>> i would. >> house majority whip steve scalise speaking last week on "fox news." w piece entitled, on rosenstein impeachment, steve scalise crosses the line. stephanie joins us now. with us, professor of political science and director of international studies at stanford university, former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul. he's also an nbc news analyst. senior writer at the weekly standard john mccormick is with us as well. stephanie, why is this the line? first of all, i guess i would start you off there. how would you be able to explain in terms of someone like steve scalise would understand that this is incredibly dangerous? >> well, i mean the first thing that hit me on seeing that is the line that i was a little surprised to see him cross. i've known steve ska lien for many years. he is very conservative. he is very much in line with the republican party. he is very much on the trump train, no question about that. but this is different. this is really, you know, for one thing breaking with the leadership, breaking with paul ryan who said, you know, re

he joins us now, louisiana congressman, steve scalise. why don't you just go through this, because i don't want to put it in my "hannity" history lesson, you did a good job, but i did show hillary with that silly reset button of hers. >> great to be back with you. there were so many different things that barack obama did when he was president. he mocked mitt romney and that 2012 debate saying the '80s want their foreign policy back when he said russia is a big threat. the redline was probably one of those glaring points where he truly did go backwards in terms of strength, when he literally put that redline and said syria, you've got to do these things, don't gas your own people, and of course, after syria cast their own people, he sat back and let it go. ukraine, allies of america were being invaded, president obama sat by and did nothing. ukrainians were asking the obama administration, not for boots on the ground, but just for weapons to defend themselves. he turned his back on them. president trump by contrast gave them missiles, gave

maria: congressman steve scalise there.tment of justice just released heavily redacted documents last night relating to the surveillance warrant against a former trump campaign aid so what if anything do these documents tell us? alan dershowitz weighs in, next as we look ahead on sunday morning futures right now. it's easy to think that all money managers are pretty much the same. but while some push high commission investment products, fisher investments avoids them. some advisers have hidden and layered fees. fisher investments never does. and while some advisers are happy to earn commissions from you whether you do well or not, fisher investments fees are structured so we do better when you do better. maybe that's why most of our clients come from other money managers. fisher investments. clearly better money management. maria: welcome back, today the justice department released top secret documents on the fisa warrant sought for the trump campaign aid carter page. the release of the heavily redacted 412-page report come

steve scalise said he would have voted for it, john harwood. paul ryan said he wouldn't. kevin mccarthy didn't say a word about it. what do you have to do if you want to be the leader of the house republicans? >> well, look at that caucus. steve scalise knows where the sweet spot is. paul ryan has known where the sweet spot is. he's leaving and he's trying to preserve some patina of statesmanship here while he's doing it. but steve scalise is looking for votes. this is not going to happen. it's not going anywhere. but it does tell you something about that competition. >> yes. yes, it does. i thought that was an interesting tell from scalise today. i'm tabling this with you three. matt miller, i'll let you go, thank you very much, sir. >>> up ahead, is it possible that anything in president trump's tweets can and will be used as evidence against him? that's next. friends, colleagues, gathered here are the world's finest insurance experts. rodney -- mastermind of discounts like safe driver, paperless. the list goes on. how about a discount for long lists? gold. mara, you sa

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we all love ste steve scalise. you want another person who is a speaker of the house who is not going to completely help the president or do you want somebody who understands the agenda and going to help work it through. charles: just so we're clarifying this for the audience, that the house freedom caucus that their goals and how to go about it align much more with president trump's? >> well, clearly. i mean they are the conservatives. they've been kind of shunned a little bit by the establishment. they're renegades in a certain way. they wanted to repeal and replace obamacare. they want t, to to be ak tef wht comes to rosenstein. but it's action. the president was elected because. >> it's on the agenda part that i don't agree with ta tammy 100. i mean if you really want to support the president, sometimes you're going to have to compromise. jim jordan is not known as a compromiser. john boehner called him a legislative terrorist. charles: of course that could swing both ways. some argue that the current leadershi

