and right now mike emanuel on capitol hill. mike did, i hallucinate?about the democrats agreeing to a deal and the senate that does not have daca or the dealers? >> absolutely correct, harris. folks i have been talking to who have been close to the negotiations say democrats were aware that daca was not ever going to be a part of this deal. now, they have gotten some assurances that immigration will be up next.

let's got to mike emanuel. mike, isn't it starting to look like they're just going to have another continuing resolution, another band aid to use their parlance, a kick of the can down the road? >> i'm perhaps hearing that, a six-week extension to get them to march 27 or 23. even if they can reach an agreement on the end stephen paddocking levels going forward for a long-term agreement, it would take the people that write that legislation to fill in all the numbers into all the blanks. so they're saying they need more time to work on immigration, to also work on a long-term government funding package. there's concerns about folks that are tired of kicking the can down the road. there's folks concern about national security issues. they feel like these continuing resolutions are terrible for our military. but here we are and tonight the house republicans will meet at 7:00 or so. they're going to go over a variety of scenarios. what i hearing is most likely a six-week government funding extension. perhaps more mil

mike emanuel in for bret. >> mike: thank you, kimberly meek mike this is a fox news alert. mime mike emanuel in for bret baier. the fbi admitting it failed to follow up on a tip that virtually predicted this week's florida school shooting and even named the teenager now suspected of the deadly rampage. and here in washington, the special counsel in the investigation of alleged russian interference in the 2016 election is showing some of his cards tonight. 13 russian nationals and three russian companies have been charged in an elaborate plot through social media and the internet to damage the american political system. the indictment says some of that activity was assisted -- aimed at assisting the trump presidential campaign. however, the president is once again declaring that the finding shows there was no collusion between his campaign and the russians. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is at the justice department tonight with details. good evening, catherine. >> well, thank you, mike. the news conference here at main justice was called with just 45 mi

on -- immigration, voting on a series of plans dealing with daca, immigration, border security, mike emanuel has been following the action on the hill, he has our report. >> this is it in a sense, only plan that can become law, because the president said he would sign it. reporter: judiciary chairman grassley lead the plan favored by white house, it meant the president's 4 pillars. limit family based migration to nuclear family and phase out feesa lottery system. >> visa lottery system. >> president made clear, i agree any legislation must treat root cause and reform legal immigration. and it must also include common sense to ensure safety of american people. reporter: president trump shared his thoughts to twit either morning, while republican and democrat in congress work hart too come up with a solution to daca, they should strongly be considering a system of merit based immigration. >> this senate democratic leader accused president of med illing. meddling. >> t daca, president trump. >> there was a bipartisan plan negotiated by 22 senators, that was attacked by white house, that include

mike emanuel joins us from capitol hill with an update on the ceremonies as they are underway. >> goodig day it must be for the chaplains on capitol hill to offer their powers for america's pastor billy graham. when the casket and hearse arrived earlier you could have heard a pin drop. as you mentioned this is the ceremony for the v.i.p.s, 2300 invited guests, president and first lady among them but i'm struck looking across the way at the united states supreme court building you can see a lot of average american citizens lined up waiting their opportunity to come in and pay their respects to the reverend billy graham. someone who touched so many lives in the united states and around the globe. really a spectacular day for the end of february in our nation's capitol. the sun shining down on us as america pays it respects to the reverend billy graham. >> do we know when the rotunda will be open to the public? >> shortly after the president leaves this afternoon the public can pay its respects to billy graham this afternoon and evening and have an opportunity to offer their prayers and t

here with details, fox news congressional correspondent, mike emanuel. one plan to extend funding for two years, right? reporter: that's right, david. first things first. the house will vote on six weeks government funding extension. provides more money for military rest of the fiscal year. this is popular with fiscal conservatives and also those defense hawks. >> remember what schumer said during his last "schumer shutdown," he said he did not want to hold the military hostage. this gives our ability to fund the military completely, while we figure out the rest of the agreement for everything else. reporter: that is reference to senate democratic leader chuck schumer, who warned the house plan is dead on arrival for the senate. schumer wants money for domestic spending as well. sources say the big four leaders on capitol hill, mcconnell, schumer, ryan and pelosi are close to agreement to boost both domestic and military spending for the next two years. >> i think we're on the way to getting an agreement. and on the way to getting an agreement very soon.

