let's bring in chris stirewalt and judge andrew napolitano. way that this piece is written, chris, let me start with you, it all is shocking. a quote from a senior official, former u.s. official, "trump seems to be very reckless, doesn't grasp the gravity of the things that he is dealing with. there is definitely an effort in this piece to paint him as bumbling with this information, chris. >> the way it reads, again, i don't know, the way it reads is that because the administration notified or was obliged to notify the senate intelligence that this was a piece of raw steak that was thrown out right in front of senators who were already gunning for the president, who look at him and his handling of the russian investigation and other things, and they hear that and that immediately results in the leak, the allegation, that stuff. that is how this reads to me, once you enforce inform the senate about this, from the reaction of both parties, you wd guess there is some bipartisan spirit, this is them saying, whoa. >> martha: someone in this room h

chris stirewalt is here. she is the host of the laura ingraham radio show.ifezette.com political website and upcoming book billionaire at the barricade. populist establishment from reagan to trump. she specializes in everything cultural and political. laura ingraham is here. i want to go back to, this laura, this issue of whether or not it was a threat, whether or not it was simply a statement of fact. i'm going to leave that for other people to debate. i'm going to take it at face value as a statement of fact. is it presidential? is it appropriate for the president to be talking about it at all? >> i think it's long since passed. the conversation of whether donald trump is going to conform to some old notion of this is what presidents do. he is going to do what he is going to do. that's what he has always done. he is 70 years old. that's not going to change. i do think it's interesting that he put the word tapes in quotes. not a lot of people have talked about that today. donald trump has had a way throughout the campaign and even into this presidency of ge

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so let's bring in the expert pundits, chris stirewalt, fox sports politics editor, jessica karloff, androchure of real clear politics. welcome to all of you. what did they find, chris? >> they are right. what they found was that nationally the polls were good. they were better than they were four years ago. they were more productive, more accurate than they were in the 2012 election. what the polls missed, what they blew was a bunch of states in the upper midwest. there was a limited polling, number one. number two, late deciders breaking for trump, and three, bad polls. cell phones have made it really hard to pull people on a state-by-state basis. i know i don't vote whereby a radio code is in heaven for about 16 years. >> martha: you have a lot of different aliases, too. [laughter] when you say nationally, you see the popular vote? >> national popular vote, right. >> martha: the bottom line is the "los angeles times" said the donald trump would go in, they were the only ones who called it, and all along, when you looked at the real clear average of polls throughout the course of elect

chris stirewalt, i love every moment with you, thank you very much. the pentagon reportedly launched airstrikes against pro-assad forces in syria and the eve of the president's trip abroad. they are hoping it will reset the drama at home. president trump leaves tomorrow an 8-datrip to audi arabia, israelitaly, and the vatican. it will be enough to put his domestic crises on the back burner. let's bring in my stain-resistant party panel with matt welch, jimmy failla, and w.w. superstar dolf ziggler. what has to happen to calm the murky watter what waters in ame. he's supposed to give a speech in saudi arabia about islam. it's hard to see it as a super low-key affair. ken there are no one needs an exposition from you on islam. >> in theory this should be the moment when he goes away and things calm down. mueller is taking over the investigation. we are going to slow these things down. but he's not comfortable in foreign policy settings generally speaking. healthcare he doesn't know. and says funny things. foreign policy he's actively uncomfortable and h

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chris stirewalt, i love every moment with you, thank you very much. the pentagon reportedly launched airstrikes against pro-assad forces in syria and the eve of the president's trip abroad. they areing it will reset the drama at home. president trump leaves tomorrow on an 8-day trip to audi arabia, israel, italy, and the vatican. it will be enough to put his domestic crises on the back burner. let's bring in my stain-resistant party panel with matt welch, jimmy failla, and w.w. superstar dolf ziggler. what has to happen to calm the murky watter what waters in ame. he's supposed to give a speech in saudi arabia about islam. it's hard to see it as a super low-key affair. ken there are no one needs an exposition from you on islam. >> in theory this should be the moment when he goes away and things calm down. mueller is taking over the investigation. we are going to slow these things down. but he's not comfortable in foreign policy settings generally speaking. healthcare he doesn't know. and says funny things. foreign policy he's actively uncomfortable an

