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and call your doctor right away. other side effects include gas, stomach-area pain, and swelling. talk to your doctor about managing your symptoms proactively with linzess. >> jenna: thanks for joining us. "america's news hq" starts now. >> authorities are closing in on the family of the manchester bomber. there are new concerns that another possible terror attack could be imminent. hello, everyone. the two brothers as well as the father of the suspected manchester bomber, salman abedi are among those taken into custody. abedi was born in the u.k. to parents of libyan dissent. manchester officials say now it is clear beyond him they are investigating a network. >> i think it's very clear that this is a network that we are investigating. as i said, it continues at a
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pace. this extensive investigation is going on and activity taking place across greater manchester as we speak. >> rick levinthal joins us with the latest. good afternoon to you. >> reporter: shannon, news breaking with police calling the investigation intense. and that includes the arrest of the suicide bomber's older brother here in manchester. that happened yesterday. also the arrest of his younger brother in tripoli, libya, with suspicions of connections to isis. there are also reports the bomber's father has now also been taken into custody. they do say they have found ties, investigators have, between the bomber and both al qaeda and isis and firmly believe that abedi was part of a larger terror network and certainly had help in carrying out monday night's attack. numerous raids have been carried out in the manchester area, including one on an apartment
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building. there is particular interest in finding the bomb maker who built the sophisticated ied that detonated at the manchester arena monday night that killed 22 including a police officer and woupbing more than 100 we or told. some walked in and out of hospitals, but 20 were injured critically. >> we have seen a significant increase in the number of armed officers on mobile patrol at different points across the city. we have been supported by forces from across the northwest and beyond. and this forms part of our well tested plans for any major terrorist attack. >> reporter: and the threat level has been raised by the british prime minister from severe to critical. she also activated nearly 1,000 british soldiers to patrol key sites in london, including buckingham palace and the houses of parliament. >> are we hearing more from
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those who survived this attack? >> reporter: yeah. these are people who were attending a concert. many of them preteens and teens and young adults. the show had just ended. they're coming home now, leaving the arena with no idea their lives were about to be shattered, many forever. here's how one witness described it. >> we went to turn and all of a sudden from behind to the side of us, massive explosion. and the building shook. it was like a gust of wind. and seemed to be a cloud kind of smoggy. it was very surreal. and it was just utter chaos. >> reporter: shannon, we have moved to st. anne's square where mourners have created a large memorial for the victims of this awful terror attack. people have come up to me to reassure me and everyone else,
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they say manchester will not be divided by this terror attack. that they remain united and strong here. >> rick levinthal, thank you. for more on this, eric sackobeck, author of isis exposed. we're getting reports that there are those who had concerns, from family members to neighbors, and yet nobody says anything until after it's over. what burden do the rest of us bear in making sure this kind of thing doesn't happen in our own community? >> shannon, this is a great point. one of the things that anningers me the most is that the imam of the mosque that abedi attended said, look, there were signs that he was pro isis when the imam spoke about isis, he was very angry about it. yet the imam apparently did not report him to police or authorities in the u.k. this is unacceptable. when it comes to isis, pro isis
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sympathies here in the west, we need to have a zero tolerance policy. in the u.s. we hear so many times if you see something, say something. i don't know if that's the philosophy there in the u.k. and in western europe, but it needs to be especially in the muslim communities. they, more than anyone, need to be the ears and eyes of all of us because people like abedi are attending mosques with clear radical views. they need to be called out and authorities need to be alerted. >> people who are not muslim worry about saying something for fear they will be wrong. you mention in the community, those are the key players. those are the people we have to hear from. but they also have fears of their own. they tend to be the targets of those within their faith who are the most extremist. they're under threat as well. >> i'd say two things. number one, you make a great point. political correctness will be the death of us. it's been the death of far too many people already. many moderate muslims are not speaking out because their head is first on the chopping block.
