Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Special Report With Bret Baier 2017

Good evening, mike. Republican leadership expected opposition from democrats but are now facing it from four of their own. President trump sounds ready to deal. Obamacare is a disaster. It is dead. Totally dead. We are putting in a plan today thats going to be negotiated. We looked at some democrats for support but they are obstructionists. We hopefully will get something done and it will be something with heart. The plan to scrap obamacare and replace it with what g. O. P. Leaders is saying its a better system was released today. Some key differences are on tax credits to help people buy coverage. In the house, they are based on age. In the senate, tax credits are based on age and income. Three different conditions. Premiums can be increased by preexisting conditions. Premiums cannot be medicaid cuts, the house sts block grants based on per capita spending. It would grow more slowly after 20 20 five. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell made the republicans case. Democrats would say its wrong for the senate to actually address these problems in a serious way. The law theyve defended for seven years, peters, literally teeters on the edge of total collapse. Marco senators came out against it in its current form, enough to kill the bill. We are open to negotiation. We want the bill to look more like a repeal. We are afraid when we read the bill, it will look like of reiteration or keeping of obamacare. The way to get to yes is fix the underlying problems. Lower premiums. And i will happily be part of i it. Civil rights protesters went around the hill today and protested medicaid spending, saying it could be life and death for the disabled. Democrats quickly attacked the package. Its every bit as bad as the house bill. In some ways, its even worse. The senate bill needed heart, thats what the president said. The way this bill cuts health care is heartless. The speech you just heard was about a bill that he has not seen. 142 pages thus far of this supposed bill have been printed on mine. Thats what i have used. The tension on the senate floor over health care didnt end there. Whats being talked about here is like having a hole ripped out of your house instead of patching it, they would want to burn down the house. Would we are not willing to participate in is burning down the house. I would suggest to the senator from michigan that its the democrats under obamacare at that burn down the house. The individual market for health care has been decimated. Decimated. The Congressional Budget Office says it should have a price and impact for this bill by early next week. Senate g. O. P. Leadership has set a goal to vote before the fourth of july holiday. They say there is ample time to read and discuss it. John. John i dont know if its outside or inside lots of tension on both sides of the aisle. Even within the republican ranks. John President Trump answered a question that has been hanging out there for 41 days. Announcing he did not make any recordings of his conversations with james comey. The president had teased there might be some tapes after disputing comeys account that he wanted a loyalty pledge. Kevin is at the white house tonight. Hey there, john. As is often the case, the president and twitter have created really controversy but he went back to social media to try to answer the burning question, previously suggesting he may have recorded his conversations with the former fbi director. I think the president s statement via twitter today is extremely clear. I dont have anything to add beyond the statement. The president s statement came in the form of two tweets. Mr. Trump writing. The notion that the president might have taped conversations first arose three days after he fired a comey, he tweeted. Because of that warning, comey did in fact leak details of his recollection of conversations with mr. Trump to a Columbia University professor. We shared them with the press. Comey later told Senate Lawmakers that. Adam schiff said the tweets today raised even more questions. Writing in a statement, have the president had no tape, why did he suggest otherwise . Was he trying to intimidate or silence james comey . If so, did he take other steps to discourage potential witnesses from speaking out . The no tape tweets came hours after the president was in a rally in iowa. To promote his administrations agenda and the two republican victories in the special election. Monetizing the portable with solar panels was a topic you discussed. Lots of sun. Lots of heat. We are thinking about building the wall as a solar wall so it creates energy. And pays for itself. The president also said he would ask congress to limit access to welfare programs for new immigrants u. S. For a period of time. Those seeking admission into our country must be able to support themselves financially and should not use welfare for a period of at least five years. The president also raised a few eyebrows and what appeared to be a bit of an off the script moment, lauding the success and sacrifice wilbur ross and carrie cohen, mr. Trump talked about why it was a good idea to hire multimillionaires for those jobs. I love all people. Rich or poor. In those particular positions, i just dont want a poor person, does that make sense . It should be a pretty fun night at the white house, the congressional picnic. Tomorrow is a very big day. Mr. Trump expected to the sign the accountability act. It will provide more protections for inside whistleblowers. John, back to you. John kevin, thank you so much. Unusual if not sincere show of support for increasingly embattled House Minority leader nancy pelosi. President trump says he hopes she sticks around. There may not be a lot of company among democrats after the Georgia Special election defeat. Pelosi talked about all of it. Here is peter doocy. Democrats are getting desperate for a win. Going zero in 2017. Nancy pelosi was a great speaker. She is a great leader. But her time has come and gone. Yes, shes a great fundraiser but if the money we are raising through her leadership is not helping us win elections, we have to have this difficult conversation now. If the conversation isnt now, some democrats fear they will be doomed in the upcoming midterms. We are going to regain the majority in 2018, we have to have new leadership. The 77yearold democratic leader was defiant, calling out critics in her ranks. When it comes to having fun on tv, have your fun. I love the arena. I thrive on competition. These days, that support may be strongest among embers of the other party. I had a member of Congress Tell me please tell me you are not going to get rid of nancy pelosi. Please tell me shes not going to retire. Thats who i run against. Running against pelosi was part of the Winning Strategy in Georgia Special election on tuesday. We already have nancy pelosi is our congresswoman. You are going to give us john allsop is our congressman. Its because she may remain a centerpiece for as long as she is in power. President trump tweeted. One of pelosis