james comey talked about this during an interview when he was on msnbc about why he sent agents over erview you and you were there, alone, no lawyer let's take a listen to what jim comey told us about that interview. here it is. >> i thought it's early enough, let's just send a couple guys over. >> [laughter] >> and so we placed a call to flynn, said hey, we're sending a couple guys over. hope you'll talk to them. he said sure. nobody else was there. they interviewed him in a conference room at the white house situation room and he lied to them. maria: general? your reaction to that. >> yeah, a big ha ha moment for cardinal comey. what an arrogant smug person that he is, so that'll be my last comment about him. the culture and the behavior that was developed or allowed or enabled under the previous administration in elements of the department of justice, the federal bureau of investigation, the united states intelligence community and other parts of our institutions is outrageous. the culture and that behavior has to change. it has to be corrected. we cannot have that kind of smug nes

james comey said before the judiciary he was proud of the work done by crossfire hurricane on president trump at that time kennedy trump for the most part it was done by the book was his iti word for a lot of us we were most shocked to say proud of it and by the book do you agree with either of the statements? >> i would not be proud of crossfire hurricane. this is not by the - - done by the book even remotely. we keep saying it over and over again the fbi cannot walk outside the door without articulating adequate predication to interview us citizen. we should allwa be concerned and vigilant the fbi adheres to those policy guidelines and in this case they did not. >> and the center is on me about this is part of the problem. i think you'll understand i haven't got a great deal of support for these investigations the last six years. the attendance of this hearing shows that what i tried point out with the lack of a accountabity with the hi theer in congress. reason they are not held accountable is there is no way to hold them accountable. who investigates the investigator? who prosecute

the great people of the fbi must make sure that he and his former boss, james comey, pay the price forf the fbi. joining us now is senator ted cruz, senator from texas, member of the senate judiciary committee. he's author of "one vote

james comey said before judiciary that was proud of the work done by crossfire hurricane, that was the investigation on donald trump and for the most part it was done by the book. for a lot of us we were shocked by his words proud of it and buy the book. would you agree with those statement? >> i wouldn't be proud of crossfire hurricane. i'm proud of fbi agents but this was not done by the book, not remotely. we keep saying over and over the fbi cannot walk outside the door without articulating adequate predication to interview a us citizen. we should all be concerned and vigilant the fbi adheres to those policy guidelines and in this case they did not. >> thank you, mister chairman. senator scott, senator holly is on by remote. i think you will understand i've not gotten a lot of support for these investigations the last six years. the attempts of this hearing shows that and i tried to point out the lack of accountability, congress is a paper tiger. the reason these people are not held accountable is there is no way to hold them accountable. who investigates the investigator? who pros

wonderful job as the house oversight chairman and questioned some of the scrupulous behavior of james comey. i still think peter strzok doesn't cares for me. one of the moments that stand out is questioning cease eel richards when i asked her, does it bother that more african-american babies that are aborted than actually born. she wasn't aware from that statistic. nor did i share away from those fights. when we were working and going back and forth on the born-alive amendment and can't help but remembering the heavyness and oppression of that night. only three of my colleagues on the democratic side stood up and said a baby that survives a botched abortion should have the rights to stay alive. i struggled with that. i still struggle with it. i think it is apparently evil not to stand up and fight for all of us who are created in the image of god. we have heard other comments, even a good friend and colleague from illinois that was pro--life is no longer part of the body and was basically run out of town. i struggle with those things. if our rights come from our creator and as our founding

fbi executive and now prate citizen i have authored several op-ed article critical of wired fbi james comey, andrew mccabe and peter stzrok and their initiationnd handling ofed the crossfire hurricane investigation and the harm their actions did to u.s. citizens aligned with the trump campaign. in addition i, i have been a similarly critical of the stunnilyhe inappropriate actions of forr director comey that objectively impacted the hillary clton campaign leading up to the presidential election in 2016. short, i have been speaking up at p some personal ris not for political reasons but rather ou of my concerns that the integrity of the fbi and the trust the erect people have traditionally placed in the fbi have been imperiled by the faulty and reckless actions of those former fbi leaders. i do not speak on behalf ofhe fbi nor any current or former fbi employee, only myself. i have however received andant and overwhelmingly positive feedback from current and former fbi personnel concerned withhe future of the fbi. let me be as clear as possible. these disgrac former fbi executives never shou

