how are you doing, shannon? >> shannon: i'm shannon bream. new acts of provocation from russia and president vladimir putin. russians bombers buzzing the alaskan coast in two days. north korea talking about a preemptive strike turning america to ashes, saying don't mess with us. >> bill: the vice president and mike pence traveling in asia speaking out about challenges head-on. >> the menace and reality of global terrorism threatens all our nations. under president trump, we'll continue to support increasing information sharing and security efforts to protect our people and our way of life. across this region and across the wider world. >> bill: we have team fox coverage from around the world. benjamin hall reporting in london today. chris stirewalt in washington we begin at the white house with john roberts. what is the white house saying about the array of international matters they face as of this morning? >> it's something that is keeping them busy. in an ironic way it is putting wind in the president's sails after being siem -- stymied so

what's next, shannon? >> shannon: we have a fox news alert. violence erupting on the streets of france as far right candidate le pen advances in the nation's president election. violent demonstrators burning cars and clashing with police overnight protesting her nationalist campaign. in favor of leaving the european union. macron is preaching open borders and hope. those two set for a head-to-head runoff in early may. coming up on "america's newsroom" we'll speak with a british politician and leader of the brexit movement. we've been waiting for months to see how it will shape up and we're down to two. >> bill: two-stage election in france. more to come on that. in the meantime we have this. defense secretary james mattis surprise visit in afghanistan. he is there now and expecting as you see right now this news conference. the visit comes as recent attacks kill more than 100 afghan military personnel raising questions of more u.s. troops on the ground. that in a moment and now this. >> what we've said from the beginning and continue to say is

. >> hi shannon. fox news learned the pentagon is assessing north korea missile launch was likely a failure and could be an old skud and not the advanced land based submarine launched missile north korea launched back in february. what is more that ballistic missile launched in february when president trump hosted shin ta in florida. they thought that north korean missile was advanced korean missile. reaction from trump administration in a terse 23-word statement, secretary of state made it clear, trump administration moving in a new direction, north korea launched another missile. united states has spoken enough about north korea. we have no further comment. united states hopes china will play a bigger role and china opposes a missile system, deescalation on the peninsula calling on all sides involved to do anything they can to deescalate, shannon, pentagon continues to see signs, north korea is preparing for sixth nuclear test after two successful tests last year, expect north korea can be on the to

here we go, shannon. >> shannon: i'm shannon bream. president donald trump speaking out about the war in syria and his decision to retaliate. part of an exclusive interview with maria bartiromo on the fox business network. >> you see these beautiful kids that are dead in their father's arms, or you see kids gasping for life and you know it's over for them. they're hosing them down. hundreds of them. when you see that, i immediately called general mattis. i said what can we do? and they came back with a number of different alternatives. and we hit them very hard. now, are we going to get involved with syria? no. but if i see them using gas and using things that -- i mean, even some of the worst tyrants in the world didn't use the kind of gases that they used. some of the gases are unbelievably potent. so when i saw that i said we have to do something. >> bill: quite a descriptive reaction there. kevin corke leads our coverage of the white house. at the moment rex tillerson sitting down with his russian counterpart. the president had str

how are you doing, shannon. >> shannon: we made it through monday. i'm shannon bream in for martha maccallum. multiple sources say susan rice made the call to name the trump officials caught up in surveillance after rice flatly denied a connection. >> i know nothing about this. i was surprised to see reports from chairman nunes on that count today. i really don't know to what chairman nunes was referring but he said whatever he was referring to was a legal, lawful surveillance and that it was potentially incidental collection. >> shannon: we will speak with south carolina senator lindsey graham in minutes. first we begin with white house correspondent john roberts. good morning. >> there appears to be little argument whether the national security adviser, susan rice asked for the names of the trump officials to be unmask and there's debate whether what she did in improper. the chairman of the house intelligence committee devin nunes was talking about this on capitol hill march 22 and said she -- he was troubled by what he read unmasking and reports t