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they fear jihadists in their midst. shannon, just look at the numbers. we have thousands of europeans, brits, french, germans, travel to syria, trained with isis. these are western passport holders. now they are returning home to bring the jihad here. what isis wants to do, shannon -- and you have to say. we have british troops on the streets, french troops. they want to turn western cities into guerrilla war zones where you're having attacks like this on a regular basis. so far they're having great success, unfortunately. >> just before the show, we were getting word that the father had been arrested. two brothers have been arrested. by those reports they are now in custody. not sure what charges they're facing or how that's going to proceed. earlier the father of the suspected bomber in manchester is reported as saying we don't believe in killing innocents. this is not us. there are others saying he had links to a group that also had ties to al qaeda. where do we go? where does the investigation go
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with these family members? >> they have to absolutely look at the family. his father reportedly was the member of the libyan islamic fighting group. this should surprise no one. libya has produced many, many, jihadist fighters over the past decade who have flocked to places like iraq and syria. there are dozens of isis training camps in libya. remember, shannon, as isis is being squeezed in syria and iraq, they're gonna look to lash out elsewhere. look at sinai as one spot, libya, and unfortunately right here in the west as we saw in manchester. >> what do you make of the president's decision to say, i'm not going to call them monsters. i'm going to call them evil losers. what is the psychology or the language selection behind that? >> well, look. i think evil hits the nail on the head. this is pure unadulterated evil. when you're targeting children intentionally.
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intentionally and specifically targeting children. monsters, losers, let's just call them evil, shannon. far too many times we had a philosophy of moral relativism where we weren't calling evil for what it was. we couldn't say the words radical islamic terrorism. the language makes a difference. look, actions matter in the middle east, but words also matter. when you call it what it is, they get the memo. look, we're in a 1939 of winston churchill kind of moment here. we have radical islam. iran on the march. isis barbarians inside the gates in the west. we have to step up. number one, call it what it is and take the appropriate actions to crush it once and for all and annihilate it. >> all right. eric, thank you very much. appreciate your time. >> thank you, shannon. >> the deadly manchester attack putting britain's election campaign on hold as the nation mourns. voters are set to go to the polls just two weeks from tomorrow. the result could have a
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substantial impact at home. rich edson is live at the state department. how much of an effect do we think the attack will have on the polls there in the u.k.? >> reporter: there's been a suspension by the immediate candidates and their campaigns. this is in the milled of a slide in the polls ahead of the conservative government, theresa may. a narrowing she had with the labour party and its leader. she called this election for june 8th. about three years ahead of schedule because she wanted to increase her majorities in parliament. when she called this election they had a much larger lead in the polling. she thought she could strengthen her majorities in parliament. this is all on going. there is also a potential effect with the united states, united nations here as the u.s. and the uk have one of the strongest relationships in the world. strong intelligence relationship.
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a strong security relationship. and the economics of it as well. theresa may has already spoken with president trump and house speaker paul ryan on negotiating a u.s./uk free trade agreement. a highly consequential election. unclear as to when those candidates will begin to continue their official campaign though, shannon. >> you know as our own president has been on this trip over the last few days, there's been this theme of fighting back against terrorism. tomorrow he heads to nato. he's criticized them for not doing enough. this will attack factor into what happens to the president at nato? >> reporter: it highlights the push to what the trump administration is going to do. earlier today the secretary of state rex tillerson addressed that saying that he believes that anywnato will become more involved. >> they've become more and more engaged in the actual fight to defeat isis.
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the general feels that would be an important step for them to take. there are a couple countries that are still thinking it over. i have had meetings with one of those. they're going to support nato joining and becoming a formal member. >> reporter: this is a combined push to get those countries to spend 2% of the size of their economy on their mill tears. right now 5 of almost 30 do. shannon. >> that's going to be an interesting convo. rich edson live at the state department, thank you. terrorism topping the agenda as president trump continues his trip oversea. a live report from belgium. our deficit keeps creeping up, nearly $20 trillion. not a sustainable model. right now the president is asking for big cuts. the treasury secretary just sitting down in the hot seat on the hill to talk about it. >> this is a budget that was written from the perspective of the people who actually pay for the government. we went line by line through
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what this government does and asked ourselves, can we justify this to the folks who are actually paying for it?
