hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. wherever you're watching from around the world thanks very much for joining us. up first, breaking news. president trump now tells bloom berg news he would meet with the north korean leader kim jong-un under the right circumstances. that's likely to be a major topic in today's white house press briefing set to begin later this hour. looking at live pictures from inside the briefing room. sean spicer the press secretary will be taking reporters questions shortly. we'll of course have live coverage of that coming up. in a major break with the u.s. policy, president trump now says he'd be, quote, honored.

he used the word honored to meet with the north korean leader kim jong-un if the circumstances were right. the president made the comment in that interview with bloomberg news that has just been released. no administration official has met with a north korean leader since secretary of state madeleine albright did back in 2000. here with us is retired admiral john kirby, our cnn military and diplomatic analyst. let meet be precise, read the exact quote of what the president told bloomberg news. if it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, i would absolutely. i would be honored to do it. if it's under the, again, under the right circumstances, but i would do that. and then he said, most political people would never say that, but i'm telling you that under the right circumstances i would meet with him. we have breaking news. that's the president of the united states. >> well, he was right about that, wasn't he?

>> he certainly is. >> i'm stunned by the word honored. this is a brutal dictator who is starving his own people to try to build a nuclear program to then threaten the rest of the world and region. so that stuns me a little bit. i'll tell you, though, that i think what you're going to hear from sean spicer today, he'll pivot very hard on this if the circumstances were right. i can't imagine that he's not going to constantly try to stress the fact that the president gave himself an out by saying if the circumstance is right. we have always said we wanted to return to the six part talk process to get back to the table but the north had to prove able and willing to do that by committing to denuclearization. we always frame today in terms of the six party talk process, not bilateral discussions. if that's what he means, just us sitting across from the north, that gives kim jong-un an air of legitimate see that he doesn't

deserve. >> this is june of 2016 when he was asked if he was ready to meet with kim jong-un. listen to this. >> and then one of the papers called the other day. and they said would you speak to the leader of north korea? i said absolutely. why not? why not? and they come out, trump would speak to him. who the hell cares? i'll speak to anybody. who knows. there's a 10% or a 20% chance that i can talk him out of those damn nukes, because who the hell wants him to have nukes? >> that's what heed almost a year ago. you're shaking your head. >> this idea of i'll speak to anybody. there's a reason why foreign diplomacy can succeed in certain places and certain parts of the world and that is that you have to be careful not to give certain leaders legitimate see they don't deserve.

by seeing that the president of the united states of america is going to sit down next to this dictator and talk talking bilaterally when they've done nothing is a dangerous game and it's not going to go the way the president seems to think it will. >> he apparently thinks if he can avoid a nuclear war, north korea already has some nuclear bombs. if he can avoid a nuclear war and who knows how many casualties, what's wrong with having a dialogue with kim jong-un. >> nobody is against dialogue can the north t. needs to be done through the six party talk process and only when the north has proven able and willing to d denuclearization. >> is there any indication, you worked in the government for a long time, that kim jong-un would be ready to meet with the president of the united states? as far as i know, the only american he's met with is dennis rodman, the former nba player who went to north korea. >> it's hard to tell what's inside that guy's head. i don't know.

but i think even if he said he was willing, i don't think this is the right time. these are not the right circumstances. again, i think that's what sean, my guess is, he's going to pivot on that "if "language. >> he said if it would be appropriate for me to meet with him i would absolutely -- i would be honored to do it if it's under, again, the right circumstances, but i would do that. which is consistent with what he clearly said almost a year ago during the campaign. >> it is. and again, it's all caveat. that's how you get out of something like this. but still, you have to -- even with the caveat it is, as president of the united states, you have to be mindful of the potential signal you're sending to kim jong-un about boosting him up on this level in the world stage where he clearly doesn't deserve to be. this is ironic, because this is the same administration that in the wake of a couple of tests have said -- issued little one-line statements. we've seen reports that they have launched a missile.

