student or team with the best interviewed the deadline is january 18, 2018. help us spread the word. for more information, visit our website. in this year's alabama senate race, incumbent with the strange faces a primary challenge from roy moore. president trump has endorsed senator strange in the race and spoke at a campaign rally in huntsville, alabama. this is an hour and a half. >> i have the great pleasure of introducing the man of the hour. he has served our nation and is doing a great job in the senate. let us keep them in that seat. let us give a welcome to senator big luther strange. ♪ senator strange: thank you, huntsville for being here. hold on just a second. are you ready to support our president tonight? thank you for being here. this is an exciting night. maybe the biggest political rally for a senator in our city's history. you're making this possible. thank you so much. [applause] senator strange: i am so honored that my friend, president trump, is taking the time to come to the great city of huntsville to campaign for me. [applause] senator strange: in my short t

our launch date! (scream) thank you! goodbye! let us help with money and know-how, so you can get business done. american express open. >>> morning glory, america, i'm hugh hewitt, monday through friday, you can hear me on the salem radio network and its affiliates across the united states from 6:00 to 9:00 a.m. now you can find me right here on msnbc on saturday morning, as well. today i bring to you my conversation with the director of the central intelligence agency, mike pompeo. this is his first interview with a news network since taking the job. i sat down with the former congressman, west point and harvard law graduate at cia headquarters in langley. i started by asking him about russia's meddling in last year's election and what the administration is doing to stop it from happening again. >> i can't talk about the details of the intelligence, but we have, the intelligence community, have said that this election was meddled with by the russians, in a way that is frankly not particularly original. they've been doing this for an awfully long time and we are decades into the r

for an end to racial divide. politicians offen use fear and victimization to maintain their own power. we'll follow up this story in the days ahead. the man himself, lou dobbs, keep it right here the on fox business. lou: the obama administration's efforts to subvert the trump presidency before it begins in testified on capitol hill. obama's highly political intelligence agencies all agree russia intervened in our election. but there is a problem. there was apparent no cyber attack at any level in our elections and the agencies agree not a single vote was altered. >> we have no evidence vote tallies were altered or manipulated in any way? >> that's correct. lou: president-elect trump taking aim at democrats who are refusing to take responsibility for the obamacare disaster that's theirs. he says the human were clowrns are to blame for the mess and it's time for the head clown to help fix it. a new car maker draws fire from the president-elect who warns toyota if it goes ahead with building a new plant in mexico, there will be a hefty border tax on toyota's brought to america. go

, c-span.org. announcer: join us tomorrow on "washington journal" as c-span'ss talk about 2017 presidential historian survey. that segment is live beginning at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. president trump spoke at a campaign style rally in melbourne florida. this is just under an hour. from new york to l.a.. there's pride in every american heart it's time we stand and say i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i'll gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today cause there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the usa i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i'll gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today cause there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the usa from minnesota to the hills of tennessee across the range of texas from sea to shining sea from detroit down to houston and new york to l.a. there's pride in every american heart and it's time we stand and say that i'm proud

has given us his total support. all about unification. we're unifying the party and hopefully we will be able to unify the country. it is very important to me. i've been talking about that for a long time but it is very, very important to me. so i want to thank paul singer for being here and for coming up to the office. he was very strong opponent and now he is a very strong ally. and i appreciate he that. i think i'll say a few word and then we will take some question he. we've been negotiating contracts to save money on contracts that were terrible including airplane contracts that were out of control and late and terrible. just absolutely catastrophic in terms of what was happening. and we've done some very good work pf we're proud of that. and right after that, you prepare yourselves and we will take some questiones. unless have you no questions, that's always a possibility. he i'm here to update the people on the incredible progress since my inauguration. i don't think there's ever been a president-elected who in this short period of time who has done what we've done. a new

and women of arizona for hosting us this evening. state -- your state is still bold, energy, generous, and a beautiful -- and beautiful. to visit you here is to remember that the spirit of the frontier lives in america. the west is one of the best examples of the american way, forging a new path, building strong communities that can brave the unknown, and bending together to tackle adversity. that is what americans do. that is what we have always done. that's why we are the can-do people. that's why we rose from nowhere to the pinnacle of the world faster than anyone in history. and that is what president trump believes in, too. and that is our path forward, not by abandoning the things that made america great, like a quality and our shared history and freedom of speech, but embracing them tightly and trusting them to show us the right path. every time our nation has encountered forces of bigotry and division from within or leftut, america has always those cancerous ideologies in the rearview window. and it is really through unity, dialogue, and constant striving for peace that we hav

i love the people of this state. it is special, and it carried us to a big, beautiful victory on november 8. [applause] i want to recognize some of our friends that have helped us so much. congressman scott parent, gt thompson, a couple of my originals, mike kelly, who i watched on television. he was great. where is mike kelly? where is he? boy, were you great on television this morning. and of course, one of our other originals, congressman tom marino. right? [applause] thank you, thank you. as you may know, there is another big gathering taking place tonight in washington, d.c. did you hear about it? [booing] a large group of hollywood actors -- [booing] -- and washington media -- [booing] -- our consoling each other in a hotel ballroom in the nation's capital right now. they are gathered together for the white house correspondents dinner without the president. [applause] and i could not possibly be more thrilled that to be more than 100 miles away from washington's swamp, spending my evening with all of you and with a much, much larger crowd and much better people. right? [app

