blake burman at white house. gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. edward lawrence on the trade beat in d.c. but at the border start with blake. reporter: we'll take pictures live with president trump now currently in the border patrol station in calexico, california, 100 miles east of san diego and miles north of the southern border. he will check out the new border wall, border steel slats, however you however you want to call it. a roundtable as the president continues to make needed case for continued border security. >> this is an absolute emergency. i see some of our biggest opponents over the last two days said you know what, it is really an emergency. they can't believe what is happening. reporter: the president also clarified his stance earlier today as it relates to the southern bored he saying he likes the changes that mexico has made at its southern border and in the recent handful of days but he says if those efforts slip then auto tariffs could be coming. >> i never changed my mind at all. i may shut it down at some point but i would rat

to blake burman at the white house. blake, normally i would say this might not be much of an issue but when you are talking about serving on the federal reserve which is all about money, how is the white house behind the scenes dealing with this? what are you hearing? reporter: yeah. i was speaking with a source familiar with the process earlier today about the steve moore selection from the president. bottom line here, i was told that everything is moving forward as it relates to moore. reminder here that he hasn't yet officially been nominated. there is still the clearance process that needs to take place. but as the white house sees it, the selection of president trump to have steve moore serve on the federal reserve board of governors is going forward. i also spoke with the office of senator mike crapo. he chairs the senate banking committee which is going to be the one that will oversee the moore nomination if and when it gets to that point. crapo has not yet publicly weighed in on moore, though i was told that it i

blake burman on the north line. thank you, blake.elissa: setting the state for 2020, set offing the stage i think what we meant, at a summit in washington, d.c., sounding the alarm on president trump's policies. so how will team trump respond? haley mcdonald, trump's 2020 national campaign press secretary next. connell: plus paying to sit in gridlock? one gig city is charging drivers to enter the most congested areas. dan henninger from "the wall street journal." melissa: mark zuckerberg continues to face scrutiny for the tech giant's role in failing to police content. they're calling on regulators to play a more active role. could that backfire? gee, i don't know. details coming up. ♪ termites. we're on the move. hey rick, all good? oh yeah, we're good. we're good. terminix. defenders of home. there's brushing...and there's oral-b power brushing. oral-b just cleans better. even my hygienist said going electric could lead to way cleaner teeth. and unlike sonicare, oral-b is the first electric toothbrush brand accepted by the ada. ora

kristina: thank you, blake burman. ashley: talk about the markets, let's bring in today's market panel, lindsey bell, cfra analyst and jonas mack pharis. let's begin with you, lindsey. the market surging after awful end to 2018 we've seen this nice kind of melt-up defying what was predicted at the end of last year. the volume is very low. i mentioned this earlier. should that mean anything there is no conviction into this or is that okay that the volume is a little low? >> especially a holiday shortened week you will see lighter volumes a day like today when you check out for the week. i think the market has been on a tear. it was critical that the fed pivoted earlier this year to become more dovish. really signaled they have no plans to increase interest rates. that obviously is a good thing for the market t sent the market higher. we're in important season earnings season. the earnings expectations were cutaway too low. the numbers are coming in much better than expected and at the end of the day i think you will see

blake burman at the white house with blake burman. hey, blake.eporter: took 24 hours for the top democrat on house judiciary committee to go forward with that threat. jerry nadler said he did indeed issue a subpoena to the department of justice. he wants the full unredacted mueller report but also the underlying documents that accompany it. nadler saying in a statement, quote, even redacted version of the report outlines serious instances of wrongdoing by president trump and some of his closest associates. it false to congress to determine the fell scope of the alleged misconduct, to decide what steps we must take going forward. here at the white house they say they are not worried about that nadler subpoena. >> we're not going to deal with jerry nadler in that manner. we already cooperated so much with the house democrats and we'll continue to do so but the fact is this is more political grandstanding by someone who has nothing to run on, nothing to talk about, other than trying to attack a man who has been proven completely innocent of any crim

let's get right to blake burman at the white house with the latest on the border battle, blake. reporter: president trump pushing back on the reports that he wants to reinstitute the zero tolerance policy that led to families being separated at the southern border. the president instead pushed blame on his predecessor. the comments coming during a meeting with the egyption president in the oval office. president trump: we're not looking to do that though. thank you very much. but it does make it it brings a lot more people to the border when you don't do it, it brings a lot more people to the border. we are not looking to do it but president obama had the law, we changed the law. reporter: according to a senior administration official there is big frustration within the white house as to how credible fear is being granted by u.s. customs and immigration. that official saying that 90% of central americans are put on track for asylum by the interviewers at us cis. that official would not weigh in on the job status of the customs and immigrations director lee si ssa leaving open th

