>> i'm getting dating advice from everyone who have very successful marriages. >> we will keep the conversation going, eric bolling, thank you. you can follow us on facebook.com/outnumberedfnc. we will be back tomorrow at noon eastern. "happening now" starts now. >> ed: sean spicer's had to kickoff that white house daily briefing. >> he may be on a little bit of the defensive about the presidents pointed comments about the freedom caucus. we cover all of the news "happening now." investigation into the russian medley in the american election again taking center stage on capitol hill. >> this information is not about whether you have a d or r next to your name, it's about clearly understanding and responding to this very real threat. >> jenna: what we are learning from the senate hearing today. plus, president trump's trillion dollar plan to improve the nation's infrastructure. what we know about one of the president's biggest campaign

promises. and a major u.s. adversary at it again, reports north korea is planning to test another nuke as the white house and china prepared to meet to combat the north's alarming strategy. it is all "happening now" ." ♪ >> jenna: we begin with another busy day in washington, senate intelligence committee holding its first hearing on russian meddling in the presidential election paid linebackers vowing to stay clear of politics in their investigation. we will see, welcome to the second hour of "happening now." >> ed: how's that going so far? i am ed henry in for jon scott waiting for that white house press secretary briefing from sean spicer, we will bring that to you when it gets underway. >> jenna: a lot happening little bit before their spring break. house republicans trying to move forward on spending and tax reform and there is where there may be a plan b for healthcare, all of this over threads of a government shutdown.

mike emanuel is live on capitol hill with more. what is the speaker ryan saying today first about healthcare? >> speaker ryan has taken some heat for saying in an interview airing this morning that he does not want president trump working with democrats on healthcare. the speaker clarified what he meant in a news conference late this morning, saying that democrats would not help republicans repeal obamacare. ryan was also asked about the president expressing frustration with some members of the conservative house freedom caucus who would not support the g.o.p. healthcare package. >> i understand the presidents frustration. i share frustration. about 90% of our conference is for this bill to repeal and replace obamacare. about 10% are not. that is not enough to pass the bill. we are close. but i am encouraging our members to do is keep talking with each other until we can get the consensus to pass this bill. >> there has been some talk in the hallways of congress among members about whether or not the healthcare bill could make a comeback next week before the

easter recess, but speaker ryan did not want to set another deadline. >> jenna: interesting, the timeline is important so we will watch for anything to telegraph on that. what about the democrats, are they willing to say the obamacare should be fixed or improved? >> house minority leader nancy pelosi use the word improvement today and said the republicans damage themselves by trying to do the g.o.p. healthcare package last week. she called on democrats to continue to resist repeal and she suggested republicans are trying to help speaker ryan save face. >> some members are saying whatever they tried to do now is saving speaker ryan of some of that disastrous performance last week, but it -- that is not what is important. what is important is what it means to the american people. that is where we are now. >> nancy pelosi was asked about outreach from the white house to her democratic members, and she insisted she has not been

concerned. >> jenna: thank you. >> ed: meanwhile, speaker of the house paul ryan also say congress is waiting for even more new documents on russia. this after the house until chairman devin nunes told ryan that a "whistleblower type person" came forward with new details. critics are calling on nunes to recuse himself or taking surveillance information to the white house before briefing his panel. all of this as we await the second session of the senate intel committee's two-part hearing on russia. >> russia's overt media outlets and covert trolls side to as sideline opponents on both sides of the political spectrum of adversarial views toward the kremlin. they were in full swing during what the republican and democratic primary season and may have helped sink the hopes of candidates more hostile to russian interest long before the field narrowed. senator rubio, in my opinion come you anecdotally suffered from these efforts. >> big day on capitol hill which is why we have chief intelligence correspondent