." >> shannon: i'm shannon bream. the suspect steve stephens claimed he has killed several others. police said he should be considered armed and dangerous. they urge him to turn himself in saying they'll get him one way or another. >> steve stephens, we want to communicate to him that we know who he is and that he will eventually be caught. >> we want him to turn himself in. if that doesn't happen, we have all our partners on this and we'll look until we find him. >> bill: matt finn leaves our coverage in cleveland. we see some folks coming in the room. the suspect is still at large. what are police telling you there? >> bill, police are describing this easter sunday murder as senseless and evil. right now there is an aggravated murder warrant for the shooting suspect that say is armed, dangerous and at large. urging people to be vigilant in new york, pennsylvania and indiana and ohio. it all began yesterday when police say he drove around on easter sunday apparently looking for anyone to kill. he was driving in a while ford sedian. he pulled up to an innocent 74-year-old man and s

how are you doing, shannon? >> shannon: we have a jam-packed couple of hours. displays of force continue from both sides. the white house says all options are on the table including military action to rein in north korea's nuclear program. a new video shows kim jong-un overseeing live fire drills. >> bill: they're making their intentions clear. >> there is a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea. absolutely. >> we have been very clear. we do not seek regime change or a collapse of the regime. we're seeking is the same thing china has said, a full denuclearization of the korean peninsula. >> bill: kt mcfar len is here and thank you for your time year. >> it's great to be back with you on "america's newsroom." >> bill: let's start with the headline. what does the president mean by a major, major conflict? >> the president is looking at what north korea has done in the last decade. north korea has built a massive conventional military and army right on the south korean border. they're developing missiles to deliver nuclear wea

." >> shannon: it's good friday. i'm shannon bream. we're learning the terror gunman was questioned as recently as two months ago and was considered a risk to public safety. isis now taking responsibility after the gunman was killed by police in a wild shoot-out. president trump and vice president pence saying the scene here is all too familiar. >> it's a very terrible thing that's going on in the world today but it looks like another terrorist attack and what can you say? it just never ends. we have to be strong and we have to be vigilant. >> it's the latest reminder that terrorism can strike anywhere at any time. >> bill: mr. trump tweeting earlier today. >> shannon: we've got kellyanne conway standing by with more reaction from the white house but first senior affairs foreign correspondent in paris. >> terror hitting the streets of paris again couldn't happen at a worse time, 9:00 last night local time on the champs-elysees a man got out of the car with a rifle and shot at and around a police van. he killed one police officer. he se

>> absolutely, shannon.ook, the senate committee i think has had more success in achieving bipartisanship between senator warner than the house committee. i think both committees should seek to see how far this so-called unmasking went. certainly look at susan rice. but look to see if there were other unmasking. privacy is protected in the constitution. we need to see the nature and extent of what has happened. i think we're at the beginning, not the end of the investigation. >> shannon: mollie, how intelligence committee member not named told us. we'll be performing an accounting of all unmasking for political purposes. this is now a full blown investigation. do you think they get anywhere with it? do you think anyone will be held accountable? how does it play out long term? >> when nun es revealed that there were things widely disseminateed in intelligence agency. at first susan rice said she knew nothing of it. when she was one of the unmaskers the defense was this is common, routine, normal. it's not sup

." >> shannon: i'm shannon bream in for martha maccallum. local and federal agencies expanding their search this morning. a $50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his capture. >> bill: facebook says it will review its video posting policies after the murder was posted and left on the site for several hours online. >> shannon: we are learning that steve stephens was facing serious financial trouble. he had a gambling problem and recently evicted from his apartment. the victim was 74-year-old robert godwin, father of 10, grandfather to 14. his family has this message for the killer. >> i just want him to know that god loves him. we love him, yes, we're hurt but we have to forgive him because if we don't forgive him the bible says your heavenly father won't forgive you. >> i said i'm not happy with what you did but i forgive you. >> if he didn't do anything else. if he did nothing, he gave us god, which means we have eternal life and we'll see him again. >> bill: powerful words there. peter doocy leads our coverage live in c

shannon, good morning to you. >> shannon: syria dominating today's g7 summit in italy. secretary tillerson pushing for possible new sanctions against the kremlin and saying putin and russia are standing on the wrong side of history. >> russia has really aligned itself with the assad regime, the iranians and hezbollah. is that a long-term alliance that serves russia's interest? or would russia prefer to realign with the united states, with other western countries, and middle east countries who are seeking to resolve the syrian crisis? >> bill: kevin corke leading coverage from the white house with the latest from the north lawn. >> good morning to you. a very high stakes game we're talking about here from the russian perspective you are a major stakeholder in syria. you want to have something moving forward even if it isn't the assad regime. the rest of the world is simply saying what are you doing backing a killer of his own people? and that's essentially the message that we expect secretary of state rex tillerson to take directly to the kremlin as he meets with his rus