chris stirewalt here on the party struggling for a leadership and message.ight after thi this. >> i think this will put us a little bit further on our way to what i have been calling for for so long. and that is impeachment. thank you. ♪ like heartburn. try new alka-seltzer ultra strength heartburn relief chews. it's fast, powerful relief with no chalky taste. [ sings high note ] ultra strength, new from alka-seltzer. enjoy the relief. i count on my dell small for tech advice. with one phone call, i get products that suit my needs and i get back to business. ♪ ♪ g new cars. you're smart. you already knew that. but it's also great for finding the perfect used car. you'll see what a fair price is, and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. now you're even smarter. this is truecar. >> martha: we are back. democrats looking ahead to next year's elections but some are having trouble finding their footing, focusing more on the resistance than on the issues. one of the loudest voices is congress one maxine waters, named one of the most corrupt politicians

so this is a picture of who they are. >> martha: chris stirewalt joins us now, fox news political editorlot of people think that the way that mulvaney is talking where he talks about taxpayers, he wants to say to them is a good way to spend their money, are you okay with us, as is program a big sort of bloated mass or something that works? wise at such a hard idea swallo swallow? >> apparently based on the response -- i love the fact that in washington now, this is such a stupid time to be alive. it's just astonishing. the degree of stupidity of the conversation and you have this is immoral, this is sin, this terrible. >> martha: at such a knee-jerk. they get on the same page. >> cearley, what is going to be left for outrage? we have exhausted our outrage glands to the point that we just are endocrine system is breaking down. we cannot sustain this level of outrage. everything's at 11. everything is a freak out for goodness sake. now i will say that for the republicans as they look at medicaid in particular and mulvaney is very gifted this. he's the right guy for this moment for this job

we bring in fox politics editor chris stirewalt. your reaction? >> democrats are certainly not gonna pass up on the chance to rub donald trump's nose in michael flynn again. an there a story today that basically sums it up. they thought the president had done -- had his first real success on the legislative side with getting the first version of cuts of obamacare through the house. then democrats just want to make sure it's back to russia, russia, russia, soon as they get back to town. we know what's up. >> exactly right. let's talk about the trump tweet. the president tweeted earlier on the hearing. general flynn he said was given the highest security clearance by the obama administration but the fake news tell -- doesn't like talking ab that. ask sally yates how classified information got into the newspapers shortly after she explained to it the white house counsel. >> donald trump doesn't have anybody but himself to blame for michael flynn because he got warned. obama warned him. his own advisers warned him about flynn and that flynn was not so

clayton: we want to bring in chris stirewalt.> exactly. pete: save us. clayton: chris, we're going to play some sound because of democratic lawmakers this week in the wake of the healthcare bill in the house slamming this bill and i want you to react to it after we play this. watch. >> well, people are going to lose their lives. people are going to lose their health coverage. these people think it's a party? they think it's something fun? >> you were talking about it as some kind of a healthcare bill. it's not a healthcare bill. this is a massive tax break to the top 2%. >> you know deeply 15dened by its passage because it means, of course, millions of people are going to lose their health insurance. >> this will mean death, pain and suffering to people's families. >> this is really a stupid bill. it's a stupid -- it is a bill of deacon destruction of government. it's not a bill of saying we have a better way to do this. >> death, pain and suffering, chris. >> but other than that, cory booker is very happy with the legislation. p

chris stirewalt here to analyze. good day to you. >> i'm living the dream, brother bill. >> bill: what the trump's mission today at nato? >> his mission at nato is to show that he can direct the activities of the organization. the american president always takes if not the lead role, a lead role in directing this most important, most successful treaty organization in the peacetime history of the world. and i'm sure he wants to be able to say he can fill that part, too. despite his criticisms of the group in the past and a good marker on that would be if coming out of this they say yes, it's time for nato to become more engaged as it relates to isis and syria and iraq. >> bill: the nato secretary general said that in the op-ed over the past 24 hours. you're right about that. watch the response of the leaders today. newt gingrich wrote a piece. foreign leaders and the american people can see in this trip the core of a new reality-based foreign policy. he is making the case the media has missed the point of this entire

