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general's impending report, it will be very clear why the durham investigation has now moved to a criminal probe. the things that we're looking at took place and can be verified before donald trump ever put his hand on the bible and became our president. bill barr, you know, was troubled by the lack of a predicate to investigate donald trump as a candidate is really what has lit the fuse behind this. what happened here is the obama administration took a vital national security tool, the foreign intelligence surveillance act and misused it to surveil for political reasons. >> jon: live fox team coverage and new reaction from kellyanne conway in a few minutes. we begin with griff jenkins live in washington >> good morning. this shift has serious implications for the reasons you mentioned. the power to subpoena witness and file criminal charges. what's unclear, jon, is what

prompted the shift and when it happened. here is what we know. in may attorney general barr appoints durham. in august and september barr and durham travel to italy to investigate. then tuesday we learned the probe has expanded and they want interviews with james clapper and john brennan. all this having a november 15th deadline approaches for the d.o.j. to decide whether or not to charge former f.b.i. deputy director andrew mccabe. reaction in washington has been swift. lindsey graham says he wants to know a lot more. >> tell us what happened with the fisa warrant application. was the counter intelligence investigation properly opened? was there any wrongdoing by doj and the f.b.i.? somebody has to watch those who watch us. here is what you can't fix. you can't unring a bell. >> the chairman of the house judiciary and intelligence

committees nadler and schiff warned these reports, if true, raise profound new concerns that the department of justice until attorney general william barr has become a vehicle for president trump's political revenge. if the department of justice may be used as a a tool of political retribution or help the president with a political narrative for the next election the rule of law will suffer new damage. meanwhile we got a letter yesterday from the d.o.j. inspector general michael horowitz saying his report is nearing completion coming very soon and saying it is likely to have very few redactions. a lot happening this friday morning. >> jon: fascinating developments in washington griff, thank you. >> sandra: let's bring in kellyanne conway at the white house this morning. if you could just first react to the white house -- what is the white house response to the durham investigation now becoming a criminal investigation days after we learned that that probe had widened? >> that's up to the department

of justice obviously and i would just say if people have nothing to hide about the shenanigans and malfeasance they may have been committing they have nothing to worry about. i wonder why the same people who put the country through $35 million of taxpayer money, 500 witnesses, thousands of subpoenas, the whole nine yards and the mueller investigation went nowhere don't think we should try to get to the bottom of what other people may have been doing to influence or subvert this 2016 election results? we already know they were looking for an insurance policy. we already know that people like page and strzok and ohr and mccabe are household names now and the country has a right to know. we who were involved in the trump campaign. you know what we're guilty of? the best political upset in american history. if other people are guilty of

obstructing justice or destroying evidence, we have a right to know. and i'm patient enough to let the process unfold. i just can't believe that folks who are for transparency and sunlight and investigations and facts first are already trying to get in the way of this >> sandra: that's what you are hearing from democrats. as the probe was widening. >> they're worried. >> sandra: jerry nadler chairman of house judiciary and adam schiff put out a statement saying it raises profound concerns that the d.o.j. under bill barr has lost its independence and became a vehicle for trump's political revenge. two questions to you on that to follow up on their criticism of this. is the d.o.j. being used as a tool for political retribution? >> the point of the investigation is to make sure the doj and f.b.i. under the obama administration in 2016 wasn't being used as a tool to

influence the elections. i would actually fact check it by taking out trump administration and putting in the last administration. why wouldn't we want to know a year before the next election? don't we have a right to know if people who the taxpayers are funding at the highest levels of our department of justice and f.b.i., if they were or were not subverting justice and trying to interfere with the elections? again, what are they afraid of? if you've done nothing wrong you have nothing to be afraid of. there is conflicting testimony, seen some text messages. glenn simpson has taken the fifth and said very little. what are we afraid of? in the case of adam schiff i have to say anybody who has him on tv or listens or asks him for a public statement in the halls of congress ought to firsthand him a bible, remind him what it is and have him swear under oath that he will tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. he lied to america for years. lied the day before the mueller

report came out there was evidence of collusion in plain sight, plenty of it. lying to congress. now he is working in secret. this is a problem for the country. we have suffered through adam schiff being in front of the cameras for years. the one time there would be a public benefit from adam schiff being in front of the cameras when he has had these deposition we can't see what he is doing. >> sandra: the whistleblower is being tweeted by the president, where is the whistleblower and why did he or she write such an incorrect account? he pinned the tweet to his account and getting a lot of attention. is it fair for the president to be slamming the whistleblower? >> he is slamming the process. if you get a parking ticket you have more due process rights than the president of the united states has right now when it comes to the early parts of this investigation. open it up. where is the due process and the right to present witnesses and cross-examine witnesses and

present evidence, to question other's presentation of evidence? exactly what happened with ken starr and with the clinton impeachment investigation. people going back to andrew johnson's impeachment. there is no one alive now that was alive when andrew johnson was being impeached. plenty of people who were alive when clinton and even nixon were facing impeachment. we know a fair process. this smacks as secretive and swampy to many in america. >> sandra: joe biden now questioning as we have heard him before the presence of the president's children in the white house. he says if elected that will not happen. here is joe biden. >> my children are not going to have offices in the white house. my children are not going to sit in on cabinet meetings. >> what's improper about that? >> it's improper because you should make it clear to the american public that everything you're doing is for them. the idea that you are going to have -- go to the extent that he has gone to have, you know,

his children, son-in-law and dates engaged in the day-to-day operation of things they know nothing about. >> sandra: what do you think? does the former vice president have a point about children of the president working in the white house? >> joe biden is right about this. his kids are not going to have an office in the white house because he is not going to have an office in the white house. he won't be elected president. it's a mute point. but the fact is that jared and ivanka don't take a salary. jared will go with the president to south carolina for criminal justice reform award. many women no longer languishing in price son because they were eligible for release. ivanka was in kansas. she has flown around the world bringing money to women in impoverished areas to help develop their businesses and have the kind of economic development and freedom that women in this country know and

that women around the globe crave. yet hunter biden we know what he was doing. he was on the board of an energy company having no talent or skill set anybody can say. joe biden's problem is not donald trump and his family. his problem he is seen at hunter biden's father and not obama's vice president. where obama? i want america's school children to read by cummings rise to power and we should mourn the loss of elijah cummings. >> sandra: that funeral begins in baltimore. lastly kellyanne i want to ask you about the heated clash with a reporter. apparently got very personal with you about your husband.

she says that was an on the record phone call. "the washington examiner" is taking her back in all of this. hugo gurdon put out a statement saying off the record conversations are agreed in good faith in advance between people known to be participating. not and never have been blanket coverage to shield people who pull a bait and switch. then spend 10 minutes abusing, bullying and threatening a reporter. did that happen, kellyanne? did you bully and abuse her? >> of course not. what i said is there for everybody to listen to. a lot of reporters particularly old school reporters read it and contacted me and they have a very different opinion. also you really didn't need to share those three things. i've already disabused everybody of what he said. i never said the conversation was off the record or commented on that one way or the other. everything i said in the phone call i've said publicly before. every single thing. i said it again.

people -- what i asked this reporter is why do you call yourself a breaking news reporter if what you wrote wasn't breaking news and wasn't even reporting? you are writing about somebody else's wrote which the president denounced in a tweet and you are covering somebody's tweet on something that happened seven months ago. i asked her a question. >> sandra: do you regret anything about the way you handled it? they released the transcript of the phone call. multiple occasions she asked if you were on the phone with her editor and you refused and kept saying. >> it wasn't important to me. hold on. i never said if it was on or off the record. i don't care. she must have thought it was off the record. the reporter then says would you like to put any of this on the record? they aren't even paying attention. i know i got 15 minutes of fame and gets clicks and kicks. go to my twitter and read my entire statement in full recognize i didn't say anything in that phone call i haven't

said publicly before. focus what i did say there. that george and i agree on many big things. we disagree on many big things. none of that affects my job here and exactly none of that is anybody's business. there is my message again. i think people constantly covering that is lazy and it doesn't add to the conversation. that's all i asked her. then the person wrote an article where she has the name of one of my kids wrong and their age. i'm asking are you a reporter? you can't characterize my feelings unless you've met me, talked to me and asked me about my feelings. i said why would you characterize my feelings without even call me to ask me about that? that's not reporting. >> sandra: we'll get cut off. appreciate it very much kellyanne conway from the white house this morning. >> jon: meanwhile other breaking news on some big stories we're following this morning. the u.s. coast guard searching for an overboard carnival

