take nothing for granted. grant nothing to ego. stay humble. it really will come in handy. good night. >> bret: iran fires back at president trump and the u.s. republican scratch and claw for enough votes to kill obamacare. the struggle to survive in mexico and puerto rico. this is "special report" ." good evening. welcome to washington. i am bret baier. this is an expanded two hour edition of "special report." we begin with what is the strongest hurricane to hit puerto rico and almost a century. maria had the island is a category 4 storm with punishing winds of 155 miles an hour. it's destruction is being described as mind-boggling.

let's go live to puerto rico. steve harrigan is in san juan. good evening. >> you can see some lights behind me being run by generator power. you won't see them anywhere else. all across the island, 3.5 million people on this u.s. territory and 3.5 million people are currently without electric power. right now there's been a curfew put in effect from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. there has been no reports of looting anywhere but certainly a potential combustible situation when you have desperation, real destruction all across the island, no visible sign of police on the streets, and now no power. we have seen power accrues out and about. often they are on foot. it's so difficult to get around on roads with the power lines down, flooding, and trees down. they are trying to assess things by foot.

the wind has dipped below 50 miles per hour. that has allowed first responders and police to guard and begin to assess the damage. the damage can be unknown for a while. many places are very difficult to reach. cell phones are down everywhere. trying to find out how bad things are in places where no one has heard anything, still a lot of uncertainty. earlier, the winds were intense. ripping through the island diagonally, tearing off bits of the walls and buildings. satellite dishes. if you had a wooden house with a zinc roof, it's likely that roof is gone and perhaps the house as well. we've seen several examples. this is coming at a bad time for this island. two weeks ago irma head. that was a glancing blow, enough to knock out power for a million people for weeks. this was a direct hit, worst-case scenario on the most populous part of the island. recovery could be weeks or months away.

>> bret: steve harrigan in san juan. thank you. we're going to go live to mexico with jonathan hunt on the ground and the search for survivors after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake yesterday. the politics, president trump sounding hopeful about the republican's latest plan to repeal obamacare. >> i think there is tremendous support for it. i think it's better than the previous shot which was very sadly let down. we've been hearing about repeal and replace for seven years. i thought i would go to the oval office, sit down at my desk, and there would be a health care bill on my desk, to be honest. it hasn't worked out that way. i think a lot of republicans are embarrassed by it, but i have to tell you i think they are going to do a great job. if this happens, it will be a

great thing for the country. >> bret: the president isn't the only one optimistic. a spokesman for senate majority leader mitch mcconnell so the latest republican health care bill will be brought to brought to the floor next week. legislation repeal central elements of obamacare. states would get block grants instead. republicans must vote on the bill by the end of next week. or lose access to special budget rules that prevent democrats from filibustering. in other words, using 50 votes to get it across the finish line. let's talk about the health care bill and its chances of passing and what else is on the table. south dakota senator john thune is chairman of the senate republican conference and he joins us from sioux falls, south dakota. thank you for being here. where do you see it tonight? it looks like a repeat of where you were before on the skinny bill on the senate floor that came down to basically john mccain the road the end. aren't you in the same spot? >> you were there that night, as

i recall. it's a similar situation. we are a handful of votes short of having 50 that we need. senator mcconnell has indicated he's going to put the bill on the floor. i think we're going to be working hard to try to get a 50s that we can get this across the finish line. this is a promise and commitment we made to the american people. we need to deliver. we know obamacare is failing. skyrocketing premiums, fewer choices. we know the problems with obamacare. we need to rescue the american people from what's a system that's not working for them. give them something that's much better. and allow states the flexibility to design programs that work for their individual populations. that's really what i think it's going to get us the best possible outcome. >> bret: the criticism, let's get into the bill a little bit. the criticism about the bill is that some states are going to lose out on fun thing they have. they will get less funding than they currently get.

