>> oh, no! steve: it will replace the thimble with new versions of the board game after voters rejected it in online competition. new token options a hashtag and mr. monopoly. west point glee club "after the show show." >> before we leave you today, news for the road. monopoly the game has killed the thimble. will be phase that out in place of new versions of the board game after voters rejected it in an online competition. >> shannon: mr. trump cranked up and letting loose as he took new prisoners. who are some highlights. >> president trump: the press has become so dishonest and if we don't talk about it we're

doing a tremendous disservice to the american people. this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine despite the fact that i can't get my cabinet approved. i've done nothing for russia. hillary clinton gave them 20% of our uranium. hillary clinton did a reset with the stupid plastic button that made us look like a bunch of jerks. he looked at her is what the hell is she doing with that cheap plastic button. the leaks are real. the news is fake because so much of the news is fake. wait a minute. i don't have to tell you what i'll do in north korea. and i don't have to tell you what i'm going to do with iran. you know why? because they shouldn't know. russia is fake news. this is fake news put out by the media. tomorrow they will say donald trump rants and raves at the press. i'm not ranting and raving and i'm telling you you're dishonest people and i'm not ranting and raving.

i'm having a good time doing it. >> bill: that was 90 seconds of it. front page "new york post" calls the news conference the wildest show on earth depicting president trump as the ringmaster. >> shannon: john roberts is live in north charleston, south carolina where the president will be touring a boeing plant later today. what should we expect today? >> the president will be here for the unveiling 787 dream liner to west palm beach. nice stop at boeing which is a huge employer in south carolina. has invested a ton of money in this area. back to the press conference, though. this was vintage candidate donald trump. i remember we did very much the same thing at the trump international golf course in west palm beach last july. very free wheeling press conference taking back the narrative and battle back against the bad news dogging him and his administration in the past few weeks, michael

flynn is out. they lost the case in the ninth circuit court of appeals wanted to get back on message. and he did to a large degree. we got a chance to ask him questions, too, about flynn's ouster how that came about. the one question i had, what evidence did he see in that investigation after the notification from the department of justice that led him to believe that flynn did nothing wrong in terms of legality with the phone calls with the russian ambassador? >> president trump: when i first heard about it i said huh. my counsel came, white house counsel. and he told me -- i asked him and he can speak very well for himself. he said he doesn't think anything is wrong. the information was provided by who i don't know, sally yates. and i was a little surprised

because i said doesn't sound like he did anything wrong there. >> and i did a little more digging after talking with the president about that and i discovered that after the doj notification came on january 26th, the white house counsel's office launched an investigation. the president did not see the transcripts of the electronic communications intercepts between michael flynn and the russian ambassador. he was given a summary of that information and then under questioning from the white house counsel and others, general flynn came to a full recollection of everything that he had talked to the ambassador about. and we understand that included the sanctions. we are getting a fuller picture this morning, shannon, as to exactly what the president knew and when he knew it. he didn't learn it until after the doj referred the case to the white house on january 26th. >> shannon: we saw him talk a lot about during the press conference yesterday the leaks. what do we know about the latest into any investigation

into that? >> this is progressing on two tracks. first of all, focusing on the leaks give the president a chance to change the narrative here. this is not about what general flynn did. this is about people who leaked the information about what general flynn did. and then the other track, of course, is what about all these leaks and people leaking this classified information? what do we do about that? i put that question to the president and here is what he told us. >> i've gone to all of the folks in charge of the various agencies and where i've actually called the justice department to look into the leaks. those are criminal leaks. they are put out by people either in agencies -- i think you'll see it stopping because now we have our people in. >> the president saying he launched a criminal investigation with the justice department into the leaks. the circle very small with some of the stuff coming out so identifying a leaker might not be too difficult. getting new information that

morning on who might be the next national security advisor. the president tweeted keith kellogg, who i've known for a long time is very much in play for nsa as are three others. we understand one of those three others is general david petraeus. another one may be steven hadley who was the national security advisor under president bush, the last candidate getting some conflicting information, one source told me it might be general stanley mccrystal. another source said no, it wasn't him. they announce a communication director mike dubke. he will do the interagency communications for the white house. >> shannon: team still very much coming together. >> bill: we not notes on all this stuff. rich lowry a fox news contributor in studio. good morning to you. a smart man wrote a book called "you are the message."

. he is the message. >> shannon: we saw it in the campaign. not just the policy or the message, it was how trump himself conducted himself underlining that he is completely different and anti-establishment and taken the approach into the oval office. a lot of people are having trouble handling it. >> bill: including folks from the media. "time" magazine, nothing to see here. everything is blowing across the desk of the oval office. he called it a fine-tune machine. it happened to me several minutes, up to an hour there was a sense of lock jaw on the part of the media. >> we haven't seen anything like this. this thing was combative, outrageous, playful, hilarious, fearless, it was wildly entertaining and completely different than anything we've ever seen but pure donald trump. >> bill: i think the context of

the room is very important. we saw reporters laughing, we saw aides along the back wall laughing. there is a shot of sean spicer and kellyanne conway laughing as well. trump is the one, put it on the screen, we showed viewers here, trump is the one who stays straight faced even when he makes a snarky comment or a sense of sarcasm or joke people take as humor, he plays the straight role. what is your view of that in the context of the room? >> there is always a twinkle in his eye even when he is straight faced and when he says i'm not ranting and raving, i'm enjoying this, there is a little ranting but he is genuinely enjoying it. and just the thrill that this guy has over the fight even when he is complaining about it. when he is complaining about the negative coverage he will stand there and take every single question about anything and address it with relish. >> bill: do you think he has

remade the office in a month? >> we don't know. >> bill: in terms of his style and the way he approaches this and the willingness he has to engage? >> yes, he is completely different from any president we've seen and he is not going to mute himself. yesterday was a let trump be trump event. we don't know how the public is going to react to this. i would think he should be a little more reassuring to people sitting on the fence but i thought that all during the campaign and he is president of the united states and i'm not. >> bill: you could -- you would see a video of a guy bobbing and weaving as if to say you can't lay a glove on me. i'm moving too fast and i'm onto the next thing. that's how he has been. >> two aspects of the fight. ali is bobbing and weaving and foreman is punching himself out. is the media with the constant

hysteria and the constant sense of crisis are they punching themselves out in the sense of their undermining their own credibility? this is a war to the death between this president and the media. someone will win and someone will collapse in tears. >> bill: there is a labor secretary nominated yesterday. >> thanks for the reminder. >> bill: president trump holds a rally tomorrow in melbourne, florida. check that out. we'll have live coverage. >> shannon: the white house is pushing back against reports the intelligence community is keeping the president in the dark. the c.i.a. director saying it's dead wrong. more on that plus this. >> just because the attack of fake news and attacking our network i want to ask you. >> i'm changing it from fake news. very fake news. [laughter] >> bill: that was a bit of yesterday. arguing against negative

