thank you so much, griff, i appreciate it as griff just mentioned the spotlight is on robert mueller fbi director during the time of the uranium one deal. and, as controversy around the deal gross, congressman peter king says mueller doesn't necessarily need to resign, but he insists he needs to be transparent with the american people. >> i'm on the committee, which is investigating the whole alleged russian collusion, and i have not seen one bit of evidence. we had michael cohen who is president trump's attorney in this week. he answered every question. i have been there for almost all the witnesses. there is not one word of evidence linking in any way the trump campaign to any russian collusion. as far as director mueller, serious issues have been raised certainly involving the uranium investigations coming up. the role the fbi had in that. i have a great regard for director mueller, but i think there are issues here which he is going to have to address because it is going to involve the investigation of what the fbi was doing and not doing at a critical time during our relationshi

griff jenkins live from dc with preview of the big meeting, good morning, griff.r] >> good morning, heather, the majority leader spokesperson calling this a working lunch, majority leader will sit with president and vice president to discuss fall agenda which completes budget reslieciÓn and passing tax reform and confirming judicial nominees among other things, as we all know as the two leaders try to repair fractured relationship over failure to pass health car. >> had excessive expectation. >> i'm disappoint with mitch, if he gets these passed, i will be the happy with him and admit it. >> in particular removing mitch mcconnell issuing a litmus test in midterms or face wrath of bannon challenge, other conservative groups as well, this is as president tries to move forward on health care issuing executive order last week but drawing fire from none other than democrats from minority leader nancy pelosi. the president says repeal and replace, where is the replace. this week, the week of friday the 13th, the week that president trump went rogue, he went rogue on wom

steve: thanks, griff.o know, you know, down in washington, mueller's team has been talking to a grand jury since july. and on friday, they did get an indictment. the indictment was sealed by the order of the judge, but somebody blabbed to cnn. and that is against the through leak what is going on with grand jury. brian: don't you think it's telling they did it to cnn, too? and it took us a while to verify it. i think it's very telling. ainsley: says could face charges as well. >> we don't know who is being charged. let's assume the report something true, we don't know who is being charged. we don't know what they are being charged for. we don't know the time period. i will tell you, this the only conversation i have had with robert mueller, it was stressing to him the importance of cutting out the leak with respect to serious investigation. it is kind of ironic that the people charged with investigating the law and executing the law would violate the law and make no mistake, disclosing grand jury material

thank you so much, griff.ell, now let's take a look at the nfl controversy that continues, owner of america's team sounding alarm over nfl anthem protest two weeks after telling his players that they'll be benched if they disrespect the flag. >> there is no question. there's no question. the league is suffering negative effects from these protests. heather: jerry jones' comments coming as nearly two dozen players still kneeled or sat during national anthem yesterday and the san francisco 49ers, giant-u.s. shaped american flag in center field but at least half of a dozen 49ers still kneeled and roger goodell wrapped up a two-day meeting saying that everyone should stand but he won't force them to do that. saving more than 100 lives and using himself as human shield in middle of battle, today the war hero will finally be honored, michael rose will receive medal of honor nearly 50 years after operation tail wind during vietnam war. was serving as medic, he was wounded yet he kept treating other soldiers. well, th

thanks, griff. ological griff jenkins with the latest.pear on camera today; right? >> you might seem him. i was told to wear orange, i'm wearing orange, brian. the first indictment from special council robert mueller saying the charges have nothing to do with the president or his campaign. allen dershowitz and former campaign mike huckabee set to weigh in. and house majority leader kevin mccarthy joins us and a key militant in the benghazi attack captured and being brought back to thetous face charges. ambassador john bolton is here. big tuesday. happy halloween. america's newsroom coming up of green mountain coffee roasters sumatra reserve. let's go to sumatra. the coffee here is amazing. because the volcanic soil is amazing. so we give farmers like win more plants. to grow more delicious coffee. which helps provide for win's family. all, for a smoother tasting cup of coffee. green mountain coffee roasters. ainsley: we've been teasing all morning about our halloween costumes, and here we are. can you figure out what we are? steve: ainsle

pete: griff jenkins joins us in baltimore, griff, what do you have for us this morning? statute behind me. first, president trump tweeting last night a little introductions for all the nfl play irs saying, quote, very important that nfl players stand tomorrow and always for the playing of our national anthem, respect our flag and country. now, there's a petition on changed.org last week one fan in baltimore putting out to remove the ray lewis statute for his kneeling with the players, more than 73,000 people have signed onto that, ray ray lewis was onx last night defending his kneeling, here is what he had to say. >> look, we have to change the narrative because we have to -- i think it's so confusing now that we have to like isolate on one thing and that is if the dollar bill says in god we trust, well, in that moment i trusted god, so my fans are taking two knees was simply to say, okay, enough is enough. >> let's show the picture. >> now, ray lewis has nod said what he plans to do today, the steelers saying that they are probably going to stand and we know alejandro v

