>> thank you for joining us on this third of july. david avella, good to have you. "happening now" starts right no now. >> a fox news alert, wall street kicks off july with a bang, hitting a record high during a short trading session in front of the independence day holiday. >> leland: the dow jones industrial average skyrocketing. more on the energy stocks coming up today. ♪ but in the meantime, the senate is on vacation for july 4th. i'm sure they are enjoying it. we are here for you, though. the president is pushing a health care idea that could really change everything. second hour of "happening now" " i am leland. >> molly: and molly.

the president issuing a challenge to g.o.p. senators to repeal obamacare now and replace later. if they can't strike a deal on more comprehensive legislation. president trump shows no signs of backing down from his battle with the mainstream news media. >> you are right about that, let me begin with health care. i think it's fair to say, the white house message on health care has evolved. but there is one thing that is undeniably clear right now, they would like to see congress repeal obamacare. and then get to work on what they like to believe would be an improved replacement. of course that means a lot of heavy lifting over on capitol hill. that's what the president has been asking them to do so they can get to work on some other important issues. i think it is also clear, it's a message that a lot of folks on the hill believe is long overdue. >> we are certainly not going to see a vote by the july 4th, there is some doubt that there might be a vote by the end of

next week, it is difficult to say. we do need to get this thing done, we need to get it done quickly because the american people were struggling to keep up with their health care payments and to find health care they can actually use. >> the complication of course is the 2018 midterm elections. if they repeal without a replacement right away, you are going to get lots of stories in the media talking about millions being off of health care. that is really what the challenge is. obviously for the folks on the hill and that means the onus is on them to get something done. >> what's going to happen? >> meanwhile, plenty of social media fireworks from the white house, by way of the president's twitter feed including a clip of him slamming cnn and a wwe style event, a lot of people thought it was hilarious, i guess a lot of other people thought it was on presidential. some people are saying it incited violence. the president saying this in,

lighten up, my use of social media is not presidential, it's modern-day presidential. make america great again. his counselor kellyanne conway told "fox & friends" this this morning. >> roughly 163's tweets sent out by president trump in june, three quarters of them had to do with policy, bilateral meetings, legislation, tweets like the one you just showed, we know the market, stock market loves that this man is president, jobs are being produced. you don't hear any of that, two networks gave zero coverage to the passage of kate's law. >> i think that is a pretty good point. obviously that story didn't get nearly as much in the way of headlines and some of the other twitter stories that we have been seeing and talking about here and elsewhere. by the way, the president returns to the white house tonight ahead of a picnic for u.s. service members and their families. that is coming up tomorrow right

here, a chance to watch some fireworks and celebrate america's birthday. >> molly: you covered a lot of ground there, even the midterms. thank you so much. >> leland: there is a lot to cover as president trump is about to mark his first fourth of july as commander in chief. honoring our veterans in a speech on saturday night while also blasting his current favorite target, the mainstream media. >> the fake media is trying to silence us. but we will not let them. because the people know the drill. the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house, but i am president and they are not. [applause]

>> joining us now, senior politics writer for u.s. news and world report. at one level, thanks to the president for putting that up, i don't think he is going to get any arguments that he is the president and nobody else's. the question is, does this help him? does this fight that he certainly continues, if doesn't start at times, help him with health care? >> i think it helps him with the republicans in that room, they eat it up. of the republican base does not like the media, it is why president trump continues to go back to it. we are an easy foil for him to wrap against, when you are struggling with the rest of your agenda, which he is right now, you go back to what is safe, what is easy, what works for him during the presidential campaign, that is why i think he is continuing to do that. i don't think it is helpful to get the hard stuff done, policy,

health care. we are talking about in the earlier segment how much time the president tweets on other topics. here's another platform he had and what are we talking about? he didn't use the speech to twist arms on health care legislation or talk about policy or tax cuts, he talked about the media. we as the media, we love a story about ourselves just as much as the oscar loves movies about hollywood. when he talks about the media, we are going to cover it for better or for worse. >> that is the point that kellyanne conway was making, essentially saying look, you had real subsidence substantive len coming through, especially related to immigration. those are big legislation changes that have huge implications. two networks didn't even cover kate's law. >> that was passed by the house, it's not a legislative

achievement yet because it's got to get through the senate. maybe the president spent the weekend tweeting about kate's law, why it's important, asking democrats why they won't get on board. so yes, part of this is the media coverage and i think we should look inward at what we are covering. i would rather not cover the tweets every day but the are official presidential statements and frankly they are more important than what comes out of a white house briefing room. >> there are two ways you can take these tweets. you can look at it through the lens of inciting violence, or you can look at it through donald trump among many things, as an entertainer. he's been an entertainer his entire life, whether as a real estate developer, as a candidate, and to a certain extent as president. why is the media going to this continual worse case scenario and hyperventilating over at? >> he is president, should he be

entertainer in chief anymore? we know that's what his training was in, i am not saying his tweets incited violence, i do think that takes it too far. i think he was trying to be funny, he was joking and it was symbolic. i am a free-speech person, i believe we should be able to go back and forth and say tough things about each other and walk away from it. i don't think it helps him subsidy deeper. in order to get them to cover something else, he should be focusing more on kate's law, talk about the health care bill this week, talk to senator collins and senator heller, talk about why you are changing medicaid. a lot of his tweets, we wake up in the morning and they are about morning joe and cnn and that becomes his own worst enemy. it's a circular coverage.

