arriving back in washington as he ramps up his tough talk and trade. and amid continuing fallout over the resignation of hope hicks. welcome to a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. i'm arthel neville. >> hello. i'm eric shawn. well there are concerns rising over a potential trade war, perhaps after the president announced steep new tariffs on steel and aluminum. the president is tweeting, quote, the united states has an 800 billion-dollar trade deficit because of our quote very stupid trade deals and policies. our jobs and relt are being given to other countries that

have taken advantage of us for years. they laugh at what fools our leaders have been. no more. molly is live in washington with the lathest on the controversy. it's not just the democrats who have been giving the president an earful. >> in fact it's many republicans on capitol hill who have long championed freed trade. they're not in favor of the tariffs. john cornyn said trade wars may be necessary sometimes but they're hard to end and could have unintended consequences. in a statement senator cornyn said i'm sympathetic to the concerns that the president has that america has entered into trading relationships that have been disadvantageous to our country and our country's workers in terms of wages. if we start by raising tariffs on aluminum and steel, it would be easy for our trading partners to retaliate against our agricultural sector, for example. it's possible there could be

carveouts that exempt certain countries from these tariffs. but at this point the president wants a 25% tariff on steel coming into the united states and 10% tariff on importeported aluminum. eric: what concern has there been about the trade partners retaliating. >> the president needs to do this to counter china and other countries overproducing metals and dumps cheap steel and met toll on the u.s. market. in that launches a trade war and if other nations slap tariffs on american products, president trump says trade wars are good and easy to win. he put this on his twitter war earlier. if the eu wants to further increase their already massive tariffs own barriers on u.s. companies doing business there, we'll apply a tax on their cars, which freely pour into the u.s. they make it impossible for our

cars and more to sell there. big trade imbalance. labor unions are applauding president trump's announcement. one saying steel and aluminum tariffs are good steps toward fixing predatory practices that hurt workers and cheap companies that produce in the u.s. arthel: president trump facing a busy schedule involving politics and personnel. the president meeting with major gop donor for his reelection campaign whale in flor after hope hicks announced her exit without warning, also after admitting that hicks reported that he told white lie to the president. the possible leak not sitting well with the top gop congressman. >> leaks are a serious problem in washington and they have to be dealt with. we just learned yesterday that

the former deputy director of the fbi was authorizing leaks in his official capacity to "the wall street journal" regarding the investigation into the hillary clinton e-mail matter. so it's an ongoing problem. people should wait for the facts. arthel: al slon barber haellisoe from palm, florida. reporter: the president left mar-a-lago this afternoon. she was only here 24 hours. on twitter he's talking about trade and doubles down on steel and aluminum imports. he's faced a lot of criticism from members of his own parties, and he's threatening more taxes on the eu if they increase taxes on american imports as one eu leader suggested they would do in response to the possible steel and aluminum tariff. trump is not backing away from the proposal, believing that the

tariffs are necessary and important and he continue to say that even though right now the criticism seems to outweigh the praise. this week the white house, specifically the people in it have been capturing headlines at times, overshadowing policy. white house communications director hope hicks announced she plans to leave her job at the white house in the coming weeks, one of the president's closest advisers. she resigned a day after testifying. she's been consider leaving well before this week. the white house is denying rumors of two other potential exits. they're pushing back on reports that economic adviser gary cohn could be leaving soon because he's unhappy with the president's tariff proposal. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders is pushing back on the fact that general mcmaster is about to be forced out. >> general mcmaster is not going anywhere as the president said yesterday in the oval office to a number of people. he thinks he's doing a great job.

i was making a joke before we started, the chaos that i see most this morning, i left three preschoolers and a bunch of flashlights with the power out at my house. it was pretty chaotic and far more chaotic early this morning than when i got to the office. >> john kelly held an off-camera briefing with reporters on friday talking about the rob porter scandal. he tried to clarify when he knew the extent of the domestic abuse allegations against porter and when the fbi sent over reports to the white house. he didn't clear up a whole lot but in regards to whether or not he planned to quick over it, kelly said, quote, i have absolutely nothing to even consider resigning over. president trump is set to attend a gridiron dinner in d.c. the gridiron club is one of the oldest journalism clowbses in je city. last year president trump did not go, he sent vice president mike pence instead. this year he's set to attend the

dinner. in west palm beach, florida, i'm ellison barber, fox news. arthel: thank you very much. eric: time now for a fox news alert. people have been killed so far and hundreds of thousands remain without power at this hour. after the powerful nor'easter dumped heavy rain and snow across the north. some of the nation's busiest airports are working to get back on to schedule. we heard that the white house press secretary sara huckabee sanders lost pewe power in her . what's the latest to get everything up and running. reporter: patience is the name of the game when it comes to restoring power. right nowg there are wind gusts reaching levels that are a little too high to start going up there in the power lines and restoring power. this could be a couple of day

event for some folks but there has been some progress. this is the power outage.u.s. map. gives you an idea of the power outage nationwide. some 100,000 customers have had their power restored in massachusetts and pennsylvania. those are the two states that have been hit the hardest with power outages. right now you have 40,000 people in pennsylvania without power and in massachusetts some 327 without power. the powerful nor'easter packed sustained winds of 40 to 60 miles an hour in the northeast, virginia, maryland, massachusetts with hurricane force winds of 80 to 09 miles an hour off the coast of massachusetts in places like cape cod. the storm inundating places like quincy with more than 12 feet of water, submerging cars and roads. the high tide at midnight and noon today hitting quincy hard. the national guard continues to be at quincy.

they helped many people leave and evacuate their homes. some 2r50 people have had to be rescued from their homes in quincy alone. there is the national guard deployed throughout all of massachusetts. 140 guardsmen and 53 guard vehicles are on the ground to help in the effort. this is what the quincy mayor had to say. >> our special service director and his team is going to be out in the neighborhoods this afternoon and tomorrow looking at homes, making sure whether they're habitable or not. in some cases we may have to condemn the structures based on the damage. reporter: that community had just gone through his second cyclone in as many months. massachusetts hit hard this year, eric. eric: we were covering that a few weeks ago it seems. sad they had to go through it again. how are the airports on the east coast doing? reporter: yesterday we're talking about 3400 flights nationwide were canceled.

