Trumps leadership, speaker of the house, paul said he would step down as chairman at the july convention if trump
wants. He is stunned by his denial to support him. We spoke three weeks ago. Then all of a suen im not exactly sure what he has in mind. Reporter the meeting between trump and ryan thursday morning is a pivotal event of what they call an historic week for the party. Theres three possibilities, one is, they walk out and figure out a way to Work Together. One is they walk out and figure out they cant Work Together but they are not going to work against each other. The third way is they walk out and decide they are at odds. Reporter many conservatives are skeptical of trump, if not outright opposed. Trump feels little interested in an established conservative agenda marching to the beat of his own drum. Im a conservative. This is the Republican Party. There are conservative parties. This is the Republican Party. Reporter more shock waves reversing his opposition to a minimum wage hike. 7. 25 is pretty tough. As far as im concerned i could see something happening. Reporter it was his position on taxes that caught everyones ear. Do you want the taxes on the wealthy to go up or down . They will go up a little bit. In my plan they are going down, by the time its negotiated, they will go up. Reporter they may go up from what he proposed to congress, should he become president but added this. I dont mind paying more tax, ill be honest with you. Reporter trump is already in full general election mode, launching a vicious assault against hillary and bill clinton to counter the attacks he will face on what hes said about women. Shes married to a man who is
the worst abuser of women in politics. Hillary was an enabler and treated these women horribly. Remember this. Some of those women were destroyed, not by him, but by the way that Hillary Clinton treated them after everything went down. Reporter asked about his scorching onslaught, Hillary Clinton refused to take debate. I have nothing to say about him and his campaign. Reporter thursdays meeting, paul ryan may or may not support donald trump. He is warning a Third Party Bid to derail trump would be a disaster for the Republican Party. Thank you. Weighing in on paul ryan holding off on putting his support behind donald trump. What paul ryan did is
something president ial nominees have done. That is secure the partys base, first. It isnt done to be nice, it is to bring along the voters who may have preferred another candidate should be the easiest to win over. After all, fellow Party Members are inclined to support the partys nominee. While ryan said he wasnt ready to support trump, yet, he hoped later to do so. He did not expect trump to sign on to his agenda. Regular this, all trump has done is gain support of a large minority of Republican Voters. Paul ryan is in essentially the same position as 60 of Republican Voters who did not support trump. Some never will. Not ryan, hes looking for a way to back him. Hes extending an invitation to trump to do so. Trump will need every vote he can get to be elected. He would be smart to accept
ryans invitation. Win over someone who would clearly like to be won over. Brett . What about the move to say, listen, ill step aside as chair of the convention, if you want me to. Recognition that trump is the guy that will lead the party in the fall. At the same time, if trump continues to react the way he initially did to ryans statement that he wasnt ready support him, yet, that gives ryan a reason, if trump should choose, to stay away from the convention and not be and give his fellow Republican House members a way to steer clear of donald trump and the electoral disaster he may bring on. That and the trump people say, listen, hes expanding the party, bringing new people in
and theres evidence some of these people could see the ticket improve. Well, they could. Put it this way, its good to bring new people in. Any republican nominee needs to do that, but you dont start by driving the people that are there out. I think thats the choice trump made. Britt, thank you. Senator ted cruz blames marco rubio for trump becoming the nominee. Cruz wanted rubio to join the ticket as his Vice President ial pick in march to stop the trump momentum. Not sure if fiorina knows this. They conducted polls showing a cruz rubio ticket would triumph over trump. Rubio is addressing rumors he could be a vp pick for trump. He said i have never sought, will not seek and do not want to be considered for Vice President. In 2008 Vice President picks, sarah palin vows to unseat her nominee house speaker, paul ryan. Ryans reluctance to throw support behind trump. Palin, who has been campaigning for donald trump will do whatever it takes to help the republican challenging ryan in the august primary in wisconsin. Trump did not echo the sentiments saying palin is her own free agent. West virginias primary is tomorrow. While their votes may not change the state of the race, it certainly has stirred up a debate over coal. We are in madison, West Virginia with the cost of a struggling industry. Men like jordan bridges toiled in obscurity in the coal mines in West Virginia. Now, the dynamic there has changed. Reporter what do you blame it on . Regulations. The industry is coming up. Everybody understands that. When you overregulate an
