we are we are tragic death toll sadly keeps rising, 35 people have been killed, nearly 6,000 homes and businesses have been destroyed destroyed in this massive continuing catastrophe, hello, everyone, welcome to brand new hour of america's news headquarters. arthel: governor jerry brown will give update on the disaster, expect today join him, senators diane feinstein and harris and flames have torched more than 200,000 acres so far as crews work around the clock fight to go save lives. will carr live in napa with the latest, will, if we have to we

will jump in and take the news conference live, meanwhile, what do you have for it? >> absolutely, arthel, throughout the day we have seen smoke but the good news is the firefighters up there on the front lines are doing a great job keeping on these fires throughout the course of the weekend. it's come as authorities continue to go through neighborhoods, property by property looking for more victims. this fire burned so hot, more than 1200-degrees and melted the aluminum on the wheels here. they ended up as puddles of scrap on the ground every single home that we have gone to. we have seen video from first responder who is raising through the trees as he was trying to save lives. take a look at what he saw. >> sheriff's office! sheriff's office!

where you're at? >> come on. she's disabled. >> let me get her feet. >> do not pass, do not pass. sonoma county sheriff's office, mandatory evacuation order, leave your homes. >> go, go, go! go! >> as the fire crews are working around the clock continue to do a great job, we are anticipating the death toll could continue to go up because there are several hundred people missing across this area arthel. >> will carr, thank you very much, eric. eric: we will have news conference so standby for that. president trump expanding executive order on health care design today lower cost plan and boost competition in insurance markets but the president also decide to go end federal subsidies to federal insurance companies, under obamacare the

subsidies were paid to insurers to help lower the deductibles and copays for those who couldn't afford it. critics though, say the president's move will raise premiums for many americans, the begin offing that ongoing debate kristin fisher live at the white house with the latest on this, hi, kristin. >> hey, eric, what we have seen is dismantling of former president obama's signature achievement from decertifying the iran nuclear deal and ending subsidies, president trump said very proud of executive order which would allow expanded access and far lower cost for health care. millions of people benefit. in taking that action, president trump did something that he often criticized his predecessor of doing, using executive order to bypass the congress that seemed absolutely incapable of doing anything done but action was applauded, listen to what he told the crowd of conservative voters hours.

>> congress, they forgot what their pledges were so we are going a different route but in the end it'll be just as effective and maybe even be better. >> the white house says that the subsidies were nothing more than an unconstitutional 7 billion-dollar bailout to insurance companies but democrats, they call it sabotage, 18 states have filed a lawsuit. so now congress has to deal with health care, tax reform and the iran deal all in just two months. yesterday at the same time president trump did what he threatened to do since day one of presidency and he went against the advice of some of top advisers and decertified the iran nuclear deal and accused iran of violating the spirit of the agreement and kicked the decision of whether or not to restore sanctions back to congress. so you can see how there would be a lot for president trump and republican senator lindsey graham to talk about, so today

for the second time, second weekend in a row, president trump and senator graham played golf together and in case you don't remember what graham said last week about that, he said that president trump beat him worst on the golf course than he did during the primaries, no word on how the two played today but last week senator graham said that he shot a 73, kelly, i don't play golf but i hear that's pretty good. eric: i guess that must be senator graham. of course, kristin, we will have a lot more on iranian nuclear deal and fallout later on throughout this hour. kristin fisher live at the white house. whar they will. arthel: president trump's refusal to decertify iranian deal is putting america at odds that urged the u.s. to maintain commitment. the decision also sparking a new

war of words with the iranian president hassan rouhani, john has more now from middle east bureau, john. >> warned that the u.s. is more isolated than ever following president trump's speech last night and his decision not to recertify the iran nuclear agreement and like wise other world leaders and countries have been critical of that decision with the exception of one key u.s. ally, israel. >> i congratulate president trump. >> israeli prime minister netanyahu praised the president's speech calling it, quote, courageous, he said president trump boldly confronted iran's terrorist regime while adding that if the iran deal is left unchanged in a few years iran will have an arsenal nuclear weapon. the prime minister netanyahu has been strong component of president trump, bold and

courageous while agreeing with president trump's description of the iran nuclear deal as, quote, embarrassment. officials with the uk, france and germany, however, said that the iran agreement is in our shared national agreement and eu's foreign policy chief said it was not up to any single country to terminate a working deal. last night and today president trump's speech led the news in headlines in iran while iranian president hassan rouhani said it's not up to the u.s. alone to terminate the agreement, further hassan rouhani said iran will continue maintain program adding this. >> the iranian nation is not a nation that will yield to hateful speeches from a dictator. the iranian nation will not surrender to any nation. >> and yet again more strong words and rhetoric from the regime of the country that president trump said has two favorite chance, death to america and death to israel.

arthel. arthel: john huddy, thank you, john. eric. eric: left coast, the latest fallout for hollywood mogul weinstein. many say tinseltown turned a blind eye, voting moments ago to expel him and strip harvey weinstein of life-time membership in the academy, this, of course, comes as more than 30 women have accused weinstein of sexual harassment or assault. live in new york city in weinstein. >> harvey weinstein was, quote, immediately expelled from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences which hosts the oscars, the board of governors held an emergency meeting today to discuss whether weinstein life-time membership on either should be suspended or expelled

after the onslaught of reports and testimonials that film producer sexually harassed, actresses, models and employers. academy of motion picture and sciences, met and has voted well in excess of the required two-thirds majority to immediately expel him from the academy, we do so not simply to separate ourselves from someone who does not merit the respect of his colleagues but also to send a message that the era of willful predatory behavior and workplace harassment in our industry is over. nearly half of the academy board of governors are women, the academy says it will work to establish ethical standards of conduct for its members. now weinstein ousting is largely symbolic but rare, only one

american of the governor's board ever been permanently banned from the academy and that was back in 2004. in just the last ten days the fallout has been enormous. weinstein has been fired the company he cofounded and accused by more than 30 women including actress angelina jolie and paltrow and that weinstein made unwanted sexual advances towards them. weinstein? a statement earlier this month, he did deny -- he did not deny the allegations actually and this caused pain and sincerely apologized and was getting therapy. eric: arthel. arthel: we are waiting on press conference with governor jerry brown with if latest on wild fires, we will bring that to you live. meanwhile president trump taking a tough stance against iran, former army commander will discuss the consequences of decertifying the iran nuclear deal, plus a family kidnapped by

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truck bomb exploded outside a hotel leaving a trail of destruction across a busy intersections. the explosion was followed by gunfire between security forces and armed men. there was no immediate claim of responsibility for that attack. eric: president trump is putting iran on notice. the president announcing yesterday that he will not recertify the iranian nuclear deal accusing regime in tehran of calling what he calls a sinister vision of the future and the nuclear deal awards terrorism. >> the saddest part of the deal for the united states is that all of the money was paid up front which is unheard of rather than at the end of the deal when they have shown they've played by the rules. but what's done is done and that's why are where we are.

