every day 5:00 a.m. eastern time. ♪ ♪ >> brand-new tweet from president trump on everything on economy and tax reform and the controversy to call to gold star widow. we are live at the white house with the very latest. >> season of war against the gop establishment. this time aiming harsh words at president george w. bush, so will all the tough talk cause problems getting the white house agenda through congress? >> meanwhile president trump is vowing today to make long classified documents on the jfk assassination open to the public .

liz: a look into america's news headquarters on a very busy saturday, i'm elizabeth prann. >> nice to be with you at home, i'm leland vettert. president trump pushed his feud with federica wilson. also saying the media hasn't given him enough credit for this week's success in the senate. what does the white house want to focus on? culture fight over gold star family call or tax policy legislative achievement? >> it's an excellent question, leland. you know, the story with the soldier so much consuming so much oxygen, but policy wise tax reform continues to be front and center. in interview tomorrow morning

with sunday morning futures president trump says he wants tax reform this year, he wants it done even sooner. president trump was asked, you know, do you think with the rapid timeline that you're going to have the votes, here is what he said? >> i think we have the votes. i think that rand paul is going to vote for the tax cuts. i think that other people -- we have tremendous enthusiasm this time. health care, i was told was tougher but it was close, i mean, so far i would say it's not even a contest and i will tell you speaking of health care, i believe we are going to get that also. >> so president trump is saying health care three or four months from now, tax reform by the end of the year and the first step, of course, was passing that budget and it's a milestone that president trump believes should have gotten more attention, he said this morning on twitter, it's a really big deal specialist in terms of what will be the biggest tax cuts in u.s.

history. mainstream media barely covered. but just minutes after posting that, literally minutes, he was back to talking on twitter about the controversy about his phone call with the wife of la david johnson w the congresswoman federica wilson had listened on, quote, i hope the fake news media talk about wacky congresswoman wilson and she as representative is killing the democratic party. it's clear the white house wants to move on from controversy. they were hoping chief of staff kelly's comments would be the end of it, so far that hand happened, tweets like this morning don't help. now the president himself is explaining just how tough the calls are to make in that interview with maria bartiromo. listen here. >> these are tougher than dealing with the heads of countries, believe me. these are very, very hard calls, sad and sometimes, you know, the

grieve asking so incredible, but he's just an elegant man and a wonderful man and doing fantastic job as chief. >> leland, the politics continues even as today sergeant johnson is layed to rest in florida. leland. >> maybe we can all take a moment of reflective prayer on his sacrifice and that of others amidst the politics. kristin fisher, kristin, thank you very much, and kristin started her report talking about the balance that the president is facing between his tweets and talking about policy. that's something maria bartiromo also asked him about. maria: do you ever feel like sometimes your unscripted tweets, unscripted comments get in the way of the larger message, i have spoken with a lot of supporters of yours and while they love the policies they say, we feel like we are always defending something that he said that he didn't mean to say that way, do you think that's getting in the way of your agenda and the overall message, you need to bully

pulpit to tell the american people why tax reform is important? >> it's such an interesting question, i have friends that say, don't use social media, see i don't call it tweets, tweeting is like a typewriter, when i put it out, you put it immediately on your show, i mean, the other day i put something out, two seconds i'm watching your show it's up. donald trump -- maria: you're right, we are watching twitter feed. >> they're well crafted. i doubt i would be here if it weren't for social media to be honest with you because there is a fake media out there. i get treated unfairly by the media and i have a tremendous platform. i think i have 125 million people between twitter and instagram and all of them and facebook. i have a tremendous platform. so when somebody says something about it, i'm able to go bing, bing and i take care of it, the other way i would never be able to get the word out. >> maria bartiromo's exclusive interview with president trump,

there's a lot there sunday morning futures towrm 10:00 a.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. also a lot more monday morning 6:00 a.m. eastern mornings with maria over on fox business. president spent nearly a half an hour with her, incredible interview, a lot of ground to cover and a lot of policy and interesting stuff in there, check it out. >> you don't want to miss it. former white house chief strategists steve bannon making headlines this weekend, has been-words for former president. ellison barber joins us with all the details. what did he say. >> harshest rebukes that we have seen of this speech, as you said it's coming from a former trump official. in speech of his own at the california republican convention former white house chief strategists steve bannon said the 43rd president does not know what he's talking about. >> president bush to me embarrassed himself.

>> days before bush said this in new york. >> we have seen nationalism distorted in the nativism, it's always brought to america. bullying and prejudice in our public life sets a national tone provides permission for bigotry. the only way to pass civic values is to first go up to them. >> many said it's a speech on, quote, trumpism. even though bush did not mention trump's name, white house says they don't buy that line of thinking. >> our understanding is that those comments were not directed towards the president. >> perhaps, though, bannon did and he offered one of the most severe responses from anyone associated with this white house. >> speech writer wrote a

high-pollutant speech, it's clear he didn't understand anything that he was talking about. he equates industrialized revolution, globalization, he has no earthly idea whether he's coming or going just like it was when he was president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> i want to apologize up front to any of the bush folks outside -- in this audience, okay u because there's not been a more disinstructive presidency than george bush's. >> bannon was pushed out of the white house in august and now back at breitbart news and publicly declared in his words a war on the republican establishment. >> he's obviously planning that out. appreciate it. leland. >> let's bring in arizona congressman andy biggs, nice to see you, thank you, sir. i like that jacket, sharp look. 1966 ronald reagan running for governor thall shall not speak ill of another republican, have

