melissa. melissa: the trump administration moving forward with an array of decisions. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders answering questions on many of them this afternoon. our own blake burman was in the white house briefing room. blake, what can you tell us? >> appears, melissa president trump narrowed down his decision who might end up leading the federal reserve. there are five candidates, five finalists we've been telling you about, but when asked by maria bartiromo in the white house interview when maria spoke with the president, president trump specifically singled out two. john taylor, current stanford economist and jerome powell and heaped praise on janet yellen this is remarkable turn of events as it relates to yellen, during the campaign trail president was critical of yellen, she is too political, should be a shamed of herself and essentially saying she was a political arm of president obama and hillary clinton. during the white house briefing i asked sanders as it

melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." we have big market movers but here is what else we're covering for you during this very busy hour. going at it alone, president trump doing what congress couldn't. rolling back obamacare on his own terms. what it means for the future of health care. plus dramatic new developments in the harvey weinstein scandal. the disgraced producer is responding to the assault allegations that have shocked hollywood. >>> a disaster with no end in sight. hundreds of people are missing as deadly wildfires rage through california wine country. david: weil get back to the stories in a moment. dow hitting all-time high but failing to end the session in positive territory. nicole petallides on floor of the nyse. what caused a down movement? >> david, as you know we had bank earnings. that did weigh a little bit. we hit a high in middle of the day for the dow, nasdaq and s&p. dow was 15 points away from dow 23,000. keep an eye on that. dow components hit all-time high, they may have you feeling pretty goo

, melissa. the stock is moving up in after-hours trading. the web services we just got the number. that is a beat. a positive number. the web services is cloud business for amazon. we're all excited about the retail side of the company, but we're excited about web services. revenue 43.7 million. that is beat above 42.14. earnings per share. that was nice to see. 52 cents. estimate was was 3 cents. now we'll look for information with information with regards to whole foods and acquisition of whole foods. actually favorable impact, year-over-year changes coming from, without whole foods in the picture. still looking for whole foods information, excuse me. but the web service, that is very strong sign for amazon of the stock is moving higher. a few things to watch. there are reports going into the close that they actually had been getting pharmacy licenses around the country. if that is confirmed, right now just a report, if they confirm that in the press release or on the earnings call today, is b

melissa. melissa: david: thank you is "after the bell." more on big market movers. here is what else we're covering very busy hour. very busy day. pivotal day inside of the beltway. the president announcing this afternoon he will not con at this to certify that iran is complying with the nuclear agreement. nancy pelosi jumping to iran's defense, claiming the rogue nation hasn't violate what president calls the worst deal of. we'll try to get to the bottom of it. >>> the president also taking aim today at one of the strangest components of obamacare, paying out billions of dollars to subsidies to insurance companies despite makings about of profits. >> amazing. david: the president says it is corporate welfare. he is ending it now but will courts let him? >>> fires rage in california as death toll continues to climb. a live update from napa valley as. melissa: blue chips closing higher for the fifth week in a row. longest winning streak for three months. go more to nicole petallides what is mov

melissa. melissa: nuclear deadline fast approaching. fox news reports that president trump plans to decertify the iranian nuclear deal before the sunday deadline, forcing congress to decide whether to reimpose sanctions. here is david sears, former navy seal. david, what do you think about that? is that a good idea? >> that's a tough question, a very good idea. i don't know that he is left with much choice. it is definitely not in our national security interests especially look what is occurring with korea. kicking iran down the road. if he decertifies it, force as conversation for the congress, american people, to hear what is in the deal, not echo chamber happened prior to its inception. melissa: ed royce, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee was on earlier, he said he thinks what the president should do rather than decertifying, enforce it and add on to it, that the idea they have to be able to go inspect the different facilities. that way maybe you keep europeans on board. there was supposed to be, we heard from president

melissa. melissa: funded by the clinton camp, president trump slamming hillary clinton and the dnc following the bombshell revelation that it was actually her campaign that funded the salacious anti-trump dossier. who knew. blake burman live at the white house with the latest. break it down, blake. reporter: president trump saying latest revelation that the hillary clinton campaign and the democratic national committee funded fusion gps dossier and quote, president trump said it was a disgrace. that was a word he used twice at the white house earlier this afternoon as he sat down with lou dobbs. many members of the clinton campaign said there was no absolutely no connection between themselves and this dossier. that was before this "washington post" report. the president saying today, in his interview with lou dobbs, he thinks the clinton team, what is left of it, is now trying to backtrack. >> you know it is very interesting. she denied it. her own people denied it. everybody denied it. they'r

