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inauguration day. your top stories at 6:00 a.m. eastern time. today is a day of comebacks, israeli hostages released, tiktok returns, and president trump prepares to take the oath of office for a second time. three israeli hostages reuniting with their families as the gaza cease fire deal becomes reality. two americans still captured confirmed part of this release. tiktok restores operations after thanking president-elect trump for granting a 90 day extension on the divest or ban law. trump of course is going to be sworn in as 47th president today, just before noon eastern time, as we expect a flurry of executive orders up to 200 signed moments after the closing ceremonies. everything you need to know is going to be all morning long for you today. now, markets are closed. we do have futures trading when the markets open up. tomorrow, a little bit of a snapshot, dow is up by 17,

nasdaq up by 24, s&p up by 33. markets are closed. 2:00 p.m. eastern time for martin luther king, junior day is when futures will stop trading. bond markets closed today. a look at what investors are anticipating for a second trump presidency. we'll takee about that this morning. both president-elect trump and first lady melania trump creating meme coins generating billions of dollars in wealth. we'll get into that. european markets are open, they are trading and they are as you can see in the green across the board today and then to asia overnight, markets were mostly higher. and joining the conversation all morning long, michael lee strategy founder, michael lee, and republican strategist and lead attorney at the madison firm, jonathan madison. "mornings with maria" is live right now. ♪

cheryl: and inauguration day is here. president-elect trump is ready to get to work immediately once the ceremonies are over. fox news digital political correspondent brooke singman is here on the flurry of executive orders he is expected to sign today. it looks like these were the campaign promises he is going to deliver on day one. we were initially talking about 100 executive orders. now, almost 200. has there been some last minute push to really blanket the country with the tru trump agenn day one? >> reporter: good morning,

cheryl. it's actually more than 200 executive actions we're expecting president trump to take today and in speaking with senior trump incoming trump administration officials about these executive actions, and what you just mentioned, it's what they're calling promises made, promises kept. so everything that trump promised on the campaign trail, the officials that are helping him work on all of these executive orders and actions say he is delivering on every single promise he made to the american people. what we are expecting after all of the ceremonies and the excitement, after he takes the oath of office to become the 47th president of the united states, trump is expected to take more than 200 executive actions. he's not signing 200 executive orders. i'm told these are kind of omnibus executive orders meaning that within executive orders there are dozens of executive actions. he is directing the federal government officials and possible confirmed cabinet members to take actions on his

top immediate policy priorities so today here's what we can expect. he's going to declare a national border emergency, he's going to direct the u.s. military to work with the department of homeland security to fully secure the southern border. he's also going to close the border to all illegal aliens. trump is going to designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. he's going to reinstate remain in mexico, end catch and release. those are just a few items of what he plans to do with regard to border security. then we're going to shift over to energy. and trump is going to take a number of executive actions there with a senior official telling me he's going to unleash american energy, drill, baby, drill, as we heard on the campaign trail for many months. he is expected to pause all offshore wind leases, he's going to end biden's electric vehicle mandate, he's going to end the green new deal and he's going to leave the paris climate agreement today which is interesting because on day one of his last administration, he also left the paris climate

agreement. biden put the u.s. back into that agreement on his day one in office in january 2021. trump is back. he's taking the u.s. out of that agreement now. moving on to the federal government as a whole, he's going to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the federal government. he's going to institute a freeze in hiring. that's part of an effort from the department of government efficiency, trying to shrink the federal workforce. he's expected to establish biological sex definitions, he's going to rename places like the gulf of mexico which he will call the gulf of america, that's something we can expect today and just if that's not enough, of course we heard him preview this yesterday but tiktok, this was something everybody's been waiting for. it's back up and running in the u.s. tiktok even pushed out a notification for users that said thank you to president trump for his action. we are back. and that executive order that he is signing is going to allow the