mike emanuel is on capitol hill.to parkland florida where phil keating is standing by live. >> we're told as the minutes as the shooting was unfolding, some of the members of the emergency medical responders were told not to go in. when asked about this, the coral springs fire department said the rapid patient and treatment formula is for an area clear of immediate danger. the ems teams did not rush in because the situation was determined an unsafe hot zone, a discrepancy. the high school shooting dominating the broward county commission meeting. we're told that cruz dropped his weapon attempting to blend in with the students. a sharp coconut creek nearby town, first responders spotted him about 1 1/2 miles away and arrested him. the commission awarding him a proclamation of heroism. >> the proclamation is an honor. but right now with the heaviness of what's going on in the community, it being such a short time that has passed, it's hard to accept. >> and dispatch records show that over the past decade or so, deputie

mike emanuel in for bret. >> mike: thank you, kimberly meek mike this is a fox news alert.ally predicted this week's florida school shooting and even named the teenager now suspected of the deadly rampage. and here in washington, the special counsel in the investigation of alleged russian interference in the 2016 election is showing some of his cards tonight. 13 russian nationals and three russian companies have been charged in an elaborate plot through social media and the internet to damage the american political system. the indictment says some of that activity was assisted -- aimed at assisting the trump presidential campaign. however, the president is once again declaring that the finding shows there was no collusion

mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. what is the latest on this spending cap agreement. mike? >> reporter: well, dana, it would set the spending level for the next two fiscal years. according to sources, it would include ab $165 billion more for the military, about $131 billion more for domestic priorities, increase the debt ceiling through march 2019 and provide disaster relief funding for hurricane and wild fire victims. republican leaders are celebrating a significant boost in military spending. >> the compromised we've reached will ensure that for the first time in years, our armed forces will have more of the resources they need to keep america safe. it will help us serve the veterans who bravely served us. >> reporter: the senate democratic leader is celebrating a significant boost in domestic spending and notes it's a compromise. >> dana: mike, i'm sorry. i was thinking about senator schumer and what he must be feeling that he got something out of this. mcconnell thinks he got something out of this. but what's happening on the house side? i know minority leader pelosi,

first mike emanuel live on capitol hill. what's the latest on this democratic memo? >> reporter: they are waiting for the white house, justice department and the fbi to do their analysis on this ten page memo. the top democrat on the house intelligence committee is expressing some concerns. he is fearing that there may be some redactions for political reasons. schiff said if the president objects, lawmakers could appeal to a vote on the house floor or ask the department of justice to declassify the document, but those would be time consuming. today the house speaker was pretty passionate about congress' oversight role. >> this is about fisa abuse and this is about holding our government accountable and this is about congress doing its job in conducting oversight over the executive branch, which in this particular case has been given great power over us as citizens. we need to make sure that power is used correctly. >> reporter: john kelly just told reporters at the white house that the president has not yet read the democratic memo. he will be briefed on it lear toda

mike emanuel capitol hill, thank you. the west virginia democratic senator who said washington socks wants to do something about it. joe manchin says he signed a pledge not to campaign directly against a sitting colleague. manchin is asking others to join him in the effort saying he wants to help restore civility and bipartisan cooperation. election day is nine months from today. many democratic candidates for the halls are raising plenty of cash, they national party entered the year essentially broke. doug mckelway on the bad news and good news for democrats. >> if money is the mother's milk of politics, the democratic national committee is malnourished and gets children. hoping to end control of congress, the dnc has over $6.5 million in cash on hand but almost as much debt. 6.1 million, leaving it with $422,000 to spend. what happened? >> hillary's campaign drained their finances. as i try with a lackluster fund-raiser like chairman tom perez to get out there and fill the coffers up, it's going to be a steep challenge.

