Interviews with newsmakers and roundtable discussions cover the top news stories of the day. Aspirations of working families. Harris is nancy pelosi or owe ocasiocortez the future of your party . I think right now there are a lot of different voices in addition to them that are speaking harris anybody getting as much attention as they are . A ton of ads antipelosi. Im curious, whos really atop The Food Chain here. Theyre oppositional in their poll six. In their politics. Currently in my view, obviously leader pelosi is the head of our caucus in the house. What happens after the elections, again we have to first take the majority before we can even talk about the speakership. And then after that, we can talk about who has the most compelling vision to connect to the Economic Issues of working families. One thing i want to point out, which is mr. Oconnor has come very close to winning the
north Carolina Republican chairs the gop Study Committee and sits on house oversight, great to see you, thank you for being here. Could you hear what that congressman was saying . He wouldnt definitively say i mean, you wont say youll vote for nancy pelosi . A lot of democrats are saying they wont. No, and you will see more and more of that. I know raja, represents well from his particular part of illinois there. But more and more discussions are now coming forward. We know about these discussions. The Democratic Party in the house are beginning to implode under nancys leadership. Raja talked about bread and butter issues, economically. Miss pelosi calls them crumbs. Shes continued to emphasize her out of touch positions. Now, i believe its finally coming to the forehead. The interesting thing in the past, in the background, she has bank rolled a lot of the candidates when they arrive there, their allegiance was to nancy pelosi. Heres the interesting fact, harris, now ocasiocortez is running so far to the left of nancy pelosi its undermining her own authority, emploeding over the last couple of months. Harris thats what i was asking the democrat congressman about. Theyre oppositional in their politics and they skew very differently. We saw with Bernie Sanders, Senator Sanders taking on formerly president ial candidate Hillary Clinton, those audiences for voting are very different. Oh, no question about it. If you look at nancy pelosi, which has the highest unfavorables of elected political officials, when you have somebody even going further extreme radical left than her positions, i think its very frightening for a lot of americans and it may be one of the deciding factors that allows republicans to keep the House Majority for an unprecedented term in the midterm elections. Harris Congressman Walker you have been around the hill and bipartisan relationships
youre known for. I want you to help me do a deeper dive. How in the world did the party get to the point for democrats where their choices are the woman with the highest unfavorables for leadership, versus a woman who struggles to even name who the leadership is, doesnt understand The Middle East, really, probably left the bronx not anticipating she would be asked about a broader economy. What happened to who is in the middle . Well, we think it is a simple solution here. Lets look at it for just a moment, ill take 10 or 15 seconds breaking it down historically. These last two elections are the first time in history that 240 or more republicans have been elected to the u. S. Congress since 1913 when we expanded the 394 to 435. Now, on top of that, if you go back to 2010 this is now could be 8, 10 years of republican control, we believe its the reason that the American Public do not want Government Control of their lives. A lot of the democrats
specifically the social is particular minded democrats believe that the answers and solutions are in the federal government. Thats not the solution and i believe the American People continue to reject that. Harris so, republicans have something on their plate now, all of you, that you might not have anticipated, everybody has seen in past presidencies in the first term sometimes the house will flip. You actually have an opportunity, because of where democrats and a split party to not let it happen. Why the president wants to be on the campaign trail. Your thoughts . No question about that. In fact, historically, you lose an average of 29 seats. If we lose 22 nancy pelosi would become potentially the speaker, even though we have more and more people, more and more democrats jumping off that ship. Thats very important to remember. Let me say this, republicans shouldnt be running just on the negatives of nancy pelosi and socialist wing of the party. We should be running on what we believe in. We are better off now. There is data and facts to show the last two to four years the American People are better off economically f we continue to message that, we believe thats important to get to all demographics, even changing demographics, republicans shouldnt be afraid of their message of opportunity. Harris well put, representative walker, great to get both sides, happy were you on the program. Thank you. Thanks, harris. Harris fox news alert, Immigration Back in the hot seat a federal judge with a is threatening to hold leading members of the Trump Administration in contempt of court. After halting the deportation of a mom and her daughter who were put on a plane in the middle of appealing their removal. Doug mcelway has more from washington. Hi, harris. Judge Emmett Sullivan came down hard on prosecutors who play loose with the rules. He let the government have it yesterday when he learned that the fredz had already commenced deporting an illegal immigrant, named carmen and her daughter, before an agreedto deadline. Judge sullivan tore into the
