wouldn't you? >> after you. >> 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 office fast approaching.

john roberts is live on the north along with more. >> one is that not a busy day here at the white house? if i heard you say, there's not much happening, i'll be surprised. the president will head over to the interior department are just a few minutes time, signing that executive order as you pointed out. it's a review for designations of monuments. one of them is in utah. locals thought it was too big and arbitrary. ryan zinke who briefed us all yesterday it will reveal all national monuments and make recommendations to the president on what to do about the existing ones and going forward when they designate national monuments. another big news today, the president will review elements of his tax reform plan. first and foremost among them, a massive cut to the corporate tax rate, currently 35%, that will go down to 15%, additionally,

they help small businesses. the president hopes to cut the rate for s corporations to 15%. those are taxed at the personal tax rate and if he follows through with his original plan, contract and freelance employees will also be cut to 15%. steve mnuchin said the president really aims to help a lot of americans with this plan. listen here. >> we are committed that small business owner operators will have the benefit of the business rate. but this is not going to be is a loophole for rich people who should be paying higher rates, pay 15%. this is going to be for small businesses that drive the economy. >> that's about businesses, what about personal taxpayers? the president will double the standard deduction which is currently a $6,300. a family of four would get a deduction of about $24,000.

we are still trying to learn more and more about all this. sean spicer, the press secretary said this morning on "america's newsroom" that the president aims to help not just corporations and small businesses, but the individual americans too. >> part of the reason that he ran for president and part of the reason he is championing right now is he's done well, he wants the rest of america to do well. he wants to put the american worker first to for too long have been sidelined and forgotten. he wants to make sure that american businesses are put first. >> if the president follows through with his original tax plan, he will also eliminate the marriage penalty. he will outline tax brackets this afternoon as well. we're not sure exactly what those entailed. his latest plan was 12, 25, and 33%. we understand that that may change. stay tuned, a lot of news coming this afternoon from the white house including all 100

senators have been invited to come down here to the white house for a briefing on north korea with rex tillerson, james mattis, and the chairman of the joint chief of staff. jenna, just another ho-hum day here at the white house. >> jenna: thanks very much. >> jon: for more on this, let's bring in amy stoddard, also guy benson. we have our cameras focused there on the interior department where president trump is said to make an announcement shortly regarding the antiquities act. he's going to be reviewing whether the national monument designation made by the three previous presidents ought to be upheld. it's not an issue that i recall ever coming up during the course of the campaign, are you surprised? >> now, i don't think trauma

voters after heard about the antiquities act of 19 oh six. i don't know that anybody cares. it is a concern for some reasons around the country and some lawmakers have been asking president trump since the transition to see whether there was overreach in these previous designations. some tribes in these states might subject wow object. the president has ridiculed the first 100 days marker and he took it seriously during the campaign. he wants to end the first 100 days with great fanfare. he's done a lot of different things this weekend is really being active and this is just another one on the list. >> jon: one of the national monument designations was the national monument in utah. 1.35 million acres that

barack obama waved his pen and said no mining, no logging, it's a national monument purity of the local authorities, the governor, was not happy about it. orin hatch was certainly not happy about it and that's part of the reason that president trump is taking a second look. >> is under review for now. you're right. some of these orders in the past including that move from obama and the second term impacted the people of utah. they are looking to lobby this and make a change because they don't like how this impacts their state. you mentioned senator hatch, he's not saying that the entire protection should go away and there are no lands within that area that deserve special protection. he think they should be

protected, but not quite as broad a stretch of land. it's way too much and he's hoping that the interior department will reign that in in a little bit. to me, that seems like a reasonable request and it should be under review. a >> jon: i think senator hatch just heard you, because he was in the box on screen and turned your way. i also want to talk about that announcement from the house oversight committee chairman and ranking member yesterday. they say former national security advisor, general michael flynn might have violated the law by not fully disclosing his business dealings with russia and turkey when seeking a white house security clearance. he's gone from the white house and the national security advisor post may be, but does the damage potentially live on here? >> it does reg's questions how

seriously the process was for vetting. as you remember, -- was the team around the president aware and november, december, and january of the things that michael flynn was doing and forgetting about what the contents of his conversations were the russian ambassador and they failed to disclose it to vice president pence who went on tv and said something that wasn't true about it. he then failed to report money that he got from the russian propaganda and what kind of work was he doing for the turkish government? it looks as if michael flynn thought that trump would lose. he was setting up a pretty good operation to work on behalf of the turkish government around the time of the election. unless the white house provides

