you're watching "fox & friends first" on the monday i'm heather childers. >> rob: and i'm rob schmit. all eyes on the senate as republicans take one step closer to repealing and replacing obamacare. 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.

i'm heather childers. mith, one of the nation's top democrats demanding an investigation as to whether loretta lynch covered for clinton. heather: give it up already, right, griff? >> that's right. calling for investigation after former attorney general loretta lynch asked comey to call the e-mail investigation a matter. >> i can't answer that. i would have a queasy feeling too, though, to be candid with you. i think we need to know more about that and that's to have the judiciary committee take a look at that. >> this comes after attorney general scheduled to set before the intelligence committee tomorrow and senate minority chuck schumer to inviting president trump to testify under oath but acknowledging the new comey developments? >> i would like to invite the president to testify before the senate. i think we could work out a way that it could be dignified public with questions with leader mcconnell. >> but republicans, they're simply fed up with this russia probe. rnc chairwoman calling for an end to i

. >> heather: and i am heather childers.he president expected to lay out a plan for restriction of the communist regime. that will mark a huge reversal from the obama administration, rolling back its historic opening with savannah. john roberts is live on the north long. what can we expect from the president in a moment? >> the president as he pointed out has been very critical of the policy that he believes is nothing more than an unsuccessful appeasement policy, he plans on tightening the screws in the castro regime, demanding they make democratic reforms. "he will reinstate restrictions on tourism and personal travel to cuba, it's an organization called gaesa. he still wants cruise ships to dock there and aircraft to land there. cuba releases. prisoners, holds free and fair elections, this policy changes during a bone to the hard-line cuban-americans who supported him in last november's election, such as marco rubio. they are at the forefront of all of this. a lot of people who were involved in the and obama administratio

you're watching "fox & friends first" on the monday i'm heather childers. >> rob: and i'm rob schmit.e as republicans take one step closer to repealing and replacing obamacare. 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 d

heather: and i'm heather childers, one of top democrats whether loretta lynch covered for clinton campaignb: make new moves in russia related election probe. >> that's right, good morning, rob and heather. top democrat on the senate judiciary committee dianne feinstein is concerned that former attorney loretta inch. >> i can't answer

. >> heather: i'm heather childers, nice to be here with you. a lot more discussion on tap for this. republicans downplaying results of the cbo score that predicts that the bill will leave more than 20 million people uninsured over the next decade. pointing out that the score also estimates the legislation will lower premiums and flash the federal deficit over that same time period. now six republicans saying they cannot support the bill. >> the american people need better care right now and this legislation includes the necessary tools to provide it. >> the bill has been hanging on by a thread and cbo shows why. republicans cannot excise the rotten core at the center of their health care bill. >> jon: senator ron johnson is on the fence about this bill. earlier, senator johnson that he told majority leader mitch mcconnell flat out, we need more time. >> we need to fix the collapsing markets of obamacare. we have to drive premiums down. what i want is the time to consider this, to allow my constituents in wisconsin a chance to review it, provide

. >> heather: i'm heather childers, it's nice to be here.t's an all out effort as we have been discussing with the trauma team, working to get the votes on board and they have their work cut out for them because there is no margin for error. five republican senators are opposed to the bill in its current form, enough to sink it when it heads to the floor for a vote. >> president trump is using the full weight of the white house to get this bill through the senate. he hasn't put a deadline on it, but he is continuing to express confidence that in the end, senate republicans will be able to come together and to do what they have been promising to do for years, repeal and replace obamacare. >> i don't think they are that far off. famous last words, right? i think we are going to get there. i can't promise but i think we are going to get there. >> to get there, president trump will need to convince at least three republican senators to get on board. he is applying pressure by calling them, personally while simultaneously accusing senate democrat

heather: i'm heather childers. condemning et latest blood bath as a horrific terrorist attack.n used a van to mow down a crowd of worshipers leaving a mosque, killing one person and injurin and injuring. er. heather: live with details. >> good morning rob and heather. we have seen these attacks all too often a vehicle being used to mow pooh people down indiscriminately. this was targeted at muslims. just finishing ramadan prayers. being called a terrorist attack and being investigated by the counter terrorism yiewcket here. happened just after midnight near a muslim center just behind me. one man is now dead. over 10 injured. and it happens at a time when many muslims are out on the streets trying to celebrate the end of ramadan and now community members here trying to avoid division. but the stories that we hear are bodies strewn across the road. desperate attempts to save one person and still anger here. police arrested the driver as you say 48-year-old white man. weighs grappled to the ground by two by standards until police arrived. two men are being called heroes. eyewitne

