as an mp he is going to be chairman of the judicial committee.rred to the green party as child molesters and coke heads. it has been suspended frequently from his regional parliament when he was serving there, because it is outrageous behaviour. do you think it is wise to put him into a position such as committee chairman of the judicial committee chairman of the judicial committee was it was not my decision. it was the decision of the so—called is elled the council of the bundestag. -- elder council. nobody is agreed, not even the greens and left themselves. it was only the election proper of that committee that it was disputed. it is the first time it has happened in 60 years in german history, the same to me. the no reason at all. we have seen to me. the no reason at all. we have seen nazis in the 19505. nobody was ever disputed and some people who got a few calls in regional parliaments and even me, who did nothing at all basically, were disputed just because we were afd members. this is the treatment the afd is receiving all the time. let me

he is important because now as an mp he is now going to be the chair of the judicial committee.ters and cokeheads. he has been suspended from his regional parliament because of his outrageous behaviour. is it, do you think, wise to put him into a position such as committee chairman of the judicial committee? it was not my decision, it was the decision of others, the elder council of the bundestag. they put him in that position. nobody disagreed, not even the lefts and the greens themselves, nobody disagreed, it was only at the election proper, the initial meeting of that committee that it was disputed for whatever reasons. this is the first time it has happened in 60 years in german history, same for me. for no reason at all. we have seen former nazis in the 1950s heading those parties, we have seen former communists from the sed party in the 1990s. nobody was ever disputed and some people who got a few calls in regional parliaments and even me, who did nothing at all basically, were disputed just because we were afd members. this is the treatment the afd is receiving all the ti

and the chairman of the judicial committee. has made speeches like i guess. the left party is a disgrace for germany the social democrats are a disgrace for germany the f.d.p. it's nothing new is a disgrace for germany. the green party to sum it all up is a disgrace for germany and every german parliament. our political correspondent for did of old joins us now from our report we just heard about how some leading the parliamentarians feel about their colleagues across the aisle in the bundestag what can we expect when they face off again today. well today as you already mentioned the refugee issue again is topic in the bundestag on refugees time reunification of refugees this is an issue bare the the fields this is our home turf they have they have a great strong strong stance against migration against refugees and so it's quite certain that they want to make a point here today of the debate right now is going on the speaker because unbuilt has just gone. just started his speech and he strongly opposes these reunification of family of refugee families saying

this hour, i will talk to senate judicial committee member, chris co coons and our jeff zeleny is standing by. >> we are learning that the president has been telling his friends and allies in recent days that he believes the release of this memo have shown that the fbi have been prejudice against him. he's leading towards releasing the memo as early as tomorrow. >> president trump not talking tonight about the extraordinary feud raging with the fbi. >> mr. president, have you decided if you will release the memo. >> reporter: as the president moving closer to declassify a house republican memo accusing of federal authorities mishandling the cnn probe. top aids are worried and the fbi director, christopher wray, could fit in protest. after returning from the gop congressional retreat in west virginia today, the president is not answering questions of the fbi director. >> are you worried that the fbi director may quit over this decision. >> reporter: cnn learned that the president has told friends in recent phone calls, the memo could help discredit the russia investigation. but, not all rep

details from the white house about still pending clearances amongst the white house staff and the judicial committee sent a letter over today. i'm wondering if the white house is going to -- plans to comply with those requests i know you've been hesitant to release that information. >> i haven't been hesitant. i've been very clear that we don't discuss security clearances. that's not changing today. it didn't change yesterday, not going to change tomorrow or next week. >> so you're not going to comply with the request? >> i didn't say that. i said i'm not going to discuss security clearances with members of the press. that's not been different at any point in the administration. >> are you going to comply with those requests? >> i'll let you know when we've had a chance to review that and make a decision. >> the president is supportive of energy producers and it seems as though the issue here is whether the president or the white house supports waivers. >> there's a lot of differing views on this issue. we'll continue having conversations. he met with senators cruz and grassley and toomey to discuss

