so many heartwarming stories of people reaching out to help others. most-watched, most trusted, most grateful you spent your friday evening with us, good night from washington, i am shannon bream. sean hannity is next. ♪ welcome to this special edition of "hannity." justice and liberty. i'm jason chaffetz in for sean. attorney general bill barr has the tools he needs to hold the deep state accountable. late last night, president trump directed intelligence intel agencies to cooperate with the attorney general investigation in the seedy origin of the russia probe. that is not all. the president gave barr the power to declassify documents related to his ongoing investigation. this is a major step forward for truth, justice and transparency. have a look. >> president trump: everybody wanted me to declassify. i have done it.

he is a highly respected man. i have documents that we declassified for the purpose of the attorney general who can show them to the public or do whatever he wants to do with them. but you have to get down to what happened. because what happened is a tremendous light on our country. what happened, the investigation, they tried to do a takedown. you can't do that. let me tell you this should never ever happen to another president again. >> jason: he is right about that. as president trump works to hold our government accountable, intel chairman adam schiff is apoplectic. in a twitter rant he called trump's transparency "un-american." meanwhile, obama's c.i.a. chief john brennan is impleasing. he knows the walls are closing

in on him and others. watch this. >> well, i see it as a very, very serious and outrageous move on the part of mr. trump. once again, trampling on the statutory authorities so the director of national intelligence and the heads of the independent intelligence agencies. i know my former colleagues in the intelligence agencies are looking upon this with great concern and worry. i implore dan coats, gina haspel and others to stand up to this, i think unprecedented act on the part of mr. trump. but i'm deeply, deeply concerned about what is going on right now. >> jason: i bet he is. joining us now is fox news contributor sarah carter and two of schiff's republican colleagues in the house. intel committee ohio congressman mining turner and -- mike turner. let me start with you on the

intel committee. what is brennan saying here? is he projecting he has something to worry about? >> well, you know, brennan, clapper and comey, all of them believed they were above democracy not responsive to democracy. their undertaking of the investigation threatens democracy. the president's right to give the power to the attorney general to undertake an investigation so it doesn't happen again. can you imagine if right now trump's came pain began the same activities against joe biden that were undertaken against donald trump? this has to stop. it's a threat to democracy. if you turn the tables even the democrats would say it shouldn't happen in democracy. we need to get to the bottom of this and hold people accountable. >> jason: well said. sara, you have covered this as closely as anybody along the way. schiff saying that it is un-american to go back and look at the origins and to reveal the information. what is un-american in schiff's world? >> there is nothing

un-american about transparent. i want clapper, brennan, comey and the rest of the intelligence that thinks the president should not have the authority to actually ask william barr to declassify to remember that they are paid for by the american people. these intelligence agencies are paid for by taxpayers dollars. we have a right, congress has the right to oversight. there is another important issue here. i don't think people are pointing this out. think about this. the majority of the leaks that happened what the "new york times," "washington post," reuters, mcclatchy, leaks about who halper was, leaks regarding the investigation, leaks about the dossier all came from some of these people. there is accusations and there is evidence to suggest that clapper leaked information. possibly brennan leaked information. they don't want to legitimately have the government, the department of

justice investigate, investigate what happened in the 2016 election. why? because maybe they were involved? no. it stops here. the president did the right thing. he did it right way. william bar has an investigation and the american people deserve answers. >> jason: congressman winstrop you serve on the intel committee and the ways and means. we should note to the viewers this memorial day, great service for the united states military. i believe you are the rank of the colonel. maybe i should call you "colonel." break this down for us. you have seen leaks from the intel committee under schiff's leadership and what the democrats have seen. what do you think the president's directive will do and what will it mean for the committee? >> what it means for the committee and the country is a chance to get to the truth and justice. i like the beginning of "superman" as a kid. truth, justice and the american way. i bought in. last week was a microcosm of

