this is alex's first fathers day. we love you, alex, thanks for all you do. congratulations. you're part of the gang. >> we'll pay for the college. that's it for today. see you back here tomorrow same time, same channel. >> bill: thank you, on a monday fox news alert and a stark warning from russia. moscow says it will treat u.s. planes in syria as targets after the pentagon shot down a syrian fighter jet that was threatening u.s. coalition forces there. this is a quickly moving story. it is significant, too, as we say good morning. it's monday, i'm bill hemmer. >> shannon: a fast moving story. russia putting the u.s. on alert. the u.s. shot down the fighter jet after the syrian government bombed u.s.-backed forces. russia in syria says it will be keeping tabs on our drones and fighter jets starting today. >> bill: it could get sticking. michael walshe to analyze this. start with the incident from

the weekend. what forced our hand to shoot down a syrian jet? >> we didn't have a choice but to take this syrian jet down. we have special forces accompanying our -- the local forces on the ground. whether they're kurds, arabs, other forces taking down the isis capital of raqqa. at the same time you have iranian-backed militias, hezbollah and other pro-assad regime militias pushing back to take those areas where we have forces, they send in jets. the syrian regime sent in jets to bomb them. we gave plenty of warning and called the russians through the hotline and told them to back off. when another jet came in and started dropping bombs on forces where we have americans we took it out. >> bill: we're looking at a map here, michael. the blue line is clearly the

euphrates river. moscow said anything west of there is a no-go zone. that's more than half the country, number two. damascus on the far western part of the map. raqqa is just to the right of the blue line of the river. why would moscow respond this way, michael? >> this is about what happens after isis falls and this is the great game that's going on between the iranians, russians, assad regime and u.s. and our allies. that area down near the jordanian, iraqi border where the blue line intersects is some of the most oil-rich area in syria. whoever controls that area controls resources for syria and where isis is expected to make its last stand. the iranians know this and they're sending their militias and hezbollah racing into that territory to try to take it before we do. and that's what is causing these clashes.

and, you know, look, bill, this is something where we have to stand strong. this is a lot of rhetoric from moscow but we can't back down. >> bill: how difficult or as i said, how sticky or dangerous could this be? >> very dangerous. currently we have military to military coordination with the russians. that was deconflicting. we were taking isis on in the east and the russians were taking on al qaeda-backed groups and other militia's in the west. now everybody has decided they want the area isis is withdrawing from we'll start operating in the same space. >> bill: one wrong move again and we won't let the imagination run here. >> people in that area respect strength and we have to stand firm. >> bill: thank you, sir, good to have you on with instant analysis of that story. >> shannon: breaking news on a

massive investigation in massachusetts. we're getting word a man believed to be armed an dangerous has broken into a mall this morning and barricaded himself inside. we'll keep monitoring that situation as we also continue to get new details out of london on yet another terror attack. the driver of a van plowing into a crowd of worshippers leaving a mosque injuring 10 people, one man died at the scene of that attack. police arrested the 48-year-old driver of the van and charged him with attempted murder. witnesses describe a horrific scene. >> as we came outside the mosque people were screaming. people laying on the floor and blood on the floor. >> i've never heard people scream and moen of that nature. some weren't morning. some were on the floor as if they were dead. >> shannon: what can you tell us at this hour, benjamin?

>> look, another attack in the u.k. the second attack in two weeks, four in four months and three others we have seen the use of a vehicle here to mow people down. what is different this time. it was an attack on muslims. the government is saying they're treating it as a terrorist attack and the counter terrorism units will investigate. it began after midnight, early this morning outside a muslim center in north london. a very diverse multi-cultural area here and happened as people were finishing ramadan prayers and coming onto the street. it seems if the attacker knew when the prayers were ending and revving his engine leaving the road and striking them down. muslim leaders have called it a hate crime and asked the public to stay calm as well as trying the avoid any further divisions within the community. police arrested the driver, a 48-year-old man wrestled to the ground by two bystanders. those two men are being called heroes and he said a number of

times i've done my bit and i want to kill muslims. here is an eyewitness report. >> people were on the floor and so forth. but whatever happened here was done in a very vindictive way. it wasn't an accident or the person was drunk and the van went out of control. >> of course, there has been a big political response already. the mayor of london is currently giving a message at the moment. we've seen the opposition leader and theresa may as well and here is what she said. >> it was an attack on muslims near their place of worship. and like all terrorism, in whatever form, it shares the same fundamental goal. it seeks to drive us apart. this morning we have seen a sickening attempt to destroy those freedoms. >> video has emerged showing

the attacker apparently blowing kisses to passersby as he was removed in the police van. he was taken in for a psychiatric check but released from hospital and charged after that. a lot of people trying to reduce tensions. we have people calling it a possible revenge attack but they're playing down those stories. people saying this plays into the hands of isis and helps sew divisions. being felt on the streets of london the uneast at the moment and we'll bring you the latest as we hear it. >> shannon: thank you very much. >> bill: another big story today. president trump's legal team out in force. jay sekulow appearing on all the sunday shows repeatedly stressing that president trump is not being investigated. >> there has been no notification of any investigation, nothing has changed since james comey said the president was not a target. nothing has changed. >> bill: john roberts to begin another week. what's the latest on this

investigation as it stands this morning? >> the president's legal team was telling us on friday the president was not acknowledging in that tweet that he was under investigation where he said i'm under investigation by the person that required me or recommended that i fire james comey. he was merely being sarcastic referring to news reports that were out there among anonymous sources suggesting that the president was under investigation. and jay sekulow saying there was no case for obstruction of justice because of the fact that a member of the department of justice, high-ranking level. the attorney general recommended that the president replace comey. here is what he said a short time ago. >> the president of the united states takes action after receiving a letter from his attorney general and memorandum from his deputy attorney general with the recommendation of the removal of james comey. he takes action that they recommend to remove james comey.

and now according to the "washington post" theory, he is under investigation for taking the action that the department of justice told him to take. so this whole thing, if you look at it in that way and lay the case out like that, there is nothing to investigate. >> he also suggested yesterday appearing on fox news sunday that the president may have something to say about the notion that he might have some tapes of conversations that he had with james comey here at the white house and on the telephone. other news coming out of the white house. jared kushner will meet in israel and ramallah. there is a real push on to try to take advantage of what they believe is a window here where everybody is talking about peace and maybe they can get something done. >> bill: top executives from the technology world will be at the white house today.

