i'm hugh hewitt.n a week shattered by another school mass murder and in congress the collapse of the debate centered on the 1.8 young men and women living in the country illegally but having done so for so long they really think of nothing else as home. i will speak to steven pinker about his new book "enlightenment now." drawing a conclusion compared to that we have seen in florida and las vegas and texas last year, much less the death toll in syria and the savagery rry roh and elsewhere. democrat chris coons of delaware served in the senate from delaware since 2010. earning both his graduate in tkweupbity and law. and senator james langford from oklahoma. before being elected to the senate in 2014 served in the house. and before that he ran oklahoma's largest and most famed church camp, falls creek, where basically every oklahoman has to spend a few weeks of their life. together they are leaders of the senate's bible study and the efforts to find a solution for the dreamers. they are co-chairs of th

i'm hugh hewitt.ll eyes have been reading and all reporters and pundits analyzing the house intelligence committee memo. that's of course my focus this morning. by way of background, i proceed with caution. my first guest was a special assistant to edwin meece in charge of reviewing applications. in those days, the fbi's counterintelligence office would bring an application to the designated special assistant with the appropriate security clearances for a last look and recommendation to the a.g. before they went in for his review, and approval and submission to the court. i reviewed hundreds and hundreds of these. this is before there was a national security division which added another layer of view to these very sensitive matters. i still don't talk about the specific warrant applications, their targets or the assets or information told us is why we wanted to keep an eye on this foreigner or rarely an american citizen, the standard is higher by the way for an american citizen, then in the old days a

i'm hugh hewitt.n a week that witnessed the passing of a truly giant figure of the 20th century, the reverend billy graham, agony, grieving and very ugly debate after the slaughter of on 17 in parkland, florida. on wednesday, the very day of his death, president trump convened a first of its kind listening session at the white house to hear firsthand from many of the victims of gun violence from parkland as well as sandy hook. the airwaves generally in cnn's townhall specifically featured heated accusations of in difference or complicity at gun owners and the national rifle association. la pierre defended gun ownership in his 5 million member organization. on the same day that president trump tweeted out support for arming some teachers, those who have extensive training in firearms, at schools as well as for a more effective system and background checks and upping of the age limit on purchasing rifles to 21, which would then mirror the federal law with regard to purchases of handguns from arms dealer

joining me now, hugh hewitt.ationally syndicated radio host and, one other thing, today's birthday boy, hugh hewitt. first, happy birthday, hugh. >> thank you very much. george washington and ted kennedy, we share the date. >> well, you share the date with some extraordinary people in history. now we have to talk about something else. the nra has always been an important part of cpac. this is the first time we're hearing rain la pierre speak since last week's school shooting in florida. a what do you expect him to say? how important is it? i think matt schlap was saying it's important to hear from him. >> he has turned it into a much appear event. la pierre represents 5 million members in the nra and earlier today they announced they were opposed to the 21 year old limitation on the purchase of rifles that president trump endorsed via tweet this morning. which seems about a 90% issue in america even among nra members i talked with. there are some people that want 18-year-olds to be able to buy rifles. i'll bet yo

"washington post" columnist, eugene robinson, amy walter, yamiche alcindor and hugh hewitt.ight, do you feel like you know more or less about the safety of robert mueller's job? >> i feel as confused as i think most americans do right now. i think it feels a little bit like, you know, when you're in the supermarket and there is music in the background, it's there, it's a constant noise but you can't quite make out the song exactly. i want to go back to something else and do a 30,000-foot view about where we are and how we got here. none of this what we're talking about right now would have been possible but for two things. one, the gradual disillusion of faith and trust in institutions that's been happening over the last 10, 15 years. some of it by their own behavior, whether it was the catholic church covering up sex abuse scandals, sports covering up doping, obviously 9/11 and the weapons of mass destruction. some of it is that people as part of the institutions, even politicians, things are rigged, things are corrupt, right? people start to believe that. and then so donal

