griff jenkins. , griff. >> they need to come together that's for sure because they failed to replace obamacare. now the trump administration says it's moving onto tax reform. >> we are moving to tax reform. we are willing to talk to anyone. we always have been and i think more so now than ever it's time for both parties to come together and get to real reforms in this country. >> only problem is it's been more than 30 years since the nation's tax system has a major overhaul. republicans not agreeing on much, nevertheless chairman of the house ways and means committee kevin brady says things are on track for spring. >> we are going to move forward with the boldest tax reform in the generation, we have been running a parallel as well and we will continue to make improvements, we are plan to go move this on the ways and means committee in the spring. >> before that, they'll have tackle the task of keeping the government open by the end of next month and already questions have been raised about the futur

heather: griff jenkins with reaction from both sides that's pouring in. morning, griff. >> good morning, heather and clayton. former president obama wiretapped phones and the president is calling on congress to investigate. the claim came first saturday. >> i think he's made very clear what he believes and he's asking that we get to the bottom of this. i think the american people have a right to know if this happened because if it did, again, this is largest abuse of power that we have ever seen. >> the president's allegation offered without specific evidence is rocking many in washington particularly in the intelligence community. fbi director james comey urging the justice department rejecting the wiretap and challenging the president head-on opinioned james clapper denying any wrong doing. >> there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president -- the president elect at the time or as a candidate or campaign. >> if the fbi did a fisa court order for surveillance, would that be information that you would know or not? >> yes. >> do you deny i

griff jenkins live in washington, d.c. with the first order of business. riff, good morning. >> i can't confirm whether or not they had chocolate cake but planned to put that ambitious into action. >> we think we are going to have tremendous success and thank you very much. appreciate it. >> no democrats attended the luncheon but appeal a trillion dollar infrastructure bill, significant tax reform, school choice and possibly even immigration reform, but top priority repealing and replacing obamacare something that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell made clear with martha maccallul last night. >> we hope to act within the next month and six weeks. we won the election and with winning the election comes a responsibility to producing results. we feel that obamacare is a disaster and needs to be changed. >> this comes after breaking that attorney general had two contacts with russia's embassador during campaign, something he denied during confirmation hearing prompting house minority leader nancy pelosi even to call for resignation. the attorney general iss

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at tonight's rally, griff jenkins -- how are you doing?ducation meeting going late tonight, right where i am standing there were dozens of protesters rallying for accountability in the school system. here's what some of them had to say. >> we are worried about the lack of accountability of our school officials and our elected officials. parents don't know they can send know that they will be safe. we have grown men with a little to no education that are walkini the hallways with our young children. students and parents are very concerned for her safety. >> earlier today, there was som. news in that rape case. the judge, the 17-year-old rape suspect denying bail, with defenders claiming it was consensual. the big revelation tonight is a video of a brutal attack that occurred nine days before the alleged rape. it is caught on camera.t it is brutal. look at this. it is just vicious.s. >> physically i am getting better but mentally, i'm not getting better because of the social media harassment, it has been worse than the actual attack. >> bull

heather: griff jenkins with what is next. good morning, griff. >> we are moving onto tax reform.have the budget coming up. we are willing to talk to anyone, we always have been and more so now than ever it's time for both parties to come together to get to real reforms in this country. >> the only problem is it's been more than 30 year's since major overall and republicans seem to have a difficult time

different takes on it this morning but his message is being praised overwhelmingly by republicans, griff jenkins. >> the president was speaking to a divided nation and a deeply divided congress and called on washington to work past the differences of party. house speaker paul ryan called it a home run and senator ted cruz calling it bold. >> i thought tonight was a bold positive speech, it layed out a vision for america that, i think, millions of americans have been hungry for, it is a vision that focuses first and foremost on bringing back jobs and growth, after eight years of stagnation of jobs fleeing the country, of wages stuck in the mud, we are ready to see booming economic growth again. >> many sa this as an opportunity to pivot and reset from the first 40 days and as our own chris wallace had to say, to reinvent. >> 36 years ago ronald reagan reinvented the speech of joint congress, donald trump reinvented it begin tonight 36 years later. i thought it was by far the best speech i have ever heard donald trump give. it was one of the best speeches in that setting i've ever heard any presid

griff jenkins live from the interview from session that is you will only see on fox. >> good morning,. the president is calling all of this a total witch hunt on twitter and says he has total confidence in the attorney general but jeff sessions has agreed to recuse himself from any investigation into russian influence in the presidential election in speaking exclusively to tucker carlson last night session says that the meeting with russian embassador is all hype. >> i don't think what was said about that meeting i had with the russian embassador was legitimate. i think it was hyped beyond reason and i think it was unfair and i was glad to be able to address it. >> he also defended his answers during his senate confirmation. >> i focused on that i had not had any such meetings, was not meeting with russian officials to -- on a continuing basis to advance any campaign agenda. i had met in my office in an official way with the russian embassador. that was the answer i gave and i think it was an honest answer. >> but house minority leader nancy pelosi doesn't agree and for her the recusa

heather: griff jenkins with reaction from both sides that's pouring in. morning, griff. >> good morning, heather and clayton. former president obama wiretapped phones and the president is calling on congress to investigate. the claim came first saturday. >> i think he's made very clear what he believes and he's asking that we get to the bottom o

griff jenkins live in washington with the latest. hi, greg. good morning. >> hey, good morning.'t have any choice because after failing to repeal and replace obamacare, the term administration moving onto the next next item, tax reform. >> we are moving on to tax reform. we've got the budget coming out. we are willing to talk to anyone. we always have been and more so now that never come a time for both hardee's to come together and get to real reforms in this country. >> the only problem and it's been more than 30 years since the tax system had a major overhaul of a no-space-on republicans have a difficult time agreeing on things. nevertheless, chairman of the house ways and means committee kevin brady says things are on track for this spring. >> we will move forward with the boldest tax reform in a generation. all throughout health care as well. we will continue to make improvements. we are planning to move this on the ways and means committee in the spring. >> before that, they will have to tackle the simple task for spending bills, but already questions are being raised abou

