>> bret: thank you, matt. let's talk more about why missouri is joining other states in suing drug companies over opioid abuse. joining me now is missouri attorney general josh hawley. general hawley, thank you for being here. >> great to be with you, bret. >> bret: what brought the state to this action? what brought you to this point? >> bret, announced a suit against the major drug manufacturers today to hold them accountable for a campaign of fraud and deseat that has helped perpetrate -- deceit that helped perpetrate opioid epidemic in missouri. they engaged in a campaign over a series of years to convince doctors and convince consumers that opioids are not addictive. that opioids are perfectly fine to treat chronic pain and they have long-term benefits. all of those things are false and the drug companies knew they were false. >> bret: we have a chart that chose missouri versus the rest of the country in deaths. opioid deaths. 2015, 2014, 2013. still you are at 1,066 deaths in 2015. it seems like it's a p

>> bret: thank you, matt.alk more about why missouri is joining other states in suing drug companies over opioid abuse. joining me now is missouri attorney general josh hawley. general hawley, thank you for being here. >> great to be with you, bret. >> bret: what brought the state to this action? what brought you to this point? >> bret, announced a suit against the major drug manufacturers today to hold them accountable for a campaign of fraud and deseat that has helped perpetrate -- deceit that helped perpetrate opioid epidemic in missouri. they engaged in a campaign over a series of years to convince doctors and convince consumers that opioids are not addictive. that opioids are perfectly fine to treat chronic pain and they have long-term benefits. all of those things are false and the drug companies knew they were false. >> bret: we have a chart that chose missouri versus the rest of the country in deaths. opioid deaths. 2015, 2014, 2013. still you are at 1,066 deaths in 2015. it seems like it's a problem n

i am bret baier. president trump and republican congressional leaders are trying to come up with the plant tonight to get the president's agenda flowing through the legislative pipeline. the legislative calendar closes and for the fiscal year and they are running out of days. main issues: health care and tax reform. the main challenge, getting g.o.p. lawmakers to come together and use their majorities to get things done. it sounds easier than it's been. chief white house corresponded john roberts starts us off tonight on the north lawn with this afternoon's big meeting. >> good evening. with the news cycle expected to be dominated over the next three days or so by the appearance of james comey on capitol hill, president trump today took the opportunity of a brief lull in the action to reinvigorate his priorities. >> at the core of the agenda is repealing and replacing the disaster known as obamacare. >> president trump, looking to put his legislative agenda back on track after weeks of in action. meet

bret. >> bret: thank you. house majority whip steve scalise has been upgraded to fair condition at a washington hospital. officials say scalise is making good progress. also today, the fbi has determined gunman james hodgkinson acted alone and had no ties to organized terrorism. now to politics. the messaging from the two parties could not be more different tonight. following a huge republican win back in georgia's special election. president trump is crowing about gop's undefeated streak in a series of congressional elections since his inauguration. democrats are struggling to find a message and a strategy to engage their base and reach out to moderates and their party ahead of next year's midterm ballot. winds last night in georgia, it was supposed to be razor-thin but was not. south carolina, it was supposed to not be close but actually was. it did not change the republican numbers in the house but added to previous g.o.p. victories in kansas and montana. >> it is that fighting spirit, tenacity that i will

"special report" with bret baier up next. >> bret: this is a fox news alert. i am bret baier in washington. the testimony for the testimony. former fbi director james comey says and prepared opening remarks released today that president trump asked him for loyalty and that he hoped comey could help his way to let go of the investigation into former national security advisor michael flynn. comey says he did not take that to mean the president wanted him to abandon the broader investigation into possible russian interference in the election or links to the trump campaign. and he did not pass it onto fbi investigators at that time. comey also didn't tell president trump, according to the detailed notes comey took at the time of those one-on-one meetings, that the president was not personally that target or focus of investigation. an assurance comey offer three separate times, as president trump told nbc. those are some headlines from the prepared testimony that hit washington today like an earthquake. tomorrow, comey will deliver those remarks and take questions

bret baier is next. we'll see you back in new york tomorrow. >>> the president takes a victory lap in the heartland. >> they hit me harder, harder, harder. they have now learned i think it doesn't work. the truth is people love us. all of us. they love us. >> republican congressional candidates keep up their winning streak with elections in south carolina and georgia. thank you for believing in me. >> bret: meanwhile, the clock is tick for the republican effort to repeal and replace obamacare and the senate leaders preparing to unveil the plan. >> we have offered ideas for a better way forward. and we will finally have the chance to turn the page on the failing law. >> bret: the state of missouri joins two others to take on big pharma. over the opioid epidemic. >> something no parent should have to do is bury their own child. >> bret: we'll talk to missouri's attorney general about his crusade. all of that, plus the all-star panel and breaking news changing everything. news in washington across the u.s.

