another american girl doll. kenny is a budding country western singer. the pair will go together. >> jon: do you get a cd with the doll? >> jenna: i don't know. so many questions. america's hq starts you. >> melissa: friend trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu holding a working lunch. both leaders hoping to reset ties after eight years of tension with the obama administration. >> i have known the president and i have known his family and his team for a long time. and there is no greater supporter of the jewish people and the jewish state than pres trump. i think we should put that to rest. >> melissa: there you go. prime minister's visit comes at a difficult time for the white house dealing with fallout from the resignation of michael flynn

and concerns about who leaked intelligence information to the media. we have team fox coverage. we're gonna start with chief white house correspondent john roberts, who is live on the north lawn. and, john, what are you hearing at this hour about a replacement for flynn? >> reporter: well, let me first of all start. there's so much going on here today that it's difficult to unpack it. let me start with andrew puzder, president's pick to be labor secretary. we understand that a number of republican senators are saying that they are going to vote against puzder and they are urging the white house to withdraw his name from consideration. we have one source inside the white house, one source outside the white house saying, in fact, the white house will withdraw his name. a very senior white house source that i spoke with prior to coming out here said the president is in with benjamin netanyahu. they have not heard from the president on this issue. it may just still be a little

bit of speculation. but it is looking like andruw puzder may not last the afternoon here as nominee for secretary of labor. now then to, the next appointment. national security adviser. we understand robert harward, navy seal, former deputy commander at cent com with plenty of action in iraq and afghanistan will likely be the next national security adviser. i am told he has been offered the job. he's just checking with family to make sure that it's okay to give up what they have got and move here to washington for what will be one of the most intense jobs here in d.c. i remember talking to sandy berger who was national security adviser under bill clinton and his wife finally told him after he cancelled a family vacation for the fourth time in a row, why don't we just take a vacation four years from now. likely that he will be named national security adviser. senior staff here at the white house wanted to get him in place by this friday. so it's a possibility we could

have a national security adviser before then. now then to the next issue at hand. donald trump meeting, president trump meeting with benjamin netanyahu, prime minister of israel, at which if president talked about lieutenant michael flynn saying it was absolutely unfair that his career was ruined by leak. here's what the president said a short time ago. listen. >> general flynn is a wonderful man. i think he's been treated very very unfairly. the papers are being leaked. things are being leaked. it's criminal action. criminal act. it's been going on for a long time. before me. but now it's really going on. people are trying to cover up for a terrible loss that the democrats had under hillary clinton. >> reporter: another story this morning this from "the new york times" that donald trump, when he was a candidate, his campaign manager paul manafort had spoken on the telephone with people

connected to russian intelligence. this coming out of an fbi investigation into whrorpb manafort was talking to people in russia. all manafort told me, i have never had any connection to putin or the russian government ire directly or indirectly before, during or after the campaign. that is another leak that is coming out. this one about manafort. the president said took no questions on russia specifically or on manafort at the press conference, but there was something very interesting, body language, where he turned to prime minister benjamin netanyahu and said, i would encourage you not to expand settlements any further. president also saying he is not if favor of the standard white house u.s. government position on a two state solution for israel. he said it could be two, could be one, whatever works for the parties involved but that he's happy to facilitate a peace. is that enough for you today?

>> melissa: that's a lot. we have to unpack all of that. especially the back and forth between the president and netanyahu, so fascinating. thank you very much, john, for wrapping all that up for us. president trump calling the leak of general michael flynn's phone call with russia criminal as the fbi investigates contacts between russian agents and some members of president trump's team. katherine harris has more. we understand there is new movement on senator chuck shumer asking for records. tell us about that. >> reporter: well, that's right, melissa. in the last hour reuters reporting and we have confirmed that the senate minority leader chuck shumer is calling on the white house to preserve all records related to its russian dealings during the campaign and also during the transition. schumer wants campaign officials to testify publicly, but earlier today a republican member of house intelligence committee said public hearings simply don't make sense because the information is so highly classified.

>> the word leak such a benign term. it's an unauthorized disclosure which may be illegal. i don't have any idea who it is. i can tell you there is an in sa tiable appetite for leaks in this town both on the receiving end and on the giving end. you didn't hear me talking ab wikileaks. that was an unauthorized hack. i'm old school. i don't think you oug to disclose things that are intended to be kept confidential or classified. >> melissa: right now on the hill there are two committees, house and senate intelligence who are investigating russian interference in the u.s. election, but in light of this new information, democrats want more. >> the intelligence committee is a graveyard for investigations. let me tell you why. the hearings are largely in secret. the public will not have access to the testimony. >> melissa: schumer also wants jeff sessions to recuse himself from any russia related probe, melissa. >> melissa: one more question. does the fbi investigation go beyond flynn?

