mr. lindsey, what is the proposed size of the building? >> i'm sorry, what is the -- >> commissioner moore: yeah, what is the square footage of the building. i could not find that. >> the proposed building. >> no, no, the existing. i could not find that. >> commissioners, it's 1796 square feet. >> commissioner moore: i'd like to get back to my original question, that that is something actually to ask mr. green. with -- this is 1700 square foot for a single-family home. that is a reasonably large building, and i can't help thinking that this particular building ties in more at the ex-pension of others. replicating an irregular shape exacerbates the problems on all sides, and i would prefer a regularly sized building to accommodate the adjoining building. for a single-family home, this is a large home, when the adjacent neighbors live in smaller units, not only in the adjoining building, but in the apartment buildings next door. i have a problem with that, but there is a motion. >> commissioner richards: i did not hear the second. >> commiss

but i would actually agree with republican senator lindsey graham that if mr. trump tried to fire mr. mueller, that will be the beginning of the end of the trump presidency. >> the president also said this yesterday about the raid where he called it an attack on this country. i want you to take a listen and get your reaction. >> i have this witch hunt constantly going on for over 12 months now. and actually much more than that. you could say it was right after the won the nomination it started. that it's a disgrace. it's frankly a real disgrace. it's an attack on our country in a true sense. it's an attack on what we all stand for. >> do you think the raid was an attack on our country? >> absolutely not. what this president doesn't seem to understand is that there is no one that is above the law including the president of the united states. i would remind the president that mr. rosenstein who is his deputy attorney general long-term republican, mr. wray, the fbi director, a trump appointee, throughout this whole investigation, mr. mueller, a lifelong republican

lindsey graham had this to say. >> mr. president, if you are watching, i think you are going to be fine unless you screw this up. let the process play out. >> these warnings meant to say we will actually do something if you take action to fire robert mueller? they are hoping that's going to work. the leaders at the white house tonight meeting with the president, we don't know what they are talking about, but might hope they are saying don't do this. >> they may be. i doubt they are. there is nothing indicated and public inclination that the leadership or caucus members in the whole are prepared to actually go and press back against the president on his desire to fire rod rosenstein or robert mueller. we hope the counsel is being given to him, but i doubt it is. the reason is they are still looking to their right and left and in their districts and seeing themselves surrounded by the avid supporters for donald trump and they don't want it to blow back on them and don't want the voters to turn out this fall because they are

mr. president. >> reporter: south carolina's lindsey graham. >> if he doesn't follow through and live up to that tweet, he's going to look weak in the eyes of russia and iran. >> i want to get out. i want to bring troops back home. >> reporter: mr. trump said last week he wanted to pull the roughly 2,000 american troops out of syria within six months. >> we're thinking about that very seriously, okay. >> reporter: the president's abrupt push to leave syria alarmed his national security team and middle east experts at the state department. defense secretary james mattis and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff opposed withdrawing within the six-month timetable. the president launched missile strikes on a syrian air base last april following a chemical attack that killed more than 90 civilians. arizona republican john mccain accused the president of telling the world he would prematurely withdraw from syria. strike again to, quote, demonstrate that assad will pay a price for his war crimes. diplomats at the state department have been working there for nearly a month since secretary of tillerson's f

. >> lindsey graham not just an attorney but former jag with the military. do you agree with his assessment of mrthe notion that it is idiotic for him to record conversations? >> it's exactly what i have been saying for the last 72 hours. i have enormous amount of respect for lindsey graham. very experienced attorney. i couldn't agree with him more than to say that. it's outrageous. it's beyond stupid. what is amazing is that this is the guy that the president put at his right hand. this is the man that the president basically trusted his secrets to. it is astounding. >> earlier today on the show senator king independent of maine on the senate intelligence committee said that tcohen seem to be cropping up whether with the russia investigation. do you know of anything that might link the two? >> i'm not at liberty to get into a lot of details but suffice it to say on friday while we were all in court trying to deal with this tro and the judge was asking questions of his counsel and the counsel did not have answers to the simple questions the judge wasn't happy about it, michael cohen was video tap

mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the memory of two fallen heroes back home in florida. gilchrist sergeant county knoll ramirez and deputy taylor lindsey. these two officers were tragically murdered in the line of duty during an ambush shooting on april 19. mr. speaker, these two young men were selfless heroes, patriots, and everything we aspire to be as people, as a nation, and as americans. sergeant ramirez had been in law enforcement for seven years and leaves behind two young children and a wife. he had, as sheriff bobby schultz described it, an infectious smile. deputy lindsey joined the gilchrest county sheriff's office in 2013 and dedicated his time and efforts toward getting illegal drugs off our streets. please join us in honoring gilchrest county knoll ramirez and deputy taylor lindsey and all of our fallen heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure our safety. at this time, mr. speaker, i ask that the household a moment f silence. the speaker pro tempore: the house and the gallery will stand in a moment of silence. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. the speaker pro tempo

mr. president, don't go there. it would be the beginning and the end of your president, lindsey graham said. the fact that they are speaking from the same script is significant. they have spoken about this. the question is whether they will take an additional step to try to make it more difficult. >> how do you understand the logic? hey, he may remove this person. oh, what do you think of that? that's not good. don't do that? then why don't you make sure that he can't do it by putting forward this legislation. don't need to because i don't think he will do it. they all said that. there are other gop lawmakers who have worked on on even bipartisan moves to protect special counsel. but not these, who were just interviewed. i don't think he should do it. it would be a problem if he did. but i won't protect against it. >> it is wishing and hoping. s on trick-like approach to the problem. the real question is that sufficient? how much authority can the president claim over husband own justice department? what can happen? even the saturday night massacre has limited ability because nixon kept staf

mr. gates: there are a lot more voters than seats on my plane. congress toers of go visit and see that work, people like lindsey graham are very active in getting his colleagues to go out and learn and see. that is partly why many elements of foreign aid, particularly -- has continued to have the strong response. that did not stop an executive budget proposal from including potential cuts. in that case, the congress did not consider seriously cutting that money because they did not have a commitment to it great >> are you concerned about the america first rhetoric? it is anathema to what your whole mission is these days. mr. gates: i don't agree with the american first rhetoric. i think the alliances we have built over time and the help we are provided countries, starting with the marshall plan, our role in supporting the united nations, the bilateral things we do, we have made the world a more stable place. i think that is good from a pure humanitarian point of view. , think that foreign aid because the budget is so small, we pick things that are so effective that even if it benefits americans, americans do not want have pandemics and send soldier

lindsey graham, one of the cosponsors, the bill is precautionary. >> you know, i don't think there's any indication at all hat president trump is going to sire mr.ller. as i said, that would be counstrophic. >> glor: now, paula, the president has expressed a willingness before to sit for an interview with the special counsel, but things have changed a little bit. any new details? >> reporter: yeah, the cohen elads have kind of stalled as ongoing talks about a possible interview. and while the special counsel is not overseeing the investigation into mr. cohen, sources tell cbs news that the president is angry about those raids and therefore less likely to sit for an interview at this time. jeff? >> glor: paula reid with that .ew reporting. paula, thanks. facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg apologized to the house today for the privacy scandal, and said government regulation of vicial media is inevitable. zuckerberg also told congress, he is among the 87 million facebook users whose personal information was exposed. >> was your data included in the data sold to the malicious third parties? your personal data? >> yes. >> it was. ye you willing to chang

. >> lindsey graham not just an attorney, a former jag with the military do you agree with his assessment of mr that it's idiotic for him to record conversation sns. >> well, jake, it's what i've been saying as well the last 72 hours as soon as the story broke. i have an ee normsz amount of respect for lindsey graham, very intelligent man, experienced attorney. i couldn't agree with him more than to say that. i mean it's outrageous. it's beyond stupid. and what's amazing is that this is the guy the president put at his right hand. this is the man the president basically trusted his secrets to. it's astunneding. >> earlier today on the show senator angus king, independent of maine on the senate intelligence committee said that cohen seems to be cropping up were with stormy daniels hush money payment or with the russia investigation. do you know of anything that might link the two or anything that michael cohen might have done involving russia. >> well i'm not at liberty to get into a lot of the details, jake. but suffice it to say as follows on friday while we were in court trying to deal with t

