>> so that massive manhunt continues in spain. 14 dead and hundreds injured. a big break news day. thank you for joining us. the theive us will be back tomorrow. >> see you tomorrow, have a good friday. >> bill: good morning, everyone. at the moment there is a massive manhunt under way in spain as authorities scramble to find the driver who plowed in to pedestrians in one of the busiest streets in barcelona. the incidents left a total of 14 dead and hundreds others injured at this hour. i am bill hemmer and shannon, good morning to you as well. >> shannon: i am shannon bream. isis claims responsibility for the deadly attacks and at least

one suspect is still on the run. police mounting a quick response to the second assault in cambrels. both attacks were linked. >> bill: barcelona's district is very popular. one of the center points of the city and 13 people killed and hundred injured there. the driver is still on the run today. >> shannon: in cam blis the suspect shot. and the police responded and killed all five suspects who were wearing explosive belts. >> who ever is responsible should know that the united states of america together with

our allies will find and punish those responsible and drive evil of islamic terror from the face of the earth. >> shannon: conner, what can you tell us about the manhunt under way. >> reporter: shannon, in the past few hours, authorities expanded the number of people involved they think in the twin attacks. it has gone up several time and no word whether or not there are more people involved. there is first and foremost a manhunt for ma usa okber. he is the one that drove the van they believe down on the las rambas promenade. okaber was the younger brother of one of those arrested yesterday. police are saying that the cell, the network of people is at

least ten people and that number could go up higher. the last time, the attacker and van driver was sdeen was yesterday after he fled the scene leaving a white van on the side. there is no word where he would be. after yesterday's attack town south in the beach sea side resort of cambril they are looking at a larger area than barcelona. obviously this group has connections in the entire barcelona area. >> shannon: conner, how are security forces reacting today. >> reporter: there is a lot of security in the city. armed guards and roads in here to las rambas was closed. the entire promenade is busy as it is most days. one big difference, it is closed to vehicles each side of the

promenade and there is a lot of armed guards and police officers. in barcelona, they are resilient. there was a rally and memorial service today where they had a moment of silence. the king and queen were here and they chanted we are not scared and not afraid. it is a resilient city. >> bill: these are the deadliest attacks for more than a decade in spain. a decade ago there was bombs on trains and 200 were killed that day and more than 1800 injured. the train attacks happened before the election and it was the deadliest attack in europe since the lockerbie bombing. >> shannon: nice, france.

a 31-year-old tunisian killed 86 people. isis claimed responsibility. and then in a christmas market killing fwefl and was shot by the police. isis took credit. and in london mouing down people on the bridge. once again isis claimed responsibility. and in june, london hit again. three isis terrorist slammed people in a van and went on a stabbing spree. and in april, stockholm, sweden. pedestrians mowed down on the streets five people killed including an 11-year-old girl. >> bill: president trump tweeted the united states condemns the

terrorist attack in embarrass. be tough and strong. we love you. the national security foreign policy author of future jihad strategies against the west. what do we need to understand about the ongoing threat after watching this unfold? >> bill, there is a common denominator to all of the attacks should they come from north africa or mideast or operating europe or in the united states. that is the ideology. whatever strategy that is strengthening our defense and winning the war in syria and iraq. it is it a war of ideas. >> bill: we talked about that last night. the town of cambrills has a storied history here. muhammed atta had a meeting with

rams bena tib. and he is in git me and was denied a visa in the u.s. and could have been part of the hijackers in 9/11. if you look at what the bush team did and obama team did. what is the trump team now doing? >> first of all history of 9/11, the bush administration. the narrative took the fight to the confrontation. but there was a fierce opposition deputy and it started in 2006. the obama administration basically shifted away from it. they said basically it is not ideology and said it was social issues. trump administration has drifted back to at this time bush administration. these impacts will have impact on european and american

opinion. >> bill: you argue first you have to identify it and name it. >> the leaders of the west and including the president united states give it a real name and then ally ourselves with moderates in the arab and muslim world. we have begun to do that. in the speech of president trump to arab leaders never happened before. but not a follow-up. >> bill: what is the squeeze in mosul, iraq doing about these. what is the sense of what the spanish government has done with tough surveillance techniques that are employed. >> the battle in syria and iraq is important to continue. and we need to make sure no territorial base for iraq is up and running. but more is who is taking over? if we have defeated isis and

then put in other radicals that defeats the purpose. spain is doing something important. prime minister of spain used the terminology. this is jihadi terrorism. underground spanish authorities are trying to dismantle the cells. look at what happened yesterday. first the operation and then spanish authorities went to all of the areas where they think is jihadist. >> bill: apparent leap the cia gave spanish authorities a warning two months ago. this is a definition of a soft target. a pedestrian mall and no barriers in between. good luck with that. >> what jihadist discovered a woman that wecant counter easily is the open space. time of public offices or planes

or closed circuits is over. and now everything is open. our mission is to harden the defenses and mobilize the public and education the public and fight against ideology would be the first thing to do. >> bill: we are waiting for more information from barcelona. >> shannon: here at home, police stepping up security in the cities after the deadly attacks in spain. peter king will discuss with us how to stop similar attacks here at home. >> bill: another big story. former i.t. for debbie wasserman schultz is indicted on federal charges. what we learned about that development next. >> shannon: president trump meeting with vice-president pence and his national security team. all of the reaction on

charlottesville and the steve bannon interview. former house speaker newt gingrich joins us with all that. >> he is more isolated that he realized. on the hill, far more people willing to sit and not help him. he needs to think about what has not worked. managing blood sugar is a series of smart choices. and when you replace one meal... ...or snack a day with glucerna... ...made with carbsteady... ...to help minimize blood sugar spikes... ...you can really feel it. now with 30% less carbs and sugars. glucerna.

