hey, bret. >> bret: this is a fox news alert. i'm bret baier in washington. tragic story getting more so with details. 17 people dead tonight following the sinking of a tour boat in a missouri lake. and within the past hour, we're now learning more than half of them are from the same family. three small children are among the dead. senior correspondent mike tobin is live tonight in branson. good evening, mike. >> good evening, bret. heart break from this boat tragedy was not enough we now learned through the governor there was a family of 11 on board that ill fated boat and they lost 9 members of that family. children were lost. the age ranges of the victim are between -- of the victims are between 1-year-old and 70 years old. governor mike parsons of missouri has been meeting with survivors and bereeved loved ones trying to offer them support. >> there is no words you can say make it right at this moment. you have to give encouragement life does go on and there will be a healing process. >> a severe thunderstorm warning was issued about a half an hour before

they are very active. >> bret: ten a day trying to get in. >> yes. >> bret: how many attacks do you think dhs and fbi have stopped since president trump has been in office? >> it's tough to quantify. the myriad is what i would say in conjunction with her international partners. some could have been in the homeland. some are interests abroad. we work as a community now. we have about 2,000 people from dhs abroad for just that reason, to make sure that we are connecting the dots and we are also moving towards the national bedding center, which we are excited about because that will bring to bear all the usg has two make sure we have the information to fight the terrorists. >> bret: this administration does a lot and when week, sometimes fridays feel like a dog year for monday's, but a few months ago "the new york times" had details of a cabinet meeting where you were said to be the target of the president's anger. a lengthy tirade about securing the border. since you've been sworn into this job, have you ever offered your resignation? >> i have never offered my resignation. as long as i can

bret. >> bret: william, thank you. new technology has helped law enforcement sold a 30-year-old murder. it happened in fort wayne, indiana, could be happening at a crime scene near you sometime soon. correspondent matt finn is there tonight. >> 59-year-old john miller is shackled, wobbling into court in fort wayne, indiana, today, charged with the rape and murder of apryl tinsley. april's mother visited her daughter's grave for decades and hopes her killer would be found. >> does from the top of your head to your toes. >> police say that he kidnapped her, raped her, and dumped her body. a child killer roamed free. >> one kid walking home one night without adult supervision and that could've been victim number two. >> miller taunted the police and the community. this note read "i kill 8-year-old apryl marie tinsley. did you find her other shoe?" officials matched dna but they couldn't identify whose dna it was. >> the labs in virginia analyzed recovered dna and it was compared to databases. analysis matched miller's dna

bret? >> bret: mike emanuel, thank you. we are now joined by congressman jordan, first time dealing with all of this in detail. good evening, congressman. you heard that report. have you seen the reports in recent days. your reaction first to all of this. >> it's false. i mean, i never saw, never heard of, never was told about any type of abuse. if i had been, i would have dealt with it our coaching staff, we would have dealt with it these were our student athletes. good coach puts the interest of his student athletes first. we would have dealt with it if we would have known about anything that happened if, in fact, there are victims, they deserve justice. there is an investigation going on. we're going to, i think, meet with him next week. we want the investigation to get to the truth. that's what we need here is the truth. >> bret: all right. take a listen to disabato from one of the statements he made earlier this week. >> i know jim knew about the -- what i call the deviant sexual atmosphere that we were. >> how do you

bret. >> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thanks. let's talk about the summit, the president's comments, plus the latest with the russia investigation. andrew mccarthy is a former u.s. attorney, and a fox news contributor. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me, bret. >> bret: i want to play a little bit more of that cbs interview that's airing tonight. cbs news sat down with the president again today talking about what he said on election meddling. take a listen. >> you say you agree with u.s. intelligence that russia meddled in the election in 2016. >> i've said that before. i've said that numerous times before. and i would say that that is true. >> but you haven't condemned putin specifically. do you hold him personally responsible? >> i would, because he is in charge of the country, just like i consider myself to be responsible for things that happen in this country. so certainly as the leader of a country he would have to hold him responsible, yes. >> what did you say to him? >> very strong on the fact that we can have m

