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under control. i'm shannon bream in for martha maccallum. those actions could come as early as today affecting iranians, and possibly government agencies coming after iran test fired a ballistic missile in direct violation of its nuclear deal. president trump warned earlier this morning there is a new sheriff in town tweeting iran is playing with fire. they don't appreciate how kind president obama was to them. not me. president trump also said he is keeping all options open. >> is military action off the table in iran? >> nothing is off the table. i haven't eased anything. >> shannon: john roberts is live on the north lawn. the president taking a tougher tone today. >> good morning. at this point it remains just a war of words but by the end of the day they could have ramped it up a little bit. the first actions the president

has taken against a foreign country as sanctions are to be levied against iran. we don't know exactly what they will entail but we do understand the sanctions would be leveled on more than 20 iranian entities as they are calling them. individuals, companies, military, organizations involved in missile activities. the agreement in 2015 lifted a lot of sanctions on iran. the white house had to get creative in the way it's applying the sanctions in fear that it would be in violation of the iran nuclear deal. the president wants to get rid of the whole thing and plenty of support for new sanctions for iran on capitol hill. >> i would be in favor of additional sanctions of iran. i would like to put as much toothpaste back in the tube as possible. the last administrationappeased iran far too much. they went too far with iran and

as a result iran is far more activist than it otherwise would be. >> iran's response yesterday being put on notice by michael flynn, the national security advisor say iran doesn't have to pay any attention to useless talk coming out of the white house from an inexperienced person. the president tweeted back this morning iran is playing with fire. we'll see where all this goes in the hours ahead, shannon. >> shannon: we're expecting a couple executive orders today on financial regulation. what can you tell us about those? >> it all comes as the president meets with the leaders of some of the biggest banks. j.p. morgan will be here as well as a lot of others. they're looking back at rolling back regulations put in place in the 2009 financial collapse. the president on the campaign trail said many times he wants to dismantle dodd frank. it doesn't dismantle it but may roll back some of the regulations. it starts a 120-day review

period to find out which regulations can be rescinded to allow a freer flow of capital from banks to borrows. the white house economic council director was on mornings with barea bartiromo on fox business this morning. >> all banks have been under such regulatory scrutiny they have been forced to build capital and build capital instead of lending capital to their clients and allowing their clients to grow their businesses and fire people and create jobs, they've been taking those reserves and that capital and hoarding it to meet the regulatory requirements and pay for additional regulation. >> they want to get a lot of money out of the banks and flowing to consumers. one point we should point out, a slight shift in position from the white house on israeli settlements. not saying they're an impediment to peace but suggesting the continued construction of new settlements

may not help in achieving peace this ahead of the visit from prime minister netanyahu coming up the middle of the month. >> shannon: very nuanced statement but raised a lot of eyebrows. thank you. >> bill: a lot popping. want to bring in byron york to examine this. on a friday here we go. let's start with iran. iran is now on notice on behalf of the trump administration. as best as you can frame it, what does that mean? >> the phrase on notice was left deliberately vague when the national security advisor michael flynn used it. it could mean sanctions or designating officially as terrorist organizations things like the irgs, islamic revolutionary guard corps. iranian proxy groups the u.s. believe participates in terrorism. these are initial steps. they're intended to be part of a build-up if iran doesn't

change its behavior. >> bill: now on russia. it hasn't been widely reported but there has been a lot of violence in eastern ukraine over the last week and you have nikki haley in her u.n. and first address there condemning the actions of russia. how will it go when the administration has said they want good relations with putin and moscow? >> her comment got a lot of news in part because trump's position on russia has been exaggerated or misunderstood. while donald trump has always said he wanted closer relations with russia, he has also said we'll see what happens. it depends on what vladimir putin does. the idea of lifting sanctions depends on what russia does. do they offer this united states something? do they change their behavior in exchange for doing that? what you have going on now ukraine and crimea doesn't fit that description and you saw a pretty strong condemnation from

the u.s. u.n. ambassador yesterday. >> bill: benjamin netanyahu will be at the white house in less than two weeks. the trump administration has put out an expression of displeasure of construction of some settlements in the west bank. where does that relationship stand now as we believe it to be rather strong? >> it is strong. there is no doubt the incoming administration was extremely supportive of israel especially after the united nations vote when the obama administration abstained in the vote in the security council. trump comes in very strong israel supporter. still is. i think there could be this belief that maybe they over shot the mark that they supported unlimited settlement development. indeed, israel seems to have ramped up the building of housing units since the inauguration. this was the most gentle reminder that hey, israel,

perhaps it's not the greatest idea to keep ramping this up. it is not helpful. >> bill: i imagine this relationship with netanyahu and president trump is going to be very different from netanyahu and president obama. we'll see that on february 15th. >> absolutely. >> bill: good analysis there in washington, d.c. eight past now. >> shannon: back to our breaking news. a french solder foiling a possible terror attack at the louvre museum today. the suspect pulled out a machete when officers told him he couldn't come inside with his bags. what's the latest, benjamin? >> the situation there is now under control but it is clear that were it not for the response, the quick response of the security services it could have been a lot worse. it was an attack aimed at tourists in the art of paris. it began at 10:00 a.m. this morning when the attacker was stopped trying to get into the louvre acting suspiciously and carrying two backpacks. he launched himself at the police while machetes.

they opened fire and he wounded one in the head. critically shooting him five times in the stomach and he is in the hospital. police will search for whether or not he was already on their radar as is so often the case in these situations and you can tell just how prepared the police were for an event like this. the team that shot him were part of a four-man armed unit part of a greater force of 3 1/2,000 soldiers patrolling paris in preparations for attacks like this. the area around the louvre was cleared out but opened back up. the museum, one of the biggest tourist attractions in the world was prepared for an incident. 1,000 tourists were inside at the time and they were ushered into special safe rooms inside until that scene was clear. but failed or not, this will be a constant reminder of the threat from radical islamic

terrorists or people inspired by them in europe and across france. many people saying it's events like this will affect tourism, economy and possibly actions coming up in april. safe thanks to the reactions of the security services. >> shannon: thank you very much for the update. >> bill: president trump on twitter tweeting this. a new radical islamic terrorist has just attacked the louvre museum in paris. tourists locked down. france on edge again. get smart, u.s. that tweet from earlier today. >> shannon: the louvre is a massive place to try to keep under wraps. they did a great job. free speech under attack again at another college campus here at home. protestors at a different school rioting over a different conservative speaker. we have details. >> bill: the administration

pushing back tem -- what mike pence had to say about that order. >> shannon: no shows on capitol hill. the democrats boycott another confirmation hearing and again republicans move on without them. we'll talk to one of them. senator john barrasso about one roadblock. >> the leadership of the minority chose to do a blanket boycott of many of the president's nominees in committees across the senate regardless of their merit. the minority wants political theater. the nation needs a new epa administrator.