eric: critics say it's the wrong decision but others are supporting, former green beret commander, also an author and fox news contributor. good to see you. >> good to see you. eric: critics saying billions for iran as they potentially raise for -- >> that's right, something to be clear. the president did not back out of the deal. he did not rip up the deal. in fact, what he responded to was u.s. legislation that senators corker garden passed in 2015 that required the president to certify every 90 day that is iran was in compliance with the deal and they did that because they didn't trust president obama frankly to fully enforce the deal and president trump found himself every 90 days saying that iran was in compliance when, in fact, they

made very narrowly be in compliance with nuclear aspects but supporting terrorism, they are building a ballistic missile program that can eventually deliver nuclear weapons, their sunset provisions, all kinds of other things that they are doing that the president just could not find himself to bring himself to certify anymore. the united states is still in the deal internationally, this was just a u.s. law that the president dealt with here and put it back in the hands of congress. eric: you talk about corker talking about sunset restrictions, ballistic missile research and testing, that's not part of the deal. tehran says it's not part of the deal, they are not violating any international regulation. >> that's right, look, that's why the deal was so bad. in fact, just to be blunt, i think it was one of the worst diplomatic agreements the united states has entered into in modern history. it doesn't address the ballistic

missile program, it doesn't address terrorism, in fact, even on the inspection regime where we -- where iran agree today allow inspectors in to certify that it wasn't creating nuclear weapon's program, we are not allowed to go into the military sites unless we ask permission months in advance. you know, the president just could not see himself or could not see the united states abiding by that anymore and really, you know, to the sunset provisions all it did was kick the can down the road which is exactly what the last three administrations did with north korea and what this president is trying to do is to stop the nuclear program and to stop all of iran's nefarious activities rather than just freeze it and just buy a little bit of time because the most important thing that that kind of kicking the candid was send a signal to the rest of the middle east, to the saudis, turks and to others, you've essentially gotten years to get your own nuclear weapon's program and then, you know, the entire world is in a terrible

place where we have a nuclear arm's race in the middle east. eric: you mentioned the military side, the iea inspectors don't go in, national council of resistance of iran revealed new evidence that they say military site that is they claim that there is, you know, suspected military activity and they are the iranian opposition and they have hailed this agreement, they have called tehran a terrorist regime, they say finally tehran is being confronted. let me play you a sound bite, head of national council of iran, she's praising the agreement. >> the u.s. government recognizing under this regime ending years of misguided policy and the desire for region change

and freedom and democracy. this regime has proven before all of changing behavior. it is a religious dictatorship and domestic -- [inaudible] >> the only solution is regime change by the iranian -- eric: iranian behavior has been the issue, finally, michael, do you think what the president is doing is leverage, can potentially change iranian behavior at some point? >> well, i think if you see a number of sanctions on the missile program, on the support for terrorism and let's not forget that, you know, iranian regime is holding hostages, american hostage as we speak that were not dealt with and should have been dealt with during negotiations for the deal. i think if you see all of those pieces put in place, i do think you could have some leverage and here is where, you know, secretary tillerson and mattis

were somewhat concerned that if congress ends up backing us out unilaterally, the europeans, russians, chinese and everyone else will continue to do business with iran whereas their point was if we enforce the hell out of it and the first time the iranians violate the deal which i'm convinced that they will, then all of those countries are obligated by the deal that they entered to snap back sanctions into place and it's a tactic, that's what you're hearing from tillerson, mattis and others in terms of encouraging congress and the president at this point to not back out of this thing unilaterally. we are we are all right, michael, we will see. you expect them to cheat some others do too. we will see what happens and if, indeed, action is taken by the u.s. and allies. >> thank you so much. eric: arthel. arthel: american women and canadian husband are home safe in canada after spending five years in terrorist custody after being kidnapped in afghanistan

and the couple now describing some of the horrific abuse they received at hands including murder of infant daughter. kitty logan from london bureau. >> hi, arthel, the couple and children are safe home at last and reunited with family families in canada after their five-year ordeal. joshua boyle has been talking about their time in captivity, he and his came caitlin coleman suffered horrific ordeal, coleman was pregnant when the couple was captured backpacking in afghanistan in 2012. she gave birth to four children while being held prisoner. one killed by captors and also said his wife was raped. the family was finally rescued by the pakistan military last wednesday, apparently after the u.s. intelligence tipoff.

they had been moved across the border from afghanistan into pakistan and were being moved again when the pakistani security forces intervened. extremist network for kidnapping. the u.s. has labeled a terrorist organization. many people wondering why traveling specially when the dangers are so well known. arthel: kitty logan, thanks, kitty. eric: seems like election time almost somewhere, virginia race getting national attention. high-profile endorsements, one from the current vice president and the other from his predecessor, we will have a live report next. plus, strong reactions today on capitol hill after president trump decides to end obamacare subsidies to insurance companies. top republicans and democrats are saying as we cover all the

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let's listen to governor brown speak. >> the houses, hundreds of house that is were totally destroyed and this is what a terrible situation this is but at a time like this we all pull together and all the resources that

people, police, the fire, elected officials, neighbors, volunteers, it's a real example of how american pulls together and how california is pulling together and all the local communities. so we are not out of the woods yet, there's still fires burning, there's still danger, people not come into the conclusion that they don't need to be alert, people need to move when they are told, they have to take it seriously. this is part of the dangers that we face and this kind of very dry weather with high winds. with that, i would like to have senator feinstein make her comments. >> thanks very much, governor, my colleague and i are not very happy to be here but i think we should be here. i've been to many of the fires beginning with president bush and i've never seen one quite like this. i think we see what weather is doing to fire in california. i think we see what weather's

wind is doing to fire. i in talking with the head of cal fire, he told me over the phone that the fire was moving so fast that they couldn't run to get in front of it, to lay line, it's my understanding that virtually every asset is here, that there's been tremendous response to mutual aid and firefighters have coming in from oregon, washington, arizona, colorado, and nevada and probably others as well. we also know that it's not over yet and that means that people have to be on guard and it means that if you're asked to evacuate, please do. the story that really got to me was a story of a couple who had rented a house with their children there and the children

got out and a tree fell in front and the couple in their 70's jumped in the pool and she died in his arms. that's the kind of harsh terrible fire this is in terms of the human tragedies that are happening. so i think that there is one team, no difference of opinions among us, we are going to do everything with our power to see that people are served. i've watched fema grow over the last 20 years and they now have a program for individual assistance which they didn't sometime ago and so senator harris and i in the senate will be available to be just as helpful as we possibly can. i spoke with the democratic leader in the house, and she indicated that there is more money being added. it's not going to be enough,