texas senator ted cruz and steve scalise fired an argument last night.y ruled in fav of the humanist association, that says the cross that sits on the public land violates the separati between church and state. >>> new details about a deadly crash on 95. police say a driver was under the influence when he hit and killed a woman in fairfax county >> that crash happened early saturday morning on the southbound lanes, just before the fairfax county parkway. this is a picture of the victim, caitlin taylor. investigators s that david tobul rear-ended her suv causing the flip and burst into flames. shedied at the scene. tobul could face more charges. >>> d.c. police says there's a predator in northwest. a woman woke upst to nger touching her in her bedroom. it's not clear how he got in her home. he took off running when she screamed for help. she did not get a good look at him but any tips can helprack the man down. >>> you expect privacy in locker rooms. but this maye you .questioning other gymgoe police are looking for people that took photos of men at the i

according to the daily caller, texas senator ted cruz and house majority whip steve scalise of louisiana, filed a legal argument last friday. more than 100 members of congress, including both democrats and republicans, signedhe legal brief. the monument honors those who fought in world war i. the fourth circuit court ruled in favor of the american humanist association, which haid the cross sits on public land violates the separation between church and state. >>> wildfires are torching forests, homes, and buildings in northern califoia. the car fire has killed six people, and it is the largest fire burning i the state. it's grown to now 139 square miles. to put that into perspective for you, that is more than double the square miles of d.c. nbc's steve patterson has more. >> reporter: firefighters doing all they can toontain the blaze. >> trying to get the heavy fuels away from the line so less chance of embers crossing the lines. >> reporter: for nearly a week now, thousands of accrucrews ha been in a fierce battle. this isir whatighters are facing right now, incredibly hot temperatures,

pete: steve scalise shot. threats to the neighbor. calling threats with actions.mes, sometimes not. crazy people when they feel emboldened by rhetoric, that's a bad place to be. ainsley: how did we get to this place chop up someone's family with an ax. >> it's both sides, i don't want to say it's both sides. ainsley: it is. pete great deal of trump derangement syndrome feel justifies rhetoric way more than we have seen. steve: on full display in lexington, virginia, where sarah sanders was trying to have a meal with her family and the owner booted her. sarah is actually going to be joining us live from the white house in about 25 minutes we're going toe talk about civility. pete: part has to do with the immigration debate. we can't seem to have without impugning the motives on the other side. steve: fix the problem. all of the issues we are dealing with right now could be fixed with a massive immigration reform that would pass the congress and the congress had the chance over the last couple of months and they could not get anything done. the president of the unit

steve scalise has endorsed mccarthy. very tough for him to succeed the speaker. speaker.'s running he is running gives him tremendous capital within the caucus. already the democrats are lining up in opposition they are talking about an incident from jordan's path. as a coach for the wrestling team there. the dr. for that team. he was accused of sexually harassing students there. or is it has very conservative republican rates and what he has been doing in terms of policy. i would agree with jim jordan. the republican majority in congress has fell short on the promises. he says that consistently.ç whether it comes to budget or spending. the republican majority has let the republican base down. i do think it's unfair that he is been similar scandal to the former republican speaker denny hazard who actually have a sexual abuse scandal. you can't say that they are the same thing. and of course we really don't have all of that details. >> lets flip to the other side of the equation. i think and then the presidp't and standing behind him. him. the challenge that he faces is t

look at the shooting and attempted assassination of the members of congress, steve scalise. the guy was a bernie sanders supporter. a member of congress who is run off the road, the woman got out and pounded on the doors of his car. another instance where a guy serving 15 months in federal prison for threatening to kill another person. we have seen violence as well. that doesn't often get discussed. it's important to discuss that and put some of these other bullying tactics into contacts and how they could turn into a horrific incident. >> steve: thank you so much. governor, appreciate you joining us. see you soon, i hope. >> thank you, very much. >> coming up, m get great deals on great gear at bass pro shops and cabela's. like select men's hiking shorts for under $15. save 25% on select towable tubes. and bring the kids for free workshops and activities. gonna make it rain "tre tres". kids 'cause dad's he's saying he's gonna score a bunch of three-pointers on you. yeah, we ball til we fall. there are multiples on the table: one is cash, three are fha, one is va. so what ca

