software that's designed to steal billions of bank dollars. we'll explain and tell you more about this story. ♪ welcome to america's news headquarters from washington, i'm elizabeth prann. leland: great to be with you. great to be with you at home, hope you're having a great saturday. i'm leland vittert. u.s. defense officials telling fox news, the search continues right now, nighttime in australia, overnight for three marines still missing when their osprey crashed off the east coast of australia. 23 have been safely recovered. the military calls this a mislap. appears as though the plane crashed while trying to land on an aircraft carrier. no other details about the incident have been provided. the event follows the crash of a marine corps cargo plane. as you might remember, it killed 16 last month. elizabeth: and the u.s. navy has

identified a missing sailor a day after suspended its search and just a few days since he went missing. steven hopkins reported for duty aboard the u.s.s. freedom in july as the chief engineer. the destroyer was sailing near the chinese contested islands, the disappearance is under investigation. two chinese war ships and japanese assets are participating in the search. robert mueller now has former national security advicer michael flynn firmly in his sights. the latest reporting that the special counsel requested more documents about the retired general. kristin fisher travelling with the president as he begins his first full day of vacation from new jersey, any question from the white house on this or are they staying mum? >> no white house reaction let, leland. it's a big deal because it's the first known instance of the

special counsel requesting documents from the white house. it shows that the investigation expanded to include an examination of flynn's financial records. the new york times reported last night that investigators working for the special counsel's office have started questioning witnesses about whether or not former national security advisor michael flynn was secretly paid by the turkish government during the final days of the campaign. this news comes one day after another bomb of a report, this one in the wall street journal who says that robert mueller has issued subpoenas and perhaps the investigation is entering in a new face regarding leaks in the office or leaks in the administration it's selves. those are the kind of leaks that attorney general jeff sessions should he would crack down on yesterday and so did republican senator lindsey graham, listen.

>> i'm going to hold mueller accountable for this. he's running the grand jury process, i'll respect it. do your work behind closed doors professionally and work with the trump team when you need to, but if we get constant leaks coming out of the grand jury then he needs to be held accountable for that. >> but senator graham says he would also hold president trump accountable if he attempts to fire special counsel robert mueller and in fact, congress introduced a pair of bipartisan bills designed to do exactly that, leland. leland: all right. so, we have the mike flynn investigation. he was the first national security advisor, short-lived. >> right. leland: you brought in his sort of polar opposite mcmaster to clean up, and he's doing that before mcmaster gets the shop in order. there's word that he and the president don't see eye to eye. are they telegraphing they are

behind hr mcmaster or laying the groundwork for someone else coming in. >> they're saying they're behind mcmaster for right now. and this is after a series of firing on the national council that many had a problem with and in the wake of reports that general mcmaster had sent his predecessor in the obama administration, susan rice, a letter for her to receive classified information. there's a report that perhaps general mcmaster and president trump simply don't get along that way that their personalities don't jibe. but last night, president trump tried to put an end to the rumors by issuing a vote of confidence, a statement that reads, general mcmaster and i are working very well together. he's a good man and very pro israel. i'm grateful for the work he continues to do serving our country. so, a vote of confidence certainly for general mcmay

have. as for today, we've got chief of staff, the new chief of staff, general kelly here in bedminster meeting with the president. as for the rest of the weekend though, we believe it will be a fairly quiet weekend. this is a working vacation, but a vacation no less, leland. so far today, no tweets from the president, though of course, that could change. leland: we will be waiting and watching and bring you back in as the tweets happen. thanks, kristin. elizabeth: for more, let's bring in former fbi director steve pomerantz and inside the investigation. thank you for joining us. in my research for our segment, i looked back on the responsibility of special counsel robert mueller and he's authorized to investigate any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation, meaning he has the ability to investigate anything he wants to. when you heard the news that he

empanelled a grand jury was that starred? >> it's absolutely standard. i thought back and tried to remember any special counsel investigation that ever had taken place that did not involve a grand jury, i couldn't do. any major investigation of any kind has a grand jury. it's nothing more than a tool as prosecutors and investigators to use as they conduct their investigation. it is not a dramatically significant event. it was going to happen from the day they appointed a special prosecutor. >> would you not agree that the investigation and the requesting documents of the white house, especially in regards to michael flynn is also something that you would expect from him? >> absolutely. i'm sure that they are gathering all kinds of information, that they're going to start subpoenaing individuals to appear before the grand jury,

that's what an investigation like this is about. and you were write in your opening remarks, that he has very, very broad authority to conduct this investigation. very, very broad. >> can you give us an insight? we're seeing what's going on as it's coming out, whether or not it leaked or we're learning more about the investigation. there are attorneys assigned to the probe, but that does that men they're split into different groups? >> probably different aspects to look at the massive information that they've got, the allegations that they've got and probably divide the responsibility among both the agents and the prosecutors for different segments of the investigation. that's normally the way that these are conducted and bob mueller is the top of this and people report and brief them. i know his style and he will get-- he's an a very hands-on kind of a guy and he will make the most important decision and the direction, the overall direction will come from him, but on a

day-to-day basis, these are very experienced people and they'll do what their part, each will do their own part. >> we heard kellyanne conway, critical and speaking on behalf of the white house, lisp grand jury are is private and-- >> she's right, but she's half right. the obligation of secrecy on the part of a grand jury only pertains to the government. the people who are witnesses, who are called as witnesses, and their attorneys, can say whatever they want about what went on in that grand jury room. you're right, we're going to-- i suspect we'll short-term to get lots of information as people are called. we'll learn their identities and their lawyers will stand up and you can write the script. my client went in and told the truth, the whole truth and exonerate it. and they're all going to say that and the government can have no response, whether that's true or not, it's the government's

