>> he's a man of tremendous experience and talent. he's highly respect by never the military. and we are honored to have him. >> mr. president, thank you very much. i would like to say what after privilege it is to continue serving our nation. i'm grateful to you for that reporter: the post came open

when general flynn was forced to resign. the job was initially offered, the nsa job, to the retired vice admiral robert rar harward. but he declined that position, the white house citing family reasons. general keith kellogg will stay on as the chief of staff of the nsc. david: let's bring in walid phares. first and foremost, this guy is a war hero. he fought in the first gulf war. i want to read what he did. as captain of the second calvary region i. he led a force of 9

tanks that too out 80 republican guard tanks and armored vehicles. this guy knows war ware from the grounds. but he's also a scholar. >> you could have a movie on his career. multiple decades, engagement on the grounds. he served? afghanistan and the kinds of war he served there is about ideas. he also served in iraq. told iraq might and the new iraq fight, and he has what he needs. what the president needs basically to start a rethinking of the four wars we are address in the middle east. we obviously like john bolton. he's part of the fox team. but he didn't leave bolton out of the conversation. he said we'll be asking john bolton to work with us in a some

what different capacity. john is a terrific guy. do you have any thoughts about what that might be. >> there are so many places where ambassador bowl tomorrow could serve and serve well. the difference is ambassador bolton served as a u.n. ambassador during critical times and served at the state department. if the part wants him to serve to understand what's happening in terms of conflicts to the one hands. also to suggest ideas how to go by the. it would be a terrific choice. >> we thank you very much. we are expecting the president to announce his new executive order on immigration as early as tomorrow. it's expected the travel ban will include the same 7 countries travelers with visas, green cardholders and dual citizens are exempt from. let's bring in our panel to talk

about this. fred, first to you. since the 9th circuit essentially sort of read into their decision things that weren't even in the law itself, some of which were actually wrong. they said no terrorists had been arrested from those seven countries in the united states. the trump administration came out with a long list of people who had been arrests from those 7 countries. isn't it just as likely no matter how this new act is different, they will knock it down as well? >> that's a possibility. the lower court judge in the state of washington and the 9th circuit looked at this thing not on the question they should have looked at whether the president's order was constitutional and didn't violate any statutory law, which of course it didn't.

instead they didn't like it. gee, haved the countries sent terrorists here before? that's not what judges are supposed to do. david: judges legislate from the bench all the time in america. let me talk about immigration in general. i want to play a clip from him and get your reaction. >> immigration today if you listen to the left equals anybody who wants to come into the country should be allowed. that's not what immigration is. that's illegal immigration and we ought to all oppose it. david: a very interesting perspective. and i think there is a lot of truth to that. who should we keep out of this country. no one, according to them. >> there is an idea that is false that we are letting anybody come in willy-nilly. under president trump we had

negative immigration from mexico meaning more people were deport thunder than let in. david: he was the deporter-in-chief. >> when we talk about refugees from different countries, there is an idea that we need extreme vetting. we already have an extremely extensive vetting process. david: i understand, but the problem is over there you have serious problems. it's not necessarily at our border it's before they leave because they don't have any governments. >> we know nothing about so many of these people who want to come in. but you do need to find out. there is a history from these 7 countries of exporting terrorism. not just the united states. it was on to block muslims,

these aren't the countries where most muslims live. iran is one of the top muslim countries. david: it's not a muslim ban, there are 48 other countries with a majority muslim population. reporter: we have seen protests across the country across the street to protest president trump on no other day than presides' day. we are a month into the trump presidency and these protests still continue. why? is this about immigration? or is it about everything about donald trump? >> it's about everything. the people protesting are making it clear when they are saying he's not our president. they are not questioning the legitimacy of whether he

wouldn't elect. they are conceding they believe he did. but they are saying donald trump doesn't share our values. i think there is a lot to be said for that on a variety of different issues. we as americans believe in a free and open press. it's part of our constitution. we don't believe as donald trump said last week that the press are the enemy of the american people. whether we are talking about immigration, we believe we are a nation of immigrants. we don't demonize people just because they look differently from us. they have reason to be protesting and a reason why we should be listening. reporter: so much of his mess and does strike a populist chord, right? higher salaries, maternity leave. they can't hate everything about him. >> i think republicans should

