i'm bret baier. moments ago the u.s.ate voted down a measure to repeal and then replaced obamacare with a plan put forward by the g.o.p. leadership. that vote following a dramatic moment, as you saw on capitol hill this afternoon, one filled with protests along with the emotional return of senator john mccain. and a vote they came down to a tiebreaker. passed by the vice president. to open up debate on the future of obamacare. we begin with mikey mike emanu. he joins us from capitol hill with what's next and to explain washington's latest catchphrase, skinny repeal. good evening. >> good evening. the men meant it failed tonight included an idea from texas senator ted cruz that would allow selling cheaper insurance plans, offering less coverage. democrats and nine republicans opposed it, so it failed 43f and 57. this demonstrates how difficult it will be to do health care reform in the senate. the ted cruz proposal was something that number of conservative senators wanted. there will be plenty of votes this week after a c

i'm bret baier. moments ago the u.s. senate voted down a measure to repeal and then replaced obamacare with a plan put forward by the g.o.p. leadership. that vote following a dramatic moment, as you saw on capitol hill this afternoon, one filled with protests along with the emotional return of senator john mccain. and a vote they came down to a tiebreaker. passed by the vice president. to open up debate on the future of obamacare. we begin with mikey mike emanu. he joins us from capitol hill with what's next and to explain washington's latest catchphrase, skinny repeal. good evening. >> good evening. the men meant it failed tonight included an idea from texas senator ted cruz that would allow selling cheaper insurance plans, offering less coverage. democrats and nine republicans opposed it, so it failed 43f and 57. this demonstrates how difficult it will be to do health care reform in the senate. the ted cruz proposal was something that number of conservative senators wanted. there will be plenty of votes this week after

i am bret baier. just before 5:00 eastern time, president trump announced general kelly will be his new chief of staff, he starts monday morning. at first, there is no mention of what happened to reince priebus, who has taken a beating this week, courtesy of incoming communications director anthony scaramucci. the president, priebus and scaramucci returned to washington from long island on air force one. he thanked him for his service and dedication. the shortest tenure, 189 days, of any chief of staff not serving in an interim role in the white house. kevin corke with all the breaking news of a dramatically changing white house. kevin. >> quite a day here at the white house, bret. sarah huckabee sanders says the president thanks reince priebus for his service. they accomplished a lot together. he was loyal and his dedication to the president. he thinks him and his family for his great service to the country. the odd man out in a very interesting tug-of-war, brought on at least in part by anthony scar

. >> bret: this is a fox news alert. i am bret baier in washington. u.s. officials telling the associated press at this hour and active duty army soldier has been arrested by the fbi on terrorism charges in hawaii. authorities say the soldier had connections with the isis terror group and the fbi spokesman says s.w.a.t. special agents arrested the man saturday. the soldier was with the 25th infantry division in honolulu. more on this story when information becomes available. now to the story and an angle that just won't go away for the president. russian interference in last fall's election. sunday donald trump, jr. clarified his original response about why he talked to a russian attorney with supposed ties to the kremlin. white house aides say nothing came from the meeting and the uproar is an overreaction. the president's critics say it's part of a continuing pattern of members of the campaign or transition forgetting about meetings with various russians and recanting and re-characterizing why they were meeting. kevin corke has the latest from the white

i am bret baier coming from inside the u.s. capitol where almost all republicans at this hour of peeler willing to pass something, anything, to keep the health care process alive. where the headcount is, that's a question. i just talked to a senior aide who put the republican vote of 49. they need 50 with the vp breaking the tie. taking a lot of oxygen out of the room in washington's mind on what could be the start of historic change to health care. president trump's communications director unfiltered and swinging at others. we are following all of it on this prime time late-night edition of "special report." throughout the hour, will have team coverage on the senate roller coaster toward a health care overhaul. peter doocy on the hill. also life, kevin corke at the white house with the profanity-laced tirade from president trump's new hire. chris stirewalt and dana perino, former white house press secretary coming here to take on the scaramucci choice words. you look live at the senator from hawaii on the floor. that's where w

