tonight at 9 p.m. eastern. >> this is how "fox reports" sunday march 19, 2023, sunday night in america with trey gowdy is up next. thank you, so much for watching. trey: good evening th thank you for joining us, i am trey gowdy it is "sunday night in america." brbragg announced all of the he bowl not. he substituted his politics for the rule of law, that is what so-called progressive prosecutors do.

there was nairy a word of decent on the left, felony would be downgraded and pris prison terms rarely solved. alvin bragg was a social engineer, we have finally stumbled on the one crime worth the full weight of alvin bragg's office. forget about guns and robbery and acts of violence, what really gets his attention is paying someone to be quiet about sex. to be clear, alvin bragg will not prosecute people who pay for sex, that is one the crimes he promised to ignore. but god forbid you pay machine -- someone to be quiet abouta afterwards.

the demise of our country will be in proportion to how politicized our justice system remains, it should be where we go to escape politics where friend or foe are afforded fairness and due process, where nothing matters but for the law and the facts, the question is you can be fair to your opponents? alvin bragg sided that the law of the no move for his politics. he didn't care what the law was when he took office, when you ignore the law you give license to others to ignore the facts. when you ignore the law and the facts, you don't have a justice system. if you don't have a justice system, you tony h don't have a -- don't have a country, may justice be done though the heavens fall, that used to be the

aspiration, justice above all else. we were once a nation of laws not merely men and women now we're a nation where politics renins supreme. if this persists it surely fail. joining us now john yoo. the justice system should do the right thing the right way, what are your thoughts on the process and p prosecutor in this case. >> this is a seriously flawed prosecution. no former president is above the law, the founders contemplated that you could prosecute a former president if it were serious enough. here you have an elected d.a., an elected democrat in new york city prosecuting

not just a former president but active candidate for presidency in the next election. this has never happened before in history of our country. for what? as you said, for allegedly paying off someone for sex, this is a prosecution that was so flawed that the federal prosecutors in new york city looked at it they dropped it, they decided to not go forward. have to ask, is this an example of politicize prosecution, i have strong doubts of whether this will ever get to a jury or lead to the conviction of president trump, he could easily go the off all those charges and be declared innocent. trey: you know, professor if this prosecutor had a representation for being tough on everything, some prosecutors do. really tough on everything. then i would say, you will probably lose but i

understand. this particular district attorney has a really long list, john, of what he will not prosecute. gun cases and resisting arrest and interfering with police officers, he is not interested in, that but paying mac someone for their silence is best use of his office? >> look, treyin, i agree, this will make the prosecution look political and undermine the fak faith in the justice system and stretching the law to try to reach out and prosecute former president trump for manage that happened -- something that happened 7 years ago, outside of the statute of limitations for something like, that the accusation is not paying off for sex but the claim that president trump and his company

fiddled with the books, you have to bring those cases within two years, and does not require jail time it is a misdemeanor, this guy, the pprosecutor is really going to far to try to bring president trump within the scope of a prosecution. trey: former president trump may have legal exposure as it relates to classified document or retension of government property or january 6, i don't know the facts. i just know this is weak as water. and you run the risk of jeopardizing our justice system when you play games with your political components, if you have a good case against him go make it. the last word. >> we have an important norm

in our society was not going after our former presidents, so they don't are to be worried about being sued because they'd have to make some of the toughest in the the country. so, we don't en the facts, that might be something important enough. but to bring a case, like this, it is tiki tacky prosecution, you would never have brought a case like this we would never have brought a case like this for main justices, this is not important enough, if you are going to break the norm that helped our history was not pursuing her former -- our former presidents. not worry about their legal exposure years later. trey: professor john yoo thank you for weighing in, a tenuous time for our justice system. we need to have respect for

