griff? and slamming democrats for resisting. >> while democrats delay, obstruct, and resist, republicans actually deliver. we have the strongest economy in the history of our nation. today there are more people working than at any time in the history of our country. so i don't think there is going to be a blue wave. i hope there is a red wave. griff: so with the mid terms less than 75 days away, what party has the strongest message? here to debate it liz and democratic strategist raychel richy. good morning, ladies. happy saturday to you. >> good morning. griff: the president at the end of that sound bite saying it's going to be a red wave, not a blue wave. what do you see. >> when i worked as a press secretary democratic policies communications committee we were tasked with drafting the overall economic message. it was an economic message. it was better deal, better wages, better future. better wages, better jobs, better future. the republicans have hijacked that economic message withe medi

griff: all right.how any time, an open invitation. outrage over the las vegas massacre. police now closing the case. there is one survivor who says she needs more answers. hear from her next. and president trump taking his message straight to the people this week. >> america is winning again. last week we announced that the u.s. economy grew at 4.1% last quarter. nobody thought that was possible. griff: what do the voters think? we have the brand new dials. that's coming up next. it's saturday. let's get going ♪ ♪ can't you see ♪ oh, ♪ baby, b aby, baby. all you can eat is back, baby. applebee's. chicken! that's right, chicken?! candace-- new chicken creations from starkist. buffalo style chicken in a pouch-- bold choice, charlie! just tear, eat... mmmmm. and go! try all of my chicken creations! chicken! >> i was worried he wouldn't be a good republican. and honestly he has changed my mind a lot. you know, the best thing he has done in my opinion is the tax cuts and the supreme court pick. and if he ke

griff: thank you, alicia.w, as alicia points out, senator mccain will be only the 29th person in history to lie in state. he'll be take into the capitol rotunda as we saw with reverend billy graham. he lied in repose, which is just one level below state. but to see him honored with that flag and the honor guard that will stand guard around him for 24 hours as he lie there is in state is really something because of what he meant to the military and thousands of young people that look back on what he did in vietnam and the really defiance that earned him the nickname "maverick" in the senate. ed: absolutely. and there'll be all kinds of tributes and remembrances, and we're going to talk to a lot of his friends and others who will help us remember. we are going to talk to someone who met senator mccain nearly 30 years ago when he volunteered to drive her for him. the lessons learned as we honor the senator this morning on "fox & friends." ♪ ♪ >> i don't mind a good fight. for reasons known only to god, i've had q

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. >> elsewhere, griff jenkins is light at the shut it down counter protest. tell us what's happening there. >>reporter: we are moving now. the first group of the shut it down dc protesters, leading along with black lives matter. leading their march from freedom plaza to their position in lafayette park. they have a position there as well. you can see it's very peaceful here. there's been no confrontations but it is certainly a spirited group as you march along. one thing that's fascinating about what we saw in freedom plaza, was that this broad group of coalition of people, whether it beblack lives matter nt antifa, it's a message geared for the president. specifically to unite the right rally. we will walk along with them. we are about two blocks from the white house from lafayette park turning on vermont heading south and we will see as they join the already growing crowd at lafayette park in front of the white house. >> have you been there at lafayette park yet? for you there earlier and then came back to meet this group? i don't think he can hear me, that

good morning, griff.ff: a decision on possible interview could be forthcoming and possibly a matter of days, the president according to lawyers want to do interview but the legal team has concerns as the two sides trying to negotiate over the number and scope of questions and the president's frustration over the investigation is very clear, you remember he tweeted last week about ending it and yesterday he raised eyebrows of any tweet denying any knowledge of 2016 tower meeting, fake news, complete fabrication and i'm concerned about meeting my wonderful son had in trump tower, this was the meeting to get information on an opponent totally legal and done all of the time in politics and went nowhere, i did not know about it. the tweet contradicts statements made by the president's attorney general from a year earlier who had this to say yesterday. >> i had bad information at that point. i made a misstatement, that happened when you have cases like this. it's important to point out that in a situation like

griff jenkins is following the counterprotests, but we want to begin with peter doocy, who is

