>> i think she has hayden down. thank you for joining us on take your child to workday. if you do, you have a great day like we did today. >> did you hug brian? >> yeah, yeah. >> bill: that's cute stuff. good morning, everybody. are we closer to a deal on healthcare? conservative republicans say they're on board. a revised plan. what about everyone else? the rumors they could get a vote by saturday. i'm bill hemmer live. how are you feeling? >> shannon: good to see you. i'm shannon bream. a new amendment to the healthcare plan winning over the conservatives in the house but questions remain whether the changes will drive away moderates and if a new plan could win enough support to pass. reince priebus is optimistic. >> administration is feeling very positive tonight where things are at in the healthcare repeal and replace bill of

obamacare. we're hopeful there may be a vote soon. we don't want to put an artificial deadline on this, though. we learned that a few weeks ago. we want to keep getting this thing in a better place. >> shannon: good morning, doug, what is the latest on the passage of healthcare within days? >> the latest word from the president himself comes from an interview he did late yesterday afternoon with "the washington examiner" where he said republicans are very close to getting a healthcare bill done. but concerns about this new bill have shifted. shifted away from the house conservative caucus, the freedom caucus to the more moderate wing of the party after tom macarthur had an amendment. insurers can charge higher rates for people with pre-existing conditions. >> my concern is that we get the healthcare bill to a place where it gives states some

flexibility so they can bring costs down. if we don't change anything, healthcare costs will continue to skyrocket. >> with that provision has raised concern among house centrists. macarthur said they need to turn 16 votes. the white house seems to think it will happen. that's what reince priebus told bret baier. how will it fare in the senate where there is a greater degree of opposition and not as high of a majority among republicans to get this done. >> shannon: another topic this morning the president tweeting about nafta. >> bill: firing up the old twitter machine diving into the nafta issue. he tweeted i received calls from the president of mexico and the prime minister of canada asking to renegotiate nafta rather than terminate. i agreed. in the second tweet subject to

the fact that if we do not reach a fair deal for all we'll terminate nafta. relationships are good. deal very possible exclamation. he also fired a shot across the bow of democrats. more direct hit against democrats last night. he said quote, the democrats want to shut down the government if we don't bail out puerto rico and give billions to their insurance company for obamacare failure. his response, no. democrats are equally entrenched on giving up those subsidies to obamacare, further raising doubts about the passage of the new healthcare bill. >> shannon: they haven't reached kumbaya? >> bill: two big guests coming up later today. jim jordan the former chair of the freedom caucus says the majority of the members of that caucus are on board. at 10:00 tom macarthur chairs

the more moderate group of republicans and is cautiously optimistic that it will work and pass congress. they've been here before. reince priebus referred to it. we'll see whether or not they can put it forward. >> shannon: they don't expect to get democrats. house minority leader nancy pelosi says it's a gutting of medical healthcare benefits for all of america. we'll ask those guys and see what they think. >> bill: let's get to the white house. unveiling details now of president trump's tax reform plan. the plan calls for lower corporate rates and a simpler code for individuals. treasury secretary steve mnuchin has been all over the place. he says much will benefit the middle class. >> we've been meeting with the house and senate and they agree 100%. the core businesses make business rates competitive, bring back trillions of dollars

to create jobs, simplify permanent taxes, create a middle income tax cut. those core principles are non-negotiable. >> bill: the headline, the texas chain saw massacre. he is with me now, thank you for your time today, good morning to you. >> taxes chain saw massacre? >> bill: it's a nod to the cuts. that's the implication. you have a lot of power over this as the chairman of this committee. what do you like what you've seen from the white house? >> a lot. the president is going bold. it's important to get us competitive again in the 21st century. the most important thing we heard the white house is throwing its political capital behind tax reform. the first time in years they're

all committed to delivering tax reform. we'll work together with the house and senate on one plan. so we can unite behind not just the core principles which are right on target but on the details to make this go forward. i'm excited about rolling up our sleeves, getting to work with the president and senate. >> bill: you've been waiting for some time. what don't you like? >> look, we started 80% common ground in this, which is a great foundation to start with. i like a lot of this. we just have to work through some big issues i think going forward such as -- we want to get the rates down for businesses, large or small as low as we can get. i still think and convinced the greatest growth for the greatest number of years comes about when tax reform is first bold, second it balances in the budget and third, it's built to last. it's permanent because done right, permanent tax reform doubles the growth of temporary

tax reform. we have a lot of work to do. i'm confident we can get this done. >> bill: let me show viewers a little bit of what's in it. what's proposed. three tax brackets, 10, 25 and 35%. lowers for everybody. a reduction from 7 that is currently today. married couples wouldn't pay taxes on the first $24,000 of income. you repeal the death tax and the 3.8% obamacare surtax. given that what do you think can get through congress? >> the house and the white house is on exactly the same page on those provisions and so here i think going with the lowest tax rates for our job traders in modern history is critical. making it so easy, fair and simple nine out of 10 americans can file using a postcard style system is exactly what americans want and busting up the i.r.s. and -- these are

bold measures that can pass the house and senate. >> bill: do you think it's significant the ideas came from the white house considering what republicans went through about a month ago on healthcare? >> yes, one of the lessons learned the sooner we get together on one page with the senate and the white house and house together the better. especially since pundits always believe tax reform is impossible. this is a once in a generation opportunity and i don't know that it recreates itself in our lifetime. and so right now i think we start the closest to tax reform we've been in a generation and i'll tell you from what i know of the president and his team and the senate as well, everyone is committed to delivering on this. >> bill: last question on this. gary cohn yesterday in the briefing room made a point of stressing these are principles offered by the white house. how long before we get specifics? >> it depends. we'll go to work right now,

roll up our sleeves. the house blueprint we released last summer we shared again so much common ground. we've been developing those ideas, treasury and director kohn has been developing their ideas as well. this just goes to the hard work portion of tax reform. so over the weeks and maybe months ahead. >> bill: maybe months. this is massively complicated, you agree with that. >> tough stuff. >> is it august or september or beyond that? >> i'm not focused on the month, i'm focused on the year. this year for tax reform. >> bill: kevin brady, thank you for your time. come back. a long way ahead. thank you in washington, d.c. right there. you heard him talk about growth and they emphasized that repeatedly all day yesterday. growth of 2% won't help out $19 trillion in debt. you get a 3 or 4% we have a shot. >> shannon: without the growth percentage you can't offset the

loss forthe government cutting the taxes. that opens a whole new set of problems for them so they have to make the numbers work. >> bill: on ward. >> shannon: all right. we'll keep an eye on it. a suspect wanted in a fatal cop shooting is in a stand-off with delaware police. details on the overnight situation that has police in the cross hairs. >> kim jong-un is a dangerous and wildly unpredictable dictator who unfortunately has a significant arsenal of nuclear weapons. >> bill: senators talking about their meeting at the white house, the urgent matter of north korea is on the table. what has them concerned and what did they learn and what do they plan to do about it? >> shannon: get this, ann coulter isn't going to speak at uc berkeley. what she says the university is doing now and what she is planning instead. >> my allies were on the same side but they ran away.

