harry reid put in place the nuclear option. here you go again, harry reid.he harry reid option, they should college. so what if he gets confirmed with 52 republican votes? too bad. >> eboni: you live by it, you have to die by it. >> adriana: it is going to blow up in their faces in the midterm elections because americans want our lawmakers to solve our serious problems, and all the democrats have been doing since president trump got inaugurated as resistance. they have been 100% obstructionist for everything he does, even his confirmation of judge gorsuch, which is an exceptional choice for these up in court. no matter what he does, they obstruct it. >> kat: everyone is so anti-obstruction. sometimes obstruction is good. i think we need to take some time and be grateful for the balance of power. i like to see it being a possibility. in this case, because of harry reid, it's not going to work, not going to happen. i still don't think it's going to go away because they won't let it and people have questions. >> eboni: when you talk about the need for a special

. >> even harry reid said the same thing. comey should resign. he's out. he's out. someone knew apparently will be coming in the next few days. sean, lou, jay, you've brought up some great points. there are some issues that still need to be investigated. i know that there are families with benghazi who are very close to -- who would love to see this reopened again. or at least looked at. there are a lot of cases out there. fast and furious. there's so much more. sean, like you pointed out with the leaks -- we know there's someone in the doj or if the inspector general found anything yet, or if the doj actually asked the fbi to open an investigation, that -- the fbi should be able to tell us. there's a lot of issues right now that i think need to be investigated and i think you are

again, this is harry reid to director comey. harry reid goes on. the double standard established by your actions is clear. in my communicationses with you and other top officials in the national security community, it's become clear that you possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between donald trump, his top advisors and the russian government, a foreign interest openly hostile to the united states, which trump raises at every opportunity. i'll insert here parenthetically f.b.i. know that the did not possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between donald trump, his top advisors and the russian government. obama act repeatedly administration intelligence and law enforcement officials have repeatedly testified that despite all their inferences, despite all the things they wanted to find they could not of the any evidence russian government affecting our elections, of the russian government colluding with the trump administration, or with donald trump's campaign, to affect the election. no evidence. so

host: you mentioned senator harry reid. was that his specific pitch to you? rep. rosen: i lived there nearly 40 years and have a lot of friends in common especially during my philanthropy worked and when they reached out to me, they said you have been working so hard in the community to bring services and try to do good things, you can just take it to the next level. host: did you ever see yourself in politics before this? rep. rosen: if you talk to anyone who has been a synagogue president, it prepared me for here. they have a 10-acre campus and we serve as a hub for so many community services and work for family promise and senior health fairs, tax services, open up our building to community service groups like aa and all those different things. and so you see across the spectrum of the kind of people who come to your church or your synagogue. military families, seniors, single mothers, fatters, widows, people who have cancer. you see every type of person. it is a cross section of what the district is. so i feel like helping them really taught me -- when i heard

then you have harry reid call calling for his resignation a year ago. here's what i i do within the department of justice. here is what you do. within the department of justice itself, within the fbi itself, you create a unit that looks at all of this brand-new. everyone of these issues, sean, that sara and lou have laid out. they need to be looked at from the beginning. i think it has to have new eyes. that's number one. number two is you have to restore the integrity of the people from the department itself. that should come from jeff sessions who's an attorney and a general in that sense. you have to be able to take that command in the new fbi director will have to establish within the fbi this sense of pride in their work. look, there are a number of failures here. you talk about some of the ones on the terrorism issues come at the boston marathon bombers. what happened in orlando, on the radar. all of that needs to be looked at. all of this has to be looked at. we don't have the luxury of letting these things happen again. in our country. we just d