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broadcasters we don't fact check ads from politicians. our next guest was part of that hearing. congressman french hill. it sounded test. >> he got fire from the right and left on political ads and fact checking. how that operates. the real purpose of the hearing was should facebook start a cryptocurrency and use -- create one for its two billion uses called libra around the world. does that comply with u.s. federal regulatory policy? >> jon: you aren't a fan of the idea. >> the vision is a great vision. david markus and mark zuckerberg have said wouldn't be a game changer if you could send money as easily as you can send a text. the vision is a good one. the question is how can it be done in the right way and be fully in compliance with any money laundering and banking secrecy act and open it up so

it's not another monopoly product? >> jon: given what happened in the 2016 elections and russians meddling in the elections, can you really be sure that a system like that will be safe? >> i think it's challenging and i think the most important thing that mark zuckerberg told the house was he will not participate in libra or lead libra or open up in any country of the world unless he gets full u.s. regulatory approval. that should bring comfort to americans and i think it allows us to think about the future which will include a digital token and block chain in your future. they're innovators. we don't want to stifle innovation but want to make sure it's done in the right way. >> jon: do you think they should be verifying the accuracy of a*rds? >> i don't think it's possible. we have a first amendment right to have political speech. the issue should be let people take that responsibility

whether it's a broadcast ad or cable ad or newspaper ad or piece of direct mail. each organization bears the responsibility for the fk toou all accuracy and assertions made in the ad. >> jon: democrats like maxine waters the chairman of the committee and alexandria ocasio-cortez seem to be particularly interested in getting facebook to verify their ads. why? >> i think maxine wants to break up facebook. she is not a fan of big tech and one way to do that is to say they need to be heavily regulated. i think that's being studied by all the committees in congress. is it a media company, a telecommunications company, a financial services company? this is the challenge as we see the digital transformation of our economy. congress is very interested in that and we have committee action all over the place on it. >> jon: but if you have political advertising on a platform like fox news, for instance, you have to put a paid for banner on it. a lot of it gets reviewed by

the networks for accuracy. should facebook not be required to do the same thing? >> they've started their own labeling that it's a certified site. those ads should carry the required disclosures required of any political advertiser and those should be in plain sight as they are in any other venue. >> jon: we'll be watching. thank you. >> sandra: elizabeth warren scrambling to come up with a way to pay for her pricey medicare for all plan. will it include raising taxes on the middle class? we'll take one up with our panel. california is on fire at this hour. tens of thousands of people ordered to evacuate their homes as fuel two major wildfires in california. we're live on the ground with that next. >> i don't have nothing, not one thing in the house. i wanted to go in and back and get my jewelry box because it's my dad's wedding ring and they

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transmission tower malfuptioned despite pg&e cutting power to the area. we're near geyserville where the flames supposedly started. >> rubble and blackened trees line the roads here in geyserville. one of 49 structures destroyed when the kincaid fire record through this area the other night burning the equivalent of a football field in length every three seconds. the fire has grown to more than 16,000 acres and 5% contained. it has taken out 21 homes so far. fortunately everyone has been accounted for and no one has been hurt. with better weather on tap for today there is a window of opportunity for firefighters to get the upper hand before the winds pick up again and that means a relentless air attack with multiple air tankers, helicopters and modified airplanes. those drops will allow ground crews to build containment lines. more than 1,000 firefighters

are on it. still not known what sparked the fire. pacific gas & electric says minutes before it started there was an equipment malfunction. officials called it a broken jumper on one of its transmission towers near the fire's origin that wasn't turned off during the public safety power outage. the utility was fired an electrical incident report with state regulators about this but notes cal fire investigators will ultimately determine the cause. crews busy in southern california where fires have been fueled by fierce santa ana winds. one fire has burned 4,000 acres and wiped out half a dozen homes north of los angeles. at least 40,000 people remain under evacuation orders there. in sonoma county 2,000 residents have no idea when they'll be allowed to go home. might not be until next week. the winds tomorrow night are

expected to be more ferocious and will trigger another round of black-outs impacting even more customers. the third time this month that pg&e has pulled the plug in the name of wildfire present veng. >> sandra: claudia on the ground there. thank you. >> jon: new reports of renewed clashes in northern syria as our benjamin hall is able to get inside one of those isis prisons there. he was able to speak to prisoners and he joins us next live on the ground with what he saw. plus this. >> i don't need a super pac. i am not going to be controlled by a handful of wealthy people. i will be controlled by the working people of this country. >> sandra: senator bernie sanders firing a shot across the bow at joe biden accusing the former vp of selling out. does he have a point?

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between turkish and kurdish forces in northern syria. this as we learn the pentagon is planning to deploy tanks and additional troops to the region to protect oil fields from isis. benjamin hall is live from northern syria with a fascinating report for us. >> the big news on ground that everyone is talking about is president trump's decision to send troops and tanks to eastern syria. not was the u.s. was deployed before but of importance and they'll move in to protect it from any possible insurgency and iran and russia. it is russia that we're seeing on the ground moving in. 300 troops today have come in. we have seen them driving around and flying their flags high on the streets and it is them who are now telling u.s. troops to leave. one of the big worries caused by all of this uncertainty and what we saw today is who is going to guard the isis prisons in the chaos? today at this facility we

visited we saw 5,000 foreign isis fighters who have been captured. half of the guards at this facility have had to leave to push north to counter the turkish invasion. numerous escape attempts. some successful. it is thought up to 100 may still be on the run. among those we spoke to today a british fighter who lost his leg and now asking the u.k. to take him back. >> the whole experience was a mistake. it was a big mistake. a lot of people -- i am talking about myself. >> these prisoners all say they were cooks and cleaners and too young when they joined isis and made a mistake and they deserve a second chance. many of them bear the scars of war. they're considered dangerous and a real threat if they are not secured. it is already thought that 14,000 isis fighters were not

captured as they melted back into the population and there has been an a rise in attacks over the last few weeks. president trump called for european countries and other western nations to take back their foreign fighters the try to lighten the load on the kurdish forces here. they haven't done that. many have revoked their citizenship and as such right now these prisons are understaffed and calling out for help. >> jon: frightening stuff. thank you. >> confident it is possible to pay for medicare for all at all if the leading democratic candidate still needs a couple more weeks to tell them how it is going to get paid for? >> why don't you ask me that when the plan is out. >> elizabeth warren planning to reveal how exactly she plans to pay for medicare for all. her advisors are still crunching the numbers and criticism that it cannot be done without raising taxes on the middle class. let's bring in our panel on

that. grover nordquist and juan williams. they're here. thank you to both of you. good to see you on this friday morning. grover, you first. $34 trillion. at some point she has to answer the question how do you pay for that? >> the entire federal budget is a little more than $4 trial. you add three to that? three each year going forward? 32 trillion over a decade. it is a monumental increase in total taxes. how does europe do it? they have a vat, a sales tax which hits the middle class. they have energy taxes, which hits the middle class which she has already endorsed the carbon energy tax and they have higher income taxes on middle income people than we do in the united states. so look at europe. that's how they do it. if they could get it from three rich people in denmark they would but you can't. >> sandra: juan, at some point she has to explain how she will pay for it.

she has been asked dozens of time on the campaign trail how do you pay for it and will you raise taxes on the middle class? she doesn't answer that question. we're told her team is still trying to figure out how to pay for this and then they will release the details of that. does she have to? >> i think she has to answer the question. it is not just coming from critics on the right. i think there are critics within the party. you saw them on stage on the last debates saying how are you going to pay for it? bernie is very clear he is willing to raise taxes in order to pay for it. so i don't think that's necessarily somehow going to ruin her campaign with her democratic base especially her base which is very progressive. but she needs to be honest and i think you are seeing people call her out on it especially since she has something of a frontrunner status, at least co-equal with former vice president biden. i will say this. if you look at her argument it is very interesting. it is a tax on the very wealthy

that she is predominantly going to use to pay for this. the question is how much of an increase it would mean in taxes for the middle class. she makes the case that overall costs of healthcare in terms of deductibles and premiums would be reduced. she is not being honest in saying there would be no increase for the middle class. >> sandra: grover, you dug into it with your piece. elizabeth warren wants to raise taxes for middle class americans, not just the rich. in your piece you don't just talk about her having to raise taex on the middle class, you talk about her having to impose massive tax increases on the middle class. >> she said she will repeal the republican tax cuts for the median income family of four it's a $2,000 tax increase each year. for a single mother with one child, $35,000, a $1300 tax increase. she spent this money, by the way, many, many times. every time she talks. it is not just medicare for all.

she is doing all sorts of other spending and every time she tells you it is the same three rich guys who will pay for it all. in point of fact she talks about taxing rich people the way magicians do misdirection. look over here. she wants you to think she is taxing rich people. there is not enough money there to do all the things she wants. she will go straight to the middle class. sweden and denmark and european countries that spend the way she and bernie sanders want to, that's what they do. sanders says he will raise taxes on the middle class but no numbers. when he puts numbers on that. >> sandra: he called her out and said let's be honest. >> he hasn't put numbers. >> sandra: joe biden the frontrunner when you look at the national polling. he has dropped his opposition to super pac support. i'll remind everybody what he said back in april 2019 on that. he said i've said it before and say it again we need to reject the super pac system.

that's what his campaign is doing. he is changing course. bernie sanders takes a shot at him for it. this is a full screen quote. the former vice president has been unable to generate grassroots support and now his campaign is endorsing the effort to buy the primary through the super pac that can rake in unlimited tax from billionaires and corporations. it's not how we defeat trump. it enriches wealthy donors and leaves the working class behind. so i'll ask the question bernie sanders says he is selling out on this issue. is he, juan? >> he is certainly changing course. you can characterize -- bernie sanders a rival. i think he is sticking it to him on this in large part because let's look at the actuality behind the rhetoric, sandra. right now joe biden has less than a third, $9 million. a third of what senator sanders has on hand to spend in the

primary campaign. he has less than half that buttigieg and warren have on-hand money. he needs money. he is trailing in the money game and right now he is saying you know what? i think it's a third of his donors are maxed out. that means they've given $2800. with a super pac those same people can give to the super pac and help his campaign. i think joe biden right now is looking at how he can get a cash infusion for his primary campaign. >> sandra: in april when he said that, grover, he declared he was going to drive dark money from politics. things appear to be changing. >> he needs the money, he is having some troubles. but he also has to deal with the fact that he and obama ran saying they wouldn't tax the middle class for obamacare. there are seven taxes that go straight at the middle class that people are paying now for obamacare. he wasn't up front with people on the costs of obamacare never

