peter doocy. >> jenna: peter, we need you. stay there. u.s. news editor for "the wall street journal" ." glenn, as the threat of a government shutdown over? >> yeah, i think was closely over already. then he did this one make to iron out a few minor details. that's what we're hearing. that's my only one week, and then will get this job done and they will fund the government for another five months and then we'll be back here again. >> jenna: oh good. why can't they get the whole thing done if they know they're going to get everything done next week? >> sometimes the devil is in the details and there were a few minor points they needed to win over on a couple of compromise issues. we are told they weren't big deals, there would be some additional military defense spending, there will be some additional border spending, but not while spending, there are a few points a stone age to be ironed out. they couldn't get it done in time with the looming deadline tomorrow, so they give themselves an extra week so they didn't have to rush into bad comprom

peter doocy joins us now live from capitol hill. how did this conversation go?> we caught up with congressman mike conaway outside of his office in the rayburn house office building. he was on his way out. he said he has not seen any evidence that chairman nunes, former chairman mishandled any classified information but that he got a call from nunes last night asking him, asking mike conaway to take over the russian investigation at the house intelligence committee and he says he agreed to do it. he has since spoken to speaker paul ryan he says he has the full range to do whatever he wants with this investigation, to follow the evidence wherever it goes. something very interesting and important, since he just got the call last night, he still has not seen the documents that nunes says he saw at the white house that made him so confident that members of the trump transition team were inappropriately unmasked in u.s. intelligence agency reports. i also had a chance to talk to conaway about the next steps. listen to this. >> what is your biggest concern as you take

we'll see. >> bill: peter doocy is working the story live and more and more on deck.bill: again this story just breaking from capitol hill. devin nunes the california republican will step aside regarding the russian investigation and the house intelligence committee. he's the chair of the committee, temporarily he says regarding russia matters he'll step aside. peter doocy has been waiting for house speaker ryan we're expecting to update us on the negotiations on hea do you have? >> the last couple weeks there's been a ton of pressure from democratic lawmakers including the house intel committee asking for chairman nunes to step aside thinking he improperly released the information from a source at the white house. nunes in his announcement, you'll note, about stepping aside for now as the chair of the investigation. he said it was left-wing activist groups levelling the charges. he does not say he's leaving because of the appearance of impropriety and he said they leveled a congressional ethics charge we hope to get details soon maybe when the speaker comes out. he s

peter doocy has more on the tax reform plan, but we begin with john roberts. >> good morning. i just got a briefing, it lasted about 40 minutes. the white house is confident that they can avoid a government shutdown. however, it looks like the president is going to compromise on his top priority to get that deal for the border wall. he's giving up on funding for it this week, the president pushing back in a tweet. don't let the fake media tell you that i have changed my position on the wall. it will get built to keep out drugs, human trafficking, et cetera. the president was asking for about $1.55 billion in the spending bill for construction of the wall just to begin construction. he's prepared to take less than that, but -- also adding some new fencing and then he will insist on more money to actually build the wall that will come in the fall, he plans that for the 2018 fiscal budget. here's a kellyanne conway set about the budget. >> having that while funded as an important priority to him, but we also know that that can happen later this year and into next year and in the

peter doocy is live from washington. peter, how likely is the nuclear option at this point, would you say? >> reporter: we just from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. i does sound like that is what republicans are preparing for. his remarks, which were very brief, during which hedy not take any questions, came after his colleagues in the senate, his republican colleagues, spent the last few hours saying why they think the nuclear option is their on choice, even though they know changing precedent like this, making it so you can confirm a supreme court justice with only 51 u.s. senators supporting could really handicap who ever is in the minority for years to come. >> we'll confirm him. but this has very severe long-term consequences for this body because we've just abandoned one of the pillars of it. it's going to be very harmful. some day the democrats are going to be in the majority and we will lose the unique aspect of the way we should be doing business. >> reporter: we all heard just a few minutes ago from rep