. >> you mentioned senator harry reid. how did you know him before this process? >> las vegas is a small town. i was there nearly 40 years. we have a lot of friends in common, especially through philanthropy work. when him and a few others reached out to me, they said this is who you are. you have been working so hard in the community to try to bring services, try to do good things. you can just take it to the next level and that really spoke to me. >> did you ever see yourself in politics before this? >> if you have been anyone who has been a synagogue president, it was the biggest blessing of my life. i learned so much that really prepared me for here. they have a 10 acre campus. we service the house for so many community services. with family -- work promise and the homeless, tax services, open up our building to community service groups like aa and all those different things. you see across the spectrum the kind of people who come to your church or your synagogue. military families, seniors, single mothers, single fathers, widows, people who have cancer. you s

invite more people to participate in the processes have just -- obamacare was a bill written in harry reid's office on christmas eve of 2009. that's hardly the process i get you good policy. this did take more time but we included so many other members of congress from all different backgrounds to participate in fashioning this legislation and it made it all stronger because of it. i'm really believe that's the right style for running and managing congress. more people involved, more members having a say so. it's going to be a little bumpy on the way but tax reform, we all agree on tax reform. we are wired as republicans with the same dna which is stop overtaxing manufacturers and producers. stop hurting families with an abusive irs uncomplicated tax code. we are in agreement on the critical principles and we also know that this is key for economic growth. getting the regulatory agenda through, which we are on her way to doing in reforming and overhauling the tax system, the two crown jewels of getting america's economy growing faster and getting people to work. faster wage growth. we know i

the negro was unfortunate but harry reid is somebody who's had the benefit of a very long life and the truth is that negro dialect is what it was called in the earliest scholarly sources. he didn't know what to call it. is it called ebonics? what do you call it? many people said is he saying barack obama uses bad grammar? no, it's not bad grammar. rock obama can things. he can speak in the black english in the proper situation. calling it negro dialect is not very graceful, he was referring to something that makes barack obama a larger speaker then, george w. bush is too easy, and say david letterman. he's a larger speaker. he has a larger repertoire. he speaks negro dialect when he wants to so it wasn't menstrual speech. what he could've said was black english. i don't think you have any reason to know the african-american vernacular but to be honest i've known both white and black people who thought there was something wrong with the former president, unfortunately switching between mainstream and black english. people think he's being funny. many white people think he's only pretend

harry reid in 2010 was discovered to say barack obama can speak negro dialect when he wants to. and everybody thought what does he mean? the negro was unfortunate but harry reid is somebody who had the benefit of a long time and the truth is negro dialect is what it was called in the early scholarly sources. ebonics? what do you call it. many people said is he saying barack obama uses bad grammar. no, no. barack obama can speak to things. he can switch into the black english in the proper situation. calling it negro dialect is not grace full but he was referring to something that makes barack obama a larger speecher than say david letterman. he speaks negro dialect when he wants to. it was minstrel speech but he could have said black english. black english. yeah, to be honest i have known both white and black people who have thought there was something wrong with the former president unfortunately switching between the two. i was lit into by a black correspondent who thought barack obama should not talk that way in public at all. he uses black english with big surprise black peo

i just want to remind you, too, harry reid, former senate majority leader, wrote a letter back in october to brennan saying you possess explosive information about ties between trump and russia. many people kind of wrote that off. >> because people didn't necessarily know what he was talking about and youhought maybe harry reid was may an outgoing senator and who knows at his motivations were at the time. i remember that's the feeling everyone had. >> turns out he was exactly right. >>> nbc news has also confirmed that "washington post" report that president trump asked two intel officials to push back on the russia probe by nbc news, i mean ken dlelaneyian was the on who confirmed that. >>> now to the reports of requests from coats and general rogers. >> my goal is to not judge things based on newspaper reports but dig and find facts. >> is that obstruction of justice to you? >> i can't characterize the legal, but obviously a president is not supposed to influence an fbi investigation. so draw your own conclusion. >> with me now, ned price, national security council spokesperson and seni

