Its a dramatic step, but when we have seen before in recent history. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight with the administrations latest plan to protect the border and to get more support for the president s wall. Good evening, john. Chris, good evening to you. President trump is often bragged about a dramatic reduction in activity as to what happened at the border, leading many wondering what the urgency is right now it is on the National Guard to the border. In the end, it may be more about applying political pressure to get congress to act. For the third time in recent history, the u. S. President will send a National Guard to help secure the southern border. The secretary of Homeland Security today making the official announcements. Speak of the president has directed that the department of defense and the department of Homeland Security Work Together with our governors to deploy the National Guard to our southwest border to assist the border patrol. The president will be signing a proclamation to that effect today. The deployment is expected to begin almost immediately, as soon as tonight. But its full scope is still being worked out with the governors of texas, new mexico, arizona, and california. While the number of troops is unclear, the rules of engagement will be similar to operation jump start thousand six. In terms of the operations of the National Guard will be involved in, operation jumpstart specifically, the National Guard, they were only in a support capacity to the border patrol. Thinking of similar rules of engagement . We are working with the governors. We have support activities that are very similar to jumpstart. It wouldnt be actual enforcement. Correct, as of now. According to secretary nielsen, calling up the National Guard reflects President Trumps frustration with congress for withholding money for a part of all and refusing to give him what he wants on immigration reform. Arizona congressman, an iraq war veteran, called the deploy in insult to our troops, and tweeted. That brought a sharp reaction from press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders. If that congressman is so concerned, maybe he ought to show up and actually support legislation that would fix these problems instead of blaming the president is actually trying to do something about it for you to speak with the white house also sought today to allay fears of an eminent pullout from syria, as President Trump said last week and again yesterday, he wants to bring u. S. Troops home from syria soon. Its time. Its time. We were very successful against isis. We will successful against anybody military. But sometimes its time to come back home. In a statement, the press secretary said the United States and our partners remain committed to eliminating the small isis presence in syria that forces have on already eradicated. We will continue to consult with the allies and friends regarding future plans. But officials still fox news the president wants u. S. Forces home as soon as is practical. Longterm stabilization of syria may be left to its neighbors. They are the ones that are at the grade of risk so they should be stepping up and doing more, and the president is calling on other countries to do just that. The white house today dismissed concerns about a looming war, this one with china over trade. President trumps newly minted chief Economic Advisor making his first appearance on the north lawn. Larry kudlow suggesting negotiations may avoid tariffs before they ever go into effect. I dont think its a trade war. I think there will be intense negotiations on both sides. Look, when you look at the whole picture, blame china, dont blame President Trump. Trump is the solution. Larry kudlow acknowledge the stock market is flush with anxiety, veering wildly on a daily basis. The white house is seemingly unconcerned with a market stray rations. We may have a little bit short term pain but the will have longterm success. Larry kudlow insists there is a pot of gold and Economic Growth waiting on the other end of a recalibration of the u. S. China trade relationship. The question, though, chris, can the president to reach the end of that particular rainbow . Chris well find out, john roberts, reported and at the white house. John, thank you. It was a crazy antihistoric day at wall street. The dow was down 500 points at the start of the day and ended up 241. The s p 500 gained 30, nasdaq rebounded for a 101point jump. China announced tough new tariffs on u. S. Exports today and the expectation was news of a trade confrontation between our country and china would take the markets, not spark a rise in stock prices. So what happened . Deidre bolton of fox business joins us from new york. Good evening, deirdre. Good evening, chris. It was a day. The dow had more than 700point plus range. It is the third time in history that it opened by lower than 500 points to finish higher. So in the early going, stocks dropped like a stone in reaction to chinas tear of retaliation announcement overnight. So china went bigger and wider than any strategists have been foreseen. Significant american investors Wow Industries are in the cross hairs, autos, chemicals, soybeans, that is the largest an eggo export to china. The u. S. Exports about 14 billion