we're not going to comment further. now you've got the president say i'll sit down and talk with him. >> we've just been toll that the antimissile system is operational in korea. that's designed to deal with a ballistic missile if it should be headed in that direction. >> it is. it's a good system. it's there to protect not just our fellow south koreans, but our troops as well. that's important. it is our system. we own it. we maintain it. i was glad to see general mcmaster saying we're not going to press this issue. >> the president saying the koreans should pay a billion dollars. let me walk that back. listen to this. >> he was a young man of 26 or 27 when he took over from his father, when his father died. he's dealing with obviously very tough people, in particular the generals and others.

and at a very young age he was able to assume power. a lot of people i'm sure tried to take that power away. whether it was his uncle or anybody else. and he was able to do it. so obviously he's a pretty smart cookie, but we have a situation that we just cannot let -- we cannot let what's been going on for a long period of years continue. >> pretty smart cookie . is that the assessment? the u.s. intelligence committee? >> i never saw the word cookie in any of the assessments that i read about kim jong-un, but clearly i think people realize that he's devious, that he's smart, that in his mind he has a plan here. however brutal it is. and that's why you have to take him at his word. you have to take his rhetoric seriously. you have to watch what he's doing as well. you have to have international resolve. not just united states resolve, but international resolve to deal with a problem like kim jong-un. i was, again, stunned at the

rather sympathetic language that i heard the president use. this is not some young man who got thrust into power. this is a brutal regime. he was hand picked to continue that brutality and some would argue and i think fairly, that he's been more brutal than his two predecessors. >> here's what jumped out to me when he had his uncle killed. here the president is suggesting there was a good reason that kim jong-un had his uncle asas nated. he said a lot of people tried to take that power away, whether it was his uncle or anybody else. here's the question to you. was his uncle trying to assume power and over throw kim jong-un and that's why kim jong-un killed him? >> i have no idea. who knows why this guy does what he does. i don't know what the reason was behind this. this is a man who has assassinated generals of his own military using an anti-aircraft machine gun. that is as brutal as it gets when you're going to conduct a

purge. so whether he's sane or inseaan this is a man who's very dangerous personally and professionally and you have to take him that way. >> the decision the president made, he phoned the philippines controversial president duterte and invited him to come to the white house. there's a lot of controversy. a lot of commotion. i'm sure that sean spicer is going to be asked a whole bunch of questions about this. given the record, the human rights record that duterte has and some of the comments he's made about the former president and other americans. your reaction? >> duterte is -- he can make a corkscrew look straight. that he should be given the benefit of going to the white house is -- i mean, this is the people's house. it's not president trump's house. and a guy like duterte with his horrible human rights record and the devastation he's wrought on his own country should not be rewarded by going on the white

house. now he's saying he may be too busy to go. this is a guy who has tried to tear us under, a strong alliance we've had for more than 100 years, who has cozied up to russia and china. to reward with him with a trip to the white house is just shameful. >> thanks very much. meanwhile the president is looking for his first big legislative win. they're hopeful and confident that house respects will move forward this week. >> this is going to be a great week. we're going to get health care down to the floor of the house. we're convinced we've got the votes. we're going to keep moving on with our agenda. >> are you expecting a health care bill this week? >> i certainly hope so. i think so. i'm an optimistic person. >> let's bring in our senior white house correspondent jim

acosta and sunlen serfaty. jim, we'll get to obamacare in such a moment, but we have some new reporting on what the trump administration is doing with michelle obama's girls education program. update our viewers on that. >> that's right, wolf. this is something that came from our great white house producer. he reported this, that the trump white house has decided not to continue michelle obama's let girls learn initiative. this was a program that was used to help adolescent girls in developing countries develop their educational skills and according to our reporting, over here at cnn, the wrd went out through a letter to peace corp workers that they're no longer going to use that brand or use that program as part of their initiatives. another example, wolf, of how things are changing over here at the white house. anything that seems to have the obama brand on it is going out the window, including what appears to be a pretty worthwhile program that was

