Of justice facing new pressure this morning, all as special counsel Robert Muellers team gets a fun lashing from one judge, and two advisors of fired fbi director james comeys advisor they are leaving the agency well tell you who. Then former senator and democratic Vice President ial nominee Joe Lieberman talks about how President Trump should approach the threats and opportunities with north korea and iran as we look ahead right now on sunday morning futures. And the race for control of Congress Kicks into high gear as voters in several key battleground states prepare to head to the polls for tuesdays primary, and the stakes are high , republicans are looking to lock in several senate seats, come november, in hopes of breaking the longstanding trend of whoever holds the white house almost always loses seats come the midterm elections something democrats are pretty much banking on most notably House Minority leader nancy pelosi she expressed confidence that they will retake control of the house come november. Joining me now to discuss all of that House Majority leader kevin mccar she, potentially the next speaker of the house good to see you sir thanks for joining us. Thanks for letting me come on with you. Maria i want to kick it off right there because nancy pelosi a lot to say this last week. We have it up on a graphic she told the i think it was the boston globe, we will win in november and i will run once again to be the speaker of the house and you say . Thats probably one of the most scary things ive heard all week because picture come november 9 waking up, if the democrats controlled the house and nancy giving this congratulatory speech and becoming speaker. What we had to just transpired in the last year will all be reversed, so the number we just got today unemployment below 4 , we have not seen that in more than 18 years, if you have a child going off to college its their entire lifetime. Instead of them fearful leaving college and moving back home they are going to get a job. You look at 90 of all americans they got a pay raise with the tax cut. Nancy pelosi called that armageddon and made sure no democrat would vote for that. Youve got 48 out of 50 states their electrical bills are lower because of that tax cut. That would be reversed. Or, 2 million more jobs in the last year, north korea now talking to south korea. The va reform that no longer a g i bill is only 15 years or you lose it. Battling human trafficking, something weve been trying for the last 10 years, weve now shutdown that page. Those things on the internet to contribute 70 of all the hundred thousand people traffic ked in america and we have so much more to do. Opioids we just passed 60 bills inside the subcommittee and do you know what the democrats did . The exact same thing, they fought us, but republicans will stay with it, every american knows somebody whose addicted and we will solve this problem. Infrastructure, reforming doddfrank so these Community Banks could actually do what theyre supposed to do in their own community. Maria you have a great story to tell certainly on the economic side of thins with the impact of the tax cuts impact of the rollback and regulations people are feeling better and were see ing it in the numbers. I agree that the democrats are going to have to answer the question, why didnt you vote for the tax cut plan . So is that your plan in terms of holding on to the house because we know that history is not on your side right . During the middle of the president ial term usually that party does lose seats. Only two times since world war ii has the party in power had the white house gain seats 1998 and 2002. I believe at the end of this day , nancy pelosi will not be speaker, republicans will keep the majority, not because we want it to happen because what we have achieved. You are finding that the world is becoming safer, weve made the investments into our military. You have found that we have made economic strength. Dont discount unemployment below 4 first time in 18 years. That is unbelievable in the stretch of where were going. 2 million more jobs have been created just in the last year. How many millions of people have got a bonus because of the tax cuts . Just think of this, one company gave 1. 2 Million People a longer maternity leave, but what does nancy think of all that . She thinks thats crumbs and armageddon, but reforming the va , infrastructure, dealing with human trafficking, opioid, these are things that matter to the american public, thats what were folksed on thats what well stay focused on so if you looked at the generic ballot earlier this year, yeah, if the election was in january, they would have won. Today, they would lose. Maria wow all right well be watching that obviously its a good story to tell on the economic side and typically speaking people do vote for with their wallet, how am i feeling today am i feeling better than i was two years ago . Let me ask you about what youve been working on in terms of the spending bill or the recision bill really. Youre expecting the white house to send, Just Congress something this week. Where does that stand . You first have to understand what does the recision bill allow you to do . Weve watched most of this frustration with congress happens in the senate and not with the republicans in the senate but the democrats because it takes 60 votes to do anything when we look to repeal this burden some regulatory world you have a congressional that allows you to pass in the house and senate with a majority. We did that 16 times nobody else did that except onetime. Recision is actually a common practice from president ford to clinton. Ronald regan did it 214 times bill clinton did it 111 times and what it allows you to do is look at spending, make a cut, pass it with a majority in the house, and 51 votes in the senate. I believe this shouldnt be a partisan idea. It wasnt in the past so lets go, find places that we could have savings. There are accounts that are funded that those programs no longer exist, or couldnt be used so why would the money stay there . Repeal it and bring it back and so we worked with the president. This is something hes trying to make sure lets cut wasteful spending. I think that should be a bipartisan plan, but watching nancy everything is partisan. Maria but it wasnt bipartisan when you actually had the chance to say no to this and no to planned parenthood and no to somethings else, healthcare you signed the bill so where are the areas to actually cut . Can you identify some areas . Well this is how the program works, omb puts it together, sends it to the house and we have 45 days to act and it takes 51 so they are looking at accounts that have been sitting there that have been funded that programs are no longer existing but the money sitting there. Why wouldnt you cut that wasteful spending . If there is a place that we could save the taxpayer money, we should look at that and especially bipartisan but look i asked denny hoyer the other day he said he would look at Something Like that because they have a history of voting for it but now theyre denying everything, like trying to deny the president these appointments. Theres 1,200 positions that have to be confirmed. If you take the last six presidencies in the first two years there was only 24 votes and today theres 88. Maria wow. They are trying to dismantle government in the process they are trying to make the president not successful but do you know what . We are winning in the process and we can keep making sure were fighting. I dont care if they fight the opioids we will get this done. Maria