neil: thank you very much, kevin corke. let's go to karl rove, how the president handled this last night, a reassuring speech. and of course, he's been in this role himself certainly with president bush after 9/11 and we've seen presidents have to deal with this far more often than you'd think, karl. >> it's sort of the one big sort of informal and comforter in chief as kevin corke said and the president has responsibility in this horrific incident. neil: when the president is at the scene of a school shooting, you run the risk of running into protesters, gun control and-- how do you juggle this? presidents have had to deal with this, the fbi should have known this and we've seen this time and time again. but what do you do? >> well, look, the advance people can generally sort of sculpt the event, structure the event so you minimize the picture of the president being protested, but one thing you can never avoid, in fact, you have to welcome it, because it's your responsibility, is the anger of those involved. my suspicion w

. >> kennedy: kevin corke is live from west palm beach where the president has been spending the weekend. kevin? >> a very interesting introduction there. i would just say this as it relates to the senator from the great state of vermont, it does matter from the white house's perspective who was in leadership at the time of alleged russian meddling. keep in mind this was all the way back to 2014 and that means some of the following gentlemen were involved, meaning they knew it was possibly happening. president obama for example, james comey of the fbi. you can argue, the cia, they know this was happening as far as 2014? and if so, what did they do about what they knew was actually happening? you talked about the president, he is continuing to make the argument that when rod rosenstein came out and announce those indictments, 13 russians. basically what he's done is underscore the president's argument that it wasn't the trump campaign and this was happening to america's political

kevin cork reporting from mar-a-lago, thank you, kevin.ack jamie weinstein right now, host of the jamie weinstein show pod cast and national review on-line and founding partner at jmw strategies. let's talk about this issue called immigration. the first question i got to ask you, jamie, now that people are at home with their constituents, representatives what do they have to show their constituents in terms of what they are doing about daca and immigration? >> it depends on the different bases that are out there. in some extent, it seems like some of these bases just want to continue to fight unless they get 100% of what their particular sides are asking for. what's interesting right here is it seems that the contention right now is not on illegal immigration. there seems to be some sort of bipartisan consensus to legal liz 1.8 million -- legalize 1.8 million dreamers that was moving from a compromise on the president's side. there seems to be some sort of compromise on the democrat on some sort of border wall. but the question is what sho

david: kevin cork reporting there. joining me now is ed rol rollin, fox business political analyst. your insphingses, ed. is general kelly going to resign? >> my instincts is that general kelly didn't show good political judgment. i think he's done a superb job of straightening the white house out. but this is something they knew months ago. you don't beat wives. i served in three administrations, two white houses. i was responsible for the political clearances. the moment i heard something like this on anybody, they would be gone. david: you mentioned he streamlined the white house. >> and more efficient. david: it's more efficient. but is it something that a new chief of staff could pick up on and carry on in a way similar to what he has done? >> well it depends on the president. what he's been able to do is a be a strong enough figure to keep all of the crop from going in to see the president. which is also what the staff secretary, a very important job because they control the paper flow. a new chief of staff obviously should pick it up and not have the distension that you had i

fox news white house correspondent kevin cork with our report. reporter: a digital deluge, i did findefiant president trump's weekend tweet storm ran the gamut. they are laughing their -- in moscow. to twitter verse was his latest attempt to draw a contrast between his refrain of no russia collusion with russia probe. which despite dime of more than a dozen russian nationals is ongoing, today kremlin rejected notion they were interfering with the american election. it looks like accusations have been made. but no evidence was presented. for us these are not obvious. reporter: even a member of president's own cabinet of the not spared from wave of russia criticism. >> you can see with fbi indictment, the evidence is now really incontrovertible and available in public domain. >> forgot to say results of 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the russians, whether or not votes were changed impacted is anyone's guess, the fact that indictment allege that russians have been targetingu since 2014 true this question. obama was president up to and

kevin corke tells us just because porter is done does not mean the controversy is going away. good evening, kevin. >> you are right on the money, chris. rob porter's career at the white house may be over, but there are increasing new questions tonight when white house officials first became aware of the allegations surrounding their former staff secretary. >> we did a very good job when he was in the white house and we hope he has a wonderful career. hopefully he will have a great career ahead of him. >> the president's comments about rob porter did not quell the controversy surrounding the white house's handling of the former staff secretary's departure. if anything, he may have ignited anyone. >> as you probably know, he says he's innocent. but i think you have to remember that. first he said yesterday that he's innocent. you have to talk to him about that. >> despite porter's review the denial and when the white house learned about the first allegations against him, the national organization for women called on white house chief of staff john tillich to resign, saying the re

