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Republicans last night the end of obamacare is finally in reach. Its time it get busy, get to work and to get the job done. That legislative effort begins with thursdays crucial vote and it really is a crucial for the Republican Party and for the people of our country. To repeal and replace the disaster known as obamacare. Shannon as the president deals with health care more concerns on russian connections. The Associated Press reporting Paul Manafort once had ties and theyre now responding to fox news. John roberts is on the front lawn of the white house with more. The former Campaign Manager had connections to the Russian Oligarch was no surprise. It was widely known the two had a business relationship between 2005 and 2009. Whats new in the Associated Press report is manafort was doing work to greatly benefit the russian government and vladamir putin and he wrote we are now with the belief this model can greatly benefit the putin government if employed at the correct level with the appropriate levels of success reporting the company was paid 10 million a year in consulting fees. According to Court Filings in the caymon islands we a statement. He said i worked with him almost a decade ago representing him in personal and Business Matters and my work for deripaska did not involved russian interests and some saying he wanted extend his work with manafort and the work was public and nothing secret. A senior white house official who worked for the Trump Campaign said the revelations are new to them. They didnt know about his previous work and had many discussions during the course of the campaign and afterwards about what manafort was doing during the campaign and the subject never came up which, eric, its kind of curious because in 2014 he took manafort to court seeking to get back some of the 26 million in an investment and the documents should have been easy to find by the white house if they were looking to vet an official. Complicated issues here. Meanwhile up on the hill tough words from the president on the Health Care Bill saying hell go after those who are wavering. What does he plan to do for the expected vote . Time is running out to pass the bill. Mark meadows head of the Freedom Caucus said he has 21 votes against it. That would leave the president with 216 which is just enough to pass it but there are other republicans who are saying, well, were not convinced yet either. The president went up there yesterday to capitol hill warning the House Republican congress they can lose control of congress in 2018 if they dont get it through and last night in a speak to the Republican Campaign committee saying you need to get this done. Heres the president. The house bill ends the obamacare nightmare and gives Health Care Decisions back to the states and back to the American People. These are the conservative solutions we campaigned on. And this is what the American People asked us to deliver. Theyre trying to find a way forward and meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus but ill take a wild guess and say the president unlikely to change any minds. Eric well cover it as we preview the vote. Shannon. Shannon some republicans still not sold on the Health Care Bill after prodding and jim jordan says he remains opposed because of what he says the plan doesnt do. Lets be honest, does the plan repeal obamacare, no, it doesnt. Does it bring down premiums . No, it doesnt and cbo said it didnt every Major Organization is against it and many in the house and senate are opposed. I think opposition among Freedom Caucus members are very strong. Shannon me now editor chris stirewalt. Good to see you. Good morning. Shannon sounds like more stick than carrot in that meeting yesterday. Well, look, the problem here is nobody likes the bill. The people who made the bill dont like it. Nobody likes it. The argument on behalf of the bill is pass it so we can do the other things we want to do. The president doesnt really talk about whats in the bill. He talks about i want to do tax reform and do my stimulus spending project. I want to do other things he wants to do later that are important that his backers care more about. This is treated as you have to eat your vegetables first. Unfortunately this is not the serving of vegetables most conservative members want to take up because theyre ready to do the hard thing and think this is a cop out. Shannon the president said if you dont vote for this you risk losing your in 2018 and others saying if we pass something not good we own it and they believe that can cost them 2018 as well. The problem for republicans they spent seven years talking about what was wrong with obamacare and did not develop consensus with which to replace it. They put this together with chewing gum and bailing wire and shoved it out and said shut up, shut up, we have to pass this or you cant have the other goodie. These conservatives have spent their lives fighting moderate republicans on this. This is who they are and their definitional struggle in their lives and hardly think at the end theyll go, well, otherwise we might lose. Remember, these are the people who shut down the government before when everybody told them theyd lose. If you think theyll be scared of that at the, no way. Shannon so congressman mark meadows with the Freedom Caucus said he doesnt care if his novote sends him home he viewed this job as temporary. Any chance the white house pulls it from the floor or lets it go thursday with uncertainty. That would be epically bad from the pr standpoint for the white house. If they yank this after the president said this is me, this is my agenda, you must pass this, i hereby command you thats better than going down to defeat. If you pull it back you say, fine, well redo. If they put it on the floor and it goes down is huge and if they say well try Something Else if they dont have the votes its an epic vote. Shannon with the game of chicken who veers off first, the conservatives or the white house . I think in the end what has to happen here is the conservatives have to be willing to pay the price. I think they are and in that case i think what youll see is the white house drive the car right off the edge of the cliff. Theyll have to see what happens here. Shannon all right. Chris stirewalt, thank you so much. You bet. Eric and overseas, north korea is at it again raising concerns over belligerent actions. They tried to launch another missile along the sea of japan and it failed and the missile blowing up within seconds as were awaiting secretary of state rex tiller son who has branded north korea as an imminent threat and set to hold a summit on isis and the democrats with 70 countries will be held for the strategy. We kristen is live at the state department with more. This will be the Trump Administrations first meeting of the Global Coalition to defight isis. While these meetings have been happening for some time. This one is a big deal because its the first time over two years because its the first time many will be meeting for the first time and theres a new administration in time and secretary of state, Rex Tillerson fresh off his trip to asia and he the host for the twoday conference. This will be the first time hes meeting most of these diplomats and the first time theyll have a chance to size him up in person. Hell be delivering a welcome speech in about an hour and expected to Say Something along the lines of defeating isis is the United States number one priority in the region. This comes two days after president Trumps Oval Office meeting with the Prime Minister of iraq and said he was given assurances the u. S. Will continue its support and accelerate its support. The question for