romania. chief white house correspondent john roberts was there. he starts us off the night, as he often does, on the north lawn. >> a lot of anticipation as to what if anything president trump would say at that press conference this afternoon in the rose garden about his hired fbi director's testimony on capitol hill yesterday. it turned out, he said a lot. in the rose garden with romania's president clouse cloue johannes -- the president saying he would be happy to tell the details of his meeting to special counsel robert mueller under oath. >> 100%. >> the president had just said he never asked comey to shut down the investigation into michael flynn. >> i didn't say that. >> so he lied about that? >> well, i didn't say that. they would be nothing wrong if i did stay up according to everyone i read it today, but i did not say that. >> he also aggressively shut down the notion that he ever asked comey for a pledge of loyalty. >> no, i didn't say that and i didn't say the other. >> it was clear over all the president was pleased with the outcome on capitol hill yesterday. >> no collusion, no obstruction. he is a weaker, but we were very, very happy. and frankly james comey confirmed a lot of what i said. and some of the things that he said weren't true. >> comey did illuminate a repeated problem for the president. tweets can have consequences. yesterday, comey drew a straight line about the president's tweet having possibly having quota tapes in his conversation with the comey and the naming of the special prosecutor. comey said when he saw the tweet, he leaked information he knew would lead to mueller's appointment. >> my judgment was i needed to get that out of the public square, so i asked a friend of mine to share the content of the member with a reporter. >> but asked today if he did indeed have tapes, the president floated atvs. >> i'm not hinting anything. i will tell you over a short period lack of time. do you have a question here? >> when will you -- >> in a fairly short. lack of time. >> are there tapes, sir? >> you are going to be very disappointed when you hear the answer, do not worry. >> in an effort to discredit comey, his legal team is hammering the point that comey is a leaker, even democrats were critical of the former fbi director, insisting if you wanted to get the information held, he won about it the wrong way. >> i think the director should have come to the public directly himself or come to congress and made those statements and clarify the record and not gone through a third-party. >> the president's legal team is planning to file a complaint next week with the inspector general's office at the department of justice as well as sending a letter to beach senate judiciary -- the public record they have found that indicates leaks that the fbi going all the way back to march. bret? >> bret: john, thanks. there is considerable discussion tonight where there comey broke some rule, regulation, or law when he leaked his conversations with the president to the media. here's chief intelligence corresponded catherine herridge. >> more follow-up after thursday's testimony where they are fired fbi director existing memos -- were his. >> would you consider it to be somehow your own personal document that you could share with the media as you wanted to? >> i understood this as my recollection recording of my conversation with the president as a private citizen, i felt free to share that. >> former agent save this fbi employment agreement bars the exposure of raw data gathered on the job regardless of classification and applies to everyone, even senior leadership. >> there could be a violation there, whether in something anyone could do anything about in this context, i find it hard to believe. >> comey revealed using his friend to leak under investigation from susan collins. later on fox, he disputed the claim that he was free to share the memo. >> mr. comey was writing in his private journal, they are fbi documents, that is government work product. they are not his private paper. >> because comey pass information to a third party, he said for a variety of reasons, another republican question if there is a pattern. >> if he so good at leaking, is he doing that as the head of the fbi? there are a lot of links coming out of the fbi community, and not all of them are very benign. they do not leak information, they gave it to a friend. it still leaking, it still a crime. >> presidential advisor jared kushner could meet with investigators from the senate leaders this month according to sources. kushner's team suggested a meeting is not imminent. after repeated attempts, they do not have the memos from "the new york times" are more legal action could be looming. >> i don't know if if you have to subpoena it. >> the governing chair with his own russia investigation is republics and congressman trey gowdy, senior congressman known for the benghazi committee. >> i hope that fbi reads it to members of congress. >> in the letter to the house's intelligence committee, in the second letter, congressional investigators won confirmation from the white house about recordings and if they exist, they want copies before june 23rd and the last few minutes, the senior debt -- senior democrat dianne feinstein sent a letter to chuck grassley asking the committee investigate all things related to obstruction of justice, not only the president but the director of national intelligence and the nsa director. she characterized her testimony in the tweet as failing to answer direct questions, but their conversations with the president. bret? >> bret: thank you. theresa may is vowing not to resign after her historic was calculation led to her conservative parties loss in its majority in parliament. what