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shooting of a delaware state trooper. the 32-year-old was shot and killed outside a convenience store investigating a suspicious car. we'll bring you updates as soon as we get them on that story. >> bill: awaiting a hearing on the senate on north korea. the hearing comes after many u.s. senators went to the white house grounds yesterday afternoon for a private briefing on north korea. the message from the white house is that this threat is urgent. >> it's clear that kim jong-un intends to develop both nuclear weapons and the capability to deliver them. >> our takeaway is that north korea is a growing and urgent threat to the region and frankly long term to the united states and that we have to take some concerted action. >> there is tremendous confidence in the administration officials in key positions. >> i'm cautiously optimistic that we are seeing early signs

that china is helping and cooperating and reining in north korea. >> bill: want to bring in marie harf to talk about this. welcome to "america's newsroom." you dealt with this a lot in your previous role. it appears most republicans, most democrats who attended, the message for them was this administration, james mattis, president trump, are taking this seriously. what did you hear? >> i think that's right and quite frankly i believe that's why the white house brought all these senators actually to the white house for this briefing that normally would have taken place on the hill to really underscore that they're taking it seriously. i've also heard from my friends on the hill, though, bill, that there wasn't a lot new in terms of actual detailed policy coming out of that meeting. and that there is still a little bit of lack of clarity on what the actual goal is. is it to get back to negotiations? is the red line north korea

being able to make a missile that could reach the united states. a lot of questions about the strategy beyond this general notion that nouk is an urgent problem, which isn't breaking news. >> bill: to your point look at the "new york times" headline today. and the headline says the drumbeats don't add up to imminent war with north korea but james mattis is a man that has respect across the board. and when mattis talks, people listen. it is clear from people like senator barrasso who will join us later today that north korea continues to develop capabilities. and unless something is done about that, it will continue to go with -- to go on the path that it chooses as opposed to the threats against japan and south korea and possibly the u.s. >> that's the key question, right, bill, is how do you prevent north korea from continuing to go down this very

dangerous path. how do you hopefully roll back some of what they've already done in terms of their missile or nuclear program. jim mattis has led soldiers in battle. i hope he understands and believes that you only use military force when you are absolutely forced to given the high cost of that. and it seems to me like the trump administration is putting out signals they want to get back to diplomacy. i think it's too early that china is putting the screws to north korea. that's one place the trump administration is trying to impose pressure. >> bill: china said we don't have as much influence as you think. 90% of their trade goes to north korea. that's an understatement. president trump said this monday at the white house with group of u.n. ambassadors. listen to the final part of this clip here. >> this is a real threat to the world whether we want to talk about it or not. north korea is a big world

problem. it's a problem we have to finally solve. people have put blindfolds on for decades and now it's time to solve the problem. >> bill: blindfolds for decades, now it's time to solve the problem. this goes over many administrations, marie. >> that's right. administrations of both parties have tried to take steps to get north korea to the negotiating table and get rid of nuclear weapons and nothing has changed. if anything is going to change, china needs to use a lot more pressure than it already is, you're absolutely right. we haven't seen them actually put the kind of pressure they could if they wanted to. this is a complicated problem and solving it is going the take diplomatic tools, i think probably the threat of some sort of force. i want to hear from the trump administration what that goal is and how they plan to get there. i'm not sure they know yet. and that worries me a little bit that they're having the big

briefings that they tout in the press at big meetings without a lot coming out of it. >> bill: this session was clear-eyed, sober and serious. >> sure, he didn't say they put forward any specific policies or proposals. i heard that across the board from some republicans and democrats coming out of that meeting. sober, serious, those are all good things when you talk about the threat from north korea. the next step, though, is what is the plan? >> bill: the last thing you do is have six or four-party talks they want. talking is finished and north korea has given very little. in the meantime they continue to advance along the way they want. >> i'm not sure the trump administration thinks the talking is finished. we'll see how it plays out. >> bill: good to have you back. >> shannon: conservatives are ready to push ahead on an

obamacare makeover. >> whether next friday, next week, the week after that, real reform is coming. it's a matter of days, not months, and so i'm very optimistic we'll get it done in the right fashion. >> shannon: president trump optimistic says republicans are close to a deal. will negotiations lead to a plan that gets to his desk? ohio congressman jim jordan member of the freedom caucus says he is changing his tune and we'll ask him why next. >> bill: a toddler lucky to be alive after hit by not one, by two vehicles. this ordeal is caught on camera and we will let you know how that toddler is doing today in a moment.

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>> bill: this toddler run over by two cars and survives unscathed. the girl is fine. watch this now. she is 2 years old.

runs into traffic in southern china. one girl passes over here -- one car passes over her and then another lying face down in the street. going to be okay, her grandmother picks her up. when you're that small the cars go right over the top of her. >> shannon: unbelievable. just bruises? that's a miracle. glad there is a happy ending on that one. >> my goal in offering the amendment was to bridge a divide not in one part of our conference or another part, it was to try to get people that were against the bill before to favor it from wherever they come from and it has had some movement in the conference overall. >> shannon: co-chair of a group of moderate republicans known as the tuesday group cautiously optimistic on negotiations on healthcare. a new amendment announced yesterday winning the support

of more conservative republicans and reviving hopes of a deal to replace obamacare. a vote could come as early as tomorrow. one of the first procedural votes. jim jordan is a member of the house freedom caucus. you weren't in favor of what we saw in march that got pulled and never got to a vote. this time you say you are much more optimistic and you're on board. one of your republican colleagues said conservatives now making the move on this to a yes vote. it's face saving and blame shifting. >> bringing down premiums for hard working american families. conservatives engaged in this debate and held out and fought the original bill right now what we have is all the tax increases are going away that were under obamacare. all the tax increases in the legislation are going right away. second able-bodied folks in the medicaid expansion population there is a work requirement

because conservatives engaged in this debate and the macarthur amendment would say that states have the option of getting out of those key regulations driving up premiums so premiums can come down in those states that seek the waiver option and get approval. >> shannon: critics of those waivers are raising concerns and red flags. nancy pelosi said you're getting basic medical benefits and make coverage more expensive. there are others even within the republican realm who worry that you're giving away pre-existing coverage, which all along what we've been told that would never happen. clarify for us. >> all false. do we trust governors and state legislatures. this bill that may be voted on this weekend doesn't repeal obamacare but it at least gives the states the option to get that waiver to get rid of the regulations that drive up costs.

