i know john radcliffe. we actually did a bill together that the president signed. my view is he ought to have the opportunity to make his case, but there's serious questions he needs to answer. one, is he going to be an independent voice? two, what is his background in intelligence? three, is he going to be able to stand up to this president and talk compellingly about russian interference? i believe he should have the opportunity to make his case. >> on fox news this sunday radcliffe said it's going to be really difficult for anyone to rely on the findings of the mueller report. do you have think he can be confirmed if he doesn't believe the findings of the mueller report, that the findings are legitimate. >> i think he has to at least admit that mueller's conclusions about russian interference are legitimate and he has to assure people he'll take steps to prevent that from happening. you have mr. mueller testifying that the russians are still interferin interfering. i don't see you how have a director of intelligence who is not going to deal with that threat. i t

atexat racist >> it has absolutely zero to do with race. >> reporter: frances, a little about john radcliffe to head the dni, he was united states attorney in eastern texas. now, he does sit on the house intelligence committee, so he is familiar with the issues but going in front of the senate intelligence committee, that has a reputation for asking tough questions during confirmation hearings frances? >> all right, hans, thank you. >> it's a crime that has shocked the nation two american teens locked up abroad for stabbing an italian police officer to death. an alleged drug deal gone wrong, in rome they paid their respects later today a funeral service for the 35-year-old officer will be held in his hometown. in the same church where he was married. sarah harman is following the latest developments. >> reporter: frances, phillip, good morning it's a disturbing case two american teens locked up abroad after italian police said they confessed to a murder but on sunday, their case took a surprising turn and it's calling the integrity of the investigation into question. >>> a disturbing twist a

the president will also announce that he will nominate john radcliffe to replace coats >> reporter: dan coats oversees 17 different intelligence agencies but his tenure was often at odds with president trump over issues with issues like white house and north korea. >> vladimir putin is coming come to the white house in the fall >> say this again. >> vladimir putin coming to the white house -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah. >> okay. >> that's going to be special. >> reporter: coats also -- >> north korea will seek to mape tain its wmd capabilities and unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and production capabilities. >> reporter: the president announcing coats' replacement, john radcliffe >> donald trump is not above the law, but he shouldn't be below the law. >> reporter: doubling down on attacks against a baltimore congressman calling him racist but cummings getting support in his hometown saying this is a president that will debase himself. >> it has absolutely zero to to with race. >> reporter: frances, a little about john radclife united states attorney in eastern texas an

i think ultimately john radcliffe is going to do what he did as u.s. attorney in a new role at dni and that is to put any partisanship to the side and to lead with great honor and integrity. lou: we're watching -- speaking of honor and integrity, john solomon who has been at the forefront of the reporting as you well know on spy-gate in all of its various forms. chris wray appears to be trying to cover up for james comey and to cover up, for example, suing to block the release of documents that are frankly -- that contain mostly information that has been in the clear. absolutely open sources. >> yeah. so those -- that's a very interesting lawsuit. and i think, you know, oftentimes you're are trying to protect your methods or sources or if you receive some intelligence from a foreign intelligence source. but in this case it doesn't appear to meet those qualifications. and the good news -- i hate to say this because sometimes we want it to be immediate. but a court will probably take that and review it in camera, a see what the arguments are and made a g

but john radcliffe, i spoke to him about this for a long time.very talented guy, a strong man. it's what we need in that position. >> is he who you need in that position? >> i'm going to try to give him the benefit of the doubt. you need intellectual integrity, you need to be able to see what's happening in the intelligence and then portray that to the president honestly. it's not what the president wants to hear, but the responsibility of a cabinet level secretary. >> i don't know this gentleman well, even though we served for a short time. to me, we'll be able to know quickly. the senior staff is going to be looking, is this guy going to be able to represent what the truth is or is he going to try to manipulate it? >> i can still hear robert mueller's words from last week, russia is still meddling as we speak. >> they are. and to me. we haven't actually changed the laws so we're more protected. if someone offers you information on your opponent, is it right to take that? >> no. it's not. >> we continue on, get ready to see a very different side

his replacement,t at lease nominee for his replacement, will be john radcliffe, a former u.s. attorney, former small town mayor in tex, and representing the northeast part of texas. northeast of dallas and fort worth. but it was in this hearing with robert mueller last week that radcliffe really impressed thewi president his comments. and so now it looks like he is going to be the white house's choice to replace the director of national intelligence the president tweets that there will be an acting director named for now. t o you. >> all right, tracie potts for us in d.c. with the latest thank you, tracie. >> meanwhile, esident trump is ramping up his war of wards with the city of baltimore. he doubled down on his insult against elijah cummings democrats decried as racist. nbc's jennifer johnson has more >> reporter: another showdown between president ump and a member of congress trump attacking powerful oveusr e committee chair congressman cummings his baltimore district has become a disgusting rat and rodent infested mess a top whe house aide, once a congressman from south c

