at the white house, kevin cork, fox news. >>> all right, live look at the white house tonight it, appears president trump may disbands the council on women and girls, president obama created the councils nil 2009 to focus engenderer quality, to have open lines of commune minimum case with women. council has not been functioning since the trump administration took over, evaluating whether to keep it, it initially appeared senior white house counselor, kellyanne conway was going to oversee it, but the status of the offers is still in question. >>> well, a controversial nra ad is taking heat from both sides of the aisle tonight. five at 66:30, coming right back. back. z2ejdz z16fz y2ejdy y16fy >>> the only way we save our country and our freedom is to fight this violence of lies. with a clenched fist of truth. i'm the national rifle association of america and i'm the safety place. >> it's a controversial ad for sure but the nra is standing behind it. it's been receiving a lot of criticism even from gun owners >> lauren demarco has reaction. >> they use their media to says 98 real news. they

could play out at the ballot box with an implication that reaches far beyond georgia. >> bret: kevin corke, thank you. as kevin mentioned, voters in south carolina's fifth district are going to the polls, replacing the president's new budget director mick mulvaney. ralph norman is favored over archie parnell in a race that has also been a lot about president trump. >> i appreciate what donald trump is done. i support the president and i want to bring his message to the fifth district of all that he's accomplished great he's done a great job. started off right with neil gorsuch and he's continuing in the economy and what he's doing for business. >> the only thing i can agree with my opponent about is the fact that we are so starkly different. he has given president trump a grade of a+ plus. i cannot agree with that. it's the one we will have the results tonight on our election special, 11:00 p.m. eastern. what do you think? do you think the special elections are that important? let me know on twitter at @bretbaier. use the hashtag #specialreport. or on facebook at facebook.com/bretbaiersr.

. >> 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 talk about the fight to repeal and replace obamacare. yesterday, the president welcomed thousands of senators to the white house to try to find a workable solution for the impasse over and capitol hill. today, he said he remains optimistic that something will get done. >> we'll see what happens, we are working very hard, we've given ourselves a little more time to make it perfect. that's what we want to do. i think this is a chance to be a great health care at a reasonable cost, people can save a lot of money, we get rid of the mandates, get rid of so much, get rid of a lot of the taxes and all of the bad parts of obamacare are gone, essentially it i

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 u.s. attack back in april. let me share a white house statement about new activity on that very same base. saying in the statement, the activities are similar to preparation that regime made before it's april 4th 2017 chemical attack. of the united states is in syria to eliminate the islamic state of iraq in syria. if mr. assad conducts another mass murder attack using a chemical weapon, he and his military will pay a heavy price. >> i believe the goal is at this point not just to send assad a message what to send russia and iran a message. if this happens again, we are putting

kevin corke is on it. kevin? >> you're right. very interesting to hear the president's description, the way things are going now. he's talking in terms of confidence. that wasn't the feeling you got in listening to white house officials earlier in the week because of the math is the math. you're talking about a dozen senators that are saying we're not going to back this circumstance. as you pointed out, the president welcoming 50 senators to the white house yesterday. again, the idea is keep the conversation going. can something be worked out? you may have heard this today. chuck schumer reaching across the aisle saying listen, mr. president, let's start over, start from the beginning. start fresh, if you will. let's see what the white house has to say about that. >> have to find out if he's serious. he hasn't been serious. obamacare is such a disaster, such a wreck. he wants to save something that is hurting a lot of people. hurting a lot of people. you have to be very, very serious. he's done a lot of talking, bad talking. he j

. >> joining is now with more, white house correspondent kevin corke, i met kevin. >> another monday, more talk about the russia investigation. we have the press briefing, no doubt the attorney general's pending conversation about russian meddling in the election will certainly be a topic of discussion. i think it's interesting, that what he says could prove to be fairly instructive if nothing else. the story has yet to produce at this point any evidence of collusion between the campaign and the kremlin. saw the president conducting a meeting with his cabinet and he used the occasion to suggest that despite the russian distraction, the white house is hard at work. >> i think we have been about as active as you can possibly be. by eliminating these job killing regulations, by unlocking american energy, rebuilding our military, resuming fair and beneficial trade deals. transforming the department of veterans affairs and building a new partnership among nations to defeat terrorism. in just a very short time, we are seeing amazing results. >> amazing results, so said the president. meanwh

