blow out some candles tonight. have a wonderful weekend. "happening now" starts right now. >> jon: we start on this friday morning with president trump now denying reports that he used vulgar language about a meeting on immigration. it provoked swift and harsh condemnation from people around the world. i'm jon scott. >> i'm heather childress. happy friday. >> jon: busy week. we have another hour of news ahead. >> sources reporting the president insulted less developed and third world countries in that meeting asking why the u.s. let so many of their citizens in. many critics calling the alleged statements alarge and racist. the president is pushing back. john roberts is live from the white house with more on this. >> the president is pushing back despite numerous confirmations fox news has

gotten from people inside and outside the white house that the president referred to countries like el salvador and haiti, honduras, some african nations as s-holes in a discussion with several members of congress including senators and house members on both the democratic and republican sides and they are talking about a fix for daca. the president again despite the multiple confirmations tweeted out this morning the language used by me at the daca meeting was tough but not the language used. what was tough was the proposal made. bill hemmer asked the white house advisor for strategic communications mercedes schlapp about what the president said. let's watch that exchange. >> that language wasn't used? >> i was not in the room. it was very clear that he in his tweet -- he said language was not used.

>> multiple sources say when the subject was broached about these are countries that had temporary protective status for a lot of people. the president rescinded the status for people from el salvador in the 2001 earthquake earlier this week. it was brought up maybe people from those countries should get priority in a visa lottery system and when the president started going off about it saying why are we taking people from these s-hole countries, why not take more people from countries like norway? dick durbin, who was in that meeting, rebuffed the president's denial that i never said those words. >> do we need more haitians? and then he went on and started to describe the immigration from africa that was being protected in this bipartisan measure. that's when he used these vile and vulgar comments calling the nations they come from [bleep] holes. the exact word used by the president.

not just once but repeatedly. >> while the argument over the president's language will continue, getting to the substance of the issue, how to fix daca, there seems to be a lot of daylight between the white house and congress over a plan. the plan that senators durbin and graham brought to the oval office yesterday was unacceptable to the president who tweeted at length about it this morning saying quote the so-called bipartisan daca deal presented yesterday to myself and a group of republican senators and congressmen was a big step backwards. wall was not properly funded. chain and lottery were made worse and i want a merit-based system of immigration and people help take our country to the next level. i want safety and security for our people. i want to stop the massive inflow of drugs and fund our military, not do a dem defund. because of the democrats not being interested in life and safety daca has taken a big step backwards. the dems will threaten shut down. what they are really doing is shutting down our military at a

time when we need it most. get smart, make america great again. what is not known at this point is after the president had that made for tv moments on tuesday where he had that hour-long televised meeting with members of congress he appeared to get a lot of political capital from that. but between the tweet yesterday about fisa and then his comments last night about these nations and immigration, it is unclear at this point how much of that political capital that he earned on tuesday he has left, heather. >> here is what we know. one week from tonight facing a government shutdown. a lot of work to get done until then. thank you, john. appreciate it. >> jon: president trump speaking with the "wall street journal" this week touting progress and outlining future plans nearly one year after taking office. mr. trump addressing a number of topics including north korea, infrastructure and economic advancement. he said the first quarter was a

low gdp obama's last quarter. the slowest growing minor recovery, the worst recovery they've had since the great depression and we were going down a long way. i believe if the opposing party got in i believe the stock market would have fallen 50% instead of gone up to the number it has gone up. joining me now glen hall, the chief editor for the dow jones news wires. let's talk about that for a minute. it was six days ago the stock market hit 25,000. today it was tickling 26,000, 252 points away, a bunch of stocks have set all-time highs already this morning. clearly wall street likes what this white house is doing. >> there have been a lot of signals in that direction and the president in the interview with the "wall street journal" he sees it as a direct result of the policies. he cited all the comments we've heard from various companies after tax reform was passed and

