>> we just had the craziest conversation with trace adkins. log on to foxfriendfriends.com after. >> bill: good morning, everybody. where's the russia story headed there's more as democrats call for him to recuse himself from the russian investigation. this as the white house pushes back against allegations it tried to prevent former acting a.g. sally yates from appearing before the house committee. i'm bill hemmer split show live in new york. welcome to "america's newsroom" and good morning to you. >> shannon: i'm shannon bream in for martha maccallum. the house investigation into russia now on hold as chairman devin nunes is facing calls to step aside from his committee or resign altogether. meantime, the growing controversy surrounding sally

yates fired by president trump in january was expected to testify at a house intelligence committee hearing but canceled by chairman nunes and president trump taking it all in stride last night at a white house dinner. >> nobody ever told me politics would be so much fun. we'll be doing a great job and hopefully it will start being bipartisan because everybody really wants the same thing. we want greatness for this country that we love. >> bill: so now the wall street journal saying if nunes should resign so sudden the top democrat and "the new york times" calling chairman nunes dangerous. trey gowdy leads our broadcast on the house intelligence committee. yesterday they said the white house is obsessed with the

russian story. cut through it, where's it going today? >> we need to start interviewing witnesses and accessing documents. that's what you need in any fact pattern. what i'd say to my friend from california, mr. schiff, give me your list of witnesses and who you want to talk to, i'll give you mine. let's get started and focus on the investigation. this week's been about politics. late find facts together. >> bill: adam schiff appeared about an hour ago and his target was the head of the intelligence committee devin nunes when he said this, sir. >> the events of last week called into question he ought to recuse himself particularly if he's raising questions of members of the transition team were incidentally collected and there's a conflict of interest. it would be in the best interest of the investigation going forward if someone else were to lead it.

>> bill: should he step down or not? >> should not. adam schiff was a staunch supporter of secretary clinton while involved in the benghazi investigation and nobody's calling on him to recuse himself. devin is the chairman of house intel whether they like it or not. what we need to do is focus on the witnesses and accessing the documents and find the facts for our fellow citizens. it should not be a bipartisan investigation. let's meet witnesses. >> bill: nunes has said it had nothing to do with russia. if that's not the case why not clear it up? what's his source and what information was he given on the ground of the white house? >> on the source i found it interesting last week parts of the main street media beat the daylights out of republicans for

the source and devin hasn't told me the source. he said i am protecting my source. what's important is the information credible whether as the gardener, cook or someone in the intelligence community what difference who provided it, what matters is it reliable and authentic. >> bill: and yesterday health care appeared to be back. what was the mood inside the room and what is the status of going back to health care after the failure? >> it was the most productive conference in the six years i've been there. speaker ryan is uniquely qualified to be our speaker and for him to stand up to ask those from a policy standpoint tell me what you need it's the most

constructive conversation on health care. i'd wished we'd had it sooner but it was heartening to listen to people who have policy differences try to find out a way to get a yes. >> bill: you're saying it's going to move forward again then? that's what i take from that answer. >> it depends. if the vote total was the same it's not going to move forward but if there are policy areas that can be resolved, if some of the nos can be brought to yes, we'll move forward. but if we're just going to another exercise to reach the same total we feed to move on to tax renumber or infrastructure. >> bill: if you chose your own priority what would it be? health care or taxes some are saying you need a win on the board? >> i don't want to dodge your question but i've never run for president nor will i ever. i would ask president trump what's your priority. you're the only one in the republican circles in the last

12 years to successfully win the electoral college. what do you want to start with? that's a good place to take our lead. >> bill: does that suggest you're confused what his priority is? >> i've talked to mick mulvaney more than i want to i think it's health care but if we're not going to get that done let's move to infrastructure and tax reform. >> bill: you were in the conference yesterday -- i didn't mean to interrupt you but in the interest of time what's the consensus of the three items you just listed there? >> health care. let's see if we can do health care. we have a window with reconciliation. it's an arcane word but important word. we have a window with rec reconciliation and it's more time sensitive we do health care. let's see if we can get that right. >> bill: thank you for your time today. trey gowdy on the hill with a range of topics today. thank you, sir. we'll get an updated view on the

russia matter later today. the top two members of the senate intel committee as they hold a joint news conference this afternoon. their first public update since launching their investigation in january. live coverage of that. the committee also holds a meeting on russia. all that on the docket to come. >> shannon: also today, president trump tapping new jersey governor chris christie to head a task force on opioid addiction and looking at the possibility of bipartisan health care reform. a deal. >> i know we'll all make a deal on health care. it's an easy one. i have no doubt it will happen quickly. i think it's going to happen because we've all been promising, democrat, republicans, all that to the

american people. >> shannon: chief white house correspondent john roberts from the north lawn says it's an easy one. is health care back on the agenda now? >> it was so easy look what happened last week. maybe it's not so easy. we don't know when it's going to happen or if it's going to happen but it's clear the white house and house republicans and some senators as well are taking another look at whether or not they can put together a health care bill. you saw the president last night with senators from capitol hill on the republican and democratic side last night here at the white house over for dinner. the president talking about recruiting democrats to get on board a health care bill. the language aimed at conservatives who scuttled the idea of a vote and it implied the conservatives wouldn't be happy with the bill that attracted democratic support. they may want to be on board. yesterday the press secretary

said there were preliminary discussions in terms of where they can make it go. here's sean spicer. >> have we had discussions and li listened to ideas? yes. are we planning a strategy? not at his time. there's individuals on both sides of aisle reaching out to the president and key staff members to share ideas and additional ways forward. >> the art of the deal is how to thread the needle to bring conservatives and moderates together and bring them a little bit of what they want without driving the other side apart it's like newton's law for every action there's an equal reaction. >> shannon: like jenga game. meanwhile the president now focussing on opioid addiction. he talked a lot about this during the campaign.

