>> bill: a great tick kick off today. we hope that everyone joins us for our series, o-town is joining us, and thank you everyone for visiting. >> all of the warriors visiting today, thank you. >> martha: an outpouring of support coming from across the country for arizona senator john mccain, as we learn that a vietnam war hero has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer, the senator is at home with his family, as he reviews his treatment options. he will release a statement saying that he is in good spirits. his longtime friend and colleague says that if anyone can handle this it is john mccain. >> i think that most people have a hard time figuring out what is best, so pray, god knows how to do this not me, but i do know

this, this disease has never had a more worthy opponents. this is looming large over health care, a group of about 20 senators met late last night as they try to forge a path forward on undoing obamacare, good morning, i am sandra smith live on a busy day. >> rick: all this surrounding president trump and attorney jeff sessions, he never would have appointed sessions if he had known that he would recuse himself from the russian investigation. live it from the north lawn of the white house, where a lot is going on today. good morning. >> that interview with "the new york times," the president pulled a pen on another grenade, if you will, if there is any doubt that he was very upset by a jeff sessions

decision to recuse himself last spring in the russian investigation. that was laid to rest last night, the president flat out saying that had he known, had he had any inkling that sessions would recuse himself when the going got tough, he never would have given him the job. >> sessions it should have never recuse himself, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job, and i would have picked somebody else. how do you take a job and then recuse yourself? if you want to recuse yourself before the job, i would have said thanks, jeff, it is extremely unfair, . >> rick: it is never good when someone talks about you like that and you are in their employ. keep in mind, he is a trompe l'oeil list to the campaign, he was the first saturday to join, he was an outspoken proponent of

the president with many people were running away. the president said last night there is no way that sessions can stay in that position and that the president will very soon be looking for a new attorney general, but then that sessions was quite aware that the president was upset with hi him, this is him finally having the chance to vent in public about something that has been an open secret here in the white house, that sessions believes that he did the right thing by recusing himself under the department of justice guidelines, and that he will keep his head down until the storm blows over. sandra. >> sandra: president trump are urging republicans to tough it out on health care, but critics are seizing on a new cbo report on a clean obamacare repeal. what is happening. >> rick: giving a lot of ammunition to those critics with the 10-year projection which came out yesterday, a repeal and a delay bill, as it is being called, projected over the course of ten years, 32 million

additional people will be without health care, while the deficit would be reduced by billions of dollars, let's not forget stuff that is just the repeal bill and it does not take into account what would replace obamacare down the road. the legislative white house affairs secretary and the administrator of the medicare medicaid services up to talk to republicans who are either sitting on the fence or having a very difficult time getting to yes, yesterday, the president had a high-pressure lunch with senators in which he basically

told him look, you have been promising your constituents for seven years that you are going to repeal obamacare, and now when you actually have a chance to do it, you are not? listen to what the president said. >> i have been here just six months, i am ready to ask, i have a pen in hand, believe me. i am sitting in that office, i have pen in hand. you never had that before. you know, for seven years, you had an easy route. we will repeal and replace. but are you signing it? he was here at the white house yesterday, he said that he will put the repeal bill up for a vote, it is fully amendable as well, but frankly, the prospects don't look good for that, but if it does go down to defeat. there are some who believe that could create enough backlash that senators will give it one more try and get it done by the august break. >> sandra: thank you. >> rick: joining me now for more on all of this, from the washington times, two big story lines coming from this white house, let's talk about this white house story, this feels like uncharted territory when a president questions his

attorney general, and his deputy. >> yet, it is tough and i can't imagine it being any tougher for anybody than jeff sessions himself, as john roberts pointed out. it doesn't matter that this was an open secret that donald trump was disappointed in sessions over his recusal, we already all knew that he is giving an interview on tape, laying it out on tape in such stark terms that it is going to hijack the news cycle, he had a good day yesterday, he has a lot of things to focus on right now. he has made more progress on health care in the last 24 hours and in the last couple of weeks and had it all blown aside by this. there has got to be some discipline in the white house. >> rick: so should we expect to see sessions resign, or as it's likely that he will be fired to? >> i think it will be very tough

to fire him right now, and i understands that sessions had offered to resign numerous times, and the president has declined. and it almost seems like further punishment to keep from round to end to say things like this. but again, it doesn't help the president to achieve the goals that he is seeking to achieve right now. >> rick: let's get to the other topic of health care. to try to salvage as well, but susan collins was not there. >> this is a very tough thing going ahead, but i have to say, i have seen some very crazy stuff in the past couple of months with health care, there certainly is some glimmer of hope there. >> rick: so you are seeing some signs of progress.

>> absolutely, there is no doubt. and the message it is a perfect message, and they should be terrified of the notion that for seven years that they have passed all of these repeal bills and knowing that they would never get signed into law, and then suddenly when you have somebody who will sign it into law, they are not able to produce anything, that is a tough thing to have to do. >> rick: no doubt. thank you for your time this morning. >> sandra: all all right, welle will have much more on the next steps for health care coming up. we will be talking with two key republican senators who attended yesterday's lunch with the president, south carolina's kim scott as well as john thune. and yet another big story this afternoon, oj simpson, said to have his parole hearing today after serving nearly nine years out of a 33 year sentence, he

was convicted in 2008 of crimes including kidnapping and arm robbery. we are live in carson city, nevada, claudia, how will this all unfold? there is a lot of speculation about how long it will actually last. >> well, we are going to have an answer for this by the end of today, the hearing should be pretty methodical, this is the only parole hearing happening here today, as you mentioned, o.j. simpson will make his case via closed circuit television from his prison about two hours away from here, it is going to go as planned, just as he did four years ago at his first parole hearing, he is here via closed circuit tv, they will ask him questions, then they will deliberate, and issue a ruling, taking into account not just the circumstances surrounding his crimes but external factors that indicate whether he deserves to be released. >> the main thing that they look at is how you have behaved as a

prisoner, the likelihood of you committing the crime again, your prior criminal record, your age, and your health. >> by all accounts, simpson has a clean record behind bars, and he would have a steady income and a place to live, thanks to its pension from the nfl, if they cannot reach a unanimous ruling, two other commissioners on standby in las vegas will also cast votes, if it is a 3-3 tie, he can to try again in january, but if it is shot down, it could be up to three more years before simpson gets a chance to appear before this parole board again. >> sandra: ends at claudia, what are we hearing from the man who prosecuted him in 2008? is he weighing in? fico he has, and it is significant that he is not opposing his parole hearing today.