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trey: welcome back to "sunday night in america," banks are collapsing, the stock market is rollercoaster any many americans are concerned about the state of our economy and the security of our banking system. should they be? joining us now to discuss how this impacts you and our economy house financial services vice chair,

congressman french hill, thank you for joining us. i'm going straight to it how worried, ifal o at all should we be about our banking system. >> traiz, tray, -- trey, g good to be with you, it is strong but some have challenges because. the increase of interest rates by the fed. following two lax policies during the pandemic, we doe have banks struggling to cope with the steep up r intin-- in. >> i can reassure members of the committee that our banking system is sound and americans can feel confident their deposits will be there when we need them, these

week's actions demonstrate our resolute commitment to ensure our financial system remains strongs. trey: all of deposits or just those to the fdic limit. >> i think she means that banks as general matter are strong, i talked with arkansas bankers last week that is what i heard. we had individual banks with individual challenges, i think secretary yellen was pointing out she took action last weekend to preserve those insured deposits and the barge bank that got in an immediately quick run trouble because of a tiktok from the week before. trey: congressman we served together, you know most of this stuff is over my head. but explain it in a way where i could get it i heard

about treasury notes and interest rates and ex. >> but what caused chaos with the banking? >> i think two things, one, bank management strategy was flawed. they had 90% of their deposits short-term deposits held in a few accounts over the fdic limit, they were very concentrated in their deposits, 90s% were not insured by the fdic, they invested in the long treasury bond and long mortgage bonds, 10 years, and longer you invest the more at risk you are when interest rates go up fast, they had an asset liability to mismatch that put them in a tough financial position to make money. that i think contributed to the run. but the second part is

equally important. the federal reserve knew this bank had t challenges in management and strategy since 2019, so where was state bank commissioner in california and san francisco federal reserve bank that will be the subject of hearings in house financial services committee. trey: i feel better knowing you are there. you have a grasp on the issues, thank you for sharing your in insights with us. >> thank you, trey. trey: some people sign up for thankless jobs. if you win seats others take the credit, if you lose seats are to blame. a hard job but congressman richard hudson from north carolina has it, he identified democrat seats he wants to flip, let's find

out who, why and how, welcome congressman hudson, how did you come up with a loss of most vulnerable house democrats. >> great to be with you my friend. nrcc is focused on offense, house republicans are united we're taking the fight to the democrats we believe there are 37 seats that are vulnerable, held by democrats 5 of those in trump districts,12 or 16 in diff district where democrat won by 5% or less, we feel like there is -- we is a great opportunity to pick up seats. trey: so if i understand i correctly, congressman, the fact that our viewers may not see some names on there, they are familiar with. that really just means -- that would be a tough flip. that even though that democrat is one they are

familiar with it would be tough to flip that. you have to be judicious in how you use your resources is that a fairway of putting it there absolutely, after redistricting, you always have less competitive seats that the case now. state legislators are so efficient at redistricting, this is a small battle ground, we believe there are 37 democrats that are ripe for the picking among those i have to mention two open seats, there is seat in michigan alissa will run for senate. and that is is an r plus 2 district and also in california katie porter running for senate an orange county seat we believe we can win. >> congressman, you are also involved in are are you cutting -- recruiting c

candidates. do you get involved in picking candidates? >> absolutely, trey. number one job is recruiting candidates, house republicans have done a good job of this for several cycles. we picked up 15 seats in the house, that last cycwe'll took the majority back, the key on our success was recruiting great candidates. we recruit strong candidates, then we build strong campaigns around them that is how we will add seats this time. trey: you are right, we are friends we traveled together and took the plane back home together. i thought i did a better job of convincing you to not take on difficult challenges youi will the not get a lot of credit, you are sure this is what you want to do?

>> well i appreciate that. absolutely, i'm having a blast. selling this house majority across the country is a fun for me, meeting the great candidates that we're recruiting there is a lot of energy, people are excised about republican majority in the house and taking the fight to democrats like things to the dc crime bill. 137 democrats voted for lower sentences on violent crimes in dc, we'ric plexplaining to their voters the way they vote when they go home. trey: richard hudson from great state of north carolina, a huge honor for you. thank you for joining us on a sunday night. >> always a pleasure trey. trey: steven smith was found

dead in a roadway not for from buster murdoch's home, was something missed first time, former nypd investigator paul mauro will join us next with the latest in the crumbs a crumbling murdoch dynasty. care who understands the importance of family. a group that sees you for who you are, regardless of your health history, offering values based affordable health care cost solutions. learn more today at yourchm.org about health care that puts you in control.

