thank you, griff.communications director lays out and more importantly stop the leaks. >> if the leaks don't stop, i'm going pair down the staff because it's just not right, chris, i think it's not fair to the president, it's actually not fair to america or the people in the government. but something is going on inside the white house that the president does not like and we are going fix it. i would like to reset the culture inside the comms department so people recognize that i'm actually there to receiver them. heather: anthony scaramucci will travel with president trump this week using the opportunity to focus the message and president trump heads to virginia for national boy scout. rob: in a few hours jared kushner will meet with the committee, he faces questions about his relationships with russian officials. ahead of the meeting president tweeting as the phoney russian witch hunt continues, two groups are laughing at this excuse for a lost election taking hold, democrats and russians. donald trum

heather: thank you, griff. another news the united states, japan and china vowing a united front against north korea belligerent test. the key topic of conversations stepping up pressure against erratic dictator kim jong un. the calls coming just days before the g20 summit in germany later this week. todd: that's when president trump and vladimir putin will meet face to face for the first time. this meeting at the g20 amid investigations alleged ties to russia. president trump arrives in germany on thursday. heather: and it is president trump versus the mainstream media reaching new heights, if you can believe it it. it can go even higher. >> accusing our commander in chief of threatening journalists. marian in la with details on the cnn smackdown tweet. >> good morning, president trump's twitter account steeling the pot slight once again taking criticism to cnn to a new level. controversy centers around the video our commander in tweet tackling a man with network's logo edited in his face, old appearance of pr

a cage match between ed henry and griff jenkins in our final exam quiz show.t's demeaning a hey you've gotta see this. c'mon. no. alright, see you down there. mmm, fine. okay, what do we got? okay, watch this. do the thing we talked about. what do we say? it's going to be great. watch. remember what we were just saying? go irish! see that? yes! i'm gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. >> tucker: would get a fox news look for a period annapolis police chief has resigned less than a week after an officer gunned down an unmarried woman while responding to and 911 call. his hiring as a police officer was allowed the company by the many hapless government. some had suggested his death -- the death of the woman he shot also was a product of the city's diversity policies. she was heavily criticized for staying away on vacation, the police chief, for several days after the shooting and speaking publicly only yesterday. it became at the behest of mayor betsy hodges who has herself attracted heavy criticism af

griff jenkins is covering it live with the latest on this devastating loss. griff?f griff good morning, gog guys, our thoughts and prayers going out to those who lost their lives in the plane crash. the cause is undetermined at this point but that the marine corps kc 130 experienced a mishap before going down in the mississippi delta some 85 miles north of jackson around 4:00 p.m. yesterday. one witness on the ground reported hearing a loud boom and seeing a large plume of black smoke as the plane spiraled down in a corkscrew crashing. the debris field stretching for miles. the officials for will he leffly urging everyone to stay away. >> we don't want anybody without responding in the area or around any area. >> fbi has been called into this scene. there are few details coming out of the marine corps folks. they announced the crash on twitter. we're trying to learn more. here is what they had to say. >> at this time we getting more information to work this incident, the scene out to see further what we need to do. >> mississippi's governor phil brian expressing his

griff, thanks so much. heather: thanks. something he may be tweeting about today is the response coming over his daughter ivanka sitting at one of the tables in one of the meetings during the g-20. rob: briefly at the g-20 summit she sat in for the president who had to step out. the twitter world and mainstream media and members of the administration went wild with this. here is a quote from "new york times," i believe the columnist charles blow. why the hell is ivanka trump sitting in for daddy at the g g-20 meeting. what are the qualifications? who voted for her. it's not take your daughter to work day. rob: this was the funniest one. this is a women's rights activist amy, this kind of thing happens all the time in dictatorships. the irony there is that the president allowing his daughter to sit in for him. and here's a montage of what we saw in the mainstream media. >> ivanka trump briefly took a critical role at the g-20 summit. >> president's daughter sat in on meetings at the g-20. what's her role. >> senior officials

