please welcome dana white. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ you know, dana, i mentioned that this is obviously like this ever happened before where an undefeated boxer comes out of retirement to fight a ufc champion or really in any variety of sport? >> no. that's what makes this the biggest fight in combat sports history. it is literally the biggest fight ever done. >> jimmy: it is. do you think that conor has a chance at all to beat floyd mayweather in boxing? >> i do. you laugh. [ cheers and applause ] but i do. listen, when you put two people anywhere, here, anywhere, and they start throwing punches, anything is possible. and floy mayweather's going to be 41 years old this year. okay? if there is a kink in that armor, it has been with southpaws. conor mcgregor is a southpaw. he's 28 years old, and he hits like a truck. all right? so he's got 12 rounds to land that punch. if he can land that punch -- when he hits people, they go. and if he hits floyd, i think he will hurt him. and when he hurts people, he puts them away. >> jimmy: is this kind of like a cricket team trying to win the baseba

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. >> dana: white and they don't a lot sooner. >> jesse: can i say something. i know you are a carrot and stick sort of guy but we've been using a lot more carrots with north korea, and they've been using that money to fund their nuclear weapons program. so i don't know how many more carrots we can give them. and talk about what can really go for a side. you make a good point about exposing the countries and companies that do business with the north koreans. we should do more. we should shame them. >> dana: that's what greg's monologue -- coat >> greg: but also, we have to be prepared to pay higher prices if we want to go after china. would you rather have a war or go after china because they are doing with the trade and going after labor. actually, what about apple? apple has companies in china. >> jesse: we could lean on apple to get something done over there. >> juan: what would be my number one solution, and i think we have done this. get involved it with the cyber warfare. i think we stop some of their launches by getting into their programming -- >> kimbe

>> that includes everyone at the white house. >> dana: and that means everybody, we will joined by former chief of staff, and lindsey graham is here with me. we begin with ed henry live from the white house, never a dull moment. >> started with the president of tweeting that the stock market was at its highest level ever, the southern border being secured, no white house chaos, and this is what he declared, except for a couple of hours later, yet a bit more chaos, look at how quickly all this went down, after general kelly was sworn in as the new chief of staff, you can see the anthony scaramucci was in the oval office they are with president trump, and the new chief of staff in the back of the room, but by 7:00 a.m. when the president moved on to a cabinet meeting, scaramucci was gone. if former chap. reince priebus never did. including ivanka trump and jared kushner will allegedly no longer be able to report to just directly to the present, they will have to report to the chief of staff, initially putting out a statement saying that it was basically a scaramucci's choice, that he wanted

tomorrow night, the president of the ufc dana white will join us, tj miller will be here and we'll havethe jewels. nearly a decade ago our first guest kick-started the marvel universe when he directed the first iron man movie. but now, sadly, he's been forced to drive peter parker and tony stark around. he plays happy hogan in "spider-man: homecoming" please welcome jon favreau. [ cheers and applause ] very good to see you. i'm sure you get this a lot and i hate to start with a pitch but i have a great idea for a movie. it's about a family whose house gets hit by sausage. and i think you're the guy to bring it to life. it has rained sausage down and maybe some peppers will come tonight. very good to see you. how is everything going? >> everything is great. that you know spiderman homecoming is out. >> jimmy: it's a great movie. >> working now on lion king which is coming out in two years. >> jimmy: some members of our staff including guillermo were temperature disney convention last weekend. >> a couple people? >> jimmy: they said they were there the whole time. by far the biggest react

ufc president dana white did he keep his promise that he made last month here on "closing bell" under that out next. >> and america's top state for business >> one of the things we rate is quality of life and in america's toste p atfor business life doesn't get much better. we'll finally reveal where we are coming cup on "closing bell." >>> welcome back and it's time now for fast take. we begin with kroger saying its production level is too close to the private select label is the this petty or important >> maybe a little bit of both. the hostilities are so intense because the stakes are so low. what's interesting -- >> i think the stakes are quite high though. >> they are high in a general sense, but these products are never going to be seen side by side by dev knit in addition only in each change, but i do think crowinger is very defensive of its franchise, the fact that it's established some brand equity and most are aware of that. >> if it's generics why does it matter >> over time the store brand gathers -- >> like kirkland that everyone is obsessed with. >> tesla is adding servi

