is that the way at the picture was kind of painted to you guys in the committee by james baker, or is this kind of a new way of framing things? >> that's not really the way i took it from the baker testimon testimony. i took it really that rosenstein was a big instigator, but that mccabe was in there, as well. don't forget, anything that andrew mccabe says is now taken with suspicion. he has been -- he is a proven liar. he is a known liar. so his credibility is always going to be questioned. i'm trying to figure out why he is kind of softening anything -- but what he softening is always his role in what was going on. that's what he was doing. that seems consistent with somebody who hasn't really been truthful or honest to his own agency and to the american people. >> melissa: also, when the interview last night -- he sort of backed away from these other two people were in the cabinet who had been reached out to come or who were in theory onboard, potentially, with the idea of removing the present. he said, "oh, i don't know." as we heard from catherine herridge, it sounds like james b

fox news confirming james baker's admission came in for james baker and the admission in closed-doorn capitol hill. >> he continued to battle according to his own testimony with people in his office along with comey, had these arguments going back and forth until the very end. rob: despite calling clinton's email use alarming and appalling he was convinced to change his mind after arguments with senior colleague. the fbi consistently claim top officials agreed james comey's decision to not pursue charges against clinton. it might be falling apart now. jillian: robert mueller's probe is expected to wrap up as early as next week, sources telling fox news recent shakeup that the justice department are a sign the investigation is winding down. donald trump is slamming the former acting director of the fbi andrew mccabe. >> andrew mccabe made a fool of himself over the last couple days and he looks to me like a poor man's j edgar hoover. it is a disaster. >> he has done several tv interviews where he talked about launching investigations into donald trump and alleged russian ties. even su

you've also got james baker under oath. where does this leave us?: i haven't read the book. i will go by the coverage of seen in "the new york times." i will say this -- it's easy to say donald trump says this in the fbi says that, or james coming. they have a problem with each other. rosenstein says one thing, comey says one thing, and mccabe's is another. they all can't be lying, and they all can be telling the truth. because they diverge. number two is, keep in mind -- this is a guy who came out and was told by the affair that he wasn't only truth, so therefore they would let them go. when the ig look at what mccabe did, they gave him a criminal referral. days before he was supposed to get his pension and retire, they fired him. that's the mind-set of somebody. you have to keep that in mind when he read his account of what happened. >> lisa: melissa, what should congress do next question at senator graham's that he might compel them to testify, both mccabe and rosenstein. doesn't he do happen, and what question should be asked? >> melissa: nothin

let's look at the statement, though, from james baker.says i was being told by some combination of andy mccabe, lisa page that in a conversation with deputy attorney general he had at least two members of the president's cabinet who were ready to support, i guess you would call it an action under the 25th amendment. so would that to you seem to be in support of what we are hearing? >> well, i read in other reports that the two names that were being mentioned is jeff sessions and john kelly. i find that very hard to believe. i find that question that there was a lot of tension going between jeff sessions and president trump but still to find that the president has been physically and mentally incapacitated and incapable of doing the job is quite a reach, john kelly, he had that many concerns about the president, would not have agree to transfer over from department of homeland security to become chief of staff. this is all a fantasy land, now there may have been a conversation that took place about this, but i -- it can't had been serious

kennedy: absolute right to request and james comey is in reasonable prosecutor believe this is a criminal -- kennedy: is that the job of the fbi? >> it's not. it was baker'sn a room he said this may be the crime but yet james comey standing for the country say no reasonable prosecutor would ever -- kennedy: he was when they said to the and he thought she was grossly negligent. and it doesn't necessarily deal with intent. it means that you're such a dingbat! you're not even expressing the level of care required of the secretary of state of the united states. so should we lock her up? [laughter] >> i will miss the chance. if she's already in keeper north what was the name of the book? the insurance policy? is that what it was called? kennedy: i fell for it! [laughter] >> no, everything like this leak that you get little pieces, it keeps going when trump says is a deep state and everyone goes, you're a conspiracy theorist. they say trump is crazy. and when this lease outsources another version of fake news! the same thing happens in politics for hundreds of years but no intricate trump because hilly response to win. and that these have done and they have bee