that means from senior correspondent mike tobin in london tonight. >> badly weakened by an election she called, british prime minister and theresa may went to buckingham palace to tell the queen she was to form the government. her plan backfired as her conservative tory party lost the majority in parliament but still remain the largest party. she calmly stated that conservatives were joining forces with the democratic unionist of northern ireland. there are ten seats are enough to create a majority and keep may in power. >> what the country needs more than ever it is certainty. and having secured the largest numbers of boats and the greatest numbers of seats in the general election, it is clear that only the conservative and unionist party have a religion see and ability to provide that certainty and by commanding a majority in the house of commons. >> however, representatives of the tradition and precedent du p have only negotiated forming a government. >> the prime minister spoke with me this morning. we will enter discussion with the conservatives to explore how this may be possible to bring stability to our nation. at this time, it's a great challenge. >> as leader of the left-leaning party, jeremy corbyn facing gains may face calls for her regulation from opponents alike. >> the prime minister called the election because she wanted a mandate. well, the mandate she's got is lost conservative seats, lost votes, lost support, and lost confidence. i would thought that's enough to go, actually, resign immediately. and if you are going to be a brexit prime minister, you actually have to believe in it. >> still on shaky foundation, may vowed to move forward -- ten days before negotiations are set to begin, she's given no indication of a delay. >> the commissioner is concerned that we can open negotiations for the morning at half past nine. so we are waiting for visitors coming from london. >> the dynamic that changes with a coalition government as opposed to a simple majority is compromised. now the largest party in england, even when dealing with something as massive as brexit, will need to mind the special interests of a little party from northern ireland. bret? >> mike, thanks. let's see what the upset means for you care elections with the u.s. corresponded desmond calloway is looking for that part of the story tonight. >> it was in churchill's famous iron curtain speech in 1946 that he used the phrase "special relationship" to describe the unique, economic, and cultural diplomat of ties between the u.s. and great britain that alone, he believed, could foster world peace. >> this is a special relationship between the british commonwealth and empire and the united states of america. >> that special relationship has remained steadfast through myriad political swings, including the presidency of donald trump. >> a free and independent britain is a blessing to the world. and our relationship has never been stronger. >> but there are potential strains to give special relationship, depending on what kind of coalition government prime minister theresa may will form. if she survives. britain's labour party leader jeremy corbin demands she makes way for him. he's no fan of donald trump, citing a litany of the trump actions demand his upcoming state be withdrawn. >> president trump has blown up international agreements on refugees. he has threatened to dump international agreements on climate change. he has praised the use of torture. he has incited hatred against muslims. he directly attacked women's rights. >> house foreign affairs committee ron desantis says he's a british version of bernie sanders. >> we have to go way, way, way left to the bernie sanders. a big advocate of the castro regime in cuba, and he's just not somebody that i think would see eye to eye with most american presidents. >> many analysts predict a more likely scenario is that may could form a coalition government with the democratic unionist, a small conservative party most closely aligned with president trump. the u.s. withdraw appearance climate accords was very wise. democratic unionist like trump are critical of multinational agreements, they want a soft brexit, meaning that britain would no longer be a member of the e.u., but would retain terror free trade with e.u. members. >> bret: continuing overseas, iranian leaders are accusing the u.s. and saudi arabia of supporting the terrorists who killed 17 people and a pair of attacks in tehran. thousands of iranians attended a funeral ceremony today. i ran a positive supreme leader says the attacks will add to the hatred these people harbored toward the u.s. and the saudi's. uranian state tv says officials have detained 41 suspects so fa far. iraqi officials are criticizing an announcement by the kurdish autonomous government that they will hold a referendum on independence in september. baghdad says the kurds cannot take a move without the approval of all iraqis. at the u.s. state department, a spokesperson said the u.s. supports a unified, stable, democratic, and federal iraq. qatar's foreign ministers say they violate international law. this comes as the u.s. walks a fine, double medic line concerning a country that hosts america's largest air base in the region. with some mixed messages today. but the president's message, trump's, was the clearest and the rose garden this afternoon, insisting that qatar must stop funding terrorists. we get the latest night from correspondent rich edson at the state department. >> claiming the blockade of speed 23 is hindering u.s. military operations and the campaign against isis, secretary of state rex tillerson is calling on the sparring gulf nations to resolve their differences. >> we call for calm and thoughtful dialogue with