>> this is the shot of the day. it's still so special. >> special little boy, christian jacobs, shaking hands with the president. go on our website to give to his educational fund. >> bill: two bombings in downtown baghdad killing 42 and wounding dozens earlier today. a busy street before that first explosion hit an ice cream store. the fireball covering the building as nearby cars try to get away. hours later, a car bomb explodes during rush hour just days into the muslim holy month of ramadan. we'll have more of this inside "america's newsroom." more on that. first the president starting the new week back at the white house. a source telling fox news it was russian officials that had suggested establishing a back channel of communication with jared kushner and not the other way around.

how does that change the story if at all? we'll sort through it together. hope you had an awesome weekend. welcome to "america's newsroom." i know you did. >> shannon: it's good to see you. i'm shannon bream. the white house pushing back hard against kushner. president trump firing off this tweet this morning. russian officials must be laughing at the u.s. and how a lame excuse for why the dems lost the election has taken over the fake news. meantime kellyanne conway saying kushner has nothing to hide. >> back channels are the regular course of business and that's really all that we know. i think it's very important to recognize that the president has expressed full confidence in jared kushner and also went on to note the considerable progress and very large important portfolio that jared will receive at the white house. >> shannon: a top member of the

white house communications team has officially resigned. kevin corke is live at the white house this morning. tell us about who is leaving. >> when you think about the communications staff of the white house you think of sean spicer or maybe even sarah huckabee sanders. they work for a communication director responsible for messaging outside of the white house. it's mike dubke. he resigned on may 18th. sources telling fox news he will be here at the white house today and will leave on good terms. but this is a reflection others are suggesting of the president's frustration that his administration hasn't done enough to push back against the constant onslaught of source-led russia collusion suggestive stories. meanwhile kellyanne conway says it's a more reallocation of resources than a full blown shake-up. >> in terms of staff shake-ups, i always read things that

simply aren't true. i work here every day. it's much more collaborative than people realize. we're constantly being told by people who have never worked in any white house let alone this white house stuff that's going on here. >> you heard key word collaboration, a group effort to make sure there is consistent messaging. reports over the weekend of a war room to battle against all these so-called russia stories and we'll probably hear more about that today at the press briefing. >> shannon: how is the white house defending jared kushner this morning? >> this is an interesting one. it depends how you look at it. they would simply say, as you heard kellyanne conway remark on your side bite not long ago, there is nothing to hide here. they continue to be flum oxed by the notion he wanted to create a back channel in a conversation or was suggested to him that a back channel could be created is somehow --

>> my view of it is i don't like it. i know that some administration officials are saying well, that's standard procedure. i don't think it's standard procedure prior to the inauguration of a president of the united states by someone who is not in an appointed position. >> back channels are business as usual. his criticism seems to be specifically the guy wasn't on the job yet so why were they trying to create this? you could also look at it in a simple way. is this someone who has a political axe to grind or someone with a lot of experience simply being heard? we report, you decide. >> shannon: yes, you do. kevin corke live at the white house. >> bill: a lot to cover now. some argue like charles krauthammer that private direct communication lines with adversaries are nothing new in american diplomacy. >> we've had the back channel connections with adversaries

for generations. henry kissinger had them with the russians and the chinese. hillary had a back channel to establish the opening of negotiations with the iranians in what ended up as the iranian nuclear deal. >> bill: guy benson with us in studio for a change. nice to see you, guy. good morning to you. you just heard dr. krauthammer's view of it. what is your view based on what we think we know right now? >> i think he is generally correct. the opposition would argue kushner didn't have a well defined position at that time. the development we've reporting today and "the new york times" has gotten it from trump sources that the russians were the ones who broached this initial contact with kushner. that could be a game changer about the dynamics and who might be in the wrong. >> bill: explain the reason to differentiate that. why could that be significant? >> the way the "washington post" reported it and a lot of official washington is handling

the news is that jared kushner, the son-in-law of the president elect at that point, called up the russians or contacted the russians and said hey, let's get together and chat. i want to talk about some things and by the way, let's do it at your secure facility over your secure system. that looks a little unusual, frankly, to a lot of people including senator mccain as we just heard. if the russians were saying hey, you guys just got elected. let's establish a chat. kushner and trump are new at the political thing said oh, sure, we want to talk about policy and syria, which was allegedly what the topic of conversation was. where should we do it? then the question is, who suggested a russian facility? was that to hide it from u.s. intelligence or just to make sure it was a secure line? maybe they didn't know. >> bill: put a fine point on that. "the new york times" report is suggesting they wanted to go offline because they didn't trust the outgoing administration, wow, true? >> perhaps, maybe they thought

the outgoing administration might leak things that might be damaging to the new president. it seems like those fears have been confirmed by so many of the leaks that we've seen, a number of which have very clearly come from former officials from the previous administration. i'm not necessarily arguing that that unto itself justifies the entire setup here. we have two conflicting reports with conflicting leaks. i think we should hear from kushner himself under oath about what happened but i am saying you can understand why a new administration might look at the obama team and say these are hostile folks for us. we don't agree with their agenda and they don't agree with ours. let's talk about some of this stuff offline before we get things rolling. that unto itself is not a scandal and not necessarily unusual. >> bill: as we try to put these pieces together we found the bloomberg report 2014 about the

obama's secret outreach to russians and you get this comment caught on a hot mic in 2012 whether this was said. >> after my election i have more flexibility. >> bill: the point we're showing here, all this into consideration before making up your own mind about what was nefariuos, legal, not illegal. trying to figure out the best way to do business. last comment. >> not the famous whisper comments but the red reset button that hillary clinton pushed. they also misspelled the word reset on the button with the smart power crew over there. they were trying to improving relations with the russians out in the open. no one melted down. part of that is because this whole thing about trump and russia and the allegation. >> bill: one more thing. this is the climate change agreement. we do not have a decision as to what the president wants to do.