take these demonstrations seriously. remember the tea party when nancy pelosi said they are astro turf, they are synthetic, they are not representing anybody. i think these people are representing a serious element of the democratic party and republicans need to pay attention and respond to them. >> and try to get things done. at this rate we have four more years of protests. david: the president has been working down in florida. we have a live shot of him coming back. there is air force one. he's on his way to andrews air force base and from there to ma preen one where he will fly by helicopter to the white house. he's coming back to an empty town because all of congress is

gone. reporter: congress is gone, and this is actually --'s been in florida the past three weekends in a row. dave are's going to be doing a least work on his own, executive power allows him to do certain maneuvers he will be taking advantage of, particularly in terms of immigration law coming out with a way hopefully from his perspective to get around that 9th circuit panel roadblock from his last immigration order. so we'll be watching as the president taxis off and makes it -- i think we'll be watching this thing as it gets on the runway. they kind of clear the air space. air force one is an extraordinary plane. i had the privilege of being on it one. it's just like the movie.

once you are inside, they actually are able to fly because they command the air space for miles on either side of the plane. if there is a patch of rough with the, they fly air. nobody wears seat belts because if they see weather coming they go right around it. there have been questions about whether the president -- this president is doing what the last president did, taking too much time for these expensive flights. they are amazingly expensive. $3 million a flight. reporter: he has been at mar-a-lago the past three weekend. those three weekend costing taxpayers about $10 million by some estimates. so they are expensive. but he is headed back to d.c.,

and while congress is on recess, they have a lot to do. we are expecting as soon as tomorrow a new executive action and executive order on immigration and california. david: the security follows the plane on to the runway. all the way to the active runway, they are making sure air force one is safe and secure. reporter: republicans say they have a plan to repeal and replace obamacare, but there are details missing. namely, how are they going to pay for it. >> spies plotting against president trump are out of control. that's coming from a former cia open. >> tough. and he's a democrat. reporter: the president firing off a shot at the mainstream media calling them the enemy of the american people.

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you're a funny guy. best of the oscars. funny how? how am i funny? scorsese finally wins. could you double check the envelope? show me best picture. what's the difference? show me best actor. i do not take tonight for granted. thank you so very much. get all the greatest scripted and unscripted oscar moments on xfinity x1. the oscars, live sunday, february 26th 7eâ4p on abc. david: president trump doubling down on his criticism of the mainstream media. tweeting. the fake news media, not my enemy, it's the enemy of the mire can people. take a listen. >> if you want to preserve democracy as we not you have to

have a free and sometimes adversarial press. without it we would lose so much of our individual liberties. that's how dictators get started started. reporter: i don't have a problem with you complaining about individual bias. but the president said the fake media are an enemy to the country. >> the media did not make donald trump and they can't destroy him. they are enemies of trump and trump won the election. david: joining us judy miller and fred barnes. here is the thing. words are one thing, actions are another. are you concerned about the rhetoric turning into some kind of action that would be even

more distasteful than the receipt rick? >> i'm worried about the media turning into a bunch of weanies. the first amendment provides people of the press, it doesn't provide the media freedom from criticism. the fact is, i read the newspapers, i read "the washington times," watched shows on television, and the press didn't seem deterred at all. they were still attacking trump. mccain knows better than that. david: we don't have to go back very far to what other presidents have done. president obama's war against fox news was worse than what donald trump is saying now. i start with evidence number one or evidence a. would be james rose be. james did a report on north

korea. the obama justice department tried to indict james rosen as a coconspirator to espionage. that's unprecedented. that hasn't been done before. then i give you all the forums the obama administration tried to shut fox news out of. whether it was covering feinberg or even president obama after which they sort of bragged about what they had done. i'll run through some names here david axlerod. fox news is not a news organization. real journalists ought to treat them that way. we are not going to treat them that way. dan pfeiffer. the obama administration decided to stop abiding by the fiction that fox is a traditional news organization. they were bragging about shutting us out. we are a le jitd mat news organization. that's -- we are a legitimate news organization. that's what obama did.