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gerrard including the captain were relieved of duty in the collision that killed soldiers. the investigation showed poor leadership was part of the crash. the impact ripped a hole until the side of the detrier causing dozens of sailors to flood. the navy demonstrated real toughness in preventing further loss of life. >> bill: rare comments by steve bannon prompting comments in the administration. the chief strategist directly contradicted the president's position on north korea. i spoke with newt gingrich and author of the book "understanding trump p all this". >> nice to be back. >> bill: you said the president should take a page out of a book

he wrote "the art of the come back." you think he needs one. >> he's isolated and on the hill he has far more people willing to sit to one side and not help him right now and he needs to recogniti recognize made a good step with kelly. he needs to know what doesn't work. you don't have 30 percent approval rating and have people shooting at you. and conclude it was fine. >> john mccain. and gold star family and access hollywood. is this week different than the numerous other situations? >> it is only different that you go little ground, little ground. and after a while you have enough different people pull

back that you are in a different position and right now, that if he wants to get his agenda enacted and get things done and have a presidency that is stable, he will have to have a couple of serious changeingly. "the art of the come back" is a fascinating book and helpful reminder and he needs to think of what is not working and what he will do that is more effective in the rest of the presidency. >> bill: steve bannon had two individual interviews. these guys are a collection of clown and ethno nationalism sxm loser and a fringe element and the media plays it up. and we have to crush it and help crush it more. the democrats longer they talk about identity politics i got it. is he winning? >> no.

>> bill: is the president listening to him? >> i think what the quote doesn't capture. they are not clowns. you have someone around attacking jews and black american and thinking that the klu klux klan is okay those things are dangerous and lead to hatred that we saw in nazi germany and lead to slavery in america in the past. this is it a great split in the country. for most americans it is it a moral issue to condemn neo-nazis and the klu klux klan. the president has been better than the new's media gave him credit for. during the campaign he repudiated david duke and the kkk. he said you can't be a patriotic american and a racist.

but you get into these kinds of moments, the country yearns for someone who is clear on what is evil or unacceptable. in charlottesville you had to repudiate neo-nazis and the kkk. >> i chose this quote and you chose this. there is no military solution. until someone solves the equation in soeul don't die from military weapons. why is that comment of interest? >> i think for steve to make the comment in the oval office is good. in a senior leadership meeting is good. but with the president being tough with north korea and secretary of defense and national security advisor and

united nations ambassador being tough with north korea, it sends a strange signal to kim jong-un to have a major figure in the white house undercut everything that the national security team is doing. he can say that in a closed door meeting with the president or the senior leadership. but for a senior staff person to undercut the president and national security team was strange and i don't know what steve is thinking he is achieving. >> bill: thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> shannon: while you were sleeping, crews taking away more monuments in the dead of the night. and a gop congressman speaking about the statues in the u.s. capital. >> is it a question of remembering our history or memorializing a cause that is human slavery and state's rights

that i think would have been mischaracterized in a lot of ways at best.

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seems like it was done in a way was down lawful. >> right the maryland legislature voted and it was the governor okay with it and taking it down at night is a prudent decision not just fear of protest and major road work is done and a way to do things without interrupting people. we saw it in baltimore. the baltimore city council voted to remove a statue. and they did it in the middle of the night. there is a difference between doing that and letting the mob as we saw in carolina to. it is better to address the issues of what statues we want to keep up and different signs on and remind people of the history and not doing when

emotions are so high. >> shannon: the supreme court justice was removed scalia people were going to the poll and legislatures are voting and overnight take the debate away and suddenly tell people nine justices have changed anything. it was the best part of america seeing people passionate and having heated and respectful conversation. and there would be a place for that here and people feel like there is a voice. and this is done in a methodical way. >> i think there is a legitimate and debate about keeping up confederate memorials.