"special report" up next with bret baier. >> bret: new chief of staff sworn in, incoming white house communications director escorted out. i am bret baier in washington. this is a fox news alert. newly hired white house munication instructor anthony scaramucci leaving the job he was given ten days ago. just hours after general john kelly steps in. scaramucci was not officially scheduled to start until august 15. he leaves 15 days before that in ten days after he was announced in the job. that brings us to at least eight white house staffers out in the past six months. some see this as president trump running his administration like a business, making decisions quickly. critics say it's an inexperienced white house scrambling to find its footing in washington. fox team coverage. chief washington correspondent james rosen joins us. how general kelly will discharge his duties. we begin with john roberts and the changing white house staff on a monday. >> good evening. ten days ago press secretary sean spicer stepped down in order to clear the decks for anthony scaramucci to build a new c

bret? >> bret: thank you. there is a new sheriff in town when it comes to government rules in the u.s. president trump's pick as his regulations czar has made it through the confirmation proces process. correspondent kevin corke is traveling with the president tonight. reports from new jersey. >> she will head the trump administration's effort to talk to rules that big businesses don't want. >> massachusetts democratic cemetery elizabeth warren is talking about the new regulatory czar. confirmed by the senate by a vote of 54-41 to lead the omb's regulatory affairs, otherwise known as oira. giving her the power to lead the white house effort to reject or slow walk new rules while rescinding others altogether. >> neomi rao is a perfect for a team that's already committed to the president's agenda of the regulation. >> "i look forward to working with professor rao that weigh in on the american economy." beginning with the very first day on the job, the president has signed exhibit orders and memoranda targeting p

bret? >> bret: rich, thank you. the u.s. will conduct a flight test of the terminal high altitude area system, also known as than a d in coming days, it's a key element of the missile defense plan, located in kodiak, alaska. the system will engage a target with a thaad -- it does not defend against icbms, like one north korea tested earlier this week. jim matus says that a war with paris would be catastrophic. it's time to confront the communist nation following yesterday's icbm test. talking with allies and pressure, it's the preferred option right now. >> this is a diplomatically led international effort to stop a worldwide threat that they are bringing to bear. and we also see economic aspects to the deaf medic effort to divert them from this wrong path >> this is a diplomatically led >> he says he is confident the u.s. will win make an all-out conflict with north korea. as lame a change in the environment promises to be a big issue at the g20, make summit for germany chancellor angela merkel, president trump is making a

administration. >> bret: thank you. president trump says he's considering some "very severe things" to respond to north korea's missile test. national security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon to tell us what that might mean. >> when president trump asked for military options in north korea, this units of b-1 bombers could be called on. they carry the largest conventional payload in the u.s. air force and fly almost weekly over the korean peninsula. >> i have some pretty severe things we are thinking about. that doesn't mean we are going to do them. i don't draw redlines. >> in the wake of the missile test july 4th, defense secretary jim mattis talking off-camera to reporters today downplayed any talk of war. >> i do not believe this capability itself brings us closer to war. the president and that secretary of state has been clear we are leading with diplomatic and economic efforts. >> so what are the options? >> there is evidently an underground facility being built or in operation to develop uranium for

bret. >> bret: thank you. more analysis of just a moment about the north korean situation.en in the meantime, president trump leaves tomorrow for the g20 summit in hamburg germany comet over here were he will meet on the sidelines with his counterparts. from china and russia. correspondent kristin fisher has a preview from warsaw, poland. >> president trump lands in the polish capital wednesday we hail find an audience that is open tp his brand of politics. >> poland is a government that is like wind and withdrawn. they have a conservative government that is also favoring restrictive immigration policies. it has been concerned that the trump administration isn't fully committed to helping nato fight at. >> if nato countries made their full and complete contributions, then, nato would be evenn stronger than it is today. >> and may come of the president admonished nato allies that don't spend 2% of their gdp on defense. poland barely meets the minimum. one of only five nations that do. the alliance has pledged a

they deserve that. >> bret: congresswoman, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> bret: next up, the panelpresident trump's agenda and making america great again with american products. we will analyze it all after the break. ..eak. thsinesses to run. .. mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. >> made in the usa. remember the old days? no longer are we going to allow other countries to break the rules, steal our jobs and drain our wealth. we must lower the tax on business, one of the highest in the world, and we must repeal job-killing obamacare. we have to do that. we hope john mccain gets better very soon because we miss him. he's a crusty voice in washington, plus we need his vote. >> bret: [laughs] i don't know how he takes the crusty voice. we will see, we will ask senator mccain as he's recovering from surgery, the question is when he will be back on the health care vote. a new poll is out, the presi

