>> see you tomorrow. "america's newsroom." >> bill: good morning, everybody. strong words from the white house saying activist judges trying to change the rule of law and putting the nation's security at risk. after a judge appointed by president obama blocks part of that executive order cracking down on sanctuary cities. reince priebus saying it's the ninth circuit going bananas. that's a quote. packed show today. i'm bill hemmer, welcome to america's newsroom. >> shannon: good wednesday morning. i'm shannon bream. judge william orrick blocking the order as unconstitutional. the third immigration-related order from the president blocked in the first 100 days and the second blocked by a judge within the ninth circuit. fact not lost on the president who is promising a fight.

he tweeted this. first the ninth circuit rules against the ban and now it hits against on sanctuary cities. ridiculous ruling. see you in the supreme court. >> bill: i'm joined by sean spicer. thank you for your time today. you had a strong statement, too, on screen this is what you said. san francisco and cities like it are putting the well-being of criminal aliens before the safety of our citizens and those city officials who author these policies have the blood of dead americans on their hands. i know you think the president will win this case. on what grounds? >> on the same grounds the court ruled. the court agreed with the president's interpretation of the authorities that he has given under u.s. code. where they differed is the interpretation of the intent of it which is outside of what they should be looking at. u.s. code makes it clear this president has the full authority to do what's necessary to protect this country and to present grant money in a way he sees fit.

the idea that any judge or any jurisdiction would not be wanting to help make sure we can protect our citizens runs counter to what we should be looking for at sits sense and laws supporting to do. >> bill: out of our very big country with many choices does everyone notice that both the ban meaning the travel ban case and now the sanctuary case is brought in the ninth circuit which has a terrible record of being overturned close to 80%. they used to call this judge shopping. messy system. the city attorney in san francisco says you do not have the authority to do this. you cannot take money away. you are not equipped under the constitution to make such a ruling. how do you respond? >> well two things. number one, the judge made it clear we do have that authority. it was the intent and overinterpretation of the intent that they have an issue with. as it goes through the supreme court they'll rule the president was well within his legal right to do this.

i think anybody that has a basic understanding of the constitution and of basic reading of u.s. code would come to the same conclusion. we'll go through the process and we will and as the president noted we'll go to the supreme court and win it there. >> bill: do you think the ninth circuit has it in for the white house? >> i don't know that they have it in for the white house. they have a horrible record of interpreting that law. that's just a fact. >> bill: tax reform is a big headline today? so far the headline has been moving that corporate tax rate from 35% down to 15%. i know a lot of middle class people who voted for president trump want to know what's in it for them. what will you tell them? >> there are three things. number one we'll focus on simplification and getting the brackets down so that we can start filling out our taxes on less than 18 pages and get it done on one or two. president is focused on simplification and bringing

the highest in te rate. the world and it makes us uncompetitive. what it means to the american worker less likelihood that americans are growing jobs here. the president through regulatory and tax relief measures are making sure american companies are manufacturing here in america and growing jobs in this country, hiring more people that's good for the american worker. we're making sure we bring down rates for america's middle income folks. people who have been too hard hit through the obama years and we'll make sure they get some much-needed relief. >> bill: your critics i can hear the questions already. the president has not released his tax returns and they will ask you the following. what's in it for him and his family business? how do you answer that? >> if you've seen the president's financial disclosure form you recognize he has done very well over the years. he has been extremely successful. part of the reason he ran for

president and part of the reason he is khfpg this effort now. he has done well and wants to put the american worker first for too long has been sidelined and forgotten and make sure american businesses are put first as they grow and manufacture here. he has been very successful in this country. he wants to use the skills that he has brought and his company and his family successful to help american businesses and families and it will help them. >> bill: fiscal conservatives will argue deficits matter. >> they do. >> bill: do they matter to this president? >> of course they matter. you can drive down the deficit but you aren't putting americans back to work or increasing wages or making sure we grow more jobs here at the end of the day that's not what american workers will care about. we can put together a comprehensive plan that creates growth in this country. the number one driver of bringing down the debt will be growth in our economy. if we can grow more jobs, grow more of the economy, manufacture here, that will be

the greatest engine to drive down the debt but at the same time help the american worker. >> bill: spending deal has a midnight deadline friday. 2 1/2 days from now coming down to the wire. apparently the request for the border wall has been amended at a minimum. chuck schumer said this about that just yesterday. >> we remain optimistic that we can reach an agreement with our republican colleagues on the hill and committed to doing exactly that. the fact that the wall is now off the table americans should breathe a huge sigh of relief the negotiations can resume and move forward. >> bill: there is the lynch pin in this argument. is it off the table, sean, or not? >> there are two things to remember in this funding argument. we need 60 votes in the senate to get it passed. the president is clear what his priorities were from the beginning. border security and growing our military. we remain committed to those priorities. the question of now whether senate democrats will join us

in that. they started to add things about obamacare and bail-outs that are throwing a monkey wrench into the system but committed to making sure the priorities the president laid out early in the process are taken care of. >> bill: maybe we can clear it up on that point that you are about to make about the money. kevin mccarthy was here yesterday and said a piece of it will be in the budget deal. how do we define a piece of it in terms of dollars or drones or motion sensors? how would you characterize it? >> there are five months left in this fiscal year. we hope to have enough money to start the planning process to construct the wall and to make sure we can refortify areas of the border immediately. fiscal year 18 starts, the beginning of october and we start that process now that we get more money to continue that effort going forward. but what we want to do is make sure the funding is there and that remaining five months of this fiscal year to help plan and start the process. >> bill: how much money do you need? >> the president is continuing

to negotiate with members of congress. we feel very good at where things are headed now. >> bill: let's move overseas, north korea, how many senators do you expect at the white house for the private briefing on north korea? >> four principles, director of national intelligence. secretary of state, secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff coming to brief all 100 senators. we'll know more how many show up. this is a great opportunity for each of these senators to get briefed as to what the situation is in north korea and steps that this administration is taking to calm that threat. >> bill: will you make the case for military action today? >> this is about making sure that they know what steps the trump administration is taking to protect this country to reduce the threat of north korea. a lot of the efforts the president has already undertaken with president xi in china and the success that he had of china putting political

and economic pressure on north korea to make sure we corral the rest of the world in this effort. >> bill: iran fox news confirmed earlier today indeed the president intervened just about a week ago on this letter to toughen up the language on iran. apparently the u.s. government has recognized that iran has lived up to the tenets of the nuclear deal from the previous administration. i know you have a serious problem with tehran and the activity that it has contributed to in the region in the middle east. which leads us back to the ultimate question which the president said during the campaign about the iran nuclear deal. is it an indication, sean, he is ready to rip it up and start again and punish tehran further? >> every 90 days the president's team has to recertify whether iran is living up to that agreement. right now the team throughout the government to look at the deal whether or not they're living up to exactly those