lead author of that proposal is the chairman of the house judicial committee bob goodlatte.ood morning to you on friday. >> good to be with you and your viewers. >> bill: thank you for being here. i watched that senate vote yesterday and saw four amendments go down one after another and i said immigration reform is dead on arrival is it? >> no it isn't. the president ending the daca program because it was unconstitutional and saying to congress fix it created an opportunity to put this issue on the front burner and it is important that it stay there. the house republican leadership strongly agrees with that. and we are working very hard to pass legislation. one advantage we have in the house is that it only requires a majority of the house. >> bill: you could get it in the house, i understand that. when it moves to the senate your plan will be more conservative than what they were even considering in the senate. you will do the wall, chain migration, visa lottery and legal status, not officially amnesty. if it will be more conservative in the house, how does that advance in

lou: we have given devin nunes and the house intelligence committee all the credit in the world. because without judicialnd the house intelligence committee, where the hell are the american people? we are the mushrooms that they keep throwing that stuff on top of us and keeping us in the dark, and the national left-wing media is content to let us stay there in that state. >> it's a thundering style on the left in has been no real substantive reporting on this dnc-hillary clinton subsidizing of a russian influence operation. there is no discussion of it. and very little attention paid to the liaison or communications between the mccabe-strzok-page world of the fbi and the obama white house. they had meetings there. who is discussing that? what role did lisa monaco have in the white house as the contact person during the campaign? lou: do you recall when the obama administration sent out a new policy statement on cyber attacks effectively saying when a cyber attack against the united states is so injurious to national security, we'll respond to what while interpret as an act of war. what could be more an i

. >> i am so thankful of the intelligence committee, judicial system, fbi, cia and the people that protect us every day and do up and beyond what anyone can imagine that they do to keep us safe. i would just say if you don't then you haven't spent enough time with them. if you don't believe the professionalism that that have is real, then go out and spend some time before you start talking and degrade him. these people do not do this for fame or fortune, chris. i can assure you. they can all do an awful lot better financially if they go into the private sector. these are true patriots. i respect them. bob mueller is by far the most respected be earn that we have in the judicial community that both sides will agree upon. i pray to the good lord that the president or his administration does not move on bob mueller, does not try to remove him any way shape or form. you'll see democrats and republicans coming together as americans and doing their job in the senate and in the house. i really believe that. >> look at how the dominos are lined up here. again, statement against self-interest. i'm

the judicial committee has already referred christopher steele to the doj already.tment of russians, hogan gidley on that coming up. griff: is he one of many heroes emerging in that florida shooting. a junior rotc shooting shielding his classmates with kevlar sheets. that hero is here to share his story of courage coming up. hey! we didn't have a homeowners claim last year so allstate is giving us money back on our bill. well, that seems fair. we didn't use it. wish we got money back on gym memberships. get money back hilarious. with claim-free rewards. switching to allstate is worth it. ♪ ♪ pete: welcome back. couple quick headlines for you. a terrorist refuses to leave his drol hear a judge sentence him to life in prison. warrior last march after he confessed to throwing a grenade and fatally shooting two american soldiers in afghanistan. he's being held in new york city and maybe he should be shipped to gitmo. and the man pleading guilty to stabbing two member in the mall of america is sentenced to 15 years, mahad abra herminey raising index finger on right hand

i am so thankful and appreciative of the intelligence committee. the judicial system the fbi. the cia and all the people that protect us every day and do up and beyond what anybody can imagine. that they do to keep us safe. and i would say if you don't, you haven't spent enough time with them. if you don't believe this sincerity and the professionalism they have is real, then go out and spend some time before you start talking and degrading them. these people do not do this for fame or fortune. i can assure you. they can all do an awful lot better financially into the private sector. these are true patriots. i respect them. bob mueller is by far the most respected person we have in the judicial community. that both sides will agree upon. adnistration doesn't move on hat bob mueller. doesn't try to remove him. because you will see i truly believe in my heart that you will see democrats and republicans coming together as americans. and doing their job in the senate and in the house. i really believe that. >> just look at how the dominos are lined up here. again statement against

