>> they should call it sbsb. spoiled brat syndrome disorder. >> stay tuned. if you have to run from the tv, run to the radio, i'll be there for three hours. >> have a good one. >> bill: good morning, everybody. we're waiting a major announcement from the white house at this hour regarding immigration set to fork us on new measures regarding border security and illegal criminal aliens. that should come any moment now as we say good morning on tuesday. i'm bill hemmer. how are you doing? >> shannon: good tuesday morning, bill. good to see you. i'm shannon bream in for martha maccallum. the white house set to act on the proposal calling for 15,000 new ice and border patrol agents. >> bill: the other big story from the white house is this. president trump naming his new national security advisor, general hr mcmaster. the president touting his credentials saying he is the

perfect person for this job. >> a man of tremendous talent and experience. i watched and read a lot over the last two days. he is highly respected by everybody in the military and we're very honored to have him. >> shannon: john roberts begins our live coverage today. the big news of the day the announcement beefing up enforcement of our immigration laws. what can we expect the president to say today? >> good morning. half an hour from now the department of homeland security will release two implementation memos. basically the instructions to customs and border patrol and immigration and customs enforcement how to implement the desires of the president when he signed those two executive orders removing criminal aliens on the 25th of january. these are draft copies of the memo. don't yet have the final copies. i'm told they're very similar to what the final draft will be with the exception of some legal language. here is what we know will happen.

this will call for the additional hiring of 10,000 more customs enforcement agents in addition to 5,000 border patrol agents to keep the border safe. it will restore the secure communities program. now at the heart of the secure communities program is anyone -- i'm talking about anyone who is arrested and fingerprinted will have those fingerprints checked against an immigration and customs enforcement database. it will prioritize the removal of criminal illegal aliens. people who are convicted of any criminal offense or charged with a criminal offense that hasn't been resolved. a chargeable criminal fence. anyone who has abused public benefit programs. that could be a controversial point and people subject to a removal order but still in the country. on the subject of the border wall. this of course was one of president trump's big campaign promises. it will immediately begin planning, design, construction and maintenance of a wall using

materials originating in the united states to the fullest extent of the law possible. this is very much like the executive order he wrote and signed on the keystone excel pipeline. where are we building the pipe for the pipeline? he said it should be made in the united states. the president wants the border wall constructed mostly of materials made in the united states. >> shannon: so also this is separate from the executive order on the travel ban. we expect a new version or new one of those this week as well. >> this will probably come thursday or friday. the department of justice, the white house counsel's office, department of homeland security all working together on this to make sure they have very tight legal language so they don't get held up in the courts the way they did with the initial extreme vetting order. it will still target the original seven countries around the world like the first one did but have special carve-outs for people who are here on

student visas and legal residents. the judge said it looks like they'll take the legal challenges, mull that all together and come up with language that will pass legal muster. here is what the judge said this morning. >> they've taken the ninth circuit's opinion, taken an opinion in brooklyn and taken an opinion of a court in virginia and found all the things these judges said are problematic with the executive order and they'll address them. >> not sure how they'll roll this out just yet. hopefully we'll get briefings about it before they roll it out. they may, shannon, pull back the original executive order. if they do that, it would make all those court cases go away and render them mute. however, you can probably bet there are a lot of people already lined up ready to challenge whatever comes out later on this week in court. >> shannon: 48 cases disappear. untold how many will pop up the minute that thing is issued. we know you're on it. john roberts at the white house. >> bill: moments ago here

president trump touring the national african-american museum and ben carson and his daughter, ivanka. chief political correspondent, byron york. let's go back to what john was reporting there. i take you back to the third week of july. rnc, convention in cleveland when donald trump said i am your law and order candidate. this is something he has talked about for a long time and said he would implement while president. start there. >> it is. that's what these new memos do. basically what they do, they're the instructions to the department of homeland security about how to enforce an executive order that trump released on january 25th. very far reaching executive order about border enforcement. and while it is a big deal that they are talking about having more ice agents and more border patrol agents, it is probably a bigger deal that he is changing what they're going to do. he is ending a practice called catch and release in which the obama administration basically