actually seen her do an interview or come on camera. >> always behind the scenes. >> phil rucker, hugh hewitt and catherine, we'll ask you to stick around to talk budget with us shortly. >>> watch more of hugh's interview with reince priebus tomorrow morning. it's at 8:00 a.m. right here on msnbc. >>> breaking news from wall street -- u.s. markets have given back their early gains and then some. take a look. the dow jones is down again 300 points. 300-plus at this point right now. that's after opening up about 200 points. thursday, you'll remember, the dow had its second 1,000-point drop this week alone pushing the market into official correction territory. cnbc's morgan brennan joining us from the floor of the new york stock exchange. give us a sense. what is causing this market movement again today? it's up and then immediately down again. >> yeah, and absolutely, that is the multitrillion-dollar question here on the stock exchange floor this week. the picture here is really changing minute by empty. t minute. the keyword is volatility. we've seen stocks up, stocks down. mainly down. a lot

joining me is republican congressman charlie dent, and msnbc host hugh hewitt. congressman, i want to start with you. what is realistic on guns right now with this congress and this time with this president? >> well, let me say this. i believe congress has really largely lost the ability to engage in bipartisan incremental changes on controversial issues. let me explain. back in 1995, when tom ridge was governor of pennsylvania and i was in the general assembly, we were able to bring together the nra, gun control groups and law enforcement, and we passed enhanced background checks for private sales of pistols. we were able to do that. it is much harder to do that now. for a whole host of reasons. you look at the gun groups themselves. you have the gun owners of america that will go after the nra if they enter into some kind of negotiation, and they call them cupitchilators and try to poach their members. that's what's changed with these outside groups. certainly, we should be able to do something on enhanced background checks, similar to cornyn and toomey/manchi

right of his caucus who think that this spends too much money, paul ryan talked to our colleague hugh hewittradio show earlier today. here's what he had to say. >> i feel good. part of it depends on the democrats. this is a bipartisan bill. it's going to need bipartisan support. we are going to deliver our share of support. i feel very good about republicans. >> reporter: so he says he feels very good about republicans. everything right now is pointing to this getting through both the senate and the house. you mentioned the timing at the temporomandibular of the show. we expect the senate to vote first. once all the is are dotted and ts are crossed. the house to follow suit. we'll be tracking any unexpected developments here but right now and this is steve a pretty rare thing or has become a pretty rare thing, this bipartisan budget deal is on track because the reality is, congress can do things when both parties are on board. steve? >> we got the shutdown clock ticking away in the lower right. main it won't get to zero this. >> reporter: i think everyone is still scarred from weeks ago. >>

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i'm hugh hewitt.oined this morning by an old friend, reince priebus, former white house chief of staff. maybe the most successful republican national committee chair the last 30 years. welcome back. good to see you. >> i'm glad to be here, hugh. thank you. let me begin with the breaking news and then we will dive into the trump presidency. in friday's "new york times", incident was alleged you had talked to the president and urged him to fire john kelly. did that happen? >> that wasn't what was in the article. the article simply said we talked about it. and we didn't. >> oh, you did not? >> no. >> the president has never complained to me about general kelly. on top of it, i would never -- number one, he didn't do that. number two, i would never bring up such a subject. i'm not going to sit around and talk about the management of the west wing. that just didn't happen. i like john kelly a lot. i think he is an american hero. it is is a huge job. i used to say what anyone thinks the job is, just multipl

i'm hugh hewitt.n a week that witnessed the passing of a truly giant figure of the 20th century, the reverend billy graham, agony, grieving and very ugly debate after the slaughter of on 17 in parkland, florida. on wednesday, the very day of his death, president trump convened a first of its kind listening session at the white house to hear firsthand from many of the victims of gun violence from parkland as well as sandy hook. the airwaves generally in cnn's

i'm hugh hewitt.ek shattered by another school mass murder and in congress the collapse of the debate centered on the 1.8 young men and women living in the country illegally but having done so for so long they really think of nothing else as home.

i'm hugh hewitt.oined this morning by an old friend, reince priebus, former white house chief of staff. maybe the most successful republican national committee chair the last 30 years. welcome back. good to see you. >> i'm glad to be here, hugh. thank you. let me begin with the breaking news and then we will dive into the trump presidency. in friday's "new york times", incident was alleged you had talked to the president and urged him to fire john kelly. did that happen? >> that wasn't what was in the article. the article simply said we talked about it. and we didn't. >> oh, you did not? >> no. >> the president has