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griff jenkins in washington, d.c.ill actually get sworn in exactly 9:30 this morning. he inherits a situation with russia that rapidly escalating as vladimir putin orders the united states to cut its diplomatic mission by 755 in response to the new sanctions. the state department responded in a statement saying, quote: this is a regrettable and uncalled for act. we are assessing the impact of such a limitation and how we will respond to it. vice president pence traveling in eastern europe also turning up the pressure on russia's latest provocations. >> russia's destabilizing activities support for rogue regimes. activities in ukraine are unacceptable. as we make our intentions clear. we expect russian behavior to change, the president and i remain very hopeful. >> that's not the only international crisis. general kelly will also have to address the escalating tensions with north korea as the rogue nation launching more missiles in recent days. while many expect him to bring a level of discipline west wing by infightin

in washington, griff jenkins, fox news. >>> time now for "the verdict."e are joined by legal analyst michael cardoza. thanks for being with us. we found out within the last half-hour that barry white has been convicted on two counts of first-degree murder for the 2013 deaths of the jewelry mart employees as well as a number of attempted murder charges in connection with to a shoot-out he had with police after that. no surprise, this crime was captured on videotape. >> i've done enough trials, i mean, well over 150 trials, that nothing that a jury does surprises me. would i expect them to come back with first-degree murder convictions in this case? absolutely. to look at the way he committed these murders, he brings a gun, he brings a knife to the jewelry mart, which shows some planning. then the viciousness with which he carried this out. it was horrid what he did. a jury listens to that and thinks, okay, you're not very well balanced. certainly there's something wrong with you, but, boy, we are not letting you out. we are going to hit you with a first-de

griff jenkins live for us.hink about that missile test if you have a missile that can reach the united states of america that's a game changer. he said the era of strategic patience is over when it comes to north korea. if you attach a nuclear war head to that that becomes existential threat to our country. abby: all the more reason to get china on board. they are the one nation that can put that pressure on north korea. will they listen? clayton: we thought they were. abby: we need them. clayton: the about the before he leaves for big trip he took to twitter to talk about job numbers. really great numbers on jobs and the economy. things are starting to kick in now and we have just begun. don't like steel and aluminum dumping. pete: also went on to tweet a dow hit a new all-time high. i wonder whether or not the fake news media will sorority. that is a very fair question. i remember sometimes watching the nightly news on the obama administration. often when it hit a record high, those were big headlines. riots

good morning, griff. >> good morning, heather and rob, here we go again, the message quite clear from trump, get it done or else, here is the warning he issued on twitter yesterday saying that, oops, sorry there, hold on one second. if republicans don't repeal and replace

griff. >> hey rob and heather good morning. i think i know where it stands.nt returned from the submit after that lengthy meeting with vice president stirring up a storm saying it's time to move forward working constructively with russia. he and putin discussed creating impenetrable cyber security unit. that grew immediate backlash from democrats and republicans.

griff jenkins has the details as the president focuses on repealing and replacing obamacare. >> president trump is calling for passage of a bill repealing the affordable care act with time to replace later while the president does not think the bill is dead he says he is disappointed. >> i have been hearing repeal and replace from congress loud and strong and when we finally get a chance they don't take advantage of it. >> it appears the president does not have enough support from the republicans so he is inviting senate republicans to the white house for lunch. minority leader chuck schumer says it should be clear the core of the bill is unworkable. >> rather than repeating the same failed partisan process yet again, republicans should work with democrats. >> on the heels of the healthcare overall collapse another addition to the russia controversy. july 7 president trump and vladimir putin had an undisclosed meeting that had kept a secret until tuesday night. >> what is unusual is the length , the warmth in the context of what is already an unprecedented relationship between trump and p

griff jenkins is live for us from washington, d.c. with more on all of this this morning.white house wants to tell you something good. this week the focus is on american workers and manufacturing. the white house calls gold standard, products made in all 50 states include maggen one which is made in connecticut and wednesday made in america certification event and friday with commissioning of the uss gerald ford and the fallout of the russia controversy. all phoney unnamed sources and fraudulent reporting, #fake news is distorting democracy in our country. he continues, hillary clinton can illegally get the questions to a debate and delete 33,000 emails and my son don is being scorned by the fake news media. after criticizing deny, jr., president's lawyer took to the sunday shows defending him. >> what took place during that meeting even on the basis of the emails as donald trump, jr. layed them out were not violations of a statute. when you talk about russian collusion, colluding to do what? collude to go violate what law? >> top democrat on the senate intelligence commit

steve: griff jenkins is not invited.reporting on the event that happens today at noon 30, right, griff? >> that's right. good morning, steven steve, ainsley and brian. the repeal 86 replacement define as president trump says it's time to let obamacare fail. >> for seven years i have been hearing repeal and place from congress. i have been hearing it loud and strong. when we finally get a chance to repeal and replace, they don't take advantage of it that's disappointing. let obamacare fail. it will be a lot easier. we are probably in that position where we will just let obamacare fail. we're not going to own it i'm not going to own you. i can tell you the republicans are not going to own it we will let obamacare fail and then the democrats are going to come to us and say how do we fix it? how do we fix it? >> the fix appears to be for right now to resurrect a repeal only house bill from 2015 that president obama vetoed and not wasting any time, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell announced they will proceed to vote on