though, and so kamula and i are going to have to go to work and the members -- what's the other house called? no. [laughter] >> we have to have some humor. so members of the congress are going to have to be helpful and i know that we will be, i'm going to end by saying, we are so lucky to have the fire fighting ability that we have and i want to thank the governor for moving assets as quickly as he has and i want to thank every single firefighter that's come in from somewhere else, please, this is our state, this is your state, please help it. thank you. [applause] >> so one of the most important take aways from what we have seen today is that this is still very much in play. the danger is still very present

and we all should be so thankful for the california firefighters who have come from all over the state, some working 80-hour shifts to do the work of ensuring that we can mitigate the damage and bring people to safety. we saw an area that looked completely wiped out and in a short matter of time, virtually in minutes and it highlights the danger that fire presents. it's unpredictable, it skips over certain houses, it's not logical in the way that it burns and so i can't stress enough that it is critically important that communities that are advised to evacuate, told to evacuate, that they take that information and that introduction seriously, there's no time to pause, i think it is the warning to all of us, let's think about we are ever told to evacuate, let's have a plan and be prepared in the unlikely -- hopefully unlikely event that something happens but this is

very much in play and firefighters and emergency responders are dealing with what they can in terms of recovery right now but also fighting the fires as they are currently burning. bottom line is we are seeing extraordinary effort that is about state and local and federal government agencies coming together collaborating, working hand in hand and doing the work that needs to be done every day. so i want to thank them and the fire ighters -- firefighters that are riskings -- risking their lives. >> we have taking only a couple of questions. >> first is assistance of firefighters and fire engines and helicopters, aircraft doing everything they can to stop the fire. that's number one.

shelter and housing and the fema director, local administrator right here is here to answer the questions. i think instead of detailing all of the different things because the law is complicated. i think you check out with fema and they'll provide answers. >> what do you say to people that wanting to home -- >> listen to whatever the police chief and the fire chief tells you. the fire is unpredictable. it's a matter of expert opinion, listen to the authorities as you hear it through the media and don't try to freelance on your own. >> i understand you talked to local fire officials about -- [inaudible] >> what did you discuss? >> i don't know about getting people back into the homes but i would just say first of all, well, some are going back, i guess they used to word repopulation, thousands are experiencing that situation, but i would rather have the fire

officials give you the exact numbers because they can tell you exactly. >> many are asking about building permits to reconstruct, do you have anything to say about that? >> well, first, you to clear all of the mess and that's a big job, secondly, yeah, in building, i think, the city -- the city our county should be and surely will be very responsive and we do have a complicated set of building rules but usually after disaster like this, building officials are -- are sympathetic and if there are issues -- we will expedite. if someone has a problem, call my office. >> have you heard that president trump got -- >> you have seen the enormous amount of support by the forest service, does this help you make the case nationally that the way budget is set up in terms of

fema -- >> oh, yes. and there is hope. we have always had to move money from one account to another for wild fire fighting. this is a unit fire because it's both. it destroys subdivision and wild places and destroys forests, it shows no favoritism. it just moves and the concern that i've had is how fast the fire has moved and so they have to do a lot of defensive deployment of resources and that's hard to do. i think in terms of money, senator harris andriy going to put our heads together, i'm an appropriator and i'm going to go back and see what we can do to beef up those accounts to get more money. there is no question that, i guess, jerry, governor, the worst fire we've had in my lifetime, is that fair to say?

>> worst in terms of the people hurt and also the buildings -- >> yeah. so -- >> governor brown as you can see and the senators discussing the human and emotional catastrophe that is overwhelming. as you heard the fires are now continuing, at least 35 people have been killed, you heard senator feinstein relate the tragic story, carmen and armando pérez, rented in wine country and huddling in swimming pool overnight and they were holding onto each other where carmen who was 75 year's old, she died in her husband's arm. he was severely burned. they were married for 55 years, just one personal example of the devastation and human toll that they are suffering right now in california. arthel. arthel: we are going to get back now to health care and hours before the white house announced the decision to scrap the obamacare subsidies, this week president trump signed an executive order on health care

designed to lower premiums in the insurance markets, listen. >> competition will be staggering, insurance companies will be fighting to get every single person signed up and you will be hopefully negotiating, negotiating, negotiating and you'll get such low prices for such great care. >> for more on this priscilla brown joins us, ms. brown, ceo of emerge dot me, digital platform for learning and acquiring supplemental health insurance and we are fortunate to have you here on the saturday, priscila, thanks for being with us. >> thank you arthel. arthel: absolutely, i want to start with a bunch of questions at one time towards you. here we go. >> okay. arthel: how does this impact the marketplace, the people who rely on the affordable care act for insurance coverage, the health system in general and will it now be easier for consumers to

buy cheap health plans? >> those are a number of questions, well, first of all, it's going to -- the exact impact won't be known for a little while. it's going to take a while for regulators to put policy in place to execute what the president has requested but there are a number of things we do know. first of all, we know that the subsidies that have been provided to insurance companies that are passed onto lower the costs of premiums and out-of-pocket costs for lower income people, that those subsidies are going away. no federal assistance for those, that has not just an impact on the insurance companies but has impact on everyone who is buying insurance under the affordable care act. low-income people may be protected and still receive those subsidies, but the rest of us will be paying in the way of higher premiums to support those

unless the insurance companies have priced them in already under their plans for 2018. some have and some haven't. you can see that that's a pretty complicated situation. in addition to that, associations will now be more flexible, people will be allowed to -- to join these associations which in the past had been done -- had been system set up by trade organizations. now groups can form associations and people can pull their resources and buy insurance and negotiate for insurance as a group. arthel: would that be easy for people to navigate, though? >> well, the whole thing is confusing and going to continue to be confusing and that's why we have established communication, giving people access to information and explaining what all this means. it's just becoming more, more confusing and uncertain for

everyone. but what will likely happen on this point is that those who are going to take advantage of the association will be those who are already healthy, who do not believe they will have major health care concerns and will go for the lower premiums even if that means lower benefits. that will leave the affordable care act participants with a less healthy older population and that is likely to send premiums up for those who are participating in the affordable care act. arthel: of course, priscila while there's no one-size-fit one-size-fits-all, what will work best for most americans or do state health care plans have a place in there? >> well, it really -- you really need a public-private partnership which is what the

affordable care act will be, you need to have governments both federal and state, you need insurers and you need participants all playing a role in this and working together to make a plan, whatever it is work. right now we have whether we -- no matter what political persuasion you have, no matter whether you're right or left on this, everyone agrees that premiums are higher, the cost of health care is higher and that is going to be met with lots of confusion and what we are advocating for people is be sure to look at the advise available to you online, where it's established to make sure that people have access to health plans and access to information and education and advise, it's not going to be a one-size-fits-all kind of thing and people really do have to take more time now to make sure that the plan that they're buying is one that works for them. arthel: makes a lot of sense to

me. priscila thank you for taking the first round of questions for me, you answered them all, i believe, and your website, you the ceo of priscillabrown of emerge.me, can anyone access emerge.me, priscila. i think we lost her audio. thank you very much, ms. brown, emerge.me. seems to have thorough way of explaining the mess of health care which doesn't mean that it's bad or good, she said it's confusing. eric: you have to explain it. the fine print, do you ever read the fine print? arthel: most people don't. eric: they are calling the next generation sub. coming up, what we are learning about its capabilities.