advocated by the former first lady. >> so where do we stand with obamacare right now? the prospect of a vote this week in the house of representatives? >> well, wolf, i just found out in the last few minutes that the president spoke with house speaker paul ryan over the weekend. health care was presumably one of the topics of conversation. and obviously there's a lot riding on all of this. we're hearing from sources that yes, they'd like to try again and get a vote on repealing and replacing obamacare sometime this week. of course we heard that last week. one of the driving forces behind this last week was the white house chief of staff reince priebus. you're hearing from top officials that they're believing the votes may be there, but when you talk to republican sources on capitol hill there's a great deal of nervousness because they're not exactly sure all of the votes are there. then there are the comments that the president made over the weekend. he's under the impression, wolf, that this ban on any kind of

discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions that that's going to be left in or that ban is going to be kept in place. of course, the latest incarnation of the health care is going to leave it up to the - states on weather to have this pre-existing condition component as part of health care. and so, you know, it is unclear at this point, you know, whether they're going to get the votes on all of this or whether or not they even know what they're voting on. >> let me check in with sunlen. she's up on capitol hill. where does it assistant and specifically on this issue of pre-existing conditions? >> well, still key in all of this is getting house moderates on board with the changes that they've made recently that mcarthur amendment that was partially successful in getting more conservatives on board with this plan last week. so they are essentially right now in the persuasion phase trying to not only educate members on what exactly is in this bill, especially as you know there is some confusion

over pre-existing conditions, but trying to flip those undecided votes to yes and get to a place where they have 216 votes when in essence the speaker will bring the bill to the floor. but right now according to cnn's latest web count it shows the razor thin margins that they have, 16 house republicans have said that they will not vote for the bill inits current form meaning that the republicans can only afford to lose five more no votes or this bill will fail. >> very, very close right now. we'll see what happens. let me get back to jim over at the white house. the president once again brought up the debunked claim that president obama tapped his phones during the election, trump tower. listen to what he said in that cbs news interview. >> well, he was very nice to me, but after that we've had some difficulties. it doesn't matter. you know, word are less important to me than deeds. you saw what happened with surveillance and everybody saw

what happened with surveillance. >> difficulties how? >> well, you saw what happened with surveillance and i think that was inappropriate. >> what does that mean, sir? >> you figure that out yourself. >> the reason i ask is you said -- you called him sick and bd. >> look, you figure it out yourself. he was very nice to me with words, but -- and when i was with him, but after that there has been no relationship. >> but you stand by that claim about him? >> i don't stand by anything. you can take it the way you want. i think our side's been proven very strongly and everybody's talking about it. frankly, it should be discussed. i think that is a very big surveillance of our citizens. i think it's a very big topic. and it's a topic that should be number one and we should find out what the hell is going on. >> i just want to find out, you're president president of the united states. you said he was sick and bad because he -- >> you can take it any way you want. >>. i'm asking you because you don't want it to be fake news. i want to hear it from president trump. >> you don't have to ask me?

>> why isn't. >> i have my opinions, you have your own opinions. >> i want to know your opinions. you're the president of the united states. >> that's enough. thank you. thank you very much. >> with that the president ended that interview. so jim, members of both parties, leaders of both parties have seen no evidence to back up the allegations that trump tower was wire tapped, the head of the fbi, former director of national intelligence said there's no evidence so why would the president bring this up again? >> i think this was asked of him during this interview because he quite frankly has not really taken this question since all of this came up. he has not really talked about this a great deal. over here at the white house they seem to be under the impression that because of some unmasking that may have occurred when susan rice was the national security adviser for president obama that that somehow qualifies as surveillance and somehow gives cover to the president's claim that he was wire tapped at trump tower. but time and again, wolf, we

have tried during the white house press briefing to try to get to the bottom of all of this and ask the white house whether they have any proof to back up the president's claim. to this date they still have not provided that evidence. i suppose because of these comments that were made to cbs that we're going to be asking those questions again to find out whether the white house has come up with anything. wolf, you heard during that interview the president did not offer any evidence, did not offer any proof. seemed to be saying well, it's his opinion and everybody has opinions. and then when john dickerson pressed him on that point, he wanted to end the interview. so i think this shows yet again that there are times when the president makes claims that just can't be backed up with the facts, wolf. >> jim acosta, we'll stay on top of this. we'll get ready for the sean spicer briefing. sunlen is up on capitol hill as well. there you see live pictures coming in from the white house briefing room. we'll have live coverage. there are a lot of questions they have for the white house

