facebook.com/outnumberedfnc. back on tomorrow at noon eastern, "happening now" now. >> we start with a fox alert, we are awaiting the first white house briefing since the collapse of the republican health care bill on friday. >> jenna: a lot of finger-pointing within the g.o.p., president trump simile he could work with moderate democrats if conservatives will not back his agenda. recovering all of the news "happening now." >> i believe it is time for the party to start governing. i think that is important. i also think that democrats can come to the table as well. >> this is all fixable if we sit down like reasonable people and try to solve the problem and not beat each other out. >> jenna: signs of potential bipartisanship after the plan to repeal and replace obamacare ins for the trump admission and house republicans. work in the white house and lawmakers find common ground here? also... >> there is no evidence that this was a terrorist attack, however to the victims, what difference does it make? >> jenna: gunshots trigger

panic in a crowded nightclub. what we are learning about the terrifying shoot-out that left one person dead and many more injured. plus... the fight for iraq's second-largest city intensifies as the country's prime minister says isis will be militarily defeated within weeks. it is all "happening now" ." we begin with a fox news alert as we await the first white house briefing since the collapse of the g.o.p. health care bill efforts be of the first effort, first go around come see what happens next. welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i am jenna lee. >> i'm eric shawn info jon scott today. we are life at the white house where press secretary sean spicer is getting ready to brief reporters momentarily. while we await president trump's next move after the republican effort to try to repeal and replace obamacare, that went down the tubes on friday as you know. but the president will undo some of president obama's initiatives some hours from now he will sign bills rolling back some of the

previous ministrations rules and regulations. >> jenna: getting more specific on that, we have fox team coverage with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on capitol hill, but would begin with our chief white house grossmont to john roberts. >> good afternoon. the news breaking at this hour, we are learning that chairman devin nunes of the intelligence committee on the house side was here at the white house the day before he made public this idea that there was incidental collection of trump transition officials in between the election and the inauguration at the hands of the intelligence community. he apparently was here to meet a source who was the source of the information to getting this statement just moments ago from his spokesman jack, saying "chairman nunes met with its source at the white house grounds to have proximity to a secure location where he could view the information provided by the source. the chairman is extreme the concern by the possible improper unmasking of names of u.s. citizens and began to looking into this issue even before

president trump tweeted his assertion that trump tower had been wiretapped." as to why he came to the white house to be near the secure location, he goes on to say "the information comprised executive branch documents that had not been provided to congress because of classification rules, the source simply could not put the documents in a backpack and walk them over to the house intelligence committee space." it is interesting when you look at the timing of all this. nunes came out last week, you remember, in a very urgent fashion coming down to the white house after briefing the press on capitol hill to brief the president, but the source of the information was here at the white house complex. this adds another layer of intrigue to all of this, but i am sure this is going to come up in just a few minutes time at the daily briefing from the press secretary here at the white house. meantime, the president is trying to regain the momentum after that stinging setback on the healthcare bill on friday, meeting with women in business,

leaders this morning and afternoon, signing bills to rollback more obama era regulations. the white house warning that the president is willing to adapt john boehner like tactics to get his agenda through if conservatives do not come to the table peered you remember he used to recruit moderate democrats to his aid when the freedom caucus would not come on board with some of his legislative agenda items. fox news sunday yesterday, reince priebus, white house chief of staff, said that as an option the president will possibly explore if the house freedom caucus does not play ball, listen here. >> we will give these guys another chance. that is not really the point. if we come up with a bill that accomplishes the goals of the president with republicans alone, then we will take it and move forward with it. but we are moving onto tax reform, the budget is coming out. i think it is more or less a warning shot that we are willing to talk to anyone. we always have been. i think more so now than ever.

