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please go musical >> jon: we begin with president trump's often repeated promise to builde neck skin border in today he's planning to take action on that, welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i am jon scott. >> jenna: i am jenna lee. president trump is expected to sign another round of executive orders concerning that exact border wall, century cities and restrictions on refugees coming into the country. mr. trump is due to leave the white house this hour and had to the department of home insecurity, in the meantime, we are showing a live shot of the press briefing room and present second sean spicer is said to begin his daily briefing any time now, but we will get an update from our white house correspondent kevin corke. >> nice to talk to you. another day, another campaign pledge fulfilled by the

president and once again donald trump does exactly what he said he would do and talking directly to the american people, he talked about building a wall. he is going to build a wall for yesterday, of course, he was talking about jobs and energy infrastructure with keystone and dakota access, but this day it is immigration reform by way of executive order, let me walk you through a couple of them. first is talking about the construction of a physical wall along the southern border and higher additional border patrol agents. more detention space for illegal aliens that were caught along the mexican border, also wants to get rid of the so-called catch and release program, and they want to make a priority to prosecute criminal offenses, those obviously committed by those who are here unlawfully. meanwhile, he hopes to withhold certain federal funding for sanctuary cities, this is a big story, i think that is going to be there we'll talk later today. also hopes to enhance the i.c.e. ability to arrest those who are here unlawfully, give the state department more tools to

repatriate criminal aliens so they can go back to their countries of origin, those without visas, and honestly withhold the visas if they commit criminal acts while they have been here. this is a big one as well, restore the secure communities program that targets criminal aliens for removal from this country. as you pointed out, all of this will happen a little bit later over at dhs, and we continue to watch very carefully not only for that but as you also said, sean spicer's news conference is about to begin just to my left and maybe about 55 yards from here. as soon as it starts, we will have that for you as well but it should be a very exciting day once again at the white house. >> jenna: very busy one, kevin, thank you very much. >> jon: as we wait for president trump's arrival at the department of homeland security in d.c., immigration obviously was a signature issue of his campaign. now mr. trump is about to take action on that issue. bob cusack as editor-in-chief at the hill newspaper, bob, a decade ago, congress passed a

resolution, a law, really on a new wall along the southern border, there was even money appropriated for it. what happened? >> what is interesting is the secure fence act 2006 which was supported at the time by barack obama and hillary clinton did pass congress, was signed into law by george w. bush. the project, though, was never fully completed, and that has obviously given rise to donald trump's efforts to build a wall, not a fence as he had said over the last couple months. this is the big question, though, how are they going to do it? are they going to do it through appropriating money? at that lead to a government shutdown if democrats balked, are they going to pass a new law? those things are still up in the air and homeland security chairman mike mccall said there are some different ways to do this but without a doubt, republicans are going to move forward on this pair they are fairly united on it. >> jon: fox news alert now,

stand by with us if you would, bob. sean spicer is holding his daily press briefing, these are very interesting, let's listen in. >> yesterday the president brought leaders of both parties together to discuss his next nomination of the supreme court. incredibly productive conversation as you can see from the president's tweets, he will announce the nomination next thursday. the president also spoke with my minister modi of india yestery, unfortunately not able to give you a readout during the briefing so let me know that during the call, the president emphasized the united states continues to consider india a true friend and partner in addressing challenges around the world. they discussed opportunities to strengthen the partnership between the united states and india and in a broad area with the economy and defense. they also discussed security in the region of south and central asia. president trump empi minister modi was of the united states and india should stand shoulder to shoulder in the global fight against terrorism and president trump looks forward to hosting

prime minister modi in the united states later this year. today the present work on fulfilling one of his most significant campaign promises to the american people by making america safe again by taking steps to secure our borders and improve immigration enforcement inside the united states. the president intends to sign to executive orders after observing the swearing in of secretary of homeland security kelly. the first order is the border security and immigration enforcement improvement. it addresses long overdue border security issues and is the first order and that will be to build a large physical barrier on the southern border. building this barrier is more than just a campaign promise, it is a common sense first step to really securing our porous border. this will stem the flow of drugs, crime in illegal immigration into the united states. one way or another as the president has said before, mexico will pay for it.

