We begin this hour by the prim minister. This hour mr. Trump is scheduled to speak by phone with two more foreign leaders. The president s of indonesia and colombia after border wall and immigration travel ban. Kristin. Well, the last time that the leaders of japan and the United States played golf together was 60 years ago, president eisenhower played golf with the Prime Minister of japan back in 1957, at the time it was held as triumph of diplomacy between former world war ii enemies. Six years later the Prime Ministers grandson is playing round of golf with american president. A lot of history here. We dont know who won or what was said, but President Trump said last week, well, for that matter, press conference like the one yesterday in washington on the areas of Common Ground like President Trump pledging that they would continue to defend japan despite tough talk on the campaign trail. Perhaps suggesting otherwise, Prime Minister abe promising that the company in his country will
Welcome to americas news headquarters from washington. Happy saturday, im elizabeth prann, thank you for joining us. Leland great to be with you at home, im leland vittert. President trump is spending this saturday in new jersey attending the womens u. S. Open Golf Tournament. He doesnt have to go far. Its held at his golf club. Meantime, here in washington, his white house is dealing with fallout from another round of revelations about his oldest sons meeting with a russian lawyer and former soviet military man, kevin cork in new jersey. Kevin, we know the white house was hoping that the transcript would be a reset. Are they trying to go down that path or realize now theyve got to deal with this russia issue . I know you know the answer to that. For the folks at home. White house officials are going to tell you this repeatedly. In virtually every conversation about this russian story line and a Campaign Aide meeting with a russian lawyer. Theyll say listen, this has nothing to do with
Im bill hemmer live inside americas newsroom. Sandra happy friday to you. Senator rubio opposing the bill. He says the Child Tax Credit doesnt go nearly far enough. President trump meantime says he is confident rubio will vote yes. President trump i think he will be there. A great guy, very supportive. I think senator rubio will be there. Were doing well on the tax front. We have tremendous support. We have tremendous spirit. It will be the largest tax cut in the history of our country and i will say the republican senators and congressmen and women have been incredible. Bill other republican senators including mike lee and bob corker and Susan Collins say they need to read the bill before deciding whether or not to vote for it. Republican leaders say they hope to vote on that bill next week. Peter doocy live on capitol hill. Peter, good morning. How far away is senator rubio from supporting this . Were told the final type of this bill moved in senator rubios direction with the Child T
Melissa White House Correspondent kevin corke is live on the north lawn. That was just a little bit of what he had to say. Let me tell you, hes been talking about this for quite some time both on twitter and today over at quantico. White house officials for quite some time have felt there was this biased against the president among the higher ups at the fbi who are investigating Hillary Clinton at the time. The president today, well, he was president ial in his remarks over at the graduation over at quantico, celebrating the history of the borough and calling on all in attendance to do the bidding of the American People. That is with fidelity, bravery, and integrity. I want you to deliver a message to your fellow officers. The president of the United States has your back 100 . I will fight for you, and i will never, ever let you down ever. Now, more than ever, we must support the men and women in blue. That is consistent with his messaging about a Law Enforcement in general, but maybe
Rest of todays top stories in this hour of Shephard Smith reporting. Rick im Rick Leventhal and for shepard smith. President trump sitting down for an interview with New York Times that his golf club in florida, claiming a rush investigation is very bad thing for the country and assisting more than a dozen times there was no collusion during his campaign and russia. Trump said the investigation makes the country look bad and puts them in a very bad position. The sooner it works out is better for the country. The president thinks the man in charge of the investigation, special Counsel Robert Mueller is going to be fair. President trump again called the investigation a witch hunt. Rich edson with the news live in west palm beach. Rich, the president claimed that he can direct the Justice Department, why . He did. The president was asked in this interview whether or not the Justice Department should be reexamining the clinton email issue, as he hit ted toward that issue during this issue.