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mike. >> mike: kevin corke reporting from florida. thank you.ust a short while ago the president tweeting more. this time on the economy saying it's better than he anticipated and "companies are pouring back into our country, reversing a long-term trend of leaving." mr. trump also tweeting tonight an unexpected endorsement from it wrongly saying "he will make a great senator and worthy successor to orrin hatch and has my full support and endorsement lowe's quote. with the president thinking to heading to dinner with journalists and now exchanging pleasantries with romney. it lets find out what to make of all of this with fox news politics editor and editor of the halftime report, chris stirewalt. for those of you scoring at home. we are also office remakes. >> true. brothers from another mother. that's right. >> mike: tweet storm over the weekend. lots of frustration about russia and the economy is looking up and met romney? >> first thing is shannon it is one night and you are all saying a double s. i'm going to write you up as soon as she gets

correspondent kevin corke is outside the president's florida compound. good evening, kevin. >> good evening, my friend. what a difference a day makes. one tweet about russia today from the president, one of two tweets all told and that's a dramatic departure from what we saw the weekend when he was virtually tweeting nonstop about the russian investigation. it was a digital day lose, president trump's tweet storm ran the gamut of topics. the russian investigation was front and center. it was the goal of russia to create discord, disruption, chaos within the u.s., they have six succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. the president's foray into twitter was the his latest attempt to draw contrast 'tween his refrain of no russia collusion with the ongoing russia probe which despite the recent indictments of more than a dozen russian nationals in the ongoing. predictably today the kremlin reject the notion that they were interfering with americans elections. >> translator: looks like accusations have been made but no evidence presented. american saint russia di

kevin cork, thank you for that update. eric? eric: as kevin just reported there are a lot of questions about the fbi's handling of several allegations about the confessed gunman, nikolas cruz. the bureau under scrutiny after admitting it did fail to investigate those tips they received about him. you know, he is the confessed shooter behind the horrific school shooting that left 17 people dead. meanwhile, that massacre is now reigniting the battle over gun control, especially the question over assault type weapons. yesterday students survivors were among thousands that gathered at an anti-gun rally in ft. lauderdale. >> we know there are mental health issues. i'm not a psychologist, but we need to pay attention to the fact that this isn't -- this isn't just a mental health issue. >> rick leventhal now joining us live from parkland florida where of course that horrific shooting took place. hi, rick. >> eric, the streets have now reopened around marjory stoneman douglas high school but the campus itself is still closed at least th

kevin corke. if there's more news, we'll bring you back this hour. i want to bring in joe colvern about the criticism of chief of staff, john kelly. good day to you, joe. where more have you picked up where the west wing is on this at the moment? >> this has been a day of kind of finger pointing back and forth and new questions about who knew what and when. as you mentioned earlier on the shope, there's still questions about when chief of staff john kelly learned the full details of what happened here and also when don mcgann was brought in to the loop. our reporting shows that there were four different occasions in which mcgann was informed of some type of allegations against rob porter. that includes a phone call from -- we heard a lot about these two ex-wives. there's a former girlfriend of rob porter that called up mcgann herself and said hey, you need to take these allegations seriously. so what we're working to do now is to try to piece together when the full scope of the revelations were made clear and maybe the right questions weren't being a

trish: thank you so much, kevin corke.teresting, this may be one of those nixon china moments t may take a president trump, a republican, someone who was backed by the in. ra to actually increase the background checks or to put in new rules regarding what age you have to be to buy a gun. it may take a president trump to provide a path to citizenship for people who are in this country illegally. it is amazing when you think about it. i don't know what you think will be left for the left to pick on if he gets all of those things done, and has our economy growing. speaking of our economy, we want to head back to the florida of the new york stock exchange momentarily because we have a nice market on our hand, off the highs of the session. we have been up roughly 260, doing pretty well, plowing ahead here, with financial leading the way. more right after this. yeah. yes i do. okay so you diet, you exercise, you manage your a1c? that's the plan. what about your heart? what do you mean my heart? the truth is, type 2 diabetes can

