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bush did not want to create an all powerful white house chief of staff like jim baker. en though he had seen how successful baker was under reagan. i think w. wanted to run the white house himself to some extent. i think andy card did the best he could and but i think that he was not empowered in quite the same way that jim baker was under reagan or leon panetta was under bill clinton. there was some very powerful characters in that white house. dick cheney, don rumsfeld and others. i think it was a tough challenge for andy card. i think he did very well under the circumstances. host: let's hear from mike from california he's a democrat. caller: about this general. i have a list here for general comments. general kelly supposed to be this savior. john the baptist or something. this crap that he pulled with that black congresswoman straight up lied about what he was trying to do about our servicemen. that was straight up bs. that guy is a p.o.s. it's just amazing. one fantastic, you take your hourly rate $15 an hour, you move to zero, $30. that's a 50 week year. somebody
bush did not want to create an all powerful white house chief of staff like jim baker. en though he had seen how successful baker was under reagan. i think w. wanted to run the white house himself to some extent. i think andy card did the best he could and but i think that he was not empowered in quite the same way that jim baker was under reagan or leon panetta was under bill clinton. there was some very powerful characters in that white house. dick cheney, don rumsfeld and others. i think it...
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bush did not a powerful white house chief of staff like jim baker. he had seen how successful baker was under reagan. i think w wanted to run the white house himself to some extent. i think andy card did the best he could. i think he was not empowered in quite the same way that jim baker was under reagan or leon cannata was under bill clinton. there were some very powerful characters in that white house, dick cheney and don rumsfeld and others. i think it was a tough challenge for him. i think you did very well under the circumstances. host: let's hear from mike in modesto, california. mike is a democrat. caller: i have a list here for general comments. must be our savior or john the baptist. this crappy pulled with that black congresswoman, straight up lies about what she was trying , thatabout our servicemen was bs and that guy is a pos. rate andke your hourly weekthe zero, that's a 50 year. $80,000,dy makes that's $40 an hour. that's a little favor to you. the big thing is this: opting of the trump voters ago to these rallies. those money people do
bush did not a powerful white house chief of staff like jim baker. he had seen how successful baker was under reagan. i think w wanted to run the white house himself to some extent. i think andy card did the best he could. i think he was not empowered in quite the same way that jim baker was under reagan or leon cannata was under bill clinton. there were some very powerful characters in that white house, dick cheney and don rumsfeld and others. i think it was a tough challenge for him. i think...
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morning everyone and thank you for participating in this joint us russian environmental seminar i'm jim baker i mean administrators of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration and i'd like to thank the organizers particularly linda zali and ned austin so for their hard work in getting us to this point
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jim baker is a friend and i, you know, i could not be more appalled by the treatment of sensse senior long-serving career law enforcement people by this administration. look, i think it is very clear that the president personally has it in for a group of people he says is close to comey or comey's senior management team and i think the president also very clear, by the way, the president, you don't have to take my word. the president tweeted about jim baker and andy mccabe and that is a remarkable thing for the president to be tweeting about members of the bureaucracy, not the cabinet level but these are not even subcabinet. these are sort of, you know, senior level career burro cats in the justice department is an unbelievable breach of every protocol we thought we knew about the way the president interacts with law enforcement. it also reflects, let's be frank, the fbi should do political bidding and there is a group of people that run the fbi who actually have this quaint notion that the fbi should be an institution that enforces the law and protects the national security of the un
jim baker is a friend and i, you know, i could not be more appalled by the treatment of sensse senior long-serving career law enforcement people by this administration. look, i think it is very clear that the president personally has it in for a group of people he says is close to comey or comey's senior management team and i think the president also very clear, by the way, the president, you don't have to take my word. the president tweeted about jim baker and andy mccabe and that is a...
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the president tweeted about jim baker and andy mccabe and that is a remarkable thing for the president to be tweeting about by name, about members of the bureaucracy, you know, not the cabinet level, but these are not even sub-cabinet. these are sort of senior level career bureau kracrats in the justice department. for them to be named by the president is an unbelievable breach of every protocol we thought we knew about the way the president interacts with law enforcement. it also reflects, and let's just be frank about this, it reflects the fact that the president believes that the fbi should do his political bidding. and there's a group of people that run the fbi who actually have this quaint notion that the fbi should be an institution that enforces the law and protects the national security of the united states in certain types of domestic national security investigations, and that it should do that without reference to political favor. and this seems to be an idea that the president is not capable of getting his hands around and i think we should be candid that is what is going on
the president tweeted about jim baker and andy mccabe and that is a remarkable thing for the president to be tweeting about by name, about members of the bureaucracy, you know, not the cabinet level, but these are not even sub-cabinet. these are sort of senior level career bureau kracrats in the justice department. for them to be named by the president is an unbelievable breach of every protocol we thought we knew about the way the president interacts with law enforcement. it also reflects, and...
