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Congresswoman Barbara Comstock and democrat Debbie Dingell. Then, the president recognizes jerusalem as israels capital igniting protests across the arab world. The president does want us to move in a very concrete, steadfast way to ensure the embassy is located in jerusalem. Chris we will sit down with nikki haley, the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nation United Nations. Plus, republicans hammer Robert Mueller and the fbi as the russia investigation closes in on the trump intercircle. We will ask our cigna panel about the g. O. P. Charges are top Law Enforcement agencies pursuing a political agenda . And are power player of the wee week. A conservative voice for the next generation. I think that you tend to be a little idealistic just as younger people are generally. Chris all right now on fox news sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. A reckoning over allegations of Sexual Harassment came this week on capitol hill. Over the course of three days the political careers of three lawmakers ended. On tuesday the retirement of the longestserving member of congress, john conyers. And thursday, the resignations of senator al franken and congressman trent franks. All this ahead of Tuesdays Senate contest in alabama with a republican candidate, judge roy moore faces allegations of Sexual Misconduct with teenager teenagers. In a few minutes we will talk with two leading congresswoman, Barbara Comstock and Debbie Dingell. But first lets bring in peter doocy live in birmingham, alabama, with the latest on the special election. Peter. Reporter the Senate Candidate everybody has been talking about hasnt been seen in days. No events for judge roy moore so far this weekend, but the republican accused of Sexual Misconduct by multiple women is hoping to get by with a little help from President Trump and his friends. Election eve in alabama will feature a robo call from President Trump and a rally headlined by his former chief strategist steve bannon. In a statement to fox, the Deputy Campaign manager for the campaign, hannah ford, says are not as the key to victory and we have put all hands on deck to activate judge moores conservative and evangelical base. Our volunteers are on fire and are determined to stop proabortion, protaxes and proamnesty liberals from stealing the senate seat. That the Democrat Doug Jones is counting on heavy africanamerican turnout to flip the senate seat Jeff Sessions held for 20 years and called into potential 2020 contenders on saturday, Deval Patrick and new jersey senator cory booker, to help him beat up roy moore with suggestions that he wouldnt represent every alabamians who asked for help. Taking constituent calls, not caring if they are black or their way, dont let me get in trouble now. If they are gay or they are straight. Its about representing all of the people. Reporter something that has been overlooked lately, the write in candidate. Many voters here still plan to write in their preferred republican even though nobody ever staged a formal right in campaign, which means there are countless wild cards in this race. Chris peter doocy reporting from birmingham, thanks for that. Back here in washington we are joined now by republican congresswoman Arber Comstock of virginia and democratic congresswoman Debbie Dingell of michigan. Welcome both of you to fox news sunday. Lets start with george moore and the Senate Election in alabama on friday night. President drunk so we cant afford to have a liberal democrat who was completely controlled by nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, we cant do it. So get out and vote for roy moore. Chris congresswoman comstock, does that bother you as a republican to see President Trump and the Republican National committee both supporting judge more, who faces several allegations of misconduct with teenage girls, one as young as 14 . Congresswoman comstock i think the first republican woman for to call for him to step aside. Cory gardner, who heads up the senatorial committee, tim scott and many others take the other side of that. It we dont need to have him here. The voters are going to decide on tuesday, but i think what they are going to have is an ethics investigation and what weve been doing on my committees weve been hearing the voices of the women in the victims. Every woman has a story. Jeff sessions says he believed these women and i think if roy moore doesnt underperform like he has in the past and hes here, he will be facing the ethics committee. Chris i want to ask you directly, does it work bother you as a republican congresswoman to see President Trump and the Republican National Committee Supporting roy moore . Congresswoman comstock it doesnt represent me, i dont think it represents most of the republican women as well as my colleagues like senator tim scott and others in cory gardner have made clear. Chris democrats move fast this week to push both john conyers, your fellow congressman from michigan, and al franken, senator from minnesota, to step down. And there are signs that your party is trying to seize the moral high ground on this issue, take a look. Where is there outrage on the opposite end, they are coming forward to support roy moore. Totally inappropriate. Chris is there a difference in how the two parties are handling this issue of Sexual Harassment among members of congress, and is that a legitimate issue in the 2018 campaign . Congresswoman dingell i think the voters will hold everybody accountable, whether republican or