when she was a high school student athletes and so she came to this event, and now she is actually a coach, and she, you know, works for the organization . so it's cool to see how this program has inspired her to back to the next year and maybe inspire them. to, you know, work in sports and you can just see it's clearly having an impact on people's lives. that's our show for this month. thank you for joining us for these important conversations. we'll see you next time. have a great day. >> shannon: i'm shannon bream, thor of the house and the president have a debt ceiling deal, do they have a vote? i'll ask the speaker live this morning. just days ahead of the deadline, lawmakers zeroing in a on

two-year deal that would suspend the limit on how much the nation can borrow. >> this is worthy of the american people. >> shannon: the race is on to approve the deal and avoid financial chaos, can party leaders sell to the rank and file? >> i think people will be excited. >> shannon: this morning the latest directly from the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy, an interview you will see only on fox news sxchl we will bring reaction from democrat jim himes of connecticut. plus, ukraine military makes a major push against russia, the pivotal counter offensive coming as u.k. prepares to receive fighter jets from western allies after president zelenskyy met with world leaders and lindsey graham fresh off his visit with the ukrainian president. we'll ask the senator what the two discussed behind closed

doors. then florida governor ron desantis jumps into the 2024 campaign ready to blitz the media and hit the trail. >> we have to dispense can culture of losing. >> shannon: what he wants to do if he wins the white house. >> i do not wantthe united states get meshed in a . >> shannon: desantis's opening message to republicans and about the strategy behind his swipes at former president donald trump. >> when it came time to make decisions during covid, do you addoicate your office to dr. fauci or stand up to do what is right? >> shannon: all on "fox news sunday." >> shannon: hello from fox news in washington this memorial day weekend. we are waking up to news that president biden and speaker mccarthy have met a debt ceiling

agreement. the agreement must gets through both chambers before june 5. some republicans are pushing back and democrats will hold a call later today to talk about what is in the deal. in a moment, my exclusive live interview with the speaker of the house, we'll ask what is in the deal and if he can sway upset critics and speak live with democratic congressman jim himes about the concessions the white house made. first to chad pergram, live on the hill following every twist and turn. >> chad: the deag could increase. about the deal. when talking about reducin stat americans out of poverty, there.

>> chad: kevin mccarthy conceded he did not expect to get all gop conservatives are on fire. tweeting the deal is insanity. bob goode saying no one that is conservative could justify a yes vote. democrats will balk at health mandates for healthy people to qualify for benefits. >> there are work requirements in place and talking about expanding work requirements. i say, raise great concern. >> chad: they hope to post the bill today, could vote wednesday and senate maybe next weekend just before the june 5 deadline. >> shannon: thank you. speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, welcome back to fox news. i don't know how much rest you have gotten, but let's dive in. you have a deal, let's sell it to members. talk about those upset.

congressman bishop tweeted this. heard the call, rhinos congratulating mccarthy for getting zi you and used vomit. suspended until vote. >> speaker mccarthy: that is okay. most were excited. we were able to cut spending, first congress to vote cutting. cut that back and fully fund veterans and defense and take that nondefense spending back lower than '22 levels. now you get work requirements for staff. that was a red line. now you are able to reform nepa. how frustrating, been 40 years since i could streamline it. to build a road in america,

seven years to review, now you can review it one to two years. we'll get america working again. get the process working again. we always have omnibuses, now we penalize congress if they don't get their jobs done. so much in this is positive and measure to all the other debt ceilings when republicans had the presidency, senate and house, did they cut spending? no, they increased it. we were able to do it when the president said he would not talk to us. this is different, cap on spending 1% and let government grow at a slower rate. >> shannon: there is a lot there. on the issue of spending the white house is spinning around its side and take credit, too. they say no budget caps after '25, only nonenforcible propofol targets. we know how that works in washington.

they say you might have gotten something for a year or two, after that, nothing to it. >> speaker mccarthy: watch what the government has done before -- >> shannon: they not telling the truth? >> speaker mccarthy: we have a cap and have to stay in the majority and can keep it going forward. the other thing, for the first time, you have administrative pay go. a president spent 1.5 trillion around congress, that can no longer happen. >> shannon: meeting executive actions, he has to talk about where to pay for it. >> speaker mccarthy: he doesn't have to talk, he has to do it. that would have saved a major savings, that has never been in a law before and being put into law. if you look at each movement, this is whole new direction, think how this came to fruition? you have thousand-page bill, this is less than 150 pages. normally the country doesn't know until after it is passed.

