i'm bill hemmer in for shepard smith. good afternoon. amateur video captured audio from the shooting targeting republican lawmakers practicing for a charity baseball game in virginia earlier today. what you're about to see is two minutes of unedited video of the scene. this is the first time we've seen and heard this angle. here it is now for the first time. [gun shots] >> do we know where he's hat? >> he's behind home plate. >> i assume. people have been calling 911 already. [gun shots]. >> hey, is that guy okay out there? the guy shot, is he okay? anybody talking to him? >> stay down, stay down! [gun shots]. [gun shots]. [gun shots]. >> bill: "he's behind home plate." that was noah nathan. we assume the guy lived in the area. he was walking his dogs. this happened after 7:00 a.m. meanwhile, we're learning the shooter was a bernie sanders reporter that repeatedly slammed president donald trump and republicans on social media. that's all according to investigators that found his facebook page with the suspect's name on it earlier. all of

. >> i'm bill hemmer in the fox news deck to gate.he condition of the released american prisoner, otto warmbier, held against his will for 18 months. the north koreans say he fell into, after contracting botulism. his mother says he does not believe a word of it. he says in the regime brutalized and paralyzed his son. we will have that news conference live and the very latest on this developing story. hope to see what the top of the hour when i host shepard smith reporting. we'll see you then. >> melissa: president trump a weighing in on twitter. they made up a phony collusion with the russian story. now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. nice. you are witnessing the single greatest witch hunt in american political history led by some very bad and conflicted people. this is following "the washington post" report claiming investigators plan to interview current and former intelligence officials to see whether the president tried to interfere with any aspect of the russia probe. guy benson is political editor of town

here's bill hemmer in for shep. >> melissa, thank you. breaking news on the fox news channel. we are about to get an update on the condition of the american student just released from north korea. he's not in good shape. a news conference begins any moment. we'll go there live. i'm bill hemmer in for shepard smith. otto's first held his own news conference earlier today. he lashed out at north korea and many others two days after the country released his son in a coma. the north koreans said he contracted botulism a year. his father says he's not buying any of that. >> north korea is a pariah regime. they're brutal and they're terroristic. you can't believe anything. it's your choice. we don't believe anything they say. >> that was otto's father. the news conference begins soon. we'll see how otto warmbier got to that point. let's drop in now. >> today you will here from the following physicians. dr. daniel canter from the neurocare program. dr. jordan bonomo, neuro intensivist with the gardner institute, u.c. associate professor and director of the u.c. department emergency m

i'm bill hemmer live in new yor new york. we've been sitting here for some time, what did you hear? >> it's interesting that senator lankford pushed him and said if you have copies out there, we need to get those back because you encourage people to get to those copies because the fbi has not been willing to turn them over. he confirmed that they exist. he said he had concerns the president would live. that's on the first time he said something like that today. he started out early on by saying the president and his explanations about why he fired comey, he said the admin's ration defamed me on the. what he said were lies plain and simple. very strong language for him. he talked about the loyalty issue and how he felt the present was asking him for something, he was refusing to give it to him. he says mueller -- >> bill: president trump is meeting with religious leaders in washington, d.c. then we are waiting for his private attorney to make a statement that he's been listening to off the oval office there in the white house. our all-star team has been listening. chris wallace, anka

. >> i am bill hemmer in for bret baier. senate republicans are working quickly this evening to come up with the new health care plan immediately. leadership wants something on paper by friday, and it appears many americans agree with the decision to pull the effort to repeal and replace obamacare. latest polling shows 27% of those surveyed favored it in the senate, 50/50 4% did not. the obamacare numbers keep rising. 52-42%, up from 38% approval in march of 2015. let's start with cheap congressional correspondent mike emanuel on a busy capitol hill. >> good evening. after putting a hold on a vote on health care reform until after the fourth of july holiday, some republican leaders are pressing their members to reach a deal by friday. some are worried the longer the debate lingers, the worse the results will be. one top senator told me it is like putting food out too long. don't do it. >> we would like to get a solution in place as quickly as possible, get our members they are so then it's a question of getting the cbo score

