It is very, very bad and bad for our allies, south korea and japan and the statements are very inflammatory. Theyre horrible. Well have to see. I dont like drawing red lines but i act if i have to act. Bill President Trump will speak by telephone to russian president Vladimir Putin. The focus will largely be on the topic of syria. Shannon we have fox team coverage. Former u. N. Ambassador john bolton is standing by but we begin the roberts. 12 30 today the president will pick up the phone to talk to Vladimir Putin. The first time they spoke by telephone since the deadly train bombing on april 3. It will mark the first time the two leaders have spoken since the missile strike against syria. Theyre expected to discuss the civil war in syria. Russias continued backing of bashar alassad. North korea likely on the agenda today. Publicly the relations between the United States and russia have been very strained. Behind the scenes through diplomatic channels the tone has been different. Well
Stakes grow, Vice President mike pence says mr. Trump will keep his campaign promise. Donald trump is a man of his word. Among all of the things that he promised, and there were many to the American People, i think what folks administration is the president has been working in an energetic way to keep his promises to the American People. He decided the day after the election that the number one priority, the First Priority in the congress when they came back was to keep his word to repeal and replace obamacare. Were going to make sure it happens. Shannon chief white house correspond to john roberts as a life on the north lawn, what is the latest on the white house selling of this Health Care Plan . Good morning to you. The white house and president pushing hard on this, senior admission officials telling me this is really the art of the deal for donald trump. He is meeting with people every day into the night, really kind of in his element according to a white house official in full de
there. we either elect more republican senators in 2018 or change the rules to 51%. our country needs a good shutdown in september to fix mess. jessica. stunning. just totally stunning. the entire conversation the lead-up on both sides of the aisle was about how dangerous it is to have a government shutdown for the millions of americans who are employed by the government that will be furloughed and the dangerous cuts that could ensue from that. we remember it from 2013. it was a debacle for republicans. not only is donald trump promoting that and trying to go to the nuclear option. doesn t seem to think it s possible that democrats could take control again of the house or the senate and maybe even the presidency. i have no idea what he is thinking. i m not sure he understands the roles currently or anyone has talked to him about it. to rachel s optimism about the healthcare bill keeping your eye on the prize, so far the count is already 20 republican nos, if you have 23 the bill is d
frustrated like charles krauthammer is. we re ready to be tired of winning. it hasn t come yet. this vote is coming up this week for the budget extension at the same time the healthcare bill is coming up for a vote. they re keeping their eye on the ball, healthcare. that s the pathway to tax reform. tax reform is the pathway to jobs and prosperity which is the pathway to winning in the mid-term and next presidential election. it has a lot in there for democrats and moderate republicans. get it off the table to focus on what we need to focus on. the last thing they want is a government shutdown this week. it will kill the momentum. shannon: let s talk about the president s tweets this morning. he talks about a shutdown. he says the reason for the plan negotiated wen the republicans and democrats we need 60 votes in the senate which aren t
and the whip team because of what you just said. when you have members of your whip team undecided, that says the lot about the status of things. shannon: okay. we re looking as gop leadership has taken the podium. do we want to listen in or wait for the speaker to get involved? let s listen. i m excited this bill has come to the floor and that the speaker and the leader and the chair woman have been so supportive even carried this bill a few times herself. this is an amendment to the fair labor standards act that allows for workers in the private sector to do what hourly wage employees in the public sector can already do, utilize the benefit of compensatory time in lieu of cash payments for overtime. if you talk to hard working moms and dads all over this country, a lot of them will tell you that they value time more than they do the cash