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steven smith was a ch classmate of buster murdaugh, son of convicted murderer alex murdaugh. in 2015, smith's body was found in a roadway not far from where murdaugh killed his wife and son, police said it was a hit-and-run, but rumors persisted there was more to the case and his date. now the case has been reopened new witnesses have come forward am family of steven smith raised enough money for an independent examination of his remains. joining us now former nypd inspector paul mauro. thank you for joining us, i love having you on. for those not familiar perhaps with this part of the murdaugh saga, what should they know about this particular facts pattern. >> a lot of constitutional the top of the -- confusion

at top of case, smith a body was found in middle of road with blunt force injury to his head, initially at scene is usupposition it was a gunshot wound, after the p the -- no bullet fragments were found then it was then decided to be a hit-and-run, the interact between different agencies there was a sheriff office, there was some confusion that lead to evident probablies with the case there still dispute to what happened. the. the determination it was a hit-and-run seems to be done to fact that body was found in middle of the road, there are a lot of law enforce am who investigated who don't agree with that. >> paul, things rarely get

better with time in the justice system. is there still a chance in your judgment, a chance too find to find out whether this young man did die as a result of -- let's start with a crime act, it could be a hit-and-run this is a criminal act is there a chance for the family to find out everything they need to find out about this fact pattern. >> there is always a chance, that is why there are cold case units. i know they will exhume the body, that is not scheduled yet, money has been raised by his mother. it may shed light on the nature of the injuries, at end of the day, you will need a smoking gun that puts someone at the scene. they did get a phone, an ipad reportedly that smith owned. they appear to have been

dumped at the time, i don't know what the state of the forensic investigation on that is. but i will say, in my estimation from experience, you need a witness, s someone who can say i was at the 6 scene. >> without getting too graphic, is there a difference between an autopsy and exhuming what is left of a body and analyzing what is left. you can learn a lot from the autopsy, what could you learn from exhuming the body this late? >> i feel that is a really salient case, only thing i would say, there is some dissent on the nature of the injuries. you may get some insight. it is 7 years later, it will be tough, i think really original autopsy it what you

default to. but, there are people who disagree. there was disparity between the pathologist and coroner office and nature of the injuries seems to be not so dispositive as some stuff you learn elsewhere, you may get more insight to other injuries beside the head, reportedly he had a dislocated shoulder. here is the thing, the case was reopened by sled during the alex murdaugh investigation, it was reopened beverly -- before he was arrested, they learned something, they reopened the case a couple weeks after the murders. but before his arrest. they have to know something that puts this thing in the murdaugh world. they linked during the investigation -- learned it during the investigation of alex murdaugh that piece says to me there something

we don't know, they have been close lipped. they did announce at the time 2021 they were reopening the case due on new information that is the sellient point. the stuff related to buster is all rumors still. there is this they did know each other. high school teacher of theirs said there was a relationship between them where in steven smith tutored buster. we know they did have a relationship, smith no mother contends they were at a baseball game together. so, a lot of stuff to go through, you have to put someone at the scene, i'm not suri. >> suffice it to say, sled is now conducting the investigation, if anyone knows anything, no matter how small, get in touch with

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trey: welcome back to "sunday night in america" since november, thousands of iranian girls have been poisoned. you heard correctly. schoolgirls, children, have been poisoned. their crime was wanting to get an education in a culture where women and girls are third class citizens, iranian government claims to investigate and a hupp pa0 people have been arrested. would it have happened without a consent of the zealots who govern iran. why is united states negotiating with a country that can poison children, elise stefanik,

congresswoman, it makes a lot to surprise me. i must admit, poisoning girls because they want an education stunned me, do we have a sense of what is happening and who is responsible for it? >> well, this is heinous. another example of the unacceptable illegal human rights abuses that we've seen in iran in present years, even in the world should stand up for the people in iran. what is particularly frustrating from my perspective as member of house intelligence committee. we have an administration the biden administration, who is negotiating with this despotic i iranian regime that continues to perpetrate the human rights abuses, this is not the type of

global leadership we need on the world stage, biden administration has been quiet in terms of standing up for the fundamental human rights. i am deeply concerned. this is just another example of the biden administration and president biden not showing strong global leadership around the world. trey: you know congresswoman, you just touched on it, i know the world is a complicated place,s some sometimes you have to deal with your enemy, but do you have a negotiate an nuclear agreement with a country that is at best agnostic about poisoning children, are they still pursuing this agreement with iran even in light of everything you just discussed? >> that is what is most concerning to me, we have obama administration 2.0, with joe biden in the white house, pursuing negotiations with iran when it comes to paving the way for nuclear