the documents to show that he sought permission, it looks like they're not helping with an investigation. since they fired him, they need to put as much political distance between themselves and michael, particularly the president, provide everything that can to every investigator, whether as the fbi or congress, and essentially throw him under the bus. i think by dodging, and produces more smoke and a smoky atmosphere. >> jon: members of any administration generally don't like to release a lot of paperwork to congress. you think they should in this case? >> yeah, they showed, because they fired the guy for a number of reasons including being dishonest to the vice president. now we might know or have better insight into why flynn was speaking to, seeking immunity. they obviously did not do efficient due diligence.

this is also on flynn for not disclosing thousands of dollars coming from the russian government to him. that smells bad. they got rid of it eventually. they had a course correction, but an initial mistake, especially when someone like h.r. mcmaster who now holds that post was available on the lawn flynn their first with a checkered background, clearly an error. >> jon: we continue to await the president there at the interior department. thank you both for joining us. a speed to another legal setback for the trump administration after a federal judge blocks the president's executive order to withhold funds from sanctuary cities. it's the latest hold on the president's agenda in the short term. claudio's with those with more. >> from city hall, where you can almost hear the sigh of relief yesterday. this ruling affects not just san francisco and santa clara, the two counties that filed this lawsuit, but hundreds of these so-called sanctuary cities that

could now plan their budgets, knowing they will get the federal funding they were counting on, no strings attached, at least for now. >> the court sides with us on every issue. i hope this president learns from his litany of mistakes. his first 100 days have been a disaster. i hope for all of our sakes that he can turn it around. >> the lawsuit was filed just blocks from our barry area resident kate steinle was fatally shot in 2015 by a repeat felon and five-time deportees who were s have been turned over to federal immigration agents, but who is shielded by the city's sanctuary policy. donald trump signed an executive order in january to withhold federal funds from studies that harbor illegal immigrants. lashing out on twitter this morning, president trump called yesterday's ruling ridiculous

adding, see you in the supreme court. he also attacked the federal judge who issued the injunction and today, william orrick is coming under scrutiny. barack obama nominated him in 2012 after he reportedly raised more than $200,000 for obama's 2008 presidential campaign. and a statement reacting to yesterday's ruling, the white house vowed to "pursue all legal remedies to the sanctuary city threats and we are still waiting to hear if that means challenging this nationwide injunction at the ninth circus court of appeals." >> jenna: thank you. >> jon: fox news alert and a live look at the interior department. that's where president trump is expected to make some remarks momentarily. he will sign a new executive order directing the agency reviewed dozens of national monuments designations made by three presidents of the last two decades. as soon as the presidents up to the microphone, there is orin hatch on the left, as soon as

he's up to the mike rome, we will bring in their life. >> jenna: are following new develop ends in the case of the tennessee teenager police say he was kidnapped by her 50-year-old former teacher. when new court documents say about elizabeth thomas and his mother and why that's relevant. that's just ahead. plus north korea and senators today be a rare, classified briefing from the white house. more than on that in just a mot

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>> jon: are moments away from president trump addressing the interior department. he's going to sign a new executive order that the agency reviewed dozens of national monument designations that his predecessors made. we will bring it to you live as soon as it begins.

>> north korea does not have a ballistic missile antiship weapon that would threaten the strike group. the weapons that north korea would put against the strike group are easily defended by the capabilities in that strike group. if it flies, it will die if it's flying against the strikers. >> jenna: that was our commander of the u.s. navy testifying before congress today. joining us with more now is someone who can absolutely add some perspective. he's a former commander of the seventh fleet in japan. what do you think that statemen statement? >> i think it was an appropriate statement given our technology and capabilities of the battle group and all our ships as a matter of fact. >> jenna: the reason i bring that up is as difficult and north korea to translate to those of us who haven't been

playing as close attention in a pacific. how would you characterize the threat as you see it? >> the threat today has escalated to the point where the most serious threat that we've had on the korean peninsula mama probably in the last 30 years. this is very serious, it's something that is appropriately being dealt with at the national level. >> jenna: as someone who has operated in that area, what are you watching for? >> the total unpredictability of the north korean leadership. the kim family who has control north korea for years and years are totally unpredictable and i would say not totally rational. >> jenna: one of the things that admiral harris was testifying today said that the missile-defense system that went and virtually overnight to that particular area of south korea should be operational within a few days.

