. >> james fox is raising an alarm. >> i was tracking the statistics. crime among adults was going down. but crime among kids was going up. >> the effects of this new juvenile callousness is there for all to see in the national crime statistics. >> it was an era when there was legitimately a spike in crime, the likes of which we have still never seen. >> teenagers are robbing and killing. >> even now where people are talking about a murder rate that's through the roof in chicago, it's still not close to what it was during that time. and, so, there were legitimate concerns about the spike in violence, and legislatures just started scrambling to sort of prove their "tough on crime" credentials. >> in atlanta, the defendant known as "little b" just became the youngest boy sentenced to life in prison for murder. >> i think we have to put these crimes in a broader context. i mean, i think something really horrific happened in the 1980s when these criminologists emerged. >> this generation is desensitized to violence. >> and they were going around saying that

getting new details on the chain of events that led up to the sudden firing of former fbi director james comey. foxs has learned that former fbi director james comey asked the department for extra resources to conduct the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election, democrats are saying that president donald trump is trying to stop the investigation but the white house said the firing is tied to the investigation of hillary clinton's e-mail server. >> he was not doing a good job. >> the white house said the president has considered firing former fbi director james comey since the day he was lebted president. >>> demonstrators gathered outside of senator diane feinstein's office to demand an inpent investigation -- independent investigation. we spoke to a protestor who said firing the person investigating the president mirrors what happened during watergate when president nixon fired a special prosecutor. >> the former fbi director james comey stunned lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. tonight. several republicans have joined the democrats in demanding a special prosecutor for the in

for that and other thoughts of the day, let's bring in mike dan tonio, and james fox who is a writer for "vanity fair" and i don't want to spend a lot of time on the tweet, but to you, michael, we had great reporting from gloria borger who is talking to the people in the know saying that the president is lonely, and to is have the president of the united states putting out a incoherent tweet at 12:06 in the morning, what is going on? >> well, it does make you think that he is lonely, and we have the faux picks glowing review of her boss's great traits and she said that he has a wonderful sense of humor, and now he is saying have fun with this, and it shows that there sis a littl bit of life in the old guy yet. i think that is encouraging, but, yes, i think that he's as gloria said, pretty depressed. and you know, this is not going to way that the president imagined it would have gone. i think that he thought that he was going to get in there and accomplish 100 great things in 100 day, and it never happened. >> and it is interesting to watch the twitter feed, emily while he was away o

fox news" channel at noon. dobbs. lou: good evening everybody. we begin with breaking news, big news president trump tonight firing fbi director james comey. in a white house statement the president said he acted based on the recommendations of deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and attorney general jeff sessions. "fox news" has obtained the president's letter to director comey. it reads in part, i have accepted their recommendation and you are hereby terminated and removed from your office effective immediately. while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation, i nevertheless concur the judgment of the department of justice that you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. it is essential that we find new leadership that restores public trust and confidence in his lawn fourchon and -- law enforcement mission. a senior white house official telling "fox news" that it is coincidental that this firing, this termination occurred on the same day of the news that director comey overstated to congress that omar abedin was forwarding classified information to her husband anthony weine

breaking news at the white house tonight, the president late this afternoon fired fbi director james comey. "fox news" chief white house correspondent john robert live at the white house with the news that has rocked the nation. >> lou i know you have been talking about this with ambassador bolton and you have that schumer press conference. it's interesting lou the way the white house kind of laid this out as a preamp did strike. schumer was not able to save much about the deputy attorney general rosenstein because he said in the past and this was on april the 24th of this year just before he was confirmed as he was confirmed on the 25th, 94-6 schumer saying quote he has developed a reputation for integrity. he has promised to give his careful consideration talking about the russian investigation so would be difficult for schumer to turn around and slam him and schumer said in november of last year of comey that he doesn't have confidence in comey any longer for his decision to send a letter reopening the investigation into clinton's private -- to paint a scenario we are told as happened recentl

