leland: well, i get that. yeah. leland: it seems as though you want something great for new york, understandable you need to fight for your constituents. the freedom caucus wants things that are great for their districts as well. other people say, hey, we can t afford any of this, it s just too much spending. is there a deal to be made? because we know that the democrats just seem to love saying no right now to this. yes, unfortunately, they do. i ll be honest with you, i ve heard this said by democrats, if you replaced obamacare with obamacare, we would still vote no because it s a republican initiative. leland: it s amazing what congress people say to each other behind closed doors. there s all sorts of honesty going on. i want to get to this which is a touching moment and story that you had with the president that involves your son. we have some pictures of the first lieutenant who s shipping off to iraq not so long from now. there he is with his mother and a beautiful dog. and
from the twitter page, i will be holding a big, capital letters, rally in pennsylvania. looking forward to it. in case you re keeping saturday of next week is the president s # 100th day in office. he can with see some of the earth day protesters. and the first round of the most unpredictable election in modern french history. the mad campaigning came to a premature end after a gunman killed a police officer on the champs-elysees in paris. our greg palkot is standing by in paris with a little bit more on that. coming up after the break, including what two of the candidates want to do when it comes to the united states. it is, shall we say, a sobering report from greg coming up. we ll be right back. you don t let anything
here s the scene right now in new york city. we re going to go live to the streets of d.c. leland: and thousands of homes are threatened by a major brush fire in florida at this hour. take a look at these pictures from southern florida, now the national guard is heading in to help put those flames out. leland: one week from today marks president donald trump s 100th day in office. we know he s headed to pennsylvania for a major rally next saturday. meantime though, the next seven days promise some really big challenges; the threat of a government shutdown and now talk of possible votes on health care reform. add to that the president catching his own staff by surprise with a promise of a tax reform plan sometime this coming week. kristin fisher inside the press briefing room where the president s staff is, shall we say, definitely working through the weekend. reporter: yeah, i think
there are these changes on the table. we had the conservatives in the freedom caucus and the moderates come together and present this so-called compromise, but there s no legislative language around it, and, you know, i ve talked to some moderates in the house and leadership aides who say we re not sure these changes are enough to get the majority of votes. they re not going to want to put a bill on the table that doesn t have a majority because, if that fails, that s also going to look bad for them. elizabeth: okay, i don t want to put fuel on the fire, but one more question before we go. we heard the president say we could see a tax reform proposal on wednesday. is that distracting? what is the purpose of his timing, you know? lawmakers have so much on their plates, why wednesday? president trump, we saw him last week say this 100 days metric is ridiculous but, in fact, i think he does care about it. he wants to show to his supporters that he can get big things done in the first 10
elizabeth: do you suppose we ll another chest shortly? there are a lot of reports about the activity at north korea s nuclear sites. elizabeth: i saw, that they re playing volleyball, is that what i read that volleyball, interesting. so, it s thank you so much. it s interesting. it s a scary time, but thanks for breaking it down. appreciate it. thanks for having me. elizabeth: leland. leland: and a fox news alert coming to us from none other than the twitter account. you can see beyond my shoulder, the president s motorcade lining up at the rainy white house. getting ready to visit walter reed medical center with melania, looking forward to seeing our bravest and greatest americans. secret service saying the motorcade should pull out sometime in the next little while. we ll let you know when they get to wallet walter reed and hopefully get some video of him greeting the troops.