>> listen, that's tom tillis having to react to a very deep red base in north carolina. i think with that answer. but tom tillis should be commending for authoring this legislation and pushing for it and taking the political risk that comes with it. the ealireality is, one way or another, they'll continue to put the heat on rosenstein. trump might be relying on his hill colleagues. last week nunes suggested possibly impeaching ross rosens. this is to get if the base embraces tillerson. not withstanding that excuse he just provided. >> dana milbank, thanks, sir. >>> meanwhile, on this thursday, a former playboy model has reached a deal that will allow her to talk about an alleged affair with donald trump. karen mcdougal has reached a deal with american media incorporated, the parent company of "the national inyear enquire" under the settlement, mcdougal can tell the story, keep the 150,000 bucks, but is going to have to pay some future profits to ami. ami's chief executive has had a long and friendly relationship with this president. president trump, we should note, has d

. >> you quantify it, tom tillis win in north carolina. he is really good at stack. >> and left new jersey and went to maine, pulling far behind. the third candidate who was doing okay, 10% or 15% dropped out of the race because they hated the incumbent governor so much, and keep casey hickox in quarantine, she said thank you, no thank you and took a bike ride with a partner in a public show of science and the governor of maine was reelected, paula page won a second term in no small part, in some part because of the ebola outbreak. 2014 was a bad year for democrats. tom tillis ran anti-ebola ad, a candidate in michigan who ran and ebola ad. and lost to the incumbent. and critical of republicans cut funding to ebola. sen. mark pryor in arkansas. is that right? more than 17. the political conversation was entirely negative. and mark pryor, and lost because of arkansas. one more. >> how do you think they would handle if the ebola outbreak happened under donald trump, how would they handle it? >> how would the trump administration and join out

and tom tillis making the case this is good for the president to take away this speculation about whether mueller stays or goes. would you support that legislation if it came to the floor? >> well, it is my understanding that my senior senator from iowa, chairman chuck grassley, will bring this up in judiciary for a discussion. i would like to see the final text of that before i state whether i would support it or not. we'll see where this goes. i don't believe that the president will fire mueller, we'll see, but i certainly want to see that text, and i'm glad that they will have the discussion. >> finally, i want to get you to respond to this criticism. james comey laid at all of congress in his book on the attacks of the law enforcement community. he writes this -- i know there are men and women of good conscience on both sides of the aisle who understand this, but not enough of them are speaking out and they must ask themselves to what or to whom they owe a higher loyalty. their silence is complicit and it is a choice and somewhere deep down they must know that. do you accept this crit

tom tillis who is a member of the va committee. there are reports that republican support for the confirmation is dwindling. is anxious to answer the charges. team coverage tonight, kristin fisher will have details on rudy giuliani's efforts to wrap up the special counsel investigation. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge reports on james comey and his friendship with a law professor who had a special deal with the fbi. was a line crossed. we begin with it henry on the latest on dr. jackson. >> fox has confirmed donald trump met with rear admiral ronnie jackson and is hanging in for now mid-reports that the white house is bracing for the possibility that he will throw in the towel. i spoke tonight with rob shah and he says the president supports jackson but added, quote, we are prepared for anything. that was jackson who told reporters many of these new allegations are not true after sen. jon tester, top democrat on the committee released a summary of conversations with former colleagues, most of them still in milit

the editorial board writes both mcconnell and tom tillis agree with the majority of meamerican that trumpw mueller to complete his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election and whether moscow cocolluded with the trump president campaign tillis simply believes no president should be able to place himself above the law. the reason why i picked this is not because i agree or disagree with the political tenants of it, but aloz of these comme lote drive markets. those things move markets, so when you have these things happening, it's certainly something to pay attention to. >> especially with this story. it's been a long-term overhang on this market my pick is from the "wall street journal. it's called sales tax revenue is not collapsing south dakota claims massive losses from online sales, but he points out the state's own data shows that says and use tack revenue grew faster than the state's economic growth and that the governor's budget for 2018 projects the state's sales and use tax revenue will be more than $1 billion, 4% higher than last year with no change in rate tha

it's tom tillis, it's lindsey graham. that's something of a new thing, as well.ere like, we don't really know, they don't have a sign that mueller is in any danger. that will go nowhere, but it is a little bit of a difference from what we've heard from him previously. >> something to keep an eye on. >>> up next, paul ryan saying he won't run for re-election. remember john boehner as the speaker? john boehner has a very interesting new job. xible meal plans... ...and 24-hour room service a place where seniors get the care they need in the comfort of home. home instead senior care. a lot of paints say ordinthey can do the job,ver. but just one can "behr" through it all. behr premium plus, a top rated interior paint at a great price. family friendly, disaster proof. find it exclusively at the home depot. >>> topping our political radar today, paul ryan might be leaving. but republicans can find some solace in this new poll. just released survey from quinnipiac finds the democrat's advance on that so-called generic ballot question down to just three points. that 's i

