>> thank you so much, i grew up with my parents reading the book . we are back tomorrow at noon eastern, "happening now" starts right now. >> heather: we start with a fox news alert, we are awaiting the congressional budget for the health care bill. >> jon: that news released this afternoon. we are covering all the news, happening now. senate republicans expected to issue a revised version of their health care bill today. will the changes be enough to unite the party and get it passed? the supreme court rules on the president's so-called travel ban. what it means for refugees and others trying to enter the u.s. and fighting in syria spilling over into israel. bullets strike in the united nations base in the region.

it's all happening now. ♪ but we begin with the white house throwing its weight behind the senate health care bill as it searches for 50 votes to get the thing passed. welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i am jon scott. >> heather: i'm heather childers, it's nice to be here. it's an all out effort as we have been discussing with the trauma team, working to get the votes on board and they have their work cut out for them because there is no margin for error. five republican senators are opposed to the bill in its current form, enough to sink it when it heads to the floor for a vote. >> president trump is using the full weight of the white house to get this bill through the senate. he hasn't put a deadline on it, but he is continuing to express

confidence that in the end, senate republicans will be able to come together and to do what they have been promising to do for years, repeal and replace obamacare. >> i don't think they are that far off. famous last words, right? i think we are going to get there. i can't promise but i think we are going to get there. >> to get there, president trump will need to convince at least three republican senators to get on board. he is applying pressure by calling them, personally while simultaneously accusing senate democrats of being obstructionist. he said this morning on twitter twitter -- in terms of timing, the majority whip, he just set on twitter that a vote must happen this week. "i'm closing the door, we need to do it this week before

double-digit premium increases are announced for the next year." other republican senators argue that this is simply not realistic, that they need more time. >> we don't have enough information, i don't have the feedback from constituencies who will have not had enough time to review the senate bill. we should not be voting on this next week. >> there is tremendous uncertainty, but if by some chance the senate is able to pull this off and pass the bill this week, that would be two major victories for president trump in one week, first the travel ban and then possibly health care. >> heather: thank you, kristin. >> jon: as the political battle plays out, fox news learning that the congressional budget office score on that health care bill is to be released this afternoon. giving us the bottom line on how it will impact millions of

americans. two republican senators voicing their concerns about the bill. >> i can't speak for them, but suffice it to say that they are certainly concerned. that's why the cbo analysis quantifying the cuts and the impact is going to be so important. >> there is no way we should be voting on this next week, no way. >> are you going to work to stop a vote next week? >> i have a hard time believing wisconsin constituents or even myself will have enough time to properly evaluate this for me to vote for proceeding. >> jon: let's bring in a couple of guys who have had the time to properly analyze it. watching as a democrats, how much problems are republicans having trying to get this thing out of the senate?

>> it's basically because of the closeness of the senate, 52-48, they can't afford to lose more than two votes. the problem is there are four or five moderates, they think this is already going too far in terms of the cuts to medicaid. on the conservative side, rand paul, ted cruz and others who have said they can't vote for a because it doesn't go far enough. it isn't enough of a repeal and replace bill. how they make those things connect, how mitch mcconnell can move enough of them in one direction without pushing some of the moderates a way the conservatives away, that is going to be the whole problem here. and trying to do it very quickly, you already saw there

are senators who don't want to do it that quickly. time is not on their side. the more it's out there, the more those divisions could be problematic. >> jon: the five holdouts thus far are all republicans but they are all along the ideological spectrum of republicans. mitch mcconnell really has his work cut out for them and trying to get three of those people back on board. they are political inclinations sort of run all over the place. >> there is no doubt they are going to jump on the train, but it's going to be at the stop of their choosing it's going to mean negotiation and compromise. that's exactly what should be done. i happen to believe that the five senators who have publicly said they have reservations is a good thing for the bill, it's going to improve the bill and make others who are for the bill even more likely to supportive in the end. i don't see this as bad thing at all, the cbo score is going to rock the world of washington in a few hours because it's open to

interpretation. if i favor the cbo score, i'm going to spend a certain way. if you don't, you are going to spend it the way you want to be seen. we need the dust to settle in order for there to be a vote. i'm not too concerned as to when the boat happens, whether it is next week or even in august. the key to this thing is getting it passed and moving this so the house and senate can come together and we can present a bill to the president. >> jon: it was passed by democrats, didn't get any republican votes, the president is suggesting that you ought to just let the thing crash and burn, is that realistic? with the blowback effect the democrats? >> i think at this point, the trump administration, they've got the votes, they have the majority in the house and the senate. they're not going to get democrats to sign on to cbo