rob: thanks so much, griff.ublican senator bill cassidy who coauthored one version of the health care replacement bill say it is biggest thing that congress needs to accomplish right now is lowering those premiums. >> he say it is real threat to gop establishment are the voters who are upset with congress for getting nothing done. >> the president is not gutting the affordable care act. let's just take the cost sharing reductions, they are unconstitutional and focusing on middle-class families who are paying and payments aren't unconstitutional according to court and first responsibility is to uphold that but we have to think about the family around the kitchen table, republicans have been trying to do so but coupled with flexibility so that premiums can come down, keep in mind, with those payments, that family is paying 30 to $40,000 a year. we've got to do something to lower premiums. i think what is a real threat to republican establishment is not addressing the needs of family around the kitchen table. >> di

heather: all right, griff. thank you.ulation swirling in washington about who will be charged, a new jersey governor chris christie, a former federal prosecutor says if it's you, there's no doubt you don't already know. >> the people before the grand jury wouldn't know there were charges. did you go in there, you testify, you get out. so i think what's really important to focus on here today is what we don't know. and what we don't know is who the person is we don't know what the charges are. we don't know anything except there is a report that someone says there will be charges on monday and that there is a sealed indictment. so once that happens why have a throat react to. one thing that's clear here is i heard someone say are people nervous? believe me, if you're the person, you know. i mean, you've already been told you are a target. your lawyers have been -- if you have been asked to come into the grand jury they have got to advise you as to your status if you are a target. if you have been told you are a target, bel

steve: griff jenkins joining us from washington what we do know. good morning, griff.gag to be lifted on the fbi informant. grassley called for a special counsel into the uranium deal which needs to be independent into the current probe of russia head about the russia meddling in the elections. grassley says we may or may not ever know the identity of the informant. they may protect him for his safety but the doj issued a statement, but they authorized him to disclose the information, chairman, ranking members, chief of staff of the committee and two house committees. the center of his testimony will be knowledge of alleged corruption and bribery, money laundering into the uranium market and if secretary clinton gave 20% of control of u.s. uranium reserves in exchange for donations to the clinton foundation. president trump weighed in on this, calling it a modern-day watergate. >> i think the uranium sale to russia, the way it was done, so underhanded, with tremendous amounts of money being passed, i actually think that is watergate modern age. reporter: other committe

griff jenkins is live in washington with the latest. griff, why is this emerging again?, good morning and, steve, happy birthday. steve: thank you. >> we have heard a lot about the russian collusion in the russian administration. scathing new report first reported in the hill newspaper. we are learning more about a four year department of justice investigation into russian nuclear corruption on u.s. soil. allegedly involving bribes, kick backs, and giving vladimir putin control of more than 20% of america's uranium supply with, quote: millions of dollars flowing to former president bill clinton's charitable foundation. at the center of this investigation that began in 2010, it was being led by then attorney general eric holder. an fbi informant says he tried to go public with some of this information but he was threatened. here is what his attorney victoria toensing now says. >> when he started working for the fbi in 2009. they had him sign nondisclosure agreement. when he went public in 2016, way after all this case stuff was done, the justice department, under loretta

thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, griffe, very much. a lot of good history there. i am going to ask the judge to change up a little bit. i have a pet peeve and that one is that our children -- there's like a list of maybe 10 history subjects that they're given to talk about usually or if they're asked to write about it. there's not a lot that they know as people who really made a difference before 1957 but there are loads and loads of people that have. and i would love for you to come up here and talk about some people who made a difference and probably things could have been even worse than they were had those people not done that. so would you do that for us. >> so i grew up in the segregated south in pine bluff. all of arkansas was and all of the south was. but we always had people that we looked up to, certainly in my own family there was my family that we were an educated family. folks had gone to college and what not. we had our own businesses. so we had some role models withinory family. so i never had to look beyond my family for some role models and that w

