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up our show for today. the good news is our producers are working around the clock and we'll have another three hours tomorrow at 6:00. >> don't forget to watch out numbered at noon. i'm playing the man. oh, i have to go to radio. >> bill: good morning, everybody. moving forward on the next 100 days president donald trump making some guarantees on the new healthcare plan saying the deal will pass this week. it will kick start a new phase for the trump team as we say good morning. hope you had a grand weekend. welcome to "america's newsroom." >> shannon: good to see you. i'm shannon bream. president trump saying a vote on the new healthcare bill will happen this week praising the republicans and the goal of replacing obamacare is within reach. >> this bill is much different than it was a little while ago, okay? it has evolved. it's in the second phase. it will get approved. which will quickly get approved.
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>> shannon: the president has a new warning for north korea, refusing to rule out military action to eliminate the country's nuclear program. john roberts joins us live. good morning, john. >> good morning to you. north korea talking in new defiant tones despite a warning from china that came that if north korea were to conduct any more nuclear tests china would impose unilateral sanctions. north korea saying measures for bolstering the nuclear force to the maximum will be taken at any moment in any place decided by the supreme leadership. the president wants to pursue a diplomatic track but they may impose more sanctions this week. the president again suggested it may take military action to ultimately rein in the regime. listen to his answer asked what he will do if north korea
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explodes another nuke. >> i would not be happy if he does a nuclear happy, i will not be happy. i can tell you also i don't believe that the president of china, who is a very respected man, will be happy, either. >> not happy mean military action? >> i don't know, we'll see. >> the president also said he is willing to cut a less advantageous trade deal with china than what he promised during the campaign in exchange for china's help on north korea. will to back off a little bit on his central campaign promise because he feels he needs to have china in his corner when it comes to dealing with kim jong-un. >> shannon: balancing those interests. by the way, a lot of speculation about the timing of the healthcare repeal vote possibly this week. >> i'm told by sources at the white house they hope to have a vote on wednesday. they do not have 216 votes just yet. i'm told it is down to a handful. they expect they will have them in the coming hours if not the coming days.
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as soon as they are confident that they have 216 they want to bring it to a vote almost right away. they don't want to give members a chance to waiver off their commitment. the president at the same time pushing back against democratic criticism the new bill could gut healthcare guarantees such as coverage for preexisting conditions. listen to what he said on that. >> preexisting conditions are in the bill. i just watched another network than yours and they were saying pre-existing is not covered. pre-existing conditions are in the bill and i mandate it. i said it has to be. we have -- we're going to have lower premiums. >> while this new healthcare bill would codify coverage for central health benefits including pre-existing conditions it gives states the ability to opt out of those guarantees if they find it can lower premiums. on the one hand you get it. on the other hand it may be taken away. >> shannon: john roberts live from the white house.
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>> bill: plenty to get to. byron york, good day to you. we made a big deal out of the first 100 days and in fairness so did the white house. the next 100 days could have greater significance, clearly. >> they will be the time the president has the accomplish this things he hoped to do in the first 100 days. this obamacare thing not a done deal. may happen this week. all depends on what happens with those republican centrists. they weren't with it in sufficient numbers last week. going to have to see if they are this week. going to see what happens with the whole government shutdown. remember, we were talking about a government shutdown. this morning we hear there is a deal probably be averted. on the other hand a lot of republicans will be unhappy with that deal. and then you have to get to tax reform. so there is a lot to do. when you look at legislative days, the days where the house
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and senate are scheduled to work, there aren't that many through the end of august and by the way, you may not have known this, but they are supposed to go on recess for a week again next week. >> bill: how is that going to work? >> we have to celebrate mother's day. they'll take a week off. >> happy mother's day to my mom and yours early. "new york times" had a very interesting piece over the weekend. let me read this clip and then we can reflect on how things have changed on screen. if the presidency had grown somewhat stale on the old norms, mr. trump has brought back a certain authenticity and willingness to engage. his frequent news conferences and interviews can be bracingly candid, uninhibited, even raw. he leaves little mystery about what is on his mind. in essence, that's how he has captured the attention of the country whether you support him or not, byron.
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>> absolutely. it has something to do with the president's relationships with the press. at the white house correspondents dinner saturday night we heard criticism about the press and a lot framed in terms of the first amendment and freedom of the press. the fact is this president has given extraordinary access to many, many members of the press. his staff has done the same thing. the fact is, this is not a closed up tight ship white house. there is probably more press, more communication going on from the presidential level on down than in many in the past. >> bill: i would argue he knows the media and has for some time and is his leg up for some time. >> been doing it for 30 years. >> bill: especially in new york as we've known about it. if you look at the calendar and whether this healthcare vote is a head fake or the real thing we'll find out in a couple of days. whether the tax reform is truly going to gain traction now or
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be postponed for six months which will be a difficult thing to do. the calendar suggests this. if you get yourself done by the spring of next year you set yourself up for maintaining majorities in congress. if not -- >> the accomplishments we talk about president trump needing some sort of repeal and replace of obamacare, some sort of tax deal, greater border security, some of that has already been done. certainly on a lot of success along the border with mexico. but these i believe most strategists would say they need to be first year accomplishments. he can't be doing this in the spring of 2018 when all the members of congress are campaigning. so this has got to be done before the 2018 campaign starts in earnest. that means this year. >> bill: do you think he owned the night on saturday night not
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being there or not? >> when the president is there at the white house correspondents dinner it is all about the president. on saturday night when he isn't there it's still all about the president. he was in the heads of everybody ot that dinner. whether the talk was bad or good, it was all about trump. >> bill: thank you, byron, good analysis on a lot of different topics monday morning. all the things that used to be so unconventional, now the tweeting and the spontaneity in the "new york times" piece things have changed under this man as president in three months. >> shannon: he says without twitter he doesn't think he would have been elected president. social media changes everything and we try to keep up with it. two new shows begin on the fox news channel. 5:00 eastern catch the premier of the fox news specialists with eric bolling, katherine timpf and eboni williams and have an interview with
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president trump and tonight at 7:00 martha maccallum debuts her new prom the story. six people were hurt, one woman dead after a gunman opened fire at a pool party in san diego. when police arrived they were met with gunfire. >> shannon: police shot and killed the gunman. witnesses say that man was sitting there with a beer in one hand, a gun in another, and then just opened fire. >> i basically heard maybe 8 to 10 gunshots and as soon as i heard it i jumped off my chair and i told my roommates those are gunshots. when we looked outside toward the pool we saw people running. i saw a man in blue and i saw he had a gunshot wound.
