we launch may 1st on fox news, again at 5 p.m. eastern, very exciting. vick happy birthday to one of my producer, happy birthday amanda king, and the rest of us, let's have a great weekend, everybody. everybody. >> demonstrators in more than 500 cities across the globe are making to the street to support science this earth day, including here in washington. our own james rosen is on the scene. leland: high stakes for president trump this week, from the government shut down, showdown, to new efforts to repeal and replace obamacare and now, a promised major announcement on taxes, a fair and balanced look at it all. elizabeth: a message from downunder, vice-president mike pence has a new message for kim jong-un and china. his advice on lowering tensions in the north korean peninsula. ♪

and welcome to america's news headquarters, from washington, i'm elizabeth prann. leland: well, liz, be happy you are inside today. good afternoon from a very rainy white house. i'm leland vittert. almost every weekend, they say, liz is a working weekend but the reports say that the president's staff is truly burning the midnight oil ahead of a very long week on capitol hi hill. and major march outside of the white house, from the north lawn we can hear the chant of thousands lining the national mall for what they call the march for science. the rally coincides with earth day. d.c. here is the main event, but people are marching in more than 500 cities worldwide to protest what they call mounting attacks against science. our man on the scene, james rosen, to break it down for us, hi, james. >> leland, good afternoon. the rain here in the nation's capital and along the mall has

progressed from light drizzle to what we would now call teeming, it doesn't seem to have diminished the tens of thousands, and acts from bill nye the science guy who elicited beatle-like squeals on the streets today. and to groups. there are hundreds of these events in cities around the world ranging from london and geneva and new york, to australia. the stated goal of all the marchers around the world is to broaden civic appreciation for science and what they see increasing attacks on science, whether it's in the debate over climate change or the debate over vaccines and so forth. the organizers of the washington events were quoted as telling the associated press that this is not a

demonstration against president trump, or with any particular direct partisan appeal, but nonetheless, a lot of the rhetoric from the stage and a lot of the rhetoric on the very colorful signage around here has been explicitly been anti-trump in nature. i saw a sign that said keep your tiny bleeping hands off my facts. and of course, this is an opportunity not just to celebrate science, but of course, as these things turn out, commerce, there are people selling t-shirts and the usual compliment of things you see at big rallies, where there's tens of thousands of people, food and whatnot. my personal favorite, leland and elizabeth, i saw on constitution hawking bernie sanders rolling papers, the image of a smoking marijuana cigarette and the words, feel the bern. >> you never know what james rosen is going to find at a protest rally.

james, back to you throughout the day and more analysis on this later on in the show as well. thanks, liz. elizabeth: president trump reaching his milestone days from now, 100 days in office. he's facing a possible government shutdown if lawmakers and congress don't send a bill to the white house. and there's the border wall and increased defense spending. kristin has details from the white house. >> yes, there are several significant deadlines, some are fixed deadlines like the deadline to avoid a government shut down. others are self-imposed by president trump, like his new call to repeal and replace obamacare. those right there, those are two tall orders for congress to accomplish in less than a week, but then, president trump added even more to congress's workload with this announcement just yesterday. >> we will be having big announcement on wednesday, having to do with tax reform,

the process has begun long ago, but it really formally begins on wednesday. so-- >> that was president trump telling his treasury secretary to get to it, get tax reform done. he's putting pressure on congress to move forward on health care before his first 100 days are over. there appears to have been some progress. the leaders of two house republican groups who clashed on the last bill reached an agreement on language for a new amendment for the replacement plan that would preserve essential health benefits. coverage for pre-existing conditions. allowing children to stay on parents' health care plan until age 26 and allow states to seek limited waivers to opt out of provisions. whether the house could actually pass it in less than a week. yesterday, even president trump seemed a little skeptical. listen. >> how are you going to accomplish all that? >> it's going to be great.

>> going to do health care and taxes. >> we'll see what happens. no particular rush, but we'll see what happens, but health care is coming along well, government is coming along really well. a lot of good things are happening. thank you, folks. >> in the next 100 days-- >> it doesn't matter if it's next week. next week doesn't matter. >> hard to hear there perhaps, but, but president trump said it doesn't matter whether the vote actually takes place next week. the deadline that really does matter, the one deadline that couldn't be moved, the deadline to an i-- avoid a government shutdown and mick mulvaney says he's confident a deal can be reached, but anytime you're in a political climate that's this partisan, washington has proven time and time again that anything is possible. elizabeth: anything is possible. a big week ahead. kristin, thank you. leland. leland: a little more insight on this as the president's

staff works throughout the weekend. let's bring in the budget and appropriations editor with politico. sau sauls-- always good to see you. and as we heard from kristin fisher, things are coming along well. does congress agree? >> everybody is in the negotiating rooms working out the details. if everything were coming along perfectly we would have a deal and that's not usually the way that things are done in congress, right? you operate right up to the deadline and everybody is crying wolf and saying that shutdown is a possibility every time we go to fund the government. this time seems difference as kristin mentioned, the president's 100th day in office is on saturday ap runs out sunday night so the president is under pressure to get some wins in in package and the democrats see it's a pressure

point and an ability to set a precedent for them really meaning what they say in terms of their threats on spending. leland: yeah. >> so i feel like this time seems scarier than ever if you're afraid of shutdown. leland: you certainly do get the sense that the democrats are really looking for blood here. from our own chris stirewalt, a government shutdown, even a brief one would convince the country swiftly that the republican claim to be a governing party is something of a sick joke, couple that with a busted revival of trump care and an epic tailspin. that's the halftime report that came out. are they that worried about the op tchltics of a shutdown? yes, i think it would look bad for everyone. there was a poll weeks ago, asking almost 2000 registered voters who they would blame if the government shut down. and 22% said that they would

blame republicans in congress, 24% said that they would blame president trump, and 34% said that they would blame democrats. so, i think that everyone is afraid. democrats might be playing this as if it's only republicans who stands to lose, but everyone stands to lose if the government shuts down and they're aware of that. leland: and who might lose most of us is the american people, you might add, somebody to think about in. what are the sticking points here? what does republicans want to extract in terms of victory, if you will, that you've pointed out earlier? and what do democrats view as the pressure points? >> so the two things that we've gotten down to now are border wall funding and these obamacare cost sharing subsidies that basically help low income people offset some of the costs of co-pays and deductibles, things like that. and yesterday, mick mulvaney omb director came forward and said, here is a textbook example of the opening salvo in

a deal-making process and i will propose $1 of border funding for $1 of obamacare subsidies. democrats want the subsidies and republicans want the border wall. but without missing a beat, chuck schumer batted back and said absolutely not. this is a complete nonstarter. we are not going to allow you to hold hostage this health-- these health care subsidies so that does not bowed -- bode well for the prospects of shutdown. both parties, white house comes forward and says here's a deal and dems say no way. >> the democrats stayed together with the obamacare repeal and replace, and when that got pulled. do democrats have to participate in this or can republicans between their majority in the house and senate get this through? >> the fact remains that the republicans in the senate do

