speak all all right, a quick bg thank you for the flowers. if they so beautiful. >> also run to the radio, amongst our guests are chris stirewalt. >> happy friday, everyone. if you good morning, everyone. responding to the needs of florida. they are feeling the size and speed of the response. many there are waiting for help and aid. promising is that there is a lot more on the way. good morning, everyone. we are alive in the "america's newsroom." it is a special day today. >> shannon: it is a special day because it is friday. i am doing great because the weekend is almost there. president trump is mobilizing the military, on the edge of a full-blown humanitarian crisis. the pentagon is overseeing the efforts. president trump will make separate trips to the island as

early as next week. the white house is facing tough questions about all of this yesterday. >> the people of puerto rico have every bit of support from a president trump that he gave to the citizens of every other state in this country. >> we had enough to get all of the commodities necessary into the island. it is just a challenge of distributing. >> when i talk about more support, i am talking about much more support. i mean, we need the president to really take this seriously. there is no way in the world does puerto ricans working with the local government and just with the support that we currently have on the island from fema that we are going to be able to rebuild. >> bill: he tweeted this. every time we have spoken, the fact is that puerto rico has been destroyed by it to hurricanes. big decisions will have to be made as to the cost of the

rebuilding. >> shannon: will get to that, but first, president trump is giving a big ataxic speech today, trying to build momentum for what could be a signature piece of legislation. we are alive. it good morning, what can we expect to hear from the president today? >> it is a big speech, obviously, as the president addresses the national association of manufacturers. this hasn't been an important speech for a couple of reasons. lower taxes, especially from a business perspective. that will growth and make america and american business more competitive on a global scale. but i think this is also important because the president will emphasize a provision that would allow businesses for the next five years to write off the full cost of new equipment in the year it was purchased. that is huge if you come from the manufacturing belt in this country. now last night, the president was talking about the virtues of the trump economy.

many people thought it would be years before that happened, we have just begun. but it still begs the question, right? will he get bipartisan buy-in with the democrats? earlier, we had a chance to hear from nick mulvaney. >> so many of them are so invested in this talking points that anything that is good for the economy must be a giveaway to the rich, that they would never consider voting yes. but i think you saw the president asked, a couple who have been on the road with him, yes, we are reaching across the aisle. we want to talk about what is good for the actual economy. >> here is the thing, clearly, this is a circumstance where there will be democrats who are under pressure. they will have to side with this administration if it means lower taxes because that is a huge issue, as we look forward to the midsummer elections coming up coming up. >> shannon: all right, human

and health services secretary, he says he is sorry about these private jets that he took. he's going to repay taxpayers. the president has indicated he is not happy about it, so does he survive? >> you never want your boss to say he is not happy, especially those boss, who is pretty famous for saying "you are fired." he says he's going to repay the taxpayers, and that is something that he should say. he also said he will do whatever it takes to regain the trust of both his boss and the american people. >> the demonstration by paying for my portions of these trips, i think it, is a huge demonstration. it has never been done before, unprecedented, as i am told. and the suspension of all private air travel. by me or anybody in the department at this point. >> he is talking into us last night, this is a circumstance where you don't want to do something that gets you blown off, especially this early in the process, where there is so

much at stake. clearly, he is feeling a great deal of pressure and remorse. >> shannon: summit news has come out about email this week. will there be any consequences? what do you know? >> into this environment, which is which we have here in washington, especially when he think about everything this administration does will be heavily scrutinized, you just have to button up. this is a circumstance where you can't be sloppy. i am not making an equivalence between using emails and at the circumstance and what we talked about in the election, but sarah sanders huckaby said something pretty important yesterday, she said we have to do everything by the book. and she made this comment in the press briefing. >> the white house has been clear and instructs all staff to fully comply, also have has been briefed on the need to preserve those records, and we will continue to do so. >> look at, preserve the

records. do the right thing. don't get caught not off message because of doing something sloppy and may be unlawful. by the way, we expect the president to speak it. of course, we will have a full coverage. back to you. >> shannon: live out from the north white house lawn. >> bill: at let's dig into it. chris stirewalt. hi it, chris. a good to you. is he on thin ice are not? >> i don't know if he has any ice under him. it comes out that he took military planes to come to asia, to come to your book. he took his wife. this, for a guy who once upon a time rightly called out former house speaker nancy pelosi for her use of military aircraft travel, he should have known that this is the kind of thing that even though we are talking about small amounts of money relative to a $4 trillion budge

budget, but this sort of trip -- >> bill: it don't most of them do this? >> no, no, no, my goodness. charter a judge it to fly from dallas to philadelphia? >> bill: at many cabinet members and leaders in the administration, they have private travel to help them facilitate the day. i guess the question is what is the difference in the price matters? >> the difference in the price -- yes -- and every secretary is now going to be going over this with a fine tooth comb, reporters, inspector general, and the administration itself, they'll go through and say was this trip okay? i'm budget just in the sheer volume of the number of times of trips, he is a low-level cabinet official. he is not the secretary of state. he is the health secretary, and by the way, further jeopardizing his position, is that he embarrasses the president's

concurrence with the the legislation that he was supposed to be bird dogging on the repeal of obamacare. this is in terms of making the president look bad. this is the worst week possible, and are doing it for a guy who is very concerned about seeming out of touch or an elitist because he is a billionaire. have him doing this as the health secretary of the united states, that is not going to fly with voters. >> bill: the white house is taking tax reform very seriously, are they making headway, do you believe in washington? >> yes, i think they are making headway, what they are doing is crucially important, which is that they have a plan that they will be complaints among republicans at the end when they get down to talking about how much the debt and deficit will go about. but in broad strokes, this is something that every republican in principle should be able to get behind. there will be five so the end, so if you start there, then as we heard of mick mulvaney talking about, this puts the

president in a position where he can convince democrats to get on board. and maybe he can get to that magic number, and i will put it this way. all of the failures of the beginning of the trump presidency, all of the woes to this point, if they could pull this off in the next several months and passage, it would cover a lot. >> bill: you are probably right about that. have a great weekend. now let's go back to washington. >> shannon: we want to take you back to the situation and puerto rico. we are joined saliva from the san juan, and the latest. >> we are now at today nine sons of puerto rico was devastated. >> no communication, shortages of fuel, water, and food. we are still seeing the lines of

