right to legislation signing drug makers will be announcing a voluntary massive drop in their prices. anything more you can tell us on when this is going to happen and how widespread this massive drop in prices will be? >> sarah: i can't give other details a it this point but we expect policy pieces to come out on that soon. >> as the president spoken to roseanne barr who we know has been a longtime friend of his? why did he choose to address the abc apology instead of the underlying issue of concerns about a racist comment that she tweeted out? >> sarah: i'm not aware of any conversations that have taken place. the president simply calling out the media bias. no one is defending what she said. the president is the president of all americans. he is focused on doing what is best for our country. you can see that in the actions that he has taken. you can see where he is focused on unemployment being the lowest since 2000, opportunity investment zones to encourage investment in underserved communities and

opioid initiatives to combat a crisis that impacts all americans. today the president signed legislation to give patients the right to dry medication -- try medication that could save their lives. i would point out while the president signed the legislation and actually addressed america, two networks chose not to cover it and instead covered something totally different. a massive piece of legislation that had bipartisan support that was life changing. literally life changing for millions of americans. two networks chose not to cover the president's remarks on that. he is pointing out the bias. the president is pointing to the hypocrisy in the media saying that the most horrible things about the president and nobody addresses it. where was bob iger's apology for the white house staff for jemelle hill calling the president and anyone associated with him as a white supremacist or joy behear calling it a mental illness andcany griffin going on a pro

feign rant on "the view" after a photo showed her holding president trump's decapitated head? where was the apology for bob iger for espn hiring keith olbermann after the numerous tweets attacking trump as a nazi and expanding the attack to the president's family. this is a double standard that the president is speaking about. no one is defending the comments. they are inappropriate. that is point he was making. matthew? >> does the white house have an evaluation of its own of the study that 4,600 people died in puerto rico as a result of hurricane maria? if that number is accurate, does this indicate the administration's response to the storm inadequate? >> sarah: the president takes situation in puerto rico seriously and the administration has been monitoring that from the beginning. we have been supportive of the governor's effort to ensure full accounting and transparency and those who suffered from the tragedy deserve nothing less than

that. the two categories of the hurricanes that hit puerto rico were historic and we have responded with the largest fema operation in history. we will continue to work with them and do what we can to be healthy. one question. >> does the administration have any concerns or fear any risk in pushing china on, to continue to push china on the tariff and trade considering their relationship with north korea ahead of stalks and what the president said about the second meeting between president xi and kim jong un? >> sarah: the president continues to have a good relationship with president xi but the president is concerned about making sure he stops the unfair trade practices that china is engaged in for decades. to making sure they won't allow them to play on a different playing field than the rest of us. he is going to step up and make the changes. at the same time we are

continuing to work with china and have conversation when it comes with north korea. and we hope those will continue. john? >> thank you, sarah. given the terp -- turbulent situation in italy right now is the administration monitoring it as well as the devastating effect it appears to be having on the markets in southern europe? will the president consider strong intervention in that situation through the i.m.f., have much as the previous administration did with greece two years ago? >> sarah: italy is one of the closest allies and we look at working closely with the new government after it is formed. with recognize europe is come prosed of great nations and they can choose the own path forward. i don't have anything about the united states specific involvement but we are continuing to monitor that and stay in close touch with the allies. jennifer?

>> the extension ends again soon and when do you think you will have an announcement next? is there a chance for another extension? >> sarah: i will keep you posted as we get closer to the date. >> would you clarify the comments about trey gowdy? there is still cause for concern. meaning about what the president says was a spy infiltrated his campaign or cause for concern in general about the f.b.i.? >> sarah: i think both. the president still has concerns about whether or not the f.b.i. acted inappropriately having people in his campaign. certainly the president has concerns about the overall conduct of the f.b.i. when it comes to this process. >> who was in the campaign? what is he referring to when he says they were in the campaign? >> sarah: i'm not going to get into the details but the president has expressed public his his concern as has his outside counsel. blake? >> something appeared to have happened on trade because last weekend, secretary steven

