that strategy by the republicans has also led to some unintended consequences like this today from byron yorkwashington examiner. mr. york describes the republican members of congress who are leaking this information to him as frustrated. you see that there in the headline. clearly these republicans are not getting what they want from senior fbi officials when they're hauling them in for testimony. but even though byron york is i think somewhat sympathetic to the intentions of his republican congressional sources who are leaking stuff to him, byron york is also a real reporter, an actual reporter who faithfully conveys information that he has obtained. in this case the information that his republican sources have given him is not information that is necessarily going to help their cause. from byron york's piece today, quote, the dossier portion of the interview began with fbi deputy director andrew mccabe being asked if he thought the trump russia dossier met the standard of credibility the fbi required to open an investigation. fbi deputy director andrew mccabe said he believed it did. later

but even though byron york is i think somewhat sympathetic to the intentions of his republican congressionalre leaking stuff to him from these closed door interviews, bryon york is also a real reporter, an actual reporter, who faithfully conveys information that he has obtained. in this case the information that his republican sources have given him is not information that is necessarily going to help their cause. from byron york's piece today, quote, the dossier portion of the interview began with fbi deputy director andrew mccabe being asked if he thought the trump russia dossier met the standard of credibility the fbi required to open an investigation. fbi deputy director andrew mccabe said he believed it did. ooh. later in the story, according to byron york, mccabe was asked again if he stood by the veracity of the dossier. mccabe, quote, said he did. whatever republicans are trying to get out of these senior fbi officials, getting it out of them, getting it on the record that the fbi thinks that dossier is of sufficient credibility to meet fbi standards for opening an investigation, tha

lou: byron york. >> thank you. lou: that is it for us, thank tk you for being with us.ood night from new york. kennedy: nancy pelosi on hot seat over how she handled sexual harassment on capitol hill. why do lawmakers have their own set of rules, ron desantos is with us. and matt lauer apologized. and is cutting taxes on rich really that bad of an idea, john stossel makes the case, grab your checkbook it's time to cash in. kennedy: a double standard of work with sexual harassment. why can't politics get rid of per -- that caused kathleen rice to take

byron york laid out very nicely in a new op-ed today for the "washington examiner." when it finally came time to charge flynn with a crime, he writes, the prosecutors, armed with the transcripts of those flynn conversations, choose to charge him with violating the logan act. of course not. but for the obama team, the law had already serve its purpose. to entangle the new administration in a criminal investigation as soon as it walked in the door of the white house. with more on that, byron york, chief political correspondent for the "washington examiner" and radio talk show host tammy bruce, both are fox news contributor's a great guest on the show. great to have you both here tonight. so you basically claim that they took this 200-year-old act that has never been prosecuted, but they used it as a basis to listen in on conversations, to get transcripts of conversations and to encircle the administration and enmeshed them in this as they walked in the door. >> they used it as a basis to interrogate michael flynn on that january 24th interview that the judge was just t

lou: byron york. >> thank you. lou: that is it for us, thank tk you for being with us. night from new york. >> i am not going to support any cuts to people who are on the program and need -- >> there it is. reclaiming my -- >> i have to acknowledge this. >> we need this program for the next generation. >> furry on the floor, the senate getting ready to possible vote, republicans working around the clock to win over key holdouts. lauren: you're looking at the dow, a mccain relief rally. soaring over 370 points yesterday after the maverick arizona senator said he would support the tax bill. we saw 24,000 close for the very first time. cheryl: dow futures now,

lou: byron york. >> thank you. lou: that is it for us, thank tk you for being with us. ht from new york. charles: thank you so much, here is lou. lou: breaking tonight president trump on verge of political success on tax cut and reform. in prospect, perhaps, perhaps within hours, a historic leblg lateslegislative accident that d cement a republican run away landslide in midterm elections less than a year away, senate republican leaders some of the last remaining hole outs, holdouts, mitch mcconnell is expecting a final vote, perhaps late tonight or early tomorrow, president trump winning big this being, taking on dems and deep

byron york is here as well, but we start with the latest with ed henry. >> great to see the calls keep coming for the fbi. that led president trump to charge but the system is rigged. democrats today focused their fury on the mechanics of how those text messages from fbi agent peter strzok were leaked out. the senior democrat on the committee fired off a letter to the justice department demanding which names share those text messages. they turn the texts over to key members of the judiciary panel on tuesday night before the media got it. the president tried to get the focus on what fbi agents actually have done with both the clinton and trump investigations. studying and contrast, there were some punches at the agency, then tried to be a little more diplomatic. >> is a shame what's happened with the fbi. the level of anger is certainly very sad. the president of the united states has were back 100%. i will fight for you and i will never, ever let you down ever. >> we are expecting more revelations next week on monday. the senate intelligence committee, hears testimony on monday. his wi