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>> shannon: busy night and day on capitol hill as the senate

remains in session after an all-nightmare thon as democrats are working hard to stop the confirmation of scott pruitt as the next epa administrator. a record of suing the epa as he served as oklahoma's attorney general. meanwhile president trump's cabinet continues to take shape slowly with mick mulvaney's confirmation to lead the office of management and budget. >> bill: 15 past the hour now. mike pompeo fresh on the job slamming a report claiming that u.s. spies withhold sensitive intelligence from the president. he said they will never hide intelligence from the president period. we aren't aware of any instance when that has occurred. today's "wall street journal" storing is dead wrong and impaouns the integrity of

thousands of intelligence officers by peddling gossip. former c.i.a. officer buck sexton here and nice to see you. the "wall street journal" does some terrific reporting. does pompeo have it right or not? >> i think he is right with regard to policy. it would be a betrayal of the c.i.a.'s mission, their core mission, to give anything but the absolute best intelligence and best analysis that they could to the commander-in-chief. he is the top of the intel food chain. doesn't get any higher and he has complete access to everything the united states government is doing with regard to national security. for a few officers -- i believe if this is true, which i find pretty unlikely. if it is true that anybody withheld it would be a small group. not some policy from the top down. nothing that was ever discussed because one, it would be a firing offense and contrary to the mission of the agency. >> bill: i understand the

argument you're making. if you had a few c.i.a. officers who made that decision, would that be possible? >> it's possible for them to get away with it on a person oh person level that they would try to withhold certain information but likely they would be found out in the process. they would have to convince people. i used the write for the president's daily brief and i briefed the president a couple times myself and there are many different layers in that process. many different reviewers who will look at what you with presenting to the president. so for one person to get away with this would be very hard to do. for a few i think it would also be difficult. i find pompeo's discussion and response to be completely believable. >> bill: inside the agency when they read this story how does the c.i.a. react? are they ashamed by this, disgraced by this or do they understand how this is possible? >> i think the vast majority would say it is being hyped up by the media. the whole notion of a war between trump and the i.c. is

something that gets a lot of headlines and attention but the reality is the intelligence community is vast, huge, langley, c.i.a., nsa. enormous institutions with a tremendous amount of civil servants showing up doing the best job they can do day in and day out and their mission is to bring this individual and his top advisors, donald trump and his cabinet and those around him and the rest of the national security complex the best intelligence they can. for anyone to suggest -- which is what is being suggested by the way, that they can't give the president of the united states that information because he would give it to other countries and possibly give it to our enemies is an accusation of betrayal and treason. >> bill: the first trip president trump made was c.i.a. headquarters, why? >> he was an understanding his intelligence community and languagely c.i.a. are essential

to his success as commander-in-chief making the best decisions and enacting the best policies he can at home and around the world. he certainly recognizes there is this media narrative out there that the i.c. and trump are at war. clearly this is being hyped up by some parties that disagree with trump on foreign policy. i think there are people within the i.c. who have very strong views, including some who think that trump is unfit and doesn't know what he is talking about sometimes. but it is not representative of the entire community. a vast majority of those officers, analysts and people in the field when they look at what's going on all they think about is how do i do my mission set? they have a specific approach to what they do day in and day out. to get the best information and enact the best policy. >> bill: mike flynn was interviewed by the f.b.i. does it stop there or does it

continue? >> i'm confident it will be the end of the process. mike flynn -- >> bill: you do? if you saw the transcript of his phone conversations in late december at some point before or after that, would that answer all the questions that have been out there about what was said and what was not? >> i think it would. there will be a continuing investigation into overall ties between the trump administration and russia. on the incident of mike flynn, what happened there. first of all he would know that lying to the f.b.i. is a crime and one that senior administration officials could get in criminal jeopardy for violating. so i'm sure he was truthful with the f.b.i. i'm sorry about what happened to him. i think he told the f.b.i. what he said and i don't think he did anything wrong. >> bill: former c.i.a. officer here in the studio. >> shannon: the white house deciding not to fight a federal appeals court on the travel ban. they'll write a new one.

what will change and what will stay the same. that's coming up. >> bill: moving forward on the repeal of obamacare or not? the president, the speaker, paul ryan saying the process is on track and on schedule. if that's true, what does the new plan look like? we're about to find out. >> getting congress to act on all those things you said in one year's time is unprecedented. this will be the most productive presidency and congress in our lifetime. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you.

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obama environmental regulation. it will give a needed boost to the energy industry and miners were thankful. >> president trump, we thank you for everything that you have done for us and our industry is much needed. been mining in this industries for 40 years. this is a very exciting time for our industry. >> bill: one of the most effective things they do. they bring this real people and get a chance to comment whether they're business leaders or small business owners or a miner from west virginia like you saw right there. >> he didn't know he would be called on. can you imagine to step up to the white house and no time to prepare. the president would like you to say a few words? >> bill: he will leave for south carolina in an hour. we'll carry that live. >> shannon: president trump is moving to plan b to get his immigration order back on track. he plans to rescind the original travel ban and ine issue a new executive order as soon as next week. >> we're appealing that and going further.

we will issue a new executive action next week that will comprehensively protect our country. so we'll be going along the one path and hopefully winning that. >> shannon: chief counsel for the american center for law and justice. good to see you, jay. they'll try a rewrite and work across guidance they've gotten from judges who ruled against them. many agree these judges did not show that the administration violated the law or the constitution. the plaintiffs essentially didn't show that they would be harmed by this ban moving forward. how do they craft something not just going to get swatted down by another judge who maybe doesn't like what the president is up to? >> what we'll see next week from the white house is an executive order that incorporates not only the extreme vetting which is, of course, constitutional, listing the seven countries, maybe they expand that, i don't have that knowledge. i think what you'll see is the confusion that existed in the

initial roll-out of the executive order was regarding visa holders, those with green cards which was clarified through a white house memorandum. the ninth circuit said it doesn't have the same binding effect and impact as an add min isive agency or the executive order itself. i've said the simple way to solve it. put that language about visa and green card holders legally entitled to be in the united states. put that in the executive order in the four corners of the document. it clarifies the one area that the ninth circuit dinged at. they never cited the law that authorizes the president, 1182f of the code that authorizes the president to determine who gets into the united states and who doesn't. that will be significant. the ninth circuit has put the entire case on hold after the