people across the island waiting to fill up on gas. they waited all day yesterday, but to be truck never came. be too obviously a little tough with connectivity down there. you know, obviously, trying to get cell service in and out, electricity, gas, water. the discussion is that there is a lot pouring in, but the difficult thing is that they can't get it inland from there because the roads are destroyed. they can't find enough truck drivers. they literally can't contact them with cell phones, so a lot of things to iron out there. >> bill: that is a pretty good example. we can talk to him now, given the circumstances. we will be back a little bit later this morning. but that is a tough signal. >> shannon: it is, so about this week for the president, from the senate to raise shake-ups to puerto rico, have the critics been fair? we're going to put the questions

to kellyanne conway later on. >> bill: looking forward to that. also, say good-bye to a slow economy. this is the best growth we have seen in two years. what he says job creation will get even better. we will talk to maria, what we can expect the next, coming up next. fighting from a voice on the right. reaction from governor mike huckabee. >> i don't think they expected to win. i think everyone thought that trump was going to lose in a big way. i think they thought that on 8:00 on election night. they hadn't played any plans for it . destroy. but when it comes to mortgages, she's less confident. fortunately for sarah, there's rocket mortgage by quicken loans. it's simple, so she can understand the details

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>> shannon: twitter is saying it has found over 200 accounts and linked it to russian interference in the election. they say that moscow secretly tried to influence american voters. the social media giant revealed this after facebook spoke about entities with ties to russia. they called this "a deeply disappointing and inadequate on every level." >> in the senate and the house, who do they choose? donors or voters? they are choosing donors. they were just saying the words. and they all have their own

individual reason, but i think it is donors influencing voters. we will see, but this is an embarrassment. i mean, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, being a totally squandered. we are never going to have this change. >> bill: last night, that was part one. slamming the republican party leaders after they filter to replace obamacare. what does mike huckabee think about all of that? a governor, good morning. donors or voters? who is the majority listening to you, do you think? >> they are listening to the donors. i have been saying for years, bill, that the reason that things don't substantively change depending on whether who is in charge, they put money into the pockets of democrats and republicans when they were not, and we get the same result results. it is why donald trump is sitting in the white house. he was the one candidate who said i am paying my own way, i

am not dependent upon donors, and it has been proven to be true. the establishment was not afraid that donald trump would lose. they were scared to death that he would won, and they are still scared to death that he will win some things that will change the ways that they have to do business. see you on what about the last point is that rush limbaugh was making there, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity being squandered, do you believe so far that it has been, or can this be saved? >> they still have time to save it. but they better do it in quickly. if they feel on the tax issue, then they are done. i mean, this ought to be the easiest thing in the world for republicans. i would suggest you not put all of this in a great big bill, which is what they will probably do, and it is stupid. the more things that you cram into the bill, the more excuses you give people to vote against it. it do this all the carts.

take each part of the tax, put that in a separate bill. change the middle-class tax cuts, increase the standard deduction. put that in a separate bill. make every single member of congress vote on each piece of it. and that's way, they have nowhere to run when they say well, i really like to 90% of it, but the slow part, i couldn't handle. don't give them that excuse. that's what they did on obamacare, it is a big failure. vote on this thing, don't make them up by the whole cafeteria. pick out the pieces, and make them stand up to the voters and tell them why they didn't vote for something. >> bill: karl rove wrote this in "the wall street journal." it kind of a bigger picture. he talked about a g.o.p. is losing again, referring to obamacare, and he was a fan of luther strange. he writes this. "the electoral disaster that's my to visit republicans if they can to gets her tax reform done ought to galvanize leaders at

each end of pennsylvania avenue and reinforce a bit of old wisdom. at the perfect should not be allowed to be the enemy of the good. he is referring to rand paul. he will -- how does this work with your theory? >> well, let me be fully transparent. i supported him more, and largely because the republican establishment in washington was so intent on making sure he didn't get there. they spend $30 million to oppose him. i said there must be a reason he needs to be there, if they are that angry about it. that is how a lot of us as republicans out here away from washington feel about the establishment right now. we are angry. and the anger is because we work hard to get them elected, to get them the majorities, and they have squandered it. it now, i believe it is important to realize several things. this was not a referendum on a donald trump. it was a referendum on the

g.o.p. establishment. and the fact that there was such a concerted effort to keep luther strange, i don't know him, think he is probably a great guy. but this was a message, and it was sort of like a big middle finger to the people in washington to say are you listening now? because we want to you stop goofing around. we want you to get something done. >> bill: we have seen a lot of that lately. governor, thank you. have a great weekend. >> shannon: well, a triumphant return for steve scalise. his first appearance on the house for some surviving at that shooting at a congressional baseball game practice. a moment he described as a proof that miracles do happen. one of his close friends, kevin mccarthy it says about, coming up. >> bill: he is saying that the economy could be growing faster than we have seen in years.

the numbers are already backing up his argument. we will to you maria about that next on deck here. >> gdp growth reached levels that no one thought would happen for a long time.

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the conservative federalist society. what do you think? >> shannon: "the new york times" got in on this too. sort of giving the senators a pass. and how devoted she actually is to her catholic faith and questioning whether or not she can be fair without and her background. it is an odd conversation to have. i think it. we will see. good news, gdp growth for the second quarter of this year is upward. that is the highest rate in over two years. president trump says that that will lead to lower deficits. even five or 6% growth is possible tax reform. maria bartiromo is here, maria, thanks for joining us this morning. what do you make of this? >> look at, i think this is better-than-expected, and it is a clear indication that things are getting better. one of the big drivers of this number was business inventories and business investment.

basically, businesses are loosening the purse strings, and they are investing more equipment, they are investing more in their business, and the fact is over the last ten years, we were really looking at a reception type of climate where it came to businesses. they have been sitting on cash for ten years, unwilling to invest more because they were not sure what was around the corner. from a demands that standpoint as well as from the standpoint of regulation. but since this administration has loose and so many regulations, the business climate isn't starting to spend more money. that is what drove this quarter in terms of gdp. it is a good number. it shows that things have improved. my cautionary point here would be the fact that a lot has happened in the last four weeks, with all of these hurricanes. hurricane maria, harvey, irma, that is going to slow things down, so they next reading may not be as strong here, but overall, we are looking at an economy that is improving. it is due largely to the business segment, profits have been very strong.