ainsley: griff jenkins is live in d.c. with the latest. griff? >> good morning, guys.he tax reform flight has taken off. senate passing a budgets resolution, the first step towards getting a fuller budget and it paves the way for tax reform through budget reconciliation rules that require only a simple majority to pass. the president took his tax plan to the conservative heritage foundation last night. promising to simplify the tax code and letting the middle class keep more of their money. but democrats they oppose it. >> it will be hard getting the democrats because they are obstructionists and they vote in blocks. but if we get the republicans we need, we will get that largest tax cut in the history of our country. and you will see things happen like have never happened before. >> so are republicans on board? well, there are concerns over adding to the country's 20 trillion-dollar deficit and key vote to watch will be senator rand paul. but moderates like collins, mur cow is i and mccain have signaled support this time. steve mnuchin said everything is negotiable ex

griff jenkins live in washington with breaking developments.e said yesterday it would be an exciting day. you were right. >> what they call a big do net -- big news in washington is the first charges emerge from mother's investigation, man's of afort pleading not guilty to 12 counts ranging from conspiracy against the united states to conspiracy to launder money and asking dating back to 2006 while working for a pro-russian ukrainian politician years before the 2016 election. chief of staff john kelly speaking out the first time with laura ingram. >> all the activities long before they ever met donald trump or had any association with the campaign but the reaction of the administration is what the legal justice system work. everyone is presumed innocent and see what goes. >> man's of afort pleading guilty, his attorney echoed the sentiment at the white house. >> donald trump was correct, there is no evidence mister manaford or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. >> then came orders from the special counsel, george papadopou

griff jenkins joins us with more. >> calling truckers america's heroes, donald trump took the tax plann the road saying this plan puts more money in the pockets of working families and is fair to the middle class, grow the economy and gains on wall street putting americans back on the right track, we have to transform an outdated and burdensome tax code. >> we make the 0 bracket bigger, get rid of the 10% bracket and reducing the 15% rate down to 12%. >> the plan would reduce the existing 7 brackets or eight down to a simple four. it would be 0%, 12%, 25% and 33%. the key is expansion of the represent bracket, including those that would traditionally fall into the bottom 2 bracket under the complicated current system. the plan double standard deduction for individuals and families and cutting corporate rate from 30% to 20%. donald from call for bipartisan support for this plan, and a more than a massive tax-cut for wealthy and corporations, nancy pelosi issued a statement saying, quote, we need real bipartisan tax reform that puts the middle-class first, not one penny for the wealthies

jillian: griff jenkins live in washington. thanks, griff.he owner of america's team sounding alarm over nfl anthem protest two weeks after telling players they'll be benched if they disrespect the flag. >> there is no question. there is no question. the league is suffering negative effects from these protests. jillian: jerry jones comments coming as nearly 2 dozen players kneeled or sat during national anthem yesterday, san francisco 49ers, giant u.s. american shaped flag but a dozen 49ers players still kneeled. 49ers, by the way lost 30 points. maybe they should put attention to football. rob: they got spanked. they probably should. le the anchor coming out of two-week suspension for a couple of twitter tirades and telling fans to boycott dallas cowboys. >> i violated the policy. i deserved it. rob: she told tmz, she deserved suspension but won't take back what she said. jillian: amend the wound before you back to work on the air. [laughter] rob: kind of apologizing. >> second offense. rob: at tend of the day, she won't lose her job. jillia

griff jenkins with what you can expect from today's speech. >> reporter: he is heading to harrisburg,resident talking to 1000 workers at an air national guard hanger. many are truckers who he considers the lifeblood of the country, as trucks move so too is the economy. we expect from to talk about personal stories from the tax plan. here's what the president said, looking forward to the speech. >> people want to see tax cuts, major reductions in taxes and tax reform and that is what we are doing. >> reporter: there you go. that is what we expect to hear from him and we will see if he can sell republicans on it. rob: they are hesitant to do anything to add to the national debt, we are $20 trillion and a lot our fiscal conservatives. you cut this dramatically, will they be on board with this? >> reporter: we saw with healthcare, it came time and again. job creation, working families stand to lose how economist peter morici was on this program earlier put it, take a listen. >> big benefits of ordinary working americans and any congressman voting against it is going to be exiled. >> repor

with all the brand new details is griff jenkins., the president is heading to harrisburg, pennsylvania this afternoon. he seems to like that place. it's his third trip since taking office. he will talk to 1,000 workers at the international guard there. many of them are going to be truck drivers. the group the president considers the life blood of our economy. literally when the trucks are moving so too is the economy. he is going to hit personal stories, those who stand to benefit most from this tax plan. here is what the president had to say looking ahead to today's speech. take a listen. people want to see tax cuts. they want to see major reductions in their taxes and major reform that's what we're doing. >> personal stories and what these truckers may want to hear today. i actually rod rode around with dave bales. his main concern at the time is you might have guessed it is healthcare. >> i can't afford to retire because of healthcare. the health benefits over $1,500 a month. social security benefits about 2,000. what are you goi