the executive order also provides the dedicated men and women of the department of homeland security with the tools they need, the tools and resources they need to stop illegal immigration from the united -- entering the united states. under the constitution, the american people get the final say who can and cannot enter our nation, and they have spoken out and clearly to our laws. we are going to create more detention space for illegal immigrants along the southern border to make it easier and cheaper to detain them and return them to their country of origin. we are going to end the last and his recent dangerous catch and release policy which has led to the deaths of many americans. we are going to once again prioritize the prosecution and deportation of illegal immigrants also otherwise violated our laws. after they have spent time in prison for the crimes they committed, they will get one-way tickets back to the country of the origin and their countries are going to take them back. the second executive order enhancing public safety in the interior of the united states addresses the enforcement of our

immigration laws in the united states. it returns the power and responsibility to the dedicated men and women of the department of homeland security's immigrations and customs enforcement to help them enforce the law. these men and women want to enforce the law and we are going to help them do that. federal agencies are going to unapologetically enforce the law, no if's, anne's, or butts. we are going to restore the popular and successful secure communities situation which will help i.c.e. target illegal immigrants for removal, the state department will withhold visas and use other tools to make sure countries accept and return the criminals that came from their country. we will ensure that these countries take those individuals back, and we are going to strip federal grant money from sanctuary states and cities that harbor illegal immigrants. the american people are no longer going to have to be forced to subsidize this disregard for our laws. performing our immigration system has been at the top of

president trump's priority since he announced his candidacy. now and just the final first week, excuse me, just in the first week, not there yet, of his presidency, the last admission will restore values to the american citizenship, our greatest asset in the 21st century. also this morning, the president started his day in the oval office carrying out official duties. this morning, he had the honor to greet the now ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley in his office after the vice president swore her in in his ceremonial office. across the street, as one of the most perspective governors in the country, ambassador haley had the track record of bringing people together regardless of their background or differences to create better opportunities for her state and now the country. to the best of my knowledge, she is our nation's first indian-american cabinet level officer, that is a big deal for indian americans throughout the

country. now she is able to get to work representing our nation as our nation's top diplomat. in just a few minutes, the president will be departing the white house to visit the department of homeland security where as i mention he will attend the swearing in of second kelly then be briefed by fema on the storm relief efforts in the southeast and conduct other related business specific to keeping our nation safe your secretary kelly has dedicated his life to protecting our country, listing in the marine corps in 1970, commanding at every level from platoon commander to the corporate level and combat command, he has a sincere commitment to fighting the threat of terrorism inside our country and ending the dangerous flow of illegal immigrants through our borders. the president is looking forward to working with secretary kelly emblem at his plans to restore our borders and protect our country. for everyone keeping score at home, this rings up to four total confirmations of our cabinet level appointees, and as a reminder, the obama administration had 12 done at the end of their first week.

needless to say, we think senate democrats should continue to spend some quality time getting our nominations moved out of the senate. this afternoon, the president will have his final public event by speaking on the phone with mississippi governor bryant, they are going to discuss storm relief and recovery efforts underway in mississippi and any help that the governor needs from the federal government. today, the president also announced the appointment of an incredibly qualified team to serve under the guidance of white house counsel to address compliance and ethics matters. this team consists of stephan, deputy assistant to the president and deputy general counsel of the president dylan, scott and james as the special assistants to the president and associate counsel. together these esteemed lawyers have decades of experience in political counsel, serving senators, members of congress, congressional committees, governors and federal agencies per the appointment of a team of this caliber at such a high level reflects the critical

importance of ethics compliance to president trump and his administration. stephan stefon has received thet praise from party leaders of both sides whom he has worked with. as newt gingrich said, no one understands the ethics ethics process better than him. as you saw from his street this morning, the president is looking into various options to investigate voter fraud, and he will travel to philadelphia this week for a retreat with senate republicans. he will also provide an update on the actions he will be taking in the next few days pure finally before you ask because i know it is an issue that is near and dear to me, i was asked yesterday about the status of the invitation of the prime minister from ireland to visit the united states on st. patrick's day, and i am pleased to announce that their president has extended the information it happen eckley during the transition period and we look forward to the prime minister attending. with that, i would have to take some questions. >> can use you shed any light n

this draft memo going around about interrogation practices? >> sean: i can lend a lot. i don't know, it is not a white house document. i would urge those who have reported on it, this is now the second day that we have had a document that was not a white house document get reported on as a factual document. it is not a white house document. i have no idea where it came from. but it is not a white house document. >> reporter: can you reference you drafted it in the first place? >> sean: no, as i said it is not a white house document. i'm not sure where it came from or how it originated but it is not a white house document, don't know how much cleary i can tell you that. >> reporter: with regards to the executive order of the present being signed today with regards to the wall, it's been estimated to cost billions of dollars, has the initiation or -- initiation figure how mexico will pay for this and is their