department of justice filed a brief with the court saying a new executive order superseding this one. muting that case out. >> shannon: we also have this case in virginia. a federal judge there went beyond the issues to say she views this as potentially religious discrimination. and she cites a number of interviews the president has done before elected and since been elected one with bill o'rielly and she said based on her gathering of all this evidence there was an an mouse there that couldn't be remedied. i want to read part of what she said. the evidence in the record focuses on the president's statements about a muslim ban and the giuliani established between that and the executive order. how can they draft something new to make that go away? if a federal judge is looking to other conversations and interviews that have happened, those can't be erased. >> they can't be erased but

it's absurd. with all due respect to the court, this is absurd. the judge is striking down an executive order as unconstitutional because of newspapers reports or things she saw or heard on tv? this is not the way it works. the idea that you are having seven countries of origin that are listed which means 85% of the muslim world is not included in this ban, how is a court going to determine this is religious discrimination? as you know i've argued a lot of religion clause cases at the supreme court. i'll take that case tonight and win it 8-0 and win is 9-0 when gorsuch is concerned. the religious-based argument is ridiculous. that's the way it is around the globe in international norm. i think the courts are way off base here and taking campaign statements and turning it into a violation of the constitution

in an executive order. they need to look at the four corners of the document and determine whether the president has the authority or not. that's the only issue that should be before the court and the fact that seven countries have a predominantly muslim population but 85% of the muslim world is not impacted by it, that ends the case in my view. >> shannon: those countries were selected under the obama administration and were not cooked up simply when the trump administration arrived in town. we'll look forward to seeing if you take on this case, jay. you've had a lot of success in the supreme court. i'll see you up there. >> bill: 9:30 in new york. president trump saying he is on mop-up duty. >> president trump: to be honest, i inherited a mess. it's a mess, at home and abroad, a mess. >> bill: is it fair now to point the finger at former president obama? or does president trump have a point? got a great panel on that. juan and mercedes in a moment. >> shannon: plus president

trump saying the real story of mike flynn's resignation is about the illegal leaks. is that a bigger deal than what flynn allegedly spoke about with the russians? pete king joins us live to talk about that next. >> a lot of people are working very hard. when you have to spend half your day putting out phony stories, obviously it becomes a distraction.

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it to you. up in new york city we're open for business on the stock market. expected to cool off today. that's what it is doing. we've had one heck of a run-up wow from the day after the election. losing a bit of momentum now. investors waiting for clarity on economic policy. the president talked about tax reform almost on a daily basis. we see whether or not he continues to talk about that today. stocks are moving on wall street. >> shannon: president trump will leave the white house shortly for a trip to south carolina and then to florida taking his populous theme to more friendly territory outside the beltway. this after he said he inheristed a mess from his predecessor. >> president trump: to be honest, i inherited a mess. it's a mess, at home and abroad, a mess. jobs are pouring out of the country. you see what's going on with all of the companies leaving

our country going to mexico and other places. low pay, low wages, mass instability everyseas. the middle east a disaster. >> shannon: juan williams is author of the book "we the people." media schlapp is a fox news contributor. great to see you both today. i want to start with you, mercedes. the right hated it when obama blamed everything on george w. bush. where is the cut-off? >> for president obama it was all eight years. i think he spent a lot of time blaming president bush on a economy. any time he would bring up an issue. for donald trump i think it's right for him to speak up and say look, we're looking at an economic growth that's disappointing under president obama you see the gdp growth at

2.1%. that great in historical standards and when you look at the issue on obamacare where you've seen so many failures, the skyrocketing premiums or insurance companies pulling out of supporting obamacare, i think it becomes very problematic. that doesn't include the foreign policy issue which, as we know, we've seen a vacuum of u.s. leadership on the world stage and when you look at the fact that russia is -- there has been the rise of russia in the middle east, the fact that he is making a lot of these calls in areas like syria and iran, it is very worrisome. i think for president trump, he is right to go out and basically say look, he has inherited a mess. 67% of americans agreed with that statement during the 2016 election. >> shannon: i want to bring in juan. that was a wild, raucous was one of the best words to describe it yesterday. the president truly was like he was in his element and having a

great time. he is thanking people for all the nice statements on the press conference yesterday, rush limbaugh said one of the greatest ever. fake media not happy. juan, your impression. >> it was epic. i don't know where to start. let me respond to what mercedes was saying in that i took that very differently than mercedes did, the claim he inherited such a mess. i look back and say wait a second, he inherited an economy with low unemployment. the pros say we have full unemployment. we also have high stock market. the market setting records coming back a little bit. >> shannon: since he took office. >> it was setting records, the basis of it. i think it went up thousands of points under obama and we had very look troop commitments around the world compared to when obama took office. the idea he inherited a mess i

think wow. in keeping with trump yesterday said oh yeah, the leaks are real, but the news stories that have been produced by the leaks are fake news. how do you square that and make sense of that? how do you make sense of him attacking the jewish reporter trying to ask him a very sympathetic question and saying to the black reporter can you set up a meeting with the congressional black caucus as if she knows all the black people in the world. >> that's wild. >> shannon: he predicted the headlines he would get today. he said tomorrow it is going to be he is crazy and ranting and raving and the headlines are he is crazy and ranting and raving. is he crazy like a fox? >> you talk to the trump supporters and those individuals outside of the washington and new york bubble and they are thrilled. they felt that donald trump took the message directly to the american people and spoke on the issues. he was able to speak about his

executive orders that have gotten very little coverage in the mainstream media. they are so focused on trying to take down president trump and his administration and focus whether the russian links or flynn and not also bring in the focus on these other issues that he has been pushing for. the deregulation for these businesses. the obamacare deregulation. i mean, i think he is trying to say look, i would like to see at least some fair coverage, which he doesn't get from some of the networks and it has been a big challenge and a war he is willing to take on with the media. >> do you think it's a fine-oiled machine which is what the president claims. >> fine-tuned. >> bill: firing your national security advisor, having the labor secretary withdraw. courts rebuke you on your immigration offer. not dealing with obamacare and taxes so far. that's a smooth-running machine.