diplomat whats does accelerate mean and what is the plan to defeat isis and is it more of the same or a shift in policy. This comes at a critical moment for both the fight against isis theyve been on their heels in recent months and it comes as a key point for the Trump Administration and the first big test for Rex Tillerson. Eric shannon. Shannon yet another failed Missile Launch in north korea. How should the Trump Administration deal with the rogue nation well speak to former ambassador john bolton. Eric and neil gorsuch will face day two of more intense questions as democrats decide if theyll filibuster and the big question will democrats go nuclear . Shannon and a crucial test over the Health Care Plan amid growing questions whether the bill if it makes it through the house would be dead on arrival in the senate. Senator john thune will join us as mike lee says the house should cancel the vote because it doesnt have what it takes. What weve been promising is if republicans were given the chance to govern wed repeal obamacare root and branch. Thats not what the bill does and thats what we need to do and im holding out for a vote that fulfills that promise. Dear predictable, theres no other way to say this. Its over. Ive found a permanent escape from monotony. Together, we are perfectly balanced, our senses awake, our hearts racing as one. I know this is sudden, but they say if you love something. Set it free. See you around, Giulia Shannon were awaiting a House Rules Committee ahead of whats being described as defining vote for this party. President trump is urging skeptical conservatives to get on board but there are still significant holdouts. I think they should cancel the vote because they dont have the vote. Ive been trying to tell them that for many days and so far that hasnt been been heeded. The fact remains they dont have the votes to pass this so they need to bring in conservatives and let them express what their concerns are with the bill. We can still fix this. Shannon south dakota john thune, senator. Do you think the bill as it stands currently in the house and that could be possibly some tweaks in the House Rules Committee is there enough to get votes in the current format . Yes. Shannon ok. With that in mind i want to talk through what some of your fellow gop senators are saying. You heard your friend mike lee this is what he tweeted i promised the people i would do everything to repeal obamacare. The house bill doesnt do that. I am a no. And rand paul its still obamacare light. How do you get to the math . In the end, shannon, its a legislative process. What youre seeing how its not pretty sometimes but gineding grinding it out and the house has to get to 218 or maybe the numbers 216 now in the house of represents but when it comes to the senate well have an opportunity to work on it. Theres a number of senators that think would improve the bill to help it pass its the beginning of the process not the end of the process and its about building the coalition and making it broad enough to get the necessary votes in the house and the 50 votes in the senate with mike pence and the chair and then something signable by the president. We have a long way to go but we made a commitment to the American People and the status quo is unacceptable. The American People have made it clear the skyrocket premiums and outofpocket costs they cant live with. Shannon thats what you campaigned on since 2010 you now have the house, white house and senate and still a schism on whether what youre doing and one said you promised to repeal this and replace it. When have you house members not convinced that passing this bill is doing what you campaigned on how do you square that . I agree with the sentiment the goal is to reduce costs and allow the forces of competition and give people more choices. That drives down cost. Thats the end state were headed towards. Obviously we have procedures to deal with to get the bill across the finish line through the house and senate. Remember, this is a multipronged approach and theres actions to be taken by the secretary of the health and Human Services and a second vehicle later this year will address the issue. People have to understand, yes, we have to get there and we made the commitment and were focussed on what we can do to reduce costs and create a more open market and give people more choices and options and thereby get the costs down and thats the goal and you have 240 republicans in the house and 52 in the senate all of whom have different ideas how to get it done but we have to stay focussed and get it across the finish line and we made the commitment to the American People. Shannon you have neil gorsuch sitting down for another round of questions and democrats have said theyre continually hinting at a filibuster you need eight democrats to come with you. Gop leadership hell get confirmed no matter what. Will they use the Nuclear Option to lower the votes to 51 . Well do what is necessary to confirm judge gorsuch on the Supreme Court. By the way, i think the democrats trying to attack him in my view in the last couple days of the hearings theyve not laid a glove on him. Hes conducted himself in a masterful way and will get an affirmative vote. Shannon thank you for your time. You bet. Eric a rape case involving an undocumented highschooler is reigniting the debate over illegal immigration. Theres a lot people that dont belong here. They havent been checked out and i need to know shannon dramatic video as the battle for mosul rages on. Iraqi troops battling isis in the streets as they try to take back iraqs largest city from the terror army nearly 6,000 civilians reportly remain trapped and we may hear more about this when Rex Tillerson speaks at the state Department Next hour. Eric the white house usually does not weigh in on local crimes but the alleged rape, sodomy and Sexual Assault in a High School Boys bathroom at the hands of classmates is making headlines. One suspect confirmed to be an illegal immigrant. Hes press secretary sean spicer. The reason illegal immigration has become such a big deal is tragedies like this is the crimes this girl had hes crimes inflicted on her and people are victims of these crimes in terms of the economic piece and immigration pays its toll on our people. Eric and doug is at the high school in maryland. Tell us about the meeting last night that was held at the school. Well, the School District fiercely protective of its reputation did not invite the media we were told because the auditorium didnt allow that many people but a fox reporter with her cell phone camera indicated there were empty seats. The meeting was not confrontational and parents expressing the same concerns from protesters we heard last night as the meeting was ongoing. If the country enforced the laws on the books those two young men would not have been here and this horrendous rape would not have occurred. Im a life long resident. If youre 20 years old come on in and go to high school with a 14yearold. In an earlier press conference before last nights meeting the School Superintendent told reporters the two suspects were never in the same classroom or class space as the alleged victim and as to why the 18yearold was designated as a freshman he said there was no educational track record of this person and hed recently come to the United States. There were no credits to his reputation and they had nothing to base that on and as is standard procedure the Montgomery School system designated such students and there many of them as freshmen. Eric and Montgomery County is not a sanctuary jurisdiction. Typically its not a jurisdiction of that sort and the police chief and county council say after an illegal alien has been arrested they