>> back tomorrow. "america's news hq" starts now. >> sandra: president trump expected to make marks on the structure this afternoon. will be overshadowed by charlottesville. hello everybody, i am sandra smith. the president's remarks are expected next hour and a tower. political pressure is mounting on him just hours ago, fourth ceo resigned from that manufacturing counsel. apparently in protests for him failing to condemn white supremacy groups after trussville rick, what can you tell us about these resignations on the council? >> sander, scott paul is the

president of the alliance for manufacturing, and as you mentioned the fourth two resigned from president trump's american manufacturer council. it happened this morning. paul wrote in a statement, i am resigning from the manufacturing jobs initiative, because it is the right thing for me to do. this came 16 minutes after the president tweeted, for every ceo that drops out of the council, i have many to take the place. grant grant standards should noe gone on. the ceos of intel, merk, and under armour. he was not tough enough on white's premises, and the kkk. which also point out, new line box -- >> sandra: he has had quite a stir on twitter yet again. a lot of tweets have gone out since this morning.

>> last night as well. the president with one that was a cartoon of a train hitting a cnn reporter with a caption that read, "fake news -- cannot stop the trump train." gun violence in chicago also that was posted by man who has been described as an alt right an ally of spencer who organized the rally for white nationalists in charlottesville that went to violence. in the death of a young woman. the tweet that he reposted said, meanwhile, 39 shootings in chicago. nine deaths. no outrage. why is that? the trump between tweet with the leader. it was inadvertently posted. when they realized that they immediately deleted it. about chicago violence was still on the president's twitter feed. i can tell you there's a lot of activity here waiting for the

president's remarks on infrastructure. he has a meeting going on upstairs this afternoon. we expect to hear from the president right here in the lobby of trump tower and the next couple of hours. >> sandra: a lot of activity. in less than a half hour, the state department will be holding a press briefing. we will listening carefully for anything from north korea as well as iran. rich edson is alive at the state department. we are waiting on the administration to respond to north korea. >> what you have from the iranian government is hassan rouhani, the president of iran same, they can walk away from the nuclear agreement and restart a nuclear program that's even more advanced than the one they walked away from in 2015. iranians are sane, they will do that if the u.s. continues to impose sanctions against iranian citizens. president trump says iran is in violation of the spirit of the 2015 nuclear deal. although the date continue to

spend sanctions. the top administration is imposing pensions on iran's other educated human rights, and supporting tears in the area. they are conducting a review of the review towards the iranian government. there considering the nuclear jet and other activity, but they haven't given us a timeline as to when they will make the results of the public. spill it rich, at least for now, kim jong un says no attack on guam? >> they had a plan of attack for guam, developing it in but so far, and it kim jong un decided to hold off. this is according to statements coming out of north korea. the statement said, kim jong un will now watch the foolish and stupid conduct of the yankees, the united states. north korea wants them to spend their upcoming military

exercises with south korea. the u.s. wants north korea to hold its speed 23 and nuclear program. rex tilson, kennedy airport and for the dip o-matic route. if they do stand ready, in case they do lunch any kind of. if they fire at the u.s., that could escalate. if they shoot at us, it could be war. if they do, it is game on. >> sandra: rich edson, a lot of activity at the state department as well. we'll look for that fee to begin shortly. meanwhile, the iranian government is denying shipments of missiles to north korea. the rogue regime had sudden rapid progress in making ballistic missiles maybe thanks to black market of engines made in a state run ukrainian factor factory. the ukrainian security official saying that reports just the russian campaign to cover moscow's involvement in helping north korea. no immediate response from

russia. guam officials say they are relieved with the north koreans taking the temperature down a notch. >> we are happy that the rhetoric is starting to come down from kim jong un. and not a lease pursuing at the moment. these threats to fire missiles at guam. nobody wants any confrontation beyond the peace that we enjoy today. spill joining us now virginia congress men, member of the homeland security subcommittee and retired navy office. a win for the administration at least for now to have north korea back off? >> no question. you have to give credit where credit is due. it is a win. the administration has introduced components and dealings with north korea. first with carriers there and force. and not taking any crap, if you