melissa. melissa: harvey and irma contributing to the first employment decline in seven years. we're talking about that. the white house is still optimistic. >> while many displaced weren't able to work, the economy still remains extremely strong. those people continued to have jobs which is why the unemployment rate actually fell. melissa: let's bring in today's panel. tom gimbel, ceo of lasalle network, jack hough from "barron's," heather zumarriaga from vision four. jack, we'll start with you. we might expect a bounce-back. we will see construction jobs in big states where things got destroyed. unemployment, probably temporary, what do you think? >> i don't think anyone is worried about job numbers. typically you see a bit of a economic pinch in the short term but more activity going forward. look at car business, you had dealerships were closed for weeks. that is bad business for carmakers. you had thousands upon thousands of cars destroyed need to be replaced. that is future business. i t

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hello, i'm jon scott. >> melissa: happy friday. i'm melissa francis. the president levels a major blow to obamacare with his healthcare executive order yesterday mr. trump now saying that subsidies to insurance companies participating in the program will be cut off. and the president says americans will have more options. >> president trump: after obamacare they were unable to afford their association plan so they had a great thing, their employees were happy and then it ended. with this executive order, americans will likely soon have those options. we will be very happy to provide them to you. >> melissa: chief white house correspondent john roberts is live from the north lawn on another busy day, john. >> the president ending the "newsweek" with a bang. he has been a proponent of cost sharing -- the president will end the $7 billion in subsidies to health insurance companies under the obamacare health exchanges. the president saying at the values voter summit it is his intention with the lack of congressional action to dismantle obamacare bit by bit

melissa. melissa: hillary, thank you. connell: with this tragedy in the heart of las vegas that we continue to cover for you fear and panic with people on the vegas strip running for their lives. last night, what became the deadliest shooting, mass shooting in modern u.s. history. more to come on that. melissa: county officials praising the work of the first-responders. the latest from law enforcement on the shooters coming up. [sirens] ronoh really?g's going on at schwab. thank you clients? well jd power did just rank them highest in investor satisfaction with full service brokerage firms... again. and online equity trades are only $4.95... i mean you can't have low cost and be full service. it's impossible. it's like having your cake and eating it too. ask your broker if they offer award-winning full service and low costs. how am i going to explain this? if you don't like their answer, ask again at schwab. schwab, a modern approach to wealth management. connell: more news from las vegas. of the officials tell us, stephe

david: melissa. melissa: back to the market. back to the market. dow and s&p 500 closing at new record high. the dow turning positive in last minutes of trading, continuing to climb beyond 23,000. today we remember a day in history 30 years ago, black monday, a crash on wall street where the dow fell more than 22%. so that was 508 points. today you have to imagine that would be equivalent of the dow losing 5233 points. nicole petallides on floor of new york stock exchange. we've come a long way. >> no doubt. there are some traders on floor of the stocks exchange who were working at that time. it was a mentality we would never get out of those doldrums and look what happened. you just saw the turnaround. you can't doubt america. look how it ran up. we have had obviously one milestone after another. today, the fourth record close in a row, for the dow jones industrial average. look at that run. most traders don't think that a day like that could happen again because of circuit breakers. taking a look also at the dow performance right now, we finished

melissa. melissa: shock and appalled. hillary clinton finally breaking her silence condemning the reported sexual misconduct by hollywood producer and megademocrat donor harvey weinstein. what took her so long and does her response go far enough some people are wondering? david: good questions. cause for alarm. south korea claiming u.s. war plans are among data stolen by north korea, including plans to assassinate kim jong-un in preparations for a nuclear war. what the pentagon is saying about that. melissa: and, firefighters racing to contain raging fires in northern california that have killed at least 15 people and forced 20,000 people out of their homes. a live update from napa valley. that's next. >> napa has been hit so hard and sonoma, as they deal with the tragic loss of life and property, to devastating wildfires. her? umm..she's doing good. she needs more care though. she wants to stay in her house. i don't know even where to start with that. first, let's take a look at your financial plan and see what we can do