>> that could include democrats according to reince priebus according to other folks at the white house, not likely democrats would come on board, something like a repeal or replace bill for obamacare, but the white house may be able to recruit their support on something like the big infrastructure plan that the president campaigned on. at the same time, we understand the white house is creating a new office to look at streamlining the federal bureaucracy, first son-in-law jared kushner seen here to the right of the president will be the one who heads up the office, applying business world strategy to the federal government to try to get it leaner and much more efficient. it is quite possible he's going to get some pretty heavy pushback from the unions that are deeply entrenched in the federal bureaucracy as well as all the federal employees who necessarily do not want to find themselves out of a job. we also understand that jared kushner may be heading to capitol hill soon, to testify at least before the senate intelligence committee. he had meetings, you remember, we reported on this a while ago,

with the u.s. ambassador, the russian ambassador to the united states at trump tower back in december. there was also a previously undisclosed meeting with another person named serge who was the head of a big russian about my bank who was targeted with sanctions against russia come had that meeting at trump tower as well. the intelligence community in the sent to the max and it wants them to come up and testify, but jared kushner as well has volunteered to come and testify so we have some chicken and egg situation with what came first, the information from senator byrd or the offer from jared kushner to go up there and testify. a lot of this could be worked out at the daily press briefing coming up at 1:30 this afternoon. >> jenna: we anticipate that. i know you have to go back to quickly but i want to underscore that breaking news you had at the top of the hour, he started with the intel community with chairman devin nunes in the information we now have that he was at the white house with the source of information that raised some questions for him about whether or not members of

the trump team were surveilled before they assumed office, i am generalizing there. i just want you, if you could come into underscore for our viewers why that is significant to democrats and critics of devin nunes say that he was working too closely with the white house in general over the last several weeks. that plays into this for advise it significant, he was at the white house the night before the news then breaks nationally? >> you've got this investigation into the intelligence committees both in the house and senate into russia's apparent attempt to influence the election and whether or not there was any collusion between members of the trump campaign and russia. so chairman nunes has come out amidst criticism for, coming down here to the white house and discussing this information that he discovered a fork discussing it with his fellow committee members on the intelligence committee, the ranking member adam schiff said that kind of throws the whole investigation up in the air, questions the

credibility of the chairman to run it because if he is coming down here to tell the president before he tells people on the committee, who is he really working for? now the fact he was down here necessarily not the white house but the white house complex, so it could have been the eisenhower executive office building, to actually collect this information that he then disseminated first via the press and then to the president and then to the press again really sort of adds yet another layer to the intrigue of how connected is he to the white house versus how independent is the investigation on capitol hill. >> jenna: is worth underscoring the environment we are in where there are leaks all over the place, no one knows where they are coming from. if he was legally supposed to look at these classified or top-secret documents, by law you are supposed to view them in a scif, not just at a laptop at work, you have to be in a secure room and there only a few places where the network allows that. >> correct, and again that spokesman said you cannot put these in a backpack and take them to capitol hill so someone

could view them, so he came to the white house. again adding another layer of intrigue to all of this. the source of this information now appears to be on the grounds of the white house. we were wondering if it was the cia, nsa, we understood an individual had come forward to the chairman, but now if you connect those dots, it would appear the source of the intelligence that he was talking about was here at the white house, and let's not forget as well that the week before last, the president said, wait until next week, we have something new coming out on this, but it could be connected. >> jenna: do we know for sure this person could be some of the is working inside the white house or is it some of that could have gone to the white house? >> these were described as executive branch documents which would likely mean that they reside here in the heart of the executive branch, either the white house or the eisenhower executive office building. i think it's safe to say that the source of the documents was on this complex. >> jenna: there are so many questions, although more recent,

thank you for the explanation on that and breaking news from john roberts, we appreciate that as always. in the meantime, we have that drama playing out, republicans shifting priorities as they turn the page from the failed health care bill to set their sights on a very ambitious task, tax reform, we have a fox news contributor and senior politics writer for "u.s. news & world report." i'm wondering if you can clarify this for our viewers. there is all of this conversation, if healthcare went this way, that impacts tax reform. why are there to connected? is that the right thing to do to make that connection? speak i think it is, not just tax reform but potential infrastructure spending the president talked about. the reason being, jenna, what paul ryan and congressional republicans who supported the american healthcare act were saying was if you can get rid of a lot of obamacare spending and taxes, you establish a new budgetary baseline from which all other future legislation

operates. it goes forward from that new point. the fact that the healthcare bill has now failed and has been tabled indefinitely, it seems, it now looks like they are going to have to operate on the current edge of baseline which creates a bunch of new challenges, frankly, for both the white house and congressional republicans because they are already in disagreement about some of the details of these plans moving forward. when there is maybe a trillion dollars they were expecting to have to play with, now they don't, that makes that challenge steeper. >> jenna: interesting, it's hard to wrap your mind about that. what do you see the impact on potential tax reform because of what we have seen in the last 72 hours with regards to health care? speak of the treasury secretary steven mnuchin has said tax reform is going to be easier. i do not think that is true. i think what guy just outlined is very complicated. also paul ryan had said from the beginning he wants this to be revenue neutral. without that extra trillion

