Decade but it would also cut 320 billion off the budget deficit in that same time frame. Bill now Republican Opposition on that plan is growing. Six senators at the moment saying they cant support the bill in its current form, shannon. Shannon more on that from capitol hill in a moment. First syria. Good morning, kristin. Any idea where the white house is getting this intelligence about another possible chemical weapons attack ramping up . The pentagon is saying its seeing new activity at an aircraft hanger in syria. Its long been associated with chemical weapons. It is unclear if that is what prompted the white house to put out this very ominous and unusual statement late last night. It says that the u. S. Has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the assad regime and that if it does, he and his military will pay a heavy price. Thats a direct threat from the commanderinchief. He has proven in the past he is not afraid to take decisive military action
And secretary of state Rex Tillerson meets with the foreign minister of saudi arabia as the u. S. Tries to ease the diplomatic crisis between that diplomatic kingdom and qatar, home to a military base. We begin with the fox news alert, President Trump said to leave the white house to tout jobs in wisconsin. Welcome to the second hour of happening now, i am jon scott. Heather i am heather childress, the stage set for a highstakes showdown, attorney general Jeff Sessions answering questions from Committee Members that will ring from the russia probe to the firing of james comey. The Trump Administration is trying to focus on work at the president elected to begin with, job creation and repealing and replacing obamacare. The president will leave the white house a short time from now to head to wisconsin to tout his initiative. Jon live at fox news coverage, we begin with chief intelligence correspondent catherine harris. We are less than two hours out from the testimony of attorney genera
Could bolster collusion claims against the Trump Campaign. And the president is tweeting again today and his ongoing battle with two cable news host. Is mr. Trump getting in the way of his own agenda . Its all happening now. We begin with President Trump welcoming another world leader to the white house on this friday, south korean president moon jaein making his first trip to the u. S. Welcome to the second hour of happening now, i am jon scott. Heather im heather childers. It is friday. Jon it is a long weekend for a lot of people. Heather President Trump and the south korean president making a joint statement about an hour ago, the two leaders discussing future relations between the u. S. And south korea, which included talks on how to handle north korea. At this as President Trump also deals with the majors issues here at home like health care, with the senate g. O. P. Bill now stuck in neutral. Jon we have live team fox coverage. We begin with the White House Correspondent kevin c
Meanwhile, Health Care Reform facing an uncertain fate on capitol hill. Senate republican trying to find a i am bill hemmer, split broadcast prefrontal trip this week, i am bill comer live in washington and shannon, how are you doing . Shannon i am doing great as we go into this holiday we can live from new york. President trump applying new pressure to Senate Republicans to get something done on health care. This morning, if republican senators are unable to pass what they are working on now, they should immediately repeal and then replace at a later date. Health and Human Services secretary tom price weighed in on this just a short time ago. The status quo its status quo is unacceptable. The sun understands that. The president is certain we make move forward in a positive way to be able to make medical decisions and not d. C. Shannon he pointed out. John roberts joined us now. This is a big change with the president saying this morning compared to what he said during the campaign ear
Will those words translate to bipartisanship on capitol hill . Plus, President Trump reacting to reports that Robert Mueller is pursuing an obstruction of justice investigation. And this is seen of protesters beaten in our Nations Capital sparked shock and outrage. Now charges for some, it is all happening now. We begin with this fox news alert, republicans and democrats appealing for unity after yesterdays horrifying shooting at a ballpark. After so many partisan battles, how long might it last . Welcome to the second hour of happening now, i am jon scott. Heather im heather childers. U. S. Congressman Steve Scalise is hospitalized in Critical Condition. A gunman opened fire on republican lawmakers practicing for tonights Charity Baseball game, that is all they were doing. President trump, the first lady and Vice President pence have all visited congressman scalise in the hospital as well as the Police Officer who was also shocked. All of this happening as mr. Trump reacts to a politi