app to be operational for an extended period of time before that new law takes effect so that lawmakers and the company can figure out some sort of agreement to make tiktok secure for u.s. national security and just beyond that trump is also going to remove security clearances for those 51 ex national security officials who back in 2020 signed a letter saying that hunter biden's laptop was russian disinformation. obviously we know that's not true so revoking security clearances for former obama cia director, john brennan, former obama director of national intelligence, james clapper, leon panetta, a few things we're expecting the president to do today. that's not all 200 but just a little taste there. cheryl: thank you so much. there's so much on the agenda today, besides the pomp and

circumstance with the ceremonies. the senate will be back in session today. it will be an interesting day for everyone. brooke, thank you so much. president trump said this last night during his victory rally in d.c. watch this. >> you're going to see executive orders that are going to make you extremely happy, lots of them. lots of them. we have to set our country on the proper course. by the time the sunsets tomorrow evening, the invasion of our borders will have come to a halt and all the illegal border trespassers will in some form or another be on their way back home. cheryl: mike lee e your reaction to the day ahead and of course all of these executive orders, many more than we expected initially. >> well, cheryl, i think there's a couple parts to this

and i think one of them that a lot of people are going to miss is that because there are so many, it's really hard for his critics to focus on one or two and run that up the food chains at a court setting to challenge these so not only is it delivering on campaign promises, i think when you come with this many actions simultaneously it's really hard for your opponents to put a dent in anything that you're doing. it will be really hard for the media to pick it apart because there's so many things coming at them at once. for him to declare the mexican cartels as terrorist organizations is going to have wide-reaching ramifications. i think this could lead to a turning point in fentanyl and drug trafficking into this country but the one that i'm most excited about is the body of water you see behind me is now going to be called the gulf of america. cheryl: look, you know,

honestly jonathan there's certainly going to be a lot of -- the question now is will there be legal challenges and i think the one issue that we are going to see a flurry of action on is going to be the border and of course the plans and tom homan talked about this yesterday on fox news, the plans, jonathan, to go to the sanctuary cities to empower i.c.e. to do their job. we are expecting not just lawsuits from some of these groups that are protecting these illegal migrants and these sanctuary cities but across the board when it comes to the border. your reaction? >> absolutely. i mean, there's two steps to this, right. first, you look at the executive orders that are probably going to be passed today and probably throughout the rest of this year, a a lot of the executive orders that trump is talking about are actually him reinstituting the orders that were rolled back by the biden administration. so president trump enacted about 220 executive orders or executive actions in his first term. about a third of those, 72, were

rolled back by the biden administration. so he's reinstituting a lot of these. once those are in place, now you see the legal challenges coming against what he's trying to do at the border and enforcing the border security, empowering these agencies to work together which has really been the hurdle here for a lot of the crimes you're seeing, a lot of the border issues. so you're definitely going to see challenges there but first he has to get the laws in place before the challenges can be made. i think a lot of people are going to do a lot of talking beforehand but be mindful once you see what the orders look like before you start the legal challenges. cheryl: we know they're preparing. the national emergency at the border, in turn, this unlocks additional pentagon funding and assets. we talked a lot about how this would take place, first shutting down the border, then starting to get -- to be clear, criminals and donald trump has mentioned that repeatedly, they're not targeting families, they're not

targeting children, they're targeting criminals in this country, those that are going and have been harming american citizens and that is where the critics are going to start to come out and start to push back and he's ready for that and he said it last night in the rally. we're just getting started this morning. coming up, the futures market is only open today until 2:00 p.m. eastern time. markets are closed for president trump's inauguration and of course it is martin luther king, junior holiday today. so a big day of celebrations. we've got wealth consulting group ceo jimmy lee, he's here with the market outlook for the year under the next trump administration which begins today. don't miss a moment of i you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. ♪

