about two things. one, that he's had a heart. he wants to make sure he does what's in the interest of children in particular. but secondly, i think the president's priorities since he took office have been very clear that the focus would be on folks that are a danger to public safety. and that's what it's been. that's where it continues to be. i think he is someone who understa understands the issue and the priorities that need to get laid out by this country. >> i understand that he said the criminals would leave first. but last august he said daca defied federal law. does he still think it's illegal? >> i understand. i think comments that he made last week, that he understands that in a lot of cases this involves families and small children who have been here. he has a heart. we're going to work through the immigration process. what i'm trying to do is answer the question. that i think the president wants to make sure that he addresses the issue of illegal immigration

and all of its components. visa reform, the wall, all of these things in a system of priorities. right now the priority is to make sure the folks who present a public safety concern to the united states and our citizens are dealt with first. he's also very pleased through his action and his vision for how he wants to move forward on this sees a huge drop of illegal border crossing. that is a big accomplishment for this presidency and something we're obviously very proud of. >> what about amnesty -- >> i understand that. i have just walked through the question. jonathan? >> sean, how confident are you that there will not be a shutdown? can you guarantee that there will not be a government shutdown? >> i can't guarantee it. i think that the work that director mulvaney and others have made in these negotiations has been very positive. they feel very confident that that won't happen.

>> he won't insist that his priorities get funded on the border wall, increased security? >> that's not what i said. >> would he be willing to shut down the government? >> look, they're currently negotiating. we feel very confident that they understand the president's priorities and that will come to an agreement by the end of friday. >> 100 day, if i can just follow up. the contract with the american voters, the president promised ten pieces of legislation. now he's 0 for 10. only one has been introduced. >> he'll continue to work with congress. as he said in that document, i will work with congress to achieve these things. >> why have nine not even been introduced? >> when you look at what he has done in terms of the supreme court justice, the executive orders, the number of legislation, there's a lot that has gotten done. i remember very clearly the first few weeks and still to some extend the comments about

the pace we were keeping and have kept. the president has been extremely busy. when you recognize the amount of issues that he tackled, the amount of progress that he's made, it is very significant. and we will continue to present all of that truth the week. as i said to major, you can look at a few areas and nit pick a couple of them. but he has signed a number of executive orders. i understand that. i don't think there's any question that the president has done a significant amount for the american people on the issues that he has put forward during the campaign. jim? i'm not. no. those pieces are not small. but i'm saying in terms of overall what he has accomplished has been unbelievably significant. when you talk about the regulatory relief, the efforts he's made on immigration, on trade. all of those issues.

and again, what i'm trying to say, when you look at everything that he's done and the amount he's accomplished in these first 100 days you can go back and find an area one or two, he didn't do this. you have to look at it in totality, what he did get done. >> on the wall, why is there discussion about shutting down the discussion about paying for the wall? isn't mexico supposed to pay for the wall? >> i think the president has made clear initially that we needed to get the funding go ing. >> that is a promise the president made during the campaign. that mexico would pay for the wall. now we're having a discussion about the government might shut down over the wall. who's gonna pay for it? >> couple things. one, as i pointed out to jonathan, we feel very confident that the government is not going to shut down. the president has been very clear in the past about the fact that -- this is not a new thing. he talked about this. in order to get the wall rolling, he was going to have to

use the current appropriations process but would make sure that promise would be kept as far as the payment of it. >> if border crossings are down, and that's a talking point the president uses, is the wall even necessary? >> absolutely. the wall does several things. >> how can the border crossings be down. you're saying we're going to have drugs flowing if we don't have a wall. >> because you have a couple good months and a year. you want to make sure you take prudent long term steps. so the president will fulfill it. it's a promise he made to the american people. if you're coming in from our southern border, he had taken a lot of steps so far that has deterred border crossing. this will extend beyond his presidency. eight years from now the next president will have that wall in place to make sure that it doesn't continue. >> mexico is going to pay for it. >> alexis. >> on wednesday -- i have a few questions.