not have a super majority so they have to rely on democrats for these votes and chuck schumer said so many times that, you know, border wall funding over my dead body, basically and you see republicans in congress realizing that maybe he's telling the truth and i just don't see democrats coming to the table on that. leland: all right. well, we'll see if a deal a made. it's going to be a long week for you, jennifer, thank you for coming in the weekend before. >> thank you. leland: here on fox news we'll cover it wall to wall. media buzz tomorrow, howard kirtz sits down to talk about president trump's first 100 days in office, as well as tucker's move to his new time slot, 8 p.m., that starts on monday. media buzz, 11 a.m. eastern tomorrow. and the debate on the government shutdown continues on fox news sunday. james langford of the appropriations committee sits down with chris wallace for an exclusive interview. obviously, senator langford key

in all of these negotiations. as always, check your local listings for show times. elizabeth: and gunmen dressed in army uniforms storming a compound in afghanistan. one government says says more than 100 army personnel have been killed or wounded. ten attackers, two of whom carried out suicide attacks and eight others were killed in battle. one taliban spokesperson claiming responsibility for the attack in an e-mail sent to different media outlets. leland: more than 200 hostages including members of qatar's royal family were released to iraqi officials friday after what were complex and sensitive negotiations. the deal entailed releasing a party of bird hunters kidnapped. the hostage deal was tied to one of the largest population transfers in syria's six-year

long civil war, involving the trading of prisoners and evaluations of civilians in neighboring syria. elizabeth: vice-president mike pence saying the ball is in china's court to rein in his unruly neighbor. his remarks coming from australia, the latest trip . >> as president trump made clear a few short days ago, if china is unable to deal with north korea, the united states and our allies will. elizabeth: china, as well as russia, have moved military resources to their borders with the hermit kingdom. so let's bring in heritage foundation senior research fellow for east asia studies, thank you for joining us, dean. >> thank you for having me. elizabeth: i want your reaction to the media showing the show of force. is it products tiff in this

particular instance? what's your reaction to the movement that we're seeing? >> well, as we're watching the major players moving forces around north korea, on the one hand, it is hopefully a reminder to kim jong-un that he truly is isolated, but at the same time, it's also reinforcing to him the message that he has no one that he can rely upon, other than himself, and therefore his nuclear forces. elizabeth: he can't rely on japan -- or on china? >> no, if anything, there have been word of chinese moving closer to the border and i don't think that it's the chinese moving to support north korea, really, guarding against instability in north korea. elizabeth: he does have an arsenal, though, not necessarily with a lot of capability to reach other countries, but he does have an arsenal. >> he has quite an arsenal and more than enough reach to reach south korea. this is one of the great problems in any effort to deal with north korea is that north

korea literally has seoul, the capital of south korea, the largest city, the center of its economic and industrial capacity in its gunsights. the city of seoul is in the range of the dmz, demaltized zone. elizabeth: when i i want to ask you is the solution in any way military, or is it diplomacy? there's not a lot of communication, how do you conduct diplomacy. >> i think that too many people think that's the sum total of options. there are a few other options. one of the myths out there that north korea was one of the most sanctioned, until the banks were sanctioned we had more sanctions in zimbabwe than

north korea. there's the north korean companies and north korean states and seconds dri sanctions on china, their main economic partners to say, china, here is your choice, you can value the millions of dollars of trade you have with north korea, or the billions of dollars of trade you have with the united states, with japan, with south korea, and with the rest of the civilized world. elizabeth: why haven't we seen that yet? >> i think that part of it has been that we all sort of default to, what can planes and tanks and aircraft carriers do. to give mr. trump some credit, the man is a business man by training and experience and more likely to think about financial tools first. second of all, one time when we did try something like that in 2005 against the north korean bank, the north koreans reacted very badly and for whatever reason, everybody everyone said let's not got there instead of saying, if this hurts, maybe we should double the pressure.

elizabeth: does it behoove anyone to see north korean crimped economically. china does not want to see that. when we talk about sanctions with north korea that doesn't just impact north korea. >> no, that's absolutely right. china is-- we the u.s., and south korea and japan are worried about nuclear weapons because they're aimed at us. and china is pretty confident they're not aimed at them. we're worried about the collapse and millions of refugees crossing into china. so, that's one of the reasons why they are very reluctant to act that way and way at the end. day in a sense it's up to us us to sort of present that very stark choice, of do something to north korea, or suffer economic sanctions and whatever it is you choose to do, we need to at least acknowledge that it could have consequences that will affect china because i think part of what the chinese are saying, do you understand america, what are the consequences of your actions might be.

elizabeth: do you suppose we'll another chest shortly? >> there are a lot of reports about the activity at north korea's nuclear sites. elizabeth: i saw, that they're playing volleyball, is that what-- i read that volleyball, interesting. >> so, it's-- >> thank you so much. it's interesting. it's a scary time, but thanks for breaking it down. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. elizabeth: leland. leland: and a fox news alert coming to us from none other than the twitter account. you can see beyond my shoulder, the president's motorcade lining up at the rainy white house. getting ready to visit walter reed medical center with melania, looking forward to seeing our bravest and greatest americans. secret service saying the motorcade should pull out sometime in the next little while. we'll let you know when they get to wallet-- walter reed and hopefully get some video of him greeting the troops.

from the twitter page, i will be holding a big, capital letters, rally in pennsylvania. looking forward to it. in case you're keeping saturday of next week is the president's # 100th day in office. he can with see some of the earth day protesters. and the first round of the most unpredictable election in modern french history. the mad campaigning came to a premature end after a gunman killed a police officer on the champs-elysees in paris. our greg palkot is standing by in paris with a little bit more on that. coming up after the break, including what two of the candidates want to do when it comes to the united states. it is, shall we say, a sobering report from greg coming up. we'll be right back. you don't let anything

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welcome back to the white house ap they're certainly watching this throughout the weekend. nearly one third of french voters say they don't know who they will cast their ballot for tomorrow in france's presidential election, making the results as unpredictable as

they are significant for n.a.t.o., for the united states' economy and of course for the european union as a whole. greg palkot in paris, a city reeling from yet another terror attack there, hi, greg. >> hey, leland, you can use all sorts of words to describe these presidential elections. important, unpredictable and, yes, tense. the united states are watching affairs here very closely. voters go to the polls tomorrow and choosing between 11 different candidates for their next president, and then, the two top vote getters will go on to a runoff two weeks from now. now, neither of the leading candidates are from the major party. emmanuel macron is an independent moderate and marine le pen. the voters are dissatisfied with a stagnant economy and very worried about security and that was underscored by thursday's attack on the

champs-elysees which left one officer dead and two others injured. it's treated by the government as terrorism, and isis is claiming responsibility. just today it was revealed the gunman kareem cheurfi was monitored by the government and fell through the cracks. they're taking no chances with the vote and adding to the ranks of 50,000 police officers, security officers, who will be assigned to watch the polling places as the public turns out. they want to avoid any repeat of the thursday violence. the campaigning is over, but the last statements coming from the candidate played to those concerns, especially from anti-immigrant marine le pen. she's going for the expulsion are all terrorist suspects and the shutting down of french borders. yes, the electorate is very undecided. take a listen to what we heard today.