mnuchin said the trade war was on hold. fast forward after that there was a threat ofs. after that, $50 billion in tariffs. what happened for the trade war being on hold to a week later now it appears that the trade war -- >> didn't say it was on hold indefinitely. the president makes the decisions on trade. that's what's taking place in this process. >> two things. my young colleagues here have an interesting question. >> welcome. >> i want to know how does the president feel that he's going to have an agreement on nafta before the summit? >> we're continuing to have those negotiations and keep you posted if they get a deal finalized. the young colleague in the back. >> thank you for the compliment. >> hopefully these aren't as tough as bring your kids to workday questions. >> we recently had a lock down

drill in my drill. mental health is the worry about that me or my friends could get shot at school. can you tell me what the administration has done and will do to prevent these senseless tragedies? >> i think as a kid and certainly as a parent, there's nothing that could be more terrifying for a kid to go to school and not feel safe. i'm sorry that you feel that way. this administration takes it seriously and the school safety commission that the president convened is meeting this week again. an official meeting to discuss the best ways forward and how we can do every single thing within our power to protect kids in our schools and to make them feel safe and make their parents feel good about dropping them off. >> you mentioned bob iger and asked where is his apology to the white house for criticism of the president and some of the incidents that you cite. has anyone at the white house been in touch with bob iger or

anyone at abc on those incidents and the cancellation of the roseanne program as well? >> i'm not aware of any specific or direct conversation. andrew? >> the korean peninsula being the subject of discussions, the main subject in singapore. does that include the positioning of u.s. nuclear bombers and submarines that are on the peninsula to cover the peninsula as it were? >> i'm not going to get into details and negotiate that here. our focus is on total denuclearization of the peninsula and verifiable confirmation of that. beyond that, i can't get into any details. >> you're talking about north korea, not u.s. weapons systems. >> correct. >> sarah, has the president received any classified briefing on the details of the intelligence representative to trey gowdy and if he believes there's cause of concern, why doesn't he declassify the documents? >> the president has received a number of classified briefings.

i'm not going to get into them here today. thanks, guys. look forward to seeing you at the sports fitness day. >> what the president's apologies for things he said over the years. >> shepard: there you have it. the white house press briefing. today in the news, roseanne and racism. significant news breaking at the trump's administration. the president decided to jump into the fight over abc's decision to cancel roseanne barr's show. abc scrapped it after a tweet about a former obama administration insider. she deleted the tweet and it's everywhere. an unprovoked attack on valorie jarrett. twitter lit up with some ripping abc in a familiar reboot of its

own, what aboutism is back. what about her is complaining that about gave a free pass to more liberal hosts. what about keith oberman? he had a statement about disney. he wrote on twigger, bob iger called valorie jarrett to let her know that abc does not tolerate comments like those made by roseanne barr. he never called president trump to apologize for the horrible statements made and said about me on abc. maybe i just didn't get the call. sarah sanders gave details. >> the president's pointed to the hypocrisy in the media saying the most horrible things about this president and nobody addresses it. where was bob iger's apology for jamel hill callin the predent and anyone assiated with him a white supremacist.to christians around the wore for joy beyer calling christianity a mental

illness. where was the apology for kathy griffin doing on a profane rant on "the view" after a photo shows her holding president trump's decapitated head? where was the apology for espn hiring keith oberman after attacking the president as a nazi and expanding his role after that attack against the president's family. this is a double standard that the president is speaking about. no one is defending her comments. they're inappropriate but that's the point that he was making. >> shepard: so the white house has responded and the president did himself in the statement he issued. he never mentioned the racism. by the way, roseanne said she quit the twitter. so she's tweeting again. thanking supporters, in one message where she acknowledged doing something unforgiveable, she said it was 2:00 a.m. and she was ambien tweeting, the sleeping pill with well-documented side effects.

enter the ambien company. racism is not a known side effect. in other words, ambien doesn't make you racist. now we know neither is it a cure. trace gallagher is live in the west coast news hub. roseanne has been all over the place on twitter really. >> yeah, if you look, shep, at roseanne's twitter time line after her show was cancelled and after she viewed to stop tweeting, she tweeted, retweeted and replied more than 100 times. she started out by apologizing to valorie jarrett and went on to write this about jarrett quoting here, i honestly thought that she was jewish and persian. ignorant of me but i did. roseanne saying to her supporters, she thanked them and asked her not to stick up for her. don't defend me. sweet of you to try but losing my show is zero being compared a racist over one tweet that i regret even more.

