we'll have more ahead on the comments from chairman chaffetz. while some republicans are demanding answers, one gop congressman has gone a step further. the house overtight committee member, justin amash tells the hill that if the president did ask to quash the investigation it would merit impeachment. the trial would be in the senate hypothetically. paul ryan is standing by the president. he says he expects congress to hear from james comey and warns republicans to not jump to conclusions and says we need the facts. >> it's obvious there's some people out there that want to harm the president. we have an obligation to carry out our oversight regardless of which party is in the white house. before rushing to judgment, we get all the pertinent information. >> shepard: a recorder shouted a question at speaker ryan asking if he has full confidence in the president and speaker ryan said "i do." some lawmakers are asking about the confidence after sharing confidential information with the russian ambassador. this happened during a meeting at the whit

i like jason chaffetz optimism.gress can't walk and chew gum even under gop control of the easily fall prey to headlines. they should see this as an opportunity because the spotlight on them. we know should get health care reform through and tax reform throughout the den by congressional members only and they should bask in the idea they can do this on the spotlight because they know it's donald trump early enough in. true to what about the opportunity here for the republicans? >> they have a great opportunity to get this done. so far we don't have any crimes. democrats want to tell you watergate is crashing down a bit of a constitutional crisis. democrats would seem as far a leap. republican be proceeding forward and recognize faking his budget reconciliation to get outside and serve and and serve data throughput for the 28th elections. if they don't get it through the risk losing the house and if they risk losing the house, donald trump will only be a two-year president. lauren: is this making investors nervous? i

at that point, jason chaffetz quit abruptly and with no notice. he just up and bolted from congress. altogether. he announced he was leaving washington. just as soon as his committee stumbled onto the mike flynn/russia investigation and specifically the white house telling them, no, we're not giving you a single document about it. as soon as that happened, instantly, surprise, no notice. jason chaffetz says, i quit. something about the way this story has unfolded. something about the way this scandal is going freaks people out along the way. we've been seeing it already, but then you get to now. yesterday in the united states senate, the former acting attorney general did finally testify, and now we know maybe why devin nunes was so not psyched to hear what she had to say. she testified in addition to giving us the tick tock about her warning to the white house, she testified that there was something about mike flynn's underlying behavior when it came to russia that was problematic from the point of view of the justice department. not just him lyi

we will see if he listens to the chaffetz request. comey has been interviewed by the inspector general. >> we will bring in the panel. joining ein right now moogtue rosenberg, matt lewis, and keirsten powers. does it make sense, dana, that -- the inspector general investigation was ongoing and looking into way looking into comey's handling of the clinton e-mails. that seemed to have been ignored by the white house or they didn't wait for that. >> they didn't wait which is one of the many potential problems here. but let's just take a step back. there was an inspector general and still is an inspector general investigation going on about comey's actions with regard to hillary clinton's e-mails. now capitol hill -- republican on capitol hill is calling for an inspector general investigation into the president firing the guy who -- you need an actual -- one of those homeland maps up on the wall to know who everybody is and where everybody connects. it's beyond confusing. it just kind of speaks to the sort of alice through the looking gla

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congressman jason chaffetz joins us. thanks for being here. your reaction to the story. i have a copy of your letter here. what you're looking for and what you hope to find. >> well, let's see if it's true. this is one where we can find out the truth behind it. if there are such memos, documentation, we would like to see it from the fbi. if i need to issue a subpoena, i will issue a subpoena but i think they will cooperate. >> bret: are you hoping to hear from the fbi director, former fbi director, in testimony? and what is the status? >> i think trey gowdy, a moment ago, laid it out right. let's see if the documentation as they are, then we need to talk to the person who wrote those. that would be director comey and get his take on it. whether that is a public hearing or we talk behind the scenes, i'm not quite sure yet. we are going to let the facts take us where they are. the first step is finding out if it's true, that there are these memos. we will -- >> bret: we know the fbi director did not tell at the time anyone up the chain, it seems like, and just before he wa