that seems very controversial of china and within south korea. what do you think of this development, this news at this missile-defense system will be operational perhaps this week and what does it mean as far as our presence and security in the area? >> i think it's totally proportionate to the threat. it is a self-defense missile system. it is in no way offensive. they have a really vulgar rhetoric in that regard, i think it is appropriate action on our part. >> jenna: as a former director of the cia, he was speaking to npr this morning and he brought up an issue that i haven't heard a lot about. let's go ahead and play that sound. >> the really dangerous thing is they can both orbit satellites, they've orbited several, and

they use nuclear weapons. if they detonate a weapon some miles above the earth, they can knock out a major share of our electric grid. >> jenna: that's a scary scenario, one that we haven't really talked a lot about. what are your thoughts on that? >> the potential is there. the reality is that north korea is firing missiles either at our ships or south korea or into space to threaten the united states of america. we have a responsibility to defend ourselves by taking out those systems before they're fired. >> jenna: what your experience is incredibly invaluable to us, as well as foreign leaders. if there's one message that you could send our leaders about what they should consider, especially our leaders in the senate who are going to be briefed on this issue in north korea today, what would you want them to consider?

>> i would hope that everyone considers the executive branch as well as the united states congress to explore every avenue to avoid a conflict, to go the distance, to try and resolve this with the help of the chinese government. short of that, if we have to, if we are required to use force in defense of ourselves and defense of our allies in japan and south korea and other asian nations, that we do so with overpowering force and we eliminate this problem and north korea. this should be a defensive measure on our part, but diplomatically and ultimately militarily, if that's necessary. hopefully it won't be. >> jenna: absolutely. we definitely want to avoid that. admiral, great to have gone the program. we look forward to having you back. thank you.

>> jon: a fox news alert. president trump is at the department of the interior and washington, d.c. you can see him surrounded by a number of dignitaries they are. this is a signing ceremony on some new executive orders. he is signing the antiquities executive order to tell the department of the interior to essentially review a number of national monument designations that have been made by his predecessors, barack obama, george w. bush, and bill clinton. each of them, designated national monuments predominantly out west. those turned out to be controversial among the states where they were located, most recently, that bears heirs national monument designation in utah shut off more than a million acres of land from mining, from logging, from exploration, and essentially

makes it a national monument not to be touched for years into the future. this president is wondering whether that was the right approach because especially the congressional delegation of utah and the governor of utah both a posted at the time. you can see senator orrin hatch they are immediately next to the podium, that's part of the reason he is there. >> jenna: i was looking at his twitter feed where this has been a big issue for him and his constituents and what he's trying to document as those in the area that were really against this designation. i don't know about you, but when i hear national monument, i think of a monument as in a statue. i don't necessarily think automatically we're talking about millions of acres of land. a national monument could be a statue, but it could also be these large blocks of land. because of that, of course among the local populace, there could be some debate about whether or not that is actually protecting the land and the water

appropriately or perhaps in a way that could harm the local community. that you have a debate that's been a very healthy debate over decades. >> jon: is a preserving land for future generations or is it shutting off locals from potential sources of income, revenue, and livelihood? that is the ongoing argument, especially out west. no no one is suggesting that a place like yellowstone, for instance, should be open to commercial exultation. some of the national monument designations that have been made are less than interesting geographically, and a lot of people, especially the utah delegations as i mentioned earlier, thought barack obama overreached when he designated 1.35 million acres of utah land as essentially off-limits in terms of development of any kind to local residents. >> jenna: at this antiquities act by the way goes back to 19

oh six and president theodore roosevelt and he was obviously a conversation asked -- why are we talking about the antiquities act and the department of interior and it is an interesting question politically. we are going to have this picture up. the president is supposed to be signing this executive order. we always like to listen and because the president often says a variety of different things and different topics, as you know. i'm not saying anything new there, so we definitely want to take that life. sending by with us, simon rosenberg, the president and finder and amy holmes. we're going to be talked about tax reform with both of you, but i appreciate the opportunity and shock to a little bit earlier. we'll go back to the life picture when we can. amy, is this really a top priority of the president? is this about going into the hundred day mark on saturday? how do you see this fitting in to what this president wants to

accomplish? >> it's definitely a part of that 100 days review and the president trying to rack up a win. just for your audience to clarify, this executive order does not actually resend any previous monument designations. as an order of review and the president will look at this review and determine if these national monument designations should be adjusted or modified. as you are discussing, you have locals who are saying, we think the previous president overreached, he went too far and designating this land is off limits to the productive areas of land locally and economically. this is an opportunity to look at that over the years and make a determination of what's there and what's not. >> jenna: that's an excellent point, it's for review, is not necessarily saying anything.