>> we confirmed this morning through a government source that the fbi investigation does go beyond mike flynn and included con taxes between russian officials. communications between the trump team and russian officials were picked up during routine monitoring of foreign intelligence targets. like what you just heard from john roberts at the white house, we've been told there is no indication that laws were broken. but confirmation of a broader investigation has provoked a strong response on capitol hill. >> if there were trump official, campaign officials, collaborating with the russians that is a big time bad move on their part and i want to punish russia for interfering in our campaign even more aggressively than i do today and any trump person who collaborated with the russians, if they did, they should be punished. >> melissa: sources also confirm the fbi interviewed flynn days into his tenure as national security adviser about his conversations with the russian

ambassador. the interview came after the denial that flynn discussed santions. the white house statements conflicted with electronic rorsd that flynn told the russian ambassador not to overreact to the sanctions. those close to flynn said he made no promise for a change in policy. >> melissa: we haven't heard the end of that. great reporting. thank you. so joining us is chris wallace. he, of course, anchors fox news sunday. so much there, chris. trying to figure out where to start. why don't we start with andrew puzder and this latest move that they're asking his name be removed as the secretary for labor nominee. what do you think of all that? >> well, he's got three strikes against him. first of all, some of the positions on labor law, on overtime, on minimum wage, lot of those very controversial. so on policy, he has some issues. then it turned out, and this has been a big problem for a lot of presidents with our cabinet

nominees that he had house hold help and the person was in the country illegally. he didn't know that. we found out about that. then there also have been explosive allegations of domestic abuse in his divorce from his wife. you put those three things together, that's an awful lot of head winds. remember, you can only lose two republicans in the senate because they only have 52 votes. then you can have as they did with betsy devos, you can have the vice president break the tie. but if you get more than two the nomination goes down. rather have it come to a vote, there's talk about having puzder either stepped down or the president pull his nomination. i would say if that were to happen, and again, if, in a week to lose flynn and puzder, it would be a tough week for the new president. >> melissa: it would, without question. do you have any idea if there's somebody else waiting in the wings? there were other people at the time when they were vetting names. they must have a number two.

do we have any idea who that is? >> i don't. this has all been reported. i didn't realize it until john reported that we were at this stage. i'm sure they have people to consider an particularly -- this wouldn't be a surprise were it to happen in the sense that momentum has been building again puzder for some time. we need to make the point that donald trump has not pulled the nomination at this point. >> melissa: no, absolutely. we understand he is still in that working meeting with netanyahu and this may not even know it's going on. i want to take you back to that. we watched that whole press conference back and forth. the rapp ro -- rapport between the two men. let me play a sound bite. >> as far as settlements, i'd like you to hold back on settlements. we'll work something out. i would like to see a deal be made. i think most presidents have not

started until late because they never thought it was possible. it wasn't possible because they didn't do it. but we have known each other a long time. a smart man, great negotiator. i think we're gonna make a deal. >> melissa: he went on and said what do you think about that? benjamin netanyahu went, eh. donald trump said, oh. that doesn't sound so good. then benjamin netanyahu said that's the art of the deal, isn't it? to me that meant they don't necessarily see eye to eye but there's no tension about it. that there's a working relationship. >> exactly. look, we remember the eight years of watching photo ops with benjamin netanyahu and barack obama. you could have hung meat in the oval office because the mood was so icy. so subzero in the oval office between the two of them. clearly these two feel very

comfortable, maybe sort of negotiating in public about wanting the make compromises. maybe do something about the settlements. and they seem to have a rapport. having said that, i think there is considerable personal regard. benjamin netanyahu has his interest, the president has interest. of course, we've also got the palestinians. that doesn't mean they're gonna get a deal. at least they start out from a stronger base of support. >> melissa: absolutely. i also want to ask you about the pictures we have of russian jets buzzing. i have got to grab my notes and see where that was again. >> in the black sea. >> melissa: thank you very much. there. these are new pictures that we got in of russian jets buzzing aircraft carriers in the black sea. what did you make of this? >> for all the talk about what's the relationship between trump and putin and is there a russian cloud over this white house, the fact is you've got a russian intelligence ship just off the coast of delaware.

