catherine herridge. joining us tonight, chris farrell, director of investigations and research for judicial watch. it's great to have you with us. how deeply do you believe ohr to be connected to christopher steele, the former mi-6 spy? and to the entire effort to discredit, first the president's campaign, and then his administration? >> well, first, that is a devastating piece of journalism by catherine herridge. probably the best single recap i've heard. and it points out that ohr is the linchpin in all of this. through his wife's connection or employment at fusion g.p.s. and then him taking information and funneling it back into the f.b.i. and d.o.j. operating way outside the scope of his authority. really abusing his position in office. this shows literally that the components of the conspiracy, the connection between the persons involved, their contact, the frequency of contact, the subject matter, all of it circles around ohr at this point. and the indictment that has been put forth and the report

we have text messages and catherine herridge has been reporting about that. he continued to have contact with steele, but this was -- a behind closed doors, he acknowledges that this was perhaps something that wasn't standard practice. >> bruce ohr admitted to us that it never happened in his nearly 30-year career, he'd never been involved in something just like this. it's also very clear that as you say, he became and they wanted to talk to him directly. even though they backfire to him they produce credibility and they then reengaged him in some direct fashion. again, this goes back to this problem that, before the election, our government was involved in operation research against candidate trump. after the election, after he was the president-elect, the famous insurance policy went into effect that clearly led to the special prosecutor and of the investigation that we are now seeing and this was what we were uncovering, is the premueller activity that created an environment which many people, myself included, were willing to deal with the special prosecut

again to catherine herridge. my understanding is the defense just wrapped up their closing and the prosecution gets a rebuttal? is that right? >> yes. the defense's closing arguments ran for 90 minutes. it began with defense attorney richard westling that told the jury that he was proud and honored with his partners to represent paul manafort and they thanked the jury for their service. he also reminded the jury about what he described as essential tenants of the u.s. justice department system. there's a presumption of innocence and the burden of proof is on the government and the government must prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. there's a key quote from that proceeding with westling. he said "it's not even enough if they are highly guilty. it has to be beyond a reasonable doubt. hold the government to its burden in this case, ladies and gentlemen." that was part of the defense, shep. >> shepard: catherine, what was the government's main point during its closing arguments? >> the thrust of their argument

catherine herridge has been working hard today. she found out that steele was leaking the content of the dossier to the gullible reporters a it the election at the request of fusion g.p.s. in fall of 2016. dossier and even steele did not believe him. i thought it was bad if they tried to influence the election. i guess it's okay if your name is clinton. can you say russian collusion? tonight we will remind everyone on the left that the president of the united states has the constitutional broad and the absolute authority to remove the security clearance of any american. yesterday after years of misconduct he stripped obama exc.i.a. chief john brennan from the privileges. the main stream media is apoplectic and outraged claiming that brennan's freedom of rights are infringed. we will help them understand the difference between constitutional right and governmental privilege. plus we will walk you through the deep dive of every high-ranking former or current official. they all should have the security clearances revoked. we will give

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has more on this breaking news. catherine?reviewed by fox news at bruce ohr's emails shows that he is deeply connected with the trump dossier, the scandal over alleged government surveillance abuse. during closed-door congressional testimony last year, the cofounder of fusion gps, glenn simpson, the firm behind the dossier, claims no contact with ohr until after the 2016 election. but ohr's work emails conflict with his testimony, showing contact months earlier. ohr's wife worked for fusion gps, the firm hired by the dnc and clinton campaign for the trump dossier based on former british by christopher steele's research. after the fbi dropped steele as a source, the republican-led house intelligence committee found that steele maintained contact using ohr as a back channel. in december 2016, ohr's notes also indicated meeting with glenn simpson and washington, d.c.,'s chinatown. he ohr writing, "glen gave me memory stick. today, the dresser department declined to calm down my comment on it who is scheduled to give a closed door

catherine herridge is live at the federal courthouse in alexandria, virginia, with the latest. some have wondered if this would happen, catherine and now it has. tell us what the implications are. >> in the last couple minutes the defense has rested in the manner for case and they have made the decision not to call their own witnesses and also not to reveal their own evidence. this is typically done when the defense feels that the government, the prosecution, is not met the standard for a conviction in this particular case. a couple of key moments from the courtroom, the lead attorney kevin downing told the judge, ts ellis the third, that his client, paul manafort, has chosen not to testify as part of his defense. then there was a series of exchanges between the judge in mr. manna for it. it was really the first time that we have seen him stand in court and to go to the podium and interact with the judge. the judge asked him a series of questions, whether he had been counseled by his attorneys and whether he really understood what it meant not to testify as part of his defense.