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. more information and that past hour that we have to share with everybody. fox news confirming that senate republicans have been asked to reach an agreement on health care by friday. the cbo will analyze it and the senate will try to vote on it when they return from the july 4th recess. as president trump keeps his eye on health care, he is also focusing on another campaign promise, illegal immigration. an hour from now the president will meet with victims of crime collated by illegal immigrants as the house prepares to vote on two major bills tomorrow. >> jon: fox team live coverage on capitol hill, we begin with kevin corke at the white house where president trump commented on health care just a short time ago. kevin? >> that he did, good afternoon to you and everyone watching at home. it's very interesting, while health care reform may need a bit of resuscitation in the short run, immigration reform appears stronger than ever, we will have more on that in just a moment. first, let's

i am heather childers in for jenna lee. >> leland: happy friday to you. i am in for jon scott. we are moments away from the white house briefing. epa head scott pruitt set to join saun spicer at the podium and they will field questions over the presidenty's withdrawal of the paris agreement. sean spicer will address the rulings that block the president's temporary ban on travel from six muslim countries. all right peter, the white house lost twice in the lower courts, why dough do they think they will have a better chance at supreme court. >> reporter: they are frustrated that the low are courts tell them that the travel ban is unconstitutional. >> the american people are heartened by that but equally frustrated by decisions in courts that call in to question whether the president of the united states has the ability to control who comes into this country. the ability to come into the united states is a privilege and not a right. >> reporter: the legal standard that the justice department used to make the request in the supreme court to look at the travel ban is this. the presi

." >> heather: i'm heather childers. republican leaders, they are going back to the drawing board on a health care plan after nine g.o.p. senators came out opposing the bill for a very different reason. despite meeting with the white house with president trum president trump, mitch mcconnell says republicans have to reach a consensus. >> either republicans will agree and change the status quo, or the markets will continue to collapse and will have to sit down with senator schumer and my suspicion is that any negotiation with the democrats will include none of the reforms that we would like to make both on the market side and the medicaid side. so for all of those reasons, we need to come up with a solution the american people elected us to do that and we're working hard to get there. >> heather: mike emanuel is live for us on capitol hill. >> good morning. senate republican leaders are hoping to make significant progress in the coming days. it will be voting on health care reform after the fourth of july recess. as you m

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. conservatives are working hard and they insist that the republican bill doesn't go far enough then repealing obamacare. that's where they still are. moderates worry about their voters, especially after the congressional budget office estimated that the plan would cost 22 million americans to lose their health insurance over the next decade. >> mcconnell is postponing and very damaging. it's not a victory for us. >> heather: john roberts has more. >> we expect to hear president trump in the rose garden. he is the oval office with the president. we expect the president to take a couple of questions as well. what's going on with health care right now, what we are hearing from sources at the white house is next week while the congress is on its fourth of july break, the senate will send the congressional budget office a couple versions of the health care repeal and replace bill. the president this morning throwing everything open to a new idea. if republican senators are unable to pass wh

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. the white house running the assad regime not to launch another attack. gas attack out of that base killed thousands of civilians. >> jon: back on american soil, a battle brewing over the senate health care plan. mitch mcconnell scrambling to gather enough votes to pass the bill. lindsey graham warns him not to get that support with kickbacks. >> i worry about cornhusker kickbacks, if they start doing that they are going to lose me. >> jon: we have fox news coverage on all of this today. mike emanuel has the latest on the health care from capitol hill. we begin with kevin corke, he is at the white house where sean spicer is a set to hold an on camera briefing later this afternoon. kevin? >> you are right about that, that one coming up at about 2:00, give or take, usually they run about 15 minutes after the top of the hour. that is going to be on camera. the activity that you all mentioned over in syria actually took place at a base known as shayrat airbase. it was partially damaged by

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. u.s. congressman steve scalise is hospitalized in critical condition. a gunman opened fire on republican lawmakers practicing for tonight's charity baseball game, that is all they were doing. president trump, the first lady and vice president pence have all visited congressman scalise in the hospital as well as the police officer who was also shocked. all of this happening as mr. trump reacts to a political bombshell. >> jon: we have live the fox coverage from the white house, but we begin live at nationals park in washington where the charity baseball game will go on tonight as scheduled. >> a few miles away from here at medstar hospital, congressman steve scalise is still being treated in critical condition and we are told the doctors there are starting to evaluate his condition in 12 hour increments. they say right now, the situation with his health is complicated because surgeries to fix bone damage from this bullet can't be scheduled until damage to internal organs is addressed first.

. >> heather: i'm heather childers and for jenna lee. the news of the administration, it comes on the heels of president trump's decision to back out of the paris kleiman accord and what many saw as a controversial decision. demonstration stands behind it saying the president is fulfilling his campaign promise to put america first. >> this is an agreement that puts an enormous burden on american consumers and the american economy while allowing countries like india and china to virtually get off scot-free for a decade or more. the president today after listening to all sides, after listening to european leaders last week, made a decision to fulfill his word to the american people, to get out of the paris accord, but to also leave the door open to the possibility of negotiating a completely new deal or going back into the agreement on terms that put the american economy and american people first. >> heather: kevin joins us live from the white house with more. >> always nice to talk with you and lucky as well. this is another bite of the a