it is hurt when the face of that side as neo-nazis and kkk and white nationalist. it makes people go, wait a second if these bad people are on the side of keeping up the memorials, how can we be for it? it hurts, i think when the president of the united states doesn't denounce them specific he and with a vigor that he ought to and really anybody in public life ought to. it gives the white nationalist more power and white nationalist want it to be a debate about statues and in truth, they are trying to gain legitimacy. and that is two separate issues. >> shannon: they have gotten muddied up in the events in charlottesville. i want to share a comment from

the florida legislator. nine of them have connection to being a confederate idol or political leader or military leader. he said when they are in the capital they are in a place of reverence. i think the right side won the war. it is not right to destroy but put them in context and what these people stood for that are stanteding there as a statuor take them to a museum where they can be discussed but not on a pedastal and not revered and looked up to. >> i think that is right. my home state is georgia and the vice-president of the confederacy. he was a traitor to the united states. and we are all americans here. they should be put in museum and put in the proper context. but it is it the kind of things

that keep going because it happened years ago and no one said we should change it. the right thing to do is to change it and the individual states have an obligation and these kind of debate and extremeness of the people trying to tear the statues down does spark the debate in the end is a good thing. >> shannon: then the state will have to explain why they keep them. michael warren, thank you. >> bill: breaking news on the terrorist attacks. who are the suspect and what connection to isis, all of those answers coming up as we learn more from there. new developments on the case against the former i.t. staffer for debbie wasserman schultz. the new charges he's facing and the questions.

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>> shannon: we have brand new information coming in on the terrorist attacks in spain. spanish police say that the attacks in barcelona and cambrils were prepared sometime ago. and telling us more about the suspects. three moroccan and one a spaniard and none of them had terror background at least not documented. las ramblas has tourist one day after the van plowed in to the people there. >> bill: back here in washington

a grand jury indicting the former i.t. employee of debbie wasserman schultz. he was arrested while he was trying to board a plane to fly to pakistan. garrett 10y joins us with more. >> reporter: the came against imran awan is expanding. his wife is indicted as a co-defendant as well. in january, the couple lied to obtain two eh witty lines of credit and then wired that money to several individuals to pakistan where there family is from. awan's wife left the country in march and not likely to return to the u.s. and these charges come a month after the i.t. staffer was arrested trying to

board a plane to pakistan. he and his wife and others collected 4 million working for various house democrats. and awan and other i.t. aides were on investigative radar over concerns of double billing and stolen equipment and access to sensitive computer equipment. these are bringing fresh scrutiny on debbie wawasserman schultz who kept him on the payroll for months. she said she had no regrets on her decision. i believed i would do the right thing and i would do it again. there are times you have to stand alone and what is right and it would have been easy tore just fire him. there is no court date set and possible additional charges could be brought as well.

>> shannon: we'll bring in juan william and mercedez slat. good morning to you, two. good to see you. debbie wasserman schultz said she blames the right wing media circus fringe say is unjustified. mercedes? >> it should be covered. when you are looking at the facts that awan had access to sensitive information in these systems in congress, i think it raises a lot of questions and to what wasserman schultz' role has been and why she kept him on the pay rol and she is defending awan despite other democrats who fired awan in february. >> shannon: he was fired by

several temdemand he and his family were under investigation and banned from accessing the part of the house i.t. system and he was on the payroll with debbie wasserman schultz standing by him. >> it is puzzling. he didn't have access to the security portion of the i.t. network because of questions of his activities. she kept him on to serve the computer system without the security access. it is important to go back to what garrett said. the charges that the grand jury put on him, have nothing to do with national security concerns. it is it all about the lying about an application instead of a secondary residence, he indicated he was getting a loan for a primary residence and sent

the money overseas. that is it not have going to do with the congressional part. and debbie wasserman schultz is accusing the conservatives of drag this up to deflect the russian probe. >> i am perplexed by wasserman schultz's behavior. why defend awan who is indicted on bank fraud charges. if you know he is under investigation and that he has and might be involved in equipment theft, why are you connecting and continuing to defend this person? for wasserman schultz to blame the conservative media, this is something that the democrats do, blame on conservative media in terms of covering an important story in terms of figuring out what the i.t. worker did.

his connection to wasserman schultz and other congressman. i think it is fair. >> i think i agree with you on this, mercedez. i don't know i would give it the magnitude of the other investigations, but so many democrats said i don't want this guy working for me. i don't know if you have seen debbie wasserman schultz talking to the police. she looks agitated and invites real questions. i don't care if you are a republican or democrat. but it is not the same as the russia investigation. >> shannon: she tells the capital chief of police if he doesn't get with her program, there will be consequences and that raises eyebrows of the people. and we have a republican from florida, he thinks we need

a formal investigation to find out if the house computer systems were in any way compromised. do you think that is appropriate? >> no, that work has been done and why you see so far people are saying, he was taken off of the security clearance for dealing with computerized information that had any kind of clerrance requirement. i think that's been done and he's just here now to take political advantage and stir up the storm. juan and mercy, on friday, we have an agreement. you are in two different cities. >> satellite hug, juan. >> there you go. >> bill: not easy to do. republicans looking to turn the page on health care defeat. texas congressman kevin brady joining on the health care reform. plus, new reaction from

president trump after the security attacks in spain. house intel committee member peter king on what we are learning at this hour. >> it is not going to make much of a difference. one thing will make a difference, defeating the ideology.

