ari fleischer, thank you. you. >> thank you, neil. >> neil: you heard on this show exclusively, the chairman of the house intelligence committee says i see no reason nor an expanded investigation, specially a special prosecutor. so the house intelligence chairman says enough is enough. is it really? what if technology gave us the power to turn this enemy into an ally? microsoft and its partners are using smart traps to capture mosquitoes and sequence their dna to fight disease. there are over 100 million pieces of dna in every sample. with the microsoft cloud, we can analyze the data faster than ever before. if we can detect new viruses before they spread, we may someday prevent outbreaks before they begin. . >> neil: all right. republican darrell issa says there might be grounds to get a special prosecutor going to look into whatever ties and contacts that russian officials had with trump team officials. that was not the view of devin nunes who runs the house intelligence committee. he says he doesn't see a r

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joining us now ari fleischer former white house press secretary and mark alderman a democratic strategistntlemen, welcome tonight. good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> ari, a lot of this comes from a politico piece which has a ton of those, you know, leaky elements all over its pages in this piece. how much do you believe in this? how does it look like they are doing so far to you? >> well, i think there is a lot of truth to this. i think it is difficult to be outsider and take the reins of the government and make it work smooth. it's a balance, martha. if you say you want traditional politician someone who has been there all their lives and know what is they are doing to run the federal government today. we settled that in november. the answer was no. the american people did not want that. i think it would probably be smoother in some respects, the bureaucracies would like the white house better if you had hillary or traditional politician. but donald trump was not elected to be smooth. he was elected to change washington. and it's going to be bumpy. he is going to learn as he goes

ari fleischer is back, joining us as well. do, were you surprised at how candid he was? >> no, he is candid. let me say this, i didn't speak to the president today so i'm not speaking for him. i know how he thinks. but i think it's fair to say, when you ask him a direct question, he gives you a direct answer. and when the question is dealing with russian interference in our election, that chafes george bush. he doesn't like the idea that russia could interfere in our election. he wants our country to know everything we can know about that. >> president obama was clearly thankful for the position he took. one month into the trump presidency, he's already speaking out. >> right, in his own kind of way, i think he was throwing shade a little bit. more than directly criticizing donald trump. it's no secret he and his family were not supporters of donald trump, he went to the inauguration, and he's been gracious. i think there are certain things that matter to george w. bush. ari knows this better than anybody. talk about the musli

. >> bill: tonight, we will analyze the president's conference with john roberts, ari fleischer, bernie goldberg, and chris wallace. >> did you come here legally or illegally? >> illegal. >> illegal? >> yes. >> was it difficult to cross the border? >> i came in three times. >> you have been back and forth three times? >> bill: also ahead, jesse watters investigating how the illegal aliens themselves see the migrant crackdown. >> do you respect immigration law? >> no. >> obviously not. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the "no spin zone." "the factor" begins right now. ♪ >> bill: hi, i am bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight.. amazing press conference with president trump today, very long, very blunt. the "talking points" will be in our second segment so we can run down what the president said in our first one. he is preoccupied with two main issues, illegal leaks coming from national intelligence and hatred toward him from the national press. perhaps never before has a sitting president lashed out at the media so intensely. >> unfortunately, much of the media in washingt

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. >> no better guest to join me than ari fleischer. he's served that man, george w. sh, republican, former press secretary, for the president. nice to see you, ari, how are you? >> great to be with you. >> let me start there and ask you about the press and what your former boss said about it this morning. i think everyone would agree that this white house has gotten off on a different footing with the press. do you see it as just a rocky beginning or do you see a real distinction between the way the white house is dealing with the press? >> yes, i've noticed that rocky beginning. look, i just think we're in a very different environment than we were 15, 16 years ago when george bush was president and i was press secretary. we're in a hyped up environment. social media did not exist when i was there at the beginning of 2001. obviously with donald trump and his relationship with the press, it's hostile. it's hostile on both sides. so, we're going to be in for a rocky time. and donald trump is taking advantage, frankly, of opening the press gave him because of the gallup

