>> three weeks how is it going? we okay? >> thank you for asking, getting used to it. going all right. >> more to come on monday. have a great weekend, everybody. catch you later, bye-bye. >> jon: and we start with a fox news alert. president trump praising senate republicans for actually passing a budget. >> melissa: it's amazing. a miracle. they did something. >> jon: progress in washington it sets the stage for one of his major campaign promises, tax reform. good friday morning to you. i'm jon scott. >> melissa: it is friday. i love that. >> jon: we all love friday. >> melissa: the president looking for a big legislative win after the failure to repeal and replace obamacare. republicans savoring their budget victory. reaction now from rnc chair woman ronna mcdaniel. >> i think it's a great first

step towards tax cuts, tax relief for middle class families across this country who have seen wages stagnate and premiums double under obamacare and republicans have gone to washington to fight for them. >> jon: john roberts live on the north lawn right now. >> good morning. we don't know if this is friday or another monday in terms of the flow of news out of the white house today. but the runway has been cleared for tax reform to be considered in the senate after that big vote last night. victory for the president. he recognizing that tweeting this morning, quote, the budget passed late last night 51-49. we got zero democrat votes with only rand paul. he will vote for tax cuts voting against. it allows for the passage of large scale tax cuts and reform. the biggest in the history of our country. the senate finance committee will get to work on legislation in the senate. the house is expected to come out with details by the end of this month, early november. paul ryan indicating there will be a fourth income tax rate for

the highest income earners in america and insists this will be a tax cut for the middle class. listen to what he said this morning. >> when we get the numbers which will be finalized in a matter of days we can put the bill out. the whole purpose of this is not to be raise -- if this was a tax increase in middle income taxpayers we wouldn't be doing this. this is about lowering people's taxes in the middle class, simplifying the tax system and growing this economy. >> more fallout from the emotional defense of presidential condolence calls that john kelly made yesterday. he ripped florida congresswoman frederica wilson for listening to the call and then going public with it. >> it stuns me that a member of congress would have listened in on that conversation. absolutely stuns me. i thought at least that was sacred. >> wilson, whose office said

yesterday she would not comment further on the issue, was back on television again this morning. listen to what she said. >> i wasn't listening in. i was in a car where a call was being taken on a speakerphone. i wasn't listening in. please don't characterize it as that. >> she also appears to be reveling in the attention placed on her by the white house pushback. listen to what she said last night. >> you mean to tell me that i have become so important that the white house is following me and my words? that's amazing. that's amazing. that is absolutely phenomenal. i have to tell my kids that i'm a rock star now. >> i'll have to tell my kids i'm a rock star now and she said kelly got it wrong when she said she took partial credit for funding of the new f.b.i. building in florida when

she gave an address at the opening of that building back in 2015. she says she wasn't in congress at that time. she had nothing to do with the funding. i'm told this morning that kelly is standing by his comments that when she said speech she took partial funding of the building and in the context of the ceremony it was inappropriate. >> jon: we'll talk more about that this hour. john roberts, thank you. >> melissa: after a marathon session on the senate floor lawmakers approving a budget plan that paves the way for tax reform. no surprise senate leaders from both parties expressing different views about the results. >> we completed the first step toward replacing our broken tax code by passing a comprehensive, fiscally responsible budget to help put the federal government on a path to balance. the budget also gives us the tools we need to strengthen our

economy after years of stag nation under the previous administration. >> after eight years growing from deficits under a democratic president the republican deficit hawks seem to have flown the coop. >> melissa: president trump saying great news on the 2018 budget. first step delivering massive tax cuts for the american people. glen hall, u.s. news editor of the "wall street journal." thank you for joining us. let me ask you. first of all this is the point at which the math becomes important. there are two ways to get there in terms of how they reconcile the numbers in reconciliation. the house is looking at tying $203 billion in spending cuts to this. the senate budget looks to open alaskan land oil production. do those things make it work? >> there is a lot of calculations being done here. some are willing to let the

