dana perino. bush the younger, how many speechwriters would do his date of the unity, for example? >> he did have the lead to speech writer, president trump's case, that is steve miller. but you would have your speechwriter, then, a team of two or three people. they would usually come at least in our administration, they break up this region 23 areas, foreign policy, the mystic policy, miscellaneous. then, junior aids would write a rough draft. then, one of the things president bush very much wanted for his speeches to be logical, easily explained, so, the themes had to fit together. then, they would take it to him, they had a very heavy pan. he was a heavy editor. then, they would go back and he like to keep things pretty short, i think, 45 minute speech for him was long. then, after that, you would have the parade of cabinet officials that wanted to come in and make sure that they are packed project was the speech. >> bill: i didn't know that. president bush would let them read the speech before

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dana perino. >> dana: news to announce.cast while you are on the go. "the five" podcast available on itunes, tune in, google play and more. it's free. worth every penny. go to fox news podcast.com. if you are on the go, you can listen to it on the commute or the next day. and i also have a book to promote. a new book called "the shroud conspiracy" out today. by john hi bush. much accomplished man, executive director of the ronald reagan presidential institute. greg is a tough critic and he liked it >> greg: i said i hate it when people give me books because they are usually bad writers. he's an amazing writer. incredible writer. >> dana: high praise. >> dana: i look forward to reading it on not hope everyone takes a look at it. >> bob: i was going to dump on paul ryan but the producer made me stop doing it. will get equal opportunity. i want to say something about the president. i gave in the other day, i said except it. i remember distinctly once, not twice, probably 150 times that president reagan, excuse me. president tr

hello everybody, i'm dana perin dana perino, welcome to happening now. >> ed: i'm ed henry. white house press secretary's are not always on time, we need each other. president trump's former national security advisor could be ready to testify under oath and clear up some of this mystery about what went down with russia. right now, it's devin nunes in the hot seat. as fox news confirms, two white house staffers helped him as he investigated surveillance of trump staffers. now amid the new flurry of investigation, all eyes on the white house for his reaction. john roberts is live on the north lawn. >> is just another typical day at the white house. fox news is confirming that two white house staffers did assist devin nunes in his investigation into whether or not members of the trump transition resulted in the election. whether they were unmasked or made clear to him who they were is a serious crime in the united states. this was reported by "the new york times" yesterday which identify the two staffers as edward cohen wotton egg, and michael ellis. ellis used to work for the

three years ago dana perino went to raise awareness about mercy ships which provides health care to underloped countries. she's in benin, excited to tell us about mercy's mission there. dana, hour things going in afri africa? >> so far so good. we are on a ship, a surgical hospital ship. my first day was a little rough. i had morning sickness, but it really wasn't morning sickness, i was just motion sick in the morning. don't start any rumors. this is a different trip than before because in coming go we arrived on the very first day. that was the assessment, where 7000 people lined up to see if therm a candidate for surgery. this is different. the ship has been in benin for ten months. they're wrapping things up. they do several surgeries a day. peter my husband and earn landers who is with me were able to watch the whole thing. we saw a celebration of sight today which was all sorts of people, they did 70 cataract surgeries this week alone. this was a celebration of these people who are now able to see who had been blind for a long time. it's been fabulous. >> juan: dana, where do the do

dana perino, and greg gutfeld, it's 5:00 indirect city, and this is "the five" ." -- it's 5:00 in new york city. big day on capitol hill, fireworks as fbi director james comey and nsa director mike rogers testified under oath for the first time on alleged russian meddling in the u.s. election, as well as president trump's wiretapping claims. at times, seemed like there were two hearings going on simultaneously. the g.o.p. trying to get the name of the leaker who gave classified information, like the name of michael flynn, to "the new york times" and "washington post" ." both sides seemed to land body blows and it was compelling tv. i was glued to the screen. one of the revelations, fbi chief confirming to the house intelligence committee that his agency is investigating potential links between the trump campaign and the russian government. >> i have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi, as part of our current intelligence mission, is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. that includes investigatin