>> shannon: listen, he uses this to go directly to the people when he feels like he is getting beat up and unfacially treated by a majority of the press. if they can't break that link, if he can continue to go to his people because based on my twitter followers yesterday who will be fox people, they bigly liked this press conference yesterday, juan. he will have this rally on saturday down in florida. as long as he can make that connection he cuts the mainstream media out of the loop and by his account he stays in power. >> that's an astute observation. smart like a fofjts i agree. he plays to his base. at some point i think -- you are starting to see this from conservative media questions about when will you actually follow through? are you being distracted, the twittering, the rallies, you previously criticized obama. >> i don't know which conservative media you're listening to. >> they've all said it is time to get to tax reform. >> congress, get to work.

let's get the obamacare replacement happening. >> shannon: they can't, they're going on recess. we'll check in with them when they get back. have a great weekend. >> bill: just a few days. they won't be far. this will be here when they do come back. the timetable for repealing and replacing obamacare is becoming more clear now. are republicans united? a significant question. the president saying the deadline is coming up fast. chris collins will explain the schedule live next. >> me to reach my goals.dy inside

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finally approving dr. tom price the repeal and replacement of obamacare is moving fast. here is what the house speaker paul ryan told sean hannity just yesterday. >> the plan is to repeal and replace this law. we ran on a plan to repeal and replace it. tom price helped write that plan he is now the secretary of health and human services. >> here is my question. i just listed his agenda what he ran on for the forgotten men and women that voted for him. >> that's the agenda we're working on right now. >> bill: my next guest one of several republicans meeting with president trump yesterday at the white house. new york congressman chris collins. the first to endorse on the house side president trump as a candidate. sir, good morning to you and thanks for coming back here. mike emanuel just informs us a 19-page report has been given to all republicans in the house to go home and digest it and

talk about it with their constituents. what is in that 19-page report, sir? summarize that? >> let's call it a 19-page power point presentation how obamacare is failing, has failed and with humana pulling out of the 2018 market we have to step in and provide healthcare for americans that will give them affordable coverage. so it talks about the various failures of obamacare and how bad it is getting especially as we move into 2018. but then the highlights of a bill we're going to be marking off week after next. we're off president's week and in for six straight weeks, one to get a bill marked up dealing with medicaid, first time we've dealt with that entitlement in decades but comes forward with the proposals we talked about.

refundable tax credit for individuals to buy insurance that works for them. and all the other issues that we've talked about dealing with the medicaid expansion. it is going to be -- we have to get our list. >> bill: let me jump in. because it appears after a meeting yesterday divisions still remain. how would you characterize how close or perhaps how far away you are from reaching that consensus, sir? >> well, here is where it comes down and speaker ryan has said to all of us, we're going to have to take for some members some tough votes over the next six months whether it's tax reform or healthcare. we need 218 votes out of 241 in the house, the democrats are not going to help us. and so that message has been delivered and we are trying to work through the compromise. i do think at the end of the day when the president gets

behind it, we will coalesce, there may be some members to peel off. it's too important. the fact that america has trusted the rerepublican party to get this done. a few of the hold-outs will, in fact, give us the 218 votes we need. >> bill: how great is the risk in doing nothing? >> we can't do nothing, bill. healthcare right now is imploding in front of us. certainly those on the obamacare exchanges, that's 10 million americans, they don't have choice anymore. over 1,000 counties only have a single provider and it's a bronze plan with $10,000 deductics. that's not insurance. medicaid will bankrupt this country. we have to get our arms around medicaid. as much as national defense and growing at an unsustainable rate.

we need to give patient choice so individuals with refundable tax credits can get the insurance they need so businesses can come together under the chamber of commerce again and get group plans, whether it's a trade association. the way we used to do things. giving people the choice. >> bill: just for the record, 10 days from now this thing will get rolling. that's what you said, correct? >> that's right. we're starting to mark up a bill and i'm on energy and commerce and we'll start marking the bill up. good to be with you. >> bill: the update on obamacare. >> shannon: trying to plug the leaks coming out of the white house. the united states could start getting tough and borrow from another country's playbook? details just ahead.

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>> bill: from overseas, 17 afghan soldiers killed after an isis ambush. army security post in the east toward pakistan attacked from three different directions last night after two other isis attacks just yesterday. the first a deadly bombing if baghdad. 59 killed. dozens injured there when a car bomb exploded at a busy car market in a predominantly shiite district. pakistani commanders carrying out a series of raids arresting and killing dozens of militants after a deadly suicide bombing there that happened at a shrine in southeastern pakistan. 88 people killed in that. >> shannon: national security advisor michael flynn's resignation. now britain's government is considering a new law designed to tackle international espionage but put british

journalists who get leaked material in jail. we're live in london. what exactly prompted this change in the law and why now? >> shannon, this is not yet law, still going through consultation. one of the amazing things here the existing law refers back in parts to world war i and the stealing of secrets out of safe and bringing it into the 21st century but making is harsher. the maximum sentence was two years in prison for leaking security. it will range it to 14 years for leaking information of national security but also any information that might harm the u.k. economy. one of the main reasons for these harsher laws is because of edward snow den. in the u.k. his leaks shook tin tell against services to the core leading to a review. there haven't been leaks on

snowden's level here but breaches. the speech beginning by the head of the uk intelligence services warning cyberattacks from leaks home and abroad pose a threat to britain. >> the risks at stake are profound and represent a fundamental threat to our sovereignty and should be a concern to all of those who share democratic values. >> a very serious law and change being considered here. one of the other issues this will target people who publish the leaks, not just those who steal them which raised concerns among journalists, how does it compare to the u.s. in the u.k. there is the epps -- speaking to experts in the u.s. they're reluctant to change. 30 years is a higher punishment than they would expect otherwise. big changes as a result of the leaks we've seen recently. back to you. >> shannon: we'll keep track.

>> bill: president trump calls the reports of chaos in the west wing, doesn't think much of them. he says we're a fine-tuned machine. chris wallace to address all of this at the top of the hour with mr. sunday coming up. look at geico... you know, geico can help you save money on your homeowners insurance too? great! geico can help insure our mountain chalet! how long have we been sawing this log? um, one hundred and fourteen years. man i thought my arm would be a lot more jacked by now. i'm not even sure this is real wood. there's no butter in this churn. do my tris look okay? take a closer look at geico. great savings. and a whole lot more.