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he was bleeding on the side. >> shannon: some of those wounded are still in critical condition as the investigation continues. we'll have more on that coming up. >> bill: in the meantime a weekend of wild storms. seeks like it's the season. tornadoes. >> isn't the democratic party a bit of a mess right now? >> no, it isn't. >> shannon: nancy pelosi defending her party as president trump says the democrats are being led down the path of doom. we'll defeat it fair and balanced. >> president trump: schumer is going around making a fool out of himself. they don't have the presidency, the house or the senate.
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>> shannon: just getting the word the air force is conducting a pre-planned icbm missile test on wednesday. they did one of these a week ago. this comes amid rising tensions with north korea but again, just a reminder they say this had been planned long before the current tensions ratcheted up. the one last week launched in california traveled 4200 miles before splashing down in the marshall islands. it will be a similar test this week. it is unmanned and long planned. we'll keep an eye on it.
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>> president trump: the great obstructionists. look where the democrats have ended up again. they had everything going. now they don't have the presidency, they don't have the house, they don't have the senate, and schumer is going around making a fool out of himself. >> bill: he says the leading democrat is leading his party to doom. mary anne marsh will not be doomed. former senior advisor to john kerry and katie pavlich. does he win by making chuck schumer the political foil in washington >> i think the chuck schumer has made himself the political foil in washington about being hypocritical what he is opposing and by not allowing democrats to be for something but rather against something. chuck schumer has talked a lot about how this border wall is a bad thing even though he voted
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for the 2006 fence act. the thing is he a lot in common with things he can work on with president donald trump. the iran deal. the administration is looking over the aspects of the deal. chuck schumer opposed president obama when it came to getting that deal through. so there are things they can work on. >> bill: they have more than in common than they're leading on but the left is tugging at chuck schumer. mary anne, he has to read the book on leadership. how about the comment in that interview? >> according to trump. what is what's fascinating. the description he gave at the top of the clip is the same you could have given about the republicans eight years ago where they didn't have the house, senate and white house. now they have all three. democrats have the chance to do that. what's interesting to me is on saturday donald trump gave a speech in pennsylvania touting the fact he would build a wall no matter what and going after schumer. the next day sunday, he agrees
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to a deal, a budget deal that doesn't fund the wall, that does fund sanctuary cities, funds planned parenthood and funds obamacare. democrats will take that deal with chuck schumer every day. >> bill: joe biden was in new hampshire. this is his view for how the election went down. listen. >> this last election hillary was such a disadvantage. she was a woman, but beyond that, trump was pretty smart. he made it all personal. there were fewer words spoken relating to any issue of any campaign in modern history. >> bill: i don't know if he is factually correct but a lot of people would agree with him. however, mary anne, she made it about trump and not the issues. he has got it backwards.
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>> biden was up at the 100 club dinner in new hampshire last night and gave a 50 minute speech talking about all this. in many respects it was joe biden in long speeches package deal. but he clearly, when you listen to him, joe biden sounded more like the candidate he thought he would have been and might possibly be again even though he denies that. but i do think trump did have the ability to connect with a lot of blue collar, lower income workers who have been shut out by the advances in economies in terms of automation and other things. trump was very good about that and i think biden in many ways is showing his democrats he wants to be the same person. >> bill: he is not running, he said again. the point is that he believes democrats need to find their way again. katie, what did you hear in this speech from the former vice president? >> first i heard him blame the loss on misogyny. she did not do that because the
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country is sexist. >> bill: his thought was there was a double standard because she was a woman. >> that's false. the old saying goes 90% of life is showing up. guess what donald trump showed up? in michigan, wisconsin, ohio, pennsylvania. the reason he was successful in the majority of those states is because he showed up. hillary clinton chose not to. she took advantage of her voters, trump swooped in. got the blue collar workers and that's why he won and why hillary clinton lost. not because of her sex. not because sthe is a woman. but because she failed to show up in the states she needed to and donald trump showed up instead. >> bill: abc this week nancy pelosi said the following. >> winning means winning for the american people. that either we win or whoever wins understands the priorities in american people. they are not with president bush -- excuse me, so sorry,
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president bush. i never thought i would pray for the day you were president again. >> bill: how about that for a >> for her to admit that is pretty amazing. we'll see where she goes from here. if she actually misses president bush. >> bill: mary anne, do you make that mistake? >> i think will farrell did it as well as nancy pelosi. >> bill: 20 minutes now past the hour. here is shannon. >> shannon: a new report that facebook is targeting a very specific demographic for advertisers. who is being targeted and why may shock you? we have details. >> bill: the shooting rampage at a california pool party. what the witnesses say the shooter was doing right before the bullets started flying. >> that guy over there, a guy basically sitting by the poolside had a gun on his lap.
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>> there were bloody footprints showing they were running away from the season. you could see a man sitting down nonchalant just really calm. the only calm person there. he had a gun on his lap. >> shannon: that's from a witness to the deadly shooting describing the gunman who killed one and six injured in san diego. when police arrived at the scene the gunman opened fire.
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[gunshots] >> shannon: our reporter is live in los angeles with more on the story. good morning. >> the shooter had a beer in one hand, a gun in the other. he never left his lawn chair before being shot by police. police have already gone through his apartment looking for notes, clues, evidence, talking to friends and family. we know this. the shooter 49-year-old is white, victims six black, one hispanic happened at an apartment party pool party in la jolla and close to ucsd. the man wore brown shorts, ball cap, sunglasses, opened fire with a semi automatic handgun. chaos ensued with everyone running for cover. >> i'd say a round of shots fired, maybe six or seven coming from the pool area. a lot of people screaming and
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then about a minute later another round of six or seven shots, more people screaming. i called 911. then the police i could hear were on their way and more shots continued. maybe the entire duration was maybe 10 minutes. a lot of people screaming. >> police helicopter already in the area responded directing officers to the scene when the man pointed his weapon at them. all three fired killing him on the spot. >> our officers saw the suspect, engaged the suspect. saw the suspect was still armed. the suspect pointed the gun at our officers and three of our offices fired on the suspect. >> he was a mechanic and had two bankruptcies last year. he lived at the complex. we don't know if he chose his victims or shot randomly. however, he allegedly warned two women who tried to aid a friend, quote, you can leave or
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stay here and die. back to you. >> shannon: wow, that's stunning. thank you very much for the update. >> bill: 27 past now, president trump leaving the door open to military action against north korea. >> it is a chess game. i don't want people to know what my thinking is. so eventually he will have a better delivery system and if that happens we can't allow it to happen. >> bill: he is talking about it today. are we ready to take on kim jong-un if it comes to that? mac thornberry is our guest live from the hill in a matter of moments and we'll ask him about that next. >> shannon: deadly tornadoes slamming texas leaving a tale of destruction and misery. we'll go to one of the hardest hit areas. that's next. >> we come together and respond to challenges like this and help our neighbors. now is the time for us texans to come together and help our fellow texans rebuild their
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>> bill: 15 are dead after a combination of floods ripped through the heartland. a look at one of the twisters in texas, wow, that huge funnel cloud dominating the horizon before touching down. after it did touchdown here is the result. homes ripped to shreds as rising floodwaters sweep across the south and midwest. canton, texas, how widespread is the damage from that monster? >> it's extensive. one of these tornadoes stayed on the ground for at least 50 miles destroying homes like the one behind me. you can see the trail of the debris in the distance. trees are snapped like tooth picks. four tornadoes. this was one of the four. two ef0s and two ef5s with wind speeds up to 150 miles per hour.
