Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Shepard Smith Reporting 20170124 :

Now Shepard Smith recording. Shepard . Trump says he will announce his pick for the highest court in the land in a matter of days. A decision likely to shape our nations future for generations to come. We have outstanding candidates. We will pick a truly Great Supreme Court justice. Ill be announcing sometimes next week. President trump meeting with four state leaders this afternoon to discuss his potential Supreme Court nominee. Among them, the democratic minority leader Chuck Schumer who says its hard to imagine the president will pick a nominee that both democrats and republicans will support. Justice scalia was the most conservative member on the bench who the new nominee will replace. President trump promised to replace him with a conservative. Theres four conservatives and four liberals on the court making it idea logically dead locked. A Supreme Court justice gets a lifetime appointment with republicans in control of the senate, President Trumps pick will likely pass. Democrats could try to block the nomination using procedural hurdles. President trump signed a number of executive orders this afternoon, including one that gives the go ahead for the keystone pipeline. In addition at the White House Press briefing, the press Secretary Sean Spicer said the president Still Believes that there was widespread voter fraud during the president ial election based on what spicer calls studies and information. He did not give specifics. Fox news is not aware of any reliable studies or any information at all that indicates what the president has said. Further, the Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan says in essence, the president is wrong on voter fraud. John roberts is live at the white house. John, sean spicer got the question on voter fraud issue. If the president truly believes for some reason there was voter fraud despite a lack of evidence, it was asked why not investigate . A very good question. Sean spicer didnt have much of an answer for it other than to say the president was very comfortable with his win of more than 300 electoral votes and you move on. What is interesting about this, theres very Important News coming out of the white house the last 3 1 2 days. Seems to get overshadowed in almost every turn by something that comes out of the president s mouth. Last night when he had the congressional leadership at the white house, he said he would have won the popular vote in the november 8 election, had three to five Million People had not voted illegally. As you pointed out, theres no credible study to show that there was any kind of voting irregularity. The House Speaker said today when he came to the microphones this morning saying he was going to invite the president to speak to congress in a joint session on the 28th of february, that he has not seen any evidence that there was widespread voting irregularities. While you can imagine, not many staffers believe it, sean spicer defended the president s right to believe it. Heres what he said. The president does believe that. He has stated that before. I think he stated his concerns of voter fraud and people voting illegally during the campaign. Continues to maintain that believe based on studies and evidence people have presented to him. He won with 306 electoral votes. Hes comfortable with his win the trouble with him is hes bringing it up. He was having a discussion with folks and mentioned it in passing. This isnt the first time youve heard this concern of his. There you have it, shep. Hes very comfortable with his win. He believes that three to five Million People voted illegally. But theres no plan to launch any kind of investigation or even mild inquiry into any of this. Shep . Shepard to point a point on it that we believe is based on nothing. What can you tell us about the executive actions on keystone xl and the dakota pipeline . Two of the big projects that were moth balled by president obama. President trump signed five executive orders, one of which had to do with keystone inviting Trans Canada Pipeline to build keystone, to file a new permit application to construct the pipe line. He said he would expedite it when he received it. Another one on the Dakota Access pipeline. That was stopped late last year a midst protest from native americans that didnt want it crossing certain lands in north dakota. He said build it. He also signed three other executive orders to deal with regulations and environmental reviews for Infrastructure Projects and manufacturing in this country. The other one would declare that u. S. Steel had to be used to build those pipelines to the best of the nations ability. Heres what he said on that. We build it in the United States, we build the pipelines, we want to build the pipe. Going to put a lot of Steel Workers back to work. Environmental groups are already up in arms over all of this. So shep, you can expect well hear a lot more about this before the first shovel hits the ground. Shep . Shepard the president met with auto leaders, today too. Yeah, hes been talking about jobs. He had the leaders of the big three, ford, Fiat Chrysler and general motors. He pledged to automobile leaders that he would reduce the regulatory tax burden that would be less expensive to produce a car in the United States than to produce it oversees. Heres what he said. Were bringing manufacturing back to the United States. We want regulations, but we want real regulations that mean something. As you mentioned, the last big meeting of the