this is ryan zinke, he is the executive of the anterior, former navy seal. he is an outdoorsman and i think are we going to listen in here? why don't we listen and just for a little bit. >> as a secretary, i am a steward of america's greatest treasures and being a great steward is also a great neighbor and listening to the american people who we represent. mr. president, thank you once again for fulfilling your campaign promise to give a voice to our local communities and states. let's be clear. the antiquities act grants the president the authority to declare historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historical or scientific interest. to be sure the antiquities act has been an effective tool for preserving some of our greatest treasures for generations to

come. the act also clarifies and law -- despite this clear directive smallest area, has too often become the exception rather than the rule. as an example, teddy roosevelt, president i deeply admire. his first monument, the devils tower in wyoming was about 1200 acres. yes, and recent years, we've seen single monuments span tens of millions of acres. in some cases, monument designations have placed public lands off-limits for grazing, fishing, mining, multiple use, and even outdoor recreation. a reminder that's inscribed in

roosevelt's arch at the yellowstone national park, our nation's first national park, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. that's our mission. somewhere along the way, the act has become a tool of political advocacy rather than public interest, and it's easy to see why designations, and some cases, are viewed negatively by those in local communities who are impacted the most. let's be clear. this executive order does not remove any monuments. this executive order does not weaken any environmental protections on any of its lands. under president trump's leadership, i'm looking forward to working with and being an advocateocal, state, and tribal representation, and to review the designations and provide recommendations for action that are appropriate. thank you again, mr. president

and mr. vice president for being here today and hearing the concerns of our american citizens. now i would like to turn it over to my friend, vice president mike pence, a man of faith, conviction, courage, and a man who loves his country, and i think embodies the motto duty, country, honor. mr. vice president. [applause] >> thank you, secretary. thank you for that kind introduction, and to the governors and senators, distinguished leaders who are gathered here today, i know i speak for all of them when i say thank you for stepping forward. to serve our country at this important time, you are a true man of the west in the country is fortunate to have someone of your experience.

it's the greatest privilege of my life to serve as vice president to president donald trump. he is a man of his word. nearly 100 days, president trump has been delivering on the promises he made to the american people, one after another. he assembly world-class cabinet, has been fighting for american jobs every single day, even since election day, he split it a renewed emphasis on energy, he is lashing through mountain range of red tape, emulating out of the last administration. thanks to his leadership, more than five and a thousand jobs have been created in the year 2017. businesses and consumers today are more confident than they have been in years and by some measures, and decades. just as neil gorsuch, president tom kept his promise to nominate the supreme court, he's securing our border with reducing illegal immigration, taking dangerous

illegal criminals off of our streets, and we've seen a dramatic reduction in illegal immigration at our borders since the onset of this administration. president trump has also been putting america first by rebuilding our military, restoring the arsenal to democracy, and signing legislation to giving our veterans the care that they deserve. today, this administration will outline the president's vision for tax reform that will include one of the largest tax cuts for businesses and individuals in american history. in a word, president donald trump is in the promise keeping business. he's also signed 28 bills into law, 38 executive orders and all the president is delivering on another promise to the american people. in just a few moments, president trump will begin to undo one of the great federal overreaches of recent decades, the abuse of the antiquities act by politicians in washington, d.c., to grab land and power at the american people's expense. under his leadership, we're

going to once again work with states to restore power to the people who have the best ability to protect our nations national treasures. i say with great gratitude, for the energy that he has brought to this task for nearly 100 days, it is my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to you the president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause]

>> thank you. mike has been a great vice president, a great help, and everybody love my s mike pe. thank you for your service, incredible. it's a pleasure to be at the department of interior where you help reserve the splendor in the beauty of america's natural resources. i can tell you the group it's in here right now, they're really doing the job. they're doing a good job, we're going to take care of alaska too, don't worry about it. [laughter] they protect the ability of the people to access and utilize the land which truly belongs to them and belongs to all of us. second ryan zinke is doing an incredible job.