will come up from the lead appeared publicly and nonpublicly as well. they had some influence over china, and then north korea. it is a win. >> sandra: and place of that work, i will use criticism. they receive a lot of criticism for his rhetoric on north korea. does it turn out that that is actually a winning strategy? >> that remains to be seen in terms of its winning strategy. of course, you can be your chest so much on both sides. when you look at north korea, they have been doing that for a while now. they have been doing it in a way to get concessions from previous administrations like that. you've seen this president is not up for that. you seen secretary mattis is not up for that. they have been very clear. they shoot missiles at american interests or allies, it will be go time. they'll be ready to go, and they should. north korean leader launches missiles that hits american territory or america, congress

will immediately declare war. >> sandra: i want to get to this news talking about the iranian president saint he could walk away from that nuclear agreement. those days or months within hours, he said. if the u.s. should impose more sanctions. if there are more or will there be more, what do you make of that sort of threat? >> whatever. i have been very clear and vocal about this iranian deal for a long time. i think the president gave up a lot, the previous as in president obama, this deal and my opinion is short-term. give them a bunch more cash. long-term, give them a pathway to nuclear weapons. i just came back from the region. we met with prime minister netanyahu. we met with the prime minister authority. both of them spoke about iran

and money from iran being used in and around israel. also in iraq and syria trying to get that bridge through syria to lebanon. allowing hezbollah to run between. it is a bad deal. if you pulled from it, fine. i have been very vocal. i think is bad for israel, the region. it gives them all -- it gave them all the cash that they're using and to gain influence in iraq and syria. and then long-term, -- and by the way, they using the ballistic missiles preparing to be able to deliver nuclear weapons went in the long term if they're able to get them when the restrictions go away from the deal. it is a bad deal. if they, fine. >> sandra: that being said, the overall strategy coming out of the white house. even "the wall street journal" details that his showing is key to north korea.

his team decision-making point of strategy from this white house. looks at the defense secretary and the secretary of state. he makes a very valid point. this is basically their engagement to good cop, bad cop approach. he goes on to say. the only problem with that is they have a much harder time coordinating with the president. he go on twitter and say something then they are not prepared for. they spend a lot of time reacting to that. rather than dealing with the actual strategy. anything to this talk of mixed messaging come in the white house? >> i think there is valid criticism for that, of course. i one point, you've unpredictability. that may help. on the other side, it may also be a miscalculation by other regimes. that could be very dangerous. i think there is valid criticism on either side there for that. there's no question that when you look at north korea.

a combined effort. not just the president but secretary mattis and secretary tillerson. demonstration, period, it was a high tension situation, and they blinked first. does not mean this may work continuously. you may have to keep adjusting. i think is valid criticism on both side. >> sandra: it was just a few days ago, rex tillerson said i think americans will sleep well tonight. with this rhetoric the last few days. that something you would agree with sitting on the subcommittee of homeland security? what do you know? >> news rhetoric, excuse me. are you asking about his rhetoric or whose rhetoric? >> sandra: the rhetoric in general. there's been a lot of concern about the rhetoric. rex tillerson said americans can sleep well at night. do you feel comfortable and agreeing with? >> i do. i think when you look

historically when dealing with north korea, there has been some heavy rhetoric. we'll see from the north korean side. this time where it is a administration, debbie given that rhetoric back. i do think in the end, cooler heads will prevail. the top intelligence officials in our country will tell you that north korea -- the leader is a rational actor. he may be pounding his chest, but you'll make the right decision. appeared not to reduce his own regime to ashes by doing something stupid by shooting a missile at the americans. and china understands that as well. you see that this time around publicly where they came to get the tensions, north korea. >> sandra: you are a busy guy. thank you for joining us this afternoon. rumors swirling that presidential advisor, steve bannon, maybe on his way out the door. this time for what he wrote were poorly told the president on how to respond to charlottesville. is there any truth to it?