kevin corke is outside the president's florida compound tonight. good evening, kevin. >> good evening there, michael. this has been a very interesting day. we have been watching all the developments as can you well imagine. not just based on what we saw from rod rosenstein but also what we remember the president had to say about the russia investigation oh not too terribly long ago. >> do you feel convinced indicated, mr. president? >> while the president did not respond to southed questions on camera this afternoon, about the revelations that more than a dozen russian operatives were engaged in an effort to interfere with the 2016 elections, did he take to twitter to weigh in. russia started appear at this americaanti-u.s.campaign ie i announced that i would run poor if the. the results of the election were not impacted. tramp campaign did nothing wrong, no collusion. nothing in today's indictment indicated any americans knowingly took part in the russian scheme. sarah huckabee sanders, the white house press secretary, issued a statement. it read,

kevin corke even just said that the buck stops with him. there was discussion of whether he should stay there. i'm not blaming him for this, but they should've been more careful of someone with known allegations against them. >> melissa: i think one of the interesting things as they say they only knew of this of one woman, and he an explanation for that for that sort of thing. when you see reporters dig very deep and get to the true story and get all of the pictures, the rest of it either means they did a horrible job investigating this, which is hard to believe, they didn't look at all the facts. no matter what, there was a huge system failure there, and somebody if not multiple people have to go. we will talk more about that. what i want to get to is who is looking out for the president. this isn't just a situation where someone is coming in with the plan of the day. he's a staff secretary going to talk about, i imagine you would know this better than i that some of that is classified. it's more than just that, this is somebody who has ac

fox's kevin cork has more from d.c. if you harden the sites you're not going to have this problem because these guys who lack courage will never go into those schools. >> president trump doubling down on the controversial idea of arming teachers with guns. >> we do need defense but we also need offensive capabilities. >> reporter: school safety conversation with state and local officials also seeing mental health emerge as a key topic. >> i do think mental health is a serious issue it's affecting us across the nation. >> we'll be talking about opening mental health institutions again. >> reporter: several miles away the largest gathering of conservatives also discussing what can be done to end school violence ahead of the national rifle association cautioning those the cpac conference against taking away people's second amount many right to bear arms. >> we all have to be careful that this doesn't become a run away train. >> reporter: democratic leader chuck schumer tweeting in response, the nra is once again spewing pa

more from kevin corke on what the president had to say there and also a little about the president'sime with law enforcement at the half hour. meantime, we bring in steve pomerantz, former fbi director to talk about this. steve harrigan, he does not use words lightly in my experience. he talked about a real sense of anger. 36 times the broward county police went to the home of nikolas cruz, the fbi, your former organization, with a call to the tipline, what this guy was going to do. how big of a miss was in? >> big miss. this is your worst nightmare come true. lawmakers caricatured very wrongly, but every law enforcement do what they want to do. it says on the side of many police cars, to serve and protect, and to miss like this is a horrible, terrible tragedy. leland: it's one thing to miss when you show up at a guy's house, you realize this guy is a weird kid, he may do things that people find unsettling, but to go from that to school shooting is a big deal. if this holds true, this was a call to the fbi tip line saying, this guy is going to carry out a school shooting, and it's no

that's where we'll find our kevin cork. >> always good to be with you, my friend.ood saturday it is in south florida. the president playing the role of comforter in chief, neil, as he continues to reach out to not only the victims, but the first responders in doing a magnificent job to help the lives in the tragedy i

steve: kevin corke live at the white house with breaking details. ght. the president and press secretary sarah sanders wants the people to know something very important. yes, the white house has received that memorandum. i have a statement from her this morning and i think you will find this one very interesting. it reads the white house has received a memorandum from the minority members of the white house select permanent committee on intelligence. as stated many times i love how she adds that because it's true the administration will follow the same process and procedure with this memorandum from the minority as it did last week when it received the memorandum from the majority. now, yesterday we saw the president tell a gathering in the great state of ohio, plain and simple, the memo that devin nunes put out proved his political opponent got caught misusing the system to spy on americans. >> did we catch them in the act or what? you know what i'm -- oh did, we catch them in the act. they are very embarrassed. they never thought they were going to

fox news correspondent kevin cork is at white house tonight with the latest. >> we mourn for all of those who lost their lives. we comfort the grieving and the wounded. reporter: a day after a gunman killed at least 17 people in a florida high school, trump pledged his administration wouldable. >> we're committed to working with state and local leaders, to help secure our schools, and tackle the difficult issue of mental health. reporter: president did not mention issue of gun control or new gun laws during his address to the nation. his remarks today, attorney general jeff sessions stayed on message saying that justice department would partner with other federal agency. >> student intersection of -- to study the intersection of mental health. reporter: address secretary steve mnuchin appeared to veer away, we said this. >> personally, i think that gun violence is a tragedy what we have seen yesterday, i urge congress to electric oot look a. reporter: his office clear fid the remarks. administration's focus on possible mental state of the shooter is not new, after a texas church shooting,

