the old top brass from the FBI and the DOJ set to testify at this our
Republican outrage over documents and political bias now reaching a new level
good morning I'm bill Hamid live inside of America's new zoom this will be a
very interesting day today especially coming off of yesterday Sandra certainly
indeed good morning to you bill well this Thursday morning I'm Sandra Smith
in just 30 minutes FBI director Christopher ray and Deputy
Attorney General rod Rosen Stein will be facing the House Judiciary Committee
regarding their department's actions leading up to the 2016 presidential
election today's hearing comes one day after
anti-trump agent Peter struck faced an 11-hour grilling in that session also
that is where President Trump's head is apparently this morning sounding off on
Twitter a bit earlier here it is lover FBI agent Peter struck was given poor
marks on yesterday's closed-door testimony and according to most reports
refused to answer many questions there was no collision a collusion rather in
the witch-hunt headed by 13 angry Democrats and others who are totally
conflicted is rigged we are watching the hearing room that will begin in about 29
minutes this is a half Judiciary Committee
this is congressman Jim Jordan this is the chairman Bob Goodlatte he will be in
that room as well helping the lead part of the questioning
catherine herridge will be outside the room and we'll get her to weigh in in
just a minute here but you mentioned that Peter struck testimony of yesterday
11 hours apparently they took one break according to reports and chairman
Goodlatte put out a statement saying that the lawyer for the FBI interjected
numerous times and Bob good lot was not convinced that there was no bias based
on the answers that Peter Stroke was given yesterday so that's where we start
captain Harwich outside the hearing room with us now and Catherine let's begin
there good morning well thank you bill and good morning FBI agent Peter struck
was here on Capitol Hill answering questions for 11 hours the last 90
minutes in a classified section he wasn't in front of a committee under
oath but he was giving a transcribed interview and there are the same
penalties if you lied to lawmakers and congressional investigators Republicans
remain convinced that political bias by agents
struck and others infected the Clinton email and the Russia investigations and
as you just noted they emphasize that an FBI lawyer advised struck not to answer
questions about an ongoing investigation we're probably more times that they
invoked that they didn't want to talk about an ongoing investigation then then
I would find appropriate it's not acceptable it's and you know it's not in
statute it's certainly not something
throughout the 11-hour deposition yesterday we had these impromptu
briefings from Republicans Kratts Democrats emphasize that they believe
the inner plus four records are really an effort
what we have here Republicans spending quite a bit of time
reinvestigating already invested one thing to emphasize is that we do expect
FBI agent Peter struck based on the statements of the committee chairman Bob
Goodlatte to appear in a public session in the very near future bill
Rosen's town will be on the hill today ahead of a big vote regarding records
requested from the DOJ and the FBI what is the status of those rights so later
today there's going to be a vote on a house resolution that's right later
today there's going to be a vote on the house resolution it's not a binding
resolution but it calls on the Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to
provide Murray remaining records specifically there's a section of
records that relate to the alleged use of confidential human sources by the FBI
running them against members of the Trump campaign in 2016 and when they
discussed this at the House committee yesterday
predictably it divided along political lines all this resolution says is real
simple we want the weight of the full House of Representatives to go on record
saying just give us what we're entitled to have to do our job I want you to get
all the documents that you're entitled to but I don't want you to do to
basically screw up an investigation that I think is a legitimate investigation
one thing to remember is that this resolution is not binding in the sense
that it will force the Deputy Attorney General to provide the records but it is
seen as an important political preliminary step to move forward on
contempt or impeachment which is what some Republicans are advocating bill
Katherine thank you we await that 26 minutes from interlaken herod you bet on
the hill is already underway after President Trump said he plans to
nominate a replacement for retiring Supreme Court SS Anthony Kennedy
chief White House correspondent John Roberts is live from the North Lawn John
good morning Sandra good morning to you and we have learned that we are going to
be travelling to helsinki finland on the 16th of july that is the date and the
place where President Trump will sit down with Vladimir Putin of Russia for a
summit that will be tacked on to the tail end of the president's upcoming
trip to Europe in which he'll attend the NATO summit in - as well as the UK visit
- stop by and see Prime Minister Theresa May so marked out in your calendars
Helsinki Finland the 16th of July for the Trump Putin summit now on to Justice
Anthony Kennedy long considered the center of the Supreme Court a crucial
swing vote sometimes siding with conservatives sometimes siding with the
liberal side of the court he was often known as the five in five for decisions
now the president has the opportunity to solidify a conservative majority in the
court for years to come last night paying tribute to Kennedy at a rally in
