Them . Absolutely not for any political purpose. Did you leak the name of mike flynn . I leaked nothing to nobody. Never have, never would. Melissa john roberts joins us from the north lawn. What else did rice have to say about the allegations . Reporter good afternoon to you. Its interesting to note that when asked about it, susan rice did not deny the reports that she asked for members of the trump transition, Trump Campaign to be unmasked in these intelligence reports. What she did deny, as you saw there, is she had any role in leaking any information, though no one has accused her of doing that, or that the unmasking was done for political purpose, saying such unmasking is generally pretty routine. Listen here. The allegation is that somehow Obama Administration officials utilized intelligence for political purposes. Thats absolutely false. It was necessary at times to make those requests to find out the identity of u. S. Officials on every topic under the sun when it seemed relevant. I dont have a particular recollection of doing that more frequently after the election, for example, than doing so before. Reporter keep in mind that just two weeks ago rice denied any knowledge of this whatsoever, these revelations. Promptly called for rice to testify before the Congressional Intelligence Committee senator Lindsay Graham said he for one wants to get to the bottom of all this. Listen. Every american should know whether or not the National Security adviser to president obama was involved in unmasking trump transition figures for political purposes. It should be easy to figure out, and we will. Reporter no word on the Congressional Intelligence Committees whether theyll request that susan rice. Its a pretty safe bet that those committees would like to hear from her. Melissa the president made an appearance at the builder trade workers conference. What was his message to them . Reporter i have seen him in elments like this before. He really was in his element. He is a builder by trade, real estate developer, and was among his people. The president saying, boasting how many president s know how much rebar you can lay in a day. He said this election was all about returning power to the people. Listen here. When we rise above the cynics and critics who live only to defend the status quo and to defend themselves from failure, then we, too, will construct a lasting monument to national greatness. Reporter the president vowed to improve the job prospects of people in the Building Trades by improving the economy. He did acknowledge that there likely isnt much he can do for people who are in the plastering trade because theres not a lot of calls for plasters. Melissa he was, like you said, among his people. Reporter he was. Melissa thank you very much for that. Now back to our top story. As former National Security adviser susan rice denies allegations she unmasked members of the Trump Transition Team for political reasons. Ari fleisher was White House Press secretary for president george w. Bush. What do you make of what she says, sir . Well, i think there are questions that she asked. Melissa what are they . Unphafbing is the authority of the National Supervisor but what did you do with information. You say you didnt leak it . Did you provide it to anybody . Did you provide it to any Communications People at the white house who they may have given it to the media . Can you assure us that nobody you gave it to leaked it . And also, im surprised that Andrea Mitchell did not ask susan rice why did you tell Judy Woodruff two weeks ago that when it came to unmasking, you didnt know anything about it . So i think there are more questions. Im glad susan rice is answering them. I think congress is now going to have a lot of questions it will ask likely beginning in a classified session with her. Melissa you have a great reporters ear. I was watching with interest an was waiting for that second question when it came clear she was going to say i did this but there was nothing that i did that was wrong. But why do you want it now but you didnt remember it the last time you were asked . Thats a change of story, no . Thats such a red flag to all journalists. When journalists hear somebody change their tune, somebody looks like theyre in the hot seat, it makes them suspect. Whats bothered me since this news broke yesterday was how really lackadaisical so much of the media has been about this. It was a knee jerk reaction to dismiss this news about susan rice. Not to inquire where might this lead. To think there were no more questions particularly when two weeks ago she said she didnt know anything about it. Melissa especially your first point. When she said i leaked nothing to nobody. She used the word leaked again. Sort of like okay maybe you didnt leak it but did you discuss it . How do you think all of this information became basically Common Knowledge . Exactly. The reason that is so important. The authority to receive unmasked information is a precious authority. Its our Civil Liberties. It is appropriate for a National Security adviser to receive that information in certain instances. But when you get it, it is given only to the requester, only to the National Security adviser in this instance. And if she disseminates it, she needs to explain why she disseminated it. That is a precious document she is given with the names of americans on there and it should not be disseminated. Melissa still, it seems like based on what she said, it would be almost impossible to say she did anything illegal. She said she thought maybe even if she discussed it with other people they would have to prove that it was for political reasons, that she requested the information. I mean, do you think she was within the law . The issue is not legality. I see no reason to think she did anything in violation with a law. The issue is proprietary. Did she convey it to others hoping they would disseminate the information in a bid to make Donald Trumps people look bad . Thats really what is relevant at this stage. That would mean political purposes as opposed to legitimate National Security purposes. Melissa we still dont know why devin nunes said this has nothing to do with russia. Before we run out of time i want to ask you about this meeting coming up with china on thursday. Heres what President Trump had to say. I have a lot of respect for him. I have spoken to him numerous times. But we have to do better. Because our deficit with china, 504 billion. Thats a year. Thats enough for a life time. Im sure were going to have a fantastic meeting. Well talk about a lot of things, including north korea. A problem. Thats really a humanity problem. Melissa there is a lot riding on this meeting. How would you approach it . There are two things with Donald Trumps presidency. One are the personal issue. Second are the economic issues. China is a huge economic issue. If President Trump is able to make progress with china, secure better trade deals for america and get american Job Opportunities at home, he has a real chance to be successful. Make no mistake Economic Opportunities for americans is first and foremost. Melissa interesting perspective. Ari fleisher, thank you as always. Thank you. Melissa gop reviving plans to replace obamacare. White house working on a compromise gathering a group of moderate House Republicans to restart negotiations. Vice president mike pence also meeting with members of the House Freedom caucus seeking conservative support. Chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. So, what is the status of these renewed talks . Reporter