. >> shannon: we always have a race to cover and love doing it. i'm shannon bream. democrats hoping to claim a house seat by republicans since 1979. millions being poured in to support the democrats. >> on the republican side it's been a competitive campaign. no core nation that occurred on the democrat side. i think the president is interested in what happens here and why wouldn't he be? he is a republican president. of course he has a vested interest in making sure a republican holds the seat. >> shannon: john roberts joins us now live. the election in this historically conservative district goes to a runoff. race is at stakes ahead of the 2018 mid-terms. >> the masters golf tournament went to a playoff and so will this race. jon ossoff came closer to 50% than republicans thought he would or liked him to. in a field of five candidates he collected 48.1% of the vote and karen handel had 19.8%. they head for a runoff on the 20th of june. democrats billed the race as a referendum on president trump. many got behind ossoff. democrats are massing a war chest of more th

>> shannon: good to see you. i'm shannon bream. a new amendment to the healthcare plan winning over the conservatives in the house but questions remain whether the changes will drive away moderates and if a new plan could win enough support to pass. reince priebus is optimistic. >> administration is feeling very positive tonight where things are at in the healthcare repeal and replace bill of obamacare. we're hopeful there may be a vote soon. we don't want to put an artificial deadline on this, though. we learned that a few weeks ago. we want to keep getting this thing in a better place. >> shannon: good morning, doug, what is the latest on the passage of healthcare within days? >> the latest word from the president himself comes from an interview he did late yesterday afternoon with "the washington examiner" where he said republicans are very close to getting a healthcare bill done. but concerns about this new bill have shifted. shifted away from the house conservative caucus, the freedom caucus to the more moderate wing of the pa

missed you last week. >> shannon: i'm shannon bream in nor martha maccallum. the president will host chinese president xi jingping at his mar-a-lago home later this week and meanwhile he grinds away on health care wheeling and dealing on the government course with rand paul. >> bill: neil gorsuch is expect to take a major step towards confirmation. the judiciary committee will vote setting up for a showdown with the democrats. the republican, mitch mcconnel said gorsuch will be a justice no matter what democrats do this week. >> look, what i'm telling you is judge gorsuch is going to be confirmed. the way in which that occurs is in the hands of the democratic minority. during the course of the week we'll see how this will end but it will end with his confirmation. >> shannon: a ton of news to get to today. we'll begin with chief white house correspondent john roberts. >> how is this monday different than any other, shannon? >> shannon: it's been this way. >> the egyptian prime minister will be here for meetings and thursday and friday this week the chinese pre

. >> shannon: have you recovered from the masters yes? i'm shannon bream. more on that. a first iran, russia and terror network hezbollah issuing a joint response. america crossed red lines and they would respond with force in the future. president trump meeting with foreign policy team over the weekend at mar-a-lago. his secretary of state pointed the finger at russia saying moscow failed to destroy syria's chemical weapons. >> regardless of whether russia was complicit here or whether they were simply incompetent or got outwitted by the bashar al-assad regime you would have to ask the russians. they've failed in their commitment to the international community. >> bill: u.s.s. carl vincent sending a message to north korea leader with continued missile testing there. benjamin hall is live in turkey. we're in south korea and we begin with kevin corke from the white house in washington >> while the white house and trump administration tries to find policy footing moving forward on syria this morning he is thanking the u.s. navy for conducting that strike on the regime in s

september or october or early november for tax reform, shannon. >> shannon: a busy summer. john roberts live at the white house. >> we'll be on the lawn. byron york, nice to see you in new york city. the wall was a big issue in the campaign. >> if there was one single issue associated with donald trump it was building the wall. call and response with the audience. who will pay for it? they would all yell mexico. this is something that is foremost in the president's mind as a campaign promise he has to keep. >> bill: he talks about drugs. he talks about human trafficking. you saw the tweet a moment ago. there were signals sent through the white house over the weekend they were flexible on this in the first place. or in the last week you could suggest to avoid a shutdown. >> there are a couple of problems with the president's promise and one a wall has never polled as well as, say, creating jobs or some other part of his economic agenda. those polled better than building a wall. partly for that reason democrats are unanimously opposed. what the white house is saying now is we

. >> shannon: i'm shannon bream in for martha maccallum. the massive payload near the afghanistan border. president trump commending the military for a job well done. >> we're so proud of our military. it was another successful event. >> did you authorize it? >> president trump: what i do is i authorize my military. we have a greatest military in the world and they've done a job as usual. we've given them total authorization. >> bill: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. good morning there. start with the decision to drop this massive bomb. >> good morning, bill. officials here tell me this was a decision made in theater by the top u.s. commander on the ground. general john nicholson who took this decision on his own. the pentagon has released video showing this bomb being dropped in eastern afghanistan. you can see from the video why they call it the mother of all bombs. this weapon is designed for its psychological effect as much as anything. and designed to send a clear message. today afghan officials say 36 isis fighters were killed i