>> i'm bret baier info chris wallace. president trump invites vladimir putin to the white house for a round two after he walks back comments about russian meddling in the 2016 election. ♪ >> i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. >> the sentence should have been i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be russia and i think that probably clarifies things pretty good by itself. >> bret: we will discuss the fallout from the helsinki summit, including the rift within the president's own party with german trey gowdy, of the house oversight committee. then. >> we cannot wait to see whether russia attacked us in the 2018 election. we know that they are in the midst of making that a reality. >> bret: democrats seek details about what happened in putin and trumps one-on-one and call for tough new sanctions. we will discuss with new jersey senate foreign relations committee member bob menendez. and in case you missed it. >> i have here the indictment that was

this is "special report." ♪ >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. we begin tonight with a sign of stability in the high turnover from white house. chief of staff john kelly says he has accepted the president's offer to stay on through 2020. multiple reports, stories and the washington rumor mill over the past few months had kelly out of the door as he approached yesterday, his one year anniversary on the job. also tonight, president trump appears to be picking a fight with some of the few republicans who have more money than he does. chief white house correspondent john roberts joins us from the north along with all of that. good evening. >> good evening to you. if all the staff members at the white house, there's likely no one whose status and faith has been the subject of more rumor and speculation than that of chief of staff john kelly. today, all that rumor and speculation went away, at least for a while to come. >> to paraphrase mark twain, the reports of john kelly's demise have been greatly exaggerated. it was widely rumored and reported that

what's going on, bret? >> bret: happy birthday, jesse jesse. quite something. the decision has been made. this is a fox news alert. i'm bret baier. we are coming to live tonight tonight outside the u.s. supreme court. three hours from now president donald trump will make one of the most important announcements of his presidency, his next nominee to the nation's highest court. it's a decision that's likely to outlive his stay in office by decades. and we are told the president finalized everything today and the nominee and the nominee's family will be with the president tonight at the white house. that's where we had no. chief white house correspondent john roberts. >> good evening to you. this nomination process took place at lightning speed just 12 days between the announcement of justice anthony kennedy's retirement and tonight's announcement of the nominee to replace him. and with only 83 days left before the start of the supreme court's next term, the process for confirmation will have to keep moving just as quickly. president trump is suiting up for a brui

calm, cool, handsome, and his name is bret. hello, bret! >> bret: hello, greg. i hear you were going to be down here. >> i'm coming down tomorrow, i'm going to be on your show, be nice to me. >> bret: will see. president trump will not sit down and answer questions from the special counsel. if he doesn't get border funding he says he's willing to shut the government down and only here, the one on one with italy's prime minister. this is "special report." ♪ good evening, welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. president trump is doing plenty of tweeting about the ongoing special counsel investigation, but he has apparently not in the talkative mood either to the media or robert mueller. the subject did not come up today, the joint press appearance with italy's prime minister and right now the president is letting his attorney do the talking for him about the collusion probe. i will have an exclusive interview with the italian leader giuseppe conte in just a minute. first up, chief white house correspondent john roberts on which way the wind may be blowing tonigh

i'm bret baier in washington. coming up in a few minutes, my exclusive interview with nicaraguan revolutionary turned president daniel ortega about the growing unrest in that central american country. you do not want to miss that. first up tonight, president trump is considering revoking the security clearances of some of his biggest critics. the list includes some of the top intelligence, law enforcement and national security officials of the last decade. let's find out why these individuals and why now. catherine herridge is here tonight. good evening, catherine. >> thank you. good evening. the announcement from the white house podium this afternoon mostly influencing obama administration -- just on reporters. >> he's also looking into the clearances of comey, clapper, hayden, rice and mccabe. >> former cia director john brennan, james comey, former tops by director of national intelligence james clapper. former national security advisor susan rice as well as former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe. >> the pres