guarantee from congress that they will provide all of the funding to see this project through to completion? also, about two days ago, you were asked about daca, and some of the dreamers as they are known have lots of questions regarding what is their future, those that have applied, who have applied for a renewal, while their applications be processed? with regards to further funding from your sanctuary cities, what funding are we talking about? >> sean: i think with respect to the last part of that first, what their executive order does is it direct the secretary to look at ways, look at funding stre to the cities of federal money and figuring out how we can defund those extremes. part of this is a directive to the secretary to look at those funding streams then figure out how they can be cut off, so that is what the actual order directs them to do. first part with respect to daca,

i've talked about this a couple days, order today does not specifically deal with that. we will have further updates on the rest of the presidents immigration agenda further in the week, but as i mentioned before, i think the president will talk about in an interview tonight, but his priority is first and foremost people who are in this country that seek to do us harm. the president understands the magnitude of this problem. he is a family man, he has a huge heart, and he understands the significance of this problem, but he is going to work through it with his team in a very humane way to make sure that he understands and respects the situation that many of these children are in that were brought here. but his priority with respect to immigration is first and foremost making sure that people who are in this country that are seeking to do us harm or have committed a crime or at the forefront of that. >> reporter: in regards to the border and the wall, has the initiation figured out how mexico will pay for it?

>> sean: the president is working with congress and other folks to figure out opportunities for that to happen. there are a lot of funding mechanisms that can be used. at this point, his goal was to get the project started as quickly as possible using it existing funds and resources the department currently has and then to move forward and work with congress on an appropriation schedule. again, we are here at day three, an issue he has brought up several times with congress in terms of making sure that we understand, that they understand the need to make sure that is included in the appropriations process. >> reporter: could you give us more of a readout of yesterday's meeting with senators senatorse supreme court justice. how was that list received specifically by democrats, and has the president whittled it down to three names with the one going for hearing? >> sean: the president has not whittled it down not to the extent he is willing to share with us, maybe in his mind he has a going. he is going through the process,

had a very constructive and productive conversation with senate leaders yesterday about the advise and consent role they have come to getting their ideas of the principles they expect, and he was sharing with them the qualities and values that he expects in a judge to serve on the supreme court. i am not going to go further than that, but i will say it was a very productive and constructive meeting. >> reporter: last night, the national parks posted tweets that were facts about climate change, then those tweets disappeared shortly after. i'm wondering if this white house had anything to do with that and if there is a broader acids been reported by other organizations if there is a broader mended mandate and federal agencies about stopping all things coming from those agencies? >> sean: nothing that comes from the white house absolutely not. i think in some cases, i know for the parks service over the weekend, somebody, and unauthorized use or had an old

password in the san francisco office, went in and started retreating and appropriate things in violation of their policy, and they -- remember, in the epa as another example, i think a social media contact, they violated the anti-lobbying van a year ago during the obama administration in an appropriate lee marketed some policies of president obama, and there are a couple of these agencies that have had problems adhering to their own policies. i would refer you back to them as to why those things are happening, but i know they are taking steps in both of those two cases to address inappropriate use of social media. >> reporter: has the president reached out to mayor emmanuel or any chicago law enforcement authorities to discuss the concerns he expressed in his tweet last night? >> sean: he met with mayor emanuel during the transition,

expressed to him his support for the city and the need to deal with the crime and the killings that are occurring in chicago. i think when president obama was speaking his farewell address yesterday, two people were killed the same day that he was in his home city, and i think the president-elect at the time extended his support to mayor emanuel to say that the resource of the federal government is here for them here to the best of my knowledge, that return call for help has not occurred. john roberts. i will get to you. [laughter] that was very enthusiastic, i appreciate it. you're getting an award today. >> reporter: for the record, i very much appreciate and respect her. you mentioned this morning the presidents brought this up again that he wants to launch an investigation into voting irregularities in the 2016 election. >> sean: to be clear, not just