. >> kimberly: i'm kimberly with juan williams dana perino eric bolling, dana perino and greg gutfeld. it is 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." today in washington a new storm brewing over another one of president trump's top aides regarding they had -- whether they had improper contact with russian officials. >> let me be clear. i never had meetings with russian operatives or russian intermediaries about the trump campaign. my question from senator franken was as correct as i understood it at the time. i have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. >> kimberly: this stems from a question secretary sessions was asked at his confirmation hearings in january. >> if there's any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of the campaign, what will you do? >> i've been called a surrogate a time or two in the campaign and i did not have communications with the russians. i'm unable to comment. >> kimberly: president trump stood by his attorney general today. >> mr. president, do you still

sponsored by -- dana perino, you are familiar with. eric bolling, greg gutfeld. what do you make of this in terms of the merits, structure and the rollout to? >> eric: i don't see a lot of merits. some people say it's obamacare lite. i have heard them and tell us that there's no mandate anymore but the plan does continue to have a mandate. the individual mandate is still there only is worse because now to let your insurance lapse, you have to pay 30% not to the government. you pay it to the insurance company. cadillac tax. they don't touch cadillac tax. we fought against cadillac taxes on the show. it is still there. not touched until 2025. there's more subsidies in this bill than obamacare. they don't touch medicaid expansion for another five years. these are the things we fought against but the one i care about the most, the one that would make a free-market solution, drive the cost curve down on health care and insurance, would be being able to buy it across state lines. it's not in this bill as of yet. i don't know why you put something out there that you say

here now to explain, dana perino.me about montgomery county in the rockville area where this took place. this is a heavily sanctuary county city situation. >> the city doesn't say that we are a sanctuary city but they operate that way in the sense that if you are picked up as a part of a routine traffic stop or an investigation, the police officers don't ask you what your legal status is. they do say that they cooperate with federal officials like i.c.e. on detaining. they do cooperate. >> bill: you enroll in school, this one guy from guatemala,a, they are not asking if you are an illegal alien. >> they are not. because the supreme court in 1982 said you cannot. >> bill: is that right? t there is a law that you cannot ask students about their citizenship? >> the circumstances were different. we were not talking about crime, this is a case that started in texas, really about resources and how much money would have to be spent. basically, that the court said that the school cannot ask the immigration status of a young p

. >> kimberly: i'm kimberly with juan williams dana perino eric bolling, dana perino and greg gutfelds 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." today in washington a new storm brewing over another one of president trump's top aides regarding they had -- whether they had improper contact with russian officials. >> let me be clear. i never had meetings with russian operatives or r

this dana perino, tomorrow is what counts.e said a quad drilling and things about a billion subjects all over the map and a lot of it was about how he felt and how people should feel. what matters -- the most important thing he said, he embraced paul ryan's program for the replacement of obamacare, lock, stock, and a barrel. he took the big aggressive republican conservative plan for replacing obamacare. he laid claim to it, he said in his own words. now it will be incumbent upon him to sell it and push it through this congress and get the republican party to do it and that is a big policy marker he laid down. this is going to get good. >> martha: marie horror, he said everything that is broken in our country can't be fixed. our citizens deserve this so why not join forces and finally get it done? what you say? >> donald trump had a good night but i agree with the comments that others have made on the panel, it is too soon to say we are in donald trump two-point oh. when he wakes up tomorrow, the next time there is a press sto

. >> greg: i am greg gutfeld with lisa boothe and dana perino, eric bolling, and bob beckel, chuck schumerk.a. faucet phase, said dems will block all funding for the wall. it's the same old stick. take a good idea like improving the border and recasted as widespread intolerance. here's a game for everyone. when schumer speaks, can you count the allies? speak of the

