. >> we met 48-year-old eric kelly at the chatham county detention center in savannah, georgia. he had spent who than 22 years of his life in prison for crimes included armed robbery, aggravated assault and making terroristic threats. >> what's up, what's up, what's up lucky? >> kelly was back in jail on a new charge of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. he had pled not guilty and was awaiting trial. and it was a long wait. by the time we met him, kelly had been in administrative segregation for 18 months for multiple infractions. >> according to classification and according to the officers, inmate kelly is disruptive and there is almost always a case for violence. whether it's against him or from him. so they have deemed it necessary to keep him in administrative segregation. >> i've been in over 1,000 fights. i done been stabbed, i done been cut. all that makes you just more meaner, madder, crazier. it's called survival. when it gets crazy, you got to get crazier. >> kelly's violence earned him a well-known nickname. >> i beat a guy so bad i took his blood, you k

. >> eric: ray kelly, chris christie. >> eboni: no. >> kat: no way. >> he would have to be confirmedch truth? >> kat: chris christie. >> the prestige and the credibility of the fbi. >> kat: he can't get invited anywhere anymore. thank you to our fox news specialist, pat buchanan, author of "nixon's white house wars" and mark hannah, author of "the best worst president." we thank you for watching and make sure to follow us on social media @specialistsfnc on twitter and facebook. 5:00 will never be the same. "special report" is next. still on the trump demonstration changes the timeline, saying the president lost confidence in fbi director james comey right afte. democrats continue to equate president trump with richard nixon plus the house speaker is here to react to the moves for the first time. this is "special report" ." good evening. welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. the reverberations from tuesday's surprise firing of fbi director james comey have political washington in the kind of frenzy rarely seen even the most pressure packed times. president trump is defending himself,

kelly for his service. >> arhtel: and happy birthday. >> eric: one hundred years. wow.as a special coming up next. >> see you in one hour. look at that grip. whoa. >> knocked him down with ease. throttled him and right into the power. >> it looks like -- ♪ ♪ [applause] >> greg: all right.

eric. you know, the homeland security secretary general kelly was on "fox & friends" the other day and talkingocy and said if steve knew what i know about terrorists, he wouldn't leave the house. >> thank you. >> my pleasure, eric. arthel: headache for travelers worldwide today. british airways canceling flights, two major international hubs, the airline says it's experiencing severe computer failure leaving thousands of travelers in the lurk. >> the airline says this wasn't a cyber-attack, the problem is a power supply issue. the glitch has resulted in all flights from london to two main airports. the problem started saturday morning with ba announcing it failure. this is a busy holiday weekend for the uk with tens of thousands of people traveling. british airways operates hundreds of flights and many of those with connections around the world including two and from the u.s. departure terminals were chaotic crowded with waiting passengers all day. there were long lines at check-in counters that many of these people ended up going nowhere. some passengers tweeted they were stuck on planes wait

kelly for his service. >> arhtel: and happy birthday. >> eric: one hundred years. wow. that doesn't for us. the fox has a special coming up next. >> see you in one hour. look at that grip. whoa. >> knocked him down with ease. throttled him and right into the power. >> it looks like -- ♪ ♪ [applause] >> greg: all right. serious stuff today. it's now a routine, terror strikes, people cry. i write something, then i drink. but something elsd happened after the manchester attack that struck me. in brussels, thousands marched but not against terror, but donald trump's arrival to that city. the president wasn't welcomed, they said, as long as he pushed his war agenda. i guess they forget that he wasn't the one who butchered those little girls. >> if you stop this madness, this arms race, think about what a world we could live in. we could end poverty. >> he must smell great. [laughter] now, if they want to live with terror while bravely marching against a 7-year-old law abiding politician, let them fester and defeat in moral squalor. you suck and you deserve to suck. but not us. as an experiment p

eric church. country fans will jenjoy that. if you're into r&b, r. kelly will be at mgm national harbor on sunday. >> and the kennedy center is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its name sake birth and the celebration involves both space and ballet. tell us about that. >> right, so it's kind of the perfect marriage, if you think about it. because kennedy was so big on the moon shot in the space race. we choose to go to the moon. we talked to the washington balle choreographer. they put together a new ballet all about the space race. you can imagine the weightlessness you can do as a ballerina, and there's even costumes designed by a nasa astronaut designer for the suits. so that's pretty cool. we talked to them and see what they had to say. >> i thought it would be a really beautiful moment to pay tribute to him and his legacy of his birthday by commissioning the first -- >> very first. >> -- in his honor. to take on the task and with the incredible history of one of the greatest dancers of his generation and an emerging choreographer, i felt like it wa

kelly: oh, that's not bad at all. will carr, thank you. [laughter] i like lax. well, that will do it for us. more news at the top of the hour with ericee you on "the fox report" at 7 p.m. eastern. kelly: really? julie: and you're going to be driving back to d.c., so drive safely. kelly: i have to say hi to my wife. loretta takes the cake, she gets flowers every day. julie: i have a couple down in the lobby. thank you so much. so sweet. [laughter] i'll see you on "the fox report." ♪ ♪ mr. wise man ... ... you wish to know how to protect your sterling credit score. my credit is off to a good start, but knowing so many things can go wrong with it... kinda freaks me out. well, unfreak yourself out... and download the free creditwise app from capital one. creditwise gives you a credit score, and alerts you to changes. even if i'm not a capital one customer? nooooo! yeah, it's free for everyone. thank you. gravity, is a fickle mistress. what's in your wallet? ...doesn't happen by accident. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . it's the simple things in life that mean the most. boost® simply complete™. no artificial flavors, colors or sweetene