predecessors says she could be valuable to republicans for the rest of her tenure as the highest ranking democrat in congress. We would love to have the question in 2018, nancy pelosi versus paul ryan. I hope the democrats keep her right where she is for a long, long time. At least a decade. The democrats have lost more than 1,000 offices to since 20. Things would be different if there was an obvious successor. But there is not. John. John thank you for that, peter. These are recordsetting times in mexico. Not in a good way. The countrys internal fight over the illegal drug trade has led to huge increase in bloodshed. William la jeunesse looks at the numbers and what they mean. Elected in 2012, president and wreak a pain in promised to bring peace to mexico. Instead, violence is worse than ever. Its the second deadliest country in the world, after only syria, according to the International Studies most of the heroin, fentanyl, and drugs that kill our citizen citizens, came to america through the poorest southern border. All of this coming from mexico. Americas drug epidemic and the violence helped mexico record a record. 2186 homicides in may. 30 more than last year. The highest in 20 years. Most violent cases are gangs fighting each other over turf. Or trying to edge out another gain, civilians getting caught in the crossfire. Held teaneck el chapo, violee worst in guerrero, where cartels can turn an acre of poppies into a 1 million of heroin. The pod capital ranked second with almost 200 homicides in may. The biggest jump in killings, almost 400 . Occurred in baja, california, fighting for the lucrative drug route into california. Because of this important relationship, its watching americas back. The military remains committed but the drug war is no fueling extortion and kidnapping and spilling into resort places like kabul and cancun. John the fbi has arrested a man in the bronx. Trying to travel to syria to join isis. The u. S. Attorneys office says he had already helped another man make that trip. He told an undercover investigator he had been in contact with other isis supporters and no longer felt comfortable in the United States. The fbi says the man that stabbed an Airport Police officer in michigan acted alone. Chief intelligence correspondence Catherine Herridge has the latest on the case. What it says about the tactics of terror. Federal investigators released a new photo of the suspect, ftouhi, the former canadian tried to purchase a firearm days before the attack at the Bishop International airport. We have information that ftouhi attempted to buy a gun and was unsuccessful in that attempt. Now charged with violence at an International Airport after stabbing jeff level, investigators say charges may be added after searching his car and scouring his electronics. He is probably self radicalized. Was doing this in retaliation. Mike mccallum was briefed on the attack and says ftouhi was not on any watch list and may have crossed into new york state using Homeland Securitys trusted traveler program. It provides expedited service for low risk individuals. I talked with individuals. Obviously, if he was, that exposes a vulnerability in our program that we have to tighten up. Im not going to speak to that. The nations counterterrorism chief said this is a broader pattern. Attacks that are not particularly complex, largescale, they are not particularly sophisticated and yet they can do enormous harm. Unknown terrorist suspect rammed a van and at the brussels train station, a spike in violence during islams holy month. We havent gotten out of the season of ramadan just yet. We are concerned and at the Homeland Security officials are concerned about what could happen between now and saturday. The total volume of activity is at peak levels with a significant number after the targeted killing of three isis jihadist last month we were responsible for planning attacks in the west as well as the isis Drone Program in iraq. John employees being charged with transmitting topsecret documents to a chinese agent. Kevin mallory of virginia is an army veteran who worked with various federal agencies and defense contractors. He is a selfemployed consultant. He traveled to china earlier this year and received 25,000 from individuals he thought were chinese operatives. Their increasing indications indications tonight that north korea is preparing for another Nuclear Weapons test. The communist regime is also doing its best to provoke President Trump, who was already signaling his patients with the hermit kingdom is beginning to run out. Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent tells us why things stand right now. Reports of more trouble brewing in north korea. Telling fox news the regime has tested a rocket engine which could be used on a future Intercontinental Ballistic Missile capable of reaching the u. S. Sources also tell fox theres been a buildup of vehicles and personnel on north Koreas Nuclear testing site. At least one report says a blast could come as soon as the next few days. I am pretty sure that north korea would be ready to do test a Nuclear Weapon almost whenever they make a political decision to do so. This amid other accounts that north korea might also be willing to at least temporarily suspend its missile and nuclear tests, if u. S. Were to halt its military exercises with south korea. That has been a nonstarter with the u. S. South koreas president said urgency is needed. Judging from the speed of north koreas advancements in nuclear and Missile Technology is, i believe they will acquire such capabilities in the near future. The brutality of north korea, with a funeral and burial of Otto Warmbier. He died monday after being released from north korea in an unresponsive state. He had been held for 17 months by the pyongyang regime. He went over there a healthy, wonderful boy. And you see how he came back. You see how he came back. So we have been given a bad hand. We are going to take that bad hand and it will all be good. Congress is concerned as well. Two house members introduced a bill that would ban taurus traveled by americans to north korea. And other ways that regime would generate hard currency. People are enticed to coming to north korea and visit north korea. Weve got to put an end to that. Theres no end to the rhetoric coming from north kore north korea. The media there saying that President Trump is a psychopath. Claiming that hes the one they could start a nuclear war. Some claim. John. John thank you. As greg reported, Otto Warmbier was laid to rest today. About 2,000 people were in the Cincinnati High School to pay respects to the 22yearold. Among them, congressman rob portman. He called Otto Warmbier an amazing young man. He was jailed 17 months ago for taking a poster from a hotel. He was severely beaten while in captivity. Doctors say there is no evidence to back up north koreas claim that he fell into a coma. Because of food poisoning. Up next, the u. S. Considers is sending more troops to afghanistan, a deadly suicide car bombing kills thousands of people. And what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight, fox five in san diego, crews work and rugged terrain doing a punishing heat wave. A wild fire has burned nearly 2. 