>> we've seen the extreme with the shooting of steve scalise. seen the most egregious form of political discord can come when you see someone shooting a congressman because you disagree with his politics. now we're seeing democratic leaders like maxine waters ramp this up and call for these crowds and call for an escalation. >> neil: and in the maxine waters case, chuck schumer did call her out. >> he did. >> neil: and nancy pelosi dialled it back. but we saw the racial related incidents in charlottesville. but how do you get everybody to dial it back a notch? >> let's say about charlottesville. we did respond and the rnc passed a resolution condemning the events in charlottesville. chuck schumer was late to the day against maxine waters. they have to do it over and over again. they have to be vocal and out front of it. it will take democrats and republicans. if this happened to a democrat, i'll be out there doing this, too. this is not good for our democracy. we can have a difference of opinion and be respectful of people in their homes and fam

. >>> and house majority whip steve scalise is defending congressman jim jordan amid accusations thateged sexual abuse while he was an ohio state wrestling coach but did nothing about it. in a statement to cnn, congressman scalise says, i have always known jim jordan to be honest, and i'm confident he would stand up for his athletes just like he has always stood up for what's right. i'm glad jim is committed to working with the investigators to see that the full truth comes out and justice is served. congressman jordan tells cnn he's working to set up a time to speak with investigators. >> yesterday six coaches came out and said the exact same thing that i said. you know why they said that? because it's true. >> are you meeting with investigators this week? >> we're working on setting up a time to talk, yes. >> you said you were unaware of the abuse but you were aware of locker room talk. can you tell us more specifically about that? >> well, a lot of republicans on the hill have been sort of quiet, sort of watching to see what happens with jordan and whether, you know, there would be

>> i think it will end up being kevin mccarthy although steve scalise would be a good choice.een a great pleasu pleasure. god bless. see you next time on "life, liberty and levin".number of fine young men that have come out of the state of missouri. on that note, we will see you next weekend. chris wallace has rudy giuliani and the treasury secretary next.>>chris: i am chris wallace, president trump takes credit for cooling a trade war and for heating up the u.s. economy. >> we've accomplished an economic turnaround of historic proportions. once again, we are the economic envy of the entire world. >>chris: is the spike in our gdp sustainable? we will discuss that and the president hard sell to the heartland. >> we will not let anybody bully our american farmers. >>chris: with treasury secretary steve mnuchin, it's a "fox news sunday" exclusive.

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look at the shooting and attempted assassination of the members of congress, steve scalise. the guy was a bernie sanders supporter. a member of congress who is run off the road, the woman got out and pounded on the doors of his car. another instance where a guy serving 15 months in federal prison for threatening to kill another person. we have seen violence as well. that doesn't often get discussed. it's important to discuss that and put some of these other bullying tactics into contacts and how they could turn into a horrific incident. >> steve: thank you so much. governor, appreciate you joining us. see you soon, i hope. >> thank you, very much. >> coming up, more will join the conversation. don't go away you're headed down the highway when the guy in front slams on his brakes out of nowhere. you do too, but not in time. hey, no big deal. you've got a good record and liberty mutual won't hold a grudge by raising your rates over one mistake. you hear that, karen? liberty mutual doesn't hold grudges. how mature of them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual w

after the gaby giffords incident, after steve scalise was shot and almost killed, other members that were targeted because they were republicans, then you have house members on the democratic side of the aisle basically, like maxine waters, inciting people to violence. this is the face of what the democrats are putting up. it is the resistance movement. it's antifa. it's targeted and aggressive and scorched earth. i have to tell you i was on the receiving end of lots of it. my family was subjected to things they should never be subjected to. diane black in the last few days had somebody who was arrested for being aggressive against her. it's a very real threat. people are going to get hurt. >> laura: garland, this is one of the types of calls and i know democrats can hate stuff too. i'm not saying it's just republicans. since trump, had asked gotten worse. this is what jason was subjected to. let's listen. >> i suggest you... [indistinct] [bleep] [bleep] >> laura: your reaction to the climate we are living in. >> i think it's terrible. but it really isn't new. i think in fact, i had