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it left buildings gutted and four people killed here in east texas. more than 50 sent to local hospitals. the governor toured the hardest-hit areas yesterday and it call comes as the community is trying to pull itself together. dawn sumner lost a business she started with her husband, a dallas firefighters. they set the business up for retirement. >> i know several friends that -- i haven't been able to talk to them or see them because i've been here. they completely lost their homes. they have nothing. and that's one thing i'm very thankful for. i have my house. we still have electricity and this is a business. it can be rebuilt. >> a local car dealership took a direct hit as well. trucks were tossed miles down the road as part of a system that swept across the midwest and south. in arkansas two children were killed when they were drowned
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in storm water that swept them away. >> bill: do they get much notice? how are the sirens in the area? >> in canton they have sirens. on the outskirts of the city they don't. they got cell phone alerts and it gave them the ability to get into hallways and bathrooms and they believe those were the decisions that ended up saving their lives. >> bill: will karr on the ground. 50 miles long, a storm that size on the ground. nothing but destruction when you see a monster that dark on the horizon. >> shannon: yeah, there is nowhere to go. the images really do tell the story when you see -- there were some miraculous rescues and people short of a miracle there is no way they should be alive. >> bill: april is usually when the weather changes for a lot of folks. now in the month of may and we'll see more of this. we'll let you know what we know on storms like this when we can. >> shannon: the trump
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administration continuing to turn up the diplomatic pressure on north korea. there is talk of tougher sanctions on the regime but leaving the door open to military action if necessary. >> we have to do something again with partners in the region and globally. that involves enforcement of the u.n. sanctions that are in place. it may mean ratcheting up those sanctions even further. it also means being prepared for military operations if necessary. >> shannon: texas republican congressman mac thornberry joins us now live. thanks for your time. okay. so interestingly enough admiral harry harris says he has only half the subs he needs and he says that he is worried about running low on munitions as well. are we prepared should the military option become the last effort and the one we have to use with regard to north korea?
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>> we don't have everything that we need because we have cut the military budget 20% over the last few years. so i appreciate admiral harris being forthright about some of those deficiencies. we still have incredible military power and we can do a lot in north asia as well as around the world. but the point is we have to increase our presence there and rebuild our military. and that's going to take more money and unfortunately some time. >> shannon: you've been part of these briefings in depth with top leaders of the trump administration talking about the realities of what you're facing. mcmasters talking about fact you have the military option as the backup or none of the rest of it has any real teeth. tonight i understand according to senior capital hill producer is the night you'll debate and vote on more sanctions. 20 years of sanctions and diplomacy. how would this round be
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different? >> it tightens sanctions not only against north korea but against those people who do business with north korea. so obviously the primary target there is china. we need to stay close with our key allies like japan and south korea, but we also need to encourage china to rein this guy in. so these sanctions can help achieve that. what can also help achieve it, though, is to increase our military presence in the region. china does not want a lot more american military ships, planes, people, etc. close to their border. and so the best way to alleviate that situation is for china to get the leader of north korea to take a different path. but i think your point is exactly right. in order to convince china of that, we have got to make this military option more credible. >> shannon: so obviously there
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is a lot of pressure on china. we talked about them being a key player. certainly the primary trading, importing, exporting partner with north korea. if the hope is to somehow economically disadvantage north korea to get their attention, how does that work to china's benefit? we know they have great concern about a collapse in north korea that would send millions of refugees flooding across their border. how do you convince them that the diplomatic and economic steps are the right ones with north korea when in the back of their minds they don't want to handle that kind of fallout either? >> they don't want instability in north korea but their calculation seems to be shifting a little bit. they also don't want an unstable nuclear armed north korea. and as is often said those missiles from north korea can go all sorts of different directions. so there is a source of instability as well. china has more influence than anybody else. what i think the president is trying to do is get them to use
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that influence to take north korea down a different path. but in the meantime we have to have the credible military deterrent in order to defend the united states and our key allies. among other things that means we need to pump up our missile defense. we have a few interceptors that can knock down some north korea missiles, but we have nearly enough. and so that goes back to what we were talking about originally. we don't have enough subs, we don't have enough missile defense. we need to increase our military presence there and around the world to make up for these cuts over the last several years. >> shannon: we know one of the latest parades that north korea had with all the military equipment. what they displayed it does have a range that could reach the west coast of the united states. with that in mind senate mccain did not believe the president
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was planning for a preemptive strike. the administration said everything is on the table. should we believe that it could be equipped with a nuclear warhead, do you see a scenario where the u.s. could act preemptively? >> as the president and others have said all those options including that one have to be on the table. our intelligence analysts are going over the video of the parade trying to understand whether it's an operable missile or not but there is no question that north korea is trying to get a missile that can reach all of the united states and wants to put nuclear warheads on it. that's the reason we can't just go along this path that we've been on for so long because that will lead to an untenable and dangerous situation for our national security. >> shannon: how concerned are you about this trickle down idea of iran being emboldened by north korea's successes and sharing of technology and
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nuclear weapons? >> i think there is no question that what has happened over the years is that countries have watched the united states not stand up to aggression. so, for example, president obama's red line in syria that he did not enforce gave encouragement to north korea that they could get away with things, that putin and the chinese could build the islands in the south china sea and iran can test their missiles. we've seen this cascade of aggression because people recognized the united states was not going to stand up to it. that's what president trump has to turn around. you have to show that you are willing to stand up to aggression and to do that you have to have a credible military deterrent. the number one thing we could do to ensure we have that credible deterrent is to have a significant increase in our defense budget to develop those capabilities and to field them so that these folks all around
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the world know we're serious. >> shannon: folks in seoul, 25 to 26 million people are have aware they're in the middle of the cross hairs as this whole thing plays out. how do we reassure them? >> that's a great point. in addition to standing up to adversaries, we have to reassure allies. and that includes the people in seoul, the people in japan, or a few days ago i was in europe with the speaker. they need to be reassured that we are going to stand up to russian aggression, too. so it's adversaries, it's allies, it's neutrals trying to figure out which way this is going to go. they're all looking to the united states. and again, what matters the most is not what we say, it's what we do. this is the time for us to enhance our military deterrent around the world. >> shannon: thank you for your time today. >> bill: so texas now taking a tough stance against illegal immigration. there is a new bill that would
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crack down on sanctuary cities and threat en jail time for those who don't follow it. will it work? we'll have that story in a moment next. >> shannon: republicans promising to deliver a new healthcare plan they say can lower costs and cover pre-existing conditions. can both be done at the same time? dr. mark siegel with check in next. >> we'll deliver on our promise to repeal and replace obamacare and give people the kind of world class healthcare they want. they offer free cancellation if my plans change. visit booking.com. booking.yeah.