bret? >> bret: thank you.resa may is vowing not to resign after her historic was calculation led to her conservative parties loss in its majority in parliament. what that means from senior correspondent mike tobin in london tonight. >> badly weakened by an election she called, british prime minister and theresa may went to buckingham palace to tell the queen she was to form the government. her plan backfired as her conservative tory party lost the majority in parliament but still remain the largest party. she calmly stated that conservatives were joining forces with the democratic unionist of northern ireland. there are ten seats are enough to create a majority and keep may in power. >> what the country needs more than ever it is certainty. and having secured the largest numbers of boats and the greatest numbers of seats in the general election, it is clear that only the conservative and unionist party have a religion see and ability to provide that certainty and by commanding a majority in the house of common

>> bret: this is a fox news alert. i'm bret baier in washington. it's 11:00 p.m. in washington and in atlanta. welcome to the prime time "special report." democrats are 0 for 5 in special elections. against the incumbent president who they say is vulnerable. under attack constantly from investigations into collusion and obstruction of justice to daily negative stories about his style, his tweets. you name it. but democrats are 0 for 5 so far in special elections. democrats tonight say all five of the candidates out perform traditional democratic turn-out in the republican leaning districts. but after spending tens of millions of dollars, they haven't won one. tonight's focus the special congressional election in georgia where republican karen handel defeats jon ossoff in the special runoff election. the most expensive congressional race in history. we have fox team coverage. we are at the headquarters in atlanta but we begin with steve harrigan at the handel headquarters. we just saw her speak on fox. good evening, steve. >> the celebrations here now in full swing

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i am bret baier. this is our two of our special edition of "special report." jeff sessions he said he had nothing to do with any russian interference in the election, that his boss won last november. sessions testify today to the senate intelligence committee. investigating alleged ties between the donald trump campaign in the russians. john roberts at the white house with the administration's view of the proceedings. we start off with chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge. good evening. >> throughout the powerful testimony, the attorney general tried to set the record straigh straight. >> atty gen sessions: the suggestion that i participated in any collusion, that i was aware of any collusion with the russian government is an appalling and detestable why. >> testifying before the senate intelligence committee, the attorney general jeff sessions defended himself and the trumpet and illustration over allegations they colluded with russia. on his decision to recuse himself from the probe, sessions and said it was not about russia but his position o

comey's excavation was that he didn't see it as anything off. >> bret: he says he's concerned. >> bret several months down the road and you get down to the michael flynn conversation that raises a concern to say i don't want to be alone with the president. at the time, there was no one to report it to. >> bret: is it right for a president to ask an fbi director, i need loyalty. >> with this president and his background and business dealings, i would give them the benefit of the doubt of the first month, in the first week he's in the office. what i didn't see is him being pressured by anyone else. jim comey doesn't articulate anyone else pressuring him. >> bret: i want to talk about today's hearing. >> i've never been directed to do anything i believed to be illegal, immoral, unethical, or inappropriate. i do not recall ever feeling pressured to do so. >> i've never felt pressure to intervene or interfere in any way with shipping intelligence in a political way. or in relationship to an ongoing investigation. >> there's a chance to lay to rest some of these press reports. these facts ha

bret. >> bret: thank you.e in depth about how tonight elections possibly affect the house. boxing your capitol hill producer chad program joins us tonight. good evening. what is your take? >> we always try to look at the special elections, they are just like that, they are special. sometimes, you can take something away from it, sometimes,in you can't. remember in may of 2010, there was a special election in pennsylvania, republicans that they have to get the seat to win the house of representatives. democrats held out, they held at that wall, as well. republicans left the house of representatives. they always trying to divine meaning. >> bret: the district in georgia has been redrawn numerous times. i grew up in that area. don't democrats need t a distrit like the sixth district of georgia to be able to flip the house? >> they need to get the suburban districts like that. more so, they need these rural districts. d one of t the reason for democras won the house of representatives in 2006 is that they won alte