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eric: well the pressure is now on republicans in congress, some conservatives warn of historic backlash in 2018 mid-term elections in the feater fails on issues health care and tax reform and that includes senator ted cruz, he says, quote, tax reform crashes and burns and if on obamacare nothing happens we could face a blood bath. editor at the weekly standard, great to see you, senator cruz said more than that, it would be worse than watergate, republicans lost 48 seats in the election in 1974, it's a pretty dire prediction but can they, is there still time, will they prevent it? >> it is a dire prediction. i have to say ted cruz running for presidential nomination, he warned that if donald trump got it there would be a blood bath which, of course, we didn't see.

that said i'm glad to see someone in congress is taking it seriously because the republicans might be in real trouble. they campaigned on appeal of obamacare for seven years and once they finally got control of government, they simply couldn't do it. you know, they can't just say, okay, we didn't get that, let's move onto something really huge. first of all, obamacare as we are hear tong show is still affecting millions of people in this country, the failures of the law and also that debate really is going to make it difficult for future legislation because, you know, seems to me it split republicans worse than it had been and chose senators, the power of single vote really matters and i think that -- yeah. eric: susan collins decided not to run for governor, senator of maine. for the democrats and others to get back and negotiate and we have the lamar alexander-patty

murray legislation or are we going to still see gridlock among the gop? >> it's a great question. you know, i think perhaps they should scale back their ambitions a bit. if they think about doing, perhaps, some more targeted legislation and not trying to change overhaul all of america all in one session -- eric: what do they think they should start with? >> obamacare, it should have been repealed, of course, there are a lot of things that even the president could have done, for example, with the contraceptive mandate that. wasn't part of the law. that is part of hhs rule and the president could have actually gotten rid of that instead of just trying to improve the exceptions given to people for moral conscious, she could have gotten rid of it. smaller things like that that will have a big effect on people every day lives. eric: he's doing that with executive orders, he's been fast

with that pen. >> it's a way to encourage congress to come into play. with the dreamers he sort of pushed that one to congress. he said, i'm going to end it but you guys have until march basically to come up with something if you want to keep it and i've seen no evidence that congress has been working on that issue at all despite the fact that both democrats and republicans on the whole say they like that program and they want to do something to help those people. i've seen no evidence that congress is at all working on legislation on that. they're sort of tied up in grand schemes that are often destined to fail. eric: they have to get some wins on the board? >> they do. it's serious. i think that maybe if they focused a little bit more, health care, tax reform, immigration, i mean, these are huge issues that, you know, hardly anybody has been able to solve. people keep pointing out that we haven't seen big tax reform in 30 years. well, so, wait, the republicans, the mixed up split, you know,

fighting amongst themselves republicans are going to manage to do that and get rid of an entitlement which again almost never happens and are going to get immigration overhaul which is something that congress has been fighting for years. i think they are a little too ambitious. they need to think smaller, hey, what can we as republicans agree on. there's got to be something and let's focus on that and we need to get wins otherwise we will go to mid-terms and what can we say congress has accomplished. the only thing nomination of neil gorsuch. that's one minor thing that doesn't affect a lot of people's lives. eric: we will see, kelly, thanks for joining us. >> thanks, eric. eric: of course. arthel: current and former vice president are both hoping to tip the scale. poor mouth breather.

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arthel: election day just weeks away in the virginia governor's race drawing some high profile endorsements, democrat ralph northam along side joe biden, while republican ed appearing along side the current vice president mike mike pence.

garrett tenney live in washington with more. >> one reason the race has gained interest, folks are saying it's referendum, bell weather for next year's midterm elections, polling experts tell you not the buy into that because state applications are different than national races, but still big-name democrats are stepping into this race and this morning former vice president joe biden hosted a round table with democratic candidate and current lieutenant govern oral f northam, biden who has criticized trump administration since leaving office, told private audience that there's currently a leadership void in the country. >> you have to win for two reasons, one to give everybody hope, give people hope that we are not falling into this sort of no-nothing hire. secondly, to generate programs now that can provide opportunity

and save a whole heck of a lot of people. just over three weeks to go northam holds slight lead to ed gillespie, hoping the change in next few weeks by tapping into the trump train and ahead of that rally a few minutes ago, president trump weighed in on the race as well. the democrats in the southwest part of virginia have been abandoned by their party. republican ed will never let you down. gillespie will get help from former boss george w. bush who is heading fundraisers for him, following that on thursday president obama will return to campaign trail for the first time. see how invisalign® treatment can shape your smile up to 50% faster today at invisalign.com

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president trump doubling down on pair of moves at obama care. signing an executive order rolling back some regulations. hello and welcome to a brand new hour inside america's news headquarters. i'm arthel neville. >> i'm eric shawn. the president defending the moves on twitter this morning as the democratic leaders, calling the president spiteful and cruel. since republicans in congress failed to repeal obama care several times. and critics are also saying it is the middle class americans who will suffer under this as their premiums are expected to

soar. but the president says his actions will improve the nation's healthcare system. kristen fisher following all of this tonight live at the white house. good evening, kristen. >> hey, eric. well, president trump says that he's proud of his decision. he also likes what he's been seeing in the stock market, this morning on twitter president trump said health insurance stocks would have gone through the roof during the obama care years plunged yesterday after i ended the dems windfall. but critics say the plunge in stocks will only make premiums skyrocket for average americans, also arguing it will throw the healthcare exchanges into chaos just three weeks before open enrollment. president trump announced two days ago he was immediately ending the obama care subsidies. democrats called it sabotage, but the president says that maybe this will finally get democrats and republicans to e the -- negotiating table -- to the negotiating table. >> the democrats should come to me, i would even go to them

because i'm only interested in one thing, getting great healthcare for this country, that was a big chunk, and as far as the subsidy is concerned, i don't want to make the insurance companies rich. >> so add healthcare to the very long list of things that congress has to try to tackle by the end of december, along with tax reform and now the iran nuclear deal. yesterday president trump decertified the deal which means that congress now is 60 days to decide whether or not to reimpose sanctions. already some republican lawmakers say they are working on a fix, senators corker, cotton and rubio are proposing reimposing u.s. sanctions if iran approaches the threshold of developing a nuclear weapon. they are also talking about removing the sunset provisions, but if president trump doesn't like it, he said yesterday that he is ready and willing to pull out of the deal entirely. eric? eric: kristen, we will have a lot more on all of this throughout this hour. thank you. arthel: eric and kristen, president trump will not be