griff jenkins it says in the prompter thank griff. >> you're wick. i can't wait to read your book.of jfk. i would argue most people are going to be talking about water cooler about what griff just had. steve: loot of interesting stuff. 1966 apparently the kbg had information that lbj the president of the united states was somehow behind the assassination. interesting stuff. i wonder what's left? brian: that would be big. ainsley: that would be. steve: meanwhile, let's talk a little bit about the dossier. the dodgy dossier which, as we know, slimed now president trump. and we do know in the last week, it has come to light that apparently the dnc and also hillary clinton's campaign actually financed it to the tune of approaching $10 million. ainsley: but everyone it seems, all those democrats that were in power at the time: john podesta and debbie wasserman schultz steve and brian, all saying they are denying any knowledge of this. this was divuttle denying it over and over. watch this. >> when did you learn the dnc and the clinton campaign were behind the dossier. >> i wasn't aware

griff, thank you very much.congress. you better get this done and unlike healthcare, where he was told by mitch mcconnell, mr. president, you just sit this out, i've got it. i'm going to do it myself. and, of course, we know how that all inflamed out. now the president is taking an initiative. he has so much invested in this, besides, every republican who is run for re-election next year needs a win. so far how many in that column? not any. brian: there is no wins there. executive order today. but his problems are always going to be john mccain. the bitterness between the two is evident. now you wonder if senator corker vote for anything this deficit neutral when anything that's going to get the deficit down dynamic scoring which projects growth. senator corker says i'm leaving anyway i wants deficit neutral. steve: how key vote against something that has infuriated some americans for years and made it more fair? big tax cuts for the middle class. ainsley: if everyone's bracket is going down, that means we taxes

television my whole theater career was mostly dramatic roles and i was longer than my film and television griff you have want to go back to theater yes. all the time but i have children and it's very hard to do you know if they're young when they get older i think i can probably go to broadway sure what isn't that the actor's biggest game be it live theater yeah i heard an opening as the director's gone yeah that's for sure the tough part about theater is if you're in a commercial production which lasts you know could last a year or something that's very difficult you're doing a show is a week and you have to figure out how to not go perfectly mad which happens i did i've done shows the last two years and i'm out there in the middle of the year one in the house and it's a wednesday afternoon and i'm literally snowball blind or like i can't remember who i am or what i'm supposed to do people or i tell each other on stage it's on. you know. it's crazy. it's more with. a michael. higgins after the break. telling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings peace to the chicken hawks the battle they'

let's get to griff jenkins with the latest. >> reporter: uranium deals and dossiers, speaker ryan said agreed to hand production to the health intelligence can be related to the dossiers, fusion gps and related records. >> the fbi got in touch thursday afternoon and have informed us they will comply with our document requests and will provide documents congress has been asking for. >> reporter: the fbi will honor that commitment, turning of the criticism. this exposes the hypocrisy of democrats. >> this is hypocrisy at the highest level, maybe a new low in american politics, anything the clinton campaign falsely accusing this president of doing over the past year they were doing themselves. >> reporter: in a separate developer and the fbi, the uranium one deal intensified before congressional committees about what he knows, was threatened by the obama administration after threatening the decision with 20% of america's uranium. >> he was furious about the decision made to sell for 20%. the fbi person, what is going on? why are they doing this? >> reporter: her client worries the convers

exclusive details on big announcement coming today, good morning, griff. >> good morning, heather, yeahntucky, it's coal country here and a lot of folks have lost their jobs and announcement should it come today certainly fall on welcome ears, a lot of report that is the tomorrow the administration plans to roll back signature climate regulation known as cpp or clean power plant just in a nutshell, that cops for 32% reduction in carbon omissions by power plants to 2030 to 2005 levels, if that does, indeed come, we expect leader mitch mcconnell, it would certainly be a big deal today, heather. heather: expecting this announcement will calm a fire storm for lack weather storm from the climate change community. >> the implementation of cpp because 27 states sued the administration, the obama administration at the time saying it violated the standards, the standards violated federal law and environmentalists groups ran in. the deadline for the administration, epa scott pruitt to respond to their intentions on what they plan to do on epa reascendit, modify it, certainly if they will rescind