so that is a positive. we think we've made this bill better. we think this bill will drive down premiums for those who get the waiver and send it to the senate and continue to work for full repeal of obamacare. >> shannon: and you've said that all along you've been consistent. numerous times full repeal measures. the freedom caucus statement says we aren't getting that but it is improved enough we can keep our promises to the american people. the statement ends our work will continue until we fully repeal obamacare. how does it happen given the framework you vote on potentially as early as saturday? >> the makeup of the house. the best bill that can get out of the house of the representatives. the best thing that can get out. if we give the states the ability to get the waiver it will send a message across the country. look how premiums are coming down in states that have received a waiver. other things we can pass in the future like the interstate

shopping for insurance, like easier formation of association health plans. all those things we think will help as well. we have to get to those things and continue our quest to get rid of the obamacare law. >> shannon: i have a lot of tweets, emails and questions whether congress had exempted itself from the changes. something the democrats jumped on right away. republicans don't feel confident enough that they want to exempt themselves. congress and staff members. others have come forward to say it's a technicality and will be ironed out. can you assure the american people what is going on? >> congress won't be exempt from anything. i don't support that and republican members don't support that. the amendment is written in the way that says states can seek the waiver. that's the way it should be. but any confusion as far as what may or may not apply to congress we'll take care of that and there shouldn't be special deals for congress. that's one of the things american hate so much. what they also hate is when we told them we were going to deal

with legislation and get rid of obamacare and we don't follow through. let's follow through as best we can right now. let's pass this law and let's continue to work to do what we told the american people we were going to do. >> shannon: the senate provides another set of hurdles. congressman, thank you for making time. we'll watch and see if it plays out this weekend. >> bill: some moderate republicans aren't on board the same way. in the meantime the president approaching 100 days in office. here was one of his campaign promises. >> president trump: when we win on november 8th we are going to washington, d.c. and we are going to drain the swamp. >> bill: so now today we've got new fox polling that shows how americans feel about the first 100 days. we'll bring you those numbers in a moment here. >> shannon: money coming out of an atm? does it look halfway real. what the bank is now saying

about the funny money. >> this is fake money. the bank isn't supposed to miss these things. ure freaks her out. how come no one likes me, jim? intel does! just think of everything intel's doing right now with artificial intelligence. and pretty soon ai is going to help executives like her see trends to stay ahead of her competition. no more sleepless nights. - we're going to be friends! - i'm sorry about this. don't be embarrassed of me, jim. i'm getting excited about this! we know the future. we're going to be friends! because we're building it.

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there it is. now you're an expert in less than a minute. this is truecar. >> bill: we're watching the senate hearing armedselvess committee getting underway at the moment talking about the growing challenges around the world. testimony from admiral harry harris commander of the pacific command and the urgent threat of north korea continues to escalate. john mccain was at the white house yesterday. we're watching this hearing and monitor it for you and give you details and headlines as we get them here. >> shannon: mixed reviews as the president approaches 100 days. 45% of voters approve of his performance so far. 48% disapprove. president obama had 62% approval, president george w. bush had 63% at this point in their term. let's talk about it with mark

thiessen and -- welcome to you both, gentlemen. >> shannon: other poll numbers to dive into. this is what trump ran on. shaking up washington and draining the swamp. is the president bringing real change to washington 50% say he is failing to do that. 43% say he is succeeding. that's not a good number. that was his key promise. >> the poll found not only if the election were held today not only would he win the election in the electoral college but also the popular vote. i think he is doing just fine. donald trump has had the most consequenceal first 100 days of any president since fdr. one reason. he put neil gorsuch on the united states supreme court. that's bigger than any president has done since the new deal. if you think about it most

first 100 days achievements are fleeting. neil gorsuch will be affecting the direction of the country for a generation. he is 49 years old. what that means is every 5-4 decision for the next 30 years that goes the conservatives's way. there is nothing done more to change the direction in a lasting way than donald trump has done in his first 100 days. >> shannon: mo, i assume you would agree that justice neil gorsuch is of great impact but may not agree of the rest of the assessment we got from mark. >> mark is right. conservatives will be happy and it was the high point, i think, of the first 100 days. but when you look at sort of what the president's other big promises were, during the campaign, things he put in his first 100-day contract to the american people as the candidate, he has come up very short and i think that is

what's reflected here. the healthcare thing was very, very messy and we'll see how this new push goes. it was messy. the -- even just the promise to drain the swamp. every day there is more news about more wall street types going into the administration or other ways that he and his corporation are personally benefiting from some of the decisions he is making. i think that's turning some people off. some of the people that put faith in him. there is one thing i think he is doing very well and a promise. that's why his base is sticking with him. and that is he promised to keep poking the establishment in the eye and every day he does that. whether it's picking a fight with the media or picking a fight with congress, he is punching them in the eye. the base likes that but he isn't doing anything to grow his base. that's what most presidents try to do at the beginning of their administration. >> shannon: you know, mark, a lot of people would say he is hanging on to dear life.

28 promises he made in the big speech, he is 0 for 10 on legislative promises but it makes him 1 for 10. >> most presidents and judged on the first 100 days but on their president. the reality is that the bush tax cuts were passed in june. obamacare was passed 14 months after barack obama became president. trump has done two big things. he enforced barack obama's red line. but the reality is that the people who have struggled in the first 100 days are the democrats. they've had a disastrous first 100 days. remember when they railed against the republicans as the party of no? guess who is the party of no now. no on everything. the reality is that's sending a message to the million else of

people, 700 counties in america that voted twice for barack obama and switched to -- a third of them switched to donald trump. the democrats say we didn't hear you. as long as they stay in the obstruction mode they will never win back the voters who switched democrat to republican in the 2016 election. >> shannon: a couple of numbers look at positive things people say based what he thought he would do to help the economy. do you think the nation's job situation is getting better or worse? 52% say better, 37% say worse. how does the economy feel for you are family >> bill: 60% said staying the same or getting better along with rolling back regulations, tpp, keystone. so many things, mo, that even his critics would have to admit the president is getting done. >> well, his main accomplishments have been rolling back separate from the foreign policy stuff that mark

mentioned, rolling back some of the obama lations and i think again you are seeing mostly the republican base coalesce around that. you aren't seeing a lot of -- helping a lot of other people. i do think you are also seeing, we talked about foreign policy, the fact a majority of the people believe that we're standing in the world has gone down over the past year. so i think that there is more bad news than good news in here for this president and look, mark is right, you don't get judged on the first 100 days. but the first 100 days set a tone and if you start off behind the eight ball it is hard to pull yourself out of it. not saying he can't do it. this president has surprised a lot of people every step of the way but the rest of his term just starts off at a disadvantage. >> shannon: he does. he has a lot of people he enjoys proving wrong. great to have you both. mark and mo. that has a nice ring to it.

