Interviews with newsmakers and roundtable discussions cover the top news stories of the day. Interviews with newsmakers and roundtable discussions cover the top news stories of the day. Simply the fact that this strategy on the part of mueller and the other district of new york prosecutors may be working right now. One interesting question will be to what extent will there be information relating to state law charges against some of these people and that is legally significant because the president s pardon power does not extend to state law crimes. Harris all right, what you have seen with cohen and manafort and perhaps pecker and allen weisselberg, the cases, they have struck deals for immunity, you wouldnt imagine they would go anywhere legally. If the president wanted to pardon anyone, we are still within the zone with the previous men. State law doesnt tend to change that. As we look ahead in all of this, the president , though, does have something to consider as he is being asked to sit down with mueller and the Russia Investigation and that is by all these people talking and stay fog cussed on some of the issues
of payments to different people and none of which have been proven to be a crime, paying women to be quiet about an affair, unless they are linked to politics and the election and we havent seen evidence of that. The president can legitimately say, you talked to everybody who can answer a question, why should i sit down. It doesnt make him necessarily specific enough as a witness for bob mueller to force him into the seat with or without a subpoena. Right. On the one hand, Rudy Giuliani and President Trump can argue it is not advantageous for President Trump to sit down and be interviewed because they suspect this is all just some sort of perjury trap. On the other hand, mr. Mueller will be able to say with legitima legitimacy, certain questions regarding the president s State Of Mind and sequence of events, particularly regarding of Justice Charges happening Behind Closed Doors that only President Trump can answer and typically you want to conclude that
good to see you. Thank you. Thank you, take care. Harris alert on the escalating war of words between President Trump and his own Attorney General. The president and Jeff Sessions going back and forth in a public battle over the Attorney Generals recusal from the Russia Investigation. The president tweeted this most recently. Department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations, hes quoting Jeff Sessions there. He says, jeff, this is great, what everyone wants. Look into the corruption on the other side, including deleted emails, comey lies, leaks, conflicts, mccabe, strzok, orr. Come on, jeff, you can did it, the country is waiting. If the president fires sessions, he wont be able to relace him right away. Bring in mark lauder, Special Assistant to President Trump and former Press Secretary for Vice President pence. Great to see you today. Great to see you. Harris the ball may have moved on that, if there is opening for capitol hill, lawmakers on capitol hill to take a look at making some time for any sort of confirmation and replacement of Jeff Sessions, that may have changed the game. Your thoughts . Well, it could very well do that, obviously the senate warned for a while they have a full calendar right now and one that would open up for a appointment of a new Attorney General and in the meantime, rosenstein would be the acting Attorney General, according to Current System where it moves to the next person in line. So you could, but i dont see anything happening definitely before the midterm and then after the midterms it would be up to the president and or Attorney General sessions to decide. Harris marc, have politics of Jeff Sessions, changed all of a sudden . You have senator Lindsey Graham saying the president should be able to choose and can choose whomever he want necessary that
position and then maybe this sort of potential opening on the calendar that you may take a peek and see if you have time for confirmation should the president fire sessions. Is something shifting . I think there is a growing frustration amongst many republicans that we seem to have a double standard when it comes to investigations. You see all the investigations and the ad nauseum commentary with the president and republicans across mainstream media, but time and time again, the president outlined in tweets today, we see nothing about the alleged abuses, alleged crimes that possibly were committed on the democrats side and it seems like it is being brushed under the rug. I know that frustration is taking hold, not only with the president , as he voices that, but also amongst many republicans and that continues to capitol hill. Harris why would it be brushed under the rug . He is a republican, republican senator, why would he brush it under the rug . That is the question. That is what you saw with the president s tweet today xhchlt on, jeff, you can do this. Why is it the clinton emails, urannium 1, dossier, fisa, all of those. Harris do we know . I dont know if we do know the answer to those. Some are being looked at by the inspector general, that is great, that is only looking toward internal conduct, not at whether those were actual crimes committed. One has to wonder why were having this double standard when it applies to things that republicans may have done versus things that