you guys forgotten that or is that not worth it anymore? what's going on? >> well, i think what you're seeing is is that we have some people want change, donald trump president trump was elected as change agent and he's finding it tough going, the status quo seems awfully locked in, you're going to have the pushing pull going on. also when president bush is providing analysis of the current administration ui don't think it's unreasonable necessarily for somebody to push back, let's analysis what you did so we can check credibility in making analysis. i think that's what's happening here. >> if republicans are spending so much time with this interfeud about the establishment versus this insurgency versus nationalism versus populism and conservatism. there's a lot of donor who is i talk to, we are done with

listening to this fight, we just want some type of progress on the issues that, i think, reasonable people could agree it's been hard to find? >> and i'm with them because i think all of us really want to see the good policy, the agenda go forward and i think -- i think sometimes rhetoric gets in the way and that's -- that's what you're seeing perhaps play out here but i think in the -- bottom line is, when we get to this tax reform, and what's happening here, we are making some significant strides, i think there's a lot of agreement in the substance of it and i think once we do that, it's going to -- rhetorical back and forth. >> let's talk about the issue of tax reform, you pushed on and tried hard on pushing through and at least you want the idea of simple postcard way of filing taxes. are republican overpromising here? as of now it's been difficult to get anything done, you really

think you're going to to be able to revamp the entire tax code? >> i think so because not just in my own little echo chamber in congress, but when you filter out and talking to some of my friends across the aisle, people understand that our tax code is in need of drastic overhaul, nobody is defending the current tax code, so -- >> congressman, no question when you get outside the echo chamber of washington everyone agrees that it needs to be changed. the problem is in order to change it has to be done inside the echo chamber of washington, something you know well and what i'm wondering is when you have all the different ideas, freedom caucus idea u you have the paul ryan approach, the debates over brackets and everything else, whether or not that keeps anything from getting done. >> well, i think we are seeing a real spotlight on the echo chamber of washington, d.c. but what i'm meaning is i'm talking about outside echo chamber of the freedom caucus and the conservatives, i am talking

about moderates and even people across the aisle who understand that we need to get something done for the american people. so i think that there's a terrific window hire and i think we need to get it done and i think we are going to speed up the timetable, i think you're going to see the budget come back to the house. maybe something in the middle of next week and would be fantastic and i think go forward and hopefully very short time see the actual bill. >> yeah. imagine that after all this time talking about it. we will actually get specifics which would be nice. i want to get to this issue, something that you've been passionate about, building the wall, we saw some of the mock-ups this week come to fruition. you're talking about tax reform, it's taking much longer, health care isn't done, is the wall which is going to be undoubtedly a huge fight now on the back burner? >> well, in a way, yes. >> i will take that as a yes. >> in a way yes because we are focusing on tax reform.

with regard to immigration, that's the number one issue. if you remember where president trump was as candidate, he was in the pack of 17, he said let's build the wall and do immigration reform. all of a sudden he's number one. so i think that's something that americans understand, americans want and certainly in border state i can tell you that that's something that we need to do. >> certainly seems something that democrats will fight you tooth and nail on. congressman, i appreciate you being here, thank you so much. great to have you, have a wonderful weekend. >> you too, thank you. >> safe travels back here. be sure to tune in tomorrow when california congressman joins us to talk about tax reform. you heard the current congressman about reaching across aisle, a lot of discussions to find bipartisan solution that's coming tomorrow 1:30 eastern. liz: lawmakers in congress have submitted 30 bills on the issue but nine out of ten

representatives elected in 2016 did receive contributions which makes opioid medicine. congressman, thank you so much for joining me, sir. >> thank you, good morning. liz: fairly busy week, makes it virtually impossible for the dea to free any suspicious narcotics. two sides to the story, passionate sides to the story, i want to get your take to start off our conversation. >> well, first of all, i think we all realize that what was passed was passed unanimously. the house passed unanimously, the senate passed it unanimously, president obama apparently signed it into law without any question, so the fact of the matter is we all realize now and specially over the last week or so that there were some real unintended consequences that came about as

a result of this law. liz: what are the unintended consequences and what are lawmakers looking to do to change that? >> right. right. from my perspective, we have been in contact, i have been in contact this past week with the dea. i think it's important that as we look at revamping this law, however you want to characterize that we give law enforcement the tools that it needs to get the job done. we don't need the pill factories dispensing opioids like we have seen over the past year and a half and dea and local and state law enforcement not have the tools that they need to get the job done. liz: this is why i'm confused. i know that you're an advocate and you want to spend more money, millions of dollars, if i'm not mistaken, correct me in tracking high intensity drug-trafficking areas. you want to bolster law enforcement when it comes to

this, when you look at the numbers, sir, with all due respect, drug makers are pouring money into lawmakers, members of congress, 2.5 billion into lobbying and funding members of congress. so why aren't we talking about prevention when we are throwing money at law enforcement? >> well, because law enforcement first of all, had the tools. i think that even though we know we've had an opioid epidemic for a numbers of years that it exploded with the passage of this bill. so what we have to do is we have to be thoughtful, we don't want to rush, but we need to make sure that we understand the consequences so that we can reverse -- liz: no. but is the bill the culprit or is it the pharmaceutical companies or the doctors, i mean, we are talking about just putting money into law enforcement when you could be working on preventing it in the front end. >> well, it's a factor and i've talked to law enforcement. i'm a former united states

attorney from my area and to put it in perspective, when you talked in the beginning about my district in the eighth congressional district of tennessee, the western district of tennessee, there were almost 3500 people last year that suffered some consequences of an overdoes in the eighth district as a result of opioids and almost 300 of those died and i'm going tell you i think that's an undercount. i think it's an undercount here and undercount across nation in terms of the nation laws law enforcement relies on medical examiners, some who will count other factors contributing to the deaths, so law enforcement is a factor but it's a big factor and i did propose an amendment to give addition allege -- additional finding in law enforcements in my area to high-intensity districts so that they can help catch the people, the drug dealers on the road. >> don't get me wrong, we were