. >> devon nunez told radio host hugh hewitt he is considering calling supreme court chief justice johnerts to testify before congress about pfizer abuses. take a listen. >> the chief justice appoints the pfizer judges. have you had a chance to chat with him or any of the pfizer judges about what went on at the pfizer court with regard to the page application. >> this is something we grappled with through this investigation. our next step over the courts is to make them aware that they, if they're not aware already that this happened by watching the news so we will be sending a letter to the court. if somehow this case ends up at the supreme court, somehow, someway, by sending a letter to roberts, do you conflict the court. >> joining me now is chief political correspondent byron york. kind of an interesting suggestion on the part of nunez, and it does get complex because you have this very important separation of branches of government for the congress to be demanding something of the justices might be difficult. >> it is. there is separation of powers issues, there's the existence of

for more now dana millbank joins me along with hugh hewitt. thanks to both of you for being here. dana, i want to start with you. you and i were talking about the fact that after sandy hook when you had a nation that was torn apart by the deaths of 20 children, there was no new gun legislation. congress couldn't even pass expanded background checks. could this moment be different? >> it felt like surely this time is different. i think we all have to be a little cynical about this and say we're talking about this now but we're going to be moving on to something in a couple of days. it tends to fade away. there is one wild card, president trump. he often reverses what he said. he does have the ability, and john cornyn with the right and the gun lobby. there is that wild card. >> it's an important point and one of the things that has struck me, hugh, we did hear from the president in the wake of the las vegas shooting and he expressed a willingness to have a conversation. we were talking about banning bump stocks. i want to get your reaction on the other side. >> look, we have a trag

hugh hewitt. this is a deep dive looking at his lutheran roots on the german side. mother, presbyterian. a story about how he actually has some dna with viking blood in him which shouldn't be shocking. i'm sure he wears it as a badge of honor. >> thank you for being here. thanks to you, our international viewers. thank you for watching. for you, cnn "newsroom" is next. for our u.s. viewers, "new day" continues. we have new information. let's get after it. >> christopher wray said they completed a background check months ago. it goes against what the white house said. >> this is a process that doesn't operate within the white house. >> the security office had not finished their process. >> we to the floor clearances. they're giving us multiple versionings of the story and frankly not telling the truth. >> everything was done right in the porter matter. >> there has to be some accountability here. >> we have seen russian intentions to have an impact on the next election. >> the united states is under attack. >> we cannot confront this threat when the leader of the gov

chief of staff reince priebus spoke to hugh hewitt and mike pence sat down with lester holt in an exclusiveerview while on the side lines of the olympic games in south korea. take a listen. >> there are questions about chief of staff kelly, of what he knew about these accusations that porter had been abusive to his ex-wives. are you concerned he may have had this knowledge and didn't act on it? >> well, i was appalled when i learned of the allegations against rob porter. at time he resigned is when i first became aware of the allegations of domestic abuse and there is no tolerance andn -- in this white house and no place in america for domestic abuse. that being said, i think the white house has acknowledged they could have handled it better. when i return to washington democrat, i'll look into the matter and i'll share my counsel with the president directly. >> did he make a mistake? and is it a firing mistake? because i think more than two chief of staffs in the first year would be a disaster. >> i don't know what anyone really knew after i left. but it is hard to say. because i don't kno

earlier today, kevin mccarthy spoke to our colleague hugh hewitt and he was sort of -- went back and forth. he said he has not been offered any job. there's a lot of reporting that gary cohn could be in the miss. gary cohn has not been offered the job. the question is will they be offered the job and if so, will they take it? period of time alexander is at the white house. -- peter alexander is at the white house. peter, john kelly has not had a warm relationship with his staff for months. this is a guy who in weekly meetings tells the white house staff how lucky they are he's there leading the force. he then turns his own team into liars and changes his story. even rob porter, rob porter may not deserve to have a job at the white house, but's john kelly who has turned rob porter's situation into an international incident. >> reporter: yes , stephanie, they say john kelly would have earned that loyalty, rekindled that relationship with the people in the west wing, obviously that's not the tactic he chose to use. the latest contradiction that the chief of staff john kelly, when asked