aspects they agreed to do. not just what they signed, whether or not the spirit of the agreement. that's what the president spoke about clearly the other day is i think we have to make sure iran doesn't go in other ways isn't living up to the spirit of what we intended to do. they got a lot of cash under the obama administration for this deal and we need to make sure they live up to their end of the bargain and aren't hiding or developing nuclear weapons. >> bill: the deal stays for now is what you're saying, correct? >> we're conducting that interagency review and the president directed them to go through the agreement and the reports to make sure that iran is doing exactly as it said and if not, he is going to take appropriate action. >> bill: i have a minute left. did general michael flynn break the law, yes or no? >> that's up to law enforcement authorities. we're not a law enforcement authority. >> bill: should he have reported money received from overseas? >> he should have done everything in compliance with the law and that's what's expected of everyone in this

administration and everybody who signs a legal document. they need to make sure they're in compliance with whatever that document says. so if he was required to do so, of course he should. that's what we all do when we sign our name to either a security clearance or any other government document that asks us to tell the whole truth. >> bill: saturday is 100 days, the president will be at a rally in pennsylvania. give it a grade, first 100 days. >> i think we've gotten an a both on national, economic security. go to white house.gov/100 days you can see the ways he has made progress for the american people in many ways. a huge milestone for this, the amount of regulatory reform the president has done will continue to lead to job creation in the country. on the national security front he has taken steps to protect this country and reduce the threat of radical islamic terrorism. on issue after issue, go to the

website and check it out. >> bill: your boss said the briefings get great ratings. how did that make you feel? >> i'm honored and humbled to play a part in communicating the president's message. it is all about him. people tune in and want to know what he is doing to move this country forward. i'm just a vehicle to help talk about some of the success he is having and honored the play a role in it. >> bill: humility there, thank you, sean, for your time today. what time is the briefing? >> today 1:30. >> bill: we'll see you then. thank you, sean spicer, appreciate your time on the north lawn there. >> shannon: much more news ahead with 100 days approaching the white house moving at lightning speed to advance its agenda. >> all these things will happen in the next few months and they are happening at a break neck pace. it's difficult for some people to digest. when people get change it is difficult for some people to abide. >> shannon: team trump rolling out the largest tax reform plan in u.s. history.

we'll talk to congressman ross com from the ways and means committee. >> i believe if they had an nuclear weapon on top of it that could reach america they may use it. >> shannon: tensions rising in north korea. if we take a preemptive strike what would happen next? another korean war? then this. >> hey, hey, hey, hey. >> shannon: dramatic scene caught on camera as cops stop a man from jumping off a ledge. we'll tell you what was going on there when we come back. it only takes a second for an everyday item to become dangerous.

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>> shannon: president trump is set to reveal his tax reform plan today. set to slash the business rate down to 15%. treasury secretary steve mnuchin calling it the largest tax reform plan in u.s. history. joining me now is congressman peter ross cum. this plan originates from the white house. how is it working? >> it's a good thing. we need white house leadership on this. the house has a plan. we need the white house to be engaged in this process and them to take the initiative and

say these are the principles and things we're driving for, this is a good day. we need to learn more as it's rolled out. i think them taking the initiative is welcome news. >> shannon: a lot of the conversation has centered around whether it's short-term larger cuts and long term cuts. people argue investors and businesses need stability in the long term and go along with something that would work in the long term versus if you get something that's too much of an impact on the deficit you know it won't work through reconciliation and changes the vote totals. where do you stand on those two options? >> the preference without question is to have a permanent policy. that is to the point you just made. investors need to be saying what will be happening not 2 years from now but 20 years from now? one of the things we have wrong in this country is we have temporary tax policy and permanent spending policy. we need to flip that. we need permanent tax policy. the way you get permanent tax policy is if it's paid for.

i come from the state of illinois and my home state is an example of what not to do in terms of how to approach debt and deficit and the impact it has when those things are ignored. we're now 20 trillion dollars in debt and i think we have an opportunity to have a transformational moment. flip the tax code, it hasn't been updated in 30 years and do it on a permanent basis instead of doing it in a way where the whole thing will expire in 10 years. let's pursue permanence. >> shannon: if you do something that does involve the reconciliation process you need no democrats to go along with you on that. i want to read. if you do it in a partisan way and you don't get both sides invested in it. people saw what a debacle you hand on the first round of health policy. you can win on reconciliation if you hardball it but it's not sustainable and successful. would you like to get democrats aboard with you on tax reform

and can you? >> we would love to. we have to agree on a growth agenda. some democrats are of the world view the economy is a fixed pie and they want to argue if somebody gets a bigger slice and somebody else gets smaller. we need a common ground that says no, the economy is not a fixed pie. it can grow and we need to create more growth and let more people actively participate. the criticism of using reconciliation is ironic. it's what the democrats did with the affordable care act. let's learn from that lesson and move forward. my argument goes back to let's make this a permanent plan. let's have permanent tax changes to update this code in ways that can really be transformational and not just having a discussion a few years from now that says it will be expiring. >> shannon: are we talking about reforming the tax code or are we talking about passing specific tax cuts? a much easier lift? >> that's just it.

the house republican blueprint is about reforming the tax code actually updating it in such a way that we haven't seen in a generation. there are some voices that say don't worry about that, don't worry about fundamental reforms. you can keep basically the same tax structure and simply reduce rates. i think that's not as desirable as moving towards ultimate reform. >> shannon: we'll be watching for the roll-out later today. hard work by you and others at the white house, thanks for your time. >> bill: new push back from mexico on the border wall. what mexico city it will ask of americans who choose to enter their country. conservative pundit ann coulter ready to speak at uc berkeley one way or another. police say they are getting ready for what could be a sticky situation. >> i'm planning on giving my speech and i assume the same way i will be doing my job they

will be doing their jobs and providing a safe and secure location for my speech. hey you've gotta see this. c'mon.

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go irish! see that? yes! i'm gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. >> shannon: fox news alert. a close call for u.s. navy destroyer in the persian gulf. u.s. officials tell fox news that an iranian ship came within 1,000 yards of the destroyer prompting the u.s.s. mahan to change course. months after a similar incident off iran's southern coast. >> bill: police bracing now for a speech and action ahead by ann coulter. the conservative come men tator said to speak on a public square on uc berkeley's campus tomorrow. police are ready for the possibility of violence but admit it will be a difficult thing to control.

