pack. i'm addicted to dippin' dots. >> sean spicer, the olive branch of dippin' dots extended to you. tomorrow we've got a big show. andrew napolitano will be there. >> bill: we're off and running early on day three now. candidate trump promised to build a wall and today president trump will sign an executive order to make good on one of the more prominent and perhaps controversial promises of his campaign. here we go. i'm bill hemmer, welcome to "america's newsroom." it is only wednesday, shannon. >> shannon: it is wednesday. it's almost friday. we'll say it that way. i'm shannon bream. issues trump didn't back down on even at his inauguration. >> every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs will be made to

benefit american workers and american families. we must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs. [applause] >> bill: that was from last friday and here is the schedule today. president trump visited the department of homeland security and new dhs secretary john kelly later today. more details on the border wall and the possibility that sanctuary cities could be included as well as immigration from terror-prone nations. >> shannon: the president also talking about voter fraud saying he is going to ask for an investigation into illegal voting. chief white house correspondent john roberts begins our coverage this morning. let's begin with the new executive actions. what details do we have so far? >> good morning to you. at every stop along the campaign trail now president trump as a candidate would say that he is going to build a border wall. when he took office during the transition. a lot of people wondering will

he make good on the promise to build the border wall. he released two executive orders today. one of those is directing the department of homeland security to build the wall. also included in those executive orders end the catch and release program to the best possibility. stop the border crisis with central america. increase staff for customs and border protection by some 5,000 agents. stop asylum fraud, prioritize border prosecutions. there may be still being discussed a measure in there about sanctuary cities. he said during the campaign over and over again he wanted to stop funding for sanctuary cities but a lot of this is still in pen. so we'll see if that actually ends up in the final version. he also wants to identify criminal aliens and remove them. triple ice enforcement and removal operations and at and create a victims advocacy office for victims of crime by illegal aliens. still to come and this may not

be today, it may be tomorrow, executive orders on national security specifically involving immigrants from countries with a history of terrorism. this was initially the muslim ban he talked about in the campaign trail which then became stopping visas and stopping immigration from countries with a history of terrorism. we understand that may include a temporary ban on places. decrease the number of total refugees into the united states. a temporary ban from syria and extreme vetting of potential immigrants going forward. these were all campaign promises. things he talked about on the campaign trail. here he is, shannon, day number three of being at work here at the white house and is already making good on that. you can bet because a lot of these are controversial items, we'll hear a lot from opposition groups with them as well. >> shannon: the president tweeting about an investigation into voter fraud. tell us about that.

>> he talked about this again on the campaign trail. millions of people are voting illegally and worried about it skewing the results of the election. he said i would have won the popular vote had 3 to 5 million people not voted illegally. it was a big topic yesterday. this morning the president tweeting out quote, i will be asking for a major investigation into voter fraud including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal, and even those registered to vote who are dead and many for a long time depending on results we'll strengthen up voting procedures. in a couple of those specific issues like people being registered to vote in multiple states and people who are dead being on the voter rolls. he has a point. studies have shown that there are a lot of people still on the rolls who shouldn't be on the rolls. however, there is no evidence to suggest that there was massive voter fraud that skewed

the results of the november 8th election. i think the president taking a look at what is happening in this battle with the media again over what he said the other day saying you want an investigation? there will be one. though it may in the end turn out not to find what he claimed the other day, shannon. >> shannon: we shall see. thank you. >> bill: president trump unveiled details about his border security plan when he travels to the department of homeland security. that will be live today. expect it at 1:25 eastern time. live coverage on the fox news channel. the talk about the wall and construction, executive order on and on. mexico's president will be here in a couple of days. today mexican officials will meet with leading members of the white house. >> shannon: interesting conversation. i would like to be a fly on the wall. >> bill: boris epshteyn, special assistant to president donald trump live from the white house. thank you for your time and good morning to you. what does a wall look like in

president trump's mind? >> we're putting that information out there. he has been consistent on the campaign in the transition it is vital for this country to be safe and for illegal immigration to be curbed. number one priority is to make those illegal immigrants who are criminals are the number one priority. for those folks to not be in this country anymore. we'll follow the steps put out there from that point out. >> bill: you expect a challenge to this. can lawsuits slow down construction of said wall? >> the president of the united states working with congress with work within all laws and regulations to ensure american safety and american workers are saving their jobs and illegal immigrants are taking over their jobs and we'll be successful. >> bill: it's january 2017. what has president trump said when he would like this completed or even when would he

like construction to begin, boris? >> we're moving on that process. the president will be putting further information out today as you just mentioned. the president does not wait. he is someone who gets to work and you see this in the most productive transitions in the history of this country. the amount of work done in the last few days, look at the executive orders on the dakota pipeline, keystone, xl. mexico city policy, tpp. look at all these achievements in the last few days. this president is getting to work. >> bill: how close are you to announcing a ban of sorts on refugees from countries that are prone to terrorism specifically iran, iraq, sudan perhaps and syria? >> the president has been clear. keeping americans safe is vital. looking at all options on the table and the extensive tools available to the president of the united states to do so. you are looking at making sure that countries whose people do

want to hurt americans are not able to send folks over here to do so. >> bill: i get it. when will that happen? can you say or is it too soon, boris? >> it's never too soon to work on that and the process is underway. >> bill: do we expect an announcement today or not? >> the information is out there when we put it out there. >> bill: what about sanctuary cities? is that expected today? >> again, bill, it's not about the schedule. you think on a day-by-day basis. what we're working on every day is insuring americans are safe in their homes and jobs. >> bill: whether it's immigration, the wall or sanctuary cities. what does the president want to say to those who suggest that all these policies are perhaps anti-american as some have used that phrase? as anti-what we have tried to establish as a nation and a democracy that is open to people from all over the world? his message on at would be

what, boris? how would he answer that? >> the message is that the american people deserve to be safe. they deserve to be secure. they deserve to walk the streets safely in every town in america and illegal immigration is a huge problem. a significant issue and one that's being dealt with within the laws and vitally the constitution and it is an american thing. it's vitally american to make sure they're safe and secure in their homes and jobs. >> bill: when the mexican president comes here in a few days, how do we expect that meeting to go? >> the meeting with the president of mexico that happened during the campaign was productive and cordial. this meeting between them will be productive as well. >> bill: we'll wait for headlines then. a little cautious today. we'll see what happens throughout the day today. thank you for your time. nine minutes past the hour. shannon. >> shannon: president trump rode a wave of nationalism

campaigning against open borders like we saw in brexit in great britain. nigel farage, former member of the uk parliament will join us at the bottom of the hour. >> bill: sean hannity interviews president trump one hour from the white house. a cable news exclusive. sean will talk to the president the first week in the oval office, first plans for the next 100 days. 97 and counting now. we have a supreme court pick that we talked about yesterday and you have a relationship with the media and on and on. no shortage of topics. that's the point. sean will have the president tomorrow night in prime time. >> shannon: interesting to see what he thinks about the relationship with the media a few days in with spicer and all the dust-up. >> bill: your job is supreme court stuff. when are you learning when he will put a nominee forward? >> shannon: next thursday. i predict a morning announcement. i think we're down to two.