melissa? >> melissa: so the white house is not buying the phased in plan for corporate tax cuts. adam is on capitol hill with the latest. say it isn't so. >> adam: well this proposal is out there. foxbusiness.com reported about this phase in going from 35% to 20% in early october and you would drop from 35%, 3% every year for five five years. use bed to 20% by 202 # but blake burman, our white house correspondent asked sarah sanders the press secretary is this really something the president would allow or will he stick to the line in the sand and 20% immediately, here is what she said. >> sarah: the president laid out his principles and it doesn't include the phasing in so we're still committed to that moving forward. i'm not drawing a red line i'm saying those are the principles we've laid and haven't adjusted or changed them since this process started. >> and so we are expecting the details of the tax reform bill from the house ways and means committee from chairman brady on wednesday, but w

melissa. melissa: let's bring in today's panel. dan henninger, "wall street journal," fox news contributor, liz peek, "fiscal times" and adam lashinsky from fortune, a fox news contributor as well. dan, i will start with you, i don't like it when mitch mcconnell says it is his foal -- goal to get tax reform. that is management speak for here is what he is aiming for. >> that's right, melissa. it shouldn't be their goal. that is do-or-die for both of them. president trump understands that. amusing to be standing there with mitch mcconnell and saying we're in total agreement and never been closer. one day mr. trump is throwing members of congress off the train and pulling them back on the train. like one of those silent movies with harold hold where people are jumping on, jumping off. keep the eye on the ball here. midterm elections are coming up next year. members of congress will be focusing on that at some point. you want to get taxes done before they go out to campaign for re-election. melissa: adam that is rorschach statement, w

melissa? melissa: authorities continue the search for answers, this as the gunman of sunday night's massacre -- the girlfriend, pardon me, the girlfriend of the gunman arrived in the united states questioned by the fbi, considered a person of interest. with the latest on the investigation from las vegas, here is hillary vaughn. hillary, what do we know? reporter: we do know that right now the fbi is talking to the girlfriend of the gunman, stephen paddock, marilou danley, about 270 miles from here at fbi field office in los angeles. now the fbi deputy director says they are trying to piece together the life and behavior of paddock and think his girlfriend is the best person who can do that. the big question that authorities want to know and struggling to answer for victims and those remaining in vegas, why did this happen? law enforcement sources tell fox news they want to know did she been the attack before it happened? did she know that paddock was stockpiling guns and explosive materials, a

. >> melissa: good morning, i'm melissa francis. the president stopping in pennsylvania later today where he will speak to a crowd at the harrisburg international airport. big rigs will be part of the background. president trump will pitch his plan as a boon to truckers who are expected to make up a good portion of his audience tonight. during a white house meeting with henry kissinger yesterday saying his strategy will benefit all americans. >> president trump: people want to see tax cuts. they want to see major reductions in their taxes and they want to see tax reform. that's what we're doing. >> melissa: chief white house correspondent john roberts is live from the north lawn with more on this one. what do we expect, john? >> good morning. very often big rig trucks are used as a security screen at outdoor events the president attends but the president is trying to make it difficult for members of congress, particularly members of congress on the democratic side up for reelection in 2018, difficult to say no to him. he has the spe

. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. one day since president trump took to the rose garden to tout his outstanding relationship with mitch mcconnell saying they're on the same page. they had lunch together and then held a news briefing yesterday at the white house that was spirited. the president dispelling any talk of tension between the two of them. >> president trump: i just want to say that we just spent quite a bit of time inside with the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, who has been a friend of mine for a long time. long before my world of politics. early into his world of politics, i think. but we've been friends for a long time. we are probably now, despite what we read, we're probably now, i think, at least as far as i'm concerned closer than ever before and the relationship is very good. >> melissa: chief white house correspondent john roberts. closer than anything before could mean anything depending how close they were before. >> it's true, everything is relative. no question about it. yesterday's eve

. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. the gunman may not have acted alone and officials say he rented an apartment overlooking another music festival one week earlier. investigators think he planned to escape after sunday's attack but turned the gun on himself as police closed in. president trump and the first lady traveling to las vegas yesterday to meet with survivors and first responders. the president praising the city and all those who put their lives on the line to save others. >> president trump: i will tell you the people of nevada and the extraordinary city have shown the world their incredible character, courage, and resolve. nevada really is a very, very special place. i'm honored to be here today at the las vegas metropolitan police department in the company of heroes. >> melissa: white house correspondent kevin corke joins us live with more. >> the president's message was a simple and poignant one. you are not alone and we will never leave your side. the message from not just the president but the first lady