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>> shannon: the pentagon releasing information on the american solder killed this weekend in iraq. first lieutenant weston lee was a paratrooper assigned to the 82nd airborne division and killed by an ied outside mosul in iraq. isis is claiming responsibility. lieutenant lee is the third american killed in the fight against isis in the last week after two army rangers were killed in an assault on an isis position in afghanistan. lieutenant lee is being awarded
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the bronze star, purple heart and merit orous service medal. >> i'm not hearing you say there is no guarantee -- >> president trump: we have a clause that guarantees pre-existing conditions that are in the bill. i watched another network than yours and they were saying pre-existing is not covered. pre-existing conditions are in the bill and i mandated saying it has to be. we're going to have lower premiums. before you start there let me tell you something. obamacare is dead. >> bill: that's frank talk on sunday. this morning a senior white house official telling fox news there is a plan to hold a vote to repeal and replace obamacare this week. could happen as early as wednesday. we shall see. republicans in the house are down to only a few votes that they need in order to get it ultimately passed. dr. marc siegel a member of the medical aid team here. good morning. what is the issue with
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pre-existing conditions? >> well, president trump is clear that pre-existing conditions are going to be covered and americans want them covered. the question is the issue is, how are they going to be covered? how are they going to be covered? 5% of americans use 50% of the healthcare costs, 5% use 50%. >> bill: 5%. >> use 50% of the healthcare. that means if we cost share, bill, that everybody pays the same premiums, they'll be sky high. if we all try to cover the 5%, that's how come obamacare is broken. that's how come premiums are so high. the mcarthur amendment introduces another idea. why don't we give states the option of creating high-risk pools where those with pre-existing conditions could be covered outside the general pool and so then the overall premium for a young person, someone that isn't sick might be lower.
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here is the catch point. who is going to pay for that? who is going to pay for that? the kaiser family foundation has done a study on this and side high risk pools work, they actually work but they are underfunded. i believe that president trump is sending a message and implied this on several occasions, maybe more money would be sent there than before. right now we're spending 64 billion a year to subsidize the state exchanges. what if we used half of that, 30 billion and subsidized high-risk pools in the states that decide they want to go that way? >> bill: would that account for coverage for pre-existing conditions? >> i think it would and america's compassion. we want to take care of our sick. the question is how. if we make a 25-year-old pay for a 60-year-old with diabetes and heart disease they won't be able to afford the car they want to buy and may not be able to afford their house. >> bill: you just heard what his position is in that answer on cbs. is it okay for states to manage
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these pre-existing conditions? >> well, i think it is for a couple of reasons. first of all, states have traditionally been in charge of insurance markets. since obamacare came in we keep talking federal government, federal government. most of the laws applying to insurance are on a state by state basis. the other thing is we can create guidelines like you and i just did. let's tell the states what to do. here is the minimum. everybody has to be covered. you've got to subsidize it. take the subsidies out of the state exchanges and put them in high-risk pools. that would work. >> bill: when you examine all of this now, what do you explain to patients and the public? i know you do a lot of writing as well. how do you define the following question. what is the role of governments in insurance, in healthcare? >> bill that's the key question and nobody is talking about that enough. government has gotten too connected to the insurer. the role of government is public health. the role of government is to
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say how do we keep you out of emergency rooms? how do we pay for that? how do we cover epidemics and vaccines? epidemics including the opioid epidemic by the way. when you start getting into the weeds and making sure everybody gets a colonoscopy and a mammogram. they should, everybody should have those but if you cost share that and mandate that everybody pays for that instead of making the government provide that care directly, it gets very expensive. and that's why the premiums are so high and why there are so few insurers willing to cover this. >> bill: we'll see if they push forward middle week. thanks. what's next? >> shannon: so, bill, are republican lawmakers close to a new healthcare plan? can they seal the deal? conference chair kathy mcmorris rodgers joins us next hour. >> bill: facebook is being accused of taking advantage of some vulnerable customers. we'll tell you about that.
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>> shannon: new allegations rocking facebook. internal documents reportedly show the online giant has conducted research on vulnerable teenagers and then passed the information along to advertisers. what's the truth here? we have a reporter for fox news headlines joining us to break this down. >> the new report says that facebook could be trying to sell children things based on how they feel. so this is reportedly all going down in facebook's australia office. leaked documents show facebook could try to figure out how a child is feeling based on what they write, looking for key words and things to see if they're feeling possibly depressed, sad, upset, bullied.
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and then try to sell them things accordingly. say a child talks about being overweight maybe a weight loss supplement will appear on the child's page. people are saying just because you have technology doesn't mean you should use it. they aren't very impressed by this and quite concerned. >> shannon: the fact is we have a little bit of facebook's data use policy. we use it all the time and haven't read the fine print. they say we may use the information we receive about you including data analysis, testing, research and service improvement and they admit also they sell a lot of information to advertisers. so should we all be on notice? >> but should they be selling data targeting children? that's the big thing. that it's targeting children as young as 14. you have to be 13 to use facebook. so now that kids are involved in this and take a listen to this, the memo this leaked memo from facebook's australia office also said monday through thursday is about building confidence.
