tillerson just finished meeting with vladmir putin. we have a long conversation with president vladmir putin of russia. negotiations have proved to be substantial and very frank. they have comprised the whole gamut of issues of importance to our bilateral relations and international arena. we have taken of the fact of the current stage of our relation as well as the international situation as we -- of the most calm ones. there are certain issues that have been inherently as time bombs from the previous administration, the obama administration -- the previous administration, the obama administration, we are being realistic. we do understand that to overcome these obstacles we have to make efforts and we seek to do that. we understand that our american counterparts are going to move towards us as well and our president as reaffirmed our will to do that. we see that an attempt at presenting our cooperation. there are even attempts escalating the confrontation but we do not believe that this is an astute approach. we do understand that if

office, black water founder and trump donor, eric prince met with a russian businessman close to vladmir putin to arrange a possible back channel of communications between moscow and the incoming administration. >> there was no reason to find some russian business person or some contact with the russian government when you could have asked the state department or the obama administration to help create contacts. >> reporter: prince donated $250,000 to the trump campaign and his sister is the education secretary betsy devos. prince claimed to have influence. the administration was not involved in arranging the meeting. still gop lawmakers acknowledge growing questions. >> this is a centipede. a shoe will drop every few days. the latest meeting. this is a requirement in my view why we need a select committee in order to get through all this because there's lots more shoes that will drop. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: ties between former trump campaign advisor carter page and russia are also under renewed scrutiny. court documents reveal a transcript of the russian spies account of a

if you're assad, you have to get clearance or anything from vladmir putin, right?everything is going to be directed at toward vladmir putin. >> absolutely and putin has proved himself a master, maybe more so with the previous administration, but he's controlling that very heavily. there is an irani infle controlling assad. and assad is going to depend on them for support going forward. so i think it is important to see the posturing, see what they're going to do. it is also important to point out that president trump is being tested right now and putin knows to be able to test him out, to see what is going to happen and see the reaction. it is important we establish credibility. it is a good move. to be honest it should have been done four years ago with the original red line. neil: i want to thank you you both. meantime we haven't heard anything beyond what vladmir putin is doing, condemning attack that it is unwarrant and provocative. russian press was telling its people was planned long before so-called chemical attack on syrian people. that is how it is being s

david: the big loser in the french election you say is actually vladmir putin. why, colonel?t is wonderful. of the five, top five candidates out of len very, four were anthony american, anthony nato, antieu, pro-putin. one pro-eu, pro-u.s. capitalism and anti-putin, emanuel macron, came out as front-runner. he will defeat marine le pen in the runoff on may 7th. so putin, he poud in, even overtly, there was a loan of over $9 million to marine's national front and political party. we have no idea how much clandestine money went into the elections. putin waged a massive disinformation campaign, really was fake news. nonetheless, the one guy who stood up against putin is the guy who came out in front will be next president. by the way, david, putin after years of triumph is on a losing streak. he was shocked trump said in the cruise missiles. he couldn't do anything. we called his bluff. eu refused to lift sanctions. now you have this. could this be beginning of the end for putin? david: wouldn't be a bad thing. colonel ralph peters, thank you very much. melissa. melissa: better

tell our viewers. >> it means vladmir putin is trying to be a player.d a number of geostrategic reverses lately but the key player here -- liz: does that tamp down some tensions? >> no. because russia is irrelevant to this. china is the only external party that really matters. and china, i think, i fear, has misled president trump thinking they are really going to do something this time. they have run this past a number our presidents. if china isn't ready to act decisively eventually we start shooting. >> how does this all play in? we don't mean to be crass, but as a business network i'm wondering if some of that has to do with keeping a bigger gains on a day like today? >> i suspect it would, i would certainly be concerned. again, this isn't, this isn't syria and cruise missiles. if we had to, go in against north korea, it would be a real war. now. we don't have to do it yet. there is still some time. peace would be better. kim jong-un is so unpredictable but so uninformed about the reality of his military situation we could wind up in a conflict nobo