5 miles in the sammartino mountains. Fox 13 in Salt Lake City, police say the owner of an i. D. Hello farmhouse a badly decomposed body and three slain women were discovered, it may be in utah. Authorities say 60yearold Jared Michael bullinger should be considered armed and dangerous. This is a live look at dallas from fox four. The big story there, more trouble for an excop, already accused of murder. Aggravated assault charges, against former Police Officer roy oliver, related to an april Traffic Accident that that happened while he was off duty. He was charged with murder after the shooting death of a 15yearold boy while he was a passenger in a car. Im sorry, i misspoke. Its senator rob portman. Thats tonight live look outside. We will be right back. [ crickets chirping ] [ light music playing ] youve wished upon it all year, and now its finally here. The mercedesbenz summer event is back, with incredible offers on the mercedesbenz youve always longed for. But hurry, these shooting stars fly by fast. Lease the c300 for 399 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. When a fire destroyedwith us everything in our living room. We replaced it all without touching our savings. Yeah, our insurance wont do that. No. You can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. Liberty mutual insurance. Mone hundredts thousand times a day, sending oxygen to my muscles. Again so i can lift even the most demanding weight. Take care of all your most important parts with centrum. Now verified non gmo and gluten free. John Tropical Storm cindy has been downgraded and weakening as a heads inland. Heavy rain hit much of the deep south. Flash flooding remains a major concern. Remnants of the storm are forecasting to move towards arkansas. Its being blamed for one death, a 10yearold boy who was killed in an alabama beach when he was struck by a log that washed ashore. The latest effort to test the best defense against a possible north Korean Missile attack has failed. At the pentagon says its interceptor fired from a navy ship failed to hit a medium range Ballistic Missile that was launched from a test range in hawaii. Defense officials are not saying what went wrong. The pentagon says it killed a top al qaeda leader and two of its associates in yemen last week. Their new questions tonight about the u. S. Strategy following another suicide bombing in afghanistan and the destruction of a religious site in iraq. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has the latest tonight. The selfproclaimed Islamic State blew up the great mosque in mosul. It is an iconic landmark where they pronounced the start of the caliphate in july 2014. Iraqs secondlargest city was overrun by isis militants. It gleamed like italys tower of pisa, it had stood for more than 840 years. Isis blew it up. A mosque which sat there since the 12th century. Iraqs Prime Minister tweeted the act of destruction showed isis is on the verge of defeat in mosul. Today in afghanistan, at least 29 people were killed and 16 wounded in a suicide car bombing that targeted afghan troops and government workers who were lined up outside a bank. The taliban released a new video of two Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> made the republicans case. Democrats would say its wrong for the senate to actually address these problems in a serious way. The law theyve defended for seven years, peters, literally teeters on the edge of total collapse. Marco senators came out against it in its current form, enough to kill the bill. We are open to negotiation. We want the bill to look more like a repeal. We are afraid when we read the bill, it will look like of reiteration or keeping of obamacare. The way to get to yes is fix the underlying problems. Lower premiums. And i will happily be part of i it. Civil rights protesters went around the hill today and protested medicaid spending, saying it could be life and death for the disabled. Democrats quickly attacked the package. Its every bit as bad as the house bill. In some ways, its even worse. The senate bill needed heart, thats what the president said. The way this bill cuts health care is heartless. The speech you just heard was about a bill that he has not seen. 142 pages thus far of this supposed bill have been printed on mine. Thats what i have used. The tension on the senate floor over health care didnt end there. Whats being talked about here is like having a hole ripped out of your house instead of patching it, they would want to burn down the house. Would we are not willing to participate in is burning down the house. I would suggest to the senator from michigan that its the democrats under obamacare at that burn down the house. The individual market for health care has been decimated. Decimated. The Congressional Budget Office<\/a> says it should have a price and impact for this bill by early next week. Senate g. O. P. Leadership has set a goal to vote before the fourth of july holiday. They say there is ample time to read and discuss it. John. John i dont know if its outside or inside lots of tension on both sides of the aisle. Even within the republican ranks. John President Trump<\/a> answered a question that has been hanging out there for 41 days. Announcing he did not make any recordings of his conversations with james comey. The president had teased there might be some tapes after disputing comeys account that he wanted a loyalty pledge. Kevin is at the white house tonight. Hey there, john. As is often the case, the president and twitter have created really controversy but he went back to social media to try to answer the burning question, previously suggesting he may have recorded his conversations with the former fbi director. I think the president s statement via twitter today is extremely clear. I dont have anything to add beyond the statement. The president s statement came in the form of two tweets. Mr. Trump writing. The notion that the president might have taped conversations first arose three days after he fired a comey, he tweeted. Because of that warning, comey did in fact leak details of his recollection of conversations with mr. Trump to a Columbia University<\/a> professor. We shared them with the press. Comey later told Senate Lawmakers<\/a> that. Adam schiff said the tweets today raised even more questions. Writing in a statement, have the president had no tape, why did he suggest otherwise . Was he trying to intimidate or silence james comey . If so, did he take other steps to discourage potential witnesses from speaking out . The no tape tweets came hours after the president was in a rally in iowa. To promote his administrations agenda and the two republican victories in the special election. Monetizing the portable with solar panels was a topic you discussed. Lots of sun. Lots of heat. We are thinking about building the wall as a solar wall so it creates energy. And pays for itself. The president also said he would ask congress to limit access to welfare programs for