on health care. as you look at a map, there are number of states that get a reduction in the billions of dollars for federal funding under this bill. obviously some states go up in the pink and red on the screen. isn't it going to be hard to convince the states they're losing money that this is somehow a good deal? >> i think in the long run what you will see is this makes some changes and reforms to medicaid, puts it on a per capita cap basis. increases spending every year on medicaid but at a slower rate. there are states who will, because they didn't expand medicaid, and this great disparity between nonexpansion and expansion states do better. in the long run, i think everyone will do better. i think he was see lower premiums, expanded coverage. when states are able to design solutions, they can innovate. we've always talked about states being the laboratories of democracy. if we really want to get solutions that fit the populations in each of the 50 states rather than having a

washington one-size-fits-all solution, then this is the way to go about it. i think this is a very effective way of delivering health care insurance to people in this country, some who currently don't have it. i think the way, in the end, you're going to be able to get states on board is tapped in real life they're going have maximum flexibility and that this approach is going to get the best solution when it comes to covering more. people and lowering costs. >> bret: when you hear that this is the last effort, how do you respond? >> it's not. it gets rid of the individual mandates, employer mandates. it repeals some taxes, protects people with pre-existing conditions but it does distribute power, control, authority, money out of washington, d.c., and back to state capitals where you have governors and state legislators making decisions about how to provide coverage for people in their states. we think this is the correct

approach. there's a lot of support for this my think the other thing that will change hopefully some people's minds as there was some concern last time i went through this about giving senator alexander, senator murray and regular order an opportunity to work, work with democrats and see if there's a bipartisan path forward. senator alexander indicated that there is no consensus. if we are going to do something to repeal and replace obamacare and address what are the problems we know exist with the existing system, i think this is the best path forward. frankly, as far as i'm concerned, as consistent with what i believe, it get to the best possible outcome and result. that is 50 states designing programs and solutions that work for the populations rather having washington dictate a one-size-fits-all solution from here. >> bret: the jimmy kimmel criticism, he says senator cassidy lied to him. it's getting a lot of traction all over the press. let pre-existing conditions are not covered here.

>> everybody has got a critique. different people have different priorities. i am not privy to the conversations that have gone on between jimmy kimmel and bill cassidy. i can tell you bill cassidy has designed a plan to give states maximum flexibility but still requires that if a state is going to opt out of some of obamacare's regulations that it provides certified to the department of health and human services and washington that there will be coverage, adequate and affordable coverage with people with pre-existing conditions. the protections remain and i think people who are suggesting otherwise perhaps don't fully understand this bill or how it works. that's one of the requirements senators cassidy and graham and haller and johnson wanted to make sure we met. it does give states more flexibility to come up with solutions that benefit their populations. philosophically we know it

works. i think we ought to give this an opportunity to see if this is the right solution given the fact that the alternative is bernie care, doubling down on more washington control. >> bret: a different topic, a story that's been reported and confirmed that the rnc is paying $400,000 of legal bills for president trump, legal bills also here with the russian investigation. should the rnc be paying that money? >> i don't know the legalities of it. i assume they are obviously, i think they have legal grounding and basis in order to do that. the wisdom of whether or not that's a good idea, i will leave to others. obviously the president because of the attacks leveled against him, has a lot of legal costs. obviously those have to be dealt with. the people who can support the rnc i think support the president. i think they support republican

ideals and principles and the rnc will make, i think, good decisions about how to best use the resources that republicans entrust them with. still and we appreciate your time. >> always good to be with you. >> bret: let's dig deeper into the health care bill pending. joining us kimberly guilfoyle and juan williams. you heard the senator. >> i think they are making some compelling arguments for the party to come together and do this. the g.o.p. is ready for a showdown if that's what it's going to take. i think the expectation level is not high, so if they over deliver, it's going to be good for them because they've definitely under promised busbar. the president calling outcome in a nice, charming way, rand paul saying enough is enough. we have to get this done. it may not be perfect but it will repeal obamacare and essentially get this ball rolling so they can achieve the things they promised the

american public and the electorate. enough is enough already. this could be a big win for the president. seems like it might be the surprise that no one expected. >> bret: here's the president's tweet. "rand paul is a friend of mine but he has such a negative force when it comes to fixing health care. graham-cassidy bill is great. and obamacare." the criticism of this is that it does not cover as many people in that some states would have some leeway. you heard senator thune say there was a provision in here that prevents, that they have to have an affordable alternative that they can't be raising rates for people with pre-existing conditions. >> there is no guarantee. that's the issue. there is no guarantee. as you point out, the number of uninsured went up onto the previous incarnation of the bill