>> bret: this is a fox news alert. i am bret baier in washington on this fourth of july. it's a ballistic missile, not holiday fireworks, that has the attention of americans and others around the world. north korea says it has successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile. u.s. officials concede that the north koreans may have changed the entire dynamic with this launch. while the u.s. intelligence community is not sure how far the communist north is in its effort to put a nuclear weapon on a missile, they say that missile test fire last night might have been able to reach alaska. reports for whom the region suggest it was launched from a mobile launcher, providing yet another challenge for the u.s. kevin corke has that breaking details and reaction from the white house. >> happy independence day and a dramatic day at the white house. trump admitted officials, whenu consider that administration has talked about what it might do should north korea finally be able to reach u.s. soil. of course now they're looking for a true response to the latest missile

it's a topic which divides all nations. >> bret: thank you.re spending the fourth of july away from home. one of the reasons, cheap gasoline prices. which brings us to gasoline taxes, or the possibility of them. the federal rate has not been changed in decades. state governments are making moves on their own.. allison barber shows us. >> a big chunk of travelers this weekend are griping out of town, according to aaa. 2.9% more drivers than last fourth of july. experts say it's partly because gas across the country is cheaper, roughly $0.04 cheaper. how long will it last? in a may interview, president trump said he would consider increasing the federal gas tax. the white house seemed to backtrack. >> there was no endorsement of it or support of it. he was relaying what another industry group has shared with him. about how to play for the roads and bridges that need to be repaired. >> the american petroleum institute says americans pay a little more than $0.49 in state and federal taxes on every gallon of gas. with diesel, it is $0.55 per gallon

bret. >> bret: dr.iegel, thank you. >>> one of the congressional committees investigating the trump campaign's contacts with russia, got some of their questions answered today before democrats shut it down. as chief intelligence reporter catherine herridge reports, republicans turned the tables, alleging a double standard when it came to hillary clinton. >> i think that is unfortunate. you have senators not willing to do the jobs they were elected to do. >> reporter: blasted by republicans, a procedural move by democrats, abruptly shut down the senate panel after two hours. but not before lawmakers put former chairman paul manafort under scrutiny. >> wasn't this the kind of activity on behalf of a formal government that is meant to disclose? >> we had previously advised mr. manafort. he had an obligation to register, and he is registered. >> reporter: mike flynn, who also retroactively filed paperwork under fera, was criticized for promoting a foreign government while not disclosing his business relatio

♪ >> bret: this is a fox news alert. four breaking stories in this hour. major step forward on repealing obamacare, as a bill in the senate clears its first big hurdle. the president public takes aim at his attorney general, again. lawmakers continue to question team tromped about the russia context up on capitol hill. the house overwhelmingly votes to sanction russia, iran, and north korea, a very busy day in washington, and it is not over yet. just about an hour from now, president trump will hold a rally in ohio. it's been described as a freewheeling campaign type rally. good evening, i am bret baier. welcome to washington. we have fox team covered tonight. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with the latest moves on the russian investigation. kevin corke with the president turning on his attorney general again after another prime time at rally in youngstown. we begin with mike emanuel on today's top story, a moment that came down to the wire with an emotional return of senator john mccain. the vice president's tie-breaking vote to move

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bret. >> bret: thank you.ore analysis of just a moment about the north korean situation.en in the meantime, president trump leaves tomorrow for the g20 summit in hamburg germany comet over here were he will meet on the sidelines with his counterparts. from china and russia. correspondent kristin fisher has a preview from warsaw, poland. >> president trump lands in the polish capital wednesday we hail find an audience that is open tp his brand of politics. >> poland is a government that is like wind and withdrawn. they have a conservative government that is also favoring restrictive immigration policies. it has been concerned that the trump administration isn't fully committed to helping nato fight at. >> if nato countries made their full and complete contributions, then, nato would be evenn stronger than it is today. >> and may come of the president admonished nato allies that don't spend 2% of their gdp on defense. poland barely meets the minimum. one of only five nations that do. the alliance has pledged an

welcome to i am bret baier. senate republicans trot out another obamacare repeal and replace bill and some of their colleagues wasted no time running away from it. getting a bill to the senate floor for debate may even be a challenge. more on that story just a moment. first up, president trump's visit to france where bastille day ceremonies did not get him far enough away from the international press corps to escape more questions about russia and his sons dealings with the russian lawyer. tonight we are learning that lawyer was in the u.s. after direct involvement from a familiar name, loretta lynch. she had become president obama's attorney general, connection president trump made very sure the world heard today. let's start with chief white house correspondent john roberts traveling with the president in the city of lights. good evening, john. >> good morning to you. light show from the eiffel tower going on behind me. president trump did not shy away from discussing the controversy surrounding his eldest own