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>> shannon: the white house sending heavy hitters to capitol hill today to defend the president's budget proposal. treasury secretary steve mnuchin is testifying this hour before the house ways and means committee. earlier today the budget's budget director was there in the hot seat. mike emanuel is live from capitol hill tracking it all. mike, how did the white house budget director solve some of the tough choices he said they had to make line by line? >> reporter: mick mulvaney talked about our debt which is about $20 trillion. he said continuing to spend like this country doesn't have a problem just isn't right. >> what about the standard of
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living for my grandchildren who aren't here yet, who will end up inheriting $33 trillion in debt, $100 trillion? who's gonna pay the bill, congressmen? that's what this is all about. >> reporter: mulvaney hoping to eliminate the deficit in the next ten years. shannon? >> shannon: what are we hearing now from the treasury secretary? his turn there. >> reporter: his hearing is just now getting under way. one of the assumptions in this budget agreement is 3% economic growth over the next ten years and some critics have questioned that. mnuchin is saying, quote, tax reform will play a major role in our campaign for growth. it has been 30 years since we have had comprehensive tax reform in this country. the administration is committed to changing that. we have about 100 people working at treasury on this issue. on another major legislative priority, repealing and replacing obamacare.
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he said he doesen know how to get to 50 votes at the moment. mcconnell has been working with a 13 senator group on trying to find a deal on health care reform in the senate. there are a lot of different ideas about what comes next after obamacare. sounds like they're stuck at the moment. shannon? >> shannon: we know you'll keep an eye on it there for us. mike emanuel there on the hill, thank you. the house healthcare bill facing another major hurdle so the congressional budget office will release its analysis of the bill. that score could have serious implications for future efforts to repeal and replace. new details on the manchester bombing about the 22-year-old suspect. umbrellas!!
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>> shannon: the president of the philippines reportedly considering declaring martial law. already declared in a southern region where government troops are fighting isis linked milita militants. 6 president said he's not going to return to the abuses that marked the past, but he is warning extremists that they can expect harsh treatment if they continue to fight. the congressional budget office set to release its analysis of the house republican health care bill and what effect it may have on the national deficit. that score could play a major role in the bill's future and whether republicans will have to start all over again. >> we've been having three meetings a week to determine exactly what kind of health care
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repeal and replacement we're going to have up for a vote here in the senate. >> shannon: joining me now, president of american commitment. good to see you, phil. okay. so we know when the score comes out later today. we talk to house members who say they may have to tweak it and vote again in the house. what the senate is doing is totally different. they have coalitions to try to build over there. do you think this actually gets across the finish line? >> i think there's such a strong incentive for them to get this done. these guys were all elected on this promise over and over again. at some point they're going to be forced to a consensus just based on that political reality. they still got a big gap to bridge before they get there. i want to be optimistic, but it will be hard. >> shannon: senate, they say they're meeting two to three times a week. some of the things they have to deal with over there. they have members who say they're not going to vote for something that deplans planned parenthood.
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that's something they talked about as being part of what they include in this package. they've got issues about the medicade expansion. democrat and republican senators alike who say it's working for my state. i don't want to see that phased out. the list goes on and on. the state waivers, the preexisting conditions. how different do you think a senate measure is going to be than what we saw in the house? and can they work in conference? >> well, i think it's unlikely that the planned parenthood language will come out. that only gets you potentially one additional senate vote, susan colins from maine. she's got problems with a lot of the other elements. i don't think it would help them get more votes. the bigger challenge is the restrictions for taxpayer funding for abortion which could be knocked out by senate rules then they'll have to scramble for a plan b. the most likely change will be the change to the structure of the tax credits to make them income based instead of age related. that's something senators have been working on, in particular
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to address this issue with older moderate income people being hit with big premium increase and insufficient subsidies to cover that cost. that's going to be a big political problem i think the senate will address when they change this bill. >> shannon: with the cbo score, we know it's not just about money, it's about coverage. when the numbers came up last time saying 24 million or so not being covered, the democrats jumped on that. they may get similar numbers today. how valid is the gop explanation for that, that, yeah, millions of people, if you don't require them to buy stuff, aren't gonna buy it? >> that's a big part of it. part of it is cbo coverage numbers are completely insane. as recently as 2014 they were claiming there would be 25 million people on the obamacare exchange. this year in 2017, as recently as 2016, which is still baseline they are using, so officially in the estimate when it comes out, there are 15 million people in the exchanges this year. we know that it's more like 10, maybe 11.