john radcliff, a staunch trump loyalist, only last week he seemed to be auditioning for the intelligence job by attacking robert mueller attacking robert >> donald trump is not above the law, he's not. but he shouldn't be below the law. >> reporter: he claims he put ter errorists in prison. there's no record of the former attorney prosecuting a terrorist case a former small town mayor, he nevered managed anything as large as the 17 intelligence agencies, and he's embraced the president's theories about the russia probe large as the >> it appears there were crimes committed during the obama administration >> dan coats came to me and others and said they think it's russia i have president putin, he just about the russia e. >> it appears there were crimes committed during the obama administration. >> dan c said it's not russiays later co caught off guard when we told him the president had just invited vladimir putin to the white house. >> say that again. >> vladimir putin -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: three days later coats was caught off guard when we told him the presi

president shaking up the intelligence community, announcing congressman john radcliffe will be nominated to be the director of national intelligence, succeeding resigning dan coats, breye prioo being nominated president said he expect department was justice, inspector general horowitz to issue his respect after -- report after labor day, he has been working on the report since march last year. >> fbi and cia long been at odds with this president, but house intelligence committee ranking member nunes said those agencies have come clean since spying on the trump campaign in 2016. >> we have a lot of information of fbi people going overseas, doing things we don't have any information from the cia. so far they have really come clean. i would say only one that has questions to answer, is john brennan. because he know that john brennan briefed harry reid on dossier in august. he never briefed me, or paul ryan who was the speaker of the house at the time. jim: we'll find out more about what does come clean mean, does not sound very cia-like, does it? president trump congratulating our first gue

it's not a done deal that john radcliff gets the job. he does seem to be favored.ple that have doubted. jared kushner is said to be one of them. it would be a significant change in this agency, in this department. he was part of the establishment that president trump disparages. >> someone from axios is still with us. jonathan having some reporting saying that the representative in texas is likely to replace dan coats as director of national intelligence whn ever that happens. new york times reporting it could happen within a few days. jonathan i read some time ago that the congressman devin nunes was being considered. >> i can't confirm that. i'm not saying it's inaccurate. i just haven't been able to confirm that with my own reporting. i'm told he's unlikely to get the job and that really ratcliff is in position to get it. the president views is really important to understand how the president views the intel yelige community. it's unlike any other president we have seen in modern times. the president views the intelligence community as this deep state, quote, un

he plans to nominate texas republican congressman john radcliffe to replace coates. radcliffe aggressively questioned counsel robert mueller last week in defense of the president. >> i agree with the chairman this morning when he said donald trump is not above the law. he's not. but he damn sure shouldn't be below the law, which is where volume two of this report puts him. >> the president thanked dan coates for his great service to the country but truth be told, the two were not always on the same page. coates strongly defended u.s. intelligence agencies and their assessment that russia interfered in the 2016 election. he was famously caught off guard by news of a trump/putin meeting. >> i do want to say, we have some breaking news. the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again. >> you -- vladimir putin coming -- >> did i hear new. >> yeah. yeah. >> okay. >> yeah. >> that's going to be special. >> special reaction there. coates' resignation effective august 15th. >>> president trump escalating

trump: john radcliffe is a brilliant man. he's a wonderful person. i spoke to him long before about this. long before. months ago. i spoke to him before the mueller fiasco. i think probably nobody in the history of capitol hill has embarrassed themselves like what mueller did to himself and the democrats. but john ratcliffe i spoke to him about this for a long time. he is a very talented guy. he's a strong man. it's what we need in that position. reporter: [inaudible] i am the least racist person there is anywhere in the world. when -- i've known him all my life. i had to tilt -- to deal with him. but i got along with him, al sharpton. now, he's a racist. he's a racist. when people -- let me explain to you. what i've done for african-americans in two and half years, no president has been able to do anything like it. unemployment at the lowest level in the history of our country for african-americans, nobody can beat that. you look at poverty levels. they are doing better than they've ever done before. so many things. opportunity zones. criminal justi

that occurred to congressman john radcliffe. the inspector general.he process of drafting the report, does this seem glacial to you in its progress? it does to me. then it has to be reviewed by the fbi and the doj because it includes of course, classified material and we want to be oh so very careful, don't we? genocide, congressman chip roy of texas, congressman, good to have you with us. he sits on the house committee on oversight and reform for the house budget committee, house committee on veterans affairs. good to have you on the broadcast. are you in any way, excited about the fact that the inspector general has produced a report that has been long promised and about which we still know absolutely nothing? >> well lou, thank you for having appeared has taken a long time for them to get this out and certainly, glad for there to be a report. we're waiting to hear from some of my friends on the house judiciary committee, john radcliffe is a fellow texan. he's got a lot of comments about doj and to see what happens. we need to get the truth of what

