Forgiveness for those socalled open minds on the left after dareing to make fun of Hillary Clinton. We begin with a Big Development just broke by fox news chief White House Correspondent john roberts. The house intelligence chair gave the Justice Department a dead of january 3rd to turn over documents on the russian investigation. Robert obtained a copy of the letter from nunes to the department of justice blasting the department for numerous delays and said at this point it seems the department of justice and the fbi need to be investigating themselves. Also breaking tonight. President trump in his interview with the New York Times believes special Robert Mueller will treat him fairly in the russia probe. The president saying there was no collusion between his campaign and the russians. Joining me for reaction is representative trey gaudy. He is on the Intelligence Committee and the ethices committee and rumor has it he is the chairman of the 4h club there at capitol hill. He joins us from south carolina. From dallas congressman john ratcliff. He is a former United States proscurious. Prosecutor. Happy holidays and happy new year. Thanks for joining us. Congressman, i want to start with you. I have been in your seat. I dealt with the department of justice when they are not responsive. How bad is the situation . What are the documents you need in order to get the job done that you want to get done . Well, happy new year, jason. Investigations are only as good as your access to documents and witnesses. In this case we need 302s. When the fbi interviews someone a 302, thats the name of the form generated. We need 1023s. Another summary of an interaction between an fbi agent and a source. We need all of that. So we can prepare to interview whether its a former Council Baker or peter strzok or lisa page. We need access toula of the documents. To all of the documents. We have waited a long time for. It i used to work for the department of justice. If i have a bias its towards them. This is taking longer than it should and needs to. Congressman, have you been a United States prosecutor. To use a famous line what difference does it make. You are on the Judiciary Committee. You were the two that got to interview mr mccabe, how did that go. The reason we the Department Director mccabe in the room related to the prior testimony of former direct james comey. You and chairman gowedy and myself were all in the room when he testified that the discussion to not prosecute Hillary Clinton had been made after her july 2nd interview with the fbi. Then we learned of a may 2nd me memo written by comey with that decision was made 2 months before. Those times of decision out of the ordinary in the fbi prompted the need for an investigation into these matters. What the investigation that you just reference involving the Judiciary Committee is to get answers to the questions American People have long south. Who do you need to interview next . Who will you bring in to do those transscribed interviews . With the interview that took place 2 weeks ago, it was a confidential interview. I would describe it as Foundation Interview with asked questions about who, what, where with respect to the decisions made at the fbi and the Justice Department that were out of the ordinary or standard protocol. He was able to provide us with a number of answers that will help us identify the people we need to talk to. He was not able to provide answers to other questions. We will continue this process. I think the chairman man and i agree that we would like to see former director comey come and maybe attorney general lynch come in to answer questions. There is a factual basis to bring them in and give them the opportunity to clear up inconsistencies between the testimony they previously gave to congress and the documents that have now surfaced. Congressman, what happened with the department of justice and the fbi is so many abnormalities. Things that would never happen in any other situation. You have both been prosecutors. What is different about the investigation that went into Hillary Clinton and the decision and the announcement . What is that laundry list of things that is so different than what normally happens during these investigations . Well, jason, lets say the difficult facts make for difficult conclusions. 2016 was a really difficult year for the fbi. Part was because of decisions they made and part was because of they are trying to conduct an investigation into the throes of a president ial race. What was different about the investigation into secretary clinton . Almost everything. I dont want to litigate their decision not to charge her. You can like it or not like it. No entity is too big to provide oversight over. The fbi and the department of justice can withstand scrutiny. If you made the decision not to charge someone in may of 2016 before you have interviewed 2 dozen witnesses and the target of the investigation, then you have to explain how you reached that decision not to charge before you ended the investigation. I want to know about the immunity agreements and why you allowed fact witnesses to sit in on witness interviews. I want to know why you wanted witness interviews to be voluntary. You use the grand jury to interview witnesses. You dont let the witness set the ground rules and say i will have these family and friends in the room. Thats not the way its done for anyone else in the country. I want to ask the fbi did you do things different in your investigation . We already the answer is yes. Why did you do it differently in her case . The bureau and the department of justice are big enough to withstand those questions. The integrity at