. >> shannon: good wednesday morning. i'm shannon bream. judge william orrick blocking the order as unconstitutional. the third immigration-related order from the president blocked in the first 100 days and the second blocked by a judge within the ninth circuit. fact not lost on the president who is promising a fight. he tweeted this. first the ninth circuit rules against the ban and now it hits against on sanctuary cities. ridiculous ruling. see you in the supreme court. >> bill: i'm joined by sean spicer. thank you for your time today. you had a strong statement, too, on screen this is what you said. san francisco and cities like it are putting the well-being of criminal aliens before the safety of our citizens and those city officials who author these policies have the blood of dead americans on their hands. i know you think the president will win this case. on what grounds? >> on the same grounds the court ruled. the court agreed with the president's interpretation of the authorities that he has given under u.s. code. where they differe

." >> shannon: good morning. i'm shannon bream in for. martha maccallum. the president accusing susan rice of a crime. the president suggesting she may have been behind the leaks of classified material. rice denies that and claims politics played no role in her actions. vice president mike pence said he's confident congress can get to the bottom of what happened. >> people have a right to know if there was surveillance of any private citizen in this country and the identity of those citizens were revealed people have a right to know why. the fact it involved our campaign and our transition i think should be deeply troubling to anyone who cherishes civil liberties. >> bill: we begin our coverage perfect the white house. does the president or did the president offer evidence to support that claim, that comment that rice may have committed a crime? >> that's the $64,000 question. the short answer is no. there have been people out there frankly that have suggested making a charge of this sort without proof is irresponsible but white house officials told me loo

is shannon here in d.c. the president is going to meet with chinese president xi in a few hours, how does this play into that conversation? >> it sets the table and an interesting way. don't forget one of the big issues he wanted to talk to the premier of china about was this issue of north korea and what it is doing in terms of its nuclear weapons program and its missile program, saying he was going to lean on xi to use china's influence against the leader of north korea appeared he said in an interview with "the financial times" last week that if china did not come to the table and help out, the u.s. would take action on its own. the secretary of state yesterday, when he gave that impromptu briefing, said he is calling on china to take notice of what north korea is doing whr authority on that u.s. security council or new leaders of china, china can be part of a nw strategy to end north korea's reckless behavior and ensure security, stability, in an economic prosperity northeast asia. >> not likely we are g

shannon: good morning. it's my great pleasure to welcome you to the state department and the 2017 international women of courage awards ceremony. madam first lady, mrs. melania trump, thank you so much for guest: -- much for being with us today. we are deeply honored by your participation in this important celebration, and grateful for your commitment and that of the president to the wellbeing and success of women and girls across the globe. please join me again in welcoming the first lady. [applause] i would also like to welcome the members of the diplomatic corps who are with us here today and, of course, the women joining us on this stage, the 2017 international women of courage. thank you very much. [applause] the secretary of state's award for international women of courage is part of our celebration of women's history month and international women's day. the secretary wanted to be here to present these awards himself. regrettably, he is on his way to ankara and brussels but extends his heartfelt congr

." >> shannon: i'm shannon bream in for martha maccallum. local and federal agencies expanding their search this morning. a $50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his capture. >> bill: facebook says it will review its video posting policies after the murder was posted and left on the site for several hours online. >> shannon: we

>> shannon: i have to ask you about cecil bell pushing the texas sovereignty act. a state measure there that would allow texas to ignore federal laws and rulings from federal courts. do you think it goes anywhere? >> i've been in the legislature for 12 years and seen a lot of interesting legislation. i would just tell you my job is to defend the constitution and i've been doing that the last 2 1/2 years and defend whatever constitutional authority i have i will stand on that. >> shannon: other states are trying to do similar things. let us know how it plays out. >> bill: 9:30 in washington busy day on the hill. congress getting ready to vote on a budget extension to keep the government running for another week. dave brat will talk about that next. >> shannon: why former president obama is catching criticism for an appearance in new york this week. some of it is coming from his own party. >> bill: they were protesting at uc berkeley last night even

shannon: let me follow up on that. if our executive is not going to lead on this, is there anyone else who can pick up the mantle? is it that grim? sen. cardin: it is very grim, but it's not that grim. [laughter] sen. cardin: i'm not supposed to share what happens in the meetings of the senate foreign relations committee, so i'm going to violate that a little bit in that we have meetings with world leaders and they meet with our committee. we had that with president sisi, the day after he met with president trump. just about every member of the senate foreign relations committee used their time in questioning president sisi on human rights. just about every single member. and i think that was to counter what was apparent by the lack of that discussion or reporting of that discussion with president trump. so, there is great interest. in the congress, we have champions on both sides of the aisle. we had bipartisan support for the introduction of the bill that we did. it was john mccain who insisted that anticorruption be