how they see that benefiting the bottom line. we see wal-mart talking about raising wages. we see toyota talking about investing in the united states. all of those things wouldn't have happened without these advancements that his agenda has brought. >> jon: why sit and john roberts alluded to this in his report from the white house it's sometimes two steps forward and three steps back or maybe two steps back. the president steps on his own message when things like referring to some of these third world countries in the way he is reported to have done so fires up his critics so much. >> this president doesn't act like a typical politician. we've all known that from the beginning, right? this is as some would say trump being trump. trying to be candid and down to earth but doesn't realize there can be repercussions for getting that blunt. >> jon: he was a new york developer. you use tough language when you are in business meetings. you are blunt. that's not necessarily what you want to say the kinds of things

you want to say as the president of the united states. >> i think we see a little disconnect there. the president is accustomed to having a closed door meeting, it is a closed door meeting. it doesn't work that way in washington >> jon: he tweeted out he should have had a recorder running at this meeting because he says he is being mischaracterized in the things that he said. >> that's right. in our interview with him he was talking about how much he wants a daca deal to get done and how important he thinks it is. and that he really has sympathy and support for these folks and how valuable with jobs they do in this country but he was also adamant there must be a wall. a wall must have a part of this and he is very concerned as he mentioned on the tweets about the issue of lottery and how random it is and not the strong vetting he wants and this idea if you have a relative in this country it makes it easier for you to get in this country. doesn't see those things as being good for the country and

he wants those issues to be addressed. >> jon: daca is an issue that was left to him by primarily president obama but also previous presidents. another one, north korea. those are two issues that previous presidents have just sort of kicked the ball down the road and now he is left with these issues to deal with and not everybody likes the way that he is approaching those deals but he is dealing with them. >> that's what he said to our "wall street journal" team in washington during the interview. it shouldn't be on my desk. it should have been handled by the clinton administration as far as he was concerned. now that's on my desk i'll get it done and made the point that was very interesting. he has been all of this tough talk out in front doesn't necessarily reflect what might be happening behind is scenes. >> jon: indicated he could get along with kim jong-un. >> he said he probably has a good relationship. he wouldn't say he did or didn't have contact with him. he has been setting it up so

that he can have those relationships and he was also reflecting on how chinese president xi has been more supportive of this administration's efforts. >> jon: he calls kim little rocket man. >> you see that from me a lot but later on you see somebody is my best friend. that was his comment. >> jon: we'll see what happens. it is certainly interesting every day at 1600 pennsylvania. glen hall from dow jones news service. have a good weekend. thank you. >> something else interesting happening. the house passing the foreign intelligence surveillance act but not everyone is on board with it. opponents saying that it allows the government to spy on americans. congressman doug collins is here to break down the specifics for us coming up next and chaos in california. rescue teams searching for dozens of missing people after

those deadly mudslides. what crews are up against. >> there is a house right there that i know my kids used to play with those kids. there is no sign of the house. it is not even there. >> it is hurting all of us. it is very heartbreaking.

>> heather: the house advancing the renewal of the foreign intelligence surveillance act. the act authorizing surveillance of foreigners outside america. supporters say it prevents terrorist attacks, opponents say it violates the privacy of americans. the house getting enough votes to advance the renewal to the senate. this is despite president trump's maybe inconsistent tweets some would say about his own position. press secretary sarah sanders cleared it all up. >> the president fully supports the 702 and was happy to see that it passed the house but he

does have some overall concern with the fisa program. generally the president doesn't feel he we should have to choose between protecting american citizens and protecting their civil liberties. he wants to do both and that's what he will do. >> heather: doug collins joins us to talk a little bit more about this. thank you very much for joining us first of all. >> good to be with you, how are you? >> heather: great. hash this out for us. exactly what is the fisa section that we're talking about here? it's not the entire thing. >> that's exactly right. what the president spoke of was a true concern that most of us have. protecting and balancing personal liberties and civil rights in the fourth amendment with the awesome responsibility of protecting us from foreign attacks. the 702 is dealing with foreign surveillance of bad actors who want to do us harm. there are other sections of fisa that deal with americans and how we deal with those. those are things that got conflated in this debate. what the president was saying was there are certain area of fisa we need to continue to