wednesday, when we saw the outline that the president was describing, will the president help aim congress toward a decision about whether the border adjustment tax is the right idea? an also, whether the pay for the wall that might be of interest to lawmakers will become evident as part of the outline of what he'd like to do in terms of tax reform? >> i don't mean to evade that, but i think there's a reason we chose that. we're waiting until wednesday to have the details out. we have a couple days before that happens, so i'm going to have to ask you to wait 48 hours. >> can you say whether we will have a general -- a better idea of where he is? >> you'll have a better idea of where the president stands on tax reform and what he wants to accomplish. john? >> wait wait. i have a follow-up. you were just describing secretary mnuchin describing

achieving an economic growth of 3% or higher. slightly lower than what the president talked about in the campaign, which was a very ambitious goal of 4%. i'm just trying to figure out, what is the timeline for that? is the president thinking he would like to achieve 3% or higher in first term because of the funds that the united states has abroad. that's a still ambitious goal, 3%. >> he has taken a lot of steps not just on the tax side but the regulatory side as well that are clearly paying dividends in terms of you're seeing, we talked ab this before, manufacturing come back and jobs coming back. there will be a recommitment of manufacturers, american companies to bring back jobs to grow, to hire, to expand here in the united states. and so i think that growth will precede the president's actions, both on the tax front and the regulatory side. john? >> first go around replacing obamacare was not successful. since then, are you any closer

to getting 218 votes to pass or replace the affordable care act? >> yes. [ laughter ] >> can you elaborate a little more than yes? >> first of all, we don't need 216. making it tougher on us right now. i do think that we have seen progress with members. in terms of some of the changes that have been made to make it a stronger bill. but we're getting close. as i mentioned at the outset, when i think the president feels confident that, or when the leadership of the house said they feel confident that they have the vote, i'm sure they'll call a vote. that's up to them to decide. >> a separate one. obviously a different process. the election over the weekend in france. any comments on the results that came out of france over the weekend? would the president be satisfied

with either alternative macon or le pens? >> it's up to the people of france to decide who their next leader is. we respect the decision that they make in may. so our job is to work with whomever the french people choose. anita. >> two questions. one, on the budget, what is the president doing -- i understand what they are doing. is he calling members? i don't see anything on his schedule for this week. are members coming over? >> as needed, he'll be involved. the legislative team has been giving him updates. as he's needed -- >> is he calling members? >> of course. i just mentioned he's having dinner tonight with senator mccain and senator graham. he's had lots of discussions with members at various times. we're not in a position now where he is actively engaging the way he was say the end of healthcare. as his team tells him that he needs phone calls.

but he is actively monitoring and giving updates. >> is he talking about his prioritys? >> i think his priorities have been crystal clear. starting in the first week of march he engaged with members of the house. this has been an on going discussion with the senior team here. and appropriators in the house in particular. >> on the second issue, on the 100 days, someone mentioned the president tweeted it was ridiculous timetable. why is the white house doing so much this week? you have indicated all these activities this week, from hearing from different people because of the 100 day. why do this 100 day push? >> i think we've gotten a fairly amount of inquiries from you and your colleagues. so in other words to answer those inquiries -- >> this is something for us? >> we're givers. [ laughter ]

i don't think there's anyone in this room that hasn't launched a request to say, we're writing a story on the 100-day mark, we're doing this on the 100-day mark. so we want to make sure that we answer your questions as truthfully as possible. so we will have to fulfill all of these requests that are coming in from you and your colleagues. i also think that we are very proud and the president's very proud of what he's been able to accomplish in the first 100 days. as we sprint towards the final of the 100 days, we want to make sure we take the tune to make sure people understand how much he's done. we also want to start talking about the next 100 days and what else is left to be done and how we're going to continue to work hard to get all of that done. there's a lot that's been accomplished. there's an appropriate -- it's appropriate to comment and share with the american people all of the things that he has done to fulfill the pledges he made to the american people.