and then she blame ambien, twitter took her to task and roseanne responded, no, i didn't. i blamed myself. stop lying. i've had odd ambien experiences tweeting late at night like many other people do. i blame myself, okay? just a short time ago she tweeted this quoting again, i'm not a racist, i never was and i never will be. one stupid joke in a lifetime of fighting for civil rights for all minorities against networks, studios at the expense of my nervous system, family wealth will never be taken from me, but of course as we pointed out yesterday, shep, it wasn't j one joke. roseanne has a htory of pushing the envelope on race, sexuality and politics. shep? >> shepard: trace gallagher live in los angeles. thanks very much. had this not bubbled up and it wouldn't have had the president not entered the frey, the lead story today would have been jeff sessions, the attorney general. remember back in the day when he

recused himself from the russia investigation, it was widely reported here and elsewhere that the president was livid. now we know more. and now we know the mueller investigation is looking into it. jeff sessions, the attorney general, how much can he take? that's next.

>> shepard: the president's relationship with jeff sessions is back in the headlines today with president trump saying he

wished he picked a different attorney general. the president tweeting after "the new york times" reported that he pressured jeff sessions to reverse his recusal in the russia investigation. "the new york times" reports it happened in the president's resort in south florida in march of last year. the special counsel, robert mueller, is now looking into it. jeff sessions handed off the investigation to the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein. he appointed bob mueller as special counsel after president trump fired the former fbi director, james comey. mueller is investigating moscow's meddling in the 2016 presidential election, possible collusion with the president's campaign and whether the president obstructed justice. president trump has said there was no collusion, no obstruction. what has been clear all along is now in print. the president wanted sessions heading the russia investigation and now we know he wanted sessions back on the case even after he took himself off the

case. so what was sessions explanation? it was simple. it's the law. justice department rules required his recusal according to him. here's the explanation of his decision more than a year ago. he says he made the call after meeting with senior justice department officials and his staff. listen. >> they said that since i had involvement with the campaign, i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. i have studied the rules and considered their comments and evaluations. i believe those recommendations are right and just. therefore, i have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. >> shepard: about two months later, he testified to the same effect to a senate panel. the intelligence panel. in it he cited a specific rule with a specific number. this is the rule, this is why i

must recuse myself. i was a senior campaign official. its investigating the campaign. i must recuse. sessions was of course an adviser to the trump campaign. so he couldn't be in charge of the investigation involving the campaign. that was his explanation. he was a huge trump supporter. the first all-in men of the united states senate. now he's mostly silent and not entered this frey. john roberts has mo >>ood afternoon, shep. th president has used jeff sessions as a punching bag on many occasions and he did it today to a greater degree as he ever house after trey gowdy said that he understands the president's frustration about the fact that jeff sessions recused himself from the russia investigation. look to what gowdy said. >> if i was the president and i picked someone to be the country's chief law enforcement officer and they told me later,

oh, by the way i can't participate in the most important case in the office, i would be frustrated, too. that's how i read that. senator sessions, why didn't you tell me this before i picked you. there's lots of good lawyers in the country. he could have picked someone else. >> the president quoted back what gowdy said including last statement she said there's lots of good lawyers in the country. he could have picked somebody else. the president adding and i wish i did. no suggestion that the president is going to fire jeff sessions. the president has made his views clear in the past. it's clear that he just wants to keep hounding jeff sessions about this. we should point out that rudy guliani in an interview with the huffington post said he would have recused himself as well had he been named the attorney general because he had deep involvement in the campaign. i'm not sure why the president is so on this idea about

sessions shouldn't have recused himself when clearly the law suggested he should. he continues to beat him up about it, shep. >> shepard: john roberts at the white house. thank you, john. much more ahead on the russia investigation. we'll hear from a journalist that said the big fear amongst those closest to the president is not evidence of so-called collusion but another potential crime. the question about the obstruction of justice. that's coming up from the fox news deck on this wednesday afternoon. prudential asked these couples: how much money do you think you'll need in retirement? then we found out how many years that money would last them. how long do you think we'll keep -- oooooohhh! you stopped! you're gonna leave me back here at year 9? how did this happen? it turned out, a lot of people fell short, of even the average length of retirement. we have to think about not when we expect to live to, but when we could live to. let's plan for income that lasts all our years in retirement. prudential. bring your challenges.

