Citizenship in return for military service. Lawmakers tell us the program has been compromised. With reports that some enrollees are unaccounted for tonight and fears of foreign infiltration spreading across capitol hill. The pentagon is saying little on the record but is acknowledging potential security risks to the homeland. Chief washington correspondent james rosen with the story. Since 2009, the Defense Department has enrolled more than 10,000 foreignborn individuals into the u. S. Armed forces. In exchange for service, the foreigners selected for language or other skills can receive an expedited path to u. S. Citizenship. Among the Success Stories is the armys soldier of the year in 2012, a sergeant from nepal. Lawmakers on three committees tell fox news theres big problems, that the ranks have been compromised due to inadequate vetting and some enrollees are unaccounted for. The lack of discipline and implementation of the program has created problems elsewhere. Steve russell of oklahoma, a retired army officer who sounded the alarm a month ago. The program has been replete with problems to include foreign infiltration. The department of defense is seeking to suspend the program. Fox news has confirmed that the pentagon Inspector General began investigating almost 15 months ago and issued a report evaluating the Services Compliance with security reviews. The department of defense conducting the review of the program due to potential security risks. A spokesman told us they are suspended from taking new applications. The lawsuit filed in february against james mattis in which seven mavni enrollees alleged their careers were crippled after dod began restricting access to security clearances last fall. I agree with suspending the program until we get to the bottom of it. If there is a penetration, its a serious threat. Isis has always had the desire to use migration as a way to penetrate into countries. They have done that successfully in europe because of open borders, Mass Immigration with no vetting. One lawmaker told fox news that a backlog of cases led to applicants being enrolled in the armed forces before full clearance checks have been completed. Another problem was the use of mavni to hire workers like cooks, drivers, mechanics who did not possess the specialized skills mavni was created to exploit. Bret amazing story. Do we know how many people are unaccounted for . We believe its more than one because its people. It could be ten or more. The pentagon isnt telling us. Some lawmakers have received classified briefings. One of those lawmakers is saying he isnt getting answers from the pentagon to the questions where are these people . What do they know . Where are they serving . What are their numbers . Bret a security concern. Thank you. While President Trump is looking for new communications director, the actual lines of communication gaining headlines in washington in one of his sons statements about a meeting that reportedly use the president s words. John roberts has the latest. Good evening. Good evening. The legal team had previously denied President Trump had anything to do with the Statement Issued by his son donald, jr. , on july 8. Today the white house said the president was involved but only to a point. The white house pushed back hard today against a report President Trump personally dictated the initial statement responding to news of donald trump juniors meeting with russian attorney in june of 2016. The president waited as any father would based on the limited information he had. Reporter clarified the degree to which the president weighed in. He didnt dictate but he weyden, offered suggestion. The encounter was a short introductory meeting primarily discussing the adoption of russian children. Trump, jr. , was an offer of information that would incriminate hillary in the dealings with russia and would be very useful to your father. White House Press SecretarySarah Huckabee sanders insisted there was nothing false or misleading in the initial statement. The statement that was issued was true and there were no inaccuracies in the statement. The only thing i see misleading as the years worth of stories that have been feeling a false narrative. A phony scandal based on anonymous sources. Democrats were not about to take the white house at its word. I will be following up on the press report. For his part, President Trump was ramping up momentum for the coming tax reform today, meeting with Small Business owners to whom he has promised a whopping double digit tax cut. You thrive because you found something you love to do, pursued it with all of your heart, and never, ever gave up. So important for you just dont give up. America is on the verge of a golden age for Small Business. Tomorrow the president will take a swing at immigration reform, appearing at the white house with senators david perdue and tom cotton. They will propose a bite sized change to illegal immigration, moving toward the president s goal of a marriagebased system. They will say the Current System is outdated and does not meet americas current needs. They will propose a skillsbased immigration system to make america more competitive and raise wages and create more job jobs. After publicly flogging his attorney general last week for his lack of action in the leak of classified information, President Trump is getting what he wanted. Attorney general Jeff Sessions will hold a press conference on friday to outline the parameters of his investigation into the leaks of classified information across the administration. Bret john roberts, thank you. Joining me, Kellyanne Conway. Counselor to the