♪ ♪ lou: breaking news, president trump is calling on the fbi to go after former leaders james comey andrew mccabe for their roles in trying to subvert his presidency. the president tweeted this: andrew mccabe was exposed for who he is today in the u.s. senate. he was totally destroyed, an ignorant fool. the great people of the fbi must make sure that he and his former boss, james comey, pay the price for what they have done to the reputation of the fbi. joining us now is senator ted cruz, senator from texas, member of the senate judiciary committee. he's author of "one vote away: how a single supreme court seat can change history." and this may be one of the most propitiously-titled books to hit the book stands in a long time. [laughter] senator, it's great to have you with us and also we recommend the senator's book to you highly. i want to begin with the level of fraud that we see now. many people do not realize you were also a part of the republican legal team back in gore v. bush. it's -- give us your sense of what, where we are right now in terms of electoral fraud. >> well, lo

the great people of the fbi must make sure that he and his former boss, james comey, pay the price forfbi. joining us now is senator ted cruz, senator from texas, member of the senate judiciary committee. he's author of "one vote

i do want to ask you one quick follow-up and i think i know your answer for this but james comey said in september 30 testimony before judiciary that he was proud of the work done by crossfire hurricane that was the investigation on president trump and at that time candidate trump and for the most part it was done by the book was his word. for a lot of us we were most shocked by his two words, proud of it and it was by the book, would you agree with either of the statements? >> i wouldn't be proud of crossfire hurricane but i'm proud of the fbi agents but no, this was not done by the book, not even remotely and it was we would keep saying it over and over again the fbi they cannot walk outside the door without articulating adequate predication to interview a u.s. citizen and we should all be concerned that the fbi adheres to those policy guidelines andvi in thisiz case they did not. >> senator lankford i want to thank you and senator hawleys by remote for attending this and this is part of the problem and i thank you all understands have not gotten a great deal of support on these inv

even james comey, clapper, strzok, lisa page would say there was no there there, they would say laterhat year, 2017 but for years we had people in the media, democrats saying saying trump did help russia hack democrat emails there was no proof of that. they were talking for years that trump was a russian asset when there is no proof of that so, to this day no one is being held accountable for that. so fred, my question to you, is, why was it housed inside of the d.c. headquarters around did that impact the whole nature of the probe as danny says? >> i can't answer that first question but let me make a related remark. why is this coming out now? why didn't they put that out six months ago? what was the dni doing? the american people needed this information to cast an intelligence vote, informed vote in september. i have followed this liz. it is december after the election. it is historical research now. trump's people let him down, not getting this out six months ago. elizabeth: we hear what you're saying. danny, your final word. we've been hearing for years people in the media speakin

the great people of the fbi must make sure that he and his former boss, james comey, pay the price foron of the fbi. joining us now is senator ted cruz, senator from texas, member of the senate judiciary committee. he's author of "one vote

if i did as a line agent what james comey did as a leader i would have and should have been fired. they seem to be held to a different account. i think i know your answer on this but i want to get clarification. there is an investigation on president trump, at that time candidate trump, and for the most part it was done by the book, was it word. for a lot of us were shocked and it was by the book, would you agree with those statements? >> i would not be proud of "cross fire hurricane." no, this was not done by the book. the fbi cannot walk without adequate predication to interview a u.s. citizen. and we should all be concerned and vigilant that the fbi adheres to those policy guidelines. i think this is part of the problem. i think you all understand that i have not gotten a great deal of support for these investigations in the last six years. i think the attendance of this ar hearing shows that. and what i have tried to show, congress is a paper tiger. these people are not held accountable. who investigates the investigator? in six years, trying to do think, trying to get it out,

the great people of the fbi must make sure that he and his former boss, james comey, pay the price fornator ted cruz, senator from texas, member of the senate judiciary committee. he's author of "one vote