we will wait 72 hours, this is worthy of the american people. i want them to read it and understand it. we have majority in one house with five-seat majority with president who said he would never talk about this, who had chuck schumer said this would be a clean debt ceiling, we would just raise it. that is not the case. you have work requirement to help people out of poverty and jobs and reform we can build and cut red tape. we cap so the president can't spend money wildly. we are spending less than last year, that has not happened in congress. maybe it doesn't do everything for everyone, this is a step in the right direction no one thought we would be at today. >> shannon: let's talk about work requirements. congressman graves, top negotiator on this asked friday if y'all would back off and he said hell no. this is a place the white house is celebrating.

you reference snap and tanf, expansion for veterans and people homeless, there is expansion, but changes you did get will lift age and requirement, but they sunset and don't last long. >> speaker mccarthy: you can't tie one to the next, they sunset after seven years, see what the white house doesn't write. 12% exemption for every state and state using to exempt that and we lower to 8%, age to 54, encompasses more people and exempt veterans. >> shannon: of course, those are dollars, more benefits for more people. >> speaker mccarthy: what does work requirement do? able body people with no dependents. instead of borrowing money from china, they get process to go get a job.

every study has shown, when you do this, it puts more people to work and more people pay into social security and medicare. this puts our stronger, les dependent on china and cut money and stop inflation democrats are doing. this is a tough position, because democrats cut so much and made it easier for people not to go back to work. we changed the course, shrunk exemptions on percentage and will provide people more jobs. >> shannon: talk about the irs, talk of scaling back 80 billion. congressman bishop tweeting, one of the 80 billion democrats propofoled to the irs over 10 years, the deal rescinds 1.9 billion, you read that right, mccarthy agreed to increase the debt ceiling. >> speaker mccarthy: you know how much they will spend for irs agents, 1.9 trillion.

we repeal those dollars for irs agents, they hired zero. i come back next year, they have none for this year. i don't understand, if you stopped all hiring of any irs agents that is not a win in his eyes? i am not quite sure. >> shannon: do you have negotiating room next year if this deal is still in place? what kind of negotiation will the democrats engage in? >> speaker mccarthy: we have the majority, we can governor and engage in anything they want to engage in, we changed this country and opened the house back up. we not only have repealed the irs agents they will have today, put in work requirement and spending less money, first congress to do that before. we capped the president can't just go spend 1.5 trillion, may fully fund military and veteran and nondefense goes back to '22

levels and below that. we don't control the senate or presidency, compare to when we controlled all three, we didn't do that, we spent more money. it's a new day, new congress and new republican majority. >> shannon: "washington post" writing this yesterday. said this about the deal. the white house agreed to inflation direct spending and discretionary programs mitigated by redirecting funds from the money clawed back from irs expansion, spending will rise by 1% in 2025. there is question if this is a wash, moving money from one place to another. >> speaker mccarthy: we have said we would claw back money and let government only grow at 1%. why? it's been growing 33% with democrats on discretionary spending. the president said we could look

at 14% of the budget to get this done. we've achieved this in a short timeframe. what else we repealed, largest recision in u.s. history, add up the other congress and this is greater. pulling back cdc cdc global health fund, no longer sending $400 million of american taxpayer money to china. we continue to pull that back. that is a victory for the american public and i'll debate this bill with anybody. end of the day, is it everything i wanted? no. we don't control all of it. it is the biggest recision in history, the biggest cut in congress has ever voted in the process and we've been able to do it by making the economy stronger by putting work requirements and to put people back to work and then streamline nepa, that hasn't been done in 40 years. we're going to cut the red tape. if you want to build a road, use

renewable energy and become energy independents, you have timeframe for review from seven years to one. >> shannon: ask about student debts, hearing two different stories. you said pause on student debt repayment will lift. the white house says budget keeps in student debt relief for hard working borrowers, they make it sound as if it will not change at all. we're waiting on the supreme court to vote on this. >> speaker mccarthy: the president said he was going to wave certain people, part of their debt for student loan. he paused everybody's student loan. everybody who borrowed within 60 days will have to pay that back. the supreme court is taking up that case. if the supreme court said that

was unconstitutional, the president could still say he is pausing, not waiving it. now this is in law, the supreme court decision will have to be upheld they would have to pay. >> shannon: the pause is gone? >> speaker mccarthy: the pause is gone within secretary days of this being signed. that brings in 5 billion each month to the american public. >> shannon: have you talked to minority leader jeffries? sounds like he will bring democrat votes to the table. what is your conversation like with him about getting this across the finish line? >> speaker mccarthy: i wanted congress to work differently and treat hakeem, the way i wanted to be treated. we can disagree, i want him to know about everything. everything is not political. every time there is agreement and negotiation between the president and congress, both parties come together and vote for the bill. both of them talk about it.

