you can watchful episodes if you happen to miss a program. we hope to see you next sunday with the latest buzz. [♪] eric: mr. trump once again tweeting about the russia investigation. he said he would have no trouble finding a replacement for his personal attorney, john dowd. this as his most of recent choice has stepped aside because of some legal conflicts. welcome to "america's news headquarters." i'm eric shawn. arthel: i'm arthel neville. the president also announcing former u.s. ambassador john bolton would replace national security advisor h.r. mcmaster following the firing of secretary of state rex tillerson.

director mike pompeo has been selected for that job and former campaign manager corey lewandowski defending the president's changes. >> he listens to the positions of the people around him and then he makes the decision. but you have to have people who are on the president's agenda. it's the president's final call. if you are a staff member, you have to be on the president's team. arthel: kevin corke is near the president's mar-a-lago retreat. more tweets and another staff change. reporter: this doesn't rise to the level of the other departures you and i have been talking about. but it's notable nonetheless. you heard eric mention it in the open.

joe digenova was going to join the president's legal team, and neither will his wife who is an accomplished attorney. the statement reads, the president is disappointed. the conflicted prevent them from joining the president's special counsel legal team. but they say the conflicts do not prevent them from assisting the president in other legal matters. here is the most of important part. the president looks forward to working with them. this and a pair of tweets about the president's legal team. let me take you to his fast it social media site, it has to be twitter. the president tweeting this. many lawyers and top law firms

want to represent me in the russia case. don't believe the fake news narrative that it is hard to find a lawyer who wants to take this on. it goes on to say a new law firm will take months to get up to speed. if for no other reason, they can bill more which is unfair to our great country. and he goes on to conclude, i'm happy with my existing team. beside, there was no collusion are russia except by crooked hillary and the dems. the president's secretary of state, his national security advisor and his chief economic advisor as well, all the big names cycle in and cycle out. white house officials exist change doesn't mean chaos and they tell us the president doesn't mind. he likes having competing voices on his team.

but there are others out there who say they are not so sure this is a good way to lead. >> chaos is not the way you want. but this president, maybe he thrives on chaos. it's not the way to run the greatest country in the world. arthel: kevin, let's talk about russia. president trump may expel russian envoys over the attack in the u.k. tell us more about that. reporter: we shared a couple statements that mirrored statements there. what they are saying is we stand in support of the u.k. we join them in their criticism of russia. but they are cryptic about what that would mean long term. does it mean ex pull hundreds of

several diplomats from russia? that's the rumor. but we haven't got that nailed down yet. we'll keep an eye on it for you. but for now, back to you. eric: president trump is taking heat from both sides of the political aisle. the president did say he was disabond it the package. even threatening to veto the bill and saying he'll not do it again, but he signed it to avoid sat government shutdown. >> the president made it very clear. he said it was a ridiculous situation. edsaid this is the last time he would sign this type of bill. at the same time his highest priority is to protect the american people. there were things in that bill that lined up with the president's priorities. reporter: president trump said

he was only signing this bucket bill because of the military -- this budget bill because of the military. but not every republican is buying it. >> the democrats in order to get us military spending demanded a massive increase in non-military spending. the president made the decision this time that that was worth it because military spending given what's going on in iran, in north korea, in venezuela, in russia, all around the world, we need to make sure we have a military that has the necessary resources. >> the disappointment mr. trump talked about had to do with the fact that this budget does not fully pay for a border wall with mexico and did not deal with the so-called dreamers. president trump announced his intention to end the program that protects them. some supporters of the president

say the problems with bigger than that and he should have gone with his first instincts. a veto. >> i can't see any way to sugar coat with a disaster this is. there are 24 republicans who voted against the omnibus spending bill. so maybe we can run them for president. reporter: the deal increased budget spending caps. >> this is the strongest down payment on rebuilding the military since ronald reagan. the biggest pay raise for military service members in over a decade. >> democratic leaders say they were able to keep out what they consider to be dangerous republican riders.