apprehended people who were crossing the border illegally and gave them a slip of paper and let them go. won't happen anymore under the trump administration. that could be the huge change in border enforcement. yes, more people, more importantly different assignment. >> bill: we await more on that. in the meantime mcmasters on the job. the team is now in place. you are wondering whether or not this is a man who has well-respected and deep credentials, byron, whether or not he can work within the confines of a unique white house. what is your feeling on that? >> well, this morning i was talking with senator tom cotton who recommended mcmaster for this job. and he said if anybody can do it henry mcmaster this is a job remember how complex the pentagon is, the military is. it's the largest bureaucracy in the world. it is really extremely difficult to make your way through. and mcmaster both excelled and

made trouble inside that bureaucracy. so you would kind of expect him to do the same thing in the trump white house. >> bill: okay. so you have a theory. you have a theory on who donald trump respects and who he doesn't. you put it in two categories on speaking on behalf of you now, byron. those who are very wealthy people who have made a lot of money through american business, and those who have been very successful through the u.s. military. what is your observation? lay it out. >> we have had reports that donald trump does not have a huge amount of respect for people who didn't make a lot of money. like a billion dollars. but a huge exception to that is military heroism. i remember going to a trump event in north carolina just a couple of days before the election and trump had a bunch of medal of honors with him. he said i have had financial courage. these guys have had real courage. i think mcmaster walks into the

white house with an enormous well of respect from the president. and so it will be interesting to see how that works out. but i do think that trump looks at someone like mcmaster, a general who has exhibited heroism in war, scholarship in peace and sees somebody on his level. >> bill: the quote again he had financial courage. others have real courage. last point here, byron. do you get the sense this white house is starting their second month, it's been a rauk use 30 days but you put the speed boat in the water in the lake during summertime and you gun the motor and create this big wake behind you. eventually several hundred yards down the lake you reach cruising altitude when the wake starts to level off. is that the era, the phase that we're now entering? or are we going to see more of like the press conference from last thursday?

what is your guess. >> my guess is you'll see more stuff but i think more things like the press conference. the bigger thing with trump, though, is that his supporters would say look at the actual result. yeah, the process, maybe it was a little crazy. a lot of controversy. the national security team with secretaries of state, defense, national security advisor, the getting an enormous amount of praise. john mccain who has gone out of his way to criticize the president had nothing but praise for the mcmaster choice and the way it filled out the trump national security team. so i think basically trump defenders would say look, please look beyond the crazy process and look at the actual result which is a very good team. >> bill: thank you, byron. good analysis from washington, d.c. >> shannon: be sure to tune in tonight for a fox news channel event. the first 100 days with martha maccallum will host a town hall in jacksonville, florida, on the issue of illegal immigration. martha will be joined by steven

miller and the author of the original travel ban that is tonight 7:00 p.m. eastern and as we await some action this morning from the administration that new executive order later this week, what a timely topic. >> bill: very much looking forward to that tonight. more on the big announcement from the white house beefing up immigration enforcement. we'll talk with the trump administration to break it down and former arizona governor jan brewer who will join us and will make her case on our program today. >> shannon: the big day at the supreme court when it comes to the southern border. the justices hearing argments in a case that could decide whether a mexican citizen has any u.s. constitutional rights while standing on foreign soil. judge napolitano joins us live to weigh in. >> bill: tragedy caught on video. a plane carrying american

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when the pilot reported catastrophic engine failure. no one on the ground was hurt. >> bill: more on top story. we're waiting for the white house to release its new proposal to crack down on illegal immigration vowing to round up the nearly one million people living in the u.s. with deportation orders. there is the number, 950,000. immigration officials have only about 11,000 of those in custody. that's just a fraction. the white house expected to give the green light for thousands more ice and patrol border agents to track down the rest. this is a big job. is it possible? boris epshteyn, special assistant to the president on the north lawn. good morning to you. we have some details. we expect more in the coming perhaps hour. even less. what are the main -- what's the main objective to these orders? tell us what the president wants to accomplish with it,