recertifying the iran nuclear deal, saying tehran is violating the spirit of the agreement. the president also announced a new round of sanctions against the country's revolutionary guard. iranian president remains defiant insisting his country has the right to defend itself. john huddy has the details. >> arthel, iranian president warned in his own statement and speech that the u.s. is now more isolated than ever, following president trump's speech last night and his decision not to recertify the iran nuclear agreement and likewise other world leaders and countries have also been critical of that decision, with the exception of one key u.s. ally, israel. >> i congratulate president trump. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in his own statement praised the president's speech, calling it, quote, courageous. he said president trump boldly confronted iran terrorist regime while adding that if the iran deal is left unchanged, in a few

years, iran will have an arsenal of nuclear weapons. prime minister netanyahu has been a staunch proponent of president trump also calling the president's u.n. general assembly address last month bold and courageous, while agreeing with president trump's description of the iran nuclear deal as a, quote, embarrassment. officials with the u.k., france and germany, however, said that the iran agreement is, quote, in our shared national security interests. and the eu's foreign policy chief said it was not up to any single country to terminate a working deal. last night and today, president trump's speech led the news and headlines in iran. iranian president agreed that it's not up to the u.s. alone to terminate the agreement. he also maintained iran will continue its missile programs, adding this. >> translator: the iranian nation is not a nation that will yield to fulfill hateful speeches from a dictator.

the iranian nation will not surrender to any nation. >> yet again more strong words and rhetoric from the regime of the country that president trump said has two favorite chants, death to america, and death to israel. arthel? arthel: john huddy reporting. thanks, john. eric: back here at home, strong winds continue to fuel the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in the history of california. and the human dimension and stories of the victims, well, that's just heart breaking. the flames have now killed at least 38 people, destroying nearly 6,000 homes and businesses, and hundreds today were suddenly evacuated in sonoma, the heart of the wine country. will carr is live in santa rosa california with the very latest. hi, will. >> and eric, during those evacuations, we had a thick plume of smoke up in the air, across this area today, but the firefighters doing a great job, as governor jerry brown and senators dianne feinstein and harris came out today and looked

at the devastation, neighborhoods like this, where it simply looks like a bomb went off. they say that resources are on the way. they also took the time to thank all the first responders. take a listen. >> the resources, the people, the police, the fire, elected officials, neighbors, volunteers, it is a real example of how america pulls together. >> at the same time, authorities are continuing to comb through these neighborhoods with cadaver dogs, looking for more victims, because there are still several hundred people who are missing, because this fire swept through so quickly. in fact, the flames were so large, take a look at this palm tree. it's charred all the way up to the top. and we now have video from a first responder, as he was racing through these streets, trying to save lives. look at what he saw.

>> where you at? >> come on! >> she's disabled. >> let me get her feet. let me get her feet. >> do not pass. sonoma county sheriff's office, mandatory evacuation order, leave your homes. sonoma county sheriff's office, mandatory evacuation order, leave your homes >> go! go! go! >> and while the fight continues on the front lines, authorities say a number of people have been arrested for looting, and they say they have zero tolerance for anybody who wants to try to take advantage of this situation. eric? eric: it is amazing. i mean it is unbelievable that people would do that first of all and just the devastation we are at is unimaginable and our hearts of course go out to everyone there, thank you, will. >> absolutely. arthel: that is for sure, they are in our hearts and prayers. fox news alert on the latest fallout for hollywood mogul harvey weinstein. the motion picture academy

voting moments ago to expel weinstein and strip him of his lifetime membership. this comes as more than 30 women have now come forward to accuse weinstein of sexual harassment or assault. bryan llenas is live from our new york city bureau with more on this story. >> hi, arthel. the 54 member board of governors for the academy of motion picture arts & sciences which hosts the oscars called an emergency meeting this afternoon in los angeles to discuss whether weinstein's lifetime membership as part of the board following the onslaught of sexual assault and harassment reports and allegations levelled against him. in a statement leased an hour ago , - -- released an hour agod they met today to discuss the allegations against harvey weinstein and has voted well in excess of the required 2/3 majority to immediately expel him from the academy. we do so not simply

>> 21 of the 54 members on the academy board of governors are women. the academy says it will work to establish ethical standards of conduct for its members. weinstein's ousting is largely symbolic, but it is rare. only one member of the governor's board had ever been permanently banned from the academy in 2004. and in the last ten days, weinstein has been fired from the weinstein company, a company he cofounded, jeopardizing the future of the entire company. and after more than 30 women, the movie mogul -- accused the movie mogul of sexual assault allegations. >> that it started a whole series of conversations within the industry about how people behave and there's every expectation that there are many more stories out there, not just about him, but possibly about others. i think it is really upended

hollywood in a way that is rather unexpected. and quite dramatic. >> weinstein has not denied the allegations. he's apologized and says he's getting therapy. arthel? arthel: thanks bryan. president trump made his move and he did it, a strong blunt message to tehran by decertifying the iranian nuclear deal. some members of his administration, though, said tehran was technically complying with it. coming up, we will have the latest report on who may have helped shape mr. trump's decision and what it will mean going forward. plus, the family rescued from terrorists following five years in captivity. they arrived home in canada, and they have a horroring tale. what we're learning now about their terrifying unbelievable experience. patrick woke up with back pain. but he has work to do. so he took aleve. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong.

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eric: the u.s. navy, a fast new attack submarine, the uss south dakota. the south dakota will carry a crew of 14 officers and more than 100 enlisted servicemen. it's being called the new generation of subs, capable of launching tomahawk missiles and inducted long range stealth surveillance undetected under the seas. ceremony took place this morning at the connecticut shipyard

where it was built. arthel: president trump decertifying the iran nuclear deal, despite members of his administration saying tehran has been complying with the agreement. the president pushing back against that, saying iran isn't living up to the spirit of the deal. >> while the united states adheres to our commitment under the deal, the iranian regime continues to feel conflict, terror, and -- fuel conflict, terror and turmoil throughout the middle east and beyond, given the regime's murderous past and present, we should not take lightly its sinister vision for the future. arthel: all of this as a new report suggests it was u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley who helped lay the groundwork for the president's decision. let's bring in the former director of communications and spokesperson for the united states mission to the united nations. good to see you, jonathan. >> good to see you too. arthel: if in fact ambassador