>> they were not permitted to do that in part because the rest of the press corps stood with fox news when president obama tried to have them excluded from present briefings. in the same way the press has to stand up to donald trump and say, mr. president, you can say whatever you want to about us, but we are here, we are constitutionally guaranteed and we are not going to stop criticizing you or calling you out whenever you utter that is simply untrue. david: i wouldn't be worried unless he tries to do something like the obama administration actually did try to do against us. >> i think you are right. but the problem is words as we all know have consequences. and we have seen consequences in terms of people chief legitimizing reporters and the press. and sometimes even taking physical action dense reporters

attempting to cover trump press conferences and rallies. we are tough, right? we can take it. and i'm not -- david: for those who don't know, judy went to jail to protect a source. >> and would do it again. i just hope i don't have to. which is why i'm so worried about president obama's efforts to delegit nice us. i think we should ignore his criticism. lower our heads, ping our pens and continue writing. david: until they start doing something like president trump did against this new organization. i wouldn't be worried. thank you. reporter: coming up, migrant crime wave. president trump blasting the media for missing if the point and ignoring the cost of letting

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reporter: calming european union fears, mike pence reassuring the united states' commitment to nato. >> it's my privilege here at the nato headquarters to peks press strong support of president trump and the youths america for

nato and our transatlantic alliance. >> i can say with confidence america will do our part. but europe's defense requires europe's commitment as much as ours. the president of the united states and the american people expect our allies to keep their word and to do more in our common defense. reporter: walid phares, foreign policy expert. that last part, pence was talking about the need for these countries to pony up 2% of their gdp for defense. only five of them are doing that. how is trump and pence going to do that with nato. when they say we are working on a relationship with russia and work on brexit. >> many in europe, media and

government have been criticizing saying the trump administration will not even go to europe. that they isolated themselves. they will go to putin, and now we see vice president pence going to europe and meeting with the three leaders of the balance particulars. we are reassuring them, meeting with chancellor merkel. his basic message is we are not here to dismanle nato. we are here to strengthen nato. but there are organizational issues we need to address together. over many years speaking with lawmakers in europe. before the trump campaign they have been saying we need to to reorganize nato. reporter: what do you have say to the critics out there or those in europe saying this is what they say but we are worried about the next policy change fired off in a tweet of donald trump?

>> those who are making those statements are members of the party that are in opposition. what would worry me is national security advisors of the military or a mass opinion inside europe that would be dismissive of what you want to do. and then the meeting, the sum with it nato would show that. he met many middle eastern leaders in europe to talk about what we can do in the region. i see the administration is moving forward. i'm not defending it. but they will continue to abound. reporter: let's move on here. this is another big topic. standing his grounds on sweden's immigration problem, president trump tweeting give the public a break. if the fake news media is trying to say large-scale immigration in sweden is work out bully. not!

this after receiving a ton of backlash for comments he made over the weekend in florida. >> we have to keep our country safe. you look at what's happening in germany. you look at what's happening last night in sweden. sweden. who would believe this. sweden. they took in large numbers. they are having problems like they never thought possible. reporter: walid, it seems to me donald trump is saying there is a social cost that populations must pave when you have receive all themes refugees. >> if you put the style aside. this was a rally. we have seen the president speak in rallies and foreign policy speeches. we know the difference. and all leaders act the same. but if you listen somewhat europeans are saying, this not much difference between what president obama is saying. and the opposition?