i am bill hemmer. see you tomorrow morning and a ""america's newsroom"."ow, for the "the story" hosted by martha maccallum starts right now in new york city. have a great night. when it moves here in washington, we will bring it to you. so long. ♪ >> it is thursday, june 29th and the clock is ticking to repeal and replace obamacare, republicans coming up with the healthcare plan by tomorrow. >> obamacare the buzz going over a cliff, the democrats are saying stay on board. >> we are live in washington is donald trump promises a big surprise. >> it was my only child. of the said been done years ago my son would still be here. >> the white house to capitol hill, the need for immigration reform is right now. how america is about to get safer. >> stricter security, major changes for airline passengers with a brand-new security measure, what flyers can expect while trying to board with electronics. "fox and friends" first starts right now. ♪ get up ♪ get up ♪ come running ♪ a brand-new day ♪ get started ♪ >> you are watching "fox and friends" first on this thurs

good morning, i am bill hemmer. >> i am shannon. closed-door meeting this mornin morning, majority leader mitch mcconnell says they plan to vote on a final bill by the fourth of july. >> bill: meanwhile, donald trump back in his element, holding a rally in iow iowa. speaking with supporters, taking aim at obamacare. >> it's over, and there's nothing to compare what we are doing. i think, i hope the republican senate -- if we went and got the single greatest health care plan in the history of the world, we would not get one democrat vote because they are obstructionist. if we had even a little democrat support, just a little bit, like a couple of oath, you maybe. and you could give us a lot of the votes, and we would even be willing to change it and move it around and make it even better. but even better. >> shannon: we are life on capitol hill. good morning, peter, what can you tell us? >> shannon, as of now, it looks like the bill is going to be more moderate than the house version. the senate bill that nobody has seen yet that was

here's bill hemmer in for shep. >> melissa, thank you. tracking developments in the attack on u.s.m earlier today. >> heard a bunch of what appeared to be shots. pow, pow, pow! >> about 50 shots. >> the officers were receiving fire from the suspect. they returned fire. >> i heard the police saying to the gunman, it was like get down, put your gun down. >> a lot of us dove into the dugout. >> so the republican whip, steve scalise, dozens others wounded. the gunman is dead. in a moment, the investigation and a race to figure out the motive. you'll hear from those that were there in a

i am bill hemmer in tonight for bret baier.s than two hours from the official implementation of president trump's travel ban. it will severely limit refugees from half a dozen mostly muslim countries from entering our country. it is certainly a win for the president and that comes in a night when he's engaged in a different kind of battle. one in which even some of his ally say he may have crossed a line. we begin with chief white house correspondent john roberts joining

i'm bill hemmer, another big story.ht now the supreme court won't weigh in on the travel ban but we expect more clarification of that throughout the day. we'll stand by and wait on that. now the white house is looking to the supreme court court to keep it alive. rumors that justin anthony kennedy is considering stepping down. let's just talk about what we know right now. the cake matter, the cake case will be taken up. why did the justices want to hear this? >> shannon: there have been a number of these cases that have christian or religious business owners who say i don't want to take part in a same sex ceremony. what i do is artistic in nature, cake, taking photographs. so far they've said note. this is a baker who is a christian who didn't want to take part in the same sex ceremony and referred them to other people who were happy to do it for them. finally they've -- they have the private conferences. it takes four justices saying we want to hear this. you have to think that justice gorsuch was part of that. they wer

i'm shannon bream. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning.he investigation now focusing on three key people as the house intelligence committee issues subpoenas to three of the country's top intel and law enforcement agencies. it wants documents relating to susan rice, former c.i.a. director john brennan and former u.n. ambassador samantha power. the former chairman of the house intelligence committee last hour on "america's newsroom" took this position. >> when you get people like samantha powers and susan rice, who were consumers of intelligence. they aren't analysts. and they're asking for unmasking, i think that raises lots of red flags in congress and it raises lots of red flags with the american people about how far has surveillance of americans gone and has it gone too far? >> bill: reaction in a moment from david bossie. first chief washington correspondent james rowsin. they have an issue with -- democrats are making it clear to fox news the unmasking subpoenas were sent by chairman nunes from the russian collusion investigation wher