>> shannon: the president departs the white house for south carolina in just a few minutes. he is meeting with boeing ceo to talk about jobs. they have a large manufacturing presence in the u.s. it could affect the company's network of international partners and keep you updated with all the latest developments. the president, you saw it, takes fiery charge in a news conference launching an extended assault on the media and many other things. he looked like he was having a great time. we're having a great time here. brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm shannon bream in for martha maccallum. >> bill: everyone across the country was carrying that.

big audience. good morning. the president defending his administration, dismissing stories on russia as a ruse. he is taking his message on the road in a matter of moments. he will be in south carolina and then florida for a rally on saturday. but first here are some of the hits from yesterday afternoon. >> president trump: i heard -- just heard the crowds are massive that want to be there. i turn on the tv, open the newspapers and i see stories of chaos -- chaos, yet, it is the exact opposite. this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine despite the fact that i can't get my cabinet approved. if the democrats who have -- all you have to do is look at where they are now. the only thing they can do is delay because they've screwed things up royally, believe me.

i keep my campaign promises. and our citizens will be very happy when they see the result. they already are, i can tell you that. >> bill: chris wallace anchor of fox news sunday was watching yesterday and back today. how are you doing, chris? good friday to you, sir. >> everybody was watching. it was must-see tv. >> bill: i heard you say last night this was president trump saying i'm in charge. was there any doubt? >> he was trying to say not that he is in charge of the white house but he is in charge of events. there is that narrative out there that there is chaos within the administration. and he was saying, as you heard there in the clip, it's a finely-tuned machine. his supporters will have loved it thought it was vintage trump. some of the people who didn't like him in the first place will be horrified by it. but you know, one of the points i was making on o'rielly last

night, and i think this really strongly more the day after, ju. it didn't alter reality. there are problems within this administration. you know, michael flynn happened. andy puzder, the executive order had a bad roll-out. and harward turned it down. he is a loyal solder and very hard for him to say know when the president of the united states asks him to serve but he thought the national security council was so dysfunctional, so many political people involved in it like steve bannon, that he didn't want any part of it. that doesn't indicate a fine finely-tuned machine.

>> bill: in the past these press conferences are void of news or headlines. it is anything bet. you think about the benjamin netanyahu press conference from wednesday, settlements, two-state solution, art of the deal. previous administration, that's the kind of news that would be -- it would be front and center and we'd talk about it for days. i think in president obama's time he would take eight questions in an hour. i don't know how many questions president trump took yesterday. this is a very different operation. >> absolutely. i mean, this is vintage trump and it has become clear that trump is determined to bend washington to his will and not bend to washington's will. but you know, i just saw the interview you had with congressman collins and it gets to an important point. because in the end the key is not the media and how they treat him and whether it's called chaos or not. it is what he is able to accomplish. and the fact is. collins was putting the best spin on it.

the republicans are really divided over obamacare. there are big differences about whether there should be tax credits or tax deductions. what they do about medicaid expansions. people don't want to give the money up. big divisions about tax reform. not republican versus democrats but inside the gop. and those are the kinds of key issues that will really matter. it will be the reality, not the rhetoric that will determine the success or failure of this administration and there are a lot of people on capitol hill who are quite concerned about the fact they don't feel they're getting clear marching orders, that there is a clear plan from this white house about how to proceed on the key legislative matters like obamacare and tax reform. >> bill: you are saying results matter. i think you're right. more so than the press conference yesterday. it's a novelty now chris. we're almost a month in. it's new. the news somewhere is going to change. it will get rough somewhere

whether it's here or overseas and you wonder how he approaches that. i think the first sign we had of that was when the navy seal was returned to dover air force base two weeks ago and he made a trip out there with his daughter. that's the way he addressed that. things will get real on his watch. ultimately, however, it's the results. if he gets the economy going, if you get tax reform, if you get obamacare, which are huge deals as you point out, if you get that in the system, legislatively passed and signed into law, that is how this presidency will be judged, correct? >> absolutely. you know, there was a key line. it was my favorite line from president trump's inaugural address where he said every decision that this administration makes will be to benefit the american family. that's the right marker. it does -- does this benefit the american family or not? i thought yesterday was awfully entertaining and vintage trump. but it really didn't do

anything to benefit the american family, you're right. things like smooth executive order that keeps us safer. an obamacare repeal and replace that solves some of the problems in a system that some of the insurance companies say is now in a death spiral. tax reform that really jump starts the economy. those are the keys and that's going to be how this president is judged, not by whether he can put on an interesting hour of television. >> bill: we'll see you on sunday. don't mix fox news sunday. rush limbaugh joins chris to talk about the trump administration. check your local listings on big fox as well. >> shannon: mike pompeo pushing back hard against any claims his agency has been keeping classified intelligence from president trump. pompeo calling the reports dead wrong adding this. the c.i.a. does not, has not, and will never hide intelligence from the president period. we're live in washington garrett.

what are we learning about these reports? >> a government official tells fox news that president trump has, in fact, been receiving the presidential daily brief which details all the major threats our country is facing. in this story by the "wall street journal" alleges in those briefings intelligence officials were leaving out details of the sources and methods used to obtain classified information because they were concerned it could be leaked or compromised. last night c.i.a. director mike pompeo released a statement saying he is not aware that anything along those lines has occurred and added today's "wall street journal" story is dead wrong and impaouns the integrity of thousands of professional intelligence officers by peddling gossip without citing an example to support its claim. a government official told our own reporter that some tension could have come after former national security advisor mike flynn began gathering that raw intelligence to share with the president in his separate

briefing that is not typical but evidence of some of the real concerns that both flynn and president trump have expressed about the work of the intelligence community and the information it provides. shannon. >> shannon: how is the white house responding to these allegations and rumors? >> the president not happy about it. he took time in the press conference yesterday to criticize the report calling it disgraceful and this morning on "fox & friends" reince priebus said the president is getting everything he needs from the intelligence community and suggested this story may have come from some employees loyal to the old administration. >> it's totally fake, totally false. you get a statement out of the dni and then we get a statement out of the cia refuting a fake story. they might be -- listen, there may be some bad actors within the intelligence community or some holdovers. nobody knows. >> this also comes while the

administration is looking at a full review of the intelligence community to see how it can improve communication and coordination. >> bill: 10 minutes past the hour. the president criticizing what he calls a hateful tone in the media coverage of his administration. >> president trump: i'll make mistakes and you'll write badly and i'm okay with that. i'm not okay when it is fake. i watch cnn, it is so much anger and hatred. >> just because the fake news attacking our network. >> president trump: i'm changing it from fake news, very fake news. [laughter] >> bill: so there is that and he keeps reminding the media that the people who elected him for a reason whether they like it or not. are they missing the message? we'll take a look. >> shannon: the president also defending mike flynn who was fired after leaks got to the

media. what president trump is saying about the criminal acts. >> bill: u.s. immigrant stripped of his dreamer status and links to a dangerous gang. did he relocate in search of a better life or to escape his own criminal past? >> dhs runs a background check. both times the government found after all that work that he was not a threat to the public safety, that he was not a threat to national security. let's take a look at some numbers:

