a.g. garland: i was at nogales. it's what they were doing at the border -- senator graham: they never mentioned to you that they got a problem with being overrun by asylum seekers? a.g. garland: i know from reading the news media that border patrol agents feel that way. senator graham: it's not about reading the paper. you talked to them. a.g. garland: i am not -- senator graham: i am stunned you can't recall that. host: your confidence level in merrick garland as attorney general, that's the conversation with you this morning. lawayne in georgia. caller: i'll get to merrick garland. let me address that guy from arizona. he sounds about the same age i am. he is better to be thought a fool than remove your mouth and relieve all doubt. don't go up there with that crazy talk. discussing the issue that's made up. now, as far as merrick garland goes, i'm upset with him because the minute -- the day after congress voted to hold steve bannon in contempt, he should have had a memo -- he should have had him in prison. merric

a.g. garland: they never mention to you that they've got a problem being overrun by asylum-seekers.that border patrol agents feel that way. it's not about reading the >> it's not about reading the paper. you were talking to them. >> a.g. garland: i don't want to -- >> i am stunned that you can't recall that. >> garland also addressed some conflict of interest allegations, having to do with his son in law, the company he works for. he sibley said he did not feel he needed to seek an ethics opinion on that matter. >> all right, aishah. all of this craziness is starting to infuse. >> i bring it wherever i go. [laughter] >> it's all on you. doesn't stop! aishah, thank you. you have heard that the president is going to be meeting with the pope, and man oh, man, his father roberts angry at not the president, but the pope. you. your dell technologies advisor is here to help. so you can stop at nothing for your customers. ♪ darling, i, i can't get enough of your love babe♪ ♪girl, i don't know, i don't know,♪ ♪i don't know why i can't get♪ applebee's. now that's eatin' good in the neighborho

a.g. garland was pressed whether hunter biden used his dad's success to further his art career.ainting that sold for a half million dollars. as much as -- here is some of his exchange with the a.g. >> the third painting you may recognize is a hunter biden. in 2019 hunter biden couldn't find a gallery to list his art. what happened in 2020 that changed all that? his dad became president of the united states. and i am asking you now will you appoint a special counsel to investigate hunter biden? >> apparently i just received the letter today from you and we'll be taking it under advisement. >> harris: a little theater and laughs there. many people see it as a problem including president obama's former ethics chief. >> hunter biden doesn't have anything to worry about with merrick garland as long as he isn't going to a school board to advocate for children and against some of the actions of school boards across the country. unfortunately for the men and women at the f.b.i. who want to fight high crimes and miss misdemeanors garland is turning them into a security force for school b

a.g. merrick garland is in a war with the american family. the one positive thing to have come out of remote learning parents are more aware of the shenanigans in the classroom. they reject the perversions being forced on their children and racism disguised as -- they reject gender ideology which teaches their children there is no such thing as a boy or girl. they reject racial quotas and unscientific pandemic paranoia. in focus ian prior former department of justice official and executive director of fight for schools and a parent of two loudon county, virginia students. great to have you in "focus" today. we've seen videos of parents getting the faces of each other and saying we're united and taking on the issues. how shocked are you we're at the point where the federal government is getting involved? >> it is crazy to see that memo from attorney general garland. having worked in the justice department i've been a part of rolling out memos from the attorney general on big policy matters. when you are doing that it involves subcomponents of

tonight we start on capitol hill where merrick garland was grilled by the senate. the a.g. concerned with their kids' education. last week it was a bill the source for garland's memo was a letter from the national school board's association. it warned that some type of uptick in violence at board meetings. we didn't see it though, watch. >> when did you first review the data showing this so-called disturbing uptick?

