that. >> you mean figuratively, of course. good to see you, glad you are here. oh, my gosh, my twitter just exploded with your comments on the democratic party. have a great day, everybody, "happening now" starts now. >> jon: we begin with a fox news alert, we are awaiting the daily briefing at the white house with press secretary sean spicer. >> jenna: in the midst of a jampacked schedule at the white house, president signing more executive orders in welcoming his new attorney general. we are covering all of the news "happening now." politicking to the extreme, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle blaming congressional gridlock on the other party's extreme agenda as resident trump tweet out attacks against leaders of both sides. plus... a major snowstorm impacting 40 million people. >> stay indoors and do not get into your car unless you absolutely have to. >> jenna: they chaos it is causing for neighborhoods and airports. it is all "happening now" ." ♪

>> jon: we begin with the breakneck pace continuing at the white house with three new executive orders focusing on crime, in in the president unleashing on twitter, at a couple of veteran lawmakers. thank you to the second hour of "happening now," i am jon scott. >> jenna: i am sure we will hear more about it, i am jenna lee. president trump had a meeting this morning with airline executives or he took on the nation's air traffic control system calling it out of date, in this as well from the oval office. >> i, jeff sessions, do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> jenna: alabama jeff sessions taking the oath of office as the brand-new u.s. attorney general after the

confirmation session in the senate, lots to cover, kevin corke as we await press secretary sean spicer's daily press briefing. >> i have to tell you that was one heck of a punch thrown by the president just as we saw at the end of "happening now," that will be a major story line today but on a day when you pointed out literally thousands of flights have been canceled nationwide due to bad weather in the northeast, airline executives were here today at the white house paying a visit to the president. listening session lasting about an hour looking to find ways to improve the industry. executives said it was very productive and plenty of agreement on the need for modernization, tax and regulatory reform. meanwhile, shortly before swearingen attorney general jeff sessions as you just showed, the president announced the signing of three executive orders related to crime to directing the department of justice in homeland security to take all necessary action to "break the backs of criminal cartels that have spread across our nation." additionally, he called on the doj to convene a task force

against violent crime and he called for a plan to combat violence against law enforcement. you also pointed out that the president is in the midst of a listening session on his supreme court nominee, he also has a very common and i mean very ambitious schedule for the remainder of the day including several phone calls with leaders from afghanistan, qatar, kuwait, and iraq. and for good measure, we also learned that canadian prime minister justin trudeau will make a visit to the white house on monday. white house officials telling me that she will discuss strengthening the relationship between our countries, of course, justin trudeau was here, that may have been back in march over in the rose garden. i was actually out there. that in the daily briefing coming your way in just a bit. back to you. >> jenna: waiting and watching for that, kevin, thank you. >> jon: disk fox news alert, senators richard blumenthal and john mccain both responding to attacks by president trump.

peter doocy has the axis of from capitol hill. >> just a few moments ago, i caught up with both of the hallway. first was senator richard blumenthal, the democrat from connecticut who claims that behind closed doors, president trump's supreme court nominee gorsuch spoke critically about president trump. that led to this tweet that says this: "senator richard blumenthal, who never fought in vietnam when he said for years he had -- major lie -- now misrepresents what judge gorsuch told him?" but blumenthal rushes off questions about his military record, saying this is not about him, and he insists he is not lying. >> i am simply repeating what judge gorsuch said to me, and i hope he will repeat it in even stronger terms clearly, unequivocally and emphatically saying the president of the united states is absolutely wrong to be attacking the judiciary. >> he's not just calling out

democrats, he's going after, prominent republicans well: saying that senator mccain is emboldening the enemy by questioning the raid were ryan owens was killed. he said his only focus is winning there, but when i pressed about whether or not this kind of infighting between a republican senator and a republican president makes winning harder, he said this. >> i rely, to a large degree, on the national security team that i am very good friends with for many years, general mattis, general flynn, general kelly. i have known them all many years and have worked very closely with them. i talked to general mattis again this morning. >> multiple democrats are now coming to john mccain's defense, which normally does not happen here on capitol hill. claire mccaskill told me over the other building while she was exiting a hearing that she says anyone who questions his knowledge about military matters is not paying attention.