yeah. >> bill: see you then. >> shannon: president trump delivering an ultimatum during his inaugural address. >> this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. >> shannon: now he is focusing on one major american city saying if they cannot clean up the streets, he is going to send in the feds. we'll talk about that plus this. >> the same way you look at a weather report. one weather report comes out and says it will be cloudy. the next one says there will be light rain. no one lied to you. >> bill: the trump administration defending alternative facts. outrage over that term overblown? we'll debate that today. fair and balanced and try to get to the bottom of that plus there is this this morning. >> shannon: a full scale terrorist assault on a major hotel and where it is and which

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senate vote on rex tillerson's nomination to become secretary of state. yesterday committees approved ben carson for housing secretary. wilbur ross for commence and. others are awaiting committee votes and betsy devos's vote is scheduled for next week. committee votes have been postponed on the nominations of jeff sessions for attorney general. rick perry for energy and in obama's administration he had nine confirmed compared to mr. trump's four. >> the crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential. this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. [applause]

>> bill: you well remember that line from last friday and president trump now specifically calling out chicago. the mayor rahm emanuel tweeting the following. if chicago doesn't fix the horrible carnage going on with -- i will send in the feds. that has gotten attention already. marc thiessen, good morning to you. apparently the police in chicago say it's not 228 shootings, it is only 182. wow. that's a phrase, mark, american carnage stuck out in the mainstream media last week that no other line from that speech did. can you tell us as a man who deals with words why that touched such a nerve?

>> because it's what's happening. people said oh, donald trump is so dark because he talked about american carnage. how else do you describe what's happening in the city of chicago today? statistics about chicago. in 2016 they saw a record 762 murders, a 57% increase over the previous year which is a -- the largest spike in 60 years. 3,550 shootings. an average of 10 a day, an increase of a thousand from the year before. now they may not be at 228 shootings yet but they will be soon. they're off to a worse start in chicago. president trump said in his inaugural address this carnage stops right here, right now. a warning that he intends to follow through on the promise. >> bill: what is the mayor doing, rahm emanuel. he has had power for some time, mark. >> shannon: -- >> he hap in office since 2011. he was on the airwaves

criticizing donald trump saying quote, you didn't get elected to debate the crowd size at your inaugural but to make sure people have jobs and security. with all respect mayor emmanuel didn't get elected to provide security for the people of chicago and he is failing at his job. >> bill: sean spicer said the immediate concern for president trump is to go after criminals who are here, those who are within our country and pose an immediate threat. just come back to your first answer. i bring that phrase american carnage to your attention because many found it to be offensive. did you? >> no. i thought it was stark for an inaugural address and unexpected but it is what the reality is in a lot of these inner cities. one of the things that got overlooked in donald trump's inaugural address. it was a 16-minute address, very short. he devoted a large amount of time to the problems in our inner cities and not just crime but he talked about education and opportunity. he said mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner

cities. we'reing to get people off of welfare back to work rebuilding our country. when you open your heart to patriotism there is no room for prejudice black, brown or white we all bleed the same red blood of patriots. he deeply cares about the struggles of the inner cities. his address was directed to the forgotten americans. most people think about the white working class that voted for donald trump but he described another group that didn't vote for him. the people in the inner cities. he said i will fight for you. i think it was a very uplifting address in that respect. >> bill: one more point on chicago it appears from the outside the folks running the show there don't care. if they cared, they would have done something about this. now, in deference to the city officials there the police say we're more than willing to work, the federal government, atf, etc., do something. increase your patrols. stop and frisk which people

like giuliani and ray kelly said did work effectively in neighborhood in new york. >> he is saying political correctness kills. stop and frisk and these other things that worked so well in new york. the liberals who run our cities. if you look at the american cities where all the carnage is taking place is all run by democrats and liberals. and their crime rates are out of control. donald trump is getting rid of political correctness and help cities get the crime wave under control. >> bill: people victims of violence they experience carnage and i'm certain they would call it that. more coming up next hour. 21 past. what's next? >> shannon: several federal agencies going silent after the trump administration orders them to stop communicating with the public. is that anything new, though? we'll look at what's going on. terrifying moments caught on video as a passenger train strikes a fedex truck.

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>> bill: capturing the moment a passenger train plows through a fedex truck. not much left after that. it happened in salt lake city over the weekend. no serious injuries. authorities still investigating how this happened. i think it's pretty clear one got in front of the other. they say the crossing gates were raised when they obviously should have been lowered. although it is not clear why. you watch that thing back. that truck just splintered in front of your eyes. >> shannon: you might want to check your tracking number if you were expecting something from fedex in utah. if it was on that truck you won't get it any time soon. >> bill: a lucky driver out there in salt lake city. wanted to share that with you. >> shannon: the trump

administration ordering several federal agencies including the epa saying no tweets or press releases and no talking to the media. >> we're looking into it. i don't think it is any surprise when there is an administration turnover that we'll review the policies but with respect to the question you are asking, i don't have any information at this time. we asked the team to look into it as we enter the briefing room. if i have an update i'll be glad to get back to you. >> shannon: let's bring in chris stirewalt. hello to you, sir. listen, of course you'll have a review whether a new administration takes over and do things their way. it must have sped up the process the fact there were a couple of retweets by the national park service over the weekend that weren't so flattering to the new president. >> never mention the president's crowd size. just don't do it. no, the reality here is, of course, what sean spicer said is true, that when you have a new administration they will

review things. another thing that's true. president obama and his administration very successfully turned the social media -- remember, this was the first real social media presidency. they turned the social media outlets and press operations and substantial part of these agencies into it's not propaganda. they believe it's true, into pushing the political agenda of president obama and their liberal democrats. so it is not surprising, then, that when you have a republican president come in that says especially one who adors twitter, that would say stop doing what you're doing. we're going to have a new message now. >> shannon: he gets the power of it and knows how it works. now, we've had this twitter handle pop up that we have no way to verify or know who is behind it called itself alt net park service. here is a couple of tweets from them. there is a reason why president trump wants us silenced on

