ms. lynch's testimony and what resolution might provide?vides a resolution greater than just the conversation about calling the clinton administration a matter appeared early on in the investigation, and there were references to the fda that committee being a security review. the arnett reports and we don't know what is true, but e-mails between ms. lynch or a friend and somebody else at the dn t. suggesting that ms. lynch was going to not let the fbi investigation go too far. i think it's important that she resolved that, she'd tell us every year more testimony about who received the e-mail and was she ever in contact, what communications did she have with them. was that her intent? did she ever say that? arthel: from a public and democrats documents and other details as well as others. the former fbi assistant director claimed that would sacrifice national security. >> i don't know that it would've sacrifice national security, but the prevailing concern as she obstructed the logical progress of the investigation in the investigation's abi

. >> to be fair to ms. lynchbi director comes in, assuming the account is accurate and there's this accusation that she was going to put the kibosh and maybe she was angry at having her ethics questioned and told him to get the heck out of office, but that's why ms. lynch should testify and comey should testify and bill clinton should testify. liz: gotta go. but the idea of the grand jury, it was about the blackberry service providers at the tail end. it wasn't a big impanelled grand jury into hillary clinton, right, tom? >> quickly. grand jury subpoenas that got documents. no one went before grand juries and testified. liz: my panel is here to react after this. [vo] when it comes to investing, looking from a fresh perspective can make all the difference. it can provide what we call an unlock: a realization that often reveals a better path forward. at wells fargo, it's our expertise in finding this kind of insight that has lead us to become one of the largest investment and wealth management firms in the country.

the committee came said on friday, in a letter to ms. lynch the committee asked her to detail the depths of her involvement. that the probe wouldn't push too deeply into the matter. fired fbi director john boehner james comey said publicly. he also hinted that other behavior which i cannot talk about yet, that made him worried about ms. lynch ability to make impartial decision. mr. comey part of the reason he took it upon himself to reveal the findings. that's the work of the senate judiciary committee. the south carolina republican and former prosecutor believes much the russian investigation belongs under the special counsel or other congressional committees. he said he would prefer to have the oversight committee focus on the headline grabbing issues such as overseeing the census and national archives. it's probably a case by case basis when asked if he could continue the outstanding inquiries by the former chair of representative jason chaifez of utah. mr. gowdy said he will investigate things as things pick up. let's go to robert robert i

ha and were you aware ms. lynch counsel and had refused? >> yes, from, i think, congress -- members of doing had repeatedly asked, yes, sir. >> yours truly did on multiple occasions. and that heightened your concerns about the appearance of a conflict of interest with the department of justice which caused you to make what you have described as an incredibly painful decision to basically take the matter up yourself and led to that july press conference? >> yes, sir. after former president clinton met on the plane with the attorney general, i considered whether i should call for the appointment of a special counsel and decided that that would be an unfair thing to do because i knew there was no case there. we had investigated very, very thoroughly. i know this is a subject of passionate disagreement, but i knew there was no case there, and calling for the appointment of special counsel would be brutally unfair because it send the message, ah-ha, there's something here. that's my judgment. >> if the special counsel had been appointed, they co

. >> and were you aware ms. lynch had been requested numerous times to appoint a special counsel and had refused? >> yes, from, i think, congress -- members of doing had repeatedly asked, yes, sir. >> yours truly did on multiple occasions. and that heightened your concerns about the appearance of a conflict of interest with the department of justice which caused you to make what you have described as an incredibly painful decision to basically take the matter up yourself and led to that july press conference? >> yes, sir. after former president clinton met on the plane with the attorney general, i considered whether i should call for the appointment of a special counsel and decided that that would be an unfair thing to do because i knew there was no case there. we had investigated very, very thoroughly. i know this is a subject of passionate disagreement, but i knew there was no case there, and calling for the appointment of special counsel would be brutally unfair because it would send the message, ah-ha, there's som

been one year since ms. lynchecretly met with bill clinton on a private plane in arizona, apparently just to talk about their grandkids. that's all. a meeting that even caused concern with former fbi director james comey. i mean, he was worried and he didn't like the fact that she wanted him to call this investigation a matter, a matter, because, no, a matter is very different than an investigation. joining me right now, former illinois congressman joe walsh, and a democratic strategist. good to see you both. joe, start with you. the loretta lynch story is a big deal. i don't understand why the networks are refusing to cover it? >> hey, trish, yes you do, but you're too decent to admit it. look, this is, i think donald trump's greatest achievement, trish, he outed the media for the dishonest leftists they are. abc, cbs, nbc, cnn, they are obsessed, i mean obsessed with russia, trump, collusion, 24/7, it is actually hurting them. here we have an example, a year ago, you nailed it, a year ago yesterday, you talk abo