he never overlooks the details, he's a detail person. soon after he was confirmed, we had a snowstorm, a big one. he was out there on the steps of the lincoln memorial shoveling the snow all by himself and he's a strong guy, he did a good job. he did a very, very good job, we are proud of him. the first 100 days, we take a historic action to eliminate wasteful regulations. there be a eliminated like nobody's ever seen before. there's never been anything like it. sometimes, look at some of the things i'm signing and say maybe people don't like it, but i'm doing the right thing. no regular politician would try to do it, i don't know if you folks would do it. i will tell you, literally, some politicians have said you're doing the right thing, i don't know if i would have had the courage to do some of these things, but we are doing them because it's the right thing to do and it's for the good of the

nation. returning power back to the people. we're eliminating job destroying regulations on farmers, ranches, and coal miners, on auto workers, and so many other american workers and businesses. today i'm signing a new executive order to end another egregious abuse of federal power and to give that power back to the states and to the people where it belongs. the previous administration used a 100 year old law, known as the antiquities act to unilaterally put millions of acres of land and water under strict federal control. have you heard about that? [laughter] eliminating the ability of the people who actually live in those states to decide how best to use that land. today we are putting the states

back in charge. it's a big thing. i'm joined by so many members of congress and governors who have been waiting for this moment, including the governor of utah, governor lepage of maine, who by the way has lost a lot of weight. i knew him when he was heavy and now i know him when he's then and i like him both ways. the governor of guam, thank you. governor torres from the northern mariana islands, thank you. i also want to recognize senator orrin hatch, who believe me, he's tough. he would call me and call me and say you've got to do this.

is that right? you didn't stop. he doesn't give up, and he is shocked that i'm doing it, but i'm doing it because it's the right thing to do. i really have to point you out, you didn't stop. mike, the same thing. so many people feel so strongly about this, so i appreciate your support and you are prodding and you are never never ending prog because we are getting done what so many people thought we would never, ever get done. thank you. altogether, the previous administration bypassed 265 million acres, that's a lot of land. 265 million acres of land and water under federal control through the abuse of the monuments designation.

that's larger than the entire state of texas. in december of last year alone, the federal government asserted this power over 1.35 million acres of land in utah, known as bear's ears. i've heard a lot about bears ears. here it's beautiful. over the profound objections of the citizens of utah. the antiquities act does not give the federal government unlimited power to lock up millions of acres of land and water, it's time we ended this abusive use of practice. i've spoken with many state and local leaders, a number of them here today who care much about preserving our land and who are gravely concerned about this massive federal land grab. it's gotten worse and worse and

worse and now we are going to free it up. which is what should have happened in the first place. this should never have happened. that's why today i'm signing this order and directing secretaries is inky to return control to the people. the people of utah, the people of all of the states, the people of the united states. every day we are going to continue to push ahead with our reform agenda, to put the american people back in charge of their government and their lives, and again, i want to congratulate the secretary, i want to congratulate oren and mike and all of the people who work so hard. tremendously positive things are going to happen on that

incredible land. the likes of which, there is nothing beautiful anywhere in the world, but not tremendously positive things will happen. i want to thank you, i want to thank everybody for being here. god bless you all and god bless america. thank you. thank you very much. i'll sign. [applause] >> this is a big one. [indistinct chatter]

[applause] >> thank you, everybody. great honor. i'm never surprised by the ninth circuit. as i said, we'll see them in the supreme court. [applause] >> jon: the first handshake and the official signing pen went to senator orrin hatch of utah who is quoted as saying

he's been working closely with the trump administration from day one to right the wrongs of previous administrations. senator hatch did not like some of the national monument designations made by president obama and the president before him. this ceremony will allow the interior department to review those designations and make sure they are appropriate. it doesn't undo anything yet, it's just directing the interior department to take a look. >> jenna: president trump et cetera brought his plan for tax reform as well today, offering relief for corporations and small businesses, but what about the middle-class? were going to talk a little bit about how this falls in line with his policies are not after a quick commercial break.