look at. the house intelligence committee and senate and judiciary committees are looking at other sections. 702 it wa, and added warrant protections to protect american's interest. >> heather: that's what i wanted to ask you about. the question is specifically americans who are basically caught in the crossfire of some of this communication. how are they protected? >> there is multiple protections in there as far as how the information is used. especially if there is information which an american citizen or agency wants to use it for a criminal interest against an american there has to be a warrant filed. we have that now into this law that we passed out yesterday and will be something that is a further protection. again, at the same time going back to making sure our intelligence communities can do what they need to do. one of the big problems that came out of 9/11 was this siloing effect where you had each agency had their own intelligence gathering and no one was sharing. what we don't want to go back

through either through warrant requirements or blanket warrant requirements is where the siloing this kind of information where the agencies can't cooperate with each other to make sure we're safe. this strikes the proper balance and the questions of our liberties are always needed but at the same time they have to be balanced with national security. what we have done and what the president has said yesterday i agree with. we have struck that balance and that's why we need to get it continued. >> heather: the renewal vote passed in the house and heads to the senate. rand paul was on "america's newsroom" earlier today as you know he has threatened forfilibuster at this point. he can at least delay the vote. here is what he had to say about it. >> the grant of power is to spy on foreigners in foreign lands. i'm all for that. we need to protect our country. but we don't use the constitution for these foreigners, we just grab up all their information. a lot of innocent people who are in here and it should not be searched for american data without a warrant.

all we're asking is go to a judge and have some evidence to get started. warrants aren't that difficult to get. >> heather: how much of a delay would happen if what he is suggesting went through? >> what he is suggesting is really basically what is in the bill. if they want it for american purposes for a domestic issue those have to be a warrant. i think that's the concern. maybe semantics here is what is happening. that's what is happening as we go forward in this bill. i think the one thing that is interesting here is you look at this and you have to balance the aspects of personal liberties and freedoms with the national security aspect. senator paul can make his point and i think he is. the one thing that i think is lost here is that we did add a warrant protection in there for this information used for domestic crime on american citizens. there is protection built in there and remember, this starts with foreign intelligence. it is not directed at americans. this section deals with the foreign side of this, not the domestic side of this.

it really sometimes does a disservice to bring up other areas and problems with it while we're conflating it with the foreign aspect of this. >> heather: there is a lot to be done. if section 702 does not get reauthorized, what is at stake? >> really our national security is at stake. this is an issue that cannot turn off or delay itself. every day people wake up and want to do us harm because we are the most free and prosperous country in the world. they don't like us because of who we are. we need to know where the threats are, those on the front lines, soldiers and seamen and airmen are now depending on intelligence information at this very second to make sure not only are they safe but we're safe back here as well. this could not turn off. the president understands that and a leader on this and understands the balance that needs to be struck. what happened yesterday was a good showing there is need to always be conscious of our personal liberties and freedoms that are issues we're dealing

with in other areas of fisa. on 702, the foreign side of this, this needs to be done. we can't afford this program to go dark. >> heather: it is headed to the senate. we'll see what happens. thank you for joining us and describing it all for us congressman collins, thank you. >> always good to be with you. >> jon: president trump's war with the media rages on. could his critics attacks be working against them? our media panel, their thoughts on that. plus there could be another major policy shift on the horizon. we're awaiting an announcement on the iran nuclear deal.