everything they are about and how they do it incorrectly. they bring in cohen back in for more interviews but they coach in new york for days before they bring him in. a few weeks afterwards they decide to release the entire transcript. we are like okay but make sure you have it redacted and take out the classified information. adam schiff says i have already done that. trust me, we have taken out what we need to. the national security act of 1947 says it can only be done by the director of national intelligence. so i offered an amendment to make sure that it goes through the process. they voted it down. we moved to a vote to release it. the vote was at 5:30. at:00 it had already been leak and the "washington post" already had a story on the content. this is how they operate. there are n no scruples left on

that side of the alley. >> jason: i believe you signed what was to say he shouldn't be head of the intel committee. why did you sign it? >> this is the full transformation of adam schiff to joe mccarthy. he put out his truth. i google this and there was a house un-american activities committee that investigated americans. not people threatening the country but investigated americans. adam investigated the president. he wants to investigate the president's family. he says un-american and he wants the powers to broaden the investigation instead of work that is important. we should look at china, russia, north korea and iran. he should go back in time and chair the house un-american committee. >> jason: when the committee spends all its time to focus on trump all day every day

instead of the world problems i think you are right. this is a distraction for the committee. heaven forbid something happened. sara, we have a pending i.g. report and we have other things that are in play. what are you hearing and seeing for the timing and the wheels that the attorney general barr is putting in to place? >> well, the attorney general is certainly not going to slow down. what i'm hearing is he is very dedicated, moving things forward quickly. according to the people that work closely with him, this is someone that doesn't care about the media spotlight. he wants to get things done and he wants the country to move forward. more importantly than anything else we wants the truth out. he wants to understand what happened here. so it will never happen again. what we were looking at as far as the gel intense surveillance court warrant, the application taken out by the f.b.i. is significant. because if the information does come out, as i'm hearing from my sources and the others

are hearing that carter page and george papadopoulos both told halper who was basically spying for the f.b.i. that there was no collusion, they had nothing to do with the russians. that was withheld. that was withheld from the fisk court. that will be a problem for them. like i said last night on the show another huge problem and one thing that absolutely must be investigated is going to be the unmasking of americans and why did samantha power have her signature on nearly 300, nearly 300 applications to unmask americans. that is something that will be investigated. >> the other two gentleman on the screen with you have their hands full. congressmen, thank you both. i wish i had more time with you. this is also important this weekend to thank you and the millions of the others that have dedicated the lives to this country to seven the nation. colonel, thank you as well. >> we appreciate all three of you joining us.

at this hour the main street media working overtime to downplay and ignore the investigation in the origins of the russia probe instead of holding the government accountable. many of those in the press are acting as cheerleaders for speaker pelosi in her public feud with president trump. as the washington free beacon pointed out the new favorite talking point is that speaker pelosi is getting under the skin of president trump. take a look. >> good evening. once again the world is learning how easy is it is to get under the skin of the most powerful person on earth. >> pelosi got under the president's skin. >> pelosi conducted a master class today in how to get under trump's skin. >> pelosi for some reason gets under his skin. >> the speaker is really getting under the president's skin. >> she has his number and she gets under his skin. she knows that she is getting under his skin. >> i have a lot of admiration for the way that nancy pelosi led the caucus and the way she has been able to get under trump's skin.

>> the charge of the presidential coverup landed right underneath donald trump's skin. >> pelosi knows how to play this game. this ze a master strategist and she knows this kind of language is likely to get under his skin. >> jason: it seems like a script to me. while the media house from the sidelines and today president trump urged democrats to get over their anger and come to the table. watch this. >> president trump: they were unhappy with the mueller report. no collusion. no obstruction. they are unhappy. they are angry about it. they have to get over the anger. they have to get over their anger and get in the infrastructure, drug prices and things like that. >> jason: joining us now is trump 2020 press secretary kayleigh mcenany. california congressman tom mcclinton and the republican strategist brad blakeman. thank you for being here. kayleigh, i'll start with you. i have to giggle. they think they are getting under the skin of donald