if there is evidence of that, and we haven't heard from chairman chaffetz yet.oes this need to be pursued? >> sure. there are a lot of qualifiers and ifs in there. i taught ethics for years. if the evidence is there, we need to do that. it is important to know that alan dershwitz has said so far there's no evidence that would lead to indictment of trump or the administration over the weekend. so there's a lot of, people have reported a lot of smoke. let's just follow the evidence and go in order. and i applaud mr. dershwitz for standing up for the rule of law so solidly. >> well, you said this. there is noal allegation of wrongdoing for michael flynn. nbc has record that he is a subject of an fbi investigation and with all this news today, the allegations of wrongdoing continue. is there something else to be looked at here in terms of vetting? >> i trust you guys. we have a pretty good system in the country. senator mark warner is one of the heads on the senate intelligence investigation. you have part sandal incentives. you have the main stream press looking fo

again, i should tell you, jason chaffetz has subpoena power.tonight that he's ready to use it. we'll see if he does. joining us now is congressman james himes which is also requesting memos from director comey. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. >> great to be with you. >> so you've been listening to this reporting. what's your overall reaction to the magnitude of this allegation? >> well, it's nothing short of shocking, right? i mean, you know, and again, none of us have actually seen the memo, so we always have to say, if this memo is out there, and, of course, we will see it. look, we're somewhere on a spectrum between very clear abuse of power. no surprise but abuse of power and on the other extreme, obstruction of justice and obstruction of justice is a very, very serious crime. so we'll need to see exactly what's in the memo. i would like to hear from director comey who -- whatever you think of director comey's decision around the going public with the investigation, everything before -- i don't think there's anybody in washin

when you say jason chaffetz expressing concern, calling for hearings, wanting to see the comey documents, then there's obviously the ground is shifting under the republicans and the republican leaders are trying to adjust, trying to figure out what their approach is. a special commission perhaps. we spoke to a number of members who thought perhaps that was a good idea. i have to say the majority of members that we spoke to coming out of this meeting who were conservatives which represents the bulk of the republican caucus here in the capitol on the house side thought it was a trumped up, pardon the pun. they thought it was a fake news. they think this is all something that is the media is playing. they don't see a problem advancing the agenda. a lack of concern on the face of it. but under the surface a graeat deal of concern. >> we'll wait to see when speaker ryan walks in. stick around. >> here's the speaker right here telling me to wrap it up. >> all right. thank you very much, as paul ryan walks in. we're going the listen in and see what he begins the conversation about or who is set

talking about how aggressively chaffetz is pursuing this. they came out with a piece saying that chaffetz is aggressively involved because it's good for his career. this is clearly what you want him to be doing but now you have a problem with it. still something you have to look at, whenever there's allegations this serious, people are going to take them seriously. taking them seriously involves not getting ahead of it and screaming impeach. >> eric: of you look at the otr networks. president obama did the exact same thing they are accusing trump of. we haven't even come to evidence that trump did that. >> eboni: this issue of motivation, it's really, really problematic and important because i am very, very greatly concerned about the remicade th- ramifications. some of this stuff is not even about donald trump. >> eric: one of the biggest problems, coming from the conservative side, is the lack of support donald trump is getting from some conservatives. it appears from the hysteria from the democrats and mainstream media is even getting to

congressman jason chaffetz joins us. thanks for being here. your reaction to the story. i have a copy of your letter here. what you're looking for and what you hope to find. >> well, let's see if it's true. this is one where we can find out the truth behind it. if there are such memos, documentation, we would like to see it from the fbi. if i need to issue a subpoena, i will issue a subpoena but i think they will cooperate. >> bret: are you hoping to hear from the fbi director, former fbi director, in testimony? and what is the status? >> i think trey gowdy, a moment ago, laid it out right. let's see if the documentation as they are, then we need to talk to the person who wrote those. that would be director comey and get his take on it. whether that is a public hearing or we talk behind the scenes, i'm not quite sure yet. we are going to let the facts take us where they are. the first step is finding out if it's true, that there are these memos. we will -- >> bret: we know the fbi director did not tell at the time anyone up the chain, it seems like, and just before he wa

democrat in the house oversight committee, congressman cummings writing a blistering letter to jason chaffetz. saying the committee has documents that appear to indicate that general flynn lied to the investigators who interviewed him back in 2016 as part of his security clearance renewal. now cummings lays out this timeline. it's as follows. december 2015, michael flynn attended a gala in moscow for the russia propaganda network rt. he sat near russian president vladimir putin. sometime in january 2016, a month later, flynn submits an application for a renewal of his security clearance. then one month later on february 1 112016, security clearance investigators in response to the application interviewed flynn. one month later, march 14, 2016, those investigators issued a report of their investigation, their interview with flynn. that march 14 report states that flynn told investigators u.s. companies paid for him to attend the rt gala with putin. congressman cummings says they, meaning the committee, have documents showing it was rt who paid flynn to participate in the gala and paid him thro