lou: thank you. >> catherine herridge. >> joining us chris farrell, director of investigation and research for judicial watch, great to have you with us, how deeply do you believe ohr on be connected to christopher steele? former mi6 spy, to the entire effort to discredit first president's campaign, then his administration? >> first, that is eye that is ag piece of journalism by ca cathee herridge, it pounds out ohr is the lynch pin in all this, with his wife's connection at fusion gps, and him taking information and funneling it back to fbi and doj away outside of scoich his s authority, abusing his position in was o offers. this shows the subject matter, and all of it, circles around ohr at this point, this isa the indictment that has been put forward, and report by catherine herridge, it is devastating. >> devastating, but we have seen other devastating evidence as we've gone through this long, national nightmare, the mueller witch-hunt. what will come of this? what come of it? the american people are frustrated even as congress will be talking with bruce ohr, we're not going to have a

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge catherine herridge joins us now live in washington >> good afternoon. tuesday's definition will ohr's decision to protocol and bypass doj leadership to share information with the fbi from former british spy christopher steele who's behind of the anti-trump dossier. whether the fbi about his hatred of candid trumpet as well as 2016 contracts, and the fbi still use the dossier to secure a surveillance warrant for trump campaign aide in late october october 2016. it's important to note that ohr oversaw activity that wasn't part of his portfolio. they are also probing into his relationship with glenn simpson's firm, fusion gps, was paid for the dossier project. it's also important to note that since an employed his wife, nellie, this part of the research. the house republicans explained their strategy today on fox. >> want him to confirm what we already know from hard evidence, that he and his wife were part of a conspiracy to create this narrative of involvement and wrongdoing by the president relative to the russians. we have a lot of e

catherine herridge has the details. therine: justice department bruce ohr kept andrew weissmann in the loop on the anti-trump dossier. earlier this week sources say ohr told investigators the contact with weissmann and senior fbi officials occurred before and after the 2016 election. a half dozen justice department officials knew about his back-channel contacts with steele. ohr told investigators he never handled evidence this way before. and the broad circle of contacts indicate senior fbi leadership, weissmann and two other department of justice officials knew about steele and the dossier. on the fbi side, ohr's contact includes peter strzok who ran the russia probe who was recently fired over his anti-trump text and other issues. and his former lover lisa page who also left the bureau. andrew mccabe who was fired over allegations he lied to fbi agents. republicans in the house want the president to declassify fbi records about ohr and the surveillance warrant for campaign aides. president trump: what's happening is a

catherine herridge, fox news.: republicans backing donald trump say bruce ohr's testimony of his claim of a deep state to stop his presidency. charlie heard, opinion editor at the washington times wants to know why democrats are not as shocked by what we learned. >> long after christopher steele was determined to be untrustworthy by the fbi because of hopelessly partisan information suspect, and bruce ohr took the information, and how high did that go, real questions about the bias and determination to go after donald trump even in month after donald trump were not only elected but inaugurated. this is stunning stuff. why democrats are not just as shocked and terrified at a justice department this out of control is alarming to me. >> not a single democrat on either house panel returned early for the hearing and 3 dozen republicans as well put staffers in their place. jillian: major accusations the fbi leaked information to the media to get fisa warrants. a special agent told congress the bureau use news stories th