clear expectations and accountability among the parties. in order to strengthen relationships. >> hours leaders at the white house, president trump singled out one side of the diplomatic conflict. >> the time is to call on qatar to end its funding. they have to end its funding. for qatar, we want you back among the unity of responsible nations. >> the president also says he won't name on their countries, but they were not done solving the problem of terrorist support for the united arab governments is one of the nations that cut off ties with qatar. the ambassador of united states respondent in a statement of fox news, saying that the uae welcomes president trump's leadership in challenging qatar's support with extremism. the next step is for them to look at these concerns and examine the regional policies grid that will provide the necessary basement for discussions bring in as afternoon marks, secretary tellers and acknowledged qatar of supporting tele- -- terrorists. >> qatar has made process halting support and expelling terrorist delegates from his country. but he must do more, and he must do it more quickly. >> "special report with bret baier" ambassador to the united states welcomes the secretary's remarks and says -- >> we have taken actions against individuals who are in the legal system. the courts have concluded and prosecuted certain individuals. >> he says he also supports secretary taylor -- saying it's a first step in the right direction. >> secretary tillerson says it's affecting u.s. businesses in the region. as for the military and its massive presence there, the pentagon says the blockade is hindering his ability for longer-term military obligation opportunities. >> bret: up next, trying to find a street drug that has killed four people so far in georgia. first, what of our fox affiliates are covering around the night. fox 5 in atlanta, police are investigating a bus crash that left one teenager dead. the driver of the bust in mount zion baptist church tried to change lanes and hit a car. the bus flipped over and ran into another vehicle. almost 40 people hurt in that accident. fox 25 in boston, a judge denies a defense request for a not guilty verdict for a woman charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly convincing her boyfriend to kill himself through a series of text messages. michelle carter is charged in the july 2014 suicide of konrad roy the third. and this is a live look at st. louis from our affiliate fox 2. one of the big stories here tonight. city leaders consider a plan to remove all confederate monuments, statues, flags, and memorials in city parks. crews are taking down every -- workers also removed a street sign for confederate avenue. that is tonight's live look the beltway. from the "special report," we will be right back. why put up with just part of a day? aleve, live whole not part. tell you what, i'll give it to you for half off. ♪ to err is human. to anticipate is lexus. experience the lexus rx with advanced safety standard. experience amazing. it's ok that everybody ignoit's fine.n i drive. because i get a safe driving bonus check every six months i'm accident free. because i don't use my cellphone when i'm driving. even though my family does, and leaves me all alone. here's something else... i don't share it with mom. i don't. right, mom? i have a brand new putter you don't 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applications to meet work quotas. a supervisor or those canvassers also was charged. justice department officials say drug overdoses are the leading causes of death for americans under the age of 50. this comes as the state of georgia is fighting against street drugs that have caused several deaths and hospitalizations this week. our jonathan serrie has more from atlanta tonight. >> we call it manufacturing death. >> investigators believe a fake prescription painkiller is responsible for dozens of overdoses and as many as four cadets in central georgia. >> these are not chemist producing these things for these are idiots in a garage many factoring a drug that is going to be used. >> it's being sold on the street as percocet. however, when it's taken, patients have a severe decrease of consciousness and respiratory favor comic failure >> -- counterfeit fills contain a mixture of two synthetic opioids, including a previously unidentified drug that is chemically similar to fentanyl. the pain medication is 30-50 times more powerful and about one fifth the cost of heroin. according to daniel salter, special agent in charge of the dea's atlanta division. using grains of salt, he showed us the equivalent of a lethal dose of fentanyl. >> it comes down to dollars and cents. these cartels can make a huge profit off of selling quintanilla. >> the georgia department of public health says that the -- it requires massive dealt meant of narcan. many synthetic opioids are produced in china and smuggled into the u.s. through mexico, canada, and the mail. authorities are trying to identify the source of the new drug in georgia. >> our investigators have been following some leads. we don't have any suspects at this time. >> the spike in overdoses in central georgia is the latest chapter in the nation's growing opioid epidemic. >> i don't know is in gateway drug, the near-death experience is what users are looking for. it's crazy. >> law enforcement officials are encouraging people 91 call 91 if they come in contact with the drugs because the ingredients are still not understood, authorities worn even touching the pill could be dangerous. bret? >> bret: jonathan, thank you. messages lawmakers are looking at a proposal to make the commonwealth a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants. supporters and