chris stirewalt pointed out it's the most successful peacetime alliance in all of history. just the last couple of century, all of history. it is a bargain for the united states. during the campaign, president trump, now president trump made some ill-judged remarks about nato. he was being influenced by people who didn't have nato's best interests at heart but he seems to be coming around. there are doubts. he has to reassure them. the other level on which this is very important is the real debut for the president on the world stage that the pre-game show is nato, brussels coming up. the main event, the first championship game is going to be at the g7 meeting. president trump has met most of these leaders one-on-one. now he has to be playing for high stakes in a room with the other big powers, japan, canada, britain, italy, france, germany, and it's a high-stakes game. manchester, terrorism will be a powerful part of the agenda but the europeans are also worried about climate change, maas migration and economics. this is where president trump has to show he read the briefin

chris stirewalt is there for analysis. we start with kevin corke from the north lawn at the white house. what are they telling you this morning? >> good morning. they're talking about a number of things. most notably the timing. the letter, the president writing to his director. the president went on to write that he still did not have confidence that mr. comey could lead the bureau and that's why he ultimately made his decision. comey learned of his dismissal while in los angeles for a speech. let me walk the folks at home quickly for a timeline of how we got to this point. i want to remind you back in july of 2016 it was comey who announced the f.b.i. would not recommend criminal charges against secretary clinton and the investigation of her email and in october he found new emails and two days before the vote he said he would stick with his july statements they wouldn't be moving forward. a number of democratic critics say it was a mistake among them chuck schumer. >> they fired sally yates. they fired ferrara and now t

. >> bill: chris stirewalt, charlie hurt ready for battle in washington, d.c. where it is dry on the inside. gentlemen, nice to see you both. in the spirit of stephen colbert, republicans eat another crap sandwich. with mayonnaise? what's up with that? >> you've had a big week. >> it has to be made with bread. there were some good nintion. it was an accomplishment for president trump. this is what he said he would do. there are also some huge savings in here. the likes of which we haven't seen in probably 10 years. but the problem is this is the first time republicans have gone on record to say yes, we want nationalized healthcare. that is a really big deal. i don't know how president obama isn't sort of -- he ought to be clapping himself on the back right now. this is -- we've all agreed this is how we're going forward. i also think it sets up a real problem for republicans because now they kind of own it. and they can't campaign against obamacare anymore. >> bill: what kind of sandwich is it? >> i wouldn't use as colorful a term as that but i would say it is

benjamin hall live in riyadh, saudi arabia and chris stirewalt standing by. we start with kevin corke at the white house. >> even as the president prepares to travel abroad as you can well imagine we're following a number of major story lines at home. among them the continuing controversy of his firing of then f.b.i. director jim comey people wondering why he came to this decision and what happens now as the president tries to move forward with a replacement. yesterday a joint news conference he was asked again by his decision to sack the f.b.i. director. comey critics say was out of line when he said there was no need to prosecute or further the investigation into secretary hillary clinton's private email server. you remember she kept thousands of classified documents on that unsecure home brewed server and she deleted or her staff did thousands of emails despite a congressional request to turn them over. >> director comey was very unpopular with most people. i actually thought when i made that decision -- and i also got a very, very strong recommendation, a

. >> sandra: chris stirewalt, good to see you. from the sound of both presidents, you clearly saw a difference in tone. can you point that out for us? what is the difference between the two on their first trips to the middle east? >> the major difference, and i mean big league difference here, is president obama sought to rebalance the sunni and shia halves of the muslim world. right? so the iranians shias have been at war for 1400 years. president obama as a precondition was let's get over that struggle and he was going to help iran grow up and be stronger and be a counter weight to the sunni arabs. president trump said, nah, not that. opposite of that, in fact. the most enthusiastic embrace. the whole shooting match, the medals all of it even more than george w. bush did. that's just not a repewed kwraeugs of obama's approach between the two houses of islam, but trump himself saying, this is where it's at and he even wants to help them start a nato like organization that would be a mutual defense pact. that's a big deal. >> sand