what's that all about? >> a real who's who of the tech industry. they met before. another today. 10 working groups in total. here are some of the people that will be participating in the american technology counsel. amazon, oracle, apple, intel, ibm and the ceo of alphabet. some things they'll talk about today, a way to improve out of date government i.t. systems and expand the use and integration of electronic medical records and visas trying to bring in people outside of the country. a lot of people say it's a cheap way to get labor in the united states and also artificial intelligence. the president has a lot going on his plate today and see if we get more information from sean spicer this afternoon as whether or not the president will be talking about this idea of whether or not there were tapes in conversations with comey. >> bill: thank you, john

roberts on the north lawn there. the plate is full already on a monday morning as we get rolling here. >> shannon: they want to focus on the agenda and what they're trying to get done and we'll keep an eye on it. the trump team is making it clear the president's legislative agenda. they say is on track. >> when he says drain the swamp it is not just get rid of all the crocodiles in the water we don't need there. it is also moving at a different pace and so we hope that the congress will do. i feel positive we'll get healthcare and taxes passed this year. >> shannon: some say it's ambitious. will they get a healthcare bill through by summer recess? >> bill: president trump weighing in on a high-stakes election for a seat in georgia. david perdue in a moment on why this race is so important for both sides. we'll explain that. >> shannon: new details on a sad story from this weekend. the u.s. navy identifying seven sailors killed when their destroyer slammed into a cargo

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there are police -- plenty of changes we need to make. doing it behind closed doors is not what we did with the affordable care act. i hope this is an opportunity, given what we're seeing across the country with the prices of prescription drugs where we could work on that together. >> bill: that's a democrat amy klobuchar saying a good way to capitalize would be to collaborate on healthcare. john barrasso chairman of the public policy committee and also a doctor back to have you back with us back in new york. she said we didn't do it behind closed doors, republicans shunned do the same. let's address that in a moment. the whole theme about unity in congress. is there an opportunity or is it too temporary? >> there is an opportunity. we passed a sanctions bill last week against iran and russia last week bipartisanly and

unifying our position in support of nato and our nato alliance. that passed 98-2. bernie sanders and rand paul voted against it. that's a significant bipartisan vote to focus on american security. >> bill: that answer suggests there has been opportunity here. knowing where the two sides are on healthcare is that realistic? >> i want to work with people on both sides of the aisle on this. amy klobuchar and i work closely together and have discussed healthcare. you need to look at the fact that the pain of obamacare is getting worse, the insurance markets are collapsing for many people around the country can't buy insurance from anyone because no one is willing to sell in so many counties across the country. on the other hand, the democrats in california, the state senate has passed a basically single-payer plan. the cost is $400 billion, over twice the entire general fund of the state of california. so that is not realistic where

the democrat party is trying to lead. >> bill: you won't go that way. mitch mcconnell indicated he has a july 4th deadline to get things through the senate. that's less than two weeks. will that happen? >> i believe we'll vote before the fourth of july recess on a repeal and replacement of obamacare. every republican is trying to get to yes. there are some differences of opinion on specific details of this but you may have seen chuck schumer, the democrat leader sent a letter to mitch mcconnell on friday afternoon saying let's get together. he admits that obamacare is not providing affordable or accessible coverage or care and as a doctor i focus on the word care than coverage. >> bill: what saw what happened in ohio. 20 counties not having coverage. marco rubio put it this way when it comes to the calendar and deadlines. >> it has to work its way through a committee and floor action. every senator will have a right to offer amendments to change

the law and have input that way. this is part of a process. this is the first step in the process. >> sounds like a lot. 10 working days. >> there is a lot to be done. i'm confident and committed getting it to the floor and working hard to get the votes we need to pass it with the vice president breaking the tie. we're doing this because premiums have doubled in the last four years. choices have gotten less. but we're focused on protecting people with pre-existing conditions. my wife, bobbie, is a breast cancer survivor. i know how important that is. medicaid, we have to stable lao*iz and strengthen it so it can continue. i thought the best way to do that is if the states had the opportunity to get that money and make the right decisions. we could have covered and helped many more people at home if we didn't have the one size fits all. >> bill: you said a lot.

you predict passage as well. that's a high hurdle. you have three republican senators on the fence about a lot of this stuff. rand paul, mike lee, ted cruz. we'll watch them as they move through it and watch the president. when he said the house bill is mean. what does that do to your negotiations? >> what the president was saying to us is we're happy the senate is writing a bill of their own. make it in a way that we can help people get the care they need from a doctor they choose at lower costs and we're working closely with him. we had 15 republican senators with him at the white house. vice president pence has been to so many of our committee as a whole meetings. he comes every week to our policy lunch and very actively involved in the process. he as a governor did a great job with medicaid. states need the flexibility. >> bill: the democratic senator said you're doing this not in public view. what do you say to that charge? >> under reconciliation the

process we're using every senator will be allowed to offer amendments on the floor of the senate, every member, republican and democrat. a wide open process. when they read it they take a look. if they don't like it they can bring an amendment to change it. i'm focused trying to get it done. >> bill: the clock is running. john barrasso the republican from wyoming. what's next? >> shannon: breaking news out of moscow. the kremlin issuing a warning to the u.s. today after the pentagon shoots down a syrian jet. a member of the senate armed services committee joins us next live on this latest provocation. oft and its partnere using smart traps to capture mosquitoes and sequence their dna to fight disease. there are over 100 million pieces of dna in every sample. with the microsoft cloud, we can analyze the data faster than ever before. if we can detect new viruses before they spread,

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will treat u.s.-led coalition planes and drones west of the euphrates river at military targets. a threatening response to the u.s. after it shot down a syrian fighter jet this weekend. more to that story. joining me now republican senator david perdue member of the armed services committee. what do you make of russia's pushback to what happened? >> it is to be expected. we warned them ahead of this incident. we called russia and set up the conversation and it did not forestall this. we had no choice. we have special operators in that area. we had to make this move. i think this is a similar situation when turkey shot down the russian plane for violating their airspace. this is where cooler heads will win the day in the next few days i hope. >> shannon: do it suggest a shift in strategy and how to deal with these threats. we've long said to the forces we are backing in syria we have your back. this is a concrete example.

