Im eric in for bill hemmer. There is plenty on their plate when it comes to see. Sandra a lot to get to. The president golfed over the weekend with rand paul and Lindsey Graham. He hasnt always seen eyetoeye with them, as you know. After the outing senator paul says he is focused on getting tax reform done. I really think that weve got to do the most we can and the boldest we can. Everybody wants to lower the Corporate Tax. Some are worried do we do a 20 . My goodness. John roberts joins us now. There is nothing like hitting the links to get business done. More deals have probably been crafted on the golf course than in the boardrooms of america. The president will try to put one together in the private dining room today. Focused like a laser beam on getting tax reform passed and he and the Vice President will have lunch with Mitch Mcconnell today. It could be an interesting meeting. The Senate Majority leader and president have traded barbs over the number of weeks leading up to today. Mitch mcconnell could not pull Obamacare Repeal and replace across the finish line. Today will be all sweetness and light and cordial and business like. Mcconnells spokesman saying the leader will join the Vice President and president where theyll discuss the fall agenda. Completing the budget resolution, passing tax reform to help American Families and workers and continuing to provide resources to communities affected by the recent hurricanes. A lot of talk in congress lately over whether Mitch Mcconnell can survive as majority leader. He couldnt pull together the votes to repeal and replace obamacare. Steve bannon over the weekend has declared war on the Republican Leadership and urging republicans to abandon mcconnell. Listen here. You can come to a microphone and say i am not going to vote for Mitch Mcconnell for majority leader. [applause] and you can come to a stick and you can say im going to do away with the filibuster so the president can implement his program. Senator Lindsey Graham who golfed with the president saturday said it is premature to talk about replacing mcconnell. He said if tax reform doesnt fly, katie bar the door. Our problem is we promised to repeal and replace obamacare and failed. We promised to cut taxes and we have to do it. If were successful Mitch Mcconnell is fine. If were not, were all in trouble. Were all in trouble. He voiced support for the president s decision to not recertify the Iran Nuclear Deal and asked congress for tougher measures against iran. On the weekend the president S National Security advisor mcmaster, who had supported recertifying the iran deal, was firmly with this new program. What the president has done is set out a marker to the iranians and our allies and partners. We have to fix fundamental flaws in this deal. Its a weak deal weakly monitored. The president has made clear he wont permit this deal to provide cover for what we know is a horrible regime to develop a nuclear weapon. The president taking aim at the Senate Minority leader saying schumer hated the iran deal but now that im involved, he is okay with that. Tell that to israel, chuck. Back on tax reform for a second here, eric, there is a disconnect in the Republican Party over when the deal might get done. Paul ryan would Like Congress to stay through christmas break to get it done. Mitch mcconnell said he wants to see it done this congress. January 2019. The president would like to get it done this year. Im told by aides this morning the timeline isnt a big deal. It doesnt matter if its the end of this year or the beginning of next year as long as it gets done. Well see if its the Senate Majority leader eating crow or how that lunch goes later on today. Not sure thats on the menu. It might be. Thanks. Sandra thanks. Joining me now for more on this is byron york from the Washington Examiner and Fox News Contributor. What do you expect from this meeting today, byron . Lets remind you of some of the words exchanged between the two this summer. The president said he was disappointed in mitch. Mitch mcconnell said the president had excessive expectations. Do you think they will spend time patching up their relationship . Probably not. Theyll probably go past that. The president has a tendency to treat them like theyre employees not measuring up. This is crunch time. After having failed to pass an Obamacare Repeal and replace bill, if congress doesnt get a tax bill done in that Lindsey Graham interview that john played earlier graham was asked are you going to get the tax bill done . He said yeah, if we dont, were dead. What that would mean is if they failed on taxes after having failed on obamacare, they would go to the voters next year with no legislative big legislative acome i shallment to point to and two big promises, obamacare and taxes, that they didnt keep. Thats pretty disastrous. Sandra we know there are several conservative groups calling for mcconnell to step down for lack of things getting done. But Lindsey Graham saying Mitch Mcconnell is not our problem. The problem is we promised repeal and replace. Thats not done. We failed there. We promised tax cuts and we have yet to do it. You just heard john roberts talk about the disconnect of the timing of getting tax reform done. Paul ryan says if it doesnt get done by tend of the year we stay over christmas and