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Hi, rich. >> afternoon ,-com,-com ma eric. republicans have enough senators, though the minority party, the democrats can slow the process and that is what they are doing. that leaves the trump administration short of its deputies. the state department will send the ambassador to kazakhstan to a series of peace negotiations as rex tillerson is waiting on his confirmation as secretary of state secretary of state. after mnuchin to grin -- secretary of state and tom preston had the overhaul of u.s. health care. to that the senate's top the senate's top democrat says presidents from choices made a...

>> the personal relationship is important but it still comes down to national interests. when the united states invaded grenada under president reagan, mrs. thatcher wasn't too happy about that. she wasn't happy about some of the things being done in the fal -- done inthe falkland isla. eric: when she entered the oval office she'll see the churchill bust, that's a photo of the bust. i took that at the george w. bush library in dallas. it's back. what is the message of the bust that's now returned to the oval office. >> it says donald trump is ready

Itself for collective self-defense, how we improve nato, get many of it members like germany who haven't lived up to their commitment they themselves made to spend 2% of their gross national product on defense matters. and how to deal with this blings bling ranbelligerent russian be. anyone who has dealt with russia knows it's sporadic. saying we want to improve nato is a far cry from saying we want to junk nato. eric: the president is calling the british prime minister my maggie. we saw them riding horses.

Eric: british prime minister * theresa may will meet with the president at the white house. she says she is not afraid to tell the president when he has said something she thinks is unacceptable. millions of others worldwide who protests the president's policies, judgment of what they said was his character. >> i think the biggest statement that will be made about the role of women is the fact i will be there as a female prime minister talking to him directly talking to him about the interests that we share. i'll be talking to him about the issues that we share, about how we can build on this ...

Earlier in the week saying they had concerns about rex tillerson. but they have have concerns about how deep his contacts with russia went when he was with exxon. eric: thanks, john. arthel: another big story we are following. deadly storms slamming the southeast. at least 11 people are dead in georgia and two dozen injured after severe weather rolled through southern areas of georgia. meanwhile cleanup is under way in mississippi where a tornado killed four people and damaged hundreds of homes. we have fox team coverage. we begin with rob schmidt. he has more on the devastation left in the wa...