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, and why was jim baker reassigned two weeks ago? i want to bring them on the witness stand and answer questions in front of the american people? >> laura: it seems like the threat of contempt of congress as it started to get some balls rolling. thanks so much for joining us. up next, the president may keep his biggest campaign promise of all. hollywood is a problem, how to celebrate what is its worst year ever at the golden globes, i can hardly wait. michelle malkin weighs in on i tried hard to quit smoking. but when we brought our daughter home, that was it. now i have nicoderm cq. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. it's the best thing that ever happened to me. every great why needs a great how. >> laura: we've been imploring president trump all week to stick to his guns and make sure that he gets that border wall built, all of it as part of any wolff deal. now he's asking congress for $18 billion for new and replacement barriers, another deterrent that would cove
, and why was jim baker reassigned two weeks ago? i want to bring them on the witness stand and answer questions in front of the american people? >> laura: it seems like the threat of contempt of congress as it started to get some balls rolling. thanks so much for joining us. up next, the president may keep his biggest campaign promise of all. hollywood is a problem, how to celebrate what is its worst year ever at the golden globes, i can hardly wait. michelle malkin weighs in on i tried...
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, and why was jim baker reassigned two weeks ago? want to bring them on the witness stand and answer questions in front of the american people? >> laura: it seems like the threat of contempt of congress as it started to get some balls rolling. thanks so much for joining us. up next, the president may keep his biggest campaign promise of all. hollywood is a problem, how to celebrate what is its worst year ever at the golden globes, i can hardly wait. michelle malkin weighs in on both, stay there nick was born to move. 3 toddlers won't stop him. and neither will lower back pain. because at a dr. scholl's kiosk he got a recommendation for our custom fit orthotic to relieve his foot, knee, or lower back pain, from being on his feet. dr. scholl's. born to move. at ally, we offer low rates on home loans. but if that's not enough, we offer our price match guarantee too. and if that's not enough... we should move. our home team will help you every step of the way. still not enough? it's smaller than i'd like. we'll help you finance your drea
, and why was jim baker reassigned two weeks ago? want to bring them on the witness stand and answer questions in front of the american people? >> laura: it seems like the threat of contempt of congress as it started to get some balls rolling. thanks so much for joining us. up next, the president may keep his biggest campaign promise of all. hollywood is a problem, how to celebrate what is its worst year ever at the golden globes, i can hardly wait. michelle malkin weighs in on both, stay...
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memo or an op-ed in the journal that's interpreted as being the criticism of the president and jim baker's, and then their utterly different interpretations about the relative power of dick cheney. without fault line itself is so personal as well as philosophical, massive implications for our country in the world. dig in a little bit on those fault line. >> this is, as a historian, this is what you want to know. what transpired between these two. not the story that we thought it was. john is referencing an op-ed written on the eve of our going to war in iraq and it appeared in the wall street journal in august 2003. the headline is don't attack saddam. i believe that was the headline. >> is 2002. >> thank you so much. >> don't attack saddam, and there's great speculation that the old man has talked to his pal, his national security adviser asking him to come forward with this op-ed to reflect his own views and to tell his son how he feels. that's not exactly true. that is too much of a shakespearean imagination to be actually true. what happened was he called the elder bush and told him he
memo or an op-ed in the journal that's interpreted as being the criticism of the president and jim baker's, and then their utterly different interpretations about the relative power of dick cheney. without fault line itself is so personal as well as philosophical, massive implications for our country in the world. dig in a little bit on those fault line. >> this is, as a historian, this is what you want to know. what transpired between these two. not the story that we thought it was. john...
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morning everyone and thank you for participating in this joint us russian environmental seminar i'm jim baker i mean administrators of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration and i'd like to thank the organizers particularly linda zali and ned austin so for their hard work in getting us to this point general polley shook who i grew to have great respect for broke the ice at this meeting he gave a talk and he first slide that he showed in his presentation was a satellite picture from russian. reconnaissance satellite program showing. the construction of a super secret facility that we heard so he showed this picture being constructed it just broke the ice everybody laughed we were privileged to have academicians savage from the russian side and academician bond to our who is his deputy of kmita was not going to groom them going to just them. to sell unless there we had a great number of american colleagues here who is this is the russian delegation was large one hundred people i'd say most all of them involved in the other answer environmental issues what to do with the authorities
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the fbi director fired, bob mueller, trump attempted to fire him, then trump attacked comey, jim bakerhe's been reassigned, and we have bob mueller's boss, rod rosenstein, and trump has long blasted jeff sessions for rekucusing from russia. if you look at the picture, any one of these moves might have been seen -- every senior investigator involved in the criminal probe into the trump white house. it may not be a trump -- what if the personal is chasing the same nixonian goals but spread out slowly instead of one lawless night. students of history are now asking that question. >> it looks like a slow motion saturday night massacre. >> i wonder if some people in his entourage have at least studied the saturday night massacre, it's not that nixon did it, it's the way he did it, and the way he may have gotten away with it if he had done it more slowly and more obliquely and maybe that's what we're seeing tonight. >> speechwriter for four presidents, and al sharpton who has covered the last six state of the unions for nbc. the challenge going into the state of the union with this kind of c
the fbi director fired, bob mueller, trump attempted to fire him, then trump attacked comey, jim bakerhe's been reassigned, and we have bob mueller's boss, rod rosenstein, and trump has long blasted jeff sessions for rekucusing from russia. if you look at the picture, any one of these moves might have been seen -- every senior investigator involved in the criminal probe into the trump white house. it may not be a trump -- what if the personal is chasing the same nixonian goals but spread out...