assay it's a good bill for their priorities. eric: coming up, republican congressman mike kelly he'll join to us explain why he has concerns about the spending bill, the country's growing debt. representative kelly voted against it. arthel: a fox news poll showing improvement in president trump's job performance. 45% of voters approving of the job the president is doing so far. while 52% disapprove. republicans passed a new federal tax law last december. a new poll marks the first time the president has received a positive job rating on taxes with 48% approving. joining me now is caitlyn owens,

a report for axios. is this good news for president trump? >> i think that we are talking about two percentable points here. -- two percentage points. it's a mixed bag. the nuclear issue, that's getting polled really well. the good news for republicans here, including president trump is the tax bill it's a domestic achievement for this first year of his presidency and they plan to run heavily on it in november. we are seeing extremely big upticks and approval of that law. it's very partisan. we have gone from 37% in december to half of americans supporting it now. arthel: 63% of those polled are

in favor of president trump meeting with kim jong-un. meanwhile, this current poll about the president's job approval rating, what about the republican party as a whole? >> i think with president trump he's never gone above 48%. he sits right there along the line. i think traditionally as we know, the party in power losses seats in the mid-term. especially if the president is not polling well. i think republicans are still on edge. so we are seeing congressional leaders especially in the house tell their members, campaign art. make sure you are out there touting tax reform and the economy. i think that they can't breathe

easy until november. arthel: the latest fox news poll finding a tightening race when voters are ask their candidate preferences. democrats were up by 15 points in october in a generic test. now it's 5-point edge that 46% would back the dem dplats their district and 41% the republicans. should the politics of a trade war cause concern for them? and when you are talking about the democrats, what should they be focusing on? >> i think republicans are very worried about the politics of a trade war. it's hard to say how this will play out. experts are nervous about the president's actions on tariffs in china. but republicans in congress, their message is with these

different policies they can undercut the gains tax reform has had on the economy. they want to say we put money back in your pockets. the economy is going well under our control. they are worried that a trade war could back peddle some of these gains. as we have seen president trump's strongestest issue with the economy. we don't know how these tariffs and trade policies will work out. so as far as the democrats, they are harping on healthcare. as we have covered extensively last year republicans tried to repeal and replace obamacare, and that was unpopular. arthel: we'll see what the winning strategy will be. caitlyn owens, thank you very much. arthel: the march for our lives

drew hundreds of thousands across the country. an emotional rally to demand tougher gun control laws in the wake of the latest mass shooting in parkland. >> the best thing to come out of the march. while the was important to stand for what we believe in and important people come together on this unified front. arthel: jill yains with us at the capital where the crowds were the largest. reporter: many of the students there were directly impacted by gun violence. they are demanding stricter gun control measures from washington policy makers. >> i want to see an assault weapons ban. the age has to be raised too 21.

reporter: the consensus in the nation's capital is that the students' efforts should be applaud. >> the activism in the young people is change the equation. this gives us a moment to finally do what the american people of wants us to. >> i think there is a sense of understanding that these student can go out and speak their minds. that's important. at the same time it's understanding that the president and his administration, they are supporters of the second amendment. >> it's unclear whether washington will undertake any major reform. friday the president signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill. this is the latest opportunity e november.

but legislators declined to include significant reforms. while it modestly strengthens background checks, it doesn't raise the age from 18 to 21 to purchase assault rifles. something the president expressed support for. arthel: he was stabbed to death and the family of his killer is being paid. a west point grad who served in iraq and afghanistan and lost his life. his parents are here to share their struggle to end the reward paid for terrorism. plus president trump slamming congress for that mammoth spending bill after signing it into law friday.

why the president said he had to do it. >> the democrats held us up. our original budget. that's something we are going to have to deal with. heartburn!

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>> taylor force did not die in vain. his mother and father were a driving forbes behind his legislation. no more money to the palestinians until they change the way they do business.

eric: the taylor force act was passed into law friday as part of the omnibus spending bill. the push to stop the palestinian authority for simply paying for terrorism. taylor was a 28-year-old west point graduate who served in iraq and afghanistan. he was stabbed two years ago while walking on the ocean boardwalk with his friend in tel aviv. it turns out the family of taylor's murderer are paid for those crimes by the palestinian authority. the authority shells out $300 mill a year to families of terrorists. his classmates from west point went door to door to ask to have the taylor force act passed.

with us now, from south carolina, are taylor's parent. our condolences to you. our heart is with you. ways your reaction the fact that that act named for your son is now the law of the land. >> hi, eric. thank you for having us. i would like to mention that we are very grateful to all the team force supporters for the taylor force act. i would like to mention as well, this is not the end of our

support stopping the funding for the money for the terrorists. they are receiving all the money that's been funded to terrorism. also, this is just the first good step, the taylor force act being passed. eric: stuart, your sense. when you heard, you heard that his murderer's family was being reward. what was your reaction to that? >> it was disbelief and it was horror that there is a process in place to not only reward the terrorists for harming and killing kill -- killing innocent the whole culture incentivizes terrorism. it's unfathomable.