>> heather: welcome back. we're awaiting president trump's decision on the iran nuclear deal, an announcement is expected later today. the president must decide whether he will continue to

exempt iran from a series of tough economic sanctions or reimpose them. if the sanctions are reinstated the u.s. would violate a deal brokered by president obama. obama lifted the sanctions in exchange for a roll back of iran's nuclear development program. president trump has called the agreement an embarrassment for the united states. >> jon: president trump no stranger to criticism from the public and media of all stripes. many of them parts of the so-called never trumpers but some argue the ongoing attacks on the president could be working against the never trump's movement mission. some of the president's fiercest critics on the right are starting to recognize how their side's animosity is burning out of control. the relentless negativity helps him by making his detractors seem obsessed and unwilling to credit him for just about anything. they give the president a big

target. one widely distrusted by his base and can seem incredibly condescending toward the man in the white house. let's bring in our panel. a senior political correspondent for bustle.com. and the president of district media dc and contributor for "the washington examiner" and the hill as well. the title of howard kurtz's column asks this question. are never trumpers being consumed by their own fiery denunciations? are they? >> the point is it doesn't do the president or republican party or even critics of president trump any favors when they say every day the sky is falling. chris's point is that only dilutes their argument. he is saying it leads to this idea the bar is lowered for this president. the footage you're showing now is president trump on tuesday meeting with lawmakers on capitol hill about a deal for daca. kurt's point is that was a good moment for the president.

he looked presidential and like he belonged in the room and had a command over the proceedings going on. when the never trumpers lower the bar and say he is misfit for the presidency they change the standard by which he should be judged and a disservice to their own movement. >> jon: some republicans have warmed to the president. he was a democrat before he became a republican and ran for the presidency. but the love affair from really either party is pretty fleeting it seems. >> for republicans i would say that they just didn't know what they were going to get from donald trump. i even think many people who ended up voting for him weren't quite sure what he was going to do. when you look at his first year, tax reform is up there with one of his biggest achievements as well as the nomination of judge gorsuch. so i think those who were never trumpers when they see he has been conservative i've seen them come out and praise him. it will be interesting to see what happens in 2018. i think in some ways you'll see

the president move towards more of a moderate to liberal agenda infrastructure will be a big push for him and for fiscal conservatives that is not the direction they want to go. we'll have to see what happens in 2018. >> jon: you think it will be a different presidency, beverly, that 2017 was the year he sort of appealed to his base and he may go a little different direction? >> we'll have to wait and see. he talked about infrastructure spending even in the campaign. part of this he have will get to some of his agenda that is a little bit more moderate. but even when you take a look at what has happened with immigration reform, even some of the positions he has taken on daca are a little different than what he said on the campaign trail. i find it fascinating. the one hour live meeting that he held even some republicans who are more moderate had to step in and say mr. president, we don't want a clean daca bill. we need border security at the same time. while he claims to be a deal maker what i wonder is how much is he leading the charge versus

saying just bring me something to sign and i'll sign it. we'll have to see where he lands. we don't know on every issue. >> jon: even some of the president's detractors, no more vocal detractor than joe scarborough hosting a talk show on msnbc. he said this week the entire mainstream media are reflexively anti-trump. so if the media can't give the president credit for anything, what does that do to the message? >> that's lumping all media into category. he is speaking about just one media. the argument there is a group against the president, it is something that can't be taken as a whole but to beverly's point. when the president was talking about daca and immigration reform he looked like he was commanding that meeting but raflg on his principles. not something an issue for the

liberal media. it is an issue for republicans in his own party. it is like watching the president on twitter the other morning reverse his stance on whether the house should or shouldn't vote for the bill reauthorizing fisa 702. going on twitter to talk about his mental status and to call himself a stable genius. these issues don't just effect people who are against the president. people who would have preferred a different candidate. these are news worthy items no matter who is in the white house. >> jon: he brought to attention to himself. >> he knows he can use the power of his twitter feed and the power of the cameras to make any story a big news story. surprisingly that's what he chose to do last weekend even in the press conference at camp david one by one republican party leaders touted their accomplishments and they should be touting them. they got a bunch of judicial confirmations through, historic tax reform. that's what the republican party wants to talk about.

president trump turned the press conference back to a statement about his mental health. >> jon: we'll see if beverly's prediction comes true and see if they take a different tack in 2018. thank you both. >> heather: with the threats of a government shutdown just a week away, the white house is sending lawmakers back to the drawing board on immigration. take a look at the potential path to an agreement. plus the window is closing on rescue efforts after the mudslides in california. the latest on the search as families return home. >> cars twisted into houses, upside down cars, garages falling down, houses falling down. i've never seen anything like it. you know what they say about the early bird...

