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beach, florida. how did the vice president try to sell this bill, as a final draft or one still open for negotiation? >> reporter: well, this is very much still open for be negotiation. in fact, vice president mike pence said today that he is still going to be working with members of congress to improve this bill, but he also said that president trump supports it 100%. now, the vice president made these remarks in jacksonville. he was touring a small business there and holding a listening session with a group of small business owners, and he then told them if they want to get rid of obamacare, they need to let their lawmakers in washington know that they support the republican alternative, the american health care act. >> be clear on this though, folk, this is going to be a battle in washington d.c., all right? obamacare's defenders are working hard. so we have to work harder. every republican in and replace obamacare.

>> reporter: so a very strong push from vice president mike pence. perhaps some of the strongest remarks that we've heard from him trying to sell this bill and get it through the house. a vote likely expected as early and then, rick, tonight the vice president's coming right here to palm beach. he's going to be trying to sell it again, this time at the annual conference for the club for growth. rick? rick: kristin, we're going to have much more on this hour, next hour as well, but i understand you might have an update on the wiretapping investigation. >> reporter: yeah, we do. and, you know, i think likely we're going to get -- if we're going to get some answers, we're likely to get them on monday because that's the day the fbi director, james comey, is going to be testifying on capitol hill, and several members of that house committee have said they're going to press him on this. but if anybody thought perhaps president trump might be willing to back off these claims, he shot that down yesterday at that joint press conference with president trump and the german chancellor, angela merkel, and

he shot it down and really doubled down on those unsubstantiated claims by reminding her and the world that her phones were tapped during the obama administration. >> as far as wiretapping, i guess by, you know, this past administration, at least we have something this common, perhaps. [laughter] >> reporter: now yesterday the department of justice complied with the house intelligence chief's request to hand over any potential evidence that it might have to back up the president's claims. the chairman's committee said that he was satisfied with all those documents, but he wouldn't say if there was anything in them that actually backed up the president's claims. but again, that's the same committee that's going to be holding hearing with james comey on monday. monday's the day. the we're going to get some answers, that's going to be the day that it happens. rick: kristin, thank you very much. coming up in about 15 minutes, we'll get former arkansas

governor mike huckabee to weigh this on whether the deal-making president can convince these republican holdouts. uma: some states are challenging the president's revised travel ban. a judge deciding against taking think action for or now, but the justice department is already filing some appeals. garrett tenney joining us now live from washington with the very latest on the story. >> reporter: the white house has made it very clear that it fully plans to fight for the president's extv order all the way to the -- executive order all the way to the supreme court if necessary, but that process could take months. so in the meantime, the administration's working to get as much of the order reinstatemented as it can. this week in hawaii u.s. district judge derrick watson ruled the travel wan was likely unconstitutional. in his decision he cited statements president trump made on the campaign trail about banning muslims from the u.s. as clear evidence the order was unconstitutional. judge watson has received a lot of criticism from legal scholars

including those on the left for using mr. trump's campaign rhetoric to justify his ruling. famed liberal attorney alan dershowitz said, ultimately, he thinks the courts will side with the white house. different purpose, was originally designed by president obama. so how can you say that the inclusion of the six countries on the list was motivated by what mr. trump said when he was candidate trump? that's just not good legal analysis. >> reporter: late yesterday the justice department filed a motion with judge watson asking him to reconsider his decision to block the president's order as a whole and to allow some portions to remain in effect such as the temporary suspension of the u.s.' refugee program. that's what a federal judge in maryland did in his ruling this week blocking the ban on new visas for six muslim-majority countries but allowing the government to enforce the remaining portions of the order. the justice department filed the notice late friday that it still plans to appeal that decision to

the 4th circuit court of appeals, and the white house has suggested it will do the same in hawaii and anywhere else that it's challenged. uma: all right, garrett, thank you very much for that update. rick: new trouble for the secret service with another security breach at the white house today. agents drawing guns after someone jumped over a bike rack and approached the white house fence. that suspect now awaiting criminal charges. it's the late in a string of challenges for the agency. they're now admitting last week's white house fence jumper oncing free on the grounds for nearly 20 minutes. jonathan tran even approaching agents hours before e do claireing his desire or to get inside. meanwhile, the agency saying this after a government laptop was stolen from a vehicle in new york city. quote: the u.s. secret service can confirm that an employee was the victim of a criminal act in which our agency-issued laptop computer was stolen. secret service-issued laptops include multiple layers of

encryption and are not permitted to contain classified information. an investigation is ongoing, and the secret service is withholding additional comment until the facts are gathered. uma: well, it's been nearly 16 months, and survivors of the deadly san bernardino terror attack are still recovering from their wounds. now victims of that 2015 shooting are saying clerical errors are keeping them from the care they need. will carr from los angeles with more on the story. will, why have these victims had so many problems? >> reporter: well, it really depends on who you ask. there's been a lot of finger pointing going on. you'll remember that 14 people were killed and 22 were seriously injured during the terror attack. for months survivors have told us they feel that they've been revictimmized after their medical claims have either been denied or modified. as a result, victims like valerie weber have missed critical treatment needed for recovery. weber was shot twice, her pelvis

surgeries since western and the other survivors were -- weber and the other survivors were attacked in an office, the medical claims have been based in california's workman's comp system, and that's when the problems started. >> i want to be the best that i haroldest that i can, and i don't have time to fight bureaucracy. >> reporter: weber is now back in the hospital. she's in icu after complications with her most recent surgery, and she fears the systemic problems will only continue. uma? uma: this is so unfortunate. what's the county and the state right now doing to help? >> reporter: well, the state recently took a look at what caused the denials and modifications in the first place, and according to a report that was released earlier this month, it stated the problem identified an independent medical review decisions was a provider's failure to provide an adequate clinical rationale or appropriate documentation. that basically means they're

pointing the finger at the survivors' doctors. but attorney say the real fault lies in a broken system that's not equipped to handle battlefield-type wounds. >> if you were p in any other setting using your private insurance, the vast majority of the things that you require to get better would be authorized and aid for by insurance. and paid for by insurance. and it just isn't in the worker's comp system. >> reporter: san bernardino county leaders have remained largely silent while repeatedly denying our requests on camera to explain why they have not done her to help the survivors. uma. uma: very unfortunate and sad situation, indeed. all right, thank you very much. rick: some panic in paris today. thousands of travelers evacuated at a busy airport after french soldiers shot and killed a hand for attacking one of their colleagues. the man wrestled a female soldier to the ground before trying to steal her weapon. and we're learning the man who authorities declared radicalized

in 2015 did not appear this a french government database as a potential threat to national security. john huddy has the latest there our middle east bureau. >> reporter: people screaming, people running, gunshots, some of the descriptions of today's airport attack in france, and french officials say that the attacker was hone the to police. he had a long rap sheet, and he was also suspected of islamic radicalization. paris' top prosecutor says the 39-year-old man, born in france, attacked and wrestled away a female soldier's assault rifle while she was on patrol this morning. officials say he held a gun to the woman's head say screaming that he wanted to die for allah. spend be. >> translator: the two comrades were right to open fire and protect her and, above all, protect all the public who were nearby. >> reporter: they killed the attacker who french officials say also tossed a gasoline container to the ground.