>> bill: a woman in the seattle went to an atm to get money and ended up with a movie prop instead. she looked closer, the bill says motion picture use only. >> shannon: what? >> bill: that's an issue. in a facebook post she writes the bank manager said they can't give me a replacement because it isn't a real 20 even though it came out of their bank machine. she has since been given a real $20. that's not what i paid for. >> shannon: motion picture use only. but then mystery of how it got into that pile of money. >> bill: darcy no dummy. she saw it and knew. >> shannon: i probably would have missed it. she got her 20 eventually. all right. check this out. caught on video, a moving wall of earth sending people running for their lives. >> oh my god, holy cow. oh my god. >> shannon: wow, a mudslide

barreling toward workers on a road and what happened. >> bill: ann coulter pulling the plug on a planned speech. she blames the school and the group that invited her to talk. >> all of the people who should have been standing up for the first amendment here ran away with their tails between their legs. ps 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. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema

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caught on camera road workers running for their lives as a mudslide closes in. >> run, run, oh my god! holy cow! oh my god. >> shannon: the woman noticed the slide was picking up speed. no injuries reported. that road had just been cleared from previous mudslides so

yeah, it's closed again. i think they need to plan for alternate routes. >> northern and southern california have been hit hard with rain and a tough winter. rarely do you ever see the avalanche come down that way. everybody was okay. >> shannon: glad. >> bill: northern california. here is ann coulter. >> berkeley as you know how long they've been changing their position every five minutes. a game of musical chairs. the answer is no, she can't speak. my all aisles who i love were on the same side but they ran away. they gave in. and then i was -- there was nothing i could do. >> bill: today was supposed to be the day that ann coulter is not speaking at berkeley. she slammed the school and blamed the college republican group that had invited her originally for giving into pressure. they're kicking the can down

the road. sterling beard. if you're threatened with violence, was it in the better sense not to go forward with this? start there. >> i don't think it was a good idea not to go forward with this. here is the fact of the matter. after milo had to flee for his life when they set fires. it was an absolute mess. now they've threatened violence is keeping ann coulter from campus. the left will be emboldened by this. the anti-fascists who shut down milo's speech and ann coulter's speech. how about somebody who doesn't have the profile? >> bill: i think a couple things we need to emphasize here. when the milo violence happened those were anarchists who live

in the oakland area that police have known about for some time. it wasn't necessarily the students on campus. coulter has criticism for the school, for the conservative group for backing away. the bigger picture here is what is the effect on free speech and the first amendment in the united states of america today when you want to express an opinion. you are shut down by a group that opposes hearing your side of the story, and if you extrapolate that across the country, ultimately views are shut down and we have a much more narrow aspect of what people believe and what people think in america. >> absolutely. look, just a few weeks ago we were having debates whether or not it was a moral imperative to punch a nazi. people were talking about richard spencer,, but now we've gone from punching a nazi to threatening a mainstream conservative commentator.

you are right. it has a chilling affect on free speech. the solution is law and order. if the university of berkeley were willing to take a stand against so many of these agitators, rioters, they aren't protesting anymore, they're rioting. then you would have the free speech restored. that's not what has happened at berkeley. >> bill: let me ask you this. did you see tucker's show last night? >> i didn't. >> bill: he had a liberal professor on. the question was all about whether or not a conservative group or movement has ever stopped a liberal from speaking with the threat of violence. and it appeared that there was no example that was able to be found. have you found one? >> i've not seen one in my experience, no. when was the last great big conservative riot? you can't name one. even when barack obama got elected in 2008 and 2012 people didn't riot in the streets like they did after trump's election. you didn't have stories of shop

windows being broken or stories of downtowns going up in flames. that's not what conservatives typically do. they complain, protest a little and go back to their 9 to 5 job. the left blows stuff up. >> bill: sterling, thank you. the speech won't happen. on to the next one. we'll see what happens then. sterling beard in washington thank you for your time. >> shannon: new changes coming to united airlines after a string of p.r. disasters starting with this one. we'll tell you how the company is trying to make the skies a little friendlier, stick around.

>> bill: f.b.i. director james comey will testify in front of a senate committee under the alleged russian involvement in the 2016 election. the hearing is set for the 3rd of may and the house intel committee is back on track that which are investigation wanting to meet with comey and rodgers for a closed door session and want an open hearing with john brennan, former director of national intelligence james clapper and sally yates and news anchor shannon bream. >> shannon: i'm going to have to testify under oath? >> bill: sounds like they want to talk to everyone. stand by. >> shannon: united airlines making even more changes after a string of passenger incidents. the airline says it will begin offering up to $10,000 to passengers who voluntarily give up their seats. laura engels with more. ifm

-- i'm thinking a lot of people will hold out. >> united airlines has laid out what many see as a substantial gesture to win back customers after the april 9th public relations debacle releasing a series of steps to ensure the episode never repeats itself again. they announced passengers who have already boarded flights should never have to give up their seats except for safety or security problems. that, of course, would have changed the outcome of passenger dr. david dao's experience. he was taken off his united flight by law enforcement sustaining a concussion, broken nose and two lost teeth. as some of the new other policies include limiting the use of law enforcement. reducing amount of overbooking. increasing customer compensation incentives, booking working crews onto flights earlier, empowering employees to resolve customer service issues, providing additional annual training for

agents, a united spokeswoman adding instead of trying to switch passengers to other flights when overbooking they'll offer to fly travelers to nearby airports and pay for car services to take them the rest of the way. united says more is on the horizon promising to into dues several other changes to booking procedures later this year. >> shannon: what is the reaction so far, laura? >> they say they're taking steps in the right direction. dr. dao's attorney said we applaud united for addressing the issues that plagued passenger satisfaction. back to you. >> shannon: laura engel. thank you for the update. >> bill: the white house saying north korea is a threat to the u.s. and the world. a threat the world can no longer ignore. we're watching that senate hearing on north korean tensions now and bring you headlines on that. news on nafta with canada and mexico. will the president rip up this

trade deal? bret baier joins us live in moments for that and more at the top of the hour.