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range of talented people. it is a privilege every day to enable the national security team. >> you did not answer. can you to both work at the white house? >> i am ready to work with anyone who wants to advance the president's agenda and security, prosperity of the american people. >> sandra: ed henry lie from our washington bureau with more. and, you have our attention. why is all attention on bannon this week? >> i am laughing, because when you hear that right there, general mcmaster could did not even mention steve bannon's name. that is what raised a lot of eyebrows this week. you have president trump recently get behind general mcmaster in say, he backs them as national security advisor, even though steve bannon has been perceived to push the national security advisor out. the other x factor this week in terms of timing is the fact that you have all that violence in charlottesville, the political damage for the trump administration as to whether or

not they reacted quickly enough in denouncing white supremacist groups in all of that. this has put steve bannon and his america first approach very much in the spotlight. as part of the reason why you have so many people talking about this week. this is when you have someone else last night, anthony scaramucci. one time, briefly, white house to communications director telling stephen colbert this. >> who is leaking now? is it steve bannon? >> i said that. i have been pretty open about i it. i said he was. obviously, it i got caught on . >> will he be gone in a week? >> that is up to the president. if there was up to me, he would be gone. it is not up to me. >> clearly, it is not up to him. one of the things is making a lot of people in washington think steve bannon will stick around it that we have heard these rumors practically since

day one of the trump administration, sandra, and there has been a lot of intrigue. so far, steve bannon has survived. >> sandra: you are hearing there is an x factor that may keep bannon in the white house? >> because of the fact that you have democrats making this a bigger and bigger clinical issue. nancy pelosi in the last few days helped push this #firebrandin we have people push and in, and he defends people close to him even harder. it just in the last hour or so, the congressional black caucus is now getting involved in saying come a day not want only fire, but also sebastian gorka seen in part that they continue to find bannon's presence incredibly alarming and dangerous. once again, we urge you to a merely remove steve bannon altogether. we are also increasingly alarmed by other members of your senior

staff, who have ties to white nationalist groups. that is something honestly the white house rejects and if you want to get this presidents backup, try and tell him what to do. this pressure from nancy pelosi and the congressional black caucus may be the best thing to happen to steve bannon. >> sandra: good point. ed henry, a very good to see yo you. civil rights investigation into the violence in charlottesville. a suspect facing murder charges. with what the whites of premisee planning next [upbeat music]

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>> sandra: california became the first state to sue the trump administration over a sanctuary city funding. officials there said the government did not have the right to deny funding to cities. this is a look at cities,

counties, and states across the country that are considered sanctuary jurisdictions. here's california's attorney general. >> california is a donor state to the federal treasury. we always give more taxpayer dollars that we get back. now we are being told we will not get some of those dollars back then we not only deserved but are entitled to simply because we will not follow tom's edict on immigration? we will take him on. >> sandra: meanwhile attorney general jeff sessions to give a speech tomorrow about losing its x-ray status. join me now, the spokesman for hispanic 100. he was also on the trump hispanic advisor during the campaign. good to see you, steve. let's get first of this lawsuit, the first of its kind in the state of california. where does this go? >> chicago, where i am now, is also suing the federal

government over the same issue. people like the attorney general and the mayor of chicago, they remind me of people like george wallace in the 1960s, who faulted government law for their agenda. when it comes to immigration, federal law is paramount. they cannot decide on their own what national immigration policy should be. moreover just on the practical nature, and forget the legality, what they are doing is to appease political correct supporters, we will not protect our citizens whether they are legal or native-born people, and we will say, if you are an illegal immigrant, and you commit a crime, we will not cooperate with the federal government and exporting you. we will defy the law to pursue our own narrow, politically correct agenda. >> sandra: the democratic attorney general and at san francisco also filed their own lawsuit last friday.

their filing and i'm part for r areas that do not have the ability to do so. where you are seeing the jurisdictions. steve, is this is something that will continue? will be seen more cities, counties, and states? >> i hope not. the reason i think not, we have a new attorney general quest taken a strong stance. i think with the power that the government has, we will force the cities to work as they have and protect their citizens. here in chicago over the weekend, we have nine people killed in gunfire. dozens of people shot. what does our mayor focus on? focused on trying to grandstand against downtown. instead of worrying about the safety of people right here in our city. whether it's chicago, telephone, or wherever. part of it, when you do not have someone to be there in the first place. i love legal immigration.