every year just to china. So the beans are grown in the midwest and as one analyst told me, he sees as china sees Strategic Value in threatening industries and regions as orders are President Trump. Around midday, there was a huge shift in sentiment. The stock market started climbing. Larry kudlow suggested the u. S. And china are negotiating, not fighting. That followed President Trumps tweet implying the same and statements from beijing describing tactics as the means to secure a truce. Market sentiment also shifted on another report that President Trump is softening on a key nafta negotiation point, keeping the trade attention focused on china and not extending it to our biggest trading partner, canada or to mexico. As one trader told me, one trade fight with one country is more than enough. So none of these tariffs go into effect immediately and there is a possibility they never will if the u. S. And china can agree on terms. American companies have until may 22nd to raise objections in d. C. With more than a month ago, most trader say count on volatility. We will see more stock market swings like today until more global trade details are known. Chris . Back to you. Chris buckled up, deirdre. Thank you. Canadas foreign minister says her country, mexico, and the u. S. Are making Good Progress in reworking the nafta trade pact. She says there is still work to do. Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked the Trump Administration to protect two parts of the trade agreement that benefit his estate. President trump has threatened to kill the deal if its not adjusted to protect american workers. Epa chief scott pruitt says he is under political attack because of his effectiveness and pushing President Trumps conservative agenda. Pruitt has been taking heavy criticism over issues involving expenses and judgment. He talked exclusively today with fox news chief National Correspondent ed henry. The latest trouble for epa chief scott pruitt is a report charging he and his team demanded big pay raises for two longtime political advisors. After aids to President Trump said it was a waste of taxpayer money, President Trump ignored it and approve the pay hikes, including one for 36,000. In an occlusive interview with fox, he claims he was in the dark. If you are committed to the trump agenda, why did you go to the President Trump and give pay races . I did not. My fast staff did. That should not have been done. They will be some accountability. Career person or political person . I dont know dont know. You dont know who did it . I found out it yesterday and i corrected the action. We are in the process of finding out how what took place. The atlantic charge of the administrator and his team filed a formal application for the raises. When told no, pruitt found a position and the Safe Drinking Water act that let him do it. A matter now under white house investigation. The president has praised pruitt for cutting government regulations. It boosted the economy and saved taxpayer dollars. The chief of staff john kelly is also asking questions about reports of pruitt taking an expensive official trip to morocco and france and considering, but ultimately declining, whether it was a good idea to spend 100,000 a month to lease a private jet. Plus questions about what theyre proved pruitt rented part of a washington condo from a lobbyist at the below market rate for 50 a night, lead four calls for him to resign or be fired. Carlos curbelo sang his corruption is embarrassing. While he got a lukewarm assessment today at the white house. We are reviewing the situation. We have had the chance to have a deeper dive on it, well let you know the outcomes. Pruitt blame to the left for targeting him because he says he is a conservative successful at shaking up washington. President trump said he would drain the swamp. Hes draining the swamp renting an apartment from the wife of a washington lobbyist . I dont think that is even remotely fair to ask that question. Pruitt repeatedly ducked questions about whether hes made mistakes himself. He passed it multiple chances to take responsibility for any of these troubles. Well have a lot more next hour on the story. Chris i will get some popcorn and watch. Thank you. There are renewed fears about the safety of u. S. Military aviation tonight after three crashes in the last two days. Air force f16s went down at Dulles Air Force base outside las vegas this morning. The air force is not saying what happened to the pilot. A marine helicopter crashed during a Training Mission last night near california. California has believe all four crew members were killed. The chopper was a ch 53 east super stallion. Earlier tuesday in the east african nation of djibouti, a marine corps jet crashed on takeoff by the pilot ejected and is currently listed in stable condition. President trump is not a criminal target in the investigation but that could change and the president is not out of the legal woods yet. Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge has our update tonight. In early march, special Counsel Robert Mueller met with the president s legal team and confirmed he is not a criminal target according to a source of knowledge of the meeting. The press secretary would not talk specifics but added. Nothing has changed. We know what we did and didnt do. None of this comes as much of a surprise. Fox news has launched a march conversation with mother was over a possible inperson interview. A leading defense Attorney Says it was a witness of the lowest level, then become a subject, and that ultimately become a criminal target. For now, the president is considered a subject or witness in the rush appropriate and a prosecutor tells you that your client is a witness, a subject, or a target, that could change if the prosecutor learns additional information. John dowd, trumps lead attorney, was opposed to trump appearing in front of the special counsel. He resigned from the case afterwards the president was pressed on his position. Would you still like to testify to the special Counsel Robert Mueller, sir . Thank you. You would like to . After providing more than three dozen witnesses and over a million records on a voluntary basis, the source emphasized there is still no evidence the president committed a crime, adding the media leak, the compass not a target, if youre strategic. Harvard law professor alan dershowitz. They are telling you hes not a target, merely a subject. He is a witness and everybody has to testify as a witness. It is not legal pressure but his public pressure. The special counsels office offered no comment on whether mueller will prepare an interim report, addressing allegations of obstruction and pollution. A source told fox the matter was discussed but not finalized. With an interview still under consideration, legal experts counseled President Trump must be thoroughly prepared. He has to remember that the special counsels office has been working on this for a long time, and probably knows a whole lot about what happened and more than the president probably remembers. Multiple sources tell fox news the special counsel team has been following this financial trail, investigating whether money was funneled into the campaign or after the election to gain influence over the Trump Administration. Tonight that is reported to include the questioning of russian oligarchs who traveled to the u. S. , chris. Chris catherine, thank you. Police say the woman who shot three people at youtube headquarters in california yesterday before killing herself told family members she hated the company. Investigators do not believe nasim aghdam targeted the three victims, one of them a 36yearold man in critical condition, another in serious, and the third is in fair condition. She reportedly was upset over youtube policy, she said were suppressing some of her videos. In a little less than an hour, bells will toll, first in memphis and then around the world to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther king jr. Correspondent Jonathan Serrie reports on the observances from memphis. Thousands gathered in memphis to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. Martin luther king jr. When i was 16 years of age, that man touched my life and directed my path. Today, i am exhilarating voices of young people around the United States of america, who are again using the same thing that i felt. On april 3rd, 1968, king and his entourage came to memphis to support striking sanitation workers. He rallied them with his ive been to the mountaintop speech. The following evening, the civil rights leader and former u. N. Ambassador andrew young remembers joking around with king back at the motel. I said something smart and he picked up a pill and threw it at me. And i threw it back and then everybody picked up pillows and started beating me up. And it was like, this is the happiest moment i had seen. Moments later, king stepped onto the balcony outside room 306 of the Lorraine Motel when a shot fired from a window of a boardinghouse across the street to. Saw his shoes stuck in the great and i ran up the steps and realized that he had been shot and that he was laying there in a puddle of blood. The site of kings assassination is not preserved as part of the National Civil Rights Museum. He captured the human predicament in a way that few are able to capture. Kings youngest daughter, bernice, to word a new exhibit honoring her fathers life. As of monday, she comes to this place not just to remember what happened half a century ago, but to celebrate the enduring impact king continues to have on american society. He left us with a blueprint for moving forward. Chris, the National Civil Rights Museum is going to mark the moment king was assassinated, 6 01 00 p. M. Central time, by ringing a bell and then enter go minute increments, bells will begin to toll throughout the city of memphis and then nationally and then around the world. Chris . Chris Jonathan Serrie Jonathan Serrie reporting tonight for memphis. Jonathan, thank you. Up next summer republicans and it meant candidates in indiana try to out jump each other in the primary. First, heres what fox are affiliates around the country are covering tonight. Fox 25 in oklahoma city, a student during teachers and a third day of protests at the state capital over pay and funding issues. Oklahomas republican governor mary fallin is comparing the teachers to teenagers who want better cars. She signed legislation last week increasing teacher pay. Fox 29 in philadelphia, bill cosbys lawyers agree to move ahead with jury selection after alleging prosecutors removed a black woman from consideration because of her race. 