melissa: joining us now, ari fleischer former white house press secretary.fox news contributor. let me ask you before we get to some of the money angles behind us, when you hear the president say that, having been in the white house yourself, is he under more attack than he has ever been before and i don't know, does he bring it on himself? >> yes to both. he brings it on to himself, after he announced campaign, he was so different, the outsider, that is the act traction to many, that made many people inside of the beltway. i thought that was reflective part of his news conference. he has put up with so much, including efforts to reject his election in the electoral college, boycotts of inauguration, all before he took office, not to mention the leak of phony dossier. melissa: so looking at it from a higher level how it may impact the economy, markets, everything else going forward, one thing interesting to look at is the money haul for the republicans at this time. if you look at it at this time, raising $25 million, do you think some of that had to do with

ari fleischer is a former and fox news contributor.hose decided to show up today and have a big fight, what do you make of this, especially when you look at that part that partisan unity on both sides? two democrats are the only ones that voted against this inquiry about the republicans all sticking together. >> democrats are getting what they have longed for, the statement previously from a democratic congressman saying no one of them came to washington to impeach donald trump combats wrong. they tried to overturn his election in the electoral college, several liberals did. this is the culmination now day know whether it was michael cohen, whether it was stormy daniels, whether it was tactless, collusion, or obstruction they finally stumbled into one. i've always wanted to impeach the president that's why object of this. the remedy as you let the american people decide, this should not be a power play for those in washington. >> dana: it's interesting people have pointed out it's the fourth time in our nation's history and our long hi

. >> dagen: one quick question, and ari fleischer was asked about this. why cooperate and allow this woman to testify, when the state department put a stop to gordon sondland's testimony early in the b? is expected to be back on capitol hill next week. i think ari fleischer, to borrow his words, he said it's confusing to have some people testify and maybe some not when you have a white house attorney sent a letter to the house leadership that, "we don't even view this as an impeachment proceeding." it seems like mixed messages. maybe some cooperation on the card, that's what ari fleischer said. >> matt: i wish i could explain it, now that i'm outside of the administration, sometimes trying to forget what they are doing with the strategy is, that's hard. because they are playing the same dynamic game that congress is. it's literally a game of chess. from what i can tell, they determine that the fight to keep her from testifying just wasn't worth it. and that she doesn't have any contemporary evidence that was going to hurt the case. it's hard to say don i

here now, ari fleischer, former white house press secretary under george w.news contributor, just happy he didn't have to deal with impeachment at the white house. what you make of john bolton? always an interesting person, an interesting dynamic. very sort of strong and his belief system, very conservative. what do you think your? >> i served with john, i know john well. i admire john, i think is sharp and independent-minded. he has his own sense of values but if anybody is thinking that john is going to put a ship and the president's back, i don't see it coming. i think he's going to explain what he saw, what his conclusions were about it but he's going to do so in a guarded way. don't look for him to go to capitol hill and make explicit hard news. >> martha: so just imagining the potential scene, because now it looks like we are moving to the stage of this where you have open public hearings and john bolton being questioned about all of this. what do you see him -- you can't put yourself obviously in his mind, but is it the "this is not an impeachable offe

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we want to bring in ari fleischer, former press secretary to president george w.ush and a fox news contributor. good to see you. congressman scalise makes an interesting point. this is a long time to talk about the same thing over and over in terms of impeachment inquiry, if it should go on far beyond thanksgiving. democrats saying they are going to slow it down a bit. is he getting to the point where it's almost too detailed for the american people to lean in and know about or maybe not? >> i don't think the american people can know anything about this because of the process they are using. our nation has had three serious impeachment and history. andrew johnson, richard nixon, bill clinton. now we are having one dirty impeachment. this is a dirty impeachment because it's all been done in secret. we have secret witnesses, secret transcript in the public has no way of knowing if what's being selectively leaked is reflective and accurate or if witnesses are being cross-examined, if there are other facts emerging in private. this is a dirty impeachment and you canno

