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a lot to talk about. i mean healthcare, mitch mcconnell's deadline for tomorrow. of course, that travel ban that kicks in tonight. much more coverage with you now. i'm julie bandares. here's shep. >> it's noon on the west coast. 3:00 on capitol hill. senate republicans are looking for progress on healthcare. we'll show you the sticking points and the fixes including billions for opioid treatment and a new way to help people pay their premiums. after months of fighting, a limited version of the president's travel ban takes effect today. new restrictions on travelers from some mostly muslim countries. we'll explain what changed and take you to the airports. plus, the white house dealing with the backlash after the president sent a tweet attacking a news anchor's appearance. plenty of people are completely riled up. but his team is not backing down. we're expecting to hear from the president himself in minutes
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when he talks about america's energy industry. his motorcade has just departed from the energy department and we'll bring you that live. let's get to it. first on the fox news deck this thursday afternoon, the president of the united states, donald trump, this morning, engaged in what critics arele damage sexist cyber bullying at the cnbc anchor, morning joe. tweets described as beneath the office of the presidency. during the final minutes, the president tweeted and i quote, i heard poorly-rated morning joe speaks badly of me. don't watch anymore. how come psycho joe came to madison square garden about new year's eve and insists on joining me? she was bleeding badly from a facelift. i said no. the president's tweet is the
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latest in a series of derogatory remarks about women during a presidential debate the president said of the moderator and megyn kelly that you can see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. after a question she posed about his past disparaging remarks about women. there were donald trump's remarks about what he can do to women during a hot micro cording of him speaking to billie bush. mr. trump said allowed and i quote "when you're a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. grab them right in the genital area. you can do anything." he spoke of profane words for genital area as i'm confident you're aware. for those remarks, the president later apologized. the white house is not apologizing for today's presidential tweets which it has previously announced should be considered by all official statements of the president of the united states. the press secretary, sarah huckabee sanders, said and i
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quote "i don't think the president's ever been someone who gets attacked and doesn't push back. there's been an outrageous number of personal attacks, not just to him but everyone around him. people on that show, meaning morning joe, have personally attacked me many times. this is a president who fights fire with fire." what critics call the cyber bullying sexist aspect of the tweet, she did not address. the first lady launched five months ago an anti cyber bullying initiative. today her press secretary issued a statement that reads in part "as the first lady has stated publicly when her husband gets attacked, he will punch back ten times harder." the president has been widely criticized throughout the day by women, both republican and democrat on capitol hill and chastised by leaders of all stripes and commenters of all kinds on social media and the web. the republican senator lindsey
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graham said mr. president, your tweet was beneath the office and what is wrong with american politics, not the greatness of america. as i reported, the presidential tweets were the focus on the news conference. john roberts is live at the white house. john? >> clearly, shep, there's a lot of history here, personal history and a big back story to the relationship between. trump and the two hosts of the morning show. they used to have a good relationship. there's reports that both hosts were at his new year's eve party at madison square garden. the while house is portraying this as what happened this morning was a last straw when mika suggested the president was lying about his agenda, "destroying the country." that's when the president fired off that tweet. sarah huckabee sanders at the daily press briefing giving the first question to me, i asked her, given the response from the
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president's backers on capitol hill if he went too far this morning. listen to her response. >> i don't think is. the president has been attacked mer mer mercilously. i don't think it's a surprise to anybody that he fights fire with fire. >> no shortage of response from the president's colleagues on the capitol hill. you can see lindsey graham's response. susan collins says this has to stop. there needs to be civility. orrin hatch said he had a problem calling it a dipsy doodle. paul ryan said this morning, i don't see it as an appropriate comment. this idea that it was beneath the dignity of the office,
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something that was said not only by lindsey graham but senator ben sass as well. sass doesn't necessarily share the same views of the president. they're not particularly close. i asked sarah huckabee sanders about that idea regarding the dignity of the office. >> a couple of the criticisms from supporters of the president have been this particular tweet was denortheast the dignity of the office. where does the president draw that line on the dignity of the office? >> i think he shows that every day. the decisions he's making, the priorities he's laid out in his agenda. he's not going to sit back and be attacked by the liberal media, hollywood elites. when they hit him, he's going to hit back. >> in addition the republican colleagues blasting the president, democrats are taking it to another level. claiming that the tweet was sexist, aimed at a woman a very personal nature to at ledged