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>> more now on president trump and the attorney general jeff sessions. the president saying he wishes he picked a different attorney general. the tweet came after a report that the president told sessions that he should reverse his recusal from the russia investigation. jeff mason with us, a white

house correspondent for reuters. can you match this reporting? what is the -- is the request still out there for him to unrecuse himself or something? >> well, i haven't matched the reporting. doesn't seem unlikely or doesn't seem unusual to believe that the president, because we know how upset he was with jeff sessions recusing himself and the president spoke to him about it and encouraged him to change that decision. the tweet and the response trey gowdy said it's consistent with what the president has been saying for some time now, that he felt betrayed by the fact that a.g. sessions decided to recuse himself and felt like he should have somebody in that position that would be looking out for him as president. >> shepard: has anyone explained the law to him? >> you're asking the wrong guy that, shep. >> shepard: i'm serious. i didn't know if there was reporting on that. if his people have -- clearly this has been going on since

march of last year. in the intervening time, he did it because of this. >> a fair question. it would be a good one to pose to white house officials. i'm sure that attorney general sessions has explained it. he's been grilled by the president about it. he made clear in the clips he played, his own logic. he was a senior member of the trump campaign and the investigation was looking into the trump campaign. that's why he did it. if he's explained that to the president or others around him have explained the law to him, it's not something clearly that the president has accepted. >> shepard: we know that sessions gave that explanation last march in the news conference there. in june of last year, he appe appeared before the senate intel committee. do we know if there's reporting if he has spoken on this matter since? on the matter of the recusal or

the idea -- >> jeff sessions? >> shepard: yes. >> i don't know if he has. i'm certain the fact of the story being back in the news today will put pressure on him to continue to answer questions about that, both from this white house and from reporters and others around him. >> he's taken a lot of incoming. is there any reporting on what his mindset is these days? we don't hear much from him. >> it's interesting to watch attorney general jeff sessions. he's put up with a lot or accepted or tolerated a lot of abuse and negative comments from his boss but he's still around. i think jeff sessions was a big believer in donald trump as a member of his campaign and wanted to job largely because there's things as attorney general that he would like to do, including issues like immigration. what his mindset is hard to say as you note. haven't heard him talk about it.

he's more circumspect that the united states. >> shepard: jason chaffetz said earlier today on this channel that jeff sessions is worthless and that he's attorney general in name only. that was a lot. >> yeah. i think that reflects the fact that the frustration that president trump expressed and shared by his supporters. whether or not jeff sessions' decision was based on the law, it's not something that has gone over well with people that are supporters of trump and people that believe in what president trump has said, which is that this investigation in his view is a witch hunt. >> shepard: jeff mason from reuters and the grounds crew, shout out to them. thank you, jeff and grounds crew. coming up, word the feds are and to get a million files from the cell phones of president trump's fixer, michael cohen.

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>> shepard: just in! the reality star kim kardshian headed to the white house to talk about prison reform and a possible presidentia pardon. kim k. at the white house. she's there today to meet with president trump's son-in-law, jared kushner. we don't have video yet. we'll get it, and when we do. prison reform is one of the senior adviser's top issues. kim kardshian plans to ask for a 62-year-old grandmother to be pardoned. she's been in prison 20 years

already. kim k. wished her a happy birthday on twitter earlier today writing "today is for you." kardshian learned about the woman's story on twitter and reached out to ivanka trump who connected her with husband jared. his own father served time in prison for tax evasion and witness tampers. the senate is debating a prison reform bill that kushner support. it boosts spending of keeping inmates out of the house. kardshian takes the white house. video when we get it. a top republican debunking the president's spygate claims in a specific way. the house oversight committee trey gowdy, you may have heard, told martha maccallum last night that there's no evidence that the fbi planted a spy in the president's 2016 campaign. chairman gowdy saying the a

