he got out of there. jillian: i wonder what happened now. rob: he went to a sanctuary. i hope he gets away with it. we will see. jillian: thanks for joining us this morning. have a good day. rob: "fox & friends" starts right now. we'll see you later. ♪ ♪ >> let's give our country the best christmas present of all, massive tax relief. >> i'll vote for almost any tax cut that comes down. but i won't do it and say i'm also -- i don't care about spending. like mccain and graham who parade as conservatives. >> i have had a great relationship with rand paul. i think he is going to be with us. i think in the end he is going to be with us. >> in the end fbi documents that show the russian nuclear industry officials kick back millions and millions of dollars to the clinton foundation. >> this is a massive scandal. it is still shocking to me that there has not been a congressional hearing. >> nfl will not force its players to stand for the national anthem and will not punish those who kneel. >> today's discussion with our players was very

productive. >> the yankees powering their way back to tie things up against the houston astros. >> there goes gregorius and yankees lead. ♪ ♪ ♪ born free ♪ i was born free ♪ i was born free. steve: hi, everybody. ainsley: hi, everyone. come on in. steve: welcome to the mezzanine level. thank you bob richie, kid rock for singing us in today. brian kilmeade good to have you back. >> weather is very similar to washington. i was able to get right back. there was a brief announcement. i don't know how they did it. we were going to sit on the

tarmac 40 minutes. okay i'm going to be 40 minutes late. somehow in the sky they had super sonic speed. ainsley: i think they factor it in now. brian: show up on time not really in time. steve: they build in ramp time. until laguardia annual hour. washington a half hour. only takes 38 minutes to get from new york to washington. brian: we should get more asphalt and make more runways. this country needs more asphalt. steve: they have got that it's called i-95. ainsley: true, true. that's exactly right. congratulations on getting the president. we are going to air some of that. brian: they decided they wanted to get the word out about healthcare. they don't want it to be like healthcare, rather, they want tax reform to be messaged through them. they said hey, i want some national radio shows available because the president is going to talk about his tax reform and send in all the people that helped write it. so, this is a big push for

it. steve: it's good for the white house. because they sat on the sidelines at the behest of mitch mcconnell last time. now they said mitch you sit over there. you are going to help. brian: senate moving forward to pass historic tax cuts by the trump administration. steve: big question is will the congress deliver this time? ainsley: griff jenkins is live in d.c. with the latest. griff? >> good morning, guys. we will see the tax reform flight has taken off. senate passing a budgets resolution, the first step towards getting a fuller budget and it paves the way for tax reform through budget reconciliation rules that require only a simple majority to pass. the president took his tax plan to the conservative heritage foundation last night. promising to simplify the tax code and letting the middle class keep more of their money. but democrats they oppose it. >> it will be hard getting the democrats because they are obstructionists and they vote in blocks. but if we get the republicans we need, we will get that largest tax cut in

the history of our country. and you will see things happen like have never happened before. >> so are republicans on board? well, there are concerns over adding to the country's 20 trillion-dollar deficit and key vote to watch will be senator rand paul. but moderates like collins, mur cow is i and mccain have signaled support this time. steve mnuchin said everything is negotiable except cutting the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%. mnuchin says maybe even by the end of the year. >> get tax reform done this year. it will be extraordinary. that's our objective. our objective is to get it on the president's desk by december to get him to sign it this year. senate keeps moving towards a larger vote on the budget today. meeting later this morning. guys. steve: griff, thank you very much. it looks as if it's full steam ahead regarding this vote on friday.

as griff just said, they have got to do it on friday if they want to be able to pass tax reform with 50 votes. the good news is the margin is a little bigger because thad cochran who has been very ill is apparently back in washington, d.c. brian: which is a pleasant surprise. they thought for sure he was out for the week. steve: rand paul is ready to vote no. because, as griff just said, he doesn't like the fact that the g.o.p. is going to spend billions in spending. he wants to get rid of $4 billion in overseas war funding that exceeds the budget caps that they all agreed to back in 2011. brian: that was the sequester caps. they did get good news. it looks like senator john mccain is in. which is a pleasant surprise for republicans on the budget to get them to tax reform. so, meanwhile, the spat continues between rand paul, linz is i graham and john mccain. for example. >> many people pointed out this could actually be a tax cut. i'm final with a tax cut. people say is that fiscally

responsible? in the context in believing in spending cuts that would be. that's what our budget document is. i will vote for almost any tax cut that comes down. i'm for stimulating economic growth through a tax cut. i won't do and it say i'm also -- i don't care about spending. the budget vote to me is a symbol and a guide post as to what we are as a party and what we stand for. and the people like mccain and graham who parade as conservatives, that are not really conservative, they need to be called out. they are playing the public and they are playing us for fools. neither one of them are conservative. these people will continue to throw wool over the eyes of the american voter and say we are conservative but yet it is passed off frankly not conservative. ainsley: he is saying lindsey graham and john mccain are not conservative. lindsey graham tweeted this out getting more bad info at rand paul. don't screw up tax reform

now. you already saved obamacare by trashing graham-cassidy-heller-johnso n. brian: a lot of squeeze on the defense side is causing a lot of the training accidents we have. pentagon, what they spend on that is another conversation that needs to be addressed. but the money has stearved out our military who has been asked to do more and more in many different operations from africa to the middle east and now we see what is happening in achings. the president is saying get the budget passed. we will handle the $43 billion worth of defense increases and then if you can get my tax reform done we will have enough growth to pay for everything. meanwhile the president went to the heritage foundation yesterday and talked about his tax plan in detail. lynch. >> i have had a great relationship with rand paul. and i think he is going to be with us. i think in the end he is going to be with us. i hope john mccain is going to be with us. we just don't know yet. the problem is we have no democrats. we have absolutely no

democrat votes. >> have you tried? >> yeah. we've tried. we've tried. they are in a box. they are 48 votes. all they want to do is obstruct. i think we have democrats. if we get through the budget. we have to get through the budget first. if we get through the budget we will have the taxes. i think we will have some democrats, especially in states where did i very well. ainsley: even if those two republicans vote against it, this thing can still pass which will be senator rand paul. maybe senator ted cruz. he hasn't said which way is he going to vote. john mccain and lisa murkowski and susan collins who voted no on obamacare. he is saying at least now they are that they will support the plan. the republicans have 52 -- there are 52 republican notice senate. so if two of them don't vote for it, they get 50 votes it, can still pass, the vice president will the tie breaker. steve: big vote on friday. stay tuned for that meanwhile a couple days ago the 'was out in the rose garden. we showed you that. he had that wide ranging exchange, let's call it, with the journalists. i was thinking about what

brit hume required to it as jackals asking questions. they covered all sorts of various topics all over the board. one of the questions asked the president though was about whether or not he had contacted the families of the four service members who were ambushed by isis. in the congo. or rather, niger that is to say. he said he had written them but then he said i don't think all presidents had contacted them. particularly barack obama had not contacted families who had service members. brian: with phone calls. steve: right. brian: the president said it seems to me that's what i heard. kind of backed off a little bit. this thing became the number one story out of a 45 minute press conference where he took two or three questions from the same reporters. how do you compare george bush to what barack obama did to what the president did? should the president be doing that? i asked him that yesterday. this is what he said. >> can i ask you what you thought about when you brought up past presidents

and what they've done? do you want to clarify anything there? >> there is nothing to clarify, to the best of my knowledge. i think i have called every family of somebody that's died and it's the hardest call to make. but i really speak for myself. i'm not speaking for other people. i don't know what bush did. i don't know what obama did. you can find out easily what president obama did. all you have to do is ask the military people. but i believe his policy was somewhat different than my policy. i can tell you my policy is i have called every one of them. and you have to let a little time go by. you just can't call immediately. but, i will be calling, have called, and will be calling the parents and the loved ones, the wives, et cetera, of the soldiers that recently were killed. steve: there was one other part of that interview that we did not include. and that is where he essentially said that, you know, ask general kelly whether or not barack obama called him. according to a news source i read this morning, apparently the kelly family did not get a call from the

president. it is unknown whether or not he wrote a letter. this is framed by the fact that there is another story going on this morning. a florida congresswoman by the name of fredericka wilson says the widow of one of those green berets killed in niger u.s. army sergeant la david johnson was his name was told by the president during a phone call, the soldier knew what he signed up for but the president said but i guess it still hurts. the president now is being slammed for insensitive -- being insensitive. ainsley: this representative, this drad down in florida said she was in the car. i believe it was in the car or listening on speaker phone. ainsley: with the wife down in miami. she said that the president was insensitive when he called to say i'm sorry your husband died fighting for our country. and she said he framed it wrong. he said that comment. she was really offended by it my response to this was the president of the united states of america called to say thank you for your service. i'm sorry for your

sacrifice. that in and of itself is extremely special that the president of the united states picked up the phone to call these families. brian: also, listen. this is one representative's opinion but b. what she thought the tone was and how it was being portrayed. of the president to the slain soldier's family. who are you to sit there and say i am offended by the way the president-by the president's tone to this family. this family won't speak out. i get it for her to scramble and call cnn into this story and make herself this major event is to me is totally inappropriate. steve: the key is we have not heard from the family itself. we have simply heard from this democratic congresswoman who says the president was insensitive in his comments. ainsley: it's okay if we don't hear from the family. they are grieving right now. out of all the things you should be complaining about the president this is not something you should be complaining about in my opinion. he called the family to say i'm really sorry. thank you for your

sacrifice. she didn't like the tone. she didn't like the way he phrased one sentence. do you really think the president was calling to condemn the family? no. brian: i know one family member said that the president waiting was smart. i appreciated the last thing we wanted was a call from the president right after we got word that he got killed in niger. so then this is a lawmaker coming out saying i don't like the tonal. so now when you go to a wake or go to a funeral you will be graded on how the proper mourning. ainsley: the president is not required to call all of the families. it's just extra special and very nice when they do. steve: and usually we never ever ever find out about the phone calls unless somebody makes them public. all right. meanwhile, 6:13 here in new york city. president trump and senator mitch mcconnell say they are closer than ever. is that really a good thing? our next guest says ah, not so sure. ainsley: meet the granny who just bagged a monster alligator. steve: oh my goodness. >> when the head came up it

