>> 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. meanwhile. house republicans are trying

to keep the repeat of obamacare alive. the repeal pardon me. big questions remain on how to reconcile the conservative and moderate wings of the party with more on all of this chief white house correspondent john roberts is live. john? jon melissa good morning to you. what role democrats might play in this. the president headed over to the white house last night. a bipartisan group of senators where he floated the idea of writing a new healthcare bill to replace the one that got pulled last week with a version that might attract the support of conservatives and moderates and republicans as well. also suggesting that he might employ a frequent tactic of the former house speaker john boehner that when conservatives refuse to come on board and support you, you reach tout democrats to get the vote you need. here's the president from last night. >> i know that we're all going to make a deal on healthcare. that's such an easy one. so i have no doubt that that's going to happen very quickly. i think it will, actually.

i think it's going to happen because we have all been promising, democrat, republican, we have all been promising that to the american people. >> reporter: remember not a single democrat signed on the healthcare bill that got pulled last week. difficult task to craft something that would satisfy the house freedom caucus and moderate production let alone democrats. members of the house freedom caucus the republican study group and the so-called tuesday group, that's the moderate group are meeting to see if there is a path forward. i am told by sources on the hill that rank and file republicans are upset with the freedom caucus because, according to one person, quote: they botched this. the president also tackling another difficult task this morning. he's got that listening session on opioid addiction, which is going to start in just a couple minutes time. the white house is readying an executive order that will create a task force to look into how to address the problem. you mentioned at the top of this sean and mel melissa that that task force is going to be headed up by governor

chris christie. a friend of his died from a long-term opioid addiction. listen to chris christie this morning. >> what this task force hopes to do is look at the issue of prevention. obviously interdiction of drugs before they come to our country. but also and very important the issue of treatment. addiction is a disease and we need to treat it that way and get these people the help that they need to renew their lives and help become productive members of society. >> reporter: i talked with governor christie for about 10 minutes this morning. he said he is very excited to be a part of this. it's an issue near and dear to his heart and hopes to make a difference. the white house briefing coming up in 55 minutes time, melissa. we think healthcare will be talked about as well and the russia investigation and whether or not chairman nunes on the intelligence committee on the hill should continue to oversee that investigation now that at least one republican has come forward to say that he should recuse himself and the national review has gone so far as to say that he should step down as chairman. melissa? mels mels wow, busy day,

john roberts on top of it all, thank you. >> reporter: thanks, melissa. >> eric: after watching the republican healthcare bill crash and burn the president appears to be opening to working with democrats after that gathering of senator and their spouses at the white house reception. as we showed you the president was optimistic. is there any basis for his confidence? will the democrats actually work with him on anything? national political reporter for real clear politics joins us as does jos. can he pick up democratic support for any legislation and which democrats, if any, do you think would side with him? >> yeah. it's a great question. i think the interest in working across the aisle is not mutual for a lot of these democrats. they're looking at a president with a very low approval rating. a president that was just burned bywn party. and they're not seeing a lot of incentive at this point to really work with this president, particularly since the mid terms are

coming up next year. now, there is a group that the president could target. of course there are ten senators up for re-election next year in states that the president won. but about half of them are not really showing signs of being concerned. and then on the house side, have you about a dozen or so democrats from districts that trump won. so if you are looking for a starting point, that might be a place to kind of target and that certainly is where republicans on the campaign committees are targeting. but there is a big question about whether there is incentive for these democrats to actually work with this president, given everything we have seen over the past week and previous to that. >> eric: you know, josh, a dozen members of the house. it doesn't sound like much. can he get anything done with those 12. >> well, first of all, there really aren't many moderate blue dog democrats left, especially in the house. so the political incentives all are in favor of their opposition. and as caitlin was saying when a president has an approval rating around 40%, there is just not a whole lot of incentive for by pat saturday compromise. and then also, you look at

what is going on in the senate, you already have almost every democrat in the senate threatening to filibuster neil gorsuch his nomination to the supreme court. they are looking at trump. they are looking at a wounded president. and they are not looking to help him out politically even when it might be in their own interest. >> eric: is that fair to say is he a wounded president just a few weeks? aren't there any democrats do you think, josh that they could pick off to get some support? >> there are, as caitlin was talking about. these red state democrats that are up for re-election in 2018. five of them are in states that trump won overwhelmingly in last year's election. but, even those democrats, joe manchin in west virginia, heidi heitcamp in north dakota haven't been as cooperative as you might have thought given the political reality in their home state. so they are looking at trump's job approval. looking at hits approval in his home states. losing the healthcare battle last week was a big set back for the president.