griff? >> jon, the police may be grateful for that rain, but i will tell you, the citizens of d.c. out here are grateful for the police department because they kept this under wraps, and there was no violence. if you look now, this is the entrance where we had those scenes earlier of a lot of passions running very high. the bottles being thrown, some eggs, some various things, even a roman candle being shot at the police. now you see out here on the streets, opened back up to traffic. this intersection by the way that you are looking at is pennsylvania and 17th, and that is where the public can generally go down pennsylvania avenue in front of the white house or where vip dignitaries go in to the north entrance of the white house, but a different scene than we saw with you just an hour ago. certainly a few hours ahead. there was probably about a thousand to maybe 2,000 at its height of the counterprotesters. they were made up largely of the black lives matter folks and antifa, the folks in t

rob: okay, griff, thank you so much. the trump administration ready to reimpose sanctions on iran. penalties will go into effect after midnight, first since obama era nuclear deal was scrapped. don bramer former intelligence officer and iraq war veteran and explained earlier that the sanctions could ruin iran struggling economy. >> if you look at what affects iranian automotive parts, their businesses, their economy is crippling. rob: president trump says he's willing to meet with the iran president rouhani to lay out ground work for better nuclear deal, the sanctions come as the value of iranian dollar is at record low. jillian: six people have been arrested in venezuela after an alleged drone attack on president maduro, new video has emerged of what maduro has called assassination attempt. drones reportedly packed with explosives exploding as maduro spoke during military parade in socialist country, he said a group of terrorists and asas anyones were detained, firefighters on the ground said it was nearly gas explosion at nearby apartment building. rob: candidates making final pi

brian: griff is more versatile. he is good dancer. griff will be dancing on the weekends.e firing back at fired advisor omarosa newman. brian: a situation room recording with chief of staff john kelly on her firing. steve: she is back on tv with another interview. great dancer griff jenkins joins us from washton with the latest. reporter: had to fill in rest of the alphabet. if this feels for some like a reality tv show is playing out. moments ago on nbc, omarosa, picking a fight, attacking john kelly, chief of staff. take a listen what she just said. >> the moment i said i would like to leave. they said i want go, it became false imprisonment. other people are treated this way by general kelly. there are a very corrupt things happening in the white house. i am going to prothe whistle on a lot of this. john kelly have you beening this white house. donald trump has no clue what is going on. he is, puppetted. that is very dangerous for the nation. reporter: released to nbc news, a report between herself and the president the day after john kelly fired her, that being the leg

jillian: griff jenkins joins us live with reaction. rob: plans for 3-d guns shot down after anti-gun groups go ballistic. weight until you hear what the nra has to say about it. "fox and friends first" starts right now. good wednesday morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. jillian: thank you for starting the day with us. we begin with a fox news alert. we are told the ceremony is starting right now in south korea for the repatriation of us service members remains handed over by north korea. 55 aluminum transfer cases draped in american flags will be carried to four air force planes by guards, more than 6 decades after the korean war. kim jong un 7 mike pence will speak later on. let's listen in. >> the ceremony is hosted by vincent brooks, united nations command. we appreciate the minister of national defense, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the honorable we song jew, security. us ambassador harry harry and rear admiral john c crisp from the mia county agency. all of whom will serve the viewi

griff jenkins is that the shut it down counter protest. leland: with that, welcome to "america's news hq" from washington. 1:00 p.m. eastern as this is starting to get underway. i am doing better. liz: this is already a year ago we have it and will happen. elizabeth prann. thanks for joining us. let's check in with peter doocy at the unite the right. -we are at the foggy bottom metro stop and the reason for that is that unite the right rally demonstrators and we don't know how many there are going to be. they made at the metro station in northern virginia 15 miles from here, 10 metro stops away and they were all writing together. the organizer, jason tessler was not able to get a permit for the unite the right in charlottesville last year once to have as many people altogether as they can and they will come here. so far we have noticed there are more police officers than normal, but otherwise because we are still a few hours away from the expect the arrival of these demonstrators who say they are going to have a civil rights rally in front

griff jenkins, we will check with you a bit. joining us now, the deputy managing editor of the weekly standard, he has been a year. hard to believe since we saw the violence in the charlottesville virginia that horrified so many people and left three people dead. what has changed since them, kelly? it brought racial issues oiling back into the american lexicon. have things improved? >> you know, i think some things have and some things haven't. it has been a year since his very inflammatory event but these racial issues are ones that have been simmering since before this country was founded. talk about centuries of tensions and issues. those are not going to be solved over the course of one year. but he will say, i think that we are seeing i think, the white supremacists thought they could normalize themselves. they could show that we are here, we are out, proud, happy white supremacists. pay attention to us. what you saw at laster were people taking pictures and charlottesville of the white supremacists marching. people with ti