tonight we start on capitol hill where merrick garland was grilled by the senate. the a.g. was in the hot seat over his doj memo targeting parents who are concerned with their kids' education. last week it was a bill the source for garland's memo was a letter from the national school board's association. it warned that some type of uptick in violence at board meetings. we didn't see it though, watch. >> when did you first review the data showing this so-called disturbing uptick? >> so i read the letter and we have been seeing over time threats. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. i didn't ask you so you read the letter, that's your source? >> so, let me be clear, this is not a prosecution or. >> is there some study, some earth some investigation that someone did that says there has been disturbing uptick or did you take the word of the national school board association. >> lawrence: the letter refers to american moms and dads as domestic terrorists because they wanted to protect their kids. realizing the mistake the walked back the letter. this time a.g. garland refused to follow their lea

a.g. garland on capitol hill as he defends his school board memo parents are entitled to protest.morning to you, lara what did you makes a we have you -- there you are. what we saw with the attorney general yesterday. he was grilled on capitol hill and a lot of it had to do with his memo directing the fbi investigate instances of alleged violence at school board meetings. >> well, good morning, guys. yes, coming to you a little different today had technical difficulties. carley: glad to have you. >> thanks for having me. listen, i think it's very frustrating to the american people to see that we have a fully open southern border that we have had 1.7 million people that have been apprehended so far at the southern border this year and, yet, not a single one of those people he could tell us has been prosecuted so far in america. that law being blatantly broken and nothing done about it. contrast that with what we see right now with parents all across america basically the goal, i think, of this memo that was sent out, he, of course, claims it had nothing to do with being domestic te

a.g. garland is at the center of it all today. no topic is off limits. be garland's october 4th memo asking the d.o.j. to look into threats made against school board members but garland still has not explained what he meant by the d.o.j. looking into the very vague terminology he used other forms of intimidation and harassment, what does that mean? also that memo came mere days after the national school boards association asked the president, when asked -- excuse me to ask the president to use the patriot act to deal with the threats. you can expect senators to ask what contact garland had with the white house. republicans asked him to retract the memo. yesterday when asked by fox lisa monaco declined to do that which is only going to add more fuel to the fire today. >> merrick garland has a lot of explaining to do coming to the senate judiciary committee today to testify in part about why he siced the feds on parents. he should say i'm sorry, i acted inappropriately and i will resign. >> senators will ask him about the sexual assault at allow done county

a.g. garland is getting involved. this office his office released a statement which included this, quote in recent months there's been a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers and staff who participate in the vital work of running our nation's public schools. while spirited debate about policy matters is protected under our constitution, that protection did is not extend to threats of violence or efforts to intimidate individuals based on their views. threats against public servants are not only illegal, they run counter to our nation's core values. those who dedicate their time and energy ensuring that our children receive a proper education in a safe environment deserve to be able to do their work without fear for their safety." of course, that's not the way it's interpreted in some quarters. josh hawley asked this of a doj official defending the new policy. >> with parents waiting sometimes for hours to speak at a local school boar

a.g. garland and senator tom cotton. >> department of justice, you did no independent research on what wasdid you? >> the memo has nothing to do with -- >> did you do independent research? >> the memo has -- >> did you do independent research? you're not answering that question. >> you asked the question. may i answer question? the question is why speed. the answer is when we get reports of violence and threats of violence we need to act very swiftly. i would have hated it to have gotten this letter and then acts of violence occurred in the interim before we were able to act. the only act here is assessing the circumstances. that's all there is here, and we can't wait until somebody dies. that's why we did this. >> okay, so, but elliott, not everything is what it seems here, correct? is it theater? is going on? >> it is literally all theater. the republicans on this committee fabricated a narrative for political purposes. it is 292 words. this is the title of the memorandum. it literally says to address threats about teachers and staff. the second sen tbs of it, while spirited debate about

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a.g. garland will weigh these factors and make a decision as to whether or not to pursue criminal contempt. but, you know, this is a big decision. and it's one that i'm sure he will approach very carefully. >> how important is the investigation, do you think? >> oh, i think the investigation is extremely important. and i think one recent and key evidence of that is the failure by the president to exercise executive privilege. executive privilege is not absolute privilege. it's a qualified privilege. there are competing interests at stake here. one is the ability to receive unvarnished advice from his advisers. and what is the need for the information. in this case president biden made a determination that the need is compelling. the need is great. to get information about possible criminal prosecution in relation to activities that occurred on january 6th insurrection, the assault on our democracy. and so i think that's a pretty strong signal to the attorney general. the attorney general will consider that very seriously. >> do you think meece right? do you think biden is right in this cas