>> eric: caitlin, senator chucschumer said he would be willing to work with the president about the repeal of obamacare has to be off the table. they are taking a hard line. >> right it makes sense for democrats. look the obamacare law was the signature legislation of the democratic president. so it's really to surprise that democrats don't want to vote for repealing it in full. they have said from the beginning that they would work with the president and republicans to make fixes to the law. s about as we know, that is a starting point that can't be met by the most conservative members of the house. you bring up a great point. there are few now moderate democrat left. if you kind of add up the math, it doesn't really add up in terms of the coalition and the numbers that this president needs to get in order to pass legislation. and then if you talk about things like tax reform, there are vast differences between republicans within the house conference and plucks on the senate side. so you are going to have intraparty differences going on, that kind of

legislation, too. >> eric: we saw the differences in the healthcare bill with the freedom caucus, of course and the tuesday group. i interviewed charlie, a member of the tuesday group, a moderate republican from pennsylvania. answered raised the possibility that the house members can work among themselves across the aisle. here's what he said. >> there is a great opportunity now to agree upon some bipartisan reforms. and as i said, i have talked to many democrats in the house who do acknowledge real problems and they want to fix them. there are people on the left, you know, who love obamacare but they know it's got problems that need to be fixed. have you people on the hard right who detest obamacare and know that parts of it are going to be retained. i think that should be the basis of the starting of the discussion. >> eric: so, josh, he says there is a great opportunity now. county house members do it by themselves and maybe bring it to the white house? >> i mean, in theory they can. but healthcare was sort of a gimme for house republicans. they voted in unison for many years in repealing the healthcare law. this was considered one of the easier bills to pass

through a fact shut fractious ss conference. the fact that you doesn't get moderates on the same page what was seen as easy opportunity from the outset is not an encouraging sign. also the senate is a little more challenging as far as healthcare is concerned. you heard mitch mcconnell yesterday pouring some cold water on the possibility that healthcare could be revisited in the upcome years. so there are a lot of differences between both chambers as well. >> eric: josh and caitlin thanks so much a little bit of breaking news. we will see what happens over the next few weeks. melissa: first lady melania trump is taking part in a meeting at the state department right now. >> gender bias and discriminatory laws which serve to protect the predators of unthinkable crimes while punishing -- should they even dare to speak out. ask yourself if you would have the fortitude of

spirit, the courage of your conviction and the enormous inner strength required to stand up and fight against such an overwhelming odds. amazingly each of our honorees has courageously answered yes to those questions. for it is their strength and the strength of others like them which will ignite a global battle against inhumanity. together with the international community, the united states must send a clear message that we are watching. it is, therefore, our duty to continue to shine the light on each miraculous victory achieved by women. all capable of trying truly leading the change to fight

for those that cannot fight for themselves. there are stories of human greatness that will continue to inspire and, therefore, must be told far and wide. these honorees who have fought on the front lines against injustice are true heroes. their stories of individual bravery remind us that there is always hope whenever the human spirit is brought to bear in the service of others. and that healing and personal empowerment are often born from such deeds. i believe that bravery is the ability to live one's life refusing to be discouraged and instead choosing a life of purpose. only when we do this, are we

able to suppress what we previously believed to be possible. each of these proud womens represent as life of enormous courage, to save a child, to help a family, to make a neighborhood or school safe. or to boldly speak out against evil but refuse tooing o back down, no matter the personal cost. to the young people here today, i ask you to allow this young exemplified but these heroic women to inspire you in your own lives and to remind yourself that you, too, are capable of greatness. i urge you to not be afraid to fail. a failure will never have

the power to define you as long as you learn from it. and realize that your first step will always involve taking a leap of faith but believing in yourself while choosing to replace fear for hope. let these brave women serve as daily inspiration as it is now up to each of you to remain vigilant against injustice in all its many forums. as you go forward, remember the journeys push ahead and strive to bring about a better community, a better country, and a better world in ongoing fight for right over might. we must continue once again to shine the light on the horrendous atrocities taking place in neighborhoods around the corner and around the globe where innocent families are crying out to