host: did that change with minority leader harry reid. nevada becameeid, more powerful, the city of las vegas grew and became an powerhouse, no longer a they were akling, able to fight off yucca mountain and during the obama and now that president obama has left office, president trump may resume the project, but there's going to be enormous amount of opposition. > announcer: u.s. nuclear regulatory commission has this map on their site of the acrossnt waste locations the country, not just washington state. speak about the others. well, there is lots of radio active waste in addition for e waste produced military purposes, like at hanford. power plant in the country is storing radioactive generated from producing electricity, so there are like 90 spent fuel pools in the united states, swimming pool like structures filled with water here the spent fuel from nuclear reactors is being stored and that spent fuel also needs to a facility underground, but again, we don't have one, so piling up at reactor sites and that also risk to erious safet

so for example, harry reid in, i believe 2010 was discovered to have said that barack obama can speak negro dialect when he wants to. everybody felt, what does he mean? you know, now the negro was unfortunate but, harry reid is somebody who has had the benefit of a very long life and the truth is, that negro dialect is what it was called in the earliest scholarly sources. he didn't know what to call it. is it called you -- ebonn nicks? people saying that barack obama uses booed grammar. no. it is not bad grammar. barack obama can speak two things and switch into black english in the proper situation. calling it negro dialect is not very graceful but referring to something that makes barack obama a larger speaker than george w. bush is too easy, than say david letterman. he is a larger speaker. he has a larger, he has a larger repertoire. speaks negro dialect when he wants to. it wasn't minstrel speech. what he could have just said, black english. i don't think he would have any reason to know the term, african-american vernacular english. black english. to be honest i known white and

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and there i was this romantic moment, a true story of the senate floor the clock strikes 12 icy harry reid reid, and mitch mcconnell. every girl's dream on new year's eve. [laughter] we got out of that disaster. [laughter] and last week despite all the rancor in politics we averted disaster again and kept funding for troop, medical research, agriculture health care and planned parenthood. [applause] what did donald trump to crises and daughter tweet the next day to threaten a major shutdown next fall. that is not pleader ship that is tweetership t. millions of americans are wondering if they can go to the doctor's office but he hases people over and there delaware are in a celebration and he will tweet big win from the oval office attacks of refugees and immigrants alexander hamilton said the judges to have the power of the purse they get it from the constitution and it is our duty to stand up for the judges in the independent judiciary. that is what we do as democrats i am the daughter of the journalists alike take this personally president trump and is a man who treats everything that in

moment, a true story of the senate floor the clock strikes 12:00 and i look to my left and see harry reid and mitch mcconnell. every girl's dream on new year's eve. [laughter] sen. klobuchar: we got out of that disaster. [laughter] sen. klobuchar: and last week, despite all the rancor in our politics, we averted disaster again and kept funding for troop, medical research, agriculture, health care and planned parenthood. [applause] sen. klobuchar: and come up what did -- and, what the donald trump do? he sent out a tweet the next day to threaten a major shutdown next fall. that is not leadership. that is tweetership. millions of americans are wondering if they are even going to be able to go to the doctor's office. and he has his guy pals over and gleefully are celebrating a "big win" from the oval office. then, there's the attacks on refugees and immigrants and even judges. it was alexander hamilton who said judges don't have the power of the purse or the sword. they get their power from the constitution. it is our duty to stand up for and an independent judiciary. that is what we do is d

harry reid used the neuks nuclear option. and mitch mcconnell used it to confirm supreme court justice neil gorsuch. gop senators wanted nuke option to bomb obamacare. they believe they have could apoll list it. some are concerned the nuclear option is a slippery slope because it upturns traditions and the way the senate works. >> you should need 80 votes to pass anything. kennedy: that's fine. i have no problem with that. i think the healthcare law sucks and i would like to see them turn it upside down. >> 's mcbill doesn't short cost of care or improve the quality of care. there are dozens of think they could have done such as removing state lines and allowing individuals to pull together. a reckon sail yaition process is what this nuclear option would do. >> the establishment is always telling us yes, sir they can't do -- telling us they can't do anything. we let the republican president, republican house, republican senate. they better do everything in their power and beyond to try to repeal obama care. the panel returns