>> shannon: fox news alert on the showdown with north korea. the senate armed services committee holding an urgent hearing right now amid growing fears the threat to hawaii is very real. all this as the rogue regime conducts a massive live fire exercise. welcome to a busy brand-new hour of america's newsroom. good morning, bill. >> bill: nice to see you, i'm bill hemmer. state media describing the show of force is the largest live fire drill ever. as the drumbeat of tension grows louder calls for hawaii to ramp up defenses. ted cruz on the looming danger said this. >> it is the hope of the administration and the hope of congress that military action does not prove necessary. that economic and diplomatic pressure will cause a change in

behavior from the regime. but if there is a clear and imminent threat to the united states, our military needs to be prepared to act. >> shannon: benjamin hall is live in london. any signs that either side is backing down here? >> good morning, shannon. none at the moment. both sides still playing these games that the north koreans have played successfully for so long but they might be learning the u.s. isn't as willing the back down. the north koreans have released this video of the live fire exercises, the largest ever held in their country. but some analysts have suggested they might be doctored and the regime does have a history of photo shopping its drills and parades. soon after the u.s. also released footage of its live fire aerial exercises with the south koreans to took place over the weekend just 15 miles

from the north korea border take place every five years but moved forward and the u.s.s. michigan submarine is there. the u.s.s. carl vinson strikeout just days away. a build-up of military hardware in the area. >> shannon: the u.s. is deploying its anti-missile defense system in south korea. how has it been received in the region? >> it's quite controversial. supposed to be operational later in the year and they say it will be operational in a few days. it's down to a golf course in the south where it will be located. now china strongly objects to the deployment of this system and some analysts have said it might make negotiations with them over north korea more difficult. on the same day as that system was deployed. china launched its first aircraft carrier built on its own. a demonstration by them of the growing sophistication of its defense industries. the carrier will not be fully

operational until 2020. many different countries flexing muscles in the area and countries the u.s. has to work with over north korea not least china. shannon. >> shannon: benjamin hall with the latest. how urgent was the message on north korea behind closed doors at the white house? senator john barrasso was there at the meeting. he join us live in just minutes. >> bill: new word from the white house on obamacare. senior official telling fox news a vote on rules regarding repeal and replace could happen as early as today? this is republican lawmakers breathe new life in the reform of the healthcare bill. a revised bill winning support from house conservatives putting pressure on moderate republicans. jim jordan is a conservative saying he is behind this bill even though it doesn't fully repeal obamacare. here is what he said last hour. >> this bill that may be voted on this weekend doesn't repeal

obamacare but at least gives the states the option to get the waiver to get rid of the regulations that drive up cost. it's time to send it to the senate and continue to work for full repeal of obamacare. >> bill: this would be lightning speed. i don't know if it's a head fake or not. mike emmanuel knows better. are conservatives on board? what about the outreach to moderates? >> sounds like folks on capitol hill are cautious slowly. it wasn't put up the review until 11:30 last night. one moderate from the northeast is basically saying he is wore aoefd about fixing one problem with the bill and creating another one. >> my position has always been we have to help people who are harmed by the affordable care act. people paying high deductibles and premiums who don't go to the doctor. we have to help the people harmed by that but not harm the people that were helped by it. many people were helped by the

affordable care act. >> if the rules committee handles it today it would set the stage for a vote tomorrow, saturday or next week. whenever house gop leadership feels like it has the votes. >> bill: how are conservatives in the house selling this plan, mike? >> they like the idea it gives states flexibility. a critical first step. they say this bill may actually help get a handle on the exploding health insurance costs. >> our constituents could not take premiums going up for three years. so we have reached a compromise that will allow some of the mandates to come out. the forced coverages that drove prices up. so we're going to be able to have prices come down within the next two years. that's huge. >> we're due to hear from nancy pelosi later in hour in this room. speaker paul ryan next hour in this room and we should get a better sense of timing on

healthcare and government funding extension. >> bill: a lot to cover. jury is still out then clearly on the fate for how moderates feel about the healthcare deal. tom macarthur has his own amendment out there. we'll talk to him live in about 25 minutes here on "america's newsroom." stay tuned for that. an amazing thing how quickly this has come back. we'll see whether or not there is a possibility. the president said might be this week, next week, doesn't matter. in the end it does matter. >> shannon: they're saying it could move quickly and have a procedural rule. they could get a vote on saturday. it's on the fast track. mexico and canada breathing a sigh of relief after president trump dials back his threat to scrap nafta. the president tweeted this i received calls from the president of mexico and prime minister of canada asking to renegotiate nafta rather than terminate.

i agreed subject to the fact if we don't reach a fair deal for all we will then terminate nafta. relationships are good, deal very possible. bret baier is anchor of special report and joins us live. okay, this is one of those things that the president promised in gettysburg when he laid out promises. i will announce my intention to totally renegotiate nafta, one of the worst deals our country has ever made. they started drafting up those potential withdrawal documents. it got a lot of attention. >> got a lot of attention. i asked reince priebus about the reporting that they were getting ready to set the table from nafta last night. soon thereafter there was a senior administration official who briefed reporters the intention was, in fact, to possibly renegotiate and if it didn't work out, to pull out. so you see president trump now talking to the president of mexico and the prime minister

of canada. and talking with leverage that if the deal is not good for the u.s., that he still intends to pull out. this is a different framing than they have been talking about for a while. >> shannon: we have a little bit of what they said last night so folks can hear the interview. >> there is different legal hurdles you have to satisfy before you actually either renegotiator withdraw from nafta. the legal hurdles are one thing. withdrawing is another thing. the withdrawal is a different issue. we're talking about steps prior to withdrawal. >> shannon: even talking about those steps bret made some difference. is this the negotiator in chief in action? >> it's setting the table for redoing a lot of things. he has long talked about how the u.s. has been on the back side of trade deals for a long time. and doesn't feel like the country is in a good position when it comes to the trade deals already made.

so they are going to look at all those. open them up. i think the fact that he is saying he is going to renegotiate or start to is better for the people who want nafta to stay on. a lot of lawmakers on capitol hill who have that thought. >> shannon: gop senators yesterday who tweeted out or made statements saying it would be disastrous for nafta to be scrapped all together. another one of those hints that where there is daylight between the president and gop members if both the house and senate on a number of key issues. >> it's a huge issue for this president. as a candidate he talked in a different way than republicans had talked before and as a president he is acting in a different way. it is also taking part of the constituency of the bernie sanders folks and elizabeth warren folks who are upset about globalism and this president is at least signaling that he is going to do something about that. >> shannon: it's interesting to

watch it all in the framework of the 100 days concept. they've down played it but we saw the white house is laying out accomplishments and we'll have the rally on saturday night. i'll see you in washington it will be a busy weekend. >> we have rex tillerson on special report tonight going over the 100 days from the state department's point of view and a lot of questions about north korea. >> shannon: don't miss that interview at 6:00 p.m. tonight special report. we'll see you there. >> bill: watching the hearing on the hill. as we watch we're getting reports from the associated press regarding the ousted general michael flynn. he was warned according to army documents 2014 not to accept foreign government payments. now, this all goes to a speech and appearance he made in moscow that either was or was not disclosed upon his return to washington, d.c. and the united states. this is being debated. talked about in this hearing.

we asked sean spicer about that issue yesterday when he was on our program whether or not he broke the law. not up to me to figure it out. it's up to the court. we'll see whether or not there is more legal action to come or not. flynn served less than a month in the west wing and moving on to other things. >> shannon: more documents are coming. so we'll get a better picture of what was going on. coming up a clear and present danger. the entire u.s. senate invited to a secret briefing at the white house for an urgent talk on north korea. we'll talk to senator john barrasso. he was in that meeting about the growing threat from pyongyang, plus this. >> the most important thing we heard is that the white house is throwing its political capital behind tax reform. the first time in 30 years we've had the white house, house and senate committed to delivering pro-growth tax reform. >> bill: kevin brady last hour here. they call it historic if it happens. we'll break down the numbers, show you what's inside of it plus there is this. have a look.