kevin cork from the white house. the very idea that an issue of this importance to national security would require six months on the part of the high court, as many, many people shaking their heads. the white house today announcing that president trump will be pushing his pro growth, pro jobs agenda at events in washington and across the country later this month. this after a jobs report that was somewhat disappointing. the economy added 138,000 jobs in may while the unemployment rate fell to a spectacular 4.3%. that is the lowest unemployment rate in 16 years. but the decrease in the unemployment rate comes as a result of more than 400,000 workers dropping out of the labor force principally because of retirement. the labor foe participation rate as a result taking lower to 62.7%. hourly wages did rise 2.5% from a year ago. today's report raising some concerns about an interest rate hike when the fellow reserve meets in two weeks. yet earlier this week, fed governor powell and san francisco fed president williams for

kevin corke at the white house tonight. kevin, thank you so much.ther day of record hide closing on wall street. the valve gaining 62, s&p 500 is up nine. nasdaq jumped to 69, and for the short trading we, the dow jumped up. nasdaq finish i had one and a half. u.s. employers pulled back on hiring last month, but the jobless rate fell down. you go for a president who's top priority is -- >> jobs, jobs, jobs. >> the latest data released today by the shows that the unemployment rate is at a 16 year low, just 4.3%. >> americans seeking jobs are having more success finding them than at any point in the last 16 years. >> but the number of people hired in the month of may was less than expected. the u.s. economy only added 138,000 jobs last month. that's about 50,000 less than what most economists predicted. and the job supports from the previous two mons had to be revised. the economy created 62,000 fewer jobs than previously reported. still, most economists say the labor market is strong. >> today's job report marks 80,000 positive job gains. that's a po

kevin corke from the north lawn. overseas, officials in ukraine say the data scrambling software epidemic that paralyzed computers yesterday is under control. it's believed the attacker originated in ukraine. thousands of computers around the world, including some here in the u.s. shadow brokers is warning of more attacks to come. from california, health officials say 111 terminally ill people took drugs to end their lives after the practice became legal. 191 others received the drugs after being diagnosed with having less than six months to live read most of those who died were suffering from terminal cancer. critics argue the option will lead to hasty decisions and wrong diagnoses. we are learning more tonight about the lack of response by the obama administration to russian interference in last year's election. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge tells us almost everyone agrees it was simply not enough. >> during the campaign final weeks, the obama administration issued a statement condemning russi

forces fighting in iraq but we start with kevin corke at the white house. >> good evening. the white house is making it plain and clear to the syrian assad regime and certainly there are stakeholders in russia and iran. the use of chemical weapons on the syrian people, specially when you consider their latest details coming out of the pentagon about a particular air base 100 miles from damascus. >> the statement from the white house was unmistakably direct, putting leaders in damascus, tehran, and moscow on notice. activities similar to preparations before the april 4, 2017 chemical weapons attack. as we had previously stated, the united states is interior to eliminate the islamic state of iraq and syria. if mr. assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons he and his military will pay a heavy price. the message a response to new activities had to have taken place at a syrian aircraft hangar long associated with chemical weapons. the very same base of the u.s. military struck with 59 tomahawk cruise missiles in early april. on capitol hill, nikki haley sa

at the white house, kevin cork, fox news. >>> rosemary orozco back with details on our weather.ooks like we final will feel like as you recall. >> looks like we're going get back to some june-like weather. we are looking outside at partly cloudy skies, mostly clear. san jose for you there. san jose managed to get to 70 degrees. livermore holding on to 69 as we work our way up, 68 oakland, 62 in san francisco, mostly clear and 74 degrees outside your door. here's a look at the 24-hour temperature change. notably warmer fairfield by eight degrees, by four in concord, around the bye a few degrees warmer than where we were yesterday with more sunshine in place. so it is a little breezy out there, winds anywhere from 10 to 15 miles per hour, but that system that brought us a little bit of rain and the unseasonably cool weather, it is pulling out of the sierra. we talked about it the last half-hour that the sierra received half a foot of snow and snow levels came down to 5,000 feet. here's a look at the view. partly cloudy skies along the coastline. you can see a little buildup over t