leave in safety. we must continue to fight injustice in all its forums in whatever scale or shape it takes in our lives. together we must declare that the era of allowing the brutality against women and children is over. while affirming that the time for empowering women around the world is now. for whenever women are diminished the entire world is diminished with them. however, wherever women are empowered, towns and villages, schools and economies are empowered and together we are all made stronger with them. we must begin now to challenge all tears. held for justice and stand

up against evil and injustice wherever it may be. as leaders of our shared global community, we must continue to work towards gender empowerment and respect for people from all backgrounds and ethnicities. remembering always that we are all ultimately members of one race, the human race each one of us. we must continue -- our american values as we join with the international community to make our world safer through acts of collaborative and individual bravery. thank you, honorees for your courage, and thank you, ambassador shannon, for your support. god bless you and god bless these great nations. thank you. [applause]

>> eric: you are watching the first lady, a rare public appearance by her in a speech at the state department. she is honoring 13 women of courage. it is the state department's international women of courage, a reception. among them are human rights activists and others. showing a symbol not only of women empowerment but also, what can be achieved in politics on a variety of issues. first lady melania trump addressing that reception in washington. ♪ >> the g.o.p. effort to repeal and replace obamacare not over yet with word that president trump's chief strategist steve bannon is in talks to resuscitate the g.o.p. healthcare bill which collapsed less than a week ago you will remember. joining us now form irhouse speaker newt gingrich who is a fox news contributor. sir, thank you for joining us. what's the first thing you would do differently this

time? >> well, i wouldn't set any deadlines and i wouldn't try to meet the senate reconciliation rules because it makes the bill impossible to write. so, i would look longer. the first thing i would do, frankly, is i would start with an infrastructure bill which allows every member of the house and senate to be involved in a practical, nonpartisan effort to rebuild jobs, to recreate our freezing rain structure that takes a lot of the poison out of the system. then i would write a tax cut bill that has great traction to places like north dakota and missouri to give us a chance to get democrats to help with the tax cut bill. then i would come third with the time to actually develop a health bill that is much different than the one that came up last week. i think people want to know what is going to happen to them, what's going to happen to their healthcare. what's going to happen to their pocketbook.

and until you can explain that and win the argument back home, you are not in a position to try to pass something up here. >> yeah, i mean that was very logical. >> did it the first round, take time. it's the hardest of the three things to do. and i would try to get it done probably by september. >> i hear you. so, that's all very logical the way that you laid it out. especially the idea of working together on infrastructure first to get a lot of poison out of system. have you offered that advice to the administration? >> sure. i talk to them regularly about it. i think there is considerable support. look, the president had a great event last night. he had 67 senators from both parties. they had a good evening together. i think seeing the president in that kind of a setting takes out a lot of the partisanship. he is a natural salesman. is he a natural negotiator. give him time, and he will get a great reform freezing rain structure bill that will get us 40% or 50% more infrastructure per dollar than the current system.

give him time and he will get a great tax cut bill that will create jobs. then he is in a very strong position to walk through a bipartisan health bill that does what we want it to do replace obamacare with dramatically better future. it has to be done in that sequence. >> mr. speaker, people at home hear this idea. you hear speaker ryan stand up and say we can't do the bill the way we want to do it because of the rules. i think people at home think to themselves you guys make the rules. now you are saying the rules of procedure are stopping you from doing this? it sounds ridiculous. how do you respond to that? >> it is. it is. the congressional budget office is totally phoney. it's numbers are totally fake. the senate reconciliation rules are absurd. and to try to design a bill, which met both a fake score and absurd rule, it's just a bad strategy. i know why they tried to do it. i respect the fact that they were serious about it. but, in the end, when you have something that is life and death for every

american. one in five dollars in the economy. you better do it out in the open. you better do it so people understand it and you better do it to be bipartisan. i mean, everything we complained about with hillary care and obamacare in a way we were reproducing. we were doing a republican-only bill in the narrowest possible way. and every time you had an objection, they would say well, there is going to be a part two. there is going to be a part 3. trust us. people just elected donald j. donald trump because they don't trust politicians. why would you design a process that requires people to trust you. >> can i ask you, too? why does it seem like there is no daylight between democrats? it's very easy for them to get together in the march in the same direction and block things and even when it seems to disagree behind the scenes. on the republican side, it feels like can't come together. they are in each other's way. >> the democratic symbol shouldn't be the donkey.