clayton: griff jenkins in washington, d.c.st on this. >> good morning, clayton, abby and peta. the white house is optimistic they can get the bill across the finish line. say going they can't they should consider an option to immediately repeal it first and then work on replacement. this idea of splitting the bills is gaining attraction with conservatives like ransd paul. >> i think if you want conservative support, you split the bills. i think you can get almost every member of our cocks to votcaucusto vote for a clean re. include. so things that moderates want. >> mitch mcconnell has dismissed the option so far and the remain: three more expressing concern. the goal now is to pass something by the august recess but as you can see, guys, a lot of mileage that they are going to have to go to get there. >> absolutely. do we know what his fourth of july plans are yet. out on the truman balcony watching fireworks for the first time? >> he is going to be working the phones as he has all weekend long trying t try shorep votes. pete

brian: thanks, griff. i think it's going to be very interesting.y when macron invited the president to come over in bastille day he was on the fence. ainsley: back in may. brian: we are going to be having a huge parade. 100 years since you helped us out in world war 1. you probably want to be a part of it the president as soon as he heard about the military display he said i'm in. that's what he is going to be over seeing today. steve: if you are looking for the president tonight around supper time he will be at elaine famous restaurant famously located. ainsley: eiffel tower? brian: why not the hard rock isn't there is a hard rock paris? ainsley: eiffel tower might trump that. also is he going to have a press conference today around lunchtime. watch that on neil cavuto's show. he is going to be talking with macron. steve: he did one television interview with pat robertson, the founder of the 700 club and the christian broadcasting network. it will run tonight on the 700 club. it's interesting though, he was asked about vladimir putin. you know, it

thanks, griff.because many people up on capitol hill would say you know he is planning on him being back this week. this particular thing where -- it's a thing where they actually open the skull a little bit, it's called craniotomy, recovery is generally expressed in weeks and not a week. so it could be a little longer than that and we haven't even heard the prognosis of what was going on there. ainsley: we know they are going to be there for the first two weeks of august. we know they are going to work through part of their august recess. the last time there was a break though in june, do you remember they delayed the vote in june, too. senator ted cruz got on board. i'm curious to find out over the next few weeks if they rewrite it and they fix it and they make everyone happy, maybe a few more will come on board. brian: they have a couple more days of work. two day workweek. travel day, go home on weekends. leave on thursday. so they go back and forth. they have a couple more weeks to work and try

>> it started on actually greta's program last year and i was with a reporter griff jenkins.ith me after the president announced his -- he was coming to youngstown and said hey i'm going to talk to "fox & friends." i didn't think anything would come out of it i was with you guys yesterday. i went to the caville center and got a call from the white house saying the president wants to meet you. nobody believes that call the president wants to meet me, of course. steve: he pulled you up onto the stage. >> that was awesome. steve: the rest is history. ed: sarah huckabee sanders had something to reveal to you behind the scenes. >> i thought it was going to be for two shots. the white house says two quick pictures and then you are going to move out. the president gets out of the limo with melania come walking over. oh, there's my guy, there's my guy geno. i'm like oh my god. who wouldn't, right? he comes over. we are talking for a few minutes. he says what do you want to tell me? do you want to tell me anything? mr. president, we love you. these people are here for you because they

steve: griff jenkins live from the capitol with reaction pouring in from around the world. >> it is pouringncer glee owe blastoma. as he faces one of the toughest fights of his life. meghan mccain says in a statement, quote, he is the toughest person i know. the cruelest enemy could not break him so he is meeting this challenge as he has every other. cancer may afflict him in many ways, it will not make him surrender, nothing ever has. the news fell hard on colleagues in the senate as they emerge from a late-night meeting on heck. healthcare. >> it was very emotional. almost stunned disbelief for a minute. and then we asked james lankford to lead us in prayer. >> i talked to john. and then i'm going to have to stay here a little bit longer, take some treatments and i will be back. it's going to be a tough way forward. he says i have been through worse. >> the outpouring of support crossed all political lines with words of encouragement from everyone from former president obama to president trump who issued this statement saying senator mccain has always been a fighter, melania and i send ou