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plastic surgery procedure she may or may not have had. the democrats are calling this sexist. >> everybody wants to make this an attack on a woman. what about the constant attacks that he received or the rest -- i'm a woman. i've been attacked multiple times. i don't cry foul because of it. one hand is like let's treat everybody equally. but they attack attack and attack and he responds and it's wrong. >> a broad different of this saying it's inappropriate and beneath the office of the president for him do be saying such things and the white house saying the president is getting attack all of the time on multiple occasions by this particular program. there's no question what happened this morning again
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pulls the president way off message. he said a couple of reasonably good weeks he's got his partial travel ban going into effect tonight. the house is going to pass a couple of immigration bills that the president has long asked for. he believes that he's making progress on healthcare, that this really has become the focus of the news day. shep? >> shepard: john roberts live at the white house. the tweets regarding coverage of this matter are coming in. largely the president's supporters are blaming the media and this program for that matter for covering exactly what it is the president has said and done without commentary thereon. attacking the president, speaking evil of the president. shepard smith, you have to go. here's what's been said. an msnbc statement has said that it's a sad day when the president spends his time bullying, lying and spreading personal attacks instead of doing his job. representative lynn jenkins, republican of kansas said, this is not okay.
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as a female and politics, i'm criticized for my looks. we should be working to empower women. ben sass, republican of nebraska, please just stop. it's not normal and beneath the dignity of your office. jeb bush, inappropriate, undignified, unpresidential. this from the house speaker, paul ryan. >> i don't see it as an inappropriate comment. we're trying to improve the tone, the civility of the debate and this doesn't help do that. >> how do you get past that? you said very strong things -- >> like i said, we're doing our jobs. look at what we're doing today. we're keeping promises. we're doing kate's law and sanctuary cities today. yesterday we did medical liability reform. we're going to walk and chew gum at the same time. >> neither the president nor the white house has issued an apology of any kind. howard kurtz fox news media analyst.
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howard? >> seems to me that this is a punch. the white house is trying hard to portray the president as a counter puncher. he wounded himself though. when you look at this and the fact it's soaking up so much media oxygen today, sure, it's fair to point out that joe scarborough, mika, the engaged couple on the morning show have been relentlessly personal and calling the president a liar, a thug, mentally ill and all of that. it doesn't matter. he's the president of the united states. they're cable news commentators. >> shepard: where does this go from here? historically speaking, has there been anything like this? >> apologizing is not the president's style as you know. >> shepard: he actually did apologize after his words about grabbing her in the blank during comments made to access hollywood's billie bush. he issued a video apology. >> that was a relatively rare
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occurrence. his supporters loves it when he sticks it to the failing "new york times," cnn and all of that. when you get this partial, include facelift about a tweet to a female anchor, it's clear that he crossed the line and he's creating the distraction that he accuses the media of fostering, which is taking away the attention from the substantive issues so we talk about this. as you noted by being so personal as a female anchor, he dredges up memories of past things that he has said about women in particular. he's called men journalists losers and all that. for the president to say for the -- for sarah huckabee sanders to say that the president was bullied, he's the president. he could be look beyond this. he doesn't have to respond to every slight on cable news. he's chosen to engage and that's why we're talking about this right now. >> shepard: howard, you're a media critic. is it fair to say that the
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president set the agenda today, he issued these tweets and the media who is covering the tweets, which the white house says are official statements of the president of the united states and the leader of the free world, is coverage of this out of bounds? >> there's plenty to blame for the president. when he initiates -- yes, he was responding to their insults on the air. but again, he sits in the white house. there's very little choice but to cover it. when members of the president's own party are criticizing him vehemently, that's news no matter how you slice it. to say we ignore that and cover the travel ban, that's not the way the news business works. president trump knows how the news business works. he knew this would get a strong reaction. that's why he got the language he did. that's why the white house can't explain. >> thanks, howard. as the criticism comes in from republicans and others across the country, those that support the president are widely
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condemning the media. three tweets at a home aimed at this program quoting from drain the swamp, shep belongs on cnn. he's a piece of blank. when are you yo going to apologize to the people of mississippi for be a liberal hack? republicans are trying to come up with a deal on healthcare before the july 4th holiday recent. last check, nine gop senators against the plan. republicans can afford to lose but two. more on what gop leaders are doing to reach a deal. that's coming up on the fox news deck on this thursday afternoon.
