we understood that the problem reied in the leadership of joe arpaio. and joe arpaio is now the former sheriff and the current sheriff has worked very hard to change the culture. we need a change in leadership at the top levels of this country. we need to elect democrats so that we can make sure that our values of inclusion and opportunity are values that are now holding score, holding sway in the united states. think that's the most important thing that we can do is win elections in november, so that we can reform i.c.e., so that we can reform the epa, so that we can change this culture of corruption that has inspected the federal government and it's infected the federal government because its leadership in the form of this president is ethically void. >> final question, does the president's rhetoric embolden or strengthen racists and white supremacists here at home and in europe? >> well, i mean, we've seen -- you look at the hate crime statistics that the fbi produces every year, there's been a significant increase in hate crimes across virtually eve

he gave his very first pardon to a political ally, joe arpaio. the controversial former arizona sheriff who was actually convicted of contempt of court for defying judge's orders. now, i spoke to arpaio on the beat after he announced he was running for the u.s. senate. we talked about many things, including why he thought he should be able to write federal laws given his own history, not following them. >> well, you know, the court that you're talking about is a misdemeanor, contempt of court. evidently a previous judge said that i violated his decision. i'm not going to get into that. but as far as the contempt, it was a misdemeanor, same time you can get for barking dogs. and i won't get into all the facts as to how that trial was conducted. and when the department of justice went public during the trial telling all the voters that i -- actually, we were in the election phase telling reporters that i could get six months in prison. so the president -- and i never asked for the pardon, pardoned me because he knew that this decision was wrong. an

but first, sheriff joe arpaio talks to me about getting that pardon from donald trump, the very first of the trump administration, and i asked him whether he understood he was admitting guilt. when we're back when 60 seconds. at&t provides edge-to-edge intelligence, covering virtually every part of your healthcare business. so that if she has a heart problem & the staff needs to know, they will & they'll drop everything can you take a look at her vitals? & share the data with other specialists yeah, i'm looking at them now. & they'll drop everything hey. & take care of this baby yeah, that procedure seems right. & that one too. at&t provides edge to edge intelligence. it can do so much for your business, the list goes on and on. that's the power of &. >>> donald trump has been experimenting with how to use presidential pardons and commutations leaving many to wonder if he's trying to send a message to his fellow subjects in the russia probe. he gave his very first pardon to a political ally, joe arpaio, the controversial former arizona sheriff, who was actually convicted of contempt o

( booing ) a lot of friends of the sheriff here. ( laughter ) you might remember joe arpaio for his over-the-toprison policies or that he was found guilty of criminal contempt for disregarding a court order to stop racially profiling latinos, only to be pardoned by trump. so arpaio never actually served time for the crime he committed. which is lucky for him, because i hear the arizona prisons were designed by a monster. ( laughter ) and what platform is this 85- year-old racist running on? "he vows to keep pushing birtherism." really? obama's birth certificate? come on, you're living in the past. today's republicans are forward- looking. they want to hear about hillary's emails! ( laughter ) but arpaio has a challenger for who's going to drive the senate campaign clown car. he's got to contend with former state senator and recovering hair-straightener addict, kelli ward. ( laughter ) ward is a conservative who lost a run against john mccain in 2016, and during that campaign, she appeared on the radio show of conspiracy theorist and screaming tuber, alex jones. ( booing ) jones brought up the id

in facact, earlier, whwhen he pardoned joe arpaio, it turns oh joe arpaio was also a supporter of this bundy group and this radical, violent a agenda. i think it goes along with trump gearing up this violent undercurrent in america to support him and to drive fear into others. juan: last week, supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh submitted to the senate his responses to a lengthy questionnaire as part of the confirmation process. responding to a question about the 10 most significant cases over which he sat, kavanaugh cited his dissenting opinion in white stallion energy center v. epa, in which he argued that the epa must consider financial costs when deciding whether to regulate emissions from power plants. kavanaugh wrote in the questionnaire, "in my view, it was unreasonable and therefore unlawful under the administrative procedure act-for epa not to consider the costs imposed by regulations in determining whether such regulations were appropriate and necessary." i'm wondering your thoughts on if judge kavanaugh is confirmed for the supreme court, what the impact of this would be o