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Walker cites tuesdays win by milwaukee judge rebecca dallek, the first liberal candidate to be elected to an open seat on the state Supreme Court since 1995. He called on republicans to campaign with optimism and organization. Republicans believe they are in prime position to pick up a u. S. Senate seat in indiana this fall, but they are trying to make sure the primary campaign brings out the right candidate to take on incumbent democrat joe donnelly in november. Correspondent peter doocy tells us it is all about which man is the closest thing to President Trump. To save a blue seat in deep red indiana, democratic senator joe donnelly is appealing to voters who want to make America Great again, sometimes. I voted with the president 62 of the time, voted for justice gorsuch. We we have worked together and Aubrey Wright issues, veterans issues. He was a no on tax reform even though he was warned what a know what mean. We will come here, campaign against him like you wouldnt know. The president that the seat is priceless because he beat clemson by 19 points in 2016 with the states former governod benefited from glowing endorsements by two of the states most beloved coaches, bobby knight and who hold. One contender, congressman todd, says he has supported the president longer than congressmen who luc messer, who once suggested trump could be replaced as nominate at the convention. If he didnt believe in him during the campaign, hes not going to believe in him now. He says his former Wabash College classmate is the wrong choice. Where area different kettle of fish. He is an establishment. Messer disagrees, arguing that rotika can be the greater trump ally because he voted against the budget. My partner talks tough, so when its time to show courage and vote for the agenda, he votes no. A third g. O. P. Challenger, businessman mike braun, is using cardboard cutouts to highlight similarities between rotika and messer. Where do you think they live . Washington. One of them does. Messers wife and kids live in virginia and that of state residency raises question similar to those that doomed longtime incumbent senator Richard Lugar and the 2012 2012 primary. Ive got a home in indianhead that ive owned for 17 years, my kids need a fulltime father but it will tell you this, i was hollywood hoosiers are focused on. Which ever republican wins will face a rare kind of democrat and donnelly. Ive tried not to serve as either democratic or republican, but as a hoosier. I just spoke to a state g. O. P. Official who tells me that donnelly is vulnerable and its not a cakewalk to beat him. But they are confident that whoever who wins, they will become the next senator from indiana and there is no concern at the state level at this point about the infighting. Instead, the party sees it as a way to get damaging information out ahead of the general. Chris . Chris peter doocy reporting from indiana. Peter, thank you. Facebook says the personal information of up to 87 million people, mostly in the u. S. , may have been improperly shared with shared with cambridge analytica. Ceo Mark Zuckerberg will testify before a House Committee next week amid the privacy scandal. The house energy and Commerce Committee is 1 of 3 congressional panels to ask for zuckerbergs testimony. The ceo said last month he would be happy to appear but only if he is the right person to do it. The leaders of iran, turkey, and russia met today to decide what to do about syria. This somewhat reflects the kremlins interest in a region vital to u. S. National security interests. Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent amy kellogg reports tonight. The russian, iranian, and turkish leaders met in on cobra today to discuss solutions to the conflict in syria. There were no syrians of the table, no americans. Skeptics say it is hard to say how the summit will show the dynamic seven years and at least 350,000 syrian deaths into the war. But many consider moscows hand in the region is only getting stronger. Russia is establishing ourselves as this middleman. Unless the United States, which right now seems to be rather distant without a strategy. The importance of russian president putin on the region may even explain why arabs, israel, and nato ally turkey have largely reserve judgment on russias role in the poisoning of the russian double agent in britain. The three countries meeting and ankara put on a united front. Iran says there is no need for the u. S. To get involved. Americans Say Something every day. The Current Administration cannot be trusted. At the u. N. Security council, u. S. Ambassador nikki haley lashed out at the Syrian Regime for its repeated use of chemical weapons. Russia agreed to oversee the destruction of that arsenal in 2139 denies the regime has used them since. The assad regime keeps dropping chlorine bombs on innocent men, women, and children. Just these past few weeks, when the regime seized eastern due to, there were credible reports. Speak about the white house on the western made sense similar statements about isis being all but defeated in syria. For the u. S. , this signals a withdrawal of troops before too long, that