>> there you go. "fox & friends" weekend. we had a great time. all the fans were great to come out for the yankees. thank yankees for scoring five million runs. >> bill: another high-profile hearing taking place tomorrow on capitol hill. jeff sessions goes before the same senate intelligence committee to answer questions about the russia matter. how far will he go? we await to see on that as we say good morning. it's monday. hope you had an awesome weekend. i'm bill hemmer. and you? >> shannon: we're rejuvenated and ready to go. i'm shannon bream. session's hearing coming days after comey's bombshell testimony before the same committee. >> bill: sessions recused himself from the russia investigation back in march. it left rob rosenstein appointing the special counsel. and calls for president trump

to testify under oath. he said on friday he would be happy to do that. kellyanne conway answered that question just this morning. >> we heard donald trump is not under investigation, never was. all the media who said he was and misunderstood jim comey are yet to apologize. one little retraction. there is no evidence of obstruction of justice or collusion. >> shannon: we have more. good morning, john. the question is do we really think the president is going to testify? >> if i could offer you a little bit of advice i would not hold my breath for very long waiting for the president to testify before congress. as you pointed out a couple of seconds ago the president did in the rose garden on friday offer 100% to tell his story to the special counsel robert mueller. the white house trying to get back on message this work. workplace development week. the president goes to wisconsin to promote jobs and the economy tomorrow.

he tweeted last night. the passage of many bills and regulation killing orders now kicking in. daughter ivanka trump will join her father and says he is feeling good in the wake of james comey's testimony last week. listen here. >> my father felt very vindicated in all the statements that he has been making and feels incredibly optimistic. at the white house and throughout the administration we were incredibly focused on the reason we all went to washington and what we're fighting for. so last week while it didn't get the level of headlines we'll have a much more important impact was infrastructure week. >> the president hasn't let james comey's testimony go. tweeting over the weekend i believe james comey leaks will be more prevalent than anyone thought poss very cowardly. the comey/russia investigation is back in the headlines later

today and tomorrow. preparations for attorney general jeff sessions testimony. still unclear whether he will testify in closed or open sessions. he is expected to be asked about his interactions with the russian ambassador of the united states sergei kislyak. he said they were during the normal course of business as a senator and reports of a third meeting at the mayflower hotel a year ago april when the president was delivering his foreign policy speech. james comey before the senate intelligence committee last week alluded to those meetings. a spokeswoman for jeff sessions insisting at no point during that whole affair at the mayflower hotel did he meet with kislyak. they might have been in line or something together but there was never any meeting and never any significant words exchanged between the two. >> shannon: those are important distinctions. you referenced the first

daughter essentially a senior advisor to the president, ivanka out there selling the message this week. it sounds like for her washington has been a bit of a wake-up call. >> harry truman said if you want a friend in washington buy a dog. the level of vitriol has taken her aback and hindered his ability to get his agenda through. >> it is hard and there is a level of viciousness that i was not expecting. i was not expecting the intensity of this experience. but this isn't supposed to be easy. my father and this administration intends to be transformative and we want to do big, bold things and we're looking to change the status quo. so i didn't expect it to be easy. >> the president looking to get his white house back on message. he has a meeting with the

cabinet today. given the events coming up later on this week we'll see how long that lasts. >> shannon: john roberts live at the white house. >> bill: the chair woman of the republican effort saying congress should be focusing their efforts elsewhere. >> i'm calling for an end to the investigation of president trump's campaign colluding with the russians. there has been no evidence of it. i don't think that should continue. of course we need to figure out what russia did with regards to the election. the president has said that. but not yet do you have a single senator saying there is definitive evidence there has been any collusion between the trump campaign and the russians. that needs to stop. >> bill: that was with chris wallace on sunday. she is saying drop the investigation on collusion, there is nothing there there. >> this is wishful thinking on the part of the chair woman of

the rnc, it just is. she has a point in the sense that it appears that so far the investigation into collusion, which used to be the key question in all this, has turned out to be a dry hole. but it is pretty clear the investigation has taken a sharp turn into being an investigation into alleged obstruction of justice by the president. if you listened to the questions from the democrats at the comey hearing last week they were almost all about obstruction of justice. so that's clearly where at least the democrats want to take this investigation. >> bill: washington loves an investigation. rarely do they shrink, let's say. newt gingrich was teeing off on the whole bob mueller, james comey relationship and listen to what he said. >> comey said i deliberately leaked through an intermediary to create this counsel, one of his closest friends. who is mueller starting to hire? people that look to me like

they're setting up to go after trump. >> bill: so he went on and on about that. is mueller conflicted or not? is that an issue where the legal circles get small? >> it is indeed. if you talk to lawyers with great experience you'll find some who say yes, he is conflicted and some say no he is not conflicted. the fact that we have here is that james comey has emerged as the star witness. if there is an obstruction of justice investigation. he is the witness to all of these events and by the way, he is the victim as well because he was fired by the president. james comey happens to be a very good friend of the special counsel robert mueller. they've been described as brothers in arms. the question here and the conflict question is can -- should the special counsel investigate this case in which the star witness is a very good friend of his? you'll find lawyers who will say one or the other but you will hear more about that i

think in the future. >> bill: lindsey graham has taken a different approach. he says loretta lynch should testify when he said this. >> you had comey suggest that the current u.s. attorney general and the former tornike general were playing politics with investigation. lynch and sessions. that needs to be in our commission. if the attorney generals office has become a political office that's bad for us all. >> bill: dianne feinstein was in agreement. will it happen? >> this is what we said earlier. investigations in washington expand, not shrink. what james comey said last week about his interactions with the then attorney general loretta lynch. she asked him to go sort retoreically on the clinton investigation. call it a matter instead of an investigation has a lot of people asking more questions. so this trump/russia

investigation turned into an obstruction of justice that nroerd into more investigation into hillary clinton. that's what happens when the investigation machine gets revved up in washington >> bill: thank you very much. analysis on this monday. >> shannon: as you saw john roberts reporting a minute ago ivanka trump speaking out this morning about life in the washington spotlight. the first daughter appearing on "fox & friends" today to talk about her role as her father's senior advisor and the criticism her family has faced since president trump took office. >> i think some of the distractions and some of the ferocity was -- i was a little blind side i had by on a personal level but for me i am trying to keep my head down, not listen to the noise and just work really hard to make a positive impact in the lives of many people. >> shannon: she talked about the fact she feels there is more attention on her now in washington than walking the streets here of new york.