the Justice Department and the fbi is under attack. What needs to happen to get the confidence of the American People back . I think part of the problem we have been looking at here and the people that created the issues as the chairman said its been a bad 18 months from the department of justice and the fib. Fbi. Some of these people are gone. We have to conduct the oversight necessary to see whether or not they are effective in restoring the indtegrity of the departmen of justice. We hope the fbi and doj officials like former director comey and attorney general lynch, we hope they have plausible explanations for all of these unprecedented circumstances that chairman just described. We hope they do. If they dont, we are facing a consitutional crisis. We have a situation where the American People really question the integrity of the fbi and the department of justice for decades to come. I hope that these investigations that we are conducting in our role can shed light on. That we are not prosecutors anymore. I am not accusing anyone of crimes. We have an oversight for the American People as their elected representatives. Thats what all of these investigations are about. This country is different because we are selfcritical and look under the hood and see what is going on. My guests will stick around. So should you. After the break we will look into the future and discuss whether the tax cuts is just the start of big things to come or whether the democrats resistance will make it a one hit wonder. Hit wonder. Stay on with jack and jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. All because of a burst water pipe in their house that ruined the Hardwood Floors in their kitchen. Luckily the Geico Insurance agency had helped them with Homeowners Insurance and the inside of their house was repaired and floors replaced. Jack and jill no longer have to fetch water. They now fetch sugarfree vanilla lattes with almond milk. Call geico and see how affordable Homeowners Insurance can be. We joined by our guests to discuss the gop agenda in 2018 and whether the trump agenda can overcome the democrats resistance. Newt gingrich said the great surprise in 2018 will be the size of the republican victory. On the other hand, a gop congressman is not seeking reelection and not optimistic. We for a challenging midterm environment. You typically lose about 32 seats in a midterm. My colleagues are well aware of the historical challengeses and donald trump complicates that because he is a pollarizing figures. I expect our challenges will be even greater because of that. Gentleman, the speaker of the house plays an Important Role. Paul ryan as the speaker of the house. I am not aware of any speaker thats that gone unscathed. Congressman gowdy, how is he doing . What is your perspect identify the speaker . There are a lotted governor members of congress. I bet johnny would agree when i say there is no one Better Qualified to be the speaker of the house than paul ryan. He has ever quality you want in a leader. He is smart and principled and inclusive. He is reluctant. He didnt want to be the speaker of the house. He wanted to be the chair person of ways and means. When mccarthy dropped out of the speakers race we had no one to turn to. We said will you lead us . He reluctantly did so. He is the smartest kid in the class. He would be my number 1 draft choice if i started this government all over again. He did us a favor by taking the job. I cant think of anybody that could do the job as well as he is doing it right now. Congressman, you are the subcommittee chairman on Cyber Security. You look at the 90 billion dollars a year our government spends on Cyber Security. Its a dangerous thing in this country. What keeps you up at night looking at Cyber Security and the challenges facing the United States . Well, jason, you and trey heard he say this before. I consider Cyber Security to be the greatest threat to our national security. Listen, i think we are in a far greater danger for invasion of our digital borders than any invasion of our physical borders. People just need to turn on the computers or open the papers and see another hack that increased in severity. The United States will only remain the worlds super power if we are always the worlds cyber super power. As much as we are spending in this field right now, its not enough. Its the great equalizer. Cyberspace is. Its how north korea can compete with us in cyberspace. We have to dedicate our efforts. This is an area i enjoy legislateing in. We have to do that in a smart way to raise the cyber iq of every american so we are safer and maintain the world status as the cyber super power. A lot of issues facing the United States. If you listen to the Mainstream Media the difficult nature of coming up with bipartisan solutions. Trey gowdy you have been writing a book with the senator from south carolina. Tell me about the book and your perspective on the atmosphere in washington, d. C. Well, jason, tim scott is the best person in all of politics. The two guys i am with but tim scott is the best person in politics. As you two know, we are inseparable. We did not know each other in 2010 when we came in as freshman. He had different back grounds and life experiences. We have chose tone have a friendship some would call unlikely. We are more entered in the conciliation than the conflict. We want to share the story of our relationship and encourage our fellow citizens. I think there is a hungry for concilization for unity. Contrast is fine. I am glad we dont all pull for the cowboys or watch the same movie at the same time. What i hear everywhere i go is a divisiveness. We are the United States of america. I would love for us to spend time celebrating what we have in common as what we do harping on the differences. Tim, our hair is different. Our hair is different on a daily basis. If you put up a picture of tim scott, we have differences. But we made a conscious effort to celebrate the things we have in common. Jason, i am telling you, you serve there whether its joe kennedy or morton or peter west. Oo welch. Those are all democrats. Some viewers dont want to hear it but 99. 