either it was information withheld by james comey or did they not know the whole story in 2015?zabeth: the question is what other politicians were targeted? let's watch former acting director of national intelligence ric grenell. he said this is a concern. watch? >> i think that there needs to be a "gang of eight," this intelligence group investigation, certainly acting chairman marco rubio and chairman schiff should immediately call the intelligence committees together. they should get a confidential classified briefing on what eric swalwell knew and how much did he give away because the reality is he spent years downplaying the china threat and overhyping the russian threat. eric swalwell did exactly what the chinese wanted. we need to figure out are there others. i can tell you without giving away too much intelligence, this is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the leverage that china is putting on our politicians. there is many, many more. elizabeth: all right. tip of the iceberg, many, many more? fred, i mean, so looks like this alleged spy got to eric swalwell early

does james comey assume he was colluding with china of course not.e gave the democrat defense briefing. warning him he was being compromised. swallow well reported the cut it off and fang fang fled, returning to her homeland. obviously he sat on the intel committee, he briefed them about the infiltration. just kidding. he only breathed the democrats and he remained for years. while on the committee, swalwell accused trump of the thing he was guilty of, co- mingling with foreign intelligence assets. shameful but not surprising. but back to china. his swalwell tough on the middle kingdom? >> we are in significant trade deficit with china today. one on one in the trade work is an effective. >> the china is the greatest threat which does not match what we have been briefed on privately. >> the american people walk away and believe there's any equivalence between russia and china, what they are doing. jesse: the congressman is either compromised, but off by his pro- china donors or a sucker. whatever the case, he needs booted off house intel. this story h

james comey did not.rian: but, if you are asked is there an ongoing investigation into hunter biden, is the answer no or yes if you are william barr? and the question is many. ainsley: if it's yes. brian: if it's yes we should know about it. ainsley: i agree. brian: it's not my fault that he smokes crack takes pictures and drops off his laptop to the local computer guy. that becomes real evidence, not opinion. ainsley: it's bigger than that it's money laundering, question about his foreign ties. principally china his taxes. was the big guy involved the guy running for the president the united states. why didn't the fake news media the fbi and the doj report the biden matter before the election all caps before? well okay we won the election anyway 57 million votes. steve: remember this. we are talking about hunter and as griff reported a moment ago, it is not believed that joe biden is involved, is the target or subject of this investigation; however, the primary investigation in delaware involves hunter b

we know that democrat would love it behest of that leaker, james comey, they spent two to three years obsessing over entirely fictional and a eastern european hotel room but this actual urinary incident headed by ascetic candidate, cbs, nbc, the jeff bezos post is crickets. the great tammy bruce is a fox nation host and we always love to have her with us rated tammy, where does this thing stand a week out? >> thanks for having me. seems shocking of course outlining everything and at the same time and this is exactly what's been happening. you've got kamala harris who said during a debate she effectively called joe biden a racist and said she believed his numerous accusers of his own inappropriateness and touching, et cetera. and is now standing next to him and him and helping to prop him up. because you're not getting them everything. this is where democrats get to be radicalized, you see it happening in california with a lock down as the democrats better be careful here because they are noticing that they are being used, the bases being used as props, women are being used, people of

that's an unwritten rule and we know james comey broke it in a most obnoxious way. i think this speaks very well of the ag. there's no way that bill barr did not know about this, wouldn't have been informed about this and there's no way it would have been kept covert or quiet without his knowledge and approval and i think it speaks very well of his integrity. >> laura: mike flynn didn't get that privilege. >> he got much worse than that, he got a felony leak. >> laura: this is what i'm saying to both of you, it always seems to cut one way. >> it depends who is investigating you and i'll be quite honest, it depends on what the u.s. attorney's office is investigating, this one out of the district of delaware. a typical grandstanding u.s. attorney's office that tries to front run news and leak things like maybe the district of d.c. or southern district of new yo new york. >> this is also involving the ccp -- no one comes to the united states without the chinese communist party knowing why they are here and knowing what they are doing. if this involves a possible issue

james comey was the f.b.i. a comey briefing back then would have been standard operating procedure. swalwell himself is insisting he did nothing wrong and says this whole story is just a scheme to seek political revenge from his adversaries. but he was it's important to note, one of president trump's fiercest critics during impeachment proceedings. take a listen. >> he is a repeat offender. crimes against our constitution and yes crimes that one day may be prosecuted statutorily. >> we're learning more today, sandra, from intelligence operatives as well as our own dan hoffman, a former c.i.a. operative, about the reality that china likely has hundreds if not thousands of operatives on the ground inside the united states today and thousands of operations going nationwide. the threat is definitely real and considerable. >> sandra: very important story. thank you. >> trace: for more on this let's bring in jim walsh, senior research associate at the mit security program. dan hoffman, former c.i.a. operative saying