>> this is the first example we've had to do it. we are trying to equip in a way that will help. this is a way that sends a message not only to russia and to assad. we'll defend the people on the ground. no more chemical weapons. >> shannon: do you worry about it being a proxy war, iran, u.s. and russia involved. a lot of powers in that region involved. >> it is confused. iran firing missiles over the weekend. six or seven factions in there. terrorists, hamas, hezbollah, a very confused battle space. the bigger issue is once this is settled and we'll get this settled eventually, what do you do with syrian. it's a non-state. assad has to go. russia is beginning to realize that's the case. >> shannon: our earliest guest was saying it's an oil-rich region. a lot of players are interested in the outcome. the post assad whatever it is. >> the economy has to be rebuilt. we need a global plan.

there are 65 million refugees walking the face of the earth today. many in that region. we have to find a way to give those people a reason to go home and have a reasonable life once this is over. >> shannon: want to talk to you about what's going on in your home state, big election tomorrow. a lot of people think it's a referendum on how the president is doing in his first few months in office. what's at stake there? i've heard it described as one of the most expensive in history. >> it was a special election. when tom price assumed the secretary position. karen will win. we have to get the republican vote out. >> shannon: it's tight. >> people in georgia are beginning to figure that out after a while. there has been enough money spent to expose that. i think the people of georgia are recognizing what president trump has done. he won the state and this district. i believe karen will win. she is from that district and nobody knows the district better than her. >> shannon: both sides are

energized now. what does a win say for either side? >> if the democrats win it's a wake-up call in that district. first of all president trump did not come to georgia and campaign. we advised him not to do. that he didn't have a chance to defend himself against accusations made. this is not a referendum on ga. it is not moving to a blue state. i believe this election will prove that tuesday. >> shannon: there is a lot of work going on in d.c. as senator barrasso was talking about healthcare, tax reform and debt ceiling. one of the things you want to put forward to is getting back to regular order on things like a budget. it hasn't been that way for years. how do you make it change? >> shannon, we need an hour to talk about this. this budget process is broken. four times in 42 years before 1908 the budget act of 1974 is broken. we've had 178 continuing resolutions. they hamstring our military.

>> shannon: short-term measures. >> we only have 37 working days between now and the end of this fiscal year. guaranteed we won't have regular order appropriations. we've only averaged 2 1/2 a year in the last 43 years to fund the government. we should appropriate 12 appropriation bills every year. >> shannon: we can't do it at home. we all have to have budgets and pay bills and knows the forecast. >> we go to china and borrow everything -- we'll had 10 trillion over the next decade to a 20 trillion dollar debt today. that's what the current cbo baseline budget says. the runaway costs here are in the mandatory, the three trillion of our four trillion expenditures. >> shannon: there is a growing movement to make the change in washington and see if it gets traction. thank you for coming in. bill. >> bill: shannon, thank you. 9:29 on a monday morning as we

monitor the latest developments on another attack in london. details on that and breaking news on a new bill that would force the police department in the major u.s. city that critics say would give the playbook to terrorists. what about that? former boston police commissioner ed davis will talk about that. >> shannon: steve scalise is still in serious condition and what drtion say about his recovery. >> bill: lawmakers say it's time for them to protect themselves. should members of congress be allowed to carry a gun? fair and balanced debate on that minutes away. >> when we're in washington, d.c., once we're off the capitol hill grounds complex we're still congressmen and senators and high-profile targets and no way to defend ourselves because of washington, d.c. restrictive gun laws. i know if the pain comes,

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house majority leader steve scalise is improving. good news for him after undergoing at least three operations. ellison barber has an update from there. how is he doing? >> as you said, good morning to you. he is doing a lot better than he was a few days ago but he is still in serious condition. on wednesday when scalise came to this hospital he was reportedly in shock. doctors say he was immediately taken into surgery. he had multiple surgeries since then including one on saturday. after that surgery the hospital said the louisiana congressman continues to show signs of improvement. he is more responsive and is speaking with his loved ones. scalise suffered one gunshot wound to the left hip and shot with a rifle. doctors call it a trans pelvic wound. the bullet traveled across his pelvis fracturing bones and

injuring internal organs. he lost a lot of blood and is not out of the woods just yet. >> initial period is about hemorrhage control. i feel like we've made a lot of progress about that and hopefully that is not going to be our biggest enemy any longer. other things to worry about include infections and other complications that come about from intensive care. >> one thing that seems to be a good sign is his twitter account says that scalise spent part of the weekend cheering for the lsu tigers in the college world series. he graduated from lsu himself. that twitter account released a father's day message that included photos with scalise and his children telling people to cherish their loved ones. scalise spent the weekend here cheering for lsu but outside of this hospital area, bill, it seems a lot of people are still cheering for him and sending a lot of well wishes his way.

>> bill: she is working with the landscapers today at the hospital. thank you, it's okay. >> shannon: some lawmakers now say they would feel a lot safer if they were allowed to carry guns for their own protection. >> i'll be introducing legislation this week to do this. to allow congressmen to carry a sidearm should they so desire. >> that's a debate we'll continue to have. i think it's an important debate to have. this is a piece of shrapnel from a mad man who came to politically kill innocent people. this is the reminder that all of us have that we have to take a step back in this country. we have to tone down this rhetoric and we have to come together as a nation, as americans and say enough is enough. >> shannon: joining me to discuss this katie pavlich and mary ann marsh. good to have you both.

there is plenty of protection for these guys on capitol hill. any time you go up there how stringent the security is. many are saying the minute they leave capitol hill they feel like high-profile targets with no way to protect themselves. would you -- >> a a time when people are talking about toning down the political rhetoric, if you make that argument you need to support a national standard of gun ownership. let's have a baseline that everybody has to have like universal background checks across the country and have everybody be qualified for that. not just members of congress. if you want to increase access to guns and you are a member of congress you need to support a universal national policy that allows people to be subjected to that across the board. it might make sense. i don't know if it's the best time to make that argument trying to show people that at a time when guns seem to be more prevalent and more violent acts

with guns are more prevalent. if you do that let's make sure everybody plays under the same rules. >> shannon: there is a lot to respond to, katie. >> in the words of rand paul if there hadn't been the security guards there, the ka*p tall police at the fields it would have been a massacre. the shooting stopped because two people with firearms were able to take out the assailant and the attacker. this is a no-brainer. congressmen should be able to carry firearms with a permit on capitol hill in washington, d.c. and this has been done before. in texas anybody with a regular concealed carry permit can walk into the state legislature with a firearm whether you're a constituents or lawmaker and pass through security -- bypass security as a result. they have had no issues there at a time when congressmen and regular people feel like they're vulnerable. it's about being prepared, not paranoid and everybody should be allowed to carry concealed in these areas.