dollars you could grab from obamacare from basically killing obamacare, they have to find another place to grab a trillion dollars. that makes it very, very difficult. i also think you talk a lot about the white house trying to reach out to democrats paid what democrats are going to be wanting to come on board with a trump tax reform right now? they see the white house in shambles, republicans at odds with each other. they want to lean back and watch this. i think that reince priebus, stephen bannon, the white house to top operators are going to have to go to the freedom caucus and pressure them and say, hey, you took us down on obamacare in health care reform, do you really want to losses for the republican majority out of the gate here if we cannot get tax reform through? so i think they have to be talking to their own members really ahead of democrats because i don't expect them to be coming to the table. >> jenna: how do you think that is going to work out if that is the tone from the white house? >> who knows? we saw some pressure applied on the healthcare bill, and it did

not pan out. by the way, to david's point, if you are trying to scrounge around to figure out where do we come up with this money or at least on paper money to make a cba score or tax reform package revenue neutral, or deficit neutral rather, the question is where you going to find hundreds of billions of dollars to potentially spend on infrastructure projects that the president said he wants and that democrats at least in theory might be able to get on board with? these are really complicated questions, particularly because on the tax reform piece, before we even take the first step on that here in washington, d.c., we know already that house republicans in senate republicans have a very fundamental disagreement about a key element of tax reform which is the border adjustment tax. paul ryan and house republicans are in favor, a lot of people in the senate are not. the white house has been equivocal on that point. hopefully, if there has been one lesson learned from the

healthcare debacle among republicans, it is they need to get on the same page first before they allow their own disagreements to spill over into public view and torpedo a major piece of the president's agenda because back-to-back failures on big big things, that would be devastating for the trump administration. >> jenna: easier said than done. who do you think is the leader when it comes to this next big package on tax reform, is it the president, the freedom caucus, paul ryan, who leads? >> it has to be president trump. i think it was indicative during the campaign that president trump can bring people along on issues. house republicans talked about a less ambitious corporate tax rate, they moved toward trump after he went out on the campaign to say i wanted a 15% rate, they moved toward him. we don't know exactly where that is going to land, but there is a bunch of personalities obviously in the house that are really important on this, but i think if trump learned anythin he needs to put more time into this, more time with the freedom

caucus members, more time on the same page with paul ryan. >> jenna: i think there is an understatement there is a lot of personalities. great to have you guys, i have to run. we will be right back with "happening now" ." press briefing in a moment.

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job is to assist and advise iraqi forces to liberate that city from rice's terrorism. benjamin is there with the latest. >> this battle is approaching its sixth month, and as it approaches the end of the battle, they are doing well, it's becoming more bitter. this is not only a street to street battle, it's door-to-door as the u.s. backed iraqi forces move into the most congested parts of the city in the western old town and it is getting tougher and iraqi commanders and say the presence of hundreds of thousands of civilians is causing major delays. isis have been sheltering behind civilians forcing many to stay in their homes and many who have escaped to say that it has also forced residents to move with them, using them as human shields. on sunday, iraqi forces attacked militant positions with helicopter gunships and exchanged heavy gun and rocket fire around mosul where there is a mosque with an islamic state leader who declared the

caliphate nearly three years ago. this is the next major target, and it will be symbolic if they take it. meanwhile, isis also continues to lease video showing their fighters inside the battle. they've been using car bombs, snipers and more on the counteroffensive, and those who remain not appear intent on dying in the battle. one of the fears is that isis members have hidden among civilians and special units of iraqi forces are tasked with identifying anyone who seeks to hide either those who sided with or supported isis during their brutal raid. of course, isis does not have rules of engagement. it doesn't mind killing civilians, nor to that point do they mind dying themselves. that is why at this late stage of the battle, it is so buddy and bitter but as you are the prime ministers saying, the end is in sight. >> eric: certainly optimistic, we will see if that turns out. thank you. >> jenna: this just an cumbersome news out of russia we thought it important to show you. iran's president arriving in moscow today on an official

visit with russian president vladimir putin. the president is scheduled to stay with them for two days, meeting with the president and prime minister, and russia has seen its biggest anticorruption protest in years previous relationship is in focus especially considering things in the middle east and partnership regarding syria. we will have much more of this on "happening now." >> eric: back here at home a manhunt in cincinnati for the gunman who opened fire inside the crowded nightclub. one tub guard was shot dead, 16 others were wounded. police say it happened just before the shots ring out early sunday morning. we are awaiting the white house briefing schedule to start just a minute from now and when sean spicer steps up to the podium, we will take you there live. pay