speeden. go to the ocean media and statements made by the people not happy inside sweden. politicians, former ministers, lawmakers. you have two europes. one that is in charge that wants to send a message that everything is fine. then you have the off significance and they are saying no it's not fine. i think president trump is trying to express his opinion. >> we are seeing that conservative move. spread across europe. your point note and taken. walid phares. thank you very much. david: slammed for her faith. first lady melania trump under attack for leading a florida rally in prayer. >> lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever and

ever, amen. david: they are mock her for her accent, her religion and for reciting the lord's prayer. bigotry from the left is high. from the right -- can you imagine if this had been a muslim prayer that had been delivered in public if there would have been the same response? it's extraordinary the amount of bigotry going focused on melania trump. and she is a great first delayedy. reporter: we have a boycott gone bad. why the left's call to ban trump wine has people drinking even more. david: president trump's effort to repeal and replace obama care. how will the u.s. pay for it. that's next. an estimate in 24 h. my insurance company

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david: house gop leaders unveiling their plan for the repeal and replace of obamacare with the commander in chief still all in on a plan that seems to be looking details how to pay for it. peter doocy is with us in washington. reporter: it's recess on capitol hill. but when lawmakers return the gop is sphoactd reveal specifics

about what's tonight and how much it will cost. there is an alternative gone public backed by the house freedom caucus. but it's going slow here. >> it's more slowly than people would like. i think there are a couple reasons for that there is a real debate taking place within the congress stop what components of the affordable care act should stay. the reality what we'll see moving forward is folks you have to the age of 26 will be able to stay on their parents' plan. preexisting conditions is baked into the cake. reporter: nancy pelosi says republicans are cutting spejtd on healthcare. pelosi was a critical player on getting obamacare passed. drop zeek emanuel, one of the aca's architects.

>> the first thing we need to do is change how we hawaii pay doctors and hospitals so they have a big incentive to increase their quality and lower their costs, and we have to pay them in different way than it season toughizes them to lower the total cost of care. reporter: paul ryan has been speaking about it in urgent tones. he says we need it to go away. mitch mcconnell says they will vote on a reveal as soon as thy have the votes. but gop membership has not given its rank and file members specifics on what's tonight and when the vote is going to be, and what it's going to cost. reporter: the jobs first mentality resonatin resonating h americans. 61% say they view of the economy as strong.

peter morici, this is fitting if you look at the s & p 500's performance, the fifth best performance under any president. so gary, i'll start with you. we are loving what donald trump is doing to the economy, right. >> the market is up 11% since the election. words confidence and optimism are intangible. but they matter a lot. especially when you have business leaders walk out of the white house saying we are finally being listened to and being told what's needed. i think nothing bad can happen from this. but you have to follow through on the promise of lower taxes

and less regulation sooner rather than later. reporter: investors are betting on it and hoping for it. will that make the rally just become -- >> i don't know that we are going to 30,000 this year. but we'll keep going up if congress getsr gets it done -- gets it done by the fall. but that's critical. that's the one thing government can do pretty quickly. i mean, you pass a bill, the president signs it, it's there. deregulation is much tougher. there are all these processes various statutes require you to go through. with taxes i think it's possible to do. reporter: if you look at reagan and george w. bush, they have their tax plans in by now.

>> they also had their people in by now. when chuck schumer votes against every single person the president puts up. where they lay bodies in the see the at he available option. the democrats are saying we don't have a president of the united states in the next four years. if the economy doesn't work out lay it in the lap of nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. it's that simple. david: president trump eyeing a change that would inflate the current i.s. trade deficit make it appear than it was in years past. this focus on trade deficits. 1984 -- i weren't back to 1984 because it was a record growth year. we had massive trade deficits.

$123 billion in 1984. in current dollars it's $300 billion. and we had a growth rate of 7.3%. the economy grew great guns despite trade deficits. >> we had morning in america. so america was growing rapidly and consuming. right now we are not growing well and we have a $500 billion trade deficit. if we brought it down, there would be more things made in the united states and more money spent and more jobs. david: we focus earlier on the tax cuts. you get the economy to grow and the trade deficit would become irrelevant. >> all i can tell you is it's our money in the first place. if you want to see deficit come down, get 5% gdp. those are the type of things

that get revenues skyrocketing. this is the first time i have seen political sleight of hands to make thing look worse. david: we ran out of time. guys thank you very much. lauren? reporter: another blast of heavy rain is threatening the tallest dam in the country. if the dam collapses residents may not have enough time to evacuate. what if technology