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>> jon: right now authorities are identifying the 17 people confirmed dead in the california mudslides. the oldest victim 89. the youngest just 3 years old. senior correspondent adam housley live from montecito, california. adam. >> heartbreaking the number expected to go up a little bit. five people missing. the number down from 43 last night. damage to my right. there were six homes standing in this area, now just one. all the boulders and debris was not here before monday. we are talking five inches of rain that brought all this down

from the hillside. you can see as the crews are going from house to house looking for survivors they're looking in debris like this. a car mangled in a tree and other debris. you can see the piece of cloth where they did the famous orange x to tell you if it was checked and who checked it. no fatalities there. the spillways were all filled with water and rocks roaring down. the rush is on not only to try to find survivor but to clear the area in case any rain was to come. thankfully now there is no rain forecasted in the near future. when it does come they have to have this as clear as possible. look how big this boulder is. these are the types of things coming down and tore through everything. it is hard to fathom. we've come to this area for vacations and stop along the way to santa barbara right next door. to see this disaster is truly hard to fathom. crews have come in from all over. i've seen some from butte

county, an eight-hour drive from here that have come down to try to help. as we show you the house, look at the flag out front right now. next to it the orange x as well. you can see how high on that home the mud went through. that's four feet high. raced through the home. and tore through the side of it and came out the other side. move this way towards me a little bit. down here if you look all the way down this spill way those were foundations. those are just foundations left. there is nothing there. there were homes all the way down that direction. you can see way in the distance the debris. some were homes. now a pile of rubble some cases a quarter mile away. others went further down. you can see cars all around the area, too. that's the problem as they go through the areas and why there are still people missing. you have to look under boulders. the positive news john at this hour is last night when they gave the press conference they said 43 people were missing, 17 dead.

they were worried the number ever deaths would go up. the good news at least a little sliver of it is it's gone from 43 missing to five. the boil water remains in effect. the entire area of montecito, 10,000 people in this area is under evacuation orders, mandatory for two more weeks. in some cases the destruction is so completely devastating that again this is a home. was a home. that's all that's left. next to it here another home. that's all that is left. the front steps. you walk over here and you can see pipes coming out. you can see all sorts of metal that was once part of this, rebar. you walk up here this was somebody's front porch. now it's a pile of rocks and they are piling more on top trying to clear the spill way behind me. imagine being in this home and water and mud this high racing through at in some cases 50

miles an hour. >> jon: the homes are just obliterated and gone. >> they are no longer in existence. that's what's left. you don't even know what it was other than a foundation. >> jon: unbelievable the fury of mother nature. adam housley in montecito, california. thanks, adam. >> heather: president trump rejecting a bipartisan immigration deal caeftd by half a dozen senators arguing the bill did not properly address chain migration or fund the border wall. one of the authors senator jeff flake says the bill delivered on what the president has asked for. listen. >> we have an agreement that -- the six of us working that we're shopping among our colleagues now. we don't want to release details until we talk to more of our colleagues. all i can say is it has to get 60 votes. we're the only bipartisan deal in town. the president asked to, you know, that was the call he issued on the four principles. this addresses all of them.

>> heather: let's bring in bret baier anchor of special report. i should say as we speak here we'll keep an eye on the roosevelt room where the president is expected to appear and make a proclamation for martin luther king junior day. let's talk about another friday. he is there nou. let's take this live. >> president trump: i want to thank secretary carson along with isaac newton fair yes, sir junior and other guests for joining us here today. it is a great honor. earlier this week i had the tremendous privilege to join isaac and alvita to sign into law redesignating the martin luther king junior national historic site to the national historic park. the new law expands the area

protect it and historic sites for the future generations of americans are becoming so important and this is a great honor for us and a great honor to dr. king. today we gather in the white house to honor the memory of a great american hero, the reverend dr. martin luther king junior. on january 15th, 1929, martin luther king junior was born in atlanta, georgia. he would go on to change the course of human history. as a young man dr. king decided to follow the calling of his father and grandfather to become a christian pastor. he would later write that it was quite easy for me to think of a god of love mainly because i grew up in a family where love was central. that is what reverend king preached all of his life, love.

