good my name to you, i am jon scott. >> and i'm heather childers.veryone at home with the trump team, they say that the president was well within his rights to let comey go. but his critics say not so fast, his behavior towards the former head of the fbi was highly unethical. >> the president is the seal of the country. he can hire and fire whoever he wants. that is his right. whether you agree with it or not, it is the truth. and he can do it on his own team. >> i am a devoted to helping the president achieve his electives. i have to earn his confidence every day with how i go about those appears and how i go about conducting the state department activities consistent with the direction that he wants to take the country. >> the president fired the fbi director because of the russian investigation. that first one given, again, the white house misleading the country about a major action that the country was taking. >> heather: cheap white house correspondent john roberts is live with us. hello, john. >> good morning to you. it's trying to get some ot

i'm jon scott, fox news, new york. going to take you back to kevin mccarthy, the majority leader of the republicans in the house at the rose garden ceremony at the white house. >> or not that they won't have very many choices. they'll have no choice. do you do you care for pre-existing conditions when there's no care at all? or you read the paper yesterday and you look at aetna pulling out of virginia or to tennessee next year with 16 counties with no care. what about the families that paid into those 23 co-ops that obamacare created with more than $2 billion. 18 of them have collapsed. the only answer this american government gives them is a penalty. you simply look at the facts. more people took the penalty or the exemption than actually signed up for obamacare. i did not run to this office to promote a party. i ran for this office to make this country better. yeah, it would be easy to say no. it would be easy to watch it collapse. i can't look at those families. i don't think that's right. that's exact message i got

here's jon scott in for shep. >> it's 3:00 on the east coast. 10:00 p.m. in saudi arabia. president trump says he will protect american interests. fox news has confirmed his son-in-law asked an american company to give the saudis a better deal. a friend of james comey revealing how the former fbi director tried to avoid hugging the president. lawmakers get another briefing about the firing of comey. also, carlos danger crying in court. anthony wiener pleads guilty to sexting with an underage girl. he's about to be single, too. all that ahead this hour. >> jon: president trump just left on his first foreign tour. be -- the president and the first lady boarded air force one this morning. president trump tweeted "getting ready for my big foreign trip. will be strongly protecting american interests. that's what i like to do." the president's first stop, saudi arabia before heading to israel. he's scheduled to visit the pope at the vatican, attend another meeting of world leaders in sicily. the white house and foreign officials have gone to great lengths to accommodate the pres

i am jon scott in new york. turkey obviously a key nato ally, especially when it comes to the fight against isis, but president erdogan has been criticized both internally and externally through seizing power in a country and making turkey less of a secular democracy and turning it i'm more toward the islamic world. so the president in the prime minister are expected to issue a joint statement after their meeting, the question is will there be questions about the report that first broke in "the washington post" late yesterday suggesting that the president inappropriately revealed classified information. classified information about, well, information that is believed to be about the challenge of explosives being smuggled on board aircraft and laptop computers. the information supposedly so sensitive it came from another country, here now, the president and the prime minister of turke turkey. >> president trump: a lot of press, a lot of press, i am shocked. it is a great pleasure to welcome president erdogan for

angry people show up to vote. >> jon: let's ask scott about that. you are the republican representative on this panel. are you concerned your party is going to get spanked as a result of the vote? >> no, i am not. it's because republicans have been running on repealing and replacing obamacare for many years and winning elections, congressional elections, presidential elections, elections at the state level. i feel like i'm living in the movie "groundhog day," back in 2014 they told us because senate majority leader mitch mcconnell wanted to repeal obamacare that his seat was in jeopardy. false, he won by double digits. 2015, they said no republican governor of kentucky can get elected because trying to run against the medicaid expansion would be political suicide. matt bevin did it and won easily. that was a false assertion. now we are running into the 2018 returns, in the same liberal media and democratic strategists are saying, if the republicans get rid of obamacare, they will be held to pay at the polls next november. i don't buy it. republicans

i'm jon scott, in today for shepherd smith. the markets are up a little bit today. with neil cavuto" is next. >> neil: all right, republicans are in a grand old funk again on the health care bill. we're getting word from the wall street journal that this writing, quoting here, 21 house republicans said they oppose the latest, the layest incarnation of the republican plan to repeat and replace obama care, the car. >>> welcome, everybody. fox on another rework going down. the hope had been they would get a vote going this week. that is looking dicey, especially if the wall street journal is right and these numbers don't look good. the most no votes they can