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cheryl: we're actually kicking off with breaking news this morning. the costco teamsters union has now voted to authorize a nationwide strike by an overwhelming 85% margin. the company failing to agree to a contract, as 18,000 union members, the deal is set to expire january 31st. so we're going to be following this. there's costco as you can see overall in the premarket. it's moving, it's up, but again, markets are closed today so we're going to see how this all plays out when markets open up tomorrow morning. meanwhile, futures market will be trading until 2:00 p.m. eastern time today due to it's inauguration day and it's martin luther king, junior holiday

today so we're celebrating both of those things. stocks did rebound since election day as president trump begins day one of his new administration and it's going to be quite the day. trump's return to the white house has some economists forecasting, get this, higher inflation. a new wall street journal survey predicts that the consumer price index is going to rise 2.7% for the month of december. joining me now -- that's as it did rise, excuse me, it did rise in december. joining me is wealth consulting group ceo, jimmy lee. jimmy, let's talk about the general sense as we join together to celebrate the next presidency, the next administration. markets are watching very carefully for are we going to continue that trump trade. if you look at market performance since election day, it's obviously been very strong in particular for the nasdaq with the technology sector, we know a lot of technology ceos are going to be attending the inauguration today.

what are your expectations? >> good morning, cheryl. and great to be on. i'm super excited. today's a great day. we have inauguration day on mlk day, that's pretty rare. i think it's a great day for this country and the world. i mean, you've got already the cease fire in israel with hamas. there's a lot of positive things to come and as far as the economy and stock market goes, i think we have two gigantic tail winds going into this year that investors can look forward to which we can get into inflation here in a minute but you're going to have potential deregulation or at least lower regulation and lower interest rates. i think those are two huge tailwinds that are going to propel risk assets such as equities. the eb economists i think we'lle wrong about higher inflation, higher for longer. that's the consensus right now. i believe years from now inflation will be lower than expected and the fed can move more than what people think

right new. cheryl: the editorial board of the wall street journal has a very lengthy look at the second term of donald trump and it says can trump do better the second time? he is stronger now. the brand of political disruption may have its limits. they talk about tariffs. first they talk about taxes which i'll skip over but the tariff issue in their commentary is very interesting. they say, look, a tariff is a tax and ta tax is anti-growth. if he imposes tariffs as soon as the first week, impact of tariffs is a growth wild card. congress ceded so much authority to the president. financial markets may be the only check we see on the agenda coming forward. we don't know the agenda. we have a sense of it. but your initial reaction to that take from the editor call board this morning? >> you know, i do don't necessay disagree. look at what we've seen this weekend. you've got tiktok opening back up because of president trump

and we've had the rumored talks between the president over here and president xi about taming the relations and making the relations better economically and i think that's what helped also push the markets even a little bit higher was on some of that news so while i think tariffs can definitely be something in the short run that people can be concerned about and definitely create some volatility, actually if it does happen i think it's going to be a buying opportunity for investors and the markets, anyway, but i think that a lot of this has been a negotiation play as we know president trump likes to make deals and so i think we will see some tariffs but i think a lot of it's going to be negotiations. i think at the end of the day, if it causes volatility, i would be a buyer on that volatility. i think we could have a correction this year. we've had two phenomenal years with returns in the markets. i'm bullish on eb equities this

year. i think even bond investors will make money. i think interest rates will come down. cheryl: let's talk about crypto. this is going to be a big topic moving forward and it has been since donald trump was reelected in november. bitcoin hit a new all-time high earlier, $109,000. over if weekend, trump actually launched his own crypto corn circumstance it surged to a market value of $8 billion. he wrote on truth social my new official trump meme is here. time to celebrate everything we stand for, winning. enjoy my very special trump community, get my trump now, go to trump meme.com. that coin dropped 40% the next day after incoming first lady melania trump launched her own crypto coin. what do you make of the coin moves by the soon to be president and first lady? >> well, i think investors should be very cautious. crypto in general, when you see that kind of volatility. but i do like things like

bitcoin and i think that bitcoin has a chance to get more demand on an institutional level where bigger flows will go in and i think etfs we have now, the spot etfs will get even bigger. we had a crypto coin company on one of our pod casts recently. i think that there's a good future there but i would be very cautious for investors trading in and out of those securities that are very volatile and any crypto, even bitcoin, i think einvestors need to be cautious f the potential volatility you will get with that. it can represent a small portion of a client portfolio. it's something investors need to pay attention to if they don't already own it. cheryl: jimmy lee, thank you for being here. it's good to see you. >> thank you. cheryl: we'll be right back, everybody. stay with us. if you have wet amd, you never want to lose sight of the things you love.