we have now learned thanks to catherine herridge, that bruce ohr implicated, not just a half a dozeneople at the fbi and doj, but in particular, andrew weissmann, he kept him in the loop about the dossier. this was part of the russia hoax. it was the main part of the hoa hoax. andrew weissmann was in on the hoax. >> judge jeanine: now we know it wasn't just this christopher steele, who we all located donald trump. t fired by the fbi, then back channeled information to bruce ohr, who then brought her to both the fbi and the department of justice. and now we know that he not onls was benefitting financially because his wife was working for fusion gps, but that he was leaking information to andrew weissmann and everybody knew that his wife worked for fusion gps. nobody has prosecuted this guy, he still has security clearance and he hasn't been fired. >> you have andrew weissmann who was involved in using false intelligence, phony documents, and now andrew weissmann, the main lawyer in the special counsel probe, whose tentacles are in every aspect of investigating trump, was a participan

the chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live. what is the response from the strzok team? >> we got a statement earlier from strzok's attorney. he confirmed details about his client's termination. he said strzok was fired friday afternoon by the deputy director of the fbi and the attorney alleged that the deputy director overruled the recommendation of the fbi's internal ethics panel that had recommended a 60-day suspension and further demotion of agent strzok. part of the statement reads "the decision to fire special agent strzok is not only a departure from practice, but assurances that the fbi intended to follow this process. this decision should be deeply troubling to all americans." it's important to note that at the access security forum in july, the fbi director said he felt the bureau got into trouble under director comey because they were not following procedures and processes to the letter. let's listen. >> there's a pending personnel matter. as i said, i want to make sure we're following our process, doing things by the

catherine herridge with details on agent strzok's termination. we begin with kevin corke at the white house with the controversies running the release of these recordings by omarosa. good evening, kevin. >> omarosa was a controversial figure during her time at the white house. she was known to be mercurial and her temperament and could be quite confrontational with her staff. still, she enjoyed the full support of the president even after she left the white house. that is of course until now. >> every day the army is fighting for us, and now we are fighting for you. 100%. >> in many ways, it was a familiar scene. president trump on the road surrounded by u.s. service personnel, this time speaking to the army's tenth mountain division in new york. while he basked in that patriotic environs, in washington, his administration was awash in controversy. >> yes it issue with the truth and sometimes he battles with reality. donald trump is a con. he is truly a racist. he doesn't nod or control himself. he has no impulse control. he doesn't have the tact

fox's chief correspondent catherine herridge catching up with them in the hallways of capitol hill. >> mr. c ohr, we have a series of questions from fox news. who authorized her contact with the fbi? did anyone within the justice department know you are contacting the fbi as a back channel for christopher steele, the british spy? >> not much interest in answering any questions. he has links to fusion gps behind the dossier. they hired d14 and ohr's wife, nellie. mark meadows took part in the interview today saying that he believes 99% of the doj workers are patriots but the actions of some officials would raise alarm bells. watch. >> i think really our republic in the integrity of the fbi and doj is at stake. we have several that took things into their own hands and so with the credibility of legal justice that should have a blindfold and yet we are seeing that they were peaking and trying to tilt justice one way or the other based on their own political bias. >> so christian, we will go to your first and get your take on this as an employee of the government. it's probably not a good

catherine herridge joins us now with the very latest. catherine?anine, the text messages obtained by fox news between bruce ohr and former british spy christopher steele from january 2017 until late november and suggest steele asked ohr to be his go between with the special counsel. quote, we are frustrated with how long this reengagement with the bureau and robert mueller is taking steele writes. anything you could do to accelerator the process would be very much appreciated. three months later steele describes to ohr mounting legal pressure and the constant stress of media scrutiny. i'm presuming have you heard nothing back from your special counsel colleagues on the issues you kindly put to them for me. we have heard nothing either. steele continues that the radio silence is beyond disappointing. certain people have been willing to risk everything he writes to engage in an effort to help them reach the truth. separately the emails suggest o hr, his rife nellie were in frequent contact with fusion gps glenn simpson whose firm put together the dos

our chief intelligence officer catherine herridge has the news and live with more. catherine? handful of republicans are talking about sometime after the mid-terms that senator graham that got this conversation started told fox last night that it's not about the russia investigation. he said it's not about special counsel robert mueller. he said it's about the relationship between the president and his attorney general that graham said had grown down. >> i hope the relationship gets better. if it doesn't, i would imagine the president is going to look for a new attorney general. because what's going on is unsustainable. i'm not blaming enough. i love jeff sessions. but from many i point of view, the country is not being well-served with this much friction. >> some of the republican leadership are not are the same page as senator graham. john cornyn said i know this is a difficult position for him, a reference to sessions, to be in, but it would be bad for the country, bad for the president and bad for the department of justice to be forced out under these circumstances. i hope