. >> bret: president trump fulfills the campaign promise, pulling the u.s. out of the paris climate accord. what it means, what people are saying, plus the epa administrator live on set. is "special report" ." welcome to washington. i am bret baier. when it comes to climate change, it appears we will not always have paris. president trump announced a short time ago the u.s. will withdrawal withdraw from the agreement. the move crosses off another item from canada donald trump's campaign to-do list. while the move has its supporters on capitol hill in small business, big business, in the states most affected, it has also enraged a cross-section of other leaders in politics, business, even religion. we start off with john roberts. >> good evening. president trump today slammed to the paris climate accord is a bad deal for america, one that would give other countries in the economic advantage over the united states. something he said he will not stand for. >> in order to fulfill my solemn duty to protect america and its citizens, the united states will withdraw

over 44%. >> bret: thank you. what's your take?s the media missing the story on the state of the u.s. economy and how does it feel to you? let me know on twitter at @bretbaier. use the hashtag #specialreport. or on facebook at facebook.com/bretbaiersr. uber's chief business officer is leaving the company before the release of a report expecting to recommend big changes to the corporate culture and management. the board is said to be considering whether the ceo should take a leave of absence. the ride sharing company has been rocked by accusations management has sponsored work place environment where harassment, discrimination, and bullying are left unchecked. delta air lines and bank of america have pulled their sponsorships of a new production of julius caesar featuring the fatal stabbing of a dictator dressed like president trump. the president's name is never mentioned but the 400-year-old play features a caesar with a gold bathtub and a pouty slavic wife. a sign of how fractured the democratic party is. supporters of bernie san

. >> bret: this is a fox news alert. i am bret baier in washington. you're looking library now at pictures from the u.k. where workers are counting votes in an election that may send shock waves across the globe. early numbers from parliamentary balloting suggest a major upset in the making there and a possible loss of the majority in parliament for prime minister theresa may's conservative party. the british pound has fallen in reaction to the polls that are suggesting that conservatives are doing much worse than expected. we will have a live report from london. first, breaking political news here in the u.s. former fbi director james comey says he wrote his now famous memos about his memos with president trump because he was afraid the president might lie about the private meetings. he also reiterated what was released yesterday that he says the president did not ask him to drop the russian investigation. comey's much anticipated testimony before the senate intelligence committee was front-page news and must-see tv today, whether it lived up to expe

>> bret: this is a fox news alert. i'm bret baier in washington. it's 11:00 p.m. in washington and in atlanta. welcome to the prime time "special report." democrats are 0 for 5 in special elections. against the incumbent president who they say is vulnerable. under attack constantly from investigations into collusion and obstruction of justice to daily negative stories about his style, his tweets. you name it. but democrats are 0 for 5 so far in special elections. democrats tonight say all five of the candidates out perform traditional democratic turn-out in the republican leaning districts. but after spending tens of millions of dollars, they haven't won one. tonight's focus the special congressional election in georgia where republican karen handel defeats jon ossoff in the special runoff election. the most expensive congressional race in history. we have fox team coverage. we are at the headquarters in atlanta but we begin with steve harrigan at the handel headquarters. we just saw her speak on fox. good evening, steve. >> the celebrations here now in full swing

. >> bret: i want to get your assessment. a lot of the questions dealt with the decision to recuse himself, dealt with the interaction between former fbi director comey. but did not deal with a lot of collusion allegations. in fact, republicans on the committee pointed out that a lot of the democrats questions didn't deal with that. >> that may be. a reflection of the fact that in the prepared testimony, right out of the gate, the attorney general made clear that any allegation that there was collusion between members of the trump team and the russians was, in his word, detestable live. that shut down some of the lines of questioning. >> bret: catherine harrington the briefing room. thank you. let's bring in the panel. byron york, editor-in-chief of life set laura ingraham. senior foreign affairs correspondent for politico. michael, your thoughts. >> jeff sessions brought some passion and personality to it. i think you made -- jim comey was incredible witnessed and sessions seems credible when he is expressing outrage and ign