industry to a point they cant mine the coal, its essentially shutting them down. How do you come back from that . Reporter the economic devastation is all around. Businesses boarded up. For sale signs. There is a drug epidemic and broken families. 283 coal mines in West Virginia in 2009. In 2014, onethird fewer, 191. The decline steepened the last two years. This means a great deal to me. Without my job, i cant provide for my family and put food on the table. Its a struggle every day just to make ends meet. Reporter last week, donald trump cake to West Virginia and promised miners he will bring their jobs back. That, while Hillary Clinton was walking back comments the coal industry is, quote, out of business, remarks she maintains were taken out of context given
the promise of 30 billion in retraining programs for miners, the transition to renewables and competition from fracking. If im fortunate enough to be president , im going to be as focused to help West Virginia as i can, whether or not people in West Virginia support me, im going to support you. Reporter Bernie Sanders leaped by six Percentage Points in West Virginia. His opposition to fracking. For this miner, the choice on tuesday is a no brainer. Put it this way, Hillary Clinton says we are going to shut you down. Bernie sanders said the same thing. Donald trump says we are going to put you back to work, save your jobs. That means a whole lot to us. Whether its true or not, the man is the first one to say we are going put you back to work. Reporter coals profound decline is illustrated by the mine behind me, 30 miles south
of charleston. One worker told me they used to ship two train loads of coal from the facility every day, now its two train loads of coal once a month. Brett . Live in madison, West Virginia. Thanks. The fight over North Carolinas socalled bathroom bill is far from over. The department of justice file as counter suit to North Carolinas own suit against the doj. This, as the Obama Administration pushes for transgender rights in the classroom. Kevin reports on the controversy from the white house tonight. We are seeking a court order declaring the restroom restriction imper misably discriminatory as well as a bar on the enforcement. Reporter the latest in the escalating war over the rights of transgender americans. This is about the dignity and the respect that we accord our fellow citizens and the laws we,
as a people and a country, have enacted to protect, indeed, to protect all of us. Reporter the department of justice and the state of North Carolina, enjanlging in a showdown suing each other over the bathroom law. It bans transgender people from using the bathroom that doesnt match their birth certificate. They accused the government of baseless overreach. The Obama Administration is bypassing congress by attempting to rewrite the law and set basic restroom policies, locker room policies and shower policies for public and private employers across the country, not just North Carolina. Reporter the justice departments interpretation and application of existing law could cost the tar heel state billions, if the law isnt repealed or defeated. Several agencies, including the
department of education, housing and urban development, labor and transportation are all reviewing whether to take funding from North Carolina because of the law. This, as the Obama Administration is expected to aggressively enforce their position transgender student rights are fully protected under federal law. The hb2 law is spirited. It discriminates against people because of who they are. Reporter some believe the administration is misinterpreting the laws that govern equal protection. They are taking the position that sex is not a matter of biology. Its not an objective fact that it is a subjective determination. Reporter subjective as in selfidentify and selfdetermine. Not biology. An interesting perspective there. What the Administration May be missing are the privacy rights
of nontransgender americans who feel uncomfortable sharing a bathroom with someone of the opposite sex. Kevin, thank you. Up next, russia and iran show off military while the u. S. Hits the lowest level of troops since world war ii. Fox 35 in orlando, if you live along the east coast, you might have noticed a black dot on the base of the sun today. That dot is the planet mercury, which made a rare move across the sun. Nasa says the event occurs 13 times a century. Fox 45 in baltimore, a man accused of going on a shooting rampage in suburban washington last week appeared in court. The judge ruled him held without bond today. He was arrested friday after Police Believe he killed his wife outside a high school thursday, then shot four others
friday at a mall and grocery store. A live look at new york from fox 5. The big story, a chemical weapons test in the subway system. They released harmless gas at several manhattan stations. The study continues through friday. Service will not be interrupted. Thats a live look from outside the beltway on special report. Well be right back. The u. S. And russia entered a new agreement to stop the bloodshed in syria. Secretary of state, john kerry announced the nationwide truce brokered in february would be e restored. The ceasefire was 48 hours in aleppo. Brutal fighting killed 300 innocent people over the past two weeks. Iran denies the launch of a Ballistic Missile capable of reaching russia. The denial came after reports wbr id wbr11230 the islamic regime test fired two weeks ago with a range of nearly 1300 miles. The latest test would be the third such launch since the u. S. b