about 09 minutes before the police officer at a checkpoint be north of paris and then car jacked a vehicle before heading to the airport. [speaking french] >> translator: this man said he was at one of the check encounters -- check-in counters when he heard someone screaming, flightses were suspended or diverts to charles de gaulle disrupting travel for some 3,000 people. the airport is back to normal tonight. french officials call the attacker a radicalized muslim whose home was one of the many that was raided after deadly paris attacks in 2015 and had a long criminal history including charges of armed robbery and drug trafficking. now france's president, francois hollande, says he's being investigated to see if he, quote, had a terrorist plot behind him. rick? rick: thanks very much, john huddy, in jerusalem. i'm -- i'm

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♪ ♪ rick: time for a quick check of the headlines. the libyan national army putting the squeeze on isis in the western section of benghazi. libyan soldiers yesterday advancing further woo a neighborhood where militants are believed to be hiding out in buildings but running low on rations ask ammo. to syria where hundreds of opposition fighters and families boarded buseses today out of the last rebel-held area in hohs. the evacuation mart of a

russian-backed deal this week to help deescalate the syrian conflict. and pope francis preparing to visit egypt next month. the vatican trying to improve mostly-muslim country. the pope will meet with egypt's top muslim cleric during his trip. uma: well, president trump winning over support there some conservative lawmakers who were previously opposed to the obamacare replacement bill after agreeing to significant changes states the option to no longer use the program, something speaker paul ryan says is necessary. >> the president of the united states is the one who's been mediating this. the president of the united states is the one who's bringing people together, sitting around a table hashing out our differences so that we can get to a consensus document. uma: but is all of this enough needed to get the votes to pass the affordable health care act? joining us now, mike huckabee,

former governor of arkansas. good to see you, sir. i want to ask you, you know, there's still some division about repeal and replacement of obamacare. despite the deal making with the vote set for next thursday, some in the gop is saying that this bill is just being rammed new without any thoughtful time spent on compromise. how do you see it? >> well, it's a process, and let me give an a+to donald trump, the president, for the way in which he's handling it. what he's doing is something we didn't see with president obama, and that is being the kind of executive that brings people over, lets them talk, brings the opposition into the oval office, brings them over the the white house to build relationships in a social way. that's how you really build a consensus for legislation. he's doing that masterfully. he really does though the art of the deal. -- know the art of the deal. but now let's look at the product. it still has some problems. may get fixed in the senate, maybe the house is going to end up picking up some of the pieces that need to be picked up.

let he mention a couple. medicaid still has to be dealt with in a way that doesn't bankrupt the states, but it doesn't cut a bunch of people off, was that would violate a donald trump promise and something he can't afford to let happen to him. the second thing, i know paul ryan big on tax cents, sounds great. particularly it's a fill of call thing to say we're getting rid of subsidies, but we're going to have tax credits well, a tax credit's a subsidy. the rob, it's a sub citi that comes a year too late for poor people was they can't wait to get their money a year later when they file tax returns. they've got groceries and rent to pay, and the idea that, yeah, they'll just get a tax credit next year, that's the kind of stuff that policy wonks come out with and think tanks, but it doesn't work in the real world. uma: let me ask you this. when it comes to this particular plan that paul ryan's putting out there, a lot of folks are concerned about the premiums because according to the numbers, the cost is still quite high, can be it doesn't

differentiate that much from what we saw with obamacare. now, the voter ors sent a clear message to lawmakers saying that's what they didn't like about obamacare. isn't this going to be a self-defeating proposition for republicans if they go ahead and higher premiums and deductibles? >> if they have higher deductibles, higher premiums and the coverage doesn't get a heck of a lot better -- and frankly, even if it does -- if it starts costing a lot more, it doesn't spell trouble, it spells doom for the republicans. like that on the table. they've got to separate out some of the most expensive things like the pre-existing conditions and unlimited benefits. that's driving the cost totally out of control. they're very popular but, uma, it's not practical. you can't say to an insurance company you have to give unlimited coverage for life, and you have to cover pre-existing conditions in every case, because when you to that, that's like saying you're going to sell

people car insurance for a car that's already been totaled. nobody can afford it when that starts happening. so if you have people with real expensive medical issues, the only way to make this work is separate them out from the normal pool, put them in a special pool. yes, it's going to have to be subsidized. the only way it's going to work. and that way you don't skew the results for all of the people who are basically just wanting to buy traditional insurance. uma: do you think that instead of the democrats perhaps being the obstacles in the way that in some ways the republicans themselves are getting in the way of getting this thing done in an efficient manner? how do you see it politically? >> well, it's a good question. but i i think you've got to hook at some of the republicans as people with real conviction, people who basically campaigned on the same platform donald trump did; that is, that we're going to repeal and replace obamacare with something more efficient and less expensive. if the republican plan generally is not going to be more efficient and less expensive,

then i think the republicans are doing the right thing to hold off. they're pushing for the kind of changes that make it palatable, and it keeps the republican train from going off the rail ands getting a lot of people hurt and getting the party thrown out of office in a couple of years. uma: we're already hearing that amendments are going to be proposed to the bill even if it does pass in the house, that the conservative members who are really having really some concerns about what's being offered up right now are already going forward and saying we're going to put forth amendments. what do you think that's going to do to the process, and how much do you think trump has to be a factor in all of this in terms of getting a deal through? >> well, if it improves the bill, it's better to slow it down and get it right than speed it up and get it wrong. there's an old saying that it costs less to do it right than it does to do it over, and politically that's really true. it could be very costly not to get this right. and in this attempt to say we've got to get it done by a certain time period -- uma: that's what i was wonder e