rosenstein brief the senate today and some of the circumstances surrounding resident transpiring of james comey. fox news reporter lauren blanchard on what he told senators, that contradicts the president's claim on rosenstein's recommendation. >>>about the firing of the former james comey. the senator said that rosenstein knew that james comey would be fired, before he ever recommended it.>> he learned that the president was going to terminate james comey.>> james comey was terminated on may 9. because, and only because of rosenstein's memo.>> president trump's meeting with the colombian -- i respect the move, but the entire thing has been he witchhunts.>> the entire thing was revolving around michael flynn, and his ties to russian officials. today, the chairman of the senate and committee telling reporters that flynn is not cooperating so far.>> republican leadership once skeptical about the need for an independent russian investigation, are now changing their tune. >> the appointment of a special counsel helps assure people in the justice department that they are going to do their jobs independen

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yesterday demonstrators marched around the country protesting the firing of fbi director james comey. sky fox in san francisco flew over this rally outside of senator dianne feinstein's office and dozens of protesters demanding she take action. she was in washington and she calls for special prosecutor to oversee the russian investigation. >> there were protest yesterday outside of the trump tower in new york city and also in the tower in chicago. the combination of liberal groups took part in protesters holding up signs, "drive out trump- penceregime. >> and protesting and comparing the fbi director james comey firing to president nixon trying to fired independent investigator investigating the watergate scandal. >>> talking to ken wayne by phone saying the president abused his power when firing james comey and said there's still time to defend how the presidential system works. >> what is happening is threatening the integrity of the judicial system and the united states senate is one the last places where we can bring this to a stop. >> senator harris is a member of the senate intelligence

james with fox news. i wanted to follow up on a comment from chairman steel that was directed to chairman perez a few minutes ago with respect to the abortion issue and what the chairman said was you have just gotten a taste of this polarization. if i understood correctly it was referring to the race in omaha nebraska. as you're aware the state party chair -- >> just make it a question! they criticized for you for essentially saying that if you're a pro-life politician you're not welcomed in the democratic party. i wonder would you and is it your view, if you would clarify that no pro-life politician that has root in the democratic party. >> okay. this one and we'll lump it all together. >> you talked about organizing and to me when i was come paining i was still -- and i'm wondering, how are you going bring technology into the organizing aspect? >> what we have got is narrative, redistricting including -- by the way, you answer whatever part of it you want. you know, there is more on the question and bri

. >> we'll talk with james jury fox, kevin and i had aa chance to talk to him and tom barringer willby the loft from the flat an and gettysburg and he's in d.c. for memorial weekend helping to salute the troops on the big screen. >> "empire" wraps tonight. the big finale and tv honest and bit harsh chef jordan ramsey. he's dishing about his live series coming to fox. >> he does so many shows. >> allison, steve. >> almost as busy as kevin hart. >> can i have permission to be immalt tour. >> sure. >> june 7 kevin hart plays george him and his best friend prank people the whole film to the point there's whoopee cushions and passing gas i'm 33 years old and i still think passing gas is funny. so i wanted to talk to kevin hart who is a comedian and find out why serious question, why are farts so funny? watch this. >> why are sfoorts funny. >> farts will forever be funny. >> it's okay. >> let's talk on a serious note. >> why. >> farts will never not be funny. >> right. >> it's not possible. >> we're grown men. >> doesn't matter. >> it makes me laugh. >> it doesn't matter. and i know you're

built for business. >> james: this is another fox news alert. have breaking news from the senate intelligence committee. we have just received word that the senator byrd of south carolina and ranking member senator warner of virginia, ousted fbi director james comey has now committed to testifying. before that panel in open session. an open hearing with james comey as the lead witness, it will be scheduled for sometime after memorial day. we are back at the panel. lisa boothe. >> i suspect there are a lot of questions for him. namely, why didn't he release the memo earlier? it is reported about the memo true? will they have the memos prior? why did his memos come to contradict statements get previously made just a few weeks ago? i think senators will have a lot of questions for him. >> james: ab. >> this is not good news for president trump and congressional republicans who hoped that they would tell him he can testify on capitol hill. they might have gotten it without revelations but now they have this to dread. it's really hard for them to get