a.g. garland to ultimately make a decision? >> you know, look, i hesitate to impose timing on anybody.hink anybody is aware of how politically sensitive and how much public interest there is in this. so i would think the justice department's probably been looking at it already and will get to a decision soon. you know, whether it's hours, days, or weeks, it's just hard to say, don. >> okay. i've got to ask you this. i mean we know sometimes it's hard to find the truth in d.c. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. so congresswoman liz cheney revealing today that congressman jim banks has been claiming in official letters that he is the ranking member of the january 6th committee, but he's not even on the committee. >> yeah. >> so how can he possibly make that claim? >> because it's a fabrication. look, you know, jim banks was in the negotiations earlier on to be a part of the committee and chose not to, and his party chose not to. so that's very unfortunate. the committee is clear it is bipartisan. it has democrats and republicans on it. i don't know how he's able to make that claim, but it's simpl

a.g. garland's son-in-law. we were anticipating someone might ask about him because of his ties to what is being taught but i will let you speak on what you saw. >> i have to tell you i feel like i saw the tail of two congress. it is the democrats who are very much stuck on trump, very much stuck on seeing if the department of justice will further investigate trump as a private citizen in a defamation lawsuit. they are still very focused on january 6 and you have the republicans very focused on critical race theory on the fact that garland did move very quickly on asking the f.b.i. to investigate these incidents that are happening across the country in the school boards. so i think for congressman mike johnson, i think he was very effective in just asking a very simple question. will you allow to be -- to go under an ethics review based on this potential conflict of interest? and i have to tell you, i was surprised attorney general garland wouldn't just say yes. he said he did due diligence but i don't think it

a.g. merrick garland telling him to quote federal law enforcement muscle should never be used against protesting parents, end quote. he wants merrick garland to know that. jim banks wrote a scathing letter to the national school boards association. that is the group which said these protests could be seen as domestic terrorism. congressman banks says the nsba intentionally muddles the distinction between protected speech and unlawful violence adding it conflates disagreement with violence in an attempt to convince federal law enforcement to crack down on their political opponents. marc thiessen is fox news contributor and "washington post" columnist and a friend always welcome in "focus." i want to start with representative banks' words. that is really jarring if they'll say you don't agree with one group who is in power now with majorities on the hill and in the white house, so that's against the law now? >> it's ridiculous and complete overreach. look, this is going to play out in the 2022 election. first if you look back at the key voting block that turned elections in the past. first soccer

a.g. garland over his memo threatening parents.along with ari fleischer and jason rantz at the top of the hour. >> bill: we're trying to tie this story together now. we can tell you we're watching the room with speaker pelosi expected to come out 10 minutes ago. it has been punted to 2:00 this afternoon. the president will be out at 11:30 from the white house before he goes to europe. former obama economic advisor fox news contributor robert wolf. welcome to the conversation. i want to read off the reuters wire now. tlaib says she is on in on infrastructure until there is a deal for both packages to go together. they want to vote today. roberts, what will it be? >> well listen, i think this is the perfect bill because not everyone is happy. that's legislation, right? a lot of cookie cutting going on. you know, i think they should pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. my gut tells me they have the votes for both. they have to get some of the text down in writing to get the framework to have more meat on the bone. my gut tells me

a.g. merrick garland on the hot seat last week as congress demanded answers over memo concerned parents remember as domestic terrorists. a.g. pushed back on alexandria ocasio-cortez. >> i can't imagine any circumstance in which the patriot act would be used in the circumstances of parents complaining about their children nor can i imagine a circumstance where they would be labeled domestic terrorism. testify before the senate tomorrow josh hawley said he has seen enough. senator, what did you see last week that made you feel that way? >> they said they shouldn't have sen that letter. they apologized to for it garland said he issued the memo fbi because of that letter. that was the basis for getting the fbi involved in local school board meetings. now the national school board association says we never should have sent the thing. garland should have done his job at the outset. he should have been independent. he should have said this is crazy. this is weaponizing the fbi. i would never do that he didn't and because of that he should go. >> going to have a chance to question him, right? >> i am. >