>> just to clarify, are we going to hear prior to the rally on saturday, are we going to hear directly from him? there was some talk of a press conference? >> i'll have further updates on the schedule going forward. >> press conference -- >> no, no. we're work out some scheduling issues for the rest of the week. i'll make sure i give you an update. kristen? >> i just want to circle back on talk of the president and the first 100 day. was to repeal and replace obamacare. does the president want there to be a vote on healthcare? >> he'd love to do it. if the speaker and the majority leader and the whip come and tell him they've got the vote, we'd love to do it. his goal isn't to fit it into a timetable as he mentioned friday. if it happens this week, that's great. the goal is to get it done and get it done right. so we're not going to jam it through just for the sake of it. >> so he's concerned about

essentially rushing it through? he won't have it this week just to make that -- >> exactly. >> let me ask you about tax form. there is a sense that it is more realistic to pursue targeted tax cuts as opposed to broad tax reform. will we on wednesday see a proposal for targeted tack cuts? >> as you stated within your question, i'll let the president and the team speak on wednesday with respect to what they're gonna outline. >> does the president think that it's realistic to do broad tax reform? >> i think the president said he's going to make -- there's a lot of things that are possible. but let's let the president -- he made a commitment to get it out on wednesday, so let's be patient and wait until wednesday. >> just one more. >> of course. >> is there a plan for infrastructure reform in the work works? >> that's another thing that's

in the works. we seem to have our hands full. he's committed to seeing infrastructure, in terms of roads and bridges and rebuilding things. let's get these first two things moving. i think you're going to see a continued commitment to infrastructure as well. >> are you seeing stronger support? >> we're either doing too much or not doing enough. look, he has made it very clear that that is a priority of his. it's something that i think both sides of the aisle, both chambers probably agree on. there's a public/private partnership that could benefit infrastructure in terms of the financing piece of it. we will have more details moving forward. thank you very much very much. see you tomorrow. have a great monday. >> sandra: that was it, the white house press briefing just wrapping up with north korea, health care, tax reform and the looming budget battle topping the agenda. hello, everyone.

i'm melissa francis. top democrats accusing the white house of derailing budget talks and risking a shutdown over the border wall and healthcare demands. lawmakers have just a few days to reach a deal on the federal budget and to avert a government shutdown as well. a lot of the questions that we heard there had to do with taxes, the budget, north korea and the first 100 days. chief white house correspondent john roberts joins us live with more on that. what stuck out to you? >> reporter: melissa, good afternoon. that deadline of friday looming when most agencies do run out of money. this president does not want to put an exclamation point on his first 100 days by seeing the government shut down. so mick mulvaney is negotiating. including subsidies for obama care if they'll give $30 billion for the defense department, for border funding and if they'll put in $1.55 billion to begin

construction on the wall. the president has said that is one of his top priorities. certainly top priority when it comes to the spending bill tweeting out early, the wall is a very important tool in stopping drugs from pouring into our country and poisoning our youth and many others. if the wall is not built, which it will be, the drug situation will never be fixed the way it should be. hash tag build the wall. the treasury secretary steve mnuchin, who was one of the first people to start off the briefing, we heard nikki haley and then the treasury secretary stepped up. said the president is working hard to avoid a government shut down. here's what the treasury secretary said. >> i was in a meeting this morning with director mulvaney and other senior people. the president is working hard to keep the government open. and addressing various issues. >> reporter: now, democrats have said they don't want to give any money toward building a wall. nancy pelosi said she thinks a border wall is a sign of

weakness. from talking to people in the administration and listening to what they've been saying over the last couple of days, while they are pushing for funding of a border wall, it sounds like it's something they may be willing to let go on the chopping block. for instance, if they get a deal or get money for the pentagon, get money for new border patrol agents, new ice agents. they may not be able to walk away from a deal that doesn't build the wall. melissa? >> melissa: it's all in negotiations. we're hearing more on healthcare. is that going to happen this week? >> reporter: certainly, the president would like to see it happen this week. he'd like to get legislative achievement on the books before the end of his first 100 days. it would make him first president of the last four to not get his own legislative agreement. tweeting out, quote, if our healthcare plan is approved, you will see real health care and premiums will start tumbling down.