melissa. melissa: right. >> i think that is what ultimately we need to be focused on. you know there are these little intrafamily discussions and disputes which i would frankly rather be kept in the family and not spill out into the public but -- melissa: on twitter. >> on twitter. nevertheless, we, i think that most republicans right now are focused on getting this budget passed. because the budget set table for tax reform. if we don't pass a budget, we don't get tax reform. melissa: so that end, senator paul could hold up the whole thing. he has not said he is a no on the budget but you know him well. you've been through these situations with him. what is your sense of what he is going to do? >> you know, it is always hard to predict. he voted to proceed to the budget yesterday. it is procedural vote. but the actual budget vote will occur at end of week. i hope that rand finds his way to society for this. we need to function as team. these are big things we're trying to do for the country an

melissa. mel back to markets -- melissa: back to markets. the blue chip index is up almost 1,000 points. nicole petallides is on the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole, that is quite a winning record. >> reporter: it really is. i was just looking at where we closed, we closed at 22,405 on the last trading day of september. we've had a great month of october. in fact, you did see the dow, the nasdaq and the s&p all gaining, the dow up about 4.3%. i know we're settling those numbers led by sectors such as technology and ulta merles, utilities. it's been a great month thus far. the gain was really because of 3m, apple, unitedhealth, those were some of the names. and with the dow up seven months in a row, it's on pace for the longest winning streak since april of 2012. i wanted to get to qualcomm, apple, intel, chipmakers. that was the big story when we came in this morning, qualcomm sold off in a big way down almost 7% as apple gained. we did see apple moving to new highs. we also -- al

. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. president trump said to be putting the finishing touches on an executive order to allow small businesses for other groups to band together to buy health insurance and they would be able to cross state lines in order to get it. the move comes after repeated failures to repeal and replace obamacare in congress. the plan is not without controversy. white house correspondent john roberts is live with the story. >> good morning to you. the president is on thursday according to sources telling fox news to sign an executive order that would allow certain individuals to band together in what are called healthcare associations in order to use the power of numbers to buy healthcare at a lower rate and by across state lines to get the best rate available. the president tweeting this morning, quote, since congress can't get its act together on healthcare, i will be using the power of the pen to give great healthcare to many people fast. the idea of allowing people to band together in these so-cal

. >> i'm melissa francis. investigators are trying to find out what turned stephen paddock into a mass murderer. they found 19 more guns at his home along with explosives and thousands of rounds of ammunition. the investigation doesn't end there with police. now planning to talk to this woman. this is marilou danley. when she returns to the u.s., they want to ask her. she was the gunman's girlfriend. while not a suspect herself, they are hoping she will be able to shed light on paddock's motive. in the meantime, tales of heroism are emerging from the night of the deadly shooting which could have been even worse had it not been for the quick action of some brave first responders. >> but for the fact of the great work done by the men and women of metro and the security at mandalay bay, we would have lost hundreds, if not thousands more lives. they were able to triangulate and locate that room and get people in there and saved countless lives. for that we will be eternally grateful. >> adam housley is live in las

melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." we have more on market movers but here is what we're covering in the busy hour ahead. the house passing a major hurdle paving the way for historic tax reform. paul ryan speaking at a manufacturing plant. national association of manufacturers was at the event and will join us later this hour. >>> new details surfacing about the las vegas gunman. officials say he may not have acted alone. authorities seeking the identity of a woman seen with him days before the mass shooting. >>> puerto rican bonds tumbling, when the president said the island's massive debt should be wiped out. the white house budget director says the president would not be literal. there will be no bailout. coming up we have the governor of port reeks coable to respond. david: we need to hear from him. new record highs for all major averages. let's go straight to nicole petallides on floor of new york stock exchange. i set it up, nicole. investors were happy about progress toward tax reform. is that what is buoying the

. >> melissa: another busy day, and melissa francis. president trump looking for that deal, sweeping immigration reform, sending congress a 70-point plan which includes the wall and thousands of additional i.c.e. agents. kellyanne conway detailing some of that earlier today on "fox & friends." >> details with daca, but it also deals with the first priority issue to keep us safe and secure. 300 new immigration judges, 1000 i.c.e. agents, because one of the challenges we have is what to do with those who are trying to cross the border illegally. >> melissa: kristin fisher live at the white house with details. what do we know so far? >> well, melissa, the demands are very different from the list of demands that chuck and nancy thought they agreed to when they had dinner at the white house a few weeks ago. as one white house official put it last night, that was a deal to work out a deal, and that deal is now serious jeopardy of the list of nonnegotiable's that the president sent to congress last night. he wants congress to pass the bill tha

. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. the chairman of the joints chief of staff telling reporters the families of the four fallen soldiers and american people deserve answers about what happened in the west african nation nearly three weeks ago. general joseph dunford appealed for patience during the investigation. >> we lost four americans in this incident. we had two others wounded. that makes it a big deal to me. that gives me a sense of urgency to identify exactly what happened, to communicate exactly what happened to the families and the american people. so i personally am not comparing this to any other incident. what is most important to me aside from getting the facts, is identifying those things that we can do better in the future and that's my focus. >> melissa: national security correspondent jennifer griffin. >> the u.s. troops didn't ask for air support an hour after the attack began. then it took the french fighter jets another hour to appear overhead, a full two hours after the attack began. >> when they re

. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis, happy monday. the president telling house republicans to get to work on tax reform and past the senate budget immediately or face the consequences in 2018. he sounds optimistic that they will get it done. here's what he told maria bartiromo. >> i think that we are going to have the votes for taxes, and i will say the fact that health care is so difficult makes the taxes easier. the republicans want to get it done. it is a tremendous tax cut. especially for the middle class. in especially for business, we are losing our companies. we have company is leaving. and since i have been elected, that is really stopped and slow down. there is a tremendous enthusiasm for business in this country. >> jon: white house correspondent john roberts live with more on that story. >> good morning to you. the house is going to try to pass the senate budget to later on this week, of course the rules of the house are different when it comes to considering tax or form then they are in the senate. they have the filibuster

melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." here is what else we're covering during this busy hour ahead. president trump making a big push on capitol hill on tax reform telling lawmakers get it done by end of the year or pay the price a live report from the white house. aspects counsel robert mueller's federal investigation now setting sights on a powerful democratic lobbiest. who he is and why. what happened to those four american soldiers killed in an ambush in niger. we're expecting a news conference from chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general joseph dunford from the pentagon. any moment we'll take you there live. >> look at markets. nicole on floor of new york stock exchange. well it is almost like we need a little bit of a breather, right, nicole? what are traders saying. >> they think it is quite okay we have a little bit of a breather. they are impressed we tested thresholds and moved higher. scott ressler on us last hour said exactly that we pull back hold levels on bottom, only moving higher to the up side. yo

. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. with tensions rising around the world president trump's comments are leading to speculation about whether oh big decision could be in the works. >> jon: kind of a terrifying tease. kristen fisher is live with more on this one. kristen. >> melissa: the fact that everybody is wondering what storm was president trump referring to, that's likely exactly what he wanted. you know, from north korea to iran to isis, what those comments did was put all u.s. adversaries on notice if they weren't already that this storm could be coming to them. so far today the white house hasn't even attempted the try to clarify those comments and president trump's top economic advisor gary cohn was asked about it this morning and here is what he said. >> knowing the president, i think the president was reminding everyone how we continue to make a large investment in our military. we continue to spend money in our military. we continue to invest in our military and continue to modernize our military. the presid

. >> melissa: good morning to you. i'm melissa francis. we are alive at the white house, minutes from now the president holds a cabinet meeting before he and the vice president sit down for lunch with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. the president is looking to patch up his somewhat rocky relationship with mitch mcconnell so that they can work together on key elements of the g.o.p. agenda. >> i hope they talk about tax reform. that is the single most important thing that we need to have done for the american people, and that is where we are. we are on the cusp of discussing and getting through congress before the end of the year. in that it is important. we need congress, both the house and senate to feel the pressure of getting a budget passed through the senate and then getting on to a tax reform. >> melissa: chief white house correspondent john roberts is live on the north lawn. the pressure is on. >> there is no question about that. good morning to you. the president wants to make tax reform the centerpiece of his legislative ac

. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. the white house making it clear former trump campaign chair paul manafort and rick gates weren't charge with wrongdoing with regard to the trump campaign as the president blasts aide george papadopoulos who pled guilty and cooperating with prosecutors. trump tweeting he was a low level volunteer and proven liar and also implications for democrats. >> i think the what the democrats will experience with the republicans. investigations are like saturn. they devour their own. you will see an expansion bringing in other people. >> melissa: chief washington correspondent james rosin is live with the story. changing every minute. >> fast moving indeed. good morning, melissa and jon. a key assertion of the special counsel's office and the low level trump campaign advisor george papadopoulos is coming under challenge today. it was his meetings with a foreign professor who claimed access to well-connect russians that -- documents attached to papadopoulos's guilty plea said the professor told de

melissa. >> melissa: interesting. peter doocy. thank you. >> jon: the link now between the clinton campaign and the democratic national committee to the trump dossier could play a crucial role in the current russia investigation. trey gowdy, chairman of the house oversight committee explains why. >> it is relevant who paid for the dossier, it's much more relevant who relied upon it. my focus is whether or not the department of justice and f.b.i. relied upon an unsourced document to launch a counter intelligence investigation. i want to know whether the nation's premier law enforcement agency relied on a document that looks like a "national enquirer" prepared it. >> jon: jake sherman, senior writer for politico. those congressional investigations remain underway. how does it change the dynamic, this revelation that hillary clinton and the dnc were essentially paying for this dossier? >> two different elements here. the clinton campaign and democrats loudly said they had nothing to do with this. didn't know anything about it and it

melissa: biomechanics. i started in cyber security a year and a half ago, and it is super exciting to be in cyber security. peter: when you say biomechanics, what are those? melissa: it is about the human body, motor control, learning how we as humans evolve and learn, and how to control our emotions. peter: is there a connection between that and cyber work? melissa: yes. you have high dimensional data, complicated data, and it is the same question. we want to understand something that is deep with data and we don't know how to go about it. it is also a recurrent theme in cyber security. me,ople -- people approach i say they have all of this data, what did they do about it? it is always the same question. is there a social engineering aspect to your work? melissa: social engineering is one field of cyber security, where data signs and machinery -- data science and machinery are developed. machine learning is much more advanced in insecurity. my feeling is people should zoom out a little and approach cyber s

. >> melissa: it's amazing. a miracle. they did something. >> jon: progress in washington it sets the stage for one of his major campaign promises, tax reform. good friday morning to you. i'm jon scott. >> melissa: it is friday. i love that. >> jon: we all love friday. >> melissa: the president looking for a big legislative win after the failure to repeal and replace obamacare. republicans savoring their budget victory. reaction now from rnc chair woman ronna mcdaniel. >> i think it's a great first step towards tax cuts, tax relief for middle class families across this country who have seen wages stagnate and premiums double under obamacare and republicans have gone to washington to fight for them. >> jon: john roberts live on the north lawn right now. >> good morning. we don't know if this is friday or another monday in terms of the flow of news out of the white house today. but the runway has been cleared for tax reform to be considered in the senate after that big vote last night. victory for the president. he recognizi

>> she is, melissa. not only did her two sisters speak to reporters in australia but her brother in manila today as well. immediately after the shooting danley allegedly told him, quote, relax, we should not worry about it. i'll fix it. don't panic. i have a clean conscience. what she meant by fix it is unknown. investigators hope they will provide the missing link in this tragedy. the motivation. why did stephen paddock let loose a barrage of fire power on the crowd of innocents, does it suggest prior knowledge of what is to come? she arrived in los angeles last night around 7:30 on a commercial flight from the philippines in a wheelchair and likely interviewed by federal and local law enforcement. she is a witness and person of interest. according to her sisters, she is innocent and had no idea what paddock planned and yet they say he intentionally sent her to manila so she wouldn't be here during the attack and wired here $100,000, according to the a.p. >> no one except mary lou. she was there. this m

." >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. the president prepares to sign an executive order on healthcare this hour. a live look at the white house where the president will soon sign the order. officials say it will provide more options to consumers, allowing them to choose less expensive plans with fewer benefits. the administration believes it will create more competition in the individual insurance market. white house correspondent john roberts is live from the north lawn. a lot of news, get started for us. >> jon: a typical thursday morning. 15 minutes time the president will sign an executive order with the intent to expand healthcare for many americans. senator rand paul, who supports this move will be there when the president signs it. i have to tell you, there are a lot of mights and maybes. it could potentially allow employers to form association health plans. could potentially allow american employers to form groups over state lines. it directs treasury, labor, hhs to expand access to the limited duration insurance