. >> also helps oversee chairman jason chaffetz says he plans to meet with the former fbi director james comey ahead of the public testimony. before with the senate intelligence committee. what you may expect? >> heightened concerns over north korea after pyongyang conducted another missile test. the us response and what it means for security in the region and here at home. "america's news headquarters" starts right now. >> we begin with the president delivering a landmark statement today to 50 majority muslim nations. urging them to take a major role in defeating the radical ideology that still plagues their society. >> america is prepared to stand with you. in pursuit of shared interest. and common security. but the nation's of the middle east do not wait for an american power to crush this power for them. the nation's of the middle east will have to decide what kind of future they want for themselves for their country. and frankly, for the families and for their children. >> the chief white house correspondent john roberts is live in riyadh saudi arabia. about midnight there. so did t

house oversight committee chair jason chaffetz said he will speak with comey today. has agreed to publicly testify with the senate intel committee in the next couple of weeks. it sounds like chaffetz is looking to get him before house oversight. we'll see about that. in the meantime here is what jason chaffetz had to say about how this the whole thing is playing out. >> i have heard director comey and i will have a conversation on monday and so i have not spoken directly with him. it is important to remember nobody has actually seen these documents. even the reporter at the "new york times" has not seen these documents. there has been a lot written and said about it but i don't even know that the department of justice has them. maybe director comey has them. i don't know if they are documents or where they reside. we're pursuing them. >> shannon: a lot of people trying to get the hands on them. a lot of the media is going full steam ahead that they're true and everything else. >> that's right. it's very likely in the course of these congressional investigations howev

chaffetz. all eyes are on the second rose garden ceremony today, the one harolding the house republican vote to repeal and replace obama care. there was a morning rose garden ceremony as well marking yet another executive order from president trump. the order attempts to do two things, ease a legal prohibition against churches taking explicitly political stances. second, instructs the government to issue new regulations making it easier for organizations or businesses to raise religious objections to contraception and health care policies. the aclu tweeted we thought we would have to sue trump, the order signing was an elaborate photo op. but today's two rose garden ceremonies offer sampling of where this administration priorities are, white house condoning discrimination of health care protections in this country and dan savage join me, next. thanks for loading, sweetie. ...oh, burnt-on gravy? ...gotta rinse that. nope. no way. nada. really? dish issues? throw it all in. new cascade platinum p

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congressman jason chaffetz tweeting that, in fact mueller has impeccable credentials. as far as the question you asked little while earlier about a change in tone amongst repuic today. and we heard change of tone on both sides. it's no secret, democrats have been hammering at this for weeks now. calling for investigations. calling for em panelment of special prosecutors. we heard top democrats kind of put the brakes on this and republicans sort of saying we're not exactly going to blindly defend the white house in every turn. that came from two key moments. senator joe mansion a democrat from west virginia on the senate intelligence committee. saying we need to let this process play out. saying he's not here to prejudge. not here to make ruling on anybody before all the evidence comes in. a distraught saying this process now in place needs to play itself out. on the other side, republican house speaker paul ryan, you just saw him there at the top of the broadcast said today was very key, jim and shawn. he said while acknowledging that the trump administration's politic

and you have chaffetz here. what is the term of the likely push back against the comey ouster? >> i think a chance of the ig coming in. i honestly think that most of the members of the congress and what we hear from mcconnell and paul ryan is they will slow roll this as long as they can. i don't think they want a sort of modern day ken starr running around snooping in the investigation. that is why you see focus on it. you saw in the hearings where members of the republican party were saying well, did it affect the election? should we be digging into it? to which the problem is this. it doesn't matter if it affected the election. it is still a crime. if the trump campaign helped, that is still a crime and worth investigating. >> that image from yesterday just sticks with me of lavrov laughing at the media when asking about the comey firing and russia investigation and secretary of state saying mum. irony in that. panel, thank you. >>> when all the investigations are done, where does it lead you? that is what alisyn was talking about. what can congress get done? was this always