obamacare is in a death spiral. listen to what his chief of staff said yesterday on "meet the press." >> so whether healthcare, repeal and replace comes on friday or saturday or monday, in the grand scheme of things, it's a marathon, not a sprint. so we're hopeful for this week, but, again, it's not something that has to happen in order to define our success. >> reporter: not something that has to happen in order to define the president. a white house official told me just a short time ago that even the language is being worked on in the house. and actually in cooperation with the senate to make sure that any new amendment to the american health care act passes muster in the bird bath before it's introduced in the house. it looks like that language may not come out in time for a vote in the house this week. melissa, i'm told a vote on repeal and replacement of obamacare this week is, quote, very, very unlikely. melissa? >> melissa: all right. you got a lot on your plate there, john. keep an eye on it. >> reporter: as all.

>> melissa: thanks. fox news alert for you now. the entire u.s. senate could be on its way to the white house. the president extending an invitation for a rare briefing on north korea. all 100 members asked to sit in on updates from secretary of state rex tillerson, defense secretary james mattis and others. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. this just happened, mike. what does this invitation signal? >> reporter: well, it shows you, melissa, how concerned many folks are about the e raddic behavior by the north korean regime. all 100 united states senators returning from a two week recess are being invited down to the white house for a classified briefing on wednesday on north korea and its recent activities, including firing off weapons into the sea of japan and other threatening behavior. the briefers will be four top administration officials. secretary of state rex tillerson, secretary of defense mattis, chairman of the join

chief and the director of national intelligence dan coats. sean spicer talked about this critical meeting a short time ago. >> also on north korea, wednesday, the white house campus will play host to a briefing for all u.s., 100 u.s. senators on the subject. the briefers will secretary tillerson, mattis, coats and general dunford. this is not a white house briefing. we are just serving as the location. >> reporter: it will be unusual to see potentially all 100 united states senators load up on bus and go down to the white house. a sign of just how concerned many in this administration are at this point about north korea's behavior. we've seen a lot of erratic behavior from the regime. and so a highly classified briefing with some top administration officials. so all the top senators, in fact, all the senators can hear about it first-hand. >> melissa: thank you. for more on this, let's bring in fox news politics editor chris

direwalt. welcome. >> howdy, ma'am. >> melissa: it's a clever move in a lot of ways that he's going to bring everyone down. they're all gonna sit in a room and hear the same thing, the entire senate. what do you make of it? >> defensed on what he's telling them he wants to do. you bring them down for pound cake and coffee and say north korea is a disaster and dangerous, you then have to say and therefore i propose to do the following. if you bring them down, they ride the bus up, they get the briefing. unless there's something that the administration does that's unknown to us in the general public that north korea's threat is more imminent or if there's something different in character about this, this question still comes down to, can the president use this moment to convince members of congress in both chambers and congress that the action he wants to take, the course of action he wants to follow is the right one. >> melissa: okay. but wouldn't you say this is a smart way of handling this as

opposed to the way he's done some other things. in the sense that he's inviting them into the room. he's showing the world. probably showing the world, i care what they think. i'm consulting them. i'm sharing with them. we are together. it's different than what he's been doing so far, no? >> it is certainly different than the way president obama did it. if we recall, president obama and his syria red line. he said, i'm gonna act, i'm gonna act. then he went, psyche, congress, you act. he tried a hand off to someone who wasn't in the back field. he saw congress as more a place to warehouse political responsibility than to actually make part of the decision. now, if the president really is seeking the advice, is seeking the consent, is seeking the approval of congress, that would be not just a departure from his actions to this point, but from the eight years of his predecessor and the closing chap tore of the president before that. >> melissa: let me turn you to steve mnuchin.