. >> meghan: more "outnumbered" in just a moment, but for us to jon scott with what's coming up in aur of "happening now." >> jon: in the next hour, the president fires the head of the fbi and washington is still reeling. some democrats call it a constitutional crisis. republicans, some of them, counter it's about time. the future of the fbi is in question. will also hear from sarah huckabee sanders, she's filling in for sean spicer at the white house for the press briefing. that should be interesting. all coming up, "happening now." >> meghan: looking forward to that. >> harris: president trump is meeting with sergey lavrov today amid the controversy of his firing of fbi director james comey. it is the highest level meeting between the honored states and moscow between the president's inauguration and focuses on ending the violence in russia. also many with the president, sergey kissed la who had been communicative with former national secured advisor michael flynn about sanctions prior to flynn's firing. during a quick follow-up, lavrov joked about comey's firing and he was asked a

i'm jon scott in for shepard smith. we begin with round two on healthcare. the white house making a major push to get moderates on board with the new bill. sean spicer, as you just heard, said vice president pence is meeting with lawmakers and they're making progress. two moderates, fred upton and billy long say they're ready to vote yes. that's as long as an amendment that congressman upton wrote is in the bill. they made that announcement after meeting with president trump and vice president providence. congressman upton's amendment adds more money to protect people with pre-existing conditions. it's not clear if it's enough to convince other republican hold-outs to join in line. it clearly did not do anything for senate minority leader chuck schumer. he said the proposed upton amendment is like administering cough medicine to someone with stage vote cancer. congressman upton said he expects an up or down vote tomorrow, sometime in the early afternoon. in march, republicans couldn't get enough support to bring a bill t

here's jon scott in for shepard smith. >> ahead, what the na vote for means for obamacare. and the house gets set to vote on new penalties for north korea. and president trump said he would be honored to meet with the dictator under the right circumstances. plus, shooting at a pool party. >> i heard about six or seven shots, coming from the pool area. a lot of people screaming. >> a man opening fire on a birthday celebration. killing one and wounding others. and protests getting violent. that's ahead in this hour. breaking news out of dallas where a man hunt is underway after a paramedics was injured. that paramedic in the hospital and undergoing surgery. he's in critical condition the shooting happened near the dallas fire rescue training facility. the city of dallas released a statement indicating first responders were responding to a reported shooting. a local station reports police say a neighbor was also wounded, but we haven't confirmed that yesterday. we're keeping an eye on the situation and will have more as we get it. first, the white house says republicans are ge

i'm jon scott. >> heather: and i'm heather heather childers and for jenna lee. the president share details of an isis terror threat involving laptops on airlines with the russian foreign minister and the u.s. ambassador during their meaning meeting last week. >> it would be almost inconceivable if any president would put something of that nature out, anything that would disclose sources and methods. those of the things we protect. >> heather: the president did not break the law. >> the only implication here is that he's unschooled. this is first go around and he might have slipped up. if he did, that's not good. if it's not deliberate, it's not exactly a high crime and misdemeanor. speak to national security advisor denied that any methods were disclosed. but general mcmaster did not deny that classified information was revealed and now we are waiting for general mcmaster to hold another briefing at the bottom of the hour after president trump defended himself in a tweet this morning. a chief white house correspondent, john roberts does lie with the story, devel

now back to regular programming on the fox news channel to jon scott. >> jon: thank you.cott here with julie banderas doing "happening now," new york officials had just been giving an update on that situation in times square that sheppard just mentioned, the headline here is the incident is not terrorism al de blasio as well as the police and fire commissioners get together for this news conference. at least one person is dead, we know, 23 injured, and julie has been developing more information with her sources. >> julie: nypd again confirming not terrorism, they knew that from the beginning, counterterrorism units were deployed but not put into action at the scene because they knew from the get-go pretty much they were going to try to apprehend an intoxicated suspect who was being apprehended after a robbery. i am told more about the victim. it was a 26-year-old woman, her family has yet to be notified. so that they are not releasing the name of that victim, but the one fatality in this tragic accident, 26-year-old woman. we don't know whether she was here from new york