democrats may have done. Harris this is being talked about in terms of whether the go back and forth, the president sitting down or not with bob mueller and all of this. Attorney general Jeff Sessions, is he out or in . It would have an effect. What do the American People need to know about all of it . I dont think the American People are following as closely as we do in washington, d. C. Harris agreed. Or new york. They are worry about the economy, High School FootballGetting Started across the country and so many things that people, jobs and growing paychecks, things that matter to the American People. I think a lot of this is just tuned out as being noise and nonsense. But we do have a frustration, especially amongst republicans about this perceived double standard and i think what you are seeing is that the president recognizes it, he sees it, he hears when he is traveling around the country and this case, takes to twitter to make sure he understands and shares that frustration and what are we going to do about it . Harris it is interesting, i was going to ask about twitter. Most americans are not in tune with this, do you need to then focus them on all of it with a tweet . From what i hear you saying, yeah, you do if you continuing is not being treated fairly legally. I think the president has a
unique ability in the way he uses social media, to connect with many people across america, who might be talking about the double standard when they are around their Dining Room Tables or enjoying a Weekend Cocktail with their friends. These are the kind of conversations, when the president sees that, hes actually identifying as one of them going, i share your concerns, whether on this, whether it is about the economy, whether it is about what is going on around the world. It is a Connection Point to him, but also saying, i want to get something done about it. Harris all right. Marc lotter, great to see you. Thank you for your perspective and experience on this. Fox news alert. Reaction continuing to pour in. Following the announcement that senator john mccain will no longer seek medical treatment for his brain cancer. The mccain family saying the senator has surpassed expectations for his survival. The disease and his ages are rendering their verdict. Peter doocy more from outside ofSenator Mccains office. Peter. Harris, lifetime Senator Mccain voted was december. Details of his treatment have been kept mostly private while hes been in arizona. Today his office announced John Surpassed advance of age render his verdict w. Strength of will, hes chosen to discontinue medical treatment. Mccains work with everybody in the senate is what earned him the nickname a maverick and longtime democratic colleague of his, john kerry said, god bless john mccain, his family and all who love him, shows us what grace and grit really mean. Mcconnell says, sad to hear the update on john mccain. We are so fortunate to call him our friend and colleague. John, cindy and the entire mccain family are in our prap y praprayers at this incredibly difficult hour. Shortly after announcing he was
sick with brain cancer, mccain gave reflective regards on the senate floor, did insist he was not saying goodbye. I have every intention of returning here and giving many of you cause to regret all the nice things you said about me. And i hope to impress on you again, that it is an honor to serve the American People in your company. Thank you, fellow senators. And just a few minutes ago, mccains wife cindy tweeted to say god bless you to everybody who has taken care of her husband the last few months. Harris thank you. Meghan and i are close, i love her so much. We connect on a level of being military brats because of our dads. Today, as we are learning this news, it is information, she would always tell me. We take that information and we put it with our love and prayers. Meghan, im with you and your family. Well be right back. You wouldnt accept an incomplete job from any one else. Why accept it from an allergy pill . Flonase relieves sneezing, itchy, watery eyes and a runny nose, plus nasal congestion, which most pills dont. Its more complete allergy relief. Flonase. 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. New ensure max protein. Thanks, janet. Its welcomemy happy place. Store. You can learn how to switch to xfinity mobile, a new Wireless Network that saves you cash. And you can get 5 lines of talk and text included with your internet. And over here im having my birthday party. Dj fluffernutter, hit it Dj Fluffernutter simple. Easy. Awesome. Ask how to get 300 back when you sign up for xfinity mobile, and purchase a new samsung phone. Visit your local xfinity store today. Harris all right, so it is here, hurricane lane hit hawaii with torrential rain, the store weakened to a category two hurricane. That is good. Catastrophic flooding and mudslides are possible through the weekend. The slowmoving storm now and
that is the punishing part, continues its path toward the islands. Adam housley will bring the story from maui. Basically watching and waiting for the islands, other than the big island, they have been getting drenched. They expect 8 to 10 inches in maui. It depends how the storm continues to move and break up and lessen. That is good news. Bad news, we dont know how much rain we will get. The big island, on the east side of the big island is helo. You see the mudslide video and the rain. In some cases they have gotten 26 inches on that side of the island. Unbelievable amounts of rain. The volcano protected the west side, they got little rain. The Storm Hits Mountains and dumps the water down. We are expecting to get the water here. When you talk to people who lived through the rain on hello, they say unbelievable. Just shocked, never have i