with our reports tonight, sara carter and john solomon reporting former top fbi lawyer james baker believedons use of a private server was in fact enough to secure an indictment and charge her for violations under the espionage act and i will add the leading subpoenaed emails is nothing. baker suspiciously changes his mind after discussions with comey. of course a clinton lover, another senior officials. disgraced fbi official fbi official andrew mccabe ramped up his efforts to undermine the president after comey was fired in may 27. don't forget, maybe we will tape the president. maybe we will invoke the 20 fifth amendment. now, nels john solomon with his report, also about a populist on my possible third dirty dossier. bruce ohr's wife kelly. she produced a very john solomon from the hill and fox news contributor sara carter, investigative reporter. sarah, let's start with the fbi issue first. both you and john report this. baker originally believed what we all know is a fact. clinton committed a felony that was a violation of the espionage act and i believe obstruction of justice after t

former top fbi lawyer james baker believed the clinton's use of a private server was not backed enoughdictment and charge her for violations under the espionage act, and i will add to, the leading subpoena emails for another thing. baker suspiciously changes his mind after discussions with comey, a clinton lover. other senior officials. the disgraced fbi official andrew mccabe ramping up his efforts to -- and don't forget, maybe we will take the president, maybe will invoke the 25th amendment. john solomon with his report also about a third dirty dolphy dossier, yes, ruth ors white nalley, she produced a parade of john solomon from the hill and fox news contributor sara carter, investigative reporter. let's start with the fbi issue first. both you and john report, that baker originally believed what we all know is a fact, hillary clinton committed a felony that was a violation of the espionage act and i believe obstruction of justice. and they rigged if the investigation. >> yes, what is so fascinating about the testimony is that he is going back and forth with the john ratcliffe out o

recommended this so there were at least more than one including the former general counsel of the fbi, james baker, who described he thought there was a perfect possibility the president was completely innocent but they thought it was the fbi's obligation, duty, they thought to get to the bottom of what happened in case the president was, in fact, working on behalf of the russian governme government. >> since you're so tapped into the doj, is there concern that mccabe is all over the airwaves talking about the information? >> i think there's a sentiment from certain doj officials who feel as though the fact the man who ran the fbi, who opened these investigations is now talking about opening these investigations, talking about the factual predicate for them while the investigation is still going on. while mueller is still completing his work so that's the issue that's been raised when it comes to his discussions about briefing the gang of eight, those top intel officials on capitol hill about these sensitive materials. on the other hand, there are career professionals at doj who have been battered

that's according to top fbi director james baker. baker said he was told by senior officials that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein spoke about support. i want to bring in john radcliff. it's good to see you on the program this morning. thank you for joining us. >> good morning, maria. >> you were a former federal prosecutor and we learned information on common fronts. the senate said there was no collusion between the trump campaign and russia. number two was an drew mccabe. in an interview with 60 minutes said he launched an investigation into president trump. your reaction? >> it's a collusion issue. the senate confirmed what the house and every other investigative committee has found. as you mentioned the only person in washington that said they have evidence of collusion between trump and the russia campaign is adam shift. it's neither director circumstance evidence. we'll wait on that. as for the issue of andy mccabe. he might be a disgrace former fbi agent that was criminally referred to for lying. he will make one truthf

days ago that the testimony provided behind closed doors by the general counsel of the fbi film by james bakerhe investigation himself said right up to the last point he believed clinton should be charged with felony violations of the espionage act and then was convinced they did not have enough proof to demonstrate she had specific intent for go that is an interesting point this statute has been around over 100 years it talks about gross negligence it does not require specific intent. what do you make of this? it is confounding in many ways first there is a bizarre press conference he does not talk to the attorney general one of the things the attorney general spoke about that was the attorney general's decision and a few days before and then quickly don't worry everything will be fine and then to have the general counsel who says i thought she should be charged all along but at the end what took place quick. >> the fbi should have been a full consultation with the justice department using the word undermining the authority of the attorney general i would say he usurped authority and that is