democrat. This is probably you look at somebody like john conyers, who had the legacy that he did have to step aside. But this has been going on for a very long time. I dont consider this a partisan issue. Barbara and i totally agree on this issue. Ive also called that i think they should resign. It wasnt for nothing. We cannot have a double standard. And we still have somebody running for office. We still have somebody in the white house that has acknowledged that they have done things that are not okay, or at least the president has. So its disturbing. We have to know who we are and i think we are all going to be held accountable republican or democrat next november. Chris do you see a difference in the president and roy moore on the one hand and pushing out conyers and franken on the other, and Democratic Leaders demanding that they leave . Congresswoman dingell i think everybody has to be accountable. I think those that arent there are two seat sitting at this table. Republicans are calling for this meant to sit down. And they have even criticized the president for what he did. I think we know what our values are. I think we know what we stand for and i think the American People are going to hold people accountable. Congresswoman comstock it has been clear from the past month these issues are partisan. Theyve been in the media, theyve been in entertainment. Thats why we took a look in congress. Im on the committee of jurisdiction. We were looking at this issue even before some of the stories came forward because we knew if we were seeing what we saw in media and Entertainment Industries and across all industries that it was going to be in congress too and thats where we are going to change the procedures. Weve artie passed resolution, my bill, on having mandatory training. And we know theres a lot more that we need to do both in congress, as well as the public at large. I think its important that this not be seen as partisan because the watershed moment where men and women are coming together across the partisan divide to change the culture here, and thats why you are seeing people leaving, democrat and republican. There are still some democrats and republicans there who have been asked to leave who havent left yet. But this is still going to be playing out. But lets focus too on the women and their stories because we need to see what their stories are and how we can make them whole. Thats the real problem here, is that women have been denied their careers because of these men in power and its a power abuse, not really about sex so much. Chris we will talk about reforms in a moment. But lets review what we have seen on capitol hill just recently. Three members of Congress Resigned this past week. Three more have either settled Sexual Harassment cases or face allegations. Congresswoman dingle, how widespread do you this problem is . Ive heard reports that as many as 30 or 40 members of the house and senate may face allegations of Sexual Harassment. Congresswoman dingell im hearing the same rumors. I dont know what the truth is and im not going to deal in speculation. Im going to tell you what im the most worried about. Barbara touched upon this. I know this issue is very personal to me, but anyone says this is a watershed moment, is this really a watershed moment if its not real for the tip waitress or the factory worker, or somebody in the law firm or a teacher nurse or doctor . Need to look at the way that even those that have the courage to come forward in the last few weeks have been treated and then demonized. That has been the people we are all trying to wrap my head around this. Its happening so fast. Some had heard, some didnt know. We need to make sure that we come out of this, men and women together, changing the culture. Working together as we go forward. So we got to make sure that women who do have the courage to come forward arent hurt, that they are treated with respect. And that we have fair processes and that that we are improving workplaces across the country. Chris people have been shocked to learn how congress handles harassment cases. Lets put some of those on the screen. Theres a 90 day process, including counseling and a cooling off period before a staffer can file a complaint. The office of compliance has paid out more than 17 million in taxpayer funds to secretly settle workplace complaints, not all of them, but certainly some of them about Sexual Harassment. Congresswoman comstock, you are working on legislation. What you want to see . How much do you want to streamline that process for women to file complaints . How much disclosure, transparency, do you want to see for people who have settled complaints in the past, and should we be naming past people, or should they somehow be protected . Congresswoman comstock i think we should be naming past people and that should be fully disclosed. I think we may need to have maybe an outside counsel come in to totally any of these cases to make sure we get that all out there. I do fully support it. But also the priority needs to be on the victims and fundamentally changing the system so that the victims feel they have a process that works for them and advocates for them. Weve been advocating either having a counsel or some type of advocate that protects the victims so they feel theres a system that allows them to come forward. But i think first we have to know who in the past, those names should be disclosed. They will come out one way or the other, and they should. As you mentioned. All about not at all for Sexual Harassment. Whatever Sexual Harassment