another follow-up on that, jason chaffetz said he is probably leaving june 30th. isn't that a conflict? >> i have not spoken to jason about that. he's not told me about that. >> if he's leaving, do you think that he should step aside -- >> i will find out from chairman chaffetz what he is doing or isn't doing so i won't comment on something that's in the media. i would rather hear it from him myself. as far as the committee, they made document requests. that's the oversight committee's responsibility. that's what they do and perfectly appropriate to make the document requests but as i said, especially with repons to intelligence, that's where i think the intelligence committee should do their jobs. chad? >> thank you. obviously, you have been very close over the years with vice president pence and you talked about trying to continue to move this agenda and he's here often working on these issues here. but considering the mall stream you have been dealt with, some members said we might be better with vice president pence. >> good grief. >> what is your take on that

another follow-up on that, oversight chairman jason chaffetz has told people he will be leaving june 30 for fox. does that present a conflict? speaker ryan: i have not spoken to jason about that. i don't know -- he's not told me that, so i have not spoken to the chairman about that. reporter: if he's leaving do you think he should step aside -- speaker ryan: i will find out from chairman chaffetz what he is doing or isn't doing. so, i am not going to comment on something that's in the media. i'd rather hear from him myself as to what his plans are. as far as the oversight committee, they've made document requests. that's the oversight committee's responsibility. that's what they do. that's why it's called the oversight committee. so it's perfectly appropriate that they make these document requests. but as i said, especially with response to intelligence, that's where i think the intelligence committee should do their jobs. reporter: obviously you have been very close over the years with vice president pence. you talked about continuing to move this agenda and he's here often working

chaffetz wants the hearing. what does the president say in the interim? this is time. >> this is time. also in a 24-hour environment, it has been strikig that the white house has said nothing except the single statement which is a white house statement denying comey's version. >> they say it didn't happen. >> where's kellyanne conway? where's sean spicer? nobody has come out to defend him. >> because when you lie, you lose your credibility. nobody can be believed. who knows? i think we have to add to this discussion the outrageous necessary of the silence from republicans. insert president hillary clinton into this sentence and you know the independent prosecutor would need a vacation at this point because he or she would be working so long. it is ridiculous that republicans are citisit sitting. come on. get in the game. get in the war. start doing your job here to oversee and rein in what is going on to get to the bottom of it. >> things are happening. we will tell our viewers about what republicans are doing and if the comey memo is the last straw for t

we asked jason chaffetz.e's what he said. >> so you heard nancy pelosi described robert mueller is not truly independent. do you think he is? >> he is as good as it gets. his credentials are impeccable. he served in the bush administration, the obama administration. he is unassailable in terms of his credentials, his background. your point is well taken. he is in the latter part of his career. he has nothing to prove. he's been silent politically. it doesn't get any better than robert mueller. i also agree i don't think they should have appointed somebody. >> tucker: why did they? >> i think they are feeling the political heat. maybe they are watching too much television and reading too many newspapers. i have not seen any evidence of actual collusion. where is the actual crime they think they need a special prosecutor to prosecute? i haven't seen that. there's been a lot of flailing but that flailing started before january 20. >> tucker: did you expect this? >> i'm very surprised by it. no heads up. i don't

we asked jason chaffetz.s what he said. >> so you heard nancy pelosi described robert mueller is not truly independent. do you think he is? >> he is as good as it gets. his credentials are impeccable. he served in the bush administration, the obama administration. he is unassailable in terms of his credentials, his background. your point is well taken. he is in the latter part of his career. he has nothing to prove. he's been silent politically. it doesn't get any better than robert mueller. i also agree i don't think they should have appointed somebody. >> tucker: why did they? >> i think they are feeling the political heat. maybe they are watching too much television and reading too many newspapers. i have not seen any evidence of actual collusion. where is the actual crime they think they need a special prosecutor to prosecute? i haven't seen that. there's been a lot of flailing but that flailing started before january 20. >> tucker: did you expect this? >> i'm very surprised by it. no heads up. i don't th