climate. don't let u.s. institutions be sensored and this one. can't wait for president trump to call us fake news. take our official twitter but never take our free time. >> look, the fact that climate change is at the center of this, the fact that global warming is the core, most government employees i'm going to guess are democrats. democrats like the government. the government likes democrats. i'm going to guess most are democratic leaning and climate change they have a different point of view than the president and new epa director. many of them will believe it is their duty to subvert the administration. many of them will believe that they are called to sandbag, delay and disrupt the plans of the administration and that's part of what happens when you get the delegitimization. they say you're not really the president because vladimir

putin made you president and now we'll attack you like a flock of angry geese around your ankles everything you try to do. >> shannon: you don't want to mess with the geese. the president ken cook said this, vladimir putin must be proud, the epa like all federal agencies is funded by taxpayer dollars and americans have the right to know what is being done to protect or harm public health and environment. a number of agencies have said we won't keep scientific peer reviewed information from getting out. we aren't shutting those kinds of things down. it's the snark we'll get under control. >> the inability of democrats and trump's foes to modulate their tone. if everything is putinism. then nothing else. if everything is unconstitutional insanity nothing is, people tune it out. don't waste your putin shots on the park service twitter.

wait for something that matters. wait for something that shows that where you can win a national argument. you won't win a national argument over a twitter feed. >> shannon: we're tuned in and laser locked on the twitters. we know you are, too. thank you. >> bill: it is 9:30. fox news alert after a bomb attack terrorists flood the scene posing as rescue teams. this was a horrific scene unfolding at a hotel. we'll tell you what came from this in a moment. shannon. >> shannon: plus president donald trump rode a wave of nationalism and they didn't see it coming. like brexit in the u.k. nigel farage is next. >> on day one we'll begin working on an impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful southern border wall. >> bill: and here we go at 9:30

in new york city. look at that. this is an altitude where the new york stock exchange has never been before. 20,000. 28 points, up 115 at the open. this is historic. we have moved more than 2,000 points since the election back in early november and many people call it a trump bump and that's exactly what we're seeing yet again today. it had been a stubborn market. we watched it hover around 19,900 for weeks and today is the day for the first time ever, shannon, the dow jones industrial average has topped 20,000. wow. >> shannon: i know you were trying to grab a picture of it right as it happened to capture it for history's sake but yeah, it's there. it's interesting because you remember before the election there were those who said that there would be trouble. the markets would go crazy. there would be a lot of

negative impact if the markets believed that trump was going to win. and reality maybe seems a little different. >> bill: markets don't like instability. during election night overnight clear that pennsylvania was called for mr. trump and made him the next president, the future market overseas tanked. they were off 850 points to the down side and we did open lower the next morning but we finished up with a surge throughout the day and ended up in positive territory. so oftentimes what do they say, you buy or sell on the rumor -- you buy on the rumor and sell on the news? in this case a lot of people were selling on the rumor and buying on the news. a flip right now. a lot of these big american companies like what they are seeing and what they are hearing from the president so far in the oval office. >> shannon: as we saw in the meeting monday when they talk about cutting regulations, taking off barriers, building plants here, it is being well

received. >> bill: not just from the car companies, the union leaders, when they hear about tpp, which they didn't like at all. they thought it treated american workers unfairly. when they saw the order that said the withdrawal process has begun they cheered that news from the oval office. we'll see whether we finish above 20,000. that will be the next marker for investors as they watch. 20,000, wow. 9:33 now here in new york city. >> don't worry, we'll build that wall. the wall will go up. we're going to build the wall. mexico is going to pay for the wall. we are going to stop drugs from coming in. it is poisoning our youth and others, our youth is being poisoned. people are being poisoned. we're going to get it stopped quickly. >> bill: the theme we heard on the trail. vowing to secure our borders. similar to another populist

wave that swept great britain with the brexit vote. deciding to leave the european union. nigel farage, one of the architects of the brexit movement. nice to see you in washington and welcome back here to america's newsroom by way of london. quick question on a technicality. a court has ruled in london that this has to go before a vote before the parliament. will that happen and if so, can brexit be stopped by members of parliament there in london, nigel? >> i'm very angry. the government sent a leaflet to every house in britain saying this is your referendum. however you vote you will get it. we voted to leave and now they're saying parliament must have another say. i have to say i'm not particularly worried about it because the strength of feeling among brexit voters in this country and actually many who voted remain have changed their

minds. if members of parliament were to try to dilute or delay the brexit process too much they would be committing political suicide. so in theory they could stop it because under our constitution referendums are advisory. in theory it could be stopped. in practice it won't be. >> bill: among the mps, 6 to 1 favor brexit. it would appear you have the numbers to continue. give me a yes or no answer on that before i move on. >> shannon: no, the mps were 6 to 1 in favor of giving a referendum because they realized the british public had an appetite for it. actually, in their real hearts a majority of mps still support remaining in the european union. if they go against us -- oh yeah, but if they go against the people on this i promise you there will be the biggest political revolution in this country for 300 years. >> bill: that will be something to watch and we'll see how it unfolds and wait until it comes to pass.

on extreme vetting. we'll get news later today here in the how is that being viewed throughout europe, nigel? >> i think when donald trump said that there would be a complete ban on all muslims coming into america i think people in london and across europe were horrified because they thought there was a deep racial connotation. but trump corrected that and he corrected it very quickly. and he said america needs extreme vetting to stop terrorists getting into the country. do you know something? i wish we had extreme vetting. what we're seeing repeatedly now in france and germany are terrorist attacks taking place from people who have literally walked into the country a few months before. so i think trump is absolutely right. you know, you cannot ignore the fact that isis are deliberately using a policy of trying to use immigration and open borders in europe to get their terrorists in. i think trump is right to be

doing it. >> bill: your prime minister comes here at the end of the week, theresa may. give us a sense of what these two have in common, nigel. >> well, in terms of personality, they can hardly be further apart. mrs. may is very reserved and very old-fashioned. but what they have in common are shared interests. not just interests of history and language and culture, important though those are. we invest massively in each other's countries. we have been the lynch pins of nato since the late 1940s together. and in terms of dealing with international terrorism we have the best two security services, i think, in the world. there is a lot in common. what team trump have said is they want to reach out and offer the united kingdom a trade deal. that for us is fantastic news. not just for growth, jobs and investment. that will go both ways but good news for us because it helps us

say to france and germany and to the european union, do you know what? there is a bigger world out there. why don't you do a sensible deal with us? from every perspective it could be a good meeting friday. >> bill: she said we will cut uk interests and values first. that's looking in the mirror now when you have a new president when he says putting america first. we'll see how the meeting agreements i'm intrigued by this court's ruling about a vote in parliament. and this is really something we'll have to watch. do you get a sense from the people you speak to there in the u.k. and throughout london that parliament could put the brakes on this? >> parliament legally and constitutionally could put the brakes on this. but i promise you with all my heart and every piece of political intuition that i've got that if they attempt to stop brexit, there will be a

very gentle english will revolt in the most extraordinary way. >> bill: we'll see how gentle it goes then. come on back, nigel. nice to have you on board as part of our fox family. we'll talk again very soon. >> shannon: terrorists stormed a hotel in somalia killing at least eight people. the attack was car bombs and gunmen posed as rescue crews and shot anyone they could find. survivors hid under beds and jumped from hotel windows to escape. >> bill: that country has a lot of issues trying to counter balance terrorists. we're seeing history at home. we were here, bream and hemmer.