>> shannon: we're talking about 535 members of congress. cabinet officials and supreme court justices. no way to make sure there is paid security for every one of these people. is this a workable solution for you with some of what katie talked about? getting a permit entails a lot of things and those tend to be the lowest crime -- law abiding people in our society. it's a lot of work. >> let's be clear. every one of those people works in the safest workplaces in america every day because the people who pay to protect them like the security detail from the u.s. capitol police. we have a match work quilt of regulations that varies from state to state and city and town. if you want to do this let's have one uniform national standard. people come from every state, every city and town to serve in the capitol. let's have everyone have one standard.

in years now when almost every governor travels with a huge security detail, mayors travel with huge security details. the more we increase the security details and access to guns for people like this they become separate from the very people they try to serve. i think we start going down a slippery slope where we look like third world countries and banana republics that rely on guns to settle every dispute. >> we aren't talking about doing security details to every member of congress but them keeping themselves safe. there should be a national standard. every person who buys a firearm in this country goes through a federal background check if they do it legally. third, the reason why people in washington, d.c. including congressmen and regular citizens are vulnerable is because washington, d.c. has a different standard for conceal carry like states for virginia where you are allowed to

protect yourself. don't say we'll act like a third world country when we allow people to take responsibility for their own safety when someone attacks them with a firearm and the only way to fight back and save your life is with a gun. >> you made my point when you said virginia has a different standard than d.c. let's everyone have one standard that includes mentally ill people. >> shannon: the supreme court has had important rulings in the last few years and the conversation will continue. katie and mary anne. thank you very much. >> bill: a windy day in wisconsin. blew in a new u.s. open champion on sunday night. >> koepka a major champion. >> bill: he was so chill right after that. he is the winner of the 117th u.s. open. his first major championship

caps off a record week for the 27-year-old american from the state of florida. great job by fox sports on the four-day tournament. really good stuff. the folks in wisconsin i thought were first class. >> shannon: you golfed over the weekend. similar skill level? one-on-one match coming. >> bill: really great tournament. >> shannon: happy to see a florida state seminole pick up that win. the bombing in time square back in 2010 shows new york city is -- we know this -- a major target for terror. a new bill sponsored by democrats would force police to make its anti-terror playbook here in new york public. why new york cops are fuming. >> bill: london still reeling from what is called another terror attack on a soft target. how do you stop anyone from taking a van and ramming it into an unsuspecting crowd? that's a fundamental question again today. >> these people were inside for a while before he start the van.

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in the final analysis all this legislation does is provide a roadmap to terrorists, criminals to others on how to make more effectively harm the public, commit crimes and hurt the interests of our city. now, this is being debated. that's john miller writing in the "new york post." you might recognize his name. he has been on top of this terror issue for about 20 years and many in law enforcement, if not all, have major concerns about this possibility. >> shannon: i have a friend who is a former nypd officer to me and was stunned it was being discussed and outraged. he said i can't believe we're discussing doing this in a city that's one of the number one targets in this country if not in the world. he said if we had to turn over every way we figure things out and get things done and protect this city he sees zero benefit in doing this. >> bill: like you're handing the other side a big tool. miller also writes this. this proposal would require us to advertise sensitive

technologies that criminals and terrorists do not fully understand. the point in all of this as we have learned and studied in incident after incident is the other side learns and they adapt and adjust. >> shannon: you think about when we get their materials what a big boone it has been to us to know the ways they communicate with each other, the ways they send coded messages, the ways they advise each other to carry out attacks. every time we get the least bit of information in one of our operations it's a huge benefit to us. we understand how it works in reverse. >> bill: meanwhile the video you're seeing is a van near a mosque late last night in london. ran a bunch of pedestrians or worshippers coming over that mosque. we're watching that as it moves and the develops throughout the day. >> shannon: the u.s. navy identifying the seven sailors killed after their ship slammed into a cargo ship. they range from 19 to 37 years

old. multiple investigations are underway. how it could have happened. we have details live at the pentagon. lucas, what more have you been able to learn? >> good morning, shannon. it was 2:30 in the morning, the captain was in his state room. most of the sailors were asleep when a 700 foot cargo ship four times the size of that guided missile destroyer slammed into the worship's star board side. the sailors woke up instantly. the berthing spaces they couldn't recognize and only moments before sea water rushed in. >> the damage is mostly underneath the waterline and it is a large gash near the keel of the ship. the water flow was tremendous. so there wasn't a lot of time in those spaces that were open to the sea. >> two berthing compartments flooded with over 100 sailors inside and the captain and two other sailors were airlifted off the ship and the executive

officer took command. 16 hours after the collision, uss fitzgerald returned to her home port in japan and now clear how the collision could have been avoided. >> shannon: heartbreaking for those families. we send them the very best. >> bill: a busy monday already. the president's legal team pushing back against reports about using anonymous sources. this while the special counsel expands an investigation team hiring 13 more attorneys. so what do you do with that team? much more on that next. you too, unnecessary er visits. and hey, unmanaged depression, don't get too comfortable. we're talking to you, cost inefficiencies and data without insights. and fragmented care- stop getting in the way of patient recovery and pay attention. every single one of you is on our list. for those who won't rest until the world is healthier, neither will we.

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>> bill: how would you like to start your week this way? the dow has set a new record yet again. up 78 points at the open. 21,462. some of the technology stocks

that were some of them getting beaten around good last week are making a rebound here. what you're looking at is arguably a case for dow 22,000. that would be -- >> shannon: do you have a t-shirt >> bill: unbelievable move. we're not saying we're there yet but it's a strong move at the open to begin a fresh week of trading only 25 minutes into it. >> shannon: kind of takes your breath away a little bit. >> bill: high air we call it. >> shannon: police in london are giving us an update on the high rise fire saying 79 people are either dead or missing adding their grim work is far from over. >> 79 we've formally identified five people. one of my absolute priorities is to identify people as quick as we can to recover them from the tower. >> shannon: the tower's ex --

>> bill: breaking news now. a swat team responding to what is considered an armed an dangerous intruder at a mall. this is north of boston, massachusetts it has yet to be resolved. there was a report there was a gunman seen inside of a sporting goods store but what came of that we do not know. there is a statement here i'll just read it. square one, we have a delayed opening during an active investigation on site. law enforcement agencies will provide insight. when an opening time is determined we'll provide an update. we're waiting on what the update can be. local media not allowed on the property as you can imagine. a designated media staging area is nearby at the stop and shop.

if you're in sagas, massachusetts, you'll see that. we don't know what the motive is or how police have responded in accord with that. the story broke at 8:30 local time. one could argue the mall may not have been open for the day. we're trying to piece this together and work through it and see how much there is cause for alarm today. >> shannon: good number of people wasn't high and they're staying away. in the meantime still ahead a warning for russia. one they have for the u.s. has the u.s. started a proxy war? has russia what's going on there after the pentagon has shot down a syrian bomber. many more details there. >> bill: also a special investigator bob mueller expanding his investigation team as the trump team pushes back against reports that the president is under investigation. the judge is in the house and we'll get his take from the latest on all of this and he will make it understandable at the top of the hour when we continue right after this.