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's are going to be another steve scalise? god forbid. look at what happened with rand paul. scarier and scarier. it gets very real to the people being threatened. it needs to stop now. >> judge jeanine: i think we've got a video of scott pruitt being approached in a restaurant, the epa director. >> judge jeanine: i can't imagine being at a restaurant and someone coming up to me i don't know, saying, "i urge you to resign r before your skin is put you out." dan bongino? >> to the democrats out there watching, i don't know why you think this is helping. listen, i am absolutely, unequivocally for the big r right to assemble, the lady was peaceful, she did not attack him. do what you want to do. they are usually smarter than they spray the democrats have politically outmaneuvered us for a long time. you actually think this is healthy? confronting a guy in a restaurant while he is eating and telling him to resign? it looks silly and foolish. go do with the tea party did, organize, and win them elections. this is absurd. it's not helping. >> judge jeanine: as i was watching pruitt

in any case, he's challenging -- kevin mccarthy would be the anointed successor, perhaps steve scalise>> reporter: that's right. and jim jordan denies any wrongdoing in that osu wrestling case but the controversy and scandal has notabated. this has largely been seen as kevin mccarthy's race to lose. there was a question about really is the underlining motivation, is this a way for jim jordan to turn the page from the scandal he's been dealing with or could it be a preview to a speaker run? now it appears that he also is going to throw his hat in the ring as we've just reported. so we help to get to talk to him some more about that and we'll of course bring you those details as we know them, andrea. >> robert costa, as betsy de la vega was saying, mueller himself does not seem to be affected. rod rosenstein, when we saw him in aspen in his speech, is standing firm. everyone is poised. what's going to happen in august, mueller, knowing that he's got to do something before the election period, are we going to hear something in the next a couple of weeks? >> he's going to have to make a de

there's the violence against steve scalise.be those, by the way, and i don't blame those on hillary clinton or on bernie sanders just because the scalise shooter happened to be a fervent bernie sanders supporter. and i think it's unfair for you or for ana to try to ascribe or blame donald trump because there may be some reprehensible racists out there doing rude and violent things in our country. that is not trump's fault. just as the scalise shooter is not bernie sanders' fault. >> do you think it's an unfair question, ana? >> i don't. look, this much is true. donald trump did not invent racism. he did not invent bigotry. he did not invent racial violence. but it is also true he has pandered to it. he pandered to it in charlottesville when he equated neo nazis with those protesting against them. he pandered to it when he called black athletes sons of bitches. he panders to it at every rally when he demonizes immigrants and never brings up a positive immigrant story. it's all about the bad things that immigrants do. the other d

but the number three republican in the house, steve scalise, does endorse it.any vote will have to wait until september, when the house returns from its summer recess. one of the house republicansg leadat call for rosenstein's impeachment, ohio j representati jordan, officially announced plans today for the speaker of the house, if republicans keep their majority after the november elections. jordan is a co-founder of the conservative house freedom caucus current house speaker paul ryan announced he's not running for re-election in the fall. in pakistan, ballots are still being counted after yesterday's election. but populist imran khan has declared victory to be the country's next prime minister, even as allegations of vote rigging hang over the former cricket star. we'll take stock of pakistan's political climate later in the show. president trump is threatening "large sanctio" on turkey if it does not free a detained american pastor. andrew brunson has spent the past year and a half in jail on terror and espionage charges. today, the president tweeted that h

before that, steve scalise, the whip, was speaking. paul ryan stepping up to the podium now. we'll spring you anything he has to say about russia, about that meeting yesterday between the president and vladimir putin. so far though, this has been going on for ten minutes now. the subject has not come up. again, if and when they switch to it, we will bring you there live on capitol hill. >>> meanwhile, as we continue to keep an eye on that, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle remaining critical of president trump's summit with putin. russia seeing it as a major victory this morning. russia's foreign minister calling the meeting, quote, fabulo fabulous, and better than super. state-sponsored russian tv is pouring praise on vladimir putin, calling him, quote, a master of rhetoric, and a more skilled negotiator than president trump. let's go to nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel. he is in moscow. richard, we have a quick taste there of what the headlines are. what does it feel like on the ground? how is this being received by the people in russia? >> reporter: you m

you never know when it is going to be serious, as it was with gabby giffords and also with steve scaliseor our families. >> martha: looking at this this afternoon, in 2016 there were 902 threatening incidents against members of congress. in 2017, there were 2,000. you say that part of it was because of your strong support for the president, is that why we are seeing an escalation, because politics are so dramatically divisive now? >> i think sometimes the rhetoric just gets people so stirred up and there are people who are very radical in what they say. not just that they disagree with what you say, and we all can be disagreed with what we say, but when there are these radical statements made an insinuations that would be physical, i think it does and it's unfortunate because that is not what our dialogue should be about. we can disagree with one another but when you have things that are said that are so difficult that are going to cost people to get so angry, then these kinds of things do happen unfortunately. >> martha: jason chaffetz wrote the segment coming up and he said he had simi