eric: do you think most of americans know essentially we fund them $300 million. they shell out $300 million to families of convicted killers who are in jail themselves. >> the people we have spoken with the last two years, including some lawmakers, were not aware of the amount that is being spent and the fact that american taxpayer dollars are being used to fund these payments. our efforts the past two years have been as much asking for support for the law as educating people on the way. things are in a situation, and in the middle east today. that's bent focus of our

efforts. eric: they say it's a welfare fund for this family and they are committed to peace and non-violence. ways your reaction to that? >> as you would imagine, we have been watching closely what's being said, and in one situation, president abbas will peak to the world and say this is a form of welfare for the palestinian victims of the conflict. and then when he speaks to the palestinian people he said i will continue paying our martyrs, our fighters, to my last dying breath. so he's saying whatever is expedient to whatever audience he's speaking to. i don't think there is any real

consensus that they want this peace process to move along. eric: finally, tell me about taylor. west point, served this country. he has a youngerrer. it sounds like he was -- he has a younger sister. it sounds like he was an astounding young man. >> taylor meant so much to us, our family, friends. those that knew him are extremely sorrowful in so many ways. they are so glad they knew taylor. he accomplished so much in his life. at 28 years old, he accomplished a lot of goals that he had set for himself. >> if you can say one thing.

i try to make a comparison when telling people about taylor. i do the glass half full and half empty. taylor's glass was a barrel and it was always full of life and he celebrated life and shared it with everybody he came in could be tact with. that's how i try to share taylor with people who never had the opportunity to meet him or be around him. he was full of life, and he shared it with everybody. >> we have received so many letters from people that we do not know, people we do know, that their experiences were amazing that knew of taylor or

knew him. eric: his memory, his meaning will live on in this law you have struggled for to pass. hopefully it will certainly do some good in taylor's name and all the victims of terrorism and families like yours that have been victimized. >> thank you. this our first step. a good step. >> thank you, eric. you have been so supportive in getting the word out. it means so much to us the efforts you have taken. eric: thank you. team force. arthel: a serial bomber is setting a city in texas on edge. nowadays after his death the suspect is providing new information to investigators in his own words. h.r. mcmaster is outset to be replaced by john bolton as the

president's new national security advisor. a new fox poll shows how americans feel about the expected meeting with kim jong-un and we'll talk about what mr. bolton will contribute to that. >> we have gone through this issue with other people who served him well but maybe not quite in the capacity he wants. he's the president, he has the agenda. it's about picking people he wants to have with him. n to help get us moving. ...and help you feel more strength and energy in just two weeks! i'll take that. -yeeeeeah! ensure high protein. with 16 grams of protein and 4 grams of sugar. ensure. always be you. the

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eric: the suspect lycée was behind a series of deadly bombings in austin, texas calling him a quote, psychopaths are calling himself an add-in to record a confession. the texas congressman said that mike anthony conditt left a 25 minute video recording and that he felt no remorse for killing two people and terrorizing the city for weeks.

will carr live now with more details on this chilling confession. >> area come in the interim police chief said the suspect who blew himself up ran charon austin for three weeks. press conference, michael mccaul said a 25 minute recording mike anthony conditt left on his cell phone shows the suspected serial bomber was a sick individual. so a lot of questions what the motive behind the bombings including at the suspect chose his victims on purpose or a random. authorities say it did not have a motive even though the first through the dems were minorities but they are continuing to investigate. this is a textbook example of how law enforcement should work together appeared >> this could have gone on for months and months like you to bomber case, but fortunately it didn't. this is the largest bombing investigations and the boston bombing in which i held oversight hearings.