she talked about trying to find some different routes outside her house. she lives in a neighborhood with the obama's and other prominent people. >> bill: her comment about sizing up the amount of criticism was very interesting. she will be in wisconsin tomorrow. we see the emergence of the first daughter on this. follow the economics of this administration. the president wants to put the focus on jobs and the economy and tweeting a lot about that on sunday. that's where they're going. whether or not the american people go with them, we shall see. 10 minutes past the hour. big hearing on one of president trump's biggest promises. rebuilding the u.s. military. house armed services committee takes it up later today. later this hour the chairman of that committee, a big fan of getting more money for military spending, mac thornberry is our guest live on that. >> shannon: a new theater production.

why shakespeare in the park is in hot water because of their portrayal of the president. one key republican teaters on the edge of voting no on some legislation. >> it isn't clear what it will look like. i have grave concerns about what we're doing so far. let's take a look at some numbers:

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group. it happened yesterday. it comes in response to recent attacks on somali forces. the u.s. has an agreement with the somali government that allows it to take action against the group in certain parts of the country. >> at the end of the day, if we are asked to vote on something that repeals obamacare and that does so in a way that brings down the cost of healthcare for the american people that's something i can vote for. if we bring forward something that doesn't repeal obamacare and doesn't bring down the cost of healthcare, that's probably something i won't be able to vote for. >> that's a critical member of the senate. mike lee. at the heart of this debate how much money to spend on medicaid. what about federal subsidies? steve hayes a fox news contributor. how are you doing, steve?

good monday morning to you. i think what i heard from senator lee and rand paul as well is give us a chance to repeal obamacare and then we can talk. >> i think that's right. i think you are hearing increased concern from senate republicans, senate conservatives about the direction of the negotiations over what the senate version of the acha is going to be. i think there was a hope from conservatives like rand paul, mike lee, ted cruz, tom cotton and others the bill would shift to the right and bring down obamacare taxes or dismantle obamacare infrastructure and lessen the amount of time for the medicaid expansion to survive. we've seen the bill head in the other direction. they're concerned about that. >> bill: next week this thing will really gain steam. our viewers need to have it on the radar. republicans have that much room to lose people like mike lee or rand paul possibly on a vote,

right? >> two votes. they can lose two votes and you have a handful of people who -- even while the house was going through its back and forth on what would happen with the acha, you heard senators saying, you know, conservatives in particular, the ones i mentioned saying we want nothing to do with that. it leaves in place the obamacare. we want something that repeals and replaces obamacare that republicans have talked about doing for seven years. i think if it's the case if they don't get that or something approaching that or something they can argue is a step in that direction, these are the kinds of conservatives who aren't afraid to vote against their own caucus and aren't afraid to hold things up. >> bill: frame it in a political sense. what i think the message from the white house now is to paint democrats as obstructionists. the president tweeted about that is other day. mike pence was talking about it over the weekend when he said the following.

here is the vice president. >> literally every single democrat in washington, d.c. would rather let obamacare continue to collapse and put a burden on the american people than help president trump and republicans in the house and senate bring healthcare relief to hard working americans. >> bill: can they take the obstructionist argument, label it on democrats and the democratic party and win on it or sell it? >> no. what he said is absolutely true. if you look where to cast blame for the problems that obamacare is facing that we're reading about on a daily basis today with obamacare you would point to the democrats. is it the case, however, that republicans can point to democrats as obstructionists keeping republicans from doing what republicans would like to do, what the white house would like to do? of course no. as we discussed republicans have the votes in the senate to do this if they can come up with a deal that pleases both the moderates and the conservatives. that may be something that can't happen. that they don't succeed in doing. it won't be because democrats are blocking it. >> bill: if that's the case,

what does mitch mcconnell do? what habd -- hand does he play? >> he made a good decision early to include conservatives in the negotiations, mike lee and ted cruz so they can be at the table making the arguments. something that didn't happen in 2013. mitch mcconnell is among the best arm twisters. if anybody can get it done, he can. but you have a moderate faction going in one direction asking for basically retaining some of the key elements of obamacare and you have conservatives saying we ran for seven years saying that we were going to get rid of this monstrosity. >> bill: you could put that bumper sticker on the forehead of so many in washington thank you, steve. more to come on that. steven hayes in washington, d.c. >> shannon: the trump administration making it clear it wants to focus on jobs.

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>> it's an enormous problem in this country. the number of part-time workers working two and three jobs that collectively they're making less than when they worked one job that has been replaced and they don't have access to leave, to vacation, to holidays, traditional benefits. >> shannon: ivanka trump on "fox & friends" this morning talking about the administration's push to get more jobs for americans. the economy shows full-time jobs increasing 489,000 since president trump took office and the unemployment rate dropping to 4.3%. a 16-year low. joining us for this is melissa francis, our expert on these things. let's look at the markets as well. let's see how far they're up under the trump presidency. we have a graphic showing you across the board big numbers up. how much of this is about

optimism versus performance so far? >> two big things at work. we heard this during the election. they believe that president trump understands business, he knows how to make money himself. that's good for people out there who want to make money. we all talk to people who didn't agree with all his politics but hopeful about financial issues and voted on their pocket book. we see a lot of optimism. what i'm hearing behind the scenes from people. job openings are going away because they're getting filled. there is competition to hire things like tellers. bank executives have to pay up for the good quality people to be out there. everything across the board is picking up. we're also seeing more hiring based on that optimism. ivanka hit on a powerful point. the five million or so jobs we have across the country not getting filled because no one has those skills. many of them are technical. she is talking about the fact we need a program in this country where people train for

vocations. we don't do enough of that. we have so many people out getting a liberal arts education they won't use. nothing wrong with it if you want to do something like we do. if your skills are technical you may want to train for a job that really exists. we need to do that in this country. the trumps have talked a lot about that. we ?aoe countries like germany and something we have to start doing. when i talk to ceos about this they think it probably comes from the private sector like a job -- a company that has a lot of needs in an area might go to the local college in that area and set up the training there and train people there to come work for them. maybe in high schools, maybe in colleges, junior college, whatever it is. that's the way we might see this develop. >> shannon: she will be on the road visiting those kinds of programs this weekend encouraging people that the four-year college degree isn't the right experience for everyone because there are different needs with the economy. the president has emphasized quite a bit rolling back regulations and something that encourages a lot of folks in

the business field as well. we also have a look at things happening in the energy sector, the number of oil rigs up under president trump. we know it's different under the obama administration they way they handle energy issues. you can see the numbers there. that area is exploding as well. some people won't be happy about that but it translates into jobs. >> it does. there is a lot of technology in that field as well. that creates more jobs. fracking is a new industry. you mentioned the stock market at the beginning. we're way up. when you talk to people about that specifically, you have people from the treasury department out there whispering to executives big time on wall street that they're going to get tax reform done this year. ceos have said they have had a private conversation and they're confident. if that doesn't happen that's a big problem. that's the word of caution i would put out there. the market is banking on tax reform this year. everyone feels they have gotten private assurance it will be done. if that doesn't happen it will be a problem.