ted cruz is saying get out of it. we simply cannot afford an agreement that puts thousands of america out of work and -- is it a yes or no to stay in? if you pull out the left will go crazy. >> the left has been going crazy on everything that trump does so you can keep that in mind. in terms of what cruz wrote, one of the points he made repeatedly in that op-ed was trump promised to withdraw from the paris accord. he is saying mr. president, now is time to keep that promise. one thing worth pointing out. if the president does just that, he will be able to do it because president obama never saw fit to bring it to the senate or had it ratified and did it unilaterally. when you do that the next guy can do it and now you have that option. >> bill: what's next? >> shannon: overseas they're

tracking down a terror network. manchester police releasing new pictures of the attacker in last week's bombing. you can see salman abedi carrying a large blue suitcase days before the blast. the suitcase is not the item that abedi used in the attack but they hope to find the luggage and what was in it. the city's mayor placed wreaths at the commuteor station. people want to get back to life at normal and send a message they won't be defeated. it takes bravery. >> bill: true on that. i think there is so much more we need to find out about this story. you know they're scrambling in england today. if we get more we'll bring it to you. 10 minutes past the hour. president trump pushing on congress to come through on healthcare and tax reform. two big issues that need to be solved. will the republicans score a

legislative win any time soon? you'll find out in a moment on that. also. >> shannon: the pentagon ready to take on north korea's aggression with a new system of its own, a new live report coming up on how the u.s. is getting ready to shoot down missiles out of the sky. >> bill: a battle over illegal immigration is getting physical. lawmakers pushing and shoving as both sides dig in over the texas landmark sanctuary city ban. the news behind the brawl coming up in moments. >> you say things to incite people? you don't let anything

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>> shannon: former panamanian dictator man yell noriega has died. he was a u.s. ally. he ruled panama with an iron fist and ordering the deaths of political opponents. he spent much of the rest of his life in prison in the u.s. and panama. released to house arrest as his health failed. he was 83. >> now the pressure needs to go to paul ryan and mitch mcconnell to get off -- and get

these through. it will make all the investigations look like, you know, they're quite irrelevant. >> bill: calls this morning for congressional leaders to put a win on the board. sean duffy has plenty of questions on this today. thank you for your time on a tuesday. it's good to have you back here. >> it's good to be with you bill. >> bill: there are expectations, as you well know, with the majority in the house and a majority in the senate. give us the low down on tax reform. here is the headline from the "wall street journal." apparently the status quo is winning. is it? >> i read that article. here is the deal, bill. as we do tax reform we're trying to contort ourselves and deal with senate filibuster rules. we're working on tax reform in committees in the house and senate but the only way to get tax reform done because of those senate rules is if we get healthcare done. healthcare has to come first. senate has to get off their

hind ends to get match us in the house. if that happens we can use the revenue from obamacare to move the tax dials down and get taxes down. >> bill: are you suggesting the labeling of this tax reform issue is not the status quo? >> i'm not saying it's the status quo. i'm saying the effort is underway. the committees in both chambers are working independently and together to get a bill we can agree on out. you have two problems. if you keep the senate rules the way they are you have to let healthcare go first. but if the senate with only 51 votes, only republicans would break the filibuster rule we could pop open all of tax reform and have a broader conversation and get it done without contorting the bill. we could do it now today. that make sense? >> bill: i think people are expecting it. kind of sort of. you have your rules on the hill. but i think the people at home

are wondering when will it get done? the president said this tweet earlier today -- on the 28th of may on screen. the massive tax cuts and reform i submitted is moving along in the process very well. ahead of schedule. big benefits to all. is it or not? >> it is. bill, you have to understand government moves slowly. it is not at the speed of business. with that in mind we're not even halfway through this administration in the first year and you have a healthcare bill that sits in the senate. we'll repeal and replace dodd-frank out of the house next week. we're making progress on tax reform. working on a conservative budget. things are happening. our agenda is moving forward. our concern in the house is that this stuff can all get caught up in the senate. so people shouldn't throw this agenda overboard just yet. we're making progress and moving forward. again, you have really one year in this first year of the administration to get these big items through and time is

running short. we have a big agendas we get through the summer. hopefully tax reform will be part of that. >> bill: here is another tweet from two days ago. i suggest we add more dollars to healthcare and make it the best anywhere. obamacare is dead. republicans will do much better. you can answer that or address what mitch mcconnell suggested over the weekend. a tempering of expectations should be in order for the u.s. senate on healthcare. now, what does that mean? >> i'll do them both. first of all obamacare is dead, it's imploding. i don't understand what the president is saying about more money. he has supported the house package. but we're willing to continue to work with the president to get a reform bill on healthcare that will work for the american people. in regard to mitch mcconnell trying to tamp down expectations in the senate. what the america people expect is this agenda moves forward. the house passed its bill and in the senate and senate republicans and democrats don't act and let the american people

sit with obamacare, rising premiums and rising deductibles and think don't act they'll be held responsible by people at the ballot box. we have democrats up for reelection in a year and a half. if they only have obamacare, the voters will come out and decimate democrats the next election. >> bill: quick answer. i know what you're suggesting it's a slow walk in congress. that may be the case. will it get done or will people who voted for you and a majority in congress be disappointed? >> i'm an optimist. i think this agenda will come together and the senate will get their act together and all of this is very important to do -- it's important, to grow the economy, put people back to work with better wages. i don't think this republican congress will let those american people down. >> bill: sean duffy, thank you for your time. the republican from wisconsin. see you back in d.c. in a week's time. 20 past. >> shannon: pro-golfer tiger

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>> bill: want to get to this devastating story. a teenager thank fng three strangers who tried to shield her and her friend who was apparently wearing an hijab. there was a fight and two of

the good samaritans were killed. police say they were stabbed to death by the suspect on that train. >> he told us to go back to saudi arabia and he told us that we shouldn't be here and to get out of his country. he was just telling us that we basically weren't anything and we should just kill ourselves. >> bill: new video of the suspect due in court later today on multiple charges. felony aggravated murder and attempted murder. 35-year-old jeremy christian could face the death penalty if convicted. president trump tweeted quote, the violent attacks in portland is unacceptable. our prayers are with them. the victims were standing up for hate and intolerance. >> shannon: the pentagon has a new plan to shoot down missiles out of the sky. the military gearing up for a big test today aimed at targeting a missile that north korea is developing.

fox news got exclusive access ahead of today's launch. jonathan hunt is live from vandenberg air force base in california. >> this is an absolutely critical test today as one missile defense expert told fox news, goodness knows what the pentagon is going to tell the american people if they fail. it has been made more urgent because of the recent spate of missile tests coming out north korea and the threat m jong-un to deliver a gift package to the united states. officials, including admiral, head of the missile defense agency who sat for an exclusive interview. it is coming and at some point they'll be able to hit the u.s. >> it's a matter of time. they're demonstrating continued increase in capability, range, altitude, and capacity. over the last several years and more recently over the last several months.

