get to yes. but that was just not something i could sell in the senate. >> laura: john mccain has been kind of a thorn in the side of the trump administration. they have had acrimonious relationship going back to the campaign. right now do you think he's the biggest obstacle to this getting to the ultimate 50/50? >> he voted to get on the bill. i know john mccain well enough to know he is not going to cast a vote on tax reform no matter how he may feel about the current member of the white house. >> >> laura: you don't think that comes into play. >> i don't think so, no. >> laura: let's talk about other issues. there is a whole bunch going on in the country right now. the alabama senate race taking up a lot of oxygen in the political landscape. he is up now in the polls 5%. you favored luther strange. a lot of money went in to supporting luther strange. he didn't win. roy moore won. i actually supported mo brooks. roy moore won. now all these allegations against him. you said he should step aside. he may very well win this election. what does that say about four influence in the s

because you have two people, senator mccain and senator flake who do not donald trump to an be a successful president. that's my belief. how concerned are you that for all of this work you have been doing, some people still don't like it, you did something. goes over to the senate and guys? how worried are you? >> i should have brought my other chart in my pocket. we passed more bills here in the house in the first 10 months of the trump administration than obama administration and both bushes. >> laura: what do you say to o'connell? >> this bill can't be filibustered. the bubble rate are because we is to follow the senate rules and here's what we did differently than health care. we agreed ahead of time what this would look like. ha this tax relief would look-alike like. >> laura: what about flake and mccain? >> they are part of the discussion. it's important that we deliver this for the american people and the fact we agreed ahead of time gives me optimism we will get this done. >> laura: congressional approval is 22%. why is congressional approval this low? >> because we haven

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murkowski and john mccain. steve: john mccain was shocking though. >> john mccain was shocking. i think senator mcconnell did the best he could. we have got to deliver on tax reform and other things. todd: ronna mcdaniel thank you very much for being here. >> thank you for having me. todd: call it president trump's action. members of the ms-13 gang being rounded up and arrested in the midwest? steve: high school baseball player is suing his coach for making him ride the bench. that bench right there. apparently that is now considered bullying. an explanation coming ♪ remember me ♪ for history ♪ i just want to say ♪ i just want to say ♪ so that you can spend time on what really matters. marie callender's. it's time to savor. they always refer to me as master sergeant. they really appreciate the military family, and it really shows. we've got auto insurance, homeowners insurance. had an accident with a vehicle, i actually called usaa before we called the police. usaa was there hands-on very quick very prompt. i feel like we're being handled as people that actually have a genuine

one of them. john mccain we have to see what he will do in this situation. mitch mcconnell this is the hail mary. this is the last opportunity for the democrats can start filibustering again. the deadline is september 30th. brian: governor christie says i don't want to do this because it's going to block grant stuff to my state. obamacare got more than. this i'm not going to take less money for my state. everybody is looking at their own interests. and as lindsey graham told us a couple days ago, massachusetts, new york, as well as california got a disproportionate amount of funds from obamacare and he wants to even it out. and he thinks that could possibly bring in susan collins and with an adjustment both alaska senators. steve: one of the problems and the opposition is late to mobilize because they didn't realize wait a minute the republicans are actually going to take a vote on this in a couple days. trying to mobilize people to find out what's in it one of the things out there is apparently there are a number of experts that say under the graham-cassidy plan, insurers would be abl

order to change the status quo. >> senator mccain not back in washington, the margins means that the gop can lose one vote. the president is meeting with victims of obamacare where we expect a comment he will be with vice president pence, guys. rob: we do expect a comment. the president's statement comes this big push for repeal and replace comes as incoming communications director lays out a new vision for his department. anthony scaramucci promising to reset the culture and more importantly stop the leaks. >> if the leaks don't stop, i'm going pair down the staff because it's just not right, chris. it's not fair to the president or fair to america and people in the government but something is going on inside the white house that the president does not like and we are going to fix it. i would like to reset the culture inside the comms department so people recognize that i'm actually there receiver them. >> anthony scaramucci will travel with the president this week. president heading to west virginia for the national boy scout. heather: well that brings us to look at who is talking,

the shooting. senator john mccain's treatment for brain cancer could keep him out of washington for weeks. maybe even months. likely without objection, congress has a long-standing tradition in which no one questions ailing lawmakers taking time to recover. taking up to a year or more to recover. now back to hannity for all your headlines, log on to foxnews.com for it have a great friday. >> sean: from what i understand, the reports are that the president did not want you to go. tell us what happened. >> he did not. he has been generous throughout the process. he wanted to bring new folks and to rev up the communications process, and my decision was to recommend to the president that i give antony and sarah a clean slate to start from. so that they could talk about the president's agenda and help move it forward. and he after some back and forth understood that the offer that i was making was something that was in the best interest of this administration. i thanked him for the opportunity. and i'm looking forward to watching anthony and sarah do a tremendous job. >> sean: welcome ba