. ♪ ♪ kelly: the search is on to replace ousted fbi director james comey. foxs now learning the justice department is interviewing at least six candidates today. hello, everyone, welcome to a brand new hour inside "america's news headquarters," i'm i'm kelly wright. julie: and i'm julie banderas. the announcement on the replacement could come as early as next friday. listen. >> quickly because almost all of them are very well known, and, you know, they've been vetted over their lifetime, essentially. but very well known, highly respected, really talented people. and that's what we want for the fbi. julie:alson barber is live -- allison barber is live from the justice department. >> reporter: we believe there are two left at this point, and one of those two just arrived here at the department of justice, his name is judge michael garcia. he's a judge from new york. fox news also learned of one interview added within the last hour, another judge named henry hugman. when we started this morning, we were only expecting four people to come to the department today, p

(james) fox news host kimberly guilfoyle says she is talking with the trump administration about replacing sean spicer as white house press secretary. the former first lady of san francisco was originally considered for press secretary during the presidential transition, but the job went to spicer. rumors that spicer may be replaced have been swirling in washington, d.c., in recent days. (darya) breaking news... a united states senator says he is doing well after collapsing while running a race. republican senator thom tillis of north carolina tweeted earlier this morning after having to be taken away in an ambulance. take a listen.<"hey everybody, i'm fine. just running about two and a half miles in and got overheated, no cpr, no special measures, just checking me out. see you back on capitol hill."> senator tillis was running a three mile race in washington, d-c when he (darya) a texas family is outraged after they say school police handcuffed and tased a seven-year-old boy with special needs. the picture shows a seven-year-old special needs boy in handcuffs, surrounded by police at a me

melissa: the white house holding the first press briefing since the firing of fbi director james comey. foxess's blake burman was in the briefing room, and blake, what can you tell us? reporter: melissa, we heard from the president for the first time at least on camera about the firing of james comey. he said very simply, that comey in his words, was quote, not doing a good job. we got a little bit of a clarity from the white house they modified the timeline how all of it happens. turns out according to deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders, the president had been thinking about doing it six plus months. sanders earlier today the president has been considering firing comey since he was elected back in november. sanders saying that there was quote an erosion of confidence as it related to comey ever since then in the last several months. that the president made the final decision to fire the former february by direct or ton tuesday after the -- director on tuesday after deputy attorney general rod rosenstein essentially said that comey bungled the way he handled the hillary clinton e

in washington, james rosen, fox news. >> depended almost the president to authorize more troops to afghanistanhe 16 year war drags on. 3000 more troops as the war cells into play stalemate with the taliban. calvin officials told congress this week they will send plans the white house trump's afghan soldiers are different hash casualties and porn negotiating peace deal with the taliban. they continue to hold or influence growing amounts of territory. as the debate over healthcare heads to the senate, insurance companies have been relatively silent on how the republican bill to repeal and replace obamacare would ultimately affect their industry. an industry that thrives on stability. we have more. >> if you owned a car, had no in car insurance and this happened. no proven insurer would cover you retroactively and, what would be your cars pre-existing condition. yet, in the most simplest form that is what health insurance is being asked to do under obamacare. and maybe asked to do with a republican replacement. as the creator of america's first insurance company, benjamin franklin would have unde

fox news alert. fbi director james comey has this is a fox news alert.as been fired by the president of the united states. the term breaking news is bandied about with abandon but last night it was justified. at fbi offices in the first they knew their director had been fired was when it flashed up on their tv screens. and james comey, was in los angeles addressing staff, knew nothing about it either until then had handed him a note. the letter sent by president trump was brutal. you are hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately. at least they left in the government jet to fly back to the east coast. a private citizen, a turbulent career cut short. and today the president was unrepentant. why did you fire director comey? because he wasn't doing a good job, simply wasn't doing a good job, simply wasn't doing a good job. james comey the six foot eight foot tall director confirmed in march that the drug—macro campaign was under investigation for its links to russia during the election. the fbi, as part of our counterintelligence missi

of president trump's decisions, discussions with russian officials and firing of fbi director james comey. foxm shapiro is in d.c. with the latest. what are you hearing about this, adam? reporter: well that meeting is going on behind closed doors. the senate intelligence committee is holding its regular weekly classified meeting with without former fbi director james comey who decline ad request to testify. democrats on capitol hill want comey to testify in public about his firing and potential links to the fbi's investigation of russian interference with the 2016 presidential election. but no date has been set for such a hearing. at the same time president trump hasn't indicated he may announce by the end of this week a nominee to fill the fbi director's position. but senate minority leader chuck schumer has vowed to block any nominee unless an independent prosecutor is named to investigate russian influence on that election. senator schumer continued to pressure the administration today calling on republicans to- >> there has just been one vote against all fbi director nominees in the histor