russian president vladmir putin laying flowers at the scene of a blast where at least 10 people died others were wounded. bomb exploded at a subway station in st. petersburg and another bomb was found and disabled by police. think have arrested two people behind the deadly attack. they suggested separate suspects planted each bomb. russian president vladmir putin saying investigators are looking into all possible causes including of course terrorism. david: fate of supreme court nominee neil gorsuch hanging in limbo as the committee casts vote on his appointment after democrats delayed the vote a week. adam shapiro inside of the beltway with the very latest how the battle is unfolding. hi, adam. reporter: it will be historic. democrats have enough votes to filibuster neil gorsuch to ent -or-down ve his norm nation to name him as supreme court justice. the judiciary committee voted 11-9 to advance his nomination to full vote by the senate. debate begins tomorrow. 41 democrats will vote no on cloture or to end the filibuster. that means they will vote ending debate, which is necessary

so much going on with the secretary of state in russia ignored by vladmir putin.e to begin. let sean spicer do it. >> tragic and heartbreaking events that developed at the san bernanadino school yesterday. i want to make sure i acknowledge our thoughts and prayers go out to the families for the three victims and hope for speedy recovery for those wounded in the events that occurred. moving on to today, the president this morning led a discussion with some of the world's top job creators how private sector thinking can help the government modernize provide better, more efficient services to the american people. together the companies represented in the room this morning employ nearly four million people worldwide and at least 1.78 million americans here in our nation. starting in small interactive groups the cabinet members shared their strategic vision for their departments and listened as business leaders offered their unique perspectives how they might achieve the goals. the groups came together, shared outcomes with the president. the meeting was hosted by the

i'm not sure vladmir putin is really is anymore. david: i understand. i want to get your take on another issue. the u.s. deploying aircraft carrier and three guidedded missile cruisers to waters getting near north korea. after the country test-fired another ballistic missile. what is their mission, colonel north? >> i think the mission is to make sure kim young unis not going to test a nuclear weapon on on anniversary of his grand father's birthday. 15th of april, tax day here, cause for a celebration. they love to put on a great military show. it would not be unexpected sixth time for nuclear weapon. david: they are giving me a wrap. if that missile goes over the uss vinson, what the vinson would do? >> i would doubt that the it would get that far. without getting in classified material i doubt it would get that far. david: colonel north, thanks very much for being here. melissa. melissa: the latest media conspiracy theory. why some in the media that the chemical attack in syria was arranged by russia to help president trump. david: uh-huh. melissa: hi

my own view is, i would like to have a secretary of state that knows vladmir putin very, very well. i don't want someone in his pocket but i want someone who doesn't spend four years getting to know him, trying to evaluate him, understanding his strengths and weaknesses and what he might do right and what he might do wrong. i agree with those senators who said we are fortunate that you do have this broad experience. you are asked to be responsible for product areas as diverse as prescription drugs for humans, prescription drugs for animals, medical devices, biologics, dietary supplements, cosmetics, over-the-counter medication, food, tobacco products. you are asked to implement a law we call 21st century cures, we worked on for more than two years that is filled with nuance and opportunity, conflicts, differences of opinion. i like the idea of having someone in your position who is experienced, who recognizes those nuances and who sees the conflicts and knows what a company may be able to do to create a new drug and how a company may be trying to gain the system, who might understan

word that vladmir putin isn't going to meet him when he goes there. so who is, after this.sely. .. is data that can make the difference between winning and losing. the microsoft cloud helps the pga tour turn countless points of data into insights that transform their business and will enhance the game for players and fans. the microsoft cloud turns information into insight. neil: with a busy hour ahead. we are getting word assaulters and division within the white house over how far to go with the border tax if you go out the value added tax. they haven't come to agreement within the white house and what would presumably be a house plan and senate plan. bottom line, don't spend the money just yet. meanwhile, neil gorsuch sworn in. what kind of justice will he be? parochial school church case over offending to do some renovations when it was shut down of our church to escape differences. is north korea going to be the next to conflict. maybe an idea that after sean spicer addresses reporters. a formal briefing. we will be going to him at the bottom of the hour. rex tillerson,

