>> melissa: well, quite an hour of sean spicer in front of a contentious press corps in a few weeks. i'm melissa francis. here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast. 3:00 at the white house where sean spicer is having a heck of a day answering questions about the president's son-in-law, jared kushner and the reports of his attempts to set up a secret communication line on russian equipment with the russian president, vladimir putin and the plan to hook up mike flynn with russian generals. the white house says nothing to see here. one democratic senator says jared kushner may have broken the law. and the u.s. military is attempting to blow up an intercontinental missile out of the sky. a key test as north korea tries to create a missile powerful enough to reach the united states. we're monitoring feeds from the

pentagon and from the launch site. what really happened with tiger woods. a cop arrested the golf legend for driving under the influence except he had no booze in his system. so what was it? the police report now has some answers. let's get to it. >> shepard: we begin with president trump's son-in-law and his attempts to set up secret communications with the kremlin. the white house did not deny the report that jared curbmer pushed for a back channel with the russians. >> i'm wondering if you can tell us if the president knew at the time that jared kushner was seeking to establish back channel communications with the russian government and if he didn't know at the time, when did he find out? >> that assumes a lot. mr. kushner's attorney says that mr. kushner has volunteered to share what he knows about these

meetings. >> sean spicer says that kushner's lawyers will cooperate with investigators. the fbi turned its attention directly to kushner and meetings with russian's ambassador sergei kislyak and sergei gorkov. fox news has told separately by a source it was about syria and connecting president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn with russian military leaders. michael flynn didn't last a month on the job. he was fired for lying to vice president pence over conversations flynn reportedly had with the russian ambassador. as for the meeting with the russian banker, sergei gorkov,

current and former officials say that kushner might have been trying to establish a line with vladimir putin outside of established diplomatic channels. the times points out that gorkov is a close associate of putin and a graduate of the russian spy academy. trump told "the new york times" that he has total confidence in his son-in-law. the president tweeted again that democrats have drummed up the entire russia controversy, which is not true. quoting russian officials might be laughing at the united states and how a lame excuse for why the dems lost the election has taken over the fake news. which also is not true. the white house officials have been careful with their wording over the kushner report saying if he called for a back channel with the russians, he had every right to do so. the president's detractors are pushing back.

they're not alone. senator john mccain, republican, said he does not think it's standard practice for kushner to propose any kind of secret communications and fox news can confirm that is not standard practice. it's not just kushner part of the russian investigations. we learned lawmakers are asking president trump's personal lawyer, michael cohen to talk. cohen confirming that house and senate investigators have asked him to testify about any contact he had with people connected in any way to moscow. cohen turned down the invitation. with the russia scandal growing by the day, and it is, there's word the president is considering overhauling the entirety of his communications staff to try to contain it. just today we learned that president trump's communication director, not a well-known name, mike dubke is out. officials say he resigned about two weeks ago and offered to stay or stay on until president trump wrapped up his first foreign trip, which he did.

with the president's son-in-law under a microscope, his personal lawyer now part of the mess and questions growing by the day as to how high up the chain the russian connection goes, will michael dubke be the first to leave the white house? the speculation that's what he is, the first of a group. catherine herridge is live for us in washington. what are you hearing, catherine? >> the december meeting at trump tower with the russian ambassador, sergei kislyak and mike flynn focused on syria and russia's contention that the obama administration policy was deeply flawed. the discussion did not focus on sanctions. sources say kushner wanted to do a call between russian generals on the ground in syria and further under their complaints. the source said it was the russians of using a secure idea for the call, not kushner,

emphasizes it was a one off to discuss syria and not a permanent back channel. the white house press was pushed on the issue. >> how is it appropriate for someone that is a private citizen, not sworn in as an official of the u.s. government to conduct any kind of negotiation or diplomacy with foreign officials? >> i'll defer you to general mcmaster. >> and kushner said he's willing to testify before congress. >> before you go, the "washington post" has not one but six sources say it was jared kushner that asked to set this thing up is. the white house denying that? >> the white house in the meeting did not specifically address those allegations saying not to put too much stock in anonymous sourcing. >> shepard: some lawmakers say they want jared kushner's security clearance reviewed now. >> in light of the reporting