trump. are you kidding me? i think trump relishes in these skirmishes. what is your take on it? >> you are right, jason. it's so funny to watch the record-breaking times that someone could say "under president trump's skin." as if the democratic national committee e-mailed the talking points and they all printed them out and echoed them which is likely what happened. here is the opposite, though. president trump gets under nancy pelosi's skin. he gets under the democrats' skin. mueller got under their skin when he exonerated the president. they are triggered. that is why you hear impeachment. he is at the fastest -- it's faster than ronald reagan and he continues to succeed. he gets under nancy pelosi's skin. incredible to watch. >> jason: brad, look, the democrats are painting themselves in a corner, right? i don't know how they get out

of the cul-de-sacs that they are putting themselves in but how are the democrats going to play this? >> they will overplay it just like with the robert mueller. they asked for the special counsel. they got one. then they said we believe in mueller and we will accept the findings. they don't. now they are continuing on the delusion to create the atmosphere to take the president down. not enough to be against trump. you have to beat him at the polls. you can't because you are not running on a record. donald trump has a record. it frustrates them to no end. it's not them getting under the skin of donald trump. they are consumed by the fact that trump has been successful in spite of the efforts to get rid of him. >> tom and i served in the congress together. we were elected at the same time. you are braver than i am to continue to sit there in the face of it. you are a congressman from california so you are familiar with nancy pelosi.

what is your read on what is she doing and how is she taking positions that she is? >> i love the term "under his skin." he is the most thick skinned politician i have ever met. he has the skin of an armadillo. they flatter themselves if they think they are getting under his skin. either this is vintage trump dealsmanship. this reminds me of the scene from "paton." he is ranting and raving and they pull him aside and said general, sometimes they don't know when you are acting. george c. scott says, "it's not important that the men know. it's important that i know." that might be what is going on. or it's human nature. you can't apoliticably cooperate with someone trying to destroy you at the same time. if that is the case then nancy pelosi has a simple choice. she can have a policy victory

by getting together on something like infrastructure. or she can keep nursing her political grievances but she can't do both. >> that is right. >> this is the problem. nancy pelosi has a meeting about impeachment. impromptu meeting. then goes out and accuses the president of violating the law and then expects to sit down with him in the next hour? human nature to do what trump did. >> there is no doubt about it. this was a charade. someone who wants to in earnest negotiate and engage in bipartisanship does not do any of the things that you just named. likewise, if she wanted to move forward with infrastructure there was supposed to be another meeting where the democrats laid out exactly what they wanted and how they wanted to spend the money. nancy pelosi canceled it. we have seen it on every issue. immigration, when president trump proposed a daca fix in exchange for the wall. they dismissed it. we see it time after time. they are not earnest about this. it's politics.

they want impeachment and they want to disenfranchise the american people. >> jason: brad, i got to tell you. it seems like trump should be winning awards for his openness in the transparency. the democrats are claiming there is a cover-up. when trump does something they claim the opposite. it's so absurd their position to say he is covering something up when he is as observe as he could be in allowing all the access to the special prosecutor. correct? >> he instructed barr to go through the document to have further transparency on how it start and the democrats are beside themselves. they never thought the president would respond the way he did. now we'll find out what was behind the dossier, how it was gathered, the information and including more information about the treachery that was happening at the senior leadership of the f.b.i.

be careful what you wish for. >> jason: adam schiff saying what the president did is un-american. what is your read on it? >> it's absolutely american. louie brandi said it best. sunlight is the best of disinfectants. it's becoming clear we had the embryo of a police state growing in our intelligence agencies. in our law enforcement agencies and at the i.r.s. i.r.s. prayin preying on the ory americans because of the political beliefs and department of justice at the highest levels misusing their powers. first, to intervene in our national election. when they failed to do that to undermind constitutionally elected president of the united

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>> let's not forget in the middle of all the celebrations what this week is for. to remember those who put their lives on the line. because of that i'm able to read a prompter and some of us can just have fun. >> hello, everybody, >> jesse: i'm jesse watters, here with greg. this is "the five." president trump: did you hear what she said about me long before i went after her? she made horrible statements. she knows they are not true. she said terrible things so i just