a.g. merrick garland when he testified before congress. hat congress had sent him a letter raising concerns about hunter biden's art sale. that was news to the a.g. >> i just received the letter today and we'll take it under advisement. i wasn't aware that you sent me a letter. >> tech: when you get a chip in your windshield... trust safelite. this couple was headed to the farmers market... when they got a chip. they drove to safelite for a same-day repair. and with their insurance, it was no cost to them. >> woman: really? >> tech: that's service the way you need it. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ hi i'm joe montana. when you get to be 65, you have little patience for nonsense and inefficiency. you know what works and you become a pro at pretty much everything. ♪ ♪ that's why when i qualified for medicare, i went with wellcare. ♪ ♪ with no cost or low monthly premium plans, and no primary care or prescription copays. they're pros at helping you keep more money in your pocket. ♪ ♪ yeah! other benefits include an over-the

a.g. garland toer a memo he put out that says local law enforcement should work with the fbi to combat heighteneds. listen to ted cruz stereo they involve things like insults a nazi salute. that's one of the examples. my god, a parent did a nazi salute at a school board because they thought the policies were oppressive. >> i am sorry about that. but you had to see it. what you heard was a republican senator defending someone's opportunity to give a nassy salute. "washington post" describes the exchange like this. the senator was referring to an august incident in which police removed a man from a birmingham michigan school board meet being a student mask mandate after officials say he flashed the nazi salute and chanted "highly hitler". gorld replied that a nazi salute was protected by the first amendment. hours later, cruz was defending the right of citizens to denounce authoritarian policies. cruz's comments encaps laid exactly what the gop has become a party that panders to the most extreme elements, even parent apparently antisemmetics as school board members face terrifying and real threats

a.g. merrick garland agreed to deploy federal law enforcement to combat some parents who the national school congressman dan crenshaw wrote on twitter to those parents, they're trying to intimidate you. don't listen to them. the department of justice has since disputed claims of intimidation as misinformation. 9 quote: the department's efforts are about rooting out criminal threats of violence, not about any particular ideology. but garland does have a link to schools. according to a 2018 new york times article, garland's daughter married the cofounder of panorama education. it serves 1500 school crickets encouraging d -- districts encouraging social-emotional learning. now, some parents find the company's emphasis on equity and inclusion in the classroom similar to the highly debated critical race theory, but according to the company panorama is not connected to crt, and it is not a tool for teaching crt. the student surveys have also, though, sparked some concern. >> big tech is data mining our children with surveys and screeners, and one of the recipients of the money that school boards a

a.g. merrick garland instead this week defending his threat to sic the fbi on soccer moms while ignoring theal real crime of perjury by dr. anthony fauci. this week several gop senators demanded a. g. garland resign. >> your directive is shameful. thank god you are not on the supreme court. you should resign this disgrace. >> it's wrong, it is unprecedented to hi knowledge in the history of this country, and is i call on you to resign. maria: this, this just weeks after anthony fauci misled senator rand paul when asked if he sent taxpayer money to wuhan in gain of function research. >> i totally resent the lie that you are now propagating, senator. because if you look at the viruses that were used in the experiments that were given in the annual report that were published through the literature, it is molecularly impossible -- >> no one's saying those viruses cause it -- [inaudible conversations] >> no one is saying those viruses a caused the pandemic. what we're alleging is that gain of function research is going on in that lab, and nih funded it. it meets your definition, and you are obfus

a.g. garland said we will not be sending the fbi to these school board meetings. that very night she went to a school board meeting she was outside protesting and she said she saw unmarked cars and there was a helicopter flying above shining a light on their group. watch this. >> go to the school board meeting on thursday night and all of a sudden this has never happened before. we have federal vehicles there. we had the dhs vehicle that you saw, which i posted a picture of. i took that photo. and we had several of the what they call ghost cars which are the unmarked police vehicles for different agencies. some may have been fairfax county. some may have been fbi. you know, they were charcoal gray. they were the white ones, then we had a helicopter. a literal horton overhead that was circling. and it just the absurdity of this, you know, it was a group of 25 parents and, you know, we were waiving at the helicopter because it was shining its spotlight down on us. and this is something that is incredible in america. and it's, you know, ridiculously unamerican. steve