president. Let me start with whats getting headlines, and the Washington Post story that got a lot of headlines. Trump dictated his sons misleading statements. We heard what Sarah Huckabee sanders said. Did the president dictate the words . The president said he waited in the way any father would on the statement. He wasnt part of the email chain for the meeting. Nothing came of the meeting. There was no attempt to collude. Jared kushner last week did a masterful job of making a statement and sharing what he knew behind closed doors. He had texted in the system and said this meeting is bass. Find a way to get me out. I know that russia, the coverage has been lessening because i think people understand there is no evidence of collusion. We were promised watergate. We got water nothing and we now see that the big russia story is the fusion gps getting money from the russian government to assemble a dossier to try to hurt canada trump. That will be investigated. When we think of russia, we think of Hillary Clinton giving up 20 uranium. Bill clinton getting half a Million Dollars in speaking fees. I think bloomberg did a great job. 6 of americans said russia is important. Theres a huge disconnect between what people feel is important and what they are being told is important. Bret Sarah Huckabee sanders said there was nothing wrong in the original statement by donald trump, jr. The emails he really said it was about finding information about Hillary Clinton and then you have the white house advisor who has this quote this was unnecessary. Now someone can claim he, the president , is the one who attempted to mislead. Someone can argue the president is saying he doesnt want a savable truth. That sounds like a leak. We are trying to cut down on those. I hope that person is found out. The lawyers involved have said they will take most of the questions. They should. I was not part of it. Don, jr. , has made a number of statements through his lawyers and on his own where he has tried to clarify some things. I think again everybody should look at what did or did not come of the meeting. I was the Campaign Manager for the winning part of the campaign and if i needed negative information about Hillary Clinton, i looked no further than Hillary Clinton. He didnt need to go to moscow. You could see what she was saying every day. Bret the administration has said that the president will sign the sanction bill. Its been sitting on his desk. When do you think you will sign it . The sanctions bill, iran, north korea, russia. The president has indicated he will sign it soon perhaps this week. Although its something he will find he was not happy with the first iteration, thinks he got improved. He intends to sign it. It was passed with bipartisan support. Bret august 9 is the last day to sign the bill or veto it. If the president does not veto the bill and it becomes law without his signature, is that a possibility . Its a possibility but he intends to sign it. Bret what about the shakeups here . Youve been asking a lot of questions. There is lot going on. The president touted he was good at hiring the best people. When critics say what does this show about the white house, how do you respond . Many talented women and men who work here. The cabinet picked by him. Amazing men and women sacrificing mightily to serve here away from their families, away from economic, commercial success. At the senior staff level, we focus on whos here and not whos not. Its been a busy two days. Small Business Administration 65th anniversary, the president talking about that the dow jones is hitting its highest record ever. 26 or 27 record closes since he was sworn in. This is a president who promised the gdp would be 3 in the first few months. Its already 2. 6 . That matters to america. What matters to america is not who has the job at the white house but who has jobs out in america. Many talented people working hard here every single day we are focused on that. Bret a couple specifics but first when multiwhite house issue guidance to the pentagon on the transgender ban. Its coming. The president has made known what the policy will be and hes expected to issue an order. He has pledged to Work Together to implement the policy. Bret so he meant what he said in the tweet, its a transgender ban and not just stopping to pay for surgery transitions. He meant what he said in the tweet. Bret capitol hill, health care. Bipartisan effort to restart health care. We are pretty hopeful about health care because its a moral imperative. This president is not going to abandon the over 20 million americans who do not have health care. 6. 5 million who decided to pay 3 billion in taxes and penalties to the irs rather than get basic obamacare. The governors asking for more flexibility. 45 billion in Opioid Funding in the senate bill. If there are so many great features of Health Care Reform that should be easy, but some of the most popular ones require 60 votes in the senate. Across state lines sale of health insurance, drug pricing, health plans where different individuals who dont get employerbased insurance and governmentbased Insurance Coverage can pull together and share the costs and risks. Bret the bipartisan path is the one you want to go. Thats one possibility. We are reaching out to governors. The governors have been involved finding out what we can do, block grants. Bret rand paul, executive orders. Its a possibility. Bret how do you get democrats to vote for a continuing resolution in september . And raise the debt ceiling in september, and how do you avoid a Government Shutdown . Theres not a lot of time. There are very few legislative days left. Im wondering if the democrats will obstructing and resisting everything. We have a welcome mats. We would like their help on health care, the debt ceiling, any budgetary considerations, infrastructure, tax reform. We would like the democrats through their jobs as well, which is theyve got people in their states suffering with the represent, who dont have health insurance, were part of the millions of women in the country looking for a job, part of those unskilled labor force thats, if they can get Something Like the Apprenticeship Program that the president has put forth to dignify all types of career choices. Getting the democrats to do whats right by their constituents is the simplest thing we welcome you and we dont think obstruction and resistance is much of a message. 