and start gathering the information you need to help you keep rolling with confidence. go long™. ♪ >> florida congresswoman that critiqued his calls to the widow of a u.s. soldier, as his chief of staff gets involved in the controversy as well. hello, everyone. welcome inside to a brand-new inside america's news headquarters. i'm arthel neville. >> and i'm eric shawn. the bitter back and forth began when the president called to support the widow of a soldier killed in niger. a congresswoman said that she heard that phone call and accused the president of being

insensitive. the president fired off this tweet today -- >> eric: john kelly got in the middle of it this week. and the president explained what prompted the response from the four-star general, a gold star parent himself, as his son was killed in afghanistan. >> he was so offended. he was in the room when i made the call, and so were other people. and the call was a very nice call. he was so offended that somebody would be listening to that call, he couldn't believe it. actually, he said to me, sir, this is not acceptable. this is really not. and i was so nice -- i've called

many people. and i would think that every one of them appreciated it. i was very surprised to see this to be honest with you. >> eric: so general kelly was defending the president and the president now defending the general in all of this. >> the yeah, that's right, eric. the white house continuing to defend the chief of staff. general kelly has been coming under fire for mischaracterizing congresswoman wilson's remarks. he accused her of bragging about getting funding for a new f.b.i. building, when a video showed her bragging about something else. so the press secretary took the mike in the briefing room and defended him when the reporter said that the chief of staff should come out and set the report straight. "if you want to go after general kelly, that's up to you. if you what in the to get into a debate with a fur-star marine general, i think that's highly

inappropriate." so the press secretary was accused of questioning whether it was appropriate for a member of the press to criticize a chief of staff. she tried to clear it up by saying, "of course everyone can be questioned, but after witnessing general kelly's heartfelt and somber account we should agree that impugning his credibility about how best to honor fallen heroes is not appropriate." so now we have president trump himself weighing in. he's trying to explain how tough it is to make those calls. >> these are tougher than dealing with heads of countries, believe me. these are very, very hard calls, they're sad and sometimes -- you know, the grieving is so incredible. he's an elegant man and wonderful man and he's doing a fantastic job as chief.

>> so the politics continue, back and forth continues, all an the same day that the fallen american soldier at the center of this, sergeant ladavid johnson, is laid to rest in florida. eric? >> eric: very emotional service. meanwhile, the growing controversy questioning what happened in niger in that ambush. what do we know about that at this hour? >> the investigation by the defense department is continuing and the white house said it will not rest until it gets some answers. to that end, there's been a lot of controversy about how much information this administration was providing to the senate and to the congress. so jim mattis went to capitol hill and met with senator john mccain after mccain complained and threatened to subpoena. mccain upset that he had not been receiving enough information about what went down in niger. after the meeting, mccain said, "we're clearing that up." mattis conceded that we can

improve our communication, but neither the senator or secretary has given any more details about what exactly happened in niger and what happened surrounding the death of the four american soldiers. eric? >> eric: and there will be more investigating on this over what happened and why. thank you so much. of course, you can catch the entire interview with the president tomorrow morning. maria sitting down with president trump on "sunday morning futures." and it will be played on monday with "mornings with maria," on fox business network. she's a busy bee and she has the president tomorrow and monday. >> arthel: and mourners are paying respect in florida for

sergeant ladavid johnson killed in an isis ambush earlier this month three other u.s. troops, who also died in the attack, were recognized at the service. their portraits went up bess iet johnson's and we thank them all for paying the ultimate sacrifice for our country. >> eric: republican lawmakers are pushing to overhaul the tax system. they are trying to get it done by the end of the year. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying that the g.o.p. has "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change the failing tax code." garrett, what does the path look like to try to achieve what the republican party wants to do? >> some are suggesting that it could happen by thanksgiving.

this next week, house republicans are expected to release their proposed tax reform bill after the house approved the budget that the senate just passed. that will include a lot of key details, what cutoffs there are, incentives for retirement savings, and tax credits will be includ included. that will also be the area of debate in the weeks ahead and democrats gave a preview of that today in their weekly address. >> there are a few ideas that democrats might be able to support, we believe that the republican tax cut framework failed to live up to the test that president trump himself set for his tax plan when he said it would be focused on the middle class. democrats believe that the tax plan is unfair and would rig the tax code for the rich. >> g.o.p. leaders are pushing back hard saying that the whole goal with tax reform is to lower taxes for the middle class.

>> eric: what are the chances of republicans and democrats working together on bipartisan effort. >> the white house has been actively working to get democrats involved. here's mark short this morning on "fox & friends." >> just this week, the president hosted a bipartisan group of senators to talk about what they want to see in the tax reform bill. they will all have opportunities to offer constructive amendments to improve the bill and we believe if it's a bipartisan bill, it will be a better bill. >> and we're seeing some of that outreach happening. the president said that he supports the idea of a fifth tax bracket for the richest americans, which is something that many democrats would like to see. and lindsey graham is promising an increase to minimum wage,

arguing that businesses can absorb the costs if they're not paying as much in taxes. >> arthel: renewed tensions between israel and syria. israel striking syria after rockets landed in the israeli golan heights, apparently spillover from the long-running civil war. john huddy from our jerusalem bureau. >> the israeli military said it will intensify its response to syria fire, whether it's spillover from fighting across the border or not, this as syria's military warns of "grave consequences to israeli attacks." the warning comes as the top iranian and syrian commanders met in damascus this week, while also fighting against "zionist american schemes." >> interpreter: it's not okay to

violate the airspace anytime they want. we are frustrated and upset with that aggression and will defend against such threats. >> israel is concerned about the increased involvement in syria and the pet otential for a stror iranian presence. netanyabenjamin netanyahu said a line that cannot be crossed. they discussed creating a zone to keep iranian forces away from the israeli border. they will not tolerate any attempt to undermine the security and safety of its citizens. three syrian cannons were attacked after five rockets were fired into the israeli-controlled golan

heights. in response, there war demands to rebuke action saying it represents a "new chapter in the israeli occupation in the golan heights." >> eric: we've been waiting for decades and now there could be new light shed on the association of president john f. kennedy. what it could show and what we could learn, that ahead. plus, bipartisan deal on healthcare getting momentum in the senate. the house, that may be another story. where does this leave the effort on healthcare in our country? lamar alexander urging lawmakers to get on board, but will they? >> i think the prospects are pretty good. we rolled it out with 20 co-sponsors, fourth in the senate, half republican, half

