we will be there to help, and we are there to help. >> mike: within the last hour, catherine herridge with president trump asked the president about his redline when it comes to the situation in venezuela. take a listen. >> i don't want to say, but we have lots of options. to some of them are very tough options. there is always a tipping point, but certainly i would rather not do that. i just want to help the people. the people are dying. they have nothing. >> mike: with that, we are back with our panel. byron, mollie, zeke. is there concern at the white house that he is not gone yet? >> a little bit of concern, there was some hope earlier this week that momentum is building, that there would be a major foreign policy discussion that as every day and hour goes by, there is another concern that the administration goes a little too far in supporting this uprising that ultimately seems to have fizzled out a a little bit. >> mike: your thoughts on what you heard from the president? >> i think the administration does have to be careful not to overpromise and underachieve. this is not the f

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the president talked about this in a conversation with our catherine herridge yesterday. take a listen. >> did the attorney general make the right call refusing to go to the house judiciary committee because he would take questions from committee staff lawyers? >> president trump: i think so. it's not up to me. it is up to him. they were going to treat him differently than they've treated other people. we've been treated differently to start off with. we've gone through so many investigations and it is so ridiculous. i really don't know as far as i'm concerned, i don't know how you could do a thing like that. >> you see the president making the argument that listen, the attorney general can do what he thinks is the best thing to do. is this good for the country to continue to dredge this up? the report is out there. they say it should be over. congressional democrats say not so fast. great to have you down here. >> sandra: a sunny morning in washington we'll have much more on the new jobs report and a whole lot more when i sit down with vice president mike pence happening

white house with the latest from the president's team but we began with chief intelligence catherine herridge at the capital went up for our battle is heating up to take good evening, catherine. >> catherine: good evening the executive privilege over the record of the justice department said 11th hour negotiations broke down in the house democrats forced their hand. late today the justice department issued a statement highly critical of the democratic chairman jerry nadler that reads in part "it is deeply disappointing elected representatives of the american people have chosen to engage in such an appropriate, political theatrics. all this as the committee reflect a deep partisan divide." >> catherine: after four hours of debate house judiciary committee a first step to hold attorney general william barr in contempt. >> he's refusing to do anything other than provide political cover for the president. the president seeks to take a wrecking ball to the constitution of the united states of america. >> catherine: jerry nadler said attorney general barr refused to comply with congressional subpoe

>> catherine herridge, in washington, great work. big news on declassification, big news on the president's thoughts on james comey. thank you, catherine, for that report. we appreciate it. that should echo in the news world, we will see if that happens. but we have some good news tonight. the president will no longer be playing by an unfair hoax. in spite of everything the fake news media mob, in spite of the democrats, in spite of subpoenas, in spite of this, it is over. they lost, it is done, it is finished. they officially lied to the american people for over two years bear they peddled conspiracy theories. it was all a hoax from the get-go. the attorney general barr yesterday put all of the fake, phony collusion narrative to rest once and for all. whether they like it or not, he has the final say, and the evidence didn't bear out everything they said. take a look. >> do you share my concerns about the fisa warrant process? >> yes. >> do you share my concerns about the counterintelligence investigation, how it was opened and why?

welcome to "fox news @ night" ," the president's taxes back in the 80s and 90s, catherine herridge on capitol hill but we start with correspondent david live in panama city. >> good evening, a lot of news here from this make america great again rally in panama city. you can see the remnants of that rally behind me. president trump use this as a chance to connect directly with voters, his 39th time in the state of florida for a specific rally. connecting with voters who were heavily hit by hurricane michael in october. a lot of damage. president trump landed in panama city, a little bit east of panama city around 8:00 this evening and he took a tour of kendall air force base. the president made some news tonight by announcing $448 million in housing and urban development money will go toward repairing this area. president trump also made some news by talking about the other news going on in washington, take a listen. >> now they say the mueller report, we want to start all over again. it is a disgrace. ♪ >> he ramped up his trade war with threats against china, there is going to be a d