ms. lynch's ability to make impartial decisions. mr. comey said that is one reason mr. commie said he decided to boxer tradition. oversightf the house report committee now under the chairmanship of trait gowdy saying that the former prosecutor believes that much of the russian investigation but once under the special counsel and he would prefer to have the oversight committee focus on the less headline grabbing issues, overseeing the fences and national archives. aces whenase-by-case asked if he would continue from the outstanding inquiries, leaving behind a series of quests -- request to the white house, mr. gowdy said he would investigate things as they come up. chicago,to robert and democrats line. go ahead. we are talking about the idea of term limits for the supreme court caller:. caller:20 years should be it. host: why 20? because the congress voted that we had to retire at 66. washer they have a job for a lifetime? -- why should they have a job for a lifetime? how do justices think? seeing a you prefer a length of time limit or mandatory retirement age for justic

may or may not have been fake, that has yet to be determined, they do want to speak directly with ms. lynch. chief national correspondent ed henry here with the latest on the report date the obama administration spent months debating in the white house over how to respond to russia and in the end it did very little. >> it's one of the biggest unanswered questions, the democrats were so outraged by what they called the russian assault. why didn't president obama lift much more than a thinker to try to stop it. "the washington post" in reports that president obama and three top aides were given eyes only intelligence at russian president vladimir putin was directly involved in trying to disrupt the american election. obama aides debated about a dozen different options but then did very little on the way out the war door to retaliate. one former obama officials said it's the hardest thing about my entire time in the government to defend. i feel like we sort of choked. former obama homeland security chief said when pressed on the broad parameters of this, under oath earlier this week he insiste

plus james comey's testimony that ms. lynche investigation. >> that's really what evidently sparked a whole lot of -- a whole series of events that mr. comey engaged in that he probably wouldn't have done otherwise because he was very concerned about this. i would also point out that the inspector general michael horowitz at the department of justice has also been diving into that. i would expect that the first part of next year you will actually see a comprehensive report on that, but to have senator grassley and the senate judiciary committee also going after this, it really is a pivotal moment, and if the democrats are going to be fair and balanced about this, they should be equally concerned about what loretta lynch did or didn't do in her role as attorney general. kelly: the request for information are the start of what judiciary chairman senator chuck grassley said would be separate investigations into the firing of comey and whether the obama administration tried to influence fbi investigations. lynch has until july 6th

bipartisan action announcing today they are investigating quote alleged political interference by ms. lynch and the clinton emailt case. in related news, foxnews.com is reporting that the state department is investigating whether hillary mishandledig classified information which could lead to the former secretary of state losing her security clearance. to not adjust your sets. that was not a story from two years ago. this is actually still going on. richard, you did also have feinstein today say that she did not believe that attorney general lynch played any role in the clinton investigation. these letters are just a request for information to put to rest a speculation about the issue. what are you? >> here's the thing for it as of this before on the show. i think no justice department can be elevated above politics. they've all play politics and history. i think this is very interesting.ve i think that loretta lynch clearly probably made somees mistakes and what she did here. i'll be the first to admit that. hillary clinton lost the election. just let her walk in the woods. >> in fact, as

. >> it is possible are you aware ms. lynch was requested a few times and refused?. >> yes yes, sir,. >> i did on multiple occasions. and that i in your concernsnce o that caused you to makert within incredibly painful decision to take the matter of yourself that led to the july press conference. >> yes, sir. after the attorney general of water pressure call for the special appointment been decided that would not be fair because there was no case to know this does a subject of passionate disagreement by new there was no case so that would be brutally unfair to send a message there is something here. >> if the special counsel had appointed to make that determination that there was nothing there and declinede to pursue it?. >> many months later or one year later. >> given the experience of the clinton e-mail investigation day think it is unreasonable for anyone that has been assured of multiplications with the fbi investigation is that reasonable to want the fbi director to publicly announce that so that would be removed?. >> ed is a reasonable point of view when the b