where is maccallum? >> bill: we're above 20,000. maria bartiromo has been waiting for this day and join us in a moment and whether or not the markets can keep the momentum going. will we close above 20k? >> shannon: we shall see. the new administration doubling down on alternative facts and the white house pushes back on issues like the size of the inaugural crowd. >> if you add up the number of people who watched it online, facebook, youtube it broke all sorts of records. when heartburn hits, fight back fast with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum -tum -tum -tum smoothies! only from tums

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the probe announced by the intelligence committee chair richard burr and mark warner. 17 now before the hour. >> the press was trying to make it seem we were ignoring the facts when the facts are sometimes when you look at a situation in the same way you can look at a weather report and one weather report says it will be cloudy and the other one says light rain. no one lied. it means you interpreted the data in a way that got you to a conclusion. >> shannon: sean spicer defending the concept of alternative facts. let's bring in liz smith. former deputy campaign manager for martin o'malley and partner at firehouse strategies. liz, if we're talking about the temperature. 53 degrees outside. that's a neutral measurement. something like cloudy, light rain, can all those facts be

accurate? >> i think he got his metaphors mixed up. you can have multiple weather predictions tomorrow. but today there is only one weather report telling you what the temperature was at noon yesterday. that's an objective statement of fact. so just as you can't have alternative weather reports, you can't have alternative facts. >> shannon: you could have clouds and sprinkles. >> we're going a little beyond clouds and sprinkles. they were trying to make it seem like it was a sunny day when it was indeed pouring at the inauguration. >> alex, is that a fair characterization. >> sean has to predict what donald trump is thinking about any given issue and donald trump has proven to have unpredictable. that's one of his strengths and one of the things his supporters like that he is unpredictable makes him a stronger negotiator. that's part of sean's challenge in the job.

the other part is he is dealing with a press corps that is hostile. the mainstream media doesn't like donald trump and there is no question the coverage that donald trump has received is much more critical than the democrats would have received. >> shannon: liz, that's objectively true. any of us who covered president obama and president trump, one was pretty much a love fest most of the time no matter what the administration said. for most people in the media. and the flip side of that it seems like whatever the trump white house puts out and tries to say is immediately parsed, fact checked. there are networks that want to fact check him with lower thirds, the banners you see down here while he is talking on the air. they are making a game of it. >> look, it's true that president obama did have a little more of a honeymoon but he was -- he did face a hostile press at times. he was repeatedly fact checked. we're just in a new normal now with donald trump and he has

taken fact-free politics to a new level. i don't think the american people will ultimately care if donald trump presents alternative facts when it comes to crowd size. it will be tougher when it comes to issues that impact their lives. he has made big promises on issues like jobs and healthcare. you can't have alternative facts on that. either you have a job or you don't. either you have health insurance and you don't. i think at some point the trump administration will have to sort of live with the truth. >> shannon: you mention the job situation. that can be another perfect example. we've seen the unemployment number drop repeatedly under president obama's leadership over the last eight years and then you have others who take the raw data from unemployment and look at the labor participation rate and how many million else of people the highest rates ever have left the workforce and alex that's a perfect example of you have to spin the facts the way they work for your administration. it is what every administration

does. >> absolutely. part of the press secretary's job is to spin the facts so they best portray the administration's agenda. his job is to advance the president's agenda. the facts don't always reveal how people feel about the current situation. the macroeconomy is doing well. the stock market reached a record high. unemployment rate is relatively low but there are millions of americans around the country who don't feel that sort of prosperity. they're worried about their jobs. their incomes haven't gone up in decades. that's what donald trump is speaking to. i think that's what the white house press secretary is speaking to when he advocates for more jobs. >> shannon: we do know that people are worried about the concept of fake news or not getting the whole story. the fox news poll are you concerned that fake news is hurting the country. 84% said yes. 15% said no. and liz, i think that could probably cut both ways. i don't know. there are those who think that news about donald trump and attacking him and what he is

saying is fake news and others who think the administration is now engaging in fake news. but clearly americans think there is a problem on possibly both sides. >> well look, i think studies have shown that people -- republicans people on the right wing are more likely to fall prey to fake news than people on the left. >> shannon: what study is that? >> i saw this right after the election. >> shannon: you tweet us. when you find us and we'll look into it. >> i think it's a problem but it's more indicative how polarizeed we are as a country. people want to seek out news that reinforces their worldview. whether it's true or fake they want to find the safe, comfortable space for them where their own worldview will be reinforced. >> shannon: we can all agree the more information you gather for yourself, the better. great to see you both. >> thanks, shannon. >> bill: moments ago john roberts confirming from the white house there will be an

executive order today over sanctuary cities. more information on that in a moment and big news for your 401k. the dow topping 20,000 for the first time ever. maria bartiromo on deck on the wall street milestone.

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>> bill: history being made on wall street. check it out. the dow crossing the magic number. we've been waiting on this. 20,000 now at the opening bell, wow. maria bartiromo, nice to see you. we gave you time today. i thought you were loaded over there at fox news. it is a trump bump. what's moving and why. >> what's moving are things like boeing, which is selling

airplanes. financials that will see a change in regulation because president trump is going to be rolling back regulations. it is a trump bump because this is based on anticipation that the economy will get better and that earnings will get better. earnings are what drives the stock market and i spoke analys who said a 15% corporate tax rate is equivalent to a 20% move in corporate earnings for 2017. we're about to see this market rally because of earnings fundamental. >> bill: you are suggesting there is more air in this balloon. >> at this point people see a round number and start saying i'll take chips on the table. we don't want to get greedy. longer term what you are seeing is an expectation that things are getting better, things will get better under the trump administration because of lower taxes, because of a roll back of regulation and as a result it will impact earnings. i wouldn't be surprised to see the market hang around this number for a little while. may close above or below but

the number isn't as important as the reason it's moving. >> bill: trump has to fulfill this. american businesses are expecting the break and the tax reduction. they're expecting a reduction in regulations whether you go to 75% that he talked about the other day or not we'll wait and see. but you after the vote sat in this chair, shannon, pay attention, and told martha maccallum that you would be buying this market with both hands. >> the morning of november 9th. i said to myself not only are we dealing with a growth plant but looking at a republican sweep. you're seeing his economic plans will get through and we'll see tax reform in 2017 and a rollback of regulations. earnings growth is what's important. you'll see companies actually saving money, expenses will be done. what will they do with the extra money? they won't sit on it, they'll put it to work and create jobs.

