>> congressman lee zeldin, how are you? >> great. mark: you served on the house committee on foreign affairs and i wanted you here to discuss north korea and some of the other major events that are taking place in the world today but i want america to know about you. ron desantis running for governor in florida in the republican primary. you have been serving wonderfully in the u.s. house of representatives for some period of time. you went to yale university where you graduated with honors. then you went to harvard law school, covered both your bases there, graduated with honors from yale. also you served in the navy and you have active duty service. you supported operations, terroristetention center at guantanamo bay in cuba. deployed to iraq as adviser to u.s. navy s.e.a.l. commander and support of the s.e.a.l. commission in saudi arabia in riyadh. lee zeldin represented first congressional district, you were member of the state senate in new york before you became a congressman, you graduated from state university of new york alb

zeldin: i rise in strong support of h.res. 970. i'd like -- i'd like to thank my colleagues, congressman meadows and jim jordan from conversations with members of the justice department i've been impressed with their feedback of how high morale has gone over the last year and a half because they're able to do their jobs again. you were seeing prosecution numbers and certain metrics in different u.s. attorney offices going down. their hands with were being tied behind their back. we talked about the military hands tied behind their backs. we saw our justice department, f.b.i., with their hands tied behind their backs, their morale is going up. i'm not going to subscribe to those in this chamber to those in this chamber and this country who want to restrict and oppose this president on anything and everything. my top priority, when i see misconduct at the highest levels of the department of justice and f.b.i., i, as a member of congress, taking my oath seriously, i demand answers. it's about transparency and accountability. i have a

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legal analyst and former special assistant to robert mueller at the department of justice, michael zeldinhael, is why? what is the strategy? why float these pardons now? what do you make of it? >> i don't think there's a strategy. i think that the president recognizes that he has the power of pardon and that when someone whispers in his ear, whether it's vicky tunsing about scooter libby or ted cruz about sousa and he feels a compelling need to act, he acts. i don't think it's strategic in a sense that's been talked about, which is him sending a message to others involved in the russia investigation. i just don't -- i don't want to say it this way but i don't credit him with long-term strategic thinking as it relates to his use of the pardon power. i think it's give me a case. if i like it, like with the boxer, then i'll do it. >> it is interesting. i spoke to a white house official about this, who said look, a lot of us didn't even know comey had a hand in the prosecution of martha stewart and so forth, and that sdny was involved in the prosecution of a conservative commentator whom he p

michael zeldin, this judge in this whole manafort case, let me go back to her. her name is ber minute jackson, and this is another quote from her today. this is not middle school. i can't take his cell phone. i thought about this long and hard, mr. manafort. i have no appetite for this. woo! >> tough stuff. but what happened here was that manafort really abused the privilege she gave him by allowing him out on bond in the first instance. and this was not his first strike. remember, he violated the no gag order -- the gag order, the no communications, by penning an op-ed. so this was the second time that amy jackson felt that he was taking advantage of her. she felt, therefore, he was a threat to the administration, the new administration of justice, and she stepped him back, and he'll spend his time now either in alexandria or orange, virginia, where the u.s. marshal service finds space for him. and that's where he'll stay until there is jail, unless the court of appeals overturns it. >> and this is after, evan reminded us, he had those gps ankle bracelets on, y

zeldin: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 299, the blue water navy vietnam veterans act, which i am a proud co-sponsor. i thank the great congressman from california, david valadao, r his incredible leadership introducing this important legislation. this bill expands treatment coverage for those affected by agent orange from not only those who served on the ground but to those service members who are known as blue water navy vets who were affected while serving our nation at sea. in my home county of suffolk which has the highest concentration of veterans in the state of new york city, hundreds of vietnam veterans and their family will receive the benefits they have earned. they have put their lives on the line for our great nation and they have earned nothing less than the highest quality of care. this legislation includes my bill, the flexible v.a. loan guarantee act, which expands veterans opportunity for homeownership by eliminating the loan limit the v.a. can guarantee this is especiall