mccain both about that, the foreign trip but also about the troubles here at home. they're not going to go away. abby: that's going to be a great show, chris. chris: thanks, guys. clayton: ed henry and newt gringrich all here life. pete: plus big moment for protecting the president, dan who led trips like this before, will be life next. clayton: a take on his sword dance. [laughter] that keep you warm inside. marie callender's. it's time to savor. how if guests book direct ater, choicehotels.com and stay twice they'll get a $50 gift card? summertime. badda book. badda boom. got you a shirt! ...i kept the receipt... book now at choicehotels.com to f...nerve pain shoots and burns its way into your day... ...i hear you. when that pain makes simple errands simply unbearable... ...i hear you. i hear you because my dad struggled with this pain. make sure your doctor hears you too. so folks, don't wait. step on up. and talk to your doctor. because you have places to go... ...and people who can't wait for you to get there. if you have diabetes and burning, shooting pain in your feet or hands

liberty. steve: john mccain catching heat or on this comment for trump's war with the press. >> first thing the dictators do is shut down the press. we need to learn the lessons of history. steve: trump, dictators, same paragraph? steve: lee carter put the week's most controversial sound bites to the dial test and your grades are in. brian: brand new video of harrison ford's disaster on runway at lax ♪ so put me on a highway ♪ and show me a sign ♪ and take it ♪ to the limit limit one more te ♪ widespread pain drained my energy. my doctor said moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. she also prescribed lyrica. fibromyalgia is thought to be the result of overactive nerves. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. for some, lyrica can significantly relieve fibromyalgia pain and improve function, so i feel better. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. or swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fe

mccain could go. time for him. brian: he has five more years he just got re-election. is he not going anywhere. ainsley: sexual he is ca escapa. rivalry. watergate leaks and clinton. >> senator kennedy went into the river with mary jo. the story gets deeper and deeper. we did some investigation. it turns out according to him he waited on the bank for a long time trying to figure out what he was going to do worrying about his career, the senator. and mary jo was alive in that car for hours. by that choice, by worrying about his own career, his own self-interests, mary jo died. steve: it's not just current time it's historical. >> take you from the beginning all the way up. ainsley: congratulations, we are proud of you. the swamp. brian: see you on radio in an hour -- a couple hours. 12 minutes after the hour. steve: coming up, the left seems to be dodging the fbi investigation into bernie sanders wife which eric was just talking about just like bernie was dodging fox news yesterday. >> where are you from? >> fox news. >> cbs is reporting on this, politico is reporting on this. do you s

about $54 billion in additional money for our military. senator john mccain said that is not enough. what's your reaction? >> we are going to spend a lot more money on military. we really have to. we have though choice. a lot of people think it's a tremendous amount of money. it could be actually $30 billion more than that. we are going to upgrade our military very substantially. remember this i also am going to get involved in negotiating. we have many planes and boats and ships that we're spending too much money individually on. we are going to get involved in negotiating. we are going to be able to get, i think, a lot more product for our buck. and i'm going to be very, very serious about it. we saved 700 million plus on an f-35 after i got involved. and i have to tell you lockheed was terrific. but we saved a lot of money on airplanes and that number is going to increase very substantially as we keep going. we will be having the greatest military that we ever had by the time i finish. brian: mr. president, you will have the biggest -- if tradition means anything and i know sever

where they can't exactly see how they're going to get back, particularly with senator mccain being out. that's a crucial vote for this. they plan to spend the next couple of days trying to see if repeal and replace could get the votes, if repeal only could get the votes. republicans mixed the messages, the constant shifting from the president, sometimes within the same day, is hugely unhelpful because republicans also want to move forward. they want to put a bill on his desk and have that bill signed, but it's really unclear day-to-day what bill the president actually wants to sign. chris: we asked you for questions for the panel, and f.d. tweeted this: could donald trump have done more to dig into health care legislative process? was there a lack of presidential effort involvement? congressman chaffetz, you know, i looked into this. the president has not made, since he took office, a single major speech that was really devoted to repeal and replace. and say what you will about obamacare, and i know you've got a lot ofs with it, but -- lot of problems with us, but president obama barns

prosecutor. brian: as is justin amore and senator bush and senator mccain and some republicans are also doing that i think it would have been good for the president to work the phones because he is the best at that. listen, this is my school of thought. this is what i'm looking to do. we all know the russia investigation is going nowhere. how do i get this done with the least amount of ancillary dang. ainsley: here is the bottom line. he is the boss. and he gets to decide who works for him. someone who works for him who is not supportive of him he gets rid of them. he has the ability to do that. brian: of course. and there is no corruption involved. the timing of doing it to get more republicans on the same page so they know what's going on someone like susan collins was able to speak coherently about it other republicans are being pulled over in diners and restaurants asked to comment. that to me is a problem. ainsley: you ask the intelligence community a lot of them are upset for being so public and having press conferences and ring so much information. steve: given the fact ther