rob: you wonder how long rosenstein will last in his job with this now, james baker, former fbi attorneyinet officials early on who were ready to support the 25th amendment and get the president out of there. that furthers the narrative that rosenstein, that this was being discussed, that this was real, that this was something that they were trying to do. jillian: wasn't a joke. rob will be what do you make of that? >> it clearly wasn't a swroak, that is going to fall apart but i think we should find out who the cabinet members are. the 25th amendment and how it's applied and what it means is apparently a big deal and if people thought the basis to remove the president in a situation where the 25th amendment refers to presidents that are inmobilized, not controversial, not presidents who disagree with senior staff. so as somebody who is thinking that, we really need to find out what their reasoning was and make sure that on an ongoing basis no president republican or democrat can be challenged without real basis under the 25th amendment, we don't want ousters being discussed at levels of

the report is former top fbi lawyer james baker testified in closed door session to congress that hely discussed invoking the 25th amendment to remove the president from office claiming he was told rod rosen steinle said two trump cabinet members were ready to support such an effort. what do you make of this? >> i agree with senator graham that this is stunning. this is a threat to our democracy. it doesn't matter if you agree with president trump or support him or you don't. we remove presidents at the ballot box. we have an election coming up shortly. the house judiciary committee could consider impeachment. but a small group of people in the fbi or the justice department to even contemplate this is shock. the 25th amendment was ratified after the assassination and death of president kennedy to clarify succession. this a provision if the president is disabled or unable to perform his duties. it doesn't contemplate removing the president because he fired the fbi director. this sound like talking about a coup and obviously it's something that never happened. i think both mr. rosenste

but, the fbi former general counsel, james baker who met contemporaneously with mccabe and lisa pagehe effort went further. quote, i had the impression the deputy an attorney general had already discussed this with two members in the president's cabinet. and that they were on board with this concept are ready. on twitter the president responded to mccabe on 60 minutes. quote, while, so many lies by now disgraced acting fbi director, andrew mckay. he and rod rosenstein look like they were planning a very illegal act. mccabe another say president's firing of james, he left the fbi in justice department in turmoil. they concerned the firing was designed to be synced the russian probe. >> the deputy attorney general offered to wear wire into the white house. he said, i never get search when i going to the white house. i think the general counsel had a heart attack. when he got up off the floor he said, that's a bridge too far. >> but, baker who could face criminal penalties for lying testified quote, my recollection is that there were discussions about it over longer period than the cour

he said he discussed the top lawyer james baker and rod rosenstein about possibly invoking the 25th amendment to remove the president from office and remove the president over concerns over his motive with russia and us policy. >> it seems to be coursing through the mind of the attorney general getting rid of the president of the united states. >> i cannot confirm that. but what i can say the deputy attorney general was definitely very concerned about the president, his capacity, and his intent. >> baker said rosenstein told him cabinet officials were ready to remove trump from office that t17 is now getting promoted saying things were taken out of context and then to clarify at no time did he participate in any extended discussion about the use of the 25th amendment nor is he aware of any such discussions. >> lindsey graham wants to subpoena all of the people involved in front of the senate judiciary committee. >> we will find out what happened here. and the only way is to call the man under oath and find out through questioning who is telling the truth with those underlying accusations. >>

james baker the general counselor, the top lawyer fbi thought james comey hillary should be indicted. a slam-dunk case and waiting on fisa three oh two interview, and when are we going to get all of that? >> so here is what we are going to be doing talking about the last phase of the investigation and laying out everything else we have left to do. we will be working with jim jordan and doug collins, so republicans will have the task force we set up in the last congress continuing. it will take declassification by the president. i think it will take full transparency. we have all of this talk whether the mueller report will be transparent and will be released. i have no problem with that as long as it's not the mueller report. all of the interviews, any informants that they had -- >> sean: both of you have seen this? both of you know that warrant hillary about the dossier. it was not verified and cooperated and that christopher steele hated president trump. >> jordan: just remember, sean, i just want you to remember, james comey and others have said that it wasn't the dossier. the doss