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>> jenna: new information in the deadly club shooting this weekend, police say 70 people were shot early sunday morning including a 27-year-old man who died from his injuries. police say it started with a dispute that quickly turned violent. lived in cincinnati with more on this is mike. >> the chief says the reason the number has risen to 17 is similar because one more person with a gunshot wound came forward. i'm not using the word victim because the chief told me a short time ago that there is great potential that you are going to have gunman among the ranks of those who have been shot. also, there have been local reports about a special vip line in which patrons could pay extra money and bypass the metal detectors at the front of the club. that would provide an x-men nation for how these weapons got inside of this crowded nightclub. however, the chief would not confirm those reports. >> you have to understand, right now the priority is catching those that are responsible for 17 people being shot. as far as the policies of the

premises, that will take place but the priority for us is the criminal investigation. >> the chief said there is not a particular individual they are actively pursuing at this point, however when pressed about identities of potential suspects, the chief only said there is nothing he is prepared to release at this time. the club owner said that there were security cameras inside of this cameo nightclub, however the chief said today there is no footage that is helping them in the investigation. more than one shooter, possibly several according to a number of different witness accounts. dozens and dozens of witnesses as there were 200 people inside this nightclub. terrorism is not suspected as a motivation for what happened in this in this nightclub in cincinnati as police believe it was simply a dispute among a group of young people with an apparent indifference to life and it spilled over into the

club. >> jenna: thank you. >> eric: meanwhile, overseas we are told north korea is preparing for yet another nuclear test. it would be the sixth. the u.s. is responding at the united nations. the trump administration led a boycott of the united nations general assembly meeting this morning along with nearly 40 other nations, all protesting a move to call for a new treaty banning nuclear weapons. united states ambassador to the united nations nikki haley says that would only end up empowering james like kim jong-un. >> now, suddenly the general assembly wants to have a hearing to ban nuclear weapons. as a mom, as a daughter, there is nothing i want more for my family than a world with no nuclear weapons. but we have to be realistic. is there anyone that believes that north korea would agree to a ban on nuclear weapons?

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>> jenna: we are awaiting the daily white house press briefing such a start at any moment now. it will be the first press briefing since the healthcare legislation so forcefully supported by the white house fell apart in the house of representatives. so when sean spicer steps to the podium, we will bring you their life. >> eric: as we await the white house briefing, some new questions today about the way forward for the president on healthcare and other domestic priorities after the republicans failed to repealing and replacing obamacare. so what comes next? adam goodman joins us, republican campaign strategist and edward r morrow fellow at tufts university and ethan bearman, radio talk show host based in los angeles. i want to start with you.

the republicans in president get a redo or do they start from scratch? >> let's start with everyone is very frustrated we have not got through the healthcare reform bill yet to replace a feeling obamacare situation where premiums are rising through the roof, deductibles are unaffordable, primary care doctors are heading to the sidelines and the insurance market is collapsing. we need to replace it but most importantly, we have to get it right. i am one in favor of taking as much time as necessary still with a sense of urgency to get as they are. but the president is about to get healthy himself all over again with the nomination of neil gorsuch on the supreme court, which will prove the metal of the saying that you are remembered most for what you did most recently, and i think he's about to score a major league win. >> eric: do you think he will get democratic support not only for that but tax cuts? >> the thing he ran on primarily was getting our economy healthy again. tax and regulatory reform, bringing jobs back to america,