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all right. i'm scared. moving on. >> i have a lot of confidence in bill barr to be fair to everybody including the subject of the investigation. john durham is a pro. why is it so important? we can't live in a country where the rule of law only applies to democrats, not republicans. if you had two f.b.i. agent, d.o.j. lawyer wanted trump to win, clinton to lose. all the stuff would be front page news. what have we learned? when it comes to the american media they don't care how you get trump as long as you get trump. >> jon: lindsey graham is slamming democrats and the mainstream media last night on hannity. john durham's investigation in the russia probe has become a full-fledged criminal investigation. joining us now robert wray, former whitewater independent counsel and federal prosecutor. when you start talking about a

criminal investigation of something that began in secret and revered institutions of the u.s. government that's frightening. >> what it means is subpoena power and a grand jury to investigate whether or not a crime or crimes have been committed. and if a grand jury and prosecutor defrm determine that they have, criminal charges will be brought. you had kellyanne conway on before. i don't think americans truly should be concerned about an investigation. you have investigations to determine whether or not there has been criminal misconduct. that's why you have professionals conduct those investigations with the required degree of independence from the political process in order to make judgments that are not based on politics but based on the merits. you know, john durham enjoys a bipartisan reputation up to now. but i hope what we don't see is what i'm anticipating we will see. there are already calls for the attorney general to recuse himself. that's ridiculous.

he set up a certain measure of independence built into the system by having a currently serving u.s. attorney conduct the investigation with a fair degree of latitude to decide appropriately whether or not there is a criminal case. finally americans understand in our system of government that the ultimate check on the power of a prosecutor are juries. meaning members of the community. if charges are brought and there is something inappropriate about those charges ultimately it will be for a jury to decide there is no criminal case warranted. >> jon: john durham and bill barr went to italy together in a very highly secure conference room interviewed some members of the italian investigative process. and when they came back from that they said that's where they got some significant information. what does that tell you? >> that may be. of course, the other significant thing that has happened is michael horowitz has reached the end of his review inside the department of

justice. i imagine what will flow from that may well be recommendations for further proceedings within the department of justice who have the authority to bring criminal charges. he does not. but obviously now john durham does. so that's where you will look to see what, if anything, may come of this by way of determining that it is appropriate to bring charges against one or more individuals. >> jon: durham wants to we're told talk to james clapper and john brennan, the two top within the intelligence community in the obama administration. >> the third is going to be probably jim comey as well because that's the other place where intelligence information flowed and then ultimately on, i think, into the upper reaches of the justice department. not clear who knew what when, where and how. the purpose of the investigation is to determine that. if he finds, john durham finds that it's appropriate to submit a case to a grand jury, i expect that's what you will see.

i will also say if he after a full and fair investigation has shown himself in the past if there is not a case there, he will not hesitate not to bring it. >> jon: very quickly do they have any grounds to say no? he has subpoena power, right? >> he does. >> jon: they can't say no, sorry, i'm busy. >> if they are issued a grand jury subpoena they'll have to appear. they have the right like any american to decide they may invoke the fifth amendment privilege. that's what you have investigations to determine. situations in which in order to get further information mr. durham may confirm immunity in order to get truthful testimony. >> jon: good to have you on. >> sandra: terrifying moment we showed you yesterday. alleged drunk driver running a red light barreling towards a family crossing the street with a baby strolling stopping just in the nick of time by another car. the driver of that vehicle is now speaking out.

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>> sandra: an update on a story we brought you yesterday. phoenix police releasing this video of a family with a baby crossing the road when a suspected drunk driver runs through a red light and nearly runs that family over. thankfully another car comes along at exactly the same moment, the right moment i should say and now the driver of that vehicle is speaking out. christina coleman has the story from los angeles for us this morning. what a moment that was, glad everybody is okay. >> i know, yeah. we have incredible video here. the parents were pushing their 1-year-old son in a stroller at

a crosswalk when they were seconds away from getting hit by a suspected drunk driver. this happened on october 14th at an intersection in phoenix. the family was on their way to buy groceries walking across the crosswalk when a jeep runs a red light nearly hitting him. a woman was in a car with her mom and son when she t-boned the jeep which kept the family from being hit. >> saving a person's life. it wasn't my intentions to. but the way i see it was it was supposed to happen that way. >> the jeep could have hit the family. it hit us. it's like a blessing. wrong time, wrong place and then it's at the right time right place type of thing. >> sandra: the damage to the chevy cruz. a strong impact. what would have happened if she wasn't at that intersection. the dad nearly hit by the jeep

reflected on that dangerous situation. >> it definitely crossed my mind that okay, this might be it. >> 28-year-old was identified as the red light runner. police say he ran off with a female passenger after the crashed and allegedly stabbed the car door of a witness. he is facing a lot of charges including a d.u.i. >> sandra: what an amazing story. thank you. >> jon: the funeral for congressman elijah cummings set to begin moments from now. lots of big speakers lined up to remember a civil rights giant. i have huge money saving news for veterans.

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bal >> jon: >> a funeral for elijah cummings. they are paying tribute to the life and legacy of a public servant who rose to become one of the most powerful members of congress. >> we're live in baltimore. >> jon: the baptist church is a

giant place. the funeral services for elijah cummings. traffic is backed up for blocks around this area. hundreds are queued up inside. the church is filled to capacity. mourners are outside some breaking out into song and hymn. official ceremonies that scheduled to commence about now with the procession of clergy and family accompanied by a musical selection by the baltimore symphony orchestra. it follows yesterday's lying in state in the u.s. capitol rotunda whereby partisan praise rained down on elijah cummings. >> elijah cummings did not just represent baltimore, he emotion boded it. sought to advocate for its needs and worked to heal its wounds.

>> he was strong, very strong when necessary but kind. caring and universally respected and admired in a divided time. >> among today's speakers in order of appearance beginning at 10:20 this morning senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts, representative marsha fudge of ohio, hillary clinton, nancy pelosi, bill clinton and barack obama. congressman cummings was an early supporter of his presidential run. the speakers will commemorate his many, many years in public life. 14 years in the maryland house of delegates. first african-american to be named speaker proper tem in maryland and served as the 7th district congressman from 1996 until last week when he died from complications of heart disease. he said his yes vote for obamacare was the single most important one that he ever cast. less known was pro

environmental voting record. he was told as a child he lacked the smarts to become the lawyer that he aspired to be. he struggled and defied many of those predictions that he received that he heard as a child. defied those predictions in order to become just what his critics said he would never be in life. back to you. >> sandra: we'll be watching for all that. we expect the clintons and obamas to arrive a short time from now and we'll be bringing that to everyone live when it is underway. thank you. let's bring in our a-team. ed henry joins us, fox news contributor ed rollins is here and fox political analyst juan williams. juan, start us off. we had a chance to talk yesterday while he arrived at the capitol. a man you look back and you have such fond memories of his time in congress and as a person to you. >> i just think he was a tremendous force almost a father figure to the city of baltimore.

a city that has been going through some tough political times, changes in terms of mayors at a rapid rate and obviously high poverty and the like. we talked yesterday about freddie gray back in 2015 and how after freddie gray's death there was turbulence on the streets. potential riots, if not riots, what you saw there i thought was elijah cummings go sboong the streets, not acting as if he was a high and mighty congressman but going in the streets and now famously using a bull horn to sing "this little light of mine, let it shine" urged people to see another way other than violence and talk about how things can be set straight. to me that is elijah cummings. i think it is why you'll see such a large turnout in baltimore today. he is a man who i think mitch mcconnell said so eloquently yesterday. he said lots of people come to

washington because they are leaving home. they have ambitions. but he said elijah cummings was the kind of person who came to washington so he could go back home and make it a better place. to me that's something that you would want above the head of every politician. >> jon: juan, thanks. we'll continue to cover the funeral services for elijah cummings as the morning goes on. we'll take you back there live as some of the important guests arrive. in the meantime it is nice to have something that is sort of bipartisan to talk about in washington, namely, you know, remembering this giant of civil rights. >> he was a giant. this is what the congress used to be like. people like him were extraordinary civil rights leader and a great leader in the congress. and he never showed the partisanship even though he was a partisan he was a real gentleman and people loved him on both sides of the aisle. >> we'll get to that in a

minute because we'll be covering his services throughout the morning. i do want to get to the sort of shocking news that john durham, the connecticut u.s. attorney who has been conducting an investigation into the origins of the russia probe is talking about criminal charges. >> he can put a grand jury together and subpoena above and beyond. no longer voluntary. if you don't want to take the subpoena you have to plead the fifth. the people he is talking about going after are the higher ups in the intelligence community. to a certain extent the american public in the next three or four months will go through a period that will be conflicting arguments here. bottom line it will be a lesson in history. i tell my 24-year-old daughter i said watch this, learn from this, and i lived through watergate when i was a young man and nixon administration and this will be a similar experience for the country. >> to ed's point there are two

tracks. the inspector general's report that's coming on fisa abuses. we've been waiting for that. it appears it is getting closer and closer to coming. to ed's point. the top officials from the obama days, john brennan, james clapper could potentially slough off an inspector general report because they don't have the power to prosecute. instead we're told this report will be lengthy and lay out a roadmap for the second track that john brought up. john brought-up. the u.s. attorney seen a relatively nonpartisan. democrats and republicans on his staff. the point is he does have the power to prosecute. as jon says it's a dramatic escalation. grand jury potentially, subpoenas. people like john brennan the c.i.a. director from the obama days not being able to slough it off as we've seen james comey do with previous inspector general reports that had recommendations and the like. this is serious business and a potential criminal prosecution. we may finally get to the