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>> president trump: what he did wasn't wrong. what he did in terms of the information he saw, what was wrong was the way that other people, including yourselves in this room, were given that information. that was classified information. it was given illegally. that's the real problem. >> shannon: president trump discussing leaks to the news media leading up to the rest ignition of michael flynn. ordering the justice department to investigate criminal leaks of u.s. intelligence. peter king sits on the homeland security commission and joins us live. you've got people on both sides of the aisle very upset about potential russian meddling and interference in our election. bipartisan support for fully investigating that. you have a lot of people upset about potential leaks that red to the resignation of mike flynn and other leaks as welcoming from the gop side of

the aisle. what's the priority for you? can congress look into both at one time? >> we have to. anyone on the democratic side not concerned about the leaks is being totally hypocritical. we aren't talking about a whistleblower here. again i have to be careful how i say this. if there was a tap on the russian embassy that would have been done through -- all that information, even the fact that the tap existed would have to be classified. we don't want the russians to know what we're doing and how we're doing it. if it was done. and any time an american's name or voice appears in one of those tapes, that's supposed to be kept absolutely secret. that's why it's so secret and the nsa process is secret. that is a crime that has to be prosecuted. there are ramifications that go far beyond mike flynn. it could undermine what we do

internationally. i'm on the intelligence committee and the russian situation is being looked at. we're trying to get all the information we can from the intelligence community going back to last summer and fall. i can tell you, as republicans on the intelligence committee we were pushing over a year ago for more action to be taken against russia. it was the administration, the obama administration that was resisting our efforts as far as russia was concerned. i guess when they realized the election being an influence they became late converts. over the last three or four years it was the obama administration defending russia >> shannon: how do you respond that it's the gop that more concerned about the leaks than you are about russia's involvement in the election? >> i am very concerned about leaks that violate national security laws, that go right to the heart of our counter terrorism and counter intelligence operations.

i also believe it's essential that we fully investigate any involvement that russia had in our election. and the intelligence community is going ahead with that. that investigation should be followed as far as it has to. any involvement by anyone in the trump organization, trump operation, trump campaign that's a very serious mother -- matter and has to be investigated. "the new york times" did the rerun story, the page one story buried in the middle of that was the fact up until now after all these months of investigation there is no evidence of any criminal activity or collusion between the trump campaign and the russian intelligence. if it leads somewhere, fine. the consequences to me are very serious. we can do both at the same time. >> shannon: let's talk about some of russia has been doing with the jets that are buzzing u.s. watercraft, they have a missile deployed that violates and arms treaty and now 19 miles off the u.s. coast a

russian spy ship. this is what the president said yesterday about this ongoing situation with russia. >> president trump: the greatest thing i could do is shoot that ship that's 30 miles offshore right out of the water. everyone in this country will say it's so great. it's not great. that's not great. i would love to be able to get along with russia. now, you've had a lot of presidents that haven't taken that tact. look where we are now. so if i can -- now, i love to negotiate things, i do it really well and all that stuff. but it's possible i won't be able to get along with putin. >> shannon: he is darned if he does and darned if he doesn't. where does the president go with this? too soft on russia, too hard on russia? he knows he could benefit by going after that ship. >> i don't think you'll get anywhere dealing with putin. he is an evil person,

diabolical. having said that donald trump is the president. he is an expert negotiator and previous presidents, president bush and obama and secretary clinton tried. the president is entitled to try to see if we can find something in our and best interests and russias. that's the art of the deal. russia is still trying to show it is a player on the international stage. having the spy ship off long island within eyesight of my constituents, buzzing u.s. ships, all of that to me is the attempt by russia to stay relevant. we should look at it and monitor it and make sure nothing else is being done and possible we should take similar action, maybe take some action over in the russian sphere of influence but we shouldn't overreact. russia is not the major power it used to be. putin wants to be.

president trump i support him and i think he is going to run into a brick wall in dealing with putin. as an expert negotiator he will realize that pretty soon. >> shannon: good to see you, sir. >> have a nice weekend. >> bill: 21 past. more trouble on the way for those living near the treachercalifornia. a forecast that may spark a new evacuation order. we'll tell you what that is all about coming up. >> shannon: a model taking a death defying risk just to get the perfect inextra gram shot. how people are reacting to that very dangerous stunt.

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>> shannon: a friend of the san bernardino terrorists enters a guilty plea for providing the assault rifles used in that

massacre. he could face up to 25 years in prison but prosecutors will seek a reduction under a plea deal and that's not sitting well with the father of one of those victims. >> for him to get as light a sentence as he's got from the crimes that were committed based on what he provided to help that happen, it's a travesty. the judicial system needs to fix it. >> shannon: the two died in a gun fight with police hours after the attack. >> bill: they are bracing for another round of heavy rain this weekend and that could bring more trouble to those living near an endangered dam if northern california. a powerful storming moving in to put the whole region at risk for major flooding. how much concern is there with these storms, claudia? >> well, good morning, bill. that's right. repairs to the two crippled

spillways will get their next test as warmer than expected storms bring as much as 10 inches of rain. officials are cautiously optimistic that everything will be okay. the main spillway is still sending out more water than the reservoir is taking in. a 36 foot buffer below the rim and they say even with the four storms lined up through next week it is unlikely they'll need to use the dam's emergency spillway again. sunday there were concerns the spillway could fail and cause catastrophic flooding. mandatory evacuations have been lifted but some 200,000 people who live downstream have been told to keep a weather eye and bag packed in case they need to leave again. >> bill: the reservoir is lower, less water is coming down the spillway.

good news for the moment. >> it is good news. in fact, officials are reducing the outflow on this spillway behind me so crews can get in and start to fix some of the damage that has been caused by severe erosion at the base. take a closer look at this spillway. first of all debris is pushing water into places where it should not be and this spray you are seeing is not normal. that's water slamming against a massive crater in the concrete that opened last week and continues to grow all the way down to bedrock. officials want to bring a power plant back online that has been down for a couple of weeks. they need to begin these short-term fixes. in the meantime, teams are preparing plans for permanent repairs that could cost as much as $200 million. >> bill: we're hoping for the best, claudia there in northern california. thank you for being there today. >> shannon: new reaction to the