>> to use bombs to kill two people and severely injure for others to assume a pleasing packages and then raced a tripwire on a trail and attempted to send to bombs through fedex. conditt blew himself up as police are bearing down on him. eric: thank you so much. trade through the appointment of john bolton as national security adviser comes as a new fox news poll shows how voters feel about president trump's decision to meet with north korean leader kim jong un. twice as many prayer just disappeared by a wide 63% to 30% margin. he's a former senior adviser to both president trump and george w. bush and worked closely with ambassador bolton so we'll start there. president trump in john bolton disagree on the approach to russia. bolton says that negotiating with today's russia at your

peril. what will john bolton's role be at the national security adviser under president trump and will he rubberstamp all or most of the president's wishes? >> jones will be to provide private counsel appeared to cultivate a relationship with the president. they are not so much focused on the media what's going on outside the building, by providing information will be enormously useful in that case. he is a realist, but he will understand and be able to help the president understand that precious interest are and if there are areas where negotiations may make sense like in the ukraine or syria, john would give advice to proceed with that, but with eyes wide open. he wouldn't do this was sort of a foolish hope will sense that russia and putin will dispense with their own national interests just to reach an agreement. eric: so he won't rubberstamp the issues? >> keeps the agencies execute

directives. the national security adviser gives advice. so if he's given a direct comment john is a good soldier will salute and carry it out. that is part of a donald trump is all about. he's strong enough to accept dissenting voices around the table. >> let's talk about old bashers. they're saying is likely to lead the u.s. into a war with iran or north korea. what do you say? >> john throughout his entire career has stood for peace through strength, which means not going to war. he liked donald trump realizes as a nation you have to pick and choose where you really want to emphasize things. you have to see where the threats are and may be an strong in the way you conduct yourself, you have paradoxically end up with less war and that's very different than what we saw in previous administrations for weakness existed and was very provocative, very encouraging to

adversaries. >> fears the next thing you know we'll be at war under bolton enticement. you were singing the fears are unfounded? >> i think so. john is a realist so i don't think he thinks we are going to instantly get the deal of the century it is not korea or china or russia but i don't think you account for military action unless they been exhausted. and >> when you take a moment to ask you where where the general mixmaster go wrong? why did president trump replace him? the generalists retiring from the army after 34 years i believe it is. why is he -- why did he step down? there is the pressure we all saw play out on twitter at mcmaster by the president streets. what went wrong there? >> there are a couple of things. it's not necessarily a bad thing, but president trump is more than a year in a job in this wasn't just a handoff from

the democrat establishment, but the creation of something entirely new. the biggest shakeup since andrew jackson or at least similar on that scale. but mcmaster in tillerson that stage, there is a sense they didn't quite get politics which is something john bolton does get and make a process which is something bolton would get having worked in upper republican administration since reagan. it's one thing for the president to make a decision and say things, but something i saw in bush to the beginning of this administration was the lack of follow-through by cabinet agencies and that is one thing for john can shine understanding when the foreign service at the state department or the cia is dragging their feet down on them. >> some may say that could be the problem with adverse opinions inside of the president's cabinet. i have to move on because i'm running out of time. i mentioned earlier in a segment

showing 63% of voters in favor of president trump meeting with kim jong un. no foreign-policy decisions will be made in that meeting. do you think it's a good idea and what should voters except postmeeting? >> the summit is a good idea to the american people are sick of the failed process including appeasement both republican and democratic administrations has led to a nuclear north korea that can strike the continental u.s. i would say the summit is a beginning, not an end. the difference between trump and bush and clinton who aired a negotiating north korea is willing to walk away from an agreement. he's not looking for a nobel prize out of this. when they get into negotiations that will be start and stop, on and off. it will be like negotiating with the soviets in reagan administration were took the intermediate nuclear forces treaty that eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons. it will be turbulent, but trump and bolton are up to the

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eric: president trump facing criticism for signing up on $.3 trillion spending bill. the president agreed to sign it to deliver a boost in defense spending. republicans say the bill failed to advance priorities over the president. pennsylvania congressman, one of the 90 republicans who voted no on the bill on the house ways and means committee. first of all, why did she turn thumbs down? >> i think when you receive an almost 2300 page bill at 8:00 that night before you're supposed to vote on it.

it's very disrespectful not only to members of congress but also the american taxpayer. we need to know what was in that bill and debated at the problem i've had since day one if they come from the private sector. when you know you have a deadline coming for you wait until the night before to do it, if you did your term paper the night before was still a new font, you really can only blame yourself. i look at this happening. i keep hearing it's a broken process. my answer to that is if it is so broken and we know that, why don't we fix it. this is a horrible position to put the american taxpayers and members of congress and in the president and in a president of the united states who spoke clearly he didn't want to sign this bill, but our men and women in uniform are the people he was most concerned about. that is something that makes sense to all of us. really the night before a commit 2300 pages and you want me to sit down and say to the people i represent back home, you just don't understand it.