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>> shannon: breaking news on the ongoing confirmation battles, the senate voting to break a filibuster and advanced the nomination of betty devos to become education secretary. her nomination goes to the full senate. a vote likely to happen early next week. devos faces trouble, though, two republican senators say they'll oppose her. if one more republican follows suit her confirmation would likely be defeated. >> one thing that i hear at my town meetings and i have a reputation for having town meetings all over the 99 counties every year for 36 years, when they come up with a question similar to yours, this is the way they put it to me. when are you guys ever going to

get along there in the senate? and the grassroots of america are fed up with this sort of obstructionism. >> bill: senator chuck grassley from the program yesterday coming as the democrats boycott the vote on scott pruitt to run the epa. that nomination goes to the full senate because the rules have been changed. the wyoming chairman was in there yesterday. good morning to you, sir. orrin hatch led the way and you followed suit yesterday. is this a good way to get along when you suspend the rules in committee just to get people to the vote? >> well, when you take a look at how george w. bush was treated, bill clinton and barack obama, each new president coming into office was allowed to get his cabinet in place, donald trump deserves the same. the democrats have been obstructing every step along the way. by this point in any of those three other administrations take a look at the numbers, they had their cabinets in

place. right now we have very few cabinet members who have actually been confirmed. so we suspended the rules, scott pruitt was voted out of the committee and will go to the floor of the senate and approved. the epa desperately needs a new administrator and a new direction after the rampage of regulations that has come out from them under barack obama. it's hurt jobs and the economy. >> bill: is this resistance real or is it for the cameras? >> the new democrat leader chuck schumer is calling the plays and all his members are getting in line. i think it's political theater. the epa needs an administrator and scott pruitt is the right person. he protected the environment and strengthened economy and fought for state's right. >> bill: democrats would say you were stonewalling them. they are looking for more information and they didn't get it. one quote. we still have not received the

relevant documents and substantive answer we requested from mr. pruitt and made our requests clear and i believe they're entirely reasonable. what do you say to tom carper on that? >> we had an unprecedented lengthy rearing. over 1,000 questions, written form over 200 questions. they don't like the answers that they got. but they got answers because they have a different view of the epa. the epa under president obama has actually been punishing with its regulations. hurt jobs, hurt the economy, hurt working america. we need to fund mentally change the direction of the epa. get it back to its original mission. i believe we can protect and must protect the environment and at the same time not hurt the economy. we can have a strong and healthy economy at the same time we can have a wonderful environment. >> bill: i'm looking at the environment politically in the senate. we saw it develop throughout the week. the decorum has broken down.

it is fallen to the floor. i don't know how you get it back. i asked that question whether or not it's resistance or done to the cameras. as we look at an empty room where democratic lawmakers did not show up. they would say merrick garland and immigration ban. is this the only power you have when you don't have a majority? >> that's about what we have. to try to delay. try to obstruct. but i tell you it's been very interesting when president trump nominated his supreme court pick the other night. people on the democratic side of the aisle said they're opposed to him not even hearing the name first. this is a nominee for the supreme court who had bipartisan support when he got onto the 10th judicial court. this is all obstructionism. i think it's a mistake. you mentioned merrick garland who was nominated by president obama during the middle of a presidential campaign. >> bill: we've debated that every day here. final question.

betsy devos. is she confirmed or not? it looks like it's very close. >> i believe she will be confirmed and focus on getting decisions out of washington back to the states. that's where i think is most important for education where you have teachers and students and parents working together with local control. i think she is the right person for the job and will be confirmed. >> bill: we'll see what happens. thank you for your time. the republican from wyoming on capitol hill. thank you. >> shannon: there is more executive action on tap from president trump today. this time focusing on a financial regulation that he says isn't working. >> dodd frank is a disaster. we'll do a number on dodd frank and one reason why i'm taking this action. >> shannon: we'll tell you what is involved when we talk after the break. plus this. >> bill: these protests turning violent on a different college campus. the left outrage over yet

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>> bill: fox news alert. we'll see the opening bell six minutes. on the jobs front, american employers added 227,000 jobs last month. the most since september. unemployment rate kicked up a tenth of a percent 4.8 because more americans are starting to look for work and that's where the trump administration begins, all right? 9:24 in new york. >> shannon: a fox news alert. president trump planning

another executive order today that would scale back rules supporters say are intended to prevent another financial crisis. part of his plan to dismantle the system enacted after the crisis that defined the last of the republican administration. one critics say is putting unnecessary and unconstitutional burden on americans. maria bartiromo is from fox news channel. nice to have an expert to talk through what will happen here. the president has talked about dodd frank and the rules and said they were a disaster. things will change. we're getting an executive order today. the administration says it's not about fully dismantling it. >> it's dismantling some of it. making sure banks are lending again. one of the issues with the dodd frank legislation it had all these rules and regulations for the small and mid cap banks in particular that basically forced them to hold capital, sit on it. so if we were to see another financial crisis they had

enough money in the bank, frankly, they had enough capital to sit on and as a result of that banks stopped lending. they were lending less and as a result the housing market came to a stop again. so what the administration is trying to do right now is take those shackles off of business so that business can feel like okay, we will start investing again. earlier today we spoke with gary cohn, the head of the national -- white house national economic council, the director of that area in the white house. he is the head economics guy for president trump. he basically said we need to unleash business and in particular it starts with banks. here is what he said. >> we need to make capital available for small and medium-sized businesses and entrepreneurs. today banks do not lend money to companies. banks are forced to horde money because they are forced to horde capital and they can't take any risk. we need to get banks in the lending business. that's the number one objective.

>> one of the big issues we've seen over the last five or six or seven years is the fact that businesses have been in a recession. they've been sitting on cash. they don't know what's around the corner and what regulations are coming. as a result, they have not been increasing hiring, increasing investment and he believes this roll back of regulations will change that. >> shannon: one business that will be on the sidelines today, the big business meeting the president is having at the white house. uber ceo won't go. he had a lot of public pressure and internally at the company as well. he has said if i had a seat at the table i'm part of the conversation but now deciding not to go. >> it was a big mistake. what he needed was that seat at the table to get in president trump's face and basically say here is my business and here is why this is actually hurting my business. there were protestors going on within uber. he has immigrants that are drivers and they basically stopped and said wait, this is terrible that we've got this travel ban in place.

at the same time uber put a halt to its surge pricing at jfk and the drivers thought you are agreeing with donald trump. i think the ceo of uber had to take a stand for his employees but i think it was a mistake. even if he didn't agree with some policies out of the white house he needed to express that. the bottom line from this administration, they are listening and hearing business people and saying okay, what will work to move the needle on economic growth? he will not be at the meeting today. i suspect a lot of other ceos will and it will be a good education not just for the president but for business as well. >> shannon: we'll bring folks a little of that meeting as soon as the president wraps up. thanks for coming in. >> bill: we mentioned at the top of the hour fox news alert john roberts reporting from the white house we'll hear from the iran sanctions from the department of treasury one hour from now at 10:30 a.m. eastern time. we'll see what they have to say then. in the meantime it happened again.

protestors at a major american university trying to silence a conservative speaker which has some wondering today if free speech is a one-way street. we'll tell you what happened there. >> shannon: after mass protests at airports across the country the trump administration defends its immigration order. >> it's not a muslim ban. it is not in any way associated with religion. the president made it clear in this executive order that we are not going to compromise the safety and security of the american people. m show me used trucks with one owner. pretty cool. [laughs] ah... ahem... show me the carfax. start your used car search at the all-new carfax.com. youthat's why you drink ensure. sidelined. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love.