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continue to block him. pointing to a lawsuit and ruling out of oklahoma where he served as the attorney general ordering him to turn over a number of emails and communications he may have had with energy companies and interests. we'll see as we get more on that we'll take you live. in the meantime mike emanuel is live on capitol hill with more. what are the expectations about this whole thing going down with the potential epa administrator we thought would move forward today? >> absolutely. i should note scott pruitt passed a procedural vote 54-46. two democrats joining with republicans. we expect him to get a final confirmation vote at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. supporters say as oklahoma attorney general, he understands the consequences of the federal government's overreach on individual states. this morning a colorado republican spoke in favor of pruitt. >> this past election the voters said they wanted something different from the last eight years in washington because what they experienced was not working for the people.

broken promise after broken promise. status quo with the epa is not acceptable. broken promises that's the status quo. that's a criticism of the epa under president obama when jena mccarthy was the administrator. scott pruitt has a difference version. >> shannon: the democrats held an all nighter. why? is there any hope of success for them on that move? >> their environmentalist base is worked up about the epa under scott pruitt. they were on the senate floor protesting saying he has no record of defending the environment. those speeches continue today. critics say bottom line they're sounding the alarm. >> i think it's pretty clear what this is all about. this is an effort by special interests in america to put their best friend on the job at the environmental protection agency. they want to make sure that he is there to look the other way

when we should be regulating to keep this planet that we live on safe and in good shape for future generations. >> expect several more hours of speeches on the senate floor with democrats expressing opposition to scott pruitt. bottom line it sounds like in a couple of hours president trump should have his epa administrator. >> shannon: they're keeping you busy on capitol hill. thank you. >> president trump: i'm here to update the american people on the incredible progress that has been made in the last four weeks since my inauguration. we have made incredible progress. much of the media doesn't get it. they actually get it but they don't write it. we have to talk about it. to find out what is going on. the press honestly is out of control. the level of dishonesty is out of control. >> bill: critics telling that hour 15 minutes out of control. supporters say they're hungry for more. front page "new york post"

reads this. wildest show on earth. ringmaster don whips media in rant. barnum and bailey is folding its tent this year after all. how could the circus possibly compete with donald trump? the president proved once again he is the greatest show on earth. wow. fox news contributor bernie goldberg out of miami, florida with us today. good morning, to you on this friday. you wrote 16 days ago about this. what did you say then, bernie? >> forgive my thin skin on this. on february 1st on my website i wrote i'm starting to think the real reason the barnum and bailey circus is shutting down has nothing to do with the elephants. rather, i think it has to do with the stiff competition it is getting from the trump white house. i'm not accusing anybody of stealing, i'm not accusing him of stealing, i'm just saying i wrote that two weeks ago.

>> bill: i get it. you live in florida and the circus is in sarasota. it hits close to you. howard kurtz wrote this. the most extraordinary news conference ever held by the president of the united states and the harshest indictment to the media ever delivered from the white house and it was riveting. you could not turn away. trump unplugged. how did you react in florida? >> i think that's a fair interpretation and i also think there has been a lot of talk about how his supporters loved it. that's true. but i think we need to define the term his supporters. 46.2% of the electorate voted for donald trump. a lot of those people held their nose and voted for him. a lot voted for him because they didn't like hillary clinton at all. if you take those people out and just go to his real supporters, his base, his most passionate supporters what do you have?

35%, maybe less? those people, yes, they loved it. but you know what? -- i mean what i'm about to say literally. donald trump could have pulled out a gun and shot a few of those reporters yesterday and his base would have cheered him on. the point that isn't getting enough attention, i think, bill, is that donald trump is getting away with a lot. he is getting away with unpresidential demeanor, getting away with abdication of conservative principles for basically one reason. conservatives also detest the media. if they didn't detest the media almost as much as he does, i don't think he would be getting away with as much as he is getting away with. >> bill: you mean figuratively. >> no, i think when donald trump said he could shoot somebody on fifth avenue and wouldn't lose any support i believed him. i believe that there is nothing -- i want to make this clear. i believe that there is nothing anybody can come up with that

would lose the support of his most passionate supporters. literally, not figuratively. >> bill: i want to clear this up now, right? we're clear on that. here is reaction now from across the media spectrum, bernie. have a listen. >> it was unhinged. it was wild. >> bluster, exaggeration and a few loose facts. >> bizarre, contentious, we're getting insight into the mind of our president that he is just obsessed with coverage. >> it was like a guy almost like on a couch explaining his problems to a shrink. >> it was sprawling, all over the place. it was a roadmap of his mind. it is a very disturbing roadmap in many regards. >> you have presidents take office. many of them are in power to get bigger. you think you have a president in that press conference that looked smaller. >> bill: i found lock jaw for the first several minutes, maybe an hour. a lot of folks were frankly --

did that just happen? did i just see that? >> yeah, i have to tell you, i was one of them. i don't think -- i don't think i have to defend my credentials in holding the mainstream media accountable for their biases. i think they deserve a lot of the criticism that they get. i wrote a book called the slobbering love affair about the mainstream media's falling in love with barack obama and how embarrassing it is. but -- but i don't to hear from this particular president about fake news because a lot of the stuff that comes out of his mouth is fake information. and fake news to donald trump i'm getting the impression is -- >> bill: been a rallying call for him, bernie. >> absolutely. that's the point. he keeps appealing to the same relatively small base. and what is going to happen if he continues to do that is he is going to lose people who

voted for him and want to give him a chance, but the ones who held their nose and voted for them he will lose them. he will lose some republican members of congress. his poll numbers will go down and then his presidency will be in trouble because he won't be able to get the things done that he wants to get done and that a lot of conservatives. >> bill: a lot of people can't wait for the next press conference to happen. listen, he can't pull out a gun and shoot a reporter in that room. you can't say that. you can't say literally he can do that. >> i really need to be clear on this. my point is that i'll ask you, bill, tell me one thing you think he can't -- that he would do that would lose his most passionate -- >> bill: murder would be one of them. here is the tweet from trump earlier today. >> i didn't say kill them. i said shoot them. maybe wound them.

>> bill: thanks for all the nice statements. rush limbaugh said greatest ever. kellyanne conway and sean spicer laughing during the press conference. a number of reporters laughing as well. this is something, bernie, you work at the highest level of network news. the camera can't capture everything. and there were a lot of people in that room yesterday, reporters alike, having a pretty good time. last comment and i have to run. >> i was having a good time. i like a good show. let's see how long the laughing goes on from kellyanne conway and the others if his poll numbers drop and if he loses support in the republican congress. let's see who gets the last laugh on that. >> bill: bernie goldberg out of miami. stay tuned. thank you for coming back this week. glad to have you in miami. >> shannon: president trump blasting intelligence leaks. >> president trump: what happens when i'm dealing with the problem of north korea? what happens when i'm dealing with the problems in the middle

east? are you folks going to be reporting all of that very, very confidential information, at the highest level? >> shannon: the president calling the leaks criminal and ask the justice department to launch an investigation. how serious is the problem? >> bill: here is the problem. don't try this at home. a death-defying photo shoot from one of the tallest buildings in the world. >> shannon: that's why they have photo shop.