this is "special report." ♪ >> bret: getting in, i'm bret baier. we are coming to life than it from capitol hill, ground zero in the new political fight that will dominate the first and the rest of summer and early fall. the confirmation process for president trump supreme court nominee. judge brett kavanaugh was here earlier today on capitol hill meeting with some top republican senators who will try to guide him through the politically perilous ordeal. at the top democrat in the senate is already bowing to fight kavanaugh with everything he has. coming up in just a minute i will talk with vice president mike pence about the g.o.p. strategy. first up, chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel here with going on right here in the capital. >> good evening, welcome back to capitol hill. battle lines are drawn. some democrats appear automatically opposed to brett kavanaugh because president trump picked him. meanwhile, republican state judge kavanaugh is uniquely qualified for the supreme court. >> i think the president made an outstanding nomina

bret, go ahead. >> bret: you guys have too much fun. thanks, jesse. this is a fox news alert, i'm bret baier in washington. we are following three major breaking stories today. first, president trump strikes a new trade deal with the european union to work toward the elimination of most tariffs. the secretary of commerce, wilbur ross will be her live in studio with specific details about this deal in a few minutes. also, the president's secretary of state still sparring with senators up on capitol hill over his boss' relationship with blood and recruitment and a way forward with north korea. and then, candidate trump and his lawyer on tape discussing hush money for a former "playboy" model. that story, plus alan dershowitz is here to analyze the fallout. first, president trump and the head of the european commission went toe-to-toe, eye to eye today in an increasingly hostile financial environment. as our own neil cavuto said today, you're up blank. president trump says the u.s. and the e.u. will work towards zero tariffs as part of a major new agreem

do not fret, here is our man bret. >> bret: thanks, greg. this is a fox news alert. welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. president trump is engaged in executive level damage control. this afternoon the president tried to clean up his news conference in helsinki, saying he does except the conclusion of america's intelligence agencies that russia interfered in the 2016 election, the president saying he wanted to clarify, and in his eyes it came down to one sentence. when he said he did not see how russia would be responsible. >> my people came to me, dan coats came to me and some others, they said they think it's russia. i have president putin, he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. >> the sentence should have been i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be russia. a sort a double negative. you can put that in and i think that probably clarifies things pretty good. >> bret: the president made a lot of other statements that rate eyebrows and that news conference and afterward. in an afternoon surprise statement read caref

. >> bret: thanks, dana. i'm bret baier and this is a fox news alert. in just a moment the exclusive interview with been waiting for. chris wallace questions russian president vladimir putin with some unforgettable exchanges you don't want to miss. first up, president trump appearing today to take russian president putin's side in the argument whether russia interfered in the 2016 election saying about his intelligence agencies and putin "i have confidence in both parties" and that putin was "extremely strong and powerful" in his denial today. democrats and republicans, former intel officials expressing every thing from disappointment to outreach tonight after the news conference. putin declared the cold war is now over. president trump said this meeting will lead to more talks ahead. chief white house correspondent john roberts is in helsinki tonight with the headline from the summit. good evening, john. >> brett, good morning to you. president trump left helsinki a few hours ago confident that he had completed a watershed moment in u.s.-russian relati

rob lob how democrats are promise to go derail bret

: bret baier. fox news. >> jon: in the interest of full disclosure we should mention that the producer of that segment, christina corbin, is a distant relative of margaret corbin. fox news alert. during the time that that margaret corbin report was running, well, police nab their suspect. this is a woman who we believe is protesting immigrations and customs enforcement. we don't absolutely know that for fact but it was earlier today that a banner protesting i.c.e. it said "abolish i.c.e." was unfurled on the base of the statue of liberty shortly after this woman climb from the base up onto the statue itself. you see her there just underneath the statues raised right heel. new york city police have been negotiating with her for quite some time trying to get her to voluntarily come down. she did not really want to do so. they moved in with ropes. they are in the process of arresting her now. this is a live look at what's going on. we don't know who she is. we don't know exactly what her cause might b