he has support from paul ryan, kevin mccarthy, steve scalise, the president of the united states.oday to nbc news in the hallway, i've stood up to a speaker of my own party. i stood up to the irs. i've stood up to the fbi. i'm going to stand up for my own wrestlers, which is what he said he did in the past. now, the real interesting thing is, and paul ryan addressed this today, the ethics committee, which governs members of congress' behavior, does not have authority over behavior before a member of congress was a member of congress. we're talking about allegations that are a few decades old. so, the ethics committee cannot do anything, doesn't have the authority to do anything. as the speaker said, jordan is going to cooperate in this ohio state investigation. that will be interesting to see where that shakes out. >> jordan, of course, has his eye on the speakership. your colleagues that you mentioned at "politico" also wrote this. it is unclear, the effect the accusations will have on jordan. many republican lawmakers and aides believe he will weather the storm. albeit bruised b

. >> dana: always good to speak with you, house majority whip steve scalise, thank you for joining us. >> nice to be with you. >> dana: chief intelligent correspondent katherine live from capitol hill, katherine? >> thank you, dana. we're just a few minutes away from the resumption from the first public testimony from fbi agent peter strzok strzok. throughout the morning republicans remained laserlike in their focus on the anti-trump text messages that he exchanged with his former colleague and lover fbi lawyer lisa page. one of the texts that has really gotten the most attention is from august of 2016 and that's the text where they talk about stopping trump. agent strzok testified today that the "we" was not an elite inner circle at the fbi that was like-minded in their animus towards trump but rather it was a reference to the democratic process and the american voters. there was another very telling exchange with the chairman of the committee over a text message that was very disparaging of trump supporters in virginia, here is congressman bob goodlat. >> what does trump pour smell

ainsley: the guy who shot steve scalise. we don't know the motivation.ace of other people, we're not sure what his motives have, but how did we get here as a country? men and women fought for our flag. we're allowed to disagree. maxine is right you do have the right to protest but how did we get here? so disheartening anger, vitriol, among people because you don't like the president or you do like the president? or you vote a certain way? >> somehow over the last couple years it has become acceptable to display sheer contempt and hatred for the other side. in times past when there is disagreement, that disagreement was expressed in election or opinion pieces, people having discussions and we've gotten to the point, this rot starts at the head, senior leadership of the democratic party saying to resist, to fight. this was a fairly-elected president. he won the election. he represents america. he is our president, no matter whether you like him or not. the left simply can not seem to accept that. ainsley: yet, you're right because we used to just go to the

we are talking to steve scalise about what is still on the table. that's coming out. >> bill: also, the president and mike pence expected to talk about religious freedom and what they are doing across the globe. keep it live on what happens today. >> sandra: a very tense hearing with senators yesterday. one of the senators in that room, joining us live next. >> it appears that the white house is waking up every morning, making it up as they g go. >> president trump is well aware of the challenges with our partners and allies. a staggering number of actions to protect our interest. get up to $2500 customer cash on select 2018 nx 300 models. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. i knew at that exact moment, whatever it takes, wherever i have to go...i'm beating this. my main focus was to find a team of doctors that work together. when a patient comes to ctca, they're meeting a team of physicians that specialize in the management of cancer. breast cancer treatment is continuing to evolve. and i would say that ctca is definitely on the cusp of those

i also want to thank our leadership, speaker ryan, kevin mccarthy, steve scalise, patrick mchenry for this being being a contribution to readiness. this increases support for our men and women in uniform. i have the privilege of serving as the chairman of the tactical air and land forces subcommittee and i would like to recognize our ranking member, ms. nikki tsongas. i want to thank nikki for her support on the subcommittee and co-chair of the military sexual assault prevention caucus. roughout her tenure in congress, she has supported our war fighters, improve the readiness of our military and help our service members eliminate sexual assault in uniform. she is leaving behind a strong legacy of accomplishments. within our subcommittee's jurisdiction, this bill recommends authorization for over $97 billion in modernization funding that's necessary to regain our advantage against peer competitors. this bill recognizes the fifth generation strike fighter and supports the president's budget request for 77 joint strike fighters. it also authorizes the department to procure additional f-3