boris. >> the main objective is to keep this country safe, to keep americans safe and secure in their homes and in their jobs. and it is consistent with what this president promised throughout the campaign and the transition. what does that mean? it means making sure those illegal aliens here who are criminals are led out of this country first. there is a priority. it does mean giving immigration forces more capability, more wherewithal and more resources. they're extremely vital for protecting america. >> bill: the number i read. this is a huge job. is it possible when you look to the fraction of those who have been accountable so far? >> we have a great team. secretary kelly, dhs is leading a very strong team and throughout the federal government and local governments. which was something else the president talked about throughout the campaign. using the 287g programs which empower officials on the local

level to participate and enforce immigration laws and something that's a priority. a lot of very capable people serving this country doing everything they can to keep america safe and secure. >> bill: what does the white house believe sanctuary cities? >> they're a danger to this country. the justification doesn't make any sense and they're contrary to laws on the books and additional laws and rules and regulations. >> bill: they may push back. are you ready for a confrontation on this? >> the president has said that he is absolutely focused on securing this country, securing the southern border and making sure that americans are safe walking the streets of their hometowns. look at san francisco. look what's happened there. it's a sanctuary city.

you ask the family of kate steinle who was murdered by an illegal alien. they say sanctuary cities do not but hurt the safety and security of america. >> bill: trying to rework the travel ban. when will the new executive order be? >> the president gets it clear he and his team is working fast and making sure that there is a new set of rules put out there that is in accordance with the decisions of the courts. but the president -- the original executive order was lawful and constitutional. >> bill: how will it be different then? how much can you tell us? >> well, here is what i can tell you. what i can tell you is that just like the executive order that was issued, the information that will be put out there in the new rules and regulations that will be put forth will do everything in the power of the federal government to keep america safe and secure

and make sure those coming into this country aren't doing so with the goal of hurting america. >> bill: will that order come today? >> i'm not going to preview the timing. the team is working as fast as possible to get it done. >> bill: will it be this week, can you say that? >> again, it's not for me to say, bill. i will reassure you and the viewers that the president, white house counsel and the team preparing any and all rules and regulations will do so as fast as possible to ensure safety and security and protection from terrorism, which is so key. >> bill: one more point. corey -- he said this. the white house staff has probably not prepared the president as well as they could have or should have as it related to some of the executive orders and the implementation and what it would mean. he had more to say. what's the reaction from inside the white house as to whether or not the appropriate and proper counsel is being given to the president?

>> the president said himself at the press conference the white house is working as a well-oiled machine. that's what's happening. we're working hard. no days off. barely any hours off. the team here is a good team. it is a team that is cohesive and working well together for the betterment of the american people. >> bill: do you expect mcmaster to be on the job today? >> i expect him to be on the job as soon as all the proper rules and regulations are followed and we are honored to have him be the national security advisor and his appointment is definitely a positive for all americans. >> bill: last question on that. there is a lot of speculation that whoever got the job would not have entire authority over personnel and the latitude to make decisions that are appropriate for that job. what has the president told the general about how much authority over personnel and policy that he will have in

that position? >> i'm not going to get into some of the process. the president spoke to that yesterday talking about general kellogg staying on as chief of staff to the national security council. general mcmaster has been a servant to this country serving in both iraq wars and the war in afghanistan and the american people are honored and really lucky to have him serve as the national security advisor and his appointment again is another representation of the really strong ability to make good choices that this president has and the fact that all his appointments represent the betterment of the american people. >> bill: he has gotten a lot of respect from a lot of people all corners. thank you from the north lawn. 21 past the hour. >> shannon: bill was discussing the new nsa appointment being called a warrior scholar. lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster widely respected military man who led tank bat

all yons in iraq. ralph peters is next to talk about that. >> what a team. this is a great team. we're very, very honored. our country is lucky to have two people like this.