catherine herridge with the news, good to see you. >> one of the headlines that really jumps out at you from this morning's hearing is that this russian active measures campaign, this is a cyber campaign to denigrate the u.s. political system did not end in november. in fact, it continues to this day paid witnesses testified that even after the failed health care vote, there were attacks on speaker ryan as a way to drive a wedge even further between these republican factions. this hearing is unusual because it is public, but i would emphasize to folks at home there are no government officials testify, so no principles with firsthand knowledge. we have some of the nation's leading experts, and based on what we have heard from the committee leadership, this may be one of the few public hearings that we have. >> some of the intelligence provided to the committee is extremely sensitive and requires that most of the work to be conducted in a secure setting to maintain the integrity of the information and protect the very sensitive sources and methods

that gave us access to that intelligence. the vice chairman and i realize that if we politicize this process, our efforts will likely fail. >> the republican chairman and the ranking democrat said yesterday that they have identified at least 20 people they want to interview, and they are proceeding with that as we speak. >> ed: carter page, the name of a former trump advisor, his name has come up throughout the story. i understand you just got an exclusive with him. >> carter page may not be a household name to everyone, but he is at the center of this dossier that was put together by a former british intelligence officer, the key allegation against carter page is that he was that trump campaign's point of contact with the russians and that when he went to moscow in 2016, he went there to have a secret meeting with one of vladimir putin's allies. we asked him repeatedly whether there was any truth to those allegations. did you work with the russians

to help the trump campaign? >> absolutely not. i did nothing that could even be possibly viewed as helping, helping them in anyway. >> did you work with the russians to hurt the clinton campaign? >> absolutely not. and no way, shape, or form. >> carter page has offered to work with both of the house intelligence and senate intelligence committees. one of the things that is striking about his interview with us is that he says he believes he was targeted. he doesn't know by whom, but he believes it is for two reasons. one is that he has been a longtime critic of the previous white house and their foreign policy strategy and also he had very deep ties to russia that go back to the former soviet union, so he seemed like a logical person to pick it to thrust into the center of this dynamic. >> ed: interesting new details

from catherine herridge, thank you for joining us. >> jenna: we will watch more for that interview, and meanwhile that white house press secretary daily briefing is starting in 20 minutes, sean spicer will field difficult questions as he does on a regular basis about the russian allegations like this revelation that came out of today's hearing. >> some of the people in this room actually went to the government and asked the government to be more mindful of soviet active measures starting in 2016. unfortunately, the government did not take the warnings as seriously as it could have and made this known to the public in a useful fashion so we would not be so surprised when this took place, or appears to have taken place in 2016. >> jenna: let's bring in our national political reporter for "the hill" and hope to be joined by jamie weinstein and just a moment. we hope to have him, have to wait on that.

we do have him, is he there? we do. where is jamie? thank goodness. we don't know if you are there appear this is how much we value you. our apologies. we had some technical difficulties. because of that, i'm going to give him the first question, we owe him that much. jamie, we just heard from one of the experts that really the public should have known more about what russia was doing, that in some ways, we are being kept in the dark a little bit because of that. at least the question when we see the senate investigating, house investigating, fbi investigating, who to really trust, who do you think the public should trust when it comes to this issue and russia's role in our country at all? >> i spent the morning actually listening to the whole hearing and watching the whole hearing. i have to say that the senators both republicans and democrats acted in a very bipartisan manner. there was not much partisanship here, and that is surprising in today's washington.

>> jenna: breaking news. >> it doesn't seem at the senate intelligence committee is trying to work together here to come up with a serious investigation to see exactly what went on in the election, to what extent did the russians interfere, and if, and of course this is the big if, there was any collusion between the russians and the trump campaign. i think they are trying to set themselves up as the source of legitimacy after what we have seen and the last week with the house and tell committee answer people not necessarily trusting what is going on there. i think the senate intelligence committee is trying to be that source of bipartisanship investigating what is a serious matter. >> jenna: jamie set a big if, and that is important because we do not have the facts yet. we don't have the facts to support russia's close connection with the trump campaign and neither democrats nor republicans if they are acting politically have the facts to support their side or at least have not presented it to the public. do you agree with jamie that perhaps the hearing we are witnessing today that will continue this afternoon might be