>> oj was convicted of a number of different charges, but obviously, just the one single event, and he was sentenced to a minimum of nine years, which he has served, up to a maximum of 33 years, and so, nine years in prison for a first time offense is pretty significant. >> there will be a press conference right after today when a decision is reached, and we have been told that that will happen very soon after the hearing ends here today. sandra. >> sandra: that's all begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern. thank you. >> rick: the news is pouring in this morning, which is coming from across the nation for senator john mccain, the vietnam war veteran now battling brain cancer, how everyone is showing their support. >> sandra: plus key characters ready to testify on russian modeling, what we can look for when these men face this next

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>> rick: some of the president's top allies that toot testify on russian modeling, jared kushner expected to face the intelligence committee on

monday. trump junior on wednesday. doug schoen is a fox news contributor and former advisor to bill clinton. alex is a communications director for marco rubio. it is unclear at this point that these hearings will be public, how important is that, guys? >> it is very important. look at, rick, you know i have been saying for weeks now that's the administration needs to be as transparent as possible when it comes to these russia allegations, and they should be clear with the american people about what actually happens, so my understanding is that the district committee hearings where they will be at testifying, those will be open, and that is a great opportunity for them to be telling the american people their side of the story. but will be a close testimony, i think that he should tell the public what is his version of events, he should speak to the media about what he told the

intelligence committee so that the american public can finally know the trump team's perspective on this, so we are not just hearing about leaks from the investigators. >> rick: they are calling these the high-stakes hearing at, what do you think that we can expect. >> i think we can expect why the disclosures came in as they did, did he not have warning bells go off about a meeting with a lawyer, potentially working for a foreign power, with dirt on another candidate, mr. manafot questioned about his finances about which questions have been raised recently, and i think for mr. kushner, it is pretty simple, why wasn't everything recorded on your disclosure form when you had a security clearance? these are all big issues, alex's exactly right, the american people need and deserve

transparency to hear. the trump administrations and collective response to the questions, but clearly, we are not going to solve every problem next week. we have a lot to learn. >> that is exactly right, from the the get-go of these allegations, everything we have heard has been largely one-sided, and it has been driven by leaks friendly investigators, i have been baffled as to why they trump team hasn't been more aggressive in getting their version of events out, every piece of news that we hear is about investigators that is never on the trump team's own terms, so this is a real opportunity for the president and his aides to get ahead of the story once and for all into it to tell public once and for all everything that they know about russia, every russian contact they have or had, the details of every discussion, and then lets the chips fall where they may, but instead, we keep having this, hopefully that will stop next week. >> rick: unfortunately, we

need to jump to the second topic, which is the president calling out and criticizing his attorney general, which is uncharted territory for a sitting president to question this man. what do you think? >> i think he has to resign, you can't serve as attorney general of the united states without the confidence of the president of the united states, and if i were advising jeff sessions, i would tell him to resign today, i think that what the president has done to him is outrageous, he had to recuse himself, given his contact to the russians, and frankly i would like to hear sessions before a committee explaining why he didn't report all of his time with the russians as well. >> rick: well, the deputy ag did weigh in, i believe we have a sound bite. >> the general proposition i think it's quite clear, it is what we were taught, we have an obligation to keep information confidential, that is critical for a variety of reason, we have a responsibility to the people

and to the people conducting those investigations to keep our investigation confidential. >> rick: alex, what happens next? >> he is absolutely correct, it is troubling that there have been so many leaks, including the ones that call me himself has admitted to. confidential memos need to be confidential, especially when they are part of an ongoing investigation, so i think he is correct there, but why we are talking about this morning is because the president sat down with "the new york times" yesterday for an hour and gave a really far-reaching interview where he really attacked everybody involved in this investigation, including his own attorney general, i don't understand why he did that, i would be curious as to find out. >> rick: i'm sorry, we have to move on. thanks very much. >> sandra: all right, thanks to another top story of the day, president of trump blasting his attorney general such lessons for recusing himself from the

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treatment options. words of love and support are pouring in from across the country, president of trump tweeting senator john mccain has always been a fighter, melania and i send our thoughts and prayers to their entire family, get well soon. >> former president obama tweeting as well. this from hillary clinton, john mccain is as tough as they come, thinking of john, cindy, and their wonderful family tonight. he is the last person who would ever sunder, our thoughts are with meghan mccain and the entire mccain family, we will have more on this with dr. marc siegel coming up. >> sandra: lovely sentiments pouring in from capitol hill and across the country right now, our thoughts are certainly with their country, as you know, meghan mccain is my cohost on outnumbered, and we certainly will be thinking of them.

>> rick: that he is so tough, and 80 years old. he is a fighter, as the snow said. >> sandra: he will be traveling from the white house to the pentagon for a 10:00 a.m. meeting with defense secretary, secretary matus will also brief house lawmakers this afternoon, joining me now, illinois congressman adam kinzinger, wonderful of you to be here, sir, can you set this up for us, we are going to be watching closely as we always do, when he will be going to the pentagon, this is a significant meeting where he will be briefed on the fight against isis. >> it is a big deal if you think about when president bush was making a decision on whether or not to serve in iraq which was a decision to make ultimately, he went to the pentagon for that

meeting, when the people from the pentagon could have gone to the white house, it shows that he is taking it seriously, going to that military center, having all the assets and information in front of him, i think he is going to be sure that we are making great progress on the battlefield, it is going well, but we are going to have a long fight against isis, they are transitioning now from a base that has geographic locations and a mindset and an ideology like what you see with al qaeda. >> sandra: so it sounds to me like you are thinking that the strategy currently is working, lawmakers will be briefed later today, mattis will be in that brief income of the strategy going forward, where is the discussion right now? >> so, yes, the strategy is working, and i think ultimately, it may take six months or year, or it may take longer, isis will be totally defeated, the thing is now as it is becoming what al qaeda was, which is getting more spread out, they are

getting locations in afghanistan, libya, and elsewhere, i think we have to understand that we are in a generational fight against a radical islamic terrorism, and what that means is you have to destroy militarily the elements that exist, but we also have to fight the next generational war on terrorism, and i think that is giving hope and opportunity to people in that region because somebody who has a prayer for the future, someone who has optimism is way less likely to ever be recruited by al qaeda or isis, so it is a multipronged attack, where we can bring everyone in in the region toger and have a regional approach to this issue. >> sandra: so is the president is going to be briefed to just a half hour from now, the president has also made it very clear that he wants to hear ideas from everyone, but he also wants to hear ideas from those on the ground and who have served on the ground. he met at tuesday, had lunch with servicemen and servicewomen who have done tours in