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cheryl: hamas releasing the first three israeli hostages yesterday after the cease fire deal went into effect. they were handed over to israeli defense forces after 471 days in captivity. 30 more hostages are expect heed to be freed over the next six weeks including two of the three remaining americans in exchange for hundreds of palestinian prisoners. four more hoss to hostages oud e

released next weekend. president-elect trump says they will make sure the cease fire holds by using good government and he says if it doesn't hold, quote, all hell will break out. want to bring in deputy national security adviser and author of the battle for the jewish state, how israel and america can win, victoria coates. so many questions for you. but i think this really shows that israel, i think netanyahu and this has been talked about already, this isn't a great deal, it's tough to see hamas be able to replenish their ranks with all of these prisoners but you had three young girls come home to their mothers yesterday. >> cheryl, good to be with you. i think this is -- it has to be a day to celebrate to get these

three innocents out of gaza after 4 470 days. it's unspeakable what they've been through. you're correct, it's a tough deal to accept because of the hamas criminals who are going to be released starting next weekend but at the same time as i said, we need to celebrate and the whole reason this is happening is r israel has confidence in president trump that if the deal goes south as he said in the nbc interview, he's going to have israel's back. and the united states will stand with israel doing what it needs to do to defeat hamas. so i think that's what's changed here. cheryl: you know, victoria, it's interesting because if you look at the breakdown of how these phases are going to go, of course the concern is that hamas could reneg, they could back out of the deal. is that a risk, in your opinion? >> of course, it always is. they were three hours late on the deal over the weekend. so they're not a good faith actor.

they're not negotiating normally the way we would think of. i mean, the scenes of the girls coming out yesterday, being taunted and surrounded by armed fighters, you know, they are not in any way interested in peace. they're not interested in negotiated settlements so all of these sudden calls that the palestinians should be given a state as a reward for doing this, i mean, it just doesn't make any sense. but at the same time, israel's going to do what it can to get the remaining hostages out. there are some 90 of them that are in hamas' control. but important to remember, cheryl, there are some more hostages that are not in hamas' control. they're in the palestinian islamic jihad, pij's control, for example. so we can get -- even if this deal comes to fruition, we may not be at the end of the road. cheryl: for the first time in u.s. history, foreign leaders will attend an american presidential nomination. no heads of state have

previously made an official visit to the u.s. for anything like that. he extended an invite to xi jinping who declined. china's vice president will be in attendance today. arrargentina's president will be attending. i want to get your reaction to the shift in the traditions of inauguration day. >> it's interesting because the vice premier of china was on my train yesterday down from new york so that was somewhat unexpected. but it shows you what president trump wants to do. he wants to have good relations with leaders around the world. it's one of his kind of trademark methods of deploy dip, creates lines of communication. he has an invitation out to chairman xi, the vice premier will be at the inauguration

today. he's threatening very, very high tariffs on china which could be crippling to them economically. there's a good cop, bad cop going on here. i think it's great to use the inauguration this way, it's a wonderful spectacle of america. because of the weather it's going to be inside. it shows the peaceful transition of power. i can think of no more instructive thing for the chinese to witness than the actual inauguration of the president of the united states. cheryl: interesting. well, let's stay with this because president-elect trump telling his advisors he wants to travel to cla china in his firs0 days in office. trump and xi spoke by phone friday, discussing trade, tiktok and other issues. i want to get your take on the timing with regard to tiktok and the supreme court up408ding the ban on friday and -- upholding the ban on friday and donald trump reinstating the app yesterday, giving them

permission to come back. >> yeah, i mean, i'm all for open lines of communication with china. it prevents there being accidents or miscommunications that could potentially lead to conflict so i think that's good. i mean, if the president wants to make that his first trip this year, that also is absolutely his right to do that. i think with tiktok, it will be interesting because you do have a range of views in congress for example which of course passed this law, banning tiktok. at the heritage foundation we've done a lot of work on what is so pernicious about this algorithm that becomes almost add dick testify, particularly for -- addictive, especially for young people, the kind of data that's harvested, the fact you have members of the chinese communist party on the board of tiktok. this is unusual. this is not a normal company. i think president trump also know that's a lot of americans like tiktok, they make money on