fox news correspond catherine herridge's has the latest. catherine? >> good evening.he closed-door deposition lasted seven hours but the consensus among republican lawmakers the justice department official bruce ohr told the fbi there were issues with the trump dossier and its author christopher steele. the evidence shows that the national security advisor court was kept in the dark when it granted a surveillance warrant for a trump campaign aide just two weeks before the 2016 election. one lawmaker says ohr's answers for the timing and handling of the dossier do not line up with other witnesses, including former fbi lawyer lisa page, who sent anti-trump texts and glenn simpson, who testified on the hill last december. his firm, fusion gps, was paid by the dnc and clinton campaign for the anti-trump research. with more than two decades of government experience, ohr portfolio at the justice department with gang and drugs, not russia, but he became the back channel between fbi officials in steele after the bureau fired him as a confidential source. earlier today, must o

decision-making at the nation's top law enforcement agency chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge's life with the latest in alexandria, virginia, where the trial of former trump campaign chair paul manafort is scheduled to resume. >> reporter: that trial is scheduled to reconvene at any time. in the meantime we have at that big news on fbi agent peter strzok. 45 minutes ago, the president weighed in on his determination on twitter and it reads in part "just fired agent struck, formally of the fbi. it was a total fraud on the american public and should be properly redone." also this morning we got a statement from agent strzok's attorney and he filled in the details. he said it went down on friday afternoon and it was done by the deputy director of the fbi. in that statement, his attorney alleges that the deputy director overruled the findings of the internal fbi disciplinary task force that he said had recommended a 60 day suspension as well as a demotion. that statement from strzok's lawyer reads, the decision to fire him was not only departure from typical bureau practice but also

catherine herridge will be there for us. thank you.crews searching for survivors after a deadly bridge collapse in italy. did you see this? it's raising questions about safety of bridges in the united states and around the world for that matter. there's word tens of thousands of american bridges need repairs at last check. the details from italy and the reports from homecoming up. >> shepard: a horrible scene this morning. cars and trucks plunging 100 feet after a highway bridge came crashing down in italy killing 22 people. officials say the dead will likely rise. it's been changing throughout the day and evening there. crews pulling survivors from the wreckage. tons of concrete and twisted metal fell on a factory and warehouses below the bridge. take a look at this delivery truck just feet away from falling into the void. this happened in genoa along a major highway that connects italy to france. tomorrow is a very big summer italian holiday. so the roads were busier than usual today as people headed to the beaches and to the mountai

catherine herridge is live in alexandria, virginia. >> reporter: the president weighed in about an hourfter there was confirmation that fbi agent peter strzok was fired. friday afternoon and that tweet from the president reads in part, "just fired agent strzok of formerly of the fbi who was in charge of the cricket hillary clinton investigation. he was a totally fraud on the american public and should be properly redone" we also got a statement from his attorney and he makes a number of allegations of that statement. he says that strzok was fired by the fbi deputy director who he says overruled the recommendation of the fbi's internal disciplinary board. the thought that strzok should be demoted and have a 60 day suspension. his lawyer also makes a point that there was no evidence showing that his political views at a direct impact on decisions in the investigation. that reads in part a lengthy investigation and multiple rounds of congressional testimony failed to produce a single shred of evidence that his personal views ever affected his work. >> like many people, i had and expressed

catherine herridge is outside the courtroom for us. catherine, where are we in closing argument?t a half hour in to the defense's closing

fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has a full report from washington.ne. >> tuesday's interview behind closed doors will focus on ohr's decision to share information with the fbi from the former spy he waspher steele after fired by the bureau as a source. investigators tell fox news they also question what the fbi knew about steele's hatred of candidate trump. as well as his briefings to the media about the trump dossier. and if that's true, why the bureau still used the unverified research to secure a surveillance warrant on a trump campaign aide. he was not part of the official justice department job. investigators are also drilling down on the relationship with glenn simpson, the firm fusion gps was paid by the dncel and clinton campaign. simpson employed ohr's wife. today, has republican claim to the strategy and leveled serious allegations. >> we want him to confirm what we already know from hard evidence, that he and his wifeon were part of a conspiracy to in fact create this narrative of involvement and wrongdoing by the president relative to the