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lauren: emergency crews are working to support the oroville dam that is in risk of collapse. we go to alicia acuna on the scene. reporter: this is exactly what the crews on the ground don't need, wind and rain.

but it its something they were anticipating. right behind me is lake oroville. over the weekend crews were able to lower the water levels just enough in anticipation of this storm that is arriving, and more rain is expected through the middle of the week. they were able to get it low enough to make room for that additional fresh rain water. and they did that by releasing a lot of water through the damanged spillways. they continued to work on the spillways, the mess eroding down. they have been dropping slurry and cement. but the helicopter pilots decided there is no way they can work in this situation because it's too dangerous. we have some video we want to show you of the damage on that's emergency spillway. you will see this gray area. that's the seem slurry they have been dropping on to shore up

that spillway. so that's what that is. meantime the people who live downstream in oroville and the community surrounding. they are awaiting the possibility of future evacuation orders. they were warned when they were let back in their homes earlier this week that word could come at any time from the sheriff's department that they would have to go. so they are after he waiting the next step and the next word from authorities here. david: the spies who are going against the commander-in-chief. there are growing concerns about government officials leaking classified information. our next guest says these plots against the president are totally out of control.

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david: spies plotting against president trump. an unsettling headline is drawing lovment attention. he wrote, i'm a democrat and ex-cia, but the spies plotting against donald trump are out of control. usual not a trump fan, but at the same time you think these guys out of control. >> before i'm a democrat, i'm an american. that's what you learn and understand and accept. when you walk into the halls of langley. , if you are american first. and my concern with the leaks, what we saw in the fall with his dossier business. i'm seeing consistent pattern. i don't think it's lower-level folks. they are doing god's work. i think it many the higher-tier folks, former obama administration folks.

my fear is these folks continue to do this stuff, it undermines an important principle that the american people choose their leader. david: they were nut there for political purposes but now they managed to become part of the system. >> some people have a righteous belief they are doing the right thing because they don't like trump. them there are people who want to be part of the clinton administration and she didn't win so they didn't get the jobs they wanted. david: a lot of this information, bee besides the fact that you have taken an oath not to divulge this stuff, you also could genuinely harm people. based on some of the information that has already come out could individuals be harmed as a result of that? >> that's always the fear with leaks. in this case it's even more profound liang sight ridden because we are talking about the

stat built of america's democracy. when you start leaking stuff, that starts jeopardizing source, your fellow officers. but the fear is you start jeopardizing a lot of the people because of your own ideology because you don't like president trump. david: all so it plays into the hands of you are enemies. that's what makes puff continue happy, that's what makes all of our enemies happy. >> here is my fear. in 2020 if the liberal spies get their way. the conservative spies will step you have and say i'm going to make sure i sharp bernie sanders or elizabeth warren or whose is elected in 2020. that political tribalism is not what this country needs it's a dangerous slippery slope. dave there are i'm glad you wrote the piece but i wish you were back in the cia.

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. >> well, the trump boycott backfired. bottles of trump wine flying off the she feels after calls to boycott the wine. >> the wine's selling out. actually selling out. in richmond area stories and eight other locations in richmond, virginia. also have sold out all or most of the varieties. the grocery store is firm in its statement that its role as a business is to offer choices to the consumer, not to make political statements. good for them. >> starbucks tried that, remember? hiring 10,000 refugees. boycott starbucks. >> before we leave, we want to bid a fond farewell to a very close friend and a valued member of the fox news team. brenda buttner who many of you know from the fox news channel's business block on saturday mornings has passed

away. we -- our heart's are aching. it just happened. we knew she had been sick. our best wishes to her family. she has two lovely children. we wish them the absolute best. >> that does it for us. risk and reward starts now. trump: the honest to media, which has published one false story after another with no sources, even though they pretend they have them, they make them up in many cases, they have become a big part of the problem. when the media lies to people, i will never, ever let them get away with it. i will do whatever i can that they don't get away with it. >> so president trump doubled down on his attacks on the mainstream med