. >> sandra: more "outnumbered" just a moment, but first let's get to jon scott with what's coming upa second hour of "happening now." we have a hint of what's going up at 1:00. >> jon: it's going to be exciting. we are waiting the white house press briefing. sean spicer set to take reporter questions. we can expect a lot of fireworks. questions ranging from the firing of james comey as head of the fbi and other issues and bombing the russian investigation. also after president trump suggested he might do away with white house briefings altogethe altogether. will also talk with wilbur ross about a new deal with china up ahead on happening now. >> sandra: we are all awaiting that briefing, jon scott, thank you. the >> harris: town hall events have become increasingly dangerous as lawmakers say fury over the push to repeal obamacare. watch this. [bleep] >> what you talking abo? you are insane! >> you insisted that i pay before you will save me? that is a moral, sir! completely. you have no leg to stand on. >> harris: now in tennessee, a woman was arrested after a town hall meeting and i

i am jon scott. >> jenna: i am jenna lee. >> jon: mike handed in his resignation, and offered to remain onboard and told the transition is concluded. the president's policies moving forward. for more on all of this, kristin fisher joins us life in the white house. >> this big staff shakeup that we've been hearing so much about, but then again, sean spicer, who will had also been rumored to be on the way out, he is going to be back behind the podium in less than an hour. so if there's anything we learned about this white house is that nothing is final until it actually happens. >> in terms of staff shakeup's, i always read things that simply aren't true. i work here every day. it's much more collaborative than people realize. i think were constantly being told by people who have never worked in any white house let alone this white house what is going on here. >> now one change that is definitely being discussed is a commune occasions war room. the white house is considering bringing back to former campaign operatives back into the fold. lewandowski and david barsky, all this controversy

let's go to jon scott with what's coming up in a second hour of "happening now." >> jon: in the nextr, white house shakeup as president trump brings us some changes to the west wing. it will be seeing more them next week and what does this mean to the president's agenda? plus breaking news on what's being called an attempted hijacking and another scare in the air as a laptop battery catches fire on a jetblue plane forcing an emergency landing. also, eric shawn lands an interview with nikki haley, the ambassador to the u.n. will have that ahead "happening now" ." >> harris: thanks. >> sandra: the presence of harvard using her commencement adjusts to encourage the class of 2017 to embrace free speech. she warned graduates that if they censor voices they don't agree with, there are not only creating -- watch as she describes those opposing opinions. >> we need to hear those hateful ideas so our society is fully equipped to oppose and defeat them. we can see here at harvard how are inattentiveness to the power and appeal left much of our community astonished. blindsided by the outcome of

i am jon scott. >> jenna: i am jenna lee.

. >> jon: i'm jon scott. the president calling the push against kushner fake news. >> jenna: the staff shakeup at the white house, press secretary sean spicer is scheduled to hold the daily news briefing at 2:00 p.m. eastern time and there'll be a lot of questions about who is in and who's out. a space for a good day to you and you are right. the president has made it clear once again his not-so-subtle disdain for what he likes to call the fake media, taking to twitter once again to ensure more criticism about this notion that there is ties between the trump white house and russia. here we go again. this is a tweet. russian officials must be laughing at the u.s. and how a lame excuse for the democrats lost the election has taken over the fake news. the latest after suggesting that his son in law and advisor, jared kushner, is under scrutiny for allegedly wanting to establish some back channel communication with russia after the election. white house officials say that's a fairly common practice. >> back chann

i am jon scott! >> jenna: just another quiet day to report on. i am jenna lee.rting on pre-consisted -- conditions. now republicans are close to having the boats that they need. priebus says that he thinks a vote will happen this week. john roberts is live with the story. >>

jon scott sitting on the couch this morning. to be leaving the white house any minute to deliver commencement address at liberty university. abby: more than 48,000 people examined expected to attend making it the largest event at the university. jon: kevin corke joining us. >> you are right. very first commencement address as president of the united states. very interesting, too. because i want to take you back to some video from 2016. remember, it was then candidate donald trump who came right here to liberty university. he had a lot of support from leadership here on this campus is it was that support that really helped him beat back this strong field of con tenders back in 2016. and, of course, help propel him to the president. all the way in 2016, november. fast forward now to today. and it's one of his decisions as president that's now dominating the news cycle that is, of course, the decision to fire fbi director james comey. exclusive interview with judge jeanine pirro he thought that decision would be actually well receiv

. >> bill: jon scott is coming next. good monday morning. what's up?inutes away from the top of the hour. president trump is expected to make comments during that hour speaking at the 36th annual national peace officers memorial service. we'll have that for you live plus the very latest on the controversial firing of james comey as f.b.i. director. who might replace him and what does it mean to the ongoing f.b.i. investigation into russian government in the election? new polling on firing of comey and the president's approval ratings ahead on "happening now." >> bill: minutes away we're awaiting president trump in washington capitol hill. what a sight that is. you'll see and hear his speech live when it begins in a moment right after this. >> bill: last night miss usa was crowned for 2017. >> miss usa2017 is district of columbia! >> bill: 25-year-old kara mccoullough one it. her comments are causing a political firestorm. what got her into hot water? >> honesty, bill. she looked the part clearly but did not fit the mold. the 25-year-old took home the c