>> leland: there is that argument, on the other hand he tweeted about the market. there is some substance there as well. appreciate your insight, thank you for coming in. >> molly: the syrian military announcing a temporary cease-fire in the southern part of the country, ahead of talks with rebels as it syrian forces seek several neighborhoods in and around the strongholds. >> the russian brokered cease-fire talks are scheduled to begin later this week, as the fighting rages on in syria, in particular the fight to retake raqqa. syrian democratic forces have essentially surrounded the city and are closing in on the estimated 2500 militants that are basically hunkered down in raqqa. u.s. backed forces entered to

the south on sunday, pushing into the city and have already cut off the supply and escape routes to the west end to the north as well. they've also regained control of a key industrial section of eastern raqqa after isis launched a failed counteroffensive there on friday. this is the first push in the fight to retake raqqa, a battle that will likely to last several weeks if not longer. as it does, violence also continues in other parts of syria, take a look. yesterday, 20 oh people were killed, dozens of others wounded. it was the end of ramadan, first day back to work after ramadan. it was especially vicious and heinous. so far, no group's claimed responsibility but we know that isis and jihadist militants carried out separate bombings in march. that said, the ongoing bloodshed

in syria will likely be a main focus of discussion when president trump meets with russian president vladimir putin later this week. we will be following that closely, along with the ongoing fighting to retake raqqa. >> molly: all eyes on germany, thank you so much. >> leland: we've been talking about president trump facing a lot of backlash for his latest tweets. critics are saying it is distracting from his agenda. we will continue the discussion coming up next. plus, the president not the only one under fire, right there in your screen, new jersey governor chris christie outside sunbathing, he is facing heavy criticism for soaking up the rays on the jersey shore, note there are no other people in that photo, that beach was closed to everybody else, we will tell you why and why the governor is defending his actions when we come back.

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new jersey governor chris christie forced to defend his family's trip to the beach this weekend, why? because it happened during a state government shut down and the beach was close to everybody else. a plane snapped these pictures of his family on an empty beach along the new jersey shore, in case you are wondering, that is chris christie in the middle, black shorts, black t-shirt and a hat. the hat will become important later. to the beach was closed to the public because of a budget deadlock between him and the state legislatures. who better to break this down for us then david lee miller? >> life is a beach, at least it is for new jersey governor chris christie, the republican governor and his family were photographed over the weekend at an otherwise deserted island beach state park. the park was shut down by governor christie because of an

impasse in approving a new state budget. the first family was allowed to use this beach because they are staying at the governors nearby seaside summerhouse. the photos have been raised many new jersey residents deprived of a place to celebrate the fourth of july, there was even more criticism following his recent remarks to reporters at a news conference in the state capital, trenton. he was asked if he was enjoying the day and he said he didn't get any son. >> i didn't get any sun today. >> is there anyone or island beach state park? >> there is no lifeguards, no one to pick up garbage, no one providing any services. >> after word of picture services, his spokesman clarified the governor's remarks, saying he did not get any sun because he was wearing a baseball cap. today, he mocked the media for

taking the photos, saying "i'm sure there are pulitzers coming, it will be great." he says the legislature's inability to pass the budget required him to shut down all nonessential services because the state has no money. the disagreement is over funding concerning the state's biggest health insurer, although some democrats are signing with him. >> i will not be bullied into doing something that is not good for the residents of the state of new jersey. >> is the controversy continues to rage, he sent out a tweet this morning saying "new jersey beaches are open and 119 of our 130 miles of coastline, come and enjoy them but use sunscreen and hydrate." no indication when the budget deadlock could end but there is some good news. a fireworks show that was slated

to take place at liberty state park has now been relocated to jersey city. >> leland: have to look into how that happened. thank you, appreciate that. chris christie and his tweets should have added one more thing to bring, a baseball hat. >> molly: practical matters first, of course. >> leland: there is one person defending the governor, that is his spokesman. believe it or not, he will be on air with us in about an hour to discuss this very issue. >> molly: really dig into this. >> leland: see if the governor is going to draw a line in the sand. we could go on all day. >> molly: we could. many republicans are frustrated with the president's agenda, stalled in congress and growing to-do list, president trump faces backlash over his recent tweets. are all these tweets overshadowing the republican agenda? we will discuss that i had. meanwhile, massive changes to

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>> molly: the administration facing a bit of a setback after senate republicans delayed a vote on health care until after the july 4th recess. president trump is focusing on other things and most of his recent tweets, but in this when he said -- are the tweets overshadowing his

agenda and distracting from his goals? joining us now to discuss, a democratic strategist and founding partner and also with us, conservative of national syndicated radio talk show host, thank you for being here. let's kick things off here. president trump tweets a lot, it is fascinating to look at the whole stream. in the recent holiday weekend, he tweeted the cnn wrestling video, a lot of talking about msnbc. does that help or hurt? >> i don't think it does either. i want to state clearly, i know congress, they all feel the members have to jump in on this and try to comment on what the president is tweeting, let him do what he wants, he is the executive branch, he is going to have a p.r. strategy and part of his strategy and campaign is to get out there and go directly to

the people. some of the stuff isn't traditional but that's the way it is. all the members that need to comment about the presidents tweets need to realize they are in another branch of government. they should be legislating and they have a lot of work to do and they should do that work. >> molly: it is true that congress did respond quite a bit to the president. kevin, your thoughts? >> i don't think there is any foul, there is a couple things that kind of give feedback on that. his base is not going anywhere. in addition, i think you've also got the handwringing among the elected class of washington, d.c., you are dealing with folks that have still not really come to grasp with the fact that we've elected a completely different type of president than we've ever elected before. if people were going to be upset about mika for any length of time, that wrestling tweet took

care of that. today they are talking about getting health care done before the august recess, nine press releases that the white house put out this weekend on different policy issues ranging from north korea to syria to everything in between that they are addressing. i think if you look at his agenda, one of the beauties of what he has done in offices when he came in, and on my show i advocated for this, he went across the board in as many different directions he could at one time in the government is doing that. his base gets that. they don't care of paul ryan or nancy pelosi or that upset about it. the voters that he brought over really get the fact that he is fighting for them and they are okay with that. >> molly: twitter could be used as a tool, he has 32 million followers, is there a way he could harness that energy and make it work for him? >> i hate to agree with kevin. i don't want to actually agree with kevin but he is harnessing it. he is harnessing it because people are coming at him,

entities are coming at him, he is being attacked relentlessly. he's using that one mechanism to fight back. on his policy side, he is actually doing work. he's got a p.r. strategy through his twitter, policy items that are being effectuated every single day. the one thing i want to come down harder on, and this was my point with progress, the g.o.p. has both houses, start governing and stop criticizing. i'm going to go back to high school, the legislature, what do they do? they make the laws. the executive branch enforces it. we need to make sure the legislature realizes you don't need the president to make these laws, they should do it themselves. >> molly: president trump did tweet about the repeal and replace, saying they should repeal and replace at the later date. he is called on congress, they are out on their break.