should come forward and i believe it will, and i support it. Also support nondisclosure for the not having to honor those nondisclosure agreements. The woman in the hastings case contacted my office. I spoke with her this weekend. Shes artie speaking out and we need to make sure that women like her will be protected to come forward and talk and i fully support protection for them. Chris less than a minute left. Congresswoman dingell, is this going to change . Its pretty easy to pass this resolution that everybody has to get training. But are we going to see a real change in the way congress handles these cases and the naming of people who have made some of these at taxpayers expense in the past . Congresswoman dingell we should never use taxpayers money to pay for somebodys irresponsible, despicable, unacceptable behavior. I think everybody is trying to figure out how do you make sure that you take care of the survivor and that the survivor doesnt have consequences. Too much of this has consequences. Going forward we need a conversation in this country that needs to happen at dinner tables and churches, and barbershops, in every types across the country. Men and women have to Work Together on this. Chris thank you, and we do need to point out that this is not just about members of congress, although that it certainly is egregious. Its an all businesses, including our own. Congresswoman dingell, congresswoman comstock, thank you both for coming in today. Up next we will bring in our sunday group to discuss how big an issue that harassment scandal may turn out to be in the 2018 midterm elections. [ mouse clicks, keyboard clacking ] [ mouse clicking ] [ keyboard clacking ] [ mouse clicking ] [ keyboard clacking ] good questions lead to good answers. Our advisors can help you find both. 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Democratic width to demand that al franken stepped down, heres a sample. Enough is enough. This is a conversation with been having for a very long time and its a conversation that this country needs to have. It was really difficult for each of us to come to this point, what i would call a Tipping Point for each of us. Chris speaker, i think its fair to say that you are no fan of al franken, but you had an interesting reaction to him being pushed out. You said this. This is a party which is losing its mind, talking about the democrats. They suddenly curled into this weird puritanism which feels a compulsion to go out in which people without a trial. Why was this a lynching . Hes never faced his accusers. Hes never had to process. Hes never had an opportunity to clear his name. Suddenly are sought in the way he described it. Although social pressure from the left and the Democratic Party came together, made it inappropriate for him to stay. A Million People had elected in 30 people decided he was inappropriate. Bob menendez, a much more interesting story to tell, inappropriate. This is purely and simply hysteria. Chris is also politics . It was interesting because i asked with a congresswoman that backed away from that. Do think the democrats trying to make this an issue . I was told by a reporter who really tries to Pay Attention to stuff that to some extent the blowback on nancy pelosi when she tried to defend john conyers was so intense from the left that everybody else on the left said lynch mobs are in this week, lets somebody, al franken is available. Wrote number one best seller from a giant in the senate, supposedly a very funny book. Hes a comedian. He was a comedian before he ran. And he just crumbles under the social pressure. Theres no objective forced to kick them out. He wasnt going to be expelled, he just couldnt take the social hostilities. Chris chuck . Democratic senator tim kaine said that we have a new standard here and that people who were elected to office will be judged, among other things, on their behavior before they took office. Do you have any problem with the pressure on franken to resign, was this, as the speaker said, a lynching . I think its highly inappropriate to call anything like this a lynching when you think about the history of what actual lynchings were in this country. Having said that, i would add that i think for a lot of women they may feel like, well, you know, in the past when these things came up there wasnt so much speed about addressing the complaints, they got swept under the rug. Of what are into right now, as these sort of extreme points of view show, is a situation where contrary, there isnt a standard. There is a shifting standard. There is not an established rule here either about what a fireball offense is, or what the procedure should be and at the end of the procedure, with the punishment should be. I think what the democrats politically are trying to do by ousting frankens established we are consistent. We are the party that means what it says and says what it means. I would suspect thats going to be very difficult actually to sustain a consistent view of this because every case is going to be a little different in the politics are going to change constantly and i think that was the wisdom of your two guests when they said this isnt a partisan matter, because truthfully as cases come along, you were going to see its very hard to be consistent about this. Chris let me just pick up with rachel, because you covered congress. As he watched what was unfolding in the senate on wednesday when all of the Democratic Women senators called for him to leave and a lot of the men followed, how much of this was genuine outrage, and how much of