profits were up seven tenths of a percentage. if you look in the first quarte quarter, s&p 500, they were up about 11%. so businesses are feeling better. the thought processes when we get this tax-cut plan in place, businesses will continue to loosen the purse strings. hopefully, they will add more jobs to the picture. the two voters are out there, consumers, things that haven't come to fruition just yet, how much pressure is there on this? >> a lot of pressure, but i would not say that the reason the economy is doing well is because the profit picture has improved. i think that the tax-cut plan getting executed will be gravy on top of that. it is not that we have all of these expectation that this plan is going to be perfect. now, the real driver of the market in the real driver of the economy has been that profits are strong. and this is a very important point because remember in the

90s, we're talking about the boom where anything with the internet was rising, here, it is very interesting. this is based on real fundamental growth, real profitability, that wasn't the case in the 'at 90s. so people are watching this. it certainly seems to be having a good impact so far. the anticipation that things will get better, hopefully businesses are continuing to spend money next on job creation. >> shannon: all right, maria, thank you very much for breaking it down. >> bill: good stuff. now, the critic, rush limbaugh, saying that they are setting up a president president trump for failure. plus, there is this from yesterday. >> shannon: congressman steve scalise is back at work it,

after his life was nearly taken. the majority leader standing right next to him, he joins us to weigh in on that moment next. >> when i was laying out on that ball field, the first thing i did once i was down and i couldn't move anymore is i just started to pray. and i will tell you it gave me an unbelievable sense of calm. knowing that at that point it was in god's hands.

>> shannon: president trump will continue to push for tax reform today with a pitch directly to the american people, about two hours from now. so will this become the signature that he is looking for? earlier, we spoke to kevin mccarthy. he will make a big speech, and one of the things that popped up was this issue of getting rid of the state and local tax deductions, it is going to really hit certain states big where they have high property taxes, so there are objections even within the g.o.p. >> i happen to be from

california, and you want to look at the entire tax plan. when you look at it overall, you're going to have a tax-cut going forward. and if you set out to end loopholes and make a fair -- you are not going to do it to different for every state. so is it fair that one state subsidizes another state? because what happens in california, new york at, when you have a liberal government, they raise the taxes. they say have another state pay for it because we can deduct it. but when we look at the deductions we are giving, it will make us more competitive and look at it overall. >> shannon: so how do you answer the governor who has told his lawmakers lay on the floor if you have to. use the filibuster if you have to, do not let it happen. >> he is totally playing politics because looking at the small business, going down to 25%, the lowest rate that you have had an 80 years.

what creates more jobs for new york? small businesses than anything else. if you look at the middle income family, doubling the deduction, getting the first $12,000 tax-free, as you are going forward for a family. when you look at the lowering of the raids, when you look at the competitiveness of those companies that are worldwide, getting to bring the money back to america, those trillions of dollars. this is where politics plays in. so if you want to set up framework that says i want something that is fair to all americans, i wanted to end the loopholes, and i wanted to grow this economy, you would jump off of the floor. >> shannon: we know that they are democrats who have been working with you. you sound confident that you're going to get this done before the end of the year. in the meantime, there is criticism. and some of that is coming from rush limbaugh. let's listen. >> look at, there isn't much conservatives in the

establishment. it basically, people who are pro-government, pro-washington. this is the center of the world. they don't want trump to succeed with his agenda. they can't afford that. >> shannon: what do you make of this assertion? other people within the g.o.p. who don't want the president to win? >> i don't happen to be one of those, and i don't know where one is. here is the house, if you take the stress on the productivity on what we have passed, it is one of the most productive congresses. you look at human trafficking, getting all 12 appropriations, did you know the last time a republican majority got all 12 appropriation bills, the iphone wasn't invented. we repealed and replaced obamacare. we now have these people sitting in the senate. so i have that exact same frustration. and i want to work with this president every day. and he has been engaged.

he has done everything in his power. and why would the senate to make everything have to be 60 votes russian market of the house can perhaps it's with the majority, why can't the senate? that is really what it is coming down to, and it is affecting everyone. >> shannon: so would you agree that it is time to get rid of the filibuster in the senate? democrats and republicans alike over there say that it changes the intention of what the founders had for the senate, as a cooling off place for you have a different kind of debate. >> you know it? a we just passed a 12 appropriations bills in the house, where it took the majority of the house too passive, but now you have 60 votes in the senate. so all schumer does is make nothing happen. he lets no appointments go through. he waits longer for any cabinet, and then he slows it down to blame the republicans. i wanted to see a government that works together. i know i can't get 100% of what i want, the whole idea that

washington being our capital was a compromise. so yes, i can find a way to compromise, but not a system that stops everything. that is when it is wrong. if it is good enough in the house, i think it should be good enough. to >> shannon: you have a lot of folks to win over. meanwhile, how was it to have it your colleague's steve steve soliz back? >> there are certain days in the house that you will never forget. i was at the hospital the day that he was brought in, people did not realize how serious of an injury that he had. people did not know how strong he was. and he shouted yesterday, but he also showed his character. first thing he did when he was shot, he was praying. he was thinking a god. do you see what happens in his life? he is not negative about it. he had to go through that. he is a unique individual, and i think people understand him. you watch on both sides of the

aisle. >> shannon: it was nice to see a moment of bipartisan happiness and celebration there, it is a little bit rare these days on the the hill. but certainly great with scalise return. finally, did you see the picture of speaker paul ryan when you saw him in his office and went over and kind of fell to his office and hugged him? it just shows you the emotion of how much they were really rooting for him. >> bill: he had no words. he did an interview with 60 minutes as well. he did more than talk about that today, that's morning , back in june. >> i found out later just how much damage was done internally. my femur was shattered. the hip and pelvis had serious damage, where the bullets went through. did some damage to areas that had to be put up with steel plates, and they did a phenomenal job of rebuilding

humpty dumpty. there was a lot of damage inside that had to get fixed. >> bill: a thunderous applause, both sides of the aisle. he came in on crutches, and there was a standing ovation that went on for sometimes. it was a very, very touching speech. so, well done, congressman. welcome back. >> shannon: high fives and a hug from democrats and republicans alike. while, it has happened again. a second rock fall into days, one of the country's most popular national park screwed up next, a search for answers about what is happening there. plus, the streets to go the american university was once a center of academic freedom, a place of robust competition of ideas. but it is transforming into an echo chamber of political correctness and homogeneous thoughts. >> bill: thoughts was -- a new

legal challenge could be on the way. one of the country's best-known attorneys is now threatening to sue berkley over at own first amendment rights. does he have a chance in court? we will take on the next. >> if no department invites us, having invited people on the other side, we will sue them, arguing that the eight-week rule is a cover for content-based discrimination against moderates, liberals, conservatives, and supporters of israel. people would stare.