he got peppered with a lot of questions about taxes and tax cuts. there are bombs and missiles involved in this one. everyone in our audience in their pocket book. listen to what he had to say. >> we've been clear on what the president's objectives are for tax reform. middle income tax cut a priority of the president. simplification. the average american should be able to do their taxes on a large post card. >> how big is the postcard? like that big. >> melissa: here's the nuance of that. the question came from adam shapiro. he said, how are you gonna deal with the fact that when you simplify, you're taking away loopholes. boo, nobody likes loopholes. unless it's your mortgage deduction. your deduction for state and local taxes. he was asking how do you feel about the fact that, you know,

people out there if simplified, it might not be cheaper for them. their favorite thing could go away. >> an that's why when you want to do a tax code simplification. remember, we haven't had one of these in a generation. if you want to do that, when you say, we're gonna take away these deductions. 'cause remember our tax code is a rotten -- oh, it's hideous. it got that way because people got gimmes. realtors said, we definitely want to keep this deduction, doctors said this. when you start pulling them out, you have to demonstrate to the public and to congress, you have to say, here's why it will be better for you. your rate's gonna go down to here. you have to do the outcome when you're pitching the change. otherwise everybody will get stuck on changing the deductions and you will never make it to the other side. >> melissa: my thing is going away, oh, no. that's what everybody will say. chris stirewalt, thanks.

>> yes, ma'am. >> melissa: tensions over north korea, putting the trump administration on edge as the rogue regime increases its threats. it's only the beginning of what is sure to be a busy day for the pentagon. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more. jennifer, what is the latest on north korea from the pentagon's point of view? >> reporter: well, melissa, this is a highly unusual classified meeting that we just learned about from mike emanuel and from sources here at the defense department. defense secretary mattis will be at the meeting. so will general dunford. it will take place wednesday afternoon. it will be classified. vice president mike pence is cutting short his trip to hawaii and will not visit the uss arizona tomorrow in order to get back to washington. the uss carl vinson is in the philippine sea and just finished a two day exercise at sea. north korea threatened to sink the uss vinson. all eyes on pyongyang tonight.

april 25th is the anniversary of the founding of north korea's army. they often use the anniversary to test missiles or the concern here at the pentagon is they are prepping for another nuclear test. president trump had all of the u.n. security council members and their spouses at the white house today and spoke by phone, again, with the chinese president yesterday and japanese prime minister abe. the topic, of course, north korea and tensions on the peninsula. >> melissa: what is the significance of the timing of mike pence visit to kabul? >> reporter: well, the timing, of course, he's been in the middle east for the last week. he had to cancel a trip to kabul when we traveled with him on his first trip to the middle east. he will be back in washington tomorrow morning. his visit to kabul comes on the heels of the worst attack since the war began. that happened this weekend. the afghan minister of defense met with mattis but has resigned in the wake of the attack on

that afghan military base in northern afghanistan this weekend that left more than 140 afghan soldiers dead. we've now learned there were 30 coalition forces at the base during the attack and they sheltered in place while ten afghan attackers carried out the vicious attack. there are suggestions that a pakistan based group may have coordinated the attack. at a press conference this morning standing next to the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, mattis answered a question about the russians reportedly now arming the taliban. >> we are going to have to confront russia where what they're doing is contrary to international law or denying the sovereignty of other countries. for example, any weapons being funneled here from a foreign county would be a violation of international law. >> we continue to get supports of this assistance. >> reporter: secretary mattis is weighing a request from general

john nicholson for more troops. >> melissa: thank you. joining us, a fox news military analyst. sir, thank you for joining us. let me get your reaction to what happened in afghanistan. what's your take? >> that was a staggering casualty rate. something really we have not seen since the beginning of the war. it's only going to have an adverse impact on the army morale. all that said, our audience has got to understand, this war is not winnable given current u.s. policies. that's actually pretty outrageous. we've been at this for 16 years come the fall of this year. the state we're in right now was absolutely preventible. for that i mean, president obama was given the plan by generals mccrystal and patreus with a strategy to win in afghanistan and they needed a minimum of 40,000 forces to do that. and he reduced that request by