government, its outrageous, im also directing the government to turn that plane around now or when it lands, turn that plane around and bring those people back to the united states. He also threatened Attorney GeneralJeff Sessions and dhs Secretary Nielsen with contempt of court, quote, it is further ordered that in the event the defendants do not fully comply with this order they shall be required to appear in court to show cause why they shouldnt be held in contempt of court. In compliance with the court order upon arrival, the planists did not disempark and promptly were returned to the united states. There has been no response from Jeff Sessions who spoke this morning at the u. S. Attorneys office in houston. He took no questions addressing the administrations man to withhold federal funds from swaut cities. Some people have sde sided to take us to decided to take us to court, were fighting that resolutely, we plan to win. We have received support from the people in texas. Yesterdays Courtroom Drama occurred as part of a lawsuit brought by the aclu, It Allegation that carmen fled el salvador to seek asylum from sexual abuse by her husband as well as Death Threats from a gang. The government has argued that victims of Domestic Violence are not eligible for asylum as are victims of political persecution. The suit is one of several challenges to the Trump AdministrationImmigration Policy which have left Border Security in utter legal limbo as we speak. Harris, back to you. Harris thank you, doug. On a busy friday lets get to this, fox news alert, after a surprise recess, we are now just minutes away were told from the start of day nine in the trial of former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort on tax and fraud charges. The prosecution was expected to rest its case as early as today. But the trial has been delayed all day long for hours. Peter doocy is live at the federal courthouse in
alexandria, virginia. Are we closer to learning what the delay is all about . Pd. Its closer to 1 45 when the recess is supposed to end. But the proceedings were supposed to start 2 1 2 hours ago and they didnt. All thats happened today is the judge warned everybody in the courtroom before the jury even came in, that if they try to look at papers on the Counsel Tables they will be kicked out. Then the jury came in and the judge really emphasized in a way he has not done yet, his daily instructionles that it is really important they do not talk to anybody including other jurors about this case. That its really important they keep an open mind. And remember, Paul Manafort is presumed innocent unless the prosecution can prove him guilty of tax and bank fraud. After that, they broke for lunch which wiped out half of a day that the mueller team had been planning to use to rest their case. Now its not clear that theyre going to be able to do that. Something the mueller team has done, though, for the second day
in a row, is file a Motion Complaining that the judge said something that could hurt their case. Yesterday they got him to apologize for admonishing them for breaking a rule regarding a with it that he never imposed. Today, though, the Special Counsels office is upset that the judge told their team not to focus so much on loans Paul Manafort was denied and that they should focus on loans he was rewarded with. The mueller team wrote this in the motion, the courts suggestion that the government was unnecessarily spending time on a loan that manafort did not receive undermines the wellestablished law on conspiracy, undercuts the charge in count 28, and is likely to confuse and mislead the jury. The mueller team wrote in that motion they wanted the judge to come in first thing this morning and correct the record in front of the jury. He did not do that. And its not clear if thats coming when they resume about a half hour from now. Harris peter, thank you. Lets get to alex little, defense attorney and former assistant federal prosecutor. Great to see you. Good afternoon. Harris did you catch that list of reminders, dont talk with people outside the court, thats basic. Paul manafort is innocent until Proven Guilty, why do they need to be reminded . Thats the second time m two days hes done that. Federal jurors are required to not have any contact with really the outside world about a case. So if one of the jurors came across a news story or commentary harris we get that. Why do they need to be reminded that Paul Manafort is innocent until Proven Guilty . Sometimes if a juror is exposed to that they may say this stuff was really damning or really do some sort of deliberations before theyre supposed to f that happens it can be serious. The judge has to talk to the jurors individually. Dont know if thats what happened. But that thing does happen in these sorts of long trials. Harris in the last hour we had a former member of the d. O. J. Tom dupree on with us, he said bob mueller and the russia investigation, i asked the question why is he watching this. You cant talk about the case,
