itself on the back and great for the president s base. what would a lot of these vulnerable members of congress be thinking when they are up for reelection in 2018 and 2020? so, you know, the devil is always in the details, bill. whether or not it s judged a success will depend on what the ultimate package is. bill: last point, rich, go ahead. on that hype thet call. if they get a healthcare bill and a substantial tax cut that s a successful legislative first year. by the way, it s a myth that they are eliminating the protection for pre-existing conditions. they will let states wave provided they have other ways of protecting. bill: rich, thank you. those are guaranteed. bill: thank you, gentlemen, see you real soon. 20 past the hour. shannon: peaceful rally takes a turn. several people arrested in
thanks. shannon: north korea says the world is on the brink of nuclear war. the country vowing to ramp up its nuclear weapons program in response to what it calls more provocation from the u.s. the arrival of a pair of b-1 bombers in south korea triggering their response. president trump said he would meet face-to-face with kim jong-un if conditions are right. he is not ruling out military action because of the global threat that north korea poses. president trump: nobody is safe. who is safe? the guy has nuclear weapons. i with like to say these are safe. these are great, brave soldiers and 28,000 troops on the line and they re right there. and so nobody is safe. we re probably not safe over here. if he gets the long-range missiles, we re not safe, either. so we have to do something about it and we ll see what happens. shannon: mike lee sits on
abide by the accord and pull out the separatist forces out of ukraine, this relationship will not improve. so that is the key here. it s not about us the united states making any concessions here. it is russia who has been trampling on the united states interest and those of our allies and enabling a war criminal to kill his own people. that s the behavior that has to change. bill: thank you, general. good to have you back on, sir. good talking to you, bill. shannon: north korea issuing another threat of nuclear war at u.s. bombers fly military drills in the area north korea calls the act reckless saying its provocative and pushing the countries closer to the brink. benjamin hall is live from london with more. no let-up from the north koreans. we hear them threatening nuclear tests willing to carry them out at any time and
the senate judiciary committee. you were part of that in-depth top level briefing with the white house. how do you assess the current posture with north korea and what options we now have on the table? i agree with what i just heard the president say. this is someone who is very dangerous who has access to some very dangerous equipment. we have to do everything we can to make sure that we re safe. to make sure he doesn t use those weapons against us. we re doing everything we can and i m confident that there are a lot of ways that we can avoid a war. we ve got to make clear that we aren t going to become kim jong-un s victim. shannon: you say we re doing everything we can. are you convinced china is doing everything it can? it has stepped up its efforts of late. i hope and expect it will do more. china is going to be critical in this process. i think china can do a lot to help make sure that north korea doesn t become an aggressor. in many respects, north korea is sort of the you
day back in their districts to do a wide range of events. interesting to see if they go home without voting and what the reaction is from president trump. bill: good reporting there. we await the press conference and statements soon. thanks. shannon: for more on that guy benson is a political editor and fox news contributor. nice to see you this morning. as they re doing the whip counts where they try to figure out what votes they have, role call is reporting seven members of the gop whip team themselves are undecided. are they going to be able to herd the cats? that s the big question now. a few weeks ago it looked like it was the house freedom caucus, the conservatives who had more objections and derailing the initial version of this bill. now it s a lot more moderates who are skittish about pre-existing conditions. it is a misplaced fear in a number of ways but it s a difficult job for speaker ryan