arthel: a star is born. eric: back tomorrow at 12 noon thread here. julie: the president takes his message directed to the people of the campaign rally in florida. i am laura engel in for julie banderas and this is the fox report. quite the spectacle as the president with sup the crowd in melbourne, florida. look at this. they pulled air force one ride to the crowd. we are told some 9000 people turned out to show their support. many of them spent the entire day waiting in line to get the security. when the president got to the podium he repeated his attacks on the media and vowed to keep jobs in america. >> you want low-cost american energy also.

this means lifting restrictions on oil on shale and natural gas and on clean coal. we are going to put the miners back to work. the miners will go back to work. you want to enforce immigration laws and to defend our borders. you want their trade deals end of level playing field. we don't have a level playing field. you understand that the american workers win, america as a country winds and winds bid and every country over the last long period of time has been taking it a niche of the stupidity it of our politicians. it's not going to happen any longer. [applause] you want lower taxes, less regulation, and millions of new jobs and more products stamped

with those beautiful, beautiful words, made in the usa. [applause] laura: and one apparently unfiltered moment the president told a supporter on stage. >> madam president trump during the election promised all these things he was going to do for us , i knew he was going to do this for us. c a star is born. laura: the present later joked that the secret service was probably not happy about that and just across the street from the rally the opposition was out in force as well. protesters gathered was signed but the crowds broke up once the rally got underway. kristen fisher has the latest on the trump administration that but we begin with steve harrigan at the rally. what was the mood like at today's event quetta looked pretty big. reporter: laura there was rock music playing for hours before the president got here and

packed about 9000 people in here. that's all the airport hangar in melbourne florida can hold that there were thousands that didn't get in. the line began forming before dawn and stretched for blocks almost one mile people wanting to get into see president trump. his first attack at the outset was on the mainstream media. the media has been hitting hard. they got a huge round of applause and when we talk to people outside who were waiting hours in line to see him they echoed some of his comments that they believe president trump's not getting a fair shake from the media. >> we see a lot of negative fake news out there and we are not seeing people supporting him every day like you see all these people here. we are like way, we have summary supporters for him and we just does want to come out and show him that we are so thankful that he is there and he is looking out for the american people. reporter: it is little odd to be standing on the podium with all the cameras here.

president trump attack the media and we heard the crowd go wild. there were two huge applause lines one when he attacked the mainstream media in the second when he attacked radical -- radical islamist terrorists who we quote are going to get the hell out of it -- hell out of here. as far supporters go it was an unusual move halfway through the 40 minute speech to pull one of those supporters up on stage with him. apparently president trump record is one of the people interviewed several times including bite us who got first in line who came out of 4:00 in the morning to see president trump. he brought them up on stage. earlier we talked to the trump supporter and here's what he had to say. do you feel like he needs a boost right now? >> i don't think he needs a boost. you know what you know what a boost is? when he comes off air force one today, it's us, we do people. that's what's going to fire him up. that's why he won. he loves us.

reporter: it's a real question now of what kind of boost is going to be and how short-term or long-term. a person want to show he could bring up the numbers. he certainly was able to do that tonight. pass the president has gone out early after elections but usually to push a certain item like president george w. bush trying to push a tax cut. there was no single issue and it felt like a campaign rally and was sponsored by trump for 220. back to you. laura: steve in the middle of it all thanks to much. meanwhile the trump of is working to build its team. meetings are set for tomorrow for national security adviser. that after the white house fired michael flynn. we are told david petraeus out of the running and the list includes three military officials plus ambassador john bolton of "fox news" contributor. our team coverage continues now with kristin fisher.