i want quote chris stirewalt from fox news digital, he said you know what?a train wrecks, you got to cover it. trump -- all the tv news coverage of trump doing outrageous things, is that negative coverage or realistic coverage? >> dana: i actually read halftime reports. i would say there's no doubt the washington riposte -- now, they have new ownership, the staff i. they are hiring people left and right. i think they just report the news. don't try to be the news. i think they're trying to go too fast. i understand trying to advance stories but slow your roll a little bit. >> jesse: "slow your roll," dana perino. >> greg: i want to know where you learned that phrase. >> dana: i like it. >> jesse: a tax reform that is supposed to benefit you, the taxpayer. coming up next. intel does! just think of everything intel's doing right now with artificial intelligence. and pretty soon ai is going to help executives like her see trends to stay ahead of her competition. no more sleepless nights. - we're going to be friends! - i'm sorry about this. don't be embarrassed

kennedy: chris stirewalt thank you so much. coming up liberals supposedly still open-minded and accepting of others opinions. not really. reach across america shows exact opposites of those on the left have an argument when they say they are more tolerant. i will ask juan kennedy: the left like spread itself on being more tolerant to my diametrically challenge belief. an article titled why liberals aren't at toned as you think because liberals demonstte on tolerance by using political correctness as a weapon of oppression. is it time for progressives to stop self righteously patting themselves on the back? juan williams joins me of "fox news" analyst and columnist for the hill. look around and people on the left, i was raised to believe that they were more tolerant and open-minded but when it comes to having disparate beliefs especially on college campuses they can be downright fascist if the disagreement is violent enough. >> violence, stop that word. i was with you until you guess the word violent that in my experience and i

this is all what fox news chris stirewalt calls a big red meaty steak thrown to democrats pursuing themp-russia narrative. >> i thought the statement of mcmaster was sad for him, for him to be able to come out and speak in that way. liz: this as businessman turned senator david perdue said this on fox business this morning. >> when general mcmaster said something didn't happen, it didn't happen. this is the shiny object of the day in the media in washington. i want to get back to the debt, the budget upcoming and the president re-engaging, isn't it refreshing we have a president re-engaging around the world. he's going to saudi arabia and israel among other stops. this is a president on the move right now. liz: with me now, retired lieutenant general tom mcinerney. good to see you, general. >> good seeing you, liz. liz: general mcmaster told reporters what was said during the president's meeting with the russian officials to. him to makes sense and making sense to a lot of conservatives out there. we don't have the sound bite, do you? no, we don't have it. essentially saying that the p

chris stirewalt more in d.c. more to get to in a moment. 8 past the hour now. >> shannon: another big story this morning, former national security advisor michael flynn will hand over some documents to the senate intelligence committee as early as next week. part of the committee's investigation into russia's involvement in the 2016 election. it comes, this latest twist, after flynn's attorney said he would decline a subpoena and invoke his 50 amendment rights. the senate panel also issued two subpoenas to flynn's businesses. once those were narrowed flynn in return agreed to give over some documents relate to the businesses and some personal materials. we have more details on this with a live report ahead on america's newsroom. of course, that comes after a lot of chatter about whether he was trying to get immunity deal. whether lawmakers would be interested in talking to him. >> bill: we all want to know what the truth is, right? it seems like it's a long way off now. democrats are clawing at this issue day aft

joining me now, chris stirewalt, politics editor here and kevin collins, white house correspondent for "the daily caller" ." caitlin, you were there at the white house today. you met with some administration officials paid what is the mood. >> they are a little shell-shocked. they are not sure what message they should be going with right now and they haven't really offered an explanation beyond denial. they are denying "the new york times" story that donald trump asked comey to shut down the investigation. they are saying that didn't happen, it never came from him. they haven't told us what trump did say during the conversation and if he asked mike pence and jeff sessions to leave the room. we haven't found out who was in the room or what trump said. we are waiting on messaging from the white house. >> bret: president trump tweeted out that there were tapes, or suggested their work and saying james comey shouldn't talk to the press. maybe there are these tapes. white house hasn't engaged. >> they haven't. if there is a transcript, there's been rumblings, they have a confirmed or denied