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. it is friday. >> jon: it is a long weekend for a lot of people. >> heather: president trump and the south korean president making a joint statement about an hour ago, the two leaders discussing future relations between the u.s. and south korea, which included talks on how to handle north korea. at this as president trump also deals with the majors issues here at home like health care, with the senate g.o.p. bill now stuck in neutral. >> jon: we have live team fox coverage. we begin with the white house correspondent kevin corke live on the north line. >> you are right about that health care talk, this is what a lot of republicans have been angling for, let's repeal it and come back later and replace it. what they are telling me is what that does is it removes some of the barriers to creating meaningful tax reform which the white house would like to get done later this year, and it also gives congress a chance to put its stamp on an entirely different program, presumably a better progra

. >> heather: and i am heather childers. is time yesterday thought he would be okay. >> jon: the reports are different today. >> heather: the president and vice president both visiting congressman scalise in the hospital. his injuries are worse than first reported. the bullet hit internal organs. the doctors expect them to make a full recovery. the attack lasted ten horrible minutes and injured ten other people. one witness describing the scene. >> they started shooting at me, i was pinned down in right field, at that point i got struck in the leg and made a run for it, i was running for my life. got into the dugout, i was bleeding pretty badly, but i was just trying to keep my head down, keep everybody's heads down and prevent anything else from happening. we didn't know what was going on, there was a lot of uncertainty and we were just trying to stay alive. >> heather: in the meantime we are getting more information about the gunman who was killed, when capitol police officers returned his fire. 66-year-old was a bernie san

. >> heather: i'm heather childers.hile we wait for the white house and they wait for word on the senate health care bill, it is ready to roll out the president's revised travel ban in the meantime. of the supreme court giving the white house a green light to implement parts of the plan with a major decision earlier this week. the administration then using a three day period to iron out all the details of the band, hoping to avoid the problems that paralyzed them during the first roll out. >> jon: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live from the capital held with the latest on health care. we begin at douglas international airport. >> that travel ban officially begins at 8:00 p.m. tonight, 72 hours after the supreme court decision on monday, so we don't see the kind of confusion we saw with the first travel ban. we see no evidence of chaos or confusion, at least today. it is conceivable that that could change if there are people who are in the air before the ban takes effect and who land here and at other

. >> heather: hello everyone, i'm heather childers. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. lawmakers offering prayers and support for the field and president trump even sending his encouragement from the white house. the >> by playing tonight, you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats, acts of violence, or assaults on our democracy. the game will go on. >> gregg: and go on a dated. with "the star-spangled banner" taking on a very special meanin meaning. ♪ >> heather: an extraordinary night at the ballpark and here is the wrap of the game and congressman scalise's condition. >> for the first time since steve's glaze was hospitalized, we got our first tidbit, just a smidgen of good news and it comes in the form of a statement released by the hospital last night. it says earlier today steve's glaze underwent a second surgery related to his internal injuries and a broken bone in his leg. he remains in critical condition, but has improved in the last 24 hours. the congress men will require additional operations and will be in the hospital for some time

. >> jenna: and i am heather childers. it is going to be busy and a hot one.hey do more ways than one. who will testify just after a day james comey public testimony. sessions recuse himself from the russian investigation back in march. he volunteered to appear before the committee, and there are saying that he is trying to testify privately. >> first, i think he should be sworn under oath. second, i think it should be public. there's very little that is classified. anything that is classified, they can do and separate. >> jon: meanwhile, the present is meeting with his cabinet. as they try to move his agenda forward. ivanka trump appearing on ". saying that they have job for tomorrow. >> we are experiencing one of the biggest technical schools in wisconsin, which we are excited to talk about the scales cap, and really highlight the fact that there is a viable path other than a four-year college expense. really investing in skill-based training. there are 6 million available american jobs. you and our chief white house correspondent, john roberts, here with wi

. >> heather: and i am heather childers. time yesterday thought he would be okay. >> jon: the reports are different today. >> heather: the president and vice president both visiting congressman scalise in the hospital. his injuries are worse than first reported. the bullet hit internal organs. the doctors expect them to make a full recovery. the attack lasted ten horrible minutes and injured ten other people. one witness describing the scene. >> they started shooting at me, i was pinned d

. >> heather: i'm heather childers.d and they insist that the republican bill doesn't go far enough then repealing obamacare. that's where they still are. moderates worry about their voters, especially after the congressional budget office estimated that the plan would cost 22 mi

. >> jenna: and i am heather childers. it is going to be busy and a hot one.ore ways than one. who will testify just after a day james comey public testimony. sessions recuse himself from the russian investigation back in march. he volunteered to appear before the committee, and there are saying that he is trying

. >> heather: i'm heather childers and for jenna lee.administration, it comes on the heels of president trump's decision to

." >> heather: i'm heather childers.ck to the drawing board on a health care plan after nine g.o.p. senators came out opposing the bill for a very different reason. despite meeting with the white house with president trum president trump, mitch mcconnell says republicans have to reach a consensus. >> either republicans will

. >> heather: i'm heather childers, nice to be here with you.n on tap for this. republicans downplaying results of the cbo score that predicts that the bill will leave more than 20 million people uninsured over the next decade. pointing out that the score also estimates the legislation will lower premiums and flash the federal deficit over that same time period. now six republicans saying they cannot support the bill.