how the clinton campaign used british ex-spy christopher steele was talking to "the washington post," "new york times cnn about his dossier, that it helped pay for during the 2016 campaign. did the clinton campaign know the problems in that steele dossier including russian disinformation inside it? okay we've got every angle of this and more covered tonight with senators chuck grassley, james lankford, house judiciary jim jordan, former federal prosecutor doug burns. thanks for joining us. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ elizabeth: you're watching the fox business network. dr. anthony fauci testifying to the senate, warning if the u.s. skips over the checkpoints in the administration guidelines it risks the danger of multiple outbreaks throughout the country. look at this, senator rand paul really mixing it up, a fiery exchange with dr. fauci. watch this. >> as much as i respect you, dr. fauci, i don't think you're the end all. i don't think you're the one person makes a decision. we can listen to your advice. people on the other side say there wit noll be a surge and

build on that the idea that a journalist can not get anything wrong when in fact you know washington post new york times fox news c.n.n. everybody gets stuff wrong and then they run retractions if it's wrong but in this case it is a very clear effort to say if you put up something we don't like well we will declare it fake news and then we'll remove you from the platform and by. by the way one of the point on that the reporters who were doing the stuff i also did a report about one of the so-called fact checkers for facebook was actually an employee at the wu han lab who was receiving money there so how is that person then going back and checking journalists and deciding whether journalists are accurate of what they're reporting there's a huge conflict of interest there most definitely and according to the new york times the chief economist and indeed dot com 3rd new listings for jobs in media and communications have fallen 35 percent in the 60 days before april the 3rd with the math of layoffs and these major losses and job openings what do you think the future of news media will look like after comit

plus, how the clinton campaign and british ex-wife was talking to the media, the washington post, the new york timescnn peabout his dossier that did hep pay for the 2016 campaign. did the clinton campaign know the problems? russian disinformation. okay. we have every angle of this and more covered tonight with senator chuck grassley, langford, tim jordan and doug burns. thank you so much for joining us "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ okay. you are watching the foxbusiness network. dr. fauci testifying for the senate warning if the u.s. gets oover the check point and the administration guidelines, it risks the danger of multiple outbreaks throughout the country. look at this. senator rand paul really mixing it up. a d fiery exchange with dr. fau. watch this. >> as much as i respect you, dr. fauci, i don't think you're the in hall. i don't think you're the one person i d get to make the decision. there will not be a surgeon then we can safely open the economy. the facts will bear this out. if we keep kids out of school for another year, the poor and underprivileged kids i don't have avi parent

those networks, "new york times" and "washington post" gave themselves pulitzers for doing it, drownedical discourse three years for completely unproven and ultimately discredited and disproven conspiracy theories are claiming that other people are responsible for conspiracy they're remembers and there is zero accountability and zero recognition and reckoning with what it is that they did. elizabeth: you know, the mueller probe, i don't think the mueller report didn't even mention the steele dossier. do you think they should give their pulitzers back as the president said? >> i got pull setzer for reporting things and ended up really discredited i would go in front of the camera and burn it. i won a you pulitzer in 2013 for snow reporting f it turned out after 18 months ever investigation everything we reported was not supported by any evidence, available evidence negated it's true for russian conspiracy i would hang my head in shame. that gets back to your question what resistance journalism is. as long as you promote a narrative popular among that pre-sent of cnn, mean, "washington p

let it ride out we will not cover it, whether abc, nbc, new york times, washington post and hope the cycle with coronavirus sweep that story away. generally we had other publications like the intercept and business insider which are not rightly publications that advance the biden story then go to flynn. i don't see coverage on this today the way you would expect it. i would think, and i get the pandemic should take precedent in terms of coverage, but your number two story is easily the chilling thing that is happened to general flynn because that could happen to all of us. right? in terms of these investigations. he ventured andrew mccabe before. andrew mccabe lied to the fbi, the same way general flynn was charged for lying under oath. do you know where andrew mccabe is today? he's not in a jail cell for he is not at some sort of at-home arrest. he is a cnn employee actually pontificating on these very things and the thing he has lied to the fbi about was literally leaking to the press, leaking to "the wall street journal" information that would be damaging to what were political opp