pete: griff jenkins has first interview with chief pro-vest. ed: griff joining us from washington.ry to lead the border patrol. she doesn't see herself as male or female. she is not lost she is breaking the glass ceiling on a dangerous and difficult job. take a listen. >> i do realize this is a milestone. we have so many talented men and women of the border patrol. i guarantee you -- i may not mae the first but i won't be the last female ahead of the border patrol. make sure that the public truly understands the sacrifices that they make. how dedicated they are to protecting the country and to securing our borders and ultimately, you know, border security is national security. i need more men and women, i need more technology i need more wall. >> politicians are criticizing not just policy but agents themselves. do you see this taking a toll on them? >> definitely i think it takes a toll on their morale. i have said this before and i will say it again. we don't leave our humanity behind when we report for duty. the majority of our men and women are parents. i'm parents myself. law

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brian: and griff got dress you had. griff, cure tell us what these sanctions means?ns they are feeling the effect in tehran. the sanctions effectively end the iran deal. the president is saying he is open to negotiations. this was president rouhani's action. >> what's the meaning of negotiations when you impose sanctions at the same time? it's like someone pulling a knife, stab a rival or an enemy in the arm while at the same time claiming we should be talking and negotiating. >> rouhani also said he is willing to meet with the president without preconditions as long as he gets apology and compensation. as you note european leaders broadly oppose out action. as the president urged all allies to join his maximum measure campaign. officials say this is not about to bring about regime change but regime behavior. senator lindsey graham says it's a good start. >> donald trump is telling the world business community and europeans, you cannot do business with this murderous regime and have access to u.s. markets. over time this will work. you are on the right track, preside

cheryl: griff, thank you very much. democratic strategists hide the con.to go through, guys. good morning. >> good morning. welcome back, lauren. cheryl: it's great to have you back pitches seen thank you silently. let's first start with you in the story with ohio. your party is actually pretty excited about the fact this team so close and we don't have a result yet considering this is for four decades. >> absolutely right, cheryl. carrying this 8.9% of the south 8500, 8400 ballots to go is a good sign. there should be a rematch in november. it's not like whoever wins this election tonight or today rather is going to be the official member of congress and the next congress comes together in january. it could very well be the seats which is again been the best part of this is there so little support for donald trump coming out in the district in ohio. this is likely to be a trend story. >> what you say? it's pretty surprising overseeing in ohio which is so conservative. >> to shift the president is doing better politically than he was at the time we had a p

brian: good job, griff.'t want to. steve: we owe him a favor for doing his job? brian: oh, sorry. what he said about josh hawley is good. he is the best opponent that the senator mccaskill has ever faced. for some reason she has had soft opponents over the years. she is going to be in for it. she tried to do -- i understand she tried to do an rv tour in a plane. abby: how did that work? brian: how do you touch people in a plane. steve: it was a little -- and they have been tagging her with that as well. he made the point out in kansas if the candidate out there, the secretary of state, if he is able to pull it through, at the last minute, kris kobach, that would be extraordinary because donald trump is the one who said at the 11th hour with mr. kobach in the back of the pack, in the polls, said he is my guy. and so if he were to win, that would be big. abby: everyone was watching the race in ohio in that 129 district. a big take away was democrat o'connor 31 years old. not only new fresh face for the party.

griff jenkins is live in washington, d.c.like to see a republican hold the senate seat there. >> he would. and you know, coal country is trump country, and manchin is a little bit of a moderate but he has a different candidate that he wants. first of all, president trump won west virginia about 42 points. the main theme he had besides immigration, trade, jobs and the economy, but also ending the war on coal >> we are putting our great coal miners back to work. we love clean beautiful west virginia coal. we love it. that's indestructible stuff. in times of war and times of conflict, you can blow up those windmills. they fall down real quick. >> no windmills in west virginia. now, this came on the same day the president announced a new epa rule rolling back stiff obama era regulations on coal fire powered plants. he was in full campaign mode hammering democrats and throwing his support behind attorney general patrick morsey who is trailing democrat manchin. >> we must elect patrick morrissey. we need him. get your friends, neig