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ainsley: president trump meeting with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell at the white house vowing unity opt g.o.p. agenda. so, is it a sign the president should give the establishment a second chance? nick adams writes all about it in his brand new book it's called the case against the establishment. and he joins us now. hey, nic. great to see you. >> thank you, ainsley, great to be here. ainsley: congratulations on the book. >> thank you. ainsley: we saw him in the rose garden, talking to mitch mcconnell. a lot of people would be trying to destroy this president and this administration. yet, he says that we have an outstanding relationship and we are friends. do you think the president should be able to trust the establishment at this point? >> look, the president is definitely the best person to make that call, ainsley. i think i probably speak on behalf of millions of americans when i say that we have been absolutely devastated and severely disappointed with how the establishment has treated this president, treated his agenda, treated his vision. but, if the president believes that he should give

senator mcconnell another chance, then i think that we should have faith in our president. ainsley: i feel like is he always wheeling and dealing. you know, the art of the deal, he's always negotiating. what's really happening behind the scenes because he's friends with him in the rose garden but then steve bannon is out there saying we need to get rid of mitch mcconnell. we need to change all these senators that aren't for our president's agenda. and he is out there campaigning for all these takenners yet, steve bannon and the president were in favor of different candidates in alabama for jeff sessions' seat? what's happening? >> look, i think president trump has got all of this under control, ainsley. i think that he is. ainsley: you're not answering me. what's going on? >> everyone sells playing checkers. it's hard to know exactly what's going on. i know there is a culture war in this country and then there is the effort of getting legislation through. i think both of those are different fights. i think that the president behind the scenes, i think he is working his magic for the american people. ainsley: let's talk about

your book. congratulations. it came out yesterday. what inspired this book. >> i read the art of the deal when i was 11 years old. i have been a fan of the president force as long as can i remember. he was the political figure i waited ainsley for my entire life. i'm 33 years old. i waited for someone like him to be the president and to be at the major political force in the world. and i'm so thankful for it. and by the same token, i am just so upset at the elites in the establishment and that's academia. that's the media, that's in the government that are all trying to tear this president down. if this president is given a fair chance, if this president is given all the opportunity he needs, to fulfill his vision, ainsley, i think he could be the best president ever. i think his face could belong on mount rushmore but they have got to give a chance. ainsley: nick adams, the book is called the case against the establishment.

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massive fire breaking out at california oil refinery overnight. firefighters battling intense flames right near the airport. the fire coming after reports of an explosion at the plant. the cause at this point is still unknown. it's now out and there are no reports of any injuries. according to chevron, this is the largest oil refinery on the west coast. amazon's top boss now out of a job. roy pryce turning in resignation overnight a week after he was accused of sexual harassment. this is just hours after harvey weinstein officially resigned from the company he helped start. board members giving the disgraced hollywood mogul an ultimatum, bow out or they will kick him off over the laundry list of shawlt sexual assault allegations. steve: nfl meeting with players and owners in new york has reached at least one conclusion. the conclusion is they will not force the players to stand for the national anthem. and they're not going to penalize anybody who kneels for now.

>> today's discussion with our players was very productive. and very important. the players and the owners came to an agreement that these aren't really issues that are player issues or owner issues or committee issues. they are issues that effect all of us in our communities. brian: in their view. this as owners and players gear up for a second round of talks today. here to react fox news contributor tomi lahren, are you looking forward to what the nfl thinks is wrong with the american society, tomi. >> they don't need to peoplize players for kneeling. we will. they can continue to walk this long. we can see goodell continue to be someone that is spineless and can't even stand up for the organization, the best interest of the organization. that's fine. they can do that. and we will react accordingly. steve: well, tomi, the commissioner said yesterday apparently they are going to pledge to work on social

justice and injustice in the various communities. and so that way they will be able to do it via other platforms rather than take a knee, i think it is hoped. brian: but they can still take a knee. steve: sure. >> yeah. here's my question and i -- this is a serious question i have for these players that are, in fact, kneeling because we know it is so many at this point. it started with collin kaepernick and now it has spread and infected the league. i would like to ask these players what exactly are you kneeling for and why have you chosen the flag and the anthem to do it? i bet if we asked 100 players we would get 100 different answers. furthermore, i would like to ask those same players what would it take for you to then stand and respect the flag and the anthem? and, again, you would probably get 100 different answers if you would get an answer at all. ainsley: what did you make of jacksonville. they apologized yesterday. remember they went to the u.k. they took a knee during the national anthem but stood up for god save the queen. yesterday they said we are sorry for doing that. brian: it's just their

management. the players have not apologized. >> i don't expect an apology. but, again, if they want to do this. their fans will react accordingly. and i think we're going to see it. it's not because there is some kind of a conspiracy we're going to boycott the nfl. honestly, those that live in middle america, those that live in the heart land of this country, that are the football watchers, the fans, we're just sick of it. we don't like it. it's a disgrace to us. we love our country and don't like it. we are going to shut off the tv. we're not going to go to games and they will pay for it. brian: monday night football came in really low. the lowest of the season. indianapolis was a pretty good game against the titans and also the vikings and bears did not rate high again. so they are suffering a little bit. i also think it's pretty extraordinary one of the issues they want addressside gender pay. football players are interested in gender pay. who knew? >> well, yeah. again, i would like to see more diversity in the nfl then. if we are going to go that far and talk about social justice. i want to see more asian

players in the nfl. i want to see more white players in the nfl and more women in the nfl. i want everybody to be accepted in the nfl. why even do it based on merit anymore. let everyone play in the nfl. want to go far and talk about social justice. let's go and get the ball rolling. brian: plans on that on sunday but i know what you mean. steve: apparently the league has another meeting in the next two weeks. decide something then because they didn't do much yesterday. all right, tomi lahren. great to see you. ainsley: thank you. great to see you this morning. >> thank you. steve: what do you think about that email us at friends@foxnews.com: could be grilled again on b. hillary clinton's emails. did james comey plan to clear her long before he even interviewed her. brian: the secretary of defense pretty strong. karen pence the wife of vice president mike pence is here with a big announcement. that's next. ainsley: first, heable to zac efron. the actor is only 30 years old today.

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pence. great to see you this morning. >> good morning. brian: when you see the president interacting with military and sometimes in those tough situations, how would you characterize his demeanor? >> you know, it's interesting. mike and i both have had the privilege of being with lots of our military and frequently we're with the president and melania. and i have never seen someone who has such respect for the military. his compassion and his care is so obvious when he is with these families. ainsley: i'm sure that means a lot to you considering the fact your son is in the marines and you are a military family. thank you for coming on this morning because you have a big announcement. >> we do. one of the privileges of being second lady is that you are able to choose oneishive to kind of highlights. and when i was thinking about what should i talk about, i decided to talk about art therapy. this is a profession that's very misunderstood. i first found out about art therapy in 2006. and here i was someone with

a master's degree in art education. i consider myself to dabble as an artist. i had never heard of art therapy. art therapy is the profession, really these are clinical psychologists who use art as their medium. and it is absolutely amazing to see these people at work who will take, for example, a veteran with ptsd, start them working in clay or masks and their brain is reprogrammed. a lot of these vets have told me after they have worked in art therapy, they don't go to that carkin place anymore. it's just an amazing profession that's very misunderstood. so i have decided to champion that as my issue. steve: have you chosen the campus of florida state university; is that right? >> yes, we have. one of the things that we want to do. we have three goals. one is to elevate the profession and explain it. this is not arts and crafts. the seconds is to encourage

young people to go into this profession and the third is to make people aware that this is an option. if you want some type of therapy. if you have had a trauma, this is something you can look into. but florida state university has a nationally acclaimed amazing art therapy program. we're very excited to go down there today to speak to a lot of the students and the professors and see what they do. kind of praise them for what they're doing. lift up what these young people are doing. and encourage people going in to the profession of art therapy. steve: have you had a wide ranging description of the people who would benefit from art therapy. who all could be helped by it? >> you know, anybody can be helped by art therapy. today we're going to actually observe canopy cove, which is a place where they work with people with eating disorders. we have seen it with autism. i have actually seen it with children who are blind. i'm on the board of tracy's kids in washington, d.c. they work with children with cancer.

we see it with veterans. we're excited today because some people are going to be at our roll out of this initiative. for example, we have dr. degraba from walter reed. is he a nulings wh neurologist y can heal our vets and actually rewire their brain. steve: interesting stuff. ainsley: wonderful. >> very interesting. ainsley: i went to florida state my freshman and sophomore year go to po boys. if you drink you can get a beer. steve: mrs. pence, before do you that whoever is hammering in the studio down there in washington. could you ask them to stop it. >> i sure will. steve: just go up to them and say excuse me, do you know ohio am? don't do that. all right. have a great day in florida. ainsley: thanks so much. >> thank you. steve: i have been told they are doing some sort of construction in that building, just not in our

studio. somebody upstairs. somebody needs a broom. ainsley: right. yeah. could you imagine -- do you know ohio am? she would never do that. jillian: she would never do that it's the same thing when we have live outside of the white house. there is a leaf blower, backhoe, always something. we do want to start with a fox news alert right now and get you caught up on the news of the day. mandalay security guard will appear on the ellen show today and describe the moments he was shot by stephen paddock. >> i felt the burning sensation. i went to go lift my pant leg up and i saw the blood. that's when i called it in on my radio that shots have been fired. jillian: ellen says this will be his only interview. we thought he was missing. he is not: want james comey to testify again.

comey began drafting hillary clinton's exoneration letter before he even interviewed her about her private email server. >> he made a lot of decisions in 2016 that i think are worth reviewing. congress should look at this decision not to charge and whether or not it was made before you interviewed two dozen witnesses, including the target of the investigation. we need to talk to him again. jillian: the house oversight committee chairman also plans to speak to comey's former colleagues. what looked to be a third day of unsuccessful game hungtsing quickly changed for one florida family after catching this massive 500-pound gator. debra swailes along with her grand children almost giving up hope when the unexpected happened. >> we hear this underneath the boat, an alligator hit the under side of the boat. put the bullets in the gun. put the bullets in the gun. >> debra says she is happy she gets to share memories like this with her grand

kids. i don't know if i would be laughing. i would be crying. steve: i think she needs a bigger boat. ainsley: i would turn the motor on and be out of there. brian: she grows up around alligators. it's no big deal. for us it's a big deal. another woman who is very comfortable around gators it's janice dean. steve: really? ainsley: have you seen those pictures? brian: i have seen weather department. ainsley: we like to rangle in the weather department. it's a beautiful day in new york city. and it's going to get warmer again. we had a taste of fall yesterday. warmer temperatures are on the way aacross the east coast. let's take a look at those maps. a much quieter weather pattern. we are so excited about that in the weather department. more time for wrestling gators u 51 in new york. 51 in minneapolis. cooler weather across the rockies. 49 in provo. 48 in seattle. new florida, you could see the potential for showers and scattered thunderstorms in your forecast. then across the northwest, we are getting into that season where we have these

pacific storms move in and that's going to give some rainy weather and some snow across the rockies. but the good news is we're going to see some much needed rain across northern california. i want to finish off with this spectacular forecast. round of applause, everyone. new york city looks fabulous over the next five days with temperatures in the 70's. [cheers and applause] janice: i love it, right? thank you. ainsley: have you quite an audience it sounds like out there. steve: no kidding. karen pence has somebody with a hammer and janice dean has a guy with a sound effect record in the basement. all right. good job, to b toba. jillian: more of brian's one-on-one interview with president trump like his thoughts on working with the democrats. risen. brian: i talked to senator joe manchin yesterday. he says if they could give me a little something, i could deliver six to eight democrats. number one, do you believe that and number two, are you willing to negotiate? ainsley: that's a good tease. i'm dying to hear what the answer is coming up. brian: i will not tell you. steve: one of the largest