that's actually coming from inside the white house. >> tom: what is their interest, the chaotic ones? >> dana: contrary to my experience, let's say reporters tell everybody in the white house, there is something in political playbook that said if scaramucci believes these leaks are coming from the communications department, he's got another thing coming to him. >> lisa: the intrigue story is that even leaks on the personnel level also heard the trump administration because it creates this atmosphere. one, it's chaos and destruction internally within the white house and it also changes voters perspective as well about what the white house looks like. maybe it's not operational. >> dana: i think voters are blowing that off. >> lisa: even with republicans on capitol hill. it can also happen. republicans feeling that this white house -- >> juan: two points in. tom, you have someone who wants more influence with the president. you have a division between -- this is all hypothetical, i'm not saying this is real. between steve bannon or jared kushner, and the impact on policy being decided by the pr

forces killed a top islamic state leader, dana white is said died in aned airstrike on the group's headquarters other members were also killed him with a pentagon calls an action that will significantly disrupt the terror group's plans to expand its presence in afghanistan. california congressman adam says new information on donald trump's meeting with a russian lawyer adds another deeply disturbing fact about this secret meeting. a russian-american lobbyists now says he was also in attendance. donald trump jr. has discounted the meeting, saying he did not receive the information he was promised. explanations and a part of consistent dissembling and the seats. the data and digital director with president's campaign says he will speak with the house intelligence committee later this week as part of its russian investigation. any russiane of involvement in the data of mr. trump's campaign, and he is voluntarily appearing before the panel. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's latest health care draft almost certainly is headed to rewrite, again, to appease the handful of republican moderates w

well, mma president dana white said the promotion tour is just going to be crazy.rence right now, between mcgregor and connor, and connor mcgregor and floyd mayweather t did not disappoint. >> answer me boy. answer me, sir. answer me. hey, give knee back pack. what a hundred million dollars fighter look like. still got 100 million, and he never touched it. that's it tax man. you're right. >> secretly best friends. that's what you don't know. mcgregor and mayweather, they're slate today fight. it will be a good one, on august 26 in las vegas. >> there has been a changing of the guard in the viral world. >> say it ain't so. >> gang dom style. pretty fun. made our own good day version that far one, as well, it was the most watched video on youtube. >> it's ♪ it's been a long day without you my friend ♪ and i'll tell you all about it when i see you again ♪ >> so that's new most watched video, see you again, how about that? so is khalifa, charlie, their hit song, what's it, last nature, poof? sure. see you again. that's now the most watched one, 2.9 billion times, and i

actually, i ran into dana when they were -- >> jimmy: dana white, the head of the ufc. >> putting thed him, yo, go after it. because i spoke to floyd and he feels better about it now. >> jimmy: oh, you helped to make this happen. >> yeah. >> jimmy: are you going to get a cut of any kind? >> i won't get nothing. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: maybe a pair of earrings or something? >> well, you know, i'm going to get something. >> jimmy: you should get a little something. [ applause ] put the picture up on the wall. because this is -- what's going on here? this is -- >> double xl. after we did 24/7 for one of the boxing matches. >> jimmy: what's it called again? money phone or something? >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: money phone. >> you know how the old sch cell phones looked. >> jimmy: yeah, the big brick phone. >> yeah. that's what it look like when you've got a little paper. >> jimmy: you started this and then people started dupe liktding this? >> yeah. >> jimmy: how much money do you need -- how much cash is in your hands? >> if it's hundreds you need like $50,000. but if it's 20s you can fake i

we have a statement from dana white, spokeswoman for the pentagon.ed states strongly condemns dprk's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. we are monitoring and continue to assess the situation in close coordination with our regional allies and partners. the launch continues to demonstrate north korea poses a threat to the united states and our allies. together with the republic of korea we conducted a combined exercise to show our precision fire capabilities. " >> bret: thank you. let's check in with kevin corke on the north lawn at the white house for the latest. >> good evening. interesting times here at the white house and interesting juxtaposition when you consider you can hear on occasion over my shoulder the celebration happening on the south lawn. the president and first family preparing to welcome into the evening and the fireworks celebration here in the nation's capital u.s. service personnel and their family members. we compare that, this festive atmosphere here, with what's in a high-stakes game of diplomatic chicken, perhaps