seeing the numbers and we saw article that lawmakers are worried about hiv transmission, this could spiral as it continues to spiral and meanwhile as we said in the intro, nine out of ten congressmen are getting campaigns but all but three senators are getting contributions, everyone that could get involved and prevent here so i will leave it at that because it's frustrating for homes and taxpayers to see this happen. so thank you for joining us and we hope that there's more action on the hill. >> we are working hard. >> thanks. leland. >> thank you. >> secretary of state rex tillerson landing in saudi arabia amid continuing feud between america's closest allies in the region. we arrived this morning to focus allies on resolving conflicts they say in syria, iraq, also fighting iranian influence in the region, secretary tillerson will take part in the first meeting of the nation capital between saudi arabia and iraq. he will head to qatar, pakistan

and india. liz: following reports of violent clashing with iraqi and kurdish forces. the fight broke out in the area on friday, right now no casualties have been reported but tillerson spokesperson did release statement saying, quote, we are monitoring the situation closely and call on all parties to cease all violent and provocative movement and coordinate activities to restore calm. we will be following the story. >> not over any time soon, coming up, closer look at long-time jfk assassination documents and president trump's vow to share them with the public. plus remembering off-duty police officer who gave his life to save others literally in las vegas massacre. twice calling out congresswoman someone who is tealing the democratic party on his call.

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liz: classified documents on one of the most notorious events may become public. president will authorize release about the assassination of former president john f kennedy. bryan llenas has more on the story. >> the full text of more than 30,000 files held from the public for 54 years are set to be released for the first time by thursday. most of these secret documents were created by the cia, fbi and justice department. president trump tweeting this this morning, quote, he's saying, subject to receipt of further information i will be allowing as president the long-blocked and classified jfk files to be opened. 25 years ago congress set a deadline to release all jfk assassination files by october 26th, 2017, the 1992 law called records collection act was passed in response to oliver stone conspiracy film called jfk which prompted loud demands to

open files into john f kennedy's murder in dallas on november 22nd, 1963, under the law, president trump make it is final decision to release these files or not. now the big question is whether or not these documents will help squash or fuel theories that lee harvey oswalt did not act alone. historians and conspiracy theorists speculate these new documents could include a cia personality study of oswalt and top secret onal secret of former cia officers, there could also be material relate today oswalt's trip to méxico city seven weeks before the assassination where the cia had him under surveillance. now it's america's most talked about conspiracy even president trump took part of conspiracy talk in may 2016 on "fox & friends" notably linking the father of ted cruz's father that cruz's father rafael was

photographed next to oswalt. >> his father was with lee harvard oswalt prior to os vault being shot, the whole thing is ridiculous. right prior to being shot. >> there's still possibility that president trump could be swayed by government agencies like the cia to not release certain document that is they deem too sensitive. we will have to wait and see, liz. liz: bryan llenas with the very latest, thank you, bryan. >> of course. leland: charleston hartfield, on duty cop who helped in festival. you see the picture. memorial service to him on the right. nevada national guard honored him to promoting him to first sergeant at funeral. one of the best america has to offer was 34 year's old.

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leland: as we speak a pregnant war widow is laying sergeant to rest in miami meantime political debate over president trump's call to his wife continues focusing on the florida congresswoman who said the call was insensitive. president trump tweeting this morning in part, quote, wacky congresswoman wilson and how she is killing the democratic party. here to talk about that and more syndicated talk radio host chris, wmal around the world or i guess even in you're in space station you can listen if you have internet access. we will see if the strawpts tune in. onto this issue, time, place and manner, seems like the president is on the winning side of this

debate so far and it's proven that out but at the same time on the morning the sergeant is being layed to rest -- >> well, that's our president, that's president trump and his twitter account, he's not cautious when it comes to these matter and brawler and there's a brawl and it wasn't started by president trump, the news media and the democrats but i repeat myself try to blame president trump for started every scrum, he didn't started this scrum not by any stretch of imagination and congresswoman wilson has got it down to 13. general kelly is under attack and integrity under question because a congresswoman with a cowboy hat is making a claim that honestly comes down to a matter of tone or interpretation and a call that she was eve's

dropping on and awful washington media cycle of, well, if we are not going to fight about that, let's fight about that. leland: that brings up the issue of the culture wars which has been a win for president trump. often times when people try to explain president trump's victory, nobody talks about how terrible the economy was or policy or health care, they all talk about the culture wars and this is what the democrats are saying about the culture wars, take a listen to nancy pelosi on the view. >> i don't really subscribe to the fact that there's a cultural war going on, there's divisions, there's disagreements and the rest, but i think there's plenty of opportunity to bring people together. leland: really? >> that's pretty funny. there's no culture war going on, i would suggest that we ask congressman steve scalise while he continues to recover from gunshot wounds sustained

inflicted by a bernie sanders supporter who has held to trying to murder republicans as he could or widows and democrats starting with president obama and certainly hillary clinton as well waged a rhetorical war against the police, indicting police everywhere as racists and unfair and approximately a dozen has been assassinated by leftist, some in suicide attacks including new york, dallas and baton rouge. leland: i covered the one in baton rouge, it was awful. are democrats in a way using this and to your point going to level 13 on a 1 to 10 scale about everything to keep anything meaningful, any real policy achievements from happening, is it strategic or they can't help themselves? >> they can't help themselves, this has been their strategy for a long time and nancy pelosi is a prime example of one of the

people that has been waging this culture war for decades now and the enstrerched washington bureaucracy, the establishment and the democrats foolishly at this point believe that this is a winning formula for them, identity politics, racial, race, class, begunkedder, warfare, these are issues that they can win on but they've lost the white house, the senate, the house of representatives, the governor's mansion, they lost state houses across the country more than a thousand elected offices across the country have been lost by the democrats since barack obama came on to the scene. if they think this is a winning formula for them, by all means continue with this formula. problem is it's causing damage a cross the country at dinner tables and workplaces and families and marriages, the racial animosity in public and private is terrible and quite honestly it's being driven by the democratic party because they think it benefits them.