attack on syria sparks swift reaction on capitol hill, fox news peter doocy is there live with the latest, good morning, peter. peter: good morning, and some of the first lawmakers that we heard from as the dust settled in syria where some of president's trumps biggest critics who had a kind words for him, unlike the previous administration president trump confronted a pivotal moment in syria and took action. for that, he deserves the support of the american people. not every republican senator is on board, though, the libertarian rand paul said this in part, quote, while we all condemn atrocities in syria, the united states was not attacked. the president needs congressional authorization for military action as required by the co him to come to congress for a proper debate. across the aisle the senate majority -- minority leader chuck schumer had mild praise for president trump. he does also ask the president to come to congress if there's ever another need to go back into syria but he also says this, making sure assad knows when he commits such despicable atrocities is the right thing t

in washington, peter doocy, fox news. >>> a search is under way for a georgia man who went overboardcruise ship in the bahamas. the u.s. coast guard says 32-year-old lee scott was last seen friday morning on carnival cruise ship. his family says he was on his honeymoon with his brand new bride. they just got married last saturday. the coast guard says the ship was about 10 miles from the barrier islands in the bahamas. they have boats and helicopters looking for scott. >>> former jersey shore star the situation faces more charges. how prosecutors say he and his brother broke the law. >>> and a big change for kentucky fried chicken. what the fast food chain is planned for the meat it uses. ♪ reality star mike the situation is in trouble with the law once again. the jersey shore star who's real name is michael sorrentino is charged with tax fraud. prosecutors say he and his brother mark filed fake tax returns and claimed luxury car and clothing expenses as business expenses. well his brother is charged as well. they had previously pleaded not guilty to similar charges in present betwee

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peter doocy tells us why the change, who is running it now, and for how long. >> there is a new republican in charge of the texas probe, mike conaway, who found out chairman devin nunes was going to step down when the phone rang last night. >> called me and asked me to do it, i said yes. >> the announcement that nunes was stepping aside can just minutes before the house ethics committee made an announcement of its own. "the committee is aware of public allegations that devin nunes may have made disclosures of information in violation of standards of conduct." a lawyer has already asked the ethics committee what evidence it has on him, but he has already narrowed down who he thinks complained. the california congressman says, "several left-wing activist groups have filed accusations against me with the office of congressional lx. they are entirely false and politically motivated and are being leveled just as the american people are beginning to learn the truth about the improper unmasking by the identities of u.s. citizens and other abuses of power. unions has been under scrutiny ever since

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peter doocy, thank you for bringing that breaking news to us. we will go to that press conference when it happens in cleveland. ed henry joined us on the couch today. good to have you here. we also have dagan and lisa boothe and meghan mccain. >> ed: remarkable that it took quite a while that he was roaming around several states potentially. as peter was laying out, all the way to california, they were wondering if he could have driven all that way. he winds up in pennsylvania, thankfully he won't be able to kill anyone else. this is such a gruesome murder. >> sandra: who knew his whereabouts? is tough to get around multiple states without someone knowing where you are. we'll see what we learned that press conference there in cleveland, but then again, we don't know where he was, even as of this morning, police could not confirm his presence. the >> dagen: is surprising given the fact that the murder got so exposure, not just on television, but on facebook. the story, of course we'll find out more about this killer, but the story in the coming w

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but first we go to peter doocy following that showdown in the senate. >> reporter: we think we're about an hour and 15 minutes from a full senate vote to proceed or not proceed on the confirmation of judge neil gorsuch to the supreme court. so now all eyes are on the majority leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, who is poised to change the precedent in the senate and lower the threshold of votes that you need to confirm somebody to the supreme court. from 60 down to 51. we're hearing from other republican senators who say they are on board with this nuclear option, even though they're not thrilled about how we got here. >> this is all politics. ly not allow a system where democrats get their judges and republicans cannot. trump won the election. he made an outstanding choice in neil gorsuch. if we have to change the rules, we will. and i blame my democratic colleagues for creating this mess to begin with. >> reporter: but senator graham said if the nuclear option becomes the only way to get bills passed that would do damage to the institution. that would mean the party in power would

peter doocy is in our d.c. ails and, peter, how likely is it that obamacare is repealed and replaced in the next few weeks? >> reporter: depends which republican you ask, kelly. the leadership, like the speaker of the house, paulline, says the 200-day plan they have to take advantage of controlling the entire government is still on track. item number one is health care reform. item number two is tax reform, but rank and file republicans like the influential moderate congress bank charlie dent are not putting much stock in the speaker's confidence. >> i don't believe that we are as close as many would say on the health care bill right now. yes, there was an amendment offered which on balance was good, $15 billion over eight years for high racing pools -- high risk pools, but there are other, in my view, structural flaws with the legislation. >> reporter: the most pressing thing congress is going to have to deal with though when they get back from recess is funding the government. they're going to have heads than