. >> we hope john mccain gets better very soon. he is a crusty voice in washington. plus we need his vote. >> this is an epic fail. >> i opposed jeff sessions, but let's be clear. recusing himself is simply following the law. >> it's been a difficult situation, maybe not as bad as jfk. >> john roberts was bored today, he's headed out. >> i spent a conflict free life. >> is a possible there was a civilization on mars thousands of years ago? >> i would say that is extremely unlikely. >> james: it's not inconceivable, those folks would have the answer to that question. all the same, we will just keep an open mind about that question. that's going to do it for "special report." i am sitting in for bret baier, thank you so much. "the story" hosted by martha maccallum is next. stick around for 4:10 p.m., where sean hannity will have an interview with sean spicer and reince >> sean: tonight. >> i would like to read a statement from the president on the resignation of sean spicer. >> sean: change comes to the white house. press secretary sean spicer resigned. >> he is a true american patriot

story, the senate passing the bill down party lines 51-48. all democrats against it. john mccain absent, mike pence presiding over it. at times very passionate. here is senator curtis. >> let my ask my democratic friends are you prepared to look in the eyes of a kid with disability and explain why you said you are cut out, you're standing up, raising that objection, 100-0. all of us should agree on that. >> reporter: democrats slammed it, here's minority leader chuck schumer. >> republican tax bill is like pouring gasoline on a raging fire. the republican propagandists collect passage a political victory, a year from now republicans will be running away from this bill in shame. >> mitch mcconnell disagrees saying this means america is ready to soar. >> after eight years of slow growth and underperformance america is ready to take off. stock market is up, optimism is high. america is ready to start performing as it should have a number of years. >> reporter: the senate made changes to fit their budget rules, therefore the house will have to vote again around noon on this modified version

john mccain doesn't see it that way and here is why. >> i don't like it. i just don't -- i know that some administration officials are saying well, that's standard procedure. i don't think it's standard procedure prior to the inauguration of the united states by someone who is not in an appointed position. >> democratic congressman adam schiff is calling for kushner's security clearance to be reviewed. he also wants him to testify before the house intelligence committee and kushner is reportedly eager to do so and share his side of the story with congress. brian, ainsley, pete? ainsley: all right. thank you, kristin. brian: there was contact. the russians did want back channel contact and that's why he responded hey meet you in the embassy. let's make private phone calls from there before my father-in-law gets in office. ainsley: everyone is so upset about this. lit the investigation go on. if you have questions about what really happened, ask jared, hear from jared, and then we will discuss it. but the mainstream media is making this such a big deal, we don't even know the details.

will be doing with the same thing. so the president's rhetoric, i was surprised to see senator mccain, senator feinstein as well as senator cardin all coming out and saying the president is way off base with this. lieutenant colonel oliver north weighed in and this is a tremendous challenge. he didn't have a problem with it. >> >> the threats posed by pyongyang are far more serious than what kennedy faced in the cuban missile crisis. because the soviets wanted to survive the experience. that's why mutually assured destruction worked. the obama administration's maligned neglect of the north korean iranian connection in building nuclear weapons and the means of delivering them has allowed kim jong un, rural of one of the poorest nations on earth to rapidly acquire the means of striking the u.s. that's why he is talking the way he is. ainsley: okay. steve: is he talking in the kind of language that mr. kim himself uses. so was he bluffing or is it our intent? it was very clear so far that the administration has, as we have heard many times, all of the options on the table. ainsley: you k

doing their jobs. >> bret: a couple more things, quickly. senator mccain and a few others are calling for a special prosecutor prayed obviously democrats are in lockstep. why is that not a good idea? stick i don't think it's a good idea. we have three investigations going on right now. how's investigation by our intelligence committee which is the appropriate committee to do that, i believe. and we have a senate intelligence committee. you just played richard burr. and have the fbi investigating all things russia. i don't think that's a good idea. i think the intelligence committee is the one that should do it. the methods and sources of our intelligence gathering are also at play here. we have to be sensitive so we don't compromise any informatio information. i really do believe these three investigations of the way to go. let's get them done. let's go where the facts lead, and i do think that director comey was compromised clearly his superiors at the justice department felt that way and the president made a presidential decision. >> bret: how it happened. are you okay with all of t