senate republican trying to find a -- i am bill hemmer, split broadcast prefrontal trip this week, i am bill comer live in washington and shannon, how are you doing? >> shannon: i am doing great as we go into this holiday we can live from new york. president trump applying new pressure to senate republicans to get something done on health care. this morning, if republican senators are unable to pass what they are working on now, they should immediately repeal and then replace at a later date. health and human services secretary tom price weighed in on this just a short time ago. >> the status quo it's status quo is unacceptable. the sun understands that. the president is certain we make move forward in a positive way to be able to make medical decisions and not d.c. >> shannon: he pointed out. john roberts joined us now. >> this is a big change with the president saying this morning compared to what he said during the campaign earlier this year when he insisted that obamacare repeal had to be followed immediately or at least a few days with a replacement bill. this was the formula for

i'm bill hemmer. and you? >> shannon: we're rejuvenated and ready to go. i'm shannon bream. session's hearing coming days after comey's bombshell testimony before the same committee. >> bill: sessions recused himself from the russia investigation back in march. it left rob rosenstein appointing the special counsel. and calls for president trump to testify under oath. he said on friday he would be happy to do that. kellyanne conway answered that question just this morning. >> we heard donald trump is not under investigation, never was. all the media who said he was and misunderstood jim comey are yet to apologize. one little retraction. there is no evidence of obstruction of justice or collusion. >> shannon: we have more. good morning, john. the question is do we really think the president is going to testify? >> if i could offer you a little bit of advice i would not hold my breath for very long waiting for the president to testify before congress. as you pointed out a couple of seconds ago the president did in the rose garden on friday offer 100% to tell his story to the spe

i'm bill hemmer live in d.c. in "america's newsroom." shannon, good morning back in new york. >> shannon: i'm shannon bream here in new york. plenty of high stakes negotiations ahead after a frantic day yesterday. president trump meeting with nearly all the republican senators in the white house encouraging them to get this thing done but to take their time if necessary. >> president trump: this will be great if we get it done and if we don't get it done it will be something that we're not going to like. that's okay. i understand that very well. >> bill: here is where we stand. at least nine republican senators have come out against the bill. remember, republican leaders can only lose two votes and get it passed. meaning something is going to have to give here. yesterday leaving capitol hill and the white house many senators stayed and remained optimistic. >> i would rather get it right than get it fast. >> something as important as health insurance ought to be deliberated until people are satisfied. >> i believe we'll get to yes. it wil

. ♪ >> i am bill hemmer in for bret baier. the numbers are in in washington. dget office out with its projection on the effects of the senate republican health care bill. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has the latest from the capital trade good evening. >> congressional budget office projects that over the next ten years 22 million people would lose coverage compared to the 23 million that would lose coverage in the house bill. it also projects deficits will be cut by $321 billion. that's more than $200 billion better than the house bill. the cbo says that after premiums go up nextr,

i am in for bill hemmer. we have a busy friday as always.aseball game taking on a whole new meeting as a show of solidarity following a shooter of congressman steve scalise and several others. kellyanne conway weighing in on fox and friends this morning. >> the shooter other day didn't hate baseball, he hated republicans. for social media feed was a complete anti-trump, anti-republican created. for those in the media that are so obsessed with the president social media posting, why isn't everybody looking inside a little bit at what they are posting and what they are sayin saying. you can oppose policies, but with someone with such hateful rhetoric that active resistance becomes armed resistance in the case of this lone gunman. >> kelly: kellyanne conway following the story, live in washington. catherine, what is the latest in the investigation into the shooter. >> there is no evidence to suggest the weapons, a 9-millimeter handgun and a rifle, or bought illegally as peer for the first time from the suspect in his own words. >> 89% are getti

i'm bill hemmer this monday.he "washington post" making that claim based on five anonymous sources. abc news saying bob mueller hasn't decided whether or not to investigate the president. you've got that. meanwhile he is expanding his team hiring 13 more lawyers. what to believe. where are we now? jay sekulow the president's legal team insisting there is no reason to investigate the president in the first place. >> no one wants to undermine the credibility of the special counsel. but on the other hand what the president has been accused in the media of doing or through the leaks in "washington post" doesn't constituent ab struck shun of justice. no need to engage in an investigation. >> catherine herridge leading our coverage this hour. where are we on this as we begin another week? >> legal source familiar with the matter tells fox news the special counsel's office is still pulling together the team and defining the scope of the investigation and no final decision has been made on the firing of former f.b.i. dir