i don't work with hakeem to say, i need this many votes, i think you will get a majority voting for the bill thchl is a good bill. the president agreed. there will be a lot of democrats that will vote for it. the democrats are upset. one thing hakeem told me, there is nothing in the bill for them. not one thing in the bill for democrats. >> shannon: i don't know if that will persuade them to join him or you. we will talk to one of them next. you talked about getting back to regular order and 12 propofol bills, carrot and stick situation to get people to do that. are you worried your caucus will be ticked about how this went down and will not have their support when you need it? >> speaker mccarthy: not at all. parents bill of rights, lifted the debt ceiling, what we put in and want to change in washington is washington of old, they wouldn't pass aprope riations

bill, they would send before christmas and have you vote on it, that all changed. inside this bill is provision, if congress does not do their work and pass all 12 apropriation bill, continuing resolution goes in and cuts across the board, give incentive to do the job, have the american people have a say and check and balance and have consequences for lack of action by congress. it is a new day in congress, new majority of republicans and we're going to change the way we do business, spend less, not waste taxpayer money sending to china. we will not encourage people to stay home. we will cut red tape so we can build things in america and will not reward people in ush wa wash that do not do the job. show up and do the work. >> shannon: we will watch as you do the work, watch for a vote later this week. thank you.

all right, joining me now connecticut democratic congressman jim himes. welcome to "fox news sunday." ask what you heard, he says your leader jeffries said democrats are mad because there is nothing for them in the bill, what do you make of it? >> congressman himes: there are two problems with the bill, none of the things in the bill are democratic priorities. you know the priorities because in the last two years, we capped insulin at $35, passed biggest infrastructure investment in our country, addressed climate changes, those are priorities and not a single one are in the bill. that is not a surprise given we are now in the minority. but the obvious point and speaker didn't say this, reason it has traction with democrats, it is very small bill. it is a very, very small bill. now had the bill looked anything like what the republicans passed

on the floor and rescinded money designed for electric battery in this country and drug prices, would have been against it. irs money is a good example. why the speaker wants to defend taking irs police off is beyond me. 80 billion sent in that direction over period of time, small fraction has been rescinded. not a big that will make any democrats happy. small enough bill in the service of not destroying the economy may get votes. >> shannon: you thought it would take something bad or a shock to the market to get a deal across the finish line. does this ease your worries? do you think it gets passed? >> congressman himes: i'm a natural optimist, i thought this might not get done and it is not

done yet. check the social media of the freedom caucus and there will be a 5:00 meeting itself. we will hear from progressive members. if it doesn't go over the finish line, we will see market reaction none of us want to see. i wasn't in congress in 2008, when the troubled asset relief, the bailout, failed instant market reaction. i hope i am wrong in my prognostication this could be a disaster. the biggest issue, we need to step back and think, maybe this extends for two years, do we want this conversation in two years? what if there is a republican president in january and now we do exactly what kevin mccarthy and the republicans have done over the last couple months and say, we will not raise the debt ceiling president trump or stevens or whoever, unless you

do the following seven and you it, is this the way we want to do business going forward? this is not how we are supposed to pass legislation in the congress. i hope we get through this and then dispense with the catastrophe, ransom taking and hostage and debilitating of this debt ceiling to get back to legislating the way we were designed to legislate. >> shannon: the president called it important step forward protecting critical programs for working people and says it protects my and democrats key priorities and legislative accomplishments and wants it passed asap, will you heed the president's urging or thought about how you will vote? >> congressman himes: i know enough history to know my job is not to do what the president

asks me. in a government of divided power, i regard my role acting as a check and balance on the president very seriously. beyon note a to say, i'm a no vote, there is nothing for democrats in these things and do i want to validate a process which at the end of the day is hostage-taking process even if i get to use it two years from now? i don't want to do that. i don't want to present a republican president with list of priorities and say unless you enact this, we will blowup the global economy. the answer, there will be 5:00 called it, i have not made up my mind. the whole enterprise is corrupt in terms of legislating this way, i will listen to what the president and his arguments are, anything but a clear yes vote at this point. >> shannon: new polling on the

economy. this plays out and has real world effect and the speaker talked about this, 83% of americans say they are pessimistic about the economy, fair or poor, that is up 5 points since april. independent, the number jumps to 92%. when you ask americans about policies, them say either the president's policies are making no difference to them or their family or actively hurting their family's economic position. what is your message to the americans this morning? >> congressman himes: i think there is anxiety, inflation is too high. unemployment is at record lows, more americans are working than ever before, unemployment in communities of color at record lows, that is key. inflation is high. housing costs are way too high, something we should be addressing, rather than fooling iran with debt ceiling stuff.