turn the person over to federal authorities but many maintain the county cast a blind eye to illegal immigration and after Donald Trumps inauguration they issued a joint statement and im quoting, police do not enforce federal Immigration Law and the statement added understanding, tolerance and respect are hallmarks of the Montgomery County way and justice for all is what we strive to achieve and the School Superintendent also said the county is required by law and by Supreme Court precedent to accept any student who comes to the county regardless of citizenship. Were a public School System and we serve all of our students when they come to us. When we look at that its not only the right thing to do and the good thing to do and benefits the student and our community and our state its also the law of the land. The problem occurs because county officials and police do not inquire of immigration status when they make traffic stocks and job application. Thats at the heart of the problem. Eric its a vivid and very disturbing example of the controversy. Shannon. Shannon north koreas at it again. Another banned missile test. Its vowing to accelerate its weapons program. What the u. S. Has to do to deal with the rogue nation. Former ambassador john bolton will join us. Eric and we just saw judge gorsuch arrive in capitol hill in the hallway and theyre gathering for day two of more intense questioning from the senators. Would you want to go through that to get the job . What we can expect as the confirmation process continues. 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Yesterday he answered a lot of tough questions by hammering his decision he believes in an independent judiciary. In the interview did he ever ask you to overrule roe v. Wade. No, sir. What would you have done . I would have walked out the door. Not what judge do. I dont do it at that end of pennsylvania avenue and shouldnt do it on this end respectfully. Shannon good morning, peter. How are democrats trying to drive a wedge between judge gorsuch and President Trump as they ask questions. They tried to get judge gorsuch to go on the record about President Trumps past criticism and neil gorsuch didnt want to weigh in on that but insists over and over at every chance he had he would operate independently if hes on the Supreme Court from the white house. When anyone criticize the honesty or integrity of the motives of a federal judge i find that disheartening and demoralizing because i know the truth. Anyone including the president of the United States . Anyone is anyone. And judge gorsuch had a lot of nice things to say about Merrick Garland and refuse to say whether he got a fair shake and another thing they focussed on was an allegation by a former law student who claimed the judge in ferred to inferred to a class of women that women take advantage of Maternity Leave and employers should be able to ask during a hiring process if they plan to get pregnant. A lot of people have come forward saying that did not happen and hes defending himself insisting that exchange was from a law school textbook. Do you believe theres situation wheres the cost to an employer of mat Maternity Leave can ask about it. That was not the question. They all get 20 minutes of questions a piece down from a half an hour each yesterday. Shannon not everyone stuck around. The chair said he had to be in bed by 9 00 and he was. Peter doocy, thank you. Eric new reaction after north korea tests yet other missile. Kim jonguns regime tested it along the sea of japan and the test reportedly failed the missile blowing up five seconds after it was launched. It comes days after President Trump warned about north koreas continuing behavior. North korea is acting very badly. Thank you, folks. Eric can the regime be reined in . John bolt is a senior fellow at the American Institute and fox news territory he has been defiant and shows no shines signs of backing down what do we do . And irrational. Though the test failed rocket scientists said when our jupiter launches were successes because of their failure and theres no doubt north korea has made progress in its objective of creating deliverable weapons and their ability to do that could occur very soon. Some people have estimated next year. Were running out of time here. The administration is reviewing its options and some have spoken about sanctions and many are in favor and i dont think its nearly enough. I think the risk is palpable and i think the only longterm solution which is reunification we may be running out of time while we dont appear to be raising it with china which has unique leverage over the north. Im extremely worried. Im worried not just about north korea but iran too. How long would it take for iran to take a deliverable weapon . One day after north korea gets it. Eric and theyre apparently working together. Do you think the chinese will finally play ball . Theyve not done enough. The president s been critical of them. 90 of the Foreign Trade including the oil they did suspend the coal but they can turn the lights off in pyongyang if they want to and havent. And chinese have been playing a double game on this for 25 years saying we want negotiation also saying they dont want north korea to have a Nuclear Weapons capability because it would destabilize forth east asia but they have failed to do what they alone have the capability of doing which is the real objective in bringing the regime down in a way that leads to a sensible reunification of the peninsula. People say the chinese will never accept ta because they dont want american troops on the river and its true they dont want american troops on the border and we dont want to be there either. Theres a way to work this out but not to talk about restraining the nuke loor Nuclear Program but ending it through china, United States, korea. Eric they just want us to not have military exercises in exchange for a freeze. What type of deal is that . Forget it. Thats no deal at all. Thats why weve made mistakes the past 25 years. Weve tried to negotiate with north korea and promised them economic advantages and under the Clinton Administration promised nuclear reactors. None of it has worked and no evidence that year 26 would bring different results and secretary tillerson is right to say negotiation is not the answer. Negotiation with north korea. We have to get to china and have a limited amount of time and id underline what north korea can do in two or three years iran can do. Eric looking at the belligerent language from kim jongun. Eric so finally, ambassador it seems their view of us occupying korea with 28,000 troops that could potentially be in danger. It goes to the irrationality of the regime. This is Second Nature to them and they have playbooks and next well hear about a sea of fire across the peninsula. At some point the irrationality kicks in when we dont expect it. The longer this regime is in place that threatens the innocent civilians in south korea its a danger world. Shannon the former Campaign Manager pushing hard about his ties to russia. And were halfway through the president s first 100 days and Martha Maccallum is checking in with key voters and hosting a town hall at 7 00 p. M. Eastern and the trump team and clinton team will be there you dont want to miss it. 7 00 p. M. it just feels like anything is possible here in upstate new york. at corning, i test smart glass that goes all over the world. But theres no place like home. Theres always Something Different to do like skiing in the winter, jet skiing in the summer. We can do everything. New york state is filled with bright minds like samanthas. To find the companies and talent of tomorrow, search for our page, jobsinnewyorkstate on linkedin. Shannon President