. >> bret: this is a fox news alert. i am bret baier in washington. when our authorities calling a botched attempt in a familiar place tonight. brussels, belgium, . man believed to have had a bomb. no casualties besides the suspect. the latest attack in a week of terrorist and extremist assaults in the capitals of europe. amy kellogg is watching the developments from london. >> belgian soldiers prevented what appears good have been a deadly attack at the central station in brussels. details are emerging but what it appears happened is that these soldiers approached a man who looked suspicious. he had a suitcase and an explosive belt. as they approached, he detonated the bag and ran. police then shot him. >> we do not know if the man is still alive or dead. there were no other victims. this incident is considered as a terrorist attack. >> the station was evacuated. eyewitnesses say the suspect shouted allahu akbar before he blew up his suitcase. police later carried out a controlled explosion on his belt. here's an image of the scene. this occurred in

. >> bret: this is a fox news alert. welcome to washington. i am bret baier. the show that it seems everyone in washington wants to see will go on. today, white house spokesperson said president trump will not stop fired fbi director james comey from testifying before congress this week. thursday, comey is scheduled to testify before the senate intelligence committee about whether president trump pressured him to drop the investigation into former national security advisor michael flynn's possible ties to russia. after all the leaks and the chatter, comey will finally answer questions. catherine herridge reports on what the senators want to hear. >> president trump decided against blocking testimony thursday. mr. trump weighed options over the weekend. >> the president's power to exert executive privilege is very well established. in order to facilitate a swift and thorough examination of the facts sought by the senate intelligence committee, president trump will not assert executive privilege regarding james comey's test money. >> senior republican said on su

. >> jesse: never miss >> bret: this is a fox news alert. welcome to washington, i am bret baier. breaking news on the house intelligence committee's investigation into the unmasking of american swept up in government surveillance. there are two tracks to the investigation into what the term campaign did or didn't do, and also with the obama administration did or did not do with surveillance. breaking tonight, new details on the second tract. chief washington correspondent james rosen is here with details. good evening. >> fox news has confirmed that the fbi and cia and national security agency were all served today with subpoenas issued by the house intelligence committee. sources said each of these subpoenas referenced unmasking and each named as figures of interest three senior obama-era officials. susan rice was identified by multiple news organizations last month as someone who requested that names of trump associates that had appeared in coded form and classified intelligence reports be identified for her, or unmasked. rice denied wrongdoing at the time and told us today tha

." ♪ >> bret: this is approximate i news alert, 5:00 a.m.n london, and this is where we begin tonight with breaking news across the pond in the u.k. the sun is coming up right now over there, and it may be the dawn of a very new day in british politics. prime minister theresa may's big political gamble to force a quick collection looks like it has backfired spectacularly as votes are still being counted at this hour, and her conservative party looks to be far worse than where they were supposed to be. live early friday morning in london. good morning. >> good morning, brett. however, the final vote tally shakes out, it is concluded that theresa may made a miscalculation calling for the special election seven weeks ago. the idea was to enhance the majority that she and her conservative tory party held in parliament. the exit poll says that they will remain the largest party, but not retain the majority. official numbers role in all incoming and theresa may hold onto her own seat, with 11 days to go before the brexit negotiations were said to

bret baier is on assignment and will join us shortly. the american student who fell into a coma in north korean custody and returned home last week has died. kristin fisher brings us the story, including allegations of physical abuse by the regime in pyongyang. >> this awful announcement came from warmbier's family. they say he died surrounded by his family. he invented in the state of unresponsive wakefulness ever since he was brought back from north korea last week. family says: "when otto returned to cincinnati late on june 13th he was unable to speak, unable to see and unable to react to verbal commands. he looked very uncomfortable -- almost anguished. although we would never hear his voice again, within a day the countenance of his face changed. he was at peace. he was home and we believe he could sense that." as for his captors, the north koreans, his family said this. "unfortunately, the awful torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the north koreans ensured that no other outcome was possible beyond the sad one we

