i think it was january it was just reported by catherine harris, terrific reporter on fox. she talks about a letter he signed and i don't even remember it and it specifically talks about this deal. it was a public deal and everyone knows about this deal. i was not trying to hide anything. okay. i cannot understand -- >> [inaudible] >> we will talk about it but we have a lot of things. >> what is your sense about a trade deal with china and what you expect with president xi? >> i think were close to doing some they would sign up but i don't know if i want to do it because what we have right now is billions and billions of dollars coming into the united states in the form of tariffs and taxes. i don't really know but i will tell you i think china is open to make a deal and i am but frankly, i like video we have right now. >> i will probably meet with president putin. we're not determined that meeting and i was thinking about it but we'd like to have it. it's a good time to have the meeting and i'm getting a full report as to what happened with respect to the plane that will d

. >> tucker: catherine harris was accorded a figure of history.he secretary of state of florida during the 2000 presidential recount and she joined us tonight. j catherine harris, thanks very much for coming on tonight. >> thank you for having, me. >> tucker: for those of us who are not familiar with the intricacies of election laws, the most basicic question first, how could thousands of uncounted ballots appear after the polls closed?os >> we are a nation of laws, rule of law is the most important bedrock in our country and no one -- the most important aspect of these elected supervisors of elected,un i think we have a bac expectation that they're going to operate with courage and integrity. funny that you have to say courage when following the law. but this is a critical issue that they follow the law, so how ballots go up late, they will have to explain that because there's a chain of custody. all those issues will come up as a result. >> tucker: having watched this very carefully. no one has watched it more carefully than you have, does that

and we have the attorney for catherine harris representing her against all of the legal challenges. i want to start with you do you think it is wise for governor scott to move on the offensive in broward and palm beech -- beach counties, or is that premature? >> no. i don't think it is pre mature. you have to stay ahead of the flow. of what's going on. i was not aware of the lawsuit until i drove over here tonight. there's additional super vision. things don't happen that ought not happen. >> i want to go to you. you are representing andrew gillum. that's not contract. he thought at the moment warranted a concession. your client and you say you are watching things very closely with the vote count. last i checked it was about 40,000 or so votes separating gillum and ron desantis. >> there's a vast difference between 2000 and now. the recount was reciprocated by the candidates which got to select the counties they were in. the legislature has a result of 2000 has significantly changed florida statutes. the candidates have nothing to do with it now. if the margin between the candidates

catherine harris is here with us with details, what do we know about how all of this came to be? >> based on the reporting i heard from contacts, in the midterms, the president, the republican party was able to expand its majority in the senate, the president would move very quickly to push out jeff sessions which is exactly what we saw today. >> bret: what does this mean for special counsel robert mueller? >> we haven't heard from the acting attorney general about the special counsel but there's a lot of attention tonight on the knob that he wrote last summer that said if robert mueller investigates the finances, that would be a redlined crossed. it doesn't take a lawyer or even a formal federal prosecutor to conclude that investigating donald trump's finances or his family's finances falls completely outside of the realm of his 2016 campaign, and allegations that the campaign coordinator with the russian government and anyone else goes beyond the scope of the appointment of the special counsel. that seems prescient now given the calls from democrats to look at finances specific

we have these nightmare experiences of jeb bush and catherine harris from 2000, and with the governorryone of fraudulent activity, it would be inappropriate for him to be part of the certifying group. but it's a very good start. >> but when you say a start, i mean, i just want people to understand, and gail made this point last night. 67 counties in florida, each of them have state officers, they are elected locally to oversee elections. i mean, in other words, governor scott is not deciding who's overseeing the elections. he doesn't actually have a role in overseeing the elections. so what more could he do? >> well, no, he -- well, amongst other things, he could stop accusing everyone of fraudulent activity in connection with the election, including the various supervisors of elections who are attempting right now, despite enormous pressures, constant lawsuits, to finish the job in order -- and if he won, in order to have him seated. but he is constantly suing people, constantly dragging them into court. his lawyers are subpoenaing people to come to court when at the same time they'r

most overwhelming political force, maybe got lucky in a couple elections, he got to run against catherine harris one year. >> but you've got a situation where, you know, it is the midterm election and you are the opposition party and that's been a party that has saved a lot of incumbents in the past who have been in that situation. the two most note al things in those polls are, number one, gillum continues to lead. every poll i've seen of this matchup -- >> gillum has been ahead from -- >> from the beginning. every poll. and i think he's dragging nelson along. >> i think he is, too. >> i think nelson is in his draft and it's really helping nelson a lot. you saw that rally the other day, you had obama and gillum essentially bringing, you know, nelson along with them. >> when bill nelson goes to an ame church they're not standing up in the pews for bill nelson, but he did draw a great gubernatorial candidate for what he needs for his weak spot, i think you're right, i think gillum may drag him over the finish line. >> what happened to rick scott? didn't he get a bump from the hurricane? >> they p