and it's expected to go higher because everything goes to the states. it's a matter of state control which is a key principle for republicans. that's fine, but when you look at the realities of the bill, you say to yourself the few people get covered, there are fewer protections for consumers of health care, and there is greater worry as to what individual states may do if they choose not to offer coverage of pre-existing conditions as a requirement for insurance companies to do business in their state. that's the worry. and of course then you come to that's where they jimmy kimmel thing comes in with him saying there is no guarantee his kid with a heart condition would be saved unless his dad is jimmy kimmel and has timmy kimmel's riches. >> i think it will cover pre-existing conditions. people aren't trying to be mean-spirited and not perform operations. children who come in in need. this is about doing something

that's comprehensive reform that ultimately is going to improve upon obamacare. the one thing that's problematic and why the republicans have a little egg on their face is that some of the governors are saying we are not into this because we don't want to manage this behemoth and this government managed health care at the state level. they're going to have to get it together because the constituents don't want to hear it. >> bret: juan, do you think it's going to happen? >> of course, i do think it could happen. i think they are close. the problem here from my perspective is just looking at a politically, the patients on code red and republicans are saying and president trump is saying i want to win. that's most important to me. politically i'm embarrassed, as kimberly said, we have the house, senate and white house. we promised repeal and replace and we haven't done it and now they are pushing this but it's not a better bill.

>> i think the president wants to provide health care choices for all americans. this isn't about political winds. it's about doing the right thing for the american people. that's why they put him in office. >> bret: it would set the table for tax reform if it goes through. we will follow it all. as we told you earlier, and mexico the desperate search for survivors goes on tonight. it's tough to watch. following yesterday's massive earthquake. rescuers using their bare hands to frantically dig through the rubble of collapsed homes and schools. children crying under the rubble. more than 200 people dead so far. chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live in mexico city. good evening, jonathan. >> bret, there is an eerie silence in the southern suburb of mexico city. the hardest hit by that devastating quake. behind me is one of the staging posts for some of the thousands of official search and rescue

workers and thousands upon thousands of ordinary mix -- mexican civilians and what president enrique pena nieto says is an urgent message. finding those who may have survived some of the 40 or so buildings that collapsed. we were outside one today. it was a five-story apartment building. it's now pancake down into about two stories. 40 apartments in there. a desperate search for those who may have survived. where we are standing right now, where just about half mile from the elementary school which collapsed. there's a desperate search going on there. a couple dozen children believed to still be missing. we have heard some of those children have sent text messages. parents have received them. how long they can survive is the most urgent question that faces

the search and rescue teams. it's been a devastating 24 hours or so for mexico city and beyond. as they deal with the 7.1 quake. the damage is extensive. as you drive around, and the search and rescue teams continue to flood in. some of them from the united states. the los angeles county fire department sending its search and rescue team. president trump was on the phone with president enrique pena nieto of mexico today. he extended his condolences and offered whatever help united states consent. >> bret: tough to see that. jonathan hunt to live in mexico city. we will head back in the 6:00 hour. one day after president trump ripped iran, the islamic republic's leader returns the favor. favor. that's

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>> bret: iran's president said it would be a pity if the nuclear deal with the west is describing what he calls rogue newcomers. that's a reference of course to president trump who blew through the deal in a speech to the united nations general assembly and now says he

challenges and opportunities has made up his mind on whether the u.s. will leave it. eric shawn is outside the u.n. good evening. >> good evening. a new threat tonight from iranian president hassan rouhani. he tweeted if the u.s. withdraws from the nuclear agreement, iran may resume its uranium enrichment. he says as far as nuclear weapons, that's an option. it's all part of the delicate diplomatic dance. today was a rainy and president hassan rouhani's chance to return president trump's volley that iran was a murderous, or oppressive regime. >> translator: the ignorant, absurd, hateful rhetoric filled with ridiculously baseless allegations uttered before this august body yesterday was not only unfit to be heard at the

united nations. but indeed contradicted contradicted the demands of our nations from this world body to bring governments together. >> he insisted his nation is abiding by the iranian nuclear agreement and denied his country wants a nuclear bomb. he says since the pact has the support of the international community, it should not be abandoned by one nation, the u.s. he said that with another dig at the white house. >> translator: it will be a great pity of this agreement or to be destroyed by rogue newcomers to the world of politics. >> the trump administration is gunning for the sunset clause that ends restrictions on iran's nuclear program in a decade. critics say will pave the way for tehran to develop nuclear weapons. in the interview last night, rex tillerson warned of that prospect. >> the agreement comes to an end. we can almost start the countdown clock as to when they