>> do i think about your presidential election. >> it's a mess. no matter who the president will be, 80% of the wouldn't vote for this personments it's not very clear. we have afraid a little. >> the most unfavorable result for the united states, i cording to many analysts, is that the french choose as their next president someone who wants to get out of n.a.t.o., who wants to get out of the european union, or who wants to do both. that's thought to be highly unlikely, but in this election season anything is possible. leland. leland: now, we have certainly learned that over the past year or so. greg palkot on the streets of paris, back to you tomorrow with results as well. thanks, greg. liz. elizabeth: well, up ahead, joining us to talk about the presidential elections, we'll have more on that coming up. and are sanctuary cities

refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities under the threat of federal funding laws? the justice department promising to get tough. anita vogel joins us from los angeles with the approach. yes, that's right, the battle over sanctuary cities is heating up, especially here in the golden state and now there are big bucks on the line. attorney general jeff sessions and homeland security jeff sessions to tour the border and combat sanctuary cities. the justice department has sent letters to nine different cities identified by the obama administration as having policies that potentially violate federal law, but still receive millions of dollars in federal grants. sessions says these cities have until june 30th to offer up legal justifications for flouting federal law or risk losing millions of dollars. >> sanctuary jurisdictions put criminals back on the streets.

they help these gangs to refill their ranks and put innocent lives, including the lives of countless law abiding immigrants, in danger by refusing to share vital information with federal law enforcement. >> now, as you might imagine, those statements and others didn't go over so well with the number of california lawmakers to back the policies. and kevin deleon essentially calling the trump administration racist. quote, it's abundantly clear that the attorney general sessions and the trump administrations are basing their policies on principles of white supremacy and not american values. he went on to pledge their policies will be challenged for over level. and that draw a strong reaction from jeff sessions who called the remarks despicable. and one assemblyman adding that deleon's statements were

ridiculous. it's a war of words for now and we'll see what happens as that june 30th deadline approaches. last month there was a 64% decrease in illegal immigration from march of last year, back. elizabeth: anita vogel reporting live. appreciate it. leland: a live look at the march for science underway in chicago. live updates from nos rallies across the country as thousands take to the streets along with the white house response to it aum. and back to work for congress, juggling a contested slight of issues. is the president ready to make some deals? >> we're doing well on health care, we'll see what happens, but this is a great bill. this is a great plan and this will be great health care. it's evolving.

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>> looking to keep this campaign promise, since president trump is pushing for another chance to pass a new replacement to obamacare as early as this week. the republican lawmakers unify behind this bill or will the fractions within the party bust another opportunity. our political panel is here to discuss the atlanta radio host and civil rights attorney. and an iraq where veteran and contributor "the hill" newspaper. thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you. elizabeth: chris, i want to start with you. i heard a congressman on another network, a member of the house freedom caucus, the hard line that didn't agree to the initial repeal and replace. he seemed very optimistic and i want to ask you what your take on that, do you get the sense that members of the freedom house caucus will be willing to get on board this round?

>> i think it will be interesting to see. the president needs to step forward and make the case and i think there's a chance they will have the coats this time. and the on thing worse than egg on your face is putting egg on your phone face. they don't want to have any surprises when it's time to tally the votes. elizabeth: robert, i want to bring you in on the conversation. there are things that they want changed. we obviously don't have any proof of that. do you have any idea of democrats on board this time. >> the president said he's reaching out to the democratic caucus, making a negotiation only between the white house and white house republicans. he's got to get on the road and explain what it is to the american people. if he's able to articulate that, the democrats could come cross. but there's been no outreach to the democrats. elizabeth: there are some

examples of maine where they can opt in and out of pieces of the health care law. would that get democrats on board or forsee that really only appealing to republicans and why? >> this has only been appeal to republicans. the white house isn't working with house democrats. they haven't held any meetings with the democrat caucus as it exists. at this point if the president has another failure on health care, we can see the republicans abandoning ship. he has to have a win and reaching across the aisle. >> if he's not reaching across the aisle and lawmakers have been home for the past two weeks, we've seen videos across the country of some pretty feisty town halls. he still has quite a burden on his hands to get to those republicans. >> he sure does and i don't disagree with anything i just heard, but i will say this is how politics works. president obama did not reach across the aisle when they drew the line in the sand what they wanted, but at this point it's coming down to the details and

making sure they have the votes ahead of time before they have a second go round. if i was the president just like lynn dodon baynes johnson,d go to the congress. if they step up and a huge opportunity. elizabeth: robert, i have time for one more question and i want to ask you strategy-wise, i know it's insides baseball, but i've heard there have been appeals before they go to the house to try to get some of the senators on board? do you think it's a smart move? when we talked about it earlier, the house didn't approve anything really, in that first repeal and replace, but we knew that it wasn't going to get to the senate either. >> i think what the president has to do is not only talk to senators, but make the bill clear to the american people. what they are talking about is a three-part plan that where there's part one repeal and then replacement is in another secret part. the american people don't know what's going to be in the new health care bill. until it's made clear to the american people, you can't

count on getting democratic sport for the full house caucus. he cannot afford to have another failure on health care at this point in his presidency. and remember when we don't remember what's inside. flashback to speaker pelosi saying we have to pass it to see what's inside. that's a top elk for another day, leland. leland: back here at the white house as the rain comes down this saturday, we're awaiting president trump to head over to walter reed medical center with the first lady to visit some of those injured in the line of duty. more from the president's trip as it happens. the international space station has taken delivery of more than 7,000 pounds of new supplies, and with it, the memory of legendary astronaut john glenn, who, as you might remember, passed away in december. in his honor, nasa named their latest supply ship after the pioneer sass naug-- astronaut.

he orbitted the earth and as a senator, he broke records again as the oldest person to fly in space at age 77. the ss john glenn spacecraft launch came hours after china successfully docked its first spacecraft on its own space lab. china made it a top priority to have their own space station up and running by 2020. elizabeth: and coming up, millions of puzzled over the mind and motive of the paris gunman's senseless slaughter. this, as cautious french voters prepare to cast ballots. ahead, a convicted russian computer criminal reacts to his sentencing fate. >> i think today was a bad day for cyber hackers. the idea that the internet is some kind of wild west where anything goes is an idea of the past.