secretary kelly and general mcmaster discussed in general terms back channels are a part of diplomacy. >> eric: that's the point. confirming to fox news she was do to's donald trump. 5 seconds. >> of course not. trump was treated differently. >> kat: what kind of person thinks that's awesome. it was absolutely desperate. just write a joke. >> eboni: you are right, kat. the democrats will pay a price. you have to have a mess mess compelling to the american people. otherwise a long time of donald trump in the white house. >> eric: they will harp on the russian investigation. today's specialist is a senior fellow at the national review institute and editor at the national review and a former chief assistant u.s. attorney that led to terror prosecution. andrew mccarthy is here. he received his ph d from yale, university. a former aid to margaret thatcher and a former policy advisor to 3 u.s. presidential candidates. he specializes in foreign policy, doctor nile gardiner is here. is there any there there? k.d.lang -->> guest: there is no there, there. the thing that is important that people miss wi

. >> eboni: eric, my goodness this thing is getting worse and worse each passing day, each passing year it seems to be broadening out. secretary kelly talks about at least we are doing things better than some of our friends and allies. where can we find comfort snip. >> eric: comfort, i'm not sure we are going to find-comfort. eboni. we saw video released by isis and you are talking about the all-out war they are calling for. this is isis saying muslim brothers in europe who can't reach the islamic state lands attack them in their homes, their markets, their roads and their forums. that's what we are dealing with we are dealing with a pure form of evil and hate and the only way to do that is to exterminate but also exterminate the ideology. back here at home, cair, the council on american islamic relations is supposed to be kind of an outreach, olive branch so that muslims can come and assimilate into our society. i spent an hour on cair's website today looking for one condemnation of either the manchester attacks or the coptic christians who were killed this morning in egypt. not a one. not a mention on that site unless i was missi

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viktor cha, the chair at international study, eric freedberg, professor of politics at princeton university, kelly -- help me. magasman, and ashley tellis -- i'm having trouble with my enunciation this morning. america's interests are deep and enduring. that's why for the past 70 years, we've worked with our allies and partners to uphold a rules based order based on principles of free markets and open seas and open skies. the rule of law and peaceful resolution of disputes. these ideas have produced unprecedented peace and prosperity in the asia pacific. but now the challenges to this rules-based order are mounting as they threaten not just the asia-pacific region but the united states as well. the most immediate challenge is the situation on the korean peninsula. kim jong un's regime has thrown its full weight behind the need for nuclear weapons and unfortunately the regime is making real progress. a north korean missile with a nuclear pay load capable of striking an american city is no longer a distant hypothetical but an imminent danger, one that poses a real and rising risk of conflict. for ye

kelly. >> they remember it well. we'll hear more next week. thank you for now, appreciate it. ericin consumer discretionary you would be a buyer. who would that be? >> well, we think there's a few stocks like party city, people with secular growth opportunities that are beyond -- >> okay, wait a minute. party city? >> party city. >> that's growth with the -- they have, you know, streamers in every color and balloons and disney themed everything and -- >> right. >> tell me more. why? >> they are the largest supplier of party supplies to amazon and walmart. >> oh! >> so they are vertically integrated, and people are spending more and more money on those types of things, so i think even within consumer discretionary, a hated area now, you can find unique opportunities, just dig hard for them. >> i love that. party city is basically an amazon play, but along with everything else, mike, you do a fair share -- >> party city, halloween is their christmas as far as i can tell. >> it's true. >> very, very important. >> as far as what's driving it. >> costumes there. where else are you speci

eric: a somber gathering at the nations capital to honor police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice. thousands participated in the 29th annual candle vigil at the national mall in washington d.c. jeff sessions and john kellyere there. the names of 394 officers who died in the line of duty were read out loud. of those, 143 law-enforcement officers, they were killed in our country in the line of duty just last year. >> each of these officers was more than just a name. they were persons who meant the whole world to someone, to a parent, sibling, spouse or a child. we also remember these heroes because that is our modest way of repaying a debt that can never be fully repaid. eric: there are more than 21000 names engraved on the wall of the national law-enforcement officer memorial. our fellow citizens who gave their lives through the generations protecting us. the ceremony, a solemn chance to say thank you to our brave police officers. arthel: attorney general sessions was on that somber assignment and he is interviewing to replace james comey at the fbi. they are considering a candidates but top democrats say they refused to vote until a special prosecutor is appointed to investigate potential ties between t

eric: as a formal federal prosecutor rc is and advisor to george w. bush. john cornyn said he likes be in in the senate. troy gaudi would be political. ray kellymmissioner. but you still think somebody who has experience and trust of the troops so to speak. >> i think so. i know ray kelly. he's a tough guy. you have to be a tough guy to beat the director. trey gaudi, i think he would be spit and out of the -- i think were ready for the fbi to have their own director. somebody who has been through the culture and trials and tribulations of being an fbi agent. it's time we appointed one of them to be head of the agency. >> eric: "washington journal" has an editorial today. although the accusations against the president and the reasoning behind the controversial firing. it says this "if mr. trump hope to cover something up, second the fbi director is the wrong way to do it. every g-man with a mediocre lead will leak if he thinks politicians are trying to sit on evidence. the next fbi director will be watched like a russian agent for any hint of political favoritism. he needs to ace the fbi pick now to neutralize the democratic opposition and reas