that jared kushner was trying to set up this back channel with russia, senior officials said that kushner's security clearance should be reviewed. >> i think we should look at that. this is a pretty bad breach. these guys, the administration, they're not acting like people who have nothing to hide. >> fox news was told that kushner did declare his contacts and some to the fbi after the initial security paperwork was done. that clearance was approved and he was cleared to receive classified information; even given these russian contacts, shep. >> shepard: catherine herridge, one more thing. we learned that a former trump adviser won't be testifying this week. what are the details on that? >> this guy, carter page, a foreign policy adviser to the trump campaign will not be

testifying on june 7 as previously scheduled. page has denied allegations that he was the point person on the campaign for moscow. in this letter to the committee, page said he's disappointed with their decision but still willing to cooperate. it shows the urgency of delivering truthful facts does matter and this has only grown in recent days, a source said that carter page's testimony has been postponed indefinitely at the request of committee democrats. we've asked the ranking democrat, adam schiff, for further comment, >> shepard: herridge. >> thanks. >> josh gerstein for political. they're not denying that jared kushner requested that they set up this back channel so that they could communicate in some way without the united states knowing with the russians. not through american equipment but through the russian secret communications devices. they're not denying that.

>> no, they're not, shep. you're right. it's an unusual request. there's sometimes back channels, informal means of communications outside the normal lines of reporting. what is weird about this, you have transition officials that are not in officially u.s. government role and to try to depend on the russians to do this for you does seem add a minimum naive. it seems reminiscent of folks in past errors like having a transistor short wave radio to keep in touch with people in another country. >> shepard: okay. if these things did happen and the white house is denying them, what does that mean in the main? is that a crime? >> no, i don't think on it's back it's a crime. you can see why the intelligence agencies and the people that do this countser intelligence work for a living would be immediately alarmed by this kind of behavior on the part of anybody whose activities they're looking into. if you have concerns that

somebody might be up to something improper and you find out they're trying to set up a secure communications channel, whether it be online or through an embassy or radio or other means, that's a huge warning flag. there may be an innocent or semi innocent or naive explanation about this but you'd want to turn to the person doing it. >> shepard: remember how they found out about it in the first place. yeah a leak but how? here's how they found out. they were monitoring the russians. while they are monitoring the russians, as the story goes, all of a sudden there's jared kushner. there they are discussing a back channel that doesn't involve the united states equipment but russian equipment. if that didn't happen, if jared kushner wasn't trying to hide things from the united states, then why would he do that? if he didn't do that, please deny it so we can move on. that opportunity was given today in the white house press

briefing. listen. >> you're asking if he approved of an action that is not a confirmed action. that being said, secretary kelly and general mcmaster have discussed in general's terms, back channels are an important part of diplomacy. >> does the white house dispute -- >> i'm not going to get it. in you presuppose facts that have not been confirmed. >> they have disputed it there. jared kushner's office is in the west wing. he's the closest guy to the president, isn't he? >> they could have. anybody with legal counsel would want to get lawyers involved in discussion so it doesn't spill out in front of congress or to fbi investigators. those are the kinds of difficulties the white house has in putting their story together. you have outside lawyers an inside lawyers and communications people coming up with something that will sell to the public and the lawyers warning you can't do certain things because that would go against their client's

interests. >> shepard: we've been dealing with the russians as adversaries for a long time. hard to imagine new stuff could happen. over the course of transitions of presidencies going back to the cold war and below, what was there a last time a back channel was set up with the russians that wouldn't have involved the united states knowing about it? >> i'm not aware of any situation like that. there's usually an exchange with courtesy calls with a lot of foreign leaders. we heard about some of those calls during the trump transition. the secure communications is unusual. maybe it was to get a briefing from military folks on the ground. the normal protocol to organize outgoing administration to try to put in whatever communications that they thought were necessary. why it had to be protected from the outgoing administration is hard to explain. that's one of the first things i'd know if i wanted to ask the

fbi or congressional investigators. >> shepard: he didn't tell anybody about it. when you go for security clearance, they ask you, what kind of communications. he did mention it, right? >> there's no indication that he mentioned it at the outset and he did report the meetings on a second go around. >> shepard: yeah, that was after someone heard him there. thank you, josh. so there's a staff shakeup at the white house. reports that many more could be on the way. the white house claims the president's agenda is continuing full speed ahead. so what is the status of the healthcare bill or the tax code change? the president tweeted on that today. he said "kill the filibuster rule and take the vote. get it done." that wouldn't get it done. fox news can confirm and that's coming up from the fox news deck on this tuesday afternoon. ♪ fun in art class.