narrative, talk about contradicting statements, people that were in the dark, how about the democrats, harry reid investigated by the senate, chuck schumer said i don't have confidence in him, talk about people in the dark. our story is consistent, the president is the only person that can fire the director of the fbi, he served at the pleasure of the president, the president made the decision. it was the right decision. people that are in the dark today are the democrats. >> sanders saying it is said the democrats changed their tune to play partisan games. the media claiming comey's firing is a conspiracy theory of watergate proportions, marielle hemingway calls this appalling, charles krauthammer says no one has the story straight. >> i'm a longtime media observer but i'm gob smacked by media coverage of the fire, it is definitely a big story, firing at him fbi director but much media coverage turned this into something almost delusional, believe that comey who everyone agreed until a few minutes ago was really bad at his job and not done a good job managing the fbi, was fired as a part of a gl

the clock strikes 12, i looked to my left, i see harry reid and i looked to my right, i see mitch mcconnell. we got out of that disaster. last week, despite all of the rankers that we have seen in politics, we averted disaster again. not only that, we kept our troops and my yinor healthcare planned parenthood. what did donald trump do? he sent out a tweet the next day threatening a quote "major shut down" next fall. that's not leadership. that's twitter-ship. without a cost estimate, no regard for the consequences of healthcare bill on tuesday, millions of americans are wondering if they are going to be able to go to the doctor's office and he has his gal pals over and there they are big back slapping celebration between tweets "big win" from the oval office. there is the attack on refugees and immigrants and judges. it was alexander hamilton who says the judges don't have the power of the purse or the sword, right? >> they get their power from their constitution. [ applause ] that's what we do as democrats. i heard someone last weekend who put it like this. >> president trump is a man who

they bring the entire party down with them, i think that reason why people like nancy pelosi and harry reidlintons don't realize they are acting like fascists it makes the entire democrat party look like fastists. fasci. >> this crosses a different line, beyond politics. >> here in nevada. you had democrat violence upon democrats. you had hillary clinton office with spray paint, and bernie sanders office there were bullets shot into it. you ha trump's office, there were eggs and vandalized on a regular basis, their cars were keyed i don't believe the last story i heard that republicans did these sort of things to dem cram -- democrats or each other. charles: in california it was scary. >> the myth of the tolerant left is biggest lie over last 10 years. they are not protected by first amendment. let me tell you about a lot of alt left groups, they don't care about the rule of law, they just care about their perverted sense of right and wrong. see they want their way. it doesn't matter how the rest of us live. charles: they also get a free pass from their mainstream media on this stuff which

. >> that is it, he did not just tell fbi, he briefed democrats on the hill, including harry reid orhere is no chance that the information sat there, because the leaks started after that. it seems that john brennan outed himself as the founder of the inside game of the resistance. if he started this over his concerns, yet there ising in that come out of any of this to show there really nothing to be concerned bh about he will have to show why he fell it was important to do. charles: goudie may be setting up more questions in particular for mr. brennan. with respect to where this goes from here, i lost track of different number of investigations that are ongoing, nothing has resulted from this. >> nothing, and total objective of this is to undermine president trump, simply for the political gain on the democrats' part. none of us have found collusion. you have senator feinstein like you mentioned who sits on senate judiciary committee, twice, saying, no i have not found any evidence of collusion. have you people like maxine waters who loves to talk. but yet she is on record as saying,

i looked to my left and i see harry reid. i look to my right and i see mitch mcconnell. every girls dream on new year's eve. [laughing] >> so we got out of that disaster, right? and last week despite all of the rancor that we see in our politics, we averted disaster can. undoubtedly that can be kept in funding for our troops, medical research, agriculture, roads, ridges and broadband, minors health care and planned parenthood. [applause] >> and what did donald trump do? he sent out a tweet the next day threatening a quote major shutdown next fall. that's not leadership. that's tweet or ship, okay? without a cost estimate, no regard for the consequences about passes, their health care bill on tuesday, millions of the miller test of millions of americans are what is the biblical to the doctor's office and he has his guy pals over and there they are big backslapping celebration. he tweets big win, from the oval office. and then there's the attacks on refugees, on immigrants, even on judges. it was alexander hamilton, good one to quote these days, who said judges don't have