>> shannon: we see this that there are hold-ups and stalls in d.c. leaders out there making statements, questioning whether these things will get done it seems like there is an immediate snap back in the market. it is closely linked. >> absolutely. a big deal. everybody has their person in washington telling them it will happen. i hope all those people know there is pressure. >> shannon: thank you, bill. >> bill: 28 past. in a moment back to our big story of the day. another high-profile hearing will happen this week. in fact tomorrow. this time jeff sessions faces the intelligence committee. the same committee last thursday. talk about that in a moment. a top democrat responding to claims that the former a.g., loretta lynch asked james comey to downplay the clinton email investigation and why she thinks it might be time to get former a.g. in front of a committee asap.

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>> bill: 9:32. markets are open on monday morning. a week where the white house will move its message to the economy and jobs, etc. meanwhile the tech sector a bill sell-off on friday. apple and amazon, google, microsoft. facebook lost market value last week. it was after a significant run-up over the past six months. well -- we'll see where we go today. >> shannon: attorney general jeff sessions getting ready to testify on capitol hill appearing before the senate intelligence committee to answer questions about the russia investigation. that is tomorrow. comes less than a week after former f.b.i. director james

comey's high-profile hearing. he testified that former attorney general loretta lynch asked him to downplay the probe into hillary clinton's emails. he said the request made him feel queasy. the ranking democrat says congress needs to look into it. >> i would have a queasy feeling too, though, to be candid with you. i think we need to know more about that. there is only one way to know about it and that's to have the judiciary committee take a look at that. >> shannon: katie pavlich and mary anne marsh, good morning. happy monday. i want to play more sound that comes from kellyanne conway in reaction to what we heard from the senator there and we'll get your reaction. >> what senator feinstein as a democrat did is refreshing. they say the word russia more than they say america. they're obsessive about this

and obstructionist and they'll have to go home and face their constituents at some point when they say what was your message? they have no message, no direction, no leader, no compunction to try to cooperate with this white house. >> shannon: mary anne, a bit of a compliment to senator feinstein and some criticism for the democrats. >> i agree with her. bring in loretta lynch and find out what happened. was it a matter of semantics or something more there. let's find out. i have no problem with that. let's be clear, what loretta lynch did and what trump and sessions have done couldn't be more different. after bill clinton was on loretta lynch's plane she removed herself from making any decision about anything having to do with hillary clinton. but she did that. she gave up any right she had as attorney general to determine whether hillary clinton would have charges brought against her. she said i will accept whatever

jim comey recommends. on two occasions in july and in october he vindicated hillary clinton twice. it is clear he wishes he had the evidence to indict her in a court of law. he did not and he tried to indict her in a court of public opinion in that july press conference. but it is clear to everybody especially after his testimony last week that if he had the goods on hillary clinton he would have indicted her. he did not and sessions on the other hand has said he has recused himself from the russian investigation but instead he played a first-hand role in firing jim comey over his investigation into russia. so this couldn't be more different and last point -- hold on. >> shannon: let's give katie a chance to respond to that. there is a lot there and hear from the man who authored the memo that was given to the white house just before the president fired james comey and there has been debate and confusing mixed messages how much the memo factored in. we'll hear from sessions under

oath. we don't know if it will be public or private tomorrow. but it matters where he has to say. >> it goes from a he said he said to then former senator sessions attorney general sessions testimony and what his version of the events are. and it all will come down to what the consistency is. responding to mary anne about what loretta lynch saying she would accept the recommendation from james comey. she would accept it as long as it was called a matter and not a criminal investigation. there are serious questions surrounding what her role was. as shannon mentioned that meeting on the private jet in phoenix, arizona wasn't something she would disclose. they got caught on that plane. for her then to act like she did a service to the country by recusing herself, which wasn't a full recusal was her forced hand. she didn't do it voluntarily.

i think it's good that senator feinstein believe there is a lot of politics that have gone in the justice department and f.b.i. in order to get to the bottom of that and rid those institutions of politics, we have to see both sides of it even if it means bringing former obama officials under oath in front of congress. >> shannon: now there is a question about whether president trump himself would testify. he said on friday during this presser with the romanian president he would 100% commit to giving his story in sworn testimony essentially talking with special counsel. who knows what other format. katie, i want to give you a bite at this. katie, i was wondering what the white house staff was thinking at the moment he was saying that. now the senate minority leader schumer is saying great. we'd love to do it. >> saying you have maybe tapes of james comey's conversations and not releasing the tapes. is the president saying he would testify 100% under oath something he follows through with?

i'm not sure. here in washington people are interested in that testimony. >> shannon: quick final word, mary anne, do you think it happens? >> at some point donald trump will be under oath answering questions about his involvement with russia and his decision to fire james comey over his investigation into russia. donald trump got caught in a shakedown of james comey and the white house with it makes bill clinton's visit on a plane looks quaint by comparison. >> shannon: good to see you both. >> bill: the penguins are your stanley cup champions. they refused to hand the cup over. they had a 1-0 lead with 95 seconds of play. they bagged the empty netter to steal the deal. the first nhl team in two decades to go back-to-back with titles. sidney crosby repeated it this year. the stanley cup is back to pittsburgh. >> shannon: where is --

>> bill: you're a penguins fan. >> shannon: by marriage. >> bill: you stayed up how late? >> shannon: all the important highlights this morning. we have to be up early for this show. >> bill: i give you credit. >> shannon: i saw much of the game but unfortunately the two goals came at the end of the third period so i had to see that. what was the first thing i checked this morning when i woke up? e. >> bill: nashville had a great year and a great team. the way the sport has gone to the american southeast and southwest is extraordinary and the fact that they can expand their market, really good. nashville will be back next year. congratulations. >> shannon: strong competitors. the taliban is claiming responsibility today for a deadly attack on three u.s. soldiers. what we're learning about those brave men who made the ultimate sacrifice for us here at home. and what path may lay ahead. >> there is a hearing on

rebuilding the military today. mac thornberry is next on one of president's trump key campaign promises next. >> i'm going to make our military so strong, so powerful, you have no idea what we'll do. we'll be so strong nobody will play games with us, folks, nobody.

