. >> >>> the speaker of the house had this to say about the syrian airstrike paul ryan tweeted, thisaction in syria was appropriate and just. he went on to say these topical strikes me clear to the assad regime it can no longer count on american inaction as it carries out atrocities against the syrian people.>>> republican senator rand paul tweeted, while we all condemn the atrocities in syria cup united states was not attacked. the president needs congressional authorization for military action as required by the constitution. our coverage of the situation will continue online. go to trent by to get the latest developments.>>> a homicide investigation is underway after police found a dismembered body in a home and arrested a man who is there. the discovery was made at a house on pacific heights boulevard. amber lee reports, police went to the home yesterday morning on a report of a missing person. >> shocked. it is pretty scary. to think that happen in our neighborhood.>> we get along. >> reporter: in this winter weather copley stated chilling discovery in this ranch-style home. sho

senator rand paul tweeted smoking gun found. obama pal and noted advisor, sun rice said to be spying on trump campaign. meanwhile, press secretary sean spicer would not go that far. >> i saw senator paul's tweet. i want to be fair and consistent. we've been trying to say from the get-go there's been an ongoing investigation we have supported looking into this matter. i will say we have continued to say there is a troubling direction some of this is going in. >> with the ambassador, serving as the u.s. ambassador for russia 2012 to 2014 and ken delaney. ken, set out the facts of this new story on susan rice and the unma unmasking. >> sure. the first thing we should say is there no evidence whatsoever in that story anything inappropriate occurred. i've been speaking to officials how this process of so-called unmasking works. it's very routine. the important thing to know about it, only the sources of the information, intelligence, whether national security agency, cia or fbi, only they can grant unmasking. officials can request it

rand paul tweeted, while we all condemn the atrocities in syria, we were not attacked. tim kaine tim kaine said it was unlawful they were not made >>> this was largely seen as a warning to bashar al assad, and if the president wants to continue to engage in military action in syria, he will likely need congressional approval, and he will need to be coordinating with some of the other u.n. member states, specifically china and russia. reporting live, abc7 news. >>> the democratic leader nancy pelosi says tonight's strike in syria appears to be a syria appears to be a proportional response to the regime's use of chemical weapons. >>> we're going back home for breaking news. out of san francisco, kate larson is live after a really big fire at 23rd and an sau, kate? >> reporter: a really big fire and a really dangerous fire. we are on 23rd between gary anzi. the fire started in the top attic unit at 1:45 this morning and spread to the apartment building on the right and on the left. let's look at cell phone video we got sent to us from a viewer. you can see the huge flames

senator rand paul tweeting, smoking gun found. obama pal and noticed dissembler su susan rice said to be spying on trump campaign. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> is there concern with what susan rice said in that interview with judy woodruff and what you were reporting? >> she was not asked to unmask the names of u.s. perns connted in intelligence reports, so i spose there is wiggle room and s may have thought she was referring to something else, and the backdrop of this is the trump tweet that said obama had illegally wiretapped trump tower, which there's been no support for that specific claim, although i think it's significant that there were a number of these kinds of raw reports and that susan rice had sought to find out who the individuals were when they were referring to the trump transition activities. >> as the national acting security adviser at the time, isn't it perfectly routine to ask her to unmask names so she can see them, so she can better understand investigation that is ongoing? >> well, if i

senator rand paul tweeting, "smoking gun found." saying -- >> so now we know that someone in the obama administration was eavesdropping and specifically searching a databank looking for the trump people. >> no. no. >> that's a big deal. >> reporter: rice maintains there was nothing illegal, no smoking gun, and no wiretapping of trump tower. >> there was no such collection or surveillance on trump tower or trump individuals and it is very important to understand, and by that i mean directed by the white house or targeted by trump individuals. >> let's gets to cecilia vega, and some republicans are calling for rice to testify. where does the white house stand? >> reporter: they're not weighing in on this one just yet. they do call the reports about unmasking troubling, but the calls growing louder. they just sent a letter demanding that rice be called upon to testify. >> thank you. >>> we turn now to an abc news investigation, and it involves former trump campaign adviser carter page. did the russians try to get him to work for them?