today much improved, still 600 consolations. airlines scrambling to rebook passengers on other flights. here at laguardia, 48 cancellations yesterday. it was 600. so they've seen a lot of on times on the boards here. take a look at this quick video. this shows you what kind of winds they were talking about yesterday. this is at reagan national airport, a plane attempting to take off, the winds were so high you can see it moving and swaying to the side. just kind of a harrowing photo there. another airline tried to land and it had to abort in the last moments because the winds were too high and later landed safely ten minutes later. that gives you an idea of what we are talking about. sustained heavy gusting winds in d.c. yesterday. eric: you expect to land and you're suddenly going up. quite the opposite. i guess they're getting back to normal. thank you. arthel: that is scary, man. all clear now but the white house had been on lockdown after the secret service says a man

shot himself along the north fence line. the secret service confirming the man fired off several rounds with a handgun just before noon today. the man has since died. he's been identified but his name has not been released. authorities say none of the shots appear to have been directed toward the white house. the perimeter is now set up on the white house grounds amid an investigation. eric. eric: well, the tsa is unveiling some new technology in an effort to keep all of us safe when we're traveling. the focus is not on american aviation but on the rails. the agency is now teaming up with amtrak. they're testing equipment that they can detect someone who could be wearing an explosive suicide vest. this comes a few months after the accused bomber exploded one in a new york subway underground hallway. rick leventhal explains from new york's penn station. >> this is the nation's busiest

commuter rail hall with 650,000 travelers passing through every day. several agencies patrol the station but screening every person would be impactable and incredibly expensive. even as concerns about suicide bombers remain high. now amtrak and the tsa are testing passive devices, explosive units set up at escalators and stairs that use high-tech imaging to reveal objects blocks a person's doddly heat. the machines don't emit radiation, just color bars with ghost like images with an officer watching the screen ready to pull someone aside for closer examination. >> they don't have to take off a belt, don't have to take anything off of their carry-on bag np they just walk by. don't have to stop. >> the devices are partible, they may not have enough to put at every single entrance and exit, they can move them.

the machines being tested at abl.a. metro station last december on a would b on the dae person detonated a bomb on his body in new york city, injuring himself and other. the tsa says these screen rs could have spotted the device but they're not ready for maz ms distribution of ten years of developing. why is it taking so long? >> obviously fit was easy to fit it would be out there. >> chuck schumer is pushing for the testing saying these machines need to be deployed everywhere as soon as possible. >> the idea that they have this technology is good. the idea that it's taking them so long to develop it is bad. so i would say -- i can guarantee the tsa that congress will give them all of the dollars they need to do this. >> the tsa says the equipment could be up and running full

time by the end of this year. arthel: a college student who allegedly shot and killed his parents now arrested. details on the investigation still ahead. and special council robert mueller said to be looking into president trump's reported effort to fire attorney general jeff sessions last summer amid new controversy over investigating allegations of surveillance abuse. new insight coming up next. it's not really my job to ascertain what the attorney general should or should not be doing. we're running our own investigation in the house. i am happy that tomorrow jeff sessions appointed horowitz to look into the fisa. this is the first step -- millions of us suffer from the symptoms of dry eye.

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figures, well it's already in for him. ryan is in london now with more. reporter: eric, president vladimir putin addressed tens of thousands of his supporters at a big campaign event in a moscow stadium early saturday. the election is scheduled for march 18th. it's timed to coincide with the fourth anniversary of russia's annexation of crimea, an event that's hugely popular within russia itself. he's seeking a fourth term, giving him another 6 years on top of the 18 years he's been in power. today's appearance comes two days after putin claimed russia had developed a number of weapons, including a nuclear-propelled nuclear missile, something many say may be a bluff. putin again today pledged to build a strong russia. >> translator: all who have gathered here at the rally today have come for a strong russia. but i would like to greet not just those in central mow cow

but all of our supporters across the huge territory of this country. and there are lots of people, hundreds, thousands, millions of people. we feel so close to them that we feel their breath and bones because together we are a team. we're a team, right? reporter: there are a number of candidates running against vladimir putin in this election. early in the week two got in a fight of one throwing a cup of water at their opponent after he insulted her. none of the candidates offer much opposition to vladimir putin. they held their own rally last weekend to commemorate the death of a leading op sition person who was gunned down three years ago. the most popular opposition leader today is legally barred from running in this election. eric: they may say it all. thank you. arthel: police arresting a 19-year-old student who

allegedly shot and killed his parents at central michigan university. james david jr. was caught last night after a day-long manhunt. he's accused of killing his parents after a dispute yesterday morning. investigators say the gun he used plonged t belonged to his o was a par-time police officer. eric: new reports this weekend claim that special counsel robert mueller was investigating a time last summer when president trump, some say, appeared to be determined to fire attorney general jeff sessions. this comes as the president renewed attacked on the attorney general this week over his handling of the allegations of fisa abuse as well as the clinton campaign. the president tweeting wednesday, quote, why is ag jeff sessions asking the inspector general to investigate massive e fisa abuse. will take forever. isn't the ig an obama guy?

why not use justice department lawyers. disgraceful. should there be a second counsel? let's bring in the deputy manager for the weekly standard np the erm.in terms of mueller,s that potentially turn into a criminal case for mueller? >> my question first is why is president trump tweeting the world asking those questions instead of sitting down with jeff sessions himself. obviously the relationship is not very good. now of course the president can fire a cabinet member at any time he wants for me reason unless that firing can be proven to be part of a pattern of obstruction of justice. and that is what mueller's team is apparently looking at. and they're going to relate it to the comey firing. they're going to look at whether there's a pattern of trump firing or trying to fire or force out people to get that russia probe off of the justice department's table. and that's the only reason that there would be a problem with

trump e the either wanting to fr trying to shame into getting him to resign. that's the only reason. it's a tough thing to prove, that's for sure. most are looking at trump's intentions here. and we know that human beings bs intentions and motives can be a murky business and it's hard to determine exactly why somebody did something. and that's what the term is going to have to prove. >> under the standard of law, doesn't he have to prove criminal intent? you know, the president could say look, i'm really unhappy with it. i don't like what did he. i don't think he's carrying out justice and the president could say i don't have criminal intept. i had unhappiness intent. >> exactly. that's why they have a tough road ahead of them. trump himself is his own worst enemy and he's made comments on his intention before. comey originally said he fired him because of the clinton

investigation but then he went on television saying it was because of the russia thing that's something that mueller's team took notice of. i'm not sure he's said anything that specific about jeff sessions and they're going to need a lot more than just looking at his speeching calling him disgraceful. i'm not sure this is the best use of their time but they think they need to look at it. eric: and the reports say they've been questioning the people in the white house about this issue about that time. you've got not only the lester holt interview but the comments to sergey lavrov and kislyak in the oval office about comey and the russia investigation. meanwhile, the president seems unhappy that it's the inspector general who has been handed this responsibility, mike horowitz. why, he can't do the job? what's the complaint there? >> i have to say i'm puzzled by this. does donald trump really want another special counsel appointed? he's not too happy with the first one that got appointed.