new immigrants u. S. For a period of time. Those seeking admission into our country must be able to support themselves financially and should not use welfare for a period of at least five years. The president also raised a few eyebrows and what appeared to be a bit of an off the script moment, lauding the success and sacrifice wilbur ross and carrie cohen, mr. Trump talked about why it was a good idea to hire multimillionaires for those jobs. I love all people. Rich or poor. In those particular positions, i just dont want a poor person, does that make sense . It should be a pretty fun night at the white house, the congressional picnic. Tomorrow is a very big day. Mr. Trump expected to the sign the accountability act. It will provide more protections for inside whistleblowers. John, back to you. John kevin, thank you so much. Unusual if not sincere show of support for increasingly embattled House Minority<\/a> leader nancy pelosi. President trump says he hopes she sticks around. There may not be a lot of company among democrats after the Georgia Special<\/a> election defeat. Pelosi talked about all of it. Here is peter doocy. Democrats are getting desperate for a win. Going zero in 2017. Nancy pelosi was a great speaker. She is a great leader. But her time has come and gone. Yes, shes a great fundraiser but if the money we are raising through her leadership is not helping us win elections, we have to have this difficult conversation now. If the conversation isnt now, some democrats fear they will be doomed in the upcoming midterms. We are going to regain the majority in 2018, we have to have new leadership. The 77yearold democratic leader was defiant, calling out critics in her ranks. When it comes to having fun on tv, have your fun. I love the arena. I thrive on competition. These days, that support may be strongest among embers of the other party. I had a member of Congress Tell<\/a> me please tell me you are not going to get rid of nancy pelosi. Please tell me shes not going to retire. Thats who i run against. Running against pelosi was part of the Winning Strategy<\/a> in Georgia Special<\/a> election on tuesday. We already have nancy pelosi is our congresswoman. You are going to give us john allsop is our congressman. Its because she may remain a centerpiece for as long as she is in power. President trump tweeted. One of pelosis predecessors says she could be valuable to republicans for the rest of her tenure as the highest ranking democrat in congress. We would love to have the question in 2018, nancy pelosi versus paul ryan. I hope the democrats keep her right where she is for a long, long time. At least a decade. The democrats have lost more than 1,000 offices to since 20. Things would be different if there was an obvious successor. But there is not. John. John thank you for that, peter. These are recordsetting times in mexico. Not in a good way. The countrys internal fight over the illegal drug trade has led to huge increase in bloodshed. William la jeunesse looks at the numbers and what they mean. Elected in 2012, president and wreak a pain in promised to bring peace to mexico. Instead, violence is worse than ever. Its the second deadliest country in the world, after only syria, according to the International Studies<\/a> most of the heroin, fentanyl, and drugs that kill our citizen citizens, came to america through the poorest southern border. All of this coming from mexico. Americas drug epidemic and the violence helped mexico record a record. 2186 homicides in may. 30 more than last year. The highest in 20 years. Most violent cases are gangs fighting each other over turf. Or trying to edge out another gain, civilians getting caught in the crossfire. Held teaneck el chapo, violee worst in guerrero, where cartels can turn an acre of poppies into a 1 million of heroin. The pod capital ranked second with almost 200 homicides in may. The biggest jump in killings, almost 400 . Occurred in baja, california, fighting for the lucrative drug route into california. Because of this important relationship, its watching americas back. The military remains committed but the drug war is no fueling extortion and kidnapping and spilling into resort places like kabul and cancun. John the fbi has arrested a man in the bronx. Trying to travel to syria to join isis. The u. S. Attorneys office says he had already helped another man make that trip. He told an undercover investigator he had been in contact with other isis supporters and no longer felt comfortable in the United States<\/a>. The fbi says the man that stabbed an Airport Police<\/a> officer in michigan acted alone. Chief intelligence correspondence Catherine Herridge<\/a> has the latest on the case. What it says about the tactics of terror. Federal investigators released a new photo of the suspect, ftouhi, the former canadian tried to purchase a firearm days before the attack at the Bishop International<\/a> airport. We have information that ftouhi attempted to buy a gun and was unsuccessful in that attempt. Now charged with violence at an International Airport<\/a> after stabbing jeff level, investigators say charges may be added after searching his car and scouring his electronics. He is probably self radicalized. Was doing this in retaliation. Mike mccallum was briefed on the attack and says ftouhi was not on any watch list and may have crossed into new york state using Homeland Security<\/a>s trusted traveler program. It provides expedited service for low risk individuals. I talked with individuals. Obviously, if he was, that exposes a vulnerability in our program that we have to tighten up. Im not going to speak to that. The nations counterterrorism chief said this is a broader pattern. Attacks that are not particularly complex, largescale, they are not particularly sophisticated and yet they can do enormous harm. Unknown terrorist suspect rammed a van and at the brussels train station, a spike in violence during islams holy month. We havent gotten out of the season of ramadan just yet. We are concerned and at the Homeland Security<\/a> officials are concerned about what could happen between now and saturday. The total volume of activity is at peak levels with a significant number after the targeted killing of three isis jihadist last month we were responsible for planning attacks in the west as well as the isis Drone Program<\/a> in iraq. John employees being charged with transmitting topsecret documents to a chinese agent. Kevin mallory of virginia is an army veteran who worked with various federal agencies and defense contractors. He is a selfemployed consultant. He traveled to china earlier this year and received 25,000 from individuals he thought were chinese operatives. Their increasing indications indications tonight that north korea is preparing for another Nuclear Weapons<\/a> test. The communist regime is also doing its best to provoke President Trump<\/a>, who was already signaling his patients with the hermit kingdom is beginning to run out. Senior Foreign Affairs<\/a> correspondent tells us why things stand right now. Reports of more trouble brewing in north korea. Telling fox