let's get to blake burman with more.r: comments from president trump speaking with maria once again raised serious questions about the future of the usmca trade deal that is currently a hot topic here in washington. the president once again insisting at the end of the day the trade deal might have to take a back seat to security. >> i'm going to close the border if you don't start shaping up. but mexico is doing a terrible job. >> i mean you can't close the border right before usmca gets ratified, right? >> i will do anything i have to, this is more important to me than the usmca. reporter: both houses have to ratify the usmca trade deal to go into effect. some republicans say if the u.s. steel and aluminum tariffs do not come off that are currently in place, the trade deal would be toast. those comments from chuck grassley from iowa, he wrote an op-ed, the levees speaking of aluminum and steel tariffs a tax on american. they jeopardize the possibilities of passage in the mexican congress, canadian parliament and u.s. co

blake burman live at the white house. let's get back to the markets. they are shrugging off the events at the southern border, kicking off the new month, the new quarter on a high note, thanks to optimism ahead of continued trade talks with china this week. also this morning, february retail sales dropping .2% last month, partly due to the severe cold weather across the nation. that was disappointing. growth of .3% had been expected but offsetting it, january retail sales actually saw a bigger gain than initially recorded. retail sales, .7% instead of just .2% in january. that's a better read. looking ahead, there's a lot of economic data on the table, on the docket this week, to kick off the second quarter. tomorrow we will get february durable goods orders, march vehicle sales. wednesday we will get a preview of the jobs number with the adp employment report. thursday, initial jobless claims. friday, yes, it's a big one, the march employment figures. what's the biggest data point you should be watching and what can we expect in the markets and the ec

blake burman was listening to all of it at the white house. blake, explain to our viewers why the push for 5g is so important and more importantly, when we talk about investing, some of these stocks that could win the wireless spectrum race here, could be very interesting to have in people's portfolios. reporter: you have the convenience for you and i, everyone at home, it will make the speed of wireless internet faster for when you download, use your phone, et cetera. then you've got for businesses, what exactly this means. we heard from president trump just a little while ago say this is going to be a big advance for health care, for example, manufacturing, for example, agriculture as well. so there's the business component. but there's also the national security component here, as you talk about, this race for 5g, as it's trying to be developed and instituted here in the u.s., but all around the world as well, as you got the u.s. developing 5g technology and also, the chinese developing huawei technology, 5g technology, rather, specifically

connell: wow, we have fox business team coverage, set up of all the top stories with blake burman at the white house. gerri willis at the new york stock exchange and edward lawrence in washington watching the trade talks. let's start with developments at white house with blake. reporter: timing of potentially shutting down the southern border and scope of it are still outstanding questions at this hour. the president saying at one point earlier today he feels mexico made positive changes, especially in the southern portion of that country. but the president still threatens to continue to shut down the southern border saying that congress needs to do more. president trump admitting if he does shut down the southern border that would have negative consequences for the economy. but the president is saying security tops all. >> we're going to have security in this country. that is more important than trade. hey, all you hear me talking about is trade but let me just give you a little secret, security is more important to me than trade. so we're going to have a strong border or we'll have

now, we're on day two of the actual release, let's take it to blake burman at the white house and blake, i don't know if you just heard about the reuters ips os poll but we're waiting on the methodology to find out just how many people were part of this but it's kind of the first biggie post mueller report release and it does not bode well for the president at the moment. >> first look no doubt about it a little bit of a move in the wrong direction for the president but as the president or his team or anybody really who follows politics might look at it, one of the questions with this mueller report or at least in the grand political scheme going forward is what does any of this mean towards 2020 you look at the one poll of course it's just one little snapshot as we move forward, but you know, something to keep an eye on in the upcoming days and weeks, but especially months ahead as we steam toward 2020. as far as president trump goes today, liz we've got a little bit of a reaction from the president. he tweeted out the following. i can't read all of it, so let's put it up on the screen

blake burman live at the white house with details. blake. reporter: melissa a day millions across the country absolutely dread that being tax day. the white house making a full pr push, rolling out new tax code in effect for very first time. president wrapped up remarks at a trucking and equipment factory in minnesota. >> we lowered income tax rates across the board, right across the board. the typical family earning 75,000 is saving more than $2,000 of their income. so they're picking up $2,000 every year because of this but many are picking up much, much more than that, depending on the situation. reporter: that right there is part of the pitch from the president. independent analysis does show on the whole more people this year will be paying less in taxes than they did last year, however, here is the problem for the white house. polls also show that people essentially don't like the tax code. that the disapproval numbers are higher than the approval numbers. the president's top economic advisors went out before the cameras today saying t