>> there's infighting in the democratic party. fight is to take it farther to the left, farther into the issues that you talked about identity politics rather than some of the issues to bring us together. chris, always good to have you. good to see you. liz: speaking of the west coast, turn to go headlines from that coast, music icon mariah carey string of celebrity burr burglaries, millions of dollars in jewelry and other very high-end items. will carr has the latest, hi, will. >> hey, liz, our celebrities from across los angeles and mariah carey is the latest, $50,000 in purses and sunglasses from her home, tmz reporting that criminals broke 3:00 a.m. thursday when carey was in new york, growing list of celebrities who have been hit by

burglars, nicky minaj, kendall genre and hillary duff and ronda rousey. >> somebody had been spotting in my house, stole my gun, stole all my precious jewelry. >> they have that is broke into her house were arrested but many other celebrities can't say the same. lapd now has a task force looking into the crime and private security experts say social media is a vital tool for the band it when they are deciding who to target. >> these criminals are doing surveillance on their potential targets, they are tracking their behaviors, tracking movements, putting together an effective plan. >> along those lines experts say a good idea for people not to advertise on social media when you won't be home for extended period of time. liz. liz: will, with the very latest, thank you so much. lee land. leland: one marine who gave the

ultimate sacrifice, why the marathon has special meaning of first lieutenant travis. and preparing for north korean aggression, they are promising it, we will tell you what the navy is doing right now to send the north koreans a message

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prepared for anything. we are so prepared like you wouldn't believe. you would be shock today see how totally prepared we are if we need to be. would it be nice not to do that, the answer is yes. will that happen, who knows. liz: a a lot of americans at home are thinking not -- what are we prepared for, what are the possibilities and what is most likely going forward. >> right, u.s. policy has always been that we would retaliate if north korea attacked us and also perhaps preemptively strike them if we felt we had good intelligence that they were going attack us but with the president added, preventive attack, even if we don't feel there's imminent north korean strike on us, attack them and prevent them from completing icbm on soil. uncertainty whether the u.s. will do that. the administration has sent a lot of conflicting signals and my discussion with administration officials also getting conflicting signals.

the president is on the one hand saying we will always respond, our military is ready, option that's necessary, but also still seems to be signaling that we may be doing a preventive strike. >> it's so pertinent this we talk about this now because of the timing, the president has opened up the possibility to travel into the -- it's not uncommon but it is uncommon with this level of tension, am i right? >> right, every president since ronald reagan except the older george bush have traveled to the dmz, it's not uncommon for the president to go. as you point out, the tensions are high right now and also president trump and kim jong un, north korean leader seem to have made bilateral tensions personal, they both insulted each other and kim jong un vowed that he might do certain things and the president is also signaling that. we do seem to be at higher level of attention than what's always

high-level attention. liz: does the president has to go and can that improve relations because what he says there would be heard more so than if even if he said on twitter, even if he wrote 140 characters, he's there. >> instead of dnz, he goes to camp, large u.s. army base there to give a speech, if he doesn't go, some might say he's weak, but i think that would quickly pass, but perhaps more importantly than whether he goes or not is what he says, if it's simply, i am here, i am showing you as resolved, i'm showing commitment to allies that would be very traditional and well received. if he makes it more personal, if he makes comments about kim jong un, then it would escalate the relation with pyongyang. liz: when we talk about naval drills which folks can see on the screen a moment ago, i'm curious as something that has not changed. we have seen for decades now. but a lot more focus now than

has been, is that productive? >> well, we have always had u.s. exercises as well as to train force that is we have in the region. every time we do it, north korea vows to respond, they see it as a invasion. the tensions always go up and go back down when the commerces are over. but now that north korea is on the cusp of ability to hit the continental u.s. with nuclear weapons including hrveción-bombs, then now everything is much more tense. there's a feeling we need to lean forward if we get indications that north korea military is about to attack. so everything is much more tense, we feel like we are more on a knife-edge of tension than we have before. liz: right, we are out of time. i wanted to bring up tillerson' comments on china, maybe we will have you back and look forward for the visit that we speak of. leland. leland: tens of thousands of

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leland: amid the debate in washington over gold star families, 30,000 runners hit the road tomorrow mourning in the 42nd annual marine corps marathon, joining us now ryan, president of the travis foundation, travis' brother killed while serving iraq in 2007 and you have a team in why travis honor. >> 300 people running between the marathon and the 10k, this is our 11th year doing this as a team and i'm really excited for it. leland: we have pictures of some of the work that you all do. how does this further travis' legacy? >> not only further travis' legacy but the legacy of men and

women. foundation to empower veterans and members of fallen to instill character in the next generation. that's what we want to make sure we are doing. renewed sense of purpose again when they are leaving active duty, after the loss of loved one, but the flip is that they are inspiring our next generation to be servant leaders as well. leland: let's talk about just that issue specially as it relates to families who have lost a brother, a son, a daughter in combat. and now somehow they have been politicized and even the condolence calls, this was written by chris, under headline of stop questioning everyone's patriotism. in all of these disputes both sides claim to be on the side of politicization of everything, but what we know, here it is, we know that the finest way to honor those who died and service of country to help, build,

maintain a nation worthy of their service and in that way we are all falling down on the job to varying degrees. agree? >> i do agree with that statement. i mean, for us we are a character organization, veteran organization but we are about character and making sure that we share the character of the men and women. our goal is to make sure that everything we are doing, everything program we run we are doing in honor of these men and women of the character that they had, the service that they displayed and i think that's important to make sure that we as a nation understand their sacrifices, we understand the magnitude of what they're sacrifices means and we continue to share their story. leland: declaration of independence said in order to form a more perfect union u nothing will ever be perfect, as close as america gets, what would travis, if you can channel his thoughts about how divisive washington is, a man who clearly