>> a major issue to inject force into a situation where two sides have come literally physically to fight with each other and we need to be judicious in our use of force going into that. >> jonathan, good morning to you in l.a. big question, will she show up and if so where exactly? >> she seems pretty determined to show up and exercise what she says, of course, is her simple right to free speech. she two days ago tweeted a picture of the weather forecast for berkeley on thursday and said, quote, nice day for an outdoor speech. that seemed to back up the idea that she might speak, as one student group had said, in this public plaza. an outdoor speech being difficult to police. she seemed to back off that yesterday in a couple of tweets saying in part one, i haven't spoken to any berkeley students about when and where i will speak because i am still waiting for berkeley to tell me and then she added in a

separate tweet saying in part still expect berkeley to provide a room implying she'll do it inside. the only thing we can predict with certainty if she does show up there will be protest like we've seen several times in berkeley. the ones you're looking at right now. clashes between pro and anti-trump protestors during the tax day marches. nobody wants to see that again but sadly it looks as though we are headed that way at the moment. we'll see if and when she does show up. >> bill: what are you hearing from police at the school say they'll do the best to keep the peace there? what are they saying now? >> university officials are saying this is difficult. they wanted to move it to may 2 to give them more time for preparation. everybody is worried about these kind of scenes. this happened back in february when the controversial

conservative commentator was set to speak. it was shut down by the black block protestors who come from off campus. they're not for the majority students. police say it's a very difficult balancing act between free speech and providing security. listen here. >> there will always be somebody who thinks you should have used more force and those who thought you used too much. when we've been in a position where we could take strategic surgical arrest of people in breaking the law, we did that. >> two things appear certain, bill. it will be a tense situation on campus if ann coulter does indeed show up and ann coulter will sell a lot of books as a result. >> bill: a lot of people will be watching. we'll see what happens then. that last point is very important, a lot of these are

anarchists that are not students. >> shannon: you shouldn't be able to shut down free speech you don't like by being violent. we'll be watching closely. breaking new details on the deadly chemical attack in syria. one nation now says it has air-tight proof that the assad regime was behind the whole thing. >> put criminals back on the street. they help the gangs to refill their ranks. puts innocent life, including the lives of countless law-abiding immigrants, in danger. >> bill: that's the attorney general making his case against sanctuary cities calling them illegal. why has a judge rule unconstitutional the white house's order to crack down on such cities? new details on the judge and what we're learning about him and possible motivations. >> the idea that any judge or any jurisdiction would not be wanting to make sure to help

protect our citizens runs counter to what we should be looking for as citizens and what our laws should be supporting to do.

>> bill: here we go. fox news alert now. news from overseas, the french say they have proof the assad regime is responsible for the sarin gas attack earlier this month killing more than 80 people. the gas has the same signature as sarin gas made in the syrian government labs that were used in the 2013 attack of four years ago. meanwhile, top russian diplomat lafsh rof saying the retaliatory missile strike ordered by president trump has hurt the chances for settlement in that country and a unified front in the war on terror. all on this as another round of fighting erupts in damascus. the syrian military releasing this video of air strikes devastating one of the few rebel-held areas that still

remain near the syrian capital city. stay tuned on that. more to come. >> as it goes through the supreme court they'll rule the president was well within his legal right to do this. i think anybody that has a basic understanding of the constitution and of basic reading of u.s. code would come to the same conclusion so we'll go through the process and as the president noted we'll go to the supreme court and win it there. >> bill: do you think the ninth circuit has it in for the white house? >> i think they have it -- they have a horrible record of interpreting the law. that's just a fact. >> shannon: that's how they got the name the ninth circus by a lot of legal eagles. that's sean spicer moments ago expressing confidence the white house will win a legal fight over the crackdown on sanctuary cities. judge orrick temporarily blocked it saying it was overly

broad and unconstitutional. he was appointed by president obama and served as a bundler for his 2008 campaign raising as much as $200,000. we have a columnist for "the washington examiner" and richard fowler is fox news contributor. every federal judge is appointed by a president. >> one, not only was he appointed by the president but approved by the united states senate and a judge's political history whether it's conservative or republican. clarence thomas engaged in political activity prior to going to the supreme court but doesn't get in his way of making a fair, just ruling. an independent jude -- the judiciary is independent or

tweets from donald trump they can make decisions. >> shannon: a lot of democrats voted against neil gorsuch. many of them were worried about his personal beliefs. senator fowler would have voted yes on justice gorsuch. speaking about things outside the legalities before the judge, he went and looked at statements by the president, by the attorney general. even by sean spicer, used their words against them to rule against this threat to take away money from sanctuary cities. >> this is echoes of what happened with the travel ban, travel pause whatever we call it these days where you have the policy that's on paper but then there is room for interpretation in the way it's written and so there is the legal argument that happens inside the court and the things that the president has said outside the court. when those are at odds the judges have used that as a justification to shut down executive orders. this is a challenge for the administration is while they have lawyers on the one hand

from the justice department making a certain case that this is constitutional, it's narrow, it's pertaining to funds that are specific to immigration policy, of course when president trump talks he doesn't necessarily speak in the specific legal terms. he speaks very broadly in a way that voters tend to understand. of course when it comes down to the legality of it that's what's creating a piece of the problem here in the courts for this policy. >> shannon: i want to read from the judge's ruling. he said the counties that were at issue here, they currently must choose either to attempt to comply with the executive order which tells them knock it off, start helping us out when it comes to illegal immigrants or defy the order and risk losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants. by forcing counties to make the choice it results in constitutional injury. the judge is saying either they have to comply with the law or risk losing millions of dollars. >> right. donald trump says one thing and something else is written. so he says we're going to use these executive orders as a

weapon against sanctuary cities and states when the executive order only talks about a couple of pots of money related to the justice department. and what the judge is saying here is you can't strip away title i money for poor kids. you can't strip away money that goes to funding healthcare in the city or in the county. donald trump's language says it does. >> shannon: it sounds like he is going way beyond the executive order. >> the problem is the administration makes the false statements about the executive orders. the judge says i have to interpret what the president says because he is the person putting out the order. it's beyond the words. it's the deeds and actions and where it becomes problematic. if donald trump turns anything on day 97 he needs to learn to keep his mouth closed or before he says something, talk to his lawyers first. >> shannon: we know within the ninth circuit there are plenty of people who file there. judge shopping, whatever you

want to call it. they're smart. if they'll try to stop the agenda that they can't stop legislative on the hill or in another way find a friendly judge. if the white house doesn't give them material to use against them is that something to factor in that the white house needs to be more careful about how it words these things and speaks in public? >> i think so. that's the case that folks that want to cause this administration harm have plenty of opportunities and venues to do so and not every judge in the united states believes the same thing so it's certainly possible for folks that want to stop this administration to find courts that are more likely to do so. at the end of the day it all has a chance to end up at one place. only one court at the top. the supreme court and when president trump comes out and says we'll see you at the supreme court that's the right approach. let the judicial system handle it and work its way through the system. judges in lower courts rule things that aren't constitutional and the supreme court has a chance to weigh in i'm certain they'll do so. >> shannon: we have go

unfortunately we're out of time. the supreme court is no guarantee. they have very tough on issues of executive action on president obama and bush and done it a lot recently. no guarantee. we'll wait and see if it goes there. thank you for your time. >> bill: keep an eye on gorsuch now. incredible day, an officer in connecticut shaving an elderly man's life. check it out right here. >> hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! >> bill: that's the view from the body camera. the officer pulls the man back to safety trying to jump off a six-floor terrace after a confrontation with staff members at his retirement community. that's wow, awesome stuff when you have to -- when that is your job and that's what you go to work to do. >> shannon: they save lives in all kinds of ways every day. those cameras give you an inside look at what they're facing. good job. >> bill: something else.

>> shannon: wikileaks founder julian assange. the justice department is preparing to file charges against him. >> bill: the senate has been invited to the white house for a classified briefing on north korea. how real is the risk of another korean war? >> he is not going to let this nut job in north korea develop a missile with a nuclear weapon on top to hit america. he doesn't want a war any more than i do but he won't let them get a missile. this is boris calvo. boris grows mind-blowing coffee. and because we pay him a fair price, he improves his farm and invest in his community to make even better coffee. all for a smoother tasting cup. green mountain coffee.

