his warm gesture took off on social media. every person. all right. i'm melissa francis. next, jon scott in for shep. >> suing the president. the d.c. and maryland attorneys general accusing president trump of violating the constitution. ahead, the accusations and the defense. the u.s. attorney general, jeff sessions, set to testify in public tomorrow. senators are expected to have a lot of questions about the russia investigation and the james comey firing. many say the president should answer once and for all whether he has recordings. and first daughter, ivanka trump talks to fox news and life in american politics is more vicious than she anticipated. >> i was not expecting the intensity of this experience.

but this isn't supposed to be easy. >> more from ivanka trump and the rest of the day's news in this hour. >> i'm jon scott in for shepard today. the attorney's general of maryland and washington d.c. have filed a lawsuit against president trump accusing him of violating the constitution over his tying with his businesses. they said the president has broken a clause in the emoluence clause. >> president trump is unique in american history in violating the emoluence clause. there's no other president whose domestic and foreign investments have been so bound up with or policy and our interests. he is the only president who has

refused to disclose the extend of his holdings and interests. >> both officials are democrats. they say their lawsuit is nonpartisan and would apply to a future democratic with major business dealings. the attorney general used mark zuckerberg and oprah as possible examples. justice department lawyers have said president trump's businesses are legally entitled to accept payments for foreign governments while in office. first, chief white house correspondent john roberts is live at the white house. what is the president saying about this lawsuit? >> let's put this in context. you mentioned the specific language that the attorneys general of the district of columbia and the state of maryland were saying that it violates the anti-corruption provisions of the constitution as opposed to using the dryer technical language of it violates the emolument clause.

everybody knows what corr corruption is. they're claiming by maintaining ownership in his business empire, that donald trump is harming the states of maryland and the district of columbia by owning properties like the trump hotel. they say people will gravitate toward that business as opposed to going to other businesses either the district or the state of maryland. to which the press secretary this afternoon said hog wash. sean spicer. >> the president's interests as discussed do not violate the emolument clause that they enumerate in their friday night lawsuit. this lawsuit today is another iteration of the case that was filed by that crew and the same lawyers. it's hard to include that partisan politics may be behind

one of the suits. the lawyers are an advocacy suit with partisan ties. >> and you know, even if this were to be a partisan exercise, this is just yet another speed bump in the president trying to get his agenda through. seems like all of his opponents are running a prevent defense trying to get him to stop moving the ball down the field and run out the clock for 2020. it's going to take a lot of work. they seem dedicated to do it. >> this time tomorrow, jeff sessions is set to be facing questions from senators over his firing of james comey and the trump campaign's potential ties to russia. you can watch it live here on fox news channel. sessions will testify in front of the same committee that grilled comey last week. you can expect senators to ask about this comment comey made about the attorney general. >> our judgment, as i recall, is

that he was very close to and inevitably going to recuse himself for a variety of reasons. we're aware of facts that i can't discuss in an open setting that would make his continued engagement in a russia-related investigation problematic. >> senators say they want to know what happened before and after the meeting in which comey claims president trump pushed him to drop the investigation to former national security adviser michael flynn. comey testified that flynn asked sessions and everybody else to leave the reason before that conversation. the president denies asking comey to drop the flynn investigation. let's go now to the white house. that's where the president is talking to the clemson tigers, the winners of the ncaa bowl championship. >> one of the most important truths in life that success is about, how hard you're willing to fight in order to overcome

and in order to win. after being down 14- -- oh i don't think the coach was worried. maybe you were. a little bit. maybe. you are down 14-0 almost halfway through the game, like true tigers, clemson roared back and with the whole nation watching and beyond the nation, deshaun watson -- going to be a great nfl player to watch. get over here. come here. hey, fellows is he that good? tell me. you better believe it. he's going to be fantastic. he passed the ball to hunter renfro.

where is hunter? oh, hunter you're so lucky you caught that ball. to score the game-winning touchdown with just one second pretty cool.lock. it was an inspirational finish to a historic season for clemson. the team willed their victory. you willed it. that was a victory that was willed. arnold palmer, they used to say great champion, he would will a victory. jack nicholas would will a victory. the great champions do that. this team willed their whole way to victory. you came so incredibly choice last year against alabama. you don't remember that game coach, do you? you'll never forget.