the court trial doesnt have anything to do with that. Except for the fact that Paul Manafort worked for the campaign. Dupree said something interesting, he said if mueller sees a loss here in terms of manafort being acquitted, it is a hot mess going forward. What are your thoughts on it . On the one hand if he he has a case which is pretty straightforward and direct. If he loses it it calls into question some of what theyve been doing in the dark for the past few months. Alternative, this is the first time the American Public gets to see the work of the Special Counsel and the legal team. It takes what has been commentary about how prosecutors work and put it in the public eye. The first verdict, i think, will be somewhat of a statement as to what has been going on in the Special Counsels office. Harris should we be looking closer at why bob mueller chose to do this case himself . Hes passed on others to new york federal prosecutors. Why this one . Why is this one different, why did he want to keep this in his
own hands . I suspect it has to do with rick gates. Hes a central with it to the trial, also apparently a central with it to the larger russia investigation. Obviously, Paul Manafort is sort of at the center of this web of the different strands of the investigation. I suspect because all of these pieces fit together, it made sense for them in terms of the efficiency of investigation and keeping the right people on the right issues to do it in house. Harris can you give us a grade now, on how the Manafort Defense Team is doing and how you think this might shake out . Weve seen a lot of evidence so far, you have stuff to work with. Theyre not doing much, not much they can do. This is a pretty straightforward trial, our guy didnt know anything and he was downed by the associates. You go into any federal court you will get that defense. Theyre doing a on commendable job but nothing extraordinary. Harris alex little, appreciate the expertise. Thank you. Harris a controversial start to the nfl preseason, its so early. Some players continue to kneel during the National Anthem. How President Trump is responding and whether the protests could ignite the Republican Base headed into the midterm elections. The gop primary in kansas, just got a little bit chippy. You know i like to borrow a hockey phrase. It prompted a pledge of recusal. Whats that all about . The election is really raisar thin, 3900,000 votes cast. It could go either way. Whatever the will of the voters, thats fine with me. 00,000 vote. It could go either way. Whatever the will of the voters, thats fine with me. Alright, i brought in new max protein. To give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you dont. Ill take that. [cheers] 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. New ensure max protein. In two great flavors. Im ray and i quit smoking with chantix. I tried cold turkey, i tried the patch. They didnt work for me. I didnt think anything was going to work for me until i tried chantix. Chantix, along with support, helps you quit smoking. Chantix reduced my urge to smoke. I needed that to quit. When you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Some people had changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, agitation, depressed mood, or suicidal thoughts or actions with chantix. Serious side effects may include seizures, new or worse heart or blood vessel problems, sleepwalking or allergic and skin reactions which can be lifethreatening. Stop chantix and get help right away if you have any of these. Tell your Healthcare Provider if youve had depression or other Mental Health problems. Decrease alcohol use while taking chantix. Use caution when driving or operating machinery. The most common side effect is nausea. I cant tell you how good it feels to have smoking behind me. Talk to your doctor about chantix. Voted that they get their vote counted. Harris so much politics to get through, lets get to the facts. Gillian turner Whats Going On . Le the governors race between jeff collier and the Secretary Of State, chris kobach, remains in a dead heat. So far about 311,000 votes counted, and 10,000 absentee and provisional ballots remain to be tallied up. Kobach is claiming a. 04 lead but is recusing himself from the role overseeing the results. His opponent says its about time. I appreciate any sort of recusal, probably should have happened a long time ago. And Accusing Kobach of funny business. Secretary kobachs office was instructing counties not to count ballots in the mail. Those clearly have to be counted under kansas law. We want to make sure the law is
followed and everybody who has voted that they get their vote counted. Now, with Secretary Of State kobach Chief Elections Officer and has been managing the ongoing effort to sort through tallies for several counties where inaccuracies were reported. He led the charge alongside President Trump against what he believes was widespread voter fraud during the 2016 president ial election. But hes punching back against colyer insisting this makes him better qualified. Its interesting, My On Poen Whoent demanded recusal, doesnt understand the process. The counting is done at the county level not at the state level. My office doesnt actually do any counting of ballots. After discrepancies in two counties have been officially rectified, kobach just 125 votes in the lead. Harris all right, gillian, thank you. Dnc chair rona mcdaniel, there was a visual, the optics if you will with kobach. I heard republican members saying maybe he steps aside. Thats happened now and it is squeaky tight. What do you think is going on, on the ground, that will help kobach win . He did the right thing rec e recusing himself. It gives assurances to the kansas voters that everything oigs the up