obligation to maintain the secrecy of that grand jury. >> what type-- i only have 30 seconds left. what type of impact does that have on the investigation when we start to hear more information and who is getting called and their attorneys come out and maybe give us bits and pieces? >> listen, an ideal world that has no impact, and they'll continue along the line, regardless of what comes out, and again, i have to talk about mr. mueller himself, a reputation for integrity and reputation, he's not a news hound. and i was smiling at the report-- your reporter. i don't think anybody has to worry about leaks coming from the special counsel. elizabeth: you're not the first person who told us that. >> i think that's the last place you need to worry about it. elizabeth: that's what we hear. thanks for joining us, love your insight. it may be an interesting couple of weeks. it's going to be for sure. elizabeth: thank you. leland: an interesting weekend here on fox news channel. fox news has the latest on the mueller investigation all

weekend long. tomorrow on fox news sunday, chris wallace has an exclusive interview with the deputy attorney general, the one who appointed the special counsel. check your local listings for time and channel and tomorrow, at 11 a.m. eastern, howard kirtz will talk to former trump campaign spokesperson about the coverage of the mueller grand jury and the leaks. elizabeth: attorney general jeff sessions is vowing to crack down on government leakers saying active investigations have tripled since president trump took office. lauren has the details. >> hi, liz. sessions says the staggering number of leaks that led the director of national intelligence, they would not hesitate to criminally charge anyone who leaks information. the fbi has created a new counter intelligence unit specifically to tackle the problem. >> i have this warning for would-be leakers, don't do it.

understand this, if you improperly disclose classified information, we will find you. we will investigate you. we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law and you will not be happy with the result. >> just this week, transcripts from the president's private phone calls from world leaders ended up on the front pages of newspapers. sessions says the number of leaks have tripled since the obama administration. while this administration is threatening to prosecute those who illegally leak information, some of the more embarrassing leaks are not considered illegal. still, sessions threatened anyone who endangered national security, even floating possibility of reviewing the doj's policy on issuing subpoenas to reporters who receive leaked information. democrat maxine waters told "the

view," she hopes the leaks will continue. >> he is in a white house where he's got people working for him that don't believe in him, don't like what he's doing and they're trying to tell the american public. >> the announcement came less than two weeks after the president publicly criticized sessions for being weak on the leaks. some say yesterday's briefing was a way for sessions to reassure the president while warning would-be leakers to think twice before talking to reporters. elizabeth: lauren, thank you so much, leland. leland: there are national security leaks, the leaking of classified information that the attorney general was talking about, but almost equally paralyzing to the trump administration is the constant palace intrigue leaks from the west wing. to talk about those and bringing discipline to the chaos, the president brought in john kelly. first week as chief of staff.

whenever we say former deputy assistant to george w. bush and we have photographic evidence to prove to our viewers, you were there. you look different 16 years later, but the expertise is the same. the first week on the job for john kelly, is it too early to give him a report card? >> no, we're seeing changes. he's taken control of the staff. two important things a chief of staff can do, one is keeping track of the president's time. leland: close the door to the west wing, you want to see the president. >> there's a disciplined approach to the schedule and second thing is he's taking control of the staff. he moved the senior staff meeting to 8 a.m. so the day starts when everybody else should be at work. and then there's a themeatic response to the schedule, communications, travel and access to the president. even with the president's children, as an assistant to the president, you're staff so you have to abide by the rules that

everybody else has to do to set an example. leland: so far in the first week, we've heard anecdotal evidence and even mick mulvaney has come out and praised general kelly a's work so far. is that something that breaks down or the more disciplined they are the more disciplined they come? >> it should be once the general sets the tone and protocols for the west wing, that should not change. in as a matter of fact, they're fine tuned as you go. we had a rule under george w. bush, if you needed to see the president you always saw the president. if you want today see the president, you didn't get in. leland: what do you make of this, the thing that we're hearing from general kelly, he's trying to control the flow of information. before the president sees something or perhaps has the ability to tweet about something, he gets to get it first. >> absolutely, that's the job of the chief, is to control the flow of information to the president so the president can make the best and informed decision and have a diverse opinions.

leaking starts when people are dissatisfied that they're not getting heard. so what do they do? they go and try to influence that from the outside. you have to have a team mentality. the general certainly understands that and i think that's kind of team playing discipline he's instilling. leland: team playing if it starts in the west wing, conceivably makes it easier to get things done. reasonable people can agree that it's not been successful in terms of what they want to get done on capitol hill. peggy noonen writing this in the wall street journal about general kelly. generals are not known for a lack of self-confidence. if he goes up against mitch mcconnell it won't be a big dog versus eager puppy, in that i'm guessing she is referring to reince priebus. and he has how much, if you w t

want, political capital when he wakes up to capitol hill? >> he has a lot. they know who he is, know his reputation and his record of accomplishment is as a general. that's going to be worth a lot on the hill and also within the white house, the respect that they'll have for general kelly and they have for him. the key is, 2017 has to be a year of action. 2018 with the mid terms will be a year of reflection by voters. he has until december 15th to help the president drive home those big ticket items of tax reform, getting the budget, raising the debt ceiling, infrastructure. we need legislative points. leland: we already had the former chair of the republican party in missouri, a state that the president won by 20 points on and he says even he is worried about turnout in 2018 if those things don't get done. great insight. thanks as always, good to see you. liz. elizabeth: a 22-year-old british hacker who helped stop a global

