He says it was just part of a dinner with World Leaders. Well look at the facts. Lets get to it. Announcer now, Shepard Smith reporting live from the fox newsdesk. Shepard first, Summer Vacation under assault. President trump says republicans should not leave washington for the holiday, unless and until they reach an agreement on healthcare. He made the comment today a short time ago while hosting a lunch with g. O. P. Senators at the white house. This is the lastditch effort to rally support for their nowdead healthcare bill. The measure collapsed monday night. Yesterday the president said he wanted to force a deal by letting obamacare fail. But today, he told republicans, to get going and send him a bill. President trump ive been here just six months. Im ready to act. I have pen in hand, believe me. Im sitting in that office. I have pen in hand. You never had that before. You know, for seven years you had an easy route. Well repeal, well replace and he wouldnt sign it. Im signing it.
With his family. We start with rich edson and in a private day, on his schedule and had a light day on twitter. My fellow americans. A tweet and video message. We see the best of america and the soul of the American People. We renew the bonds of love and goodwill between our citizens and most importantly we celebrate the miracle of christmas. Earlier, President Trump claimed gratings were once admonished and he is responsible for returning those words to public acceptability. He tweeted people are proud to be saying Merry Christmas again. I am proud to have led the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase. Merry christmas last evening, the president and mrs. Trump attended services at the bethesda by the sea, and episcopal church. Si they married there 12 years ago. The white house this morning he addressed matters, a briefing on a suicide bombing in afghanistans capital. International reports say the Islamic State has claimedd responsibility for the attack. Kil
Ainsley when you see your day, okay, thats the most familiar day i have out of all the year. When you see your birthday on the calendar. Brian isnt that how you referred to steve the very first time. Steve thats my first birthday thats what she said on tv im so glad you were born. Ainsley so glad you were born. Not your very first birthday. Steve folks out in tv land. Ainsley i love celebrating birthdays because it is the day you were born. People that you love, you have to tell them you were glad they everywher were born. Steve do you want to hug me . Brian i think it would be a bit of a reach. Steve thank you, brian. Ainsley what are you going to do tonight. Steve my mom is going to make me that pot roast i love. Brian a lot of meat. Thats what a birthday is about. Steve meat and potatoes. We start with a fox news alert. A story about russian collusion that does not involve donald trump. Ainsley the senate is trying to get to the bottom of why the United States government and the Oba
Departure of high profile of the Obama Administration. Day one from january 25th and made it two months and one day to april 21st. Three months and one day. Sorry. January, february, march, april. Three months and one day. You know, nobody is saying first terms are easy particularly when its a president who hasnt run anything to the federal level before. There is definitely a learning curve and you have to figure out if you have the right people around you and there is turnover. With the brandnew Obama Administration, the onetemple one term u. S. Senator coming to be president for the first time. Maron wasnt the First White House official that wasnt a good fit. The following month there was the director of the White House Military Office resigned after he approved a dumb photo op, this is the photo where air force one flew really too close to the statute of liberty and people got nervous when they saw in it. In new york. So he left a month after the White House Communications director.
Delivered. Why . New reports defense secretary james mattis is dismayed at the lack of answers on what happened on the ground. Why did the four american heros die, why was one left alone on the ground for 48 hours and were learning how accurate the president s claims are that he has called the families of every Fallen Service member. First to the investigation into the facts. Barbara starr joins us from the pentagon. There are still so many questions that these families especially deserve answers to this morning. What do we know and what do we not know . Well, lets be clear, the full pentagon investigation that is under way, not done yet and a lot of people want these answers. There are some initial reports, some initial indications, so what we do know at this point, the assessment is that it was an isis attack. That is not something President Trump is likely to particularly want to talk about because hes been talking a lot about isis being defeated. But in this area of west africa an