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>> shepard: quarter passed the hour on fox news channel. the time is running out for republicans to come up with a deal on healthcare before the fourth of july recess. today the white house is calling on gop lawmakers to make good on their promises to the american people. >> we're keeping these american families, business owners and individuals at the front of our minds. they've been paying ever-increasing premiums and still losing their plans and doctors and time for republicans in the senate to fulfill their promise to the american people and to come together around a consensus plan to fix this broken system. >> this comes after mitch mcconnell delayed a vote on the healthcare bill this week until sometime between the july 4th recess and the summer recess, which happens in august. gop sources tell fox news republican leaders are trying to
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negotiate a deal by tomorrow. then send that deal to the congressional budget office for a new score. the majority leader, mitch mcconnell spoke of progress in the discussions, but at last word there was still nine senators that opposed the plan as it stands today. republicans can only afford to lose two votes and pass the bill. gop leaders have been trying to bridge the gap between conservative and moderate senators and are finding it difficult to do so. fox news has confirmed earlier this week the majority leader mcconnell and the moderate republican senator rob portman of ohio got into what has been described as a heated argument over medicaid. the majority leader sided with conservatives that were trying to cut the growth of medicaid. senator portman said he's concerned about the program and coverage of drug treatment as ohio and others face an opioid epidemic.
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medicaid provides healthcare coverage to 20% of all americans. now sources tell fox news republican leaders have agreed to add tens of billions to add to fight opioid addiction. mike emanuel live on capitol hill. hi, mike. >> shep, $45 billion so far. a very tense week here on capitol hill, a lot of pressure on the individual senators and sources do say the majority leader and senator portman did get into it this week over medicaid funding. highly unusual. they're typically close allies. and on this issue, it's critical because any formulation that gets to 50 votes in the senate must include rob portman. portman says with a major overdose problem in ohio, the funding is deadly serious. >> we're losing 4,000 people a year. it's something that we have to be sure and cover. under expanded medicaid, there's significant treatment dollars
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are being used. >> vice president mike pence has been here today meeting with a range of lawmakers including mcconnell, susan collins of maine, ted cruz of texas and dean heller of nevada. that is a mix of the moderates and conservatives. they need to get to yes. >> what else are lawmakers telling you about the possibility of not reaching a deal? >> shepard: one from louisiana told us if there's no deal, then he's got other work to do back home. >> i'm having two town halls tomorrow. let me ask you. is it more important to cool my heels in my office waiting for these conversations too take place or speak with constituents? it begs the answer. to speak with constituents. i think it's better to go home and speak with constituents. the leader knows how to fibbed me. >> on the democrat side, they're waiting to see if republicans can figure this out and blasting the gop proposal. >> some of my colleagues on the
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other side are claiming they want lower premiums. if those lower premiums come with higher deductibles and higher copays, nobody benefits. it's a bait and switch. what the republican bill gives with one hand on this area it more than takes away with the other. >> now the question if the town halls and interactions with constituents over the fourth of july holiday will help or hurt pass the healthcare bill. shep? >> shepard: thanks, mike. our next guest says do not underestimate mitch mcconnell and his ability to get republicans in line. it's not just healthcare here. when lawmakers get back from the july fourth break, they face battles over funding the government, raising the debt ceiling and much more. how can -- how much can they do before their next vacation? that's next. we're expecting to hear from the president himself minutes from now. he's holding an event at the energy department.
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. >> shepard: gop leaders are now trying to finish a healthcare plan before they pack up for the fourth of july holiday, meaning finish it by tomorrow. they'll also have other issues to deal with when they get back from the fourth recess like the budget, raising the debt ceiling and money to fix our roads, bridges and airports. so will republicans make good on campaign promises? let's bring in erin zitner from the "wall street journal," a which we retain common ownership. good to see you, aaron. >> good to be with you.