it was whether it was because of the nancy pelosi or whatever, a decision we are going to distinguish ourselves from the republicans and make this an issue for 2018 . I think its both. From what we were hearing, these women in the senate have been talking and texting about franken. They were uncomfortable with the stories they were hearing and there were sort of this agreement that if one more credible accuser came forward they would all jump together and ask him to resign, and thats what saw happen. I do think politics is seeping into this. Democrats have longed for those to fashion himself for the pretty women. Right now they are trying to they will try to claim that the moral high ground 12018 comes in say we pushed our members out who had this issue. However, i do not think this is just democrats. A president who is embracing a candidate in alabama who has been accused of child molestation. I know theres a bunch of republicans on the hill who are very uncomfortable with this and say hes only doing this because of politics. I think thats why you saw Speaker Paul Ryan today pushed out one of his own members, trent franks of arizona over allegations that he also had sexually harassed women. Chris lets talk about roy moore. Heres an ad that an outside group is running against him in alabama right now. I want decent people in office. Its why i cant vote for roy moore. What hes done and what he stands for. It makes us republicans and us christians look bad. Chris michael, talk about the politics of the roy moore thing in terms of the Sexual Harassment issue. Also, does he win, and if he wins, will the republicans in the senate refuse to seat him or vote to expel him . We heard a lot of talk about in the beginning, we are not hearing so much about now. I think it looks like roy moore will win and they will have a Senate Ethics investigation if it comes there. And roy moore should welcome that. He will be a more effective legislator if these allegations can be investigated, if the truth can come out. If thats not something that hangs over him and the entire senate can be more effective at legislating rather than every time he walked them all you have to talk about this, that or the other end instead can point to an investigation. It relates to al franken and the other thing that didnt come out in this conversation about al franken is that he had absolutely no interest in being a series legislator. He introduced 141 pieces of legislation amendments, not a single one of his entire career was ever signed into law. Al franken was a meanspirited bulldog who had no purpose in the United States senate if he couldnt be a meanspirited bulldogs, which he couldnt do with these allegations out there. He wasnt interested in being a legislator before, he isnt interested in being a legislator now. I think thats part of why he stepped on. And he stepped on without even having the grace to say hes apologizing for any of us. Chris not an al franken fan. We have to take a break here. We will see you all a little later. Coming up, tensions flare over President Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital. If we were up report of the latest. And we will talk with the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations, nikki haley, about the fallout. Thats next. What if we could keep more amof what we earn . D. Trillions of dollars going back to taxpayers. Who could possibly be against that . Well, the National Debt is 20 trillion. As we keep adding to it, guess who pays the bill . Him. And her. And her. Congress, we should grow the economy. Not the debt. Chris coming up, President Trump keeps a Major Campaign promise that fuels tension across the arab world. Israel is a sovereign nation with the right like every other sovereign nation to determine its own capital. Chris we will ask you when chris President Trump broke with decades of u. S. Policy this week and set off protests around the world by declaring the United States now recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel. In a moment we will discuss the move with nikki haley, who has ambassador to the United Nations. But first lets get the latest from conor powell in jerusalem. Reporter the violence so many predicted was likely to occur following President Trumps unilateral decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital continued for a fifth straight day. As demonstrators in beirut, jakarta, marched on the u. S. Embassy early morning. In the palestinian territories, protesters clashed with Security Forces at israeli checkpoints in bethlehem and other palestinian cities. Two palestinians have been killed and more than a thousand injured while the Israeli Air Force wants air strikes in gaza following the launch of rockets by hamas. Two militants were killed. But its not just muslim and arab countries protesting President Trumps decision. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson faced a barrage of criticism in europe this week. From france to Great Britain to turkey, some of americas closest allies demanding answers why the white house made this decision now, receiving nothing in return that would move the Peace Process forward. Vice president pence will arrive in the holy land for a visit next week and already palestinian leaders will say they wont meet with him. Believing the u. S. Has crossed a redline with his decision, but undermines past american efforts to act as an honest broker of peace here. Chris conor powell reporting from jerusalem, thank you. Joining me now the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. , nikki haley. Lets start with president trum President Trumps reasoning in making this move. Here he is. This is a long overdue step advance the Peace Process and to work towards a lasting agreemen agreement. Chris ambassador, how does to recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel and starting to move our embassy there, specifically, how does that advance the Peace Process . Ambassador haley first of all, you have to just say what is realistic. Jerusalem is the capital of israel. Thats why the parliament is there, the Supreme Court is there, the president and the Prime Minister are there. You always, the United States has always had its embassy in the capital city, so israel should be no different. There has been president ial candidates on both sides of the aisle that have all said that jerusalem is the capital of israel. So what we have said is enough talking about it, lets do it. This is the will of the American People. The president wanted to follow through. Residents bush, clinton and obama all said they were for it but never did anything about it and this president said its time. We think this is actually going to help us fastball the Peace Process going forward. Chris i got to tell you, i dont have to tell you, President Trumps decision is being criticized from all corners. Lets just take a quick rundown. Palestinian leader calls it a declaration of withdrawal from the Peace Process. British Prime Minister may calls it unhelpful in terms of prospects for peace in the region. Pope francis expressed profound concern. Question, what are they missing . Ambassador haley leaders understand that courage is important. We dont do things just to prove to every other the world, we do things to advance the ball and thats what the president did with this. He said this is time that we acknowledge reality. Its been 22 years in the making. It was time. Not only that, its the right thing to do. Its the right thing to do. Israel should be no different. We didnt set any parameters, we didnt say that this was the final status. What we said is we are going to do like we do every other country and we are going to put the embassy and its capital and we are going to continue, and im going to continue that fact that we are committed to the Peace Process as we ever have been before. We will keep going until we get it. Chris i want to pick up on something you said in the last answer. Are you suggesting that despite President Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital, to begin to move the embassy there, that the final status of jerusalem is still up for negotiation, that in a negotiation East Jerusalem could still end up as the capital of the palestinian state and again, if so, why make this move now . Ambassador haley i think the president , if you know this in his speech, he made a point not to talk about borders or boundaries. What he did was say that jerusalem is the capital of israel and that we are moving our embassy there. Because he strongly believes those final status issues should be decided between the palestinians and the israelis. No outside group should decide with a final status looks like. We are leaving it up then what that looks like. They have to be we just want to support them in the process. Chris specifically, East Jerusalem, if that is the result of the negotiation, East Jerusalem could still be the capital of the palestinian state. Ambassador haley we will respect anything that the two parties come together on. Chris i want to talk about Something Else that happened this week. You spoke before the u. N. Security council when they met on the subject and you called out some of your fellow ambassadors. Here you are. Over many years, the United Nations has outrageously been of the worlds foremost centers of hostility towards israel. The u. N. Has done much more damage to the prospects of middle east peace than to advance them. Chris why, why was that helpful . Ambassador haley because its the facts. Ever since i got to the United Nations there have been repeated attempts to hit israel for no reason whatsoever. Israel bashing sessions, constantly trying to find ways to pick at them and weve seen that start to diminish. I want the Security Council and all of the International Community to understand when you bully israel you are not helping the Peace Process, and we see israel is one of our best allies. We are not going to put up with an anymore. So when we see it we call them out on it. Its time for them to realize that all these things theyve done in israel have only hurt the process. We need to treat palestinians and israelis fairly. We need to hope that they both come together for a peaceful solution and we need to support both of them. That has not happened for years in the United Nations, but its starting to happen now. Chris there has been a suggestion of a resolution to criticize or condemn the president s move in the Security Council. Of course you would be told that so the suggestion is perhaps who would be the u. N. Assembly that would pass a resolution. What with the u. S. Reaction to that . Ambassador haley i would have a strong reaction to that. We have the right to do whatever we want in terms of where we put our embassies. We dont need other countries telling us whats right and wrong. And what i have always said is if we are honest, if we tell the truth, thats when peace comes. This is the president telling the world the truth, and this was him going through with the will of the American People who had asked for 22 years to get this done. And he had the courage to show it