a.g. garland's memo on excerpt spirited debate policy matters protected under the constitution, that protectionuals based on their views. understood. you shouldn't be threatening if you want to show up and show passion from school board you can't fear that the fbi is going to put you in jail for 20 years. i want to move on and talk about another area of expertise that is big tech. big tech comes to capitol hill and in front of a senate committee today. we are going to hear them try to defend themselves this in lieu of the sunday 60 minutes story in which it became clear a whistleblower says they know exactly what's going on with the addiction, with this -- with these social media organizations. and how they are fueling the divide in this country. ken, you are one of the people on the right that is supposed to join some on the left. time to reign in social media companies. where do you start. >> well, what this really is a symptom of monopolies if we had five facebooks and six instagrams and a number of googles we wouldn't have the same issue we are facing right now there are some groups that wo

a.g. merrick garland should be come soon.t's this match up. >> parents waiting sometimes for hours to speak at a local school board meeting to express concerns about critical race theory or the mask of their students, particularly young children, is that in and of itself, is that harassment and intimidation? >> spirited debate is welcome. is a hallmark of this country. it's something we all should engage in. >> i don't think with all due respect it doesn't make it quite clear it doesn't define those terms, nor does it define harassment and intimidation. this if this isn't a deliberate attempt to chill parents from showing up at school board meetings for their elected school board, i don't know what is. i mean, i'm not aware of anything like this in american history. we are talking about the fbi. you are using the fbi to intervene in school board meetings. that's extraordinary. why is it being investigated by the fbi? >> it is not. when and if any situation turns to violence, then that is the appropriate role of law enforcemen

a.g. merrick garland put out a statement shortly after, saying this.men in texas and the rule of law. it is the foremost responsibility of doj to defend the constitution. we will continue to protect constitutional rights against all who would seek to undermine them. but judge pitman's ruling does not mean abortion clinics are now free to resume providing care completely. it's due to another insidious aspect of the law. "the texas tribune" explains it like this. the law is constructed in such a way that people who violate the law, even while it is being temporarily blocked, could be liable to litigation if the law's enforcement were to be reinstated in any existing suits could continue. so, clinics in response to the halting of the law say they want to resume services as soon as possible for women there. the question remains when exactly that will be. texas's a.g. announced he has already taken steps to appeal judge pitman's ruling. the case now heads to the fifth circuit court of appeals, known as one of the most conservative courts in the country, a t

a.g. garland tried to blame d.c. for conditions at the jail and treatment at the jail when actually he's in charge of what happens to pretrial prisoners that the department of justice is going after. so nice try. but we need people here facing up to their responsibility. and i would just conclude with a comment that i never, ever thought i would hear myself say. but after seeing the partisanship, the use of official position to help a daughter and son-in-law finances, thank god mitch mcconnell didn't bring him to be confirmed to the supreme court. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the president. under the speaker's announced policy of january 4, 2021, the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. cloud, for 30 minutes. mr. cloud: thank you, mr. chairman. this july 4, we celebrated our 245th anniversary as a nation. and we indeed have a lot to celebrate. margaret thatcher once observed that while europe was created by history, a

convicted and sent to another school where it allegedly happened again and then today the a.g., merrick garlandn we expect? where is it all going to go? >> ainsley president obama showed up shocking callus indifference to the plight of the young girl who had been sexually assaulted and then had her woke school board try to cover it up the news would have interfered with their transgender policy. then they attacked her father for expressing his outrage at a school board meeting. as you say merrick garland has a lot of explaining to do. he is coming to the senate judiciary committee today to testify in part of why he sicked the feds on parents like that father who is outraymond at the assault of his daughter and now the school board association sent the letter that merrick garland admitted was the only reason he directed the fbi to investigate parents has repudiated the letter and apologized. yet it's merrick garland's position that he is going to continue to use the fbi. the fbi to investigate parents who go to school boards to express their dissatisfaction liberal policies and left wing curricu