and you wanted the rematch and you got it and you earned it. you beat great teams like florida state, ohio state. of course, your big rival, south carolina. you believed in yourselves, you believed in each other. you won a championship victory for the ages. one of the greatest game i ever watched, actually. people will be talking about what you did for a very, very long time. that victory and the great comeback was the product of a vision that began nine years ago when coach sweeney assembled a team of assistant coaches who believed in his vision. they recruited great, great players and together you worked hard and turned clemson football into a winning machine. that's what it is. the tigers have gone an astonishing 89-28 -- how did you

lose 28 games? huh? that was the early seasons, right? most of them were. you were building. under the coach's leadership. he helped forge a new culture at clemson. it was on display in the locker room right after this big game. the coach recalled how he told the team that the theme of the college basketball playoffs this year is chasing greatness. he told them nobody is better than us. we've got to believe it. tell yourself that. nobody is better. you chased greatness and now you achieved true greatness. i understand on the inside of your championship ring there's a tiger climbing upwards and it says "little extra." that's often the different between winning and losing, just a little extra, right, coach? is that right?

by the way, standing next to the coach, another president. jim clemens. that's another winner. i'll tell you that. we don't talk about jim too much. but number 1. he made a lot of good decisions. number 2, what people don't realize about clemson, it's a great academic school. one of the top 25. as a combination -- probably number 1. great job, jim. that's how clemson achieved great things, when you set an expectation of maximum effort and a culture of confidence from the top. you inspire every person to perform at their very, very best. that is exactly what you have done. more tigers this year than ever before. nine of you went to the nfl scouting combine and two of you were drafted in the first round. that's pretty good. during that championship game,

all of you shined. every single one. offensive, mvp quarterback deshaun watson took some very, very hard hits. but he never rattled. he's great under pressure. i've seen that, i've heard that. he's great under pressure. he's great under pressure. he always got right back up and he fought and he fought and kept winning. now he will bring that toughness together to the houston texans. and i have the owners of the texans here someplace. they're so excited about desean. defensive tackles carlos watkins had an incredible game. he will be joining desean in houst houston. nobody can maybe defensive plays

like ben boulware. carlos, get up here. you think i can take these guys in a fight? i don't know. great guys. first time all-american defensive end, christian wilkins was a big part of the defensive effort in the championship game. wide receiver hunter renfro. he had the incredible ten receptions that night. i also want to extend our best wishes to defensive end richard yeargen who suffered a terrible neck injury in an automobile accident and is out for the 2017 season, but he will be back and we're praying for you. richard, i know you're going to

get better and you're going to be all set. all of you are continuing a proud sporting tradition at clemson established long ago by some of football's greatest champions and leaders. your school was home to the legendary coach heisman, the heisman trophy who delivered a win in the tiger's first alabama matchup way back in 1900. i know coach heisman would be very proud of you, coach, today, looking down, very proud. like to win. he knew winners. his teams most recent incredible and most exciting victory. so thank you for being here today. it's our honor to be in the company of great, great champions. that's what they are. i wish you all the best in your careers wherever they may take you, whether it's football or business or anything else. you're going to be very successful.

work hard, fight hard and believe in yourselves, perhaps i'll see you back here one day right at the white house. one of our folks has a good chance starting here as a future president of the united states. they have the tremendous incredible talent. more than just athletic talent. congratulations again to the college football playoff national champions, the clemson tigers. and with that, i want to introduce president jim clemens who has truly done -- >> it was an incredible comeback for the clemson tigers that denied alabama another national championship. the president likes to recognize underdogs or come-from-behind winners and he's doing that right now. meantime, one of the big stories of day.

jeff sessions has agreed to testify tomorrow in front of a senate committee. john roberts is covering it from the white house today. jon? >> again this afternoon, don't forget the second time the president has done that with a football team hosting the new england patriots earlier this year. we talked about jeff sessions. he's going to be appearing in an open session. the session's open session as we're calling it here before the senate intelligence committee tomorrow. it's no secret the president disagreed with and continues to disagree with the fact that sessions recused himself from the russia investigation when the president was appearing on the u.s. gerald ford the day that sessions recused himself. he thought the a.g. should step down from the russia investigation. he said no, i don't think he should. now sessions will talk about that and plus his meetings with sergei kislyak and other issues regarding russia in that open session tomorrow.