haley was the iran whisperer if you will, what was more -- if you know more about the ambassador's guidance to the president on this? >> ambassador haley has always felt very strongly that the nuclear agreement the jcpoa was a bad agreement and shared the president's perspectives on this. during the campaign the president has said that. she's always felt this way. it is not a surprise that she's stepped up and been quite involved in trying to get something done about this agreement, to try to put the united states in a position in which our national security is better protected. arthel: explain that for us, because i want to talk about the concrete changes, peripheral changes, if you will, that president trump's actions will bring about now. >> it was a bold move by him. it was very much opposed by the other negotiating partners to reach the deal with iran. there were five other countries involved with the united states in trying to work that out. they have their own national interests. for the united states, it's a different situation. none of those other countries who were involved had the type

of tense relationship with iran going back to the islamic revolution in 1979, in which americans were held hostage in our own embassy and other conflicting things that had happened over the year, including most recently in the middle east in which american gi's had been killed by iranian explosive devices. it's been a complicated relationship different from the other countries. having our national interest at the center of the decision making makes a whole lot of sense. so looking at a deal in which even at the time you recall, arthel, there was a lot of opposition to it. arthel: a lot of pushback. >> yes, a congress that really didn't support it. a majority of members did not support this deal. that deal is the same deal, but that deal comes to us a couple years later in which iran has done nothing other than bad behavior in the middle east. arthel: let me understand, so the iran nuclear deal as you just said it was not described by anyone as perfect, but has it

been effective at all? >> it has had some effect in that you do have some scrutiny on iran, so whatever areas that the iranians allow the inspectors in, the iaea inspectors, it is not american inspectors, these are u.n. watchdog nuclear watchdog inspectors coming in there, they do have some access. so it's not as if there's not some scrutiny going on. that's a positive thing. there's nothing wrong with that. at least eyes are focused on that country, and what that country is up to. the issue is that there are a lot of sites, you know, one iranian opposition group recently pointed out that there are six military sites in which they suspect that there still is militaristic nuclear research going on toward the development of nuclear weapons. arthel: i'm sure the other countries involved in this agreement would agree that iran is not to be completely trusted. but i do ask you because there are other countries involved here, does this move put america

in a stronger position as a geopolitical leader, or will it cause some allies to distrust the u.s. and the u.s. word? >> look, i can't speak on behalf of other governments, but obviously there's been a lot of opposition coming from the u.k., france, you know, and germany our key allies were involved in the negotiations. russia and china they would generally have an opposing position to us in any case no matter what. >> to that point, russia and china, some might argue that if this in some way weakens america's trust amongst the other countries then of course russia and china would be happy to jump in and say iran listen, you can trust us, we want to be the leader of the world. >> we have some common thinking with our allies. i mentioned france, the u.k., and germany, who negotiated the deal with us. what they believe is the same thing we believe, that iran has been a bad actor in the middle east. what they did in syria was just nothing less than atrocious. they supported a butcher of his own people, and they've carved

out a space in which iran itself was fighting and still is fighting in that conflict and using its proxy hezbollah and other proxies to fight a battle against any sort of opposition to this bloody dictator there. arthel: where do we go from here? president trump is saying, listen, you can't trust them. we have to have more access to find out if in fact they are violating the agreement, which the president believes that they are. so where do we go from here? >> the president wants some core things to happen now. he wants congress to think seriously about joining him in trying to establish an end to the sun set clause which means that in a few years, iran will be able to break out and start enriching uranium without any sort of conditions holding it back. that's a scary prospect. why does iran need that in the first place if -- the iranian government recently the foreign minister was sayi ining we neve

want a nuclear problem, it is not part of our policy then why do you want to have a sunset clause, it doesn't make any sense. there are other issues are what happens if they start firing intercontinental ballistic missiles which the north koreans are doing and let's face it kim jong-un has said some pretty terrifying things to us about that. even though that is not part of it per se, it is connected to the proliferation of nuclear weapons. >> everything you have said has made a lot of sense. is this at any level poking at the hornet's nest though and kind of upsetting iran? >> is it poking and agitating the iranians? absolutely. they have said some pretty tough words back at us. we need to look at our national security and do the right thing. this is a chance to get it right. >> jonathan, thank you very much.

>> pleasure. eric: an american woman and her canadian husband, have you heard about this? well they are home safe now in canada, after they spent five years in terrorist custody. they were kidnapped in afghanistan. the couple is now describing some of the horrific abuse they received at the hands of their captors, including, they say, the murder of their infant daughter. we have more from our london bureau. >> hi, eric. the couple is safely back home and recovering from this horrific ordeal. they are said to be undergoing medical checks and reuniting with family in canada. joshua boyle has been talking about their time in captivity. he says he and his wife caitlan coleman suffered horrific things. she was already pregnant when backpacking in 2012. she gave birth to four children while held prisoner. boyle claims one of their children was killed by their captors. he also says his wife was raped.

the couple was seen pleading their lives in this proof of life video. the family was finally rescued by the pakistan military last wednesday apparently after a u.s. intelligence tip off. they had been moved across the border from afghanistan into pakistan and were being moved again when the pakistani security forces intervened. their captors were from a network, an extremist group notorious for kidnapping. the u.s. has designated this network a terrorist organization. given what we know about the dangers in afghanistan, many are asking why this couple was travelling in that part of afghanistan where extremists are known to operate? eric? eric: very good question. thank you very much. arthel arthel: strong reactions on capitol hill after president trump decides to end obama care subsidies to insurance companies. what top republicans and democrats are saying. plus, the candidate vying for the virginia governor's mansion getting some high-profile endorsement, one from the

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arthel: president trump's decision to end obama care subsidies sparking an intense debate on capitol hill as he looks to ramp up the pressure on lawmakers. white house correspondent kevin cork has the latest from washington. kevin? >> indeed, more political intrigue here the nation's capitol as the trump administration has now declared it cannot lawfully continue so called cost-sharing reduction payments, otherwise known as csr's, and so it is going to end that practice entirely and that is a major development because in doing so, the president's decision slashes some 7 billion dollars in payments to insurance companies, meant to depending on your point of view either subsidize care for those who are most in need or -- >> that money is going to insurance companies to lift up their stock price, and that's

not what i'm about. take a look at who those insurance companies support, and i guarantee you one thing, it is not donald trump. >> meanwhile, the attorneys general for the states of new york, california, and more than a dozen other states have all decided to sue the trump administration in an effort to block the cut-off of those critical obama care payments to health insurers. meantime, back on capitol hill, the debate rages on. >> the g.o.p. will try to blame the affordable care act, but they have purposefully brazenly cruelly and spitefully acted to sabotage the law and the healthcare it provides. >> there may be lawsuits but they are not going to win. in fact, there has been a lawsuit against the obama administration where the court ruled that the payments to the insurance companies were contrary to law. so the lawsuits, the democrats are blowing smoke, if they say they are going to sue. >> eric and arthel, what happens next? a couple things, first of all, because of the administration's decision, a number of insurers