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melissa. melissa: here now, senator rob portman, republican senator from ohio, government affairs homeland security committee member, thanks for joining us. start with puerto rico. what matters about that story is the idea that 95% of the island still does not have electricity. only 45% of the island has running water right now. bringing the president down, no matter what he is saying while he is there, brings attention to the area and how dire the circumstance is for those americans. do you agree with that or no? >> absolutely. i'm glad he went. he was advised by some not to go because he could make it more difficult for first-responders and maintenance crews. it is important the president go, important to bring focus and attention to it. hopefully more contributions and donations to help the people of puerto rico, virgin islands. unbelievable devastation down there. we have to also thank our military which, first-responders have been great. melissa: yeah. >> volunteers are great. our militar

. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. the department of justice is clearing the way for a former informant to speak to lawmakers about the 2010 deal that gave russians control over part of america's uranium supply. the deal struck despite evidence showing russian nuclear officials were involved in extortion, bribery and kickbacks a year earlier. they knew about it. president trump yesterday comparing the matter to another monumental scandal. white house press secretary sarah sanders this morning calling for a full review of the matter during an appearance on "america's newsroom." >> the fact that they were working with a foreign government, taking in millions of dollars through the clinton foundation, and giving over such a large percentage of that uranium while she was secretary of state. there is just a lot of things that need to be looked at here. i think a thorough review needs to take place. >> melissa: we'll pause for a second to bring you breaking news. it looks like a budget has passed in the house. you can see th

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hi, melissa. >> good morning. this breaking news. a big problem for anybody who wants to take bw parkway this morning. southbound is the crash at the good luck road overpass. northbound we have a response. that's delaying things as well. s you can see what a pain this is for a lot of people. we're talking about a five-mile backup at this point this morning. want to go up to chopper 4 and talk with brad freitas to tell whaus you're right. a big problem here on the bw parkway. it's causing big big delays between 410 and the capitol beltway. the main crash on the southbound side has the left lane blocked where the crash activity happened. we've also got this on the northbound side. not sure if that was a rubber necking crash or disabled vehicle. both north and southbound. the southbound delays, it's backed all the way from the capitol beltway and beyond. pretty much as far as we can see. the northbound delays -- i can't turn the camera around. trust me when i tell you it is quite a delay. >> melissa, what else is going on? >> northbound

. >> melissa: big news day this monday. we have a lot to get to. i melissa francis, paul manafort surrendering to the fbi today, set to appear in court less than three hours from now after the federal grand jury indicted him on 12 counts including conspiracy against the u.s. and money laundering in the special counsel investigation into russia meddling in the 2016 election. >> this was expected. over the last several months if you asked anybody who was following the mueller investigation closely, the one thing they all agreed would probably happen would be that paul manafort would be in indicted, over those months, the number of people in jerome's world that told me that they expected him to be indicted. that is not a surprise. >> melissa: we have also learned of a second case, this is trump aid george papadopoulos making -- investigating the russian meddling in the investigation. john roberts is live with the story, john. >> he was a foreign policy advisor to the trunk campaign that was hired in the spring of 2016, and unpaid position like a lot o

melissa: thank you. alex: last week i spoke with head of mmpled and a, rob kindler and he mentioned that there's a big inhibiter to large deals and you have an interesting take on this because as a lawyer versus a banker, maybe more of the onus falls on you because the bankers can run sensitivity models and wash their hand of this and say here it is, go ahead, figure out what you want to do. but as a lawyer maybe you're leaned on more for advice, is that fair to say? melissa: we get leaned on on numerous ways. one is to help the board figure out what information or input they should be getting in order to make a decision whether to proceed with a transaction when there's this binary unknown question sitting out there about comprehensive tax reform. the other thing is we often get leaned on to provide advice about what we think will happen in the legislative process in washington. we're not fortunetellers either but we keep our ears open. alex: what are you saying, what do you think will happen? melissa:

>> at some point, i asked melissa, how is mom doing? and melissa said she is not doing quite as well as you. they're working on her somewhere else. so you need to hang in there. didn't really mean too much to me. i think i was hallucinating an awful lot. at some point, somebody told me that she had died. >> reporter: in fact for weeks and weeks, sutton drifted in and out, depended on others to save him. >> of course, my son was there. a bunch of my friends were there. i had multiple surgeries in that hospital. >> reporter: as he lay in that bed, sedated, medicated, breathing through tubes, a thought, half a dream, terrified him. was the killer a hit man? was he coming to try again? >> i thought somebody was trying to kill me one night. so i raised hell. i said call the police. you know? everything i could say to get some assistance. >> reporter: he was wrong. there was no killer. still, christopher demanded the hospital take special precautions. >> i do recall him as very adamant that -- that my dad be placed under john doe so that who

