mr. carter is also deeply religious. n public and speaks openly about his religious beliefs. >> carter was a person who you thought would lead america to some kind of spiritual redemption, which at the time we really needed. >> nothing has happened tonight to change the feeling that jimmy carter is on his way to a kind of coronation in madison square garden. [ applause ] >> the battle for the republican nomination turned out to be really close. it was close enough to make the ford people's fingernails sweat. but by a whisker gerald ford got the nomination. >> when ford was nominated, reagan's supporters staged a demonstration on the convention floor. and it went on and on and on and on. >> by the end of that convention, it's clear that although gerald ford may be the nominee, ronald reagan won the hearts and minds of conservatives. >> reagan did great damage to ford. look at the poll numbers. you will see jimmy carter starts surging, over 30 points ahead of gerald ford. ford had a weak position in the national race. so he

mr. carter makes his way to the stage, it is my pleasure to introduce the captain. [applause] >> never a bad thing to be born in paris. in 2001, a naturalized american citizen, after which he. [inaudible] joined the army in 2008 and was twice the play to afghanistan. it was during his second deployment that they tackled a suspicious local man making his way toward one of the patrols, setting off the man suicide vest. four died but many were spared as a result of his swift action. captain grover spent three years in recovery. his book, eight seconds of courage which will be available after l lunch recounts his early life and friends, his tough army ranger training and the courage it brought him to take the brave action that saved those many lives. how can we think a man whose own sense of responsibility inspired him to take that action. perhaps president obama have the right idea when, in 2015 and on veterans day he awarded our nation's highest military honor the congressional medal of honor to captain grover, the first immigrant to be so recognized since the vietnam

mr. carter, for five minutes. >> thank you, very much, mr. chair. miss pruitt, appreciate the opportunity for us to, as i quote you, dialogue that begins today. i hope that future dialogue doesn't span ten months between these opportunities. is your current office, place of work, washington, d.c.? . >> yes, sir. >> okay. and prior to becoming the epa administrator, what city or state did you live in or -- >> tulsa, oklahoma. >> okay. mr. pruitt, i would like to point out for the record you traveled to oklahoma for 43 out of 92 days this spring, according to the "washington post." that's almost half of every day in march, april and may of this year. i'm extremely troubled by reports that your frequent travel to and from oklahoma occurred at the expense of the u.s. taxpayer, and cost more than $15,000 just on those trips alone. and it appears i'm not the only one concerned. at the request of members of this congressional committee, epa's office of inspector general has begun an audit for waste, fraud and abuse associated with your frequent travel back

mr. carter returned home to an increasing involvement in veterans national affairs. as a civilian he is worked in the year as an attorney and business adviser and is currently teaching as an adjunct professor of law at georgetown university. today he is with us as a moderator and friend of our keynote speaker flo groberg. while mr. carter makes his way to the stage it's my pleasure to introduce captain flo groberg, born in paris. [applause] it's never a bad thing to be born in paris and in 2001 and naturalized american citizen after which he became flo groberg. he joined the army in 2008 and was twice deployed to afghanistan. it was during his second appointment that captain groberg captured a suspicious local men making his way to one of our patrols. four died but many were spared as a result of his swift action but captain groberg spent three years in recovery. in his book "8 seconds of courage" which will be available after lunch, he recounts his early life in france's army ranger training and the courage to take a brave action that saved those many lives. how can

mrs. carter's effort on corden's new bundle of joy. he returned to his show last night.ife, julia, and the baby, are doing fine. but they're still on the search for her name. >>> next, kevin hart's confession. >> what was your thinking earlier this year when you got caught cheating in vegas? it's irresponsible. >> it's beyond irresponsible. there's though way around it the. best way to do it is ard it right on. >> reporter: and hart did just that, owning his cheating mistakes. the new dad to baby kenzo kept the conversation real yesterday on the radio shoe, the breakfast club. >> i'm hoping she has a heart to forgive me and understand this is not going to be a recurring thing. >> i was listening to this. i couldn't believe it. he just kept going and going and saying more and more. >> he went there, didn't he? >> he sure did. he gave us all the answers we wanted. >>> still ahead -- can't wait. we're behind the scenes of "roseanne." new shots and how they're dealing with both returning beckys. >>> there's not lying shooting a movie in real time. >> is the pressure of live