we talked about it when steve scalise got shot and survived. only person we lost that day shooter.e shot. using a pistol. engaginengaging with somebody wh a rival. if not for the chap tall police officers. that would be a day when two dozen members of congress were killed on a baseball field. the justification in their mind, i have heard hem say that, you know, the same thing happened to president obama. that's not true. they are taking this to a whole new level. they also justify this by saying you know, president trump caused. this they feel like they have this ability. this freedom. pete: justification for it? >> we settle our scores at the ballot box. if you can't win by just bringing your argument, your thoughts, your passions and winning the debate and winning at a campaign, then you should, then you lose. pete: that's america. denaldo. you represented our country. you served those who served. thank you for your time. >> as did you. pete: appreciate it a fox news alert. a sixth boy emerges from the cave in thailand. that's the first we are reporting that we are live there wit

usually these things, when we have these moments, look what happened at the shooting of steve scaliseng of gabby giffords. i received an email who said we bought a one-year subscription to the "capital gazette." i said, subscribe to your local newspapers. it's your local journalism that's worried about your city council meetings, as much as you love or hate national media, you can't expect them to be there at the national level. >> that's really cool. >> i like that. >> chuck todd, good to have you this morning, and you can see meet the press" right here at 10:30 this morning. we'll see you there, whether you like it or not, you're coming back in here. >> not until you turn the ac up. >> thank you. >> that's two versus one on the ac in the studio. chuck todd, he's great. >> as long as he warm in here, i'm happy. >>> 6:46 on this sunday morning. charlie lancaster celebrated his 100th bthday this weekend. >> he even has a cool name. >> richard lancaster broke the barrier through his extraordinary life. one thing as strong as his achievements is his personality. >> reporter: if you ever

in strong support of the resolution, and i thank my good friend and colleague from louisiana, steve scalise, for bringing it to the floor. the carbon tax is one of those endlessly recycled bad ideas. a carbon tax would put a tax and increase cost on coal and il and gas, carbon dioxide emissions. it is a tax on productivity. as anyone with the slightest familiarity with economics will tell you, the more you tax the less you get out of it. in just seven months after we passed the tax cuts and jobs act, nearly every economic indicator is showing record breaking success. the free market has been unleashed again, and our economy is thriving as a result. we're on pace for a quarter of economic growth that we haven't seen in more than a decade. imposing a job-killing carbon tax minimizes the gains we have made and will stunt our economic growth. of course, the carbon tax would run counter to the goals of american energy dominance and national security, another priority that we have made great progress in. a carbon tax would have a negative effect on consumption, investment and jobs, and increase t

lamalfa: i rise in support of an am must brief child by majority whip steve scalise. the 93-year-old memorial honoring fallen soldiers has come under attack simply for being shaped like a cross. the fourth circuit court of appeals ruled the memorial unconstitutional because of an inherent meaning of the cross as a religious symbol. what kind of world do we live in where a monument to honor fallen soldiers of world war i, 93 years old, is being threatened because of its shape or religious meaning? what's more this is a clear violation of the establishment clause which has been litigated. it can only be described as hostility towards religion not neutrality. what's next? arlington national cemetery? the u.s. capitol? or countlets other national monuments or historic sites or traditions? the supreme court has a chance to reverse the decision. i urge them to set precedent that will protect america's historic monuments into perpetuity. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new mexico seek recognition? >> request unanimous consent t

speaker, i rise today in support of the resolution offered by the majority whip, representative steve scalise from the great state of louisiana, to oppose a carbon tax as a solution to address carbon emissions and climate change. because, quite frankly, mr. speaker, it simply is not a solution. however, that's not to say that i oppose reducing carbon emissions. constituents and the people of the great pacific northwest most certainly want a clean, healthy environment, and we should be doing everything we can to limit emissions. but a burdensome new tax would fundamentally bring our innovative energy sector and growing economy to a stand still is not the answer. further, a carbon tax fails to recognize the diversity of our nation and the different energy resources that exist in the united states. quite frankly, the resources that exist in the state of washington certainly may not be present in the state of north dakota or louisiana or massachusetts. we should be making clean energy more affordable, not making traditional energy sources more expensive. we should be cutting burdensome regulation