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to working on congress. >> shepard: we get to the agenda in just a moment. president trump and his team are trying to reset the administration amid constant controversy. the "wall street journal" is considering hitting up roles or creating new ones for people that are already working in this administration. let's turn to "wall street journal" reporter the white house reporter, peter nicholas who wrote an article on this matter and joins us live now from d.c. nice to see you. thank you. >> hi, shep. >> shepard: the "wall street journa journal", we share the same owner. so here's how pleased the president is with his staff. listen. >> he's very pleased with the work of his staff. i think he's frustrated like i am and so many others to see stories come out that are patently false, "fake news." when you see stories get perpetrated that are absolutely false, that are not based in

fact, it's troubling. he's rightly concerned. >> shepard: here's the things on false things. if they're false, tell us that. we asked about jared kushner trying to back channel before president trump was president trump and they wouldn't ask the question. if it's not false, tell us it's false. they have not done that. they say things that are false that are nonspecific falsities. is he happy with his team? >> i think with respect to sean spicer, the problems are not just what the president thinks about the news coverage. there's questions about personnel and he's being properly staffed by his white house. dubke's is one example of that. when i talked to senior advisers, he said every problem is not the problem of the press shop and the communications shop. there's splits, polarization -- >> shepard: it's a toxic atmosphere. explain that. >> there's factions, people at

odds with each other. feelings that not everybody is rowing the boat in the same direction. if you re shuffle your communications team in, if you bring in somebody to replace michael dubke, have you solved the problems. there's an organization problem a decision making problem. it's not just fake news, communications with michael dubke. it might be deeper than that. >> shepard: maybe you're saying the same thing that jennifer ruben said in the -- i should say t"the washington post" newspaper. she said "it's the trump presidency failing, not the headlines." >> there was resentment that we were able to pick up from the team over seas to the president during his middle eastern european trip. they thought they did a good job, hit their marks. then they were scratching their

heads and the performance back home of the advisers that were there. they thought the budget roll-out was poor. people thought that the tax reform has been poor and that that bill seems stalled on capitol hill as is healthcare. there's managerial problems that have to be addressed. reince priebus, advisers asking about his status, whether the president might be better served with a chief of staff that might be able to pose more discipline in hierarchy. >> shepard: it's all very interesting. nice to talk to you, peter. we know these things are important to you. we hear you. changes in the tax code, changing in the tax structure. they're important to americans. we know that. changes in healthcare very important. he says that agenda is on track. we'll have the facts on that many just a moment. one of america's strongest allies can no longer count on america. the german chancellor angela merkel says it's time for europeans to take their fate

into their own hands. it was a stunning announcement. now president trump is responding of course in a tweet. that's coming up. first, a live look at vandenberg air force is going to have an unprecedented missile test. stay tuned. these days families want to be connected 24/7.

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keep friendly relations with the added. but she said europeans will have to take matters into their own hands. >> our trans atlantic relationship is one of the utmost importance. in a statement i made or what i said recently is due to the fact that in the face of the present circumstances, we have additional reasons for us to realize that we have to take our fate in our own hands in europe. >> shepard: president trump blasted germany with an early morning tweet. he said we have a massive trade deficit with germany and they pay less than they should on nato and military. very bad for the u.s. this will change. let's turn to rich edson, live at the state department. other european leaders echoing merkel's comments. >> they are. talking about tilling the potential void from the united states where europeans should gain strength to consider more ant their own future than perhaps the past. this is after meeting president trump at the g-7 and nato

meetings. the italian prime minister says his country agrees that europeans need to take control of their future. he says the relationship with the united states is important, but europe should continue to push free trade and confront climate change. macron left dependent on the united states. last week, angela merkel said their discussion with president trump on climate change amounted to six against one. germany is federal elections in december. martin schultz, head of the democrat party, said that trump was the destroyer of all western values, shep. >> shepard: the white house says somehow it welcomes chancellor merkel's comments. >> the white house is arguing that president trump has been pushing and arguing for europe to step up or take more control of their own defense.