to change the rules is republicans remember what it's like when they were the minority party and harry reide majority leader and they wouldn't want the democrats passing everything with 51 votes. >> shepard: for now, they don't have the votes. what are we hearing from democrats? >> democrats feel like they have leverage here since there's a range of ideas among what is next on healthcare. they're trying to get the gop focused on fixing obamacare. so what you're hearing from democrats is repair, not repeal or replace. shep? >> shepard: mike emanuel on capitol hill. thank you. the pop star ariana grande promised another concert after last week's deadly terror attack. what she didn't say is that she will be bringing a lot of her friends together. today her team revealing an all-star line-up that's coming up nor a very good cause in manchester. stay with us. >> shepard: pop star ariana grande says she's holding a concert for the manchester bombing weekends and very big stars are joining here. we learned justin bieber, cold play, miley cyrus, pharrell and katy perry are all going to perform. las

harry reid said that comey should resign and be investigated by the senate.huck schumer said i don't have confidence in him. maxine water said that hillary clinton would have fired comey. you want to talk about people in the dark? our story is consistent. the president is the only person that can fire the director of the fbi. the president that made the right decide. the people in the dark are the democrats. >> neil: are democrats and those now expressing shock and great regret over the firing of james comey hypocrites? we have jason riley with the editorial board. great to have you here. >> thanks for having me. >> what do you make of this and what some are calling it rage on the part of democrats that are all aghast at the firing of a guy they didn't seem to flip over a little more than a couple days ago? >> that's true, neil. if you want to throw past statements about comey back in someone's face, both sides can play that game. >> neil: absolutely. >> you have to feel for the white house spokesmen. they're clearly in damage control. did this administration

and jillian harry reid said he violated the hatch act. hack. he's got to go. and now the kind of rhetoric you hear from him away james comey is the hero of the republic. trump would've been smart to fire him on day one. i think once again they are playing against the communication. threatening to release tapes of conversations that they have. the as that isn't going to help. has broader agenda. they cannot make people far less candid and comfortable. >> is a it just a communication problem where the republicans as a party just use to leading. to leading. gop struggling and grown into this moment. whether been expected to govern. you can have the greatest communications plan in the world but if you don't have a substance in ideas behind it the people think are to make their lives better. that's a huge problem. on the fbi. people are very sensitive to the cues that they get from their partisan leaders. it showed the democrats by a three-one margin republicans were split. i bet you that president trump expected. he would get plotted. from both sides of the aisle

minority leader harry reid wanted him investigated for violating -- unmistakably while this is a dedicatedc servant, certainly an outstanding prosecutor, there were highly irregular, unprecedented mistakes that were made in his case and his recent testimony indicated if he had to do it all over again he would repeat those mistakes, this is an occasion to give the fbi a fresh start blues all lies should be on who the fbi director will be, career professionals are conducting this investigation. >> what do you think of the timing, and independent counsel, how will this work. >> they are always in the midst of very important sensitive -- if they lost confidence in mister comey they should not wait months or weeks to make a decision. i am not a believer in special prosecutor i don't think there is a necessity, the career professionals can handle it. if congress loves independent councils so much why did they allow that law, that position to disappear in 1999. doj can handle this. >> it to get your perspective. fresh start for the fbi is needed. the time is 18 minutes after the hour. more than 1