>> it was a big deal particularly in new hampshire and not letting the issue go. he's expected to sign an executive order -- not today i'm told. to start a task force to look at opioid addiction headed up by chris crist christie. he has had experience with this a good friend of his an attorney died from the addiction. >> this looks at the issue of prevention and addiction of drugs before they come it our country and importantly the issue of treatment. addiction is a disease and we need to treat it that way and get these people the help they need to renew their live and become productive members of society. >> again a listening session on all that this morning at 11:00.

not likely the president will sign the executive order to strike it task force today but in the near future. shannon. >> shannon: john roberts live at the white house. thank you very much. bill, we've talked a lot about the issue. the numbers are stunning. just over the last four and five years skyrocketing. >> bill: more on that come up next hour two with marc siegel and an interesting piece in the wall street journal. and senator mccain is standing by to talk about the russia deal and the critical battle in iraq led by u.s. and iraqi forces on isis. stand by on that. >> shannon: and attorneys for aaron schock saying he was taken down by a staffer acting as an informant for the fbi calling that illegal. how they're hoping to get the charges dropped. >> bill: and heartbreak in the heartland, three storm chasers pay for their pursuit with their

lives. that in a moment. >> we had that thing's number. it was going wren and all of a sudden it turned on us and was coming up behind us and changed from us chasing being chased. so simple. get the recipes at walnuts.org.

>> shannon: a fox news weather alert a deadly storm wreaking havoc on the southern plains

bringing tore -- tore and three storm chasers have died. two worked with the weather channel including kelly williamson. >> what i like is we're able to stream it live on the weather channel while it happens. people can sit at home where as it's safe and we're out there getting the shots. they can sit there and watch it on your tv screen and we enjoy doing it. >> shannon: texas authorities say williamson was driving a car when it hit another car and in the crash was his chasing partner 55-year-old randall yarnel and authorities are still trying to figure out exactly what happened.

>> i got a call from general mattis. we're doing very well in iraq. our soldiers are fighting and fighting like never before and the results are very good so i wanted to let everyone know. >> bill: president trump addressing members of congress on iraq. this after the senate armed services committee had a closed door meeting on the military budget increase. the chairman of that committee is with me senator john mccain. become to "america's newsroom." good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. >> bill: late last night the white house you were there after the iraqi prime minister said isis militarily will be defeated within a matter of weeks. is that the timetable you understand, sir? >> i'm not sure about that, bill, but i'm satisfied we're on the right track and using the right assets and increasing the latitude of the military commanders to take action as the

situation warrants. we're devoting sufficient assets and a strategy general mattis and general dunford are developing. it's not completely developed yet but it's a dramatic shift from the failed strategies or lack of strategy of the previous administration. >> bill: you made a commitment on behalf of the commander in chief, i think you'd agree with that and you need people like general mattis to lead the charge. you're saying you see a difference. >> and the national security team the president has assembled around him are stronger than i've ever seen. i'm very pleased with that. these are top-notch people. >> bill: isis is one topic. russia's another. sean spicer said the media obsessed when he said this yesterday. >> if the president puts russian

salad dressing tonight on his salad that's a connection. >> bill: is that appropriate? >> the issue has to be thoroughly investigated. i'm pleased the senate intelligence committee seems to be working together. senator burr and senator warren. i think it reached a level where it requires a select committee but there's too many unanswered questions and it seems every few days there's a new revelation of some kind. obviously there's a schism in the house intelligence committee. i guarantee you you cannot get things accomplished unless it's done in a bipartisan way. >> bill: you said yesterday there's other russian activities going on. it's a broad statement, i know, but to whom were you referring or to what? what do you know? >> this morning there was an nbc report about money going through

cyprus attributed to manafort. whether they're valid or not i can't make a judgment. >> bill: some believe the white house is trying to prevent the hearings and the information getting out there. >> i do not. i do not believe the white house is trying to block this investigation. i do believe that congress nunes should have consulted with other members of the committee before he took the action he took. and i believe the example set by committees in the past and now being set by the senate intelligence committee is the way you should move forward and get things resolved. >> bill: last topic.

i don't know how you feel about going back to health care but the president appears ready to do that. if you can pick your list of priorities what would it be? >> my first priority would be to try to have a choice for citizens. in arizona it's imploding. premiums have gone up 125% down to one provider down from as many as a dozen. it's a disaster in my state and imploding and needs to be fixed. i hope we can come together and bring democrats along in these discussions. one of the problems is you can't do this kind of reform in a single party line basis. you have to get people together and sit them down and work this out. bill, we have to do something. >> bill: understood. thank you for coming back,

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little to look through the documents the intelligence community provided. we'll see who is doing a real investigation and you'll find out we're very much doing an investigation and have been for a long time. >> are you worried about being able to work with mr. schiff. >> we always want to keep the committee bipartisan but at the end of the day we'll do an investigation with or without them and if they want to participate that's fine. but the facts are pretty clear they have no -- we don't even know who the witnesses are they want to call. i would encourage you guys to start to follow them around and figure out who they want to bring in and interview. >> you heard me mention adam schiff. he's the top democrat on the house intelligence panel. there's been friction between schiff and chairman nunes with ranking member schiff asking him to recuse himself from the

russia probe and chairman nunes is continuing to do work and calling on democrats to be bipartisan in the investigation. >> shannon: he's used to having the cameras all over him right now and the suggestion to you the media start following around the democrats and start asking them questions. mike emanuel. thank you. >> thank you. >> bill: 27 minutes past the hour. in a moment we'll take you to the stock market and see how the stocks are shaking up when the opening bell goes off and the panel will tell us what we really need to know with the russian connection. that's coming up next. ( ♪ ) it just feels like anything is possible here in upstate new york. ( ♪ ) at corning, i test smart glass that goes all over the world. but there's no place like home. there's always something different to do like skiing in the winter, jet skiing in the summer. we can do everything. new york state is filled with bright minds like samantha's.