>> what will happen today is that the u.s. will launch an intercontinental ballistic missile unarmed of course from the marshall islands in the pacific ocean and launch the interceptor from here at vandenberg air force base in california. they hope the interceptor kill vehicle, a high-tech chunk of metal will collide high up in space and destroy it. that's a aim. not easy to do. like hitting a bullet with a bullet. shannon. >> shannon: when we talk about nukes, we have to be 100% successful stopping them any time they would be a threat. how will the test help make that happen? >> they are getting better and better. they've done several of these tests over the last decade or so. it has only been successful half the time. we traveled exclusively up to fort greely, alaska where the

majority of the missiles are based. the colonel there tells us that his men are simulating attacks every day and they are confident they can defend the united states. listen here to the colonel. >> we take the threat seriously. especially the north korean threat. >> when we hear and watching the news and seeing north korea preparing for a test you guys are at a different level. >> absolutely. we're ready to fight tonight. >> they're ready to fight tonight. this test is due to launch sometime between 3:00 and 7:14 p.m. eastern today. we'll tell you how it goes. >> shannon: thanks to the colonel and the men and women up there. >> bill: nobody in this world does it better than they can. best of luck on the success and

it's sending a message to north korea again and again. chaos in the texas state house. hundreds of angry protestors getting violent to ban sanctuary cities in texas. fair and balanced debate on all that coming up. from the texas capitol to the ballpark. here we go. oh my. >> this is a good one. >> shannon: fist flying at a baseball game. why a nationals players headed from the box to the pitcher's mound. >> we have people in throwing. there's nothing traditional about my small business so when

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the strength of the economy. a little bit of negative activity to start off the markets today. i know it's my fault. >> bill: all right. 9:32 in new york. want to get to this. hundreds of protestors getting violent during a texas house yesterday banning sanctuary cities. the protestors weren't the only ones getting feisty. casey stiegel is watching it live in dallas. what happened? >> things got so out of hand the legislative session had to come to a grinding halt for about 20 minutes or so yesterday as texas state troopers escorted small groups of people out of the chambers. officially no arrests. but hundreds of people wearing red shirts with the word fight in spanish were there to have their voices heard about this controversial new law which is

perceived to crack down on sanctuary cities and allows local law enforcement officers to inquire about a person's immigration status. but just as things started to quiet down, tensions boiled over again this time between certain lawmakers. look at this. a scuffle breaking out after republican state rep told colleagues he called immigration and customs enforcement or ice on the protestors. when word got around the chamber floor, some lawmakers became upset and some shoving ensued. when it was all said and done, two people accused each other of threats. one says this other threatened him with a gun. >> saying things to insight -- incite people? >> guys like him think they can say whatever they want and some point there will be a

repercussion and i think he bears responsibility. >> it is the close of the 2017 legislative session in the state of texas clearly ending with a bang, bill. >> bill: thanks, casey. >> shannon: let's bring in rich lowry editor of national review and pablo manriquez. for the republican lawmaker to dial ice and say come do arrests on the floor. too much gasoline on the fire or legit? >> is wasn't going to show up and arrest protestors. they have enough on their plate and fish to fry without being accused of arresting people for political reasons. but that also doesn't justify this other lawmaker allegedly threatening him. if there is speech on the floor you don't like, you have a

ready recourse in speech pushing back. no reason to literally physically push back. as a hockey fan it looks like animated conversation. wasn't that bad. you don't want to get into a south korea parliament situation where you have people throwing chairs on the floor of the legislature in the united states. >> shannon: or a caneing on the floor. is there a way to have a civil conversation. they have debated this bill for month. not the first flare-up but the biggest. >> there is a civil way to have a conversation on this topic. your podcast living the bream who if you haven't subscribed to it you should. the texas state legislature has people like matt ren aldy who like to pursue this agenda of

hatred and cowards -- assuming they're undocumented. >> shannon: the people who had signs saying they were undocumented. >> i don't wear t-shirts, i have a t-shirt that says fight for families. i've gone for protests in favor of -- i'm a born citizen of the united states of america. if i were there yesterday he would have pointed at me and questioning my citizenship and my right to be there and my right to have speech in this capacity. a cowardly act. the people of texas deserve better than that. he is from connecticut. he is a connecticut yankee down there pretending to say he's not. >> shannon: we've gotten to carpet bagging as our latest volley in this, rich. >> i don't think ice should have shown up and arrested people and they didn't. it is galling to have people showing up at protests flaunting their illegal status when one of their arguments why they need amnesty is that they're living in the shadows.

you aren't living in the shadows if you show up at the state capitol with a sign or t-shirt saying you're an illegal immigrant. the sanctuary law is very reasonably. it said the localities should cooperate with federal authorities when we want to detain someone in jail arrested for another crime and is an illegal immigrant on top of that. there has been this decades-long effort to undermine the rule of law when it comes to immigration and now we're reasonably dialing back and seeing good results. illegal border crossings are way down which everyone should applaud. >> shannon: pablo, do you applaud that? less people in the system and caught up in the endless backlog of immigration courts? >> where i would agree with rich it's on citizens to protest for these undocumented people. there was a time in this country when conservatives were compassionate and americans were compassionate and came to an agreement with what to do with the undocumented people. the president was ronald reagan and by all accounts did a great job. we need to get back to that.

i also think that the people who are protesting from the undocumented community have a tremendous disadvantage in the legal system and need to rely on tools like facebook live so we aren't having this conversation of who pushed who and we're having a facts on video. i think that the black lives matter movement did a great job with that last year of incorporating these technologies. as immigrants we need to do a better job of that moving forward. >> the problem with the 1986 amnesty, enforcement and amnesty. enforcement didn't happen and we got huge illegal influx and why we need enforcement first now. >> shannon: thank you for the plug for my blog. we'll continue the conversation. rich, good to have you, too. >> bill: talk about civility. there is none of that between the washington nationals and the san francisco giants. >> the pitch. and he hits harper. harper is going to go out and

now we have a beat. this is a good one, folks. >> bill: it was a good one. that's bryce harper hit by a pitch going right after hunter strickland. harper thought it was deliberate. strickland said it was not. they always say that, right? there is history with these two. harper took him deep in the playoffs three years ago. don't know if that had anything to do with this here. your penguins won last night. >> shannon: my national won, my penguins won. >> bill: you are sending the dow lower today. >> shannon: wait, it's rebounding a little bit. i've made up half the loss. you cannot win them all. >> bill: there is times, though. >> shannon: uh-huh. well, as the news continues isis striking again. twin bombings in baghdad. who they were targeting this time and details on that attack straight ahead. >> bill: also right as president trump gets back from

that historic trip overseas calling on the world to fight isis and merkel saying europe can no longer rely on others, jack keane, his take on what she said next. >> i'm now more hopeful than ever in the possibility that nations of many faiths and from many religions and from many regions all over can join together in a common cause.