blake burman standing by at the white house, kristina partsinevelos on the floor of the new york stockxchange. we start with blake. sir? reporter: hi, there, cheryl a pretty big shake up at the department of homeland security. the headliner dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen officially leaving that capacity on wednesday, resigning over the weekend a couple days after appearing with president trump at the border. the white house would not say whether or not nielsen potentially took issue with the president's thoughts as it relates to family separations at the border but on her way out nielsen was complimentary of her old boss. >> i share the president's goal of securing the border. i will continue to support all efforts to address the humanitarian and security crisis on the border. other than that, i'm on my way to keep doing what i can for the next few days. reporter: she will be replaced at least temporarily by kevin mcaleenan who is head of customs and border protection. we're learning the head of the united states secret service, tex alles, james murray, career officer in charge of deta

to blake burman live at the white house. blake, we did hear that he had addressed the federal reserve, this of course very, very much at the forefront for what our viewers want to know. do we know what he may have said? reporter: trying to figure out what's going on here, because let me try to explain what happened, what we were watching there. it was a campaign event. the president is hosting two fund-raisers in the state of texas and in the middle of them, he is also signing some executive orders that relate to energy. the first fund-raiser just took place and the president said that he had heard stories of folks from that fund-raiser that he wanted to bring out to the forefront, and that's what prompted the cameras to be brought inside. the president then talking for give or take, 30 minutes or so, to talk about the situation on the southern border, what happens when migrants are coming into the united states and how those people around the table who were standing with them say that oftentimes these folks will just show up

blake burman, thank you so much.e have former border patrol chief under president obama, mark morgan. thank you so much for the time. you see nielsen as dedicated public servant. not everybody knows how big that jurisdiction is? in addition to cyber there are so many more moving parts, what are the other parts we don't think about. >> one we talked about, secret service false under dhs, as well as tsa, fema, coast guard. you mentioned a second ago too, they play a lead role in countering the cyber threat our nation faces. so it's a massive responsibility. it is 24/7, 365. it consumes your life. anyone who will step in the breach, serve our country on that role will always have my respect. diedre: kevin mack call lien -- mcaleenan has a big job. this is about the safety of our country, handle the next steps, what would you tell him? >> i'm not a politician. i'm a law enforcement guy. i see a threat and humanitarian crisis. any crisis i see requires swift and bold action. we're waiting for congress, i wouldn't wait for

let's go to blake burman.sident trump sticking up for boeing here, not helping the boeing stock but how serious is he about doing this? reporter: those countries which you just showed, plus the uk, along with the european union, liz, to the u.s. trade representative taking aim at over this. this is just a proposed list, it is 14 pages so it's long, pretty in-depth, potential tariffs that when you add it all up, amounts to some $11 billion that could be headed toward the european union. but at this point, the administration is saying this dates back to a 14-year-old case as it relates to airbus but robert lighthizer, the u.s. trade representative, says now is the time to try to get to some agreement. if not, then $11 billion of tariffs could be headed down the pike. the president tweeted about it earlier this morning and this is what president trump had to say, ending the tweet by writing quote, the eu has taken advantage of the u.s. on trade for many years. it will soon stop. swoo so we've got this one instanc

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blake burman joins us from the white house. blake?al part of this is the white house says the president is completely serious about the possibility of shutting down the border. over the weekend they put officials on television, kellyanne conway saying in no way at all is this a bluff. one source telling fox today that they wouldn't be surprised if indeed the president follows through with this threat to shut down the border by week's end. if the president decides to go down that route, it would be a major economic story. let me try to paint some of the picture here as it relates to trade between the u.s. and mexico. this is according to the ustr2017. exports, the u.s. exported some $243 billion in goods to mexico. that's the second largest market for the u.s. only behind china. it accounts for roughly 15% of all u.s. exports. that includes, for example, $19 billion in agriculture products. now, the scale just as big for imports. the u.s. imported $314 billion in goods from mexico in the same year, 2017. again, the second biggest playe

let's take you to the white house and blake burman. blake, you pick what to tackle first here. they are all equally massive. reporter: a lot going on right now. you just mentioned the national security adviser john bolton and the update he gave on venezuela. he said president trump has been monitoring what's going on there on a minute by minute basis but very clearly, the president is also keeping at least some of his attention on the fomc meeting that started today, will end tomorrow, with an announcement on rates and future guidance, because the president sent out a tweet just a little while ago that was, as you say, somewhat of a warning shot to the fed as to what they decide to do going forward. i will read it in full. here it was. quote, china is adding great stimulus to its economy, while at the same time, keeping interest rates low. our federal reserve has incessantly lifted interest rates even though inflation is very low and instituted a very big dose of quantitative tightening. we have the potential to go up like a rocket if we did some lowering of rates, like one poi