what are you hearing about the latest on the search for the national security advisor? reporter: laura on his way to the rally on board air force one he said the process of finding a new national security advisers going very well and had hoped to announce his decision about who is next national security advisor will be in the next couple of days. with the last two hours we have learned president trump is going to be meeting with four candidates tomorrow at mar-a-lago and their west point superintendent lieutenant general robert kaplan acting security adviser keith kellogg or mia in a bus with her jumbled and lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster. there is potentially more meetings with more candidates in the pipeline but for now those are the four names that are definitely meeting with the president tomorrow. also happening tomorrow president trump is going to taking calls with three more world leaders and he's also going to be sitting down with several members of his senior staff and health secretary tom price to discuss the

administration's strategy to repeal our place obamacare. another busy working weekend in west palm beach. laura: while the president was here the vice president was overseas. what do we know about what he had to say? report that this is the first major foreign-policy speech of the entire trump presidency. this was also vice president pence's very first trip overseas as vice president so feel -- a big deal for hippie was speaking at the munich security conference in germany and he said the trump administration plans to push for peace and strength and tried to reassure our european allies that the trump administration remains committed to nato. c today on behalf of president trump by bringing this assurance the united states of america strongly supports nato and will be unwavering in our commitment to this transatlantic alliance. [applause]

laura: the vice president also addressed russia. he said the u.s. will continue to hold russia accountable even as we continue to search for more, and get ground. laura: kristin will have more on the security conference on the fox report. the president has been in office for nearly a month so what are the people saying about how he's doing so far? reporter: "fox news" released a poll yesterday and it shows his approval disapproval ratings are about even. when voters were asked do you approve or disapprove of the job of mr. trump is doing as president 48% approved and 47% disapproved and 6% said they don't know. another poll that i want to draw your attention to is this one though. voters were asked who is more likely tell the public the truth the trump administration or reporter's?

45% said president trump and 42% said reporters than 10% didn't know. president trump knows the media's approval ratings are record lows and it's something he tried to capitalize on at this rally tonight. listen. >> the media lies to the people. i will never ever let them get away with it. i will do whatever i can so that they don't get away with it. they have their own agenda and their agenda is not your agenda. in fact thomas jefferson said nothing can be believed if you see it in the newspaper. reporter: on his way to the rally on board air force one reporters asked president trump you know is it too early to be holding a campaign rally 30 days into your presidency? his response, no, life is a

campaign. laura: all right kristin fisher. going to be interesting that's for sure. thanks so much for their portrait right now we are learning a terrorist link to one of the most infamous attacks on u.s. soil has died in prison. coming up the life of the notorious blind sheikh plus a key figure in one of the most controversial court cases in american history died. she is a plaintiff in roe v. wade. we will take a look back on her complicated life ahead on the fox report. >> reporting on what matters. "fox news" channel delivers like no one else. the number one name in news all day every day start your day wir one choice of dentists. philips sonicare removes significantly more plaque versus oral-b 7000. experience this amazing feel of clean.

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the woman at the center of the roe v. wade supreme court decision die. she died of heart failure at an assistant facility. that's according to a journalist working on a book about the case. she was known as jane row in 1973 ruling which established abortion is a constitutional right to shoot later reversed her position and lent her support to pro-life causes. she was 69 years old. the notorious terrorist the blind sheikh has died at the age of 78. egyptian cleric was sentenced to life in prison for plotting attacks against the u.s.. his followers carried out the 1993 bombing at the world trade center killing six people. bryan llenas has a story and he's here with us now. reporter: omar abel-rahman died while serving a life sentence at a federal prison in north carolina. blind abel-rahman became known as the blind sheikh.

this man right here was arguably the face of radical islam in the 80s and 90s. in fact he was credited as inspiration of the september 11 attacks. the blind sheikh his link to the 1993 bombing of the world trade center in which a truck bomb detonated below the north tower killing six and injuring over 1000 others. while not convicted of the attack directly prosecutors said he inspired the seven men who carried out the attack that he was known for his radical sermons at mosques in you know dark city and new jersey and early 90s denouncing the united states and israel calling for jihad or holy war against what he called the infidel. he was found guilty in 1995 of conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks in the u.s. including blowing up the united nations headquarters a federal building to tunnels and a bridge. he wanted to do all of that in one day in new york city as well as conspiring to assassinate then republican senator of new

york current assemblyman doug heitkamp. abel-rahman was considered the spiritual leader of an islamic terrorist group in egypt responsible for many attacks in the 1990s that the terrorist organization actively campaign for his release. back the blind sheikh's imprisonment became a rallying cry for radical islamic jihad is everywhere reportedly one of abel-rahman's sun setting u.s. representative called him to confirm his father's death. he died after a long battle with diabetes and coronary artery disease. he was 78. laura: thank you brabender publicans on the hill are starting to hatch out their ideas for replacing obamacare so when can we expect a plan? plus president trump back on the tried-and-true rally loud and loyal to supporters i'll never find a safe used car. start at the new carfax.com show me minivans with no reported accidents. boom.