could ultimately exit the marketplace if the so called csr's are not reinstated. we also know that given what we have looked at in terms of numbers, costs will likely rise for a number of consumers, at least in the short-term. ultimately this is a battle that will be waged not just on capitol hill, but also in the courts. eric and arthel? arthel: kevin cork, we will take it back here. >> half this country is living paycheck to paycheck. and if that means we've got to stay here till christmas to give them the relief they need and deserve, then tough, we'll do that. eric: that of course is house speaker paul ryan showing how serious he is about getting tax reform done. then of course there's immigration, daca, the budget, the debt ceiling and as we just saw in kevin cork's report healthcare. president trump this week ending federal subsidies to insurance companies and that now has increased pressure on congress to take action. >> we're going to have great

healthcare in our country. we're going to have great healthcare in our country. we're taking a little different route than we had hoped because getting congress -- they forgot what their pledges were. so we're going a little different route, but you know what? in the end it is going to be just as effective and maybe it will even be better. [applause] eric: and will the different route succeed? judy mill ser with us -- judy miller is with us, pulitzer prize winning author and journalist and fox news contributor. a different route, i mean, it's going like this, and it could get there, because he's being aggressive. he's challenging congress. do you think that that will work? >> well, i think another way of looking at this, eric, is that he might be setting congress up for failure. he might be passing this hot potato as the former director of

legislative affairs for george w. bush said when he looked at what president trump had done again and again and again. in your introduction, you referred all of the contentious issues that the president has kind of dumped on congress. and if we know anything about congress at this point, we know that with a congress that's evenly divided where you can only lose one or two votes on every single contentious issue, the chances of success, that is as president trump defines it, are really really small. and when you look at congress's plummeting popularity with the american people, but what should be really frightening for republicans is the plummeting republican popularity. i mean, they went from 60 -- between 50 and 60 percent depending on whose poll you were looking at, right after the president was elected to 11 right now. i mean, you know, we are really

in very very bad popularity country if you are a republican, so unless president trump is going to depend on his new best friends forever, chuck and nancy, it's hard to see how congress delivers. so i think -- if you want to look at this -- eric: couldn't they? are you saying that the president is trying to have a failure up there on capitol hill versus actually giving them information and trying to sit down to work as you say with chuck and nancy or get something done whether it's lamar alexander and patty murray to have some bipartisanship with what he's done in the past to get something achieved? >> there are two possible explanations, one is that as you say he wants bipartisanship, he wants this outreach and therefore, he will be able to point to democratic as well as republican support for the trump agenda, but i think what he

really wants is somebody to blame because look at what happened to the affordable care act. two efforts flat out efforts to get it repealed and finally the president had to rely on an executive order to do it. i just think he wants to be able to say it is not me. eric: doesn't congress deserve the blame for failing? >> no, i don't think so. i don't think so because i think that, you know, if you are commander-in-chief, if you're the leader of the country, you have an obligation to use the presidency as a bully pulpit, what you shouldn't do is kind of throw it over to congress and say here guys, you solve it. i mean that's not leadership. donald trump not only endorsed specific plans, but he said he was going to give americans great healthcare. so here's the question, eric, who are americans going to blame when they see their premiums as has already happened in some cases rise 10 to 20 percent as a result of his latest executive

order? are they going to blame congress for that, for not acting? are they going to blame donald trump? we will see. i really can't predict at this point. his base has been solid up until now. eric: that's an interesting take on the other side. let me read you what the "wall street journal" says today in an article. president donald trump is increasing pressure on congress, if agreement on legislative changes for healthcare, taxes and immigration remains illusive, why do aides make clear that mr. trump will claim victory for undercutting the iran deal, ending billions of dollars of payments to health insurers and putting hundreds of thousands of immigrants on notice for deportation. the white house point of view is getting things done while congress is kind of not achieving anything. >> but the bottom line is is life improving for the majority of american people, not just those americans who voted for him, but for the average working american who is going to vote in 2018, and then the next

presidential election. i think that's going to be the standard. and if you face no matter what he's done in the white house, if you face the appearance of a paralyzed system, i don't see how that helps donald trump. now, steve bannon, he's been very open about his determination to, quote, get rid of every congressmen, especially on the republican side, who does not support the trump agenda. so you could argue that perhaps this is donald trump's insidious way of getting rid of people who won't sign on to his program, but i think that's too cynical and too convoluted even for washington. i think what you have here is an inexperienced president who didn't invest a lot of time in figuring out how to get things done on the hill, and as you know, eric, and as anybody who has watched the congress knows, it is really hard to get something done in congress. you need leadership and that's what you're not seeing thus far from the white house. eric: we will see if they step up, especially those on the hill

for which the american people elect them. judy miller, as always, thank you. >> right. arthel: election day just weeks away now, and the virginia governor's race drawing some high-profile endorsements. the democrat stumping alongside former vice president joe biden while republican ed gillespie appearing with the current vice president, mike pence. we have more. >> this race was always expected to be close and with three weeks to go that is proving to be the case. the democrat holds 7 point lead over the republican which means it is still within the margin of error and could go either way. like most off year elections the biggest challenge for the candidates is getting voters to turn out on election day and to help with that they are bringing in some big names over the next week to rally their bases. this morning vice president joe biden kicked things off by joining northam at a workforce development roundtable in

virginia where he said the trump administration has created a leadership void in the country which democrats need to step up to fill. >> it is the only hope for leadership we have now is at the state level, i mean, it really is. it really is the only hope we have, number one. you know someone once said the guy named bond said this administration is unified by incoherence and incompetence. that's the unifying principle that you are getting here. so you've got to step up. >> throughout the campaign, ed gillespie has been careful to distance himself from president trump who lost the swing state in last year's election, but tonight the former rnc chairman is embracing the number two on the trump train with vice president mike pence at a rally in virginia down in the southwest part of the state. as of right now, there are no plans for president trump to hit the campaign trail with gillespie, though, he did endorse him last week on twitter and just this past hour, the

head of tonight's rally -- ahead of tonight's rally, he tweeted the democrats in the southwest part of virginia have been abandoned by their party. republican ed gillespie will never let you down. on monday gillespie will also get a boost from his former boss president george w. bush whom he worked for as white house counsel and he will be headlining a pair of fund-raisers for the campaign. on thursday northam will be joined by the biggest name in the democratic party when president obama joins him at a rally in richmond. that arthel will be president obama's first time on the campaign trail since leaving office. arthel: thank you very much, garrett. eric: much of puerto rico remains without running water or electricity. you know, it's been three weeks after hurricane maria slammed so savagely into that island. now a former nfl star is stepping up to raise money for humanitarian aid. we will talk to him next.