congressman ron desantis, jim jordan, mark me dees, lee zeldin, lindsey graham, ron johnn, chuck grassleythese people are fighting the deep state and obstructionist democrats like pelosi, schumer and schiff stare into the cameras and turn truth on its head. they are demon rats. until the republicans learn to fight like they do and go with a narrative no one veers from. they and socialism will run amok in this country. we need people in whington who believe in truth and justice and are not offended by the term law and order. this is not a banana republic. this is the united states of america with a justice system that needs to be protected. it's time for those people who are not interested in supporting president trump to get out of his way. that means you, jeff sessions. it's time for to you put on your big boy pants and start acting like the a.g. if you can't get on board with this president, then get the hell out of his way. let me be clear to all you critics. i'm not looking for that job. i'm an ordinary american who was brought up to believe in truth and justice. like thousands and hu

lee zeldin, the republican from new york on the hill.come on back, sir, thanks. >> thank you, bill. >> sandra: the military on high alert as protesters make their way to the gaza border and a busy highway becomes a runway after a small plane has to make an emergency landing. what county officials are now saying about that close call. you always get the lowest price on our rooms, guaranteed?m let's get someone to say it with a really low voice. carl? lowest price guaranteed. what about the world's lowest limbo stick? how low can you go? nice one, carl. hey i've got an idea. just say, badda book. badda boom. badda book. badda boom. nice. always the lowest price, guaranteed. book now at choicehotels.com the small plane suffered mechanical issues and forced the pilot to land on a busy highway and that's a job well done. two people including the pilot on board, they're okay. the faa's going to investigate that. >> sandra: that's heart stopping. >> bill: a job well done. >> sandra: can you imagine you're one of the cars -- >> bill: hey, honey,

>> congressman lee zeldin, how are you? >> great. you served on the house committee on foreign affairs and i wanted you here to discuss north korea and some of the other major events that are taking place in the world today but i want america to know about you. ron desantis running for governor in florida in the republican primary. you have been serving

. >> harris: called upon by lee zeldin. he sat in your seat a few d ago.said i wish chaffetz would come back so we could all fight. but it takes a concerted effort. justice is lower on the wrung than the re-election. >> that is so sad b we are operating in highly politicized power. >> american people can make decisions around the first week. ey want to hold rosensteint if in contempt, do it. >> it's strategic patience. feckless. >> harris: these republicans narrowly avoiding a messy floor debate on immigration. house lead earns now reached a deal to bring a vote next week on the dueling legislation and w democrats are stepping up their calls for the solution to protect the so-called dreamers from deportation. they are only a few months late on that. how will it play out with the mid-term elections looming? a lot rides on the first week this is not just a yard. it's where memories are made. and you have the best seat in the house. the john deere x350 select series with the exclusive mulchcontrol™ system. nothing runs like a deere™ frhe moment you met you wa

congressman lee zeldin is here with me from new york.ed for the special counsel to investigate the entire agency. has this report changed his mind? we will talk with him. much, much more. "outnumbered" at the top of the hour. "overtime." >> melissa: thank you. economic growth is up and unemployment is down at an 18-year low. the economy under president trump continues to boast impressive stats. the president reserve raising the benchmark interest rate for the second time this year. thanks in large part to a surge in consumer spending. cnbc special correspondent jane wells saying the strong economic showing could make president trump unbeatable in 2020. >> i am the sort of person that says you may not like this president. he has broken the mold. but if by 2020, we have the g.d.p. growth near 4%. we have a market like this. we have the record low unemployment and more jobs than job applicants. how do you not re-elect him even if you think he is a buffoon? people say i don't like him. misogynist and poor illegal immigrants but i'm doing bet

. >> michael zeldin was on earlier and pointed to a court document from 1974, in which basically it was put out there, this idea of the president pardoning himself courts. i'd have to ask him to tell me the exact article that it was that he was referencing. but jim, you mentioned impeachment being -- >> but the court hasn't ruled on that. >> let me ask you about the impeachment idea because giuliani said the president would be impeached if he were to pardon himself. and others agreed. let's listen. >> the president of the united states pardoning himself would just be unthinkable, and it would lead to probably an immediate impeachment. >> there's no way that will happen. because then it becomes a political problem. if the president were to pardon himself, he'll get impeached. >> if the president decided to pardon himself, i think that's almost self-executing impeachment. >> everyone seems to agree, jim. if that's the case, why even make this argument involving the president and murder? >> so, i think -- i don't get the murderer argument. set that aside for a second. when you talk about i