. >> john podesta, senator schumer, harry reid. let's keep going. >> there is a reason crossfire is off the air. thank you, panel. >>> president trump calls the russian investigation a witch hunt. remember, this comes from the guy who supported the birtherrism. remember he sent people to hawaii to try to figure out where obama came from? you're watching "hardball." >>> the entire thing has been a witch hunt, and there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can always speak for myself and the russians, zero. >> look at the way i've been treated lately. especially by the media. no politician in history, and i say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly. you can't let them get you down. you can't let the critics and the naysayers get in the way of your dreams. >> see the halo on his head? welcome back to "hardball." it's friday in the nation's capitol, and as i mentioned for a while now, there are three bombshell stories out just this afternoon. the "washington post" reported the probe

krauthammer went into analyst mode right away, as though he was breaking down a procedural move harry reidhwart a ted cruz filibuster. >> on a 1-0 count, you want to steal on a breaking ball 'cause it's slower. and does he like you to throw a breaking ball? no. so he's unlikely to try to steal right now. strike one. now he might go for a breaking ball. >> turns out, nine innings with charles krauthammer is not just a day at the park. it's essentially grad school for baseball. >> okay, this is unfortunate matchup. the only reason solano is in there -- he's the backup catcher who doesn't hit very well. >> get through. come on. no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. awww. >> he's a catcher. he can't run. >> from time to time, charles writes about baseball, typically in a way that transcends the sport. take his column about rick ankiel, a 21-year-old pitching phenom who, back in 2000, fell apart when he was picked to start a playoff game. with a huge national tv audience watching, he suddenly couldn't throw a strike. he never pitched the same again. but instead of quitting, ankiel went back d

are some abuse taking plalace and this wl help prevent that, and t they we immediately accused by harry reid, the democratic majority leader, of risking a terrorist attack on the united states and a quickly passed withh almost no debate. nobody thinks the patriot act is radical anymore, evenen though after 9/11 it was viewed as that bebecause extremism becomes normalized once we accept it for a long enough time. it blends into the woodwork and becomes a permanent fixture in american political culture. one other example of that is i mentioned a little bit ago the obama administration has claimed the popower to target american citizens even for judicial and extrajudicial assassination with no charges, no due process, no oversight, n no judicial review. look atmazing is if you what the controversies were of the bush administration, things that had democrats and progressives running around with hysteria, screaming g and yelllg in protest, the shredding of the constitutionon, the war on american v values, the things george bush and dick cheney did to provoke that protesest werere things like asse

it's pelosi, harry reid, senator tim kaine, dianne feinstein. on and on to and on of people who are calling for jim comey be fired or step down. now he gets fired and it's what's all this stuff with trum trump? >> does the timing not matter? >> eric: none whatsoever. >> by your account, eric, the white house couldn't produce a rational, reasonable, coherent, cogent explanation. >> kat: i don't buy that for a second. >> eboni: i think pat buchanan gave us a better explanation than we got from the white house. >> trump fired in may an individual schumer thought should be fired in october. why are you upset about the timing? >> it lacks all credibility. the trump white house has enough of a cloud overage. >> they are going to get a new fbi director. >> it backfired. >> kat: we have to move on. will americans faith in the fbi be restored after the firing of james comey? how the agency can shed its politically toxic reputation. they sure to follow us on social media @specialistsfnc on twitter and facebook. new bike? yeah, 'cause i got allstate. if yo

as a matter of mathematics, in the years since harry reid who changed the filibuster rule, it doesn'take 60 votes to confirm and fbi director. it just takes 51 votes. ultimately, if the democrats stick together and the republicans stick together, h ts fbi director will be confirmed, but if a few republicans break away it could be delayed. since the day james comey was fired, several republican senators have questioned this decision and said the president made a big mistake here. if a few of those bonded with the democrats, this nominee could be in trouble. the democrats have the parliamentary power to slow do down. arthel: when you say quite some time, how long are you talking. >> the nominee would be named. then they would have to fill in paperwork. there would be a confirmation hearing. the democrats would be within their rights to delay it. then the hearing would happen and there would be a vote and they could delay that. then this nominee would go to the senate floor, democrats could talk about it long enough until the republicans could break the filibuster. all this time, if the

