griff jenkins is live in washington with more on that. y, griff. >> hey rob and jackie, good morning. president trump responding to the terror attacks last night with a fundraiser in washington at ford's theater vowing to do what is necessary to protect the american people. >> this blood shed must end. this blood shed will end. [ applause ] as president, i will do what is necessary to prevent this threat from spreading to our shores and work every single day to protect the safety and security of our country. our communities, and our people. >> it was his first public comment since the terror on london bridge. he offered support to londoners and renewed call for travel ban he said, quote, we need to be smart, vigilant and tough. we need the courts to give us back our rights and travel ban as an extra level of safety. that tweet just hours after the attack drew criticism and sparked a debate on the sunday talk shows. former national security advisor susan rice says there is no evidence the travel ban would keep us safe. >> there is really no

griff jenkins with all the details this morning, good morning, griff. >> if the president was worrying about what former fbi director james comey will say in tomorrow's testimony he certainly wasn't showing it yesterday. >> i wish him luck. >> while the white house may be bracing any new details that may be coming out of testimony, it's full steam ahead with the busy agenda. >> can you tell us where the president is going to be and what he's going to be doing at thursday at 10:00 a.m., is he going to watch james comey's testimony? >> the president will be have a busy day and focus on pursuing the agenda and priorities he was elected to do. >> he had a busy day yesterday. president trump meeting with gop leader on getting things moving on health care, tax reform, issues that are likely to be the focus over the summer. we talked with president trump and vice president pence, repealing and replacing obamacare and getting the economy back on track and there's been obviously good movement in the house. we passed a health care bill. the senate is working on that. >> there's growing concern a

heather: griff jenkins live in d.c. with details on the health care showdown. good morning, griff. >> not much happening in washington except for the health care bill. it is going to be a very busy week for mitch mcconnell and senate republicans trying to pass the health care bill as the much anticipated congressional budget office could release their score as early as today and optimistic president donald trump telling pete hegseth that he thinks they're going to get there. >> i don't think they are far off. famous last words. i think we are going get there. i can't promise but i think we are going to get there. >> this is the question, how far are they? republicans can lose more than two votes to pass bill and there are currently five who said they cannot support it with even more saying that they are wait to go decide. louisiana's bill saying if changes are not made, he's not on board. >> right now i'm undecided. there are things that affect my state. if those can be addressed, i will and if they can't be address, i won't. >> no democrats are supporting the b

griff jenkins is live at medstar hospital. >> here at the hospital, it's a level one trauma hospital, probably the biggest and around 8:00, a helicopter arrived here bringing congressman scalise. we learned the other victim is one of the u.s. capitol police agents on speech anyone's detail and her name is krystal greiner. she was shot in the foot or leg, somewhere in the lower extremities. the hospital is not confirming or commenting on whether she also went into surgery. let me point out as well that i have very recent information that congressman scalise is still in surgery. he had gone in stable. david bailey was not shot. crystal greiner was a shot, david bailey hurt his ankle or somehow was injured in the melee and of course, we have heard everyone from the president to speaker ryan and minority leader pelosi praising the heroic actions of the u.s. capitol police. since i've been here, aside from the d.c. police keeping security -- i've seen a number of police vehicles arriving and folks going in presumably for security or even to support their colleagues. the security detail is

griff jenkins with the president's response here.alkot live on the ground in central london. greg? >> hey, rob, jackie. we are not far from the terrorist site where we are standing. just behind the police cordon very much in place. authorities try to find out exactly what was behind this horrible attack. as you noted, there are more raids today in two different locations away from this location with arrests. there were raids yesterday as well with 12 arrests. authorities now say they know who these three horrendous killers are. take a listen. >> we do believe we know who they are. we have made a number of arrests. we are trying to find out whether anybody was helping them and to understand the background to this attack as best we possibly can. the investigation must come first. and i will be focusing entirely on that. reporter: now, there are already recriminations coming about one of the attackers said to have been known to police for at least low level recruiting to the islamist extremist cause. isis, as expected, claiming responsi