deficit go up in order to get the tax cuts as low as possible and there are others who just do not agree. it needs to be revenue neutral. you have to find the revenue savings elsewhere. and that might come from things like how much of a deduction do you allow for home mortgages or state and local income taxes and do you remove some of those deductions. there is a lot still to be figured out in terms of what it will look like in a tax bill that comes out of the house versus the senate. >> melissa: from a math point of view one of the problems i have with it the fact they do the static accounting. they don't account for the growth that may result in the fact that you are lowering taxes for businesses, you are lowering taxes for individuals, that they will go out and spend more and make the economy grow and as a result the revenue to the government based on taxes actually go up. people buy more, more sales tax. does it make sense to you? >> that's one of the arguments the republicans are making. they've been out promoting that aspect of their tax reform for many weeks now. and it will be important. they will bring their own math

to bear to prove those points as well and one of the selling points. >> melissa: whenever you go into a negotiation you have to give a little to give a little. i walk in knowing what it is i'm willing to give away. with these guys, i wonder if it's -- there is the estate tax cut. when the president mentioned something over and over again i feel like he is almost throwing it out there as bait. the thing for them to get all excited about and maybe he will give in on that and they'll feel like they have a public victory. what about eliminating the state and local deduction that really hurts people like chuck schumer and others who are against this. what do you think about those two bargaining points? >> estate tax they're sticking with it. no indication they'll back down on that one. they take criticism from the democrats. it benefits mainly the higher income earners. on the other hand the state and local income tax deduction only a few high income tax states like new york, california, new jersey that are really going to take the impact.

they have enough votes to make trouble but that's one place where they can really bring revenue back to the table to offset cuts elsewhere and that's the argument they need to make. >> melissa: great point. what do you see them conceding on? where do you see the points they would give in order to get? >> i think they'll try to find some compromise. there has been talk on the income tax, maybe limits or switch it to a credit and have a cap on that. so they're trying to find ways wiggling around some of these issues that allow them to get that revenue back that they need so they can make the cuts they want. >> melissa: on a scale of 1-10, what do you think are the odds that we see this thing get done before the end of the year, 10 being pleasant, happy, joyful certitude. >> that gives it a tight metric. i'll say a seven. i think they get it done. they're doing it through reconciliation. they only need the republican votes and don't have to compromise with the democrats and talking about this and socializing this for a long time. i think they can get it done.

harder to do in 2018 and the mid-term election season. >> melissa: thank you for joining us, sir. >> jon: california faces a long recovery after the worst wildfires in the state's history. damage estimates estimates in the untils. how much will the disaster cost. two special guests weigh in on president trump's response after four american soldiers are killed in an ambush. john kelly defending the commander-in-chief. >> some presidents have elected to call, all presidents i believe have elected to send letters. there is no perfect way to make that phone call.

>> when i took this job, and talk to president trump about how to do it, my first

recommendation was he not do it. because it's not the phone call that parents, family members are looking forward to. it is nice to do in my opinion in any event. he asked me about previous presidents and i said i can tell you that president obama, who was my commander-in-chief when i was on active duty, did not call my family. that was not a criticism. that was just to simply say i don't believe president obama called. that's not a negative thing. i don't believe president bush called in all cases. i don't believe any president particularly when the casualty rates are very, very high, that presidents call. i believe they all write. >> jon: that's former marine general now chief of staff at the white house john kelly defending president trump's phone call to the widow of a fallen soldier. general kelly lost his own son in combat. trump is also lashing out at

the media and at democratic lawmaker who said he was disrespectful in the call, quoting the president's tweet. the fake news is going crazy with whacky congresswoman wilson who was secretly on a very personal call and gave a total lie on content. let's bring in our guests, ben and beverly hall brook is a heritage foundation fellow. ben, i don't know, how did we get here where we are taking phone calls from the president to those who are killed in combat, the families of those who were killed in combat, and turning them into a political issue? >> i have to say it's a personal pet peeve of mine when people are used as political props postmortem. it is unfortunate what's happening to the memory of these fallen soldiers who no doubt gave their lives defending this country and our