. ♪ ♪ kelly: the search is on to replace ousted fbi director james comey. foxsix candidates today. hello, everyone, welcome to a brand new hour inside "america's news headquarters," i'm i'm kelly wright. julie: and i'm julie banderas. the announcement on the replacement could come as early as next friday. listen. >> quickly because almost all of them are very well known, and, you know, they've been vetted over their lifetime, essentially. but very well known, highly respected, really talented people. and that's what we want for the

first, a senior white house official telling fox tonight it is, quote, coincidental, this firing of james comey happened on the same day as the huma abedin news. as you know, when comey testified earlier this week on capitol hill, he said there were hundreds of thousands, i believe, he said of e-mails that were forwarded from huma abedin to anthony wiener. it turns out that that was an overexaggeration, and comey had been in the headlines on this day because of that. and there was a lot of questions as to how the fbi might go about it, how they might correct the record and is so forth. but the white house, their line tonight is this is merely coincidental. secondly, the white house press secretary sean spicer was asked about whether or not the president still has confidence in jim comey, and as it relates to -- it was brought up in the context of these abedin e-mails and the testimony, and spicer said, yes, as far as he knows the president does have confidence in him. however, he did hedge a little bit by saying, well, at least as it relates to the last time that

chief washington correspondent james rosen is here with details. good evening. >> foxews has confirmed that the fbi and cia and national security agency were all served today with subpoenas issued by the house intelligence committee. sources saidac

private information laws, fox news chief in washington correspondent, james rosen has our report. reporter: -- day president obama visited los angeles, last october to yuck it up with jimmy kimmel, lawyers for national security agency were quietly informing court that nsa ha systemicly violated rights of khan less americans. -- countless americans, a subject covered on kimmel's program. >> people expect the government to monitor this enough to protect them from bad guys, but, they worry that if government is in their too much then that who will protect them from government. reporter: declassified documents obtained by circa show fiso court rebuked the administration with greater frequency than previously disclosed to courts, nsa analyst used u.s. person offers to querrey the results of internet upstream collection even though nsa section 7022 minimize procedures prohibited such querreys, prefers to precaution that government supposed to take to ensure that infring infringements -- americans right is mi minimum. >> tonight for first time we can say there has been a find

reportedly, according to various reports, reported for a pledge of personal loyalty from a james comey. from a fox, we understand that mr trump has denied this. when it comes to that the only veiled threats that although sean spicer has denied it was a threat — secret recordings may be released. it is not known if any such tapes exist. you heard from sean spicer it was not a denial. mr trump said he did not want to talk about it, he wanted to keep mr comey on us. about it, he wanted to keep mr comey on us. the problem with all of this is you have one version from the house one day and completely another from the president the next day. it looks like the white house is not communicating or perhaps they are not on the same pageant cannot give out the same message. it is difficult to know where the truth lies. in total, what happened that night, james comey was invited to give testimony. we understand he will not attend. what happened between those two at the dinner, james comey remain silent. a lot of a nalysts james comey remain silent. a lot of analysts said he would attempt. he isa analysts said

demonstrators marching around the country protesting the firing up fbi director james comey. sky fox in san francisco flew over this rally outside of senator dianne feinstein's office with dozens of protesters demanding she take action. senator feinstein was in washington calling for a special prosecutor to oversee the russian investigation.>>> there were protests yesterday new york outside of the trump tower in manhattan, and outside of the trump international hotel and tower in chicago. the coalition of liberal groups including moveon.org taking part in protesters holding up signs, drive out trump/pence regime. >>> protesters gathering outside the federal building in downtown oakland, comparing the firing up fbi director james comey the president nixon firing the independent special process heater that was investigating the watergate scandal. >> stay here on ktvu for continuing coverage of the developments from washington to the bay area, we will bring you the updates as they happen. >>> we have new information about the breaking news story in contra costa county. the arson investi