bottom of the origins of all of th. >> sandra: lindsey graham went on with hannity last night. >> i'll be calling horowitz before the country as a whole to let him go through his report. tell us what happened with the fisa warrant application. was the counter intelligence investigation properly opened. was there any wrongdoing by d.o.j. and f.b.i.? somebody has to watch those who watch us. here is what you can't fix. you can't unring a bell. what's happened to president trump in the house it's done a lot of damage. >> sandra: juan. >> i think both did durham report and now the durham investigation as well as the horowitz report are anxiously awaited by president trump's defenders because i think the president is very much taken with why was i investigated, was the russia investigation done legitimately? let me just say from the perspective of someone like adam schiff, the chair of

intelligence in the house, or jerry nadler the chair of the judiciary committee they put out statements talking about this is an escalation at the justice department that amounts to revenge and retribution by trump allies against people in the intelligence community who were conducting a legitimate investigation. they see it as a politicizing of the justice department. >> jon: you can't call john durham a trump ally, can you? >> i think you can say with some ease about bill barr, the attorney general who chose him to do this. >> i think to the question you have, jon, when adam schiff and others of the democrats in congress don't like these developments, they immediately point to bill barr should recuse himself. he is the devil here. when they don't know the facts. why don't we finally get the facts laid out by someone who is seen as a nonpartisan prosecutor in john durham as

you suggest? what are democrats so worried about? let's find out what really happened. if it's deserving of prosecution, then they will have their day in court. maybe they will find that the facts show that there was a lot of troubling things, wrongdoing but not criminal activity and we can move on. >> troubling thing i've seen around congress for 50 years is schiff's behavior as the chairman of this committee where he is not letting the republicans participate at all in the process. i have lived through watergate and part of the administration team at that point in time. democrats and republicans both had access. every member of congress should have access to something that will be the most important they'll ever make. >> sandra: you saw republicans storm the capitol and demanding more transparency in the process wanting to be in the room with that witness this week. kimberly strassel takes on -- the failure to vote on an inquiry allows schiff to make up the rules as he goes along. she writes mr. schiff

apparently believes his impeachment authority lets him ignore longstanding rules. intelligence committee objected to withholding official documents. >> the broader points of why haven't they had a simple vote up or down on whether or not to formally have an inquiry? nancy pelosi doesn't want to put some of the moderate democrats who took trump districts in the mid-terms on the griddle here. it might be controversial. b, adam schiff doesn't want to give the republicans subpoena power. give them the fair shake that ed rollins is talking about. he is a trump ally but he is using history as his guide. if you follow the nixon and clinton impeachment practices moving forward, the republicans would have subpoena power and could bring in hunter biden, for example and say what happened in the ukraine? did president trump have reason to believe there was corruption? maybe not. maybe hunter biden has a wonderful explanation for all this. the point is this is only democratic witnesses and then it is behind closed doors

they're selectively leaking what they're being told. >> the founding fathers gave the power of impeachment to the house, the people's representatives are supposed to impeach. they did not specify the speaker of the house or nancy pelosi or the chairman of the judiciary committee. >> even the speaker of the house by long precedent is not supposed to be the partisan leader of the house but the speaker of all members. this is clearly a partisan speaker. we've had several in a row. the reality is country is not being served. why can't they be open hearings and sit there with americans interested in the presidency for or against and see what's going on. the whistleblower he or she may be is not even going to be a witness anymore is ridiculous. they do need them. it is how it all started and who is this person? most people know who the person is who is in the news business today. that name will come out shortly. they weren't in the white house. c.i.a. agent spying on the white house is the bottom line of the story.

>> sandra: we're wrapping another week asking the question why can't it be a more transparent process in order to bring the american people along with it? >> i think it will be a very transparent process shortly. at that point the critics who say it is not transparent will say it's political. you are making a political case. that's exactly what impeachment is and what the constitution spells out. i think the argument here is all about process because guess what? the president's defenders don't like the facts. the facts have been pretty damning. the republicans are inside. we heard someone say he took apart that witness. it was a republican who took apart the witness and you have the constitution saying it is within the congress to decide how to proceed with impeachment hearings. here we have them going about it in a legal, judicial,

constitutional process. i shouldn't say judicial, a legal, constitutional process. no statute or rule of the congress that says you have to do it this way or that way. they've chosen to do it in a way that allows witnesses to feel that they can say honestly and not have future witnesses have them say oh, well i heard so and so said this and that. that's a grand jury process. >> congress has not made the determination. schiff made the determination. i will put one transcript out a day. leak what i want to leak. there is nothing going on here the public can't watch. they should be watching. >> sandra: i want to ask you finally ed and put this to you. the white house is confirming it is planning to instruct all federal agencies not to renew subscriptions to the times and "washington post". stephanie grisham confirmed that last night. >> you know, they don't even bother to try to print facts anymore. half the time if you look in their correction section that takes up half a page we have

tried to work with those outlets. we really have. there was a point when i have gone through point by point with people to say even on the record this is wrong, this is wrong, this is wrong. they choose to go with anonymous sources. >> far be it from me to attack "the new york times" and "washington post". i read them all the time. the president and his aides have a freedom of choice to read what they want. i think every minute that the president and his staff and americans everywhere watching this now spend on foxnews.com getting their news is -- i'm joking. that's the only place they can go. spend more time at foxnews.com. "the new york times." it's a free market. people should be able to read what they want. >> won't go broke by those cancellations. every government employee is interested in reading the "washington post" will get it at home and read it online. it won't have an impact. the president wants an impact. he will make it more difficult.

>> his base will love it. >> they got it right. you guys got it right. so what? the failing "new york times," the corrupt amazon "washington post". it feeds the base and in terms of ed rollins people can buy it at home. you can't stop people in america from reading the news. imagine if it was a liberal president saying throw out all the conservative newspapers and news channels and dot coms. we should say it's wrong. >> jon: don't pick a fight with somebody who buys ink by the found. >> it wouldn't be a fight i would make. juan covered me when i was in the white house i would have to admit. he was correctable. [laughter] >> sandra: a lot happening this morning. a big week and i'm sure we'll

wake up monday morning to a whole different set of headlines. thanks to all three of you for joining us. we're preparing for elijah cummings funeral that is coming up shortly. >> jon: the impact of the teachers union strikes as pay hikes force districts to look for cuts elsewhere. robbing peter to pay paul and how it will play out in classrooms. >> jon: elizabeth warren banging the drum for medicare for all but struggling how to pay for it. money man charles payne is here on all of that next. >> let me be clear for that. costs will go up for the wealthy and big corporations and for middle class families they will go down. i have huge money saving news for veterans. mortgage rates just dropped to near 50-year lows. one call to newday usa can save you $2,000 every year.

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>> jon: look at some of the top stories we're watching. russian agent released from a florida prison this morning after serving most of her 18 month sentence for conspiring to infiltrate the nra and try to influence conservative activist t. she is expected to be immediately escorted back to mother russia. nine active wildfires now threatening california charing nearly 47 square miles of land from wine country in the north to southern california where more than 18 million people are under red flag warnings because

of all the smoke and president trump says he plans to attend game five of the world series sunday if there is one. the nationals up two games to none hosting the astros in d.c. for game three tonight on fox. >> you have not specified how you are going to pay for the most expensive plan medicare for all. will you raise taxes on the middle class for -- to pay for it, yes or no? >> so i have made clear what my principles are here. and that is costs will go up for the wealthy and for big corporations. and for hard working middle class families costs will go down. >> sandra: elizabeth warren in last week's big democratic debate unable to explain how she will pay for the $34 trillion price tag on her medicare for all plan. the senator from massachusetts says she will soon have an answer. let's bring in money man charles payne host of "making

money with charles payne" on fbn. no matter how many times she has been asked on the campaign trail people keeping track more than 17 times she just still does not have an answer for that. >> this has become the make or break moment for her presidential ambitions, it really has. of course, from what i'm reading they are scrambling behind the scenes. a lot of economists are trying to help her coble something together that underscores what she has said as vague as it has been. >> sandra: is it possible to pay for that plan without raises taxes on the middle class? >> i don't think so. this is in addition to all the other goodies she brings to the presidency including banning fracking on day one. we know our gasoline will go up and other things will go up. we certainly don't want our taxes to go up. she is in an awkward position now. i don't know what kind of rabbit she will pull out of the hat. it could be my plan wasn't to raise taxes but a small raise, here is what will really happen. i don't know how she pulls it

out. she has boxed herself in. it could make or break her effort. >> jon: the thing i always think about in a sense we already have government-run healthcare called the v.a. medical centers and v.a. healthcare. now there are some great people working there and so forth but you look back at the scandals of a couple of years ago and it's a testament to what happens when the government tries to take over anything. >> never an indictment of the people. >> jon: my brother is getting great care. >> when you set up these levels of bureaucracies as something as important as this. you look at the british healthcare system and how many people are waiting months and months for the most benign something you can probably walk into a hospital in america and get done overnight, one day in and out. we don't want that system in this country and people are rightly afraid. she has boxed herself in. she made it the centerpiece of

her campaign and can't explain how to pay for it. >> sandra: what you've heard from some of the democratic candidates is forgiving student loan debt. a top official appointed by betsy devoss says the current student loan system is flawed. charles, when you look at this should billions of dollars in student loan debt be forgiven. ? >> i think forgiven is the wrong word. someone will have to pay for it. it's like should students not have to pay for it? who will pay for it? talk about the federal government paying for it you'll have a lot of people upset and people saying i went to college, i worked two jobs. you have people say i didn't go to college. i saved up my money and after 10 years i opened a laundromat and another 15 years. you have a lot of people saying what the heck is going on here. you're right. someone in the trump administration who is looking at this firsthand had his own

epiphany looking at the delinquency rate these loans won't be paid and we should forgive them. he will be on cavuto tomorrow morning. >> jon: what's the charles payne prescription to fix the student debt? >> it is 1.2 trillion dollars >> it has grown over the last 10 years. first thing is get back in the middle man. president obama took out the middleman. private banks and things like that. they measure risk and reward. essentially what we told college students over the last decade or so is don't worry about it. ultimately the federal government will knock it off your record. study what you want. enjoy life, and college, take full advantage of it. tuition went through the roof and they built amazing campuses. it's really amazing because some of these harvard has $40 billion. they should finance their own education, right? if you get a harvard degree why should anyone need anything?

the bottom line is let's get back in someone who is responsible and actually be able to say no, this degree is not economically feasible. >> sandra: one of the questions i heard you bring up. you say if you forgive someone with $50,000 of student loan debt what about the person who paid off their student loan debt? he wrote the dissertation johnson who we will hear from forgiving $50,000 in student loan debt for all borrows. for people who have already repaid their debt his suggestion is offering them a $50,000 tax credit. to your point. >> that gets back to elizabeth warren saying you are paying the 1%. now you're paying for the 1%'s college. it is a quagmire. see you later. >> jon: fox news alert from the campaign trail. tulsi gabbard going all in announcing she won't run for reelection to congress to focus on her white house bid for 2020. smart move or not?