russia, with its entrenched military bases, shows no sign of getting out of syria, chris. Chris amy, thank you. Up next, can amazon stockholders sue President Trump over criticism that is costing them money . First, beyond our borders tonight. There are concerns in the u. S. About iranian influence in next months parliamentary elections in iraq. Last month, defense secretary james mattis said iran has funneled money into iraq to try to sway votes. The future of u. S. Military forces in iraq hinges on who becomes that countries next prime minister. Greeces defense minister is describing turkey as an enemy that continues to provoke his nation. He has ordered more troops to islands in the eastern aegean sea and a border area northeast greece. Greece is deploying 7,000 troops amid a spike in tension between the two nations. And israel has arrested ten palestinians suspected of planning an attack against a navy ship off the gaza coast. Officials say interrogation of the cells alleged leader revealed a plan to fire a rocket at the israeli vessel. Israel says a series of mass protests along the gaza border is being used as cover to stage further attacks. Those are just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. Well be right back. Shortcut, which was a bad idea. [cougar growling] [passenger] what are you doing . [driver] i cant believe that worked. I dropped the keys. [burke] and we covered it. Talk to farmers, we know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum thisat red lobsterest. With exciting new dishes like dueling lobster tails and lobster truffle mac cheese. 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At least 17 times, President Trump has tweeted his displeasure at amazon, citing his alleged abuse of the tax system, the postal service, and other retailers. You look at some of these small towns that had to beautiful main street with stores, the stores are all gone. Amazon owner jeff bezos has remained silent. Only when trump accused the of lobbying for amazon did post editor respond, telling the New York Times that jeff bezos had never suggested a story to anybody here. Hes never created a story, never suppressed a story. A larger question, is a legal and economic ethical boundaries of such president ial private sector badgering. I think the president is within his power. Ethically, the president has an obligation not to intervene and commerce because of the ramifications it can have with some of the stock market. Amazon lost 53 billion last week after reports the president was obsessed with regulating it. Conflict of interest considerations were also raised it today. Amazon is a bidder for a new pentagon Cloud Computing contract. The president is not involved in the process. Dod runs the Competitive Bidding process. Radio talk show host, mark levin, a frequent trump supporters, told his listeners of the president is wrong on this one. I can imagine where you would be if this mindset had settled before the industrial revolution. What is this oil stuff . Im in the horse and buggy business. Thats not fair, putting people out of business. What are these cars . Other president s are not immune from playing privatesector favorites, as when president obama targeted staples. When i hear large corporations that make billions of dollars in profits trying to blame our interest in providing Health Insurance as an excuse for cutting back their workers wages, shame on them. President trumps new Economic Advisor, larry kudlow, today played down their comments, saying his intent is to level the Playing Field between Online Retailers and landbased retailers with their respective taxes. Chris . Chris thank you. Education secretary betsy devos is listening to educators today about whether to end an obama era policy that tried to end racial bias in School Discipline and lesson punishments. Supporters of the current policy say rolling back the rule will further entrenched discrimination. Opponents say it has made schools less safe and prevents effective learning. You may have noticed fewer merchants are asking for your signature when you pay by credit card. Tonight, why thats happening and whether it is safe for you to stop signing. Here is correspondent david lee miller. A photo i. D. With your signature. Its the end of an era. One that few people seem to notice. Beginning this month, signatures will no longer be required when using a security chip enabled credit card. Phasing out signatures gradually began two years ago when Chip Technology was introduced. The use of chip cards significantly reduced fraud because they are difficult or counterfeit. Many merchants and the credit card industry say signature authentication, which has been used for decades, increased waiting time of the Cash Register and did little to prevent unauthorized transactions. It is somewhat of a tradition. We think that we assign value to a signature, we think that there is some sort of legitimacy to signing a receipt. In reality, editors not a robust form of security. Signature authentication has been replaced by technology. Unusual spending patterns and transaction locations are red flags. But some retailers say more needs to be done to prevent fraud and one u. S. Credit cards, much like those in europe, to require the use of a pin. A pin is effective because