>> jon: a lot of fireworks on capitol hill right now. peter doocy, thank you. >> jenna: as we await the white house press briefing with sean spicer, a lot more happening today, we have now seen news from that president's listening sessions on his supreme court nominee and we are waiting on the ninth circuit court decision on trump's immigration travel ban which could come at really any time, so we are watching for that. a vote on tom price for health and human services secretary is also something we are waiting for. in the meantime, two veteran senators each acute accusing the other's party of moving to the extreme. >> what has happened is the donald trump residency has moved so far to the right that it is hard to see compromising with them on almost anything because they are not what donald trump campaigned on. you know, as i said to you on the show last time, if you were to say i will abolish the carried interest loophole, we would support him, but they are not even close to that. this administration still occasionally talks populist, but its actions are hard right. that is very bad news not only

for america but for them because we have never had a hard right government. we have never had a president, house, and senate that is hard to write. so far away from the views of average americans and i would posit the view of most trump voters that they are going to have a really hard time. >> the democratic party is being pushed really hard by the most extreme voices in their community, and they just don't know how to handle it. if they empower her, then i think the democratic party is going to lose its way with the vast majority of the american people. >> jenna: anchor of fox news the sunday me now, that's a beautiful moment, they both agree on something, they are in the extremes. >> they both agree the other one is at fault. this is extraordinary, jenna. i think one thing some people in the white house are losing sight of is if nothing gets done, as americans, we all lose if there is gridlock, and we do not deal with the problems, but in a political sense, if nothing gets

done, the democrats benefit and president trump suffers because his agenda is going to go nowhere. look at the degree to which the democrats have slowed things down already, yes, we are getting very slow drips and drops members of this cabinet appointed, but there is still the commerce secretary, director of national intelligence, energy secretary, small business, epa, it's about a dozen who still either cabinet or sub cabinet level posts who still have not been approved. we have not even begun to get to the president's agenda. tax reform, infrastructure, spending to build the wall, a lot of the legislation to repeal and replace obamacare, none of that is getting done. i'm not quite sure i understand why it is to the president's advantage to get into all of these fights, not saying that democrats are innocent here, not by any stretch, they have been historically obstructive on a lot of these things, but it

doesn't seem to be that the president ought to be playing the same game because he has a lot more to lose. >> jenna: you think both parties are using it as a bit of cover right now to not address the big issues that are confronting either side, whether it is healthcare reform or keeping the government open and functioning with money or whether or not -- these are really big issues that these lawmakers are going to have to confront in some way, but if they are arguing and talking about each other, they're not really talking about any of those issues. >> writes, and again in the long run, i'm talking politically now, not in terms of the health of the country, which all too often, the folks here in washington seem to forget about, but one of the points that donald trump made was that he was going to be the dealmaker, he was going to break the gridlock and be able to get people together, yes, it's encouraging to know he's meeting with moderate democrats right now on that very issue, but to the degree this becomes a partisan food fight on capitol hill, and that things do not get done, it is the trump

agenda, the democrats are not going to be able to pass an agenda anyway, gridlock works to their political benefit and works very much against the benefit of donald trump and the republicans who were given the white house, given a majority in both houses to govern and get things accomplished. >> jenna: when you look across the landscape, do you see in issue the president could put forward where he could get both sides at least on the same page temporarily, that could break the gridlock? >> you certainly can see the possibility of some kind of -- i'm going to use this phrase" because it has got kind of a bad connotation, but a "grand bargain" that would include both tax reform and infrastructure, infrastructure a lot of democrats want, tax reform which a lot of republicans want, and why could help pay for the other. you could envision a situation where that could happen, but not only is there obstruction, it has gotten so personal, and that is another mistake of the president peered you've seen it with the judiciary and some of