heather: griff jenkins live in d.c. with details on the health care showdown. > not much happening in washington except for the health care bill. it is going to be a very busy week for mitch mcconnell and senate republicans trying to pass the health care bill as the much anticipated congressional budget office could release their score as early as today and optimistic president d

in the meantime, griff jenkins is live in washington bureau with more on the very latest information coming from our nations capital on this terrific attack. >> he's traveling from singapore to and being brief. dhs briefing everyone saying at this time they have no information to indicate specific credible threat in the united states but secretary john kelly told foxnews last night that he worries that we are right around the corner from having a similar attack so the efforts of dhs and law enforcement agencies say that after aviation the biggest that we face is from lone wolf attacks from individuals have been radicalized. the dhs is telling americans in london to heated direction from local authorities and maintain security awareness advising anyone who needs assistance to contact the us embassy, the state department is encouraging americans over there to contact family members back home to advise them of their safety. no indication, as of now, that any of the killed or wounded were us citizens and president briefs in the immediate aftermath and spoke with prime minister theresa ma

griff jenkins live in washington, d.c. with more of his message. >> hay, good morning, julian. the president speaking in cincinnati and promise today rebuild the country, butt americans back to work and create what he calls a first-class system of bridges and airports. >> the american people deserve the best infrastructure anywhere in the world. it's time to recapture our legacy as a nation of builders and to create new lanes of travel, commerce and discovery and we are going to see all the way into the future and there il and the future is going to be bright. >> 20 billion in public funds and public-private partnership. the president raised the issue of repealing and replacing obamacare visiting with families of what he called victims of the catastrophe noting that the major insurer anthem pulled out leaving in ohioans particularly without coverage and pressed republicans to put bill very soon. >> you would have no democratic vote. it's all going to be republicans or bust and the republicans are working very, very hard on getting a great health care plan. so now it's the senat

griff jenkins with all the details this morning, good morning, griff. >> if the president was worryingwhat former fbi director james comey will say in tomorrow's testimony he certainly wasn't showing it yesterday. >> i wish him luck. >> while the white house may be bracing any new details that may be coming out of testimony, it's full steam ahead with the busy agenda. >> can you tell us where the president is going to be and

griff jenkins in the thing of it. how are you? >> how are you, neil? a quiet day.tly tourists out here. only thing remaining is a wake-up clock to the climate crisis, stay in paris agreement. right at 3:00 when the president was withdrawing from the accord, it got really loud. a dozen or so protesters. take a look at this tape. the protesters, the environmental groups and progressive groups. the sierra club. their message is clear. they say that the withdrawal is bad for the climate, bad or the the planet and bad for the business according to the way they see things. they're outraged. one protester telling me, what would you say if you could go to the president? she said i would call him a climate lower. a play from what we saw on the trip from overseas. i spoke with one of the protesters that got taken down. here's what david had to say. take a listen to, this. >> we're outraged the president would cook the planet. he's insane. >> so neil, again, there's another rally coming at 5:00 p.m. with some speakers. we're told the dnc chairman tom perez will be here. he's

griff jenkins is live for us in washington, d.c. with more. good morning, griff. >> good morning. is he or isn't he incident investigation? rob and heather that is the question the white house is facing today. the president's outside lawyer jay sekulow took to the sunday shows vehemently refuting the claim stressing the president is not under investigation. saying no one has notified him that the president is being investigated. in n. seeking to clarify that question in exchange with chris wallace, things got very testy at times. >> here is what you are trying to do, chris. i appreciate. >> now you are reading minds again. >> no, chris, i deal with fact and law. >> don't tell me what i'm trying to do because you don't know what i'm trying to do. actually, what i'm trying to get is a straight answer out of you. >> this comes after the president tweeted on friday that he was under investigation for firing fbi director james comey. and he continued to vent frustrations over the weekend with the russia probe calling it, quote, a witch hunt multiple times. the most recent yesterday quo