but james baker, working with mccabe and lisa page about their conversations with rosenstein testified effort went further, quote, i had the impression the deputy attorney general, with two members and the president's cabinet, they were on board with this concept already. on twitter the president responded to mccabe, quote, now acting fbi director andrew mccabe, he and rod rosenstein looked like they were planning a very illegal act. mccabe and others say the president's may of 2017 firing of director james comey with the fbi and just apartment in turmoil and the fire was designed to obstruct justice. >> the deputy attorney general offered to wear a wire into the white house. he said i never get searched when i go into the white house, i think the general counsel had a heart attack. when he got off the floor he said that is where it is too far. >> reporter: baker reminded congressional investigators, testified, quote, my recollection is there were discussions over a longer period than the course of one meeting, a couple of days. mccabe said rosenstein resistant special counsel because

. >> reporter: based on his conversations with mccabe and lisa page, james baker testified he'd faceriminal penalties if he misleads investigators, rod rosenstein's 25th amendment efforts to remove the president, in fact, went further. quote, i was being told by some combination of andrew mccabe and lisa page that in a conversation with the deputy attorney general, he had stated that he, this is what was related to me, that he had at least two members of the president's cabinet who were ready to support, i guess you would call it, an action under the 25th amendment. all of this happened in may 2017 after the president fired fbi director james comey, mccabe's old boss. that left the fbi and doj in turmoil amid concerns that comey's firing amounted to an effort by the president to desink the russia case and obstruct justice. >> the deputy attorney general offered to wear a wire into the white house. he said, i never get searched when i go into the white house. i can easily wear a recording device. they wouldn't know it was there. >> the general counsel, lawyer team said what about this

he discussed with james baker and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein about positively possibly invokingthe amendment to remove the president and secretly considered recording the president over concerns about his actions and motives regarding russia and u.s. policy. >> discussion on the 25th amendment is simply rod raised the issue in discussed it with me in the context of thinking about how many other cabinet officials might support such an offer. >> rosenstein was actually openly talking about whether there was a majority of the cabinet would vote to remove the president. >> that's correct. counting votes or possible votes. >> according to baker, rosenstein told him they guess as you just heard were also ready to remove from office. mccain himself pushing back a bit on how his interview is being promoted over the past few days. a statement by the spokeswoman, quote, certain statements in interviews associated with the release of his book have been taken out of context and misrepresented. to clarify at no time did mr. mccabe participate in any extended discussions about the use of the

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james baker suggested or hinted this all began even before the so-called russia problems or issues.to say, it's wheel really worrisome, the hierarchy of the fbi, the folks in charge, not the men and women, rank and file. we have to leave it here. really enjoyed the way you explained that and the audience does as well. folks, you're looking at miami. president trump is there and will be speaking in moments on the crisis in venezuela. i want to go to phil keating who is in miami with more. >> senator rubio and governor ron desantis, rick scott, all republicans, all three here vehicle will revving up this venezuelan american crowd. they've been living in miami for years and new arrivals from a nation that is spiralling in crisis and despair. that being venezuela. the problems down there are immense. inflation going to reach 10 million percent this year. food is scarce to get. in fact, it's so hard to get food and supplies of food just for the people of venezuela to eat and feed their families. the average venezuelan has lost 24 pounds 6 when nicholas maduro took office. the two men tar

james baker, chief counsel, fbi under james comey wanted to indict hillary clinton. we learned that last week. few in the media touched it. and the media, too. we will hold them accountable in ways that we have planned coming up in the days, weeks and months ahead. as we've been telling you, all this history hopefully is being made as we speak right now as the summit is ongoing. michael cohen was before congress some seven hours today. despite, of course, we had been convicted of lying to congress, the hate trump media mob giddy. absolutely giddy about his testimony. joining us now with reaction to that, former white house press secretary sean spicer and the hill's joe concha. sean, let's start with you. very predictable, but also a really sad day. now maybe we understand why -- why the media's trust to the american people has never been lower. >> look, let me just draw the contra contrast. during the obama years, every 24 days on average we saw a missile get tested, fired from north korea. since president trump's taken office, it's been 457 plus days. this president