. >> i am bill hemmer in for bret baier.e working quickly this evening to come up with the new health care plan immediately. leadership wants something on paper by friday, and it appears many americans agree with the decision to pull the effort to repeal and replace obamacare. latest polling shows 27% of those surveyed favored it in the senate, 50/50 4% did not. the obamacare numbers keep rising. 52-42%, up from 38% approval in march of 2015. let's start with cheap congressional correspondent

i am bill hemmer.e now hillary clinton's former campaign chairman john podesta is expected to be testifying before the house intelligence committee next week. coming only days after special counsel bob mueller met with community leaders behind closed doors. >> shannon: the president suggesting that someone may have taped conversations with former fbi director james comey, but it wasn't him. >> but i didn't tape and i don't have any tapes, and i didn't see. but when he found out that there may be tapes out there, whether it's governmental tapes or anything else, who knows, i think his story may have changed. we will have to take a look at that because then he has to tell what actually took place at the events and my story didn't change. my story was always a straight story. my story was always the truth. >> shannon: catherine herridge is live in washington for us today. >> the relationship between special counsel robert mueller and the fired fbi director james comey has been under the microscope since m

i'm bill hemmer live in washington today. the house voting on a pair of immigration bills today.nctuary cities. the other kate's law. bruceing penalties for deported felons and all that while president trump's travel ban goes into effect later tonight. >> shannon: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on the hill covering everything healthcare. we begin with peter doocy. today's immigration action live on capitol hill. all right, peter, who are house republicans trying to send a message to today? >> to local governments, shannon. and their message is that federal money will stop coming if sanctuary cities do not start enforcing immigration law. >> i think the issue is each local law enforcement has their own unique situations to deal with they are not figuring out which other laws they are going to avoid. not figuring out which ones to pay attention to. determine basically political basis dealing with constituents we're not going to enforce immigration because we have a problem with the way it's being handled. >> if anybody is following immigration laws right now

. >> i am bill hemmer in for bret baier. senate republicans are waving the white flag at least for the week on health care reform. the vote before the july 4th vacation will not happen after all. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on the hill on why the effort has been put on pause. good evening. >> good evening. back to the drawing board for health care reform. senate republicans back from a powwow at the white house, forced to pull the bill this afternoon after a division among their ranks forced leadership without enough votes to bring the bill to the floor. the president remains unwavering. >> this will be great if we get it

. >> i am bill hemmer in for bret baier.republicans are waving the white flag at least for the week on health care reform. the vote before the july 4th vacation will not happen after all. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on the hill on why the effort has been put on pause. good evening. >> good evening. back to the drawing board for health care reform. senate republicans back from a powwow at the white house, forced to pull the bill this afternoon after a division among their ranks forced leadership without enough votes to bring the bill to the floor. the president remains unwavering. >> this will be great if we get it

i bill hemmer on the "america's newsroom hq," afternoon version.o >> shannon: 87. >> shannon: this is also more explosive testimony. a lot at stake. about 30 minutes from now.

before the senate intelligence committee live on the fox news channel our special coverage held by bill hemmer and shannon bream. it all begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern time today. keep it right here on fox news channel. that is all coming down in just a couple hours. meantime, we're more of the testimony from the doj's number two, rod rosenstein. what he is saying about the independence of the special counsel, robert mueller. plus, new questions about mueller's legal team's impartiality. some of his new hires have made donations to democrats. after the show, you can join our live chat by clicking the overtime tab at foxnews.com/outnumbered or go to facebook.com/outnumbered fnc. the conversation continues there. send your questions, we will read them. of course, you can tweet us during the show. we'll see you after as well. music: "werewolves of london" dude. your crunching's scaring the fish. dude. they're just jealous. new kellogg's raisin bran crunch with crunchy clusters and the taste of apples and strawberries. (excited) i got one! (jokingly) guess we're having cereal for dinner. new kellogg'