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>> shannon: president trump's legal team pushing back against media reports the president is under investigation for obstruction of justice. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." it was a busy weekend. i'm shannon bream. >> bill: last hour was busy. good morning. shannon. i'm bill hemmer this monday. the "washington post" making that claim based on five anonymous sources. abc news saying bob mueller hasn't decided whether or not to investigate the president. you've got that. meanwhile he is expanding his team hiring 13 more lawyers. what to believe. where are we now? jay sekulow the president's legal team insisting there is no reason to investigate the president in the first place. >> no one wants to undermine the credibility of the special counsel. but on the other hand what the president has been accused in the media of doing or through the leaks in "washington post"

doesn't constituent ab struck shun of justice. no need to engage in an investigation. >> catherine herridge leading our coverage this hour. where are we on this as we begin another week? >> legal source familiar with the matter tells fox news the special counsel's office is still pulling together the team and defining the scope of the investigation and no final decision has been made on the firing of former f.b.i. director james comey and whether it's worthy of further investigation. on fox and friends this morning advisor kellyanne conway said the russia probe is short on results. >> we're starting to waste tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer money on this endeavor. if there is something there let's hear about it. let the investigation go forward the president said. what are we talking about here really when the president is trying to move on with the policies and solutions of the day? >> democrats including the ranking member of the house intelligence committee said on sunday he still believes there

is evidence of collusion between the russians and members of the trump team. >> i'm not prepared to stay there is proof you could take to a jury but i can say that there is enough that we ought to be investigating. it would be negligence for us not to investigate. >> the political divide is very clear this morning. >> bill: some republicans are saying they want to hear from the former a.g. loretta lynch. where does that stand and could that happen? >> during his congressional testimony james comey said, as you will recall, he was instructed by his boss, attorney general loretta lynch to use language that seemed to minimize the criminal investigation into hillary clinton's mishandling of classified information and here is the section from june 8. >> at one point the attorney general directed me not to call it an investigation but instead to call it a matter. which confused and concerned me. that was one of the bricks in the load that led me to conclude i have to step away from the department if we're to

close this case credibly. >> the powerful chairman of the senate judiciary committee has written to the ranking democrat asking they investigate any attempts to influence the f.b.i. investigations into president obama and president trump. a spokesman for senator grassley said it is likely they'll need to hear from lynch directly. >> bill: that would be interesting. >> shannon: for more on this let's bring in fox news judicial analyst napolitano. we've heard from dianne feinstein top democrat as well. do you think we'll ever hear from lynch? >> i think she has a lot of explaining to do. why did she meet with bill clinton while bill himself and hillary were subjects of a criminal investigation? why did she instruct the head of the f.b.i. to use terminology that the clinton campaign wanted her to use?

does this memorandum between her and schultz, the head of the democratic committee outlining what she is and isn't going to do. does it exist? did jim comey have it? was it real? did he rely on a false document or did it never exist? bill just outlined the situation about whether jim comey laid out a case for obstruction of justice against president trump. jim comey laid out a case for misconduct in office for loretta lynch. now, departments of justice -- attorneys general do not like investigating their predecessors because they don't want their successors to investigate them. but comey certainly laid out enough evidence to warrant the beginning of an investigation of loretta lynch not by the senate judiciary committee which will probably come but by

the doj. not by the special counsel. nothing to do with russia. but by the f.b.i. and justice department. did their former boss use the department of justice for political purposes? did she tailor law enforcement decisions to help the obama white house and mrs. clinton's campaign? >> shannon: as all of that plays out the president's legal team. jay sekulow. we know him very well. he is out there trying to defend the president on the sunday shows. in the meantime he is saying while he is defending the president saying we have no notification he is under investigation he is pointing the finger back at what james comey had to say during his testimony and what he said about that. >> the fact of the matter is you have a former f.b.i. director, think about this for a moment. who leaks information that he obtained. he had a conversation with the president of the united states, writes it down on a government computer, in his government vehicle, puts it in his government desk and when he is terminated he leaks it to a friend of his to leak it to the

"new york times" for the sole purpose he testifies of obtaining a special counsel. that is what needs to be investigated here. >> shannon: do you think some of that is getting lost in the mix? >> i don't think it's as serious an issue as jay has presented. i say it with respect and affection because we've known him for 20 years and i have respect and affection for him. he has a client he has to advocate for and a client who advocates for himself. when the client says i'm being investigated a witch hunt and jay tells chris wallace he is not being investigated, there are some credibility issues. >> shannon: he is saying he is not being investigated. jay wanted that to be clear. there was a lot of back with him. >> bill: did jim comey present enough evidence in public to warrant the beginning of an investigation of the president? answer yes. is bob mueller doing that? i don't know. but he probably should do so to see if there is more there or to let the president off the

hook. as for the comey leak of a memo, this is a document that he wrote which was not privileged and which did not contain classified material. there is no crime or impropriety whatsoever in revealing a selected portions of that to the press to get your side of the events out. it looks bad because he is prosecuted leakers as the head of the f.b.i. this was not a leak that rose to the level of a crime. >> shannon: i tell you what. it will keep you very busy and we'll see a lot of you. >> bill: and we have the supreme court coming down any minute for the next two mondays. >> shannon: rumors growing about a possible retirement. more on that later. >> bill: thank you, both. story developing here in new york city. will the city be forced to disclose how it uses technology for surveillance and security? something that critics charge would be handing the playbook to terrorist.

this would include equipment and software and audio and video location and all this information would be posted online every year. what is the effect of that if it becomes law? >> good morning, bill. this is chilling to officers and undercover officers around the country. the center has developed this legislation they've shopped around to liberal city counsels. they're now in new york city. new york city has some of the most sophisticated intelligence gathering operations in policing in the united states. so by targeting new york city, they are opening everything up. every method, every piece of equipment, everything that we do to keep our undercover officers free and to develop information in a whole series of cases, narcotics, organized crimes, the crips and bloods and outlaw motorcycle gangs and

terrorism. this legislation goes too far. all of my colleagues understand the need for oversight and we work very well within the systems we have today. but what's happened here is they've pushed this to an extreme that is not even logical anymore. it is irresponsible. >> bill: they adapt and look at your information and they respond accordingly. "wall street journal" writes this. the recent attacks in britain show the jihadist threat to open society has not abated and democracies need to defend themselves without offering terrorists a roadmap to thwart them. that's what you are saying. those who support this believe that it would help engender greater trust among those in the public because you could see what your authorities are doing. what do you think of that argument? >> i think it's a false narrative. i think what they're doing is utilizing a very difficult time in police/community relationships to push their agenda forward. >> bill: what is their agenda? >> i mean, there seems to be a

serious distrust, if not a dripping hatred of police by some of these groups and this is troubling to us. we're here to protect people and they will handcuff us if this legislation goes through. >> bill: john miller, you know him well. here is what he writes in the "new york post" again on screen. in the final analysis all this legislation does is provide a valuable roadmap to terrorists, criminals and others how to harm the public, commit crimes and hurt the interests of our city. why would a mayor, knowing the history that we have lived there for 16 years, go forward with this unless he wants to stop it? >> i do not understand it. i do not understand a mayor who is being counseled by police officials that understand what this really means. let me give you an example. an undercover officer goes in with certain equipment, a drug dealer only needs to look at