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>> a russian cyber criminal who hacked into america's digital wallet has been given a 27-year prison term. his father is a member of the russian parliament was ordered to repay 170 million after his conviction in the u.s. courts. prosecutors in seattle say the man stole lucrative financial data from thousands of businesses and banks and from millions of credit card holders. >> he's someone who tried to take carding to the next level, and who engaged in conduct that was meant to make getting stolen credit cards as easy as getting online and buying a book from amazon. elizabeth: russia is condemning the arrest as an illegal kidnapping and prosecution. leland: this week's shootout with an isis-inspired terrorist on paris' champs-elysees could

be enough to drastically change europe. voters head to the polls in france's most significant election of our time, something that they're certainly watching this weekend at the white house. the attack is fresh meat for marine le pen, the nationalist candidate that wants france out of the european union and talked a lot about france's immigration issues. geo, the author of terror in france, the rise of the jihad in the west joining us now from paris. good to see you, sir. >> hello. leland: our greg palkot on the ground in paris covering the election reported that one third of french voters have not decided how they will cast their ballot tomorrow. the question is it, how big of an effect has this latest attack, the third significant attack in just a few months, had on voters? >> well, it's not clear that,

you know, the islamic state terrorists are going to be able to take the french election hostage, as they had intended to, from the scratch. because you know, this attack took place after a respite of ten months. the last attack happened in july of 2016. in the meanwhile, a number of attacks have been foiled by french intelligence who managed to nip them in the bud. when you look what's happened in the pseudo caliphate, the isis fighters are how being tracked down by the coalition bombing, they're being droned and don't have that time and that capacity to perform efficient attacks on european soil, entrenched soil in particular. so,the only thing they could do and which is bad enough was to kill this policeman the other night, but this, i believe, is not going to be able to change

the mind of voters. you know. i don't think that voters will vote in a panic for the extreme right. on the contrary, it looks like the matter was happenedled rather well after years of by the police and the software-- >> mr. kepel, the president of the united states seems to disagree with you from across the atlantic ocean. here is what he tweeted about another terror attack in paris, the president writing the people of france will not take much more of this, will have a big effect on the presidential election. let's zoom out here a little bit and think about the presidential election, not only in terms of the terror attacks, but also in terms of what it means for france's membership in the european union and in terms of what it means for the united states. how significant could the result be in terms of a change of the geopolitical structure that we've seen for so many

decades? >> well, i hate to disagree with the president of the united states, of course, but it's not that sure that marine le pen, the far right candidate who wants france out of the european union will win. the last polls still show, the polls after the attack show that emmanuel macron, the sort of left right candidate is still ahead of her. leland: just to pick up on that, marine le pen may not be the best candidate in terms of the united states. she's very anti-american and we've heard neo conservative analysts who say that macron's latest response to the attack is called inspiring. >> marine le pen is the only candidate that visited trump's headquarters among french candidates or french hopefuls.

but i don't think that she's going to be able to make it as of now. we'll wait until tomorrow night when we have the results of the first round. she's probably going to be a candidate for the second round. she's been one of the first frontrunners. who is going to be the other one is the-- the person who is leading now is emmanuel macron in the polls. will he be able to-- >> we've got to run, sir, i apologize. we've got to run, i apologize. the results tomorrow, 2 p.m. eastern from paris already, it will be 8 p.m. there. gilles kepel appreciate it. elizabeth: what caused an incident in an airline cabin and how the airline is responding. also, what caused san francisco to virtually shut down yesterday? we'll tell you just ahead. ♪

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with many stuck in elevators or city traffic that ground to a stop, quite literally. traffic now moving once again. the local utility blamed a massive circuit breaker failure. no one was injured and no traffic collisions were reported, but the city's cable cars that climb halfway to the stars as the famous song goes, were taken out of service as a precaution. elizabeth: american airlines is apologizing for alleged altercation involving a mother and a flight attendant. it happened friday as the crowded plane was getting ready to take off for dallas from san francisco. the american airlines employee allegedly took a stroller from a passenger holding a baby, hitting her with it in the process, narrowly missing the infant. witnesses say the distraught mother was pleading with other flight attendants for consideration and that's when a fellow passenger got up to defend the woman. in a statement, american airlines said the actions of our team member captured here do not appear to reflect

patience or empathy, two values necessary for customer care, in short we are disappointed by these actions. the american team member has been removed from duty while we immediately investigate this incide incident. leland: wow. elizabeth: i will say, leland, you know, it's hard flying the friendly skies these days, i tell you what, i fly with a child so i may be staying home for a couple of weeks, i'm not sure i want to get smacked around. leland: not so friendly, what a difference between american airlines handled this and how united handled an incident a couple of weeks ago. elizabeth: right. leland: you can imagine american is thankful they had the united example to learn from. elizabeth: i respect the doctor, but when there's an infant involved, it's a whole new level, i'll say that. leland: a reminder that part of this is caught on camera, truly everything is caught on camera and every incident can turn into a national crisis, as it did for united and also caught on camera will be president donald trump who arrives at walter reed medical center in

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here's the scene right now in new york city. we're going to go live to the streets of d.c. leland: and thousands of homes are threatened by a major brush fire in florida at this hour. take a look at these pictures from southern florida, now the national guard is heading in to help put those flames out. ♪ ♪ leland: one week from today marks president donald trump's 100th day in office. we know he's headed to pennsylvania for a major rally next saturday. meantime though, the next seven days promise some really big challenges; the threat of a government shutdown and now talk of possible votes on health care reform. add to that the president catching his own staff by surprise with a promise of a tax reform plan sometime this coming week. kristin fisher inside the press briefing room where the president's staff is, shall we say, definitely working through the weekend. >> reporter: yeah, i think

that's safe to say that's an understatement, leland. let's start with the government shutdown because that's the one deadline that really can't be moved here. yesterday president trump's budget director, mick mulvaney, said that he's confident that they will be able to avoid a government shutdown, that they will be able to pass a spending bill. but just in case, precautionary measures are already being taken. mulvaney said his office is going over contingency plans in case their funding expires on friday before congress is able to pass a new spending bill. so the thing to really watch here is how hard d both sides of pennsylvania avenue dig in on their key issues. does president trump insist on funding for his border wall? do the members of the conservative house freedom caucus insist on defunding planned parenthood which has been a real sticking point for them in the past? so this is really going to be the first big test for republicans and president trump in terms of passing a budget.

and it's coming right at the same time, the very same week that president trump is also pushing, putting pressure on them to get a vote on health care as well, leland. leland: and you add to this now, kristin, the possibility that we're hearing rumblings, you might say, between the white house and capitol hill of possibly trying to roll both the government shutdown deal and a repeal and replace of obamacare in together. what are you hearing in terms of realistically the chances of a health care vote déjà vu? >> reporter: well, a health care vote at the very earliest could come on wednesday, but a lot of folks say even that would be a very tall order. president trump earlier in the week seemed fairly confident that a vote could come, the word he used was that there was a good chance. but then yesterday he seemed a little bit more skeptical. listen. >> [inaudible] how are you going to accomplish all that? >> it's going to be great. well, it'll happen. >> you're going to do health care and --