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these men today? >> i want to know how well the budget request meets the security needs of the country. you look at two things. one we were just talking about. what are the threats we're facing. secondly, what's the state of our military. i think president trump during the campaign promised exactly the right thing to rebuild our military, to make sure the men and women who fight have exactly what they need. i'm concerned, however, that the first budget that his folks have sent over do not keep that promise. they do not fulfill the specific objectives he has said he wants to do. >> bill: that must be disappointing to you. you are suggesting the budget sent to you on the hill does not match the words of the campaign? >> no, that's true. remember, until just a few weeks ago there was only one trump-appointed, trump-confirmed person in the department of defense, the secretary. so all of this has been slow in

getting people in place. but essentially what we've got is the obama budget plus about 3%. and so we're going to go through some specifics, i think, in the hearing tonight about what the president talked about, about whether this budget fulfills that pledge or not. >> bill: last point. "wall street journal" encourage viewers to check it out. you wrote this over the weekend. only three of the army's 58 combat teams are ready to fight later tonight. the air force 1500 pilots, 3,000 mechanics, the fleet is older and smaller than ever and pilots today get fewer training hours in the cockpit than during the 1970s. you look at that and think wow, what's going on? is it that bad? >> it is that bad. and actually in classified session it is somewhat worse. the truth is, both parties and both executive and legislative branch bear responsibility for

this. my key point is this is the time to turn it around. 2018, the budget we're working on now, this is the time to fix our planes and ships and take care of our people and turn this around. if we don't do it now, it will be hard to see when it does happen. >> bill: we just had two sentences back on screen. the cannibalization has diminished american readiness and the american military is not prepared to carry out all the missions it's asked for in times of war. mac thornberry, thank you. >> shannon: new details from the london terror attacks. we get a closer look at those folk suicide belts meant to spark fear and terror in their victims as we learn about new arrests in manchester. the latest straight ahead. >> bill: a newly elected congressman is due in court today accused of body slamming a reporter. we're live on that story coming up next.

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>> bill: powerful storms, wind and hail sweeping through the twin cities of minnesota. severe weather downing trees. that's a mess. some of the power got knocked out to thousands of homes. parts of the state called out snowplows to tackle the aftermath of that storm. forecasters warn thunderstorms could last through wednesday. in the meantime it's getting hot in the northeast for a change. finally had a good weekend. take care in minnesota. >> shannon: greg gianforte is

due in court today. >> waiting to make your decision about healthcare and it just came out and >> i'll talk to you about that later. >> shannon: we're live in los angeles. what do we expect to happen in court today? >> the big question is will the new congressman get jail time? he admitted his behavior was unacceptable and unlawful and illegal. body slamming a reporter could land him in jail for up to six months. the congressman will plead guilty. not no contest to assaulting the newspaper reporter ben

jacobs. initially the campaign said the reporter started the fight. recanted hours later when fox news reporter who was there described what she saw. >> we saw mr. gianforte grab ben jacobs by the neck both hands. slam him to the ground and jump on top of him and begin punching and yelling. >> the hearing begins in about two hours. >> shannon: the question is if he is convicted could he still serve in congress? >> the lawyers we spoke to said yes, nothing is in the constitution preventing him from serving from his jail cell. the house could discipline him for ethics violations here is the curious part. the state of montana is the plaintiff in the case. the question is what will the prosecutor recommend to the judge? a $500 fine? community service or a few days, weeks or months in jail

despite gianforte's apology. >> i made a mistake and i took an action that i can't take back. i'm not proud of what happened. i should not have responded in the way that i did. and for that i'm sorry. >> the reporter did accept the apology and agreed not to sue the wealthy 56-year-old republican. we have a producer and camera in the courtroom. it will be live and bring it to you when it happens. >> shannon: always interesting in the courtrooms that allow that. thank you. >> bill: now we know jeff sessions might be ready to tell his version of events. the attorney general will appear before the same senate intelligence committee this week. what can we expect from him in a moment? plus a well-known new york play is under fire significantly. why some advertisers have cut ties over the company's staging of julius caesar.

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>> shannon: a big supreme court deadline for the temporary travel ban just hours away. the court giving challengers a final chance to weigh in as the administration pushes to get rid of the legal roadblocks to the president's immigration order. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm shannon bream. >> bill: good morning to you. i'm bill hemmer, good morning at home. the clock is ticking as the white house seeks to lift a nationwide injunction blocking the president's order. opponents have only hours left to submit written arguments. when the court hears from all sides the justices will decide whether to allow the travel ban to go into effect. we're tracking it all. what's the significance of today's potential action at the supreme court? >> 3:00 p.m. today marks the deadline for opponents of the president's travel ban policy to file a written response to the high court as it decides

perhaps later this we can whether to temporarily lift the nationwide injunction and allow the travel ban to go into effect immediately that while the court considers the larger constitutional questions of the ban itself. their decision has become much more complicated since last week when the president tweeted this, quote. the justice department should have stayed with the original ban not the watered down ban they submitted to the court. that tweet appeared to confirm the fourth circuit's reasoning that the ban drips with discrimination. recall the fourth circuit cited alleged presidential comments that he made during the campaign when he said this in december of 2015. >> donald trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> a minority of the fourth

circuit maintained the president shouldn't be held to comments he made as a candidate. but last week's tweet muddies that argument big time. >> bill: that tweet is curious. it's not a ban, but a temporary pause. >> it's a 90 day pause on immigration from six countries the obama administration designated terrorist strongholds, syria, libya, sudan, yemen, somalia and -- they cited all -- the bottom line here is the administration argues the constitution has broad authority on the president alone to set immigration policy when he deems it's in the national interest. the high court will have to decide whether it concurs. >> shannon: calls on capitol hill for president trump to testify about his conversations with former f.b.i. director james comey and his ties to russia. meanwhile we expect attorney

general jeff sessions to testify tomorrow before the senate intelligence committee. karl rove on fox news sunday insisting president trump has done nothing wrong. >> i don't see anything here that a reasonable person would say was in violation of the law. the president did not obstruct justice and did something that was inappropriate but not illegal. it is legal. the president of the united states could direct him to end the investigation and within his authority as the president of the united states. >> shannon: fox news senior political analyst, brit hume. so this weekend the conversation bounced off of friday afternoon when the president said he would 100% under oath be happy to make some of these statements he has made before. this is what we now have from the senate minority leaders chuck schumer with regard to hearing from the president. here is what he said on sunday. >> there is a cloud over the presidency, the president said. rightly so. two ways to clear up that cloud. one, if there are tapes he alluded to the facts that they are tape.