afghanistan, he has also including that's in his approach. >> yeah, that's great, you see in president trump a man who understands, he may not be the best military tactician because there have been people who have been doing this for 20 years, people who have been in years, and he is giving them the keys to give them leverage, one of the things that we have seen is that they are allowed to make tactical strike decisions at a much lower level than what it used to be, it's used to have to go all the way up to the pentagon, that could take a half an hour to two hours, and by then, the target of opportunity is gone. he is decentralizing or lowering the level of power in which they can make those strike decisions, and i commend the president on the decision. >> sandra: all right, thank you, we are watching him depart to the pentagon any minute. >> rick: and as we wait for him to arrive for his isis meeting, g.o.p. lawmakers

getting a big message from trump, no recess without passing something on health care, so can they get it done? we will speak to the man who set next to the president yesterday. >> inaction is not an option, and frankly, i don't think that we should leave town unless we have a health insurance plan, unless we can give our people great health care because we are close, we are very close. build attendance for an event. help people find their way. fastsigns designed new directional signage. and got them back on track. get started at fastsigns.com.

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health care reform, the president urging lawmakers to stay in washington until they get something passed, tim scott senses next to the presidency during those statements, he is a member on health education, labor, and pensions, he joins us now, nice to see you this morning. >> thank you, good morning to both of you. >> sandra: i would be remiss if i did not say first and foremost our thoughts are with senator john mccain and his family this morning. >> absolutely, john is an american hero that has overcome all types of individual challenges, and i put my money on john mccain. >> >> sandra: certainly, we are thinking of his family, and his presence is certainly missed, as the g.o.p. tries to move it forward on health care, and you are doing just that, you sat

next to the president at that lunch yesterday, at the white house, you are part of a group of senators that met with white house officials late into the night, what was accomplished, senator? >> i am very optimistic, we are so close to the finish line, and frankly, we need to cross the line and honor our promises to the american people, not simply because it was a campaign promise, but because obamacare is failing in every way possible. >> sandra: okay, the g.o.p. has made that very clear, and that is why you're trying to do what you're doing, but again, you got together with his group of 20 or so senators last night, meeting at the white house, you are trying to forge a path forward, did anything change last night? what was the discussion? >> i think we made incremental progress, a discussion that has been around, expansion states versus nonexpansion states, listening to what we're trying to accomplish, the bottom line is simple, we for the first time in a long time have the opportunity to truly reform an entitlement program, medicaid

next to be preserved and saved, that means that you must reform it. we are providing freedom, if you don't want to have insurance, you don't have to have insurance. so we are making incremental progress in the right direction to restore choice to americans, we still have to getting other voter or two across the line, i think we are closer than we were when we started the meeting last night, and i'm hopeful that as the conversation continues, we don't we will get a little closer. >> sandra: so in that meeting where you sat next to the present, we went to break showing the president saying we should not leave town until we get something done. he was telling you and your colleagues, what was the response to that? >> i think the response was lukewarm. my thought is simple. my responsibility to the state of south carolina and my greater responsibility to the american people is to stay here until we get the job done, and as more

time means more votes, let's stay here, get the votes necessary, and save the american people from obamacare. that is what we are here to do. >> sandra: and senator, i want to show the present sort of joking yesterday, hey, y'all better come around or you may not keep your job. listen to this. >> i was very surprised when i heard a couple of my friends, my friends, they really were, and they are, they might not be very much longer. this was the one we were worried about, you weren't there. but you're going to be. look at, he wants to remain a senator, doesn't he? >> sandra: a lot of laughter came from that moment. >> yeah, the people of south carolina and the people of each state's as a united states senator, i hope that we all have a higher calling and that we all get this done at some point, but the point was a very clear point, let's not make a promise and not keep that promise. that is the central point. >> sandra: i think the

american people right now, if you take the temperature of the people, that is what they want to hear, they want to see action on that. >> they deserves it. >> sandra: i will leave you with this new fox news poll, where the people say that's the g.o.p. cannot agree what to do on obamacare, they should -- 74% saved compromise with democrats, 22% say drops the planet start over later. >> we should just get this thing done. >> sandra: a senator, very good of you to be here. >> good-bye. it >> rick: next hour, john thune will join us on his take on all of this, and after nearly nine years behind bars, o.j. simpson is up for parole today. the question on everyone's mind, will budget walk free? >> we were just robbed at gunpoint by o.j. simpson. >> don't let nobody out of here

>> sandra: we are waiting presence in donald trump to arrive at the pentagon, he is set to leave the white house any minute now, to discuss the u.s. strategy to defeat isis, refining the u.s. strategy a top foreign policy priority, and it comes as the islamic state have suffered significant defeat and losses of territory in iraq. >> rick: o.j. simpson expected to sit down in front of april board here in the next few hours, after serving nine years of a 33 year sentence, there is a lot of speculation of what is going to happen, many think that he is going to go free. news analyst gregg jarrett joins me. >> is it a done deal? >> i don't think it is the touchdown that the hall of famer may be expecting, it is not an easy one for him. look at, there are about a dozen factors in the guidelines, you

know, his disciplinary record whether he has completed programs, is he being clean from all these activities? and yeah that does exist in prison. he has been a model prisoner for the most part, and so that is in his favor, although the seriousness of his crimes, using guns, for kidnapping and armed robbery and attend other offenses, that was against him, so it is kind of a mathematical formula in many ways. >> rick: do you believe that he is a threat to society and should not be released? >> yeah, i wrote a column news on this in the opinion section on foxnews.com, there is a selection that allows the parole board to determine whether he is a future threat to society, they can actually take judicial notice of the unanimous verdict in the civil trial in 1997, in which the jury found that he did indeed a brutally killed nicole

brown simpson and ronald goldman. and so they could decide you know it? if we let this guy out, he is an established recidivist, he will cause harm to others in the future, and remember, he does have one prior conviction in 1989 for beating his wife, so if you factor in all of these things, that is the basis in which this parole board could decide you know it, he is too much of a risk. but i think a lot of people would be shocked to hear that what he did before, not was he was convicted of, but what he did before or was alleged to have done before was held against them. prior convictions can be held against you. >> rick: c, the civil, if you e language again on the screen, it is a very subjective thing. it doesn't talk about prior convictions. >> rick: okay. >> is he a risk to the public

