Comey, which is very bothersome. Julie President Trump not mincing words when it comes to the connection between the former fbi director and the special counsel leading the russian investigation. Its all happening now. We begin with fox news alert, President Trump says he has faith republicans can compromise and pass their Health Care Bill. Welcome to the second hour of happening now, im julie banderas. Leland the battle lines are being drawn in washington over health care. Senate democrats all oppose the bill and so do at least four republicans. Do the math and something has to change before the bill could pass the senate. Meanwhile, President Trump speaking out on the russia investigation, calling claims of collusion to give us. We have fox coverage on capitol hill, we begin with our man on the white house north lawn. Always nice to talk to you, we travel around the country a lot with the president , you see these banners that read promises made, promises kept and you can argue that
Couldnt do it. Obamacare was murdered for them to get. Now its failed. Its virtually out of business. Obamacare is a disaster. Her trying to do something in a very short period of time. We want was on twitter last night about the senate plan. Remember obamacare is dead. Shannon they join us live from the north one. One of the reasons why the president is so important of the Health Care Bill is because the white house did play a very large hand behind the scenes trying to get this done and you can bet that the president will again be burning up the phone having meetings with the four following standards. Senator rand paul, mike lee, ted cruz, who also they cannot support the bill in the current form. Contrary to a lot of the reporting which suggests that this really was just the thing that originated out of the senate was completely done by the senate. I just got off the phone with Senior Administration official here at the white house and he sent, the white house was very much involved
One president thomas to get some he done, its going to get done. With that combination, i think well get this thing done, put it in conference and hopefully by the august recess, really have Obamacare Repeal and replaced. Leland john roberts on the north lawn. We know the math is tight, republicans can only lose two in the senate. How much armtwisting do we expect the president to have to do and for that matter, to do . I think he will be gently twisting arms, but you can bet the president and the white house will be heavily involved in trying to win over the senators who say they cant sign onto the bill. So far, they say they dont like it the way they it is. Senior Administration Official this morning told me that the white house will be working hard behind the scenes, not as overtly as they were on the house bill, to make changes in the bill that could attract the support of at least two, if not all of those senators. The president telling us on fox and friends this morning that he i
Paris. Video of the present president g up the steps. They took off for new jersey hours ago. Theres a lot waiting for the president when he arrives. New details are emerging in the russia investigation and Senate Republicans set to face a doordie moment in their effort to repeal and replace obamacare. John roberts traveling with the president in paris and while he was enjoying all the festivities, he was also tweeting about things back home. He was, and well get to that in a second. Another evolution in this story, this firestorm of controversy surrounding donald trump, jr. , and his meeting in june of 2016 with russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya. There is a new revelation out today that there were more people who are at that meeting than previously reported, including a russianamerican lobbyist who is a former soviet counterintelligence associate. It was confirmed that he was in that meeting and he was in the soviet army from 19861988. It appears as though there may have been yet
Disaster, we were breaking the details about Donald Trumps meeting with the russian lawyer during the campaign. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts is alive. John, tell us more about President Trumps message as he heads home on the issue of health care. Good morning to you. The president had barely gotten to the airport here before he turned his sights back to domestic issues tweeting out to his republican colleagues in the senate that its time to get moving here on a health care, Obamacare Repeal and replacement bill. The president tweeted republican senators are working hard to get their fill of obamacare or place. I will be at my desk handinhand. President also tweeting after all these years of suffering through obamacare, republican senators must come through as they have promised. The tweets at the end of the day for the president cap of what has been a pretty successful visit, i think here in paris meeting with the french president b6 and accompanying him took the bastil