. >> and i melissa francis. president trump made his first on camera comments of the deadly shooting in las vegas that left more than 50 people dead. the president calling the massacre an act of pure evil. saying that americans are united in sadness, shock, and grief. after a country music concert became a killing field. [shots fired] [screaming] >> melissa: some witnesses saying that the automatic gunfire lasted 10 minutes, and while police do not know the motive, they do know the identity of the 64-year-old gunman. >> we are looking at an excess of 50 individual dead, the suspect, i'm going to provide you his identity at this point. his name is stephen paddock. there will be a long and tedious investigation. >> melissa: here's what we know so far, a lot has come out. police say that they found the gunman dead inside the hotel room where they also discovered as many as ten weapons, the sheriff saying that at this point today believe this was a lone wolf attack. adam housley is following all the breaking develop

melissa dipane, abc 7 news. kimberly: also at 11:00, an emotional night at a prince george's county high school. friends and family came together to remember ashanti billie, a 19-year-old gr was found dead after she was missing in the norfolk area. q mccray was there as they paid tribute to her memory. q: you will notice the crowd behind me. easily more than 100 students, current and former, who all had class with ashanti billie. tonight during the vigil, they are honoring and celebrating her life, saying prayers, then released balloons into the night sky. the 19-year-old went missing september 18. according to authorities, she drove to work and disappeared. that is when fbi agents found her body in charlotte friday. disturbing news that rocked the campus here. >> she was one of those people who was there, and she was a lot of support. she was my sister. >> for the person who did i don't have much to say, but they'll figure out what's coming to them. q: every student here received a ribbon just like this one to

let's head to melissa mollet. she's back. good morning, melissa. glad you're here. >> good morning, sheena. thank you. i'm texting my husband. who is awake? what's going on? are you >> looking fine this morning. no big concerns here. we'll talk about a couple of hiccups. first of all, prince george's county. do have some lanes blocked both ways because of a work zone there. taking a look at 270 coming southbound from 70 to the spur. take you 30 minutes. same thing if you're headed northbound. eun? >>> thank you, melissa. it's nice to say that. i'm going to be milking it all morning. >>> it's the new service amazon is rolling out with the hopes of stopping porch theft. would you try it, though? the program that would let people deliver packages inside your home. >>> it could happen to you without even knowing what the news 4 i-team is learning about the ireasenc alex: when i was 11 years old, a man broke into the house and he sexually assaulted me. thankfully, in my case, the police caught him, but there are so many survivors that live knowing that

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let's check traffic with melissa mollet. welcome back, melissa. good to see you. >> thank you, thank you. have a new problem to pass along, unfortunately. southbound bw parkway. south of the beltway. here is the probableproblem. 295 southbound near the overpass where the crash is. the right shoulder was getting by. the northbound response is there may be a closure here in the future. we're going to keep an eye on it. we're sending chopper 4 that way as we speak. northbound 270 at montrose road. a crash at 270. looking pretty good northbound and southbound overall i would say. rockville, montrose road at east jefferson street, still have that crash reported. southbound bladensburg rote, road repairs. keep an eye on this problem at bw parkway for an update in just a minute. eun? >>> melissa, thank you. it's 5:53. virginia department of transportation calls it a mad push to campaign to prepare commuters to rush hour tolling on 66. it begins in less than two months. v-dot learned that many drivers that travel on 66 don't have the proper transponder. y

that's right metrologist melissa magee has our first check of the accuweather forecast melissa. >> walter and sar some of the heavy rain right now from what is left of nate is currently over the tennessee valley and the ohio valley so we are tracking this moisture that will be working its way in the mid-atlantic region as early as tomorrow storm tracker six live double scan 3d and earlier we had a boundary drift across the region and essentially fizzled out and all attention and focus right now off to the south and west so center of circulation of what was once nate now moving up through the ohio valley but you notice the direction with a lot of the heavy rainfall moving straight to the north rather than to the north and east so the heaviest precipitation looks to be north and west of the i-95 corridor as we get in tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon and future tracker six showing by 10:30 tomorrow morning we have pockets of heavy rain across the delaware and lehigh valleys so we will talk what we can expect as we look at the dew point numbers and help bring in a lot of moisture and the air i