. >> reporters from "the washington post," washington post, "new york times," expelled the big picturend the immediacy of the coronavirus. what do we lose from covering china from outside china? what do we lose? >> yeah. you lose a lot. i mean, you know, in china, there is just a massive amount of prop began da and sense -- propaganda and censorship. it's hard to puncture through that and see what is happening. really we need to go to places where things are happening and talking to regular people for all the ways they are hindered by the government. people want to talk and are happy to talk. that was the way we would learn about things. you'd hear about something going on in china and i'd say 98% of the time when you'd go and look at it, the situation is quite different, what you heard is from chinese state media. so that's just absolutely critical to get a precise picture and understanding of what's happening on the ground at a time when their relationship with the united states is souring so badly, we've lost those kind of eyes and ears on the ground. >> we'll see how long we are in

and some of the some really very very harsh editorials are being written there in the washington post new york times and they can a.t.m. press and even in the british press here is this a new cold war and if it is how is it different on the up with the one that was against the soviet union go ahead and wash. well i think it's a bit it's a little bit of history to say it's a cold war yet i mean i think this is actually nearing frankly end but you know foreign countries sort of been historically have realized and though of presidential election years especially candidates you know attack foreign countries . and try to stir things up because especially if they're in trouble in other ways and i think our current president 7 difficulty with his response to the virus and also the economy the economic ramifications of course which other countries are also experiencing but in our country. you know of course especially trump his the real action really depends on the economy going well since he's a minority president that he didn't get a majority the 1st time so i think you're seeing a lot of the election her

new, stronger euro perhaps. we see the idea of hong kong really not playing big in the pages of "the washington post closed and "the new york times and washington "the new york times." with decades of experience in hong kong, our rishaad salamat joins us now. how big were protests over the weekend? come -- they were big they were small compared to what we saw last year, but certainly ones we have seen in months. we got pro-democracy groups calling for general strike. nationalis on the security law coming out of beijing. tomorrow is carrie lam's birthday, and there are calls from her democracy people to celebrate that, so protests are planned near the legislative on a bill thatg would criminalize any disrespect of the chinese national anthem. police have been set out in anticipation of protests. there have been barricades near the legislature and government offices, and right next door to them, the people's liberation army garrison building. it is relatively calm right now, the calm before the storm, you could say. jonathan: what would it take to change the behavior of beijing? does beijing chair if washington resends -- does beij

. >> "the new york times," "the washington post," the associated press, have dedicated weeks of reporterseople, contacting people, researching, and they all three have concluded that there was no substance to these allegations. >> you know in washington -- elizabeth: i need a dramamine to deal with that topspin. your reaction? >> you need four pinocchios, people who normally rate the truth, "washington post," "new york times" and others to repeat the fact that these allegations are real, and credible. they may or may not have happened but they deserve the proper airing. anyone who wants to misstate what has already been decided, in fact, should be held to what we call in washington the four pinocchios standard that includes the senator who obviously as you say, is topspinning better than the best tennis player ever. elizabeth: you know, senator amy klobuchar told msnbc, quote, i read "the new york times" story. it was very thorough. they interviewed people. we have kamala harris that same day on april 17th saying, she could only speak to the joe biden i know. he has been a lifelong fighte

politico, the hill, "washington post," "new york times," i will come on and give you the reporters names sometime. the reporters who sat there and helped adam schiff perpetrate this fraud. next time i'm with you, i will give you the names o truth, can he be held accountable legally? your great attorney. >> no, he has immunity. the only account ability should come from court. let the voters throw him out. they can do better in californ california. >> sean: you did a great job behind-the-scenes, as did devin nunes. trey gowdy, thank you. we turn our attention to michael flynn, lost nearly four years of his life and getting the vindication he deserves. went to see get the money for the house he had to sell back and when does he get his good name back? we are still waiting to see if the d.o.t. will drop its case against flynn, thanks to ric grenell and attorney general barr. let's be clear, general flynn a 33 year military veteran as we have told you now for years on the show, he was set up. it was an ambush, it was a corrupt ambush by agents all because he was connected to donald trump. bef

new york times", i'm tired of people saying quite frankly. he should have come out a long time ago. they were hoping it would go away. in addition like "the new york times" washington posttories, now you are having women's groups coming out and pushing and from within the democratic party saying, you must address this. even president trump when he was running for president he did address it, didn't happen, boom, move on and joe biden should have done that. howie: it's interesting kat, because there was 19-day delay before new york times and washington post diddalses and it was crickets and business insider. the piece by rich mccue working on the harvey weinstein story, he took it to vanity fair, we are seeing developments in the story coming from not necessarily the nation's not top news organizations. howie: i wish we could see accusations of sexual harassment or any misconduct be treated as a political issue, but unfortunately a lot of people do that regardless of party affiliation, people are more willing to believe something if it's against the opposing party and i just think that that's so wrong. i really think that in general we should see this as more of a human