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they've got 18 million for next year when it's probably going to be less than 10 because it's trending now. they're measuring against a completely fictional baseline. they've been wildly wrong in these coverage numbers. so eur think they've got the baseline wildly wrong. second, almost all of the near term decline in their coverage numbers come from getting rid of the individual mandate. of course, that is a very very unpopular policy. when you say people are losing coverage, i think that's deceptive when what you're actually talking about is people no longer being punished with a penalty tax for choosing to forego coverage. the way that's framed is pretty deceptive. i wouldn't focus on the coverage numbers, shannon. what really matters is the budget impact. i look at the cbo as a pass/fail. either achieves $2 billion in deficit reduction and can go to the senate, or it doesn't and they have to revote in the house. i wouldn't focus too much on the coverage estimates or anything
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else. the key thing is whether it needs that $2 billion deficit reduction and we can move on to the senate. >> shannon: you know and i know there are plenty of people who will focus on the coverage number. phil, thanks for the preview. >> my pleasure. >> shannon: breaking news on the manchester bomber. his father and two of his brothers have been taken into custody. we're learning also more about his recent travels abroad. we'll tell you about that, plus president trump arriving in brussels ahead of his first ever nato summit. the president has talked a lot about defense spending. but are the other countries now ready to listen? >> i think you can expect the president to be very tough on them. say, look, the u.s. is spending 4%. we're doing a lot. the american people are doing a lot for your security, for our joint security. you need to make sure you're doing your share for your own security as well.
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>> shannon: the father and two brothers of the suspected manchester bomber are now under arrest. libyan authorities say the father and one brother, they claim belong to isis. british authorities say the other brother of 22-year-old salman abedi knew of the attack before it was carried out. here's what we know. the suspect was 22, born in the u.k. his parents fled war torn libya to get to the u.k. abedi was known to the british authorities and reportedly just returned from libya as early as
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this week. catherine herridge is live in our washington bureau. what have we learned? >> reporter: the new arrest under score the broad scope of this investigation with the ap reporting that the brother had alleged suspicious contacts with isis. based on intelligence shared by the british with u.s. authorities, a u.s. government said the evidence strongly suggests the 22-year-old suspect was coached and trained for the operation either online or by a terrorist operative. this morning a special adviser to president trump offered this assessment. >> this is not a u.s. case. this is a british case. but that is a pattern we have seen again and again and again. these individuals travel to a place where they are vetted aoeud logically, where they are further indoctrinated into the skills. often somebody else builds the device for them. that's what happened with richard reed, the shoe bomber.
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but they are trained in how to use the device and where to be for maximum effect to kill as many people as possible. >> reporter: a view of the ied is under review and the shrapnel is considered a vital clue in this case because investigators are tracing it back to manufacturers. they can ultimately identify where it was sold, shannon. >> shannon: that will give them some good clues, we hope. now, what are we hearing about the father's potential connection to terrorist groups? >> reporter: counter terrorism told fox the father is a member of the lisg, this is the libyan islamic fighting group. that is an al qaeda affiliate in libya. it really goes back to that period around the fall of the libyan dictator moammar khadafy. at that time the group splintered off with some members being loyal to al qaeda and others joining isis in libya. there's potentially another important tie to manchester. this memo shows that in 2014, a
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man also from manchester and accomplished bomb maker was designated a foreign terror fighter by the united states. here's the important piece of this. he was sent to libya in 2011 by the leader of al qaeda to build a fighting force. he is considered a key trainer and recruiter of individuals for plots. so a lot of this coming back to libya. it gives us the scope of just how broad and international the investigation has become, shannon. >> shannon: it's all going to be linked with intelligence sharing. thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. >> shannon: the terror attack bringing to the forefront the issue of travel restrictions from predominantly muslim countries. the parent of salman abedi were refugees from libya one of the six countries in the president's order which has been stalled in the courts. refugees a topic of discussion this morning between the president and pope francis. >> immigration did not come up.