had an accord with iran. A deal a top administrator said it was manipulation with the public and news media. They report, that claim is being walked back. Reporter in a lengthy New York Times sunday magazine profile, a writer portrayed the deputy security adviser as uniquely powerful in shaping president obamas Foreign Policy. And down right deceptive in selling the iran nuclear deal. There is no evidence that ever occurred. Wbrid wbr11830 what i encourage you and other critics to do is look at the facts. Reporter samuels accused rhodes writing on medium. Com, rhodes said the fact there were
discreet channels in 2012 is something we confirmed publicly. Thats not true. The talks were under way for eight months at the time of this exchange. There have been reportshat intermitt taantly, the Obama Administration or members of it, conducted direct, secret bilateral talks with iran. Is that true or false . With regard to the kind of thing you are talking about on a government to government level, no. Reporter rhodes appears to have misled the public about the substance of the deal. Under this deal, you will have anywhere, anytime, 24 7 access as it relates to the Nuclear Facilities iran has. I can tell you, i never uttered the words, anywhere, anytime, nor was it part of the discussion we had with the iranians. It included anywhere, anytime access with the Nuclear Facilities, not suspicious sites. Foreign policy analyst, Michael Ruben is the author of dancing with the devil. Every Administration Lied to the public to keep it alive. This isnt lying about the negotiations themselves, this is lying about the results of the negotiations. Reporter late today, we discovered the state departments video of the december 2, 2013 press briefing which icon fronted them about the press statement, has, itself, with the use of a white flash, been deleted from both the state departments official site and their youtube channel. In that exchange, she admitted to Administration Lied to me because they needed, quote, privacy. The state Department Said they cannot explain the deletion and
are working to restore the material. Brett . James, thank you. President Vladimir Putin led the way as russia showed off the military might during the victory day parade. 10,000 military staff took part in the parade. 135 Armored Vehicles and 70 types of military aircraft. Putin took a swipe at the west with a reference to double standards that refer to washington support for rebel groups in syria. Russia shows off the power. The strength of our military here at home is diminishing due to budget cuts. Its only going to get worse. National security correspondent shows us the numbers from the pentagon. Reporter in march, the number of active duty soldiers in the u. S. Army fell below 480,000, the lowest level since the end of world war ii. They have been cut by 80,000 troops. They have warned or cutting anymore. If more happens, the United States army risks not having ready forces available to provide flexible options to the National Leadership and most importantly, we risk increased u. S. Casualties. Reporter more alarming is the number of soldiers not ready to deploy. Twothirds are not ready to defend this nation immediately in time of crisis. Thats correct. They would require some amount of time to bring them up to a satisfactory status to be in combat. Reporter its significantly decreased since the cold war. In 1985, 36 of the army was deployed. In 2015, 10 . A book facing the stretched
military. The tanks are old, the helicopters are old. We have too few soldiers to fight the wars, but fighting with obsolete, worn out equipment. In the next two years, the u. S. Army is slated to be cut down to 450,000 troops unless congress or the pentagon intervene. Everybody wishes we had more dollars to spend, if its possible. Reporter they are angry that republican lawmakers on the House Service Committee Proposed as part of the bill to freeze the army at 480,000 by halting funding for current overseas operati operation. That bill will be voted on next week. Jennifer, thank you. Next, political bias is trending. A new report that says you will facebook feed isnt showing you everything. Politics may be a play on your social media account and you may not know it. Turns out facebook hasnt been giving users the full story when it comes to political news. Fox news media analyst, howard, joins me with more on a possible political bias by the media giant. Good evening. Facebook is being accused of political bias. What is this about . Facebook hires journalists to fiddle with the automatic formulas for the trending topic that is get more traffic. Several news curators told that conservative news is being suppressed. They were deliberately omitted from the trending list. Others say news from right leading sides was blacklisted