the source of the best information on this story? speak of the way jamie just said it hit the nail on the head, yes, the senate panel is going to try to be the adults in the room especially after we saw the house investigation getting politicized. it is compromising some of the information. what i would like to really stress which is what you said is this is highly classified information. we don't really know what is going on so a lot of what we are speculating is we do not know how much of the puzzle we are actually looking at when it comes to how much russia was meddling with the election, and yes, if the trump campaign had any collusion. i think what is most interesting for me right now is going forward, how are we going to handle this investigation in the future? we will see a lot more high-profile people including jared kushner, donald trump's son-in-law having to testify, and people like this, a lot of these will be behind closed doors but going forward, there are two parts to this investigation. number one, did russian metal? number two, was there any involvement with the trump

campaign. number one couldto a conclusione to being very bipartisan, but i think the latter is going to be a lot harder with both parties so much politics going on, it is volatile right now that what are the odds both parties are going to come to a consensus when it comes to if that trump campaign was colluding? >> jenna: that is a good point. are we ever going to get to the answer? the vote for donald trump in many ways was a vote against politics as usual. there is this fascination with the story as important as it is, we are obviously covering it, but i cannot help but wonder if we are doing the correct service to our viewers when there is the issue of healthcare, the issue of tax reform, how this prioritizes against these other big issues. >> there are a lot of big issues out there, but it is important to keep in mind with his hearing several witnesses said that this did not end with the 2016 election. it began before this campaign to undermine american institutions, and it is continuing afterward not only in america but in western democracies around the world. we are seeing russia's

footprints to try to undermine the candidates that are tough on russia in france, they are playing to the le pen angle there, the candidate in france who is more prone russia. this is an ongoing campaign, and it is very important to get to the bottom of what russia is doing and what the united states can do to push back against a pair there are a lot of important issues out there but this has to be on the table. >> jenna: quick final thought from you, how does the trump campaign move forward based on this report? they are part of the investigation and that they are being looked at but president trump is the leader of the free world. what is their strategy as you understand it? >> exactly, i think the strategy going forward for the administration is to allow the investigation to go on the way it is so that it can speed up the process. the longer these headlines are in the news, the worse it is for the trump administration. they want to be talking tax reform, infrastructure spending and looking again at the health care repeal and replace. they don't want to be talking about russia. they want this to move on and as

leader of the free world, they want to keep president donald trump out of it as much as possible. i think going forward, it will be interesting to see how does sean spicer in this upcoming white house press briefing, how does he handle these questions going forward? does he answer the questions or try to push it off and try to continue to keep the conversation about legislative action. >> jenna: i think we have enough slacks to blame russia for our technical difficulties at the beginning of the segment, i'm willing to go out on a limb for that. thank you both very much. >> ed: quick fox news alert, we've just confirmed katie walsh is resigning from her job as white house deputy chief of staff. she was number two to reince priebus appeared fox news has learned she was leaving for an outside political group, more of this as there is intrigue about a reince priebus loyalist leaving. and more about the russian investigation coming up, that will pocket many questions in the briefing starting moments from now, we will take you there

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>> jenna: hawaii's attorney general says the justice department will likely appeal the federal judges ruling where he extended his previous block of the president's revised travel ban. the states ag telling the associated press that "the next move is there is," this after judge derrick watson rejected the government's request to narrow his ruling and is now blocking provisions that would suspend new visas for the six muslim majority nations and hold the nation's refugee programs. spacing right now, secretary of state rex tillerson wrapping up his first trip to turkey where the fight to defeat isis and the role of the kurds in that key battle top the agenda. rich edson live on the ground in turkey, what's happening?