to cut through red tape and increase trust. he has a long way to go, i spoke with john mccain who passed a choice act back in 2014 for thi this. senator mccain told me today it is a national shame that these problems are still going on. >> tucker: tough place to run, thanks a lot for that. a little-known bureaucratic change from the department of agriculture could imperil thousands of lab animals including many dogs, will talk to someone who's sounding the alarm on that and not a minute too soon, stay tuned >> tucker: the u.s. department of agriculture has for some reason stopped publicly providing a large amount of animal welfare information on this web site. lab inspection reports had been removed, the department is saying they raised privacy concerns. it might sounds like a minor bureaucratic shuffle but animal welfare advocates say thousands of dogs and cats used in animal testing could needlessly die as a result of this. kevin chase is vice president of an animal welfare group he joined us in the studio yesterday along with his beagle, called george. watch. thanks for joining

was john mccain. he has been feeling ornery all year. these are all achievements. they are undeniable. they are mostly presidential achievements. the fact is that the congress has been a complete bust. and that i think is a huge disappointment. here they are, they have been saying for seven years give us control, give us the signature in the white house. we will do great things. and on the great things they did nothing. the obamacare repeal was an epic fail. they had seven years to work it out. and for some of the senators it was a matter of bad faith. when they had a vote to repeal, knowing that obama wouldn't sign, they voted to repeal. when they had the same vote to repeal, knowing that president trump would sign, they voted the other way. that, i think, is going to be a big mill stone around the neck of the congress for a very long time. >> bret: i want to put up two graphics. one is the dow. we just talked about today's dow industrial average. you see the record highs. we have hit nine of them in recent weeks. and then the president's job approval, according to real cl

mccain as out, he didn't like there was regular order so i don't think there's anything you can do to get him in. that's two more senators say no, republican senators, this bill is dead. to help try to get susan collins, if you move in that direction, provide more medicaid funding, you will ensure that rand paul, perhaps ted cruz and mike lee are out and you go the other way, try to make it conservative and cut it more, you will make sure murkowski and collins are out so whoever you try to appease, you will force other people who are either more liberal or more conservative out, so i don't see how you appease everybody here who needs to be appeased in order to get those 51 votes. arthel: one half of graham cassidy was on abc this week talking about this very issue. let's take a listen and we will talk about it. >> we're moving forward and see what happens next week. i'm very excited about it. we finally found an alternative to obama care that makes sense, take the money out of washington and let states design systems, if you keep replicating obama care even at the state level, you wil

some concerns. have a bunch of senators, johnson, susan collins, murkowski, john mccain, jeff flake. they are very skeptical of what they see. but we are at the beginning the process. leadership think they can be one over. >> heard nancy pelosi and my conversation with secretary steve mnuchin that is a giveaway for corporations and the wealthy. distantly enough impose or been taken so far we can question how much people know about the details of the bill. not very popular. >> no, i think is more than 50 percent so the majority of americans disapprove of the republican tax cuts right now. people want tax reform. i think they want a simpler system, they want to do with with some loopholes and deductions that allow specialty corporations and the rich to benefit. people want a simple system. now we've gone as a republican 20s that we have to do is on a fast track. they do not want to much criticism, it's very important to have a legislative accomplishment. i think you at the point where republicans are saying hold your nose, we will see what comes out of the senate. the president has be

this verdict could give the president new impetos on the new agenda. and john mccain said he will support the tax cuts. he sunk repeal and replace obamacare. his support makes it likely the president will get a victory on that as early as tomorrow. the president has been touting a stock market on fire. the dow seeing it's 63rd record close and could go higher. the corporate tax rate will be dropping from 35% to 20%. the personal side, there's been claims that this helps very few people. the joint committee on taxation put out a new report saying 60% of u.s. households will get a tax cut. 8% will pay more. democrats jumped on that same study. the committee saying that the economic impact will not be very strong and that this will strongly increase the deficit. republicans pushing back on that today saying that they're undercounting the impact on the economy. that will be hashed out tomorrow with a likely final vote on friday. the bottom line, the other big story tonight, reports out of north korea that the north koreans may be willing to negotiate about its nuclear weapons program.

health care in john mccain. this economic plan sounds a lot like what reagan did and that created 20 million new jobs and revenue doubled. it's important for your agenda. how do you get this through the senate, which does not have a good record? >> sean: this will be a bigger tax cut than the reagan tax cuts. it will create even more incentive. media is bad. they are really dishonest people. very, very dishonest people in many cases. not all. i know some reporters and journalists that are phenomenal people. but there's such dishonesty. it's interesting, if i was just watching television, you don't know whether or not -- you're just watching a report. you know if it's good or bad they always try to make it negative. i call it fake media. it is fake. so much fake news. >> sean: do you agree with that? fake news? >> president trump: i only say it, when people read things, they can understand that so much of it is indeed fake. there are a lot of good people. don't forget, for health care we had 48 votes. 49 votes. we had a lot of great republicans. we need more republican senators to be