egg about. -- wondering about. why the rush to get in this done right now? >> i think a lot of it is just the idea we want to get it so we can keep our promise. but the promise wasn't just to repeal, the promise was to replace it with something better. and if the republicans don't come up with that part of it, republicans and, sadly, it will unfairly hurt president trump, and that's why i hope he's very careful that he only embrace withs those things in the plan which are absolutely in sync with the kind of promises that he made. because that's why people voted for him. people still believe in president trump. be looking after that working class guy. that's why it becomes so very important, uma, that the republicans make sure that they don't just do something quick. they need to do something that works. uma: well, let's see what happens. a lot's at stake right now. they are planning for that vote come thursday. governor huckabee, thank you so

much for joining us with your insights. >> thank you, uma. rick: confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch to begin monday. president trump picking gorsuch after justice antonin scalia died last february. so what can we expect there these hearings? fox news chief legal corps respondent shannon bream heavy some answers. >> he will uphold and defend the constitution of the united states. >> reporter: it's something judge neil gorsuch himself vowed to do the night his supreme court nomination was rolled out in prime time. >> i pledge that if i'm confirmed, i will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the constitution and laws of this great country. >> reporter: it's no surprise though advocacy groups on the left and the right split on that proposition as they ramp up their arguments and ads ahead of confirmation hearings for gorsuch which kick off on monday. >> donald trump's nominee for the supreme court, neil gorsuch, doesn't respect the constitution. >> always applying the constitution just as it was written. >> reporter: gorsuch is about

to face his critics head on as he goes before the senate judiciary committee where democrats are vowing to make his charted path to the high court less than smooth. >> if he shows in his answers that he is out of the mainstream as his opinions indicate that he may well be, i will use every tool available, including the filibuster, to oppose him. >> reporter: pro-choice advocates are actively sounding the alarm over where he may stand on the issue of abortion. given president trump's assurances that he would choose a pro-life nominee. >> certainly, president trump's lit husband test makes it seem -- litmus test makes it seem as if in order to get selected in the first place, he already has his mind made up. >> reporter: he'll be hard to trip up. >> there are going to be people who are ideologically oppose today this nomination come hell or high water, and i think in this case once the american public sees judge gorsuch up there in the senate testifying, they'll realize what a terrific

nomination this is. >> reporter: when asked about the possibility of invoking the so-called nuclear option which would lower the vote threshold needed to move a supreme court nominee forward from 60 to just 51 votes, a number of senators from both sides of the aisle have expressed the hope it will not come to that, but gop leadership isn't ruling it out. in new york, shannon bream, fox news. sufv]+ ;yloeek[ç news. uma: we do. villanova? uma: i did. [laughter] rick: they're out. top sealed, gone. uma: there you go. rick: don't tell peter doocy. uma: he'll be really upset. inning. rick: i'm sure he already is. uma: talking more now about politics and the former interim different tune right now. what a difference a few months make. what she is now saying about these allegations that she helped hillary clinton during the presidential campaign. rick: plus, secretary of state rex tillerson pressing china to rein in the rogue nation of north korea, so what is

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♪ ♪ uma: welcome back, everybody. secretary of state rex tillerson is saying that the u.s. will work with china to counter north korea's nuclear program. his remarks come during his first visit to east asia as our top diplomat. secretary tillerson saying he would like to see the korean peninsula without nuclear weapons but adds it might become necessary to consider japan becoming a a nuclear power if necessary. rich edson has her now from beijing. >> reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson has finished his first day of meetings on the final stop in a three-country asian trip, much of it focused on countering north korea, its ballistic missile ram and nuclear weapons program. the secretary of state has urged china to do more to get its ally, north korea, to surrender those programs and meeting with his chinese counterpart earlier today, the secretary of state

said it is time for the world to change its approach to northkor. >> i think we share a common view and a sense that tensions on the peninsula are quite high right now and that things have reached a rather dangerous level. and we've committed ourselves to do everything we can to prevent any type of conflict from breaking out. ask we view -- and we view there are a number of stepses that we can take that are in front of us. >> reporter: earlier on this said if the north got to a particular point, an option still on the table -- as me he mentioned all options are still on the table -- would potentially be be a preemptive military action against north korea. he refused to get into specifics. china has floated a proposal halt its joint military exercises with south korea in exchange for north korea's

surrendering its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. the united states has rejected that. china's response is that the united states should come up with a were better option. the secretary of state has wrapped his first day of meeting, tomorrow he meets with the chinese president, xi jinping, before flying back to the united states. uma? uma: thanks, rich, from beijing. rick: the department of justice asking a federal judge in hawaii to relax his restraining order on president trump's travel ban. the department also appealing a restraining order issued by a maryland-based judge. recent rulings by both states have blocked the president's revised order. mr. trump telling supporters at his nashville rally this week he does not plan to throw in the towel to. >> we're going to tight this terrible ruling, we're going to take our case as far as it needs to go including all the way up to the supreme court. [cheers and applause] we're going to win, we're going to keep our citizens safe. rick: joining me now, the editor

this chief of the daily caller. vince, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. rick: the trump administration has had plenty of time to prepare for this new order, they could have put together one we thought might be court-proof, but, in fact, it wasn't. what happened? >> well, the courts, it seems like, have taken a very expanse i look at not only the text of actual appeal, but the statements that president trump and others around him have made. and in both cases it seems have ruled they feel this is anti-muslim discrimination, that there's some sort of religious element involved here even though the plain text of the executive order doesn't suggest that at all. and, in fact, the six countries that are affected represent only 10% of the world's muslim population, the other 90% are free to travel to the united states in think capacity and aren't affected by this ruling. yet the judges in both maryland and hawaii have sought to, basically, say there's a religious discrimination element going on here. and, of course, the justice department -- trump's justice

department has begun the process of trying to, in the case of hu, narrow the scope of the order and in the case of maryland, trying to appeal be it and hoping to perform better in the 4th circuit in virginia. rick: well, the president has insisted all along his goal has been to protect america from potential terrorists who might not be properly vetted on their way out of those six countries, but those gates still have not closed, so presumably those people still could be coming in. >> right. and, you know, let's look at some of the numberses here. i mean, we though for a fact thanks to the senate, the u.s. senate has gathered this data, convicted on terror charges since 9/11 from these six countries. rick: right. >> and, you know, so that's not a secret. there really is some terror component here that they're concerned about. and by the way, the president has lost the element of surprise from. when he first put this executive order out, the original one -- i it was done or, of course, with little fanfare. it was dropped sort of this a moment's notice, and that was