we'll bring it to you if we get it. >> melissa: all right peter doocy, thank you.ew precedent on the senate floor. republicans invoking the nuclear option to break through a democratic filibuster on supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. senator corey gardner was there and joins us next. >> much more ahead on the senate republicans going nuclear to advance president trump's supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch. we'll speak with a law professor about how the move can change our democracy for decades to come. plus the latest on the republican head of the house intelligence committee devin nunes temporarily stepping down from the russia investigation. what that means for the fact finding missions on capitol hill. that's coming up on shepard smith reporting. >> melissa: the senate setting a new precedent today with republicans invoking the nuclear option after democrats tried to block a full vote with an filibuster. the move advances the confirmation process of neil gorsuch to the supreme court. my next guest is one of the three people that got to meet gorsuch at the

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peter doocy is live on capitol hill with more. >> the pendulum has really swung. the first on republican leaders try to repeal and replace obamacare, moderates were on board, conservatives, not so much. now moderates are skeptical, but the american health care act has been endorsed by the very conservatives house freedom caucus. >> the makeup of the house right now, we believe this is the best belly can get out of the house, or he wouldn't be supporting it. if we give those to get the waiver, we will send a message of look how much premiums are coming down. that was in a message to the rest of the states. >> very late last night, house republicans spoke to a handful -- the house rules committee set parameters for eventual votes on the full house floor, but because republican leadership has long said when they have the vote, though at a vote, and there's no vote scheduled, they're obviously still trying to bring more moderate members of their party on board and the moderate member helping top residue that is our rissman tom macarthur, cochair of the moderate tuesda

fox news correspondent peter doocy has more from d.c. i will faithfully and impartially as charged and perform. >> neil gorsuch takes his place in history becoming the 113th justice of the supreme court. justice anthony kennedy who clerked for earl until his career administering the judicialth during a white house ceremony. making this the first time a mentor will work side by side with his one-time protegee. >> i am humbled by the trust placed in me today. i will never forget that to whom much has given much will be expected. >> but gorsuch's as seng to the highest court wasn't without controversy. after democrats mound of mount add successful filibuster of gorsuch senate republicans exercised what's known at nuclear option. lowering the vote threshold for ending a filibuster in the case of a supreme court nominee from a super majority of 60 votes to simple majority of 51. >> today i want to express our gratitude to senator mitch mcconnell for all that he did to make this achievement possible. >> reporter: some questioning whether this

peter doocy joins us live now. >> on the last four hours the composition of the supreme court officiallyhanged after only having eight justices for 14 months, there is now a ninth. the process for having that ninth confirmed starting this morning in the justices conference room where neil gorsuch put his hand on the family bible that his wife louise was holding to take an oath to support and defend the constitution. he then signed the oath and loaded into a motorcade for the white house with the rest of the supreme court justices along for the ride. justice anthony kennedy who gorsuch wants clerked for, administered the judicial oath to gorsuch steps away from the white house. late antonin scalia was wet out more rain and son eugene were in the rose garden as well, in gorsuch promise he would never forget the late scalia. >> i cannot tell you how honored i am today to have my mentor, justice kennedy, administered the judicial oath, a beautiful oath, as he did for me 11 years ago when i became a circuit just delete my judge. to the scalia family, i won't ever forget that the seat i inheri

peter doocy is live on capitol hill with more. >> lights are still on this morning. one member of the republican party has had an epiphany now that maybe only being able to avoid shutdown drama for a week by funding the government with an emergency measure is not the greatest way to help your own party's new president. >> frankly, i think we did the incoming administration no favors when we did not do this. no incoming administration is completely ready to write the budget for the very year it's in. it doesn't have its people in place filling out its priorities. >> republicans can pass the short-term bill called a continuing resolution with their own party's vote but some democrats are expected to vote yes on the spending bill today. they said there would be a problem if they tried to sneak in a healthcare vote. the democrats some are lamenting gop leaders keep cramming important legislation in just before the clock runs out. >> my disappointment in the institution. this business waiting until the last minute to do something. i don't recall very many times that we di