mccain killing the gop promise to repeal and replace obamacare. but in the climate of less regulations and prospect of higher interests rates mega deals littered the landscape. broad come targeting quaul com. cvs trying to acquire aetna and at&t fighting the government trying to own time warner. the good and bad of technology was on display. artificial intelligence and robotics taking major leaps forward. hackers making their mark, too. a huge breach of the very power equifax was supposed to protect. 150 million americans data stolen prompting national outrage from congressional investigation. all in all a great year for technology as well. amazon and google, apple marking the 10th anniversary of the iphone. they have sold more than 1 1/4 billion iphones in the last decade. then there was a scandal decades in the making rocking nearly every industry in america, sexual harassment from the slew of high profile people to major media figures like matt lauer, bill o'rielly and charlie rose and boy's club culture in silicon valley taking down several executives. powerful men losing positions

going against john mccain he is a war hero. it doesn't matter what you did. that doesn't diminish what you did in the 60's, congressman lewis. what you are doing now has nothing though do with what you did then. it doesn't make you immune for people to say it's inappropriate for you to stab an election that the president of the united states says was legitimate. chief of staff says legitimate. that the new york daily news who hates donald trump put a picture of him as a clown, they say you are even wrong to sit out. it hurts the country for you to stand down. ainsley: listen, i don't think middle america really cares because they call them the swamp. the washington swamp. that's why they voted for donald trump to get those folks out, to get the people that have been in washington forever, making the same decisions and using taxpayer money the wrong way, they don't care if those congressman men and women don't come to the inauguration. they are excited about having him as their president. brian: most are in districts where they are not worried about their seat. the ones that are wo

. >> kimberly: >> james: i want td from senator john mccain, republican from arizona. he spoke on friday about the dismissal of general flynn. >> the flynn issue obviously is something that is -- shows that in many respects this administration is in disarray and they've got a lot of work to do. >> james: you work there. is the administration in disarray? >> not at all. i come in every morning and open the newspapers and read these peculiar stories. 8 out of 10 of them have no resemblance to anything that's going on in the white house. very strange when you read a story about an event where you are in the room the day before when the issue was discussed having representation of mainstream media bears absolutely no resemblance to the reality. as the president said, a finely tuned machine. >> james: in your book which you published last year, which was excellent. you called for their creation of some sort of overarching document that all branches -- the executive branch anyway should be leasing our approach to jihad on. you likened it to a cold war document. in your duties, are you i

involving the uss john mccain and uss fitzgerald. just yesterday the navy relieved two more cop commanders in connection with the crashes. well, this proves that no one is above the law. not even alligators. watch. >> you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. you have the right -- jillian: police in lakeland, florida arresting the gator and reading miranda rights. the homeowner called the cops after finding it wandering around their yard. what would you think about that if you were to find something like that. brian: i would take it on. i have a history of that. i'm very successful. at the villages i saved the whole villages. steve: brian, the gator was that big. brian: big gator but mouth was shut. steve: all right. thank you. ainsley: jump just sat down with dr. oz to tell him something she has never told anyone about her past. coming up. brian: nancy pelosi shut down by dreamers she and her fellow democrats are trying to protect. >> do you want an answer or do you just want to shout? [shouting] brian: i guess they don't w

cap. >> fox news alert, uss john mccain, a guided missile destroy erin volv -- involved in a vessel. the uss mccain was on a rouen routine port visit in singapore, it did sustain damage to left rear side, no word of any injuries, at this point, search and rescue efforts are underway. >> president trump arriving. ahead of first formal address as president of united states trump scheduled to announce his strategy for war in afghanistan tomorrow night. the president has been considering plain to send additional troops to help fight america's longest war, that speech is schedule for 9 p.m. monday night. now we'll send you back to "watters' world." the violence ie last week. i'm kelly wright. jesse: dismantling america's history. president trump said this on the heels of the charlottesville attack which began over the removal of a robert e. lee statue. >> this week it's robert e. lee, i in the stonewall jackson is coming down. i wonder, is it washington next week and thomas jefferson the next week after that? >> water world believes are a part of nation's history can serve as relics to r

proceed or are you going to say you know what? i know john mccain is coming back but i don't care, i don't want him to have to debate. that's what it all comes down to. ed: the grit that john mccain is showing days after brain cancer to come back and say this is big enough issue for my party and my country we need to have this debate for other republicans to say eh, i don't want to move forward on the debate. that's going to be very interesting. ainsley: republicans can onlyless two voters. senator collins and senator paul probably not going to repeal and replace this will. they have made that clear. ed: senator paul said he might vote yes on this motion to proceed to get to the debate as long as it is just repeal only later not replace. ainsley: today is only the vote to determine whether or not they will take up the repeal and replace issue. steve: today all they are voting on should we talk about it in public because there are a bunch of you senators who do not want to be officially on the record. that's what it comes to. ed: they love to talk both parties they might as well vo