harry reid is right in there with the rest of them.ernie sanders, poor bernie, and all of this, he should be the most angry at hillary clinton and james comey if you ask me. what is your reaction to the way the left is creating these bizarre conspiracies? >> they have absolutely no message. obstruct, deny, insinuate. i was looking back at a poll that was taken in march. in march, 41% of democrats said they had an unfavorable view of jim comey. at 12% said it was favorable. why was 41% unfavorable? they were trashing the sky all through the fall. now they want to make him a martyr. what the president himself said -- with an interview with a different network, andrew mccabe said the firing of jim comey does not impact their ongoing investigations at all. the media print the opposite. they said they had resources. a single source, somebody close to the white house -- i don't know if they mean at a sandwich shop or coffee shop across the street, somebody close to the white house said mr. rosenstein had threatened to resign. the department

and then from the other side you will have democrats asking a pertinent question that harry reid was asking last fall. why announce the renewed investigation into the e-mail server but not announce you were investigating russian meddling in the election? >> so, patrick, you have the too much and not enough problem that we're going to have here today. in truth, congress should not obsess on what can you tell me on parter page, what can you tell me about flynn and where is the proof on collusion because comey shouldn't talk about that. you should make a case that congress should be more focussed ond what happened with the russian meddling, how do we stop it the next time and then you have on the other spectrum, trump taking the bait again. >> right. and a lot of democrats feel that the party would be very smart to stay focussed on president trump and russian meddling and why the fbi made those decisions and not re-litigate the 2016 election. that's what president trump would love the focus of this to be on. sort of democrats, you know, still being upset, rendering their garments over h

harry reid said comey should resign and be investigated by the senate.senator chuck schumer said, i don't have confidence in him any longer. senator bernie sanders said it not be a bad thing for the american people if comey resigned. nancy pelosi said comey was not in the right job. former d.n.c. chair, debbie wasserman schultz said comey couldn't serve in a neutral and credible way. obama's advisor valerie the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time urged him to fire comby. just yesterday representative maxine waters said hillary clinton would have fired comey. if you want to talk about people in the dark? our story is consistent. the president is the only person that can can fire the director of the f.b.i. the president made the decision. it was the right decision. the people that are in the dark today are the democrats. they want to come out. they want to talk about all of these -- they love comey and how great he was. look at the facts. the facts don't lie. their statements are all right there. i think it's extremely clear that -- and frankly i t

>> i think we are all frustrated and i lay the blame at the feet of harry reid who didn't permit regular last autumn and that's why we're in that situation where we are today. i want to make sure that donald trump is not blamed for the shutdown of the federal government, if the government were to shutdown come in thehe mainstream media would blame president trump. an inordinate fear among republicans brits go to obama's president they're afraid of a shutdown come on donald trump's president they're afraid of a shutdown. mitch mcconnell says wereai never going to shut the government down, want to give away every bit of leverage you have?wn >> i think we've made conservative gaines in this cr, increased funding for the military for border security. wins in there i was clear about that, there are also a number of issues, i mentioned them. sanctuary cities, planned parenthood, funding the border wall for example. these are top priorities of the president.de he's kept a lot of promises, he deserves it until september. republicans in the house i know i speak for a lot of people, they are mad.

with the explicit promise that the senate would and harry reid never brought that up. >> well and from what i understand, what is happening behind closed doors is that basically, they are trading in everything. and they're doing regular politicking, but with people's future and health care. i don't want to underestimate when jimmy kimmel, the fact his video has gone viral, it's because it has so many team. people get the fact the number one reason americans were going bankrupt was because they were having to pay for their health care. now, they don't have to, so to go back and revisit that, that's very real. >> people still have to pay. the people in the individual market -- >> protections on many of your assets. >> there are plenty of people unhappy with the current system. you see insurers pulling out of individual markets. in iowa today, threatening to do so in virginia in the future. the system is collapsing, so either way, people are going to be hurt. if the question is, do we have some momentum to improve the system along the lines of the republicans have been talk iing about now