. >> harris: catherine herridge with the news from washington. catherine? >> house and senate democrats are using whitaker's appointment to mobilize. ordering the retention of records about the russian special counsel probe and the resignation of jeff sessions. the current house minority leader said that shake up the justice department or alleged shake-up is about derailing the russia probe. >> the primary purpose is to interfere with the timing of the mueller investigation, in terms of taking the house. >> we had a rally last night in baltimore, center stage with democrat elijah cummings who is presumed to be the next democratic chairman of the house oversight committee. the justice department changes he says are about protecting president trump and his inner circle. >> it appears that the president has taken it upon himself to decide who will investigate him, who will be the person that submits information to the congress. >> a little more about the president's comments on the lawn, he brushed off criticism of of making a point, he brushed aside previous

catherine cust and hey, harris. earlier today we -- but tell mike about the moscow project, this is that the heart of today's court action where he said he lied to the skiers about the moscow proposal. as he left a new york court yesterday, he did not stop to take reporters 'questions in the drafter congress. he said negotiations over the moscow project ended in january of 2016, but he told the new york court today it was in fact in june of 2016. in the draft, cohen said discussions of attempted travel to moscow was limited, that he never discussed it with then-candidate term, but he told the new york court today that the discussions were more extensive. a short time ago on capitol hill, the chairman in the ranking democrat of the senate intelligence committee who got this testimony from cohen in the first place reacte reacted. >> i'm not going to comment upon that. commentary of this individual, we have kept that confidential. obviously mr. cohen was one of the witnesses that we always wanted to have come back. tha

further i think you should go back to -- i think it was january it was just reported very well by catherine harrister on fox she talks about a letter that he signed it specifically talks about this deal this deal was a very public deal everybody knows about this deal. i wasn't trying to hide anything >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> i cannot understand you >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] when you see putin, what are we going to talk about. >> we have a lot of things to talk about >> reporter: you're going into a summit shortly what is your sense about a trade deal with china? what do you expect to say to mr. xi >> i think we're very close to doing something with china but i don't know that i want to do it because we have what we have right now is billions and billions of dollars coming into the united states in the form of tariffs or taxes so i really don't know but i will tell you that i think china wants to make a deal i'm open to making a deal but frankly i like the deal we have right now. >> reporter: are you going to meet with -- and if so what are you going to -- >> i probably will

. >> harris: catherine heritages live in washington. why is this happening? o months up of the democrats are certainly in a very coordinated way, putting their signature, if you will, on how they are going to describe the acting attorney general. as you mentioned, the chairman of the house judiciary committee will have direct oversight of the committee and he said the acting attorney general's past media appearances smack of bias. >> he has expressed total hostility to the investigation. he has said the investigation shouldn't go forward. the one who said that should not be in charge of deciding on the investigation. >> in january the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee expose the dnc clinton campaign fund and dossier will hand the gavel to a ranking democrat schiff who said that whitaker will be investigated. >> we are going to find out whether he made commitments to the president about the probe, or his lawyers about the probe, whether he is doing anything to interfere with the probe. >> kellyanne conway says whitaker's media interviews a

i think you should go back to, i think it was january, it was just reported very well by catherine harris. she talks about a letter he signed. i don't even remember it. it specifically talks about this deal. this deal was a very public deal. everybody knows about this deal. i wasn't trying to hide anything. okay. [shouting questions] [inaudible] >> i cannot understand you. >> [inaudible] >> we'll talk about, we have a lot, we have a lot of things to talk about. >> you're going into a summit. what is your sense about a trade deal with china. what do you expect to say to mr. xi? >> i think we're very close to doing something with china, but i don't know i want to do it. what we have right now is billions and billions of dollars coming into the united states in the form of tariffs or taxes. so i really don't know. but i will tell you that, i think china wants to make a deal. i'm open to making a deal. but frankly i like the deal we have right now. reporter: [inaudible] >> i probably will be meeting with president putin. we haven't terminated that meeting. i was thinking about it. they would

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. >> harris: catherine herridge live in washington with mark, catherine? >> senior house and senate democrats sending out a press release confirming that preservation letters went to the administration, intelligence agencies and fbi for all records as well as the resignation of attorney general jeff sessions. the cable networks took aim at the new acting attorney general matt whitaker. >> we can insist that the documents be preserved in this transition and also demand their refusal of mr. whitaker who has demonstrated a pretty clear conflict of interest. we may have been a lot more powerless in the past but that's not the case now, this is a new time for the president. >> 24 hours after his appointment, democrats highlighted whitaker's past statements about cutting off special counsel robert mueller's funding. >> i can see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced and that attorney general doesn't fire bob mueller but he reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to a halt. >> attorney general whitaker is on the job this morning on the califo