>> it'll happen. we'll see what happens. no particular rush, but we'll see what happens. but health care's coming along well, government is coming along really well. a lot of good things are happening. thank you, folks. >> you're going to get a health care vote next week? >> don't know. doesn't matter if it's next week. next week doesn't matter. >> reporter: there has been some progress on health care. the leaders of two house republican groups who clashed on the last bill have reached an agreement on language of a new amendment to the replacement plan, and that language would preserve essential health benefits for subscribers, it would guarantee coverage for pre-existing conditions, allow dependents to stay on their parents' plan to age 26, it would keep insurance rates equal regardless of health status, but it would also allow states to seek limited waivers to opt out of those provisions. passing a health care bill and spending bill all in one week, that is a very tall order. but then president trump added even more to congress' workload with this announcement just

yesterday. >> we will will be having a big announcement on wednesday having to do with tax reform. the process has begun long ago, but it formally begins on wednesday. >> reporter: so that was president trump telling his treasury secretary, steve mnuchin, to get it done, get tax reform done. it's very clear that he wants to score some legislative wins before his first 100 days are over. leland? leland: and we'll see what kind of concessions have to be done to make that happen. kristin fisher working the weekend as well. thanks, kristin. liz? elizabeth: well, the rain is not deterring thousands of people from hitting the streets here in washington where the march for science is underway. it's one of more than 500 rallies scheduled across the globe today, which is also earth day, to protest what they say is an attack on science. james rosen is on the ground at the national mall. james, tell us, what are you seeing? is the rain clearing up at all? >> reporter: it is not. in fact, it seems, elizabeth, to

be intensifying. but it is doing nothing really to diminish the enthusiasm of the tens of thousands of americans who have come from great distances in some cases to be here on the national mall for this first march for science. it's an extraordinary scene in respects because it's very festive, although you do have a heavy police presence as well. people are carrying signs, they're selling stuff, and the basic aim of this march is to promote what they see as, well, to bring attention to what they see as a disrespect for science that is creeping into broader culture. they see this in the dismissal of some of the facts that are arrayed in the climate change debate or the debate over vaccines, they see it in decreasing funding levels for science-based educational programs and so forth. but all in all, it seems to be unfolding without incident. they've got an enormous stage and video screen set up, and they've heard from people like bill nye the science guy and one of the organizers, questlove, of

the roots, elizabeth. elizabeth: one more question, james, because i had read that this event is nonpartisan, but i do have to ask you since you are out in the streets, is think of this aimed at the trump administration? any protests or sign to be critical of the administration? >> reporter: let's just say this isn't donald trump's crowd, per se. the organizers of this march for science told the associated press it really isn't aimed at any particular president or donald trump specifically. we spoke with a few of the folks who showed up, some from very far away, indeed, minneapolis and st. paul and also new haven, connecticut, who told us this isn't aimed at the president or any particular ideology. >> no, i don't think this is entirely the republican party's fault. i, you know, i look back and review the candidates, and, you know, i do have different views, but we can respect and and have a conversation about this. when you have intelligent conversation and you're willing to listen to both sides, that's

when things happen. and this particular bigot does not listen to anybody but his own views is and his own small-minded world. >> it's definitely not isolated to the right. >> it's not, no. not at all. >> i think it's a problem that all of us have to recognize, even presumably the most progressives, the most accepting of sciences have to combat their own biases and struggles. >> reporter: part of the prevailing sentiment -- and there's no official crowd estimate, but by hi be observation, we're looking at several tens of thousands of people -- science has been downgraded by culture as being too intellectual or elitist. they think that science should be proto moted as hip and cool and vital. i do feel compelled to tell you though that this rally has witnessed some of the geekiest placards and hand signs i've ever seen. one of them said up and atom, it

was replaced by the symbol for atom, and another said what do we want? evidence-based science, when do we want it, after peer review which, of course, is a reference to the scientific process by which the academic community verifies conclusions and findings. elizabeth: right. believe it or not, james, i get it. i do get it. and you know what? you are hip and cool and vital, and we appreciate that. >> reporter: thank you, elizabeth. take care. [laughter] elizabeth: a little bit later in the show we're going to speak with one scientist in the running to become president trump's science adviser. we're going to get his response the these protests. leland: i think the only time james rosen has been called hip and cool on television. the negotiations going on this weekend not only to keep the government open, but maybe squeeze in a vote on repealing and replacing obamacare. here to weigh in, somebody who will be voting on all of those things, congresswoman claudia tenney of the great state of new york. she sits on the financial

services committee and has a background in small business and manufacturing as well. nice to see you, ma'am, thank you for coming in on a weekend. >> thank you so much. i'm grateful to be here. thank you. leland: all right. quick yes or no to button a couple of things up, and then we'll get into some of the issues. government going to shut down or not? >> i don't think so. i think the president is working hard to make sure that doesn't happen. i think you're seeing some polling that shows everybody's going to be equally to blame if the government shuts down, but i'm hoping they put plans in place to, when i see the budget bill, something that will work toward reducing our nearly $20 trillion debt, that that clock which is always shown in my financial services committee meetings and a serious problem with this country. but hopefully, we'll continue and put measures in place to make sure we don't shut down the government, but we continue on our path to reduce the deficit which is a threat to the united states. leland: well, and the big question always is how are you going to reduce it, where are you going to cut. nobody seems to agree on that.

something else nobody's agreeing on right now is the repealing and replacing of obamacare, something that you've been passionate about as a small business owner. you've talked about the impact it's had, but republicans have not been able to come up with a cohesive deal, and thousand there's talk -- now there's talk of trying to jam it through ahead of the 100-day mark on saturday. voting on repealing and replacing obamacare, yes or no? >> yeah, i've heard the plan. i know the plan last time was a tough one, but i am so proud of my new york delegation. we fought hard to get a great deal for new york. i think it helps that we have the president who hails from new york state. we had a wonderful deal which included removing the local tax burden on our local taxpayers in new york state which is something unusual and unique to new york. we were thrilled that that was going to be taken care of by the president. hopefully, we'll come through with another deal which will make it better. honestly, you know, new york state is very different than the rest of the country in terms of our medicaid expansion --

leland: well, i get that. >> yeah. leland: it seems as though you want something great for new york, understandable you need to fight for your constituents. the freedom caucus wants things that are great for their districts as well. other people say, hey, we can't afford any of this, it's just too much spending. is there a deal to be made? because we know that the democrats just seem to love saying no right now to this. >> yes, unfortunately, they do. i'll be honest with you, i've heard this said by democrats, if you replaced obamacare with obamacare, we would still vote no because it's a republican initiative. leland: it's amazing what congress people say to each other behind closed doors. there's all sorts of honesty going on. i want to get to this which is a touching moment and story that you had with the president that involves your son. we have some pictures of the first lieutenant who's shipping off to iraq not so long from now. there he is with his mother and a beautiful dog. and in the meantime, we saw this