done intentionally. it was done specifically because you want to prevent bad actors from taking advantage of a window to come into the united states knowing that a travel ban is coming. and this continues to sort of delay the national security goals that president trump has. rick: right. and the window, obviously, remains wide open. >> right. rick: you've touched on you believe the white house has a strong case to rebut the charges that this ban violates the first amendment rights against religious discrimination. >> i think so. 90% of the world's muslims are not even affected by this. clearly, it's not an explicitly muslim ban. and in a narrower sense now, 53 people from these six countries convicted of terrorism, so i think case is strong. rick: there is a very real possibility this case could make it to the supreme court which makes the nomination of judge neil gorsuch even more critical to the president's cause. do you think that's going to happen? supreme court action? this. >> i think there's a high probability. there's enough judges who are or looking to put a pause on it,

and i think the backstop, ultimately, for president trump to eventually get this order to be passed. neil gorsuch may actually be seated on the bench of the supreme court as early as april, and that could mean that he would look at this very travel ban. by the way, travel moratorium. it literally only goes for three or four months, and it's done. ric rick exactly. some people may not realize in 1952 congress gave the president broad authority over immigration. the it was a federal law to suspend be or restrict the entry of any class of aliens who coulding be viewed as detrimental. jimmy carter used it, president reagan barred cubans to who didn't have relatives here and even president obama kept out officials from north korea during his term as president. how is in this different from those situations, and how does this not comply with that law that was passed more than 50, 60 years ago? >> that's a great question. so in the case of one of these judges, they believe that the numerical difference is

meaningful. inthe stead of blocking people from one country, the president is blocking people from six countries. i don't know how much sense that headaches on paper because, basically, the if people are from different renales of the world, he specifically chose one rather than the six, they seem very similar in terms of what we allow the president of the united states to do especially when it comes down to national security interests. rick: i guess, vince, my final question is if the whole idea was to stop people who might be dangerous from coming in until the security can be improved at their end, if the whole idea was to top them from -- stop9 from coming, is there even a need for this travel ban? is there a need for the court to rule on it, because by the time they rule on it, maybe they'll six the problems at those six countries? >> well, clearly i depress the reality is the way time works, they have time to examine the way we're allowing both refugees and people in from these six countrieses specifically. but it does sort of undermine

the core goals which is, hey, let's completely pause on this and take time to assess it and figure out what's different. and i think in the president's case, it's got to be a real frustration for him yet he has this national security concern, yet the court is letting these people in even though he asked for a delay. and in the view of the president, it surely creates an even greater national security crisis at the hands of the court. rick: thank you, vince, we appreciate your time. >> my pleasure. uma: donna brazil, the former interim chair of the democratic national committee, fessing up to claims she fed the clinton campaign questions. brazile initially denied that charge after it was revealed by wikileaks last year. caroline shively has more in washington with more on this story. >> reporter: donna brazile, the former interim chair, now admits she forwarded town hall questions to the clinton campaign before the election after months of denials. here's what she writes on time.com. quote: among the many things i did in my role as dnc vice chair

prior to assuming the interim position was to share potential town hall topics with the clinton campaign. my job was to make all our democratic candidates look good, and i worked closely with both campaigns to make that happen. but sending those e-mails was a mistake i will forever regret. brazile's e-mails sent ahead of a cnn town hall last march were part of a wick -- wikileaks dump. they show her telling the clinton amp camp a planned question about the flint, michigan, lead poisoning in the water. the story broke in october when fox asked her about it at the time, she straight up denied it calling it falsified information. >> as a christian woman, i understand persecution, but i will not sit her and be persecuted because your information is totally always -- >> i'm getting it from podesta's e-mails. >> well, podesta's e-mails were stolen. megyn: so you deny it? >> can you're like a thief that

want to bring into the night the things that you found that was in the gutter. >> reporter: brazile says she regrets the e-mails but never apologizes. uma: caroline shaily, thank you from washington. -- rick: scientists are calling for restrictions on one of the most common painkillers on the market. our doctor is on deck to weigh in on the deadly risk discovered for eye buy proen, when we return. ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't take otezla if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. otezla may increase the risk of depression.

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♪ ♪ uma: we are back with news about a new study raising alarms about one of the most commonly-used painkillers on the market. ibuprofen like motrin and advil which could increase your risk of cardiac arrest by an alarming 31%. joining us now, a board-certified radiologist and women's imaging expert. doctor can, so good to have you here because when this study came out, i was really

surprised. a lot of my friends and colleagues are surprised because we take ibuprofen often in this business, we get mistakes and things like -- makes and things like that. >> sure. some of the most widely-used medications across the globe from infancy for teething pain and through our you woulder -- elderly who take it for any ache. i'd be with remiss to say i couldn't open up my own medicine cabinet ask find several bottles. what is highlighted out of this danish study is, essentially, something we've known in the medical community. we've had these warnings signs on the bottle since at least 2005, and in 2015 the fda actually upped that warning on the bottle, making it a little bit more severe. so there is a direct correlation between a lot of these n said and cardiovas lahr disease such

as strokes and heart attacks. uma: i have always come to understand that most of the risk factors were more towards your stomach or getting ulcers and things like that if you take too much. i find the connection of cardiac arrest a bit more surprising. >> that's because a lot of people don't talk about it, and, of course, it is much more common to get bleed anything the stomach or ggi tract. but the effects of a heart attack are significantly more severe. uma: is it more apparent with men or women? >> it showed a little bit more with women. we do notice that women take medication more often than not or more often than men do for pain and headaches and aches and more women had heart attacks isn't because they have a harder effect. cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women, so that's not a surprising thing to see. uma: do more people take

ibuprofen as opposed to aspirinning? different. i think a lot of people go to motrin, you buy pro fin because they have less risk of gi bleeding. aspirin has preventative measures, stops the blood from clotting so helps you not to have a heart attack, a stroke, whereas these others are showing to clot the blood and -- uma: and i think it does help with body aches and back pain and more than just a headache. it does make a difference as opposed to aspirin. >> sure. uma: could you say there would with symptoms, shortly after taking a lot of ibuprofen over a consistent period of time, that you'd get chest pains, or is there some kind of connection that you should make right when you're taking ibuprofen? >> sure, take the ensaid out of it, the moment you start or having chest pain, you start feeling lightheaded, you aren't feeling right, you need to talk to your doctor. don't just chalk it up to it's

going to be okay. you always should go see your doctor. and when it comes to the aches and pains, the benefits of ibuprofen may outweigh the risk of taking it. so i'm not saying not to take it. what you need to do is you need to do it under the care of a physician. just because it's available at your local pharmacy doesn't mean that you shouldn't talk to a doctor about some of these pains. take the lowest dose that you possibly can that's recommended on the bottle that helps you, and take the shortest amount of duration as possible. you don't want to overdo it. the more you take, the higher the risk. uma: i think a lot of people think because it is over the counter, it's probably less risky because they can self-medicate and take it on their own without checking with a there. >> and, actually, eye boo prone -- ibuprofen these a rings where the study took place. uma: so what do you want people to come away with after this news saying there's this big

risk? >> first of all, know your risk. what's your lifestyle like? do you live a sedentary lifestyle? know your risks before you start grabbing some of these. and also if you have an ache, don't just run to the med cabinet. can you do heat, can you do massage, med meditate, do something else before you start taking it. uma: great advice. really appreciate it. rick? rick: rescue crews still digging through the rubble after a house explodes in maryland. ahead, what authorities believe caused the blast. plus, a brave new york city emt murdered in the line of duty being remembered as a hero. >> she served the city as a hero, and she died as a hero of our city. retirement rabbit, from voya. who's he? he's green money, for spending today. makes it easy to tell you apart. that, and i am better looking. i heard that.