and i think a lot of americans have a huge sigh of relief because of it. Now hopefully we can see the Peace Process really come together. Chris i want to change trouble spots in the world on you, which is part of your job because at the same time the United States is calling on the rest of the world, the United Nations to impose, enforce sanctions against north korea. You say that the world has cut off 90 of trade with north korea, but only 30 of oil to north korea and i guess my question is, after all the efforts President Trump is made to control china, to pressure china, why is it that chinese president xi is not doing more . Ambassador haley i think what we are saying that china is actually following through with the sanctions. I will tell you when we talked about leadership earlier, the United States is the one that led the entire International Community to basically oust north korea and say they had to do nuclearize and cut everything off. Weve done a great job at doing that. China has followed through on the sanctions, but to be clear, china can do more and we are putting as much pressure on them as we can. The last time they completely cut off the oil, north korea came to the table. So we told china that got to do more. If they dont do more we will take it into our own hands and they will start to deal with secondary sanctions. Chris i was going to ask you why is it certainly President Trump has launched a Charm Offensive and a threatening offensive towards china. Why is it that president xi refuses to do more . Ambassador haley i think president xi has his reasons to have redlines. But President Trump and president xi have a very Good Relationship and for that i think thats why weve gotten as far as we have in getting what we got done. President trump is really starting to put the pressure on, saying theyve got to do more. Now its time for china to respond. Chris lets continue in the region. The u. S. Olympic Committee Says it intends to send a full u. S. Team to the Winter Olympics in south korea in february, but this week you said that that is still an open question. Here you are. I think it depends on whats going on at the time in the country. We have to watch this closely and its changing by the day. Chris changing every day. So what is the status on this sunday, is the was going to send a full olympic, u. S. Olympic team to south korea or not . Ambassador haley yes, we are. The only thing is we are doing in this olympics what weve done in every single olympics. If you look back, we have always talked about security in the olympics. Weve always talked about keeping our athletes safe. This is no different. And were looking at the circumstances just to make sure were doing everything we can. We are at the locations, we are starting to secure the process. But we always look out for the best interests of the United States citizens. But yes there will be a delegation that goes and we will do everything we can to make sure they are safe. Chris using a delegation, the full u. S. Olympic team . Ambassador haley yes, the full u. S. Olympic team. Chris during your time at the u. N. , ambassador, i think its fair to say you have stood out for your blonde, sometimes undiplomatic, talk. Just the other day you said if theres more that north korea, the regimes that would be utterly destroyed. Why such tough talk . Ambassador haley its the truth. The reality is if north korea even attempts to try and threaten the United States or any one of our allies they will be utterly destroyed. Diplomacy is great in some respects, but you have to also be honest. This is something that north korea needed to hear in the International Community needed to hear. North korea has pushed the envelope to an extreme level. The United States isnt going to put up with it in the International Community has also rallied around the fact that north korea has to do nucearized. Thats the honest fact. If north korea attempts to threaten or do anything to destabilize us or our allies, we absolutely will utterly destroy them. Chris given how well you reflect President Trumps approach, whether you call it diplomatic or undiplomatic. Theres been a lot of speculation that secretary of state tillers in to leave his job sometime early next year, that the president might ask you to take the job and you said this week that you would not take it. My question is why on earth not . Ambassador haley i have set for months that i am not interested in the secretary of state position and its because i know that i am valuable here at the United Nations. Im able to negotiate. Unable to move the ball. Im able to really diplomatically do what i need to and sometimes not diplomatically do what i need to. I think im effective and i tried to do the best i can for the president as well as the American People. Thats why i choose to stay in new york. Chris i just want to follow quickly because i can understand why given the fact that tillerson hasnt left, you would say that. Are you making a sharmanesque, as a summoner you would understand what that is, absolutely not, you would not take the job . Ambassador haley i would not take it. I am perfectly happy in new york and trying to be as effective as i can, and will continue to do so as long as the president will allow me to serve. Chris ambassador haley, thank you. Thanks for your time this weekend always good to talk with you. Ambassador haley thanks so much, chris. Chris next we will bring back the panel to discuss the troubled state of Robert Muellers russia probe. Plus, what would you like to ask the panel about g. O. P. Allegations