you have steve scalise put in the hospital specifically targeted because he is a republican. >> let'so you guys were waving the flag together. we've gone from supreme court pick to maxine waters. how can the american people expect to get everything done if people can't stay on the topic? >> she got off topic. >> what i'm saying i was quoting his rhetoric. that's the problem. your rhetoric said that these nominees would pledge allegiance to trump. no one has ever -- >> leland: when you say they have, you have zero evidence for that. >> so let's be honest with ourselves if we want to get down the road. any person -- trump has a catalog or body of work that anyone who he appoints or nominates will pledge their allegiance to him. they will do what he wants them to do on the issues. that's why most of the country, including some republicans are up in arms about who this next nominee will be to the highest court. >> leland: you get the last word. >> they will pledge allegiance to the united states and pledge allegiance to making sure they interpret the constitution in a strict constitutiona

so steve scalise said yesterday that the democrats who don't vote yes, that's going to be a tough billre not going to be willing to stopped up for our men and women who sacrificed their lives to keep america safe u it's a clear vote. nonetheless, 133 democrats, rather than vote yes or no, simply voted yep, i showed up for the vote but i'm not going to take a stand. ainsley: former ice director thomas homan says the democrats would rather abolish ice than just fix the laws. listen to this. >> look at the other side of the house, homeland security investigation, if they would have abolished ice this year, it would be over 900 children that weren't rescued from sexual predators. there would be 2200 more sexual predators walking the streets of this country. there would be other 100,000 criminal aliens. people in the united states illegally and committed a criminal act after they were here illegally against a citizen in this country to be 100,000 more of those walking the streets this year. abolish ice is a ridiculous concept. brian: that was one of the show votes that took place yesterday.

moving forward with impeachment proceedings against rod rosenstein, we've got alan dershowitz, steve scaliseand strong teeth. leave bleeding gums behind with parodontax toothpaste. ainsley: these stories always get us, first responders and servicemen that made ultimate sacrifice to keep us all safe, they have children, they have wives and now tunnel to towers is honoring those six right there, six fallen heros to helping families in time of need. the ceo foundation mr. frank, you know him well, he's on the show often and windows -- widows of the servicemen and law enforcement officers they join us now. thank you all for being with us. frank, you have done so much for individual, for the wives and for families, tell me why you started tunnel to towers. >> well, my brother in september 11th 2001 gave up his life, ran with his gear on his back, 10 pounds of fire gear and gave up his life to save others, we were so moved by what he did and honor sacrifice and then we went to war because of what happened in 9/11. you hear what's going on with police officers, our firefighters give up their lives.

house majority whip steve scalise on "sunday morning futures." >> the plans to continue focusing on getting this great economic growth and locking it in. we will bring some more bills to cut taxes. chairman brady and his committee already working on. we get a job certify no bill to provide for regulatory relief and do more things to help create more jobs and rebuild the middle class peer >> this comes as "the wall street journal" nbc news poll found half of registered voters on the economy. his highest mark on the question in the survey. also the president's overall approval rating dead-end job a little bit. what you make of that? >> it's really, really fascinating to say the job approval rating is the highest gun after a lot of people said they did not approve of the meeting with putin. over 60% of people did not approve of that. the bottom line is this. 50% of americans approve of that. 34% don't. people feel in their pocketbooks into the markets rise and 401(k) balance is go out. they are seeing jobs. more opportunities for themselves. even when these things happened, and even when the p

i mean did they have steve scalise there when barack obama was holding court on martha's vineyard?s against the impeaching of donald trump. the guy is running resistance for paul manafort every bit as much as he did for o.j. simpson. >> fair enough. and some of us would think that that appellate work on behalf of o.j. and others, you know, also could be the sort of thing that would lead someone to be shunned in certain sectors of polite society. >> right. >> but if dershowitz is having this experience, it is a little representative. it's very easy to make fun of it because it's like oh, you know, i'm not having fun on martha's vineyard anymore but, i mean, it is suggestive on how impossible it is now in this atmosphere to have -- to hold opinions that run counter to the orthodoxy of the world that you live in. >> but, again, though -- again, i want to open this up to everybody else, but i'm speaking to you as a conservative because you and i would understand this pretty well as being outspoken conservatives. again, it may be a little more intense, but my god if i tried to walk on m