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>> shepard: they're trying for tomorrow because they want to get it together, send it to the congressional budget office, get a new score, get the votes and convince the american people that are wildly against this to change their minds. >> that's right. you mentioned, they're under a lot of pressure to resolve this and move on. it was this week that four big business groups that are part of the republican coalition wrote a letter to legislative leaders and said hey, don't forget about the tax bill. we want our tax overhaul. that's the chamber of commerce, the business roundtable, which represents big business, the nifb, which represents small businesses, manufacturers, a big republican constituency to repeal obamacare but also a big constituency to move on and get to taxes. >> shepard: have they figured out a way to reach a compromise between moderates and conservatives? >> not yet. as you talked about, they're putting more money in opioid programs. that sweetens the pot for the
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centrists and we're hearing they're going to change the rules on health savings accounts, allow to pay for insurance out of these accounts. that helps conservatives. those are not the key things as you heard earlier. the key things are medicaid, how much this bill will scale back the expansion that came in with obamacare and on the conservative side, they want to remove more regulations from insurers so insurers can offer less comprehensive plans and conservatives say will bring premiums down. >> democrats have said and has gotten some degree of traction without question that this is largely a tax cut for the rich, funded by healthcare cuts to the poor. how will they be able to get past that narrative which seems to carry so much weight? >> that's what is so fascinating here to watch the republican party. it's really divided on a philosophical line here. why do republicans not like
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obamacare? well, it put the government in the business of giving subsidies of giving insurance to people, expanded medicaid beyond the very poor women, children and elderly and put new regulations on insurers and taxed the wealthy to make up the money to do this. the more this process goes through the senate, the more the bill looks like obamacare. looks like a version of obamacare rather than a repeal of obamacare. one of the things they're talking about now is not repealing one of the biggest taxes that came in with obamacare. there's many taxes under obamacare. they were supposed to be repealed. now they might not repeal this 3.8% tax on investment income for people earning more than $200,000. this was a tax increase on the wealthy. it might not be rescinded in order to raise money for things that the centrists want to put in the bill. >> shepard: it's my
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understanding that lobbyists have pushed hard for that. is that something that can be changed? >> yes, it can. it's funny. it's one of the things that was floating around. it came to the surface only this week. once mitch mcconnell said he wasn't going to have a vote on the bill. people are kind of locked down into a set of things that they wanted. this wasn't on the table. but once it was decided that we weren't going to have a vote, senators started to say negotiations are open again? let's talk about that tax and whether it should be repealed. it got re-visited anew. >> aaron zitner, great to see you. >> thanks, shep. >> shepard: nato allies will spend more on defense and send troops to afghanistan to help the united states fight against the taliban. that is according to the nato secretary general. president trump has repeatedly slammed nato or nato allies, i should say, saying that they aren't paying their fair share. leaders from the alliance meeting right now at nato head
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quarters in belgium. james mattis spoke last hour and brought up russia and how important it is for european nations to boost nato spending. >> you see nations having to come to grips with the fact that russia is not the partner that perhaps we wished it would be in the 90s. at least not in the near future. >> president trump finally committed to article 5 earlier this month, which is a pledge to come to any nato ally's aid should that ally come under attack. jennifer griffin with the news live at the pentagon. jennifer? >> shepard, secretary mattis is keeping his cards close and did not announce any u.s. troop increases in brussels despite new pledges made by some nato nations to send up to 3,000 more troops to afghanistan. that would be 15 nato nations would need to send about 200 troops per country to make up that difference. the pentagon wanted to hear from nato nations about their contributions first.
