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Netanyahu. no one is on the fence on this one, john. >> thanks, greg. some lawmakers from both parties are calling for tougher action on russia. our chief congressional correspondent has the latest from capitol hill on that. first, a live look at the white house where were waiting for president trump to speak any minute now. youll see it here live coming up. tion. and practice... lots of practice. get them started right with carnation breakfast essentials. it has protein plus vitamins and minera...

Lets get to it. first on the fox news deck this afternoon, the white house is denying a report that president trumps lawyer floated an idea of pardoning two men involved in the russian investigation. the attorney john dowd suggested pardons for president trumps former campaign chairman paul manafort and michael flynn. >> has he considered and is he considering, would he consider pardoning paul manafort, michael flynn or rick gates? >> as i said an on-record statement from the presidents attorney...

Are policies that could be put in place that help protect american citizens. weve been talking about those for a long time and we continue to push and advocate for those policies. >> does the president still think senator schumer is someone he could work with? >> i think we would love to work with senator schumer to pass legislation on extreme vetting. if he is willing to do that, we would absolutely welcome his support on it. john decker? >> thanks a lot, sarah. the president was asked a little...

Id refer you to hhs for specifi specifics. >> the president repeated earlier today that the u.s. is the highest tax nation in the world. its not true. so why does he keep making that statement? why does he stick to that talking point? >> there are specific sectors in the country that are among the highest taxed in the world and well be happy to provide that data. john? >> i have two questions, sarah. theres rumors that prime minister sabris will come here on the 17th, meet with the president and...

With questions. well start now. this is kind of fun. we should do this more often, not just save it for fridays. john decker? >> the body of another u.s. soldier has been discovered by local forces in ni -- which brings to four the number of green berets killed. so far theres no response to this by the president, no tweet from the president, no statement from the president. can we expect some sort of reprisal by the u.s. military in niger as relates to what happened on wednesday? >> i made a sta...

Recess, does he really have a chance of getting it through? >> were committed to continuing to make sure that we have the best health care we can, and if we can do that in that direction, i think thats great. if we cant, we need to look for other ways that we can make solutions. john decker. >> thanks, sarah. hurricane harvey appears to be bearing down on the southern part of the u.s., specifically texas seems to be in its cross hairs there. no replacement yet for general kelly at the department...

You had on. were disappointed that obamacare, they failed to get it repealed and replaced, but at the same time president trump has worked with leader mcconnell to reach out to other members and to work on those shared goals. and were going to continue to do that when the senate comes back from recess. >> will the president sign any budget bill that does not include funding for the wall? >> look, the president has talked pretty extensively about this. he campaigned on the wall. he won on talking...

To defend his executive order in the courts. the department is exploring all available options to vigorously defend this executive order. we intend to appeal the flawed rulings. the department of justice is looking at the timing. we take action soon to appeal in fourth circuit and ask for clarification in the ninth circuit. the danger is real and law is clear. the president was ee electriced to change our broken immigration system and he will continue to exercise his constitutional authority and...

Convince an angry electorate they deserve another term despite high unemployment and sputtering economic recovery. john decker is in washington, d.c. this morning and joins us live. good morning to you, john. >> good morning to you, veronica. >> all right. so "the new york times" reporting the democrat leadership is getting ready for what the paper calls a brutal triage. if the numbers dont look good, then they are going to be redirecting money to other races. so what can we make of all this new...

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