bret baier. "special report" coming up right now. >> i am ready to act free for seven years you promised the american people you would repeal obamacare. people are hurting. inaction is not an option for it's the one president trump gets aggressive with senate republicans holding their feet to the fire, urging them to put aside their differences and come together to repeal obamacare. the congressional budget office releases new numbers today. forecast that democrats jump on. this is a fox news alert. i am bret baier in washington. breaking right now, just released fox news polls on how you think the president is doing. president trump's job performance rating has gone up one percentage point since may but it is still in the negative, as you see here, handling issued. presidents numbers are underwater, ranging from the economy to health care. tonight we begin with the president and the struggles of crafting a health care bill, battling back to try to fire up the senate g.o.p. chief white house corr

i am bret baier. calling the north koreans test firing of the icbm a clear and sharp military escalation, u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley said to an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council the u.s. will not forget this move and will not delay. there are plenty of questions concerning what the u.s. can and should do about north korea's bold provocations. president trump arrived in poland a short time ago where he will be consulting with world leaders in europe over the next few days. chief white house correspondent john roberts starts us off from warsaw. >> good evening. stakes for the second foreign trip for president trump are higher now that north korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile, ramping up the urgency terrain in the kingdom. as he left the white house bound for warsaw, president trump president trump sounded an optimistic note about rallying world sport against north korea. in public pronouncements, north korea's closest neighbor, china, appeared to be sa

. >> bret: g20 protest flareup. president trump fires up in eastern european ally and prepares to size up russian president vladimir putin. this is "special report" ." good evening. welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. president trump is in hamburg, germany. the streets are anything but quiet. you can see the video, massive protests in hamburg with the huge response by law enforcemen enforcement. it was expected. meanwhile tomorrow could be one of these signature days of the trump presidency. he will meet with world leaders at the g20 summit and go one-on-one with russian leader vladimir putin. chief white house correspondent john roberts starts us off traveling with the president tonight from hamburg, germany. >> good morning to you. last few minutes we heard the sound of flash bang grenades. police still dealing with the protesters who have taken to the streets. for many years we've seen these economic summits attract the attention of protesters and people who are just bent on making mischief or causing trouble.

i'm bret baier. president trump preparing to leave the white house in about an an hour for paris pretty will meet with the new french president for talks and a celebration of bastille day in france. before leaving, president trump a try to minimize the growing controversy over his son's meeting with a russian lawyer. and how that figures into the occlusion investigations ongoing here in washington. she's also trying to portray his administration as united, on message, and effective. at home and abroad. chief white house correspondent john roberts is already in paris, awaiting the president. it is just after midnight. hello, john. >> good evening. this is the president's second foreign trip that is many weeks and this one intended to show solidarity between the united states and france in the war on terror. president coming here for the first anniversary of that horrible attack in nice last year on bastille day. there is yet another cloud of controversy swirling around the trip, one that threatens to

there's no other way. >> bret: that's fascinating. a lot of talk about what it does for the republican party, the brand heading into 2018. i want to put up this picture. monday in the oval office. evangelical ministers praying for and with the president, it got a lot of attention on social media. you look at for example, they are pretty lockstep with the administration basically because of the supreme court. it will be interesting to see. >> it's always been a surprising element of donald trump as a political figure that he has had support from that community, and a lot of reasons intuitively why you might not expect it. i've noticed that since he took office, he has referred frequently to god and religion. i suspect more than he did in his private life before he was a candidate. mike pence i'm sure helps with that also, has enormous credibility in that community. playbook for any president facing scandal in trouble. bill clinton was constantly surrounded by ministers during the lewinsky scandal talking about sin and redemption. it's