here with analysis, chris stirewalt, democratics strategist and a republican strategist. contributors. welcome to all of you. so chris, wow, pretty dire words. what you make of it? stated that the exact with us struggling administration needs is a savage bloodletting paired the need to cut all the throats and get the slaughter. at a certain point at a certain point, you cannot continue to give the people who work for you nothing but beat downs, terror, worried, as my job safe, are you in, are you out, it's all of the intrigue. in an organization, any organization but especially one as important as the white house, loyalty is a two-way street. donald trump expect the people who work for him rightly to be loyal to him. they should have the same expectation of the president that he is going to help them do their jobs well, facilitate situations where they can succeed and when things go poorly, see his own part of fault in this and not just say you're out, you're out, it's your fault, i'm going to go be mad. >> martha: mercedes, we've seen the way that the president does thing

joining me now, chris stirewalt, politics editor here and kevin collins, white house correspondent for "the daily caller" ." caitlin, you were there at the white house today. you met with some administration officials paid what is the mood. >> they are a little shell-shocked. they are not sure what message they should be going with right now and they haven't really offered an explanation beyond denial. they are denying "the new york times" story that donald trump asked comey to shut down the investigation. they are saying that didn't happen, it never came from him. they haven't told us what trump did say during the conversation and if he asked mike pence and jeff sessions to leave the room. we haven't found out who was in the room or what trump said. we are waiting on messaging from the white house. >> bret: president trump tweeted out that there were tapes, or suggested their work and saying james comey shouldn't talk to the press. maybe there are these tapes. white house hasn't engaged. >> they haven't. if there is a transcript, there's been rumblings, they have a confirmed or denied

we turn to fox news editor chris stirewalt.here's so much tittering about how much trouble the republican party is in and here's just another example, we heard all over place of how rough things are for them and it was rough in that interview room. is there a larger indication for how the party is doing? >> this is not the happiest season of the republican party has ever had, no question. the selection is a long time from now, they look at three relevant special election votes we've seen so far, democrats are outperforming what we would expect them to do by about eight points. if they did that next year, there would be a lot of districts, certainly enough to give them a majority in the house, if they were to keep a performance at this rate and to do it across the country, they could win -- they would win the house and do it handily. there is a lot of football to be played between now and then. at the republicans get their act together, if they start governing well, if the administration shifts out of the scandal mode and rush o

chris stirewalt standing by. katherine herridge is on capitol hill this afternoon at the hearing.we begin with white house correspondent kevin corn on the white house lawn.

news specialists today lawyer ingraham and chris stirewalt. we thank all of you for watching. it's been a great week. thank you for watching on social media fnc twitter and facebook. 5:00 will never be the same. "special report" coming up now. ♪ >> bret: president trump warns his former fbi director to watch what he says amid reports the president asked james comey for a pledge of loyalty and insinuates it might all be caught on tape. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. new threats, real or implied tonight from president trump as the fallout continues over his firing of fbi director james comey. the president tweeted a warning to comey this morning to be careful what he says to the media. also, the president floated the idea of canceling future press briefings and handing out written statements and answers instead. we have fox team coverage. catherine herridge tells us what all this means on the investigation going forward. we start off again tonight though with chief white house correspondent john roberts on the north la

chris stirewalt, thank you. fox news alert. the white house press set to start any minute now. the press briefing at the white house should start any minute. sean spicer will likely discuss president trump's meeting today with the palestinian leader at the white house. their first face to face after which they held a joint press conference on the possibility of restarting stalled midmiddle east peace talk. john roberts has more on this. john, president trump's plan is that he is ready to negotiate peace between the palestinians. a lot of news coming out of that meeting today as well. >> definitely. you see this a number of times in the past. there's no question that every time a new administration comes in and we've seen it over the past three administrations, there's always optimistic talk ab finally achieving middle east peace. but there is a sense particularly among the palestinian, that president trump may be the one who can get this done. and his national security adviser speaking at the israel independence day dinner last night was suggesting that his disruptive nature ma