>> bill: a remarkable time. the union leaders at the white house the other day, the flattering words they had for a republican president. it's extraordinary. >> i want to point out the first three days, he is in office three days and look at what he has achieved so far. this market was a show-me barkt from the beginning of the year. we saw the huge run-up after the election people were then waiting to see. now they say guess what? he is getting to work aggressively. >> bill: are you buying with both hands, maria? >> one hand. i think at some point things come in a bit because that's the nature of round numbers. i'm still feeling a bid under this market. it will go higher long term. >> bill: shannon, what's next? >> shannon: president trump says time and time again he will make the border wall a reality. later today he is expected to take the first step toward making that happen. executive actions are coming on immigration and border security. former house speaker newt

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>> shannon: history made this morning. the dow jones topping 20,000 for the first time. a milestone that prompted cheers from the trading floor. economists say the rally was likely sparked by president trump's new ex techtive orders and he launched big league changes for immigration and border security, executive actions to limit refugee immigration and build a border wall. i'm shannon bream in for martha maccallum a big league. i'm led to believe. big league. >> bill: there is a u in there somewhere. i think it can go either way. i'm bill hemmer. she is shannon bream.

welcome to dow 20,000. the president introducing plans to tighten the border to a variety of measures. you'll hear a lot about this today. he quoted big day planned on national security tomorrow, meaning today. among many other things we'll build the wall. last hour i talked to special assistant to the president boris epshteyn at the white house about the plans to secure the border and he said this. >> the president has been very consistent during the campaign and the transition it is vital for this country to be safe and for illegal immigration to be kushd. as sean said yesterday number one priority to make sure those illegal immigrants who are criminals are the number one priority. for those folks to not be in this country anymore and we'll follow the steps put out from that point out. >> shannon: mike emanuel is live on capitol hill today. what is the impact of all of this executive action there on the hill?

>> many conservatives on capitol hill have campaigned for and argued for tighter border security. getting a handle on illegal immigration. once they've seen the fine print they'll applaud these steps. some of the money people on capitol hill talked about allocating funds and then perhaps a border tax or fees at the border may reimburse. that seems to be fluid still to be worked out. one senate conservative spoke this morning about upcoming steps for congress. >> i look forward to working with president trump and the administration in the weeks ahead on introducing legislation that will address other issues about immigration. our immigration levels are too high and we need to get control of them so wages can go up in this country and folks who are american citizens can get jobs. >> once the president takes this action expect plenty of reaction from folks on capitol hill. we expect to hear from house democratic leader nancy pelosi later this hour. >> shannon: i understand congressional republicans are hitting the road. what to expect from their

retreat? >> the difference is the fact that republicans control all the levels of power here in washington the president, vice president and top leadership posts in congress. this time it won't be about congress versus the obama white house. so lawmakers will hear directly from president trump, vice president mike pence and peyton manning. house and senate members with representatives of the white house, the president and vice president is getting teamwork going. working on big-ticket items ahead. repealing and replacing obamacare. tax reform, job growth and more. making sure they're all on the same page so the buses to philadelphia will be loading up here any moment now and then next stop philly, shannon. >> shannon: a road trip. thank you. >> bill: we will see the president later today about 1:30 when he visits the department of homeland security. now we want to take you to the

border itself and what is it like for agents on the ground there? they deal with this on a daily basis. william -- >> agents say if these orders are carried out it will radically change how it's enforced. the wall will likely supplement an existing fence in an urban area and could look like a concrete wall in israel. the executive order also suspends any environmental laws that would slow down construction and it orders an end to catch and release. agents say this is the number one crisis on the border right now. not mexicans, but central americans trying to escape their failed countries by claiming a credible fear of persecution if returned home. most of the claims aren't true. they are looking for a job.

currently they're released with a bus ticket and work permit. >> we have had eight years of finding excuses and reasons and loopholes to allow people to be walked out the front door. we're encouraged that every sign we've seen shows that is going to stop. >> the immediate problem is where to put those people. send a message to central america. you won't hang out with your relatives in milwaukee for five years. >> sanctuary cities and work site enforcement. >> under president obama it was almost non-existent. out of 12 million illegal immigrants in the u.s. the number deported from the cities fell from 250,000 to 65,000 last year. criminal aliens out of two million ice deported just over 60,000 in 2016. a six-year decline. trump promises to change that. tripling the number of ice agents. cracking down on sanctuary

cities and rewriting ice's own priorities so they don't release low-level criminal aliens like apolo who went out and killed a store clerk whose father will be in washington today with president trump. >> every time i speak, the anger and just the devastation of that day is something i relive and it makes me angry. >> these executive orders contain a dozen different requirements, bill, including aggressive interior enforcement. work site enforcement, a mandatory verify situation for employers and a bill was introduced on that just yesterday. >> bill: william. thank you. back from the border, thank you, william there in l.a. >> shannon: the president is set to announce major immigration moves today. the real question is can he do it by executive order as is planned and completely bypass

congress? the political editor at town hall.com. guy, good morning to you. one of the things we're hearing today he will sign this executive order that gets things moving on the border wall with mexico. estimates put the price from $14 to $20 billion. he said ultimately mexico will pay for it. in a tweet a couple of weeks ago here is what he said. the dishonest media doesn't report that any money spent on the great wall will be paid back by mexico later. even though mexican officials keep rebutting that, somebody has to pay for it for it to get moving. will congress get on board for this? >> it will have to be congress. he knows that. the argument he is making we'll find ways to apply pressure to the mexicans where they'll reimburse us for some or all costs of the wall and the mexicans say that's not happening. this is someone who ran a campaign where one of the top slogans, yes, donald trump supporters or detractors on the

street what does he want to do, maybe the first thing they'll tell you is build the wall. he said it over and over again and chanted it at rallies. here we go, the first step. an executive step. he will need congress as well but this should not come as a surprise to anyone. this is a key feature of his campaign. >> shannon: mexico's president as we understand is coming for a visit next week. how do you think that conversation goes down? do you think it's a different conversation between two world leaders in private than on twitter? >> for sure. and we saw that actually i think one of the better moves in trump's campaign was his sort of last-minute trip down to mexico where he said here we go. here comes the final meltdown. this cannot possibly go well for him. it was actually, i think, the optics and tone of it were actually pretty presidential and people said oh, huh, he didn't completely collapse on stage and the mexicans didn't try to arrest him. it went relatively well and i think we'll see mutual respect.