catherine herridge tells us everything she knows tonight. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in new york. moments ago major story out of alabama where the state senate just passed the strictest abortion ban in the nation. sending the bill to governor kate iv's desk. correspondent david spunt is following the news. >> good evening. debate in montgomery, alabama. you can expect it in the coming days. the state senate passed the measure. it would essentially outlaw all abortions unless the mother's life is in danger. abortions in cases of rape and incest would not be legal. it prevents the procedure at every stage of pregnancy beginning at conception. the bill follows similar measures in mississippi and georgia. states like ohio and kentucky have similar measures. this bill punishes not only women for having an abortion but would put doctors in jail too. in some cases come up to 99 years. shannon, debate in montgomery lasted for much of the day. protesters stood outside the alabama state house. lawmakers spent hours debating. >> there are many families out ther

catherine herridge has the exclusive. breaking minutes ago, james comey is lashing out at both the president and the attorney general. what did he just say? we'll tell you to stick around. plus, our very own bill hemmer travelling with the attorney general in el salvador. as bill barr says he's got more questions now than ever before about the earliest origins of the russian probe. the ag plans to get some answers. and revelations about what's behind the escalating tensions with iran as a top gop lawmaker says there was a directive to kidnap and kill american soldiers. we begin with the exclusive chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge on a key section of the mueller report flying under the radar about how long the feds had really been tracking michael flynn. >> new special counsel records show national security advisor mike flynn reported multiple instances before and after the guilty plea where his lawyers got called from individuals connected to the administration or congress, quote, that could have affecte

catherine herridge is on the phone with the latest. catherine? >> charles, thank you. former lawyer for president trump. he's confirmed to me that he's the john that is referred to in the voice mail exchange with rob. rob is rob kellner, the lawyer for the former national security adviser, mike flynn. what we see and been released by the court is close to what the special counsel report in the obstruction chapter in the voice mail according to do you do, he says that it was not meant to intimidate. it was a longstanding relationship with hellner and he said what people need to understand is that they had what is called a joint defense agreement between flynn and the president's legal team. so there was a broad sharing of information. some of the information would have been sensitive or privileged. he told me that the motivation nor the phone call was to say to flynn's lawyer, if you're going to do a deal, we want a heads-up. because some of this material is sensitive and privileged because of the communications with the president. the other thing i want to say, charles

we have catherine herridge tonight on that story.nd former special prosecutor ken starr joins us tonight. he's going to take apart the impeachment push and more. also former u.n. ambassador nikki haley torching bernie sanders and alexandria ocasio cortez, also ilhan omar calling them quote cowards for not standing up to the communist dictator in venezuela and much more. that story coming up. also a guest with the real-life story of how his family fled socialism. he came to america. he started a successful booming business. this is the ultimate great american success story. thanks for joining us. i'm elizabeth mcdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. thank you for joining us. we have every angle of president trump's immigration proposal and nancy pelosi's quick smackdown of it. we've got those angles covered. we have edward lawrence in d.c. we have william la jeunesse at the border. let's begin with edward lawrence in washington. edward? >> liz, president donald trump saying that his immigration plan will fix the crisis at the b

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge's life in washington with the latest. this does not seem to match what attorney general barr said. what are your thoughts on that? >> melissa, good afternoon. i was inside the justice department when robert mueller spoke, and you get a slightly different sense when you're close to the principal. he was very relaxed, but also very focused on this text. in my view, not during from that prepared testimony. he didn't quit take questions at the end of the session we got the clearest indicator today that he has no plans to testify to congress either in a public or in a private session. listen. >> i hope and expect this to be the only time that i will speak to you in this matter. i am making that decision myself. no one has told me whether i can or should testify or speak further about this matter. i hope and expect this to be the only time that i will speak to you in this manner. i am making a decision myself >> he also made the two buckets of the special counsel investigation. one was russian election interference. he said it

here's president trump's response to her own catherine herridge. >> should the former vice presidentlf on his feelings and ukraine, whether there was a conflict? >> i hear it's a very serious problem. sure. i'm hearing it's a major scandal, major problem. very bad things happen. we will see what that is. we even have him on tape talking about it. we have him on tape talking about the prosecute. i've seen that tape. a lot of people are talking about that tape. that's up to them, they have to solve that problem. >> ed: every time a foreign official checks into the trump international hotel in washington there's another press release from democrats. "he may be made $400 off a hotel room, we have to get to the bottom of this." i'm not saying there aren't you legitimate questions that should be asked. fine, do that. meanwhile, while he was president of the united states, joe biden is talking about to campus prosecutor in ukraine, setting u.s. policy as vice president, and his son, hunter, has millions of dollars with a company that is being investigated by that very prosecutor. number one