Trumps former manager Paul Manafort is under fire for his ties to russia. This time the a. P. Reporting he worked for a russian billionaire to promote the interests of the russian government. Manafort issuing this statement shannon lets talk about it with joe trippi a former Campaign Manager and Fox News Contributor and blad blakeman former deep out assistant to president george w. Bush. Now the a. P. Has a lengthy writeup with documentation tying him to a close russian ally. He was a campaign operative and he ceased employment with the Trump Campaign far in advance of the election. The election was held, trump one. Manafort is not in the government nor was he anticipated to be in the trump government. What is there to see. Shannon perception is reality for a lot of folks and theres so much combustible material floating around with regard to russia the way this looks and sounds is not something the white house wants to deal with. Thats true but he has denied the allegations and in this country he is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The fbi said theres a continuing investigation. Let that run its course. Shannon i want to play what brit hume had to say about that he said listen, these investigations are continuing and ongoing but if anybody is looking for a smoking gun regarding collusion so far its not been proven. If the democrats refuse the hearing to lay out this case for this investigation and the fact there may be collusion wen the russians and Trump Campaign. If you listen to it all it sounds impressive when you lay them out but when you examine them one by one none of them lead up to evidence of collusion. Theres evidence of contacts and russian intention to try to torpedo hillary clinton. Shannon multiple investigations and the fbi director said no evidence of collusion. No one respects brit hume more than i do hes been a fair observer and hes correct in the end its as brad said wait until the investigations over. This has been going on since july according to comey. Thats several months ago and were now nearly a year into what the russian intent was and he said any connection between the Trump Campaign and possible collusion. So the democrats are going to press that. Thats going to be pressed to get to the bottom of it and why a lot of people think an independent investigation would be good i think for the Trump Administration. It would be better if theres nothing there have an independent investigation and have it cleared and move on. Instead you see these distractions, the president throwing people off with his wiretapping claims that comey said is not true and thats just sort of i think putting more fuel on the fire and pushing the story making it bigger. Shannon let me bring brad back in because while director comey wouldnt say theres illegal leaks like the one that led to Michael Flynns name surfacing. How does that strike you . As a lawyer people in charge and who have custody of classified information that suddenly gets released to the press theres a way that happens and thats faen affirmative act of releasing classified information with the intent to do so. My suggestion is if the fbi can find bradys super bowl jersey they should be able to find the leaker of classified information. The jersey was found in mexico. Shannon its important to all americans regardless much party. Good to see you both. Eric shannon, gun rights activists are making a bold push to change the laws in several states along with new efforts on the national level. Coming up well look at if the tide is turning in the battle over gun rights. When its between the baby soothing power of a duracell ccell and the tips on how to calm a baby from your motherinlaw that always seem to involve a fair amount of brandy, go with ccell. Thats not just some battery. Thats a duracell battery. Thats a power you can trust. I. 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What is the impact of the Trump Presidency when it comes to gun rights . Hi, eric. The Second Amendment foundation has new bills in house and senate. If passed it would allow gun owners with concealed carry licenses to carry in other states. Youre rights dont end at your state border. It should be across the country and other states would be recognizes the permit same way they recognize your drivers license if i drive my car to a neighboring state my license is good and same to carry a firearm for protection. It should be good all over. Some are calling this a nightmare for americans claiming states with stronger gun laws would be beholden to the states lowest common denominator to get a license. Its dangerous legislation and well work hard to help it fail. The nra and congress have presented this in the past and its been killed and theres no reason we cant do that again if we use our voices and votes to stop this legislation. President trump received more than 10. 5 million from the nra as a candidate and add a rally in louisville he reaffirmed his commitment to protect the Second Amendment. Shannon and the repeal to replace obamacare up next will they rally around the bill . Theres nothing more than my vacation. Me so when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want. Booking. Com gets it. They offer free cancellation, in case i decide to go from kidfriendly to kidfree. Now i can start relaxing even before the vacation begins. Your vacation is very important. Thats why booking. Com makes finding the right hotel for the right price easy. Visit booking. Com now to find out why were booking. Yeah shannon the next chapter in the repeal and replace saga is getting underway with a rules Committee Hearing on the republican Health Care Bill expected to go well into the night. Welcome to a brand new hour of americas newsroom. Im shannon bream. Good to see you this morning. Eric good to see you, this morning, as always. Good to see you im eric shawn. Bill and martha are out today. The rules committee is the final stop. The committee will decide what if any changes therell be in the bill and senator thune appeared here on americas newsroom. You have 240 republicans in the house and 52 in the senate all of whom who are different ideas how to get it done but thats why we have to stay focussed. We have to get it across the finish line. We made the promise to the American People and one we have to honor. Shannon mike is live on capitol hill whats the process today . Were starting a critical session this morning in the rules committee where they prepare for the vote on the house floor as soon as tomorrow. You can expect lawmakers to offer amendments to improve the bill and some believe theyre getting there. We heard lawmakers make the case while the bill may not be everything they want they believe it gets conservative victories across the finish line so expect the rules Committee Session to go all day and see if they can find the sweet spot so to speak to get it across the finish line. Shannon so where do we think we are right now on the tally on the gop votes . How close is this going to be . Different head counts. Theyre getting closer and Mick Mulvaney will do more outreach and try to reach conservatives and hes a former house conservative. Last night you had Vice President mike pence meeting face to face with mark meadows who lets the Freedom Caucus of North Carolina and still there are skeptics. I have concerns on the medicaid piece. I heard from some of the republican governors needing greater flexibility and resources to help them implement any medicaid changes. Ive also suggested too the tax credit piece while theres been improvement there needs to be more defined. Theyll try to get the necessary votes to cross the finish line as soon as tomorrow. Shannon it sounds like some members of the Freedom Caucus