>> bill: isis is at it yet again claiming responsibility dozens dead in baghdad. one hitting at an ice cream store. this comes at the start of the holy month of ramadan as iraqi and coalition forces push isis to the brink of defeat in mosul.

the battle is not over. jack keane, chairman for the institute for the study of war. good morning to you. we have a lot to get to in four minutes. you remember how deadly ramadan was a year ago. how do we look at it now? stronger or not? >> i think isis has promised a wave of attacks both inside iraq and syria and outside of it. i think they'll deliver on that promise unfortunately. we've seen the beginning stages of that in europe. here what's taking place in baghdad as you noted, mosul is about to fall. they're down to the last neighborhood which is the historic old town aspect of mosul. but despite that this is a resilient organization. they'll continue to conduct terrorist attacks. their focus here is to break the people's confidence in their security forces and also in their government. the same purpose they've always had. to undermine that level of confidence that the people have that they can go on about their

lives and live a normal life. >> bill: killing the coptic christians last friday and on and on it goes. manchester as well. angela merkel said this on screen over the weekend. all i can say is that we europeans must really take our destiny into our own hands. the time in which we can fully count on others are somewhat over as i have experienced in the last few days. many interpret that to be her understanding of her meeting with president trump. toward the end of that trip in europe. the president tweeted this in response. we have a massive trade deficit with germany plus they pay far less than they should on nato and military. very bad for u.s. this will change. do you want to interpret mr. trump's comments there which seem pretty obvious? how do we interpret what angela merkel's position is now if that's changed? >> you have to take her position in the context in which it was offered. she is in the throws of a

political campaign in a beer tent in munich talking to her audience. i don't think it necessarily means a major shift in german/u.s. policy. here are the facts. the facts are the united states is supporting nato, she also made reference to the united kingdom and they fully support nato as well. every cabinet secretary has supported nato and the president and the vice president has as well. i think the real issue of tension for her was the pushback from the president at the g-7 summit when they were discussing the climate change accord. the so-called paris accord and he was the only leader in the g-7 that pushed back on it and said he would eventually make a decision either this week or next week. it is thought that he is probably going to say no to it. i think that was the thing that frustrated her. listen, the fact that we're talking straight to our european allies and not codling to them like we have in the past i think far too much is

fine. they will have the spine to be able to deal with that. they need the united states, they know that. no one is walking away from the united states and we aren't walking away from them, either. we're talking straight to them in a way we haven't in some time. >> bill: the unspoken name of this conversation vladimir putin. john mccain did an interview on television over the weekend. he said putin is a bigger threat than isis today when he said the following. >> he is the premier and most important threat than isis. isis can do terrible things and i worry a lot about what is happening with the muslim faith but it's the russians who tried to destroy the very fundamental of democracy. >> bill: that was his bigger point, general. we have not taken action against russia going back to the election this past year when everybody thinks they tried to meddle. how deep or effective we don't know yet. what do you think? >> it is a fact.

russia is trying to get back on the world stage. they have largely done that. vladimir putin has accomplished that and what he is trying to do is change the international world order as we have known it since the end of world war ii. that frustrates him and also frustrates china. yes, in terms of a long-term threat it is a serious threat. isis, however, we're at war with isis and they've killed us and intend to kill more of us. they demonstrated that this week in europe and africa. that is something that we have to contend with. it's a near-term threat and we have to complete what we're doing and that is defeat this and i think the president has done just great work here in what he was able to do in the middle east by forming an alliance against isis and also countering the iranians. that's a huge step forward. >> bill: james mattis in charge, too. he was asked what keeps you up at night. he said nothing, i keep other people up at night.

thank you for your time. >> shannon: tiger woods explaining what led to his dui arrest and apologizing to his fans. jim gray joins us live next. in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ everything your family touches sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox.

>> shannon: tiger woods now speaking out about his dui arrest saying he had an unexpected reaction to prescription medication. the pro-golfer saying in a statement i didn't realize the mix of medications had affected me so strongly. i would like to apologize with all my heart to my family, friends and the fans. i expect more from myself, too. jim gray joins us, fox news contributor from across the pond. jim, what do you make of this statement? on one hand he is saying this is a prescription medication mix-up, not alcohol. that kind of thing.

also i apologize and expect more from myself. >> well, he said virtually the same thing in 2009 when he made his mea culpa after the marital affairs with his wife. we don't have the details from the police as to why he didn't blow the breathalyzer. he can say anything he wants right now. >> shannon: how do you think it impacts him in the short term for things like sponsorship and deals he has. he has had a really rough time on the course when he has been able to get there at all. >> in the short term i think that everybody will stand by him. so many of these companies have poured so much money into him. the ones that stayed after the extramarital affairs will probably stay now. nike has cut back golf substantially. they're out of golf now. the others i'm sure they will stand by him now. would you really want to buy

anything he is selling? this is the second major scandal. he will recover from this. as far as his golf career is weren't he has only played 19 rounds since 2014. he had a fusion of his disks in his back in march. he is out for this year. he hasn't won a major championship since 2008. only played twice this year. once in san diego and withdrawing in dubai. his golf career is virtually non-existent now. for him to come back he might play in tournaments but he will never dominate and win again. nobody will. it was astounding. he did it for 10 years. >> shannon: i want to ask you about the death of sportswriter frank deford. i had a chance to meet him with regard to a cause that he was very active in, cystic fibrosis. he is gone now and he is a legend. >> he is a wonderful man. i loved him.

i got to work with him at nbc sports for a number of years on the nfl live show and a syndicated show with him. he was a total gentleman, a great writer. put a lot of meaning into the word sportswriter. he will be missed the likes of which we'll never see again. everybody who came in contact with frank felt better about themselves and about him. he was a giant. >> shannon: he was a wonderful guy. along with all the fantastic sportswriting he did the story of his own daughter touching and something he dedicated a lot of his life to doing, drawing attention and looking for a cure as well. jim gray, always good to see you. thank you so much. >> bill: so much talent there. frank deford. the white house defending president trump's advisor and son-in-law jared kushner. a source telling fox news kushner wasn't the one to suggest establishing a back channel with russia. what we're learning about that

today. stay tuned at the top of the hour.