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>> shannon: lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster, a career army officer served in the persian gulf war and afghanistan and iraq. president trump's national security advisor is the first active duty military officer to serve as national security advisor since colin powell. he looks forward to serving this country. >> i'm grateful to you for that opportunity and i look forward to joining the national security team in doing everything i can to advance and protect the interests of the american people. >> shannon: lieutenant colonel

ralph peters is a strategic analyst for fox news. we know he is very experienced. the president has great respect for him on many levels. but i know you point out one of the things that he hasn't spent a lot of time doing is navigating washington which can be a different kind of battlefield. >> indeed. this is a man of great character. the strong character, a man of physical courage and moral courage with extensive wartime experience in the middle east. it's a different battlefield in washington as you know very well, shannon. when he was fighting the tank battle in 73 in the first gulf war he knew who the enemy was. he could see them. even in iraq fighting counter insurgency he knew who the enemy was. in washington you never know who your friends are. a guy like this with great character and because of his military background you assume

you can trust people around you. in washington you can't trust anybody. you are walking barefoot through a snake pit. it's the lack of washington experience. i hope he can surmount it. the other issue is that i'm in favor of this nomination, it is great. but i'm a little worried about getting target lock on the middle east. his service is overwhelmingly in the middle east and we need people that also know about nato, china, latin america, etc. so he is brilliant enough and bright enough to study up. i don't want us to become so fixated on the middle east we ignore graver dangers. >> shannon: we're looking at live pictures of the president touring the brand-new smithsonian on african-american history in washington you see dr. ben carson with him, a member of the cabinet and they're standing in front of an exhibit that shows dr. carson in his scrubs talking about him and his accomplishments as one of the

foremost neurosurgeons in the world. continue on the new nsa director leader there. it is interesting because we've heard a lot on his background about a the fact he doesn't go with the flow, he maps out his own strategies and not afraid to speak up when something does not sound right to him. he wants to have a plan and doesn't want to just go along to get along. how important do you think that will be in shaping the president's military strategy in all those hot spots you mentioned? >> if there is one quality that is consistently in short supply in washington, it's integrity. that's one thing that jim mattis and h.r. mcmaster will bring to the party. his book, dereliction of duty, is really about essentially the responsibility of the military to do the right thing under difficult circumstances. so there are a lot of practical issues but he is also going to bring a fresh perspective on something else that hasn't been commented on. he is a heavy metal guy, a

tanker. heavy armaments, conventional warfare. he will challenge some of the assumptions about special operations. this town is in love with special ops. i am, too. they're not the sole answer to every security problem we have. i really think he will be very strong in the white house. what he will need is this. he needs people like senator mccain and senator graham, senator cotton to take him aside and help him learn the ropes of negotiating outside of the white house. inside the white house this guy has such a forceful, strong character he will be able to stand up to anybody. and he will not just go along. my worry is the overall washington snake pit. >> shannon: well, you and i know it well. if everything we've heard about the general is true, he will as a brilliant man who figures out strategy and navigation will be able to figure it out as well. thank you for your time today g. to see you. >> bill: we're waiting to hear from the white house on an

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>> bill: 9:33 in new york. fox news alert. the trump administration overhauling the immigration laws. a major announcement from the white house. the plan acts on proposals from homeland security secretary john kelly. it calls for a crackdown at the border including 15,000 new ice agents and border patrol agents. it will call for tougher

enforcement against illegal aliens with criminal records. it will also include details on how the construction of the border wall will proceed. so all of that we await from the white house now. shannon. >> shannon: as we wait for those details joining me now judge andrew napolitano senior judicial analyst. good to see you. we're waiting for details. the way it's being explained to us so far it doesn't change existing law but the president, executive branch has a lot of room to enforce immigration. >> what bill was just talking about is an executive order from general kelly, secretary kelly. basically saying here is how i want you to enforce laws that are already in existence. it changes the tone and it changes the atmosphere but it doesn't change the law. it doesn't stop anybody from coming into the country who is lawfully authorizeed to do so. what we are waiting for and which could come today or tomorrow the president is addressing the nation soon, he will probably speak to us before this comes out just my