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>> arthel: the spanish prime minister is planning to take power away from the leaders of catalonia. the government announced it will

put its own people in place of those leaders after catalonia voted in favor of us is succeeding from spain. thousands of protesters in the streets of barcelona in a show of support for independence the prime minister is the first to use the constitutional powers that allow the spanish government to take control of the area. >> eric: tennessee republican senator lamar alexander is urging lawmakers to change course for health program. he said it's the best way to stabilize the healthcare markets. >> i think as people read the bill, you will see it doesn't

bail out insurance companies and avoids chaos. it's a big birthday present for bernie sanders. it leads to a public auction, to a single payer. >> eric: house speaker paul ryan is against it and so is president trump. "i am supportive of lamar as a person and also of the process, but i can never support bailing out insurance companies who have made a fortune with o'care." james herman, "washington post" and author of "daily 202." what do you think the chances are of it passing. >> the bill as it is right now will not pass and will not have the president's signature. what you are seeing with the president's tweet.

ultimately a lot of members of congress feel like they've let down constituents by failing to repeal obamacare, so they want to get more than the cost-sharing reduction payments. there's a lot of uncertainty. some insurance companies are saying that people are not sure if obamacare exists or doesn't exist and if their plan will be there three months from now. so i think there's a sense of urgency to move the ball forward. for now, it seems like the bill is stuck where it is. >> eric: for the republicans, what are the things they want or could get? >> i think there's a lot of on their wish list, maybe getting rid of -- they want block granting, that was that effort by lindsey graham and bill cassidy to devolve obamacare

with states spending money. they want something big like that so they could go and declare, we've eviscerated obamacare, which trump did this week. he said, obamacare is gone, no longer the law of the land, speaking to the decision to get rid of cost-sharing reduction payments. and that's the desire to get something done, but some points on the board. >> eric: the democrats will not go for that. so how do they reach the compromise? >> the more republicans hold out, democrats have no incentive to bail out republicans here. and to give on these things when republicans couldn't get the votes on their own to do it. so i think what you will see is a lot more debate. if it came up for an up-or-down vote in the senate, it will pass. i don't think that mitch mcconnell will bring it up, because he doesn't want to force his members to make a decision on this.

>> eric: and if it passes in the senate, it hits a brick wall. the president discussed this a bit. let's listen to what he said. >> i don't know senator murray. i hear very, very good things. i know that lamar alexander is a fine man and he's really in there to do good for the people. and we can pretty much do what we have to do just the way it is. so this is going to be temporary prior to repeal and replace. we're going to repeal and replace obamacare. and i think we actually have the votes. >> eric: do you think they have the votes to repeal and replace and could the alexander-murray be a temporary band-aid to get to that repeal and replace? >> the reality is, they don't have the votes to get it done. the president caused the problem with his decision to get rid of cost-sharing-reduction payments. now he's created a challenge

with congress, where they have to come up with a fix. it's the same with daca. so congress is holding the bag, the ball is in their court, not president trump's. and politically, the white house is happy to have them be the case. >> >> eric: at the end, james, what could that genuine bipartisan bargain look like? >> i think that democrats agree that obamacare is imperfect. no one thinks that obamacare is flawless. there are a lot of things that you can do to shore up the marks

-- marketplace. there are loopholes that democrats would be fine with fixing. but i think that there are definitely -- there's a list of 20 things that democrats would be happy to have change in obamacare. >> eric: it's a work in progress. we'll see if they get there. >> my pleasure. >> arthel: steve bannon taking a shot at president george w. bush. >> i want to apologize to the bush folks outside or in this audience. there's not been a more destructive presidency than george bush's. >> arthel: that comment an apparent response to president bush's speech in new york denouncing bigotry and current

american politics and warning against the rise of nativism and isolatoinism. allison barber with more from our d.c. bureau. >> one of the harshest remarks of president george w. bush's speech coming from a former trump official. former white house steve strategist steve bannon said that the 43rd president does not know what he's talking about. >> president bush, to me, embarrassed himself. speechwriter wrote the speech. >> we've seen nationalism distorted to nativism. forgotten the dynamism that immigration has brought. bullying and prejudice sets a tone, provides permission for cruelty and bigotry and compromises the moral education of children. the only way to pass along civic values is to first live up to them. >> many said it was a speech on

"trumpism," a speech meant for the current administration, though bush did not mention trump's name. the white house said that they don't buy that line of thinking. >> our understanding is that the comments were not directed to the president. >> perhaps bannon did and offered one of the most severe responses from anyone associated with this white house. >> it's clear he did understand anything he was talking about. he equates the industrial revolution, agriculture revolution, globalization, he has no earthly idea if he's coming or going, just like when he was president of the united states. >> bannon was pushed out of the white house in august. he's back at breitbart news and declared in his words "war on the republican establishment." arthel? >> arthel: thank you. >> eric: ahead, what we could learn from long-held secret

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>> eric: president trump said he will allow the national archives to release thousands of never-before-seen documents kept secret all these years related to the assassination of president john f. kennedy. the archives has until thursday to make the files public. many are wondering what new information the move may finally reveal. brian, what do we know about the

decision? a lot of people have been waiting for this. this stuff has been locked away for decades and what we could find out. >> the big question is, how much information will he allow to be released. this is the last batch of documents that could provide insight into president john f. kennedy's assassination. the deadline was set for thursday. the national archives has been working to make them public of the president has the power to stop the release. this morning, the president quoted -- >> there are reports that agencies like the c.i.a. are lobbying the president to withhold certain documents that could reveal sources and methods used by the u.s. intelligence community. the white house says that the president believes that the

documents should be made available unless agencies provide a compelling security reasons. walter jones and charles grassley have introduced resolutions saying that they don't think that president trump should postpone the release at all. >> eric: how battle conspiracy theories? f.b.i. and c.i.a., we know. lee harvey oswald at the mexican embassy. and the f.b.i. and c.i.a., in my view, knew about oswald. it would have been an amazing scandal at the time. could this all be in this? >> well, assassination experts say we should not expect major, major revelations, but the j.f.k. files are a compilation of documents from the c.i.a., f.b.i. and justice department.