senator john mccain who wants to know how a couple of weeks ago and what's been called an ambush on american forces over there, what's the operation that was going on the left americans dead in a military operation? now just a short little while ago, the secretary of defense mattis says he is going to meet wi john mccain. can you tell me what's going on with the fact finding and what we know and don't know? >> he's meeting with him this afternoon as a matter of fact. i'm going to see the senator after i'm talking to you. here is what the issue is. what's happening in northern africa is radical islam is spreading like wildfire throughout northern africa. we saw what happened in libya, radical islam has certainly spread there. we've got isis and al qaeda affiliates on the move in africa. our strategy started with the obama administration to partner with indigenous forces, bring special fortresses for forces d some drone strikes and other means to push back on the spread of radical islam. i think what we need here now, given the administration and i have some empathy for them, preoccup

mccain in arizona was asked today, should we do this? and what happens if it leads to a wider war with russia? i'm quoting him precisely. he said i don't give a damn if we get into war with russia, we will win, we are the superior military power. do you think that's a wise course to invite war with russia over the spirit of >> with all due respect to senator mccain's been around a lot longer that i have, we'd lead to the world is watching us right now, i think we can lead to end bring russia with us to try to figure out a solution for the problem that is in syria. i think we could beat russia in a war but is it in our best interests? know it's not. i don't think it's in our best interests i don't think it's in the world's best interest for that to happen. with all due respect to senator mccain, i disagree with him. >> tucker: that seems deranged, do you think that's a widespread view and a senates to have a war with russia? >> i don't think that's a widespread view. >> tucker: before launching any such strikes the u.s. government would coordinate those with russia given that there are

faulkner, here today with sandra smith, meghan mccain, marie harf and today's #oneluckyguy, he's on fox business, host of forbes is david ashman. >> david: the last time we were here was the day general flynn was fired. >> harris: is that true? if you're in washington and you see these two together, watch out. welcome. let's get to the news. the white house dealing with red-hot accusations. "the new york times" reporting that former director comey wrote a memo saying that president trump had asked him to ease up on flynn. the white house says the president has never asked comey to end an investigational including any investigation involving general flynn. this is not an actual portrayal. earlier, speaker of the house said politics may be at play here. watch. >> we have an allegation to carry out our oversight regardless of which parties and the white house. that means we get all the pertinent information. at the house overnight site reforms committee requested this memo, and i'm sure will going to want to hear from mr. comey as to why, if this happened as he allegedly describes, why

mccain has some very pointed questions today on the issues, the worst-case scenario. how bad this can get. he spoke specifically around going from extrapolating the info to manipulating it. how concerned are you around that escalation? >> very concerned. i have said from the beginning that these russia issues ought to be investigated. i think it needs to be a more broad investigation, not just the trump team. the effort the russians have had to try to manipulate or steer elections has gone on for quite a while. i think you need to look at the commercial ties with carter page and the commercial ties of people around hillary clinton when she was secretary of state who had commercial deals with the russians. >> let's be clear. it's the people around trumbo had the connections to the russians. >> no. >> flynn talked to them, lied about it. he was in the situation room in talking with vladimir putin and the prime minister of japan, abe. the trump administration did nothing about it. >> kat: reports that russia is doing this to other countries as well. it shouldn't be whether to take down t

in 2009, 2008 when he intimated that the mccain campaign reminded him of george wallace. he has a right to say anything he wants but he should be cognizant of the moral weight he carries. to call trump illegitimate because of the russian hacking, that's a rather thin read. there are a lot of ways to question the legitimacy of an election. the supreme court stepping in. on the russian hacking, looks like he was looking for an excuse. on the other hand, trump should have restrained himself. he's not a man who turns the other cheek. it was not a time to attack john lewis personally for the troubles in african-american communities. together it creates a dynamic that undermines the majesty of what is supposed to happen on inauguration day. he went to the end of your point, the president-elect meeting with martin luther king iii at trump tower today. >> in the heat of emotion, a lot of things get set on both sides. my father would be very concerned about the fact that there are 50 million or 60 million people living in poverty. in america, with a multitrillion dollar economy, it is insa