and keep in mind, a special counsel, once he's appointed, he has a wide range of authority to look at things. i'm surprised that president trump is criticizing mike horowitz. rumor has it that his report on the fbi, which is due out this month or next is actually going to criticize former fbi director andrew mccabe, which is someone trump certainly didn't like. and the rumor is that the report is going to criticize them both for leaking to the media or authorizing fbi leak to the media and even for misleading horowitz's investigator. eric: let him do his job. look, if you try to replace the attorney general, i mea i mean o would step into that? rod rosenstein perhaps? really for the president it's a noo-win situation that he basically has to keep sessions

there. >> i can't figure out what's going on. the horowitz report from what i hear is not going to be very good for andrew mccabe and that is good for donald trump. and i'm puzzled as to how he keeps attacking jeff sessions. he seems to still be trying to shame him to resign. i was shocked to cesar ra sanders, the press secretary, even her saying yeah, the president has made his frustrations with the attorney general clear. she's speak in public talking about how the president is undermining his own attorney general. and i have to say, shouldn't we let these investigation investiy out without it looking like the president or anyone else is trying to or dane what the consequences are going to be. it looks bad when the president keeps talking about in investigations instead of letting them go on when they're probably not going to find out that donald trump colluded and they're going to find out there was a conflict at the fbi. it's strange that donald trump can't let it go and let things

take their own time to work out. eric: the attorney general says he's serving with dignity and credibility and he ain't going nowhere. arthel: new pictures reveal to fox news in the deadly parkland shooting show investigators say they showed the accused gunman was trying to make his attack even more lethal. plus, russia's vladimir putin boasting of his nation's new nuclear weaponry. is another cold war imminent? i'm mark and i quit smoking with chantix. i tried, um, cold turkey. i tried the patches. i was tired and i was fed up. i wanted to try something different. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix reduced my urge to smoke. compared to the nicotine patch, chantix helped significantly more people quit smoking. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. some people had changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, agitation, depressed mood,

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>> eric, these hurricane resistant windows designed to protect people from wind and debris may have saved a lot of lives at stoneman douglas high school by protecting them from bullets. these pictures just obtained from fox news appear to show one window riddled with bullets. one law enforcement tells fox news the bullets appear to be coming from inside. two sources tell fox news that deputies and investigators on the seen after the massacre were discussing how it appeared that the suspect's attempt to get that higher vantage point was restricted because of the hurricane proof windows. cruz was trying to shoot out the windows in the third floor teacher's lounge and if he had succeeded, who knows how many more people would have died because me would have had sight to an open courtyard. another picture appears to show evidence with biohazard images

on them. all of this evidence is being investigated right now and the full time line and events of that day will be confirmed by authorities. building 12 where the shooting unfolded is still closed down and may never reopen. broward schools would like to tear down and replace that building pending approval and funding by the lawmakers. tonight the parkland shooter is behind bars charge charged wit 7 counts of attempted murder. eric: maybe schools across the country could consider hurricane safe windows for safety. arthel: well, russian president vladimir putin demappedding the world's attention by flaunting what he claims are new nuclear weapons. during his state of the nation address, president putin showed an animation of a cruise missile dubbed the satan ii streaking toward the u.s. despite the alarming visual, the russian president saying he

disagrees with those claiming that another cold war is imminent. >> translator: the individuals who have said that a new cold war have started are the no really analysts. they do propaganda. if you were to speak about arm's race, an arm's race began at exactly the time and moment when the u.s. opted out of the antiballistic missile treaty. arthel: jaing me now is ambassador dennis roth, a fox news foreign affairs analyst and author of the book "doomed to succeed" ambassador, always nice to have you. >> thank you. arthel: i want to get to the specifics on the weapons in a moment. first an overview. are we at a tipping point? where are things headed with russia? >> i think we have to understand what putin is doing and why he's doing it. he is certainly appealing to a nationalist sentiment within russia. he has used the imagery of the restoration of russian power in

the world as a way to build his own following within russia at a time when their economy has not done so well, when many people have found their savings have become increasingly less valuable, where there is, i think, less of a social safety net than there's been. he has focused very hely on whaf what he has done to have russia operate as a super power on the world stage. he's using that to create an appreciation of what he's done to restore russia's stand in the world as a way to basically build up his own popularity prior to an election that will take place in a couple of weeks. so there's an internal audience that he has in mind. it isn't to say that he doesn't have an external audience because he's using russian presence in the middle east as a way of getting the middle eastern countries to realize that when they think of security they should think of russia and not the united states. arthel: are we heading into another cold war or did the war

of the presidential egos escalate. either way, what's at stake and what could go wrong? >> well i think the original cold war was based on a competition between two etiological systems. the soviet union was a communist system bent on expansion, bent on the idea that they formed the most perfect bay to have governance. obviously that failed, the soviet union collapsed and it was a trauma for most of the russian citizens who in a sense had lost very much their identity. we are not in a state today where there's an ideological competition between the united states and russia. so the ideological under pinning of a cold war is not there. having said that russia is a competing power and putin is geared at trying to show there is no longer a u.s.-dominated system internationally. he wants to have russia appear as a prominent power.

he wants to erode, in a sense, the image of the united states. are we -- let me put it this way. does this create some seeds of danger? of course. if there's a kind of competition in certain areas where there's a misunderstanding. for the most part i'm not sure that's the case today. for the most part i think putin knows very well how to limit where and how he feels like he wants to be competing with us. >> if part of this is president putin grand standing, if you will, in trying to imply or impress upon others that russia has a bigger, badder presence on the world's stage, is he being effective? >> right now i'd say yes. he looks and he's made russia appear as if they're playing a role that they haven't. not only for some time, in some places ever. to give you an example in syria, the soviet union never had an air base. putin has an air base. they had a limited port of call to repair ships. now they're going to have a

naval base. arthel: he has an air base in syria because he danced with the devil to get it. that's not a fair playing field, if you will. >> he's still doing that. russia is abetting iranian power there. they've secured power there and with a relatively small show of force. what he's done is he's shown that he matters. to give you an example. , you have the prime minister of israel who has made 17 trips to russia in the past 17 months. you have the king of saudi arabia has gone to russia. arthel: i see what you're telling me, that putin is putting forth his best face somehow to these other countries. what are we doing? is there something that our president could be doing differently? >> well i think in syria we shouldn't concede syria to

russia. i think one of the problems when it comes to syria, we're focused on isis and not the biggest threat that comes from syria right now, which is the growing presence of iran and the shia militias which number over 20,000. that's creating potential for war against israel and the shia militias. if the united states makes it clear that we're not going to be on the sidelines in terms of seeing the expansion of iran within syria and community kate to putin that he runs the risk if he doesn't act to contain iran and syria, that could change the situation and also show that the united states is going to be someone that's going to affect the shape of the realities in the middle east. that's necessary if we want to affect putin. arthel: a very short answer if you could for me, ambassador. should the united states be concerned about putin's growing nuclear arsenal? >> yes, because, a, he needs to understand this is a losing proposition for him. he doesn't want to get into a spending war with us on issues like that.

arthel: ambassador, thank you for that short answer there. and of course we'll have you back again to talk about these very very complicated issues. thank you, sir. >> thank you. eric: in fact in just the next hour, one hour from now, we'll hear first hand from syrians who are in go to, we talked to them. we'll tell you about what they want to do in terms of the horrible situation in their country. back here at home the immigration customs agency is slamming the city of oakland. what the mayor there is being accused of by a federal agency. i live in fear that my parents are going to be taken away from myself. it's not okay. >> people are terrified to be quite honest with you. they're petrified. they're calling to verify from other community members, telling them don't go to this street.