>> bret: think about that, four home runs in a row.ou will be at the next game i'm sure. we have a lot of game left to play here in our coverage. we have all the things happening at the white house, we've got you covered. but as you look to capitol hill and the senate floor, we can tell you that things are moving forward, but we don't know when. it's believed that at about 8:00 p.m. eastern time they will start with called the vote-a-rama. he sees senator langford continuing on the senate floor. we will be there at 11:00 p.m. eastern time for a special edition of "special report" with all of the news. coming up next, sarah huckabee sanders joins martha maccallum for "the story." then tucker carlson will be on with the attorney general jeff sessions from el salvador. thanks for inviting us a deer home tonight. that's it for this "special report" from the white house. fair, balanced, and unafraid. stick with fox news for the latest. >> we all come and have a chance to voice those ideas, voice those perspectives, and have a lot of healthy

it >> bret: he's not going to testify. he is taking the fifth. >> told the senate intelligence committee he will refuse to answer questions about his dealings with russia. >> bret: chuck, the president tweeted today after one year of investigation with zero evidence being found, chuck schumer just hated the democrats should blame ourselves, not russia, referring to the senate minority leader talking "the washington post," sanguine... somebody was 40% popularity, you don't blame other things. comey, russia. you blame yourself. people didn't know what we stood for, just that we were against trump and still believe that. that was quite a statement. >> chuck schumer saying something a lot of democrats say privately. the more forthright, democrats should never have lost this election to somebody like donald trump. but for many reasons, many of which were their own fault, they did. now it's happening is in the middle of this scandal or whatever it is about russia, some of these senior people in the party and their pollsters and

>> bret: the email thread?he view is it internally is the first on the last doors were probably linked by opponents of theirs, possibly people in the intelligence community. if the second story by "the new york times" that sites three advisors to the white house, that the story everyone is focused on and there wondering who are these people and of course there's a view internally that there's a race to bring arrivals, cover your back, and that opens up all sorts of possibilities. it's created this atmosphere when no one trusts anyone come up there all throwing out names, discussing could it be this person, could it be that person, people are opening up all the factions internally. it's a crazy environment there. as for the substance of it, they don't even try to pretend this is not bad. privately they are saying this is a really bad story, it's terrible. the one thing they do say is there is no crime. this perception problem, not a crime problem. that's the line there sort of testing out. i see point number thr

all >> bret: this is a fox news alert. it is not fighting on the east coast and we are closing in on a very important boat about health care. a short time from now, senators will take two votes. it is the second vote on whether to adopt the so-called skinny repeal. that is the one to watch. it needs 50 votes, possibly a final stance from the vice president. if they are tied at 50. he is here waiting to cast his vote. midnight on the east coast with mike emanuel. you were outside the chamber just a few moments ago. the senator from illinois saying that she thinks the republicans have the votes. >> absolutely. we had a number of senators tell us tonight they know how they are going to vote, but they are not telling us how they are going to vote, so that must be nerve-racking for the leadership type who are counting votes. a lot of democrats will be stressed out coming in and out of the chamber. at this point, it is up to the republicans. either they have the votes or they don't. the democrats don't have a mechanism to stop i

i asked bret baier and bret answered it in a way that people would think. when president trump tweets out that he's replaced priebus, that's a termination. it looked like we're finding out that before the healthcare vote, probably there was actually a resignation from reince priebus. goodness. >> i would have been surprised to hear that priebus found out with all of us from the tweet. i don't know what to think anymore. >> a lot of times, kevin, you have to wonder, too, if reince didn't know he was out and scaramucci was in. by all reports, he wanted scaramucci out. he had a little hangup with the sale of sky bridge. reince said withdraw it. don't embarrass the president. withdraw. scaramucci stayed on the outside, worked his way back in when he saw vulnerability on the inside. the minute spicer left, you knew that reince priebus was probably behind him. >> i agree with you on that. keep this in mind, anthony scaramucci made it plane in the announcement that he would be joining the white house staff, that he would be reporting directly to the president. do

special "special report with bret baier" is next, and it's so good. >> bret: senate republicans waved the white flag on obamacare repeal and replace. president trump says let obamacare failed. so where do congressional republicans go from here if they can't get consensus on just repealing obamacare? this is special report. good evening, welcome to washington, i am bret baier. apparently failure is an option for it after seven years of promising to get rid of obama's legacy, health care law, congressional republicans are back to an increasingly empty drawing board tonight. trump and the top senate republicans are now pushing for a straight repeal with no immediate replace, but a two-year delay before it is killed to get something else ironed out. but even that seems unlikely based on an early head count in the g.o.p. caucus tonight. but many lawmakers just want to move on to the budget, tax reform, and eventually infrastructure. in the box team coverage tonigh tonight, for on capitol hill with what happened today. peter also on the hill was for the g.o.p. may go from here. we start out