they will be eager to fight on daca. >> bret: mike emanuel, thanks.epublicans on the senate judiciary committee want to know why obama national security advisor susan rice sent herself an email on the administration's final day. documenting a conversation with president obama about the fbi's trump investigation. the email emphasizes president obama told all involved to proceed "by the book." committee chairman chuck grassley and republican member lindsey graham are asking rice about the timing and context about what they call a very unusual email. top democrat on the house intelligence committee will work with the fbi to edit his rebuttal to the republican memo released last week on alleged bias by the bureau and the justice department, two weeks ago now. president trump says he will not declassify the adam schiff document because it contains too many of the country secrets. here is catherine herridge. >> those things need to be redacted. >> house republicans backed the white house rejection of the democrat memo that they say is loaded with national s

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel fills us in. >> president trump says he wants action on gun control. >> the president is planning a meeting for wednesday with bipartisan members of congress. >> shifting to a measure by john cornyn and chris murphy to tighten up the criminal background check system. it would keep those with serious records from buying firearms. they want to see what the senate is capable of passing but predicted that congress will act. >> we took action last year but i think you're going to any more legislation. >> the measure was attached to a concealed carry provision for new jersey republican commerce men lance has written paul ryan asking to bring up the background check aspect. house majority whip, a victim of gun violence, focused on mistakes made leading up to the parkland attack. >> why did the breakdowns occur? let's focus on addressing the problems and mental health we have started to deal with in congress. let's close loopholes. let's figure out what went wrong with government before people start to talk about taking away the right to law-abidi

mike emanuel is on capitol hill. good evening. >> the drama is not over, even after bipartisan leaders in the senate announced agreement on a two-year budget deal. >> the compromise we have reached will ensure that for the first time in years our armed forces will have more of the resources they need to keep america safe. >> the budget deal provides 106 to $5 billion more for the military, $131 billion more for dimension programs. debt ceiling increase through march 2019. disaster relief funding for hurricane and wildfire victims. keeping the government open through march 23. >> budget deal doesn't have everything democrats want. it doesn't have everything republicans want but it has a great deal of what the american people want. after months of legislative logjams, this budget deal is a genuine breakthrough. >> it does not include anything for the so-called dreamers, young people brought to this country illegally by their parents. and even though democratic leader nancy pelosi was a part of the negotiations, she spe

. >> harris: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is on the help for us. >> that ten page classified memos being reviewed at the white house in the same fashion that the original republican memo was studied last week. it's up to president trump to determine over the next five days with her has objections to its release to the public. a source who has read the democrats memo tells my colleague john roberts that it is filled with sources and methods taken from the original document. that source tells roberts this was done tactically to force the white house into either denying release of the memo or significantly rejecting it. earlier, house speaker paul ryan made the case for transparency as possible. >> what you see here is republicans are letting all this information out there provided that we scrub for sources and methods. the republican memo was written to make sure that sources and methods were not compromised so that full disclosure could occur. we do not know whether that's the case for the democrat memo. it has to go to that scrubbing process. >> top republicans on the intelli

this is something to watch. >> shepard: mike emanuel, thanks. the white house praising the senate budget deal saying it includes a much-needed increase in defense spending. that was their ace in the hole today. team fox coverage continues. john roberts live on the north lawn. hi, john. >> shep, good afternoon to you. the white house says they like what they have seen so far. what is coming out of the senate, they need to see what the final version will be. of course, what happens in the house when sarah huckabee sanders saying that this ends the yearly crisis and kind of a monthly crisis in funding and provides money for the military. you talk to mike about this. he showed that nancy pelosi has been on the floor for hours arguing that a deal for the so-called dreamers needs to be included in any type of two-year budget deal prompting this sharp reaction from sarah sanders this afternoon. listen here. >> we've made clear that the budget deal should be a budget deal and that members of congress like nancy pelosi should not hold our military hostag