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i continue to feel confident that what i did was the right thing and it was legal. i did not give specific information that could have endangered law enforcement. i encourage people to not panic but to know their rights. eric: that is the mayor of oaklanoakland, california. she warned her community before a major immigration sweep. that prompted the justice department to investigate whether she obstructedded justice by sounding the alarm. this is the sweep for illegals in the state of california. the acting director of i.c.e. says 332 illegals were arrested in the sweep this past week but he believes that the mayor's warning helped 800 other undocumented people avoid deportation. we've got a c litigation

attorney and former prosecutor, former assistance t assistant t. attorney. what's the chance of her ending up in the clink. look out. she gave this warning that these raids were coming. >> i understand the analogy bu. there's very little chance it will result in criminal prosecution. what's much more likely is it will cause a really severe divide between local law enforcement and federal law enforcement in that part, the northern district of california. it's going to cause a real lack of trust between those agen ages which makes law enforcement difficult. >> can you explain why some viewers may be sitting at home going what, what are you talking about? she gave the warning and maybe 800 or so fled or were able to avoid arrest. why wouldn't she be charged with something. that's your answer to that? >> sure.

the federal obstruction laws require specific intent. i think it would be very difficult for a federal prosecutor to allege that she had some specific intent with regard to any individual defendant who may be facing criminal prosecution to let that person go free. what he announced was hey, this event is happening, you know, stay away. that sort of broad speech protects her from a specific prosecution. but if she had given details or anything more specific, she could have been in trouble. there's a general discretion for prosecutors. this is not a case they want to take into court. eric: she's a lawyer. let me read you some of her statement that he gave the other day saying, quote, my statement on saturday was meant to give residents time to learn their rights and know their legal options. it was my intention that one mother or father would use the information to help keep their family together. i do not regret sharing this information. it is oakland's legal right to be a sanctuary city and we have

not broken any laws. do you concur? >> well i think that's one of the issues here is that, you know, the constitution created state governments and federal governments. generally when it comes to law enforcement those forces work together. she is right as a state official she has a great deal of power and there are times when those powers can interfere with federal powers. it doesn't often happen that way and we certainly don't like when it does. but the question of whether she broke a specific law is unclear and likely she didn't. did the frustrate federal law enforcement, absolutely. that's going to be major repercussions. eric: what are those? >> i think the most likely thing is that i.c.e. is going to increase its presence in the area and decide that they can't trust local law enforcement. when i was a federal prosecutor, you rely on those relationships. it's incredibly important that the local beat cop talk to the fbi, talk to the i.c.e. agent. when those communication lines break down, it's difficult to solve crimes and prosecute

criminals. eric: do you think other officials around the country will do that when they determine there could be potential raids or immigration sweeps, that they'll sound the alarm too? >> in 1078 state in some states. i could see the miami mayor do that but not in alabama or in tennessee. you are going to see that in states where the mayors are more aligned with that same view of immigration. eric: thanks for joining us this afternoon. arthel: a goo fund me campaign raising tens of millions of dollars for the victims to have las vegas shooting massacre. how the money will be distributed. a live report just ahead. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember.

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arthel: more than five months after the las vegas mass shooting, a victim's fund is set to begin handing out $31.5 million raised in a go fund me campaign. the fund is paying $275,000 to the families of each of the 58 people killed in the massacre. dan springer is live in los angeles with the detail. >> and starting monday many of the victims and their families

will begin receiving some financial compensation. as you mentioned, just over five months since the shooting. we started out as a g go fund me page, grow into something called the las vegas victims' fund. $43.5 million have been raised from 95,000 individual donors. it was a grass roots mes roots . the vegas concert raised $700,000. 58 people were killed and more than 700 people were injured. relatives of those killed will receive $275,000 each and ten people who suffered permanent brain damage or have become paralyzed are receiving that same amount. from there the donation amount wills be based on how long the victim stayed in the hospital. 147 people were hospitalized. they will share in 10 mill'n dollars. among them is rachel shepherd

who is recovering and reliving the night of october 1st. >> there was one time in the tent where i was just like, i'm going to die. this is it. i was having so much trouble breathing at one point and i just, i knew i was either going to die or was going to be paralyzed. i need you to call them. i want to talk to them and tell them i love them in case i die. >> 50% of the money raised was donated by businesses in the tourism and gambling. they've taken a big hit since the massacre. tourism is down and is the gambling revenue. revenue dropped 6% in october and plunged 9% in january. 532 victims filed claims with the victims' fund. meantime 450 people have filed lawsuits against the concert promoter and the maker of the bump stocks used by the shooter.

arthel: thanks, dan. eric: well he was a west point graduate, served in afghanistan and iraq and he was stabbed to death in the tea terrorist attak and they say your tax money, that's right, your tax money goes to the terrorist. we went along as the family and west point classmates of taylor forest met with representatives on capitol hill to enforce the taylor act. what it does and what it's aimed at stopping. fox news channel's coverage continues on this saturday night. stay with us. (vo) dogs have evolved, but their nutritional needs remain instinctual. that's why there's purina one true instinct. real meat #1. a different breed of natural nutrition. purina one true instinct. now, try new purina one true instinct treats. you tthey made a mistake.ompany the check they sent isn't enough to replace your totaled new car.

