Is here, whether or not he made a call from a cell phone or a land line. From the white house. You have a log versus a cell phone. This is his personal phone the president i dont sit in on every call i make. Im telling you what im aware of. Well keep you posted as we do with numerous calls that the president makes throughout the day and through the evening. On tax reform [question inaudible] has the president backed off on that . The president is pushing for as low of a rate as we can get and working with congress to get the best deal possible. Based on conversations, it seems like theyre hovering 20 . Would the president again, were going to get the best deal possible. Hunter . One on north korea. The president tweeted january 2 it wont happen. He said north korea is in the final stages of developing a Nuclear Weapon and it wont happen. Does he stand by that assessment given everything hes seen . Again, the president is committed to taking every step and keeping all options on the table in order to have a denuclearized korean peninsula. Hunter . Does the president need to think he needs to security funding for a border wall before daca . As mark short said, it would be premature for us to make those determinations at this point. Certainly something that we want to make sure happens is that there is a wall. Thats something the president is committed to. We also want comprehensive immigration reform. Blake . Will the president be reading Hillary Clintons book . What does he think about the excerpts that have gotten out so far . Whether or not hes going to read Hillary Clintons book, im not sure. I would think that hes pretty well versed on what happened. I think its clear to all of america. I think its sad that after Hillary Clinton ran one of the most negative campaigns in history and lost and the last chapter of her public life is now defined by propping up book sales with false and reckless attacks. I think that thats a sad way for her to continue. I have two questions. First, the treasury secretary said this morning janet yellen is being considered for reappointment. Is she on the short list and how close is the president to making that decision . When we have a personnel announcement, well make sure everybody knows. I wanted to ask you about what the president said about north korea earlier. He said the u. N. Security Council Resolution is nothing compared to what will have to happen. Is the president considering cutting off chinese banks from the u. S. Testimony system . As we said before, all options are on the table. The president has said that he wants every country involved to step up and do more. This was a small step in that process. Were hoping that theyll all take a greater role and a more active role in putting pressure on north korea. A moment ago, you used the word responsible immigration reform. And then you said comprehensive immigration reform. We have to make sure our principles are accomplished in the package. Thats not necessarily comprehensive special immigration reform. Blake . Youre talking about cutting deals with the president. Mark short said you cant really on 50 to 52 republicans. He said dont feel like we can get tax reform down on a partisan basis. Is it the belief of the white house that you need democrats in the senate to get this across the finish line . Its the belief of the white house that we want bipartisan support. As i said, the goal is to have everybody come together around help provide tax relief for americans across the board. We hope democrats want to be part of that process. They should. I think you need them though. What mark short said, what we learned from healthcare reform is even though people have been talking since 2010 about doing one thing, thats not necessarily what they might do in 2017. Its about what we need and what the country deserves. The American People work hard every day. They should get to keep more of their money. Thats what this president is focused on and thats what were focused on doing. Hoping we work with democrats and republicans to get that accomplished. Do you know of any democrats that are close to supporting what the president were in the beginning of those conversations. Hopefully theyll come on board. Amos . Lets drill down on the idea of the democrats coming across the isle to support tax reform. The question is if there is a enough of a shared vision for tax reform can you give us one or two examples of elements of this deal that the president could put into the deal that would attract the democratic votes but would not alienate republicans . These conversations are just starting with the democrats coming to the table. As those take place, well certainly provide more information on that front. This is just the very beginning, the first step in this process. Thanks, guys. Well be around the rest of the day to answer questions if you have them. Thanks. Shepard Sarah Sanders wrapping up the briefing at the white house. Im Shepard Smith in new york. The white house says President Trump was 100 right to fire james comey. Press secretary sanders made that comment just moments ago. It comes after the former wife house