his comments about chuck schumer, blumenthal, even in his own party about john mccain. it is one thing to criticize the action, to say i don't think the judge's ruling was proper, but when you start talking about a bad high school student could get this or a "so-called judge" or to bring up the controversy, legitimate controversy about blumenthal inflating his record about serving in vietnam, that is the kind of thing people remember. even if they were even thinking of working with you, they might may not now for personal reasons. >> jenna: picking up what you are saying, there's obstruction but also a lot of distraction which is what you are hitting the nail on the head with cover real distractions that are real issues and other distractions that are sometimes confusing. might need to work with through one of them with us right now, it happened earlier this morning on "fox & friends" all this talk about what is happening with ivanka trump, the daughter of donald trump and her clothing line, what's happening at

department stores. so kellyanne conway counselor to the president is responding to a question about this, this is what she said on "fox & friends." >> i do find it ironic you have some executives all over the internet bragging about what they have done to her in her line, yet they are using the most prominent woman in donald trump's -- she is the daughter, and they are using her, who has been a champion for woman empowerment, women in the workplace, to get to him. i think people can see through that. go by ivanka trump's stuff, i hate shopping, but i'm going to get some myself today. >> jenna: it is the last part getting some attention because there are those that say there is very clearly violates ethics laws, a government official cannot do that. peter stressor who wrote the book "clinton cash" came out to "the washington post" to say they, meaning the trump admission, crossed an important line and it was not good. other networks are shaping this story, rising and trending on

social media, is this a distraction or is this something more, how do you see it? >> i don't know the legality of it but just in a sense of appropriateness, the idea of someone in the white house briefing room that we pay for, her salary paid for by us, sitting there, surely for a vodka tromp and saying go by her products, this is the think a lot of people were worried about from the very start, blurring the lines, you talk about peter, the guy who wrote "clinton cash" so this is not a hard left liberal, he blasted the clintons for blurring the lines between private and public, now you have the president and his tweet, and incidentally, a tweet he sent not on his personal email account but on the white house email account, now kellyanne conway and the white house briefing room pushing for people to buy ivanka trump products, i cannot imagine a more classic case of blurring the lines between public and private, so whether it is to the letter of the law, legal or not, it

certainly seems wrong and inappropriate for her to be doing that. and again, -- i keep going back to what president trump said in his inaugural address. every decision we make will be how it affects and benefits the american family, and i think they should ask themselves on some of these tweets, some of these statements, are these really helping and benefiting the american family? >> jenna: interesting thought to end on comes in the -- something we will contemplate as we look at what happened the last couple hours and beyond peered chris, great to see you all as always,l watch you every weekend, every sunday, "fox news sunday," check your local listings and station, of course, >> jon: we will see if all of that comes up today at the press briefing. we are also following breaking details of what is being called a terror attack in israel. more on what police on the scene are saying about the victims and suspects. glass, a very messy day outside

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>> we are just a couple blocks from wall street here, a couple -- a lot if you both saw what was going to be an easy winter but it changed to a really fast. lower manhattan downtown, you can see a winter wonderland at this point, one thing you will notice is the snow is tapering off at this point as we go across the street, we can show you some cars over here, about 6-7 inches on the ground here in lower manhattan at this point, so not too bad, not as bad as what is expected, and i think the snow is about done for this part of the city as it moves to the north and east. the airports, though, were rendered helpless this morning, more than a thousand flight cancellations, good chunk coming from the northeast, that is going to have impact on the entire country as far as the flights go. we will get into some video from downtown, just maybe a couple hours ago when the storm was a lot worse, snow dumping down. we did see a few people out and about but it was pretty much a shutdown of new york city, the schools were closed.