weapons capability, a regime the heinous actions whether suppression of their own people are poisoning or tacit acceptance of heinous poisoning of girls, who are standing up for their fundamental right for human freedom and an education. this is weakness it is the wrong approach again from the biden administration. it is part of a litany of how they have conducted their foreign policy, they have not stood strongly, with human rights, instead, they are trying to appease adversaries like iran. trey: it seems china has brokered a deal between saudi arabia and iran. how did this happen? and what does it mean for the u.s. if china is playing matchmaker on the world stage? >> well, it is concerning. the u.s. is the global

leader in terms of when discussions happen of this level. and the fact that china has been filling the void should concern not just every american but the western world and even developing word. i think this is a direct result of the weakness we've seen back to early days of biden administration, whether appeasing of russia giving vladimir putin nord stream 2 pipeline or catastrophic withdrawal from afghanistan that lead to loss of 13 brave service members, that is weakness on the world stage, weakness has consequences, and they are rising communist china, a belligerent russia, when it comes to house republicans we're committed to having strong national security, peace through strength. a strong clear voice with the u.s. standing up for human rights and standing strongly with our allies, rather than letting our adversaries fill that void.

trey: congressman chair elise stefanik from the great state of new york thank you for joining us on a sunday night. >> thank you, trey. trey: isis k killed 13 u.s. service members in a sue sued bombing during the withdraw from afghanistan that group is reportedly planning more attacks against the u.s., claims isis k will target american assets abroad in as little as 6 months. joining us now to weigh in former national security adviceadviser to vice president mike fe pence. lieutenant general keith kellogg, do you agree? >> yes, first thank you for having me. they do. look, when we left afghanistan, the debacle departure we h isis-k was growing, they were competing

against the taliban at the time, you said just a second ago, they were responsible for the a ab-- explosthat killed over a hundred afghans and 13 great young men and women. they were competing with at that time ban they have been an aggressive group. when you are in a place like afghanistan, which is a den of vipers, you have the taliban historically, that line themselves with al qaeda. taliban ran the nation that let al qaeda ran free, they were able to extend themselves out from afghanistan and cause problems globally. right now with al qaeda they are not a threat since we killed al-zawahiri. nobody has replaced him that is gone down. but isisk continues to grow, my concern with taliban saying to isis-k, you go

extic external. i think within 6 months you may see it, our concern we have difficulty in picking up chatter, we had the ability to do that while in afghanistan with our cia teams, we don't have that any more. first time we see something happen it will be an explosion, not in the united states, they will go after ssofter targets, in regions of american interest. are they they threat, they are, that say reason for that is how we left afghanistan. we let them grow. trey: this is the way i'm going to praise it, not your words, there seems to be a growing isolationism within

the republican party, they want all troops out of syria they don't want to arm ukraine, they wanted out of afghanistan that was both republican president and a democrat president. is this isolationism degrading our ability to get intelligence we need to thwart a terrorist attack from isis-k ? >> yeah, a great question and comment. almost like an ostrich philosophy, if you stick your head in the sand, you won't be able to see it or worry about it. you cannot ignore the threats that are out there, you see the growing threat, when the chinese are doing when they try to align themselves clearly with the iranians and also russians, you mentioned that peace agreement they made between iran and sawed sa saudi arabia, that is our backyard, we've been

involved with saudi arabia for last 3/4 of a century, we let china come in and change whole dynamics, the chinese has the largest navy in the world but not the ststrongest; we have 11 aircraft carriers in united states, russians had 7, they have one, chinese have 3. they are starting to grow their forces, we need to be aware of that, we can't just keep putting our heads in the sand. trey: general thank you for your service to the country. and also for joining us on a sunday night. >> thank you, trey. >> coming up, a year ago ben ju -- benjamin hall will join us next with a remarkable story on the toll live on leo "sunday night in america." 2a's monitoring his money with a simple text.