will resume their nuclear weapons capability. >> the president could decertify the deal next month. when he met with mahmoud abbas, he teased he has made up his mind. speak i have to tell you. i will let you know. i will let you know. >> as rouhani spoke, iranian opposition groups held a demonstration across the street. they denounced his appearance here and the nuclear deal. >> nothing about the atrocious, aggressive, extremist behavior of iran has changed. president trump sees that. >> other voices are calling for opening up the agreement. french president emmanuel macron says that should include ballistic missiles. it does not right now. in an hour, there is a meeting with the iranian prime minister. the agreement was negotiated

with obama secretary of state john kerry. today he will be sitting across from rex tillerson, a different secretary of state who brings a different message. >> bret: eric shawn outside the united nations. attorney general jeff sessions on hand today in san diego to witness the off-loading of more than 50,000 pounds of drugs seized by the u.s. coast guard. the 680 million dollar hall marks the record-breaking year in cocaine seizures for the service. sessions says that bost led to the arrest of more than 600 drug traffickers unkept nearly half million pounds of drugs off the streets. attorney general sessions responded to a california lawsuit over the construction of a new border wall. let's hear how he plans to fight that at six. two stings new york city result in a seizure of $30 million worth of drugs. nearly 200 pounds of fentanyl.

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>> if we are going to stick with the iran deal, there has to be changes made. the president takes responsibility seriously. he takes his responsibilities seriously and that's why he's giving careful consideration. >> it will be a great pity of this agreement were to be destroyed by rogue newcomers.

>> bret: sights and sounds today on the issue of iran and its nuclear deal. the expiration or the administration has to make a decision by october 15 about what they will do. now the president says he has made up his mind. let's bring in the panel. byron york, mara liasson, steve hilton, former advisor to david cameron and host of "the next revolution." byron, it's another tease. coming up. next week. >> isn't it so romp? tune into the next episode to find out what i'm going to do. he has to do something. you can't give a speech like he gave yesterday, calling it an embarrassment, complete failure, and then recertify it and say it's okay. i'll sign up again. i think after twice recertifying under duress, he felt he was being pressured and pushed by

his advisors to do this, it seems pretty clear he wants to make some changes. whether that means pulling out completely or wanting to renegotiate or do something. he's going to do something and not just recertification. >> bret: mara, the question is about european leaders and one is the french president macron. >> north korea is a good illustration, nuclear deal with iran. we stopped everything with north korea. years and years ago. we stopped any monitoring, anything with them. i don't want to replicate the situation with iran. >> bret: there you go. >> the question is if he wants to pull out, what happens next. rex tillerson said on your show last night we don't like the sunset provision. we don't like that it only lasts

ten years. sounds like he wants to sunset it right away which means iran gets to rush to a nuclear bomb. >> bret: you mean getting out of it. >> yes, if he decides to do that. it's possible they can come up with another elegant solution where he asks congress to do something kind of the way he handled daca but the head of the u.s. strategic command said iran is in compliance. they have certified it twice. the international agencies have they are in compliance. u.s. military commanders say it. trump is going to have to come up with pretty good reasons to show why they are not in compliance if they want to pull out completely. iran says they won't renegotiate. >> i think view is, and many people around him, being in compliance isn't good enough. being in compliance just means they get a nuclear weapon later. i think his view's policy has been totally mishandled on north korea and iran. multiple administrations.

they need something complete lead different and it feels like what they are reaching towards, this is the subtext of the speech is forced dino clear his age and for north korea and iran. with military force if needed. >> bret: you know how europe works. there seems to be this pushback but they still want america to be the friend in the big brother but there's a pushback. some feel emboldened, some of those leaders. >> they do because the president, president trump is very unpopular in all those countries. there is no points in them cooperating with them or even being polite to him. quite the opposite, they get credit if they appear to be standing up to president trump. i don't think he particularly cares about that. >> bret: another sound from the meetings. this is with theresa may, the current british prime minister. >> we will be doing a lot of

trading with the united kingdom and we look forward to it and we've got to anoint other over the last period of the year. it's a real honor to have you. >> good to be here. our security and defense relationship which is the closest we have. it's great that that continues. >> don't blow it. >> bret: started out so well. i had to play that. i wanted to find a spot for it. >> it started out hugs and kisses. we don't know if we went over some unhappiness with trump tweeting about the terrorist attack. >> he wasn't supposed to broadcast it. >> one more thing about the iran deal. come i think the president's advisors who were advising him to stay and were saying we've got a prove they are violating it, and then we will get people on our side and i won't be just us.