that includes comey, strozk, page and james baker. here now ranking member nunes.gressman, thank you for joining us tonight. >> busy day. busy news day on valentine's day. >> tammy: it has indeed. look, there is a weird kind of disconnect, right? cognitive dissonance of a man saying because he might be removed at some point he would have to try to make sure that the investigation didn't go away as though he was running the f.b.i. by himself in a garage. what is your take on the seriousness of this considering that it is remarkable admission about the hayest levels -- highest levels at the justice department, con sparing if you will to reverse a presidential election. what can you say to the vayers tonight -- viewers tonight about this? >> that is the fist time i heard the clip in the entirety. the first word that comes me is a bunch of gibberish. what is he saying there? what actual evidence did you have that the trump campaign was colluding with russians? you had none. zero. the only evidence they had was what clinton campaign got from the russians and delivered t

and then in the fall of 2016, obama cia chief john brennan and comey's general counsel james baker they were both accused of leaking the phony russian lies and the dossier. and just after the election, director of national intelligence james clapper he leaked the dossier to fake news cnn and then lied about that under oath. and then on may 9th, 2017, president trump rightly thankfully fires james comey right after that the disgraced former fbi director leaked private memos surrounding his conversations with the president in the hopes that it would lead to a special counsel investigation. wow, is this the united states of america? take a look at this. >> i asked -- the president tweeted on friday, after i got fired, that i better hope there is not tapes. i woke up in the middle of the night on monday night because it didn't dawn on me originally that there might be corroboration for our conversation. there might be a tape. and my judgment was i needed to get that out into the public square. and so i asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with the reporter. i didn't do it

but the fbi's former general counsel james baker, him and contemporaneously with mccabe and fbi lawyerisa page about their conversations with rosenstein, testified the effort went further, "i had the impression that the deputy attorney general had already discussed this with two members and the president's cabinet, and that they were on board with this concept already." on twitter, the president responded to mccabe on "60 minutes," "wow, so many lies by now disgraced to acting fbi director andrew mccabe. he and rod rosenstein look like they were planning a very illegal act." mccabe and others say the president's may 27 the firing of director james comey left the fbi and justice department in turmoil, amid concern that the firing was designed to sink the russia probe and obstruct justice. >> the deputy attorney general offered to wear a wire into the white house. he said, i never get search when i go into the white house, i think the general counsel had a heart attack when he got up off the floor, he said, that is a bridge too far. >> but baker, who could facebook criminal pollen pleas

republican andy biggs of the house judiciary committee joins me on what former fbi attorney james bakermittee about all this last fall. that should be interesting. plus, joe biden and bernie sanders both appeared to be getting closer to jumping into the 2020 race. do two old white men have a chance in an already crowded and diverse democratic field customer cannot come out a lot more. "outnumbered overtime" at the top of the hour. kennedy? >> kennedy: new calls from top republicans for democrat intelligence committee chairman adam schiff to recuse himself from his investigation. just yesterday, chairmanships doubling down on his and decisions of the term can be an organization. he also disagreed with the assessment of the top of public the senate committee that they have not found any evidence of collusion with the term campaign and russia. watch. >> you can see evidence in plain sight on the issue of collusion, pretty compelling evidence. there is a difference between seeing evidence of collusion and being able to prove a criminal conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt. >> kennedy: collu

we know that the fbi general counsel, james baker, is on record corroborating evidence saying it wasthat conversation and they were considering it. in my mind, these people standing the room and talking about this is really pretty scary. because you are talking about a duly elected president, they talking about getting rid of him. it reminds me of the ruling class that exists in washington. these entrenched players on both sides of the out. republicans and democrats who have ascended to power and are desperate to hang onto it. i think they are terrified of somebody who doesn't have those ties and doesn't want to just kowtow to the ruling class. that includes these politicized officials of the top of our government agencies. even journalists. people who are very invested in washington, the way it is and has been, and the status quo and the power that affords them. >> harris: what i would slide in there are the facts of these text messages that we know about from the two lovers, lisa page and peter strzok. it gave that textured idea of, no matter who it is, they are in control. they ha