bret: god, no. there are few spectacular examples of people learning from movies about how to steal art. at oxford, someone used smoked canisters to shield their face. exciting stuff. a couple of years before that, someone cut through a hole in a los angeles gallery to get into the space to roll up a bunch of murals. exactly. but we can literally named those -- name those on one hand. everything else is, a family portrait goes missing during a move. or someone breaks in and steals some things and takes a painting off the wall in the process because they're hoping it actually might be worth something. one of the most prominent examples is someone taking a renoir off-the-wall and not knowing that's what it was when they broke into this houston area home and took a bunch of jewels and as an afterthought. jason: they just grabbed it, tucked it under their arm and went off with it. bret: the other thing, it's incredibly easy to steal art. you can take them off the wall of most museums. it's difficult to

rob lob how democrats are promise to go derail bret kavanaugh's confirmation. carley: nancy pelosi doesn't have a say in supreme court but still to avenge president obama if it's the last thing she does. how republicans are banking on that. rob: "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> beautiful july morning in new york, it'll be a hot day, good morning to you, you're watching "fox & friends first" on monday morning, i'm rob schmitt. carley: i'm carley shimkus in for jillian mele, thanks for starting your day was. straight to fox news alert. nomination, president trump announcing judge bret kavanaugh as his choice to sit on the nation's highest court. rob: democrats are promising a big confirmation fight, garrett tenney live in washington with the next steps in the process, hey, garrett? >> rob and garrett, good -- car, good morning to you. the process is have kavanaugh confirmed before next supreme court term begins. he served in george w. bush white house for 5 years including as white house attorney and spent the past 12 years in powerful dc

bret michael cavanaugh. you can't spell supreme without an and add an f to bret and you have bret michaels. leader of poison, first and middle name of cavanaugh who one celebrity apprentice in 2010, the host, mr. donald trump who come after. [inaudible] is it no longer that bret cavanaugh is simply unqualified, but that he is evil. you be the judge. were just asking questions. [applause] all we do here is ask questions. i don't know. he might not be evil but after looking at that, i wouldn't let him near my family. i don't even have a family. but if i had a family, he's not coming near. all right. joe, does bret cavanaugh frighten you? >> ms comfortable with him as when i go into a jacuzzi with my shirt still on. [laughter] all the dirt they dug up on this guy is pretty lame. the washington nationals fan, expect him to recuse himself. he's the treasurer of the k club, that's good. he's a responsible guy in the k club. >> it's true. [laughter] without him you wouldn't have the keg club. you know what's good a

bret: that's exactly what happens. what's amazing, this happened in 2013, a year and a half goes by. no news, no movement. in 2015, local authorities in frankfort, kentucky, they get an anonymous tech. this authorities look into and they trace it to a guy named toby hunsinger, who starts poking around at his premises and see huge barrels of bourbon in his backyard. immediately the you think you found the guy. and they looked on the phone and he's got pictures of wattles of -- bottles of pappy van winkle on his truck seat. carol: he got arrested? bret: he's arrested and facing 15 years in jail. jason: for the stolen pappy? bret: that's where it gets complicated. he said it's wild turkey, not pappy. jason: button while turkey is nothing along the lines of that in terms of value. bret: he said a friend dropped it off. he worked at a distillery warehouse, where they kept bourbon they couldn't sell. this was stuff that didn't meet standards. unless you had a refined palate, you wouldn't know it hadn't met standards. he does