unless it was picked up by the likes of New York Times or cnn. One saying it had a Chilling Effect on conservative news. Potentially, could this impact be . Facebook is this Massive Media operation. Facebook tells fox news, in a statement, it takes these allegations seriously and has rigorous procedures in place to prevent it. These accusations strike at the heart of the credibility of facebook as a neutral platform. What if they tinker with what goes into your personal news feed . As it happens, Mark Zuckerberg supports president obama on Legal Immigration and criticized donald trump. Some asked zuckerberg, in an internal survey, what responsibility does facebook have to present President Trump in 2017 . Well see if this story makes it. Thanks. If congress doesnt act, you
could be on the hook for bailing puerto rico out of 70 billion of debt. Thats from jack lew. Thats where we found peter barnes who spoke with the treasure secretary about the financial crisis. Good evening. Reporter well, good evening, brett. The treasury secretary came to puerto rico to emphasize the cost of the islands financial crisis. The administration also hopes that the visit will put pressure on congress, especially some republicans to support a bipartisan bill to help the territory restructure the 70 billion in debt. The government here already failed to make hundreds of millions in debt payments and says it will miss more. Now the administration is also warning that without this debt restructuring legislation, Congress Might have to consider
a cash bailout for the territory. Puerto ricos governor says possibly 20 billion or more. The treasury secretary would not comment on that estimate. What we are working with congress on now is not a bailout, it is restructuring. What we have said is to solve the problem, there is only so many choices. Restructuring with oversight is the right solution. If you dont do that, then you have chaos or a bailout. We are not talking about a bailout. Reporter some critics say that even this debt restructuring legislation is a bad idea. It is a back door bailout and could set a precedent for state that is are heavily in debt like illinois and california. And, create new legal uncertainties that could raise the cost of borrowing, interest payments, for many states. The existing legal system to
help puerto rico bail it out, essentially. Not a taxpayer bailout, but bail them out for their mistake. Thats what california and illinois are going to look to. The treasury secretary disputed that statement and the house, a House Committee is expected to unveil the latest version of the legislation on wednesday. Brett . Peter barnes traveling with the treasury secretary. Thank you. The dow closed down 35 today. The s p 500 was up 1. 5. The nasdaq was up 14. Donald trump put to the test on everything from taxes to speaker paul ryan. The panel weighs in on how hes doing in his first full week as the presumptive gop nominee. Its only monday. Next. Does the party have to be together . Does it have to be unified. Im different than anybody that ran for office. I think it would be better if it were unified. There would be something good about it. I dont think it has to be unified in the tradition until sense. This is the Republican Party, not the conservative party. You know, there are conservative parties. This is the Republican Party. Donald trump on his unification efforts with the gop. He is meeting thursday morning with paw ryan, house speaker. Now, we just learned he is going to meet thursday at 11 45 with senate gop leaders including the majority leader, mitch mcconnell. This, as the unfavorable numbers for trump and Hillary Clinton continue a pace. This is the average of polls. The Favorable Unfavorables for donald trump. Look at Hillary Clintons Favorable Unfavorable numbers. Its similar. Not that strong. The trump people are pointing out a times poll showing that
donald trump beats Hillary Clinton. This is, we should point out, not a scientific military voting pattern. It is done every so often by the military times, pointing out his dominance in that poll. Lets bring in the syndicated columnist, charles krauthammer. Lets talk about donald trump and the unification. Seems like it doesnt matter. Historically, the truth is, it does matter. No one has won the presidency, i think, with a split party behind him or not behind him. You have to imagine, going forward, a situation every time a republican state assemblyman comes out and says i cant support this man, its another news cycle, another story about a negative. Its hard to imagine somebody
doing well when the party is fractured behind him. Hes meeting with speaker ryan, and the senate side as well on thursday. Clearly, hes going to try to mend ways. He told me last thursday, he is up for negotiating on pretty much everything. That is going to be an incredibly important meeting. Here is the deal. Two gentlemen with the party. They are going to have to meet somewhere in the middle. For ryan, it was a smart move to say, wait a second, you are going to come to my office here. You have to realize, i have to control part of the space as well. Although you are bringing in new voters, you cant lose the base in the meantime. Thats a telling, critical point to see if, in fact, we can unify the party. Thats going to include if ted cruz comes out and endorses donald trump, which will send a sign to the social conservatives as well. Charles, i talked anecdotely