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>> sandra: our a-team is back with us as we honor the life of elijah cummings. hillary clinton is going to be the next speaker there at his funeral in baltimore. let's bring back in the a-team. ed henry and ed rollins and juan williams. juan, we look back and remember his life and legacy this morning. the obamas and clintons arrived. hillary clinton is next. your thoughts as we look back at the long life and the long

public servant life that he led. >> i think we should start with the human being and i think as a human being the reason that elijah cummings is someone who can cross the partisan divide in these polarized times is people saw him as genuine. so many politicians seek to come across to voters as authentic and they send out videos and the like. elijah cummings was the real deal. i think when you hear people like mark meadows who spoke yesterday, the congressman from north carolina, a strong conservative say this is someone who i considered a friend, someone that i spoke to and could speak to honestly about the facts of matters, that says so much about the kind of person that elijah cummings was. you know, you stop and think about elijah cummings and what he did are mark meadows and rashida tlaib another member of

conscious when there was racial tension. he got them to talk to each other and hug each other. another sign to you, sandra, this guy is a little different than the kind of acrimony and finger pointing we normally associate with today's politicians. >> sandra: laid in state at the capitol yesterday. amazing to see the bipartisan presence there. speaking was mark meadows and talking about the friendship the two of them had together. we'll hear from hillary clinton in a moment. she said a man of principles who championed truth, justice and kindness and loved his country and the people he served. >> you see joe biden, the former vice president. to juan's point i saw mark meadows in the crowd, also saw jim jordan. two conservative stalwarts, we expect vice president mike pence there as well who believed elijah cummings was someone who could reach across the aisle. i covered congress and the

first time i met elijah cummings was when he was taking on major league baseball. not easy to do. on the issue of steroid use. one of the players caught up. there were some people in baltimore where cummings from from who didn't want an orioles player dragged through it. the man he was working with was a republican tom davis and the two of them worked on that and cleaned up baseball a little bit. they didn't want to do it at first. he wanted to get some truth and justice and it was a smart thing to do. >> sandra: the funeral healed at the new psalmist baptist church where he worshipped for 40 years. obama spokesperson tweeted out last night that he would be delivering remarks about the remarkable life and legacy of one of the country's finest public servants. >> the most important thing about him. he was a great leader in the civil rights movement which many of us watched in awe. he went to congress and basically represented a neighborhood city to

washington, d.c. and made his mark. there wasn't a great ego. chairman of an important committee but it wasn't me, me, me every night or i, i, i. it was we. to a certain extent he was the kind of person we need in the congress. even though i may differ with a lot of philosophy i always respected him and i think most people respected him. >> jon: the concept of term limits is a big part of what people say is wrong with congress and this is a guy who served for decades. >> term limits are something that is not going to happen. haven't been an advocate it. it is not going to happen. the reality is sometimes you need people to be there a long time. lots of changes need to take place in the congress but changing members automatically doesn't make it a better congress. >> sandra: we're about to hear from the former secretary of state hillary clinton. she is up next to make her remarks on the passing of elijah cummings and talk about how she will remember him.

bill clinton, her husband, said he was a resounding voice of moral courage who fought the good fight for the people of baltimore. hillary clinton is now speaking. let's listen together. >> rejoice and be glad in it because this is the day for the home going celebration of a great man, a moral leader, and a friend. to bishop walter scott thomas and first lady of the church patricia thomas and the new psalmist baptist church, thank you for welcoming us all here to reflect on the life and celebrate the service of elijah cummings. and to the cummings family, to his political family, the constituents from the maryland

congressional 7th district, thank you for sharing him with our country and the world. and -- [applause] thank you, maya, as you have said so beautifully, you walked by elijah's side on this journey. thank you for your steadfastness, your resilience, and your leadership. [applause] it is no coincidence, is it, that elijah cummings shared a name with an old testament prophet whose name meant in hebrew, the lord is my god. and who used the power and the wisdom that god gave him to up hold the moral law that all

people are subject to and because of all people are equal. like the prophet, our elijah could call down fire from heaven. [applause] but he also prayed and worked for healing. he weathered storms and earthquakes but never lost his faith. like that old testament prophet he stood against corrupt leadership of king ahab and queen jezebel. [applause] and he looked out for the

vulnerable among us. he lifted up the next generation of leaders. he even worked a few miracles. and he kept reminding us life is no dress rehearsal. the american people want to live their lives without fear of their leaders. and as leaders we have a responsibility to keep the promises made when running for office. to make the lives of americans better. as elijah said, while we're all on this earth, that's my message. our elijah was a fierce champion for truth, justice, and kindness in every part of his life. [applause]

his integrity and character, his can-do spirit made him a guiding light in the congress. he pushed back against the abuse of power. he was unwavering in his defense of our democracy. he had little tolerance for those who put party ahead of country or partisanship above truth. [applause] but he could find common ground with anyone willing to seek it with him. and he liked to remind all of us that you can't get so caught up in who you are fighting that you forget what you are fighting for. [applause]

even his political adversaries recognized that it wasn't really about politics for our elijah. he led from his soul. he often said that our children are a message to a future we will never see. i saw that first-hand when i attended an i vent for the elijah cummings youth program in israel. [applause] a leadership program for young people in his district and elijah didn't just put his name on the program and then forget about it. he interviewed every applicant and personally invested in their success. he wanted all of us to see our young people as he mem orably asked us to do when he gave the eulogy at the funeral for

freddie gray. did you see him? by the time these young people came back from israel to baltimore, they had celebrated shab at, studied hebrew. they had seen and been seen and made life long friends. all because elijah cummings knew from his own experiences that it is one thing to learn abstractly about the world, but another to experience it. with people different from yourself, learning from each other, lifting each other up. you know, elijah often said his philosophy was simple, do something. go out and do something. no matter how daunting a problem seems, no matter how helpless you feel, surely there is something you can do. i think that remains his

challenge to each of us. as he said, even if it seems small, there is usually something you can do if you are looking for it. you can defend the truth. you can defend democracy, you can lift up others. and toward the end of his life, he said i am begging the american people to pay attention to what is going on because if you want to have a democracy intact for your children, and your children's children, and generations yet unborn, we have got to guard this moment. this is our watch. our elijah knew because he was a man of faith and a man of the church that life was fleeting

and precious. and that's why he worked so hard to make every moment of his life count. when we are dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, he said in 2019 what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy intact? [applause] i will end with the paraphrase of a poem that elijah recited in his very first speech in the congress. he said that he told himself this poem as many as 20 times a day. i only have a minute, 60

seconds in it, forced upon me i did not choose it, but i know that i must use it. give account if i abuse it, suffer if i lose it. only a tiny little minute but eternity is in it. thank you, elijah cummings, for your work, your service, and the lessons you leave us. god bless you. [applause] >> sandra: elijah cummings led from his soul, said the former secretary of state hillary clinton. up next will be the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. she will make her remarks and remember the late elijah cummings. they are -- the eulogy will be

delivered by the bishop, the church's pastor, now speaker of the house nancy pelosi will remember him. [applause] >> good morning baltimore. thank you, bishop thomas for bringing us to pay tribute to our darling, precious elijah. mr. president, mr. president, mr. vice president -- [applause] madam secretary. archbishop, members of the clergy, distinguished guests who are here for our darling elijah. as speaker of the house, i had the sad honor and personal privilege to bring the

condolences of the entire congress of the united states to maya, the cummings family, the people and constituents of elijah's district, people of baltimore and to our entire country. i say that with great authority because yesterday my friends and those of you who loved elijah, yesterday maya gave us the privilege of having a celebration of elijah's life in the capitol of the united states. [applause] the first african-american lawmaker ever to serve in repose in the capitol of the united states. [applause] it was so beautiful and it has been referenced elijah brought

people together in life of different parties and in his death of different parties. and that's why i'm so pleased that yesterday's service was very bipartisan in fact, it took bipartisan agreement for elijah to lie in repose on the same catapult that abraham lincoln lay in repose in the capitol. [applause] and so today we have a very strong bipartisan of elijah's colleagues from the house of representatives led by our chair of the black caucus karen bas and leaders. steny hoyer and marsha and so many of our members in the house in a bipartisan fashion. please rise to be recognized and their families and their

staff. elijah's staff. john lewis, where are you, john lewis? [applause] and we have a strong representation from the united states senate in a bipartisan way yesterday. today also led my ben cardin and chris von holl en bringing so many senators here today. [applause] bishop thomas, how brilliant was it of elijah's parents to name him elijah? as the secretary said the god is my lord and as we know from the old testament, there is a tradition to leave a seat at the table for elijah who might show up. by our elijah always made a seat at the table for others. [applause]

he made a seat at the table for children who needed indication and for new members of congress to mentor them and all who wanted to be part of the american dream. elijah himself personally lived the american dream and he wanted everyone else to have that opportunity, hence many seats at the table. how fortunate for our country that his parents also taught him to live up to his name. how blessed are we all to know him and to benefit from his friendship and his leadership. elijah was a proud man. proud of his heritage, proud of baltimore -- [applause] and proud of america. he always appealed to our better angels and to the promise of america, calling us to live up to our principles

and for a higher purpose. as he said and all the words that we will use that are the best words are words that elijah used, was when we were not meeting the needs of children in our country he said we are better than this. [applause] he held himself to a high standard and that is why i've called him the north star of congress. our guiding light. [applause] thank you, for giving me this opportunity to speak at the baltimore celebration as well as yesterday of elijah's life. previously i've seen some of you over time speaking as speaker of the house before the st. james episcopal church to speak for another congressman.