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president trump returned to washington and the white house after a quick florida saint. he's wrapping up his tough talk on train. this amid continuing fallout after the resignation of hope hicks. arthel: and i'm arthel neville. concerns are rising over potential trade wars after the president announced steep new tariffs on steel and aluminum. the president tweeting today: the united states has an $800 billion yearly trade deficit because of our very stupid trade deals and policies. our jobs and wealth are being given to other countries that have taken advantage of us for years. they laugh at what fools our leaders have been. no more.

molly henning berg is live in with the latest. what's the timeline on this? >> reporter: president trump intends to sign an executive order next week adding a 25% tax to imported steel and a 10% tax to importedded aluminum in part to counter other countries such as china overproducing metal like steel and dumping into it the u.s. market. president trump says he's trying the save the american steel industry and to fight back against an $800 billion trade deficit. and he responded today to threats of retaliation by the european union by tweeting, quote: if the e.u. wants to further increase their already massive tariffs and barriers on u.s. companies doing business there, we will simply apply a tax on their cars which freely pour into the u.s. they make it impossible for our cars and more to sell there. big trade imbalance. the details are expected to be released next week, and it's possible that certain countries could be exempted from these

tariffs. arthel? arthel: but, molly, free trade republicans are not on board, right? >> reporter: no, they say tariffs are not the answer. utah republican senator mike lee called it, quote, a huge job-killing tax hike on american consumers. while i am sympathetic to the issues facing domestic steel manufacturers, there must be a better way to address the steel industry's concerns, and i hope congress and the executive branch can identify an alternative solution before these tariffs are finalized next week. the united steel workers union says it has been fighting for action like this for decades to insure that, quote, cheaters are held accountable. but that labor union also represents some steel workers in canada and is asking that canadian steel be exempted from these tariffs. arthel: molly, thanks. eric: the president and first lady, well, they are expected to attend the annual gridiron dinner at this hour in washington, one of those fancy media georgetown-type shindigs.

they get a chance to mingle with the media and those others. he did not attend last year. this as the president deals with yet another staff shake-up. white house communications director hope hicks announced her resignation this week, a decision that came one day after those eight hours of testimony before the house intelligence committee. in that meeting she reportedly admitted to telling, quote, white lies for the president, but reportedly not on the subjects of the russian investigation. the house judiciary committee chairman, republican bob goodlatte, says leaks from that closed-door meeting should be investigated. >> leaks are a serious problem in washington, and they have to be dealt with. we just learned yesterday that the former deputy director of the fbi was authorizing leaks in his official capacity to "the wall street journal" regarding the investigation into the hillary clinton e-mail matter. so it's an ongoing problem.

people should wait for the facts. eric: ellison barber has more tonight from palm beach, florida. actually, west palm beach. >> reporter: president trump left mar-a-lago this afternoon. he was only in florida for about 24 hours. on twitter he's been talking about trade and doubling down on his tariff plans for steel and aluminum. president trump has faced a lot of criticism in regards to that proposal from members of his own water to world world leaders. one e.u. suggested they would in response to the possible tariffs. trump is not backing away from the proposal, he believes these tariffs are necessary and important, and he continues to say that even though right now the criticism seems to outweigh the praise. but this week the white house, specifically the people in it, have been capturing headlines at times overshadowing policy. white house communications director hope hicks announced

that she plans to leave her job at the white house in the coming weeks. hickings was one of the president -- hicks was one of the president's closest advisers. white house officials say she'd been considering leaving well before this week. the white house is denying rumors of two other potential exits. they're pushing back on reports that said economic adviser gary cohn could be leaving soon because he's unhappy with the president's tariff proposal. press secretary sarah sand isers also pushing back on reports that nsa adviser h.r. mcmaster is about to be forced out. >> general mcmaster's not going anywhere. as the president said yesterday in the oval office to a number of people, he thinks he's doing a great job and glad he's here. look, i was making a joke just before we started, the chaos that i see most this morning, i left three preschoolers and a bunch of flashlights with the power out at my house. it was pretty chaotic and certainly far more chaotic early this morning than when i got to

the office. >> reporter: john kelly held an off-camera briefing with reporters friday and talked about the rob porter scandal. he tried to clarify the timeline between statements, he also tried to clarify when he knew the extent of the domestic abuse allegations against porter and when the fbi sent over report toss the white house. he didn't clear up a whole lot, but in regards to whether or not he planned to quit over it kelly said is, quote: i have absolutely nothing to even consider resigning over. president trump is set to attend the gridiron dinner in d.c. the gridiron club is one of the oldest journalism clubs in the city. every year when they have their annual dinner, they typically invite the president. last year president trump did not go, he sent vice president mike pence instead. this year he is set to attend that dinner. in west palm beach, florida, i'm ellison barber. eric: all right, we'll see what happens later on tonight, thank you, elleson. arthel: right now hundreds of thousands are without power following a ferocious nor'easter that dumped heavy snow and rain

on the east coast. at least five people died in the storm with three states issuing emergency declarations. meanwhile, some of the nation's busiest airports are working to get back on track. bryan llenas is live at laguardia here in new york city. >> reporter: hi, arthel. virginia, maryland and matts all have declared -- and massachusetts all have declared a state of emergency. between while, the travel case gross is subdued. 3400 flight cancellations yesterday. today it's about 600 nationwide. here at laguardia airport 48 cancellation ares today. it was 60 yesterday. so that -- 600 yesterday. things are improving. take a look at this video. this gives you an idea of the winds at reagan airport, this is a plane taking off in the wind, 40-60 mile-an-hour winds yesterday, just a scary sight there. and a southwest airlines flight actually tried to land during

these high winds and boarded at the very last moment, deciding to land ten minutes later. but just pretty incredible video there. the wind caused such terrible turbulence that one united airlines flight landing at dulles airport, he logged this in his report to the national weather service stating, quote, very bumpy on descent. pretty much everyone on the plane threw up, pilots on the verge of throwing up. giving that video and that account from that pilot, some passengers say they're taking these cancellations in stride. >> yesterday i was going to charlotte, north carolina. and my flight was canceled. oh, of course i understand because i'd rather be on the ground and not up in the air. >> reporter: and it's not just in the air. look at this video. this is a truck on the tappan zee bridge here in new york city. the truck almost tipping to the side because of the high winds, 40-60 mile-an-hour gusts there. you're talking about two trucks actually did tip over on that

bridge. there have been high wind advisories and bridge closures all throughout the northeast because of this storm, and for the second time in as many months boston seeing incredible flooding in their downtown. this is the second so-called bomb cyclone to hit this year hitting not only boston proper, but places like quincy, massachusetts, these are areas along the southeastern massachusetts, seeing some 10 to 13-foot-high waves there during the high tide. hundreds of peopling or about 150 people, and their families had to be evacuated by the national guard and first responders. and all of that as we're talking about major power outages. if you look at this map that we have, it shows you there are states that are dealing with hundreds of thousands of people without power in massachusetts right now, 313,000 people without power. in pennsylvania you're talking about 364,000 people without power. but the good news is over the

last few hours we've been seeing tens of thousands of customers getting their power restored. and nearly 200 homes and businesses in the northeast have been dealing with power outages since this storm started. the power is starting to be resore stored but -- restored, but when it is cold and wet, patience is a hard thing to have. they are telling people to stay indoors and if you need to yet to a heated place, go to a shelter. arthel: yeah, for sure. bryan llenas, thank you. eric: wow, that was amazing. authorities tonight are confirming that the man who shot himself today near the white house has passed away. the secret service says that man approached the fence along the north side to have white house shortly before noon, and he then shot himself in the head. no one else was injured. officials have identified the man, but they're not releasing his identity publicly at this time as they are still searching for his next of kin. the first family happened to be in florida at the time of this unfortunate incident. white house officials say the president was briefed about it

before he returned back home. arthel: well, the debate over gun control intensifying after the florida school shooting, but now president trump may be backing away from any broad overhaul of gun laws. can all sides eventually come up with a plan? we'll discuss it. eric: and they're the family and friends of a victim of terrorism. they went to capitol hill with a message. the group, including four west point classmates of this young man, taylor forrest, he was stabbed to death in israel, and the group says your taxpayer money -- that's right, our money -- goes to the terrorists and the families. we go along with them in our exclusive report just ahead. >> we shall look to taylor as a way to live our life and just to pay someone to -- yeah, just the utter lack of respect for human life is completely shocking and terrible. ♪ there's little rest for a single dad.

