mr. dinesh. you may be in that culture, that environment that supports you and make you feel good and successful. that's all well and good. >> okay, joe. thank you. >> mr. d'souza. >> i would like to tryo say where my politics come from. when you talk about things like my base, i don't run for office. i don't have a base. i'm a nonwhite immigrant who came to america with $500 in my pocket. i've seen the american dream as a reality in my life. i believe in ladders of opportune that enable people who start out at theotm to be able to climb up the ladder and make a better life for themselves. when i look at the two parties, it seems to me one of them is offering me a ladder. and the other is offering me a rope. what i mean by rope is you got democrats at the top of the building, okay, dinesh you don't have to try, we'll lower our rope down to you, you grab on the it and we'll pull you up. i say yeah you'll pull me up but then i'm dependent on you. what if you let go of the rope. i'll go crashing down

mr. dinesh and may be in that culture and that environment that supports you and makes you feel good and successful. that's all well and good. host: thank you, joe. guest: i would like to try to say were my politics comes from.

mr. dinesh and may be in that culture and that environment that supports you and makes you feel good and successful. that's all well and good. host: thank you, joe. guest: i would like to try to say were my politics comes from. when you talk about things like my base, i don't run for office. don't have a base. the speaker pro tempore: the will be order. lays before the house communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. june 5, 2018. i hereby appoint the honorable larry bucshon to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair now recognizes members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the communication from the speaker. chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be

mr. dinesh and may be in that culture and that environment that supports you and makes you feel good and successful. that's all well and good. host: thank you, joe. politics comes from. when you talk about things like my base, i don't run for office. i don't have a base. i'm a nonwhite immigrant who came to america with $500 in my pocket. i've seen the american dream as ofelieve in matters opportunity that enable people who start out at the bottom be able to climb up the ladder and make a better life for themselves. when i look at the two parties it seems to me one of them is offering me a ladder and the other is offering a rope. you got democrats on the top of 't ve to try but we will lower a rope to you, you grab onto it and we willl you up. i say to myself you are going to pull me up but then i am dependent on you. what if you let go of the rope? i would rather see a ladder propped up against a wall and climb up on my own and have a earned achiement instead of someone else giving it to me. this is the reason i leaned to the republican side politically to protect host: letters of oppor

mr. dinesh d'souza was prosecuted for a campaign finance violation which he admitted to. he apologized for. he's never sought a pardon in conjunction with that conviction. but nevertheless the president issuedhat pardon last week to dinesh d'souza and it may have just been a wild hair on the president's part, but strategically it seemed timed for the president to show off how aggressively he could flout norms and traditions for how presidents issue pardons. and why they do it and to whom. because mr. d'souza is a conservative media figure, that pardon also seemed designed to kind of wire the president's fox news base that they should cheer for his pardons, particularly ones that seem shocking or outrageous or even radical to anybody operating from a mainstream perspective or in terms of legal precedent. the president kept that up today with his online declaration this morning that of course everybody believes that he can par himself as president. almost nobody actually believes that the president can pardon himself. there's one controlling legal finding on that question f

mr. neocon, dinesh d'souza. arpaio, illegal immigrants, hate them.ding categories of people and given he's iconic person of each one of the communities. >> i argue it's three categories. as you just said, certainly, those people who have had their causes championed by conservatives, those who have had this causes championed by celebrities like jack johnson, and those who were on celebrity apprentice kwie apprentice. those are the people he knows. that's the world he knows. those are the folks he wants to send a signal with. i think there's no question whether it's flynn, manafort or other people in the probe, that's part of this too. look, i have this power. i'm not afraid -- >> do you guys all agree he will use it to protect himself? if jared kushner gets prosecuted, if his son and namesake donald junior gets nailed, will he move -- is there any doubt in your mind? >> i have doubt. >> he might not spring his son-in-law. he might not spring his daughter? >> i think the ivanka line is the red line. that's pretty clear. >> not the son? >> in law. >> i'

mr. dinesh and may be in that culture and that environment that supports you and makes you feel good anduccessful. that's all well and good. host: thank you, joe. guest: i would like to try to say were my politics comes from. when you talk about things like my base, i don't n for office. i don't have a base. i'm a nonwhite immigrant who came to america with $500 in my pocket. i've seen the american dream as a reality in my life. ofelieve in matters opportunity that enable people who start out at the bottom to be able to climb up the ladder and make a better life for themselves. when i look at the two parties it seems to me one of them is offering me a ladder and the other is offering a rope. you got democrats on the top of the building. you don't have to try but we will lower a rope to you, you grab onto it and we will pull you up. i say to myself you are going to pull me up but then i am dependent on you. what if you let go of the rope? i would rather see a ladder propped up against a waland climb up on my own and have a earned achievement instead of someone else giving it to me. this i