joining me know as ari fleischer, former white house press secretary and a fox news contributor. just yesterday i was thinking whatever happened to the story about the whistle-blower? we haven't heard much about it in the last ten days but now it's resurfaced. >> yeah, ever since it came out that adam schiff's staff had contact with the whistle-blower before the whistle-blower blew his whistle, adam schiff has little interest in talking about the whistle-blower, doesn't he? >> dana: the republicans are talking about this now because there is concern that the whistle-blower, from the republican side, saying it's a biased person. it's a person that works in the intel community that has a bias against president trump and if the whistle-blower identified this in republicans want to get at it, but i wonder now that we have the transcript of the call, we have an impeachment inquiry underway, in some ways i i feel like there was a glorified be relevant. >> i don't think that's exactly right. we know democrats are biased against the president intent and -- and republicans are biased in f

ari fleischer, former white house press secretary under george w. bush, is with me now and a fox news contributor. boy, you and i have been together on many an occasion when there is breaking news with the president. he is a fighter. that is what the nation continues to see from him. let's talk about the messaging. >> well, in my opinion, harris -- and i've given up hope for this -- i think people are more effective when they talk in more measured tones. i did not like it when hillary's running mate, tim kaine of regina, said in 2017 that donald trump jr. engaged in what looked like treason. that's what he said. and president trump of courses using a similar word today. i think we are all americans. you have to be able to have these disputes in a reasonable manner, even if the democrats resort to the history of impeachment. it's always stronger to come across any measured way then in such an over-the-top way. >> harris: can we just talk about some of the criticism among g.o.p. lawmakers and operatives who are not on the record but talking with sourc

what do you say at this point when people like ari fleischer are saying it's correct, it crossed the ot impeachable. >> i have great respect for ari and i saw him at an event last week for president bush, and the republicans are struggling with this and they're for the most part trying to find the sweet shot and call him out or go for impeachment. the cumulative effect of these issues are starting to congeal, to make metaphors and eventually mick mulvaney will in a fit of frustration will simply blurt out the truth of what they really think about this. rest assured that despite the congealing of the current issues there will be more issues. we're likely to see virtually every day another shoe drop in the cumulative effect of all of that inevitably is going to cause more republicans to come out and speak out. >> and look, obviously, the inquiry at this point is focused on ukraine, right? they're not trying to mix in russia with other things and they could change that. david mentioned other things this congealing as you just referred to and the g7 summit and mulvaney announced that it w

ari fleischer joins us in a moment with reaction on that.news from the pentagon and jennifer griffin. >> senior u.s. defense officials tell fox that what we're witnessing right now is a deliberate phased withdrawal of u.s. troops out of syria. the u.s. military is collapsing patrol bases and pull back to one base where they'll be airlifted out. a dangerous evacuation underway. top pentagon officials have told russia and turkey if u.s. forces are threatened the u.s. will react with significant air strikes targeting their troops. just moments ago turkey clarified that president erdogan will meet with vice president pence, pompeo and o'brien being sent in a last-ditch effort to range a cease-fire. he previously said he would only speak to trump. the president opted not to call erdogan to suggest the cease-fire. >> no sanctions are threats are acceptable and not affect our results. with the framework of reciprocity we'll take the necessary steps. >> turkey has warned kurdish civilians to leave the 20 mile deep buffer zone that it is creating ins

nice to see you, ari fleischer with us. have a good weekend.you. >> sandra: president trump this morning signaling trade talks are ongoing with china and going well. wall street likes what they've heard so far. a lot of green on the screen to close out a week. the dow up 490 points. >> bill: more backlash today after some of the shocking allegations were unveiled against matt lauer and the man who is making them is talking today. we'll let you know what ronan farrow believes he has uncovered. >> multiple disclosure agreements and several the matt lauer accusers. one call can save you $2000 every year. >> bill: breaking news. fox news confirming through our reporter lucas tomlinson the u.s. will deploy 1,000 more troops to saudi arabia according to defense officials. the exact number said to be around roughly 1,000. so we're watching this story and bring it to you. a story that broke overnight about an iranian oil tanker hit with a rocket attack on the west coast of saudi arabia near the port city of jeda and we're watching this. that's the word

ari fleischer interviewed him yesterday and said the real thing to look at is, how do the kurds respondrian: by the way, ari liked your interview yesterday and i liked it today. >> melissa: while i was going to say what it matters now is how the kurds respond but i thought i would give him credit. >> brian: it's interesting because they never liked the turks and they feel as though the turks need to look at them. >> they see it all is a pretty tight competition but what turkey has done is try to simplify a very complex situation by saying that all the kurds are terrorists. what do we do in this country if we see terrorists? we kill them. what is turkey going to do? they are going to kill the kurds. >> brian: while the syrian kurds. but the kurds from iraq are not in his purview. >> melissa: yes. in syria, they have been appealing to the government. but his dad really worked hard to kill the kurds in syria. >> kennedy: it's interesting because you guys are making a great political point. if the president will end up winning on this politically because most people at home don't see the di