catherine herridge with the latest on loretta lynch versus james comey. but we start with correspondent david sponge on a brand-new round of threats from house democrats and the white house refusing to back down. good evening, david. >> another busy night in washington, d.c. two new fresh subpoenas performer trump administration officials as another ignored his today and skipped out meeting before members of congress. this morning an empty chair marked the spot where former white house counsel don mcgann was supposed to sit during a hearing to talk about the mueller report. the white house didn't want him to testify even though he's no longer an employee at the white house. he respected those wishes, sat this one out today. that didn't go over well with judiciary chairman jerrold nadler. >> in short, the president took it upon himself to intimidate a witness who has a legal obligation to be here today. this conduct is not remotely acceptable. let me be clear, this committee will hear his testimony even if we have to go to court to secure it. >> his allies

catherine herridge. joining us tonight former federal prosecutor and author sydney powell. good to have you with us. catherine herridge reporting an interesting element from senator cornyn today, and raising the possibility that this was all a russian disinformation campaign, the phony dossier, paid for as we know by the hilary clinton campaign, the democratic national committee. if that were the case, and we have been witnessing the special counsel come up with absolutely no evidence of any impropriety on the part of the trump campaign and collusion, or cooperation, or conspiracy with the russians, that means that the collusion was between the democratic party, the hillary clinton campaign and the russians to sow discord in this country over a period of almost two years, does it not? >> yes, but i think senator cornyn's theory lets the democrats and hilary clinton off way too light, as well as the obama administration because i think the attorney general is going to find that the spying on the trump campaign went back as early as 2015, before the campaign even started good

but we start off with chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge on capitol hill were attorney general bill barr defended his actions and conclusions concerning them mueller report and said, enough is enough. good evening, catherine. >> good evening. officials said questions from committee stuff lawyers were a nonstarter in the attorney general would not agree to those terms. on the basis -- they said it was appropriate for him to take questions from lawmakers but not staffers. all of this late-breaking news as he attorney general faces four hours of intense questioning in the senate. >> we saw why mueller was concerned. >> senate committee democrats pressed william barr on this march 27th letter from special counsel robert mueller. >> this letter was an extraordinary act. a career prosecutor rebuking the attorney general. he was a political appointee at the department of justice with me. the letter is a bit's nati. >> at the bottom line conclusion for congress provided days earlier context. he released executive summaries which are rejected as piecemeal. in a subsequent phone

chief intelligence catherine herridge and joins us with more, good evening, catherine >> catherine: fbi top lawyer james told the podcast he and others of the bureau worry jet -- the briefing of the president on steele dossier would lead to analogies. the reference to the director who abused power and blackmailed individuals. and dependent the origins of 2016 russia case that is the subject of three probes. >> this investigation was not done for political purposes. it was not an attempted coup or anything of this nature that we and the fbi and also the government trying to deal with extremely novel and difficult and horrible situation. >> catherine: so seeking whole special grant material that cannot be provided by attorney general without reading the 448 page meal or report out loud. emphasizing what is not public. >> redacted, redacted to redacted, redacted, redacted, redacted, redacted, redacted. >> catherine: freedom of information act while soup providing insight into the dossier and significant influence and assess before and after the presidential election. november 2,016th and d

catherine herridge is reporting live in washington with details. good afternoon. >> this is breaking in the last hour. we expect a document from the olc, the office of legal counsel at the justice department. it's not a household name, but it's a very important unit within the justice department that is like the inhouse lawyer for the attorney general, for the white house. the executive branch to give them legal opinions as to whether their actions will be upheld under the law. we're told to expect this opinion about issues related to immunity, not in the traditional sense of whether a crime is being committed but whether the, if you will, the invoking of executive privilege by the white house would cover don mcgahn who is new a private citizen and it would allow him to forego any testimony which is now scheduled at the house judiciary committee on tuesday. the argument here by the white house is that during the special counsel investigation, people like don mcgahn, who are part of the executive branch, were able to speak freely to robert mueller,

tonight chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has more from her interview with president trump yesterday. >> white house officials said the hour-long phone call between president trump and the russian leader briefly touched on the special council investigation. in a thursday interview, the president said he believes vladimir putin knows a line has been drawn. >> has he told the russian president to back off the 2020 election? >> i don't think i spoke about the 2020, but i certainly have told him you can't do what you're doing. i don't believe they will be. i don't believe they will. >> have you been firm with the russian president? >> i think so. >> the president elaborated on tweets claiming the last administration dropped the ball in 2016. >> president obama in september before the november election, my november election, if you look, he was told by the fbi and others about russia. he did nothing about it. >> what could he have done? >> he could have done something. you've heard that many times. didn't affect the vote. but i don't want russia or anyone else playing arou