>> shannon: the u.s. air force test firing a long-range ballistic missile yesterday. traveled 4,000 miles before splashing down in the south pacific. the nuclear capable missile was unarmed, of course, when asked about the timing of the test

launch as tensions increase in north korea defense officials say it was planned long in advance. >> this is about making sure they know what steps the trump administration is taking to protect this country to reduce the threat of north korea. a lot of the efforts the president has already undertaken with president xi in china and the success that he has had of china putting political and economic pressure on north korea in an unprecedented way to make sure we don't corral the rest of the world in this effort. >> bill: a hot topic north korea. all 100 members of the senate have been invited to the white house for a briefing of north korea on behalf of the president and his national security team. military drills, tensions are getting worse in north korea. are we seeing the case now for another korean war? fox news strategic analyst ralph peters with me out of d.c. ralph, good morning to you. this is your comments as to whether or not there is another war. i'll read it for our viewers. a preemptive strike on north

korea would indeed draw a brutal response particularly against seoul, south korea. >> that's the biggest problem here. the metro area of seoul, south korea is a hostage to nukes and conventional artillery. for the united states of america it comes down to a simple test. we cannot allow north korea to develop intercontinental missiles that reach the united states whether they're nuclear tipped, chemical tipped or tipped with bags of m & ms, we can't let them have the ability to hit the united states. can't do it. so we have a little time left but the sands in the hourglass are running out. >> bill: the critical question, how do you prevent that, sir? >> it would be great -- every sane person would like a peaceful solution. the key to that is china.

but i'm extremely skeptical of china doing what it takes. china sees north korea as a useful ally in a potential future conflict with the united states. so i'm afraid there will be misjudgments on all sides. that at some point we may feel compelled to strike north korea and if we do, it's not going to be surgical strike and cruise missiles. we would have to attack comprehensively to take out their capabilities or as many as possible to respond. so it wouldn't be a little strike. it would be a war. >> bill: very complicated. some suggesting they're building the case. i don't know what evidence they have. the senators requested the briefing. the white house said come down. we'll show it to you. where does this go then, colonel? >> nobody knows, that's the thing. we can sit here and make pronouncements. we don't know. and that's perhaps the alarming thing. of all the conflicts i can see around the world, whether it's

terrorism, putin or iran, north korea is the most unpredictable because primarily of its leader kim jong-un. we don't even know what he doesn't know. while it's not the most immediately pressing issue to me, it is long-term the most dangerous. >> bill: the other topic is iran. there was a drive-by again in the persian gulf late yesterday. i believe it happened on monday but the reporting came out late last night. sean spicer on iran now and the reporting that we have confirmed that the president wanted to toughen the language on iran last week. here is spicer on that from earlier this hour. >> we've got to make sure iran doesn't go in other ways isn't living up to the spirit of what we intended to do. they got a lot of cash under the obama administration for this deal and we need to make sure they live up to their end of the bargain and aren't hiding or developing nuclear weapons. >> bill: the question is what does iran do and the provocations are there, colonel and they're obvious? >> they're testing the trump

administration. the obama administration allowed them to run wild. it's not a tough problem because we don't want to unilaterally walk away from the arms deal. we pushed it on the europeans and they're now doing which is with iran. push the iranians in other spheres so in a fit of hissy fit they walk away from the nuke deal and thumb their noses at us. we have to do it smart. >> bill: you allege iran as grown confident. over confident over the past many years. do you think this administration is backing them down from that attitude? >> if they keep pushing us the trump administration will back them down. iran thinks the united states is overextended and we're occupied with korea and isis. it's iran that is overextended their overconfidence could lead

to disaster for them. >> bill: more to come on this. thank you for your time today out of washington, d.c. >> shannon: president trump is set to speak at the white house in just over an hour. how he says the new executive order he will be signing will help create a lot more jobs. that's next. where's frank? it's league night! 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico! goin' up the country. bowl without me. frank.' i'm going to get nachos. snack bar's closed. gah! ah, ah ah. ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides.

>> shannon: we are awaiting an executive order signing with the president later this morning. it will allow the interior department to re-evaluate national monument designations. that can open up protected public lines for mining and other industry and creating jobs not without controversy. good morning. what prompted this particular decision? >> it stems from a decision that president obama made in his last days in the oval office to designate a huge swath of land larger than the

state of rhode island in san juan county, utah as a national monument to be called the bears ears national monument. it did not go over well in the state of utah. it was the state's entire congressional delegation and governor and state legislature objected to the designation and they said they had no say in it. >> my constituents who depend on the land's resources have been at the mercy of out of touch bureaucrats who have little knowledge or personal connection to the land. >> he described the real world effect that had on the local yu tao economy. >> 100,000 acres of trust land that lie within the 1.3 million acre bears ears monument. the land is a significant

source of revenue for schools across our state and with president' obamas designation it ruined our state's ability to raise much needed funding for schools. >> it caught the ear of trump and assured hatch he would undo the damage what he thought to be an abuse of the act. that happens when the president goes to the department of interior this morning that allows for a review of designations under the antiquities act allowing the secretary of the interior to make suggested legislative changes or modifications to monument proclamations. it won't go over well among environmentalists. >> shannon: does it mean an end to this entire national monument and others as well? >> utah probably not. it would probably preserve

stone arches, rock arches that have existed throughout eternity but carve out exemptions which have no special antiquity value but opponents will argue it will gut the antiquities act. environmentalists in maine are already challenging the designation of a forest that president obama made last summer. we'll see how it goes. another legal challenge to so many of the executive orders that president trump has signed. back to you. >> shannon: we see how those play out. thank you. >> bill: we're awaiting house speaker paul ryan and house republican leaders about to hold their weekly news conference. tax reform, healthcare, government shutdown. they will all be big topics. we'll take it live in a moment. also wikileaks founder julian assange launching assault on the head of the cia and what he says they're trying to do to him.

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>> shannon: speaker paul ryan and house republican leaders set to hold a news conference any minute now as the white house gets ready to reveal a broad outline of the president's plans for tax reform. we expect lawmakers will have a lot to say about that, healthcare, tax reform and friday's budget deadline. it's looming. will they keep the lights on? welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm shannon bream. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer, good morning. the trump team about to unveil what it calls the biggest tax cut in u.s. history. the president said it would be massive. republicans argue the costs would -- the cuts would stimulate economic growth offsetting the drop in tax revenue. sean spicer talked about the plan on "america's newsroom" when he characterized it this way. >> the president through both regulatory and tax relief measures are making sure that american companies are building and creating and manufacturing here in america. that we're growing jobs in this country and hiring more people. that's good for the american worker. then the third piece is that