you have the president yesterday golfing with senator rand paul. tweeted agreement on health care. in addition to those tweets, the president is already making another air felt for health care bill. >> not really. look, we have to take that seriously. we have to obviously take it on face value. he's playing golf with rand paul. over the weekend, spoke to administration sources, sources in house republican leadership and until the two main groups in the republican conference that prevented the first bill passing. that's the house freedom caucus and more moderate tuesday group. every single one of those factions that i just mentioned when i said is a new bill imminent, they all said no. this is going to get swallowed pretty quickly by other things on the agenda like kieeping the government funded at the end of april. look, they're still working on it. still discussions. still remains a large policy golf between the moderatings in the house and conservatives. until that changes and frankly very deep personal distrust between the two factions, i don't see it m

spicer: i saw senator paul's tweet. look, i think -- i want to make sure i'm clear and consistent. we've been trying to say that, from the get go, that there's been an ongoing investigation that we have supported, looking into this matter. i will say that we have continued to say that i think there's a troubling direction that some of this is going in. but we're going to let this review go on before we jump to it. i think it is interesting the level of or the lack of interest that i've seen in these developments when it goes in one direction versus where i think it was going -- where other amounts of interest that have come from this room and beyond. i'm somewhat surprised in terms of the level of interest that i've seen from the press corps, one set of developments virs another set of developments. that being said, i'm not going to start getting into a further discussion of that. reporter: let me pick up here, a couple questions. does the white house believe susan rice may have done something illegal? mr. spicer: i'm not -- appreciate the effort there. i'm not going to start going

rand paul tweeted while we all condemn the atrocities in syria, united states was not attacked. tim kean called it unlawful. >> the larger statement again is that assad needs to stop the chemical attacks against his people. >> reporter: and the big question now becomes what happens next? this was probably a surgical strike by you will account expected to send a message perhaps, but not debilitating to the assad regime. if the president wants to continue his intervention in syria, he needs congressional approve and coordination with others, including russia and china. lana zack. back to you. >> a vote to approve neil patrick harris to the supreme court this afternoon. gorsuch is expected to win confirmation and be sworn in to hear the final cases of the high court's current term. >>> from our delaware newsroom a little girl is back home after being kidnapped. the action cam was in wilmington last night as the police officer helped the young victim to safety. the 4-year-old girl was spotted near the park before 9:00 p.m. last night. she had been missing for two hours. witnesses in

senator rand paul tweeting smoking gun found. >> now we know that someone in the obama administration was eavesdropping and specifically searching a data bank looking for the trump people. >> reporter: rice maintains there was nothing illegal, no smoking gun and no wire tapping. >> there was no surveillance on trump tower or individuals. it's important to understand by that i mean directed by the white house or targeted at trump individua individuals. >>> the deadline for beds to construct president trump's boarder wall has come and gone. companies had until today to submit plans. today the head of homeland security revealed the number of people cause crossing the boarder last month was the lowest in almost 20 years. secretary kelly credits the president's tough talk on immigration. >>> new trouble for fox news tonight. three women are filing lawsuits claiming harassment. it comes as a growing number of advertisers are fleeing bill o'reilly's show amid allegations of sexual harassment. >> reporter: a burjing boycott of fox news as more than 15 companies plan to pull ads from the o'rei

earlier today republican senator rand paul called the quote in a tweet, a smoking gun. what do you -- what feedback are you getting on this? >> reporter: well, there's some strong pushback as you can imagine from the obama world. i've been talking to former obama officials who say, look, the bottom line is, part of surveillance and obtaining surveillance is sometimes requires unmasking certain individuals who try to understand what specifically the surveillance shows. so their argument is there's nothing illegal about that. what would be illegal is if those names were then leaked out. you would eectivelye leaking out classified information and their argument is, look, that didn't happen as a part of this process. but what the white house will -- and sean spicer didn't really want to delve into the details here, except to say that it's disconce disconcerting, but of course, president trump has said that the unmasking is the real story. he tweeted about that over the weekend, that that's what we should be focused on. this is really the clearest example yet that we've gott