. >> that was president speaking yesterday with catherine herridge. >> tucker: he thinks that he waspied on. we need the d.o.j. i believe specter report to be -- d.o.j. inspector report to be certain. how long before we get that? catherine herridge joins us. >> chuck grassley and ron johnson are investigating the text messages to tell the attorney general they may be evidence that the f.b.i. used official transition briefings to gather information on the trump team. sent nine days after the 2016 election. lawyer lisa page and peter strozk discussed strategy and staffing for upcoming intelligence briefing for vice president-elect mike pence and strozk writes they should use an agent whose specialty is espionage. he can assess if there are new questions or a different demeanor. i the statement after vice president lashed out at them as the disgraced agents who considered infiltrating the transition team and failed. william barr and hor wits are running -- horowitz are running separate reviews to see if this was a campaign justified and based on the evidence. including the warrant from

catherine herridge outside the justice department. catherine? >> we heard from the special counsel, a lot about the olc opinion, the office of legal counsel housed here at the justice department. it acts like an internal lawyer for the government, specifically the attorney general and others in the justice department. what mueller said today is that based on his opinion or the regulations, he would not indict a sitting president but this did not stop him from gathering evidence that could be used for further action. >> under longstanding department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he's in office. that is unconstitutional. even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view that so is prohibited. the special counsel's office is part of the department of justice. by regulation, it will bound by that department policy. charging the president with a crime is therefore not an option we could consider. >> this appears to set up a conflict with what we heard from attorney general william barr that said muel

catherine herridge, you are always on these stories. we appreciate that.ore reaction to robert mueller statement today we are joined by someone who is being watch very closely. former trump advisor michael caputo. thanks so much for coming on. >> tucker, how are you doing? >> tucker: i can imagine you watched that live and had a strong reaction to it. what was your take away? >> to me, it was surreal. it wasas kind of like, so long, robert mueller. i guess you want to ride off into the sunset now. i thought, obviously he didn't say anything that wasn't in the report except that he didn'tt want to testify publicly. i don't think we will let him right into the sunset. i don't think we should. there are some things that i would like republican congressman to ask him in the private session off-camera. when did you know there was no russian collusion? why didn't you end it right then? you got to believe they knew there was no russian collusion, let's say, as soon as robert mueller -- i'm sorry, as soon as general flynn was cooperating. any prosecutor would figu

first, to catherine herridge in washington on what is going on right now. hi, catherine. >> good afternoon. a short time ago, in fact, within the last hour, we heard from nancy pelosi. it's important to listen to her choice of language. she commended house democrats for pursuing issues of impeachment but then she said if they proceeded, they need to make such a solid case that republicans would have buy-in. here's the speaker. >> nothing is off the table. we do want to make such a compelling case, an iron clad case that the republican senate which at the time seems to be not an objective jury, will be convinced of the path that we have to take as a country. >> special counsel robert mueller spoke for almost ten minutes today. i want to emphasize, he did not take questions from reporters that might have clarified some issues and gone to his motivation for making a public statement. he talked about russian election interference. he talked about that being systematic and broad. the emphasis has been on the obstruction issue. he talked about the olc opinion, the

more on the impeachment push from a growing number of democrats but here is chief intelligence catherine herridgeh the bottom line. >> he covered the same ground as the nearly 450 page rush or report on alleged collusion and obstruction released in mid-april. >> if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. >> breaking his silence, robert mueller made clear here he ands team didn't exonerate president trump or charge them with a crime of obstruction saying he was constrained by existing regulations. >> under long-standing department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. that is unconstitutional. >> without using the word impeachment or naming congress, mueller said the regulations did allow the team to gather evidence for future action. >> the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. >> attorney general william barr recently testified at long-standing justice department regulations was not his sticking point. >> he emp