. >> and were you aware ms. lynch had been requested numerous times to appoint a special counsel and refused? >> yes, sir. from i think congress had -- members of congress repeatedly asked, yes, sir. >> yours truly did on multiple occasions. and that heightened your concerns about the appearance of a conflict of interest with the department of justice which caused you to make what you have described as an incredibly painful decision to basically take the matter up yourself and lead to that july press conference. >> yes, sir. after the president clinton -- former president clinton met on the plane with the attorney general i considered whether i should call for appointment of a special counsel and decided that that would be an unfair thing to do because i knew there was no case there. we had investigated it very, very thoroughly. i know this is a subject of passionate disagreement, but i knew there was no case there and calling for appointment of a special counsel would be brutally unfair because it would send the mess

lynch. [applause] ms. yates: some of the harvard law graduates are obviously household names. but others are known only to the people whose lives they have changed forever. now, all of you are following in their footsteps. as if the bicentennial were not enough, they also told me that this year was the first time there would be an equal number of men and women graduating from the law school. that is a long way from when my grandmother was admitted to the georgia bar. she didn't even go to law school. she did what was called reading law. that was essentially studying under the tutelage of another lawyer. then, she took and passed the bar exam. back then, passing the bar exam and being able to practice law as a woman, especially in the south, those were two very different things. so, she became a legal secretary to my grandfather and then later my father and my uncle. truth be told, she was smarter than all of them. [laughter] ms. yates: and i can only imagine how frustrating it must have been for her to have spent her career typing someone else's thoughts. she would be thrilled

. >> were you aware that ms. lynch had been requested numerous times to appoint a special counsel and refused? >> yes, from i think congress had -- members of congress had repeatedly asked, yes, sir. >> yours truly did on multiple occasions. and that heightened your concerns about the appearance of a conflict of interest with the department of justice which caused you to make what you have described as an incredibly painful decision it basically take the matter up yourself and led to that july press conference? >> yes, sir. after the president clinton, former president clinton met on the plane with the attorney general, i considered whether i should call for the appointment of a special counsel. and had decided that would be an unfair thing to do because i knew there was no case there. we had investigated very, very thoroughly. this was a subject of passionate disagreement but i knew there was no case there and calling for the appointment of a special counsel would be brutally unfair because this would send the message

. >> were you aware that ms. lynch been requested numerous times to appoint a special counsel and refused? >> yes, from i think congress had -- members of congress had repeatedly asked, yes, sir. >> yours truly did on multiple occasions. and that heightened your concerns about the appearance of a conflict of interest with the department of justice which caused you to make what you have described as an incredibly painful decision it basically take the matter up yourself and led to that july press conference? >> yes, sir. after the president clinton, former president clinton met on the plane with the attorney general, i considered whether i should call for the appointment of a special counsel. and had decided that would be an unfair thing to do because i knew there was no case there. we had investigated very, very thoroughly. this was a subject of passionate disagreement but i knew there was no case there and calling for the appointment of a special counsel would be brutally unfair because this would send the message, ah

. >> were you aware that ms. lynch had been requested numerous times to appoint a special counsel and refused? >> yes, from i think congress had -- members of congress had repeatedly asked, yes, sir. >> yours truly did on multiple occasions. and that heightened your concerns about the appearance of a conflict of interest with the department of justice which caused you to make what you have described as an incredibly painful decision it basically take the matter up yourself and led to that july press conference? >> yes, sir. after the president clinton, former president clinton met on the plane with the attorney general, i considered whether i should call for the appointment of a special counsel. and had decided that would be an unfair thing to do because i knew there was no case there. we had investigated very, very thoroughly. this was a subject of passionate disagreement but i knew there was no case there and calling for the appointment of a special counsel would be brutally unfair because this would send the message

attorney general loretta lynch should be subpoenaed before the senate judiciary committee pursuant to senator feinstein's comments last week that she wants to explore the matter further? ms. pelosi: i am not familiar with that. i don't think she should be subpoena on the strings of the president saying hello. but nonetheless. here's what i do think about that subject. there's a lot of -- there are meetings going on to deconflict -- special counsel mueller is going to be doing his investigation. at the same time the house and senate intelligence committees should in a parallel time frame do that. one doesn't have to wait for the other. same thing with the judiciary committee. my comment to all of them -- and you give me an opportunity to say it here -- is that there may be information that special counsel has that may not be incriminating from the standpoint of the wall but might be useful in terms of the investigations, what might be obstruction of justice. i don't know. they need to get the facts. but abuse of power is different so any information they may have should be made available to the investigative committees in the house and in the senate judiciary, intelligenc