does that send a message that congress needs to get to work and not worry about how he is tweeting or what is next? >> i think the positive use of twitter this morning, he tweeted about the case out of london and how the u.s. could stand with him. he has the power to impact a lot of different things because it is an unfiltered 33 million person audience. when you think about the ways people got upset, when they would say obama abused power, whether it was using the irs or other kind of a more covert, less public not social media driven type things, i think most people would heather have a president who makes these mistakes on twitter and then goes after irs power in the dead of night. we are not used to having a president who operates the way he does and what is really funny, all of these guys and his party or the other party, they seem to have been figured it

out, they haven't figured him out. >> molly: there are years to go. thank you so much for being here, appreciate it. >> leland: wounded veterans not letting life changing injuries hurt their competitive spirit, we are going to tell you how he is taking part in an archery event after losing his vision on the battlefield, live to chicago with this amazing story, plus president trump promises to reverse the direction of the federal government and that is already happening in the epa. we'll go in-depth and underground to show you the jobs it's creating and why some environmentalists say it is still the wrong move. >> this seems only about 4 feet thick and eventually the miners who operate it will go two or 3 miles in. with just this much clearance. it is dangerous, dark, wet work.

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this is an example of something being done about it, the warrior games attract athletes from australia, great britain, the u.s. army, navy, air force and special forces. for the men and women injured while serving, this is done literally getting back in the game. archery seems like an unlikely sport for a.j. mohammed. >> there was metal shrapnel that tore across from my face. through my right i do. and down the side of my face. >> some of his injuries were the signature wounds of the iraq war, coupled with post-traumatic stress and depression. a.j. relied on rafter medications, each with its own side effect. >> i'll be on even more medication and it would be the rest of my life.

>> like 265 other veteran athletes competing in the warrior games, a.j. chose a different path. >> athletics is a way to build self-esteem and have a sense of accomplishment, to really realize there are people out there cheering you on and saying we support you and thank you for what you have done. >> and now in a new normal of codependence, his wife is his roi. >> i let him know if i think he needs to move, up or down or if he needs to tilt the bow a certain direction. >> fire. did you hear that? >> a.j. has cut his meds in half and has his life back on target. that is a.j. on the range at this moment, he has his arm drawn back and is getting ready to fire. if you look behind him, his wife grace is spotting for him. it's a little hard to see how he did. the games are underway, this is

just one of many competitions out here, swimming, cycling, running, a marksmanship competition. probably the signature game out here is wheelchair basketball, the gold medal game for that is on friday, you can catch it on espn. molly? >> molly: thank you for sharing that very personal story, one small glimpse into the lives they are leading now. thank you. >> leland: tax reform and health care are still hung up in congress, the president didn't need their help or approval to accomplish something his supporters cheer as pouring gas on the fire of our economy. mr. trump has dismantled much of president obama's environmental legacy including on doing or weakening his predecessors clean power plan, withdrawing from the paris climate treaty, repealing the former president's rules on clean waterways, reversing the ban on the use of a toxic pesticide, all of this while

proposing budget cuts to environmental cleanup. as the head of the epa gets ready to undertake a debate about the human's role in climate change. joining us now, richard fowler, fox news contributor and radio talk show host along with a republican strategist. gentlemen, thank you for you both being here. richard, i know this bothers you so take your best shot. >> to the victor go the spoils, i'm happy the administration rolling back many of the protections -- out of all of them there is one i think is particularly alarming, the clean waterways. what this rule said was we have to make sure waterways were of drinking quality, with the rollback of this, it means 117 million americans are in jeopardy of not having clean water to drink. if you remember a couple of years ago, there was an accident in northern west virginia that

left a lot of those individuals without clean water to drink from their tap. we also have michigan and chicago, illinois, indiana -- >> leland: in utah, the epa created that massive orange reverse bill and cause all the problems. but the president will tell you, this is an about the environment from of this is also about helping the economy. the president has talked about edge, the opening of a new coal mine in western pennsylvania. the first coal mine in a long time, another of couple hundred ancillary jobs. we visited the coal mine, take a listen to the ceo and his thoughts. >> the tone of government has completely changed. coal is no longer afford little word, fossil fuels are encouraged and that is a great thing for our economy. regulations have been eased, we are talking about tax cuts, infrastructure spending, all of those are great for our business.

