they sit back they sat back, pete. they sat on their hands, the obama administration. they did nothing. and, do you know what people forget? there s an interesting sound bite out there when obama when he was just leaving office, when they asked him about this in a presser during the transition in this russian attack on our republic which by the way did happen. nobody is disputing that to be crystal clear. we are just saying it had nothing to do with the trump team. they didn t collude. obama says in the presser. i m paraphrasing a bit. he did say this wasn t some some of a sophisticated attack or anything. in other words, trying to distance his administration from the blame, i think they knew they would take later. but you are asking a legitimate question and i don t say this to spark some partisan war. this was a serious and more than credible hit the russians tried to do. but where was the obama team? where were they? were they so concerned with the re-set that they didn t want t
it says the enforce began in 2014. no americans had knowledge of the so-called russian operation. rachel: so where does the probe go from here? pete: here to discuss is chief political correspondent for the washington examiner and fox news contributor byron york. byron, we have been covering this story all morning long. indictment of russians, no collusion with americans. what does it say about the special counsel going forward? well, it says that he is basically established what has been reported in the press quite a bit and certainly what both intelligence committees in congress already know. which is that there was this trolling operation in place in russia. it did start in 201414 before any of the 2016 candidates had actually been picked. it focused a lot on disrupting our system. i do think they enjoy the fact that we have all gone so crazy about this stuff. it was special directed at hillary clinton. if they could by supporting
excited to have you here. rachel: i see you are onto the hot chocolate again. pete: the green room coffee at fox news channel this morning is horrific. worse than army coffee. rachel: i will bring you sippy cup. griff: get to the bottom of that only takes 13 months and let s talk about that news though guys. big story of the day. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein at the justice department yesterday laying out that there was no american, knowingly participating in the 13 indictments against russians undermining our 2016 elections. here is what rod rosenstein said. the indictment charges 13 russian nationals and three russian companies for committing federal crimes while seeking to interfere in the united states political system. including the 2016 presidential elections. there is no allegation in this indictment that any
griff. pete: sorry, justin, the companies are coming here. hard turn here. after the horrific shooting this week in parkland, florida. there have been renewed calls to have teachers carry guns on school campuses. well, one sheriff is already working with a university to keep students safe. griff: staff members deemed special deputy sheriff at southeastern university in flolt are trained to carry concealed weapon on campus in case of an active shooter threat through what s called the sentinel program. pete: polk county sheriff implemented the program. he joins us now to discuss. sheriff, thank you for being here this morning. in light of what happened in your state has happened elsewhere. you said we re going to take action. we re going to work with the local school to train professors and teachers to be prepared for an active shooter. tell us about the sentinel program. well, we started the sentinel program in 2016 when it was very obvious to me and every other law enforcement office
replying back. i would have thought bit more discretion and sensitivity towards the other religions. because it s jesus and christianity, wrong. rachel: she is so right. if mike pence said i was going to pray to allah or i was meditating about buddha or i went to yoga and got some enlightenment, i think she would have said nothing. of the kind of scorn. interesting thing is she didn t have these comments, pete, as you mentioned when oprah winfrey talked about hearing from god and not hearing from god, which is the reason why she divided not to run for president. they said nothing. the interesting thing about that segment on the view was that there were christians on the set that i have seen openly talk about their relationship with christ. and hearing from christ and they said nothing. and it just shows you where we re going. rachel: the bullying, the shaming. pete: can you confirm that was shot shot in front of a green screen that was not texas and island of