with people on the hill. Theres concern about what trump has been talking about, taxes, the minimum wage. Other shifting things he said one way before and now a different way. What about that . Look, with any huge number, he has a majority of the campaign. The fund amental issue, the pary is not necessarily conservative. Its clear he is at best a newly minted conservative. Ryan represents his whole life, 20, 30 years of being a republican, serious about the policy. What you have here is a situation where, you know, the Catholic Church once had two popes, one in rome and one in trump is in control of rome. Ryan is now holed up. Hes saying, look, i represent a wing of the party, the traditional, ideological wing. You represent new people, new ideas. Its a different state. Unless the breach is healed, i dont see how he can win. It is a breachable one if each recognizes the others positions without necessarily conceding. Ryan saying he will step aside as Convention Chair if donald trump wants him to. Gamesmanship, what is that . Im sorry, im trying to picture palm beach as the new rome. Some of the architecture is a facsimile. It seems like brinksmanship and seems sincere on his part. I talked to people on the hill about this. He is, i think we sometimes underplay anguish in politics. I think theres anguish here and he doesnt want to have to oversee a process of destroying
conservative values, the things the Republican Party stood for to oversee a convention that nominates donald trump. I want to play a soundbyte from the weekend. This is donald trump attacking Hillary Clinton and her response today and what it tells us. Nobody in this country and maybe in the history of the country politically was worse than bill clinton with women. She was a total enabler. She would go after the women and destroy their lives. I mean, have you read what Hillary Clinton did to the women that bill clinton had affairs with . Im going to let him run his campaign however he chooses. Im going to run my campaign, which is about a positive position for our country. I have nothing to say about him and how hes running his campaign. Is that telling us he is throwing everything hes got, even on the woman card. The republicans have been fearful of taking on democrats
on anything that could be scandalous. In this case, donald trump said im not afraid of this woman or her husband. Im going to take them on. I think for the republicans out there, for a long time who wanted someone to beat up on the clintons, its refreshing. In case of the women card, hes getting a History Lesson to the my lennaillenials who are not a the Monica Lewinskys of the world or the flowers of the world. Younger women are not interested in voting for a first woman president. Theres a separation between the older generation and the Younger Generation on that. He points out numbers on women, so does she. I think this will thrill republicans who want revenge for what clinton did and he did a
jujitsu and they crushed him and his infidelity. However, for nonrepublicans, this is unbelievably risky and will likely hurt him with independent and democratic women. Its a big risk. Hes the kind of guy who is in the casino every day. Next up, the Obama Administration Deputy National security adviser backing off tough talk over how the Administration Closed the iran deal. They brought this on themselves. Now its war, and i want them dead the fleas and ticks . Their whole gang. We can do that. Only bravecto kills fleas ticks for up to 12 weeks with one tasty chew. Starts killing fleas in two hours and kills nearly 100 in under twelve. And its fda approved. Bravecto is for dogs 6 months of age or older. Dont worry, princess, well settle the score. Tonight we ride, with bravecto ask your vet about 12week protection with bravecto. The United States has been able to resolve the most pressing Nuclear Nonproliferation concern we had when we came into office. We have been able to prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapon. There has been an attempt by opponents of the iran deal to suggest that somehow the effort to protect the deal was based solely on spin. All of you have had multiple opportunities to talk to ben on a range of Foreign Policy issues. And i think all of you appreciate the commitment that he has demonstrate to do working with all of you to help inform your viewers and readers. All this reaction
test being around political campaigns. Thats a sea change. They literally know nothing. Completing on that basically thats how the iran deal all came together. Were back with the panel. Jeffrey, you were mentioned in said article. I dont think you are 27 and i know you know a lot. I want to speak on behalf of all my fellow 27yearolds in all of this. What is your take on this whole thing . My take on this is i cant tell you how overjoyed i am to be relitigating the iran deal. I cant believe we are doing that. I should point out this was haphazard, you were invited well before this piece came out. I just happen to be here standing on the streets. Come on. In my take is complicated by the fact that i dont think that the reporter did a very good job reporting on my involvement in this. But we will put that aside. My take is that for some reason ben rhodes did the unthinkable in washington, which was tell the truth about how the sausage is made. I mean, im a little bit. My overarching reaction to this is lets not kid ourselves about spin and the nature of spin. Was the white house spinning everyone . Yes. Were the owe pony negligents of the iran deal spinning . Of course. I mean, you and me both were the recipient of just reams of material every day trying to argue this thing down. And im just surprised that this has taken off the way it has. More as you look today with the confirmation of this Ballistic Missile test by iran and the violations that we have seen since this deal has gone through. Right. Well, thats the interesting thing to me is its always been important
