you picked up new kraft expertly paired cheddar and swiss for eggs. beat that! kraft. family greatly. we talked about syria and he told me some things grin that make me feel a lot better about where we are headed in syria. he promised to destroy isis. he's going to keep that promise. we are not there yet. but as i said today, we are inside the 10-yard line. >> leland: that was republican senator lindsey graham in south carolina after having lunch with president trump at the white house. as we mentioned, senator graham was an outspoken critic of the president's plan to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. but, after yesterday's meeting, he says he has never felt better about where things are headed. let's bring in republican congressman francis rooney of florida. at least for the next couple of days here vice chairman of the house foreign affairs committee will change in the new congress. good to see you, sir. >> good to see you, leland, thank you. >> leland: lindsey graham feels a lot better. do we understanding what he feels a lot better about and why? because this seems

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we want this murderer to have justice that is swiss and harsh. but that certainly does not mean that there is criminality and the rest of undocumented immigrants, as some -- >> shannon: i don't think anyone is making a suggestion. >> many republicans want that to be the case, when the reality is, undocumented immigrants in this country commit considerably less crime. considerably less crime than native born -- >> shannon: what we are talking about is is one situation where apparently, according to the law enforcement officials involved, said this man should not of been in the country, had previous dui arrests, he came here illegally, so in the case of this family and this slain officer, gianno, we are talking about somebody that potentially, the state's policies allowed theories, or cases like this, to happen. >> i'm incredibly disappointed with my dear colleague jehmu's rhetoric on this issue. this is a safety issue plain and simple. it's not a partisan issue. if you look at the pier numbers, 70% of individuals that were brought in by i.c.e. in

an american tourist had a near-death experience high above the swiss alps after somebody forgot to buckle his safety harness and left him holding on for dear life. which activity was the man doing at the time? was it a: hang gliding, b: bungee jumping, c: skydiving? >> hang gliding with the creepy porn lawyer. >> tucker: seriously, cpl was there? we are not going to hold you to that. was it hang gliding as cory said? >> a first-time hang glider holding on for dear life. his safety harness was not connected.il the pilot had trouble controlling the glider. >> tucker: cpl can't even hold onto his clients, much less a hang glider. final question, this also multiple choice. first lady melania trump has unveiled the christmas decorations of the white house. they feature tens of thousands of red ornaments. what is this year's theme? iwi is it a: winter wonderland, b: blessings from the heartland or c: american treasures? cory. >> american treasures. >> tucker: let me just say, you are a savage animal, can i just say that? >> that's true. >> tucker: it's unbelievable. is it c: american treasures?

they all look like swiss cheese. jokes about x-ray vision. could be heavily redacted. more than just one category of privilege. you also get into classified information, information that compromises on going investigation, information that has some national security interest. and the fact is, not to be cynical, but i have been in these real world dustups in court and those thins get thrown around left and right. this is an on going investigation. this will compromise something that really implicates national security. it will be an all out fight if it does. i predict they will. >> what do you think? released in full? >> crystal ball, i think it will be released. everybody is thirsting to see it. there may be redactions, but i don't think there will be full pages. i think, you know, the last editorial, it's the ultimate rorschach test. everybody sees in it what twhaeupbt. they're going to cherry pick different lines. it's going to say, we were unable to prove something. people will be saying, that doesn't mean it didn't happen. then it will be back and forth like a tenn

talked they organized and partially funded the treeplanting effort in haiti that directly benefited the swiss company, one of the world's largest fragrance and supply companies. his speaking fee wasn't even a donation to the foundation. it was reported as personal income. in fact, he was paid more than a hundred million dollars t to for speeches between 2001 and 2013. since leaving the white house he made at least $26 million in speaking fees from companies and organizations that also donated to his foundation. why did the clintons get to double dip into these donors pockets? it's simple. the more money these donors give the clintons come the more favor they find with one of the world's most powerful families. here's another example. following the horrific earthquake in haiti, the government set up a committee chair bill clinton. they asked the irish service provider to create a system to transfer release money to haiti by cell phones. in six months they brought in. [inaudible] digit cell was run by irish billionaire dennis o'brien who set up a number of paid speeches for clinton and donated

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you picked up new kraft expertly paired cheddar and swiss for eggs. beat that! kraft. family greatly. paul: in a surprise move federal judges to postponed until next year the sentencing of former trump national security advisor, michael flynn. he pleaded guilty to a single count of lying to the fbi over his context with russia. the u.s. district judge, unloaded on the defendant tuesday over his supposed violation of the foreign agents registration act, a crime that michael flynn has not been charged with. back with dan henninger thomas kim strassel and jason riley. kim, what do you make of the judge's unloading on flynn and what are the big takeaways from the sentencing? >> yeah, so, the judge had absolutely no business going there. because as he just mentioned, the general was never charged with fara he is never admitted to breaking fara. beyond that the judge even got all of his facts incorrect. suggesting that michael flynn has actually been -- while national security advisor. took the special counsel team to walk back the judge in some of the facts. inappropriate e

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all that money by the way is being held in the swiss bank right now. the swiss bank has said yes we have that money and were not going to do it until the supreme court does. gillian: the families murdered u.s. marines versus the government of iran as i said one of the more surreal stories that's going on right now. >> i couldn't believe it when i heard it. a lot of due diligence, the assistant back as strange as it may seem, the supreme court of the united states. gillian: general, when i was working for the national security council, one of the things you like to impress upon everybody was just how involved the government of iran was in sort of supplying, supporting terrorist proxy organizations around the world. do you think that this is still going on today? is the situation as bad now as it was eight years ago when you were in office? >> it might be a little bit worse. in addition to tehran, damascus in yemen and certainly influences iraq. so it got multiple controls over those four countries are those four cities. they are the principal backer of

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you picked up new kraft expertly paired cheddar and swiss for eggs. beat that! kraft. family greatly. pete: welcome back. well mark of john's crazy socks you have a closing message for us? >> well president george h. w. bush and john have a lot in common. they are both entrepreneurs, they both love crazy socks, and they both are advocates for people with differing abilities, without the americans for disabilities act, there would be no john's crazy socks. pete: well said well said. joining us in the after the show show and have a great sunday, everybody. maria: good morning, good sunday morning everyone. thanks for joining us, america and the world honors president george h. w. bush, a life long leader, dedicated public servant and family man, house republican s tangle with james comey over answering questions on capitol hill, and the u.s. and china strike a temporary truce on trade. good morning, thanks for being here i'm maria bartiromo this is sunday morning futures. tributes have been pouring in for the 41st president of the united states as our nation prepares to