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brian: quick headlines now. president trump showing campaign promise come to life. listen to this. the commander in chief tweeting a video of border wall prototype construction in san diego. crews building 8 different designs for the president to choose from. the walls featured defense mechanisms to stop the illegal immigration. that's the goal. border agents stopped this guy even before the wall could go up. customs officials say joseph daniel calderon of canada lied to them about the

arizona border. claiming he was american. he actually is mexican. and ms-13 member with a long criminal history and has been deported several times. i don't like him at all. steve? steve: meanwhile, los angeles police will soon have an eye in the sky police commission approving a drone program becoming the largest police department in the nation to use the drones. it comes the same way a commercial airliner and a drone collided in north america for the very first time and that is not good. bret philokovich. he is the author of a book called drone warrior. he joins us: the headline about drones. the headline is they will not be weaponized. >> definitely removed the missile. it's not a war zone in the u.s. they don't necessarily need the dronsz launch hell fire missiles. at the same time they need something that can help against potential hostage

situations or armed individuals who may be barricaded and basically the police need these types of drones to help provide them with insight to what they are going into to help save lives. what's super interesting about this technology right now it is more difficult for a police department in the townhouse deploy a consumer drone for their operations than it is for the average person. steve: why? >> it has to do with the rules and regulations right now. right now the operations in limbo. 2.1 million drones sold in the u.s.s. last year alone. that's up from 700,000 the year before. they have say it will be over 3 million this year. yet, we don't have the regulations in place right now to really help boost the industry for what's needed. steve: so the police departments are slowed down because they follow the rules unlike the average person who goes and buys one of those and flies out out by laguardia. >> exactly. we are seeing a lot of different situations right now where people are using them improperly. now, look, for the most part, most folks are out there doing the same thing. then hav have you got guys taking these drones and flying them over the prisons and drops contraband into

these prisons. number of democratic of justice investigations that are out there that are trying to find people doing these things. folks flying them over the wildfires in california and so right now it's very easy, especially someone like me that understands drones, i can put one of these on the lawn of the white house if i had to. that's a dangerous thing for people to be able to do. steve: this looks like a see through book but it's a drone. show us how it works. >> there is a number of really cool drones on the market right now. you talk about the safety features and things people are working ton make sure it's safer in the airspace. sense and avoid technology. this drone right here one of the most common ones on the market it actually can avoid obstacles. maneuver around buildings. if the battery gets low it will actually return back to you. but this is just more of a pocket sized drone that. steve: what would you use it for? >> we call it a selfie drone. it has the ability to follow you around and take photos. it's really easy. set it up here and has the ability to fly and then it can recognize my face.

so it's actually. steve: there is a camera in there. >> yeah. the camera has the ability to film you. it streams that live video back to a command center. steve: that's unbelievable. i get why the police would like that kind of technology. >> of course. steve: it used to be expensive and now can you buy it all over the place. >> they should have everything in their arsenal to help save lives. steve: sure, bret. a lot of people don't like it because they feel like an eye in the sky spying on me. they had, i think, 1600 emails sent to the l.a. police department about whether or not you like the idea. only 6% liked the idea. >> look, there is a lot of privacy concerns out there. and i think with any new technology people get afraid of it people were scared of the internet and cell phones. this technology is going to change our lives. i think people should embrace it and absolutely use it for the good that it can bring. steve: let's see what they do out in the city of angels. thank you very much. >> nice to see you again. steve: this is so cool. i want one of those. i have no idea what i would do with it but it's cool.

thank you. coming up, christian persecution at all time high. isis destroying 214 churches a month. but our next guest has found stories of faith in the face of terror. and that will inspire you. and russian collusion finally uncovered. but this time it's not about president trump. what was the obama administration up to? waited until you hear this. ♪ hungry eyes ♪ one look at you and i can't disguise ♪ ♪ i've got hungry eyes ♪ applebee's 2 for $20. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood.

♪ brian: all right. had a report revealing christian persecution at all-time high. get this, every month 322 christians are murdered because they're christians. and 214 churches destroyed because they're christian churches. by isis and other terror groups just add them all together. but in the face of evil we

are learning of incredible stories of holding on to your faith. the brand new book out chronicles all of this. called the martyr's oath, living for the jesus they're willing to die for has firsthand stories about that. i'm talking about johnnie moore. tell me. so places you have been and what you have witnessed. >> the statistics are staggering, right? we have lost 80% of the christians in iraq. we have lost 50% in syria. in a generation and and a half, we lost 99% of the christians in turkey in egypt right now we are seeing a massive escalation of christian persecution. so i went documenting all of these statistics and stories and what exactly is happening. but i also went looking for stories of hope and perseverance in the face of all of this. the terrorists are trying to destroy christianity and in the end, all they're doing is actually making us stronger. brian: give me an example. >> just in egypt, you know, in the last couple of months, you know, isis has

moved into the sinai. they moved up hundred families from the northern sinai. they bombed dozens and dozens of churches. they attacked a whole bus load of christians going to a monday monastery. yet the churches are still filled. on good friday they killed dozens of christians and, yet, on easter sunday, you know, you couldn't put another christian in a church in egypt because the christians refuse to be terrorized. they just won't be intimidated. so it's the best of times and the worst of times. brian: also when it came to refugees they weren't prioritized over the last 8 years before president trump took office? what was that like? because you were trying to help them. >> the obama administration frankly didn't care at all. they literally didn't care at all. they blocked us from bringing a nun to testify to congress about the atrocities she witnessed in iraq. not the case with president trump. i mean, you know, president trump and the trump administration care about this issue entirely. and, you know, the truth is, the truth is, you know, trump is on the path to solve the syrian crisis, to

solve the north korea crisis, potentially. north korea is the number 1% cuter of christians. brian: even though hillary clinton was in south korea criticizing our president which is unbelievable. >> kim jong un and his father and grandfather had v. built their dictatorship on the backs and blood of christians. there are 70,000 christians in prison right now. imagine if trump solves the syrian crisis and solves north korea and very easily he could save christianity in the middle east. a simple presidential directive ordering aid to help rebuild the christian communities. you know, coordinator to make sure it all gets done. he could end up with the nobel peace prize. brian: you said the door is always open to the white house to the evangelical community and even today. the name of the book is "the martyr's oath" living for the jesus they are willing to die for. johnnie moore chronicles it. very brave guy. more of my one on one of my interview with that president we were just

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protests saying kneelers won't be punished. >> it's a disgrace to us and we don't like it. we will shut off the tv. we won't go to games and they will pay for it? >> the yankees powering their way back to tie things up against the houston astros. >> there gross gregorius yankees lead into the gap into the score. ♪ ♪ ♪ me and my gang ♪ we live ♪ to ride ♪ we ride ♪ to live steve: if you were just watching the kicker right there you saw that lee brice is going to be in the program a couple hours from right now on the number one cable news show in the world. brian: what's this song ♪ me and my gang. ainsley: i love all of the

songs. i'm terrible at telling you what they are all called. when you could buy cds we knew every song and every name. now because of itunes you just download the song you like, you listen to it. i don't know any of the songs anymore. steve: here's the thing. people don't listen to the whole song anymore. part of it and i'm bored. brian: i'm a big second verse guy. i like to listen to the second verse. steve: that is such a lie. i have never heard you listen to music. he has got all of his. brian: talk radio. steve: good job with the president yesterday. ainsley out with big book signing last night. ainsley: brian's family came. we will talk about it coming up. let's move on. the senate is looking to move forward to pass historic tax cuts by the trump administration. brian: they also need to pass a budget first and by the end of this week. the pressure is on congress to deliver. steve: will they be able to do it? let's turn to griff jenkins live in d.c. griff? >> steve, ainsley, and brian, good morning. they might deliver. the senate took the first

step yesterday voting to proceed on a budget resolution paving the way for tax reform through reconciliation rules. that means they only need a simple majority to pass anything. as the president took his tax plan the democrats opposed to the conservative heritage foundation last night. promising to deliver the largest tax cut in history. >> it's going to be hard getting the democrats because they're obstructionists and they vote in blocks. but if we get the republicans we need, we will get that largest tax cut in the history of our country. and you will see things happen like have never happened before. >> so are enough republicans on board? senators like collins, mur cow is i and mccain who held out on healthcare have signaled support. concerns adding to the deficit. key vote to watch senator rand paul who treasury secretary steve mnuchin says he hopes will come through. >> thank you senator paul can get there. >> we will see. i know the president has had

multiple conversations and i hope he votes in favor. this is critical. this isn't just about tax reform. this is about jobs and creating economic growth. and that's what we're focused on. >> mnuchin also told bret that everything is negotiable here except cutting corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%. of the president already tweeting this morning about this very thing saying, quote: the democrats will only vote for tax increases. hopefully all senate republican also vote for the largest tax cuts in u.s. history. the senate resumes voting on in this morning. guys? steve: well, we will talk to sherrod brown, the senator from ohio in just a moment. he is going to the white house to talk about tax cuts with the president today. griff, thank you very much. also yesterday, steve mnuchin, the treasury secretary secretary of defense it would be extraordinary if they were able to get the taxes done this year. ainsley: yeah, it would be. in order to get the taxes done, they have to get the budget done by friday. they need at least 50 votes. which can look promising.