catherine herridge is here to break it down. hello and welcome to "fox news at night." i'm in new york. we begin with a total abortion ban in alabama signed into law and it appears headed straight to the courts. trace gallagher is on the case for us tonight. >> signing the abortion bill alabama governor kay ivey said it was approved by majorities in both chambers of the legislator and quoting a powerful testament to the deeply held belief that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from god. when they state senate passed a bill last night the aclu vowed to sue and today followed up with this tweet "you can't say we didn't warn you governor. see you in court." supporters not only expected to be challenged, they were counting on it openly was picked up by the supreme court and will lead to overturning roe v. wade. because of that the alabama law is unenforceable, that did not stop of his taffy democratic field from slamming alabama. kamala harris said "i'm sick and tired of this outright assault on woman's autonomy. we will fight this with everything

they will look at this like, about time. >> bret: we are just getting word from catherine herridge sayingr, the former cia director are the ones who opposed james comey, the former fbi director that the steele dossier be included in the intelligence report. this is the intelligence assessment from a 2017. comey wanted it in there and according to this, he did not. there was a back-and-forth with rod rosenstein and comey from a speech he delivered. take a listen. >> the former director seems to be acting as a bipartisan, selling books, speculating about the strength of my character. >> i think people like rod rosenstein, people of accomplishment but not real sterling character start to make little compromises to stay on the team, echo his words, use the word spying into the process he has eaten their soul, their loss. >> speculating about schools is not a job for police officers, we base that off eyewitness testimony. >> bret: we haven't heard a lot from rod rosenstein. that is as strong as it gets. >> i don't think you will send a holiday card to james comey. he is acting like a pundit an

correspond to kevin corke is on the front line with the new reaction from the present, and catherine herridge's life of the department of justice. we are going to start with catherine. what are things like they are today, catherine? >> i was in so the justice department robert mueller spoke to reporters for approximately . often has a different feeling when you are close to the principal. i've covered mueller for 18 years, first as fbi director fbi director and now a special counsel. today he was very relaxed. also laser like it has focused, delivering that prepared testimony, appearing to me to be very careful not to stray from that text. he also gave the strongest indicator that he is not going to testify to congress publicly or privately. listen. >> i expect this to be only time i will speak to you in this manner. i am making that decision myself. no one has told me whether i can or should testify or speak further about this matter. there has been discussion about an appearance before congress. any testimony from this office would not go beyond our reports. >> the special counsel also emphas

catherine herridge now from washington with more. catherine, good to see. >> thank you, harris, and good afternoon. the chairman of the house judiciary committee tells the attorney general william barr barr that he's making his final "counter offer" over mr. barr's refusal to grant democrats unfettered access to the mueller report. the letter reads in part, "the committee is prepared to make every realistic effort to reach an accommodation with the department," natalie wrote. "but if the department persists, it's baseless refusal to comply, the committee will move to contempt proceedings and seek further legal recourse." in the last hour of the justice department has declined to comment on the letter. in recent days, the officials have emphasized the mueller report contains grand jury information and it can't be shared by the attorney general without a court order under the existing legislation. the question whether house democrats are acting in good faith, because the attorney general gave them a less redacted version of the mueller

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has more now from washington. catherine? >> well, thank you, harris and good afternoon. u.s. attorney john durham is an experienced prosecutor whose portfolio includes highly sensitive corruption cases including the misuse of finn informants, destruction of evidence at the cia as well as ongoing leak investigations. durham began his investigation into the origins of the russia probe weeks ago where he directly with dan coats the director of national intelligence and cia director gina haspel. sources also tell fox news that durham is focused on the months leading up to the 2016 election. including the use and initiation of informants whether it was based on solid evidence and what they call proper will he predicated as well as irregularities in the surveillance born application process for trump campaign aid. what's important to note is that attorney general william barr indicated recently during congressional testimony that there are pending criminal leak investigations and the inspector general michael horowitz could delive