it ought to be the mass mascots. they herd together. they are happy to be partisan if we let them. which is why we need to approach them with bipartisan and nonpartisan ideas. frankly, given the toughness of the electric, given the way it came out, given their shock over trump winning and you can't do it by dealing directly with their leadership. there is no possibility that nancy pelosi or chuck schumer is going to be bipartisan. their own base would kill them. so what have you to do is basically work around the leader, reach out to individual democrats, put together packages and bring them together. the republican party attracts totally different people. we attract people who like being individuals and have strong opinions. they are quite happy arguing with one another. the two cultures are remarkably different. melldifferent.

>> thank four your time this morning eric eric possible coronation the election continues. what about u.s. policy? it may not be what you expected. the administration taking a tougher line on vladimir putin. we will look into that straight ahead.

>> eric: the trump administration seemingly getting tougher on moscow and russia does not like it. the white house condemning mass arrest of protesters who took to the streets this weekend demonstrating against russian president vladimir putin and corruption in his country. this as the administration also has recently slapped sanctions on several russian companies which moscow says is surprisingly disappointing. meanwhile, russia and its continued aggression will be on top of the agenda when rex tillerson meets in brussels with our nato allies this week. investigation of the alleged

russian influence in the presidential campaign is front and center in our country, with new revelations about more possible connections between the president's business empire and russian investments, that doesn't seem to be stopping the white house from taking a harder line against hoosegow. moscow. elon joins us. >> thank you. >> eric: how could you characterize from a policy point of view how the administration is dealing with vladimir putin and the russians? are they holding him to account or giving him a free pass? >> so i think u.s. policy on russia is still very much a work in progress. you are already beginning to see the emergence of at least the rough contours of it. i think the best way to describe it is the trump administration is pursuing a good cop, bad cop approach towards russia. on the one hand the president is talking a great deal, still, about the need for a better relationship, a qualitytatively better relationship with russia. observed policy.

people he is appointing from everyone general mcmaster who literally wrote the u.s. military's playbook on countering russian land warfare to mattis and hill at the national security council sends a very clear signal to moscow if russia doesn't play along and moderate, the trump administration is willing to set the positive rhetoric aside and take concrete action. >> eric: mentioned thee own that hill, she is a well-known putin critic. >> that's exactly right. so what the administration does in the future i think is going to be the proof in the pudding. but all these signs about reassurance to nato allies. about support for pro-democracy protesters in moscow, these are all positive signals from our perspective about the need for a sober approach to russia. it's not all simply setting back the clock. it's necessary to hold the russians to account. >> eric: how does it fit in with the russian investigation what we hear

about the president's supposed affinity for putin and all things russian? >> well, i think the investigation certainly is something that is continuing to capture headlines. we'll see if there is any there there. but what i think is useful to understand is that at least from the russian perspective, whatever transpired, the new administration can't be counted on to simply roll over for the kremlin. and you are seeing this in the way the russian media has become increasingly critical of president trump, has become increasingly less optimistic for resetting relations and allowing the u.s. to allow triewsh do whatever it wants. the administration is going to act a lot tougher than it talks. >> eric: the american media front and center on the investigation. "u.s.a. today" raises today about russian investment in the president's companies in the trump organizations. front page. it says quote: trump and his companies have been linked to at least 10

wealthy former soviet businessmen with alleged ties to criminal organizations or money laundering. what's more, trump and his companies have had business dealings with russians that go back decades raising questions about whether his policies would be influenced by business considerations. the deals and the large number of russians have bought condos and trump builds raise questions about the secrecy he has maintained around this real estate empire. now, the trump administration -- trump organization spokesperson says there is no wrongdoing. there is no story here. the allegations they say are without merit. is "u.s.a. today" on to something or is this, you know, more trying to raise some of these issues to complicate things? >> well, i think it's a little bit of both. certainly the old saying if it bleeds it leads holds true here. and there are reporters who are sort of looking at these connections and smelling blood and seeing if they can pursue the leads. what they find, i think, has yet to be determined. but, what i think is useful to think about, when we look

at this investigation, is sort of the broader strategic context. we have an administration that is likely to be more forth right about what it wants to do with regard to the russians as a result of these investigations. the white house is clearly under fire because of its previous russia ties. how they pan out remains to be seen. but, this is an administration that is incentivized to put its money where its mouth is and to actually act tougher on russia than it would otherwise. >> eric: interesting when you say good cop bad cop. ilan behrman thank you for joining us today. >> of course. >> lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling on devin nunes to recuse himself from the russia investigation. our political panel weighs from on what happens next. plus, powerful tornadoes in west texas killing three storm chasers. that story just ahead.