a sad day that day also. paying tribute to perrin was an official and personal honor. the mitchell and dell sand row family had been friends for generations. [applause] now it is my great honor and personal sadness to join you at the new psalmist baptist church to celebrate elijah's life. as i said yesterday members of congress said goodbye to elijah, his wife gave us the honor of holding that official service in the statuary hall of the house. at that time i said this is appropriate because elijah was master of the house. master of the house. in his chairmanship of the committee on oversight and reform he lived up to his responsibilities to hold the federal government accountable to the laws of the land.

one word i would use to describe elijah over and over again are the words future. he was there to make the future for our children whom he called as has been said, our living messengers to a future we will never see. but he wanted for those children to have a future worthy of their aspirations. and he wanted them to have a future built on our values, continuing to be built on our values. as a master of the house he was also the mentor of the house. was anybody in here mentored by elijah cummings? i think so. it was no surprise when we had the election and we won the congress that elijah said send me as many freshmen as you can because i want to help them be oriented to reach their fullest potential in the house of

representatives. so wonderful that he did that and all members whether new or not benefited from the generosity of his spirit. sometimes the candor of how we do our work, whether we ask or not, the candor was there and again it was an honor to share again this -- some of these thoughts about our dear elijah. elijah loved baltimore and his district. he was my baltimore brother in congress. we had our chats about baltimore all the time. he loved and respected his constituents. by example, he gave people hope. by his courage he fought for what is right. by his brilliance, knowledge, and legal prowess he made a difference in so many ways fighting for gun violence prevention, expanding opportunity for everyone, recognizing -- now this is the most recent -- recognizing the

cost of prescription drugs hurt the health and well-being of america's working families and willing to reach across the aisle, even across the capitol, even down pennsylvania avenue. so it should be a source of pride to all of us who loved elijah that the committee chairman named hr3 the lord drug cost act now, the elijah e. cummings lower cost drug act. [applause] our baltimore connection gave me special entry. the love of the orioles and ravens made it fun. thank you, baltimore, for your contribution to the greatness of the united states of america. when i spoke on wednesday at my

brother tommy's service i acknowledged that we would be honoring elijah today. we lost two great leaders in one week, we did, in baltimore. [applause] one thing that elijah -- one of the things that elijah, my brother tommy and i gained from baltimore and i representing san francisco had in common was the pride we took in baltimore, our baltimore. another thing tommy, elijah and i had, i representing san francisco had in common that our hearts are full of love for america. i used to tell them in san francisco for us love means letting other versions exist. and that's exactly what elijah did. respecting the views of others, reaching across the aisle, building community and

consensus. thank you, maya and to his children and your entire family for sharing elijah with us. and for loving him so much. you were the source of his strength and inspiration. i hope it is a comfort to you that so many people mourn your sad loss and are praying for you at this sad time. as we always pray for god to bless america, let us acknowledge that god truly blessed america with the life and legacy of elijah e. cummings, mentor, master of the house, north star, mr. chairman, master of the house, may he rest in peace, elijah cummings. thank you all so much. [applause] >> sandra: the speaker of the house referencing elijah cummings as the north star of

congress. he passed away last week at the age of 68 from complications from longstanding health problems. notable speakers include not just nancy pelosi. we'll hear from former presidents barack obama and bill clinton after hearing from former secretary of state hillary clinton just a moment ago. >> jon: you heard her say we lost two political leaders in baltimore this week. her brother, tommy, former mayor there. >> bishop walter, thomas, my friend. >> sandra: the funeral as i mentioned bill clinton and barack obama will be speaking a short time from now. as you have heard many notable stories being shared about elijah cummings and his many decades of service as a member of congress. the funeral this morning happening in his beloved city of baltimore where he returned after lying in state in the capitol yesterday. >> jon: you heard some of the major applause if you will during the service referencing his support of the ravens and

orioles, baltimore very much in his blood. elijah cummings passed away at the age of 68. >> sandra: more from the funeral in a few moments. fox news alert. investigating the investigators. sources telling fox news the justice department's review of the russia probe is now a full-fledged criminal investigation. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." it is friday morning. i'm sandra smith. >> jon: i'm jon scott for bill hemmer today. u.s. attorney john durham would have the power to subpoena witnesses, file charges, and impanel fact finding grand juries. democrats are denouncing this expanded probe. here is kellyanne conway, presidential advisor on that earlier in the show. >> i do have to wonder why the same people who put this country through two plus years,

$35 million of taxpayer money, 500 witnesses, thousands of subpoenas, the whole nine yards in the mueller investigation went nowhere don't think we should try to get to the bottom of what other people may have been doing to try to influence or subvert this 2016 election? >> jon: we have team fox coverage. chris wallace joins us with his take on all of this. we begin the griff jenkins live in washington with the latest. griff. >> this has serious implications when you talk about sub een aning people and possibly finding criminal charges. here is what we know. in may attorney general barr appoints u.s. attorney durham to begin the review. august and september barr and durham travel to italy to investigate. this past tuesday we learn durham wants to speak with former dni james clapper and former cia director john

brennan whether to charge deputy director andrew mccabe. democrats are hammering the move. jerry nadler and adam schiff have this warning saying these reports if true raise profound new concerns that the department of justice attorney general william barr has lost its independence and become a vehicle important president trump's trump political revenge. if it is used as a tool of political retribution or help the president for the next election the rule of law will suffer damage. the ranking member doug collins tweeted this. if durham finds crimes are committed he will pursue justice and help restore am -- chairman nadler is wrong to suggest this investigation is anything less than an effort to deliver truth and accountability. let's not forget yesterday we learned michael horowitz, doj inspector general says his fisa

abuse report is nearing completion and coming soon. a lot of things happening at the same time. >> jon: that report is going to raise some eyebrows as well no doubt in washington griff jenkins. thank you. >> sandra: for more on this let's bring in chris wallace. good morning to you. the news first that the justice department will now open a criminal probe into the origins of the russia investigation. your thoughts. >> well, it is a significant move. doesn't mean there is necessarily going to be a crime charged against anybody. up until now it had been starting in may an administrative review that bill barr the attorney general ordered and assigned to john durham, the u.s. attorney in connecticut who is very highly respected. and up to this point as i say it had been a review and something obviously came up they decided they wanted to make it a criminal investigation now as griff pointed out. it means that they can --

impanel a grand jury and bring people to testify before the grand jury. they can subpoena people and bring criminal charges. doesn't necessarily mean they will. it puts it on a new footing and if you are one of the people that were involved in the trump/russia investigation in 2016, whether it's james comey or andrew mccabe or strzok or page or all of those people, they now face the greater possibility. not the certainty, but the possibility of legal jeopardy. i have to laugh because you see the republicans attacking the democrats for the impeachment investigation and now you see the democrats attacking the republicans for this investigation. my feeling is let it all come out and pursue the truth. if everybody -- if nobody has done anything wrong they'll be okay. if they did something wrong they'll be in trouble and rightfully so. >> sandra: how much comes out is the question.