, and if you compound that with the cool, relaxed person i saw him, i saw him in a way with catherine herridgee. have you ever, and i know you know the president personally, have you ever, have you ever seen him -- am i jumping to conclusions, orim did catherine herridge relax him? [laughter] jesse: i don't think catherine relaxes anybody -- [laughter] but, no, listen, i think one of the best days, what was it, before easter when the mueller came out, no collusion, no obstruction, that was a pretty big day. but when you combine that with barr's testimony, when you combine him being vindicated on the spine with "the new york times" article and the 3.2 gdp, and what was it, 250,000 jobs created -- >> 263. jesse: -- at the fastest clip in ten years? just a phenomenal week for the president. >> and the economy's growing fast. you know what i find interesting is when things go overwhelmingly well, i'm tended too flip aroun, and i do in the breaks just to see how they're going to spin it negatively. or they'll just talk about beto o'rourke -- jesse: i saw a poll they came out -- >> cnn. jesse: was i

we will start with chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge, who is live in washington with the latest. hi, katherine. >> i want to give you some more details from this information we just got from our senior producer, chad pergram. it's about the timing, and also the contempt resolution. it's off for next week according to the democratic chairman, jerry nadler. he said they are still negotiating a special counsel robert mueller to testify. on the other thing that jumps out is on contempt he is talking about it being later combining contempt with the attorney general, that resolution. along with the former white house counsel don mcgahn. in a recent interview with fox, the president said he was not willing to send them again the hill to testify about the special counsel investigation paid me time here in boston this morning, there was an event at the brookings institution. we heard from the counsel, james baker, about the initiating of the investigation and the fisa application for trump campaign aid. which relied on the.ca, and this former british spy, christopher steele. w

inspector general has not been commenting on the status, shannon. >> shannon: catherine herridge, thank very much. so fired fbi director james comey is speaking out tonight on what he thinks about this investigation into the investigators. >> the inspector general, attorney general, now looking into the origins of your investigation into the president and his campaign. are you confident you did everything by the book and the fbi and people around you did everything by the book? >> yes, spoken to people in the fda that they have concerns the inspector general could find something and bracing for what might be uncovered. >> again, i am a big believer in the truth. if the truth is there something concerning, then let's hear it. i don't know of anything like that. >> shannon: bringing in tonight's legal eagles, former assistant to attorney general harry litman. former independent counsel ken starr appeared welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> shannon: okay, mr. comey sounded very confident. under the headline "james comey is in trouble and he knows it," the author said "after the invest

>> shannon: catherine herridge on the hill, thank you. this is the senate judiciary chairman. >> so, no collusion, no coordination, no conspiracy between the trump campaign and the russian government regarding the 2016 election. >> shannon: let's break down today's events with democratic strategist and former clinton advisor, richard goodstein, and former solicitor general of texas, scott keller. straight up both of you here tonight, gentleman. so you heard what the senate chairman -- judiciary chairman said, lindsey graham had "the washington post" reacted saying "it is misleading at best. the report did not assess whether there was collusion because collusion isn't a legal term. in the end, mueller did not find coordination that would constitute a crime, but never explicitly said there was no collusion. trump, barr, anna graham have said that." >> we have been hearing collusion, collusion, collusion for so long. now, all of a sudden, there is this pivot. we don't want to talk about collusion anymore, because at the end of the day, the m

the statement tonight or the finding in the reporting of catherine herridge tonight says that john brennanays that he and james clapper did not want to include the dossier. that it was james comey who insisted on including the dossier as they were doing the investigation and also in the intelligence report that was presented to president trump. what do you think about that, trey? >> i think that it's one more place for mr. durham to start. that's a pretty easy thing to sort out, who insisted that the dossier or the unverified material from chris steele be included. but, martha, sometimes when you have two people -- i can tell from you having been in the courtroom, sometimes when people are blaming each other they are both right. it's both of them. and i think it's interesting brennan and comey right now, the only thing they seem to share is a hatred for donald trump. it's going to be interesting if they begin to turn on one another. i've seen the document. i'm not going to describe it any more than that, comey got a better argument than brennan based on what i have seen. >> martha: that's

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we begin with catherine herridge live in washington for us. good morning. >> robert mueller the same ground as the 450 page russia report on alleged collusion and obstruction released in mid april but what he chose to emphasize that shook washington, the house speaker responded urging her colleagues not to overreach. >> nothing is off the table but we do want to make such a compelling case and iron-clad case that even the republican senate which at the time seems to be not an objective jury, will be convinced of the path that we have to take as a country. >> special counsel robert mueller made clear he and his team did not exonerate president trump or charge him with a crime of obstruction saying he was constrained. without naming congress or impeachment he said the regulations allowed his team to gather evidence for any future action. >> underlongstanding department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. that is unconstitutional. even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view, that