3,000 documents, as well as the text of 30,000 files. so conspiracy theorists and historians will comb through looking for answers to questions centered around lee harvey oswald, the man charged in killing kennedy. did someone u.s. intelligence officials have prior knowledge? did oswald act on behalf of the k.g.b.? "dallas morning news" reports that it could contain insight to oswald's trip to mexico city 7 weeks before the assassination in which he visited the soviet and cuban embassies. c.i.a. personality study. letters from j. edgar hoover and jackie kennedy. and k.g.b. agent transscripts. the conspiracy theories will likely continue despite this release. >> eric: no matter what it says. so we'll see what comes out on thursday.

>> of course. >> we can do better at communication. we can improve on communication, and that's what we'll do. >> could i just add, the relationship that the secretary and i have goes back 20 years, it's one of respect, appreciation and honoring his service. so we continue to try to improve our lines of communication and our regular meetings will be very helpful in that area. >> arthel: defense secretary james mattis and arizona senator john mccain seeking answers in regards to the deadly ambush that killed four soldiers in niger. mattis met with his counterpart in france and thanked them for

providing help in the aftermath. >> the fraternity demonstrated by each other's militaries on the battlefield and a spirit of equality and respect for each other as equal democracies in this world. and today france remains one of the united states military's strongest allies. >> arthel: tony schaefer is a senior fellow for the london center for policy research and retired department of defense intelligence operative. colonel, nice it have you here. >> thanks for having me. >> arthel: with the understanding you were not in niger but based on your ef expertise, how this could happen, with the soldier getting detached from his unit and his body discovered a mile away from the ambush point. >> we've had operations going on in this region since 9/11 and this is a continuation of that. what concerns me here is the

politization of chaos any number of things can happen. it was a training mission going on for years. let me say very clearly, the pentagon is more busy today than it was 10 years ago. it's doing more things, especially now that we're defeating isis within the confines of iraq and syria. this is one of them. the fact that the four soldiers were ambushed it's an unfortunate incident as part of our strategies to work with our colleagues and allies. simply put, there are two different investigations going on. and i trust general dunford and mattis will get to the bottom of it. there's no mystery here. >> arthel: and a slough of questions to be answered.

are there particular questions that you find glaring or alarming? >> well, d.o.t. has been engaged in -- the first question i always ask is, what did we miss? is there something we didn't see relating to something, as we saw in afghanistan, green-on-flu sty-- green-on-blue violence. i talked to my pentagon sources this morning on that and there is nothing indicating from what they found so far that this happened. there's a potential that isis infiltrated those being trained. that's a danger in this environment. secondly, we cannot always understand what our allies have been doing. we had to depend on the french and the french were very dependable. and they were there with aviation support. we have to figure out how everything worked out. >> arthel: senator mccain

expressed concern about the lack of information about the mission. there was reports that there was poor guidance for the team that was ambushed. two soldiers and two green berets were killed. if you could weigh in on that, the lack of intelligence. >> this is something ongoing for years. biggest thing i've seen is complacency. if afghanistan, my experience showed me that we were not always paying close attention to the environment and we could lose track of what was going on. i don't have any information at this point that indicates an intelligence failure. it indicates that if we make sure there was an intelligence failure, we fix that. we have the bravest men and women serving in combat and we're spread all over the world to train on these training-assist missions. they're dangerous, as you can see here, and this is something to be cognizant of.

>> arthel: you mentioned how we're spread out all over the world. and lindsey graham said that he is predicting that this war on isis will head right there to africa. >> yes. no doubt. >> arthel: how does it training our military strategy? >> this goes back to -- the pentagon started to think about this for the last two years, as soon as general dunford showed up as chairman of joint chiefs. president trump opened the door to the pentagon to take over the mission and go forward. i will say this directly. president obama was not permitting the pentagon to do what they need to do to pursue isis globally. we're now doing that. with the defeat of isis in iraq and syria, they will go to libya, afghanistan, yemen. it changes our strat edegy to increase the number of countries

we're working with. it's not our job to be world policemen, but it's our job to make sure that radical insurgencies don't get a political foothold to attack us here. they've said that their interested in gaining ground. we want to hit the source of radical islam, things that radicalize individuals. we do the information piece and global piece. it will take some time. the pentagon has moved forward with this. and i think there's a correct strategy being formulated and this is an unfortunate consequence. people die in combat. >> arthel: thank you very much.

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>> eric: president trump said that he will declare the opioid crisis a national emergency. health officials are trying to come up with a plan to deal with this. senior managing editor for foxnewshealth.com. the opioid epidemic is devastating. many people know someone who has fallen victim to this. what do you think the president will be able to do? >> i give the president an a plus. this is the first time that a president is making this a national emergency. when you make something a national emergency, you put it in the fore front.

it's telling all the bureaucrats, pharmaceutical companies, figure it out. this is a national emergency. you have to figure it out. since he announced that he was going to make this declaration, i saw a lot of critics saying, what's his plan? what's his plan? you know what? you figure it out. he's telling you that this has to be in the fore front of a national medical crisis, which by the way, did not start january 1, 2017. it started about 15 years ago. president obama talked about it. he said it was a political football, yes, yes, people are dying, oh, my god. bush got a little bit of that. he didn't do anything the crisis is out of control because it's about addiction. it's about a condition that the individual person many times cannot he, himself, get rid of.