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lauren: president trump wrapping up his rally less than hour ago his first campaign event since moving to the white house they mr. trump stepping back on the comfortable ground in front of thousands of supporters at the melbourne florida airport and right off the bat he attacked the news media. >> i want to speak to you without the dash of the fake news. [applause] the dishonest media which has published one false story after another with no sources even though they pretend they have them. they make them up in many cases, they just don't want to report

the truth and they have been controlling us now for two years. they don't get it but they are starting to get it i can tell you. [applause] it has become a big part of the problem. they are part of the corrupt system. thomas jefferson andrew jackson and abraham lincoln, and many of our greatest presidents fought with the media and call them out many times in their lives. when they lie to the people i will never ever let them get away with it. i will do whatever i can. they have their own agenda and their agenda is not your agenda. [applause] thomas jefferson said, nothing can be believed when you see it in the newspaper.

he said he comes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. that was june 14, my birthday, 1807. [applause] but despite all their lives and misrepresentations, they could not defeat us in the primaries and they will not defeat us in the general election and we will continue to expose them for what they are and most importantly we will continue to win, win, win. laura: the president relationship around the world germany's leader took a swipe at the president of the security conference answering the question about the american media reporting on the politics. >> she said quote you'll be happy to hear that i'm largely reading german newspapers. apart from at the cape the free independent press and have high

respect for journalists. we have always had a very good experience in germany with mutual respect. i was at the unit -- munich security conference where it was a big topic on the agenda. vice president tan said this. >> in the face of united states and europe are in decline for george struggles are our struggles. your success is our success and ultimately we walk into the future together. laura: at the vice president's appearance meeting with local leaders and had something of a warning for russia. that was leaders of one sanctuary city under the threat of losing federal dollars in choosing to uphold the precedence order and immigration. that's all ahead on the fox report. double a's here, batteries you can trust against the ear hair you can't. without them you're conducting business with an armpit on the side of your head. that's not just some battery. that's a duracell battery. that's a power you can trust.

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immigration laws. we continue to see nationwide protests in response to the president in battle travel ban. here's what it looked like this morning in minneapolis. and there they went. the march going past hundreds of immigrant businesses in what owner described as a show of report -- support for the immigrants and refugees that would be affected by the travel ban. the protesters calling for minneapolis and st. paul to remain sanctuary cities. meanwhile a setback for immigration activism in southeastern florida as miami-dade county votes to uphold the targeting sanctuary city. lauren blanchard has more. reporter: hi laura. the miami-dade county commission voted 9-3 to back the order of the mayor to uphold the president's executive order requiring compliance with immigration officials. the mayor of miami-dade ordered his correctional department to comply to ensure his city would lose out on any federal.

despite the loud protests of many who wanted miami-dade to become a sanctuary city, the commission upheld the order last night. people packing into the meeting to voice their opposition and support. >> disorders a threat to our country. >> it's appalling to below appalling to pull of law appalling to below flood. spinning is undermining undermining everything the fabric of this community. >> if you want to be here as a citizen obey the law. for. last month the president signed an executive order that would strip federal funding from cities that fail to cooperate with federal authorities. fearing the risk of losing millions of federal dollars the miami-dade mayor back to trend that up and pushing back on the president. >> people that are arrested by the miami-dade police department

not for immigration, that's not what we do for the government, the federal government requires or requests detainer has to show probable cause and we will detain the individual for 48 hours and then if immigration does not pick them up they will be released but that's all we did here in miami-dade county. no more and no less. report the miami-dade counties unique because it's the only u.s. county where more than half of the population is made up of foreign-born residents. laura: lauren blanchard for us and we have more on this for you this weekend. don't miss "fox news sunday". chris wallace talks with white house chief of staff reince priebus sunday right here on "fox news" channel. vice president mike pence is overseas for the first time since taking office meeting with world leaders in germany. they include the president of ukraine. mr. pence and secretary of defense james mattis sending a strong message that the u.s. is