but the fbi former general counsel james baker who met contemporaneously with mccabe and f gaylor lisat their conversations with rosenstein testified that the ee the impression that they deputy attorney general had already discussed this with two members in the president's cabinet and that they were on board with this concept already." on twitter, the president responded to mccabe on "60 minutes": "wow, so many lies by now disgraced acting fbi director andrew mccabe. he and rod rosenstein, who was look like they were planning a very illegal act the firing of james comey left vin justice department in turmoil. make concerned that the firing was designed to -- the russian program and obstruct justice. >> the deputy attorney general offered to wear a wire into the white house. he said i never get search when i go into the white house. i think general counsel had a heart attack. he said that's a bridge too far. >> baker who could face criminal penalties for lying to congressional investigators, testified "my recollection is that there were discussions about it over the longer period of the

. >> in congressional testimony last fall behind closed doors, the former general counsel james bakeryou see him there, testified over eight tuesday. that both mccabe and fbi lawyer lisa page relayed to him their conversations with rosenstein about the 25th amendment and recording the president. baker said both page and mccabe considered it a serious matter and not a joke or a sarcastic. the new book is also raising questions about mccabe's motivations. it's worth working stomach looking of the timeline as well, melissa. you will recall we reported yesterday that shortly after the fbi director was fired, may 9th, 2017, mccabe described a meeting with the president that he was deeply concerned that he was acting as an agent for the russian government. within a week, based on a report and, mccabe was interviewing to become the next fbi director -- who of course would have served directly under president trump, melissa. >> melissa: interesting. catherine harwich, thank you for all those details. fantastic as always. we appreciated. we will bring in robert ray, former federal prosecutor.

on the one hand, we have the former general counsel james baker who we have described in his closed doorny with congress explaining that they were really troubled by some of the behavior that they saw from the president, especially after the firing of james comey. they're trying to figure out his mowty vag t motivation. it could have been innocent, or worst case, he was working at the behest of the russian government. that's what they had to try to get to. there's nothing more serious. on the other hand, they are going after the president of the united states alone. they are not doing this with the gang of eight. they are not doing this even with the justice department. mccabe is opening this on his own. in many ways, the fbi faced so much criticism for going it alone. we think about james comey not informing the attorney general about what he was doing. so i think that's the tension you see here. on the one hand, it's a big deal. you are going to be doing it when these consequences come up. >> jeffrey, andrew mccabe said that it was no joke when conversations came up about removing the

fox news first reported in october that former fbi council james baker told house investigators thatabe said deputy attorney general rod rosenstein was serious about recording the president and invoking the 25th amendment. the timing here matters. rosenstein was just two weeks into his new job as the number two at the justice department. mccabe also confirmed that those may 2017 discussions with rosenstein and more details to cbs news. mccabe backs up widespread reporting that after fbi director james comey was fired by the president in may of 2017, there were two coinvestigations. one, that mccabe launched into obstruction of justice. the other, and ongoing counterintelligence case into alleged coordination between the trump campaign and moscow. >> i was very concerned that i was able to put the russia case on absolutely solid ground in an indelible fashion, that where i removed quickly or reassigned or fired, that the case could not be closed or vanished in the night without a trace. i wanted to make sure that our case was on solid ground. >> in his statement, the justice departmen