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migration did come up because of the challenge italy faces with migration out of africa. >> shannon: chris plante, leslie marshal, talk show host and fox news contributor. good to see you both. >> hey, shannon. >> shannon: what do you make of this conversation now going on in europe where tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people have emigrated all through the country. they have open borders. people are saying now, we feel like this is too late and the u.s. should learn a lesson. >> i don't agree with that. this is why. what we look at with this family that has been for over two decades as part of the manchester community. the radicalization happened very recently, if you just look at the historical chain of events, at least in this specific situation. this was a british born individual who, hypothetically
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went to syria or libya or anywhere else for training and came to the united states, a ban in place for libya or some of the other muslim majority nations would not stop. the problem is that the banning and the borders don't stop the border of the mind and the computer that has no borders. that's how isis is recruiting individuals, over the internet. what we need to find is who they're recruiting and why and stop that and a ban, a wall, tighter borders here or in europe is not going to change it. >> shannon: are you saying a ban on travel from libya which is what president trump was attempting wouldn't have stopped this young man from coming here because he's on a british passport? >> it would. but if we look at the terrorist attacks in this country, and if we look at not just attacks. it's almost like we forget we have so many other mass shootings, murders, based in hate, obviously. that doesn't stop the death. that doesn't stop the carnage here.
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it doesn't even stop the terrorists. there are many people who right now are born in this country who are being radicalized as we speak. >> shannon: chris, law enforcement in the u.s. tells us there are hundreds who came here as refugees that are the subject of counter terrorism investigations. we know that's part of the reality. >> right. beyond that, the pew research people have been studying attitudes in the muslim world. they find -- here's the question they ask. do you support suicide bombing of civilian targets in defense of islam? the numbers are absolutely startling. they're shocking. for muslims around the world. the numbers have been going down, but at 1% is insane. 15% and we have about 20% of the united states the last time pew asked american muslims this question. there is only one group of people on the planet earth that would answer yes to that question. you ask lutherans, buddhists.
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do you support suicide bombing attacks of civilians in support of anything and they'll look at you like you're crazy. if you ask muslims that, you find shocking numbers. so it becomes a statistical certainty, the greater the number of muslims, the greater number of suicide bombings and similar attacks. we've had san bernardino and the pulse nightclub in orlando. those are shooting attacks. it's the same thing. attacking civilian targets, murdering people wholesale in the name of islam is peculiar to islam. talking about borders and walls and how we have shootings here is all irrelevant to this particular threat that we're dealing with world wide. and it is peculiar to islam. islam should do something about it. has there been a peace march led by muslims in england in the last 48 hours? in the last 48 hours at any time? because there's a peculiar problem, a unique problem with
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islam. we have to admit that and face it and stop playing games and saying, yes, we have crime and we have other shootings and lot of people murdered in chicago. that's not what we're talking about. people were murdered in chicago during world war ii all but that wasn't equal to nazi germany or imperial japan. >> shannon: chris and leslie, we thank you both for joining us. this is a debate that will continue. >> thanks, shannon. >> shannon: president trump touching down in brussels today. receiving a welcome from the king and queen of belgium. all meeting today with the country's prime minister, ahead of a key summit, the first of his presidency. it comes hours after the president met with the pope. the pht saying it was a fantastic meeting and the honor. kevin, i got to imagine there are some visible changes in the security posture there in brussels. this idea of terrorism is one they have dealt with long before this visit.