it's been three weeks since hurricane maria slammed into puerto rico. 90% of the island is still without power. many homes have no running water, and almost half the population is unable to make calls as the phone lines are down. my next guest is working to get the island back up and running. he's a former nfl safety and ceo of the brewer group. jack, thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. arthel: i want to start here, have you gone to puerto rico yet? do you have scouts on the ground to assess the needs? and exactly how is it that the brewer group will be assisting the people of puerto rico? >> yes, we do. you know, we have been hard at work in the last few weeks down in houston, texas, actually helping for harvey relief but we have ambassadors on the ground. we are working with former miss puerto rico who has been on the ground twice now and heading back. we're trying to deploy as much

aid as we can. you know, things on the ground do not look very good. you mentioned the communication earlier. we're trying to get more satellite phones down on the ground so that we can actually communicate, having a lot of trouble even talking to our partners on the ground. you know, but we have been able to, you know, find and identify some of the most crucial problems, and you talked about the water crisis. we've been working to bring aqua taps down to puerto rico. that island has infrastructure. some of the water is running. but they also have, you know, fresh watt their is there -- fresh water that is there. with all the water-borne diseases and illnesses that's plaguing the country right now, we have to find a way to clean the water. we can't just put so much money in resources into sending bottles of water down to puerto rico. we have to actually use, you know, sophisticated products like aqua tab so we can clean the fresh water. those are some of the things that we are doing. we just got a huge donation from

celebrities across the board, so we are trying to rally as much support, but more importantly build awareness. right now we have so much political divide in this country. our focus is all over the map. we need to really come together right now as a country and help our brothers and sisters in puerto rico. arthel: what if other companies want to organize relief efforts, like you have, how do they start? what's the entry point? >> well, we have been doing it for a long time. you know, i have been doing relief efforts for over a decade, you know, throughout africa, haiti, and parts of the caribbean, so we have a lot of experience there. but the main thing is to find the right partners. you know, we partner with an organization called med gift, who has helped raise millions of dollars around the world for medical initiatives, and so that's been a powerful tool for us, and just, you know, engaging with the right partner. not about you doing it yourself. it is about who you have on the ground. you know, we're planning to make a trip this wednesday where i will be on the ground going and making my assessment and trying to help rebuild some hospitals

and bring some other resources to the country. so, you know, it's going to be a long, long effort, and so we just need as much support as we can, but, you know, anyone can use an organization, like med gift, and they make it almost seamless for you to raise funds and get them to the right places. arthel: is it med gift.org? do you happen to know? if you don't -- >> yes, it is med gift.com/jbf. arthel: okay, med gift.com. you are a former nfl star as i started out by saying. i want to talk about that just for one moment. remind us first of all why then san francisco 49ers quarterback kaepernick took a knee in the first place then tell us how if you were organizing ways to address this issue in finding a way for the nfl owners, key coaches, and players to form a coalition to work together on beginning to find a resolution? how would you advise?

>> i can't speak for colin. you know, i respect him and his thoughts. i think, you know, his intentions were right. i don't necessarily agree with everything in the way that he did it, but, you know, colin made a stance. we do have racial injustice in our country. we need to stand up against that and we need to address it. i may have chose to do it in a different way. you know, i like to work hands on with the kids, and i think our kids are struggling in our schools and our school systems across the country. you know, young men of color have an epidemic right now. i mean, our graduation rates are terrible. you know, we have so many kids that don't have fathers at home, and so we have a lot of problems that we need to try to address and i'm personally trying to address those problems and bring more folks together. arthel: okay. >> but the national football league needs to do more. i think we need to go to washington, but this has to start from the president. there should be some type of meeting. we need to go to capitol hill. we need to have these conversations, because our national football league players are some of our heroes, and you

know, when this country has crisis situations, the national football league time and time again steps up for america. we want to do the same thing now. so we've got to start -- stop this divide. we have got to stop drawing the lines in the sand. we have to come together as a people, we're one america. football is america's game. let's bring it back and let's bring the dignity back to the sport. let's have these tough conversations and let's figure out how to actually impact the communities that need it the most in this country. arthel: jack brewer, ceo of the brewer group, thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. eric: thank you. a u.s. veteran who lost both of his legs overseas fighting terrorists he's now showing us what it means to be an american hero. how his amazing feat of endurance is inspiring people all around the world. otezla is not an injection or a cream.

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a u.s. veteran who was wounded overseas is setting an example for us all. rob jones lost both of his legs in afghanistan, but you know he refuses to let it slow him down. literally sprinting as you can see in life. and by doing so, he's helping many of our nation's heroes along the way. bryan llenas has rob's inspiring story. >> rob jones is running 31

marathons in 31 cities in 31 days in an effort to raise a million dollars for three veterans chair 'tis and he's doing -- charities and he is doing it all on two bionic legs. he served in the marines for 5 1/2 years doing tours in iraq and afghanistan and it was while fighting the taliban that his life changed. as a combat engineer his job was to detect ied's. on july 22, 2010, he missed one losing both legs. >> just because a veteran comes home and they are wounded in some way, you know, psychologically or physically, that doesn't mean they are broken, and that doesn't mean that they are now incapable of being a contributing member of society or their families. >> a bronze paraolympic medallist he cycled cross-country to raise money for vets the same year. now he's running to raise awareness and to lift spirits. >> the main reason i'm doing it is i'm trying to -- i'm trying to put a different spin on, you

know, the people's perspective. so instead of seeing a tragedy or a hardship as something that's blocking you or is a hindrance to your success, i'm trying to get it out there that you should see that as a tool in your tool belt. >> his month-long marathons began in london on thursday. he then goes to boston, toronto and eventually cross-country ending in washington, d.c. on veteran's day. rob hopes to bring awareness to veterans issues particularly veteran suicide rates encouraging them to help one another. >> that brotherhood does not die just because you are out of the military now. you didn't go deploy by yourself. you didn't fight the taliban or al qaeda by yourself. there was a team of people there for you, and we're all still here. so reach out and talk about it and use that brotherhood and use that that you still have. >> to donate to the cause or even join rob on a run goes to

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arthel: that does it for us. julie banderas is up next with the fox report. eric: i will see you tomorrow. arthel: yes, noon.

eric: 4:00 and 6:00 eastern. arthel: yes, we hope to see you as well. eric: so good we're on three times on sundays. arthel: you like that, huh? eric: yeah i do. keep on going. arthel: have a good evening. eric: thanks for joining us, everyone. julie: president trump delivering a one-two punch to his predecessors landmark legislation on healthcare. i'm julie banderas, good evening, this is the fox report. julie: the president spending the weekend at the white house where he has been very busy the last few days. the president announcing he is ending subsidies paid to health insurance companies which help offset the cost of reducing out of pocket expenses for low income americans. the president also using the power of the pen to sign an executive order allowing the development of lower costs insurance policies that skirt obama care regulations. critics say both moves undermine obama care and could actually send premium prices soaring in