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the weekend is about broadcasting people's achievements. so a lot of people saying is it really appropriate to be analyzing this mental state of 6.4 million kids just to sell them something? >> shannon: i'm vulnerable to shopping, too, when i'm not feeling great. >> absolutely. i always say if you have a cell phone in your hand you have to assume you are being watched. how many times do you click on -- just this issue of children. >> shannon: we're willing participants. thank you very much. >> bill: did you say >> shannon: we said that for you. >> bill: thank you. turning up the heat on north korea. congress set to vote on a bill rambling up sanctions as the rogue regime as early as tonight. the president promises everything is on the table. in fact he was asked about that today and yesterday when he said this. >> you say not happy, what does
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>> shannon: nuclear north korea facing a threat of new sanctions as congress prepares to put new pressure on the rogue nation amid escalating tensions and a pentagon sending another reminder of america's military might announcing plans to launch another nuclear capable but unarmed missile right into the pacific. welcome to a busy hour of "america's newsroom." >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning on this monday. debate and vote on new sanctions set for later tonight in the house. this as president trump drums up support. the leader of the philippines saying north korea's leader wants to destroy the world. mike pence giving credit to president trump and his leadership in this segment here. >> it's a great encouragement to people across this country and across the world that you have a president, in president trump, who is engaging directly
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with the president of china and we are seeing china do more than they have done before. >> bill: live at the state department, rich edson. what do the new sanctions look like so far? >> good morning, bill. the new sanctions package is targeted at what you have specifically the north korea nuclear program, that's the design of them. the vote that comes tonight is on the same bill that the house foreign affairs committee passed about a month ago. the chairman on that says it will target front companies and enablers of that nuclear weapons program. the committee also says it is focused on the slave labor program that benefits the administration of kim jong-un specifically. so all these will be wrapped up into a package this evening. part of this effort, though, is to try to get the chinese to pressure their ally, the north koreans, even more. secretary of state rex tillerson went to u.n. security council on friday and chaired it and part of the push from
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the u.s. along with other allies is to get china and other countries to really crack down on existing sanctions. those that have already been passed and approved by the united nations security counsel. the u.s. and secretary of state pointed out and singled out china specifically saying it is responsible for 90% of north korean trade and wants to get china to jump in on that. china says we aren't the only solution to this problem. it is a wait and see approach for that. >> bill: what are you hearing about how long the administration is willing to stick with this approach? >> the state department says it is willing to try this for the coming months. there have been questions as to how this approach is different from what the obama administration put in place when it comes to sanctions. what this administration says, this is all about the urgency and not only getting china but other countries to jump on board and tighten those sanctions. one state department aide said the thing about sanctions they don't look like they're working
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until they start to work and you don't know that happens until it actually happens. that's the approach for the administration. the secretary of state says the u.s. is willing to wait as long as it's manageable. as for after that the secretary of state has said all options are on the table. >> bill: rich, thank you. state department leading this hour. >> shannon: the white house is reaching out to allies lining up support against north korea. president trump yesterday phoning the prime ministers of thailand and singapore and on saturday called the president of the philippines. ben collins is a u.s. army three beret and joins us now. good to see you. >> shannon: a lot of folks out there aren't happy about the phone call to the president of the philippines. reince priebus the white house chief of staff says this is not the time to be making those calls. we have to line up all kinds of allies in the region. it will take precedence for now. >> absolutely, shannon. it is a regional problem. we need to have a regional
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solution. as it's stated, china provides about 90% of the trade with north korea. so you have to also look at those other regional countries like japan and the philippines that would be affected by this especially on the heels of some of these new sanctions that they're talking about. but as far as talking to the leader of the philippines, look, the reality is this is politics trump style. if we're going to start with looking at the human rights track record look, it's not something the best thing i think that we have but look, we won't be able to talk to china or saudi arabia. sometimes you have to prioritize. the nuclear threat right now is the priority. >> shannon: with respect to the leader of north korea interesting words from the president. he said he considers him a pretty smart cookie talking about the fact he had to wade through generals for his uncle to get to where he is to ascend
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to power. also senator mccain saying he doesn't thing that kim jong-un is irrational. what's your take? >> well, i think that he certainly is perhaps not irrational but i do think there is an ego maniacal part of him. he has done everything to keep the u.s. at bay and keeping china to allow him to continue this program. they've gone from a one kiloton bomb to a 30 ton kiloton bomb. this guy understands the movements of levers that he can keep the u.s. from doing -- crossing that line and he can also keep china from shutting off the energy and the trade. so those are the signs of a rational actor but i think there is nothing this guy wants more to be looked upon as the
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inter-- by the international community as a major power. i truly think if this individual gets the ability to launch a missile that can reach san francisco, he would do it. so this is a crisis and we've been ignoring it trying diplomacy and sanctions but it hasn't worked to date. >> shannon: we're standing by to see if they'll conduct a sixth nuclear test. the president said he would be unhappy if that happened. when asked if they have another nuclear test would it trigger a u.s. military action? he said i don't know. we'll see. >> because i think if you look at the dynamics of the nuclear tests, there are two components. the missile component, it's very easy for them to roll out these missiles and just put it up and launch and fire it because it's solid fuel as opposed to the liquid fuel that our satellites could see them
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fueling this thing up. in terms of the nuclear test in a military response, i honestly think that china is looking at this and saying look, how far are we willing to support this proxy state in north korea? if the u.s. conducts a military response, china risks two things. one, they risk having a unified korea that's a western ally. number two they'll risk all the refugees pouring into china. that they don't want to contend with. i think china has to be considering almost military action of their own at this point and if kim jong tries another nuclear test i think we'll see china do something much more than we've seen them do in the last 10 years and i think they might even consider military action unilaterally. >> shannon: that's a big, bold statement. we'll see. ben, great to see you. thank you for your service and thanks for joining us today. >> bill: that would change things. lawmakers on the hill right now striking a trillion dollar deal
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to fund the government. a vote on the new agreement could come wednesday. it would keep the lights on through september. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is following this live on the hill. good morning to you. how do they get this done or is it done? >> it sounds like it's good to go on the passage to package. ryan praised it for making america stronger and safer. key components. 1.5 billion in additional funding for border security. additional $15 billion in defense spending, $2 billion increase for national health and extend minors health insurance benefits. a member of the house leadership team sounded hopeful before the agreement was announced. >> this has been house and senate republicans and democrats working with the administration on a spending bill. clearly we want more
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accountability, more transparency and continue to bring down the deficits and bring down the debt that's in this country. >> speaker ryan's statement says it includes the largest increase in border security funding in nearly a decade. >> bill: you are talking to a lot of people. what about the last -- the latest major push on healthcare? >> well, folks at the white house are expecting a vote on wednesday. some people on capitol hill are more cautious saying they aren't ruling out wednesday, could come thursday. still trying to get the votes. on camera white house officials are choosing words carefully. >> i certainly hope so. i think so. i'm an optimistic person. i think we'll have the votes. i think it will happen this week. >> on friday when lawmakers left here a lot of those who were supporting the bill they hoped their friends would come