it's like smoking. you can't stop smoking, so you have to find strategies to make sure that people smoke less. same thing here. the president by doing this declaration is putting the congress, agencies full of bureaucrats that hadn't done anything, on notice. get your act together and fix this problem. >> eric: haven't done anything? don't doctors have responsibility? >> of course, they do, but you said that people are blaming this and that and the other. everything in america we look for who is to blame rather than fixing the problem. fix the problem not the blame. >> eric: what should be done? >> what has to be done is, you need to have the states come up with individual plans because the crisis is unique in every state. after that, you get a block grant into your state and you

put a -- things that you can monitor the success of programs so you don't throw money away. a lot of times we declare an emergency and give billions to the state. what happens? nothing disappears. >> eric: vermont has a fantastic program, where they go into community and neighborhoods and they can recognize this, like the census, and they can track this stuff. could that be a model to try to get to people who are addicted to deal with them and intervene? >> of course, it can. and if you look at that model, people are getting up from their chairs and going physically to do the work. everything that happens in washington in committees, everybody sits behind desks and order coffee and bagels and talk for 1 1/2 hours and nothing gets done. that's what the president is going to say in making this a national priority. >> eric: does it need a new agency? >> i think you have enough

agencies already, but if you look at human services, they have been sitting on this problem for years. and they have billions of dollars that they could use more effectively in fighting this. >> eric: do you think we'll get a handle on it? >> we have to. it's a crisis. you have to. this is no going back. you cannot put this genie back in the bottle. >> dr. manny, thank you. it's a crisis that has torn apart so many families and claimed the lives of so many of our fellow americans. >> you have that right. >> eric: arthel? >> arthel: former u.s. presidents are coming together for hurricane relief. we'll have a live report previewing from college station. no matter who you are, a heart attack can happen without warning. a bayer aspirin regimen can help prevent another heart attack. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. bayer aspirin.

>> eric: imagine being able to travel from new york to washington in a half-hour. some say it could be a reality. elan musk of tesla is at it again, getting the green light to start what he calls a hyperloop project. the plan is to dig tunnels under the highways and make a high speed, underground transit system. have no idea if it will begin or

if it's even real or if it's just another great gizmo. >> arthel: all five living former u.s. presidents are attending a benefit concert in texas to help to raise money for the victims of hurricanes harvey, irma and maria. alabama will perform in college station along with the gatlin brothers and lyle lovett. hurricane harvey landed on southeast texas as a category 4 storm in august. casey stegall is live in college station. hi, casey. >> good to see you, arthel. they're finishing up the sound checks. organizers told me not long ago it's a sold out crowd tonight. former president george herbert walker bush has this message,

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about politics. it's about helping others. listen. >> that's quite a deal. it's -- and i think it's big on all of their parts. to put aside the wrangling and everything that goes on. so i think that speaks to how important this is. houston and, you know, florida, all that, devastated by the horrible hurricanes. >> so, again, we understand that this is a sold out audience tonight. so tickets range from $40 to $60 a person. if you are watching at home, you can go to oneamericanappeal.org and donate. back to you. >> we'll be right back. thanks, casey. what started as a passion has grown into an enterprise. that's why i switched on every purchase i make. everything. what's in your wallet? when it comes to strong bones, are you on the right path?

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eric: president trump digging in his heels in his war of words with the florida congresswoman. the president and democratic wilson, well they're continuing to trade their sharp jabs. hello everyone. welcome to a new hour of america's news headquarters -- headquarte headquarters. i'm eric shawn. arthel: i'm arthel neville. the president firing back. this morning president trump tweeted, quote, i hope the fake news media keeps talking about whacky congresswoman wilson in that she has a representative is killing the democratic party. the white house also defending general kelly after wilson

claimed he lied about her. one of trump's top aides, president trump's top aides is praising general kelly as one of the most honorable men in the west wing. >> i think that we're incredibly blessed to work with someone like general kelly who the president appointed to serve as chief of staff. very few people have sack frised as much for our -- have sacrificed as much as for our country as he has. we should focus on that. arthel: kristen fisher is live at the white house. first general kelly was defending the president. now the president and other white house staffers are defending general kelly. >> yeah, you know, arthel, keep in mind this is all happening on the very same day as the funeral for sergeant johnson, one of the american soldiers who was killed in that ambush attack in niger and whose widow is now at the center of this growing controversy between the white

house and congresswoman wilson. sergeant johnson was laid to rest a few hours ago in florida, a few days after president trump's call to his widow, and yet, the white house has been trying to move past the controversy but this morning just hours before the funeral was set to start, president trump weighed in again on twitter, by calling the congresswoman whacky and saying that she's killing her party. and he's also speaking out in an interview airing tomorrow with maria bartiromo in which he called the congresswoman's attack against his chief of staff sickening. here's a clip. watch >> he was so offended because he was in the room when i made the call and so were other people, and the call was a very nice call. he was so offended that a woman would be -- that somebody would be listening to that call. he was -- he actually couldn't believe it. actually he said to me, sir, this is not acceptable. >> also not acceptable, according to senator john mccain, was the lack of

information that the trump administration was providing to senators about the attack in niger. so yesterday the secretary of defense met with senator mccain and his colleague republican senator lindsay graham to quote unquote clear things up. afterward senator mccain said that the investigation may still require a subpoena as he threatened to do a few days ago but did have a good conversation with general mattis. now neither side is releasing any more details about the attack, at least for now, but the white house says it will not rest until it gets some answers. arthel? arthel: kristen, what are you learning about president trump, another story now about president trump spending his own money to help with his staff's legal bills? >> yeah, we're hearing this is coming from a white house official. we're hearing that president trump is prepared to spend upwards of $400,000 of his own money to foot some of the legal bills for some of his staffers and former campaign associates because their legal bills have

just been racking up with all of these investigations into alleged russian collusion. you of course have the congressional investigations and the special counsel's investigation, robert mueller's investigation, and that's a lot of legal time, a lot of time with attorneys, and the bills are starting to stack up, so some of the questions now are, you know, exactly, who is going to get this money? which staffers? and could former staffers, like, say, paul manafort or michael flynn could they be included in that money? those are all things that we don't know about for sure. we don't know the answers to just yet. all we know for now is a white house official has confirmed that president trump will spend about $430,000 of his own money to pay for some of his staff's legal bills. arthel? arthel: kristen fisher, thanks. meantime president trump defending his use of twitter to get out his message despite criticism that's even soming from some of his supporters --

that's even coming from some of his supporters. listen to what he told maria bartiromo. >> do you ever feel that sometimes some of your unscripted tweets, unscripted comments get in the way of a larger message? i have spoken with a lot of supporters of yours, and while they love the policy, they say we feel like we're always defending something that he said that he didn't really mean to say that way. do you think that's getting in the way of your agenda and the overall message? you need the bully pulpit to tell the american people why tax reform is important. >> it's such an interesting question because i have friends who say don't use social media. i don't call it tweets. tweeting is like a typewriter. when i put it out, you put it immediately on your show. the other day i put something out, two seconds later i'm watching your show -- >> you are right, we are watching your twitter feed. >> they're well crafted. i was always a good student. i'm like a person that does well with that kind of thing.