shannon: i smile -- sen. cardin: i smile little bit because i've been in other countries, companies where they tell me that there is a quota for u.s. government because they cannot be involved in corruption. question we have made strides in fighting corruption. the challenges are terrible. today, we are facing a global community where there is a question as how important corruption really is. the number one example is russia. lubricant thathe allows mr. putin to do what he is doing. he is a master at deception. so, he creates problems around the world so his population has this nationalist view about putin's leadership that allows him to stay in power. legitimate, the progress we are making in fighting corruption is compromised. so, yes, u.s. leadership has made a difference. but we still have a long way to go. we have lost momentum. russia is moving their foot print -- their footprint will be on europe. we saw their attack here in the night is ace. we saw what they are doing in the middle east. -- we saw the

more than a third of them at a place run by tom shannon. she's an entrepreneur who has turned run-down alleys into an international brand that's become the largest player in the $6 billion u.s. bowling industry. here's how he made >> i haven't got a chance. maybe i do. >> reporter: don't let that first ball fool you. >> that was pretty abysmal. >> reporter: tom shannon knows how to strike it rich in bowling. >> how many total bowling centers do you run? >> now, 308. and about 9,000 employees. >> reporter: his ten-pin empire, known broadly as bowl more amf, racks up about $550 million in annual revenue and hosts plenty of celebrities. >> al pacino, the kardashians. >> the kardashians were here? you're kidding me. >> i taught kim how to bowl. >> i bet you did. >> reporter: it all started with less glamour and a single location. bowl more lanes, a new york city institution that shannon walked into in 1994, more than a half century after it opened. >> it was very run down. probably no investment in at least three decades. >> reporter: but the d

you had to tell shannon. i wanted to tell shannon. i wanted to do it myself.shannon, you actually found out from social media? yeah, on facebook. i had people messaging me, because i'd already seen posts, obviously. then i had people messaging me by facebook message, saying, please don't tell me it's true, it's not your sister, is it? and obviously i had to drive home from cardiff, after getting a facebook message. mum was crying, couldn't tell me, couldn't speak on the phone. so i said mum, will you tell me, please. obviously there was traffic from cardiff then so i was in a bit ofa thing in the car, crying, thinking it's not true. obviously i tried to ring cerys, because i didn't know, i thought i'd contact her, but didn't get no answer. but at that time i didn't think that was weird, because i didn't get an answer off my brother either, so i just thought, neither of them are answering me, something ‘s happened at home. what about the issue that many of the tabloid media picked up on about the nature of cerys's death? many of them labelling it a cannibal att

i want to bring in shannon know neil -- shannon o'neill. thank you for joining us. am curious about that characterization of argentina's economy. 2018, what doinr you think of the state of the economy now? shannon: he devalued the exchange rate. he opened up capital markets. he finally solve the debtors crisis that had been going on for at least a decade with many new york institutions. he got rid of export taxes. he got back so much of the intervention that was in the previous government. he really has changed the economy, made or market friendly. it has not reacted as quickly as he had hoped. last three months or so, it is coming out of recession and starting to grow again. process basedslow on these reforms. scarlet: that is the backdrop as he meets with president trump. reseau matt graves beat mexico and brazil by paying a visit to donald trump -- mauricio macri beat mexico and brazil by paying a visit to donald trump. why is this significant? shannon: the mexican president was supposed to come and famously had to cancel when nafta dispute riled its head. what i

. >> shannon: >> it is indeed. we are going to jump into this as a begins live. >> 11:00 here in the city. and 11:00 as we look into the oval office. between the president, judge gorsuch behind the window. we will see both men emerge in a matter of minutes here. august of 1967 in colorado, neil gorsuch later moved to washington, d.c., as a teenager when his mother joined the registration of president ronald reagan, the first woman to lead the epa. in 1985, neil gorsuch was among 175 students from across the country recognized as outstanding youth volunteers by president reagan at ace money in the rose garden will hero returned to you in a matter of moments. we watched together. >> we do. an impressive resume, starting as a young man, went to columbia, harvard, and oxford. one thing that was notable as columbia, he started an underground student newspaper that was seen as a pushback against the culture on campus. he has been very outspoken against some of the ideas that he thinks are oppressive. people legislating f