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>> shannon: getting back it our top story mike emanuel caught up with devin nunes and he has new

video and sound in from him and democrats are questioning nunes' judgment after his going to the white house to view classified documents. let's bring in brad blakeman and joe trippi a fox news contributor. there's lot going on in washington. joe, for you, you love getting up in the morning. >> it seems to not get better and it does and nunes has created a lot of questions about his ability to lead the investigation on the intelligence committee. >> shannon: that's something you agree with. content aside maybe the process there's been some missteps. >> i think nunes would be lucky to keep his chairmanship at this point and think he should voluntarily step down.

there comes a time -- and i'm putting on my lawyer hat where a person becomes a witness and he's acting as an investigator and having meeting with the white house that maybe are material to the investigation itself so when you become a witness you lose your objectivity and become the target of the information you're supposed to be investigation. i think it's in the best interest of the committee for him to recuse himself from the investigation and remain chair and let it proceed in a bipartisan manner. >> shannon: let's parse this. which investigation? he said what they talked to the white house about is separate about unmasking, surveilling, people would may have been caught up in that and how the information was disseminated. that's a different track and investigation and potential collusion with russia and the trump campaign. >> i think it's an investigation now where you can call it one but it's all intertwined. there's no way for him not to be

able to separate these events because we're talking about the trump white house and talking about an investigation under his committee. >> the whole thing was about independent bipartisan investigation and until about ten days ago nunes and adam schiff were always together and were presenting together that bipartisan investigation. i think that's gone. that's totally gone now and whether it's politics or unforced errors this is just creating the need and the calls for an independent investigation and i don't think this committee's going to be able to put it back hannon: what do you what he told mike emanuel on capitol hill. we'll get to the truth and you'll see the investigation and with or without the democrats and people will see when it

unfolds and he speaks with somebody with the confidence of knows what he's doing. >> but the key phrase is with or without the democrats. that's not how you'll get to the bottom of this. i think for the president and the administration it would be far better to have either the kind of bipartisan investigation that seems to be going on in the senate side and was happening on the house side is not any more because if there's nothing there and you get that kind of investigation that clears the white house that's what they need to get all this russia stuff behind them. instead i think this just prolongs and creates the rancor and makes it partisan which will not serve the white house well even if they're clear. >> shannon: he has the confidence of speaker paul ryan and they worked on different committees and said he has his full confidence. how do republicans walk through this? do they go down an independent

body and i understand we're waiting on things from the nsa and they're cooperating and the i am my -- implication is they will get those do they wait it out? >> nunes himself said and i agree with joe if this can't be bipartisan there's a taint and we should have an independent investigation because the constitutional is for congress to be the oversight. this is their job. they need to do their job and do it right and they need to do it in a bipartisan fashion. investigation should not be skew by ideology or affiliation. >> shannon: you think they can keep it. >> and if nunes were to do that he takes the heat off the speaker. >> shannon: the fbi is still

investigating all these things in a separate branch and track. do you have confidence in director comey? >> there's another thing politicized throughout the campaign and there's more faith in the justice department and comey than -- there's no faith right now on the house intelligence committee unless nunes -- no, i agree with brad. it can be if nunes recuses himself and removes himself from leading on this part of the investigation. let somebody else take it and get the committee back to the bipartisanship that existed ten, 15 days ago. >> shannon: they'll start singing kumbaya there's a lot of agreeing happening. >> bill: as the debate over sanctuary cities continues homeland secretary john kelly and we'll hear from several marries. the closed-door meeting comes after the a.g., jeff sessions threatened to cut off funding to

sanctuary cities. what reception does secretary kelly expect to receive at the meeting, doug? >> first off this invitation was extended to dhs secretary john kelly by the u.s. conference of mayors which is a bipartisan organization so in that sense we expect cordiality and the issue of immigration is partisan and jeff sessions announced the new immigration policy will be enforced by depriving sanctuary cities of funding and that's in the going over over with some. >> our job is to enforce the laws of the direct of columbia and we're not local i iso

officials. >> we believe it will make our community less safe and as chief of police i don't think i should be involved in behavior that makes our city less safe. >> and this from boston mayor martin walsh he wrote the safety and well being of our residents is and will continue to be my top priority as the mayor of boston. the threat of cutting federal funding that aim to foster trusting relationships between the law communities is irresponsible. the structure in most big cities from the school boards to the city councils is almost overwhelmingly predictable. we expect a court fight. >> bill: there's similarities over this and president trump's travel ban. how does that play out in a similar fashion? >> precisely.

it lends credence to the idea it's going to be a court fight in the making. recall president trump when he issued the travel ban repeatedly sided the u.s. code. this is the sole responsibility of the president of the united states. here's what the president and his minions said repeatedly. >> suspension of entry or imposition of restrictions by the president. ok. now, this isn't just me, this is for obama, for ronald reagan, for the president. this was done very importantly for security. >> but you'll recall the ninth circuit court of appeals paid no attention to that provision in the u.s. code when they ov overturned the travel ban. expect the same on the immigration policy. >> bill: thank you, doug.

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>> bill: attorneys for aaron schock now say a congressional staffer acts as an fbi and saying it was a violation of his rights. he is set for corruption and fraud charge. with me judge andrew napolitano. nice to see you. good morning to you. you've had a few quiet days. you've likely needed them. before we get to the case facing the former congressman of illinois you put out a statement saying you were confident in the story you reported here in the past month. >> yes. >> bill: do you still stand by that? >> yes, and the sources stand by it. the american public needs to know more about this rather than less because a lot of the government surveillance authorities will expire in the fall and there'll be a great debate on how much authority we

want the government to have to surveil us. the more the american public knows the more informed and congress's decisions will be. >> bill: so no change then. >> correct. >> bill: and we'll see how it plays out. >> i think more will come out. >> bill: more on aaron schock. >> they alleged the fbi wired one of his former assistants. so far we're ok. passively sitting back and engaging the criminal target in a target as an acceptable law enforcement tool but they allege he went through desks and hacked computers. that's a profound violation of the congressman's rights. under the supervision of the fbi it would be a profound violation of the fbi's role in law enforcement.

it's so serious it could result in the indictment against him. the kicker is they didn't need to do this. the evidence of congressman's guilt the misuse of federal and campaign funds for personal benefits is overwhelming. they didn't need what they gathered -- >> bill: they say the documents are his own personal property. i thought he worked for the people? >> it depends on what they took. if it's government property and the young man took them, the young man committed a crime. if it's personal property and he young man took them he committed a crime in either case they can't be use. if the fbi directed the young man to do this then they improperly investigated the congressman. the fbi may say we don't know everything he was doing. we weren't in the office and he wanted to play fbi agent on his own. that's what a judge will have to decide. >> bill: so they have protection from the executive branch is

what you're arguing here? >> we all have constitutional protections but congress has more because it's a different branch of the government. if the executive branch interferes with the legislative branch that violates what we call the separation of powers. very interesting case. >> bill: apparently took a plane to see a chicago bears game. this is the allegation now. had super bowl tickets, world series tickets and sold them for money. can you defend this? >> that misrepresented the time he drove in his car to be compensated for more than he was entitled to and didn't report income on his income tax returns. the evidence of his guilt is overwhelming but he may skate because of what this over zealous behavior of the informant. >> bill: how often does the fbi need an insider to get information they looking for?