chaffetz started his fifth term. is also the chairman of the house oversight committee which just launched an investigation into president trump's firing of former fbi director james comey. chaffetz said despite his absence he believes other members of his committee will keep the investigation going. >> i have great confidence and people like trey goudy and others who -- john ratcliff out of texas -- there are lots of good people who care about these issues and are well- suited to carry out these investigations. >> chaffetz just turned 50 and says he wants to spend more time with his family but has not ruled out running for another office such as governor. >>> sal is right over there. it's early in the commute. anything happening out there x >>> they are a couple things happening although we've not had a lot of slow traffic yet. by the way, welcome, gasia, to the early hour. people should not be freaked out. it is not 7:00 yet. traffic on the gilroy commute is looking pretty good. gilroy, san jose, morgan hill -- doe

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. >>> jason chaffetz is stepping down. he says he's resigning effective june 30th.he center of several high-profile issues on capitol hill, including hillary clinton's e-mail investigation. just recently he subpoenaed james comey's memos about his interactions with president trump. in a letter to constituents, chaffetz said it's time to turn his page for his family and give others a chance to serve. there is some speculation his republican colleague trey gowdy could take over his chairman while chaffetz could pop up on tv to talk politics. >>> president trump says he's very close to choose the next fbi secretary and jamd joe lieberman as a finalist. he set a self-imposed deadline as today for picking the replacement, "new york times" report members of his staff have urged him to take time. three senior administration officials tell the paper trump is unlikely to make a selecon before he leavesoday for a nine-day foreign trip. the president may be miscalculating how much support lieberman may have against democrats. claire mccaskill says the job should not go to a fo

jason chaffetz announced he's going to be resigning. house speaker paul ryan said the goes up still focused on passion their agenda. >> i realize there is a lot in the media these days. that doesn't stop us from doing our jobs. we can walk and chew gum at the same time. drama is not helpful in getting things done. but we are still getting things done. kennedy: are you? drama, drama. the house ways and means committee held a hearing on tax reform. with the koch brothers throwing their weight behind the tax plan could they pass a major tax overhaul by the end ofhis year reblanongressman jim jordan, also aember of the freedom caucus. let's talk about this. what does congressman chaffetz's resignation do for the tenor within your party, congress and the russian investigation. >> he's been an outstanding leader of the oversight committee. he will be there for a while yet. we'll keep doing our work. lord knows, the federal government needs reform. it needs streamlining. we'll continue to do that, and there will be a new chairman determined la

the jason chaffetz asked for all the comey memos talked in the "new york times" today. he took meticulous memos allegedly of every meeting with the president. what other people did he take memos about? director muller took ha hand-written notes at ashcraft's hospital bed, but he didn't keep daily logs of his interaction with the president. that is creepy. like jay edgar hoover. there's going to be a lot of intensification of focus on it in the peeks weeks ahead. we cannot jump from a "new york times" story that was dictated by a friend of comey's to a "new york times" reporter to impeachment or crisis. we have to get the memos. if there are white house tapes -- by the way, ben sasse wants the tapes, as well -- look at every one. this doesn't stop with this administration. director muller was the director when loretta lynch met with bill clinton. there are lots of hand-written or personally dictated memos by direct comey that we need to get into the hands of the article i oversight authorities of the congress and let the chips fall, chris. let the chips fall. >> the most

jason chaffetz chairs that committee and joins us from utah. mr. chairman, how does the appointment of a special prosecutor change your plans to investigate this? >> look, the house has its own equities and we will continue to pursue our own investigation and still plan to have a hearing with director comey as early as next week. i do applaud, and i do think that the department of justice, if they saw fit to appoint this special counsel, director mueller, impeccable credentials. we'll enjoy a great deal of comfort on both sides of the aisle. people will have real trust in him. he served in the obama administration, the bush administration, but amazing credentials. he'll do a great job. >> do you expect to have the fired fbi director james comey sitting in the witness chair on wednesday? >> we've had a little bit of trouble contacting him. he's had telephone number changed since he left the department of justice, but we have formally noticed a hearing for next wednesday, 9:30 a.m. eastern time. and i've got some flexibility. it comes with an asteris