report that has 23 million people losing their health care and 800 billion in medicare cuts, that -- medicaid cuts. that's not going to happen, they're having problems even getting a majority in their own caucus. i agree with brad, it's better to get this right then to get it done in a hurry. but i do think mcconnell feels like the longer this is out there and the longer the debate goes on, the less chance he's going to have of pulling those three or four votes in. another cautionary note, part of the problem is whatever does pick up three of those five could push a couple more that we don't know about that have concerns but haven't voiced them yet. if it moves it one way instead of the other, we could have more conservatives or more moderates upset and saying they can't vote for this thing. it's a movable target and that's the problem right now.

>> jon: joe mansion with a 23 million people that might be tossed out the rolls. this is not a bill that requires people to buy insurance? that's the part of this that went all the weight of the supreme court, can you force people to buy insurance? if 23 million americans decide they don't want to buy it, that's kind of the american way, isn't it? >> that is the american way and the market. if you have the means to pay for it, you should pay for it. if you don't have the means to pay for it, you should be cared for. that is the american way. in order to reduce cost, we have to encrypt increase marketabilf insurance companies to compete. people have to control their own destiny. it's not what the democrats wanted, which was essentially a

single-payer system because they knew obamacare was destined to fail. >> jon: good discussion, thank you both. >> heather: isis fighters launching a string of counterattacks in an area thought to have been cleared of ice's. benjamin hall has more from london for us. >> the battle is coming very close to its end, we know that now. the battle in general is far from its conclusion as we have seen over the last couple of days. there are thought to be only a few hundred isis fighters left and they were pushed into the dense streets of the old city. about 1,000 militants have been killed and more than 6,000 wounded.

as a group loses its territory, sleeper cells have been launching an attack and liberated parts of mosul. dozens of suicide bombers set to houses and cars, spreading widespread panic. hundreds of families have been streaming out of mosul as iraqi forces launch its final push. 150,000 civilians are trapped in the old city and they are being used as human shields. it's been three years since isis stormed into mosul. it was seen as a final realization of their impending loss. isis are very close to losing the city of mosul itself, they are still able to launch these attacks elsewhere. they continue to spread fear. >> heather: thank you.

>> jon: another dangerous development in syria's civil war as the fighting spills across the israeli border with america's closest middle east ally firing back. we are live in jerusalem, next. also trying to make amends in the wake of a tragedy as one city reaches settlement with the family of philando castile for their horrible loss. ancestry dna. it turns out i'm scottish. so, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt. pain's kind of self-defining. not when it hurts, it hurts. when i can't do something, it makes me feel isolated. with aleve, you can stay strong longer because only

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captured on video by his girlfriend, sparking weeks of protest. the announcement also comes about a week after the police officer who shot philando castile was found not guilty of manslaughter. >> jon: israel carries out air strikes on syrian military targets. syrian state media saying a number of people were killed over the weekend as a result. conor powell live in jerusalem with more on that. >> for the third straight day, the fighting in syria is starting to go across the border. the clashes between troops and rebels has been intensifying in the last few days. israelis in the area have seen and heard mortar rounds and the

buildings -- the united nations outpost there has taken some of the fire. there have been no reported injuries as a result of this cross-border violence. the israeli government holds the assad regime responsible. the israeli government is trying to downplay its involvement in the syrian civil war but it has regularly launched air strikes in syria. for the most part, israel is staying that they are trying to stay out of this war but they are going to defend their border from any type of involvement from the civil war spell over.

and that is really what we are seeing in that area. israel is very much maintaining a presence along the border and coordinating with rebels along that area. they are by no means staying completely out of the fighting. >> jon: hoping this thing doesn't spread even more. thank you. >> heather: back here at home, wealthy donors warning the g.o.p. that the window to pass major legislation is drinking. what they believe congress should accomplish before the midterm. our panel debates. what in the world happened on this like that because the pilot to ask his terrified passengers to pray?