i understand why there are debt challenges. the last two years, reduction in prescription drug prices, roadways and railways that takes time to roll out, we passed biggest investment in that, my constituents are asking, we pass this bill, i'm still sitting in traffic. there is a gap when it will affect american lives day-to-day. >> shannon: congressman himes, when you decide how to vote, let us know. thank you. up next florida governor ron desantis throws his hat into the ring and has huge plans for the early voting states. we'll explain and ask the sunday panel if it is enough to chip away at president trump's massive lead in the polls.

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>> that's okay, more than 95% of those were excited. >> shannon: house speaker kevin mccarthy brushing off concern vocal republicans will not support this deal employs our group, washington correspondents, annmarie horden, kevin walling, charlie hurt, former special assistantant to george w bush, michael allen, thank you for being here.

charlie, start with what you heard from the speaker. here is aware there are vocal members of the team who will not vote for this. they have real objections and feel like this is not anything like the bill from a couple weeks ago. >> charlie: families across america are having to make double-digit decreases in spending to deal with inflation. across the board, laying people off in order to deal with the current environment and it is like the federal government and you have one entire party here, you have the if the government gets pay raise no matter what, they get more money no matter what and entire party that is dedicated to ensuring it gets bigger every year, no matter how much hardship that puts on american people. this is a tremendous accomplishment for speaker mccarthy. no one thought he would get this. he is correct about this, no

thought he would get the original proposal in the first place. >> shannon: or that he would become speaker. >> charlie: exactly. and he's done that. and he did manage to get this across the threshold for even though he's up against bare majority up against senate and white house. but we're still talking about single, 1 percentage point holding spending down issue slight increase in outgoing years. the problem is still there and has to be dealt with, but i think given what he's up against this is victory. >> shannon: you heard him say there is not a lot of great stuff for democrats, some are touting win work requirements did not go as far as republicans wanted. >> good that we don't default and majority of the american people don't understand this process and would hold the

president accountable if that happened on his watch. democrats touting medicaid in tact two tekting 21 million on that. it expanding eligibility for snap and continuef with regard to homeless and veterans, doesn't touch the inflation reduction act and doesn't touch the president's policy on student loan forgiveness. there are good things for democrats and young and rashedi worked hard to make those stay in place. >> shannon: get to '24, new players on the scene, tim scott got in monday and now desantis on, two big entrant. "new york times" had an interesting piece talk about the plan to help desantis make up ground. key political groups supporting ron desantis preparing $100 million voter outreach plan,

planning to knock on the door of every voter four times in nevada, south carolina and new hampshire and five times in the caucus, that is an undertaking. >> it is. he is leaving florida this week, will have a huge kickoff event in iowa and it is because he has to be nationally known. the former president leads him drastically -- 20 ownership 30 points or up to 30 or 40%. he is nationally known and held the office and desantis needs outreach. coverage was about failure to launch as trump campaign is calling it, it was 26 minutes on twitter space. >> shannon: i was on there waiting. >> having issues, only 26

minutes in you heard the governor say, i plan to run for president and not even on camera, first since f.d.r. we didn't see the president. he brought 8.2 million in first 24 hours announcing, that is an accomplishment for them. he has to be known and they need to get out there. >> shannon: somebody else getting out there, virginia governor glenn youngkin had ad that raised eyebrows, him and president reagan and this week an ad called parents still matter by his pac. glenn youngkin told confidants he is reconsidering presidential bill and meeting with donors, saying he is open to entering the race if he sees a path. we have a deep bench, ron desantis, glenn youngkin, both i think are in touch with the

republican base. they are both fighters. they both care about the state of the economy and care very much about education. that was exhibited by both during covid. both have a terrific shot going forward. i think they are both fighters, that is what republican primary voters want. they want to make progress on priorities. >> shannon: we'll see what the ads turn into. polling this week is tough from cnn, 66% view biden victory as disaster or setback for the united states. two-thirds of the country think reelecting their current president would be disaster. we have months to shift that narrative, the vice president gave the first commencement address at west point for a woman to address cadets.