most people did not have to go into work, subways and fairies were empty. we talk to some people about why they had to be out. >> i work in a hospital, so i have to go into see my patients. i'm glad that the ferry is running, that is helpful. it would be nice to have a snow day. >> was it empty in there? >> yes, it was desolate, very slow moving. >> feels like a holiday. >> sort of does. >> city quite empty. >> yes, very weird especially here around the financial district. >> hard to get new york to shut down. >> exactly. >> they were the unlucky ones, ourselves here included having to be out and working in such a snowy day. it is sure cold and a lot of wind, some high wind gusts as well. we also show some video from places that got lesser snow totals, pennsylvania, new jersey got a little less impactful snow, may be 4-6 inches in these areas, so not too bad, but lower manhattan as we come back alive, the storm is tapering and

pushing into the boston area now, massachusetts and new england. i could see as much as a foot, maybe 18 inches of snow from this storm, it's going to be a wait and game on that. >> jon: i enjoy a good snowstorm, but when we first came to you live, there was a guy riding his bicycle in this mess. that did not seem like a good idea. >> not at all. >> jon: stay warm out there, thank you. >> jenna: some are more dedicated than others. we have to give him his props for it. [laughs] >> jon: not burning any hydrocarbons. >> jenna: influential conservative breaking his silence and lashing out at republicans for not moving quickly enough on obamacare and tax reform. while my next guest says that criticism rings true. plus supreme court judge neil gorsuch in the middle of a war of words of sorts between a democratic lawmaker and the president, we will have exclusive new reaction from the senator and we are moments away from the white house press briefing, we will bring you the breaking news as it happens. vitamins and minerals.

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>> jenna: president trump supreme court nominee neil gorsuch is continuing to make rounds on capitol hill today following criticism from the president of the court systems rulings on his travel ban. maine senator susan collins sitting down with judge gorsuch a short time ago, the judge was as if the president brought up the recent attack on judges over his travel ban. >> the judge clearly outlined his respect for the judiciary, his willingness to be a check on the executive branch. i did not ask him about his comments and his conversation with the other senators because he has already put out a statement that makes very clear that he feels that it is a mistake for anyone to attack an

individual judge's integrity. >> jenna: regarding that, a spokesman for judge gorsuch said in his meeting with richard blumenthal, the judge said any criticism of the court is disheartening and demoralizing but that gorsuch was not specifically referring to president trump's criticism. >> jon: right now, white house press secretary sean spicer is getting set to address reporters. it will take place any minute now and the west wing. you can see the press is already assembled. we will monitor that for any breaking news that comes out of the daily briefing. in the meantime, the administration is defending the g.o.p. after a scathing critique from matt drudge, the well-known conservative firebrand accusing the party of ignoring its campaign promises, tweeting "republican party should be sue. no discussion of tax cuts now, just lots of crazy. back to basics, guys." joining us now, to fox news contributors, richard fowler

eight radio talk show host and katie slap, former spokesperson for president george w. bush. you know a lot of folks in the united states government, what do you think? >> matt drudge is incredibly popular among conservative circuits and very influential in the online world. he is making it very clear, sending a warning shot that republicans better move and move fast on these issues that president trump as well as the g.o.p. has focused on, two of them being repeal and replace obamacare and tax reform. the reality, of course sets in when we are dealing with congress, and it is a slow moving machine. we know that the first hearings on repeal and replace obamacare in the house are happening this week in the senate, they are planning to move forward with that next week. it becomes quite a challenge when you have those who are out there like drudge who have been very much pounded understanding

the populist movement, understanding the disappointment coming from the g.o.p. establishment, and he is just reminding them that they got to make sure that they move fast as well as pushed forward on these campaign promises that both president trump and the republican party have promised. >> jon: i imagine the republican so-called establishment would like to answer matt drudge, we would move faster on some of this stuff if the democrats were not bogging things down in the senate. >> you cannot blame the democrats on this one. my grandmother used to say a broken clock is right twice a day. matt drudge is right this time. i agree with him, i think republicans campaigned on repealing obamacare, pulling it out from the roots, getting rid of every word, and now you are hearing from republicans who are not going to really repeal it, one congressman said we are going to replace it and fix it like a bridge, this is not what they campaigned on for they talked about lowering corporate tax rates, we have not seen able