. >> ari fleischer says the story is how fearful they are, they seek to discredit agee bar as they learnore about the origins of the trump probe as if they have something to hide and don't want it found. >> i'm sorry but that is assuming fact that aren't in evidence but is a wonderful conspiracy theory they are pushing is the truth and i said is not true i have to prove a negative. here's what i find curious. i think we should be talking about the ukraine phone call. that is most damning of everything that's been disclosed. the media has a fantastic ability to make everything blower but let's focus on what matters which is that. william barr is referenced in that phone call. it for 2 former deputy assistant attorney general and whether his contract is for the attorney general to be flying around the world -- why is -- the optics of this -- >> the original thing -- >> the optics. >> the ambassador reported something would make sense. >> don't you think it is weird, the inspector general for the doj is conducting his own investigation, that report is due out in, the return journey from con

ari fleischer here on communications.said and didn't say as he walked some of it back, he will talk about what the president should be saying and geraldo rivera on where we are going, the president's rally and so much more coming your way in the friday edition and we want to make sure of one thing, that you pay attention, there's a quiz at the end and i asked, don't demand, that you get dressed. >> so kind of you to ask. jody arias wants or murder conviction thrown out, arguing the prosecutor mishandled and sensationalized her case, she serving a life sentence for killing her boyfriend, travis alexander, in 2008, he was stabbed nearly 30 times, his throat slit and he was shot in the head. prosecutors said arias killed him a jealous rage which he claims she acted in self-defense. the appeals court has not said when a decision could be made. new york city lawmakers vote to shut down one of the world's largest jails, notorious rikers island with a smaller more modern facility. the republican status of women telling us earlie

to say here to react is ari fleischer.ched this ari, did he make things better or worse. >> worse. >> first of all that is the reddest, hottest room on earth. you don't take that podium unless you are aware of the implication of every word and sentence you say. he went too far. he tried to explain the intricacies on foreign policy on such a red hot issue that he made a terrible mistake. brian: what was that mistake? >> his mistake saying something contrary to what the president has said. the president has said there is no quid pro quo and that's exactly what his schaf should have said. he tried to come out later with a statement to explain it. what happened here is mick mulvaney is a very smart man and in this instance i think that his words were moving faster than his mind and he should have stopped, paused, slowed down and not tried to heducate reporters. he should have said what needed to be said. brian: walked it back by saying the full security system in the ukraine was not conditioned on kiev relating conspiracy rela

. >> bret: let's start there with the panel, ari fleischer, democratic strategist, bill mcgurn, and mainstreamlot of coverage about what is happening with these investigations on the investigators. he's out saying, listen, before you make any judgments pick about is doing this. wait for the facts. >> when he got appointed to investigate donald trump, he's a man of integrity. same thing about bill barr bill barr. if bill barr is a man of integrity as well and it doesn't matter if you support or don't support the man being investigated, if the person with an vesta get in is doing it with integrity, the fbi has the best ability to surveillance campaign. for the trump campaign, no result, with their overzealous agents and overzealous people that went too far, we need to know as a country. >> bret: i i have been surprisd by some of the words used, but some tv personalities, chuck todd and the back-and-forth with senator ron johnson called a fox conspiracy. it talking about the investigation of the investigators, there could be a lot here we just don't know yet. >> i have no problem investigating th