cyber security attack was arrested, because of fake passwords. he was on the way from a cyber security conference, three months ago hutchens was hailed a hero after helping stop the wanna cry from spreading in the countries. >> it was inundated, and they were thanking me and i'm a hero, and if i didn't intend for it to like sort of blow up on me and being all over the media. i was sort of doing my job and i don't think i'm a hero at all. elizabeth: he's expected to be released on monday, according to his attorney, after bail set for 30,000. leland: coming up, a little bit more on president trump's stalled agenda in congress. our political panel with who is to blame and what he can do it

about it and in the middle of increased tensions in the west, the president of iran getting a second term. what that means for us. a woman found alive after nearly three weeks in a california field. why she was there and how she survived. >> well, we saw her moving and we said it looks like she's alive. she said i'm alive. >> i'm alive. exactly. ♪

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>> two suspects on the loose are now in police custody. northwestern university president wyndham latham and andrew warren are held in the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old man. they will be returned to chicago where the claim allegedly took place to face questioning. ♪ >> a 33-year-old kindergarten teacher was found alive after three weeks of living off the land in california, clauda cowan in our los angeles news room. big question, what was she doing there? >> well, this story has a lot of twists and turns, leland, it sound like something out of a movie. this woman has a devastating car

crash outside of fresno, basically in the middle of nowhere. she manages to survive alone in the searing heat for 17 days and the word is that she's bipolar and didn't want to be found. that according to the family, a kindergarten teacher who reportedly stopped taking medication on the advice of her pastor, who told her that the pills would quote, lead to demons entering her body. she was on the phone with her husband last month when she crashed her car and walked away. she survived eating bugs and drinking from a cattle trough. her friends and family desperately searched for her, posted flyers everywhere and finally found her yesterday morning in a field less than a mile away. >> we saw her moving. >> yeah. >> and we said, it looks like she's alive and she says, i'm alive. >> i'm alive, exactly. >> that girl has a will to live, anyone that could survive out here for 17 days is an amazing gal to me.

>> well, according to her father, she's badly sunburned. there's been a scorching heatwave across much of california and no shelter in the wide open grazing field where she was found. she's the an a nearby hospital and is expect today recover according to the sheriff she told the rescuers she wanted food and wanted to be left alone. clearly, leland, a lot of questions in this case, especially the woman's pastor and his role in this and long healing for the family. leland: on that note, are police investigating this more, are they saying it's a criminal investigation or consider this one closed and wish her a good recovery? >> well, right now, the focus is on her recovery at the hospital. so far no word about a criminal investigation, but of course, that could change. leland: let us know if it does. thanks, clauda. liz? >> coming up after the break, the pentagon is pushing for more troops in afghanistan. president trump is frustrated by the long war is pushing for a new strategy.

general jack keane will weigh in on our next options next. the update on the fight against isis. one top u.s. official says we're making gains in syria, but says we're still only in phase one. >> defeat isis, get escalation and for a political settlement of the civil war. what are all these different topped & loaded meals? it's an american favorite on top of an american favorite, alice. it's like rodeos on top of rollercoasters. get your favorites on top of your favorites. only at applebee's.

>> the battle for control over isis's capital in raqqa, syria, rages on, but we're told the u.s. backed forces are making progress. special presidential envoy said on friday in a visit to the state department that nearly 30% of the territory taken back from isis has happened in the last six months and he says about 45% of raqqa has now been cleared. >> about six months ago, isis

was planning major attacks in raqqa, against the united states, against our partners and they were doing it in raqqa using infrastructure of a major city. today in raqqa, isis is fighting for every last block and trying to defend blocks they're about to lose. they're fighting for their own survival. leland: in terms of numbers, mcguirk says that u.s. intelligence estimates there are about 2000 isis fighters left in raqqa. elizabeth: as the u.s. fights isis in syria we're engaged in afghanistan, 16 years after the war on terror started there. obviously the nation's longest war to date. and u.s. says they need more troops. and president trump is pushing back asking for generals and top advisors for a new strategy in a war he says he feels like we're losing. let's bring in general jack keane and go-to on hot topics like this. thank you for joining us. >> glad to be here. elizabeth: you advised president trump and it was different, it

wasn't in iraq, but you had reduced violence until another president came in and made another decision. the overall strategy in afghanistan has to be different, it has to be strategic. there are different factions, the taliban, isis, we talked about the network a part of it. how do you tackle this? >> when president bush asked me to talk to him about what was going on in iraq, i began with why was our strategy failing. and i began with that and provided him the facts for that, for that basis, and then began with what it would take to turn it around and in afghanistan, i would approach the problem the same way. the prison has a right to say, we've been here 16 years, why can't we solve this? this is the united states of america, we should know how to do this and here is the facts. the united states government, the fact is, began and continued to never provide the political will and the commitment to

achieve an enduring victory in afghanistan and we never provided ever the adequate resources, not one time, to ever gain a momentum against the taliban the way we should, except when we invaded the country in 2001, several weeks after 9/11, we dominated them in a matter of a few weeks, brought in a new government and right away began to make strategic mistakes. we never gave that new government the kind of security forces it needed to stabilize the country. in other words, we didn't put resources there. >> when you hear the pentagon wants at least 4,000 additional troops, does that include additional resources, does that include nation building? does that include involvement in pakistan? >> well, there's a number of things that we should be doing. certainly, we want to take afghanistan and it should not be a safe haven for terrorism. so, that means terrorist groups that come there should be targeted, and destroyed and don't permit the safe havens to be established. we should stop the taliban from