we have a very busy blake burman. blake? reporter: busy on both ends of pennsylvania avenue, let's start on that end of capitol hill. the irs commissioner is expected to testify on capitol hill. democrats asking for six years of president trump's tax returns. the democrats want those returns by tomorrow so we await to see what reddick has to say about that. earlier today, as well treasury secretary steve mnuchin also up on the hill testifying. he said before the democrats had made their official request for the president's tax returns, that lawyers within the treasury department and within the white house had been communicating but since then, he himself have not had any communication with the white house. >> it is our intent to follow the law and that is in the process of being reviewed. i have not had any conversations with anybody in the white house about this issue. reporter: also testifying today the attorney general bill barr, the ag saying he is is on pace to release the mueller report by next week. though he also say

blake burman at the white house, blake, who exactly is being sued?two individuals being elijah cummings, of course, who is the top democrat on the house oversight committee, also a man by the name of peter kenney, who is the chief investigative counsel of the house oversight committee, and the company being sued here is mazars, the accounting firm for president trump. let me just sort of read from the complaint here briefly. it sums up the argument for president trump and the trump organization. it says quote, chairman cummings' subpoenas are bizarre, lack a legitimate legislative purpose. there is no possible legislation at the end of this tunnel. indeed, the chairman does not claim otherwise. with this subpoena, the house oversight committee is instead assuming the powers of the department of justice investigating dubious and partisan allegations of illegal conduct by private individuals outside of government. it is a 14-page complaint here, but the basis of it, stuart, is they say the democrats are waging an all-out political war on the president

charles: blake burman, at the white house. blake.eporter: speaking of maria, spoke with president trump over the weekend. in the interview the president continued to tout the need as he sees it, calls it, merit-based immigration. the president has talked about this for months on end, told maria that they are working on a plan. earlier today the press secretary sarah sanders suggested that plan could potentially be coming sooner rather than later. watch here. >> we're still working through that process. i expect that to be over the next couple weeks. that that plan will be rolled out. meantime we're still calling on congress to help us fix some of the immediate things that could be done. reporter: by the way, charles, heard you talk about the meeting here at the white house tomorrow regarding infrastructure. some new information to share with you as we had been led to believe initially this would just involve chuck schumer, nancy pelosi and the president. now i'm being told this will be a much bigger meeting than what we had initially

stuart: blake burman reported that a summit announcement is unlikely. after the "journal" had reported that date. ashley: after that. so blake is more on the ball. stuart: the market is up. we are up 95, 96 points. the dow has crossed 26,300. it is an early morning thursday rally as of now. >>> then there's more on facebook. facebook records have reportedly been found on amazon cloud service. another negative for facebook. the stock, though, on a tear. every day, negative story on facebook, doing this, that or the other and the stock goes up. 176 as of right now. go figure. you still wouldn't touch it, is that right, scott? >> no. we still are touching it. we own it, we held it all the way down. we bought a little more down there, but not enough, because your point is great. facebook wants the price to go up, they just keep releasing bad news, or bad news keeps coming out on the company. imagine if they actually got some good news here. stuart: that's fascinating. i'm just waiting for their earnings report. let's see if they're still making money. if th

let us get to blake burman and blake, i am holding this up and it's pretty heavy. this is the report. reporter: i see it. yeah. liz: fox news and fox business have an entire team that have been picking through so much of this, and you've got a different story everywhere you look. reporter: yeah. there's two sides to every story or two sides to every 400-page mueller report, however you want to put the phrase. over here at the white house they are clearly celebratory today. one adviser calling this one of the best days for the president since he was elected into office more than two and a half years ago. the president's legal team today called this a major win, a big win, total vindication, as we have heard from this president and those closest to him for awhile now. let me show you some of the statement from the legal team. they say quote, it is clear there was no criminal wrongdoing, nothing withheld, nothing concealed, nothing deleted, nothing destroyed and nothing bleached. that last there, little bit of a dig to hillary clinton. we heard from president trump ju

blake burman has the very latest from the white house. hey, blake. reporter: hi, neil.now monica crowley, once a contributor here at fox, she will be essentially the incoming spokesperson for the treasury department and treasury secretary steve mnuchin. that is expected to take place, i am told, most likely at the end of may. crowley in the early days of the administration dating back to the first days of the administration, almost joined as a strategic communications role for the national security council. that never happened, as accusations of possible plagiarism followed her, but in any event, fast forward the clock now two years later and crowley will be headed over to the treasury department, most likely next month. she will replace mun wsomeone ws a fox news contributor who then went to the treasury department. tony was essentially a right hand to steve mnuchin, treasury secretary, over the last couple years, even at one point being dispatched over here to the white house during the push for tax reform. he was essentially someone behind the messaging of tax reform