i doubt i would be here if it wasn't for social media, to be honest with you. there's a fake media out there. i get treated unfairly by the media. 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 me, i'm able to go -- and take care of it. the other way i wouldn't be able to get the word. >> be sure to watch maria's full interview with president trump on sunday morning futures tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. right here on the fox news channel. eric: republicans are pushing hard for tax reform, that following the senate's approval of a budget resolution that allows them to pursue a tax overhaul without the threat of a filibuster by the democrats. >> this keeps us on the timetable to get this to the president's desk by the end of the year. we know that's an ambitious timetable. we think, look, america's falling behind. people are sick of the tax code. it is time to move. eric: they are working on it.

garrett tenney this evening in washington with the very latest. hi, garrett. >> hey, eric. health leaders say they plan to unveil their tax reform proposal as soon as the house approves the budget the senate just passed and that's expected to happen by midweek. from there they say it is full steam ahead on tax reform. this initial proposal will lay out the details of the framework that republicans released last month, including cut-offs for the four proposed tax rates, which tax credits will be included and what incentives will there be for folks to invest in retirement savings. those areas will be some of the main points of contention in the weeks ahead among republicans and from democrats. one overarching issue, though, will be how this new plan affects the middle class, and that's something both sides have been debating for weeks, even before the details of this plan are released. >> asking the american people to foot the bill for trillions in tax cuts for big corporations is wrong. democrats are looking for a tax plan that begins and ends with middle class families. >> when we get the numbers,

which are going to be finalized in a matter of days, then we will be able to put this bill out, the whole purpose of this is not to be raising -- if this was a tax increase for the middle income taxpayers we wouldn't be doing this. it is about lowering people's taxes in the middle class, simplifying the tax system and growing this economy -- >> while g.o.p. leadership says they are on track to get tax reform done by the end of the year, some are suggesting they could have a bill on the president's desk by thanksgiving. even with all that progress, though, you have to remember there are only 34 legislative days left in the year and there's a lot that needs to happen in that time frame to get that done. eric: they are working pretty fast and hard on this. some of the house, though -- the white house said they would like to see a bipartisan bill, but, you know, realistically how likely is that to happen? >> well, there are some areas of tax reform that both parties are expected to be able to find some common ground on. while there are efforts to bring democrats on board, republicans ideally would like to get this done on their own. remember, the reason they had to wait to pass the 2018 budget

before doing tax reform is that they wanted to use the parliamentary tool known as reconciliation. that allows them to pass tax reform in the senate with only 50 votes meaning without any democratic support. as we saw on healthcare though getting 50 of the 52 republicans in the senate on the same page is not easy. that's why you are also seeing these efforts to potentially get some democrats on board as well. eric: we saw that twice. garrett, thank you very much. arthel: former white house chief strategist steve bannon slamming former president george w. bush after mr. bush in a speech this week warned against nationalism becoming nativism. president bush also said that these days quote bigotry seems emboldened. ellison barber has details >> one of the harshest rebukes of george w. bush's latest speech is coming from former white house chief strategist

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german police arresting a suspect in munich accusing him of attacking eight people with a knife including a 12-year-old girl. nobody was seriously hurt in this attack, but police say they do not believe it was terror related adding the man is known to authorities and suffers from psychological problems. arthel: well you know it's taken decades amid rabid long time

speculation, now president trump is vowing to make some long classified documents on the assassination of president john f. kennedy finally open to the public. the president saying he will authorize their release, which should happen sometime this coming week. bryan llenas right here with me in the studio with the latest on this. this has been long time and coming. the last batch i guess. what can we learn from whatever these documents are? >> that's the big question. millions of these documents were released back in the 90s. the jfk files are the last compilation from the secret documents from the cia, fbi and justice department. there are more than 3,000 documents as well as the full text of more than 30,000 files that have not yet been seen by the public. conspiracy theorists and historians will comb through these files looking for answers to questions centered mostly around lee harvey oswald the man charged in killing jefferson, questions about whether he acted alone, did intelligence officials have prior knowledge of the plot, did he act on

behalf of the soviet union's kgb? it's been reported that it could contain inside oswald's trip to mexico city seven weeks before the assassination where he visited the soviet and cuba embassies, cia personality test of oswald, letters from hoover, widowed first lady jackie kennedy and transcripts that argued that oswald was not hired by the soviets. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald being, you know, shot. i mean the whole thing is ridiculous. what is this prior to his being shot? >> so that was then candidate who cited unsubstantiated report that cruz's father was

photographed next to oswald. obviously look we're not expecting major big revelations but at least more details that will probably fuel more theories. eric: do you know if everything will be released finally? >> that's the big question. the white house says they want to release as much as they can. this all stems from the 92 assassination records collect act which mandated that all of the jfk documents be made public by thursday. under the law, the president has the power to withhold some of these documents from being released or all of them, and the president tweeted this morning that he will allow the scheduled release of these documents to proceed, subject to the receipt of further information. there are reports that government intelligence agencies, like the cia, led by director mike pompeii are lobbying the president to withhold certain documents. the white house says the president believes these documents should be made available unless these agencies can provide some sort of compelling national security reason. >> that's interesting because

you years from then, you have got the conspiracy theorists who think the cia did it, others think the mafia did it. i think the general view at least my own sense is that maybe these are secret because the cia and the fbi knew about lee harvey oswald for years and he was under surveillance in mexico city and an fbi agent was angry, went to the fbi office in dallas and left an angry note, because they tried to interview oswald's wife, if they came out at the time the president was assassinated and knew about oswald that was a different time under the fbi of hoover. bryan? >> thank you. arthel: on tuesday, president trump is expected to meet with senate republicans on capitol hill to discuss the fall agenda. this as lawmakers face hurdles and deadlines trying to overhaul the nation's tax system and cut rates. president trump discussed this with fox business network's maria bartiromo in an exclusive

