chairwoman ron ronna mcdaniel wrote, quote: the president raised $12 million today, $2 million more than originally expected. support is unprecedented and growing. the president is scheduled to have some campaign, at least a campaign element toward the end of next week, scheduled to be up in new hampshire for a rally. back to you, eric. arthel: president trump voicing support for strengthening background checks after two mass shootings last weekend left at least 31 people dead. >> right now i'm working with the democrats on or background checks. that that's a big thing. hopefully, we can do something. arthel: so what are some of the potential proposals both president and lawmakers are weighing, and how likely is it that that the country could see bipartisan gun reform? that's up next. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job
not bring up legislation that would protect bob mueller. he said the president has not indicated he will get rid of bob mueller. do you think that's the right call? >> i would have to understand the law first. i know there is a balance of power between the different branches of government. can congress make that move prematurely? i think that will be the claim. i think bob mueller's investigation needs to reach its logical conclusion and troubling to hear the president threatening that. >> bill: i hope you come back. ron hosko with us out of washington, d.c. >> sandra: president trump weighing in on the latest claims from former porn star stormy daniels and what she says this man did to keep her quiet. h time for this man to take a bite of turkey. but for cyber criminals it's plenty of time to launch thousands of attacks. luckily security analysts and watson are on his side. spotting threats faster and protecting his data with the most securely encrypted main frame in the world.
firmness. she represented a generation, the greatest generation that fought world war ii, she and george hw bush waited to get married while he went to the navy. the youngest naval pilot in the war. was shot down and rescued by an american submarine. almost a fairytale story in some ways. i think that came through to people over time so she became a part of the very fabric. we were watching earlier this morning the coverage on fox and friends and how unlike almost any other first lady she became part of the fabric of american life because we saw her for so many years and she was consistently barbara bush. she was never anybody else. she never worried about being anybody else and she was happily a spouse, mother and public figure. >> bill: her funeral is saturday. a lot of remembrances over the next several days.
more difficult now to deport criminal aliens saying it's a vague and arbitrary and doesn't fall in line with due process. chairman goodlatte and i. i had the border security bill. goodlatte has fixing the legal loopholes and addressing daca. i think it puts more urgency on congress to act now to get this bill passed in the congress and signed into law. >> bill: here is the president's comment on that. congress must close loopholes that block the removal of dangerous criminal areas aggravated fellons, a public safety. house and senate must pass a fix to insure violent criminal aliens can be removed from our society. is congress ready to do that or not, sir? >> congress has to be ready for this. i put a lot of pressure on my leadership in conference to get this done. time is not on our side.
>> bill: president trump voicing support for an american pastor on trial in turkey. pastor andrew brunson. >> he is on trial and being persecuted in turkey. they call him a spy. hopefully he will be allowed to come home to his beautiful family. he was arrested in 2016 after a failed coup attempt. supporters say he is being persecuted for his religious beliefs. he faces up to 35 years in jail if convicted. >> sandra: mark meadows is now urging the d.o.j. to release documents related to the f.b.i.'s actions during the clinton email investigation. he says what he uncovered shows -- suggests a concerning level of coordination between the department of justice and the f.b.i. throughout crucial moments of the investigation
possibilities that are very important. and i think frankly puts pressure on the senate to confirm pompeo as secretary of state. >> bill: this is intriguing at so many levels. rich edson live at the state department. good morning there. the visit with kim jong-un must have happened before the confirmation hearing of last week, correct? >> it did, bill. about a week and a half before that confirmation hearing. and leading up to the hearing aides close to pompeo were telling us he was directly involved in the discussions for this potential meeting between president trump and kim jong-un. now we know how involved he was. so at this hearing last week he is sitting there fielding questions about north korea from senators having just sat down with kim jong-un the north korean dictator in north korea about a week and a half before. in that session, he said that the united states refused to rule out the idea there could be a military action against north korea, though he stressed there is a lot of diplomacy before then. also he said the u.s. does not want regime change in north
question kudlow said she may have been a little confused about the timing of the roll-out. that didn't sit too well with the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley telling our dana perino, with all due respect, i don't get confused. now, kudlow did call to apologize but it is also important to point out the administration has not rolled out new sanctions publicly. if they do they promise they'll be on the same page. >> bill: thank you, the day is just starting there in florida. thank you very much. >> sandra: the nation mourning former first lady barbara bush, an out pouring of love and support from all over the country. her oldest son former president george w. bush and laura sharing memories with maria bartiromo this morning. >> warm and wonderful until you got out of line. she wasn't too warm and wonderful. she was awesome. >> she was funny and fierce and said her mind. it's a great role model for me
daughter, robin, at a young age. she hadn't quite reached their fourth birthday and she died of leukemia. >> she did. i received quite a lot of sympathy from the bushes when my own son died some years ago. and he once said to me that he and barbara, bar as he called her when he wasn't calling her the silver fox, another one of his nicknames for her. had felt a certain sympathy for me on the loss of a child because they had been through the same experience. what a family they had. exceptional people all of them. >> sandra: they certainly were. she was a woman unlike any other. brit, wonderful to have you share your thoughts and look back at her life with us this morning. thank you. >> bill: there will be a lot of reference to the hand holding, too, in the end. chief of staff at george w. bush's office in hudson reports he held his wife's hand all day
throughout the week and more memories are coming in from people all over the globe. whether people knew her personally or from afar. back to you in new york. >> sandra: what a life. >> bill: want to bring in newt gingrich, former speaker of the house. good day to you. i hope my mother was listening to that comment about smoking and drinking while pregnant. might explain a lot about me. kidding. i felt a lot of nostalgia last night and again today. what is your reaction on the passing of barbara bush at 92? >> she really did become america's grandmother. of all the first ladies that i've known of, she had a unique role partly because she was the wife of one president who had also been vice president and then she was the mother of another president. so the length of time she was in public life and the way she handled herself with the kind of dignity and humor but also a
some of this is -- should not be a laughing matter. the f.b.i.'s -- the criticisms of the f.b.i. that jim comey and the organization was involved in helping decide the election is troubling. and the notion of the f.b.i. as entertainment now on the back end of that a year later is, i think, very concerning to men and women who work so hard to preserve the f.b.i. as an independent organization. >> bill: how well do you think you know james comey? >> i worked for jim comey for eight months. he took over for bob mueller. i worked closely with jim. i liked him. >> bill: back up a little bit and answer your question. why do you think he is approaching it this way? >> you know, good question. if you look at the history here of the july 5th press conference that was extraordinary. and had i done that as a senior executive in a similar way, i would have feared being fired