. >> look, republican senator tom tillis spearheading legislation to protect mueller and any future special counsels. does that affect how you think the president may act if he ends an investigation in some way with a firing? >> we have relationships on both sides, the house and senate, which are going to be bipartisan. i think the american people are tired of this partisan bickering. we are more divided than we've ever been, but if we were to do something that traumatic that would tear this country apart, we must do it on a bipartisan basis. we cannot be partisan on this. i've talked to many republicans who have been very open and shared their concern about the firing of the special counsel. i do believe in the end that my colleagues care about this country and the importance of us working together to protect this democracy. >> but doesn't it start at the top? you may have heard my colleague jeff been fet reporting from the white house saying the president is holding his first state dinner with french president emanuel macron, and he's only inviting republican congressional leaders. >> it'

republicans lindsey graham and tom tillis is trying to push this through.enate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he won't allow a vote on it. on fox nude neil ka vut toe asked if there was need for legislation to prevent the president from firing the guy in charge of investigating him. >> that's not necessary. there's no indication that mueller's going to be fired. i don't think the president's going to do that. >> jimmy: you don't? everybody else does. [ laughter ] why they want to introduce legislation. listen, his catch phrase, before he was even president, his catch phrase was, "you're fired." [ laughter ] no chance he might fire the guy? he's already tried to fire him twice but his people talked him out of it. mitch mcconnell doesn't think it's necessary. the only time mitch mcconnell ever sticks his neck out is to slowly eat a piece of lettuce. [ laughter ] then it retracts right back into his -- [ cheers and applause ] meanwhile, we've learned last night -- this was a big deal. the director of the cia/secretary of state nominee mike pompeo had a t

tom tillis from north carolina joined a bipartisan bill to protect mueller.other republican senators, mitch mcconnell the leader of the republicans in the senate, said mueller should be protected. the democrats have been united in their defensive mueller, and said this is a redline that would end trumps presidency. as to whether he would be impeached or not, that is a difficult question to answer. bear in mind, impeachment does not mean removal from office. we've had two presidents were impeached but stayed in office. impeachment happens in the house /3 majority to 2 remove a president. , milti-assetedha portfolio manager, pinebridge investments is still with us. let's get back to the data. comingot the fed minutes up in a second. in terms of the cpi, what are you expecting? cpi would be nudging higher going forward, and it is part of what we think of a regime shift which takes us away from this unhealthy inflation environment towards what we call reflation. it is not overheating. it is not inflationary imbalances, the healthier pricing power environment. i e

we have seen everyone from senator tom tillis, republican from north carolina saying that congress should to at least some other lawmakers in their statements saying that, well, i don't think that the president will, because that would be a constitutional crisis, trying to telegraph to him, really, don't do this. but there's really nothing standing in the way at this point, there's no election, particularly protecting robert mueller, so there's nothing they can do at this point to stop the president from seeking to fire robert mueller if he wants to. he tried in the past, and he was stopped only because people didn't follow his orders. so if he directs attorney general rod rosenstein to do so, rod rosenstein has a decision to make, either he'll step down or we'll see another saturday night massacre situation, but that's all in the hands of the president to initiate. >> charlie, what do you think the likelihood is that donald trump sits down for a face-to-face with bob mueller? >> dramatically less than it was 24 hours ago. this has become very, very personal. he perceives this as a -- it

reportedly meeting with senator tom tillis who is a member of the v.a. committee. there are reports that republicans support for jackson's confirmation is dwindling. he's anxious to answer the charges. team coverage tonight. kristin fisher will have details on rudy giuliani's efforts to wrap up the special counsel investigation. plus, chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge reporting on james comey and his friendship with a law professor who also had a special deal with the fbi. was a line crossed? first, chief national correspondent ed henry on the latest on dr. jackson. >> great to see you. breaking tonight, fox confirmed that president termite today for the second straight day with ronny jackson and he hanging it's now amid reports that the white house is bracing for the possibility at least that he will throw in the towel. i spoke tonight with white house spokesman raj shah and he said the president still supports jackson but he added, "we are prepared for anything." so is jackson, who told reporters many of these new allegations are not true after