bill hemmer, welcome to "america's newsroom." big two hours ahead. how are you doing? >> shannon: a lot of plates keep spinning. i'm shannon bream. the president will meet with republican congressional leaders this afternoon to talk healthcare and tax reform as the senate hits crunch time to repeal obamacare. >> bill: a lot of washington looking to thursday and the testimony, the fired f.b.i. director james comey when he sits down in front of the senate intelligence committee. >> shannon: big week ahead in washington john roberts joins us from the north lawn. >> good morning. in the meeting with house and senate republican leaders this afternoon at 3:00 in the roosevelt room in the white house, the president making a big push to get his legislative agenda on track. he was on message on twitter this morning for 55 minutes. the first tweet of the day the president saying big meeting today with republican leadership concerning tax cuts and healthcare. we're all pushing hard. must get it right. the president and his legislative shop are making a big push on healthcare and

. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer, good morning. tight deadline as republicans move to repeal and replace obamacare. mitch mcconnell keeping up the pressure for a vote before lawmakers scatter for the holiday recess about a week and a half from now. house speaker paul ryan hoping to move beyond healthcare to focus on tax reform. he will do that later this afternoon. this is what he said about that last hour here on "america's newsroom." >> we're very pleased the senate is moving forward on healthcare reform. obamacare, the law is collapsing before our eyes. lots of amendment. a lengthy legislative process but i'm excited the senate is taking it up. >> bill: let's go to mike emanuel on the hill. good morning. what have you learned about the next steps in the healthcare process here? >> bill, most republican sources i've talked to expect there will be a vote on healthcare reform in the senate by the end of next week. nobody is quite certain if they have the votes to pass it or precisely what will be in it. the sense i'm getting in mit

. >> i am bill hemmer in for bret baier. the numbers are in in washington. ssional budget office out with its projection on the effects of the senate republican health care bill. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has the latest from the capital trade good evening. >> congressional budget office projects that over the next ten years 22 million people would lose coverage compared to the 23 million that would lose coverage in the house bill. it also projects deficits will be cut by $321 billion. that's more than $200 billion better than the house bill. the cbo says that after premiums go up next

. >> i am bill hemmer in for bret baier. the numbers are in in washington. congressional budget office out with its projection on the effects of the senate republican health care bill. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has the latest from the capital trade good evening. >> congressional budget office projects that over the next ten years 22 million people would lose coverage compared to the 23 million that would lose coverage in the house bill. it also projects deficits will be cut by $321 billion. that's more than $200 billion better than the house bill. the cbo says that after premiums go up next year, by 2020, premiums would be cut 30% compared to obamacare. this as republican leaders make a push to pass the health care bill. >> they will be the reason we haven't been able to stop it. on the other hand, do they have some good points? yes. >> senate finance chairman turned up the pressure on his colleagues ted cruz, mike lee, ron johnson, rand paul, dean heller. they oppose the g.o.p. health care package. leadership unveiled adjustments to the

i'm shannon bream. >> bill: good morning, i'm bill hemmer.g testimony featuring leaks, lies and a large dose of political theater. we saw all of that. a huge audience tuning in. seems everyone is talking about it from the white house to capitol hill and across the country. senator susan collins on that committee last hour here in our program reacting to mr. comey's admission to her that he was the one behind a major leak. >> i must admit that i was stunned by mr. comey's answer. i believe that he could have handled it in a different way. he could have given the memo to the senate intelligence committee, he could have come before us or judiciary committee and disclosed their existence and turned them over. but he chose instead a surprising route for someone who understandably has railed against others who have disclosed government information. >> bill: senator rand paul is live on capitol hill and we'll talk to him in a moment. fox team coverage with chris wallace, analysis of comey's testimony, and now the fallout. chris, stand by. back to th

