People that just hours ago told people that general kelly was unaware of whats going on, and then moments later he gets on air saying heres how many time i was briefed. With all due respect, i think you have been part of the confusion. The secretary of Homeland Security just stood up and said youre calling him a liar . [inaudible] jonathan, im talking to im saying you said that the reporter from the New York Times said that he was unaware of the ban. It is odd to me that were having a discussion about somebody whose job it is to execute lawful orders who chose not to do it hold on who chose not to do it, and then were questioning whether or not we were right to remove her. Trish we should mention as well that there are a number of reports you see he singled out the New York Times, and he singled out nbc, but there were these reports out there saying that, you know, Homeland Security had no idea about this, general kelly, secretary kelly did not know, he got up, gave a press conference this afternoon and said, yeah, actually i did know. And one thing that my colleague, neil, was noting earlier, very interesting to see that a couple of networks out there one of which was the network that sean spicer just singled out basically bailed on the coverage. They went in, they dipped in, you heard a little bit from kelly, and then all of a sudden perhaps when it did not fit the narrative, they had already been advancing, they got right out of that coverage. They didnt show you the whole thing. We did. Joining me right now, Fox News Contributor her or said schlapp and richard goodstein. Good to see you guys. These press conferences are turning into some real sport, i would say, mercedes. But here sean is trying to push back on a narrative that, you know, as he pointed out, was just wrong. I mean, why are they floating things that are just wrong . Its becoming a boxing matchs briefing room. [laughter] but i think whats happening is that youre finding that many of these Mainstream Media outlets are trying to move very quickly, pushing forward information. Obviously, now we have the whole new world of twitter x so with it comes a lot of this false reporting. Sean is willing to point it out when he sees that its not being reported accurately. I think in the case of general kelly, thats a prime example. General kelly had this press conference, he said that he was notified of what was going to be happening with this executive order regarding the temporary suspension of having refugees come into the country. And i think that what Donald Trumps staff is trying to do is show, look, this is not a chaotic system, were trying to move forward and present in a unified fashion. Of course, did it trickle down to the airports and the border trish well, no, that was the tricky thing on it, right . Yeah, exactly. Trish it was somewhat hard to roll all that that out because they did do it very quickly, and i think the complaint is maybe you could have told more people. On the flip side, they said they wanted to move without telling a whole ton of people because they didnt want to give an opportunity for some of these folks to get into the country in the first place. Richard, you and i have not talked since all this news unfolded, but i have a feeling i know where youre coming from, and i want to give you a chance to state your case here, sir. Your thoughts on the ban and your thoughts on the firing of ms. Yates, attorney general yates, acting as interim ag. The irony about the sally yates firing is the question that senator sessions posed to her where he was leading to a certain answer when she had her confirmation hearing. The question was if youre being asked to do something that you know to be wrong, is it your job to stand up to the president of the United States on behalf of the American People . Thats exactly what she did. And four federal judges so far have said trish why do you say its wrong, richard . Because, you know, it seems forget what im saying. Trish hes just taking a hoe men tear pause here momentary pause here in the interest of National Security. Right. Trish its not a muslim ban. Hes citing seven countries that, by the way, were cited by the previous administration. In an utterly different context. Sorry, trish. The Obama Administration said anybody looking to come boo europe who had been to those countries, they were a little bit suspicious, why were they going back and forth . Dont take my word for it, four federal judges have said that it was wrong. And, look, lets talk about stopping terrorists. Whos the worst terrorist ever . Timothy mcveigh. The people who did orlando and San Bernardino trish this is a whole different can of worms. Were talking about islamic extremism exactly. Trish one thing at a time the people who did san bern dean though and orlando would not have been captured by this whole trish you know, i wonder about that, because if we actually and, by the way, i think theres a good shot, mercedes, that if other countries do not start vetting their people better, this is one big warning shot to them. Saudi arabia, pakistan, malaysia. You guys have got to start desperating your people, or youre going vetting your people i just want to explain why its the seven countries. Its the seven countries because that is what congress a passed, and thats what president obama pushed for and signed into legislation. So when youre looking at an executive order, President Donald Trump is following statutory law. So it is because it could only be those seven countries. If they wanted to administer countries, they would have to go back to congress, and congress would have to