safety if released on parole? they could take judicial notice of the unanimous jury verdict in the civil trial and in fact, they could examine when he took the witness stand, he did not have the fifth amendment privilege, and he removed any doubt that he is a killer. >> rick: it is fascinating that he spend this much time in prison for a robbery won by all accounts, he committed a double murder and got away with that, i was there for the preliminary hearing, and the probable cause affidavits are laid out evidence i don't think that anyone have ever seen from someone who got acquitted. >> you know, i covered the trial for nine months in los angeles, i have never seen that such overwhelming evidence of guilt. that is just my opinion in the courtroom. but the jurors two years later in the civil case, and yes, it is a different standard and burden of proof, but they were absolutely convinced that o.j. simpson is a double killer, and

again, this parole board is entitled to consider that. >> but back to that, what you think is going to happen today? we are going to find out today whether he will go free this year. >> rick: i mean, look, he has god's to get for board members out of 72 agree with him. and he did gets parole on the some of the other crimes, not all of the 12 dozen crimes, a couple of years ago, he got parole on some of those others, and he did get parole but not on all the charges. so he has already succeeded to some extent, and yet, they may decide to let him go in october. he still has a $33 million judgments against him from the families of nicole brown simpson and -- >> money they will never see.

>> rick: they had a little money when he wrote that book "if i did it," and if you read it, you know, i sat in the courtroom for nine months. his blood is dripping away from the bodies. the blood of the victims are found smeared and spattered inside his ford bronco. blood on his driveway, nicole's blood is on his socks in his bedroom, which i think was the most damaging evidence. >> come it was, weeks before the killings, he bought a 12-inch knife, it's proved conclusively that it was the exact same wounds on both victims. i mean, the list goes on and on and on. >> rick: but much of that may not be part of what we hear today. >> it likely would not be, but again, this parole board can take notice of the decision and by that jury. there is nothing to stop them from doing that.

>> rick: i can't think of another parole hearing that has gone this kind of attention, maybe charles manson, but i mean, this is captivating. >> it really is, and people want to hear from oj, what is he going to say? is he going to express remorse? previously and has parole hearing, and what she succeeded on some of the charges, he expressed sort of half remorse that you know -- but it kind of sounded like i am only sorry that i got caught, and i didn't mean to do it. but he claimed i was just getting myself back. the jury didn't buy that argument for a moment. and it just be clear, he won't actually be sitting in the room with the parole board, he will be there via closed circuit television. and the board members are in a separate location. there is a multitude of television cameras there, doing the live coverage just outside. >> rick: gregg jarrett, we

appreciate your insight. the two stunning "new york times" reports that he never would have hired attorney jeff sessions if he had known that he would recuse himself. it was a move unfair as the president has claimed? we will talk to thomas dupree. >> rick: live events to begin in just minutes, the president heading for the pentagon right now, we will take you there lif life. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you.

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>> sandra: the president traveling from the white house to the pentagon, just moments from now, we expect him to depart the white house, where he will participate in a briefing with mattis. we are alive at the pentagon,

jennifer, what's exactly is going to be going on when he arrives at the pentagon in a few minutes? >> i am told the president will be here for about 90 minutes for what the military likes to call a global force lay down, meaning a look at all of the trouble spots around the world where u.s. troops are engaged, he will be greeted by jim at 317 and returned to the pentagon, in fact, mattis just greeted rex tiller's and who arrived moments ago, and then he will walk and inside, that is where they have their most secret discussions, that is where they will walk him around the world and speak with him about where the military is engaged in operations, there are no announcements or press conferences expected, he will then take the hands of service members across the rope line. >> sandra: is this a strategy meeting?

>> in some ways yes, there are reports that he was given an outline of the afghan strategy, defense secretary jim mattis, and a secretary of state tillerson it briefs the entire senate yesterday on the isis strategy on the request of the senate, a similar meeting will take place for the entire house today at 1:00 p.m. the purpose was to make progress in the fall of a city in iraq, political and diplomatic efforts, the president's current budget at $52 billion to the defense budget while drastically cutting the state department, that has raised some eyebrows. the most immediate issue is still in syria where u.s. trained act and surgeons are making their way through the so-called isis capital, even

though as we have said, the isis leadership is believed to have moved to the east months ago. general dunford recently quoted secretary mattis, asking military commanders to rethink their battle plan so that they are not simply pushing isis from one location to another. >> sandra: so syria will be a focus, will they speak about afghanistan? >> i would be shocked if they didn't, that is what they spoke about during the meeting yesterday, earlier this week, he invited military service members who have served in afghanistan to lunch at the white house to hear their views on what comes next in afghanistan, he is very uncomfortable with the war that has gone on a long time, clearly the president is not very comfortable with the plan that he has received so far, and the ideas of sending more troops. >> it is our longest war, we have been there for many years,

we have been there for now close to 17 years, and i want to find out what heap we have been there for 17 years, how it is going, and what we should do in terms of additional ideas. >> defense secretary mattis told a john mccain that he would present an afghan war strategy by mid-july, and is now late july, and it is not clear that they have settled on the strategy in particular, what to do regionally pakistan would prove i've a safe haven, he spends time with the troops in afghanistan, but will have to hear more from the president's team after he meets in the tank this afternoon. >> sandra: jennifer, thank you, set it up nicely for us. we are awaiting two big events in washington, trumps that to receive , sessions of course in the news after the president says that he would not have hired him if he had known that