overthrowing the government, and we should stop pakistan, as you mentioned, from supporting the taliban inside of pakistan. those two things are achievable, but it's going to take political will and commitment to do it. now, you mentioned the troops, 4,000 troops. in my own mind, we have to increase special operations forces, counter trim. we have to increase training and advisors. we also need to put back in the afghan army many people don't understand, but we took out anti-ied, intelligence, apache helicopters and we have to put them back in there because they're fighting without those enablers, then we have to make the tough decision is, what else would it take to really turn this around? my own view, a tough decision, we probably need some infantry battalions alongside the afghan battalions through one fighting season, maybe another, to turn the momentum to our favor. >> how do you convince the president and, of course, he has

to be on the same page as general mcmaster. how do you make that, that shift, that change? do we have to go to afghanistan, talk to the men and women on the ground? is that really going to be the impetus to change the strategy? >> i think the only way that he could be convinced, he has to -- once you take him through why we really have 16 years of failure, and those facts, i think, are really quite indisputable, policies driven over the war in afghanistan, obama making poor policy decisions in troop levels, not giving the generals what they want. you can lay that out in front of the general. yes, not one time did he ever give the generals the force level they requested. not once. you can lay that out in front of this president and put in front of him, okay, this is what's different and he's going to say, well will that really make a difference? will that difference you're showing me make a difference? i don't want to do this and wind

up in the same spot that my predecessors are in and that's certainly the case and i think it's persuadable and it's in our national interest because we do not want afghanistan to be a terrorist haven once again. we know for a fact, the foreign terrorists will come there and attack europe and attack the united states. elizabeth: scary. general keane, thank you very much. >> it's not easy. it's easy to sit here and talk about it, but it's not easy to be in that white house. elizabeth: i can imagine and even we've heard senator john mccain, said he would step up, and when you see everyone vocal about it and that's when you see the change. thank you. leland. leland: the iranian president vowing appropriate and proportional, he says, response to the u.s. continued missile testing. in his second inauguration today the iranian leader giving a lot of reasons for those who question him to be a moderate.

john huddy is looking at the situation and options they have. hi, john. >> yeah, leland and he accused the united states before he was sworn in, rouhani. and questioning the sanctions that the u.s. and president trump signed following iran's ballistic missile test and also rouhani urged the european countries to not side with the u.s. and in particular president trump. so again, that fiery political rhetoric coming from iran and the supposed moderate leader in rouhani. that said though, take a look, rouhani was sworn in, as mentioned, to a second term of office today in an open session of iran's parliament after winning reelection last may, after the may victory, really was a landslide, rouhani, as we talked about as we vowed as more moderate, promised to open the economy to the world and and pursue, as i said, a path of

could he existence and interaction with the world. still, iran continues ballistic missile testing and iranian leaders, including row happen -- rouhani says that will not change despite the sanctions. and the u.s. saying that missile tests are a violation of the nuclear agreement that iran denies. and of concern, iran's hold in the middle east, including iraq and syria. and this is also a major concern for israel. israeli prime minister netanyahu after a cease-fire was agreed on as part of the civil war and civil war truce, the prime minister says that they have quote, unquote, red lines that cannot be crossed and that includes iran with a foot hold in the heights. and if rouhani, a supposed

moderate leader, will pursue the path of co-existence or exclude the u.s. and israel. leland: and we've seen the iranians were up to things they didn't like. elizabeth: it's been about a week his the vote in venezuela that gave nicolas maduro even more power. we'll have more on the update of political unrest. and president trump is blaming congress for not getting much done before the summer break. our panelists are here and we'll ask them who is to blame. >> they can't give up. call your congressmen, call your senators, call everybody, get them to have the guts to vote to repeal and replace obamacare. which is a disaster.

icht. elizabeth: in venezuela, members of nicolas maduro's ruling party

calling the assembly to order yesterday. you can see them here marching into the capital building. this is a group that has plans to rewrite the constitution. they voted to remove the chief prosecutor luisa ortega replacing her with a loyalist. and they barred her from entering her office. maduro installed a 545 member body which plans to rewrite the constitution despite overwhelming international condemnation and violent protests throughout his entire country. country. >> well, the republican-led congress is on break having left town without any major legislative wins. congress did pass new sanctions on russia, members can't win. the president says congress is to blame for a new low on russian relations. let's bring if our panel, robert

pa dillo, from atlantic, and elizabeth, from atlanta. great to see you both. lady first, we had the former head of the republican party in missouri on a minute ago and he basically made the point that whether you blame the president or whether you blame congress depends on which kind of republican you are. are you a trump republican or a conservative republican, do you agree with that? >> i think it's pretty obvious to me that the blame, when you're talking about health care, goes to the senate republicans because the house-- >> does that make you a trump republican? >> no, that makes you a republican that's committed to the agenda, which was refeeli refeeling-- repealing and replacing obamacare after they had seven years to do so. president trump won in november and carried a lot of republican senators who were vulnerable across the finish line. it was him, and said it's because he-- nobody in washington thought

trump was going to win and he was like, we weren't expecting to be in this position, which is to actually follow through on your promises. leland: it's a little different. >> which is crazy to me. the house is able to do it with trump and i don't think it has anything to do with being loyal to trump or not. it's to do with the republican agenda. leland: and republicans are figuring out it's harder to be for something than against something. democrats seem to be against anything the republicans are for. you're a different type of democrat, a little more conservative, a little more southern, is it the resist trump card? >> it's beyond that, because he campaigned in such a way that he tried to appeal to centrists, to blue collar voters to union voters, because of this he's going to have to reach across the aisle. the difference between centrist republicans and democrats, it's