. >> bret: catherine herridge, thank you. no tweets, no statements, nothing from the president directly about comey's testimony, but he is getting his message out in other ways. there is some breaking news even earlier this morning. chief white house correspondent john roberts has that story from the north along pretty good morning. >> good morning. it has been eerily quiet in the twitter feed for the last 18 hours or so. but a source familiar with the matter tells me that the president felt good about the testimony today, he finally publicly said that the president was not under investigation in connection with the russia matter, and the fact that comey outed himself as a leaguer. proving to the president's mind that he was right all along. >> i understood this to be my recollection. >> while the president may have seen a few minutes of thursday's hearing on the tv in his private dining room, he was all about business. meeting with his national security team, then even as comey was still testifying, addressing the freedom an

bret: there you go. kennedy: oh, bret. you are smart, i'm glad you came back. bret: it's always fun. let me bring in my sugar-coated partpanel. fox business network dagen mcdowell joined by fox news analyst andy levy, and "new york times" scientist columnist. reports today claim former f.b.i. director james comey could testify next week that president trump asked him to back off the investigation of michael flynn. it will be the first time he speaks in public since the president fired him. investigators want to hear from comey's attorney, michael cohen. he's telling fox news, there has not been a single piece of evidence linking me to this fake russian conspiracy it's not surprising to me, because there is none. kennedy: the white house defending jared kushner on claims he met with russians to set up a secret line of communications with the russians. where do we stand on russia? are we talking about it? there is a lot to talk about? or is this a narrative being driven by the president's enemy. >> it's a classic insider washington scandal it's got washington in

>> bret: the issue is complicated.by simply pointing out that the protest of my class occurred because i sent an email to the staff and faculty email list protesting what we call day of absence. in this case, the day of absence was being reversed by the organizing committee and white people were asked to leave theor campus, it was not that we weree forced to leave, but we were asked to leave and it was made very clear that leaving was an act of allyship with people of color and therefore not leaving if you are white meant that you were not an ally. >> tucker: and you refused to leave? >> bret: i did refuse to leave and i sent a letter, i think it was very carefully stated, but it said that there was tremendouset difference between a population absent w themselves from a shared space and a population decidingg to absent other people from that same space. on a college campus, people should be equally free to be on campus irrespective of theirsh skin color. i tucker: exactly, amen, i thought that was sort of a basic prece

bret will anchor a midnight edition of special report. more on the big story of the day moments away. we're now 30 minutes away from james comey arriving in that room. how did we get to this point? a look at some of the big moments that propelled us toward today's testimony plus thoughts on west virginia democratic senator joe manchin on what he will ask today, an analysis from jason chaffetz both live minutes away. polident kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains. that's why i recommend polident. cleaner, fresher, brighter every day. bp uses flir cameras - a new thermal imagining technology - to inspect difficult-to-reach pipelines, so we can detect leaks before humans can see them. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. termites, we're on the move.24/7. roger. hey rick, all good? oh yeah, we're good. we're good. termites never stop trying to get in, we never stop working to keep them out. terminix. defenders of home. >> shannon: the blockbuster hearing everyone is waiting for ju

much attention as local issues like improving schools or raising virginia's minimum-wage great >> bret: thank you. president trump makes his decision about the paris climate change deal. the u.s. is out. we will get reaction from the panel after a quick timeout. to think about. ot what about the people i care about? ...including this little girl. and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i asked my doctor. and he recommended eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. yes, eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots. eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. both made me turn around my thinking. don't stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. if you had a spinal injection while on eliquis call your doctor right away if you have tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness. while taking eliqu

bret: rule number one, you have to wake up really early. ceo, as long as you're willing to basically get up, if you like getting up at 3:00 a.m., you're are probably primed to be a ceo. many of them do their best work between 3:00 and 6:00. what she did find is that basically a lot of the people who are ceos today have been working for 30 years, knew smart, driven, motivated people who one day picked up the phone and said, i have known you for 30 years, i trust you, do you want to be ceo of my company? oliver: it is interesting. you hear a lot about the maneuvering that has to go on, and i think it is played up a lot in the corporate hierarchy, but at the end of the day, her honest takeaway was, just wait and surround yourselves with good people, which seems to be advice consistent among all the ceos. bret: that is right. stick it out, persevere, make friends. this is one of the rules she found in talking to people. you cannot do this alone. you are never going to get to the top without making a ton of friends, so all the people really in t