in theory, only you know your pin, even if a credit card is stolen, there is nothing on that crew card that indicates what the. The credit card industry in the u. S. Has resisted using pins citing cost and concerns Consumers Want to adopt to the new system. Some experts say pin security is outdated and that fingerprints or facial recognition is the next and best way to prevent credit card fraud. Chris . Chris david, thank you. President trump is sending National Guard troops to the southern border. Well get reaction from the panel when we come right back. Oh good, youre awake finally. Youre still here . Come on, denise. Were voya we stay with you to and through retirement. With solutions to help provide income throughout. I get that voya is with me through retirement, im just surprised it means in my kitchen. Oh. So, that means no breakfast . I said there might be breakfast. I was really looking forward to breakfast. I know. Voya. Helping you to and through retirement. Going through the review period, we are very lucky we have the best negotiator at the table in the president , it will be a couple months before tariffs on either side would go into effect and be implemented. And we are hopeful that china will do the right thing. Look, china created this problem, not President Trump. Chris white house spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee sanders describing the state of trade relations between the u. S. And china. Time to bring in our panel. Steve hayes of the weekly standard. Mollie hemingway from the federalist, and charles lane at the washington post. Steve, china, i think its fair to say that they struck back harder than people expected, announcing tariffs on 50 billion of u. S. Exports, including soybeans, which is really key, a big market and china for u. S. Soybeans and also aircraft. But no dates were set and the Trump Administration says it is not setting a date. It will go to a process that goes into mid or late may. Are we in a trade war with china or not . We are awful close if we are not there already. The big question is whether this is bluster from the Trump Administration and a strong push back, certainly a stronger pushback than many in the Trump Administration had anticipated. Peter navarro expected that he didnt expect them to retaliate because they recognize we were just trying to balance with the Trump Administration sees as a trade imbalance and lo and behold we are seeing pretty serious retaliation. The chinese were smart and strategic about how they retaliated. Its very clear that they picked industries and products that help fuel the economy in red states, where donald trump did well, states that donald trump won in. Those are going to be potentially politically painful for the president if, in fact, this goes through. I would say as someone who believes in free trade, i was encouraged by the rhetoric coming from the white house. We are a long way from the president s declaration just four weeks ago that trade wars are good and easy to win rated we are not hearing people like larry kudlow and others saying trade wars arent good. The president is a free trader. We want to trade freely, we just dont want to be screwed in the process. Chris mollie, are we in a trade war or not . Speak of the situation is for the last several decades, the United States and other Global Entities have tried to treat china like one of the big boys in the hopes that they would rise to the occasion, if they had a greater participation in the Global Economy, they wouldnt be doing all of these human rights abuses, they wouldnt continue the unfair trade practices, they are dumping, intellectual property theft. What has happened as they havent. They have benefited from being allowed to be part of that Global Economy but they havent changed these practices. There is worse than ever. They support north korea, they have gained quite a bit and we have not gotten much. I think what people are trying to do is push back against some of this and people who do oppose tariffs and tariffs are a tax on the people, they do have economic costs, they also achieve some pressure against other countries. People who dont think that we should use tariffs to fight this massive intellectual property theft that comes from china should probably come up with other good ways to deal with this problem. Chris it is interesting, chuck, the futures on the dow jones were down 500 points, the fact that market dropped 500 points today and ended up off 230 points. That is a 730point swing. Clearly, the market was persuaded by the end of the day that we are not headed for a trade war, at least not immediately and there is a possibility that this bluster and talk about tariffs may end up in a deal. If so, i think the market is right. There is a possibility. But we dont know. Its going to take probably a few months to come to rest on this. I have been reporting on this for the post over the last week or so and i been reporting on trade for a long time. What struck me about my conversation this week with people who are free traders and who support the wto is how many of them, even many democrats, will privately say, the president is dealing with a real problem here with respect to china. China has been stealing American Intellectual property. China bars u. S. Investors