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but now with the international attention on them, does it change things? >> reporter: that's a great question. i think it's fair to say that anecdotally i have seen more armed guards and that sort of presence than i can recall on similar trips like this. we've heard no elevation of specific terror threat here, although i wouldn't imagine we would hear that necessarily from the government, but definitely in the whole of here i think any time there's a terror attack in especially a city like this that has suffered so great at the hands of an islamic terrorist, you can feel the city might be on edge. as for the president, all smiles, as the president and the first lady made their way here to brussels. not just for a little r&r, but also a chance for the president to talk a little bit of business. i did mention they had a chance to meet with the king and queen. a little photo op ahead of tonight's dinner with the royals. for the president himself, he all met with the prime minister
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where the talk quickly turned to security cooperation. of course that tragic terror attack in manchester. >> when you see something like happened two days ago, you realize how important it is to win this fight. and we will win this fight. it's a horrible situation, what took place is horrible. unthinkable. but we will win 100%. >> reporter: again the president's comments particularly meaningful in a city that has suffered so greatly at the hands of terror oeufts. shannon? >> shannon: what are we hearing from the white house ab the big meeting at nato tomorrow? >> reporter: let me see if i can put it plainly. pay up. i mean, listen. he's gonna tell them, look, the safety and security of this region is dependent on nato. while it is true that the strength of the nato alliance is strong, it's only going to be strong if everybody pays their fair share. 2% of gdp.
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right now there are only five of the 28 that are actually paying their so called fair share, 2% of gdp. that's the u.s., the u.k., greece, estonia and one more. i want to say poland. that is true. it is poland. it is expected the president will make this argument. lit go this way. you need nato to be safe and secure, but you also need say to to secure your economic health and stability. that's why it's incumbent upon all the members to pay their fair share. that will be tough talk tomorrow. but tonight it's a little r&r as the president and first lady get a chance to have dinner with the royals. yes, there will be plenty of belgium chocolate. >> shannon: bring some back for us. safe travels. good to see you. all right. president trump hiring his own private lawyer outside the white house in response to the growing russia investigation. is it an unusual move for a president to make or not? we're gonna take a look at some other cases that this high powered attorney he just hired
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>> much more ahead on president trump's overseas tour and word he is lawyering up to deal with the russia investigation. we're live in brussels. plus members of congress putting new pressure on former national security adviser michael flynn after he refused to hand over documents. we'll speak with judge napoletano about what happens if flynn doesn't cooperate. >> shannon: president trump has tapped a long time legal adviser to serve as his private attorney in the investigation of russian meddling into last year's election. he's handled many of the president's legal matters, helping keep the trump divorce
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records sealed, fraud by trump university and suing trump business partners over a manhattan property. joining us to talk about this and much more, attorney jonathan silver. let's start with the president as a legal adviser would you say to any president now you need to get your own legal team? >> especially now. i think this is a brillian move on his part. the way i look at this is, right now president trump is looking at the whole russian collusion thing as a distraction. what do lawyers do, shannon? one of the things we get hired to do is deal with distractions. so by president trump hiring his own personal counsel, he could say, go have fun with robert mueller over here because i have more important things to deal with over here and the two should not meet. >> shannon: we have a statement from the white house on some of these alleged scandals. despite a year of investigation there is no evidence of collusion. the president never jeopardized intelligence source.
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even the obama cia director believes leaks are appalling and the culprits must be tracked down. the president has been adamant all along they'll never find anything, there will be no connection. but when a special counsel gets started we know, looking at whitewater and other recent investigations, it can go in a myriad of different directions. >> of course. we don't want the president to be any more distracted than he has already been, right? we have taxes. we have health care. we have terrorism over here that are now taking a back burner because this so far nonexistent russian collusion matter is to the fore, is the forefront. so, if you have personal counsel, where he can forward all the e-mails to him and give all the discussion to him and all the talking points to him, all the better for the rest of us. >> shannon: mean time we know the senate intelligence committee continues its investigation into russia. there are multiple investigations, but that one in particular, they have subpoenaed former national security adviser, general michael flynn.