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around. all republicans have campaigned on repealing and replacing obamacare since the 2010 election cycle. >> bill: we heard from kathy mcmorris rodgers. she is our guest in 20 minutes and we'll see the status for this going down. we've been here before. it's not easy stuff. >> shannon: she is in gop leadership and should be able to give you hard core answers very soon. in the meantime. president trump is expressing new confidence in the amended healthcare plan but in is the big question, are the votes actually there this time around? we'll find out plus this. >> president trump: if the media's job is to be honest and tell the truth, then i think we would all agree the media deserves a very, very big fat failing grade. >> bill: there is the president renewing his war of words over the weekend opting out of the white house correspondents dinner. how the administration might
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try to change libel laws to work in their favor. what's that all about? >> >> shannon: mcmaster wearing in on u.s./russia relations and he says things are about the same despite differing interests all across the globe. >> the russian action we've seen. the support of this murderous regime in syria and arming the taliban? these are all things that clearly cut against russia. what if technology
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>> bill: long time republican ross-lehtonen is retiring from congress. paul ryan had this to say. she has had an extraordinary life in public service rising to become the first hispanic working in congress and chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. it is such a privilege to serve with her and the house joins me in thanking her and her family. she has been in office since 1989. the first hispanic american woman to serve in the u.s. house of representatives. what a political career. >> do you think you should sue "the new york times"? >> i think that newspapers and news agencies need to be more responsible with how they report the news. i am so tired -- >> i don't think anybody would disagree. >> this is something that is
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being looked at but something as far as how it gets executed, where we go with it. that's another issue. >> shannon: white house chief of staff reince priebus on the possibility of changing libel laws and making it easier to sue the media. they come after a day after trump marked 100 days in office with a rally with the president in pennsylvania skipping the white house correspondents dinner held the same night. holly is here. good monday morning to you. okay, this chatter about libel star started the campaign and going after people who wrote specific stories. libel laws already protect you if somebody writes something false. they said things that were overly negative. i'm not sure that congress or anybody else will be able to sue people over negative stories. >> that's the thing. proofing libel. reince priebus walked up to the line as president trump has done and pulled back. i don't know how it will be executed. that signaled to me that for
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all their obvious frustrations with the media and the way the media covers this administration, probably they aren't going the really push this. >> shannon: i thought an interesting piece -- opinion piece in the washington times saying fighting to diminish the first amendment is a short-term solution, slippery slope filled with unintended consequences leading to a chilling of the press. better let the bias be exposed. the shining right on cockroaches that make them scurry and talks about how the president has been so good at social media and can go out with one tweet decimate people and expose things and his base is listening. she thinks going after the libel laws may be beneath the president and he is doing a good job of taking on the media the way he is doing it now. >> first of all, i doubt that they will want to get into a big free speech battle with congress at a time when they are pursuing the big ticket items, healthcare and tax
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reform and as you know, shannon, covering the court, the supreme court has set a high bar for suing public figures. you have to prove either malice or reckless disregard for the truth and congress can't pass a law that changes that. there is this thing called the first amendment. >> shannon: with that in mind. what do you make of the saturday night contrast? that rally was a rip roaring celebration with the president. he ripped on the press and the media while we were there in washington watching the other side of this argument. it was a really interesting contrast. he had folks fired up. >> donald trump won that round no question about it. when he announced he was blowing off the white house correspondents dinner it was kind of not surprising he wouldn't want to spend the evening with journalists and to have the counter rally carried live by all three cable news networks and bash the press and complain about dishonest media and went after cnn and msnbc
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drew all the attention of the journalists that were trapped in a dinner that was like a regular industry convention of the national association of widget makers. only bob woodward brought up the fact media make mistakes and the media's credibility is at an all-time low. a little reality check there as journal lists gathered to celebrate the profession. >> shannon: talk about how you have to do things right and do things better. more of a spotlight on the media than ever before using resources more effectively but also talked about going after this president quite a bit and saying there is a media duty to put a check on him when he doesn't get things exactly right and when they feel he is being misleading. but it seems like the president enjoys this jousting. i think he enjoyed the rally saturday night. great energy there. huge crowd happy to see him.
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i think he absolutely loves that setup. the contrast couldn't have been better for him. >> he absolutely needs to sort of vent his emotions about media coverage. he even did it appearing on face the nation that he described as deface the nation. he always gets his shots in. it is the responsibility of the press to hold accountable any president of either party. there is so much rhetoric now in our profession about particularly going after president trump that i'm afraid that the media may be falling into the trap of treating him differently which i think a lot of people look at the contrast of the obama years, treating him differently than other presidents and reinforces the white house's point is holding them to a different standard. we need to use the same standard. >> shannon: very -- howard kurtz always good to see you.
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thank you. >> bill: a different kind of room, wasn't it? >> shannon: it was. >> bill: to previous times. >> shannon: we missed you. >> bill: thank you. president trump with some words on his alliance building achievements overseas. >> president trump: i've set the foundations for a lot of great relationships in the future. i have tremendous feelings for a lot of the people running the countries of this world. that's a good thing. >> bill: what human rights activists are proposing after the special invitation to the president of the philippines. >> shannon: an incredible moment at a hockey game in canada. the microphone failed during our u.s. national anthem. pretty cool, though. [crowd singing national anthem] my daughter is...
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>> bill: a lot of reaction after president trump invited one of asia's more controversial leaders to the white house. in a telephone call he invited the philippines president over the weekend as he fights with north korea's nuclear ambitions. good morning to you. look, the human rights folks are saying the following on screen. we have an obligation to urge accountability for the victims of his abusive drug war rather than offer to roll out the red carpet for official states visit with its mastermind. do you have a problem with this when you consider the white house and its agenda is to build this asian alliance against north korea? >> no, i don't have any problem at all. i think priebus put it in context. one of the unpleasant things presidents have to do. richard nixon went to china
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when he had railed against them for a couple of decades for communism and human rights violation. but that meeting led to things that were good. in my administration we went to geneva to meet with assad the father of the predict tator in syria and helped build the coalition to get saddam hussein out of kuwait. >> bill: this is what reince priebus said this morning on topic of north korea. >> the purpose of the call is all about north korea. the issue on the table is north korea. there is nothing right now facing this country and facing the region that is a bigger threat than what's happening in north korea. >> bill: there it is in black and white. that's their position, governor. >> i think it's the correct one. they can't -- one of the critical avenues, if you will, for our navy to go in and out
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of the south china sea is in close proximity to philippines. you need them to be part of the process. the philippines also have to be encouraged to keep protesting the expansion of the chinese into the south china sea area. so there is a perfectly logical, strategic need for maintaining a relationship with an unpleasant person who is -- unpleasant is a euphemism for somebody you really don't like in the philippines. >> bill: you drew an interesting story from almost 30 years ago. how do you see the foreign policy of this administration now developing? i don't think a lot of people predicted the events or foresaw the way that this administration would engage in events overseas back in november or december or even january. how do you see that developing? >> i'm not even sure this administration anticipated it. but i think they've done well.