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under lock and key i would like to announce today i'm releasing three new documents. i work with the pentagon this week to remove and redact classified information and prepare these documents for public release. first, i am releasing a letter that was sent directly -- directly to general flynn october 8, 2014 from the office ence agency.ounsel at the his former agency. this letter explicitly warned general flynn as he entered retirement that the constitution prohibited him from accepting any foreign government payments without advance permission. the pentagon's warning to general flynn was bold, could

not have been clearer. i'm releasing a redacted version of a letter that the defense intelligence agency originally sent to our committee in classified form on april 7th, 2017. this new dia letter counters the suggestion made by general flynn's attorney on tuesday that general flynn followed the appropriate procedures when he accepted foreign funds for his trip to moscow in 2015 and kind with the russian president putin. this new dia letter states -- let me quote it directly -- dia did not locate any records referring or relating to lieutenant general flynn's receipt of money from a foreign source. i don't care what his lawyer says, there is no such document saying he requested permission to get money -- to get the

money or a document saying that he received it. it also says this, and i quote. dia did not locate any records of lieutenant general flynn seeking permission or approval for the receipt of money from a foreign source, end of quote. general flynn's attorney says he discussed his trip to moscow with the dia but we have no evidence, not a shred, that he disclosed his payments, his payments, which is what this clause is all about, from the kremlin-backed propaganda outlet and we have no evidence, zilch, that he obtained permission from the secretary of the army and secretary of state to accept any foreign government payments as required by law. third and finally today i'm releasing a letter we received from the inspector general of the department of defense announcing that they, too, are

now launching their own investigation of general flynn. i don't want to take up too much time so let me conclude with this. earlier this week the white house absolutely refused to produce even a single document -- not a single document -- in response to the bipartisan document requests that i sent with our republican chairman. not one syllable. i watched sean spicer make all kinds of excuses about how hard it would be to comply with our request. come on, man. look, general flynn served in his position for 24 days. so that excuse of the white house will not fly. i honestly do not understand why the white house is covering up for michael flynn. i don't get it. after the president fired him

for lying. so the president fired him for lying about a communications with the russian ambassador. they should be bending over backwards to help us. it does not make any sense and it makes the american people think the white house has something to hide. there is obviously a paper trail, ladies and gentlemen, there is a paper trail that the white house does not want our committee to follow. but let it be known that we will follow it. we will follow it with everything we've got. and with that i'm very pleased to introduce senator richard blumenthal. >> bill: here is what's going on. apparently the pentagon has new documents that warned general michael flynn three years ago not to accept foreign government payments and now you hear the democrat there talking about his demand for more information and paperwork on behalf of the white house. we'll follow it and see what the white house says later

today. more news. 20 minutes past the hour now. >> shannon: the threat from north korea taking center stage on capitol hill. right now a senate armed services committee meeting is underway. senator john barrasso sits on the foreign relations committee and fresh back from china. thank you for joining us today. you were inside that highly unusual briefing at the white house last night where the entire senate was invited to come over to talk about the plans, the threats, the options with regard to north korea. what was the mood in that room? >> people were very interested to hear what was being said. you had the president there, the vice president, the secretary of state, secretary of defense, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff all talking about this threat which is significantly increased by north korea. so the days of strategic patience are over. it is in all of our best interests that we have a peaceful resolution of this situation. and we talked about various

options if that cannot be done. but what we need to do is basically get north korea to come to the realization, with the help of china, that it is in their best interest to give up this desire to have nuclear weapons that can affect not just that part of the country, the world, because they have those already but also they're trying to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles that could deliver nuclear weapons to the united states. >> shannon: there have been carrots and sticks used for decades with north korea and they're on the same path. how is this time any different? >> for a long time i don't think china believed it was a problem if north korea developed nuclear weapons. now china is coming to the realization that the korean peninsula would be better if north korea didn't have nuclear

weapons. i think the meeting between president trump and president xi was consequential. they now realize the threat north korea with nuclear weapons can provide to china itself and the role china can play. china will do what they believe is best for them. what the role china can play is sanctioning north korea in a bigger way than we can do it. 85% of the economy of north korea is directly linked to china in terms of china buying coal from north korea and china supplies oil to north korea. so china can play a consequential role in the decisions being made in north korea. >> shannon: one of your senate colleagues, senator marco rubio talked days ago about this saying the people of north korea, there are millions of people suffering and living in substandard conditions. they're already suffering horrible economic situations. and that the government is funneling a lot of funds into

what they have and what they can develop on the nuclear front. if sanctions are already damaging the average north korea but the top elite and military programs can be funded, how much will that talk of new sanctions actually change minds there? >> you need sanctions and you need discussions and negotiations and china talking to north korea to say look, you need to give up these nuclear opportunities. that's the big picture of this. this has been -- north korea has been called the land of lousy options for a long time for the reasons you've outlined. we have a number of things we can do. a peaceful resolution is the best. we have additional options all the way through in first try to deter activities by north korea, but we know that the sophistication in north korea has gone way up in terms of their own capacities. we now have a new president who

is saying either china will decide or we will decide. we want a peaceful solution but north korea is on a path to a nuclear weapon that they can then deliver by an intercontinental ballistic missile to the united states. we cannot allow that. >> shannon: we understand all the military options were discussed last night as well. senator, thank you for making time for us, good to see you. >> we have a once in a generation opportunity to do something really big. the president is going to seize this opportunity by leading the most significant tax reform legislation since 1986. and one of the biggest tax cuts in the american history. >> bill: a lot of this still is being digested. gary cohn head of the economic council rolling out the dramatic plan for tax reform yesterday. the treasury department assistant secretary of public affairs in his new post, tony

sayegh is joining us now. those on the left are saying it's a break for the wealthiest americans, a break for the rich. tell us about where the next steps go on this tax plan as you see it today? >> look, the facts are what they are. this is tax reform that is concentrated largely on bringing middle income tax relief and also giving relief to small, medium and large businesses to create jobs in america. bill, this is a reform plan that focuses on economic growth. something we haven't focused on in this country for the last eight years. we're stuck around 1.8%. the report this quarter lower. that's not good for any american especially middle income americans. when you have economic growth as we believe we can under this plan that's around 3%, that increases revenues and it increases investment that is money that is returned to this country from corporations overseas keeping profits there because of our high corporate