trump won't show up and insult the guy but there will be tough conversations behind the scenes about exactly what the wall might be like and who is going to ultimately fund it. >> shannon: we'll be standing by for that executive order and expect others including one that may strip federal funding from sanctuary cities. we'll keep an eye on that. >> bill: it is quite a schedule. we just are hanging on. trying to keep the pace. big leak or league is dialing up twitter. >> shannon: we have confirmation hearings and votes and delayed hearings and the dow hitting 20,000 and we're here for you. >> bill: president trump using his pen signing new executive orders. will congress cooperate? what's on the agenda today is coming up. >> shannon: critics attacking the president's push to curb violence in chicago. >> bill: state department

reviewing president obama's last-minute payment of nearly a quarter billion dollars to the palestinian authority. this only hours before president trump was sworn in on friday. an update on that story coming up. >> he is very concerned about how taxpayer money is spent whether it's sent overseas and what we get for it in terms of the relationship or support for democracy or aid for another country for their defenses. i have tried so hard to forget what it felt like

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>> bill: 13 past. president trump tweeting earlier today about the election of all things calling for an investigation into voter fraud, quote, i'll be asking for a major investigation in voter fraud including those registered to vote in two states. those illegal and registered to vote who are dead. depending on results we'll strengthen voting procedures, end quote. newt gingrich, how are you doing, sir? good morning to you from washington >> i'm doing well. >> bill: first of all, take that one. do you accept the apparent obsession he has with this topic? is this smart tool in politics right now? >> i don't think it's an obsession. i have a very close friend who was born and grew up in california who is a ph.d. in psychology. and a moderate who just wrote

me two emails yesterday saying given california voter law where illegal immigrants can get drivers license and that's all you need in order to vote, how do we know how many people have voted who aren't citizens? this is not some guy who is a nut. a person who grew up in california, watched the changes in california and wonders exactly how is system is currently working. any time we talk about making sure that only live people vote and only citizens vote, democrats jump up and down and scream, yell racist and try to convince us we aren't allowed to ask for an honest election. that tells me they think they have a big vested interest in having zones of illegality in our election process. i think it's legitimate. >> bill: what is the end game in this? what comes of it or what changes because of it? >> i hope what a end game will be you're allowed to identify people so you're certain only

people who are legally registered and citizens are voting. that strikes me as very plausible. state after state has begun to identify the requirement that you have some i.d. that includes the facial recognition. for pete sake. we live in an era where we can identify you to buy gasoline and go through a tsa line and for lots of reasons, why shouldn't we be sure that only one set of people vote on those people both alive and citizens? >> bill: let's talk about the schedule because i think this is something that you knew of it, we knew of it, right? guy sleeps four hours a night. let me show you january 20th on friday, signing the executive order on obamacare. then you had all the action on saturday from the white house. on monday started withdraw the u.s. out of the tpp. yesterday the memo seeking to

revive dakota access and keystone xl pipeline and today sanctuary cities. it is a pace i would argue that many people aren't used to. he clearly is. so what is the effect of that over a year's time or two years' time or four? >> i'm giving my eighth speech at heritage this morning trying to outline trump. this is a key part of it. donald trump is a unique person. there are very few people who can carry the system the way he does. look at his campaigning the last week before the election. one of the reasons he beat hillary clinton he was doing five, six, seven speeches a day to 20,000 plus people. she was doing one to 1500. the sheer energy he has. i tell everybody you have to think of him as 1/3 andrew jackson for disruption. 1/3 thaoeder roosevelt and 1/3 p.t. barnum for selling all the time. he knows in general where he

wants to go. i really admire his inaugural address. he knows where he wants to go. doesn't know how he will get there and every day he pushes the system and my guess is his impact by june or july will be very profound in moving the system. >> bill: you were talking about this this morning. you see it and can frame it everyday. it starts at 6:00 a.m. and no one is quite sure where it will go on any particular day. >> he is not sure. i tell people he is not sure. one leg is anti-left, one leg is anti-stupidity and one leg is anti-political correctness and one leg is deep pro-american and he can go anywhere on the tabletop at any minute within the four boundaries and he is not sure where he will go at 5:00 this afternoon. so i can't predict what he will do because he can't predict what he will do. >> bill: i'm rereading "the art of the deal."

it shows you insight yet again into the way he has operated going back to the age of 22. >> absolutely. if you read the chapter on the skating rink you understand the essence of donald trump as a leader. he has great courage. he is willing to take huge responsibility. he is very practical. he says in there when mayor cox said to him you fix it, then he says i actually didn't know how to fix it so i thought to myself who fixes ice skating rinks and i thought canadians. he finds the best national hockey league ice skating rink company, brings them in, they fix it. he doesn't take a theoretical course on skating rings or have five experts come from think tanks. get me the guy that can get the thing done. the city failed for six years and 13 million and he had it done in six months. >> bill: that's the ice skating rink in central park. he saw it as an eyesore and he

said get the thing done already. i'll make one point. one thing that sticks out on me is that think big, always think big is the point he emphasizes over and over again in his book and he makes it a point to stress that most people are afraid to think big. they would rather play it safe. we have exactly the opposite of that. go ahead. >> well i was going to say. this is a guy who has the courage to step into the breach, who has decided that he is ready to try to truly lead this country. i'm just now rereading the inaugural which will be a key part of my talk this morning at heritage because when you read it and you slow down and think about it, this is a call to american greatness on a scale that reagan or lincoln would have approved. and i think he means it. what he is showing us is he has the energy and the drive and he learns very fast. people underestimate how smart he is. he learns very fast. and he is going to be a

dramatically stronger and better president by june because he will absorb every mistake, think it through and keep moving forward. and he has the sheer energy to recover from mistakes that would crush normal people. >> bill: the psychology will be examined for some time. talk about. former house speaker newt gingrich in washington, d.c. >> shannon: bill, you know the supreme court has had a vacancy for a year now. about to be filled. is the senate in for a huge battle over the pick? >> bill: somebody's mattress had to be a little lumpy. the true crime story behind some buried treasure ahead.