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they have reestablished leadership for the united states. the world was waiting for this vacuum of leadership that had been created over the eight years of the obama administration to be filled and the trump administration filled it without waiting too long. you talk to folks around the world, they may not be happy with every specific act but they are thrilled that the u.s. is back in the game. >> bill: how much further do we go, then? i guess that's the story that hasn't been told and really something we can't determine. >> look, everybody over the last couple of decades has wanted the rest of the world to be more active participating either financially in terms of contributions to nato, for example, or in terms of actively being involved. but it would not happen if the united states didn't lead. the lack of leadership was justification for people not contributing to nato and other
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aspects of international security. i think the trump administration is moving them into it. >> bill: in that sense it's a changing world yet again. nice to see you on a monday. john sununu today. >> shannon: the push to reform healthcare. >> we continue to see the premiums go up, the co-pays, deductibles. we need to be providing the american people a better healthcare future. that is our goal as we continue to have these conversations, and i'm very optimistic we'll move forward very quickly. >> shannon: do they have the votes? house republican conference chair kathy mcmorris rodgers joins us live, you see her there. >> bill: texas getting ready to crack down on sanctuary cities. how will this move protect americans from violent illegal immigrants? we'll tell about that in a moment. >> our primary function of government to keep people say.
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>> president trump: this has evolved over a period of three or four weeks. we really have a good bill. i think they could be voted on friday. just relax, don't worry about the phony 100 day thing, relax, take your time, get the good vote and make it perfect. >> bill: president trump sounding optimistic that paul ryan has the votes to get it across the finish line. he needs moderates on board we're told. kathryn mcmorris rodgers back with us here on "america's newsroom." >> great to be with you. >> bill: we really have a good bill is the word from the president. is it a good bill? >> yes, this is an important piece of legislation to start -- take a very important step to repeal and replace obamacare
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that has long been our priority. unfortunately because of obamacare we continue to see premiums increase, co-pays, one out of three counties in america only have one plan available to them. so we need to be taking steps to ensure that everyone has a better healthcare future in this country. that's what this legislation does. >> bill: the president said the bill gets getting better and better. if that's the case, can you or is the house ready to vote this week? let's start there. >> we are having the member to member conversations right now. last week there was an amendment proposed by macarthur out of new jersey that the members need to have time to understand that proposed amendment. it provides more flexibility to the states. it allows the states to seek a waiver from some of the federal mandates while ensuring the protection for those with pre-existing conditions. it takes time for the members
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to understand these types of amendments. they come from all different corners of the country. i come from eastern washington so we're working through that process. >> bill: he was on our program last week and spelled it out in very human terms what his position was and what he was demanding. i know there are stumbling blocks that remain. is it pre-existing conditions and how you pay for it and whether or not you give each state the ability to manage their own issue? would that be considered the stumbling point at this moment? >> it is our priority to tekt those are pre-existing conditions and we're continuing the work on those details. ensuring that people with pre-existing conditions have access and that they can renew those plans. that's long been a priority oflage majority of republicans. when we repealed obamacare last year and put the bill on the president's desk we didn't
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repeal those with pre-existing conditions. we believe knows are important reforms that need to be maintained. >> bill: i know you don't have an accurate vote count now. how many votes do you think you have today? >> we're moving in the right direction getting closer and closer. the speaker has said many times when we have the votes we'll move the vote on the floor, get this bill out of the house. >> bill: is it a couple dozen or less than that? >> we're very close. >> bill: two or three? >> you know, we're moving in the right direction and when we have those votes we'll take the votes. >> bill: okay. so we'll see whether or not it happens this week. the fallout from that a month ago. it is big and important and i know you understand that. you are also pushing for regulations over what is required on the food menu. i quickly just want to give you an opportunity to tell us what are you asking of the fda that
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applies to everyday americans watching this interview? >> the fda issued menu labeling regulations several years ago that were disastrous. well beyond -- they were a big overreach from the most expensive regulations that had ever been proposed by an agency. what i'm asking for a common sense as it applies to these regulations. flexibility so that food establishments are not subjected to civil penalties or other fines for menu labeling requirements put on by the fda. >> bill: you think the government has gone too far? >> absolutely the government has gone too far and i've been working bipartisan, house and senate republicans and democrats to move forward in a common sense way so that food establishments are -- i heard just last week that another one is closing its door because they do not believe it's a long-time family-owned italian soda place that is closing their door because they do not believe they can meet the
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requirements of these new menu labeling regulations by fda. >> i understand. we'll see where it goes. thank you for your time today. a couple dozen, two or three? we'll certain. we'll be in contact. thank you for your time today. kathryn mcmorris rodgers the republican from the state of washington thanks. >> shannon: texas lawmakers approving the bill that would ban sanctuary juris dick shuns within the state and make texas the first state to impose criminal charges on police chiefs and other elected officials if they don't cooperate with federal immigration authorities. we're live in our d.c. bureau. it's called the toughest sanctuary bill in the country. sounds like it has some teeth. >> it does for sure. primarily what makes this is toughest bill in the country is the provision that allows law enforcement to check everybody's immigration status.
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they can't detain someone to do that. the bill would allow for the jailing of police chiefs and sheriffs who refuse to comply with the law. >> one, it can expose them to very high fines about $25,000 per day. it can expose them to jail time for any sheriff or any other official who adopts the sanctuary city policy. it can also subject the county or city or whichever political body it is to legal action in the event that they release somebody. >> a victim of a crime committed by an illegal can sue the local jurisdiction if it has been complicit in the release of an illegal from detention. the governor is denying funding to sanctuary cities in that state. it has already enforced austin to relent on some of its sanctuary policies, shannon. >> shannon: i know there were a couple of nights they were debating it through the night. what's the status of the actual bill?
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>> the house's version differs from the senate. to the two versions have to be reconciled. it is almost assured texas governor greg abbott will sign it and it falls almost along party lines for support. >> this bill specifically targets criminals who happen to be here illegally. the bottom line is if you don't do something to get arrested or hang out with somebody that does and taken to jail, this bill won't affect you. >> i saw mother's trembling. if you've succeeded in anything you've succeeded in terrifying an entire community. >> similar bills have collapsed in the reconciliation process. not quite a done deal but it should be in the next couple of days. >> shannon: the country is watching. thank you, doug. >> bill: when the micro phone failed at last night's playoff game against anaheim the
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canadians belted every word of our national anthem. check it out. >> is this working? let's sing it together. [crowd singing the u.s. national anthem] >> bill: all right. pretty good, right? >> shannon: that sounds excellent. >> bill: pretty good. well done, edmonton. >> shannon: some of these best moments are ones you can't plan but they give you hope for humanity. >> bill: how far could you go on o canada? >> shannon: o, canada. we need cue cards. that touches me. that's very nicely done. >> bill: you bet. >> shannon: a fiery scene shutting down a major highway in ohio. check this out. the accident that led to this massive explosion. >> bill: wow, shannon, new concerns for the u.s. as russia
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unveils a new military base. is there a new cold war brewing? some will make that case. we'll get to it next. >> rather than be critical and look at russia and try to portray it as cold war, i would suggest that we ought to wake up and realize that we need to be prepared in the arctic as well.
