trump echoing those warm words. >> thank you to my very good friend rupert murdock. >> reporter: the president also touting his past financial contributions to one of murdock's pet causes, the american australian association. >> through years through rupert, every years ago he'd send me this letter, could you please give money. i'd say, what do i sister to do with that rupert? i kept sending him money, money, now i realized, that was money well spent. that's right. right, rupert? >> reporter: it might have got an laugh. it's the relationship that's raising questions about possible conflict. the u.s. justice department which president trump oversees is investigating the murdock-owned fox news, looking into settlement payments, stemming from harassment complaints about former fox news boss roger ails. could the close relationship between trump and murdock stymie the pursuit of justice? the president loves fox news, it's his favorite network and he's a frequent guest. >> how was easter? >> it was great. >> reporter: murdock's paper, like the new york post, helps to boost trump to celebri

trump. >> and thank you for my very good friend rupert murdock. there's only one rupert that we know. >> i want to thank the american-australian association for hosting this event the which i'm been contributing to by the way for years. every year could you please give money, what do i have to do with that? and i just keep sending him money and now i realize, that wamoney well spent. that's right. right, rupert? for years i've been -- i've been doing my thing for rupert. >> donations and daily phone calls between two old friends are one thing, but this is all happening while the president's own justice department is actively investigating fox news and there were new revelations in that federal probe today. federal prosecutors are looking into whether fox news channels tried to disguise a $3.15 million payment to a former employee who said she had a 20 year affair with the network's former chairman roger ailes and from the "the wall street journal" investigators are also looking at mr. ails's bow deetle to either mr. ails are the channel. mr. deetl

fox news executive chairman rupert murdock said the media giant was shocked and grieved by his death. >>> president trump blasting the justice department and the investigation into russian election meddling. cbs correspondent mola lenghi is on capitol hill ahead of a key briefing today in the senate. >> reporter: president trump took to twitter this morning to slam the justice department's decision to appoint robert mueller as special counsel to investigate trump campaign ties to russia. he tweeted: >> i'm sure he is going to say it's a partisan effort. i don't think mueller is going to be a partisan guy. >> reporter: the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein tapped the former fbi chief saying i determined that a special counsel is necessary in order for the american people to have full confidence in the outcome. >> i now have significantly greater confidence that the investigation will follow the facts wherever they lead. >> reporter: rosenstein is on capitol hill this afternoon to answer tough questions from senators about the events that led up to fbi director james comey's termin

rupert murdock is in the process of building the most extensive media in history. >> it was presumednewspaper business and television business in britain. he says i'm going to make another broadcast network. >> meantime he will have to become an american citizen if he is to own tv stations here. something he says he is willing to do. >> some people are saying it will take you 20 years to get your fox network on par with the big three. are you prepared to wait that long? >> i intend to live that long but i don't believe in the 20 years. >> the idea of murdock's idea for a fourth network was ted turner starting cnn. it's ridiculous. what does he know about television? >> we don't have to reach everyone. there's no question we have an inferior le upf stations to our unterparts. it means we have to work harder get our message across and get shows on. >> we have to differentiate ourselves from the networks. >> fox started throwing anything against the wall. first shows were things like "21 jumpstreet." >> what exactly we looking at here? >> joan rivers in terms of late night. >> we've bee

echoing those words. >> thank you to my good friend rupert murdoch. >> reporter: the president touting his past financial contributions to one of murdock'suses. >> for years through rupert every year he would send me this letter. could you please give money? i would say what do i have to do with that, rupert. and i would keep sending him money, and now i realize it was money well spent. it is great. right, rupe erpt. >> reporter: it is a line that might have gotten a laugh but a relationship raising questions about possible conflicts. the u.s. justice department, which president trump oversees, is investigating the murdock-owned fox news, looking into settlement bampayment also stemming from harassment complaints against former fox news boss rocker ailes. could the companies relationship stymie the pursuit of justice? the president loves fox news. it is his favorite network and he is a frequent guest. >> how was easter? >> it was great. >> reporter: murdock's papers like the "new york post" helped boost trump to celebrity status in the 1980s. much later fox's shows helped lane the trump win. they say trump and murdock almost speak every