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>> rick: we are awaiting president trump's arrival at the pentagon for his meeting with secretary of defense general james 317, he will get a briefing from his national security team, his motorcade has no left the white house. >> sandra: all right, as we await his arrival, health care reform on life support as president trump wishes for republicans to resolve their differences and reach a deal. welcome to a brand-new hour of america's newsroom, i am sandra in for shannon bream, a lot going on. >> rick: we republicans working late into the night, urging

republicans to skip their recess and finish the bill. joining us last hour on "america's newsroom." >> i am very optimistic, we are so close to the finish line, and frankly, we need to cross that line and honor our promises to the american people, not simply because it was a campaign promise but because of obamacare is failing in every way possible and, we have to get it on. >> rick: and mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. >> good morning, there have been meetings on the hill and also down the street, trying to figure out how to get enough senators to yield on health care reform. some moderate senators were seen walking with the administrator who handles medicare and medicaid last night on the hole, rob portman of ohio, dean heller of nevada, they are concerned about the medicare expansion that happened under obamacare, it is believed that the trump

administration is trying to work out some kind of agreement to win over their support, but it is complicated. >> this is not so much differences in the republican party, this is a matter of differences across the country, whether you are in a large or small community, whether or not your state did or did not do the expansion, so that is kind of what it is working there, making sure that we treat all of the different parts of the country fairly. >> the overwhelming majority of -- we still have some issues that divide us, we have to work to come together, i believe that we have to get to yes, i believe that failure on this would be catastrophic, and we are not going to fail. >> mitch mcconnell says that he is committed to voting next week, even if he does not appear to have 50 estimates at the stage, mcconnell says that the first priority at this point is basically getting on the bill, taking up the issue, and then senators can offer amendments, on the other side, democrats are

blessing the white house. >> president trumps the blame game makes him look small and diminished. and people begin totally to realize his lack of leadership and the respect for him and his office will diminish. >> it is not entirely clear what you plan senators will be voting on next week, it is all about getting to 50 yes votes at this stage. rick. >> rick: mikey manual on capitol hill, predicting a busy day and busy few weeks for you. >> sandra: facing political fallout and ridicule for the health care train wreck, writing in "the wall street journal" that president obama is getting the last laugh. like pop-up adults, he writes, across the length of obama is the presidency, they threatened to repeal his bill, he left then and he laughs now. he goes on to say that it hasn't damaged president trump, he has come a long way with some

undeniable magic, but at the political margin, his can-do reputation has taken a hitch. good to see you again, chris. >> howdy, ma'am. >> sandra: so his can-do reputation has taken a hit, has it? >> well, yeah, now look at, it is possible that there will be a lazarus play here, and you will see this dead legislation rise again, and until the very end, basically until november of 2017 until this year when the insurance companies rewrites their rates for next year, they are going to keep fiddling with this thing, until they come up with a solution, they are going to keep fiddling with this thing until the very end, but yeah, at this moment, he hasn't done. and i think more than anything else, there is a lesson about winning for the sake of winning. when you run as a president on

the grounds of essentially just a win, ideology is less important than defeating these democrats, we have to stop them, that is useful up to a point, but then when you are in power, the republicans don't know what they believe, they don't know what they agree on about what to do about health insurance in the united states, and the cbo says next year would result in 17 million people more people not having health insurance, and that is not something that most republicans are ready to do. >> sandra: kelly and conaway went on with hannity last night, and she said that senate g.o.p. will be held accountable, watch this. >> any republican senator who votes against the motion to proceed is basically saying that we are proceeding with obamacare, you don't like the bill, do what ted cruz did, they will be held accountable, but do what ted cruz did, he offered an amendment. if you don't like it, go to the senate floor and say how to improve it. >> sandra: how about that,

chris? >> i guess, i don't know, the whole point here is if it is just about winning, ideology is less importance than victory, and is now on this legislation, they are saying again, ideology is less important, we just need a win it, it matter what looks like, just vote for it and pass it, so that we can get onto other things, and in a big way, that is a repudiation of not only long held that conservative views but also these millions of human beings who say how can you at this moment, after seven years of promising to repeal and replace this law, say we are just going to kick this thing, we are not going to do anything about it, that is an avoidance of responsibility, and they are not a lot of republicans willing to do that. >> sandra: now to go back to the piece, he writes that republicans are not as conservative as they thought, and while i was reading that, i

thought chris stirewalt will have something to say about that. >> but it is very true, and in fact, for a long time, democrats complained in the establishment complains that these republicans are too conservative, but in the end, the truth is that what republicans are as a coalition of populace from these sorts of counties on this part of the country as well as the real actual conservatives, so how do those two wings of the republican party govern? right now they are not, and we have to find the common ground to make it work. >> sandra: we know that there was the launch of the white house with the president yesterday, you and i were sitting together with that on 320 than last night, the group of senators met with white house officials to try to hash something out, he said he is optimistic, could you just wrap this up for us? where do you think stands because i don't know about you,

but we are all a little confused. >> the idea that republicans in control of both houses of congress are going to let 17 million people lose their health insurance next year because they couldn't come up with an idea is not going to happen because what is going to happen in the end is they are going to end up appropriating money to bail out the insurance industry and provide the subsidies necessary to keep these people enrolled because if they don't not only is it political just absolute suicide, but it is just a failure as leaders, citizens, as americans, so that is not going to happen, they are going to find some way between now and november two provides that the money and keep these people covered. >> sandra: chris stirewalt, thank you, sir. all right all right, fox news alert. >> rick: we take you now to the pentagon, the presidential motorcade arriving for the presidents meeting with james mattis. more on this, just ahead. >> sandra: as the present

seems to know just be arriving, he left the white house just about ten months ago, this is obviously a big moment, the motorcade pulling up to the pentagon, we are told that rex tillerson has already arrived, jennifer griffin is there, reporting on that, this is a huge moment because this is not only a security briefing, but there will be discussion about a strategy forward and it isis. as you know, joined chief will be there, secretary tillerson around, as well as the presidents, who has just exited his vehicle and walking up to the steps to the pentagon. >> rick: greeted by general james mattis, this will be with the entire national security team, primarily isis, the fights against the isis to try to isolates them and wipe them out from their strongholds, their remaining strongholds in syria. >> sandra: so this will be taking place now, we are told, it should last about 90 minutes,

and chris stirewalt is still standing by, chris, i want to bring you in here, because the president has just arrived at the pentagon, he will be meeting for quite a long briefing, we are told, james mattis, joseph speed nine, this is a big moment for the present, people who have been on the ground and seen multiple tours in afghanistan, syria will be a priority in this conversation, chris? >> remember that this is a president who has taken a very different approach to his predecessors, really dating back to lyndon johnson in the sense that he has given tremendous autonomy to the department of defense and to secretary james mattis, and instead of them coming to him for permission, can we drop this bomb? can we kill this guy? he says you have the broader presidential duty, do whatever you think is right in this moment, and then we'll talk

about smart strategic decisions. this is where the present comes into do this. >> sandra: okay sounds the president has entered to the pentagon, and just a little note, the meeting itself is closed press, but we will certainly hear what comes out of that meeting later today. chris, thanks for staying on with us. >> rick: second in command, deputy ag rod rosenstein, speaking about cybercrime and how the plan is to stop it. former justice department member thomas dupree junior drones and snacks, but first, some of the president's comments. >> sessions should have never recused himself, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job, and i would have picked somebody else. i think it is very unfair to the present.