mr. carter houndas. [cheers and applause] how you doin'?carter is back. uh, served in the army. >> yes. >> and now you're in the army reserves? >> correct. >> so you just can't give it up. >> no, i can't. >> [laughs] >> i'm not gonna leave. >> well, the good thing is, you can't give this game up. we don't want

mr. carter returned home to an increasing involvement in veterans issues. as a civilian we has worked in the private sector as an attorney and business adviser, and is currently teaching as an ajunk professor of law at georgetown university. today he is with us as a moderator and friend of our key note spec, flo groberg. grown in paris, never a bad thing, and in 2001, naturalized american citizen, after which he became flo bow bobo go -- flo gw berg. he tackled major seth off the man's suicide vest. many were spared as a result of his swift action. but captain groberg sent three years in recovery, and his book "8 seconds of courage" which will be available after lunch, recounts his early life in france, his truly tough army ranger training, and the courage brought him to take the brave action that saved those many lives. how can be thank a man whose own sense of responsibility inspired him to take that action. perhaps president obama had the right idea when in 2015, on veterans day, he received our nation's highest military honor, the congressional medal of

mr. carter: i recognize the mayor sandra martin for more than 30 years of public service. she is a talented public service and a better place to live. wilmington is located which is home to the fort stewart military base. under her leadership, they took her challenges. and built her first city hall. before that time, citizens needed to have a -- the speaker pro tempore: dispense. the members should be heard. the house will be in order, please. member will continue. mr. carter: the city went from being a town on the side of the highway and coaching visitors to come in. i'm proud to have a city official like mayor martin who is immensely dedicated to our area. other mayors could learn from her examples. nd i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: who seeks recognition for one-minute speech? for what purpose does the gentlewoman from louisiana seek recognition? without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today to honor and thank somebody who has been a key part of my team since i got elected into house leadership. he is the florida director for the w

mr. carter, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize a very important song to the history , the state of georgia kumbaya. the original name was come by here but now the song is internationally known as kumbaya. while the exact origin of the song is unknown, scholars believe it originated with the people who are descendents of enslaved african-americans that live on the sea islands in the coastal regions of georgia. it is largely believed that the song was a plea for god's intervention for this group of african-americans asking him to relieve them from a number of hard times in the community, a sick family member, oppression and more. robert winslow gordon, a staff member and eventually founder of the archive of folk songs, was temporarily living in georgia in 1926 and took the first recording of kumbaya on the wax sill dar recorder still located in the library of congress today. he recorded a person in the community named h. wiley who sang the lyrics. need you lord, come by here. somebody needs you lor

mr. carter: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i recently flew in a c-130 with a gathering of my colleagues in the house and senate the length and breadth of florida, across the gulf of mexico, up and down the gulf coast of my home state of texas and looked at the devastation that had been -- that in one day we can see about a 12-hour flight, we can see all the devastation that took place in these terrible storms. and that's why this supplemental is so very important, because this is not about numbers, this is not about anything, it's about people, human beings. we helped move their ruined furniture out of of their houses on that trip. we saw the devastation, we saw the tears, and the pain that these people were dealing with. chairman of the subcommittee, i'm proud to have a small part in working on this project. let me explain that the supplement provides $28.6 billion for the department of homeland security. $27.5 billion is for disaster relief fund to provide the continued response and recovery efforts for all recent disasters.

mr. carter's district. so mr. administrator, i appreciate you being here. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> i really appreciate the comment about regional variation. because as we look at the waters of the united states rule as an example, i mentioned this earlier today, states have -- north dakota has something called prairie potholes. and as i spent time in north dakota, i had never seen a prairie pothole. but that's a unique aspect of that state that needs to be taken into consideration as we look at these issues. so i really appreciate your feedback. that's the reason we are reaching out to governors and the deqs -- dnrs across the country to make sure we're making informed decisions, not only on just permitting but substantive rules we're talking about. >> that's critical. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. carter, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. administrator. appreciate you being here today. very much. >> thank you, members. >> pardon me? >> my apology. talking to another member here

mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to remember the life of former georgia state representative john yates who passed away on december 11 at the age of 96. representing griffin, georgia, just south of atlanta, he was first elected to the general assembly in 1988 and over time became one of the most aspiring officials in the state. when he retired from government, representative yates was the only world war ii veteran serving in the georgia general assembly. he was drafted into the army in 1942, and flew a piper cub airplane, a small plane with a top speed of less than 100 miles per hour. he flew 200 missions, adjusting artillery fire on the enemy, including at the battle at the bulge, earning six air medals and four battle stars. he went back to school to earn his college degree and worked with ford motor company, eventually becoming a depot manager. representative yates served the state of georgia with the most humble at feud and went to great lengths to help georgia veterans. anyone who was lucky

mr. carter's name is mentioned only once. they had a corroborating witness. i cannot say whether had they wanted to they could have made a probable cause, it is possible. i want to return, justice alito, to your question. that important to remember miller and 6 -- miller and smith were decided four decades ago. the court cannot imagine the technological landscape today. accepting the government's limitations to radically extend those cases would put them beyond the fourth amendment. beginning, very smith, for example, basically issuehe disclosure at does not disclose the contents of the conversation. out, thessent pointed provider had access to the contents of the conversation. yet we drew a line in saying -- telephonembers numbers -- art is bolt because everybody knows that the telephone company is keeping -- you gete numbers it in the phone bill at the end of each month. we said people do not know -- or even if they realize the phone company can listen into their conversation -- that there is a reasonable expectation that the --ne company will not access ex

mr. carter: i rise today to ecognize the life of william autocat to passed away at 98 years of age. he was a true patriot and american war hero and serving in world war ii, korean war and vietnam war. he received a purple heart, even though he and the rest of the forces faced heavy resistance. e led his men into the omaha beach. huddled in their fox holes they faced heavy mortar attacks, through his bravery, training and leadership, he led to a completion of their mission. william was a living legend and here oofer and i could not be honored to recognize this man from the greatest generation on the house floor today. he will truly be missed. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. there is an intract i believe bias and prejudice that ineffects robert mueller's investigation. k. at peter strz omp he cleared the statement from grossly negligent to extremely careless and he gets drafted in the mueller probe and starts ending pro clinton text to his mis

mr. carter: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in support of this two-week continuing resolution. this short-term c.r. is a necessary stopgap to keep the government operating until we finalize an agreement for the top line numbers and finish our work on all 12 appropriations bills. as some of my colleagues have noted, the house appropriations committee completed its work several months ago, passing all 12 of the bills out of this chamber back in september. about 80 days ago. the other chamber has not made the same progress. and the resolution before us today will buy us a little time to negotiate with our counterparts who are behind. once we -- our budget deal is done, we will be able to begin those negotiations and i'm confident we'll be able to quickly finish our work. i cannot overstate the importance of getting all 12 appropriations bills conferenced across the line. but i would be remiss if i did not emphasize the critical things funded in my bill. the final f.y. 2018 bill for the department of homeland securi

mr. carter: i rise to recognize agnus who passed away at the age of 79. she worked for 40 years in the secretary of the senate office in the georgia state capitol. she served in a number of different capacities there with dedication since 1968. always making the georgia state capitol run more efficiently while promoting good government. outside of her time working as stoster rvant, ms. was involved in the first baptist church for over 40 years. there she played in the hand bells and taught the 2-year-old sunday school class. she's survived by family all over the state of georgia including her husband, sister, children, grandchildren and 30 nieces and nevada use. her bright spirit will surely be missed by everyone around the georgia state capitol. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. payne: mr. speaker, what a disaster. the american people wanted a tax code that works for them. instead, my esteemed colleagu

mr. carter: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in support of this two-week continuing resolution. this short-term c.r. is a necessary stopgap to keep the government operating until we finalize an agreement for the top line numbers and finish our work on all 12 appropriations bills. as some of my colleagues have noted, the house appropriations committee completed its work several months ago, passing all 12 of the bills out of this chamber back in september. about 80 days ago. the other chamber has not made the same progress. and the resolution before us today will buy us a little time to negotiate with our counterparts who are behind. once we -- our budget deal is done, we will be able to begin those negotiations and i'm confident we'll be able to quickly finish our work. i cannot overstate the importance of getting all 12 appropriations bills conferenced across the line. but i would be remiss if i did not emphasize the critical things funded in my bill. the final f.y. 2018 bill for the department of homeland securi

