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Niche market. >> he looked like a thug, he looked like a goon. he look at the handshake, look at this. just what a thug. >> and you have somebody inside the white house at the new york daily news says is mentally unfit, that people close to him say he is mentally unfit, that people close to him during the campaign told me had early stages of dementia. >> david: i mean, amazing. what you saw is not just a mirage. in fact, according to a study from the media research center, 91% of trump related c...

His problems with the coverage of his 20 minute sitdown. >> there trying to drag out the story in all fairness. they want to trip today and tomorrow. im more than happy to be transparent and i more than happy to cooperate with everyone. >> as far as you know, this is all of it. >> this is everything. this is everything. >> leland: lets bring in tammy bruce, radio talk show host, ellen ratner, both fox news contributors. ladies, nice to see you. to me, i know youre ready to go, but let me ask thi...

>> jon: so hows the media doing covering all of this? lets talk about it would todays media panel. tammy bruce, ellen ratner, both their fox news contributors. i want to start with a quote from an associated press piece about james comeys testimony. it said this. one former fbi director james comey revealed that he orchestrated the disclosure of damaging details about conversations with president donald trump, he demonstrated his savvy use of media and his skills as a washington operator. what d...

Detectable. the issue is what was the motivation for firing comey, was it to derail the investigation? >> jon: thats democratic congressman, brad sherman, no fan of president trump, who is talking about the closed-door briefing that was just received by rod rosenstein, the man who initially wrote the letter of justifying the firing of former fbi director, james comey. deputy attorney general, rosenstein just brief members of congress about everything thats going on, including his choice of rober...

Reaction. >> we are living a very big moment right now. how will lawmakers respond to the presidents clear intent to influence this russia investigation? >> he may have been a crooked, but at least he was our crock. he was in a russian agent. >> when we unfold his connection to the kremlin. >> donald trump might only have 14 months left in his presidenc presidency. >> jon: ellen ratner danny bruce, both facts news contributor. tammy, to you first, it seems like there has been a conviction withou...

In many respects and i think the press is not covering it in the way that they should be. >> jon: ellen ratner and tammy bruce, thank you both. right now, homeland security secretary john kelly and attorney general jeff sessions, getting an up close look at border security. touring the border in el paso, texas, before heading to san diego today. as a trump administration vows a massive crackdown on illegal immigration. joining us now, secretary kelly and attorney general sessions. secretary kell...

President obamas farewell letter to the american people, aimed at highlighting his legacy and achievements, including this exit up to. the president writes, "over the past eight years, no foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland." lets bring in our media panel, the senior editor at "national review" and author of "digging in," ellen ratner is also familiar face, a fox news contributor, welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> jon: ellen, give...

Experts have a lot of doubts about that question. jay and ellen, thank you. >> thank you. speak to the nationwide opioid crisis has sparked new concerns from doctors. why they say limiting medication mean some patients are getting the help they need. we have a great panel coming up on that.

The hair doesnt make them who they are. it is time for us to move beyond. [applause] jon: talk about with our media panel today. judith miller is a pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter and author. ellen ratner, bureau chief for talk radio news service. both are fox news contributors. we want to move away from the who won, who lost kind of thing and talk about how the media are covering the aftermath of debate or the debate itself and the aftermath. ellen, i know you were there in the pr...

point. >> listen, senator, when youre sitting in a subcommittee blowing hot air about this you can say things like that. >> the supreme court is not the supreme being. we change the policy to be pro-life and protection children. >> if any american travels to the middle east and joins isis, that he or she forfeits their citizenship so they dont use a passport to come back and wage jihad on americans. [applause] >> only one to take out half after brain you would think if you go to washin...