we also had back in the fall james baker testifying that mccabe had told him at the time conversationslisa page that there were these two people who were willing to support the 25th amendment. >> i think what you get down to is what was the -- mccabe talked about it. intend. people are sitting around having an abstract discussion. it was a weird week. do you remember how weird that week was and the handwritten letter from the president and comey is already in l.a. and they try to fire him. he is already gone and has to fly back. it was o.j., it was a lot. it was a lot. and i have no idea what conversations took place at the f.b.i. or what hypothetical conversations took place anyplace else but i knew this. rod rosenstein has come out of this all looking pretty good and coming out pretty clean. rosenstein looks like he kept trump's confidence. trump didn't fire him. he navigated the rocky shoals for months on end when everybody was against him and figured out a way to get through it. >> i think chris wray looks like the adult in the room. >> hopefully barr will do it effectively. did th

radcliff interrogation had been released, it shows that james baker said yeah, i thought she shoulds and i was talked out of it by people of the department of justice and the fbi. >> political decision. steve: i wonder who that would be? >> we know what happened. they talked him out of wanting her to be indicted because they thought she was going to be president and their boss. brian: he goes i ultimately didn't go for it because i couldn't prove beyond a shadow of a doubt the intent to deceive. >> you can infer intent and besides there is a portion of that statute, failure to safeguard state secrets, which can you violate by gross negligence. gross negligence you don't have to prove intent and comey knows that. ainsley: chicago, jussie smollett how serious is that? that? >> the greater worry is potential federal prosecution by mailing a letter to himself, a threatening letter to himself he committed postal fraud 5 to 10 years in jail. that's two to three times what he faces for lying to the chicago cops. brian: hazmat team there. and resources. >> he cost the city and cook county a

adam goodheart 1034:37 -56 goodheart: "it really started with three very brave young men - frank baker, jamesend and shepard mallory who were enslaved men in the hampton roads area. they had been conscripted- forced into providing labor for the confederate army." (:19 / rt 1:15)sot goodheart 1035:05- 19 "goodheart: "they escaped.... they took a row boat and they rowed across from sewells point (norfolk) to fort monroe, and they came to the fort and presented themselves to the union sentries and asked to be sheltered." (:14 / rt1:30) sot: don: std up 2nd shoot/#25/ 43:39- 4408 don: 'shortly after baker, townsend, and mallory made their way through those gates, and were given asylum here at fort monroe, the word spread like wild fire! and, within months, hundreds of escaped slaves, made their way to the fort, and were also given asylum, they were declared contraband of war. /58/ the word continued to spread, and shortly after that, thousands of escaped slaves found their way to fort monroe, and settled in greater hampton." (: 29 / rt 2:00 )trac: retired hampton university history professor bill

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adam goodheart 1034:37 -56 goodheart: "it really started with three very brave young men - frank baker, jameswho were enslaved men in the hampton roads area. they had been conscripted- forced into providing labor for the confederate army." (:19 / rt 1:15)sot goodheart 1035:05- 19 "goodheart: "they escaped.... they took a row boat and they rowed across from sewells point (norfolk) to fort monroe, and they came to the fort and presented themselves to the union sentries and asked to be sheltered." (:14 / rt1:30) sot: don: std up 2nd shoot/#25/ 43:39- 4408 don: 'shortly after baker, townsend, and mallory made their way through those gates, and were given asylum here at fort monroe, the word spread like wild fire! and, within months, hundreds of escaped slaves, made their way to the fort, and were also given asylum, they were declared contraband of war. /58/ the word continued to spread, and shortly after that, thousands of escaped slaves found their way to fort monroe, and settled in greater hampton." (: 29 / rt 2:00 )trac: retired hampton university history professor bill wiggins says- being dec

you can't agree with james baker and james comey and andrew mccabe.esterday one of the stops wasview. another stop was cnn as he continues a tact president while his story doesn't add up. he doesn't seem to be able to remember why he was unable to tell the truth three times to the inspector general. he doesn't steam remember about an insurance plan when he went with peter strzok and ladies and gentlemen. he remembers exactly his interactions with the president. watch. >> do you still believe the president could be a russian asset? >> >> i think it's possible. i think that's why we started our investigation. >> is there anything in the last year that makes you less suspicious of the president? >> no. [laughter] >> did i answer too quickly? >> no. >> he said that conversation about the 25th amendment did not represent a potential coup. he said it was not very coupe, that conversation. steve: he also didn't put it in his book. something everybody was talking about was not actually put into the book. keep in mind, the inspector general, the guy who looxz