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by pepper spray during the scuffle. we're live on campus. julie, good morning to you. what happened here? >> yeah, once again protestors this time college protestors attempting to shoot down the free speech of a conservative speaker. this time here new york city. not much of a surprise. nyu last night a wave of protestors like uc berkeley doing the same. voicing disgust with conservative actor and co-founder gavin mcginnis holding a seminar for the school's college republicans. while this one was less violent 11 people were arrested and protestors lining up outside the pavilion where they were met with a line of nypd officers with zip ties at the ready. mckinis was scheduled to speak at 7:00 p.m. but seen shouting from the podium in a live periscope at protestors who made their way inside the venue.

the crowd chanting things like nazi scum your time has come and lighting make america great again hats on fire and he asked the protestors why are you repeating the same nonsense over and over? that further infuriated the crowd forcing the comedian to end his speech early. not before voicing strong words to the nyu spokesperson. you notice all the blaoeps because there was a blot of cursing last night. the university's independent news source nyu local reporting he actually called the spokesperson that you are a dumb liberal a hole. and you think these are rational beings before storming away. this does continue. at this point we do say that there weren't any major acts of violence. there was some punches thrown at police. that's about as far as it got. >> bill: pretty much tore up the campus in berkeley.

>> shannon: fox news alert on iran. new details about brand-new sanctions against that country. we're told they will be coming from the treasury department at 10:30 a.m. eastern. it comes after the trump administration put tehran on notice. president trump told reporters he would take nothing off the table in dealing with iran. republican congresswoman marsha [burn from tennessee joins us live this morning. we saw a tweet from the president saying iran is playing with fire. we get new sanctions coming in about an hours' time. what do you make how this administration is tackling the relationship with iran as it stands now. >> the steps that president trump and vice president pence are taking with their team are very appropriate. iran needs to be put on notice. they know that they should not have tried that missile test. they know that they are in violation of the agreement even though most of us, shannon, think the agreement that was reached was really not a good deal for the united states.

i'm pleased to see the president be forceful for him not to hesitate and for him to let iran know that yes indeed we are going to take some action. you know, this is good for our enemies to see that we have a president who is going to be decisive and that he is going to defend this country. he is going to stand with our men and women in uniform, and he is going to make certain that our allies know that we are with them and our enemies know that we do consider them to be an enemy. >> shannon: there was a lot made by the last administration of trying to use diplomacy to heal up some relationships. this is a very different, you know, strategy that iran is now seeing from us. they have pushed back with tweets of their own and have questioned some of the statements that have been made by high-ranking leaders in the u.s. will this work with them? >> i think it will work with them. and the reason is they

understand power. and they understand force. and they are going to realize this president is not going to back down and say let's go talk about this. he is going to say no, we're going to defend the united states of america and they are going to get that message and i think that others will get that message very quickly. i'm pleased to say they're moving forward with putting the sanctions back in place. >> shannon: i want to shift to something elsewhere the administration is not backing down. travel ban, immigration ban. people are calling it different things. a little bit of what the vice president had to say on sean hannity last night. >> any fair minded person knows what president trump has done is impose a pause on countries that have been compromised by terrorism so we can evaluate the screening process and establish an extreme vetting so people coming into this country don't represent a threat.

>> shannon: cbs news poll shows the country isn't fully convinced. 51% say they disapprove. 45% approve. as we've seen in reporting there is a lot of misinformation out there. you know the p.r. battle. it's half the battle. how do you take control of this conversation? >> one of the things that is important to remember is this is a process that has been used throughout our history. barack obama used it in 2011 when he put a pause on iraqi refugees. this step is not anything new. another thing to realize, last year we voted on putting some countries on notice in the visa waiver program. it is the seven countries that were mentioned in the pause with the president's action. shannon, this is something that presidents have done when they felt it was necessary for defense of the country or security of the country.

and we are going through a refugee program that has been expanded, it has grown. but there is not a vetting process that has clarity for these other countries, for people trying to go through the process, and for our own diplomats and state department personnel. so doing this so that homeland security, department of state, our intelligence groups can come together on a set of principles and guidelines in a way forward with the refugee program is important. it is also important that we begin to look at more safe zones. so that we can continue to help take care of these individuals in the region. my heart breaks for those that are in syria. i have a large kurdish population in nashville, so i'm close to some of the stories that are coming out of that region. and the kurds have stepped up,

the peshmerga and stepped up to try to fight and defend and take care of individuals. we should be doing more. in that vein to help in that region. >> shannon: it's something the president discussed safe zones to keep people closer to their homes and want to return if they can. great to have you with us this morning. happy friday. >> bill: 20 minutes before the hour. what happened at a restaurant in california after diners were sent running? someone tossed an explosive inside the building. what police are doing about that this morning. >> shannon: plus what happened between president trump and australia's prime minister. why some senators are stepping in and the president is telling everyone to relax. >> i love australia as a country. i just said why? i wanted to ask a question. i could ask a question of you, why?

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a man threw an explosive device into a cheesecake factory restaurant. witnesses in pasadena saying the suspect tossed the device into the building and ran away. the makeshift device went off filling the restaurant with heavy smoke but no one was seriously hurt. police now looking for a man 6 feet tall with thin build and heavy beard wearing black clothing. >> you hear about the tough phone calls i'm having, don't worry about it. just don't worry about it. they're tough. we have to be tough. it's time we're going to be a little tough, folks. >> bill: those words there addressing reports of the tense phone call with australia's prime minister. two u.s. senators reaching out to the ambassador and the alliance between the two nations after they spoke on saturday. the president blaming the media for the reports tweeting this thank you to prime minister of australia for telling the truth about our very civil

conversation. that fake news media lied about. very nice. juan williams fox news political analyst and mercedes schlapp. mercy, me. don't worry about it: i'm here to fix things. does this need fixing or do we have the full story? >> i think the story has been overblown. the media ran with this story because of this u.s. senior official who came out and spoke unidentified, of course. and he leaked the transcript. gave this information out which is something that we don't see at these high-level calls between the world leaders. i find that incredibly disappointing. the matter that we know right now is that donald trump obviously does not agree with prime minister turnbull on this refugee resettlement deal that was made with president obama. he voiced his opinion on that.