maybe as a threat or taunting comey, he should make them public right away. if there aren't tapes he should let that be known. no more game playing. and, of course, he said he would testify, so i'm inviting him to come testify. >> shannon: do you ever foresee that happening on capitol hill the president being sworn in before the senate? >> i don't think so if his lawyers have anything to say about it. he might give a statement to the special counsel. there are separation of powers issues that come into play that would raise obstacles to that. more important than that perhaps is this. if you are representing someone who is implicated even if he is innocent or she is innocent in a case like this, what you don't want is any more testimony under oath than you can avoid because you might slip up and say something because your memory is bad or

whatever that turns out not to be true in which case you are in a perjury trap and you've done what has repeatedly happened. the only crimes being found in some investigations are those committed during the investigation itself and have nothing to do with the original offense under investigation. that's what smart lawyers would want to keep anybody they are representing away from. >> shannon: to his other point about tapes. he says quit playing coy about them. whether they exist or not. even last week the former f.b.i. director said lordy, i hope there are tapes. if they are do you think they'll ever be released or even acknowledged? >> it would have to be -- if the president chose to release them, of course, if there are any. i have my doubts. he could certainly do that. if he chose not to, and the case reached a certain point where they could be subpoenaed, which is what happened in watergate, that would be an entirely different matter. we're a long way from that

moment. my guess is there aren't any tapes. if there are they're an incomplete set. we'll see. >> shannon: tomorrow the attorney general goes before the senate intelligence committee. we're waiting whether it will be open or closed session. we know at least one prominent democrat has come forward to say this should be open. the american people got a lot of information from james comey last week and should have the same opportunity to hear from jeff sessions tomorrow. he is calling for it to be open. we wait to find out. if it is, what revelations do you think we may or may not get? we talked last week whether the comey hearing would be a dud or not. we did learn a lot of new things. >> we learned some new things. but the main -- we learned, of course, that trump had been telling the truth when he said that comey had three times told him he was not the subject of the investigation. putting that aside for the moment. remember this, shannon. an official like the attorney

general who has access to confidential. point two is sessions will need to explain his role in the comey firing. now, it is being argued that because he recused himself from the russia investigation, and that comey was conducting that investigation or leading the investigative piece of it, that he should have played no role in the firing. i think that's -- you can argue that either way. i think it's probably not that convincing. finally he will be asked to testify further about any discussions he might have had with the russian ambassador. my guess is those discussions with the russian ambassador don't amount to much. the russian ambassador is very much a man about town. he meets with all kinds of officials. the last time i was in the senate dining room a few years ago i was having lunch with a member one day and the place was darn near empty except for senator feinstein having lunch

with the russian ambassador and we spoke briefly and i never thought another thing about it because it's normal for senators and many other officials in washington to talk with the russian ambassador. those things by themselves don't really tell you anything very serious. if you were meeting with somebody known to be a russian spy or something like that obviously kislyak as every ambassador as every country around the world reports back whatever he can find. that's part of the ambassador's job. he is in a special category. his job is to represent russian interests in this country and the job of these people to talk to him. >> shannon: we'll be watching the hearing tomorrow if we get a peek out in the open. >> bill: i want to go to the senate dining room. we have this from the white house now. the first full cabinet meeting will happen today less than an hour from now 11:00 a.m. eastern time. the second meeting of president trump's cabinet. the first time the entire cabinet has convened. the first cabinet meeting was

held on the 13th of march three months ago. four of the cabinet members hadn't been confirmed. it will happen at 11 a.m. eastern time. we get a photographer in there and get a pool spray and be able to play that for the folks at home and see whether or not there are comments from the president and others inside the room there. >> shannon: think about all the things they're trying to get done in all the different areas represented there. >> bill: what do you think the first question is from the reporters they'll yell what? sir, are there any tapes? >> shannon: yep. question is not going away. >> bill: that's coming up this year. >> shannon: meanwhile newt gingrich unleashing. >> i deliberately leaked to create this counsel, one of his closest friends. look who mueller is starting to hire. >> shannon: can robert mueller conduct a neutral and fair investigation. we'll put that question to judge napolitano later this hour.

>> bill: two attorney generals will slap president trump with a lawsuit. what's that all about? what they say is a violation of the constitution. we'll break it down for you. >> shannon: congress trying to tackle a significant legislative to do list without a lot of time. the major roadblocks standing in their way next. >> there are deadlines for a reason. it forces people to come to the table. we've got to get the job done. we have to pass healthcare reform and we have to cut taxes. i don't know why i didn't get screened a long time ago.

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>> bill: maryland and district of columbia suing president trump. it will focus on the president's decision to retain ownership of his company claiming foreign payments to his businesses violate the constitution. do they have a case? more on this in a moment. judge andrew napolitano will weigh in on that and more. stand by. >> we want to see what the senate does. what we sent over to the senate was a bill that lowers premiums, that actually puts families back in charge of their healthcare, protects people with pre-existing conditions and defunds planned parenthood. i think we'll look for all of those things if the senate can find a better way to thread the needles that's great and what they're working on now. those are the things we want to achieve in the house and we did in our bill. >> shannon: the effort to replace obamacare is moving forward in the senate despite all the distracting headlines. leadership trying to secure gop

votes. the president says it's the democrats getting in the way tweeting this. the democrats have no message on economics, jobs, failing obamacare. they're only obstructionists. former new hampshire governor john sununu, welcome, governor >> how are you? >> shannon: i'm good. i suspect a lot of people are getting ansi on capital hill and beyond. the senate would start from scratch doing its own thing and a lot to consider. we heard from steve scalise from the house side and what he laid out are things that people are skeptical could end up in the senate measure. where do they progress from here? >> you have to understand what the problem in the senate is. you o thought that hillary clinton was going to lead him to the promised land and get him three more senators so that he could be majority leader and he is not. it is frustrating, it is

