Limit. And who is behind the massive cyber attack that hit u. S. Computers over the summer. North korea, the Homeland Security adviser giving an update to let us know how bad it was. U. S. Retaliating. Lets start with the big news over the next 24 to 48 hours, that is this tax plan. Garrett haake knows the ins and outs. Garrett, i want to know more about the time line. When the house will vote, what will we know when the senate will vote . And why a dozen of House Republicans have now come out against this thing . Hey, hallie, the house will go first. We expect them to vote around 1 30, 2 00 this afternoon. That starts the clock for the senate. It could take as much as ten hours. They know speed kills. They have the votes in place. They want to see it pass. They want to see if they can turn this into law. As for the republican defections in the house, this comes down to the state and local tax issues. In the house, youve got a lot of lawmakers from hightax states like california and ne
Some conservatives are not supporting it either. Nobody seems to like it. Lets get to it. Happy friday from the fox news deck. President trump pushing back against the New York Times report that he tried to fire the special counsel, Robert Mueller, who had been on the job a few weeks. Fake news, folks. Fake news. What is your message today . New york times, fact stories. Shepard the times told the white House Counsel don mcgann to get rid of Robert Mueller, but eventually backed down when mcgann threatened to quit. A source tells fox news that is not what happened. Saying the. Only talked about the idea of firing mueller. The meeting about dismissing the special counsel happened weeks after the president fired the former fbi director james comey over what the president himself called the russia thing. President trump said earlier this week hes looking forward to meeting with the special counsel, mueller, and he will absolutely do so under oath if his lawyers let him. Robert mueller is
Tied to the Clinton Foundation and the clinton machine and the Obama Administration . More details about President Trumps First Physical exam as commanderinchief. President trump, who is 71 years old is in quote Excellent Health after his checkup on friday. Whats wrong with being confident um, um, um whats wrong with being confident ainsley thats what brian says to us every single morning. Brian i actually sing to it and snap to it. Do they actually sing the sunday snap or do they do that from like an organ. Steve or rhythm box. Brian or some type of machine. Ainsley it could be dad. Dads have that snap and its so loud. Brian i never got that. Ainsley my dad is a loud snapper whats being wrong with confident. Brian thats about as rhythmic as we get. Steve anxiously is back. Great to have you. Ainsley thank you. I went to the bahamas for a few days. I had a great time. Great to be back. Its a little chilly there. Brian here or in the bahamas . Ainsley it was like in the you were sencts.
James clapper, john brennan and former nsa director admiral mike rogers. The committee invited james comey but he is not expected to attend. Bill peter, i know you dont have the documents there. Why is comey not there today . He is apparently has a prior commitment, bill. Anything too classified for comey to have put into his highly publicized book and any questions about anything that lawmakers may want to know that they couldnt read there will remain unanswered today at this closeddoor session where a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers are trying to dig into what the intel chiefs knew right after the election. They assessed russian activities and intentions in recent u. S. Elections and want to know about the research that went into that assessment and that is key because the still unverified socalled dirty dossier compiled by the former british spy Christopher Steele was apparently very important source material in putting together that assessment. Bill these intel chiefs, are they accus
Washington. And im laura engle, thanks for being with us today. With just three days to go until the midterms, President Trump has a packed weekend of Campaign Rallies for republicans in tight races. Hell be on the ground for a rally in montana just over two hours from now. Our ellison barber is there where all the action is about to take place. Hi, ellison. Good morning to you, laura. So President Trump won this state in 2016 by 20 points. His Approval Rating tends to come in the polls by above 50 . Hes hoping to capitalize on that in montana and get voters to support the candidates he wants to see in washington d. C. The senate race here is very competitive. Real clear politics puts tester above his republican challenger. And republicans want to capitalize on the trump factor and theyre focusing on Big Picture National issues. Tester is trying to keep it local. We are seeing a dramatic expansion of our economy and jobs being created because as a direct result of those tax cuts that t