i don't understand it. eric: some folks didn't even read it. it does give the military a very needed booster is $700 billion to rebuild the military. but at the same time, he's talking about the process. again in september, the president is not going to sign it in september. what happens when you hit that wall? >> we have six months to get ready for that. if the process is so broken and we know that when it comes to items in the senate, especially budget items, you have to have 60 bucks. so when they do away with that. >> in my world, a majority is one. that doesn't make sense. this i think was put in place to protect people from taking really hard votes. and for me, hard though for me is not a hard though when it

protects taxpayers. they say back home there some people the question now though. but they really question is her ability to get her spending under control. no one would look at this and say it makes sense. >> talk about getting the spending under control. there it is. it's like a one armed bandit in vegas and only goes one way it seems i've been out. finally, how do you lasso the rhinoceros of out-of-control spending in washington and have some political accountability and get the process fixed? >> its political accountability. by having processes in place that allow you to dodger responsibility and say you don't understand because of the role we had a compromise on it. you can't continue to spend more than you're bringing in and help somehow in the future will take care of itself. i tell people all the time if

you think things will take care of themselves, let your lawn go for a month or two. we have a spending problem that is so over-the-top. 23 -- $20 trillion climbing. in order to have sustainable programs, we have to do away with programs that allow people to make -- the 51 vote is all we need. my native vetoes would help. eric: desantis said we are not going down to 51. it's ruled unconstitutional in 1998. >> how about if we say when it comes to military command that's a separate spending bill altogether. both parties use the military come all the military hostage to get the things they want and this is better back home. it would separate the military funding to take care of our men and women in uniform. make it a separate peace. if you want to have a debate over it, why not go back to the appropriations process in the

house. we pass every one of the 12 appropriations bills, send them to the senate and they weren't acted on. when we talk about these things, people talk about congress made up of two bodies. the house of representatives and the senate. i do want to get on my senate colleagues, but in so tired of hearing you just don't understand. you go back home with me and tell people working two jobs to keep the roof over the head of their children, something for the future can you tell them they don't understand. it's not working in their best interest. eric: we are up against the clock because of this. we will be right back. we've got to pay the bills. just a second.

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eric: back with pennsylvania congressman mike kelly. you were saying to protect military budget. can there be a process to do that? >> eric, listen, there's nobody in the private sector for their own budget that would say these are things that possible about their possible to do. you have to have a complete buy-in to do it that way. a deep respect for the american people, the american taxpayer is what's needed more than anyone else. the sea within the best interest of the people that sent us here to represent them. we are the stewards of their

money. dream do we hear that all the time and yet you get these budget impasse is in cliffhanging deadlocks for the president says he is forced to do something he really doesn't want to do. >> now we have six months before the spending runs out. i would tell the people of leadership now don't come before me the night before he bill is due and say this is what you arrived at. if we need meetings right now, start them when we get back. this move in the right direction. separating military spending is a powerful bargaining chip to both parties have used in order to drive initiative. let's do things the right way for the right reasons and the slapping. i'm concerned the process is so broken right now in the people that absolutely earned a position to change the process. we have to change it. >> finally, 20 seconds left. what would you say the president? no say in the next one? >> i tell the president he's strong. he made the statement that i'm

not signing another bill like this. if members of congress and the senate duties getting, do not try this man. what do the best interest of hard-working american taxpayers. that's the answer. do the right thing and stop worrying about things that aren't important right now. funding our military was critical of her daughter the president signed it. eric: congressman kelly, i don't know what it would sound like with 10 cloves of garlic. arthel: donate that much garlic as the moral that story. i will do it for us. back at 4:00 eastern. please join us now. right now, stick around because leland vittert and elizabeth prann will pick up the coverage in d.c.

leland: president tom's lawyers say they defend the president. i've to the white house that the president is tweeting about that. elizabeth: plus a fresh follow-up from fiscal conservatives after president trump signs off on a $1.3 trillion budget by the republican-controlled congress. leland: new details on why young men terrorized austin, texas with a series of bombings before blowing himself up. ♪ leland: hope you're having a great sunday. we had to take a look breather.