a-brand-new twist in the russia investigation involving white house senior advisor jared kushner and plans for a back channel to moscow. getting new facts in the case. i'm shannon bream. >> bill: how was the weekend? >> shannon: quick even with the extra day. how about you? >> bill: it was great, thank you. good morning, everybody. a source telling fox news it was the russians who brought up the idea not jared kushner during a meeting with with russia's ambassador at trump tower during the transition. kellyanne conway slamming other media outlets for their reporting on this. this is what she said. >> many news reports very recently that had the facts wrong. if you go back to a couple of weeks ago, you'll notice that one paper in particular three times in a row relied upon information that was immediately batted down as

false. it's a rush to judgment. >> bill: rich the live at the state department. >> this was a meeting in december at trump tower to discuss syria strategy according to a source familiar with the matter. the source denies that jared kushner and the russian ambassador discussed a permanent back channel between trump's transition team and moscow. the "washington post" saying detailed interception reports that kushner proposed using secure russian diplomatic facilities so the trump team could speak can moscow. russia often says false information to create chaos. as for syria discussions, the trump administration has been speaking with russian officials the try to figure out a way

forward in syria while the russian government continues to remain alive to bashar al-assad, the regime there. >> bill: what's the focus on kushner now? >> bill: there is an investigation with kushner and a meeting with a russian banker close to russian president vladimir putin, runs a financial institution under sanction from the u.s. government. the white house confirmed these meetings claiming kushner met with a range of different foreign officials on a range of different topics in the transition. the president has just commented on all of this tweeting out this morning, quote, russian officials must be laughing at the u.s. and how a lame excuse for why the dems lost the election has taken over the fake news. yet the investigations at the federal bureau of investigation and congressional committees non: the white house saying there is nothing new about kushner reaching out to

russia. do they have a point? president obama, who did not get along with president putin, reportedly tapped henry kissinger to try to help go through back channels and help. bloomberg news reporting in 2014 the white house turned to an old friend of putin's for help. they called on former secretary of state henry kissinger to discuss having him call putin directly. unclear whether he actually made the call. byron york, a fox news contributor. that's one example. a lot of times this is how washington tries to get things done. >> it does. you know, this news story fits into a pattern of leaked-based stories we've seen. they have enough details to be sensational but they don't have enough details for us to understand what actually happened. and we really don't quite understand what happened here. and even if it is as portrayed, what would be wrong with that?

and you're right. we have seen a number of reports that show that previous presidents, not just barack obama but many others, have established back channels during the course of their presidency. now, this was during a transition. trump was not the president. jared kushner was not yet a white house official. on the other hand it was an incoming administration. incoming administrations do talk with foreign powers. >> shannon: i'll read a little bit from "the new york times" this morning. the trump transition was unique in its unwillingness to use the government communications line and briefing materials with its foreign governments because of concern that obama administration officials might be monitoring the calls. there was that concern and you mention leaks and for the "washington post" to have this information about alleged intercepts of russian communications somebody had to leak that once again to the "washington post". >> these are highly classified things. you are absolutely right. it is a crime to leak those

sorts of things. but on the other hand in washington there is a lot of ways it can happen. the original agency might have gotten it to a law enforcement agency who might have gotten to someone in the senate and there from there it gets into the press. so there are a lot of people possibly involved in a possible leak but clearly i think we can say that trump transition officials suspicion that the obama administration might be keeping a close eye on them and inclined to leak if possible to damage their plans, that wasn't a crazy idea. >> shannon: speaking of senators, there are some on the left who are upset about what they heard on the sunday shows from various administration officials and also from senator corker republican out of tennessee who has praised the president's foreign trip that jared has said he is willing to come and answer any and all questions as the senate continues to investigate what has gone on with russia and meddling in the election last year and potential collusion

which everybody says they have not yet seen any evidence of a direct link there. but as that continues his -- he has always said he would come speak. corker says it's turned into hyperbole. let's have him come talk to us. >> if the person involved is volunteering to come speak to you, take him up on it. i don't know if kushner wants to speak publicly or privately but it would be with lawmakers, republican and democrats, on capitol hill and they would get a much better sense of what happened which goes back to what i was saying at the top of this. we have enough details for it to be a sensational story but not enough for us to know what actually happened. >> shannon: will this voluntary stepping forward by kushner multiple times through multiple channels, why doesn't that take a little bit of the wind out of the sails of this story? it's as if he didn't even offer. it's as if he is judged guilty of something like you said,

even if it proves to be true the story we're getting is the russians proposed this. a one-time phone call to talk about syria. it seems like there is a lot we don't know. >> the reason is the story is not appearing just by itself in isolation. it fits into a whole bunch of stories we've seen about contacts and alleged contacts between the trump campaign, the trump transition and russian officials. so it fits into this much larger scheme that the senate intelligence committee is investigating and now a special counsel in the justice department is investigating. so it -- perhaps it wouldn't be that big a deal in isolation but part of a much bigger stream of stories. >> shannon: those numerous investigations on numerous tracks continue and we'll watch them all. thank you very much. good to see you this morning. >> bill: things were hot and heated with lawmakers on the texas state house floor in

austin. cameras caught this scuffle unfolding. tempers flaring. one said he called the ice agents on protestors rallying right outside the chamber. >> he walked back and told us i called ice and we both what? you did what? he said yeah, i called ice. and then he said f 'em. >> bill: here is the buzz. people were protesting over the recent sanctuary city ban and senate bill four that requires local police to follow federal immigration laws. things settled down, immigration always a hot topic both sides of the aisle in the state of texas as in many places across the kun traoe. apparently the law goes into effect the first of september. we have three months before it is enacted officially. >> shannon: we'll see if things simmer down. apparently one of the reps is accused of saying i'll put a bullet in your head while they were fighting. he said i was talking about self-defense. the other guy said he was

coming after me. there is now properly is protection involved. we'll keep an eye on it. frightening video out of baghdad. watch this closely after two deadly terror attacks killed dozens. days after the president called on all countries to help fight the war on terror. >> president trump: we paved the way for a new era of cooperations among the nations of the world to defeat the common enemy of terrorism. >> shannon: fox news national analyst walid phares is here. >> bill: breaking news on the fight to toss out obamacare. president trump tweeting moments ago a new message to republican senators. we'll tell you what he said on that in a moment coming up. >> shannon: the white house parting ways with its communications director. are there more shake-ups on the way? what does it mean for the administration now moving forward? >> there is a shake-up. like a baseball team. you put someone in as shortstop. he might be better at third. might be better to send down to

the minor leagues. might be better off the team.