may be going to the white house today. Mike emmanuel thank you very much. Eric some are calling for a novote on the bill even with the changes and they still remain optimistic about the chances. We made positive steps forward so i dont want to rule anything out but i feel good about this where it stands now and the more members meet with the president the more they understand how important this is to the overall agenda were seeking to pass. Eric are members changing their minds . Michael needham joins us ceo of Heritage Action for america. Why are you against the bill . Everybody wants to support this and fully repeal and replace obamacare the problem is it doesnt replace obamacare. Its title 1 of the bill that takes private insurance that used to exist and turns it into something more closely resembling a regulated public utility and we want to continue to make additions to the bill and changes and get it to support. Eric you have less than 24 hours and we heard Mike Emmanuel spoke about it. Lets take the public utility the democrats talked about creating and go back to trusting markets and allowing Insurance Companies to provide people product they want to buy not theyre mandated to buy or taxed to buy. Lets go and rip out the title 1 infrastructure of obamacare. If you make that simple change to the bill it would be a repeal and replace bill that would have overwhelming support in the house. Eric do you think the administration and president is trying to rush this . I think when you played the quote from sean spicer earlier he said theyre still open alterations. I was at the white house yesterday and spoke to people open to alterations. Its an ongoing process. We all want to support the bill but its critical if we dont repeal obamacare and get to the Regulatory Infrastructure its important to get it right. Eric what are people telling you . Theyre open to conversation and trying to get to different aspects and i think theres a way to support a bill that repeels repeals and replaces obamacare. Republicans know that private Health Insurance and patients and doctors being empowered is a way to get at that and the infrastructure is critical to get people onboard. Eric theres still a lot of work to do and the clock is ticking. Well see what happens if there is that vote tomorrow. Thanks for having me. Shannon on the other side of the argument joining me georgia congressman doug collins. The framework in place is taking a bite at it but not ripping out the roots. Your response . The thing is we have to a memory of how we got to where we got and we had a package that went with 60 votes. Were putting together as much as we can into the reconciliation package so when it goes to the senate they come back to us. We listened and made improvements and bring ig it to the floor the issue is the senate still has a role to play. They cant simply say we want everything here and its not as simple as saying if we take out certain parts well have the votes. And they said heres things wed like to see it does exactly what the president said and that is repeal and replace with a smooth transition we can make sure people do not have the safe nets jerked out but move to a conservative solution. I think we all want to get to yes. The question is are we willing to do what it takes to get there to help the American People get rid of what is a failure which is obamacare. Shannon what do you say to colleagues that say if we get this wrong we own it, republicans own it. You can point to the failures of obamacare and if you pass it with the criticism and skeptics who say its not buttoned up yet it will be on the republicans in 2018 if it doesnt go well. What you have to understand is we are making it and getting it ready for the floor vote tomorrow. We are getting charged. Nobody will buy the argument well let obamacare fail and the republicans will get the blame. Id like to see somebody say republicans will not catch the blame. Its time for republicans to lead and put things into action. If we do that well move forward and take them to the voters in 2018. The president is behind this and the directs and he wants to make it work and the administration is making it work and well make the case and move forward. Shannon by all accounts you dont have the votes yet. Its said the to go to the floor tomorrow. And conservatives have complained they havent been able to do substantive changes or amendments. Do you think therell be enough to happen in that room to get the votes you need or does it get pulled from the floor . I look forward to us moving forward. The changes are addressing concerns. Theres a difference in listening and saying im not being listened to and doing what you want. Sometimes we can listen and agree but because of the way the bills structured or what we have to deal with with the senate we cant make the changes wed like to see here. I welcome senators on the other side on the republican side that want to make changes. Theyll have their opportunities and well move forward on passing the bill and between now and then and the arguments that could be made theres ways people can come behind it and say its rebuilding the market and putting people first. Shannon next 24 to 36 hours crit cam critical for the bill. Thank you. Take care. Eric do the president and House Speaker paul ryan have the votes to pass the bill the magic 216 . What happens if they do not. Later well sit down with House Speaker ryan in four hours from now on 2 00 p. M. Eastern on americas news headquarters. Shannon day two for Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch and no democrat has voiced their support publicly. Republicans need many of them to get to the 60 vote threshold. If judge gorsuch cant achieve 60 votes in the senate could any judge appointed by a republican president . Shannon will Senate Republicans have to go nuclear to get judge gorsuch on the bench. Eric and well show you dramatic dash cam video of an attack on a Police Officer and the Good Samaritan whos came to his rescue. That ahead. And a powerful storm cutting off a swath of destruction across the south sadly with deadly results. We got a call around 9 30 a tree fell on a house and we had powerful storms come through earlier tonight and this is just a result of those powerful storms. If you take medication, you may sometimes suffer from a dry mouth. Thats why theres biotene. And biotene also comes in a handy spray. So you can moisturize your mouth anytime, anywhere. Biotene, for people who suffer from dry mouth symptoms. Shannon secretary of state Rex Tillerson making comments at the Global Coalition working to defeat isis and expect the iraqi pm to be with him and talking about ultimately defeating isis. Eric Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch there he is for a second day sitting in the seat for hours and hours and hours. Would you go through that grueling process of a confirmation hearing . Well, they have to do it. He is popular among republicans but Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer said gorsuch will need 60 votes to get past a democratic filibuster. Eight democrats need to vote yes but so far not one has voiced support. Heres al franken taking aim over a past ruling. It is absurd to say this company is in its rights to fire him because he made the choice of possibly dying from freezing to death or causing other people to die possibly by driving an unsafe vehicle. Thats absurd. Now, i had a career in identifying absurdity. I know it when i see it. And it makes me question your judgment. Eric and he was trucking an employment case. Marc thiessen is here a fellow at the Enterprise Institute and columnist at the Washington Post and if a jurist like gorsuch get support hes raising the question