we're making sure that we bring down rates for america's middle income folks. people who have been too hard hit through the obama years. and that we'll make sure they get some much-needed relief. >> bill: there is just a preview. mike emmanuel live in the hallways. what's the buzz on tax reform. let's start there. >> there is a lot of excitement on capitol hill. a major priority of paul ryan and his leadership team to get tax reform done in this congress. they say they have a golden opportunity. we expect speaker ryan and his leadership team to cross the hallway from the republican conference meeting to the press conference here across the hall but bottom line they think the president is trying to stimulate the tax reform effort. this is a subject that the relevant committees on capitol hill have been working on. if you lower substantially the rates to pass it through budget reconciliation in the senate with just 51 votes, a simple majority, it is supposed to be

deficit neutral. the question will be if you substantially lower rates how do you pay for it? that's something we expect to hear a lot about in the weeks ahead. bottom line a lot of positive energy here on capitol hill. excited the president is weighing in on one of their key legislative priorities. >> bill: always interesting to see them walk so fast through those hallways. i don't know if they try to avoid you or have a lot to do. the latest on the efforts to revive healthcare reform and funding the government back in the news yet again, mike. what have you uncovered? >> well, we saw new language late last night from congressman tom mcarthur, a republican from new jersey and part of these negotiations the try to get to 216 votes. what he has proposed is an amendment to give states more flexibility to opt out of some of the obamacare requirements of healthcare. that is something conservatives have wanted. the concern for republican leadership has been will it get to 216 votes. can you pass it in the house? the most likely scenario if they think they have 216 votes

is doing a vote perhaps next week because, of course, we do have a government funding deadline of later this week by friday night and at this point top republicans here on capitol hill are saying the only ones who want a government shut down would be democrats. >> they're trying to provoke a fight and schumer is trying to put more and more unreasonable demands trying to force a shutdown to appease those who want total resistance, total opposition, who don't want the trump administration to succeed. >> republicans removed funding for a border wall which was something the president wanted. he backed away from that but they're demanding an increase in spending on defense, military and border security. the trading continues back and forth. we're waiting for a deal. >> bill: we'll let you duck inside that room. thanks for the preview. mike emanuel on the hill. >> shannon: more joining us fox news politics editor chris stirewalt.

no offense, if the house speaker starts and he says something juicy we might have to go there. this is live tv. we love you so we're starting with you. let's talk about a full plate as mike emanuel laid out. we'll hear about tax reform today, healthcare, all kinds of things. this is what congressman ras cum said last hour. >> i think preference without question is to have a permanent policy and that is to the point you just made. investors need to be saying what's going to be happening not two years from now but 20 years from now? >> shannon: the director of the national economic counsel gary collins wants the permanence of it and the white house hasn't decided yet. what do you think? >> they need to -- if they want the kind of remaking of the american economy -- remember, part of the reason donald trump is president is because the transition in the economy from

the old manufacturing economy into the new information economy left a lot of people out. if you want to remake the american economy so it's competitive for the next century if we have the kind of programs that work, you have to have long-lasting change and you can't just have a band-aid you slap on the thing. >> shannon: we're watching now as house gop leadership has stepped to the mic starting with paul ryan. chris, stand by. >> this congress has sent 29 bills to president trump's desk. the most for a president's first 100 days in office since 1949. nearly half of these measures are measures to take excessive regulations off the book so we can grow this economy. after years of workers and industries bracing for the next regulatory onslaught all the unpredictability coming with that we're prying relief for energy jobs, small businesses, for retirees. it has been an estimated that the steps we have taken with this administration will save families and businesses more

than $67 billion. that is real relief and that promotes real economic growth. we've been trying to cut red tape for years and now it's finally happening at record levels. promote job creation. the president has signed bills making it easier for women to go to stem careers and to help our veterans. the president signed a bill to lower out-of-pocket costs and take steps toward fundamental va reform. very much in need. we'll keep building on this record. right now we're working on a government funding bill that addresses some of the country's core priorities including strengthening our national defense. last week i was in europe visiting some of our key nato allies and across the board allies are ready to see america step up and lead again. a big part of that is rebuilding our military which is something that we're in the middle of doing right now. we're also working to fix our tax code. today the administration will outside its principles for tax reform, a critical step forward in this effort. pro-growth tax reform means

we'll have lower rates, a simpler tax code with fewer brackets and an i.r.s. that exists to only serve the taxpayer and continue to work to keep our promise to repeal and replace obamacare so that we can lower costs and create more choices for families. we have undertaken some very big reforms to tackle entrenched problems. there is a lot of work left to do. under the president's leadership this unified government has made a solid start. thank you. >> >> as the speaker talked about the bills moved to the president's desk only one time as a congressional review act been signed. we have passed 15 inside this house. 13 signed into law to create one job creation and bring common sense regulation back to this country. some of the actions that we're taking and building on just today i know many of you watched last night the swearing in of a new member of congress

ron estes from kansas and a copyright position to have at the library of congress focusing on the future of copyrights and others and we'll vote on that today. tomorrow we'll take up freddy and fanny. they are oef exempt from the freedom of information act. the idea of bringing more transparency to government. we'll pass a bill to make sure they are no longer exempt. that anybody can be able to get the information dealing with freddie and fanny as we move forward. we'll continue to fund this government making sure our military men and women have all they need to not only protect this country but make the world safe and i will tell you walking out of this conference i see great movement when it comes to healthcare. we'll continue to make sure we keep our promise to repeal and replace obamacare to make sure insurance costs are lower and people are protected from pre-existing conditions. >> the last two weeks have been

good for members to go back to their districts and hear from and talk to the people that actually elected us. so that we can continue working for the american people to follow through on the things that are important to them like getting the economy back on track. getting the federal government out of the way in so many areas of their lives where people are hurting. one of those areas that government is actually been making it harder for families is obamacare with double digit increases every year if premiums. with 10,000 and 12,000 deductibles and less access for good care. we've been working closely with our colleagues across the country to continue making progress in making sure that we're not giving up on the ultimate objective of repealing and replacing obamacare. the good news is a lot of really good progress has been made during the last two weeks. a lot more members are focused on getting to where we need to be. we're not going to stop working

until we get this done. we've been working closely with the president and i'm encouraged to see the kind of commitment president trump has had on following through on the promises he made to the american people. getting our economy back on track. getting rid of regulations killing jobs in america. if you look at what's already happened. we're not at day 100. a lot of people want to already write about what the first 100 days have been like. the good news is a lot of really good things have happened in the first 100 days and still are more things that are good that are set to happen. but you just look at the economy. over 500,000 new jobs have been created in the first 100 days. the president set a tone of getting the economy back on track and helping create more jobs including signing 13 different pieces of legislation into law that reverse bad regulations that were killing jobs in america. helping rebuild the coal industry. getting some other federal agencies off the backs of

american workers. signing and green lighting the keystone pipeline. president trump with that one action of green lighting the keystone pipeline created tens of thousands of good jobs and helped ensure america's energy security and on foreign policy president trump has followed through on so many commitments. number one just making sure we're enforcing our laws, securing the border. illegal border crossings down over 60%. upholding america's rule of law. i was able to go meet with some of our nato allies and president trump has encouraged them to get up to that 2% level of gdp spending. not only is america contributing to nato but so are the countries and europe and they've responded and you are seeing positive results there, too. so i think you see a more cohesive working with our allies again to follow through on those promises that have been made and to create more jobs and get our economy moving again and we'll continue working with this president to