john, back to you. >> john: bret, thank you.ifornia court has dismissed most of the charges against journalists who recorded undercover conversations about planned parenthood. 14 of 15 criminal counts were dismissed for being legally insufficient. the two are still facing one count of conspiracy to invade privacy. there is another mixed day on wall street. the s&p was off one and the nasdaq was up nearly three points. the senate health care bill, is it already dead on arrival? we will as >> obamacare is a disaster. it is dead. totally dead. we are putting in a plan today that's going to be negotiated. >> john: the president said the senate bill needed hard. >> it is heartless. >> nothing is going to change the fact that more americans are going to get hurt, unless we do something. >> i want to get to gas. it's not enough just to pass a bill that has obamacare repeal in the title. we have to have the legislation that sticks at the underlying problem. >> john: the debate going on in the senate over the new health care bill, the fr

bret baier is next. we will see you tomorrow back in new york. ♪ >> sean: this is a fox news alert, welcome to "hannity," broadcasting tonight from sin city, washington, d.c., president trump has finished his rally in iowa. we will have highlights and reaction throughout the hour, but first democrats are in total disarray after last night's major win again for president trump, and of course republicans in the georgia sixth district. at the left has absolutely no idea, completely out of touch with you, thee american people s we have been telling you. plus we will also expose tonight the biggest conspiracy theorists in the destroyed trump media. by the way, all of that and more intimate it's very important opening monologue. the special election last night in the georgia sixth district was supposed to be a big, big huge monumentalal moment for democrats in their effort to resist president donald trump, and guess what, like with all of the other special election races, turns out to be a major win for the pr

i will be watching bret baier until really late. >> 11:00 p.m. >> thanks, bret.ea clinton is already trying to become american is not, owns cats, and swears a lo lot. key strategist steve bannon joked it was because press secretary at sean spicer had "gotten fatter." a harmless joke, especially since -- but it was especially distasteful to chelsea. when others pointed out it was just a joke, chelsea's rage only increased. "that shaming isn't a joke i find funny. ever." she wrote. noted. eventually, tired of lecturing americans about fatima, shamed the world for getting too fat. this evening she quoted this quote. "our world has an obesity crisis. we must do more to combat obesity." for those of you following at at home, obesity is bad but criticizing obesity is bad, too. possibly worse but how exactly does all that work? we were ready for chelsea to explain in a future tweet, but be sure not to laugh when she does, because that's not allowe allowed. that's it for us tonight. tune in every night at 8:00 to the show that is the sworn enemy of lying, capacity, our f

john, back to you. >> john: bret, thank you.ifornia court has dismissed most of the charges against journalists who recorded undercover conversations about planned parenthood. 14 of 15 criminal counts were dismissed for being legally insufficient. the two are still facing one count of conspiracy to invade privacy. there is another mixed day on wall street. the s&p was off one and the nasdaq was up nearly three points. the senate health care bill, is it already dead on arrival? we will ask the panel. elite. customer: thanks for coming, it's right over here. tech: giving you a few more minutes for what matters most. take care. kids singing: safelite® repair, safelite® replace. pain is sometimes in my hands, be a distraction. right before a performance especially. only aleve has the strength to stop minor arthritis pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. this is my pain. but i am stronger. aleve. all day strong. in very old habits of using toothpaste people are stuck to clean a denture. but dentures are very different to real t

bret baier is next.we'll see yok tomorrow. >>> the president takes a victory lap in the heartland. >>t me harder, harder, harder. they have now learned i think it doesn't work. the truth is people love us. all of us. they love us. >> republican congressional candidates keep up their winning streak with elections in south carolina and georgia. thank you for believing in me. >> bret: meanwhile, the clock is tick for the republican effort to repeal and replace obamacare and the senate leaders preparing to unveil the plan. >> we have offered ideas for a better way forward. and we will finally have the chance to turn the page on the failing law. >> bret: the state of missouri

. >> i think bret was three for three.ill follow his own gut and fight back. his colleagues in the press corps are right. i don't think they'll ask questions about north question. third, the question about the tapes. that is also really on the minds of reporters. they haven't been able to get a straight answer on that one. so i think it's business as usual in washington. everybody in washington is riveted by the latest scandalous news. that's where they'll look to stay. >> shannon: we have a lot of other things that are bubbling. tax reform, the debt ceiling is coming. that's something no matter what other scandal may be playing out, that cannot be ignored. that is just weeks away as well. >> this is the high ground and the advantage the president has if he sees it this way. we can either get mired in a scandal only washington wants to talk about. or he can pivot out of it and talk back to the issues of the people who elected him, want him to be successful on, that's so he can grow a coalition. that's the trump we haven't