freedom. unfortunately, donald trump did make this a political issue on monday when he equated his performance in regards to speaking with the family members of the fallen to obamas but then we have congresswoman wilson as well taking her opportunity to get political gain from this tragedy and i think at the end of the day it's sad all around and we need to have a higher bar for political discourse in this country. >> jon: i spoke to a friend who watched general kelly's remarks from the white house yesterday and he said it was four minutes of the most moving television he had ever seen and his comment was that the democrats in this case, frederica wilson, who sort of responded to the president's phone call and we'll play some of that in a minute, are so angry about president trump being in the white house that they will use any opportunity

to slam him on anything. is that fair criticism? >> i was thankful that general kelly came out yesterday. what he wanted to do is not just speak to the press but speak to the rest of america and hopefully turn the page on the ugly discourse that we've seen the past few days. sadly, though, that is not what we've seen the congresswoman do. she has already said she is now a rock star. she even pulled out a comment he made in a speech saying it was racist in nature and has even said the reason he gave this press conference to begin with, he was trying to save his job. i don't think anybody thinks that's what general kelly is doing. he even had to choke back tears but the congresswoman is willing to politicize anything. >> jon: here is the comment from congresswoman wilson from florida. >> you mean to tell me i have become so important that the

white house is following me and my words? that's amazing. that's amazing. that is absolutely phenomenal. i have to tell my kids that i'm a rock star now. >> jon: i wonder if the grieving family has heard those words and how they feel about that, ben, any thoughts? >> it again is just unfortunate that people see these tragedies as opportunities. because we really should not lose sight of the family members of the fallen and the ultimate sacrifice that these individuals made. it is a situation now in this kind of world that we live in with social media, this sort of reality show world that we're in, where people lose sight of humanity in chasing of celebrity. and i think that's exactly what we're seeing here. again, it's just extremely sad. >> jon: i'm glad, beverly, that i'm not the president and i have to make those calls or, you know, am presented i guess

with the option of making those calls. any time somebody dies for any reason it's hards to speak to those left behind. >> i can't imagine. not only president trump but past presidents have said this was always the hardest part of their job. i would say first of all when it comes to donald trump. i don't think he is always the most graceful with his words but to make an accusation that this had ill will. maybe he should have said it better. we don't know what was said. to think it wasn't a measure of good faith and trying to ease the grief, trying to comfort the family i think is ridiculous. >> jon: some agreement there from both of you. we have to leave the discussion there and let's hope we can end this arguing over combat deaths. it is pretty appalling. beverly halberg and ben kissel. thank you. >> melissa: a pharmacist on trial for murder. why his attorneys say he is not to blame for a deadly

meningitis outbreak plus former secretary of state john kerry criticizing president trump's approach to dealing with iran's nuclear program. does he have a point?

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>> jon: right now closing arguments underway in the trial of a pharmacist charged in a deadly meningitis outbreak. he is facing second degree murder charges. he was the supervising pharmacist there. 76 people died and hundreds more became sick in 2012. chin's lawyers argue the co-founder of the compounding center should be held responsible. he is serving nine years for conspiracy and fraud.

he was acquitted of murder charges. >> president trump: while the united states adheres to our commitment under the deal, the iranian regime continues to fuel conflict, terror and turmoil throughout the middle east and beyond. importantly, iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal. in the event we aren't able to reach a solution working with congress and our allies, then the agreement will be terminated. >> melissa: that was president trump last week as he announced that he would not certify the iran nuclear deal again. now former secretary of state john kerry, who helped broker that deal in the first place, says the president's approach is the wrong one to take. he spoke about north korea and iran in a lecture saying if you want to negotiate with kim jong-un and your goal is to avoid war and have a diplomatic