catherine herridge joins us now with the very latest. catherine?e, the text messages obtained by fox news between bruce ohr and former british spy christopher steele from january 2017 until late november and suggest steele asked ohr to be his go between with the special counsel. quote, we are frustrated with how long this reengagement with the bureau and robert mueller is taking steele writes. anything you could do to accelerator the process would be very much appreciated. three months later steele describes to ohr mounting legal pressure and the constant stress of media scrutiny. i'm presuming have you heard nothing back from your special counsel colleagues on the issues you kindly put to them for me. we have heard nothing either. steele continues that the radio silence is beyond disappointing. certain people have been willing to risk everything he writes to engage in an effort to help them reach the truth. separately the emails suggest o hr, his rife nellie were in frequent contact with fusion gps glenn simpson whose firm put together the dossier

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge.y day today. >> that's right, and good evening. the fbi is not commenting on strzok's termination tonight which frankly is standard because the bureau doesn't publicly discuss personnel matters. what's important is that strzok is now at least the sixth senior official to be fired, demoted or leave government service altogether since the scandal broke last year. in the link a statement's lawyer says the fbi deputy director overruled the bureau's disciplinary review. they recommended a 60 day suspension and emotion implying that the decision was political. strzok, who dodged fox's questions last month recently testified under oath that has politics never infected his wor work. >> like many people, i had an expressed personal political opinions during an extraordinary presidential election. the let me be clear, unequivocally and under oath, not once in my 26 years of defending our nation did my personal opinions impact any official action i took. >> the attorney also saying christopher wr

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with the news live in washington. what do the tea leaves say? >> shep, according to this 9-page cord filing, manafort's legal team argues under the sixth amendment their client has a right to a speedy and public trial with an impartial jury and they argue they cannot get that in the highly politicized climate of washington, d.c. reads in part the investigation into any links and/or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of president donald trump and any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation has dominated the news cycle. from the outset a significant portion of the media coverage has focused on mr. manafort, the first individual indicted by the special counsel and the first individual to be convicted at trial. the filing also notes that more than 90% of the votes cast here in the district of columbia for president were for democrats. there is also kind of an interesting moment in court over this very issue between the federal judge army burman

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live outside of the trial of former trump campaign chair paul manafort in alexandria, virginia, and we are waiting the start of day 10 in that case. lots of news, break it down for us. >> that's right, melissa and thank you. so about an hour from now, the court will reconvene in the courthouse behind me in the eastern district of virginia, and we're expecting the government, the prosecutors to put on at least one more witness before they wrap their case. this is a senior banking official from the federal savings bank. he was part of the loan committee and he'll know the ins and outs of this $16 million loan that paul manafort secured in 2016. the big news, though, this morning has been confirmation that f.b.i. agent peter strzok has been fired for cause by the f.b.i. and that decision was made, according to a statement from strzok's attorney, by the deputy director of the f.b.i. and the allegation in the statement and this is significant is that the deputy director overruled the finding of the f.b.i.'s internal disciplinary body calle

catherine herridge has been working hard today.

tell us what you find, catherine herridge. >> good morning. the review by fox news at bruce ohr's emails, text messages and handwritten notes shows he is connected to the trump dossier and scandal over alleged government surveillance abuse. glenn simpson, the firm behind the dossier, claimed no contact with ohr after the 2016 election. but his work emails conflict with simpson's testimony showing contact months earlier. ohr's wife nelly worked for gps for the trump dossier based on former british spy christopher steele's resource. after the f.b.i. dropped steele as a source in november of 2016 the house intelligence committee found steele maintained contact using ohr as a back channel. in december 2016ohr's notes indicate a meeting with glenn simpson in washington, d.c. glenn gave me a memory stick. now fired f.b.i. agent peter strzok was pressed on ohr whose portfolio did not include russia and we heard more about the connections through jim jordan. >> bruce ohr's wife worked for the firm for the dossier and he gave it to ohr and he gave it t