. >> bill: jon scott is coming up on "happening now."morning to you. >> we have two big stories taking place during "happening now" today. president trump set to sign that new executive order today at 11:00 on this national day of prayer. then that key vote on the republican healthcare plan comes in the house 1:00 p.m. eastern time during our second hour is third time the charm? if it makes it through the house, what happens when it gets to the senate? senator john thune is here and we'll ask him about the healthcare bill and the chances in that body ahead on "happening now." >> bill: republican leadership feeling good about the healthcare vote. we're told jason chaffetz is on the hill. he is recovering from foot surgery and republicans will need every vote out there to pass it. we're back live on the hill watching this and more next. if you often suffer from a dry mouth, over time it can lead to cavities and bad breath. that's why there is biotene, the # 1 dry mouth brand recommended by dentists. biotene. for people who suffer from a dr

> harris: on this fine friday, were making were outnumbered in just a moment, but freckles go to jon scottecond hour of what's happening now. >> jon: we are awaiting a white house briefing from sarah huckabee sanders next hour. she's sure to get a lot of questions on the repeal and replace bill. also getting breaking news with a white house pair the trump administration is poised to give the state department authority to demand more information from those applying for visas. rich edson on that in our next hour of "happening now" ." >> harris: we'll see you then. thank you. the >> that guy has three oil paintings of himself in the bathroom. >> got a go faster. we are up with mcdonald's. >> mr. tom, your presidency, i love your presidency. i call a disgrace the nation. >> sandra: it is clear president trump is the man late night loves to hate. a new study finds that his first 100 days in office, he's been a target of more jokes from late-night comedians then his three predecessors were tearing their entire first years in the white house. president trump has already been hit with nearly 1,100

i'm in for jon scott. there is some tension after president trump's blunt remarks are paying more. other g-7 leaders are expected to engage mr. trump on his trade policy in the paris climate agreement. the president outlining his focus on twitter. getting ready to engage g-7 leaders on many issues including economic growth, terrorism, insecurity and continuing, just arrived in italy. we made and saved the u.s. billions of dollars and in his words, millions of jobs. john roberts, traveling with the president. of all your background, is this the best? >> it's not bad and good afternoon from italy. our closest economic and military allies with the president -- he believes and is in america's economic interest. the president saying that germany is bad, very bad. his chief economic advisor explaining more about the president was talking about when he said those words, saying he doesn't have a problem with germany. in fact, his father came from germany. when he has a problem with is germany's trade policy. if you look at the relationship between united states and germany, it's 106 to 4 b

. >> leland: i am leland vitter in for jon scott. british police are now carrying out raids across the city of manchester and arrested a fifth suspect in the bombing. all of the meantime, military personnel were deployed to high profile sites in great britain as the prime minister raises the terror level to the highest level. we are learning more about the 22-year-old man identified as the suisicide bomber as his father is speaking out claiming that his son is innocent. all will the while confirming that two of his other sonses are under arrest. rick is on the ground in manchester with this investigation and the desire to try to prevent another attack continues, hi, rick. >> reporter: hi, leland, the british police confirmed that the 23-year-old arrested in manchester is the older brother of the suicide bomber salman abedi. and his other brother was arrested in libya with connections to isis. this had is as in man chester and england as the authorities search for accomplices for anyone that might be connected to the awful terrorist a

will be tossing it to jon scott. he'll be talking with jason javits. i want to go back to catherine herridge as we get our ducks in a row here and talk more about the michael flynn revelation. it's interesting what we hear today about how michael flynn had told the trump administration before he was hired his relationship with turkey. now we are investigating that it's possible at the trump administration knew this and hired him anyway. >> people close to mike flynn confirmed with fox news -- if you are a u.s. person or a u.s. citizen and you are acting on behalf of a foreign government, then you have to let the justice department know about that. the justice department is looking into flynn beginning of november last year over his turkish contacts. we now know he made an excessive $400,000 lobbying on their behalf. this information about the fair investigation was known to members of the trump team and they did not consider it a disqualifier. we don't quite have the timing that "the new york times" does on the dates which i think. this was known to me

i'm leyland and for jon scott. a british prime minister may opt the terror threat level to critical with growing concern that the bomber had accomplices who are now planning another attack. the manchester chief of police said it's clear they are investigating a network. this is new. as the british military secures high-profile sites across the united kingdom. and london, the changing of the guard at buckingham palace was canceled so those officers can be redeployed. the >> jenna: england remembers the 22 victims of the attack. dozens of other people are still hospitalized. many of them with severe injuries. greg palkot is live with more. what is the latest russian mark >> hello. just in the past hour or so, we did get an update. they confirmed that there was definitely a network supporting the guy who did this damage on a monday night at a pop concert in the arena just behind us. the police have been very busy today staging a variety of raids, both in the southern part of the city and right in the center of manches