i'm katie pavlich in for laura ingraham and now mike emanuel is filling in for shannon bream on "fox news @ night" ." >> good advice there. here's what's on tonight. president trump says he's open to stiffer background checks, but is that enough for students demanding change as the pressure rises on guns? >> you are either with us or against us. >> mike: in the wake of the florida school shooting. and as the president playing smart politics by singling out oprah winfrey in his latest tweet storm? >> do you care what the world thinks of the united states? >> mike: republican congressman adam kinzinger is here with answers. plus. >> a reporter from new york called me and asked if it was true that i was trying to outlaw masturbation in utah and i said no. >> mike: states are looking -- calls to ban it altogether. ♪ >> mike: hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i make emmanuel in washington in for shannon bream. new tonight, president trump's tweet storm continues, blasting away at this hour. now he speaking favorably of the economy, but also of his old foe mitt romney. more on all t

looking for the right combination of the yes votes. >> bret: mike emanuel, thanks.police in indiana say a man being held in a suspected drunken driving crash that killed indianapolis colts linebacker edwin jackson is an illegal immigrant who has been twice deported. police say jackson and another man were standing outside her car along interstate 70 when they were fatally hit by a pickup truck being driven by a 37-year-old. as president trump is pushing for a massive increase in the pentagon's budget, a new audit says the defense department has lost hundreds of millions of dollars. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is the latest from the pentagon. >> the pentagon can't account for $800 million. that according to a shocking internal audits of the defense logistics agency done by ernst & young. the department of defense continues to have unresolved accounting issues and is unable to provide sufficient evidential support for complete and accurate financial statements on a timely basis. raising questions about how the pentagon is managing taxpayer money.

and right now mike emanuel on capitol hill. mike did, i hallucinate? are we talking about the democrats agreeing to a deal and the senate that does not have daca or the dealers? >> absolutely correct, harris. folks i have been talking to who have been close to the negotiations say democrats were aware that daca was not ever going to be a part of this deal. now, they have gotten some assurances that immigration will be up next. majority leader mitch mcconnell also a spokesperson for house speaker paul ryan said that the speaker is committed to doing a daca deal when it's something that president trump is willing to sign. but, first things first, we are staring at a deadline and deadline pressure here on capitol hill is often what forces action. so they have reached agreement on the spending deal. yeah, we will be watching them count votes in the house. if speaker paul ryan has signed off on it and house democratic leader nancy pelosi has signed off on it. one can presume they have rallied enough support to get it across the finish line it would give two

mike emanuel is live for us on capitol hill this morning. >> good morning.s morning the house majority leader blasted the democrats' rebuttal memo. >> if you look at the memo even what they wrote, they had four times to tell the fisa court, very unique, that this was paid for by the democrats. what they did, they put it in a footnote so people couldn't see it. >> the chairman of house intelligence says he was fine with his release. >> the republicans wanted this out. we believe it proves everything we said in our memo to be true. we talked specifically about fisa abuse and they're saying it's okay for one party to essentially get dirt, use it to spy on another party. and that just is never going to be okay in america. >> chuck schumer said the memo says: a key democrat on house intelligence defended the memo. >> it was that the individual who did this work was acting in a way that was designed to find dirt. not the exact word but designed to find dirt on donald trump. was being paid so why didn't the f.b.i. in the fisa application name clinton, dnc and fusio

. >> bill: mike emanuel. what's the latest on immigration. number one today, mike. >> good morning.ate majority leader turning up the pressure on his colleagues to get it done this week. the senate is getting in session for the date. the hope was a free wheeling debate yesterday. the top leaders could not agree on where to start. >> there is no reason, no reason not to come together and get a solution this week. this has been going on endlessly. they shut down the government over this. >> the sooner the better. and if we can come up with a bipartisan compromise that looks like it is right in the ballpark of 60 let it rip. let's go. >> on the house side republican leaders will measure support for a more conservative immigration plan from bob goodlatte which is focused on border security and interior enforcement. house conservatives don't want to be forced the take whatever the senate passes. they want to pass a plan of their own. >> bill: what's the breaking news in the capitol regarding the controversy tt white house? >> lawmakers on capitol hill will take a closer look at the emplo