different than the far right wing of the party. coming back from the august recess, someone is going to have to reach across party lines to get a few democratic votes and support to push the agenda forward or else we're looking at every single republican in the house going into campaign mode immediately and the government grinding to a halt. leland: you bring up the difference between the divide from centrist republicans or trump republicans and the far right or freedom caucus. charlie dent on the divide. >> how loyal are you to the president and that's how you're judged. if you have a more nuanced position some consider you an infidel or a later. or if you're with the president they say you sold out. that's the challenge that a lot of us are facing. leland: is this part of the problem, the compromise even within the republican party is

now seen as disloyal or for lack of a better term, some type of a flaw? >> i mean, i suppose that's what washington thinks because they make it everything about the president, this obsession in all the media coverage, but when it comes down to it, if you take trump out of the equation, what he's standing for is a lot of what the republicans have been arguing for for years, for decades. i mean, border security, health care, tax reform, and i don't think if you just focus on trump, you're missing the point of we actually have republican unified government right now, the chance to push forward these-- this agenda they need to be true to their voters and their promises. leland: robert, why do you think it is that democrats seem to have decided it's much better to resist trump than it is to try to do what you are talking about and work together and have some type of compromise. >> when trump was elected he

decided to try to court the republican establishment, reince priebus into the office and appointment of jeff sessions, he tried to be the establishment republican now that he's seen it's not working they're looking at the president around 30% approval ratings, they have no reason to run into a burning building and wait until 2018 we'll have spoker of the house maxine waters and senate leader chuck schumer and control the government that way. as long as trump is hovering around 30% approval rating and republicans appear be in in chaos, there's no reason to reach across the line. leland: i want to give you a chance to respond. >> i think we're a far cry from maxine waters as speaker. and they were wrong about the election, they did not think that trump was going to win. and the fact that the only way that democrats will get back into power is if republicans fail to meet their promises, which is getting rid of obamacare. leland: you answered the question. quick final word.

>> final word, if you're looking at a president who is attacking the house republicans going into labor day when you have the primary chamgs challenges coming up that's the way that the republicans will lost that and we'll have maxine waters. leland: if that happens we'll bring you back to talk about it. >> i'll be here. leland: i'm sure you will. thanks to you both. liz. elizabeth: one man chooses to spend his 70's saving legislation. -- saving lives. and what has happened and what mother nature has in store for this weekend.

>> wicked weather out west. heavy rain and flooding causing massive traffic jams in las vegas. you can see some of that rain here up to a half inch falling in some places and forcing a few emergency rescues on the strip. people in phoenix, arizona facing crazy weather after a strong monsoon storm, downed trees and power lines thursday afternoon. but there's also one more surprise, a rare land spout tornado gusted through south of downtown phoenix that night. and thankfully it was a fairly weak system in the face of

destructive winds and flooding rainfall. rainfall. >> well, often times being a lifeguard is a summer job. how about this, a lifeguard for a lifetime. one 73-year-old says experience makes it big difference in his profession. bryan is in new york has the story. >> jerry has been pulling beach goers from riptides for half a century. he won't tell you how many he's saved. but there's nothing like doing what he loves. >> 73 and i feel like 14 again. [laughter] >> jerry lampert is a lifeguard on long island, new york. >> i'm the oldest guy on the beach, the old dog. >> he worked as an electrician for decades and started coming to the beach for a summer job when he was just 17.

eventually he moved to florida. every summer jerry has found a way back duty here. >> the northeast has the swell. the big stuff is here. it's not in florida. >> like the waves, he's become part of the character. >> i'm sure he loves coming back and looks forward to it every year. kind of keeps you young. >> and even a bout of prostate cancer and a knee replacement has not slowed him down. he's passed the lifeguard test and including a 50 yard sprint. >> the essence of being a lifeguard knowing you did the job well and families recognizing you found their child, you feel good with your life. >> as for how many swimmers he's saved. >> it's not a number count. it's not like a touchdown. >> an old school answer from a proud lifeguard for life. >> i walked away from a lot of money with a lot of jobs i walked away from. every day is a pleasure and that's all i can ask for.

>> he looks great and jerry acknowledges this could be his last year as a lifeguard, but that won't keep him surfing. leland: i hope i'm doing that good at 73. bryan, thank you. liz. elizabeth: coming up after the break,the stock market continues to soar in the beginning of this trump era. we'll talk about it. plus, we'll have the latest on the search for a missing marine and much more on the next hour of america's news headquarter. stay with us.

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>> welcome back to america's news headquarters from washington. it doesn't really feel like in august saturday when it comes to how much news we have going on. as a search continues for three marines who are still missing. brand-new job numbers show a strong u.s. economy what that means for the president. and president trump is cracking down on illegal immigration and cutting the number of agreed cards for illegal immigrants. we will have a fair and balanced panel to break it all down.