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is here with that story as it develops. evening, catherine. >> thank you, bret. and good evening. a source familiar with bruce ohr's testimony telings fox news doj told investigators this week about a july 2016 breakfast with a former british spy behind the trump dossier. july 2016 meeting ohr said christopher steele claimed one of his russian contacts unnamed official says russian intelligence believed they had, quote trump over a barrel. also the information was raw intelligence. and like the dossier unverified. ohr had also told the fbi about steele's candidate trump. ohr said he had not gone wrong adding a half dozen fbi justice department officials knew about his back channel contact with steele which included pro-vigd parts of the dossier. in nearly three decades of government service ohr told investigators he had never handle in this way before. he portion but unclear with other officials that his wife worked behind the firm behind the dossier. his wife who atlanta crime division and top deposit toy to robert mueller

catherine herridge is with us live from washington. >> reporter: thanks jessica. the emails, text messages and personal notes obtained showed bruce ohr's deep connection to the british spy on the opposition research firm fusion gps that compiled the trump dossier. during closed-door testimony, glenn simpson claimed no contact with bruce ohr until after the 2016 election. but ohr's work emails conflict with simpson's testimony showing multiple contacts months earlie earlier. ohr's wife nellie worked for fusion gps for the trump dossier project. based on former british spy christopher steele's research. after the fbi dropped steele as a source, the house committee found that steele maintained contact using ohr as a back channel. in december 2016, 1 month after the election, ohr's notes indicated a connection. in the portfolio, doj did not include russia but a leading house republican said he was a key player in the intermediary. bruce ohr's wife worked for the firm that gave them the dossier. it was never supposed to work that way in the united states of america, bu

. >> eric: chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is on capitol hill right now, right outside the door for that hearing is going to be held momentarily. good morning, what can we expec expect? >> that's right, good morning, and the last few minutes we've had a rolling thunder situation, numbers of republican lawmakers arrive here on capitol hill and was in the last 10 minutes, the justice department official bruce ohr has also arrived. he appeared to be with two other officials from the justice department and from a distance, fox news showed a series of questions and ohr did not respond. let's listen. >> mr. ohr, did you authorize your contact with the fbi? were you acting alone or with authority from a justice department official? how did your wife benefit from the dossier did you have a conflict of interest? mr. ohr, will you take our questions? >> bruce ohr worked at the justice department and the fall of 2016 and his portfolio was narcotics and gangs, it was not russia. but testimony as well as emails and text messages showed that bruce ohr was part of a back channel commu

catherine herridge is live outside the courtroom. where do things stand right now, catherine? >> in the last half hour, the jury has come back in to the courtroom on the ninth floor of the building behind me. they heard directly from the defense that they will not be presenting witnesses or evidence and that the defense is resting its case. the judge reminded the jury that the defense is under no obligation to prevent a case to rebut the government's arguments. we have a really good sense of the tech talk of the next couple days. there's what is called a charging conference this afternoon where the judge meets with the lawyers so jurors are absent and they talk about the instructions to the jury and whether the parties want to weigh-in or have any objections to what the judge is proposing. he anticipates the closing arguments from both sides. he would like them to run 90 minutes or less. same time for his instructions to the jury. so he believes that the jury should have the case late tomorrow. final note, dana, there was a sealed proceeding this morning and really fueled spec

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live at the courthouse in alexandria, virginia come up with the latest. >> reporter: as we reported earlier, they got the defense resting the case earlier today. they indicated to the court that they would not be calling their own witnesses, they would not be calling for presenting their own evidence and manafort would not be testifying on his own behalf. legal experts tell fox it's often the strategy that is employed when the defense feels that the government and prosecution may not have bet the burden of proof to get a conviction which needs to be unanimous among the jurors. in this particular case, putting paul manafort on the stand certainly has its risk because it gives the government a bite of the apple, and the defense based on the travel so far has wanted the star to be his former business partner rick gates and questions about his credibility. just a half hour from now we expect the jury to come back and they will be able to see and hear for themselves from the defense directly that the case is rusted and they have electe