the president said his relationship with russian president vladmir putin, nonexistent.na does not manipulate its currency after months saying china did. he endorsed the export-independent port, xm bank, which he complained against. and this as his approval rating soars from about 38, dehe pendg onhich one you were looking at to now 48% after he authorized the bombing of syria in the wake of the use of chemical weapons. politicians are usually dinged for breaking promises. could president trump react to facts on the ground and could it help him? we're joined by fox news contributor tammy bruce and democratic strategist ellis henican. we were going to discuss whether he risks hurting his base. clearly the poll shows it is not hurting relationship with the base but maybe some centrists are saying he is shifting to positions that we agree with. >> look, his base really elected a man, like ad man who was forceful, who was going to be a leader, who was clear and transparent. even in these kinds of positions that he has taken that has been expected. at the same time they have

the explosion happened at russian president vladmir putin was visiting st. petersburg. >> he will do everything to identify the reasons for what happened, give a full evaluation of what happened, and city and federal authorities will do everything possible to support families of our killed and injured citizens. >> reporter: the white house says president trump has been briefed on the situation. in the past trains and airports in moscow have been the target of terrorists including attacks by separatists. >>> now to the supreme court showdown and senate republicans are threatening to use the so- called nuclear option after democrats signaled that they plan to filibuster the confirmation of judge neal gorsich to the court. the next phase of this bitter battle. >> committee meeting is adjourned. >> reporter: this senate judiciary committee clearing a hurdle for a floor vote later this week on the supreme court pick kneel gorsich. but now republican lawmakers must figure out a way to get him over democrats hell-bent on opposing the colorado judge's nomination. >>

and the kind of leadership it's gained since vladmir putin came to power. it's maybe a little bit too soon to do an assessment of their effectiveness. so far as was pointed out earlier, by the chairman and vice chairman, we do think they were effective in an important way to us and we understand that the committee is going to be looking into this and studying this. in any event they have this apparatus. they have modernized it. they were spending billions of dollars a year before. they have maybe 10,000 to 15,000 people in this apparatus at least world wide in addition to the trolls and other kinds of cyber capabilities they have. but soviets are not -- >> i'm going to interrupt you for just a second just to make members aware that the second vote has started. and it's our intent to work through these -- this second vote. so i'd ask members, as they feel comfortable to leave for the vote, come right back if you will. as soon as we get through the panel we'll start questions. i ask you to summarize as quickly as you can -- >> so we can -- >> five minute reco

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the cold war fight, seems to be re-establishing itself with russia, and the grander ambitions of vladmirng in montenegro certainly sends a serious message i would think to russia and their balkan ambitions. what do you see on the horizon with respect to a more tense and tense situation between the west and russia? >> so we have seen increased tensions between nato and russia and that is the result of the fact that russia has implemented a significant military buildup over several years, and they have used military force against neighbors. in georgia in 2008, and ukraine illegally annexing crimea, annexing part of another country in 2014. charles: right. >> they continue to destablize eastern ukraine. that is the main reason why nato has implemented the biggest reinforcement to our collective defense in europe with more troops, with more exercises and we are, we're now in the process of deploying forces to eastern part of the alliance to the balkan countries andand. charles: let me get back to the money issue. 28, we won't count montenegro yet. so-called fair share, president trump made t

you know, having vladmir putin on your side just gets so much. you get some oil maybe.s a huge economy. connell: right. >> i think some of that is good. where it gets bad, where we have to see is in tax cuts. is in tax cuts. do they go through on the tax cuts both on personal side, corporate side. we've been hearing, reporting they're not thinking of doing big corporate tax cuts. connell: counter intuitive two guys known for their place of policy expertise would be the economy, on both kushner and cohn you wanted to argue. >> they're much more liberal. they're liberals. connell: so they will not push for tax cuts. >> we don't know. i can tell you this, we reported this out on foxbusiness.com right now, we reported this out yesterday, my producer brian schwartz and i, they're looking at replacing the big corporate tax cut, taking it down from 35 to 15, with something more marginal, kind of a gimmick. what they're looking to say, we'll allow you to repatriate foreign profits. these companies, all this money overseas, repatriate it. we'll tax you at 10%, instead of 35%. co