>> an intense day for secretary of state rex tillerson as he meets with president recep erdogan here as long and as well with the turkish foreign minister and prime minister here. isis is the top of the agenda. the secretary of state says when it comes to defeating isis, there is no between the united states and turkey. however, on the details of trying to defeat isis, there is some space particularly when it comes to turkey objecting to the obama administration strategy and decision of allowing a kurdish group to participate in a coalition to try to defeat isis. turkey views the white pg as a terrorist organization and the secretary of state acknowledge e are differences between the u.s. and turkey. >> there is more discussion yet to be had regarding the way forward. what we discussed today were options that are available to us. they are difficult options, let me be very frank. these are not easy decisions. they are difficult choices that have two be made.

this has been very good. the conversation today were very frank, very candid. >> also a shift in u.s. policy when it comes to syria paid the secretary of state says and when it comes to the future of syrian president bashar al-assad, it is up to the syrian people exactly how they want to have a relationship with the president. as you remember, president obama said in 2011 essentially that the regina and the president must leave syria to basically move forward. turkey is also objecting to a number of other items when it comes to the united states, first off the arrest of a turkish banker in the united states who was alleged to have circumvented sanctions, u.s. sanctions against iran. there is also, living in pennsylvania, a turkish cleric who turkey says is responsible for, in part, for basically a coup attempt that was basically going on last year. all of those issues discussed today but it is clear there is no real resolution on that at

least publicly from the u.s. and turkey. from here, the secretary of state will travel to brussels and another nato meeting, they are state department officials say the secretary of state will push nato members to spend at least 2% of the size of their economies on defense. that is something that that trump administration has been pushing. there only a handful of nato countries of about 30 that actually do spend that much money on defense. back to you. >> ed: packed agenda for the secretary of state and rich edson, thank you. >> jenna: back here at home, we are minutes away from the white house daily briefing, press secretary sean spicer expected to discuss the ongoing russian investigation. we will take you there live when it is underway as we always do. here's the big question today, is north korea planning another new contest? reports suggest more provocatively my provocation is on the way something that was predicted earlier this week on "happening now" ." >> my guess is when president trump meets with his

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for my part, i am certainly committed to doing everything i can to move forward. >> do you have a better understanding now or do you appreciate his explanation for why he went to the white house before he went to you guys with his source information? >> we really did not go into a lot of particulars on that. i just want to keep our conversation more or less confidential. the part we did agree to discuss as we are working together to see if we can confirm our witness list and come to some agreement on the hearings. >> did he provide you with the information? >> i have not appeared on nothing anyone on the committee has seen that yet. >> do you want to see it before you move forward or are you good to move on with the witnesses and business as usual? >> it is hard to say anything is business as usual at this point, but we on our part are determined to move forward and have never stopped moving forward. it is important that we not only

get the investigation going, but also do our oversight work which is never stopped and the threads out there have not stopped either, but we soldier on. i think we have an important discussion trying to figure out what the way forward looks like. speaker you are confident in your ability to remain -- have him remain as the chairman? >> jenna: interrupting there, we got a lot of insight from adam schiff. the bottom line is the chair devin nunes is still waiting on valuable information and has promised to the committee as well as the public somewhat, so looks like they are trying to return to business as usual so we will wait and see. >> ed: information out on north korea. the rogue nation may be preparing for yes, another nuclear test. satellite imagery showing signs of activity as the country's underground testing site. the latest round of saber rattling comes as we learn more details about president trump's planned meeting with the president of china next week. joining me now is michael, director of japan studies at the american enterprise institute

and author of "the end of the asian century." let's talk first, sir, about what this means about the buildup to get another possible nuclear test by north korea especially on the eve of these meetings that we expect from president trump and president xi jinping at mar-a-lago next weekend. >> it is something we should expect. north koreans first of all have a cycle for doing tests because they are in the midst of trying to perfect their weapon number one. number two, they try to time these two american holidays or important meetings basically to let the world know and let the counterparts of north korea know that they are still there. the reality is that i do not think we should be surprised. the big question is can president trump put pressure on china to finally begin resolving this crisis? >> ed: i've heard the same from covering the white houses of president bush, president obama as well, get the chinese to put pressure and it never seems to happen. >> i think because what we expect as they can put political