to do that yet either. instead, we have seen these poorly put together executive orders. we have seen battles over some unqualified cabinet secretaries, and we have not really seeing the republicans do what they campaigned on. donald trump campaigned as a populist, he is not passing populist policies, and i think the republican establishment, republicans who voted for him, that is what they want. they are not getting it. >> jon: mercedes, do you sense this criticism directed at president trump or the two people that mad raj featured in his tweet where the speaker of the house, paul ryan and head of the senate, mitch mcconnell? >> i think clearly drudge is first going to focus on what we call the republican establishment because of the fact that trump did win primarily because of the fact that he ran against the g.o.p. establishment, he was not one of them. for drudge, he is making it a

point of saying, you have had six years, republicans, to pull together this replacement, repair plan on obamacare. now you have to execute. you see a little bit of this dragging the feet -- it is a massive job to undertake to replace obamacare that now you have these republicans basically saying, we will have a bill out by march. they are trying to buy some time. it is partly because of the way that they have not necessarily agreed upon what is going to be in the bill. it's going to be a mixture probably up speaker ryan's better way as well as former congressman tom prices legislation when he was in congress, so i think you were going to find those will work together but the final details aren't just not there yet. >> jon: real quick, richard. >> you're right, the final details are not there, and republicans who voted for

donald trump voted against the establishment must remember mitch mcconnell when you look at establishment, he is the picture in the dictionary. so as paul ryan, so was elaine chao. you voted for a nonestablishing a candidate, his party is being run by the establishment. >> i would not say that. >> mitch mcconnell is the establishment. paul ryan is the establishment -- >> he is the leader of the party. >> mitch mcconnell is establishment, paul ryan is establishment, elaine chao is the transportation secretary, that is the establishment. >> jon: but donald trump is not a so we will see how these behemoths come together in what they can get done for thank you very much, richard fowler, mercedes schlapp. >> jenna: interesting conversation they are, in, protesters squaring off against immigration authorities over the possible deportation of in mother. plus a dangerous snowstorm walloping the northeast, the latest forecast on when the snow should taper off and we are

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chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. >> big storm and big changes along with a temperature wise, you can get the idea. yesterday we were in the 60s all the weight toward 70s here across the southeast, temperatures have really plummeted very quickly, and along with that, the snow has fallen, we are pretty much done in d.c., maybe a few flurries, philadelphia same story after getting clobbered with a lot of snow coming out new york city, still some light snow but almost done. get an idea where it is here now across parts of new england, storm strengthening but pulling away from land, and that is the good news. here is future radar, so we take it just today toward right around now, then we watch how this goes until 6:00, most of western new england is done with it, then we will have it across parts of maine and cape cod and the islands throughout the evening hours. clearing out probably by tomorrow so a quick shot, that is the good part because it is a strong storm that would have dumped a lot more snow if they had been slower moving.

winds are really strong behind it. this is going to stick around with us for all of the afternoon into tonight and part of the day tomorrow as well, so a lot of airports with problems are going to continue, and we will continue to see a lot of the snow around rolling and making whiteout conditions. because of that, still blizzard warnings in effect the eastern part of long island chemicals to parts of connecticut, rhode island, cape cod islands and all the way up the coast here with massachusetts. the winds are going to create near whiteout visibility and see a little more snowfall, take a look. this is what we expect to see, maybe another 6 inches or so for the eastern sides of new england, but it will be out of here pretty quickly, that is good news. the problem is tomorrow remains a very cold day so any kind of melting you see throughout the afternoon and evening will freeze tomorrow morning, so people need to be very careful as they head out on the roads. >> jenna: dangerous, a good morning, thank you. >> jon: storm having a major impact on airports across the northeast causing thousands of flight delays.