these are right up his alley, and those to me are more important, including the infrastructure program. those are more important achievements that the president should be aiming at right now to get people a shot of confidence that he is on the right track and our economy will be humming again. >> eric: ethan, not one democrat voted for the healthcare bill. do you think they can go back to the design board and drawing board and start all over again? he will as the white house has tried to get bipartisan support for something new. >> if that is the case come he's going to try to get any democratic support, he's not going to be able to get the freedom caucus to come on board, so it would have to be more than offset by that number of republicans. the republicans learn through this process that governing is really hard to do, easy to be the opposition party, and speaker paul ryan understands that it is alive and well embodied in him right now. it is a sisyphean task of trying to address health care the way they are going to try to do it

again, at this point, it is best for president trump to use the executive powers of administrative law to continue to refine and improve it, and let's get to the key point which is to get insurance to be sold across state lines. >> eric: ethan and adam, i'm sorry we have to introduce you because the man of the hour is taking the podium, let's listen to the white house press briefing live on the fox news channel. >> press secretary spicer: make an announcement regarding immigration enforcement with respect to sanctuary cities, where the attorney general is done speaking, we will have time for a couple of questions and i will continue with the briefing, if your question is not germane to sanctuary cities, please keep your hand down and we will get to it after we go through the events of the day. with that, attorney general sessions, come up. >> thank you. the department of justice has a duty to enforce our nation's laws, including air immigration law.

those laws require us to promptly remove aliens when they are convicted or detained of certain crimes. the vast majority of american people support this common sense requirement. regarding the one recent poll, 80% of americans believe that cities that make arrests -- that arrest illegal immigrants for a crime should be required to turn them over to immigration authorities. unfortunately, some states and cities have adopted policies designed to frustrate this enforcement of immigration law. this includes refusing to detain known felons on federal detain a request or otherwise failing to comply with these laws. for example, the department of homeland security recently issued a report showing that in a single week, there were more than 200 instances of jurisdictions refusing to honor i.c.e. detainer requests with respect to individuals charged

or convicted of a serious crime. these charges and convictions against these aliens include drug trafficking, hit-and-run, rape, sex offenses against a child and even murder. such policies cannot continue. they make our nation less safe by putting dangerous criminals back on the streets. we all remember that tragic case of kate steinle, 32-year-old woman who was shot and killed two years ago in san francisco as she walked along a peer with her father. the shooter, francesco sanchez was an illegal immigrant who had already been deported five times and had seven felony conviction convictions. just 11 weeks before the shooting, san francisco had released sanchez from its custody, even though immigrations and customs enforcement officers had filed a detainer requesting that he be

held in custody until immigration authorities could pick him up for removal. even worse, sanchez admitted the only reason he came to san francisco was because it was a sanctuary city. a similar story unfolded just last week when an illegal immigrant and a mexican national was charged with murder and robbery of a man at a light rail station. he was released from a denver jail in late december despite the fact that i.c.e. had logged a detainer for his removal. the american people are not happy with these results. they know that when cities and states refused to help enforce immigration laws, our nation is less safe. failure to deport aliens who are convicted of criminal offenses puts whole communities at risk, especially immigrant communities and their very sanctuaries jurisdictions that seek to protect the perpetrators.

do you why, assault, burglary, drug crimes, gang crimes, crimes against children and murderers, countless americans would be alive today and countless left once would not be grieving today if these policies of sanctuary cities were ended. not only do these policies endanger the lives of every american, just last may, the department of justice inspector general found that these policies also violate federal law. the president has rightly said this regard for law must end. in his executive order, he stated that it is the policy of the executive branch to ensure that states and cities comply with all federal laws including all immigration laws. today, i am urging states and local jurisdictions to comply with these federal laws,

including eight usc section 1373. moreover, the department of justice will require that jurisdictions seeking or applying for department of justice grants to certify compliance with 1373 as a condition of receiving those awards. this policy is entirely consistent with the department of justice office of justice programs guidance that was issued just last summer under the previous administration. this guidance requires the state local jurisdictions to comply and certify compliance with the section 1373 in order to be eligible for old jp grants. it also made clear that failure to remedy violations could result in withholding grants, termination of grants, and disbarment or ineligibility for future grants. the department of justice will

also take all lawful steps to claw back any funds awarded to a jurisdiction that willfully violates 1373. in the current fiscal year, department of justice office of justice programs and community oriented policing services anticipates awarding more than $4.1 billion in grants. i strongly urge our nation states and cities and counties to consider carefully the harm they are doing to their citizens by refusing to enforce our immigration law and to rethink these policies. such policies make their cities and states less safe. public safety as well as national security are at stake. and put them at risk of losing federal dollars. the american people want and deserve a lawful city of immigration that keeps us safe and one that serves the national interest. this expectation is reasonable,