no one can. Hes right. Theres no reason for any senator to vote against judge gorsuch hes shown his record he will judge impartially and theres nothing on which to hang a no vote but they know hes a conservative vote and you look at the question the democrats keep asking him its all about outcomes. Senator feinstein asking him will you fight for the little guy. The judges job is to make sure theres equal protection and rule against who is wrong. So democrats are all about outcomes. Theyre goal is to use the law to enact a social justice agenda by coming out with the outcome they want and finding a legal reasoning to get it and thats not what judges are supposed to do. Judge gorsuch made clear sometimes youll make ruling you disagree with and have to uphold laws you disagree with and i dont know how anyone can disagree with. Eric hes not taken the bait so far specifically the roe v. Wade question saying if it was brought up he would have walked out of the room. Absolutely. This is again the difference between liberals and conservatives when they come up. So a liberal judge like Justice Ginsburg came up before the court and was asked about roe v. Wade and she said its an absolute right of women to have an abortion and was confirmed by a ridiculous notion. Can you imagine if a conservative judge came before the senate and said the opposite that roe v. Wade were wrongly decided. Itd be a nuclear war. Because theyre outcome base liberals can say what the outcome they want with is fine but a conservative judge cant do that and they have to stand back and say i cant say until a case comes before me and they have to give cryptic answers. Its unfortunate because what happens is liberal judge always vote liberally and its a harder job to get a conservative judge on the court. Eric we were just looking at Dianne Feinstein question him. What will the democrats say when they give their speeches against him . Theyll say hes for corporations and against the little guy and hes going to repeal roe v. Wade though he didnt say he would repeal roe v. Wade and come up with justifications because theyre view of the court is different than that of conservatives. Their view is are the outcomes and finding a legal reasoning to justify the outcome and judge gorsuch isnt giving them the answers they want so theyll oppose him. Eric he said his role model is byron white also from colorado, the first justice from his own state, gorsuchs state. The judges in the Appellate Court in denver named after him and he was a clerk for him and he was appointed in 1962 by j. F. K. And more of a conservative voice. Do you think he could potentially play that role in the Upcoming Court . I hope he does. I hope hes a reliable conservative. In the last three decades the democrats have appointed four justices to the Supreme Court and every one of them has voted reliably for the liberal block. The republicans have appointed seven judge and half have gone to the other side so theyre not even batting. 500. We dont know what were getting because were not outcome based. We dont know what were getting when we put a judge on the court the democrats always do so i hope hes a reliable conservative who rules in the tradition of antonin scalia. Eric well see. Marc thiessen thank you for joining us. Thank you. Shannon well, los angeles is defying the feds. The city saying it will fight the federal governments stand on sanctuary cities and the sanctions put in place now. Eric and a maryland teenager raped in her high school. At least one attacker were told an illegal immigrant. Thats fueling the debate on whether the state should get sanctuary status. The student that committed the crime is primarily responsible. Im responsible. All the people who work in montgomery Public Schools are respon responsible. We all take responsibility for it. Why do we put so much effort into engineering the canam defender . Because a job worth doing, is worth doing right. Canam defender. Tough, capable, clever. Get a 3year brp limited warranty plus a 1,500 cash rebate on 2016 defender models. Eric deadly storms have been tearing through the south and one person was killed winds up to 60 miles an hour toppled a tree into a home. People in atlanta report golfball sized hail and in tennessee powerful winds damage an Elementary School outside of nashville tearing off a large portion of the roof. The children stayed calm. It was a blessing no one was hurt and i think it was because people did their job and followed procedures. Eric luckily as you heard no one was injured. Shannon los angeles resisting the federal government saying its going to go ahead and expand protections for immigrants whether theyre here legally or not. Mayor Eric Garcetti signing an executive order now banning Airport Police and Fire Department from asking anyone about their immigration status. The personnel will now follow the same policies as the lapd. How do they stack up against the rest of the country. You have cities and states going in Different Directions and many like l. A. Are defiantly telling the president they can telling them they can care less about their priorities and they prohibit from asking legal status and last night the city made it official instead of asking for help in identifying Illegal Immigrants theyre defining themselves as a sanctuary. In los angeles we dont demonize our hardworking neighbors because they speak a different language or come from a different country. Thats unamerican. They reported that many are reporting less crimes for fears of being deported. Shannon theres roughly 30 jurisdictions that dont cooperate with ice or federal authorities to turn over why they would report Illegal Immigrants. And they have refuse to tell us when theyd do that but several states are attempting to leverage the power of the first to cooperate with ice. Lawmakers in florida, iowa, kansas, kentucky, wisconsin, virginia and texas have introduced bill to penalize sanctuary cities. Yet mississippi became the first state to actually do so and the governor said he is going to sign that bill. By contrast, california lawmakers are passing legislation to prohibit cops and jails from even talking to ice. Critics say thats a clear violation of federal law and a swipe at the president. You can see the country is going in very Different Directions. Shannon thank you very much. Eric the senate Committee Hearing is now underway on our nations military readiness. The star witness defense secretary james mattis will give his take on the nations military current condition. Shannon and the godfather of reality tv chuck barris has died at the age of 87 and zone as the host of the gong show and well have more on the life and career of that tv legend. [ ] charmin ultra strong. It cleans better. Its four times stronger. And you can use less. Enjoy the go with charmin. Z282uz zwtz y282uy ywty i moved upstate because i was interested in building a career. 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The crisis is so bad air force mechanics have cannibalized Museum Aircraft for parts and we traveled to the 101st Airborne Division and the Aviation Brigade told me budget cuts have gutted his fleet. We use to have two Aviation Brigades, over 200 aircraft and were down to one and slightly over 100 aircraft. An example of how readiness impacts our overseas on the Korean Peninsula two bombers were supposed to patrol and only one was able to take off only one scrubbed due to maintenance issues amid tensions with korea and minutes ago fox news learns the Chinese Military issued a warning to the lone b1 bomber as it it approached an island saying it was flying in chinese air space. Shannon we know theres a big meeting in washington talking about the next steps against isis. What can you tell us about that . Officials from 68 countries are meet at the state department right now. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson and iraqs Prime Minister will make opening remarks. Those are begun. Defense secretary jim mattis will later attend and some have expressed concern Rex Tillerson is not calling for a second meeting since he will not attend the meeting in brussel the first time a secretary of state has missed such a meeting in 2004 and the under secretary of state will attend. Shannon Jennifer Griffin live at the pentagon. Good to see you. Eric can the isis summit achieve results . Will officials go home with a unified strategy to try and take apart the radical Islamic Group and we have a fox news strategic nat ralph peters. What can come from the summit . As far as destroying the c cca cal caliphate youll see an increase in velocity. Isis on the ground in syria and iraq is on the way to defeat. Mosul will call this spring most likely. Raqqah late spring early summer and then there will be a clean up job. What concerns me at this point is what comes after i call it the crisis after isis. Theres so many rival factions. Some of them fighting each other even while the struggle isis goes on. Theres so many contentious priorities from different players the fall of the isis caliphate does not automatically bring peace. It means different people are fighting for different things. The middle east will continue to be turbulent and we have not found our place in it. Everybody there is glad to have us fighting isis and using our military but once thats done therell be squabbling among themselves and they dont see a role for us except sending more money. Eric you talk about a potentially military victory in the next year or so. What about the philosophy . Theyll still get recruits. How do we deal with that . There are hopeful signs. First of all, isis grew so incredibly swiftly because it was perceived as a winner and did score victories. Everybody love a winner but people are less likely to volunteer for a failed organization. Theyll still attract radical islamic recruits there will always be people who that appeals but youll see other groups, Islamic State or isis just wont have the broad appeal its had in the past but yes it will certainly still be a problem because the middle east problems go so brutally deep on such longstanding historical proportions we cant fix it. Its questionable whether they can fix it. As long as the middle east is in turmoil, violent, corrupt, bigoted theres going to be some sort of islamist most because some young people will see that as the only answer left. Eric and then its such a shame. Meanwhile the president has been critical of nato and dealing with the terrorist and we have the 68member nation and theres questions on Rex Tillerson skipping the meeting because the chinese president is coming. Does that send the wrong message especially when they announce at the same time talk about being off message you go to moscow. Symbols matter. The symbology of our secretary of state blowing off his first nato ministerial something that hasnt happened since 2003 where a secretary of state hasnt attended blowing that off after all the negative things President Trump said with nato and picking on germany and u. K. And nonnato allies like australia it sends an utterly wrong message and the fact secretary tillerson is going to moscow and not meet third party somewhere, hes going to moscow. It sends absolutely the wrong signal to our allies. I know a lot of people have been knocking nato. I served in military units dedicated nato for half my military career and i can tell you nato is the biggest bargain the United States gets. Peace is cheaper than war and nato keeps the peace. Eric theyre serving along side us in afghanistan and the president will be meeting nato in may. Lets hope he sticks to the script. Shannon theres a celebration of sorts in washington. You can see House Minority leader nancy pelosi largely credited with getting obamacare passed seven years ago and former President Joe Biden there and theyre celebrating the sevenyear anniversary since obamacare was signed into law as the Affordable Care act. Eric meanwhile theres newlyreleased dashcam footage showing a Police Officer being beaten by two suspects and well show you the video and what happened when Good Samaritans came to rescue. Shannon and the illegal immigrant rape case in maryland is drawing attention to controversial cities and states and policies and the president s plan to crackdown on illegal immigration. Well use our resources to move these children out. The Illegal Immigrants out of our School Systems and our communities. Well have those resources to use in so many ways. I understand, thank you. Its so important. Today, its the dawn of a new lawn. Thats because new roundup for lawns has arrived. 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The suspects aged 17 and 18 are immigrants from central america. One henry sanchezmilian is here illegally and parent are outraged and demanding change. Governor hogan used the words i want to hear not the washed down language we heard from the last administration. What did he say . He used the word illegal immigrant. He wanted to know why these men were here with our children. Thats the problem. Shannon matt schlapp is a former white house political director for george w. Bush. Both these men have been charged as adults with some serious offenses. It renews the conversation so passionate and heat. Are you worried it gets sensationalized a little bit in the conversation . Yeah, because this comes on the heels of knowing the state of maryland just voted or is passing legislation to make the state a sanctuary state. I mean, its repulsive to see how people liberals mostly across this country are saying its ok to harbor criminals. I think the saddest thing of all is our country is great and strong because of its past record of accepting immigrants. I want it to continue to accept immigrants but that will not happen if we continue to have these horrific crimes that shock people to their core. Shannon congressman, to that point are you worried if theres not a tougher crackdown on these cases of a small percentage of people here illegally it harms those trying to come here legally and build a live and be contributing citizens. Thats a good point. Theres two things im concerned about here. First of all, we need a broader discussion in our society about violence and certainly about violence against women which rape is the most offensive kinds of. And the second thing is theres i think what could be called a conservative principle, a sacred principle goes back to the days when the constitution was being formed, the tenth amendment gives rights to the states to give their own decision and we cant allow the big foot to come down on state and local governments. Shannon to protect the borders shouldnt they be able to say we have federal laws in place you cant just decide which ones you wont enforce. Are federal laws are covered there are consequences for local communities. However, this is a deeper principle and the question is whether or not communities have the right to determine they can be sanctuary cities under state law and whether states have the right under the tenth amendment. Congressman, lets get down to the facts here which is what were saying do i believe in the tenth amendment, yes, it should be big and strong and i think whats not immediately talked about in the constitution should be reserved to the states and to the people but the real question is this, were talking about people who have committed heinous crimes. Its been demonstrated up to 40 almost 40 of those people who are committed some of the most flagrant