horrific photo of bloody schoolgirl on american flag and now taking aim at sarah sanders, actor jim carrie getting slammed on social media, "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ ♪ jillian: good monday morning to you, quiet look at midtown manhattan, 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning, i'm jillian mele. rob: lovely day if you like it cold, i'm rob schmitt, the white house firing back at reports this morning about the job security of special counsel robert mueller. jillian: that's right, days after fbi deputy director andrew mccabe was fired, griff jenkins live in washington for all the new developments, good morning, griff. >> let me start you up speed here, white house lawyer ty coob shooting statement about mueller's future. in response to questions being posed to administration, the white house confirms that the president is not considering or discussing the firing of the special counsel robert mueller, the statement came after the president set up a fire storm sending warning naming mueller, why does the mueller team have 13

the two former lovers never seemed to make direct eye contact that day, jim huden made it clear that, he at least, was willing to carryosh mankiewicz: perhaps jim huden's gaunt appearance frightened peggy. maybe the prospect of having her wardrobe, as well, reduced to basic orange, had a sobering effect. but two weeks later, just days before her trial was to begin, peggy thomas was back in court. judge: cause number 11-1-109-- josh mankiewicz: this time, it was to plead guilty to a reduced charge. lawyer: we're here for a change of plea to an amended charge, rendering criminal assistance in the first degree with a special allegation that the defendant was armed with a firearm. josh mankiewicz: in pleading guilty to criminal assistance, peggy thomas was basically admitting to being an accessory after the fact. judge: miss thomas, do you make this plea freely and voluntarily? i do. if you'd gone to trial against peggy thomas, do you think you would have won? uh-- 'cause if you say yes, my next question is, then why didn't you? my take on it was we had, maybe, a 50/50 chance of guilty versus not guilty. and so it was a r

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jim mattis. he probably carries a heavier burden, not only in this country but overseas. >> what do you make of mikepeo being chosen can? by people in the trump and republican party. he was other teem republican. >> in many ways, i think it is a better fit. >> they're certainly more on the wave length. >>> and a policy activist. he's in a better position as secretary of state. i do wonder, though about, whether he will continue to preside over the, essentially the dismantlement of the state department. it doesn't strike me that he's going to preside over a funeral which is what we've got going on right now in the state department. >> and of course they're talking about gena haskell. there are a lot of people raising questions including john mccain that in 2002 she ran a black site where two terrorism suspects were tortured and she also reportedly, her name was on a cable ordering the destruction of tapes. but you support her. >> i do. i think the world of gena. i think she is a tremendous officer. i've worked with her overseas. she had a second has as a dni representative and she did great. so i thi

carry idea. all of a sudden she's jim from the office going, like, are you guys seeing this?his is pretty much how the whole discussion went. trump supported all democrats gun control positions, universal background checks, raising minimum age to buy rifles, banning all domestic abusers from buying guns, trump pushed all their ideas. it was so disorienting seeing a different side of trump dr, like finding out your grandma works part time as a dominatrix. that's right, they call me the queen of nipple play! ( laughter ) and just like a dominatrix, tripp trump pushed the limits because at one point mike pence tries to step in and say calm down, there will be due process before anyone's guns will be taken away and trump is like, or -- >> but the pokes is to literally give families and local law enforcement additional tools if an individual is reported to be a potential danger to themselves or others, allow due process so no one's rights are trampled. >> or, mike, take the firearms first and then go to court, because that's another system because a lot of times by the time you go

jim: i think there are opportunities to get high quality carry or ticket some income on the front endf the curve. we do like the bank loan market. there are opportunities that you can buy credit instruments globally and hedge back the dollar. you can get a pretty nice carry associated with that. at a period of time when you are seeing a lot of volatility, you certainly are seeing a regime shift in regards where the markets are going and where policy is going. right now, on the front end of the market, with the back-off, you can get a decent income play on the front-end. jonathan: you said the same thing. greg: totally agree. there is an opportunity there. i am not sure you will get a lot of love out of it over the near-term, but there is real opportunity. they do have this pull to maturity. jim: if you look at the rally this year, and certainly in january, if you look at the aggregate levels of risk, when you think about the return scenarios, they're going to be far more compressed or lower than what we have seen over the last couple of years. as a way to protect yourself and get some