get america moving again. >> always important to spend time in your district listening to people, hearing their concerns. it was great to have an extended time to do that. overall i would say people want to see results. they see this as an exciting opportunity to really rethink this government from top to bottom. they also recognize we must get this economy growing. we must create jobs and we must unleash innovation in this country. they are very pleased to see we're rolling back the regulatory burden that has been suffocating our economy. as i listened and traveled around eastern washington i held a number of coffees with farmers or talking infrastructure or healthcare. people see this as an opportunity for us to think big, get the results, and i come back reenergized because of that. i am committed to making a difference for them using this as an opportunity to really do the big things that the people

want to see us do. >> anybody have any questions? >> two questions. first are you committed to using reconciliation for tax reform and i also wanted to ask about the -- act and i want to know -- [inaudible] >> i'll defer to kevin on the time of the choice act. reconciliation is a regular budgeting process. we want to look at every avenue. reconciliation is the preferred process and the most logical process to bring tax reform through. i think we're planning once we mark up a bill we want to move to the floor as quickly as possible and that's the schedule. casey. >> is the white house overstepping their bounds on tax reform? >> not at all. >> is that partly because of the failure of healthcare? >> no.

this is something we've been talking to them all along. we had a good meeting yesterday. ways and means and finance and the white house will work regularly to make sure we get a bill together that's unified. we've been briefed on what they're going to do and it's along the same linings we want to do. we see this as progress being made showing we're moving and getting on the same page. progress being made. say that again. yeah, right, progress, wow. [laughter] that was very interesting. so we see this as a good thing. >> on healthcare, does the mcarthur amendment get you to 216? >> tom mcarthur, one of the leaders of the tuesday group has a lot of experience in insurance. knows insurance markets inside and out. worked in high-risk pool settings so we think the mcarthur amendment is a great way to lower premiums, give states more flexibility while protecting people with pre-existing conditions. those are the three things we

want to achieve. you have to remember obamacare is collapsing and people are getting hit with double digit premium increases. whatever we can do to get the premiums down and make sure the guarantee for people with pre-existing conditions is met but give states -- every state is a little different. we had a high-risk pool in wisconsin that worked well. they had a pool in maine that worked well. we want to give states the ability to customize the reforms to maximize the ability to lower premiums and protect people with pre-existing conditions and that's exactly at the heart of what the mcarthur amendment does and helps us get to consensus. susan. blurting out, i won't do it. [inaudible question] >> we're getting close and down to the last final things. we're making really good progress. csrs, we aren't doing that. that's not an appropriation bill. that's something separate the administration does. we're close on everything else

and now it's getting down to the final details. that's not our intention or goal. we want to get this done on time. that's our plan. >> bill: -- >> do you see a vote on healthcare? >> we'll vote on it when we get the vote. >> bill: it went right down the list, tax reform, what's happening with his trip to europe and also progress on the spending bill a short time ago from paul ryan. >> shannon: interesting he talked about the fact there has been so much confusion over the pre-existing condition issue and he was adamant that it won't be something the states can opt out of. the democrats say it will happen if you let them do this. we'll see. all right. let's bring in chris stirewalt who hung around for us. one of the most ambitious things the speaker said he wants to change the i.r.s. that solely exists to serve the taxpayer. do scenario playing out? they're talking about doing a lot of big things and changes. the last time tax reform

happened it was a big bipartisan package back in 1986. i don't see a lot of bipartisanship this time. >> if you go the reconciliation route the republicans -- you jam through the tax cut short term and you have to fight to keep it in place and eventually as it was under president obama, bush tax cuts get repealed or allowed to expire and you go through all of that. that is not the real deal. this is not the filet mignon, this is the stuff that you feed the cattle. and maybe it's okay. maybe it's better than nothing. maybe it's better than starvation rations but this is the key for the republicans. they are pushing forward their bet continually. we won't do it now. we won't do the trump care now. not do it now. we'll shove it forward. we're continue to shove it forward. the longer you push it forward, the better you have to be.

how good you have to be in execution and how good the product has to be the stakes go up and up. >> shannon: let me ask about the wall issue. the white house signaling they could take the wall issue away on the funding platform as a must have. democrats said it was a non-starter for them. by taking the border wall funding away from what they are going to insist on in the budgetary measure that needs to get done by friday do they kind of beat the democrats at their own game? okay, that's not on the table for right now. now what do you want to object to? >> this is a stupid town. never question the stupidity of politicians in large numbers. but even in washington it is starting to dawn on people that shutting down the government or having a vicious fight over what is essentially rounding errors in federal spending. this isn't really about the money. this is about i got you way, you got your way. as the republicans learned when they shut the government down

in 2013 you don't get policy outcome. these are stunts that you pull, stuff that you do to try to get attention. and i think they probably have come to realize that there is no wisdom in shutting the government down yourself. >> shannon: the republicans have realized they'll get blamed for the government shut down either way. that's how it works in washington >> bill: you look at the clock right now and 60 hours left to get it done. midnight deadline friday night. appears to be on track. another immigration policy setback for the white house. a federal judge ruling against the plan to withhold federal money from sanctuary cities. so what's the plan now? we'll take a look at that. >> shannon: and ann coulter says she will speak at berkeley tomorrow come hell or high water. calling liberal efforts to shut her out sharia law for snowflakes.

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>> this president has the full authority to do what's necessary to protect this country and to present grant money in a way that he sees fit. the idea that any judge or any jurisdiction would not be wanting to help make sure that we can protect our citizens runs counter to frankly what we should all be looking for as citizens and what our laws should be supporting to do. >> bill: that's sean spicer last hour reacting to the judge's decision that blocks this plan from the white house to withhold federal money for

cities and counties with sanctuary policies. he says those cities have the blood of dead americans on their hands. katie pavlich and a fox news contribute and ladies, good day to both of you. can they win this case, katie? let's start there and figure out as we work our way through this conversation. start. >> i think they can win this case. i'm not an attorney. based on what the u.s. code says in terms of what the justice department is capable and has the authority to do in terms of regulating sanctuary cities and jurisdictions the law appears to be on their side but in terms of the political battle here and the p.r. battle the administration absolutely can win. 80% of the country believes that local law enforcement should be required to comply with federal law enforcement when it comes to enforcing immigration policy. and also although this law is now -- this judge has put this decision and is going to halt the starving of funding for the

sanctuary cities, ice can still go in and do raids and get these violent criminals off the streets. there is nothing preventing ice from going into cities like san francisco and taking these violent criminals into custody. >> bill: you can't go to the federal prison system, let's say, and acquire those illegals. that's pretty much what the city manager in san francisco said not going to happen. >> it's federal just juris dick shuns. they're allowed to go into federal prisons. they're in custody in prison. there is nothing preventing federal law enforcements agents from going into the city. this means local law enforcement in places like san francisco won't turn them over and hold them for ice. a big difference there. ice can go in and do the raids. >> bill: dana, can the administration win on this or is it a losing battle? >> we share the same opinion. they can and will.