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ari fleischer, former press secretary to george w. bush. [ cheers and applause ] and years of experience on the hill. adas gold, who is anlum that of ours from the school of media and public affairs and now media correspondent and jeff mason, also introduced to you as the president of the white house correspondents association, now and from reuters. well, fair is fair, jim. you get first shot at that -- >> why are you saying that, frank? i think we heard some alternative facts there. regarding that press conference at trump tower. i just pulled up a clip from media. you heard sean spicer there say that he told me -- or i said that he told me that i would be thrown out if i tried to ask a tough question. not true. here's the quote. and this is what i said on cnn following the news conference. sean spicer, the incoming press secretary, did say to me that if i were to do that again, as an interrupt, i was going to be thrown out of this press conference. nowhere in there did i say, if i tried to ask a tough question would i be thrown out

again, let me quote ari fleischer.e worst i have ever seen. i think the record for criticism was probably before this dan quayle you all remember that maybe you don't. you are too young. but, no, this is a quantum leap. i think the formidable steve bannon had it right. they don't like him and they won't like him forever and they are doing what they can to take him down. it goes back to the first point, guys. that's why it's so important that he doesn't seem to care what they think of him. clayton: what is your take on this "the washington post" story that broke this week reince priebus the story out on the front page in an exclusive says trump administration sought to intelligence commercials counter russian stories basically the trump administration had enlisted senior members of the intelligence community to try to counter these russian hacking and relationship stories that the trump administration has with the russian government? what do you make of that? should would he be concerned or is there nothing to see here?

ari fleischer, former press secretary said there are instances where you have briefings where you might invite a few reporters. way back with news weeklies were actually weeklies, i remember they would meet with them every thursday so we could try to shape the message for those newsmagazines that came out on sundays. as soon as the 24/7 news cycle took hold, it wasn't necessary anymore. i don't think that excuse holds up. >> i do not see the big deal. i'm not allowed in the women's locker room at golds gym. it's not that i'm uninvited or borrowed, i'm not allowed. it got to imagine -- >> that makes absolutely no sense. >> imagine the guys, women, other reporters, already in there. like when somebody invites them and having a bunch of people over and you're the only person, have you ever done that? >> or the time you were just invited from dana's thanksgiving -- disinvited from dana's thanks giving soiree? >> amused died. >> i'm going to disagree. let me put it this way. i doubt this came from president trump. this feels like it is a departmental call, might be trying to see how this is

. >> sean: welcome to hannity and tonight, house majority leader kevin mccarthy, ari fleischer, are all here with reaction. but first a fierce battle is brewing in our nation's capital over president trump's supreme court nominee, and that is tonight's opening monologue. it didn't take long for democrats to break out their hateful device of playbook and to attack president donald trump's highly qualified supreme court nominee, judge neil gorsuch. after last night's primetime announcement, liberals like house minority leader predictably gave a preview of what is to come. take a look. >> it's a very hostile appointment. lovely family, i am sure, but as far as your family is concerned and all if you prepared, drink air, take medicine, or any other other way interact with the courts, this is a very bad decision. while outside the mainstream of american legal sort. >> sean: of course there's not going to stop there. earlier today on the senate floor, senator chuck schumer of new york launched a new wave of attacks and it signaled that democrats may in fact filibuster judges gorsuch's nominat

. >> bill: tonight, we will analyze the president's conference with john roberts, ari fleischer, berniedberg, and chris wallace. >> did you come

. >> sean: welcome to hannity and tonight, house majority leader kevin mccarthy, ari fleischer, are allth reaction. but first a fierce battle is brewing in our nation's capital over president trump's supreme court nominee, and that is tonight's opening monologue. it didn't take long for democrats to break out their hateful device of playbook and to attack president donald trump's highly qualified supreme court nominee, judge neil gorsuch. after last night's primetime announcement, liberals like house minority leader predictably gave a preview of what is

of joining me is ari fleischer, and david gergen who was an adviser to presidents, fo ford, nixon andnton. >> the key question is going to be when did this happen? if this happened three years ago, five years ago, he realized it at the time and took care of it at the team. it may be survivable. but if it just happened and only in the vetting for the job of secretary of labor did he catch this, it could be a fatal wound. because he was still doing it. in the past he realized that this was going on, it shun haou have been going on, and he made amends for it as a private citizen, not because he was ever going to be up for a government job. then he took care of it. he addressed it when he found out about it. but if it's current and the only reason he found out about it was he was nominated for secretary of labor, that's going to be harder. >> david, do you agree with that? >> i'm not sure i agree with that. if it happened three years ago, five years ago, it obviously didn't happen yesterday. it should have come up in the vetting, you know. and i also think, ari, in this case, the democrat