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>> shannon: this is a fox news alert. a source is now saying that american travelers are being warned not to visit cuba, due to concerns about health attacks in hotels. apparently, the embassy has ordered 60% of the staff to leave in havana, because of specific attacks. we have been covering this over the last few weeks, coming back with hearing loss and all kinds

of other potential neurological damage from attacks that cuban officials have said they have had nothing to do it, but in the meantime, travelers are being warned to stay away. >> bill: he is threatening to sue. at at the university of califora berkeley because of a rule that requires organizers to give campus police eight weeks' notice before an event. he argues that the school is using that rule as an excuse to suppress his views on israel. >> i have never heard of a president president of nh week rule. i think of berkeley will realize it is a strong suit. and i think in the end, they will allow me to speak it, but if they don't, they have to comply with the rule of law, including the first amendment. >> bill: juan williams, former white house political director for president george w. bush,

matt schlapp, good morning to both of you. at this is really coming into focus in this past week it, jeff sessions of speech the other day. we'll get to that in a moment. first, he is making the case that if the if a liberal activist wanted to speak there, they would make it happen, they write about that? >> this is a really interesting element to watch alan dershowit dershowitz, who may be my second favorite liberal behind a juan williams, he voted for hillary clinton, by the way. he is literally being chilled it with his first amendment rights because he is a strong liberal voice for the state of israel. and as we all know, on college campuses and a lot of elite institutions, the state of israel is something that they are trying to what cost, not allowing them to invest in israeli companies because they believe that they are an

oppressor nation. by the way, israel is a strong democracy, and so i think the idea that you could see you on the fact that your point of view, and in this case, a conservative point of view, is not being given the equal time that the liberal point of views being given on campuses. i am all for it. >> bill: security for the last time around, was that ben shapiro, i believe? you know, he is making the case that we are testing berkeley at this point. what do you think it gives? >> i think we are testing the limits of what they are putting in place as limits on free speech, which i think it's is f anti-american. let's understand it to take this position seriously, as you just said, they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars when you last had a conservative speaker on campus. i don't know that i would classify dershowitz as such.

he is strongly pro-israel. and i don't know if pro-palestinian speakers have been allowed to speak on campus without the eight-week row? but in the aftermath of charlottesville and other things, you have to anticipate the potential for violent confrontation, university, in terms of -- comped >> bill: he is making the case that the school is picking and choosing. >> well that is the thing, if they are, that is totally unconscionable, given american society, we are supposed to have free speech. >> bill: this is what jeff sessions that just two days ago. the overall picture about first amendment rights, free speech, as it relates to conservative voices on college campuses. >> who decides what is offensive and what is acceptable? the university is about to the search for truth. not to the imposition of truth, by a government sensor.

>> bill: when you hear thus, i know that you saw the speech the other day, is this administration going to make headway when it comes to this? do campuses care? are they listening? and can they elicit change? >> absolutely, i spoke with jeff sessions as he left the church on campus, and i asked him that very same question. what are you actually going to do? he is using the power of the department of justice to weigh in in these legal matters, to say that the first amendment is something that this administration takes really clear. i mean, you have to think about it. they were written in an order. there is a sequence to it. and our religious freedoms and ability to speak freely politically, this is what holds our whole democracy together. the fact that we have an attorney general who's going to spend time on that is something i applaud.

especially when it comes to the hypocrisy of these liberal elites on this campuses, who are literally polluting the minds of our children and ruining the next generation and turning them into a bunch of politically correct saugus. it has got to stop. >> i don't know if they are not welcome on campus. these are the people who choose speakers, they are overwhelmingly liberal, let's not debate that. but i do think that's what happened in charlottesville, there is a strong sentiments that you don't want to invite people on campus who are provocateurs, they are to try to promote the kind of antidemocratic principles and hatred. that's too is un-american. you have to somehow draw a line. >> bill: security forces were there that were never given the order. >> that's right, bill, and when it comes to all of these protests against these

conservative speakers on campuses, do you really believe this is spontaneous? i believe they want eight weeks' notice so they left can be funded by the same people, and they cause chaos. i don't think that is consistent with academic freedom. >> bill: gentlemen, we are out of time. two oh and mats twothank you, m. see you later. >> shannon: threatening to issue subpoenas, he wants to speak to two fbi officials about the firing of former director, james comey. plus, more danger on one of america's national parks. in other dangerous rock fall, a day after a tourist was killed after a similar incident. we'll take you there on a live report

>> bill: fox news alert out of syria. crashing in syria. two are injured, two service members suffered only minor injuries. they are saying it is a miracle that so if you were injured. coalition based in syria. because of that crash is not known, but the u.s. military emphasizes that it was not enemy fire. so breaking news from the pentagon, right here on "america's newsroom" ." >> shannon: very dangerous rock falls, one of america's most popular national parks. a massive hunk of rock was falling off of yosemite national park, a day after a rock fall in the same area that a british tourist was killed and his wife severely injured. joins us live from our

los angeles studios. what exactly is happening? >> well, let's start here. it looks like this giant of a slab of granite. it is actually more like an onion, essentially, these layers that are peeling off, and it when they hit the ground below like they have the last two days, witnesses say that the earth literally shook. so a british man was killed, and his wife entered, when at this it tall as a 13 story building, it gave way, creating that huge plume of dust that you see. then yesterday, a much larger slab crashed down around 4:00 p.m., down the mountain. the wife of the man described i it. >> we were trying to outrun it, it was like go, let's go. and of the same time, my husband reached up, and he was like oh, my head. because it was bleeding profusely and hurting. >> so there were four people in

the car the time, so imagine how bad it could have been, had they not been able to get all that far. a rock the size of a -- >> shannon: can you kind of explain what is happening here? >> bill: yes, el capitan was created about a 100 million years ago, and this is actually slowly moving and breathing on a daily basis. it contains these different layers of rocks. it expands, contracts, it destabilizes, then on sunny days, geologists believe that for an layer moves away from the cliff, and sea temperatures go down. in the evening, it cools, and its contracts. and the crack so we can and open, and the rock salt. it is happening on a weekly basis, but much smaller. and there is no video. >> shannon: all right, well you win new every day.