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recall that in february, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan wanted a few thousand more troops both from the united states and from nato. secretary mattis is weighing a decision to send between 3 to 5,000 more troops. mattis said mistakes were made under the past administration. >> may have pulled our troops out to rapidly, reduced the numbers too rapidly. the difference today is that the afghan army is actually able to carry the fight. they've been carrying the fight for some time now. so there's always new ideas you can come up with that is -- there's new opportunities and certainly the political will to carry this fight forward. >> mattis told congress he plans to present his new afghanistan plan to the president by mid july. earlier today, the nato secretary general said the alliance pledged $12 billion more in spending no apology for
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the interruption of jennifer griffin. the president of the united states is coming to the microphone. he was introduced by the energy secretary, rick perry that spoke. the vice president mike pence introduced him and now the president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. thank you very much. i want to thank everybody on stage. they are really a terrific team. we have some of the real winners in the audience that i can tell you, some great, great people. i want to thank vice president pence as always. he's right there and he is really been a help to this administration. we have some big things happening today. we have some very big things happening over the next month. i guess probably i can say over the next eight years i suspect i can say that. [applause]
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it's wonderful to be here with so many pioneers and visionaries from america's energy industry. great industry. i want to thank the leaders of our great energy companies for joining us today and for supporting our efforts to bring true wealth and prosperity to our people. i also -- give yourself a hand. you deserve it. [applause] you deserve it. you've gone through eight years of hell and i could say more than that. you deserve it. i want to express our sincere gratitude to the labor union leaders and members who have joined us today. thank you, fellows. thank you. [applause] your workers embody the skill, grit and courage that has always been the true source of american strength. they're great people. they break through rock walls, mine the depth of the earth and reach through the ocean floor to
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bring every ounce of energy into our homes and commerce and into our lives. our nation salutes you. you're brave and you are great workers. thank you very much. thank you, fellows. [applause] before turning to the topic at hand, i want to provide a brief update on two crucial votes taking place this afternoon on the house floor. very important. these bills are vital to public safety and national security. i want to thank chairman bob goodlatte for his efforts. bob has worked very hard and really for a long time. but we got it going. first, the house will be voting on kate's law, allegelation -- a legislation named for woman
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that was killed by an illegal alien. and the second is for those cities that release dangerous aliens back into the streets including vicious and disgusting and horrible ms-13 gang members. we're getting them out. they're going fast. [applause] general kelly and his group, they've got ten rid of 6,000 so far. we're about 50% there and we're liberating towns like on long island where i grew up. those people are so happy to see our guys and our guys are tougher than the ms-13 characters. that i can tell you. liberation. [applause] i'm calls on all lawmakers to put the safety of american families first. let's pass the bills through the house, through the senate and
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send them to my desk. i will give you the fastest signature you have ever seen. we will get that signed so fast. [applause] and so when we get back, the first thing i'm going to do, how did we do on the vote? i expect other things. otherwise, we wouldn't be talking about it. low-keying it a little bit. i don't like losing. neither do you folks. every member of congress should vote to save american lives. many great members of congress are here with us this afternoon. some great people. great, great people. thank you very much. not only are they working with us on border security, but they share our desire to unleash american energy. i especially want to thank secretary perry for his tremendous leadership in this department. he's really done a terrific job. he's also a cheerleader.
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i watched that in texas. the thing i loved about him, he was always saying how great texas was. if you don't say it -- you have to say it, right? you're doing it right now with energy. along with secretary of the interior, ryan zenke and scott pruitt. we've been through a battle not with each other but with the world. but the world is saying i think they're right. they'll find out. we have no doubt. but all three of them strongly believe in putting america first, which is what i believe in and why i got elected. it's called make america great again. that's what we're doing. we're here today to usher in a new american energy policy. one that unlocks millions and millions of jobs and trillions of dollars in wealth. over 40 years, america was vulnerable to foreign regimes as
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a economic weapon. americans' quality of life was diminished by the idea that energy resources were too scarce to support our people. we always thought that. and actually at the time it was right to think. we didn't think we had this tremendous wealth under our feet. many of us remember the long gas lines and the constant claims that the world was running out of oil and natural gas. americans were told that our nation could only solve this energy crisis by imposing draconian restrictions on energy production. but we now know that was a big beautiful myth. it was fake. don't we love that term, "fake?" what we have learned about "fake" over the last little while. "fake news", cnn, fake. [applause]