i'm bill hemmer live in "america's newsroom." here we go, shannon, again. how are you? >> shannon: there is a lot of information for us to sift through. i'm shannon bream. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein faces a senate committee. hours later his boss, jeff session, testifies in front of the senate intelligence committee. the firing of former f.b.i. director james comey and russia. >> bill: team fox coverage this morning. john roberts live at the white house and james lankford is here in a moment. first catherine herridge begins our coverage back in the hearing room on capitol hill. catherine, what will happen today? >> good morning. our expectation is that the attorney general jeff sessions will address at least two key issues that were raised during last week's testimony from the fired f.b.i. director james comey. the first takes us back to mid-february of this year and this discussion between comey and president trump about former national security advisor mike flynn. you'll recall based on that meeting comey testified that the president told him he hoped he wo

i'm shannon bream. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning at home, work. here we go.is the republican head of this committee. mark warner is minority member. they'll make opening statements in addition to dan coates, the director of national intelligence. i think we saw joe manchin there also. that's how the table will be set, so to speak in a matter of moments. >> shannon: let's bring in marc thiessen, a columnist at the "washington post". marc, as we await this is supposed to be about 702. the government's power to surveil but it will go a lot of other places today. your thoughts? >> sure. that's exactly right. there is what this hearing should be and what it is going to be. what it should be is about the fact that in the last few weeks we've had terrorist attacks in london, in manchester, in paris. this morning in tehran all driven by isis. we have now the people in front of the committee who are responsible for making sure that doesn't happen in the united states. the hearing should be about do you have the tools to prevent these attacks from happening in the unit

. >> heather: sarah huckabee sanders was on with bill hemmer earlier today and she had this responsend also a response from lindsay graham. >> people have personally attacked me many times, this is a president that fights fire with fire and will not be allowed to be bullied by liberal media and liberal elites within the media or hollywood or anywhere else. >> i get it but is that necessary? >> i think what's necessary is to push back against unnecessary attacks on the president, both personally -- i've seen far worse things come out of that shell, again, directed not just at the president but everyone around him. >> heather: senator lindsey graham's tweet -- also, the first lady, one of the things she speaks out about his bullying online. >> sarah huckabee sanders did a nice job in saying the president is going to punch back when he is attacked, you notice she did not defend the wording of the tree because it is indefensible. it seems to me that the president had the upper hand this week after that cnn retraction, the story on russia, the network had to apologize and then to do this,

i am bill hemmer in tonight for bret baier. where less than two hours from the official implementation of president trump's travel ban. it will severely limit refugees from half a dozen mostly muslim countries from entering our country. it is certainly a win for the president and that comes in a night when he's engaged in a different kind of battle. one in which even some of his ally say he may have crossed a line. we begin with chief white house correspondent john roberts joining us at the white house. good evening. >> good evening. first lady once said when the president gets hit, he hits back ten times harder. the question tonight, in hitting back earlier today, did president trump ko his agenda? president trump at the department of energy today kicking off yet another theme week, this went on developing america's energy resources. >> we are here today to usher in a new american energy policy. one that unlocks millions and millions of jobs and trillions of dollars in wealth. >> before the president got anywhere near the podi

i am bill hemmer in tonight for bret baier.ours from the official implementation of president trump's travel ban. it will severely limit refugees from half a dozen mostly muslim countries from entering our country. it is certainly a win for the president and that comes in a night when he's engaged in a different kind of battle. one in which even some of his ally say he may have crossed a line. we begin with chief white house correspondent john roberts joining us at the

. >> i am bill hemmer in for bret baier. senate republicans are waving the white flag at least for the week on health care reform. the vote before the july 4th vacation will not happen after all. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on the hill on why the effort has been put on pause. good evening. >> good evening. back to the drawing board for health care reform. senate republicans back from a powwow at the white house, forced to pull the bill this afternoon after a division among their ranks forced leadership without enough votes to bring the bill to the floor. the president remains unwavering. >> this will be great if we get it done, and if we don't get it done it's going to be something we don't like and it's okay and i understand that. i think we have a chance to do something very, very important for the public. >> 52 senators invited to the white house to huddle with the president after shelving one of his signature campaign promises. >> it's a complicated subject. i remember how challenging it was for the de