they are cascading out across the air system, leaving passengers cooling their heels all over the country. brian continues our team coverage life from a very busy jfk airport in new york. >> when flights get canceled and the northeast especially new york, it has a nationwide effect, and right now we are talking about some 4300 flights that are delayed -- i'm sorry, that are canceled nationwide, 4300 because of this storm mostly. here at jfk, it is a ground stop, no inbound or outbound flights are allowed in or out of jfk. it has been that way since about 11:00 a.m. this morning. in toto at lga, we are talking about 650 cancellations. at newark, over 600 cancellations, and here at jfk, over 700 cancellations here at the airport. let's take a look at the radar, you can just see that normally very busy busy sky above new york city is empty right no. here at jfk, we can expect this

ground stop, and people right now are experiencing delays at their departure airports. now you have all these people waiting to get into the city that are now experiencing delays across the country to get into jfk. they need to sweep the runways of the snow and make sure they can then get the air traffic and volume of airplanes and flights coming in and control, but listen to one of the passengers who was trying to get into the city from florida. >> it is so frustrating. >> we are going to new york, but the flight was canceled because of the leather. so they tell us that we have to wait. we don't know when we are going to new york. probably, they told us that the fight will be at 7:00 p.m. that means i will have to stay here for 13 hours. >> this is the nation's fifth largest airport, make sure to call your airline before you get on a flight here in new york city. >> jon: bryan llenas has also

from jfk, they cue much. >> jenna: department of justice where attorney general jeff sessions is arriving for the very first time as attorney general. long confirmation process, and as you saw live on "happening now," attorney general sessions swearing in with president trump and vice president pence. during his swearing in, he talked about the need to support the justice department and the hard-working people within that department. i am paraphrasing a little bit here, but he obviously reiterated his intent to make sure that the law is a functioning in this country and that we are a country of laws. here he is meeting and greeting with the employees at the justice department. it is worth pointing out that amongst the criticism from democrats, it was highly partisan, there were also some voices of critics that came from former justice department lawyers as well. some of that can be political, and some of it was raising some questions about his record.

these were questions that attorney general sessions had to face and confront an answer, he did, eventually he was, as we know, confirmed as attorney general. here he is, first day of work like the first day of school except a little bit different for the attorney general. we will see if he says anything that is worth passing along to you. looks like a lot of casual meet and greet now, but we will keep you posted as we hear more and see more. protesters surrounded and blocked immigration enforcement bus in phoenix. >> the power of the people. >> jenna: this after a mother of two, american born children was taken into custody during a routine check in. she had been allowed to stay in the u.s. since her arrest during a worksite rate nearly a decade ago but under a new executive order from president trump, she could not be deported back to mexico. we have more from out l.a. bureau, adam? >> guadalupe garcia de rayos was

taken this morning, and we spoke with i.c.e. about 10 minutes ago, they said they have an updated statement coming out any moment, have not yet gotten a but we do have a press conference on going right now in the phoenix area, people upset including the family members, son and daughter of her who have been here 20 years, she came here at 14 years old illegally. back in 2009, she was convicted of basically stealing an identity and working at a local amusement park in the phoenix area. that eventually in 2013 led to a voluntary deportation order which was basically held. she fought it and the obama demonstration and they changed policy not to fight the voluntary deportation, that was influenced by the trump team. as you can imagine her, her children were very upset and outraged at what happened, take a listen. >> no one should ever have to be separated from their mother, especially my sister, she is a teenager, growing up, she needs my mom there for her. my mom is my everything. she is always there from a pure no one should ever have to go

through this. >> worried for my mom but we have faith everything is going to turn out good. >> by 10:00 p.m., police in riot gear were called in last night in phoenix as protesters surrounded a number of i.c.e. vans, when even grabbing a tire, they also stop the light rail, by midnight, seven people were arrested. you can see today with a press conference moments ago it is still going on, they continue to be outraged at what happened here. we have not heard about whether or if she can return or how that will happen. we are waiting for that information to come from this press conference and also the same time, waiting to hear the official latest statement from i.c.e., when we get that statement, we will have it here on fox. >> jenna: thank you. >> jon: discovery of an online vulnerability prompts the state department to put top officials on alert. we will have details on that ahead. ♪