. >> host: judicial watch.org and the website thanks for your time. this evening the committee voted to release response to the majority's memo. we think this will help inform the public of the many distortions and inaccuracies in the majority memo. we also asked as a part of our transmittal to the white house that unlike the process that was used the department of justice and fbi would be consulted and have the opportunity to vent any information they may be concerned about in terms of sources and methods. they've already had the memo for several days. we also want to make sure that any reductions that are made are fully explained to the committee by the fbi or department of justice and likewise by the white house. we want to make sure the white house doesn't redact from political purposes and that is a concern. the majority found themselves in the position when they released misleading the memos had refused to release the democratic response they were compelled to take the actions they did today and we think this will be useful for the american people to see. i also want to s

both congressional and judiciary committees, judicial watch, new york times, yale law school, et al. reaction be tomorrow on sunday shows? >> for the first time ever in my life, i agree with carter page on one thing. let's see the applications. what will the democratic reaction be? i think as over-the-top as the republican reaction was. they will get way out over their skis. they will say this disproves this and that when again, it questions republican assertions. it contests republican assertions but aside from providing that vice application regarding the disclosure that the christopher steele information was going to be used to discredit a political opponent. which is an important piece of evidence. aside from that a lot of it is asking the american people to trust them. >>arthel: would you say the american people are the least serviced in this process? >> 100%. a sober and responsible investigation like the one the senate intelligence committee is doing to its credit, does not engage in this ridiculous food fight without providing the american people information we need to judge

i've worked with him quietly in ethics committee subcommittees. he is a judicial person.o i would -- with the exception of benghazi. >> it's a big exception. this is the point i'm trying to make for the audience this morning. if you guys don't agree, you believe the other side is the worst possible thing that could ever manifest itself in public service. we saw that with benghazi and how the left felt about those efforts. now we see the right feeling the same way about the russia probe. the president of the united states is not convinced that the russia interfered in the 2016 election. how can the people have any expectation of progress in that kind of environment? >> it creates an environment where the people only believe what they want to believe, and we have a president and frankly a white house that's a lying machine. when you have your own fbi director who you have selected sit before a senate committee and give a chronology that clearly is not in sync with what your chief of staff is saying, there's something wrong. there is a set of facts that is true, and we've go

committee wanted the director of the company to, quote, donate the property to the committee to avoid a complicated judicialess. giving away property that still technically belonged to one of the feared drug traffickers seemed ill-advised. the costa ricaens would have to solve the legal issues on their own. pablo escobar was a child nursing at his mother's breast compared to quintero referring to the notorious colombian kingpin. i don't want to be one he visits after prison. and the acts of self--preservation was prescient. he was released on a technicality with 12 years remaining on his sentence. before the united states could extradite him, he disappeared. as of this writing. his name sits atop the d.e.a.'s list of fugitives. the model came at an age easy to streamline. there was incredible wealth in the developing world. even as countries like russia and china and the u.s. proved increasingly unwilling to provide welfare for their citizens. consequence can be seen in one heart rending story i found in the documents involving russia. as putin and his cronies transferred billions to their children, ordinar

mick mulvaney, the man who killed osama bin laden, rob o'neill, devon nunes the intel committee chairman, judicial straw poll that's what these folks are voting on right now and unlike years past where there's a democrat in the white house and they're picking their conservative presidential preference, they are instead voting on issues things like immigration and also the filibuster rule whether or not the senate should change the minimum requirement to pass a legislation out of the upper chamber from 60 down to 51, so that's what's happening on the ipads here in the hallway. all the action though this afternoon will be back in the big ball room in new york. rachel: it's good it's in the of noon peter it looks a little quiet i think those kids are a little hung over right now. ed: no. rachel: possible? >> most of the college republicans are just starting to trickle in. ed: peter doocy for the record has been on the job for a couple of hours. griff: well done, peter. rachel: all right still ahead, forget man's best friend how about man's life saver? how this brave german shepherd saved his owners.