dinesh d'souza hasn't done any of that. mr.son, on the other hand, can we say here the president did the right thing, but for the mrs. j is someone who, if she were sentenced today would get a much lower sentence. she got life imprisonment for a f te drug offense.that a ncern. there are many more people like her. so, we don't want to say that the president's pardon power is always wrong, but we know really so secret sign to people like -- >> this wouldn't have happened if kim kardashian hadn't come in. who do you know, are you a celebrity, well connected? that coneyism lack of process. >> let's remember people involved in the mueller probe are getting the message. george papadopoulos's wife has been on a media tour. she's been talking to as many as she can, talking to rt roers trying to make the case for a pardon for her husband. >> let's listen to that. >> we're here in the middle of pardon season. i appreciate you coming on, people who watch the show know we have people on who have been involved in the mueller probe because y

dinesh d'souza of the obama administration. is that accurate? >> the same people that went after mr. d'souza are the same people that went after my husband and they are going after the president now. it's the same m.o. they are using their offices to undo elections and play politics instead of do what they are supposed to do which is to seek justice. our system of government has a system of checks and balances for a reason. the courts and prosecutors can get it wrong whether maliciously or by accident. and it takes a strong leader like president trump to right those wrongs. judge jeanine: i think my viewers need to understand what you are saying. the guy who prosecuted your husband is a guy named fitzgerald. fitzgerald is pals with comey who put martha stewart in prison and fitzgerald is representing comey, and it's like comey, fitzgerald who have gone over to the dark side, many think, in terms of the way they are handling these cases. >> absolutely. they create crimes when there are no crimes. this is the case with my husband. it was this ridiculous selling of the senate seat was o

dinesh d'souza. he had made illegal campaign contributions and got five years federal probation, in 2014. mr. trump also said he might commute the sentence of rod blagojevich, former democratic governor of illinois. he's serving 14 years for corruption. and, the president talked of pardoning businesswoman martha stewart. she served five months in prison, stemming from a sale of stock before the price plunged. president trump traveled to texas today, and met with families of those killed in the santa fe school shooting. governor greg abbott and republican senator ted cruz were on hand as air force one touched down in houston. the meeting with the families was closed. later, the president went on to a series of campaign fundraising events in houston and dallas. mr. trump claimed again today that ousting f.b.i. director james comey had nothing to do with the russia investigation. he tweeted: "not that it matters but i never fired james comey because of russia!" in fact, he's previously said the opposite, at least twice. the first time came within days of comey's dismissal in may of last year. >>

mr. trump is in a league of his own. climbing on air force one to go to texas to console a community coping with the grief of another school shooting. pardoning jackson and dineshcult sowsa. and now he he's slapping tariffs on mexico and canada and the european union because they won't negotiate on nafta. one that would cause the world to catch its breath. just the kind of odds president trump has overcome throughout his extraordinary life. don't look now. suddenly you may have noticed the national left-wing media that there is suddenly no mention of a blue wave in the upcoming mid-terms. california dems fear they may lose a few key races they already put that their win columns. all the president is doing is leading and winning. and yes he keeps tweeting as well. if you are confused about what he's doing, about the massive trade deficit with china. and tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. well, just read the most of succinct policy statement a president has ever written. it reads. here is his tweet. fair trade, cleak exclamation m. like i said, this president is a marvel. president trump and his administration fighting for the historic summit with north kore

dinesh d'souza was prosecuted by former u.s. attorney and cnn contributor preet bharara, who trump fired. in the case of martha stewart, the prosecutor was james comey. let's see. mr. blagojevich was convicted of 18 charges, sentenced to 14 years in prison. but when you look at this, when you look at that, it's preet bharara or whether it's anyone else who is connected to the president, is this settling scores? >> so i actually think it's more. i mean, look. it's -- i'm not a huge believer in coincidence, don. certainly not in politics. so i'm not willing to dismiss that. my belief is the prime mover, the prime motivator here, and donald trump said this on air force one on the way to texas today. he was asked about dinesh d'souza. and he said i never really met him. i called him last night. boy, was he surprised. i heard him on the radio and saw him on television. that to me is part of this too. martha stewart was on "the apprentice." rod blagojevich was on "the apprentice." dinesh d'souza, scooter libby was to a certain extent sticking it in the eye of the bush administration who weren't willing to -- remember, george w. bush was strongly lobbied by dick cheney a