>> leland: i know richard has a problem with that, too. >> president trump is restoring gods do not jobs. 42% of americans live below the poverty line, specifically white americans, what we are seeing some of the things they are doing, especially the paris climate accord, which they estimated by 2014 would have cost our economy $3,000,000,000,000.6.5 million jobs, he is encouraging job growth and allowing for an environment where businesses can rely on stability. i'm glad to see some of the things that are going on and i agree with richard's point when he says he would like to see that president trump rolling back some of his obama era regulations. let me make at this point on call, i get it, there are tons of americans depended on coal

jobs, here's what we know. there is an 8% decrease in the demand for coal overall, we know that coal is not a renewable resource. while we are finding these jobs and creating these opportunities, we should be also finding ways to innovate our economy, and look into wind and water, which are booming. instead of saying coal, coal, coal, knowing those jobs will eventually end because it is a nonrenewable resource, we also focus on innovation to our economy, like water, wind, sola solar. >> richard, i am beginning to think you are working for the white house. >> coal is not clean. >> he wanted to use innovation, that is a point you just made. >> there is a big distinction and saying building work coal

mines is not innovation. we have individuals and parts of america that are unemployed and we need to focus on that, we also need to be finding ways to invest in new forms of innovation, wind, solar. that is not what is happening at all. >> leland: i am trying to find what you guys are disagreeing about here. >> where i agree is that he may say in word innovation, but his policy speaks to the lack of innovation. >> leland: this is encouraging a free market, how is that not encouraging business and innovation? >> i agree with that point. further, we've been in office about seven months now, the things that the epa are doing are brand-new, brand-new in the sense that he rolled back the obama era regulations and are

investigating in an american first a policy. this is a new administration, new stuff coming on board and determining what the policy is going to be from here on out. i don't understand how we can judge what the administration is going to do when it's only been about six months in office. >> you can't have your cake and eat it too on this one. donald trump has been judged based on jobs and stock prices, we should also be able to judge on how he it has affected our environment. >> we don't know yet. >> i started off the segment by talking about the fact that this waterway rollback could put 117 million americans water source in jeopardy, that is problematic. >> what you didn't mention is the fact that they are evaluating all the policies. >> it's still problematic that 117 million americans waterways are now in jeopardy. >> you use different words here. you've said code, might be, now

all of a sudden they are in jeopardy. if you are willing to give the president credit for the jobs and for the market, shouldn't we wait to see if the waterways are actually in jeopardy? wait for the actual policy? >> we've had steady economic policy prior to president trump getting there. that was the work that was done by previous administration's previous economic policy. the rollback of the clean waterways are problematic, whether it could, will, might, our waterways it should be safe, period. and that is now in jeopardy. >> again, this president has made a commitment to an america first policy and we are seeing with those policies look like. we cannot prejudge as president.

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need china to help us with north korea to reign things in. how do you think he will react to this warning coming from the president of china? >> i think the administration at the right thing, they did a very hard thing, to be honest. they had a lot of rhetoric to push back on the chinese. but let's face it, the chinese have not followed any of the trump administration suggestions or hopes that they would rein in their north korean allies. the trump administration is taking a harder line, they have no choice. let's step back for a second and think with the chinese are actually doing in the south china sea and why the trump administration's reaction. they essentially joining my drawing lines around the south china sea and claiming it about their own territory. i think the trump administration is doing the right thing, it is the hard thing to do but they simply have no choice. >> molly: there appears to be a bit of a cat-and-mouse game going on, a pretty serious one.

is that a good tactic, it's something we have seen the u.s. to before, but should the president be doing more? >> absolutely. i think the trump administration should be doing this daily if they could at this point. we have to keep in mind what the chinese are trying to do is to change the international system in the asia-pacific to their favor. in the long term, with the chinese want to do is basically throughout the united states out of the asia pacific. the trump administration here is actually doing something that is very simple, very straightforward and essentially challenging the chinese moves here. the chinese are going a lot further, they are actually building big islands in the south china sea, not only are they doing that but they are arming them with antiship weapons, fighter jets, they have runways that can actually hold the equivalent of what we consider b-52 bomber. these are things that we have to react to. if we don't, the asia-pacific will eventually be china has

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>> leland: the university of california at berkeley filing a motion to dismiss our first amendment lawsuit. the lawsuit claims that campus administrators violated the constitution back in april by canceling plan to speeches by prominent conservatives on campus. let's bring in our legal panel. we can argue for a long time, those who have a lot more first amendment experience will for a long time debate whether

or not campuses can restrict speech. this brings up an important point. it is now the middle of july, this happened back in april. how do kids on campuses who want to hear conservative speakers ensure that they do? >> this is going to be really hard because the lawsuit has a lot of moving parts. and rightfully so. let's say we have another conservative group on campus who wants to bring in another conservative speaker, are we going to have a repeat with riots and fires and speakers who don't feel safe enough to come and speak on campus? one of the things that students could do is file for injunctive relief if that were to happen again as opposed to this lawsuit, which is trying to get redressed for something that happened in the past. kids would have to run to a judge right away and say you need to step in the to make sure that the campus does the right thing. >> leland: don't universities have the upper hand because not only do they have the lawyers who work for them but also because the school year is nine

months. this is over before it begins. >> i believe this issue started back in april and now we are here in july, it's not going to be heard until august. one of the things that is paramount is you have to balance the safety versus the first amendment rights of speech. there is certain speech that is not protected by the first amendment, and in this case we are concerned about the safety aspect. >> leland: people have had to listen to speech they disagree with all lot. as the university, is any university not responsible at some point to allow speech that some people obviously disagree with? >> is of the question? or is berkeley condoning the rioters, condoning the liberals. >> they are allowing up if they are saying it has to take place at a certain time and a certain place on campus. >> the law enforcement asked for that to happen for a safety

concern so they could control the environment. >> leland: the rioters got to say what they wanted to say but the conservatives did not. >> the camp and us cannot say conservative speakers need to go to the back of the bus, that is not how free speech works but that is essentially with the. this lawsuit is going to stick, these are questions of facts for a judge. >> if the school is able to prove it is a serious threat, they will have support in their position. >> leland: it will probably be argued long after these kids are off to their first jobs and they can come back and arguing in court. thank you very much. >> molly: the great beach brouhaha involving new jersey governor chris christie seen soaking up the sun after shutting down the beach as to the public on a holiday weekend, is a spokesman weighing in on this controversy coming up next. )

