger is always pointed look at me, viral, viral. it is embarrassing. it is embarrassing for the country.

i want to show this graphic. this is americans saying the media have divide more than united. inmore unite, 17%. more to divide 64%. and the polite comorning poll. who is more decisive. >> it came out before the mid terms it asked does president trump do more to unite or divide. >> and they said more divide. they said 64% with the press. they thought the press was more divicive. it is a perfect example. they went overboard on the adversarial thing. chris wallace, who has covered a lot of white houses calling jim acosta white house performance shameful. saying he embarrassed himself. there comes a point when-- the president of the united states is the president of the united states and you're the reporter standing thereof asking the questions. you ask the question and the follow-up. you tryry to persist, but you can't just keep.

>> when the asked one tough question on immigration. they went nuts on him. >> he was completely out of line. >> he was standing and got up and trusted him and obama was stunned. >> laura: compared to what they're doing now? >> with you but really out of line in doing that and deserves some censure. perhaps that will happen in the acosta. >> he lost his hard had in the white house. and there's no time. i think that's the right decision. look, there has to be some decorum. the media-- they're supposed to be facilitating the give-and-take with the president. you know who for? the american people. here you havees a president who said in the last 24 hours. maybe sometimes i should look at my tone. >> laura: i -- >> maybe i should work with pelosi. they turn that, which is an important moment for our republic, into this ridiculous

charade of trying. >> laura: are you ashamed? aren't you a racist in. >> what about the pbs nationalism that equates to white nationalism. >> laura: isn't that fun. the whole nationalism thing. the whole nationalism thing has been completely exposed. cnn did put out a statement tonight. this is what they said. this president ongoing attacks on the press have gone too far. they're not only dangerous, they're disturbingly unamerican. president trump made it clear he does not respect a free press. he has a sworn obligation to protect it. jim acosta and journalists we stand behind them united and again, this is the drum beat. he's a tyrant. he's an autocrat leads like stallent and pollpot. they have, been doing it from y one it. does not resonate. they don't learn.

what's the first thing you will work on with pelosi? how will you get it done? that's a tough question? i would ask that question. >> yeah, laura, we witnessed what was like an intergalactic disgrace. americans had to bek horrified what you saw, if you happened to witness that live. >> you're right. there's so many good questions to ask. how do we feel about making permanent those middle class tax cuts. that nancy pelosi complained about, because they weren't permanent. how n about that? how about portions of the healthcare. and government interference upping the prices. how about student loans? and the opioid crisis? as marco vince. what answers did we get? nothing we got a question. mr. trump are you a racist. mr. trump will you obstruct justice by firing bob mueller. how out of touch are these bubble dwellers.

>> laura: radio television news association saysic it condemns e obvious punitive action of theus administration and call on it to restore mr. costa credentials immediately. byron, the white house -- >> i think the reason the white house acosta had harmed. >> laid his hands. >> look at his face. >> listen, i don't think that's a very good reason. they would could say because he was disruptive at this everyone. but got to be some sort of-- >> laura: i disagree. if this happened during obama. he is wrestling over the microphone. what arene you 12? >> i don't think he tried to punch her. but she was clearly shaken. nervous. she's on national tv the 211-year-old kid and was so nervous. and that was really wrong. >> laura: the panel stay there. we have more to get to. a short time ago nancy pelosi formally launched her bid to be

the next speaker of thehouse. will she be able to fend off the radial leftist headed to washington. that's next.ff [ phone rings ] what?!

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>> hang on to the microphone to continue to ask the president questions. obviously i didn't put my hands on her or touch her, as they're alleging. it is just unfortunate that the white house is saying this. you know-- >> laura: the a cnn tonight issd a statement saying basically that the president revokation of the press pass was a threat to democracy. byron york. a threat to democracy. it was a melee., he might as well taken the poet podium and done the press conference. why doesn't hedo that. >> if i remember it happened

with jim acosta before during the transition. i think it was a news conference at trump tower and acosta treated it, as if it were just a one-on-one, as if there was no one else asking questions. you do not have a right to ask questions indefinitely of the president of the united states. you askin the question and the follow-up. already you can't just keep the microphone and not let other reporters. the other reporters covering for what they call him a cost turd. it is unfair, but a clev clever pun. >> they should have said i paid for that microphone. all right. let's not talk about it. nancy pelosi, she was treated with kid gloves as you pointed out. they're asking, her tell us how great all of these new women are who are elected. what's your favorite color press conference. she played itou pretty nice and pretty down the mill. a little different from jerry

adler who was on the esstella express. rattling off all of the investigations he's going to undertake, according to molly hemingway. >> yeah i read that piece. i encourage everyone to do so. he gave an interview to the entire car headed back to d.c. >> and you know-- let me tell you. i've done this before talking a little too loud outside of the quiet car. i know what he is going through. this impeachment thing that nadler allegedly said would be goal number one. think about this. you have upwards of 12 to 15 democrats, whoo just won on the hope and changey stuff. and republican leading in swingy digit district howge will that o over when three to get on the record in impeachment in steve russell seat in oklahoma city that they just won an r plus six. good luck. i think they better dial that

back. >> laura: the polls are showing. the polls are showing that people don't want the impeachment. >> no. you know who really gets that? even nancy pelosi understand that. she saw we will be very careful and take things step by step. she's knows they over play their hand. they will lose all of the seats. >> russia was notve the issue in the mid terms. the democrats didn't bring it up. and we saw in the exit polls saying that 54% believe the investigation was politically-- >> laura: immigration number two issue in the state of florida. immigration number two. only behind healthcare by three points. interesting. guysre fantastic. great to have you on. tonight last byte from the republican woman in california making history you might not have heard about it. coming up.

.. >> laura: at sam for the last bite. the mainstream media is fawning over the more

change time for the last fight. the mainstream media fawning over the 85 women elected to congress last night but forgetting a republican who is also making a first. >> i'm an immigrant from south korea so i have a unique perspective into what it means to live an american dream. >> i went to have her on. maybe he will come on tomorrow. beautiful, well spoken and incredible first just elected to congress in the 39th district in california, blue states, red victory. that is all the time we have tonight. shannon bream, take it here for another fantastic show. shannon: there is so much news i can't catch my breath.