situation arise this week when you were with the president. take a listen, and then we're going to let you explain it. >> okay, thank you. >> how about you get the first. can you handle that? >> okay. for my son. >> oh, that's even better. i like it. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. he's a great boy. leland: so the marine first lieutenant is going to get a pen from the president to head off to iraq, and he also got a phone call as well. >> yeah, it was a really special moment. i was -- didn't know if it was appropriate to say anything, so it was just so wonderful of senator purdue to say to the president, hey, congresswoman tenny's son is a first lieutenant in the marine corps, he's deploying very soon to iraq and kuwait, is there any way she could get an autograph from you. and i pulled out a piece of stationery, and the president said, absolutely. he sat down and he wrote him a note, and then he said, can i call him? i said, absolutely. [laughter]

to which i said, god, i hope my son answers the phone. i called on my cell phone, and i said will you take a call from potus? i texted him that. and then i handed the phone to the president, and the president got on the phone and said, hi, this is president trump. i'm so proud of you. this is, we're so glad you're serving our country, and where are you, where are you going? we're just really, you know, just a wonderful conversation. and i was just -- my son afterwards handed the phone back to me, and he was stunned. i mean, we were, it was just a wonderful moment, and the president just showed, you know, a soft side of him, how caring he is, how much he cares about our troops. it was just so thoughtful, and we're grateful. and i think my son remains just stunned today. and i'm going to be bringing him the pen that was handed to me. and, again, senator purdue was so gracious in doing that. it was really wonderful. leland: what a wonderful memory for a mom and for her son. godspeed to your son.

we thank him for his service, although i'm sure a lot of people are now after the president has. and thank you. the president right now on his way to walter reeled medical center -- reed medical center. congresswoman, thanks for being here. we appreciate it, and we'll be talking to you throughout the week. >> thank you so much, leland. it's an honor. leland: all the best. elizabeth: democrats are bringing their message to the people, a unity tour headlined by dnc chair tom perez and senator bernie sanders is hitting the country. but the question remains is there really unity between the establishment and the progressive wings of the party? a new book out this week highlighting an exclusive look at the clinton campaign's miscalculation of that ideological divide. jonathan allen, co-author of the new book "shatter ored: inside hillary clinton's doomed campaign," joins me now from new york. jonathan, thank you so much. my fist question -- first question, should those on the unity tour be reading this book

as they hit on that tour? >> absolutely. s this is the first behind the scenes look at the clinton campaign, what went wrong with that. i think a lot of it speaks to what went wrong for the democratic party in particular, some of the debates about whether or not they should be turning mostly to their base and trying to turn people out or trying to persuade people. this campaign spent a lot of time working on the base and very little time on persuasion, and it's one of the things that brought down the clinton campaign. elizabeth: all right, let's talk more about that. you know, no team is perfect, and i certainly want to get to the candidate as well. but at times throughout your book it seemed exceptionally toxic. and it came not only down to access to the candidate, it came to how to handle the media, trying to find out who was responsible for leaks coming out and also simply where the campaign was headed and where they were going to be campaigning. so was there just too much going on behind the scenes? is that common for a campaign, or was this particularly toxic? >> it's common for a campaign

that's struggling with its message, that's struggling a little bit with its purpose to have internal discord. and, frankly, discord is fine as long as the grievances are aired and thoughtfully discussed and you come to an agreement on a way forward. but i think there was a lot of dissent in the way that the campaign was managed. people who did dissent found that they were not listened to or were pushed aside up to and including president clinton who complained a lot that he he wast being allowed to try the persuasion techniques that he believes are integral to successful politics. he wanted to go out into parts of the country where hillary clinton was a little less popular where there were voters on the fence or who didn't like her and try the doorly forward -- carry forward a message that would be helpful. he was often told he ought to stick to speaking to the base and, you know, right now he looks like he was, he was pretty

prescient about the way the campaign was failing to reach out across the divide. elizabeth: yeah, you bring up, certainly, you weave in a number of conversations throughout the book that are very compelling. you know, we talk so much about the candidate after the election, and in your book in one particular chapter called "the aftermath," you mention her not being accepting of defeat. there was definitely a blame game. but then you went on later to say that she really did bear the blame, so what is it? if she came to that realization, when? >> listen, right after the election within 24 hours the campaign had settled on a communications strategy that was very much focused on external factor toes; russia, the fbi -- factors; russia, the fbi, the media. and what that meant is they didn't have to spend a lot of time looking at themselves or pointing to their own flaws. and, you know, for a democratic party that's trying to move forward and be competitive, i think there are a lot of lessons to be earn willed from this --

learned from this campaign. and as long as they are blaming external factors, they're not really doing the analysis that's going to help them move forward, because those factors will not be the same. and some of them were very unique to hillary clinton. certainly, the e-mail server issue, they believe the media overcovered it. you had an fbi investigation into a sitting candidate, it was a -- a running candidate. you had a situation with that e-mail server that is entirely self-inflicted by hillary clinton and whether the media magnified that or not to, it was certainly a factor for the entirety of the election and, in fact, even before she ran. so i don't -- it's not just the way that i think about this. some of the sources that my co-author, amie parnes, and i talked to said they felt hillary clinton was not being very reflective about this. elizabeth: right. and here's a woman who's been in the public eye even before arkansas. jonathan, thank you so much. of course, for our viewers, "shattered" is available to them, it's fascinating.

thank you so much for joining us, sir. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me on. leland: and something they are watching here at the white house, the marches for science going on across the country right now. we're going to have the white house response. and as these marches continue, we are going to chat with a scientist who is bucking the trend on what the folks who are there in chicago are saying about our world. ♪ ♪ hey, the future, what's her problem? apparently, i kept her up all night. she said the future freaks her out. how come no one likes me, jim? intel does! just think of everything intel's doing right now with artificial intelligence. and pretty soon ai is going to help executives like her see trends to stay ahead of her competition. no more sleepless nights. - we're going to be friends! - i'm sorry about this. don't be embarrassed of me, jim. i'm getting excited about this! we know the future. we're going to be friends! because we're building it.