Fargo North Dakota listen here great man and I'm very honored that he chose to do
it during my term in office because he felt confident in me to make
the right choice and carry on his great legacy and now comes the difficult work
of choosing a nominee to replace Justice Kennedy the president has promised that
he will choose a candidate from his published list of 25 conservative judges
the frontrunners are all appellate judges Brett Kavanaugh from the DC
Circuit Court of Appeals the Seventh Circuit say me Cody Barrett Thomas
Hardiman of the Third Circuit Rimmon Catholic and a month apart from the
Sixth Circuit with so much at stake now again really sort of a cementing in a
conservative majority here the president is expected to run into a buzzsaw of
opposition from Democrats in Congress the next vacancy after this one may be
even more difficult because that could make the court 6 to 3 the president last
night saying Senate control is going to be a huge issue in the November election
Democrats want judges who will rewrite the Constitution any way they want to do
it and take away your Second Amendment erase your borders throw open the
jailhouse doors and destroy your freedoms we must elect more republicans
we have to do that president very active on Twitter this morning talking a lot
about the Russia investigation and Peter struck we won't hear from him in person
until this afternoon he's in Wisconsin he'll be giving remarks to the opening
of a new Foxconn plant in Mount Pleasant I'm gonna start building your iPhones
and iPads right here in the good old USA sander all right just your average
Thursday morning at the White House right John thank you in fact another
hearing right now in Texas Republican John Radcliffe is on the House Judiciary
Committee sir good morning thank you for your time today three topics us move
through them quickly first on the hearing what will we learn starting at
9:30 sir well we're gonna talk a lot about what happened yesterday
with agents truck as you know his lawyer said his goal in appearing before our
committee was to clear his good name he didn't if his goal was to provide
plausible explanations for how his hateful text messages didn't impact his
actions and decisions he failed and if his goal was to bring legitimacy to the
FBI and the Department of Justice in the two highest profile investigations in
recent times he failed miserably in short Peter struck didn't help himself
he didn't help the FBI and he didn't help the Department of Justice but most
importantly bill he didn't help Bob Muller agent Struck's testimony
yesterday in many respects raises and in other respects confirms that there are
real questions about the validity and credibility of Bob Muller's foundational
evidence and so what you're gonna hear from me today is questions to the Deputy
Attorney General and the FBI director about how that evidence is not fatally
flawed and give them an opportunity to explain wow that is some damning
commentary I mean as a US Attorney and former federal prosecutor yourself a Bob
Goodlatte said the attorney interjected numerous times and Peter Struck's
question and answer yesterday and the explanations he provided were not
believable and apparently you feel the same way I think chairman Goodlatte
understated it was certainly does and dozens of times that the FBI Council
they're advised agent struck not to answer remember bill we were in a
classified setting reviewing supposed to be reviewing classified documents that
certain members of Congress including me have already seen we simply wanted to
have the opportunity to ask the FBI about their conduct related to those
documents that we've already seen and the FBI counsel repeatedly instructed
agents struck not to answer the question that's a hard way for us to conduct our
oversight and as you said bill I'm a former terrorism prosecutor former
United States Attorney and probably the last guy on Capitol Hill who doesn't
believe that the FBI and the Department of Justice typically do the right things
for the right reasons but they're convincing me here through testimony
like that from agent struck and what happened yesterday that that that's not
happening in this extraordinary stuff we'll see how the hearing gets underway
and as you referred to there is you leave some of your questions on some of
the testimony in the interview that you heard yesterday quickly on Justice
Kennedy it was a surprise to all of us I assume was a surprise to you what does
it mean for the country sir well it wasn't that much of a surprise in the
sense that we had heard rumors that he may be stepping down at the end of this
term I had certainly heard that I think what it means for the country bill is
that Donald Trump's going to have the opportunity to appoint another profound
conservative to the court and to stand up for many of the things that the
American people gave Donald Trump the opportunity to do in his administration
so I think President Trump is going to have an opportunity to build on a legacy
that can last for decades to come if he chooses the right person sir thank you
for your time we await that hearing John Radcliffe
thank you from the hill you bet thanks bill 11 pass
i trump FBI agent Peter struck getting grilled for 11 hours with top Republican
lawmakers yesterday Congressman Jim Jordan was one of the questioners in
that room he joins us with the inside scoop next and there is also nobody's
district is representative of somebody else's district it's just a sign of the
vitality of our party we're not a rubber stamp well Nancy Pelosi trying to say
the loss of a ten term Democrat to a young socialist will not be a trend for
her party we'll talk to congressman Pete Aguilar Democrat himself about that
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