maybe bret kavanaugh. >> justin, what's your bet? >> i agree with alex. number one, i believe president trump is looking for a warrior. number two, he's looking for someone with a great all-american family, the kind of guy who's the opposite of whatever a georgetown cocktail party d.c. insider is. i know judge kavanaugh. he'd much rather have a beer and watch a ballgame and celebrate a caps' victory than he would to gee to a cocktail party. >> didn't he serve in the bush administration? he's been a washington insider, to your point. >> actually judge kavanaugh was investigating hillary clinton and fighting for conservative legal principles long before president bush ever came to d.c., fighting for conservative legal principles ever since. >> david, your pick. >> i talked about hardiman, a couple points on kethledge, big second amendment judge. he's not only an avid hunter, but also has a carry permit, carries a glock. >> you think he might get it? >> yeah. >> we'll know on monday primetime. tune into fox news. up next, new technology that could literally

bret baier. i'm glad you are here. let's start with a little bit on the president's speech there, when he was talking about all the things being done at the va but also just the tone and tenor of the crowd. they seem to really love him. >> they do and they did. and this is the vfw speech, a little different than the campaign stump speech. but for this president they kind of meld together. he loves that moment and he kind of riffs off of the teleprompter and does his own thing. he went a lot of different avenues. but for the most part the message was, the va, we are turning it around and we are changing. how that is operated, the veterans affairs department, and also honoring the vets in that room. i thought that was an interesting moment with that 94-year-old world war ii veteran, allen, who came up. and at the president has this touch with interacting with people on the stage and in the crowd. >> dana: indeed, it was definitely some of his best moments during his presidency. i mentioned the meet ups to this in introdu

carley: interesting, let's caulk about bret kavanaugh briefly. seemed to be in the lead in the beginning, what do you think about him in. >> well, i think, traditional supreme courtras mays, bret kavanaugh probably comes into this with the strongest. you know, he served on the dc circuit which is probably -- which is the biggest feeder for supreme court nominees written nearly 300 opinions. that's a good thing because we have a good idea what kind of judge he can be but also a bad thing because that's a lot of opinions to be able to pour through and pick apart if you're trying to find a reason to oppose him. rob: kavanaugh and our last amy coney barrett, two that the roe v. wade people are the most concerned about, right? >> that's at least with cony barrett, at least with respect to roe v. wade. she has the least experience of these potential nominees as being a judge, but she has served as law professor for more than 15 years, she has extensive body of work with her legal writingses and the president said he wants somebody with extensive body o

so you have bret cavanaugh, he's sort of the establishment choice, highly credentials, bush administration official, yale undergrad and law school, and then amy coney barrett. she had a great of success in her senate confirmation. she's catholic, mother of seven children. from her you get the sense the religious right is rallying around her, and raymond kethledge, from michigan, they represent different paths to the court. they're all serving in some capacity in federal district or appellate court right now. the decision that the president will have to make may come down to feel. at the same time there's a lot of back-and-forth here in washington. it seems believe cavanaugh does have in enemies, if not enemies, some adver searses, ted cruz and rand paul, so some conservative senators are trying to suggest that maybe bret cavanaugh isn't an conservative as some supporters may suggest. >> fair to say after the fireworks outside last night, the real pyrotechnics are about to heat up. hans, thank you. >>> with us matt miller, he is now an msnbc justice and security analyst. political reporter

supreme court nominee bret kavanaugh continues to meet with senators on capitol hill. follow the confirmation process on c-span leading to the senate confirmation hearings and the vote. watch live on c-span, watch anytime on www.c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. up next, former presidents bill clinton and george w. bush sit down for an interview at the clinton presidential center in little rock, arkansas. they discuss immigration, education and u.s. foreign aid -- toeviate policy alleviate disease. [applause] good afternoon. that was good. just last year, i remember being right there. i was working at one of the most prominent financial institutions in the world having not long ago been permitted to a new world

>> we are here in kansas city bret welder. we are going to flip this seat in november. ♪ ♪ abby: i love this song. coulkygo. pete: i have never heard it. abby: is that a live sunrise. pete: we do live tv. abby: we are right now? pete: this is actually on tv right now. abby: welcome back, griff. griff: thank you. excited to be back. last time i was hosting this show rascal my dog was sitting in my lap and wife and two daughters it was father's day weekend.