opponents of the measure crowd at a public hearing today. republican governor charlie baker says he opposes that bill. the head of the states aclu says it would establish -- the trump administration has threatened to cut funding to sanctuary cities. one of the big issues that has largely been overlooked lately is the effort to increase the government's debt limit, or debt ceiling up on capitol hill. two congressional correspondence mike emanuel well tells us it's an issue that it's closing in fast for both sides of pennsylvania avenue. >> treasury secretary steven mnuchin is a regular on capitol hill these days, urging congress to pass a so-called debt ceiling increase, meaning without negotiation, without drama. how >> paul ryan says he wants to deliver for the treasury secretary. >> he wants to do it earlier rather than later, that's what every treasury secretary says and should be saying. we are going to work with them on this. we are having ongoing conversations on how to address it and we will address it before we hit the debt limit. >> nancy pelosi sent her side agrees with increasing the government's borrowing authority and would love to do it in july without concessions to conservatives. >> we will not go down the path. when we go down the path, as a way to live the debt ceiling in the house, i doubt they could pass that in the senate. let's be efficient, let's remove -- let's save our debt for another subject. this is the full faith and credit of united six of america. >> but conservatives say with republik in the white house and the majority in congress and the debt at $20 trillion and counting, this is a great time for fiscal responsibility. >> we only have a couple of points of leverage, one of them is the funding fcr, the on the base bill as another point of leverage, the other is a debt ceiling. we do not get much done without leverage, there are too many people who do not want to make dramatic changes. >> and some conservatives are expected to vote no, democratic votes will be needed. some of them are complaining to be asked to help out. >> the only time they come to democrats is when their own caucus is so fractured that they cannot govern and they come and thank us for support. we are starting to see that chatter on the debt ceiling. i mean, they control everything. and yet they seem fundamentally unable to govern. >> they are -- so that it's an easier vote for all. and then republicans tried to put points on the board by doing tax reform or spending caps after a crisis is averted. to be 25? >> bret: president trump got a little passionate today when talking about restoring american infrastructure. the president flipped through binders, he said, contains pages of useless paperwork that slow down the reloading process. >> we are here today to focus on solving one of the biggest obstacles to creating this new and desperately needed infrastructure. and that is the painfully slow, costly, and a time-consuming process of getting permits and approvals to bills. and i also knew that from the private sector. it is a long... slow... unnecessarily... burdensome... process. >> bret: president trump is vowing to mickey was infrastructure the envy of the world. stocks were mixed today, the s&p 500 was off two. the nasdaq finished down 1.14 after hitting a record high earlier. for the week, the dow was up a quarter percentage points, the s&p 500 was down a third. the nasdaq dropped one and a half. in its worst week of the year. u.s. air force has halted its lines of its f35 fighter jacks at luke air force base in arizona after pilots reported symptoms of oxygen deprivation. the stand that down is said to be for today only, and will meet at that particular base for the air force says it has had five instances of the problem since early may. they say the plan plane's backup system worked as designed and all pilots landed safely. many faith leaders are calling out vermont senators bernie sanders tonight for his comments about the religious views of a candidate for a job on the president's budget office. one southern baptist leader called sanders' comments, "breathtakingly audacious and shockingly ignorant."," both of the constitution and of basic christian doctrine. lauren green has details. >> he was on the hot seat as vermont senator bernie sanders blasted nominee russell road over his writing concerning islam. >> do you believe the statement is islamaphobic? >> the president's pick for a deputy director for the office of management, sparred with the former presidential candidate over an online article he wrote defending the christian school wheaton college for firing a political science professor who says muslims and christians worship the same god. the senator focused on this sentence. "muslims do not have a efficient theology. they do not know god because they reject jesus christ and his son and they stand condemned." >> are you suggesting that all those people stand condemned? what about jews? do they stand condemned, too. >> of senator, i am a christian -- >> i understand you are a christianity. i understand is the majority religion, but there are other people of different religions of this country and around the world, and your judgment, do you think people who are not christians are going to be condemned? >> thank you probing on as a question, i believe all individuals are made in the image of god and are worthy of dignity and respect the goddess of their beliefs. >> muslims in the aclu have sided with standards, but critics have sided article six of the constitution who say there should be no religious test to hold political office, and includes the senator of doing just that. conservative and evangelical christians like baptist pastor robert jeffress are outraged. >> what sanders said is a slap in the face, ate and to to millions of evangelical christians who believe that jesus christ is the only way to heaven. this is not some proverbial belief of christians. it is the foundation of our faith. >> it will be a few weeks before the senate decides on vote confirmation. bret? >> lauren, thank you. president trump says james comey is lying. and he says he's willing to say that under oath. we will get reaction to a day in the news garden from the panel when we come back. but when family members forget, trust angie's list to help. 