25,000. then pulled those forces out 15 months later. that doomed afghanistan to this protracted war that we have right now. and the other thing, let me just mention this to you. it was mentioned in jennifer's comments. the other thing that's stopping us from winning the war, not having enough u.s. forces there and resources, is the two afghan taliban sanctuaries. afghan taliban sanctuaries in pakistan, where pakistan provides intelligence to those taliban leaders, the soldiers there -- excuse me, the fieger, taliban fighters get refreshed and trained there. they get logistics there and then go back into the fight. as long as those sanctuaries exist in pakistan, we cannot win the war. >> melissa: let me turn you to the other situation before we run out of time. north korea. what's your reaction to the threats there to attack our ships that are there? >> well, first of all, as

belligerent as those threats sound and as inflammatory as it is, we got to remain steady here. the reality is that kim jong-un is not going to attack our ships. if he does that, his regime gets destroyed. the very thing they've been working so hard to preserve by acquiring nuclear weapons. that's not gonna happen. the united states is not going to attack north korea unless there's one condition. that's if they have absolutely nuclearized ballistic missiles and they are prepared to launch them. if that continue exists, then we would do that. but that would mean war on the peninsula of korea. >> melissa: wow. general, thank you very much. i wish we had more time. but that's enough for scaring us now, i think. >> take care. >> melissa: officials from some of the top international government spy agencies have converged on a country far far away. why?

we'll explain. and president obama making his first public comments since leaving office as the party shows some strain among leadership.

phlt president obama stepping back into the public speaking forum. he's holding an event to highlight community organizing at the university of chicago,

the city where he launched his political career. peter ducey joins us live from washington. what did president obama suggest democrats should do to win the next election? >> reporter: there were three things president obama said he thinks are wrong with the system. he said districts are drawn up where it is easy for certain parts of the country to stay blue and stay red. he thinks the media landscape has been fractured. he thinks there's too much money in politics. the former president also, though, touched very briefly on immigration, which was a major issue in the campaign to replace him. >> i think it's important for those who support, as i do, immigration reform and path ways to citizenship for folks who are here, not to assume that everybody who has trouble with the current immigration system is automatically racist.

that's an example of us being able to listen. >> reporter: the president drew upon his own experience to inform this crowd in chicago, but hedy not directly give democrats a road map for putting their party back together after november's loss. melissa? >> melissa: what exactly has the new dnc chair been doing the bring the new party altogether? >> reporter: tom peres has been targeting president trump, but the meat of his pitch hasn't been getting as much attention as some of the profanity that he's used. >> he calls it a skinny budget. i call it something else that begins with s. and my mama taught me you shouldn't do potty talk. i hope you don't mind. because this is a bleep budget. >> reporter: he was on a tour to show the different wings of the party are united. senator sanders still season a democrat. he is officially an independent. melissa? >> melissa: all right peter

ducey, thank you very much. a secretive meeting of spy and intelligence leaders get under way down under far from prying eyes. mike pompeo and james comey among though attending the conference at a five star resort in new zealand. chief intelligence correspondent katherine herridge is live in washington. why do we know about this? >> reporter: the fbi and cia directors are on the ground arriving on gulf stream jets. it's 9,000 miles to new zealand from washington, d.c. while the agencies are not commenting the journey likely began friday night. wearing sunglasses and a light blue shirt, the fbi director is on the ground. that's a real departure from the kinds of appearances you see here on capitol hill and elsewhere in washington. and the cia director also flying in with local media confirming the registration on the private

jet does go back to the agency. there's a heavy security presence with marked and unmarked police cars with snipers dotting the landscape of in picturesque resort. it is in new zealand. it has 500 acres of land. it guarantees privacy. new zealand's interior ministry said they couldn't even confirm who was at the conference or the subject. >> melissa: it looks lovely. what do we know about the participants? >> on a more serious note, this is one of the most secretive spy meetings on the calendar. it's called the five eyes the five allied nations that spy together and share intelligence. this really is an exclusive club, including the u.s., canada, britain, australia and new zealand. it began with britain and the united states. the idea here is that they share information, but don't spy on

each other's leaders based on the premise that the leadership talks to one another openly and candidly and often. this is a little misleading and kind of outdated. in reality over the years it's grown and now amounts to about 15 agencies. so that is even secret, melissa. >> melissa: interesting. katherine, thank you for that report. second suspect in sweden's deadly truck attack earlier this month now in custody. police in stockholm say a man was arrested last night, but they have not yet identified him. four people were killed and 15 injured in the truck attack. the truck's driver has plead guilty to terrorism. so far investigators have not disclosed a motive. no extremist group has claimed responsibility. a terrifying scene caught on camera in arkansas. a 4-year-old girl somehow unlatches the back door of this