by extension, these comments from angela merkel is working. >> you're misquoting chancellor. she said "the time when europe can rely solely on others is somewhat in the past. as i have witnessed the past few days, europe has to take its fate in their own hands. this means working in friendship with the u.s., the u.k. and russia and other partners." that's great. that's what the president called for. >> and it seems like europe and the u.s. are drifting further apart. >> shepard: thanks to josh letterman. he will be joining us live from the state department on the heels of this announcement. as merkel said one thing, the white house said what they're saying is we're friendly, we need to work together but merkel

said we need to rely on ourselves more. josh, nice to see you. thank you. >> great to be with you, shep. >> shepard: merkel was saying what? >> merkel was saying in this age of unpredictable trump and britain exit from the european union, that europe is going to have to take their own lead. it's not going to count on forces that they were typically able to count on in the past. that's a seismic shift when you look at the global risk assessment that other countries are doing about whether they can be critical and open about thinks disagreements with trump. in the first few months of the administration, you don't have any leaders that were really willing to call out trump on any of what europe is concerned about. now the most powerful leader saying we're going to call balls and strikes and make clear where we're not getting the support that we need from the u.s. >> shepard: make this north american treaty alliance organization, which was set up so the europeans and the united

states would work together as a team and so specifically that the russians would not come in and try to co-op some of the european nations. that's why, right? >> that's why it was founded. you've seen trump on a call from nato to really reorient itself towards fighting terrorism and for nato to even join in the coalition fighting i.f. we think that if that does happen, it will be more in a symbolic observer role as opposed to nato fighting isis. there's many nato countries contributing to that effort. what you're seeing a lot of european countries concerned about the fact that the u.s. seems to want nato to shift away from their traditional focus on the threat from russia, the former soviet union and securing that security for the whole of europe. >> shepard: what is to be made by the united states, by the world of the timing of the

german leader's comments? >> well, they're coming right at the conclusion of trump's first overseas trip, his international debut, so to speak. they're coming after a series of moves from trump that really alarmed european countries. first of all, there was trump's visit to nato where he dressed down nato allies, criticizing them for not spending enough while refusing to say that the u.s. would necessarily support nato allies if they came under attack under article 5 of nato and trump's decision that is coming, we believe this week, on the paris agreement. the u.s. refusing to stand behind that agreement that was painstakingly struck under the last administration and european countries wanting to know that the u.s. will continue to be an active participant in crises and challenges that the world is trying to address like global warming to the terrorist agreement. >> shepard: merkel made these statements what are we to next? >> we have to see how the white

house handles it. so far we've seen trump trying to shoot back on twitter today saying look, germany is bad on they're trade deficit. we have to stand up for ourselves. it's an america first now versus europe first from merkel's end. we have to see whether this tit for tat escalates or the two countries say yes, we have to work on these things and yes, europe needs to stands on their own two feed but we're going to continue with this relationship. >> shepard: thanks, josh. >> thanks, shep. >> shepard: kim jong-un has promised to deliver a missile capable of hitting the u.s. now for the first time ever, the pentagon is creating a test to see if they can shoot down one of those missiles. but first, the video of crews trying to rescue a woman that fell 30 feet in a hiking trip

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>> i'll lea gabrielle with the fox report. more of today's headlines. isis setting off a bomb outside a popular ice cream shop full of families and kids. that's from iraqi officials. video shows the explosion in baghdad. 17 people died according to officials. police say a separate islamic state car bombing in baghdad killed 14 people. this comes as terrorists lose more territory to the u.s. in the battle for mow sus. and crews using a helicopter to help an injured rock climber. the woman fell about 30 feet. she was hiking with her boyfriend and their dog. nobody was seriously hurt. and police say they're conducting an arson investigation after a massive fire broke out in a former prison outside chicago. the flames still smoldering

today. the prison was featured in "the blues brothers." the news continues with shepard smith after this.