and sasha cohn hacks sarah palin and joe arpaio to dig cheney. did he go too far? i'll talk to one of the victims. >> that's a first, the first time i've ever signed a water -- >> first with regard to the 12 russian officers indicted for interfering in the 2016 election. i want to challenge one part of the wisdom, namely the timing poses an awkward diplomatic effort for the president. it may have done him a favor, if he is willing to seize it. think this through with me the announcement comes three days before he sits down in helsinki, to be sure, the anticipation of the mid-day press conference with j.g. rod rosenstein presents a juxtaposition. they were about to compete for attention with the president's formal arrival with queen elizabeth. tv's technical directors were spared. rosenstein was 30 minutes late to the start time of his announcement. given the president, they needed to do his review at queen's castle. rosenstein then revealed he briefed the president on the indictments in the days prior. >> i briefed president trump about these allegations earlier th

former vice president dick cheney, conservative radio host jim walsh, joe arpaio and roy moore were allboycott of the show and are even saying he may have violated the stolen valor act of 2013. showtime did not respond to our request for comment. big-time controversy here. >>> in the letter he continues to rip sarah palin for being so-called offended. why wouldn't you be? if someone says i'm in the service and come in a wheelchair, you don't say what branch of service? you don't have follow-up. and her son served. >> she has strong ties to the military and the reaction has been on both the left and the right. especially if he did -- we don't know what he did. he says he was in the u.s. postal service. i think he was joking there. if he did really dress up as a disabled veteran for profit, that is not good. that really crosses the line. a lot of people agree. >> i'm surprised showtime hasn't said anything. have a great weekend. that is it for us tonight. join me again on monday morning on "fox & friends." i'm going to ask you to join me on radio on the "brian kilmeade show." have a great

sheriff joe arpaio is on that list and he issue pardons to famous people and stallone and jack johnsonie jackson and kim kardashian pleaded with him. >> more broadly and people see this and trump liking to wave his magic wand and exercising that power and whether or not he's signaling something else of all the folks that's involved with the russian investigation. >> as the president involved in the investigation and people close to him have been charged with crimes, would we not c conclude that the president is signaling some of those folks reminding them that he has the ability to pardon them. >> no other president in recent history have used the pardon in this way. they used to be this orderly process for applying to the justice department for a pardon and you know or lengthy review process. it is not required, it is just how the president have done it. this has been an operation where he pardons his friends or friend of his friend. if you are paul manafort or michael cohen, though they are in strange relationshi right no you may think i am next on the list and i don't have to worry

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kelly ward and joe arpaio are also running to the right and also have their base. it's going to be a barn burner and president trump could have a decisive impact. >> dana: yes, president trump said he would shut down the government and he thinks america is a laughingstock because of immigration laws. he said $25 approximately wasn't a red line. he would negotiate. how do you think republicans in the swing districts worry or not worry about this threat? >> the dirty secret about gift shut downs, you don't want to say you're for a government shut down. republicans are concerned that trump wanted a government shut down. but immigration is a winning issue for republicans. >> dana: thank, josh. we'll be right back. t, there are over 10,000 allstate agents riding sweep. call one today. are you in good hands? guys,but you've got sto be strong.st remember janet? she got cash back shopping with ebates and hasn't been skeptical since. where'd the money come from? stores pay ebates. psh!!! psh!!! then ebates pays you. psh!!! psh!!! psh!!! psh!!! psh!!! psh!!! psh!!! psh!!! ps

president trump announcing the pardon coming after he's used the power to pardon joe arpaio to activists. clearly president trump not afraid to use this authority more liberally than predecessors at this point in his presidency. >> correct me if i'm wrong, this won't be seen as controversial as the arpaio or desouza pardons? >> absolutely not. but it's another high-profile incident that president trump has waded into. >> he says he's considered it for martha stewart and rod blagovejich. we'll see. thank you. >>> thank you for being with me in new york. i will see you back here tomorrow. we have more right now. >>> i'm in for kate bo-- i'm ka bolduan. moments from now, the supreme court nominee arrives on capitol hill for the first critical meetings with republican senators. democrats are wasting no time, though, senate democratic leader chuck schumer and other democrats are out protesting his nomination on the steps of the supreme court already this morning with a deep partisan divide that's going nowhere and a razor-thin republican majority in the senate. kavanaugh must know that he