rand paul tweeted, "smoking gun found! pal and noted dissembler susan rice said to have been spying on trump campaign." oooh, "dissembler." ( laughter ) fancy language, senator. "i will duel you at dawn, you charlatan, you mountebank, you mendacious flim-flamming dissembler! bring a pistol and a thesaurus." good day! tat-tat. but here's what it also means: it means intelligence agencies were eavesdropping on shady foreign officials and incidentally picked up conversations they had with americans. would you like to know which americans? the national security adviser did. so she asked to have their names unmasked, and experts say that's likely within the law. boom. ( laughter ) it's just more of the constant drip, drip of revelations of rampant law following. ( laughter ) here's what else it means: there are only two reasons the national security adviser is allowed to unmask someone: because the intelligence can not be understood without knowing the identity of the american, or because they have "probable cause that criminal

rand paul tweeting out afterwards i had a great time today and believe we are getting closer to an agreementant to talk about this and more with senate bill cassidy, a republican from louisiana, a member of the sub committee. thanks, senator, for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> are you okay with the freedom caucus very conservative republicans in the house continue to resist with the president making a deal with democrats on health care? >> i'd actually think we can bring everybody together. the point being that may sound naive, but if you're conservative, you are conservative about how we are spending money. we need to pay for that which we are doing and we need to spend the money we spend most wisely. there should be common ground in there both from democrats all the way towards the freedom caucus. >> you say bring everyone together, you mean bring all the republicans together or bring republicans and democrats together to come up with some new health care legislation? >> you have to bring republicans and democrats. there's never been a sweeping social change that has endured in our soc

>> i saw senator paul's tweet. i want to make sure i'm clear and consistent. that from the get go there's been an ongoing investigation that we have support eed looking into ts matter. i will say that we have continued to say that there's a troubling direction that some of this is going in. but we're going to let this review go on before we jump to it. but i think it is interesting the level or lack of interest that i have seen in these developments when it goes in one direction where other amounts of interest that are some from this room and beyond. . i'm somewhat surprised in terms of the level of interest i have seen from the press corps. i'm not going to get into further discussion of that. >> let me pick up a couple questions. >> do they believe susan rice may have done anything ul legal? >> i appreciate the effort there. i'm not going to start going down that road, as we have said before. we go down wub road, we need to go down them all. we have supported this e review that we have asked for. i do think that when you see the developments that we have see

in fact, senator rand paul tweeting, and i am quoting "the president needs congressional authorization for military action as required by the constitution." joining us now, fox news anchor and attorney gregg jarrett and my pal here in the studio. first of all, senator rand paul says this is not okay. this is against the law. this is against what washington believes in, against the constitution. is he right or wrong? >> he's a doctor and may be a pretty good one but he does not seem to know much about the constitution and the law. first of all, it is true that article one, section 8 of the constitution says only congress may authorize a declaration of war. that is not what is going on here. this is a singular, limited military action, not an expensive war, so that president does not need congress' permission. and they debated the language to use. they knew there would be times when a president had to act expeditiously to protect vital national interests and so they chose the language "war" as opposed to military action required for a bike congressional approval. >> julie: isn't presiden

civilian he tweeted a number of things back in 2013 there is pushback within the party, senator rand paul tweeting while all condemned atrocities in syria the night states has not attacked. the president needs congressional authorization for military action is required by the constitution, our prior interventions in this region there are a lot of supporters who buy into what senator paul is saying tonight but you have the president who was acting -- >> sean: was on last couple of days of president was of this crosses many, many lines, be on a redline, and a statement tonight, almost a very emotional statement assad launched a horrible attack, choking out the lives of helpless men, women, and children, and how it is in the vital national security interests of the u.s. to prevent and deter the spread of deadly chemical weapons. i don't think anybody could deny that but it also is in keeping with his promise not to telegraph military action. there is no indication at all tonight of an idea of an invasion or occupation, it's to send a message. i've got to believe that that message was probably receive