2016, in terms of registration where folks are on roles that have been deceased or moved or registered into counties. this is not just about the 2016 election, this is about the integrity of our voting system. >> reporter: are there studies that back up that he there are people still registered into states or for debt on the roles, but the investigators emphatically stated that all evidence was that 2016 election was not offended by fraud in the states, so how do you respond to that? >> sean: there were states that were not necessarily having that case, california and new york, we did not look at them in particular. if the president has noted before, he campaigned to enact the electoral college, not the popular vote, the campaign and places like iowa, extensively to enact maine as well, so if you're campaigning to win the popular vote, with all due respect to my brother and an new england, you do not spend a ton of time in the state of

maine to get the one electoral vote, you would campaign more and california which he did not, more in new york which he did not. there are big states, very populous states in urban areas where you would have spent more time campaigning, but he played the game according to the rules of the game which is an electoral strategy. that being said, i think when you look at where a lot of potential of where these issues could have occurred and bigger states, that is where we are going to look. i think there will be more on that as the week goes on to examine that further. >> reporter: may i ask one question about the epa and other departments that have been told to cease and desist in terms of social media -- >> sean: just to be clear, i am not saying that. hold on, zero. okay, i think i need to make sure we are clear on this. they have not been directed by us to do anything. i think from what i understand is that they have been told within their agencies to adhere to their own policies, but that directive did not come from

here. >> reporter: does that president believe that these agencies and some of the federal workforce has become politicized? >> sean: i don't know that we spent a ton of time digging about that, it is a fair question. i've not asked him that question. our focus has been on getting the job done, as you've seen from the meetings he has had in work with members of congress, union workers, the auto heads, other business leaders, his focus has been much more focused on getting the job done than various tweets getting deleted or not. hold on a second. not that i do not want to encourage anyone else. >> reporter: president trump has talked a lot about chicago, so my question is he said if they do not fix the horrible carnage, he wasn't in the feds, can you share with me a little bit about what is the nature of the federal help that the president has in mind?

agents, law enforcement agents, and what standards will determine if the acts that people told us after the meeting and trump tower come he did tell them things that would help chicago, jobs, more constitutional gun rights. >> sean: what the president is upset about is turning on the television and seeing americans get killed by shooters. seeing people walking down the street and getting shot down. the president of the united states giving his farewell address and to people being killed that day. when you look at a city like that, he has had conversations with police officers in chicago and asked them, what is preventing you from solving this? i think in many cases, there are some issues that can be resolved that will help them do their job better to keep the people of chicago safer, and what he wants to do is provide the resources of the federal government, and it can span a bunch of things. there is no one thing.

there can be aid, if it was requested through the governor in the proper channels that they can provide on a law enforcement basis but there is other assistance whether it is through the u.s. attorney's office or other means, they will ensure that people of chicago have the resources to feel safe. that is what he means. part of it is that no american whether or not you live in chicago or nebraska should feel like they can walk down the street of a city or the streets of a city in this country and feel like they need to fear for their life. too often, that is happening in chicago. >> reporter: what happens next so we know the timetable? >> sean: x we get a dialogue started with mayor emanuel and tried to figure out what a path forward can be so we can come up with a plan that can keep the people of chicago safe and help ease the problem there. >> reporter: did mexico's government have any knowledge that this executive order would be signed today, and you feel

that they will be on the same page when they meet next week about who is paying for the wall? >> sean: i hope so. they will accept not only nafta but the wall, a lot of subjects will come up. a lot of trade goes between the two countries. there is some security, obviously homeland security issues but no question nafta is going to be big on the list and trade overall. with respect to your first question, i do not think wheat generally telegraphed to people who come to visit with executive orders we're going to send. >> reporter: a couple questions. i want to go back to the executive order that would affect the executive order that would undo the restrictions on how to handle detainees? >> sean: you are asking me if a document that is not a white house document he has seen, i don't believe to the best of my knowledge. this is the second day intervale

we are getting asked about documents that are floating around in people saying -- frankly, reports being published attributing documents to the white house that are not white house documents. i am not saying you. to the best of my knowledge, he has not seen it. as a lot of other things. you get one more. >> reporter: it is floating around -- >> sean: i'm not going to start answering hypotheticals about documents that are floating around. that is -- we are going to end this right now. hunter, hunter walker, thank you. >> reporter: the president is reportedly going to limit axis to the country for visa holders and refugees from iraq, iran, libya, sudan, small you, yemen, and so will that include steps for people that are already here like registering them or deportation? >> sean: the president has talked extensively about extreme