. >> dick cheney, joe arpaio, ted koppel and now former senate candidate roy moore all believe they were duped as well. moore is threatening legal action. abc news has made multiple attempts to get an official response from sasha baron cohen and showtime, but so far no response. >>> still to come on abc 7 news at 4:00, the effort to help some critically endangered black rhinos in africa that turned into a complete disaster. >>> i' abc 7 news meteorologist the forecast. the forecast. we'l ( ♪ ) your heart doesn't only belong to you. child: bye, grandpa! and if you have heart failure, entrusting your heart to entresto may help. entresto is a heart failure medicine that helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital compared to a leading heart failure medicine. don't take entresto if pregnant. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serio

applause ) and this one-- this is just the latest in a string of pardons that's included sheriff joe arpaio, scooter libby, dinesh d'souza, and the late boxer jack johnson. ( audience boos ) that last one-- that last cause was championed by legal scholar sylvester stallone. ( laughter ) so, remember, if you ever get wrongly convicted, don't call a lawyer. call mickey rourke. ( laughter ) and last week, trump floated the idea he might also pardon martha stewart and disgraced illinois governor rod blagojevich, after blagojevich's wife, patti, asked for a pardon on fox news. well that is-- going on fox news is one of the best ways to make sure trump gets your message-- other than writing it on his stea ketch. ( laughter and applause ) and, and cnn-- ( cheers and applause ) so riffhy not? "we loea ( laughter ) and cnn is reporting that the administration has prepared the pardoning paperwork for at least 30 people. "okay let's see who we've got here: iron mike tyson, charlie sheen, the hot mugshot convict, the noid, hannibal lecter, fred flintstone, and osama bin laden. take that, obama. now you

then guess what, i'm the perfect case for you to use and we know that president trump has pardoned joe arpaio. president trump has gone out of the way to pardon denise desousa, fellow conservatives, if you will, especially on the immigration issue. he's going out of his way even to pardon scooter libby. again, in every case it seems like he is sending a message. >> martha: what about mark rich? obama and bush had hundreds of pardons when you look back at the list. hundreds of them. and in many cases it's just a question of believing that there should be some forgiveness for time served. i don't think there's any question that there were laws broken here and you are absolutely right. patty blagojevich is hoping to catch the attention with the president with this op-ed that she wrote entries raising the question. we will see if she gets anywhere. we got to leave it there. thank you very much, great to see all of you. here is a question for you. totally different subject. i want you to weigh on us, have you tried to get a plastic straw in your coke or your cocktail lately? >> i brought myself a

joe arpaio, we have reached out but they have not gotten back. >> thank you for standing up early for so we want to talk tariffs a bit. president this morning tweeting tariffs are the greatest. either a country gets treated unfairly or gets treated. we are the piggy bank being robbed. here's what house speaker paul ryan said moments ago. >> i don't think tariffs are the right answer. i don't support tariffs. i think they are taxes and there are better tools we can use to hold abusers of trade laws and people -- countries that perpetuate unfair trade practices. i think there are better tools to get them to play fairly. >> that brings us to today's sources say with ann in a aa an. >> i think republican and democratic operatives are trying to figure out what impact they will have on the election. one thing this he agree on are it's not helpful for republicans. they are worried people in agricultural industries are really worried that this is going to threaten their industry. that's kind of a given right now there's heightened concern about these trump voters. that being said, an open que

it's not a major headline, scooter libby, joe arpaio, lying to protect your friends.tin the law if it allows more harshness to immigrants. that's okay to trump. dwight and steven hammond were charged and convicted to setting fire on federally owned land. they turned to criminal threats. the fires they set spread on to federal land. dwight has served three years and steven four. they launched an armed occupation of oregon's national wildlife refuge in 2016. i'll never forget the interview, because he showed up with a dead calf. >> he died this morning, he's been without his mother two weeks. >> why do you think that calf is dead? is it dead because someone killed it, or your reluctance to follow through with the laws that every other rancher in your state complies with. who's responsible for the death of the calf. >> i'll tell you who's responsible for it, this calf would produce something for america. now it's dead. they're producers, we're not just out here having fun and a party, we're unite here trying to produce food for you people. why why does this sound like ne