ainsley: griff jenkins in washington, d.c. with the latest for us. good morning, griff.ood morning, pete ainsley and steve looking good in stripes u remember the chaos erupting across the country when the president announce you had travel ban five months ago. well, that didn't happen. the travel ban took effect last night without any of the drama. barring travelers from sudan, yemen some i can't libya and iran. those that don't have jobs or educational commitments in the u.s. already the lawsuits are back. the state of iowa filing emergency motion asking a federal judge to clarify that the administration cannot enforce the ban against fiances and other relatives included in the state department's definition of bonafide relationships. in that the state department identifies parents, spouses, children, siblings and daughter-in-law. grand parents, grandchildren, aunts, our uncles. u.s. district judge derek watson has not immediately issued a rolling here, but this is clearly, guy he is, perhaps an indication we are headed back into the courts for more lawsuits. you will rem

abby: griff jenkins is live for us from our nation's capitol with those breaking details. administration is confidence freezing lower court's decisions to block it. the justice department argues in their filing late last night that the fourth circuit of appeals in richmond made several mistakes in their ruling, stressing this order makes the nation safer if it's in place. the order halts new visas from being issued from people in six muslim majority countries they are iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen. president trump initially signed the executive order in january but immediately faced backlash with protests erupting across the country and federal judges blocking it. then in march, the president issued a narrower order which was then blocked by federal courts and hawaii filed a lawsuit against the order. the aclu lashing out on twitter last night writing we beat this hateful ban and ready to do it again #no muslim ban ever. sarah flores defended it saying quote the president is not required to admit people from countries that sponsor or shelter terrorism until

steve: griff jenkins live at our nation's capital. thank you very much.at what happened yesterday on capitol hill the republican leadership looks terrible. terrible. brian: yes. the bottom line is there is a lot of difference of opinion. moderates aren't happy and conservatives aren't happy. if you ask me who is going to hold up this bill. normally i would say ted cruz tough to budge. rand paul is so dug in. the conservatives said listen, this isn't right but i'm going to work. ted cruz goes i want to get to yes. rand paul i like dealing with the president. i want to get to yes. it's moderates that seem to be the ones that would not budge. and mitch mcconnell is trying to whip it all together. i couldn't believe susan collins had such disto the president. this president is first in our history neither political or military experience. been a challenge for him to learn how to interact with congress. what does this have to do with the president. you guys get your act together. the president will sign it. ainsley: i was optimistic when i heard it might happe

pete: our own griff jenkins with details on new name thrown into the fire. >> good morning, brian, ainsleyubpoenas referencing the unmasking and focusing on three senior obama era officials, former national security advisor susan rice. you may remember allegedly requested names of trump associates. it appeared in coded classified intelligence reports to be unmasked. she denies any wrongdoing. also former cia director john brennan who testified last week and decried the leaks of classified information. and perhaps most noteworthy is the subpoenas naming of samantha power. president obama's former unn ambassador that has not been previously surfaced in the unmasking controversy. that's new. now her naming may explain an exchange from brennan's hearing last week that he had with congressman trey gowdy. >> do you recall any u.s. ambassadors asking that names be unmavericked? >> i don't. i don't know. maybe it's ring ago vegas bell but i'm not -- i could not answer with any confidence. >> well, we may learn more about that. the intelligence committee, the chairman devin nunes and ranking member

griff jenkins is live in d.c. to cover it all. what kind of preview do you have for us?ing a frenzy in washington. surprise. this time attorney general jeff sessions as you mentioned on the hot seat. it's not sidelining the president and his daughter ivanka from focusing on job creation today. they are heading to wisconsin to attend career college with governor scott walker focus on skills training and apprenticeship workforce development week. governor walker will be on this program in just palestinians. yesterday first daughter and special advisor to the president ivanka was noting that there is a viable path for americans other than a four year college experience. >> there are 6 million available american jobs. so we're constantly hearing from ceos that they have job openings but don't have workers with the skill set to fill those jobs. >> right. >> they are bridging that gap and bring experienced based education to the forefront. >> but all eyes in washington will be on the grilling of jeff sessions under oath and facing questions regarding his contact with russian o