peter doocy live from washington now with more. hey, peter. >> reporter: hi, arthel. there are two big things that could be roadblocks for republicans trying to deliver on their 200-day plan. the first thing, the government runs out of money at the end of this month, and since congress did just leave for a two week recess, both parties are only going to have a few days when they get back to figure out how to keep the lights on or else there is going to be a government shutdown. the white house had been asking for a few things in that budget, namely $1.5 billion for a border wall, and democrats say once the white house stops asking for things like that, then they're going to be ready to play ball with the gop. a spokesman for senate minority leader chuck schumer hinted that things are trending positively toward a budget deal and that, quote, the only thing that could derail that progress is the white house insisting on their ec train yous demands which would meet -- extraneous demands which would meet bipartisan opposition. the second thing that could chew up valuable

fox news's peter doocy is at the supreme court with all of the details. peter?eporter: melissa, the last couple hours the composition of the supreme cot changed potentially for the next couple y. after 14 months hang eight justice there is is now a ninth. the process started at the justice's conference room, the supreme court behind us where neil gorsuch put his hand on the family bible his wife louise was holding to take a oath to support and defend the constitution. he then signed that oath and loaded up into a motorcade toward the white house with the rest of the supreme court justices along for the ride. justice anthony kennedy who gorsuch used to work for as a law clerk administered the judicial oath to gorsuch steps away from the oval office. antonin scalia's widow maureen and son eugene were at the rose garden. gorsuch promised that he would never forget the late scalia. >> i'm honored to have here today, my mentor, justice kennedy, administer the judicial oath, a beautiful oath as he did for me 11 years ago, when i became a circuit judge. to the scalia f

correspondent peter doocy is here with more on this, payback, perhaps, good evening. >> top democrat and another democratic lawmaker are now accused of disclosing classified intel publicly. allegations and evidence of this was sent to the office of congressional ethics by the group judicial watch today, and that group's president tells me that if there is an investigation, ranking member should recuse themselves from the russian probe. the group thinks shift retailed intel in march when he talked about a michael flynn phone call with the russian ambassador that was widely reported about but still classified. >> hear you had a situation where the president is informed that his national security advisor, not the postmaster general, who i'm sure is very important, but the national security advisor of the united states of america, has lied to the vice president and probably others. >> judicial watch things similar classified info was leaked. i still haven't gotten emails back from reps for schiff or shire. saying this, while the ethics committee examines innocuous statements on obama sur

peter doocy leads our coverage live in cleveland. police will brief in 30 minutes. have they had any luck finding him or the vehicle? >> no, bill. they've been pouring over video from throughout this area, this cleveland area, it makes it hard to figure out which direction the fugitive at the wheel is heading. >> it's very hard. it is difficult. i mean, again, you know, it's a white 2016 vehicle four-door and there are thousands that travel throughout northeast ohio. >> even though there are now billboards as far away as california bearing this fugitive's face and picture of his car the cleveland police chief says right now his department doesn't have any reason to believe steve stephens has left ohio. the murder scene on easter sunday, the social worker who snapped, allegedly executed a 74-year-old man picking up aluminum cans off the sidewalk. there is a $50,000 reward for information to help catch steve stephens. investigators are following up on every lead but he could be everywhere and he has taken one victim at random. >> bill: they put on a plea for the publi

peter doocy live at the supreme court. thank you, peter.> shannon: i'll be back. speaking of warm, what a beautiful day in the rose garden for this. former boss swearing you in so you can serve side-by-side on the bench together and make history. >> bill: we'll have live coverage of that as soon as it begins. we have the cameras positioned there. we'll let you know when it happens with judge gorsuch. >> shannon: a lot more news. president trump wrapped up meetings with chinese president she jing ping to talk about north korea. >> this is a rogue regime that is now a nuclear capable regime. they agreed it is unacceptable. >> shannon: how to answer the -- >> bill: how police say this man was able to slip through their fingers in sweden once before. we have information on that. >> shannon: former national security advisor susan rice claiming the obama administration got syria to give up its chemical weapons stockpile. fast forward to 2017. not so much. big fact check just ahead. >> we were able to find a solution that actually removed the chem