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♪ >> molly: >> leland: a a fox net as donald trump is away from the white house right now, returns, but is hard at work as he prepared for the g20 summit later this week. nice to be with you. great to be with you at home. hopefully you are enjoying your monday. i am leland vittert. >> molly: and i am molly line. president trump is expected to speak with french, german, leaders today before the g20 summit where he will also meet with russian president vladimir putin for the first time. peter doocy is traveling with the president. his live. peter, how is he preparing. >> he has been working his

phones, molly, calling leaders and germany and italy. last night, leaders in and japa japan. but on the schedule is the planned meeting with russian president, vladimir putin, because of the probes into russia's interference in the u.s. election of '16. when these two meet, they have more pressing things to talk about. >> why hasn't anyone said, will he discuss the fact that russia does what they said or did not say after assad gassed women and children? where is the questions about that months ago? >> president trump leaves wednesday for germany and poland. it will be a second foreign trip as commander entry. molly? >> molly: and what is about his tweets, where he symbolically at least beat up on

cnn? >> he tweeted today, frustration that issues surrounding the economy or the border get less coverage than a wrestling themed tweet about a cable channel logo. today in the last couple hours, his allies are starting to wonder aloud, why does video of the wrestling ring with the cnn logo is causing so many more problems than a video of another scripted performance. >> i find it interesting that if there's a play in the park about shakespeare, and donald trump gets murdered on stage, that's okay. that is entertaining. somehow, pro wrestling is real. where else but in the media do their minds go there? i just think they are looking for a way to be offended, and they will find it no matter how irrational it is, and it is wearing thin.

>> over the weekend, the white house's legislative director said, the twitter has helped president trump advance himself and his agenda ever since he got into politics. molly? >> molly: peter doocy covering so much ground for us there. thank you very much. >> leland: congressional republicans inability to repeal and replace obamacare is pushing down a lot of issues on the schedule. they returned from the fourth of july recess and they want to make some headway on tax reform and the budget, even before the scheduled august recess. is that even possible? mike emanuel in the washington newsroom with more on this. mike, whenever they set a deadline, they have to move it back. like you sending them? >> that's a great question. some these man-made deadlines certainly do not seem to force progress, but there is also some on capitol hill that will note, if you do not set a deadline,

then things do not happen. one g.o.p. senator notes, there are 33 possible legislator days before the end of the fiscal year. there is a pressure to do a budget, increase the debt ceiling, the inability to do more and they're still wrestling with health care. >> we are still trying to get 5t to agree on a really cap located combined and replace pan. let's do the repeal, and then get 60 of the 100 centers. let's just 18 hours a day, six days a week. let's cancel the august they work. come on let's do it in full public view, and have hearings work at something that does better than obamacare. >> the congressional budget office is analyzing a couple different versions of the senate health care plan. one includes an amendment from senate senators, that would allow insurance companies to have cheaper plans that does not meet all of the obamacare and

requirements. that should make some insurance premiums a lot cheaper. leland? >> leland: we have the republican side of this. we also have heard rumors and some threatening from the president. maybe he will talk to the democrats if you cannot get to where you must get with the republicans. any sign or that is materializing? >> some republican leaders sod skeptical. they perhaps promise their constituents, but moderate senate democrats that he is rated to talk. >> work with some democrats who are looking to meet you in the middle, who have always been willing to meet you in the middle. i'm the most centrist, moderate person they will find in the senate that it's going to look down, check down, and work on anything in a more progressive manner that basically fixes the problems that we have. i will work with it. >> with congress out of town, a lot of the pressure have shifted to one week from today when it senator's return to the capital. leland? >> leland: and you will be there to cover it all.

mike emanuel, thank you so much. >> molly: joining and all of this. the ceo of american majority. joe meant thank you for joining me. let's kick off health care. there is been up i did a possibly, the senators would like to see this play. they would like to see that repeal, get it out of the way, and then work on creating what is next for health care. do you think that will actually work then? >> it does not seem like it is extremely possible right now. the republican party has a rift between polar opposites problems. you have susan collins and dean heller out of nevada. susan out of maine. moderate republicans who do not like the bill, because a does too much to gouge medicaid. then you have ron johnson and

mike lee, because they do not think it does enough to repeal obamacare. they are at a crossroads. we will see where mitch mcconnell want to compromise. does he go at that moderates or the conservatives? usually, the moderates go towards conservative plan, but we do not know. >> leland: >> molly: they did mo defund it, and he did not sign it, but in essence, the repeal would be the easier part. the part apart would be replacing it. ned, what you think? everything is pushing off? >> and fact they are. i agree with both members of the house and senate that they need to strongly agree to cancel the recess. come back from the fourth of july recess, and the thing i disagree with, come back from the july 4th recess you will have about three weeks if they should take their august recess to dig into the health care bill and say, we are going to take a hard look at how far we can get down the road to make a really good health care bill happen that we can send

back to the house. it will get to tom's desk and we can move on to tech support. over 60% of the people want good, solid tax reform. there some good things and dispelled. right now, it repeals the individual mandate, the employer mandate, it cuts a lot of the taxes from the insurers. the insurers tax is passed on to the people. the cadillac tax. they cut a lot of those taxes. there are some good things that have taken place, but conservatives like myself have a little bit of a problem with tens of billions of dollars in corporate welfare to insurance companies to arbitrary lower premium cost. i think what the senators need to do is take a look at it, how are we going to lower premiums and lower cost. there are ways to do it. >> molly: i'm going to shift gears. we talked about the health care debate. there's a big meeting. the g20, president trump will be meeting for the first time with russian president vladimir putin. what should he say to vladimir putin? ben? >> i would personally,

completely -- i was upset about "the washington post" story about obama finding out about the collusion and intervention or interference in the '16 election pair he found out in august and did nothing. kicking out 65 65 diplomats. this was an active cyber war war, and i want to see donald trump be a little tougher on vladimir putin, puts and some sanctions and let the russians know, this cyber war aggression will not stand. i also think it is a two fold win for donald trump if he does do that. of course, it will lay to rest the rumors that he is simply a puppet for vladimir putin. >> molly: we have a quick sound bite here from u.s. national security of advisor. he says, our relationship with russia is not different from any other country in terms of communicating to them. really, our concerns are where we see problems in the relationship and opportunities.