pressure on the north, and i think that is a mistake. this is a leader, kim jong-un in north korea who is really uncontrollable in a lot of ways. what we have to do is tell china that if they don't start putting economic pressure on north korea which is the type of leverage that they have, we are going to take steps against the chinese companies and banks that are in essence abetting north korea with billions of dollars in trade. >> ed: what about senator john mccain? powerful chairman of the armed services committee, and he basically said this week that kim jong-un is "a crazy fat kid" and that led the dictator to shoot back and maybe it is just rhetorical, but to shoot back that there were going to be dire consequences for statements like that. what are we really to make of this korean leader, is he simply a crazy fat kid? >> if he is come he's a crazy fat kid who controls an enormous military and nuclear weapons. not really helpful to call him that. i don't think any of the north korean leaders have been crazy. they have been ruthless, and he is may be the most ruthless

among them, but what really worries me is when you talk to folks in the intel community or folks that have worked on north korea a long time, they think this is a guy that is really uncontrollable in a lot of ways. he is not as strategic as hiser. this is a guy who was much more violent, much more dangerous and willing to use nerve gas in an airport in another country. that is why you have to put the real pressure on him to make it clear that if he steps out of that box, he may no longer exist as leader of this country. >> ed: i take your point. this may be someone who is crazy and uncontrollable, but he has nukes and we have to take them seriously. some of these recent tests have seemed to have been abject failures, they blow up within seconds. what are we to make of that? is a just a lot of bluster, or can he back up these tests, how nervous or worried should the international community be? >> we should be very worried. they learn even from the failures just as we did back in the early days of the space

program when all of our rockets blew up on the pad. they are going to get there. in fact, if you look at the most recent set of missile launches, they launched three missiles toward japan, three muscles into the same vicinity in japanese waters at about the same time for that is pretty good shooting. that means they have capabilities and are extending them, so nothing to take lightly. >> ed: last question, 30 seconds, if you were advising president trump, what would be the one take away you want him to get out of the many summit at mar-a-lago next week? >> the first one is tell the chinese we are going right after their financial resources of this ridging, and number two, the chinese better start shutting down their companies and banks that are helping or we are going to do it for them. >> ed: we will see if they do that, we appreciate your insights today. >> jenna: a lot of news developing as we wait the start of the daily white house press briefing, we will bring you that when it gets underway moments from now.

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>> ed: as we await that white house press briefing with the second sean spicer, that starts in a few moments, we want to focus on the trump administration plan to improve our roads, highways, bridges and infrastructure. it would include investments valued at $8 trillion, that is trillion with the t. joining us now, former trump campaign cochair in michigan and republican activist and executive in residence at the american university school of

public affairs and a former ohio state senate minority leader. that is a whole bunch on the resume. i want to start with you. is this something that could be a quick, easy victory for this president after the healthcare of failure? >> no question. if he was smart and this admission she wanted to lead with an easy victory, they probably should have started with infrastructure spending first. it is an issue that members of congress on both sides of the aisle have always advocated for. it's an opportunity to work and bring democrats into the fold. it is a critical component of our economy. we need to make sure we make these investments, particularly in light of the fact that the budget that the trump administration put forward did things like eliminate the usda program for water and sewer as well as the appalachian regional commission that also does some of the things like power grids and broadband. we need to do something to replace those programs if they are going to be eliminated. >> ed: interesting, let's go to the other side. as you know, this is something the president has been pushing in terms of infrastructure, but the price tag has conservatives

nervous. >> i completely agree with what she said, and i think this is an incredible opportunity for the president to have a big win. it is going to be a major price tag. after all, our country has been broken with the infrastructure appeared were not just talking about roads, we are talking about bridges, airports, sewage systems, massive, massive infrastructure issues. this is the president's forte. he built his business based on infrastructure and for that, he will be incredibly successful. >> ed: i want to shift topics here because we've got a fox news alert basically with "the new york times" reporting a few moments ago that to trump officials in the white house may have provided devin nunes with information related to the alleged surveillance of president trump and some of his advisors. they are reporting to white house officials helped nunes view secret reports, comes just a few minutes after we learned that the top deputy to