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just the past few weeks. leland: more than 100 afghan army personnel have been killed or wounded at an army base there in that country, still very much in war. a government official saying that gunmen wearing army uniforms entered the compound with a military vehicle of some type and then began shooting. david lee miller live at our mideast bureau where it is already late saturday night. hi, david lee. >> reporter: leland, we know that this attack on friday has caused a massive death toll. it has steadily risen. what we do not know yet is the precise number. as you say, the latest estimates are over 100 afghan soldiers were killed. we do know that this was the largest single lethal assault targeting afghan forces. the taliban has taken responsibility for the attack. this is at a base in the northern part of the country. according to afghan authorities, the army base was infiltrated by

two suicide bombers and eight gunmen wearing armien uniformings. they -- army uniforms. the soldiers were praying at as mosque when the attack began. the attackers, the two of them wearing suicide vests, detonated their twices inside the mosque. the other taliban gunmen died in a shootout with the soldiers. one soldier believes the taliban could not have pulled this off without assistance from at least someone at the base. >> translator: three people in an afghan army national vehicle started shooting on us when we finished friday prayers. i don't know, maybe they had someone inside to help them to bring the vehicle inside. there are seven the eight checkpoints inside the main gate, and without inside help, this vehicle could not have entered the compound. >> reporter: afghanistan's president traveled to the base and prayed for those who died. he also called the attackers infidels and said tomorrow, sunday, would be a day of

national mourning with the flag flown at half staff. relatives of victims were also at the base trying to locate the bodies of loved ones for burial. and in an e-mail to journalists, the taliban laid out the motive for this attack. they said it was in retaliation for the death of a taliban governor in another province. their e-mail to journalists also had an ominous warning, said there would be other attacks targeting the military and police and warped of, quote -- and warned of, quote: operations this year that will be painful. leland. leland: yeah. we've always seen a spring offensive from the taliban. david lee miller live in jerusalem. dade lee, thanks. elizabeth: all right. this is a fox news alert. breaking details about president trump's visit right now to walter reed medical center. the white house confirms to fox news the president will present a purple heart to a service member during his visit today. of course, we will share more

details as they become available. the president will continue his visit, he'll meet with a number of wounded warriors before returning to the white house before he departs walter reed today. another live look from the march for science where people are celebrating earth day. still ahead, we will talk to one scientist who has met with the president, and he's in the running to become his science adviser. and the president is back the making promises on health care, saying that a new bill could pass as early as next week, but can he deliver? we'll debate coming up. ♪ ♪

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administration, and here to discuss all this, white house correspondent for the hill tune, jordan, thank you so much for joining us. i really want to talk about what's coming up on april 28th, because lawmakers have a lot to accomplish just when it comes to passing a budget, nothing else. not when we hear about tax reform, health care, they have to pass a budget. and do you suppose they will do that maybe in a continuing resolution? are they going to kick the can down the road? are they going to dismiss all or some of the things that president trump wants them to include in the budget? >> so right now it's looking likely they'll have to buy more time for themselves to reach a deal. there's no deal to be had right nowen on a broader funding bill -- now on a broader funding bill to take us through the end of the year, is they might need to pass a bill that would fund the government for a week, let's say, maybe two -- elizabeth: they just did that. this is a continuing resolution, what we're looking at right now.

five months ago they had said, listen, we have these broad goals, we're going to have a new administration, let's wait until april. well, it is april. there is a new administration. do we have any proof that they're going to get these things accomplished? >> it's going to be difficult especially because the white house has jumped into these negotiations and said we want funding for our border wall, we want language on sanctuary cities included in this funding measure. these are all poison pills for democrats. so they still need 60 votes in the senate to pass this kind of measure, and if they include something like that, it's very difficult to get it past the senate, and then you have a shutdown situation. and if the government shuts down under a republican president with a republican congress, it's going to be pretty damaging for both -- elizabeth: epic. okay. so what can republicans present to democrats? what is going on behind the scenes as far as do you know of any negotiations that are taking place? meaning, what are they offering to democrats? because, like you said, there's -- they need democrats. >> right.

so the offer put on the table at the end of this week by the office of management and budget director mick mulvaney was we'll give you, to democrats, continuing subsidies for obamacare insurance payments in exchange for border wall funding. now, democrats are saying, wait a second, that's money we need to keep the health insurance markets from collapsing. so that's not really a con -- concession, that's just something that should be done. so they might need to go back to the negotiating table this weekend and figure out something else. elizabeth: you brought up health care. there's been rumors swirling that we could see a new health care bill as early as this week, as if there's nothing else going on. is there a strategy there? do they need provisions in the new health care bill in order to get the budget through that they want? >> well, what they need really is a health care bill that canning get 216 votes -- that can get 216 votes, and right now it's not clear they have that.

there are these changes on the table. we had the conservatives in the freedom caucus and the moderates come together and present this so-called compromise, but there's no legislative language around it, and, you know, i've talked to some moderates in the house and leadership aides who say we're not sure these changes are enough to get the majority of votes. they're not going to want to put a bill on the table that doesn't have a majority because, if that fails, that's also going to look bad for them. elizabeth: okay, i don't want to put fuel on the fire, but one more question before we go. we heard the president say we could see a tax reform proposal on wednesday. is that distracting? what is the purpose of his timing, you know? lawmakers have so much on their plates, why wednesday? >> president trump, we saw him last week say this 100 days metric is ridiculous but, in fact, i think he does care about it. he wants to show to his supporters that he can get big things done in the first 100 days, and that's why he's feeling pressure maybe on himself to put this tax reform plan out there.

and, look, we haven't heard many details about what it's going to include. i think this took some people on capitol hill by surprise that he wants to roll out this early. there haven't been consultations on the specifics of the plan so, yes, putting a huge tax reform plan out there when you're trying to keep the government open and pass a health care bill can be a bit of a distraction up on capitol hill. elizabeth: we thank you for breaking it all down, jordan. i'm sure we'll have you back and we'll have no shortage of conversation. >> absolutely. elizabeth elizabeth leland? leland: the secretary of defense continue his tour of a strategically vital part of the globe. the latest on his travels. and as thousands gather across the globe in the name of science, global warming is a top issue. we're going to get one response after the break. ♪ >> we increasingly are concerned about the lack of science in modern-day politics, and we want

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elizabeth: and this is a fox news alert. fox news just obtaining a photograph from president trump's visit to walter reed medical center where he presented a purple heart to a recovering service member during his visit. of course, we are just getting this information, and we'll bring you more details as we learn them. the president will continue to meet a number of wounded warriors before he departed walter reed today. very humbling. leland: yeah, i know. it's the president's first visit to walter reed. his wife melania there on this rainy saturday. and when you talk to either president bush or president obama, they will both tell you some of the most meaningful times of their presidency was meeting wounded soldiers and their families at walter reed, something that this president is now beginning. elizabeth: yeah. a pretty unbelievable, humbling experience for the president, and we're grateful to see photographs of that experience.

of course, like we said, we're working to learn the identity of that young man, so as soon as we get it, we will bring you more details. leland: the white house unit on that -- [inaudible] ♪ ♪ leland: well, here at the white house on a rainy saturday you're looking live now to chicago, live pictures of marches in the streets on what they are calling a march for science. one of their main issues, climate change. and the president's view of the issues. someone who, shall we say, disagrees with many marching today, physicist and princeton professor william happer. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. leland: from the north lawn here we can hear some of our chants, our james rosen out in the crowd showed us some of their signs. agreeably, it appears as though they are pretty unified in their view of the science behind climate change, and i'm wondering what they have wrong.