press secretary. he'll be asked about the latest comments that he would be honored to meet with him if it would help the overall situation, if it was the right thing to do. we'll have live coverage of that. plus donald trump, the president of the united states says the republican plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act guarantees coverage for those with pre-existing conditions. a claim that could undercut the legislation the white house currently is pushing occupy capitol hill. republican senator bill cassidy, there you see him. he's standing by live from the u.s. senate. he'll join us to discuss that and more right after this. men a? yeah... yeah, then how'd i get this... ...allstate safe driving bonus check? ...only allstate sends you a bonus check for every six months you're accident free. silence. it's good to be in, good hands.

live pictures coming in from the white house briefing room. we're waiting on the press secretary sean spicer. he's going to be taking questions from the news media very soon. later this hour we'll take that as soon as it begins. lots of important questions the reporters are going to be asking. the white house and republicans, they're trying once again this week to get movement on their plan to repeal and replace obamacare. their first effort failed to get a vote. but there is hope among the republicans that compromises could lead to success this time. one sticking point has been coverage for people with pre-existing conditions t.'s something president trump has guaranteed, guaranteed will remain in the bill. >> pre-existing conditions are in the bill. and i mandate it. i said it has to be. >> one of the fixes that was discussed pre-existing was optional for the states. >> sure. in one of the fixes. they're changing it. >> so it's going to be permanent. >> of course. >> joining us from capitol hill,

bill cassidy, a member of the health education labor. let me 50 get your thoughts about this comment the president made just now that he would, quote, be honored, his word, honored to meet with the north korean leader kim jong-un if the situation were right. what do you make of that comment? >> i think the president is unconventional. he's willing to break tradition, particularly when he think its's for the good of the county. i suspect there will be predicates for that meeting and we expect north korea to, if you will, change certain behaviors. but the president continues to prove himself willing to do that which would be different, unacceptable in others eyes to achieve his goals. >> so you're okay with what he snsd. >> i suspect there will be a predicate, that north korea will have to agree to this and this. i don't know.

but would that be something that might be enough of a draw for kim jong-un to do it? maybe so. >> all right. let get back to health care. a subject you've been devoting a lot of your time to. you've seen the house bill. i assume you've seen this revised house bill. is there a hard guarantee for coverage for pre-existing conditions? >> so if you take that they will have a high risk pool and that in the high risk pool you would take care of those with pre-existing conditions, i suspect the advocates for the bill would say that is their guarantee. the president as he said might want something stronger than that and he's been remarkably consistent throughout the campaign and his presidency. he wants those with pre-existing conditions cared for as a physician and somebody who's advocating that through the cassidy collins bill, i'm all for that. >> but as you know, this revised house bill gives states the option of making some significant changes including opting out of the pre-existing

conditions that have been mandated. >> well, i think the president just said that he expects the final bill to take care of those pre-existing conditions. the house bill is still a work in progress. i've spoken in the last several days both to a member of the freedom caucus and a member of the tuesday group and they both recognize it is a work in progress. >> so the -- i want to be precise. the freedom caucus is the conservative -- tuesday group is the more moderate republicans. it is still open to change and based on what the president wants, they're going to tighten it up and not give the states to opt out -- not give the states the option of opting out of guaranteeing health care coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions? >> what i'm saying is the house has to pass a bill and there will be a mechanism in there which they think satisfies that condition. the senate will work its will. it will go to conference committee. i'm sure the administration will be involved. there will be two other times in

which this guarantee by the president can be addressed. if what the house proposes is deemed not adequate and i don't know what the final version is going to be, i think there will be a lot of opportunity to come forward with that. >> have you seen any language from the house bill, this revised version? >> i've just seen that which is floating around, but i know that they're speaking of revisions to the revisions and i've not seen that. >> do you think it will be necessary for the congressional budget office to score or to give an assessments of this revised version before members of the house vote? >> i would like to see a score personally. i can't speak for the house. but you want to know the coverage numbers. president trump also said during the campaign he wanted to make sure that coverage continued for those who had it. again, the cassidy collins bill accomplishes that and we also lower premiums. you want to see what happens to premiums. i would like to know that before i vote on something. >> i want to be precise.