kevin corke is at the white house. what's the latest? the >> you hit the nail on the head. shortly after 7:00 this morning, we went right up to the press office to find out what they had to say about it and almost immediately, they were in action trying to figure out not only what happened on the ground, but also what the response would be. as you pointed out, the president immediately went to twitter to talk about his good friend steve's glaze. let me share some of what the president tweeted today, on a day when hartsell over the nation skipped a beat, worried about his safety and health. representatives steve's place of louisiana, a true friend and patriot, was badly injured, but will fully recover. our thoughts and prayers are with him. in the first lady, melania is also tweeting this morning. she said thank you to the first responders who rushed in to protect those who are hurt and alexandria, virginia. my thoughts and prayers to everyone. as you pointed out, we did see some visible signs of heightened security. right now, i do see crowds are across pennsylvania. pennsy

kevin corke is at the white house, mike emanuel following the fight on capitol hill. she congressional course that is now going beyond that july 4th deadline that was said by mitch mcconnell. he really wanted to hold to that. apparently, he does not have the votes or he would not budge. where is a state right now? >> you are right. breaking news at the moment is that the health care vote will happen after the july 4th recess. as you mention, they wanted to get it done before this recess, but that was really artificial deadline. we heard from a number of republicans, they wanted more time to study the issue. we await the senate g.o.p. leadership to come out to the microphone and cameras in a matter of moments after they wrap up their luncheon with vice president mike pence. the leadership team sounded hopeful. they want to work out differences with their members. >> we are still talking to a few who have concerns. my optimism comes from the fact that most of them are sane, we want to get to yes, and the discussion drafted which is that. it has produced a lot of discuss

kevin cork is at the white house where donald trump is turning the spotlight back on immigration. >>was my only child. i want some action. if this had been done years ago my son would still be here. >> victims of crimes perpetrated by illegal immigrants pivoted from the healthcare battle after one of his key campaign promises, fixing america's broken immigration system. >> your voices were heard all across the entire world. >> reporter: the backdrop of the ministration's bid to boost two bills the house is expected to pass the 4 lawmakers leave for the july 4th break, the bills are aimed separately at sanctuary cities, refused to cooperate on immigration and imposing tougher penalties against deported criminals who reenter the us. the latter, known as kate's law named after kate steinle who was fatally shot in 2015 while working with her father, the suspect, lopez sanchez, had seven previous felony convictions and had been deported to mexico on five separate occasions. >> this notion that you can violate the laws of this country and hide and that is okay. >> reporter: the president's

kevin corke with me. hey, kevin. >> what a day in washington. a day where we heard the former director of the fbi a liar and we also heard him say that he was fired because of his role in the ongoing russian investigation. a charge that the white house denies. the president's private attorney, marc kasowitz spoke to the reporters. he said what is clear, the president is not a subject of the russia investigation. he never asked comey to stop the russia investigation and he never demanded comey's loyalty to him. but kasowitz did accuse comey of leaking conversations between him and the president held in the oval office and elsewhere. take a listen to what he had to say. >> although mr. comey testified that he only leaked the memos in response to a tweet, the public record reveals that "the new york times" was quoting from those memos the day before the referenced tweet which belies mr. comey's excuse for this unauthorized disclosure of privileged information and appears to be entirely retaliatory. >> the memos he's talking about are memos that com

kevin corke. >> the president keeping a promise to revise obama era cuban u.s. policy. the president making sweeping changes. trying >> steve, in his own way, may have brought some unity to our long divided country. >> we will all be team scalise. >> we seem to forget words matter and can become seeds that will bring a bitter harvest. >> the anti-trump fervor that inspires people on social media, in hollywood. >> i would argue that the president is partially to blame for demons that have been unleashed. >> john: calls for a rhetorical cease-fire from yesterday's shooting in alexandria, virginia, more calls for unity. how long will it last? let's bring in the panel. judge andrew napolitano, mara liasson, national public radio, editor-in-chief of lifezette laura ingraham and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. the shooting coverage lasted a day before "the washington post" came out with the story yesterday that now the president is being investigated for potential obstruction of justice. seems like we can't stand one thing very long without it coming back to the pol

kevin corke is here alive. this story just gets more and more interesting hour by hour. >> curious here and curiouser. it turned out, as we all learned of the various laden time that the former fbi director is in fact a leaker to the press. that admission, obviously meant to hour and 40 minute hearing on capitol hill yesterday, riveting stuff. comey admitting he shared his memos with a former columbia professor and hope to create a special counsel. it has the white house up in arms, as you can imagine. a few lawmakers and questioning comey's judgment. >> he could have come before us or a judiciary committee and expose their existence and turn them over. he chose instead a surprising move for someone who understandably has railed against others who had disclosed government documents. >> he should have come to the public darkly himself or come to congress and made those statements and clarify the record and not gone through a third-party. >> bipartisan ridicule of the former director's decision. meanwhile, the pr