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this week seeming to support stricter gun laws and more comprehensive background checks, but now here's the president during a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers on wednesday. >> i'm a big fan of the nra. these are great patriots. they love our country. but that doesn't mean we have to agree on everything. it doesn't make sense that i have to wait until i'm 21 to get a handgun, but i can get this weapon at 18, i don't know. so i was just curious to what you did in your bill. >> we didn't address it, mr. president. >> you know why? because you're afraid of the nra. arthel: the national rifle association has a different story. here's a tweet from an nra lobbyist after a working lunch with president trump the following day. quote: i had a great meeting tonight, we all want safe schools, mental health reform and to keep guns away from dangerous people. potus and vpotus support the second amendment, support strong due process and don't want gun

control. joining me now is alan smith, senior political reporter with qualify business insider." alan, who do you believe, president trump or the nra lobbyists? >> i believe president trump simply because he made his points clear on live television whereas the lobbyist is speaking after a closed door meeting with the president. these really do appear to be his views on gun control, and he seems to be like a lot of americans who in the immediate aftermath of a tragic shooting like we saw in florida, he seems to edge toward the stronger gun control end as opposed to more of the gun rights side of the issue. i mean, a lot of the people in washington have been entrenched in their sides for years and years, so they're used to reacting to such situations. president trump seems to be reacting more as i would say a typical voter to a situation like this. >> so you would not say that the president is flip-flopping on gun control, but perhaps more that he's trying to appease opposing opinions? >> i would say he's trying to appease opposing opinions. what we saw in that meeting,

those are president trump's unfiltered views on what he thinks should happen, and i think they shocked a lot of people in there. he even went as far to say take the guns first, due process second which you're not going to find any democrat advocating for taking away someone's property before giving due process. that's so far beyond where it is, but look, all these kids were just brutally killed in this high school, and we want to do something about it. it's that desire to do something and make a change. arthel: so that desire to do something and make a change is formulating into a grassroots movement. is that the tipping point? >> it looks like this could be a tipple point, but end -- tipping point, but then again after sandy hook and that was another absolute tragedy, nothing ended up happening. i know that senator cornyn is trying to pass the fix nix bill which is something that would be a lower level fix to some of these issues, but it's something that he and many others believe

would have the support in congress to pass. obviously, others want to make this more of a comprehensive effort, and we heard president trump in the meeting say i want something comprehensive, i want the toomey-manchin bill, i want to include some of senator feinstein's bill -- she was shocked. arthel: you were talking about expanded background checks, you're talking about what else? >> well, i mean -- arthel: and the age, increase the age -- >> the age increase is not in the manchin bill, but it's what trump wants to include. in that meeting he wasn't really educateed on it, he was ago to find out more about it and saying let's add these proposals, add these proposal, let's have all these people leave the room is and do something comprehensive. and then you heard senators say, well, you know, we're actually not going to be able to do that. i know the president wants that, but these things altogether aren't going to happen. arthel: but isn't that why the president gathered everybody, to collect information? on the flip side you have

lawmakers saying, okay, mr. president, what is it that you want as well. all of that said, will there be gun policy change by november, come midterms? >> you know, it really look ares as if president trump decides to be the person he was in that meeting, pushing hard for the kinds of changes he wants to see in a bill, it could happen. because he could get a few extra republicans over the line to vote for something like the framework of toomey-manchin. it was very close to passing in 2013. he could get a few more votes over the edge and do it, so if he really wants to make that happen, he could do it. there were senators in the room who were saying that exact thick. if you want to make this happen, you could convince additional republicans to vote for it. because the republican voters trust you on the second amendment. arthel: does the nra maintain the political impact after this latest revival of the gun control controversy? >> i think some of their impact is a little overstated. there are a lot of factors to the gun lobby, a lot of manufacturers. the nra is one component.

i don't feel -- if you look at the donations, they're not, some of the bigger donations to a lot of these people, so a lot of people aren't as beholden to them as the narrative would make it seem, but they still maintain their level of relevance that they had beforehand. arthel: meanwhile, gun control's not on the docket this week. >> no, it's not. mitch mcconnell said we're going to do a banking bill this week and maybe next week or the week after. there's a big cry for action in the immediate aftermath, and then a few things happen, major news happens, and people put it on the back burner. arthel: well, let's hope that lawmakers are just going back to their quarters and sort of devising a plan that'll be beneficial to most and that the president can put his stamp of approval on. >> certainly. arthel: alan smith, "business insider" senior political reporter. always nice to have you. >> love being on, arthel. arthel: thank you. eric: now to something that will shock and even sicken you.

your taxpayer money going to support convicted terrorists and is their families. you know, many feel the use of our american tax dollars essentially ending up rewarding terrorist acts. that's what a bill in the united states senate is aimed at trying to end. one group went to capitol hill to sit down with more than half a dozen u.s. senators on both sides of the aisle, and they gave their plea for this young man. we were privileged to go along with them. they are on one of the most meaningful deployments of their lives. a group of west point graduates on a mission for one of their fallen classmates and his family. they came to support the taylor force act, a bill that would cut off american aid to the palestinian authority if it does not stop paying terrorists who kill israelis and american citizens. taylor was 28, had served in iraq and afghanistan and was

stabbed to death in tel aviv, israel, two years ago. >> palestinians have a reward program for terrorism committed in israel. taylor was a victim. >> it is bipartisan. it's not political, but it's -- and it should be bipartisan, which it should be. and it needs to change. >> taylor was the best younger brother a girl could ask for. eric: his sister kristin called him her hero. >> i truly hope no other family has to go through what my family's been through and that people aren't rewarded for killing others. eric: the bill would cut off roughly $300 million in american aid, about the same amount the palestinian authority gives to its martyrs fund, money that helps convicted killers and their families. >> the idea that american tax dollars would go to pay the family of the man that kill their son seems completely