>> i saw senator paul's tweet. look, i think i want to make sure i'm clear and consistent. we've been trying to say that from the get go that there's been an on going investigation that we have supported looking into this matter. i will say that we have continued to say that i think there is a troubling direction that some of this is going in. but we're gonna let this review go on before we jump to it. but i think that it is interesting the level of, or the lack of interest that i have seen in these developments when it goes in one direction versus where i think it was going, where other amounts of interest that have come from this room and beyond. i'm somewhat surprised in terms of the level of interest that i have seen from the press corps at one set of developments versus another set of developments. that being said, i'm not going to start getting into a further discussion of that. >> sean, thanks. let me pick up here, a couple questions. does the white house believe susan rice may have done anything illegal? >> i'm not gonna -- appreciate the effort there. i'm not going

you saw the tweet congratulating chaffetz from paul ryan. he said liberty limited government.trump's mention is more solidarity and protection. so you see karen handel. she's a republican. >> but i think one the of pieces that we're not paying tank to is that you have over 84 republican districts. not republican. there's a 4% or more. that's a new equations that we didn't have. and the more pressure they're facing, the more they're going to participate. we saw in it georgia in 2016. >> i think the most immediate part moving forward. talking about what the strategy going forward. and this absolutely gives them incentives to not do deals. they'll say why would we give you a win when we could win back the house? >> and they feel like they have to worry about themselves before donald trump. >> trump made a bet. that he would pull voters and sacrifice voters in traditional public states but not enough to lose. so he lost voters in georgia and texas. >> by the way -- >> what's good for trump might not be good for the house. >> if we look at texas. the fact now you have cruz pulling

. >>> paul ryan tweeted that this action was appropriate and just pure he also said the technical strike made clear that the regime can no longer count on american inaction as a carries out atrocities against the syrian people. >> nancy pelosi called the airstrike a proportional response. she went on to say that the crisis will not be solved with one night of airstrikes. >> our coverage will continue on mine. >>> joining us now to talk about this is our political analysts. what does this response mean now for the us going forward ? our involvement in the situation in syria and what risks do these airstrikes carry ? >> that is an excellent question. this is why some members of congress have said both have consultation. nothing happens in a vacuum. everything that you do, when you attack a sovereign country has implications in other realms. it affects our relationships with other countries that support syria and implies that our ownership of part of the mess in syria. and it raises questions about what further involvement might be ? on the other hand it harkens back to some of the criticis

shows rice has a pattern of dozens of such requests, this reported by bloomberg prompting rand paul to tweetd, obama powell noted susan rice said to have in spying on trump campaign. sean spicer says he is surprised by the lack of interest in the story by the press. >> i think it is interesting, the lack of interest i have seen in these developments in one direction versus where other amounts of interest, i am surprised in the level of interest from the press corps. >> reporter: investigators determining if any laws were broken. rand paul calling on rice to testify, and there is a lot more coming. >> the senate gearing up, and neil gorsuch in the supreme court. abby: vowing to go nuclear if democrats go through with their filibuster. chris mack the latest in the high-stakes shoot down. >> tensions mounting, there are no sides of bipartisan -- with the exception of three democrats who decided to do and up vote for him. senators planning to start debate, they have enough votes against him and with another filibuster to delay them. >> i will be voting against cloture unless we are able to sit d

the senator from kentucky, rand paul tweeting out, smoking gun found. susan rice said to have been spying on trump campaign. this morning the president tweeted out a report that puts the former u.s. attorney saying susan rice was keeping spread sheets of information about the trump transition officials. we'll be looking into that today. there may not be anything illegal or improper what susan rice did but one troubling thing did happen is the name of lieutenant general michael flynn was made public and caught up in collection of some transcripts of phone calls made to the russian ambassador sergey kislyak. >> shannon: the president tweeted at the beginning of march. >> it doesn't go the distance to prove there was wiretapping of the trump tower or his people were specifically targeted but adds to credence to the later claims by the white house that there was some surveillance going on during the transition. we heard this goes back to before the president name the nominee. it's a bill ball of wool and we'll continue to pull on it. >> shannon: thank you,