mike emanuel is live from the capitol as we await his arrival shortly at dulles airport. mike. >> good morning. lying in honor of the united states capitol is as close as we get to royal treatment. house speaker paul ryan described it as an honor for congressional leaders to receive the casket of billy graham at the united states capitol and welcome his family. brian described it as very special, something that congressional leaders are honored to do. in recent days we've seen former u.s. presidents bill clinton and george w. bush pay their respects to the reverend graham and his family. later this morning president trump will have that opportunity at the u.s. capitol. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell described this extraordinary ceremony for a most extraordinary figure. >> lying in state in the capitol has been used i think about 150 times since henry clay from my state was the first one to lie in state in 1852. it's an honor extended by a grateful nation to one of the truly unique figures in world history. >> after the president and elected figures pay their respec

mike emanuel has our report. >> that expires beginning march 5th. so we know we have a deadline. the president has offered a generous proposal. >> republicans favor a plan offered by these six gop senators, the legislative version of president trump's blueprint which resolves daca, strengthens border security, eliminate visa lottery and ends extended family chain migration. >> there's no reason why reasonable people in congress can't get behind this. >> the day of voting 97-1, the top leaders could not agree on how to begin. >> let's get this debate started on the right foot. i object to the leader's request. >> that led some republicans to conclude that democrats don't want a solution. today the majority leader said he wants to get something done this week. >> there's no reason, no reason not to come together and get a solution this week. this has been going on endlessly. they shut down the noft government over this. >> the democrats blamed the white house. >> on september 5th of last year it was the president who ended up ending the daca program effective march 5th of this year

i'm katie pavlich in for laura ingraham and now mike emanuel is filling in for shannon bream on "foxhere. here's what's on tonight. president trump says he's open to stiffer background checks, but is that enough for students demanding change as the pressure rises on guns? >> you are either with us or against us. >> mike: in the wake of the florida school shooting. and as the president playing smart politics by singling out oprah winfrey in his latest tweet storm? >> do you care what the world thinks of the united states? >> mike: republican congressman adam kinzinger is here with answers. plus. >> a reporter from new york called me and asked if it was true that i was trying to outlaw masturbation in utah and i said no. >> mike: states are

. >> bill: mike emanuel leads our coverage this hour from the hill.e you hearing from top democrats this morning after -- everybody in that committee voted to send it to the president and make it public. last week a different story. >> democrats sound pleased after that unanimous vote in the house intelligence committee. the panel's top democrat is expressing concerns about what could be cut in the vetting process. >> what i'm more concerned about is they make political redactions. not to protect sources or methods which we've asked the department and f.b.i. to do. but redactions to remove information they think is unfavorable to the president. that could be a real problem and that is our main concern. >> he talked about possible next steps if president trump decides he does not want the democrat rebuttal memo released. >> we can try to force a vote in the house of representatives or we can seek a declassification review with the f.b.i. and the department of justice. but that takes time. so there aren't a lot of options but it will certainly appear th

we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on capitol hill. mike?day house speaker paul ryan was asked about the concept of arming teachers to better protect american schools. >> that is really a question for local g

mike emanuel joins us live from capitol hill with breaking developments on this. mike? >> good afternoon, a top senate democrats is even facing that thursday late night deadline, he does not anticipate failure. >> i don't see a government shutdown coming but i do see senator mcconnell finally bringing this critical issue that affects the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in america, finally bringing it and that's what we are looking for with the shutdown, we achieved that goal, we are going forward. >> republicans know president trump made a generous offer to address the so-called dreamers. providing a path to citizenship to a lot more young people than democrats initially requested. >> we are trying to get it resolved, the president wants to resolve it. he said he would give money for the wall of the president gave a form of status the dreamers. now president trump says he was giving 1.8 million dreamers -- >> then there's the back and forth over republican and democrat memos in the house intelligence committee. that panel is set to meet at 5:00 p.m. republicans