melissa, good afternoon. Talks are on going. House leaders are trying to find the right mix of conservative and moderate support. Its important that we dont just win the votes of one group, but that we get the votes and consensus of 216 of our member. Thats kind of where we are. Its premature to say where we are because were at that conceptual stage. This is all about getting to the conceptual stage. We dont have a bill text or agreement yet. Reporter there is no bill text or agreement seems to lower expectations of getting this done by the end of the week, ahead of the easter recess. Melissa what are you hearing from some of the rank and file members . Reporter there is definitely attention between some of the members that they would sign on for this package several weeks ago and conservatives who held out. Conservatives are defending, trying to strike a better deal. What do they need . Thats what were here to do. It doesnt mean that were going to make it better for one group over another. How are we going to get everyones concerns addressed . We are all very happy to move on. I think it was a wakeup call for some who voted no and went home and they maybe did not get a ticker tape parade. Reporter if they dont get a deal this week to pass this in the house of representatives, nobody really seems to know the impact of allowing lawmakers to go home for recess and what that will mean to efforts to reform and replace health care. Melissa . Melissa mike emanuel, thank you. President trump meeting with Business Leaders to determine ways to create a pro industry climate. But the boom on wall street has levelled off. Have you noticed that . Can the president get things back on track . Senate set to start debate this hour on Supreme Court nominee judge neil gorsuch. 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They say he was born in the former soviet republic of kurdikstan and had turned 22 days before the attack. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The economic trump bump appears to be losing steam. Stocks were soaring after election day, but things have changed since the president took office. With the big winners suddenly losing after a series of policy stumbles. The president today assuring Construction Union leaders that Economic Growth will continue. I promise you that americas labor leaders will always find an open door with donald trump. One of my first acts as president was to stop one of the great sellouts of the american worker. I immediately withdrew the United States from the disaster, this would have been a disaster. This would have been another nafta. I took you out of the transpacific partnership. Melissa joining me now is Charles Payne host of making money with Charles Payne on the fox business network. What do you think of where the market is right now . cause there is a feeling we were off to the races after the election. Now less so. We got spoiled. People got spoiled. In 3 trillion in a matter of weeks added to the value of our stock market is mind boggling stuff. We establish all time records with President Trump in the first couple months of this is thesy, since the election. Now what were doing is consolidating those gains and waiting for the next wave of data. The first wave of data has been beyond my dreams. You hear the president talk about it. Particularly when it comes to surveys, confidence, whether its small businesses, large businesses. Whether in the retail sector. They reported for the first time in over a decade, positive foot traffic of would be home buyers. We have to know main street. We have to know wall street. Its starting to materialize into reality. There were 18 manufacturing industries. 17 reported growth last month. Melissa i want to separate out the stock market from the economy. We all hear people say the stock market is supposed to predict whats going to happen with the economy. I dont really believe that any more. Stock market seems like its more emotion these days. What do you think is going on with the real economy . Were getting a big number on friday. I think the real economy has been phenomenal. Melissa even now . I think were on a cusp. I think we are on the cusp of a phfbing renaissance. Last jobs sphoeed an all time high in goods producing jobs. Mining, manufacturing, construction. All time high numbers. That was matched very closely by the one from the government. Those are areas, by the way, of high paying jobs. Those are areas where america was hit hardest in the great recession. They determine the outcome of the election. Today when President Trump talked about infrastructure, not about the trillion dollars. Its about being able to put these people back to work, removing the regulatory hurdles. I think this is a very very beginning of something that could be absolutely huge for a long time. Melissa let me challenge you on that and say what the opsy side is saying. Lot of the investment that was made or even the hopes out there, some of the hiring, some of the business opening was based on the idea that we were going to Fix Health Care and Corporate Tax cuts were on the way. If those things dont happen or if they may be slowed down, we may have gotten ahead of ourselves both in the market, but also in the economy a little bit as people then become disappointed. They maybe change some things and it doesnt come true. Something tells me, the first thing id say, as much as this is a donald trump rally, this is a Hillary Clinton rally. People arent corporation. The idea that somehow corporations arent people. Theyre not people, but theyre organisms. Ones that have to grow, have to take market share, have to be innovative. You must live to get bigger and stronger. They went into hibernation under president obama. Thats not how they grow their businesses. Any artificial timelines we put on some of these thing, must happen in the first 100 days. Rally is okay. Just like the market believes theyll get those tax cuts. Yesterday auto sales came out. They were horrific except for one thing. Bentley sales up 100 . Bmw sales up 3 . So rich people and Big Companies are putting to work already. Smaller businesses will be able to do so particularly once we get these hurdles down. I would tell investigators dont worry about that stuff. Businesses are going to get back to basics. Basics mean growing and getting better. Melissa is your mazeratti parked outside . Give me a ride next time. Thank you. Meanwhile, some terrifying moments as a tornado rips through an auto repair shop. Picking up a car and tossing it like a toy. We have the latest on those deadly southern storms. And the debate expected to begin soon on the senate floor over the fate of Supreme Court nominee judge neil gorsuch. Will republicans be forced to go nuclear . Melissa the senate now begins voting to open up debate on Supreme Court nominee judge neil gorsuch. They need a simple majority to move forward. The debate will likely be going it will likely be a contentious one. Democrats have enough votes to filibuster him, potentially forcing republicans to invoke the Nuclear Option. Peter doocy is live from washington. And, peter, how likely is the Nuclear Option at this point, would you say . Reporter we just from Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. I does sound like that is what republicans are preparing for. His remarks, which were very brief, during which hedy not take any questions, came after his colleagues in the senate, his republican colleagues, spent the last few hours saying why they think the Nuclear Option is their on choice, even though they know ch