reince priebus, white house chief of staff katie wash has resigned. we don't know if they are related, but there has been a lot of talk about crackdowns on leaks inside the white house and katie walsh is someone who was very close to reince priebus, and everyone is weighing what is really going on here behind-the-scenes as reince priebus tries to keep his job, deals with his access within the white house where you have stephen bannon pushing for power, gary cohen and others who may have more of a wall street wing. i wonder how you react to that when democrats have been already all over devin nunes for how he got this information, now they are saying, wait a second, may be the white house shaped this information to the house intelligence chairman. >> i think that is what democrats have been trying to get from the chairman. there have been concerns that the white house has been working with the chairman of the intelligence committee. obviously, that raises a lot of eyebrows in the sense that there should be separation of powers in government between the executive branch and the legislative branch.

the one good thing i will say because this is obviously a developing topic, we don't know all the facts, it a lot of speculation here, but one thing i would say that it seems as if the house process surrounding the russian investigation is falling apart, but thank goodness there are adults in the united states senate working together to have a pretty transparent process and let the facts guide us when it comes to the issue of russia's involvement in our elections. >> ed: i wonder if you can jump in here because as a trump loyalist, as she said, we are just learning this and trying to process so we do not want to get ahead of the facts, but we know that devin nunes that he had a whistleblower somewhere in the government that helped bring him to the white house grounds in order to have this private meeting in which he found out, well maybe the president and some of his advisors were swept up in some surveillance that can lend credence to the allegations thrown out on twitter by the president a few weeks back. but the allegation from democrats has been that nunes is in their eyes to close to the

white house, now what do you make of this idea that may be to white house officials helped steer him to this information number one, number two, does that raise more questions about whether nunes can really do and an independent investigation? >> any news about this does not sway me. i've been aware from the very beginning that democrats are going to do whatever they can to derail the good efforts of our president. there is in investigation and play right now. let's allow that process to ensue. let's have the discussions as the facts unfold. i think we need to be very measured and how we treat news such as this as it presents itself. at the end, what the president is doing, addressing infrastructure, trying to tackle health care, lb extra nearly difficult, oversee the automotive industry and reinvigorate it, why aren't we talking more about these issues? what you bring up is critical, and it is going to take our attention, but in the end, let's let the facts speak for themselves and not over interpret it. >> ed: wasn't at the president

he went on twitter a few weeks back and said, accused president obama of surveilling him? he was not tweeting about jobs in michigan as you say the focus should be. the media did not start that. >> i agree with you come president trump has used twitter to convey information to the american people that has been helpful and necessary whether you love it or hate it. but in the end, the facts will prevail, and we need to let our american system do its job through an investigation. >> ed: last question, you are saying the grownups in their room you think are in the senate. so far what i've seen of this hearing, our viewers watch and hear this build up and hype that the senate is finally going to tackle and get to the bottom of what really happened with russia then they have three or four hours of opening statements. >> that is how it works. they have some really skilled academics and leaders in the area of russian counterintelligence, just a little bit that i saw on c-span earlier today. i have not had a chance to see the full hearing. people need context where they need context and understanding historically of our relationship between russia and the former soviet union and the

united states and our intelligence gathering process. i think they are just laying the groundwork. >> ed: they want context in the facts as to whether there really was any interference by the russians. we appreciate you both coming in. >> thank you very much. >> jenna: good conversation. we are awaiting remarks from white house press secretary sean spicer. a letter breaking news over the last 40 minutes or so, and he is expected to hold the daily press briefing as you know. we will take you there when it starts just ahead.