>> jon: new details about an air scare, one so bad that a highly experienced pilot called on passengers to play. they also were asked to keep an eye on the engine because the pilot didn't have a good view from the cockpit. the wild ride began about an hour after the air asia flight took off from australia, heading to malaysia. no word on what caused the severe engine problems but the prayers must have worked, thankfully no one was hurt and the plane returned safely to australia. >> heather: a network of republican donors raising concerns about president trump's agenda, and telling legislators that if they plan to pass major legislation, they have a small

window to do it. >> i think it's probably the number one priority for republicans across the board, especially considering the fact that we've been talking about this for many years. we want to make sure we get it right. to the point that republicans need to make sure there not disenfranchising millions of people. >> heather: will bring in our panel. thank you both for joining us. i'll start with you, you said this before donors seem to reflect a larger group. >> they seem to be typical of the republican makeup. some are more libertarian, some are more conservative. the problem with the majority of the republican agenda right now is not so much anything that the other side is doing, it's that republicans need to get on the team they are on and they need

to play their positions. you've got to go out and get it done. speeches of the pressure is on for the g.o.p.? speak on the are getting a little taste of what it is like to govern. when you have different members or constituents that are calling your office saying they want this and that, i suspect they all want obamacare but they don't want obamacare. they created such a negative name for it, negative connotations to it that they want to repeal and replace it but the question becomes, do they also want all the parts and pieces of it? >> heather: we were discussing the five that were saying that they can't support it. how do you get all of this to come together? you have the conservatives, the moderates, what do you do? >> it's on the web in the

united states senate, i pay him a visit and i say take a look at what's happened in the five special elections we've had since the president was elected. we have a narrow window of time, if this gets into the main campaign cycle next year and no progress has been made, they do that and they do health care reform, they are going to have sweeping victories and they will expand their base. but if they don't, they are setting themselves up for a tougher fight than they had in 2016. >> i don't disagree at all with kevin. the problem is, politics is local and each district wants something else even if it's republican compared to a republican district. that's what each member is concerned about. what do the people in their district want? they've been very active on the phones to these congressional senate offices, telling their members what they want. these are issues that are very

large issues when it comes to health care, tax reform. there is no shortage of special interest buried in this that are going to be influential in this process. >> heather: how influential our donor networks like the koch brothers? >> the koch brothers have pledged to put double what they put in in a 2016 and the 2018 race. money does not tell the whole story, look what happened in the georgia special election. you are defending 23 seats, democrats are trying to play offense on 24 seats, you don't want to lose either house and this term. the best way to do that is keep doing what president trump has been doing. keep your promises, maintain your campaign pledges, do what you said you would do. the voters in some districts may get power on you, there may be miscommunication campaigns going, there could be a lot of

money coming into them of these phone calls. if you don't do what you promised you would do, you are always going to be in bigger trouble. >> i totally agree on the big picture there. when you look at the koch brothers, they don't do anything to try to pull people together generally. at the end of the day, these people have been obstructionist. they've created some of the breakup of the republican party. in terms of the different factions. >> if you didn't have rand paul, marco rubio, ted cruz, you wouldn't have had conservative president trump as you ended up with. i think the koch influence has been largely overstated. i think they have allowed a more conservative republican party to emerge. that's the conservative party a lot of people didn't think trump was going to give them and he has ended up giving it to them in spades. >> heather: we will see what

happens as we await that cbo report. >> jon: cnn is imposing new rules for its people and their russia coverage. what the restrictions are and what led to them. we are live at the supreme court where the justice has made some key dispersions including one on president trump's travel ban. the impact it might have and what it tells us about future rules. >> no surprise here that the supreme court not only did the right thing but was very telling, the overturned the injunction while letting us know they are going to decide the case in the fall. ♪

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to get down the road. will get decision a few months after october. the only question is whether there will be some exceptions for those who have a bona fide connection to a person or an entity in the united states. that's the only exception. >> heather: was there anything in there you were surprised was included in anything that was not included? i know some of the comments that president trump made during the campaign were not included. >> what struck me was not a single justice of the nine had a kind word to say for the lower court injunction, which only influences how strong the administration's hand is in this case. it also talked at some length about the authority the government has in the interest of national security when it comes to immigration. the president does have extraordinary authority here.

also, congress has authority. more so than the president. congress has wanted to do away with this policy, no indication of that. i think some credit has to go to rudy giuliani, the former governor of new york who talks to the president on this issue. the president initially said he wanted to ban all muslims from the united states. they retailer the statute in such a way that the supreme court is ready to embrace it. >> heather: a religion case that specifically asked whether or not missouri could apply a public benefit to school? >> the state of missouri was resurfacing playgrounds around the state.

the trinity lutherans playground qualified in every respect except it is operated by church. no taxpayer dollars go to any religious controlled entity. here, how does it affect somebody's free exercise of religion not to have playground? on the other hand, it seems to be discrimination against religion. the fact of the playground had nothing to do with religion may have been a saving grace. three justices so they will go further and allow even more government funding for church related activities, but this division is very important. it calls into question the amendments and other states, how broad are they and what kind of limitations can they put on government funding for churches? >> heather: three other cases involving immigration in one way or another, your thoughts on those?