committee memo. first, we're from university of texas law and also a judicial watch. ♪ host: the house intelligence committeeeets at 5:00 to consider if they will release the democratic response released by republicans last week. if they do, the white house would he given five days to object. it will gojects it, to the house for a vote. trump said the release of the memo vindicates him in the investigation being conducted by robert mueller. several republicans disagree. for our next hour, we want to get your thoughts on if you agree with the president possible assessment on the release of the memo. here's how you can let us know. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. you can post thoughts on twitter, @cspanwj. on our twitter page twitter.com/cspanwj. the memo, from the president, it totally vindicates the president in the probe, but the witchhunt goes on and on. collusion and obstruction. after one year of looking and leslie finding nothing, collusion is dead. this is an american disgrace. today this morning, these are the editors saying the men not- saying the

judicial nominations. on c-span3, a look at the federal budget process with the house and senate budget committees. at four clock p.m. eastern, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein on federal law enforcement priorities. >> this week on "newsmakers," the president of the american federation of teachers randi weingarten joins us. >> great to be here. have evergreen with the new york times. i will begin with your response to the president calling for teachers to be armed in our nations schools. -- it is ast terrible idea. period, full stop. but it saddens me, because it shows absolutely no understanding that children, parents, and educators all want and need schools to be safe sanctuaries for teaching and learning, not armed fortresses. not armed camps. and it felt like oh, this is what the nra has wanted all along. this is now a new market for the gun manufacturers. and this is where the president, after that listening session, to ok this conversation instead of actually trying to reduce gun violence in our streets and our schools? so if you think about it pragmatically, it is an insane suggestion,

basically says that sanctions should be imposed by the judicial branch of the government, not the legislative branch. >> republicans on the committeeore severe punishment. >> if, in fact, what was contained in the starr report -- that is, very strong evidence that mr. clinton perjured himself and obstructed justice -- then these are far too serious to be dealt with simply by a slap on the wrist. >> the president of the united states, the highest-ranking public official in our country, that he just be censured would be sending the wrong message out. why should the president of the united states be treated differently? >> a censure resolution was drafted, but with a party-line vote, the judiciary committee gave their answer. it would be impeachment or nothing. at 3:00 on december 15, house judiciary chairman henry hyde delivered the articles of impeachment to the house secretary. the 105th congress was poised to begin the first such proceedings in 130 years. but 12 hours before debate was set to begin, it was put on hold. >> good evening. earlier today, i ordered america's armed forces to strike military and security targets in iraq.

basically says that sanctions should be imposed by the judicial branch of the government, not the legislative branch. >> republicans on the committee if, in fact, what was contained in the starr report -- that is, very strong evidence that mr. clinton perjured himself and obstructed justice -- then these are far too serious to be dealt with simply by a slap on the wrist. >> the president of the united states, the highest-ranking public official in our country, that he just be censured would be sending the wrong message out. why should the president of the united states be treated differently? >> a censure resolution was drafted, but with a party-line vote, the judiciary committee gave their answer. it would be impeachment or nothing. at 3:00 on december 15, house judiciary chairman henry hyde delivered the articles of impeachment to the house secretary. the 105th congress was poised to begin the first such proceedings in 130 years. but 12 hours before debate was set to begin, it was put on hold. >> good evening. earlier today, i ordered america's armed forces to strike military and security targets in iraq. >> impeachment would hav

judicial review next month. the government has ordered a review of the transparency of parole board decisions. professor hardwick told thejustice committeepeople didn't really understand what the parole board did: we could do much more than we do at present to explain individual decisions. there are risks to doing that. and they need to be carefully explored and considered stop with its an awareness and education programme. for proposals can you second yourself? there are number of different steps that we are in the process of taking. i think there i think we need to have accessible information about the process and the number of different formats and the number of different platforms. what we can't do and we're absolutely prohibited, is explaining anything about an individual case. even the most basic of things. talking about completely different cases, you will have victims ask for information about licence commissions. we have information about licence commissions that would reassure them. they would find comforting. and we can't tell them. we can go much further, much further in explaining our decisions to people so that they have a