i want to get byron york. >> i don't think it matters what donald trump does. the media hates him and go after him. you are partially right, laura. i don't know if it's a fireside chat or not. he is great at rallies. get out there and talk directly to the american people. >> better for african-americans, latinos. >> what is his national urban agenda. he wants to take credit for black employment. >> some of the lowest rates in the african-american and hispanic community we've seen in decades. >> hold on a second. he talks to american people better than anybody else. he is doing a rally every month. do a rally every week. pass tax reform, grow the economy, put more money in people's pockets, accomplish the agenda and this guy and our party will -- >> laura: i love the view the voters want a calmer landscape. that's not easy because lots of incoming and he is -- he wants to smash back. when someone hits him he hits back and it has worked for him usually. in the long run it has usually worked for him and he was derided for doing this in the campaign by a lot of peo

on the media side of this, byron york tweeted that he did a search of the "new york times" and "washingtonost" website and the understand element of those texts was never mentioned in this news story. howie: jesse watters said we may have evidence that the fbi meant to destroy the trump presidency for partisan purposes. if it's true, we have a coup on our hands in america. tar require's not just people on my side of the aisle, there are many republicans who feel bob mueller should be able to proceed with the full confidence of the american people without the president slandering them. we know christopher wray and rob rosenstein said they have full confidence in this investigation. i agree with guy that the text that matters is the text about the insurance policy. these characters were talking about what would be done. howie: i am going to call a halt there. guy benson and jessica tarlov. thank you. next on "mediabuzz." the media in a tizzy as omarosa leaves white house. tavis smily howie: pbs suspended tavis smily's talk show. "variety" reports he had sexual relationships with a number of

the washington examiner, byron york on what we're looking at here. >> hi, neil.we're finding out, knowledge of the dossier went up higher in the obama administration than we knew up. we new that christopher steele, the former british spy that compiled the dossier for the clinton campaign, we knew he took it to the fbi. he took it installments. many of us thought it stayed contained in the fbi. the news now is that it did not. that the person at the highest levels of the justice department met with christopher steele, also met with glen simpson of fusion gps that put the dossier together. so what we know now is that knowledge of the dossier went all the way up to what is called the associate deputy attorney general level, which is right next to the number 2 person in the justice department. at that time it was sally yates. remember her? she's the one that the president fired because she defied him on his executive order and became an anti trump public voice. >> neil: so in the end, what happened to bruce orr? >> he's still there. he had two jobs. one was this asso

byron york, good to see you. it appears the president is on his feet there.ttorney general jeff sessions may be introducing him soon. we'll keep our eye on that. but meanwhile an interesting moment to have the president standing there. he is going to be addressing the latest graduating class at the f.b.i.'s national academy for law enforcement managers. what is the president going to say we're left wondering after he has called into question the reputation of this agency? >> you talk about a troubled relationship, it is donald trump and the f.b.i. remember, the f.b.i. was investigating the trump campaign back during the election and then in january when donald trump was president-elect before he took the oath of office the then director james comey in a one-on-one meeting tells him about the so-called trump dossier which has all the salacious, unverified accusations against him. then when trump is president he is very unhappy with comey for telling him privately that the f.b.i. was not investigating him personally but in public comey wouldn't say that leading

byron york here to react next hour.h. >> god is with us on this. pete: she also says the tax bill is armageddon. is it time for her to go? we will ask hillary clinton's former chief campaign strategist next. ♪ don't tell me because it hurts ♪ this is what it's all about, jamie -- helping small businesses. damage your vehicle? we got you covered. [ glass shatters ] property damage? that's what general liability's for. what?! -injured employee? -ow. workers' comp helps you pay for a replacement. what's happening? this is carla. how's it going? and if anything comes up, our experts are standing by. ♪ boo! see these signs, resist, resist. [cheers] oh these resisters resist. hillary resisted and do you know what happened? she lost the election in a landslide. eboni: that was president trump, of course, talking about the resistance. at his florida rally last night. democratic congressman calls for house minority leader, yes, you heard that right, nancy pelosi to resign. >> i have been calling for our leaders to step down and

rachel bade, congressional report of her political and byron york.ical correspondent from the "washington examiner" " >> when i saw the chorus of disapproval, i think it was more for them against. you've got the chinese against it, the french, the e.u., trickle all the foreign policy establishment against it. my instinctive reaction was i am for it because the least it's a change from the status quo that's failed, all the people against it have defended it. the other point is it is something that mystifies me, why the hell they have weighed in at this point. when you think about why donald trump was elected last year, it was to get the economy moving, to bring back jobs, raise wages, look after the people, the forgotten men and women we hear all about and get their prospects on the rise. people who supported him on that basis must be wondering, we didn't elect you to mess around in the middle east. once you have dealt with the problems here at home, then maybe turn to this. i think there are a lot of them a lot of populists who supported president tr