news the regime has tested a rocket engine which could be used on a future Intercontinental Ballistic Missile<\/a> capable of reaching the u. S. Sources also tell fox theres been a buildup of vehicles and personnel on north Koreas Nuclear<\/a> testing site. At least one report says a blast could come as soon as the next few days. I am pretty sure that north korea would be ready to do test a Nuclear Weapon<\/a> almost whenever they make a political decision to do so. This amid other accounts that north korea might also be willing to at least temporarily suspend its missile and nuclear tests, if u. S. Were to halt its military exercises with south korea. That has been a nonstarter with the u. S. South koreas president said urgency is needed. Judging from the speed of north koreas advancements in nuclear and Missile Technology<\/a> is, i believe they will acquire such capabilities in the near future. The brutality of north korea, with a funeral and burial of Otto Warmbier<\/a>. He died monday after being released from north korea in an unresponsive state. He had been held for 17 months by the pyongyang regime. He went over there a healthy, wonderful boy. And you see how he came back. You see how he came back. So we have been given a bad hand. We are going to take that bad hand and it will all be good. Congress is concerned as well. Two house members introduced a bill that would ban taurus traveled by americans to north korea. And other ways that regime would generate hard currency. People are enticed to coming to north korea and visit north korea. Weve got to put an end to that. Theres no end to the rhetoric coming from north kore north korea. The media there saying that President Trump<\/a> is a psychopath. Claiming that hes the one they could start a nuclear war. Some claim. John. John thank you. As greg reported, Otto Warmbier<\/a> was laid to rest today. About 2,000 people were in the Cincinnati High School<\/a> to pay respects to the 22yearold. Among them, congressman rob portman. He called Otto Warmbier<\/a> an amazing young man. He was jailed 17 months ago for taking a poster from a hotel. He was severely beaten while in captivity. Doctors say there is no evidence to back up north koreas claim that he fell into a coma. Because of food poisoning. Up next, the u. S. Considers is sending more troops to afghanistan, a deadly suicide car bombing kills thousands of people. And what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight, fox five in san diego, crews work and rugged terrain doing a punishing heat wave. A wild fire has burned nearly 2. 5 miles in the sammartino mountains. Fox 13 in Salt Lake City<\/a>, police say the owner of an i. D. Hello farmhouse a badly decomposed body and three slain women were discovered, it may be in utah. Authorities say 60yearold Jared Michael<\/a> bullinger should be considered armed and dangerous. This is a live look at dallas from fox four. The big story there, more trouble for an excop, already accused of murder. Aggravated assault charges, against former Police Officer<\/a> roy oliver, related to an april Traffic Accident<\/a> that that happened while he was off duty. He was charged with murder after the shooting death of a 15yearold boy while he was a passenger in a car. Im sorry, i misspoke. Its senator rob portman. Thats tonight live look outside. We will be right back. [ crickets chirping ] [ light music playing ] youve wished upon it all year, and now its finally here. The mercedesbenz summer event is back, with incredible offers on the mercedesbenz youve always longed for. But hurry, these shooting stars fly by fast. Lease the c300 for 399 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. When a fire destroyedwith us everything in our living room. We replaced it all without touching our savings. Yeah, our insurance wont do that. No. You can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you\u2122. Liberty mutual insurance. Mone hundredts thousand times a day, sending oxygen to my muscles. Again so i can lift even the most demanding weight. Take care of all your most important parts with centrum. Now verified non gmo and gluten free. John Tropical Storm<\/a> cindy has been downgraded and weakening as a heads inland. Heavy rain hit much of the deep south. Flash flooding remains a major concern. Remnants of the storm are forecasting to move towards arkansas. Its being blamed for one death, a 10yearold boy who was killed in an alabama beach when he was struck by a log that washed ashore. The latest effort to test the best defense against a possible north Korean Missile<\/a> attack has failed. At the pentagon says its interceptor fired from a navy ship failed to hit a medium range Ballistic Missile<\/a> that was launched from a test range in hawaii. Defense officials are not saying what went wrong. The pentagon says it killed a top al qaeda leader and two of its associates in yemen last week. Their new questions tonight about the u. S. Strategy following another suicide bombing in afghanistan and the destruction of a religious site in iraq. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin<\/a> has the latest tonight. The selfproclaimed Islamic State<\/a> blew up the great mosque in mosul. It is an iconic landmark where they pronounced the start of the caliphate in july 2014. Iraqs secondlargest city was overrun by isis militants. It gleamed like italys tower of pisa, it had stood for more than 840 years. Isis blew it up. A mosque which sat there since the 12th century. Iraqs Prime Minister<\/a> tweeted the act of destruction showed isis is on the verge of defeat in mosul. Today in afghanistan, at least 29 people were killed and 16 wounded in a suicide car bombing that targeted afghan troops and government workers who were lined up outside a bank. The taliban released a new video of two University Professors<\/a> kidnapped from the American University<\/a> in kabul last august. In the video, kevin king, a 60yearold american, appealed to President Trump<\/a>, have mercy on me and get me out. Dont send any commandos. U. S. Navy seals attempted to rescue but when they arrived, the two hostages had been moved. Defense secretary jim mattis is deciding whether to send up to 5,000 more u. S. Troops to afghanistan. Many would be marines. Mattis talked about u. S. Forces in afghanistan, that will be in a broader strategist review. John mccain has expressed frustration in the delay. After 16 years of war. We are losing in afghanistan. We just had three americans killed in the last couple of days. This is not an academic exercise. Secretary mattis, the rising number of insider attacks by afghan troops turning on their American Partners<\/a> is alarming. Mattis said he will present a strategy in midjuly. John. John thank you. Some republicans are urging trump to spend a lot more on national defense. One of those people is liz indicating. She and her father, the former Vice President<\/a> are going public with their case. Bret baier talks with liz cheney tonight. She is dean of the wyoming delegation. There is only one representative. Is an honor to be here. My First National<\/a> interview. You