blake burman has more. blake? >> hi, neil.l remember in june of 2017, that's when otto warmbier was handed back to the united states from north korea. he was comatose at the time. he returned back home to cincinnati, ohio. a hospital there in his hometown and died just a few days later at 22 years old. now fox is told before warmbier was released to the united states, they gave the u.s.a. $2 million medical bill. the president approved of a u.s. envoy signing off on the bill, but sources have said that the u.s. has not given a penny of the $2 million to north korea. officially here at the white house, down the street as well at the state department, they're not talking about the specifics but the white house press secretary sarah sanders said the following earlier today. "we do not comment on hostage negotiations which is why they have been so successful in this administration." rob portman expressing his outrage. he said no, the united states owes them nothing. they owe the warmbier's everything. at for president trump, we'll

blake burman is at the white house. blake, do you get any sense that washington is worried about russia now becoming sort of the decider or the consigliere when it comes to opec in this global market? reporter: we have been speaking to folks here at the white house and at the state department throughout the day. russia is actually not a country that has come up as it relates to this decision that was rolled out earlier today by the secretary of state mike pompeo. what does this mean for your investments as well as how much you could be paying at the pump for the near future? to our floor show. phil flynn, you are always sort of on the pulse of the markets but we have a bifurcated discussion here, the consumer, the investor. >> i think for the consumer, it's going to be tough. we are going to see the highest prices for gasoline we have seen in years and it's going to be a bit of sticker shock. already, according to one survey, gasoline prices have had the most consecutive days without going down in history and it's only g

blake burman live at white house with more. blake?re what the supreme court has anything to do with this, that was part of the president's tweet earlier today. the threat is very much out there as we just heard from the president as well. he sort of laid out his argument as why he feels that this subpoena process in his words is ridiculous. the president essentially saying, the mueller report, two years worth of it, has come and gone. he feels that the country needs to move on. >> they checked my financials and they checked my taxes, i assume. it was the most thorough investigation probably in the history of our country. i think i read where they interviewed 500 people. i say it's enough. get back to infrastructure, get back to cutting taxes, get back to lowering drug prices. reporter: now the president was also asked today about a subpoena sent the to former white house counsel don mcgahn who was interviewed extensively under oath by the special counsel. the president saying quote, we're fighting all subpoenas. there is a question of

charles: blake burman, live at the white house with the latest. blake?eporter: hi, there, charles, in advance of this possible announcement from president trump, maybe even by the end of the week as we're hearing from some close to the president the department of homeland security announced today that customs and bored protection will be expediting sending down 750 personnel to the southern border with the possibility of raising that number to 2,000 personnel, maybe even higher than that. as you just played in the clips there, the white house making the point over the weekend that the president is serious about possibly shutting down the southern border. they say he is not bluffing at all. if, and it is still an if at this point were to happen it would close down a major artery with one of our major trading partners. let me tick through some of the numbers. this is according to the ustr, 2017, the u.s. exported $240 billion of goods to mexico. the second largest market for u.s. only behind china. it accounts for 15% of all u.s. exports. this includes $19

blake burman. we should let you know on blake's point, who pays what, most americans do not believe they got much bang from the buck for this, or saw any tax cut when in fact two out of three americans did. we'll get into that can hundred drum. the oddie of some democrats running for president would espousing higher taxes on rich. bernie sanders on paper is millionaire. he will be in bethlehem, pennsylvania, where fox is holding a special town hall with bernie sanders. connell mcshane is there now. connell, the oddity for this someone anti-capitalist, socialist, starting out as mayor of burlington, vermont, capitalism has is as far as what he could get but he has done okay by it. reporter: he has done very well by it. we'll find out how well he has done in recent years, neil, one of those good problems to have. many of us wish our tax returns that when they came out we made heck of a lot of money. democratic socialist on number of years bashing millionaires and billionaires as bernie sanders has bee

blake burman is live at the white house with more. blake?eporter: charles it has been a bit of evolving threat from president trump but today he clarified his stance on the southern border. on issue of drugs, the president said he could put an economic penalty as he put it on mexico. thin on the separate issue of immigration, the president says likes what mexico has done over the southern border the last four days or so the president said should that change then he could put tariffs on autos. watch here. >> i never changed my mind at all. i may shut it down at some point but i would rather do tariffs. so mexico, i have to say, has been very, very good, you know that, over the last four days since i talked about shutting down the border f they continue that, everything will be fine. reporter: so the president says he could slap tariffs on automobiles but remember, charles, there is a whole issue of the usmca because as that trade deal was being signed simultaneously there were side deals signed as well that do not allow for tariffs to be put