griff jenkins where the war of words is just heating up, good morning, griff. >> it is, good morning,ie, and rob and the former cia director is not backing down, in fact, he's doubling down on his decision to speak out against the president. >> i have seen the lights blinking red and is bringing the country down and fueling divisiveness in the country, continues lies to the american people and the types of things he's doing, i think, i i need to speak out and so i've been speaking out rather forcefully. >> also said he's considering taking legal action to possibly seek injunction but national security add vier john bolton brennan may have misused classified information. >> a number of people have commented that he couldn't be in the position he's in of criticizing president trump and his so-called collusion with russia unless he did use classified information when he was director of the cia i was very troubled by his conduct, by statements he made in public and what i thought was his politicization of the intelligence community. >> leon penetta defended brennan. >> if somebody uses cl

i'm griff jenkins in washington and i have the details coming up. >>> good morning. ea.outhbound 101 to the 580 interchange looks good. >>> the weather looks good if you like warmer temperatures inland. that's what we will have on this friday. we will look at the coast and bay in your friday >>> welcome back. happening today, the manic use of starting a wildfire in southern california will be back in court the raiment of the forest clark has already been postponed twice for key dose it was first delayed last thursday when he refused to leave his cell. delayed again a day later after a bizarre court appearance where he started shouting when the judge read the charges. clark is accused of starting the holy fire at southwest of s started near his cabin. >>> jury deliberations continue today in the tax fraud trial of a former trump's campaign chief paul manafort. reporter griff jenkins joining us from washington with the very latest on the trial. >>> good morning. everybody is watching this from miller to president trump. no one is invading the task before the story because

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in washington, griff jenkins, fox news. >>> following the death of a jail inmate one lawmakers is callingation put forth aiming helping those released from custody next. >> we're tracking smoke out there, especially in the inland bay valleys, details coming up. >>> on capitol hill critics are questioning whether the trump administration's crackdown on the southern border is coming at the expense of enforcing other laws. we'll hear how the immigration caseload is affecting u.s. attorneys. >> reporter: every president has priorities and in 2012 obama exercised his. >> individuals who do not present a risk to national security or public safety will be able to request temporary relief from deportation. >> reporter: six years later. >> we're stuck with these horrible laws. >> reporter: the trump administration reversed that decision. >> if you cross the border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. >> reporter: under the president's zero tolerance policy prosecutors in june charged 46% of adults detained at the border, but that syracuse university study also found the immigration caseload ove

in washington, griff jenkins, fox news. >>> so joining us now to talk about this trial, david levine professor at uc-hastings. thank you for joining us. so let's start with that comment from judge ellis. what could he mean when he says the case is based on reason and that no proof beyond doubt is required here? >> juries often have trouble with reasonable doubt just sort of understanding the concept. the idea is that you are supposed to decide the case on the basis of what's most logical. so the prosecutors laid out a case. the prosecutor has the burden of proof. and they have made a very, very strong case here. and the jury should convict unless they can say that there is a logical way to read the evidence in some other direction. i'm not sure that that's the case. but that's what they need to do, not a unicorn might have done it or the elves might have come into the -- you know, and changed the numbers on the tax forms. what's logical? >> it's just whatever the details are, we gave you the details, just rule on the details that we gave you what it sounds like. >> basically. in this

as griff jenkins reports in washington one of her disclosures may backfire. >> reporter: at one time amoroso newman had a lofty title as assistant to the president. those days are over. >> lowlife. she is a lowlife. >> reporter: president trump this weekend not happy amoroso is trashing cam in a big way on a media tour to promote her new book. >> i was complacent with this white house deceiving this nation. they continued to deceive this nation by how mentally declined he is, how difficult it is for him to process complex information >> reporter: she didn't stop there. i'm rosenau claims she herself heard a recording of the president using a racial slur. >> when he talks that way way he did on this day. confirms that he is truly a racist. stephen a different recording, one may be a -- one made of almost a herself could come back to haunt her. she made recording in the top- secret white house situation room in an unprecedented breach. the white house secretary sarah sanders in a statement that the very idea a staff member would sneak a recording device into the white house situation r