to me how were enforcing the deal and how we are making sure that iran does not do nefarious things, that it does. And i have have been the critic of the administrations behavior post dealed i think on the Ballistic Missile issue. On the issue of the navy sailors. On the issue of state sponsor of terrorism. I do believe that the administration should be doing more. Ballistic mistles, let me just point out are meaningless without nuclear warheads. So the theory of the case in the administration is that if we keep Nuclear Material away from these people, then they could fire all the missiles they want. They dont mean anything. However, i feel a lot better if it seemed as if we were paying much more attention to this program because, one day, i believe, that these guys want to put Nuclear Weapons back on Ballistic Missiles. I do believe that. Its amazing to see this piece and someone who is behind the scenes who then is suddenly front page of this piece and talking openly about how he kind of essentially spinning. Everybody it was the tellall novel. This is not what you do in the last year of the administration. Thats what happens after you leave the administration and then you write your story about what has happened. But i thought what was really interesting is obviously rhodes is coming back on the defensive side. Is he basically saying look, there is public support that builds around this iranian deal. And what have we seen . That 59 of the americans have disapproved the way obama handled the iran deal. Most of the americans believe they were going to violate the terms. So i think rhodes is a bit in trouble in trying to defend himself in giving this tellall tale to the New York Times. The piece, charles, describes him as having a mind meld with the president. They see things the same way in Foreign Policy and their approach to the world. Thats happened before with nixon and kissinger. The point about the scandal here is not that it was just spinning on either side. They were spinning beyond spinning. They were lying. And our side, the one that argued against it was simply saying this is not true. Example of Ballistic Missiles. We were told they would be denied Ballistic Missiles for eight years. Not true. They changed the language. The Security Council resolution the iranians are allowed. Secondly, they promised, kerry had said no deal unless the iranians account for whats called previous military activity. The work that was done on warheads miniaturization. There was none of that and the deal was signed. They have lied. 24 7 any time anywhere. Lying point by point all the way through. Thats not spin. Thats lying. Its not that i have to keep the negotiations secret. Its that they told the American People stuff about what was in there that wasnt true and the 27yearolds never looked into it. I would say this though, and lets be fair, the iranians have adhered so far to the letter of the deal. I think that is true. On the missiles, i agree
with you, but they have not pursued the Nuclear Program and its up to the next president , actually, to enforce this and keep it going. The point here is they lied to get it passed and now we know the lies were actual lies. A final thought after we we could talk about this forever. Stay tuned. We will look ahead to whats coming up tomorrow. Preview of tomorrow, tuesday, special primary night coverage as folks in nebraska and West Virginia head to the polls. Join us at 6 00 p. M. Eastern and 11 00 for another live edition of special report wrapping up the night here on fox news channel. We will have the latest results and results from the field, exit polls and some special analysis as well. Thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. That is it for this special report, fair, balanced and unafraid. Greta goes on the record right now. It is tuesday, may 10th. Voters head the to the polls as the frontrunners try to lock up their nominations. This as the lift deepens. Paul ryan offers to step down as Convention Chairman. Unbelievable, wild and deadly weather violent storms and tornadoes tear through the plains. Mexicos most notorious kingpin el chapo bound for the u. S. Fox friends first starts right now. You are watching fox friends first. I am heather childers. I am abby huntsman. We begin for the race for the white house. It is primary day for nebraska and West Virginia. Donald trump running unopposed expecting to pick up delegates bringing him one step closer to the gop nomination but it is not so cut and dry for the democrats. Rich edson is live with what we can expect from coal country. Good morning, rich. Good morning, heather and abby. Polls open in 90 minutes. With that for republicans donald trump is running with no other major republican challenger, of course. Not nationally. He is telling supporters he can save the votes for the general election. Polls are open at 7 30. Hillary clinton maintains a wide
delegate lead. She has 2228 to bernie 1454. A candidate needs 2383 to clinch the nomination. In 2008 clinton won easily against barack obama winning
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