kevin corke on the white house after the dramatic move and chris stirewalt with analysis. we begin with kevin. good morning. how is the white house reacting to the international criticism that it hurts the entire world. >> one word stands out. defiance. the white house will tell you that listen, there are literally tens of millions of americans that feel like this was not only the right decision, it's the latest example of this president not only keeping his word, shannon, but also defending america first. >> president trump: the rest of the world applauded when we signed the paris agreement. they went wild. they were so happy. for the simple reason that it put our country, the united states of america, which we all love, at a very, very big economic disadvantage. >> as you pointed out this decision has drawn its fair share of -- some would even say a steady stream of criticism including france's new president macron who had this to say in english. >> where is the relief? we all share the same responsibility. make our planet great again. thank you. >> make our planet great

kevin corke it is live in miami. would it be fair to say that it's not much of a departure from president obama's era with his cuba policy? >> i think that's a pretty fair statement, especially when you consider the great concern that many people had, not only people on the island, but when you compare with the president is likely to go out here today i would think that this is more of a reframe it than a redo. very interesting the element that making sure the american tax dollars don't benefit them cuban military. that's something that the obama administration didn't probably hammer down as well as they should have, especially if you talk to the folks at the trump white house. they want to get the dollars into the hands of the cuban people. also this new policy will push for more internet access for the cuban people, more religious freedoms, release of political prisoners. i want to share with you a little bit of sound. this is the president back in september right here in south florida. >> all of the concessions th

kevin corke is in miami where the speech was greeted with praise and protest. kevin, fill us in. >> any time you have a president come to a place where frankly politics are a big deal, you'll get some protests. no question, this was an impassioned address by the president that frankly i thought was as much about cuba's past as it was about its burgeoning future. a stirring speech interrupted by thunderous applause by those assembled here as president of the united states promised to do away the outreach to the castro regime a regime. >> we will take concrete steps to ensure that investments slowed directly to the people so they can opry -- open private businesses and build a country of great potential. >> you can absolutely feel the energy in the room as the president announced that yes, he was going to rescind the obama era cuban policy. this essentially prohibit any business that helps the cuban military. there's a large sort of conglomerate that handles a lot of information and business for the cuban government. to that end, this restricts that. this calls fo

kevin corke with more. >> hi, neil. i was just reading some of the reaction on capitol hill. a number of lawmakers obviously weighing in. among them, jim from oklahoma calling this a false start, a false promise from the very beginning. we also saw that speaker paul ryan said look, this was a bad deal. rand paul also called it a bad deal. the consensus is on the right on capitol hill is that the president did here push back on this idea, this notion, neil, this is not a treaty that was enacted with the support of the senate. this was an idea, an accord, an agreement. that gave this president a chance to push back and slowly withdraw the u.s. from the principles of the paris climate accord. you heard him repeat over andov things. one, not handicapping or hamstringing the american economy. and it also protects workers. that's been the white house montra from the very outset. does this help the american worker make more. does it give you a better chance at a job? his answer was definitively no. let's see what the president had to say in the rose garden. >> the united states will

kevin corke, thank you. >> melissa: we are also learning more about james comey's release of his notes from his conversations with the president and fbi policy on such action. catherine herridge, she's all over it from d.c. as usual. telus. >> good morning. fbi agents are drawing our attention to this document called the fbi employee agreement and it bars the disclosure of records and information regardless of classification that are acquire acquired. it may constitute cause for revocation of security clearance, subject me to criminal sanctions, disciplinary action by the fbi including dismissal and subject me to personal liability in a civil action. in this exchange at thursday's hearing, director comey, former director comey confirmed that he deliberately drafted the memos, and effect laying the groundwork to share them and make them public. >> i found it very interesting that in the memo that you wrote after this february 14th conversation, you may clearly wrote that memo in a way that was unclassified. >> my thinking was if i write it in such a way that i don't include anything tha

fox news correspondent kevin cork with our report. >> after lower court setbacks in both the 9th and 4th circuits, the white house is following through on its pledge to take the fight for its temporary travel ban all the way to the highest court in the land. >> we asked the supreme court to hear this important case and our confidence that the executive's order within its lawful authority to keep the nation safe and protect our communities from terrorism. >> the president signed the original seven-nation travel ban in january but revised it to six countries in march. libya, sudan, syria, iran, yemen, and somalia. the latest version would block refugees from entering the u.s. for 90 days and suspend the program entirely for four months. the white house has argued the countries in question lack sufficient screening, which in turn could threaten the safety of the american people, which is why white house officials say they're continuing the fight. >> the american people are heartened by that. but equally frustrated by decisions in courts that call into question whether the president of t