backwards to anything america would stand for. eric: taylor's west point classmates agree. >> his life was robbed from him, and it wasn't lost in combat, it wasn't in uniform. he was on the other side. so it was very, very difficult for us to process. he was like a brother to us. eric: they found this especially galling. palestinians hailing taylor's killer as a hero at his funeral in the west bank. >> i was absolutely disgusted. you know, even before then to hear about the palestinian authority celebrating his death, and it was this great thing. to me, i thought, no, you took one of the best people i've ever met, one of my closest friends, a guy who would do anything for anyone. this shouldn't be celebrated. obviously, he should be penalized. eric: the white house has recently been ratcheting up the pressure by moving the u.s. embassy to jerusalem this spring and cutting off some aid. some have cautioned cutting the

payments could undermine the palestinian authority's standing, and president mahmoud abbas has vowed they will continue. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: the americans are always telling us that we must stop paying salaries to the families of martyrs and prisoners. we categorically reject this demand. >> good to see you again, sir. no, good to see you. thank you all for coming. eric: some of the more than half dozen senators on both sides of the aisle who met with force's family and friends have said they support the bill but were not ready to go on the record. others had no such reluctance. >> thank you for stepping out and leading on this and using tragedy. i know y'all are hurting. but thank you for using the tragedy of that murder as a catalyst for good. how do you explain to any american that your taxpayer dollars are going to fund terrorists who are murdering americans? it's indefensible, and it needs to stop now. >> we want to put an end to that, and that's why we've led

the effort to create the taylor force act. i think it's going to become law soon. eric: at the end of an exhausting day, there was optimism. so it's been well worth it? >> oh, yes. >> yes. >> oh my gosh, yes. >> yes. very much. >> every bit of energy we've dedicated is -- >> totally worth it. eric: well, senate minority leader chuck schumer, well, he is a corespond sour -- cosponsor of the bill and says no democrat will stop it. if the legislation reaches the president's desk, he will sign the taylor force act into law, and we will keep you updated on the legislation's progress as well as taylor's family and his friends as they try to stop those payments. arthel? arthel: eric, breaking new developments on the florida school shooting. why investigators believe the shooter was planning an even deadlier attack. we're going to have a live report on that story. also north korea reportedly helping syria with its chemical weapons program as the syrian

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arthel: a fox news alert, we are getting new information about the florida school shooting. new pictures now emerging showing the gunman may have tried to shoot out a window on a higher floor of the building in order to fire on students down below. math9 finn is live in -- matt finn is live in chicago with more on the story. >> these hurricane-resistant windows were designed to protect students and faculty from wind and debris, but they may have protected people from bullets on the day of the shooting. these new pictures just obtained by fox news appear to show at least one high-floor window riddled with bullets. one law enforcement officer tells fox news the bullets appear to be coming from inside. it appears that the suspect's efforts to establish a higher

vantage point were thwarted by the school's use of hurricane-resistant windows. a source tells fox news the shooter was trying to shoot out the windows in the third floor teachers' lounge and if he had succeeded, quote, who knows how many more people have died because he would have had sight to a wide open courtyard where other buildings funnel. another picture appears to show many boxes of evidence with biohazard pictures on them. of course, all of this evidence is being investigated right now, and the full timeline and events of that day will be confirmed by authorities. building 12, where the shooting unfolded, is still closed and may never reopen. the broward public schools tells fox news it would like to tear down that building and replace it pending approval and funding from lawmakers. tonight the parkland school shooter is charged with 17 pointeds of premeditated murder, and today in a special saturday or session the florida senate shot down a proposed ban on assault rifles statewide.

arthel. arthel: matt finn, thank you. >> we are syrians, and we need your helpment we don't want -- your help. we don't want russian, iran and is assad forces to kill us anymore, and we need your help to make our future bright. or. eric: that is a resident of syria with his plaintive message to the american people and to president trump. his name is mahmoud, and he's expressing the hope to fox news that the world will finally stop the continued bombing of civilians in syria by bashar al assad by his russian and iranian helpers. critics changer the russians have been play -- charge the russians have been ignoring calls for a ceasefire. the u.n. ambassador, nikki haley, this week plans to introduce a new message. member of the executive committee of the anti-regime group the syrian-american council is, bassan, this

enormous, incomprehensible carnage, humanitarian catastrophe has continued. it's going on tonight, right now as we speak. it's mind-boggling. >> yeah. honestly, eric, it's gotten to a point where residents are living under-- living underground in basements, and yet they're still being attacked. chlorine bombs have been sent on civilian areas just a couple days ago there was an incident where a child actually died from a chlorine attack and two hours later while the father was waiting to bury the child, it was followed up with a napalm bomb that then burned the child and the father. eric: i mean, what can the world do? we've had these resolutions at the security council, the u.n. reporting on that this coming week, and the russians seem to be blatantly ignoring it even though they vote for it. >> and the language was dulled down, frankly, for the russians. and they are ignoring it as is

iran. both of them are culpable in this scenario. and russia now says that they'll allow a five-hour stoppage in the war for humanitarian aid to be allowed in, but we've long known that five hours is not long enough to allow aid in. doctors have said they need a minimum 24 hours because of all the checkpoints. it's a dangerous situation. eric: and is you know what the assad side says, they're going after terrorists. and yet they're all in civilian areas. >> that's right. and they claim that they are attacking terrorists, but when you look at actually there's a group there called hcs formerly known as al-nusra. syrians widely regard them as terrorists. their numbers there are minimal. syrians don't want them there -- eric: so what is the goal? you've got 400,000 people or so it is said trapped? what is the goal of assad?

>> well, assad is trying to create a demographic change. he wants the people to leave and allow it to be given, essentially, to iran. this is the last, the last position that iran needs to create their bridge, their land bridge between tehran and lebanon. we talked about this on your show priestly, and this is the last -- previously, and this is the last stronghold. by allowing them that access, it gives them another stronghold for iran in damascus. eric: what should the united states be doing? we had the airstrikes when the first chemical attack occurred last april, and now there are reports of more chlorine gas attacks. what are you calling on the president right now to do? >> so exactly like you said is, there were the attacks before, and what's needed right now are more attacks on to air bases, on to the assad regime's air bases to ground his air force. we need to show a serious push

for force against the assad regime. otherwise we'll never be able to properly bring the assad regime ask the russians and the iranians to a negotiating table. eric: what about those who said if you did that, that would enflame the russians, and that could cause an even worse type of situation? >> well, this is the only way right now to get the russians to a negotiating table. the russians, they've ride. they've lied many times previously about wanting a diplomatic process. they, they were in peace talks in geneva, both times they pushed it off and they lied about their -- eric: they're doing assad's bidding. >> that's right. they want a military, they want a military force. and nothing, nothing besides a force from the united states to ground assad's air force is going to -- eric: well, we had the airstrikes that did go after some of the assad fighters and potential helicopters last time. there have not been any follow-up attacks by the u.s. let me show you the gentleman's