tweeting about yesterday. in particular asking the president about matters of authorization. is senator rand paul who tweeted yesterday while we all the atrocities in syria, the united states was not attacked. caller: international decisions -- always difficult nd fraught with difficulty but the reason i think i support the strike is that it's a ulmination of six or seven years of conflict in which weapons haveemical been used and russian aggression ukraine now o supporting assad and i think they have a role to play in and national diplomacy affairs. he violation of human rights and the humanitarian disaster related to chemical weapon use justification to send a signal and of course i think there are people who are questions about the appropriateness of it but i think it was important to point we are -- we as the de defenders of liberal ought to you know, response tortionate indicate our displeasure and there are certain things that cannot be tolerated sphere.nternational talking about sovereignty 2.0 which is when a ountry violates the rights of its people in such an egregious has done, you know

. >> reporter: and senator rand paul tweeting, smoking gun found.ut rice says there was nothing illegal and there was no wiretapping. >> the intelligence community, the director of the fbi has made that very clear. there was no such collection, surveillance on trump tower or trump individuals. >> reporter: so adamant denial. another republican calls rice the typhoid mary of the obama administration. surprisingly the white house has been pretty restrained on this one, george. sean spicer calling these reports about rice and unmasking troubling. >> okay, cecilia, thanks very much. let's bring in john avlon of "the daily beast" and author of the new book, "washington's farewell." thanks for coming in. let's try to unpack this whole unmasking controversy if it is, indeed, a controversy. >> sure. >> as cecilia said in the piece, unmasking legal, proper, routine for national security officials. if that information were leaked it would be a problem. >> yes. that's exactly right, but there is not evidence at this point, and that goes to the intent of an unm

." >> now house speaker paul ryan tweeted this. this action in syria was appropriate and just. he continues these tactical strikes make clear the assad regime can no longer carry out atrocities against the syrian people. >> one more here, nancy pelosi called today's air strike aproportional response to the use of chemical weapons and went on to say the crisis in syria will not be resolved by one night of air strikes. the killing will not stop without a comprehensive political solution to end the violence. do they have a point? does nancy pelosi have a point? should congress come back? >> well yes and no. in congress, the united states rather we passed the war powers act, a response to what the congress would perceive to be executive overreach in vietnam. it does require the president if he is going to send american forces in a declaration of war for more than 60 days to actually come back and consult with congress. you have a leash, but not a very long leash. the reason barbara lee was talking about this as an act of war, she wanted to trigger the wars power act. if this is as

house speaker paul ryan tweeting this: ileana ros-lehtinen is a voice for the voiceless and vulnerablee with her. no word, though, on what she will do after her term ends. good luck to her. molly: well, the empty congressional seat in montana is also the only congressional seat in montana. it's up for grabs, democrat rob qis and a republican squaring off in a live debate to fill that seat, it was heft open when ryan zinke was confirm as secretary of the interior. bryan llenas from new york. >> reporter: hi, molly. democrats will have to win 24 seats that were won by republicans in 2016. there are five special elections that are being held between april and june nationally, four of these five seats were held by republicans. like in montana where representative ryan zinke resigned the become the secretary of interior leaving the state's only congressional seat up for grabs. democrat rob quist is taking on the republican, the candidates are really representative of the country's divisive politics. quist is a banjo player and a rancher, the republican is millionaire and businessman. >> i w

. >> kentucky senator rand paul question how this happened, tweeting "directive from obama? paul calls on rice to testify over reports of unmasking request. >> the fact that there could be a political figure that was purposely searching a database looking for trump officials i think confirms exactly what the president said when he said the obama administration was doing transitionefarious. team. >> one issue the obama administration might have been interested in, links between a prominent trump donor and russian officials. sources say that brother of education secretary betsy devos, blackwater security founder eric prince, met with a russian envoy before the inauguration. sources say prints that within unnamed russian at the four seasons hotel. prince and the white house denied the meeting was to establish a back channel to vladimir putin. both denied that prince was working in any capacity on behalf of the trump transition. in an off-camera briefing today, press secretary sean spicer described the reports of prince's activities as "flimsy at best." an occasional advisor to t