from operating in china, unless they agree to turn over their technology. Even many of these free traders were saying if it takes tariffs to get their attention and bring them to the table, we are for that. The question, of course, is once they are at the table, who has more leverage . Who is going to be better able to get to a deal . Ultimately, what the president s end game is, what is real objective is. And on that one, i think there is still a little bit of uncertainty. Chris then, there is the southern border, and here was the secretary of Homeland Security nielsen at the white house today. The president has directed the department of defense and the department of Homeland Security worked together with our governors to deploy the National Guard tower southwest border to assist the border patrol. The president will be sending a proclamation to that effect today. Chris mollie, there was some suggestion, and john roberts reporting, the president s real goal here, yes, he is going to send the National Guard, and yes, he wants to help protect the border, but the real point here is to try to put more pressure on congress to finance this wall. Every president since reagan has sent troops to the border. This is not new. We dont have specifics on what hes thinking. But this is a very politically sensitive issue and he keeps on trying to draw the contrast between republican approaches and democratic approaches. Democrats in particular feel this is a good issue for them to have more lax enforcement of the border, to allow more people to enter the country illegally, followup with with amnesty programs without fixing the border. It was a huge issue that he succeeded that went well for him during the campaign, to highlight that border enforcement is lax and that we dont have a really sensible immigration policy. The more he can highlight this, the better for him. Chris i want to get we have about a minute left in the segment steve, to one more thing. The news today, the special Counsel Robert Mueller apparently told the president s lawyers that he is not the target of a criminal investigation, but he is the subject of a criminal investigation as part of an effort to get them to sit down to testify, and the focus seems to be much more on the issue of obstruction of justice then collusion with the russians. What you make of all of that . Its good news for the president , with an asterisk. Good news for the president now as we speak. Of course, as others with far more expertise than i have have pointed out, that can change at any given moment. I think there is no reason to believe that it will change. We likely would have heard about the significant evidence of the kind of collusion that people were talking about a year ago or when Robert Mueller was appointed, if Robert Mueller had it. I say all of that, and then caution yet again, there is a lot we dont know at this point. Chris of course, there is also the question of how the president would perform and what he would say. Your thoughts about how this development, which was in your paper . Well, the president that it again today. I want to talk to him, and he has been saying that a number of times. His lawyers are waving him off because they fully understand the real hazards here of potential perjury trap that he would blunder interesting something false and get into trouble for that. Chris all right. Next up, more questions about what President Trump is doing with u. S. Troops in syria. Nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for allday, allnight protection. Can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn . For allday, allnight protection. We know that when youre spending time with the grandkids every minute counts. And you dont have time for a cracked windshield. Thats why we show you exactly when well be there. Saving you time, so you can keep saving the world. 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Chris Sarah Sanders at the White House Briefing today saying President Trump does not have a specific date for pulling u. S. Troops out of the fight against isis and we are back now with the panel. The president has talked a lot in the last week or so about getting troops out and the word he keeps using his soon. Over and over, soon. As you just heard, Sarah Sanders said there is no arbitrary deadline and in fact he will leave it up to the pentagon to decide when to pull our 2,000 troops out of syria. So, steve, where are we . I dont know. Thats a very good question. Im not sure people in the white house are advising the president at this moment i know what he thinks. I think he instinctively wants to bring troops home. He made that case during the campaign. The other argument he made is that he would not tell our enemies but he was going to do in advance, which he seems to be doing now. We wouldnt leave prematurely before the battle is won. He is in danger i think of doing that. It is not the case, as the white house declared in a paper statement, that isis is almost completely destroyed. We have made tremendous progress against isis, particularly in syria but also in parts of iraq. A lot of that is due to the president s change in the rules of engagement and a change of strategy. He deserves credit for that, full stop. But it is absurd at this point to say that