cared so much about the country, how would he feel about cincinnati. >> my brother was an individual who didn't like the politics. he signed up to serve his country, he signed up to give back and he we wanted to make sure that no matter what that when you put on that uniform, when you decide to serve your country, you're not serving your country on one side or the other, you're serving everyone. and i think when we look at this idea of how we are politicizing gold star families and these men and women who have given their lives, we have to remember that. none of the men and women signed up on one side or the other, they put the hand up for all of us. leland: general kelly, now chief of staff kelly in his talk on thursday mentioned going to arlington and walking through arlington being with the finest men and women is how he found

peace, disconnect between so many in america and so many that have given so much as your family has, do you feel that as well, what's the way to bridge that? >> i do. you know what, the one thing that i think that we can do right now with all of the -- the limelight being on this issue, i think it's an opportunity for us to change the narrative a little and make sure that -- i've had people several times over the last several days when i'm writing something and saying gold star, i'm a gold star sister, people are saying, how did you get your gold star, they don't know what a gold star family member is. let's use this as an opportunity to educate the rest of the country on what a gold star family member is and make sure that we keep highlighting this in a positive way. we keep sharing stories, people will begin to understand what that service and sacrifice means. leland: a lifelong sacrifice. you have a big run tomorrow, good luck. >> yes. leland: we will be thinking

about you. >> you'll be joining us next year? >> i guess now i'm on the spot. so, yes. elizabeth prann. >> we have griff jenkins running with us. liz: i'm ready. leland: you will be. i think you have something to do before that. liz: still to come president trump is one step closer to what he calls biggest tax cut in history and mitch mcconnell, we will see dana parino. joint appearance from one exclusive club, all former living presidents taking cause for relief efforts, we will have a country music star coming up after the break. mom's got this cold #stuffynose

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>> our two of amerigas news headquarters from washington, thinking about the marathon she is training for. >> donald trump goes after fake it is in democrats and tax reform and healthcare plans. a series of tweets today, we break it down. leland: a lot of tweets. all living ex-president come to show support for victims of

hurricanes harvey, irma and maria. life to college station. melissa: a marriage made on pennsylvania avenue, can donald trump and mitch mcconnell push an agenda through congress. we will ask dana perino who is talking to senator tomorrow on fox news sunday. donald trump active on twitter doubling down on his dispute with a florida congresswoman. kristen fisher live in the white house with the details. >> reporter: for the first time since the chief of staff abstaining in surprise appearance in the briefing room this week now donald trump himself is weighing in on the controversy between his chief of staff and congresswoman wilson. on an interview on sunday morning futures with maria bartiroma he was asked where you aware of what you're chief of staff was going to say in the briefing room? here is what he said. >> he was so offended because he was in the room when i made the call and so were of your people.

he was so offended that a woman would be listening to that call. he couldn't believe it. he said to me, this is not acceptable. melissa: general kelly has been taking heat for calling her an empty barrel which turned out not to be true. accused her of breaking of getting funding for a new fbi bill, a video showed her bragging about something else. the press secretary was asked about it exchange in the briefing room and she seemed not to challenge kelly. >> if you want to go after general kelly that is up to you. if you want to get into a debate with a four star marine general, that is inappropriate. melissa: the press secretary is

being challenged for questioning whether it is appropriate for a reporter to question a chief of staff but pushing back, in a statement last night, of course everyone can be questioned but after witnessing general kelly's somber account, we should agree impugning is credibility on how best to honor fallen heroes is not appropriate. the white house wants to move on from this controversy, to be talking about tax reform and the budget the just passed. when donald trump left the white house for his golf course in virginia he was tweeting about tax reform but then he was tweeting again about congresswomen wilson and that only adds fuel to the controversy the white house is continuing to move past. leland: speaking of that tweet on tax reform, the budget that

just passed is a big deal especially in terms of what will be the biggest tax cut in us history. here to talk about it, garrett tenney with. we heard the talking points, it will be the biggest, the largest tax reform or tax cut but the details escape us. any idea when we will have a better idea? >> reporter: that could be in the next few weeks, gop leaders are on track to get that done. tax reform in the president's test by the end of the are but multiple sources suggest it may happen before thanksgiving. the senate set the stage for tax reform by approving the 2018 budget and gop sources tell us the house will skip its usual length debate and approve the budget next week as well. we could see actual legislation for tax reform in the next few weeks. the details are still being worked out but there's sure to

be a lot of changes, democrats are voicing their concerns with the gop initial framework. >> there are a few ideas democrats might support, we believe the republican tax-cut framework failed to live up to the task donald trump set for his tax plan when he said it would be focused on the middle-class. democrats believe the republican tax plan is not fair. it would further rick the tax code for the rich. >> reporter: gop leaders pushing back, the idea of tax reform is to lower taxes for the middle class. there are areas democrats and republicans could find common ground but this morning on "fox and friends" mark short said the administration is trying to get democrats involved. >> a bipartisan group of senators, to talk about what they want to see in the tax reform bill. they will offer constructive

amendments, throughout the committee process and we earnestly believe a bipartisan bill will be a better bill. >> reporter: with all the progress happening, sitting taxable by the end of the year is a tall order. there are only 34 legislative days left. a lot needs to happen in that timeframe to get a bill to the president's desk. andrea: there is discussion the house and senate might work fridays, which is shocking, to get this done. melissa: let's bring in the white house columnist with old newspaper, thanks for joining us. we heard that tweet, when we talk about getting close to a budget, getting closer to tax reform that could be that fourth bracket and at the same time we see the stock market reaching higher levels because of a positive move forward but a lot of work has to be done. >> an enormous amount of work, a lot of detail and it is an issue