and also -- >> bill: i don't think we know why that deal was reached, do we? it happened in november. >> it happened in november. president trump has said he is willing to move forward on this resettlement deal but was not pleased by it because of the fact that he felt it was not a good deal. but remember, prime minister turnbull also said he was disappointed with the fact that the details of the call were leaked and i think that's very important. this is a bigger story of these high-level calls being leaked to the press. the press running with it causing this big drama over the fact there could be diplomatic problems between australia and the u.s. i think it's overblown. >> bill: juan, weigh in here. are you worried about it? >> of course i'm worried about it. australia is a main ally of the united states. one of our key allies, bill. the idea that he had this kind of discussion with the prime minister is not good news. i don't know how it's turned

into an attack on the press. president trump said i'm having these tough conversations, don't worry about it. we've got to be tough. he is confirming the story. so let's forget about the press and let's go to the idea that he has had these kind of conversations not only with mulholland and nieto of mexico. >> both sides have thrown water on that since then. >> because everybody is trying to clean up after the egg has been shattered and say let's not make this any worse. but that is not to deny the reality. >> bill: take mercy's points about the leaks. significant leaks. the private conversations of world leaders are not given out freely like this. what is going on there? >> in my opinion the leak came from within the trump

administration. i think that's pretty clear. i could be wrong but i think that's pretty clear based on my experience as a white house reporter. i tell you what, i think that the president wants the message to be sent both to foreign leaders and to the american public that he is a tough negotiator, that he is the guy who did real estate deals in manhattan and the alpha male here. >> that's nothing new. donald trump ran on being the tough negotiator. i don't see why that in itself is a problem. i think that the bigger situation is the fact that you are having a federal bureaucracy, individuals within the bureaucracy itself that are possibly leaking out this type of information. if you've been following the news closely you would know that many of these federal bureaucrat types are looking to figure out ways to have civil disobedience talking to former obama administration officials to figure out how they can combat president trump's agenda.

this is worrisome. the federal bureaucrats, many of those in there who want to undermine president trump's agenda, that's problematic and the opposition. >> bill: my sense from yesterday you are starting to get the order to an administration that has been held up by democrats in the senate, juan, quick answer on that. we have to run. >> i think there is some real questions about people, including tom price who is up now for hhs, about his dealings. but that's not the point here. i think by the way, mercedes, this leak came from someone in the trump inner circle and again i think the message was donald trump is not -- the new sheriff in town will be a tough negotiator. >> bill: not proven. we'll see where it goes. juan and mercy, thanks, guys, see you next friday. >> shannon: love those guys. the republicans rallying cry

for 2016 repeal and replace. is it turning into repair and not repeal? one congressman is having none of it wanting a vote to toss off obamacare. >> bill: they're getting ready for their close-up in houston, texas. next up a man who knows a lot about the pressure of a championship game. that is the super bowl champion quarterback joe theissman. clear clear and always working to be better.

>> shannon: you might have noticed there is a big football game sunday. super bowl li. so many story lines. the big ones, tom brady going

for a record setting fifth ring as a quarterback. the falcons are looking to win their very first. bill hemmer, you'll be heading down there. before you go, how about we talk super bowl? there is no one better right now to talk football than the legendary super bowl champion himself joe theismann. good morning. >> good morning bill and shannon. >> shannon: how much pressure. you've been here and won a super bowl. how much pressure is there on tom brady. the world watching to see if he can break records. he has to be one of the best of the best of all time. >> i think he is the best of all time. this is his seventh super bowl appearance. i doubt if anybody in the history of the game will ever get to seven super bowls. he is going for his fifth. equally as much pressure on matt ryan in his first. the first-timer versus a guy that has been here a lot. tom may be under the surface has a little bit to prove having been suspended the first four weeks. primarily he just wants to win a super bowl.

he loves playing football. people can't understand that. they think there has to be a reason for him to do things. except he loves the game of football. he loves this kind of competition and certainly loves this stage. >> shannon: what about for you? you talk about the two quarterbacks and the two positions they're in. is it better you've got the underdog on you. in your gut you know you're driving to prove something for the first time or cool, calm and collected like tom brady? >> i've been in both positions. super bowl 17 was my first time. what's great about the first time you don't know what you don't know. every day is a new experience. every conversation is a new experience. you want to try and focus on preparing for the game, doing all the studying but there are so many activities going on and so many areas you are being pulled in. in the case of being a veteran like i was in super bowl 18 it's like i've been here before and understand the routine. it doesn't quite have the freshness. i didn't play very well, not at all in super bowl 18.

in super bowl 17 there was a newness. it depends oh little bit on how you approach it. it's not his second, third or fourth and he has the routine down well. >> bill: it's almost habit for him. joe, what do you think? do you favor new england and cheer for atlanta? that seems to be a trend. >> it is a trend. i think everybody is looking at the stars that are on the atlanta falcon offense. young defense that has a chance to gain some notoriety with a lot of young players, second year and third year players, rookies playing. in new england you have a lot of guys. 20 guys that have been in super bowls before. the secondary is well-known. i like new england in this one. defense wins championships. >> bill: great to have you back. >> shannon: he has something we will never have, a super bowl ring. >> see you in houston, thanks. on fox sunday night. we're awaiting president trump

and vice president mike pence taking part in a policy session at the white house. they are ramping up the pressure on iran. what will the new sanctions look like? we'll get those details in minutes right here. back in a moment. them. them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox. th...oh, baked-on alfredo?e. ...gotta rinse that. nope. no way. nada. really? dish issues? throw it all in. cascade platinum powers through... your toughest stuck-on food. nice. cascade.

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killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. >> shannon: the president and vice president participating in a strategy and policy forum in the state dining room at the white house. we'll bring you more details on that as we get more information but we know already a bit of controversy because one of the ceos we thought would be there from uber has backed out after an outcry and a lot of public and internal at the company pressure. he won't be part of it but we'll show you who is in just minutes. we begin with president trump's stance on iran. they're set to impose fresh sanctions in response to recent missile tests. the sanctions could come as early as today. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm shannon bream for martha maccallum. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. 10:00 in new york.