. >> bret: this is a fox news alert. baier in washington with the "special report" update. u.s. responding from north korea's testing of an intercontinental ballistic missile which could reach alaska. the u.s. and south korea have just conducted a joint military exercise showing off antimissile defense. let's get more on the situation and the latest response from national security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentago pentagon. >> good evening. this was a hastily arranged missile, ballistic missile test. joint exercises carried out with the south koreans outside seoul. this is 35 miles from the north korean border. designed to send a very strong message to pyongyang. you can see from the video i just received from the u.s. eighth army that these are short range surface to surface missiles. they can fly up to about 200 miles, far short of the 4,000-mile intercontinental ballistic missile tested by north korea in the last 24 hours. first time north korea has tested such a long-range rocket. it's important to point

i am bret baier. president trump is about to make remarks at a military families picnic on the south lawn of the white house. first remarks since the north korean firing of an icbm. we don't expect them to address this. you listen to the national anthem on this fourth of july. let's take a listen. >> ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ at the twilight's ♪ last gleaming ♪ whose broad stripes ♪ and bright stars ♪ through the perilous fight ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched ♪ were so gallantly streaming ♪ and the rockets' red glare ♪ the bombs bursting in air ♪ gave proof through the night ♪ that our flag ♪ was still there ♪ o say, does that ♪ star spangled banner ♪ yet wave ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave >> boy, oh, boy. what a fantastic voice, wow. thank you very much. welcome, everyone. the rain has stopped just as we came out. i don't know what that means but it's not bad. happy fourth of july. great honor to have you with us. melania and i truly appreciate and celebrate america's ind

bret: i think he's trying to be synpatico with the president's agenda.to let trump be trump. i talked to him previously and talked to folks over at the white house. that's probably what we are going to see more. if i had to make a guess you will probably see more those youngstown, ohio type rallies trying to influence from the outside in rather than trying to influence lawmakers inside washington on capitol hill. kennedy: when the president goes overseas and has foreign policy trips the news shifts and tends to follow him. it seems like the same thing about these big rallies. what is the connection there? bret: he controls the message. it's the biggest megaphone we have in our country. this president in particular has generated a lot of controversy and is always on the front page one way or another. but when he goes overseas he represents the country. when he's in the middle of the country he's connecting with people and you seat outpouring of support he has at some of these events. kennedy: it seems like the president with this administrationl there is

liz: bret, thank you very much.s a busy day, and everybody should watch "special report" on fox news, 6 p.m. eastern, because who knows what breaks between then and now. thank you. >>> 48 minutes until the closing bell rings. question: as we look at the dow up 17 -- so the scare is, for the most part, over for the moment -- here's a question i need you to answer. if you ran the irs, whom would you go after first? a professional boxer who mayo millions in back taxes or a mom and pop dress store owner who owes back taxes of just $31,000? well, guess which one the irs chose to hammer. as welterweight floyd mayweather heads back to the ring to make even more money, a texas family is working to pick up the tatteredded pieces of their shattered business. the family's attorney speaks out. >>> and from super hot to super bad, the two tech ipos that recently got a huge buildup have fallen hard. whether the stock stories of snap and blue apron should send a flashing red signal for investors to sit out until the coast is clear

congressman andy barr, and congressman bret guthrie. thank you for being here. thank you for your outstanding leadership. [applause] last but not least i want to thank terry bryant and bryant's rent-all team for opening up this successful business to us today. [applause] bryant's rent-all is real american success story. i'm glad to hear terry tell them they're now on the map as of this event today. but you've been on the map for a long time, terry. truth be told this has been a family-owned business more than 60 years. three generations of bryants helped grow the business from humble roots to party equipment rental powerhouse in the blue grass state. give them a round of applause for welcoming us and all they do to make the prosperity of this community. [applause] president trump and i know how important small businesses like this one are to america, to jobs and a he growing economy. small businesses like this one,

. >> bret: john huddy in the middle eastern newsroom. in other foreign headlines, u.s. backed forces in syria have breached the wall around raqqa's old city.ia senior pentagon officialsnd tell us that r the major advance in the weeks old battle to drive isis militants from their i self-declared capital. in iraq, that countries forces with u.s. backing are continuing their steady advance against the last isis stronghold in mosul. the prime minister says the civilians have rejected terrorists. the remaining militants trapped in the old city are now in a fight to the death. in caracas, venezuela, the supreme court has taken another step in undermining the country's chief prosecutor.

bret baier live. we will see you back here from d.c.t. >> tonight i'm back in the center of the american heartland, far away from the washington swamp. >> bret: president trump rallying the faithful in campaign style. >> disappointed with the attorney general, but we will see what happens. >> bret: painting a tough picture for his politically neutered attorney general. >> he's a man of substance and is going to be hard to replace. i hope he will stay. >> bret: will jeff sessions hang in, walk away, or be pushed aside? shot in the arm for health care reform. >> we have a duty to act. through in the senate moves that are repealing obamacare with zero democratic help.