>> bill: we mentioned a new tweet from the president. the u.s. senate, he writes, should switch to 51 votes immediately and get healthcare and tax cuts approved, fast and easy, dems would do it no doubt, end tweet there. this has to do with getting the

legislative agenda through congress and getting it done quickly. sean duffy was on with us last hour. he guaranteed it will get done. there is a process on capitol hill. >> shannon: this would be historic. i'm not sure folks on either side of the aisle will be willing to go down that path. it would take almost all of them. >> bill: in light of mitch mcconnell said about tempering aspects of healthcare. whether it gets the votes you need to pass it is still an open question. we'll see how it fits into our debate later this hour. >> shannon: we will. two car bombs killing at least 31 people wounding dozens more outside an ice cream shop in downtown baghdad. isis is claiming responsibility for that attack. it comes after president trump called on all countries to help crush the terrorists. now just days after his first overseas trip as president allied countries are beginning to distance themselves from the u.s. let's bring in dr. walid phares nation until security and

foreign policy analyst. i want to get your reaction to these two attacks in baghdad. isis claiming responsibility at this point. it is clear they are potentially being pushed out of other territories and back into places like baghdad. >> the possibility of recruitment within baghdad sunni community, jihadi cells would be dormant and then activated. isis has been evacuated from a large segment of sunni areas north of baghdad in the sunni triangle and they can now travel into baghdad. the lesson here is that the fall of any of these strongholds of isis, including in mosul does not mean automatically that isis cells won't be able to do this attack or future attacks and therefore the strategy has to do with post isis. what we need to do with iraqis and other members in the post isis era. >> shannon: it will take coalitions. the president's trip, the first

chunk in the middle east was very well received. he got a lot of good reviews, even some praise from "the new york times." when he ventured into europe the criticism ratcheted up. now we're hearing that france, germany and others doesn't treat them at allies and talking down to people and lecturing them at nato and they had tough language over the last few days. where do we stand in the world now with our allies? >> let's be objective how to understand this criticism. part of the criticism that came actually from here reflecting what what's happening there is part of the opposition. that's very normal that any move he will do in europe in particular will be criticized. beyond that let's look at the three countries where the criticism came from. three of them are dealing with domestic politics. reelection in britain. legislative election in france and election in germany. those leaders who would mention the issue with president trump will have to use it politically.

on the strategic level i think things are going well. what mr. trump has brought from the middle east is a much wider coalition of arabs and muslims that that europeans have been pressing to see happen and it is happening nou. >> shannon: i want to talk about the comments from german chancellor angela merkel. a lot was made over the last few days. she is in the middle of an election cycle and that's always important talking to people at home. a lot of what she said there sounds like something we've heard her say before that europe has to take the reins of its own destiny. they cannot rely on others. they said they can't completely rely on others but she did talk about we're maintaining our strong friendship with the u.k. and the u.s. yeah, our destiny is in our hands. that doesn't sound like it's anti-trump. it may be nuance to it but she has said that before. >> there are some disagreements over the narrative with the trump administration over nato in general. things have changed.

washington has changed. in germany or in britain or in france the actual real narrative is we need to be together to fight against terrorism and to find a solution for the migrants and we need to be together to address our joint economic issues. so yes, each government has a political issue and there are some disagreements. let's admit that. those disagreements are not about the foundations of nato, the foundations of the western alliance. >> shannon: what do you think about the handshake between the president of france and our president. he is talking about it, macron, saying it wasn't innocent. >> the legislative election in france are going to be as important if not more important for president macron. if he doesn't get the majority, therefore he cannot rule very well in france. he needs to make some statements like this knowing what the international media and the western french media have criticism against

president trump. it is all politics in my view. >> shannon: do you think the relationships are stable the way they are and once we get past the elections in those countries we'll hear less of this? >> a stabilization here of our issues would help and what would also help unfortunately will be the fact that the jihadists are on in europe that iran will be a problem, that the middle east is not stable so because of these overseas problems, europeans and north americans will have to come together, no doubt about that. >> shannon: always good to see you thank you. >> bill: in a moment hear what the u.s. military is doing today that may eventually stop north korea. we'll tell you about that. and we are learning the identity of the navy seal who died during a memorial day ceremony. 27 years old doing a fleet week demonstration over the hudson river in new york city. that story is straight ahead. >> you know, this individual came down like a rock, his parachute folded up and he just

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>> shannon: the navy has released the name of the seal team member who died sunday during a fleet week demonstration over the hudson river. 27-year-old remington peters died after his parachute failed to open. his family called him a humble and quiet professional and fierce loyalty to friends, family and country. the accident happened near liberty state park in new jersey overlooking manhattan in front of thousands of spectators. >> we heard a smack against the water and a coast guard boat and then jersey city police boat and we realized there was someone in the water. >> shannon: his body was immediately recovered and pronounced dead at jersey city medical center.

>> bill: manuel noriega is dead. closing a chapter in panama's history. a household name after the u.s. invasion of 1989, doug. >> it was. what prompted that was one thing. his erratic and dangerous behavior. noriega seized power in 1983 promoting himself to general of the armed forces. during his reign of power he was powerful intelligence and deceit. he routinely tipped off the u.s. to important details about central american and caribbean adversaries but then played the other side. he provided cuban dictator castro with thousands of panamanian passports charging $5,000 for each of them. in 1989 noriega, who held control of the panama canal

became too dangerous for bush. his role in facilitating cocaine shipments didn't raise enough red flags the murder of an american soldier, the wounding of a second and beating of a third in panama forced president bush's hands. he ordered 27,000 american troops to invade panama in december of 1989. the troops were quickly overwhelmed and 23 u.s. soldiers were killed and 300 wounded before noriega was apprehended. he was tried in france on drug money laundering charges and extradited back to panama and died from complications of a brain tumor under house arrest. he asked to be judged by the same level of treachery has his captors but he also asked for forgiveness. >> bill: thank you, doug. that's out of washington >> shannon: the white house is pushing back hard against the onslaught of media reports

targeting jared kushner. >> back channels like this are the regular course of business. it's important to recognize that the president has expressed full confidence. >> shannon: fair to say the mainstream media is obsessed with chasing every scrap that might fit their russia narrative? howard kurtz thinks so. he is here to break it down. >> president trump: the big problem is the world's problem and it will be solved at some point it will be solved. you can bet on that. >> bill: that comment with the japanese prime minister. north korea say they plan to send a gift package to the u.s. how the pentagon is responding today.

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the russian investigation. mainstream media whipping things up into a frenzy. non-stop headlines like the ones you see on your screen here. somebody has been reading that for a while now. howard kurtz host of media buzz. howie, good morning to you on this tuesday. you've got a piece out there now i just want to pull the last paragraph from your story. here it is. whatever the media and political grudges against kushner it doesn't mean he shouldn't be treated fairly. there has been so much saturation coverage of jared kushner that a casual consumer of news could get the impression that he is under investigation and that is just not the case. end quote. why did you write that, howard? >> jared kushner is neither a subject or a target of this f.b.i. investigation but very much a target for the media. of course the f.b.i. wants to talk to him given his role in the white house and the contacts he had with the russian ambassador. but that would just be the f.b.i. doing its job. i think that with the headlines

and the drumbeat here it sounds like he is under investigation. it sounds like he has done something nefarious. it's news worthy but we don't know he has done anything wrong. there is an assumption here. >> bill: why is that happening and how could it be cleaned up? >> he is the president's son if law. that gets the media excited. they can say the probe has reached into the white house and into the president's own family. but also i think, bill, there is a lot of media resentment who they view as young, rich, a sense of entitlement. doesn't talk to journalists, that breeds resentment. that doesn't matter. he needs to be covered as fairly as anybody else and there is a sense -- even some commentators who said he needs to take a leave of absence. based on what? naive to talk about a back channel. other transition teams in the past have done it with russia. it seems to me we have this