tweeted -- "this is an act of war. congress needs to come back into session & hold a debate. anything less is an abdication of our responsibility." and republican senator rand paul of kentucky tweeted -- "the president needs congressional authorization for military action as required by the constitution." on thursday evening, trump did not respond to a reporter's questions about whether he'd seek congressional approval for the attack. >> do you still believe you need military -- congressional authorization for military action in syria? trump: thank you, everybody. thank you very much. amy: in 2013, trump repeatedly tweeted comments lasting president obama's push for an assault on syria over a chemical weapons attack, writing "the president must get congressional approval before attacking syria. big mistake if he does not." the pentagon says it targeted its missiles to avoid syrian chemical weapons storage sites, as well as russian troops and aircraft. russia's foreign ministry quickly condemned the u.s. assault on syria's government, saying it threatened international security. russia said it would bolster air defenses across syria, and said it would suspend its

charles: we come in friday, maybe paul ryan speaks. the tweeting starts happening. even this morning we had going back and forth, specific names thrown out by president trump. you know, mark meadows and on thers. you don't want to see him going to the districts. you don't want to see him campaigning against them. you hope this some form difficult ploasm i going on behind the scenes because the stakes are high. >> i understand the president's frustration. but just bang on these guys on twitter is not productive. he won't follow through and defeat them their districts. focus on the substance in getting a better bill. charles: dan, how do we get a better bill? where does heritage action from the bill that was pulled last friday, the bill that was pulled, what would you compromise on from that bill or what we thought might have been in that bill since then? is there anything you are willing to give on to get this done? >> there has been a lot of compromise already. but hsc chairman mark meadows stead if we can get a community rating. if we can repeal that. if we can get

he also invited rand paul to play golf. now tweeting advisors the president has gotten much more after the kind of broader. working the phones, how are we going to fix this and move forward not just on healthcare but on taxes. as part of that, he thinks there is going to be some staff changes in the weeks ahead. tickly what some of his advisors are telling me sort of a second wave of people. some of the original campaign people who did not make it onto the white house staff might be coming. in maybe some shuffling here and there. this is the president getting personally involved. ainsley: what about the healthcare plan? >> look, the complication is the president does want to get to taxes because that's what he talked about on the campaign. in addition to the border wall. but that's what's going to spur the economy. and for all of the mainstream media talk about trouble for this president, he has a lot of optimism around the economy right now. if he can get that tax deal, that would be a big shot in the arm. so i think, yes, he is trying

the president's failure to consult with congress unlawful and republican senator rand paul said in a series of tweets, while we all condemn the atrocities in syria the united states was not attacked. and the president needs congressional authorization for military action as required by the constitution. and along that line it's probably important to note that in 2013 mr. trump tweeted that then president obama needed congressional approval before dropping any bombs in syria. kendis, adrienne. >> i'm sure he has a different perspective now, though, coming into office. life changes. thank you so much, lana zak in washington. >> the strikes in syria will likely raise security concerns back here at home. >> homeland security and the fbi consulting with the national security leadership to determin have on u.s. soil. so far no intelligence bulletin has gone out to inform local police. but overnight the new york city police department chief counterterrorism unit said they are monitoring the events in syria. >>> still ahead, the republicans going nuclear. we're not talking weapons here. they're using an over

paul ryan tweeted quote, this action in syria was appropriate and just. he continued, these tactical strike strikes make clear that the assad regime can no longer count on america in action as it carries out atrocities. nancy pelosi called the air strikes a proportional response to the use of chemical weapons. she said the crisis in syria will not be resolved by one night in irvines and the killing will -- in air strikes and the killing will not stop. >>> joining us now our political analyst joe tuman thank you for coming back. one reaction to focus on is how russia is reacting and the implications for north korea. let's talk about how russia has responded. >> vladimir putin has called for a meeting. i don't know if he's going to get one or not, an emergency meeting in the united nations to look into what he's labeled an act of aggression against syria. russia in syria is very much the port facility it's gotten, which it regards as something it wants to keep. it's also worth noting in this reaction from russia that they have also made claims about a very