chief strategist steve bannon that said the decision to fire the former fbi director was one of the worst mistakes in modern police call history. Also out of the white house briefing, Sarah Sanders says President Trump will visit floor tomorrow. I believe she said thursday, to see the damage from hurricane irma. John roberts is live at the white house. Its thursday, right, john, for the white house trip . Thats our understanding, that it will be thursday. Theyre trying to figure out where the president can go that it wont cause too much disruption. He waited after Hurricane Harvey to go to houston because of the fact that urban search and rescue teams were taking people off of roofs and he didnt want to get in the way. Every time the president travels, theres a logistical component that involves law enforcement. You mentioned james comey, this is the second day that Sarah Sanders was asked about that. With us mentioned and Steve Bannons comment about firing james comey. He said it was the right thing to do particularly since what we learned about comey before. She said that at that time that he had given false testimony to which i responded, are you suggested that he purgered himself before congress or misled congress . She said thats a matter of the the doj to decide. Shes not a lawyer. She got asked the same question today. Lets listen to how she responded. The president was 100 right in firing james comey. He knew at the time that it could be bad for him politically. He also knew and felt he had an obligation to do what was right and do was right for the American People and the american and women at the fbi. I think theres no secret comey by his own selfadmission leaked privilege government information. She also went on to say that he gave false testimony, that prompted the same question, whether or not the doj should look into this. She said any time somebody is suspected in criminal behavior, she believes the department of justice should look into it. Shep . Shepard john, President Trump is set to host a dinner with senators from both parties to talk about tax cuts. This comes to it its framed as the best way to put it, by a speech that mark short, the legislator director gave, to a Christian Science monitor breakfast in which they said they learned from the obamacare debacle that they cant rely on their own members of their party to come through to get the legislative goals across the goal line. So theyre now suggesting we may need to have some democrats there, if not to get 60 votes, maybe just 62. So a Bipartisan Group of senators john thune from north dakota, joe manchin, Heidi Heitkamp who accompanied the president last week. Orrin hatch and pat toomey will be here as well. We asked what was the goal of the dinner given the president will need democratic support to get tax reform through. Listen here. Can the president cut some sort of deal that sticks to his principles and that also satisfies them or i think is there an unbridgeable the president , i think, has demonstrated both in his Business World and as president that he can make deals. Thats what hes looking to do. Hes going to work hard to make sure that we get the best deal possible on tax reform that starts with things like tonight, have this conversation and moving the ball forward, working bipartisan support from both sides. You can see the real problem for the president when it comes to getting democratic support, they might sign on to a cut to the business tax. The president wants 15 . They may agree with 20 or 22. Certainly they would like to see cuts to the middle class, but the president also wants to cut taxes for the highest income earners in america. For democrat, thats a red line. So if he can cut that deal, he will definitely be a very good deal maker. In part, to pressure democrats into doing that, he will be hitting 13 states in the next seven weeks. Hes done missouri, already done north dakota. Targeting states that he won where democrats are up for reelection in the senate next year. So the president certainly prepared to twist a lot of arms to get tax reform through. Shepard john roberts, amid the team of competing reporters. Thank you. Thanks, shep. Shepard were going to get this state rebuilt thats the word from state of floridas governor who says more than half of florida is in the dark. He says its going to take us a long time to get the power back up. The head of fema says the cleanup is going to be a frustrating event. People across that state from coasttocoast dealing with temperatures in the high 80s. For many of them, triple digit feels like in the next couple days with no air conditioning. The feds say theyre deploying aircraft today to inspect the damage and help with any rescues. Rescue workers in florida say at least six people died due to the storm. In jacksonville, crews report rescuing more than 350 people from record flooding there. The mayor lifted the citys mandatory evacuation orders today. He said theres still serious flooding that you may not get back into your home just now. Well go live to jacksonville in just a moment. The storm battered parts of georgia and South Carolina as well. Emergency workers say four people died in those states. In downtown charleston, a river. The National Weather service reported incredible flooding. Crews say they made dozens of rescues there. People in the upper florida keys beginning to return home today. Dozens of cars parked along u. S. 1, the overseas highway overnight. People stayed through the night to wait out the road block. The lower keys, still closed. Take a look at drone video showing a long line at a gas station in florida city, not far from the entrance to u. S. 1 and the florida keys. A man that rode out the storm on key largo said its going to get crazy. He said the island has no resources. Very limited gasoline. All the supermarkets are closed. 