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>> sandra: attorney general jeff sessions and rod rosenstein are expected to hold a news conference at this hour from our own efforts by the dash bless sessions over his recusal. during an interview with "the new york times." >> how do you take a job and then recuse yourself? if he would have recused himself before the job, i would have not had him take the job. it is extremely unfair, and that

is a mild word, to the present, so he recuse himself. >> sandra: a former deputy attorney general, thank you for being here, what did you make of it first of all the words from the president in "the new york times" interview? >> while, it is extraordinary, there is no two ways about it, for the present to say that if he had known that the sessions had recused himself, that he wouldn't not have hired him, it is basically undercutting your top enforcement officer. >> sandra: does he have a point? >> he has a point only to say that he was blindsided by it, what sessions was planning on doing, but as far as the recusal itself, my view is that the attorney general made a very responsible decision to say that given the circumstances, namely my involvement, i need to just step aside so that we can

preserve the appearance of independence and integrity in the investigation, which is frankly something that will benefit the president if and when the white house is getting a clean bill of health, there will be no questioning the integrity of this investigation. >> sandra: rand paul was on this network justly while ago, he said that basically we want to be able to govern if you have to recuse yourself because of any incidental thing that happened in previous times, so how should this have been handled, and i go back to does the president have a point? rand paul actually agreed with him and said you know, maybe the president is just being honest year, he would have gone in another direction. >> writes, and i think that the president has a point if, in fact, he was not informed in advance of what sessions was planning on doing, and i think what makes this a little complicated is that we don't know the exact basis for his recusal. he is not obligated to say here are the reasons i am doing it,

here are the meetings that i had, he is simply stepping aside, so i think that the president is frustrated that he was caught off guard and that this investigation is sucking the oxygen out of the room. i think that this was an extraordinary response to the frustration that he is dealing with. >> sandra: and as far as things go with mueller and the ability for a fair and independent investigation to play out, is that possible? >> i think it absolutely is, i know that questions have been raised about the team that mueller's building, but in my view, the fact that someone donates to republicans or democrats doesn't prevents them from being impartial, anyone who has been involved in party politics can exercise law enforcement authority, i don't think there'd be too many people left in the department of justice, there are many people who support a party, and i think that is acceptable, i think that

the investigation should be judged by the deeds that they do, their actions, the quality of the work, rather than where they may have been. >> sandra: i want to show you martha maccallum on the story last night, we will see if the doj does the right thing, watch this. >> i made the decision to appoint the mueller based his reputation, bipartisan support for his integrity, and that is why i made that decision. >> it has come out that some of the attorneys that have been hired, that several of them have made donations to hillary clinton, to the clinton campaign, does that bother you? >> the department of justice, we judged by results, and so my view about that is we will see if they do the right thing. >> sandra: i will leave that with you, tom. >> i agree with the deputy attorney general, i would judge this by the results, not based on the staff that he has

assembled, i think he is correct to that he has a reputation for integrity, the president interviewed him for a possible fbi chief, i think he has highly respected in washington. >> sandra: thank you. >> rick: there is a stunningly report out from the homeland security department on brand-new efforts to stop terrorists from bringing bombs onto planes. why john kelly says this threat is real. >> sandra: plus, well wishes pouring in from across the nation for john mccain's cancer diagnosis. >> if it is physically possible, he will be back as soon as possible. he wants to come back and they worst way, he loves his family, he loves his friends, but his passion above all else. you don't let anything

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>> sandra: homeland security secretary or john kelly says that potential bombs on airplanes entering the u.s. are a real threat, that is why he says that the tsa it builds up bombs and tested them overseas, he said the security was not sufficient. >> i have been around explosives on my left, the device as it was described to me at had an amount on it that i just did not believe could it destroy the airplane and flight, we tested it pressurized, and it to say the least, it destroyed the airplane. >> sandra: he says that now new security measures are being implemented at airports throughout the globe. he adds that they measure focuses on electronic devices stored inside the cabin. >> rick: >> senator mccain, as , has never shied away from a fight, and i tell you, he isn't going to back going out.

i know that the senator from arizona will confront this challenge with the same extraordinary courage that is characterized in his entire lif life. and he should know that we are all in his corner. every single one of us. if you it senator john mccain fighting for his life but is not backing down, the arizona senator has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer, still, the war hero tells senator lindsey graham, i have been through worse, doctors just removed a tumor from mccain's brain, and he is now home recovering, his daughter meghan mccain, "outnumbered" cohost here at fox news saying that he is the toughest person i know, the cruelest enemy could not to break them, the aggressions of political life could not bend him, cancer may afflict him in many ways, but it will not make him surrender, nothing ever has. dr. marc siegel joins us, he is a member

a doctor, good morning. >> how bad is this? >> i haven't examined him, but it is very aggressive, the problem with it is that it is made of the support cells of the brain, and it infiltrates the brain, so even if you think you have removed, cells remain that you cannot get i, and even with our newest neuroimaging techniques which are good at looking at things that we didn't look at before. >> rick: looking out is by getting in there because it is the brain is challenging. >> absolutely, and radiation and the chemotherapy which she is supposedly going to get hasn't worked that well, we have been using that since the 1980s, but usually this type of cancer, people don't live more than a year or two. >> rick: but he is not your typical cancer patient, is he?

>> i actually agree with that point, i think that courage and fighting and never giving up plays a big role with cancer, plus we are at the point now where we are starting with the newest therapies, 21st century, $1.8 billion to cancer research, ironically, joe biden is behind that, his son died of this exact kind of cancer, they are late using the latest immunotherapy is, and save fight in this way, they are taking the cells are now, reengineering them, and putting them back in and of targeting the cancer. there is some hope that that may help. >> rick: that he spent a lot of time in vietnam, and there is speculation about a possible agent orange relation. >> that question remains in my mind, but the research on these studies have not proven a link to it, so i would have to say no at this point. >> rick: they are saying that cancer picked on the wrong guy, john mccain is a fighter, and he will not lose. >> i think that being a fighter

will help, and i tell you what else will help, i think that given what he did in vietnam, letting others be released, while he stayed in captivity, if anyone is going to get a medical miracle here, i would hope that god would give it to him. >> we hope so too. >> sandra: i want to get right to this, attorney general jeff sessions is holding a news conference on combating cyber crime, we knew that this would be happening, but he did take a question in "the new york times" interview that we just showed you where he received harsh criticism from president trump on the russia -- everything russia. listen to this. >> we in this department of justice will continue every single day to work hard to serve the national interest, and we wholeheartedly join in the priorities of president trump, he gave us several directives, one is to dismantle