a judge today ordered coffee companies must carry a cancer warning label, but does science support the law? here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: the judge's ruling will require coffee roasters, distributors, and retailers, like starbucks, to include on their products a label that the beverage can cause cancer. at the center of a lawsuit is a state law requiring warnings on chwide range of chemicals that can cause cancer. one of those chemicals acrylamide, a carcinogen produced in the roasting bean process. and found in coffee. >> that's the major reason coffee turns brown. >> reporter: the judge in los hegeles today said starbucks and other coffee sellers failed to show the threat from acrylamide was significant. >> i believe in transparency, but at the same time, when you put a bold declaration-- "x" cay cause cancer"-- when there isn't data, that causes panic. >> reporter: the national coffee association told cbs news the lawsuit confuses consumers. st far as the science goes, research suggests coffee may lower the risk of diabetes and liver disease, and has even been linked to a longer life span. resea

jim, over to you. >>> in other news, a bill to restrict gun sales and allows teach tours carry weapons to school is on way to florida governor rick scott. members of the florida house approved the measure wednesday , in the 67-50 vote, the bill, in response to the deadly mass shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school last month. >>> president trump is still finalizing his plan to impose stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum. president wants to slap a 25 percent import tax on steel , and a 10 percent import tax on aluminum but u.s. allies like canada and mexico could be temporarily exempt. some republican leader remain concerned that the plan could spark a trade war and harm u.s. businesses. >>> today is international women's day, actors and producers are promoting their version of the times up movement. they brought their message to the iconic eiffel tower. the words now we act written in french are on the monument and group celebrated with the ceremony. it aims to raise money for sex assault victims who want to pursue legal action. >>> in japan, check out this viral video of food making a peculi

jim, back over to you. >>> thanks, meisha. >>> in other news a bill that restricts gun sales and allows teach tears carry weapons to school illsn its way to florida governor rick scott. members of the florida house approved the measure yesterday the bill is in response to the deadly shooting, at mar junior i stoneman douglas high school in park land, florida. seventeen people were killed in that shooting last movement >>> and president trump is, still finalizing his plan time pose stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum, the president wants to slap a 25 percent import tax on steel and 10 percent on aluminum but u.s. allies like canada and mexico, could temporarily, be exempt. some republican leaders are concerned that the plan could spark a international trade war, and harm u.s. businesses. >>> a california teenager is in jail this morning after police say he impersonated a san bernardino sheriff's deputy. jasmine generals says that the 14 year-old boy pulled up to her house in a ford explorer with flashing lights, and she said that he asked if there was a domestic disturbance there when she answered, some of his questions, jones

carry on. tracy: is it cyclical recovery or a bet on the ecb policy? jim: i think it is cyclical recovery., i take them at their word. they certainly want to get away from a loose policy. the problem the ecb has is the recovery in the eurozone has not reached exit velocity. enough to putng up with a more normalized monetary policy. in contrast to the united states, where you have a it isustaining cover a, balanced. in europe, it will be hard to get there. tracy: how much of a headache is the u.s. situation for the ecb? in the u.s. you have higher rates and a weaker dollar. a matching that is -- i imagine that is problematic. jim: the weaker dollar, certainly. i think it is driven by a lot of different events in market and politics. by uncertainty over u.s. politics lead. europe is not much better. i think and europe, there was a false sense of security about the politics last year, with a very pro-business government under e-krona. -- under macron. the difficulties chancellor merkel had putting together a coalition, now you have a totally divided italy heard. no clarity at all about what g

orlando judge, aiding and encouraging her husband omar mateen to carry out 2016 shooting that killed people as well as lying to the fbi. jimon, sentenced 25 years behind bars after leaving seven children sleeping aids so she can go to tan. police arrested the 32-year-old last year after finding the drugged up children some just six months old abandoned at the oregon day care. when he-- well, the president vg down on president trump's tariffs, national trade council director peter navarro says he isn't concern of threats of retaliation from other countries, they will understand the u.s. is looking for fair deals and stronger national security. >> you can't have a country as the president said without those industries, so from a purely national security point of view that's why we are acting on steel and aluminum. heather: navarro also echoing that china's stance will be addressed soon. president trump is close to firing him. has not spoken to staffers in weeks and claims political appointees are trying to undermine him. kelly urging for him to get back to work fixing the va. president trump continue to go push for biggest c

carried. there are no shock absorption mechanisms that you used to see 10 years ago. jonathan: oksana aronov, with colin robertson and jimlinski from janus henderson group. in the markets, where bonds have been this week, tense, 20's and thursdays -- and 30's. two basis points lower on the week at 283 and we and slower by basis point on a 30 year bond yield. still ahead, the final spread, the week ahead featuring a fresh reading on u.s. inflation. this is "bloomberg real yield." ♪ ♪ jonathan: i'm jonathan ferro, this is "bloomberg real yield." time now for the final spread. coming up over the next week, it will be a shortened trading schedule due to good friday ahead of the easter holiday. we get a series of u.s. economic data points, including personal spending, housing, and a look at inflation through core pce. still with me is oksana aronov from jpmorgan, colin robertson from northern trust and jim cielinski from just henderson -- janus henderson group. as people look at the show is a re-airs, there will be a lot of noise coming from washington, d.c., whether it's about white house palace intrigue or trade wars. set m