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 program. in the tree today, the president he said look, you campaigned and one on the repeal of obamacare, so that every republican senator. we should keep our word. while the arm-twisting and backroom dealing continues on health care, the president turning his attention today to international affairs. while going the president of south korea to the oval office, and later the two men made joint statements in the rose garden. >> i think president moon for expressing his condolences, on the tragedy of otto's death, our thoughts and prayers remain with his wonderful family. many yea

kevin corke has our report. >> reporter: even on a day when the president welcomed his ukrainian counterpart to the white house, he made no secret of keen interests in the congressional race for the georgia 6th district. mr. trump tweeting -- democrat jon ossoff, who wants to raise your taxes to the highest level and is weak on crime and security doesn't even live in district. the white house officials today were reluctant to weigh in on the race itself, they did acknowledge the president would be paying attention. >> no surprise that the president is going to support republicans up and down the ticket, especially to maintain our majorities in the house and the senate as we move forward. obviously, as you noted, he's tweeted about that, believes a clear and struck choice. >> reporter: the white house bid to advance agenda on capitol hill including major policy initiatives on infrastructure, health care and tax reform. while some political experts suggested the race could be a referendum on the trump presidency, others caution reading too much into the outcome. >> we'll read an enormous amoun

correspondent kevin cork at the white house with reaction. i'm sure they are happy to accept that tonight. >> reporter: they certainly are. frankly, bret, by all accounts for the president a good night. he had a dinner date with wife melania at the residence of the vice president and second lady. then came the news that the 2016 election g.o.p. wave continues to wash over to 2017. >> it didn't take him very long. after g.o.p. victories in georgia and south carolina congressional races the president as is his custom took to twitter. tweeting congratulations to karen handel on her big win in georgia's six. fantastic job. we are all very proud of you. he made no secret of the keen interest in congressional race for the georgia six district. tweeting earlier in the day karen handel for congress. she will fight for lower taxes, great healthcare, strong security, hard worker who will never give up. vote today. while some political experts had suggested the contest was a referendum on the trump presidency, others caution against reading too much in

kevin corke. >> the president keeping a promise to revise obama era cuban u.s. policy.he president making sweeping changes. trying to get the regime in havana to loosen restrictions on things like religious freedom, access to the internet for the cuban people and a restriction on doing business with any entity that might benefit the cuban military. all happening on a day when the president took to twitter to criticize a report that suggests he's the target of an obstruction of justice probe. >> we want to keep jobs in america and want to train people and hire american workers. >> hoping to keep the focus on the jobs message, the president signed an executive order to double the $200 million in taxpayer money spent on apprenticeships. amid the smiles and handshakes, the president ignored questions about a bombshell in the russia investigation. "the washington post" citing unnamed sources reports that the president is the subject of an obstruction of justice investigation led by special counsel robert mueller. if true, it's a stunning setback for a president who previousl

kevin corke joins us now from miami with more on that.ew developments in this special counsel's investigation as well. >> right on the money. the president, making his way here to the magic city of miami. the little havana section of the city where he is expected to make remarks of -- the major elements relay center and trying to get the money from u.s. tourism and businesses into the hands of the cuban people themselves and not simply help the cuban government. in particular, there is a great effort to make certain that that money does not flow to the cuban military. there are also going to push for more religious freedom, more access to the internet, and the release of additional political prisoners. >> this is very exciting for the cuban people. our unity is with the cuban people, not the oppressive cuban regime that has benefited from these changes in the obama administration policy that help the military they are benefit from u.s. survived funds. that has to stop. >> also today, there are reports that as the probe into a so-called ru