shannon: it increases the by polish -- the polarization that has been going on.going to make infrastructure and tax reform much more difficult. david: great to speak with you both. andmberg's nick wadhams shannon pettypiece. next up, we had to italy for an exclusive interview. that's coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ is "bloomberg markets trump: first 100 days." i am david gura. focusing on global politics and policy. as well, the european central bank's top officials are trying to find a way toward the exit. several members have different views on guidance. the issue willts not be resolved just yet. wherehead to italy kevin costelloe is joined by the ecb executive board member, yves mersch, for an exclusive interview. kevin, over to you. kevin: thank you. thank you for joining us this evening. why don't we start with the ecb's potential exit strategy? president draghi has indicated that the stimulus plans will remain intact, but the head of the bundesbank says that perhaps a discussion of the forward guidance is legitimate. where do things go from here? what do te

there's shannon. when children came to the booth to get their faces painted, then the parents standing there waiting would get the information. they'd be told about these children who have died and the importance of vaccination, that kind of thing. >> we have a new mom. julia. not wonderful to be part of a flu mom group but it's a great that we all are here for one another. we'll learn her story pretty soon. >> there's a huge amount of parents that are utterly confused. and that's a big communication challenge when it comes to the vaccine. >> so the question is does she have anything? >> it's something we see on the rise, which is quite alarming. inflew ezau uenza is possibly t preventible with a vaccine but nobody uses it and that's not great. one of the most common misperceptions is people say i've never been sick. but there's another aspect to vaccines and it's not just me, it's the people around me. because of the potential of me giving something to somebody that may be serious to them, even if it

shannon, thank you for organizing today. senator cardin, thank you for your leadership. the definition of corruption in the united states has gotten narrower over time with cases like citizens united, obama having the first organization to advance his agenda. now with the mercers taking it to a new level. with the make america great foundation or nonprofit or whatever it is that's doing those advocacy campaigns in the states that trump won to promote his presidency. what are your thoughts of how that affects your work in fighting corruption in other countries and just that trend generally? >> yeah. well, thank you for the question. i mean, look. i think america has compromised its effectiveness globally in fighting the principle values that have made our country great and that is good governance. that we govern for people. we don't govern for ourselves. it's we the people. and our system was built with an understanding of frailties among individuals that are in power so we have checks and balances. no one's above the law. president of the united states is indicted for cr

shannon: it remains to be seen.utive orders are targeting are asking the treasury to review any rules from 2016 and 2017. took are some rules that place in 2016 that are somewhat related to corporate inversions, specifically about characterizing debt transactions into equity. it is possible that that role be something under review and could change moving forward. oliver: shannon, we just heard from budget office director mick mulvaney. the deficit will not be a major player in terms of the tax reform and what they are deciding here. what is that mean for some of this other legislation that has either stumbled so far, like health care, or financial regulation? shannon: i thought that was a very interesting remark, because tax reform is a lot harder when -- it has to be deficit neutral. if you can do something like the bush tax cuts, you can do tax in four orit signed five months, but get the deficit back it is a lot harder. if they say they will he spending all this money and doing all this stuff, but don't worry, th

bloomberg news white house reporter shannon petty piece. good morning. to see you bright and early. all the best people come on really early in the morning. get your day started. let's talk about the shawn spea spicer. i don't want to relitigate it. you don't compare the holocaust to anything else. the holocaust is the holocaust. >> reporter: the second rule, don't compare anyone to hitler. can we get that straight? someone who should have known this. you know, sean spicer has been in republican communications for a long time. this isn't someone who, you know, sort of stumbled into this job. and all of us in the white house press core, we were, you know, taken aback by this. after the press conference ended, that was the first thing everyone said, did he really say that? we went back and looked at the transcript. was that what just happened? he issued a statement shortly after that didn't really apologize, that tried to back walk the statement. it wasn't until about four hours later that he actually came on cnn and gave a real clear, i'm sorry, i apologi

shannon, i feel like i never know how to make of all of this.leaks are so constant, so contradictory. everything is clearly being done by someone with an agenda. you cover it full time. what do you make of it all? >> i don't know if i can give you the answers. i can tell you my colleagues and i today, we probably talked to a dozen different people close to the president, all different levels of the administration and we probably got a dozen different story lines about who's in, who's out, what's going on. you know, the different rival rivalries and thiefdoms. part of it is these alliances that have been going on since the early days of the administration. i think part of it may be people wanting to hear a story line that they want to hear. people who don't like reince hearing that he's out and people who don't like bannon hearing that he's out. part of it might be the president himself doesn't know what he wants to do. he doesn't like the direction some things are going in and doesn't know what he's going to do about it. >> to me, michelle, this