according to the press secretary, the president does not have any problem with that happening. listen to what spicer said. >> he believes the sooner we can get this addressed and dealt with, there's no collusion. he wants this to get investigated as soon as possible and be done with it so he can continue with the business of the american people. >> we weren't sure if sessions would appear in a private classified session or do it in open testimony. we have this statement from the department of justice earlier today. "the attorney general has requested this hearing be public. he believes it's important for the american people to hear the truth directly from him and looks forward to answering the committee's questions." so it would appear that the attorney general doesn't have anything that he's concerned about airing in an open session. neither does the president. don't forget, this is the third time that jeff sessions has overshadowed the president's agenda.

it happened right after the joint address or the address to a joint session of congress when the meetings that sessions had with sergei kislyak first became public and then a week later when he recused himself. not tomorrow as the president travels to wisconsin for the big workplace event, the attorney general will be there on capitol hill testifying, which will knock president trump out of the headlines. i don't know if it's three times a curse or three times a charm. >> never a dull moment at the white house. john roberts, thank you. more now on the sessions testimony tomorrow. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. mike? >> good afternoon, jon. it's expenses to be tense as jeff sessions is up here on capitol hill answering a wide range of questions. it's worth noting that the attorney general himself requested that it be an open session in front of the intelligence panel, a spokesperson said it's important

for the american people to hear the truth directly from him. you can expect more questions for sessions about his interactions with russia officials including ambassador sergei kislyak. a member of the senate panel says there's plenty to ask. >> there's accusations flying out there about conversations that he might or might not have had with the election. we've had a lot of unnamed sources in the media make statements about jeff sessions. it would be very good to get it from him. >> sessions is well-known on capitol hill after serving as a senator for 20 years. don't expect it to be easy for him today. >> what are the democrats saying? >> a lot of democrats spent a lot of oxygen and a lot of energy to make sure that it was an open session. now that they have that, a lot of them are arguing for sessions to appear in front of other panels here on capitol hill to

give testimony before various committees here on the hill. the senate democratic leader rattled off questions of his own for attorney jeff sessions. >> did he interfere with the russian investigation before this recused himself? second, what safeguards are there now so that he doesn't interfere? third, he says he was involved in the firing of comey and the president said comey was fired because of russia. how does that fit in with his recusal? doesn't stand up well to me. >> schumer notes that the attorney general played a role in the selection of the next fbi director. one question he would like to have, did sessions discuss the problem with the nominee, jeff wray. >> coming up, i'll talk with a white house reporter around whether sessions would refuse the give answers citing executive privilege.

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>> jon: more now on attorney general jeff sessions set to testify in a public hearing around this time tomorrow. senate lawmakers expected to grill him about meetings he had with russian's ambassador and his role in the firing of james comey. let's bring in sarah westwood from the washington examiner. jeff sessions said he wants this thing in public, right? there was talk about holding it behind closed doors. >> there was but the justice department is indicating for their choice to be out in the open. attorney general jeff sessions requested it rather than talk about it in front of the

appropriations committees as he was expected to get those questions. so this is one of the first chances we're seeing the administration to be proactive on the russian controversy, to go on offense, to have the attorney general in an open setting on the record address some of these allegations that have been logged against him. that he tried to conceal his meetings with the russian ambassador. it's risky. if he comes across as evasive about his involvement in the comey firing, that could give democrats more fodder to use against the administration. >> jon: it's also been suggested that he might claim executive privilege and refuse to answer some questions on that basis. if you're going to insist on an open hearing, why claim executive privilege? >> we have no idea what he might invoked the executive privilege over. he left the door open but he

wouldn't specify in what session. we're hearing if he's asked questions about conversations he's asked with the president. keep many mind, one area of interests for lawmakers is whether there was friction between the president and sessions when sessions decided to recuse himself from the russian investigation last month. that was reportedly a big sticking point between the two. sessions potentially threatened to resign over the tensions. so if that particular issue comes up, there's a chance that sessions could involve an executive privilege as we heard he might try to conceal questions about comey's firing. with the president, he would be on potentially solid legal ground to invoke the privilege. >> i imagine what we're expecting tomorrow is about the theater, the president's antagonist, trying to needle the attorney general and try to get him to say something potentially