fox business. lou: good evening, everybody. james comey's firing from the fbi was far from a sudden decision, it turns out. white house deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders revealed that president trump had considered firing comey since the day he was elected. the president, however, made his final decision after learning that comey had lost the confidence of the people who defend this country and enforce our laws. fox news, chief white house correspondent john roberts with our report. >> lou, in this tangled web of claims and counterclaims about the former fbi director, we did learn something new today. james comey's firing had a lot more to do with what president trump was thinking about him than we were first led to believe. nearly 24 hours after firing james comey, the white house today dramatically shifted the narrative on how his departure came about. initially, officials insisted the deputy attorney general made the recommendation in recent days. today, the deputy press secretary said the president has been thinking a

fox news has confirmed his son-in-law asked an american company to give the saudis a better deal. a friend of james comey revealing how the former fbi director tried to avoid hugging the president. lawmakers get another briefing about the firing of comey. also, carlos danger crying in court. anthony wiener pleads guilty to sexting with an underage girl. he's about to be single, too. all that ahead this hour. >> jon: president trump just left on his first foreign tour. be -- the president and the first lady boarded air force one this morning. president trump tweeted "getting ready for my big foreign trip. will be strongly protecting american interests. that's what i like to do." the president's first stop, saudi arabia before heading to israel. he's scheduled to visit the pope at the vatican, attend another meeting of world leaders in sicily. the white house and foreign officials have gone to great lengths to accommodate the president and his busy itinerary. details ahead. in washington, lawmakers are defending answers after the president fired james comey and the justice department appointed a spec

fox news. >> you got to ask, sean conery or james moore. >> i liked daniel craig as well. >> my kids would say daniel craig. >> sean conery. >> moore, when he came in, we were like i don't know. >> he did 7 of them. >> because roger -- or sean was such a big icon. i'm glad he was that old. i thought he was only like 70 something. >> 89. >>> as we go outside, temperatures cooled even though concord was 90 degrees, so still some heat. and 94 but look how much cooling we got here in liver moor -- pardon me -- in hayward and oakland, big time cooling, as much as 10, 15 degrees in some places, but some will cool tomorrow. here is the reason why. this system right here. this guy is going to drop in, no rain. it takes it and makes it real fat and pushes immense amounts of cool -- immense amounts of cool, moist air. that will take care of the heat and a lot of things, your hay fever. 10 degrees cooler in fairfield, 12 degrees cooler in santa rosa. check out the profile, which is the way to measure the depth of this marine layer and down on the coast, about 16, 1700 feet deep. coastal average about 1,0

democrats want the president impeached over the james comey's members. gregg jarrett of foxthat comey cannot accuse trump of breaking the law without putting himself in legal jeopardy, as well. he'll join us in at minute. .in. and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i asked my doctor. and he recommended eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. yes, eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots. eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. both made me turn around my thinking. don't stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. if you had a spinal injection while on eliquis call your doctor right away if you have tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily ...and it may take longer than usual for bleeding to stop. seek immediate medica

to protest the firing of james comey, sky fox flying over the rally outside of senator dianne feinstein's office, and senator feinstein was in washington  where she was calling for the special prosecutor to oversee the russian investigation. >>> lieutenant governor gavin newsom ramping up the campaign for governor holding meet and greet events with voters around the state. last night he spoke with a friendly crowd of 80 people, mostly registered democrats, talking about issues of income inequality, homelessness. he talked about why people should vote for him. >> at the end of the day we are desperate for leadership, love or hate, i think i've shown that in the past with my issues and i want to continue on with the most difficult issue, social mobility. >> his next stop will be santa barbara in june and these town hall style meetings will continue next year. >>> the oakland police will send out a warning after reported attempted kidnapping, the 10-year-old boy said he was outside of his home on 45th street near broadway and a stranger came up and grabbed him. he was able to break free an