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has not begun yet, white house briefing with press secretary sean spicer, running a few minutes late. when he steps up to the podium there and begins to speak, we will take you back there live. >> jenna: breaking right now, fox news is learning a classified report from the state department inspector general found the data system on refugees was open to hacking. the biggest vulnerability dates all the way back to 2011. intelligence correspond in catherine herridge has the story and joins us with more. >> thank you. the database as you mention is used to process refugee applications, in the information is shared with other government agencies which is why security really matters here. some of the findings were so serious that fox news has learned this date department inspector general it sent out a classified alert in december, two months before this report was complete, independent cybersecurity expert told fox news the other itself is unusual. >> normally, these things usually get address, ongoing ig report or scorecard but for them

to put this out especially in proximately to the election especially with the issues with refugees in the sensitive information around the means of something is far more severe here than what we are being told in the unclassified versio version. >> the inspector general found that the state department managed refugee dead bees had no to operate in government refugee database did not have a clean bill of health for i.t. security for several reasons. the inspector general also flagged security incidents in 2013 and 2016, one case a third-party installed software on the system potentially exposing it to malware. this morning, the state department issued a statement to fox news addressing some of our questions, and it reads in part "the department recently completed two independent forensic audits of the refugee application system to verify the integrity of the data over time. those audits confirmed there is absolutely no evidence that the data has ever been manipulated or compromised."

in the department says they are working on other fixes as a result of the investigators findings. supporters of the travel ban and pause on refugees say their strategy makes even more sense given what the inspector general found. >> jenna: thank you. >> jon: fox news alert, we take you to the white house, senator heidi heitkamp of north dakota along with senator joe manchin just been meeting with the president, let's listen in. >> my particular interest as many of you know is getting it up and running, the president committed to doing everything he can to make sure we have a forum so we can begin the process of doing credit p there are billions of dollars in the pipeline, so i'm really excited. that is awesome coming from a meeting like this to elevate an issue that may not be front row and center for the president but is critically important to american workers and business in manufacturing. if we are afraid to sit down and have a conversation despite elevated rhetoric, then we will

fail the american people. we are not here to fail the american people. >> we talked about infrastructure. we all agree that they can for structure program must be done because everyone has needs. i brought up a suggestion on opiates, i said mr. president, you have said on a lot of these regulations for every two regulations, you want to have one new one, i would consider on opiates come all the different drugs coming to the market that are killing americans in west virginians, for a every new opiate drug on the market, would you take one off, and he said those are the kind of constructive dialogue we can have, it was great. >> reporter: and you address the issue with senator blumenthal? >> we did not get into it. >> reporter: where you bothered by it? >> reporter: what did the president say? did you talk about the attack on senator blumenthal? >> reporter: did you ask him to calm down his rhetoric?

>> jon: a love democratic friends in the senate, but those are two of them, joe manchin and heidi heitkamp discussing positions with the president. we will be back with more and perhaps that white house briefing adjusting in it.

>> jenna: to the white house now, sean spicer. >> press secretary spicer: -- top law enforcement officer. after the attorney general swearing in, the president signed three executive ordered dedicated to extending high law enforcement who risk their lives every day to reduce crime and stop cartel violence be the first executive order directs the newly installed attorney general to develop a strategy for more effectively prosecuting people who commit violence against members of law enforcement. we must better protect those who protect us. our men and women in blue need to know that we are with them