>> very common and often it's someone against whom the fbi has evidence and that person agrees to work with the fbi in return for more lenient treatment. so we don't know the name of this person or what the fbi may have on him or why he did what he did. all this is going to come out. >> bill: thank you, judge. as i say, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> bill: shannon. >> shannon: we know private colleges are highly profitable. now a new study shows despite having tons of cash they still get plenty of taxpayer money. >> bill: and democrats not backing down promising to keep supreme court nominee neil gorsuch off the high court. does he make the bench? we'll talk to chuck grassley. he's our guest live. >> i repeat, we're going to get judge gorsuch confirmed. there'll be an opportunity for the democrats to invoke and i'm

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>> bill: so a word from crayola they're said to permanently shelf a color from the 24 pack. no word on which one or what will replace it but the big reveal comes friday as part of national crayon day. can't wait. >> shannon: did not know there was such a thing. i'm now worried about my favorite. anyway, a new study suggests your tax dollars are helping fund private ivy leagues. they've received more money from government sources than tuition.

it's a shocking study. >> a new study found over a six-year period ivy league colleges brought in more money from your taxpayer dollars than from all payments of tuition from undergraduate students that's despite the fact they have more than $119 billion in endowment money. it's part of a 43-page report first seen from fox news and released by open the books and spoke to the founder. >> it is a market for government contract at the ivy league with nearly $26 billion of federal contracts and grants. it dwarves the number of tuition of $22 billion collected over the course of the last six years. >> now, open the book studied all ivy league schools to understand their sources of funding between 2010 and 2015

some makes sense like the study of aids, others not as the study of drinking and taken together it's more than the federal government gave to 16 state governments. the spending is controversial because the schools have enormous resources at their finger tips. $119 billion in endowment dollars raised from donors and the total is equivalent to $2 million per undergraduate student. were they to continue to receive contributions at present rates they could provide free tuition to their entire student body forever. to be sure endowments on the for spending in a single year and no one expects ivies to give them a free ride forever but heavy sponsorship calls into question the use of taxpayer dollars and with parent across the country facing annual tuition of $33,000

at private colleges and more than $9,000 for state schools, well, they must be wondering, why do these wealthy institutions need my taxpayer dollars? and shannon, we reached out to all the schools for comment this morning and still waiting to hear back. >> shannon: let us know. that is fascinating. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> bill: i always liked midnight blue from the 24 pack but that didn't make the cut. >> shannon: you want it to go or save it? >> bill: save it. i think it's shave. >> shannon: what's the 64 with the sharp enner on the end. >> bill: i liked it. are republicans getting ready for a do-over on health care reform? the talk on capitol hill for the second chance to undo you obamacare and what the president said about that last night.

>> shannon: we're getting word of some activity on capitol hill on the house side. there are all kinds of conflicting accounts of what's happening. we're hearing of armored vehicles and alerts telling congressional staff to avoid the area. mike emanuel is on the hill. let's see what he can find out. hi, mike. >> good morning. we're outside the rayburn house office building and you see police activity. our understanding is a suspect in a vehicle hit a police cruiser and may have hit several other pedestrians in the immediate area. out of abundance of caution they shut down the area behind me and investigating. we understand the suspect has been apphended but we don't have a lot of other detail. the situation as the business day is starting on capitol hill there's a lot of going on and so they are shutting it down to make sure there's no other danger at this point but our understanding is a suspect has been taken no custody after hit

police cruiser and perhaps sitting several pedestrians at a busy time in capitol hill with the workday just getting underway. >> shannon: and in that area there's vehicle traffic and pedestrians as people flood too the buildings and there's barriers and screenings. the police presence in that area is always 24 hours a day exceptionally heavy. >> you're spot on with that. there's a lot of screening areas across the immediate vicinity and we have a ton of spring breakers in town and interest groups in town coming to talk to lawmakers. you have people talk to their representatives on capitol hill. there's tons of traffic, foot traffic. there are lawmakers coming into work today. there are staffers coming to capitol hill. so it's a really busy time.

if somebody was looking to do some damage on capitol hill there were a lot of people walk around at the time. they shut down the immediate area and there's a ton of police activity trying to get to the bottom of it. >> shannon: that's a main thoroughfare for folks travelling through there to have the roads closed down will have a significant impact on the morning. as well as you mentioned it's spring break and there's the cherry plos -- blossom in d.c. >> bill: that's the vehicle in question and the pictures left of the windshield could likely be where bullets struck. we want to get to our capitol hill producer chad wergrum. let's go to chad for what he's learning. what do you see? >> there's an effort by u.s. capitol police to make a

traffic stop near the library of congress and the vehicle took off down independence avenue past the rayburn building and past the botanical garden. the vehicle did not stop i am told and we have barricades they erected after 9/11 to keep vehicles from coming in and when you get an incident like this like in 2013 they raised the barriers to keep the vehicle inside the perimeter. they raised the barrier at the foot of independence avenue as the vehicle was going west. at that point the driver still did not comply with orders. this is near first and washington by the rayburn building and tried to evade officers. i'm told by official as they hit civilian cars including capitol police vehicles and because the suspect in question did not

continue to comply that's when u.s. capitol police officers discharged their weapons. i'm told though this happened near the rayburn building they have not put the building on lockdown or anything but they did ap rehelped -- apprehend the suspect. we've had random crime and car chase have moved to the capitol hill perimeter. the capitol police have their own police department for the buildings and several blocks out. we had an incident during the state of the union that was a car chase that wound up within a block of where this incident is and has nothing to do with disrupting the government and it was just a car chase that went into washington, d.c. five or six years ago there was a traffic stop that went bad

through union station and went down louisiana avenue down the wrong direction on the senate side of the capitol before they drew a weapon on officers and they shot and killed him. you have to remember what happens with u.s. capitol police. they never know if it's somebody just trying to get away from police your garden variety police but whether it's a diversionary tactic or someone wanting to do harm. we have no idea if it's in that realm. what we do know is they were trying to stop the car near the library of congress for whatever reason, traffic stop, could be a wanted tag, what have you and the driver alluded them. they went down capitol hill and they fired their weapons. to be clear, they did not hit anybody. they apprehended the suspect without hitting him. >> bill: chad, thank you for