vetting. today and you will see more action this week about keeping america safe come he talked about this in the inaugural address and the campaign. as we get into the invitation of the executive order, we will have details but the guiding principle is keeping the country safe and allowing people who are from a country that hath the propensity to do us harm to make sure that we take the necessary steps to ensure that the people who come to this country, especially areas that have a pedis predisposition, pedis predisposition, if you will, or a higher degree of concern that we take the appropriate steps to make sure they are coming to this country for all the right reasons, and i think we will have further information on that later this week. >> reporter: what is the ultimate goal here, and essentially is it the president questioning the legitimacy of those elections? >> sean: i think the question -- voting is the most sacred right that we have as americans. this is the hallmark and foundation of our democracy. to ensure that we know that every person's vote counts

equally as the next to citizens is probably one of the greatest things we can do. >> reporter: there are reviews already in place. >> sean: part of why we need to do a study. i don't want to start throwing out numbers, but there are a lot of people that are dead on roles, people that are on the roles into different states, sometimes three different states. i think taking the necessary steps to study and extract what we can do to both understand the scope of the problem and then secondly how to stop the problem going forward is something that is definitely clearly in the best interest. >> reporter: thank you. two brief questions peered first, congressman todd from the vice president's home state of indiana, himself a secretary of state, the father of that state's voter i.d. law that went to the supreme court. he has long advocated other states following the indiana example, all states adopting voter i.d.

is that something the president would get behind? >> sean: i think the president's number one goal -- george is another great example of a state that if limited a very successful voter i.d. program, and that is one of several things for the first step is for him to get this -- i don't want to cut a task force because it is not there yet but this effort underway that can look at the scope of the problem. then maybe make some recommendations, and maybe it is voter i.d. and states, but right now we have 50 states and territories that all have various different ids, and i know there is some compliance issues to make sure, but part of that is to figure out the extent of the problem. in some states, but it takes to get a driver's license might be an issue. i think we have to understand where the problem exists, how deep it goes then suggest some remedies to appear right now to prejudge the process with

getting in front of the whole need to have a public argument. >> reporter: i have a second question. next week as the national prayer breakfast. presidents from eisenhower to president obama spoke about their faith, while the president attend? >> sean: i will have to get back to you. i will be happy to check on that but i do not have his schedule for next week. hold on a second. >> reporter: what will the white house view on immigration with century cities and sinks ray townes, if they say get your money, we don't care, we're going to harbor your duty make these illegal criminals, also what do you do about a country that petey much says the same thing that will not allow those people to come back to their countries? >> sean: the first step is the funding piece. this is a multistep program which is why there are executive orders and then the congressional piece we have to do legislatively, but to the extent the president will identify areas he can handle

with executive action and orders and memoranda to start curbing the problem of illegal immigration, but also again, we talked a little bit about it yesterday in terms of funding for there is a taxpayer issue here. you have the american people out there working than having their money sent to places where folks that are not in this country legally are getting sent to cities that are therefore using their tax dollars, that is part of it. it is not a one-step solution. i think that is why you have the wall, funding issues, the vetting, but it is not a one-step process. it is going to be a multitier, multistep problem. >> reporter: on the supreme court, what is the president's view of the name that has been floated around and

more importantly does the president feel like the choice should be someone who is in their late 40s, early 50s as a way of leaving his imprint on the court? >> sean: they have been several names that have been floated out there. he put out the list a wily whio of 20 or so. i'm deftly not getting ahead of the president on this, but i would suggest to you that the people on the list that he put out during the campaign represent the kind of people that he is not just going to nominate for the supreme court, but we have well over 100, i think it is 103 vacancies at the federal level, and the appellate level, so that is going to continue to guide him. >> reporter: can we get the text of the executive orders when the president makes the announcements? that will help. >> sean: i am told the president is about to speak, i will get to the executive orders asap, thank you guys very much. really quick. guys, hold on. just for guidance purposes, we will be gagging tomorrow on air force one, thank you very much. we look forward to seeing philadelphia. bye, guys.