i'm jon scott in for shepard smith. "your world" for neil cavuto is next. stocks up big, but the markets flat. neil will have that in just a moment. >> neil: may day and it got rocky in the city of paris today. better than 250 cities across the globe, most in the united states, this was the kind of thing playing out. not always violent, not always rough. all reminders a day that was meant to celebrate the american worker and then labor and then immigration and then illegal immigration. then the lgbt community and its rights. and then various presidents of the united states, including latest occupant of the oval office and whether he's up for the job and destroying america. we'll talk to a labor organizer and what is at stake. first, we go to protests in chicago. >> and the marchs, neil, from a downtown park. we're blocks away in chicago. you can see live pictures of these thousands that have massed. fair to say brought all the people that don't like donald trump and their policies together, whether it's immigration, taxes, whatever. they're all here with th

i'm jon scott in for shepard smith. neil cavuto will have it all for you on "your world" next. >> neil: all right, jon. thank you. i'm neil cavuto. you're watching "your world" and you're watching the scene, live on the floor of the house of representatives where they're voting on a measure that effectively keeps the government lights on through the end of september of this year. you heard the back and forth on this. a number of republicans have been faulted for sort of caving. the fact of the matter, in order to get this done and get 60 votes in the senate -- this is the house right now -- you do have to do some wheeling and dealing here to get the other side to vote for this. it was a rare opportunity to see bipartisan compromise on this. you know in the extreme environment that -- talking to the other side, agreements with the other side tends to be exploded by each side. chad pergrim is in the middle of this. when told that 100 republicans or more could vote against this thing but handicap this one. >> republicans do

. >> jon: i'm jon scott.ction on capitol hill this morning, there is no reaction to the bipartisan budget agreement were both democrats and republicans declaring victory. while pressure is on the g.o.p. to pass a revised health care bill which republicans are now scrambling to get the votes they need. john roberts is live with more on how that's going. >> it's a full court press, the republicans in congress say here at the white house, defending their actions over the spending bill after coming under fire from conservatives before giving far too much away to democrats in a bill. here are some of the things i didn't get. no funding for the border wall, no cuts to sanctuary cities, no cuts to planned parenthood, a lot of other things as well. too numerous to mention. sean spicer at the briefing trying to put his best face on the way to the negotiations unfolded. >> this is 2017 funding. this is something that we normally would and have a shot at because it should have been done. in choosing his priorities for t

on jon scott in new york. as we continue to cover the words of the national security advisor and the reporting of various papers that broke the story, it first broke in "the washington post" yesterday. other stories and papers picked up on this, our coverage continues and "outnumbered" search right now. >> sandra: firing back, the white house fiercely defensive conversations that president trump had with officials saying that he leads classified information on those talks. h.r. mcmaster saying nothing the president did was inappropriate as he took a shot at the leakers behind the report. watch. the >> general mcmaster: i stand by my statement i made yesterday. what i'm saying is the premise of that article is false. the conversation was not inappropriate. i think the real issue and what i would like to see debated more as our national security has been put at risk by those violating confidentiality. those releasing information to the press that could be used connected with other information available to make a

i am jon scott! >> jenna: just another quiet day to report on. i am jenna lee.n reporting on pre-consisted -- conditions. now republicans are close to having the boats that they need. priebus says that he thinks a vote will happen this week. john roberts is live with the story. >> good morning to you, jenna, shooting against intransitive republicans on the sideline saying that i am not going to vote for your health care bill, they are twisting some arms. remember that the president said in harrisburg, pennsylvania, on saturday night, if i do not get that health care bill, i am going to be so angry. calling out a couple of members of congress who might be targets of reelection in 2018. the white house is optimistic that the president will get a vote on health care this week. representatives tell me that the plan at the moment is to have a vote on wednesday should they have the votes, i am told that they are within a handful, don't know if the handful means five, three, or ten. but gary cronin, they have the votes already, but i am told that this is just a little

good friday morning to you, i'm jon scott. >> julie: i'm julie banderas and for jenna lee. deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein is back on capitol hill this morning for the second time in two days to brief house members behind closed doors. he filled them in on the firing of director comey. president trump in the meantime is it sticking with his denial he ever asked james comey to back off from any investigation. >> the entire thing is been a witch hunt and there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can always speak for myself and the russians. zero. it divides the country. i think we have a very divided country because among other things. >> i will not partake in anything such as a witch hunt. we are going to find the facts and go wherever the intel and the facts take us to the truth. we have confidence in mueller. i think rosenstein is a very dedicated, tough professional. what these people do their job and let's work with them. the speed to the president circled back to his original reasons for firing james comey, that it was a recommendatio