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griff. ainsley: that transgender beat a 14-year-old. they didn't have a age limit. deficit. steve: i think tim pawlenty given a do-over would in the say the president of the united states was unfit and unhinged. his opponent, county commissioner jeff johnson, really hammered him. apparently the republican governors association was going to pump a couple million dollars into that particular campaign for governor with pawlenty at the lead but now that johnson won, some suggestion that they might not get the money. ainsley: pawlenty used to be the governor as you know. the governor, the current governor now is stepping down a democrat. pawlenty he did say the president was unhinged and unfit for office years ago. county commissioner jeff johnson who won, beat pawlenty. >> hammered him. >> i voted for trump. hammered him on it. pawlenty said i'm done with politics. jeff flake, martha roby, paw lentty suffered some degree for opposing president trump. brian: marsha blackburn, in for trump. bob corker has not helped out mash that blackburn in the state of tennessee. ainsl

griff jenkins live with the latest. >> reporter: it appears the border battle will go to washington soonerher than later, california playing out in the ninth circuit court of appeals, the judge linked to-1 it is unconstitutional to withhold funding from sanctuary cities, chief judge cynthia thomas saying congressional authorization may not redistribute funds in order to effectuate its own policy goals, supply to a lawsuit brought to california counties, san francisco as mayor tweeting this was not the first attack by the trump administration and not be the last. the law is on our side. san francisco is and will continue to be a sanctuary city that stands up for our immigrant communities. the department of justice issued a statement saying the ninth circuit opinion is a victory for criminals in california who commit crimes knowing leadership will protect them from federal immigration officers whose job is to hold them accountable and remove them from the country. the president indicating on rush limbaugh's radio show he may be moving closer to a showdown over funding for border security. >>

griff jenkins live to break it down. >> reporter: ohio always delivers election drama and last nightas no exception. republican troy balderston and danny o'connor separated by less than a point, 2000 votes for balderson backed by donald trump. he is optimistic he will pull it out. >> i promise you i am going to work relentlessly, relentlessly for this 12th congressional district. america is on the right path and we will keep it going that way. >> reporter: a district that long in the hands of republicans, o'connor vowed to fight on. >> we are fighting for a better america. we went door-to-door, house to house and made our case. we will make the case tomorrow. we are not stopping now. tomorrow we rest and then we keep fighting through june, november. >> reporter: ohio app secretary of state says there are 8000 votes to be tallied in this special election. we will begin counting that on august 18th. kansas, republican primary for governor, donald trump's pick is in a tight race too close to call against jim callier. the winner will face democrat state legislator laura kelly. in michiga

griff jenkins breaking it down in washington. >> reporter: four state of spoken but there was thundern kansas and the delayed victory. chris kobach defeated chris collier. >> we gear up and start marching in the general election campaign. it is essential we march together. >> reporter: all either wisconsin to face tammy baldwin. republicans faithfully a boutonniere backed by the leading republican scott walker, reince priebus and paul ryan, jumping on the trump train. >> we going to take that to washington where they need the help of a strong conservative to join the ranks to help donald trump make america great, keep america great. >> reporter: a former aide to the speaker, brian style, will face randy rice. he goes by the nickname iron stash. the school superintendent tony evers has a message for the president. >> donald trump's tariffs are having a devastating impact on my hometown. it is heartbreaking to watch. >> reporter: republicans rejected presidential candidate tim poland he --pawlenty for jim johnson who was endorsed by trump. he faces serious abuse allegations and won the

. >> several other heavy hitters put on notice, griff jenkins live in washington with reaction from both sides. >> in an interview this morning the president says his decision to revoke brennan's clearance was born out of the russia probe saying, quote, i call it the rigged witchhunt. it is a sham. these people would it so it was something that had to be done. sarah sanders explained the decision to pool clearance, leveraging status of the terrorists and outrageous allegations and added this. >> any benefit senior officials might glean from consultations with mister brennan are outweighed by the risks posed by his erratic conduct and behavior. >> reporter: brennan has been one of the most vocal critics of donald trump accusing him of treason after the vladimir putin summit in failing to live up to minimum standards of decency and civility. he is lashing out after being stripped. >> reporter: i believe donald trump decided to take this action if he has an with others to intimidate and suppress any criticism of him or his administration and revoking my security clearance is his way of tryi