>> bill: this is his message to a group of factory workers. will american business buy into the plan? also, the latest out of puerto rico. we'll talk to kellyanne conway come alive from the white house all that and more next. visible results or your money back olay. ageless.

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>> shannon: tax reform and the american spirit. a president trump delivering a big speech about an hour from now, linking his planet to economic growth and jobs and promoting the benefits of it made in america. welcome to a brand-new hour of america's newsroom. >> bill: cincinnati, ohio. good samaritan hospital. at 64. the president's message, will it make us more competitive, helping them create more jobs, and that is good for american workers. vice president mike pence saying that tax cuts are exactly what we need to keep jobs here in the usa. >> had business taxes have made

it higher for them to give raises and invest in employee success. it's a literally killed and jobs midwest. it calls companies to close factories and build them overseas. folks, this can't continue. and under president trumps leadership, those days are over. >> heater is live on the hill now. do you think that they will get help from democrats? >> knots much, bill. we just heard from the white house and director mick mulvaney, he said that he thinks that the democrats are going to start ignoring it benefit so that they can stick to talking points. to speed >> i think if you have already checked out, i asked if they could ever support this, and they say no. so we are reaching across the aisle, we want to talk about what is god's for american families and the economy. >> this morning, a democratic congressman said he would like to see a tax cut, but just for

small businesses, and thus ones. and like it congressman tim ryan of ohio, they say that they are not against making it tax brackets from there, but they want to know that this will benefits of business workers and owners alike. >> i wanted to give an expansion it to working-class families who are making 75,000 or $100,000 a year. those are the families who need help, and i will tell you that those are the people who voted for donald trump appeared >> the speaker of the house with things that it can get done this year, and it has to, in order to achieve that this 3% gdp growth is that they are targeting for next year. any kind of tax package, once it is written into law, would not add it to the. >> bill: do we know if voters share this enthusiasm? >> they do share enthusiasm, bill, but it doesn't mean that

it is their top priority. there is a new poll out last night that shows 52% of voters say it is extremely important for congress to pass tax reform. that is a lot like the 58% say that this must be taken care of in the 62% to say that the dreamer at law must be passed. so there is a shared sense of urgency, but it doesn't necessarily mean that the priorities are all in order here versus outside. >> bill: it thank you, good to have you back on the hill. here is shannon. >> shannon: by the way, official time at 8:00 a.m. we want to make sure that folks know this. >> we have a football game before us, so we are on at 8:00 and 7:00 it, and 6:00 it, but you can also join us on the fox news channel. >> shannon: and you have plenty to talk about. talking about the trouble that may be ahead, she said it is not about policy. it is about never trumpers.

she treated this as legitimate. despite the rejections. it is their crafting of identities based primarily on opposition to their party or president trump. they are overcoming policy objections, that is one thing, overcoming egos is another. chris. >> look at, i respected the heck out of her, and i think she is usually right on. i can't say i agree with her. she is talking specifically about rand paul and john mccain and susan collins. and they all voted against the present repeatedly, and against these bills when it came to health care and replace, but i am not sure that this extends it to tax reform in several cases there. i mean first, there is rainfall. he made it very clear right from

the start that he wanted to repeal obamacare. he said that is what we campaigned on, the republicans are, and that is what we need to do. you could certainly argue that the graham-cassidy bill did not repeal obamacare. it's capped hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes and just gave it to the states. a lot of the structure of obamacare is still there. so i'm not sure that it was joe's ego or even primarily ego. in the case of rand paul. a lot of people would say that it was conviction. same with susan collins, she was very concerned about medicaid and how it would affect people in her stage. i have people making decisions based on their campaigns, what they have said over the course of campaigning, and being in office, and how they think it is going to affect people in their state. >> shannon: for the tax reform package, they have to get to the budget first. but with that's lined up, do you see democratic brian, do you

think this is going to be part of it? >> obviously, the fact that republicans are trying to do at the same way that they did health care, budget reconciliation, that is an indication, it means you only need 51 votes, certainly in the senate, they don't think they're going to get much democratic brian, so they figure they are going to have to do just what the republicans, chuck schumer and nancy pelosi have made it very clear that they do not want a tax bill that adds to the deficit, this one almost certainly will. republicans say that the growth will pay for it. if you go back to the reagan tax cuts, which i covered in the early 80s, you go back to the bush tax cuts, you can argue whether it was good economic policy or not, the deficit increase in both cases. and then the other question is that schumer and nancy pelosi are talking about two dozen benefits, and it may change, but as it is written so far, the benefited to the top earners seems more clear than they benefit to the middle class.

you have an end to the estate tax, and they are saying that's that's my change. and then you've also got a reduction in the flat rates. that may stand, but as it stands right now, top earners have a clear benefit from the sun middle-class income people do. >> shannon: he is going to head off today, and they want that to be the focus. they have this other issue with atomic price, he spoke with him about this here. he wants to repay at least part of the money. here's what he said about that. >> as he has said publicly, he wasn't happy. and he expressed attached to me very clearly. i look forward to regaining the trust that the american people have lost in the activities that i took it, to not only gain the trust of the people but the administration. >> shannon: what is your take

on whether he maintains his position? >> i think it will be tough because those flights cost about $400,000. he is reimbursing the government only for his fee, not all of the security, all of the aides that were there. so he is saying $50,000 for a cost that was incurred as $400,000. he took some international flights, and thus may be another half of the million dollars. donald trump gets upset with cabinet members, jeff sessions being the best example, it doesn't necessarily mean they are gone. but boy, when he was on the south lawn, to go off on a trip this week it, he looked like he was really ticked about tom price and his tremendous expenditure of these private or charter flights. we'll have to see whether he gets over that or not, as price pointed out in his interview yesterday, he serves at the pleasure of the present, and at least for now, the president it does not seem very pleased.