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♪ ♪ uma: welcome back, everybody. we are here with a follow-up to a very sad story involving a new york city emt operator being honored today after she was run over and killed by her own ambulance. now, this may be difficult for some viewers to watch. cell phone video showing the moment yadera arroyo was struck. she was a 44-year-old mother of

five children and a 14-year veteran of the fire department for the city of new york. >> she was the matriarch of the station, she was not only a here the five, but she was mother to a hundred plus people who worked here. i mean -- sorry. all i can say about her is that she will live on in the lives she saved and the people she helped. uma: obviously very emotional this. the suspect, jose gonzalez, charged with murder, grand larceny and operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs. rick: investigators still digging through the rubble of a home in a maryland suburb a day after it was destroyed by an early morning explosion. this as the whereabouts of the homeowner remain a mystery. yesterday's explosion rattling the rockville neighborhood near washington, d.c. damaging ten homeses and nine vehicles. the house had been in foreclosure since 2015, and the explosion happened on the day it was slated to be auctioned off.

investigators say someone hooked up gas to the home illegally, they don't know yet if that's what caused the blast, but it certainly sounds like it. uma: very suspicious there, i would say. well, coming up, a historic meeting for president trump as he welcomes german chancellor angela merkel to the white house. can the two world leaders turn the page after reports of a rocky relationship during the presidential campaign? rick: and the white house has a fight on its hands over its travel ban. will the trump administration get the deal done? we'll debate the finer points of the legal battle with our panel. ♪ ♪

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welcome to a brand-new hour inside the news headquarters. >> tapping the news at this hour, the trump administration not giving up on implementing the travel man, trying a different maneuver. we will debate the change. >> president obama bugged trump tower? is the doj on the same page? we will find out soon enough. >> this search is on for a team. it's taking a new sense of urgency.

there is no sign of her or the man she is with. >> first this news alert as the trump administration tries to get its revised travel ban back on track. the department of justice fighting a ruling right before the rollout this week. the initial plan sparked protests across the country. it attempts to alleviate concerns with his new order are not going over well with some states. there live in d.c. with more. garrett, what are they doing about hawaii. >> the federal judge in hawaii was the first to rule that the batravel ban was likely unconstitutional. derek watson found a number of statement that trump made on the campaign trail about banning muslims that his order was targeting muslims even if it only included six muslim

majority countries. they filed a motion asking him to reconsider his motion, to decide if it's constitutional. his ruling is drawing criticism from legal experts including from some on the left to don't agree with the travel ban as a whole. this morning, alan dershowitz said this was not constitutional analysis. >> although for a different purpose, the list was designed by president obama. how can you say that the inclusion of the six countries on the list was motivated by what mr. trump said when he was candidate trumpet that is just not good legal analysis. reporter: he went on to say that if the case reaches the supreme court, he believes the justices

travel ban. where will this go. >> yesterday they filed a note that if they plan to appeal the decision to the fourth circuit court of appeals. five other states, california, new york, massachusetts, oregon and minnesota have also challenged the executive order and went back to the federal judge in washington who halted the original order. they asked him to extend that to this new order as well. yesterday the judge said he would hold off on making a ruling because two other judges had already blocked it. one thing is clear, this legal battle will not be over anytime rick: thank you. uma: trump is refusing to back down on claims that president obama ordered wiretap on trump tower. meanwhile the justice department delivering documents that provide no evidence to support the allegations.

kristin fisher is joining us from palm beach florida with more on the story. kristin. >> it was two weeks ago that he tweeted that bold claim that former president obama ordered the wiretapping of phones inside trump tower during the election. since then president trump has only added fuel to the fire. at the joint press conference with the german chancellor, president trump made another unsubstantiated claim that was britain agents that wiretapped at the request of former president obama. he offered no evidence to back up the claim even though it has the significant to impact the u.s. relationship with its closest allies. the british government responded by saying these claims are ridiculous and should be ignored. president trump is standing firm and refuses to retract his claim or apologize for this is taking attention away from the push to get the first big piece of legislation through congress,

the bill to repeal and replace obamacare. today vice president mike pence was in jacksonville trying to sell the bill to small business owners there. he was putting the pressure on them, telling them they need to lobby their representatives in washington. listen to this. >> let's be clear on this. this will be a battle in washington d.c. obamacare's defenders are working hard. we have to work harder. we are counting on florida. we need every republican in florida to support this bill and support the president's plan to repeal and replace obamacare. >> vice president mike pence rallied the troops to fight ahead. he drove past us about an hour ago for the annual gathering of conservatives. the healthcare push will continue tonight. the vote in the house could come

already warned the members to brace for what could be a very long night. rickuma: i'm sure that is a pro. thank you for the update. rick: rex tillerson, in the arriving in china this morning. at the top of the agenda, the delicate situation on the peninsula where tensions are running high with north korea preparing for yet another missile launch. china has offered to moderate talks but the u.s. has so far refused, demanding a gesture of goodwill before any negotiation can begin. another item of contention, china's announcement that they will build up another island in disputed waters. it will be the seventh one. they insist it's for environmental monitoring but others have been built up with a wide array of military equipme equipment.

coming up in ten minutes we will speak with an mit scholar about this complicated situation developing in the region. uma: travelers evacuate an airport in paris following a man who was shot and killed. the man wrestled the female soldier to the ground before trying to steal her weapon. we are learning the man who authorities declared radicalized back in 2015 did not appear in a french government database and is a threat to national securi security. here is the latest from the middle east bureau. john. >> people were screaming and running and heard gunshots. those were some of the descriptions of today's attacks in france. we are learning more about the attacker, officials say he was known to police and had a long rap sheet. he was suspected of islamic radicalization. the top prosecutor said the