you've got these russian jet fighters buzzing very close. i think there were four of them. buzzing a u.s. destroyer in the black sea. you've got this apparent violation of the 1987 arms agreement between reagan and gorbachev with the deployment with a longer range missile. despite whatever relationship they have and nice talk between putin and trump, the russians are continuing to test, particularly at this kind of vulnerable time, to see exactly how president trump will respond. >> melissa: you have to forgive me for grabbing my note, but we have so many things going on with the russians. them sitting off the coast of connecticut, this in the black sea. so many situations with them. certainly testing, without question. chris, we don't want to miss you this sunday. thank you for coming on today. you are going to sit down with rush limbaugh on the fox news channel. we watch you twice in my house. we watch you on channel 5, the

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russians as they did, they should be punished. part of the investigation i'm talking about should include who's leaking and they should be punished. it's not fair for the president for him to be treated this way. >> melissa: another who says that there needs to be an examination is senator roy blount a republican from missouri. he is a member of the senate intelligence committee. sir, thank you for joining us today. let me ask you what do you think is more dangerous for our national security, the leak or the conversation itself? >> well, i think we're too early in this to reach conclusions. my view is that the president is better served by congress looking at this, looking at it as quickly as possible but taking all the time necessary, talking to everybody who should be talked to, find out the answers and then see what comes next. i'm hopeful that what comes next is we're able to move on and get about the business of governing and partnering with the president, which we're doing

already. but this is a t started with the obama report, the intel committee, the right place to look at it. my point yesterday was we ought to talk to everybody who reasonably you should be expected to talk to and look at everything. >> melissa: not everybody agrees with that including rand paul. listen to what he had to say. >> you know, i think that might be excessive. i think that looks like the president has handled the situation and unless there's some kind of other evidence, this looks like something that was internal white house politics and looks like the president's handled it. >> melissa: his.is, you yourself called it a distraction. mike flynn is out. he is not part of the equation any more. so why do you need to look into it further at this point? what danger is still left that warrants an investigation in your mind? >> first of all i think we oug to recognize general flynn's deck raids of service to the country and also recognize that in the job he had absolute credibility with the president

and anybody else you're talking to is essential and that was marginal aoeued. president did the right thing. general flynn did the right thing with that move. yes is, is there any reason the intelligence committee might want to talk to general flynn? the answer is there may well be a reason. that's what the committee and the chairman and the vice chairman will get a chance to decide. >> melissa: will you equally demand that we know who is the source of the leak? who is leaking this information that gives our enemies insight into how we do business and how we collect intelligence? and now the whole entire world knows that every conversation that's had between anyone in the u.s. and diplomats and russia is recorded and the fbi is on top of it? is there danger there? do you need to know who leaked? >> there are lots of questions there. of course we need to know who leaked. we need to know what we need to do to be sure that doesn't

happen in the future. more importantly, we need to know what we're doing to make sure the rights of private citizens are protected. all those are the kinds of things that the intel committee deals with all the time. the reason our committee has been asked to do that and is the best place to do it we have a significant head start on everybody else because we already have the relationships, the clearance, the contacts necessary to look into this, find out what happened and move on. >> melissa: who do you think was the source of the leak if you have a head start on everyone else? >> there seem to be so many sources i think i read in some article that at least seven different sources verified this happened which is obviously outrageous. >> melissa: that's a lot. sir, thank you very much. appreciate your time. look at this photo. did this woman kill the half brother of north korea's dictator and on his orders. she's in custody. we have the latest. plus brand new comments from the

attorney general of the birth to throw this support behind president trump on the travel ban. we'll tell you which state is backing president trump.

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>> melissa: fox news alert. attorney general of texas asking a federal appeals court for permission to file papers in support of president trump's travel ban. that would make the lone star state the first to officially back the president's action. trace gallagher is live with more on this. trace? >> reporter: hey, melissa. we just got off the phone with the texas attorney general. he said the reason he's supporting trump's temporary travel plan is because he believes the president does have unreviewable authority when it comes to national security. a three judge panel from the 9th

circuit court of appeals ruled just the opposite last week saying the president's authority on immigration has often been reviewed. attorney general paxton filed a friend of the court brief with the 9th circuit court of appeals. the court asked the states of washington and minnesota to file briefs by midday tomorrow arguing whether the case should be reheard by an 11-judge panel or another panel. the texas attorney general is hoping his brief compels the court to do just that. watch. >> this is obviously an issue that affects us. we are a border state. it has an impact on the states. washington and minnesota are probably less affected by this travel ban than we are. >> reporter: paxton is the first attorney general to support president trump's executive order on immigration. at least 18 states have filed briefs opposing the order. the cases brought by washington and minnesota ultimately led the