with us today. i am here to say i'm pleased to see the fifth circuit in 1980 was done -- its splitting was done in less than a year, no ill effects and in fact passed both the house and senate by enthusia unanimous consent. i hope today to have the same result to whatever we propose. it's my pleasure to recognize the ranking member of the full committee, mr. conyers for his statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. members of the committee, today's hearing provides an important opportunity to exwhethe examine whether the ninth circuit court of appeals is adequately able to perform its duties as it is currently structu structured. the hearing takes on importance in the wake of decisions in the ninth circuit and elsewhere, overturning president trump's muslim refuge ban. instead of coming to terms with the legal flaws with his own executive order, president trump has chosen to attack the nirnt circuit which he has said is in chaos and frankly in turmoil. those are quotes. last night, after learning of the hawaii court's decision, again rejecting his ban, he said people are screaming to brea

verizon moving positive and oil moving in the opposite direction. the ce in chicago to tell us why and lori rothman is on the floor of the new york stock exchange. lori, it was up more than 170 points and in the morning it lost it, and then it came back. why? >> hi, david. happy new year. we did see some late-session buying today. that's for sure. quick answer to your question, the vix. volatility index falling about 6 or 7%, give or take, today. so that means investors are feeling more calm, more confident about what lies ahead. so safe to say that post election rally rolls on here into the new year. now, we do have a bunch of story stocks to run through for you here. let's start with xerox, shedding the weight, completed the separation of a business outsourcing company called conduit and also the benefactor of a bunch of endless upgrades today. so that's why you see xerox up about 20%. also fitbit, you can earn cash now by counting steps. how is this possible? the fitness bands are going to be integrated with united health care group. they're going to let you en monetary rewards

joins us with more. those numbers, especially as you get further down in additional years were greater than people had been anti titicipateanticip. >> you're right. this cbo worse than expected for republicans pushing the healthcare bill. there was reaction from the trump white house yesterday as well once the numbers came out. let me give you some headline findings here of what the cbo put out. they said in terms of the deficit, this bill will be good. they said the bill would cut the deficit by 3$337 billion over tn years. they also found that 24 million more people would be uninsured by 2026. that's a politically challenging number. average premiums will increase by 15% to 20% in the coming two years, though they'll decline by 10% overtime. there will be a sharp rate increase in the early years. for nancy pelosi and the democrats, that simply wasn't good enough. >> they're taking 24 million people, pushing them off their coverage. and as they do so, they are implementing the biggest transfer of wealth in our history. 6$600 billion. in terms of insurance coverage, it's immoral and in

a scandal himself. it just came out that as governor of indiana, pence used a private aol email account to discuss sensitive matters like homeland security. [ light laughter ] when she heard, hillary clinton was like -- [ aol voice ] good-bye! [ applause ] >> jimmy: in big tv news today, arnold schwarzenegger announced that he is quitting "celebrity apprentice" because the show has quote "too much baggage." [ light laughter ] when arnold stormed out of the room, producers said, "eh, he'll be back." [ laughter and applause ] he's already at the chopper. he went to the chopper. he got to the chopper. get to the chopper! [ light laughter ] guys, today the movie "the shack" arrived in theaters. it is a heartwarming story about a man invited to visit a a mysterious supernatural house in the woods. "the shack" looks pretty good. but, i did think it was weird that they had shaq, as in shaquille o'neal, do the voices for all the characters. >> steve: really? >> jimmy: i don't know, take a look at the trailer. ♪ >> this letter showed up at my mailbox, with no tracks in the snow. you kn

for that report. >> that does it for us on this thursday. "morning joe" starts right now. >> you had a big speech to the joint press on tuesday and great speech to party on tuesday. >>. then you start off with a tweet. >> it wasn't that tweet. >> you can't back up what you say. >> excuse me. i had a very successful joint session and got reviews even from people i would never think i would get rerougviews. that speech was hot about two or three hours after the speech was made because they came up with other things, having to do with other people that they shouldn't have been able to do and they shouldn't have done. i think that maybe i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for twitter because i get such a fake press, such a dishonest press. i have my own form of media. so, you know, if i tweet two or three or four off five times a day and if most of them are good, i really want them all to be good but if i make one mistake in a month -- now this one, i don't think will prove to be a mistake at all. >> president trump saying it's okay if he makes one mistake each month but his claim that presi