blake burman at the white house. blake.eporter: charles, the department of justice, wants julian assange the wikileaks founder extradited back here to the united states. he faces one charge of the department of justice for conspiracy to commit cyber intrusion. according to the federal complaint, prosecutors contend that assange tried to help chelsea manning, then a u.s. intelligence officer, tried to help her attack pentagon computers. assange tried to assist manning cracking a password stored on defendant of defense computers connected to secret internet protocol network, a secret government network used for classified documents and communications. despite that charge, assange's lawyers say he was acting in the role as a journal it. >> this sets a dangerous precedent for all media organizations and journalists in europe and elsewhere around the world. this precedent means any journalist can be extraditeed for prosecution in the united states having produced truthful information about the presidented. reporter: candidate pr

blake burman is live at the white house. we had this for years and years. why now?st spokes with an administration official. here's the bottom line. the trump administration is trying to send a signal that when teams pay cuban baseball players to come over here to the u.s., they want to make sure that the money doesn't go from the player to the cuban baseball federation. because as they see it, the cuban baseball federation is the cuban government. translation here, they want to make sure that the money goes to the players doesn't get back to the cuban government. what is unclear is whether any potential action is imminent or might be taken by the trump administration or the treasury department itself. john bolton somewhat teed this up over the weekend where he sent out the following tweet. cuba wants to use baseball players as economic pawns selling their rights to american baseball, america's past test should not enable the regime in venezuela or cuba. many player had a treacherous journey to get here. baseball teams have been able to negotiate with themselves. vi

blake burman with the latest from the white house. united states, the united states government, that we do not pay for the release of hostages, but a news story out by "the washington post" this hour calls into question whether or not that applied in the case of otto warmbier who was held by north korea. two central questions here. one, whether or not the u.s. agreed to pay for his release and two, whether or not that payment was actually made. here's what "the washington post" is reporting. north korea insisted that the u.s. agree to pay a $2 million hospital bill for the care of otto warmbier before being returned to the u.s. according to the report, president trump authorized the main u.s. envoy to sign for that bill but it is still unclear if the u.s. actually ever followed through and gave north korea $2 million. the white house not necessarily denying this story on its face, as the press secretary sarah sanders says the following in a statement. quote, we do not comment on hostage negotiations which is why they have been so succ

connell: blake burman at white house with latest developments there. hi, blake. reporter: richard neal has become a household name here in washington, d.c. the top democrat on the house and ways and means committee, sending a letter to the irs, wanting wednesday, six days from now the president's tax returns. neil we herd from him the first time today since he sent the letter on camera, said essentially they're playing the long game here. they know there will be a legal fight ahead, most likely. this is probably going to have to work its way up through the federal courts. neal says he is not sure if he will get an answer by next week as it relates to the president's tax returns. you heard the president say there, normally, they ask for 10 years. but neal explained earlier today, why he went for six years and not necessarily more than that, or 10. watch here. >> the reason for that is, that we followed irs guidelines which suggest to taxpayers that six years is generally the measurement that they use for advising taxpayers how long to keep their forms. so, we didn

neil: thank you very much, my friend, blake burman. fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. what the arrest could mean. always good to see you, my friend. i see you're in washington. you referred to assange as a hero. i know what you were getting at. nothing should be kept a secret, et cetera, et cetera. some interpreted that, myself included initially, whoa, how is this guy a hero? >> well, the theory that the, first of all neil, so good to see you back. even though i'm in d.c., none of fox is the same when you're not around, even down here. the government's theory here would put daniel ellsberg in jail and put "the new york times" and "washington post" in jail for publishing the pentagon papers. it is very clear from the supreme court condition the publisher, the receiver of the information, as long as the information is a matter of public interest is immune and can't be prosecuted. does the receiver talk to the person who steals it? of course! but the thief in this case is chelsea manning who was convicted, went to

blake burman at the white house. deirdre bolton in washington today, watching those hearings on capitol hill. with the president on the road and maybe soon to speak, let's start with blake. reporter: air force one there in the lone star state, connell. president trump in texas. couple different fund-raisers throughout the state there. coming up this hour he will sign an executive order as it relates to expanding energy infrastructure. the executive order we're told will single out section 401 of the clean water act. one of the reasons why it will potentially do that is because the clean water act is what states have used to try to block pipelines. so the executive order will try to free that up, allow for expansion. there are questions as to the legality all this might work. the sectiontive order will also change the way potentially how lng is transported. the executive order will call for lng to be transported via rail tank car. that is what we're expecting from the president coming up. back here in washington, we aw

fox business's blake burman is live at the white house with the latest. blake?cgahn is at the heart of the issue here as it relates to subpoenas as the white house and president said they will fight all subpoenas going forward. we got a little bit more of the legal tit-for-tat today. escalation continuing as the white house also said today that it will not allow stephen miller to go up to capitol hill and to testify. the white house counsel writing to the top democrat on the house oversight committee that cabinet members are welcome to go up and testify, but miller a senior advisor to the president, a frequent target of criticism regarding president's immigration policies will not. wrying following quote, precedent for members of the white house staff to decline invitations to testify before congressional committees has consistently adhered to by administrations on both political party and based on clearly established constitutional doctrine. so after that the democrat heads of house oversight, judiciary, homeland security committees, rather have now written to