. >> hello everyone i'm dana perino along with kimberly guilfoyle, juan williams, jesse watters and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. >> dana: it's a witch hunt. that is how president trump is robbing to the out skrie. in a new string of tweets the president calls jeff sessions an honest man. he says the democrats are over playing their hand. they lost the election and now they have lost their grip on reality. the real story is all of the illegal leaks of classified and other information. it is a total witch hunt. does the attorney general agree? tucker carlson asked him during his exclusivity interview last night. >> i don't think what was said about that meeting i had with the russian ambassador was legitimate. i think it was hyped beyond reason. and i think it was unfair. i was glad to be able to address it today. >> dana: tucker carlson also asked him about why they didn't amend their statements. here is his answer. >> the question came to me, was from senator franken, and he went into a great length saying that that day some new story had come out, and s

eric bolling, and dana perino, "the five" ." welcome back to the latest episode of... ♪ yes, it was rachel maddow's y2k. as we sit on the brink of a nuclear showdown with north korea, this manic mouthpiece fixates on a 12-year-old tax return belonging to trump. boy, did she sell it like a timeshare in a florida swamp. >> it's been a little bit of a hullabaloo this evening. >> people were tweeting at me "shut up." >> we have significant breaking news. donald trump's tax returns have surfaced, at least a portion of donald trump's past tax returns. this is the first time we believe any federal tax returns for donald trump has been obtained by anyone, certainly any news organization. >> greg: oh, my god. rather than tell us anything up front, she tap dances like a barefoot drunk on hot sand. >> tonight we have this exclusive first look at the reporting, and what they have obtained. in just a second, we are going to show you exactly what it is we've got. whether or not you are a supporter of donald trump in general, whether or not yo

. >> greg: i am greg gutfeld with lisa boothe and dana perino, eric bolling, and bob beckel, chuck schumer, a.k.a. faucet phase, said dems will block all funding for the wall. it's the same old stick. take a good idea like improving the border and recasted as widespread intolerance. here's a game for everyone. when schumer speaks, can you count the allies? speak of the president's immigration policies are destroying local economies, causing chaos and panic in families and communities who have done nothing wrong. by using racial profiling and fearmongering to target law-abiding immigrants, the trump administration is putting people with a traffic ticket or status violation in the same category as serious violent criminals. >> greg: trump's policies are destroying economies? he is implying racial profiling? targeting illegal immigrants? there was more there but i couldn't came up. he should change his name to upchuck given the lies he throws up. profiling, by conflating legal with illegal immigration. he's not done. >> immigrants are an integral part of the country. democrats will be vigilan

next time now for our sunday group, dana perino, cohost of "the five" ," bob ward road from "the washington post," peter baker, who covers the white house and laura ingraham, editor of lifezette. peter, i'm sure you've been working your sources feverishly ever since trump's tweets started appearing on saturday morning. do they have any evidence to back up his contention that president obama ordered the wiretapping? >> i don't think they do. basically elicited that from very two well-connected senator senators. a sweeping assertion. we obviously do have some reporting out there about an investigation of people around trump and it certainly conceivable that some of the people around trump have had their communications intercepte intercepted. remember, the fbi intercepts a lot of russians communications and if they were talking with americans, they might have already tripped over that. >> chris: he was saying that they wiretapped his phone and trump tower. didn't offer any evidence. >> the president of the united states at the time, there is no evidence he ordered that. if >> chris: laura, fir

dana perino, and greg gutfeld, it's 5:00 indirect city, and this is "the five" ." -- it's 5:00 in new big day on capitol hill, fireworks as fbi director james comey and nsa director mike rogers testified under oath for the first time on alleged russian meddling in the u.s. election, as well as president trump's wiretapping claims. at times, seemed like there were two hearings going on simultaneously. the g.o.p. trying to get the name of the leaker who gave

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dana perino, and greg gutfeld. there's a lot of breaking news this afternoon. at approximately 1:15, "the new york times" name of the sources that devin nunes has said showed him the evidence that communications with the trump transition team had been incidentally collected. fox news has confirmed those sources independently. they are white house staffers at the national security council. michael alice and ezra cohen-watnick. >> if, in fact, the national security council staff that discovered these materials reportedly in the ordinary course of business are the same national security staff that provided them to the chairman to be provided to the president, it raises a profound question of why they were not directly provided to the white house by the national security staff and instead were provided through a circuitous route involving the chairman. if that was designed to hide the origin of the materials, that raises profound questions about just what the white house is doing. >> eric: there are three investigations going on over two separate topics. first topi

>> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and greg gutfeld, it's 5:00 in new york city, and this is "the five" ." high drama in the nation's capital. vote was expected in the house on the g.o.p. bill to repeal and replace obamacare, but it's not happening now until perhaps tomorrow or later. many conservative republicans are withholding support, leaving their party short of the votes needed. republicans are scheduled to meet behind closed doors at 7:00 eastern. president still working hard to strike a deal. let's go to john roberts with the latest. >> white house expecting a vote will happen tomorrow but i hasten to remind you they were expecting it to happen today. the president will be meeting in a few minutes with members of what's called the tuesday group, a group of about 50 moderate house republicans trying to bring them onboard because as the president makes changes to satisfy the conservatives, the moderates are beginning to drift. it's a fine line he's walking. a little while ago, he had a group of truckers and trucking ceos to the white hous

. >> hello everyone i'm dana perino along with kimberly guilfoyle, juan williams, jesse watters and greg:00 in new york city and this is the five. >> dana: it's a witch hunt. that is how president trump is robbing to the out skrie. in a new string of tweets the president calls jeff sessions an honest man. he says the democrats are over playing their hand. they lost the election and now they have lost their grip on reality. the real story is all of the illegal leaks of classified and other information. it is a totalit

. >> greg: i am greg gutfeld with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and dana perino, "thener with the press, the ambassador from afghanistan was asked about donald trump. he said he was warned to keep it short when talking to mr. trump because of his short attention span. when they did finally speak, he was delightfully shocked. donald trump asked three questions that president obama never did. one, how can you win and his fight against terror? two, what do you need

. >> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, eric bolling, bob beckel, and greg gutfeld, it's 5:00 in new york city, and this is "the five" ." how much is the republican plan to replace obamacare going to cost? we just found out what the cbo estimates, congressional budget office released a report on the american health care act short while ago. john roberts has it and joins us now from the white house. to speak we are expected to hear from the omb director mick mulvaney and hhs secretary tom price outside the west wing and a couple minutes. three big numbers to keep in mind from the new cbo estimate. three or $37 billion, that's the amount of money that will be saved between 2017 and 2027 by ending obamacare subsidies. here's the bad numbers, at least for the republicans, you will hear democrats talk a lot about this. because of an end to medicaid expansion and caps of my cbo estimate 14 million more people will be without health insurance in 2018 and by 2026, that number will grow to 24 million. in total, 52 million people will not have health insurance by 2026, compared wit

dana perino, and greg gutfeld. there's a lot of breaking news this afternoon.t approximately 1:15, "the new york times" name of the sources that devin nunes has said showed him the evidence that communications with the trump transition team had been incidentally collected. fox news has confirmed those sources independently. they are white house staffers at the national security council. michael alice and ezra

sfx: clap, clap, ding >> i am dana perino, we have a big show for you, reaction to president trump'sdge as from both chris wallace and former press secretary ari fleischer, he has some advice from george w. bush's 2001 playbook plus congressman trey gowdy says mr. trump's immigration order could use some clarity. what does he want to see? we are going to ask him and asked the chairman of the ways and means committee whether a border adjustment tax is definitely part of the big tax reform plan. that and more just ahead on "america's newsroom hq" ." >> jon: you might've heard president trump stressing the importance of border security in his first speech to congress. william la jeunesse has reaction from residents of san diego county just miles from the mexican border. william? >> one of the things we heard all night is the economic value of the low-wage, unskilled worker to the economy, to the labor market. residents told us, be careful what you wish for whether it be the prices of produce, restaurants or services, they could go up if everyone is sent back over the border this isn't e

eric bolling, and dana perino, "the five" ." we are going to have analysis of the senate confirmation hearing for supreme court justice neil gorsuch in the moment. i know you can hardly wait. reminds me of tom bergeron from "dancing with the stars." slightly less exciting. white house announced a ban on electronic devices larger than cell phones on flames coming from eight muslim-rich countries. i know. eight muslim-rich countries. where is the outrage? the ban targets machines not men but they are carried by people. yet, no outcry. politically we can't stop terrorists, only their gadgets. but at some point the bombs inside the gadgets will exceed our ability to detect them. nano weapons will soon be bigger threats than the conventional stuff. good luck tracking those. the device ban reveals an obvious truth. the threat comes from radical muslims and therefore more likely to come from muslim-rich countries. is it bigoted to say that? no, it's what scientists call a "duh" ." not about religion, but ends. the truly dangerous have