that. he's near the scene. we'll let you get more information. we're getting wires in and based on the reporting police responded when the vehicle did not stop and between the map you can run a couple blocks between the library of congress and the rayburn building. the a.p. is suggesting it was a woman behind the wheel and several gunshots were heard. mike emanuel can you hear me and where are you? >> i'm outside the cordoned off area where the suspect vehicle is at this point. we're hearing the driver of the car hit a police cruiser and may have hit several pedestrians including perhaps some capitol police officers and we're hearing shots were fired when officers saw the vehicle was not stopping and behaving in an

erratic way and i'm standing here beyond the cordoned off area where we expect police to give us an update in a matter of moments but they're shooing us from the area. i'm near washington and independence avenue for those familiar with the area. a very busy area near capitol hill outside the house office buildings. this one being rayburn. whatever the driver's intentions were was stopped before getting into a more sensitive area but clearly capitol police do not mess around when someone acts in an aggressive way. >> bill: the driver been taken away? >> let me take a look. i'm looking for signs of an ambulance. i see police vehicles. i do not see an ambulance in the

immediate area but behind a bush or tree there may be one. lots of emergency vehicles in the immediate area. lots of police tape up and they're trying to get to the bottom of it. >> bill: you were inside the capitol building. assume you did not hear shots while inside, correct? >> did not hear anything. in fact we talked to chairman devin nunes about the russia probe and were going to head over to look for the top democrat on the panel, adam schiff and got alerts there was something going on and raced out to the area outside the rayburn building and we did not hear shots but it appears shots may have been fired. the latest is the suspect was not hurt but has been taken from the immediate area, bill. >> bill: thank you. get more information and we'll come back to you. back to chad pergram. where have you moved in the past

couple minutes? >> i was on capitol hill and out to the degree i can. you can imagine it's locked up on capitol hill. they did not lock don the capitol nor the rayburn house building so my vantage point is limited. i don't have a good eye shot on what's going on at the bottom of the hill there. again, what we're trying to figure out is who may have been hurt here if there were vehicles or people in vehicles. as mike said this is a busy area. it's a wednesday in congress it's usually the busiest day on capitol hill. you have people funneling out of taxi cabs and ubers to meet with members. if you had something go awry you could have had other people injured with stray bullets or vehicles. sometimes independence avenue is bad with traffic at 9:30 on a

wednesday. >> bill: you believe it's a traffic stop gone bad. >> tat >> that's what it seems to be. have you general traffic stops in and around capitol hill. they're not terrorism incidents. it's always the battle on capitol hill with what they should do with u.s. capitol police. there was an earful they got that ended up a block near health and human services because they didn't know if it was a diversionary tactic. it was a car chase which started in maryland in a suburban county that came all the way to capitol hill and ended up at the foot of capitol hill when the state of the union was going on. just somebody with a warrant. the question is should they have diverted resources for a high-speed chase versus

protecting those on the capitol. they're devoted to protecting the house office buildings and the street patrol division and they routinely c traffic stops. >> bill: chad pergram on capitol hill and shannon bream is observing from there as well. shannon. >> shannon: bill, this is a few blocks from where we are on the other side of capitol hill. we have chris stirewalt with me and we'll talk about things eventually but some context first. what happened on the house side it's the heart you have the capitol and a block from the library of congress and supreme court. we know they don't play around here because when we drive in on this road every morning and those barriers chad talked about there's a constant presence of heavily armed officers 24/7 over here. >> for people who don't hang out in washington in real america

it's like airport level security. people with long guns and people in bullet-proof vests. you know you're in a secure place and pity the poor criminal who accidentally happens into the bear's den and does something that triggers the warnings. as we saw in london last week when you're talking about this is -- sorry, world, the most important legislative body in the world what is done here or often not done here is more consequential than any place else and know it's a prime target. it's the missed target on 9/11. for the capitol police -- if you're having a barred -- bad morning and don't comply airbags deploy. >> shannon: they're standing on the street corners. we have one by fox where they're directing you and there's cones up to make sure your car doesn't go near the capitol and the

barriers it sounds like they deployed them and they good up and you'll hit a wall. >> and then instead of trying to keep you out they'll keep you in and answer their questions. it's a rough wednesday. >> shannon: to give people context too, if you head out past the capitol you'll hit maryland. >> eventually in pennsylvania too. >> shannon: for things we said and chad mentioned the earlier criminal cases that had nothing to do with terrorism people trafficking through the area -- >> ten years ago the capitol was in a bad neighborhood and now it's in a nice neighborhood and it's been cleaned up but the bad neighborhood is still walking distance from here. >> shannon: and driving distance. bill, back to you in new york city. >> bill: one of the things you think about with the incident in london from just a week ago is

could it happen here and certainly it can. that's one of the things you immediately start to think and consider but there's no evidence to suggest that's the case so far in capitol hill. back it our folks in washington in a moment. also in a moment here, there is a warning for republicans as a showdown looms over judge neil gorsuch. democrats lining up against him. they promised a fight. senator chuck grassley chairs the senate judiciary committee and we'll talk about that live next on "america's newsroom."

>> bill: back to washington. the reports are the driver are said to be a woman and the person has been taken to custody and shots were possibly fired. we want to get back to chad pergram to clear up things as we continue to get more information. what do you have? >> the most we can tell are things on capitol hill, sessions and hearings are continuing as normal and this was some sort of a traffic stop that went awry. we don't have any indication yet as to why they were trying to stop the vehicle whether or not it was erratic driving or a warrant but we have confirmed it was a female suspect and when they refused to comply with the order they chased them down capitol hill down independence avenue and past the rayburn building and one officer discharged their weapon. we don't know what led to that.