how do you keep dealing with that though . The constant resist on the other side, this slowwalking of nominees, i mean, im actually amazed that this president is able to handle things like north korea, iran deal, and this decision coming up in the face of all of this resistance. Is this what its going to be like the next three years . It shouldnt be. The election is over and we should work as one. We should put the people before the politics, but if they continue down this path what theyre doing in the senate today it would take 11 years to confirm these people, and all that does is hurt the american public. Maria its incredible meanwhile on the other side weve been talking about this potential abuse of power at the fbi and the department of justice. You heard devon nunes earlier call into fox friends and you basically said were done, we are ready now, to pursue contempt of Congress Charges because youre not getting the documents your Committee Chairman have asked for. How far are you willing to go with this . Are you going to pursue contempt and impeachment charges . Well first lets actually talk about what were seeing. Its not just us and its not just the american people. Last friday, a federal judge, t. S. Elliott said this to mueller s investigation, that he does not leave a special prosecutor has the power he or she to do anything they want. Unfettered power i think the term he actually used. What theyre watching today and what he questioned look everybody wanted to get to the bottom was there any collusion with russia. The millions of dollars spent all the investigation, everybody says there was none. It is time for mueller to end that investigation, everybody sees it and where hes trying to draw it to. Now its not just the judge but its the american public. Remember, we have separate but coequal branches of government. For too long, the doj and the fbi has been stonewalling washington, has been stonewall ing congress. Congress has a right to oversee it. Devon nunes is chairman of the Intel Committee, so classified information can be sent to the Intel Committee, not to the entire body. That is the role that they have but for every time they have stonewalled us weve not given up and when we did get the information, it was very interesting how the information would come forward that people would then start resigning or quitting from these organizations based upon the action that they took place. I think from my point of view is we will not stop because we are separate but coequal and we will take every process that we have in the power to get the information that we have a right and responsibility to see. Maria theres an oped in the journal by kim strassel on friday and she writes the credibility of the houses Oversight Authority is at stake. Paul ryans Committee Chairman have done remarkable work expos ing fbi behavior and they serve backup. Mr. Ryan needs to state strongly and publicly that he is about proceeding down the road of contempt of impeachment if house demands are not met. You are likely if you hold on to the house the next speaker of the house. Are you going to pursue this . Yes you have to uphold the power of the separation of power s here. Its not about this issue. Its about congress in itself. We have a right and responsibility. If this is allowed during this investigation it could be ignition else and thats what the judge was talking about last friday. The unfretted power of this individual. That is wrong and these agencies have to have the responsibility to provide the information to congress and its provided to the republicans and the democrat s. Thats the responsibility. Look, every two years, the public loans the power to their member of congress to oversee. Thats the role we have and we have to uphold that power. Maria all of this stonewalling leads to the question what are they hiding . Why not just give the documents that your Committee Chairman have been requesting . Yeah and if theyre claiming its classified yes dont give it to all of congress but thats why we setup the Intel Committee so start out. They handle this informational the time because they should oversee that and the rest of congress doesnt see it but that is their role, so they cant hide behind that. Maria yes. The other part is its interesting lisa page leaving now, the Inspector Generals report is coming soon, the more and more we learn about this, the more we realize one, there was no collusion, two this continues on it should not, these investigations should end the millions of dollars that have been spent and we should get on with the americans business think about this. The president in a few short weeks is going to be sitting down with north korea and south korea. No one thought that was possible a year ago or even beyond. Theres a possibility of ending the korean war of the thousands of lives that americans have given. Lets make this president as strong as he can in that opportunity that we have to make the world safe. Maria well hes been making bold decisions even the idea that he could actually pull out of the iran deal the deadline is coming up may 12 are you comfortable as the majority leader seeing president say do you know what . Im not renewing this on may 12. Im very comfort comfortable the president is being looking at this. Look at what former secretary of state recently said she never would have signed it and said if we pull out, its not the end of the world right . Maria right. What iran is doing in this agreement why is this so bad, not only did they get billions of dollars, they spent that money fostering terrorism around the world, they can have a Nuclear Weapon at the end of this agreement, they continue to test their Ballistic Missiles they are not creating more freedom in this world, someone has to stand up to them and im sorry if we pull out of that the size of their economy based upon the size of ours, i think europe will follow us before theyre concerned about the iranian economy and think about their own revolution inside there. Their youth are frustrated with them spending this money around the world fostering and bringing terrorism and unsafe for all of us when they should be focused on their own economy. Its time someone stands up to them. That was a bad deal to start with and history will show that was the wrong agreement and im thankful the president is looking at all options. 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Maria welcome back the newest edition to President Trumps legal team is now calling for an end to special counsel Robert Muellers russia investigation. Attorney and former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani saying attorney general Jeff Sessions should close the probe, this coming amid pressure from republicans urging the Justice Department to release the full scope memo which outlines the initial extent of the investigation. Joining me right now is judge Michael Mukasey hes former u. S. Attorney general under president george w. Bush. Judge its great to see you thanks for weighing in here. Good to be here. Maria really wanting to get your insights here because theres so many moving parts. First off a turning point perhaps on friday night when we heard from the district judge pushing back on special counsel Robert Mueller. Tell us what we heard on friday and what it means. I think what we heard on friday is the fruit of the rather bitter fruit of the fact that this investigation was launched initially, in a flawed way. The regulations require that in order to have a special counsel, it has to be a finding that there is a criminal case to be investigated,