. >> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and greg gutfeld, it'sew york city and this is "the five" ." just a wee bit of news to cover today after a whirlwind weekend of explosive allegations from the president about his predecessor. mr. trump accused former president obama of having tapped his phone at trump tower during the election. charged -- a charge the obama team immediately denied.

i'm dana perino. lisa booth, juan williams, greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 and this is "the five."evelopments tonight on general michael flynn's surprising offer to testify before congress on the trump team's possible ties to russia in exchange for immunity. the president's former national security advisor was ousted last months for misleading the white house on his contacts with russia's ambassador. he is now seeking immunity because his lawyer says he has a story to tell. but wants assurances he won't be unfairly prosecuted in a, quote, highly politicized witch-hunt environment. several months back,

joining us, bob woodward, peter baker, laura ingraham and dana perino. sure you have been work your white house sources feverishly ever since president trump's tweet starts appearing saturday morning. do they have any evidence to support that president obama ordered the wiretapping of trump tower? >> no, there isn't an evidence chain that would support such a sweeping assertion. we have reporting about an investigation of people around trump. it's conceivable people around trump -- the f.b.i. -- there is a lot of russian communications. chris: he was saying they wiretapped his phones in trump tower. >> and if the president of the united states barack obama ordered it, there is no evidence that we know about to that effect. chris: laura, there is the question whether this is true. it would be very dramatic if president obama ordered the tapping of phones in trump tower. why does donald trump want to keep breathing life into this story about the russia-trump connection at the precise moment he's trying to unveil and push his agenda. >> perhaps one of the r

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dana perino, and greg gutfeld, it's 5:00 in new york city, and this is "the five" ." president trump is vowing to fight after his revised travel ban is put on hold hours before it was set to begin yesterday. federal judge in hawaii issued a nationwide restraining order rejecting the government's national security claim. second judge in maryland ruled against the president's executive order. mr. trump slammed the move in the aloha state at his rally last night in nashville. >> the order he blocked was a watered-down version of the first order. this is the opinion of many, an unprecedented judicial overreach. we are going to fight this. we are going to take our case as far as it needs to go, including all the way up to the supreme court. we are going to win. we're going to keep our citizens safe and regardless, we are going to keep our citizens safe, believe me. i was elected to change our broken and dangerous system and i will not stop fighting for the safety of you and your families, believe me. not today, not ever. >> eric: constitutional lawyer, former harvard profe

i'm kimberly guilfoyle along with juan williams, eric bolling, dana perino and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." >> president trump had his first face-to-face meeting with german chancellor angela merkel today. mr. trump had accused the chancellor of ruining germany with the influx of refugees. today the president defend is his agenda to protect the country from radical islamic terrorism. >> president trump: our two countries must work together to protect our people from radical islamic terrorism. and to defeat isis. we also recognize that immigration security is national security. we must protect our citizens from those who seek to spread terrorism, extremism and violence inside our borders. immigration is a privilege, not a right. and the safety of our citizens must always come first. without question. >> merkel defended her commitment to helping refugees despite the threat posed to her country. >> we have to protect our external board errings and we have to work on the bases of mutual interest with our neighbors, migration, immigration, integ

. >> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and greg gutfeld, it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five" ." just a wee bit of news to cover today after a whirlwind weekend of explosive allegations from the president about his predecessor. mr. trump accused former president obama of having tapped his phone at trump tower during the election. charged -- a charge the obama team immediately denied. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins us now. >> law enforcement sources have confirmed a fox news that the tweets caught the fbi and justice department off guard. the republican-controlled house and senate intelligence committees are investigating russia's election meddling and will cover whether the obama administration abused its surveillance powers. phone calls and text messages from the russian ambassador sergey kislyak. mike flynn's phone calls and text messages were captured under the order. one contact believes there was at least one other additional surveillance order that was not specific to trump tower or the trump team bu