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his aggressive deportation policy, now under president trump and his proposed crackdown on illegal immigration. so went farmer jason giannelli harvest these onions in about three months' time, he will have 100 workers working here every night for about a month and a half. you might think that would mean minimum wage for those workers, but because of the labor shortage, he's going to be paying far above that. listen here. >> they can make up to about 20 bucks an hour. >> really quick to make your way ahead of minimum wage. >> even on our mailing cruise, -- melon crews pure don't get ms not easy work, but on a good day picking watermelons, guys make 28-$30 an hour. >> it is tough to get solid numbers on how many illegal immigrants work on california's farms. nobody wants to give a real number, but a study by uc davis

estimates it to be about half of all california's farmworkers. so immigration policy matters. a lot of the farmers in this region are trump voters, trump supporters still, but what they want is clarity. they want more efficiency on programs like the h2 a visa for seasonal workers. they want clarity on immigration policy so that their workforce is not ruled by fear. listen here to the executive director of the farm bureau. >> i think it is those that either have something on their record or are even skeptical if they have a family member that is in the united states if they become a target, they are just a lot of questions among the immigration community that they are scared to know the answers, and quite friendly, i am, too. it is still just a waiting game. >> and the farmers warned that if they keep having to up what

they are paying their workers, ultimately all of us as american consumers are going to pay the price. there may even be less american products on the shelves. we will have to import more because les will be grown here. these farmers who come as i say, are trump supporters, say that kind of result would actually be the opposite of making america great again. >> jenna: interesting, a story we will continue to watch, thank you. >> ed: are overseas,t now, poliy breaking up a terror plot targeting and iconic tourist attraction in venice. a prosecutor there says three people were arrested and a minor detained today during several early morning sweeps where they see one of the suspects suggested placing a bomb on the rialto bridge and an intercepted phone call. the suspects also reportedly spoke of being emboldened by the recent attack in london. police finding evidence of their plans during a search of a venice apartment including videos by islamic extremists

showing how to carry out knife attacks. >> jenna: back here at home, fox news alert, the general assembly just approving legislation rolling back the states the so-called bathroom bill, very controversial measure as i am sure you've heard about. the bill now heads to the governor's desk where it is expected to be signed, however it is not over yet. republican legacy of leaders and asked if this compromise late wednesday night, that measure passed quickly about the senate and house, gay rights groups are not happy with this, neither are conservatives who wanted the lot to stay on the books so expect more challenges but that is where the story stands right now. >> ed: one of many major topics we can seat sean spicer deal with at the daily briefing. we will bring you their live, he was supposed to start moments ago but we will start when he gets to the podium. meanwhile, inside a new revolutionary war museum. we are live in philadelphia nex next.

>> a lot happening at this hour, hello everyone, i am sandra smith. we are awaiting the white house press briefing with the sean spicer admit a new report from "the new york times" that two white house officials helped give devin nunes intelligence reports. that is sure to be a hot topic. also awaiting the senate intelligence committee to resume its first hearing on russia at the top of the hour and we have new movement on the house intelligence committee as well. we will tell you what that is and if that is not enough for you, president trump taking on the freedom caucus. so get out the popcorn because we have all of that and more on "america's newsroom hq" coming up. >> here's something for all you history buffs, personal items from the nation's first president will soon be on display at philadelphia's first revolutionary war museum. it opens in just a few weeks. senior correspondent rick leventhal is live with an

exclusive look, how are you? >> we first did this story almost three years ago when thousands of revolutionary war relics were sitting in an unmarked warehouse miles from here, and this place was just a hole in the ground. now $120 million later, the museum is just about ready to open its doors. >> i can't believe it. i have to pinch myself in the morning sometimes as i walk through. >> dr. scott stevens spent the last ten years collecting and archiving weapons, uniforms, artwork and other relics dating from the mid to late 1700s. including one of the only two known copies of the decoration of independence printed in philadelphia in german just after july 4th, 1776. >> must be worth a few bucks, right? >> no idea what it would be. irreplaceable. >> general george washington's silver cups are here and the actual word tent he lived in on the battlefield for more than seven years. >> it should not be here today.