the president long a critic of the nuclear deal with iran and although his options may be limited, mr. trump saying he is keeping every course of action on the table including military action. the president tweeting this. iran is playing with fire. they don't appreciate how kind president obama was to them. not me exclamation point. >> shannon: chris wallace. i guess you are part of the party down there, chris. thank you for making time to join us today. let's start with the sanctions we'll get about 10:30 from the treasury department. what about the signal this administration is sending to iran? >> it's clear saying there is a new sheriff in town. a lot of criticism from republicans that president obama was so interested in making this deal with iran and he viewed it as a legacy item. that he overlooked some things that were going on in iran, for instance, the missile testing,

which was not a direct violation of the nuclear deal but was a violation of u.n. resolutions. this president indicating they're not going to look the other way and they will enforce everything they can without trying to blow up the nuclear deal, at least at this point. it is a different president and a different policy, shannon. >> shannon: we have gotten pushback from some iranian officials from their foreign minister saying iran unmoved by threats as we derive security from our people. we will never initiate war but rely on our own means of defense. how do you interpret that? >> it's kind of a modified aggressive statement and one of their arguments is that these missiles are defensive weapons but they aren't. they're not anti-ballistic missiles, they're ballistic missiles you could put a warhead on. not sure iran has that capability that you could put a warhead on and hit an enemy hundreds of thousands of miles

away. this raises the issue. president trump in his tweet said iran is playing with fire. but to a certain degree you could say the u.s. is playing with fire. that's one of the real questions you have to ask in these situations when you take a step, what does that set in motion? and are you prepared for what iran might do in response? we're going to have to wait and see how this plays out. it is interesting for so many years it seemed that we were in the reactive position. that iran or other countries around the world would do things and we would have to react to them. now president trump setting a much more aggressive marker and now it may be other countries around the world have tha* have to figure out how to react to us. >> shannon: it seems like a coordinated thought out strategy for messing across the administration. we heard something from secretary kelly. saying we'll put you on notice. we heard from the president and this is what we heard from sean spicer.

>> general flynn was clear yesterday that iran has violated the joint resolution. that iran's additional hostile actions they took against our navy vessel are ones that we are oef very clear are not going to sit by and take. i think we'll have further updates for you on those additional actions. we want to make sure iran understood they're on notice. >> shannon: quite a departure from the diplomacy from the last administration who thought this particular line of action in their estimation wouldn't work. >> it's interesting. some people were saying that when michael flynn, the national security advisor, retired general, came into the briefing room and said that iran is officially put on notice that in a sense this was the equivalent of what barack obama did when he said a red line in syria with the use of chemical weapons and there was some questioning about do you want to do that if you aren't going to take steps? it is clear that this

administration is going to take steps. they aren't just going to use rhetoric. and as you say it certainly looks like whether it's today or a couple of days they are going to issue sanctions against iran. now, it's a lot short of any kind of military action but at least a statement that it won't be rhetoric from this administration. there will be action that follows it and backs it up. >> shannon: pressed again and again about specific actions president trump wouldn't take any options off the table. he said everything is on the table. where do you think this goes? >> well, you know, that's almost something you have to do because you don't want to say we're excluding military action. this goes back to what i was saying before, shannon, you want the other country to be reacting and worrying about you and not always to be reacting and worrying about the other country. even if you don't at this point intend to take military action you don't want to rule it out. you want them to wonder how far this president will go and to the degree that -- and, you

know, during the campaign remember, donald trump liked to say i'm not going to lay out everything i'm going to do. i don't want everybody to know what the limits are to our action. oftentimes with barack obama he would say well, for instance, when he committed troops to afghanistan early in his administration we'll commit them and they'll be out within 13 months or whatever. this president is laying all of that wide open and in effect saying to tehran and all adversaries around the world, you'll have to wait and wonder what we'll do and you'll have to worry about it. >> shannon: he signaled it would be his style for months on the campaign trail and millions of people voted for it and this is the tough talk they wanted to see. we want to let everybody know what you have going on fox news sunday. vice president mike pence joins him with the new administration's moves. they'll talk about this including the supreme court nomination as well. democratic senator dianne feinstein weighs in on the president's pick as well.

a key player in all of this. patriots owner robert craft talks super ball and terry bradshaw, and jimmie johnson and plus fox news sunday defensive end j.j. watt. a big one on fox news sunday. >> bill: great show. >> shannon: it is. >> bill: you were talking about the iran stuff. 20 minutes away we should get a statement from the treasury department on the sanctions. we're waiting for that breaking news. the senate was up early this morning voting to break a filibuster on the nomination of betsy devos for education secretary. lawmakers clearing that hurdle in a rare early morning session. they have not done it this early in what, eight years? confirmation vote expected to come early next week and peter doocy live on the hill with more. was this vote as close as everyone expected, peter? >> it was close, bill. 52-48. it is expected to be even

closer when the final vote happens on the senate floor next week. two republicans are expected to peel off and vote no. senator susan collins and senator lisa mer kowski and mike pence is expected to come up pennsylvania avenue to break a 50/50 tie. even though this morning's vote was at 6:30 in the morning, the democratic leader who opposes devos was using harsh language that you normally don't hear until later in the day. >> the nominee for the secretary of education is one of the worst nominees that has ever been brought before this body for cabinet position. on the grounds of competence, on the grounds of ideology and on the grounds of conflict of interest she scores very, very low. >> republicans ing from say they think devos will be confirmed and her biggest advocates in the senate are making their final pitch this morning. >> i would argue that she has

been among the forefront of the leaders like the governors for the most successful reform of the last 30 years to change and improve public education and that would be the public charter schools. >> part of the reason devos is the next nominee before the full senate is because republicans need senator jeff sessions to support her before he vacates his seat. >> bill: when would sessions get his vote? >> next after devos. after those two the following nominees in the confirmation queue would be tom price as hhs secretary and steve mnuchin as the treasury secretary to head a department that's very busy already this morning without him. >> bill: peter doocy. >> shannon: new defense

secretary about north korea yeah's weapons december. nikki haley striking a different tone than the commander-in-chief yesterday. >> shannon: french soldiers thwarting a terrorist attack outside the paris louvre museum. the administration doubles down on extreme vetting. >> we'll call on the department of homeland security, all of our team to work together to evaluate how we can continue to go forward with immigration from those countries, but not compromise the safety and security of the american people. . . just switch from denture paste to sea-bond denture adhesive seals. holds stronger than the leading paste all day... without the ooze. feel secure. be yourself. with stronger, clean sea-bond.