make the decision of expanding it. I think its important to make that very clear. To say in the case, for example, former acting ag yates coming out and basically saying that the executive order was not lawful, that, obviously, did not play because as we know, it went through the department of Legal Compliance within the department of justice, it was vetted, and it did pass constitutional muster. [inaudible conversations] trish anarchy if your own a ag isnt then you need to resign. If you dont want to execute the executive order as per what is your duty trish resign. I agree with you. You resign. Trish okay. Thanks, mercedes and richard. Im going to be talking to you in a little bit. The liberal media, meanwhile, at it again. Moments after President Trump fired sally yates, they begin comparing this to nixons saturday night massacre. Youve got to watch it. Monday night massacre. President trump fires the acting attorney general for refusing to enforce his travel ban. Well, here we are. The monday night massacre. Thats where america is tonight. Trish you catch that . Already, they are dubbing it the monday night massacre. Heres the thing, what donald trump did is actually nothing at all like what nixon did back in 1973. Nixon fired someone that he had hired who was investigating nixons role in the watergate scandal. And rather than cooperate with cox, nixon fired him because he didnt want the investigation to happen at all. This is a completely, utterly different scenario. Were talking apples to oranges here. Lets look at the case of yates. Shes an obama appointee, and President Trump fired her because she refused to enforce an executive order that he put in place. In other words, shes refusing to uphold the law. Joining me right now, the host of media buzz on the Fox News Channel, howie kurtz. Howie, we have so much to talk about. You know, first, i want to let the viewer know in case they dont, you were actually a former Justice Department reporter true. Trish so youve got some cred here. What do you make of all these comparisons to nixon right now that the left is evoking . Well, i predicted this. I happened to be on Tucker Carlsons show just minutes after the news broke about the firing of the acting attorney general, and i said on the air, okay, people who dont like this president are going to compare it to the saturday night massacre. Pick up my New York Times this morning, theres it is, fifth paragraph. [laughter] so theres two basic reasons, and you touched on one of them, why they have nothing to do with each other. One is arch bald cox was investigating a criminal conspiracy involving, it turned out, president nixon and his people and two top justice officials. And the other is nixon had appointed that ag, elliott richardson. Sally yates is an obama holdover. She was leaving anyway, so it was a bit of a grandstand move. Shes entitled to say i cant do this as a matter of conscience, im resigning, but instead she tried to make herself a hero, and really President Trump had no choice but to fire her. Trish you know, howie, it seems like there is a level of hysteria. I think its climaxing now. As you watched the feeds come in over the weekend and you saw the protesterses and the headlines online and the commentary in the media, and im saying to myself, its seven countries, its a temporary ban, barack obama did the same thing banning iraqis from coming here for six months. I mean, have they just sort of gotten themselves completely into a spin about nothing here well, i think the controversy has been fueled by what i would call the rocky rollout of this, the fact that there was chaos at certain airports, that it wasnt clear whether green card holders were affected, this is inside the beltway reporting about which officials knew when. All of that is fair for the press to look into. But what i keep coming back to for people who dont like this order, are wary of this president and i understand, its a controveral order is this is exactly what donald trump or said he was going to do repeatedly during the campaign. Trish yeah, but i would only argue its not as controversial, though, as they want you to think. In other words, seven same countries identified by president obama. Its, its a temporary ban. Why shouldnt we want to do everything we possibly can to make sure that we are vetting people especially when obamas own administration and were talking cia, fbi and Homeland Security, all, and we have this on tape, ive played it many times all say these people cant be vetted . I mean, it really doesnt seem like its a huge thing to ask of the country to say, okay, were going to put a little ban on this for 90 days while we make sure that we can vet people. I think the temporary nature of it, 90 days and 120 days in regard to the seven countries, has almost gotten lost in all the noise and static about the reactions and the proprotests and the people who dont protests and the people who dont like the order. So it seems to me that, you know, there is an underlying tone here that, oh, this president has gone too far. Theres a debate here between security and between, you know, being a humanitarian country that accepts refugees and part of that lost. Trish i will tell you when we look at polls, and theres a quinnipiac one looking at this morning, but overwhelmingly the majority of the country was saying in that poll, look, do not bring we dont want to bring Syrian Refugees here right now without a better vetting system. So when you see how the rest of america feels, i realize that people at lax and at jfk in new york are very noisy and there are all these protests going on, but