brother you just showed who told us about the situation on the ground. this is a medical student talking about the hospitals. >> in this hospital we have a lot of civilians who have injured by the assad regime. in this hospital we have a lot of children and women. we want to stay here. please do something. eric: that's mohamed's plea to fox news for americans to see finally, i mean, the scale of this is just incredible. when you see the devastation, the damage and the u.n. is now talking about war crimes. >> that's right. that was actually in, that was inside a sames hospital where it was -- sames hospital where it was attacked even recently, and it has been deactivated because of another attack on it. that was also the same hospital where a child, which ended up dying from the chlorine weapons attack, a war crime as the

napalm -- eric: do you think we'll ever see anyone brought up on war crimes? >> it's not about revenge, it's about bringing the assad regime to justice. eric: thank you, and we will be covering the results of the latest united nations security council resolution and ambassador haley's effort toss try and bring a ceasefire to that area this week. bassam, thank you. arthel: longtime presidential aide hope hicks announcing plans to step down from an administration that has seen many departures over the last 13 months. so what will it take to end the revolving door at the white house? ed rollins joins us next to discuss that. ♪ ♪ difference. it's easy to give back. it's just a little bit of time. ♪ ♪ i'll stand by you.

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weeks as 30 aides reportedly lost their access to intelligence, jared kushner among the officials receiving a down grade. but the white house press secretary, sarah sanders, insists his job is not in jeopardy. >> jared's still a valued member of the administration, and he's going to continue to focus on the work that he's been doing, and we're going to continue pushing forward on that front as well. arthel: joining me now is ed rollins, former campaign manager for the reagan-bush ticket in 1994 and a fox news contributor. you worked two terms in the white house under president reagan -- >> i was assistant for two terms and basically know all this stuff that goes on. arthel: of course you do. you know, in terms of the turnovers, is this a big deal or par for the course? >> the white house is a very hard place to work under the best of circumstances, and is what happened here was the president didn't have, obviously, a lot of people to bring in.

priebus had some people, bannon had some people, and he had a few people from the campaign. but it's not like the professional government people who normally come in in an administration, the reagan or the bush or the clinton or the nixon and serve there. a lot of people can't get cleared, as we're seeing now, and they have to be cleared, otherwise it creates chaos, and it's just a tough place to work. arthel: so regarding those security clearances, ed, how crucial are these clearances, and why what appears to be more hiccups than usual? why is this getting these security clearances confirmed so difficult? >> again, a bun of -- bunch of people had never been in government. ivanka and jared and others who have a lot of business type stuff, haven't ever been cleared before, it's a complicated issue. but the reason you've got to be cleared is two things. one, you don't want anybody that can embarrass the president, and anybody at the top ranks of

those white house, they get to see everything the president sees, every document he sees. arthel: right. >> you really have to make sure those people are her to roily -- thoroughly vetted. arthel: right. and i get that you said president trump brought in fresh faces, but they knew these clearances were going to have to take place, so why didn't they pick people who could have been vetted better? >> they should have done that. the professional republicans didn't want any part of trump. arthel: that's it, ed. is the talent pool for viable, qualified replacements in the trump administration, is that tt talent pool shrinking? >> there's millions of people who would love to serve in a white house, not as many who are qualified. my sense is the president gets kelly to settle down the white house, but you can't have chaos every week and have a bunch of people who think my job's not secure. this week we had stories about

mcmaster, stories about kelly himself. arthel: how can general kelly, you know, contain all the chaos, if you will, if he's not sure of his position? >> well, he has to act like he's sure of his position. he has to say, mr. president, i'll stay here as long as you want, but certainly i need to be here through the midterm elections, and is you need to empower me to do that. arthel: in the meantime, can the trump administration effectively govern this country? >> it can. the president himself is setting the agenda that he talked about on the campaign. there's a lot of chaos when you basically talk about lots of different things. you can't think out loud in public meet beings and what have you. -- meetings and what have you. the president's greatest strength, any president, is his ability to go communicate to the congress or communicate to the country, and you can't have mixed messages. you have to know this is exactly what i want to do. this week we had trade policy, a lot of people surprised by it. we had lots of discussions on gun policy which we bounced all over the place. so it comes down to this is my positions, my and. >> da, this is what i want to

do. arthel: president trump would say his greatest communication skill is to go straight to the people by way of twitter. >> you still have to go to congress. congress has to pass the legislation, and you've got to build support on, i have yahoo! the -- via the public to put pressure on the congress, otherwise you don't get anything through. arthel: how does president trump's white house compare to president reagan's white house at this stage -- >> we had a very experienced white house, a lot of nixon people, a lot of ford people, reagan had been governor for eight years, we had people with lots of experience, and that made a big difference. they knew what a white house was about, they knew how to function, they had been in government, and this particular administration didn't have many. arthel: so there's something to not draining the swamp. >> there's something to making sure, first of all, they're not draining the swamp. i wish they were, but they're not. it's something to get good people who know what their jobs are and try to fulfill them. arthel: i just wanted to say

swamp, i'm from louisiana. >> there are not a lot of swamps down there that have been drained either. [laughter] eric: thanks, arthel. a gofundme campaign is raising tens of millions of dollars for the victims of the las vegas shooting massacre. the money will be doled out, we'll have a live report on those details straight ahead. ♪ ♪ i stood outside, assessing the situation.

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eric: more than five months after thes vegas mass shooting, a victims' fund has begun handing out $31.5 million raised in a gofundme campaign. that fund is paying $275,000 to the families of each of the 58 people who were killed in that a massacre. dan springer is live with the details. >> reporter: hi, eric. this being the worst massacre in u.s. history, the task of collecting donations and distributing all that money has been a big undertaking. and we're told the first checks will go out tomorrow. 58 people were killed and more than 700 were injured when gunman stephen paddock opened fire on the route 91 harvest country music festival. that was on october 1st. the fundraising for the victims began almost immediately. big outpouring of support. it started out as a gofundme page but then grew into the las vegas victims' fund, a nonprofit

corporation which has collected $314 million. now -- 31.4. 532 people filed claims. the families of the people killed will each receive $275,000. ten other people who were left paralyzed or suffering brain damage are getting the same amount. the 147 people hospitalized will share $10 million, and the amount received is based on the length of the hospital stay. there were 90,000 donations. 40% of the money, though, raised was given by the southern nevada gaming and tourism industry. their business took a big hit right after the shooting, and revenue is still down. overall, tourism is off 3% with gambling revenue on the strip down 9% in january. relatives of some of the people killed have been interviewed in recent days, they say the money's appreciated. though, of course, it will not bring their loved one back. meantime, there are still lawsuits moving forward against the concert promoter, mgm and the manufacturer of those bump

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