>> even if they can be active, once they lose the man defective sxheven inevitable, it box hard tore recruit. people don't want to join losing causes. >> bill: don't join a loser. defeating the ideology must be the key in stopping future terrorist attacks. meanwhile, the new reaction from the white house and the president tweeting this hour. homeland security and law enforcement are on alert and watching for any sign of boards. our borders are tight.

and radical islam must be stopped and with that peter king, sir, thank you for your time today. we learned that the cia had given spanish authorities warning two months ago. who knows how the channels were interpreted or followed up on. but spain has been tough on this. they changed their laws. what would be your concern based on what we have learned so far in the past 14 hours? >> it is so early in to this and it is it important to find out exactly what the cia told them and how they reacted to it and how specific it was. spain has done an excellent job. they have arrested hundreds of islamic terrorist over the few years and since 2004.

there hasn't been an attack. but they are in a position close to morocco. and you can get all of the warnings in the world and unless it is specific, odds are still against you. you tonight want to be critical of spain because they have done an excellent job over the last 12- 14 years. and should anybody known about it or the community and should spain increase intelligence in those communities. no matter how many physical bar yers, odds are in favor of the terrorist unless we have inside information and surveillance and monitoring the community and find out in advance about the attack and stop them. >> bill: thinking about 9/11 they went after our airplane and now airplane security charged. how are these attacks unfolding.

>> you look at 9/11 tis so much easier to secure an airport since everyone has to deputy through the same entrance. there is surveillance and you have the metal detention. and we have been able to secure the airports and the attacks on the streets with the vehicles. you can put up barriers and there are so many areas people are ought in the open and they are talking about christmas shopping and people coming back and forth to church. not a planned event. those are relatively easy to secure. you can have sanitation truck and secure that area. and every day congress when people walk up down the streets. it is knowing and try to learn in advance what is going to happen. >> bill: we had a reporter in times square and think about the massive amount of public spaces

here at home. would you expect changes? are we in a place where we have done as far as we can go for the moment, if you understand that part? >> i don't think we can ever say we have gone as far as we can. the nypd was out there as of yesterday, looking at what happened to barcelona and applying it to new york, and realize so many areas you cannot secure. anywhere you can secure, you will find the nypd bringing about that security. you can't do it 100 percent. but changes will be made and there will be methods adopted and adopted to try to prevent these attacks in the future. make it difficult as you can for the terrorist. >> bill: last attack on this. fake susight belt. and the fake susight vest.

why is that tactic employed. suggesting they can't get ahold of the explosives or is it a different tactics squares and frightens the people or keeps the police at bay, what is it? >> it is probably a combination of all of those. in some cases it is those. and person may not will want to die and that gives them extra measure of security. it speers to be something recent. i am not aware of that happening in the past. either they had suicide vests or not. it can't hurt them to wear it. the police are less likely to come after this and that can give them an extra second. >> the driver still alive and was apprehended and tells you about the intent and suggesting

he wanted to live and survive. >> also bill, what is different, this was not a lone wolf. it was a well organized plot and cell. what is important for the spaniards to track it down and see it there other cells. it was not just a lone wolf. it was well organized. >> bill: that effort is going on in spain. thank you, peter king. shannon? >> shannon: president trump is heading to camp david and what they are expected to discuss and the great countdown for the great american eclipse and the shadowy spectacle that will go across the entire nation.

>> bill: breaking news overseas, the country of finland, one person seen lying on the ground and others appear to be hurt on the friday afternoon downtown in southwest finland. several people were stabbed and they ask the public to avoid the area. that's all we have in the moment. we will work for more and bring it to you. stand by for more. >> shannon: countdown for the monday eclipse. some areas are expecting huge influx. oregon expecting a million people. so many that leaders have declared for a state of emergency. calling for a national guard. wow, that is a big deal. >> reporter: there is a lot of the hype around the eclipse.

tens of millions are expected to take in the show and crossing 14 states. 12 million people live in the path. and additional 2 million people can get there driving one day. eclipse starts 10:20 pacific time and end in south carolina 92 minutes later. they will see day slowly turn to night and it will stars out and it will get cold. one of these went from coast to coast. oregon hadentious clips chaser and so the national guard will help with traffic issues. >> we'll not get to everybody as we should. and taking the personal preparedness and take responsibility of your own. and traffic backups in central

oregon already and part was washington state as people go down to oregon, shannon. >> shannon: i imagine folks are figuring out a way to cash in on this in>> reporter: it is america. if you have a hotel or camp ground or business or restaurant you are racking in the money the mattress, oregon is population 6000 and expected to be hundred thousand. people are renting houses for $1,500. this guy is renting for 3500 half of a shipping container. >> it has air conditioning and beds and electricity and shower and wifi and tv and the whole nine yards and that is the top of the line. good news is, it is supposed to be sunny with good weather except for the two minutes when