tune in tomorrow morning with bill hemmer and i at 9:00 a.m.ext. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: well, good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. tonight the travel ban won a victory at the supreme court. the court reversed the ninth and fourth court of appeals and reinstated several key parts of the ban. you will remember it blocks arrivals from countries the obama administration declared to be chaotic and terror prone. the court kept certain exceptions of the ban but the majority from six countries are barred from entering the u.s. joining us now is supporter of the original ban on the ban david tafuri former policy advisor to barack obama's

tune in tomorrow morning with bill hemmer and i at 9:00 a.m. tucker is up next. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: well, good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. tonight the travel ban won a victory at the supreme court. the court reversed the ninth and fourth court of appeals and reinstated several key parts of the ban. you will remember it blocks arrivals from countries the obama administration declared to be chaotic and terror prone. the court kept certain exceptions of the ban but the majority from six countries are barred from entering the u.s. joining us now is supporter of the original ban on the ban david tafuri former policy advisor to barack obama's campaign. this is something the president predicted was right was never a legal basis for this, correct? >> president trump won the legal argument today. and the supreme court came out on his side and lifted the stay that the appeals court put in place. but the legal argument was never the strongest argument against the ban. it's the policy argument. really bad policy. >> tucker: will you concede t

i'm bill hemmer along with shannon bream and our special coverage continues now here on "america's newsroom." good morning to you. >> shannon: good morning. i would say one of the folks i would keep an eye on is a freshman senator, harris, out of california. the attorney general. she has some tough questioning yesterday and got into a dust-up with the chair of the committee who said you have to let people answer the question. i would think that we'll see and hear a lot from her today. >> bill: senator feinstein. marco rubio, tom cotton, we'll see what he does. john cornyn, he is on that committee as well. approaching the top of the hour, 10:00 east coast time as our coverage continues right now. this is a fox news alert and we're moments away from james comey entering that room. we believe he left his home in virginia 8:50 a.m. eastern time. an hour and 10 minutes ago. the maps indicate it was about a 37-minute drive. we can do it with technology believe it or not. we believe he has arrived on the hill. he will begin after opening statements by the ranking members here richard burr the repu

. >> i love my old colleague bill hemmer but the better follow-up question would have been mr.were several republican senators who said the president used the word mean and use today repeatedly. >> and phil mattingly's reporting as well as other people's reporting underlines a reality this will bill isn't being kept secret from democrats although it is, it's being kept away from republicans and conservative interest groups because they don't foe who's going to react which way as there were fierce reactions to the house bill once it was known. >> this bill has momentum, though, for one reason. no one that's a republican wants to vote against the bill to repeal the hated obamacare. so i think a lot of this stuff about the details, what comes out, i will watch carefully to see three members of the senate stand up and vote against obamacare. and i'm very scep -- on the repeal. i'm skeptical that will happen no matter what the details will say. >> it's a great question you raise and i think the rultsds in georgia could impact the senate as well. if republicans start getting skittish

is that necessary asked the fox news anchor, bill hemmer referring to the graphic nature of his commentsthe white house press secretary argued president trump's harsh words. the veteran fox newsalist called it absurd that a president could feel bullied by the hosts of a cable news show. mr. trump has been particularly upset by the host's questioning of his mental state, one official said, viewing it as a form of personal betrayal. mr. trump in the morning joe duo once enjoyed a relatively friendly relationship. mr. scarborough and mika visited the estate in mar-a-lago this past new year's nd cnn, one of msnbc's chief rivals issued a support of mika and spoke to a growing sense among journalists that they must unite convince the anti-press barrage from mr. trump and his aides, particularly after weeks ms. sanders encouraged americans to watch an anti-cnn video, whether it's accurate or not. some precincts of the right leading media refrained from criticizing donald trump and downplaying the remarks and other jumpists took exception shortly after the president's tweets, a white house corre