garland do. it is unusual for a.g.' the last several days which is high-profile politicians and the president saying they believe merrick garland ought to charge. they pushed back and they said they will make their own decision but i think he understands the gravity of the decision coming up. >> as i'm here you heard this weekend congressman adam schiff reity ear ated that no one is off the table in terms who have they might subpoena so it is realistic they could subpoena former president trump? >> i don't think that is realistic. i don't see that happening. first of all, as another member, adam kinzinger said, it is going to be a circus and i think the committee wanted to avoid that. should they subpoena trump? of course. the main thrust is what did donald trump know and do leading up to january 6. but they're going for people around trump that would have had access and that is why they chose meadow and cash patel and others for a subpoena. and the committee understands if they do that, they are in for a long dragged o

a source close to attorney general garland tells fox news the a.g.s pleased with the revised letter and is focused on preventing violence, not labeling parents domestic terrorists. jon: alexandria hoff in washington, thank you. >>> washington examiner editor-in-chief hugo girden will join us later in the hour to analyze the bellwether virginia governor's race and its potential impact on the national midterm elections. >>> the supply chain crisis being felt nation wide ongoing cargo backlogs are creating gridlock at our nation's ports and preventing goods from reaching store shelves. new york republican congressman chris jacobs will join us in just a few minutes with his reaction. first, though, let's go to david spunt live in wilmington, delaware, where president biden is spending the weekend. david. >> reporter: jon, good evening. president biden and members of his administration are keenly aware that this supply chain crisis is something that's not going to be going away anytime soon. there are thoughts it may continue into 2022. cargo ships are co

that hearing room today with attorney general merrick garland, and if you flashback to the last administration and how difficult it was to have then a.grr come before us, it was refreshing that we had merrick garland there, and that he was so thoughtfully said they will follow the evidence and the law and, where guides us. it's very refreshing, it shouldn't need to be refreshing, but a very refreshing no today, i was proud of that moment. >> is there any response from the justice department that you could except, that was something other than the prosecution of steve bannon? >> oh, number one, i'm so pleased with our committee, and moving so swiftly, and making sure that we brought the vote to the floor of the house tonight. and made sure that the referral was made to the department of justice, so yes we saw under the last administration, i dragging a feet, a department of justice that was wedded to the trump administration in a very prosperous way, we were still going to learn more about, so today was a really good day, i have to tell you that. strange internship section, of literally attorney general merrick garland speaking before

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merrick garland, the a.g., was asked about this today in a round-about way by senator white house who asked if he and the aj would look into the violence. the amount of g. was vague but didn't rule it out. i think what is important is your point about fraud. when you step back and read what we have in the book and talk to key players, this effort, whether it was sidney powell, john eastman or trump to proclaim fraud was not just to proclaim fraud to proclaim fraud. it was to give a cover to republicans in the house if the election got there a fig leaf to say they can now give trump a second term. this was all about preventing biden from taking office. >> predicated on their fraud. let me show you some of this testimony, katie beener, that robert costa is talking about. this is attorney general garland being questioned by senator white house. >> i'm very limited as to what i can say. >> i understand that. >> we have a criminal investigation going forward. >> please tell me it has not been constrained only to people in the capitol? >> the regs is being conducted by the prosecutors in th

and now garland the attorney general has withdrawn several of those critical a.g. decisions, and so all those loopholes are back in place. and so more people are going to qualify under really bogus asylum claims inconsistent with the laws congress has passed for that purpose. but it's one tool in the toolbox for fighting back against this administration's illegal and i'll say it illegal inconsistent with the law policies that they're trying to implement warp speed. >> questions? >> we're going right to questions. okay, that's great. >> i can go ahead and ask a couple i have. >> yeah, great. i know i'm the only thing between you and lunch. >> what do you think the motivations are to admit the 22 to 11 million people? >> i think it's the to permanently restructure the electorate. again, this is not always true because i will tell you i interact with first generation immigrants all the time. you know, many of them are doing critical and important work, you know, sort of at a -- in the service sector and some of them come in there enthusiastic about president trump and