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>> shepard: there's breaking news now on fox news channel. this is video just in. defense officials launched a missile as part of a test to try to shoot down an intercontinental ballistic

missile similar to the one north korea is now said to be developing. the missile took off from california's vandenberg air force base in an attempt to intercept the missile that was launched from the marshall islands. analysts say this could be very challenging. this defense system has a little more than a 50% success rate when the pentagon used it to try to shoot down shorter range missiles. north korean officials launched their third ballistic missile test this month according to defense officials and we're continuing to watch this video. as we do, i want to turn to jonathan hunt who is at vandenberg air force. explain what is supposed to happen now, jonathan. >> it was a spectacular sight as you can plainly see as the ground-based intercepter missile took off from here at vandenberg air force. about now when the actual minutes to intercept is a

classified time. the icbm was launched unarmed from the marshall islands in the pacific. a few minutes after that, the intercepter was launched from here at vandenberg. with the icbm traveling around 16,000 miles per hour, basically a five foot long very high tech metal projectile will separate from the intercepter missile and hopefully strike the incoming icbm. we were told in an exclusive interview, it's no easy task. listen here. >> it's very difficult. we're talking about intercepting in space at hundreds of miles of altitude with closing velocities of 1,000 miles per hour. it's hitting a bullet with a bullet. >> but it's the missile's defense agency's job to perfect the hitting of a bullet with a

bullet especially in the face of the ramped up testing that we've seen by the north koreans. most experts say that north korea is within a few short years of being able to target the mainland united states with a nuclear tipped warhead. so this test is absolutely critical. >> shepard: and these intercepters like always ready to go? >> 24/7, shep. most of them are actually based off of fort greeley in alaska. 46 of the 32 intercepter missiles. we got exclusive access to fort greeley where the 54 foot long missiles are stored in 70 foot deep silos. there's a team on call 24/7 in the control room there we met with them. they're extraordinary men doing a great job and practice every

day. because of that, lieutenant colonel jim brower believes that the u.s. can and will be defended if and when it's necessary. listen here. >> we are very confident in ground-based intercepters and the technologies that we have. if we're talking about a nuclear warhead headed to l.a., we want to make sure that we get it. >> they want to make sure that they get any missile headed to l.a. or any other american city, as many of the american women and women that serve there, shep, they said this is a no-fail mission. we'll see if they succeed today in this critical test. >> shepard: we'll find out later and report it here. thanks, jonathan. president trump urging senate republicans to change the rules to pass healthcare and tax reform. he tweeted it today. he called for the senate to end the filibuster, which requires 60 votes to pass legislation. here's what he tweeted. the u.s. senate should switch to 51 votes immediately and get

healthcare and tax cuts easy. the dems would do it no doubt. the president trump called for more healthcare spending even though his budget plan would make massive cuts to healthcare programs. the president tweeted, "i suggest we had more dollars to healthcare and make it the best anywhere." mike? >> the problem is republicans were trying to use budget reconciliation to pass healthcare reform and tax reform with just 51 votes in the senate and there isn't republican consensus on those issues so far. as for changing the vote threshold on legislation, the senate majority leader says he and his fellow republicans are against it. >> there's not a single senator in the majority that thinks we ought to change the legislative filibuster. not one. the difference between that and the executive branch is the legislative filibuster has been

there a long time. >> so bottom line, the reason they're talking about not wanting to change the rules is republicans remember what it's like when they were the minority party and harry reid was the majority leader and they wouldn't want the democrats passing everything with 51 votes. >> shepard: for now, they don't have the votes. what are we hearing from democrats? >> democrats feel like they have leverage here since there's a range of ideas among what is next on healthcare. they're trying to get the gop focused on fixing obamacare. so what you're hearing from democrats is repair, not repeal or replace. shep? >> shepard: mike emanuel on capitol hill. thank you. the pop star ariana grande promised another concert after last week's deadly terror attack. what she didn't say is that she will be bringing a lot of her friends together. today her team revealing an all-star line-up that's coming up nor a very good cause in manchester. stay with us.