carter: mr. culberson? mr. colberson: your testimony is one of the most encouraging and really, it is marvelous to hear your commitment to help the people of the united states, but you also have a very clear understanding for the genius of the united states and our greatest strength is relying on the good hearts and good sense and the values the americans called within their hearts to look after each other. the very best first responders are americans themselves looking after their families, neighbors, friends and local communities. i am thrilled to hear what you said. i want to make her i get a picture with you and we will put your testimony on my website and get it out to all the people of houston, texas. it is just superb. you are exactly right. in your your willingness to be creative and innovative. i did not encourage you to ask your staff to go through all the statutes you are responsible for, administering all the programs you are responsible for, and i asked them where do you have flexibility? for examp

mr. you for joining anderson. in 1980, carter refused to participate in the first presidential debate once he got that you were not invited. offend you in anyway, or were you more excited and saw it as an opportunity to gain popularity? >> i was not offended. the excuse he gave was that he would be debating to republicans . two against one would put him in an inferior position, and it would be unfair. and of course, i took great exception to that definition of that ofdacy being simply another republican. i had distinctly different views on those held by ronald reagan. and they were on important issues to be brought to bear in the minds of the electorate. as a kind his remark of gratuitous insult. >> to another moment in the debate in the primary. we are going to take a question first. good afternoon, mr. anderson. as we saw in your campaign ad, gerald ford said he is the smartest die in congress but insists on voting his conscience instead of party. you feel further alienation from the party as a result to run for president in 19

mr. chairman, could i have a moment or two to comment? rep. carter: absolutely. mr. long: when you opened up, congressman, about your statement and we are talking about being innovative. one of the things we get beat up congress andia, by by elected officials all over is inspections -- like when it comes to housing. "you are too slow." "you don't have enough inspectors." the number of inspections needed is unprecedented. we have had over 600,000 inspectors we've gotten our hands on to be able to put into the field. after that you start to run out of resources. when you run into that problem, it is twofold and this is an example of fragmented recovery. how do we reduce the need for a physical inspector to be in the field without looking at technology, satellite imagery and flood maps without going, you know what, the houses flooded. do we really need to send an inspector out there just to verify and it takes more time? the other thing with the inspection process is, we have a staff member at fema who is a resident, a native of louisiana. the only does she work for fem

mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the life of dr. lester johnson jr., who passed away on november 29, 2017, at 1 years of age. dr. johnson's work to provide a high-quality education to all students in savannah, georgia, has truly made our community a better place to live. his teaching career spanned 43 years, with 20 of those years teaching at alfred e. beach high school, a place where he was a student himself. dr. johnson passionately taught industrial art, mathematics classes. he received a beach high school teacher of the year award in 1961. in 1969, dr. johnson began to teach students at savannah state university where he later received the university's distinguished teaching award in 1991. dr. johnson's accomplishments don't stop with education. a few of his many accomplishments include being a former state representative and the first african-american eagle scout in savannah. dr. lester johnson's students leave his legacy throughout the first congressional district and the rest of our nation. he will truly be missed. thank you,

mr. ford or jimmy carter pushed the idea as president.ill clinton did pledged to move the embassy but when congress overwhelmingly approved a measure in 1995 mandating it happen by may 31, 1999, the president allowed it to become law without his signature, citing pending peace initiatives. >> as soon as i take office, i will begin the process of moving the united states ambassador to the city of israel as chosen as its capital. >> the promise -- elliott abrams, who worked the issue, explain why. >> i think president bush and president obama and president clinton were persuaded by two things. they let pressure from the state department and by what i call threats of violence. if you do this, rioting, terrorism will be your faults. the whole arab world will go up in smoke if you do this. >> abrams said he believes those same warnings had a reverse effect on president trump who by temperament and as a long-time billionaire tends to bristle when told woody cannon cannot do. mr. trump at first issued first issued the waiver putting off the relo

mr. speaker, selfless service to all those around him defined popeye carter's life he worked tirelessly to defend our freedom and better our waco community. he is loved by our city and left an enduring impression on all of central texas. he will be forever remembered as a selfless soldier, philanthropist, community member, husband, father, grandfather an friend. my wife and i offer our deepest and heart felt condolences to the carter family and also lift up the family and friends of popeye carter in our prayers. i have requested the united states flag be flown over the capitol to honor the life and legacy of robert "popeye" carter. as i close today i urge all americans to continue praying for our country in these difficult times for our military men and women who protect it from threats abroad and our first responders who protect us ere at home. mr. speaker, i rise today to honor u.s. marine corps staff sergeant calvin ryan coffer of bryan, texas who passed airway on october 24, 2017. he was born on september 22, 1983. from a young age he was involved in the boy scouts and the -- achieved