district judge james robart issuing a temporary restraining order against the travel ban. if the 9th circuit decides not to rehear the case, the administration either has to fight it out in judge robart's court, file an emergency motion to the supreme court or write a brand new executive order with will better withstand legal challenges. >> melissa: lot of work to be done. trace gallagher. this woman has been arrested in malaysia in connection with the death of kim jong-un's half brother. benjamin, how likely is it that kim jong-un ordered this assassination? >> well, melissa, evidence is certainly growing. it wouldn't be the first time he had killed a member of his own family. back in 2013 he killed his uncle because he thought he was getting too powerful. this is his half brother kim

jong-nam. he died suddenly after telling medical workers that he had just been attacked with chemicals. then today malaysian police arrested one of two women said to be north korean agents. the two females traveling on vietnamese passports are said to have sprayed kim in the face with a nerve agent. and it was known that kim jong-nam had been on a hit list for the last five years. >> melissa: why would he want to kill his half brother? he is in another country. he doesn't seem like he is a threat to power. what's the thinking? >> well, part of it is that he was an embarrassment to the rogue state. he was a known drinker, gambler, playboy. more than that he was a vocal critic of the rogue state. such a thorn in the side of the young dictator. in 2010 he spoke publicly about kim jong-il. he was ounce touted as future leader of north korea but was exiled after being caught trying to visit disneyland in japan on

a fake passport in 2001. he had been under the protection of the chinese government. despite the killing though, it appears to be business as usual in pyongyang. today kim jong-un attending a ceremony honoring his father. very interesting stuff coming out of south korea. just today we heard them saying the north koreans demanded the body be sepb back before an autopsy was carried back. again evidence this was likely the rogue state. >> melissa: wow. quite a story. thank you. secretary of education is due to speak in about an hour. will she see this on her way in? we are live at a different school today. plus president trump gearing up to fight with intelligence agencies blaming leaks for the ouster of his national security

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joint news conference with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu earlier today. >> i think it's very very unfair what's happened to general flynn, the way he was treated. documents and papers that were illegally -- i stress that. illegally leaked. very very unfair. >> melissa: let's bring in peter king. he is a member of the house homeland security committee and the chairman of the subcommittee on counter terrorism and intelligence. sir, thank for joining us. there are people out there right now saying, do you know what? turn about is fair play. that president trump benefitted from the wikileaks of the e-mails that helped him. although this is remotely the same thing, it is still a leak that shouldn't have happened, that the first one he benefitted from. they're having a hard time having sympathy as he rails on the media for, you know, staying on the story.

what do you think of all that >> the first basic thing would be two wrongs don't make a right. whatever was done with the clinton e-mail, that was not done by the united states government. here you have people in the united states government breaking the law and using that to really disclose information which in every respect is just wrong to do. first of all, we never want foreign governments to know whether or not we're eves dropping on them, whrorpb we're monitoring what they do. secondly, whenever an american citizen's name comes up, even in a conversation or if he himself is part of that wire tap conversation, that has to be blocked out. to protect his reputation. so this is wrong on every level. difference -- i want to make a distinction. whatever was done, whether it was the russians, wikileaks, that was not done by the u.s. government. >> melissa: which is a bigger concern in terms of our national security? the leak or the national conversation, whatever was going on, whatever the relationship is

with russia? >> i would say right now it's equal. first of all the leak was wrong. who ever did it should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. i have a great regard for mike flynn. i saw him up close when i was on the intelligence committee and he was head of the defense intelligence committee. true patriot. but if, in fact, he did not tell the whole truth to mike pence, the president did the right thing to ask him to resign. this should be looked into to see whether there is more to it. >> there are people on both sides of the aisle very concerned about trump's relationship with russia. let's listen. >> of all the foreign policy issue, and if you look at where they were in the campaign, where they were in transition, they've begun to evolve to a better place from my standpoint on most issues. you look at their evolution on china, their evolution on israel, their evolution on some of the issues in the middle

east. one area where the evolution is not taking place is with russia. russia is not our friend. >> melissa: is that fair? what do you think? >> i think there's so much unknown right now. i probably disagree with the president's think there's any real chance of making in roads with putin. having said that, george bush tried to do it. barack obama tried to do it. hillary clinton tried to do it as secretary of state. the 2012 election we saw hillary clinton, president obama talking to the president of russia telling him that to tell putin after he's reelected he would be willing to make deals with him. it was president obama that brought russia into the middle east. listen, i don't necessarily agree with the policy, but he is allowed to trite. just because he's trying a new policy doesn't mean there's something criminal about it. >> melissa: speaker ryan said the same thing. everybody does the same thing. thank you for joining us, sir.

we appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> melissa: betsy devos is about to give a keynote speech next hour. that is after this happened last week. protesters blocking her way to a public school in dc. today she is expected to give a keynote at a magnet school conference in washington. what is the scene like right now? >> reporter: you can see there's a little traffic here in front of the marriott. besides that, there's nothing really going on as of now. no signs of any protesters here. after you mentioned 90 minutes until she arrives. i the kel you, last week outside jefferson academy in washington, d.c., it wasn't until shortly before she arrived that those more aggressive protesters showed up. so things could still change. but we should note that those

protest, while they were there against betsy devos they were part of the larger protest movement against the trump administration as a whole. but afterwards devos was rez lute saying in a statement, i respect peaceful protest and i will not be deterred in executing the vital mission of the department of education. no school door in america will be blocked from those seeking to help our nation's school children. yesterday at the white house, she and president trump held what was dubbed as a parent/teacher listening session with parents and teachers from all types of schools around the country. after being praised by president trump for surviving what was a rather brutal confirmation process, she reiterated that she is here for all of america's schools and all of america's children. >> i am just very honored to have the opportunity to serve america's students. i'm really excited to be here today with parents and educators representing traditional public schools, charter public schools,

home schools, private schools, a range of choices. >> reporter: that is important but a throughout her confirmation process, she was heavily attacked for her past support of school choice and vouchers and of charter schools. it is important to note though her visit last week to jackson academy and the conference here today both public school institutions. >> melissa: thank you. head of one of the largest insurance companies says obama care is in a death spiral. so what happens to your insurance if it all collapses? and nike taking advantage of a pr disaster for under armor. new comments from the ceo of under armour walking back a statement he made about president trump.

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trump an his blame game over the firing of michael flynn. president today sounding off on the media and the u.s. senate intelligence community. we'll have the latest on that. plus, is there evidence that the president or any of its people had improper illegal contact with the russians? i'll ask the vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee, which will be key in investigating exactly what happened leading up to mike flynn's departure. that's top of the hour on sheppard smith reporting. see you then. >> melissa: so, i don't know if you saw this, but it was a very embarrassing moment for top two democrats after citing a widely circulated tweet from fake michael flynn account during a news conference yesterday. it claimed that flynn was, quote, a scapegoat for the administration. >> just this morning flynn tweeted, and this is a quote. scapegoat. end of quote. scapegoat. he basically described himself as a scapegoat.

so i believe we need to hold a public hearing with flynn to get to the bottom of this. >> i didn't know until i heard from our colleague that the tweet of general flynn today was scapegoat. scapegoat. do you know what a scapegoat is? other people have blame that should be shared in all of this. >> melissa: except that wasn't his tweet. it was fake. a reporter at that news conference tweeting this photo of leader pelosi with the caption, aide tells pelosi the tweet was fake. what do you mean it was fake, she says? oh my. congressman cummings later tweeting, yes, sorry, to krebg the record, just learned like many others that the flynn tweet this morning was fake. and they want to investigate? hmm. ceo of aetna insurance warning the affordable care act obama is in a, quote, death spiral as health insurers pull out of the market. the ceo, one of the biggest in

the industry saying, quote, that logic shows just how much the risk pool is deteriorating in the aba and how poor struck khrured the funding mechanism and premium model is. i think you will see a lot more withdrawals this year of plans. the death spiral gaining momentum, as rising premiums push healthy customers out leaving the sickest, the most expensive customers behind by themselves. that drives premiums and rates even higher. the founder and contributor for the washington examiner leslie marshall is a syndicated talk show host. they are fox show contributors. >> it's basic math. he can give people insurance out of the goodness of his heart. people are bailing. prices are going up.