seen this in 43 years, right, we used to run on this park as little kids and now a raging river. I feel like it will come more and our house will get like knocked down and stuff like that, so i just pray and stuff to not make it happen. Meanwhile, to the west on aohu, the risens sirens sounded yesterday as precaution. The waters and rain come toward the island, the siren sounded for sometime as they checked them all throughout the island. People there are preparing for what might be coming their way, more rain event than a wind event. Fema charges be prepared. Lane is expected to maintain Hurricane Strength as it approaches the island. Dangerous flooding will continue on the big island. Threat for trop Trop Storm Force or hurricaneforce winds will
continue for the next 24 to 36 hours, especially at higher elevations. What is crazy, harris, we can see the rain coming in the distance. We have lanai to my left, mshgs ulici that direction. Heavy raindrop when is they come. And then it goes away there is no wind here. Its been a watch and wait process the last 24 hours. People here keeping their fingers crossed that lane continues to be downgraded and break up. We expect a lot of rain here. We do know, harris, give it back to you, pockets of heavy rain on oahu and lanai and maui. Potentially where i am, 10 inches will come tonight. Well see. Harris. Harris some of the most popular places for big events, weddings and lanai, and other places for honeymoons, as well. People keeping an eye out as we are in wedding season and wishing the best for people on
the island. Thank you, adam, very much. New developments in murder of College StudentMollie Tibbetts. The attorney for the accused killer, cristhian rivera, is blasting President Trump, claiming hes speaking out against his client to push his immigration agenda. Think that people are buying into the concepts and notions that mr. Trump is bringing forward and at this stage in the process, it is not proper. The situation hes involved with concerning his status has nothing to do with the situation that unfortunately happened over on that road in brooklyn. Im sorry. Harris meanwhile, new fox poll finds 7 decline in support for pathway to citizenship for illegals since february of this year. With much of the change coming among democrats. Lets bring in thomas homan, former ice Acting Director under President Trump and fok news
contributor now, congratulations on joining us. We are best to have you. Across the board now politically, youre seeing less support for the issue. Well, i think the American People are being educated and they want the problems fixed. Before we move ahead, we need to secure the border, fix the loopholes in the Immigration System, we need to enforce the law. The far left simply doesnt want that to happen. The American People, i have said many times, the American People are smart, being educated. You know what, this president is right. Standing by commitment to protect the American People and the country. Harris democrats and other critics, too, have said, there is a Question Mark between whether what is happening or what happened in iowa with the man allowed to stay here for seven years using fake documents is what were learning from the farm he worked for there, but he was here for a long time and
employed with that place for up to four years. Is there a connection or crosspath between that and people on our southern Border Crossing in illegally . What do you see . Look, this person was in the country illegally. This person admitted to killing this young lady. That is the two facts, right . He successfully hid out, hid from authorities for four years, doesnt make it okay. That is why in the last year and a half, i was pushing, we do prioritize criminals, 89 of everybody arrested had a criminal history. You cant forget about everybody else. You cant wait for them to commit a crime and make it a priority. We have to enforce Immigration Laws across the board, prioritize criminals. When i was acting ice director, i increased enforcement. Take that magnet away, he came here to get a job f. That magnet would have been taken away, if we had a wall, the loophole in Immigration System fixed who knows, if he wasnt here, the
young girl would be alive today. It is sad tragedy like this brings it to the attention of American People once again. Harris yeah, by touching on that, you sort of bring into the point of the politicizing of all of this. Im curious, because you led your team at ice, Acting Director, up until a few weeks ago. And so you were tasked with, you got to put out, i guess the noise of the politics, but it is hard to when people accuse you of having less than a heart with these issues. You know what, people ought to wear my shoes and see what ive seeb. I was in the back of a Tractor Trailer with a five year old little boy, it gives me Nightmares Tochlt say i or any of the heroes at ice dont have a heart, they are all fathers, mothers, sisters. It is not just about enforcing laws, it is about saving lives. You wont h