mr. reagan when he ran against jimmy carter was the issues of how do we stimulate the living wage jobs across america? and one thing that he surrounded himself with so many people -- i only worked in d.c. i actually rs but taught ethics at my level. but the issue is, of course, how can webero from peter to pay paul in i actually this reg? subsidies is one of layout. if you are the olsons related to them from nebraska and minnesota, there is much layover out there. i lived in new mexico as well and there is quite a bit of blm land being used. subsidy ks be taken and placed in areas like education. we need to raise the quality of living standards for our teachers. the foundation for our youth. now, i am really more of a republican-democrat. my grandfather was a great fan and would remind me of franklin delano roosevelt saved the world. but the modern day democrats speak more of boston and harvard. and all i know is that beats harvard than harvard beats prince ton. but i will leave it to you to discuss these things. thank you very much. zpwod bless everyone. guest: merry christmas. as far as the

mrs. clause surprised them with a visit at the mercy hospital. michelle: mike cartermpty handed. mike: escorted by the elves. santa made an early christmas appearance at medstar georgetown university hospital. >> has everybody been good? >> all right. for 30 years they organized the event to visit medstar georgetown and inova fairfax hospital. >> you see the children light up. >> it is a lot of fun. the kids we work wit out or normal kid stuff. most of the kids have a medical condition to prevent them from going to the mall or the fire house or wherever to meet santa. >> children were treated to a buffet of candy, cookies and cupcakes. and each child received two gifts. >> is that yours? >> yeah. >> the parents were financially challenged or unable to leave the hospital could pick up extra gifts for christmas day. >> with the donations boxes at the police stations and the elementary schools across fairfax county, the police department collects thousands of toys for the children. >> it is amazing to see this. see when they visit with santa. >> many experience months or

carter >> on its way to 60. >> that would be a buy mr. word salad vested word salad. >> just to show i don't get emotional when i invest. i think the tax deal is massive for these guys the auto space, this is a significant part of this to the comfort of consumers >> pete? >> u.s.-centric, taxes, and waymo is where you sold me, giddy-up, dan, i'm a buyer, baby >> clean sweep, buys all around. are you out there revving up your engine to buy auto nation on dan's fast pitch? vote in our twitter po poll @cnbcfastmoney. that doesn't look good >>> ahead, commodities gone crazy. dennis gartman has his predictions for 2018 more "fast money" after this >>> welcome back to "fast money. commodities gone wild this year, copper the big winner, up 32%. silver and gold have also shined oil and gasoline trading at year highs. going into 2018, of which these commodities should you keep buying who better to ask than the commodity king himself, dennis gartman. great to see you >> good to be seen, thanks >> we want to play a game with higher or lower with you

a sign of carter's weakness and reagan comes in and, poof, they're released. >> they're free. they're free, mrt. they're free, mr. president. we've had press reports that they're free. we've had press reports. what do you have to say about that? what do you have to say? >> only one thing to say. thank god. >> you could not have had a more stunning beginning to a presidency. the whole last year of the carter administration is defined by the hostages and in the first hours of reagan's administration they're free. that's the case with the image absolutely defines the reality. >> i just won't call them hostages. they were prisoners of war. >> if the hostages had not been released, reagan would have been forced to focus on the hostage crisis. with the hostages back, he was free to focus on the economy. >> inflation and unemployment are threatening the american way of life as never before. and without a change of policy, these intolerable conditions will get even worse. >> inflation flared again last month, almost doubling the rate of the month before. >> in 1967, inflation was 2.9%. last year it wa

mrs. clinton, hillary clinton, al gore. i know joe, i know joe biden very well. i'd like to have met them all. jimmy carter i knew. i worked for him as speechwriter. i've known a lot of them. cspan: ronald reagan? >> you know i had picture-taking sessions with him. you know -- i did it two nights ago with ron, up seattle, i'm good friend with him. i was good friend with nancy, last 15, 20 years, because my mom died of alzheimer's. i went to a thing with nancy, we were talking about alzheimer's how she missed her husband, said it was worse than the shooting with hinckley because she lost the company of her husband. my dad went through that. you lost company of your soulmate. we became very good friends. nancy was fun, tough but fun. we would go to dinner they were talking about this, we would go to dinner in beverly hills. one time i walk in there waiting, i'm earlier than her, hi, i'm going to dinner. what are you, secret service? no, i'm her date. show would say like, chase's great old hollywood hangouts, picture of this big plastic menus with all the old hollywood stars faces on them, calls the old guy over, oh,