for more on this, we go to the white house and correspondent kevin corke. tell us about the ceremony that justice gorsuch is taking part in today. we understand that there will be no video, but we will get a picture, right? >> will get a picture and it frankly is a time-honored tradition. a chance for the court to welcome its brand-new member and this is a tradition that dates back quite some time and of course as you pointed out, the president of the united states will actually be there as the high court welcomes justice neil gorsuch. sounds fun. you're going to hear this word investiture a great deal today. you might say what is investor germane? to measure the definition. it's really not terribly completed. as you're reading about this particular event today. investiture means a ceremony in which honors or rank are formally conferred upon a particular person. in this case, that would be the justice gorsuch, who was axis i and a couple of months ago. you may or member that. the president will be in the courtroom for the brief ceremony today in which the n

correspondent kevin corke is at thehi white house tonight with reaction and kevin, i am sure they are to accept that tonight. >> you better believe they certainly are. listen, frankly, bret, it is with a pretty good night by all accounts. he had a dinner date with the first lady melania at the residence of the vice president on the second lady. after that, came the news that the 2016 general election g.o.p. wave continues to wash over into 2017. >> it didn't take him very long. g.o.p. victories in both georgia and south carolina congressional races, the president, as is his custom, took to twitter. mr. trump tweeting... he had made no secret of his keen interest in congressional race for the georgia sixth district, tweeting earlier in the day... d whilead some political experts d suggested w the contest was a referendum on the trump presidency, authors cautioned against reading too much into its outcome. >> we will read an enormous amount into the result. some of it will be justified. most of it probably won't be afraid a month from now, we'll be talking about something elsem it's >>

kevin corke at the white house. what is expected with what they all get in there? kevin?> i love that summation you gave, because it really lays out the critical aspects of the story line. remember, republicans are in control. you have the white house, the house, the senate. how hard can it be to push something over the finish line? clearly, neil, is a much more difficult. perhaps more than they imagined when donald trump ascended to the office. you heard the white house pushing back and say, listen, let's have the senators come over here at at 4:45. vice president mike pence having lawmakers over. again, trying to massage their way through this. i think mike emanuel, my colleague on the hill, hit the nail on the head when he said, they have got to get something over the finish line. i would beg to say this. the real question amongst sears conservatives is obama-light the best you can do? if not, repeal the first step and do think separately. that is what the white house is trying to figure out at the state. i was also says one last time. the president is the ultimate dea

correspondent kevin cork at the white house with reaction.e they are happy to accept that tonight. >> reporter: they certainly are. frankly, bret, by all accounts for the president a good night. he had a dinner date with wife melania at the residence of the vice president and second lady. then came the news that the 2016 election g.o.p. wave continues to wash over to 2017. >> it didn't take him very long. after g.o.p. victories in georgia and south carolina congressional races the president as is his custom took to twitter. tweeting congratulations to karen handel on her big win in georgia's six. fantastic job. we are all very proud of you. he made no secret of the keen interest in congressional race for the georgia six district. tweeting earlier in the day karen handel for congress. she will fight for lower taxes, great healthcare, strong security, hard worker who will never give up. vote today. while some political experts had suggested the contest was a referendum on the trump presidency, others caution against reading too much in the outc

kevin corke begins our coverage from the north lawn. how else is the white house reacting today? >> i think the word is with indignation. in the case of the president's private attorney, with the promise of a formal complaint to the department of justice inspector general. just part of the fallout from yesterday's riveting testimony lasting some two hours and 40 minutes. in addition to director comey's assertion that the president lied about him, he also detailed that he shared private memos detailing his recollection of conversations with the president with a columbia law professor with the express intent to leak it to the press and spur the creation of a special prosecutor. comey defended his decision saying it came only after the president lied about him and the organization he represented. >> the administration then chose to defame me and more importantly the f.b.i. by saying that the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. those were lies, plain and simple. >> one more nugget from yesterday's testimony. you

steve: kevin cork live at the white house with the very latest. kevin?ing you can file under the banner as the president made that promise as you amountly pointed out to take better care of our veterans. alongside va secretary david shulkin by his side they're taking important steps in that direction this is one of the important centerpiece of his administration signing into law the va accountability act. it does number of important things. speeds up disciplinary process. get rid of those that engage in misconduct. offers better whistle-blower protections. streamline hiring especially at top level, improves care with eye on reducing backlogs and wait times. in all meant to keep the men and women of our armed forces safe, to get rid of those who don't meet the standard of care. >> people who commit egregious things at va keep their jobs and never lose pensions or bonuses. makes us all extremely upset that this is how our government operates. so but it all happens in the shadows. people who need to be fired, can be fired more quickly. the hope is, senior t