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Shepard the upper keys reopened now in the aftermath of hurricane irma. Theres not a lot to keep them going. Phil keating is live south of there. Phil . The overseas highway up there in the background there. Traffic going to key west that way. So this is all the flow of returning residents frustratedly evacuated for about a week now. When you can see along the scenic biway, its not scenic debris. Tons and tons of debris, trash, seaweed. Pieces of furniture that came in with the 3 to 8 foot storm surge. The winds out here were 110 to 120 miles an hour. Further down in the keys, it was 130 miles an hour. Now just down the road, theres a trailer park, one of many, on the 100plus mile strip between key largo and key west. 80 of the park completely demolished. A wall of 68 feet of water pushed everything out. Trailers off their foundation. We ran up to one of the residents, that well, used to live there, billy quinn. My front porch came to here. My trailer started at the other side of this slab. So i started here. Thats how far the frame actually moved. Wrr where is the frame of the trailer now . Thats it. The rest of it is in the wind. Joining me now is paul bates, owner of the coconut cove resort. Famous for weddings. Well, the wedding season is coming up. How bad will business be impacted . Well, were well underway. You can see most of the garbage out here. We have a great crew. Looking for more crew. Well be ready. Weve done this before. This is the worst yet. Weve done it before. Very challenge something. Yeah. Everybody needs a crew. Were used to it. Thanks very much, mr. Bates. You bet. Going to be a long road to recovery here, shep, based on everything. They need bulldozers, fleets of them. Shepard thanks, phil. We should talk to a congressman for the florida keys. We will after this. Cant get a true idea of the devastation in florida only from the ground. 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Lets bring in a congressman for the florida keys, carlos cobello. Great to take to you. Great to talk to you from Floridas International university where classes have been cancelled indefinitely. Shepard were watching you on the helicopter tour. What did it looks like up there, congressman . Theres significant damage in the lower keys. We landed in key west. Key west fared okay. But obviously in that air from marathon to cudjoe key, theres great concerns about the roads and power lines. Hundreds of Monroe County residents are sheltered at the university. Theyre interested in when they can go home. Up to now, no update from these people of Monroe County. Theyre doing their best to clean up and get ready so some of these people can head home. Theres a fourdayold baby here with her mom. So its quite an experience here at fiu. Shepard congressman, live pictures are coming in right now from the chopper. I was wondering, congressman curbelo, when they would have a better idea of the Structural Integrity of the roads and bridges . Thats a beginning. The Florida Department of transportation is inspecting the roads and bridges. Theres over 40 of them from homestead all the way down to key west. Obviously we want people to get home, but we also do not want to risk anyones safety or security. I support the locals in these efforts. Theres some frustration, a lot of anxious people here here at Florida International university. I dont think its worth risking anyones life in order to rush people back home. Shepard theres some talk of evacuating people from big pine, middle torch, summerland, cudjoe. What is your thought on requiring people to leave . At this hour, i dont believe that is necessary. That was a rumor that came out of a dod memo. Senator rubio and i have discussed this. Obviously theres people that want to leave the florida keys, we want to help them evacuate. At this time shepard senator rubio tweeted in favor of it, congressman. Well, since then hes spoken to the county manager in monroe who has confirmed that at this hour, theres no need to evacuate anyone. Senator rubio, like myself, we have a concern regarding the lack of power in the florida keys, the lack of cell phone service. But at this hour, local authorities do not believe its necessary to order any kind of evacuation. On the contrary, the goal is to get people back into the florida keys as soon as possible so long as we can do it safely. What is the one thing people should