day when the Senate Leadership is coming over with the ranking and chairperson of the judiciary to talk about the next Supreme Court nominee. Well see if that meeting comes off without any kind of tangent that will be thrown in that will take the president off message. Shepard thanks, john. President trump said he will announce his pick to the Supreme Court next week. John Andrew Napolitano is here. The judge met with President Trump before he was President Trump and then just after, i guess he was President Trump at trump tower before he took office. Nothing since. The sessions hold up . Youre talking about the holdup of shepard first of all, start with the Supreme Court. On the matter of the Supreme Court, hes been clear about the kind of person he wants on the court. He wants a person who will rank high and forgive this word, but they use it, scalianess. And he actually engaged people to run a metric. They found a half a dozen points that were typical of justice scalia. Then they ran the judicial opinions of these people through a computer to see how they came out on these points and they were able to rank them. They also made inquiry of their fidelity to the belief in originalism, that the constitution doesnt change with the passage of time. To find people that would reflect Justice Scalias beliefs. That i have a list of 20 to 21 depending how you look at it. Shepard what he wants is a conservative jurist. Yes. Shepard others have tried for idealogical preferences and they fail. Yes, george h. W. Bush famously appointed david suitor who was more on the liberal block on abortions and guns and things like that. Eisenhower had the same failure with earl warren in shepard who eventually got the court. Right. We dont always know how it will happen. I can tell you in my experience in the new Jersey Courts when i had a lifetime appointment. When you have a lifetime appo t appointment, something happens to you. Youre liberated from the Political Forces that got you there, in my case the governor and in the case of the Supreme Court the president that got you there. Youre your own person. You have to be faithful to the laws and the constitution and not the people that put you there understand them. Shepard then theres the matter of Jeff Sessions who at one point we thought would face a rocky confirmation. Thats not to say that he doesnt face objection. He faces objection for a couple reasons. Theres some that dont like him because hes a conservative republican and they dont want a law and order lets enforce the drug lay laws shepard a revival of the drug laws. Yes. And others believe that Jeff Sessions was rejected by an appointment by president accessory again in 1986, statements that hes alleged to have been made that were racially sensitive which he denies then and denies now indicate an attitude inconsistent with being the nations chief Law Enforcement officer of the land. They want to air that case. Senator feinstein of california used as a basis for requesting the delay this morning the massive numbers of people that marched in the country over the weekend, some of whom carried signs opposing senator sessions confirmation. So they want more of a forum to air their grievances. I dont think theyll be successful but under the rules theyre entitled to it. Shepard senator sessions tried to put legislations in the state of alabama and its been widely suggested that he was not in favor of that he has had racial problems with it in his own state repeatedly and for decades. Yes. He produces his chief of staff a now very prominent African American lawyer in alabama that testifies eloquently in his defense, that none of these things happened. If they happened, theres another view of them and we suggest the other view. I suggest, shep, that thats enough to get him over the hump. The democrats have not succeeded, though theyll try and take more time in prying loose republican support. So to block him, Chuck Schumer and company will have to pry loose a half a dozen republicans. I dont think they can succeed. Shepard doesnt appear theyll succeed on all of them. Looks as if all of President Trumps nominees will go through. 2016 is a year. Weve had eight years. Give me a break. Not political. Not this time. Thanks, judge. Thank you. Shepard President Trumps pick for health and Human Services secretary is facing another testy hearing today. Dr. Tom price is defending his decision to invest in Healthcare Companies even as a powerful member of congress who was working on healthcare legislation. Finance Committee Staffers report that congressman price undervalued 400,000 of his stock shares. Price blamed it on a clerical error. So theres the rub. Plus what the nominee says about the healthcare law. And breaking news right now. A live look from alameda county. Search teams are working to recover a car this investigators say belonged to a teenager who has been missing since saturday. Cops say her car flew off the road and plunged into a creek after crashing into another vehicle. Thats a live look. The local sheriff says the teenagers parent had been working along the creek looking for any sign of her. Well have more on this desperate search with Trace Gallagher on a very busy tuesday on the fox news deck. Glad to have you in. Only tena overnight underwear. With its secure barrier system gives you. Triple protection from leaks, odor and moisture. Tena lets you be you announcer vo theres a moment of truth. Etes, and now with victoza® a better moment of proof. Victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill, which didnt get