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why did jim baker the general counsel at the f.b.i., why was he reassigned two weeks ago?mportant questions we need answers to so this is why we need the documents and step up and why there is a growing chorus of members saying it's time for a second special counsel. >> jon: mueller released strzok from his team after the revelation they existed well before he pointed them out or before congress became aware of them. why do you think he did that? why do you think mueller did that? >> they were so bad. you talk about an insurance policy and i'm afraid we can't take the risk the american people will vote and make donald trump president. that's the nature of the text messages. why did lisa page leave the mueller team two weeks before strzok? two weeks before the f.b.i. before mueller was notified about these text messages with the insurance policy language and everything else in them? why did she leave two weeks after that? i would like to know why she left two weeks before peter strzok did. she was also part of the mueller special counsel team. again, lots of questions i thi
why did jim baker the general counsel at the f.b.i., why was he reassigned two weeks ago?mportant questions we need answers to so this is why we need the documents and step up and why there is a growing chorus of members saying it's time for a second special counsel. >> jon: mueller released strzok from his team after the revelation they existed well before he pointed them out or before congress became aware of them. why do you think he did that? why do you think mueller did that?...
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>> this is not exactly the jim baker white house if that's what you're getting at.r what it was under 41. 41 was probably the most organized organic white house. this is the least. let me say one thing about bannon. he may be gone. alienation but bannonism is doing pretty well. united states got out of the transpacific partnership. the relationship with nafta is in jeopardy. we are doing all sorts of attacks on the world trade organization. immigration policy is what it is. you look at the things and bannon must be going not bad for one year's work. this year you can have a major u.s./china trade confrontation. too soon to say. bannon and the president, the wedge between them. i worry about what they have done. >> there are parts of bannonism being implemented but where the country has moved on issues like trade is not limited to bannon. hillary clinton came out for getting out of the tpp. this is a broader issue than just what's going on with the administration. i still believe that the president's most of his agenda is a conventional republican agenda and he's bas
>> this is not exactly the jim baker white house if that's what you're getting at.r what it was under 41. 41 was probably the most organized organic white house. this is the least. let me say one thing about bannon. he may be gone. alienation but bannonism is doing pretty well. united states got out of the transpacific partnership. the relationship with nafta is in jeopardy. we are doing all sorts of attacks on the world trade organization. immigration policy is what it is. you look at...
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let's to the run down, comey aid jim baker, he's been reassigned, now the news rod rosenstein is facing these attacks, he is literally the target of this memo fight tonight, that republicans want released and jeff sessions, trump blasted him for recusinrecusing, yes, from russia probe. it's quite a crackdown and big news for the night. joyce, is this reported loyalty request by trump of rosenstein inappropriate? >> you know, this is a continuation of the disturbing trend that we have seen, ari, where this president completely fails to understand that the loyalty and the obligation of justice department employees is to the constitution and the country, and not to the president personally. so rod rosenstein answered questions on the capitol hill apparently shortly after this meeting, and said he had never been asked for a loyalty pledge. perhaps he interpreted this differently. but given the entire course of conduct, it looks inappropriate, it looks like a president who should have known better, but couldn't help himself from trying to run the country like a business and not like a democr
let's to the run down, comey aid jim baker, he's been reassigned, now the news rod rosenstein is facing these attacks, he is literally the target of this memo fight tonight, that republicans want released and jeff sessions, trump blasted him for recusinrecusing, yes, from russia probe. it's quite a crackdown and big news for the night. joyce, is this reported loyalty request by trump of rosenstein inappropriate? >> you know, this is a continuation of the disturbing trend that we have...