>> shannon: in the meantime, we'll see you at 8:00 on sunday morning. >> don't rub it in, shannon. >> shannon: you are going to sit down with mick mulvaney, again, check those local listings. it is going to be earlier because it is football sunday. next, chris. >> bill: he is now upon us. he wants to speak with two fbi officials about a number of topics, including russia, the firing of james comey, and the hillary clinton email case. that is a loss. we are breaking all that down, live in washington. >> thank you, the president wants -- he is the executivedirr . former senior counselor to fbi director james comey.

he blocked the interviews on the basis that they would likely interfere with the special counsel russia probe it. but he said his questions do not presents a conflict because he wants to ask officials about improper political influence or bias in the in the justice department. ansley clinton email investigation, as well as the fbi activities that relate to president trump and russia's interference in the 2016 election. as you mentioned, subpoenas are on the case. if you why? >> welcome on the hill, the leadership made it clear that's their patients had basically run out with a pulse manafort, the morning event to manafort was scheduled to appear before the committee. they indicated she reported that yesterday, a subpoena is likely on its way, and to the stuff set up the possibility of a conflict with the special counsel because

manafort is a subject. he is likely to be indicted in this case, and the special counsel when not to be of the mind to have him appear in a separate venue because then they have different paths of information, and this could complicate any prosecution bill. >> bill: keep us posted on all of that. a lot to watch. >> shannon: breaking news on the isis front. new audio recordings have surfaced, said to be the leader of the terrorist organization. 11 months after russia's love that he was dead. the new threat that he is assuring now, plus -- >> we are with the people of puerto rico. we will be traveling there early next week. he has asked me and my wife, karen, and if he has made it clear, we are going to be there every step of the way. >> bill: trying to get aid out

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>> bill: moments ago, confirming that the u.s. will be warning american travelers not to visit cuba after a concern

about the mysterious attacks against americans in havana. the embassy ordered 60% of the staff to leave the country, due to the specific attacks on diplomats. apparently, we are working with cuba, to figure out who is responsible and why it happened, but a lot of this right now is still a mystery. so stay tuned. >> shannon: president trump is defending his response to the puerto rican crisis. he ends the vice president will both be visiting that devastated u.s. territory. three-star general to get there and oversee the recovery efforts. fema has been on the ground sending water and supplies and much more. senior counselor to the present, kellyanne conway, joins us. there is a general going in, and there have been many calls to get more involved, some of the criticism comes from the general who was overseeing katrina efforts. here's what he says. it is kind of like katrina. we got it, we got it.

send in the calvary. your response? >> my response would be to echo homeland security. he said in an interview earlier today in response that they served with the general when it came to katrina, but the general has not read into this entire situation, the fact that there are 10,000 people on the ground, including 800 from fema. fortunately, shana, a lot of the commodities that are necessary, the millions of meals and water, medicines, they are there. it is a matter of distributing them on an island whose infrastructure and emergency and contact has been completely destroyed. it needs to be rebuilt. and there is a lot of debris clear and going on. as a matter of the delivery system at this point. everyone is working as hard as they can. i am sorry very much that there are certain people trying to politicize this.

i was trying to find a way to blame the president for things, when they'd would do much better to figure out how to help appear to anyone who wants to help, it is nzoad.gov. the fact is judge of travel is restored, most of the hospitals across puerto rico, they are now back up and running. but it is a process in place to help rebuild the infrastructure and the power grids are sold down. we want to make sure that people have access to clean waters and feel of course, is very important. this presence, the entire administration, they are responding with a full force and effect, as our military. and yesterday, they had a great deal on that as well. >> shannon: what do you think of more military intervention, we have seen the pictures.

the infrastructure is decimated. he said he thinks that the u.s. military is the only thing that can get in there and get these things distributed. he is calling on a much bigger presence from our troops. >> i am told by the officials in charge of this recovery and rebuilding efforts, that's about it is being done. and such we have a very big and expanded footprint there already, including our military, and that's will increase because it is appropriate to go. i know everyone has said this, but it bears repeating that you can to drive trucks just over orders. puerto rico has 1100 miles away from the closest stage. and you've got people coming in through air, through land, there have been some eardrops, obviously. but the fact such puerto rico is an island doesn't matter it is an island alone. and we are there for them. very much get the work of rubio

and others who have been on the ground. others are trying to help with. they want to know how their relatives are doing and how their friends are doing. on the territory of puerto rico, but this is an administration wide effort. puerto rico was hit by two hurricanes in very short order. irma and maria, and this is devastating on a scale that i think the island has never seen at least in their lifetimes. so everyone is working very hard. again, i can't help but see so much of the south criticism of the present. one day it is about to ask, the next day it is spelled y, and it is too bad that people whose jobs is to become skeptical are cynical about the military, our brave men and women in the military, i would invite those people to add it to the aid and assistance, rather than the criticism. >> shannon: yeah, our huge thanks to all of those who are there on the ground. all of them in this difficult

situation. meanwhile, about an hour from now, the president is going to speak about tax reform, how confident are you that it can get done? >> i will be accompanying him, and i think in that speech, the president will lay out what has already happened economically, the s&p is at the historic high. the gdp growth for last quarter just came out last night. to confirm, it is 3.1%. that is amazing. this is something that kenneth trump talked about, that we should not just give in and get out. before 2007, for decades, this country enjoyed him more than a 3000% growth rate. and his tax plan assumes that we get up to three and a half or 4%. they will invest and have 100%, they are going to reduce the brackets. and for businesses to go to 20%. it is going to be --

>> shannon: we have to leave it there. congratulations on the new show. >> bill: in a moment, should the iran that deal be ripped up?

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>> bill: breaking news, isis leader reemerging 11 months after the russians claims that he was killed in an air strike. he is calling for new attacks against the west and referencing north korea's threats against the u.s. and japan. it may be a reference to a time. a former vice chief of staff for the u.s. arms, how are you? >> doing well, bill. >> here is one of his quotes.