you're a physician. irrespective of if let's say the house passes something this week. it will go to the senate. will you insist that anything that emerges goes back to the house to a joint house senate conference committee as they say? will you insist that there are iron clad guarantees that individuals with pre-existing conditions will have access to health care coverage? >> i will insist that the president's pledges be met and the president pledged that he would take care of those with pre-existing conditions lowering premiums continuing coverage. that is my goal. now, some folks may have different opinions of how to accomplish that. and i am open to different opinions. but the president pledged that on the campaign trail. that's how he got elected. i think it's a good starting point and a good ending point. >> one final question before i let you go, senator. do you support this compromised spending bill that's been put forward that's going to come up for votes this week that will keep the government open through the current fiscal year the end

of september? >> we're still looking at it. there's things about it i really do like. the budget control act for example. it continues to obey that which obviously we're trying to address our country's debt and deficit. it increases some spending for the military and our world has become more dangerous even than it was over the last couple years. so there's a lot of good things about it. but wolf, let us continue our analysis please. >> no funding for the border wall and it continues funding for planned parenthood. are you okay with that? >> first regarding the border wall, there is $1.5 million to secure the border. it's interesting our number of illegal crossings by one measure are the lowest they've been three months into the trump presidency since late 2011. there's been a dramatic improvement in that. i think the president's goals of securing or border are being substantially met. for the first 100 days it's not a bad start. >> thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> bill cassidy of louisiana.

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we're now just moments away from the start of the white house press briefing. we'll go there as soon as sean spicer goes up to that lectern. looking at live pictures. lots of questions including questions on the breaking news we're following. president's latest comments saying he is opening the door to meeting directly with the north kor korean leader kim jong-un. we have our cnn political director with us. chief political analyst gloria borger is with us as well. for those viewers just tuning in, the president gave an interview to bloomberg news in which he said this about kim jong-un. if it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, i would absolutely.

i would be honored to do it. if it's under the right circumstances, but i would do that. and then he added this. he said most people -- most political people would never say that. but i'm telling you under the right circumstances, i would meet with him. we have breaking news. that was what he said. >> he said that we have breaking news? >> i said that wooonce in a whi myself but the president said we have breaking news. >> i think you have to kind of take that in part, because said he would be willing to do it under the right circumstances. what are the right circumstances? that kim jong-un stops murdering people? we have no idea. i think trump sees himself as a deal maker who can meet with anybody and negotiate with anybody and, you know, he's willing to meet with the head of the philippines who's an abuser of human rights because he feels like he can get something done on north korea. i think you have to ask yourself

the question what would be accomplished and what is -- i mean, honestly, what does he mean by the right circumstances? i don't even understand. >> and he said honored. >> that's the other part of it. being honored to meet with kim jong-un doesn't make any sense. >> an odd word to use at the very least. >> david, here's what the president as candidate said in june of last year on this very same subject. a meeting with kim jong-un. >> and then one of the papers called the other day and they said would you speak to the leader of north korea? i said absolutely. why not? why not? and they come out trump would speak to him. who the hell cares? i'll speak to anybody. who knows. there's a 10% or a 20% chance that i can talk him out of those damn nukes, because who the hell

wants him to have nukes. >> that's what he said then and we know what he's saying in this bloomberg news interview. >> it's from the campaign trail. not the first president to get in hot water talking about which foreign leaders they'd be willing to meet with. barack obama had that moment in the 2007 debate that john mccain hammered him on again and again. >> remind our viewers what then candidate obama said. >> so he was asked would you meet with foreign leaders without any preconditions from such countries, enemies such as syria, north korea, and he said he would. and then obviously expanded upon that. but john mccain's campaign seized upon that after hillary clinton's campaign seized upon it. i do think what you have here is as gloria said, you have the negotiator deal maker in chief who is showing that he is willing to engage with anyone, who's willing to engage with him on his terms. we don't know what those terms