and the president himself echoing rand paul's comments in a tweet earlier to day. he said talks on replacing and repealing obamacare are and have been going on and will continue until such time as a deal is hopefully struck. so this white house continues to talk about health care when originally they talked about moving away for the time being to talk about other things like tax reform and infrastructure and, of course, as you mentioned, ahead of a big week where they have a supreme court nomination and also this big meeting with the president of china. anna? >> brian, thank you. i want to bring in matt rivers now in beijing to talk more about that upcoming meeting. china's president visits the white house. he'll meet face-to-face with president trump for first time. and today the president in short said the u.s. is going to take on north korea with or without china. what's the reaction there? >> when government officials get up here in beijing in just a few hours from now and react, i think you're going to hear a very consistent policy position from the chinese th

paul of kentucky. and this morning the president tweeted talks on repeal and replace obama care are and have been going on and will continue until such time as a deal is hopefully struck. a third democratic senator jumped on board as they try get neil gorsuch on the court. he joined two other democrats in supporting neil gorsuch. but that is still not enough to avoid a filibuster. >> reporter: one way or another neil gorsuch will be confirmed this week as the next u.s. supreme court justice. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says that will happen even if they have to change the rules. >> he will be confirmed. the way in which that occurs is in the hands of the democratic minority. >>> new york senator chuck schumer said he thinks it is unlikely neil gorsuch will get enough support to avoid a filibuster. >> why doesn't president trump, democrats and republicans sit down and try to come up with a main stream nominee. >> reporter: he made it clear on cbs face the nation that republicans plan to push nothing figure through with or without democratic support. >> if they filibuster neil gorsuch they wil

tweeting about yesterday. in particular asking the president about matters of authorization. is senator rand paul who tweeted yesterday while we all the atrocities in syria, the united states was not attacked. caller: international decisions -- always difficult nd fraught with difficulty but the reason i think i support the strike is that it's a ulmination of six or seven years of conflict in which weapons haveemical been used and russian aggression ukraine now o supporting assad and i think they have a role to play in and national diplomacy affairs. he violation of human rights and the humanitarian disaster related to chemical weapon use justification to send a signal and of course i think there are people who are questions about the appropriateness of it but i think it was important to point we are -- we as the de defenders of liberal ought to you know, response tortionate indicate our displeasure and there are certain things that cannot be tolerated sphere.nternational talking about sovereignty 2.0 which is when a ountry violates the rights of its people in such an egregious has done, you know

tweeting the real story is surveillance and leaking. find had leakers. the president played golf sunday with rand paul. the white house says they talked healthcare when -- which is not off the table. he tweeted talks on repeal and replace obama care are and have been going on and will continue till such time a deal is hopefully struck. >> i remain optimistic we will get a obama care repeal. >> reporter: law makers are focused on a fight in the senate, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is hopeful about neil gorsuch. >> neil gorsuch will be confirmed this week. >> reporter: that may be easier said than done with the majority of democrats opposing the domination. -- the nomination. >> the committee will vote tomorrow on neil gorsuch. >>> and still to come, the first bay area reservoir to open for boating season and coming up, the bay area coast guard crew that stopped $50 million in drugs from hitting the american streets and the scare for lucky dog. the rescuer who climbed into a well to fish it out today. >> and country music taking over las vegas tonight. highlights from the acm and the bay area qu

. >> not every republican supported last night's strike, however in a series of tweets senator rand paul said the president needs congressional authorization for military action as required by the constitution. our prior interventions in the region have done nothing to make us safer and syria will be no different. on the democratic side, senate minority leader chuck schumer had praise for the strikes, saying in part, making sure assad knows when he commits such despicable atrocities, he'll pay a price is the right thing to do. but he called on trump to come up with a strategy on syria and consult congress. house minority leader nancy pelosi called the military strike a proportional response. and chris coons said he was encouraged and also concerned, writing president trump must seek authorization from congress. senator tim kaine said president trump's failure to seek congressional approval is unlawful. coming up on "morning joe," senators john mccain, marco rubio, chris coons and mike lee will join in on the discussion later this morning. >>> earlier this morning the president said the c