"the christians and the kurdish infidels are too disgraceful to stand against you, their crusader force. they target the infidels. it goes on for like 35 minutes. he is trying to tell his fighters that america, europe, russia, that's they are threatened by actions. how do you feel about this? >> it certainly comes down to verifying his voice. intel agencies will probably be able to do it if they haven't already. certainly, has referencing to current events and seems to suggest that who is ever talking on the tape is alive. and i think that the pentagon was absolutely right when the russians so that they killed him into the pentagon said we are not doing that until we see proof of death, we never had proof of death. now this seems to be proof of life. i think what he is trying to do is he knows that iraq is going

to fall pretty soon. by the way, he and his leaders left of the city in northern syria, that we are attacking, which was a safe haven, and they have a flooded to the southeastern the euphrates river value, and that is where he and his leaders are spread out in a number of villagers done like villages. it is likely that that is where they are. he is trying to inspire and motivate the leaders that are out there, and listen, since 2014, they have attacked nato countries 38 at times. nine nato countries. so they are still out there, and obviously, given what we have seen this last year, they are likely to continue to do harm. >> bill: i just want to squeeze this in. here is what he writes. they are using mr. obama's handiwork to delegitimize their

terrorist estate, facilitate and conceal this. and acquire valuable resources for gullible negotiating partners. mr. trump's a real decision is whether he fulfilled his campaign process she would get america out of the strategic debacle. he called it the embarrassment of the u.s., should he leave are not? >> listen, they don't like the deal that the president has such. he just decided recently at the u.n. i think what they are trying to do, and before they cut out of it, as he suggests, they are trying to fix it. the clouds where they say they are going to be able to have uranium in ten years, they want to fix that. i think it is unlikely they will be able to get it fixed, but they are going to try. they want access to the military bases, that are now closed off. it is likely with the secret stuff, this is where it is going

on. we know that the iranians -- despite what they are saying -- it is going on in places that they don't have access to. and i think that they can't accomplish those fixes, they will likely walk. >> bill: thank you, general. to be picked up by another day. they are live in washington. >> shannon: well, the cat in the hats, not welcome and one the little school library. why the library and they rejected the first lady's donation of the dr. seuss books. with the white house was saying about this now. and there is this. >> the left has hijacked the game. it used to be a place that you would go to escape it. incredible to watch the town that is on display. and to wash them now get caught up into something, i don't think they even understand. >> such as rush limbaugh, the nfl looking for a resolution before sunday.

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>> bill: it last night, nfl players standing and locking arms during the national anthem in green bay, wisconsin, . ♪ and the home of the brave soon so that's was the scene at lambeau field, some of players locking arms on the field in the stands, shouts of "usa." we will talk about last night. and bernie, good morning to you. i want to play a little bit from rush limbaugh. he characterizes this, the battle between right and left on the nfl controversy. >> the owners and the commissioner, i don't know what

their individual politics are. i don't think they understand what is happening. they think they are relating to the majority. they are not. they are driving them away. and i hated. i don't want the nfl to get smaller. i don't wanted to become a significant, don't to be taken over by a bunch of wussies. >> he thinks that they are trying to do great damage. in a general sense, what did you think of the point he was making? >> i agree with him but only to this extent. look at, if the players think that there is a moral issue, if they perceive racial injustice, they should protest. but i agree with the rest of what he said. when they protest on the field and it taking me during the national anthem, even if they don't mean to disrespect the american flag it, it looks like that. but here is what rush, who is very bright, and very

articulate, obviously on both accounts, here's what you won't say because ideological purists can't or won't hold two opposing ideas in their head at the same time. is what rush won't say. collin capper started this. he picks the wrong venue. but he is also wrong for taking a little bonfire and up pouring gasoline on it and turning it into a raging inferno, which he needlessly did in his speech in alabama. he didn't have to do that. it is not the first time he is on this. he did it out of the blue come out of nowhere with transgender people in the military. health care is going nowhere. who knows was a social council is going to do? so donald trump it figures you know it? the american people are going to be on my side on this. and they are on his side and the terms of the fundamental issue of annealing it during the anthem. but they are not on his side

when he calls the players sob's and says they should be fired. so what does he really accomplish? he has made us more divisive. collin started the fire. >> bill: aaron rodgers asked fans to lock arms last night, i did not see a lot of that going on. he talked about this issue being about the quality. equality overwatch? because the quality, bernie, it has taken on this massively broad definition. >> exactly. >> i think we are going to see more process like this, at least for a while, but make no mistake, they are really not developed racial inequality or cops that shooting people. that these are protests against donald trump. that is what they are about. another player said i think the

real cause of inequality, much greater than white racism, is fatherlessness in america. do you think the media would turn those protesters into heroes? >> bill: we debated that. we will speak with jim here. >> they wouldn't turn those protesters into heroes, the way that they turned these protesters into heroes because certain approaches are acceptable in our liberal culture and search and process are not acceptable. >> bill: we are going to turn to jim gray right now. this is going to go on for some time, i'm not too sure. i think last night was an indication that the leak has figured it out. a lot of voters took part in it, players took part in it. the whole locking of the arms, getting you to stand, gets you on the field. and you don't nail. what do you think of that? >> yes, that the meeting took place with several owners and players. and what came out of the meeting

is this cannot be the nfl against the president trump. we have to move again sets. so if you want to use it for social justice, we can come together and unite, but to 5% of americus as they do not like those and are very unhappy. but i want to point out something to you that is very ironic. i had a conversation yesterday with mark davis, the owner of the oakland raiders. and if you look at every single player in the national football league it, they wear the helmet on their helmets. the american flag. it take a look at every player. and nasa astronauts have the same sum in the military. so to say that they are anti-american and anti-flag one they are required to wear it and it do you wear it and display it proudly, this was a social justice thing.

>> bill: it has been a headache for the leak. for the owners and the commissioner, it has been a headache for them to try to figure out how they solve this. he came out and said we are not going to do it. we will stand for the national anthem. in that sense, the nba's getting out of this before the season started. we go and they have had a policy in place, the nfl did not. the policy has been that the commissioner stated we would like for you to stand up, but we don't require it. we would prefer that you do it. well, that is not a policy. so that is the difference here. going back to david stern, he has said that they will stand for the national anthem, or you will be fine. if you stay in the locker room, you will also be fine. he reiterated that yesterday, and what will happen if an nba player does take a knee, and to the commissioner said will cross that bridge when we come to it.

and i don't expect that to happen. that is a big difference here. it wasn't called out by president trump that during the nba season, so that is what has led, as bernie said, to this massive demonstration last week. but i think you are going to see a large, large majority if not all, there will be a couple. i think they will all stand up. >> bill: i agree. >> it is a business. and the owners and players recognize that this hurts the business at the end of the day. they share in the business. >> bill: money talks. nice to have you back. >> shannon: well, first lady melania trump donates school books and a big no thanks. how the white house is responding. >> that is the librarian's prerogative, i support her decision. >> i thought it was a very well-crafted message back to the white house. >> i think she is trying to help her understand where help is needed and how to offer it.