depressing for him. and so he is being very vindictive. they aren't going to participate in any constructive way. mitch mcconnell has to figure out how to get legislation first of all that can be brought through to support the repeal/replacement and frankly rescuing america from the disaster of obamacare with only 51 votes. and that's what he is working toward. but that's what you have to look at. the process on the front end of this -- on the first half of this changing what is killing america in terms of healthcare has to go through under reconciliation and that's what mcconnell will work towards. >> shannon: as they talk about things furthering medicaid. they're hesitant to role that back but there is a price tag

with that. defunding planned parenthood and other things. it sounds like there are skeptics. conservatives don't think they'll get the things in the senate bill. here is what one conservative senate aide says. mcconnell may know he can't get to 50 but he is giving moderates cover when they vote for the bill. the pressure to vote for something but if mcconnell doesn't believe it can get passed he puts in enough to the left that the moderates are okay. especially those facing tough reelections. >> look, the best thing to do with medicaid is to restructure it so that it gives full flexibility to the states. states can make it as efficient as possible for their own state. so send it down there with some of the funding -- with the funding that is necessary to keep it viable, but let the states choose whether they want to contract or expand.

how they want to modify the process. that's the most efficient way to do it. unfortunately, some of the senators think that all wisdom still comes out of washington and are reluctant to do that. if mcconnell can get them over that hurdle on medicaid he will have gone a long way to gathering some of the votes that he needs to get this to the right place. >> shannon: how do you view the bigger issue of this administration getting a legislative win, healthcare, the tax code, debt ceiling. what are they facing on the hill? >> it is always slow. congress is always slower than the executive branch. presidents always want congress to move quicker. it is a process of herding the cats. it will be done eventually. and when it is done, people will forget how long it took. >> shannon: that's kind of like people would say having a baby. you go through such a long arduous process. when you see the finished project it is an exciting thing

that makes you forget the bad stuff. >> for anyone that had to herd congress sometimes it's harder. >> shannon: thank you so much. >> bill: father seeking justice for his son after a group of fraternity brothers are accused of hazing his son to death. >> in honor of our son, and are committed to doing everything we can to assure that no other parents will have to go through the pain and grief we are currently experiencing. >> bill: timothy is dead at the age of 19. we're live on the courthouse and the latest evidence set to be unveiled by prosecutors in this case. >> shannon: here we go again. several sponsors pulling out of a production in new york city that's in hot water for its proper trayal of a politician that many say looks like president trump. howie kurtz is here to discuss and join us just ahead. >> do you have any idea how irresponsible this is? they don't deal it with the

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>> shannon: we're getting word today that bill cosby has told the judge he will not testify in his own defense at his sexual assault trial. there had been some speculation about whether today as things wrap up he would take the stand. we're now getting word he will not. that means this trial is one step closer to being wrapped up and headed to a decision. we'll keep you updated. >> bill: two companies pulling their sponsor ships from a new york city shakespeare in the park production claiming the theater company's portrayal of julius caesar has similarities to president donald trump who gets stabbed to death on stage

in this play. ongoing partnerships with several companies will now lose delta airlines and bank of america. howard kurtz live with us out of d.c. host of media buzz. good morning to you. you have read about this. what do you think of the decisions from these companies? >> the fault lies with the companies funding this repulsive play. i understand delta and bank of america getting out. "the new york times" jumps out as a sponsor, i'll be surprised if the times doesn't yank its financial support today. this is a perversion of shakespeare. the times is critical of president trump, i can't imagine the company wants its brand associated with this kind of ugliness. >> bill: you think the times pulls out today also along with bank of america. >> it will be a statement if "the new york times" doesn't. if barack obama or bill clinton had been portrayed in this. the editorial page would be denouncing it. >> bill: trump junior tweeted

this. i wonder how much of this art is funded by taxpayers? when does art become political speech? does it change things? eric trump sent a tweet. thank you delta and bank of america. this was the right thing to do. our viewers know. the actor has reddish hair. wears an unbuttoned overcoat with red power ties and tweets in a bathtub and stabbed to death by senators next to an american flag. >> it is unmistakable. to defend this in the name of art. how low have we sunk? i know the entertainment field feels they can insult donald trump. how low have we sunk to depict essentially the killing of a president or presidential figure? >> bill: interesting point. do you think the kathy griffin case changed this? perhaps not in this specific

case but overall did her example change the discourse? >> i think the national revulsion against what kathy griffin did with the bloody trump mask said to us there is a line that you should not sink below. this seems to obliterate that line and i think that now that it's starting to get some media attention there will be a similar reaction against what was a good franchise, shakespeare in the art but it is a perversion of art. >> delta's quote. no matter what your political stance may be the graphic scene does not reflect delta airlines values. it crossed the line on the standards of good taste and bank of america put out a comment as well. the director of the play says anyone seeing our production of julius caesar will realize it no no way advocates violates violence towards anyi would.

>> not a question of advocating violence, taking this figure and dressing him up as donald trump allowing him to be stabbed. and the audience is supposed to applaud. some said it was a masterpiece. no matter how much you might dislike donald trump personally or professionally or politically this is the kind of thing that should not happen in our culture. it is really a sad commentary. >> bill: we'll see what the times does today. the play is supposed to run through the 18th of june. another six days i think on the calendar. howie, thanks for your time. howard kurtz in washington good to have you back. >> shannon: new retails in the london terror attack. what we're learning about the suspects behind the two attacks. >> bill: growing concerns about the russia matter. can bob mueller remain neutral? newt gingrich has strong feelings on this. the judge will address it next. >> i distrust independent counsels.

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>> i think this will be a witch hunt. i think that comey himself by his own testimony tainted this particular process. you have a director of the f.b.i. deliberately leaking in order to create a special counsel who we're now supposed to believe will be this neutral figure. i think that's just nonsense. >> bill: newt gingrich strong answers there casting doubt on the ability of outside counsel bob mueller to remain neutral as the russia matter moves forward. he was appointed after jeff sessions recused himself. the judge napolitano is here to tackle a lot of stuff right now. are you ready? good morning to you. gingrich, dangerous people, witch hunt, comey leaked it deliberately. is he right?

