12 hours later the dust is starting to settle on the latest, possibly most dramatic who saw that coming moment so far. Were just now coming up for air, so in case you were a normal human being asleep at 1 30 a. M. , lets recap. A measure that would roll back some of the key provisions of obamacare. Republicans could only afford two no votes from the party. Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski filled those two slots early on. Then with everything on the line it was john the maverick mccains turn to vote. He made a dramatic return to washington on tuesday. Rpgs counted on his allimportant vote. Why dont we try the old way of legislating in the senate . The way our rules and customs enl courage us to act. If this process ends in failure, which seems likely, then lets return to regular order. Okay. Fastforward to last night. The dram at a fever pitch. Enter john mccain. There i say on his way to the stage. He told reporters he had decided how he was going to vote but wouldnt tell them
Each president faces pivotal moments when the nation they lead looks to them for leadership, empathy to be the consoler in chief. President trumps First Leadership test came this weekend when violence broke out at a rally of chiet supremacists and neonazis in charlottesville, virginia. One woman was killed and two Virginia State troopers died when the helicopter they were flying to monitor the scene crashed. The department of justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the deadly car attack. A little while ago the Charlottesville Police held a press conference and said while they regret that any lives were lost, they were prepared to change course once violence broke out. We were certainly not intimidated by the fire power of the altright. However, it was prudent to make sure that officers were equipped to go out and deal directly with the violence. We were hoping for a peaceful event. But many said President Trump failed this first big test when he condemned, quote, many side
Deternd deterrent factor around the world. Whether its Nuclear Deterrent or not. Just to get back to the thing that happened a couple of days ago. The president tweeted that the problem with the policy on immigration is that the democrats dont want secure borders, they dont care about safety for u. S. A. Do you think thats a fair characterization . How i would put it is that there is a an element within first of all, let me step back and say, i believe honest men and women can disagree on anything politically or otherwise. The one thing i draw a little bit of a line to is on the security of the nation. There are certainly people in our country that have the opinion that open borders or near open borders are fine, people should be able to come and go. There are others, myself included, you can bet the president , but i think the majority of the americans feel Border Security is important. How you achieve that is a different story. I have a great relationship with the mexicans on the bor
Plan because this is a solid plan. This will turn things around. Americas enemies must never know our plans or believe they can wait us out. I will not say when we are going to attack, but attack we will. Freedom Freedom Freedom steve freedom, live from studio f as in freedom is fox friends the worlds number one cable news show. We are here on the mezzanine level and brian is kind of lonely here on the couch. Brian its always lonely when ainsley decides to take a day off. She is not off. She is actually working in washington, d. C. She is going to be speaking to the Vice President of the United States. Steve is that true, ainsley . Ainsley this is true. You are always with me steve and brian, no matter where i go. We will be talking to the Vice President today at 7 30. So you will have to send in your questions for that. We will chat about that in just a minute. Think we should start this morning not only with the eclipse because i know we have our own stories but also the speech that
Anymore of eric holder, eric holder has been outspoken in private life about defending his and president obamas legacy on justice issues. Hes also been outspoken against President Trump and the Trump Administration from time to time, when the spirit moves him. For example this picture was posted on twitter by former attorney general eric holder last week after President Trump made false public statements about how president obama handled his responsibilities as president when it came to Fallen Service members and their families. The former attorney general posted that picture and then stated on twitter stop the damn lying. Youre the president pip went to Dover Air Base with 44 and saw him comfort the families of fallen military. He has been willing to speak his peace when he is motivated to do so, but hes been a very interesting sort of question mark in terms of the ongoing legacy of the Obama Administration, moving forward to the trump era. I mean that in one specific way. Going back