this may look like an odd move to some. i've seen numerous things said really the department of justice is only authorized to control three specific grants which total fewer than $1 million. but politically it's actually a smart p.r. battle. a really smart. all of this is waged in the battleground of the media. everybody knows this. this is where this case is won and where it's fought. so politically it underscores the refusal of so many of these cities and their leaders to follow federal law where it concerns upholding immigration and ultimately congress, bill, controls the power of the purse and they're the final gate keeper where it concerns the grants. the administration will win on this because congress can just say in the next budget we're not going the fund any of these grants until you comply with federal law. that simple. >> bill: the district judge said william orrick is his name. federal funding that bears no meaningful relationship to immigration enforcement. cannot be threatened merely

because a jurisdiction chooses and immigration enforcement strategy which the president disapproves. it oversteps your bounds constitutionally. >> there are strings and requirements that come with federal funding and what the justice department is arguing here. one more clarification that we need to bring up because this is clearly a political move by this judge. the ninth circuit is overturned 85% of the time when they make these decisions. the people that the justice department and the white house is going after here aren't all illegal immigrants as the left has argued. they're going after very specific people with murder charges, rape charges, other heinous crimes and guess what? the left is saying they're protecting immigrant communities when really they are keeping these very violent criminals inside these communities and they don't want them there, either. >> bill: to be clear if it's appealed it goes to the ninth circuit. this is at the district level

so far. >> it's in the district, the same type of mentality. >> bill: legally speaking those are the boundaries by which we're operating now. what do you think, dana? >> the administration will win on this and a huge point what katie was saying with the ninth circuit and look at the bias in some of these judges. orrick is a six figure donor to president obama and the judge behind the planned parenthood decision but his opinion, and this was interesting. orrick seems to boil down his decision that it has to do with what trump says on television and on social media. where you know he wouldn't make the same argument were it to concern former president obama. it almost seems to say that orrick would perhaps decide one way if it was a democrat president but because it's a republican president he will decide another way and try to fall back on he said it on twitter or television that

evening. it is a weird thing. >> bill: more to come. katie, thank you. dana, thanks to you as well. we'll talk to you next week. >> shannon: we've been talking about it. a brand-new tax plan expected to be unveiled today. it will include the biggest tax cut in u.s. history. fox business network host melissa francis weighs in just ahead. >> bill: have you heard about uber? literally taking to the skies. oh, oh, what they have planned for you. >> shannon: i like it. ♪ the sun'll come out tomorrow... ♪ for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine.

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>> bill: big headline from the white house today. it will unveil a new tax plan proposal which could call for big changes and reductions in rates across the board. treasury secretary steve mnuchin giving us a sneak peek here. >> we want to simplify the personal tax system.

lower taxes and create economic growth. this is going to be the biggest tax cut and the largest tax reform in the history of our country. and we are committed to seeing this through. >> bill: fox business network co-host melissa francis is here. >> i'm launching a new book. >> bill: it is not called money but it is called "lessons from the prairie" and sometimes just survival. i learned on america's favorite show. congratulations. >> i'll make you laugh. >> bill: is that number two? >> book two but it will go to number one. i'm going to the villages on friday. join me. >> bill: i dare you to get to page 2 and put it down. what do you think of the proposal? let's start there. >> a lot of good things in it. i love the 15% tax rate for small business owners, for those people who your business passes through to your personal income tax statement. that's where you do it. real estate brokers. you know, a lot of folks out

there that get hurt by taxes who are the ones who create jobs. that's great. your tax rate will go to 15%. for the income they were probably paying 39.5%. that's fantastic. we're hearing word the top rate, 39.5 may only drop down to 37. >> bill: this is being debated. >> that's a small cut. >> bill: let's show our viewers what the plan will be. on screen, top individual rate currently 39 1/2, proposed around mid 30s. seems to be negligentable. we'll see how it ends up. business rate would go down to 15. corporate rate go down to 15 as well. >> that's job creation. what you see there is job creation. you think about the person who has a small business who hires two or three people or have a corner store, real estate broker, all these things. if their taxes are cut by that much instantly what they're doing is hiring more people, advertising more.

money that goes right back into the economy so they can grow their business. for companies it's the same thing. they'll bring money from overseas. they'll have factories here and make things here because at the end of the day companies want to make their stuff here. they want to have their headquarters here. it is close to their homes. keep an eye on production. it is about the cost of doing it. >> bill: applies to big business and overall economy. i don't know if this will be in the plan or not. increase the deductions for individuals. >> yes. >> bill: where does that come from and how would that help? >> that's another great thing. it is huge. it goes to everybody right away. they're doubling the deduction you have right off the top. that income that isn't taxed. them owe ahead and double it on everyone. you keep your own money instead of sending it to washington where they waste it. >> bill: do you think it encourages people to spend more money?

>> yes, that's the marginal money that you send to the government that instead you would use to buy a new car, to buy more back to school clothes for your kids. a lot of basic stuff. >> bill: spending money. sean spicer led our program at 9:00 a.m. this morning and he laid the ground work in this way, watch here. >> number one i think we'll focus on simplification and getting the brackets down so that we can start filling out our taxes on less than 18 pages and get it down to one or two. president is focused on simplification. bringing down the corporate rate at 35% that makes us uncompetitive. what it means for the american worker less likelihood that americans are growing jobs here. >> bill: that's a lot about what you were saying. simplification thing has been talked about for so long. just do it. do you believe it will do it? >> here is the problem with it.

they take away loopholes. when they tell you that that means the mortgage deduction, the thing that you use or whether it's deducting your state and local taxes. when those things go away the individual realizes the deduction that you are losing that you used to have. that's the argument against simplification are the little goodies that we all use. so i hope it happens because it's the right thing but there is a painful side to it. that's my only warning. >> bill: and? >> and please go buy my book. i will make you laugh. if you don't laugh and laugh i'll eat the cover. >> bill: stay tuned to fox news because next hour president trump will sign a new executive order renewing and reviewing rather national monument designations issued by his predecessors. could be very interesting now. he will give remarks on this, too. well oh -- we'll see how he sells the

tax plan and this. coming up next live here on fox. >> shannon: julian assange blasting the cia accusing the director of waging war on free speech. assange pushing back against pompeo's label of wikileaks as hostile insisting it's a truth teller. catherine herridge joins us live from washington with more on this story. >> this is the second opinion piece by the founder of wikileaks published by the "washington post" this month and in it assange writes when the director of the cia an unelected public service demon eyess a publisher such as wikileaks it puts all journalists on notice or should. saying it was a non-state hostile intelligence service is a dagger aimed at american's constitutional right to receive information on their government.