39-year-old man, born of france, attacked and wrestled away a female soldiers assault rifle while she was on patrol at the airport. he held a gun to the woman's head screaming he wanted to die for allah. >> she managed to resist but they thought it was necessary to open fire to protect her and protect the public nearby. >> they killed the attacker who officials that also tossed a gasoline container to the ground. he used a pellet gun to such shoot a police officer north of paris earlier and carjacked a vehicle before heading to the airport. people were screaming someone is running and shooting. the evacuation of the airport

after the shooting. the airport is back to normal tonight. french officials call the attacker a radicalized muslim whose home was among the many that were rated after the deadly terrorist attack in 2015. he had a criminal history including armed robbery and drug trafficking. now the french president said the man is being investigated to terrorist plot behind him. uma: thank you very much. rick: injured survivors of the 2015 terror attack in san bernardino are still fighting for recovery. they say a bureaucratic nightmare is keeping them from getting adequate medicare. will car is live in l.a. with the story. reporter: you will remember 14 people were killed and 22 injured. instead of getting full support from san bernardino county or being covered by public insurance, they used the worker's comp. system but that started to deny claims months

after the attack. >> the injuries were dramatic and devastating enough in my life will never be the same, but then to have to deal with bureaucracy -- it's like being re- victimized all over again. reporter: valerie weber was shot twice. she required more than 20 surgeries. she is back in the hospital after i see -- after her most recent surgery. the state recently examined what caused the treatment denial and modification. they point the finger at the survivors doctor. attorneys tell us that the copout, saying the county put the victims into a broken system

that wasn't equipped to handle battlefield type ones. >> it was designed to get people healthy and back to work. the exact opposite is what's happening now. they are not getting them back to work. the county has spent more than $4 million for benefits. they also have 2 million reserved for future costs. the county has repeatedly denied our request to go on camera. we should point out that orlando, which had an attack after san bernardino, has already paid out money to their victims family. >> 20 surgeries for that woman. that's just awful. rick: thank you. uma: the passing of a legend, chuck berry, has passed away. he was known for hits like, johnny be good and roll over beethoven and countless more songs. chuck was the inspiration for so many rock 'n roll legends who á/

least of all the beatles. he was born charles edward anderson in st. louis, missouri in 1926. his early career kicked off with the johnny johnson trio but his career spanned decades. he will be remembered by generations. police in missouri pronounced him dead in his home after responding to a medical emergency at his residence. chuck berry was 90 years old. rick: rex tillerson talking tough on north korea saying they are leaving all options on the table but was taking a strong stance a good way to go with such an unpredictable regime. we will look into that next. uma: gun violence continues to surge in chicago. why they say not enough is being done to protect the city streets. >> it's got to stop. our children shouldn't have to pay the price for repeat

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rick: secretary of state rex tillerson is making his first

trip to asia as our top diplomat, and saying nothing is off the table and it comes to dealing with north korea's missile program. >> let me be very clear. the policy of patients has ended. we are exploring a new range of diplomatic and economic measures. all options are on the table if they elevate the threat of their weapons program to a level we believe requires action, that action is on the table. rick: joining me now is jim walsh from mit. thanks for being with us. secretary tillerson is talking tough. what does this mean? are we going to bomb north korea now? is that necessary? what's the likelihood of that happening and what will the fallout be? >> that is a big tangle of questions. obviously the consequences could be great, but let's take it a step at a time. a little softer tone when he arrived in china. maybe the tough talk was aimed as much as china as north korea.

i think we have to be careful. i was never a fan of president obama's strategic patient policy have a policy of strategic haste either. you don't want to put your adversary in a situation where if something small happens they feel they have to go all in because you're coming after them. we want to deter them but we we don't want wars. rick: president trump criticized obama for advertising what he was going to do with the military. why would he have secretary inform north korea they might be in trouble. >> i also saw that as a contradiction. the president has said, in response to questions about isis that he's not going to tell his plan because he doesn't want to tip them off. you could say the same logic could apply here and even more

so because korea could take all sorts of ugly county measures that i think part of the challenge that the secretary of state faced is he is on this to her and he has to talk about the topic, but the administration has not finished its policy review. it is in the middle of trying to work through the issue to figure out what to do. we still have a residential election in south korea in early may. he is having to talk about it at the same time, things aren't that set yet. rick: i read your article for foxnews.com. you argue it's time for trump to put his dealmaking skills to work but i wonder if the north korean leader is really someone we can negotiate with. >> i think that's a great question but we don't know it must we test that proposition. it takes two to tango. if they don't want to negotiate, fine we won't negotiate. my experience of the past 20 years or so is that they are better behaved when they are in the tent rather than when they're outside throwing rocks

and stones. i think that should be explored as an option. while secretary tillerson said all options are on the table, strangely he said a direct negotiation is not on the table. i would recommend the all options, but it may be in a crisis we need communication between all the sides. rick: you mention the 20 years of north korean diplomacy has failed in sanctions don't work and president trump said the north has been acting badly, playing the u.s. and china has done little to help. china is threatening south korea with economic sanctions. listen to what secretary tillerson said about that. >> we acknowledge china's opposition, it's economic retaliation against south korea is inappropriate and troubling. we asked china to refrain from such actions. rick: not to get too deep in the weeds but one of the reasons is this bad missile system that the

south koreans are willing to put in at the u.s. behest and china doesn't want missiles in south korea that are presumably there to defend against north korea. >> right. what china is concerned about the missile defense system is it might not only be aimed at north korea but also too chinese missiles. i think it was appropriate for secretary tillerson to speak out against the pressure that china is putting on south korea, but i also wonder about the policy. we are trying to get china to cooperate. it's not in their interest for north korea to act up. it's a real problem for them. their concern is if they are too tough they will have a failed nuclear weapon state on their border. i think we have to be on the same page. if we don't solve this problem unless china and the u.s. were together and i'm not sure

threatening china is the way to get that done. rick: jim, you are one of the few americans who have been to north korea, sat across the table and been in negotiations with their nuclear program. who knows better than you if negotiations can work and where this might be headed. >> i wouldn't go that far. i appreciate the shout out. rick: share your insight. what you think. >> have had discussions for many years nuclear policy. not so much negotiations, but discussions. the thing about dealing with a one person dictatorship, and that's what north korea is, is that the young leader changes his mind and if he decides to go a different path, bang, he can make that happen. part of what worries me, we are at a very unusual moment in where everyone is mad at each other. north korea's matter china. china is mad at north korea, south korea and north korea are mad at each other and china is mad at us. when you have so many moving parts and no one is talking, mistakes can happen.

rick: sounds familiar, people not talking. thank you for your time. uma: rising crime is plaguing chicago city streets. prosecutors are facing criticism for what some see as a weak stance on gun violence including the chicago police department. superintendent saved the judicial system isn't tough enough. matt thin is in chicago with more on the story. reporter: in 2016, 762 people were murdered in chicago, more than 4000 people shot, more than 5000 guns recovered from the street, yet prosecutors charged just 123 illegal gun cases in chicago. >> the cook county court system, the largest in the country, is traditionally very soft on most gun charges. reporter: the police superintendent argues the violent criminals aren't afraid to shoot and keep shooting because they know the judicial system is soft.