tax rate. this is the type of reform we've not seen in so long and this is why we have a lagging economy when it comes to economic growth. everybody benefits. >> bill: you have a long way to go and you would admit that. kevin brady admitted that last hour when he was here live. the other thing he talked about was the importance of congress working hand in hand with the white house. listen to what he said on that. >> the sooner we get together on one page with the senate and the white house and the house together, the better. this is a once in a generation opportunity and i don't know that it recreates itself in our lifetime. and so right now i think we start the closest to tax reform we've been in a generation. >> bill: i have three things for you to address. do it quickly based on time here. is the white house in concert republicans the majority in the house and senate on this? >> we're very close on the core principles and priorities that we believe should be in

legislation. secretary mnuchin meets weekly with chairman brady and leadership on the hill regularly. there is strong consensus it has to get done this year and a strong working relationship between the administration and congress. >> bill: the estate tax would be done away with. why is that so important? >> the death tax hurts more than anybody small business owners, family farmers who want to pass along to the next generation the rewards they had during their life. death should not be a taxable event. it was a tax created during world war i to finance the war over 100 years ago almost. i think it's really time to revisit a lot of the arcane aspects of our 4 million word tax code and we have to get it also to a place, bill, where it simplifies the process so most americans can do their own taxes. right now 90% of americans rely on assistance in preparing their own tax returns. >> bill: a lot of fiscal

conservatives consider that death tax to be redistribution and when you mention simplification it's something that i think a lot of people have looked for for some time. the first answer you talked about small businesses. what does this plan do for small businesses that they have complained about the previous administration in eight years? >> it sets a business tax rate of 15%, that small businesses that file generally as pass throughs which are owner-operated small businesses largely can now exist under that 15% tax, which gives them a lot more capital to reinvest in job creation. remember, this is a tax reform bill but as much as anything else a bill that focuses on job creation, something that we need very badly in the country today. and it focuses on economic growth. these are very important things. when it goes back to the individual, though, when you hear the criticism this benefits the rich, we're getting rid of most deductions. the only ones being preserved

for sure are the charitable and mortgage interest. everyone concedes that most of the complications of the tax code are special interest loopholes that we get rid of. for the middle class you are taking seven brackets, reducing them to three. that's a major positive impact for middle income fam laoels. sfwl -- families. maybe you will have something by fall. thanks so much. >> shannon: the moderates holding the key to a healthcare deal. will they eventually come on board? congressman tom macarthur has been doing a lot of negotiating and will join us live just ahead. >> bill: pricey threads. how about nasa? the price tags that are out of this world. would you buy this? >> shannon: it's fashionable. >> bill: we'll take two. it is.

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>> bill: now we're getting news

there actually could be a vote on one aspect of the healthcare plan in the house. freedom caucus giving its okay. here is congressman jim jordan last hour on "america's newsroom." >> we think it's the best bill that can get out of the house of representatives or we wouldn't be supporting it. if we give the states the ability to get the waiver it will send a message across the country. other things we can pass in the future like interstate shopping for insurance and association health plans. all those things we think help as well. we have to get to those things and continue our quest to get rid of the obamacare >> bill: tom macarthur. the important distinction as to where you guys are now. speaking of which, thank you

for your time. will there be a vote in the next 48 hours on this repeal and replace? >> i think there is a chance. i hope there is, bill, because our healthcare system is really in trouble. if we don't do the right things to protect people that have coverage today, to protect pre-existing conditions, and to bring down the cost of healthcare, we are going to continue to have a healthcare system in turmoil. >> bill: your two issues are pre-existing conditions and states being able to do what they want. >> i am trying to balance to things. for me if i can rewind a little bit. this comes out of personal experience. when i was a kid my mother died of cancer and my father had no insurance. and so i watched him my whole life working three jobs to pay off medical bills that he didn't pay off until i was in college. she died when i was 4.

so i have seen what happens when people don't have insurance and then fast forward when i was a young man in my early 20s my wife and i had our first child and grayci had severe medical conditions. she lived to be 11. and on top of the emotional distress and heartache of losing a child we had over a million dollars in medical bills. i had insurance but there is a lot of things that don't get covered and so i have seen this up close and personal. and i also spent 30 years in the insurance business and what i see is a healthcare insurance system that is on the brink of collapse and if it fails, millions of people are going to get hurt. so what i'm trying to do here is two things. i want to protect those that are vulnerable, people are pre-existing conditions and make sure there is no gender discrimination. i added back into the bill the essential health benefits because they had been stripped out and then the other side is

to make sure we give states enough flexibility to bring costs down. because millions of people don't have insurance today because it's so expensive. 23 million right now remain uninsured primarily because premiums have risen so much in the last few years they can't afford it. >> bill: that answer there really puts a human face on this and i really appreciate you sharing that with me and our audience. so when you take that argument to your republican colleagues, what is the best way to figure out compromise? because i hear jim jordan saying i want to repeal and replace and it is not full repeal but he is willing to give in on that. are you finding that the two sides are compromising among each other, which is essentially where you are. do i have that right? >> well yes, the two groups have to both be satisfied.

bill, you just used two words that i think are critical take bear in mind. a human face. this is a very human issue. this affects people. we have to make it about people, not politics. at every hand we have to remind ourselves of that. this is real people's lives in the balance. secondly, there has to be compromise. we have people in congress who come from very different places and very different experiences and they represent different districts and the only way to get to yes to 216 votes is to hear from both sides. what i've heard from people from more conservative districts that are under a lot of stress because of rising healthcare costs is we have to fix that. and then people in districts like mine concerned about pre-existing conditions, we have to hear that, too. and we either do both or we don't get a bill passed. >> bill: i'm out of time. thank you for yours today. can you give our audience an idea, are you close?

what word would you use to characterize all this? >> i'm cautiously optimistic that we will have a vote and that we'll take the first steps towards repairing our healthcare system. >> bill: thank you, sir, for your time. i did not hear a day but that's okay. >> i don't have one. >> bill: come back another day. thank you for your time. >> okay, bill. >> shannon: french claiming they have proof syria was behind the gas attack that killed many team. an analysis of the chemicals used bear the signature of the assad government. >> the regime did it. that's the conclusion of the latest report, this one as you said from the french saying yes, there were chemical markers in the sarin that was used that matches what is in the syrian arsenal. that the government of bashar al-assad, despite its denials attacked its own people.