the shannon marie one of a pair of abandoned boats here.tting submerged is yards away. we first told you about that boat in 2015 after it sank twice that summer become iing a hazaro other boaters. >> it's the number one question that people come into the nature skpernt ask about the abandoned boats. it's been something we have been advocating for a a long time for somebody to do something about it. >> city officials say they are using grant money tr the 6500 cost to remove the shannon marie, but pulling out the nor'easter 2 could come with a bill of close to $30,000. >> the cost of that has become pretty high. we're looking how to afford to get the boat out. >> they hope that will happen in the next several months. today's effort to move the shannon marie didn't have quite enough muscle. still seeing progress is a positive. >> i'm really happy that we see something happening here. >> reporter: they plan to give it another go in the next day or so, but i'm told they will be coming back with more horse power. in cape may, ted greenberg, nbc 1

>> after hunting in the forest for hours, shannon and i finally found the perfect pig.t i ended up buying for them at a local butcher. it turns out pig hunting is a little bit harder than i thought. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> bless the food and the land. bring us prosperity and health upon us with leadership we like. aloha. gratefulness every day. >> okay. everybody grab a [ bleep ] corner right now! no, grab a [ bleep ] corner. you grab the [ bleep ] corner over there. do i got to do everything for you guys? i'm going to direct this [ bleep ]. push. push. >> come on, guys. >> regardless of how you feel about jezus or his prophesy, it's hard not to be impressed by his ability to rally a group of people behind him. >> all right, guys. long, level and square. >> that's not to say i'm ready to join his tribe. >> what are you doing? >> right behind you, sir. >> half hitch locks it. boom. okay. bring your offerings, please. >> shannon, donald, jake, and so many of the people that i've spoken with here come from religious backgrounds and that's a common thread, believ

we have other ways to address this issue. >> and it's a good point made, shannon.atic senators supported the repeal of obama's gun legislation so it's crossing the aisle. >> if you work in the gun violen violence prevention moment, you can't let the democrats vote against you continuously in the red states. we have to put pressure on the democratic legislators to make it clear like for example in a state like montana where 80% or more of the residents agree with universal background checks, there's no excuse to vote against something like that. that's the type of position that we're going have to take in those states. >> thank you, lad everett, and shannon watts. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> we have been asking you on this day, this tenth year anniversary of what happened at virginia tech, agree or disagree, lawmakers reflect my views on gun control. the overall number, the tug of war, 94% disagreeing that lawmakers do not reflect your view. looking at the break down by education, all education groups disagree. especially the viewers with a master's degree at t

donald trump drops steve shannon, thehe former editor of breitbart news. he is one of the most theroversial figures in administration. first, a new low for the regime, which is how the chemical attack was described. nikki haley spoke at an emergency meeting and it showed how divided the world powers remain over the conflict. denied theussia regime carried out the attack. reporter: the eu and the u.n. plan for the future of syria. millions of euros of aid were pledged and were overshadowed by a chemical attack. there are russian of assertions that a syrian airstrike hit a warehouse with chemical weapons. the u.n. representative. determined that the use of chemical weapons a threat tostitutes international peace and security and that the use of chemical weapons constitutes a violation of international law. policy chief said that the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere, must stop. destruction on enormous scale, in particular the use of chemical weapons by the government and isis. one syrian man spoke from a turkish border town. he has lost 22 relative

i am shannon o'neil. i'm a senior fellow for latin american studies at the council of foreign relations as well as the director of the civil society markets and democracy program that is hosting the event. we have seen in recent years and increasing recognition of corruption, serious and wide ranging consequences in the nation it occurs in u.s. foreign policy. it deters commerce and intensifies social inequalities. it drains dollars and provides obstacles for democracy and rule of law by undermining the functioning and legitimacy of institutions. : this means that requires evaluating past approaches for what has and hasn't worked. it will be working alone as well as in concert with national partners to address and other forms of corruption. it is the issues that will delve into today. we have, very forcefully, and impressive speakers both have been on the front lines of designing and implementing or advocating for those policies. they include former and sitting government officials, legal experts, leaders