church bus. did you see that? falling out and hitting the pavement. how terrifying. the driver who was filming rushes to her. paramedics arrive and they take her to the hospital. we're told the girl needs surgery. she has a broken jaw. she is expected to make a full recovery. look at that. oh. poor thing. i can't imagine. special election set to be held in montana. it could hold national implications. the democrat an folk singer raising millions from outside his state. his opponent, republican greg gianforte. he got help over the weekend from donald trump junior. we're going to speak to him next. >> i love so many of the things that you hold near and dear to my heart. when i saw this special election coming up i just reached out to steve and said, hey, what can i do to help? i'm not in the administration, but i'm a citizen.

>> shepard smith. the boot battle over the president's border wall. we'll speak with the national political reporter. he said republicans on capitol hill are trying to pull the white house back from demanding too much money for that wall. the president still says mexico will pay for it. eventually. all coming up top of the hour on shepard smith reporting. see you then. >> melissa: a special election with national implications heating up in montana. up for grabs the seat of former congressman ryan zincke. the democrat a folk singer raising millions from outside the state. he is facing off against our next guest, who got some hoefrp the weekend with donald trump jr. >> a citizen who worked really hard for my father because i know he's a guy that can fix the issues that we face in this

country. [ applause [ applause ] i said this is someone actually very similar. a guy. a guy who started businesses. >> melissa: greg gianforte is joining us from boseman, montana. i was looking at the breakdown of you an your opponent. you really couldn't be more opposite. first the nra who gave you an a rating and he received an f. he's calling for a national gun registry. are you that opposite each other on everything? >> melissa, good to be with you. this is about getting montana values back into dc. he is nancy pelosi with a cowboy hat. he's raw on immigration. he wants the whole country to be a sanctuary country. he's calling for 90% income tax rates. he wants massive cuts in our

military. at a time when clearly we have problems around the world. >> melissa: one of the biggest issues on the slate around the country is health care. i know that your opponent is looking for more of a single payor health care system that's more social aids than what we have now. what is the general sentiment in your state about healthcare? >> well, let's face it. obamacare is in a death spiral. in montana, we've seen massive increases in premiums while deductibles keep going up. it needs to be repealed and replaced. and at least for me, as i go to represent the people of montana, we've got to make sure we bring premiums down and we preserve rural access. my opponent, again, he's doubling down on the failure and saying we should go to 100% government paid healthcare. >> melissa: he would say that the way to solve the problems you just talked about, the fact that premiums are through the roof is just have to government

foot the whole bill. >> yeah. that's not gonna work. there's no silver bullet here, melissa, but we've got to deal with underlying healthcare costs like prescription drug costs, the litigation associated with malpractice insurance. we need to allow policies to be purchased across state lines. and these are the things we need to do. not go to 100% government control program. >> melissa: yeah. donald trump, the president, is a polarizing figure. you had his son out stumping for you. how has the president playing right now in your state? >> welsh donald trump won here by over 20 points. the trump train is still chugging along in montana. we were thrilled over the weekend. donald trump junior was out. we did rallies in four different cities. well over 2,000 people in attendance. huge kphaoeutment. it was really a boost in the arm to our base. it's so important at a time when

we have so much money coming in from out of state, from liberal elitists on each coast who really don't understand the montana way of life. they'd love to see nancy pelosi in a cowboy hat get elected, but we need to represent montana values, conservative values back in washington, d.c. i have been calling for people that want to join our team. our website is greg for montana.com. we'd love to have them sign up. >> melissa: thank for coming on. >> thank you. >> melissa: a night mare for one of the major airlines involving a woman with a baby and a flight attendant. we're going to explain that. and do you know that the u.s. and canada were at war with each other? yes. we're at war over milk. how it's costing farmers millions. we're gonna fill the rest of your glass when we come back.