as president says and if you are watching at home, take a drink, compare me to the alternative and will play out on the republican side. >> shannon: if we had a drinking game during "fox news sunday," maybe a mimosa. up next, russia claims it has taken a major ukraine city and ukraine plans to launch a counter ovals offensive. a congress joins us next. (vo) while you may not be a pediatric surgeon volunteering your topiary talents at a children's hospital — your life is just as unique. your raymond james financial advisor gets to know you, your passions, and the way you give back. so you can live your life.

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>> shannon: right now ukraine

preparing to launch major counter offensive push against russia. ukrainian president zelenskyy says his country needs more support and different weapons. my next guest met directly with president zelenskyy. senator lindsey graham, welcome back to "fox news sunday." before we get to that, talk about your reaction to the budget deal because based on your tweets, you do not think defense spending is a good deal, it gives the president what he was asking for when it comes to defense spending. >> senator graham: i respect kevin mccarthy, i want to raise the debt ceiling, irresponsible to not do it. like to have a smaller irs and claw back the unused covid money and you can't get it perfect. what i will not do is adopt

biden defense budget and call it a success. kevin said the defense is fully funded. if we adopt the biden defense boouj, increases defense spending below inflation. the biden defense budget takes navy from 298 ships to 291, at time when china is going to increase their navy by a third. so the biden defense budget was a joke before and if we adopt it as republicans, we'll do great disservice to the party of ronald reagan. biggest winner is china, they'll have a bigger navy and it will be putin, nothing in the budget for biden to help ukraine win a war that they are on the virge of driving the russians out. i like kevin a lot, don't tell me the biden defense budget fully funds the military. we've attacked it for a year as

republicans because it takes the navy in decline and we need larger navy to match with china. the biden defense budget makes it worse for us. i look forward to details. if you send me the biden defense budget, you will have a hard time with me. >> shannon: i like that you edit yourself for sunday television. does that mean no, you sound concerned about the default portion of this, would you be no overall? >> senator graham: i will not do a deal that marginally reduces irs agents in future at expense of sinking the navy. biden defense budget takes navy to 291 ships and we need 373 ships. how do you get to 373 ships if you are spending below

inflation. the air force is in the same world. this is sequestration 2.0, mitch mcconnell negotiated a deal with joe biden that destroyed the defense department in name of raising the debt ceiling. if this is sequestration, i will vote no and will not be intimidated by june 5. this is memorial day weekend, celebrating veterans, i'm from the reagan camp, he would not do this to our military. wife been making light of the biden budget and if you ask me to swallow it, you can forget it. number one job of every member of congress should be to defend the nation and the biden budget does not do it. kevin has a hard job, but my

good friend john mccain voted for sequestration and two years later he said it was the worst vote he ever made and we are doing the same thing trying to raise the debt ceiling. do not cripple the military as a trade-off. spending below inflation is not fully funding the military issue cutting size of the navy only helps china. >> shannon: make sure we get to where you have been meeting with president zelenskyy in ukraine. they are gearing up for counter offensive. the council foreign relations, putin insists any peace talks recognize russia calls. ukrainians want their land back, putin doesn't want to give it

back and will expend lives. >> senator graham: i want to end the war in ukraine by defeating putin, counter offensive is a foot right now. the ukrainians have defied every expectation, weakened the russian army inside of ukraine. i expect major gains in the coming days. ukrainians had storm shadow provided by the british that is reeking havoc on the russians, they need ammunition to defeat the russians. i think they can expel russia from ukraine. i want the war to end, but in 2014, we did a deal with putin, giving him crimea. if you want to end the war in ukraine, which i do, defeat putin. i want to end it so we don't have more war. if you let putin get away, china will take taiwan.