just, and our government has the duty to meet it, and we will meet it. thank you. >> reporter: and montgomery county right up the road, there rape at roscoe high school was a come has anyone frm department of justice had conversations with them as they describes themselves as sanctuay states and cities? >> maryland is talking about a state law to make the state a century state. the governor as opposed to that, i am glad to hear. that would be such a mistake. i would plead with the people of maryland to understand that this makes the state of maryland more at risk for violence and crime, that it is not good policy, and as a former prosecutor for many years in the state and federal law and jurisdictions, i just

know that historically, relationships with different federal agencies have with regard to honoring detainers. it is just a fundamental principle of law enforcement that if you have a person arrested and another jurisdiction has a charge, then they file a detainer, and when you finish with the prisoner, you turn them over to the next jurisdiction for their adjudication. that is what should be done. >> reporter: attorney general, listening to you carefully, sounds like you are applying the standards and policies of the obama administration put forward on compliance with underlying justice department rules. are you taking any additions to that come have you asked the president to maybe talk about other federal funds that are not necessarily under your control as a way to punish sanctuary cities or states? >> that is a good question. what i am saying today is essentially the policies of the

obama administration that were issued last july make clear that you should not be receiving certain federal funds if you are not in compliance with 1373. we believe that grants in the future could be issued that have additional requirements as every grant that has been issued in america today usually has a requirement that if you qualify for this grant, you have to meet certain requirements. so we will be looking at that in the future, and we will continue to pursue it, but fundamentally, we intend to use all of the lawful authority we have two make sure that our state and local officials who are so important to law enforcement are in sync with the federal government. >> reporter: some officials from bigger cities have said despite the lack of federal funding, they will continue to be century cities, they don't care they are losing money. what recourse does the department of justice have in

the cities to look at what you're doing to say we don't care, we're going to continue to implement this policy? >> that is very disheartening, but i hope the american people and their constituents in their own cities will communicate with them and as we continue a dialogue and a discussion, and as we continue to ensure the money that goes for law enforcement only goes to cities who are particularly participating in an effective, collegial cooperative way with the federal government, that would also send a message. we have simply got to end this policy. thank you all. >> reporter: what about the eric garner case are the person who killed a black man in georgia, is that a hate crime? >> press secretary spicer: how are you doing? i know there has been interest in the state department statement regarding the arrest of hundreds of protesters, peaceful protesters that occurred in russia. the statement that the

state department put out says "the united states strongly condemns the detention of 100s of people protesters in russia. the detention of human protesters, and generalist is an affront to democratic values. trouble to hear of the arrest of the opposition leader upon arrival at the demonstration as well as the police raid of the anti-corporation events for the united states will monitor the situation and call on the government of russia to release all peaceful protesters for the russian people like people everywhere deserve a government that host an open marketplace of ideas, transparent and accountable government governance, equal treatment of the law and the ability to exercise their rights without fear of retribution." with respects to events of the day, this morning after receiving his daily intelligence briefing, the president participated in a roundtable with women small business owners. the president is hosting a group of women business owners as part of the white house full calendar

of women's history month events. at the roundtable this money, vice president pence, secretary mcmahon and other administrative officials heard from these amazing female entrepreneurs and small business leaders about their first-hand experiences, successes and challenges. as the president said, empowering and promoting women in business is an absolute priority in the trump administration because i know how crucial women are as job creators, role models and leaders all throughout our community. the women in attendance this morning have incredible stories, including many who have started businesses from scratch with very limited resources and through hard work and determination, turned their dreams into reality. between them, they provide hundreds of jobs to americans across the country. the president is dedicated to continuing to remove the unique barriers that women face in our economy including access to capital, markets and networks. this administration will continue to advocate for policies to support working