as long as you're promoting a narrative popular among that precinct of cnn, msnbc, washington post, new york timestability needed because even your lies and discredited reports are forgiven on the grounds that you were doing anytime service of the right cause which is undermining the trump administration which, as i said, or i'm no fan of. but that doesn't excuse fact-free and discredited journalism. elizabeth: glenn greenwald, you're terrific. can you come back on the show? we love having you on. >> [inaudible] elizabeth: come back soon. >> great. elizabeth: coming up, senate judiciary moving fast, talking about a june 4th vote about subpoenas of about 53 obama officials. we also have this, they want to know, led by lindsey graham, why did the nsa unmask the trump children? and also more trump officials who likely didn't have anything to do with foreign governments at all and talking to them. that's what unmasking is supposed to be about. former trump 2016 deputy campaign manager david bossie a weighs in on that and much more next. stay there. ♪ ♪ family at home or those at work, principal is by

christopher steele meets with "the washington post," "new york times." yahoo!tory that the fbi then uses as a basis for fisa wiretaps to get wiretaps on trump campaign. it is circular. want to talk about news coming out about michael flynn. "the washington post" reported, michael flynn's name was never unmasked. his name was already known. it appears michael flynn at that time in, late 2016 was under a counterintelligence operation. so his name was already known. but the context here joe, the danger is the media, the concern is the media may miss this, republicans say, that when michael flynn's name was revealed in counterintelligence documents, that at that time james comey and the top officials of the fbi felt they did not have a case against michael flynn. they didn't think it was a russian agent. then he calls the russian ambassador. then they say, well let's figure out what happened with the phone call with the russian ambassador. then they corner michael flynn without a lawyer saying, what is the goal here? get him to lie to an fbi official in order to pr

politico, the hill, "washington post," "new york times," i will give you the reporter's names sometimese reporters who sat there and helped them perpetrate this fraud. i will give you the names ofl te reporters. >> sean: we know that he knew the truth, can he be held accountable in any way that you can think of? you are a great attorney. >> no, he has immunity. but the only accountability should not come from court. let the voters throw him out. they can do better in californ california. >> sean: all right. you did a great job behind the scenes. as did devin nunes. i cannot even name everybody. thank you. we turn our attention to michael flynn losing only nearly four years of his life getting the vindication that he deserves. when does he get the money for the house he had to sell back and when does he get his goodd name back? we are still waiting to see if a federal judge will sign off on the doj's rightful request to drop the case against flynn thanks to the attorney general barr, and ric grenell as director of national intelligence. but let's be clear, general flynn, 33-year-old vete

british national newspapers referring to churchill he would say you are reading the "washington post" or new york times and it was about donald trump so similar are the criticisms and identical are the accusations that they don't listen to anybody around them it's only their gut instinct that they are too optimistic and all the things we for the last three or four years about donald trump were criticisms labeled at winston churchill. >> in both were party switchers. >> yes they certainly were. winston churchill really was a lifelong politician he had a stint in the military donald trump of course a businessman but they had different backgrounds but they were fluent in their early years in terms of the political affiliations formally that they had but with both men had in common was a love of country and the every day regular ordinary person and they had tastes that resonated with the people at the time in the movie the darkest hour was a couple of years ago many of the viewers saw churchill go into the tube in london and did this with the regular commuters and he had that great relationship with the av

political media and she laid out the networks that we're talking about writing cable news or new york times washington post right places you could still get decent journalism now maybe not that it won't go heavy on the national stories but i still think my local news is still good you know i'd still good because i don't see any of them injecting their dear diary opinions in a recording it's this fire happened here this person unfortunately got killed here this team won and here's your weather forecast so least i know i can get it there so that at least is comforting on some level and i'm sorry if you hear my my 4 year old yelling she had made a comment in a shot within you know 100 seconds i think i saw your dog running behind i don't have space for you they willing to you it's quite possible you should know i did you know it really is it it really is the model that we're having to deal with but it is politicized and i'm really worried about it because we have to account so kind of trust in some some things that are that we all can agree upon if we can't do that we're in trouble ok we're going to go to a s

is who is fact checking and where are all the publications and retractions of the washington post and the new york times when they get things wrong this is the problem and jim has said it correctly on this program is and mark zuckerberg or didn't get it right or not these and on think that donald trump plan once you go down this road are president obama's comments about you keep your doctor and your health care costs are going to go down they kept repeating these lies on social media after it was proven by governmental agencies that this wasn't true i never complained about it this is just a matter of opinion so the question is who is the police here is do we want to entrust a partisan newspaper in washington d.c. to be the fact checker for the american people or twitter which held rallies in favor of hillary clinton in its offices and crying when she lost in are now trying to manipulate the election because it has an effect and ok social media platform their response is simply put your own posts up and say the president wrong derek go ahead sorry if i may i think it's dangerous here it is actually cont