resolution, the worst thing you can do is first threaten to destroy his country in the united nations and screw around with the deal that has already been made because the message is, don't deal with the united states, they won't keep their word. national security attorney christopher swift joins me now and also a professor of national security studies at georgetown university. thank you for joining us. what do you think of john kerry's response? >> it is clear that john kerry is promoting diplomacy and he thinks the approach that worked in iran might work in north korea. but it is important to note that iran and north korea are two very different countries with two very different regimes in different regions. they see the world in different places. at a high level while it might be reasonable to promote diplomacy as part of the problem-solving strategy in these countries it is not possible to link iran and north korea in that way. they require different

strategies and their leaders will come to the table with different objectives in mind. >> melissa: he talks about negotiating with north korea and when you hear stories like this week of the student grace jo who escaped from north korea and she describes her two brothers starving to death, her father being beaten to death because he tried to bring a bag of rice to his family, the regime that treats its own people like that, can you negotiate with someone like that? >> unfortunately, yes. the difficulty is there are lots of bad people in the world and unfortunately some of them get to run countries and they run those countries -- >> melissa: that's beyond being bad people. that seems irrational. >> if i can finish. if the question here is whether you can negotiate the answer is yes. if the question is how successful will those negotiations be, that's a different question. one of the things you have to keep in mind is that everybody who runs a country or anybody

who runs an organization, they have some interests even if the interest is to stay in power and stay alive. if you threaten those-dish identify and threat en those interests and get them to believe they can fulfill those interests that allow them to survive if you cut a deal with them you can negotiate. that's a very hard road to walk down. very hard big rock to roll up the hill with a regime like north korea. it can be done but you have to find the right points of leverage. military force and diplomacy have to go together like dealing with iran and north korea. you can't do on either/or approach. >> melissa: the strategy implies rationality. a lot of people have said they don't believe that kim jong-un is rational. do you believe he is rational? >> there are all kinds of irrational people that become rational. in staying alive and keeping himself in power he is very

rational. in terms of everything else it is hard to argue he is rational from a u.s. perspective. his desire to survive is a strong one and even irrational organizations will do things to survive if they think that interest is threatened. >> melissa: what would be the threat you would make here? how would you get it across? >> the way it's worked with our adversaries that were countries as opposed to terrorist organizations is we would put them in a box politically, economically and militarily and not let them get out of the box and slowly turn up the pressure on them if their behavior was inappropriate. we're seeing the trump administration start to do some of those things. it is just that the trump administration's rhetoric seems to favor the force rather than the diplomacy and you can see individuals like secretary kerry who favor diplomacy more than force pushing back on that idea. the critical issue here though is how do you deter a rogue

regime or rogue state like iran and north korea? the way you do it with iran and north korea is a country-specific analysis. it is different in different places and if you aren't dialed into those local conditions you will never get it right. >> melissa: thank you. appreciate your time today. >> jon: the senate is taking another stab at healthcare. introducing a new bill. can this one actually pass after so many failures? our political panel weighs in. when did you see the sign? when i needed to create a better visitor experience. improve our workflow. attract new customers. that's when fastsigns recommended fleet graphics. yeah! now business is rolling in. get started at fastsigns.com.

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>> jon: the senate forging ahead on healthcare reform with republican lamarr alexander and democrat patty murray that seems to be getting bipartisan support with their bill. there is momentum building for this new plan. >> i think the prospects are good. we rolled it out with 24 senate co-sponsors, a a fourth of the senate. half republican and half democrat. the proposal is something that almost all republican members of the house have already voted for. in the repeal and replace bill in the house. all the democrats want it. president is interested in it. and the leaders of the senate repeal and replace bill, senator cassidy and graham are for it. >> jon: let's bring our political panel. lawrence jones, radio host on the blaze and conservative come pen tator. simon rosenberg is a former bill clinton campaign advisor.