kennedy: some republicans like jason chaffetz want the f.b.i. to turn over any relevant memos. >> if there are such memos, we would like to see that. if i need to issue a subpoena, then i will issue a subpoena. kennedy: jessica tarlov, guy benson, and senior editor at the federalist *, mollie hemingway. i will start with you, mollie. what do you think the purpose of this leak was? this particular one where the senior f.b.i. agent reached out to the "new york times" and read part of the memo. mollie: comey and his associates reached out to the "new york times" specifically sow jason chaffetz would have for the memos. kennedy: i want to make a little bit of a distinction. is it to influence who the next f.b.i. direct is your or to bring down the president. mollie: yes definitely. we are in a coordinated campaign that has larger goals of undermining the presidency. but to fund might presidency you hold up sessions from being appointed. all these different people you want to keep from being at the agency. it's clear we didn't have a good investigati

nunes, chaffetz, sessions.ep disappearing themselves from this investigation, particularly when it gets close to mike flynn. and now we may be starting to see why. members of the senate intelligence committee boarded a scooby van and went to cia headquarters not langley, virginia. they reviewed classified intelligence. committee members were tight-lipped after returning to the capitol because they were reviewing classified information. but we did get two teasers from the top democrat on the committee, senator mark warner. he said it was helpful to have the whole committee at that briefing at cia headquarters because there's a whole lot of information that cannot leave that building. we don't know what that information is that cannot leave the building. senator warner said you'll be hearing from us shortly. we don't know what that means either but we'll stay tuned. and this is about to heat up because tomorrow, fbi director james comey is going to testify before a different senate committee in open session. he'l

some criticism from republicans, including congressman jason chaffetz, a trump supporter, calling on the justice department inspector general to review the firing. chaffetz says in a statement, "previously, i asked inspector general horowitz to review the fbi's actions in advance of the 2016 election. today i sent a letter urging ig horowitz to expand the scope of his review to include the decision to fire director comey. i look forward to receiving the ig's findings." >> other top republicans coming to the president's defense, like house speaker paul ryan in his first comments since the firing of james comey. >> james comey, who is a worthwhile and dedicated public servant, i think he had basically just lost the confidence of a lot of republicans and a lot of democrats based on his conduct, his actions, and some of the comments that he had made. and most importantly, he lost the confidence of the president, and it is entirely within the president's role and authority to relieve him, and that's what he did. >> democratic senator richard blumenthal, who trump personally targeted on tw

chaffetz says he has sent a letter to the acting f-b-i director, requesting to see the alleged memo. in it, he requested all communication, including notes, summaries, an recordings, between comey and president trump. we are keeping a close eye on the president's twitter account this morning - and standing by for any new reponse.. stay with abc-7 is for all the breaking new developments by signing up for our text alerts at wjla dot com slash now to breaking news while you were sleeping strong storms slamming the south - and turning deadly in two states overnight. sam sweeney is at the live desk.. larry - we're talking a massive system that stretched from southern texas to the great lakes. in central wisconsin.. that storm, spawning a tornado that swept into a mobile home park. one person was killed. officials there are calling the damage to the neighborgood "total destruction." meanwhile in the oklahoma panhandle.. another tornado flipping over cars and leveling homes overnight. one person there was also killed. this morning officials say there are still people unaccounted for. devel

comey also told chaffetz that he wants to speak to mueller the special counsel before testifying. will the public do you believe hear directly from comey in open session? >> i believe that's the case and as you know, wolf, director comey has said he wants to speak publicly, he has accepted an invitation from senators warner and burr, the senate intelligence committee to come and testify publicly and so, yes, i believe sometime soon after the memorial day recess you'll have a chance to hear from the director and obviously that's going to be a moment of great drama here on capitol hill. >> it certainly will be, the american public will be anxious to hear what comey has to say. you also know "the washington post" is reporting that comey may have been influenced in his handling of the hillary clinton investigation by what is now seen as a fake russian document. you were the running mate, you were the vice presidential nominee, do you believe that the former director james comey cost you and hillary clinton the election? >>, you know, there's no sense for me doing what ifs. i'm in the