twenty-six people were on board three marines are still missing following a crash off the coast of australia. were following all the latest developments. it happened off the east coast of australia. the search is still underway. they are offering to assist in any way. and they have now been telling them defends officials a say in the 22 osprey crash taking off from a warship. it was used to transport marines into battle. twenty-three marines are safe. three are missing. just a few weeks ago 15 marines died after their cargo

plane crashed in mississippi and no word on what led to the crash in australiabut in a statement the marine corps said the aircraft involved in the mishap had launched from the u.s. bomb. when it entered the water. some of the first responders here came from the worship where the aircraft took off. small boats and aircraft on the warship were some of the first to respond in the surf and effort. jeff sessions has a message for would-be leaguers and the government. there is a new sheriff in town. they said the justice department would have a little tolerance for those with classified information. for some more details. how does this work. the attorney general even went as far as to suggest to the department of justice that it would be reviewed and the policy on issuing subpoenas session saying the leaks are

in danger national security. we expect -- respect to the important role that they play. it is not unlimited. loose links sink ships. it was the new chief of staff. the message to those who work in the white house. just this week transcripts from the private phone call with world leaders ended up on the front page of newspapers. the number of active leak investigations had more than tripled during the first six months of the trump administration and then during the end of the obama administration. one thing i think the attorney general might want to do more is to substitute the word liquor for criminals. these are not just people who are unhappy with the political consequences.

they're taking it to the level that is a criminal activity. the democrats and free-speech groups had cried foul. they have a crackdown on democracy. the california congresswoman. told the view she hopes it will continue. they are undermining him because they want to see him stop. they want to do something. not every president would be pretty -- treated this way. it is a staggering number of leaks that has led the doj to publicly warn would be leakers that they would not hesitate to criminally charge anyone who gets a classmate information. the fbi has created a new counterintelligence agent specifically to tackle the problem. we have more. a lot of conversation after that press conference. thank you so much for joining us. we heard her say that not every administration faces this but every administration has leaks.

and they fumes. there has been more leaks lately and we heard attorney general jeff sessions billy say that they need to feel under attack. what was your reaction when you first saw that. you understand the frustration with the national security leaks. that is not something we have really seen in the past. were trying to get the most accurate information we can in real-time. there are some national security concerns. we also want to be protected to try to tell the public what the truth is and what happened with the administration. this is a question we both know the answer too. are there guidelines in place that create good faith discussions. our those good-faith good faith agreements in place. i think so. i think they generally talk to

the administration or whoever they are writing about. it kinda depends on every situation. you had been covering the white house for the past six months and i'm curious they are fearful of leaks putting them that is classified information and information they think could jeopardize operations for national security secrets. we talk about a lot of leaks that are coming out.

are they going to be the ends of leaks per se. it's just part of the way it works. it's politics. when we saw the end of this. the public would be far less informed about it. they need information. you understand the government's concern. if people aren't giving us information we can tell you what is happening. when you did hear the attorney general to talk about national security and something that everybody takes very seriously. i think they would agree with him on that. that being said specifically when he said reviewing policies affecting those what does it tell you as a journalist. there wasn't a lot of clarity on that yesterday. didn't really say how far they would go or whether they would try to question journalists. most of them would be very opposed to having reporters brought in and questioned it

could change the dynamics of how journalism and government work in this country. i think there would be opposition to that widespread among media organization. you can probably explain that you have relationships into sources. thank you so much for joining us. i appreciate you coming on. the special counsel robert mueller have the former national security adviser michael flynn. he resigned over charges he was less than honest with the vice president where the president is on vacation. we have seen the president be outspoken before. especially as it relates to mister flynn and his contact with russia. nothing from the president yet. and nothing on twitter. this is the start of what the

white house describes as a working vacation for president trump. he will be meeting with his new chief of staff along with other advisors and lawmakers over the course of this two week long vacation here in new jersey and of course president trump arrived here right around the time the special counsel investigation really seemed to be heating up back in washington. first it was a report that robert mueller have convened a grand jury. then last night right after president trump arrived here the new york times reported that investigators working with the special counsel has started questioning witnesses about whether he was secretly paid by the turkish government during the final months of the campaign. this is a big deal because it is the first known incident of this special counsel. the personal attorney. they were considering firing molar.

it is not considering getting rid of the special counsel for congress is in taking any chances by introducing a pair of bipartisan bills designed to protect his job. here is one of the backers of one of those belts. a lot of people in the country want to make sure that he can do his job without threat of fear. i want to make sure he can do his job like that way. i find no evidence of a crime my president trump or his team. if you can show me a reason to do that. bring it on. so special counsel may be safe at least for now. but one other person that has been rumored to be on the chopping block was his successor. the second national security adviser advisor in the trumpet ministration. lastly he put out a statement of support a vote of confidence for his national security advisor. we are working very well together. he is a good man and very pro- israel.

i'm grateful for the work he continues to do serving our country. at least for now the possibility of any major white house shakeups nothing that can happen immediately. the one big thing to watch for is who is going replace scaramucci as communications director. that is really the big opening left to fill. we will see that happens. kristin think you. fox news will be following an investigation all weekend long. chris wallace has an exclusive interview with deputy attorney general rob rosenstein. about the coverage of the

grand jury leak. ask at trump support or what they've accomplished in the first six months and they will ascot trump supporter what they've accomplished in the first six months and they will a democrat. it soared above 202000 this week i was more than 200,000 jobs added in july. it dropped to a 16 year low. peter, great to see. professor two questions for you. how much does this head to do with president trump and since he's taking credit on twitter for how good it really is the economy? >> it is in decent shape. we are creating a lot more jobs there's a lot more confidence in the economy especially among business and the stock market up 22 percent. what new president would not want that. and a great number of jobs

created as we came out of the depths of the great recession. he was coming out of the great recession. that is a remarkable accompaniment for any new president. how much is it that they had been moving along pretty well. it's fair to say that any president gets too much of the plane and credit depending on the way things are going. one of the things to remember is that the stock market has priced in a victory is not just that donald trump is here and has an agenda that's not getting done. it's all the things that she is not doing to us. thinking on the laying on a more regulations. if half of that have been put into place it in the place it would've been impossible for do business in america. as a consequence regulators are starting to take lunch again.