welcome to both of you. so this plan would undo what the president and the department of health and human services did last week, which is namely to defund those cost sharing reductions they're called, simon. the payments that go directly to insurance companies to help pay for policies for uninsured americans. if the president doesn't like those plans and this is congress's way to reinstate them isn't the law doomed from the start? >> the president was first enthusiastic about it and then withdraw his support. for the republicans it would be smart politics. it will make the american healthcare system better. what they did last night passing their budget was strip $150 billion out of medicare and medicaid next year and over the next 10 years that will have an impact of tens of

millions of people who will have worse care and worse off as well. so i think that what you are seeing what republicans are doing is making the healthcare system worse. it will affect tens of millions of people and help mitigate some of the damage. this is -- this is going to help mitigate some of the damage they've been doing which i think will be good for their politics and why i hope we can get it done before the end of the year. >> speaking of politics most republicans promised to repeal and replace obamacare and this isn't that despite the fingerprints of lamarr alexander. >> exactly. i also think that it's comical that simon talks about republicans making healthcare worse for americans when the obamacare is failing. it's just a fact, not even an opinion. many states pulling out. >> i don't agree. i don't agree. it is an opinion. it's an opinion. i don't agree. it's not a fact. i'm not going to let that stand. it is not a fact.

it is not a fact that it's failing. i don't agree. it's an opinion. >> a lot of states pulling out. >> we can have this debate. don't claim what you are saying is a fact. >> he let you speak, simon, let him. >> the fact of the matter is this. republicans made a promise to the american people not to fix what obamacare did if it is simply repeal it. and why the voters sent republicans with a majority and sent the president to do the same thing. if they can't get it done the american people will send somebody else to get it done. we won't do this band-aid approach which is going to make it worse. it is not repealing the mandate which is also a problem for the american people. so it is a fact obamacare is failing and the american people want something different. >> what about the president's position this amounts to essentially a bail-out of the insurance companies, a taxpayer funded bail-out of the insurance companies? >> it's part of what has helped

25 million people get insurance and lower the uninsured rate down to the lowest in american history. the obamacare or the aca as it's called has worked. we are far healthier, americans are far more prosperous than they were when it was implemented. the republicans i think taking an enormous risk right now. where we stand today if there isn't mitigation and something like this passed is tens of millions of people are going to have older people, people watching this show are going to have their medicare cut. millions of people will lose their insurance. millions more will have their premiums go up. healthcare jobs will get cut. deficits will go up. they'll have to defend that to the public. the country will be worse off because of what they're doing on healthcare. this is an enormous risk. >> if it was so good why do the american people send a president to the white house to repeal it all when they campaigned seeing thefrp going

to do it. if they were so good why did the american people say something different, simon. i'm curious. >> if you look at the polling on the aca, the polling -- i'm answering your question. if you look at today, the polling today, is the aca is far more popular than president trump is, right? more people like the aca than like the president, right? >> your opinion >> jon: you suggested if republicansing along with this they might find themselves punished by voters who wanted in your view wanted the aca thrown out lock, stock and barrel. >> they're done. if they can't get tax reform done, if they can't get healthcare done, what the american people sent them there to do, then they will get somebody else to do it. it's just a fact. we're tired of the promises and tired of being promised that

we'll get better healthcare. take the government out of it. that's what we've been asking for. if they can't get that done we'll find somebody else. >> jon: simon, if this thing does pass and if the payments cost sharing reductions go through, does that cement obamacare as part of our national infrastructure forever? >> no. it's only a bill for two years. just a two-year period. a temporary thing. the republicans failed to repeal obamacare and the reality is that if this isn't implemented millions of people will lose their care, millions of people's premiums will go up and that is because of what the republicans did. they will have to defend that when they go in front of the voters next year on steps they took to make the american healthcare system far worse than what it was. >> people are losing healthcare and their jobs as well because they have to part-time.