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>> shannon: breaking news this morning, we are getting reports of a stabbing attack in finland. we don't have a lot of details, but finish police shot a man who stabbed several neme the city west of helsinki. several people were stabbed and they ask the public to avoid that area. and breaking news on the terrorist attack in spain. secretary of state rex tillerson soon to speak at the state at any point. one day vowing to bring terrorist to justice. as we learn more about the terrorist in the attack, welcome

to a brand new hour of the newsroom. i am shannon bream. >> bill: police are telling us the attacks were planned sometime ago. vigils held for the 14 victims in the attack as witnesses say they are under shock. >> i was shaking and i didn't know what was going on. all i thought about was like hiding or finding a corner or somewhere on run to. >> everyone was making phone calms i don't know. i guess. it happened so quick and everyone was in shock. you think of your family and friends. and make sure they know you are okay. >> shannon: we are live with rich at the state department. >> reporter: good morning,

shannon. secretary of state tillerson will speak in ten minute and address student and intern and fellow help recipients. yesterday the secretary of state met with japanese officials and talked about north korea. and that's when the secretary offered the sympathy of the united states. >> we offer our sympathy to the loss of life and people who are injured. we stand ready to assist law enforcement and national security in spain. terrorist should know that the united states and allies are resolve told find you and bring you to justice. >> reporter: much is to assist americans traveling abroad. the united states updated the travel warning for europe and warned of soft targets. mall and park and a u.s. citizen

should exercise vigilance to similar locations and in particular in the upcoming travel season when large crowds are common. terrorist have fire airplane and explosive and using vehicles as ramming devices and sharp edged weapons. the secretary of state will travel to camp david and meet with president and the national security team. >> shannon: we'll wait for his remarks. thanks. >> bill: the president and vice-president pence meeting at camp david today and meeting with the national security team with all of the breaking news. and kevin, good morning. why the trip there today when he could meet with his national security at new jersey. what is that about at camp david? >> reporter: he could meet with them anywhere. but the white house says it is

operational efficiency and optices and certainly make the argument that the president's national security has a number of pressing issues they have to tackle. the budding missile crisis in north korea and even navigating the chatter following the deadly attack in spain and underscores the need for a comprehensive anti- security strategy. the president has been on twitter talking about this and one of his tweets, radical islamic terrorism must be stopped by whatever means necessary. the courts must give us back our protective rights. have to be tough. that may be one of the main focuses here in camp david which is not terribly far from here. >> bill: how about the strategy from the administration? >> we have picking up the

details, right? we heard the president talk about it and his defense secretary talk about navigating the end of the longest war. 17 years here, bill. and thousands of lives lost and tens of thousands of people injured and the trillions of dollars in the u.s. treasury fooipd fighting the war in afghanistan. it is it a serious issue and the administration wants to find a way to stop it. and the president said this. >> we make a determineations peter, as to afghanistan. i have been looking at it and it is the longest war in history. 17 years and unacceptable. >> we'll meet with the president, secretary tillerson and i and others on the national security team and move it to a decision and i think it was yesterday publicly. and coming to a decision and i

anticipate it in the near future. >> reporter: now you can imagine the debate over the proper pathway forward is revealing, bill. and an apparent divide with the white house and administration at large. hr mcmaster of one opinion and steve bannon obviously talking to the president. what is in the best interest in the country and money better utilized and does it make sense having thonds of troops abroad. that's part of the questions. >> shannon: bill, we learn about the terrorist behind the attacks in spain european leader nigel blames. >> we had a lack of integration

of the muslim community with the rest of the town and cities and what we have is a peep pene project with a high-minded set of ideals is endangering the lives of european citizens. and yet, there is it no sign that any of our leaders wanting to change policy. >> shannon: the former intelligence officer for the cian and radio talk show host. good to see you. we are learning details as they trick in. what nijil virage said european leaders are in denial and embarrassed that they allowed these things to toment. >> european countries, spain, and the other major eu members have robust counter terrorism program and services in place and prevent these types was attacks. on the immigration, he makes

a good point. whether that is applicable remains to be seen based on the time line and backgrounds and a complex and long stage terrorist attack. >> shannon: both of these attacks in barcelona and cambrilses and the other explosion they say may be connected. they say it goes back sometime but not a spur of the moment decision. >> no, you have bomb making factory and multiple vehicle and timing is more than coincidental. they the draw connective tissue between the activities in spain in the last 24 or 36 hours or so. we'll find plan a, b, or c. and tfrnt options that terrorist were considering in the attack and the bomb going off and they

went with suicide vest and they department know how they got them operational and that brings us back to the problem we face with vehicle terrorist attack and people driving a car and very hard to prevent. what do you do? regulate to people in parts of the city? ncia warned barcelona and not only that, but the pedestrian shop. and this very kind of attack would happen. but the warning is important. but what can you do with it? >> you put in a greater presence on the street. and you try to set up vehicle barriers and try to create greater egress and they don't get caught in one area for the killing zone for this attack. and the most important intelligence when you look at these kinds of terrorist cases. who are the bad guys and finding

them before hand. and disrupt plot and trying to stop them and play defense once they go to the action phase. you are trying to limit kasmir sult -- casulties. >> bill: associated press reported that finish police shot a man in the leg who stabbed people west of the capital city of helsinki. one person is on the ground and police are urging people to stay away and avoid it. stand by for more on that at ten minutes past the hour, shannon. >> shannon: we are keeping an eye on the state department. rex tillerson is at the podium. and we'll bring you comments on

the terrorist if that happens. >> bill: and the bill in congress. we'll debate all of that, next. >> shannon: officials in another city removing a confederate statue overnight. >> we will continue to confront and condemn hatred, bigotry and violence. and american values have nothing to do with them. when did you see the sign? when i needed to jumpstart sales. build attendance for an event. help people find their way. fastsigns designed new directional signage. and got them back on track. get started at fastsigns.com.