. >> i am bret baier and four chris wallace. president trump invites putin to the white house after he walks back comments about russian meddling in the 2016 election. >> i have president putin, he said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. the sentence should be i don't see why it wouldn't be russia. i think that clarifies things by itself. >> we will discuss the fallout from the helsinki summit including the wrist in the president's own party with trey gowdy, chairman of the house oversight committee.

this is "special report." ♪ >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. we begin tonight with a sign of stability in the

calm, cool, handsome, and his name is bret. hello, bret! >> bret: hello, greg. i hear you were going to be down here. >> i'm coming down tomorrow, i'm going to be on your show, be nice to me. >> bret: will see. president trump will not sit down and answer questions from the special counsel. if he doesn't get border funding he says he's willing to shut the government down and only here, the one on one with italy's prime minister. this is "special report." ♪ good evening, welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. president trump is doing plenty of tweeting about the ongoing special counsel investigation, but he has apparently not in the talkative mood either to the media or robert mueller. the subject did not come up today, the joint press appearance with italy's prime minister and right now the president is letting his attorney do the talking for him

[laughter] >> so get your bret bear today. >> i'm bret baier in washington, and i'll see you later. [laughter] greg: all right. [cheers and applause] tyrus, what have you got? >> actually, greg, my favorite is one no one has even seen yet. as you know, i sometimes fill as the white house press secretary, and i did it again this week. take a look. [inaudible conversations] >> it's good to be back. if any of you have questions for greg, make it fast. i've got a birthday party to be at in 30 minutes. >> can you tell us how the invitees were selected? >> yeah. it's a private party that greg's hosting for his pet ferret claude. he said if i don't attend, fusion gps will release a dossier on me. he invited the president too, but i'm pretty sure he's busy. >> is there anything you can tell us about that? >> i mean, what can you possibly buy a ferret for his birthday besides maybe a dead rabbit? >> did you actually rule out doing that? >> brah, i don't know. i highly doubt he shows up. >> what happens next, sir? >> greg probably won't be too happy. he rented out an entire chuck e. cheese fo

i worked very close with bret kavanaugh. he's very conservative. i think -- although i like them all and i have heart for amy barrett. very few people go with decision he's had. 12 years on the bench. people will be satisfied whichever one jurist is pick. we will not get anthony e -- kennedy, how close to scalia these people are going to be. paul: he belongs to a christian group, volunteer group called people of praise and that's been on the left criticized as somehow weird religious cult. tell us what's the real story? >> the real story is exceptional level of religious ignorance by those calling this a cult. this is a spiritual forum of the type that millions of christians belong to across the country. it's a group of people who want to take outside regular sunday church, help out each other. it's a very common place thing. look, this is going to be emblematic. when it comes to juris prudence they are topnotch. they will go after questions of biography. paul: kethledge is less known than the others because he has worked out on sixth circuit. he h

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and he won fair and square. >> i believe bret baier is still standing by. thanks for sticking around. i just want to get your take on this the present is now saying in this meeting on the cabinet room where he brought the president that he has full faith and our intelligence community, that he accepts the conclusion that meddling took place. there could be other people also and then there was no collusion at all. your thoughts? >> it matches his tweet earlier, 24 hours is better late than never. but it sounds like there could have been somebody also, it sounds like what he said in that debate that it could be a 300-pound person in a basement on the computer. if we are talking about the uproar that was happening from that press conference. i think that clearly they realize the significance of this moment when they look to capitol hill and they look to come as we pointed to come at the headlines the papers. >> do you think that congress will actually do anything? as i was pointing out earlier in the show the president of the united states has the authority an

i believe is an excellent choice that president trump made on monday and that's in selecting judge bret cavanaugh to fill a vacancy on the supreme court. judge cavanaugh. credentials are those of a person very well suited for the supreme court. he excelled as an undergraduate and a law student at yell and he has clerked for justice anthony kennedy that is retiring, the man he would replace. along with being a clerk for two appeal court judges. he served in a critical position and w bush resignation. judge cavanaugh is highly regarded and that says a lot about his potential and character to become a supreme court justice. we saw wonderful family monday night. you can tell the very proud of their dad and mom and i was honored to have the opportunity to meet all of them along with judge cavanaugh's parents. he has been very effective. as a matter of fact the supreme court, the supreme court has adopted his reasoning in their opinion on 11 separate occasions and the 300 opinions that he has written are frequently cited by federal judges all across the country. perhaps judge cavanaugh's most