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[laughter] >> bret: julie, you were there. what did you think? >> i think the president does feel vindicated on one front, that's the fact that james comey did tell him three times that he personally was not investigation as it relates to the russian collusion during the election. but obviously there is a lot that is left on the table here, and we are in a situation right now because so many of these conversations were just the president and comey, it's comey's word against trump. you heard trump say he would testify under oath, questions about whether there are a taped hangs over all of this. you have to imagine the only rational exhalation is if he is going to be met with his explanation, that there are either tapes that vindicate him on that front or no tapes exist at all. again, impossible to date that answer. >> bret: you wonder about the p.r. motions here and the specter of tapes after a big hearing where someone is testifying about alleged obstruction of justice. it's not a great image. >> it's called "winging it." i was watching this today, i thought he's just winging these answers, on this. do you think there are tapes? i have no sense of this question. >> bret: there isn't this feeling at the white house. >> the only thing i think it's an open question is because trump has a history of taping his conversations, phone calls, businesses, even during the campaign. that's why people are waiting for a definitive answer. but there is no evidence, no proof of it at the white house. >> no, no, no. i just... i was watching that also, keeping in mind, what his lawyer -- i mean, i've been deposed, a lot of us journalists have been deposed. your lawyer says don't offer anything, do not offer to talk more that you have to talk. and i just thought his lawyer's white house counsel, the other lawyers are thinking, oh, god, please do not promise to talk to mueller. comey was under oath, that serious. you will be under oath. that's serious. we are in the process of a presidency winging itself. >> on the plus side, this is his style to be aggressive. he obviously feels confident after that testimony yesterday. >> well, i think you should feel -- be aggressive in this. look, what was the worst thing to come out of the hearing for him? that's been then called him a liar? the morning of there was a poll that 70% didn't believe him in regards to the russian investigation and other related matters. that's where he started at the beginning of the hearing, so i think comey calling him a liar is going to do much more in terms of that number. i also think that everyone was discredited in the process as well. comey was discredited. i think his motive should be a question from the hearing as well. the media as well. chris matthews has said that the russia-trump narrative basically fell apart after the hearing and also the obama administration as well with loretta lynch and comey's testimony that she instructed him to use the word "matter" as opposed to investigation, so i think everyone else is in muddy waters as well through three things comey said that i think should be brought into question. one, going back to his may 1st statement, his testimony the other day she receives a contradiction to that. also comey testified he released in response to the main ninth tweet, "the new york times" article that closely nears those memos, that was the day before he tweeted. we already know that comey leaked. it was not him? i think that's fair to share that. he also said no reasonable prosecutor would bring charges against hillary clinton. also, no one has been prosecuted for holding something for there are also things to question the fbi director as well. >> so joan, on that, the fbi and the trump administration is going to file through his lawyer a challenge to the doj on this releasing of documents. is that something that is fruitful? >> i don't know. look, i'm getting deja vu on all of this. to me, this is benny hill liked sped up version, a replay of the 1990s with bill clinton and ken starr, where the trump forces, all they want to do is discredit the special counsel, attack his credibility, attacked him while at the same time -- >> special counselor is to mueller. i know. i mean, attacking the messenger in the form of comey. my guess is that mueller's day will come. meanwhile, we hear donald trump -- he would love to be deposed under oath. you know, that's what bill clinton impeached. it's mind-boggling you have to think that poor, you know, don mcgann must be mainlining black tar heroin at the thought his client is going to be deposed under oath! there is no lawyer out there that thinks it's a good idea. my guess it's just bluster. what we are seeing here is a strange arctic bank where donald trump says in tweets and impress conference today, simultaneously 100% vindicated and so much of what comey said our lives. well, those things are hard to square. you can't say he's lying about the inconvenient beats, but he's totally telling the truth about the parts that exonerate you. this is going to have a long half-life, and that's the bad news for donald trump. >> i'm still thinking about the black tar heroin. don