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There is nothing to this lawsuit that has any merit whatsoever. >> this text message is one of the suits most eye popping claims. not to add any more pressure, but the president read the article. he wants the article out immediately. it is now up to you, but dont feel the pressure. >> he says he was kidding around. >> i was just joking with the man. and thats all that was. >> the white house pushing back as well. >> the president didnt have knowledge of the story. the white house didnt have any ...

>> neil: thanks, chad. he will be keeping us abreast of the developments to a fellow with a lot at stake, gary palmer, the alabama congressman. a member of the freedom caucus. very good to have you. >> good to be on with you, neil. >> i was talking to mark meadows the other day. he was saying while he didnt like the fact that the senate at the time that was the talk, thinking of keeping the taxes for the upper income, the investment taxes and medicare tax in effect and still in place, he could k...

Lawyer who was closely linked with the kremlin. the suggestion is that it was the kremlin working through its business contacts in russia of which obviously it has strong contacts to try and access the trump campaign. thats of course an allegation and something the kremlin denies. >> fascinating. matthew chance, keep us abreast of the developments and players. thank you, sir. potential make-or-break day for senate republicans and their health care reform efforts. all of them back from holiday ...

So, none of these is perfect, but at the same time, this house bill will go through a rewrite in the senate. >> yeah, the senate essentially starting from scratch, it appears. so well stay -- >> good way to phrase it. >> -- abreast of all that with the cbo score out. more raids and arrests, though, in england, following the terror attack in manchester. now manchesters mayor taking a dig at the u.s. over leaks on the investigation. were live in the uk next on "early start." allergy sufferers if...

Newspaper reporters also talked to officials in other countries. but clearly, this is causing a lot of heartache right now in the transatlantic relationship. >> i guess thats what i was getting at. to your point, these "the new york times" and these reporters have sources throughout the uk as well, but well stay on this. interesting news to stay abreast of, that the sharing between the two countries could be off. well check back with you, paul cruickshank. thank you, sir. all right, oare inter...

>> jon: a fox news alert and keeping abreast on the movements of the two top leaders in this country. there is vice president mike pence arriving at the u.s. capitol building for a very big day. he will preside over the u.s. senate and the vote to conform judge neil gorsuch. no one expects that therell be a vote to break the tie. it is expected that three public a majority in the senate, vice president pence will do nothing. and the odd event there is a tie vote, the vice president could break t...

Petersburg with is one of chaos. video emerged showing the platform splattered with blood, torrid wreckage of the metro train with the casualties strewn all around and the smoke-filled corridors of the metro station called sennaya square. the blast took place half way between sennaya square and the next metro station leading to earlier confused reports of two blasts. its been confirmed just one, and so very appalling scenes. the russian embassy here, sorry, u.s. embassy said it is shocked and sa...

Would at a minimum have their clearances suspended. the only positive for chuck grassley is there is no longer a democrat at the state department. have you rex tillerson. if they have these documents about why she retained this rets clearance, and for example does she still have the clearance today. a lot of former officials get to keep these clearances for years, even when they are consult-ins. ainsley: why though? >> some like to retain it because they say look, i was in the middle of all thes...

Athe athena? >> reporter: hi there, ana. well the white house indicated tax reform will come next, but one of the big questions is what are the lessons they learned from the failure of this obamacare repeal effort that they can apply to future legislative efforts? one senior administration official told me that going forward, we can expect to see the white house play a more active role on the front end with legislation, in shaping the lange luage and strategy for selling it. the other big questi...

Democrats raising questions about just why he did feel the need to personally brief the president. here is the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, talking about that. take a listen. >> the chairman will need to decide whether he is the chairman of an independent investigation into conduct which includes allegations of potential coordination between the trump campaign and the russians or he is going to act as a surrogate of the white house, because he cannot do both. >>...