>> bill: secretary of state tillerson giving an update. and word from barcelona, spain an american was killed in the attack. >> regrettably i will open the little session with a little bit not so great news. i want to acknowledge that we have received word and confirmed the death of one american citizen in the terrorist attacks in spain amongst those who have been killed. we are still confirming the injuries and deaths of others, but obviously we express our deepest sympathies to the loved ones of this individual and the others that suffered loss of life and offer our thought and prayers to their families as they will deal with a very tough

days ahead of them. >> bill: 14 dead and hundred injured and confirmation that one american among those fatality and killed in spain. here's shannon. >> shannon: mike signer will release a major statement regarding the statue of robert e. lee. and overnight the supreme court justice stat tat removed he wrote the legislation to deny citizenship to african-americans. >> good to see both of you. >> nice to be here. >> shannon: how much is this a distraction when they have a legislative agenda the minute

they come back from recess and not a lot of progress on the hill so far? >> it is a problem, and having said that it does not stop them from the ability to perform and move forward on the issues that are important. it causes confusion and distraction and doesn't allow you to focus time and energy and like the health care and debt limit and tax cut and growing the economy. it is diverting the attention and bad and harmful. >> shannon: jessica, we'll talk about those in the orbit of the president. cabinet members and advisors. the wall street has a piece all of the president's advisors and how important they are to the country and how tough it may be for them to decide if it is going to stick around. the men and women who joined the trump administration are doing so it enhances reputation and

trying to serve their country. every person has to decide how long to serve in good question and hope they stay for the good of the country. >> it was a great editorial and all of us have been discussing this week as we saw the white house descend in normal chaos but to a disturbing level with the president of the united states equivocated white supremacy and the kkk. and i was struck what a mind said recently about the press conference on tuesday and watching general kelly and how he looked like he was defeated and he slumped a little and to break a military man and have him standing there and not look forward to look at the president with a sense of pride is something we need to take to heart and considering what they are doing for us as a nation and

what is going on in their mind and how long they can do it in good conscience. a lot of people say the president is unamerican and how many people in the top jobs consider that now? >> shannon: i would argue general kelly is not broken. but there is conversation about what they can do to help the president and the country and be supportive and stay true to themselves as well. >> as you said, i suspect general kelly is not a broken man. he has an important job and taking it on and working with mr. cohn and say these are the policy. we need more growth, opportunity and jobs and health care system in this country is falling apart and costing more money than anybody thought it would to go through the obamacare period.

there is it big important decisions to be made. these are policy decisionses to be focused on and i know general kelly and the leadership are doing that. there are diversion that are sad because no one should ever, ever believe that national socialist and people who believe that they are better than someone else should have a place in society. having said that, there is violence that has to be stopped. two months ago we had a member of congress almost killed. we have look at these things and in addition to the policys that are changing the direction of the country and move it to greater growth and opportunity and more job and better health care system. we are not talking about them now, but they are done and the leadership of general kelly as

cleave of staff is a good move and important to move forward for this administration and how they will bring together the talent they have and work with the congress to start moving issue. >> shannon: it is it a very heavy list. have a good weekend. ibm breaking news from spain, one american. killed and that sad news is coming nothing as we get more information on the plot. and amid all of the breaking news, president trump huddling with vice-president and top national security officials at camp david on how to move the country forward and will we learn more about the future of the war in afghanistan. two insiders talk to us next. >> if he wants his agenda enacted and have a presidency that is stable. he would have to have serious changes. liberty mutual stood with me

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we do business where you do business. ♪ ♪ >> he is in a position of being more isolated than he realizes and on the hill far more people willing to sit to one side and not help him. he's taken a good first step with taking on general kelly. but he needs to think of what has not worked. you don't get to 35 percent range much approval and have people in your own party shooting at you and conclude everything is going fine. >> bill: that was former speaker newt gingrich who made many points and the future of steve bannon after his interviews with two news outlets. and fox news chief white house

correspondent john roberts. that will take us way inside this. what gingrich is talking about. are you hearing from the administration that is in the often? >> the new chief of stat john kelly will make it his duty to tighten things up. and at 45 years in the military, he's now been in charge of the department of homeland security which is one of the toughest jobs in the planet and the now chief of staff for president trump. and he will make it his duty to get the train back on the tracks and move nothing a direction that is good for the country and that is a monumental task and may take staff changes as well. steve bannon, i don't think he is on the way out.