carry very little weight. >> that's right. and i think look at jim acosta reporting how the white house brushed off what was said about it. that is important about your credibility and how much it matters in cases like this. we've heard time and time again high-level officials say the president has absolute confidence in this person. the president's sitting in the oval office with this person. and then just a couple days later they depart. so this doesn't lead us to conclude that general mcmaster is there to stay. it actually leads us to conclude who likely is on the rocks, and as cnn's been reporting, looking for his way out, and they're looking for his way out as well. >> stay with us. much more ahead to talk about, including exclusive new cnn reporting on a deal by ivanka trump that the counter intelligence unit has been paying attention to. that and the kushner news that kushner companies got more than half a billion in loans. you're still here? we're voya! we stay with you to and through retirement. i get that voya is with me through retirement,

jim. this comes as the administration already was in a new roundov of crisis and controversy. >> it carried all the way over to wall street, as you said. as the president was making this announcement earlier today a white house officials were scrambling to give the details. wall street was unsettled by all of this. paul ryan putting out a statement essentially saying clang your mind as well as the british government. they released a statement earlier trying to get to the bottom of this as well. more turmoil over here. aids are pretty tight lipped by the state of affairs these days. >> with the white house seemingly in a state of constant chaos president trump tried to get back on track by turning to policy. the result president angered republicans and the stock market immediately tanked. >> what's been allowed to go on for decades is disgraceful. >> it was another miscalculation for a west wing that was re reeling. one of the latest damaging reports a new york times investigation revealing kushner's family received hundreds of millions of dollars in loans after the president's son-in-law he

carry very little weight. >> that's right. and i think, look at how jim acosta, who is reporting on the white house, brushed off what the white house said about it. and that tells you a lot about how important your credibility is when you're a spokesperson, when you are speaking on behalf of the president, and how much it matters in cases like this. we've heard time and time again, high level officials say, the president has absolute confidence in this person, the president's sitting in the oval office with this person. and then just a couple days later, they depart. so, this doesn't lead us to conclude that general mcmaster is there to stay, it actually leads us to conclude he likely is on the rocks and as cnn has been reporting, looking for his way out and they're looking for his way out, as well. >> general, admiral, jen, stay with us. much more ahead to talk about, including exclusive new cnn reporting on a deal by ivanka trump that the fbi's counter intelligence unit has been paying attention to. and the jared kushner news, that kushner business comp

jim baker. charlie: donald trump is the one who got elected. he's the person whose policy pry sorts are suppose to be carried out in all of these positions. and in someone is failing to do it, he should fire them. lou: i have got a few more names. let's build a wall. charlie: i can probably guess five or six people on your list. charlie, thanks so much. great to have you here. up next, president trump cheering the house intelligence committees conclusion of no collusion. president trump: we are happy with the decision by the house intelligence committee saying there was absolutely no collusion respect to russia. and it was a very powerful decision. >> we are bringing in a powerful voice. we take it up with fox news analyst gregg jarrett. did i mention legal analyst? i should have. gregg will be with us liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. non-drowsy claritin 24 hour relief when allergies occur. day after day, after day. because l

jim baker. charlie: donald trump is the one who got elected. he's the person whose policy pry sorts are suppose to be carried out in all of these positions. and in someone is failing to do it, he should fire them. lou: i have got a few more names. let's build a wall. charlie: i can probably guess five or six people on your list. charlie, thanks so much. great to have you here. up next, president trump cheering the house intelligence committees conclusion of no collusion. president trump: we are happy with the decision by the house intelligence committee saying there was absolutely no collusion respect to russia. and it was a very powerful decision. >> we are bringing in a powerful voice. we take it up with fox news analyst gregg jarrett. did i mention legal analyst? i should have. gregg will be with us next. stay with us. are pretty much t. but while some push high commission investment products, fisher investments avoids them. some advisers have hidden and layered fees. fisher investments never does. and while some advisers are happy to earn commissions from you whether you do well or not, fisher investments fees are structured so we do

behavior not just the ball tampering so him carrying on might send out the one message i think would be extremely controversial in its own way you could hear from jim sutherland that they want to get back to a situation or strongly and people are proud of their cricket and that's going to take a long time cricket writer telford if i think very hard to believe that coach darren lehmann couldn't have been part of the leadership group who went ahead with the decision to tamper with the ball. completely i believe they're leaving is a huge personality in that he. has been linked to this growth and it's very difficult to believe but don't leave it was not a boat house is trying. to hold on to somebody so yes it is going to be everybody else that is ready as. tennis now and former u.s. open champion sloane stephens as volatile to the miami open the semifinals the american twenty five year old thrash the former wild number one german actually the six two six two with the score the stevens first semifinal since winning last year's u.s. open. american john isner advance through to the quarterfinals of the when i over kuwait as my challenge is to be the secon