mr. reagan when he ran against jimmy carter was the issues of how do we stimulate the living wage jobs acrossmerica? and one thing that he surrounded himself with so many people -- i only worked in d.c. i actually rs but taught ethics at my level. but the issue is, of course, how can webero from peter to pay paul in i actually this reg? subsidies is one of layout. if you are the olsons related to them from nebraska and minnesota, there is much layover out there. i lived in new mexico as well and there is quite a bit of blm land being used. subsidy ks be taken and placed in areas like education. we need to raise the quality of living standards for our teachers. the foundation for our youth. now, i am really more of a republican-democrat. my grandfather was a great fan and would remind me of franklin delano roosevelt saved the world. but the modern day democrats speak more of boston and harvard. and all i know is that beats harvard than harvard beats prince ton. but i will leave it to you to discuss these things. thank you very much. zpwod bless everyone. guest: merry christmas. as far as the p

mr. klapper in the 1990's when i was a baby bureaucrat in the pentagon. scared of him bit myn i encountered him, but boss, ashton carter, and the rest of the leadership held him in such high regard and respect that we were all grateful to have him as part of the team. manyrecently, i logged hours with mr. clapper in the white house situation room discussing north korea, ebola outbreaks, chemical weapons, and a gamut of national security issues. in the format of the principal committee meeting chaired by ambassador susan rice, and i was on the back bench. he was at the table. everye of you know, principals committee meeting begins with an intelligence of the. -- update. a ritualmost like prayer. mr. clapper went in town the latest update on whatever hard problem on the table that day. it has been my pleasure over my entire career to work with talented members of the intelligence community, and in particular to work with people who directly worked with mr. clapper in my last tour. i speak for not only myself, but in the of professionals intelligence, in protecting the integrity of humanity, which he led his -- the intell

mr. trump and his associates. republican lawmakers want to know whether the democratic funded dossier was used to obtain a warrant for fisa surveillance on carter page. during a hearing this morning, republican jim jordan of ohio but the question bluntly to the new fbi director, christopher wray. >> the democrat national committee and the clinton campaign which we now know where one of the same, paid the law firm who paid fusion ups who paid christopher steele who then paid russians. to put together a report we call a dossier full of all kinds of fake news, national inquirer garbage. it's been reported that this dossier was all dressed up by the fbi, taken to the fisa court and presented as a legitimate intelligence document, it became the basis of granting a warrant to spy on americans. i'm wondering. i'm wondering if that took place. >> our staffs have been having extensive interaction with both intelligence committees on our interaction with the fisa court. it's an appropriate setting for those questions. >> they do motion of bruce ohr follows similar revelations this week about peter strzok, the fbi official removed from the staff of specia

mr. -- i fregt -- rob rosen berg? wouldn't answer about last week. we've got to find out, did they use that dossier to get a warrant to go after carter page? >> so that is the most important question in your mind? >> it's a big one. because that gets to the abuse of the people that are doing the investigation and compromises the team. >> i don't understand how you see that the team would be compromised. the you and many other republicans were very supportive of robert mueller's investigation all along and let's remember there are members on his team that are republicans themselves in terms of political affiliation but what whe heard from rod rosenstein is there's no reason to believe they're compromised. he believes that mueller is proceeding to his mandate in h a very professional way. that's what i heard at the hearing we aired publicly here on cnn this week. >>> let me ask you a question about michael flynn who we heard the president make a comment earlier that he has not ruled out at the very least giving michael flynn a pardon. the he has already pleaded guilty to lying to mueller's team. who knows where that's going to lead in terms