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whoops that camera just went off. you can come back. i won't say anything more about you. i see that red light go off, i say whoa! the truth is that we have near limitless supplies of energy in our country. powered by new innovation and technology. we're now on the cusp of a true energy revolution. our country is blessed with extraordinary energy abundance, which we didn't know of even five years ago and certainly ten years ago. we have nearly 100 years worth of natural gas and more than 250 years worth of clean beautiful coal. we're a top producer of petroleum and the number 1 producer of natural gas. we have so much more than we ever thought possible. we're really in the driving seat. you know what? we don't want to let other
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countries take away our sovereignty and tell us what to do and how to do it. it's not going to happen. [applause] with these incredible resources, my administration will seek not only the american energy and dependence that we've been looking for for so long, but american energy dominance. we're going to be an exporter. [applause] we will be dominant. we will export american energy all over the world, all around the globe. these energy exports will create countless jobs for our people and provide true energy security to our friends, partners and allies all across the globe. this full potential only can be realized when government promoted energy development, this guy here and he will do it better than anybody, instead of obstructing it like the
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democrats. they obstruct it. but we get through it. we cannot have obstruction. we have to get out and do our job better and faster than anybody in the world, certainly when it comes to one of our great assets, energy. this vast energy wealth does not belong to the government. it belongs to the people of the united states. [applause] yet the past eight years, there's been barriers to american energy development. since my first day in office, i've been moved at record pace to cancel the limitations. job-killing regulations are being removed and vital infrastructure projects are
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being approved at a level that they have never seen before. as you all know, i approve the keystone xl pipe line and the dakota access pipeline in my first week. thousands of jobs, tremendous things are happening. by the way, i take a lot of heat. i didn't take any heat. i approved them and that was it. i figured we would have protests. but whether it's protesting or not, i have to do what is right. people celebrate those two transactions as opposed to protesting. sometimes you have to go out and just do it. you find out whatever happens happens. but you have to be right for the american people. [applause] thank you. i'm reducing restrictions on the development of natural gas. i cancelled the moratorium on a
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new coal leasing. you know what was happening? the new coal leasing on federal lands. it was being so terribly restricted. now with ryan, and the group, it will be open. and the land will be left in better shape than it is right now. is that right? better shape. [applause] we're finally ending the war on coal. i'm proud to report that corsacoal here with us today, just opened a brand new coleman in the state of pennsylvania. the first one in many, many years. corsa, congratulations. stand up. [applause] employ ago lot of people and we're putting the coal miners back to work just like i promised. just like i promised. when i went through ohio, west virginia, wyoming and all of the different places.
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i see bob back there. congratulations, bob. he's in great shape. you in good shape, bob? right from the beginning. you take care of yourself. all right? we're ending the intrusive epa regulations that kill jobs, hurt family farmers and ranchers and raise the price of energy so quickly and so substantially in order to protect american jobs. companies and workers we've withdrawn the united states from the one-sided paris climate accord. [applause] i won't get into it, but believe me, that really put this country at a disadvantage. number 1, we weren't playing on the same field. it kicked in for us and doesn't kick in for others. the money we had to pay was enormous. it was not even close. maybe we'll be back into it some day but it will be on better
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terms. fair terms. not that we're the people that don't know what we're doing. we'll see what happens. we're very proud of it. when i go around, there's so many people that say thank you, you saved the sovereignty of our country. you saved our wealth. because we would have a hard time getting to this new-found wealth. it's not going to happen with our country. [applause] today i'm proudly announcing 6 brand new initiatives to propel this new era of american energy dominance. first, we will begin to revive and expand our nuclear energy sector, which i'm so happy about, which produced clean renewable and emissions-free energy. a complete review of u.s. nuclear energy policy will help us find new ways to revitalize
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this crucial energy resource. i know you're excited about that, rick. second, the department of the treasury will reduce barriers on coal energy plants. ukraine already tells us they need millions and millions of metric tons right now. there's many other places that need it, too. we want to sell it to them and everybody else all over the globe that needs it. third, my administration has just approved the construction of a new petroleum pipeline to mexico, which will further boost american energy exports. that will go under the wall, right? have to go down deeper in that one section. right under the wall. fourth, just today, a major u.s. company, semper energy, sign agreements for the sale of more
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american natural gas to south korea. as you know, the leaders of south korea are coming to the white house today. we have a lot of discussion to do. we will also be talking about them buying energy from the united states of america. i'm sure they will like to do it. they need it. thank you. [applause] fifth, the united states department of energy is announcing today they will approve two long-term applications to export additional natural gas from the lake charles lng terminal in louisiana. a big deal. a great announcement. finally, to unlock more energy from the 94% of offshore land closed to development. under the previous administration, so much of our land was closed to development. we're opening it up. the right areas. we're opening it up. we're creating a new offshore