>> well, most of them don't know any science. it's sort of a religious belief for them. you know, if you were to test them, very few of them could tell you anything about the science of climate. leland: their argument is that there is not enough funding being put towards climate change research, we need more funding, they say, and we need to take the politics out of science. i guess it's a two-part question. first, were they the ones who put politics in science, or were -- was the president? and at the same time, do we need more funding? >> well, we've had eight years of very highly politicized, so-called research on climate, and it's not what most of us would recognize as real, scientific research. something where the outcome was demanded before the funding was provided. leland: well, i only got through tenth grade chemistry, but that does not exactly sound like the scientific method, to me.

from the white house today as we are looking at pictures of the national mall and some of the speakers, the white house saying we can and must protect our environment without harming america's working families. that is why my administration is reducing unnecessary burdens on american workers and american companies while being mindful that our actions must also protect the environment. and, professor, i know you've advised and talked with president trump about this. is there a happy medium where we can both protect the environment -- which everyone agrees is an important thing -- and at the same time not stifle american innovation, american creativity, american jobs? >> yes, of course there is. and the president is absolutely right about that. we should fix environmental problems and stop chasing these phantom problems that are really just religious, you know, dogma. leland: all right. professor happer, we appreciate your time.

come back and chat with us the next time you're in d.c. >> thank you. leland: all the best, sir. liz? elizabeth: well, coming up, another u.s. administration seeking peace in the middle east. next, we're going to discuss the strategic opportunities and obstacles in that very volatile region. ♪ ♪ [vo] quickbooks introduces jeanette

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♪ ♪ leland: secretary of defense mattis is in qatar today, tomorrow he travels to jabuti before heading back home after a whirlwind trip around the middle east. but yesterday during his stop in israel, america's top middle east ally made news. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, saying he, quote, welcomes great change under president trump. >> this has been appreciated around the world and in our region. i think this is a welcome change, a strategic change of american leadership and american policiment. leland: here for discussion, ben collins, former u.s. army special operations officer. good to see you, as always, buddy. >> you too, leland. leland: noteworthy, perhaps, that president trump retweeted the sound bite that you just heard, part of a longer statement by the prime minister, but it's clear as though the president is i drawing strength, if you will, and wanting to

really draw attention to this sea change. >> well, absolutely, leland. and i think, you know, a lot of the concern that people have is really seeded in the fact that american, i think, are finally -- a lot of americans, are waking up to the fact that we were, essentially, lulled to sleep by eight years of president obama's doctrine of hope, and that was i hope iran doesn't cheat on the deal or i hope that the syrian civil war just ends on its own or i hope that, you know, the yemen civil war takes care of itself. and for the first time, we're actually engaging on the world stage because, you know, certainly president trump and his military advisers know that hope is not a course of action. leland: we're engaging though -- reasonable people could agree that we're engaging in a very different way than the president talked about on the campaign trail. the iran deal's a terrible deal, i'm going to rip it up. hasn't happened. i'm going to move the 'em bibass

city in israel, hasn't happened. we're going to be friends with russia, now we have a terrible relationship with russia, and suddenly we're friends with china. is there a point where people like benjamin netanyahu have to wonder, gee, maybe friends today, but tomorrow things could change, the president decides to change course as well? what is the trump doctrine here? >> certainly. well, i think the trump doctrine is based in the reality of what exists in the world right now. what you see in mattis and what he's doing, you know, for a lot of those arab partners that we had over obama's term, you know, our relationship became extremely frayed for two reasons. one, you know, certainly after obama didn't back up his red line comment, but the fact that we're essentially just willing to do everything and let everything go just so we didn't upset iran and the iran deal. well, you know, the simple act of sending, you know, missiles into syria after the chemical attack told netanyahu that, look, american deterrence is back.

we are actually going to engage the world in a realistic fashion -- leland: so is this a little bit of a victory tour post the syria airstrike? >> i certainly think so. certainly from the, you know, the way that you're seeing mattis engage with the arab partners, saying we need to do more with saudi arabia, saying that iran is a clear, you know, state actor that is influencing everything in terms of hezbollah, you know, syria, the militias in syria and certainly the houthi-backed rebels in yemen. and remember certainly, especially israel. israel shares a border with syria, so they've got a lot at stake here -- leland: so, ben, the word you used was "engaged." where does this go from here? this was a president who campaigned, he said, basically, america first. we want out of the middle easts, we want out of the problems of the middle east. and suddenly now the way you're talking, this is a president and an administration who says we're reengaging, we're willing to bomb syria because of their use

of chemical weapons, and now the way you talk about the qataris and the saudis, they want a lot more than one strike on syria. >> well, i mean, look, the fact is that it is in our national interests to insure that the middle east doesn't become a completely unstable and unfriendly region. now, in terms of the attack in syria, look, everybody's pointing fingers at president trump suddenly and saying why did he act. the better question is why didn't the rest of the world act? we know that assad has been using chemical weapons for years in syria. and, by the way, everybody agreed to not use chemical weapons in international law. so suddenly the one country that's punishing assad for his actions, everybody's saying, oh, this is going to cause, you know, an upheaval. wake up, people. the fact is he's been using them against international norms. so why hasn't anybody else struck against assad? that's a better question. leland: i think it's colin powell who said something along the lines that nobody wants america to be the world's policeman, but they always call

the united states when they need a cop. that's what we've seen here in no uncertain terms. ben collins from aspen, colorado. more soon, buddy. >> thanks, leland. leland: thank you. elizabeth: up next, an out of this world i view of a bright light we all know very, very well. we'll explain. ♪ ♪ i accept i don't race down the slopes like i used to. i even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib,

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elizabeth: this is a fox news alert, we are learning more about president trump's visit to walter reed medical center where he presented a purple heart to sergeant first class alvaro barrentios. the president placed the purple heart on the sergeant's lapel. we're told he said when i heard about this, i wanted to do it myself. the president will continue his visit and meet with wounded warriors before he departs walter reed today. and, re land, i know you had representative tenney on. it's pretty unbelievable when he meets and works with some of these men and women in uniform just how, what an honor it is. you can really see how much it means to him when he meets with these men and women. leland: you do get a sense that he's changed as commander in chief. as we heard from the representative, heard that herring son was deploying to iraq, he says, hey, let me give him a call.

you can just imagine the pride he hears in that as we leave you from the white house today, a look from outer space reminding us that it is a very big world out there. this is the planet looking back from saturn's very icy rings. ♪ ♪ heather: a busy week ahead for president trump and members of congress returning from recess. lots going on today, nice to be with you here, i'm heather childers filling in for julie banderas. kelly: and i'm kelly wright. shifting his focus to tax reform while also saying he's in no real rush to get a vote on health care next week, this even as republican lawmakers say they're closing in on a compromise amid all of this