i think in the interview. this is how dangerous i could be on the outside and you want me on the inside. and this is something that speaker gingrich told the white house for a while. i spoke to him several weeks ago about the failure of the legislative agenda and he said if you don't like the six months that you have had, you might consider doing something differently. he's telling the white house this and it hasn't happened and he's offering good advice, but i am not sure we have any evidence that the president will follow it. >> bill: everyone said president trump is his own man. is he still? or can secretary kelly exercise the discipline? >> to a certain degree you can. but when you get corey lewan dew

sky saying let trump be trump. there is only so much general kelly can do i don't want to say reign him in but control the momentum forward and make sure it is in the positive direction. >> the problem of offering the advice to the president. you need to change this and that. and he looks at them. how many of them have been elected president. he remembers they told me i was doing everything wrong in the campaign and i won. and people are saying, he's in access hollywood territory and a public relation so bad it resembled what happened last october with the access hollywood matter. and he remembers i went to to win and that's the essential problem with the people saying to do it department ofly. he views it. >> senator mccain and gold star

and many times, you are down for the count and it is it not the case. >> byron and i talked about it. kelly will try to put border and get them move nothing the direction. but if the president feels kelly has cramped his style and thinks he is a rock star and loves the guy. president trump, dopald trump has loved a lot of people and they are not any longer there. >> what will we hear out of camp david now. >> afghanistan and border security. and they have to get a decision made on afghanistan and the way forward. and three obvious choices are to to stay. and talk about u.s. troops and contractors. i don't think the second option is likely.

they need a strategy going forward. >> it is it a huge thing and he's getting very, very different advice. if you send troops, you don't say when you will pull them back out. and if he commits more it is open ended. and high level advice. we had different tactics and strategy and maybe building a stable democracy in afghanistan and we should noot do more. > shannon: we are getting new details on the terrorist attacks in span. an american is along the victims. the latest in the investigation behind the violence. increased security in the new york city. what mar with key do in the home

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>> we have received word and confirmed the death of one american citizen in the terrorist attacks in spain amongst those who have been killed. we are still confirming the injuries and deaths of others, but obviously, we excess our deepest sympathies to the loved ones of this individual. >> shannon: secretary of state rex tillerson speaking about the terrorist attacks in spain as the country acknowledges the victims with a moment of silence. the king, prime minister and

other officials honoring the victims in barcelona. they tried to learn more about the terrorist cells. includingit driver. he may have been in the clashes hours later. they are tracking them in washington. good morning, catherine? >> reporter: the focus is on assessing the size of the cell and scope of the network. spanish authorities linking the barcelona attack and linking it with a explosion in a nearby city. suspects reportedly wore fake suicide belts. one explosion levelled this house initially thought to be a gas leak. there appeared to be evidence of a bomb making factory. there is evident of pre-meditation that the cell was

preparing for a bigger attack. the plot appears to be complex. >> this was a well organized plot and sell and it is really important for the spaniards to track the cells. this was not a lone wolf. it was well organized. >> reporter: the suspect shot dead five mimes out of barcelona rammed pedestrians before engaging with the police. they wore fake suicide bements. it can force authorities to take aggressive action to neutralize them and had there foreguarantees martyrdom. there is a manhunt on for the driver responsible for the blood shed in barcelona yesterday.

earlier an 18-year-old was identified whose brother said mousesa stole id papers to rent the van. authorities are no longer certain that the 18 was behind the wheel, but remains a suspect and someone they want to tawning -- talk to in this case. they are reviewing terror watch list and databases to determine whether or not they were known to the u.s. authorities. spanish officials said those in custody and had no known radical ties, shannon. >> bill: we'll bring in ed davis and former fox contributor. you believe it shows more sophistication than the other attacks we have watched, and

why? >> no question congressman king was correct. a large number of people involved in attacks over a 70 mile area. and they are identified as being from morocco and from spain. that tells me there was foreign influence and domestic assistance provided. pursuing the plan and who had command and control of the situation is important to try to wrap up other events in the planning right now. and the fact that they planned two different attacks is troubling. this is going back to the mumbooh i there the be mument pel attacks and we'll not have re >> a pafrmently the ciargave

a warning dana lash made a strong statement about the open boards. >> i think people are tribalistic and they want to go to their corners and not talk about it. one of the parts of the conversation is what will keep us safe and how to secure our borderless. we are one of the only sovereignty nations that has to fight to secure our border and where as, everyone else does it without a fight. >> bill: that is the case she's making. homeland security and law enforcement are on alert and watching for trouble and our boards are tougher. is it just a question of borders or does it run deeper than that? >> it definitely runs deeper than that.

look at the situation in boston. these two young men were in the country legally. and they were radicalized including over the internet. we have to strike this at the radical madraszs that are identified and preaching this sick philosophy. and address it by stopping the internet influence that is occurring. i have spoken about that before. taking those websites down and staying on top of that and so that is not happening. and treating radical ideology. and reject naziism. and other fanatics. in is killing our people. my son and girlfriend were on las ramblas one week ago from this. it can affect our family and their safety.

and we have to do something about it. >> ed, thank you. >> shafrnon. >> and the trump administration's plus top gop law makers are turning to reagan in the quest for a historic overhaul in the tax code. and remembering the former.words. >> my friends, history is clear. lower tax rates mean greater freedom and our entire nation is better off.