>> dana: maybe the white house could put steve king up to that but my talking point was that the mostasive argument for the wall. >> greg: i saw that. >> kimberly: it could be top line. >> dana: consistently, across the board, pulling for the wall is 60% against. pulling for planned parenthood is like almost an 80% popularity rate. not that i think it should be funded by the federal government but basically, he's bringing up two very difficult things. on the food stamp, if they can prove they can't get those roles down -- they should do that in a demonstrable fashion. and then instead of saying people that haven't worked in three decades we will take their food stamps away. >> jesse: i don't think the wall can be chipped away at all. they can't be slowed down or defunded. if donald trump loses the wall or momentum on the wall, at that puts a huge chink in the armor and the base. >> kimberly: the money would be better spent securing the borders then ending and shortening the lives of thousands of babies. wouldn't it? >> juan: are you kidding me? first of all, planned parenthood does so

it's an embarrassing way to try to do it. >> bret: embarrassing communication deal at the white house. dana let's listen into the reporter who took the phone call from anthony scaramucci. and then the white house talking about it. >> he believed this dinner he had with these fox news, executives was licked by reince priebus because reince was paranoid scaramucci was burning these folks into the white house. i should say that's wrong. reince priebus did not leak that information to me. >> he's a passionate guy and sometimes he lets it get the better of him. used colorful language that i don't anticipate he will do again. >> bret: basically to sum it up, there were definitely colorful phrases. >> i learned some things. >> bret: between scaramucci and reince priebus. your thoughts. >> i feel like sarah huckabee sanders, who was then the press secretary for a few days, though she has experience being the deputy, is one of the white house's best assets. how levelheaded and steady she is. if you are a staffer in the white house and you are looking for a foothold, looked to sarah huckabee sanders.

how this has spun now, even in public between these top white house aides. at dana. >> dana: thank you so much. back in the day, like king henry the eighth, "the new york post" coverage, if i can bring it up, it has basically the internet white house staff as the catholic survivor trying to figure out who is going to be remaining at the end of this. kimberly, you had a unique advantage last night to hear a little bit about this. i'm not asking you to divulge but you are at the white house last night. what's your take on all of this? >> kimberly: would have been nice to get an invitation, right? it was wonderful to see the president and the first lady, who i'm very fond of. we did a tour of the white house. with sean hannity. i won't say the other people who were there but they weren't outed as being present. it was a very nice dinner. a wonderful time. great food. probably ate too much. you know me. the president was in very good mood. very happy. really felt like things were on the right course, that his agendas were going to be implemented. he seemed really enthus

cnn's chief political correspondent is dana bash, white house reporter kaitlyn collins and analyst patrick healy of the "new york times." dana, i'll start with you. the attacks on attorney general jeff sessions today, acting director andrew mccabe, also lisa murkowski for her no vote on health care. what do you think of these swipes? is this vendetta politics? >> i don't know if this was vendett politics, because that would imply there was some good in the politics he's doing, and there just isn't. i think you can put jeff sessions in one category and everybody else in another. lisa murkowski, going after her is not unlike him going after dean heller or anyone else who votes the wrong way. but going after your attorney general the way he has day in and day out, not just a regular attorney general, a guy who was the first to endorse him in the senate when everybody thought that jeff sessions was out of his mind. >> put his political clout on the line. >> put his political clout on the line, gave then-president trump legitimacy with the conservative base which was no small thing for a former

who is a public spokesman for the white house? >> dana: the president.: do they need a david gergen type? >> chris: oh, gosh, yes. badly. >> dana: we had all of that breaking news put moments away from sean hannity's exclusive interview with sean spicer, i believe. what they meant to say. and reince priebus. and reince priebus. stay you won't see these folks at the post office. and reince priebus. stay they have businesses to run. they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com 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. yogig-speed internet.me? you know what's not awesome? when only certain people can get it. let's fix that. let's give this guy gig- really? and these kids. and these guys. him. ah. oh hello- that lady. these houses! yes, yes and yes. and don't forget about them. uh huh. sure. still yes! you can get it too.