cranked up to 11 without a lot of evidence. >> bill: what knocks it up from the headlines? >> something else involving someone else. the shake-up store's that we all love. the departure of mike dubke. all of these store aoefs about sean spicer, the fifth or sixth wave of premature -- >> bill: come back to the story you began with. you write about how "the new york times" approaches the kushner story, how politico approaches it. what's the distinction? >> you have the sense of crisis. you put crisis in the headline. what will he do? there is a sense that jared kushner maybe has done something wrong and therefore a

political problem when it's a premature to say that. but also, bill, you have a number of people within the white house and the west wing who aren't fans of jared kushner, maybe resent the privileged position he has leaking anonymously he has poor political judgment, he supported firing comey, he doesn't want to do the nitty-gritty work of government. reporters are happy to take those unnamed pot shots and turn that into a story. that's feeding also the sense the kushner is under siege. i think it's a bit overheated at this point. >> bill: david bossie former deputy campaign manager was on earlier today and he was talking about the briefings you just mentioned with sean spicer. here is how he characterized it. >> mainstream media is in to destroy the presidency and for the first time nullify an election. the american people need to stand up and say enough is enough. >> bill: this is a president that clearly took on the media and likes to do it continuously.

a number of tweets on the holiday weekend referred to the fake media. he welcomes this fight. he is getting it, howard. how do you see it? >> i don't agree with the president's tweet the sources, the unnamed sources in the "washington post" story are made up and trying to nullify an election. it is no secret during the campaign and the transition and in the administration there has been a barrage of negative stories about this president. sometimes it's deserved. sometimes not. to me it's the piling on, it's the high volume and it is the kind of getting out in front of what we know. is it news that the f.b.i. wants to talk the jared kushner? sure? a crisis that needs to be resolved and he can't stay in the white house? that's going way too far at this stage of the game. >> bill: good to have you on today. howard kurtz in washington, d.c. with analysis. thanks. >> shannon: tensions swirling as south korea and the u.s. conduct new drills over the

korean peninsula. the president tweeted this over the weekend. north korea has shown great disrespect for their neighbor china by shooting off yet another ballistic missile. china is trying hard. we're live at the pentagon. what can you tell us about this american bomber flight in that region? >> good morning. u.s. officials tell me b-1 bombers have been routinely flying in the region since february. now on monday two b-1 bombers launched in guam flying 2,000 miles to south korea from japan and it's a message to north korea. the b-1 is a supersonic long range bomber that carries the largest payload of bombs in the air force inventory. it was designed to fly low and fast into soviet airspace

during the cold war to drop nuclear weapons. today the b-1 is not capable of carrying nukes. en route to south korea those two bombers were contacted by the chinese military and they continued on their mission. >> shannon: what's the reaction from north korea? >> this morning at a u.n. conference on disarmament a u.n. diplomat said that recent u.s. military operations and training, including the deployment of a second carrier battle group from japan, the u.s.s. ronald reagan could one day lead to war. >> the unjust behavior of the united states will result in further pushing north korea to redouble its force to diversify and modernize its nuclear deterrents. >> pyongyang claims the missile has a guidance system that can strike within 23 feet of its target. u.s. officials can't verify the claim. north korea has been increasing

its missile tests. in 2016 a record setting year for north korea on pace to go further this year. now the pentagon is conducting a missile test of its own today. jonathan hunt is reporting from vander berg air force base with the details later today. >> shannon: all right. lucas tomlinson live for us at the pentagon. >> bill: last hour they talked about a bullet going into space to hit another bullet. not easy stuff. in a moment breaking news on the fight to repeal obamacare. president trump says republicans need to do something he thinks democrats would do if they had the majority in order to get the agenda through congress. tell what he is talking about. >> shannon: tornadoes barreling on north carolina overnight. how families are struggling to pick up the pieces. >> it came out of nowhere. it was quick. the wind kind of picked up and then the house started shaking real bad.

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>> bill: several tornadoes ripping through parts of north carolina overnight. here is some of the damage left behind. powerful storms knocking down trees and damaging buildings and blowing over mobile homes. >> it came up quick. she held onto this thing in her kitchen and she is lucky to be alive. it flipped over. debris went through my house. i have a few holes in my walls and a lot of damage. >> bill: he is lucky. 14 injured in rural parts of samson county east of fayetteville in the southeastern part of the state. >> shannon: president trump tateing to twitter calling out the senate. the u.s. senate should switch to 51 votes immediately and get healthcare and tax cuts approved fast and easy. dems would do it no doubt. let's bring in our panel to discuss from "the washington

examiner" lisa boothe and emily tisch sussman from the center of american progress action fund. good to see you both. okay. just a couple of weeks ago when this came up both the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. the senate minority leader chuck schumer said not going to happen. lisa, what does it say to you if the president thinks the only way to get this done is to change the rules of the game in a way that there is bipartisan agreement it won't be done. >> i don't think republicans would get on board with changing the rules of the senate to get rid of the filibuster for legislation but i think that's where the senate is heading. there isn't a lot of bipartisanship anymore. we saw it in neil gorsuch. the perfect supreme court nominee and only three democrat senators getting on board. bipartisanship is dead. i think the republican party is having troubling governing more largely speaking. they can get healthcare and tax reform done through the reconciliation process on a

party line vote and they're having a difficult time doing that with healthcare. i'm not sure even in changing the rules of the senate you still have the problem of getting enough moderates and conservatives on board to get it done and push it through both the house and senate. >> shannon: getting to 51 is getting to 51. the president said democrats would do it no doubt. now, we know that when we hear them talk about it now, both sides say no way, we won't blow up the senate like this. we know they've changed things both parties have with regard to judges. so what is your thought? is that a fair act -- accusation to say the democrats would ram it through? >> we're in a new era. everything is different. as trump is having trouble delivering on his number one biggest promise, repealing obamacare, they can't do it through the normal rules because the substance is wrong. the better bill that the house passed still drops 23 million people, leaves them uninsured. that was the better bill.