when heartburn hits, fight back fast with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum -tum -tum -tum smoothies! only from tums >> eric: there is a fox extreme weather alert and strategic development to tell you about. three storm chasers were pursuing a tornado in west texas were killed after their vehicles collided during that chase. and fox news is learning that two of them did work for the weather channel. casey stegall is live in our dallas bureau with more. hi, casey. >> hi, eric, load oddly weather was not a factor in this crash according to authorities. more on that in a moment.

first of all large swaths of texas and oklahoma have been pounded with severe weather the last couple of days. and in fact some of these systems have produced hail the size of baseballs, straight line winds. torrential downpours and several funnel clouds caught on tape. you know, many of the pictures and videos you see coming out of wicked weather like this is thanks to the brave men and women who go out and actually seek these monster storms. not only to collect data for meteorologists but also provide the public with incredible shots of mother nature's fury. but yesterday evening, however, it all took a tragic turn in spur, texas, about 70 miles east of lubbock. according to the texas department of public safety, two storm chasers were enroute to a developing storm system when the driver of a black suburban ran a stop singet the suv slammed into a jeep driven by a different storm chaser. all three occupants of the vehicles died at the scene. the two men inside that

suburban 55-year-old randal yarnall and 57-year-old kelley williamson were both featured in the weather channel show storm wranglers. >> things i really like about doing this is we are able to stream it live right on the weather channel while it's happening. people can sit at home where it's safe and we are out there getting the shots for them. they can sit there and watch it on their tv screen and we enjoy doing it. >> the weather channel says both men were contractors of the network and released this statement to fox. it reads in part i'm quoting here kelley and randy were beloved members of the weather community. we are saddened by this loss and our deepest sympathies go out to the families and loved ones of all of those involved. aside from this wreck, the storms they were chasing did not seriously hurt anyone and there has been some property damage but nothing extremely widespread, not neighborhoods that have been wiped away or anything of

that nature. but just a try tragic set of circumstances for those guys that were out getting pictures for all of us to see, eric. >> eric: just so sad and a reminder of the dangers and hazards of what they faced. >> absolutely. >> eric: casey, thank you so much. >> melissa: more demands that house intel committee chairman devin nunes recuse himself from the russia investigation amid fresh allegations that he aligned himself too closely to the white house independent investigation russian involvement with trump campaign officials. >> how will this one end? joining me now is rich lowry editor of the national review and fox news contributor and scott bolden former democratic party chairman and democratic strategist. thanks to both of you for joining us. >> thank you. >> melissa: our own mike emanuel caught one nunes a little while ago answered said look, the democrats are the ones that haven't read through the materials, those

on the committee. they haven't issued their list of people that they want to call. the fbi doesn't seem to be cooperating: he is trying to work on this, but there isn't a lot of like minded folks on the other side. what do you think of that? >> well, that's simply not true. have you chairman nunes who quite frankly has cancelled meetings. he has not shared information on an ongoing regular basis with the democrats. i think right now the committee's work has ground to a halt because there is not a lot of trust between democrats and republicans. i have led independent investigations over the years and trust is very, very important. but more important is appearance. >> melissa: what they have been given already, sir. how can they say they are not being given information? he says they haven't even read the materials they have been given so far. do you think he is lying about that? >> well, i don't know how he would know what each individual member or staff have read or not read. have you got to presume that they have read it. the issue is whether these

hearings are going to go forward. but, more importantly, is he an independent chairman that can be trusted with this material or is he in the pocket of the white house? appearances matter. trust matters. this has got to be fixed. and, remember, there is an fbi investigation independent of that. and when you say the fbi is not cooperating i simply don't believe that they are coonting to the point they can. this committee has a real credibility issue with the american people as well as the elected officials who sit on it. >> melissa: all right, rich. what's your take? >> let's be clear, nunes has not been a spokesman for the white house on this. he has been clear that there is no evidence for the trump tweets alleging wiretapping. and there is nothing wrong with him going to a source in the executive branch to get information important to this investigation. where he made the mistake is creating the perception that he was working hand in glove with the white house. and i think he should be put everything out on the table that he can and explain his actions as clearly as he can