i wanted out of afghanistan, i didn't want to give the country back to the taliban. russian liberate territory, they are not asking for one soldier, asking for weapon and technology and it is in our national security interest to make sure they can beat putin. we need to keep helping them. al this. they can liberate their territory with american help and nobody has talked about how to help ukraine win against russia, i'm talking about it. they can do it, they are on the virge of a major counter offensive that needs support. >> shannon: republicans and democrats on the hill have expressed concern about inability to help other places like taiwan, we have billions in back ordered weaponry. defense news says ukraine consumption of u.s. supplied material is outstripping american defense firms to

replenish it. center for strategic studies report found u.s. defense unprepared for notional battle with china over taiwan, how do we manage that? >> senator graham: you don't pass defense budget below inflation. we are overmatched and need more weapons. letting putin dismember ukraine and get away with . if putin is allowed to win when we can lose, if we do the right thing, there goes taiwan. if he don't see the connection between ukraine and china, you're missing a lot. we need more defense spending, increase arsenal, we have multiple threats. help ukraine beat putin, end the war on favorable terms in ukraine, make china less likely to invade taiwan. defense budget they are proposing makes it impossible for us to do the things we need

to do. you are reducing defense spending when we need more of it. >> shannon: we know your position well and wish you safe travel to the u.s. see you soon. the list of politicians facing major legal and political trouble is growing this week. serious new allegations against state and federal officials. we'll break it down next.

>> the evidence is substantial. it is alarming and unnerving. >> shannon: that is texas house republican andrew murr, in texas, his reason for impeaching texas attorney general ken paxton. back with the panel. the house voted to send this to

the state senate, the attorney general's wife is a state senator in texas. >> i read the articles of impeachment, it is serious, it is abuse of office on bribes to the tune of renovate my house in exchange for favors. i'm glad republicans are acting out against their own temperature is abuse of trust. they should prosecute it to the fullest. >> shannon: he has a lot of defenders, president trump, ted cruz. he is going after the rhino republicans in texas, that is why he's having trouble. he denies all allegations and says this is a political witch hunt. republicans are involved. >> they are not just involved, they're led the way and what happens in the senate, you mention his wife. she is a senator issue not only that, texas constitution says

that all senators need to be present for impeachment trial and personally involving you, you have to recuse yourself. interesting how she votes or doesn't vote. this is beyond the pale, for republicans. this individual, there have been allegations against him for years. he went to the state and asked for funds to end a settlement for whistleblowers part of his team. for republicans, they were saying, we cannot give you state funds, this is why you saw this happen so quickly this week. >> shannon: bring it back to the federal level, senator bob mens menendez may be in the hot seat, "new york times" reporting federal prosecutors and fbi signaturing whether senator menendez received luxury car and

apartment. his spokes people say this will wash out, there is nothing to it, he will be fine, they are denying the allegations. this is not his first rodeo on this. >> it is true. his spokesperson issue the senator said there is nothing to this. there is an investigation playing out. he was cleared in 2015 of similar charges in terms of gifts. clear line if this senator is guilty basised on disclosure laws and anything traded for that in terms of legislation or policy changes. i think the process is clear and will clear the senator as it did in 2015. >> shannon: he had a mistrial in 2017 and before the doj retried him, the judge dismissed charges. he said it will not stick.

>> charlie: it is hard. whether he did get ultimately cleared last time, but there is a lot of sleazy stuff he was involved in and i think it is also interesting going back to the ken paxton situation, a lot of allegations he's been charged with began, he's won two elections since the first allegations were made and underscores degree to which voters have a low regard for public figures these days and it makes it worse when you have the what is clear weaponization of the process. based on politics, we've seen this with president trump, allegations made against him. it does make regular people who read stories about ken paxton and think, is this real or not real? i had to sort of dig down myself because you believe it and

suddenly i'm a conspiracy theorist who believes when a politician says they are just framing me. it won't be the first time. that is not good for us. >> shannon: it is not, we all need faith in our legal system that it works well as we expect it to, fairness, equal justice for all. you mention former president trump, he is waiting potential federal indictment, rolling stone says trump's lawyers warned him, get ready to be indicted by the fed. they expect the justice departments department to charge him. will who thinks he benefit if that indictment happens? >> it helps him completely. he will be like a christmas tree of indictments by the time we have an election. the stupidity of it, you go after him for things like having

an nda, nondisclosure agreement with somebody or newest one, about the records in florida. these are ridiculous cases. this undermines people's faith in our justice system to prosecute him. >> i'm starting to wonde though, conventional wisdom is it is a witch hunt. the primary, love the guy, did a great job as president, too much drama, too much to see here, let's move to a successful governor. it is at least plausible to assess after a few more indictments and on serious matters people might say, it is time to move on. >> shannon: trump will bring in the money after this employing and obviously polling, he has pulled away from the pack for now. thank you, see you next sunday. up next, time honored memorial

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