peter doocy is here with more. peter? >> obamacare is still the law of the land because it's not been repealed or replaced yesterday. even though some republicans were upset enough about the part of obamacare pays insurance companies subsidies, that lawsuit still hasn't been resolved. until it has, these payments, the subsidies will continue. after that, hhs says they're not sure what will happen. a spokesperson said the administration is currently deciding its position on this matter. we have not been contacted by democrats to help save obamacare perhaps because they consider obamacare to be a losing cause. democrats need to help solve this failed obamacare plan. this morning the office of management and budget director, mick mulvaney said round two is going better than round one. >> i talked to members that are not in the freedom caucus about every day as do other folks. the discussions are continuing. it's more organic this time. there's good ideas filtering up. >> president trump says even though he wants to try for h

peter doocy is following this from our washington bureau.t are lawmakers telling constituents about an obamacare repeal today? the. pete: they are trying to make the case. just about everything congressman tom mcclintock says about healthcare gets him heckled. >> we want to be sure nobody is left in the lurch. that the new system offers a wide range of policies at lowest possible price. and that we stop this radical increase in premiums we are seeing under obamacare, and stop if the flight of providers out of the obamacare market. reporter: right up until house lawmakers went home for the two-week recess. the healthcare act has an amendment supported by gop leadership and solve of the freedom of caucus. speaker ryan says the 200-day plan for repeal and replace and reforming the tax code is still on track. kelly: some of the people aren't happy about this. they wanted to see something done. we'll watch to see the developments when those lawmakers return. how concerned are lawmakers about a government shutdown at the ends of the month? reporte

peter doocy is live in d.c.enator there is about to be an opening on the high court? >> pretty confident? he said i would expect a resignation this summer. grassley went further saying that president trump's next nominee will probably come from the list that gorsuch was part of that candidate trump released during the campaign to assure conservative voters he would choose from a list of respected conservative judges. grassley is in the know about all this as chairman of the senate judiciary committee. the leader of the confirmation process in the congress. orrin hatch said the next fight will be armageddon. that could be the one that changes the direction of the court because gorsuch known as a conservative replaced a conservative justice in scalia. if a more liberal justice leaves or independent minded justice leaves and replaced by a conservative the impact on decisions could last for decades, shannon. >> shannon: that's true. we know what happened this last time around. next time would republicans be able to

peter doocy with this back and forth. peter?gressman nunes has sent a lawyer to the house ethics committee. he wants to know what evidence you have on them that somebody unknown, he says, a left-leaning outside group submitted that led to this investigation. i spoke to texas congressman mike conway, the republican from the committee, who will take over the russia investigation. he said he got a call from nunes last night asking him to take over, so he's going to do it. he still has not seen the documents that nunes saw on the white house grounds that alleged the obama administration improperly unmasked the identity of trump transition officials in u.s. intelligence reports. he couldn't confirm or deny whether susan rice, the obama administration official who is allegedly involved with some of that unmasking, is going to come and testify. the reason he wouldn't confirm or deny an invitation for the national security advisor in the obama administration is because he says he doesn't want to conduct committee business in the press.

let's get pursed stomach first to peter doocy. >> we know that as of two hours ago, police said they 400 total tips from across the country of people who were calling in from as far away as texas who say they saw the alleged facebook killer, steve stephens, but it ended up being a pennsylvania state police officer who was an pursuit of -- we don't

peter doocy is in washington for us. >> reporter: though he spoke all through the night into the mornings a protest to the gorsuch nomination, oregon senator jeff merkley doesn't think he accomplished what he set out to do on his 15+ hours on the floor. >> what i want to do is for the senate to pull back from the brink of this enormous mistake of confirming neil gorsuch, so only if we succeed in stopping this will i feel i accomplished something. >> reporter: things are expected to be very heated on the senate side tomorrow because that's when democrats are expected to attempt a filibuster of the gorsuch confirmation, that's when republicans are expected to stop the filibuster by changing senate precedent which will let them confirm neil gorsuch to the court the following day. the republicans are expected to do this with the so-called nuclear option, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says doesn't make sense to nominate anyone with democratic support because he doesn't think anyone nominated by the president will get any support. >> it doesn't matter who the president nominates, the