who is a public spokesman for the white house? >> danapresident.: do they need a david gergen type? >> chris: oh, gosh, yes. badly. >> dana: we had all of that breaking news put moments away from sean hannity's exclusive interview with sean spicer, i believe. what they meant to say. and reince priebus. right there! i'm not really "there." talk to your doctor, and call 844-234-2424. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> jesse: welcome back to "the five," what everybody has not spoken about is sarah huckabee sanders, a big promotion today, anything you would like to say? >> dana: that third person to be a press secretary. the second republican. a quick note with her today, we had an exchange in a new life is changed from the moment that you renamed the white house press secretary. it will be brutal and an honor that you carry with you for the rest of your life. to soak it all appeared to the other thing i advise, make sure you ask for the help that you need. because women try to do everything on their own. she is also a mother, so she has a lot going on. so poised

she'll be the first female white house press secretary since dana perino in the george bush white house. saying i love the president, at least five times in a half hour before the cameras. and when asked if his job is to get the white house back on track, scaramucci insisted the questioner had it all wrong. >> i'm going take a slight issue with the question. i think the white house is on track and i think we're doing a really good job. i think we're doing an amazing job. the president himself is always going to be the president. i was in the oval office with him earlier today. we were talking about letting him be himself. letting him express his full identity. i think he's got some of the best political instincts in the world and perhaps in history. >> the best political instincts perhaps in history. shortly after trump singled out scaramucci for praise in the oval office. >> how was your press conference? good? you did a good job? he is a terrific guy. >> and that's how made in america week wrapped up. jessica schneider is out front at the white house for us tonight. jessica, there are

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white house looks like. maybe it's not operational. >> dana: i think voters are blowing that off. >> lisa: even with republicans on capitol hill. it can also happen. republicans feeling that this white house -- >> juan: two points in. tom, you have someone who wants more influence with the president. you have a division between -- steve bannon. this is all hypothetical, i'm not saying this is real. between bannon or kushner, and the impact on policy being decided by the president, you can imagine that if they lose out or they are not getting heard, they are going to the press. >> jesse: i am a front stabber and a back stabber. other news, a vote on an amendment to repeal obamacare without a replacement failed. seven republicans joined all democrats in a 45-55 vote, defeating the plan. i want to read the names of the republican senators who voted against repealing obamacare. susan collins, shelley mark r. john mccain, rob portman,or lamar alexander, dean heller. lisa murkowski. i want to make sure the audience knows who they are. >> dana: they are calling this a skinny repeal. like oh, that sounds interesting. t

. >> his chances of defeating floyd mayweather what dana white said. >> everybody is saying it is impossiblemayweather never able to beat him. that is fight mcgregor is 28 years old southpaw hits like a truck if he hits mayweather in 12 round fight will hurt him so we will see what happens. maria: wow. >> see what happens. dagen: you it can mcgrego has will become no shot. >>ia because if you get into 6, 7, 8th round this man never fought 12 round fight, long time so we don't know how good shape he is in. dagen: mayweather is the gravest defensive boxer all time put that out there, but brittle hands. and not known as a puncher if he lands one punch could being no him on back side. >> no doubt if mayweather kept up defensive skills going to be easy night for him just moves so fast this guy is a marketing genius you see i think this fight will have 5 million viewers i think make over 300 million dollars. >> trying to get this his head. dagen: i don't think it will work with mayweather. >> you think mayweather not mohamed ali great of all. maria: momo mohamed ali greatest of all the. >> earning