>> jon: sean spicer, the president present secretary making an early exit from the stage today because his boss, president trump, is about to speak, we understand at that department of homeland security. until he does, let's get back to our conversation with bob cusack from "the hill." we learned a fair amount and that news conference about what the president plans to do, especially about the wall and about border security as well as immigration enforcement. what struck you about what sean spicer had to say there? >> this is consistent with what trump said on the campaign trail, building the wall, mexico is going to pay for it one way or the other, he says, not upfront. also cracking down on sanctuary cities and looking at their federal pursestrings. immigration is something that is a very charged issues, but it is one of the issues he won on and that his base wants to see action. we have not seen all of the trump immigration policy, we don't know exactly what he's going to do with the so-called dreamers, but as far as

sanctuary cities and the wall, trump is going full force, and that is going to lead to some fights in and congress no doubt about it. >> jon: as a former construction executive, i thought it was interesting he said we are going to build more detention space down along the southern border appeared one of the complaint up to now is that they catch so many people trying to cross the border they do not have a place to put them. >> that is right, the catch and release policy is going to be changed, also when you thing about gitmo, a lot more people are going to be put in guantanamo bay but along the southern border, you have to build more facilities, so trump is a builder, this is what he said repeatedly on the campaign trail, but if you look -- there have been some distractions with this trump white house, certainly voter fraud has been one of them, crowd size has been another. if you look at the policies he has put forward, they are consistent with what he said he would do, and now he is doing them. >> jon: one of the other big issues, stories, controversies of the day is the president's

suggestion that chicago might need some federal help to stem the terrible murder rate there, already up almost when he 5% over last year, and last year as you know was a horrific year. sean spicer said that president reached out to mayor rahm emanuel, former president obama, i believe he was chief of staff and the obama first term. he reached out to rahm emanuel and said, what can we do to help you out? so far, he said, no response from emmanuel. obviously, it is not something the mayor there wants to talk about, at least not with this president. >> rahm emanuel this week was taking shots at trump, then he was firing back, so whenever the meeting is, i would love to be a fly on the wall because it will be very entertaining. this is what trump has said, some things have to change, progress has to be made on the violence, and that is something that as far as gangs, carnage as he mentioned in his inaugural address, this is a top priority. he says if the situation does

not improve, i am getting the feds involved. >> jon: it would not necessarily have to be federal troops or national guard troops come he could be talking about bringing in more i.c.e., immigrations and customs agents or even the fbi. >> there are a lot of options to be fair, trump does not have his team in place yet, the attorney general has not been confirmed, i think he will be confirmed, but these decisions on policies and cities, century cities, the "dreamers," he's going to have to get his cabinet in place, sit down with them and make some decisions as well as consulting with congress, republicans retreating in philadelphia the next few days. >> jon: he did note that the president only has three of his cabinet appointees approved by the senate, and he reminded the assembled press corps there that democrats have been dragging their feet on getting some of these people through the

committees and out onto the senate for a vote. >> we have heard that comparison also from the majority leader mitch mcconnell who noted that seven of obama's nominees were already in place on inauguration day and trump has less than half of that. there has been some paperwork issues. generally speaking, there have been a number of fights whether it is sessions or tom price or mick mulvaney, trump's budget picked, i think the chances are because they only need 51 votes, trump is going to get every one of his cabinet nominees through eventually. some of these votes will be close, but eventually, and i think within the next couple weeks, he is going to have his full team in place. >> jon: donald trump, president trump has been interviewing with david from abc and talk to him about this idea of the wild that he insists will be built, here is a little bit of fat. >> are you going to direct u.s.

funds to pay for this wild, built american taxpayers pay for the wall? >> ultimately it will come out of what is happening with mexico. we will be starting those negotiations relatively soon. we will be in a full reimbursement from mexico. >> they will pay us back? >> absolutely 100%. >> taxpayers will pay for the wall at first. >> it will be reimbursed later from whatever transaction we make from mexico. >> mexico's president said in recent days that mexico will absolutely not paid because it goes against their dignity as a country and dignity as mexicans. they are not paying. >> he has to say that. i am just telling you, there will be a payment. it will be in a form, perhaps a complicated form, in you have to understand. what i am doing is good for the united states but also going to be good for mexico. we have to have a very good and stable mexico. >> windows construction began? >> as soon as we can come as soon as we can physically do it. >> within months? >> i would say within months, certainly planning is starting

immediately. >> jon: to that point, many people argue that if you can somehow stem the flow of drugs which primarily come from south and central america, not necessarily mexico but that is where they make the border crossing into the american 3 united states, but if you do that you can make mexico more stable. >> this is something i think republicans are going to be putting conservative democrats especially democrats up in the senate in 2018 on the spot. border security is a popular issue, and as i mentioned before the press conference, republicans are fairly united on this, and democrats could peel off a number of democrats on whatever the funding mechanism or if it is a new piece of legislation, trump wall of 2017, whatever they call it. we are talking about a lot of money here. this has been estimated $10 billion, may be 20 million, and obviously mexico has said repeatedly they are not paying for it.