wrote an oped with Vice President<\/a> dick cheney in which he warned about defense spending. You write. America today faces an array of threats, more serious, more complex than the past 75 years. President obama and his policies are largely to blame. You get into a situation where people are just talking numbers. We felt it was really important, this isnt about if youre going to have plus up defense. Why do we need to do more and why do we need to do more over the coming years . Why do we need to do things americas adversaries have really used the last eight years to build up their own defenses. Like the russians and the chinese. Really targeting our capabilities. As a congress, at the people, we got to look at this and say what is it going to take to begin to rebuild our military and undo the damage . President trumps budget, it was submitted to congress. You are saying the 3 increase is nowhere near good enough. Not even sufficient. The senate, Armed Services<\/a> committee, mccain, they have both worked very diligently over the course of the last year to look at whats really necessary this year. To begin to get us out of the hole we are in. That number is 640 billion in the defense budget. We had secretary testified before us last week and what is clear is its a number that doesnt begin to get us back on the path. The budget itself has significant cuts in places that are very concerning. They cut 100 0000000 out of the naval operations, they cut 300 million out of Missile Defense<\/a>. When the North Koreans<\/a> are very threatening and making alarming progress, the last thing we need to do is cut up defense. We really need to do more. More based on what we need to purchase. You mentioned secretary mattis testifying. What about the budget control act . I retired from military service after sequestration took effect. I returned to the department and had been shocked by what ive seen about our readiness to fight. While nothing can compare to the heart ache caused by the loss of our troops during these wars, no enemy in the field has done more to harm the combat readiness of our military and sequestration. He is absolutely right. Congress but the budget control act and sequestration as part of that into place back in 2011. Republicans and democrats. Absolutely. It was an effort to basically put together a list of cuts that would be so draconian that it would force members to come to agreements. In an effort to cut spending and cut the size of the debt, unfortunately, it has failed at those things. Instead, it has really strangled the military. Partly thats because sequestration doesnt allow the military to say what are the threats and what are they to meet them . You have to cut arbitrarily 50 across the board. Mick mulvaney, the budget director, they make the argument that the money has to come from somewhere. It cant all come from nondefense. What about that argument . Where are you going to find the dollars . My perspective is theres nothing we do as a government, nothing we do as a congress that is more important than the defense of the nation. If our most sacred we have to consider it first before we consider anything else. We cant be in a situation where months from now coming years from now, god forbid we are attacked and our response is we couldnt build Missile Defense<\/a> because we werent willing to do what we needed to do on the domestic side. Weve got to be in a situation where this is the most important thing we do. Look, i believe weve got to get control of our spending and deficits. None of the major things we are doing up on the hill, talking about Health Care Reform<\/a> or balancedbudget none of those things will matter if we dont get the resources for the military. We have to look at it as a different kind of thing. Congresswoman cheney. Thank you for coming in. John, back to you. John bret, thank you. A California Court<\/a> has dismissed most of the charges against journalists who recorded undercover conversations about planned parenthood. 14 of 15 criminal counts were dismissed for being legally insufficient. The two are still facing one count of conspiracy to invade privacy. There is another mixed day on wall street. The s p was off one and the nasdaq was up nearly three points. The Senate Health<\/a> care bill, is it already dead on arrival . We will ask the panel. Elite. Customer thanks for coming, its right over here. Tech giving you a few more minutes for what matters most. Take care. Kids singing safelite\u00ae repair, safelite\u00ae replace. Pain is sometimes in my hands, be a distraction. Right before a performance especially. Only aleve has the strength to stop minor arthritis pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. This is my pain. But i am stronger. Aleve. All day strong. In very old habits of using toothpaste people are stuck to clean a denture. But dentures are very different to real teeth. Theyre about 10x softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can grow and multiply. Polident is specifically designed to clean dentures daily. Its unique microclean formula kills 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains. Cleaning in a better way than brushing with toothpaste. Thats why dentists recommend polident. Polident. Cleaner, fresher, brighter every day. Obamacare is a disaster. It is dead. Totally dead. We are putting in a plan today thats going to be negotiated. John the president said the senate bill needed hard. It is heartless. Nothing is going to change the fact that more americans are going to get hurt, unless we do something. I want to get to gas. Its not enough just to pass a bill that has Obamacare Repeal<\/a> in the title. We have to have the legislation that sticks at the underlying problem. John the debate going on in the senate over the new health care bill, the framework was announced. Will this thing go anywhere . Ab stoddard, mollie hemingway, and jonah jonah goldberg. You have a 5048 split. You know, we are not too with this thing, thats what theyre saying. Mitch mcconnell knew exactly what was going to happen the minute this was released. He is not surprised. I do believe ted cruz really wants to get to yes. There can be some more wrangling but that could threaten the support of moderates on the other side of the republican conference. Either way, theyve decided internally that they need to get this back. People bring it to the floor. They can bring it down to one or two people, stopping the fulfillment of a sevenyear promise. Theyve lost too much time and too much momentum. There are strong indications that they are going to get this through the senate and if they can, pass the over to the house and get this possibly before the july 4th holiday. They are in a huge rush and its intentional. John the other three senators, rob johnson, mike lee, and rand paul. Lets listen to what rand paul said about it earlier. We cannot support the current bill. We are open to negotiation but we want the bill to look more like a repeal. We are afraid that when we read the bill, it actually looks like a reiteration or a keeping of obamacare. John it looks like the senate