schwartzman. it's an hn nor to have the leaders that are gathered in the room here with us today. i know the president is on his way over, it's my great privilege this morning to share a few thoughts in the midst of this important conversation on the topics that you're covering before i introduce my friend and the 45th president of the united states. but let me say first and foremost, the companies represented in the partnership for new york city are all american success stories. you have our admiration. you have our appreciation. your business is -- businesses account for more than seven million jobs and you add over $1 trillion to our economy each and every year. what's more important is the people behind the numbers and the topics that you've covered today are all about creating more jobs and more opportunities for americans who are -- who are anxious to climb the ladder of success. in the organizations that you represent and in companies all across this country. so first and foremost, on behalf of the president and the whole team you've heard from this morning, distinguished members

administration would send thousands more troops to afghanistan. a source told us that decision could happen soon. plus, what happened in the 18 days, how long it was between the time former acting attorney general sally yates said she warned the white house about national security adviser mike flynn and when they fired him. three weeks after he killed himself in prison, former nfl star aaron hernandez is legally a free man. a massachusetts judge agreeing to erase his murder conviction. let's start where all the action is this hour in the nation's capital. chris jansing is on the north lawn of the white house. hans nichols at the pentagon and in d.c., a former u.s. ambassador to rusa and a nato deputy secretary general. a lot to talk to him about. chris, let's start with you. what's the latest from the white house on this possible troop deployment? >> we thought we might get an answer quickly because the president is going to that big meeting next week and the early word had been that he would make a decision by then. we heard from sean spicer there is no timeline. he asked for a comp

. clarence thomas, president trump. general kelly. who did you use tonight to out-book us? >> paul ryan. >> sean: i had him a couple of weeks ago. did you see the motive? >> laura: i have not seen the movie. me a screener. >> sean: i will give you the $15. i will give you the $100. >> laura: no i am take my kids. i am proud of you. >> sean: thanks for your hard work. take it from here. i want to go home. i am done. >> laura: see you later. i am laura ingraham. thanks for joining us tonight. pure evil. what was on display yesterday morning inside the first lady church in sutherland springs, texas, when a gunman killed 26 and wounded 20 during sunday's service. the victims ranged from 18 months old to 77 years old and included the pastor's 14 years old. the killer 26 devin kelley began shooting around 11:30 a.m. 30 minutes after the service began. kelley entered the sanctuary and gunned down his systems. many at point blank range. authorities collected of hundreds of shell casing and 15 magazines that held 30 rounds each. joining us now from sutherland springs, mike jordan, whose son

won was sort of trump before trump. >> well, he was -- look. trump was, to use his own terms, pissed before luther strange went down, before big luther went down like mike tyson in 1990. i think trump knew this was going to happen. my reporting a couple days ago showed he was angry on the plane and accusing luther strange of being low energy and asking people why it was that he did this. bob costa of the "washington post" had a good story talking about the people who sold trump on luther strange. jeff row, a former ted cruz staffer. very well regarded consultant. was luther strange's guy. getting closer to the white house. he's going to have a little bit of a problem and jared kushner, here we go again. jared kushner, we are told, also played a role along with steppian, the white house political director in selling this. that's going to be an interesting space to look at over the next couple of days who he blames. >> in fairness to all the people that glen just named, john, roy moore is a problematic horse to back in this race. >> totally. but the issue here is also that mitch mcconn

majority of its citizens something. that is all for our show this week. thank you for joining us. we'll see you next week. >>> i'm brian stelter. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "reliable sources," our weekly look at the story behind the story, about the media and how it really works and how the news gets made. breaking news right now. president trump calling out his own secretary of state. we'll get into that. plus the late nest in the nfl w players from the new orleans saints and the miami dolphins standing but some also kneeling at the game in lon on the this morning. we'll have the latest on nfl versus trump. there are also new developments on a number of other fronts including the russia investigations. new details in recent days about twitter and facebook and how those platforms were used by russian hackers trying to influence american voters. we'll dive sb that in detail with two special guests. >>> plus later, a look at pentagon media coverage. is the pentagon cracking down on access to the defense department? a former spokesman for

hope it leads us to a result that actually helps to do the things that we were elected to do. to give our constituents, the people we represent, the chance to have a better life, to give middle class families a little relief as they're facing this middle class squeeze. to help grow this economy, from the middle out, from the bottom up, from everywhere, to be able to give us the ability to say once again, that america is that shining example, that beacon of hope and opportunity for the rest of the world. that's what this is about and let's not blow this opportunity. let's get it done. let's get to the president's desk for his signatures before the end of this year, and let's make good on the commitments we've made to our constituents to help create a better economy and a better future. i field back. i yield back. >> those were remarks from earlier this week. today there will be nominations and senate will look at the president's pick for the labor relations board and awaiting action in epa nomination for assistant administrator of the air and radiation office. now to live coverage of t