and try to put this behind him. but it does seem as though this committee it's ♪ just nunes that is. adam schiff as well. this committee is collapsing in acrimony. i expect the attention begin to focus more on the senate. >> melissa: scott, there is a conflict of interest on all sides in that everybody has something to lose. on the democratic side you could allege that they wouldn't want to reveal the fact that the past administration was maybe listening in to what was going on or at the very least gossipping about things they had heard and leaking things they had heard about the current administration. so it is sort of like everybody has -- that's why have you a bipartisan committee. no one is in control of it anyway. it's a whole bunch of people. doesn't everybody have the same conflict here? >> not really from. my experience as a criminal defense lawyer, here's the deal. the unmasking piece is a throw away issue. important but not the direct issue. >> melissa: throw away? you can go to jail for it.

there are not a lot of throw away issues you can go to jail for. >> that's not the subject of the target of the investigation. that does need to be looked at. the reality here is that the chairman, the majority chairman, nunes drives the narrative on this. the democrats want open hearings. they want their people and the republicans toin open hearis has blocked that nunes has had meeting with the white house. nunes appears and the appearance is really important. whether he is in their pocket or a spokesman for them. this has got to be an independent investigation. his misconduct if only for appearance purposes is a problem and needs to be addressed. either ryan addressed it or he steps down or something has to give or no one is going to take the results of this investigation if we ever get there, no one is going to take it seriously. >> melissa: rick, sea distraction at this point? >> is he a distraction right now and he should try to become less of a distraction. maybe i'm naive here. i think it's incumbent on both parties, leaders on both the house and the

senate to be a little bit dispassionate about this. do not get out ahead of the facts whether you are a democrat or republican. let the public know what the facts were about the russian hacking about the alleged coordination with the trump campaign and about alleged surveillance of trump officials. the public deserves to know. >> exactly. >> should not be a debate about devin nunes the media and very happy to make it. we have to get back to what happens. >> melissa: let's end on a note we can all agree on. it is a mess. let's leave it there. we all agree on that. thanks a lot, guys. appreciate your time. eric. >> eric: the biggest humanitarian crisis in decades we are told is now sweeping central africa even as critics point out president trump's proposed budget for the united nations looks to cut american relief for such emergencies. three african-american nations are on the bridge of famine. my gearia, somalia and south sudan according to the u.n. if the u.s. does not help, the drought and the famine

there could have long-term effects like a new wave of migrants heading to europe and possibly greater support for radical islamic terrorism. the u.n. says 16 million people are at risk of dying over the next few months. the u.s. is the largest donor to the u.n.'s world food program which, by the way, will be headed soon by a former governor of south carolina. >> melissa: drug smugglers having an easy go of it when their tunnels under the border aren't completely destroyed when they are caught. will carr takes a look inside a drug cartel's tunnel. and the plane catches fire while it's landing. dramatic video of this airport emergency.

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guess what? the cartels, they have started to reuse the tunnels on the mexican side of the border. will carr has more on this from los angeles. hi, will. >> reporter: hi there, eric. we wanted to see just how easy it is to access tunnels in mexico that have already been discovered by law enforcement, so we went to tijuana and found a major laplapse in border security. >> every time find a tunnel under the border fence american law enforcement fills the entire u.s. side of the tunnel with concrete. >> it's done with every tunnel in order to deter anyone to use it ever again. >> on the other side of the border, mexican authorities say fill their end is too expensive. so they leave discovered tunnels open under ground. in the back of an empty tijuana warehouse we found a tunnel covered by steel flap. underneath it's still hollow allowing the cartels to get back in andee using the drug portal saving time and money. >> get back into the tunnel they can actually walk all

the way up to the u.s. border where it's sealed and start tunneling around. >> there has been at least seven documented incidents where that has actually happened. >> it's a major frustration for american authorities who spend millions to discover and shut tunnels down. >> we check it out. >> in mexico, it's a different story, we were able to walk up to one tunnel entrance after another finding that security is lax nor nonexistent. some left unguarded, others watched over by guards who claim to be paid by the government. >> how many tunnels do you think are in this neighborhood? >> six. >> particulars tunnels in this neighborhood. that's a lot. how concerned are you for your own safety, the cartel are going to try to come back to this tunnel? [inaudible] >> if the cartel comes back, i'm going to fight them. >> an open invitation the cartels will continue to exploit. >> reporter: american authorities tell us they use a combination technology and information from surrounding communities to find and shut tunnels down. eric? >> eric: that's unbelievable, will.

