the investigation should be done by inspector general michael horowitz. the inspector general's office is right to do this. i know people that who know horowitz. that is one team. that there is rule of law. there was absolutely no love lost between the obama administration and michael horowitz. he is a very straight-shooter. he wants to see the right thing done. there are two other things need to be noted, trish, the lawyers that work inside of the inspector general office are in fact doj lawyers. the other thing the inspector general can't actually make criminal referrals. procedurally jeff session is absolutely right in this situation. trish: so you're saying ag sessions doing the right thing yet the president is clear mad about it. by the way, don't they talk to each other? >> i don't know what the level of communications between trump and sessions. there has been a little of frustration with sessions for quite a long time. >> i understand that where this is coming from, you understand procedurally this is what it happens. i didn't think horowitz was a

michael horowitz has got a full plate.in april of the earliest with a look at how the investigation was handled. this gives him another major thing to do. it's going to be a major delay. >> dana: he is doing the clinton email investigation and looking at that. he got a vote of confidence from a former attorney general surve survey. jerry falwell, who supports the president, said sessions is probably pretending to be for donald trump and that he is actually a mccain and bush died. seemed to me quite coordinated. >> kimberly: "days of our lives." quite funny. i was interested from a legal perspective, former attorney general. i like him. he's logical. he's persuasive. he knows what he's been able to do. when you have that kind of level of support, that bodes well for jeff sessions. i have to tell you jeff sessions can take a punch. he is unbelievable. he is a prizefighter. i'm going to hang in there. >> brian: reince priebus reince priebus had to plead with him to stay in the job. >> kimberly: i know. >> dana: it is weird. >

it's hardly putting this in the trash can. >> dana: it's unfair to me that if it wasn't michael horowitz who was investigating, who then would be the appropriate entity to do that and what would pass muster with the president. >> some people suggested that the attorney general should appoint another special council to do it or perhaps, and i think in his tweet the president specifically referred to career political people inside the justice department. but, boy, that gets complicated because now you're investigating, this is a problem you always have when you're investigating your 'administration, which is one of the reasons lot of people think handing this to the inspector general seems like the appropriate move. >> dana: if i could then move on to another topic that's hot and heavy right now. that is the topic of gun control. yesterday, josh croshire wrote something about the politics of this. might be a seat change. he said there's been a clear boost in support for new gun regulations, making the politics of this moment more treacherous than ever for republicans. we're seeing fresh sp

steve: michael horowitz? ainsley: yes. because doj and fbi highest standards, right?ower in the land as far as law enforcement is concerned. this guy, he workers for the doj? steve: he does. ainsley: he is going to be investigating the doj? should would he be worried about that. steve: he apparently is a man of integrity. the reasonable we are talking so much about fisa abuse these days is we have learned from the republican and democratic memos that have come out in the last couple weeks it looks like somebody at the fbi and doj went in front of these fisa courts and said hey i have some evidence you need to spy on carter page. ainsley: unverified dirty dossier. steve: we have gone through it ad nauseam where it did not indicate that it was paid for by the democrats, on and on and on. sara carter who has been one of the great reporters on this particular story, kind of sets up, last night she did, on what the investigators are going to look into. >> what we need to look at and i think the inspector general is going to do, this is how many other cases out there that w

saying michael horowitz "has been fair, fact centric and a properly confidential with his work. i have complete confidence in him." yesterday the press secretary sarah huckabee sanders seemed to indicate the president was pleased that sessions had announced he was going to investigate possible fisa abuses. clearly this was not the type of investigation that the president was looking for and has again raised questions as to how much longer sessions will take this very public criticism from the president before he decides he too will leave the white house. >> bret: i think that is all we have for you today, john. thank you. up next, when it comes to the border wall, it's all or nothing for president trump. we will explain. first here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. champaign, illinois. lawmakers fight over gun-control bills. house leaders plan votes on several measures to restrict firearms purchases and intervene on mental health issues. republicans and gun rights advocates complain the proposals are rush, poorly drafted, and in some case