committed to nato and ukraine. >> we must hold russia accountable and demand that they honor the minsk agreement beginning by de-escalating violence in ukraine and know this, the united states will continue to hold russia accountable even as we search for new common ground which as you know president trump believes can be found. laura: more on this from our london bureau. vice president pence is speaking at the munich security conference with his opportunity to address world leaders directly since taking office. vice president pence says he is bringing a message from president trump reassuring guardians of america's commitment to nato but he says he wants members of the alliance to spend more on defense. currently many members targeted defense budget leaving. >> let me be clear on this point. the president of the united states expects our allies to keep their word to fulfill this

commitment and for most that means the time has come to do more. for. the vice president warned russia the key to the cease-fire deal in eastern ukraine that he signed up to. those tough words on russia were no doubt welcome by ukrainian president poroshenko. he also had a one-on-one needing with angela merkel. the white house says the two leaders discussed nato ukraine and the fight with isis. the vice president has had a lot of work today to win new leaders skeptical of the new at. he continues in brussels on monday. laura: thank you. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are starting to get tough questions from voters about obamacare. this is republican leaders present outlines of their plans to replace it. without revealing any details president trump insisted his

rally today a replacement is on the way. >> we want a health care system and by the way we are going to be submitting in a couple of weeks a great health care plan that takes place of the disaster obamacare. it's called repeal and replace. lorne garrett tenney has more from our d.c. bureau on this. what is the status of republican's efforts here? reporter: we are a long ways away from anything showing up in the presence desk but this week we got a first glance at what the g.o.p. has in mind for the replacing replacing repeal efforts and thursday house leadership met with republicans behind closed doors to lay out their vision for the replacement bill we are told that was more about the big picture ideas rather than the fine details of how it will work. ultimately g.o.p. leadership including house republican conference chair kathy met morris rogers said the changes will create a more

patient-centered health care system. >> when you think about the replacement provisions and the expansion of health-based accounts. what we are going to do with medicaid. it is tax credits. if those provisions we believe are going to lead to a smooth transition to a patient-centered health care approach. for. under the leadership's plan americans would no longer receive subsidies from the government for buying insurance or the on line marketplace. said every american would receive refundable tax credits to buy coverage. medicaid reform is you heard represents what the morris mentioned reform is a big part of g.o.p. plan including eliminating the medicaid expansion that occurred under obamacare. it's important to note within the g.o.p. there is plenty of disagreement over both of those specific proposals as well as other parts of the plants of members are expecting a lot of debate when they get back in town to work through those in -- issues and to figure how they

are going to pay for all of this. laura: gareth what are people saying about the chance of democrats are going to get on board with this plan? for. it's like justin bieber says, never say never. there's no indication will happen. the good news for republicans they have enough of a majority in the house that they can pass whatever bill they decide on as long as they get all their members behind it and that is the challenge for the last two years. it's a favorite attack lines among democrats who repeatedly brought it up at a town hall this morning in new york city. >> the republicans have said that they want to repeal and replace but we know that's a smokescreen and a mirage. repeal and replace is a slogan. it's not a solution. they have no credible plan. [applause]

they have no credible alternative. for progress for when we will see a full repeal and replace the plan g.o.p. leaders tell us they expected to be ready sometime next month. laura: garrett tenney live, thank you so much. while president trump went to the campaign of it imported two of his sons were in dubai at the opening of the trump national golf club. the family trip to the united arab emirates began with lunch on the course. donald trump junior said dubai has incredible vision something that could benefit america. this trip comes amid questions about how the presence international visit will affect his administration. we are getting an update on the california dam that was in danger of a potentially catastrophic failure. what crews are doing and also in hell of cornea torrential rains leaving thousands without power and the latest forecast sparking ♪