catherine herridge is also inside the courtroom so as that story comes together we will bring you all that breaking details. and if this is also developing. reaction to president trump in a wide-ranging interview with reuters insisting he has the power to step in and run the russia investigation himself if he wants to. he said "i could go in and do whatever, i could run it if i want but i decided to stay out. i am totally allowed to be out if i want to be. so far i haven't chosen to be involved and i will stay out. the present did not rule out. we are joined by my first guest, kellyanne conway. let's start with what the president means when he says he could actually run the rush investigation. >> >> kellyanne: the president and his team have been incredibly compliant and cooperative with the investigation. you have 1 million documents produced, 33 some witnesses have gone in testified under oath thusly, and this is a president that thinks it completely ridicules the system of justice if we are not looking at the other side of this investigation. you had a corrupt dealings all the way

this is what catherine herridge has told us so far. she has done a great job.ruce ohr, his memory isn't perfect but he does say he's never had a case like this in 20 years. he goes on to say simpson's had the first time, glenn simpson who owns fusion gps, where bruce ohr's wife works, so the first time i was dealing with bruce ohr was at thanksgiving. the problem is there's an email exchange that shows they had been communicating since august. lisa page, bruce ohr, and glenn simpson's all contradict each other. there's no way that should be allowed you're trying to do an investigation. if the fbi or department of justice was doing this investigation, they would not be tolerating this. they've got to get all three out there in front of us and tried to contradict each other. >> tammy: what we are seeing here is the weaponizing, as we have discussed, of the federal law enforcement framework against a presidential election and presidential nominee, candidate, which was they wanted, which was an insurance policy to keep something happening. this is a lesson for cons

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is outside the courthouse in alexandria with a lookt what happened today. good evening. >> thank you and good evening. based on the latest dispatch from the courthouse, the judge is wrapping up instructions for the 12 jurors and four alternates. he told them when it comes to comment on evidence and witnesses during the trial, that they may disregard them as they see fit. whatever the outcome in this case, whatever the verdict, it will likely have an impact and a ripple effect on the president and the russia special counsel, robert mueller. wearing a navy suit and blue shirt, paul manafort listened closely as prosecutors told the jurors that the president's former campaign chairman was dishonest. special counsel prosecutor. "mr. manafort lied to keep more money when he added and lied to get more when he didn't. this is a case about manafort's lies. he had money in foreign bank accounts and spent it on real estate." rick gates was the government's star witness, testifying earlier than his old boss was in total control of his finances. at

catherine herridge has been covering the story since the very beginning and she joins us tonight. >> the closed-door deposition lasted seven hours with the consensus among republican lawmakers. the justice department official bruce ohr told the fbi there were issues with the trump dossier and its author produced -- former british spy, christopher steele. but the national security court was kept in the dark at when it a surveillance warrant for trump campaign. that does not line up with other witnesses. former fbi lawyer lisa page and glenn simpson by the dnc and campaign for the anti-trump research. with more than two decades of government service, the portfolio was gangs and drugs and not russia. the 2016 document shows or begins a back channel between fbi officials and steel after they fired him as a confidential source. earlier today, ohr ignored fox's questions. >> mr. ohr, who authorize or bypass of the fbi? were you acting alone? how did your wife benefit from the dossier contract? did you have a conflict of interest? mr. ohr, will you take our questions?ls >> lawmakers also to

. >> bret: catherine herridge on the hill. the second trial of former trump campaign chairman paul manafort is being pushed back a week. the judge has granted a defense motion. opening statements will not begin september 24th. jury selection gets underway september 17th, last week manafort was convicted on eight counts of fraud and other crime crimes. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he will form a bipartisan panel to solicit ideas on the best way to honor his former colleague john mccain. the arizona senator died saturday, some senators support renaming the russell senate office building for mccain. on the senate floor today, in an emotional speech, senator lindsey graham his longtime friend, mccain and he said be impossible to replace. >> i'm going to need your help, and the void to be filled by his passing is more than i can do. don't look to me to replace this man. look to me to remember what he was all about and try to follow in his footsteps. >> bret: mccain will lie in state and arizona's capital tomorrow on