committee dems playing politics. they are accused of intentionally revealing surveillance methods in their counter memo. we'll take itw up with judicial watc hi, i'm the internet! you know what's difficult? armless bowling. ahhhhhhhh! you know what's easy? building your website with godaddy. get your domain today and get a free trial of gocentral. build a better website in under an hour. gregg: disturbing details emerging on the demoted department of justice official bruce ohr. he failed to disclose on ethics forms that his wife was being paid by fusion gps. and hillary and the democrats were paying gps. willfully falsifying government ethics forms can carry a penalty of jail time. joining me, tom fitton of judicial watch. if you knowingly and willfully lie to the government, it's a year behind bars, isn't it? >> paul manafort is facing charges for doing something like that. for filing false foreign agent forms. you have to disclose information about spousal income so his supervisors can figure out if there are conflicts in his work. he failed to disclose that his spouse worked for a feution gps that compiled the trump dossier that br

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judicial oversight of any potential firing of his investigation. >> congressman, tontd we are also awaiting the release of your democrat memo from the committee whichnes memo alleged fbi abuses to spy on the trump campaign highest levels of the fbi. democrat memo now in the president's hand when the president was asked today when it will be released, here's how he responded. >> it's going to be released soon. release the letter soon. >> we'll release alert soo lett. any idea when? >> it should be released soon and free from any political edits. looks like he's playing games. most people want us to move on with our investigation. we haven't heard from any witnesses in this investigation for over a month now. and, remember, erin, that just in the last two weeks, cia director it mike pompeo and secretary of state rex tillerson have warnds that the russians are still interfering in our democracy. so we would be wise to get back to work and do all we can to protect this upcoming november midterm election. >> so, you know, after the president said the memo would be leased soon, you say he's playing games. i want to share this with you. the white house pu

judicial watch organization reveals some documents that show the state department providing classified records to senator ben cardin in an effort to undermine donald trump. ranking member on the senate foreign relations committeeocrats, the obama administration backing up intelligence information on russia to make it impossible for donald trump to do his job when he was elected. that was the plan. this is another dossier created by the obama state department sent to cardin just the day before donald trump's inauguration and you may remember that the fence department official talked about getting all this intelligence information and leaking it and i want to know who was gathering this intelligence for improper purposes to target the trump administration. the abuses are legion. it is important to know this memo is only one aspect of the scandal. other agencies being abused with you have unmasking, classified leaks. i hope the memo get into some of that. rob: i am not a betting man but i think you will have a busy day today. you have been on the story from the beginning, thank you for your time and good luck. jillian: 19 minutes after the hour, black lives matter making sure no matter what, super bowl fans get a

committee's investigation into the anti-trump dossier. he is talking about it. he'll talk about that and we will get answers. fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano will help weigh in. giving them a couple weeks a to answer it you will be subpoenaed and come before congress to tell us when you knew about this. add downy to keep your collars from stretching, unlike detergent alone, downy conditions to smooth and strengthen fibers. so next time don't half-wash it. downy and it's done. proud partner of the olympic winter games. looking for a hotel that fits... whoooo. ...your budget? tripadvisor now searches over... ...200 sites to find you the... ...hotel you want at the lowest price. grazi, gino! find a price that fits. tripadvisor. >> harris: fox news alert now. new details on the democrats fisa memo, adam schiff the ranking member on the house intelligence committee says he is aiming to make that document public some time this week. he says it will rebut a republican memo which outlines alleged abuses by the fbi and doj against the trump campaign. this as republicans on the committee are launching phase ii of thei