the jihadist threat has been diminished, that isis is running away. It sounds like the president is on the verge of repeating the mistakes that barack obama made when he said al qaeda was decimated, al qaeda was on the run, and took his hands off the wheel. Chris and pulled u. S. Troops out of iraq in 2012, at which the president blasted him for. It is interesting, because the u. S. Special envoy to the Coalition Fighting isis said the job is not done yet. The head of u. S. Special Central Command said that isis still controls more territory then the president has seem to indicate. So the president , and his eagerness to get out, seems to be bumping into his top people in the field. The general idea there is the mission is to defeat isis. We are near the defeat of isis when that happens, we should exit. There is this distinction, too. Iraq was a country that we invaded, that we broke, and it was our problem to deal with. This is not the same situation in syria. This is a conflict that russia got a soft involved and to help an ally, assad. They broke it. I think traumas as they should fix it, regional allies should focus on what they should do to deal with syria. Not every problem in the middle east is our problem. While there is this broad bipartisan Foreign Policy consensus in this town that loves intervention in the middle east, trump has different instincts. He thinks that our focus should be elsewhere, particularly with the Korean Peninsula posting so many problems. Maybe every time we get involved in these countries in the middle east, it doesnt always go so well and that we should have a very clear idea of what we want to accomplish, have a vision for how to accomplish it, and get out when we are done. Chris i want to move to somewhere else because there is, hasnt gotten a lot of attention, there was a summit meeting in turkey between the leaders of turkey, and russia, and iran to discuss what is going on in syria on their plans for the future of syria. And here was turkish president president erdogan on that subject. Translator imus objectives syria, we agreed that we want to continue our efforts to find a political solution. We share the same concerns with our russian friends. Chris chuck, should we worry when putin and erdogan and Hassan Rouhani are sitting there negotiating over the future of syria while President Trump is talking about pulling out . I dont know if we should worry. But it is certainly a new reality we are going to have to get used to. The fact the matter is, the u. S. Has been dealt out of syria, even before trump was president. I think the key moment came when president obama threatened to bomb in retaliation for the use of chemical weapons and then pulled back at the last moment. The u. S. , in terms of settling syria, as opposed to dealing with isis, which is a different question, the u. S. Has been out of that game for some time. These three are the major players. It reminds me of like the old days of the great empires of the ottoman, russian, and persian empires, and they are carving up territory there, although they say they want to respect the territorial integrity of syria, and which they have had an interest since time immemorial. At the end of the day, i think this reflects the fact that this issue matters more to them and to their people ultimately then it means to the United States. That is just a fact. Chris but it could bounce back and hurt us in the end. What they are carving out may not be in our Interest Rate it almost certainly want to be in our interest. That ship has sailed us all im trying to say. Chris that is it for the panel. When we come back, the golfer that his writing trick shots and taco bell all the way to the masters. Liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. Yeah, my dad says our insurance doesnt have that. What . you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. Liberty mutual insurance. Vof hundreds of families, hese hmost proud of the one the heads hes kept over his own. Brand vo get paid twice as fast with quickbooks smart invoicing. Quickbooks. Backing you. And its also a story mail aabout people and while we make more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget. That your business is our business the United States postal service. Priority you chris finally tonight. Bret declared this masters week for show closers. I want to focus on a new face that plays tomorrow. Wesley bryan. Ranked 89th in the world. He made it into the masters with his first victory on the tour last april. He is best known for his trick shots. Take a look. Whew thats going to be the one, baby [cheering]. Whoo. Chris there is a champions dinner where the defending winner decides what the dinner will be. Bryan with a big taco bell fan. If he wins it will be crunch wrap supremes all around next year. The story with Martha Maccallum is next. Martha i love that story. Thank you very much, chris. Breaking tonight on the story, President Trump getting positive news on the russian front. Jonathan here in a moment. The Trump Administration arching orders onramping up the crackdown on our southern border. Attorney general Jeff Sessions said he wont accept the lawlessness of the caravan migrants heading to the United States border. 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