i am hispanic. i am a son of an immigrant. when you summon here without permission in the first place, and on top of that, they are committing crimes. they're dangerous to the citizens of our country, they need to be gone yesterday. >> sandra: steve, i want to share with you because you're so passionate passionate. and with what the mayor is doing and not doing there. jeff sessions said this in response to chicago last week. no amount of taxpayer dollars will help a city that refuses to help its own residents. to degree, unsurpassed by any other jurisdiction. the political leadership of chicago has chosen to to to deliberately and intentionally adopt a policy that obstructs ts country's lawful immigration system. steve, backing up what i just heard from you. >> sandra: and i think jeff sessions is so correct in that. like mary emanuel is doing, it is a tactic. especially what they're doing in chicago, which is a fiscal cliff

that they are careening over, our budget is so badly broken. it is utterly failing schools. in a couple weeks, most kids in chicago will go back to failing schools. on top of that as we mentioned, cities are like the wild west. we are one of the most dangerous cities in the developed world. sinemet instead of addressing te problems, it is a diversion. let's make president trump the boogie man. he not. and mayor emmanuel in the mayor of san francisco, they need to protect people. they need to protect young black kids on the southside of chicago that are afraid to go to a park, and stop worrying about the politically correct agenda. >> sandra: it is a scary situation. attorney general jeff sessions announcing a big speech tomorrow afternoon. what do you expect to hear further from the attorney general? >> this is a attorney general that means business, mr. jeff sessions. he will be emphatic about what the consequences will be if

they'd fight law just as the southern states defy the law in the 1960s. i think you'll be specific. donald trump was not ambiguous about this and 2016. it was a cornerstone of his campaign, getting control of our borders and getting dangerous people who do not want your out. he has made unbelievable progress on both of those scores already. the legal crossings at the border has plunged. dangerous people who do not belong here are being deported and an accelerated rate. i would say to the people who do not like this policy, win the election then. president trump largely one onn this. >> sandra: steve cortez, thank you to see you. need of elements in the investigation into any ties between the trump administration and russia. details of a new report that has a trump team push my pointing the finger the obama administration. and of course, another ceo

resigning over charlottesville, even after the president denounced white supremacists groups by name. president trump says, and some people will never be happy. does he have a point?

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system. according to "politico." his team did little about it. catherine herridge's live in washington with more. catherine herridge? >> after they said that they received multiple warnings from officials between 2014 and 2016, the russian president and his government were aiming to disrupt the u.s. election, president trump responded on twitter writing, according to an apart, obama knew about russian involvement but he did not want to involve russia. meanwhile a congressional independent reported to fox news that back to the 2014 of crimea, in its attempt to influence election two years later, there was concern that he is developing tools to influence the democratic election and that process. these warnings according to the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee were dismissed by the obama white house, because it was apparently eager to be set its relationship moscow as evidenced

in this 2009 video of secretary of state, hillary clinton, and russian counterpart. overseas, he stood by his public statement on the issue from march. >> in recent years, committee members have please for stronger action against russian belligerents. the obama administration was committed to the notion against that we can reset relations with vladimir putin. routinely ignored our warnings. >> "political" reported this, but it is unclear how wide it was shared and whether it reached a policy level for discussion, sandra. >> sandra: catherine, what is the response from former obama administration officials? >> net price did not immediately return our request, but ned price said he did not give them a pass.

after a comment, he said was bad timing and media. on october 2nd, the administration released this statement about russia's interference in the u.s. election. only to have it eclipsed by other news. >> on october 7th, with u.s. government attributed the middling to the senior level of the russian government, and then at 4:00 p.m., you haven't a case that comes out of "the washington post" ." and at 5:00 p.m. or later that day, you have the emails trickle out. >> of course, we will update our reporting if we do hear back from price on our own and answers to our question. >> sandra: stay honest, catherine heritage. the department of justice opening up civil rights investigation into the deadly charlottesville card tech. white supremacist groups are planning more protests over the removal of federal statutes. the bloodshed over the weekend

leading other cities and states to remove their own confederate monuments. doug mckelway joins us now from charlottesville. have things calm down at all there? >> yes, they have come down tremendously since saturday. that is for certain. it is a sign of the simmering tension that just lie underneath the surface. this morning, we saw another provocative incident. the young man in his early 20s came to emancipation park. he was carrying a confederate flag, and he was having it draped around his shoulder, an assault rifle. it is an open carry state. you can have a weapon on your person as long as it is visible. he had an assault rifle over his shoulder. he stood quietly at the base of the lead statue. giving him the international symbol of goodwill calling him a racist and shouting and shame, shame, shame. the police stepped between those protesters and the young men.