families including a national initiative to promote women in business leaders and entrepreneurs that his daughter i vaca trump is helping to lead. in honor of women's history month, the white house has been hosting events all throughout march, just to name a few, the centers for medicare and medicaid assistance and initiator held a roundtable with women and healthcare with the president in attendance, first lady held a women empowerment lunch on international women's day, earlier this month, second lady karen pence joined women from all five military branches for lunch at fort meade and last week hosted military women at the vice president's residence to thank them for their service. under president trump, the american economy is in a place where everyone regardless of their gender can thrive. following the roundtable, the president had lunch with the vice president and secretary of state tillerson coming in at 3:00, the president will sign house leadership 3 resolution 37, 54, 57 and 58, all use the power of the congressional review act to rollback job

killing rules people for this administration, only one time in the nation's history had a president ever signed a bill that used for congressional review act to cancel a federal regulation, and just his first 60 days as president, he will have signed six resolutions to eliminate unnecessary and burdensome rules. house joint resolution 37 rolls back the so-called blacklisting rule which manufacturers identified during their meeting with the president as one of the most significant threats to the growing american businesses and hiring more american workers. the rule simply made it too easy for a trial lawyers to go after american companies and american workers who contract with the nment. the president saw that workers, taxpayers in businesses where the ones who truly suffered under this rule and he is glad to be setting legislation to eliminate. house joint resolution 45, 57, 58 cancel federal power grabs that took decision-making away from the states and local

governments who know the unique challenges of their own population. the president firmly believes that washington is not always the solution to these problems and that these bills return the power to the people by putting more into decision-making into the hands of states. that resolution 44 removes a bureau of land management rule known as planning 2.0 that would have centralized federal and land management in washington, deleting the concerns of local citizens who have a right that is protected by law to be involved in those decision-making processes. 57 and 58118 the department of education regulations which limit states flexibility and how they assess the performance of schools and teacher preparation and programs. removing these additional layers of bureaucracy will make it easier for parents, teachers and communities and state leaders to address the needs of their students. the president will continue to work with congress and the rest of the federal government until every unnecessary regulation that stands in the way of success for american business and american people is taken off

the books. additionally, the president spoke with german chancellor angela merkel and indian prime minister earlier today to congratulate them on their party's success in recent elections. we will have readouts on those because a little later for you both. the president also will announce the establishment of the american -- office of american innovation. the office of american innovation will apply the president ahead of schedule and under budget mentality to other business services to enhance the quality of life are all americans. the office will have a particular focus on technology and data, hearing back from leaders in the industry paid some of his first priorities, the office will focus on modernizing the technology of every federal department, identifying transformational infrastructure projects and reimagining the va system so they can better serve our nation's heroes. the effort will be led by assistant to the president and senior advisor jared kushner. tomorrow the president will sign an executive order to strengthen

the nation's energy security by reducing unnecessary regulatory obstacles that restrict the responsible use of domestic energy resources. this order will help keep energy and electricity affordable, reliable, and clean in order to boost economic growth and job creation. finally, before i came out today today, senate democrats continued their obstruction to the president's nomination of judge neil gorsuch to the supreme court with the judiciary committee seeking a one-week postponement on its decision. over the weekend, senate minority leader chuck schumer defended his decision to mount a filibuster against the president unquestionably qualified nominee. as senator shooter mike schumer tries to get his way, this would be the first successful filibuster against a supreme court nominee in american history. he argued "the senate has required a 60 vote threshold every supreme court nominee." that is simply not true. as i have said before, only

three support justices have faced a filibuster in the last half-century. chuck schumer saw four judges confirmed under president obama but out of those four, only one had an attempt at filibuster which was samuel alito in it was president obama who was then a senator who voted to filibuster justice alito and then publicly expressed his regrets for the fact is an attempted filibuster of a supreme court nominee is rare, and to do so in this context with such an eminently qualified and brilliant judge is nothing short of obstructionism. that is why senator pat lahey, former democratic chairman of the senate judiciary, said he is "not inclined to filibuster," even if you ultimately may not vote to confirm the judge. the fact that for former chairman of the judiciary committee will not stand by the minority leader exposes the leader's efforts is nothing but obstructionism that undermines the decades senate tradition.