. >> let's go to griff jenkins for new developments. >> i suppose republicans can dance with their handsse but got it done down party lines, the senate passing the budget framework 51-49 paving the way to the president's text form plan celebrating a tweet saying great news on the senate majority leader, delivering massive tax cuts for the american people, tax reform, mcconnell praised the effort from the floor. >> if we can complete the first step toward replacing our broken tax code by passing a comprehensive or fiscally responsible budget that will put the federal government on a path to balance, the budget gives us the tools we need to strengthen our economy after years of stagnation under the previous administration. >> the senate can use a process known as budget reconciliation toward the democratic filibuster, if a simple majority of 51 votes, the budget plan would cut spending by $5 trillion over ten years calling for $470 billion in cuts for medicare and $1 trillion for medicaid. rand paul was the only republican to go against the bill, the senate minority leader chuck schumer bl

griff jenkins with the breaking developments. >> reporter: we will never know about that safety but wel learn what he knows, department of justice lifting the gag order to testify before congress over the uranium one deal that gave russia control of 20% of american uranium reserves. at the center of this testimony, whether or not there was a coordinated effort by the russians to curry favor with the clintons to win approval of that deal including allegations of bribery and corruption and as you heard in the open donald trump calling the uranium deal a modern-day watergate as revelations also on the dossier tying hillary clinton's presidential campaign to that dossier. we know it was funded by the clinton campaign in the dnc as well as a wealthy gop donor raising serious questions whether mrs. clinton had any knowledge of it. brian phelan says he doesn't know for sure but admits she may have been aware. >> i don't know. haven't spoken to her. >> shouldn't she know? someone high up in the campaign, be informed of this? >> she may have known but the degree of exactly what she knew is beyo

joining us with brand-new details is griff jenkins. >> reporter: on the road again, the president willake his third trip to harrisburg, pennsylvania delivering remarks this afternoon to an air national guard anger, thousand pennsylvania workers will be truckers the president considers the lifeblood of our economy, told by senior administration official to expect the president to speak of personal stories of those who stand to benefit from this tax reform plan. here is what the president had to say looking ahead to today's speech. >> people want to see tax cuts, major reductions in their taxes and tax reform and that is what we are doing. >> reporter: the president is not giving up on healthcare planning to use the power of his pen to take action to sign a measure this week that would allow americans to buy health care across state lines saying it will cost the country nothing to do with as many voters become weary of in action in washington the wake of repeated failures to repeal and replace obamacare. lindsey graham noted the high-stakes for the party of the president can't deliver on

let's get to griff jenkins with developments all about the hashtag. >> right down party lines.he senate passed budget framework 51-49 paving the way for the tax reform plan donald trump promises would be the largest tax cut in history. >> we completed the first step toward replacing our broken tax code by passing comprehensive fiscally responsible budget that will put the government on path to balance. the budget gives us the tools we need to strengthen our economy after years of stagnation under the previous administration. >> when mcconnell mentions tools the senate can use a special process known as budget reconciliation to avoid a democratic filibuster and pass tax reform with a simple majority of 51 votes. this would cut spending more than $5 trillion, for medicare, and $1 trillion for medicaid but senator rand paul was the only republican to vote against the bill joining democrats and opposing it. he said he couldn't in good conscience vote for budget that ignored spending caps as minority leader chuck schumer blasted any adding to the deficit. >> after eight years of deb

griff jenkins live in washington, this is a heated hearing to say the least. >> reporter: it got hot before the senate judiciary committee, jeff sessions defending donald trump's decision to fire james comey but declining to answer questions about private conversations with the president citing executive privilege, sessions did criticize comey's investigation into hillary clinton's email. >> i don't think it has been fully understood the significance of the error on the clinton matter. he said he thought he did the right thing and would do it again. we were concerned that he reaffirmed he would do it again. so i think that was a basis that called for a fresh start at the fbi. region sharp questions on the fbi investigation into russian meddling, sessions recused himself earlier this year, citing executive privilege. >> that the president mention to you his concern about lifting the cloud on the russia investigation? >> that calls for communication i had with the president and i believe it remains confidential. >> reporter: when senator our frank and accused him of changing a story ov

griff jenkins has more. >> reporter: don't know what was in that lunch but after months donald trumptch mcconnell emerged together, an impromptu press conference in the rose garden lasted 40 minutes, the president declaring the relationship is closer than ever before and they have the same agenda. at the top of that agenda tax reform. >> we have a very good chance of getting the taxes done. >> the top priority is tax reduction. we are together totally on this agenda to move america forward. the goal is to get it done this calendar year. >> reporter: the president address chief strategist steve bannon's declaration of open war on the republican establishment specifically mitch mcconnell and threatening primary challenge to anyone who support the minority leader but mcconnell pushed back against bannon's efforts. >> the goal here is to win elections in november and the way you do that is not complicated, nominee people who can win because winners make policy and losers go home. >> reporter: he said obamacare is dead and predicted the move to cut federal subsidies is leading to a bipart