dig deeper now with robert mueller's former special assistant at the justice department, michael zeldinosecutor daniel goldman and with us cnn politics reporter editor at large chris cillizza. good to have all of you with us. michael, i want to pick up on what evan said there about talking about printing out the tweets, taking a look at them, does all of this constitute obstruction of justice. how much of that is happening in real time? >> i think it is happening. whether it is part of the analysis as to wther it is obstruction of justice is not clear. what i think it indicates is the need for the president to be interviewed by mueller. if you look at the manafort pleadings, for example, they say he tampered with the witness and they know that because the person who was spoken to by manafort e-mails believed it was. that's exactly what comey said i believed -- almost the identical statute. i believed that the president was trying to shut down an investigation. so i think it is that that the mueller team is looking at. excuse me. that they're looking at to determinehe need for the presid

. >> i want to get to that point because we've had on legal experts like michael zeldin who have said that rudy giuliani represents the president legally as a lawyer at all. basically that he was hired as a pit bull. he's like-minded with president trump. they're old friends. he's his p.r. attack dog. do you think that he's doing actual legal work? >> yes -- well, not in the white house. he's outside the white house. he consults and confers with the president's other lawyers on the legal team, jay sekulow and the raskins and i guess now emmet flood. there's no question -- and he's not shy about this -- i mean, i did a story on this that he confirmed and said that it was right on the fact that he might be a lawyer, but he is absolutely doing the president's political work here in terms of trying to take down the credibility of the mueller investigation and if you look at the polls on that, if that is his goal, he's seeing success. >> josh, let me read you some breaking news here because the commerce secretary wilbur ross just announced a deal with zte which is this chinese tech company

. >> melissa: thank you to congressman lee zeldin. always chatting on the way through.u so much for joining us, we appreciate it and you guys as well on the system work day the big summit. exciting to be here. we are back here tomorrow at noon eastern, here and now is faulkner. to be is what's coming together. president trump on his way back to washington, d.c., after that course of history.change the as we go "outnumbered" over time. i'm harris faulkner. president trump is celebrating that historic sit down with north korean leader kim jong un. the two leaders signed an agreement that made a broad commitment for the united states to provide north korea with security guarantees in exchange for denuclearization of the korean peninsula. the president says will halt joint military exercises with south korea. and at the n had agreed to destroy a major missile testing site. the president also open the door for kim jong un to visit the white house as he expresses optimism that the dictator is committed to peace. watch. >> chairman and i just signed a statement in which he aff

joining me now, cnn legal analyst michael zeldin who used to serve as special assistant the to robert mueller at the doj. michael, first to you, on the notion of the president pardoning himself. straight up, constitutional or unconstitutional. >> the office of legal council in the justice department. ther that offers opinions about what is legal and not legal, issued a ruling back on august 5th, 19674 which said specifically, the president could not pardon himself. it arose in the context of the ni watergate cases, but the memorandum is still there, in tact, and it says flat out, he can't do it, he can't be his own judge and jury. and that notions of constitutional principles would not allow it. olc is opining it can't be done. >> another follow-up from rudy giuliani to the huffington post. giving the example, pooraste in lan if i may, you can shoot the fbi director and he'd have to be impeached before . >> he could be charged under that hypothetical, i think by any state for murder charges, in which the -- you know, the murder takes place, i also think the underpinnings of the olc op

bring in lee zeldin of new york who sits on the house foreign affairs committee. congressman, welcome. it's great to see you today. >> good to see you. >> harris: let's start if we can the comments by rudy giuliani. john gave another example of a previous comment. these are not helpful. why is that happening? >> i think as was pointed out rudy being rudy. i believe that it was rhetorical, obviously. that the north koreans did make a very provoking statement that caused president trump to cancel the summit. then north korea changed its tune. that is a good thing. but, you know, you will have people in our country, you know, including someone like the mayor giuliani who may describe it the way he did. i'm just happy that the summit is supposedly on track for tuesday and there is a prospect of a denuclearized north korea, possibly peace on the korean peninsula. that's all good. that is what i'm focused on. >> harris: he is the president's attorney. we'll see what effect it has, if any at all. it looks like it's on track. let's talk about japan. the relationship betwe