the other is rupert murdock who helped create that culture in the modern era in new york, and up think that essentially, what we're seeing -- and rick has been in this position when he's serveging the country -- there is this -- to use an old watergate phrase, there is this enormous credibility gap. one parenthetical prumplt has explained why he did it but will that be the explanation tomorrow? >> right. and rick, the reason it's important to believe that podium and the person standing behind it is tomorrow's briefing, god forbid, may be about a u.s. military action we have taken overnight overseas. and we may have to detail the satellite evidence that led us to make that decision. its has to be believable just as every word from that podium has to be believable. >> yes, but i would say that with all due respect to major garrett, the question is a little bit disingenuous in the sense that nobody has the reality the way the president himself has the reality, whether he re-arranges it or not. every time you're up at that podium you're trying to translate something that you know that's im

no less than rupert murdock who not only appreciated roger's vision but funded it, saw it in roger's great potential. a brilliant broadcaster. roger played a huge role in shaping america's media the last 30 years. he will be remembered on both sides of the camera that he discovered, nurtured and promoted. roger was a great patriot that never ceased fighting for his beliefs. all the anchors that you see here, roger saw something in every one of us constantly. in the end, after all the controversies, after all the bats and allegations, some real, some not, we're here, i am here, a fair and balanced alternative to the same old is here because this meddling kid that didn't do that well in school from ohio somehow took it upon himself to change the world. a remarkable testament of a remarkable life. roger ailes gone at 77. 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

rupert murdock got it then. the rest is history. roger ailes, dead. >> president trump will be addressing the media in a short while from now. this will be the first time the president comes face to face with reporters after news broke he allegedly asked james comey to end an investigation into michael flynn. let's take a look at these markets right now. you can see recovering after yesterday's losses. dow up 55 points nearly, s&p th. i am trish regan. welcome, everyone, to the intelligence report. we've got a whole lot going on. the news conference coming as the department appoints former fbi director robert muller as special counsel to oversee the russia investigation. president trump quickly firing back saying this is a political witch hunt. well, why exactly do we, we'll get all the intel for you. and the liberal media obsessed with this james comey story. but everyday americans not so much. so why the disconnect? well, we're asking your favorite media critic and mine howie courteous. he's here plus we have congressman, he'll be

rupert murdock got it then. the rest is history.l be addressing the media in a short while from now. this will be the first time the president comes face to face with reporters after news broke he allegedly asked james comey to end an investigation into michael flynn. let's take a look at these markets right now. you can see recovering after yesterday's losses. dow up 55 points nearly, s&p th. i am trish regan. welcome, everyone, to the intelligence report. we've got a whole lot going on. the news conference coming as the department appoints former fbi director robert muller as special counsel to oversee the russia investigation. president trump quickly firing back saying this

then the "wall street journal," rupert murdock's "wall street journal" came out reporting the exact same thing, he said he was not comfortable working in a place where the truth was not valued and made the implication that he had serious concerns. that's why we saw the president of the united states stumble when lester holt asked him that question, whose idea was it? because donald trump knew that all the lies of the last day were about to get his deputy attorney general to quit. so trump went from one lie to actually stumbling into the truth, and that's created the firestorm over the past 24 hours, admitted it wasn't rosenstein and then admitted he fired comey to kill the russian investigation. >> actually, clint and i were watching the sound bite from sarah huckabee sanders and our jaws dropped, when she said out loud, clint, that we'd like to see the russia investigation move along more quickly with integrity and we think by removing comey we've achieved that. >> two mornings ago on this show she said the firing of comey had nothing to do with russia. >> mike pence's quote, willie, on