they of course have a close relationship and hugh hewitt asked about this issue of the frustration with kelly. >> the president has never explained to me about general kelly. on top of it, i would never -- number one, he didn't do that but number two, i would never bring up such a subject. i'm not going to sit around and talk about the management of the west wing. that doesn't happen. i like john kelly a lot. i think he's an american hero. >> reporter: and we have also heard that the president has kicked around possible names and others close to him considering names of a potential successor to john kelly, but we've seen this kind of thing before, many times with high profile figures in the white house. and with many of them, the date of leaving eventually comes. we just don't know where we are with the john kelly era. one source told me, what is different now, when the president was frustrated by times when kelly made news with things that he said that upset the president, this time there's a specific set of actions, his handling of the porter situation that could be a reason if the pr

he went on the hugh hewitt radio show, and this is what he said. >> does this horror change any way youolve not to seek re-election, senator? >> you know, i haven't even given it thought in that perspective over than to say i've been deeply impacted by it. i think when it visits your homestate, when it impacts a community you know well, it gives you pause to think about your service to your country and where you can be more useful to your country. >> give us the benefit of your political reporting, adam smith. did marco rubio utilize what happened at pulse to ferment a change of heart in running for re-electi re-election? >> absolutely. he had promised, and promised repeatedly that that was it if he ran for president he would not run for re-election. that was his stated reason more or less for running for a second term. >> so marco rubio now is not taking even a single step, sarah, away from the nra. let's look at his history. over the course of his career, the donations from the nra top 3$3.3 million. his voting record on the gun issue, he voted against the 2013 assault weapons ban. he

senate will convene in about 15 minutes as far as the house, speaker paul ryan telling radio host hugh hewitting he feels good about the prospects for passage. david? >> okay, kayla we'll be watching closely. >>> as we head to break, take a look at shares of amazon company announcing it will begin delivering groceries from its whole foods operations via its prime now service. and getting a check on where we stand now at this hour you can see we are down on all the major averages we got a lot more "squawk on the street." don't go away. [ click, keyboard clacking ] [ keyboard clacking ] [ click, keyboard clacking ] ♪ good questions lead to good answers. our advisors can help you find both. talk to one today and see why we're bullish on the future. yours. talyou or joints. somethinghy wefor your heart...e future. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. when it might be time to buy or sell? with fidelity's real-time analytics, yo

former white house chief of staff reince priebus speaking with msnbc's hugh hewitt over the weekend.he white house where president trump is scheduled to unveil his massive infrastructure plan this morning. but, like other policy rollouts before it, this one is being overshadowed by another controversy that's gripping this administration. nbc news national correspondent peter alexander joins us flow the white house. okay, so peter, on this monday morning, do we have a clear sense of where john kelly stands in this administration? >> it's a good question. we'll be talking about this for a second week, this saga, six days in, at least as much about the chief of staff john kelly as it is about rob porter, even this many days later the white house and kelly haven't gotten their stories straight. the white house dispatching several senior white house officials to defend kelly, insisting the president has the full confidence in the four-star marine general mick mulvaney, one of the names the president has mused about replacing the president with calling this much ado about nothing. kellyann

hughes will make his first appearance in this year's competition, while propjoe marler comes onto the bench having missed the opening two wins with suspension. here's our rugby union reporter chrisjones. lleyton hewittand the return to sam simmons but apart from that, eddiejones has sam simmons but apart from that, eddie jones has gone sam simmons but apart from that, eddiejones has gone with the same 15 that crafted past wales —— ethan hughes. they look to make it three wins from three at the six nations. but how will things, murrayfield a fortnight ago, jones and the players piled the pressure on the young wales fly half rhyce patch all, this time in their sights is the scotland playmaker thing russell because of a shaky playmaker thing russell because of a 5 ha ky start playmaker thing russell because of a shaky start to the campaign. he is a world —class shaky start to the campaign. he is a world—class player, you know? it went on the lions's tour, it's fantastic things in the french game and will have to defend him closely. it isa and will have to defend him closely. it is a small country outing above its weight and i'm sure we will fill that on saturday and we will be up for it. i spoke to the