byron york from "the washington examiner" reporting that house intelligence chairman devon nunes is issuingormer state department employer with ties to senator john mccain and accord dog york, kremer traveled to london in november of 2016 to meet with then dossier author christopher steele. cramer then gave the dossier to senator mccain when he returned to the u.s. byron also reporting that during a december interview with house investigations kremer said he knew the

byron york from the "washington examiner" is reportingep that house intelligence chairman devin nunes is issuing a subpoena to a former state department employee with ties to senator john mccain. cramer then gave the dossier to senator mccain when he returned to the u.s. and byron also reporting that during a december interview with he said he knew the russian sources still used in the dossier, key point, but refused to name them. also, tonight congressional republicans continue to call out the bias in the russia investigation. congressman andy biggs penned an op-ed for "u.s.a. today" with the title "mr. mueller, end the witch-hunt."." and joining us now, that aforementioned congressman andy biggs joining me. congressman, great to see you. >> thanks, david. good to be with you. >> david: let's dive right into this. the timeline matters here in the travel to collect the information to bring it back to the united states. hand it off. so, with the new subpoena and the subpoena powers of devin nunes, do we see connecting the dots as a part of the strategy? >> well, i think so. chairman de

as the "washington examiner"'s byron york points out in a new article, the investigation of michael flynnas not about russian collusion or conspiracy between the trump campaign and russia, russia, russia. rather, it hinges on what is known as the logan act. let me explain what this is. according to york. the logan act is a 218-year-old law in this country. a law that prohibits private citizens from acting on behalf of the united states in disputes with foreign governments. in 218 years, nobody has ever been prosecuted under this law, and many legal experts call it archaic and simply irrelevant. some even go as far as to say it's unconstitutional. but this is what played, that law played the central role in the obama administration's investigation into flynn.. never mind the surveillance, unmasking and illegal leaks ofyn intelligence. it's reportedly why the fbi agents went to the white house to interview flynn back in january 24th about discussions that he had during the transition period with his counterpart, the russian ambassador, about actions the obama administration had placed on ru

byron york from the "washington examiner" is reportingep that house intelligence chairman devin nunes state department employee with ties to senator john mccain. cramer then gave the dossier to senator mccain when he returned to the u.s. and byron also reporting that during a december interview with he said he knew the russian

rachel: and here to weigh in fox news contributor and washington examiner political correspondent byron yorkood morning to you too. it's a big morning a lot of news what are your thoughts on all of this? >> well the reason devon nunes the chairman of the house intelligence committee is so mad is because he feels the fbi and justice department have been stone walling the house about this. the house committee issued a subpoena to the fbi and justice department on august 24. it was about the trump dossier. they had a lot of questions about the trump dossier. only issued the subpoena after the fbi refused to answer earlier questions, so the fbi still refuses to answer anything about this and they've gotten information and little drabs and even after five weeks ago the speaker of the house came out in support of devon nunes and said the fbi is tonewalling and needs to give this information now, still the news about peter strop was news to devon nunes. >> pete: people have been accusing this president, president trump of trying to cover up something that went up but is it not maybe the other way a

this letter comes on the heels from the washington and examiners byron york that nunes is issuing --ith ties to senator mccain. joining us now with reaction, florida a attorney general pam bondi, i put the extra in there, and the legal analyst gregg jarrett, pam, first to you, looking at this as somebody from the attorney general with a lot of high-profile cases when you get these questions about who has ties to watts, a compendium of questionable information practices tweets, what do you do when you are at the top of this? >> well, he is doing exactly what he should do, and i'm proud of what he did. i start out by saying as a career prosecutor my entire career and a third largest state of country, there are about 40,000 great men and women of the fbi throughout this country, and there are a few bad ones in the justice department who are making the rest look bad. and that is not fair to the great men and women risking their lives every day. and by the way, structured not be in hr, he should be fired. we have james baker allegations, we have all of these things, so the intelligence co

byron york from "the washington examiner" reporting that house intelligence chairman devon nunes is issuing a subpoena to david kremer who is a former state department employer with ties to senator john mccain and accord dog york, kremer traveled to london in november of 2016 to meet with then dossier author christopher steele. cramer then gave the dossier to senator mccain when he returned to the u.s. byron also reporting that during a december interview with house investigations kremer said he knew the russian sources still used in the dossier key point but refuse to name them. also tonight congressional republicans continue to call out the bias in the russia investigation. congressman andy biggs penned an op-ed for "u.s.a. today" with the title mr. end the witch-hunt. and joining us now that aforementioned congressman andy biges joining me. congressman, great to see you. >> thanks, david. good to be with you. >> david: let's dive right into this. the time line matters here in the travel to to collect the information to bring it back to the united states. hand it off. so, with the new sub