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he said basically through his attorneys, no thank you. now they subpoenaed two of his businesses. they say your businesses cannot take this hit. they are determined to get those documents. >> they are. if it's a valid subpoena, they'll likely get the documents. the way i look at it through my attorney eyes, we have congress trying to prove that somebody committed a murder without having any evidence whatsoever that somebody's dead. so here again if you want to find out if russia colluded with anybody, you should be handing out get out of jail cards to give people license to talk to congress freely to find out what, if anything, is there. and if there's no there there, then stop trying to witch hunt and make people guilty when you haven't proven the crime, unquote. >> shannon: i want to play a sound byte from mark warner who is a senator on that committee.
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here's what he said about getting to the information. >> the other two that we issued, two subpoenas to the two michael flynn businesses that we're aware of. flynn intel, llc, and flynn intel, inc. one has been served. one is in the process of being served. we keep all options on the table. we think the committee has moved forward. >> shannon: at one point he said contest could be on the table, too. there were rumors he wanted an immunity deal and didn't get one. >> he should have gotten one then he's free to say whatever needs to be said so that congress can get to the bottom of whether or not there was collusion. now what they can try to do is hold him in contempt for failing to comply. but his fifth amendment right to protect himself is going to trump any sort of contempt charge, at least in my opinion. >> shannon: no pun intended. >> no pun intended. >> shannon: donna, thank you. a kidnapping victim shares her harrowing story of survival
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after spending nine years in captivity. how her bravery is being recognized today. and long way to recharge your batteder theorys. but a new study shows most americans don't actually take all their paid time off. why not? get on it. new bike? yeah, 'cause i got allstate. if you total your new bike, they replace it with a brand new one. so, kinda like your second husband. kinda. it's good to be in (good hands).
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>> americans apparently terrible at taking vacations. that's according to a new study that finds we wasted a total of 662 million vacation days last year. the number 1 reason employees said they didn't take time off? they were worried about returning to a mountain of work. researchers say there's some good news. more people took off days than
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in 2015. hmm. sighting of deputy attorney general rod rosenstein have been few an far between. but today, he's presenting an award to a famous kidnapping victim. trace gallagher has more. a good story with a happy ending, trace. >> yeah, it is. any time rod rosenstein speaks, he has a captive audience. the deputy attorney general was not asked about his letter criticizing james comey's handling of the hillary clinton e-mail case. he did honor the men and women working to protect our children saying there's 4, 500 federal agents dedicated to stopping child exploitation and last year more than 8,800 people were arrested for trying to exploit children. rosenstein honored a woman
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kidnapped and held captive for nine years. gina dejesus was two other people held captainive. she was held when she was 14 and youngest of the three captives raped, tortured and chained for nearly a decade. ariel castro was sentenced to life in prison but later hanged himself. here's rod rosenstein. watch. >> gina, in particular, i want to take you for being with us today to tell your incredible story. it's so important for us here in the department to understand the impact that this work has on people's lives because it helps to motivate us and keep us going through the difficult times. it's a story of remarkable courage in the face of unimaginable odds. >> you may be interested to know after rod rosenstein spoke, nobody shouted any questions. we learned last week the deputy attorney general refused to
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reveal who requested that he write the comey memo saying that information could be part of robert mueller's probe. after comey was fired, the white house said it was because of rosenstein's memo but trump said he was planning to fire him all along. thanks, trace. >> some lolympians that triumphd in rio at red lobster's seafood trios
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the past. hundreds of olympians around the gold, including kerri walsh jennings saying the medals are defective. there's been spotting and black spots. i'm shannon bream. here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 on the east coast. 8:00 p.m. in manchester england where police are trying to unravel a terror network before it strikes again. days after the ariana grande concert, investigators warn the bomber may have had help. they're searching for any accomplices and today new arrests and word his family may have known of his plan. the pope and the president, respective heads of church and state putting aside differences to send a common message of peace. now the president on to brussels and facing a tougher crowd. leaders of nato countries that he criticized. back home, lawmakers are taking a crack at the former national security

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