there are two republican senators. steve: thought that about healthcare, too. ainsley: who knows two. republican senators saying they may or may not support. this one is senator rand paul and one is senator ted cruz. ted cruz has not said whether he is supporting or not. senator rand paul objects to the spending levels republicans agreed on this' can a. republicans say excess spending something overseas military operations which are not subjected to the cap. brian: right. by the way, we need them because we have a lot of terror challenges. next, i think it's important to point out that i spoke to mick mulvaney on our show. and he said i'm kind of down about the chances of getting these votes needed. he see him two hours later on the radio he says i'm much more upbeat now. ainsley: what changed? brian: ed that cochran is not going to be out all week. ainsley: he was sick and aid said he was not going to vote and now is he back. brian: got word that john mccain is going to vote with this budget. steve: rand paul has a problem with john mccain and also with lindsey graham. he says look these guys

voted for these budget caps in 2011. now are they really conservatives? they are spending too much money. watch this. >> i'll vote for almost any tax cut that comes down. i'm for stimulating economic growth through a tax cut. but i won't do it and say i'm also -- i don't care about spending. the budget vote to me is a symbol and a guide post as to what we are as a party and what we stand for. and the people like mccain and graham who parade as conservatives, but are not really conservative, they need to be called out. they are playing the public and they are playing us for fools. neither one of them are conservative. these people will continue to throw wool over the eyes of the american voter and simply say oh, we're conservative. and, yet, they pals stuff that is just frankly not conservative. steve: well, lindsey graham didn't like that. he tweeted. ainsley: this is what he said. get more bad information from rand paul. don't screw up tax reform now. you already saved obamacare by trashing graham,

cassidy-heller-johnson. brian: didn't vote for that we will discuss bipartisan temporary fix that came down yesterday lamar alexander along with senator patty murray. there is more coming together perhaps on capitol hill. steve: that's in the senate. the house is not for that they don't want to extend the life of obamacare. they want to kill it. ainsley: i was reading all about in this morning. this is what he what she says. what does the bill mean for you at home. here is what it would mean. $6 trillion in tax cuts over the next 10 years. that's more money in your pocket. more jobs, and higher wages. so, who would be against that? brian: right. do you talk to yourself in the morning when you come to these revelations? ainsley: read everything and so much information. hold on. what are people at home want to know? what does ainsley want to know. i'm sure they want to know the same thing i want to know. i break it down and simplify it for myself. steve: if ainsley wants to know what the president thinks about rand paul who said just that brian asked him. watch.

>> i have had a great relationship with rand paul. i think he's going to be with us. i think in the end he's going to be with us. i hope john mccain is going to be with us. we just don't know yet. the problem is we have no democrats. we have absolutely no democrat votes. brian: have you tried? >> yeah, we've tried. we've tried. they are in a block. they have 48 votes. all they want to do is obstruct. i think we have democrats -- we have to get through the budget first. if we get through the budget we will have the taxes. i think we are going to have some democrats, especially in states where did i very well. brian: and he does. he believes there is a lot of democrats who have very nervous about their next election in the senate. he thinks that joe manchin says he believes he can get five or six. he just wants something. he says that something might be a raise to the corporate tax rate, which is ridiculous. why are democrats against lowering the corporate tax rate? steve: listen, the president just mentioned john mccain. he says he hopes he will say yes when it comes to tax reform. he did back the budget thing that's going to be voted on on this friday.

but, there is a question what he would vote from time to time because, let's face it, john mccain is the man who tor torpedo. a young correspondent i happen to know asked the senator about it. i don't think he liked the question. >> your relationship with the president frayed to the point that you are not going to support anything that he comes to you and asks for? >> why would you say something that stupid? why would you ask something that dumb? huh? my job as united states senator is a senator from arizona which i was just reelected to. you mean i'm somehow going to behave in a way i'm going to block everything because of some personal disagreement? that's a dumb question. steve: well, you know, is it a fair question? clearly john mccain has not been a reliable yes vote for the trump train. and so going forward, what's

he going to do? as the president said, he would like to have john mccain's vote so he doesn't know. brian: the president said, also the president had a speech, senator mccain had a speech after getting the freedom award where he was very negative about the president. says that nationalism. half baked nationalism. it did come up. he seemed to at least give a vote for the moving forward on the budget resolution to discuss the budget later this week. ainsley: they have been going back and forth senator mccain and the president. for him to talk to your son that way ohio feel like is my family, i didn't like that. but i understand, i know he is going through a lot. so god bless him. i didn't like that exchange. how did you feel as his dad? steve: it's a good question. and, you know what? it's a sound bite we ran. brian: by the way, president trump said john mccain, he says he doesn't want to fight. he says i'm a guy that fights back. he says i don't think that's a fight either side should have. i think it makes people really uneasy. especially with what's going on with john mccain. steve: we're going to talk to senator sherrod brown about taxes in a element no.

right now we have jillian with headlines. jillian: good morning guys. good morning to you at home as well. let's begin with a fox news alert. american woman freed after five years in terrorist captivity rushed to the hospital overnight. caitlin comey's husband confirms the news but won't say why. the couple had has been living in canada because comey's husband refuses to come to the u.s. he fears he will be arrested over his ex-wife's ties to a former gitmo detainee. the rescue carried out by the pakistani miller. we have just learned seal team 6 was reportedly ready to act if pakistan did not. today attorney general jeff sessions heads back to capitol hill to testify before the senate judiciary committee. it comes after an explosive new report reveals the obama administration knew russia was using bribery and extortion to seize control of 20% of all u.s. uranium stockpiles. the administration cut deals with moscow anyway. according to the hill, fbi documents show russian nuclear officials gave millions of dollars to the clinton foundation while hillary clinton was secretary of state.

the fbi documents claim the russian kick backs started in 2009. speaking of jeff sessions. the race for his senate seat is tightening up. a brand new fox news poll showing a virtual tie in the alabama special election. roy moore and doug jones both at 42%. and in virginia a monmouth university poll shows republican ed gillespie holding 1 point lead over democratic lieutenant governor northam. yankees powering their way back to tie things up against the houston astro notice american league championship series. >> there goes gregorius. yankees lead. into the gap and two runs are going to score. judge gregorius, pinches delivers. jillian: 6-4 win powers judge and sanchez. game five is tonight. and the l.a. dodgers trying

to make short work of the champion cubs with a 6-1 victory taking a 3-0 series win one win away for the world series. argument sake dodgers, yankees. ainsley: who are we pulling for? steve: of course the yankees we are in new york. jillian: i'm not from here. ainsley: who are you going to go for? jillian: i think it would be dodgers. steve: that makes it interesting then we can have a debate. ainsley: i'm taking you to a yankees game and making you a fan. gizelle jill i haven't given up on that. steve: meanwhile, president trump set to meet with a bipartisan group of senators later today pushing his tax reform plan. ohio democrat sherrod brown is going to be there. what is he going to say to the president? we will ask him. is he live next. ainsley: can food fix mostly any health problem? you probably have seen his book. dr. oz says yes. the doctor is going to join us live next to explain how ♪ i'll be there ♪ not a drive by ♪

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and you will see things happen like have never happened before. steve: later today, president trump is going to meet with a group of bipartisan senators on the finance committee to discuss his tax reform plan. that most democrats oppose right now in public. what can we expect? well, ohio democrat, senator sherrod brown is one of the people that the president is meeting with today. joins us from the russell rotunda. good morning, senator. >> steve, thanks. good to be with you. steve: i have read a couple of the bills that you actually support. it sounds like you and donald trump are actually on the same page. >> i read his forbes interview i think just last week. and part of his speech last night. i listened to what his daughter says about. the president's to do two things. he wants to give significant tax relief to working families and he wants to make sure that corporations are patriotic. that corporations actually pay decent wages and keep their jobs in this country. and my patriot corporation

act. president talked about a carrot and stick by keeping companies paying good wages they should get a corporate tax rate. that's what our patriot corporate tax rate dolls. the other part of this working family tax credit. child tax credit, work earned income tax credit. the president's daughter has spoken favorably about doing those things. i will go to the president and speak about those two issues. i think they are right down the middle of what he wants to do. and we do that. we have real bipartisan tax reform. and that's what the country wants. steve: well, that's great to hear. because we hear that you all up on capitol hill are all dug. in everybody has a corner nobody is willing to meet in the middle. but you're telling us that if, for instance, components of the two things you are interested in are in the president's and ultimately the senate's tax reform plan, you're a yes vote? >> well, i want to see it i don't know what's exactly going to be in it. those are the two major things that would get, i think, a bunch of democrats to vote yes. but, if this is going to be

sort of mitch mcconnell writing this bill in the back room and trying to jam it through with 50 votes, that's not how we legislate. that's not what the country wants. what fox viewers or msnbc viewers want. they want us to do this right. not in the back rooms but in the light of day. focus on -- you grow the economy from the middle class out. if the middle class does well, then businesses do well. and we make things in this country and working families get tax breaks. and that's what the president said in his campaign. that's what he said on forbes last week. that was part of what he said last night in his heritage speech that i watched. i want to find a way to do it right with 60 votes bipartisanly. and, you know, as you know, steve, i have a history of working with or against presidents of both parties. steve: you do. >> on trades and other issues. i want to do this right for ohio and for my country. steve: i'm sure when the president sees you later today he will go i saw you on tv this morning. >> i hope is he watching today. steve: i hear you might be a yes. sherrod brown from the great state of ohio.

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dr. oz joins us now. great to see you. i was signing some books last night i was at a bookstore in long island and your book was everywhere. congratulations. already hit the "new york times" best seller. all of your books have. >> as you know i haven't written a book in a long time. ainsley: seven years? >> longer than i can remember. the reality is science needs to catch up a little bit with when our moms told us. mom told us to eat real food. eating the tway looks when you eat it. surface foods with butter. she knew real food the right way. the real eif i have taken and break through is when you walk into a grocery store you are walking into a pharmacy. especially at a time we are spending so much time arguing over healthcare bills and real salvation to our health noit take people in the hospital or bedroom in the living room and kitchen. if you can actually begin to understand how to address the biggest problems, becomes almost patriotic duty to eat better. breaking news this morning from the cdc obesity rate is

at 40% now. up 15 years from 30%. you can't balance a budget when 40% of the people are overweight with all the chronic illness, high blood pressure and cholesterol that comes along with it. i brought you a little present. this is honey from my backyard. ainsley: really. >> it's got sugar but i will get back to it. sugar with nutrients. i got nuts easy to cart around. won't get heavy. good for blood pressure. cdc announced crisis. not getting blood pressure right. 6 the more they process food outside your body, the les healthy it is for the processes. ainsley: if it's in a bag and last a few months in your pantry not good. >> good for shelf life and not body life. things like fruit and nuts go along with apples and leafy greens. all these foods are remarkably powerful. we are not appreciate from depression to alzheimers to obesity and, of course,

things like hypertension that result from it food is our best salvation. yet, we are not doing it because we have lost touch with the fact that food is sacred. ainsley: i heard it said we have to control what we put in our mouth. we have to control the mood not the food controlling us. i love when you say you walk in the grocery store and it's your pharmacy. you talk about dr. oz's food fixes. >> acronym. nuts fats with benefits. lean meat. small amount of fat in it. can you have beans and i prefer vegetarian sources of protein. low fat. extra veggies and extra fruits. can you never get too many veggies. eat energizing carbs. can you have carbohydrates. oatmeal. things start early in the morning. start your day the right way. your hormones will work with you instead of against you. make it easy to do the right thing. s, that presents for you. honey i mentioned earlier. special occasion sugars. there is nothing healthier

than smiling and laughing over a meal. food is always bound us together as a people. when you forget that reality and eat mindlessly we end up tripping and falling. that's what's happened to our society. i will repeat. this fight all you want about the healthcare budget in washington. fix the problem in your home and we won't have a problem in washington. ainsley: it's a great book. recipes and advice. have you got to pick it up. thank you so much, dr. oz. >> don't share the honey with those guys up stairs. ains ages i'm not. tell us all mine. honey is so good. if you get toast. peanut butter melts a little bit and put honey on it. >> actually put it on wounds it kills back tier i can't say but not your cells. so many nutrient. these are my own bees, jersey bees. ainsley: i can't believe have you bees in your back yard. >> 100 pounds of honey a year. it's worth it. ainsley: god bless you. more of brian's one-on-one interview with the president. what it's like working with democrats. listen.