are. so without that, it is very difficult to assess this. but as you just played the tail of the tape there, wolf, this should come as no surprise. and put it in the context of the recent things we've heard from the administration. mike pence said we're not looking for one-on-one kefr conversations, but then rex tillerson said that might be in the cards. >> and you would never have a president meet with a leader like kim jong-un unless there were meetings beforehand. you don't just invite him over to the white house. by the way, being honored to meet with him, does that mean inviting him to the white house? because that's an honor perhaps we should not bestow upon leaders who have no human rights records whatsoever. i think we're parsing this, but we really don't know what he means. by the way, barack obama may have said that during the campaign, but guess what? how many leaders did he not meet

with? right. >> it's one thing to say something during a campaign. it's another thing to actually deliver as president? >> right. but he's now saying it as president. obama didn't do what he said he was going to do. >> gloria is right tochlt ha. you have to at least have aides set the stage for that kind of meeting. you have to establish a direct dialogue. as far as i know there is no direct dialogue right now. >> correct. not just aides. you would manage you're going to employ your ally whose do speak with this country in a way we don't perhaps to tee up conversations on the outside. not just your own aides teeing up a conversation, but something like this which would be such a departure from what has been u.s. foreign policy. you would imagine you would bring in some of your allies, maybe china or whatever or, i don't know if you call china an ally, but at least a country you do business with to help tee up

this conversation. >> the other big story we're waiting for, the repeal and replace of obamacare be approved in the house of representatives. >> you want me to tell you? >> they're pretty close but they need 216 votes. >> you know they're always close until they're not close. we'll know if they're close if they bring it up. they're not going to bring it up again to pull it from the floor. and obviously as we've been talking about all last week, the big issue is when you give the conservatives something, the moderates get upset and it's this big question of is pre-existing conditions covered in this bill the way it was covered in obamacare. the answer to that is no. but the president told cbs news yesterday that he will mandate that pre-existing conditions be covered. so again, it's confusing. >> you just heard senator cassidy of louisiana say he's talking to people in the house side. they're rewriting things even as we speak right now. >> right. he said sort of revision of the revision. no doubt senator cassidy

indicated what is true which is that this bill will change undoubtedly if it does make its way to the senate. that also is causing a political problem from getting the votes to 216. as you know, if you're a moderate republican in a competitive district, the last thing you want to do is walk the plank on a very tough vote that then actually amounts to nothing because it may not be -- it certainly will not be the same vote that has to be voted on again to get it to the president's desk. >> john dickerson on cbs news, the president was firm, absolutely firm, there is no doubt about it, i told them it's guaranteed, pre-existing conditions 100%. >> it was the one detail of the bill that he seemed to be very clear about it that actually isn't in the bill at this point. the way it's written now it would leave it up to the governors and up to the states. that is not a mandate for pre-existing conditions in every single state. >> i think the president is playing a little bit of a word game here just because pre-existing conditions are -- would still be covered, yes, in

theory. but if indeed the state opts out and is able to have its own thing and actually allows insurance companies to provide insurance where they are allowed to consider health status for pricing, somebody with cancer or pre-existing condition could be charged so much that it's actually unaffordable. in reality it's as if there is no coverage for pre-existing conditions. >> once again we're waiting for the press briefing. we'll have live coverage. let me get your thoughts on this. the trump reelection campaign has now come up with a $1.5 million ad highlighting the success of the president during his first 100 days. i'll play a little clip. >> a respected supreme court justice confirmed. companies investing in american jobs again. america becomes more energy independent. regulations that kill american jobs eliminated. the biggest tax cut plan in history. >> how unusual is it to start

running campaign ads after 100 days in office? >> unprecedented. it's also unusual to open up your reelection account and actually launch your reelection campaign before the inauguration or around the inauguration weekend which is exactly what happened. i think it's smart for them to get their story out in an unfiltered way. it might be a smart use of money to help convince americans that despite all the noise and chaos they may hear in the news coverage that there are these accomplishments that they want to tout in an unfiltered way. it is wise to do but it is a little jarring to the ear to hear i'm donald trump and i approved this message. you think it's campaign season and we're only 100 days in. >> you don't see it but it's clear that inside the white house, talking to people inside the white house, they feel that we have not done a fair portrayal of his accomplishments. and therefore, they have to do it themselves. that's what this ad is about. and i think it's also putting