we had an incident where a suspect was killed several years ago after a short high-speed chase down the wrong way down louisiana avenue where the suspect drew a weapon and they shot and killed that suspect. but if you are behaving pretty badly on capitol hill and you demonstrate in your behavior where you come into the building and say you have something on you or your driving and you're not stopping they're going to take this pretty seriously if you get up around the environs of capital and that's what happened in 2013. she drove to the white house and an officer and drove to capitol hill and there was a chase around the capitol and how do you think they'll respond when you go to the two main points of american government the white house and capitol but this incident seems to be limited

just to capitol hill and seems to be emanating from a traffic stop. we need to know the purpose of the traffic stop and why a member discharged their service call. >> bill: our capitol hill producer on scene. ambulances were sent to the scene but apparently didn't take anyone to the hospital and back to mike emanuel nearby as well. what do you have? >> though the area is cordoned off near the u.s. botanical gardens business is going on as usual. you see tourists milling around and staffers. it's like a normal day on capitol hill except the one area behind me is cordoned off and creating quite a traffic mess in the immediate area but life is going on as normal with people wearing their various activists t-shirts heading into the complex to see their representatives and senators and make their voices heard on

capitol hill. we have police investigating behind me and police tape up next to me. it's create traffic mess but life seems to be returning to normal in terms of the normal comings and goings in terms of visiting the nation's capital. >> bill: it was interesting to hear chad describe in what amounts to a zero tolerance policy in terms of capitol hill police is that your view as well? >> no question, bill. the united states capitol building over my right shoulder is a gigantic symbol of america. they do not mess around thinking obviously there may be some terrorist and others out there that may want to do harm to this symbol of america's greatness and they do not mess around at all when you get anywhere close to the capitol complex and you've been down for inaugurations and such and

there's tight security but any signs of threatening or hostile behavior the professionals here on the ground do not mess around. >> bill: just to give our viewers a sense of the geography based on what we understand, mike, the vehicle stoppage occurred around the library of congress. but the come driving got all the way to botanical gardens. that's several blocks. i'm going to guess half a while. perhaps more. what is your guess? >> at least several blocks. to give you a sense of the geography to my left over here is the rayburn house office building. as you come back this direction you get towards where the car is stopped and between the rayburn house office building and the united states capitol building is where you find the cordoned off area with lots of police vehicle and the suspect vehicle in the middle of it. a sensitive area between the house office building where many house members have their offices

and staffs and then the united states capitol across the street. they did not mess around in terms of stopping the vehicle in its tracks and arresting the suspect. >> bill: chad, you're suggesting in parts of washington life just keeps moving forward. >> it's not just parts of washington but inside the capitol. it's usually a good sign they don't view an imminent threat, something on the terrorism matrix if they don't lock down the house and senate office buildings. you get to the botanical garden and you're a little bit away. you're in the shadow of the capitol to be sure but the complex is a big place. here at the botanical gard jon much

garden and in the furthest senate office building as the crow flies is about three-quarters of a mile but if they perceive there was a broader threat and something was truly related to terrorism they'd like this place down tighter than a drum. they have not done that. the fact there's access points closed, there's a traffic jam obviously because it closed off the roadway there. it takes a while to reconstruct the crime scene and determine what happened but hearings are going on in the capitol. members are meeting with constituents and boy scout and girl scout troops. those types of usual wednesday activities are going on as planned. >> bill: very good to have you with us again today. our capitol hill producer chad pergram who fires off about 1200 e-mails to our staff about every day. good work there and to our colleague mike emanuel on scene where you see the police tape

wrapped around the vehicle. our understanding, a woman was behind the vehicle. shots were fired. we don't know if any shots hit the woman driving that vehicle. she apparently has been taken to the hospital and she appears to be ok based on the early reporting we have received so far. wow. that is happening on the capitol and back to shannon there as well. >> shannon: we'll keep an eye on that situation as we get more facts and business on capitol hill is continuing on and chuck grassley is busy chairing the senate judiciary committee and joins us live. as this is unfolding you have work going on including the looming battle over supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. senate minority leaders saying they can't vote for him. the minority leader's words were he didn't acquit himself well or impress our caucus. your response? >> i think anybody who watched the 22 hours he answered questions over a period of two

days for the committee knows he's well qualified. he didn't make any mistakes. when they say he didn't answer questions he adopted what we call the ginsburg standard where she said in '93 you can't say anything about any case that may come up before you in the future. don't know what those are so give your general approach to the law and kagan and sotomayor followed the same ginsburg principle. nobody can find any fault with this well qualified judge to be a justice on the supreme court and think he'll be approved at least a week from friday or a week from saturday and he'll be on the supreme court. >> shannon: so chairman, do you think if that takes a changing of the rules the nuclear option they'll be willing to change that in the senate that good. >> let me ask this way and if you don't like it ask again.

we'll see justice gorsuch will be on the supreme court one way or another. >> shannon: we know the committee vote is monday. we'll watch that and the proceedings after that. chairman, i hate to cut you short we have to get back to the situation on capitol hill. thank you for your time. see you next week. >> bill: shannon, we may get a press conference on behalf of capitol hill police and as we await let's get back to mike emanuel. what more do you have? we see the vehicle with plights lights on and what else have you learned about the woman behind the wheel? mike, have you still with me? we'll pause on that. no problem. we'll get the contact established in a moment. i also see another monitor where the spokeswoman appears from capitol hill will brief reporters in a moment. i'll try to get the audio in a moment and we'll bring it to you

as soon as they're ready. if you want to feed that in my ear i'd love to hear it. >> an erratic and aggressive driver in the vicinity of 100 independence avenue southwest. while attempting to stop the vehicle on independence vehicle the driver nearly struck officers and one other vehicle and a brief pursuit followed on independence avenue southwest. during the attempt to arrest the suspect shots were fired however, no individuals were injured. the investigation is being done by the capitol hill police. the investigation is in the preliminary stages and more detail released as warrant. though preliminary the incident seems to be criminal in nature with no connection to terrorism.