think in the questioning of john radcliffe. the president has not done anything wrong in the process. i do not have a problem with this president. >> what i have concerns about is the fact that in 2016, two american citizens were spied on who were associated with the presidential campaign. the attorney general told us that is the case. we know they went to the fisa court. they spied on him for the better part of the year. scary. -- if they canat do this to a presidential campaign, imagine what they can do to you and i. imagine what they -- that is why the investigation bill barr is doing -- investigation bill barr is doing is so important. the attorney general says he does not think it was properly predicated. let's figure out if it was. thank god that is exactly what he is doing. accused of falsely something, you would be ticked off. that is the problem. the whole thing has played out over three years. they did not even charge the guy who started the whole darn thing. he lied to the fbi three times. thatcharged 13 russians nob

one of them congressman john radcliffe. he was grilling mueller. we know the president is a big fan of his. another name being floated is fred flights, the former chief of staff to current director of national security or national security advisor i should say john bolton. we know according to sources he had previously had conversations with white house officials about replacing coats. and another name that's out there, a controversial one is congressman devin nunes. his name was floated last week as a possible replacements for coats. of course that would be a very controversial pick considering how many deep state conspiracies he's pedaled but we know the president is big fan of his. >> it was dan coats during the aspen security forum who was asked by someone in the audience about is it true that the white house, you know, the president invited vladimir putin to the white house, and, you know, who could forget he was just like come again, say that again? and of course the president didn't like that. that kind of response coming from dan coats. oka

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. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ >>> i think that john radcliffe will do a wonderful job.. we need somebody strong that can really rein it in. as people will learn, the intelligence agencies have run amok. they've run a muck. >> that was the president talking about his pick for director of national intelligence. but senate republicans might not be totally sold on him yet. john radcliffe is under the microscope with certain claims he's made about his work has been busted. for example, he states on his current house biothat he will put terrorists in prison. claiming there are individuals that currently sit in prison because i prosecuted them for funneling money to terrorist groups. but nbc news scoured court data bases and other records and found that, quote, there is no evidence that he ever prosecuted a terrorism case. "the new york times" learned he investigated side issues related to an initial mistrial and did not prosecute the case. either in that proceeding or in a successful second trial. joining me now, daily beast politics reporter and msnbc contributor, betsy wood

the appointment of john radcliffe.he is approved he will be a good dni and he had kind words to say about dan coats. he has served honorably and has a friend of his. i think he was trying to dismiss the media speculation that there was risk between the two and i think that you can believe me, you can have good relationships and a frank talk. the other thing he said is when they were talking about baltimore and his tweets about elijah cummings, is as a part of a political strategy at a rode it down. he said there is no strategy. the media can stop boring about whether he was a strategy or not and listen to him. he is saying he saw something and he brought it up and they said where are you angry? he said i'm not angry. i'm bringing up a point. he is in charge of the oversight committee and if they could bring up the issue that the federal government spends a lot of money at baltimore and it doesn't get spent well of the problem still get solved and he is trying to put a spotlight on that issue. the other thing you talked

the president announced he is nominated texas congressman john radcliffe to replace coats. >>> president trump is defending himself against accusations that his attacks on comings is racists. acists. >> reporter: a issue delicate and divisive. all with the twitter feud in play between the president and maryland congressman aeye ja cummings who criticized the border crossings. >> i think the pest is right to raise that. it has absolutely zero to do with race. >> donald trump, once again, is a racist who makes racists remarks. >> reporter: as they gear up for this week's massive two- night democratic debated in detroit, they are facing their own race issues. joe biden may come out swinging, his support among black voters could carry across the finish line but on stage between kamala harris and corey booker, who both attacked him on school desegregation and busing, something that caught him off guard in the last debate. >> he will come out better prepared i would expect. if he doesn't there needs to be questions about his viability going forward. >> reporter: while democrats are in michigan

s v i think in the questioning of john radcliffe he answered your question rather clearly. this president has not done anything wrong in the press us so no i don't have a problem with it. >> what i have concerns about is the fact that in 2016 to american citizens were spied on associated with the presidential can pain. we know that's the case. the atty. gen. told us that's the case. we know they got a warrant and have renewed it three times. they spine for the by the better part of the years year and then same with papadopoulos . the used human sources. that to be a scary. never forget what emmett flood wrote to the atty. gen. when he said if they can do this to a presidential campaign and a president of the united imagine with they can do to you and i. imagine what they can-- that's why the investigation bill barr is doing and the one michael horwitz is doing are so darn important. that kind of stuff should never happen in this country but we know that it did. the atty. gen. of the united dates says he doesn't think it was properly predicated so let's figure out if it was