mcgann on black tar heroin... b1 it's a friday >> bret: it's a friday. people in middle america who voted for trump, and a lot of them listen to rush limbaugh. here is rush limbaugh today on the whole thing. >> and i'm talking about the vast majority of people on the left. they are now being defined and governed by a raw, shear, hatred. they have this next to it important. that hatred is combined with daily affirmation that the best they've got to get rid of donald trump is not working. and that just infuriates them even more. we don't have any crimes. we haven't been told what crimes are being pursued. all we have been is lied to. >> bret: so there is a lot of feeling, you know, where is it there? we don't know and we don't know as we are reporting this. >> that is the interesting thing. mueller is going to take a long time. we don't know how long it's going to take to find out what there is. there is a lot of smoke and, you know, it's a cliche. but sometimes there is often fire. but i'm open to the idea that there is less here than meets the eye. i am also very much open to the idea that people get in trouble when they try to cover up things that aren't as serious as the cover-up becomes. i just have to -- i never thought i would say this. i'm disagreeing with rush limbaugh on your show. i think jim comey, and i'm disagreeing with lisa as well. i think jim comey is not discredited in this. i think he came out of this looking fairly straightforward. he looks like -- admitting the leaking, first of all donald trump being upset by somebody leaking is a little bit rich. let's leave that there. this is a situation that i think comey was quite forthcoming and it's a situation in which the former director of the fbi called the president a liar under oath. that is a very novel experience in american public life. >> bret: it is. that was a big moment in the beginning of that history especially as he laid that out outside of what he already testified turning in. i guess the question that kept on coming up, julie, was that why did the fbi director, the same guy who under the bush administration stood up to power and it said, this does not stand, why did that same guy not say, mr. president, this is inappropriate. we need to get the attorney general back in here. you can't do that. you may not know this, you can't do that. >> i think that's where comey was weakest in the testimony. it was a huge question going in given that everything reported given his interaction. we didn't come out of it with any clear answer. he essentially said i wish i could've been stronger, i wish i could've been more courageous. but particularly in that meeting he describes so vividly in the oval office where he talks about jeff sessions, the attorney general, lingering behind him, perhaps feeling like this was uncomfortable. jared kushner, perhaps, trying to stop the interaction. this seems like it's playing out over a period of minutes, perhaps, where he could've stepped in and said something and he didn't. i do think that's a weakness in his case. not to, they'll not draw any conclusions that he may be misleading what he said, but it does raise the question. why didn't you say anything? >> bret: down to it. are there tapes? >> they have just been asked for it by the committee. >> i have no idea. >> no yes or no? >> i don't know. >> i don't think there are. >> hard to believe there are periods when next up, friday lightning round. british election, bernie sanders? we will cover them. 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>> resigned, immediately. in the end, personality not policy played a huge role in this result. >> bret: well, the parliament, it was up for grabs last night. late night on "special report," the numbers are coming in, and the conservatives lost their majority in parliament. theresa may is hanging on for and she says she's not going to resign. there are calls for the resignation. we are packed with the panel. jonah? >> a complete and total disaster for theresa may and conservatives. and i think it's going down as one of the greatest speculations in electoral politics. >> whoever was advising her, they should get fired immediately and never work in politics again. what an epic miscalculation. now she's being called on to resign trying to, you know, fall through -- brexit is going to be incredibly difficult, make relationships with the u.s. difficult because corbyn is anti-trump. >> to whoever that is who advised that -- there were three terrorist attacks, and it affected the feeling, i guess, of feeling and where the vote was going. >> also, to look at this politically, she was a bit lawfully when president trump went after the mayor of london, the mayor of a city who came under attack, she was waffling at the start to side with trump or side with the mayor. that had an impact as well. >> how is this establishment not working kind of thing and the populist feeling of almost every election we've seen. >> i will answer that, but i want to add something to jonah goldberg. this is the greatest strategic risk regulation since the last great strategic risk escalation by david cameron to even have a vote on exiting the e.u. it's like london is the capital of huge, strategic ms. calculations, brutal miscalculations. i think, yeah, everything is up for grabs. the election in france what ended a centrist candidate winning, we thought that code of cooled the populist fires, but people are looking at their politicians and don't like them very much, and are throwing things up there now that they wouldn't have thought of doing before. that's what we are seeing in britain. >> bret: let's talk about the situation in the middle east. here is the secretary of state and the present today on qatar. >> we