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i'm able to do it. ainsley: one of the people that he called was the wife of sergeant la david johnson who his body was brought back on a plane to miami. and had a water canon salute. he was one of the four soldiers killed on october 4th on that niger ambush. look at that video. it looks like his wife is crying. steve: when his widow was at the airport, apparently she was in the company of a florida democrat. congresswoman by the name of fredica wilson. there she is right there on file video. and ms. wilson said that the president of the united states, when he did call her, talking about the president, she said he said that her husband knew what he signed up for but i guess it still hurts. and the congress is beside herself over i cannot believe that the president would make such an insensitive comment. ainsley: well, the president

said it's not at all what he said. he just tweeted about it he writes. brian: he said democratic congresswoman totally fabricated what i said to a wife of a soldier who died in action. and i have proof. sad. unbelievable woman would get out of her way to get involved in a news story where she felt empowered to characterize the comments to the family of a slain soldier. number one, she is making a judgment on what's right or wrong to say somebody-to-somebody who got gunned down in the prime of his life. now she is passing judgment on the president. she is booking herselves on all the shows. and now the president is sitting there wait a second. i have a confidential conversation with a family member and now someone is politicizing the entire event. ainsley: i don't think anyone who hears this story democrat or republican would actually think that if the president of the united states is going to call the wife that he would belittle her and say he signed up for this. well, no. no. he was doing the right thing. he was being nice. he was calling the widow and

maybe he phrased something or he says he didn't do it. maybe this lady took it the wrong way. he was being nice. he was calling the wife of a widow and saying so sorry. steve: when you make that phone call, what can you possibly say? thank you very much for your husband's service. your heart is broken. the nation grieves for you. but, at the same time, you know, it became a political story when a couple of days ago where that first sound bite was where the office was in the rose garden where he was asked have you called the families? and he said what he said right there. and then later he said something like barack obama, i don't think, called everybody. and, yesterday brian, he was talking to you in your interview regarding the radio. and he said, essentially, well, ask john f. kelly whether or not barack obama called. brian: the thing is with general kelly, is he intensely private about it i know on memorial day he didn't want to talk about it when he was sitting on our couch because he feels as though he doesn't want too much attention on his son because some other sons and

daughters are lost in battle, too. just because he is the highest ranking officer to be killed since the war on terror began. so the president was sitting down with us on radio. and here's what he said. >> i know this is a big week. how important is getting this budget passed to even get to the tax reform conversation, mr. president? >> well, it's very important. i mean, we need the budget. we need the passage. we have thad cochran as you know ♪ feeling so great. he may not be able to vote. we don't know what john mccain is going to do. we have a couple of others that maybe could disappoint us. maybe they won't. if we get the budget. i think we will be in good shape to get the tax but we have to get the budget. brian: i talked to senator joe manchin yesterday. he says if they could give me a little something, i could deliver six to eight democrats. number one, do you believe that and number two, are you willing to negotiate? >> we will be talking to joe. i think it's hard for joe to vote against tax cuts. brian: in west virginia. >> in west virginia. i think it's very hard for joe. i think it's very hard for

other people especially where i'm very popular in their states and they're coming up for an election to vote against the largest tax cut in the history of our country. people need money. the government is taking too much money. we are the highest taxed nation in the world. we need the tax cuts. brian: you golfed with rand paul over the weekend. most agree he is going to be the greatest challenge. >> i have had a great relationship with rand paul. i think is he going to be us. i think in the end is he going to be with us. i hope john mccain is going to be with us. we don't know yet. the problem is we have no democrats. we have absolutely no democrat votes. brian: have you tried? >> yeah. we have tried. we have tried. they are in a block. they have 48 votes. awful they want to do is obstruct. i think we have democrats, if we get through the budget -- you know, we have to get through the budget first. if we get through the budget, we will get to the taxes. we will have democrats especially in states where i did very well. brian: it's going to be a big week. every president has his preference foreign policy. >> i think foreign policy for me has been very strong. i think we did the right thing with iran.

and if you noticed, iran was respectful yesterday. they were not jumping up and down. they were respectful of what i did. and they may not agree with it, but they were very, very respectful. i think that if you look at what i did with the payments going to the insurance companies, you know, not going to poor people. they are going right into the pockets of the insurance companies. and i brought a list for you. brian: you did. >> look at these insurance companies. since obamacare started anthem big company, 270% increase. 270%. that he was since aca, that's obamacare. so since obamacare, humana, 420% increase. aetna, 470% increase. sigma, 480% increase. brian: i looked at those numbers. >> the insurance companies are making a fortune. brian: are you saying when they raise premiums or raise deductibles they are trying to increase their profits instead of doing an honest job about giving people insurance? are they being disdishonest

and going too profit oriented. >> no. one bin fish area for obamacare ♪ the people. they are getting killed. look what is happening to their premiums. the reason is because obamacare is a rip off. great for the insurance companies. find out who gave all that money to the democrats? take a look at the insurance companies. brian: right. >> the democrats don't want to hurt the insurance companies. brian: is this to force their hand to come up with something. >> this helps. brian: not so much this paper but the $7 billion i'm not making that payment? >> i think it helps. brian: did you it to push action. >> i think if i did not do that and i just said we're not going to make that payment. if i didn't do that i don't believe the democrats would have called. brian: david axelrod said last night that you are pulling this back and tearing up the iran deal as your attempt to obliterate the obama legacy. is it? >> no. it's just that i disagree with obama on some things. brian: other news broke today and you tweeted out.

congressman morino pulled back as drug czar. what went into that. >> it is a great state. i won pennsylvania. he told me, look, if there is even a perception that he has a conflict of interest, with insurance companies, essentially, but if there is even a perception that he has a conflict of interest, he doesn't want anything to do with it. there was a couple of articles having to do with him and drug companies. and tom morino took a pass. weighs very gracious. i have to say that. brian: you came out with mitch mcconnell yesterday and seemed on the same page. one of the questions was writing the green beret soldiers and ends up being a bigger story. can i ask you what you thought about when you brought up past presidents and what they've done. do you want to clarify anything there. >> there was nothing to clarify, to the best of my knowledge. i think i have called every family of somebody that's died. and it's the hardest call to make. i said it very loud and clear yesterday. the hardest thing for me to do is do that. now, as far as other representatives, i don't know. i mean, you could ask

general kelly. did he get a call from obama? you could ask other people. i don't know what obama's policy was. i write letters and i also call. but i really speak for myself. i'm not speaking for other people. i don't know what bush did. i don't know what obama did. you can find out easily what president obama did. all you have to do is ask the military people. but i believe his policy was somewhat different than my policy. i can tell you my policy is i've called every one of them. and you have to let a little time go by. you can't just call immediately. but, i will be calling, have called, and will be calling the parents and the loved ones, the wives, et cetera, of the soldiers that recently were killed. brian: nine months in, are you happy? >> i love doing it i'm getting tremendous support. and it's hard to believe i can get support when you have so many phony stories out there like cnn, like msnbc, like nbc. nbc is probably worst than cnn. but all i know is fox is good.

you are fair. brian: thank you. >> you know what? the truth is you hit me when it's needed. you do. you do in particular, right? but the fact is. brian: i think we're fair. >> all i want is fair. and fox has really been fair and i appreciate it. brian: thank you. steve: fair and balanced, maybe? brian: and if you flip around, what you might not want to do, but if you do ever flip around, it's amazing how they just try to destroy him. they have no interest even bringing people in on the other side to defend him. steve: what channel? animal planet? brian: msnbc or cnn. ainsley: they have like the panel of 8 people with one conservative. brian: all of them don't like president trump next to democrats who never liked president trump. great job with your balanced panel. you will. the stocthe man behind 99tax pl. steve: the president just responded to this democrat after she attacked him for

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♪ ♪ steve: we have been talking about a big political item. suddenly in washington and the president has just tweeted out in the last 15 minutes. democrat congresswoman totally fabricated what i said to the wife of a soldier who died in action, and i have proof. sad. well, that particular woman, the congresswoman was on another channel moments ago and said this: >> well, i don't know what kind of proof he could be talking about. i'm not the only person that was in the car.

and i have proof, too. this man is a sick man. he is cold-hearted and he feels no pity or sympathy for anyone. brian: i'm sensing she didn't vote for him. here to react "fox & friends" co-host pete hegseth also an army veteran. pete, can you believe we are talking about this. >> yes, i can. they will take any line of argument they can against this president. she has been a lock stock member of the resist movement from day one. if she gets an opportunity to twist or spin the president's words, ivan if it's around a dead soldier, they will do it. we saw what they did with the gold star father at the convention. we saw how they carried that narrative forward. they want to question at every turn what he says he is committed to. there is no one more committed, i believe, to our service members, to our veterans, than this president. he is personally passionate about making sure we deliver for them. so they want to attack that with any piece of evidence that they do. and it wouldn't surprise me if he has proof. i bet they do record phone calls.