russian attempts to interfere in the election to congressional leadership, specifically senators harry reid, mitch mcconnell, dianne feinstein and richard burr, and to representativing paul ryan, nancy pelosi, devin nunez and adam schiff between 11 august and 6 september. >> that's last september, height of the campaign that he's briefing republican and democratic members of congress. are you -- what is your reaction to the reaction of folks like mcconnell and ryan and their -- the way they've handled this issue throughout? >> well, i think there's a question there whether they had informed congress about the russian manipulation of the election or the context with the trump campaign. but the fact of the matter is, this should have been a much bigger deal at the time. and i know that both senator mcconnell and speaker ryan know the potential gravity of this, and unfortunately, they are not taking it seriously enough. there's real political peril for republicans if they continue to stand with this president and back up some of his attempts to try to stop the truth from coming out. ultimately

harry reid said comey should resign and be investigated by the senate.senator chuck schumer said, i don't have confidence in him any longer. senator bernie sanders said it not be a bad thing for the american people if comey resigned. nancy pelosi said comey was not in the right job. former d.n.c. chair, debbie wasserman schultz said comey couldn't serve in a neutral and credible way. obama's advisor valerie the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time urged him to fire comby. just yesterday representative maxine waters said hillary clinton would have fired comey. if you want to talk about people in the dark? our story is consistent. the president is the only person that can can fire the director of the -- that can fire the director of the f.b.i. the president made the decision. it was the right decision. the people that are in the dark today are the democrats. they want to come out. they want to talk about all of these -- they love comey and how great he was. look at the facts. the facts don't lie. their statements are all right there. i think it's ex

harry reid said he should resign an be investigated. chuck y schumer said i would i don't have can have in him. nancy pelosi said comey was not in the right job. former dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz said she thought comey was flonker able to serve in a neutral and credible way. president obama's advise or valerie jarrett reportedly urged him to fire comey. just yesterday, representative maxine waters said hillary clinton would have fired comey. if you want to talk about people in the dark? our story is consistent. the president is the only person that can fire the director of the fbi. he serves at the pleasure of the president. the president made the decision, it was the right decision. the people that are in the dark today are the democrats. they want to come out, they want to talk about all of these they love comey and how great it was, their statements are all right there. facts don't lie. i think it's extremely clear and frankly i think it's kind of sad in washington we finally had something that i think we should have all been

election who were extremely critical of james comey and there were those who calleded for his removal, harry reiddled your former boss hillary clinton. you went further, you in march called him to step down because of the russia investigation. you tweeted it's time for comb toe remove himself from this, too, his credibility is gone. two minutes ago you wanted him out not just for the e-mail thing, but for russia. why the change now? >> just to be clear i wasn't calling for him to step down from his job, and i was calling for him to recuse himself from this matter. it wasn't safe in the hans of congress. >> it was in the hands of james comey. was it safe in the hands of james comey, the russia investigation on march 2nd? >> the investigation that the fbi has been conducting and i don't know what the status was today. as your guest has said has been the most muscular and the most inquisitive and it's been happening so far, but i, frankly, think this has to be removed completely out of the fbi and anywhere near the trump administration and it needs to go to an independent prosecutor, and if the cong

harry reid and chuck schumer and their aides realize, "wait a second. we now have a democrat with an a rating from the nra saying he wants to do something." >> narrator: manchin's plan was to draft a simple bill that would require background checks at thousands of gun shows where a significant number of sales take place. he hoped that even the nra would be on board. >> manchin's argument to the nra is, "look, you'll never find a gun safety bit of legislation that is as gun-friendly as this. and all we're really doing is closing a loophole." >> i felt this would be something that they would embrace. it was truly a time that wayne lapierre and the nra, the leadership, could have rose to another level, complete other level. >> narrator: with polls showing wide public support for expanding background checks, manchin and the vice president figured they had a chance. >> i was optimistic. over 91% of the american people supported expanding background checks. 80% of the households that had an nra member supported it. >> narrator: at first there was hope lapierr