fox news' peter doocy standing by on capitol hill with the latest. >> reporter: melissa, the only thing that could keep house republicans from going on two week easter recess would be the prospect of voting on a revamped obamacare replacement package. it does not sound like there is anything imminent to mark up let alone to vote for. the vice president mike pence has been in and out of the capitol including last night to bring moderate republicans and conservative republicans together. he left last night without a deal, and is not scheduled to come back before the recess starts. a few hours ago, paul ryan tried to keep hope alive the gop can put its thumbprint on health care. >> i'm hopeful that there's -- i don't want to put a to specific set of odds on it or an artificial time line, what's happening is what needs to happen is members need to talk with each other why they think the way they think so they can get a better understanding of each other's concerns, that's how you bridge gaps. >> reporter: so far president trump has not abandoned his effort to court republicans, switching ov

ainsley: peter doocy is live in cleveland with the latest for us. ng, peter. >> good morning. investigators say they actually spoke to the fugitive steve stephens on his cell phone shortly after they were alerted to his facebook posted video of a murder. they tried to convince this social worker who says that he just snapped to turn himself in, but he didn't do it and they haven't heard from him since. so, now, there is a nationwide manhunt and his last known location was the murder scene here in cleveland where this 911 call was made by the people who found 74-year-old robert godwin senior who did appear to be defenseless when he was gunned down by a stranger. >> okay, ma'am, listen to me. >> he is laying there. >> ma'am, what's your address? >> oh, lord, have mercy. oh my god. >> help is already on the way. >> oh my god. >> now are you with the patient now? >> no, i'm not with the patient. i'm across the street. i heard a gunshot. >> okay. >> is he awake at all? >> no, he is unconscious. he is dead. >> there is now a $50,000 reward for information

turnover on the supreme court and sometimes impede correspondent peter doocy is here to tell us whathe prospects are and what he is hearing. do we know who might be the next justice to retire? >> bret, we have a short list of who the short timers may be. >> it is just a very general rumor for the last six months around washington, d.c., and i assume it is somebody that is in their late 70s or early 80s, and there is probably three people that fall into that category. it could be any one of those three. it could be somebody else. >> the three being alluded to there are liberal justices ruth bader ginsburg and stephen breyer and then the independent-thinking justice anthony kennedy who support justice gorsuch in after serving as his mentor. if president trump was to replace any of them with the reliably conservative justice, it could solidify the currently shaky majority, saying they think they will pick a nominee from the list candidate trump circulated during the campaign, a list that still has 20 well-known conservatives judges on it. less pressure for a moderate because as long as

peter doocy says if they're not comfortable, republicans and democrats are going to create scenes for the next financial disaster. peter, you're fear is what? what will happen? >> there's a lot of hot spots out there. there's student loans, real estate in big cities. any of them can cause problems. they're manageable. so much in positive expectations has been created by the republicans and this president for a tax cut, deregulation, tax reform. all things i want to see happen. but the markets have taken off. when the healthcare bill failed, did you notice the markets were going away? ryan said we're working on it and it comes back. if they don't deliver, there will be a collapse in hiring and equity prices and that could set it off. >> neil: much is made of the fact that the markets have been run up. they're allowing no wiggle room here. that's why they have the vice president trying to win over conservative members. the hope is you don't tick off moderate ones. where do you see this going and how the markets might be forcing republicans' hands here? >> the markets don't like to come

. >> jon: peter doocy come alive on capitol hill. thank you. for more on the historic change taking place as we await the senate vote on ending debate over the gorsuch nomination. that vote we now understand is underway. let's bring in the political editor for "the washington times." as i mentioned, that vote is underway. it requires 60 votes to end debate, republicans have 52 members, they have four democrats who said they will vote with them. that doesn't give them enough to end debate and that brings on the so-called nuclear option, do i have that right? >> that's exactly right and that will play out. the nuclear option will play out over a series of four, possibly more votes as they have to basically undo this filled vote they're going through right now, then they'll actually have to trigger the nuclear option and change the president, thus the understanding. then they'll go through and redo the filibuster vote at the new majority level. at that point, that will officially set up the final confirmation vote for tomorrow. >> jon: what is at