don't speak for the rest of us on the right. heather: do you think that president obama should have done the same thing following the shooting that happened in charleston with dylann roof? >> i do. president obama had a constant conversation about race. i will say -- i wished president obama would call radical islam which he didn't do a lot of times. that was my criticism of the president. it's not only for just calling for everybody to feel good, it's so the enemy know that is we recognize who they are and we are going after them. heather: we have seen it building for a while now. >> exactly. heather: lawrence, thank you so much. thank you for joining us. i appreciate it. rob: 19 minutes after the hour, colin kaepernick is out of a job but the nfl can't get rid of the antiamerica trend that he started. we have more players now taking a knee during the country's national anthem. plus one of president trump's most outspoken critics, rumors are swirling that new york city's mayor not very unpopular here in new york, he's ready to run for president in 2020. and also back to school cris

duties. the juggling act that. >> kid gets 15 minutes of fame. fake news what the president has used to describe cnn. heather: that fame lasted a little bit longer. thanks for joining us. >> i don't want to telegraph what i'm doing or what i'm thinking. i'm not like other administrations. we will see what happens. >> i think it is likely that we will see a shootdown by the united states of the north korean. >> he is armed and should be considered dangerous. the search area is the entire nation. >> in arkansas, of the state supreme court has just halted the scheduled executions of two death row inmates. heather: polls open in georgia and all eyes on the special election to fill the seat left by tom price. >> democrats think they are going to pick it up. >> in japan in these challenging times, we are with you 100 percent. >> today, it was the surge that jeffrey made. he was the one who was dominant and he will win the boston marathon. ♪ i'm burning, i'm burning ♪ i'm burning for you ♪ i'm burning, i'm burning ♪ i'm burning for you ♪ steve: live from avenue of the americas on

economic adviser joins us live. >>> breaking the case? the new arrest that may help solve that murder mystery in indiana. two teens killed while hiking. investigators searching for the person behind this voice. >> down the hill. down the hill. >> how this man may be connected. >>> and incredible rescue. a woman trapped in her suv, surrounded by rushing flo floodwate floodwaters. how they pulled her through the window just in time. >>> that rescue was something else. we have a lot of news to get to. >> we have that tax plan, and continuing crisis in puerto rico, and the death overnight of hugh hefner. he wants to be remembered as someone who changed sexual values of america. >> he was also known for how he impacted our culture. abc's nick watt is outside hefner's mansion in beverly hills this morning. good morning, nick. >> reporter: good morning, michael. from the playboy mansion where hugh hefner lived, sometimes with seven girlfriends at the same time, where he threw those legendary parties and where he died. love him or loathe him, hugh hefner left a >> lots of people date l

one in a conversation the white house will not allow us to play the audio from, president trump says he, quote, really believes putin means it when he says he didn't meddling saying, quote, he says i didn't do that. i think he is very insulted by it. if you want to know the truth, don't forget, all he said is he never did that. he didn't do that. i think he's very insulted by it, which is not a good thing for our country, unquote. then he went on to suggest the assessment of the u.s. intelligence community was politically motivated. he says, quote, give me a break, they're political hacks. you have brennan, clapper and comey. comey's proven now to be a liar and he's proven to be a leaker, so you look at that and you have president putin, very strongly vehemently says he had nothing to do with that. here to respond directly to the president's comments are two of the former intelligence chiefs the president called out, former cia director john brennan and former director of intelligence general james clapper. i'll just start, what is your response, mr. brennan, to what president trump

appointee. you will have to use the special prosecutor statute and office. >> senator tom kontinof arkansas is a member of the select committee on intelligence and would be involved on any administration's ties to russia. he got an earful from arkansans who called for repealing and replacing obamacare. [ crowd chants "do your job" ] >>> quite a week for you, senator contin. >> great week. >> nothing wrong to be a part of democracy in action. >> any time you can get 2200 of your constituents is a good thing. >> are you concerned with the white house contact, in particular the fbi and the chairman of the senate intelligence committee since your committee announced its investigating all of these allegations of russian int interference in the election. >> let's step back. russia is not our friend. vladimir putin is kgb, has always been. they've been examining russia's attempt to undermine our interest around the world. we have said that we will undertake in a bipartisan fashion an inquiry into everything that russia tried to do in our election process last year. if that leads to potent

quiet humble man. and having these medals given back to us is great. >> the greatest generation they are. >> the greatest generation indeed. the bronze star medal and the infantry man badge were also lost, both were reissued to the family today. he died in 1975 of colon cancer. we thank him for his service. >> indeed we do. thank you very much. eric: a wonderful tribute. >>> the rising tensions in israel, that's been spreading now to neighboring jordan. what led to a deadly shooting at the israeli embassy in that nation. we will have the details. >>> as the russia investigation heats up with the closed door testimony starting tomorrow, our legal will talk about that, when we come back. what are all these different topped & loaded meals? it's an american favorite on top of an american favorite, alice. it's like abe lincoln on top of george washington. yonder. get your favorites on top of your favorites. only at applebee's. get ywhen you thinkon towhat comes to mind?. your next getaway? connecting with family and friends? a big night out? or maybe your everyday shopping. whatever it is

crime so far is leaks against us. fake news. i wonder if you can explain what the president means by that, complete power to pardon. does he believe he has the right to pardon himself? >> the president in that tweet, stated something rather unremarkable. and that is that under the constitution, article 2, section 2, the president has the authority to pardon. i want to be clear on this, george. we have not, and continue to not have conversations with the president of the united states regarding pardons. pardons have not been discussed. and pardons are not on the table. with regard to the issue of a president pardoning himself, there's a big academic discussion going on. an academic debate. you have professor tribe arguing one point. professor turley arguing another point. and while it makes for interesting academic discussions, let me tell you what the legal team is not doing. we're not researching the issue because the issue of pardons is not on the table. there's nothing to pardon from. >> as you know, "the washington post" reported that you were discussing it this week. i take it y