embarrassing. they're not expecting to break new ground in this investigation, are they? >> that's why it's surprising to some to see that sessions volunteered for this open session. it's an opportunity for the president's critics to try to trip up the attorney general at a time when he could be vulnerable in the administration. there's a lot of different areas that sessions is in a unique position to clarify. one is his meetings with the russian ambassador during the presidential race, whether he had additional disclosures with contacts and another is a removal of james comey after he recused himself and the most controversial, whether he believes the president obstructed justice by alleged comey drop the mike flynn probe. you'll see a lot of questions about sessions' legal opinions about comey and see if he corroborated the president's positions. >> jon: thanks, sarah. >> thank you. >> jon: police in russia say

they have arrested a top critic of vladimir putin on a day of protests across that country. anti-corruption demonstrators spanned out across the nation this morning shouting slogans like "putin is a thief." an associated press reporter said they noticed as many as 500 arrests. police carried some protesters off and wrestled others to the ground. the opposition leader was arrested outside of his home. he's facing charges of disobeying police. he has announced plans to run against vladimir putin next year. a set back for the white house. judges from the ninth circuit court of appeals ruling against the president's revised travel ban. we'll look at the decision and how the president already is looking to take this all the way to the supreme court. plus, president trump playing coy about whether he's been

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the ninth circuit is considered to be the most left-leaning in the country. they're holding the travel ban injunction. it included iraq from the bans and provided a means for immigrants seeking waivers. they cited a presidential tweet from june 5. the tweet read that's right, we need a travel ban for certain dangerous countries, not some politically correct term that won't help us protect our people. in citing that tweet, the ninth wrote "the president recently confirmed his assessment that it is the countries that are inherently dangerous rather than the 180 million nationals of those countries that are barred from entry under the president's travel ban." after the ninth opinion was released, sean spicer said the administration is confident the executive order is fully lawful and will be upheld by the supreme court. he suggested the president's tweeting is irrelevant to the

legal issues at hand. >> the cases should be cited on the rule of law and on that. when you look at the law in the u.s. code, that allows -- that's what we should be deciding on. >> the ninth circus hardly believes the tweet was irrelevant in spite of sean spicer's own words. he said the president is the president of the united states so they're considered official statements by the president of the united states. jon? >> jon: so what is the latest from the supreme court? >> today was an important milestone. the led line for opponents to file their written restrictions passed about a half an hour ago. the state of hawaii filed its opposition. they say staying the injunction would injure respondents and thus the country in the chaos and confusion when the first

order was announced. they went open to say the ban is a violation of the establishment clause. we are expecting a decision from the high court by week's end. jon? >> jon: thanks, doug. the secret service does not have any audio recordings on transcripts of conversations that took place in the white house since donald trump became president. that according to the wall street journal. democrats and some republicans lawmakers have called for president trump to release any recordings of his conversations with former fbi director james comey. friday, president trump said he would talk about them sometime in the near future. the press secretary sean spicer refused to go into more detail. >> i think the president made it clear on friday that he would get back as soon as possible on this and his position on that conversation. >> so what is he waiting for? what is the delay?

>> he's not waiting for anything. >> jon: earlier today, president trump did not respond to a reporter's question about whether there are tapes. let's bring in our panel. brad blakeman is a republican strategist and former adviser to president george w. bush. christy setzer is a democratic strategist and former iowa press secretary for al gore's presidential campaign. so first question to you, christy. do democrats expect there are tapes and would they buttress the democratic claims against the president? >> like james comey all say, lordy, i hope there are tapes. no, i don't think there are tapes. this is a way of president trump trying to intimidate james comey. it's apparently something that he's done a number of times in the past, whether it's to reporters or other people he's trying to intimidate by telling him he's recording their

conversations. the reason that he's been putting it off when people ask him directly if there's tapes and saying i'll tell you lawyer, he knows he's backed into a corner. he put his press secretaries and his staff in a difficult position. obviously they can't say no, he made it up. they're struggling to say something that would make the president look credible here. >> jon: it all started with the tweet from the president in which he wrote that james comey better home there aren't tapes of their conversations. he didn't say he had them. >> that's right. if anything, it was a warning for comey to tell the truth. tell it as if he did have a tape recording of his conversation. we don't know if the president had him taped or not. he had the right to do it under the law. the real question now is for the president, is he go to cooperate with the investigations and this special counsel, bob mueller.