the lawyers with the white house counsel's office made this case to the president, they raised james comeyok, this is going to be seen as part of a pattern, potentially, where you're demanding this loyalty test from a position that is particularly non-partisan in most cases, or has some independence from the white house. that's why the term of the fbi director is longer, it's designed to try to be, have some continuity from one administration to the next, if that's the case. and so the fact that the president was looking at doing this with potentially very little time left in office, with christopher wray having not been in that job for very long, was a concern that that would bring him more legal troubles. and we all know what happened when he fired james comey, which then became a critical part of the obstruction of justice investigation that robert mueller conducted, and that was part of the reasoning why there were concerns among the president's legal team, among others in the white house, who felt like this is just not a place that he wants to go. it's also worth saying that even peop

how is james comey briefing him, democrats on the house intel committee, then not telling the republicans get spied on. let me step back and look at the scandals. we have the swalwell scandal. we have the durham special counsel situation, and we have the biden family scandal with china right now. there's a lot of meat on that bone, guys, and i am hungry. >> dana: you are indeed. geraldo, do you think that the calls for a special counsel are warranted and that that make sense? >> geraldo: no more special counsel's, dana. no more. >> dana: i'm sorry, i should correct myself. i should correct myself. the special counsel has been called for hunter, not for this eric swalwell situation. >> geraldo: i don't like them. i think the mueller report and how that went off the rails should indicate forever. i just want to say one thing about the spy who may or may not have slept with swalwell. she definitely slept with two midwestern mayors, one in ohio. we are all dying to find out which one. here's the important thing. she was president of the cal state, one of the cal state, president of the chines

report to provide a full retelling of the corrupt outcome of the abuse of power by people like james comeyew mccabe, peter strzok, and others, i would include rob rosenstein, maybe even sally yates inst this. yates is now effectively off the table i think as the next attorney general in a biden the administration assuming the electoral college chooses him. >> sean: there is a news cnn story tonight debunked about the trump administration official and money for pardons. they say no government official was or is currently the subject of any target or investigation they can disclose. matt gaetz, i read "the new york times" op-ed by andrew weissmann. for three years, he was rubbing mueller's pit bull. didn't get the results he want wanted. now he's saying that if biden pbecomes president, as an ag, e wants to be a five investigated into perpetuity. you had said it first and i agree with you. if i this is the threats they ae going to make to a guy leaving office perhaps one day, my question is why wouldn't he just pardon himself and his family on the way out the door because i think they would

jillian: james comey supported the stimulus checks. thank you for being here, appreciate it.this pass in the senate and is the criticism of republicans deserved? >> i don't think the criticism is deserved. republicans have done a great job trying to stimulate the economy for the past 3 years, we focused on tax cuts in previous stimulus bills, focused on the loan program but those programs benefit business owners. democrats have been focused on trying to help the extremely poor people with more food stamps and more social programs but the people that get left out always get left out, the people on fixed incomes, senior citizens, the working poor and i think the stimulus, direct payment to americans benefits people and my district in kentucky 93% of the people would receive that $2,000 check which is why are supported donald trump and i think that was the right decision. shannon: what is the implication for the senate runoffs in georgia? >> it will be a factor. the people of my district would benefit from this which i'm sure it would be the same statistic in many congressional

you've got james comey, sally yates, saying they would not have signed the fisa application. weissmann is saying if biden became president his ag needs to go after trump on the same thing.sa if i'm donald trump and i'm reading this, what do i have to pardon myself and my family on the way out the door? it sounds like it. >> what i can say is there is no mulligans here. we spent $25 million, for the fbi agents, 50 prosecutors, 500 witnesses interviewed, 2500 subpoenas, and they found nothing. georgia, if we win both georgia seats and have 52 republican senators, the attorney general nominee if trump fall short in biden wins will become the judiciary committee run by chuck bradley. there is no way in heck he's going to be confirmed i would agree with weissmann. if we lose both senate seats in georgia, and nick derman will be chairman of the senate judiciary committee most likely. if we win both seats in georgia i will be the budget chairman. anybody of the omb director has to become the budget committeemb for hearings to be confirmed. i think i would ask different questions tha