ainsley: fox news correspondent griff jenkins on the hill to find out.e been up a long time. hey, chris. >> good morning, guys. it's unbelievable. two house committees said to pass this thing. the ways and means did it at 14:17 a.m. the energy and commerce committee has gone into 19th hour talking about budget reconciliation. i cannot imagine what could be more boring. the chairman there you are seeing greg wall continue greg . they can do it. inflict pain and want to make it difficult. this is the president's first legislative test. so with all this battle raging we end went up on capitol hill to find out exactly what's going on. >> do you have confidence in the republicans to get something that can pass the house? >> yeah. i think we are off to a good start. >> i don't think it's going to work. i don't really think it's going to work. i don't think they have the votes as of today. >> we have got to find a fix that both democrats and republicans can work together on. >> so many ways to look at this. but americas are going to be paying a lot more as a re

griff jenkins live in washington, d.c. with the first order of business. , good morning. >> i can't confirm whether or not they had chocolate cake but planned to put that ambitious into action. >> we think we are going to have tremendous success and thank you very much. appreciate it. >> no democrats attended the luncheon but appeal a trillion dollar infrastructure bill, significant tax reform, school ch

. >> tucker: griff jenkins in rockville. vice president taking prudent steps to avoid scandal so our's candle mongering media is ridiculing him. have we tumbled to a new low in politics? a panel up straight ahead.e not. tell you what, i'll give it to you for half off. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ sfx: engine revving ♪ (silence) ♪ ♪ i noticed it as soon as we moved into the new house. a lot of people have vertical blinds. well, if a lot of people jumped off a bridge, would you? you hungry? i'm okay right -- i'm... i'm becoming my, uh, mother. it's been hard, but some of the stuff he says is actually pretty helpful. pumpkin, bundling our home and auto insurance is a good deal! like buying in bulk! that's fun, right? progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents, but we can protect your home and auto. >> tucker: "the washington post" recently profiled way back in 2002, mike pence said he did not dine alone with any woman aside from his wife and does not drink at parties unless he is with him. social media -- joining us tonight. holy smok

griff jenkins is in rockville tonight he joins us from there. >> there is news, maryland took its firstate, the democratically controlled house of delegates passed a bill that essentially bars state and local law enforcement from assisting federal officials when they are pursuing an illegal alien. if the bill chief sponsor is delegate merits a morale us, she's from this area, montgomery county. the school behind me were that tragic rape occurred is not in her district, many of the constituents to go and attend at this school so we traveled to annapolis to speak with her, take a look. >> if anyone has been following legislation that i put forth, i have committed my life to survivors, victims of sexual assault. unfortunately in this country we suffer from a rape culture in this case there was a crime, there was a rate. the immigration status of the defendant has nothing to do with the crime that was committed and those individuals will -- should do their time in jail and then if ice wants to come in and deport them, that's absolutely fine, there's nothing in this bill that would preclude

griff jenkins is in rockville tonight he joins us from there. >> there is news, maryland took its firstoming a sanctuary state, the democratically controlled house of delegates passed a bill that essentially bars state and local law enforcement from assisting federal officials when they are pursuing an illegal alien. if the bill chief sponsor is delegate merits a morale us, she's from this area, montgomery county. the school behind me were that tragic rape occurred is not in her district, many of the constituents to go and attend at this school so we traveled to annapolis to speak with her, take a look. >> if anyone has been following legislation that i put forth, i have committed my life to survivors, victims of sexual assault. unfortunately in this country we suffer from a rape culture in this case there was a crime, there was a rate. the immigration status of the defendant has nothing to do with the crime that was committed and those individuals will -- should do their time in jail and then if ice wants to come in and deport them, that's absolutely fine, there's nothing in this bill

pete: our own griff jenkins got a chance to speak with the maryland governor. he joins us now. morning, guys. the governor also want to ignore this issue. let me back up for one second just days after this horrific incident happened. the maryland house of dels passed a bill making maryland a sanctuary state. it's only the first step because it still has to be voted by the senate and then the governor would have to sign it. well, governor hogan said he would veto it that sanctuary state. you know, a lot of people don't know exactly what that means. just for clarity for our viewers, that means it would bar local and state officials from assisting federal immigration officials with cases just like this. so, when the governor refused our request all week long, we decided to show up at a press conference and take it right to them. >> what assurances can you give parents who are worried today that their child could be assaulted, as we saw in rocksville, allegedly, by a criminal illegal alien here? >> i'm not sure i can give assurances that a crime would never happen in our state. we

steve: griff jenkins is live in d.c. roubling details about the case on the rape in rockville. griff? >> reporter: good morning. despite the horrific rape of 14-year-old girl that happened at rockville high school one week ago today, maryland did take that first step, the democratically controlled house of delegates passed a bill that pave the way in making maryland a sanctuary state barring state and local law enforcement from helping federal immigration officials seeking those who are here illegally. the bill is entitled the maryland entrust agent. it passed overwhelmingly 88 to 55. delegate maurice morales is from montgomery county. that school is not in her district. many of her constituents go there. and, of course, that is the scene of this heinous rape. so we traveled annapolis yesterday to talk to her about. take a listen. >> this case there was a crime. there was rape. and the immigration status of a defendant has nothing to do with, you know, the crime that was committed and those individuals will, you know, sho

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