now i think what you have seen, nikki haley made the case, to try to redefine compliance as technical compliance and that iran is doing other bad stuff like supporting terrorism, destabilizing. >> bret: which it is. >> and that's the reason we need to get out. the point is he's moving towards getting out. >> if he is going to get rid of their nuclear weapons by force and the same thing in north korea, that's incredible. you're talking about two military actions. >> there is an alternative. every other alternative has failed. as macron pointed out, north korea is getting there. but so is iran. even if they are in compliance. >> what's the point of continuing the policy? it's going to fail quickly or slowly. might as well try something else. >> bret: that's something. may be. president obama's former u.n. ambassador apparently very busy

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>> bret: we have new information on what kind of information special counsel robert mueller is looking for in his investigation of russian interference or efforts at interference and last year's election. catherine herridge is here. >> illegal source confirms that special counsel robert mueller has many broad records request to the white house covering multiple staffers and includes actions taken by president trum president trump. "the new york times" reports there are 13 areas of interests including the firing of michael flynn. as well as the firing of james comey. the requests include the may meeting with russian officials where the president met with the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. a member of the legal team told

fox news out of respect for the special counsel in this process the white house does not comment on any specific request. i can only reaffirm the white house is committed cooperating fully. in a separate development, fox news is learning information about the pace of unmasking. two sources not authorized to speak on the record said the requests from samantha power exceeds 260 with one request coming in the days leading up to the inauguration. house intelligence committee sent subpoenas for the unmasking request by john brennan, susan rice, and power. records were requested for ben rhodes. at a congressional hearing, a senior republican pressed the cia director on the issue without mentioning power by nam name. >> do you recall any u.s. ambassadors asking names be unmasked.

>> i don't, i don't know. maybe it's ringing a vague bell but i could not answer with any confidence. >> on either january 19 or until noon on january 20, did you make on the -- make any unmasking requests? because i don't believe i did. >> power had no comment on the numbers or timing of the request but previous statements said she was acting as the national security council. >> bret: back with the panel. the unmasking thing is ringing of vague bell. we have covered this many times. it hasn't been covered a lot of other places but it's a little curious that samantha power as the u.s. ambassador to the united nations had 260 plus unmasking requests for the trump team. >> that's what trey gowdy was getting out in may, asking john

brennan about this. the whole idea of unmasking has been kind of discredited. devin nunes, the chairman of the house intelligence committee, who brought this up, has taken a lot of flak over this. it's going to be fascinating to see who they were unmasking and for what reason. i think what you are going to see is a lot of citations of the logan act. the ancient act, law that basically prevents private americans from conducting foreign policy essentially. nobody has ever been convicted of it but i think it was used by the obama administration as an effort to try to track anything the incoming trump administration might be doing. >> bret: susan rice has unmasked people as well. they are waiting to bring up samantha power behind closed doors. >> what she has told the committee's unmasking means you have surveillance on a foreign

agent, you want to find out who the american's. these people have the right to do it. >> bret: it doesn't mean we don't question why. >> absolutely. she says the reason she did it in the case of one meeting is that the united arab emirates official didn't tell the obama administration he was coming to the united states, as his protocol, and she wanted to kno know. >> bret: the point is, as all of this russian investigation is going on, there's this other investigation, that's what the obama administration was doing or not doing during that time. >> doesn't have the same status. that's what supporters of the president complain about. you have this heavy-duty investigation of him but what about these actions? what they tell you is the incredible arrogance of the establishment. that's what this is about at heart. give a bunch of people of the outgoing administration can't