>> we'll see. >> it will come out whether or not tapes exist. it's not at the will of the press. it's at the direction of the relevant committees or the special counsel. >> jon: the president -- brad, if you were advising him, would you tell him to come out with a statement one way or the other or let this question hang out there? >> i'm sure i would advise the president, now there's a special counsel, follow their direction and their request. don't get baited into anything extraordinary beyond that. this has to follow the protocols. the protocols have been established by the house and the senate and now the justice department. follow their direction. >> jon: the russia thing seems to be at the center of this whole story, christy. that is not helpful for the white house. >> no, it is not. what is also not helpful is the

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>> jon: the u.s. military launched an air strike against the al shabaab military group in somalia. that's the word from the pentagon. they estimate eight middle and thes died in the strike. it happened around 185 miles south and west of mogadishu. jennifer griffin with the news live at the pentagon. jennifer, what more can you tell us about the strike? >> based on conversations i've had with officials here at the

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>> jon: ivanka trump is speaking

out against some of the criticism her father's administration has faced since inauguration. on an interview in "fox and friends", the first daughter said to fox, the criticism has surprised her. >> it's hard. there's 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. why want to do big, bold things. >> evan -- ivanka trump says she's keeping her head down. trace gallagher has more. >> "the washington post" came out with articles that are

critical, accuses ivanka trump of side stepping questions. cnn ran a story saying that miss trump is blind to her father that ran one of the most vicious campaigns in history and still willing to attack his opponents. but ivanka trump also addressed the media this morning. >> so with all the noise with all the intensity of the media coverage and obviously what makes headlines ultimately, we are focused on why the american people elected donald trump as their president. >> right off the top of the "fox and friends" interview, ivanka was addressed and the james comey testimony and she says her father is vindicated. >> jon: and she also spoke about another advisinger, jared

kushner. >> yes. she talk about how jared was instrumental in helping organize and plan the first family's trip overseas and calling it historic. she talked about how much her husband loves his job and focused on modernizing and innovating government. she was asked about jared kushner clashing with those in the administration and she accused the media of trying to gin stuff up. listen. >> there's a 24-hour news cycle that gets fed by and encouraged by salacious details. at the end of the day, we're focused on the work. that's very true for jared. >> miss trump says the media is looking for the salacious details, it's tough to get the information on the big ticket

items like jobs and infrastructure. >> jon: 40 hours of community service,20 hours of anger management and a $385 fine. that's the punishment for the congressman-elect accused of body slamming a reporter and punching him in front of a fox news crew. greg gianforte pleaded guilty in court today. a reporter accused of of body-slamming him at a campaign event. that reporter, ben jacobs of the guardian. he was in court today, too. gianforte blamed the incident on jacobs behavior. since then, gianforte apologized and admitted he made a mistake. >> when you make a mistake, you have to take full responsibility. this was not a proud moment. i'm ready to move on. >> gianforte also apologized to jacobs in the courtroom. the bill cosby sexual assault trial could be in the hands of

jurors as early as today. cosby's attorneys wrapping up closed arguments today. they called one witness to the stand. a detective that led the investigation. cosby himself did not testify. he has pleaded not guilty to drugging and assaulting andrea constand in 2004. cosby said it was consensual. prosecutors say they have to offer their closing arguments. and cosby's wife, camille made her first appearance. the comedian faces up to ten years in prison if jurors convict him. we'll be right back with more.

>> jon: another cell phone video from a commercial flight goes viral. this time it's for a good reason. >> when a pleasure. thank you. >> jon: that's former president jimmy carter. he was all smiles on a flight

from atlanta to washington. the passenger said the 92-year-old shook everybody's hand and was authentic and humble. carter's spokes woman says he's done this for decades and enjoys meeting his fellow travelers. on this day in 1908, the lucatania set a new report. it was a fleeting victory. the moratania claimed the atlantic speed title and held it for two decades. did your world war i, the lucatania was sank carrying 1,000 people. the public got the first detailed look at the wreckage 109 years ago today.

i'm jon scott in for shepard smith. the markets off just a little bit today. "your world" with neil cavuto is next. have a great day. >> neil: and forget the political heat. right now it's just a lot of heat for 2/3s of the country experiencing 90-plus degree weather. in chicago, detroit, in new york, much of the country, 2/3s of which is embroiled in 90-degree muscle days. we spare no expense on this show to show you how quickly things can melt under conditions like these. take this ice cream popsicle. in mere seconds, it's gone. there you go. any ice cream popsicle, any time, any of these cities, that's what happens. you're