there are no specific agenda. it is really going to be whatever the president wants to talk about. it does not give us a lot of insight as to what exactly this is going to go. how do you think i should go? >> i would like them to address a couple things. one, addressed vladimir putin and say, nice try trying to attack our election straight out of a conversation with them same, if you want to get antagonistic, we can. a public statement saying, to whatever democracy showed that trump is going to take it seriously that he had a conversation with vladimir putin. encouraged him it was in his best interest to not meddle in future elections are future democratic elections. i would like them to take a public and private stance. i would also like him to talk about syria and talk with vladimir putin, there are three nonnegotiable's. we are going to annihilate isis. we will get to the point where i sat is going to be gone or only rule part of syria, and we will

completely eliminate iranian influence. let's have a conversation about what we are going to do in syria. >> molly: thank you so much for joining us. to be a fly on that wall. we appreciate it. new jersey governor chris christie and hot water. dare i say, even getting burned after spending a day at this beach. there he is in the center. a state beach, which was close to the public due to a government shutdown. governor christie his secretary will attack the critics. there's a lot of them. plus, the u.s. taken a stand against china in high seas. the impact it could have ahead of the g20 summit this week. ♪

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china calling it a provocation. the destroyer ceiling in 12 miles of the islands, which tie at to make. they are ignoring territorial claim. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. jennifer, what is the reaction to beijing to all this? >> just today after the u.s. navy destroyer sailed within 12 miles of that disputed islan island, they accuse the united states of stirring up trouble in the region. it's the second time since president trump took office. the scent emac pentagon has sent a warship within 12 nautical miles to protest giants claim to the island. sailed off the coast of titan island. part of the paracel islands also

claimed by taiwan and vietnam. >> molly: what impact could this have on president trump's meeting with the chinese leader? >> president trump will meet with his chinese counterpart in germany later this week. that is at the g20 summit. expect a cooler meeting this time around compared to the warm atmosphere at mar a lago. they are getting frustrated with beijing without rain then north korea's ballistic program. this lsi, there is no mention of the u.s. warship readout. lastly, it the administration issued $.4 million gimmick to make billion-dollar to their missile program, incorporated agree being aging. china launched a new type of warship, which analysts say, it's on par with a modern u.s. navy guided missile destroyer.

china has roughly the number of cruisers and submarines as the u.s. navy. one of the reasons the navy wants to build more ships. >> molly: thank you for that, jennifer. will see at if this is a more frosty meeting. >> >> leland: it is no day at te beach for chris christie. it was a day at the beach before the meeting of him at the beach with him and his family. he came out. he was on odd stretch of sand that was close to the public due to new jersey's budget crisis. what does governor christie have to say about this picture? we will ask him coming next. >> i did not get any son today. next. excuse me, next. i am done. we are talking about the closure of government, and you are talking about your tmz stuff.

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♪ >> molly: a fox news alert on the scene of a car crash near logan airport in boston. the police saying that the car ran into a group of pedestrians. very close there to the airport. early reports say that several people have been hurt. we are not sure how seriously it is of the time, but the fbi is telling fox news that at this point, it appears accidental. the driver is cooperative. there is no terrorism at this time. following the story, it will bring you more information as soon as we get it. ♪ >> leland: the new jersey government is facing a shut down this weekend, and that on fourth of july on the fourth of july week to be shut down and that is all because of

chris christie and state legislatures. there is the beach there. you can imagine, folks were not happy that the governor and his family spent the day at one closed beach all by themselves. when questioned, the governor had this to say. >> i did not get any son today. my question -- >> no. no. there is no one on the beach state park. there are no lifeguards. there's no want to pick up the garbage. there is one providing any services at island beach state park. >> leland: the governor said he did not get any fun. then he is there in the center, dark t-shirt. if you look really closely, you can see a baseball hat. the hat becomes key. christie's press secretary saint, yes the governor was on the beach briefly today. talking to his wife before heading into the office.

he did not get any son. he had a baseball hat on. so with that, let's bring in the man that has the job of defending his bosses bathing on the beach. press secretary, >> molly: a6. we we appreciate you being here. >> happy to be here. >> leland: the whole defense is that, he has a baseball hat on? >> that was me making a joke to a reporter that i have known, and there's only one reporter who quoted me on that. it was a little back and forth joke. let me make some thinly clear. as he started the segment, there's a misconception here. 119 miles of beaches are open. 211 beaches are open. they have been packed. they were packed friday. packed saturday. only two state on beaches are closed. >> leland: brian, please tell

me. i understand the spend. you can also understand -- the optics of it. the fact that 30,000 state workers are not getting paychecks. the fact that courts are going to be close. the fact that in the "star-ledger" had a story about this. >> do care about the shutdown? >> leland: there is a spokesman -- >> as a spokesman -- >> let the governor decide. if you want to talk optics, that's all you have. you have an photo of a politician with his family, with his family my god, on a beach. it is the governor's residence, and it is a segment of the beach that is closed 365 days in the year to the public anyway. >> leland: you're right. at a time -- >> he spent 45 minutes on the beach, before he came back and began to work. >> leland: hold on. he came back the helicopter.