griff jenkins has that. >> reporter: joe dunford took to the podium at the pentagon acknowledging there are unanswered questions what happened when troops were ambushed by islamic militants, a formal investigation is underway. >> we owe the families as much information as we can find out and that american people and the nation what we are doing. that is why we are out here today, to take your questions and provide as much information we can. >> he laid out a timeline of eventss, a group of 12 american troops in 30 nigerian forces came under attack by isis affiliated militants traveling 80 miles outside the capital. within minutes of drone is sent over had. an hour after first contact with the enemy a call for support comes, 30 minutes later french fighter jets mobilize. 30 more minutes later after responding to that call, that evening the bodies of three soldiers i recovered. on october 6th, two days after the ambush, the body of david johnson is found by local nigerian forces and turned over to the united states and the government has an answer why we were there in the first place. >>

griff jenkins live in washington with breaking developments. >> reporter: what a day in washington.anaforte and gaetz pleaded not guilty to conspiracy against the united states to money-laundering in a scheme dating back to 2006 when working for pro-russian ukrainian politician. john kelly speaking out for the first time with lauren graham last night. here is what he had to say. >> it was long before they met donald trump or had any association with the campaign but the reaction of the administration is let the justice system work, presumed innocent and we will see what goes. >> reporter: manaforte's attorney ago the sentiment at the white house. >> donald trump was correct, there is no evidence mister manaforte or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. >> reporter: the president sounded off on twitter calling for an investigation into hillary clinton and the democrats writing this is years ago before paul manaforte was part of the trump campaign, why aren't crooked hillary and the dems the focus? there is no collusion. then came more news from special counsel, for

. >> griff jenkins live in washington dc. >> the chairman of the joint chiefs acknowledging at the pentagonany unanswered questions when troops were ambushed by islamic militants with a formal investigation underway. >> as much information about what happened. and what men and women are doing at a particular time. we take questions and provide as much information as we have. >> reporter: here is the timeline, on the morning a group of 12 american troops came under attack by isis affiliated, outside the capital within minutes it reticent overhead. with the conduct of the enemy supporting 30 minutes later, french fighter jets mobilize on location 30 minutes after that. that evening the bodies of two soldiers are recovered, and after the ambush on the evening of october 6th, the body of david johnson is found by nigerian forces and turned over to the us. dunford says the answer as to why we were there in the first place. >> 800 service members working as an international effort, since 2011 us troops a 5000 person west african force in 35,000 soldiers from the region to fight terrorists affilia

rob: griff jenkins joins us from washington after a nasty tuesday. >> reporter: it got ugly and the timingb corker with whom the president has been feuding with and senator jeff flake announcing his decision not to seek reelection, unleashing studded and re-bewkes, degrading politics and debasing the nation. >> we must stop pretending the degradation of our politics and the conduct of the executive branch are normal. they are not normal. >> in the way he conducts himself and goes to such a low level, i do. rob: their departures in the senate where republicans have a razor thin majority, two defections on the upcoming tax reform vote, sarah sanders says they won't be missed because they were not committed to the president's agenda. >> he wants people in the senate who are committed to moving the ball down the field and i don't think these individuals have been focused on that. the president once to get things done. rob: the president firing several tweets like this one. bob corker who helps president oh give us the bad iran deal and couldn't get elected dogcatcher in tennessee is fighting t

jillian: griff jenkins joins us with more. >> reporter: he loves truckers calling them america's heroesbout to infuriate democrats with the rule on healthcare he will sign but the tax plan the president says will put more money in the pockets of working families. it simplifies an outdated and burdensome tax code reducing an existing bracket down to 4. here is what he said last night. >> under our framework, we make the 0 bracket bigger and get rid of the 10% bracket and 15% rate down to 12%. >> reporter: take a look, they would be 0%, 25% and 35%. the key is expansion of the 0 bracket including people who normally fall into the higher brackets who, the plan doubles the standard deduction for individuals and families, can the rate from 35% to 20%. the president called for bipartisan support. the key is getting republicans on board. paul ryan will make a speech at the heritage foundation. the moment is here. the opportunity of a lifetime has to be seen to turn the page, we have to choose to do this. house minority leader nancy pelosi calling it a big tax break for the 1%. back to the heal