sot<james leblanc/sail boat washed ashore: "yeah the lucky lady. not so much any more">at bakerbeach in san francisco haaziq madyun kron4news < ... i don't have a problem with the way you look.. but when you are in america. you need to speak english.>( james ) still ahead ... a california woman goes on a racist rant in a mexican restaurant. we'll here more of what she told the spanish-speaking employees. ( james ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... and... less money for the state's high speed rail... after a major budget cut puts more money into the border wall project. and here's a live look outside... san mateo bridge. and 10% with your sears card plus $100 cashback in points! we can come back and get new shoes for the kids! what about free delivery? the answer is, yes! yes! yes! we're here for you. our products and services bring moments like this to every family. ♪ shop sears where we love to say yes to you! (james)(darya) welcome back. let's get a check of the weather this morning... some showers drifting across the bay area today with late morning and early afternoon

the email to general counsel james baker came less than two weeks before election day after james comeythe investigation into whether classified information was mishandled by the former secretary of state. the email was to his boss, f.b.i. director comey, lead f.b.i. agent on the email case peter strzok and the lead agent on russia. and f.b.i. lawyer lisa page among others. baker aefs email was about kendall's complaint that comey's letter was ambitious. he continued what we had done was worse than transparency. it allows people to make whatever they want out of the letter to the prejudice of secretary clinton. i told them i could not respond to his request at this time but i would discuss it with others and get back to him. i suggest we have some kind of follow-up meeting for phone call with this group either this evening or over the weekend to address this and probably other issues. questions that come up in the next 24 hours. sounds reasonable. worth taking a look at this letter. what you see is that it was copied to senior f.b.i. leadership about a dozen officials and it is also wor

james baker making the bombshell claim during closed-door testimony before a congressional committeea little something about that. he joins us live now. good morning to you, sir. high-level officials at the bureau were arguing about whether there would be charges against clinton. he thought from the beginning that the behavior was alarming and appalling. >> one of the famous lines from the comey press conference. he said no reasonable prosecutor would disagree with the conclusions that he had reached. of course his own general counsel, jim baker. he made his mind up. that she had committed no offense weeks and weeks before we ever interviewed her. those of us that care about the justice system, the impartial person, judging the facts, not the identity of the parties, we do wonder how you could decide the issue of intent and knowledge six weeks before you ever interview the single best source of evidence for intent and knowledge. >> sandra: very interesting. here is the actual quote from baker on that closed-door testimony in october. "my original belief, while having conducted the in

if you go back james baker made crazy comments the spook market other things going on was not a signssion didn't come for three years so reminiscent of black monday we have turned out to, by the way, that day 1100 stocks on nasdaq made new 52 week lows -- stocks in new york stock exchange made 52 week close from 1100 to seven. >> great an al to me 1987 greenspan came on scene -- and -- >> became the maestro after the crash because he learned the markets are going to respond i have to err on side of dovishness green -- was he born irrational exuberance. >> the dow industrials up 66 points before the open, and s&p up you two the nasdaq lower >> so we see this as a tough spot with the economic data both here in the u.s., and also overseas, and so it's nice to see that the labor market remains strong and i think that the notch up on our scorecard. >> yeah does market stay strong by the close? a lot of volatility. >> yeah. >> i said this on fed decision day, that i think that people are still digesting what jay powell and his cohort central bank said, and i think, that uncertainty could b

distress signal or mayday call when the skipper of this sailboat james leblanc lost control of the vessel before it washed ashore here at baker beach in san francisco nat/sot haaziqat anytime was this dangerous for you?sotleblanc considers himself a bit of a daredevil. he says last sunday he set sail from sausalito for monterey in a boat with an undersized sail. he says as he was clearing the golden gate bridge he ran into a few problemssot making things more challenging was navigating his sail boat away from one of these massive container shipssot sot