republicans on notice that we're going to be able to use this money for whatever we want. and, you know t may be a little bit of a signal to republicans who are not willing to support this president that they've got the money to campaign against him if they want to. >> it's very interesting. in all of the interviews that the president has been given, he doesn't speak about four years. he speaks about eight years as president of the united states. stand by, gloria, david. we're going to get some more on the breaking news out of dallas texas. w we're learning a firefighter has been shot in an active shooter situation. moments ago the dallas police department tweeted we have a public information officer headed to the scene. we can confirm one member of the dallas fire rescue has been shot and transported to a local hospital. our cnn correspondent is on the scene for us. palo, what else do we know? >> reporter: gathering information right now. there was some new details released that tells us more

about what's taking place in an area there just east of downtown dallas. i'll read you statement that was released just a few moments ago that tells a little bit more about a very fluid situation. the city's staying today at approximately 11:30 a.m. there was a shooting call at the 3200 block of reynolds street where a dallas fire rescue emt unit was struck and an emt paramedic was injured. this is in the the vicinity of the dolphin road training academy. the paramedic was transported to baylor hospital and is undergoing surgery. dallas police and dallas fire rescue collaborating on this issue here which is a, again, a very fluid situation. at this point we do understand the suspect wounded. an emt first responder and also that unit that he was traveling in as a result several of the area schools as you may expect have been placed on lockdown. this is something we often see when these situations unfold.

we can confirm is that a first responder was struck. is currently in surgery at a dallas area hospital. as you see here, a whole lot of red and blue lights right now in that neighborhood just east of dallas as we tried to -- as investigators try to bring this to a close. still active. what we don't know yet is the current state of the individual, this suspect. is he in custody? is he still possibly barricaded in a home there? those are all questions that we're asking right now. as soon as we get some more information on that, we'll be sure to let you know. >> thank you. coming up, once again only moments away from the white house press briefing. certainly lots of questions on health care. the shutdown deal. the president's latest kmept comments about being honored to meet with kim jong-un, the north korean leader. all of that when we come back. m.

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take a look at live pictures from the white house press room where the briefing is set to begin at any moment. sean spicer will be taking reporters' questions. as soon as that begins, we'll have live coverage of that. in the meantime, let's get back to gloria borger. the new interview to bloomberg news, he says he would be willing to raise the u.s. gas tax to fund infrastructure development. he said the tax plan he released last week just the beginning of negotiations. it's something that i would certainly consider if we earmark the money towards the highways. i thought republicans.

don't want the to raise taxes. >> this is going to be a tough sell with his own party. the last person to champion this was chris dodd from connecticut when he was in the senate. in the same interview if he's talking about his own tax reform, it sounds like he's now trying to do lowering taxes with republicans because he's not going to get democratic votes on that and infrastructure and raising the gas tax to pay for it with democrats, which there aren't enough of to pass. it just seems to me he's trying to create coalitions and go about these issues and which ever way he can piece together a deal. because it affects the poor people and the middle class people more than the rich people.

>> he's coming to terms with the fact you have to pay for something. youen can't give tax cuts to everybody without paying for it. you've got to figure out a way to deal with health care and pay for it. and this is the reality that he is up against. as you propose a huge trillion-dollar infrastructure plan, if that's what it's going to be, you have to figure out a way to get it done. now as david pointed out, the democrats are going to be much more on board with this than the republicans, but the other question is, why should they give him a vukt ri on anything, which they are not inclined to do. >> i'm not sure how his friends and allies in the oil and gas industry are going to feel about this and how much pressure they would apply to run against this. that that industry wanted to e see removed and now he comes in

with the gas tax. >> rex tillerson might have some interesting things to say on that. >> they have to do health care first. then they can move on to tax reform, infrastructure, there's a bunch of legislative issues to deal with. >> that seems to be the order. because it they do health care reform first, there's a little bit of money there they could use towards tax reform. and then they would go to infrastructure. >> you heard the president say in one of the interviews he wants to roll out infrastructure in the next two to three weeks. nobody on capitol hill seems to think there's an infrastructure plan ready to be rolled out. he's just beginning to flip these ideas. >> it's critically important to deal with the infrastructure, the roads, the bridges, the airports. >> it's something he talked about on the campaign trail. this is part of steve bannon's pop listic movement as well. this is a piece of that, a. popular piece of this.