griff jenkins live in washington dc with details. >> reporter: we are learning about doj official bruceay have played in surveillance abuse and the dossier. a review by fox news shows he was deeply connected, his wife worked for fusion gps, the firm by the clinton campaign that produced the dossier based on research by christopher steele. he appears to have maintained the back channel with steel. congressional leaders have taken notice. >> the fbi getting parts of the dossier from bruce ohr, his wife worked for the firm the clintons hired to put together the dossier and given it to the fbi. it is never supposed to work that way, but it did. >> worried about the president hiring james comey. afraid they will be exposed. the justice department declined to comment on ohr. and the only official currently working in the government was on the president's list, on security clearances under review. donald trump noticed and is tweeting, the justice department worked for fusion gps, disgraced and fired fbi agent peter stzrok, too crazy to be believed, the rigged witchhunt has 0 credibility. we ha

rob: that's right, war of words is heating up this morning, hey, griff. >> hey, rob, jackie, good morningnnan is not backing down, days after cia director had lifetime security clearance revoked he doubled down on decision to speak out against the president. >> i have seen the likes blinking red in terms of what mr. trump has done and is doing and is bringing the country down on the global stage and he's fueling and feeding divisiveness within our country. he continually lies to the american people and the types of things he's i think to, i think, i need to speak out and so i've been speaking out forcefully. >> critics are claiming president is playing politics. >> a number of people have commented that he couldn't be in the position he's in of criticizing president trump and his so-called collusion with russia unless he did use classified information when he was director of cia. i was very troubled by his conduct, by statements he made in public and what i thought was his politicization of the intelligence community. >> another former cia director came to brennan's defense. >> if someone

griff jenkins joins us from washington with the latest developments. >> the county sheriff's office confirmedf the 5 adults charged in connection with running that alleged extremist compound in new mexico had been released and they are out of jail. they are free, district judge emilio chavez dismissing charges because of failures on the part of the prosecutors to follow a procedural requiring them to hold an evidentiary hearing within 10 days of the suspect being charged and jails, he called a very difficult decision to make but the 10 day rule left him with no options. prosecutors could seek charges by asking the grand jury to indict them but no indication how they will proceed. in a separate case two of the five adults arrested in that raid on the compound remain in jail on child abuse charges result in the death of a 3-year-old. the dead boy's father pleaded guilty that is not guilty. the defense attorney urged caution over the religious and ethnic implications at play here. >> inflammatory issues about their religion or race or whether they are jihadists has no bearing on the primary issu

jillian: griff jenkins live in washington with plans to stop the violence. >> reporter: got to do somethinglaming local leaders for the surge in gun violence in chicago. >> including cities like chicago, absolute and total disaster. bad stuff happening and probably have to take from the leadership, no reason in 1 million years that should be happening in chicago. rob: the numbers are frightening, 74 people shot last weekend, 12 were killed, 41 shot early sunday morning, city officials blaming the weekend on gangs and access to guns in chicago, eddie johnson stressed the need on large outdoor gatherings. >> what they are doing in drinking, amplified music, smoking weed and those kinds of things. how do we engage it? rob: bruce router is blaming rahm emanuel and calling him to step down, part of the problem, he has got to go. a spokesman for the mayor fired back at the governor, he and donald trump saying bob mueller's investigation must be getting to the president but too busy to continue working to reduce crime with police community leaders and federal prosecutors to pay attention. donald t

rob: calls are growing for the city's leadership to step down, griff jenkins joins us live from chicago'slan to try to stop the violence. >> reporter: the president is blaming chicago's leaders for the surge of gun violence, stemming the spike in these shootings. >> we must strengthen community bonds in cities like chicago that have been an absolute and total disaster and probably you have to take from the leadership, there is no reason in 1 million years something like that should be happening in chicago. >> reporter: 74 people were shot, 41 people shot in a 7-hour period sunday morning, ranging 11-62, on the south side. eddie johnson stressed the need to crack down on outdoor gatherings. >> drinking, amplified music, smoking weed, littering and all those things will factor into how we engage it. >> reporter: they are blaming it on gangs and access to guns as a spokesman for rahm emanuel fired back at donald trump, bob mueller's investigation of paul manafort's criminal trial must be getting to the president but we are too busy reducing crime with police community leaders and federal pro

