more on news of that grand jury right now from blake berman. blake: president trump's legal team says they did not have a heads up that according to several report robert mueller has impaneled a grand jury and they say that's not unusual. president trump's counsel inside the white house saying in a statement thursday, grand jury matters are typically secret, the white house favors anything that accelerates the conclusion of his work fairly. the white house is committed to fully cooperating with mr. mueller. jake sekalow spoke with neil cavuto. >> the impaneling of grand jury in such ass like this, typically how they move forward. it is really very much a standard operating prejudice -- procedure. blake: pointed to the testimony of former fbi james comey who testified that the president as he knew it was not under investigation. another attorney dowed, we have no reason to believe that president trump is under investigation. a spokesperson for the special counsel's office would not confirm the initial wall street journal story. back to you in new

can we bring in blake berman, blake, i know that you're probably listening to this as well but it's extraordinarily the fact that the president must have just said something pretty forceful, in fact, i'm looking at it right now, it's moving on the tweeter, but he's in essence saying that the u.s. is -- if north korea tries anything with the nuclear war head, the u.s. will fight back with fire, quote, it has never seen before. what do you make of this, blake? blake: yeah, here you have the president, liz in new jersey commenting for the first time. keep in mind, that this was the report from the washington post is just that, one media outlet with this report. there hasn't been any sort of confirmation from u.s. government officials on this. hey, don't mess with us. you know, we will respond. it is part of the message that nikki haley gave the u.s. embassador -- u.s. embassador to the united nations earlier today on "fox & friends" saying now it is up to the north korean dictator to decide what he wants to do next. we have the north koreans saying, you are not safe, don't believe that ocean is going

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blake berman outside with the very latest. mcconnell somewhat optimistic, blake. >> zero percent chance that they will default on the credit, the united states debt, mcconnell saying, look, this is going to happen, don't worry about it. he was sitting along steven mnuchin and mnuchin said he wants a clean debt ceiling. we will see if that happens politically but sort giving off the image today that this is going to happen. whether or not and the timing, of course, remain two of the big questions going forward. they also made pretty interesting comments, lauren as it relates to tax reform and came from mitch mcconnell who want to look at deductions, loopholes. for example, they were asked about carried-interest loopholes and mcconnell said the preference will be looked at. mnuchin pointed out that it only affects a small percentage of people in the united states and once again that it might be something that goes away when they get to tax reform. the other question dealing with tax reform is whether or not this will be revenue n

let's go to blake berman at the white house? blake: continued line from p from republicans all across washington is the president and the president leadership have shared goals but the president on thursday expressed displeasure in republican leadership in the form of debt ceiling, the president tweeting out thursday morning, i requested that mitch and paul tie to debt ceiling legislation into the popular va bill which just passed for easy approval. they didn't do it, so now we have a big deal with them holding them up as usual on debt ceiling approval, could have been so easy, now a mess. at the white house press briefing sarah sanders put on uis on congress. >> it's our job to inform congress of debt ceiling and their job to raise it and congress and the previous administration have obligated trillions of spending and we need to make sure we pay our debts, we are still committed to making sure that gets raised. blake: did not give any sort of sign that there's any impending mez when he spoke at a town hall in boeing in washingt

blake berman is traveling with the president and has more perspective for us.orter: the sales pitch is fully under way with the president outlining the four tenets he seize for the tax he form. getting rid of loopholes. and reduction of the corporate rate ideally to 15%. a middle class tax relief, and companies to bring back profits that are parked overseas. the president saying this tax reform should be a simple bipartisan fix. connell, back to you. connell: kyle, under which of those priorities is the most of likely to pass. >> the 50% corporate rate while it would be a huge improvement along with other reforms would be fiscally challenging especially how the republicans in congress are looking at reforming the code in a revenue neutral way. you may see some tax relief for the middle class. not only could it fit into the package the republicans want to put forth. but it's also more politically easy to sell. connell: i mentioned the president's approval rating which is the lowest it's ever been. one of the questions was on taxes specifically on whether congres

fox business blake berman has very latest for us in washington. hey, blake.red what really could be seen as one step shy of an ultimatum and asked in new jersey if mitch mcconnell should resign and he did not swept that possibility. >> if he doesn't get repeal and replace done and if he doesn't get taxes done, cut and reform and if he doesn't get easy one infrastructure, if he doesn't get that done, then you can ask me that question. blake: earlier this week mcconnell said that mcconnell political had excessive expectations about the agenda and since then the president has been assailing mcconnell. the latest was earlier this morning in which the president wrote, mitch, get back to work and put repeal and replace, tax reform and cuts and a great infrastructure bill on my desk for signing, you can do it. that was the president actually from this afternoon. by the way, lauren, the president and mitch mcconnell did speak on the phone yesterday. the white house confirms that they talked about health care, however, a source also tells fox that that call went just

blake berman outside the white house. jeff, there has been so much buildup for this rally. how do things look? reporter: frankly they look a little tense. we have the trump supporters on this side of the street waiting to get into the convention center. on the other side of the street there are protesters, and there is a protest march that's slated to come down sheer starting at a local park. this state is like much of the country. the president won this state 48-44%. and that was a smaller majority than mitt romney or john mccain. there are a lot of people shouting at each other. we just hope it stays there. connell: they are making an effort i presume to keep the two sides separate. reporter: you cannot see them, but there are police throughout this in plain clothes and full regalia. they pledge to keep both sides apart with thousands on both sides that will be difficult. but the mayor here urged the president not to go through with this rally. he said he didn't have any illusions the president would listen. he's coming. connell: he's on his way. jeff, we'll check back wi

let's go to blake berman. >> a lot coming out of that from the president in new jersey. obviously many of the questions, most of of them dealing with north korea. the president saying he wants a peaceful solution. by also uttered a phrase i believe will get a lot of play in which he said we also could have a bad solution. he was asked by a reporter a tollup question -- a follow-up question if the united states could go to war and he said i think you know the answer to that. the president says he will not discuss his military posture and plans and his thinking. potentially that is what he was talking about in that instance. he was asked about whether he wants regime change within north korea and president trump said he didn't want to comment on that. that he supports peace. pass for additional sanctions he said sanctions at a quote very high level are being looked at as strong as they can get. out of north korea. the chest thumping, the warnings, the strong language continue. their media said they consider the u.s. no more than a lump we can beat to a jelly at any time. p