? do you think he could have said things differently? let us know your thoughts this morning friends@foxnews.com. we want to hear from you. steve: in philadelphia they are tawgd about taking down a statue frank rizzo mayor of philadelphia. jillian is over there nodding right now. he was also a police commissioner talking about removing a statue of frank rizzo because they say he was a bigot and racist as well. so we have got to get rid of it. >> jillian: if you remove history how do you teach future generations? abby: we actually have a lot of other news going on as well. a fox news alert. let's get to it. >> jillian: secretary of state rex tillerson says the united states still open with negotiations north korea over nuclear weapons program. >> we continue to be interested in finding a way to get to dialogue but that's up to him. >> jillian: that comes as north korean dictator kim jong un would hold off on a planned launch of missiles towards guam. on the heels of a state department report telling how the rogue regime tortures and executes people for worshiping anyone or anything ot

. welcome to "morning joe." with us columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" david ignatius. john heilemann, senior political editor for the "huffington post," sam stein, national political correspondent for "the washington post" karen tim mull tea along with willie geist and mike barnicle in new york. so much has happened even in the past 24 hours, former fbi director robert mueller immediately takes over the justice department's investigation of russian interference in the 2016 campaign. he is now in charge of prosecutors and fbi agents in multiple field offices. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein made the appointment yesterday. rosenstein is overseeing the doj jeff sessions recused himself. nbc news was told the white house office was informed about the appointment of the special counsel after the order was find. >> stop right there. david ignatius, a lot of people have liked to say since january 20th, there's a new sheriff in town. when the white house is notified after the special counsel -- >> there really is a new sheriff in town. >> there really is a new sheriff

spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> these are extremely serious charges the president is making. where is he getting this information? >> look, i think there have been quite a few reports. i know that jonathan and others earlier in the program mentioned that that it was all conservative media. that's not true. "the new york times" and bbc talked about the potential of this having happened. the bigger thing is, let's find out. if they're going to investigation russia ties, let's include this as part of it. that's what we're asking. >> was the principal source the breitbart story, which links to "the new york times." but "the new york times" doesn't say anything definitive. donald trump does. there's nothing equivocating about what he says. i just found out that obama had my wires tapped. that's not looking into something. he says it happened. >> look, i think the bigger thing is you guys are always telling us to take the media seriously. well, we are today. we're taking the reports that places like "the new york times," fox news, bbc, multi

we showed you this video would be crook who used a fake gun and knife. wrestled and even stabbed by a customer. the good samaritan used excessive force to stop the robbery. rob: only in america is that a lawsuit. "fox & friends" starts right now. we will see you later. >> president trump sounding hopeful over the republicans' latest plan to stop obamacare. >> i believe graham cassidy will do it the right way. tremendous support from republicans. >> when i see people trying to undo hard fought process for the 50th or 60th time. it is aggravating. >> do you think it's appropriate to talk about rocket man. >> it worked. every international community is referring to him as rocket man. >> all of these problems were given to us by barack obama. the idea of trying something different is actually, i think, a pretty smart idea. >> president trump has said he has made up his mind about the iran nuclear deal one day after calling it embarrassment. >> his view many people around him being in compliance means they get a nuclear weapon later. >> waking up in total darkness this morning after taki

us. >> i would like to keep her right where she is. our record is extraordinary against her. >> getting rid of nancy pelosi is like treating cancer with a band-aid. she is a symptom of the problem but not the problem. >> this morning our commander-in-chief set to accountability act people who work for the department of veterans affairs. >> i didn't tape. i don't have any tape. and i didn't tape. >> the president kept comey honest. >> one thing still comey was the leaker ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ other chariot. steve: how many times have you heard that song? the guy singing it will be our feeter performer today on the all-american concert series brought to you by keurig right there on the stage 48th and sixth avenue. if you are in new york city, not only will you hear him, you will actually have breakfast. ainsley: never too early in the morning for barbecue. >> breakfast? steve: this is a bonus i didn't know. ainsley: welcome. happy friday. ed: back from the white house? ainsley: yesterday i got to interview the president and melania, the first lady. we will have that interview co