love for each other, for neighbors and for our fellow americans. dr. king's faith and his love for humanity led him and so many other heroes to courageously stand up for civil rights of african-americans. through his bravery and sacrifice dr. king opened the eyes and lifted the conscious of our nation. he stirred the hearts of our people to recognize the dignity written in every human soul. today we celebrate dr. king for standing up for the self-evident truth americans hold so dear that no matter what the color of our skin or the place of our birth, we are all created equal by god. this april we will mark a half century since reverend king was so cruelly taken from us by an

assassin's bullet. but while dr. king is no longer with us his words and his vision only grow stronger through time. today we mourn his loss, we celebrate his legacy, and we pledge to fight for his dream of equality, freedom, justice and peace. i will now sign the proclamation making january 15th, 2018, the martin luther king, junior federal holiday and encourage all americans to observe this day with acts of civic work and community service in mon or of dr. king's extraordinary life. it was extraordinary indeed. and his great legacy. thank you, god bless you all, and god bless america. with that i would like to ask a great friend of mine, secretary

carson, for remarks. and then we are going to be signing the very important proclamation. thank you very much. ben. >> thank you, mr. president. it's an honor to be here today celebrating this solemn occasion. and i thank you for signing legislation to designate the birthplace, church and tomb of dr. martin luther king as a national historic park. his monumental struggle for civil rights earned these places in his life, faith and death the same honor as mount vernon and that famous humble log cabin in illinois. this april we will observe the 50th anniversary of dr. king's assassination. i remember so vividly that day as a high school student in

detroit. far from silencing his dream, death brought him immortal in the american heart. his message of equality, justice, and the common dignity of man resounds today. urgently needed to heal the divisions of our age. today we honor the legacy of a man who marched on washington for jobs and freedom, achieving both for millions of americans of all races and backgrounds. but his legacy also calls us to remember where these ideas, equality, freedom, liberty get their power. our good efforts alone are not enough to lend them meaning. for by what shall i be called equal to another man?

it cannot be by wealth. for there will always be one richer than me. it cannot be by strength for there will always be one stronger than me. it can't be by success, happiness or beauty or any other pieces of the human condition which are distributed through providence. so perhaps providence alone is the answer. we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. with these familiar words, our declaration of independence recognizes the true author of our common dignity. one that is beyond every human law and institution. if we forget this source of our

fundamental equality, then our fight to recognize it in our society will never be fulfilled. this is a truth that dr. king carried with him from selma to montgomery, from the pulpit in atlanta to the steps of the lincoln memorial. from a cell in birmingham to the entire world. this year we will not remember his slaying as the ending, but as a beginning. as a moment when his truth rose stronger than hatred and his cause larger than death. as a moment when he called to new life with his creator before whom all men shall one day stand in equal rank bearing with them no riches, but the content of their character. if we keep this conviction at

the center of our every word and action, if we look upon our countrymen as brothers with a shared home and a common destination, then instead of meaningless words rolling off of our tongue, we will truly create one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. we are going to have a word from pastor isaac newton farris, nephew of dr. martin luther king. [applause] >> president trump, vice president pence, and to all assembled here, if my uncle were here today, the first thing he would say is what are

we or what are you doing for others? and that's why it was so important that my aunt returned to the congress now about 10 years ago and asked that the meaning of the holiday be changed. we did not want the king holiday just to be a day of hero worship as his nephew, i certainly think that he was one of the greatest americans that we've produced. but it should not be a day of hero worship and that's why the congress agreed with my aunt and also made it a day of service so that we on that day as a matter of fact at the king center we refer to it as a day on, not a day off. not a day to hang out in the park or pull out the barbecue grill, it's a day to do something to help someone else. and that can be as simple as

delivering someone's trash or picking up the newspaper for that elderly person who can't get to the end of the driveway. bottom line, you are doing something that benefits someone other than yourself. that's the proper way to remember my uncle and the proper way to celebrate the king holiday. so president trump, thank you for taking the time to acknowledge this day. thank you for remembering that we are all americans and on this day we should be united in love for all americans. thank you, mr. president, thank you, mr. vice president. [applause]