. >> harris: catherine, thank you very much. i want now, fred, good to see you.ry has changed in a number of ways, i want to kind of kept this up. i know you said it is ridiculous that a u.s. senator can make a statement that how much an investigation can be a cause of controversy is beyond that person. why do you say that? >> it boggles my mind, there's been substantial evidence, whether you agree with that or not, that calls into the question the validity of everything that was done to establish the special counsel. and there are substantial questions as to whether the special counsel has exceeded its authority. and for a sitting u.s. senator to say no, there is no controversy whatsoever, just ignore his and basically disenfranchises anybody who thinks differently. and to pass a law that basically says, yes what, we are not going to legitimize her lips into any efforts to investigate whether s being done properly is very dangerous. >> harris: why do you think it's troubling the way jeff flake is handling this? you said that. >> and i stand by that. a u.s. senat

(catherine) california u.s. senator kamala harris is in las vegas today...ampaigning fornevada democrats. she's been meeting with women and talking about the importance of voting next tuesday. harris was asked today about president trump's recent rhetoric.... the junior senator is a rumored 2020 presidential candidate... she's remained non-committal so far, but continues to raise her national profile.. harris has made recent appearances in places like south carolina and iowa. (catherine) former president obama was also on the campaign trail today... campaigning for andrew gillum, florida's democratic candidate for governor. obama's message ... the republicans are trying to scare you with lies. don't fall for the okey doke. don't be bamboozled. don't be hoodwinked because when you get distracted -- while you're distracted with all this stuff they're making up , they're also robbing you blind. // let's get to work lets make history(catherine) after the miami rally, the former president headed to atlanta, georgia... to campaign for stacey abrams, the democratic

. >> harris: we know just now from catherine herridge, though department of justice has just releasedo supporting president trump's appointment of matt whitaker as acting attorney general. you have a couple things at play there, jeff sessions, matthew whitaker who came in, your thoughts on where we are in that process. really quickly, matt whitaker? >> i agree with mitch mcconnell, he's got it exactly right. he's got and no indication thae will not be able to complete his investigation and we have steered clear of what he's doin doing. in my opinion it's important that we not have have yet anotr attorney general of the united states to recuse himself from a broad issue that relates to the public's trust in the department itself and in the fbi. the new director of the fbi, christopher wray, has made tremendous strides in changing personnel at the bureau and moving forward and taking the inspector general's recommendations to heart. we need an attorney general who will do the same thing and i expect that from mr. whitaker. it could take a month or two. >> harris: real quickly, you were

. >> harris: the president also told chris wallace he has given matt whitaker free reign over the russia probe. catherinee is live from washington, d.c., with the latest. >> this morning three senate democrats filed a lawsuit challenging the whitaker appointment. arguing that the attorney general, acting attorney general is senior government official or what is known as a principal officer. "since the senate has not consented to mr. whitaker serving as an officer of the united states, his designation by the president violates the appointments clause. indeed, if allowed to stay, it would create a road map for the evasions of the constitutionally prescribed senate. last week, the justice department's office of legal counsel found that the constitutionality of whitaker's appointment is supported by supreme court precedent, acts of congress, as well the actions of past administrations, democrats and republicans. in this case, republicans are on the same page. >> the department of justice i thought put out recent analysis as to why the whitaker appointment is valid and does not require senate confirmation. i

harry. the result of prince charles. yellow maclay reinjected some glamour into the royal family reinjected some glamour into the royalfamily along reinjected some glamour into the royal family along with catherine that you're waiting for your mother to die. it not even waiting, but yeah, the attention shifts to the next generation inevitably, younger, cooler... you are caught between two generations. it is difficult. at the same time, he has not always helped himself because he has waded in. when younger, he did. ijust got back from australia as i was watching harry and meghan nonstop with what they played with the young prince charles on the beach at bondi being kissed by the topless girl and all this sort of staff in his use and you just thought, it's not that different, they are just a bit more glamorous than they used to be but it's a terrible thing. this happens to all of us middle—aged people who still need work. you find yourself doing stuff that you should not believe. a tour of africa. on that thought, thank you so much for being with us and reviewing the sunday papers today. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. therefore you seven days

harris: meanwhile, we're learning more about the written answers to the special counsel as he continues to hammer out an investigation that has hung over his presidency for some 18 months. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with the news from washington. catherine? >> think you, harass, and good afternoon. this draft prepared by the attorneys for congress in 2017 is at the heart of the guilty plea this morning by michael cohen about this moscow real estate proposal that never went through. as cohen left a new york court this morning he did not stop to take reported questions about the apparent conflict. in the draft for congress in 2017, cohen said negotiations over the trump-moscow project ended in january of 2016. they told a new york court today it was, in fact, five months later in june of 2016. in the draft, cohen's of the discussion about traveling to moscow was limited and it was never raised with then-candidate trump. but cohen told the new york court the discussions were, in fact, more extensive. on capitol hill a short time ago, the chairman and the ranking member of the senate intelligence committee -- that committee matters because they got the testimony from cohen in the first place