blake burman live at the white house with latest on that. blake.orter: i guess you could say here we go again, because for the first time in a few months nancy pelosi and chuck schumer will be here at the white house to talk infrastructure with the president. we'll hear this is fairly large group of democrats, i'm hearing along the lines half a dozen different senators, half a dozen different members of the house, all democrats sitting down with president trump and his team to talk infrastructure. ahead of that meeting today pelosi and schumer, the top two dems on the hill sent the following in a letter to president trump saying they want an infrastructure package to be expansive, writing quote, to truly be a became changer for the american people, we should go beyond transportation into broadband, water, energy, schools, housing and other initiatives. now president trump has said that infrastructure is a priority of his but the white house also has yet to lay out any sort of detail as to what their plan might entail. >> it will be a good sit-down.

blake burman with the latest from the white house. neil and the mueller report has led to questions about some of the responses at the white house press secretary sarah sanders has given to some of the more high profile stories from this very podium behind me. that includes the firing of the former fbi director james comey at one point, the press secretary said that the white house had been told by countless number of folks from the fbi that the white house, that they had told the white house that they had lost the faith of james comey. the mueller report says that i want to quote it for you, about this variance and it just says, "sanders told this office that her reference to hearing from countless members of the fbi was a slip of the tongue. she also recalled that her statement in a separate press interview that rank-and-file fbi agents had lost confidence in comey with a comment she made in the heat of the moment that was not founded on anything." sanders went out to the morning talk shows, the morning shows earlier today to defend

blake burman is live at the white house with a recap on today's meeting. blake? reporter: you might remember the last time chuck schumer and nancy pelosi were over here at the white hose t was in the throes of the government shut down. they meet with president trump and his team in the situation room. that meeting ended up, getting out of the room and declaring the whole thing a big waste of time. fast forward to today, there is certainly much different feeling as pelosi and schumer came over here to the white house with 10 other democrats from the hill to talk about infrastructure and afterwards those two took to the microphone, declared as it relates to a top line number, so far at least there is an agreement to have a 2 trillion-dollar infrastructure package. however they were also short on specifics as to how the whole thing would be paid for. >> the meeting next about how it is paid for and that will engage of course the secretary of treasury among others and our leadership in terms of the ways and means and the finance committee. >> what we agreed, wait, wa

blake burman at white house with more. blake.orter: one of those days with the white house we have to roll with things. earlier speaking with a source familiar with the discussions with this one and we were told that the president at least over here at the white house they discussed idea releasing illegal immigrants into so-called sanctuary cities back in february. according to the tweet you read from the president, president trump saying he is still considering that policy. however there is an issue here for the president, for the white house as well. we're told that the white house had been informed by i.c.e. they couldn't legally go ahead with such a policy. in any event, the president says he is considering it. nancy pelosi responding today saying it is an idea beneath the presidency. >> i don't know anything about it, but it is just another notion that is unworthy of the presidency of the united states and disrespectful of the challenges that we face as a country, as a people to address who we are, a nation of immigrants. re

blake burman live from the white house with the latest.eporter: charles, i was told in concert president trump and mike pompeo, the secretary of state, but the president made the decision waivers could no longer go forward or countries who buy oil from iran would have sanctions placed against them, essentially the president was fed up with this whole waiver process. the state department today is trying to drive home the point it says that gas prices, oil prices will not necessarily go up because of this decision. >> well, if the kingdom of saudi arabia and united arab emirates assured us they will assure appropriate supply for the markets. of course the united states is now a significant producer as well. i can confirm that each of those suppliers are working directly with iran's former customers to make the transition away from iranian crude less disruptive. reporter: as you know today the oil markets said otherwise. the five countries using this waiver are china, inyaw, south korea, japan and turkey. they were granted in november of 2018

let us get as we wait for the president to blake burman live at the white house. ake, let's talk about what the president is going to say, with whom he's going to meet and what he's going to do. reporter: couple different stops here for president trump in the upcoming minutes. what you're looking at right now is the border patrol station in calexico, california. if you were to go about ten miles south of san diego, then about 100 miles to the east, that is where you find calexico. the president will be holding a roundtable there, the station patrol, some 37 miles of the u.s./mexico border. today they will get a visit from the commander in chief. by the way, the actual station is just about a mile north of the u.s./mexico border. after this roundtable discussion, left side of your screen, in which we will see president trump momentarily, we believe, the president then will head down to the southern border and view some new steel slats, the border wall, however you want to describe it. either way, the president is going to get a first-hand look. before the president