the second bill they tried to bring up for a vote and did. if the substance was there and people wanted this, lisa is right, republicans absolutely have the votes right now to do it to pass it through the senate if they want. the problem is that senators are hearing from constituents outraged in deep red states. they know they're really going to suffer any the repeal of obamacare. look, the senate is in recess now. not a single republican senator is holding a town hall because they don't want to hear from their constituents. that's the problem. the substance is not there. >> shannon: to be fair a lot of them have held them. we've seen them and they've gotten heated and gotten an earful. there are people who are wore -- worried that they can't pay their premiums. people do have some hope that this new bill will offer something different. there will be disagreement about that. interesting pieces this weekend on where the democrats are going. there is a lot being made about republicans not being able to come together and who is

leading the party? president obama is on the international stages and hillary clinton speaking about things. a lot of people thought that senators sanders and warren would be leading the party. a lot of the candidates that sanders has backed have not gotten anywhere. they've gotten beaten. now we have former vice president joe biden how he thinks democrats aren't getting it either because of the negative campaign that president donald trump ran how much do we hear about a man on the assemblyly line. they have $78,000, two kids and living in a metro area. when was the last time you heard us talk about those people? >> i would also say that's bigger than just this past presidential election. you saw under president obama who lost more seats whether it's the state legislature, house senate, governor seats than any other president before him. you look at some of the latest polling from the "washington post" and 67% of respondents

feel the democratic party is out of touch. the former vice president is on the money with saying that many americans feel that the democratic party is out of touch and i think that just the sheer resistance movement might not be enough for the democrat party. if you look at the house, they have to retain 194 seats also convert 24 republican seats in the senate, democrats -- senate democrats are running for reelection in 10 states that president trump won. five he won by double digits. i don't think the map is that favorable for the democratic party. they need to do more than just simply this resistance movement. you also look at the republican senators. they out ran president trump on the ballot in 2016 as well. so i think the democratic party needs to do more than simply resist the president. >> shannon: emily, there is a lot of political passion by some of these folks but they are insufficiently focused on doing things to get voters to the polls and help them win. your response to that critique.

>> no question democrats have to do things like register voters and make sure they have the correct information showing up for the polls. that's the basics all the way. if there -- there is not a leader of the democratic and that's good. they need to embrace locality and have good candidates on the ballot running locally and they need to address the issues local to them. there is not a one side fits all. that's what's great about it. democrats will be building from the ground up. >> shannon: all right. emily and lisa, always good to see you. have a great day. >> bill: breaking news on the story that got a lot of attention over the weekend. more on the arrest of tiger woods in florida. we're getting our first look at the police report. several interesting items in here. woods was asleep at the wheel 3:00 in the morning. had no alcohol in his system. officers spotted his car along a florida road that was close to his home i do believe. woods was alone wearing a seat belt. the car's engine was running

and lights were on. he had apparently extremely slow and slurred speech, a quote. told police he had taken several prescription medications. he was cooperative but failed a roadside sobriety test. breath and urine tests show no alcohol in his system and now the arraignment for woods is set for the 5th of july in palm beach county. 3:00 a.m. he was near his home and keep in mind the injuries he has had over the past several years. i think it's four back operations which would explain some of the medication. but story is changing a little bit based on this police report and some of the stuff out there yesterday. we're waiting for more from police in florida. >> shannon: he was adamant there would be no alcohol. his last back surgery april 20th. >> bill: your memory is better. >> shannon: medications sound like it would be connected. >> bill: he makes his home in florida in palm beach county and a very popular restaurant he opened there as well. by himself at 3:00 a.m. police

spot the car. the blinker i believe was on. that's what drew their attention to him. so we're starting to get a little more out of this. >> shannon: much more to come. also much more to come on "happening now." jenna lee is here to give us a preview. >> we have a story you won't see anywhere else. five years ago to this day we spoke for the first time to staff sergeant travis mills an amputee who was recovering. today he is back and what he has accomplished in the last five years will inspire and motivate you and change your day. you don't want to miss this story at 11:30 eastern time "happening now." >> shannon: you sold me. we'll see you in 11 minutes. thank you. >> bill: school officials university of california facing backlash. this report exposing how much u.c. president napolitano's office spent on dinner parties at the university's expense. we have details on that and tell you what that's all about next.

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>> shannon: game one of the stanley cup finals ended with a bang. >> bill: carried in. he scores! >> shannon: the pittsburgh penguins taking game one with three minutes remaining. the nashville predators had rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie up the game. penguins won 5-3. game two set for wednesday night. the breams will be watching. >> bill: you're a pens fan and so is your husband. how about the goal called back from nashville? >> shannon: no questions the referees and officials have a job to do. >> bill: debatable. game two coming up. >> shannon: wednesday night. >> bill: university of california, critics call lavish

spending on dinners. reportedly u.c. president napolitano's office reimbursed the school for more than $225,000 for dinner parties since 2012. we're live on the west coast. that's a lot of sushi, william. what's up? >> it could have been used for scholarships but if anyone else especially a republican had done this democratic lawmakers would have had them for dinner. instead state officials have refused to criticize former obama appointee and former arizona governor napolitano despite her being caught with a slush fund. throwing lavish parties for regents at student's expense and a sex scandal at the university. lavish parties thrown for the governing board averaging $250 per person in violation of a

policy that limited expenses to $81 per dinner. as for is sex scandal. a diving coach, basketball coach and a law school dean were among 19u.c. berkeley employees disciplined for violating the university's sexual conduct -- misconduct policies. some complaints were ignored for years. all under napolitano's watch. then just weeks ago auditors revealed that napolitano kept this $170 million slush fund off the books and secret from lawmakers to pay excessive salaries and benefits to favored employees. napolitano said she only used $38 million of it. some of it to reduce the university's carbon footprint. as for the allegation that she tried to influence the auditor one lawmaker said it was troubling but otherwise crickets from sacramento. >> bill: excellent points there from california. >> shannon: an alligator taking some liberties at a family pool

in florida. find out how this ended. yikes. when we come back.

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so you can moisturize your mouth anytime, anywhere. biotene, for people who suffer from dry mouth symptoms. >> shannon: a family pool near sarasota with an uninvited visitor. he didn't want to get out of the pool, the owners were about to take a swim when they noticed he was lurking around the bottom. the gator was safely relocated to a different location. that's just what happens in florida. >> bill: vandals wanted after open copenhagen's aerial statue was painted red. they were protesting whale hunting. she was hosed down and they got all that stuff off.

>> shannon: i thought she looked good in red. >> bill: who can argue? we have to run, we hope you have a fantastic weekend and we'll see you tomorrow. >> shannon: "happening now" starts right now. >> jenna: we began with a fox news alert. the white house pushing back against targets against the president son-in-law. i'm jenna lee. >> jon: i'm jon scott. the president calling the push against kushner fake news. >> jenna: the staff shakeup at the white house, press secretary sean spicer is scheduled to hold the daily news briefing at 2:00 p.m. eastern time and there'll be a lot of questions about who is in and who's out. a space for a good day to you and you are right. the president has made it clear