ryan brian, everyone can agree t by the picture he got some sun. >> for a week. i am telling you. starting monday, at his monthly radio show, he said, he was going to be at the beach. friday we had a press conference. he said, he was going to the beach to be with his family. >> leland: brian, let me ask you one question. brian, you are an expert at running out the clock. let me get a question in here. just because he did something that he said he was going to do that has people upset is not a defense for doing it. clearly -- >> the photos is why you are talking to me now. my god. we have photos that are proving that chris christie did what he was going to do that day. that is what you have. photographs showing the governor

doing what he said he was going to do. >> leland: we also have photographs -- we have a photograph of a governor who is talking campaigned and campaigt leadership. he is the governor. he is in charge. the buck stops with him. hold on. when there is a government shutdown looming, he is on a beach, and then took a state owned helicopter back. why -- that was 45 minutes that -- >> he continued to work last night and he is back in the office today. through the shutdown, and he will continue to work. we cannot sign a budget that isn't presented to us by the legislature. he will sign the budget if they deliver it. >> leland: please tell me you can agree with me. this has made the job of getting the budget for the citizens of new jersey infinitely more difficult.

it puts him in a much more worse position. >> actually not. in fact, democrats met today -- will they did me today together with the individual that is holding the budget hostage to work on some resolution, and we are waiting to learn the results of that meeting, and wht plans they can move forward to get us a budget to sign. he cannot wave a magic wand and open up state government. this is controlled by the constitution. we need the legislature to act. >> leland: brian, i can admire you coming on it full throated defense. everyone deserves a lawyer. >> it's always good to be on fox. >> leland: i appreciate it. come back when the budget continues. we will talk about it. it so it's good to see you. a little more on this, let's bring in dennis miller lloyd, host of "dennis and judy" 105

under fm channel. your cares in a question mark >> no. there's a couple different ways depending on how you want the story to look. the photographer who got the photo had a home run. had a hunch the governor would be there, even though against the backdrop of the entire island being empty, and he had a great picture. that newspaper goes after christie routinely. where was that photographer when they are bringing their place there last year? they did not get a picture of that. not here to defend the governor. he has a brother, who has a beachfront home three towns north of there. he could've called uncle todd and said, listen. uncle todd, we cannot go to island beach state park, can we go to yours? it will look -- the optics are not good. uncle todd, we are coming over. when you go to the jersey shore, you have to have a plan b.

i have kids. whenever there's a crowded town, we go to another town. he should have taken another. >> leland: what is the issue here? as good as a job as brian did, and i admire the full throated defense. it is any communication person would say, governor, it's a lot better for you to say, i'm staying in town, i am working. to your point, going to a family member's house in saint, i cannot go to the speech, and he same, he is a bad rating. new jersey rating. that's the latest poll. what is the point here that he is trying to make her? i don't care anymore? i give up? what is going on here? >> he likes to be the big boss man. he likes to show this. he's the guy in charge, and he has connections, and he has vip axes. you see him at the vip access booth when he is at the bosses concert. once the people to know, i could

go to uncle todd's house for the weekend, but this is where i told my family i would take them. i have axis. i've state troopers guarding me. i'm going to the beach. >> leland: dennis, rain the slow news week, we all look to things to talk about. i look for things on your show, you will have a lot to talk about with this. >> i am today and tomorrow. i am dying over here. >> leland: we appreciate you coming in even more then. >> thank you. >> leland: molly? >> molly: alive look at an accident outside of boston global airport. several injured. the breaking details as this unfolds next. in a special counsel robert mueller adding to his team, someone fired by the trumpet white house. the details and what it could mean for the russian investigation, moments away. i was always "the girl with psoriasis." people don't stare anymore.

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fox news has now confirmed that president trump pharma can campaign manager agreed to. catherine? >> spokesman for the former chairman says that paul made a fort has agreed to testify before the house panel, and the application is at the testimony could happen before the august recess. i look forward to meeting with those of these issues, to discuss the actual facts he said in a statement through spokesman. last week between fort said he was. prices began last week with this justice department for the russian interference was publicly known. foreigner my former member talk today that he is counseling total transparency in this case. >> were to tell the truth.

if there's some things that people want to take a patch at at, yes, we can debate that. do not shade the truth. tell it like it is. let the stripes speak for itself. legally, you are in the firmest ground. politically in the way the story unfolds, you will be on firm ground as well. >> leaders tell fox that the intelligence agencies are responding to subpoenas that were issued in may by the house intelligence committee. it's chairman, devin nunes, says susan rice and john brennan, and samantha power, did request the identification of american citizens encoded in intelligence reports. rice is also expected to testify, and is hoping to do that before the august recess. molly? >> molly: catherine, we had some new information that there will be in addition to the council office? >> may confirm to fox news that there is a new addition to the

team. top prosecutor, assistant director, andrew goldstein, who led to several a successful prosecution involving clinical figures. writing on twitter, his old boss, preet bharara said, andrew goldstein, my corruption chief, joins mueller, enjoy the best of best, fair, tough, smart. that brings the total number of lawyers on mueller's team to about a dozen, molly. >> molly: catherine, thank you. >> leland: we will bring in time for a little more on this. president of judicial watch. always nice to see you. you're upset about this. you tweeted, special counselor mueller is out of control. the doj and downtime should shut it down. it's a specific because of the hiring of speedway six >> my count is 14, 15 lawyers

working on this case to investigate what? an employment dispute between comey and paul manafort's filing of a document. general flynn. there is no prosecution that can be gotten there. they did file the forms. however late. i don't understand what this investigation is about. you have the conflict caused by comey leaking information. you have constitutional concerns about the way -- 's you want are you offering legal advice? public relation advice? i'm wondering what category disposing two? >> i'm not a lawyer, so i'm not offering legal advice. if it was him i would i do it over tv. >> leland: twitter in this case. >> as far as government corruption and constitutionality, data are real concerns about where the office is operating. you all these democrat donors. are there any trump donors on