call on the kingdom of saudi arabia, the united arab airman remits, and egypt to ease the blockade against qatar. >> the nation of qatar, unfortunately, has historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level. they have to end that funding. and it's extremist ideology in terms of funding. >> bret: softer message of secretary of state about these countries doing the blockade, but pretty firm from the rose garden. julie, you were there. it seems like that is much more specific. >> tillerson sitting in the front row as well. a lot of scrambling at the white house and the state department this afternoon to try to make clear that tillerson and trump are on the same page on this issue, even though it did not look like they where. one interesting thing that i don't think we'll get a lot of attention, but it probably should, trump seemed to indicate he was talking to the saudis and other regional partners about this issue of about even the blockade when he was in riyadh for the summit. we haven't heard that before. >> well, he tweeted tuesday. during my recent trip through the middle east, leaders pointed to qatar. look! good to see the saudi arabian -- already paying off, they stated they would take a hard landing on funding and all of the references pointed to qatar. perhaps this will be the beginning of the end of the horror of terrorism. jonah? >> i think trump is largely right about this one. it is a mess, this good cop bad cop thing between tillerson and trump. it's acoustic guitar and electric guitar. i'm sorry. i had to do it. i think the problem is consistency of message more than anything else. it's very much a sort of trump in europe saying that, who would not say the words for article five for nato but cited in the rose garden. if he was going to come around supporting article five and nato, if we are going to have this plan of qatar, let's have it. >> the question i have about trump's at about qatar did he know that we have thousands of troops in qatar, the headquarters of central command, the most important center of command -- me when the original tweets? >> the original tweet. he has a tendency to take in the last thing he heard, the saudis told him this. he went with it in a very unnuanced way which caused, i happen to know, a great deal of consummation in the pentagon. they are all allies in the the - qatar is problematic. >> bret: pretty firm statement saying we are with president trump. obviously the president has been with secretary mattis the past couple of days and got a lot of feedback from him. >> i agree with jonah's assessment. this is what president trump: a muslim leaders to do on this trip in saudi arabia. they are doing that, however it does get dicey when there are conflicting statements, or seemingly conflicting statements from the secretary of state and the president. obviously, that is where our largest military base is in the middle east, so things get dicey with that. we will see how this plays out. >> but we aren't leaving. we aren't leaving qatar. >> no. i think what you heard -- it's not easy to leave. what you heard from tillerson, what we have not heard from the white house, concerned that the blockade could impede military action in the region. and could impede the fight against "special report with bret baier" " -- against isis. >> but that's a winner? >> this is a blunt way of making a point. if you are the ruling family, if you are willing qatar, maybe we should ease up on funding muslim brotherhood and hamas. to his credit, is a very blunt way of doing it and it didn't make the pentagon or state department happy, but there is an argument here. >> we have said that this president is different. >> different ways of doing it, yes. >> bull in a china shop, sometimes. when we come back, winners and losers of the week. asting scent of gain. now available in matching scents across your entire laundry routine. a trip back to the dthe doctor's office, mean just for a shot. but why go back there, when you can stay home... ...with neulasta onpro? strong chemo can put you at risk of serious infection, which could lead to hospitalizations. in a key study, neulasta reduced the risk of infection from 17% to 1%... ...a 94% decrease. applied the day of chemo, neulasta onpro is designed to deliver neulasta the next day, so you can stay home. neulasta is for certain cancer patients receiving strong chemotherapy. do not take neulasta if you're allergic to neulasta or neupogen (filgrastim). ruptured spleen, sometimes fatal as well as serious lung problems, allergic reactions, kidney injuries, and capillary leak syndrome have occurred. report abdominal or shoulder tip pain, trouble breathing or allergic reactions to your doctor right away. in patients with sickle cell disorders, serious, sometimes fatal crises can occur. the most common side effect is bone and muscle ache. so why go back there? 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he was trolling as he gets off the plane, that's pretty interesting. >> better things to do. >> bret: have a great weekend, that's it for this battle repor report, the story with martha maccallum starts right now. ♪ >> martha: breaking tonight, the trump camp clearly saw the comey hearing as a win, today the president came out ready to do battle. >> president trump: no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker, but we want to get back to running our great country, jobs, trade deficits, we want them to disappear fast. north korea, big problem. middle east, a big problem. that's what i am focused on, that's what i have been focused on. >> martha: good evening everybody, i martha maccallum and here is the story. president trump calling for the press conference late last night, either to get his s