steve: sounds like the woman was phone to the congresswoman before this tragic event over the last couple of weeks. they have made. ainsley: traveling together. steve: they were together at the time at the airport. what's interesting is the congresswoman also just said i didn't hear the whole conversation. but she heard part of it. >> so, good. we are driving entire narrative on part of a private conversation, that a commander-in-chief is having with a newly grieving widow of a man who lost his life in a country where we are at war and people don't know what we are doing in niger. steve: congresswoman just said on the other channel by the way why are we there in this nation? why did this man get sent there? >> of course. so she is against our involvement in any number of reasons. that's another reason for her to be against this. it also comes on the back of what the president said about john kelly. the question he was asked a couple of days ago. i know a very close personal friend of john kelly and his wife who confirms that they never received a phone call. brian: got invited to a breakfast. >> got invited to a

breakfast. i would bring into question whether john kelly was at that breakfast. i know mrs. kelly was. what president trump called into question was not whether every soldier was called. what he was saying is i know george w. bush is passionate about it and i'm passionate about it there are plenty of service members from the obama era that don't feel like that white house had their back the way they wanted to. take the president literally or figuratively. he is making a point that i care in a way that the obama administration maybe did not. ainsley: what about the democrats listening to this story and being politicized. what do you think they are thinking? wouldn't most americans think the president is calling to grieve a fallen soldier. i mean, out of all the arguments that they and all the things they want to say about this president? are they going after the wrong thing here? >> of course they are. what do you say to a fallen widow in that moment, steve. it's impossible to have the words. brian: now you are getting graded. now have you golt to find out. being graded on how you respond to somebody who just lost a son in battle. ainsley: not good enough that the president of the united states. commander-in-chief is picking up the phone to call

this imreefing identify. i think that in and of itself is amazing. >> that is amazing statement especially if he does do it with every fallen soldier. it does speak to how much he cares it will tell us about democrats and how committed they are to resisting no matter. what a few of them disarm and walk back. this is silly. let the commander-in-chief expeek to a widow and have a private conversation. steve: i do believe this particular congresswoman did skip the inauguration and she just said that president trump is on the brink of impeachment. >> brink ofism impeachment. steve: there could be politics. >> for guys who have served in combat zones it, means a lot when your commander-in-chief cares. i wear a bracelet every single day given by gold star mother. i don't know him personally. i wear it because every day i remember those guys. you remember what has been given. can only imagine the weight a commander-in-chief would carry when you are calling out these missions and guys are putting their lives on the line in places we don't even know about. when you lose them you say i'm going to make a phone call and it gets

politicized. it's really unfortunate. brian: common phrase like we know what happens when we sign up for this. >> of course, very common phrase. of endearment. brian: when we come back why the market just hit 2300 or could that happen? steve: herman cain. ♪ hungry eyes ♪ one look at you and i can't disguise ♪ ♪ i've got hungry eyes ♪ applebee's 2 for $20. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. applebee's 2 for $20. pai'm open to that.medicare? lower premiums? extra benefits? it's open enrollment. time to open the laptop... ...and compare medicare health plans. why? because plans change, so can your health needs. so, be open-minded. look at everything-like prescription drug plans... and medicare advantage plans from private insurers.

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broip brian the dow passes 23,000 for the first time. that happened yesterday. ainsley: 401(k), baby. as the stock market reaches new highs, one of president trump's economic advisors warns that not passing tax reform could -- or not passing that plan could mean a market crash. steve: somebody who had a plan on taxes still has a lot of ideas. herman cain. what's going on recommendation what's going on is the administration is trying to put congress on notice you've got to do this. however, i don't believe the market is going to tank for the following reasons the

performance of the market to date is because all of the things the president has already done. >> regulation roll back. ending the war on coal. ending the war on business. appointment of a supreme court justice that got confirmed. job numbers exploding, lowest unemployment. things he has already done. now, when he gets tax cuts and simplyification, it's just going to make it better. but i don't believe it's going to tank the market. brian: they are hoping for that. >> yes. brian: they are hoping for that if you look at the fact they are targeting dodd frank next. however it was intended it's hamstringing smaller banks. you are the money guy. you used to be secretary of treasury in georgia. so is it? >> it is. dodd frank has put regulations on small banks and put a lot of small banks out of business. that's why i'm glad they're going to go back and take a look at it whatever they come up with, i don't know. but they do need to look at it. ainsley: the president says democrats are obstructionists.

how can he work with them? >> they are obstructionists. let's get that straight, first. and the way he works with them is he has an eye-to-eye talk with them saying you are running for re-election. i can help you or hurt you. it's called the art of the deal. that's what's happening. steve: but, her man, you know they have already made this a political thing. they say it's a tax cut for the rich. the rich, for the most part. pay 70% of the taxes. they will get a tax cut but mainly aimed at the middle class. this is a false negative the democrats always use. i found out they define the rich as a corporation who is going to get a tax rate 35 to 20%. they think any corporation is rich. i have to point out to the democrat yesterday in one of your shows not all corporations are rich. some are about to go bankrupt. it's not the definition of rich. and they never define what rich is. that's how they continue this narrative to try to kill whatever the president and the republicans want to do. steve: all right, herman.

>> always good to see you. brian: see if they make progress. we will have you back with what they try to pass. steve: coming up in final hour senator marco rubio and ben shapiro will be here live. same goes for you, budget overruns. and rising costs, wipe that smile off your face. we're coming for you too. at optum, we're partnering across the health system to tackle its biggest challenges. at optum, we're partnering amom'#stuffynosecoldstem #nosleep #mouthbreather just put on a breathe right strip it instantly opens your nose... up to 38% more than cold medicine alone go to breatheright.com today to request a free sample.

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>> democrat congresswoman totally fabricated what i said to the wife of a soldier who died in action. >> she has been a movement since day one. and if she gets the opportunity to twist or spin the president's words. even if it's around a dead soldier, they will do it. ♪ ♪ ♪ brian: finally, a country music song with drinking in it. ainsley: parking lot party. brian: right. ainsley: that reminds me of a football game. that's lee bryce singing that song. steve: it is. and, in fact, he's in our greenroom right now. fixing to get ready. ainsley: there he is. hey, lee. steve: good morning, lee. he's going to be performing his super hit boy.

ainsley: he also sings i drive your truck. remember we did that story he sang the song and then folds of honor gave the truck, refurbished the truck that the dad had to sell to put his kids to college. he fought for our country, went overseas, died overseas, and they presented that truck. tracked it down and gave it to the boys, and they sat behind it, and they were just weeping. steve: it is such a good story. brian: and i think lee brice knew about that. but he's going to be a cue stick. ainsley: i thought you said a cue stick. acoustic. steve: a cue stick is what you play pool with. acoustic. brian: i say acoustic. i'm going to stick with it. steve: do you say tomato? ainsley: take a cue to move on, brian. let's talk taxes. brian: i'm proud of the way i say it. steve: you say taxes. i say taxes. you're right.

let's talk taxes. okay. this is what is going on. because i know so many of you are interested in the tax report plan that the president and the republicans have been talking about. it looks like it's going to be a go to at least have a debate because it looks as if they will vote on a budget proposal by friday. the good news is their margin has increased because senator from the great state of mississippi has been ill and has returned to washington and will be able to vote aaffirmative. if they get that plus mike pence, it looks like that will put us on course to have a reconciliation consideration for tax cuts. ainsley: right. there's 52 republicans. gop republican senators, so they can only lose two votes if they want mike pence to be the tiebreaker. this two could be senator rand paul and senator ted cruz. won't tell whether or not he's going to support the measure. brian: i think ted cruz will definitely be in in the end. but senator mccain was supposed to be a maybe to a "no." it seems more of a maybe to a

"yes." ainsley: soom psalms as murkowski and collins. brian: via twitter and the sound byte. here's rand paul on mcgain and graham not being conservative enough. >> i'll vote for almost any tax cut that comes down. i'm for stimulating economic growth to a tax cut. but i won't do it and then say i also don't care about spending. the budget vote to me is a symbol and a guidepost as to what we are as a party and what we stand for. and the people like mccain and graham who parade as conservatives that are not really conservative, they need to be called out, and they're playing the public, and they're playing us for fools. neither one of them are conservative. these people will continue to throw would like over the eyes of american voter and simply say, oh, we're conservative, and yet they pass stuff that is just frankly not

conservative. steve: and what he's talking about is the fact in this gop budget thing that they're going to vote on friday, senator paul feels that lindsey graham and john mccain and others who voted for this were spending too much money and now they want to change the rules. get rid of $43 billion in overseas war funding that exceeds the cap from 2011. he says, look, a deal's a deal, and we're trying to save money. don't spend more money than we've got. ainsley: yeah, i can see him saying that about mccain just as his voting record as of late. but lindsey graham was the one who was trying to get the last repeal and replace passed. and he responded to that on twitter. saying get more bad info, rand paul. don't screw up tax reform now. you already saved obamacare by trashing graham-cassidy, heller, and johnson. brian: that is true. here's the problem. rand paul could be all about fiscal responsibility, he could be all about being conservative. but in the end, you're not an army of one.

you have to get along with other people in order to do anything productive. that or you stay in the sideline of the pundit or editorials. okay. i want to do the best i can to get a piece of legislation that's together with my principles. the best i can. but no one's going to get everything they want and look at the alternative if you hold out. i think people have a hard time understanding what he's thinking a lot of the times. ainsley: compromising. negotiating. you're not going to get everything you want. brian: you have to have one point compromise. it's a team game. steve: so it looks as if the vote's going to be friday, and at this point, it looks like it will pass the senate, which means then they will be able to have the talk about taxes coming up. brian: meanwhile, let's talk about another thing that came up in the rose garden when the president decided maybe impromptu with mitch mcconnell to take some questions. one of which is getting a lot of traction. he got a hand that shot up. i'm not sure where it was from that said, hey, whatever happened -- mr. president, did you call the family of the four explain marines who lost their lives in niger?