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reporter: special investigations will continue and fired fbi director james comey has been formally invited to testify publicly in a hearing. fox news. >> the list of possible replacements for james comey as fbi director is growing and president met with three more candidates for the job including joe lieberman who was a vice presidential candidate as the running mate of al gore and later became an independent. the president also interviewed oklahoma governor frank keating, acting director andrew mccabe and eight other candidates have been interviewed by the justice department officials and the president has said he will make a "fast decision." >>> new figures showing a dramatic jump in the number of people arrested by immigration agent since president trump took office and arrest are up almost 40% compared to the same time last year. the number of immigrants being deported is down by 12% compared to this time last year. since january 22, 41,000 immigrants have been arrested on suspicion of being in the u.s. illegally, 30,000 of them had previous criminal convictions, and almost 11,000 had no criminal records, and that figure h

fox news has learned james el-sisi -- james comey by robert mueller.ource says comey is prepared to testify before congress. lauren: budget director mikko veining treasury secretary stephen mnuchin headed to capitol hill to testify the $4 trillion spending plan has been criticized by democrats and republicans were in realistic eyes to social and domestic brokers. house speaker paul ryan with mike to mcallen take a careful look at where exactly the dollars are going. >> we should measure whether they are successful or not. are we getting the outcomes we want or we measuring success based on how much return of programs by automatic spending increases. >> a border wall in the u.s.-mexico borde >> the global market action we have been seeing after we've had four days of gains in the states. asia taking our cue as our cue sbc offers across-the-board. the nikkei in japan that more than half of 1%. hong kong hang seng up one 10th of 1%. the shanghai composite index squeezing out again to the upside is that downgrade in career costs be up one quarter of 1%. la

jonathan hoenig of capitalist pig hedge fund, james freeman of "the wall street journal." both are fox news contributors. james, so what is your take on the market reaction here? it is encouraging that we didn't see a huge downdraft or does it mean we're getting used to this? >> the point that this is sadly all too common. we've seen this run of attacks the last few years. in the uk before this and germany and sweden. this is sadly part of modern life. i suppose if you were inclined to be concerned from a financial perspective you're probably reassured by the fact that the president already on this trip before the tragic event was really rallying the world or attempting to face this problem and make it a priority. melissa: jonathan, he was rallying the world. gives him more backup in so many senses. >> certainly brings all scene people, all life-love being people together a terrible attack like this melissa. a deck skate ago an attack like this would have hurt the market. remember the change in color-coded threat level a decade back would hurt the market. none of that today. the brett

we'll be right back after a short break. >> james: this is a fox news alert. we are following breaking news. a report from "the washington post." let's get the latest from john roberts, who was already done some reporting earlier. good evening. >> good evening prayer and we are waiting to talk in person with a white house official but sean spicer provided fox news with a statement from rex tillerson, secretary of state. i think it bears repeating prayed he said of the meeting with lavrov and sergey kislyak, russian ambassador to the u.s., "during president trump's meeting with foreign minister lavrov, broad range of subjects were discussed, among which were common efforts and threats regarding counterterrorism. during the exchange, the nature of specific threats were discussed but they do not discuss sources, methods, or military operations. "there is another statement attached. i can't tell if it's an official statement or a quote from somewhere. it is from the deputy national security advisory for strategy saying "this story is false. the president only disc

appreciate it. >>> fox news has independently confirmed that james comey did write a memo saying president trump asked him to end the investigation into michael flynn. andrew mccabe said there is no effort to impede the investigation from the white house. there are seven congressional investigations ongoing. there is a caveat, mr. mccabe may not have known about the memo, he could have been talking about the overall probe, watch. >> there has been no effort to impede our investigation to date. simply put, sir, you cannot stop the men and women of the fbi from doing the right thing, protecting the american people and upholding the constitution. liz: bring in jim kallstrom with me now. jim, good to have you on the show. >> hi, liz. liz: what do you make of all this chaos? >> just another day of chaos from the fifth column of the country. let's wait and see if there is a memo. it was read, i believe, by some unknown person to somebody at the "new york times." you know, that's a long way from some of the speculation i'm hearing on the radio and on television about what the wording of it may or