100% as they patrol our streets. unfortunately, this has not always been the case. law enforcement officials have been vocal about the lack of support they received under the past administration. this lack of support demoralized many officers and in some cases led to their discouraging and engaging with local communities only causing further deterioration. it is imperative that federal and local state law agencies better cordoning and share information across jurisdictions to better serve and protect our communities. this order will start the important work of doing just that, instituting a holistic approach that involves the whole of government. it also directs the department of justice to work with other federal agencies to come up with ways to further reduce violence against law enforcement and ordered a hard look at how the department of justice and other agencies use their law enforcement grants. the second order establishes a task force led by the new attorney general to reduce crime and restore public safety in communities across america.

together, the members of this task force are going to come up with specific recommendations of how we can change existing federal law to better prevent crime and improve public safety and develop a stronger working relationships with our state and local partners. the president's confidence this task force will develop a systematic strategy to help further protect the american people. communities across our nation have been devastated by a surge in violent crime rates, particularly our major cities over the last eight years, we have experienced declining focus on law and order, crime reduction will clearly be a priority for this white house. the last executive order refocuses the energy and resources the federal government to dismantle transnational criminal organizations such as drug cartels. it is important to emphasize we cannot reduce crime in the united states without additionally addressing illegal immigration and illegal drugs. through this executive order, the president instructs the attorney general to form a comprehensive and decisive approach to destroying transnational crime organizations and drug cartels. these cartels represent a clear

and present danger to our nation. they bring dangerous criminals, drugs, and violence to once peaceful neighborhoods. both here at home and in other parts of the world. they have fueled addiction and overdose deaths, and they can no longer be allowed to operate with impunity in our country or our hemisphere. this order pulls together the experience and resources of the agency to work toward emphasizing specific goals in this regard. number one, to upgrade our information gathering about these transnational organizations and cartels. without accurate information about these threats and the ability and willingness to share this information, we are not going to be able to tackle this album. it is important to note that prior to this administration if you recall the department of justice come if you ask for these statistics, they never kept them. knowing what we are facing is a big part of addressing the problem. number two, improving the speed and efficiency of removing terminal aliens, cartel members and people who help cartels from our nation appeared on like during the last eight years, these criminals are finally

going through. ship whatever resources we can to prevent them from distracting our society any further. now onto the president schedule this morning, he had a breakfast and listening session with key stakeholders in the airline industry. we got a predicament list if you are interested. we want to thank the attendees for the 10,000 jobs and one chilean and annual economic income activity. they contribute to our economy, and praise them for moving a proximally 2 million passengers per day in spite of the outdated infrastructure and equipment that they have. in terms of air traffic control and other infrastructure measures. the president asked aviation leaders with the government can do to help their industry grow and to create more well-paying jobs for americans. the leaders committed that they have never been given the opportunity to work truly alongside the president in such an open and constructive way, and they were unanimous in asking for the president to offer release from the duplicitous and stifling

regulations that he assured them they would do. he also reaffirmed his commitment for going to forging public-private partnerships that will rebut america's crumbling infrastructure. he pledged to work closely with the airline industry to modernize the technology systems that keep our nation's airports money and to expedite the approval process for future airline infrastructure projects. it is the president's goal to make sure the united states has the most advanced airline system in the world. this meeting was an important first step in achieving that. after the executive order signing, the president spoke with the president of afghanistan and the amir of tar, my understanding is we should have read out shortly on both those calls. just concluding a few minutes ago, the president held the supreme court and legislative listening session and lunch with democrat and republican senators. in attendance were the chairman of judiciary committee, senator chuck grassley, heidi heitkamp of north dakota, kessler of north dakota, indian

indiana, joe manchin of west virginia, also west virginia, john cornyn of texas, alexander from tennessee, koons of delaware, and bennett from colorado peered the president expressed his hope that these senators and their colleagues will with over 100 federal judicial nominations, potentially happening during this administration. it's critical for us to have an open dialogue and work twars bipartisan agreement so that our justice system returns to its important work on behalf of the american people. later today the president will speak with the amir of kuwait and prime minister of iraq. we also anticipate the senate will hold a vote to confirm senator price into the early hours of friday to be the next secretary of health and human services. the president was glad to see the army corps of engineers announced the final