>> you have aetna citing significant losses upwards hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. mackenzie did a study showing that insurers lost money in at least 41 different states. this is a big problem for consumers because there already is a lack of competition in the market place. you have one-third of u.s. counties that really only have one market place insurer. 70% of american counties there's only one or two health care plans to choose from. this is a big problem for consumers and for americans. >> melissa: aetna is not alone. we have a full screen you can see there. humana announcing they are going to stop offering aba plans for 2018. cigna describing the three year market as fragile as best. anthem said it would weigh its future with the aba exchanges.

they're all lining up. how do you fix it? >> well, first of all, of course they're going to line up. they have a president saying they're going to dismantle this. >> melissa: they were already saying this before the election. >> one of the reasons that this was being said before the election and in addition to that right now where it stands, there's great uncertainty among insurance companies have sent letters to congress saying wait, slow down on this. if you're going to dismantle, we need to know what you're replacing with. you need to have something to replace it with. to the point of the sick versus the healthy, this was the problem before. one of the issues that made us need the health care reaffirmation that we had. when you did not cover people that were ill, such as not allowing people with preexisting conditions. or when you had nobody overseeing you being able to increase the premiums as they did prior we'll be right back

where we were. >> i don't see anything coming down the pipe for republicans. >> melissa: listen to what he has to say. >> in our plan that we ran on, our better way agenda, and in all of the various house republican and even senate republican replacement plans that have been offered we have long said people should be able to stay on insurance until 26 years of age. we think the smarter and better policy is to revitalize our risk pools with federal financing. i see sort of a cooperation between the federal government and state government. we don't want to have the federal government overregulate all health insurance. >> melissa: i heard him say the feds were gonna pay for it. is that what you heard there? >> i'm not gonna lie. to leslie's point, i do think republicans have a big challenge in front of them. the democratic party essentially massed a massive entitlement on the backs of americans for their own vanity as opposed to doing something that was in the best interest of consumers.

republicans are really dealt a difficult hand dealing with something that has tentacles. one fifth of the u.s. economy. this is a massive challenge for republicans. repeal and replace sounds great in campaign rhetoric but in theory and practice. i would say however there's plenty -- >> melissa: we've got to go. sorry. >> that's okay. >> melissa: i think we all agreed at the end so it's a good place to leave it. nike taking advantage of the political landscape of the provocative new ad campaign. as one of its major competitors struggles to recover from fallout after backing president trump. you don't let anything keep you sidelined.

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>> melissa: the ceo of unarmour

is facing backlash after praising president trump. athletic wear giant nike pouncing taking advantage. they are rolling out a new ad to send a message about a quality opportunity, and discrimination. trace gallagher is live with more on that. trace? >> reporter: the reason under armour's ceo took out a full page ad is because under armour is based in baltimore and he wanted to clarify comments he made last week about president trump. critics say his open letter isn't as much a clarification as it is kind of a walk back. here's part of what kevin plank said last week. listen. >> to have such a pro business president is something that's a real asset to this country. people should grab that opportunity. >> reporter: he went on to call trump bold and decisive, and that whipped up social media backlash with many vowing to boycott under armour. three of the apparel company's

top endorser steph curry, dwayne the rock johnson and valerie and misty copeland had strong opposition to the comments. others rallied behind plank saying they would buy more under armour goods. plank said he opposes the immigration order whiching i believe immigration is the foundation of our country's exceptionalism. we are always mindful of the responsibility that we have to nd especially the young people who represent the bold bright future of a diverse and inclusive america. the letter made no mention at all of president trump, but it did echo sentiments that plank made during his statements including his desire to expand manufacturing and focus on education and infrastructure. while plank is trying to walk kind of a fine line here, companies like nike are making their positions crystal clear. watch it.

♪ >> if we can lead -- >> we can be equal everywhere. >> reporter: bringing out king james. nike does about $30 billion a year in sales. under armour just under $5 billion. >> melissa: meanwhile, if you want to know how business feels about president trump just look at the stock market trades. through the roof. thank you. thank you for that report. we have new video from the white house, where president trump is giving a warm send off to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu as he departs for capitol hill. mr. netanyahu set to meet with top house and senate lawmakers from both sides of the aisle coming up.

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bundles of marijuana to the u.s. almost 50 pounds of marijuana found nearby and folks running away. authorities dismantled the catapult, which was seized by mexican officials. i melissa francis. here's shep. >> shepard: and first from the fox news desk, the firing of mike flynn as national security advisor. a new story on what happened. the newest in a series of explanations come from the white house. for the first time from president trump himself. it's the media's fault. and u.s. intelligence officials and hillary clinton supporters. the president said so in a joint news conference with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> general flynn is a wonderful man. he's been treated very, very unfairly by the media. as i call it, the fake media in many cases. and i think it's really a sad thing that he was