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obviously we want to talk to jim baker who was the general counsel for the fbi and of course, you want to talk to jim comey. now, my preference is to save the bigger witnesses for the end we need to talk to everyone who is involved in the drafting of this exoneration memo in may of 2016. i mean think about that for a second maria. you're drafting an exoneration memo before you have interviewed two dozen witnesses and before you have interviewed the target of the investigation. maria: that's right. >> i want to talk to comey but i want to talk to him towards the end. maria: not only that but peter strzok when he was texting his girlfriend lisa page said that we need an insurance policy in place. now, congressman we have been hearing bits and pieces of this so-called russia probe and so-called collusion between trump and the russians with absolutely zero evidence. is that the insurance policy, was peter strzok basically saying to his mistress look, we're just going to keep investigating donald trump should he win. >> boy it surely reads that way, but the only way we're going to know that
obviously we want to talk to jim baker who was the general counsel for the fbi and of course, you want to talk to jim comey. now, my preference is to save the bigger witnesses for the end we need to talk to everyone who is involved in the drafting of this exoneration memo in may of 2016. i mean think about that for a second maria. you're drafting an exoneration memo before you have interviewed two dozen witnesses and before you have interviewed the target of the investigation. maria: that's...
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>> this is not exactly the jim baker white house, if that's what you're getting at, or what it was underbably the most organized organic white house. this is the least. let me say one thing about bannon. bannon may be gone but bannonism is doing pretty well. the united states got out of the trans pacific partnership. the relationship with nafta is in jeopardy and we're doing all sorts of attacks on the immigration is what it is. bannon must be sitting there saying not bad for one year's work. you could have a major u.s./china trade confrontation. i think it's too soon that bannon and the president, it's a wedge between them. i worry about what they have done. >> there are parts of bannonism but where the country has moved on issues like trade is not -- i think this is a broader issue than just what's going on with this administration. i still believe that the president's -- most of his agenda is a republican agenda and he's basically outsourced the development of the implementation of that agenda to experienced republican hands, ryan and mcconnell. >> there's a tribute to mitch mcconnell
>> this is not exactly the jim baker white house, if that's what you're getting at, or what it was underbably the most organized organic white house. this is the least. let me say one thing about bannon. bannon may be gone but bannonism is doing pretty well. the united states got out of the trans pacific partnership. the relationship with nafta is in jeopardy and we're doing all sorts of attacks on the immigration is what it is. bannon must be sitting there saying not bad for one year's...
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of course, jeff sessions is technically recused from the russia investigation, but andy mccabe, jim baker, the general counsel and deputy director of the fbi, these are critical figures to this investigation and the obstruction investigation into jim comey's firing. and you still have jeff sessions making pronouncements, trying to apply pressure about those individuals, these are people who are career nonpartisan, apolitical government officials. exactly the type of people that you would want in these jobs. and chris wray is fighting hard to preserve that independence in a pretty difficult situation. he said to me, actually, sort of years ago, he was talking about jim comey and bob mueller and what he learned from them, that chris wray said, you know, that the fbi director is about the toughest job in government, and that there aren't that many people who can weather the slings and arrows of that job and chris wray is learning right now just how true his own words are. >> chris, one of the next stops for sessions could be the hill. so many facets to these investigations. you think about a
of course, jeff sessions is technically recused from the russia investigation, but andy mccabe, jim baker, the general counsel and deputy director of the fbi, these are critical figures to this investigation and the obstruction investigation into jim comey's firing. and you still have jeff sessions making pronouncements, trying to apply pressure about those individuals, these are people who are career nonpartisan, apolitical government officials. exactly the type of people that you would want...
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there was one famous instant, october 18th, 1987, when treasury secretary, then jim baker and his wholeown the dollar. on october 19th, 1987, the very next day we had a market crash of 22%. >> david, you're alluding to exactly the right historical precedent here. it should be worrisome. it's a bull market. stocks are doing very well. economy is doing very well. we're in uncharted territory in many ways, federal reserve notwithstanding, exactly as you said, david, 1987, james baker made comments about the german mark would led their currency appreciate or we would let our dollar devalue. david: right. >> the fact it is depreciating such a rapid value makes folks a little nervous not just about inflation moving forward but about the strength of the u.s. recovery. david: let's be clear what the current treasury secretary mnuchin is trying to do. he is in davos, meeting with a lot of foreign industrial leaders who may want to do business in the united states. if he talks down the dollar, that lowers the cost at which they could buy into the u.s., maybe, buy a factory here or something. the
there was one famous instant, october 18th, 1987, when treasury secretary, then jim baker and his wholeown the dollar. on october 19th, 1987, the very next day we had a market crash of 22%. >> david, you're alluding to exactly the right historical precedent here. it should be worrisome. it's a bull market. stocks are doing very well. economy is doing very well. we're in uncharted territory in many ways, federal reserve notwithstanding, exactly as you said, david, 1987, james baker made...