>> dana: the investigation that sessions ordered will fall under the inspector general michael horowitzho has his hands full. he's got a lot of stuff to do. trey gowdy was on "the daily briefing" today and said he welcomed this investigation but there could be other needs for investigation such as the state department in case this investigation they are working on turns up other funny business. >> jesse: how was trey gowdy's hair? >> >> dana: good. >> greg: i believe there is an investigation gate gate. that bothers me. i was thinking about announcing emily to running for reelection before i actually run for my first election. just for the heck of it. i want my library to be in san mateo, california, across the street from the high school. >> dana: do you have to knock down anything? >> greg: yes. there will be free ribs and no books. >> jesse: kimberly, his sessions looking into the fisa abuses? this has boomerang on the democrats, if you ask me. we have been unmasking them all that is about to drop commend that's not going to be pretty for a lot of the obama officials allegedly involv

he's coming to the defense of michael horowitz in many ways, straight shooter by any account.t says yes, he was appointed by president obama to be inspector general but also served under the brush administration on the sentencing commission, brianna. clearly enough was enough for jeff sessions today. >> as you said, obama appointee. when you look at what the president calls a witch hunt, very fuf them are. their political leanings are republican. first off this is extraordinary but it's not unusual for this president with the way he has related to the attorney general. he has been upset with jeff sessions since he decided to recuse himself from all things russia. what's your reaction to this back and forth today? >> i think that two things. first, we should be worried. even though this president does act impulsively and when he thinks the walls are closing in on him he tends to act out through this stress tweeting. we saw that yesterday with that two-word tweet, "witch hunt." here once again he's attacking jeff sessions again. i'm wondering whether he has in his mind that if h

. >> separately, michael horowitz, the inspector general has been looking into the way the fbi conductedn fact, that's how we've got this rosetta stone of the text between peter strzok and lisa page. because he was also involved in this network which was at the top of the fbi and doj under the obama administration viewed some of those figures did continue through to the trump administration. why? because the president does put his faith in the men women in the fbi. but unfortunately, that faith has been betrayed by what we found out in this memo we are going to see more coming out i'm sure from the inspector general. that will be highly informative. >> let me say this, whatever comes out. so far we have seen is the windowdressing if you will. russia meddled in our elections. that is also the subject of this investigation. trump's connection to that, maybe we find it but maybe we don't. why jump ahead and so the whole investigation is tainted. [multiple speakers] >> that is what everybody deserves to know. russia for sure meddled in the 2016 election. how do they do it and how do we preve

trey and i both believe wholeheartedly in michael horowitz. 450 employees.nk you will have to get rid of the attorney general. he can't do his job. recused out of the most important thing is he supposed to be doing. >> sean: wouldn't have been here if he hadn't been recused. ed henry exclusive report about a top democrat's communication with a lobbyist for a russian oligarch and the latest on uranium one straight ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sean: ed henry is out with an explosive new report about high ranking democrat mark warner and his contact with a lobbyist for a russian oligarch. the white house chief of staff john kelly don't sent an email to the administration employees about the resignation of rob porter from washington. with all this breaking news we have our own ed henry. ed? >> yeah, sean, you are right. quickly on the kelly story he just put oat a letter the hr department will deal with any counseling issues. this was horrific went rob porter leaving as press secretary after allegations of domestic abuse. that story is still breaking. meanwhile he mentioned

the most compelling piece of information to come out will be the inspector general, michael horowitz.he 450 people he is working on, and obama appointee.when they come out with the ig report, that will be the most compelling to america. >>chris: final word here. what credibility does house intel have left when you have these two competing? the parties are just totally divided on this whole issue. even on what the investigation is about. >> very little credibility. devin nunes is not trusted. adam schiff is not trusted by the republicans. the question is did they put poison pills in the memo to create this pr issue for the president? i hope you are right rachel. that the doj/fbi and adam schiff gets in the same room. figure out what to redact and get the memo out. >> i think they will. >> they need to send a big room and then they literally put a wall. we have to take a break. when we come back, the stock markets wild weeks. what's behind the correction and will it hurt the economy? she could... in a commercial. in real life she uses it to pay her sister, from her couch, for that sweat