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oil and gas leasing program. america will be allowed to access the vast energy wealth located right off our shores. this is all just the beginning. believe me. the golden era of american energy is now underway. i'll go a step further. the golden era of america is now underway. believe me. [applause] you're all going to be a part of it in creating this exciting new future. we will bring new opportunity to the heartland, new prosperity to our inner cities and new infrastructure all across our nation. when it comes to the future of america's energy needs, we will find it, we will dream it and we will build it. american energy will power our ships, our planes and our
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cities. american hands will bend the steel and pour the concrete that brings this energy into our homes. and that exports this incredible new-found energy all around the world. american grit will ensure that what we dream and what we build will truly be second to none. we will be number 1 again all the way. going to make america great again. thank you, god bless you and god bless america. thank you very much. [applause] thank you. >> shepard: the president talking energy today. as you can see, the department of energy in washington. he attacked the fake news and cnn as fake news. and said some things about energy. certainly did not reply to the
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overwhelming chorus of -- from people that believe that his tweets this morning were sexist, sort of sexist tweet storm that is beneath the dignity of the office of the presidency. we'll let you know if that changes. parts of the president's travel ban are set to go into effect hours from now, 8:00 p.m. eastern time. the supreme court ruled earlier this week the trump administration can block immigrants from these six predominantly muslim nations if they do not have a so-called bona fide relationship in the united states. what a bona fide relationship? it's not a grandparent. that's not bona fide. that we know. that i can tell you. the feds tell us that means permanent residents or green cold holders can enter the united states. so can people from those nations that have already been approved for either short term visas or refugee status. also allowed, students who have been accepted by united states universities. and people who have standing job
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offers from american companies. people that have a closed relative in the united states. according to the state department, parents are close relatives and so are mothers and fathers in law, also siblings including half ones and spouses, children or adult children, also sons and daughters in law. close relatives are not grandparents. close relatives are not grandchildren. if my nana is watching in heaven, this isn't true with you and me. aunts or uncles are not inclu d included. nieces and nephews, if you're watching, think nothing of this. this is not about you. have some cheetos. brothers and sister-in-laws not covered. fiances not close relatives, though they will be in due time. critics say it all amounts to a muslim ban. government lawyers say it's about national security.
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the supreme court set to hear the case this fall. doug mckelway is reporting on it from dulles airport outside washington d.c. hello. >> hi, shep. as you described, the supreme court left wide latitude for interpretation when they used the phrase bona fide relationship when it comes to who can enter this country from those designated six countries. you mentioned the administration determined the family relationships. here's how it determines it from the business standpoint. a legitimate relationship must be formal, documented. according to the associated press, students or lecturers that have valid paperwork or employment contracts means that they can come and nobody else can come. very calm here at dulles airport. the formal ban takes place at
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>> shepard: more now on president trump's travel ban. parts of which are set to take effect tonight at 8:00 eastern daylight. let's bring in phillip bump from "the washington post." what is the highlight on this travel ban? >> the highlight is, this is not what president trump wanted to see go into effect. this is a more limited version of the executive order that he signed earlier this year. the real question here is the extent to which this will do anything to address the problem -- >> shepard: what is the reporting on that? >> i looked at it this morning, two decades of worth of terror attacks in the united states.
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there's two instances where two people may have been prevented from entering the country. the effect looking backwards would have been minimal. forward, it's not clear. seems that that is intentional. >> shepard: for his base? many have criticized this is tantamount to a muslim ban. the president himself out of his own mouth, he called for a complete and total muslim ban. >> right. so the supreme court will evaluate to which this is donald trump acting in a campaign pledges. his lawyers have backtracked from that. they said this is about security. interesting to see where the supreme court lands. this is him doing what he said to his base that he said he would do. it's seen by his base in that way. >> shepard: i wish we had more time. the president went long on us. we're not in charge of that. good to see you. thanks very much. phillip bump from "the
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washington post." all right. approaching the end of the hour. the markets will close in about three minutes. neil cavuto will report next as we all do. without fear or favor on fox news channel.
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>> neil: wow! what an incredible market day. we were down a lot today. a lot of it, a lot of it on fears maybe the trump agenda, that was long before this whole tweet controversy, was stalling out. we are on top of it because a lot of this has to do with technology. a lot of it has to do with the healthcare rework that just might not come tomorrow. we could be surprised. a lot has to do with republicans just plain not on the same page. stop me if you heard this before. gerri willis has, our star on what is driving this. gerri, what is happening here? >> a day after the president met