this website that they want to set up to see exactly what they should be searching for on the undercover officers. it is irresponsible to the public safety. >> bill: thank you, sir, for your time. ed davis in boston, massachusetts. new york city counsel will take this up. we'll follow it and let you know how they react to it when it is time. >> shannon: once these stories get out the public has a lot to say and sometimes -- >> bill: especially in this town on every street corner. >> shannon: russia issuing new threats to the u.s. this morning as tensions spike following the u.s. shooting down of an assad regime jet. two powerful militaries on a potential collision course in the skies over that war zone. >> this is a way that sends a message not only to russia but to bashar al-assad, no more chemical weapons and we'll defend the people on the crime. >> shannon: we're here with analysis on this showdown plus this. >> we're going to rock nancy

pelosi's world. >> bill: republican candidate karen handle is in a high stakes battle for a critical congressional seat. implications behind this race and much more on what it might tell us coming up. let's take a look at some numbers:

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>> shannon: new threats from russia aimed at the u.s. warning the u.s.-led coalition in syria it will view its planes and drones flying west

of the euphrates river as legitimate targets after a hornet shot down a syrian fighter jet in raqqa. the jet had dropped bombs near u.s.-backed fighters. the president of the eurasia group. thank you for coming in today. what do you make of this now? we had been in contact with russia ahead of this decision to shoot down a syrian jet. things hadn't gotten resolved. the jet has been shot down and here we are now with this threat from russia. >> we were warned. you remember after the chocolate cake strikes that occurred when ping was initially here we responded to the syrian chemical weapons. the russians said don't do this again or there will be hell today. we've done it again. we've hit the syrians because they're coming after positions rebels that we're backing with our special forces and troops in the area. we're not going to tolerate that. the russians are saying if we continue to do that they will no longer use channels to tell us about when they are engaged with strikes or not. that makes a greater like

lehood of accidents occurring but say they would directly if they treat us as hostiles they would if they could shoot down an american war craft. that definitely would be raising your level. let's be clear. trump has done what he cannot to saying anything against assad. i don't expect to hear it from the trump administration and so short of more hostilities in syria, the high level relations between the u.s. and russia still seem to be okay. >> shannon: it seems there is no resolution in sight in the immediate future for syria. we're going to have to continue to work with them in some form or fashion or at least have, you know, these parallel lanes where we stay out of each other's way saying we're after the same thing, getting rid of terrorism. now we have iran as an ingredient in the mix as well. >> shannon: the russians and

iranians have been fighting together and interesting when trump is talking about going after assad he has linked them with the iranians. he never talks about the russian link. a lot of people to continue to put fuel on the russia fire saying we'll keep focusing on it. the issue is that the russians and iranians are the military forces with significant effort on the ground and in the air in syria and also the ones driving the political negotiation. the americans have basically been acting as if we can help rebels take more land it could force a political negotiation that restrains assad more. we aren't doing anything on the political side. the russians are responding against that. in a world where syria is a failed state. assad has military capacity but only owns a statelet. he wants to control syria as a whole again.

the americans are doing their best to stop there. the russians and iranians are tilting on assad's side. >> shannon: we expect in the next few weeks we'll hear from the administration of troop levels in afghanistan and what we go next. what do you make of the criticism from some that the president is out sourcing these decisions giving much more deference to the pentagon than the previous administration. >> that's true and not giving deference to steve bannon and others in the white house that don't want the united states to continue to expend blood on a fight that isn't considered by them to be ours. america first, a hell of a lot of them listed men and women in the united states voted for trump. and they did in part because they felt that 3 1/2 million americans had fought in failed wars in iraq and afghanistan and they and their families were affected like that and not treated like heroes. trump made that point on the

stump. outsourcing to someone like mattis. the foreign policy establishment. he is credible and smart. i believe he is one of the most capable people in the cabinet but he does not support trump's america first policy on these issues. he is looking to figure out obama didn't give him a plan in how to work on afghanistan. trump certainly doesn't have one, either. and so he is the general in charge of the defense. his job is what am i supposed to do to try to make sure that the government of afghanistan that i've been supporting doesn't fall apart completely? that means more troops. so to the extent that trump doesn't know much about afghanistan. he has these generals. they're patriotic and supporting saying go do it. he will put more men and women in harm's way in the united states and ultimately the question is if you voted for trump, do you believe that these things are going to benefit you or not? i do think that unlike a lot of foreign policy, paris climate accord, the average american

doesn't care. that was a no-brainer for trump from a political perspective. sending american men and women to afghanistan they do actually care and a lot of those men and women are not going to come back the way they left. >> shannon: a political and economic strategy for afghanistan as well. thank you for coming in. >> bill: breaking news again. this from europe now. from paris, police say security operation is underway along the shopping district. this is in the heart city a day after people in london were sent another major shock overnight. we're sorting through what we're learning in paris the center of the town. updates from police and what we're getting right after this.

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>> bill: we are now only hours away from georgia's record-setting special congressional election in district 06. republican karen handel battling ossoff for the seat tom price vacated when he became the secretary for health and human services. democrats hoping for a win here. >> you know, we got it done and today -- >> it is important to make your voice heard. you have to participate in the democratic process. >> bill: good morning. it's almost here and you're ready to get this over with. short of predicting victory what do you believe this race is all about? is it about the republicans or is it about donald trump or something else, sir? >> bill, first of all good morning from your old hometown, glad to be with you this morning. and let's just go ahead and get

out of the way. i will claim victory for karen handel. she will win tomorrow, bill. the reality is, this is indeed a local election, a race where we have two fundamental choices, someone who doesn't live in the district, someone who has no ideology and wants us to believe whatever it is they, hollywood or nancy pelosi suggests we should believe versus a woman of accomplishment, someone that has been in this community and led in this community and been part of the fabric of the sixth district for 20-plus years. i'm putting it down today, karen wins. >> bill: i expected that answer but it is said to be close. what does it suggest about perhaps what folks living in suburban america are thinking today? >> no, look, bill, ation i say we have a hum dinger on our hands. tight, no question about it. democracy is in all its glory as we look at this election, $40 million.