for this content to have survived not just the revolutionary war. it was used in the 19th century, regularly set up and played a role in sort of unifying americans and the definition of what the new republic would be like. it was caught up in the drama of the american civil war. at any point along that journey, is very fragile fabric could have just disappeared. it is still here bearing witnes witness. >> one of the biggest challenges for curators, the war was fought before the invention of the camera, no photos or video, so they built 18 theaters and interactive exhibits to bring the history to life. the tickets are 90 bucks for adults, 12 bucks for kids and opens april 19th, the 242nd anniversary of the shot heard around the world. >> ed: that is awesome you followed up three years later, good to see you. >> jenna: very cool, put that on the list. we are awaiting the white house press briefing just so we are all on the same page here, we

are expected sean spicer, we were expecting him 25 minutes ago. in the meantime, a lot of breaking news developments over the last hour including a major staff change at the white house and a name you may not be familiar with, katie walsh, but a top rnc, former rnc member, close working partner, if you will with reince priebus. >> ed: white house chief of staff who was running the rnc comes in with katie walsh and sean spicer, and now one of those three people is gone amid a broader power struggle inside the white house. >> jenna: lettuce one of the things we will be watching for also want to recall everyone to this. the president on twitter today talking about the freedom caucus as well. that might come up. sean spicer begins >> get that joke. look it up. little delayed reaction in the back. before i get into the events

today, there are a few items i want to update you on. something since our last briefing. the president spoke with prime minister alabadi to thank him for his meeting on march 20th. a readout of that call should have been issued after the pool last night. yesterday he also notified congress that a national emergency declared executive order 136 -- 13694 regarding malicious cyber attacks will continue to be on april 1st, 2017. as you know, this notification is required by statute in order to extend the national emergency that the past administration declared. the president believes that this cyber enabled activity continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to our national security and economic prosperity and, therefore, he has determined that it was necessary to continue this national emergency. last night a federal judge in hawaii put a hold on the president's executive order that was issued on national security. the department of justice is

considering the best way to defend the president's lawful and necessary order. this ruling is just the latest step that will allow the administration to appeal just a week ago the eastern district court in virginia upheld the president's order on the merits. the white house firmly believes that this law is lawful and necessary and allow us to move forward. this morning we announced that the president will host president xi on april 6th and 7th. the president looks forward to meeting with president xi and exchanging views on each other's respective priorities and to chart forward with a bilateral relationship with the two nations. they will discussion north korea, trade and national security. this morning the president had a meeting with treasury secretary mnuchin. the secretary along with the rest of the president's team of experts have been meeting with and hearing from stake holders on all sides of the tax reform debate.

tax reform has been a center piece of the president's economic agenda from the beginning of his campaign. the team is weighing the best option to develop a plan that will provide significant middle tax relief and make american businesses more competitive. enacting the first significant tax reform since the 1980s, it will be a serious undertaking and we are at the first stages of this process, beginning to engage with policy groups, industry constituents from around the country and other stake holders. tax reform has been part of the political discussion for years. accordingly, lots of people have lots of ideas about it. we intend to hear from them. he and his team will continue to meet with those who support and oppose the various policy options as they sit on the table but a the president is committed to delivering results that american people and american businesses will be able to see and feel in their pay checks. on the hill, the president secretary of ag sonny perdue

advanced out of committee. although he's disappointed to see democratic senators who previously expressed their support for alex acosta for labor secretary, nonetheless, while they previously supported him, seem to have stuck to a party line vote. the president looks forward to having them officially on the team as soon as possible. also this morning the department of commerce and first responder network authority first net announced that at&t will build the first nationwide broadband, a network dedicated to america's first responders. this step was part of the 9/11 commission recommendation on improving the ability of our police, fire and emergency medical personnel to communicate seamlessly across jurisdictions which is critical to their missions. it's also a sign of the incredible ability of public/private partnerships to drive innovation and solve some of our biggest problems while also creating jobs and growing the economy. back to the schedule. this afternoon the president hosted a legislative affairs lunch on opiod and drug abuse. it was an opportunity tocu