first we'll check in with bill hemmer. what is at the top. hour? hey, bill. >> good morning to you.n scalise this morning. how washington and how america is reacting the day after. how the media is looking at the story. we'll have all that for you. what we're learning from the shooter from people who thought they knew him. is bob you mueller making a move? parents of jailed american in north korea set to hold a news conference. we'll have that live. what will we learn about what they did and did not know, for more than a year about their son in north korea. we'll have it all for you ten minutes away, top of the hour. [gunfire] [shouting] [gunfire] ainsley: this is a fox news alert. the horrifying moments that those gunshots rang out targeting republican lawmakers and it was caught on camera. brian: yep. congressman steve scalise's condition sadly, got worse overnight, as of late last night we find out he was in critical condition after being shot in the hip. doctors say he will need more surgeries. when the president came to see him, originally the report he couldn't get into the ro

i am bill hemmer and welcome to "america's newsroom." >> martha: good morning, happy friday. et it and

i'm bill hemmer live in "america's newsroom." here we go, shannon, again. how are you? his boss, jeff session, testifies in fr

. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer in washington today.e pence holds a listening session, held one yesterday. a lot more meetings coming up today talking with voters who say they were negatively affected by obamacare. all this coming as he tries to work out a deal to get fought 50 votes needed to pass the senate healthcare plan. six republican senators say they can't support it at the moment. one spoke out last hour. ron johnson from wisconsin on "america's newsroom." >> i'm going to oppose the motion to proceed because it's too early. that's completely different from saying -- in the end no matter what i'm forced to vote for as imperfect as i know it will be, my evaluation will be is it continuous improvement. does it leave us better off tomorrow than today. we have to look at those premiums. >> bill: marc lotter is with me now. nice to see you again and in person. a busy day for you and the vice president. you just heard from ron johnson. you heard from others. will this get done? >> i think at the end of the day it will get done. republ

. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer, good morning, everybody.testimony before the senate intelligence committee will likely center on the russian investigation and interactions with president trump before he was terminated. senior counsel to the president kellyanne conway saying that comey's testimony could clear up a lot of misconceptions. >> when director comey goes to testify, i think that will be a very clarifying moment. i would repeat in his most recent sworn testimony had to be corrected almost immediately. he was off by hundreds of thousands in his projected calculation. but it is more important to have somebody testify under oath than to have his friends and his former colleagues out there speaking to the media not under oath. >> bill: that from earlier today. catherine herridge on this today. good morning. how is the white house handling the questions about the russia matter? >> two sources close to the matter tell fox news the special team will be set up within the white house to focus on the russia probe so the special counsel invest

i'm bill hemmer live in america's newsroom. >> shannon: good morning. long recovery ahead for the congressman. they also visited one of the injured capitol police officers being hailed as heroes for helping there not to be a massacre. >> shannon: a bullet traveled across scalise's pelvis. he received several units of blood. >> bill: we're learning more about the shooter james hodgkinson. he died in a shoot-out with police. stunning video captured that moment. [gunfire] >> do we know where he is at? >> he is behind home plate. >> shannon: the first moments of uncertainty. terror recorded by a neighbor near the ball field where republican lawmakers had turned charity baseball game. catherine herridge has more on the shooter. >> they're tracing a rifle and. at the they will fox an incident in belleville, illinois last march that only stopped after police were called in. >> he pointed the rifle towards the center of the timber and started shooting across the field, you know. it was a high-powered rifle. i thought good grief there are houses over there. >> a

we'll look at it on "special report," with bill hemmer in for bret baier at 6:00 eastern.t of money would lay out there, all of us 320 million americans a guaranteed income. >> it used to be called guaranteed income in nixon's time. now they changed title, universal basic income, expands playing field from selected families or households or units or individuals, shall we say a universal promise. the question whether this universal basic income would completely supplant the existing social safety net provided by state and federal governments or added on top of it. that is a big question too. stuart: james, on the way out of this interview we'll play a beatles song just for you. >> you are so good to me. stuart: play it now. play it now. baby, you're a rich man. >> how does it feel to be? stuart: [laughter]. i'll tell you when i get there. james rosen, everybody. on "special report" tonight with a good story. thank you, james. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: more "varney" after this. ut here with some big news about type 2 diabetes. you have type 2 diabetes, right? yes. so let