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he launched a record number of missile tests last year but have been quiet lately. >> shannon: soldiers preventing a suspected terror attack in paris. they were on parole outside the louvre museum when a man came at them with a machete. one of the soldiers shot and wounded the suspect. president trump reacted on twitter saying a new islamic radical terrorist just attacked the louvre in paris. france on edge again. get smart u.s. let's bring in the deputy assistant to the president. good to see you today. when he says it's time for the u.s. to get smart. what does that mean? >> we're taking the measures if you look at the executive order from last friday, we're already taking the measures that will prevent these kinds of events occurring here in america. look at the ravaged state of certain places whether it's the berlin attack, nice attack and third attack in paris. we want to make sure these

events and these jihadist. he shouted ala is the greatest, we -- >> shannon: how this executive order is playing out and what purpose is. >> the president made it clear in this executive order that we are not going to compromise the safety and security of the american people. with regard to these seven countries that the obama administration identified as compromised by terror and congress identified. we'll take a pause, step back and put the safety and security of the american people first. >> shannon: were you surprised about the backlash and pushback and people calling it a muslim ban when we know how these seven countries were selected? >> i'm not. there seems to be a general sense in the mainstream media and amongst the classes that they don't understand why the president was elected president. this was very much a national security election. the choice between hillary clinton and president donald trump was won on who is going

to protect america better. that's why the wall was so important. that's why our stance on the potential exploitation of our migrant flows to the united states was a key platform of the campaign. i think there is just a disconnect between the members of the elite media. members on the left and right coasts. united states elites. the common sense americans don't want us to serve more terrorism and that's why president donald trump was made the commander-in-chief. >> shannon: we talked about this off air before the election about how different the candidates and the two different administrations would handle this kind of issue. what are you seeing and what are you advising are the most drastic changes between the obama administration and the way the trump administration is now diving? >> the two most important things. it comes out of a speech that wasn't paid adequate attention,

the youngstown speech the president made during the campaign. it's very clear from the president's own lips but also national security advisor general flynn, we will speak truthfully about the threat. we won't censor and we'll call it radical islamic terrorism. that helps a lot of the morale issues we've had inside the national security establishment and when it comes to the actual operational issues i spoke with general kelly at length. we'll let our officers and agents do their jobs. they are chomping at the bit to be allowed to execute their oath to protect this nation whether it's on the borders, in immigration vetting at one of our airports. we are going to allow them to do their job. >> shannon: this is your specialty and you've written a fascinating book. folks need to check it out. your philosophy on how we tackle this. how do you respond to critics who say this executive order the way it's rolling out and

perceived around the world including gop senators who say it could be used as a recruiting tool that will hurt us around the country and unintended consequence of what the original purpose was. >> absurd. the idea that a document signed in washington will have an effect positive or negative on a group of people that believes you and i are infidels and should be beheaded unless we convert to their version of islam it is so naive it doesn't bear commenting on. the fact is they believe they have the true version of islam. if you don't agree with them you must be enslaved or killed. nothing will deter them from their belief that they are in a religious war with us. >> shannon: do you think the time limits we've put on this order, an indefinite hold on syrian refugees, is it enough time to get the information, the vetting, the process that the president that you and others in the administration

would like to see before we can now lift those limits again and allow people to more freely enter this country? >> if you look at the pace. i've been working here for two weeks and i feel like i've been here for two months the amount of things we've produced. it is incredible. if you look at which the pace this former businessman is executing his mission as a commander-in-chief it is enough time to identify the problems, the gaps in the system we inherited from the obama administration. absurd things. if you look at the attackers in san bernardino, the effect of having federal agents be told you are not allowed to look at a visa applicant's facebook page. that's against their privacy rights. that kind of absurdity has to be fixed in the name of protecting america. >> shannon: a new tone at the white house. good to see you, professor. >> bill: we'll get more information on iran sanctions in a moment. are some republicans walking

back their insistence on repealing obamacare? some suggest repair is better. one lawmaker not among them ohio congressman jim jordan. he is next on deck with us live plus this. >> shannon: riots again on an american college campus over yet another conservative speaker after a similar incident just one day before. our panel will debate just who is the most tolerant in america today? >> to provide speakers with platforms and audiences with safe -- the ability to listen to speakers of all different kinds, agnostic of ideology. if you don't do that as a university you aren't performing your essential function. let's take a look at some numbers:

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trump administration on iran. new sanctions named tehran. the news is out. that's the headline and we should see the president in a matter of minutes here from the white house and we'll see whether or not this comes up. stand by for more on that. also from the hill now top republicans in washington now taking a softer stance on obamacare. ohio congressman jim jordan is my guest from the hill. good morning. some are using the word repair as opposed to replace. or they're using repair with replace. what's the status about where that is now, sir? >> that's what concerns me bill, repair by definition implies there is something worth fixings. i would order obamacare is so bad you have to get rid of it all. never forget this thing was packaged and sold in the

american people on lies. like your doctor, keep your doctor, premiums will decline, website works, website is secure. emergency room visits will decline. they've gone up. they created 23 co-ops, 18 went bankrupt. to repair implies there is something worth fixing. i would say there is not. this needs to be repealed. >> bill: why not have a replacement lined up and ready to go then >> we need to repeal it first. when you repeal it healthcare gets better and costs less. the replacement is market principle choice. actually expand the use of health savings accounts, allow the interstate shopping of insurance. send medicaid back to the states in the form of block grant. create flexibility and choice and focus on consumers and families and doctors, not on washington like obamacare does. so that is the replace in my judgment. repeal it first and replace it with those market-oriented principles.

>> bill: let me get you to react toder. i think of it as a collapsing bridge. you send in a rescue team. they repair it so somebody else is hurt and you start to build a new bridge. when it's complete we can close the old bridge but in the meantime we repair it. do you understand where he is coming from there? >> i guess to stick with metaphor, why not say this bridge is so unsafe and so bad it was sold on a bunch of misleading and false statements? why not say this bridge is closed. get rid of it and not have people use that bridge and let's focus on building one that works and bring down the cost of insurance and provide better care, which i think happens when you get rid of obamacare. >> bill: what we're trying to figure out is whether or not the movement is stuck in the mud in washington >> it better not be. this is a central issue in the campaign and been a central

issue in the 2010, 1212 and 1214 and 1216 campaign. it better not be a three to four year off ramp. its not effective until 2019 or 2020. it needs to take place this congress. that's what we told the voters we were going to do. >> bill: it appears to a lot of people on the outside that this is a bigger lift than a lot of people expected. just in your meetings there in d.c., is that what you are finding out also? >> anything that gets -- any legislation to get through congress is a big lift and as big as healthcare is. so that was always going to be a big lift. what concerns me is this collins plans which i think is basically if you like your obamacare you can keep it. that's a problem. this talk of repair instead of repeal and replace.

