Final preparations for the historic summit underway but donald trump still has 1stop to make before he heads to singapore. Standing up to sour lemons, little kids find for setting up shop are now seeing the glass half will. Fox and friends first starts right now. Good morning from new york city. Live shot this morning, thank you for joining us. Lets call it the weekend. With guitar top story because theres a lot happening beginning with breaking news. Has a leak or been found on capitol hill . Former director of security for the senate until committee heading to court charged with lying to the feds in the dojs massive crackdown over leaks. Give jenkins live in washington with more on the allegedly carafes possible ties to a New York Times reporter. Reporter the fbi has arrested james wolf, a long time staffer for the powerful Senate Select committee on intelligence whose job was to safeguard the security of classified information. We cannot overstate the importance of that job. Accused
Administration but its important to point this out. Mulvaney is a fiscal hawk. That could loom important ahead of a potential partial Government Shutdown. That choice comes today on a day in which the president s former fixer, Michael Cohen, his former attorney, blamed the president for a series of bad choices. Nothing in the Trump Organization was ever done until it was run through mr. Trump. He directed me to make the pavements. In his first interview after being sentenceed to 3 years in prison, Michael Cohen proclaimed that then candidate donald trump encouraged him to break the law during the 2016 campaign. I am angry at myself because i knew what i was doing was wrong. He said mr. Trump directed him to pay hush money to 2 women. Something trump denies. Cohen faces time behind bars. Today the white house officials ridiculed his version of facts. For the media to give credence to a convicted criminal is laughable. In april President Trump said this aboard air force one. [inaudible].
Personal, excuse me, to advance himself personally. Of course, the Inspector General at the department of the interior has opened a number of in inquiries into him, including a casino deal in connecticut as well as his communications with the head of halliburton, among other dealings. He has said that he is innocent, that these investigations are politically motivated. But of course, the concern here at the white house is that he could be exposed, not only by these investigations, but potentially by the democraticled house of representatives, who could open any number of investigations in his dealings and also force him to publicly testify with thes white house already under pressure by that democraticled house, and by the russia investigation, his departure likely not a coincidence, alex. And boris, on Mick Mulvaney taking over as acting chief of staff, while he stays the head of the omb, are we supposed to read into this, that this is just a temporary hire or do we think he is actual
Accusations michael feline. Entrapment of the highest order. Classic abuse of power. I will be remembered in history as helping to bring this country back together. Did anybody really hire him to teach ethics . I doubt that very much. One week away from the possible government shut down. Sticking point continues to be the border wall. I am more than okay president stick to his gun. You will win. We have your back. Anything can happen anything can happen anything could happen pete ed eni had declared this a great song which it might be. Jedediah you were dancing a little bit. Ed anything can happen when jedediah is here. Jedediah i heard you were having too much fun without me so im back. Pete you are the fun police. You can amp up the fun. Yesterday jed a little dance. Ed shout out to your mom i know she is watching. Jedediah she wants her own show watch out. Lasagna is on its way. She keeps inviting everybody like a typical italian mom. Everybody, come to the house. Pete classic ed he
The federal judge set a deadline one hour from now for the special council to presented all records and notes of flynns interview about his conversation with the russian ambassador. Despite a guilty plea of lying to investigators, the president tells fox he believes his former aid was pressured. They convinced he lied and are now taking a deal. Theyre embarrassed they got caught. Adding to the guilty plea. Republican house investigators were told the fbi agents found sign of deception after flynns interview about his russian contact. Comey said he was involved in the hannity willing of the flynns interview where he was discouraged to have a lawyer. Comey justified the tactics saying he believes flynns statements about his russian contacts conflicted with fbi evidence. I sent them. [laughing] something we i probably wouldnt of done or gotten away with in a more organized investigation. A more organized administration. The George Bush Administration or obama administration. Comey is back