elect system, fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with more. >> who are partilitary launched a concerted attack on hur our political sec. reporter: book ending robert mueller's statement at justice department. >> there were multiple systemic effort to interfere in our election. that allegation deserves the attention of every american. reporter: there is rare support on both sides to thwart national security threat opposed by foreign nations meddling in next year's presidential election. >> how do we make sure they don't do in 2020 for whatever candidate they shoes. choose. reporter: along with republican chairman, they are expected to conclude russia bipartisan investigation by august. >> i think we have to pass bipartisan legislation to secure the election shin. reporter: this morning president seemed to be on same page, advocating for a physical audit trail. >> we're trying to do paper ballots as a back up system. good old fashion paper in this modern age is the best way. reporter: mueller was clear that russians tried and failed. >> this volume includes a d

joining us now with more is catherine herridge. catherine?> congressman, why the national security court was not was not expressly told of the dnc and clinton campaign contentions to the end he antidrug dossier, today the fbi's former top lawyer said the book bureau provided the court with sufficient warning. >> my assessment was that the information set forth in that gigantic footnote was consistent with the type of information and the way we would phrase things to basically, effectively, be the red light on top of the document. >> >> know another challenge toe integrity, setting newly released records, three senate republicans now question whether a seniorep state department official warned the fbi before the fisa warrant application about the anti-trump dossiers author, former british spy, christopher steele, and his apparent political motivations. senators john c grassley and graham wright, the state department shows the opposition research firm gps led by glenn simpson were deeply involved. they p were possibly keen to see this informati

catherine herridge reporting live on capitol hill. catherine? >> the debate has resumed in the last 15 minutes. what we anticipate is two more amendments and then the final vote what we heard from republicans today is they say the justice department has negotiated in good faith with house democrats and recent days they have offered broader access to the records and the underlying documents. they say the attorney general can't get beyond this issue of the grand jury material, which would require a court order in order to share with congress. the democrats have said consistently that that is the grand jury information is a side issue and the larger issue is about obstructing independent oversight. >> i can only conclude the president now seeks to take a wrecking ball to the constitution of the united states of america. >> by citing the attorney general of the united states for contempt of congress, we're saying i'm standing up for the law, i am not going to break the law by complying with that part of your subpoena shows an overreach on the part o

. >> sandra: catherine herridge has more on all this.ee senate republicans question whether a senior state department official warned the f.b.i. about british spy christopher steele and his motivation. timing matters, the warning came in mid october 2016, two weeks before the surveillance warrant application for a trump campaign aide. senators, johnson, grassley and graham write. according to the note steele and possibly others were keen to see this information come to light before the election. now sandra graham wants the records declassified including the october 13, 2016 email. he believes the email was sent to the f.b.i. and likely the counter intelligence unit running the f.b.i./russia investigation. >> october 11th their confidential informant is trying to get the dossier out for political purposes and that the state department figured out the democrats paid for it. how could they then get a warrant based on that same document and not tell the court what the state department told them? >> these records have now gone fought justice

catherine herridge is in washington with more. catherine?sel records show former national security advisor flynn reported multiple instances before and after his guilty plea where he or his lawyers got calls from individuals connected to the administration or congress, quote, that could have affected both his willingness to cooperate and the complete psness of that cooperation. -- completeness of that cooperation. the defendant even gave one voice recording of one such communication. after flynn began cooperating with the special counsel. >> it was absolute surprise. >> speaking to fox, flynn's brother is reacting to the mueller report and a key section indicating the retired general was already under fbi investigation during the 2016 presidential transition. >> general flynn went through 19 sessions with the special counsel approximately 90 hours of torturous interviews and this never came up, the entire time. >> buried in volume two, the report states that investigators came across the fbi probe while examining, quote, flynn's discussion o

catherine herridge on these latest developments. therine. >> john durham is an experienced prosecutor whose portfolio includes highly sensitive government corruption cases and destruction of cia evidence and ongoing leak investigations. a former justice department official with 27 years of experience said durham is apolitical. >> durham is a career prosecutor with unassailable background. he will do it right. he's well-known as tough, experience and fair litigator. >> he began his investigation working with dan coats, the director of national intelligence and gina haspell. durham is focusing on the months leading up to the election and if evidence was properly retained. with the durham appointment, a senate democrat levelled new criticisms as the senior republican put his investigation on pause. >> i'm not going to use this committee to get there. we don't need politicians being prosecutors. >> the investigation is apolitically motivated. it's a distraction and a waste of durham's talent. he's known for being a straight shooter and s