i've been saying for several years now that people like john brennan, james comey, andrew mccabe compromised. national security. they made a laughingstock out of this country when they attacked and ran an operation against the president of the united states. and the fact that as of yet no one has paid a price, it's shown it's not as if our add adversars do not read the american press and they don't understand what's going on. that's what's made us vulnerable. it's the u.s. national security establishment that has made us vulnerable to these unprecedented attacks. lou: i'm stunned when i think about the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff getting involved in nonsense. and publicly are contradicting the president of the united states. bringing into question the strength of the command structure of the united states military. i'm furious when i watch the chairman of the intelligence committee lie his teeth off and not be held accountable even by the milquetoast left-wing media. and then to watch mr. krebs, the former had of cisa, say it was a perfectly -- the most secure election in american

actors inside government that are, you know, potential targets, and ones i believe are going to be james comey strzok, lisa page, and bill priestap. all names that people have heard in the past, but all that are in john durham sites. in addition, durham expanded his probe. the probe now is including an investigation on hillary clinton, her foundation, many of the people around her that were part of what we now believe and have been told that is a plot to link president trump to russia as an effort to deflect from her own problems from that part of the world. her own pay for play scheme. in addition, i think durham is going to expose a lot of the cover-up and the work of the special counsel, the tactics that they used. going after individuals for just unreal circumstances, yeah, absolutely. and this is important. i mean, you know, we have to have complete transparency of our democracy is going to survive, and right now, it doesn't. it doesn't exist, and we need that to happen. so, durham's probe is important. >> tucker: and itself like it is real. have not talked a lot about it on the show beca

barr, that there would be a ton of political blow back if he does, he is stung from when he fired james comeythe beginning of his administration. it is still to be determined what will happen. you can see the president's anger with people not playing into the charade he is putting on about voter fraud and potential outcome of the election, he continues to insist he believes there's going to be some change and that it is not going to be joe biden as winner. we know they're preparing for the transition. >> we can tell, kaitlan, even before the election he had given up governing, especially when it comes to the crisis facing the nation. how is he spending time, what is he focusing on now? >> reporter: you talk to people around the president that speak with him often, they describe a president more unpredictable than his entire presidency. for donald trump that's saying a lot. they say he is consumed by the election loss that for almost a month now, that's been his single -- singular focus. today was a rare appearance that we saw the president, got to ask him questions. instead of focusing on the

information withheld by james comey or did they not know the whole story in 2015?question is what other politicians were targeted. let's watch former director. this is a concern. watch. >> i think that there needs to be a gang of this intelligence group investigation. certainly acting chair marco rubio and chairmanship should immediately call the intelligence committee together. they should get a classified briefing on what eric swalwell neo and how much did he give away. he spent years downplaying the china threat and overhyping the russian threat. eric swalwell did exactly what the chinese wanted. we need to figure out, are there others. i can tell you, this is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to thee leverage that china is putting on our politicians. there is many many more. liz: tip of the iceberg, many many more. fred, it looks like this alleged spy got to eric swalwell early in his career. we have to watch the timeline here. even before he ran for congress, even before he was put on house intelligence. what do you say? >> it wases sophisticated operation.

now, that didn't stop the obama administration and james comey and the fbi and christopher steele fromy, the justice department doesn't go out and advertise that there was an investigation ongoing. that said, there were many of us -- myself included -- that reported back in september there was, in fact, an investigation. unfortunately, too many in the media covered that up, ignored that report, didn't follow that report. but we had a copy of a grand jury subpoena showing that a laptop was obtained under a grand jury subpoena looking at financial crimes involving hunter biden. so some voters knew it. it was out there. but, you know, i think what you see in bill barr is a different justice department. it doesn't leak like the comey-lynch justice department which leaked for political purposes more than anything else. lou: yeah, i, i almost can hear the trumpets playering there, you know -- blaring there, as we talked about this new barr justice department. i think it's a sorry9 lot still. i think -- >> [inaudible] that's for sure. i'll give you that. lou: so -- it's, and i think that we h