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>> bill: a car thief taking off in hot wheels going for a cool dip. he went right into the river. that is in dublin, ireland. he bails out before the vehicle hit the water. we don't know if police arrested him. it is my guess they probably caught up with him in time. from the pub to the car to the river. >> shannon: i don't want to infer too much about what was happening there. >> bill: a wonderful city, by the way, dublin. fantastic, put it on your list. >> shannon: take the show on the road, all right. the state department is reviewing a last-minute decision by the obama administration to send 221 million dollars to the palestinians. that payment was released friday despite some opposition

from congressional republicans. former state department spokeswoman marie harf claimed that reversing the decision would hurt not only the palestinians but the israelis. >> this is part of quite frankly decades of support to the palestinian authority. the israelis think it's a good thing to do. if we don't help the palestinian authority maintain stability that's really bad for israel's security. so i actually don't think this will be something that will be reversed. >> shannon: good to see you, sir. we mentioned there in the introthere were a couple of republicans that had a hold on this money. it was allocated but they had very district conditions. they wanted the palestinians to meet with before they got their hands on this money. on the way out the door secretary kerry and former president obama decided to do it hours before trump was sworn in. we're giving them the money anyway, see you. >> i would ask the former

president how does it advance peace in the middle east to reward the palestinians for rejecting peace? this is stunning to me. president obama has also had his alternative facts, as it were. and he has always been anti-israel. he has overlooked the support for terrorism and the palestinian. an overlooking a whopping corruption. that money doesn't make it to the little guy in the west bank or elsewhere. and when did the obama administration ever raise the issue of the palestinian muslim majority driving out -- driving out the palestinian christians from their homeland of 2000 years? so shannon, this was about giving prime minister netanyahu a last poke in the eye. a poke in the eye to president trump because of his suggestion we might move our embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. playing to his hard left base

and he was true to form for him. i feel the american people never realized just how hard left i had logically he was. >> shannon: the notation sent to congress about the funds said they would be used to fund humanitarian aid. they sound like good goals. >> they sound but it -- humanitarian aid is a sin -- what more training do you need. free governments are straight forward. you don't steal from the national treasury, you don't support terrorism, and you take care of your people and you make peace. i mean, that was just all mush. and it cost the american taxpayer a quarter of a billion dollars. >> shannon: you also have

written a very scathing is a good word i can think of piece about the middle east and about how the former administration did not get things right. you say it's time to cut and run in places like afghanistan, syria. you say russia is going broke. let putin take care of himself and don't bail him out and talk about fighting isis. yes, isis is our enemy but let's stop being patsys. let the russians and iranians kill each other and we rearm. some tough talk in that piece. >> first of all i never suggested cutting and running. i suggest cutting our losses and watching and making intelligent decisions. when it comes to this romance between president trump and vladimir putin look, if you want -- if you have a notion that the russians can be our allies against isis, despite the fact that they've done virtually nothing against isis and are actually killing our allies, if you want to trust

the russians, let's give it a try. let's have a division of labor. we'll take on isis in iraq. let the russians and the iranians take on isis in syria and let's see who does better. i just feel we are in the middle east we're doing the same old thing over and over and over again, clinging to the hope that after more than 15 years afghanistan will be a success. time for a change. >> shannon: we have to leave it there. fascinating piece if people want to give it a read. colonel peters, great to see you. >> bill: 10:30. there is a plan for some teachers to defy president trump's immigration plans. we'll tell you what that's mome. >> shannon: the president calling the violence in chicago quote carnage. is it a fair assessment? we'll debate it. first here is bill o'rielly. we'll have that coming up. >> there has been a wholesale failure on the part of state

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issue of president trump's word carnage. he doubled down tweeting yesterday if chicago doesn't fix the horrible carnage going on, 228 shootings with 42 killings, up 24% from 2016, i will send in the feds. joe trippi managed howard dean's campaign in 2004 and brad blakeman assistant to george w. bush. we might get interrupted here. nikki haley will be sworn in. brad, what will we do about this american carnage that ticked off and got the attention of a lot of people last friday. >> it should be a positive. the role of government is to prevent harm not respond to it when it occurs. if we roll back the clock to the obama administration obama reacted to violence. he didn't try to prevent it in

our cities. our cities have serious problems. lack of nuclear family and other things and he is having a lifeline to american cities having a problem and that's what presidents should do. if mayors were smart. democratic mayors, they would accept the help of the president to help the people of those affected areas who are having problems. >> bill: chicago really stands out here, joe, i think you would -- everybody can admit this. the homicides up from 2015 to 2016 by 57%. shooting incidents in chicago up 46% from 2015 to 2016. did you have a problem with the phrase american carnage, joe? >> i don't think there is anything wrong with calling what's happening in chicago and other cities as carnage. any time people are -- innocent people are being killed, sometimes not even innocent.

they're warring amongst each other, that is carnage. i don't think that's the problem at all. i didn't see a whole lot wrong other than saying he will send the feds in. i think chicago would welcome all the help and said they will welcome the help of the f.b.i., dea and everybody else. >> bill: i'm not convinced of it because it doesn't seem to end. frankly, this doesn't seem like there is an end in sight, does there, brad? what is the mayor doing there. the police are welcoming the federal help but you get the sense from the outside the leaders in that town don't care. and that's a really sad thing to look at and see it that way. quickly we'll get -- >> if the mayor was smart he would take the help to help people in his city. they can't do it alone. they are having some trouble coping with it.

they're dumb, quite frankly, not to accept the help of the federal government. that's what it is there for. >> i agree with brad but you can't -- there is a difference between offering help, jobs programs, you know, and other things. >> bill: stop and frisk, try a new idea. gentlemen, thanks. >> shannon: vice president mike pence and nikki haley for a swearing in ceremony. check it out. >> thank you for being here. on behalf of the president of the united states, it is my great privilege to welcome america's new ambassador to the united nations, governor nikki haley. i am also grateful to be joined today by her friend, senator marco rubio, and by senior members of the administration staff at the white house. our white house chief of staff reince priebus and chief strategist and senior counsel

steve bannon among others are joining us for this important and historic occasion in the life of the nation and life of america's place in the world. our new ambassador to the united nations is living proof of the promise of america. the daughter of immigrants. she would rise to become the first female indian american governor in our country's history. the people of south carolina have placed great faith in you and you repaid them with a record of extraordinary success, which has created prosperity and opportunity for the people of south carolina. all of america also watched with admiration as you led your state and inspired the nation through a time of great tragedy in charleston just last year. i know the president and i are confident you will bring your intellect, your leadership, your character, and your

unfailing grace to the role of ambassador to the united nations for the united states of america and on behalf of the president of the united states it is my great privilege to administer to you the oath of office. raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, nikki haley, do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. against all enemies foreign and domestic. that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that i take this obligation freely. without any mental reservation

or purpose. and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which i am about to embark. so help me god. >> shannon: it is now official. former south carolina governor nikki haley is the u.s. ambassador to the united nations having been sworn in by vice president mike pence. it would be a change the way the u.s. operates in the u.n. she got a lot of support on the right because of her unwavering support for israel. she signs the official paperwork and will get to work as ambassador and no longer governor. >> bill: what a remarkable career, right? governor of south carolina. a lot of people probably didn't expect that.