9 of us get along well in personal interaction. We have a hyperfocus on conflict in the country. The fact we get along doesnt make the news. What makes the news if there is one member on either side yelling at each other. I am entered in unity and thats what tim and i want to write about. An honor and privilege to serve you with in the United States congress. Partying words . A good movie or new years resolution . Well, chairman gowdy is always telling me to ask better questions of witnesses at hearings. Since he is older and wiser, i will take that advice to heart. Do you have any words of wisdom or good movie or show that provides inspiration . I wish you a happy new year and johnny, you and mitchell a happy new year. Jason a privilege to serve with you. Johnny, you are my favorite member of the house. Holiday movies. One that i found inspirational is narcos. I thought he was going to say bad sant. [laughing] my wife wont let me watch that. Thank you very much. One big battle next years sure to be fought in immigration. Both of you will be there. A pair of democratic governors are not waiting. Thats next. My name is jeff sheldon, and im the founder of ugmonk. Before shipstation it was crazy. Its great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize ive got a hundred orders i have to ship out. Shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everythings pretty much done. Its so much easier so now, were ready, bring on t. Shipstation. The number one ch of online sellers. Go to shipstation. Com tv and get two months free. Ingraham angle. Democratic governors seem to be trying to top one another flouting Immigration Law and aa antagonizing President Trump. Jerry brown pardoned two on saturday and the new york governor is pardoning 18 immigrants convicted of crimes. Joining me to debate this are a democratic strat edgest and a Institution Law professor. Thanks for joining us. Jose, help me understand the rationale. We are talking about people with a crimmial element. Involved in games and committing crimes. Why are people bending over backwards to make sure they are staying here . Instead of saying i understand the fight for dreamers and others, but the criminal element, isnt that something republicans and democrats can agree those people should not be in the United States. One thing to take a close look at. If you an undocumented immigrant who committed a high level crime, we want you out of this county. Country. These 18 people, low level offenses. Committed crimes over 10 years ago. They reinstated themselves into society. They committed crimes what i dont understand. We are not talking about i accidentally jay walked or going 45 in a 35. These are crimes against other people in which they were convisibilitied. The symbol of the United States has always been the statue of liberty. The border wall that the current president wants, if we want to fix this, we need to pass immigration reform. That include a path to citizenship for millions of immigrant that just want a better way of life. What the other side that says no. Thats right. These folks were already on the path to citizenship and they blew it. They committed crimes. There is a list of crimes if you commit, it makes you deportable. Like Human Trafficking and drugs and Sexual Assault and battery. A number of these crimes even if you get the pardon you are still deportable. Thats the most interesting part of this story that has gone unremarked. The focuses that Governor Brown and cuomo pardoned none of them are eligible to be removed from the deportation. You can get a pardon from a governor but that doesnt excuse if you from federal deportation . It does on a couple of crimes. The federal statute sets out a couple of crimes where the pardon blocks the deportation. From the information i gathered. The individuals Governor Brown and cuomo pardoned dont fit those crimes. These folks are still eligible for deportation which means these two governors are just showboating rather than paying attention to what the law is. If we want to fix this, we need comprehensive immigration reform. Thats what americans want. There are people that wont vote in favor of amnesty. I could not agree to that. What is the argument . We are talking about the criminal element. People involved if gangs. Was in a gun crime. Many years ago. Over a decade ago. So what . They are convicted. If you want to talk about amnesty. What we have right now in this country is amnesty and doing nothing about it. We need to do something about. But what is the argument that says if you i dont care if it was 10 years ago ago or 10 minutes ago. If you are here and you are on a pathway to citizenship and you commit a crime, why are we not just booting you out . I think responsible communities would support that notion. We are a compassionate country. The symbol of the country is the statue of american. These are people who helped out after 911 and volunteered. I got the hey, they are good people. But people convicted of a crime. The judge made a ruling. Professor, the last word. What will happen in this case under the law . I think they will get these matters in before a couple of courts that might well say the pardon in