tiktok. so trying to find some kind of middle ground here, you know, seems logical. but we'll have to see what happens with the congress. cheryl: of course, the question e does that algorithm that you just mentioned, is it really just a vehicle for the ccp to collect the data, the private data of americans in particular kids. victoria coates, thank you so much for being here. appreciate it. >> thank you, cheryl. cheryl: we're going to stay on the tiktok story this morning. it is back up again for american users. it went down. then it was brought back up. president trump is now looking for 50% ownership stake in the chinese app or at least that's the deal and how it's been presented. we're going to talk to american frontier strategy ceo mehek cooke joining us next. we're taking you to davos, switzerland, maria will be live from the world economic forum wednesday and thursday. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. ♪

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cheryl: tiktok restoring service to more than 170 million american use users yesterday aa 14 hour shutdown on sunday.

they failed to secure a u.s. buyer before that. president-elect trump coming through to keep it running. here's what he wrote on truth social. i will issue an executive order on monday to extend the period of time before the law's prohibitions take effect so we can make a deal to protect our national security. a pop up revealed this, as a result of president trump's effort, tiktok is back in the u.s. here is donald trump yesterday. >> and as of today, tiktok is back. i said i'll approve but let the united states of america own 50% of tiktok. i'm approving on behalf of the united states. the united states will do what we call a joint venture and there's no risk. we're not putting up any money. all we're doing is giving them the approval. so whether you like tiktok or not, we're going to make a lot of money. cheryl: some republican lawmakers taking a hard line stance though, arkansas senator

tom cotton, nebraska senator pete rick et cetera are out with this joint statement. they say now you that the law hs taken effect, there's no legal basis. bytedance must agree to a sale that satisfy the divestiture requirements by severing ties between tiktok and communist china. house speaker mike johnson supports a true divestiture. joining me now, attorney and american frontier strategy ceo, mehek cooke. mehek, good morning to you. your thoughts on the latest developments? >> good morning, cheryl. it's great to join you today. look, we always knew that the supreme court was going to make sure that the ban stayed in place. there's a lot of americans today that are very confused. they think that the supreme court decision was about free speech and we have to continue to say two important words. national security. that is where america is today, to make sure that we continue to secure our country from national

threats and china is enemy number one. so when you look at what president trump is doing, he's still following the law because there is a legal provision that says the president may delay if there's significant progress on a divestiture deal so we'll have to see what president trump has in store. i think 90 days is enough time, significant time for divestiture deal and for somebody in the united states of america to have ownership of that platform and ensure that national security comes first. cheryl: mehek, we're going to have kevin o'leary join us in the 8:00 hour. he's one of the of course leading bidders for tiktok and an offer is on the table. jonathan, you're also an attorney. i would like to get your take on the legal challenge we're getting from tom cotton and rickettes. >> i think it's important here. they brought up a point in terms of the 50% ownership interest, the joint venture potential and mehek, you could even probably speak to it but the fact is, 50%

ownership of what? a joint venture of what? are we talking about the platform? are we talking about the algorithm? we know we're not talking about the algorithm. otherwise we wouldn't be having this discussion right now. so the question is, where does this actually go? and then just i guess the last question just on that thought, you mentioned that there was a timeframe, the 90 day timeframe and whatnot. the law actually does say potentially, i think the president could have a carve-out to where he could extend that just enough perhaps if there's adjudication, i think he may have an ace up his sleeve if he wants to do something. >> i have to agree with you there. if the president can show there's actual facts and actual people that are coming to the table and there is a deal that's going to secure national interest, national security interest, then we're going to see a lot of movement and i don't think when we talk about a