shannon, i feel like i never know how to make of all of this. leaks are so constant, so contradictory. everything is clearly being done by someone with an agenda. you cover it full time. what do you make of it all? >> i don't know if i can give you the answers. i can tell you my colleagues and i today, we probably talked to a dozen different people close to the president, all different levels of the administration and we probably got a dozen different story lines about who's in, who's out, what's going on. you know, the different rivalries. part of it is these alliances that have been going on since the early days of the administration. i think part of it may be people wanting to hear a story line that they want to hear. people who don't like reince hearing that he's out and people who don't like bannon hearing that he's out. part of it might be the president himself doesn't know what he wants to do. he doesn't like the direction some things are going in and doesn't know what he's going to do about it. >> to me, michelle, this is the key. every

shannon watts, susan page, rick tyler, thanks to you as well.e're getting a tweet from congresswoman gabby giffords, o co-founder of that gun violence prevention organization, americans for responsible solutions. this was her tweet posted just a few moments ago. "we need a president who is serious about addressing our nation's gun violence crisis. that is not the president we saw today in atlanta." former president obama, meanwhile, cashing post-presidency. two speeches cashing in nearly half a million dollars apiece. that leads to our microsoft pulse question. should former president obama accept big fees for corporate speeches? that was the question. so far 95% of you, an overwhelming majority, say yeah. that's fine. the pulse is still live. it's pulse.msnbc.com. when a critical patient is far from the hospital, the hospital must come to the patient. stay with me, mr. parker. the at&t network is helping first responders connect with medical teams in near real time... stay with me, mr. parker. ...saving time when it matters most. stay with me,

there's shannon.hen children came to the booth to get their faces painted, then the parent standing there waiting would be told about these children who have died and the importance of vaccination and that kind of thing. we have a new mom. julia. how wonderful to be part of a flu mom group. but it's great that we all are here for one another. shoot. we'll learn her story pretty soon. >> there's a huge amount of parents who are just utterly confused. and that's a big communication challenge when it comes to the vaccine. the question is does she have anything now? >> yeah, she does. >> vaccine hesitancy is something we observe to be on the rise, which is quite alarming. influenza is possibly preventible with a vaccine, that's great, but nobody uses it, that's not great. one of the most common misperceptions about the flu vaccine, say, you know, i'm healthy, i never get sick. the potential of me giving something to somebody that may be serious to them, even if it may not be serious to me at this moment.

shannon banzuelo/festival goer: "rain or shine, i go here, it doesn't matter."for shannon matter." for shannon banzuelo the festival has become a tradition."i go here yearly, i go here every year with my friends, i can't break the streak, it's a traditional thing for me."bruce penn/festival goer"it's alright as long as you're having a good time just bring an umbrella like these folks, just have a good time, take it as it goes! but you didn't bring an umbrella? i forgot it!" people who worked at the event did tell us less people attended.that was also the case just down the road at the union street easter parade and spring celebration.keith lui/attending festival"there's usually lines for tickets, lines for all the kids rides and and there was nobody here and they packed up early today." food vendors like delrecia booker of reecee's soulicious say despite the slow turnout, her booth was still pretty busy.she says the rain won't stop her from coming here or anywhere else. "i'm starting out a new business so i'm trying to be everywhere possible, any means necessary is my goal." other

and thank you so much, shannon. i work for the coalition for integrity, for amerimerly known transparency international usa. i say this because i grew up in india and went through a really corrupt education system and saw that the opportunities available to me were so limited. one way to fight that impunity is to reduce the ability of corrupt officials from around the world to enjoy their wealth. in the u.s. we are a major enabler of that. we have the ability to set up a company in the u.s., a legal entity, without really knowing who derives economic benefits from the entity or who ultimately owns the entity. so what leadership can we expect from this congress on the issue of beneficial ownership transparency? >> thank you for that. this is an area that's under jurisdiction of the banking committee, not under senate foreign relations committee. so i've been working very closely with our counterparts on banking as to how we can coordinate what we do in foreign policy and what they do in banking. i mentioned to you, i

pettypieceo shannon in washington. coming up later this afternoon, we will be hearing from president donald trump. we will get his thoughts on rex tillerson's meeting with vladimir putin. he will be holding a news conference with the un security council. we will bring that to you live as it begins. this is bloomberg. ♪ julie: this is "bloomberg markets." abigail: u.s. markets close in an hour and a half. caught upwill get you after those comments between rex tillerson and sergey lavrov. you are at a weaker dollar here. you've seen a weaker dollar over the last three days. there was a bit of a spike up when they were talking during that conference, then turning a bit lower. we are looking at dollar ruble -- a weaker dollar against the ruble. that has been the trend over the last three days. you are continuing to see that. let's check in on the safe havens here. dollar-yen, the dollar is stronger. a 109 print. we are still at the 109 print here, but the dollar recovering the looking to touch that 110 level. we did see a