>> reporter: any sense of motive? did the suspect suggest they were trying to get in the capitol? >> there's no nexus for terrorism. it was just a traffic stop. >> reporter: how many shots were fired and where can the shots land? >> we won't those details. thank you. >> reporter: a man or woman? >> it is a woman. >> reporter: a female? age? >> bill: more information from the capitol hill police and criminal in nature. no connection to terrorism and described as merely a traffic stop. shortly before 10:00 am eastern time on capitol hill near the library of congress police say a driver struck a u.s. capitol police cruiser near the capitol and later taken to custody but

not before the driver of the vehicle went several blocks from the library of congress and the west side and ambulance was sent in and went to the scene and did not take anyone to the hospital and possible but not confirmed shots were fired. the female driver was ordered to stop and she is now in custody. back to chad pergram with us again. what more can you add after that, criminal in nature. no nexus to terrorism. >> it's not something broader but why u.s. capitol police are on the job and why they work with other law enforcement agencies are because you never know what you're dealing with. that's the trick on capitol hill. if you're going to drive and behave erratically near the white house this will happen and we're told they started to notice this vehicle driving

erratically and the u.s. capitol m mes-police viewed it as erratic behavior maybe somebody intoxicated or not with it, what have you and observed the behavior with the vehicle at the bottom of capitol hill essentially going east up capitol hill going east on the house side near the botanical garden and rayburn house building and followed the car to where you get where the cannon building is and library of congress. at that point that's where the driver did a u-turn and they're like ok this person is trying to escape us and they have barriers they can block off the capitol and trap the vehicle in there which is what they were doing.

apparently as they spursued the vehicle she was driving in the wrong lane down the hill and that's a major hazard and got to where the barriers are and tried to get her out of the vehicle. she was not complying with their orders when she was at the barricade and i am told she quote, revved the engine, where they thought she'd try to take off or ram the barricade and she lurched forward and that may have been where the shots were fired. i'm told at least one officer fired a shot. we don't have any pedestrians injured in all this. we have at least one u.s. capitol police vehicle and one civilian vehicle hit but nobody injured in a major way. again it comes back to you don't know what you're dealing with. you have someone who's acting erratically. you don't know if they have ill intent or terrorism and after what happened in london outside

parliament there we had a number of these incidents over the years on capitol hill where i talked about miriam carey who drove to the capitol and you go to the two seats of american government what do you think will happen. the fellow last march who tried to draw on officers and they didn't know it was a fake weapon and if you have that behavior what do you think will happen. >> bill: there's zero tolerance level by capitol hill police is important to emphasize. >> it's amazing what you see. i go through the capitol report every week and i've not seen it this week and you have these incidents where they pull a

driver over for dui or a staffer tries to bring a firearm in. they have a permit or open carry and it's a problem in the direct of columbia and on capitol hill and sometimes random people go through security and they have weed or marijuana on them and get busted for that. there is kind of a zero tolerance policy. there's a bigger issue with something that might lead to terrorism than somebody with marijuana with them but they're pretty strict up here. >> bill: thank you, chad. back to shannon also on capitol hill. >> shannon: we'll check in with mike emanuel tracking news if he -- news feature. we don't think there's ongoing continuing threat as chad said and you reported the center is open and thousands of people are

through the visitor center every day and it sounds like business as usual. is that what you're seeing? >> no question. and i saw two people walk through the shot. i'm looking closer at them and they have metropolitan police markings on their jackets and explains why they're walking through the scene. what lowered a lot of blood pressure around here is hearing the spokesperson saying no nexus to terrorism. in the world we live in post 9/11 that's the number one concern. somebody coming to the area to do harm to our system of government and lawmakers and innocent americans working here. hearing it's a traffic stop you can still see the barricade that says stop that's up on the scene in front of where the gray car is stopped. basically it looks like a normal police investigation. there's evidence markings on the

ground and the barricades are still up and the police cruisers are still on scene and looking at the situation but temperatures are down quite a bit and looks like a normal day otherwise with people coming and going into the rayburn office building and coming and going like nothing ever happened. i'm sure if you're still trying to get somewhere in the immediate area traffic is a mess but it's washington, d.c. on a wednesday so that's not unusual but it looks like things have calmed down quite a bit since they think it's an isolated incident and traffic stop gone bad. >> shannon: covering the hill there's alerts go out where as the closed for hours over something that turns out to be nothing and so this is a positive sign. >> it's calmed down quite a bit since the time we've been out here. it looks like they're picking up some of the evidence markers or placing them.

they're going about the normal police work and figure out what went down and get details for possible prosecution and i'm sure we'll get a sense what was going on with this woman and why the traffic stop went so bad. >> shannon: thank you for your updates. again, if this is just a traffic stop this is the worst possible place this woman could have decide to go rogue on getting pulled over. not where you want to do it. >> bill: it appears to be resolved. if there are more developments we'll take our viewers back there to capitol hill. in a moment we'll hear what the president had to say on what happens on health care 2.0. would you describe it as easy? his comment next.

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bipartisan. people showed up i wasn't expecting which is a very good thing. a very, very good thing and i know we'll make a deal on health care. >> bill: president trump sounding confident he can deliver on one of his biggest promises at one point saying it's easy. marc thiessen, good morning. welcome back. i know we'll all make a deal on health care. it's an easy one. maybe there's some sarcasm thrown in that comment. characterize it. does it happen or not? >> no. nothing's going to be easy with the situation on capitol hill but this especially will not be easy. trump's premise is he'll let obamacare collapse and it will quet get so bad the democrats will beg for a change. premiums are skyrocketing,

absolutely fact but the problem is 83% of the people on obamacare get subsidies and under the law they increase dollar per dollar they increase and all of us would subsidize it will get screwed and second of all insurers are pulling out. that's a fact. there will be some states in the next year or so that don't have insurance in the exchanges and the commercial insurers pull out and medicaid hmos which provide bad coverage are coming in and obamacare will limp along. it will be worse care at a higher cost which is the opposite of what president obama promised so democrats have no incentive to come to trump and say let's work out a deal because they're fine with the taxpayers make more to subsidize people who need them for higher

premiums. >> bill: last hour we talked to trey gowdy and john mccain and i asked what the priority should be and they said health care. what about the republican situation on this? >> look at the senate. we're about to -- the democrats are not interested in working with republicans on anything right now. they're filibustering neil gorsuch probably the most qualified person in near history for supreme court so the republicans will have to pull the nuclear opening to get him on the court. in the wake of that fallout does anyone think they'll come together and sing and have a bipartisan health care bill? i don't think that's going to happen and by april 28 if we don't get the votes for the budget the government shuts down. there's a big mess on capitol hill and nobody is talking about coming together and holding hands and doing bipartisan health care reform now. it's not going to happen. >> bill: it was talked about with great enthusiasm in the

republican meeting and it's been described we'll see where that goes. i'll mark you down for a maybe. >> always optimistic. >> bill: marc thiessen thank you so much. >> shannon: a busy morning in washington as there are growing calls for house intelligence committee chair devin nunes to step down or with regard to the investigation involving the trump transition, russia surveillance, all those things. mike emanuel tracked down congressman nunes a short time ago and here's what he said. >> as far as i know they've done little to look through the documents the intelligence committee provided. at the end of the day we'll get through the truth and find out who's doing a real investigation and you'll find out we are very much doing an investigation and have been for a long time.