that's what concerns me. i think the american people get it and why they elected us. i feel confident we'll get it done. repeal every tax, regulation and mandate and put in place those policies, those principles that actually are conducive to choice, conducive to lower cost and better care. >> bill: what's the time frame on that? we talked to senator cassidy. tax credits to people and use money and spend it when you want and be accountable for that. senator rand paul has a different idea. so what's the schedule look like? >> i think it happens in the next six to eight weeks. this reconciliation, the vehicle we use to get this done is out there and waiting. let's use it before the next big spending bill comes along, which is in april. i think it happens the next six to eight weeks. let's hope so. we told the voters we would do that. >> bill: thank you, the republican from ohio on capitol hill. we'll watch it. 10:30 in new york now. >> shannon: as expected just

about at 10:30 we're hearing about sanctions, u.s. sanctions against iran. 13 individuals, 12 entities are now being called out publicly and sanctioned by the u.s. treasury department in response to at least in part the missile launches they're accused of making days ago. you heard the message from the administration with the president tweeting iran is playing with fire. that means this is part of putting them on notice that we've heard from the white house itself. from general flynn and others saying we aren't going to say the play games the last administration did and you've heard the response from many of the iranian officials as well saying they don't feel obligated or take this seriously. now they have a new round of things to respond to and that is these sanctions that we're seeing being rolled out from the treasury department. >> bill: also they will hit united arab emirates and lebanon and china. apparently these are individuals and entities that operate out of those countries and whether or not the president has something to say

about that, we are awaiting word on that. he is meeting with business leaders in the white house now and as we have seen just about every day around this time we get a tape play-out. we're expecting that in a moment here. when that happens you will see it here on "america's newsroom." a quick break. back in a moment. enter sleep number... she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. you can both adjust the bed for the best sleep of your life. right now, save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed. go to sleepnumber.com for a store near you. what would help is simply being able to recognize a fair price. truecar has pricing data on every make and model, so all you have to do is search for the car you want, there it is. now you're an expert in less than a minute. this is truecar.

>> shannon: busy morning at the white house. the president and vice president having a strategy meeting with business leaders there. we expect in less than a minute to get some tape play-out from there to hear and see what the president is up to this morning. at the same time bill we're getting word about these new sanctions levied on iran after this administration warned iran you're on notice. >> bill: apparently with these business leaders he will say in part again that american business is stymied by regulation. that's been a consistent theme of his as we've listened and watched throughout the week. we're awaiting that to come our way and see whether or not he says something about iran. >> shannon: he is expected to

sign a new executive order about aimed at rolling back regulations. critics say we need some of those regulations on the banking industry. supporters say we need banks to be lending again. >> bill: a lot moving with regard to american jobs and economy and we'll hear the president on that in a matter of moments. a lot of movement overseas in regard to russia, iran and israel. it runs about eight minutes on tape. watch. >> thank you, everybody for being here this morning. this is a really world class group and i want to thank and congratulate what you have done. the day after the election, it might have been the same night, jamie. he called me. and he said i would like to put together a group of world-class leaders and that's what he has done. so good job.

a couple things happened this morning. 227,000 jobs, great spirit in the country right now. so we're very happy about that. i think that it is going to continue big league. we're bringing back jobs and bringing down your taxes and taking away regulations and exciting times ahead. we'll be coming up with a tax bill very soon. a healthcare bill even sooner. and it is really working. cleveland clinic has been us a lot with the veterans. we appreciate that, toby. you have been amazing and ike and all of our friends and we really appreciate it. one of the things that i heard this morning in watching the news was that amazingly it's never happened before that politics has become a much bigger subject than the super bowl. now they're saying that the politics is more interesting to people. so that's good.

i see we have larry here. where is larry? he did a great job for me. he managed a lot of my money and he got me great returns last year, i have to tell you. [laughter] they go crazy when we use smart people that made money. why don't you get other people to run the economy? i said we have to get the right people. the people that voted for me understand that and that's what they want. so when i campaigned for office i promised the american people that i would ask for our country's best and brightest. wilbur is representing us as secretary of -- wilbur ross and carl, i hear you got wilbur. i've never heard him called wilbur. we have the great jack welch. we appreciate it. we are looking forward in a little while in the upcoming few moments to discuss all of

the things that you think we can do to bring back our jobs, to get taxes even lower than we are going to be coming down. we have a great plan but i want to have your input on the plan in particular. and to do what we have to do in terms of regulation. we have some of the bankers here. nobody better to tell me about dodd frank than jamie. you'll tell me about it. we expect to be cutting a lot out of dodd frank. frankly, i have so many friends of mine that have nice businesses that can't borrow money. they can't get any money because the banks just won't let them borrow because of the rules and regulations in dodd frank. we'll be talking about that with the banking industry and with that i just want to introduce somebody i've known for a long time. done a fantastic job and we're thinking of in these meetings we'll start maybe on a monthly basis, it will go to a quarterly bases because of a sudden monthly basis sounds like a lot.

but we really want -- we have the biggest, the brightest in the world, in this country in this case and also have a manufacturing group which is worldwide where we have as you know great companies represented but these are the biggest and the best minds in this country and i really appreciate you being here and i want to thank steve and steve, say a few words. >> i would like to just start out and thank everybody for being here. the purpose of this group, this is for general discussion, which is okay. but the real purpose is to get things done, to advise the government as to areas where we can do things a lot better, as a country for all americans. and bottlenecks and things, we have a full agenda. a lot of other meetings that will happen. we'll cover some of the

immigration things. we'll cover regulatory relief. we are going to cover tax and trade, women in the workplace, infrastructure and education. and each of those areas we'll get suggestions, ways to make things happen. happen faster. anybody can say anything else they want but it is really important that we mobilize, a non-governmental sector and also importantly that we do it on a bipartisan basis. apparently a first in washington, or a modern washington and everybody on the group was selected because they are terrific. because they have -- because they want the country to do better and we had no criteria. as it works out we have all kinds of different people from

different backgrounds and different political persuasions and if we can make things work right, that's the way the country is supposed to work. and so it's a big sacrifice for the people who are here to spend the time. everybody is busy. that's america. so to put those things aside to focus on this. there is prep work. in any successful meeting, it means these people who attended and taken their time care about the country and that's the spirit in which you approach things. i want to thank everybody on the committee. you are terrific. >> thank you. i'll go around the room. before we do that i want to say so many people have called. friends of mine in big business and they wanted to be on the committee and i called steve and i say steve can we get so and so? nope. what do you mean no? it's big businesss massive

business, public stuff and i called steve, how about this one? no, he is a corporate raider. these people don't want to be sitting in corporate raiders. five raiders have wanted to come on but he has been very, very selective and we'll be putting a couple more on but he has been very selective. i thought we might go around the room. mary and i met last week and we had a fantastic meeting with the auto industry. we had ford there, a lot of companies. we had great companies. fiat chrysler, sergio. i will tell you i learned a lot about the automobile business. i thought i knew a lot but they are being so stymied, so restricted with regulation and so many other reasons and they are pouring back into the country already. if you look at mark who is telling us what they're doing with ford and bill ford, too. a lot of jobs will be coming back into ohio and michigan and pennsylvania and all of the

places that really have been hurt so badly. maybe we could start with mary. we'll go around the room real fast so that everybody pretty much everybody knows each other. it would be nice to see. mary. >> mary, chairman and ceo of general motors. >> doug mcmill can, wal-mart. >> bill: jim, the old bald guy. >> stanford university. >> spacex. >> [inaudible] >> jack welch. >> ey. >> [inaudible] >> ibm. >> texaco. >> okay. thank you very much.