ari fleischer. we'll be back with both of you. i want to get jen psaki's take as a former state department spokesperson on massive cuts proposed. plus, the president says nobody knew health care could be so complicated. we'll look at that. his efforts at changing it so far. we'll be right back. wait for it. in about five minutes you get delicious, premium veggies, steamed to perfection. now! ♪ ahhhhhhhhhhh... mmmm heavenly, right? birds eye steamfresh. so veggie good. is america's number-one you kmotorcycle insurer. yeah, she does purr! best bike i ever owned! no, you're never alone, because our claims reps are available 24/7. we even cover accessories and custom parts. we diget an early start! took the kids to soccer practice. you want me to jump that cactus? all right. aah! that lady's awesome. i don't see a possum! my advice for looking get your beauty sleep. and use aveeno® absolutely ageless® night cream with active naturals® blackberry complex. younger looking skin can start today. absolutely ageless® from aveeno®. ♪ (music

this >> bill: we will analyze the presidents conference with john roberts, ari fleischer, bee goldbergou come

we'll have ari fleischer among our guests. >> paul ryan tomorrow. see you then. >> bill: good morning. president trump has made his choice. now the war over the next supreme court justice begins. republicans say neil gorsuch is a home run. democrats disagree and say they're ready for the battle on the hill as we say good morning. big night last night. bill hemmer live in new york. shannon. good morning to you. what an interesting evening you had. how are you doing? >> shannon: i am great. the protestors are gone now. it is a quiet day this morning at the supreme court. judge neil gorsuch will begin to make his case to sit in the building behind me when he heads across the street to capitol hill in the next hour. president trump praising his nominee as a judge with a conservative pedigree in the mold of justice antonin scalia. gorsuch said this in his acceptance remarks. >> standing here in a house of history and acutely aware of my own imperfections i pledge if i'm confirmed i will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the constitution

with cnbc contributor and author of "winning," suzy welch and former white house press secretary, ari fleischer>> three word, give people confidence. let people watch him and then say, yeah, i think he can get these policies through. i hope he koss doedoes. to do that, he needs to be thoughtful. don't be the entertainer in chief that he sometimes has the habit of being. >> sometimes? >> but convince people he has thought about these ideas, he has a thoughtful approach, understands the nuances of these policies and makes his case for them. give people confidence. >> suzy, do you agree? what would you add to that? >> i agree with ari. thoughtful is a great word. i don't think that's part of his style tool kit, per se. i would add to that, i think people are hoping this is not a campaign speech, that this is not another rally speech, that this is actually a presidential speech. this is not a time where he talks against the media or talks about how he won again, or any of the -- >> are you confident about that? that's so against his type, suzy. >> i'm hoping that they realize that they have their b

we'll have ari fleischer among our guests. >> paul ryan tomorrow.s say neil gorsuch is a home run. democrats disagree and say they're ready for the battle on the hill as we say good morning. big night last night. bill hemmer live in new york. shannon. good morning to you. what an interesting evening you had. how are you doing? >> shannon: i am great. the protestors are gone now. it is a quiet day this morning at the supreme court. judge neil gorsuch will begin to make his case to sit in the building behind me when he heads across the street to capitol hill in the next hour. president trump praising his nominee as a judge with a conservative pedigree

ari fleischer, thank you so much. howie, great to see you.was one of president trump's most famous campaign promises. tonight, we are learning to the southern border wall could come to fruition as donald trump likes to do, the president, way ahead of schedule. perhaps, under budget. we will show you the exclusive timeline from his new secretary of homeland security in an exclusive interview coming up ahead. plus, shocking violence at uc berkeley reignite the debate about free speech on college campuses today. does it exist? venture per euro, himself a target of this behavior, and richard fowler come away and on this, coming up next. ♪