byron york, thank you very much. >> tragic news over the holiday. a california highway patrol officer struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver on christmas eve. police say the 33-year-old officer was in the passenger seat of a parked patrol car when he was struck on the san francisco bay area highway. the officer leaves behind three children who had been waiting for their father to return home to open christmas presents. >> not only a hero but a son, a brother, husband, and a father to a senseless act. an irresponsible decision. many families have been impacted by this incident as well as the citizens of california that the officer swore to protect. >> the driver who struck the patrol car was seriously injured and believed to be under the influence of alcohol and marijuana. >> boston's logan airport. jetblue flight 50 from savannah, georgia, briefly skidding after landing last night after possibly hitting a patch of ice. firefighters helping passengers off the plane and they were then bused to the terminal. authorities say fortunately no one wa

more now from byron york, good morning to you. three topics quickly now. does the f.b.i. have the credibility issue now or not? >> as far as these heavily politicized investigations are concerned, yes. they do. peter strzok seems to be a figure who popped up in all of these. not only the hillary clinton probe and not only the mueller probe but you have to remember the f.b.i. start evidence its investigation, its counter intelligence investigation into the trump/russia affair in the summer of last year of 2016. went on for almost a year before mueller was appointed and peter strzok was part of that, too. in terms of these politicized investigations, yes. >> bill: now on taxes, nancy pelosi laid it on the line when she said the following late yesterday. >> this is armageddon. this is a very big deal because you know why? there is really a very hard way to come back from this. >> bill: what is the concern as this moves to conference? apparently kevin brady said the obamacare mandate will be included on the house side as it has been in the senate side. >> i think democrats, a

and the subpoena extends, according to byron york of the washington examiner, from that prior testimonyier month. as for kramer himself, he's been subpoenaed by the house intelligence committee chairman, devin nuÑes. this all stems from november 2016 after the election last year. according to york's reporting, kramer went to london to meet with christopher steele who you know that name put together, the anti-trump dossier. and according to new york after that, kramer then gave the dossier to senator john mccain. mccain then gave it to the fbi. but, of course, at that point the fbi already had that dossier. now you've got the extra subpoena coming from devin nuÑes after kramer has already gone up to capitol hill and spoken with members of the house intelligence committee. as for this dossier, you know where the president stands on this one. he tweeted about it earlier this week calling it a, quote, pile of garbage. david: blake, thank you very much. florida republican congressmen francis rooney and matt gaetz blasting the fbi. take a listen. >> i was so overwhelmed and fearful when i saw

byron york. here is part of doug jones' closing argument from yesterday. >> the majority of the people of alabama say that it is time that we put our decency, our state before political -- >> bill: now it is in the hands of the voters in a deep red state and there are political reasons for why this is important and there are policy reasons. take the political first, byron. >> on the politics it would be a huge deal if a republican, backed by president trump, lost in a state that is so deeply red and so deeply pro-trump as alabama. that would be an absolutely huge development. and right now we just absolutely have no idea exactly what is going to happen because in the last two polls, one had roy moore ahead by nine points and the other had doug jones ahead by 10 points. it is really impossible to say right now which one of those is correct. >> bill: how about the policy? what is the big policy reason as to why this is so critical? >> the big policy reason is that it has been hard enough for republ

byron york, fox news contributor, how are you doing? good day to you. over the weekend. what do you think it tells us? >> this is the first really inside account of maybe the most incredible presidential campaign ever. i think the title of it let trump be trump is very telling here. it refers to this battle inside the campaign between some advisors who wanted donald trump to tone down his act, to be a little more presidential, to just quiet down a little bit. and others and trump himself, who said no, no, no, going to be myself. i am what i am. i turn it up to 11 and he won and they won. >> bill: the title is interesting, come back to that in a second. there is this exchange where the president then a candidate was ticked off at paul manafort. he asked the pilot to lower the altitude to call manafort. lewandowski said part of that conversation went like this. one small quote. tone it down? i want to turn it up. just take that quote there. manafort was fired, so was lewandowski and we know that now. but those words, tone it down, i want to turn it up. i

byron york has a killer piece in the washington examiner today about the logan act. brian: never before prosecuted. >> brian, the federal equivalent of jay walking. it's against the law because no one's ever been prosecuted for that. but logan act, never before, and that started this entire thing. this is a witch hunt, nothing more. steve: the big headline for a lot of people is, you know, we'd heard that robert mueller had a bunch of democrats, lawyer, investigators on his team, now as it turns out one of the top investigators at the fbi who was involved in the hillary clinton e-mail server and russian collusion case is a trump hater, he was exchanging texts with his girlfriend who worked at the fbi. >> and if you read some the reporting, i think it was james rosen who wrote the piece at fox news, there are sources in the fbi who were deeply troubled by this who said, hey, there's documentary ed that this guy's -- evidence that this guy's been involved in everything. if this entire thing was due to a guy at the management level of the fbi who somehow got ahold of th