so it definitely fits with a lot of his ideological drive if he has any. this is certainly a piece of that. >> but where's the trillion dollars going to come from? >> gas tax. wouldn't even be enough. one thing in everything we have been talking about so far, we have to understand is that donald trump freelances a lot. he actually answers a question and doesn't say ien haven't thought about that. he goes, maybe that's a good idea. maybe he hasn't discussed that yet with his people. just like he didn't discuss with the state department about meeting with the president. these are things that come out of his mouth that have not been vetted by his staff. >> they apparently worked out a deal to keep the government funded through the end of this thinks call year at the end of september. i'll show our viewers what's in this temporary spending bill. i think we have it.

some graphics to put up on the screen. $15 billion extra for defense spending. $1.5 billion for border security. although not necessarily earmarked for a wall. $2.4 billion for disaster relief. what's not in the budget new york city funding cuts for planned parenthood. no money for e deportation force, no federal cuts to sanction ware cities, no funding for the border wall construction. although $1.5 billion for overall border security. >> the administration sees some of that money lays the groundwork for what they believe will be the full plan for the wall. he's talking about in some areas that's fencing. so that's sort of a down payment on some of the initiatives. what they did here was put a calculation and said not shutting down the government is the highest priority and a lot of these fights we can have in the fall. >> it's impressive they have worked out this dole. >> the democrats will say we got everything we wanted or almost everything e we wanted in it.

republicans won't be happy about the defense spending here, but i think it was pragmatic. i think it's a fragmatic decision that donald trump and his administration b don't want. the government shut down, period. so they decided not to fall on sthar swords because they are going to live to fight another day. >> the argument that president trump, he may have rhetorical flourishes, but he's really operating as a ptraditional conservative republican president. what do you say to that? >> i don't know we know that to be true just yet. >> on this deal, i'm working on a a temporary spending bill. he was doing what he thought was critically important. >> keep the government open, there's no doubt about that. if you look at the totality of what he's trying to do, at times, he's aligned like a true republican. on foreign policy is, he's becoming to look more and more like a mainstream republican than an outsider that's trying to up end everything. but i don't think you can fit

donald trump neatly into an ideological bo. >> what we do see is he switched positions an awful lot. you go down the list and that may be more conventional than he campaigned. >> here's sean spicer ready to make a statement. >> i hope you guys had a good weekend. it was definitely a busy one for the trump administration. on friday the president signed several proclamations ahead of the start of the new month. those are all available on saturday you may have not noticed. those not keeping count. the president took significant steps towards leveling the playing field for businesses. ames has been making tools in america since before the country's founding. it's an example of the amazing persistent of the american

spirit shs the company that will be able to expand and create new jobs under the pro growth economic agenda. he signed two executive orders that will keep jobs and wealth in our country. by the secretary of commerce to identify every violation and abuse of our trade agreements. so and to use every measure to end those abuses. to establish the office of policy, which will be led by peter navorro. this office replaces the trade council and elevates it within the white house. sending an important signal to the world that the united states will no longer tolerate trade cheating while our manufacturing and defense industrial base suffer ises. which would be led by chris ladell which is dedicated to information technology so it

works more efficiently for everyone. he spoke to thousands at a rally in pennsylvania. this weekend the president also engaged with our long time allies in southeast asia. we're on the front lines against the fight againstist skpis other forms of terror through calls with the president of the philippines and restroom of thailand. today is is a a start of another big week. after signing a proclamation, he stopped by the kennedy garden where members of the independent bankers of america kicked off their capital summit. smaller banks are one of the driving forces behind economic investment and development in our communities, but they have been disproportionately harmed by the dramatic increase in regulation since 2008 declining in number by 30%. the president's pro growth agenda includes instituting a 21