thank you, folks, thank you, press. >> bill: pretty much the way it goes from the white house a moment ago. the big headline and the economy and employment rate president trump calling it a big spirit in america today. while that's happening right next door the department of treasury now announcing the sanctions launched against iran and entities connected to it. 13 individuals, 12 entity that stretch into places like lebanon and china. former white house national security council staff under presidents george bush and obama and also a fox news contributor. gillian. good morning to you. don't have a lot of details in what is happening in the iran sanctions. how do you read between the lines as to what this administration is trying to do now? >> i applaud the move. the sanctions aren't officially announced but will be shortly. this is the right kind of strategy that the trump

administration is employing here. first of all targeted sanctions are written into the nuclear deal to protect the united states. it would be silly to not implement them when they can. when iran violates the terms of within any of the rights as you define them to respond in this kind of way. these sanctions no matter how smart they are, are a walk-back for president trump, right? he was going to tear up the nuclear deal his first week in office. he was going to get rid of it and have the united states renege on it. >> starting with the announcement we're putting them on notice. >> bill: treasury department will force sanctions on iran for missile testing and says part of the treasury's effort to counter iranian activity

abroad outside the scope of the nuclear deal. that's what you were just explaining about what you can and cannot do based on these terms. >> so one of the sort of original sins with the iran nuclear deal was that the obama administration decided to negotiate on the nuclear issue entirely alone. so that is they took the nuclear issue out of the context of the rest of the u.s./iranian bilateral relation ship and only looked at their nuclear research and development, not state sponsoring of terrorism around the region or the atrocities against its own people in some instances. so here what president trump is trying to do is build back up these mechanisms that we have to kind of push back against all the other issues that we have with iran. >> bill: that's iran. this is russia. i want to play you a portion of

what nikki haley, the newly minted u.n. ambassador had to say yesterday. this was her first address and listen to this regarding russia. >> the dire situation in eastern ukraine is one that demands clear and strong condemnation of russian actions. the sudden increase in fighting in eastern ukraine has trapped thousands of civilians and destroyed vital infrastructure and the crisis is spreading endangering many thousands more. this escalation of violence must stop. >> bill: hasn't gotten a lot of headlines but happening in eastern ukraine and flaring up again. what do you believe the administration's approach to this is now? >> it is hard to argue with her. this is a russian regime that had its clause illegally embedded in southeastern ukraine for three years and have largely gone unpenalized for it. something that is outrageous when we look at the way the

global international community works now with norms and rules for governing conduct. this is a nation, russia, that's trying to expand the scope of its national sovereignty and something that is completely illegal by any international metric. it is great rhetoric. we have to see what they do to follow up. that's the key. the obama administration was tough retoreically as well on russia but not a lot of punch-back. people are upset about. rightfully so. this is a good sort of stepping stone for the trump administration but stay tuned before we can really evaluate. >> bill: thank you. analysis from washington, d.c. we have to run. more breaking news now. thank you for your time today. >> shannon: this is coming to us from our own jennifer griffin a senior defense official saying the u.s.s. cole will be patrolling off the coast of yemen. it was bokd back in 2000 killing 17 u.s. sailors. it is there and in position

days after the u.s. navy, seals, a team there also worked along uae special operators to carry out a raid on an al qaeda compound and days after a suicide bomber struck a saudi naval vessel. as things accelerate there and there is a lot of action. the u.s.s. cole is confirmed patrolling off the coast of yemen. >> bill: this is enormously symbolic and perhaps more than that now. when you think about october of 2000 when the cole was blown up and attacked and it was largely overlooked because the u.s. election followed a few weeks later and the 37-day drag-out between al gore and george bush. many believe the beginning to nine 11 start evidence when the cole was hit that fall. to move it back into the area is hugely significant. >> shannon: maybe some response to iran. now the cole patrolling in yemen may be part of a bigger

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>> bill: two days away from the big game super bowl li. patriots, falcons, who have you gone? showdown on big fox. brady going for a fifth ring. falcons looking for their first.

patriots wide receiver dante stalwart. nice to have you. >> appreciate you having me on. >> bill: you were in the super bowl in arizona. this time it moves to houston. why do you think belichick and brady are so good? >> well, they've been able to connect over 17 years. i think the big thing about coach belichick, he is going to press and push all of his players towards greatness. he understands that attention to detail and being able to come to work every single day and focus on that single objective of winning a ballgame whether it's preparation or the way you eat and tom brady embodies that as a guy that has been in the nfl for a very long time. >> bill: brady watching your diet? >> he doesn't. belichick does. i got ice cream after practice and he looked at me strange and put the ice cream back on the table and walked out. >> shannon: what is it like to show up at a super bowl?

we talked earlier joe theismann had the experience of going the first time and a repeat. how does it feel for the falcons for the first time? >> the first time is amazing. the week can be really long. during the course of a regular season or even the playoffs before the super bowl everything is pretty much geared towards preparation of the game. in the nfl are the super bowl it's the spectacle of it all. there is a media night where you spend hours and hours speaking to the media and being able to be out in front and engaging with the fans. >> bill: it can wear you down. >> it's fun. you want to practice, wake up the next day, practice and get that game on. >> bill: i see matt ryan in these interviews. he has a certain focus. >> he does. it has been impressive to see. >> bill: if they win now and we'll think about matt ryan and the way he has approached this game. dante. >> i've been a matt ryan

skeptic up until this season. i thought he has played really well. shanahan is one of my favorite coaches. with kyle being there as the offensive coordinator has helped matt ryan's career a lot. they have the number one scoring offense in the nfl. it will be good to see them match up against the number one defense the patriots. >> bill: what do you think, who wins? >> i'll go 28-24. my patriots will pull it out. >> shannon: a close one. be a good game if its that tight. >> bill: thanks for your time, dante. appreciate talking to you. well done. enjoy the game. on big fox sunday night you can see it. >> shannon: we'll look for you in the crowd. >> bill: i'm working on it. a busy week and it started with you, actually. bream at the supreme court. she'll take you behind the scenes next. don't miss this. per roll

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speaker before we run, now on the podcast features shannon bream, and how she was able to cover the supreme court last week. >> how we get the name, and how we knew who it was going to be ahead of time. >> you were terrific at it, by the way. and i think what viewers will learn, really intriguing stuffs, job well done. >> check it out, we've got to run, enjoy the super bowl, everybody. >> jenna: we start with a fox news alert, the trump administration slapping new sanctions on iran after a band ballistic missile test, welcome to "happening now," i'm jenna lee. >> jon: and i'm jon scott, the new sanctions just unveiled cover a broad range of targets, including more than a dozen iranian individuals and companies, as the president meets with his economic advisory council right now. and mr. trump is expected to sign executive orders today rolling back financial regulations, including a full review of dodd-frank rules. this after senate republicans cleared the