pompeo's speech called assange and wikileaks a hostile intelligence service aligned with russia. in the same speech he seemed to anticipate the wikileaks defense. >> assange claims to harbor admiration for america and the idea of america. but i assure you this man knows nothing of america and our ideals. >> intelligence officials say wikileaks is actively recruiting to infiltrate the cia and other agencies to steal u.s. government secrets. >> shannon: what do we know about potential charges being filed against assange? >> the attorney general says it's a priority to bring charges and the recent theft of c.i.a. records which exposed some of the agencies most sensitive cyber tools published online. cybersecurity specialist told fox news wikileaks has found a way to channel this information through the dark web becoming a

bullet proof distribution hosts but it has altered the dynamic. >> what's changed is our understanding that wikileaks and julian assange are being orchestrated by the kremlin to distribute information that can be used as propaganda to undermine trust and confidence in the institutions of the united states of america. >> the lawyer for julian assange says he hasn't been contacted by the justice department and emphasized a key line we saw in this "washington post" piece by julian assange saying wikileaks is a news organization and cultivating sources is a protected activity. the justice department it seems sees it quite differently. >> shannon: yes, they do. thank you for keeping us updated. >> you're welcome. >> bill: watch this guy fly. >> racing to the plate. the throw is -- not in time and an incredible

move. >> bill: toronto blue jays chris cogland misses the talk. if he goes low, i go high and he did. it was like seeing a unicorn. it just doesn't happen. check out the still frame. man, that's cool. blue jays went on to win that game. >> shannon: it was all worth it for sure. baseball is such a quiet, meditative game most of the time. >> bill: until lightning strike. that dive, that somersault. hit the place. perfect. >> shannon: one of the best of the year and it is only april, may, what is it april? >> i think they have 150 more games. >> shannon: we'll watch every one of them. >> bill: nice job, well done. >> shannon: a crook spotted stretching out before committing a brazen robbery. check it out. is he now going to be able to avoid a stretch in prison? he is getting ready for it, bill.

>> bill: ann coulter heading for uc berkeley to speak on campus despite all the opposition. we'll debate the so-called snowflakes that believe it's okay to block her constitutional right. did you hear from gut field >> in is a step towards chaos and anarchy which is what this group really want. i don't think it has anything to do with hate speech or the constitution. i think it is all about politics.

>> shannon: conservative pundit ann coulter standing by her plans to speak tomorrow at uc berkeley after school officials canceled the event claiming they want to protect students and coulter from violent protest. greg gutfeld slammed the arguments that it's okay to silence hate speech when a conservative speaker is invited.

>> it's sharia law for snowflakes. you don't have a right to language. if they get angry at you the only thing you can do is be violent because there is no debate anymore. there is no conversation. >> shannon: great to see you both, gentlemen. i want to read a little bit from the "l. a. times." they are defending free speech saying the school has to get it together saying good intentions and legitimate concerns don't absolve the university of its fundamental responsibility to free expression and unfettered debate. it is important that a campus the birthplace of the free speech movement not succumb to the heckler's veto and say you'll unintentionally discriminate against conservatives because they provoke the violent backlashs. >> i think the "l. a. times" put it better than gutfeld did.

i support ann coulter's ability or freedom of speech. the protestors should have the ability to exercise their free speech and protest what she is saying and argue against it and she has a right to speak. i think the university should be trying -- they've got to preserve with the violence that happened with past speakers they can't assume it will happen against because of ann coulter. they have to come up with procedures and protocols that allow free speech to prosper on campus in my opinion. >> shannon: brad, you know there will be a lot of fingers pointed, a lot of blaming and there will be people who want to say they provoked this and shouldn't have come in it turns violent. >> it the turns violent it's because of the people causing the vie lents. it's up to the administrators

and the professor to welcome difficult urgent speakers on campus. from administrators and professors they're siding with the students in many cases and that's wrong. universities should be a place where it's not a safe harbor for any particular speech. it is an open environment where people are exposed to different ideas. and i applaud the times for coming out strongly and succinctly about the ability for college campuses to be more tolerant than they seem to be today. ann coulter, if she is driven from the campus tonight you can only blame one entity, the university. and those who caused the violence. >> shannon: we have a slightly different take than the "l. a. times" from an miu professor's piece in the "new york times." what snowflakes get right about free speech. freedom of expression when its proponents requires it needs to

examine its parameters and invoke a model of free speech that has never existed the dangers to our democracy are clear and present. we need to thank the protestors and overly sensitive souls for keeping watch over the soul of our republic. joe, the snowflakes are right about free speech? >> he is right. those protestors have a right to be out there. what brad said look, we don't know -- this is part of the problem with the situation in berkeley. it is not clear who is creating the violence on both sides. i'm not saying the protestors against previous speakers weren't part of that but there were also outside people who came in and looking for a fight. so the university has got to deal with that reality. not just -- there are legitimate people on both sides who want free speech but there are also people who have been looking for a way to get into a

fight and that happened in the past there. >> shannon: 10 seconds to wrap us up. response that that nyu professor's speech. >> there is equality in free speech. the protestors have a right to protest but not at the expense of silencing the speaker. >> shannon: all right. joe and brad, great to see you. >> bill: in a moment guess who has high fly ideas for your future commute? this is one way to travel. oh, yeah. ♪ let's fly, away ♪ come fly with me, let's float ♪

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controversy. president trump turns up the pressure ahead of the first 100 days moment. is the white house helping or hurting? we'll see you in six minutes. >> bill: ride sharing company uber has big plans. uber ambitious, flying cars. they want to test these flights within the next three years and it is making headlines today. "wall street journal" is reporting it and brett larson is following up. how are you doing, brett? will we fly to work? >> they're saying pretty aggressive plan when it comes to flying cars. we've been hearing about this for several years along with the driverless car concept. uber not the only people working on it. google and airbus are working on it. uber's plan is they want to start testing in the next five years. they want them air worthy in the next five years and try dallas and dubai.

it will take some convincing on the part of the consumer because are you going to feel comfortable getting into an autonomous thing that drops down in front of wherever you'll be picked up, jump in and it flies away? they say they'll fly up to 150 miles per hour. >> bill: i'm reading they want to test in three years. whether three or five years how realistic would it be when you are working on self-driving cars? >> that's the thing. they are still trying to work the bumps out of the roadway of self-driving cars. they've had a couple of issues especially in the city of san francisco where they had their licenses yanked. they're working we've learned yesterday and have nasa engineers working with them. that will get you the best in the business when it comes to how to get something off the ground and stable. three to five years i think is an aggressive time frame for something you're kind of

starting from scratch. elon musk talked about this with tesla as well. >> bill: you have to figure out how to take off and land. most important part. otherwise you go nowhere. >> once you get it in the air it's a helicopter. this opens up a whole new realm of what about all the clutter in the air? we have drones that can fly everywhere and now flying cars. are they going to have an operator on them? will they be autonomous? there is a lot of things at play flying overhead. >> bill: love the see the video on the first test flight. check it out in the "wall street journal." brett larson with us today. >> shannon: i'm signing up for it now. the president set to speak from the white house after signing an executive order the white house says will lead to more jobs. we'll take you there live.

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>> i'll take a test flight. if it's free. >> how did you enjoy the weather last night in new york? it was biblical. have a great day. >> jon: we begin with a fox news alert. president trump will be signing some new executive orders just a few minutes from now. one of them to review the national monument designations made by his predecessors. welcome to "happening now." >> jenna: we have a live look at the interior department where he is assigned to deliver remarks before signing the order covering several dozen monument designations since 1996. this can actually refer to large blocks of land, for example, in one particular piece that is more than a million acres. there are ramifications like looking at what these designations were in the past. it's a very busy day for the president with his 100th day in