>> i didn't study those as carefully as i should have. this is always a great day of court land that court announces the last day, five or six decisions that we have been focusing on. often at the same time. >> heather: in terms of the trump administration, this would be a big win for them as you mentioned at the top of our interview. >> it is a huge win, it's one that will reverberate down the road. we will see it even further, they'll say more about this in october. it is everything i think donald trump could reasonably expect. >> jon: another major story now involving the trump administration and their russia investigation. cnn now imposing new rules on its people and their coverage. what's going on?

>> cnn did do good retraction retraction and apology after a very bad mistake. they tried to link anthony scaramucci to a russian investment fund. there was no secret meeting. he told me over the weekend that he had given -- the official from this russian fund came up to him to say hello, brief conversation, no discussion of sanction. he says he has never done any business with russia and the only time he ever visited the country was as a 25-year-old student. when cnn issued a statement saying that story did not meet its editorial standards, scaramucci accepted the apology but he told me he was

disappointed the cnn story ran and it was a lie. >> jon: i thought we were going to hear something from him there. >> as you mention, if i can just tag this, cnn now requiring any story relating to russia can't be published on its web site until two, sr., editors approve it. this is an effort to prevent this kind of embarrassment from happening. i've done a lot of investigative reporting and this was a pretty thin story to begin with. >> jon: at least until he takes his diplomatic post, . >> heather: a few setbacks for u.s.-led coalition forces in iraq and syria. a final push to drive isis from its last pockets of control in the two countries. a retired u.s. navy captain is here to discuss what he thinks the u.s. strategy should be going forward. >> isis is on a campaign of

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>> jon: how would you assess the fight against isis is going right now? >> at ss it's a very important time, especially with regards to the execution, isis has been primarily territorial control. a new strategy put in place by the trump administration to basically defeat isis, seems to be making good progress. not to be premature with regard to the president's declaration to hold a news conference, i think the operational commanders on the ground, the progress continues to be made, everything coming up through the secretary of defense, all those things are playing out with regard to reducing risks, denying isis i haven inside mosul in particula

particular. >> jon: talk about the difference you see in the way the obama administration prosecuted the role against the terrorists versus what is happening in the trump administration. >> i think during the last four years in particular, we had a dynamic change with regard to the actual presence that was authorized in side rack which could have dealt with isis as a group. they were a terror territorial, defined political movement, trans regional threat into syria. i think the administration did not look at it course of action that would have additional u.s. forces there during the first two years of the obama administration with regard to the government in iraq. i think the trump administration looked at a more aggressive and dynamic, which included u.s. forces providing training assistance to the iraqi security forces and looking at how to

revisit bolstering the syrian security forces to make it a more effective effort against the iraqi isis forces. >> jon: i know you served as a political and national -- military and national security advisor to vice president cheney. president trump has said there would be a news conference to talk about progress against isis but he is also on many occasions that he wasn't going to lay out strategies and talk about military operations, at least not until after they had taken place. do you think politically it is necessary for the president to sort of stepped forward and discuss all of this? >> i do, i think he needs to go to the american people and let them know the status of the actual successes that we have had, i think also he is mindful of what is actually happening on the ground and doesn't want that

expectation with regard to the military effort and secretary of defense, the leaders that we have got for the military campaign, the special forces in particular are conducting inside iraq. these men and women are in harm's way and we need to be very conscious of the fact that we need to not play our hand or let her hand be demonstrated to the enemy. >> jon: the u.s. forces, the commandos that have gone after some of the operatives have done a pretty good job, some of them have been taken alive. it's pretty tough to do, though. >> it is tough to do, i recall the 2006-2007 period where we were using some of the same tactics going up the euphrates as well as the tigers valleys and also against the iraqi terrorist threats. it's a very tough information and tactical environment where

they really have to look at making sure they have preplanned responses and courses of action that will protect civilian life, which is a fundamental principle as well as deliver the most kinetic and combat effective operation against the enemy. >> jon: special operators doing absolutely fantastic, our hats are off to them. thank you. >> heather: lawmakers in the state of illinois failing to come together on a budget deal as official scramble to get something done, we will look at what is at stake if they don't.