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jim baker who is counsel to comey, was very close to comey, all right. the new fbi director is probably going to get a new general counsel. jim radiki, chief of staff. wray is probably going to get a new counsel. the president makes it harder for the fbi director to do what donald trump wants him to do by pressuring him to do it. because that was all going to happen. but because the president comes out and is like, i want a clean house and he like taunts mccabe and baker on twitter, it makes it harder for wray to bring his own people in without creating the impression that he's doing the president's bidding. so, it just puts the entire fbi seventh floor in a real bind. >> matt apusa, someone who knows that building about better than everybody else on the planet. thank you so much for joining us. congrats on the scoop. we'll be calling on you early and often. >>> when we come back, i'm old enough to remember republicans thought it was such a good idea to protect bob mueller that they introduced legislation to do just that. now republicans singing a very d
jim baker who is counsel to comey, was very close to comey, all right. the new fbi director is probably going to get a new general counsel. jim radiki, chief of staff. wray is probably going to get a new counsel. the president makes it harder for the fbi director to do what donald trump wants him to do by pressuring him to do it. because that was all going to happen. but because the president comes out and is like, i want a clean house and he like taunts mccabe and baker on twitter, it makes it...
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he has been demoted jim baker.ant to talk to all of those people at the fbi, the top people at the fbi who i think orchestrated this whole affair. >> harris: before i let you go, congressman jordan, at the end of the day, what is the penalty? what is the accountability here? i mean, you find out that potentially there is bias at the fbi and what happens? >> well, first of all, have you got to get all the answers. have you got to get the answers to the important questions. have you got to bring that public and then see. maybe there will be finally a second special counsel appointed by jeff sessions. maybe we will have to have criminal referrals as mr. graham and senator grassley did last week for christopher steele. we don't know. but we can't get to that point if we first don't get the information, the appropriate documented information and access to the witnesses to need to be deposed and who need to be questioned. >> harris: did dianne feinstein do you a favor? at least it's out there. >> i don't think so it's ha
he has been demoted jim baker.ant to talk to all of those people at the fbi, the top people at the fbi who i think orchestrated this whole affair. >> harris: before i let you go, congressman jordan, at the end of the day, what is the penalty? what is the accountability here? i mean, you find out that potentially there is bias at the fbi and what happens? >> well, first of all, have you got to get all the answers. have you got to get the answers to the important questions. have you...
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we know he shared his memos with his chief of staff, with his general counsel, jim baker, with others in the fbi, and talked to them right after his meetings with the president. those will be contemporaneous accounts. to the extent the president disputes jim comey's take on events, as he has at points in the past on twitter and in interviews, those contemporaneous witnesses will go a long way to corroborating what comey said. >> matt, how fine of a line is this? we are living in a highly partisan environment right now, where every move is scrutinized through a partisan lens. is this person a fan of the president, does he have an axe to grind with the president, or is he somebody that would likely be defending the president against all cost. how does a special counsel, how do they convince the public that what they did is fair, their results are impartial, when you are dealing with an american electorate who is going to view this on whether or not it is the outcome that they want to see? >> well, i guess part of that is whether you believe there's something known as objective truth or
we know he shared his memos with his chief of staff, with his general counsel, jim baker, with others in the fbi, and talked to them right after his meetings with the president. those will be contemporaneous accounts. to the extent the president disputes jim comey's take on events, as he has at points in the past on twitter and in interviews, those contemporaneous witnesses will go a long way to corroborating what comey said. >> matt, how fine of a line is this? we are living in a highly...
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i personally told jim baker that we had a real problems with what the united states was proposing. and we finally got an agreement because he realized that we were not going to have a deal if we didn't have a dispute settlement mechanism. and he overrode -- he took a strategic view and i made this strategic point earlier so i won't repeat that, but he took a strategic view and it was important for the united states to have an agreement with canada, trade agreement with canada and he overrode his negotiating team. which we're taking the same position that is being taken by the united states in this. so that is one less that people at the strategic level do have an ultimate responsibility to get a deal if they see the deal is appropriate for their country. and i think that we can easily come up with that combination. we've got professional negotiates. they could come up -- now what are the lessons learned? there has been work done analyzing what happened with the dispute settlement mechanism. and in some cases the united states wins and in some cases the canadians win. but they have
i personally told jim baker that we had a real problems with what the united states was proposing. and we finally got an agreement because he realized that we were not going to have a deal if we didn't have a dispute settlement mechanism. and he overrode -- he took a strategic view and i made this strategic point earlier so i won't repeat that, but he took a strategic view and it was important for the united states to have an agreement with canada, trade agreement with canada and he overrode...