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>> melissa: a fox news alert. we are now just minutes away from the white house daily press briefing with press secretary sean spicer. we're going to bring you to you live just as soon as it starts. keep it right here on fox. >> eric: right now

investigators are trying to learn what caused an airliner to burst into flames after it landed. this happened as the peruvian airliner boeing 737 after it touched down. you can see the flames and the smoke it generated panic understandably. among the nearly 140 passengers on board. fortunately firefighters were able to get everyone out safely there are no reports of any serious injuries. one passenger saying it appeared that the pilot just lost control of that jetliner as it landed. >> melissa: new information on the mexican man arrested despite claims he was part of the dreamer program which protects illegal immigrants who about were brought to this country as children from being deported. but he allegedly admitted associating with gangs, which the government argues would disqualify him from the program and an immigration judge just weighed in with the decision. dan springer is live in seattle with more on this. dan?

>> reporter: yeah, melissa, good morning. the immigration judge in tacoma the so-called dreamer under the trump administration is eligible for bond and that was set at $15,000. his lawyers are calling this a major victory. although it might be just a temporary one. ramirez was in immigration court yesterday for a hearing that lasted about two hours. department of justice prosecutors argued ramirez should be denied bond because of the alleged gang ties he mentioned during his arrest in february. but ramirez says he never told ice agents he was in a gang only that he knew gang members growing up in california. ice was actually at the apartment to arrest daniel's father, a convicted drug dealer who had been deported eight times. the case is shining a spotlight on the dhaka program designed to allow people brought to the u.s. illegally as children to stay and work here as long as they come forward, pass a background check and don't get into trouble. protesters say the arrest of ramirez is a promise broken by the government. well, he sued in district court arguing the arrest was

illegal. a federal judge here in seattle agreed to hear the case but denied ramirez immediate release only only the immigration court could do that while is he in the process ofenning deported. now with bond set, we are told ramirez could walk out of detention as early as today but the government is trying to deport him so he is in legal limbo. this case should add clarity what if any protection or legal status there is for dhaka recipients. melissa? >> melissa: thank you for that. eric? >> eric: new in the next hour of how long we will tell you about the democratic lawmaker who apparently was caught tipping off illegal immigrants to upcoming ice raids. we will tell you where this happened. plus a fox business network exclusive. the ivy league universities, all of them, bringing in more from tax dollars than undergraduate tuition. can you believe that in spite of those multibillion-dollar endowments. we'll take a look. ♪

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>> eric: about two hours ago there was that incident on capitol hill involving the car you see there. capitol hill police, we're told. fired shots after that car was being driven erratically. went down the hill, made a u-turn and then went down the hill the wrong way, they said. as you can see that car is now being towed from the scene. the driver say authorities was a woman she was not injured and has been taken into custody. police are calling this a criminal matter. not related at all to terrorism. >> melissa: oh. lert fort. you now. as well. we are just minutes away from the white house daily press briefing with press secretary sean spicer. you can see the podium there. they are getting ready and setting things up. always spicy when he takes to the podium there. he has never failed to be entertaining and filled with all kinds of information. so we will take you there live just as soon as that begins. >> eric: everybody across the country they are watching us. sean spicer has become the new soap opera daytime tv

star. >> melissa: that's right. absolutely. all right. well we will see you back here in an hour from now. outnumbered kicks off right now. >> harris: we are awaiting the daily white house press briefing. it's expected to start at any moment now continued fallout over the house intelligence committee russia investigation. the panel's chairman, republican devin nunes is standing firm, refusing to step down as the first g.o.p. lawmaker joins a chorus of democrats in calling for him to recuse himself from the investigation. this is "outnumbered" i'm harris talkner. here today is sandra smith, meghan mccain, abby huntsman, today's #one lucky guy. former presidential writer for president george w. bush and founder and ceo of american majority. ned ryan ask here. is he outnumbered first timer. followed you on twitter. >> i