. >> james rose with fox's problem to follow up on a comment from chairman steele that was directed to chairman perez. just a few minutes ago. with respect to the abortion issue. what the chairman said in essence was you just got a taste of this polarization within your own party. if i understood the remark correctly it was referring to this recent race for the mayoralty in omaha, nebraska, and as you're probably aware the state party chair, the democratic state party chair -- just make it a question. >> criticize you for, essentially saying that he is you are a pro-life politician you're not welcome in the democratic party. and i wonder, mr. chairman, if you would respond to that criticism for the nebraska state party chair? would you clarify that no pro-life politician has a home in the democratic party? >> i'll take one more bacteria and then we will lump these for together. >> chairman perez countries he talked about the big data analytics in fact, the organizing, and to me this gap -- campaign for hillary or obama still using paper. knocking on doors or making phone calls. now my

james freeman, assistant editor of "the wall street journal" editorial page. both fox duty, you seem to have a chuckle at what kellyanne conway was saying. >> yes, adding a new job to her resume, media critic in addition to spokesperson. this is ridiculous. what planet is she living on? i was the president who created the firestorm by knee capping his vice president. and undercutting the explanation with the vice president and other senior staff people giving to why james comey was being fired. so the idea of the process of turning into a story, not a cut of a fixture of our imagination or the fact that we did not see it coming. even the senior people, the fbi in his own white house did not know that the president was going to do this. the best defense is a good offense. she is taking a page out of the trump book which is going on the defensive, attack. she did the best she could with it. but please. >> jon: the fbi director was fired late tuesday, wednesday morning, that was when the vice president went out to capitol hill and said, he was fired because the deputy att

. >> in washington, i am garrett, fox news. >> james: thank you for spending part of your memorial dayus this evening. i made to the bargain sales, cookouts, and family gatherings, let's take a moment to remember all of those men and women who gave their lives in defense of this country. thanks so much for watching "special report." i am james rosen in for bret baier who will be back tomorrow. good night from washington. "the story" with guest host sandra smith, filling in for martha maccallum, starts right now. >> tuesday, may 30th, donald trump standing up to the back channel backlash personally defending senior advisor jared kushner against the media's latest controversy. >> another piece that has russia in the headlines. >> live in washington this morning. >> this flying on the house floor, chaotic scene as protests a rubbed in texas over the state's controversial sanctuary city bill but lawmakers, not protesters getting physical. >> from the length to lockouts, that mug shot we have all seen, the american golfers saying alcohol was not a factor so what happened here? "fox and frie

fair, balanced, and is still unafraid. ♪ >> this is a fox news alert, fbi director james comey has been the president of the united states. goodod evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." his departure came unexpectedly and for a moment we can almost hear official washington posit wondering w which talking points to use. and then the barking began. several democratic senators has already predictably called the as if you're watching something during watergate but you are not. this firing was overdue and everyone in washington knowsec . call me at recently went to class in college and said this about his plan to run the fbi. watch. >> boston college is a leader in thinking and educating on these incredibly important issues. so this is a great place to have

baird. . >> fox news now confirming that fired james comey declined an invitation from the senate intelligence a closed session on tuesday. david: and we have more breaking news onhat cyber attack u.s. senator ben sass, a member of the senate armed services committee responding to the ungoing ransom attacks targeting 20 countries. issuing this statement quote cyber security is not a hypothetical problem. today shows it can be a matter of life and death. melissa. >> north korea protesting new sanctions. north korea saying the country sent a letter to the u.s. congress over a house bill to impose sanctions calling them quote a heinous act against humility. here now is lieutenant colonel oliver north. post of the war stories and a fox news military analyst. what do you make of this story? >> well, of course this letter precedes just by a few moments the news that vladimir putin is now offering to help deal with the north korean nuclear icbm problem. but the letter from the foreign affairs committee of the so-called supreme peoples assembly objects to the may 4th near unanimous vote in the u.s. ho