"special report" with bret baier up next. >> bret: this is a fox news alert.am bret baier in washington. the testimony for the testimony. former fbi director james comey says and prepared opening remarks released today that president trump asked him for loyalty and that he hoped comey could help his way to let go of the investigation into former national security advisor michael flynn. comey says he did not take that to mean the president wanted him to abandon the broader investigation into possible russian interference in the election or links to the trump campaign. and he did not pass it onto fbi investigators at that time. comey also didn't tell president trump, according to the detailed notes comey took at the

bret baier is next. see you back in new york tomorrow. >>> the president takes a victory lap in the heartland. >> they hit me harder, harder, harder. they have now learned i think it doesn't work. the truth is people love us. all of us. they love us. >> republican congressional candidates keep up their winning streak with elections in south carolina and georgia. thank you for believing in me. >> bret: meanwhile, the clock is tick for the republican effort to repeal and replace obamacare and the senate leaders preparing to unveil the plan. >> we have offered ideas for a better way forward. and we will finally have the chance to turn the page on the failing law. >> bret: t

meanwhile tropical storm bret is farther west and wont impact the u-s. as eileen has been mentioning - the system is expected to weaken to a depression over the next few days "bret" is earliest named storm ever for this part of the atlantic. find out the minute severe weather threatens. go to wjla dot-com slash text, right now... to sign up for "stormwatch seven" weather alert text messages. breaking overnight.. democrats are voicing their objection to a lack of hearings or debate.. on g-o-p efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. the two sides a late night "talkathon" on the senate floor. many democrats say they have yet to see the text of any legislation. 13 g-o-p senators have been working on legislation for weeks. they hope to get a bill to the floor for a vote, before the end of the month. a big test for the republican party today as voters in georgia head to the polls in a closely watched congressional election. democrat jon ossoff faces republican karen handel for the seat left vacant by tom price's appointment as health and human services secret

in the south, a tropical storm watch from southeast texas to louisiana and bret becomes the earliest named storm ever for this part of the atlantic. that tropical storm bret, that is, that is out in the atlantic expected to become a hurricane before making landfall but it's worth watching. much more on its path from accuweather in minutes. >>> turning to capitol hill, though, where senate democrats are protesting what they're calling secrecy surrounding the gop health care bill. they held up the floor with a marathon session overnight calling on republican leaders to give them enough time to read and debate the bill before a vote is expected next week. >> what are you afraid of? bring that bill out. >> people are literally in tears on the phone. they are scared and they are angry. >> the president of the united states called it mean. >> there have been no hearings on the legislation which is being crafted by a group of 13 republican senators and even some republicans are now warning against rushing a vote. >>> a big test today for the republican party and president trump as voters he

bret what is the back story here? >> we don't really know. john roberts did some great reporting as this developed that it might have been some kind of hybrid, that there was a pull-out and renegotiation. now it appears and the white house is signalling to lawmakers that will be a full withdrawal from this paris climate agreement. how he structured that considering what the different leaders of foreign countries that he just melt with and at nato and g-7 were urging him to do considering what pope francis allegedly told him in the private meetings at the vatican about the climate change issue and how concerned they were about it, how he structured the speech will be interesting to see. he has a lot of supporters on capitol hill. senator rand paul talking about how bad this was for the u.s. others, pruitt just mentioned, the epa administrator, he will be on special report tonight at 6:00 eastern with his take on this and what it means for his job at the upa. >> shepard: it's certainly -- it has allowed him to recapture the narrative, a narrati

republicans messing with obamacare is actually the thing that sort of rescued obamacare from what bret described it was political baggage. he did it because it was the right thing to do, not because it was politically popular. whether you agree with it or not, to his credit you have to assume that was the case because it wasn't -- it was political baggage and became a burden in the midterms. what about the fact that republicans have now made it feel like a precious entitlement they'll never let go as john boehner says? >> it's -- >> now obamacare an entitlement. >> well, the fundamental problem with this bill was you've got a huge tax cut for the wealthy alongside you're going to cut medicaid. so donald trump campaigned with a lot of populister have for he has a bill that they're gunning for and they're the only bill that this seems to be popular with. looking forward trump does not believe in conservative free market principles when it comes to health care. he's repeatedly discussed his desire for single payer which is why some conservatives are petrified they're throwing -- you know,