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appearing before this committee now almost 30 years ago my then boss jim baker said foreign direct investment was our ace in the hole. as nancy said, our marketplace, our system and our workers are worth that investment. i think that's where we start but that's not where we end. we have to look at those security considerations you mentioned. and i think today, unlike past concerns -- the saudis, perhaps the japanese -- we're talking about someone who not only wants to be a pure competitor but a pure winner against the united states, that is china, and we have to look at chinese investment particularly closely. that doesn't exclude that there could be chinese investment that does not raise national security concerns. it doesn't exclude that there could be chinese investment that needs to be regulated or looked at by others. but i think again we start with a point of view that we want to attract that investment but not at the cost of harming u.s. national security. >> and ms. mcclurnen, what interests me about this issue is why for are not robust -- sufficiently robust capitol markets in the un
appearing before this committee now almost 30 years ago my then boss jim baker said foreign direct investment was our ace in the hole. as nancy said, our marketplace, our system and our workers are worth that investment. i think that's where we start but that's not where we end. we have to look at those security considerations you mentioned. and i think today, unlike past concerns -- the saudis, perhaps the japanese -- we're talking about someone who not only wants to be a pure competitor but a...
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and the leading proponents of it, by the way, jim baker, toward schulz, art laffer, go down the list of current -- secretary of state tillerson committeecame to be of climate change. and he talked about the need to logicalon for very reasons, not the least of which was revenue and then also not building on a national debt. combining conservative ideas of withncreasing the debt democratic ideas of creating full employment and compensation to those in the workforce. we ought to be able to make those things work. and that will continue to be our goal. oftentimes, and people get frustrated, asking what is your message out there #well, i would argue -- what is your message out there? argue that it depends on the region of the country that you are from. quite frankly, they make out pretty well. think on thedon't personal side they do and there are people in red states that itemize their deductions and there are middle-class people in their who will say -- this is not what i thought it would be. by and large, to the extent that we can galvanize the country behind infrastructure, which i bel
and the leading proponents of it, by the way, jim baker, toward schulz, art laffer, go down the list of current -- secretary of state tillerson committeecame to be of climate change. and he talked about the need to logicalon for very reasons, not the least of which was revenue and then also not building on a national debt. combining conservative ideas of withncreasing the debt democratic ideas of creating full employment and compensation to those in the workforce. we ought to be able to make...
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in '87 it was comments about jim baker on the weak dollar that set off that correction.ot a cassandra but this time it's different. given the stimulus and the political implications, a shutdown might portend more havoc in the market. neil: you are right, a 10-year note is back over 2.6%, as it moves toward 3%. others say it would be a subtle development. when that happens, earmarks in the stocks because the return is so low elsewhere. does that worry you? it would still be low but inexorably be ticking higher? >> keep in mind, before the president was crowing about the stock market and its all-time highs, he and others are calling it quantitative fuel program. it hasn't changed to ultimately raise interest rates. just like under obama, we are under fiscally chartered territories. as you said, we've gone years without a 3 or 5% correction in the market. i just think now is the time for prudence overall and getting the three to six months worth of living expenses. if you have that at night, neil, doesn't matter if the government shuts down. the market goes down, 300, 500,
in '87 it was comments about jim baker on the weak dollar that set off that correction.ot a cassandra but this time it's different. given the stimulus and the political implications, a shutdown might portend more havoc in the market. neil: you are right, a 10-year note is back over 2.6%, as it moves toward 3%. others say it would be a subtle development. when that happens, earmarks in the stocks because the return is so low elsewhere. does that worry you? it would still be low but inexorably be...
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obviously we want to talk to special agent strock and jim baker and, of course, you want to talk to jimomey, my preference is to say the bigger witnesses for the end. we need to talk to everyone who was involved in the drafting of this exoneration memo in may of 2016. think about that for a second, maria, you are drafting exoneration memo before you have interviewed two dozen witnesses and before you interviewed the target of the investigation. maria: that's right. >> i want to talk to comey but i want to talk to him towards the end. maria: and my thanks to congressman tray gowdy, joining me this morning former assistant director for fbi counterterrorism division terry, terry, good to see you, thanks so much for joining us. what's your take on all of this? >> this is probably the biggest crisis to face the fbi in my lifetime, bigger than watergate, bigger than waco and the reason is it goes to impartiality and ability of the ability to have trust of the public, this is a catastrophic failure and hurts to say that just as much as it hurts to watch this unfold. this is not the fbi that am
obviously we want to talk to special agent strock and jim baker and, of course, you want to talk to jimomey, my preference is to say the bigger witnesses for the end. we need to talk to everyone who was involved in the drafting of this exoneration memo in may of 2016. think about that for a second, maria, you are drafting exoneration memo before you have interviewed two dozen witnesses and before you interviewed the target of the investigation. maria: that's right. >> i want to talk to...