agency was doing its job. >> i'm more convinced that the fbi did what my fellow citizens wanted them to do when they got if information they got and it has nothing to do with donald trump. >> shepard: the republican congressman attended a highly classified briefing. in other words, he has all of the information after reports that the fbi sent an informant to meet with trump campaign advisers because of their suspicious contacts linked to moscow. john roberts is back with us from the north lawn. draw gowdy was specific about this. >> he was. you think trey gowdy, an ally of this white house. the president quoted him extensive this morning about another issue. you think if he said there was no evidence that the fbi was spying on your campaign, the president would say somebody that i know and trust and value his word said there's no spying so we'll say there's no spying. listen to what sarah huckabee sanders said at the press briefing this afternoon. >> gowdy was in the briefing.

he knows what's going on. he says the allegations are baseless. there was no spying on the trump campaign. >> the president feels there's cause for concern and should be looked at. like i just said, the deputy director of the fbi was fired for misconduct. there's -- i'm not finished. there's a number of things that have been reported on and show i think not just for the president but a number of americans a large cause for concern and we would like to see this fully looked into. >> as for the president himself, he's sticking by his guns that he believe the fbi did something improper. listen to how he put it last night at this big rally in nashville, tennessee. >> so how do you like the fact that they had people infiltrating our campaign? can you imagine? can you imagine? can you imagine people

infiltrating our campaign. is there anybody in this big beautiful arena right now that is infiltrating our campaign? >> it is interesting to note that in gowdy's statement last night with martha maccallum on "the story" here on fox, he did say he didn't think the fbi had done anything improper. he thought the fbi had acted properly but he did add that none of what the fbi was investigating had anything to do with the president. so on that point, shep, he's likely to get some agreement from the president. >> shepard: john roberts, thank you. one million. that's about how many files a court is turning over that belonged to michael cohen, all seized in fbi raids last month. a million files. a federal judge here in new york city issued the order today. michael cohen appearing in

court. he's under federal criminal investigation. the feds are reportedly looking into whether he committed bank fraud and wire fraud and whether michael cohen broke campaign finance laws who paid monies to an adult film star. michael cohen paid her days before if 2016 election. attorneys for michael cohen and for president trump reviewed the files prosecutors are getting to see if any fell under attorney client privilege. they flagged about 250 items we're told out of more than a million. we don't know yet whether prosecutors will ever get to see those items. it's up to a court ordered independent reviewer. laura ingle is outside the courthouse. what else happened today? >> hi, shep. the judge told all parties that they need to pick up the pace and get through these documents because they want -- she wants to keep this case moving along

because there's so much to get to. as you mentioned, a million more files. judge woods setting a june 15 deadline to flag the items seized in michael cohen's home and office. attorney for michael cohen pleaded for the judge for more time laying out a grim picture of what it's been like for their team to get through the 3.7 million files they received so far. that's on top of the one million files coming from a couple of his phones. that all coming from the government saying that they have people working through the night, sleeping on couches. they even have one staff member who has a tremor in his hand from going through the files. the judge said if they can't meet that deadline, she will turn the remainder of the materials over to a taint team, which you might remember which is what cohen's team fought hard against. cohen's team asked for mid july.

the judge said no to that, shep. >> shepard: stormy daniels attorney was there, right? >> he was, yes. in fact, he had a stern back and forth with the judge about his involvement in the case moving forward. he previously filed a motion to intervene in this case on behalf of his client, stormy daniels. the judge told him that if she grants his motion, he would have to stop all of his publicity tours and adding what he's doing could taint a jury pool. no decisions made there. >> shepard: laura ingle, thank you. and well, i don't know if it's breaking news or not. certainly a live event at the white house. president trump is housing white house sport and fitness day on the south lawn. the idea here, higight the benefits of youth sports and make a call to action to improve participation. let's listen in. >> ever play the game, 13-time all-star pitcher for the yankees, i have watched him win

so many games, does winning get boring to you? >> no. >> never, right? >> never. >> i've watched him win so many. the incredible mariano rivera. [applause] i can to tell you, i was with some people the other day, some very knowledgeable baseball people. they talked to who is the greatest pitcher ever. you don't think of a reliever as the greatest. three of them said mariano was the greatest to ever pitch. i would say that's not bad, right? you've heard it before. you heard that. he's heard that. second, a giant of american football, an incredible guy, i know him, my friend, and he was a big supporter. it's good when they know you and support you. if they know you ant don't support you, that's trouble. the great herschel walker. what an amazing guy. thanks, herschel.