>> president trump: this is a great and important day. martin luther king, junior federal holiday 2018 by the president of the united states of america, a proclamation. congratulations to you and everybody. >> thank you, mr. president. [applause] >> president -- >> mr. president, will you give

an apology for your statement yesterday? mr. president, are you a racist? >> heather: well, you've been watching a live event from the roosevelt room there. the president signing a proclamation in honor of dr. martin luther king, junior day. you could hear some of the questions that were yelled from some of the reporters. this coming on a day when the president has been accused of sending some derogatory tweets and making derogatory statements. people calling him a racist. some people on other sides of the aisle democrats coming forward making that claim. bret baier is standing by with us again i believe. bret who is the anchor of special report, you have to talk about the fact that this is happening on the day that it has been front and center in the conversation with everyone. the president and racism. >> sure, we should point out this was long on the schedule

that the president would make this proclamation and sign this and have an event. this just didn't rise up after the comment now heard around the world from the oval office meeting on immigration. it is quite stark if you think about it to listen to the questions there being yelled at the president of the united states as he is leaving the room from signing a proclamation about mlk day. are you a racist, mr. president? those are the charges by many lawmakers and opinion folks after the comment in the oval office. a point about this event. you saw dr. ben carson, who is the secretary of housing and urban development deliver a very passionate speech. he has spoken about this and the plight of african-americans for a long time growing up in a poor detroit inner city home to a single mother.

and becoming a famous neurosurgeon and now secretary of housing and urban development. i think the contrast is pretty stark if you think about what has happened, transpired over the last 24 hours and this event. it is clearly not over for this white house. >> heather: as you said, this event had been planned previously so it was on opportunity to focus on something entirely different but instead we're brought back to the controversy. there is a lot of work to be done in the next seven days. how can we avoid a government shutdown, how can we come to an agreement on immigration and spending within that amount of time when we have all of these controversies taking away the focus of the work? >> i don't think it will happen. i think there is a real uphill battles for lawmakers to do that. in fact, it may be just talking to sources on the hill an uphill battle to get a continuing resolution to punt once again for the fourth time keeping funding where it is

until sometime maybe mid february to try to tackle all of this again. i don't think that the chances went up for a broad deal by next friday by what transpired over the last 24 hours. in fact, they went down. and i think the likelihood is there will be a real push for short-term deal once again to give them more time. >> caps. our pentagon reporter lucas tomlinson joins us now. >> if the government shuts down next week that means troops don't get paid even those deployed to war zones. now if congress does manage to

pass a short term spending bill that means that government will be able to pay its troops but the pentagon says it needs to plan for the long-term. >> the longer a cr goes the more damage it does. the president has already signed the national defense authorization act and it was passed by both houses overwhelmingly. so we need the $700 billion and lives. last year this nation lost 17 sailors aboard the uss john mccain and uss fitzgerald. running into short false were serious factors in the serious acts with aging ships and expired certifications. every day that goes by without adequate funding is another day we're pushing our military pass

the breaking point and a shameful situation. >> jon: another looming crisis is ending budget caps put in place by congress in 2011s. if the caps aren't lifted aides tell me $100 billion will be stripped from the defense budget and put president trump's plan to rebuild the military in jeopardy. half of the super hornets can't fly right now. it's flying at its lowest level in 30 years. if the budget cuts aren't repealed more troops will continue to be killed. more troops were killed in non-combat aviation caiss than the year before. many say the budget cuts are to blame. >> jon: to say nothing of the collisions in the pacific

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