distant second place finisher, the republican. karen will join us in minutes with her explanation of what happened there. president trump claiming, though, victory after this high profile race. he called it a win for himself and the gop somehow. a lot at stake on this day 90 of the president trump presidency. >> the president put a healthy amount of political capital into this election and republicans ended upside stepping what could have been a humiliating outcome in a solid republican district. democrats this morning hoping what happened last night is a window on next year's midterm elections. >> you all ready to flip the six? >> the closely watched special election for georgia's sixth district headed for a run off with both sides claiming victory. after 30-year-old political newcomer jon ossoff fell just short of an outright win. >> there is no doubt that this is already a victory for the ages. >> on june 20th, we keep the sixth district red and kick a little ossoff. >> he will face-off against karen in june for the seat held by the former press secretary. a preview of next year's mid-

evening for all of us and it meant a lot. only one candidate in the general election came to speak to you and that candidate is now the president of the united states. standing before you again. [applause] i have a feeling that in the next election, you will be swamped with candidate but not going to be wasting your time. you'll have plenty of those democrats coming over and you'll say no thank you, no ma'am, perhaps, it may be pocahontas. remember that. [laughter] and he is not being for the nra, that i can tell you. but you came through for me, and i am going to come through for you. [applause] i was proud to receive the nra's earliest endorse. -- endorsement in the history of the organization, and today i am also proud to be the first sitting president to address the nra leadership forum since our wonderful ronald reagan in 1983. [applause] and i want to thank each and every one of you. not only for your help electing true friends of the second amendment, but for everything you do to defend our flag and our freedom. with your activism, you helped safe guard the freedoms of our s

doubts. >> they will present us with either partial repeal or senate leadership plan which does not repeal obamacare but a pork fest full of all kinds of government programs and government spend spending. they are throwing everything and the kitchen sink. >> repeal and replace. i hope it's repeal and replace, you can't have a debate about either unless we get on the bill. we need a yes vote in 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 i

at c-span.org or on the free c-span radio app. >> they use senate is about to gavel in this tuesday morning. comment up at 11 eastern they will vote vote to limit debate on the nomination of knoll francisco to be solicitor general and if that is approved the confirmation vote wil withie scheduled for 12:15 p.m. vice president pence will be lunching with republican senators reportedly to talk about the latest republican health care plan authored by senator lindsey graham and bill cassidy. tomorrow senate lawmakers plan to do with the nomination of the national labor relations board and then they will adjourn for the rest of the week for a state work. the coverage of use senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, by whose providence our steps are ordered. you are our source of hope, joy, and peace. guide our lawmakers on the path of integrity so that they will honor you. inspire them to recommit themselves to the noble principles upon which our natio

us inside that briefing room. hallie, bring us up to speed. reset for us all of our viewers and listeners joining us, 1:00 here on the east coast, how did we get here? >> if you're just joining us on this slow news friday, let's sort of take a breath of where we are now. >> let me set the scene. know it's the briefing room. you know behind me at this podium in about an hour, sara huckabee sanders will be coming out and delivering a briefing. the room is already filling up here. there has been a crush of reporters standing in the doorway. that is the doorway that leads upstairs to where the press shop is, the communications shop. typically, with our passes we can walk up and down. at this point they have kind of kept everybody down here, at least for the moment. that is the scene right now. in the building we believe -- or at least at some point today, anthony scaramucci, the person expected to be named the next communications director for this white house. potentially in this building -- potentially now former press secretary sean spicer, who was here today. we have not seen him

>>> that's it for us. thanks for watch. time to hand things over to don lemon. "cnn tonight" starts right now. see you tomorrow. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news. open warfare in the white house. a vulgar war of words. apparently with at least tacit approval from the president, himself. this is the with twith the cnn " i'm don lemon. remember when what was shocking in washington is president obama wearing a tan suit, oh, my gosh, the president wore a tan suit. well, no, this is shocking. the president's new communications director's scorched earth attack on the chief of staff and language that's so terrible, so explicit i can't repeat most of it on tv which is probably good because there are no words. really no words. this is not politics as usual. this is a butte brutal campaign against anybody perceived to be the president's enemy, inside or outside the white house. exhibit "a," tomorrow's front page of the "new york post," as th trump, this president, knows a tabloid-worthy mess. meanwhile live on the senate floor, vote-a-rama main even. so-called skinny repeal of

an orphanage. >> rose: let me begin with charles nelson and tell us how early experiences shape the brain. >> as we've already talked about the basic architecture of the brain is laid down before birth by the genes the baby inherits from the mother and father. this architecture forms a blueprint for brain development that's fundamentally altered by experience. the issue for us is experiences are good. you can facilitate healthy brain development, but if they're bad they can facilitate unhealthy brain development. perhaps the worst thing you can do is deprive the brain of experiences it needs, particularly experiences that need to occur during what we call critical periods. these are sensitive periods in brain development where the brain is susceptible to input. without getting the experiences brain development is undermine. perhaps the most egregious examples are children experiencing profound neglect early in life and of those children who wind up growing up in institutions. our colleagues and i have demonstrated children abandoned at birth and placed in institution show dramatic c