"hannity" is next followed by a special report with bret baier at 11 p.m. eastern.ill see you back here tomorrow. good night from new york city. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. we will see you back here from d.c. tomorrow night. >> tonight i'm back in the center of the american heartland, far away from the washington swamp. >> bret: president trump rallying the faithful in campaign style. >> disappointed with the attorney general, but we will see what happens. >> bret: painting a tough picture for his politically neutered attorney general. >> he's a man of substance and is going to be hard to replace. i hope he will stay. >> bret: will jeff sessions hang in, walk away, or be pushed aside? shot in the arm for health care reform. >> we have a duty to act. through in the senate moves that are repealing obamacare with zero democratic help. >> we have a

thank you, bret baier, we will be watching. meantime very powerful friends standing up for attorney general jeff sessions defending him against attacks by president trump. the head of the senate judiciary committee chuck grassley even warning there is no way the president will get a new attorney general confirmed this year. north carolina senator thom tillis is a republican on the judiciary committee. thank you so much for talking to us. >> my plesh. >> julie: so hint hint, don't fire sessions because we are not going to appoint a new one? >> look, we have judicial nominations, we have an fbi director. we have a full plate as it is. we also have judiciary members who have the full faith and confidence in jeff sessions to do a great, independent job. this is about using our capacity wisely so that we can get on to filling vacant court positions and other key roles. >> julie: a secret white house administration official has gone on the record and i want you to react to this. one of the worst things you can do to president trump i

fox news anchor, bret baier. he hosts "special report with bret baier." now we await this vote.e are really not surprised with the noes. >> comes onto the next few minutes. yes, to vote john mccain. senator john mccain and ron johnson from wisconsin. the vote is 48-2. none of the democrats have voted. they are sitting on their hands, waiting for the rest of the republicans to vote. this is sweating out the numbers. if john mccain and johnson vote yea to proceed, then there will be vice president pence who is presiding over the senate currently, it will be the tiebreaker. you see how crucial it was for it senator john mccain to be back here in washington. every last vote counted, and the fact that after that surgery and he got back on the plane, he is back here, and now johnson and mccain are the final two. >> julie: john mccain coming back, it has not proven that he saved this thing. he really did. >> or he will kill it. >> julie: i believe, and you agree, he wants us to go to a debate. if you were to vote on let's say, the house bill, he would get es, but to move forward to a d

bret baier, host of "special report" is with us.ant to get order in there and this is an attempt at that. >> yeah, shep, i left the bureau one hour. but you can't get out of here. you don't know what will happen. this is quite something to see anthony scaramucci really not even get to his job. he was officially slated to start at the white house august 15th. this is not starting before you're starting. and now we will see what sarah huckabee sanders says about all of this. obviously it's an example of general kelly exerting some power and being empowered by the president of the united states to make some changes in the way the white house operates. that, for the people on the outside, that looked at the white house and said this is what was needed, is a good thing. now we'll see if that continues. president trump makes all the calls about how general kelly is operating. >> shepard: has he said anything that has worked its way around to reporters about this flow in and out of the oval office and if it will be changed? >> not official

we'll be speaking live with bret baier for the latest. plus, wounded warriors teaming up with experts to help preserve america's oh shaken wildlife. we'll take you underwear with some of the military heros. hello. i'm gregg jarrett in for shepard smith. happy independence day. for the first time in its history, north korea successfully test launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. fox news reports top trump officials are meeting today to talk about how to respond to the growing nuclear threat. according to u.s. officials, the white house is considering all options. north korean officials say yesterday's test was the first step toward achieving a powerful nuclear state they say can strike anywhere on earth. u.s., south korean and japanese officials say the missile flew for about 40 minutes before it splashed down off japan's western coastline. a u.s. scientist says the missile could be powerful enough to reach alaska. president trump blasting north korean dictator kim jong-un on twitter writing "north korea just launched another mis