what it suggests, folks are tuned in. they are listening intently to the policies and the positions of these men and women and the reality is they're engaged in a fashion that we all should applaud. we're seeing record turnout in early vote. we indicate and believe there will be record turnout on election day and the reality is that's great for our democracy. we think it's great for this state. georgia is a red state. this is a red district. and we're looking forward to victory. >> bill: senator david perdue was with us last hour and with shannon. he cased it the following way if democrats win. >> if the democrats win it is a wake-up call in that district because i think that district first of all president trump did not come to georgia and campaign. we advised him not to do that because he would win the state big. he never had a chance to defend himself against accusations made. georgia is not moving to a blue state. i believe that this election will prove that. >> bill: he is agreeing with

you. what do you think of the way he analyzed that as it relates to the president and you've had two special elections in the past couple of months and both have gone republican. >> that's exactly right. i was campaign co-chair for david and love him to death and agree with the majority of his sentiments. in terms of the president, look. we're grateful for everything the president has done on behalf of this campaign. his team has been fantastic. he has been fantastic. we know that the president has our back in d.c. we've got his back down here. but the fundamentally and reality it comes down to a local election. who do folks think will most adequately represent their values among karen and ossoff. at the end of the day i have every confidence what they'll say is she reflects the majority opinion of those concerned about balanced budgets, cutting taxes, patient-centered healthcare,

fighting the war on terrorism and doing what's necessary to get our country moving. >> bill: newt gingrich and tom price had that seat. it is steeped in history. it will be a hum dinger regardless. john watson, thank you for coming on today. >> thank you so much. >> bill: the vote goes down tomorrow. back to the breaking news quickly. >> shannon: we're getting word of a police operation in paris in the champs elysees district. they say the suspected attacker has been downed after driving into a police car. as you would imagine tensions are high there in light of what happened in london last night when a van barreled into a group of people leaving worship services at a mosque. we're keep an eye on paris. an attacker barreled into a police car and has been subdued. >> bill: president trump pushing congress for quick action on his agenda. >> when he says drain the swamp it is not get rid of all the

crocodiles in the water we don't need there. it is moving at a different pace also. we hope congress. i feel positive we'll get healthcare and taxes passed this year. >> bill: mitch mcconnell says healthcare has to be done until july 4th. not much time left before the summer breaks. what will they get done before that? >> shannon: the trump team says it's time to focus on jim comey and loretta lynch when it comes to the russia investigation. will that happen? >> i think the focus has to be on what we know has happened. what we know is that james comey when he testified confirmed that the -- he told the president on three separate occasions he was not under investigation regarding this russian probe.

>> shannon: we're getting a little more information on the police operation in paris in the area of the champs elysees. here is what we know from our producer. a car intentionally it looks like hit a police vehicle which then caught on fire.

we're told that is under control. no one was wounded in this attack. the driver was arrested. is now being questioned. this is an area not far from the palace, a shopping area, heavily trafficked by tourists and locals alike. we can only imagine the gridlock happening there. the area has been sealed off for now. again, a police car that was on fire is now under control. the suspect being questioned and arrested. more info as soon as we have it. >> the president of the united states takes action after receiving a memorandum from his attorney general, a letter from his attorney general and a memorandum from deputy attorney general. in that letter there is recommendation for the removal of james comey. according to the "washington post" theory he is under investigation for taking the action the department of justice told him to take. so this whole thing if you look at it in that way and just lay the case out like that, there

is nothing to investigate. >> bill: what about that? president trump's lawyer hit the cycle on sunday there is no investigation of the president and later suggesting former f.b.i. director comey should be investigated for leaking the memo of his conversations with mr. trump. senate republicans trying to shift to focus to loretta lynch after comey raised questions about her involvement in the clinton matter. john sununu former chief of staff to former president bush. trying to fend our way through the story. sekulow went out yesterday for a significant reason. how do you think he did and where do you think we are? >> i think what he went out to do was try to put in the context the facts of what is going on out there. there is an investigation being held -- led up by bob mueller. it is a broad investigation. but sekulow was out saying the

white house has not been notified that president trump is a specific target of the investigation. so in spite of what the left wing media is out there saying i think both perspectives are valid and both perspectives -- i think that's what second low was trying to point out. >> bill: do you think comey should be investigated after admitting the leak under oath? >> the only wrongdoings was loretta lynch directing him and him caving in and comey himself saying he leaked something with the self-serving purpose of trying to have a special counsel named. so yeah, if you really want to find out what's going on, everybody should be investigated. >> bill: that would mean loretta lynch. >> including loretta lynch and including the outing process that took place because it's all linked together.

it all is related to the affect of what was going on in the campaigns, the russian revelations of what was going on in the clinton emails is part of it. and then the way the president of the united states perhaps directed people to help mrs. clinton by going through the unmasking process. all of that. if they really want to play the game of investigating, it all should be thrown in the same pot and all looked at. >> bill: that's a large ball of yarn, as you know. >> yarn is a polite word. >> bill: it is cable. rod rosenstein but out this statement. americans should exercise caution before accepting as true stories by anonymous officials when they don't identify the country and the branch of government which the alleged sources are affiliated. americans should be skeptical about anonymous allegations the department of justice has a long-established policy to

neither confirm or deny any such allegations. that's a deputy a.g. involved. why is it necessary for him to make that statement and take it public? >> well, i think he is trying to warn people that if you are relying on leaks, you have problems. as i pointed out to someone. as ben bradley used to tell his people at the "washington post". the "washington post" doesn't print truth, the "washington post" prints what people tell it. anybody can get something in the press if they purchase port to be coming from some kind of an authority and tell it to the "washington post" and other components of the media. >> bill: i have often said that reporters don't break stories, they bring information other people bring to them. you know that well from washington, d.c. >> that's what bradley was saying >> bill: adam schiff said this on sunday. listen carefully. >> the reality is that members of congress on both sides of the aisle find mr. mueller to

be a man of incredible integrity and courage who served this country with bravery in vietnam and served presidents of both parties. it will take a lot more than a few presidential tweets or newt gingrich to try to besmear this very good make. >> bill: the case he is making is that republicans and those connected with the white house are trying to suggest that bob mueller and his team of lawyers cannot be trusted. can they or not? >> well, i find it interesting that first of all i think mueller was a good choice for counsel. i really am not very thrilled with all the attacks going to mueller. i think you put him in a tougher position and force him almost to act against you in the long run. what i am disturbed by is the folks that mueller has hired that have a long record of coming out of being strongly supportive of the democratic side. the only reason i can think that mueller would be doing that is that maybe he has decided there really isn't much

here and the only way he gets credibility for saying there isn't much here is to have him joined by folks that are on the other side on the democratic side. otherwise it doesn't make sense to me. >> bill: a very interesting take. we'll see if you're right in time. thank you, governor. john sununu from new hampshire today. >> shannon: one massachusetts town is waking up to a frightening scene. >> i'm driving to work and hearing about the craziness in the world and right here at home to have this is terrible. >> shannon: dozens of officers swarming a mall after a man armed and dangerous is barricaded inside. >> bill: question. are some media analysts blaming the victim of the baseball practice shooting? howard kurtz will join us with this take next. >> people just when they see it