bill in may. >> sean: how frustrating was it for you to see john mccain. who promised 100 times to repeao and replace, because i'm frustrated. >> we are the ones who passed it. and to see had not asked -- >> sean: it wasn't easy. >> but it is extremely frustrating. the point i'm trying to get at,h sean.ng there are still things we can get done even with the rules they have over there. you know what the congressional review act is in you can rescind obama regulations. we've done 14-in-law this year alone because they can't filibuster that. the tax reform bill we'll do it in such a way they can't filibuster that and we can limit the debate on it to get it done. we're working with the world we have in front of us, to get around this crazy filibuster rule and get these things done and that's the plan we have. i believe if americans see thei congress giving them a postcard tax form, giving a middle class tax break, getting rid of the special interest loopholes to make it more fair and lowering taxes on businesses to bring jobs back from overseas and make it easier for businesses to crea

paul ryan had high unfavorable ratings. john mccain is seen as favorable by majority of respondents to the poll. i feel like this is in some way president trump doing well what got him elected in the first place and that is expressing his utter disgust and disdain with the way washington operates in the establishment g.o.p. >> david: smart political strategy. any president who goes to the american people, that reaches past congress, reagan did it very well. the people elected you and they're going to support you regardless of party. he is running against failure and lindsey graham, it's interesting to hear him speak because there is a little bit of heat and his own backyard from people who are saying we're sick of you not supporting, not representing the people of carolina. mitch mcconnell, he is at 18% in his home state of kentucky and he is the majority leader in the senate. these people have been feeling the american people. the american people want action on tax reform and they've got a small window to get it done. >> dagen: donald trump was a giant brass bowling ball. he just r

mccain. who spent several year as a prisoner of war being torture. i think he is probably that must authority on utmost authority on this. not only in congress, but in our country. i know some guy don't like their heroes who were captured, but he has such amazing personal perspective on this. he said torture is wrong. it's not something we should do. we are better than that. and i know the president say that jihadist goes waupun people's heads off into awful things to people. but there are bunch of people in syria right now crossing monkey bars and wearing the same undies for several months of a time in the not saying oh they're gonna torture now. i'm get a reach into my entire personal philosophy. >> him to go to larry could i know he will agree with me. kennedy said something that we hear a lot, were better than that. >> i'm not. >> i am not a better person. >> but there's a difference between being personally against and having the state torture people on our behalf. that is wrong. >> i honor senator mccain. he is a patriot. i. i don't think he has a nonbiased position. he was un

day after senator mccain threatened to subpoena pentagon staffers for details on the attack, the defense secretary himself heading for a capitol sit-down with the senator. loretta lynch is also at the capitol to talk about russian meddling. our catherine herridge caught up with her to ask some questions. >> can you raise any of the issues with director comey's questioning with the senate intelligence committee? that's ahead in this hour of "shepard smith reporting." i'm trace gallagher in for shep. the white house defending its response to the four americans killed in niger earlier this month saying it too wants answers. >> the department of defense is initiated a review, which occurs any time there's an american killed in action. we're going through that process. the president, the department of defense and frankly the entire country and government want to know exactly what happened. and the president and the nation are grateful for those four american heros. we won't rest until we get some answers. that's part of the process. that's what we'll do. when the time is appropriate,

backed his actions in syria. also john mccain outspoken critic of president trump called president trump's actions required. so what president trump has done here is sort of build a consensus across party lines while doing something that benefits the whole world. weapons of mass destruction are used against innocent civilians, this is a global crisis. and president trump's response says to the world, listen, if you're going to behave like this. there are consequences. so don't do it. so this is really a good moment for washington. abby: and reason why we have seen bipartisan support which i do have a question on. you mentioned that president trump warned russia about 30 minutes before. he had not done that wouldn't democrats be out saying that he would be causing world war iii, that he did not communicate with the russians at all? >> i wouldn't have. because we know that russia engaged in our elections as dick cheney said a couple weeks ago the fact that the russians did engage four elections is an act of war. i don't think we have to warn the russians at all. the fact that he gave

schumer and pelosi and people who never had a good thing to say, you have got mccain and lindsey. what do you think in terms of your perspective very quickly? the right thing to do? >> you said the nail on the head. the mainstream of the republican and democratic party support this. this should have happened a long time ago. assad has been acting with impunity for long six years. i have a view it will change the dynamic in syria. assad knows he has to answer for his crimes against humanity. the missile strikes were a measured response. the type of aircraft that were being used to do the chemical weapons strike on the syrians in syria. this is a win for trump, the u.s., and for u.s. policy in the region. i have been writing since 2012 that we should have done it and i'm glad it happened. judge jeanine: if barack obama hadn't sat on his tail we wouldn't be looking at 500,000 dead. what do you say to anne coulter and nigel farage nationalism and not getting involved in other wars. >> their views are equally relevant. but the president has to make the decision how to best carry forward on

a lot of republicans, called the schumer-mccain bill. we have better production on the border than a wall would be. they haven't cemented it. the major basis of it is a wall. >> bret: you are not ruling out funding request on the border? >> if donald trump would look at the bill that senator mccain and i passed, he might agree with 98% of expert he should look at it. >> bret: senator bernie sanders in "new york times" magazine on the future of the democratic party was asked what the party currently stands for. here's what he said. >> you are asking a good question i can't give you a definitive answer. certainly there are some people in the democratic party want to maintain the status quo. they would rather go down with the titanic so long as they have first-class seats." here's a guy who won two dozen states in the election, primary peer he's a member of your senate leadership. and he can't say what your party stands for. >> i don't know when the quote came about. we are working together. he has supported our infrastructure bill. he was one of the sponsors. yesterday we put in a bi