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let's bring in chris stirewalt. you heard it. they want to know what's gonna happen next with the fbi. no? >> and then they're hitting him with the tasers. get outta here. go. >> melissa: that's the press. >> it's the press. you gotta tase them. do you remember how hillary clinton had them roped off in the parade. >> melissa: you have them cast as the ones being hurt here. they're pretty aggressive themselves. seems like it's equally match on either side. >> isn't that our job? there is no bigger question in washington now because so much of president trump's agenda and so much of the president hopes and dreams of holding on to the house and everything else descends out of the president choosing wisely and choosing well on this replacement for the ousted fbi director. >> melissa: what is more important in your mind for the president continuing or improving on his past doing everything he wanted to do. kind of two balls up in the air. should he have a shake-up in the white house? or should he focus all his efforts on getting someo

joining us now, chris stirewalt, fox news political editor.y opinion, because i think it's the media that's distracting us completely from what's really going on in our lives. you're laughing again. of go ahead, chris. take me to pieces. >> no, i would never. i would never! i think she's right to criticize congress. i definitely think that's so, and if congress is not able to focus on its own work and is instead distracted by what they see in the newspaper, the simple answer to this is all robert mueller. it's all robert mueller. you read the excellent "wall street journal" piece today that said mueller is moving with alacrity, he's putting his staff together, getting ready, trying to move this as quickly as possible. he's snapping out the ball, and he's getting ready to move. that's the whole point not just for congress, but also for the trump administration, for everybody. there is an intact investigation in the hands of a respected, trusted individual. it will proceed, and everybody else can get back to work. stuart: but it's not changed th

given that we have competing investigations in the house and the senate, i just think this is, as chris stirewalt indicated, an important enough issue that we need an independent special committee or special counsel as i've written, to get to the bottom of the facts. without partisanship. like the watergate committee. i don't know what the facts, are it may well be there is no collusion. but i'm very worried between the president's efforts, his communication staff, which has been at the least off-message, competing investigations, the firing now of james comey, we need at best to have a separate body or separate investigator get to the bottom of what did or did not happen. >> jon: doug and ed, thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you. >> jenna: fous news alert, a police chief is dead after a man opens fire at an ohio nrsing home. matt is live in chicago with the latest. matt? >> jenn, total of four people dead, three people inside the ohio nursing home, two employees, the third was the shooter. we have learned that that police chief was shot and killed in this case, 36-year-old steven desario, sounds l

fox news politics editor chris stirewalt is with us.as it shifted the conversation away from turmoil? has it? >> to a degree. i think the thing that has more shifted the discussion away was the appointment of the special counsel. that puts everything on ice. it slows down the leaks, it changes the discussion, it creates new forbearance in washington so it's very good timing for the president. first you get the special counsel, then you get the foreign trip. it's a page-turner. stuart: but it's also, i mean, it's political must-see. the president of the united states at the western wall in jerusalem. the president of the united states greeted warmly by the king of saudi arabia. the president of the united states signing $400 billion worth of deals in one day. that's compelling. that takes you away from any mention of impeachment, for heaven sake, or the russians or comey. it's a win-win, isn't it? >> yeah. this is a good thing for the president. and as long as he keeps having good execution, he's doing a good job on the trip. there's bee

chris stirewalt joins us now, mo eleithee is a fox news contributor and former dnc spokesman. gentlemen, welcome to you. i guess we start there with a statement. and chris come i want to get your thoughts on it. we have seen the tweet about there being tapes of this comey conversation, we have seen tweets about the russia hoax and now, at least for the moment, the tone of this statement from the dip president, where he says, as i stated many times, fh thorough investigation will confirm what we already know. there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. i look forward to this matter concluding quickly. in the meantime, i will never stop fighting for the people and the issues that matter most to the future of our country." from president donald trump. your thoughts? >> that's a grown-up thing to say. in fact, the white house should, based on the president's prior statements on the statements of his staff, welcome this moment. they could not have a better person in this job than bob mÜller, who, from his bronze star in vietnam is in vietnam, to his years unde

chris stirewalt, how are you? good day to you? i think they call that a brushback pitch in baseball. just be warned there is no tapes about our conversations. what do you make of that from 30 minutes ago on twitter? >> well, i sort of think about it like this. you have the president's team are like surgeons in the operating theater. they are in there, the scalpels and the masks and beads of sweat and the door bangs open and the president has mud boots on and he is stomping all over the place making all kind of noise. it is disruptive to say the least as his team tries to put back together what he tore asunder and maybe he was right. maybe it was the only choice he had to fire james comey. he tore it all asunder. they're trying to put it back together and he is acting out today because he obviously is not satisfied with the response, the reaction to what he did this week. >> bill: here is another tweet. he says when clapper says there is no collusion, where does it end, where does it stop? it is clear to me that he wanted comey a w