>> high max, everyone, i am julie banderas. we are awaiting the white house briefing, it is going to happen off-camera today. one of the big topics expected to come up, the supreme court's decision to reinstate most of the travel ban. it may be time to call president trump fundraiser in chief, we will tell you why on "america's news headquarters" straight ahead. >> heather: the state of illinois facing a financial crisis with a republican governor and democratic lawmakers butting heads over budget. >> i come to you from a construction site, or road construction site, 1 of 700 in the state which may actually be forced to shut down on friday. if there is budget deal. we have all gone two full do years without a budget in illinois and take a look at the

numbers on where this state stacks up. probably in the worst shape of any in the union with almost $15 billion in unpaid bills because of the lack of a budget for two years. the structural budget deficit for one year alone, $7 million. that's not even to say anything about the unfunded pension liabilities, that is actually more than a quarter trillion dollars. the fact is, illinois is probably going to have to raise taxes, although most people would be opposed to it. a recent poll found that about half of illinois residents would like to cut their way out of this mattress. the truth is, there is no way because of the massive amounts of spending that's gone on before for you to cut your way out of this budget. income taxes in illinois are some of the lowest in the country, of all the states that charge an income tax, illinois has about the fourth lowest. i think it's going to have to to

up. if illinois does not raise taxes, if lawmakers failed to reach an agreement with provisions to reduce the state's structural deficit, it is likely they will again lower the ratings on the states bonds. it cost the state of a whole lot more to borrow, if you don't have any money, borrowing is what you are going to do a lot of. also as a final note, the state has run up $800 million in interest on the bills it hasn't paid. kind of like taking a lighter out and letting $800 million on fire for a lack of doing anything. it is not a pretty picture in the state of illinois, particularly this construction site, down to one lane, it is usually three. >> heather: thank you so much, appreciate it. that's a lot of money. >> jon: a fox news alerts, a fire in utah is raging.

a break in the heat wave this weekend helped firefighters maintain this massive wildfire but the wind is expected to pick up again which will fan the flames. >> you know there is risk when you buy something in a forest but you don't anticipate it twice, we lost our home in las vegas in 2009 and had to rebuild. >> jon: nearly 1,000 firefighters are battling what is now the country's largest wildfire. 13 homes have already burned. >> heather: a dog described as ugly and lazy and gassy charm to the judges who made her a world champion, what made them fall head over heels for martha? of the final 30 up next.

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>> i fox news alert. we are waiting to congratulate budget score of the senate health care bill. that's expected at least an hour from now. three high eastern time. a couple of tweaks have been made to that bill. one of them suggest that if you miss more than two months of payments for your health care coverage, you will be taken off the rolls and not allowed to re-enroll for six months. i would begin in 2019 under the new center proposal. we also told these are not changes that have been made among any of the five senators, who are balking at this point to ideas or changes to make the bill more user-friendly or more comparable with the rules

required in the u.s. senate. that cbo score expected in an hour from now on it may be later p.m. we'll have it live here on fox. >> heather: time now for the final 30, and a winner is crowned in the 29th annual world's ugliest dog competition. >> jon: there she has. i 3-year-old, 125-pound neapolitan mastiff named martha. she beat out 13 other dogs. judges loved her drilling, excess skin, and her wrinkles. she is a rescue and she nearly went blind from neglect, but after multiple operations, she can now see again. and we can all see. >> heather: i like that one. >> jon: it is a tough competition this year, the ugliest dog competition. martha wins at all. three years old, she will have a long, long life. >> heather: already won

25 pounds. >> jon: thank you for joining u. >> jon: "america's newsroom hq" with julie banderas is up next. >> julie: the white house briefing now underway, and this one audio only. just like last thursday. river that? this after major ruling by the supreme court allowing parts of trump's temporary travel ban. hello and good afternoon to you all. i'm julie banderas. the decision on the travel band awaits as we wait for the repeal and replace obamacare. many are seeing the cbo score as the bottom line on how the bill will impact millions of americans. we begin our coverage today with peter doocy joining us life and the white house with the very latest. hello, peter. >> the beginning of though off-camera white house briefing wasn't tug a statement from the president's secretary, chun spicer. the supreme court ruling re