mcconnell suggesting this congress . When does it get done . Most of the strategist hoping to reelect republicans in 2018 get it done the sooner the better, december or january fine. People are campaigning after that. I dont think they want something that runs into the Campaign Season of 2018. But talk to strategists who are trying to reelect republicans next year and theyll say if we cut taxes, well be fine. But if we dont, its like Lindsey Graham said, were dead. Sandra lets talk healthcare reform. Nancy pelosi had choice words about the president s move on scrapping the subsidies saying it was the week the president went rogue. The week of friday the 13th is the week that President Trump went rogue. You have governors who are republicans and saying it is whole say chaos he is inflicting on the system. The president doesnt know or doesnt care. Sandra the president is tweeting about nancy pelosi and her colleagues this morning. The democrats only want to increase taxes and obstruct. Thats all they are good at, byron. If we had had this conversation last week. All the stuff we were saying about taxes still true. Now on top of that with his obamacare executive action the president has pushed put new pressure on congress to act. You have to remember that most republicans felt these cost saving reduction payments in obamacare were illegal and unconstitutional. Congress had never appropriated the money but president obama spent it anyway. They wanted it stopped. But what they wanted to do was create a legitimate law in which Congress Actually passed something to deal with this issue. So i think what the president has done by just cutting them off using his executive authority is to say to congress, youve got to fix that. I think what well see, well see action alongside the tax action, well see a lot of work done in the next few weeks on fixing this subsidy problem with obamacare. Sandra a piece on the hill this morning say trump is gafmg with the recent obamacare moves. Schumer saying republicans in the house and senate own the Healthcare System in this country from top to bottom. Thanks for joining us this morning. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is sending a blunt and strong warning to kim jongun. He does want to be clear with kim jongun, that he has military options on the table. The Trump Administration taking a very firm stance against that dictatorship. Coming up, a former Top White House official will give us his take on this continuing standoff. Sandra Colin Kaepernick filing a grievance against the nfl saying the owners are colluding against him to keep him off the field. You have to go. Man, take a look at that. A dramatic rescue in california caught on camera. Well have the latest on the Deadly Wildfires that have been ravaging wine country. Sandra right now a News Conference underway in louisiana on the oil rig explosion. Well bring you the latest information on this as we get it. People would stare. Psoriasis does that. It was tough getting out there on stage. I wanted to be clear. I wanted it to last. So i kept on fighting. 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Part of the exercises include getting american civilians out of south korea in case of war and other emergencies. The u. S. And south korea are also taking part in a 10day naval exercise. These joint military drills happen every year. This latest round comes during a dramatic standoff between the u. S. And north korea. The communist regime is renewing threats to strike guam and promises to keep advancing its Nuclear Weapons program. Eric Rex Tillerson is not ruling out military action in north korea but is committed to finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis caused by kim jongun. Here is part of what the secretary said yesterday. He has made it clear to me to continue my diplomatic efforts, which we are. As ive told others, the diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops. Eric john sununu, former white house chief of staff to president george h. W. Bush. Governor, is it Good Cop Bad Cop . The president keeps open the possibility of military action as did his predecessors while the secretary of state dangles the diplomatic carrot for kim jongun. Its firm cop, firm cop. Thats exactly what George Herbert walker bush did with jimmy baker. Jimmy went over a few times to talk to the foreign minister. I think the last conversation was a day or so if i remember correctly, a day or so before hostilities opened up. This is not an unusual tactic. It is a good tactic and i think theyre handling it pretty well. Eric what do you think will it take for kim jongun to get the message . There are two targets to the message. One is the north koreans, kim jongun. But the other is the chinese. They still have not done what they can do. For some reason they have dragged their feet on this and so when secretary of state tillerson or the president sends out a message an north korea, they really have two recipients in mind. I dont you cant read the minds of either one of those. You can just keep doing the best you can and i think thats exactly what is happening right now, the best we can. Eric u. S. Ambassador nikki haley referred to that saying north korea basically has been 25 years of botched agreements, she says. Thats an example of what we should do with