at which time he said i haven't called them yet, and i will call everyone. and unlike other past presidents i do insist on calling over writing. and everyone from the bush and obama camp said wait, we did both too, and it went back and forth and kind of caught steam when the president picked up the phone and called the family of one green beret army man who actually the family was going to meet the casket at the dover air base. ainsley: so the plane lands, and they bring out the casket. this is in miami with the flag, of course, draped over it of the four u.s. soldiers that were killed, and there is his wife. this is sergeant david johnson's wife. and, yes, that is really hard to see because she is clearly mourning his death. steve: earlier when the president of the united states did call the widow and apparently in the same car at the time was florida congresswoman, a democrat by the name of frederick wilson. and she went on a number of shows yesterday -- and that's her right there. said that when the president

contacted the widow, he said, you know, essentially, this is one of those things. he knew what he signed up for. but i guess it still hurts. and she was shocked by it. she said the congresswoman, she felt it was terrible. she apparently said i want tv show. if she would have went on the phone with the widow, she would have cursed the president. brian: it was unclear. she didn't hear the whole conversation, only portions of it. so having that said, she went on the shows last night condemning the president in the most vile terms possible. ainsley: you know what? we don't -- we saw the man's picture. like, i think we should focus on who he was, he fought for our great country. there's his picture. look at that man and now his body is in a casket with the flag draped over it and the president responded to that democratic congressman in florida and said totally

fabricated to what i said to the wife of a soldier who died in action, and i have proof. sad. steve: well, pete was with us a little while ago. he has served this nation proudly. he's also one of the weekend cohosts on fox and friends. and he says this is clear and simple. politics. >> they will take any line of argument they can against this president. she has been a lock stock member of the resist movement from day one. and if she gets an opportunity to twist or spin the president's words, even if it's around a dead soldier, they will do it. we saw what they did with the gold star father me convention. how they carried that narrative forward. and they want to question at every turn what he says he's committed to. there's no one more committed, i believe, to our service members, to our veterans than this president. he's personally passionate about making sure we deliver for them. so they want to attack that with any piece of evidence that they do. and it wouldn't surprise me if he has proof. i'm sure they do record phone calls. steve: said on the channel this morning that the

president is a sick man. in the past, she has said that the president is on the brink of impeachment, he's desperate for attention and needs psychological health. she skipped the inauguration. so maybe there are politics involved. brian: maybe. i would circle that word. so we'll find out what the deal is here. but i noticed the tone that she took and started looking down when the president tweeted out and was read back to her that he had proof. and she seemed to have change her whole body language. ainsley: here's the thing. if this were happening to me, and i'm not in her shoes, i can't imagine what that's like. if this happened under obama or president trump and something happened to my child. no matter whop is if he's calling my house or she's calling my house to tell me that they're sorry about the loss of my child, i would be so touched that they took the time, the highest leader, the commander-in-chief to call me and say i'm sorry. brian: we have not heard from the family yet. steve: the family has not said the family did anything wrong. but the woman who was in the car with her when the widow

got the phone call, she is making a big story this morning, so we thought we would tell you about it. ainsley: make a big story about his tax reform. make a big story about obamacare. whatever. just not the dab -- steve: jillian joins us right now. >> good morning to you guys. to you at home as well. let's get to a fox news alert. after five years in terrorist captivity was rushed to the hospital overnight. caitlyn coleman's husband confirms the news but wouldn't say why. the couple now lives in canada because boil won't come to the u.s. he fears he'll be arrested over questions of his former marriage. carried out by the pakistani military, but we just learned that seal team six was ready to act if pakistan did not. and president trump fulfilling a campaign promise as it comes to life. >> building a wall on the southern border, which is absolutely necessary. >> the commander-in-chief tweeting a video of border wall prototype construction in

san diego. crews building eight different designs for the president to choose from. the wall's feature defense mechanism to stop illegal immigration along the southern border. you won't catch this chicken crossing the road, but you will see her crossing the ocean. this is loretta, a chicken in the florida keys that loves to paddleboard. the owner claims she is very curious and not at all afraid of the water progressive chickens aren't chicken after all. i didn't write it but there you go. ainsley: chickens aren't chicken. >> i think you missed the joke. ainsley: well, that was funny. brian: thanks, jillian. ainsley: chickens aren't chicken. steve: there you go. i'm just going to duck that one. meanwhile, senator lindsey graham and rand paul trade who the real conservative is? who's right? senator marco rubio is going to talk to brian coming up next. ainsley: plus, you love them from their hit show fixer-upper. >> we're having a discount

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brian: the nfl had scheduled meetings, and they were going to happen for owners, but this time they invited players because they're in a bit of a crisis. they have not handled this correctly. but the kneeling and the national anthem and the president when he said it has got to stop, put a lot of pressure on the owners and players to address this issue. and believe it or not, the one thing that emerged for sure is there is no mandate that you have to stand for the national anthem. which is going to get a lot of people upset. ainsley: rodger goodell, as you remember last week, he sent out a letter to all of the team owners and said i prefer for them to stand. i think that's what they should do. but he said yesterday, there won't be a punishment if they don't stand. >> today's discussion with our players was very productive and very important.

the players and the owners came to an agreement that these aren't really issues that are player issues or owner issues or community issues, they're issues that affect all of us in our communities. steve: so they're not going to require the players to stand during the national anthem, even though so far it has been bad for business and bad for tv ratings. instead, they're going to pledge to work on social justice things and help the players find platforms to address things in their communities they're worried about instead of taking a knee during the national anthem. brian: so they're going to set up an activist boot camp where players can go and find out how to get their voice heard and use their celebrity and power and money to get their mission statement and their message statement out. so we'll see how that goes. just joined cnn, former wide receiver. he came out and said he talked to a lot of the players and one of the major issues they want to address is the gender pay gap. you wouldn't think that nfl players would be focusing on the gender pay gap. ainsley: isn't there one

gender? i mean, are there any women in the nfl? brian: i think overall in our country. ainsley: oh. that's good. steve: says quote it was waste of a tuesday. brian: fantastic. and we just wasted a 8:17 to 8:19 of our morning talking about it. steve: people are wondering if they're going to do anything. they're not. brian: and the jaguars president did apologize for his team kneeling, by the way. ainsley: in the uk. steve: yes. which he just revealed about 2020 and president trump. ainsley: here's that video. never gets old. and fixer-upper. chip and joanna gaines are saying goodbye to their hit show but they're saying hello to fox and friends. they're here next. steve: come on out. how are you? ainsley: hi. sarah is a fifth-grade teacher.

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brian: all right. time now for your news by the numbers. 1.3million, that's how many ford explorers for auto safety, the company wants them off the road for possible carbon monoxide leaks. free repairs for that. next 22,992. the dow hit 23,000 mark for the first time in history. it soon dropped down below that. we'll see if it goes above that today. by the way, $600 million. that's how much it's costing president trump to be commander-in-chief. his net worth has dropped to 3.1 billion, making him the 248th richest person. see what he sacrifices for us? ainsley: because he keeps giving it away.

they are the couple behind the hit show fixer-upper on hgtv. >> this demo is kind of typical. got to take out all the bills in the entire kitchen, a lot of the walls going out. >> we're having a discount sale on interior walls. and if you have come down here by 12:00, everything must go. steve: but chip and joanna gaines has announced they will say goodbye to the tv show. chip explains his new book things i've learned doing stupid stuff. brian: join us right now. the most successful show in history of hgtv. >> hard to believe. brian: you're leaving out on top. >> wouldn't you love it, though? we really debated that exact issue. would we rather go out and maybe some people go out or would we rather stick around until people were tired of us? and we chose the first. we decided for our sake, for our kids' sake, we just wanted

to take a step back, catch a breath of air, and, you know, folks on our family and our beautiful kids in waco, texas. steve: your show is great. >> thank you. steve: but when i saw the news that you guys were quitting your show, i was thinking about the other show i like on a channel that does similar stuff. the flip or flop show and, you know, it was breaking up. and i thought, oh, the gaines are breaking up. >> it's interesting. people think. steve: and you're not. >> you have an opportunity like this that only an idiot would back out unless there's some controversy or scandal. steve: what would you say? >> no. happily married. beautiful four kids. couldn't be happier. and we just really thought it was a nice time to do what you said. if i could be compared to the construction version of seinfeld, go out on top, i can live with that. ainsley: joanna, you have to set the record straight because there have been so many rumors. and we talked about it during the commercial break. there are so many rumors i see us magazine. sometimes people say one

thing. did you have a breakup or skin caroline? >> no skin caroline. didn't do that on the side and surprise chip with that. that was a scam. >> happily married. >> happily married. our kids are doing great. not pregnant. just so many things. >> no. she's not pregnant, but we are actively trying. i'm just saying. everything's okay on my home front. [laughter] brian: so, joanna, tell us why do you think the show works? when you look back on it, and people come up to you and say this is why i like it. ainsley: because they're the best decorators, in my opinion. >> i think we're truly passionate about what we do. for 15 almost 20 years now, we've been doing this for a living. we love creating beautiful homes for our clients. i think, you know, maybe the passion kind of resonates on television. we love working together. we have fun together in real life. that's the only thing we've ever known is working together. so. ainsley: you can tell. steve: sure. i think the whole genre of these fix it up shows is

because the average person at home, they're sitting watching the tv in a room, and they're thinking you know what? what if i took the wall out right there? i could do this, i could do that. everybody can identify with what you're doing. >> sure. you know, it's definitely take some trial and error, takes a little bit of handiness like we were talking about before. but big picture, we want to push people to take chances, you know? it's not for everybody. jo always talks about her experience from a design standpoint that it takes a little while to get acclimated as for what your style is, per se. but i think too many people take other people's advice and implement it only to find out that's not our thing at all. brian: here's the other thing. very similar to mike rowe and john. you guys have skills that for the most part americans are losing, the ability to build things and create things. and you have a specialized skill. are you concerned as a country that we're not learning to do this anymore? >> you know, a little bit. i talk about that generally in the book.

i don't go into the specifics, but i felt like an outsider. i felt odd when i was in college. i would sit and watch and not pay attention, and that was my own fault. steve: what were you studying in college? >> i was a business major. so, yeah, 42 years old, i'm glad that i have that diploma on the wall. with one of these gals that really pushed me to get that thing. so she was honored when i crossed the stage. but i remember looking out the window in these business classes and watching the guys pushing the lawn mower to maintain the campus lawn, and i was, like, i would give my right arm to be one of these guys and what you just mentioned about mike. it's, like, we have so much opportunity in the trade universe. brian: so many open jobs. >> people are pushed in that direction. you go to college, you become a banker, you become a lawyer, and it's, like, what's wrong with being a plumber or electrician? absolutely nothing where i come from. so i appreciate that. ainsley: it's fun because you definitely get your hands dirty. he does all the fixing, and then she gets done -- steve: she's got the big picture. ainsley: you know this barn doors that you -- i see those

all the time in houses. you started that. >> i don't know if i started it. ainsley: yes, you did. i've never even seen that. >> nobody heard of shiplap until -- ainsley: yes, i didn't know that was so valuable. >> that has now become a thing. >> i like it. i mean, he cleaned up. you know, we changed the beard. >> i went to the barber yesterday in your beautiful new york city. they gave me one of these hot towel experiences. steve: which one do you like better? >> waco season five all of this is coming in its glory, so nobody's going to -- >> we have another season. steve: mid-november. brian: you shot it already. >> we're filming right now. almost done with the filming of season five. starts in november. middle to end of november. goes all the way into 2018, so that's what's so interesting about these announcements is you have to jump out and say this is our last season. but really, we've got a whole almost year together from this point moving forward. steve: and we'll be watching. pick up your book called

capital gains. it has nothing to do with the tax thing they're talking about. brian: smart things i learned doing stupid stuff. >> story of my life. can you relate? brian: yes. unbelievable. ainsley: all right. the gaines family. thank you so much. beautiful children. steve: all right. meanwhile, straight ahead, a democratic congresswoman attacking president trump this morning for his phone call to the wife and family of a fallen soldier. but there are a lot of questions the media is not asking. ben shapiro on that coming up next. brian: plus, does senator marco rubio think that senate can get tax reform done? that's what he looks like. let's see what he says. we're on a mission to show drip coffee drinkers, it's time to wake up to keurig. wakey! wakey! rise and shine! oh my gosh! how are you? well watch this. i pop that in there. press brew. that's it. so rich. i love it. that's why you should be a keurig man! full-bodied. are you sure you're describing the coffee and not me? full-bodied.