interview. >> do you worry that this bickering and feuding gets in the way of your agenda? >> no, and sometimes it helps to be honest with you. we will see what happens in the end. but i think actually sometimes it helps. sometimes it gets people to do what they are supposed to be doing. and you know, that's the way it is. i just want what's right. i think for the most part they want what's right too. arthel: for more on this now we're joined by editor-in-chief at the hill. hi, bob. >> hey arthel. arthel: what's on the agenda? will there be some fence-mending or will they get right down to business? >> i mean it could be a little awkward because trump has gone after republican senators including jeff flake and bob corker but i think it is a good move to have the meeting. they have to pass tax reform. they didn't get healthcare reform. i don't think there will be one democrat that will support tax

reform in the senate. they are going to need to unify and minimize defections. another interesting thing that could come up, steve bannon is saying he's going to go after some of these republicans next year who are up for reelection and trump as said he might call bannon and try to have him back off on a couple challengers. a lot of these guys have actually been loyal to trump. and republican senators are a little nervous about this bannon news. arthel: you know, some, bob, would argue that the g.o.p. senators are the reason why the president hasn't been able to get any of his legislation passed thus far not to mention again the public feuding, will this be different? how will it be different? >> i think it's going to be very difficult because the party is fractured. they were fractured on healthcare. i think it will be very embarrassing for republicans not to get tax cuts done. i mean, that's what they are known for. healthcare is not part of their repertoire but tax cuts is. if they can't get their number one issue passed, that's a problem. however, remember, john mccain

voted against an 01, 03 tax cuts. you can't count on mccain who voted against the healthcare bill. you have moderates like collins, murkowski and others that are concerned like corker, will tax reform hurt the deficit? i think they can get it done, but they have got to be on message and they have got to be on the same team, and that i think is why they are having this meeting on tuesday. arthel: listen, running successful businesses and understanding the nuances of corporate taxes are the president's strengths. >> yes. arthel: so will president trump go in with his own blueprint of a viable budget and tax plan? >> i think so. i mean, the president definitely knows taxes and he knows tax policy. i have talked to some members who have been in meetings with the president, and they say he is very comfortable with the topic, a lot more than he was on healthcare. so he's been dealing with taxes as a businessman, as you say, for a long time. and i think that that's only going to help the republican effort. but they've got to have a message. they didn't have a strong

message on healthcare. they need a slogan that this is going to help the economy. the economy has been humming along. they have got to make the case, this tax cut bill, which we still have not seen, and i think we will see right before halloween is only going to make the economy that much better, and they've got to drive home that message every day. arthel: they have to have a message but with meaning and substance behind the slogan. what are you looking at in terms of your reporting -- expectations for getting tax reformed passed by the end of the year? >> i think by the end of the year, it might be a little bit more than 50/50. they know they can't have this bleed into next year. so -- but i don't think it's 60% or 65%. i think it might be 52, 53 percent now because there are many obstacles. there will be lobbying battles. if you take tax deductions away, the lobbyists are going to go after the bill. this is going to be a tough task. can it get done? yes, because if the republicans unify, they can pass whatever they introduce. arthel: editor-in-chief of the hill, thank you. >> thanks. arthel: eric?

eric: you know, tonight there are more questions about u.s. military operations after the tragic deaths of these four heroes. the american special forces troops who died in niger. coming up, ambassador dennis ross is here on the growing spread of radical islamic terrorism in africa. an in a last-ditch effort to try to overhaul healthcare, lawmakers are proposing a bipartisan deal, but will the democrats accept it? >> i think this might be the time where we really do find both sides willing to work together and we don't want to make them a loser.

arthel: more on healthcare now. senators alexander republican of tennessee and patty murray, democrat of washington, formally proposing their bipartisan deal with 24 sponsors.

the bill would restore federal subsidies to insurance companies for two years. but president trump opposes their deal and backs a different idea. >> and i will tell you, speaking of healthcare, i believe we're going to get that also. it will be in the form of block grants to the different states and it will be a wonderful healthcare. it will be a tremendous healthcare. managed properly in smaller doses where you can really do it much more individually. so i think we're going to get that also and a little bit later probably in three or four months from now. arthel: republican congressman jason louis is joining -- jayson lewis is joining me now. he is a member of the house budget committee and the transportation and infrastructure committee. congressman, thank you for being with me. >> you bet. arthel: do you support the alexander murray bill? >> well, i'm skeptical right now. it smacks at a big insurance bailout with no guarantee the insurance company wills pass on the cost -- companies will pass on the cost. it doesn't do enough to eliminate the federal mandates only saying the new plans have

to be comparable affordability versus the requirement today. so basically in many ways it is just a band-aid for a dysfunctional healthcare market right now. i'm skeptical. arthel: i want to ask you, why and how do you think congress is still here with no resolution on how to move forward on healthcare? >> because the people that gave us the affordable care act and obama care, fought and won to preserve it. and now they want a bailout of the system that isn't working. i'm not certain whether that's good policy. frankly i don't think it is. we passed a real fix-it bill in the house. the american healthcare act. and we did it the right way by allowing people to buy the kind of insurance they want. not the kind that the government thinks they should have. the problem with the alexander murray bill, it keeps all of the essential wellness benefits, the health benefits that are making people buy an insurance policy that is too good, too generous or too many benefits they won't

use and prices them out of the market. so until we get prices that are able to flow, plans that people can tailor to their own circumstances, you are not going to see this market function properly. arthel: that's your idea, tailored healthcare, your idea fixing the problem. nothing's a perfect plan of course. if you wouldn't mind, there's got to be some sort of bumps in the road on that plan. what do you think they are? >> no, no, we had high risk pools, 138 billion dollars of invisible high risk pools. we had a refundable tax credit for a safety net. and we returned to the states the ability to implement those high risk pools that was taken away under the affordable care act. then we removed all of the federal mandates or at least gave the states the option to develop their own plan without federal mandates, which would have lowered premiums allowing prices to float so that young and healthy people could buy an affordable plan and get back into the insurance pools. alexander murray doesn't do any