>> lindsey graham that co sponsored a bipartisan bill to protect the special counsel suggested the committee plans to move forward with a vote regardless. >> i don't believe mrn jeopardy of being fired. i wanted to do some protections for special counsels now and in the future. i respect mitch and i'm going to vote for the institutional protections. i don't think he will be fired. i'll lead it up to the majority leader how to run the floor. >> chuck schumer is slamming mcconnell's decision saying it's a mistake not to pass legislation to protect the investigation. we ought to head off a constitutional crisis at the pass rather than waiting until it's too late. richard, mitch mcconnell said as a practical matter, president trump won't sign this bill. so why would he bring it to the floor for a vote? >> it's important that the senate brings it for a vote. couple of things. number 1, we've seen this president tweet over and over again attacking the mueller investigation and attacking what the investigation stands for. whether or not you agree with the investigation, i'm not a lawyer but if i was the president's lawyer, if you don't think you did anything wrong,

mr. bolton of the mustache? kevin: he is very aligned with senators john mccain and lindsey graham. graham, the republican from south carolina, and he described this moment in president trump's presidency is a defining one with regards to syria. he says if it is a one-time strike that it will be a missed opportunity. that there needs to be cohesive strategy coupled with additional sanctions to russia. i would note that the president is getting the backing not only of republicans, but several top democrats who are supporting some type of military strike should he ultimately decide on that, including senators warner of virginia and senator blumenthal of connecticut. ts, ithe president twee seem you haven't seen this. it is short and brief, two minutes ago. fire robertto mueller in december as reported by the failing new york times, i would have fired him. more fake news from a biased newspaper. i find this extraordinary. it links into mr. rosenstein. which lawyers is the president listening to? kevin: it depends on the day. i would aggressively note that senator chuck grassley, the ch

mr. trump, and the president announced he wants to pull all american forces out of syria and is freezing recovery aid for that country. we want to discuss all this with senator lindseyraham, a key member of the senate armed services' committee. senator, welcome back to "fox news sunday" and happy easter. >> senator graham: happy easter, a lot to talk about. >> chris: well, let's start with the situation in russia. the launch of a powerful new missile, those mass expulsions. here's all russia's ambassador to the u.s. describe the situation. >> it seems the atmosphere in washington is poisoned. it's a toxic atmosphere. >> chris: how serious is the split now between moscow and washington? >> senator graham: i think it's pretty ironic that he used the word poison. one of the reasons we are expelling diplomats is because the russian intelligence services most likely poisoned a british citizen and his daughter, a former russian agent in the united kingdom. this is the 80s to me all over. i can tell you what ronald reagan did. every time the russians tried to advance their military technology we won up to them. and every time the russians started running wild throughout th

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mr. yoho: thank you, madam speaker. i rise this evening with a saddened heart to honor sergeant noel ramirez and deputy taylor lindsey who tragically lost their lives in the line of duty on april 19, 2018. in a senseless, evil and cowardly act with complete disregard and respect for law enforcement officers and life itself. while i no longer represent gilchrest county here in congress, my wife and i operated two of our veterinarian business s there. it's the eits -- businesses there. it's the epitome of an american town that espouses god, country and family. our thoughts are with the entire community as they recover from this tragedy. sergeant ramirez was born on june 3, -- june 30, 1988, in brooklyn, new york. after gragg high school in puerto rico with honors, he began his career in law enforcement. during his service to the people of gilchrest county, he played an active role in recruiting new members to the gilchrest team to grow what he liked to call the family in the gilchrest county sheriff's department. he was a medalist in the first responders game in both basketball and weight lifting, but more importantly than