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Issue, only this time her answer was different. she said that she had been asked the question a million times and the answer, quote, remains the same. but, in fact, the first time, instead of saying the president had never spoken to hunter about his business dealings, she said this. >> the president was never in business with his son. >> so on wednesday, phil wegman from real clear politics pointed out the inconsistency, but john pierr pierre insisted it was the same. >> i just want to clear thi...

Seven-day net average change is what it shows. if youre red or orange that means youre going up, and thats most of the country right now to. that point, dr. fauci says you should get boosted. the official government policy is fully vaccinated is two shots. listen to dr. fauci explain this is not a big deal. >> well, its almost a semantic thing. we know what optimal is. optimal is getting a boost, so instead of worrying about what the definition of fully versus not fully, is im telling people if ...

Proceedings. we are investigating all the evidence, gathering the evidence and we will at the conclusion of this hopefully by the end of the year. >> all right. the ranking republican on that committee is crying foul. whats really going on? bring in former u.s. attorney, mike moore and robert barnes to discuss. welcome to you. >> good to be here. >> shannon: robert, speaker pelosi has been pushing off, but looks like jerry nadler is going forward with his plan. is it semantics or is it happen so...

Period after the fbi opened a formal inquiry which was in july, 2016 but in the intelligence gathering that occurred before then and i think the fbi response is going to be at that point this was not a criminal investigation. there was a counterintelligence operation and you conduct that in a certain way so theres going to be some bumping of heads over the use of the word spying and what exactly that means and when it is that attorney general barr is concerned about what the fbi did. >> but your...

Immigration reform that can help with daca, provide a pathway to citizenship and the millions of people that have been here for decades already and, heres sarah sanders on the kids i and the custody. >> certainly, its an tragic situation and something that nobody ever wants to see happen. its a treacherous journey, and we dont want to see people go that route. we want people to come through than the go process so that they are not putting their lives on the line to do this. >> if the negotiation...

Getting the bulk of the tax cuts to then move jobs overseas. this is a bad deal for main street. >> shannon: we had another experts say the exact opposite and said that when you do things like make it easier to expense and inventory capital, those kinds of things, it actually encourages business investment. is it semantics? i see you nodding over there. is it about the way that you explain what it is, or can we get a factual answer, our taxes going up on people? >> its always a battle of the fac...

Getting the bulk of the tax cuts to then move jobs overseas. this is a bad deal for main street. >> shannon: we had another experts say the exact opposite and said that when you do things like make it easier to expense and inventory capital, those kinds of things, it actually encourages business investment. is it semantics? i see you nodding over there. is it about the way that you explain what it is, or can we get a factual answer, our taxes going up on people? >> its always a battle of the fac...

You can laugh about these things or say it semantics or you can look at this new quinnipiac poll that says 62% of the americans think the president isnt honest versus 34% who say that he is. is there a serious concern here with incident after incident of not just the american people questioning whether they can trust what the president says but organizations and foreign governments trusting that? >> well, theres so much to unpack there, chris. lets start with this -- the last time i checked and ...

If it matters so much to the president whether or not hes being looked at, find out. >> you know theres a difference between investigations, inquiries. theres a whole series of matters you look at. >> the white house press secretary sean spicer certainly will be asked plenty of questions about this topic in an off-camera briefing that is about to begin at the white house. our reporters are there. unfortunately, the white house has decided that we cant broadcast that briefing from the white house...

The major focus. when you talk to world leaders they think its a big deal. they think its a turning of the tide. saudi arabia and the gulf nations in fighting this threat. i think you are seeing an effort by the white house perhaps to try to stick to the message of the day. thats why we are not seeing open q and as. howie: the president did not news the phrase "radical islamic terrorism." do you think thats significant or is it semantics. bret: he went pretty far.