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>> shannon: first lady melania trump donating at tenet dr. seuss books to a school in massachusetts. she rejected them, saying our school does not need them and she offered her some advice. a lot of people think it reads like a dig. syndicated radio host, leslie marshall, and rachel campos-duffy. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> shannon: i'm going to read a little bit of this letter. she's dumb academic she says " "you have an incredible platform. why not go out of your way to give books to underfunded and underprivileged schools?

you and your husband have a direct impact on these children's lives. please make time to learn about and value them." rachel? >> i mean this is just incredible. there was an article that said to the politicization of everything. indeed, a beautiful letter, written by the first lady, with free books, for the children, i don't know if it was hers to reject her return. these were a gift it to the children. but a look at, everything is political these days, and i think it is a warning to parents that you know, parenting is not a spectator sport. they are not just trying to indoctrinate our children and colleges. they are doing it at the elementary level, and you can't assume that your kids are getting classic literature. your readers should read this letter, please google it. it is absolutely an unbelievable letter. dr. seuss is racist, news to me. i have been reading it for 17 years now to my kids.

we need to actually stop this silliness. it has gotten to the point of insanity, really. >> shannon: the first lady's office, stephanie gershon, she has responded thing turning the adjuster into something divisive is unfortunate, but the first lady remains committed to her efforts on behalf of children everywhere. what you make of the situation question marks for golf first of all, i am from boston, and anyone from boston knows cambridge. it is extremely wealthy, extremely intellectual community. you are talking cambridge is the home of harvard. were people down to just have high school diplomas and bachelors degrees, they have phd's and 7-10 letters after their name. i love dr. seuss, my kids read it, i have it at home right now on the bookshelf. however, one of the things i would agree with is this is not an area that needs any donation. this is an extremely wealthy area, and there are books being

given by ivy league universities and private schools and people who have a seven digit paychex to do that. quite frankly, although the library did make it political, she is within her rights, and what i thought was more ridiculous is that they first lady would even bother to respond. i daresay laura bush, a republican former first lady, was a librarian, i don't think she would have responded at all. i think she simply would have said it -- speech you can i ask you this. >> do you think that librarian would have returned those books, had they been donated by michelle obama? do you really believe that that would have happened? or that she would have sent -- >> i actually believe. >> she may not have send the letter in a condescending tone, however, she would have returned the books and i don't think that we would have talked about it. with any first lady, i don't think we would have heard about it. this administration seems to

responded to anybody who doesn't like them. >> shannon: we have to leave it there. i want to make sure that i say that the school was contacted about this, they told the local affiliates of that the library was not authorized to accept or reject the books, they have counseled the employee on all relevant -- we will tweet out a link to the letter. let's see what they think. i have great weekend. >> bill: "happening now" is coming up soon. we have a preview of it. >> hello, how are you doing? president trump assented to deliver a major speech for sweeping revisions to the tax code. will they be receptive to that plan? we will bring it to you live. plus they are taking a victory lap on its response to the disaster in puerto rico. that's the media in some cases turned a very different story. is the press being fair to the

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>> bill: 's puerto rico is in need of many things. massive amounts of food and water being delivered, but getting them distributed certainly is a challenge on that island. the administrator for fema is with me now. welcome, and thank you for your time. how's it going? there has been criticism out

there. >> we are moving as fast as the situation allows, and what they mean by that, obviously, we have been talking for the last couple of days of opening up airports and they waterway ports, we have been successfully able to do that now. we are offering support bases of the airport, we have also worked at to clear 11 major highways, throughout puerto rico, two get dig through the commonwealth as well. the capacity is actually increasing every single day. we have solid plans that are in place, they are operating 11 distribution hubs, where municipalities are being able to come in, grab what they need, and go back to their communities, if they don't have the ability to do that, we are air dropping and, taking it to them for the last extra mile. so there is a lot of progress being made, but there is also a ton of misinformation that is being circulated. if you want such as what?

>> you know, the bottom line is that we have been putting forward a daily press briefings from our drain field office, within the dod, with my guys, with the governor, every morning, we are putting out the accurate facts, where we are, versus where we need to be. it is not a web site, it is a press conference in puerto rico that happens every morning. and the bottom line is we are asking everyone to pick it up into the most accurate information. >> bill: that you had a harvey, and you had a irma, and now you had this one. did you get the jump on this one in time or too late? >> no, we are not late. you know, i think what people have to understand is that we were on the ground. we had thousands on the ground before irma, after irma, and before maria. and that capacity is continuing. it now not all of the boots are camouflage. you are talking about a number

of agencies, over a 15 or 16 agencies supporting in conjunction, unified command. of the problem is you can only stage so much on the commonwealth before the storm because you don't want it to be damage, and we were looking at this, like a major category hurricane making landfall. so we had to protect some supplies, remove some staff, and followed back, which is part of the problem. and then diminished capacity as the local government level. puerto rico is a strong state government. many of these folks have been disaster victims, and right now, the majority of the burden is on the federal government. >> bill: thank you for the update. please stay in contact, okay? a lot of people wanted to know. thank you.

>> shannon: president trump continuing a push for tax reform. he is taking his message directly to the american people. we are going to take you live where he is about to speak.

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>> bill: on a friday morning, bittersweet moment for us on "outnumbered." my partner for the last nine months is going on to a bigger job. >> shannon: come on. it doesn't get bigger than working with bill hemmer. >> bill: we started on inauguration day. it was toasty, wasn't it? >> shannon: admits cold and windy. >> bill: here's what i want our audience to know about you. you have tremendous spirit and attitude and optimism that often times is too rare and our world. i want to thank you for sharing that with us here in new york. it's been a real, real pleasure and you are a real, real pro. best to you on the new assignment. >> shannon: its pastor bedtime bedtime. people ask me all the time about wilhelm there and everything you think about him is even more

true than you think it is. he's one of the true guys not only in this business, but in this world. you make everybody better. don't make me cry. i will see you back at 11:00 p.m. >> jon: will try to top that with a fox news alert. we are awaiting president trump's remarks on tax reform this morning. he will be speaking with manufacturers today. i'm jon scott. >> heather: i'm heather childers. the president's speech, which we will be carrying coming days after he released his outline for that $6 trillion tax cut. that outline slashing taxes for businesses and blood find the tax bracket. his ministrations as the new plan will make things easier for taxpayers and make american businesses more competitive all over the world.