crimes at the federal level are those here illegally and the fact a city or state would harbor someone who would harm our children must end. We must do something to protect our young women, our girls. This is disgusting. I know youre not for that, i wouldnt want to imply that but sanctuary cities result in more people harmed. Matt raises a point when you talk about felonies i dont think there is truly any sanctuary for a felon, however, we also have to look at local community and states under the constitution do have the ability to make their own policies and laws. So theres a conflict here and its going to have to be resolved in the courts. Shannon congressman, how is there a conflict in not enforcing federal laws. Its in the broader policy of providing compassion and a sanctuary literally not to protect felons, particularly the violent ones who should be brought to justice and where Violent Crime is alleged to have been committed there has to be justice maintained but at the same time we have to remember the constitution permits states to make their own laws with respect to their people. Shannon but not on that issue. Matt, do you feel a case like this which is so gruesome and publicly people were not allowed in the meeting with local School Official theres the superintendent at one point saying what hes watching out for now is making sure other immigrant students in the school theres not a backlash against them in the School System it seems there are a lot of crosswinds here people passionate about this. Are you worried a case like this her than ing and shocking it coming together to find a solution to handle what is a massive problem in this country . First of all, we need to protect our young women and little girls when they want to use the restroom they need to be protected. I think its right and as a republican i want to make sure we have an immigration policy thats welcoming but part as weve glossed over the huge problem with crime committed by people here illegally im convinced until we take the appropriate steps to deport these folks and detain these folks and run over the mayors standing in the way we will not be able to get broader question of the bigger questions that Dennis Kucinich brings in on the immigration policy. Until we take care of the criminal element we are stuck. I dont think we want to conclude however, that all undocumented persons are violent criminals. Of course. Shannon nobody wants to suggest that. Good point, congressman. We want to make that clear. Good to see you both. Thank you very much for the discussion. Eric and breaking news. Parliament is in lock down. Theres been some bangs were told reported outside parliament in london. Police are there and well have the latest on the new breaking news straight ahead. Shannon we have breaking news were following out of the u. K. Apparently theres been some type of incident outside parliament there. Eyewitnesses the wires are saying reported they heard something that sounded like gunfire. Theres very much we dont know except theres a bit of chaos there. Lets go to london following the story. What can you tell us, greg. The latest news seems to be some kind of gunman outside of the houses of parliament have been shot and the house of commons and the u. K. Parliament was going on at the time. Politicians inside the chamber heard one large blast maybe more outside. We got reports then of at least two people being injured maybe as many as six in the vicinity of the Westminster Bridge that crosses the tienes and the helicopters above the area and Police Closing in on the individual the armed individual and it appears that he has been shot and hes being treated right now in Parliament Square which is across the street from the houses of parliament from i guess our american viewers would best know that as the tower of big ben next to the buildings where the u. S. Government convene. Its on lockdown right now as is the Office Buildings surrounding this. Imagine something happened across the street from the capitol and the Office Buildings of the house of representative members and as well as senators would be shut down. Whatever is happening strikes at the core of the government here in the u. S. Again, we have no information about who is behind this, what the motivation is, whether it is somebody deranged or somebody with a mission. Theres been no reports of anything shouted for example. In fact its all quite sketchy. But that scene is on lockdown and inside and outside the building and we know security is very high as my colleague says boy, if youre going to pick something tricky or terroristic we dont know if it is or not thats the wrong place to do it because you have a lot of police and security and you have a lot of focus on that area but right now what were hearing about is this, one more time, some kind of blast, some kind of fire. Maybe something that sounds at least like gunshots heard outside the building of the houses of parliament and theyre on lockdown right now. Several people according to reports injured. A possible gunman possibly injured. A police zeroing in on him now in the Parliament Square that is across the street from the building. Again the very center of london. The very center of british government. A bit of a scene of chaos now. Back to you, shannon. Eric as you say no indication yet. Of course its so early if indeed this is a terrorist attack. Parliament as you know, westminster representative of the institutions of the west and london in a way this could echo the 2014 shooting attack in ottawa on the parliament there that was a radical islamic terrorist attack when a gunman got inside and had a fire fight with security officers. Theres no indication the gunman got inside the perimeter. All the activity seem to be outside. Some of the focus seems to be on the bridge adjacent so the houses of parliament at westminster and it could be something happened inside the building and tried to flee and there were more gunshots but again police very quick to the scene. Police on the scene on a d daytoday basis and it appears the gunman involved in the treatment of police right now. Back to you. Shannon greg palkot thank you. Well listen into our Sister Network sky news as they report around the clock on the breaking news. Chaos on the streets as people ran from it. Separately theres also reports of something at Westminster Bridge where some reports say a car has run down a number of people. Those have not been confirmed yet by police but transport for london shut the underground station at the request from the police. To what extent a plan has been put in place in terms of a lockdown and what is a response to events we dont know. For instance in that context we learned the Prime Minister who of course had been at pmqs was in the Division Lobby voting when a plainclothed Police Officer turned up and was brought to a car. The alleged assailant was shot by police. An ambulance is currently attending the scene to remove the casualties. Theres reports of further violent incidents close to the house of westminster and colleagues would think its wrong of me to go into further detail until we have confirmation from the police and house security authorities about what is going on. I shall endeavor to the very best i can both at the dispatch box and by to ensure the numbers are kept to where it is happening. At the moment, the very clear advice from police and the director of security in the house is that we should remain under suspension and that the chamber should remain in lockdown until we receive advice that it is safe to go back to normal procedures. We are going to enter into into debate at this stage, i want to make sure people are informed why we are in here on why we are in lockdown