was trying to leave in place a lot of the provisions or some of the provisions of obamacare. Particularly on subsidies, preexisting conditions. Can they win over people like rand paul . Ted cruz said hes open for discussion. Its hard for me to see how they went over rand paul. He says the Senate Version<\/a> took out two or so of the regulations he wanted out. He says some where between 212, theres account do not compromise. Chuck schumer and all the democrats insist this is a total outrage for obamacare and conservatives much more rightly say no, this is actually scaling back of some of the medicaid stuff. For the most part, this leaves the structure of obamacare in place. It really is obamacare lite. Mitch mcconnell basically just dropped this thing like it was roadkill. And it said it is your problem now. You figure out what you want to do with it. He said, my work is done. And walked away. I think that tells you something. He setting it up for negotiatio negotiation. His heart is clearly not in it. John mollie hemingway, he believes rand paul is not going to come on board this but if yoe the political calculation of i hold my nose and vote for this to negotiate up and get something a little better, or do you vote against it, it fails and you are stuck with obamacare . Its an imperfect bill that comes out as an imperfect process. When you think about what the option really is, you have a bill that gets rid of the individual mandate, the employer mandate. That phases out medicaid expansion. It builds a case for getting rid of obamacare structurally over the long term. If your option is that or nothing, thats actually not the worst option that you have. At the same time, its a bill that does more for the moderates. It does phase the things out a little more gently. Mitch mcconnell picks the most conservative, politically plausible position. Thats what this bill might be. John i think its an improvement over obamacare but i think Mitch Mcconnell<\/a>s goal here is to check the box, hopefully we can kick this over back to the house. Its not our problem. It will die over there. Hes not investing as passionately. John the president was in cedar rapids and said he doesnt expect to get any democratic support on this. Calling them obstructionists. It certainly didnt look like he will get democratic support, here is senator patty murray. Based on what we are now learning, the plan is every bit as bad as what the house the past. It is mean, to quote President Trump<\/a>, meaner. Heartless. And it is in a norm and ormas broken promise to people across the country. John chris murphy from connecticut wrote. It will ruin millions of lives. Doesnt sound like it mirrors the hospital enough. Its very unpopular. The real fear among republicans is that they have a very narrow procedural trick they are going to use, the problem is, they are afraid that President Trump<\/a> is going to take in the criticism and have one of his reactions and call it mean again. And heartless. Thats a real risk, for them putting it all on the line. Hes playing nice and quiet for now. He always likes to say that is not over yet. Theres a real concern among republicans. They stuck their nine back neck on the line for this. The president might turn on them. John there are a lot of republicans who do like this. She thinks it addresses one of the biggest influencing factors on the house bill, when jimmy kimmel came out and told the story of his brandnew baby and the heart condition saying we all need to have coverage for preexisting conditions. Here is what jim cassidy says. A child is terminally ill or, they would both have coverage but also would keep coverage affordable. John in the public perception, would it pass the test . Will be talked about Health Insurance<\/a>, people are very good at telling heartbreaking stories about one side of the equation. In the media is really bad about telling the other side of the equation. A lot of people have suffered under obamacare. Some people have been helped by it. Some people have had their premiums go to where they cant afford insurance for their families. They have been penalized with these fines and taxes. They are all sorts of stories that should be told. We should be thinking about i read something today were the mom was saying half of all babies are born on medicaid. Thats an assumption that thats a good thing. Is that a good thing or should be thinking more about how to Lower Health Care<\/a> costs so people can pay for their own Health Insurance<\/a> . John you mentioned Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> dropped this thing. We just heard the president weigh in on this a second ago. She to mike he wrote. The power of Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> has arraigned him in in. John i think the president is watching this tonight. Good evening, mr. President. As the House Democratic<\/a> leader in trouble . The president says, i hope not. Ahh. Where are mom and dad . saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico goin up the country. Love mom and dad im takin a nap. Dude, you just woke up im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. I feel very confident, i respect any opinion that claimant my members have. John do you think nancy pelosi is more toxic than donald trump . The honest answer is, and some of the country, she is. Like in the special election districts, it doesnt benefit our candidates to be tied to her. Nancy pelosi was a great speaker. Shes a great leader. But her time has come and gone. Yes, shes a great fundraiser but if the money we are racing through her leadership is not helping us win elections, we have to have this difficult conversation now. John after the democrats go 0 for 4 and special elections, a lot of talk was on nancy pelosi. Can she continue as a democrat minority leader . What do you think . We were up late last night. The thing is, theres a lot of anxiety, with donald trump and all that, Nancy Pelosis<\/a> problem she is literally a San Francisco<\/a> democrat. She has presided over great trouble for the Democratic Party<\/a> and people have lots of debates about what the g. O. P. Is. G. O. P. As a party is more popular than the face of the Democratic Party<\/a>, as represented by nancy pelosi. We saw that in the race in georgia. And at the Democratic Party<\/a> has sort of bought itself into this idea that it can cater purely to the salon magazine reading base, a couple hundred college professors. And having rhetoric. And come out a winner and that doesnt work and a lot of districts that they need to win. John we dont need a be to encourage President Trump<\/a> to respond to this. He said. Clearly, the president thinks that her continued tenure as minority leader placed of the republican senate. All republicans think that. They are openly begging for her to stay. She needs to go. I wrote that back in the fall. The democrats had their chance in november and they blew it. They do not support tim ryan of ohio. They supported nancy pelosi and they are stuck with her. And she knows it. She was mortified in her tone today. She used to say that stuff