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. >> there are so many that were profiled in the book what about jim and tammy faye baker? jimmy swaggart, an interesting group. >> you haven't said anything yet of the civil rights easement in the 60s and its effect. >> i should have mentioned it at the start of all of that. and that they created that movement because even though people did not mention it at the time falwell was a huge segregationist. but it isn't mentioned any longer it was all about morality but underneath that certainly it was about the civil rights movement and the disruption of the hierarchy of society and society was chaotic so the head of the first baptist church, to be in the majors segregationist movement changed his tune. so to talk about the integrationist and people you had to worry about and to see them as part of this because like the kids on the campus rioting in the streets so these parallels were made without ever having to say that policy of the segregationist schools. >> and that is what the new right operatives said there were reasons for the christian right but taxes and regulations an
. >> there are so many that were profiled in the book what about jim and tammy faye baker? jimmy swaggart, an interesting group. >> you haven't said anything yet of the civil rights easement in the 60s and its effect. >> i should have mentioned it at the start of all of that. and that they created that movement because even though people did not mention it at the time falwell was a huge segregationist. but it isn't mentioned any longer it was all about morality but underneath...
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back in the first bush administration, our secretary of state jim baker, was trying his best to undo the damage that was done by baraco. three decades western sahara was taken from its home pland and -- homeland and put out in the desert. i've been there and you wonder how a person can live out there. the problem was is that marocco is rich. i testified before a house committee and i commented that marocco hired the most expensive lobbyists in washington. one of the problems was that because of the advantage that they have, they've been not going to come to the table. one of the reasons is marocco is the only country that can be considered an african country not part of the african union. what did paul kagame do? he brought them into the african union. he has convinced the african union to allow marocco to join once they can get together and get something done. so hopefully he's on the road to trying to end three decades of trauma that hats -- that has taken plays out in the desert. but this effort sour our relations with kagame? no. the impact is the opposite. earlier former general
back in the first bush administration, our secretary of state jim baker, was trying his best to undo the damage that was done by baraco. three decades western sahara was taken from its home pland and -- homeland and put out in the desert. i've been there and you wonder how a person can live out there. the problem was is that marocco is rich. i testified before a house committee and i commented that marocco hired the most expensive lobbyists in washington. one of the problems was that because of...
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of individual fbi officials for attacks in individual tweets, andy mccabe, the deputy director, jim bakerd a line agent, peter strzok. this is unheard of presidential behavi behavior, and the fact that so many people in congress seem to not nearly not take it as a grave, grave problem, but to be jumping on the bandwagon is -- i think it's a profoundly dangerous thing that we just have to keep talking about and keep reminding people that this is not the way the president is supposed to be interacting with a very powerful entity of federal power which is the law enforcement apparatus of the united states. >> brian, another part of the very important part of our government that provides critical checks and balances that you don't see in countries where autocrats rule has to do with the judiciary. you look at what the president of the united states has said in the past about republican appointees who were federal judges that ruled against him on the district court level, he's questioned authority to do that. he's sent people out on sunday morning shows saying the president's authority is not
of individual fbi officials for attacks in individual tweets, andy mccabe, the deputy director, jim bakerd a line agent, peter strzok. this is unheard of presidential behavi behavior, and the fact that so many people in congress seem to not nearly not take it as a grave, grave problem, but to be jumping on the bandwagon is -- i think it's a profoundly dangerous thing that we just have to keep talking about and keep reminding people that this is not the way the president is supposed to be...
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why did jim baker get reassigned two weeks ago.alling on jeff sessions to provide. steve: let's see what happens today. congressman, thank you very much. >> thank you. steve: straight ahead on this friday. "fox & friends" exclusive. one of the companies selected to build the prototype for president trump's big beautiful wall joins us live next. the gummy squish. centrum micronutrients fuel your body from the inside out. grab a centrum and join in. repeat daily. you feel better. introducing tommie copper's all new shoulder centric posture shirt. they're biggest breakthrough yet. advanced engineering promotes healthy posture and relief for achy shoulders and back. visit tommiecopper.com to see the entire line of wearable wellness compression. they have you covered from head to toe. go to tommiecopper.com right now and find out how you can save 25% on your first purchase, plus first shipping. life hurts, feel better. governor he joined us just this last hour to make the big announcement. >> i'm in a position to exercise the leadership
why did jim baker get reassigned two weeks ago.alling on jeff sessions to provide. steve: let's see what happens today. congressman, thank you very much. >> thank you. steve: straight ahead on this friday. "fox & friends" exclusive. one of the companies selected to build the prototype for president trump's big beautiful wall joins us live next. the gummy squish. centrum micronutrients fuel your body from the inside out. grab a centrum and join in. repeat daily. you feel...
