joining me now, john yoo, former deputy assistance attorney general, and a berkeley law professor, johnoo welcome back. i heard you commenting on my commenting, i could not resist, i think i got it right, i think i got the story right, you tell me john yoo. >> larry, i was complimenting you for stealing best ideas from me. [ laughter ] because the way you describe it, it is right. every american we're go to go through process of paying our taxes, we open our books, show them to the our the accountant. musk is in position of outside expert that president trump, went his presidential authorize authority he says take a look at books, musk does not have power to stop the spending or close departments, all he is doing is making recommendations to president, president trump is the one and his cabinet carry it out. i think a lot of americans, our democratic friends are shocked to see after 4 years of a compose presidency, energetic executive at work that founders talked about. trump can't be forced by congress to spend money unco unconstitutionaly, he can't be forced by congress to use money t

larry: john yoo, on that last point and nassau county nating to hear you say this.re you referring to empowerment authority which mr. trump and some of his cabinet people talked about this and, you know, if congress wants you to spend a bill on something but you can do it cheaper for $500 million let's say for example, that it's okay and now that would amount to impoundment authority, would it not? >> you're exactly right. >> larra i interested in this too with the administration. larry: i still am by the way. >> no, no, this is important to be clear, you went through and reporters went through all the challenges in court, we should be clear, presidents from thomas jefferson on have exercised some kind of impalment authority on the grounds i just mentioned and the supreme court never ever issued a ruling on the impalment act past a water gate and congress tried to take and deny a 200 year history of presidential empowerments and trump is entitled to as president and we'll take it to the supreme circuit court and not going to defy this and saying i want my chance to

attorney general john yoo joins us at the top they are. s. join sandra smith and may top of the hour for "america reports." >> the push for so-called inclusivity has honed in its next target, the boy scout of america. the boy scouts began in 1910, rapidly growing to become the largest youth organization in the united states. their mission was to teach america's boys values like patriotism, courage, self-reliance. it aimed to teach them skills, knowledge, the character to serve themselves, but also their country. watch this add up from in 70s. ♪ ♪ ♪ be prepared ♪ ♪ are you ready to take the lead ♪ >> do you think you know what scouting's all about? look. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ be prepared ♪ ♪ are you ready to get involved? ♪ ♪ be prepared ♪ ♪ are you ready to take the lead? ♪ >> scouting today is a lot more than you think. >> starting today, the boy scout of america's name has been retired. their new name is "scouting america." the organization is stressing a change as a way to be more inclusive, calling it a way to "meet the evolving needs of young peop

. >> john yoo, great to have you on the breaking news with us. thank you. a new poll shows 53% approval rating for mike president trump as he carries out his agenda, at record pace, but it comes as two-thirds also say he's not doing enough to bring prices down. let's bring in robert wolf, fox news contributor and former economic advisor to president obama, and steve moore, the heritage foundation and senior fellow, economic advisor to president trump. i will start with you first on this. while most of us who have studied history, and obviously canonic history, we know how difficult it is to bring prices down once they go up. we can slow a -- inflation, but bringing those prices down is difficult. has the administration done enough to manage expectations and make sure of the american public knows that the target is inflation, to slow inflation right now? >> the problem for trump is that, in the last few months that biden was president, we saw inflation rising again. i think this next report we get out later this week is going to show a significant bump in pr

for more on the legal roadblocks, let's bring in former deputy assistant attorney general john yoo to. so there is now the administration, the question as to whether or not they can fire a number of government employees. we've heard they have legal protections, you just can't do it, but the administration seems to be to doing it. what's going on there? >> rich, great to be with you. the way to understand what's happening is president trump is trying to restore the original powers of the presidency. and one of the most important powers is protecting the national security and foreign affairs. presidents from thomas jefferson all the way through richard nixon, and this is when the decline of the presidency started, have always been able to not spend money if it harms our foreign policy, national security. so president trump, i think, is within his rights to say congress can't force me to give money abroad if it hurts the national security of the united states. we're not going to -- suppose congress said give money to tehran, give money to china, give money to russia. i think president tr