>> partially right in that bob mueller is not neutral. prosecutors aren't neutral. they prosecute people. they believe their targets are guilty and amass evidence to justify that belief. that's what they do. the fact that bob mueller and jim comey may be friends and colleagues is also of no moment. prosecutors are often friends and colleagues with the police officers and f.b.i. agents they employ to do their investigation and eventually testify. >> bill: you are telling gingrich to chill out and don't worry about it. >> it's no different than any other prosecution. independent counsel -- not neutral counsel. independent counsel. independent from the justice department or regular full-time federal prosecutors. >> byron york said, should a prosecutor pursue the case in which the star witness is a close friend? when the friend is not only a witness but a victim of firing by the target of the investigation and when the prosecutor might be called on

to investigate some of his friend's actions. the case is difficult enough even without the complicating friendship. >> there is no ethical impediment to bob mueller having jim comey as a witness or as a victim. there might be an ethical impediment if bob mueller was a judge in the case. there are two standards. no ethical impediment to a prosecutor having a relationship to somebody in the case. >> the president has the authority to shut down the special counsel. do you think he would or would not? >> i think it would be politically catastrophic especially with bob mueller. >> bill: only listen to what karl rove framed yesterday. >> it would be a huge mistake to try to shut down the special counsel. leave the trump administration and presidency under a cloud until the last day. make it an ongoing issue. i have confidence in mueller. >> bill: his point was

inappropriate perhaps but not illegal, right? no violation of the law. >> when richard nixon got robert bourque to fire cox in the watergate hearing it ratcheted things up and there was another special prosecutor more dogged than cox. >> they are claiming that he violates the clause of the constitution that prohibits a sitting incumbent president from receiving income from foreign countries. their argument is because he owns trump international hotel the old post office in washington, d.c. and foreign dignitaries stay there that's money in his pocket. he doesn't own the hotel. he owns shares of stock in a corporation that owns a portion of the hotel and that manages it. there is no impediment to that

whatsoever. moreover for the state of maryland and district of columbia to sue donald trump they would have to show they were personally uniquely individually harmed by him and they can't show that. they just don't like him as president. >> bill: there is no case? >> no case. >> bill: everyone has a lawsuit these days. come on. enough to keep an army of lawyers. jeff sessions will testify tomorrow and waiting to see if it's in public or in private. answer that question first. what would determine that? >> if you're going to do it the whole country, those of us in this business want it to be in public so we can witness what he is going to say. it's a very dangerous position for him to be in. he is not testifying as the chief law enforcement officer in the land as the attorney general. he is testifying as a witness because he doesn't run the russia investigations, any of them. he is a witness. he has involvement in both. he is going to be accused of perjury and come to a conflict point where he has to decide am

i here to defend the president of the united states or myself? that's an awful position for him to be in. >> bill: is that a suggestion he should not testify? >> if i were his lawyer and presumably he has kept counsel will some lawyer either in the doj or outside attorney i would advise don't put yourself in this position, it is a in-win situation. >> bill: you meet in private then? >> i don't think they would subpoena him and force him to testify. i would steer clear of him because he is a witness. he is a witness in a criminal investigation. the prosecutor is bob mueller. the witness doesn't go testify off on his own without the permission and consent and debriefing by the prosecutor. i don't know if jeff sessions has done that. if he hasn't most respectfully it would be very unwise for him to go in the arena. democrats want to trip him up and the republicans want to know did you tell the truth to the senate judiciary committee about the number of times. >> bill: if you're right and i

assume you are. why would he be considering this? >> he may be instructed to do so by his boss. that's the dilemma. does he defend his boss the president of the united states or does he defend himself? he might not be able to do both. he should stay away from that arena. >> bill: wow. thank you, judge. >> you're welcome. >> bill: andrew napolitano. public or private? we'll find out today. >> shannon: new details from london. police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection to the deadly terror attack. bringing the arrests to 21. we're learning the three terrorists who carried out the rampage a week ago may have planned to take hostages after seeing fake suicide belts worn from the attacker. benjamin hall with the latest. >> yes, a number of details coming out in the last few days that suggest this attack was meant to be a lot larger than it was and only really down to the quick response of the

police units that it wasn't a lot worse. the focus has now moved to a gym in east london where the three attackers were filmed five days before the attack joking outsiepd and in deep discussion. a muslim gym. another man comes from there and we're wondering whether or not this may have been where they met. police also releasing images of the blood spattered fake suicide belts made from water bottles that may have been used to deter police in a possible hostage situation and they've also released images from inside the van showing several petrol bombs waiting and ready to use. it's thought the attackers were planning to go back to get them after the stabbing and before continuing their spree. as the van was removed it is emerged that butt had tried to rent a large truck but his credit card payment was refused. three of the victims were killed by the van on the bridge

and five were stabbed to death afterwards. the scene of the attack is getting back to normal. very soon afterwards streets around the scene reopened and countless story of bravery emerged. people who stood up to the attackers. the market is open again from this weekend. the investigation continues. the arrests keep rising and still that all-important question how were two of the attackers able to hide in plain sight and not be stopped by the police before carrying this out? that's a question that is haunting politicians here in the u.k. >> shannon: benjamin hall. thank you. >> bill: one heated exchange that didn't get a lot of attention with all the comey headlines dominating washington >> are you suggesting all those people stand condemned? what about jews, they stand condemned, too? >> senator, i'm a christian. >> bill: i understand you are a

christian. why some are asking bernie sanders for attacking that man for his religion. >> shannon: this man did 35 years for having terrorist ties. why was he getting this hero's welcome by thousands yesterday in new york city? >> he did a lot fighting for us for our freedom. our independence. a lot of people don't understand that. >> he was a criminal. he did something bad and he paid for it.