going to restore the rule of law and we are going to investigate the fisa abuses but he names michael horowitzod rosenstein to do it. >> the only person he's got that the american people can look to at this point is the inspector general. maria: right exactly. >> but i don't know if he's following up on the 27 leaks. >> that function is to find out stuff going on inside. someone has to step forward and start putting indictments take these 27 people before a grand jury those are felonies and basically start indicting people basically that will make people pay attention. maria: we'll take a break when we come back we've got more with the panel want to look at the fbi failings ahead of the florida shootings we'll look ahead when we come right back on sunday morning futures back in a minute. coaching means making tough choices. jim! you're in! but when you have high blood pressure and need cold medicine that works fast, the choice is simple. coricidin hbp is the #1 brand that gives powerful cold symptom relief without raising your blood pressure. coricidin hbp. [fbi agent] you're a brave man, your

we'll have to wait for mueller and the i.g., the inspector general michael horowitz on the hillary investigation. >> the hearing was wide ranging in topics discussed. what stuck out to you, lisa? >> i would remind everyone with the f.b.i.'s director response for republicans having concern with bias in the f.b.i. it wasn't too long ago that democrats shared those concerns. you had minority leader harry reid saying comey -- clearly the f.b.i. had concern, mueller had concern by demoteing some of these individuals both at the f.b.i. and also having demoted individuals at the doj and also having the inspector general, the doj inspector general having concerns enough to look into the handling of the clinton investigation. and congress as a body is supposed to be conducting oversight. i don't think those are fair criticisms and i think these are things we should get answers on and get to the bottom of. >> today is one of those days when it's sad when i harken back to hillary clinton saying who her enemies were and picking a political party. what stood out to me today we actually have some enemies. chi

tuesday, michael horowitz briefed a group of bipartisan lawmakers on the status of his probe which includesy of hillary clinton's emails as well as the conduct of former fbi director james comey and former deputy director andrew mccabe. plan congressman trey gowdy attended the briefing and called it "useful and objective." horowitz's report expected to be done as early as next month. that date could be pushed back. >>> volatility is back. markets around the world adjusting to a new reality, the era of low interest rates is over. u.s. stocks tanked, then roared back for a huge again. overnight now the anxiety has returned. some asian markets fell. hong kong and shanghai are closed. u.s. futures have turned lower. dow futures down about 200 points. we've got european markets slightly higher. so anything could happen here at the opening bell when it rings in a few hours. yesterday was remarkable. the dow swinging over a trading range of 1,200 points, changing direction 29 times before closing up 567 points. a huge gain of 2.3%. the s&p 500 also up almost 2%. the nasdaq higher. the sell-off was

it is one reason -- i have tremendous respect for michael horowitz, the inspector drink not -- inspector general of the department of justice. there is a state component -- state department component to this. it needs to be investigated. i don't view the investigation turns terms of stages. it is one investigation pursuit of all relevant facts leading towards the truth. i am troubled by what i read in the documents with respect to the role the state department played in the fall of 2016, including information that was used in a court proceeding. >> martha: so weeks before the election, somebody in the obama state department was feeding information from a foreign source to christopher steele. >> when you hear who the source or one of the sources of that information is, you're going to think, oh, my gosh, i've heard that name somewhere before. where could he possibly have been? >> martha: a foreign source? >> a domestic source. i'm trying to think of secretary clinton defined him. i think she said he was an old friend who emailed her from time to time. >> martha: blumenthal? >> that would

i have a lot of competence in michael horowitz inspector general for the department of justice.now right now, dana, he is looking into decisions made in 201 2016 with comey and the fbi. so he is going to be a really busy guy. these fisa abuses to the extent they occurred occurred a good while ago, so i'm not sure why the attorney general is finally coming to the realization that it needs to be looked into. and quite frankly, i'm not sure the inspector general alone can do it. he only has jurisdiction over the department of justice. to the extent the state department or other entities are involved, he is not going to be able to accomplish the task. so we may be trending towards special counsel. i hope not. but we may be headed in that direction. >> dana: interesting. can i get your take on something else which is immigration. weave had the supreme court decision yesterday i think asking for prudence to take its course. and the lower courts to work that system. but, last night, you had mark meadows saying this about speaker paul ryan. >> it is the defining moment for this speaker.