going to bring you a fox news alert you may already know. the fbi director jamesomey has been fired by president trump just three and a half years into his ten-year term. he bragged recently six and a half more years to go, that turned out to not be true. director comey was terminated b abruptly, he did not know it waf coming.rn he was at an event with fbi agents when he was told. we're joined now by fox senior analyst brit hume to bring ano little perspective to all of this. you're one of the only people ip know who actually covered the famous saturday night massacre in 1973. special prosecutor was dismissed. you're hearing comparisons to that event tonight. are they valid? >> the occurrence of the saturday night massacre, the investigation into the alleged crimes of watergate was very well advanced and a great deal of evidence of wrongdoing had been uncovered both in congressional hearings and in the criminal investigations that were going forward. archibald cox, the independent counsel special prosecutor who had been named was very far along in that investigati

fox news alert. fbi director james, has been fired by the president of the united states. good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight" ." it came on especially in for a moment you could almost your official washington pause, wondering which talking points to use. then the barking began. several democratic senators have already productively called the firing nixonian as if you're watching something during watergate but you are not. this firing was overdue and everyone in washington knows it. comey recently went to boston college and said this about his plans to run the fbi. watch. >> boston college is a leader in thinking and educating on these incredibly important issues. so this is a great place to have it. hopefully you'll do it many more times. you're stuck with me for about another six and a half years and so i'd love to be invited back again. >> tucker: not true as it turned out. repeatedly injects himself and clinical matters at the chief fbi director should stay out of. he came out against body cams right after president obama endorsed them, effectively unde

meet with the entire senate to brief lawmakers on president trump's firing as fbi director james comey. we have fox team coverage. senator lindsey graham is reacting. we begin with our chief intelligence correspondent. >> reporter: i'm right up aside the skip on the senate side of the capitol. the skip is a secure facility used exclusively fors kh s clasd briefings. we've seen some trickle in in expectation of rod rosenstein's arrival. this event was put on the calendar last week after the abrupt firing of the fbi director. but senators have told fox news that they expect to ask questions about the appointment of the special counsel the former fbi director robert mueller. in this position he will have broad authorities. he will be able to issue subpoenas. he will be able to conduct depositions. he will be able to access classified information. he'll all be able to declassify information for public review. mueller has resigned from his dc law firm to prevent any conflicts of interest. now, this appointment has very broad bipartisan support. one democrat telling fox today that he believes this is par

. >> in washington, i am garrett, fox news. >> james: thank you for spending part of your memorial days evening. i made to the bargain sales, cookouts, and family gatherings, let's take a moment to remember all of those men and women who gave their lives in defense of this country. thanks so much for watching "special report." i am james rosen in for bret baier who will be back tomorrow. good night from washington. "the story" with guest host sandra smith, filling in for martha maccallum, starts right now. >> sandra: breaking tonight, international outrage, with president trump back in the united states after his first foreign trip, sent shock waves through europe and beyond. good evening. i am sandra smith and for martha maccallum. and this is a special edition of "the story" ." america first, home and abroad. over the weekend, during the g77 summit, the president appeared to make good on promises made in the campaign trail and once he was sworn into office. mr. trump putting allies and enemies alike on notice by bringing his america first doctrine to the world stage. but that did not

james? >> well, i don't cover tribune, but i think either sinclair or fox makes synergies. >> a buy on both?uff. thank you very much both to james and vince. >>> once lost to deep blue, former world chess champion garry kasporov is excited about art official intelligence and the good it does for humanity. discussing that and increasing tensions between u.s. and russia. >> that was two decades ago. plus, president trump ramping up a milk trade war with canada. live to a new york state dairy farm to see what's at stake later on closing bell. >>> welcome back, puerto rico could face lawsuits if they do not restructure their debt today. >> it's highly unlikely puerto rico reaches an agreement with the predators over eight hours given they had months to come up with a deal. midnight is the deadline, and after that, hedge funds and mutual funds will be free to sue the commonwealth over nonpayment from its defaults last year. puerto rico will then be forced to decide whether to activate title iii, similar to chapter 9 bankruptcy proceedings in the states. now, sources we spoke with say that we can