me to my goal. Lowers my a1c better than the leading branded injectable. The one i used to take. And better than that diabetes pill i used to take. jeff victoza® works with your body to lower blood sugar in three ways in the stomach, the liver, and the pancreas. And while it isnt for weight loss, victoza® may help you lose some weight. Noninsulin victoza® comes in a pen and is taken once a day. announcer vo victoza® is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes, and is not for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. Do not take victoza® if you have a personal or Family History of medullary thyroid cancer, multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if you are allergic to victoza® or any of its ingredients. Stop taking victoza® and call your doctor right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck or if you develop any allergic symptoms including itching, rash, or difficulty breathing. Serious side effects may happen, including pancreatitis. So, stop taking victoza® and call your doctor right away if you have severe pain in your stomach area. Tell your doctor your medical history. Taking victoza® with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. The most common side effects are headache, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting. Side effects can lead to dehydration, which may cause kidney problems. Nows the time for a better moment of proof. Ask your doctor about victoza®. Shepard tom price on call toll hill today talking about investments he made while in congress. Price just testified. The republican congressman in front of the Senate Health Committee Last week, but that was before President Trump signed an executive order targeting obamacare. The measure allows the fed to wave parts of the affordable healthcare law. As health and Human Services secretary, tom price would be in charge of enforcing that order and he would play a key role in overhauling obama care itself. The tom democrat on the finance committee is oregon senator ron wyden and he asked price about that today. Yes or no, under the executive order will you commit that no one will be worse off . What i commit to, senator, is working with you and every member of congress to make certain that we have the highest quality healthcare and that every single american has access to affordable coverage. Thats not what i asked. I asked will you commit that no one will be worse off under the executive order . You ducked a question. Will you guarantee that no one will lose coverage under the executive order . I guarantee you that the individuals that lost coverage under the Affordable Care act, we will commit to making certain that they dont lose coverage on whatever replacement plan comes forward. Shepard democrats have been going after price for the investments that he made in Healthcare Companies that were tied to his own legislative work in congress. Price is a Orthopedic Surgeon who served in the house for more than a decade. According to the reporting of the wall street journal, hes traded more than 300,000 in shares in companies the past four years while supporting or sponsors measures that could have potentially affected those companies stocks. Tom price has repeated denied that he did anything wrong and defended his investments again at todays hearing. Mike emanuel with details live on capitol hill this afternoon somewhere in front of a green wall. What did price say about his investments . Were outside the hearing room where it just wrapped a short time ago. What price did in terms of investments are legal and hes been transparent. Republicans say hes being treated unfairly because the investments were faced by a broker. But price said he faced questions in healthrelated companies and he had challenges answering those questions. Some experts have suggested lawmakers are allowed to do that type of investing but you face scrutiny. We have a paper trail for every comment ive made. Yes or no. Doesnt this show bad judgment . No. The reality is that everything i death is ethical, legal and transparent. Price says if confirmed, he would divest his interest in healthrelated companies to make sure theres no conflicts of interest, shep. Shepard what else did congressman price say about the future of the affordable healthcare law . Democrats were certainly looking for details about what is next in terms of healthcare perhaps theres not a defined republican replacement. Dr. Price didnt make a lot of promises. You cut medicaid by a trillion dollars in your 2017 budget. Yet today you want to stand on some notion that, well, whatever you guys do is fine. Thats just not reality. What i believe in is a medical system that is responsive to the patients and provides the highest quality care possible. Its incumbent on you and me if im giving the privilege in serving in this capacity to Work Together to find the solution so we provide the highest quality care for medicaid patients and everybody else in this country. There was a lot of that in todays hearing, lets Work Together to do what is best for the american patients and consumers, shep. Shepard mike emanuel, thank you. One of the president s more controversial picks, time price. But our next guest says the controversy is about the fight to keep parts of the affordable healthcare law. Thats next. vo do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close of day; rage, rage against the dying of the light. Do not go gentle into that good night. More on our breaking news from earlier. I want to show you a live look. Alameda county, california whe