it took him to their squad car, place them in the front seat and drove him off. that said, there are already people talking about removing this monument by themselves, on their own volition. activists are talking about doing that. one of them told the "richmond times" that it will happen. this is a beautiful a question statue. i don't want to feel like the taliban or the bolsheviks, but this has to go. that has already happened in durham, north carolina. protesters representing the workers world party, surrounded the statue of a confederate soldier. wrap the cord around its neck, and yanked it down. the pedestal on which that statue was standing has an inscription on it. "to the boys that wore the great." please they are simply stood by. they made no arrests. making evidence that arrests are possible. 2,060 law passed that for bids the alteration or removal of any statue on public ground

unless approval is given by that states historical commissioner. this is beginning to happen. all over the country now, sandra. >> sandra: debates are popping up. thank you. fought over charlottesville. corporate america. fourth ceo quitting the manufacturing council. the president for the alliance for american manufacturing joining the ci ceos of the othr three. the media also keeps piling on the criticism. one cnn headline reading, why his spontaneous moments on race tells more than scripted ones. tweeting and response, realize once again that the #fakenews" -- . the executive and resident at the school of public affairs and

former ohio state senate minority leader, thank you both for being here. david, i want to get your take on two more ceos resigning from the president's manufacturing. it appears there is still follow from his remarks to violence and a charlottesville. >> mistakes on both of their parts. ceos, who sell products and services serve their customers the best by being part of the discussion when government is talking about what policies and actions they will pursue instead of sitting on the sidelines while such discussions are being had. at the same time, sandra, every one of those ceos are job creators are going to have it easier and creating jobs, hiring more employees and paying higher wages under the policies of this administration and this cabin in particular are doing to get rid of harmful regulation in the upcoming talk about tax reform

and helping to lower corporate tax to make it easier to create jobs. >> sandra: for the president's part, he says this in his latest tweet. literally a couple of hours ago. he said, for every ceo that dropped out of the manufacturing counsel, i have many to take their place. grant standards should not have gone on. speaking to david's point, >> each one of these ceos has an obligation to shareholders. they have an obligation to boards of directors. they have two answer to consumers and customers. and obligation to the internal moral compass. if they feel the words and actions coming out of president trump were not sufficient, particularly at a time immediately after the violence occurred in charlottesville on saturday. that is absolutely their right. they can support the economic policy of president trump while at the same time decrying white

supremacy, neo-nazi, and his attempt to unite this country. anyone from orrin hatch to karl rove agrees, he missed an opportunity. it's great what he said yesterday. >> sandra: to his reaction, we are hearing that response coming from both sides of the aisle. ari fleischer on this network as you heard, newt gingrich. it is not coming only from the left, david. is that they are, too little too late from the president? do you agree? >> most americans did not need a statement from a politician to know what happened in charlottesville. it was hateful, ugly, illegal. it was only the fullest prosecution of the law, the law to put criminals behind bars. the only actions that matter. in fact, think of it this way.

words are the nail to actions being the hammer appeared on that account, the president and justice department going after those who committed crimes. provided the financial resources to virginia, which of the governor thanked president trum president trump. >> sandra: we have to leave it there. on his part, he said the media is never going to be satisfied. primary showdown for the attorney general's old senate seat. three g.o.p. candidates facing off in alabama. a very close race. today's results could mean for republicans nationwide. >> i've done it every year. i think it is a good thing to do. i won the last time i rode the horse. it did a good favor. and we enjoy it after a long election getting out and doing something. my day starts well before