minutes, house speaker paul ryan will join us live with his reaction to the congressional budget office reports. we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel, who joins us live from capitol hill tonight where lawmakers are getting their first look at these numbers. >> good evening. congressional budget office projects 14 million people would lose health care coverage next year with this republican health care proposal. by 2020 committed estimates 21 million fewer people would have coverage period that would grow to 24 million and the next decade. cbo predicts the g.o.p. plan would decrease the budget deficit over a ten-year period. a senior trump administration officials came up quickly to say they strenuously disagree with the coverage assessment. >> we believe the plan we are putting in place is going to insure more individuals than currently our insured. we think the cbo has it wrong. >> paul ryan has been bracing for bad projection because this republican package doesn't force people to buy insurance. >> the one thing i'm certain will happen is the cbo will sa

winfrey with her next book selection. the author joins us live. >>> your world in 90 seconds. >> it would be so great if the republicans and democrats could get together and wrap their heads around it. >> washington struggles to find common ground. >> i would like to delay this thing. >> senator johnson is right. there's no way on earth this bill should be passed this week. >> why does it have to be mean-spirited? >> president trump sobama said going to harm americans. >> it's mean. >> extremely dry weather is fueling a wave of dry weather in the west. >> you can see behind me the fire. >> crews are missing after a ferry sank in colombia. >> none of the passengers were wearing life vests. >> a terrifying scene at an amusement park in upstate new york, a girl dangs from a six flags ride. >>> a deadly oil tanker exploded in eastern pakistan. >> they tried to collect the leaking oil. >> terrifying moments on board a flight from australia to malaysia after it caused -- >> was great. >> that is phenomenal. >> that was a calculated move. >>> the irish weatherman getting a little more than

down a syrian fighter jet starting u.s. backed forces. now russia says it is going to target us. >> i think that's more bluster than anything else. >> fox news has learned that sean spicer the press secretary will be getting a new position at the white house. really is a reflection of the tornadic flow of information here. >> senate floor showdown overnight. democrats seizing control of the floor demanding republicans hold a hearing on the healthcare bill. >> leftist rage reaches now an all-time high. >> i'm just saying hunt republicans instead of democrats. >> you are rrnl balanced person. i have to say it's distressing that more democrats haven't disavowed you. ♪ ♪ ♪ hey, hey hey ♪ my heart is lethal ainsley: brian made them famous right here on the set of "fox & friends." brian: they owe it all to me. ainsley: florida georgia line. brian says they were here. played for first time here live. i was not anchoring. and because of you, they are famous. brian: ready to break up. i talked to them friday night at jones beach behind the scenes. you will see that next week. ain

show? senator bernie sanders will join us live. >>> and unfriendly skies. outrage as a united airlines passenger is violent by removed from a flight. what can congress do to protect passengers' rights and prevent this from happening again? >>> plus the best political minds will be here with what happens next. >>> happy easter everyone. i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is on the brink. north korea fired off a missile last night, it failed. u.s. authorities are still determining what kind of missile it was but defense officials tell cnn they do not believe it could have reached the u.s. the news came as quite a relief to u.s. officials after the north korean regime spent the weekend displaying its weapons with dictator toial pageantry and lauding itsiness for what it called all-out war with the u.s. but the pentagon remains wary and concerned what kim jong-un might do next. vice president mike pence arrives in south korea. our day in a bash is traveling with the vice president and cnn's will ripley inside north korea. let's go first to pyongyang, north korea. wi

fine line. listen closely to whether he will use the word islamic terrorism and pushed the region to do more. he finishes up to date with a tweet. that is president trump engaging directly with the people as he always has done. not just with the leaders there. he will talk to the people of the middle east. see any really successful trip from the president. pete: during his state of the union address and during his inauguration and use radical islamic terrorism for the first time. >> he has been consistent on that. clayton: it's interesting to watch the live stream media access over whether they will use those words. didn't care whether barack obama used it for eight years. his nuance. he doesn't use the word because he doesn't want to tick off our allies. nothing alike is he going to say it? maybe he will, maybe it won't. we know where his heart is on the issue. abby: think what will your today is a strong speech and how we'll go about defeating a face. not just like a lecture that a collaborative power we going to do this together because we cannot defeat a safe and terrorism withou

spend it all over. and we'll do it using american labor. american energy. american iron. aluminum and steel. [applause] we believe in the dignity of work and in the greatness of the american worker. no worker like an american worker. i want to thank secretary perdue, secretary sinnkey and administrator pruitt for joining us today and you saw what we did with our great administrator. you saw what happened last week with the so-called paris accord. we will -- we will keep our tion so strong and we will never have outside forces telling us what to do and how to do it, believe me. [applause] that would have been a huge anchor on our country. i'm also grateful that governor matt bevin, his wife glenna, and his family could be here along with lieutenant governor jeanine hampton from kentucky. great place. great place. where's janine? [applause] and lieutenant governor mary taylor from ohio. thank you, mary. thank you very much. we're also so very excited to be joined by top labor leaders in the united states. i've negotiated with these people for so long. they're tough. but they get the job