. >> i want to show you a tweet that plays off the senator paul rieb bite.g we have come a long way in our country when the speaker of one party urges a president not to work with the other party to solve a problem. what is the house speaker's issues with bipartisan outreach here? >> well, i think that his issue is that democrats and republicans justo not have any arting point for negotiationing on the issue of alth care specifically. i think there are other issues that republicans and democrats perhaps can work on. but the speaker has a really tough job in that he can't even get his own caucus together to vote to repeal a law that previously was voted on 60 times to repeal. so we're in a very unique moment in which the party in power can't get their act together. and i think that speaker ryan is going to have a challenge because the freedom caucus clearly is not going to respond to threats and primary threats from the president. they do not care about what the president is tweeting. i think that they're going to show and demonstrate that they actually have

. ♪ ♪ ♪ paul: president trump lashed out this week at the conservative freedom caucus following the gop's failure to advance a bill to repeal and replace obamacare. the president tweeteduote, the freedom caucus will hurt the entire republican agenda if they don't get on the team and fast. we must fight them and dems in 2018. house speaker paul ryan said he sympathized with the president and indicated that an agreement on health care was not off the table. >> i understand the president's frustration, i share frustration . about 90% of conference is for repeal and replace obamacare and about 10% are not. that's not enough to pass the bill. we are close. what i am encouraging members to do to talk to each other until we get the consensus to pass this bill. paul: we are back with dan and chris and joe rego joins the panel. joe, you have been reporting the story. is this possible to revive this bill? >> well, i feel a little bit like it's the scene in dumb and dumber where he goes so you're saying there's a chance. [laughter] >> it's not impossible, they could reach consensus but it's very unlikely and the reason these talks are going on is that, i think, a lot of members

paul on reform. who els had he reached out to? >> he is tweeting, obama care is dead but good things will happy either with republicans or dems. tom? >>> the nuclear am decisions are a growing threat to the united states. north korea could hit the u.s. are with missile before the end of president trump's turn. bob woodruff in north korea tonight. >> reporter: we arrive in the reclusive country at this time of rising tensions with the u.s. our hosts make a point to show us the growing capital city of pyongyang. but we hope to see something else, those sites where the north koreans have launched missiles and a new rocket engine since president trump took office. we put in all sorts of requests to visit out here the launch locations where the missiles are being launched. we asked if we could see those brand new rocket engines. we're not getting that, but they said they were gonna take us skiing. on the road deep into the countryside, we drive by soldiers walking in formation. then arrive as promised at north korea's brand new ski mountain, with all th

host: center bob corker, a republican in tennessee, sent out this tweet after the comments by house speaker paul ryan. it reads as follows, "we have come a long way in our country when the speaker of one party urges a president not to work with the other party to solve a problem." guest: and that's true. one of the major problems with obamacare when you think back on it, it was the first major piece of social legislation that was passed without at least some bipartisan support. the parties need to give each other cover when you're dealing with a huge, huge task like remaking almost 1/5 of our economy. perfectly is just encapsulating the problems we are having. if you ask me what's the best chance for success right now, the speaker will reach out to the charlie dent type people because i think the freedom caucus is hopeless they are not going to copper my spirit there are -- is hopeless. there arthey are not going to cr my spirit there's a lot of compromise. there's a lot of people on the left to do that, like with the confirmation of judge gorsuch. people are going to take it schumer's house. ho

ejected before the crash, in word on the injuries , that is when they reporter there paul wagner but anchor steve is tweetingots eject. >> military jet. >> it looks like you just handed me your phone, it is right near joint base andrews in a very short distance this could be on take off orlanding interesting to go see details there. what happens to the people in the home and get latest details on that as well. >> of course, that is where they keep air force one, marine one, where president trump flies in and out of right there. >> joint andrews. >> that is horrible. so sueby you will have weather in about 152nd. >>> such a nice day, lots of sunshine but we're watching this system, around chicago, for tomorrow, and that low pressure system moves in with rain, it strengthens, we will get a lot of rain, so much so there is a flood watch for tomorrow, into friday afternoon, and it hasn't even started raining yet. 58 degrees in philadelphia. fifty-nine wildwood. it is warming up in places that had fog earlier this morning, 45 degrees in mount pocono. sixty-eight today, lots of rain, one to 2 inches of rain tomorr