of bias in the investigation . Just go to facebook or twitter, foxnewssunday, and we may use your question on the air. As a co it is absolutely unacceptable for fbi employees to permit their own political predilections to contaminate any investigation. There is no finer institution than the fbi and no finer people than the men and women who worked there and are its very beating heart. Chris the hair of the House Judiciary Committee bob questioning the impartiality of the fbi, while new director Christopher Wray defended his agency and we are back now with the panel. There were several allegations this week about special counsel Robert Muellers probe. First, that lead agent, fbi agent peter struck was taken off the case in july after mueller learned he was sending nt trump messages to a colleague. Second, the Top Justice Department official had undisclosed leadings with two people involved with the socalled russia dossier. How seriously does this compromise the Mueller Investigation . I think it certainly raises issues that need to be addressed. The entire purpose of the Mueller Investigation, the reason many of us and braced us was that the American People deserve to know the truth, they deserve to have a quick and thorough investigation so that we can move on from these innuendos and claims of things that have gone on. Now you look at this, the very best thing that can be said about peter is hes completely unprofessional. For someone in that role to be sending antitrump, prohillary tweets. The fbi refuses the Justice Department refuses the role of the dossier that we now find out a top official was involved with the person who put it together. What role did that play in getting a fisa warrant . You have investigators on muellers team who spent over 60,000 supporting Hillary Clinton and democrats defending the clinton foundation, defending ben rhodes, Barack Obamas National Security advisor. Chris that was all before. All of these things are things that cause anybody who looks at the situation is to say is it possible for this team to put forward a fair investigation . I think bob mueller needs to come forward and regain the trust of the American People. Give us confidence that this is all just coincidence. Chris there are some legitimate issues and questions here. On the other hand, do you believe from your reporting that there was a concerted effort by republicans both in the white house and in the senate and house to discredit the Mueller Investigation as it begins to get closer to the trump inner circle . I definitely say there are some republicans, namely trump allies in the house for ramping up the campaign to discredit the investigation. We saw this week the clip he played talking about tainted agents that the fbi needs to rid itself of. They also accuse the fbi of course of botching the clinton email investigation. However i think theyre sort of a split right now in the Republican Party and we will see that, evidence of that going forward. There are some like devin nunes who cherish the House Intelligence Committee that is investigating the investigator. Usb public Speaker Paul Ryan, lindsey graham, trey gowdy, the oversight german. You dont hear a lot of that going from them. I think there are some republicans who want to let mueller do his job and dont want to make this a partisan mudslinging. Chris we asked you for questions for the panel and we got this on facebook from michael. He writes have the revelations of special counsel molars investigations at the threshold for dismissal yet . Was it an egregious mistake by special counsel mueller to stacks team was such highly partisan lawyers . Thats referring to what you were saying, michael, about folks who had a history of supporting democrats. Speaker, how to answer . When he was first picked i tweeted i thought he had a great reputation. Then they hire somebody at lake, was a terrible record of prosecutorial overreach. You start going down the list here, i think the number of proclinton, antitrump people makes you wonder what hes doing. The other thing is to look at, hillary gets discussion for hours, never under oath, so she can possibly have committed perjury. Meanwhile, you get general flynn after 35 years in service. He did something bad. Hillarys top two aides clearly committed perjury but they dont get attacked. The imbalance in the Justice Departments entire process between the clinton investigation and going after the president is just i think staggeringly corrupt. Explains the gap between the way these two things have been handled. Chris im going to switch and talk about us, because we the media has become part of the story and i want to return to the reporting on the russia investigation in the last couple of weeks because there have been at least three cases of media reporting damaging stories about donald trump putting them up and then having to take them down. Perhaps the most damaging, abcs brian ross who reported on general Michael Flynn after he pleaded guilty. Here he is. Prepared to testify the President Trump as a candidate, ordered him and directed him to make contact with the russians. Chris but it turned out that that reporting was wrong. He said that candidate trump had urged flynn to reach out to the russians, he later had to clarify it was president elect trump urging him to reach out. Thats a very different thing. I guess the question is, particularly at a time when donald trump is bashing us as fake news, this isnt helpful. It is not. What is helpful is that brian ross appears to have been disciplined. That will be the