all of that has a positive effect. we are hearing even in the energy sector in terms of growth and the new coal mine opening up. it's like the boot of the epa is off of our back. much more regulation busting to come working hard on text and reform. i guess it means healthcare form as well. i've only just begun many jobs stifling those regulations. movement back to usa. as you pointed out the stock market prices in expectation is not what is happening now it is the expectation of what will happen now in the future. if tax reform and healthcare don't get done at some point if it it becomes clear that they just can't agree on this doing all the sudden see a big reversal. profits continue to grow. and the market does decently.

they are expecting a bit too much. i think the market is realistic. the president said that in touch that. they just save harvard social security and medicare. he is willing to make a deal. really quickly i want to get to this. we talked a lot about wall street in terms of corporate earnings. let's get to mainstreet. a lot of the folks that switched over to become blue dogs and trump supporters their wages are still stagnant. what happened and four years if wages in that part of the economy don't increase. i think of mister trump doesn't get what he needs on taxes and trade.

he is can have more trouble curing states like wisconsin than he did in the last election. he yesterday better on trade. we've already seen it coming. professor, always good to see you. the key. up next debate you do not want to miss over the justice department plan to withhold federal funding from century cities. they are not letting a little heat wave keep them from enjoying that. they are checking the weather here including some pretty steamy conditions out west. >> that heat is can start to spark off a couple of big storms in the middle of the country. will be tracking that and talking about the temperatures in just a little bit. the reaction that every parent

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for people in the pacific northwest. those are not quite up there just yet. we are looking at some temperatures sitting there in the 60s but they will really climb. actually cooler weather has settled and across the eastern half of the country. this right here a very defined frontal boundary. it will meet a chance to some severe weather. it comes right in the center of the country as we are tracking a severe system moving towards kansas city. it will eventually be settling more and more into missouri. that is why the severe threat through tonight is already here. and then running over to missouri. what is it eventually get to do. the future radar this is really good to be an event that happens this afternoon into the overnight hours falling apart for us early on sunday morning.

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members of congress may be enjoying a little summer break but as you know they left the district without healthcare fix. mitch mcconnell has made a clear call to move on. the problem solvers caucus in the house. they say it bridges some of the gaps between republicans and democrats. a member of that caucus joins us now. i appreciate you coming out on a saturday.

we in fact saw it posted in the new york times. i want to ask you exactly what does your proposal entail and how do you plan to sell it to 218 members. the just of that proposal is to stabilize the insurance marketplace for the individual and small group plans heading into the fall the cost sharing reduction if they are not included in part of the insurance plans you will see a tremendous spike for the individual and small group insurance marketplace. as a result of the senate in the house not been able to negotiate healthcare reform package more broadly we have a very serious and immediate problem that needs to be addressed. that's what a lot of the insurance companies what

alternatives do lawmakers had. are they staring down the face of a single healthcare payer. a single pair is something i think is actually picking up traction is not something that i support but when the president threatens to withhold those payments the only alternative there is for insurance companies to leave the marketplace which some head and others are threatening it will increase upwards of 20%. that is why myself and many others say increasingly a lot of senators. we need to address this problem now into the other

piece of this is that we feel like it should fall under congress it should have authority over this. one of the big criticisms of the affordable care act. it vested so much authority and power in the executive branch and here we see president trump threatening to withhold the csr's and many on the left our outraged by that. and on i don't get smart either. that is the affordable care act. we need a congressional oversight. i want to get into a couple more points of your proposal. by creating a dedicated stability font. fund. you also want to release a business mandate. i think that was for full-time employees. and you also want the medical device tax gone. or any of those issues where they not included in the

proposal that passed to the house or are these new additions. they were all included in some of those were actually contemplated under the affordable care act particularly the state waiver program. there is some bipartisan consensus oriented reforms that can take place right now. for me the medical device tax which is not only good for my region of the country but even more so when you talk about improving public health outcomes and innovation why should we be taxing innovation. it just doesn't make sense. on the employer side increasing from 50 to 500 employees enables small businesses to grow and then go into the small group insurance market. the aca exchanges are failing and part because we do not had enough people in those exchanges in order to have the

kind of competition that you need in order to bring races down or at least stabilize the marketplace. it is when ask you these were included before. with the calendar coming up and the debt ceiling. how are lawmakers going to get this all in. to name just a few things that we have to do. it has to be done if are going to do it in september has to be bipartisan. i think the senate is also focused on this issue and there is not a lot of time for debate which is why many of us had been working on this over the summer and the potential that the broader aca reform or repeal and replace effort would not succeed which it did it. we are at a point in time well had to jump in and immediately do this. hopefully the president will find this so we don't have to

deal with this. if he does not this is what we're tried to step up. in order to deal with some incremental changes. it will be a whole different conversation. thank you so much. coming up bret baier takes an look at an early bird candidate. an interview you don't want toy miss. a complete multi-vitamin with 100% daily value of more than 15 key nutrients. one a day 50+.