that dan coats will be leaving on august 15th, that he plans to dominate republican congressman john radcliff of texas. he disagreed with the president. >>> the ghost ship trial finally winding down more than two months after it started. closing arguments set to begin in the case. both sides will have one last chance to con vvince the jury o their position. on december 2nd, 2016 a fire during a dance party, killing those 36 people. >>> still ahead, a bay areairstf duty. two weeks later she dies. what happened on the naval ship days before her death. >>> and a pro surfer who is used to seeing sharks in the water, but this time he becomes a victim of a shark attack. hear how he describes the moment of that attack and if he'll ever surf again. >>> the final hours of a heat advisory. how much cooler you expect temperatures tomorrow and any other changes ahead in the seven day forecast when you come right back. >>> a lot of questions tonight surrounding the death of a iler. documents that raise concerns about how she was treated by military doctors. >> her family can't do much because military fam

president trump announced that he is nominating congressman john radcliffe as his successor. he race his profile last week. >> donald trump is not above the law but he sure should not be below the law . >> radcliffe said he is deeply > mike pence was reportedly a close ally of coats. mr. trump repeatedly fumed about coats and commented that he did consider firing him. >>> it's unclear who will be the next governor of puerto rico. the current governor is leaving office on friday after two weeks of massive protests but the woman in line to become governor says she does not want the post and she hopes he opponents a new secretary of state to take over. >>> let's get a check on whether, so happy you're back. >> missed you guys. >> you are loving it in hawaii now back to bay area weather. >>> we will cool things down a bit. over the weekend it was hot. heating up in concord 2105 so we are cooling things down and looking at temperatures tend to 15 degrees cooler compared to yesterday. here's a live look looking south. the temperatures are running in the mid to upper 50s to low 60s

devin nunes and john radcliffe, my special guests right after the mueller testimony. they were among the questioners. ararararararararararararararara 10 i am live on fox news. start smart right here every week 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. easter with mornings with maria on the fox business network. start smart every morning with us. have a great rest of the weekend everybody. thank you for joining us. i will see you next time. >> hello and welcome to the wall street journal at large. so much for fiscal restraint. congressional leaders and the president facing a september deadline to increase the countries debt limit, struck a major agreement this week. maybe for members of the house and senate head home for august vacation. it's not only increase federal boring it also opens a door for billions more in domestic and military spending. allowing the deficit to rise next year to almost $1.4 trillion. as someone once said a trillion here and a trillion there, soon talking serious money. the timing is not coincidental to the plan pushes tough decisions on spinning an effective go

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. >> i think in the questioning of john radcliffe that mueller answered your question rather clearly that no, this president had not done anything wrong in the process. so no i do not have a problem. >> i would just say this, what i have concerns about is that the fact 2016 two american citizens were spied on who were associated with the presidential campaign. we know that is the case, the attorney general told us that is the case we know that they went to the court and got a warrant to spy on them, they spied on them for the better part of the year and they said the same thing with george and they used human sources so, that to me is a scary, never forget what emmett flood wrote to the attorney general when he said if they can do this to a presidential campaign for president of the united states, imagine what they can do to you and i. imagine, that is why the investigation bill barr is doing and the one michael horwitz is doing are so important as what concerns me and that kind of stuff should never happen in this country but we know it did. and the attorney general said he does not

republican congressmen john radcliffe thanks for attacking him as next u.s. intenls director tweeting in part i'm deemly grateful to president trump for the opportunity to lead our nation intelligence community working on behalf of all of the public servants. radcliffe will replace dan coats who resigned his last day is august 15th. take a listen to this a mom buys out entire shoe store to help people in need. carey taking home nearly 1500 pairs of shoes from a payless that was closing in arkansas. didn't say how much he paid but she will give them to children in need as they head become to school next month. we love that story. those are your headlineses guys. >> that's neat and had kids with her. so true. ever thought about going into a store and buying whole thing. good for her. all right thanks carly. meanwhile second democratic debate one day away and focus is going to be on policy. >> tomorrow. we are breaking down ideas from some of the top con tenders, next. if your gums bleed when you brush, you may have gingivitis. and the clock could be ticking tow

if we don't, there are reports today that the new head of the central intelligence will be john radcliffe. some people say he's too political for that position. do you believe that he is too political for the position? >> i'm very confident he will does a good job. i remember people saying i would be too political for the cia director. i hope that history will inform us all that that was not the case, that i did my job and delivered on behalf of the american people in an appropriate way. >> you were first in your class at west point. how do you become first in your class at west point, that is pretty tough. what happened to all the other people that were second, third, fourth, did they become anything? >> one is the secretary of defense. i gave him a hard time about the finish. [laughter] you went to harvard law school. why did you abandon the practice? >> i had a great partners i worked with and i enjoyed my time. i had the chance to start with my best friends in the whole world and spend the next -- >> you said you ar were negotiag with somebody on the opposite side, and that person you