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response to that and then go from something from john mccain, senator mccain. so i will start now with you guys. you know, it's interesting. where we stand right now, everybody is watching to see who will jump first. so am i. gentlemen, take it away. >> yeah, i'll just say when you have a foreign policy action where there's an imminent threat, when you have -- when you're dealing with the north korean regime that looks like it's on the verge of launching something, you'll expect your lawmakers, your senators will stand somewhat in unity behind the president of the united states whether or not they disagree with the strategy we got here. a clear mandate, voters elected donald trump president of the united states and commander-in-chief, specifically to make these types of tough decisions. you disagree over strategy as you mount up to this moment but we're here. the time for hug it out is over. donald trump decided to make a strong statement about it, one that was reinforced by rex tillerson and general mattis today. >> harris: adam? >> yeah, first of all, i don't think any republican or

employees were furloughed. tax returns were delayed. senator john mccain warned about the dangers presented by a shutdown and a continuing resolution which would let lawmakers keep spending at current levels. >> extremely concerned about it. also concerned about continuing resolution which would harm an already dangerously unprepared military. >> the majority leader says he doesn't want to renew funding at current levels. >> no desire for acr. >> asking a judge for new bond hearing. more than a month until the government runs out of money and face the shutdown. there's less than a dozen days. there's a two-week april recess on the way. if and when lawmakers can agree on spending levels, there's another fight coming this summe summer. >> shannon: were going to talk about that with the panel. thank you. now more on the head of the house intelligence committee under fire. walter jones is joining democrats calling for devin nunes to step away from an investigation into alleged ties between trump campaign officials and russia. nunes says he's not going anywhere. here is catherine herri

romney declaration that he was with the resistance? john mccain with the resistance, al gore with the resistance? no, they faded away because they lost. >> the democrats have left to come to terms with hillary clinton losing. they can't. there is a psychological break right now with reality on the democratic side as to why she lost. the fact of the matter is she didn't campaign in wink. she completely wrote off a large swath of the country. when her husband pointed out they need to go after these voters her campaign manager ignored him. brian: true. the fact is, too, she says it's very tough to be the third term after two terms in the same party. tell that george bush 41. i don't think that was that much of an issue. she had 240 electoral votes when she got theç nomination she wenjh backwards. >> right. this is the problem. how bad was hillary clinton she won the popular vote and lost the electoral college larger margin than anybody who won the popular vote and still lost. she got california but couldn't got a whole swath of people incapable of relating to. brian: worse things to h

of the armed services committee and the house and the senate mac thorn berry and john mccain are both dead kateed to getting rid of sequestration making sure money spent is spent well. it is a big bureaucracy. have you to make it actually works and not overspending. that's a donald trump specialty as well. let's spend more and spend it wisely which i think he has allies in the house and senate to do it. if he wants to make this a priority which i think he does i think they can get it done. steve: all right. pete hegseth joining us from the windy cities. thanks so much. >> you got it thank you. steve: president trump meeting with ceos from three major airlines. what they want him to stop doing. we're going to tell you about that plus, stop arguing and serve your husband. our next guest has advice she says will save your marriage, if it needs saving ♪ cut me free ♪ why don't you baby ♪ get out my life why don't you babe ♪ set me free why don't you babe ♪ z282sz zwtz y282sy ywty why pause a spontaneous moment? cialis for daily use treats ed and the urinary symptoms of bph.

interfered with the elections, you have john mccain saying it's april act of war and want the investigation going in congress before donald trump is sworn in which is important on a bipartisan level. this is about our national security and it's concerning. we're not at a wmd level at this point, but 17 agencies show us something, i think it's important at this point then could haunt obama going forward that this is one of the final things that he's doing when he's leaving office. >> that's exactly what some in the mainstream media are saying, including the rolling stone magazine. they said if the american security agencies did have a smoking gun evidence that the russians had a organized campaign to derail the u.s., but president obama expelling a few dozen diplomats after the elections, seems like an oddly, weak, ill timed response. >> it is. if anything, it shows the enepness of the president. obama's job is a smooth and orderly transition of power. it's up to donald trump as the incoming president to establish a relationship with russia and do whatever is in the best intere