really when you look at how people in america feel right now, their priority is to be safe. And while we want to be as magnanimous as we can as a country, we need to make sure were also looking out for number one in all this. Anyway, howie, always good to have your perspective, sir. Thanks, trish. Trish watch media buzz on the Fox News Channel at 11 a. M. Every single sunday. President trump meeting with the heads of Big Pharma Companies today where he vowed that he wants to cut unnecessary regulations. But in return theyve got to do something for him and something more us. Theyve got to for us. Theyve got to bring the cost of drugs down. All this as the president gets ready to sign an educationtive order on cybersecurity today. Its like one thing afteranother. I want to go to blake burman right now. Reporter just your average tuesday, i guess you could say. Yeah, earlier today the president met with leaders of the pharmaceutical industry. Weve seen these ceos roll in one day after the next, today it was pharmas turn, and before that meeting took place, the president said he wants to bring down the costs of medicare and medicaid. He wants to be able to, be able for these companies to make new cures and be able to do so by helping them out with trade deficits. And he also said that he wants to be able to bring down the cost of prescription drugs through competition. We have to lower the drug prices. Competition, the key to lower drug prices. We have competition, but a lot of times the competition dissipates. Ill oppose anything that makes it harder for smaller, Younger Companies to take the risk of bringing a product to a vibrantly competitive market. Reporter trish, as you know, drug prices have skyrocketed for years. Just a little while ago i asked the White House Press secretary, sean spicer, why this administration and this president feels that they will be able to tackle that problem. Here was spicer a little while ago. Hes a successful businessman and a top notch negotiator. Several people tried to get the cost of planes down, the cost of the f35 and the cost of the air force one, and through a couple conversations, he did i. He did it. Reporter that is the pitch were hearing fairly consistently. They say mr. Trump, the president is a solid businessman, and whichever issue it deals with, that is his backbone, and that is what he will rely on. By the way, you mentioned the executive order, we believe it could happen this afternoon, thats what were led to believe and, yes, it does involve cybersecurity and how to go forward there. Trish . Trish thank you so much, blake burman. The president announce his pick for the Supreme Court later today, and already democrats are vowing theyre going to block whoever it is that he chooses. Democrats even saying theyre going to filibuster his pick. Come on. I mean be, even if [laughter] even if he went out and picked former president obama, i think still democrats would fight him on this. All they want is a fight. Its not the right way to be thinking about the country right now. Anyway, were going to talk about who is on the short list for the court. Thats next. No matter how the markets change. At t. Rowe price. Our disciplined approach remains. Global markets may be uncertain. But you can feel confident in our investment experience around the world. Call us or your advisor. T. 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First it was his cabinet, then his executive orders, now theyre trying to block the president s pick to the Supreme Court. He is expected to announce his choice later tonight, and democrats are already threatening to filibuster the nominee. They dont even care who it is. Joining me right now is Cato Institute senior fellow ilya shapiro. Good to see you, ilya. Whats your thought on this . Isnt this just isnt this basically why people are so frustrated with washington in the first place . I mean, the fact that nobody be actually wants to get anything done, they just want to stand in the way, they just want to be the opposition. Well, i doubt Chuck Schumer wants to take my advice, but it seems kind of odd that the democrats would spend all of this Political Capital on a seat that, after all, doesnt change the direction of the Supreme Court. And if it is, indeed judge gorsuch or hardman, that was trish is it payback . Is that all this is . I think it is. I think trish [inaudible] thats right. I think its fundraising, i think its the activists, its playing to the base, but it, you know, it might come back to bite them because a lot of democrats are up for reelection in states that trump won in 2018. So its not even clear whether Chuck Schumer can muster 40 votes to sustain a filibuster. Trish this, to me, is very interesting, ilya. I think that donald trump has in so many ways, and he won this election because of it, confused the Traditional Party system, right . So longtime democrats found themselves crossing over to him because they felt he was going to do a better job in terms of protecting them and protecting their jobs. So if he really is successful on that front and i think this ultimately is why the left is so frightened right now, the status quo is to frightened, because if hes successful and he can convince, you know, a lot of americans that he is what is best for the economy, he is best for security, then they lose. I mean, they flat out lose even in a bigger way than they lost last time. I think thats whats going to determine whether he gets reelected, the economy and National Security. Exactly. Th issue that did help him win the election. Its what returned a lot of never trumpers and othe