where the devil is in the details. in general people say you like tax reform to everybody would like tax reform. that is part of it. the other element is of the political calculus of getting democrats on board. could happen but would tend to move the legislation in a different way. melissa: the biggest joke is everybody wants tax reform but how? the president will be appearing on maria bartiroma's show tomorrow and brought up a topic we seem to keep hearing about quite often. i want to get your reaction. >> in formal block grants to different states, wonderful healthcare, tremendous healthcare managed properly in smaller doses, done more individually. a little later in three or four months you will have before the

election in 18. melissa: productive talking about healthcare? they tried. >> a number of times. any efforts you think they made, it hasn't worked yet. as a political matter it is questionable whether it makes sense to keep going back to health care especially if the president gets something on tax reform. a tax cut. this continual battering the point about healthcare is problematic because to conservatives the republican congress's failure to repeal the affordable care act is a major misstep. melissa: it is a way to the story alive in the sense he is telling the base he is not giving up? >> that is part of it and the refusal to acknowledge they loss. he wants to keep claiming certain things could be a victory even if they stop short

of what was suggested. melissa: the president sent a number of tweets. this is something that sparks a lot of interest with viewers across the globe. the subject of the receipt of further information, classified jfk files to be opened. there are nuances whether it will be all the files, what will be released, but huge amount of interest in this story. >> it is a fascinating story. releasing it is a good thing because even if there are things that might be embarrassing to the us government, the conspiracy theories that proliferated for 50 years, the other point is one of the few things that has remained consistent is the american people's distrust of the

original findings, did oswald act alone, the war and report, americans for decades said they don't trust those findings. fascinating to see what is here. melissa: we will learn what will be released, you for joining us, we will see what happens and progress on the budget, no small feat so we will see. andrea: to the issue of healthcare you were talking about. a bipartisan health care bill, ended by donald trump appears to be on life support if not dead. those subsidies are paid to insurance companies noticed csrs that affect people who'd by individual policies. good to see you, governor of colorado. >> glad to be on. andrea: in washington, you lose sight of the real world effects of what happens.

take me through what this means in colorado if donald trump's order stays in effect, how does it affect you? >> for us, we had in place in case this happened our insurance providers in the private market, adding on 20% additional cost if the federal government was going to pull back their support. everyone's rates would go up. they are already going up 25% so this would put that 52%, 33%. it is a big cost shift. andrea: take a partisan issue out of it. open enrollment for folks start early november. how much uncertainty are you hearing among big employers in colorado among individuals who get their insurance through the exchange, something they are talking about or do they care

more about tax reform? >> they are talking healthcare. it makes a lot of sense to look at this bipartisan bill in the senate. senator alexander, senator murray, people from both parties testifying and participating to find a compromise. this shouldn't be a partisan issue and when governor kasich from ohio, when we started working on this nine months ago it looked like it would be a one party republican get rid of this thing and worry about consequences later. now we realize bipartisan push will be a better outcome for everybody. andrea: you and governor k-6 have been working on this nine months. you are saying we have ideas and in washington they can't get any past. i people not interested in your ideas by democrats in congress not interested? we need to compromise, what is the problem?

>> i think we are going to get there. call me a hopeless optimist that we made enough progress, sent a letter to the leadership of the house and senate, we have ten governors, 5 democrats, four republicans, one independent, governor walker of alaska. all i said the same thing, let's stabilize the private market and move forward, look at how to control this inflation spiral upward of healthcare costs? how do we restrain that? andrea: we get lost in the weeds, my mother texted me csr? i know there was something else going on, but the individual subsidies paid to insurance companies for people who get their insurance on the individual exchanges. with explanation is this one of the things that makes healthcare

harder in the sense the devil is in the details and no matter what you and fellow governors right in washington, talk about tax cuts? >> that is certainly true. it is easier to talk about tax cuts but healthcare affect everybody. it has been eat our lunch for three decades and this might be the time we find both sides willing to work together. we don't want to make the loser and they don't want to make is a loser. put politics aside and cost-sharing reductions. they are just an incentive to make sure people can afford health insurance. overall they save individuals money but also the federal government. by restoring the csrs it won't cost them a penny. andrea: we are going to fact check that. >> otherwise there would be tax

incentives, what we don't give for the csrs would come to those individuals later. leland: you explained better than i did. i will check with mom and see if she understands. good to have you on. >> good to see you. melissa: we have our political panel breakdown whether steve bannon's season of war against the gop establishment is helping or hurting chances for major legislation, but tax reform and health care. the damage done. hundreds of americans homeless, sifting through the ashes for any surviving mementos after devastating wildfires. >> it is not just a home, it is a life. >> the season of strong storms spreading across the pond as the uk gets pounded by another storm, what they can expect.

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elizabeth: a live funeral procession for the falling soldier, david johnson of miami gardens, the funeral procession taking place this morning. the actual ceremony was in cooper city, going toward hollywood, florida, flying an american flag at the entrance of the cemetery. as the procession goes by, he is 25 years old, he was killed october 4th along with three other servicemembers, leaves behind two children, his wife is pregnant with their third child, due in january. a very sad day. we wanted to pay our respects. leland: it is important amid the political debate in washington, the political debate in washington over the past couple

days is focused on sergeant johnson and the president's, the congresswoman who listen to the call and the fallout from there. it is important what we heard earlier, when he signed up, it was without political feeling. he signed up to protect and serve all americans and as you watch pictures of him being laid to rest he gave the ultimate sacrifice regardless of our own political persuasion. taking a moment today amid thoughts you are thinking about politics and give thanks for this soldier and his family will live this is tragedy the rest of their life and the sacrifice they made. it is an important one. elizabeth: the conversation shifts when we are general kelly, chief of staff, we know he did lose his son. he brought in a new perspective twice on the show, after the story made headlines, he went to