they happened to steve scalise they happened to offices of the family research council, which was the, a couple years ago, and they've now had death threats against people like pai, the commissioner lee zeldin congressman headquarters in new york, were targeted this week a crazy person homeless ran over, a volunteer brian mack in florida another congressperson choose children were threatened. it is out of control. maria: out of control targeting beyond current members of government you have steve bannon harassed at virginia book store by a woman the owner of the store came to his defense, threatening to call the police, when the news of the incident got out, a former hillary clinton aide tweeted this a woman saw steve bannon in virginia bookstore took opportunity to call homage piece of trash, the owner of the black swan books called police gave the store address anybody getting even involved in supporting those people who are getting harassed are also getting harassed. >> really good point maria because what it shows you is that there are no-holds barred by any maintenance left not j

we know what happened with steve scalise. >> right.i think the problem is these people are being defended by sort of normal people, like well, donald trump, is making them punch somebody in the face. i'm sorry, you can't blame donald trump for when you want to hit somebody you disagree with. ainsley: what would you like to hear from the democratic party? what would you like them to stand up and say? >> i would like to see chuck schumer, nancy pelosi say, no violence. no hitting. we can confront arguments we disagree with with more words. ainsley: be respectsful. don't come up to people in a restaurant sitting there with their kids and yelling at them? >> yeah. that doesn't get the point across. that doesn't do anything time prove the discourse. you will not get your goals met by yelling people outside the home. ainsley: causes more division. >> right. ainsley: if you want to read it in the "new york post," carol markovitz. food to see you. >> thank you very much. ainsley: socialists love the idea from bernie sanders. >> medicare for al

i know that steve scalise believes this. i'm not sure any member of the house has greater credibility on the subject. for those who promote diversity i call upon them to respect diversity of opinion which is the single most important form of diversity in a free and democratic society. i also lament as i look back that there was a time in america's history where you could be denied service in a restaurant based on the color of your skin, now apparently it's the color of your voter registration card. to all my colleagues, particularly those who disagree with my political size don't hone a restaurant. but if i owned a restaurant in dallas, i want you to know you would be welcome there there and you can go to tex-mex or barbecue. as we eat, i would not yield you the moral high ground, i would not lessen my passion for individual liberty and economic opportunity but i would listen carefully to your views and i would seek common ground with you. should my supporters be in that restaurant the only thing i would call on them to do w

ed: do you know who needs to talk to him directly was steve scalise, he was shot by a supporter of bernielican members of congress and he was shot and nearly killed but she's talking about shootings come on. dean: they were in the southern poverty law center's hate group and they came here and we're going to get this guy it's just the wrong way to go. abby: both sides everyone needs to calm down. we can have debates but that talk to get it. ed: how has she been in congress abby: longer than a year and three months. [laughter] we do have other headlines i want to bring you starting on a very serious note. nine people have been brutally stabbed in an apartment complex overnight in boise, idaho. many victims are feared to be refugees including several children. four are in critical condition at this very hour. the 30 year old suspect was quickly taken into custody, you can see him right there. no motive has yet been determined. we'll keep a close eye on this story. also, the republican michael cloud wins a texas congressional special election by a landside. cloud, avoiding a run off in satur

maria: bob goodlatte, alan dershowitz is coming on and then talk to steve scalise about that the majoritying with bill browder, a live interview, who of course we know has been targeted by vladimir putin so he's my guest as well. abby: see you soon. a lot going on this morning i want to bring you other headlines we start with a fox news alert and the war on cops, striking overnight. a florida officer shot during a gun fight the fort myers cop now in stable condition after emergency surgery the suspect is now in custody in texas a 32 year veteran of the dallas police department killed while blocking traffic during a funeral escort for a fellow officer. a suspected drunk driver now facing charges for hitting senior corporal earl jamie given s. you can see him there. heartbreaking and maxine waters is sticking up for the demonstrators who burned and stomped on the american flag outside of her la office. >> [crowd chanting] abby: so this was supposed to be a counter protest against a far right group but that group never ended up showing up the california representative saying this in part. we