this president has pardoned joe arpaio and hasn't had a single national security meeting. it's all backwards. >> and they rushed to hold the meeting this week because his aides figured out that they needed to do something to try to clean up helsinki. when you look at this claire mccaskill story, this happened last fall. the federal government has known about this for months. donald trump presumably knew about this when he was in helsinki and said the russians weren't responsible for what happened in 2016 when two days later he said in the cabinet room that they weren't trying to hack elections now, he would have known that they were trying to hack a democratic senator's e-mail and get in and do the exact same thing they did to hillary clinton. and so when you ask why he denies this, the big thought experiment for me, let's say the russians are successful at doing to claire mccaskill or joe donnelly or someone else what they were able to do to hillary clinton and they can get e-mails and publish them through wikileaks, do you think donald trump will not talk about those on

dealers, even animals, we've seen references in very extreme ways, we've seen pardoning of sheriff joe arpaiose repealing daca, repealing the temporary protected status and of course now the families being separated on the border. one of the reaffirming things that i think has been extraordinary is that everybody has owned these issues. it's no longer just been our community speaking out on behalf of ourselves, we hosted a press conference a few weeks ago for national civil rights leaders, everybody showed up and responded and said that this is also about human rights and not just civil rights. talk a little bit about either the family separations issue or how every community represented here has been under assault and what does that mean for us as we go forward because in some ways is it harder for us to work together on this or should it be easier for us to work together? >> you know, there's few moments in history where the kind of most fundamental things and ideals about america really get pronounced in such a way as they are right now, and i think that we are seeing daily attacks on all

sarah palin, joe arpaio sinaking out a trickery and deceit.tened to suor no on when the episodes featuring those politicians will air. we've reached out to sacha baron cohen but so far no response. >> gadi, thank you. >> thank you, gadi. 7:35, let's get a check of the weather. let's sf al has woken craig up yet. , still hanging out by the grill himself. >> you want to see crai hepent the night in this fantastic ebwio. mr. melvin, >>> hard to do anything outside inur area because we'rell heavy. you can see that from the ydlow an oranges. this is through maryland. urbana getti heavy rain and we're seeing heavy rain coming up through loudoun county. that will continue to move through maryland.es expect w of heavy rain throughout the day today and tomorrow with the moistureeed stretching back down through florida. flash flood watch in effect through tomorrow morning. could see another five inches. >> tt's your latest weather. ladies, by the way, you're going to see a side of craig melvin you have nevereen before in the next hur. >> here is the thi

sarah palin, joe arpaio speaking out against trickery and deceit.eatened to sue. no word on when the episodes featuring those politicians will air. we've reached out to sacha baron cohen but so far no response. >> gadi, thank you. >> thank you, gadi. 7:35, let's get a check of the weather. let's see if al has woken craig up yet. no, still hanging out by the grill himself. >> you want to see craig? he spent the night in this fantastic winnebago. mr. melvin, good morning, sir. good morning. how are you? you look great. >> nice to see you this morning. here is the thing, savannah, hoda. we're going to do this road trip, rough it, america. >> you know where this guy slept last night? >> where? >> gray haven's inn, spectacular. >> won of the fanciest in all of maine. craig melvin slept right here. >> you did? >> craig mel vip is a man. i'm very proud of you. >> wowsa. >> craig, i'm proud of you. >> al, i'm not proud of you. >> i can believe that and i own it and i'm happy with it. we had a great time. you're going to see all that coming up. we drove from

failed alabama senate candidate and accused pursuer of teen girls john moore and recently pardoned joe arpaioasn't fooled by ali g.? >> no, these are all new characters. >> this is where the sacha baron cohen character is creating a program called the kinder guardians. a program to train pre-schoolers to fire guns at school shooters and two sitting congressmen endorse it. here's dana or arohrabacher anda wilson. >> maybe having young people trained and understand how to defend themselves might make us safer here. >> a three-year-old cannot defend himself from an assault rifle by throwing a hello kitty pencil case at it. our founding fathers didn't put an age limit on the second amendment. >> an outrage. now dare sasha bcha baron cohen these people to reveal their feels with their actual words. what a disgrace. >> people are angry they fooled them but i don't understand how an adult could be fooled into saying a three-year-old shouldn't throw a hello kitty pencil at a school shooter. >> you don't understand how joe wilson can do it. you lie. >> sacha is a talented shape shifting comedian. >> s