Or hurt President Trump . And a tragic newpter in the Opioid Crisis, one state seeing a spike in drug overdoses and vowing to do something about the growing epidemic. Its all happening now. We begin with President Trump firing back after former fbi director james comey makes his case to the nation. Welcome to the second hour of happening now on this friday. Melissa happy friday, absolutely. Im a melissa francis, the president breaking his silence on twitter, saying he feels vindicated. Early today the president took part and other department of transportation round table his new initiative to improve americas new infrastructure. We are expecting more reaction to the fired fbi directors explosive testimony when mr. Trump holds a joint News Conference less than two hours from now. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts is live on the north line. What are we expecting . Good afternoon to you, the president will be here at the white house very shortly. We expect they will take two qu
You live to the senate floor. Of hawaii speak in speaking now. A war of words. The president s new communications director, his scorched earth attack and language so explicit, you cant even repeat it, most of it on tv. Which it may be a good thing because lets face it it is a Brutal Campaign against any perceived to be themi president enemy. But lets get right to the health care debate. That vote should happen maybe an hour from now, at midnight. Live for us on the capitol. And with us senior political reporter and political analyst david. I told you i would get back to you shortly. So ryan, what is the latest . We expect a vote in an hour. We doechnt know if they hav enough voetsz to pas. And in almost every case a house or majority leader would not allow it to come to the floor unless they knew they had enough votes to pass and that is not the case. Less than an hour away from these votes theoretically being cast. We did talk before. Which weve only gotten the official text for about
Least ask some very specific questions on new revelations and things that we didnt get to because comey very carefully put a hard stop in that allowed him to get out and take a breather. Bill team fox coverage. Kevin corke is at the white house. Catherine herridge is on the hill and where we begin. Good morning. Thank you, bill, good morning. We expect the former f. B. I. Director here on capitol hill at any time. Last week he came around 9 30. About a half hour from now if he sticks to the same schedule. Republicans want to ask him questions about his decision to document his conversations with the president and how one was leaked to the media and his Decision Making and handling for the interview of the former National Security advisor mike flynn. He thinks the rules dont apply to him. Last week he said he got away with not following the rules when they interviewed mike flynn. Got away with not actually allowing flynn to have his Constitutional Rights when the f. B. I. Interviewed hi