good morning to you, i'm jon scott. >> jenna: hi everybody, i'm jenna lee. sally yates telling a senate panel that she warned the administration that he may be compromised by the russians. >> we were concerned that the american people have been misled about the underlying conduct and what general flynn had done. additionally, we weren't the only ones that knew about this. the russians also knew. >> jenna: chief white house correspondent joins us today. >> what we learn from that hearing is the president was warned about general michael flynn on at least two occasions. the one time by the acting attorney general. another time, two days before the election. president obama had said to president trump, president-elect trump that when it came to michael flynn, there were probably people out there who you might consider to be better for the job then flynn. that was based on the experience that president obama had with flynn when he was the director of the defense intelligence agency. last night, gates testified that flynn had been talking to the russians and the

i'm jon scott in for shepard smith on this friday. thanks for joining us. "your world" with neil cavuto is next. >> neil: welcome. i'm neil cavuto. a world of an onslaught against the thought of joe lieberman of being the next fbi director. we're told that bernie sanders has added his name to the list of his former colleague of not getting the top fbi job. he joins joe manchin, dianne feinstein, richard blooming that will of connecticut, chuck schumer of new york. all have real serious problems with the fact that a politician, a former senator at that, could be running the fbi. a lot of them convinced that you need a clear lawyer, only those schooled in legal work and exclusively that with some background in government work for that job, but not a politician. this is not a point echoed by republicans but comes on the same day we've gotten new revelations where the president is referring to james comey whom he fired as a nut job and said that the firing he was passing along to russians visiting the white house relieved some pressure. everybody is jumping all

i'm jon scott, in today for shepherd smith. the markets are up a little bit today. "your world with neil cavuto" is next. >> neil: all right, republicans are in a grand old funk again on the health care bill. we're getting word from the wall street journal that this writing, quoting here, 21 house republicans said they oppose the latest, the layest incarnation of the republican plan to repeat and replace obama care, the car. >>> welcome, everybody. fox on another rework going down. the hope had been they would get a vote going this week. that is looking dicey, especially if the wall street journal is right and these numbers don't look good. the most no votes they can afford, that is, republicans since democrats aren't helping, is 22. a like number of undecideds. senior capitol hill producer, chad gerber. what are you hearing. >> reporter: i just talked to the majority whip a few moments ago and he said tonight is a big night, to work this vote. mike pence, the vice-president was here trying to work over members. i talked to kevin mccarty, the majority leader and ask

. >> jon: i'm jon scott. all of this as chuck schumer earlier reiterated his call for a special prosecutor into russian meddling in our presidential election. and possible collusion between the kremlin and trump campaign associates. those calls coming fast and furious from democrats and even a few republicans on capitol hill. other republicans sensed some hypocrisy in the democratic outrage. >> i simply said to him, mr. president, all due respect, you are making a very big mistake. he didn't really answer, and i have said from the get-go that i think a special prosecutor is the way to go. but now, with what's happened, the only way i can go. the only way to go to restore the american people's faith. are people going to suspect cover up? absolutely. >> my messages suck it up and move on. >> who we face a looming constitutional crisis. very much like happened in 1973, the midnight massacre, this episode has very much to feel of that chapter in our history, one that we should not repeat. this bill's fast-moving

i'm jon scott. >> jenna: i'm jenna lee. the president weeding out this morning, james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. the comment referencing the president's claims comey told him three times the fbi was not investigating mr. trump personally, which is not standard fbi practice. this is one of the top news items of the day. let's go to john roberts. >> good morning to you. it really is quite extraordinary for a sitting president to fire a warning shot across the bow of a fired government official but that's what the president did just a little while ago. at bears looking at again, let's put that tweet back up on the screen. the president saying james comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. the president is referring to a dinner that he had with james comey and two phone calls in which the president insists comey told him he is not under investigation in the russia case. here's the president talking

welcome to "happening now," i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i melissa francis. president trump plans to sign an executive order allowing tax-exempt religious organizations to take political positions. house republicans get ready to vote on a republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. vice president pence told antiabortion activists that it's time. >> all the promises of obamacare have been broken and tomorrow we begin the end of obamacare once and for all. [applause] from the day obamacare past, it was a day of disappointment for the sanctity of life. hope is finally shining through. >> jon: we have live docs team coverage. peter doocy is following the vote on capitol hill. we begin with john roberts who is in new york city with the uss intrepid where president trump will meet the australian prime minister later today. >> good morning to you. president trump will be here today for a speech at 7:30 as part of a dinner commemorating the 75th anniversary of the battle. the intrepid, not part of it. i was the yorktown. here to commemorate the long-standing tie