>> shepard: pop star ariana grande says she's holding a concert for the manchester bombing weekends and very big stars are joining here. we learned justin bieber, cold play, miley cyrus, pharrell and katy perry are all going to perform. last week a suicide bomber killed 22 people and injured 120 others at ariana grande's manchester arena show. she she's she wants to hold and upleft the fans. the people at last week's concert can attend the tribute show for free. trace gallagher can more on this. hey, trace. >> hey, shep. here calling this "one love manchester" and it's being held at the old trafford cricket

grounds. you mentioned the big-name performers, but the concert will include a manchester band called "take that." everybody has waived their fees and the proceeds will go to the victims. it will also be broadcast live on the bbc and the bbc radio. needless to say, security will be extraordinarily heavy, shep. >> shepard: where do things stand with the ariana grande tour? >> it's not officially back on. but she has several european dates scheduled. she will honor those. ariana grande says she's doing the benefit show because she promised she would return and released this statement. "our response to violence means we have to come together to love more, sing louder and live more kindly and generously than before."

manchester's police chief says the majority of the victims are for the concert. shep? >> shepard: trace gallagher. thanks, sir. police say tiger woods was actually asleep behind the wheel before they arrested him on a driving under the influence charge in florida. but no booze in his system. a live update with more details from the police report and now tiger roads responds. that's next.

>> shepard: tiger woods was asleep at the wheel and then slurring his words when cops arrested him on a dui charge in florida. that is according to the police

report. the golf champ released a statement saying he was not drunk but a mix odd prescription drugs had an unexpected effect on him. the arrest around -- i should say they pulled him over. he was asleep. they encountered him around 3:00 a.m. in jupiter, florida. 85 miles north of miami. an officer described seeing a car stopped in the right lane of a road. he says he found tiger woods sleeping and had to wake him up. steve harrigan picks up the story from there. hey, steve. >> shepard, it's not clear what the cost of this will be. tiger woods earned $45 million in endorsements this past year alone. that could drop just as it did in 2009 with the big infidelity scandal where a string of women including some porn actresses came forward about tiger woods. he lost about $50 million after that deal. really what is stunning here, the humiliation factor from that mug shot, the fall.

this is an athlete that many saw of doing anything on the golf course, things no one had done before. yet, monday morning in palm beach county, he was unable to touch his nose according to the police record. he said, "i understand the severity of what i did. i take full responsibility. i want the public to know that alcohol was not involved and what happened was an unexpected reaction to medication." shepard? >> shepard: he said he was feeling well after a series of back surgeries. >> yes. he said he was feeling terrific. this might be another example of something we've seen before, that tiger woods gaps. a tightly controlled public image and when reality pokes through there. he's had a lot of surgeries. four on the back, three on the knee. he's trying to come back to tour. unable to physically. troubling postings online. he said at one point the pain was so bad, i was near the end

of my rope. whether he can come back is still a big question mark at this point. whether his body will allow him too. his last major victory came nine years ago. >> shepard: steve harrigan. folks in north carolina are cleaning up after powerful storms east of fayetteville. at least a dozen people were hurt. the storms knocked down buildings and blue a roof off a born and uprooted trees. the national weather service says they're checking to see whether tornadoes caused the damage. more images in our slide show. county officials say the storm damaged more than a dozen structures. here's folks checking out the damage. duke energy reported 1,000 customers without power in that county. electric poles hanging on wires there here's another view of that. you can see destruction in the background. the storms came less than a week after a tornado ripped through the air, this is damage from a

twist area week ago. lots of problems in that north carolina county from the weather this spring. we'll be back with a look at baseball legends efforts to make one of the most impressive records in the hunt again on this day in history. that goes beyond assuming ingredients are safe... to knowing they are. going beyond expectations... because our pets deserve it. beyond. natural pet food.

>> shepard: on this day in 1982, cal ripken jr. began the longest stretch of consecutive games play in history. he was a shortstop for the orioles and one of the greatest hitters. his streak last ed 2,623 games in a row. he retired two decades later. he was on his way to becoming baseba baseball's iron man 35 years ago today.

should news break out, we'll break in because breaking news changes everything on the fox news channel. a down day on the market. it's been that way all day. "your world" with neil cavuto will break it down starting right now. >> neil: >> reporters make mistakes. >> that is just fake. that is a fake -- >> your trip was all over the front page. you're making something about one tweet -- >> again, with all due respect, i was asked to give an example and i did it. >> neil: all right. let's say for sean spicer, the wait was not worth the charm or the moment to be in front of the press again over press coverage that the trump white house says was uncovered fairly. the fact of the matter is, we did put the