. >> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and greg gutfeld, it'sk city, and this is "the five" ." high drama in the nation's capital. vote was expected in the house on the g.o.p. bill to repeal and replace obamacare, but it's not happening now until perhaps tomorrow or later. many conservative republicans are withholding support, leaving their party short of the votes needed. republicans are scheduled to meet behind closed doors at 7:00

. >> dana: i'm dana perino eric bolling, bob beckel, and greg gutfeld, and kennedy. it's 5:00 in new york city, and this "the five" ." chairman of the house intelligence committee facing new pressure to recuse himself from the probe into russia's election meddling. as president trump attempts to shift the focus to the clintons. more on that in the moment. democrats are calling for devin nunes to remove himself from the russian investigation following news he reviewed intelligence material on the trump team on white house grounds and then went back to speak about it to the president. jackie spier goes further. she thinks he should step down as chairman. >> if you become a white house whisperer, you are not being independent. i think he has tainted the committee. asking for him to step down. in the interest of what we all care about which is the integrity of our intelligence community. >> dana: nunes maintains he has done nothing wrong. >> why not recuse yourself? >> i still don't know why. give me a reason to recuse myself, i might consider it. >> critics say you are

. >> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, juan williams eric bolling, and greg gutfeld, this it was a speech unlike any other we've seen from president trump, his first address to a joint session of congress, winning widespread praise. it was the most presidential with ever seen mr. trump, he struck an optimistic and conciliatory tone while delivering his message of unity and strength. >> we are one people with one destiny.

. >> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, juan williams eric bolling, and greg gutfeld, this is "the five" ." it was a speech unlike any other we've seen from president trump, his first address to a joint session of congress, winning widespread praise. it was the most presidential with ever seen mr. trump, he struck an optimistic and conciliatory tone while delivering his message of unity and strength. >> we are one people with one destiny. we all bleed the same blood. we also looked the same great american flag. and we all are made by the same god. i am asking all citizens to embrace this renewal of the american spirit. i'm asking all members of congress to join me in dreaming big and bold and daring things for our country. i am asking everyone watching tonight to seize this moment, believe in yourselves, believe in your future, and believe once more in america. >> dana: he repeated a number of themes from the campaign trail, including his america first agenda. >> america must put its own citizens first because only then can we truly make america great again. we will respect

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. >> i am dana perino, we are awaiting president trump's speech aboard the uss gerald ford amid calls attorney general to resign. will he address it? i will talk to bret baier about that and what is next in the fight on capitol hill, plus greg gutfeld has a few things to say about democratic senator claire mccaskill in her twitter habits and whether she ever met with the russian ambassador. and chris carr well and i will be reunited, so get your popcorn and watch "america's newsroom hq" at the top of the hour. >> jon: the governor of maryland declaring a state of emergency as he tries to combat a growing opioid crisis and parts of his estate, epidemic destroying lives in communities all across the country. peter doocy is live from annapolis, maryland, with more. >> you normally see a state of emergency for something like a storm or big riot, but here in maryland, the governor larry hogan has called a state of emergency to deal with heroin and opioid overdose death, he is dedicating $50 million over the next five years for prevention and treatment and enforcement in a state where the n

. >> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, eric bolling, bob beckel, and greg gutfeld, it'scity, and this is "the five" ." how much is the republican plan to replace obamacare going to cost? we just found out what the cbo estimates, congressional budget office released a report on the american health care act short while ago. john roberts has it and joins us now from the white house.

. >> dana: i'm dana perino eric bolling, bob beckel, and greg gutfeld, and kennedy.rk city, and this "the five" ." chairman of the house intelligence committee facing new pressure to recuse himself from the probe into russia's election meddling. as president trump attempts to shift the focus to the clintons. more on that in the moment. democrats are calling for devin nunes to remove himself from the russian investigation following news he reviewed intelligence material on the trump team on white house grounds and then went back to speak about it to the president. ja