>> bill: the story in finland. a developing sfoer store and showing you the image of the scene west helsinki. we are hearing finnish police are looking for more potential suspects after a stabbing in that town. we know that the police shot one

suspect in the leg and beyond that looking for more. we'll bring you more facts out of finland as they develop. >> shannon: on capital hill gop leaders are working hard to get the focus back on tax reform. ronald reagan passed the tax overhaul. and kevin brady unveiled a comprehensive tax reform plan. >> fairness is repoliced with favoratism for washington special issue. it is incredible frustration from taxpayers who can't hope to understand the bloated tax plan. >> coming up, media spokesperson and a fox news contributor.

>> shannon: let's talk about this and come up with policy and head back to capital hill and be ready to go. they need a legislative win. they say they are working with democrats on this and do you think it gets done? >> i continuing has to get done. after the failure of obamacare repeal in the senate, there is an urgent need coming from the republican party that they need a legislative win and this is one that you think there is a comfort zone with the trump administration, obviously with the treasury secretary and president trump. they know how to talk about tax policy and the economy and know what needs to get done. if the president is involved in the policy details which he has been and a motivated republican party and able to pull off moderate democrats that are in

key swing stats, shannon. you are setting yourself up for yes, you will see tax reform pass. you have to put the expectations straight and obviously not in the fall but you can see it coming early as december or pushing it to next year. republicans are feeling the heat. >> they are talking about the major difference of tax overhaul and that is their plan. something more shorter and measurable. and the issue with the democrats, will they be willing to help the republicans? tax reform is something they are willing to work across the aisle on? do you think they will leave the gop out to dry? >> you have to give credit to democratic liberal leadership much schumer and pelosi. they have a strong hold on their

conference. i think you will find more independent minded democrats, for example like joe manchin who are in the swing state and may be up for reelection and they understand when they look at constitiency and small business owners and the middle-class who is strangle hold by the tax system. they want to see progress made. the key will be, that president trump makes it the outreach personally to the democrats and they walk through what is possible and what can work. will it be a bigger plan or something on a smaller scale? there are points was agreement including reducing the corporate tax rate. if corporations feel they can bring money back to american workers that is a win- win for

all americans. sdmshgs a number of senators and congress members speaking out about the continued support of about the president and where he's been on several issues. senator bob corker and only african-american senate. >> the president has not yet been able to demonstrate the ability and not demonstrated that he understands what made the nation great and what it is it today. and heap 'got to demonstrate the characteristics of a president who understands that. >> and your reaction, mercedes? >> there is always a moment in the presidency when you have to press the pause button and reflect and think where is the nation right now? we see a city in crisis. and we have seen the fact that

had a innocent woman die and the president needs to stand up and while you want to focus on the legislative agenda and infrastructure and bring people in the white house and have discussions and you talk about the issues in a way that is presidential. and it is it a moment to bring the country back together to identify these problems. let me tell you, president obama had a struggle with race relations and law enforcement. it is not going to go away and it is it the president's moment to address this. the trump administration rolling back key obama legislation.

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>> six minutes away, new and horrific details in the hunt for suspects in spain. we have team fox coverage and indepth analysis and a possible terrorist attack in finland. and the president's handling of the terrorist attack and charlottesville ahead. >> bill: the trump team is continuing the roll back in obama legislation. they have a message for judgings. that doug mcelway is following today. >> it is no secret that president obama or president trump made cracking down on

illegal immigration is a central thing and the wall may never be built. he is keeping the immigration promises in other ways. >> those who seek improper and illegal entry in this country, be forewarned it is a new era that is it a trump era. >> the administration massively cut down on illegal immigration. >> since i took office, we have cut illegal immigration on our southern borders. >> now imdpragz lawyers may have less time to prepare client's cases. the memo urges judges to grant fewer continueiances and given

there is 6000 this need resolution. it rose 23 percent in 2006 and 2015. in the second step. the department of homeland security is terminating the miner's program to allow them to work here on refugee status as parole. >> i am grateful to get to tell you my story. make you see why it is important to help protect children that are running away from home like i did in our home countries of central america. in 2009. i was ten years old and i fled guatemala to get away from men trying to harm me. >> like obama era, the trump administration memorranda are not legislation that are passed

by congress and easily can be undone by the next administration. >> shannon: new information coming out of spain, we'll get that to you after this break.

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>> bill: this weekend, check it out, i will anchor "fox news sunday" for chris wallace. we will see you sunday for all of that. shanna, have an awesome weekend. >> shannon: will be tuned in on sunday. "happening now" happens right now. >> jon: terror strike spain as two attacks in the last 44 hours have left at least 14 people dead and we just learned one of them is an american citizen. more than 100 other people injured, good morning to you this friday. i am jon scott. >> heather: i am heather childers. they are resting a fourth suspect is the manhunt intensifies to the driver of a van who mowed down as many innocent people as he could on a busy barcelona promenade. 14 people killed, as jon just mentioned,