arlington national cemetery to be with you 1% and that is what this man was. one of the 1% and so were the men who lost their lives along with him. leland: hers is pulling in, we saw the honor guard lining up that will fire the 21 gun salute once sergeant johnson is laid to rest and the american flag folded and that is when the grieving process begins, we are general kelly take everyone through what happens when there is a death in combat, the knock on the door ingrained in people's memories. at the same time our guest earlier said what does it mean to be a gold star family? we now know you laid your son or daughter or husband or wife to

rest having given life and service to the country and it is a poignant moment. >> a brother and sister, brother travis lost his life in 2007, many people don't necessarily know much about what it is to be a gold star family and when you think of the widow she has not only two children to raise but she is expecting and those are precious moments she won't be able to share with her spouse as she lays them to rest in an abrupt ending and so much focus on what happens and why did it happen and can it be prevented, john mccain talked about why are we there? we are learning more and more about what happened. >> so many people had to pull out a map to figure out where nigeria even was and important to know as we speak there are americans wearing the uniform sergeant johnson war across the globe in 60 to 70 countries

whether it be on training missions or afghanistan or iraq and syria in harm's way and a lot of discussion in congress, has the american military become too cavalier about putting troops in harm's way? there was no quick reaction available when these guys came under fire by a well laid terrorist ambush in niger and now the process of figuring that out. we heard the secretary of defense answering questions saying war is war and these guys were out on patrol with the green berets training local forces in counterterrorism. they were there in a combat situation. bad things happen. >> when you talk about social forces in different parts of the

globe they tend to be in training missions but they can be unprotected in the sense they are trained to be in dangerous areas, may not have the proper support for ambushes such as this and we heard lindsey graham yesterday afternoon being interviewed by a number of reporters, the situation is changing. there is heavier terrorist presence in areas of the globe that weren't there before, like the afghan continent where it is becoming more dangerous. we are looking at these pictures. leland: screen left for those joining us, the funeral procession for sergeant johnson, killed in niger, screen left, the internment at the graveside, on your right the picture, as you saw so often during the war

on terror 2005 through 2010, this is the casket coming home, the flight that brought sergeant johnson back from dover air force base to south florida, delta airlines flight, the casket was offloaded and you saw his wife, pregnant with one of the other daughters right there, saying her last goodbye, her husband, the father of her children inside the casket, having given his life, the honor guard just behind him. this is something to remember. we lost the helicopter feed. that is the picture, you can see the honor guard behind as general kelly talked about, there is a casualty assistance officer with the family and for so many years, grew up without a

father. elizabeth: him and his family at the funeral procession, the internment as you mentioned, we are thinking of them and the other men who lost their lives. leland: a lot to cover. five former us presidents are coming together later today for a hurricane relief concert. we will head to college station, texas, as folks are still cleaning up and trying to rebuild their lives. we will be right back.

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>> a rare event in texas, all five living former presidents coming together with a single mission, not partisan, to rebuild the lives torn apart by back to back to back hurricanes. tracy steagall in college station, texas covered some of

those hurricanes and is now covering the relief effort. >> good to see you, we were talking about how it is nice to be in a suit and not hurricane and raingear like we have been wearing so much of lately but this is all about hurricane relief and what a treat it is to see five presidents and first ladies on the same stage and not only doing that, putting politics aside but this is because it is for a worthy cause. texas a&m university was chosen, obviously the site of the george hw bush presidential library, a packed crowd was expected, public service announcementss all over the airwaves advertising the charity fundraiser and it is going to be a texas sized show. the gatlin brothers, robert

keane of alabama some of the acts headlining today, the consonant away at 7:00 central, 8:00 eastern raising money for hurricane relief is the name of the game. every penny will benefit hurricane maria, hurricane irma and hurricane harvey victims. larry gatlin talked about how it is nice to see politics put aside for those who desperately need it. >> it is good the presidents i getting together, everybody says it is - it is bipartisanship, that won't happen. that is not going to happen. amazing that it takes a tragedy to get people to come together. >> hurricane harvey devastated parts of southeast texas in late august and early september, estimated to be one of the costliest natural disasters in us history. things are still not good at all

from reports on the ground in puerto rico. harvey was just down the road from where we are standing so this hit close to home for the bush family. the arena back here capable of holding some 13,000 people, tickets are being sold, ranging 40 to $60 a person, the organizers hope every single seat is filled because every penny is going to go to hurricane relief efforts. >> it will be fun to see. coverage through the evening. casey, good to see you in a suit and glad it is cooler as well. in case you didn't see enough we have larry gatlin coming up later from college station a picture of the great guy, good friend of the show, tune in at 8:00 eastern, live coverage on

tonight have special concert. >> steve bannon is waging a season of war against gop at california during the gop state convention, he called out george bush who he criticized, but didn't name donald trump in a recent speech. we heard the white house respond earlier. >> president bush embarrassed himself, speechwriter wrote a highfalutin speech, he didn't understand what he was talking about. he equates the industrial revolution, globalization, has no idea whether he is coming or going just like it was when he was president of the united states. i want to apologize to any of the bush folks in this audience because there is not been a more destructive presidency than george bush's. >> he said he would wage a war and he is.