>> this has got to stop somewhere. our children shouldn't have to be paying the price for our inability to hold these gun answers. reporter: the criticism might be warranted. in 2016 the u.s. attorney prosecuted 12 123 crime cases. compared kansas city which has a fraction of the population, it prosecuted nearly triple the amount of gun cases. cases. new york city, whose violent crime pales in comparison to chicago, is not far behind with 72 cases. cook county attorney admits there is a crisis. >> we have an issue of credibility with our criminal justice system. reporter: tim evans say fighting crime is a group effort. >> we have to go after those are doing violent crime and that is an obligation we have to have

with our partners in log enforcement. reporter: he was recently fired by jeff sessions. he said his office needs at least 20 more prosecutors to fight chicago crime. the office said they prosecuted the most cases in 20 years in 2016 and the new bill that passed the committee in springfield would require judges to give lengthy sentences and publicly explain why they choose not too. in chicago, matt thin, fox 5 news. rick: a frantic search is underway for a missing teenager and a man accused of abducting her. law-enforcement nationwide is stepping up efforts to find this stepping up efforts to find this girlthtse . to cover the eastern seaboard. i've climbed a mount everest of fiber. probiotics? enough! (avo) if you've had enough, tell your doctor

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teenager in tennessee is pleading to him to return the girl safely. elizabeth thomas has been missing since monday. shown here, a former teacher at her school, is responsible for taking her. brian is live from our new york city newsroom. reporter: we just spoke with the investigators and elizabeth and her captor could be anywhere nationwide. they received 250 tips from 24 states. that is a low number and none have been credible. there have been no reported sightings of the 15-year-old elizabeth thomas, or her suspected abductor pad comings. they were seen monday morning in investigators placed elizabeth in decatur alabama monday afternoon. investigators say there were indications that the suspect preplanned the subduction as her former teacher has a potential to lure and sexually exploit

her. her family is questioning whether more could have been done by the school district. an investigation was launched in january regarding his relationship with elizabeth. they moved elizabeth out of his classroom and the teacher is now fired. elizabeth's father was not notified about the situation in january until a week after. >> when we found out what they were saying, that they took action and didn't delay, he didn't learn until january 31, and he learned from law-enforcement. reporter: elizabeth's father tweeted please come home to us, i can't live without you. these are recent surveillance images of comings. he is a 6-foot tall male with brown eyes. they believe he is armed and may have driven far away from tennessee and is driving this

nissan rogue with license plate 976 is the pet and may be sleeping in his car. the suspects wife is speaking out. >> please do the right thing. turn yourself into the police and bring beth home. reporter: anyone with information is encouraged to call the police. rick: anytime, any indication the last time they were spotted. >> the last time they were spotted was monday morning. they have no credible sightings or spotting since. that's why this is a nationwide search before thank you, keep us posted. uma: the justice department is appealing court orders against the revised travel ban.

you may recall the initial order cause chaos at the airport and led to nationwide protest for the white house is still facing an uphill battle. several states are challenging the revised order. judges in hawaii and maryland blocking the legislation before it can go into effect. the president said he will take his fight to the supreme court. joining us now is our legal panel. welcome both of you. nice to have you here. i want to ask you, there is something that really troubled me, when the judge in hawaii said he was also taking into $m2fyz[z$86l@l/[]cbcf% was used before mr. trump was elected as part of the interpretation as to why he felt this was considered a muslim band as opposed to looking at executive order. david what did you make of that. >> i think it's clear that you are not supposed to take into account anything said on the campaign because it's just campaign rhetoric. you have to take the facts of the case. you can't base your opinions on guesswork, speculation, hypothesis that this is a muslim band. you have to base it on the facts and not rhetoric. >> is it overreach. >> this is definitely activism.

you look at the four corners. number one, does he have the authority to create this executive order to restrain aliens for coming into the country. absolutely, unquestionably, that's what the law is. number two, you look at the language but they say this is discriminatory but how can it be discriminatory when you are focused on the six countries that had already been selected by the obama administration that had increased scrutiny in terms of visas coming into the country, and even mr. session said, ultimately of those six countries, there were 300 individuals that had terrorist leanings from oh six countries. given all of that, how can you possibly say this is an anti- muslim band. rick: is clear they will fight back and take this to the supreme court. listen to what kwiatkowski said. >> it's absurd that one federal judge has the ability to

override the constitutional authority of the president. there are three branches for a reason and the government will appeal this ruling to the supreme court. more importantly, you have one or two federal judges who want to legislate from the bench, who think they have more authority than they really do. this is not how the system is supposed to work. uma: one of the criticisms the judge is putting out there is that even though other presidents have used this type of order in the past like carter and reagan, they did not go after six countries at once. they did not band the people from in large number of countries as opposed to one at a time. is that an argument that holds up. >> it's not. in 1952 they gave the president broad powers to regulate immigration policy anyway he sees fit, especially when the security of the nation is at stake. these were six nations identified by the obama

administration as terrorist nations. they can't control the inflow of people into the united states and that is what it's based on. iraq was taken off the list because the united states has been convinced that iraq has a proper policy in place. you also have to take into account that this doesn't affect >> they are arguing this is a muslim band. they are not seeing this as a national security issue. it's unfortunate. let's look at this globally. pakistan, 96% is not on the order. bangladesh, 90%. turkey, egypt both of which are 90% or greater. those are not in the executive order because it's not an anti- muslim band. it's the president stepping forward and saying these are the

countries that harbor terrorists or don't have the proper policies in place. look at these countries. we had 300 individuals in these country that had been selected as having terrorist leanings. you can't say that's not a big deal, let it go. >> allen dershowitz is a lawyer who is a democrat and saying he thanks the order can hold and believes one rouge the administration can take is to the fourth circuit. let's listen. >> the trump justice department is getting smart. they're not appealing to the ninth circuit where they will likely get an adverse ruling, they are appealing to the fourth circuit which is a much more conservative court and more likely to uphold the travel ban, and then if the case goes to the supreme court and ties 4 - 4, trump wins. uma: is that a good strategy. >> it's a brilliant strategy. >> it's a good strategy but i

believe it's an open and shut case. it's not whether it's politically correct. it's whether or not it's constitutional. under the constitution -- >> how are they getting away with it if it's not politically correct. how are they getting away with making this ruling. >> because they have a lot of discretion at their level. ultimately when it is appealed to the supreme court we will get a final ruling. uma: okay. i'm sorry, i have to i ended there. great insight. thank you. rick: president trump is wheeling and dealing to get the gop healthcare past. is "the art of the deal" enough to turn things his way? >> this president is getting deeply involved. he is helping bridge gaps. he is a constructive force to get consensus on how to repeal and replace obamacare