. >> jesse: bill clinton has no standing to talk about anyone else in the white house. >> dana: it's really easy to forget that these same hosts came after my show, for the way we look and what we wear on television. that's the very definition of misogyny. all the women that come on fox news, especially outnumbered, are very strong. but it was said that we were just legs, dresses and short skirts. as i get media attention? >> juan: are you telling me that they are the president and on that level? >> dana: i don't condone what the president tweeted because it's not good to talk about women's cosmetic surgery. i think they are martyrs of this media, and its absolute hypocrisy. they're using these tweets to go after president trump right now and weapon eyes these things against him. i think the media need to stop acting so hysterical over tweet tweets. i grew up and learned about certain sexual things i can't stand television when president clinton was president. so let's not compare what happens in the oval office. >> juan: the presidents tweets about his enemies should make his suppor

after everything that we have seen, the topsy-turvy world of sean spicer white house press secretary, this was the final straw. >> dana bash, appreciate it. stick around and continue reporting. and back to the room, again this point. a very different president and different structure in the white house in the sense that the communications director in most administrations is behind the scenes looking at the calendar. saying, mr. president, hit the six-month mark friday. have you do this event. republican governors do this event. cabinet's going to fan out do this. go do a big speech on this. boom, boom, boom. more of strategic planning. the president you made a point having the conversation earlier, breaking, the president watches cable news in the morning, and scaramucci is a frequent guest on cnn's "new day." an effective spokesman for the president. i say this as a compliment. does combat with news anchors when he thinks he should and candidly critical at the team of the president's side up until today which includes sean spicer. >> the president values that. why he likes kellyanne conway so much. she's willing to g

white house. let's get that straight. >> dana: your thoughts on this, juan? >> juan: you have somebody here who is an active combat soldier for the united states of america. he was in korea, afghanistan, iraq, they say he was guilty of trying to transfer materials. i don't know what exactly that means. i don't know what materials. >> dana: photographs. >> juan: i don't know if it's intel beyond that but you would think it would had to do with navy information about patterns of u.s. aircraft coming and going that could allow for attack. but what i'm really fascinated by his active duty -- we've had reality winner. she was in intel but she was a consultant who had left the air force when she was trying to get information. of course before that we had bradley manning. he was in the military. not active-duty. >> greg: fort hood is the closest to this example. somebody that was in the military and killed over a dozen -- >> juan: the sky without on the front lines of combat, greg. he had the opportunity to be involved in ongoing operations were our people are immed

arthel: dana perino is white house secretary under george w. and host of the five and she said something interesting on her show last night. >> i is was set up for a few weeks because the president has been so upset about jeff sessions at his recusal in the russia investigations that republicans and conservatives that came to his defense all said he is doing the best on the issue we care about the most which is immigration. where can jeff sessions do more on immigration? as secretary of homeland security. >> she went on to say perhaps the president would reassign the ag to be homeland security secretary and put another ag in place who would be more in step with what he wants to hear and see play out in michigan in regard to the russian investigation. if that is what took place what do you think? >> i think donald trump was frustrated with the fact the attorney general recused himself but the issue is a matter of ethics in the department. according to attorney general sessions he contacted, consulted with ethics experts. he had no other choice b

plus million followers and he doesn't need to do it through the traditional means of a white house briefing. >> yeah, dana, thanks very much. very pleased we have somebody from the white house on the broadcast tonight, deputy assistant to the president sebastian joins us now. thanks very much for being with us. i want to ask you about a number of things. the president's trip to france which is important, the victory in iraq and mosul. i do want to start off with dana and others are reporting. the president has had four days now without an event on his public schedule. you've heard the reporting that there is a bunker mode in parts of the white house since the news of donald trump, jr. broke. i want you to be able to comment on that. >> oh, absolutely. it's laughable. your kie ron talked about a crisis. your reporter talked about a bunker mentality. i actually work in the west wing. i work in the white house. it is absolutely nothing of the kind. we are pushing the "make america great again" agenda. the president is a steam locomotive that will not be stopped. it's just fake news. i'm sad to see cnn falter