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laura: the entire state of california facing some dangerous weather this weekend. in the south folks are getting hammered with torrential downpours. the storm is blamed for the deaths of at least two people and tens of thousands of people are still without power. northern california crews are working round-the-clock to shore up the largest deal him in the before more rain falls. oroville dam. we have been talking about this all week to the situation at the dam force the decoration of some 188,000 people last weekend. we have fox team coverage on all this. will carr monitoring the storm damage down south but first we go to alicia live from oroville california with the latest on the dam repairs. alicia some people are still not home to nikon is that right?

reporter: sandhu remained in the evacuation center right now but that is by choice. the mandatory evacuation order was lifted on tuesday but it came with a warning for four authorities that folks need to be ready to get out fast. >> i want to continue to remind people we are still operating under an emergency situation. there is always the risk or there is always the potential that as the risk increases we could go back to the level requiring an immediate evacuation. reporter: among the people who live below the oroville dam there's a combination of panic and planning underway some promising not to wait until authorities bring another round of mandatory evacuations of their doorsteps. rather if they see the water levels rising again they will leave. laura you heard the sheriff say there is a warning for a possible evacuation however he

thinks it's the likelihood is pretty low it will happen again. laura: what's being done with her pairs of the dam? >> keep looking at the big hole in the know there's a lot of work to be done. doesn't look like it's going to be done fast. how's it going? reporter: neither easy nor fast and crews have been working 24 hours a day around-the-clock to avoid a potential disaster. the water authority is telling people the lake water level is lower but we need that extra room in the reservoir and we have been watching helicopters dropping rocks in cement to fill in the areas depleted by erosion all day. the crews are trying to get as much done as possible before the arrival of what is referred to as the next atmospheric river. >> the storm we are having today but also the one we are hearing about on monday and tuesday. that's important. there is a lot of concern over that but i would suggest the reason why we have spent so much effort to remove water from the

reservoir is to allow the storms to come in. reporter: the reservoir right now is at 855 feet above sea level. they're hoping to get that level by the end of the weekend to 850 feet because there is another 10 inches of rain expected to come here. it's not just that fresh rainwater that's the danger it's that fresh run up and when it hits the pillow brings down debris and it will melt some of that snow in the mountains and it will then add to the water levels here. some people are still pretty nervous. laura: every day gets sketchier as we watch the weather commence a hopefully everything holds. thanks much for that report and keep us updated. in southern california there have been downed trees and power lines and even sinkholes and could continue into early next week. california is getting it. will carr is live in studio city. how much rain did they get in

studio city to create the sinkhole? this is a very populated area. reporter: they got 6 inches of rain last night and within the last hour or two we had another come through here with a lot of rain. they brought a lot of equipment into up the water and the last thing they want to do is have anyone get into the sinkhole which is across the street. take a look at some of the video shows the aftermath of what happened around 8:00 in the neighborhood last night. that's when they first opened up and swallow two cars. one had a woman in it. she was in a mercedes suv. she was able to get out the car and she climbed on the trunk and started screaming for help. firefighters raced to the scene and pulled her out. a short time later the other car fell into the hole. thankfully no one was seriously injured. we talk to one resident earlier that lives around here. let's listen to what he had to save. >> have a hole that big and that

deep with cars falling and it hopefully they are strapped in because that probably saved them from being injured. reporter: take a look at that woman's suv at her and was pulled out of the sinkhole. the shows you how dangerous this actually was. they had to close down the airport when the runway flooded. lax in los angeles. flights were impacted and more than 80,000 people without power throughout the los angeles area. laura: what does the city do to make sure the streets surrounding areas are safe? i have lifted now they -- l.a. for a number of years. once you have the rain you have the season called a the mudslide season so what's being done to keep people safe? reporter: that's right, right now what they are doing is trying to stabilize and you can see the metal sheets. they will be putting those into the holes and do everything they can to secure it. one big question we have had

from a lot of people who live in the area is how will they know if there will be another sinkhole especially with more storms that are supposed to come we spoke to one city engineer to take a listen to what he said. >> we are expecting some indentations in the streets. we will see a bowl shaped in the street. reporter: the other thing they have going on is they have cameras running through sewer pipelines picking sure they are okay. the reason this happened was it was an 8-year-old sewer pipeline that had soil go into it. that created a bubble which created the sinkhole. laura: incredible images. will carr thank you so much. still to come on "the fox report" we'll introduce you to a family of refugees working to make a new home in the united states. the inspiring story of hope. >> the american people give hope to these families.