. >> in between the statute was used a dozen times. most famous ken starr probe of president clinton. president trump could veto a bill which would have to be overridden by two third of the house and senate. bill clinton signed a re-authorization of the original law in 1994 with several alleged scandals brewing. >>> we'll have plenty more on the dismissal of james comey. job openings are at a record high. is this good news or something going wrong in the american economy? pain used to shut me down during pick-up games. but with odor free blue-emu continuous pain relief spray, i can box out any muscle or joint pain immediately. blue-emu continuous pain relief spray, it works fast and you won't stink. (i've done every night isince i was a kid,hing empty my pocket change into this old jar. it's never much, just what's left after i break a dollar. and i never thought i could get quality life insurance with my spare change. neither did i. until i saw a commercial for the colonial penn program. imagine people our age getting life insurance at such an affordable rate. it's true. if you're 5

"justice with judge jeanine" right here on fox news. thanks for joining us, i had a lot of fun. have a great night. 7:00 p.m. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." we hope to be off the twitter beat by now. there is actual news happening in the world. but there was a development in the president's ongoing feud with a certain cable news outlet that we felt was revealing enough to bring you details tonight. remember that professional wrestling video the president weeded out the other day, the one with the cnn logo superimposed on the face of a billing? how could you forget that. we interrupt this broadcast force in breaking news, because cnn had its own crack investigative team working through the night to hunt down who made that seconds-long piece of tape because nothing is more important than that. what they found out, let them explain what happened next. >> posted an apology after cnn identified and tried to contact him. he apologized for some of his other posts that were racist and anti-semitic. cnn is not publishing the user's name because of

still possible that other surveillance activities were used against president trump and his associates. number three, who has leaked classified information? numerous current and former officials have leaked reportedly classified information in connection to these questions. we aim to determine who has leaked or facilitated leaks of classified information so that these individuals can be brought to justice. i hope that this committee's bipartisan investigation will result in a definitive report on the russian actions taken during the election campaign. to that end, we encourage anyone who has information about these topics to come forward and speak to the house intelligence committee. i again thank the witnesses for helping shed light on these issues and i will recognize ranking member schiff, he's asked for 15 minutes for his opening statement, so i will go ahead and give him 15 minutes for his opening statement. mr. schiff. >> mr. chairman, i thank you and i also want to thank director comey and admiral rogers for appearing before us today as we hold the first hearing. last

. schmidt, i know we're getting you on short notice. thank you for being with us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> first of all let me ask if i've nutted up this part of the story. >> you have it right. the thing we were excited about this this story that we have one of mr. comey's friends on the record, ben wittes talking about a lunch he had with comey in march where he described all the frustrations that he had, but comey thought he had actually gotten the white house to a place where they understood the lanes of the road and he's sitting there at the end of march they may understand what they can and cannot do. >> why is mr. wittis coming toward now? it's phenomenal and welcome to have a source put his or her name on reporting related to this story because so much is anonymous these days, even when it is active government public officials serving as the contacts for reporters. do we know what motivated mr. wittis to describe his conversations with mr. comey, and do we know if mr. comey green lit him to do this? >> so wittes is a friend of comey's. he would have lunch with him

both. that's the messy truth. to help us figure out what is really going on here, i want you to welcome to the stage the guy, actually, the first person in congress who got on the trump train, the president's best supporter, his best defender in congress, he's going to help us understand this whole thing, representative chris collins. give him a big round of applause on the stage. [ applause ] >> quite the intro. >> that's quite the intro. grab a seat. good to have you here. >> hi, everybody. >> give him a round of applause. [ applause ] >> thank you for being here on "the messy truth". >> glad to be we yo. >> been a crazy week. a lot of bad stuff has been going on but i'm very, very concerned about the poor folks, the vulnerable folks, the people who can't deal with these type of cuts. where is the populism? this is a complete conservative attack, isn't it? >> what we're looking at is president trump doing everything he promised on his campaign. we suffered through eight years of barack obama. our children and grandchildren today have $20 trillion of debt hanging over their bac

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. >> he also said that mr. trump would use executive actions from day one to help roll back obamacare, but mr. obama's press secretary warns that presidential power in this arena is limited. >> if we had conceived of a way for the president to use executive action to strengthen the affordable care act, then i assure you we would have done it. >> reporter: the blame game continues on twitter this morning president-elect donald trump in the midst of a series of tweegts about the issue saying democrats are doing the typical political thing and blaming republicans. the fact is, he says, that obamacare was a lie from the beginning. keep your doctor, keep your plan. charlie? >> nancy, thank you very much. john heilemann, managing editor of bloomberg politics is with us. welcome. >> happy birthday, sir. >> thank you. >> if only of us could be as hale hearty, successful, beautiful. >> there you go. >> nothing better than the sight of charlie rose on his birthday. >> this is the most important topic on the agenda today. happy birthday. >> thank you, sir. what do you make of this? the president