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peter doocy is live for us tonight outside of the supreme court. ter. >> sandra, president trump courted conservative voters at said that he put somebody on the supreme court here behind us that they would be proud of and today, it happened and president trump is now talking with a lot of pride about the speed that it all happened with. >> i got it done in "the first 100 days." that's nice. you think that's easy? >> this swearingen would not have been today if it wasn't for the republican-controlled senate voting to change a long-standing president using the so-called nuclear option to get gorsuch through with a simple majority instead of 60 votes. president trump president trump thing to majority leader mitch mcconnell for all he did to make today possible. the newest supreme court justice gorsuch thanked mcconnell as well. >> i want to thank to senator mcconnell and senator grassley under excellent teams for the support and leadership. and i must think my former law clerks and my dear friends who gave so much of themselves so selfishly through the

peter doocy just got the exclusive. just to kind of put that in there, the man who is about to take over the position is saying the man who has recused himself, doesn't look like he did anything wrong, but he's a distraction. >> brian: i just spoke 10 minutes ago on the radio with the chairman of intelligence, he said no offense to you, but i threw something at the television when i first saw my good f aside. wrong move, wrong message. he said you never should do tha that. >> harris: when you get called by a source, we're going to meet you on white house grounds and you don't call adam schiff, your counterpart across the aisle in the house and tell committee, that begins those questions, why not? it took us a long time to figure out why that meeting actually happened. >> meghan: i'm happy to hear that trey gowdy is taking a larger role because i think he's fantastic. >> harris: that was always apparently the plan. >> meghan: we are waiting president trump to depart shortly for florida where he'll have a high-stakes meet

peter doocy is life to talk about the previous swearingen that have been just a short time ago. as we wait, we say good morning to you. >> good morning again, bill, shannon. it is notable. we prepare for the possibility of protests outside of the supreme court, because just about any time that there is anything controversial happening here, there will be protests. apparently after the nuclear option was involved, and he was confirmed. if the people who may have been compelled to protest for other things that are happening here the court got over it. we have been here since about 8:00 this morning, we have not seen anybody come to see that they are upset or express their displeasure, hold up a sign. about the gorsuch confirmation. it has just been a couple of school groups and a lot of passerby's head that see the cameras. he was swollen to the next morning with the constitutional oath. and now it is time for the official oath. >> shannon: all of the other members we have seen them come in. the only one that you do not see there in the front row, have not seen yet is justice kenn

ahead more on the trump tax initiative, including a live report from capitol hill where peter doocy asked president about the resistance he could face. you'll hear how ivanka trump handled questions and a few boos about her father during a ceremony in germany. that's coming up as we reached the bottom of the hour. next, the top of the news. >> shepard: news coming now from the white house. play-back of the president just coming in as he's signing an executive order regarding agriculture and rules and regulations to help the agricultural sector. let's listen in. >> the white house is a special place for america's farmers and ranchers. i want to congratulate secretary sonny purdue who was just sworn in as the secretary of agriculture. [applause] supported by justice thomas. he was -- it was a beautiful ceremony and we're going to celebrate a little later. that's great. we're very happy. you had a good vote, too. >> yes, sir. >> you didn't have one of those 51-49. a very big vote. thanks to justice thomas. great man, great person. america's noble farming tradition stretches back to its earli

peter doocy is live with more. >> conservatives are backing it but they're having a hard time bringing moderates on. sounds like the conservative pitch is just as they mostly like the bill because they think it can pass. >> this is the best bill that can get out of the house of representatives or we wouldn't support it. it's the best thing that gets out. if we give the states to get the waiveder that will send the coverage look how premiums will come down with states with the waiver that will send the message to the other states. >> there's been whispers about a vote on this in a day or a week. every member of congress that you ask about this gives you a different answer when the it will be. >> shepard: and then the spending bill. how far apart are denims and republicans to get to prevent a government shut down? sounds like the preblame game has begun. >> it sounds like they're talking now and the top democrat in the senate says that's because the white house is no longer involved as they were a couple days ago. >> we're not there yet. but once the wall was taken out and the cost shari

peter doocy is on capitol hill. he's on the live line. what are you hearing?president trump said he's not worried about republican resistance as he tries to get the tax reform package through. that could be key. the speaker of the house said a few hours ago that said he plans to use a process for passing tax reform that would only require a simple majority in the senate. that is something that republicans have if they're all on board. >> we think reconciliation is the preferred process. that's the most logical process to get tax reform through. the chairman is marking it up. we're -- once we mark up a bill, we want it to the floor always quickly as possible. >> the speed the speaker is pledging and is notable because some are blaming the speed of the first obamacare repeal and replace attempt for its ultimate failure. for the democrats, the concern is that rich people will get an outside benefit by the rewritten tax code and their argument is one that tries to hold the president to his word from campaign season. >> he promised tax reform to help middle america