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>> shepard smith on the fox news deck to be in and i and become a tower where the president is expected to give a statement in the next hour on our infrastructure. the present want to shift the focus back to his agenda as he has controversy including reports that one of his campaign advisors try to ses with the russian government. we bring you the event live from a trump tower when happens on "shepard smith reporting" at the top of the hour. >> sandra: there is also a special election primary underway right now in alabama. jeff sessions old seat after he stepped down to be the attorney general. they are locked in at fears showdown. here the backing of president trump, and mitch mcconnell. luther strange. they can seven or judge, roy moore has been pulling strongly and could be the dark horse. mo brooks has been focusing anti-mitch mcconnell and wants

them to challenge the g.o.p. establishment. president trump tweeting earlier. big day in alabama. vote for it luther strange he will be great. let us bring in the chairman of the alabama g.o.p. chairman, thank you for being here. >> my pleasure. greetings from the deep south of alabama. >> sandra: voters heading to the polls. what do you expect? >> we have great candidates in our race. at the end of the day, it is about what the voters and what they decide to do. folks are posted up with their own candidate right now. we know that the president has been out on several messages on his twitter account in favor of one of those. if you're loving that candidate, your loving for sure. other candidates, they're making their case as well. alabama's residents can be stubborn when they make their mind up, but it is a great day. we love election day. >> sandra: what is important to voters there? >> they're looking at the

health care issue. they want us to get that right. i feel confident we will. i think the republicans can get that right. it is a big issue to talk about. they are worried about -- our state has always been with the illegal immigration situation. jeff sessions, that was one of his fortes. we're so-so proud of jeff sessions. today is a process for the republicans to replace his seat. it is a big day for us. >> sandra: the big question, what weight does president trump have in these elections. how will he influence this race? how much of an impact we have? >> he is the president of the united states of america. he will have an effect on some people. maybe folks that were not paying attention, but now it is election day, and they are hearing that the president is giving support to a candidate. maybe the undecided could move that way. i will say that at the end of

the day, it is not in conflict for a person to not vote for a candidate that president trump favors. because they favor president trump. we want our agenda, very conservative agenda passed. we feel confident we will bring another republican conservative. >> sandra: will this be a bellwether for the 2018 midterm? >> i don't think so. in my state, because we are so republican. this will be a republican seat that we will turn around. we don't like it is in danger in danger. >> sandra: president trump's interests -- his endorsement is strong and pulls off a victory here, his candidate. it does leave people wondering what influence he will have heading into next year. we have to leave it there, chairman. thank you so much for joining us. protesters against the white supremacists movement taken in their own hands for taking on a

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>> sandra: the violence in charlottesville. leaving other cities scrabbling to figure out what to do with their statues as protesters taking down a statue all on their own in durham, north carolina. trace gallagher. >> it is interesting, despite the violence, that you do show that in charlottesville planning to remove the statue of robert e lee. other cities are pushing ahead with their plan to take down confederate statues and symbols. for example, the mayors of baltimore and lexington,

kentucky say you are determined than ever to remove controversial city monuments. they are even new initiatives to remove symbols and statues in places like jacksonville, florida, and memphis, tennessee. the governor of tennessee is urging state lawmakers to read the state capital of the bossed of boris, a confederate soldier. in gainesville, florida, a monument to paul and soldiers in the civil war was brought down after 113 years. here is a resident >> i am a proud southerner, i think southern peeper need a symbol. however, i am a proud american, i think confederacy is not that. i'm not sure if you know. the debate rages on whether the

monuments represent hate or heritage, is important to note that there is more than 1500 symbols of confederacy in the u.s., mostly in the south come up but almost a hundred public schools named after prominent confederates. many of the schools have large african-american populations. there are ten major u.s. military bases named in honor of confederate generals according to fort hood, fort benning, and then there are holidays that are celebrated for the confederacy. >> sandra: trace gallagher, think of that story. we will be back. hi.

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>> an unusual scene at an airport in maine. foam filling and entire hangar after a malfunctioning fire suppression system. it was as high as 25 feet in some spots. the airport's runway operated normally and stayed open.

a manager said there was consider cleanup ahead. unbelievable pictures there. thanks for joining us. happy tuesday. i'm sandra smith. here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 at trump tower in new york city. we expect to hear live from the president. he's expected to talk infrastructure. other headlines threaten to drown out his message. advisers trying to set up meetings with the russian government. what the e-mails show and why trump aides say why they prove there was no collusion. and the accusation that the obama team knew years ago there was going to be meddling in the election. and kim jong-un may actually be backing down. he's still making noise