finally three-time gold medallist in beach volleyball, i've watched her mostly on television, misty may traynor. incredible talent. and you know, we have bill belichick, also working already with the team. she's one of the great coaches ever without question. he's my friend. we have the wake forest ncaa championship tennis team here. where are they? look at these guys.one of them 6'11." i assume he has a very, very powerful serve and patrick is back there. but congratulations. that's a tremendous achievement. they have won about everything in tennis. they're fantastic. we have a beautiful tennis court if you want to practice, okay? any time. wake forest. a man that went to wake forest

named arnold palmer. not a bad golfer. right? not a bad golfer. he was something special. the demon deacons tennis team. thank you very much. great you'here congratulations. all of these titans of sport know that many of life's most valuable lessons are learned on the field of competition. they're young americans, will discovered, that's what they do, discover, learning all the times the importance of teamwork, social skills -- do i have social skills? i don't know. i have social media. that's for sure. i don't know about skill but i have a lot of media. and the ability to overcome adversity making life-long friends all along the way. the skills learned out on the track field and the court and the diamond and the grid iron and the golf course and those tennis courts are skills that will serve young americans for

the rest of their lives. i want to thank all of the counsel members who are here with us today, an incredible group of people. each of you joined this important effort because athletes have meant so much of your own lives and you want to share that with great love and great affection for the next generation. people have tremendous respect for these great athletes. i grew up so much respect for the athletes. you know, the sports teach young people the value of patience and perseverance, hard work and determination. you also know these experiences can't be replicated on a cell phone or a game console. they've really have to be learned and lived on the field of practice with lots of sweat, lots of hard work and lots of determination and your winners all. participating in sports builds character, forges friendships,

tears down barriers and brings people from all walks of life closer together. i love sports all of my life. i always loved the people of sports but i loved sports all of my life. sports also helps kids stay off the street and stay out of trouble. students that participate in sports have up to 40% higher test scores. that one i have never heard. that is impressive. that's pretty impressive. 15% are more likely to attend college and have 8% higher annual earnings later on. yet in recent years, youth participation in sports has been declining. in 2016, only 37% of young kids play team sports on a regular basis, down from 45% from ten years ago and the decline has been even worse among students from low income families. we must reverse these trends.

we will. we're making it possible for you to do that. therefore, for the first time in history, i have directed this council to work with the white house and secretary to develop a national strategy to increase youth participation. can you handle it? you can handle a lot, this guy. we want every american child to know the amazing feeling when they serve that final ace like our great team over there. they served a lot of aces, didn't you? when they beat the buzzer, when the drive across the goal line, they hit it out of the park. we want them to experience the satisfaction that comes with knowing you left it all on the field, a very great expression. we use it in business. we use it in everything. you left it on the field. and we got that expression from sports. most of all, we want our youth

to learn these valuable lessons while creating opportunities for a better future. for themselves and their families and their great communities that they love. to begin the work of the president's council and to underscore just how important sports are for america's youth, it's now my honor to kickoff an exciting white house field day. it's very, very valuable grass you're sitting on. doesn't get any more valuable. we have volleyball, we have soccer, track and field. baseball, flag football and we have golf. i love golf. so to every one here today, work hard, get in the game, play to win and most of all, have a good time, have fun. thank you all for being in the white house, this is a very special day, a very special

place and have a great life. we have a great country. have a great life. thank you. [applause] thank you all very much. >> shepard: the president at the white house celebrating sport and fitness and blake burman watching on. a scheduled event. watching a lot of folks. >> yep. and the point here from the white house is what you just heard the president say, the participation in team sports among american youth is deskr declining from 35 to 47%. one of the issues the white house highlights as well is now in many high schools, you need to pay to be on the team, on the sport for that team, whether it's transportation or equipment, something along the lines of that. the white house wants to tackle those issues. they're setting up this initiative that they'll be