republican attorney generals are laying into merrick garland for inserting the federal government into school board meetings across america. missouri a.g. eric schmidt wrote this. biden's department of justice is weaponizing its resources against parents who dare to advocate for their children. this dangerous federal overreach imposes free speech. i will continue to push back against unprecedented federal overreach. nikki haley is the former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and former south carolina governor in "focus" now. great to see you today. first of all you have had strong thoughts going into this and now it seems to be like the next level with the federal government now coming to local municipalities to get involved. >> this is so bad. this basically goes to the heart of saying if you don't agree with joe biden we'll make you agree with joe biden. and look, as a mom, i know we have one job. we have one job and that's to protect our children and do the best that we can. and parents feel like no one is listening whether it's masks, vaccine mandates, whether it's critical race theory. parents have every right to be a part of how their

garland and we carried parts of it on fox. during this hour it got really heated. senators demanding to know why the a.g. wants the feds to go after parents and what he knows about the reports p white house coordinated with the teachers union on its letter. let's watch a clip. >> in drafting the letter, the national school board association collaborated with the white house. the white house promptly called you and said sic the f.b.i. on parents in school board hearings. the white house is the prophet. you are just the vessel. >> you have weaponized the f.b.i. and department of justice. it is unprecedented and i call on you to resign. >> dur consider the chilling impact your memo would have on parents exercising their constitutional rights? >> why would you ever release a memo? did you write that memo? did staff write that memo? what would have led you to do this? it is so over the top. >> your directive is shameful. thank god you aren't on the supreme court. you should resign in disgrace, judge. >> harris: there is senator cotton of arkansas reminding everybody it was obama's pick for the u.s. supreme co

indeed, general garland is a patient man, too patient for the likes of so many democrats seized's, who want action and consequences now. but robert, talk about the kinds of pressure the a.g. is under right now. with >> the a.g. is under enormous pressure from democrats and some republicans and who are critics of trump. because they're looking at with the department of justice is doing, hundreds of people rested for participating in the insurrection. and we have seen the doj be very aggressive, we've seen the arrests in different kind of footage. the question now faces garland is this, beyond those who were participating in the violence, what about those who were inside the room? and is there a crime of conspiracy to defraud the united states? it's a crime to try to defraud the united states, to commit fraud, to deceive the country itself, to deceive the leadership of the government, the congress. and is garlic want to go down that path. i don't have reporting on that front, but you can see at this point the justice department in a decision-making position, and a lot of unanswered questions about just how far they want to go. but as a reporter, i would just step back and

general garland defended his memo regarding the controversial investigation into parents 7 behavior at school board meetings. insisting he never labeled parents' actions domestic terrorism. here's the a.gndum is about at all. nor does it use the words domestic terrorism. i can't imagine any circumstance in which the patriot act would be used in the circumstances of parents complaining about their children, nor can i imagine a circumstance where they would be labeled as domestic terrorism. ainsley: this as lawmakers accuse the biden administration of weaponizing the doj against concerned parents. brian: we got the memos, "fox & friends weekend" co-host pete hegseth representing the entire staff right now. so, pete, make us proud what was your take away yesterday. do you think merrick garland was playing dumb or in the dark? pete: i think he was playing dumb. he claims to know nothing about the he is,ial assault that happened in the bathroom in loudoun county reaction of parents there triggered a lot of the feelings people had when he stands there and says never use patriot act reminds me of couple things pertains to covid. remember they said we could never mandate. that was just months

but alas attorney general garland has other priorities. the a.g. made waves this month with a bizarre memo that directed the f.b.i. along with d.o.j.'s criminal national security and civil rights divisions to focus -- now listen to this -- special attention and security on parents, parents who have opinions about their local school boards. yesterday under questioning from the judiciary committee, the attorney general seemed absolutely incapable of giving a satisfactory explanation as to why the parents of america are his a-1 priority. nor could he explain why this bizarre guidance came just days, days after a powerful interest group sent a letter demanding this action. actually -- listen to this -- the interest group has already apologized for the letter. they say they regret sending it. but the attorney general won't budge from his shocking guidance, even after the special interests that asked for it have backed away. apparently the instant the special interest asked the biden administration to jump, the attorney general response, how high? the at