the mexican president is suffering from low approval ratings so maybe a fight with the trump would help him because he has to deal with his on domestic politics back home. >> jon: very quickly, isn't it true that the border, fence, wall bill that was voted on ten years ago was signed by both president obama and hillary clinton? >> they both supported it, approved overwhelmingly in the house and senate. there were some no votes, but obama and hillary were for it, and that was at a different time in democratic politics and immigration, it was a different era. >> jon: we all have some long memories, bob cusack from "the hill," thank you. >> jenna: we expect to see president trump in a few moments at the department of home and security. we also expect some news, we will bring you there momentarily when it happens. also breaking news from the department of defense about the very first trip from our secretary of defense, we will have that information for you after a quick break.

>> jenna: just before 1:45 on the east coast here in the afternoon. we are awaiting trump and his visit to the department of homeland security where we expect him to swear in the new secretary of the department, mr. kelly, secretary kelly. also getting more description of what this event will look like. it seemed to be something we definitely want to keep an eye on, our producer their jacobson telling us that it looks like the event is set up a little bit like a town hall. whether or not that means the president will take question is an unknown at this time but apparently there are about 300 department of homeland security employees, ten or so press that are awaiting the president, so a lot of attention and obviously a room full of people awaiting the president and his signing as well as executive orders that have to do with the border while some are referring to it, and as the press secretary refer to it, a physical barrier was the word used at the press briefing. we will be watching to the bigs

at the department of homeland security and bring you there as soon as it happens. in the meantime, more news on another cabinet official. new defense secretary will travel to asia for his first official overseas visit. the pentagon's pentagon says gs mattis will visit japan and south korea from february 1st until the fourth, secretary mattis will be making stops in seoul and tokyo where he will meet his counterparts there. he repeatedly stressed the importance of maintaining international alliances and says that trips will underscore our commitment to two specific asian allies. that being said, if you joined the show at the beginning of the week, we did a segment about north korea and the threat of north korea with a potential missile attack bubbling appeared we see this time and time again with north korea so whether or not the trip is also a message to our photos is something else that we are going to consider as we watch the movement of our new secretary of defense. that news for you, a lot going on, we will continue now. >> jon: is president trump's

first week in office and he has already signed a number of executive orders with more to come. president obama bragged about his use of the phone and the pen, could donald trump outdo him as president? we will talk about the prospect here with ian pryor, can medication's director for american crossroads, and the executive in residence for american university school of public affairs, also a former ohio state senate minority leader. welcome to both of you. en, as you assess the executive orders so far, more we expect to come today as the president visits the department of homeland security, what do you make of the way he is using the power of the executive office? >> i think he is doing exactly what he said he is going to do, having a great first week. it's being masked a little bit by some of the other stories but the bottom line is he is getting things done his very first week in office. we are talking about border security right now, getting back to the wall, that is a huge issue in this country. it is something he campaigned

on, century cities and other problem in this country with crime, deaths in cities as a result of people here not just illegally but are criminally here illegally and committing crimes. i think it is encouraging he has been able to act this quickly to get things done in a relatively short order fashion. >> jon: i don't know if this is a question you can answer, but we are hearing an awful lot of complaining from democrats in congress about some of the measures this president has signed, but i wonder if back in ohio where you come from if people are feeling pretty good about them. >> i have not had a chance to really talk with my former constituents about the executive orders that have come out. i would surmise that as ohio voted overwhelmingly for president trump, and they did so, not only because of some of the economic message but because they wanted to shake things up. because they wanted to get rid of the status quo and try something new. they got exactly that. the american public, those who voted for president trump got an

entirely new ball game. here is somebody that is doing exactly what he said he was going to do. now with regards to the actual impact of these executive orders, i think it really varies. a lot of objects are going into this, and really going into a room, signing executive orders shows president trump means business, he is taking action, but the actual where the rubber meets the road on things like the affordable care act and the executive order with its applications or even the wall, you have to go through a process of competitive bidding, contracts, this kind of thing. it is a signal of intent, almost more so than a real immediate change in policy. but it depends on the executive order. >> jon: let's talk about century cities, places like chicago, new york, san francisco. sanctuary cities, there leaders said we are not going to abide by anything this president wants to do in terms of limiting our