. >> juan: i thought -- dana and i and ari fleischer were talking about it, it's a strange day for himo come out and make it the news on the day of the big debate tonight. i guess it heightens the stakes in terms of how his dad handles it tonight. my sense is that hunter was contrite and he was pretty honest in saying you know what, got a lot of breaks because his last name is biden and he doesn't know the extent of the brakes and the money that's come his way because his last name is biden. he admits it created a negative perception even if it broke no laws. i think he was very contrite on that level. but by coming clean, jesse, it seems to me he creates pressure on the trump kids to come clean. because you have don jr., you have eric, ivanka, all have huge multinational global business dealings going on while their dad is in the white house. i think last year the prophets were between 29 and $135 million. property is being sold. father has never divested himself of the trump company. we don't hear anything about it and they don't speak about it. it seems to me that's the ongoing. >>

former white house press secretary ari fleischer, leslie marshall democratic strategist and jonah goldbergatch. it's interesting to hear some of the reaction -- we don't even know all of the things that are in these investigations but there are some organizations that have reported on them from the beginning. >> political investigations, congress always runs political investigations. but when an investigation particularly a criminal one begins in the department of justice, it is always serious. i remind you, under william barr, this is the same department of justice that just indicted two of rudy giuliani's close associates that may intentionallpotentially have rui under investigation as well. they turn their attention to things that went wrong and 2016, it is fully and properly a governmental investigation and one that i think frankly all americans have a right to know what took place, why was one political campaign spied on by the white house, by the department of justice and the fbi in the course of the political campaign? you don't mess with the political system unless you have the goo

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. >> dana: ari fleischer and juan. and nationals here represented and they'll work it out in the green room. the crisis in syria. turkey ignoring sanctions from the trump administration and pushing forward with attacks. steve harrigan is on the ground in northeast syria. how is it today, steve? >> dana, more complicated over the last 24 hours, two new players on the scene, you have syrian government forces under bashar al assad and russian forces, as well, they have both taken possession of a key town along the border, manbij and the russian forces are patrolling in between syrian government forces and turkish forces, playing the role the u.s. used to play. tremendous amount of effort from the trump administration to secure a cease-fire, that hasn't happened despite a call from president trump, financial sanctions and upcoming visit from vice president mike pence, no slowdown in turkey's military operation. they say they want to push forward into syria, to create a 20-mile buffer zone. it caused 160,000 refugees so far

. >> shannon: ari fleischer tweets, "the real story real story is how fearful former obama fbi officialseek to discredit ag barr. as are most likely have something to hide and don't want it found." dave? >> [laughs] i'm sorry but that is assuming facts that aren't evidence but it's a wonderful conspiracy theory that is pushing out there is the truth. if i say it's not true, true, all of a sudden i have to prove a negative, does not make sense. here's what i find curious about the whole thing. one, i think we should be talking about the ukraine phone call because to me, that is the most damning of everything that has been disclosed. i agree with bob, the media has a fantastic ability to make everything blow up. let's focus on the phone call. babar was referenced in the phone call. i defer to the former deputy assistant attorney general as to whether it is common practice for the attorney general to be flying around the country or the world, excuse me -- here is my question, why was he doing this? the optics of this, shannon. >> shannon: you know the outcome the original thing, the austral

i want to bring in now ari fleischer, former white house press secretary under president george w. bush, and a fox news contributor. good to see you. let's break that down a bit. we can start, i suppose -- because there's a lot to chew on -- we can start with this idea of a push and out among some democrats for a full houseboat. >> well, it's appropriate. it's appropriate because if you're going to proceed with impeachment, our constitution's grievous power that congress has to build over the president come it has to be fair. the american people, even if they don't like somebody in office, are a fair minded people. they understand the house can do whatever it wants by majority will. but they won't accept it if it does not have a fair process to it. i think their strong arguments to be made that it should be kid off of the proper vote of the flowers, ideally one that shows bipartisanship. if it's not, partisan impeachment never works. >> harris: it's interesting, because it would mean a shift for democrats. if they vote to do this. if they hold that fold out. i'm curious to know wha

melissa: joining us to react, ari fleischer, former white house press secretary.former fox news contributor. now we see where we are, what it looks like the president calculated, turkey would not rest until they had the buffer zone. let them take it. stop them. what do you think about that? do you think that is what happened? and is that reasonable? >> given the fact turkey crossed the border, they're already there and military situation is underway, it's a good outcome to have a cease-fire. the kurds are have not been heard yet. are they content giving up land they occupied, retreating going somewhere elsewhere they might still be at risk, turkey basically wins by using military force that is the quick question that is not answered yet. melissa: what leads into that question, is this good for long-term stability in the region? if erdogan would not rest until he got the kurds off his worder, he pushes them back, everybody regroups, is it better for long term stability? >> now there is just a new piece of land. it doesn't have a legal border to it. but kurds and tu