i mike emanuel. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight" and happy presidentsday. you may have noticed an accelerating cycle in washington lately. here's what it looks like. the permanent class hates donald trump. they attack them as racist, criminal, a foreign spy looking to destroy america. trump, because he watches more bad television than is healthy, sees these attacks and responds with hostile tweets. m his critics point out those tweets as evidence that trump is every bit as bad as they said he was and so on. the latest installment of the saga took place over the weekend. cnn political analyst warned that trump's criticism of the media improves he's a would-be dictator. >> discrediting mueller, discrediting what may come out of the justice department, discrediting the press of what mueller does, this is what splits a country apart and this is the beginnings -- in many other countries it is the beginnings of enough authoritarian rule. >> tucker: that's kind of hilarious. the irony of course is that he spent much of his own career in government, not simply

we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on capitol hill with the latest on the efforts to pass the budget deal to keep the government open. >> good evening. the senate is in a bit of a holding pattern as kentucky senator rand paul is on the senate floor this hour protesting the budget agreement, breaking existing spending caps. a bit of an effort a moment ago by majority leader mitch mcconnell and senate democratic leader chuck schumer to see if senator paul would move things along, noting time is getting short. senator paul objected. he is making his case now. ahead of votes in the senate and eventually the house, there's been some serious pushback. >> going to have this much of an increase in spending and almost nothing in the way of pay fors. i like bipartisanship. it seems like we could do it in a bipartisan way. >> deficit hawks express their disgust. the budget package includes more spending on the military. democrats demanded $131 billion more, nearly dollar for dollar come in domestic spending, and erase the debt ceiling through march -- a raise of the debt ceil

mike emanuel is on capitol hill with all the answers. that's a tall order, mike. what do you have? >> reporter: no question, dana. president trump is backing a plan from senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley which mirrored the president's own blue print on the issue. would provide a path to the young people brought to this country illegally over a 12 year period. provide $25 billion for a border security plan, including more man power and a wall, limit family migrations to nuclear family and phase out the lottery system. they need to address the underline problem and not just the status of the young people. >> the widespread desire in this chamber to find a resolution for until legal immigrants who were brought to this country as children. widespread agreement on that. but commonsense dictates that we cannot simply treat one symptom of our broken immigration policy in complete isolation. >> reporter: there's also an effort of a group of 22 bipartisan senators including jeff flake and lindsey graham. courses suggest it could be a smaller agreement, just addressing the dreamers an

>> i think the votes will be there in the house as mike emanuel pointed out just now, there are democrats in the house who are going to vote for this. i think there will be some republicans who won't so it will be some combination of those. her point is she wants to have a conversation or a vote on daca and on immigration. the senate as you know next week, we are going to have that debate. my assumption is at some point they will have it in the house as well. i suspect the house will take that up or something else up and we will see where it leads. >> harris: usually it's flipped, the house trying to worry about what the senate will do. what did you do differently this time in terms of your bipartisan cobbling it together, what has been successful? >> i think in the senate there is a sense of urgency about keeping the government open. i think everybody learned a lesson, including the democrats last time who got associated with this. the schumer shutdown stock. there was a widely held view that we needed to make sure we keep the government up and operating. a lot of other issues need to be

we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on capitol hill. mike?dana, good afternoon. today house speaker paul ryan was asked about the concept of arming teachers to better protect american schools. >> that is really a question for local government, local school boards. local states. as a parent myself and as a citizen, i think it's a good idea but as speaker of the house i think we need to respect federalism and local jurisdictions. >> the house republican whip a victim of gun violence himself spoke about the failures in florida. >> i wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for law enforcement confronting the shooter in my case. and it's really disappointing that ultimately somebody didn't go into that school that was there and armed to protect those kids. >> the senate democratic leader continued his call for keeping weapons out of hands of those who should not have them. >> it's outrageous that so many guns are sold with no background check whatsoever. whether you are a felon, an adjudicated mentally ill, spousal abuser, outrageous. we should cl

mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. hi, mike. >> it's interesting.the day the senate is launching this immigration push, the top two leaders of the two parties were in louisville, kentucky sounding like they're ready to go. >> every critical moment in this country, we have come together to do what needed to be done the move the ball down the field. >> the senate democratic leader noted this will be a challenge. >> it won't be easy, but we're all going to try because of the gravity of the issues at stake. because we know that this week will be a test of whether the senate can steer the ship of state through the stormiest of waters. now, i believe it can. >> perhaps feeling more upbeat after the two were able to agree on a bipartisan deal to set spending levels the next two years. shep? >> shepard: the house is quite a different things, right? >> no question about that. the politics on the house side are quite different, a lot of conservatives are pushing for a deal by bob goodlatte which is heavy on enforcement and would allow dreamers to live and wor

i'm mike emanuel in washington. "the story" with martha maccallum is next. martha? >> martha: good evening, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. we are monitoring the president's trip to florida at this hour. we will bring you live any comments or when we see the president we will take you there live moments away. meanwhiles the governor of florida calling for the new head of the fbi to step down. we are always told if you see something, say something we know that someone did early january six weeks ago someone close to nikolas cruz had enough of the threats to carry out a school shooting. the violent behavior the accumulation of guns they picked up the phone and did something brave. they called the fbi. this is the fbi's explanation of why they never knocked on cruz's door. >> this information should have been provided to the miami field office. they're investigative steps would have been taken. information was not pro-field office. no further investigation was conducted at that time. >> martha: the broward county sheriff shifting blame away from the fbi. >> make no mi

. >> reporter: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill.what are expectations heading into this critical week on immigration? >> reporter: dana, good afternoon. president trump told reporters this afternoon there's a good chance of getting this done if democrats are serious and really want to do it. >> i hope the democrats are not gonna use it just as a campaign -- you know, they've been talking about daca for many years and they haven't produced. we started talking about daca and i think we'll produce. >> reporter: last week a senior democrat also sounded hopeful as well. >> a bill on the floor open to amendment, actual debate, yes, it's going to happen right here. stay tuned on cspan. next week could be historic. it's been over a year and a half since we've had a meaningful debate on the floor, but next week we will. the topic, immigration and daca. >> reporter: and today senate democratic leader chuck shumer said it won't be easy, but they've got to try. dana? >> dana: i'm pretty excited about it. unlike senator durbin, i'm just gonna wa

fox news channel's mike emanuel with more on the threat. what do you think of that? >> the house was set to vote on a six-week funding extension. sounds like they're making plays to keep the government up and run and more money for the military through the end of the fiscal year, which is popular with defense hawks and conservatives. >> remember what schumer said during his last schumer shut down? he said he didn't want to hold the military hostage. this is our ability to fund the military while we figure out everything else. >> a reference to chuck schumer who has warned this house plan is dead on arrival in the senate. schumer wants more money for domestic spending as well. sources say the big four leaders here on capitol hill, mcconnell, schumer, ryan and pelosi are close to an agreement for domestic and military spending for two years. >> we're on the way to getting an agreement and very soon. >> and in a few minutes, the senate democratic leader said his side is upbeat, too. >> i'm hopeful, nothing is done yet. there's outstanding issues. i know you'll ask me wh

mike emanuel has the news from capitol hill. what are we hearing from the republican side now, mike? >> shep, kentucky senator rand paul is hosting unanimous consent. he wants to vote on maintaining the current spending caps. not another $165 billion for the military. meanwhile, a lot of republican colleagues are saying the military needs that money to allow the pentagon to do its planning. >> general mattis said the combined effect of the crs and the budget cuts have done more damage to the military than any enemy on the battlefield. there's spending that people don't like. i get that. >> republicans are worried about the debt. they feel lawmakers are not control themselves going forward. >> once you have raised spending limits, you don't get them back down. now, i love bipartisanship. but not what it's bought and paid for with billions of taxpayer dollars. that's precisely what this measure does. you sprinkle enough money around, you can get bipartisan support. >> so the military hawks like the budget deal. the fiscal hawks, no