ability to become or to remain a sanctuary city, but he just said, at least sean spicer his spokesman just said that he is going to direct the department of homeland security to look at cutting off funding, whatever funding streams, not just in terms of immigration or that kind of thing, but any funding streams from the federal government to those cities. you are the mayor of one of those cities, does that get your attention? >> it should, they can talk about all the things they want to do in their cities or don't want to do, but the one thing they cannot do is direct federal money to their cities. that is the job of the federal government. donald trump has the power to cut off federal funding to these cities. they do not have a right -- >> only to an extent. >> still, they cannot make a decision they are going to get the federal funding, that comes from the president. they can talk all they want about what they are going to do in their city and not do, but the president has extraordinary power with regards to federal funds and they are going to feel

that. >> jon: it was a campaign issue, he is following through on his promise, do you have a problem with that? >> elections have consequences, and this is one of them. at the end of the day, it is president trump in a republican house and senate in washington that will be making the decisions because democrats did not show up in the middle of the country because hillary clinton did not have a message, and we really need to get our act together if we are going to be successful in 2018. this is reality. they run the table right now, and it is going to be their policy agenda that is going to get front and center and is going to be pushed forward. if that includes sanctuary cities getting defunded, so be it. i think congress is going to have to weigh in on that too in some context through the appropriations process, but this is a classic push and pull between state governments and local governments and the federal government. the federal government has the ability to yank the chain by saying, you can do what you want, you can do what you want

local government but you are not getting money from us. >> jon: we thank you both very much. >> jenna: we will be to president trump momentarily at the department of homeland security after a short break, be right back. so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day? you want the whole thing? yes, yes! live whole. not part. aleve. youthat's why you drink ensure. sidelined. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals.

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>> jenna: fox news earlier, we will bring you to the department of home and security momentarily where we expect to see president trump but first we want to give you an update on president george h.w. bush. as you know, he has been in the hospital in the 44th president has an update on his condition, this was provided to us by a spokesperson. "president bush continues to improve as he recovers from pneumonia despite a lingering cough, his lungs are clearing up in his working with physical therapists to build strength. as it current rate of recovery, his physicians believe he could possibly go home over the weekend." good news out of houston for you

know president bush was in the hospital, his wife barbara bush is also in the hospital, she was released earlier this week, but it looks like the road to recovery continues, and that is a good sign. >> jon: this fox news alert, we are awaiting resident trump to make a statement at the department of homeland security. we have some of the first pictures of the new homeland security secretary john f. kelly, former marine corps general who has just been sworn in by the vice president as the secretary of homeland security. you can see there is quite a crowd there appeared we understand this is going to be something of a town hall meeting for the president, in the audience assembled. not clear to me just yet who is in the audience, if these are entirely department of homeland security employees or perhaps the members of the general public. we will try to get that ironed out for you as we get ready to hear from the president. >> jenna: we have a little bit more color as well as for what happened behind the curtain

would be inaccurate, [laughs] where we are watching there are some curtains, but the secretary of home insecurity was sworn in, he was done so by the vice president, as you mention. apparently, president trump stood by beaming as well, put his hand on the marine bible and delivered the oath with the vice president. his wife was also there. i'm just going to look through these remarks, president trump making some remarks and paraphrase what we have, rough notes but important to pass along to our viewers. president trump saying this is a very important position talking about the department of homeland security. he said he looked at a lot of people but it was not even close when it came to his pick. >> jon: we will take you back their life when the president comes up to the microphones. in the meantime, we will be back in just a moment

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>> the president has not arrived at the microphone yet at the department of homeland security. we will leave interest to our colleagues to cover. >> we know he's headed there.

that's his final destination. >> we will hear from him. >> thanks for joining us, america's news headquarters starts now. >> bye-bye. >> fox news alert, president trump signing the executive orders on immigration moments ago. as part of his first cap net level visit to the department of homeland security. i'm melissa francis. we are awaiting president trump to speak as he takes the first steps in building a wall on the border with mexico. boosting the number of border patrol as and more. mr. trump earlier addressing who will pay for the wall. >> president trump: we will be in a form reimbursed by mexico. >> they will pay us back. >> president trump: absolutely, 100%. >> the american taxpayer will pay for the wall at first. >> president trump: we will be reimbursed at whatever l