republicans are demanding the whistleblower should have to testify publicly. we asked kellyanne conway about that this morning and here is what she said. >> the president is slamming the process because if you get a parking ticket you have more due process than the president of the united states has right now when it comes to the early parts of this investigation. open it up. where is the due process and the right to present witnesses and cross-examine witnesses and present evidence? >> sandra: is it fair for republicans and the president in the case of that tweet he sent out be demanding this? >> well, my feeling is that if you are having trouble with the facts you argue process. that's what republicans are doing right now. the democrats have gotten some very damaging information from people like william taylor, the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine. fiona hill, who used to be one of the top advisors of the national security council on ukraine. evidence that seems to tie more

of a quid pro quo that the president -- that there is some evidence from these people working in the trump administration that the president linked aid to ukraine, white house meeting with ukrainian president to getting research on the democrats. what republicans are doing they're arguing the process is unfair. you can make that argument but if you look back during benghazi when that was being investigated by trey gowdy, they had hearings in private and depositions in private. you try to build your case, figure out who are the witnesses that can say something and who can't. then you will end up holding public hearings anyway. there is not a chance in the world they aren't going the bring the key witnesses up to be questioned by both republicans and democrats. democrats have to make the case for impeachment before they vote. i just think that in the end after we have these little -- must-see tv hearings with these key witnesses in public in

november, i'm not sure people are going to care a lot about what the process was in october. but clearly it does make it -- because the republicans are scoring some points on this, democrats will want to move this along more quickly so they can put an end to the complaints about the process. one last point if i can, sandra. for all the talk this is being done in private there are 45 republicans who are members of these three committees who have access to this. it's not like just the democrats in a room alone with these trump administration officials. there are 45 republicans who can be in the room and ask them questions as well. >> sandra: i hear you describing the case that democrats are making that republicans are attacking the process because they fear that the facts may be damning but republicans are saying if the facts are so damning the democrats should put it out there for everybody to take in. >> they will. the answer is there is no chance that you are going to have a vote on impeachment without people like bill taylor

and fiona hill and now people are talking about john bolton testifying in public and being questioned in public by republicans. as i say in the benghazi investigation there were private hearings and then there were public hearings. that's what is going to happen here. >> sandra: i know you have a democrat coming on your show this weekend. eric swalwell will be your guest. chris wallace on "fox news sunday" and i'm sure you have a lot of questions for him. >> we do indeed. we think we'll have a top white house official who can make their case on that and also talk about syria. >> sandra: chris wallace, we'll be watching that. thank you. >> thank you. >> jon: russian forces purportedly carrying out air strikes on the last syrian rebel stronghold after a moscow brokered border deal with turkey. jennifer griffin has more. >> the pool reporters traveling with defense secretary mark esper in brussels were not

allowed the photograph the handshake between defense secretary mark esper and his turkish counterpart at nato headquarters. there is no talk of kicking turkey out of the nato alliance. in fact there may not be a mechanism to do so. in a press conference after a series of nato meetings esper indicated that the u.s. is pulling out of syria while in the same breath indicating that the u.s. will be adding troops and tanks as part of the president's order to protect syria's oil fields from isis. up to 500 u.s. troops may be needed according to defense officials. >> so we are reinforcing that position. it will include some mechanized forces. i won't get into details. but the mission in syria remains. what the mission in syria began with. it has always been about defeating the isis coalition. >> meantime an estimated 32 russian air strikes hit a syrian anti-assad rebel stronghold in northwestern

syria. according to independent groups on the ground aid groups worry the meeting between vladimir putin and the turkish president was a deal to carve up syria into areas of influence as the u.s. pulls back. russian troops are filling the vacuum in northeast syria and now we have learned that nato ally turkey is in talks to buy russian fighter jets and president erdogan has expressed interest in russian stealth fighters. russia defied u.s. demands not to buy a russian air defense system. pentagon officials argue the time the russian s-400 would expose the american f-35 fighter jets to possible russian subterfuge. again nato ally turkey is now cutting multiple back room deals with russia leaving the u.s. on the sidelines. >> jon: jennifer griffin. keep us updated on that. >> sandra: a live look at the funeral for the late congressman elijah cummings.

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optimism. by 4:00 p.m. the union will look at all the votes. i think it is pretty clear that we should have a favorable result although we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves. it would be great news. not just the 46,000 jobs but the 80,000 more jobs in the supply chain that have been at risk. >> sandra: a 39-day strike. estimated this cost the automaker about $2 billion. so we'll see where it goes next. meanwhile, what happens with the china trade deal? here we are entering into the end of october, peter. what is next? >> more breaking news. we had a very good talk this morning. ambassador lighthizer had talks on the phone with the chief negotiator for the chinese side and his team. we seem to be on the glide path to a mid-november possible signing of phase one in chile

when the president goes to apec. so far all systems are go on that. >> sandra: respond to the "wall street journal" piece on china trade. businesses fear u.s./china will not reach a deal on core issues. the most thorny issues, the forced transfer of technology, limits on the movement of data and subsidies injoyed by chinese competitors aren't addressed in the first step is what they say. >> first of all. there shouldn't be fears. i'm telling you there is optimism and we're having talks on schedule. phase one includes a solid chapter on intellectual property and a good start on the issue of forced technology transfer in that the chinese are accepting the rule that the government of china must not force technology transfer. phase two would flesh that out. we would love to do all three

phases in trump time. this is not one and done in phase one. it is phase one hopefully mid-november and just keep rolling along? i think the business community can take comfort from the fact that president trump is in the white house and the guy moving this along. >> sandra: you are telling me today there shouldn't be fear but the core issues being talked about that this would be some sort of watered down deal that ultimately wouldn't meet expectations, that's not the case. >> there is no chance if we get all three phases of the deal it will be watered down in any way. seven structural problems. the seven deadly sins and we'll hit all seven points of that come pass. forced technology trance per, i.t. left. cyber intrusions to business networks. currency manipulation and china has to stop killing americans with its made in china fentanyl. it has to stop. >> sandra: want to ask you

about this ongoing back and forth as mike pence and the nba and what's happening with china. some of the nba's biggest players. this is mike pence taking on the nba. >> some of the nba's biggest players and owners who routinely exercise their freedom to criticize this country lose their voices when it comes to the freedom and rights for the people of china. the nba is acting like a wholly owned subsidiary of that regime. >> sandra: he takes on nike and the nba accusing them of muzzling criticism of china. >> first of all, sandra. it was a magnificent speech. i urge everybody to watch the stream of that. the national basketball -- nba seems to stand for you can criticize our nation freely but don't speak up when it comes to

the rest of the world. and the vice president is absolutely right that this whole silence and muzzling by key stars has been a ratification of repression worldwide. so i think what's important as the nba season starts this week that we recognize that this has been an epiphany for the american people. the fact that china is trying to export its authoritarian rules and regulations to the american people by muzzling the nba. i think a lot of people go huh, they finally get it. if anybody didn't understand what china is about now, this has penetrated down to people who focus on sports and they are going this isn't right. >> sandra: it's something to right. >> it is just not right. >> sandra: china called on the vice president to apologize after that criticism. beijing hit back at pence saying the u.s. should cease

expressing irresponsible opinions. could you tie it all together? does it disrupt the ability to get a deal done? >> no. >> sandra: i have 10 seconds. >> we had excellent talks this morning that will continue. >> sandra: excellent talks this morning. you took three seconds rather than 10. appreciate your time this morning and thank you. we'll get an update from you soon. >> jon: now this fox news alert. actress felicity huffman is now released in the prison from california in her role of the college admissions schedule. she served 10 of her 14 day sentence. she pleaded guilty to mail fraud. she must still perform 250 hours of community service and spend a year on probation. more news coming up. you're still out there chasing what matters.

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by 10 of his democratic rivals including joe biden, elizabeth warren, bernie sanders and kamala harris. a very busy weekend of campaigning here in this crucial early primary state of south carolina, jon. >> jon: kristyn fisher in south carolina, thank you. >> sandra: fox news alert. the top democrat on the senate intel committee is now calling on attorney general bill barr to appear before congress and explain himself on the durham investigation. we'll have more on that for you in just a moment. >> jon: we look back at congressman elijah cummings' life and legacy. more big names set to speak at his funeral. their remarks live in the next hour. by consolidating your credit card debt into one monthly payment. and get your interest rate right. so you can save big. get a no-fee personal loan up to $100k.

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virginia senator mark warner calling on william babb to testify. >> we found nothing row moetly justifying this. mr. barr's investigation has already jeopardized key international intelligence partnerships and he needs to come before congress and explain himself. jamy jaffer is the director of the national law and policy program. we are sort of wrapping our minds around the news this is going to be now a criminal prosecution. senator warner not too happy about it. what does that say to you, the criminal investigation? >> well look, john durham has been appointed to look into this entire matter of how this investigation began. one of the things that this "new york times" report suggests is that they are investigating leaks. were there leaks to the media of information, classified orion going investigation? the claim on the table that's

what durham may begin a criminal inquiry. there are laws against leaking. laws against disclosing information that's classified. the justice department under president obama and now president trump has been fairly aggressive in pursuing those leaks. it wouldn't be surprising if they were investigating that and convening a grand jury or just preliminary inquiry. extensive attorney general guidelines what you need to begin an investigation. they have to comply with those to start a criminal investigation. that's what happened here. >> jon: john warner unhappy about it. congressman john ratcliffe is saying that he believes this investigation is warranted. listen. >> the referrals could already have been made but regardless john durham had to let michael horowitz finish this work and i think when people read the inspector general's impending report it will be very clear why the durham investigation has now moved to a criminal

probe. >> jon: and we are getting some new information previously unreleased texts that peter strzok, the now-fired f.b.i. agent, shared with lisa page who was his mistress at the time. one of them he writes think our sisters, meaning other federal agencies, have begun leaking like mad. scorned and worried and political they are kicking into overdrive. and then he sent an email to f.b.i. colleagues. he writes i'm beginning to think the agency got info a lot earlier than we thought and hasn't shared it completely with us. might explain all these weird seemingly incorrect leads, all these media folks have would also highlight agency as a source of some of the leaks. we don't know which agency he is talking about. generally when f.b.i. folks talk about the agency, they mean the c.i.a., right? >> you're exactly right. when they refer to the sisters

they refer to the c.i.a. also. this is consistent with also later emails and texts released about strzok where he believes that the c.i.a. was leaking to the media in an effort to show a difference in views between the f.b.i. and the c.i.a. about whether the russians were trying to help then candidate trump. interestingly enough strzok has been the target of a lot of criticism by the president. in this case it appears he was arguing russians were not trying to help president trump and the f.b.i. had that view at the time. an interesting situation now that we have developing and look, strzok saying he thought there were leaks happening from the c.i.a. that alone is -- that alone is probably enough to get an investigation started. i know this claim there is this fight between mike warner and john ratcliffe what's going on. ratcliffe read the i.g. report. we'll find out soon what he thinks the basis for it is. at least warner is saying there

is no basis for an investigation. unclear whether warren is talking about an investigation into the clinton investigation or the leaks issue. there may be people talking past each other right now. >> jon: democrats are saying that bill barr, the attorney general, is making john durham essentially launch this criminal probe to try to muddy the waters at a time when the president is dealing with his own impeachment issues. do you see that? you worked for the department of justice. do you see that happening? >> i don't think so. john durham has been appointed the look at the larger matter. a very independent guy. if you remember he is not one of these people loved by the bush administration and investigated the c.i.a. tapes matter whether the tapes were destroyed appropriately. i doubt the attorney general would be directing him to do anything other than durham wants to do. text alone is maybe something more.