o'connor public strategies with the washington beacon. thank you for joining me. i want to start with you. were you surprised when you heard this? >> not really. steve bennett is doing what he said he was going to do once he led the white house, waging war with the republican establishment. the speech president bush, and and they base them on their own voters. and talking about issues, important to the republican base like securing the border and fighting for american workers left behind, and when president bush gets up there and says these things, it is empty

rhetoric, the biggest problem america is facing a deficit of confidence. >> consumer confidence, >> a couple i think you may disagree with, president bush seemed to have a disconnect and also mentioned a little about the gop base and what they find important but i want to ask your comments. >> he is speaking to the state of the country, and they are inextricably linked here. his speech resonates on a global scale. it resonates with democrats and independents, and the donald trump voter and waging war on

the gop. this sector of voter that relates to the president and nonsensical tweeting and there is a stark legislative agenda and the president has hardly been constructive in the time he has been in the white house, chaos upon chaos. elizabeth: you talked about the division within voters. as you move forward, when you see the difference speeches, the leaders at odds, what ripple effect will that have when we talk about members of congress, getting constituents fired up, it could play the decision of lawmakers and we could see no taxable, no healthcare, nothing on the budget, we need stuff to get done. >> president bush's speech only played well with the media bubble and deletes in both parties and it doesn't play well

to what the voters elected donald trump to do. talk about immigration, that is the core issue donald trump's campaign since he started to enter the race, president bush may not remember his failed amnesty push, and the republican base don't want that. it has been trump's signature issue. there is a disconnect, it is healthy for the party, figures like steve bannon trying to hold republicans accountable. mcconnell is on board, agenda items like tax reform and healthcare they agree on, they can get it done. >> a couple things are important. president bush is speaking as the next president. there is a different perspective

and different role. >> he hasn't been vocal. what about why now? >> i don't want to a speak to a state of mind. and paid attention to the president's retic, and what steve bannon and breitbart are leaving and it was supposed to be a bigger speech. and we will see if that stays the same. and it is a common talk phrase.

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>> donald trump saying the senate passing a budget is a big deal and promising the biggest tax cut in us history. the host of the daily briefing, great to have you here. and allergy attack. >> i was here for quite a long time. >> you had mitch mcconnell on, a big deal for tax reform. do you agree with the president this is big? >> very significant and democrats might have been a little surprised because republicans failed to pass healthcare and the budget isn't as hard, that is usually a partyline vote but so significant because the way the

rules work, if they pass the budget, they get to do tax reform was just 51 votes. i think they should get that 51 votes. how is tax reform easier than healthcare reform. it seems the momentum is definitely on the republican side, if democrats seated a lot of ground on policy for republican this, with other ancillary issues. it could be republicans are looking at a big win. >> the infighting and the ability for republicans to get on the same page, people sewing that discord, without criticizing your old boss. your thoughts, time to bring back reagan's 11th amendment? >> that might have gone away for now. it is okay to have infighting as long -- republicans are going to try to find out when you look at the guys in the house that was a

big concern for healthcare for the budget, the house freedom caucus group, they want what they want and fight against it but sounds like they will accept the senate budget and if they do that, republicans show they can work together and what it feels like to have accomplishments and that might be the best antidote to discord in the party. >> we know senator mcconnell watches religiously, but big in. what is there to push him on. you said it is the victorian era? >> i was press secretary during the victorian era. >> mitch mcconnell coming-of-age during that timeframe, where do we press him on his relationship with donald trump? >> you have to take them at their word, they appeared in front of the nation in the rose garden into questions for 40

minutes, 30 different questions, if that is not democracy i don't know what is. apparently they do talk on the phone more than we know. they don't telegraph that every time and it is interesting when you can have personal dislike but are able to work together. that is a sign of leadership but i have to take these gentlemen at their word, instead of how they feel about each other what do they want to do? >> a good point in terms of the discussion, how outraged about dealing with policy issues when i know you will get to tomorrow. thanks for coming in on saturday. in addition to senator mcconnell, we talk to mick mulvaney, and white house press secretary sarah sanders, they will work in the panel,

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elizabeth: all five former presidents are uniting for hurricane relief in texas, home of the george hw bush library and one america uphill concert speaking to country music legend like robert earl keen and the gatlin brothers. he joins me from the station, exciting you are here today. tell us a little about tonight. >> it will be a wonderful evening. i had surgery two weeks ago and

i'm able to talk for an hour. i have 45 minutes left and i can tell you what you want to know. i'm not going to sing. our little sister donna, the best singer of the bunch, still sounds like gatlins. i was supposed to help them but when i came down it will be perfectly all right. my other favorite will do a great job, great singer, great american. it would be a fabulous show. elizabeth: i want to focus on the fact we have all five former living presidents, very rare. they are coming together because of harvey, irma, and maria. >> not sure what they are going to sing. that is quite a deal. it is big on all their parts, to

put aside the wrangling and everything that goes on. that speaks to how important this is. the most horrible hurricanes. andrew flesher once said can i make balance of a nation, i need not write its flaws. socrates and plato said music moves the soul when nothing else does. we will raise the money for good occasion and looking forward to seeing the presidents i have known before and been in the white house and performed with them. i may sing one line. elizabeth: we want to make sure those vocal cords stay intact. ticket sales are divided, we have folks all across the country who need help. where will the money go? >> not sure how it will be

divided up but anything the bush family has to do with will be done right. mister bannon bless his heart, reminds me that life is like a dogsled team. the scenery never changes. the bush family will do it right. elizabeth: appreciate having you on the show. huge headliners tonight. let us know how it goes, good luck with the vocal cords, come back soon. thank you. >> we will see you tomorrow. a lot of news between now and then and we will cover at all. setting updentist appointments and planning birthday parties, nobody does it better. she's also in a rock band. look at her shred. but when it comes to mortgages, she's less confident. fortunately for maria, there's rocket mortgage by quicken loans.

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>> donald trump wrapping up his war of words with the florida congresswoman, frederica wilson calling wacky and accusing her of killing the democratic party. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> the latest verbal attack as the white house defense chief of staff john kelly who called wilson an empty barrel making