the team that robert mueller is hiring? and you have an appointment of a special counsel, that has no date to date supervision from a constitutional law. there's no -- >> leland: you cannot have an it counsel as people want to pretend. you have to have one that is answerable to an officer, and is not here in a practical way. what other investigation into the department of justice of recently or currently, has 12 lawyers working on a question mark >> leland: i'm trying to understand her issue. the issue with the special counsel law? is your issue with how many lawyers know that mr. robert mueller has? is it with robert mueller? >> all of the above. too many lawyers are looking for a crime there's not. ethical issue as to how robert mueller is appointed, and then you have the first order issue of whether the special counsel, the way it is set up under the

regulation of the department of justice, whether that is a constitutional problem, because you cannot outsource the powers given to you under the constitution to prosecute to an appointee, and then let them go out. >> leland: i could be wrong, but you in the past has called for independent investigations, whether it was benghazi or anything else pairwise is different? >> i call for special councils every time it rains. look at the rules, you say, my gosh, there's no constitutional basis, or there is constitutional issues with the way it is set up. you might be able to have a special counsel or someone designated to do the work, but they have to be answerable in a more direct way to the appointed, the department of justice. >> leland: you are not demanding for those things earlier. >> when you look at now, the problem is that you have it. i am not against the special counsel, per se. i want to go back and rework the consul back gimmick to

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it's >> on the fox news data, we are tracking news out of boston, where police say, a taxi has sld into a crowd of pedestrians very close to logan airport. police officials saying at least several people are injured. will have a lab report, plus will have the latest on the health care debate as white house officials leave open

the doors to repealing and then later replacing obamacare. that is coming up, when our anchor, shepard smith reports. ♪ >> molly: at the white house and talks with the parents of a terminally ill boy in britain, after the courts ruled that the hospital should take him off life support. the president tweeting, if we can help little to be one and our friends in the u.k. and the pope, we would be delighted to do so. charlie is 11 months and has a fatal syndrome. they want to bring them to the u.s., but the court saying it's not in their interest. the pope calling to say let the parents have their say. >> he is still fighting to win and wants to fight for many mor more. we can even take our own son home to die. >> molly: a spokesman for the hospital, where charlie is in

intensive care releasing a statement saying, together with charlie's parents, we are putting plans in place for his care and to give him more time together as a family. joining me now, doug burns, defense attorney and former prosecutor, an attorney jay. this is truly just a heartbreaking case. it may not take you much longer. the parents have a very, very short time. doug, what about the courts decision decision here? >> look. it is a very tragic case involving biomedical ethics and law. they did litigate the site all three tiers of the british court, the lower court, the intermediate court and the supreme court. they also went to an international court for human rights in europe. most courts heard testimony from experts. it's a very tough thing. they made the decision. they try to second-guess, but the only thing, they did have multiple hearings about it. it is very, very tragic.

i am unclear as to what the hospital -- why they would not let them take the child home. they offered to pay for grid i'm not sure if maybe we are missing some facts to know. maybe the hospital could do that. >> molly: and jay, it's the most heartbreaking thing. they want to be there with their child. in america, we believe parents for the most part get to make these sorts of choices about their child's care. a long legal battle commander system may be different, but how do you feel about this as it comes to a close? >> it reminds me a lot of the terry schiavo case a decade or more ago. in the united states, where you had someone -- a family member to be kept on life support, and the other family who had the authority to take them off. it shows the importance of having advance directives in the

usa. living wills and documents that can control those situations. if both sides agree, great magnanimous for president trump to help. the gard family could get a visa to come here, but the irony is, under the aca and obamacare, this young boy it would be able to stay on life support here in the united states, and have his life preserved under comes plan on and what the senate is debating, you cut a trillion dollars, and then there is no money to create that life support. >> molly: you heard from the pulpit, the president on this issue. tremendous outpouring. here is this quote the family in the u.k. if charlie's brain function cannot be improved as all seem to agree, then how could he be any better off than he is now with this condition that his

parents believe should not be sustained. with the heaviest of hearts, but with complete conviction for charlie's best interests to let charlie die with dignity. the argument to be made here is the parents know what is in their child's best interest. your thoughts on that, doug? >> again, your judgment can become clouded. understandably of course. you are cleaning to any hope possible. any experimental thing. the experiment till treatment in the u.s. was apparently covered in the hearings that i referred to earlier. again, my thoughts are that i don't find any faults with the parents wanting to try to do whatever they can, but at the same token, the ruling was the ruling. as far as the president, i don't think working with my colleague point, i don't think they should intervene legally at any point. as he suggest, and i agree. perhaps the parties could agree

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♪ >> molly: and amtrak train derailment in washington state with 216 people. here's one of those passengers to describe what happened. >> very, very suddenly, we heard a terrible noise. crunching sound. we felt the car tip off the track. >> molly: according to amtrak, the locomotive and at least

three of the trains 15 cars going off the track. likely, only minor injuries were reported paired the cause of death derailment, still under investigation. ♪ >> leland: wounded veterans coming back from overseas are finding a way to heal through sports. hundreds of former service members competing in is called the warrior games. this week in chicago. mike is there as the games are underway. hello, mike. >> hello. we have 265 veterans. you see some of them competed behind me. they involve athletes from the united kingdom, australia, special forces, air force, navy, marines, army. we have a jame mohammed from the security forces. he was hit by a roadside bod. he lost most of envision. an entire eye. spinal damage and brain injury. like many veterans, he was on it

regiment of medication. the side effect was causing havoc. so, he went to adaptive sports. >> the the medications, and i would be the rest of my life. i do not want that to happen. i gave that up with how my life was turning. something needed to change. sports has deftly done that. >> you may be wondering, how a visually impaired guy competes in archery? his wife spots for him. and since getting into adaptive sports, he cut his medication and hat. he already competed today, and he's going home with at least a bronze. he also competes in cycling that happens later in the week. he competes on a tandem bike with a person who does not have visual impairment piling the bike for him. back to you. in >> leland: incredible. mike tobin there in chicago.

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