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rick: president trump is trying to convince holdouts on the gop healthcare plan. he agrees to make some changes to the medicaid provisions. paul ryan said he is open to all suggestions. >> we constantly get feedback and suggestions from members and we are working to bridge the gaps to make improvements in the bill so members, so we have a bill that can pass. we feel we are making great strides in progress on getting a bill that can pass because it incorporates the feedback from members from all walks of life in our conference. rick: joining me now is susan, chief correspondent at the washington examiner. thank you for being with us. it appears the president's has convinced some holdouts to replace obamacare with the new

bill. does he have the support he needs. >> this is a key week. they will take it on the house floor by thursday or friday. they have some additional conservatives on board. they need 218 and there are several dozen who may not like it and some are conservatives and some are moderates. they need to bring everybody in to get up to 218. they will not get any democrats. it's all on the republicans. i think they can pull it off in the house if not this week, then eventually, the tricky part will be in the senate where there is a smaller majority and they can afford to lose a couple votes but already they have three or four who don't like the bill. they will have to probably make some changes in the senate where it will be open to the amendment process. rick: you mention zero democratic support. >> zero is a low number.

>> they don't need democrats. if they know they can do it with republicans, they typically won't get any democrats. there are bills, however, that are designed to win democratic support and there are a couple healthcare bills that will be on the floor, in addition to the one you mentioned. one has to do with eliminating antitrust exemptions for healthcare companies and another allows small businesses to pool their resources together to purchase insurance to increase their buying power. they are hoping this will show other republicans they have another plan that will bring down costs for health insurance overall, not just repeal and replace. that will probably pick up

i think overall, together, this will help republicans. rick: i guess that's the question whether that legislation expected next week will go with the major medicaid changes proposed including allowing states to have working requirements on childless adults receiving benefits. will that sway the house. >> they will be taken up around the same time. that's the question. they hope that bunching all of this together republicans will see the big picture and like it. there are additional bills coming down the pike in coming weeks. you will see some democrats showing interest in these bills as well, and that is important over in the senate where you would need eight additional democrats because they have the 60 vote filibuster for the other two votes. there is a big question of whether it's enough to bring everyone on board. the work incentive is not a requirement for medicaid. it was set up to encourage work requirements, but altogether they are hoping republicans will see a picture of a healthcare proposal that will eventually lower healthcare premiums for

everyone, increase competition, get rid of the obamacare taxes, and basically do a reset of what president obama and democrats put in place seven years ago. rick: the budget office released its report this week and estimated that it would reduce deficits by $340 billion over the next ten years, which, as the president would say, is huge but it would also increase uninsured by 24 million people over the same timeframe. these are big numbers that may be a big part of the problem. >> democrats are pushing that number because they're concerned of people being thrown off the insurance but it's more about the mandate going away so some people won't sign up for it if they don't have to pay tax or penalty. the question about medical expansion, that will go away over time, it will be phased out and they will turn it into a block grant system that will give money to states.

democrats are pushing the theme that you will lose insurance. republicans, what they can do, is just the other bills passing will make insurance more affordable so more people buy it. the issue is forcing people to have insurance and not forcing them, rather than kicking them off insurance. democrats are winning the messau2"?9p, republicans who don't like this bill, what they do say worries them is that 24 million number, they fear that will be too much for their state to deal with all these uninsured people. rick: is it safe to say this is more resistant than the president expected. >> i think so. he's also willing to make a deal. a reporter asked him the other day what was his lined in the sand and he said i will tell you when the deal is done because he knows he has to make changes. it won't look exactly how it looks now by the time it reaches the finish line. rick: thank you, we appreciate your time.

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former democratic nominee hillary clinton making a rare public appearance yesterday. she spoke at a st. patrick's day dinner in scranton, pennsylvania. it's one of the few times she's been seen since her upset. she is finally ready to say, i'm sorry, she said she is finally ready to get back into the swing of things. >> unlike a lot of my friends, i have a hard time watching the news, i will confess. [applause] so i was thinking, okay, what do we do? go for a walk in the woods, you can only do so much of that. rick: the walk in the woods line

was drying a laugh. you may remember she was caught in the woods a few days after the election, walking in a park near her home in westchester. there she is. that was a famous photo, was in it. uma: it sure was. it took the world by storm. some powerful new video of devastating floodwaters in peru. this is a new round of unusually heavy rain that is drenching the country. the prime minister of peru is increasing the death toll saying it has killed at least 72 people there this year alone. rain is expected for the next two weeks. rick: a mistry is unfolding in d.c. after an explosion level the home. they are still looking for the the home was in foreclosure since 2014 and was set to go up for auction the same day it blew up. investigators say someone hooked up gas to the home illegally. they don't know yet if that's what caused the blast.

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uma: we are back with a programming note. president trump is taking some time to set down with jesse watters. the interview was wide ranging and jesse wasn't afraid to approach the president on fake news. >> the last time i spoke to you i presented a signed photograph to you at trump's tower. have you hung it on your wall. >> oh absolutely. >> that's fake news. >> that was fake news. uma: you can see the full interview right here tonight. umarick: a mcdonald's employee jumped through a drive-through window to save an off-duty officer. he noticed something was wrong with the 44-year-old officer. she was suffering a medical emergency. he ordered her kids to call 911 while he went back to the restaurant to get help. emergency responders saying his efforts might have saved her life. that officer is listed in stable condition. uma: good for him.

the hero in action. rick: . absolutely. thanks for being with us and not watching basketball. uma: that's a wrap. laura inglis joined us next with the fox report. have a great night >> it's a big week coming up for republican plans to repeal and replace obamacare which could floor thursday or friday. this is the fox report. republican leaders will need hope to push it through and send it to the senate where a different kind of battle awaits. it is a working weekend for president trump and mike pence, both in florida working to sell the plan. vice president mike pence within jacksonville with small business owner. >> the obamacare nightmare is about two and. [applause] virtually