. >> shannon: let's bring in chris stirewalt. very eventful morning in d.c.he last time we heard publicly from the director he said his goal was to not make news. so i would assume he will follow along that train of thought or try to today. >> for a guy who was really good at making news in 2016, in 2017 he has developed a knack for avoiding it and up to these senators republican and democrat, to try to nail him down and find the tough spot where they can force him to answer difficult questions. >> shannon: we're looking live in the room. he has arrived and taken a seat at the table. there will be preliminary things. statements from the committee once he starts speaking we'll get there. let's talk about the fact that hillary clinton pointed the finger squarely at comey yesterday talking about her election defeat. there were a lot of things that factored in, comey was one of them the day he issued the letter looking into more emails. had the election been the day before she would be president clinton. donald trump tweeted this, comey was the best thing that ev

chris stirewalt here to analyze this. good morning. we have not seen the memo as i like to say to you, big picture where are we this morning on this? frame it. >> we're in this larger sense in terms of the investigation, we have no idea where we are because we don't know -- not only have we not seen the memo, we haven't seen the larger investigation. we don't know what truth it will bear, if any. we have no idea where all of this goes. to a certain extent we are shadow boxing here. we aren't sure exactly what we're dealing with. >> bill: all right. richard burr is a republican from north carolina and investigating all things russia as is the house and the f.b.i. you have three active investigations right now. this is what he said, all right? he met with comey the day he was fired by the president. the director of the f.b.i. shared more information with senator warner on myself than any director has ever shared. something as material of that probably would have been something he would have shared had it happened. okay. should he have? >

chris stirewalt fox news contributor with me now.was there for five hours, took the heat in the heavily democratic part of his district which went for trump by seven points. he has taken the heat. he is standing there and they came loaded to go after him. >> he is doing it right. that's what you have to do. holding the public trust even if it's part of the public trust in the house means you have to go to the part of the district you don't want to go to. you need to listen to people yell at you who won't vote for you because you represent them, too. he did there what others of his colleagues who have not run, who have not fought and shouted and screamed, who haven't gotten livid. you have to stand there and take it sometimes. >> bill: his story is touching. lost his mom to cancer, an 11-year-old daughter die with major health issues. one of the audience members said we know your story. answer our questions. it was clear that many in the audience are pushing for single payer and you will hear more of this, chris. >> sure, you may even

chris stirewalt is with us, fox news political editor. chris, your thoughts on that? >> why not?question of platform. the things that donald trump says would be either good or bad on the radio, on television, on twitter. he is the president of the united states. he can certainly get his message out. charles: he can get his message out but i think some people who actually are, who are fans of the president do worry about the impulsiveness of twitter being right there and being able to tweet the first thing that comes to mind. >> well they won't fix that by taking twitter away from him. as we saw with his firing the way he fired james comey, he used his personal bodyguard to issue the letter. he did that before a tweet was issued. it is not about the social media platforms but getting the boss to work with you channels f you want to fire the fbi director work through us. some compared "jerry maguire" through the locker room scene, help me, help you. help me, help you. a lot of white house staff and support remembers saying. charles: washington media can't seem to stop talking about

for more on all of this stirewalt is with us now, how are you doing, chris? another day to go overseas on this trip. do you see a takeaway and overall theme that's developed? >> it's been a long one, right? it seems like it was a long time ago the president arrived in riyadh and all of that. and we now come to sicily and we come to really what is in a lot of ways the hardest part of the trip. these are the most fraught relationships. these are the most difficult ones in a lot of ways. but the takeaway is basically this. donald trump, the president, was mostly disciplined. he was mostly on message. he had what is i would say to this point unassailably a successful outing for an administration that needed one right now. mark it down. >> bill: a lot of people talking about the challenge issued at the nato summit yesterday in brussels. this was said by bob gates under the obama administration in 2011. now we're going back six years ago as we listen to this. >> there is no substitute for nations providing the resources necessary to have the military capability the