mike emanuel, thank you very much. yeah, they have the low approval ratings for a reason, don't they, kennedy? >> kennedy: absolutely. >> harris: i want to have a real conversation about gun control since they are having it on capitol hill. let's do it here. not everyone agrees on whether you should be able to buy an ar-15. where do you sit? >> kennedy: i tend to be very pro-second amendment. i think if you take guns away from good people, there are so many guns that they will proliferate in the hands of bad people. you know, it is such a shortsighted discussion when we only talk about guns. you can take a gun away from someone. you can take guns away from all sorts of people. increased background checks, but you have not addressed the crazy. when chris murphy says this doesn't happen in other countries, oh, it does. what do you tell the families of 90 plus people killed in a bombing in kabul? it is so cast aside, there's no sanctity there. it is so easy to murder and take lives. it's not only in this country. abstract

>> dana: mike emanuel, thank you. another bumpy ride on wall street. first it was up.hen it was down. stocks look to make up ground after last week's correction. >> dana: wall street roller coaster not over yet. rallying before turning negative but now the dow is up after stocks posted four days of gains on the worst week for the markets in two years. >> once again, we see the urgency of congress to take true common sense action to prevent gun violence. i would rather pass gun safety legislation than win the election because people die from this. >> we pass legislation cleaning up the background check system that bill with others is sitting over in the united states senate. so 23 there is someone who is getting a gun who is not supposed to get a gun we've got to fix that. >> dana: butting heads over gun violence and mental illness a day after the tragedy in florida. people wondering if this will just be talk and not lead to any action. a fox news contributor, with a very timely column that you wrote this morning about social media and how public policy sometimes lags b

stay on mike emanuel, thanks. let's talk about guns, school safety and others subjects with kellyanne conway. let's start with the story we lead with, the security clearance issue for jared kushner. downgraded to secret. how is that sitting in the white house and how does it affect his job? >> i have not discussed it directly with jerrod or anyone else. jerrod is in charge of or supports many of the different initiatives by the president. president trump on friday in front of the whole world, the press conference with the australian prime minister. he has great faith in jared kushner senior advisor. working on middle east peace. he's been involved with nafta. he said a great deal to do with china. he's been involved, i don't know the status of other people's security clearances, nor do i want to. i find of the entire process one that should be tightly held and not within the purview of colleagues at the white house. i expect the rest of us will be informed as we need to be. >> bret: intelligence officials say 50%

mike emanuel, thanks. president about to give his tax reform speech in blue ash, ohio. listen. >> i love the state of ohio. what great memories. we're starting to boom. you know that. it's great to be back in ohio and be here with the hardworking men and women of sheffer corporation. congratulations. [ applause ] we have a lot of great people with us today. we have our secretary of the treasury steven mnuchin. [ applause ] a man that you know very well, who has done an amazing job, great job helping us with the massive tax cuts that are helping everybody so much. everybody has fallen in love with it. rob portman, he knows his stuff. thank you, rob. thank you. [ applause ] a terrific guy, a friend of mine from day one. he's been behind me from day one. jim renacy. jim, thank you. jim has been a great friend of mine. lieutenant governor mary taylor, secretary of state john husted. [ applause ] and another great friend of ours, brad wenstrep. he couldn't be here. army reserve duty. that's the only excuse we'd accept. great guy. i want to thank you all and i want to thank j

we have team fox coverage, mike emanuel on capitol hill. first, the chief white house correspondent john roberts who is in the briefing room as we wait for that. hello, john. >> sarah huckabee sanders fresh off the air will be briefing us in a few minutes. the president as you saw today when he spoke with most of the nation's governors, getting a measure of support for his plans to arm certain qualified members of faculty and staff at schools and getting some resistance. you play governor ensley of washington state. the president add odds over that issue with florida governor rick scott, a republican, who is a supporter of the president. scott believes says that teachers should teach and educators should educate and the job of protecting schools should be left up to law enforcement. listen here. >> we're going to spend $500 million. i have two weeks in my legislative session. i'm not waiting for the federal government. we're going to invest $500 million and have a significant law enforcement presence at every public school in our state. >>