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>> bill: check out this gasoline tanker exploding after a crash. a collision with a wrong-way driver on sunday, one person dead as a result. the tanker burned for hours as lanes were closed in both directions and the driver of the truck suffered only minor injuries. >> they're flexing their strategic capabilities in the arctic. the sea routes are opening and president putin has said the arctic will be the new suez
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canal >> shannon: his comments come as the russians unveil a brand-new military base in the arctic circle. some experts say it's a sign the u.s. is falling woefully behind in the region. joining me now is oliver north. there are so many things happening around the globe i haven't been paying attention to the arctic circle. interesting the hear not only the senator talk about this but the commander of the u.s. coast guard saying they have 40 ice breaking ships. we have two. one is broken down. there are billions underneath in gas and oil. chinese vessels going for the region looking for new shipping routes. they say it's time for us the wake up. >> it's long past time to wake up. what we're seeing are the consequences of eight years of unilateral disarmament and russia thinking it would stay that way.
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the ball is in putin's court as to whether there is an improve. in relations. mcmaster said putin is acting in what he thinks is russia's best interest and he is. but he needs to be convinced they've been hacking into the u.s. and other democratic elections, territorial claims not just in the arctic but in georgia and ukraine. and by the way, this arctic adventure underscores the importance of the oil, natural gas and mineral resources that are underneath that polar cap and the belief on the part of russia and china that an ice-free northwest passage will open because of global warming in the next decade. i have no idea whether i can predict that or not but russia is doing other things as well, shannon. they've modernized their nuclear arsenal. violated the missile treaty they had with the he united states and the whole thing going with bashar al-assad because they want power in damascus to keep their bases
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there. there are a lot of issues we need to deal with them about. one of the opportunities is probably past us for an entree because of who did what with russia before the last election that we're talking about in the united states. >> shannon: the national security advisor hr mcmaster talked about our relationship with russia and where we stand. >> here you have a russian president acting against the russian people's interests and doing it, i think, kind of just reflexively. can we shift the relationship such that there is room for cooperation in key areas where our interests overlap? we need changes in words and the nature of the relationship but what we really need to see is change in behavior. >> shannon: where would you see areas of overlap to say we can work with russia where we have common interests? >> we ought to be working with russia on the issue of iran. they have provided anti-air systems to defend iranian
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nuclear and icbm sites. backing iran means they're backing the so-called iran democratic people's republic of korea joint venture. putin has three big problems we need to remind him about. an enormous muslim population that could be radicalized. the world's largest opiate drug problem and a dying population. they have 141 million. next year 140 million. no one immigrates to russia and an average life span of 56 years we can help those guys. mr. putin, if you haven't noticing we're rebuilding our military and our fleet and our nuclear weapons. whatever we are going to do with mr. putin we have leverage because we're modernizing. it is not what they expected. >> shannon: less than 56 years. the great thing about this job you learn something new every
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day. colonel north, good to see you, sir. >> bill: jon scott standing by. how are you doing, john? >> we're 11 minutes away, bill. bipartisanship breaking out in dc? not quite. republicans worked out a deal to keep the government funded through september. what might it mean to healthcare reform? plus donald trump making a lot of news this weekend for a brutal smackdown of the media. our media panel weighs in and we'll talk with trump administration official sarah huckabee sanders about the trump team's plan for the next 100 days ahead. >> >> bill: on ward we go. protests taking on a whole new meaning for some. wealth owe take you live to washington to figure out what's up for today. 5/1 on the calendar. this is boris calvo. boris grows mind-blowing coffee. and because we pay him a fair price, he improves his farm and invest in his community
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>> bill: there will be thousands hitting the street in massive demonstrations across the country. may 1, a movement on behalf of workers rights around the world. this year, however, some folks will be in the streets to protest donald trump. we're live in washington to tell you about that. how many people are expected first of all to protest today? >> just like you said it is thousands. they'll protest all across the country. at this particular one it will start in this part of d.c. at this park around 3:00. then they're planning to walk a few blocks over to be closer to the white house, just one rally protest alone the organizers tell me they expect to see 10,000 people here today. now, to some people today is a day about springtime and for others it is a day to protest for the rights of workers and it has been since 1886. a lot of people note today as international workers day.
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president trump, like many presidents before him, is calling it loyalty day and issued a proclamation declaring it as that. on loyalty day we recognize and reaffirm our allegiance to the principles upon which our dedication is built. we remind ourselves that we are one nation under god made possible by those who have sacrificed to defend our liberty. many of the protests today are expected to focus on immigration and push back on the policies of this administration. in particular the group that will be here in d.c. say they'll call on congress to withhold funding from this administration because of those policies specifically. they want to see congress withhold funding for the border wall and additional ice agents. >> bill: we'll see how many you get out there. keep us posted. >> shannon: president trump closing in on two of his major priorities. what kind of spending deal he
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>> shannon: neil gorsuch launching its first spies shuttle into space. to check out. the rocket lifting off from the kennedy space center in florida on the mission for the u.s. military. then later landing on solid ground, the launch was delayed one day fixing an issue, you cannot mess around with those. >> bill: take that, north korea, we can lift off and land the same rocket. you are down for dinner on saturday night, and you have been there before when president obama was there? how much difference was it? >> shannon: a lot of looking for all of the different celebrities. it was about seeing your friends. and i felt being there that i was representing per box.
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we wanted to have our boys in that room, and we took some hits from the stage, but we take it in stride. part of the game from the night. >> bill: onward. have a great day, everybody. "happening now" starts right now! ♪ >> jon: and on this monday morning, new action in the effort to repeal and replace obamacare with a vote on the g.o.p. bill could come within days. congress preaches a deal on a trillion dollar spending deal to keep your government up and running. i am jon scott! >> jenna: just another quiet day to report on. i am jenna lee. in reporting on pre-consisted -- conditions. now republicans are close to having the boats that they need. priebus says that he thinks a vote will happen this week. john roberts is live with the story. >>

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