25 Democratic Senators have to defend their seats. Ten States Donald trump won. They are going to have to face their voters. They are giving up the wisdom of their own voters. I trust people to see who is standing in the way. Bret we appreciate your time. We will be here next tuesday. Up next, Tucker Carlson joins us to talk about a wall street surge, white house shakeups and his series on the ms13 gang. Here is what some of our fox affiliates are covering. Fox 8 in durham, north carolina. Taking a Construction Company to court. Three lawsuits have been filed after 50,000 tourists were forced to leave seaside islands because of power outages. Fox 7 in austin, a group of christian, muslim, jewish leaders gathered to rally against socalled bathroom legislation. The religious leaders called the bill discriminatory. Supporters believe it will help preserve privacy and safety by requiring texans to use public facilities based on the gender on the birth certificate. Live look at chicago from fox 32. Big story there, the windy city on pace to exceed the number of killings in 2016 which was the highest figure in nearly 20 years. 74 people were killed in july, bringing the total death toll to 409 so far this year. Nine more then august 1st last year. Thats tonights live look thats tonights live look outside the beltway from for years, centurylink has been promising fast internet to Small Businesses. But for many businesses, its out of reach. Why promise something you cant deliver . Comcast business is different. We deliver superfast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than centurylink. We do business where you do business. Bret welcome back to the white house. Dow jumped 73 for another record high finish. S p 500 up 6, nasdaq up to 15. President trump touted the success today with Small Business owners. Our stock market has reached an alltime high today, alltime high. Think of it. Nobody ever talks about it. They dont talk about it. I keep telling general kelley, general, come on. Lets go. You are chief of staff. They dont talk about the alltime high stock market and they dont talk about another factor, that unemployment just hit a 16 year low. They dont want to talk about it. Bret joining me now, Tucker Carlson. Numbers from wall street. One day and, general kelly getting some grief from the president. Is he right . Is it not getting enough attention . There are cable channels devoted to talking about. The stock market was at 6400 at its low point in march of 09. Now its just short of 22,000. Thats great. I am happy about it. Almost all of that money has gone to the top 20 of the population, the middle class, every year over the last ten years is getting a smaller percentage of the net wealth generated in this country. Thats the group the president was elected to help. I think this helps them on the margins but its not the answer at all, not even close. Someone needs to figure out why stock market gains dont translate to more gains for the middle class. Bret you traveled with the attorney general Jeff Sessions to el salvador last week. Hes made a clear gang warfare, immigration, one of his top priorities. You are dedicating this weeklong series to the examination of the ms13 gang and its really fascinating. Tell us about it. It was the chance to talk about, talk to people who have been in ms13. One of them was a hit man for the gangs from the age of 15 until 30. He killed dozens of people. He told us about that, some with a knife. He said that gang and gangs like it completely dominate el salvador and of how the back held it back, Civil Society and Economic Growth. Just how easy it is to get from el salvador to the united state United States. About a quarter of l salvadorans live in the United States but ms13 members can get in easily through mexico illegally. Its a real threat. I dont think the administration is overstating the degree that we should be worried about it. Bret is a huge story in a great series this week. Let me ask you about sessions. 100 confidence, according to Sarah Huckabee sanders from the podium yesterday. What kind of relief is that for the attorney general . My impression is, he didnt say this in exactly these words but my impression was he planned to soldier on regardless. He thinks he has a job to do, a mandate given to him by the president months ago. More to the point, they are not getting another attorney general. If sessions were to leave, it could set up a Chain Reaction that might imperil the administrations survival. He thinks for the good of the country he has to stay i think thats been his plan from day one. Bret thank you. Ms13 in focus, 8 00 p. M. Eastern. The u. S. Senate has confirmed Christopher Wray as the fbi director after a vote this afternoon. 925. Wray will take over the bureau who has been under acting director andrew mccabe. Assistant att