griff jenkins live with reaction to the latest shakeup at the bureau. >> reporter: the agent at the center of the anti-trump text controversy to stop trump's candidacy, and the president is welcoming news of his firing calling for the new investigation into his 2016 opponent saying just fired agent stzrok was in charge of the crooked hillary clinton sham investigation, total fraud on the american public those republicans who investigated his bias, trey gowdy, is responding to that. >> of course his lawyer says it was a railroad job, he made up his job donald trump should be impeached before interviewing him and did a lot of this on government phone and violated other fbi policy. >> the texts surfaced a year ago, and inspector general's reported a recommendation he be suspended but in the end he was cut loose, sixth senior fbi official to be fired as the fbi struggles to regain public trust. stzrok says his client started ago fund me page. say there are no tapes where i used such a terrible and disgusting word is attributed by wacky and deranged amarosa. i don't have that word in my vocabul

todd: griff will let me take his place, that is the way to go. have fun. federal judge could temporarily been reunited migrant families from being deported after lawyers for the family filed a class-action lawsuit claiming the government did not counsel affaire cyber process, the justice department is none of the families will be departed until friday while the judge ways his options. jillian: thousands will honor a fallen officer and father killed in the line of duty, family, friends and loved ones are saying their final goodbyes to michael makowski. the 52-year-old and 17 year veteran of the force was shot and killed trying to arrest a suspect wanted on drug and domestic violence offenses. he leaves behind a wife and 3 sons. the man accused of murdering border agent brian terry will face a judge today. the suspect was extradited to arizona from mexico and is accused of killing terry during a gunfight with us agents near the border in 2010. 6 other suspects were also charged. terry after the exposed operation fast and furious, failed atf program that allo

jillian: griff jenkins live with a highlights. >> reporter: he may have been barnstorming for barletta barn on the media tearing into what he perceives as unfair coverage that diminishes his record as president. >> we are doing better in all of these states than we did on election night. only negative publicity, only negative stories from the fakers back there. >> reporter: the attack on the media isn't new, his nickname for barletta's opponents, senator bob casey, certainly is. >> i got to talk about bob casey, i will start falling asleep. don't fall asleep, sleeping bob. we need republicans. we need barletta. he is tough. >> reporter: he looked ahead to 2020 sitting sites on potential opponents, the new stars of the democratic party. >> maxine waters, very low iq. i am running against pocahontas or crazy bernie. i saw him up there the other day, hair getting wider and wider, getting crazier and crazier. >> reporter: the president raised a familiar campaign promise he made two years ago in the same arena and every stop on the campaign trail, to build a wall. >> we are going to get nas

. >> thank you, griff. for more on this chemical precooked far of and tattered joining us now.g. residents at american university public school also a former auto states that minority leader and chairman of the committee to defend the president is also a colorado state senator. nice to see you this morning. bright and early. in the interview referenced with rush limbaugh, the president said yesterday he thinks the shutdown could get a good thing to do before the midterms. i'm actually going to bring up that post specifically. more pressure on the other side because we are doing it because democrats are not getting us the vote. what do you think about this strategy? is this a good idea before the midterm? >> is a good strategy for america. when i let the pressure on the democrats, but the republicans. the reason trump got elected is because of the immigration issue. he though beat a field of 16 republicans. donald trump walked in and ran with it. the american people rally behind him. it's a great issue for the president to run on. those that will support standing up for the amer

rob: griff jenkins in washington with highlights from the big speech. >> reporter: this race betweenaun and joe donnelly is one of the most competitive senate races in the country. the president is urging supporters to get behind braun, continuing prosperity. >> thanks to republican leadership our economy is booming like never before. we created nearly 4 million new jobs since the election and lifted almost 4 million americans often stamps. rob: donnelly's appeal to trump voters, the president won over but the president blasted democrats as obstructionists suggesting a dangerous alliance between the two. >> today's government party held hostage by left-wing haters, angry mobs, deep state radicals, establishment cronies, fake news allies, our biggest obstacle in the greatest ally actually is the media. >> he painted a stark difference in the choice in november when it comes to safety on the border. >> we went to abolish ms 13, they want to abolish ice, this is a group of gang members. i can't fan of anymore because nancy pelosi got very angry when i called them animals. we are getting