>> you are making stuff up on the air. >> there is a 30-hour rule within the healthcare bill that requires employees to provide healthcare if it's 30 hours or more. it is a fact. people are going to part-time. simon, people would rather pay the penalty than have this mess of healthcare system. >> since the aca has passed the unemployment rate has dropped. don't tell me about job loss. it contributed to job gains and wealthier. i will dispute this every day. >> we will have to leave the discussion there. thank you for bringing us your viewpoints. >> melissa: a rash of violence at virginia state university. why the campus was put on lockdown twice in less than a week? plus. >> some of america's most political addresses came from this room. the office of an american

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>> jon: you know, these are tense times in america with north korea and iran making threats. hurricanes and wildfires still affecting millions. and citizens arguing about whether to stand up for the anthem or tear down civil war statues. worth remembering that we've seen times far worse and come through with strength and unity. join us now for a trip to hyde park two hours north of new york see the. the home and library of our 32nd president. he himself faced physical challenges he harnessed the power of the american people to beat the depression and win a global war. >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

>> they are only words, nothing more. yet they rallied a reeling nation. the united states was struggling to cope with the worst economic disaster in our history, the great depression, when franklin delano roosevelt took office in 1933. millions of american jobs disappeared. folks who couldn't feed their families crowded soup kitchens, deposits and loans dried up leading banks to fail at an extraordinary rate. >> he shut down the banks. eight days later he gives his first fireside chat. >> i can assure you that it is safer for you to keep your money in a reopened bank than to keep it under the mattress. >> that one speech changed the country's attitude so much there had not been a run on the banks. people did what he said. they took their savings out from under the mattress and put them back in the banks. >> the pep talk worked. americans poured millions of dollars into the banks.

the power of persuasion to reach americans on a whole new level. >> his great tool was his voice. he understood the power of radio. he used radio in a way no one had ever used it before and few have used it sense. it was an intimate meeting. the reason they were called fireside chats. when he would do those speeches on the radio and millions of people would sit around their living rooms in front of their fireplaces and listen to them. >> some of those fireside chats were written from this room? >> and delivered from this room. >> a terrible new challenge loomed. one that would forge a partnership strong as steel. talk about the world leaders in this room. >> winston churchill sat here. >> they had a good relationship aside from heading the two allied countries in the war. a working relationship. >> in the beginning churchill was the dominant figure. they were already involved in the war and desperately trying

to get roosevelt to bring america into the war against the nazis and he had a lot more experience in terms of military campaigns. >> suddenly roosevelt needed no more prodding from churchill. the surprise military strike on america's pacific fleet in pearl harbor once again required fdr to reassure a frightened nation with his charisma and self-assured attitude. >> the pearl harbor speech. he was in washington and called his assistant. i need to give a speech tomorrow and i need you to take it down. he sat back, took a drag on his cigarette and dictated it in one stop complete with punctuation. >> those words among the most famous almost didn't come out that way. the proof is right here. >> the most famous edit in

history. he writes in infamy. >> the sneak attack on pearl harbor outraged the american people and the mood shifted. men rushed to enlist eager to join the fight. those they left behind were frightened for the fathers, brothers, sons and husbands who shipped off to fight thousands of miles from home. now with battles raging on two fronts, fdr used one of his fireside chats to instill confidence. >> we are going to win this war. >> those fireside chats truly changed the course of this nation's history. >> absolutely. another interesting moment is in february of 1942. three months after pearl harbor, war is not going well. the japanese have swept through the pacific. nazis have swept through europe. the british are losing in north africa. nazis are outside leningrad. moscow is about to fall.

he gives a speech fireside chat and says i want to talk to you about the world. he told people ahead of time to get a map of the world. he says, look at this map in front of you and the size of the soviet union and the size of china and the size of the united states and canada. those are our allies. look at germany and italy, japan, look how small they are. we are going to win this war is what he was saying. but more importantly he wanted people to understand the global nature of this conflict. and again, it is a brilliant piece of political persuasion. he was also not pretending it wasn't going to be difficult or creating a false sense of hope. he said here is the situation. very specific about it and it was one of those things where the point of great trepidation in this country he provided encouragement and a sense of accomplishment. this is what's going to happen. it will be hard but in the end we're gonna win. >> jon: obviously we did. >> melissa: that was tremendous.

i love that. my favorite part was the speech on the wall and to know what it was going to be and how it turned out and to see the personal touch on that is humbling. >> jon: it is all there if you want to visit the roosevelt library in hyde park, new york where you can see all this stuff. interesting to me he was one of our tallest presidents. he was 6'2". among the top five presidents in height. but i never thought of it that way because you usually see him sitting down because of his polio, which is something that the press almost entirely kept from the public in those days, the press cooperated with the president in not revealing that he had this disability which had afflicted him since he was about 29. more on that on our website. >> melissa: very cool. nice job. one u.s. college campus forced to go on lockdown twice in just one week. we'll tell you why.