through four days of extensive hearings, judge gorsuch demonstrated his judicial philosophy, sterling academic credentials and a brilliant legal mind. he deserves a fair up or down vote. with that, i would be glad to take a few of your questions. >> reporter: is the president serious about working with democrats after what happened with healthcare? >> press secretary spicer: absolutely. in fact, starting friday afternoon through late yesterday, he has received a number of calls as well as other members of the senior staff that have been working on healthcare, from members of both sides saying that they would like to work together, offer up ideas and have suggestions about how to come to resolution on this and get to a houseboat on this. >> reporter: -- >> press secretary spicer: this is not a free-for-all. >> reporter: this is so me that would require a serious course correction, the president

branded chuck schumer a clown, worked entirely with republicans on this bill, wouldn't this require a serious change of course for the president? >> press secretary spicer: to some degree, sure. i think the president talked about that. we learned a lot through this process. we are obviously looking at ways that we can improve not only how we handle healthcare but other things, how we do everything. i've mentioned it to some of you in the course of things. one of the traits of a successful organization is always examining how you do things. i think there has been a lot of outreach from members of both sides with ideas in the president is willing to listen to these individuals, if they can come to resolution on her way forward, obviously we are willing to listen and move forward. there are a lot of folks that came forward with these ideas be with all due respect, the beginning of your question, i don't think it is a one-way street from the comments that have been made. some of the democrats who now say they were not involved early on in the process say there would be -- they wanted nothing to do with this process, no way they would engage in any

discussion of repeal. i think it is a two-way street. i think we've been willing to listen to folks and their ideas, and the president's advice is weak can come up with a resolution on her way to move forward, we will certainly entertain that. >> reporter: where does the buck stop for this failure? >> press secretary spicer: to be clear, we are at the beginning of a process. i don't think we have seen the end of healthcare. as most people noted, i think the obama administration from beginning to end ultimately it took about 17 months, went through a series of fits and starts, and it was not until scott brown was elected denying them a 60th vote in the senate that they finally jammed something through. frankly, a lot of the reason that the secretary of health and human services has some of the powers they do is because they had to jam it through. there were several failures when obamacare went through during the process, and ultimately, they tried to go to a single-payer process and got rebuffed on that by some of their own members. we are not saying it is the end

of healthcare, but i think we are looking to look for a way forward. i think a lot of the members, and again on both sides of the aisle, have reached out not just of the president by members of the team willing to share some ideas that will make the build stronger, but ultimately the goal is to get to 216 in potentially 218 depending on where we are with special elections. we are going to look to see where we get this 218 votes, and there may be other opportunities to work with people across the aisle to get us to 218, but that is the name of the game. we're going to continue to pursue that. >> reporter: the last congress report was in 1956, 60 years ago with a g.o.p. consensus, what makes the president that he can pass this now? >> press secretary spicer: it has been 30 years. we have an economy that has

evolved especially in the technology area that has made it a lot of things change. i think our tax code is outdated. frankly on the business side, we are uncompetitive. there is a reason companies are leaving america to go to other places. the same reason sometimes companies move from state to state. our corporate and regulatory system have become unattractive for a lot of companies that want to manufacture here, grow here or begin here or want to return jobs here. i think the president recognized that, business leaders from around the country, it is not a partisan issue. you go out to the tech sector out in silicon valley in particular, there are a lot of companies out there that admittedly were not with the president during the election or continue not to be, and i think recognize that we are not as competitive as we can be when you consider the tax and regulatory climate of other countries around the world. we need to be more competitive. then i think you look at the individual side of the house especially when you talk to

middle income americans, especially in the context of health premiums going skyrocketing up, they recognize they need some relief. so we've got to do what we can to address that. >> reporter: historically, since healthcare has reviled many presidents back to harry truman and when hillary clinton came to washington, she went to the hill and that she could get it done. i am sure there are many lessons you could learn from previous presidents and perhaps previous first ladies. has the president thought about reaching out to hillary and finding out how she maneuvered and some of the best practices or some pitfalls she has come through? >> press secretary spicer: i think you know he has met with dr. emanuel and others. he has reached to several people through out the process to gauge both their policy ideas and strategy ideas. i think the president noted friday afternoon that we learned a lot on several fronts about

strategically how to handle this as well as some of the members that we thought we would have with us. we are re-examining that on a variety basis. i wanted to ask you a question which is, does the white house know now what happened? do you have issues with the idea that someone perhaps an expectative branch shared information on the white house grounds without you knowing about it? are you investigating this? do you believe it was a leak? or was it, in fact, someone on the white house staff or on loan to you who provided the information and therefore it's not a leak?