jillian: trump bump in full effect for some republicans, griff jenkins breaking it down in washington dc. >> reporter: the trump bump continues to roll in kansas for four states have spoken, we begin in wisconsin, state senator won the primary to face democratic incumbent senator tammy baldwin backed by the state's leading republican, scott walker, rines priebus and paul ryan and jumping on the trump train. >> we are going to take that to washington where they need the help of a strong conservative to join the ranks to help donald trump make america great, keep america great. >> reporter: facing democrat nominee randy bryce, the iron staff. randy walker got help from tony evers with a message from the president. >> trump's tariffs are having a devastating impact on my hometown. it is been heartbreaking to watch. rob: in minnesota republicans rejected well-known presidential candidate tim pawlenty for jim johnson. congressional candidate who the president endorsed and campaigned with, embattled democrat keith ellison facing abuse allegations, in vermont democrats nominated bernie sande

griff jenkins has the latest on the border battle. >> reporter: the border battle may be coming sooneran later but california playing out the ninth circuit ruling in it to-1 decision that it is unconstitutional to withhold funding from sanctuary cities, absence congressional authorization the administration may not redistribute but hold properly appropriated funds to effectuate its own policy goals, two lawsuits brought in california, san francisco's mayor saying this is not the first attack on our values by the trump administration it won't be the last. the law is on our side. san francisco will continue to be a sanctuary city that stand up for our immigrant community but the department of justice, is a victory for criminal aliens in california as the congressman jeff in them had this to say. >> it is not about immigration but rule of law. we are a free society based on a set of laws we need to follow. i want to make sure we are not going to punish communities like mine. >> reporter: the president indicated on the rush limbaugh's radio show he may be moving closer to a showdown with c

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griff jenkins live in washington dc with details. >> reporter: bruce ohr is an annual hear more about role he may have played in the dossier, alleged government surveillance abuse. a review of his email says notes from bruce ohr, works for the from the linton put together, have given it to the fbi. it is never supposed to work that way in the united states of america but it did. >> reporter: we are learning more about christopher steele. last may ohr wrote that he was worried about president firing james comey, afraid they will be exposed, not sure who they are but donald trump took notice, the fbi received documents from bruce ohr, worked for fusion gps, disgrace fired fbi agent peter stzrok, too crazy to be believed, the rigged witchhunt has your credibility, ohr still working for the government, security clearances are under review. the justice department declined to comment on this and on ohr but he will give an interview to congressional investigators on august 28th, less than two week we may learn more about what happened. rob: closed door, kind of annoying. i would like to see

griff jenkins joins us from washington with the latest developments. >> reporter: a simple mistake byrosecutors seems to have been what led to the release of three arrested in connection with the extremist compound, sheriff's office confirmed late yesterday that they were set free. district judge emilio chavez dismissing the charges against all 5 because of failure to follow state rules requiring evidentiary hearing within 10 days of a suspect being charged in jail. it was called a difficult decision but the rules no option. two of the five remain in jail on separate child abuse charges resulting the death of abdul h wahaj. his father pleaded not guilty, their defense attorney had this to say about the public outrage. >> whether people are outraged or not, direct your outrage to the source of the problem. the judge said he expects the district attorney to do their job. >> reporter: the judge had a message for the public in this case. >> urge everyone to not react to the information in the warrants that were filed but rather the evidence as it gets developed. >> reporter: the judges in

griff jenkins live in washington to break it down. >> reporter: it always comes down to ohio and it isoo close to call where the president's paul is on the line. troy balderson and danny o'connor separated by this than a point. balderson leading by bus than 2000 votes bolstered by the president. >> i will promise you i will work relentlessly, relentlessly, for this congressional district. america is on the right path and we will keep going that way. jillian: in addition, it has been hands of republicans and o'connor vowed to fight on. >> we are fighting for a better america. we went door-to-door, house to house, we made our case for change. we will make that change tomorrow. we are not stopping now. >> reporter: there are 8000 potential votes yet to be tallied, on august 18th. to kansas we go, the primary for governor too close to call, donald trump's pick, chris kovach in a tight race that is razor thin. if it holds it will deliver a primary upset, the winner there will face laura kelly. michigan, donald trump congratulating the attorney general who won the gop primary for governor, c