if the i.g. report says they were concerned about leaks that's enough for an investigation. i think there is a loot of noise going ong here and we have to see what the evidence shows in the i.g. report. >> jon: it struck me if there was misbehavior in a previous administration by some of the top intel and law enforcement officials, who is supposed to investigate it except for the succeeding administration? >> that's exactly right. in this case the attorney general appointed somebody outside of the immediate main justice community. the u.s. attorney in connecticut who is well-known for doing independent investigations. he didn't pick somebody in the tank. >> jon: you aren't buying the charge that bill barr is swinging a partisan axe here. >> i don't bye it. a lot of claims of what bill barr does or doesn't development i think he is a stand-up guy. in this case he didn't pick a highly political u.s. attorney. he picked one that has been done prior investigations of the bush administration and of

the c.i.a. before. this isn't somebody who is going to be biased necessarily in favor of this administration. >> jon: john durham has the reputation as a bulldog, do i have that right? >> that's right. if you want a real investigation done that's the kind of person you want doing it. >> jon: jamil jaffer, good to have your expertise. thank you. >> sandra: now to texas where a father is fighting to gain custody of his 7-year-old to stop his own child from undergoing a gender transition. jeff paul is live in dallas with more on that. >> the state's governor here in texas not only weighing in on this case but the attorney general. sending a letter to family protecting services asking for the agency to look into this case over possible abuse. the agency doing just that. just yesterday a dallas judge ordered that the mother and father will have joint custody.

this after a jury initially had recommended giving the mother sole custody. the former married couple have been in a bitter custody battle over their twin 7-year-old children arguing over the gender of one of their kids. the mother a pediatrician says the child is a transgender girl. the father maintains the child is a boy. the case is now getting a lot of attention and politicians are weighing in including texas senator ted cruz. he sent out a tweet saying quote, a 7-year-old child does not have the maturity to make profound decisions like this. the state of texas should protect this child's right to choose as an informed mature person and not used as a pawn in a left wing political agenda. the judge in this case also pointing out that gender reassignment surgery or any sort of therapy was not on the table. was not ordered in this particular case. the judge also says there was no abuse and ordered the family to undergo therapy.

we did reach out for lawyers for the mother and father but haven't heard back yet. >> sandra: jeff paul on that story for us, thank you. >> jon: tensions are rising in baghdad as we're learning that five anti-government demonstrators have been killed. a live report on the escalating protests later in the hour. >> sandra: plus the secretary of defense saying american troops will likely be sent to syria. house foreign affairs committee member ted yoho will weigh in on that next. >> i've been very candid about this. turkey put us in a terrible situation. the incursion was unwarranted. (contemplative synth music) - [narrator] forget about vacuuming for up to a month. shark iq robot deep-cleans and empties itself into a base you can empty once a month. and unlike standard robots that bounce around,

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if he does we'll bring those remarks to you. >> jon: defense secretary mark esper confirming the u.s. will deploy troops and arm ored vehicles in eastern syria to protect oil fields from isis militants. the number still unclear. florida congressman ted yoho joins us now. is this the right view in your mind, congressman? >> i tell you, it's a tough call. absolutely to protect those oil fields. the reason we're doing that is to prevent that oil going back to isis that funded them when they did all that terrible things the beheading and all that. so that has to be protected until there is some semblance of normalcy, if that ever can be accomplished in that area. until syria can get ahold of that, somebody has to protect that so isis doesn't.

>> jon: senator lindsey graham, he had been critical of some of the early workings i guess you would say of the administration's policy in syria. he has come around and said he likes what he is seeing now. listen. >> general presented a plan to protect us against the rise of isis, keep the oil fields out of the hands of isis and iran. there are $45 million a month. secure those oil fields so the money won't go to our enemies and make sure it goes to our allies like the kurds. the president has a plan in place. i'm very encouraged by what i see. >> jon: the notion of iran getting ahold of those oil fields is pretty disturbing. >> it is. and that's where it is such a mess in there. there are so many factions competing against each other. when president obama went in there they wanted to have a regime change, get rid of assad. russia wanted to prop up assad for their benefits.

iran wanted to prop up assad and turkey wanted to get rid of assad. everybody wanted to get rid of isis. it is such a hodge podge of competing interests i would love for us to get out of there 100%. we went in there to get rid of isis. we've decimated them. they aren't gone. it is an ideology i don't know if you'll ever get rid of that radical jihadist islamic notion. like getting rid of communism. it will probably always be here and we need to learn how to deal with it so it doesn't come on our shores in america. let russia own that and stay in the middle east. i'm all for bringing our troops home. it has to be done in the right way. >> jon: the "wall street journal" has a piece on russia's presence in syria. the headline is somewhat disturbing. russia strikes syrian rebel stronghold raising fears of an assad regime offensive and the piece goes on to say the regime

and russia have launched strikes in the opposition held area home to more than 3 million people but refrained from launching a ground offensive that the united nations have said would cause a humanitarian disaster. assad doesn't care what happens to his people as long as he stays in power and the russians seem very happy to enable that. >> well, that's why i say there are so many competing interests. there has been over i think 500 or 600,000 people slaughtered in that civil war and then you add to that the amount of refugees that have been displaced around the world. destabilized the european union and other parts of the world. this is something that has to come to an end but america being in there i don't know what purpose we have other than when we went in there under president obama and we have to go back why we went in there. it was look at the genesis of why we're in syria. it was to defeat isis or to go

after isis. well, where did isis come from? isis came from president obama pulling out of iraq and afghanistan, pulling our troops out so it gave a foothold for isis and then susan rice, hillary clinton, and president obama did the no fly zones in libya that took out qaddafi's military offense. qaddafi got killed. it was a no man's land and breeding ground and training recruitment area for isis and isis went into northern syria and iraq and it's interesting that a billion dollars of c.i.a. money was sent by president obama to train fighters in that area and weapons were taken into syria that fell into the hands of isis. and then we put in troops to train the fdf and spent $500 million. got less than 100 fighters. most of those went over to isis. it was a failed policy and like i said there are so many competing interests the best

thing to do is back out, let russia if they think they can get that under control, god bless them and if i iran, they think they can control that, let them. what they have to understand is you are not going to mess with america or come to our soil and you are not going to mess with israel or jordan or any other country we align with. i want to know where the e.u. and other nations are. they have as much at play as we do. i don't see their troops standing up. it shouldn't fall on the backs of american military. >> jon: congressman ted yoho a lot to think about. it is a mess, the security situation in syria right now. >> it is a mess. >> jon: thanks very much. >> sandra: security remaining a big issue for jewish communities. why the rise in hate crimes has congregations on edge this weekend.

>> sandra: this sunday marks one year since the deadly shooting rampage at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh and while that community tries to heal, security continues to be a major concern. lauren greene is here with more details. >> one of the heroes of that day was the tree of life's rabbi. he released a video this week to mark one year since the first shooting of a jewish house of worship on u.s. soil. >> murdered for the crime of being jewish. i was there. i am a victim, a witness, and a survivor. but that is not what defines me nor is it what defines the tree of life. >> details of that day a year ago are still fresh in the mind of him. a lone gunman opened fire at the tree of life congregation

during services, 11 dead, 6 wounded. he talks about the positive that in this last year men and women of all different backgrounds have come together to support the jewish community. it is a victory over the hate that fueled the gunman's rage. >> consequences of this horror are so incredibly positive and uplifting, something no one could have anticipated. people thrust together about this awful act continue to find ways to help each other on a healing path. people of all faiths, colors, and sexual orientations continue to reach out in love and solidarity. >> the threat is still out there. the anti-defamation league says the u.s. continues to see historically high numbers of anti-semitic incidents. the department of homeland security as funds to make houses of worship more secure but that money is running out and one group the lobbying congress to increase the funds. this weekend a memorial service in pittsburgh will honor the

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released from a california prison a short time ago. that happened this morning after serving her sentence for her role in the college admission scandal. jacqui heinrich with more. jacqui? >> good morning, sandra. felicity huffman served 11 out of 14 days. it aamounts to 78% of her sentence, one of the lightest out of everyone that has been to jail for this. this is happening because of the policy on releasing inmates prior to a weekend or holiday. any release date that falls on a weekend or holiday, may be released on the last preceding week day. she will have to pay a fine of $30,000 and 250 hours of community service. she admitted to paying $15,000 to have her daughter's college board tests corrected. huffman is one of people charged in the operation dubbed

"operation varsity blues." others have paid off coaches, some as much as $500,000 in bribes. huffman is among the lightest so far. she was quick to admit her guilt and in april, she said "i'm in full acceptance of my guilt and accept full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences that stem from those actions. i'm ashamed of the pain i my family and i want to apologize to them and to students that work hard every day to get into college." huffman has said her daughter didn't know about her actions. sandra? >> thanks, jacqui. >> good for her. >> she's done. >> yeah. you know, i'm just -- it's rare that people take responsibility and she stepped up. >> we'll see what happens with the others. elijah cummings funeral continues in baltimore.

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