probably the most compelling piece of information to come out will be the inspector general michael horowitz 450 people that he has working on that, and obama appointee approved by the senate. when they come out with the ig report, i think that's going to be the most compelling to america. >> chris: final word here. what credibility does house intel have left when you have these two competing -- the parties are just totally divided on this whole issue and even with the investigation is about. >> very little credibility. not trusted by the democrats at all, schiff is not trusted by republicans. a credibility problem to the congressman's point. the question is did they put poison pills in the memo to create this p.r. issue for the president? i hope that you are right, rachel. the doj, fbi and schiff get in the same room, figure out what to redact and get the memo out. that's the best course of action. >> i think they will. >> there was a wall apparently this week between the republicans and democrats. >> devin nunes did. >> right. >> chris: now they literally have put a wall. they will build a

michael horowitz is, in fact, a justice department lawyer.wyers who work for him are, in fact, justice department lawyers. and you know, this is just another step in a series of steps the president has taken publicly to, a, discredit his attorney general who he picked and who he had work with -- work with him on his campaign. and also, to sort of try to direct who is involved in what investigations and what the results should be. he's a very result-oriented pers person. the interesting thing is, people should understand the department of justice itself is supposed to be an independent agency more so than other agencies because the rule of law is important, and justice has to be blind. but within a fairly independent agency like the department of justice is another even more independent subdivision of it, the inspector general's office. and once again as we saw when jeff sessions decided to recuse himself, the professional way of handling a matter when you've had direct involvement in a campaign on the part of somebody, the correct way to hand

. >> michael horowitz and bob. >> were based in san francisco. they managed to -- >> they basically were fans who believe in what tim was advocating. if possible we would like to just keep your papers for you. he did know them from a hole in the wall but trusted them because he read them probably really, really well and they preserved the saints against great falls. the fbi kept demanding them, searching them, trying to find them. they kept in hidden and then lo and behold now they're in the new york public library. >> as you said that the story itself and i should mention michael is a book coming out and a couple of months with archivists, the the new york pc labor of selected documents from the leary archives. for those interested in this topic you want to check that out as well. >> the cult cold is his life is rather amazing in the archives again. i keep going, i've said this four times, really cool to me to be sitting to reaching into a box not knowing what's in there, and here's a letter from john and yoko to tim that essentially says here's

trish: attorney general jeff sessions standing by his decision to appoint michael horowitz to lead themed mr. sessions of handling of this massive investigation. this is story we're following on "the intelligence report." our justice department relied on a fake russian dossier to spy on former trump advisor, carter page. this is a very big probe. so is the inspector general the right person now to lead the

i think it's wholly right the inspector general michael horowitz who i have a great deal of confidencen. trey gowdy and others have a lot of confidence in. he is doing the right thing in the comey investigation. that is not late. he is doing a good, thorough job with his 450 investigators. the right way to do this is to run a parallel investigation. the department of justice can use its own attorneys and investigative powers and attorneys but you also want to inspector general to do his job. to the president, it is mind-boggling that he would call out his own attorney general. he was the one who appointed him. >> sandra: i wonder what you think his intention is by doing that. jeff sessions in the news conference yesterday said he thinks it's just the appropriate thing the inspector general will take that as one of the matters he will deal with. this is a significant development and to have the president speaking out against a move by his own a.g. >> it is the absolute by the book if you will to call in the inspector general and have him do this type of investigation. he is wholly compe

steve: good thing michael horowitz, inspector general from the department of justice he is also lookingthe reason andrew mccabe, like number two guy at the fbi he's out because of sounds like animus against the president. >> the level of bureaucratic incompetence and corruption, the level of political bias inside of our intelligence agencies, there is a reason the american people don't trust the agencies. not just because president trump is railing against them. because these agencies act in non-trustworthy ways in the last election cycle with regard to hillary clinton. the american people see that with each and every breaking story. it is a good thing folks are attempting to ferret this stuff out. there will have to be a cleansing process that takes place, whether by president trump, whether by members of the doj and fbi themselves. something has to be done to restore the american people. pete: budget deal was struck to clear the decks for a deal on the president's wall and border security. in exchange potentially for pathway to citizenship for daca "dreamers." some came out and said i