carries himself, how could he miss remember that, or mccabe isn't telling the truth? >> first of all they get to make their own rules because they think that their powers to themselves. jim comey knew when he wrote that letter on october 28th he was violating 50 years of justice department policy. he knows you are not allowed to brief the press anonymously or otherwise, but bp then spoke as if the fbi was an institution apart. that's the problem with comey and i think the fbi has to be part of the justice department purporting to be attorney general and not a rogue agency that makes its own rules. >> laura: i want to go to the general premise of the ankle, which is the democrats think they are riding high going into november, but i think that innate sense of fairness that the american people have -- i think it's inside of us. it's part of our dna. you saw it with what happened with the clinton investigation. it ended up backfiring on republicans. what about this, given the fact that so many other bad actors have been given basically carte blanche to walk away? >> i think the american people know that given enough time, history reveals the truth, and i think we are seeing

carried to the enemy stronghold. >> again that film from 1967, as 1967, we begin our conversation looking back 50 years ago. we are pleased to welcome the former u.s. senator, jimebb, a graduate of the naval academy, thank you for being with us. and an associate editor of the washington post and author of how many books now? them, they marched into sunlight. let me begin where we were early in 1968. who was winning the vietnam war? >> no one was winning. the united states government, without telling the public, basically decided they didn't want to win the war. more than 50% of the people and the country still supported the war. it was completely unknown what was going to happen next. >> you were at the naval academy in the 1960's. what was that like as you and your colleagues are preparing to serve in combat? >> he graduated in 1968 after the tech offensive. people seem to understand there were objectives over there. startk the best place to is what is it we were attempting to achieve. how can you even measure that now? we saw now how the war ended, but what was it looking like in 1968? there were valid strategic regions -- strategic reasons for us to look int

carry law. ofning us to tell us more this new law and the impact in florida is jim's call, a capital reporter forhe tallahassee democrat. thank you for joining us. guest: thank you. good morning. host: give us the highlights of this bill. what exactly does it do? guest: it's a far-reaching bill. one aspect that everyone is celebrating and agrees upon is more than $400 million for school security and mental health programs. the package also includes a three-day waiting period for most gun purchases, and raises the minimum age to purchase guns to 21. it also includes the school guardian program that has been attracting a lot of attention. this is a procedure where school and some teachers, in some cases, classroom instructors would be allowed to contest carry a concealed weapon or be armed with a firearm on school campus, public school campuses. , the scoreguardian marshall goes to a school guardian, to school guardian would be trained by the local certified by the sheriff and authorized by the sheriff. marshall of their school guardian would have no other law enforcement authority. host: these gua

carried to the enemy. >>> and again, that film from 1967 and jack web as we begin our -- a year in turmoil, a special serryes and we are welcomi welcoming jimebb. author of "i heard my country calling." thank you for being with us. and david ma ra minus and let me begin with where we were in 1968. who was winning the vietnam war? >> no one was winning. everyone was losing. >> why? >> for a lot of different reasons. the united states government without telling the public nard to decide that they didn't know thousand win the war unless they wanted to win the war. the public -- more than 50% of the people still supported the war. it was completely unknown what was going to happen next. so i would say that everyone was losing at that point. >> you were at the naval academy in the 1960s, what was that like as you and your colleagues prepares to sever in combat. >> i got there in 1964 when the gulf of tonkin graduated in 1968 after the tet offensive and people seemed to understand clearly there were objectives. the best part to start with the question you asked david, what were we attempting to achieve and how can you measure that now. there's is

steve: the problem jim jordan has with this, they were promised, the republicans were promised by house leadership if they were going to have that, they would also have the concealed carryt is not in there even though the leadership said it would be. that is why they're steamed. ainsley: they will have to compromise come to some sort of agreement on this. steve: work it out. ainsley: moving on, former vice president joe biden was speaking in miami in front of a young group. they were talking about terrible sexual abuse is. that is the topic of this forum down in south florida. well the former vice president stands up biden said this about our current president. >> when a guy who ended upcoming national leader said i can grab a woman anywhere she likes they asked me. no, i said we're in high school i would take him behind the gym and pound him. ainsley: i don't want to debate him. i want want to bee him up. steve: joe biden said he would beat up trump thumb in 2016. the president of the united states taking on the former vice president. he tweeted, crazy joe biden is asking like a tough guy. actually he is weak mentally and physically. he threatens me second time with ph