griff jenkins joins us with more on that hearing. >> reporter: jeff sessions was jumping around in thet before the judiciary committee, defending donald trump's decision to fire james comey but declining to answer questions about his conversation with the president citing executive privilege. he did criticisms the clinton email of the investigation. >> i don't think it has been truly understood the significance of the error mister comey made on the clinton matter. he said he thought he did the right thing and would do it again. we were concerned he reaffirmed he would do it again. that was the basis that called for a fresh start at the fbi. >> reporter: the focus on russian meddling in the 2016 election in the fbi investigation in which sessions refused himself, sessions citing executive privilege. >> that the president mentioned to you his concern about lifting the cloud on the russia investigation? >> that calls for communication i had with the president, i believe it remains confidential. >> reporter: when senator our frank and accused him of changing his story, sessions, who once s

griff jenkins joins us with more on that aspect of the story. >> reporter: for most americans and membersf congress you never heard of these stocks. there is shoulder stock devices that allows you to turn semi automatic weapons into fully automatic weapons capable of firing hundreds of rounds per minute, designed for people with disabilities and legal for purchase and used by the las vegas shooter. now there is a growing chorus of bipartisan calls to ban these gun modifiers, donald trump says let's take a look. >> looking into that. >> reporter: the national rifle association who traditionally opposes any kind of gun restrictions is calling for the atf to review whether these comply with federal law but executive director chris cox stopped short of calling for a ban until the review is done. >> we didn't talk about banning anything. we talked about atf reviewing whether these were in compliance with federal law and if not let's look at working together, figuring out a way to address this moving forward. >> reporter: paul ryan wants to look at this issue but for some democrats like house m

ainsley: griff jenkins is live in washington, d.c. with that story.ing, griff. >> joe dunford acknowledged at the pentagon yesterday a lot of questions remain what happened three weeks ago when our troops were ambushed by islamic militants as a formal investigation is underway. >> we owe the families as much information as we can find out about what happened. we owe the american people an explanation of what their men and women are doing at this particular time. the only thing i'm asking for today is a bit of patience to make sure that what we provide to you, when we provide it, is factual. >> general dunford laid out a time line of the events, starting on the morning offing on the 4th. a group of 12 american troops and forces came under attack by isis while traveling outside the capital. within minutes a drone is sent overhead. approximately an hour after their first contact with the enemy, a call for air support comes. 30 minutes later, french fighter jets mobilize, arriving on location. and half an hour after responding that evening, the bodies of

griff stokley -- grif stockley to come up and answer that same question about what things were going on. grif is a local author and historian and he has devoted his life to writing about and researching civil rights history and he's done many, many books on the subject. mr. stockley: thank you very much for this introduction and inviting me to participate on this panel. obviously, it is a very moving experience for all of us. as i understand it, my task is to talk briefly about the central high crisis in terms of what happens before 1957. there are a number of ways to do this, and obviously i'm only going to be able to touch on part of it. but i'm going to begin by reading a sentence from an in the "arkansas state press" on march 20, 1959, by lc bates -- elsie bates about the fire at the arkansas negro boys industrial school outside of little rock that burned to death 21 boys locked inside a dormitory. mr. bates wrote -- and i'm quoting here -- we wonder if the white man in the south who has set the pattern for the negro to live by can find any consolation for the irreparable damage

here with more is jennifer griff in. >> there's increasing concern among u.s.he troops hutting al qaeda and icy are relying on an old war authorization passed in 2001 just three days after 9/11. you'll remember some on capitol hilares inly said they didn't even know there were 800 u.s. troops in niger. just moments from now the senate foreign relations committee will hear from secretary of state rex tillerson and defense secretary jim mattis. lawmakers want to know whether they need a new war authorization or a umf, and why it took two days to recover the body of sargent ladavid johnson after the ambush. late last week the pentagon said he was never left behind. >> what are reporters getting wrong on the niger ambush? >> i think the thing that they got wrong was that we abandoned one of our soldiers. as the chairman said, there was always someone looking for sargent johnson. >> u.s. officials have said american, french or nigerian forces were always looking for sargent johnson amid fears he had been taken captive. his body was discovered by niger forces and a u

griff, thank you very much.e, the undercover informant initially just wanted the money back because he was working for the fbi but the fbi had him pay out of his own pocket all that dough and then he said hey, i would like my money back since i was helping the government they said no, not going to give it to you. ainsley: that wasn't smart. brian: it happened on capitol hill yesterday. i have to admit it caught me by surprise. senator bob corker has a problem with the president. he was contender for president and vice president. i don't know if you heard about the president. he goes back at you personally. and this back and forth was baited by senator corker who is going -- who is leaving the senate in a year. and was picked up a little bit later by senator flake who d so much, i am not going to be running -- this will be my final year and i know exactly who to blame. president trump and his tone. ainsley: both of them were criticizing the president. these were two republicans, keep in mind. criticizing the pres