mr. mccabe, he could be in hot water. it was a very, very stupid thing for him to do to tweet that out. >> and the emollients clause. jimmy carterot rid of his peanut farm to avoid any impropriety. nixon divested of his holdings as well. president trump spent 111 days at a property bearing his name. you tried to sue some clients who claims unfair advantage. but a federal judge appointed by clinton threw that case out. what is your reaction to losing that? is and is that fight over now? >> we are going to appeal. we do not agree with it. the judge did not rule on the emollients clause. anybody who holds a position of trust in the united states government not to accept any profits or benefits from foreign governments. the judge did not rule on that. the judge said our organization was not an appropriate player for the lawsuit. that ruling we're going to appeal. one brought by member of congress, one by the attorneys general in separate courts, those suits are proceeding as well. this is a matter yet to be resolved by the courts. whether the president is in compliance with the constitution or of the constitution. it is critically i

carter page. liz? >> liz: james good to see you here is a question i haven't seen the answer to yet. were peter and mr. orr flying solo or could they have been following orders? >> one doubts that peter was under any order from a superior officer in the fbi to exchange 10,000 texts with a colleague with whom he had become close texts that apparently included messages that were anti-trump which led to his removal from the staff of the special council robert mueller last july. in terms of bruce orr, the word we're getting from the department of justice is that it is exactly the opposite, that he was stripped of his higher ranking title of deputy associate deputy attorney general precisely because he had withheld from superiors that he had met with these men responsible for the dossier. >> liz: interesting james rosen, great to see you thank you so much for coming on sir have a good weekend. yesterday, fbi director christopher ray refused to give congress information about fbi agent peter strock involved in the clinton investigation. roll tape. >> he kicked everybody off mueller's team that was anti- tru

mr. kallstrom you make such a good point, fbi agents put their lives on-line to defend, and protect americans. and you are talking about political appointees involved in politics, sarah carter. of news, claims there are more anti-trump messages my mueller's team. and judicial watch saying that strong support by mueller deputy weisman, on sally yates. she refused to enforce president trump's travel pause. >> these people are outrageous. i am surprised at bob mueller, i guy him well, i don't agree with a lot of things he did in fbi, i believe he weakened the fbi terribly. i thought he was an honor able guy. some of the antics that have been going on, it has sickend my stomach to see how they dealt with paul manafort. here is a guy with a white collar problem, to show up at his house at dawn with a bunch of weapons, i don't know if it was a s.w.a.t. team, if you can believe the reports his wife was in bed, his children is there. that is an outrage, that goes on in third world country. you know whoever was in charge of that for fbi, hell with what mueller had to say, they would never have done that, you know with some bureau people that i know, that is outrage use thing to do.

mr. campbell if he didn't withdraw his civil case? >> sean: yes. >> guess with a reported to? andrew weissmann. >> sean: i'm hearing rumors all over the place, sara carterthere were other anti-trump texts, emails out there and we know about them. >> i think you are hearing correctly, sean. and i think a lot more is going to come out. in fact i know a lot more is going to come out based on the sources i've spoken to. the inspector general 's report and investigation is ongoing. there were parts of that report expected to come out before the end of december. and the rest of it is expected to come out after the first of the year. i think we are going to be stunned at what they uncover. >> i want to ask this. isn't it obstruction of justice, isn't it obstruction of justice that comey is exonerating and using this guy to exonerate hillary before they even investigated? the sky changes the language. that sounds to me just like hillary destroying emails and busting up blackberries. that all sounds like obstruction of justice to me. >> i don't know but it's obstruction of justice, but it is a corrupt fbi that did this. in the hierarchy. there are so many good f

mr. mccabe was asked about the veracity of the dossier and he defended the fbi's due diligence in investigating. but when he was asked forifics. he d for specifics. -- when was asked for specifics. he said carter page met with the russians. well, we know that. how can you do anything other than step away from in mccabe's testimony and say don't you have any more than that? dagen: how does this ends? we have the inspector general putting a report together. michael horowitz, it comes out. will that be the end of this? >> i do not think it would be a good thing if the credibility of the fbi were severely damaged by this investigation. and i think people inside the fbi are worried about that. if that is the case, then i think mr. mueller should wrap this up as quickly as possible for better or worse rather than let it drag on. dagen: it's not donald trump damaging the credibility of the fbi it, the actions of some agents and how they were handling themselves. hillary clinton may still play a role in the 2018 mid-terms. i guess her all-time low favor built rating didn't get through to her. a liberal blogger calling a liberal blogger calling republican sometime scott a prop i am totally blind. and n

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