the french report is very specific saying besides those four chemical markers and chemical ingredients there was also the chemical which is in the stockpiles of damascus. in addition, they matched the samples from 10 victims from this attack to an attack that occurred back in 2013. damascus and the russians have denied there was a chemical weapons attack that was responsible by assad's government and calling for an international investigation blaming the rebels. the diplomats here say there is no evidence of that. the french foreign minister said there is no doubt about the use of sarin and no doubt, either, about the regime's responsibility. the perpetrators will be held accountable for criminal acts not only in the courts but also in the history books. u.s. ambassador nikki haley denounced the regime. >> bashar al-assad yet again terrorized his own people with one of the world's most

horrific weapons. assad's murderous attack shook every one of us to our core. it once again showed the world that assad is not a partner for peace. >> now the security council holding its live meeting trying to get safe corridors and areas and say not enough has been done. this meeting comes on the heel of a new state department report that syria, despite assurances from the obama administration, did not get rid of its chemical weapons. israelis believe that damascus has as much as five times. >> shannon: thanks, eric. >> bill: folks news confirm general flynn apparently was warned three years ago, 2014, not to accept payments from overseas, let's drop in here quickly. >> again, there is not one shred of evidence that he --

that general flynn got permission to receive this foreign money or that he acknowledged receipt of it. >> have you satisfied with chairman chaffetz requested to get these documents? >> no. i'm pleased he joined me in requesting them. now the next step is to sit down with the white house and go through some fundamental lessons with regard to separation of powers and the fact that we have to keep them in check. third, try to figure out how we can work out the document situation. if we cannot come to a conclusion there and get the documents, then there will have to be subpoenas, when hillary clinton was going through her, they were subpoenaing every other day and use emergency hearings. they just need to use a little

of that effort in this regard. >> bill: this is what's going on. elijah cummings, the democrat from maryland, is demanding the white house be more forthcoming with paperworking etc. earlier he said there is a long paper trail given the fact that general flynn served in the west wing for 24 days before stepping down in that position. other republicans in washington are suggesting that this is not the case. that the white house has been cooperating. one going so far as to say they've been 100% in cooperation. a little back and forthright now as the partisan ball bounces. >> shannon: and characterize what he is asking for is far beyond anything a white house has been asked to come forward with in the past. >> bill: in the meantime president trump setting sights on the ninth circuit court of appeals. can congress break up this liberal log jam? we'll debate that in a moment. >> i'm never surprised by the

ninth circuit. as i said, we'll see them in the supreme court.

>> shannon: president trump looking for support to break up the ninth circuit court of appeals where judges have blocked some executive orders. he said there are many people to want to break up the ninth circuit. it is outrageous. everybody runs to the ninth circuit and we have a big country. they know it's semi automatic. ed martin is president of the eagle forum fund and author of the conservative case for trump. marjorie clifton a former consultant to the obama campaign and the principal of clifton consulting. this is not a new conversation. as i dig around i look here at an article from the "l. a. times" in 1987 saying the workload in this court needs to be examined. we've been talking about it for

decades. so people want to paint it as partisan. the president certainly is addressing things directly to the ninth circuit. is it anything but? >> look, what the president is doing is typical of donald trump. he did it in the campaign and doing it as president. getting out ahead of the american people showing them what leadership is. in ninth circuit and the federal district court judges are completely out of control. the rulings on the president's executive order about common sense rulings about his -- the way he wants to implement policy. that's what executive orders are. the idea that a district court judge strikes it down and the ninth circuit takes a month to deal with it. the president is using -- totally compatible with the constitution. the ninth circuit is an artificial system. carve it up into two pieces, three pieces, four pieces. we need to impeach these judges going way outside the bounds. i think the president is leading and the people are calling for this kind of action.

>> shannon: he also tweeted this. you see judge shopping -- this is what he said. you see judge shopping or what's gone on with these people. they run to the ninth circuit. close to 80% reversal. what is going on in the ninth circuit is a shame. marjorie, i follow the supreme court every year the ninth circuit is the most overturned. very high reversal rate at the supreme court. so there are others who think the judgment there isn't always on point. >> they've actually fact checked that and based on the size of this. this is 15 states. one of the largest courts and systems and that's again why you are seeing a lot coming through it. but actually it is not one of those that overturns the most. really the number of -- >> shannon: it actually is. >> a.p. and other sources have fact checked that and said it's not the case. regardless, it doesn't matter. the number of cases that get to the supreme court are very small. so i think this is actually more of what trump has been

doing with other institutions like the f.b.i. and others that have information that he doesn't like. one way to handle that is to try to discredit it. the ninth circuit court earned its reputation during the carter administration when it had a lot of liberal judges. that has changed. it has moderated quite a bit. because it's one of the larger ones it sees more activity. >> shannon: we'll see if it gets broken up. it has support on the hill. primarily republican. we'll watch it. nice to see you. >> bill: what do you wear if you are traveling to mars? >> shannon: i need to go shopping. >> bill: nasa needs an idea and you need a large credit card. you won't believe what it could cost just for that uniform. wow. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan.

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>> bill: the white house saying it's on track to roll out an infrastructure plan. doug last kennedy talked with him and now he is here to tell us what's up. >> he says when it comes to fixing infrastructure you have to think big and you have to spend big. >> it is a lot of money. >> imagine you had a trillion dollars and your job is to figure out how to spend it. >> do you have a special talent in prioritizing infrastructure projects? >> the way to think about it, i've spent a lot of time thinking how to prioritize infrastructure projects. >> norman anderson is president of a company that does a lot of major public works. they asked anderson's advice how he would spend the money in

what could be the largest infrastructure bill in the country's history. >> it will be massive. >> he brings the top people around the country and around the world to talk about infrastructure. >> tony parker is treasurer for the republican national committee and he says those in the know often turn to anderson when they have to spend big on infrastructure. >> he is one of the few people in this country that as far as i know that actually really knows and has worked with infrastructure. >> exactly why anderson created his list of the country's top 50 infrastructure projects. it includes repairing the crumbling i-95 corridor in north carolina, rebuilding the kansas city airport and constructing a 250 mile high speed rail from houston to dallas. >> the projects are ready to go

and they create jobs. >> the private sector is ready to invest in projects right now. >> you have national politicians, state politicians all wanting a piece of this infrastructure bill. how do you make sure the right projects are funded for the right reasons? >> what you do is look at jobs. >> he says his 50 projects will create jobs in 50% of the congressional districts nationwide. that's it from here, bill, back to you. >> bill: we'll see what comes of it. douglas kennedy here in new york. >> shannon: house republicans may be close to a deal on healthcare. democrats may throw a wrench in the whole thing. how they could do that and how soon it could go to a vote. live report next. help adults who are overweight or struggle with obesity lose weight and keep it off. contrave is believed to work on two areas of the brain: your hunger center... (woman) i'm so hungry. (avo) to reduce hunger. and your reward system...

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>> nobody said mars is going to be cheap. have a great thursday, we'll catch you tomorrow. happening now starts now. have a great thursday. >> jenna: the president making major headway on health care and taxes according to some, as mr. trump prepares to mark 100 days in office. welcome to "happening now" ." >> jon: the administration getting a big boost on repeal and replacement of obamacare after the conservative freedom caucus in the house through its support behind the g.o.p. health care plan. we are awaiting a news conference by house speaker, paul ryan, who could address the timing on a vote. in the meantime, the president is getting praise for the overhaul of a tax code as he prepares to welcome the president of argentina to the white house moments from now. peter doocy's on capitol hill, but we begin with john roberts on the north lawn.