would say that they need to rely on trusted news sources and i would say those include pro publica is doing some incredible work the washington post the new york times these are names that we always hear in read trusted news sources and if possible if time allows to try to complement those trusted news sources with government sources like the centers for disease control and prevention and the world health organization to try to get a full picture of what it means for their lives and i come at that saying i understand my part of my job is to read a few hours a day not everyone has that time especially if you're home schooling or working from home but it is that important to get into the have and you know of trying to vary your sources you make a great point about how quickly this story is changing because here in rhode island our governor was begging. people to keep it kosher over passover and easter weekend no more than 5 people in the room 2 weeks later hospitalizations spiked because people were fudging so you really got to keep your eye on the ball and margot i thought of you instantly when i read a new york times piece management explaining that

newspapers, referring to winston churchill, you might think you were reading "the washington post" or the new york times and it was about donald trump. so similar are the criticisms, so identical are the accusations, that both men lacked judgment, that they don't listen to anybody around them, that they only go with their gut instinct, that they're overconfident, that they're too optimistic, all of the things that we've heard over the last three or four years about donald trump were criticisms that were leveled at winston churchill. >> and both were party switchers as well, right? >> they certainly were. they certainly were, yes, winston churchill was fluid and winston churchill was really a life long politician, peter, he had a stint in the military and donald trump, of course, a billionaire businessman and both of them had different backgrounds, but they certainly were fluid in their early years in terms of the political affiliations, formerly that they had, but i think that what both men had in common was a lo of country, a love of the average, everyday regular ordinary person that lived in their cou

of publications but most provocations and most videos are supported by washington post, washington post, financial times, new york times and the economist. if it is not one of those five so actually your institution i think it was celeste [inaudible] tried to talk me into doing this and back in 2016 building a micro payment system and the reason he wanted to do this and the reason i've done this is because all of us as consumers want to be able to pay more for good stuff and less for bad stuff because that's how we signal what is good. i'm about to go have lunch in dc and will spend my money at some restaurant and i will eat vegan because i.e. a plant -based diet and if i buy expensive vegetables and pay more for a plant burger that i went for a real hamburger that's a vote for a plant -based diet. that's a vote that gets tabulated and if i pay $20 for a burger that 20 votes for this sort of thing. we tabulate all those votes and that is what gives us quality in everything but it doesn't work online because the screwy thing about online consumption is that if i trick you into watching something for ten seconds i

national newspapers, referring to winston churchill, you might think you were reading the "washington post" or "new york times", it was about donald trump. so similar are the criticisms, so identical are the accusations. that both men lacked judgment, they don't listen to anybody around them, they only go with their gut instinct, they are overconfident they are too optimistic, all of things we've heard of in the last three or four years about donald trump criticisms that were leveled at winston churchill. >> host: both are party switchers as well write? >> they certainly were, yes winston churchill was fluid. winston churchill was a lifelong politician. he had a stint in the military, donald trump of course a billionaire businessman. they both had different backgrounds but they certainly were fluid in their early years in terms of the political affiliations formally that they had. but i think what both men had in common was a love of country, a love of the average everyday regular ordinary person that lives in their country, and they had sentiments and tastes that resonated the people of the time. in the movi

national newspapers referring to winston churchill, you might think you are reading the washington post or new york times and it was about donald trump. so similar are the criticisms . so identical are the accusations that both men lacked judgment. that they don't listen to anybody around them. that they only go with their gut instincts. that they are overconfident that they are too optimistic . all the things we've heard about donald trump were criticisms that were leveled at winston churchill . >> both were party switchers as well. >> they certainly were. winston churchill was fluid. winston churchill was a lifelong politician. he had a stint in the military. donald trump of course a billionaire businessman so both of them have different backgrounds but they certainly were fluid in their early years in terms of the political affiliations, formerly that they had but i think that what both men had in common was a love of country. a love of the average everyday regular ordinary person that lived in their country and they had sentiments and tastes that resonated with the people of the time. in the movie th

the media has thoroughly reviewed these claims, the washington post, the new york times, and there isssments that i have heard that has shaken my confidence in vice president biden. i will always keep an open mind and i will always listen to hear these allegations and to see the review of those claims, to see the review of those claims, to see the validity of those claims and, again, i have not seen anything that i have read thus far that has shaken my confidence. you say you're going to be nostradamus and predict your victory in november in south carolina but the polls suggest you're not going to win. lindsey graham hasa you're not going to win. lindsey graham has a lead over you just as donald trump has a lead overjoe biden in south carolina. is it not the truth in the south of the democratic party still has a fundamental problem and it certainly is not making inroads across the working class, the poorer white people that you would need to draw into your coalition if you were to win in south carolina? that is not thatis win in south carolina? that is not that is a bunch of falseness