cnn's michael zeldin has tzel j from the white house. >> we are restoring our wealth at home. it's about time. >> reporter: president trump hailing the monthly jobs report, an economic ray of sunshine amid rising fears of a trade war. >> we have reached yet one more historic milestone with 3.8% unemployment. >> reporter: in may, the economy added 223,000 new jobs, bringing the unemployment rate to an 18-year low. he was so eager to trumpet the news he broke years of presidential protocol signaling the strong jobs number in a tweet, more than an hour before the labor department's announcement. at 7:21, he declared, looking forward to seeing the employment numbers at 8:30 this morning. yet new fears of a global trade war in the wake of the president's new tariffs on steel and aluminum to canada, mexico, and the european union. the u.s. allies denounced the move and vowed retaliation. canadian prime minister justin trudeau blasted the tariffs as totally unacceptable. >> this is not about the american people. we have to believe that at some point common sense will prevail. but we

representative lee zeldin. ann custer and julia brownly. want to thank -- i assume we have a couple of others out there. anybody i didn't announce? you want to stand? we'll announce you. you deserve it. thank you all very much. really. it's incredible. [applause] finally, i want to thank the fantastic veteran service organizations that helped us push today's choice legislation across the finish line. whenever i spoke, this is one of the most important things. it was something i got the biggest hand for. people want to take care of our great vets. they are our great people. four years ago our entire nation was shocked and outraged by stories of the v.a. system plagued by neglect, abuse, fraud, and mistreatment of our veterans. there was nothing they could do about it. they couldn't do anything about it. good people that worked there, they couldn't take care of the bad people. meaning you're fired. get the hell out of here. with us today are many brave veterans who endured the grave injustice, including steve cooper and laura villa. they serv

zeldin: i rise in strong support of h.res. 970. i'd like -- i'd like to thank my colleagues, congressman meadows and jim jordan from conversations with members of the justice department i've been impressed with their feedback of how high morale has gone over the last year and a half because they're able to do their jobs again. you were seeing prosecution numbers and certain metrics in different u.s. attorney offices going down. their hands with were being tied behind their back. we talked about the military hands tied behind their backs. we saw our justice department, f.b.i., with their hands tied behind their backs, their morale is going up. i'm not going to subscribe to those in this chamber to those in this chamber and this country who want to restrict and oppose this president on anything and everything. my top priority, when i see misconduct at the highest levels of the department of justice and f.b.i., i, as a member of congress, taking my oath seriously, i demand answers. it's about transparency and accountability. i have a

stuart: congressman lee zeldin, thanks for joinings.orida senator marco rubio tweeting about kim jong-un. here it is. one more thing about kim jong-un, kgu, while i know potus, president of the united states, is trying to butter him up to get a good deal, kim is a talented guy. he inherited the family business from his dad and grandfather. he is a total weirdo who would not be elected assistant dog catcher in any democracy. that is senator marco rubio. >> great. stuart: there will be more "varney" after this. she thought it was a fire. it was worse. a sinkhole opened up under our museum. eight priceless corvettes had plunged into it. chubb was there within hours. they helped make sure it was safe. we had everyone we needed to get our museum back up and running, and we opened the next day. used for batteries from teexpired oil wells. mgx's new - pilot plant aims to prod lithium-carbonate one hundred times faster than from conventional lithium brine. mgx minerals stuart: we just received this from senator charles schumer on the north kore

. >> [applause] president trump: representative neil dunn, representative lee zeldin, ann cutter andbrown lee and i want to just thank and i assume we have a couple of others out there that anybody i didn't announce do you want to stand and we'll announce you? you deserve it. thank you, all very much, really it's incredible. >> [applause] president trump: and finally, i want to thank the fantastic veteran service organizations that helped us push today's choice legislation across the finish line. whenever i spoke this was one of the most important things and it was something i got the biggest hand for. people want to take care of our great vets. they are our great people. four years ago our entire nation was shocked and outraged by stories of the va system plagued by neglect, abuse, fraud, and mistreatment of our veterans and there was nothing they could do about it. they couldn't do anything about it. good people that worked there they couldn't take care of the bad people, meaning you're fired , get the hell out of here. with us today are many brave veterans who endured their grave