of that. it is just merely adding these cost-sharing reduction subsidies, that's a euphemism for a big bailout, to the industry, and i don't think that's the right way to go. arthel: congressman lewis, if you are saying a more tailored healthcare system is the answer and it would lead some burdens of those who are healthy when they are looking at premium payments, what about those who are not healthy, those who are less fortunate in terms of income, those who have preexisting conditions, those who -- >> right. the american healthcare act in the house covered preexisting conditions. we modelled it after kennedy cassenbaum and hipa so we had those with the high risk pools. the fines were never going to work unless they were the cost of the premium which would have defeated the purpose of the fine of the plan in the first place. so a mandate to buy insurance wouldn't work unless the fine is

the same as the premium. but if your cost is a thousand dollars a month and you can pay a fine of $250, that's what people did under the affordable care act and opted out of the pools. we have got to get them back in. the only way you do that is to allow the plans to be tailored and allow prices to float based on how young and healthy someone might be. arthel: so it seems that your idea of a tailored healthcare plan is in line with the president's idea, am i wrong? if i have that right, then what's likelihood of that being somehow getting passed, maybe next year in the event it doesn't happen this year? it doesn't look like it. >> right, right, we will see. i think we have to have real reform. that's what the administration is saying before they extend these cost-sharing subsidies -- by the way, when the cbo analyzed extending the cost sharing subsidies they said it wouldn't save any money. now everybody saying is taking them away is going to cost money. i don't know how you can have

two analyses by the cbo saying it is going to cost money if you take them away but if you extend them, it doesn't save any money. that doesn't make any sense at all. what we don't want to do is merely put a band-aid on a current dysfunctional system and bail out big insurance for the sake of preserving the status quo. i think that's at the root of my concern over this. arthel: i understand that. but i think the last question, it's a loaded question, but i will see if you can give it to me in a 30 second answer >> sure. arthel: why though is it that congressmen and women, you guys can't get together on both sides? you each have good ideas. why can't we come up with something together that's going to actually work for the benefit of all the american people? >> well, again, i think we did. you know -- arthel: but it hasn't passed. you have to come up with something that's going to pass. >> well, i think you would have to talk to the united states senate, all of the democrats and a few wayward republicans that preserved the status quo and now they sort of want to cover their tracks by passing these subsidies. and i don't think that's the right way to go.

arthel: i understand your point there. congressman lewis, thank you very much for your time with us this saturday evening. >> you bet. arthel: take care. eric? eric: arthel, it is a very special and extremely rare event tonight. all for a good cause. all five living former united states presidents are together, and they are attending a big concert in texas later this evening to raise money for hurricane victims in the lone star state as well as in florida, puerto rico, and the u.s. virgin islands. we are live this evening in texas, waiting for the concert to begin, as you can see behind him. hi, casey. >> hi, eric. it's kind of hard to hear you in here because we're winding up the sound checks and things like that. the event will be getting underway not too terribly long from now. and boy, what a special treat it is when you get to see five former living presidents, all sharing not only one stage together, but doing it in the name of a good cause. and that is the main essentially thing here tonight, here at

texas a&m university. you know this was chosen because this university is the home of the george herbert walker bush presidential library. you know, public service announcements have been all over the airwaves advertising this charity fund-raiser and it is a texas-sized show. in addition to the presidents and the former first ladies, you also have the gatlin brothers, lyle lovett, robert earl keen and alabama all performing. those are just a few of the names. in fact, i will only be able to tell you this, but there is a special surprise guest performer tonight. and i will just have to leave it at that. it is going to be broadcast here on the fox news channel. also on-line. all about raising money for hurricane relief. err every penny -- every penny will go to benefit hurricane maria, irma and harvey victims. larry gatlin from the gatlin brothers talks about how it is nice to see politics being put aside for helping those who

really need it. listen. >> it is good that the five presidents getting together. you know, everybody says well, let's all come together and let's bipartisanship. that isn't going to happen. come on. that's just not going to happen. it's amazing that it takes a tragedy to get people to come together. >> hurricane harvey alone devastated parts of southeast texas in late august, early september, estimated to be one of the costliest natural disasters in u.s. history. things are still terrible on the ground in puerto rico by all accounts. so, you know, this is something that's impacted so many americans, and people have been sitting at home upset watching the news, trying to figure out how they can help because it is a very long and ongoing recovery. so again, if you can't be here tonight, to see the show in person, you can watch it on fox news channel, we will be carrying it live, and you can

also go on-line to one america appeal. one america appeal.org. all one word. and you can make a contribution there because there are still millions and millions of people this many weeks later that no doubt need help tonight. eric, arthel, back to you. eric: thank you, casey. that they do. this is the time that as americans we come together to help each own. let's watch and give, if you can. for more on the one america benefit concert, you can tune in to the special live edition of watters world tonight at 8:00 p.m. casey just mentioned we will be showing some of that to you. if you want to enjoy the whole thing, it's going to be streamed live on foxnews.com. you can also hear it on fox news radio. can you imagine being there tonight? five of the living presidents -- arthel: i wish i could be there. and all the first ladies and a special guest if the lineup is not already good enough, college station is actually where i would like to be tonight, a good time for a great cause. eric: we can watch later tonight

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>> this war is getting hot in places where it's been cool. and we've got to go where the enemy takes us. eric: that of course is senator lindsay graham after meeting with defense secretary james mattis yesterday. the pentagon saying it will soon brief congress on the recent deaths of these four heroes, the u.s. special forces soldiers in niger. they are the first american combat casualties in that western african country. that ambush that took their lives of course raising many unanswered questions about what happened and the deployment and senator graham says that as the influence of radical islamic terrorism is spreading in africa, we must do something about it. and the military, he says, is expanding the fight there.