>> raise your hand if you want to the health care repealed and replaced. the president said he's going to do that first before tax reform, do you agree with that? do you want health care first?

a couple hands over here, a couple hands over here. who was either the tax code simplified and corporate taxes lowered, individual taxes lowered? clearly that is your first choice. >> jenna: all the hands go up. interesting to see the priorities of voters on march the mcallen special last night as we wait for president trump to reveal the real details. steve mnuchin and gary: will be in attendance. let's bring simon rosenberg and amy holmes end. thanks for dancing with us earlier, but this is really the topic of the day. it's interesting to try to bring this together. the scene for the president today is to return the power to the people. we've seen that over the last

100 days. as you can see his tax plan, is that following the same sort of philosophy? >> i think it's important to realize what's being debated this week on the budgets. the house in the senate are trying to finish the budget that was supposed to be finished in october on the first of 2016. at seven months late. it's not going to be detailed, it's going to be outlined. as part of a budget right now but as a month late. most residents submit budgets in february. i'm answering your question. the point is that we don't actually have a budget, we are only going to have an outline. you can only talk about and come in revenue when you have a total budget. it's hard to have a discussion today without the president actually submitting a total budget. he is a month behind and we are waiting for that. >> jenna: we are looking at a

philosophy. as you see it in the rough outline that we do expect for the president. >> and the rough outline, it appears so. the devil is always in the details and in this case, and the deduction. "the washington post" is reporting that we expect to see the white house reporting huge increases in the standard deductions for individuals to take on their tax returns which would mean thousands and thousands and thousands of more dollars in the pockets of the average american. that does seem to be keeping with the white house philosophy. >> jenna: it's interesting to see attacks that are already coming. simon, this is why i'm saying that we, as members of the media, can anticipate seeing a debate going to the corners peered "the new york times" today, here's a headline. trumps tax plan, lower rates for corporations and companies, like his. it's going to benefit the big

guys. >> it looks like it's going to be very significant tax cuts for the companies. a very small marginal tax cut for everyday people, and obviously, the biggest budget deficit in the country. it does offset hundreds of billions of dollars more on an annual basis. it's very risky, dangerous strategy. it didn't work, i think of many americans are going to be surprised that this president who claimed he was going to eliminate the deficit altogether is actually proposing one of the biggest increases in the deficit in american history. >> jenna: quick that from you, amy? >> we don't know what offset president trump and the white house are proposing, but it seems like the democrats and liberals only want to talk about deficits when we talk about tax cuts. they never talk about it when it

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>> jon: the president with a very ambitious agenda as he nears 100 days in office and congress has its work cut out for it. what the spending bill to keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown, a new tax plan to repeal and replace obamacare. joining us now, one of the men who will try to get the votes for all of these things, chief deputy and a republican from north carolina. good to have you here. for those who aren't aware of how the sausage making works inside washington, you are

largely responsible for counting the votes, making sure that the president's agenda or the speaker's gets passed. >> that's about right. >> jon: let's talk about a government shutdown. there are fears that there could be a shutdown of the government when it effectively runs out of money on friday. is that going to happen? >> we hope not. at this point, what i read today in political is that nancy pelosi is asking for insurance bailout money as well as money for puerto rico and a puerto rican bailout. these are new ingredients in this discussion, they are extraneous to keep in the government open and i would hope that the leader would relent. most of the democrats are actually on board with giving up on those two issues because they don't think they are essential for funding the government. once they let go of that issue, we are very clear to keep the government up and running.

>> jon: republican's are in the majority, why would this be a hick up? >> in the senate, you have to have for this. that means you have had a democrats vote for that measure in the senate. we are trying to reach a bipartisan agreement to give the government open. we are very close, the only holdout left is democrat leader pelosi, they're saying this is not essential. we have to make sure we get the drama out of government funding measures and get this thing done and see if we can get there. >> jon: i only have 20 seconds for a big question, but what about the president's tax proposal? will it fly? >> yeah, the president set up major priorities, what he wants to see for tax reform to help increase economic growth and increase jobs. >> jon: congressman patrick mchenry, you will we know you have a lot of votes to count. thanks for joining us today. we'll be right back

>> jon: bad news for film fans. jonathan demme, a famed hollywood director who directed silence of the lambs and philadelphia is dead. he was 73, complications from cancer. see you back here and in our. >> jenna: "outnumbered" starts right now. >> sandra: strong words of condemnation coming out of the white house after a federal judge in san francisco blocks his attempt to crack down on century cities. the white house saying activist judges are putting the nation security at risk. a century cities have "blood on their hands." this is outnumbered. i'm sandra smith. here today, harris faulkner, meghan mccain, host of the intelligence reports with trish regan on fox business, trish regan is here and today is, eric bolling will be cohosting a brand-new show on fox debuting monday, may 1st. he is outnumbered. congratulations. >> eri