ms. pelosi: just about the top line. yes, ma'am. reporter: back to comey's testimony. i was wondering what you thought about his comments regarding former attorney general loretta lynch and his confusion over her request to call the clinton email probe a matter instead of an investigation? and also the fact that her meeting with president bill clinton on the tarmac was sort of his final -- was sort of the event that made him decide to make his announcement in july? ms. pelosi: well, i respectfully say that's how he saw the situation. i don't know -- bill clinton was paying a courtesy visit. when you are in the same place you say hello. it was misinterpreted for what it was. matter, investigation, i don't know if that's such a big deal. i do say about director comey that he came through i think with great authenticity and sincerity. he's not a political person. i think that was quite evident and that's a good thing for the director of the f.b.i. that the president would even ask him for his loyalty is something so far beyond the pale. he's not the president's appointee. let's get back to what i said before. charm, come to dinner, come to whatever that is, trump tower, do

ms. speier. amendment 143 by mr. bishop requirements for the alaska range. amendment 196 by mr. lynch event with options for the acceleration of fielding of the information network and omit to program for 214 amendment for mr. kaufman and report said the oex experiment. i yield back. >> is there further discussion on the en bloc package? if not the question is offered -- the question occurs on the amendment per mile. those favor say aye. the ayes have it any amendments are adopted. are there other amendments to the subcommittee mark. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i haven't amendment at the desk. the clerk will distribute the amendment appeared without objection the amendment is considered as red and the gentlelady is recognize. >> this amendment will be offered and what drivable prohibits funding in the coming fiscal year until the secretary of the navy certifies he has reviewed the recommendations included in the navy's comprehensive review of physiological episodes involving t. 45 and f-18 aircraft and plans have been developed in funding available to implement the numerous recommenda

ms. scholz. this letter reads" ," did you er have communication wasserman schultz. this test especially demand or any other current dnc officials that the clinton the former fbi director james comey said lynchold him to use a language that downplayed the criminal nature of the fbi investigation, and he referred to the ledge document that was reportedly picked up by the russian hackers. >> there were other things that contributed to that. one significant item i can't, and of the committee has been briefed on, there's been some public accounts of it which are nonsense but i understand the many has been briefed on the classified facts. the only other consideration i guess i can talk about in an open setting that at one point attorney general had directed me not to call an investigation but instead to call it a matter, which confused and concerned me. >> sandra: to mexico according to our fox research department in july of 2016, lynch had to answer questions more than 70 tr congressional testimony. for some context, these new sent letters are being hailed because they show how the russia probe has effectively spilled over into previous administration. >> sandra: obviously a big development in t

ms. waters: thank you. continuing to answer, mr. duffy, who opposes this bill, the fleet association, which includes the marine, navy and coast guard, and with that i yield to mr. lynch, a senior member of the financial services committee. the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for one minute. mr. lynch: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i have to say, mr. speaker, that this is the single worst piece of legislation that i have seen in my time here in congress, and i have been here a while. i have to congratulate the gentleman from texas on putting group of terrible ideas together. this bill basically destroys the work we did to try to secure the banks after the financial crisis of 2008. it harms consumers. it lets off bad actors and hamstrings our financial regulators and i believe it will lead to the next financial crisis. this bill will destroy the only consumer protection agency in the united states government by handing over the ability to defund the operation to the people who were committed to opposing its very creation. it also repeals the department of labor's fiduciary rule that simply requires that financial advisors put the interest o

ms. waters: thank you. continuing to answer, mr. duffy, who opposes this bill, the fleet association, which includes the marine, navy and coast guard, and with that i yield to mr. lynch, a senior member of the financial services committee. the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for one minute. mr. lynch: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i have to say, mr. speaker, that this is the single worst piece of legislation that i have seen in my time here in congress, and i have been here a while. i have to congratulate the gentleman from texas on putting group of terrible ideas together. this bill basically destroys the work we did to try to secure the banks after the financial crisis of 2008. it harms consumers. it lets off bad actors and hamstrings our financial regulators and i believe it will lead to the next financial crisis. this bill will destroy the only consumer protection agency in the united states government by handing over the ability to defund the operation to the people who were committed to opposing its very creation. it also repeals the department of labor's fiduciary rule that simply requires that financial advisors put the interest o