>> melissa: another disturbing incident aboard a jetliner. this with a quick apology and a flight attendant removed from duty. this after the video went viral. trace gallagher is live with more on that. trace? >> reporter: hey, melissa. in fairness, we should note we haven't seen any video what led up to the confrontation, but witnesses say a male flight attendant forcibly took a woman's baby stroller, nearly striking her and her baby. the video which has now been legally blocked, picks up with the woman crying, holding her baby and asking for her stroller back. that's when a male passenger stands up and confronts the flight attendant with the flight attendant saying, bring it on. the male passenger said you try that and i will knock you out. the flight attendant says, you rat blank, you don't even know what the story is, and the passenger goes on to say, i don't care what the story is, you almost hurt a baby.

the flight attendant has been grounded. american has issued a statement, what we see on the video does not reflect our values or how we care for our customers. we are deeply sorry for the pain we have caused this passenger and her family. the family decided to take another flight and was upgraded to first class. but their lawyer tells "the today show" the video is a microcosm of the entire problem. listen to him. >> the video that we just saw is a microcosm of the entire problem. we've got a flight attendant out of control. we've got a distressed mother. we've got a passenger trying to protect that mother. but in the background we see the pilot. and the pilot is concerned. >> reporter: yeah. that's not a good thing when the pilot's worried. the flight attendant union said the company and public should not rush to judgment until all the facts are in, adding, quote,

it appears another passenger may have threatened the flight at tenant with violence which is a violation of federal law and no small matter. this comes days after david dow was dragged off a united airlines plane. the same guy you just heard from "the today show" has already filed a lawsuit on behalf of dr. dow. he has not yet filed anything against american airlines for this case, but he's intimating it may go that way. >> melissa: for the record, i flew jet blue yesterday and they were lovely. very nice. there's sanity somewhere. it's gotten crazy in the skies. thank you for that report. all right. there's a bit of a trade wargoing on with our neighbors in the north. canada blocking milk trade. we have the latest on this one. what are you doing today, jeff? >> reporter: hey, melissa.

out here at the swiss miss farms. you know, u.s. producers, dairy men, had done a great job of developing a canadian market for specialized milk. then the canadians came in and essentially under cut the prices to keep the u.s. producers out. and tony, you got a letter last week that said we're not gonna take your milk. you have to place to sell your milk. >> that's correct. we got a letter the beginning of april explaining that as of may 1st they would no longer be taking our milk. >> reporter: melissa, it's been tough enough for the dairy farmers. you look at the price of milk. compare this to what it was like ten years ago. they make less for milk than they did ten years ago. it's almost amazing. tony stands to potentially go out of business. this has caught the attention of the president and president trump in the last week has twice commented about this. take a listen. >> what's happened to you is

very, very unfair. it's another typical one sided deal against the united states. canada, what they've done to our dairy farm workers, is a disgrace. >> reporter: we are in a very tough situation out here, and, tony, i don't know what the president can do. it's probably too late to help. in five days you're going to be forced to dump milk, right? >> correct. correct. unfortunately the government, through channels, can't work a swiftly as what we're looking for. we have 4 1/2 days to find a resolution to this. so the challenge is there maybe for president trump to do something a little quicker and some other avenues. something else can be done. >> reporter: he's got a lot on his plate, but i tell you, they really need help in dairy country. melissa. >> melissa: jeff flock, thank you for that. and we'll be right back. a relief from lower back pain. i put it on my back.

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>> a quick reminder about our new prime time line-up. tucker carlson moves 8:00 p.m. to 9:00. i'm melissa. here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast. 3:00 at the white house where the president is racing toward the 100-day mark of his presidentsy and looking for progress on big issues. from tax reform to healthcare. that as lawmakers try to keep the government from shutting down this weekend. their biggest hurdle may be the wall. the one at the border. because democrats say paying for it could be a deal breaker. also north korea stirring up brand new trouble. threatening to sink a united states navy aircraft carrier and taking another american captive. today our u.n. ambassador revealing what could trigger military action. plus, need a lift? this flying car