let's go to blake burman at the white house.ter: before the president took off for atlanta here at the white house the president made it clear as it relates to subpoenas from the house democrats, members of the trump administration past and present the president said, quote, we are going to fight all subpoenas. the president says robert mueller and his special counsel wrapped up a two year investigation and he says that is all that's needed. >> they checked my financials and they checked my taxes, i assume. it was the most thorough investigation probably in the history of our country. i think i read where they interviewed 500 people. i say it's enough. get back to infrastructure, get back to cutting taxes, get back to lowering drug prices. reporter: meantime a new battle broke out between democratic led oversight committee and the department of justice. the doj says it will not allow rather, john gore, who is the principle deputy assistant attorney for the civil rights division to take a deposition. a spokesperson saying the fol

our blake burman is at the white house. what to expect now, blame. >> hi, sandra.f big hearings on capitol hill today. big in the sense that the two key players involved with potential releasing the president's tax returns were testifying on the hill. the irs commissioner. he sent a letter wanting the last six years of the president's tax returns and wanting them by today. that being within a week's time. reddick would not say at this point what might happen by tomorrow or maybe even after that. before that, it was steve mnuchin on the hill. the treasury secretary saying that before that letter was produced by democrats wanting the president's tax returns, that lawyers over at the treasury department and over here at the white house had discussions, but after that letter has been produced or since its been produced, mnuchin said he steered clear. listen. >> i have not spoke to the white house chief of staff or the president about this decision. it's our intent to follow the law and that is in the process of being reviewed. >> the president's personal attorney, an o

fox business team coverage of our top story with blake burman at the white house. gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. to gerri in just a moment. with blake, much of the focus on venezuela we start with you. reporter: connell, we were told president trump was first made aware out of fast moving developments out of venezuela. 6:00 in the morning, national security advisor john bolton says the president has been following this on a minute-by-minute basis. the u.s. government continues to stand behind the opposition leader juan guaido who says operation libertad is in its final phase. the u.s. government warns nicolas maduro not to take action against the venezuelan people. >> all options remain on the table. i simply will not be more specific. recall right at the beginning three months ago we said it would be a big mistake for maduro and those supporting him to use force against innocent civilians. we felt strongly about it then. we feel that way now. reporter: bolton says what is going on now is not a coup. that is clearly a term from which the a

gerri willis is on the floor of the new york stock exchange, blake burman is at the white house, deirdre bolton and kristina partsinevelos are at their posts in the newsroom. boy, that's a lot. let's start with blake. reporter: hi, there, guys. you're coming to me. little bit after technical problem. security situation on north lawn bringing us here into the briefing room. in any event the fcc making a rather large announcement today, getting backing of president trump over at white house. the fcc announced the largest 5g spectrum sale takes place near the end of september. 5g the president highlighted potential benefits. saying it could help the health care industry, the agriculture industry, the manufacturing industry for example. but the president talked about the national security implications as well. when you talk to security experts, 5g experts, national security experts in particular, they will tell you there is a race to develop the technology between the united states and china, specifically u.s. companies and huawei. here is president trump earlier today talking about the impo

i will go to blake burman live at the white house with the latest. blake? reporter: charles, we need our technology. you the earpiece, me the the ipad. we await headlines from the oval office as president trump is meeting with nato secretary-general jens stoltenberg. you referenced the tweet the president sent out earlier today. seems if president trump is pleased or somewhat pleased some progress is made on the southern part of mexico as it relates to potentially dealing with immigration in that country as immigrants from the northern triangle try to make their way up north to the united states. the press secretary sarah sanders when we talked with her on the north lawn would not give timelines as when president trump might make a decision potentially closing the southern border with mexico, though she did say it is very real option, not the number one option, but still the real option president trump is potentially dealing with. watch here. >> democrats are leaving us absolutely no choice at this point. we already had to move roughly 750 personnel from po

blake burman at the white house. susan li on the floor of the new york stock exchange, and phil flynn watching all of the action in oil from the cme but we begin with blake at the white house. blake. reporter: hi, there, ashley. i'm told president trump in concert with secretary of state mike pompeo was the ones to make the decision to not allow this waiver process go forward. that waiver meaning that countries can no longer in couple weeks time purchase oil from iran or else they will face sanctions because i'm told essentially the president was fed up with this whole waiver process. the secretary of state earlier today tried to contend, at least this is the administration's point that oil prices, the oil market will not spike up. >> well if both the kingdom of saudi arabia and united arab emirates assured they will have appropriate supply for the markets and of course now the united states is a significant producer as well. i can confirm that each much those suppliers are working directly with iran's former customer