transnational organizations. that is what we are announcing today, a dismantling of the largest dark web site in the world by far. i congratulate our people for that. i have the honor of serving as attorney general, it is something that goes beyond any thought i would have ever had for myself, we love this job, we love this department, and i plan to continue to do so, as long as that is the case. >> sandra: there you heard it, responding to the presence harsh criticism and regret over picking him for the attorney general, had he known he was going to recuse himself from that russian probe. all right, rick. >> rick: o.j. simpson pleading for his freedom, what he can tell of the nevada parole board to help secure his release. >> >> sandra: president trump

demanding that republican silly deal to reform health care, can the party put aside their differences and get to yes? >> the overwhelming majority of the conferences, we still have some issues, we have to continue to work to come together, i believe that we will get there. whoooo.

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>> sandra: a big day for former football star o.j. simpson, as the parole board prepares to decide his fate, simpson expected to learn today if he will walk free after spending nine years in a nevada prison 482007 armed robbery, we will have life coverage, bob massi is live in carson city with a look at the legal angle of this case. >> it jim great in los angeles, to talk about what is next for oj if he is indeed set free. we begin where simpson is currently in prison. >> yeah, he has been here for

nine years, and he is gearing up right now for this important hearing which kicks off in 90 minutes and is expected to last for roughly one hour, he will make his case for his parole, just as he did in 2013, when he had no chance for early release, but he did get five of his 12 charges per world, at that hearing, he said that he was sorry for his crimes and he has been a model prisoner, he will be here, for members will be 100 miles away in carson city, they will be hooked up by teleconference, he will be speaking about the jobs that he has had and coaching inmates awful, other people can also expect that dominic address the board, we are expecting many people to make a plea for his release. >> what's the parole board wants to hear more than anything is that the individual sitting in

front of them who is an inmate is remorseful for his actions, he understands he committed a crime, he expects responsibility for his crimes. >> at the time in 2007, oj thought it was no crime at all, he joked about it and so that he was just getting his old memorabilia back, he turned down a plea deal for a two and a half year sentence, he was convicted of course and had the book thrown at him with a nine to 33 year sentence, most if not all of the people connected to that case in 2007 in las vegas believes that the simpson will be paroled. sandra. >> sandra: all right, everything begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern. >> rick: and all eyes on the legal angle of this, his chances before the legal board, so joining us fox news legal analyst bob massi, who covered the trial. good morning, bob. >> good morning, rick, so how does this work?

>> there will be for commissioners up here, two in las vegas, there will be some criteria that they go through, risk assessments, they will ask simpson some questions, he will have the opportunity to make a statement on his behalf, i don't know if his lawyer will talk at all, the commissions are basically given a package from the lawyer to review, and there is some mathematical formula that they follow, he has been a model inmate, they will adjourn, and probably 20 minutes to a half-hour afterwards, they will make a decision, and we will know if he will be a freeman in october. >> rick: how important is past behavior in today's hearing? >> i mean, look, it seems to me based on conventional wisdom, everyone we talk to you, that he is surely going to get out, unless he will say something really ridiculous and if they really believe like the other gentleman said that he is not remorseful, that he is not apologetic, and he takes responsibility for really one of

the dumbest things you could ever imagine, because all he really had to do was call police officers seven or eight years ago and say hey, some guy has some of my memorabilia, can i meet you there and you check it out? instead, he uses self-help and he finds himself in jail. >> alan dershowitz who was part his defense team was on fox this morning, let's hear what he has to say. >> many americans believe that he got away with murder as a result of what our legal team did and how badly the prosecution botched the case, and with that taken into account, it really would constitute a violation of the spirits of double jeopardy, he has been acquitted, and the fact that he was found civilly liable only shows the complexity of our legal system. >> rick: that was apparently on fb end, not on "fox & friends" ," he thinks tht the parole board may consider these murders.

>> no, they are not supposed to consider that at all because he was acquitted of that, and as he said, it is a complex picture, but that's is the elephant in the room, nobody will say it, including the judge who sentenced him, but the bottom line is that that is the white elephants that has no factual basis at all, none whatsoever. >> rick: but i guess the question is, the question that they should probably be considering is og a threat to society? >> law, as you know, what of our colleagues wrote quite an article that's this man has a propensity for violence, he was convicted of beating his wife an '89, he was acquitted in a double murder charge, and seven or eight years later, you have this, this is the kind of guy that basically has a bad memory and recognizes that he got away with some things, will he do that again? this is a very important issue that this parole board, along

with remorse, has to look at. if they believe that he is a threat, then his freedom could be in jeopardy, but from everything in the case, i doubt that is going to happen, and i believe that we will see a unanimous decision. >> rick: i know that she will be on this afternoon to keep an eye on this, and our next guest goes way back with oj, sportscaster, good morning to you. >> good morning, rick. >> rick: i'm going to ask if the same question. do you believe that he is a threat to society? >> well, the guy lived a double life, he lived a double life that none of his friends really knew that they he had, this isy who has the propensity to have a problem with nicole on several occasions, and none of the rest of the people involved in his life, most of them who worked with him, those of us who saw him from time to time, and you know, were out on the road with him, we never saw beside him, so

to say that he could come at this again when none of us really knew what was going on the first place, i guess that is a very distinct possibility. >> rick: would you describe him and your dealings with him as an arrogant individual? >> well, arrogant came along with the confidence, so i guess there is a fine line between the two, this was a guy who loved being oj simpson, everywhere he went, his face was his ticket, he is to say that to everybody, he was a happy-go-lucky guy out in the public, i never really saw him have a bad public moment. he was in constant company in stadiums, fans, airports, restaurants, i never saw him have a bad public moment, so arrogant? probably yes, he was arrogant, but he was also very confidence, and he loved life. see when i asked that question because the irony is that he basically got away with double murder, in most people's opinion, and then he gets sent to prison for nine years for

committing an armed robbery, where as bob mentioned, he could have just called the police, he did not have to go and do this himself. >> well, that was arrogance of the highest level. it was just stated, he could have gone and gotten the police, and he was arrogance in not taking the deal because oj has been able to skate on everything throughout his entire life. the rules just didn't supply to him, and finally the rules caught up to him, and he got punished for this crime, and he probably got punished for this crime much more harshly because people feel that he got away with the double murder, so that was arrogance that played a role in that, obviously. >> rick: we appreciate your time. continuing coverage of simpson's parole hearing will be going on today, 10:00 a.m. pacific here on the fox news channel, into the world will be watching. >> sandra: it was a busy morning here in america's newsroom, and it continues to be, up next, republicans getting

a clear message from the president. work until you gets a health care bill his desk. john soon was in a late tonight's meeting, working on that bill, and he joins us next. >> i am more than willing to talk about it. but the democrats said before we even started this process that's they didn't want to participate in anything and less and included the affordable care act. but i understand that, they are entitled to their opinion, this is america.