divestiture deal, it those be the app itself. because we need to understand what this data is being collected for, if it's being collected, what it's being used for. security concerns are paramount. if we have an american company, american investor that is ensuring security, i think at the end of the day it's a win-win for americans so president trump isn't going to sit here and talk about algorithms today and some of the nuances. what we know is this app deserves security and a lot of careful execution if we're going to keep it lawful in the united states. cheryl: i don't know. you guys, i have to say, david marcus writes on foxnews.com that the fact that bytedance refuses to sell confirms that it's a ccp operation and that their goal is to of course, this is a way to harvest private data of americans including younger americans, think kids, and that's the mission for them to get more access to, well, to americans in general. let's talk about -- you're in

d.c., obviously you're normally here with me on set but of course today is the inauguration and donald trump is going to be sworn in, 47th president of the united states, he's going to return to the white house for another four years, ceremony begins 11:30 a.m. eastern time, the swearing in around noon of course inside. he's vowing to make sweeping changes through a series of executive orders. here he is discussing all those plans last night. watch. >> i will describe in my inaugural address, tomorrow, can you believe it, tomorrow, it's been a long four years. nasty -- it's been a nasty four years. my administration will take immediate an decisive action to confront every single problem america faces and put our nation back to the path of success and greatness. within hours of taking office i will sign dozens of executive orders, close to 100 to be exact. we will not waste a single moment in delivering on our promises to the people.

cheryl: mehek, what do you expect to see first today? >> this is such an exciting and historic day, cheryl. i think you and every single american has waited 40 -- four years, sounds like 40 but four years of peace, prosperity, and excitement for president trump to get back to that white house and i expect a lot of executive orders but the one thing that every single american has asked for is making sure that our border is secure. we are looking for that executive order that shuts down the border, remain in mexico policy and then we're going to start pushing to end birth right citizenshop. those are very important and critical issues and mass deportations. people are celebrating this because we're going to have less criminals in the united states of america so we can start focusing on what matters the most. america first, americans first. and i also have to say, cheryl, president trump will do his work in terms of executive orders. but i am counting on congress to ensure that they pass laws to

make his efforts permanent. this can't be all for nothing where president trump does a lot of work the next four years and congress sits back and just waits. we need progress from them too and we need it now. cheryl: agreed, mehe mehek coo, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you so much. cheryl: we'll be right back, everybody. stay with us. (♪) car, this isn't the way home. that's right james, it isn't. car, where are we going? we're here. (♪) surprise!!! the future isn't scary. not investing in it is. car, were you in on this? nothing gets by you james. nasdaq-100 innovators. one etf. before investing, carefully read and consider fund investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and more in prospectus at invesco.com

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cheryl: firefighters in los angeles getting more containment on the deadly california wildfires but strong winds this week are increasing the risk of these fires spreading. gerri willis has those details. good morning. >> good morning to you, cheryl. that's right, california firefighters, well, they're making progress against the devastating palisades fire. now at 52% containment. but the danger far from over. more santa ana winds expected today, bringing gusts up to 100 miles per hour. raising the risk of new fires across southern california, 27 people were killed in the fires, another 31 reported missing. officials urging residents in high risk areas to prepare evacuation plans and secure their homes. president-elect trump mentioned the victims over the weekend. take a look. >> tonight i also want to send our love to everyone affected by the terrible wildfires raging in california.

we're praying for you all. we love you all. we're going to be there very soon. i'm going to go out there on friday to see it and to get it moving back. we're going to get some of the best builders in the world, we'll get it moving back. >> so far to go. fox corporation has made a $1 million donation to the red cross california wildfire relief efforts. the campaign combined with fox news employees and viewers raising over $3 million so far. you can help by visiting go.fox/redcross or by scanning the qr code on your screen. and billionaire wealth surging to what some are calling unimaginable levels last year, a new report showing the combined fortunes of the world's richest jumped from 13 trill yon dollaro 15 trillion in one year. they are expecting 5 trillionaires to emerge within a decade. right now elon musk is the

world's richest man, worth $440 billion but could be a trillionaire by 2027. the incoming trump administration preparing executive orders aimed at the federal workforce, expected to roll back union powers, cut benefits and push federal employees back into the office, according to the washington post. top advisor stephen miller promising to end woke diversity initiatives and bring back accountability for government workers who stand in the way of trump's agenda. house republicans are backing these efforts, gearing up to enact their own changes to federal pensions and job security this spring. and after years of liberal dominance, president-elect trump's maga movement is taking back pop culture, from end zone celebrations in the nfl to new memes going viral, conservatism is now increasingly mainstream even college campuses and hollywood are seeing a shift with younger generations