let's bring in kevin cork. kevin, good afternoon to you. so what did the president say about porter? >> reporter: well, i think it's fair to say, sandra, he kind of echoed what we've been reporting based on source information here at the white house. that he was incredibly surprise and frankly shocked by the photos and the allegations that ultimately led to the dismissal of rob porter. >> i found out about it recently and i was surprised by it. but we certainly wish him well. obviously, tough time for him. he did a very good job when he was in the white house. and we hope he has a wonderful career. hopefully, he will have a great career ahead of him. but it was very sad when we heard about it, and certainly he's also very sad. now, he also, as you probably know, says he's innocent. >> reporter: porter, as you know, has been accused by two ex-wives and a former girlfriend of abuse. this week a photo of one of his ex-wives surfaced. in it she has a black eye. she said her then husband gave to it her. sources say john kelly was aware of the al

let's bring in kevin cork. kevin, good afternoon to you.

white house core abutted kevin corke with the details. kevin?always great to be on the issue with you guys. the president said bluntly he was not only surprised by the allegations against his former senior staff secretary, he was frankly shocked at the photos that came out that ultimately led to rob porter's dismissal. >> i found about it recently. i was surprised by it. but we certainly wish him well. obviously, a tough time for him. he did a very good job when he was in the white house. and we hope he has a wonderful career. hopefully he will have a great career ahead of him. but it was very sad when we heard about it. certainly he's also very sad now. he also... as you probably know, he says he's innocent. >> that particular comment certainly raising eyebrows. after all, porter had been accused by not one but two ex-wives and a former girlfriend of abuse. in fact, this week, a photo of one of his ex-wife surfaced. that picture with the black eye, says her then husband gave it to him for it also saying white house chief of staff don kelly awar

at the white house, i am kevin cork. >> we have had a mass shooting at a church in texas, at the concert in las vegas, and at a school campus. even if your children are not at the school, they can be affected by this, how do you approach this with your children. for more, we are adjourned -- are joined by merv from common sense. you have tips on how to deal with children. how about the youngest kids? what should you do as a parent when the children see these stories. >> this is what happened this morning with my own seven-year- old. she walked into the room as we got ready, it was on the tv. the conversation we had was, don't worry, you are safe, your school is a safe place and everyone is here to be there for you. also, letting her know that what happened is different from what she sees on tv. recognizing that there are differences between what really happened and perhaps fantasy material they might see on the tv. the number one, if they have questions, outside of making sure they are safe, make sure you can answer those questions. make sure you are speaking to them with words that are

kevin corke live at the white house with the latest. house saying at this hour about this debate, kevin? >> they continue to speak with one voice. we've heard them say this continuously. there has been no collusion and also suggesting, my friend, that the foreign intelligence surveillance court was abused. that process was abused by some leaders at the d.o.j. and f.b.i. meanwhile that memo continues to draw strong criticism from the ranking democrats on the intel committee. california congressman adam schiff who the president took to twitter this morning to say this. calling him little adam schiff. he has used little before to describe other folks. this tweet says little adam schiff was desperate to run for higher office is one of the biggest liars and leakers in washington up there with comey, warner, brennan and clapper, adam leaves closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information. must be stopped. the california democrat responded. this is what my job has become. tell you what people are saying about each other. m

meantime, to kevin corke in west palm beach florida. hey, kevin. >> neil, you have these weekends and sometimes they're sleepy. this was anything but that. we could talk about the shooting and the fact the president was down here comforting the families. we could talk about the russia investigation. let's start this because we have so much. i apologize. i have an emergency vehicle here. let me share a tweet the president put out talking about the russia investigation. this is interesting. the president poses a question. he says obama was president up to and beyond 2016 election. so why didn't he do something about russian meddling? this is a story that you and i have been talking about. he had this tweet earlier. he said if it was the goal of russia to create discord, disruption and chaos within the is, with all the committee hears and investigations, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. they're laughing their rear ends off in moscow. get smart, america. clearly the president is referencing the fact that rod rosenstein last w