the fighter pilots who accompanied him to white house chief of staff andy card and karl rove, ari fleischer, the other senior aides aboard the plane, the press, security and stenographer aboard the plane that day. published in 2016, and i was astounded by the reader feedback i got the date published, dozens, then scores and finally hundreds of letters from readers of people sharing their own stories of 9/11 and their own reactions. twtwo of those reaction stood ot to me, and two of them i just sort couldn't get out of my mind. the first was from a mother, a veteran, who had two children, 79, she said she printed out the article and set it aside -- seven and nine -- so one day when her children old enough to read she would sit them down and explain to them why mommy had left him to go off to war. the second was another letter from another veteran, a younger guy, an army veteran. he was in middle school on 9/11 and he had done three doors, two in afghanistan, one in iraq. and he said he had never really understood the nation's trauma on 9/11 until he had seen that article and seeing the days

time for our headliner ari fleischer, former white house press secretary.don't mean the killing of al-baghdadi, i mean his taking credit for it. joe biden certainly is deciding to get political and call into question the president taking credit for that. >> mark tyson has an article says joe biden is the wrong person. his foreign policy judgment has been poor for three decades. for him to weigh in on this now. the president deserves the credit he gets as commander-in-chief for authorizing a raid. the military carried it out. it is not more complicated than that. he went there, he is running for president and he has to take shots at the person who is president. biden is weak on these issues and exposes himself every time he talks about foreign policy. >> bill: left incapable of celebrating trump for any reason. call it al-baghdadi derangement syndrome. why wasn't there a reprieve for 24 hours? >> it's a great question. >> bill: salute the decision. >> great question. this animosity toward the president runs so deep it has distorted people's better judgment.

ari fleischer will take that one on next. >> i don't have any worries at all. a new generation of eager, aggressive young people who want to come and make a difference in washington >> sandra: troubling signs in texas perhaps. thornberry is joining a growing list of republicans leaving office in 2020 and becomes the sixth from the lone star state. joining us now is ari fleischer former deputy chief of staff and fox news contributor. welcome. >> press secretary, not deputy chief of staff. don't demote me. >> sandra: press secretary. ari, welcome. we had sarah sanders earlier. we have the press secretary ranks joining us this morning. thank you, ari. first up mac thornberry is out. what about this trend? what does it tell you first about the state of texas? >> republicans should be worried. what happened in the 2018 election if that's any indication is republicans have a problem of articulating college educated suburban areas around dallas and houston. i used to work with bill archer who represented george h.w. bush's district in hughes son. one of the most colle

ari fleischer was sitting in your chair yesterday. did you hear this?ssue with joe biden, he is like a balloon that flies in the sky slowly leaking air. and it will come down. >> bill: you called it the paper straw candidate. >> sandra: that was a fun foxnews.com. >> it's true. that's the current view now. warren rising, biden falling. much too early. we have to wait and see what happens. biden usually has been underestimated. he comes back and he is just good old joe people like that. >> i was on the couch yesterday in "outnumbered" with ed henry. he was saying joe biden needs to come out and needs to be on the trail more and literally in the show we end up breaking to joe biden coming out and being on the trail more. ed, i think he is taking your advice. we should give ed henry some consulting advice here. you'll see biden come out a lot more forcefully. he has said some of the other candidates on the stage made his point and so now he is going to want to rise to the top. >> if he comes out forcefully the way he came out forcefully in the debate good

interviewed the president that day and those that accompanied him and the chief of staff karl rove ari fleischer, andy card, the stenographer, and published and i was astounded we published dozens and then scores and hundreds of leaders of people sharing their own stories of 9/11 in their own reactions. until a few of those stood out in with two of them i could not get out of my mind the first was from a mother or a veteran who had two children seven and nine and said she printed out the article and set it aside so one day when her children are left to read it she could sit them down and explain to them why mommy let them go off to war. the second one is another letter from a younger army veteran. in middle school on 9/11 and now has done three tours, to afghanistan one iraq. he said he never really understood the nations trauma on 9/11 until he had seen that article and the day through president bush's eyes. i cannot get past the idea that we were passing a world shaped by 9/11 now to a generation who has no emotional connection or memory to it. it's always hard to know when an event shifts fro