embracing conservative ideals as cool. performers like snoop dogg who previously attacked trump are also jumping on the bandwagon and agreeing to perform during the inauguration celebrations, the wall street journal saying many political analysts said americans are becoming more open to conservative ideas because of fatigue with cancel culture that some found s stifling and overly sensitive to gender and racial identity. maga isn't just about politics anymore, it's a cultural revolution and the reason you know this, cheryl, we see that coca-cola's ceo personally handed over a commemorative bottle to donald trump, his favorite drink, diet coke. cheryl: it's so interesting, mike lee, the change that we're seeing this inauguration day versus the first inauguration of donald trump. and one of the things is that the editor call board in the journal points out it's about the agenda. here's what they say.

he has made policy victories, traditional gop priorities but he wasn't as successful on immigration and tariff. this time he comes into the office, a clear victory that was largely his own. here we go, mike lee. >> yeah, look, i think the world is changing. everything is turning. it's not just the policy victory, the votes at the ballot box. there is a cultural f phenomenon going on with donald trump at the moment and you first saw this at the ufc about 18 months ago in miami when he came out with kid rock and dana white and all of a sudden the arena cheers louder for him than any of the championship fighters. you know, one in four african-american men voted for donald trump, majority of hispanic men. the world is changing very quickly. the country is changing. and we're now getting back to like this stigma that surrounded

donald trump for much of the last nine years is going away where this was one of the most popular people in the history of our country, celebrity apprentice number one show on tv for a long period of time, you're getting back to that where people actually can just be who they are. they can like donald trump for whatever reason they want to and there's no social pressure against it and it's a huge change that's happening right in front of our eyes. cheryl: jonathan. >> i agree. he managed to tap into something in large part he has a common sense agenda that resonates with a lot of american people. i think a lot of people are tired about the left prioritizing things like climate change, prioritizing things like gender affirming care, prioritizing things like electric vehicles and green -- all these new green deal he'll mission policies. i think people wanted to get back to how do we help people climb the social economic ladder. how do we help people get back to providing for their families and advancing.

i mean, that's what this country is built on. stop prioritizing things that you feel more important about than what the vast majority of the american people. cheryl: that's the rejection of the biden, harris agenda and americans made it clear that is not what they wanted and they voted in what they want. gerri willis, thank you so much. we'll see you in the next hour, gerri. winter storm alerts and bitter cold temperatures slamming several parts of the united states on this inauguration day. fox weather meteorologist marissa torres joins us with an update. marissa. >> good morning. that arctic siberian air pouring all the way down towards the gulf of mexico and when you talk about who will be under the threat, everybody from the rockies eastward. you talk about inauguration day, a big day in washington, d.c. d.c. is shaded in purple for the cold weather advisory. it's not going to be one of the coldest inaugurations on record but the last time we were this cold was 2009 with the first swearing in of president barack obama, that's when temperatures were in the mid-20s with a gusty northwest wind, wind chills in the teens. this year, it will be similar.

that is why it's been moved inside. the wind chills expected to be like 8, 10 degrees, as a feels like temperature. we have a lot of folks that will be well below zero. this is dawning russ cold. it's expected to stay in place through today and tomorrow and setting the stage for the gulf coast from texas to the carolinas for a rare and significant storm that kicks off tonight in texas and will generally head east through the mississippi and we'll be tracking snow and freezing rain there as well, cheryl. cheryl: marissa, thank you so much. we're going to take a quick break. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. chocolate fundraiser. with the chase mobile app, things move a little more smoothly. ♪ deposit checks easily and send money quickly. ♪ that's convenience from chase. (luke) homes-dot-com is a new, elevated home-shopping experience. beautiful design, tremendously rich content. feels like a work of art! (marci) what about the app? (luke) uh-oh! (marci) wow! went all in on gold. (vo) ding dong! homes-dot-com. we've done your home work.

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