it because he has been very tez hesitant to follow anyone since the fallout from firing jamg koe james comeyicultable. so it is still a pretty big question, but it is safe to say that he is clearly very unhappy with the attorney general. >> we'll be watching along with you. thank you very much. >>> and let's get back to vaccines here. vaccine trials for kids under the age of 12 could begin early next year according to dr. collins, national institutes of health. so almost into a year, the u.s. has not worked out on how to get children back into the classroom, hurting grades and exposing inequities across the nation. so what will the delay mean? joining me now, chief of division of pediatric infectious disseases at the university of utah. thank you for being with me. >> thanking for having me. >> if trials for younger kids begin early 2021, when is the soonest you think kids could start getting vaccinated? >> it really depends on how quicking ly the trials are fini. so it will take at least, you know, two months from the time that you start an individual kid on the study until you can get thei

. >> jonathan turley said he had no choice, it would have been like james comey again. >> all he haddo say an investigation is going on. by the way, i don't want to see anything bad happen to hunter biden. i purposely stay out of it but when you affect on election, bill barr frankly did the wrong thing. when they are saying things, making statements and the press is purposely not reporting it, bill barr, not believe, i know had an obligation to set the record straight just like robert mueller set the record straight. a very bad thing was said, false statement, which usually they are with the media, but this was a false statement. and robert mueller stood up and he said that's a false statement. and that was a great thing. i've got to go. brian: go get them. leland: brian kilmeade and the president, joining us now since interview leaving the white house, alyssa farah, 4 years we were going through a transition and accusations surrounding the president-elect's son and family business dealings, if you apply the same standard that was applied to the trumps in 2016 standard, 2016 transiti

. >> jonathan turley said he had no choice, he would have been -- it would have been like james comey do was say an investigation is going on. by the way, i don't want to say anything bad -- i don't want to see anything bad happen to hunter biden. whatever it is, the facts. i purposely stay out of it. when affect an election, bill barr frankly did the wrong thing. when they are saying things, making statements and the press is purposely not reporting it, bill barr i believe -- not believe, i know, had an obligation to set the record straight. just like robert mueller set the record straight. he set it straight. a very bad thing was sad and it was a false article, a false statement which usually they are with the media. but this was a false statement. and robert mueller stood up and he said that is a false statement and that was a great thing. >> i've got to go. >> go get them. todd: joining me to react, constitutional law expert, mark smith. obviously, five minutes to break it down, we're not going to get to all of it. let's he focus on the election. what is left in the president's el

it was james comey who screwed things up when he revealed that hillary clinton was the subject of thatnvestigation as they reopened things. what's interesting about hunter biden is hunter and jim biden they are stonewalling along with five of their other associates as well. you know, tony bobulinski, who tucker interviewed back in october and we ran it over the weekend, he has been contacted by these committees, government affairs and senate finance committee. he has not responded which is curious. now, it is unclear the tax affairs, ainsley. so far we understand the so far the subpoena was asked about burisma and his dealings in china as well as documents from two dozen other entities. it's unclear if burisma is the main focus or if they are just trying to figure out how much money he made and where it came from. ainsley: they are talking about money laundering offenses as well. imagine if the shoe were on the other foot. wait, we don't have to imagine. it was. wouldn't it be nice for that information to come out during the impeachment hearing it started in 2018, december. the same mo

at that time the fbi director was james comey and today a former senior staffer on the house intelligencemittee told fox news, a call me briefing would have been "standard operating procedure." we do know that swalwell is facing a growing storm of criticism from his republican colleagues, the number one republican in the house, kevin mccarthy told fox news, "swalwell is a national liability and should be removed from his seat on the intel committee." one of swalwell's other committee colleagues said this. >> this wasn't some nice girl that he grew up with next door. this is a chinese citizen who was hyper-aggressive in developing relationships with politicians. we know that she helped him get reelected, she helped him raise money. >> other republicans are using this as an opportunity to claim that democrats are naive about the very real dangers that china poses to the united states. take a listen. >> time and time again you've got speaker pelosi and to many of the democrats refusing to acknowledge of the chinese communist party is an adversary and that we are under threat. >> now swalwell