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these are -- i mean, what sally yates, andy mccabe, jim comey, the general counsel baker was his last name, the people who have been fired all have in common, they were all witness to the interactions of a new president who was at best bizarre, at worst, on instructing justice in an ongoing way. >> sure. look, step back for a second. there is a global information war that is under way that is being directed by vladimir putin and the russian federation, and it is aimed squarely at the western democracies. not just the united states, but it's acutely focused on the united states and the aim of that campaign is to weaken the faith of the american people in vital american institutions. the point of the campaign is to sew chaos. when trust in institutions collapses, what happens next is there's faithlessness in the systems. free market american capitalism, republican democracy. all of these things become questioned into the material benefit of the russian federation. what we're seeing now, and i don't know what devin nunes' most investigation is, i do believe he has a record of acting in b
these are -- i mean, what sally yates, andy mccabe, jim comey, the general counsel baker was his last name, the people who have been fired all have in common, they were all witness to the interactions of a new president who was at best bizarre, at worst, on instructing justice in an ongoing way. >> sure. look, step back for a second. there is a global information war that is under way that is being directed by vladimir putin and the russian federation, and it is aimed squarely at the...
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on behalf of county executive baker, it is the president jim coleman, i would like to give you warm welcome to the economic development cooperati cooperation. i'm especially honored to have senator van hollen, congressman hoyer and congressman brown here this morning. i also welcome the mayors, the account managers, the unions to this very important round table. i would thank our congressional delegation for their unwavering support for prince georges county, maryland. you have been our champions and brought funding for significant economic development projects, including what is not done yet, two of the best sites for your fbi locations and we need your full support for that. you have supported two of the sites for the fbi and i think the gsa would be proud these are cost effective smart locations for the fbi. there fore, i'm pleased to inform you due to your tireless effort, prince georges county, maryland, leads the entire state of maryland in job growth. is leading the state of maryland -- [applause] >> i'm not done yet. it has led the state of maryland for four consecutive quarters. of
on behalf of county executive baker, it is the president jim coleman, i would like to give you warm welcome to the economic development cooperati cooperation. i'm especially honored to have senator van hollen, congressman hoyer and congressman brown here this morning. i also welcome the mayors, the account managers, the unions to this very important round table. i would thank our congressional delegation for their unwavering support for prince georges county, maryland. you have been our...
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baker. and zachary harman will become the fbi director's new chief of staff, replacing jim rabicky. the most important news came later today in a stunning report from "the washington post" what the president said shortly after he fired fbi director james comey. between the comey firing and senate confirmation of christopher wray as the next fbi director, the fbi's deputy director served as the acting director of the fbi. soon after he became the acting director, andrew mccabe was summoned to the oval office for what "the washington post" reports was a get to know you meeting. there is no indication in "the washington post" report that anyone other than the president and the acting director mccabe were in the oval office for this meeting, which did not go well. the post reports the two men exchanged pleasantries, but before long trump, according to several current around former officials asked andrew mccabe a pointed question. whom did he vote for in the 2016 election? mccabe said he didn't vote. trump, the official, said also vented his anger at mccabe over the several hundred thous
baker. and zachary harman will become the fbi director's new chief of staff, replacing jim rabicky. the most important news came later today in a stunning report from "the washington post" what the president said shortly after he fired fbi director james comey. between the comey firing and senate confirmation of christopher wray as the next fbi director, the fbi's deputy director served as the acting director of the fbi. soon after he became the acting director, andrew mccabe was...
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baker was reassigned late last year. and plans to move to the private sector in a statement, write a thanked roy for his years of service writing jim lbl dearly missed by the fbi family and by me personally. >> write a testified that he -- >> i would try to talk him out of it. if that failed, i would resign. >> and the fbi is under republican fire once again over private communications between peter strzok and the lawyer. an apparent reference to the e-mail investigation, known in the fbi as the mid year exam. i personally have a sense of unfed business. i unleashed it with nye. now i need to fix it and finish it. and there are approximately 50,000 texts between the pair. it is probe yg more than five months of text messages are missing. president trump blasting the agency for the missing texts tweeting, in one of the biggest stories in a long time, the fbi says it is missing five months worth of texts and all in prime time. wow! they should do everything possible. we will leave no uncertainty to find out why these are not now available to be produced. though the republican chairman says cnn he believes knicks texts are merely the
baker was reassigned late last year. and plans to move to the private sector in a statement, write a thanked roy for his years of service writing jim lbl dearly missed by the fbi family and by me personally. >> write a testified that he -- >> i would try to talk him out of it. if that failed, i would resign. >> and the fbi is under republican fire once again over private communications between peter strzok and the lawyer. an apparent reference to the e-mail investigation,...