tom tillis, who's on the judiciary committee, ran ads that cam britabridge analytica underwrote. they're conflicted. they're confused. the issue goes -- what you write about, malcolm, couldn't be more essential to democracy. yet the threat of facebook goes way, way beyond that. it's rewiring how we think. this is why i've called zuckerberg -- >> well, yesterday, i did a piece, i spent some time out in silicon valley with a guy who was one of the authors of a study at m.i.t. and what it showed is that false news is retweeted, is liked, is -- far, far more, as much as 70% more, than true stuff. >> yes, and that makes sense. >> and in addition to that, it's coming -- it's not just coming -- this isn't just bots. bots are a problem, you have these mechanized statements coming out. but it's people. because they get more likes on their facebook page. they get more retweets. because fake news is more sensational. we have a human problem. in addition to a technical problem. having said that, do you see any circumstances under which if mark zuckerberg does not do well today, he doesn't ke

voted with all 10 of the panel's democrats to send the bill to the senate floor and lindsey graham, tom tillisve long advocated for this. what do you say to that? >> i didn't vote for it. my position is pretty clear. i don't think the president is going to fire mr. mueller. i think he is way too smart for that. he hasn't fired mr. mueller. i don't think mr. mueller out to be fired. i think mr. mueller ought to be allowed to finish this investigation. the president i know has vented. he is upset about it. i'd be upset about it, too. he is trying to run the country and i'm sure he is irritated about the investigation but we have to let mr. mueller finish. i don't see any indication that mr. trump is going to fire mr. mueller. i mean, it would be like introducing a bill to say well, the president can't get out of nafta. well, he hasn't gotten out of nafta. he is renegotiating it. why don't we wait and see how it turns out before we have our 19th nervous breakdown? >> sandra: here is dianne feinstein the ranking member on the committee. i'm glad the bill is bipartisan. republicans and democrats mu

senator tom tillis from north carolina went there to the trial and had secret witness and no informationholding an american trying to use him as leverage against the united states because they have nothing to really charge him with. >> bill: here is one of your quotes. it is unconscionable that turkey, a nato ally, has unjustly held an american pastor in prison since october of 2016. if turkey does not release him, congress will take necessary and appropriate action. that could be sanctions. is turkey ready for that in its leadership? >> it should be sanctions. turkey believes they'll get something by holding andrew brunson. what they'll get from us is sanctions against their government. they're thinking they can somehow bribe the american people to get i don't know what out of this but we need to impose sanctions against the individual judges, against the individual prosecutors, against the government and individuals in the government that are holding an american with trumped up charges for a year with no charges at all. and so we need to forcibly respond. >> bill: it seems like they're

senator thom tillis of north carolina and lindsey graham, who are trying to protect bob muller from any type of firing or adverse action by the executive branch by the presidente specifically. but s tom holiday tillis never d president trump. he's terrible on the issue of immigration and on the trade issue. why are we surprised that thom tillis and lindsey graham, who are not poppulous conservatives are doing this mueller dill. >> it should be. thom tillis votes with the president 96% of the time. it is not just thom tillis and lindsey graham, you have to recall that thehe chairman of te judiciary committee is josh grassley. iowa, a long-time trump supporter. he says he plans to bring this to a vote this week in his committee, no matter what donald trump has to say. no matter what the senate majority leader has to say. he thinks this isness. what tillis said speaking to other trump supporters and evidencing a crack finally in the uniform stone wall that republicans have given trump, and made the republican party into the party of trump. tillis saidth if hillary clinton was in the white house, and some talk about firing a special prosecutor. >> laura: there's no talking about. this is

host: senator tom tillis of north carolina in today's "washington post," both parties need to protecter. he says leading the investigation run the course is the only option to ensure the make and people have trust in the process. guest: it is running its course. he is not been fired yet, and doing a to legislate that to happen, i don't think we do. let's let it finished it i am growing weary of it. i'm waiting for it to be over. host: melanie is waiting period line for democrats. go ahead. cares about isam how you want to get rid of the mueller case -- why do you feel the urgency to get rid of it when they are proving facts that he is involved with this whole thing, and as far as your campaign money, do you care where it is coming from? what shell companies are being used? guest: sure, i do. let's face it. most of my campaign cut visions come from the pharmacy profession and health care. that is where my expertise is. that is what i most involved in. i don't ever take any campaign contribution that i think may be suspect, and i'm not going to do that. i've never done it. i will not do

deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and whether there is legislation he would support by senators tom tillis chris coons that would insulate robert mueller from potential firing. here's a portion of that conversation. [video clip] >> are you at all concerned with some of the comments coming from house republicans going as far as to call for the impeachment of rod rosenstein? do you think that typo, it is appropriate? -- type of comment is appropriate? >> everyone's can speak for themselves, but i'm not calling for the impeachment of rod rosenstein. nor for mueller at that point. the best thing is for all the individuals to finish the investigation. everyone will take in all the facts that are put out there to determine what is a partisan issue. we need to get the investigation complete. turnover of individuals does not change the investigation. it prolongs it even longer. legislationrted the to offer a measure of protection to special counsel should that person be fired by the present? .> i don't actually their constitutional issues whether you are in the legislative branch or in the executi

there are two gop senators on this deal, tom tillis and lindsey graham. big news of the day is that i or republican chairman of the committee, chuck grassley, is likely to support it. he has an amendment of his own he has been negotiating with democrats, all of whom support the bill, for some time. one version was released last night. it remains unclear, although there are beliefs that the democrats succeeded in getting things they did not like out of the bill, it is unclear whether grassley will support the entire thing. "chuckhy described it as grassley's act of defiance?" guest: the president does not want the bill. he wants the ability to get away -- get rid of the special counsel, so it is unlikely to get a signature from the white house. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said it is not coming to the senate floor. he does not want to devote his party's time to such a divisive question. there are others in the gop who have constitutional concerns with the entire bill, including jeff flake, one of the strongest trump critics. host: explain some of

reiskin and mohamed nuru to immediately put in -- and tom mcguire and sf mta to take our school routes safer, to make our park routes safer. tilly chang, i found when i first came into office, we had $600,000 sitting in our n-tip money. we're going to spend every bit of that in my district. we're going to do everything that we can do to follow the principles that norman yee and jane kim and ed lee and every single one of you put out there and crafted to make our city safer. we believe this is a walkable city, and it should continue to be safe and fun and livable, so thank you very much. i'm proud to introduce a great leader of our city, mr. ed reiskin. come on up. >> good morning. thank you all for being here. happy walk to workday. i'm ed reiskin, director of transportation here, and i think we all know that san francisco is a great city to walk in, one of the most walkable cities in the world, but we want it even more so. we want people to be save and we want people to feel save when they're walking in san francisco so they'll choose to make more trips on foot that you've heard from the folks behind me. that was really behind

. >> and from tom till is the republican and the co-authors of the two bills awaiting action in the senate judiciary committee and tillis having a sense of urgency at this moment to move on his legislation. similarly chuck grassley did say it would be suicide for the president to fire robert mueller, the judiciary chairman has not scheduled a vote on any of the pieces of legislation yet. he wants these two bills to be reconciled and eliminate what he considers constitutionality concerns, and wolf, in a sign republicans are not as concerned about the process of the firing yet, they had an our and a half lunch behind closed doors and members did not bring this topic up at all, even though it is dominating the news since the president's remarks yesterday. so a real sign that republicans are ready to move on. they hope the president doesn't take any steps to fire robert mueller but they speci-- they certainly will not do anything to confront him proactively. >> thank you. >>> new details about what investigators were looking for during the raids on the trump attorney michael cohen's office and residents. what does it tell u

tillis impersonation that's ever been done in the history. >> listen, i would have recorded detroit city if they had give it to tom but it had a talking partghter] wonderful song writer great friend. >> love to hear him sing to me the favorite stories are behind the songs. that generation of country music singers they were giants to guys like us and still are today. the fact that he is keeping a tradition going is really important to my generation. brian: are those true? >> well,. [ laughter ] >> the names ar have been changed to protect the guilty. steve: you were the janitor at he haw? >> i was. at the break one time lunch break, sounding like some of his guys collins drummer and bob whooty and marshall grant, they were doing american oil commercial. one of the camera men said hey, we have a kid around who is the janitor can outsing all of y'all. i sat there and used one of their guitars and sang it and they told john about it like i say he is the big brother i never had. brian: he had haw had not an easy show to clean up after a lot of straw and hay. steve: new book called "the man in song by john alexander billy dean thank you. and hap

tom tillis in north carolina and lindsey graham of south carolina, and the democrats are chris coons of delaware and cory booker of new jersey. they set up two separate bills in august. right hen trump was beginning some criticism of special counsel mueller. they had introduced two separate bills. they had seen to sort of stall for several months as the republicans in particular insisted they did not think trump won firing mueller and they were not needed. this week they came out with a combined bill. all four of them on the ame bill that combined the two pieces of legislation they introduced earlier. they said it was good policy and they thought it was needed for any special counsel. the timing was certainly interesting because it came within 24 hours of when trump had really become very angry after the raid of his personal lawyer's hotel room and office. he really stepped up some of his criticism of mueller's investigation, saying it was an attack on the country and it was never ending and corrupt. even though they say this is just the timing as a result of months of negotiation, t