white house correspondent kevin corke is live on the north lawn this morning. what is the white house's plan to build upon yesterday's strong dialogue? >> strong indeed. it was truly emotional, gripping and cathartic for the nation to listen to the conversation yesterday. the work continues with another listening session today, sandra, a very important one. as you pointed out earlier it's state, local and law enforcement officials who have had to deal with this circumstance previously. the president yesterday suggested it may be worth considering having trained, armed personnel to help keep our kids safe at school. he tweeted this. history shows that a school shooting lasts on average three minutes. it takes police and first responders approximately 5 to 8 minutes to get to the site of the crime. highly trained, gun adept teachers/coaches would solve the problem instantly before police arrive. great deterrent. yesterday's conversation was a chance not only to hear from the victims sharing their feelings. it was also an opportunity for the president to listen to

all over the shocking development within the fbi, but kevin cork on the unscheduled stop for the. . evening, kevin. >> evening, ed. very big night in south florida as you point out the president not only had a chance to say thank you to the first responders, also met with victims of the magic shooting at parkland. very important for the president, not just here on the dproubd and to say thank you but to also really say something important to the people who not only did all they could to save those affected by the tragedy and pledge to work together with those who would be stakeholders in the community. >> president trump: very sad, something like this to happen. but the job the doctors did, the nurses, the hospital, first responders, law enforcement, really incredible. the speed that they got the victims over to the hospital was, in one case 20 minutes, con ways 19 minutes from the time of the shots. incredible thing. >> jeff, some of the comments, on a night when there was no shortage of reaction marking the heroism of so many over the past few days. while the visit to broward are

kevin corke with the white house with more from that perspective. i, kevin. >> neil, this is either a foundation-shaking memo or it's a big nothing burger, depending who you talk to and your perspective. what is interesting, we're led to believe that either someone can be surveilled by their government, just based on a shaky dossier, or an off-the-cuff remark and a conversation, which was hearsay and didn't have anything to do with it. it's a real strong question that people are asking. among them, the president of the united states. now, he didn't really come out and talk about it as much as we thought that he might leading up to the release of the memo. finally today he said this about its contents and what it's referring to in terms of what devin nunes had to say about the fbi and the fisa process. >> i think it's terrible, if you want to know the truth. it's a disgrace what is going on in this country. it's a disgrace. the memo was sent to congress. congress will do whatever they're going to do. i think it's a disgrace what is happening in our co

brian: kevin corke live from the white house with the latest, right, kevin in.option for raising minimum wage for gun ownership, that raise as number of questions. would that apply to sport guns? would that apply to certain weapons? quick-firing rifles. we simply don't know, but what is interesting this happens just as we prepare for a much-needed conversation set to take place here at the white house later today with students and teachers. as you know officials here really hope this conversation leads to collaboration and cooperation. eventually they tell us, a true coalition that is committed to keeping america's kids safe. >> we must do more to protect our children. we have to do more to protect our children. school safety is a top priority for my administration. >> as the president has said many times, it is right of every american child to grow up in a safe community. no parent should ever have to wonder if their child will return home from school at the end of the day. reporter: you may remember this on twitter. president said, listen, whether we are repub

kevin corke is following this from the north lawn of the white house this morning. what's the timeline on the possible release of this democratic memo? >> a couple things i think you'll find useful, sandra. the review is ongoing as you've pointed out throughout the morning as have our colleagues at fox news. that it continue through close of business thursday. there is a mountain of granular detail involved in reviewing this particular memo and what that means we don't know how much of it will be redacted. california congressman adam schiff is the man behind this particular memo. the idea was designed to refute the gop memo released by nunes and also thought to be purposely revealing of sources and methods which would in turn according to trey gowdy force the trump administration to heavily redact that document or refuse to release it at all for security reasons. the idea being it would make the white house look bad as if perhaps it was hiding something. john kelly, the chief of staff, says it doesn't matter what they think. this process will not be hampered by poli

kevin cork is at the house tonight. good evening, kevin. >> reporter: good evening, bret. the president is expected to visit the high school at parkland. we haven't nailed down the timeline on that visit. as you probably know, his resort at mar-a-lago, he talked about what happened there yesterday and told america's children in particular, you are never alone, and you never will be. >> we mourn for all of those who lost their lives. we comfort the grieving and the wounded. >> reporter: a day after a gunman killed at least 17 people at a florida high school, president trump pledged his administration would act. >> we are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools, and tackle the difficult issue of mental health. >> reporter: notably, the president did not mention the issue of gun control or new gun laws during his address to the nation. and his remarks today, attorney general jeff sessions stayed on message, saying the justice department would partner with other federal agencies. >> to study the intersection of mental health and criminality