i'm nunez jon scott. >> heather: and i'm heather childers. the president is weighing his options and has yet to make a final decision concerning the landmark agreement. so, what impact will this potential move have on america's foreign partners? >> jon: let's go to kevin corke live on the white house lawn. >> even as we continue to await word from the president that he in fact intends to withdraw the united states from the paris climate agreement, there is a new reporting now even done right here across from our colleague john roberts it may not go as cut and dry as some critics of the deal may have hoped. you may have read this today. "i will be announcing my decision on the parents accord over the next few days. it make america great again." that the idea of getting behind it. if the president follows through on his threats to leave the deal, he will once again be making good on a campaign pledge by severely weakening the 2015 deal that committed some 200 countries to take action to curb some warming of the planet. but as i mentioned, presi

first let's go to jon scott for what's coming up in a second hour of "happening now." >> jon: in thet hour, we are waiting the departure of president trump in his first overseas trip as commander in chief. he leaves with a shadow cast by multiple investigations and as house members react after a briefing from deputy attorney general rosenstein today on the hill, explained the firing of fbi director comey. we have a new reaction, plus howard kurtz on the media reaction ahead. happening now. >> abby: "time" magazine whipping up controversy with its cover yet again. this is certainly not the first rodeo when it comes to -- april showed his full meltdown. they didn't name him 2016's person of the year. the subtitle was president of the divided state of america. i don't know if you've seen some of the recent covers. i looked closely, there was one of chuck schumer and one of stephen bannon. one of them was airbrushed looking like chuck schumer had a halo on top of his head. stephen bannon looked not so good. >> mike: he looked like he just robbed a bank. >> abby: if you're looking for hyp

i am we went with alert and for jon scott. >> julie: i'm julie banderas in for jenna scott this afternoon. president trump for the third leg of his overseas trip following saudi arabia and israel. ice is scamming responsibility for an attack that killed at least 22 killed at least 22 people and injured dozens more as the fans screamed out of an area out of areata grande concert and now tr the victims in manchester's albert square as british authorities identify the dead bomber as 22-year-old salman abedi. they have also arrested we are told another man and are searching for any more accomplices as they have been doing these raids in conducting raids throughout the day. the bombing occurred as president trump met with the palestinian leader just before leaving israel. >> horrific, horrific injury, terrible. dozens of innocent people, beautiful young children savagely murdered in this heinous attack upon humanity. i repeat again that we must drive out the terrorists and the extremists from our midst. obliterate this evil ideology and protect and defend our citizens and people of the worl wo

. >> i'm leland vetter in for jon scott. the president pledging to rt, saying the leaks are deeply troubling. they've been going on for a long time, and my administration will get to the bottom of this. the leaks of sensitive information pose a grave threat to our national security. >> joining us chris wallace, anchor of "fox news sunday." chris, what exactly is the president talking about? what are the brits talking about? what leaks are concerning? >> one of the presidents is upset, he's at nato meeting in brussels, and his british counterpart, theresa may, the british prime minister, is very upset, raising the question whether the united kingdom will share information with the united states. what they're specifically concerned about is that there were leaks of the name of the bomber, and also videos, pictures, that showed some of the key elements of the bomb. just why did that matter? because a lot of this was leaked here in america by intelligence services that had gotten it from the brits just as the british police, bri

i am we went with alert and for jon scott. >> julie: i'm julie banderas in for jenna scott this afternoonnt trump for the third leg of his overseas trip following saudi arabia and israel. ice is scamming responsibility for an attack that killed at least 22 killed at least 22 people and injured dozens more as the fans screamed out of an area out of areata grande concert

welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i am jon scott. >> heather: i'm heather childers in for jenna lee, nice to be here, busy day to say the least. we are also awaiting the daily white house briefing from sean spicer as political fallout continues after the firing of fbi director james comey. >> jon: chief intelligent correspondent catherine herridge has more on the search for comey's replacement but we begin with kevin corke at the white house to tell us about the president's upcoming trip. >> good afternoon, you're right, and waiting for what the president ready for his overseas visit, he has a massive amount of work to get done not only internationally but domestically his priorities are taking shape this week as well, very busy morning as you can well imagine as most mondays are as president not just talking about what's going to be happening overseas, talking about what's happening here in the usa on the domestic front, he signed a proclamation in honor of national police week directing the department of justice to develop a strategy to better prevent and prosecute crime

welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i am jon scott. >> julie: i'm julie banderas, happy friday come in for jenna lee today. first stop is saudi arabia, birthplace of islam where the president will seek support in fighting terrorism. kingdom already preparing for this historic visit, putting up billboards featuring trump and saudi king salmon with a slogan that reads "today together we prevail." american flags also lining the streets there. president trump leaving behind a swirl of controversy currently dodging and dogging his administration. house lawmakers today hearing from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein about the russian investigation and the firing of former fbi director james comey as we learn an announcement can come soon on comey's replacement. >> jon: we have fox team live coverage, peter doocy on capitol hill but kevin corke first at the white house. >> ambitious agenda for the president as he leaves home to take america's message to the world abroad. as you pointed out, this is a very interesting time for the president to leave washington, taking his talents,

jon scott and jenna lee have the day off.nt trump visiting arlington national cemetery a few hours ago. this is unusual for a president, made an unannounced stop at section 60. the final resting place for members of the military who have been killed in the war on terror since 2001. those families have gathered there to be with their loved ones. had this young than ma, president trump and vice president pence, speaking with the families of fallen soldiers. you can see sharing a moment with a young boy whose father is laid to rest there, who he was there to visit. the president also laying the traditional wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier on his first memorial day as commander in chief. >> president trump: words cannot measure the depth of their devotion, the purity of their love, off the totality of their courage. we only hope that every day we can prove worthy. not only of their sacrifice and service, but of the sacrifice made by the families and loved ones they left behind. >> leland: lucas tomlinson live at the pent

battle brewing over the gop's health care plan, good morning to you, welcome to "happening now," i am jon scott. >> info jenna lee today, president trump clearly telling senate lawmakers not to let the american people down on health care. but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell indicates that the process will not be rushed. while some other senators are saying that today will start from scratch. still the president's team insisting that health care reform will happen. >> he will get this done. we will repeal and replace obamacare. we will give america a better product. >> we remember schoolhouse rock when we were kids, we are going to go through this process. is it ugly, maybe. is it slow? yes, but it is the right way to do it. >> jon: live for us now at the white house. kevin. >> what a great idea, right? i remember "schoolhouse rock." i know you do too. it was good stuff. if you are wondering how the president is looking at this time i would say that the white house official told me that he is confident and pragmatic. he understands as the health care debate moves into another phase. the h

i'm jon scott. >> and i'm heather, great to be here. "the new york times," let's begin there, reporting that director comey wrote a memo after his meeting with the president, back in february, in it, comey reportedly quotes that the president said, i hope you can let this go. the administration denying that the president ever asked the fbi director to drop any investigation. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say that they want to hear from the former fbi director. they want to see this memo for themselves. >> first of all, let's see if it's true. i think this is one where you can exley find out the truth behind it. if there are such memos or documentation, we would like to see that from the fbi, they've been given a week to produce that. >> chief intelligence correspondent is following this life from washington. >> this morning, they are asking for comey's memo. they are saying they should include any memo an email probe between comey's old boss one week before hillary clinton's fbi interview. now >> just moments ago urged against a

. >> jon: i'm jon scott. as we learn about the big boats taking place in congress we await reaction from the other end of pennsylvania avenue, the white house daily briefing will kick off about 30 minutes from now. follows a busy weekend with the administration and the president touting the first 100 days of the trump presidency. let's begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live on capitol hill with more on the latest going on there, mike? >> good afternoon. the serious effort to get things done in congress this week, finding the government through september, also a serious push to get the final book 8 vote to push healthcare reform on the house floor. >> that has long been our priority, unfortunately, because of obamacare, we continue to see premiums increase, co-pays, 1 out of 3 counties in america only have one plan available to them, so we need to be taking steps to ensure that everyone has a better healthcare future in this country. >> on the new government funding bipartisan agreement

here's jon scott in for shepard smith. >> the white house attacking democrats over the spending bill saying they're trying to make the president look bad. the president says maybe washington needs a shut down to stop the mess. and president true on the phone with president putin. this comes as our president catches flak for warm words over the most infamous leaders in the world. and apologizing for the incident in which security dragged a passenger from the plane. and hillary clinton blaming james comey, wikileaks and herself for her election loss.

jon scott and jenna lee have the day off.ional cemetery a few hours ago. this is unusual for a president, made an unannounced stop at section 60. the final resting place for members of the military who have been killed in the war on terror since 2001. those families have gathered there to be with their loved ones.