peter doocy and washington following at all. >> i can only land.re details about by president trump ordered the uss carl benton strike group to cancel a preplanned port call in australia and start towards north korea. >> this is a rogue regime that is now a nuclear-capable machine. president xi jinping and president trump agreed that is unacceptable. what must happen is the denuclearization on the korean peninsula. the president has asked us to be prepared to give him a full range of options to remove that threat to the american people and our allies and partners in the region. >> and they say there's have questions about what president trump wants to do next in syria. if you want to keep going up against assad or return to taking over huge parts of the country. this morning the secretary of state brags a tillerson suggested it's not the top priority. >> once the threat has been reduced or eliminated, i think we can turn our attention directly to stabilizing the situation in the area. >> that's not satisfy mr. publicans incongruously bespeaks airst

fox news's peter doocy is live on capitol hill with the latest. story seems to be changing by the hour. reporter: it does by the minute really, melissa. we learned congressman devin nunes already had a lawyer go to the house ethics committee to ask what evidence they have on him, although they don't know what evidence and what charges have been leveled against him, nunes stepped aside. he will be replaced by another republican congressman, mike conaway, who i spoke to just a little while ago. what is your biggest concern as you take over this russia intel probe? >> it is a lot of, it is, the scope is big. a lot of things going on, a lot of issues to get to the pot of. this will take a while. we'll get it done expeditiously as we can but we intend to get to the bottom of all these issues. reporter: this afternoon president trump said he thinks nunes is a high-quality person who must have stepped away for his own reasons. speaker of the house paul ryan says he doesn't think nunes did anything wrong but he did admit it would be a little bit of a side

steve: peter doocy live at the capital with new demands for congressional approval here on out.ing. >> good morning. many here in congress seem to be feeling left out by the president's decision to pursue air strikes in syria without asking them first. and that's even within the president's own party where senators ted cruz, ben sass, mike lee and rand paul are among those that want there to be a debate here about the justification for military action. the way that senator paul sees things he says. this while we all condemn the atrocities in syria, the united states was not attacked. the president needs congressional authorization for military action as required by the constitution. and i call on him to come to congress for a proper debate. our prior interventions in this region have done nothing to make us safer and syria will be no different. and just a few hours after hillary clinton said that she would support air strikes in syria, her one-time running mate, stale virginia senator tim kaine added this, quote: congress will work with the president but his failure to seek cong

peter doocy tells us where we are at with that paid >> since republicans still haven't had a chance to vote on repealing and replacing obamacare, their constituents have another chance to try to tell them how to vote. like in colorado where congressman, who was going to vote yes on the leadership-backed replacement bill, really heard it at a town hall last night. [cheers and applause] >> one of the office of the failed obamacare replacement, congressman greg walden, is hearing it too. >> last year in america, 225 counties where people have one insurance choice, one. >> while lawmakers are out of temperature go weeks, the president is trying to figure out how to force democrats to the bargaining table. he is floating the possibility that the federal government will start paying subsidies. so-called cost-sharing subsidies. president trump tells "the wall street journal," "obamacare is dead next month if it doesn't get that money. i haven't made my viewpoint clear yet. i don't want people to get hurt. but i think should happen and will happen is the democrats will start calling and negoti

peter doocy reports the big question now is will they. it looks like forest republicans to go nuclear. to go democrats can stop republicans from using the nuclear option this week, so instead democrats are trying to scare them. >> there's a reason they call it the nuclear option that and that is that there is fallout. >> minority leader chuck schumer suggested and i hope president trump had of working with congressional democrats during his time in the white house will evaporate if senate president is changed confirm a supreme court nominee. schumer is calling for something seldom seen on capitol hill these days, compromise. >> we should get in a room and come up with a compromise to avoid the nuclear option. >> republicans don't seem too concerned. >> the question of how he's confirmed is up to the democrats. >> mitch mcconnell doesn't think his colleagues across the aisle will vote for cloture to end debate on gorsuch and set up a final confirmation. >> it appears as if cloture will not be invoked but we will find out on thursday. >> re