iran. What weve had with north korea is kick the can down the road Foreign Policy for the last eight years. Started by mrs. Clinton as secretary of state. President obama did not want to handle the tough thing. In fact, kick the can down the road was the policy of iran. Thats what this deal with iran is in essence kick the can down the road and let the world worry about it in 15 years when iran is allowed to have Nuclear Weapons. What we have now is an administration is saying these are hot issues, tough issues. We inherited them and well try to deal with them. Eric speaking of mrs. Clinton over the weekend she is in london and criticized the president s efforts at decertifying the Iranian Nuclear deal. Why on earth would we want two nuclear challenges in iran and north korea at the same time . Just because something hasnt worked exactly as you wanted, doesnt mean your First Alternative should be threatening military action. It should be learning from what has and hasnt happened in the past and engaging in an intensive diplomatic effort. Eric her husband negotiated the 1994 oil for food deal which he said would make the world safer, make the Korean Peninsula safer and end the potential threat of Nuclear Weapons by north korea. Her comments are another call for kick the can down the road policies. Neither she nor president obama understood the crisis they were creating for the future after they left office. Eric so youre saying that approach doesnt work. Of course, if there is a military action, that could be catastrophic. Governor, finally, what do you think should be done . How can this administration finally try to corral kim jongun if its possible . Its to get china to turn the screws on the exports and imports and let kim jongun how to deal with a very unhappy population. Eric some of that is beginning to happen. Not enough say critics. Well see. Governor john sununu in New Hampshire this morning. Thank you for joining us. Sandra she has been called everything from a traitor to a man who served his country with distinction. Today bow bergdahl gets his day in court. Why he says he does not believe he will get a fair trial. Eric its a fiery scene after the explosion in louisiana. Just look at that. Police say theyre still searching for one person who is still missing after that rig explosion. Moving. And help you feel more strength and energy in just two weeks ill take that. Yeeeeeah ensure high protein. With 16 grams of protein and 4 grams of sugar. Ensure. Always be you. [burke] abstract accident. Seen videoit. Covered it. C we know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum sandra accused Bowe Bergdahls army Court Hearing is underway at fort bragg of the he is expected to plead guilty to charges of desertion and misbehavior. He said the false narrative against him has made it impossible for him to get a fair trial. Go back to kangaroo courts and lynch mobs that got what they wanted. The people who are to the point of saying just shoot him, you can never convince those people. Sandra former president obama was highly criticized for negotiating his release in exchange for five taliban prisoners back in 2014. Bergdahl was held prisoner by taliban forces. He could be facing a maximum sentence of life if prison for charges of misbehavior and up to five years for his charge of desertion. Eric an explosion lighting up the night sky in louisiana. It is an oil rig. The coast guard searching for a missing man aboard the rig when it exploded. Authorities say at least seven others were injured in this and theyll start looking for answers as soon as possible. The fire investigators are here on the scene. Once the fire is out well go out and determine the cause of the fire. Eric casey stiegel live with the details. Any indication what may have caused this explosion . We have a little better idea. Officials believe there were some type of cleaning chemicals on the surface of that massive offshore rig that somehow ignited and caught fire. But now that the sun is up the investigators are back out on the scene this morning to get a better idea of what happened collecting evidence and looking for clues. The rig out in the lake north of new orleans. It is used for storing oil until it is ready to be transferred back to land so there was no active drilling on site. Witnesses report the loud explosion just after 7 00 p. M. It took a few minutes to realize what on earth had happened. We were just sitting in my house and the house shook. It sounded like a bomb dropping basically. The whole house lit up with an orange flash. We were running around the house trying to think if something blew up at the house and we realized then it was out here. Officials on the ground having a press conference a few minutes ago updating us on the very latest. Were told there are no immediate Environmental Concerns that have been determined this morning. No sign of any oil sheen or anything like that on the water out there in the lake. They think it is pretty well contained. Eric thats at least good news. One worker still missing. Do we know how many people were on board the rig . We know of at least eight that were working on the rig at the time of the explosion. One person is still missing. Officials in that Morning Press Conference calling it an active search and rescue operation. The coast