e-mail knowing feed, i shotjust an e—mail knowing he could rest easy that his title is secure. let me begin by saying the president has been monitoring the weather in the south—east and spoke with the governor of georgia and offered condolences and support. today president trump is focused on his pledge on trade policies that put america first. he began his day with breakfast with key business leaders in the us onjob creation and growing our manufacturing base. business leaders who intended included michael dell, jeff hendrick, mark fields, alex gorski, marilyn hewson, class client field, and you risk, mario longueuil, elon musk, kevin plank, mark sutton, wendell weeks, writes previous,

steve bannon and senior adviser stephen miller. the breakfast was an opportunity for the presidency hear directly from america's top business leaders about the challenges they face. and taking suggestions about policies and actions that can be taken to help them create jobs. policies and actions that can be taken to help them createjobs. the meeting included a really great exchange of ideas and the president has decided to reconvene the group ina has decided to reconvene the group in a month and then have them meet ona in a month and then have them meet on a quarterly basis. the president's vision is to initiate her trade deals that initiate jobs. you has appointed a tough trade experts who will fight on behalf of workers. the president will be taking several steps today. first was a presidential memorandum

withdrawing the united states on the transpacific partnership, tpp is more the latter an agreement which includes the united states and 11 other countries. as the president has said this type of multinational agreement is not in our best interest. he wants to increase the competitiveness of the american worker and manufacturer. this action ushers in a new era of trade policy in which the trump administration will proceed with bilateral trade opportunities. this is a strong signal that the trump administration once free and fair trade throughout the world. additionally the president issued a memorandum on the mexico city policy stating that the united states will end the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortions overseas along with coercive abortion and sterilisation practices. finally the president issued a memorandum with executive branch hiring, this count as the federal workforce in recent years

and in particular filling federal workforce in recent years and in particularfilling vacant positions and creating new positions except when necessary to meet national or public security responsibilities. it does not apply to military personnel and ensures that the american taxpayers get effective and efficient government. earlier in the day the president spoke with the egyptian president, they discussed ways to deepen the bilateral relationship and support egypt and the fight against terrorism and bolster the home—grown economic reform programme. president trump underscored that the united states would stay close to the relationship helping... he committed to military assistance and working with egypt to ensure assistance most effectively helps the egyptian military ‘s fight against terrorism. he commended the president on his courageous steps to address the economic challenges and offered to discuss ways the united states could support the economic reform programme. the two leaders discussed

a visit to the united states in the future. the president had for lunch with a vice president whether re—captain meetings and discussed next steps. they also discussed plans to discuss the legislative agenda to make america safer and more prosperous. at 3pm union leaders and front line workers will meet with the president to discuss his pro—worker agenda and attendees include tom flynn of the united brotherhood of carpenters, sean mcgarvey, president of the north american buildings and construction, terry o'sullivan, mark mcmanus, the general president of the united association, donald mullins, this teen fitters united association 602, frank spencer, doug mccarron, mark

coles of iro nworkers frank spencer, doug mccarron, mark coles of ironworkers local five, joseph sellersjunior, coles of ironworkers local five, joseph sellers junior, thelma al matter, the heat and frost allied local 24. mark matkowski, matter, the heat and frost allied local24. mark matkowski, united association local five, local24. mark matkowski, united association localfive, stephen dodd, the sheet metal workers union, gary mussina, the sheet metal workers union, the president has been honoured to receive tremendous support from union men and women on election day and is dedicated to growing and deepening their support and he made it a priority to meet these workers on our working day here in the white house. the off shoring of american jobs and lack of growth has hit american workers hard. the president's top priority is to keep american jobs which have happened in general motors and so many more. at 5pm the president will host a meeting with leaders here in the white house which will include

the white house which will include the vice president, the senate majority leader, the whip, the house speaker, the house majority leader, the house democratic leader, the house democratic whip, the white house chief is daft, chief of staff to the vice president and chiefs of staff from those respective offices. the purpose of the meeting is to get the agenda moving through congress, the agenda moving through congress, the american people are frustrated with the lack of progress and the president wants no delay in addressing our most precious issues. he is taking every opportunity to forge strong bonds. it's important to know that at this point president obama has seven of his nominees confirmed on day one and five more in the first week. as it stands today, we have two. democrats held at the confirmation of cia director mike pompeo needlessly leaving one of our security agencies without its

leader. it's time for democrats to stop playing political games and to allow president trump's unquestionably qualified cabinet to get to work. rounding the schedule today after the reception, he will have a meeting with paul ryan. they will discuss strategy going forward. the president nominated former new mexico summon heather is the next secretary of the air force. she grew up secretary of the air force. she grew up in new hampshire and made history as part of the third force academy class which women. she and her masters degree and doctoral degree ata masters degree and doctoral degree at a rhodes scholar in england and then served as mayor for staroffice in europe during the cold war and on the national security office president george hw bush. as you know, we all about big viewership to large audiences here so i want to tell you about an effort we are