behind closed doors. If you are stuck with me. Its the middle of the cycle. Definitely favors the democrats and not the republicans. If the races held tomorrow tomorrow, the house is definitely it doesnt mean they are going to win districts like georgia sixth but shes going to hang on. She didnt get out in november and they lost their chance. John do think they lost their chance, mollie . I think its kind of unfair that shes getting blamed, shes a San Francisco<\/a> liberal, thats a problem. The party itself has a lot of values out of the mainstream. Support for unlimited immigration without thinking through the effects of that, abortion all the way up to nine months of pregnancy, changing laws about religion minorities and christians. These are things that are identified with the Democratic Party<\/a> and not just nancy pelosi. Its a bigger messaging problem they have to deal with if they want to capture middleoftheroad american voters. John the big news coming out of the white house was President Trump<\/a> acknowledging there were no tapes of his conversation with james comey. With all of the recently reported surveillance, i am asking an illegal leaking of this information i dont know if there tapes or recordings of my conversation with james comey. I did not make and do not have any recordings. Adam schiff, he said if the president had no tapes, why did he suggest otherwise . Was he trying to intimidate . Or discourage potential witnesses from speaking out . He has created another controversy and jonah, that tweet precipitated the appointment of the special counsel. That was a fairly costly tweet for the president. It was. It was a bad idea. It got him into a a lot of trouble. He still try to back out of it. I dont really care about the bluff about the tapes. I always thought it was a bluff. He tries to run his presidency like a reality show. Wait for the big reveal. What does bother me about that tweet is his insinuation is that its entirely possible that members of the deep state or Intelligence Community<\/a> or Law Enforcement<\/a> are bugging the oval Office Without<\/a> his awareness. Thats a pretty provocative charge to make and im sure hes making it if he ever gets pushed back on it, i thought that was a more offensive part. Thats ridiculous. There is nothing but months of leaks from intelligence agencies about people affiliated with the trump campaign. Its not insane to think there might be surveillance, since we have seen so many unmasking. Surreptitiously recorded without his approval, what evidence is there of that . Things have already been making to the New York Times<\/a> and as if he was some hero of the conversations he had with trump, that tweet got james comey to admit he told trump three times he was not under investigation. And it did get him to also admit that he had fudged his honest loyalty to donald trump which is contrary to what he had said to New York Times<\/a> the day before that. It also got him a special prosecutor. James comey was laying the groundwork. Thats possible. My point still stands. There is no evidence whatsoever that anyone was bucking or wiretapping the oval office or the president of the United States<\/a> without his awareness. Leaking is not bugging. John ab is watching a tennis match here. Donald trump behaves recklessly. When he tweeted that to begin with, even though it was a bluff or ats, i cant imagine the oval office, talking about june 23 is coming and you will have to come up with an answer on these tapes. Obviously there were no tapes but he had to say i dont know. Maybe im being taped against my will by the evil secret service or the deep state. Again, thats irresponsible. If you really thought president obama had surreptitiously while tapped hi him, he needed to do that in private but instead he took it to twitter. A mistake. John in true trump fashion, he has ignited a whole new controversy. When we come back, brit humes greatest hits. Its ok that everybody ignores me when i drive. Its fine. Because i get a safe driving bonus check every six months im accident free. Because i dont use my cellphone when im driving. Even though my family does, and leaves me all alone. Heres something else. I dont share it with mom. I dont. Right, mom . I have a brand new putter you dont even know about its awesome. Safe driving bonus checks, only from allstate. Sometimes i leave the seat up on purpose. Switching to allstate is worth it. A trip back to the dthe doctors office, mean just for a shot. But why go back there, when you can stay home. With Neulasta Onpro<\/a> . Strong chemo can put you at risk of serious infection, which could lead to hospitalizations. In a key study, neulasta reduced the risk of infection from 17 to 1 . A 94 decrease. Applied the day of chemo, Neulasta Onpro<\/a> is designed to deliver neulasta the next day, so you can stay home. Neulasta is for certain Cancer Patients<\/a> receiving strong chemotherapy. Do not take neulasta if youre allergic to neulasta or Neupogen Filgrastim<\/a> . Ruptured spleen, sometimes fatal as well as serious lung problems, allergic reactions, kidney injuries, and capillary leak syndrome have occurred. Report abdominal or shoulder tip pain, trouble breathing or allergic reactions to your doctor right away. In patients with sickle cell disorders, serious, sometimes fatal crises can occur. The most common side effect is bone and muscle ache. So why go back there . If youd rather be home, ask your doctor about Neulasta Onpro<\/a>. Deartheres no other way to say this. Its over. Ive found a permanent escape from monotony. Together, we are perfectly balanced. Our senses awake. Our hearts racing as one. I know this is sudden, but they say. If you love something set it free. See you around, giulia john today is the birthday of fox news senior political analyst brit hume, in his honor tonight, we have put together a greatest hits collection. A split finger fastball. This will be a split finger law. John there he is back in 2005 at demonstrating his 35mile per hour fastball down the middle, throwing out the first pitch at a Washington Nationals<\/a> game back in 2001. He helped carry the olympic torch through washington ahead of the Salt Lake City<\/a> winter games. We all know that former president george h. W. Bush likes to skydive for his birthday in 2004, he got to suit up and join him, no word on whether he plans to celebrate his own birthday. By jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. Thanks for watching special report, good night from washington. The story with Martha Maccallum<\/a> is up next. Martha breaking tonight, nancy pelosi says she is worth the trouble in the face of lost election in fierce opposition in the ranks as the president revels in a win and a road trip, i Martha Maccallum<\/a> and here is the story for tonight. The the secret Health Care Plan<\/a> is out in the open and its being hotly debated. With regard to the white house tapes, he doesnt have any. Last night, he was back in his element doing what he does best, playing to the crowd. Out in iowa to watch this. 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