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news of the first democrat getting into the 2020 race for the white house came as a surprise. marilyn democratic congressman launched his campaign with an op-ed in the washington post. arguing that the u.s. government is strong with partisan politics. when i told people i was doing this. they all said why did they get in so early. and the american rising pack. just set up one word response. to some extent the answer your question. the right answer to do the most important job in the world is to work really hard at it. one of the things that shocked me since i entered public service is how little of the public policy debate is about the future.

technology and automation. they are reshaping the whole world and no one has really talk about what is happening in the world and how it will play out over time what policies we can put in place to make sure the country succeeds economically in a safe and to make sure our citizens are in a position in a world that is there. leaders alike elizabeth warren and nancy pelosi and chuck schumer i don't think that it is there. it should be to fight president trump when we have him doing things that are bad. we also need to tell the country what we stand for. on the flashy campaign launch video.

a former ceo and one of the wealthiest members of congress spends very little time using the two words on democrats lips. we really had to show the american people that there is a better way. we have to think about the future. he talks his blue-collar upbringing. basically a conservative on most of fiscal issues and a liberal or progressive. will they capture the imagination it sounds like a great idea but it has to get through democratic primary and that's where he will have a problem. >> there has not been an oppressive focus on this major division in the democratic party you have hashtag resistance and the progressives.

there's not much room for them at the table. it seems like they are learning from them. they are putting out a new set of trade policies. that are leaning much more natural -- nationalistic. saying that by america products and renegotiating nafta. these are trump talking points. you are somebody who voted to fast track. you are pro- trade. engaging globally has been positive for our citizens and the problem with our historical approach to trade is that we engage globally which was the right thing to do but we knew people would be hurt by it. and we didn't do a damn thing to help them. and as a problem. when i was supporting president obama with his efforts to pursue it. which by the way if we have that the agreement in place i think we would have better bargaining with the chinese

over north korea. they think these things are just about economics. they're about our role in the world. but what i really pushed to the white house to do is do this as part of an info structure program. he authored a bipartisan infrastructure bill in the house. it is one of several bills still awaiting action. the third rail of politics like social security. people who think you can't make small calibrations to this. and do it in a way that doesn't hurt people. they are not looking at the facts. if we do these now they will have no impact on anybody who is a senior right now. did have a very inconsequential look at when they were young. a bipartisan effort to try to get a grasp of ai.

people think of artificial intelligence and they think of a terminator movie. there is a million opportunities for human invention and conversation as a technology his technology involves. and what's important is to not ignore it and not put her have in the sand i don't see any model out there that shows that we could have very can have very significant tax cuts particularly for wealthy americans in my judgment they should be paying more. we have to make fixes in the corporate tax code. we should fix the affordable haircut -- healthcare. people over 55 should go into medicare. they should be able to buy into medicare that would make their populations in these exchanges much healthier. personally we would follow the teachings of our church but i don't believe my churches teaching should affect other people.

gay marriage totally support it. it should be solved in a market base for the markets. two lower taxes and give tax credits to average americans. biggest threat in the world. i was a nuclear weapons. by any measure. this is a daunting challenge. you said i will not be running for reelection to the house representative. no caps on mouse. no backup plan. at the 11th hour if a focus group goes badly. i'm all in. to try to sell it will have

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on monday at chicago will file suit against the trump justice department. it claims it is illegal for the justice department to withhold public safety grants for maintaining the centricity status. the forward .-dot u.s. in the government relations director. gentleman great to see. you and i had known each other for a long time. this is a guy that may want to run for president with policies like that. i take it's important to understand here when people talk about century city. what we're talking about they don't want to be told that if they have to be forced to check people's papers. thus i that's what i hear from law enforcement.

i am think it's important to stand with law enforcement. i could not disagree more with your interpretation. these are not people that are working under the table. this is what happened to kate steinle who should've never been on that. they are directly related to that. todd to this point this is something that the president ran on. they really brought this issue to the forefront. until they have the responsibility to follow the law of the land. they don't get to decide if they are going to enforce federal narcotics laws.

let's look at both of those cities that you benched here. why should they get to decide which laws they enforce. that's not what this is about. there is 11 million people who are undocumented here. i think they should go after people who are serious and violent public safety threats. there is 11 million people who we think should go after and import. quite frankly that hurts public safety. everybody that's in the country illegally is subject to removal. you are asking them to not be impeded. they are the type of people that you want to protect.

that is not true. it's giving the idea that law enforcement are allowed into these cities. the point is this. there are the 11 million people who are here. about 300,000 who are felons. you're saying let's go after all of them. that's of the president has said he wants to do. in fairness he said he wants to prioritize and justice department has prioritize that. and going after the 300,000 violent felons you have talked about. that's clearly where the enforcement has been focused. the other part of that has been building immigration policies and building the wall. and sort of gotten sidetracked a little bit. john mccain says essentially i'm not against building a wall but then continuing to the arizona republic. we need surveillance capabilities. to think that a wall is going to stop illegal immigration or drugs is crazy. robert, to you. is it time for republicans or those who support the president because of the

immigration policies to realize that a big beautiful wall may not be the answer. or do we need a wall plus the things that senator mccain offered. it is not the end all be all. it is important and it is a deterrent factor. you do also need to have biometric entry exit points. but the rhetoric of this administration has the flow but the second he is not office it is can open up again. your group and others of like minds have managed to turn this into a debate what was a key component of the president's victory. how do you continue that. or is it something you're willing to compromise on. the rest of the people that had no prior criminal record

at all. on the hundred 60%. we should have an immigration policy that stops it. it deals fairly with those people. and that is what 80% of the american public is. that is why you see people standing up and saying mister president not everything you said here is something that you're okay with. i think you're okay with everything the president said. i think the disagreement on this is gonna continue. coming up next. the texas parents surprised their daughter was something they always wanted. [music] surprise surpriseu. surprise. ♪ ...is alright with me.

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