undertaking to offer more access to a group of journalists undertaking to offer more access to a group ofjournalists around the country. beginning later this week i'm excited to announce that we will have four skype seats in the briefing room, this will open up the briefing room, this will open up the briefing to journalist to live beyond 50 miles of the dc area and to organisations that don't currently have a hard pass. any organisation can apply for a day pass. we're excited to have a diverse group of journalists pass. we're excited to have a diverse group ofjournalists around the country he may not have the convenience of funding to travel to washington. this will benefit us all by giving us a platform to voices that are not necessarily based here. looking ahead, the president will have a breakfast tomorrow with the auto industry including heads of gm, chrysler and ford. he looks forward to hearing their ideas to bringing morejobs. on to hearing their ideas to bringing more jobs. on wednesday the president will have a squaring in ceremonialfrom new president will have a squaring in ceremonial from new secretary of homeland security, generaljames

john kelly. on friday he will do the same for secretary malice and the department of defence. on thursday he will travel to philadelphia to attend the republican house retreat on friday he will welcome his first foreign head of state prime minister may. i look forward to take your questions. when you guys commence the building —— when will you guys commence building the wall? the presidents has noted this was a serious priority of his drug campaign, he has started to work with congress on the appropriations avenue at that and he is directing agencies in congress to commence with that as soon as possible. are you enforcing a mandate? enforcing a mandate? the president has made it clear he will work with congress and pa rt clear he will work with congress and part of the discussion he will have

tonight with some of these leaders and men with paul ryan is how we can work to implement both the repeal and replacement aspect of this. of all the policy inaudible what messages you sending here, does he see the elimination reduction of abortions as an american valley and also can pro—life americans expect him to put his signature on legislation? the president, it's no secret, has made it clear he is a pro—life president. he wants to stand up for all americans including the unborn and the reinstatement of this policy is not just and the reinstatement of this policy is notjust something that echoes that value but respects taxpayer funding a swell and ensures that we are standing up notjust for life, for life of the unborn, but for taxpayer funds being spent overseas to perform an action contrary to the

values of the president and i think continue to further illustrate not just the people here but around the world what a value we place on life. what did mr previous means when he said he would work through congress to get a special something and when can we expect that to happen and when can we expect the white house spanish side to be back—up? when can we expect the white house spanish side to be back-up? let me start with the latter question. as you know we hit the ground running on day one, dell is a lot to do and we had done a lot of work on the website to make sure we have enough information about fast as possible, we are building up a website in the issue areas that folks are working overtime now to get that up to speed and trust me it will take a little bit more time. on the dock apiece,

the president has been clear that he would prioritise the areas of dealing with immigration with both building the wall and making sure we address people who are in this country illegally. the president has been very clear that we need to direct agencies on those who are in this country illegally and have a record, a criminal record or pose a threat. that is where the priority will be and will work through entire number of folks are working illegally but right now the clear focus is on that. two questions, the president campaigned on corporate tax rate cuts are 15% and today when he met with a business leaders he had mentioned the tax rate would drop between 15—20%, is he moving the goalposts there in any way and the goalposts there in any way and the second question is on government spending, there have been reports that you may be looking at $10

trillion, is that accurate and would you be willing to rack up the title to get there? i would take the entitlements first on spending. we saw it with a hiring freeze, there have been some lack of respect for taxpayer dollars in this town for a long time and the president is showing to the hiring freeze first and foremost today that we have to respect the american taxpayer. they are working hard, some people work threejobs to get are working hard, some people work three jobs to get by. they see money gets wasted in washington on a job thatis gets wasted in washington on a job that is deeply negative, it's insulting to the hard work that they do. that comes into your question in overall spending, we have to look at how we are spending the american people's tax dollars so the landing teams have been going into these agencies and departments and talking about ways in which we can create greater efficiencies, eliminated the

city and maximise the tax dollars. it's more a question instead of cutting, its about how do we spend and respect the taxpayer dollar more than going forward. the president is a very successful businessman and negotiator, he will sit down with congress to get the best deal possible for american businesses said they can hire people and we can grow the economy. he will work with congress with that but he understands better than anyone how to negotiate a great deal and right now he will negotiate the best deal on behalf of the american worker and on behalf of the american worker and on behalf of the american businesses that are hiring them. that was a lot of the focus today. sean spicer there, the press spokesman. giving an indication of what president trump ‘s been up to. we are going to join kathie kay and christian fraser

now for our new bbc programme 100 days. hello and welcome to 100 days. it is monday afternoon in washington — the first working week of the donald trump presidency. already there are big changes underway. so what will a trump administration mean for the united states and the rest of the world? with such global upheaval over the past year, we will be exploring what happens next. there will be a new way of doing business in washington. this morning, the president signed an executive order withdrawing the united states from the trans pacific trade partnership. a white house press conference is now underway as the war of words between the new administration and the media about the size of the inauguration crowd continues. and when it comes to building the wall, can president trump really make mexico pay? we'll hear from both sides of the border.