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laura: new reaction to the person's temporary travel ban on both sides. the order comes to a hault by the corporate by the corporate to present at a rally in florida says he is taking action to keep potential terrorists out of the country and the new executive order is coming soon. homeland security secretary john kelly also defending the order during a trip to germany but the pakistani defense minister had a different view. here is some of what they had to say. >> it was designed as a temporary pause that would allow us in many ways allow me, to see where immigration and refugee system has gaps and gaps it has. they could be exploited.

>> this islamaphobia -- terrorism is branded as islamic terrorism and secondly with all due respect the law's validity what i would consider the u.s. has, has not helped the fight against terrorism. laura: one family affected by the band persevered to get their chance to see the american dream the syrian refugees arrived in the u.s. eager to work in rebuild their lives in this country. bryan llenas has more. reporter: mahmoud is studying maps trying to figure out bus routes in new jersey and new york city. next-door whose children and his wife get acquainted with the new kitchen and even if it. american pizza. they are syrian refugees of more

than 1300 who have arrived in the u.s. since january 1. the family was eventually ranked refugee status after a vetting process to still they were initially blocked because of president trump's travel ban. >> it felt as if you were in a very deep hole. you could climb up on a rope and someone cut the rope. reporter: even though the state and its resettlement program last year he insists to help the families in new jersey. it's a long way from serious but the memories are still -- reporter: do you think about aleppo often? they are syrian kurds of muslim minority. mahmoud remembers snipers and aleppo and escaping by foot on the three-day journey to the turkish border. >> it is his if the fire is taking no country. the american people give hope to these families. they are sinking.

this is self-fund video of them arriving at jfk greeted volunteers from rutgers presbyterian church who is cosponsoring the family. >> we wanted to be more directly involved. reporter: the u.s. government provide some financial support for their first three months but after that churches and synagogues mostly stepped in to help refugees from job searching to english-language lessons. for church volunteers it's the little things like mahmoud his son and 28 old daughter suzanne in times square for the first time. >> the first thing they said is howard going to get a job? that's what they want to do just like any other american. laura: bryan llenas reporting. they have two other sons who left syria. large animals getting the vip treatment at one of the busiest u.s. airports.

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do not take with maois. tell your healthcare professional about your medications, including migraine, psychiatric and depression medications to avoid a potentially life-threatening condition. increased risk of bleeding or bruising may occur especially if taken with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thinners. manic episodes or vision problems may occur in some people. may cause low sodium levels. the most common side effects are nausea, constipation and vomiting. trintellix did not have significant impact on weight. ask your healthcare professional if trintellix could make a difference for you. laura: there is a new way for animals big and small traveling as cargo to get in and out of jfk airport. the first of its kind animal

airport has opened the jfk. >> the entire facility was designed to accommodate the needs and desires of any animal. among other furry passengers who depart and land at one of new york's busiest airports. >> if i travel from new york to california with my horse, do i have to come here? >> you don't have to come here because there is no quarantine requirement. the quarantine requirement is only coming in and out of the united states. however, would you want to come here is the question. and the answer is probably yes. >> long flights and the need for rest would be one reason. prices range for services rendered. animals traveled internationally will get cleared by customs and

be checked out hoof to hoof and paw to paw by a vet. the 178,000 square foot $65 million warehouse facility includes scene overnight kennel, diagnostic labs, onsite veterinary care and a usda approved quarantine area. the ark will have an airy wing where feathered fliers can cool. it will feature full-size beds and splashing pool for pooches to play. >> before the ark opened, everything happened out on the tarmac. >> thanks to the ark, live cargo handling will go a lot smoother and safer. laura: a calico cat is hailed as

a hero. a family in florida says this kitty acted like a feline fire alarm. >> she would not stop meowing. when i opened my eyes i realized the house was full of smoke. laura: we are being told the cat is being rewarded with plenty of extra treats. i'm laura engel. "watters world" starts right now.

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