>> are you worried about being able to work with mr. schiff? >> we're always concerned about this and always want to keep the committee bipartisan but at the end of the day we'll do an investigation with or without them and if they want to participate that's fine but the facts of the matter are pretty clear that they have no -- we don't even know who the witnesses are they want to call. so i'd encourage you guys to start to follow them around and find out who they want to bring in and interview. >> shannon: congressman schiff the ranking democrat on the committee calling for nunes it step away. we're joined by our panel kristen soltis anderson and jessica tarlov. you have congressman schiff the ranking democrat who made statements of his own people feel haven't been backed up by evidence at least not publicly saying there's been collusion and it's now beyond

circumstantial evidence. if people are going to be critical of nunes for saying what he's saying waiting on the documents is there the same standard with congressman schiff. >> if you're going to make a bold claim and talk collusion between russia and the trump campaign or anybody else for that matter you better have the evidence to back that up and be willing to show it to the american people. there's so many falsehoods. a new poll shows 74% of republicans believe trump's wiretap claim which has been de bunked by democrats and we have to make sure about the messaging and make sure the american people know what happened. i'm all for showing the evidence but concerned about devin nunes. we don't know why he was in the white house and no one knew he was coming and where'd he get the information and the

unmasking of names and we don't know who the names are and there's a lot to be concerned about but it's not just a par partisan issue. some republicans want nunes to step down. >> shannon: lots to unpack. chairman nunes has said if you're talking about the specific language of wiretapping he says no evidence of that but he said there's something he found concerning saying all americans should be concerned about incidental collection or surveillance that involved the trump team after the election. he felt it was substantive and significant enough to talk to the white house about it. he said we' on nsa documents to prove his point. there's a lot we don't know. >> and some things we do and you had national security adviser michael flynn sep count from the role because of a conversation with a russian official recorded by u.s. intelligence officials. his name was unmasked and leaked to the public.

this is the sort of thing now the committee is investigating. in addition to investigating whether the trump campaign was doing anything wrong. you now have so many targets being investigated for so many things it can muddy the water. as jessica mentioned you have 74% of republicans who believe the trump campaign was wiretapped. the idea there was an fbi person tapping the wires at trump tower has been debunked is being looked at and appearances matter a lot in politics and that's the challenge they'll have to address. >> shannon: jessica is this leading to a point where if the democrats can prove a link between the trump campaign and russia it undermines his presidency. is the the ultimate goal? >> i'm not sure. i think democrats are split on

this. i have personally talked to a lot of friends about what happens next. say there is proof of collusion between russia and the trump campaign will there be an election? formerly i guess mike pence would take over but that doesn't make sense in this circumstance because the idea would be hillary clinton would be the rightful winner in the election. >> shannon: we're not talking about changing votes -- especially not with the constitution in place. >> absolutely not. that's not in question but whether propaganda that came from russia and influencing from other channels influenced the outcome and democrats need to get clear what it is they're advocating for and what the end result might be. >> shannon: jessica and kristen. i'm sorry. we have to cut it short. there's a lot going on capitol hill. we'll check back on the activity on capitol hill.

bill. >> bill: thank you, shannon. we were talking to our producer on the hill, chad pergram and mike emanuel. the driver apparently revved the engine and that was considered a threat on behalf of capitol hill police and at least one bullet was fired and prior to that the woman did a u-turn and went down the hill and retraced her original steps before the capitol hill police threw up the barricade near the house rayburn engine and the driver stopped and revved the engine and lurched forward and one shot was fired and the driver was not hit and the woman is on the screen on the right is the suspect. she's apparently been removed from the scene. there's no nexus to terrorism so

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>> we need to help them become productive members of society. >> bill: new jersey mayor chris christie talking about take on the opioid crisis and my next

guest writes in the wall street journal about the problem area in the doctor's office. dr. marc siegel part of the fox news medical team. broad question, how did we get here? >> well, one way we know which is we have leaky borders and lots of illegal drugs are coming across but four of five people on heroin started in the doctor's office who needs codeine for pain and they feel good and i still haven't involved the problem. where'd the back pain come from. could i use heat, physical therapy or acupuncture. in new jersey governor christie has started to crackdown on some

of us. 31 doctors under investigation. >> bill: you write four of five heroin abusers started with prescriptions and doctors' pain training is minimal. >> we don't have enough training on back and farm it out to pain specialists who also over prescribe opioids and governor christie says it's a disease. i say it's worse. opioi opioids grab the soul. president trump talks about the look in someone's eyes who are addicted. addicts can't break it. it comes back. even if you put a person in the treatment program. it comes back. now the treatment programs if they have counseling and 12-step programs are successful part of

the time but we need more people that are trained and need doctors to not cause this problem in the first place. >> bill: you're working hard and fast and trying to see as many as patients on a daily basis and many working at the same speed and sometimes you take a shortcut to move in the next patient. does that suggest training as you described minimal? >> that's the number one problem you're talking about now. i call it the by the way prescription. you're on the way to the next patient and they're on the way out the door. doc, by the way can i have the percocet. >> bill: thank you. back to shannon, now. >> shannon: the white house is taking an active role in efforts to revive a deal on health care. the president says it's easy.

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>> shannon: well, a busy day on many fronts here in washington, bill. how is it in new york? >> bill: same. same. the sun's out today. we will see you tomorrow, shannon. happening now starts right now. bye-bye. ♪ ♪ >> eric: president trump sitting down this hour to auto dress a deadly crisis in this country. poind and drug abuse epidemic. just as we learned that the repeal of obamacare could be back on the table. hello and welcome to happening now i'm eric shawn for jon scott this morning. i'm melissa francis in for jenna lee. listening session set to begin right now ahead of potential executive action on poidz. joining him now is the former campaign rival new jersey governor chris christie who will take a role in the administration, leading a federal commission on opioid abuse. mean