would be out after the mueller report and it didn t happen. jay sekulow says he has no concerns, he is the president s attorney about this. in fact he has no objection to mueller testifying and near does william barr. the other story is what is happening with immigration and humanitarian aid. the house late last night passing a 4.5 emergency funding bill to address the crisis at the southern border. jedediah: victory sets up a showdown in the senate before congress least for july 4th recess. steve: kevin corke joins us from the white house. the president said if they pass that bill from the house democrats they are going to veto it. now they passed that bill what happens next? doa here is the bottom line the president wants to be proactive he has to get democrats on capitol hill in particular to act. let me show you the breakdown it did pass sort of a late down down the street on capitol hill 230 to 195 as the house approves its version of that 4.5
though i m smart enough to. i m the new sleep number 360 smart bed. let s meet at a sleep number store. sandra: a senate showdown moving us closer to a government shutdown and we are now learning that top white house officials will hold a news conference 30 minutes from now. first they will speak to us. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. i m sandra smith. good morning, everyone. bill: happy friday. i m bill hemmer. at the moment sources on the hill are telling fox news expect a shutdown to begin this weekend. senate democrats demanding a deal on immigration ready to block a short term spending bill that had been passed by the house late last night but republicans in the senate cannot get this done unless they get democratic votes. at least three republicans say they ll vote know. 13 democrats may be needed to
were about their money making stars and they can t do that anymore. all right. we ll see what happens next and if there are more e-mails and information to come. thank you very much for joining us. we turn to the drama still unfolding on capitol hill over avoiding a government shut down. today the senate will take up the $1.1 trillion funding bill approved by the house late last night. it passed the house by a margin of 219-206 with 57 democrats voting for it. big bank lobbyists are hoping that congress will allow wall street to once again gamble with taxpayer money. by reversing a provision that prohibits banks from using
so what are they saying? they re saying that they would shut down the entire united states government and get rid of the good things unless they got this special break for banks putting taxpayers at risk again and again. by the way, send those additional contributions to our campaign committees because we just lifted the cap and so now the banks that got the big breaks you can say thank you in a special way. that s not a surprise. that s an outrage and the reality is that congress should not have gone down this road and i really hope that there will be an effort on behalf of the public to demand greater transparency and accountability in the process. congressman chris van hollen thank you for your time. it was an interesting night last night. up next hear from bill cosby s most high profile super
issues in these issues. and, in fact, when he has initially engaged, he walks away from the deal and changes the goalpost. and that s no way to negotiate in good faith. bill: sir, thank you for your time. charles pew stainny s republican congressman from louisiana. went a bit longer than we expected, sir, but i appreciate your patience. thank you, sir, we ll speak again. mart of moments we do believe, heather. heather: charles krauthammer had something interesting to say, he compared it to, you know, lucy when she s holding the football down, the peanuts episode and every time is it charlie brown goes to hit the football, she picks it back up. he compared that to, you know, how president obama negotiates. bill: we should hear from him in a matter of moments, huh? heather: very interesting. wu bill this ll be the first statement he makes since it was signed and passed by the house late last night. don t go anywhere, just want to get a quick commercial break. it s a two minute timeout