committee chairman who wrote the memo. he will be on with bret baier, i won't miss a second. you shouldn't either. thank you. here now, the president of judicial watch. he has supported the release of the memo from the very beginnin beginning. throughout more information process to try to get as much into the bloodstream of america so they can know what was going on. your reaction to the release of the g.o.p. memo? >> i think it's pretty devastating. i listened to a lot of the commentary and i don't think you can -- it would be difficult to overstate the importance of the revelations in this memo. not only in terms of the corruption in the obama administration but the really devastating blow it strikes at the mueller investigation. when you have the obama justice department take their best shot with the fisa court and the best shot is a clinton campaign document to run the narrative for russia collusion, a trump campaign official or volunteer and it turns out there was nothing out there but for that dossier paid for by clinton, that means there's no mueller investigation without clinton and dnc funds. the whole thing is subject to i think bein

committee james e. flynn from mississippi. at that time, of course democrat john kennedy was in the white house and brown now and e. flynn over these judicial appointments. and so he comes into his office and says jim, how's it going. well, much better since you guys got out of fear. in the southern federal judgeships, kennedy appointed hard-core segregationists. you may have caught the fact that i went from truman to eisenhower to johnson and i skipped over john kennedy. i am not very positive chapter as you will see. >> i wonder if you can comment on lyndon johnson, of the political ramifications of what would happen, especially in the house when he pressed very hard to get an important civil rights legislation passed. can you comment on his actual understanding of what was going to happen as a result of that. >> lyndon johnson obviously knew this out very well. one day after the 1964 civil rights act was passed, which struck down segregation, he turned and said well, you just delivered the republican party for a long time to come. and he was absolutely right. prior to the 1960s, we had a four party system. we have the democratic party co

judicial watch obviously wants it. we want it. >> you have the chairman of the house judiciary committee who has requested to be able to sit in andse types of, you know, secret courts. and they're being denied. so even members with security clearances who created this court are not being able to look at it that should put out a flashing red line to everybody. ainsley: jason, in is what i have a problem with what's going on with the fisa court? why don't we have more information with the fisa court. if they though it's political why would they ever say yes to this? >> something like 9% presented to this court is approved. steve: rubber stamped. >> it's just a rubber stamp much the court has got to stand up for its sufficiently at some point. ainsley: like a secret court. we are not allowed to know about it yet we fund it with our tax dollars. >> congress passed the reauthorization of this and days later revealed fundamental flaws. i will let you figure out whether or not that was right but that is what happened. steve: real briefly, you have hope that the inspector general of the department of justice will connect all the dots. >>

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committee chairman rhonda make daniel, department of treasury. the undersecretary for international affairs is here. fox news senior judicial analyst judge napolitano is here and dr. mckellar shot skeet, duck or mike is here as well. don't miss a moment of it. we kick it off right here at this top story. unpatriotic. that is what nancy pelosi is calling the historic gop tax overhaul. a dnc sponsored townhall mustang phoenix gave the leaders stand for new tax law and she's faced immediate backlash. watch. >> is what you're doing is cutting taxes at the high-end and therefore not being allowed to invest in the future, you are doing a grave disservice to our country. [inaudible] most people have to struggle -- make ends meet. we are not talking about that. so in any event -- >> they are yelling how much are you worth, nancy. you might remember the $1000 tax cut of this last month. watch this. >> in terms of the bonus that corporate america received versus the crimes that they are giving to workers to kind of petitioners on his soap headache. it's so pathetic. maria: wow, bliss' latest comments after a major democratic super pa

committee. i would encourage all my colleagues to join me in voting to confirm elizabeth branch today. let's continue to fulfill our constitutional responsibility and confirm the president's outstanding judicial nominees. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. young: i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. young: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of the following nomination -- executive calendar 387. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: department of agriculture, william northey of iowa to be under secretary of farm and agricultural services. mr. young: i ask consent, mr. president, that the senate vote on the nomination with no intervening action or debate, that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, that no further motions be in order, and that any statements relati