that was actually regarding michael horowitz, who is the inspector general of the department of justiceking into the hillary clinton email scandal. so, clearly, it's all tied. he is also the reason peter strzok and lisa page were removed from the case. ainsley: he is still getting paid through march when he retires. brian: this is the key. what you just brought up, ainsley, this is what we have to focus on until more text messages come out. found the five months of text messages. horowitz might be the most valuable player in two year mess. last january comes out and says i'm going to be looking into this. now along the way he is doing this thing called finding the facts and his final report is supposed to be out in april. but, god, being here makes me angry. lots of haif high high talk. we have our task ahead of us. we know what good he could be referring to. they do have a plan like have you an insurance policy if you die before you're 40. ainsley: another big story this morning is that memo, the democratic memo, will it be released this week? the white house is saying it looks like th

. >> michael horowitz 450 employees. working on this.he 35, 40 day window he will go back and look at everything from the tarmac meeting all the way through the election. is he independent. he was an obama appointee. confirmed by the united states senate. i think when he speaks, he will come with a lot of authority and a lot of gravitas to actually make it happen. steve: you are a trusted news source. you are jason chaffetz. thank you for joining us live. >> thank you. ainsley: thanks, jason. she is one of the longest serving members in the u.s. senate. dianne feinstein can't get endorsed by other own party in her own state. the chicks on the right. they are here to react next. oh, manatees. aka "the sea cow"" oh! there's one. manatees in novelty ts? surprising. what's "come at me bro?" it's something you say to a friend. what's not surprising? how much money matt saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. you know what's not awesome? gig-speed internet. when only certain people can get it. let's

. >> maria: we'll get the michael horowitz, inspector general report, a new updated report in the nexteks. i think some of these people are beinreassigned and fired because their hands are dirty based on this report that we haven't seen. >> just based on what we've seen so far, in terms of how the hillary clinton e-mail investigation was handled, it would appear that this report is something to fear for a lot of the top staff at the fbi and justice department. i'm wondering if you have a sense of what we can expect when that report comes out. >> the report's originally looking at the handling of the clinton e-mail case and the things that happened leading up to the investigation. there's a lot of investigations going on at the fbi, how did they handle the trump case, how did they handle the clinton case. people are worried at the fbi about what this report is going to same it' say. it's not looking like it will good for the fbi. we already know the i.g. found massive mistake was the fbi. ththe fbi didn't find the classified e mail e-mails that e marked "c" in the pile they had. >> dage

michael horowitz, he has been working on a year. 450 employees.en tell you, when he sees something that is a real problem right now, i think one of the big questions, that hasn't been answered why do these people still have security clearances. steve: exactly. >> peter strzok, you have to understand how important his chubbiest. is chee the chief of counter espionage. he was deputy assistance director the counterintelligence. steve: now he is head of hr. >> only in the government. can you do that if. ainsley: why do you think they're keeping him there? why is he not been fired? >> al you have a places to put him in hr. maybe he is getting to some retirement plan. if you don't have a security clearance, you don't have a job. i think the question is -- ainsley: they are scared he will leave, possibly, he could leave, talk to the media, if he has a job at the fbi he is not able to do that they're able to control him. >> he was talking to some people. i feel inadequate. my wife and i have been married 27 years. i have not sent her 50,000 text messages.

michael horowitz, 450 employees, the inspector general at the department of justice. have been silent. they have been quiet. you haven't heard leaks of this. there was a concern about the text messages between strzok and page. they presented that to mr. mueller. mueller immediately made a change. i think that would be a key indicator that there was some real wrong going there mueller looks at it, dismisses the guy. meanwhile he was embedded as the number two person at the fbi. a lot happening. but the inspector general is very important. devin nunes andth intel committee will come out with more reports. it's bigger and broader unfortunately than just the fbi. he mentioned the state department. i think you will see a look at the intelligence community as well. todd: jason, all week we heard the release of this memo is going to endanger national security. the sky is going to fall. we are all going to be dead once this thing is released. still, even though the release has happened and everybody has had time to look and see that there really is no national security imocca