>> bill: puerto rico has voted to become the 51st state of the united states. overall it will be decided by the u.s. senate. it is unlikely to be approved. the vote in p.r. coming under scrutiny. voter turnout 23%, a record low. even lower than the previous vote on the same issue back in 2012, five years ago. >> shannon: people here at home oscar lopez rivera was honored during the puerto rican day parade in new york city yesterday.

he spent 35 years in person with ties to a terrorist group known for a 1975 bombing in new york city's tavern that killed four people. some of the victims' families not pleased by yesterday's honor. >> to think that oscar lopez would be considered a hero, a hero of freedom. it is just so insane. you can't even get your head around it. >> shannon: ed martin president of the eagle forum fund and manriquez. welcome. this group claimed responsibility for 100 bombings in the u.s. and puerto rico including the one in new york. other people were maimed, injured and killed. pablo. it was controversial. people at the parade some cheered and said he was a criminal and not happy about it. the organizers decided to move

ahead having him there. >> i think that the organizers of the parade and president obama particularly before him who commuted the sentences need to recognize that what we have right now going on in this country is a movement to brand hispanics with terrorists. a lot of this has to do with the hysteria about border security and all the other things. this oscar lopez rivera business needs to go away. he is not a hero to me. >> shannon: he was convicted in court. not telling a rumor about him. he spent 35 years in jail connected to a group that killed people. >> he did. bringing him out as a hero. i think it's dangerous. most hispanics aren't puerto rican. this is concerning this line of rhetoric. >> shannon: your take? >> it goes back to president obama. why did he commute the sentence of people like this and down the stretch bradley manning or

whatever the name is. president obama like bill clinton at the end of his term. the pardons and commutations seem to be flowing for political reasons. there are four families of people who were killed. the other one i would say is lots of law enforcement had to try to catch and deal with the faln. it was a terrible thing. i think the whole thing is a disaster for the democrat party. let's say now hispanics aren't terrorists and let's agree the terrorists that are coming into this country through mexico and other places are generally islamic terrorists and agree to stop that. it sounds like a great segment and we agree on everything so far. >> shannon: i don't know about everything. >> there is no evidence that there are terrorists coming up through mexico, though. really most undocumented people most of them don't come up through mexico. most come through airports. >> shannon: a lot of people overstay their visas. that's the problem. we'll debate immigration another day. the second topic is this one is

about bernie sanders who was grilling a nominee to be the deputy director at the omb last week. it didn't get a lot of attention because we were fixated and other things but it is getting steam now. people are calling for his reg ig nation. he was pushing the nominee about his christian faith. >> are you suggesting that all of those people stand condemned? what about jews? they stand condemned, too? >> senator, i'm a christian. >> i understand you are a christian but this country is made up of people who are not just -- i understand that christianity is the majority religion but other people of different religions in this country and around the world. >> shannon: he wasn't asking him how he would treat people. this nominee said my faith teaches to treat everybody with great respect. it seems strange to me that senator sanders kept pressing him do you really believe jesus christ is the only way to

heaven? really going after him on the tenets of his faith. it was odd. >> the only acceptable bigotry is to be against christians. i live in missouri in the bible belt. people wear their religion on their sleeve and care about their faith and their church. they talk about how it informs who they are. by the way, it is not a christian country. we're a judeo-christian country. bernie sanders should know that. people are being targeted because they're christian because of the policy positions that guys like sanders don't like. pro-life, more conservative on some of the education issues and all. i think this is helpful. every time bernie sanders is the front of the democrat party the democrat party slides into irrelevant relevance and we can count on more thoughtful people coming forward. >> shannon: i want to read part of what we heard from robert jeffries a fox news contributor and pastor. there are only two choices, apologize to the country for

this attempt to this litmus test that would exclude 41% of the country or resign. pablo, your reaction. >> again, it's interesting because i agree with my fellow missourian everything he is saying but we need to add context what he was addressing specifically. mr. vaughn had written previously that muslims, people who believe in islam, are not the children of god. now, he had written it well early in his career and he might have changed his mind since. but senator sanders was asking for clarification of that. i think that if he believes it to be the case he has no place proceeding as president trump's nominee. >> shannon: religious tenets as a religious test to government service. we have to leave it there because we're out of time. thanks for your time. >> bill: we'll get to "happening now" in a moment. before we get there fraternity members accused in the death of a pledge are in court today.

the prosecution is leaning heavily on one piece of evidence. details next.

>> massive protests in moscow as opponents of russia president vladimir putin take to the streets saying they're fed up with government corruption. plus our liberal critics of president trump having a change of heart when it comes to the fired f.b.i. chief james comey? now that comey is on the attack are the mainstream media changing their tune? now concerns key conservatives won't vote for the bill to repeal and replace obamacare. karl rove is here at the top of the hour. >> bill: 18 penn state university brothers charged in a deadly hazing incident.

they go before a judge today. prosecutors focusing on video surveillance made the night 19-year-old was fatally injured. we're outside the courthouse. what can we expect today, brian? >> hi, bill. today is a preliminary hearing where a judge will decide whether or not there is enough evidence to proceed with the trial. as we speak, the boy's parents are upset in the front row in court clenching their hands as there was extensive surveillance video documenting the last moments of their son's life on february 2 and 3. it will also show some of the repeated falls he suffered. prosecutors say the penn state sophomore died two days after suffering a draum attic brain injury following heavy drinking during a hazing acceptance

ceremony. prosecutors say he would be alive today instead of waiting 12 hours. he repeatedly fell down steps. they slapped him and poured water on his face and hit him in the abdomen and threw another fraternity member about him getting medical attention against a wall. he said their son was treated like road kill and they spoke about martha maccallum about whether they want to see the video. >> i really don't want to see the video. i'm concerned about what we'll see that being the last visual of my son being alive. what i have said is that if the president of the university and the board of trustees watch the video with me, i'll do it. because they're capable of making significant change and that's what we want to see. >> we're told the parents have stayed in the courtroom as that video is playing. >> bill: what kind of charges do these young men face, brian? >> these 18 fraternity brothers

face a total of about 1,000 charges. eight of the brothers are facing the more serious charges of involuntary manslaughter and the most ser yous charge aggravated assault. the 10 other fraternity brothers face less serious charges from alcohol violations to tampering of evidence. >> shannon: president trump is meeting for his full cabinet for the first time since they were approved as they move to advance the president's agenda. there's nothing more important to me than my vacation. so when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want. booking.com gets it. they offer free cancellation if my plans change.

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also, either if tomorrow the attorney general jeff sessions is going to be open or close. still debatable at this point. >> how was your weekend? >> it was hot. that's how i like it. >> it was really great. have a great monday. we'll see you tomorrow. ♪ >> the attorney general set to testify against the internal committee. good morning to you on this monday. welcome to "happening now." i am jon scott. >> jenna: and i am heather childers. it is going to be busy and a hot one. they do more ways than one. who will testify just after a day james comey public testimony. sessions recuse himself from the russian investigation back in march. he volunteered to appear before the committee, and there are saying that he is trying