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trey: when we looking for the truth we need witnesses, who are those witnesses, who will go find the witnesses? we owe a debt of gratitude to reporter, photographers and camera operators and others who brought ut information we need to have and make informed decisions. welcome back to "sunday night in america," a clip from our show about a year ago, still true. if you want to make good decisions you need the best

information, when it comes to war, the best information is often eyewitness testimony. first hand accounts for those willing to risk their lives and safety to bring it to us. the time i wrote about the need for witnesses i did not know that our very own benjamin hall of the almost killed as the result of a rocket attack in ukraine. he survived. barely. he fought his way through the valley of the shadow of death, guided by images of his wife and daughters ex, he has had 30 surgeries so far, he gives us a front row seat in his new book titled, saved. he is joining us now. welcome. i loved having youo when the car war in ukraine began there was no substitute for eyewitness testimony, but the risk you run is that you become part of the story that you are there to cover.

can you give us a glimpse of the moment life changed for you as you were bringing us information? >> that is interesting. the job we do about telling other people's stories, our viewers ha is happening on the ground, never our idea to become the story, i found over the last year, we became the story. we were out there, we were reporting as we usually do, covering around kyiv when russian surrounded the city and our car was hit by russian bombs. three of them. the rest of the team sadly passed away, my cameraman pierre, and sasha and two ukrainians with us, we became part of the war we were covering for many years, i tried to avoid that to move carefully and precisely. we had to learn at that point what it was like to be at receiving end of those

attacks. trey: bengie, we all, i say we all, most of us need a reason to live. to fight, when the odds are stacked again us, reading your book and listening to some of your interviews it seems your wife and your family were all the mote vaguvation you needed. >> absolutely, you talk about a the reason to live, there were many, the moment that i was lying there, i very badly injured, i lost my leg, they other foot, shrapnel through the eye, it was about doing whatever i had to to get home to my wife and 3 children, i was willing to crawl that day if i had, to every day since that recovery it was about finding a reason to live and i i into the through this with a smile on my face, if i worked hard enough i would get back to my children.

i also learned it is about helping others, amount of people over the whole year, who helped me, who come to help me, that is about them as much. that gave me so much strength, to remind to reach out to anyone you know who is having a difficult time that one little words helps so much. i'm real evidence of that. trey: you know, we have a mutual friend, she was telling mias you welcome through your recovery how remarkable your spirit was and our optimism a source of inspiration for others, where does that come from? you have every reason in the world to be bitter or upset or say why me. but, at least the accounts that i got were that you were none of that. >> it is a really difficult question, i'm not sure that i know the answer, i find life amazing, i find people amazing and accomplishing new things rewarding, when i

was at very bottom, i knew there were incredible things that i could do to be better, i enjoyed tell all it is about grabs when you enjoy, focus on those, and realize however much hard work you have to do there something golden on the other side, for me that my beautiful family and just about life. and i am blessed to have felt like that my whole life, maybe covering wars, out the me perhaps how to switch off some emotions and learn how to get through the hard times, so you can then enjoy the good. so, i have been blessed to do that but, i think we do it together as a family. trey: you are not an opinion guy, you are a reporter a fact finder, but i do value our opinion is it frustrating to hear commentary on this or any other story any other moment

of war from those who are either not relying on the best evidence from the ground or not seeking the bests every fro evidence, is there any frustration as you hear others remark on what you know, first hand? >> it happens a lot. but not frustrating it motivates you to did out and tiltell the story to speak to the people on the ground our viewers can get a better idea. yes, it is frust ra frustrating but the reasons to keep doing our job. there are many different sides to every story. it is my job as a reporter to lay those out for you, show you what is happening on ground and let others make their own opinions. we do that every day as reporters to respect what we're seeing, what people we're speaking to you saying and hopeful you back home you can make the other decisions. trey: we have 30 seconds.

say something about those who were not able to write a book of their own. >> well, i would say i was given a lot of support, there are many who have not had that, i met many whilel recovery, veterans as well. people that have been injured like that have, we have think about those people and help all of them, if you don't come through this in positive way you can come out in negative way, we have help them get back on path, i want keep doing bring them back, help them, show we we all support them together we can do that it be every minute. reaching out to people, those people who have to think about. not hosethose who got through it well. trey: benjamin hall, his new book. "saved: a war reporter's mission to make it home" out now. stay tuned for ben's

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