. >> we have griff jenkins running with us. liz: i'm ready. leland: you will be.do before that. liz: still to come president trump is one step closer to what he calls biggest tax cut in history and mitch mcconnell, we will see dana parino. joint appearance from one exclusive club, all former living presidents taking cause for relief efforts, we will have a country music star coming up after the break. mom's got this cold #stuffynose #nosleep #mouthbreather just put on a breathe right strip it instantly opens your nose... .. when only the best will do... tempur-pedic delivers. only tempur material precisely conforms to your weight, shape and temperature. so you'll sleep deeply and wake up feeling like a champion. find an exclusive retailer at tempurpedic.com >> our two of amerigas news headquarters from washington, thinking about the marathon she is training for. >> donald trump goes after fake it is in democrats and tax reform and healthcare plans. a series of tweets today, we break it down. leland: a lot of tweets. all living ex-president come to show support for

. >> i'm wilfred frost in for bill griffe griffeth sources telling cnbc a bit of a story, though, davidails coming your way. >> he'll join us in a couple moments. meanti meantime, an industry with talk of consolidation, the food space, hershey's ceo will join us in cnbc exclusive on its busiest day of the year, the day before

. >> i'm wilfred frost in for bill griffe griffeth sources telling cnbc a bit of a story, though, david faber has details coming your way. >> he'll join us in a couple moments. meanti meantime, an industry with talk of consolidation, the food space, hershey's ceo will join us in cnbc exclusive on its busiest day of the year, the day before halloween. >>> private equity on track for a record year fund-raising, we got the woman in charge of goldman sachs' clients, alison mass, her first tv interview ever. >> very much looking forward to that. >>> let's begin with the top market story with the equities pulling back on new details about congress' tax reform plan. ylan mui has the latest on what could be a delay in its implementation ylan >> kelly, republic b cans considering phasing in the reduction of the corporate rate according to "bloomberg news." under this plan the rate couldn't get to 20% until 2022 one word of caution here, the tax bill is still final yet. 20% corporate rate is one of president trump's red lines in this debate. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders appe

opd griffs this morning. >>> breaking now, the american woman and her family freed from the taliban havein captivity. the pakistani government carrying out the with the military for the rescue. >>> raging wildfires among the deadliest in the state's history. 31 people killed. ones more are still missing the intense flames destroying an area the size of new york city. officials looking into the possibility that the flames could have sparked from downed power lines and blown traps former. -- "transformers." brian. brian: thank you, jillian. minutes away attorney general jeff sessions joins us live. that is what he looks like when he is smiling. ♪ ♪ you nervous? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ of. >> since i started running, and since i became president of the united states i just keep hearing repeal, replace, repeal, replace. well, we're starting that process, we're starting it in a very positive manner. i can say when you get rand paul on your side, it has to be positive. that i can tell you. brian: he turns around and got a pen more the moment because senator rand paul and president worked together. with us n

our griff is enough. we can put politics aside.s an automatic weapon. he either altered that gun illegally or it was a semi automatic, he bought it legally. >> again, politics of it are so inane at this point. but hillary clinton spoke before she knew any of the facts. you can't really put a silencer on a ar15. melts the barrel. it's not what she said it is. and immediately -- i was on the radio yesterday when this was happening, and all the people who actually know guns were, like, she doesn't know what she's talking about. the level of ignorance. and i found it to be despicable. if hillary clinton wants to run for president again and take the second amendment to the ballot box, i think she should do it. everyone who is upset who think we can pass gun laws to stop someone from killing a lot of people with a car, van, gun, whatever. they should run for office and make that point. and if that's what happens, i guess the courts will have to understand and discern what is really constitutional under our second amendment. ainsley: how

as we heard in the cold monday griff depicted today as mitch monday.ave lunch today and they have lots to talk about. although they did apparently talk together on the phone on saturday. they talked about taxes. they talked about the budget. and they talked about it looks like healthcare. ainsley: i was surprised this meeting didn't happen earlier when the healthcare, when they didn't get repeal and replace after three tries. i'm surprised that the president didn't say get your tail in my office now. pete: i think there was a cooling down period after that. ainsley: maybe they needed that. pete: president said you couldn't get anything done for me. he took pen and phone and executive actions on the iranian deal dessert occasiodessertification.obamaca. steve: i read a number of articles online over the weekend that talked about how this president is trying to erase all traces of barack obama's legacy. you know, regarding those things, iran and also healthcare. look, the democrats are all invested in the healthcare and nancy pelosi was on this week over