dana white who heads up the comms department over at the defense department and you have sarah isgurinistration, dee dee myers was the first white house press secretary who was a female. and that was to great fanfare. and you had back during the reagan administration you had when he appointed sandra day o'connor, she was the first female, you know, justice to the high court. and even though that certainly got some recognition, he was still thought of as, you know, that republican, misogynistic, sexist and so on and so forth. still, this someone of those things that ultimately no, matter, what as long as there is an r. next to a republican's name, they are going to just get that sort of stamp of disapproval from the public as well as specifically the media, sorry, we're not going to give that you sort of recognition. ainsley: will that ever change, do you think? >> i have a feel that if it's going to change, it's not going to change for a very, very, very long time. ainsley: what would it take to change that perception? would it just be putting a republican female in the white house?

here in these net assets of america where you fascists and white supremacists reining in the white house. >> danasupporters maintain she was taken out of context pretty she fought back, tweeting the right wing tries to demonize my leadership as if it is their favorite pastime. ben shapiro is here, and murder -- let me start with you. tell me how it was taken out of context? >> jihad means to struggle for good. she was very clear if that is our duty as americans and as muslims to put forward our best effort and to struggle to streak might speak truth to power, to help the disenfranchised, to stand for the oppressed no matter what the cost is of speaking out. she is paying the price of speaking out and calling out the trump administrations attacks on minorities, linde is revolutionary american muslim, proud hijab supporting activist and we stand with her. we are proud of the truman's work she's doing to stand with the disenfranchised minorities to make america great by standing for justice and speaking truth to power, which is a clue what jihad is about. >> dana: i first read about this on the dail

they could be outside the white house. >> greg: it could be tripadvisor. >>>> dana: [laughs] i think there is a whole bunch of reasons these type of coordinated leaks happen. three advisors to the white house. to me, that sounds like they coordinated. it is possibly because they know something worse or maybe something will look worse and maybe it isn't. it's really interesting. i think they have tried to protect the president. rsarah huckabee sanders said se only found out about this within the last day or so. >> jesse: what do you mean by something worse is going to happen? >> dana:it i don't know. >> jesse: why would they leak to -- >> dana: if a reporter calls me and says "hey, i've got this story coming up." you to see and say, "did hear about this? okay, let me get back to you." that's when all of my alarm bells go off and i think "holy you know what." something elseyo is coming. i don't know. i think the sourcing is really interesting.in they were trying to protect somebody to make him look worse or try to get out in frontro of something or they are just out to get him. >> kimbe

the president fires him, because there is a theory that has been floated, this by former white house secretary dana perino. >> republicans and conservatives that came to jeff sessions' defense this week all said but he's doing the best on the issue we care about the most and that's immigration. where can jeff sessions do even more as immigration? as the secretary of homeland security. so i think that what they're going to try to do -- sessions over to dhs -- >> yahtzee. >> and how can the conservatives complain? and then you have a new a.g. he thinks can then fire mueller. >> i've got to say this idea of moving sessions over to dhs was another idea floated to me by jeremy peters on my broadcast, saving the part about firing mueller. that part was not discussed. but how do you think democrats would respond -- >> saving that part. >> yeah, we don't know what would happen for sure. but in terms of moving him, how would democrats respond if sessions moves from a.g. to dhs? >> i think this whole idea -- look, i have real problems with jeff sessions. i voted against him for a.g. he responded to questions

long run, it's one more piece in a puzzle that is becoming more and more troubling for the white house. >> dana, the timing of this, it comes two days after the president publicly criticizes sessions. could this give the president a reason to fire sessions and appoint -- who, by the way, if there was a new attorney general, they would not have to recuse themselves, i assume, from the russia probe? >> that's exactly right. look, that is all possible. i don't want to get too far into sort of the weeds of the senate. but in the past eight years or so, and david can probably remember this more than i because it happened mostly when president obama was in the white house. the sort of senate and the senators, particularly those of the opposing party of that person in the white house, they kind of -- they're on to the notion of recess appointments. so they tried to stop the senate from formally going into recess, which deprives a president of recess appointments. so that is possible that that happens, but i think, you know, perhaps -- and, you know, i don't want to sound overly conspiratorial, anderso