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steve: all right. let's bring in ben shapiro, he's the editor and chief of the daily

wires, host of the ben shapiro show. where are you today? out west? >> tennessee, actually. steve: well, that's west of where we are. let's talk a little bit about the president of the united states. he was talking the other day, the rose garden about whether or not he had called the family members of the four service personnel killed in the country of niger a few weeks ago. and then he mentioned that president obama didn't call everybody, and that caused a big media firestorm. now there's a story that apparently he did call one of the widows of u.s. army sergeant david johnson a couple of days ago. and congresswoman from florida, a democrat was infuriated that the president was so insensitive because reportedly, the president said the soldier, you know, your husband knew what he signed up for, but i guess it still hurts. what's your ocean about what's going on with this?

because suddenly, a phone call from the commander-in-chief to a grieving family looks like it has been politicized. >> well, i mean, here's the big problem is that the only account in the phone call that we have so far is actually from frederick wilson and this person calling for trump's impeachment back in may. so the media immediately picked up on her account. she was apparently in the dar and heard the conversation on speakerphone. but we haven't heard anything from the widow of the service member. we haven't heard president trump's version. we haven't heard the transcript. we haven't heard tapes. we haven't heard anything except for a democrat who has political motivations here, particularly 48 hours after trump suggested that president obama didn't call all of the families of troops and somehow that was a short coming. so it's a little bit convenient that this story pops up now. that's not to say he didn't say these things. but i would like to see some evidence before the media immediately jumps to the conclusion that fulfills -- brian: yeah. let's book a nine-person panel and debate what a bad person the

president is. this woman, maxine waters. some in the past, miami correspondent to donald trump, congresswoman to donald trump. stop tweeting. what calls for his impeachment. she also says he is desperate for attention and needs psychological help. this is leading up to the fact that she witnessed on speakerphone the portion of a conversation regarding the family of a slain soldier. i believe she has an axe to grind. maybe she's 100% right but the background at least makes you be skeptical of your questioning; right? >> yeah. i mean, if you're going to be in a he said, she said situation, then you have to remember about the credibility of the various characters, and this is why i'm saying anyone of fair mind at this point should be saying. okay. let's see some actual evidence. transcript, tape, how about the widow herself testifying as to what exactly happened in this conversation? because even wilson's recounting of the conversation, there's ellipses

that do heavy lifting. he knew what he signed up for. but he knew what he signed up for, but it still feels bad. it could be something like a response directly to the widow and something the widow said and we just don't know. ainsley: ben, we put up a picture of this guy. he's very young. he leaves behind a wife. i don't know if he has kids. look how young he is. look how handsome he is. he died for our country. can we not talk about this? the sacrifice and service that this man made? >> well, again, i think if the conversation went exactly as wilson is, that would be somewhat troubling because i don't think the president should be saying that thing, but i don't think we have the evidence to say that. and obviously, everyone is devastated about the loss of sergeant johnson. the idea that president trump is sitting in the white house, and he really doesn't care what happened to sergeant johnson, that seems to be a very convenient political narrative, as i say arising 48

hours after trump seemingly suggested something like that about president obama and -- ainsley: yeah, but we don't know the conversation. but do you really think the president would call up the widow and say -- preach that narrative instead of saying i'm sorry? steve: well, and to your earlier point where, you know, we haven't heard from the family, per se, but we did hear from the president earlier, and he said he -- the tweet was democratic congressman totally fabricated what i said to the wife of a soldier who died in action. and i have proof. so the big question is will he reveal -- and then he writes sad. will he reveal that proof? will we hear from the family? these are normal conversations between a commander-in-chief and a grieving family. we never ever hear about until today. brian: let's change gears and talk about hillary clinton who, by the way, is in south korea saying the president is causing war with north korea. totally irresponsible. she also made clear she doesn't want to run against the president again, but she'll continue to harass him and continue to criticize him. and then we found out that the

clinton foundation has a link with the russians. revealed to have routed millions of dollars to hillary clinton while she was secretary of state to the clinton foundation. and then next thing you know, russia ends up with a lot of our uranium. any coincidence there? >> well, peter schweitzer detailed this during the campaign, and it was a major scandal. it was something that president trump brought up during the campaign trail. but the department of justice knew full well there was attempted corruption by the russian government in these, and they did nothing about it. so you do have to wonder why isn't eric holder being called before congress right now? why isn't he being called on by the new doj to answer questions about why they didn't do anything. why they didn't even apparently let the state department know if that's what happened. all of this is deeply suspicious. we already know that the department of justice under loretta lynch was making moves on behalf of hillary clinton was the department of justice on behalf of hillary clinton making moves under eric holder as well that would have protected some sort of cash pipeline between the russians and the clinton foundation.

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ainsley: senators lindsey graham and rand paul are trading blows over who the real conservative is. >> people like mccain and graham who parade as conservatives but are not really conservative, they need to be called out. they're playing the public, and they're playing us for fools. neither one of them are conservative. these people will continue to throw wool over the eyes of the american voter and simply say, oh, we're conservative, and yet they pass it as frankly not conservative. steve: spends too much money, he says. in response, senator graham tweeting getting more bad info, @randpaul. don't screw up #taxreform now. you already saved obamacare by trashing cassidy, heller, johnson. here's the reaction republican senator from the great state of florida. marco rubio. senator, good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: hey, what's going on with everybody in your party beating each other up?

>> well, i guess that's just the difference of opinion. look, think about it this way; right? if we came out and said we're going to spend $1.5 trillion over the next ten years to grow government, $1.5 trillion to pay for bernie sanders health care plan, it would cost a lot more than that, $1.5 trillion free something for everybody, you know, the media, the editorial boards would be saying how enlightened it is. but instead we're saying we're going to spend $1.5 trillion over the next ten years by giving you money back so that you can spend it into the economy and, by the way, it's going to grow the economy there by creating more taxpayers. steve: you're talking about the tax cuts. >> right. but the budget does that. so the budget sets up the ability to do tax cuts. so now what we're saying -- and, by the way, it's not going to cost 1.5 or $2 trillion because unlike government spending, you're going to see economic growth. you're going to have more taxpayers, you're going to have people working making more money, you're going to have people spending more money. it's going to grow the economy, so it's not going to be 1.5 or $2 trillion, and it's going to return more money into your hands.

but to do that, first, you have to pass a budget so that we can use reconciliation -- use the budget as a vehicle to use reconciliation to pass tax cuts. ainsley: well, is -- sorry. go ahead. >> i mean, this is what i don't understand. okay? we have a republican president and a republican congress elected on the promise of repealing and replacing obamacare, which hasn't happened. getting rid of regulations, which we've done a little bit of and the white house has done a lot of. fixing the tax code, this is what we're debating on. and rebuilding our military and ensuring that america and our international relations and our trade deals are being treated fairly. if we don't do these things, people are going to look at it and say why do we need you guys up there? what was the point and what was my vote all about? and i honestly just don't understand why these things aren't happening. so we're going to keep working and do everything we can to make sure that it does. brian: so what you're saying is this is not what marco rubio wants. it's what marco rubio wants within the structure of government. you understand there's got to be compromise. senator rand paul, i admire him for standing up for what he believes in but at some

point, you have to say what is my overall objective? and it seems to me you are picking sides in this and that rand paul's wrong, am i right? >> well, i admire rand intellectual honesty. i admire his commitment and rand is a guy that when he believes something, he's not doing it for show, he believes it, and he has done this for a long time, and he has a right to do that. he's a key part of our team here, and he's an ally on a multiple number of issues. what i'm saying to you is as a conservative, i know that we live in a constitutional republic. and in a constitutional republic, it's given us the system of government where somehow we have to share power with people that disagree with us on a lot of things. and that means there are few times when any of us will get 100% of what we. the. but when it comes to tax reform, this has to happen. it just has to happen. we cannot fail. forget about the politics of it. america is engaged in a global competition. the world is beating us time and again because we are hurting ourselves, and we need a pro american tax reform that allows us to rebuild our economy and give people the opportunity to get ahead in

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now releasing a new album. brian: lee bryce is here, and you are pumped up. is it true? >> absolutely. this is me to the core. brian: so as i understand it, this is a new album. but this is a song i've heard before. tell me about this song. >> this song is a reminder of my kids and now what my daddy was going through when i was growing up, you know? and my grandmother is watching right now. i want to say. ainsley: from south carolina? >> south carolina. 90 years old. ainsley: i love south carolina. >> i love y'all. ainsley: which south carolina do you like better? brian: you know what? he's a little cuter. let's be honest. so, lee, are you going to play this for us? >> yes, i am. >> and one reason to buy the whole entire album. >> well, hopefully. ainsley: take it away. ♪ ♪

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>> tomorrow on the program survivor marcus latrelle and breakfast and friends in virginia. >> started folds of honor, lee is involved in that. the proceeds of my book is putting the kids of fallen soldiers through college. >> book review. >> that's my friends' kids right here. he is the bartender and came to support us. this is one of our ladies who watches us every morning. she is so nice. this is brian's relative. >> this is my cousin's son, joseph, reading all your books. a big fan of yours. >> brian had a book for me last

night and none of his family came. >> my wife came. >> you know what? let's hang out with lee brice all day. see you back here tomorrow, everybody. >> come to brooklyn for a book signing. >> bill: good morning, everybody. get ready to see the attorney general jeff sessions in the hot seat. we'll see republicans this morning pressing for answers on james comey's handling of the clinton email investigation. the story is not over, and we'll likely see democrats want answers on russia as we say good morning and get ready for this. i'm bill hemmer live in "america's newsroom." sandra, good morning. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith. the attorney general's first capitol hill appearance since june comes amid the discovery of new f.b.i. documents that prove former director james comey had begun drafting his exoneration of hillary clinton before the email