believe the election results still and they see a bunch of rookies in the trump team and in their view, people who are probably crooks as well. we can't trust foreign policy to these people. we are the experts. we have to find what they're doing. i think that explains the scale of it but it doesn't make it right. >> bret: yeah. this is on the investigation, "washington post" with a story about paul manafort, former campaign chairman, saying he offered to give a russian billionaire private briefings on the 2016 campaign. manafort's spokesperson said "it's no secret mr. manafort was owed money by past clients after his work ended in 2014. this exchange is innocuous." this comes, byron, as we learn he was likely wiretapped with a fisa request for tapping into manafort's phones and may have listened into candidate trump or president-elect trump. let's take a flashback to some

of that. >> wiretapped covers a lot of different things. i think you're going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. >> let me be clear. i've been saying this for several weeks. we know there was not a physical wiretap of trump tower. however, it's still possible other surveillance activities were used against president trump and his associates. >> there was no such wiretap to be mounted against the president-elect of the time or the candidate warn against his campaign. >> there is no fisa court order. >> not to my knowledge. >> anything it trump tower? >> no. >> bret: remember the uproar back then? i am not saying it's apples and apples. there is a semantics thing and there are differences but they are not big differences. >> no, they are not substantive differences. it wasn't just james clapper, we

heard there. it was james comey. it was a lot of democratic officeholders and some republican officeholders and the justice department basically saying there's no evidence to support this. it could be there really are a lot of semantics here in the sense that, was there wiretap? did president obama impose a wiretap on donald trump in trump tower? figure no. was donald trump picked up on intercept order by the obama administration at some point when he was in trump tower? entirely possible. i think this is ultimate going to come down to politics. people might judge that the president basically had a point and what he was saying. >> paul manafort was the subject of a pfizer wiretap for ten years prior to the 2016 campaig campaign. he was an interest to law enforcement long before he worked for trump. >> donald trump fire paul

manafort first thing. i think the wiretapping thing is the establishment rejecting the result of the election are not trusting the incoming administration. >> bret: we don't know what we don't know but we will follow all aspects of it. thank you, panel. next up, are you safe from a cyber attack? is anyone? we will talk to an expert. frog leg, for my baby brother don't frogs have like, two legs? so they should have two of these? since i'm active duty and she's family, i was able to set my sister up with a sweet membership from navy federal. if you hold it closer, it looks bigger. eat your food my big sis likes to make tiny food. and i'm okay with that. open to the armed forces, the dod, veterans and their families. navy federal credit union. ♪ it's not just a car, it's your daily treat. ♪

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>> bret: the former director of the d.c. veterans hospital has been fired again. the department of veterans affairs says he has been dismissed. hawkins was let go in august but put back on the payroll after he appealed the decision. the va secretary david shulkin says he used new firing authority under unaccountability law signed by president trump. they are increasing concerns about cybersecurity. one expert from google says no one is safe. here to talk more about that is kiersten todd, director of the cyber readiness institute. welcome back.

the google official said, that nobody is safe in this environment. >> i think it's not an either o or. talking about the idea that technology alone isn't going to keep us safe which is absolutely true. what we really need to be -- advancing artificial intelligence to improve the capabilities that protect our networks and data. we have to be working with humans and machines. >> bret: let's talk about equifax. 143 million americans. 400,000 british, 100,000 canadians. this was egregious. >> absolutely. this is a big deal. there are three issues that this breach has raised. the first is as our country, we look at critical infrastructure protection. what this breach has demonstrated is that we need to be looking at critical information protection. how are we protecting data. once the government's role in protecting the data? this is institutional failure.

do your point, this is gross like niches -- gross negligence on the part of equifax. password issues, patching issues. it's unacceptable. in 2017, it's inexcusable. corporate accountability. who was responsible? as long as we fail to identify an individual within an enterprise responsible for cyber risk management, were never going to have the accountabilit accountability. >> bret: a number of states attorneys general are looking at filing suits. i want to ask you about what people need to be doing, if they are one of the 143 million, if they don't know, what do they need to do? >> the first is freeze credit reports. there are ways to locate your credit report online. i would caution them going to equifax come up for the story you referenced, equifax has come out inconsistently on what to do. citizens need to be aware and take security into their own hands because we need to protect

themselves. >> bret: thank you so much. that doesn't for hour number one. we will continue after the break with the status on repealing and replacing obamacare, tension on the korean peninsula, and brand-new fox polls coming up on elections in jersey and alabama. we will also head to mexico cit mexico city.

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