catherine herridge is live in washington with this update. lot of cases. >> reporter: it is.i counteder terrorism professional told reporters the cases are, quote, more challenging and the speed with which individuals radicalize is compressed. of the nearly 5,000 open terrorism investigations isis or isis related. the recent terror attack in sri lanka shows lou the threat is evolving. the attack there does have foreign influence from isis on the operatives but would not get specific on whether it included financing or training. an al qaeda related terrorism, the fbi official documented 5,000 cases, explaining bin laden's number two who took over the network in 2011 remains relevant though he has not communicated wisely with his followers. the official would not discuss bin laden's son given sensitive intelligence matters. but our contacts report he is likely in the border region between pakistan and iran and being groomed as a leader or figure head. what has the attention of investigators is the spike in the number of domestic terrorism investigations since last october. the

catherine herridge live on the hill with our reporting coverage that begins now.. let me walk you through what we expect this morning. this is called a contempt citation or contempt resolution and will begin with an opening statement from the democratic statement jerry nadler. then a statement from a ranking republican doug collins and we anticipate a series of amendments that will be tabled. the timeline really is unknowable. anywhere from a half hour to three hours to get it all accomplished. the next step will be to send it to the house leadership if voted out of committee and they will ultimately decide whether it goes to the full floor for a house vote. under what terms or conditions. will it be criminal, civil, or what is called inherent? it would be enforced by the congress. the democrats are not emphasizing this morning is that all of this is happening against a back drop where there is no official or formal impeachment proceedings. that's why critics are calling it faux impeachment or impeachment-like and not emphasizing the key component. special counsel

chief intelligence corresponden correspondence catherine herridge has the latest. >> the democrats say negotiations continue for robert mueller testimony and in this case, there is bipartisan agreement with democratic house judiciary jerry nadler and doug collins. they are focused on obstruction allegations against the president and mueller's apparent disagreement with william barr over the report's handles. wants more clarity when they knew the allegations were thin. based on reporting at fox, former f.b.i. lawyer page and james comey told investigators the coordination between the trump campaign and russia was unproven by may 2017. special counsel mueller was appointed. the surveillance warrant for trump campaign aid was not renewed and that is seen as another indicator the collusion allegations were washing out. >> when did he become the conclusion there was no obstruction? when did he decide there were issues we didn't look into the dossier more? >> harris: white house counsel mcgahn will appear at the white house tomorrow. two weeks ago the president told fox in clear terms where

catherine herridge, thank you. >> bill: let's get to ken starr, former independent counsel in waco, texas, good morning to you. i just want to point out a statement that came out from the d.o.j. late last night. the key line. in a cordial and professional conversation the special counsel emphasized that nothing in the a.g.'s march letter was inaccurate or misleading. so how do you size this up in what appears to be for the moment a story of he said and he said? >> it doesn't -- i know a lot is being made out of it but it looks to me as if at the end of the day there is very little. this is a 440 plus page report. as you paw through the report it is so detailed. so there is nuance there, right? it is not surprising that the author of the report would think you didn't get it exactly right. the key is did you get something wrong? were you misleading or inaccurate? is something you said false? there bill barr gets a 100% grade, an a plus. >> bill: bob mueller will testify sometime in the month of may. do you believe today it moves the meter much on any of this, or is it a question of waiting

en tonight the fox's catherine herridge reporting that in december 2016 fired former fbi director james comey had e-mail discussions about using the unverified steele dossier as part of the intel community's assessment on russian interference. those comey e-mails also alleging former cia director john brennan was insistent that fraudulent, the fraudulent dossier be included in the assessment. joining us tonight, former reagan white house political director, fox business political analyst, the savant himself, ed rollins. >> thank you. lou: let's start with, first, richard blumenthal babbling on. i couldn't make head nor tails of what he was saying other than he was, obviously, more than just a little concerned about being the subject of the investigation. >> well, certainly, this is his hometown or home state u.s. attorney, and obviously, a man with tremendous reputation, a longtime justice department official who'll end up being the political appointee up this. he's been very thorough in his investigation in the past. he went to boston, took on the f or bi, has taken on the cia before,

catherine herridge is here next with more of her wide-ranging interview with the president.n attorney general bill barr tonight, who is being bombarded by calls to resign or be impeached. house democrats floating fines,