. >>> utah congressman, jason chaffetz, says he will resign from congress by the end of june. he just began his fifth term in congress and he is also the chairman of the house oversight committee. the committee that just began an investigation into president trump's firing a former fbi director james comey. he said despite his absence, he believes other members of his committee will keep the investigation going. >> i have great confidence in people like trey goudy and others, john rackleff out of texas, there lots of good people who care about these issues and are well-suited to carry out these investigations. >> chaffetz recently turned 50 and says he wants to spend more time with his family. but he has not ruled out running for another office like governor of utah. >>> 4:15 am. let's get you to where you need to go. let's check the commute. sal, do we have a commute? >> not right now. everything seems to be -- by the way, it's just you and me for this hour. we can talk about food. we can talk about any of those things that the ladies don't like to talk about. >> don't tell a

jason chaffetz announced he's going to be resigning.ouse speaker paul ryan said the goes up still focused on passion their agenda. i realize there is a lot in th media these days. that doesn't stop us from doing our jobs. we can walk and chew gum at the same time. drama is not helpful in getting things done. but we are still getting things done. kennedy: are you? drama, drama. the house ways and means committee held a hearing on tax reform. with the koch brothers throwing their weight behind the tax plan could they pass a major tax overhaul by the end of this year? republican congressman jim jordan, also a member of the freedom caucus. let's talk about this. what does congressman chaffetz's resignation do for the tenor within your party, congress and the russian investigation. >> he's been an outstanding leader of the oversight committee. he will be there for a while yet. we'll keep doing our work. lord knows, the federal government needs reform. it needs streamlining. we'll continue to do that, and there will be a new chairman determin

as you know, chairman chaffetz and i have worked very hard with regard to the secret service and the leadership. i really think you need a career kind of police person. i really do. but that's above my pay grade. i didn't run for the senate so i'm not there to cast a vote. but i think that's the type i would prefer. it's something i think they would prefer that too. you know, it's a police-type agency and i think they would -- and lastly, we need -- this morning, i said on cnn, i said, this thing has turned into a mess. i mean, we got to straighten this out. i think we need to pull politics out of this as much as possible. by the way, for those same reasons is why i like mueller, ok. the same reasons. thank you, all. i really appreciate you all. by the way, one other thing, if there is any moment that the press -- in our country's history has a major role, it is this moment. this is your moment. you have got to put it out there so people can understand what is going on. i have said it before and i'll say it again. this is about the fight for the soul of our democracy. we cannot affor

. >>> to one of the biggest supporters of the president in congress, jason chaffetz now says his last day on the job will be pretty soon. june 30th. the utah republican says he wants to spend more time with his family at home. now, as chair of the house oversight committee chaffetz was leading the investigation into the firing of james comey. >>> we're just learning of a new tense encounter between an and military plane and two chinese fighter jets. the american plane was flying near korea when one of the chinese jets did a barrel roll right over the u.s. plain. the americans call the move by the chinese unprofessional. this is the second incident between the u.s. and chinese >>> and millions of americans hoping to be cleaning up after days after nasty weather may have to wait. >> yeah, and here's the reason why, the latest radar shows more stormy weather moving through the heartland. an area already hit hard with heavy rain, hail and as many as 20 tornadoes with more of the same on the way. >> the storm probably 20 miles wide. >> reporter: this morning conditions across the southern

. >>> representative jason chaffetz released a letter requesting the fbi to turn over all memoranda, notes, summaries and recordings relating communications between former fbi director and president trump. in the letter chaffetz said if true, the comey memo raises questions as to whether the president has attempted to influence or impede the fbi's investigation. let's have a look at how this is playing out on global equity markets. we see risk aversion sweeping across global markets. let's kick things off with u.s. futures. s&p 500 off by 12 points. the dow jones set to fall by 104 points. the nasdaq seen down by 23 points, this after the dow fell for the fifth time in six sessions yesterday. the nasdaq closed at a record once again. stocks remained in a relatively narrow range. >>> want to see what this is doing to bond markets across the world. once again those flight to safety playing out visibly. the ten-year treasury note yelled has dropped back below the 2.3% handle, a two-week low. a two-week low for the two-year note yielding 1.27%. when it comes to the dollar index, it is tr