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>> bill: at the moment watching the story out of massachusetts. police and swat team surrounding a mall after reports of an armed and dangerous intruder at a dick's sporting goods shop earlier today. it was first reported about 2 1/2 hours ago. police urging people to stay away until it's resolve. we'll let you know what you need to north. this is north of boston about 30 minutes. >> shannon: calls for civility quickly fading after a gunman shoots republicans at a virginia baseball feel. steve scalise remains hospitalized in serious condition. >> it's a delicate thing. everybody is wishing the

congressman well but steve scalise has been a history we've been forced to ignore on race. he did come to leadership after some controversy over attending a white nationalist event which he says he didn't know what it was. because he is in jeopardy and everybody pulling for him are we required to put that aside at the moment? >> shannon: howard kurtz is fox news media analyst and the host of media buzz. what do you make of those joy reid comments? >> what she is doing is appalling while steve scalise is fighting for his life she is attacking him because she doesn't like his politics and then kind of trying to justify in some moral ground. are we supposed to ignore the fact he hasn't voted the way i think he should vote and for her to tweet that he was attacked by a whiteman but saved by a capitol police officer who is a black lesbian?

why bring that into it? it's ugliness. >> shannon: scott pelley before stepping down as the chief anchor on cbs evening news says it is time to ask whether it's predictable and to some degree self-inflicted. what do you make of that? >> it's not self-inflicted. the only person responsible the james hodgkin son who brought a rifle to a baseball game and started shooting? should both sides tone down the rhetoric? yes, i totally agree with that. pelley did say bernie sanders has used harsh rhetoric against president trump. true. then sanders is somehow responsible because he was a campaign volunteer and it's ludicrous. i don't agree with the guilt by association and sometimes boigt

sides do that. >> shannon: he said as children we're taught words will never hurt me. when you think about it violence always begins with words. in twitter world we've come to believe that our first thought is our best thought. it's past time for all of us, president, all of us, to pause to think again. >> i agree with half of what he is saying. the level of demonization of people on the other side politically has got ep out of control and plenty of blame to go around going back years on both sides. it's when he says that's why this shooting took place and it is self-inflicted, no, i think that's the old partisan finger pointing we blame violence on someone else. well, it was -- he liked the rachel mad o*u show or watched fox news. it goes too far and it is inflammatory in the current

environment. i will agree with the part that says we could all tone things down and that includes folks on television. >> shannon: why do you think there is a knee jerk reaction regardless of the motives whether the right or the left or neutral or had mental ill issues or something else, the need to feel like for many in the media want to assign blame to the person who picked up the gun and shot the people. >> you know, it's a really sad exploitation of tragedy. we went through it six years ago when gabby giffords was shot and six other people killed and an effort to blame sarah palin that had to be corrected because she put out a political map. it wasn't anybody's fault but the guy who was mentally ill who went to the shopping center. now we see the reverse. this shooter was a left winger who tar g*eted republicans. no question he had partisan motivations but to try to broaden it to anybody who has

ever criticized republicans is misguided and i think frankly it results in clicks and ratings when you point the finger and fuel the anger. that's not what we should be doing right now and steve scalise still in the hospital and we're all pulling for him. >> shannon: impulse control a good thing for all of us at grown-ups. good to see you, sir. >> bill: the president is pushing congress for quick action on his agenda. healthcare, tax reform. big issues on the table. can the senate meet a fast-approaching deadline? take you live to the hill to find out right after this.

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plowing into a crowd of worshippers leaving a mosque, his aim to kill muslims. robert mueller the f.b.i. special counsel investigating russian medalling in the election. the president's lawyer insists the president is not under investigation. >> bill: seven minutes away. congress is in the spotlight. republicans racing to get a to do list hammered out. one of the more anticipated items would be passing a healthcare bill. mike emanuel live on the hill. good morning to you. what are senate republicans saying about that? >> republicans say a lot of constituents are hurting in many places and in some places insurance is unaffordable. they say the idea of a small working group to get started on healthcare reform is a smart way to approach a significant issue. >> it is not unusual or unique

for a product like this to begin its first step among a core group and then to expand to the broader group of the entire senate. a better process than the one they did obamacare ramming it down the throat of the american people using all sorts of measures to get it through as quickly as possible where nancy pelosi famously said let's pass it so we can see what's in it. that's not the way this is going to happen. >> if republicans want to vote on healthcare reform by the fourth of july holiday this is a critical week. >> bill: how are democrats attacking the effort to scrap obamacare. >> leading democrats sent a letter this morning to top gop leadership writing the american healthcare act would fundamentally redefine healthcare in our country. to draft it behind closed doors and pass it without even one hearing is nothing short of legislative malpractice and a repudiation of all the senate stands for. a major liberal voice also ripped the gop's approach.

>> in the senate what you have is you have i believe it is 10 republicans working behind closed doors to address one/sixth of the american policy. the average republican doesn't know what's in the legislation. my understanding is that it will be brought forth just immediately before we have to vote on it. >> democrats are expected to do a late night protest on the senate floor to rip the gop's approach on healthcare. >> bill: we'll watch to hear what happens then. thanks, mike. >> shannon: the white house rolling out the welcome mat hosting the president of panama. a range of vital issues including organized crime and illegal immigration. we expect to see the president meet up with him very soon.

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there says that they're going to open a counterterror investigation into this incident. it happened near the champs-elysees. this is what we know from our producer there on the ground. apparently little bit earlier today, carr intentionally rammed into a police vehicle. we are told it was done and purposely. the police vehicle did catch on fire. it was then put out. that part of the incident is overpaid we are were told no one was wounded. to make potentially the driver was injured. he is arrested and now being questioned. this is an area that is heavily crafted by tourists for to have time of being shut down, it is a difficult morning there. >> this is the champs-elysees. as an american tourist come any time go to paris, this is where you will be. just watching the security services in france operate over the past year and year and a half when they have been the victim of the past events or the

incident in east france. the security takes no chance and they are impressive to watch. what comes of this, we do not know. since a little bit of a shiver back in paris. nice to see you on a monday commission. we will see tomorrow. "happening now" is now. still it we start with the fox news alert. tensions with moscow spiking is a fighter jet should sound a syrian plane that has was attacking american backed troops. they will track all coalition planes and treat them as targets for good morning to you. i am to be 25. >> julie: and i am julie banderas. syria claiming the plane was on a mission against isis and not attacking coalition forces when it was set up your pentagon saying it will not hesitate to defend coalition forces against any threat. >> jon: national correspondent jennifer griffin is with us from the pentagon. jennifer.