first generation here. apparently nikki means little one. today is probably one of the proudest days of her life. supreme court seat left vacant by the death of justice scalia is about to be filled. we are told it's down to two, yes? >> shannon: i think so. >> bill: it's down to two. the latest news on what we know and when we'll find out next. >> we have outstanding candidates and we will pick a truly great supreme court justice. i will be announcing it sometime next week. your insurance company

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the frontrunners are judge neil gorsuch. here now to talk about that is the counsel at the judicial network and we're glad to see both of you here. okay, so carey, i want to start with you. two federal judges. a lot of information. they have a paper trail. and both of them easily glided through the senate when confirmed to their current judicial seats. but we know that things could get a little different once this actually gets down to brass tacks in the senate. >> a lot of the people who voted them in at the appellate level including like feinstein and schumer. then senator obama. these are people who at the time of their confirmation had bipartisan support and now should have even more so because they have such long and stellar records on the bench.

clearly applying the constitution and laws as written. a great sign. i think that's what president trump promised. it's part of the reason he won the election. a huge issue for voters and now he will make good on that promise by appointing someone who has justice scalia's commitment to the principles to sticking with the constitution and laws as passed by our elected representatives. not legislate from the bench. >> shannon: we've also talked about the exit polling which did show for many conservative voters it's the one reason they got up off their couches and voted for president trump. they are expecting a lot. elizabeth. we talked about judges hardiman and gorsuch. we have had a lot in the mix. we think we're down to those two. what concerns do you folks on the left have about both of these guys? >> obviously as chuck schumer said no matter who the nominee is, we want to make sure that the nominee is mainstream and someone capable of achieving bipartisan support as we've

seen with president obama's nominees to the bench. so we were going to look at the record very carefully as carrie mentioned. the judicial record will be closely scrutinized. they don't support flooding the political system with big corporate campaign cash and they want the courts, including whoever this nominee is, to serve as a check on the elected branches. they want to make sure there is a check on potential corruption from the trump administration, or any other administration. we want the courts to be independent and willing to serve as a check including trump voters want that, people from across the ideological spectrum want that. i will note that when you talk about trump voters going to the polls on the supreme court they also went on economic issues purportedly. we'll look for how is the nominee on corporate issues? roberts court bends over

backwards repeatedly to favor big corporate special interests against the little guy. that's something that could be a rude awakening. >> shannon: i want to ask you a question. do you think this gets to a potential nuclear option showdown that take the vote threshold 60 down to 51. would it be smart or disastrous to do republicans to do that that could hurt in the long term? >> i don't think it gets there. there are so many democratic senators who are up in 2018. they won't want to make it a fuss about blocking someone who has clear bipartisan support and such a great record. i don't think it gets there. if it did, however, the democrats made it clear they'd get rid of the nuclear option if republicans used it. we need to have a rule that applies evenly in both cases. if they try to invoke it, you have to get rid of it. >> the smart move is for president trump to nominate

someone in the mainstream and capable of getting that bipartisan support so we don't get there. we've seen a lot of damage done to the system through the republican blockade of the garland nomination. anything we can do to repair that is crucial. that was deep undermining of the american system of democracy. >> shannon: i would expect a little payback is coming on that point. >> bill: quick check with jon scott. good morning to you. >> massive protests over the keystone and dakota access pipelines. now the activists say they'll go to court to fight the construction. do they have a case? you saw it along with shannon, bill. today is the day we've been anticipating, the dow hitting 20k. what's behind the big rally? georgia's governor set to visit the storm-ravaged areas where 15 people died. what will it take to get those communities back? >> bill: tough going, too. see you in 10 minutes. no sweet dreams for a man accused of stashing a lot of cash in his mattress.

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>> a lot of people talking about stashing cash in your mattress. a man in massachusetts did it. stuffed his box spring with $20 million. now the feds have this guy in custody. why would that be? molly is tracking down the green from boston. what's up, molly? good morning. >> good morning. what will you do if you have millions of secret stash. one group of schemeers went with the stand by under the mattress. how will you hide that much cash? neatly stacked. a brazilian man was captured

after federal agents where they witnessed a money drop. they went back to westboro and it was found in a box spring as they investigated the international money laundering operation. it all started back in 2013 when the department of homeland security began investigating tell yex and a voice over internet telephone service. according to court documents, the company required participants to pay a membership fee and fee for wholesale voip packages up front after which they gave participants financial incentives to advertise the company, recruit other people to join and sell it. they made very little from sales. more than 900,000 people lost money when the company collapsed losses totaling $1.7 billion. one of the owners went back to brazil, ran off. the other is in custody but this man, roca, was a carrier.

he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison. >> bill: oh my. molly, thank you. she is with all the cash that's fit to stash. thank you, molly. >> shannon: next up someone may have tried to sabotage me yesterday but we're going to see the video i shot at the inauguration. also president trump expected to issue his executive order that will begin the process of building a wall along the border with mexico. all that is next. i realize that ah, that $100k is not exactly a fortune.

well, a 103 yeah, 103. well, let me ask you guys. how long did it take you two to save that? a long time. then it's a fortune. well, i'm sure you talk to people all the time who think $100k is just pocket change. right now we're just talking to you. i told you we had a fortune. yes, you did. getting closer to your investment goals starts with a conversation. schedule a complimentary goal planning session today. >> somehow my video from the inauguration has made it today. i don't know how that happened. but anyway, this is from our vantage part where bill and i were broadcasting live right outside the white house, the viewing stands for the parade, when the president newly sworn in and the first lady rolled up and got out of there heart car and you can hear the crowd going crazy. listen, you can hear the crowd,

everybody is lined up, the military is they are receiving the president, and they were walking down and they didn't go right into the house, they walked around and said hi to everybody. >> the band was awesome, the quality was -- >> "happening now." >> have a great day. >> jenna: we begin with the fox news alert and another busy day for president trump and making good on a long list of his campaign promises, hello and welcome to "happening now," i'm jenna lee. >> jon: and i'm jon scott. we are speaking more executive orders today, fox news is learning the moves will involve border security and immigration, starting with mr. trump's promise to build that wall. also expecting a move to suspend visas for travelers from certain countries. as well as a framework for vetting those who apply for refugee status. president trump also plans to announce his supreme court nominee next thursday, as he narrows his list of candidates. this comes