rolling out to the summer olympics to try to address this issue of participation in sports. it's a very tough decision for moms, dads aunts, uncles, et cetera of what do you do? do you roll out the soccer ball for the kid or do you let them go on this thing on the phone or the tablet and just kind of sit there and go off on the side. so the white house wants to get kids involved. that's why you're seeing the president, the white house highlight it on this day. let's listen in. >> just say a few words, would you? >> well, especially for me, coming from panama, it's a privilege and honor for me to be here. you have a team that we want to do whatever it takes to help you, to make you better and to go outside and play. thank you. >> shepard: the great closer for

the yankees, mariano rivera. >> you threw a heavy ball. i have never seen so many bats break. he would throw a pitch and the bat would break. exactly how do you do that? can you explain that, please? >> well, one explanation. that was a pitch from heaven. [applause] >> it's called talent. >> thank you, mr. president, ivanka for giving thus honor and nomination to be co chairs of what will be a wonderful council that is for the youth i wouldn't be where i am today if it wasn't for great coaches and the many opportunities to participate in many different sports. volleyball wasn't my first sport. soccer was. i was a big soccer player. now i'm into golf, which i love. and with my body breaking down, it's a better game to be with.

but we have -- you guys have all of this power built up in these men and women behind us. we're going to be like a 48 train doing everything that we can to pave a way for you guys to be the most successful that you can be. we have the biggest backers to allow us to do that. so i want to thank you. >> thank you, misty. herschel, come up. >> this is an honor for me to be on the fitness council because fitness has been my life. it's an honor for me to be on a winning team again along with the group back here. because after being with them for a few days, i can tell they're on fire. meaning we're going to get something done. that's why i'm happy to be here. i want to thank ivanka, mr. president. god bless you guys. thank you. >> thank you. [applause]

>> so let's go now and have a good time. okay? come on. >> shepard: that was fun, blake. herschel walker. watched him run against the rebels for hundreds of yards than i'd like to mention. the mariano cutter was fun to watch unless you were a boston red sox. >> one of the parts of being the president. president obama would have basketball players around that he would shoot hoops with. and this president gets one of the greatest yankee pitchers, maria maria maria mariano rivera. the president will go from event to event. so one thing to keep an eye on here, shepard, is when the cameras follow the president and so to the reporters, what

questions are shouted out and -- >> shepard: and will he respond. roseanne is a story again today because the president tweeted about it. he didn't tweet about roseanne. he tweeted about bob iger of abc. changing the subject there. but let's listen in here. you know, herschel walker. the race is on! [applause]

blake, who are all the kids on the lawn there today and how did they get the invite? >> not entirely sure. a great question. i'm sure they got some from the local schools here. don't exactly know. i don't believe we were given a list. it's a beautiful day here in washington d.c. president about 75 degrees, overcast. the south lawn. if you have never been out there, it's probably the best viewou get here in washington withe monument in the background, the white house there. it's going to be a memory no doubt for these children as they get to play on the white house lawn and do so with some of the greatest ever in their sport. >> shepard: good stuff. love it. if you get to talk to mariano, send him love. he was here one day. and good news. former president george w. bush is doing well but staying in the hospital for now. his spokesman tweeted president george h.w. bush continues to be talkative and in good spirits as

doctors at southern maine healthcare address his blood pressure. the treatments are expected to take several more days. president bush 41 is 93 years old. he was checked in sunday. his spokesman said that president bush sr. had low blood pressure and fatigue and they took him in there out of an abundance of caution. comes a little more than a month of the death of his wife, barbara bush. he spent nearly two weeks in the hospital after her funeral for an infection that spread to his blood. the last moments of the trading day on wall street. what a day it's been there. the dow has been racing toward the ceiling. you may remember yesterday, it took a bath because there were concerns about italy. the italians are having a hard time forming a government. looks like snap elections may be necessary. looked like maybe the eu or the common currency is in trouble.

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