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>> shannon: president trump taking action moving quickly to plug the intelligence leaks plaguing him his first few weeks in office. >> president trump: i've gone to all of the folks in charge of the various agencies and where i've actually called the justice department to look into the leaks. those are criminal leaks.

they are put out by people either in agencies -- i think you'll see it stopping. now we have our people in. >> shannon: joining us now former deputy assistant attorney general thomas dupree junior. how exactly does this work? some people say it's unusual for the president to now publicly go out and direct the doj to launch this potentially criminal investigation. i want to make sure folks see the video we have. live video of the president arriving at andrews air force base to go to south carolina and meet with boeing and this is an interesting shot to watch as they come in in marine 1 and land on the tarmac and proceed onto what is called air force one once the president takes the steps and boards. we understand he has with him his daughter and son-in-law and a couple of their children as well for this trip. we may get a chance to look at

them here as you watch live. they have arrive at andrews to head down to south carolina. as we watch that play out i want to bring back tom dupree to talk about this potential leak investigation the president is ordering the doj to undertake. how serious a step that he himself as the president has said let's get this going? >> it's a serious step and an unusual step. normally what you have is you have agencies themselves make what is known as a criminal referral to the justice department for investigation. there is nothing that prohibits the president himself from directing an investigation but it is unusual. it underscores the seriousness of how the president views the current environment and the leaks that seem so prevalent these days. >> shannon: all happening at the beginning of his administration. a lot of folks will ask if the doj will do the investigation however it leads, but to make an example of someone or to show this administration won't

put up with this. we're one month in and find a name and crack down and make an example. >> that's right. look, leaks are prevalent in washington they've always been here and always will be. what makes this different, the leak environment has kicked into hyper drive in the first few weeks of this administration we've seen a multitude of leaks on a variety of subjects from national security to immigration to the conversation that flynn had with the russians. every direction. so it doesn't surprise me at all that the president wants to set the tone that classified information needs to stay classified. >> shannon: we know for a long time they weren't these government interventions in specifically going after leakers and trying to shut them down. we saw some of it during george hw bush. president obama had more leak investigations. is this a new trend? where do you think we go from here? >> i think it is a new trend. in this day and age people in bureaucracies political opponents of the administration

in power figuring they can advance their agenda by sharing information and getting in the public domain even if it's classified. you want to build a culture to insure everyone is on same page. if there are dissenting views take them to their supervisors, the people if charge and talk it through rather than immediately leaking it out to the press. >> shannon: i want to remind folks you are looking live as the president and a couple of family members arrived at joint base andrews to exit marine one to board the plane that becomes air force one once the president steps on board visiting the boeing plant in south carolina and talking about american business. while we have you. i want to ask you about the numerous calls for attorney general jeff sessions just newly confirmed to immediately recuse himself from any number of investigations that may now be launched with respect to leaks or russia or anything else. right out of the gate democrats are saying he can't be objective and can't take part. >> i see no reason for the attorney general to recuse

himself from these investigations. the basis for these calls for recusal is sessions was a supporter of trump during the campaign. well, here is a news flash, typically people who get cabinet appointments are supporters of the president during the campaign. thals not a basis for disqualification. it's ironic after holding up sessions confirmation he gets if place and the first thing you hear is let's not let him do his job. >> shannon: how serious could criminal penalties be with these leaks? >> it can be pretty serious. a number of provisions, title 18 and elsewhere that provide for everything from fines to jail time for people who leak classified highly sensitive national security information. the consequences can be steep. it is very difficult to conduct one of these investigations and pinpoint the leaker. >> shannon: always great to talk to you, tom. as we watch the president boarding the plane, air force one, we're told that one of the

potential nsa candidates may be on board waiting. >> bill: kellogg is on board and see whether or not the nod is granted on the flight to charleston, south carolina. there goes the president and we get a quick time-out here. the classes, the friends, the independence. and since we planned for it, that student debt is the one experience, i'm glad she'll miss when you have the right financial advisor, life can be brilliant. ameriprise

>> bill: we were just seeing the president get on board air force one heading down to north charleston in south carolina. he will be there for a first 787-10 dream liner as it rolls off the production line there. this is a big deal for boeing. a big deal for american industry. that dream liner called the dash 10 will be made exclusively in north charleston. there was a big debate as to whether or not boeing should take its operations out of seattle, washington and put part of it in south carolina, a big union fight back and forth.

they operate both in the state of washington and south carolina as well. there is a report about an immigration crackdown that apparently is not true. john roberts live in north charleston to run down this story for us. john, what are we learning about what has happened here? >> well, bill, this is another case of -- we have to explain this for our viewers at home. these things are dripping out. again it's part of the whole leak campaign against this white house. during the transition, during the campaign, there were hundreds of documents that were generated literally every word that came out of the president's mouth somebody somewhere wrote a potential policy paper for. some of these things were commissioned by the campaign and the transition, some things were sent in from people who weren't even connected to the transition or the campaign or eventually the white house. and this appears to be one of those cases where somebody wrote an executive order that included in it the idea that

the president could mobilize 100,000 national guard troops to go across the country and round up people who were in this country illegally whether they were criminal illegal aliens or people who did not commit any crimes. the white house this morning is saying these reports which were bulleted by the associated press and ap contacted and said i have to run into a meeting. call you back. the bullet went out before that person got back to them that said that the president is weighing this as a policy. sean spicer a short time ago said this story is 100% false. it is not true. there is no program to round up people across the country. we were getting these things for the last 26, 27 days, bill. every once in a while one of these things will pop out of somebody's back door. i don't know if they're trying to discredit the administration or get limelight. this is 100% not true according

to the whies -- white house. >> bill: thanks for clearing that up. back in a moment on "america's newsroom."

>> busy day, not slowing down. i'll see you at 7:00 tonight. >> bye-bye. >> jon: president trump heading to south carolina right now, trying to shift the focus on two jobs after a combative white house conference and we welcome someone who we see in the wee hours. i'm >> abby: i'm abby huntsman n for jenna lee today. >> jon: the search for a replacement