>> melissa: coming up on "outnumbered". president obama's attorney general loretta lynch is facing house members looking into the russia election but may also face questions about how she told james comey, f.b.i. director, to refer to hillary clinton's email scandal. >> lots of words about that. speaking of president obama, he is back hitting the campaign trail and taking some thinly-veiled shots at president trump. whether it's appropriate and can he help democrats regroup after massive election losses. >> didn't mention him by name. people say they know who he was talking about. all that and one lucky guy. "outnumbered" at the top of the hour. see you then. >> jon: we'll be watching. a quick correction.

>> on sunday october 8th i reported here on fox news channel a story about a glass artist who created a presidential glass seal in the hopes of gifting it to president trump. he claimed he was a vietnam veteran. a member of the first u.s. navy seal team and decorated war hero. all of those claims turned out to be untrue. the fact is he did not serve in vietnam. never a u.s. navy seal even though he showed us medals which turned out to be fake. he was not awarded two purple hearts or any of the other nearly two dozen commendations he claimed to have received except the national service medal. he is a glass artist and veteran and served in spain and gifted two presidential seals to presidents ronald reagan and george w. bush. i have worked with his family and also believed his alternative story and the national personnel record center to get to the bottom of a military past that he had

claimed to be covert. there are lessons to be learned from this. i should have done more to verify his information. i sincerely apologize to our viewers, especially our veterans and servicemen and women. john. >> jon: brian, thank you. >> melissa: reporters openly making fun of president trump after he brought attention to the story about the clintons and the controversial uranium deal reached with russia. is this more mainstream media bias? that's the topic for "outnumbered" next. hi. when you clock out, i'll clock in... sensing and automatically adjusting to your every move. there. i can also help with this. does your bed do that? i'm the new sleep number 360 smart bed. let's meet at a sleep number store. what maheart-healthyle salad the california walnuts.ver? the best simple pasta ever?

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>> police investigating two shootings on the virginia state campus in less than a week. the latest just last night after reports a man was shot in the stomach behind a campus building. police dispersed about 200 people to the scene. no word on the victim's condition. it comes after a man was shot and injured on a psu campus during homecoming event saturday

night. police believe though shootings are not connected. >> today marks 40 years since two: it's skinner band members and a backup singer died in a plane crash. at that time in 1977, the band already had several platinum albums including nothing fancy and second helping. they were on their way to baton rouge, louisiana, when the plane ran out of fuel and crashed. two crew members in the band's assistant manager also died. 20 people including several band members survived. some of them performed, the band adding new members in 1987. >> what a day that was. >> not a happy note for a friday. but it is friday, so there's that. >> we will see you next week. thanks for joining us. because b22 starts right now.

when we begin with this developing story, passionate rebuke of the congresswoman who criticized president terms phone call to a soldier's widow. from man who knows firsthand what it's like to lose a son in war. this is outnumbered. i'm harris faulkner pretty today, the anchor of the intelligence report on fox business, trish regan pray to the editor of townhall.com katie pavlich. for my national security staff or under presidents bush and obama gillian turner. today's #oneluckyguy, fox news clinical analyst and cohost of the five, juan williams is here. he is outnumbered, but he told me a few years ago he is happy on the couch. >> juan: i love the couch grade what a great weekend. publicans everywhere. i go, it's like goblins. i did not notice about you. what are you going to be this year? >> juan: i was thinking of dressing up and address because i could fit in the colors