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first, it's bret baier. >> thanks. this is a fox news alert. welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. scott pruitt is out as epa administrator. just a day after celebrating the fourth of july at the white house. following a lengthy list of ethics questions and investigations in office. president trump said that he accepted his resignation. any minute now, we expect to hear from president trump in great falls, montana where he's hosting a rally for matt rosendale. one can expect, he might have something to say about today's resignation. he did on air force one. while we wait to hear from the president in montana, we turn to

do not fret, here is our man bret. >> bret: thanks, greg. this is a fox news alert. welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. president trump is engaged in executive level damage control. this afternoon the president tried to clean up his news conference in helsinki, saying he does except the conclusion of america's intelligence agencies that russia interfered in the 2016 election, the president saying he wanted to clarify, and in his eyes it came down to one sentence. when he said he did not see how russia would be responsible. >> my people came to me, dan coats came to me and some others, they said they think it's russia. i have president putin, he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any

i would agree with bret. when you look at the u.s. economy relative to the entire planet, we're doing quite well. you get on any plane and go to any city, the planes are overbooked, the restaurants are full. we are at full employment. one could argue it doesn't get much better than this. the stock market is not responding as positively. >> we'll get a whole bunch of tweets from people who say my wages haven't gone up. >> and they're actually down. >> that's a separate issue from -- that's a structural issue we have to fix. we have the same number of job openings in america as we have people looking for jobs and wages haven't gone up. but the top line numbers as the president will brag about are pretty good. >> and we'll see whether or not those are sustainable. >> but for pundits of the preside -- for opponents of the president, they need to say our main job is not to humiliate the president, he's humiliating himself, it's to help the american people. >> and they need a real message. what is it they're going to focus on. is it the dis

hey, bret. >> bret: this is a fox news alert. i'm bret baier in washington. tragic story getting more so with details. 17 people dead tonight following the sinking of a tour boat in a missouri lake. and within the past hour, we're now learning more than half of them are from the same family. three small children are among the dead. senior correspondent mike tobin is live tonight in branson. good evening, mike. >> good evening, bret. heart break from this boat tragedy was not enough we now learned through the governor there was a family of 11 on board that ill fated boat and they lost 9 members of that family. children were lost. the age ranges of the victim are between -- of the victims are between 1-year-old and 70 years old. governor mike parsons

this is "special report." ♪ >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. for the second time into days, what president trump said and what he meant are the subject of considerable interpretation, confusion, consternation at the white house. during a cabinet meeting today president trump was asked whether russia is sti

sources familiar with the vetting process tell fox news bret kavanaugh, amy cony barrett and kethledge. often seen as steppingstone to supreme court. he graduated from yale law school, ivy league credentials but served as assistant to the president and staff secretary to president george bush. amy cony barrett went through a tough confirmation hearing last year for current position on the seventh court of appeals in chicago, the 46-year-old is a former clerk for antonin scalia. former law professor at notre dame and mother of 7 children. democratic senators questioned her last year strong catholic beliefs would impact rulings such as abortion. she will likely face questions, and republican senator susan collins of maine has voiced concerned about that issue to the white house. there's a growing sense inside the white house, though, that raymond kethledge could be the front runner, 51-year-old serves in if i have uth circuit, solid conservative record. he hasn't had blockbuster cases. he's an avid outdoorsman and supporters compare to nile gorsuch which is big selling point for the pres