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a spokesman for vladmir putin says president trump and putin should meet. anything more on that?he said that to george stephanopoulos at abc. he said a lot of things. basically russia has been frustrated first two months. they haven't spoken yet. re-establish a dialogue. they can meet and exchange views. this comes amidst all the of that russian meddling stories. stuart: president xi of china goes to mar-a-lago. president putin is a little left out. he wants in. liz: yeah. stuart: breaking news. dramatic stuff. reports of explosions, plural, st. petersburg, russia. you have an update? ashley: may be an explosion. one blast on a train between two met toizations in the city center in st. petersburg. responsible for 10 deaths. many eninjured. we believe the explosive was filled with nails to cause maximum damage. stuart: that is just awful. >> yep. stuart: bring me up-to-date, president putin was in st. petersburg? ashley: he was in st. petersburg for a meeting. quickly taken outside of the meeting when the explosion took place. every cause is looked at but terrorism strongly suspec

breaking right now, secretary of state rex tillerson is meeting with russian prime minister vladmir putinip with the united states deteriorated under president trump as the administration gives russia stern warnings over skier i can't. secretary tillerson is set to hold a news conference. >>> fox business exclusive. bombshell from the president how he may handle his economic policy going forward. >> i don't want to put deadlines. health care is going to happen at some point. now, i

then meet with vladmir putin. force and they paid the price. now we're seeing bashar assad going at our credibility in our missile strike. pete: that's right. so the man who unleashed these chemical weapons on his own people is now speaking out saying, no, no, this didn't happen. this was staged. take a listen what he had to say. >> the united states is -- to terrorists. they fabricated the whole story. we don't know whether the dead children were kids, were they dead at all? ainsley: we fabricated the story and that gave us an excuse to drop the tomahawk missiles he is saying. brian: fake dead children. could be child actors. pete: child actors. this is out of the playbook of dictators and islamists. i was in samarra when the bombing of the golden mosque happened, it wasn't al qaeda. it was the jews and the americans. he reflexive blame america, blame the west. reading out of his own playbook. even though all the evidence shows he did it i didn't do that. ainsley: child actors. whoever told him to do that that is

points alongs the way president trump frankly acknowledged his relationship with russian president vladmirould love to be able to get along with russia. now, you've had a lot of presidents that haven't taken that tack. look where we are now. look where we are now. if i can. now, i love to negotiate things, i do it really well, and all that stuff but, but it's possible i won't be able to get along with putin. maybe it is. reporter: strike, struck close to home for russians in manner of speaking. at the very base the u.s. targeted which was used to launch that horrific chemical attack that killed 70 people on tuesday, there is evidence russian military personnel were maintaining an active presence. one question being raised by critics of the trump administration is whether the syrian regime wasn't in some measure embowlenned to launch this chemical attack because key american officials including secretary of state rex tillerson as well as spokesmen at the white house recently begun backing away from the old baumann interest that assad must go. here is how rex tillerson was signaling as much

this as secretary of state rex tillerson is in moscow meeting with vladmir putin. russia is asking for an independent investigation into if there was even a chemical attack saying trust with the u.s. is at a low. >>> the president telling our own maria bartiromo in a fox business exclusive that health care needs to come before tax form but a key replican congressman does not agr. david: not to mention melissa and david. the markets don't seem to like that idea much either. the dow tumbling today, over 60 points. go to ashley webster at the stock exchanges. ashley, what are the traders telling you there? ashley: david if you continue to tread water day after day be, weak after weak, it becomes harder and harder to keep your head above the water line. that is really the case for these markets. they have been moving sideways for quite some time. inaction in washington. rising tensions with syria, russia, north korea. all of that put together. we've seen a flight to safety in u.s. treasurys and gold. they're waiting for something to happen. in the meantime we do have e