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party unity and discipline mean nothing to too many republicans in congress, for senators like rand paul, it is their way or the highway. house leadership nearly overcame this within the freedom caucus, however, this disputed senators. joining us now is john soon, he was at the meeting last night, first, what happened there, senator? >> it was a very good discussion, sandra, we had a number of members, senators who were undecided, they haven't gotten a "yes" on any of the versions of bills that have been out there so far, just to talk to the issues. and that was very constructive, very frank it, and we had a lot of questions that were answered, i don't think that we came out of that meeting with a clear plan forward, but i think that we are starting to narrow the gap, in terms of what it is going to take to get 50 republicans to vote for

something that's not only repeals but also replaces obamacare. >> sandra: we spoke with tim scott, he said that he left that meeting feeling optimistic, were any mines change? >> i think that's they probably were, part of that of course he is not the opportunity to talk there and see what it is going to take to address some of the con sermons that were raised, i tend to be optimistic too, but i think we have to get there, and i think that people recognize that, that inaction is not an option, we have to rescue people from a feeling obamacare system that is literally in a death spiral and has lead to skyrocketing premiums and out-of-pocket costs and collapsing markets. that is the imperative, that is why we have to catch that. i think in terms of what that looks like right now, we are probably going to need a longer runway to work through that, but ultimately, we will, and i think that we will get the 50

republicans eventually. >> sandra: we have heard a lot, you probably hear a lot of this, senator, they want politicians to do their jobs, elected officials are there to do this for us, the people, there is a lot of frustration out there. the presence at at the lunch yesterday, what was his message to you and your colleagues? >> i think the president was very clear and unequivocal that's this is the right thing to do for the american people, we have to resolve this, and it is a commitments that he but all of us made in multiple campaigns, many senators and members of congress campaigned vigorously on repealing and replacing obamacare for a long time, so i think he was just appealing to our sense of responsibility and that we need to follow through, and it to do it in a way that actually puts in place a better way forward, a better plan for the american people. >> sandra: we know that part of his message was nobody's going anywhere, no recess until this gets done, how did you and your colleagues respond to that?

>> well, i think everybody understands that we need to get this done, and the presidents, i think his suggestion to the congress is that if you have to take the month of august to do it, then do it. and we are going to be in for the first couple of weeks in august, and if we have to stay longer, i am sure that we will, but it is important that we get the work done, and if that takes all of august, then so be it. i think that's most of our members have resigned to that fact, whether they necessarily like it or not. >> sandra: i sense a chuckle when you called his suggestion by the present, meanwhile, senator thin this morning, all of our thoughts and our prayers are with the mccain family, as we have learned that senator john mccain has brain can cancer. >> john mccain is someone who is widely respected and loves here in the congress, but more

portly by the american people and all around the world. i have traveled abroad with him a number of times, the troops love him and respect them, leaders throughout the world as well, this is someone who has served this country with incredible courage and conviction and distinction, and we, like all americans, continue to pray for him and his family. >> sandra: senator, thanks for joining us. >> and from the east coast to the west coast, wildfires are leading to a another round of massive evacuations near iconic national park in california, how the weather is complicating efforts to put out these claims. blood sugar spikes... ...you can really feel it. now with 30% less carbs and sugars. glucerna.

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>> sandra: two men getting into a bizarre fight on the streets of new york city, one man with a machete, going after a man with a trashcan. only in new york, people, the

man would lose the machete, and it is not clear what caused this brawl, it was reported that this man wielding the machete was later arrested. that is just bizarre. >> rick: just to be clear, he didn't lose the machete, he threw the machete at that guy on the red hat, i don't know if he knows how a machete is supposed to work, not suggesting that you should cut someone, but you are not supposed to throw your weapon. >> rick: >> sandra: you never kt you will see. that is just new york. >> rick: there was a wildfire in california, leading to the evacuation of an entire town. we are alive from our west coast station with this. >> one reason that this fire doubled in size, is the wind, it is shifting, containment lines in one spot, it would shift to another, burning more land, taking more homes, and another

thing, the embers, they just kept wiping out all of the work that they had just finished, so this is some new video, it shows you what they are up against in the sierra foothills, steep terrain, tall brush, pine, and oak. >> it is really dense. >> everybody is scared, you never think that something like this would happen in your town. >> rick: now there are 415 engines and 300 firefighters, this fire is not in the middle of nowhere, it is inside yosemite national park at, 59 homes and structures loss, 4,000 homes at risk. power lines are down, totally evacuated. a satellite image will show you a smoke trail causing air issues over nevada to idaho. 14 helicopters and ten water dropping tankards are helping the ground crews in this intense

heat, what it does allow them, it's loosely fire down a little bit, allows you to contain us, now, the fire is 50,000 acres burned yesterday, the morning briefing is having right now up in northern california, so in the next 30 minutes, we'll get an update on the number of homes, weather, containment, this is just east of san francisco, and the highway into yosemite is close right now, the park is open, but that quality is pretty bad. 3300 firefighters. >> rick: thank you. >> sandra: all right, o.j. simpson back in the headlines, his parole hearing just hours away, will the juice gets loose? a life report from carson city, nevada, just ahead.

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thank you so much for joining us, am sandra smith. >> rick: i'm rick leventhal. >> sandra: "happening now" starts right now. >> melissa: heartfelt support pouring and now for senator john mccain. hello and welcome to "happening now" ." i melissa francis. >> heather: and i'm heather childress. john mccain's camp says he is in good spirits. we woke up this morning and received the news that the senator and his family are reviewing treatment options, which has doctors essay may include chemotherapy and radiation. president trump, just one of those sending messages of support to the longtime arizona senator after the president gave an extraordinary interview to "the new york times" yesterday, and which he took aim at several high-ranking officials at the justice