beginning towards correcting any of these flaws that come up. I think is the speakers comments about bob mueller and the situation, what they have in common is that this situation calls for an honest broker. Whether its a Justice Department or the media, or whatever. The public would be best served by institutions that everyone accepted as impartial and factual. The whole idea of honest brokers is breaking down in our country across the board. People dont trust institutions. They dont trust the federal government. They dont trust the media, et cetera, et cetera. When its safe dont make mistakes are made, people will accept them if they are perceived to be made in good faith. What we have now is people believe these mistakes are being made in bad faith and the president is encouraging that belief. Chris some would argue that the reporters are encouraging that also supports peak of the New York Times took out a fullpage ad saying the truth matters now more than ever. I would love to know why the truth matters more now than it did three years ago. Donald trump is doing something wrong. It was the Washington Post, it was the Washington Post that was damaging to donald trump. The media is also right now, at least one newspaper i worked for targeted by groups trying to feed it fake news. Speak of the president of the United States likes big black and filet of fish sandwiches rather than joses restaurant. Who cares . Chris i will point out that was included in the book that had been written by two trump supporters. I have to say that a lot of calories. Thank you, panel. See you next sunday. Up next hour power player of the week. A leading voice for conservative millennials. [ keyboard clacking ] [ click ] [ keyboard clacking ] [ clacking continues ] good questions lead to good answers. Our advisors can help you find both. Talk to one today and see why were bullish on the future. Yours. Chris if youve ever wondered who will eventually succeed Rush Limbaugh and sean hannity is the voice of conservative opinion, it may just me ben shapiro. Whos that . Heres our power player of the week. In a free country it is up to you to succeed or fail on your own merits, so get off your ass and do it. If chris he talks fast. But for most of his 33 years hes been a man in a hurry. And ben shapiro, this is a ben shapiro show. Chris the host of the most listened to conservative podcast in the country. I do love the trump has a rotating series of about ten insults. Chris the editor of the daily wire, which gets 100 million page views a month. And hes a big presence on College Campuses where his militant conservative views spur protests. You are not a man if you think you are a man. Chris over Transgender Identity has attracted 47 million views on facebook. Why cant you identify a 60 . What is the problem with you identifying a 60 . Age is significantly less important than gender. You cant magically change her gender. You cant magically change your sex, you cant magically change her age. Chris at the university of utah he listed what he called the hierarchy of victimhood in america. Because lgbtq, than black folks, then hispanic folks, then women, then jews, than asians. And then weigh at the bottom are white straight males. Their opinions do not matter at all. Chris shapiro has been called the voice of conservative millennials. Chris however conservative millennials different from conservative baby boomers . By the time a lot of conservators hit baby boomer age theres a mentality that has setting that theyre always losing and that every choice, every political choice, particularly in the lesser of two evils choice. If you are conservative, i think you tend to be a little bit more idealistic as the younger people are generally. Chris he applied some of President Trumps policies. He says the tweets are needlessly divisive and turn off his generation. No people in the United States dramatically does like this it administration and they dramatically dislike the Republican Party and it is President Trumps responsibility for his conservatives any way to fix that. And sitting there on twitter and retweeting britain first is not going to do that. Chris he worked for breitbart in the campaign but quit when he says it was turning into a trump propaganda arm. As for steve bannon. I think that steve is very interested in being perceived as powerful, i dont think hes nearly as much as he wants to b be. Chris as we said, shapiro has always moved fast. At age five he dressed for hollowing as john adams. By age 17 he wrote a nationally syndicated political column. I skipped a couple of grades. I was a violinist. I actually when i went to college thought i would double major in genetic science and music. I was always pretty driven. Chris his only plans now is to keep pushing. His special brand of combative conservatism. Sometimes the best way to get a message across is to speak bluntly. Im not going there to deliberately offend people. Im seeing things i think are too with precisely the amount of verve i think necessary to convey the message. Chris after our interview i had one piece of advice for shapiro, try talking a little slower so some of us can keep up with him. Thats it for today, have a great week and we will see you next fox news sunday. This is mornings on 2, weekend. Good morning. It is sunday, december 10. Hello. Happy sunday everyone. More on your weather coming up. First her headlines. Striking workers could be back at the bargaining table as soon as tomorrow to try to settle labor disputes. 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