>> as you beat them in iraq, they're moving, and they are not just moving to europe. they're going to africa. and we're going have to have partnerships in africa to deal with this threat >> ambassador dennis ross is joining us. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> i don't think enough has been med of this in the past couple of days, a huge victory i think by the u.s. and our allied forces, the caliphate has been cut down, we have taken over, what is the significance of that initially? >> well, i think you are right. we need to take into account what this means, at least symbolically. for the islamic state when they declared themselves they declared themselves with a capital in that city. a major part of their success in terms of building an appeal was

the image they had put together a caliphate and created an islamic state and fulfilling a prophesy and it appeared as if everything they said was coming true. so when you defeat them in raqqa, what you are beginning to do is puncture the balloon and the appeal. we shouldn't kid ourselves that they are defeated but it becomes harder for them to manifest and convince their followers that everything they say is coming to pass. this is a significant victory in terms of demonstrating what was the islamic state is beginning to disappear. that's the good news. the bad news is in fact they have spread in a lot of places, created sleeper cells in europe. their off chutes exist in africa as senator graham was saying we saw today that there was a major ambush that killed a large number of egyptian senior security people which also shows the islamic state and its

affiliates are in egypt, in africa, in europe, in the philippines. so this is still a very big battle but their ability to appeal based upon their successes is certainly been made harder by the fall of raqqa. >> that is like taking hitler's bunker in berlin in a sense and the trump administration was able to achieve this with our allies. some were also worried that the fall of mosul, the radical islamic terrorists then conducted the barcelona attack. i imagine what you are saying is as you said they are spreading out, you know, like cockroaches where you turn the lights on in the room and now our new effort and new challenge is for example what's happening in africa. >> i think we have to recognize that the problem is partly military, but not completely military. we can defeat them in places but they also have an ideology that is appealing to those who are disaffected, those who feel oppressed, those who feel left out, and so part of our challenge is not only defeat them militarily, but at the same time, we have to do a couple of

things. we have to have an approach that emphasizes good governance. we have to have an approach that helps to create economic development. we also have to have an approach that actually discredits the ideology. now we can't do that, but we have one new major asset. you have lots of isis fighters who are now surrendering. now, the fact that they consider themselves and present themselves as holy warriors, the fact that they are presented as if they have a chaert charter -- a charter from god, and suddenly if you can put some of those that surrendered and put the image of them surrendering it begins to defeat the image that they are holy warriors. eric: are we doing that? that should be broadcast throughout the middle east and africa. >> we should be putting that on social media, showing them surrendering, number two, we should have them coming on and telling their stories. many of them also became disaffected from isis. if you can show those who were

part of isis and put that on-line because isis uses social media as a very effective platform. we also have to compete with them on that, but it can't be us saying it. but having those who were themselves part of isis now coming out and saying look, here's why they surrendered. here's why it wasn't what it was presented to be, that does create an ability to begin to discredit them. you can't just defeat them militarily. you also have to discredit them. we can't discredit them. sunni muslims can discredit them. eric: they can discredit themselves finally you had the 98 bombing of the two embassies in nairobi by al qaeda. you had the west gate attack in 2013. they have been out there in africa. can they finally discredit themselves? do you think in their hearts this philosophy can finally be defeated because it won't stop until that philosophy is killed? >> you know, my worry is that if we don't do more to use the instrumentalities that they use, it's not that the u.s. isn't

using social media, but the fact is, we can't be the ones who discredit them. it has to come from sunni muslims who portray them for what they are, their perversion of islam, they are not the representatives of islam. and more has to be done with them on social media. that's why creating the images of so called holy warriors surrendering with their hands up does a lot to discredit them. putting those who actually become alienated from isis because they saw what it really was on social media, letting them tell their stories can also be effective and also defeating them militarily because their claim to in a sense represent the ideal form of islam is validated when it looks like they are succeeding. when they keep losing it is hard then to present their message and have it be compelling. eric: ambassador, thank you. hopefully that's the message then the sunni arab allies will project. good to see you. arthel: when we come back, mariah carey, the latest victim

in a growing number of celebrity home break-ins in hollywood. what the lapd is doing about it. that's up next.

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winning singer mariah carey. police say on thursday burglars made off with nearly $50,000 worth of items from her mansion. will carr joins us now live from los angeles. will, do police know how these thieves are getting into these homes? >> well, they are looking into it, arthel. this is just the latest in a rash of break-ins that celebrity homes across l.a. this year. tmz is reporting that mariah carey was in new york when burglars broke into her home and snatched more than $50,000 in purses and sunglasses. tmz also reporting that kardashian and kanye west had three cars ransacked in their driveway on friday, all being added to a growing list of big name celebrities who have been hit by burglars this year, including mma fighter ronda rousey. >> someone had been squatting in my house for three days sleeping in my bed, stole my olympic rings, stole all my precious jewelry, every headphone in the

house. >> rousey says the thieves who broke into her house were arrested but many other celebrities cannot say the same. we have learned that lapd has a task force looking into the burglars and private security experts say social media is a vital tool for the bandits -- bandits when they are deciding who to target >> in my opinion, i think it is because there is more information out there, more social media presence, a lot easier to track someone's schedule based on what they are posting or their tour schedule and makes them a more vulnerable target. >> outside of asking your neighbors to take in your mail or your newspapers, now you have to keep in mind anything that you post on social media could be something that would be used by people looking to break into your house. arthel: yeah i'm just surprised they don't have high security at their homes that people can just get in like that. all right. will carr, we will be checking back in with you on this story. thank you. we will be right back. managing blood sugar is a series of smart choices. and when you replace one meal...

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arthel: fashion and politics on display at the smithsonian. first lady donating the dress she wore at the inaugural ball to the museum's permanent collection. eric: the one of the kind cream silk gown was created by a french designer. it will be part of the first lady's collection which of course is one of the most popular exhibits all across the smithsonian museums.

it is beautiful. >> that was a beautiful dress. she looks beautiful in it. that does it for us. the beautiful and very talented and intelligent julie banderas is up next with the fox report. eric: and this beautiful intelligent talented fox news person will be back tomorrow with me almost all day. the white house is depending its chief of staff general kelly in this week's condolence call controversy. i'm julie banderas with the fox report. it you will started when congresswoman wilson publicly slammed president trump's phone call to a grieving widow. general kelly then defended trump's conversation with a woman he followed up by saying representative wilson had taken credit for getting funding for an fbi building but a video of her speech shows she never actually took that credit. well president trump meantime says the representative should have never listened to trump's call with the widow in the first