guess. is the replacement executive order for the one he issued last month, which has been enjoined by several courts. in order to prepare the replacement order, the justice department lawyers have taken three judicial opinions, brooklyn, alexandria, virginia, four, and the two in seattle and made a checklist of judicial objections. and they're trying to make this as lawyers say, or trial judges not wanting to be interfered with by appellate courts like to say. bullet proof. we'll accommodate the concerns of the judiciary so they can't do the same thing to the new order like they did to the old. >> shannon: we talked about the ruling by the judge in virginia last week where we took into account public interviews and statements about the president and rudy giuliani. would a judge like that be able to point back and say regardless of how you've drafted this, i look toward your motivation in putting this together? >> it is very troubling in my

view for a judge to take words from candidate trump and use them against president trump. i mean, simply that was then, this is now. you say things in order to get elected that you don't want to exactly be held to once you are in office. his stock and trade is saying i'm going to do what i said i'm going to do but now that he is in office and realizes there are legal constraints to motivation, he is going to have to give a different basis. stated differently. the judge in alexandria called it a muslim ban and based that on language donald trump and rudy giuliani used during the campaign. it is not a muslim ban, it is a security measure. it may fall disproportionately on muslims but not intended to harm the religion. >> shannon: we're looking live at a podium. preparations going on there. we may hear from president trump. in the meantime i want to talk to you about this case being argued at the supreme court

today involving a u.s. border patrol agent on the u.s. side shooting a teenager on the mexican side after there was allegations of rocks thrown. kids charging the border fence there. and his family wants to sue, this agent wants to sue the u.s. government. does that young man have any kind of constitutional protection even though mexican citizen on mexican soil when he was shot by a u.s. border patrol agent? >> in my opinion he does. in the court of appeals for the fifth circuit he does not. so the federal appeals court in texas upheld a federal district court judge who threw the case out. the parents sued the united states in a federal court for the killing of their son who was shot in the back of the head. turns out he didn't have any rocks and he didn't have any weapons. he was a 16-year-old boy playing on american soil who ran for safety to mexican soil and that's where he was killed. can foreign persons come into

the united states and invoke federal court seeking money damages for harm caused by federal agents? the law in my view is ambiguous but the fifth circuit court of appeals said no. the supreme court decided to take the case. the civil rights act of 1964 protects persons from the unlawful or excessive use of government power. doesn't limit those protections to citizens. i think this mexican family should have its day in court. but with a 4-4 split in the supreme court. the decision below will probably be upheld and they're out of luck. >> shannon: they've been pursuing 4th and 5th amendment causes of action. the 1990 decision. the purpose of the fourth amendment was to protect the people of the united states against arbitrary action by their own government. never suggested that the provision was intended to restrain the actions of the federal government against aliens outside of the united states territory. could this case give some

different interpretation? >> that's a very narrow reading of the fourth amendment. justice scalia would say the fourth amendment protects persons wherever the government interacts with them whether in the united states or without. these are philosophical issues that the supreme court is there to resolve for the rest of us whether we like it or not. if they do it in an intellectually sound and poiltically indifferent way it will become the law of the land. >> shannon: just because they have eight justices could be critical in this case. >> i do. we talked it during the break. kennedy might be a swing vote and might very well go with the four who decided they wanted to hear this rather than the three who didn't want to hear it. >> shannon: now we await the hearings of judge gorsuch later on -- in march. you and i will be watching very closely to see how that goes. >> yes, i think he will be confirmed and see a lesson in constitutional law from a master as he answers the

questions from members of the judiciary. >> shannon: i'm a nerd so i love it. i'll be tuned in 24/7. >> bill: we have a number of things moving now. we weren't quite sure that we would see this microphone here. it has been set up and the president continues to tour the african-american museum of history in washington, d.c. while that's happening, another network is reporting by way of reuters that he has been talking about anti-semitism and the attacks on jewish cemeteries in america calling it horrible and it has to stop. perhaps another comment on that. while all this is happening we're waiting for the embargo to be lifted on this immigration order, this crackdown on illegal aliens. once that happens we'll give you all the details that we get. hang on. we're waiting for a number of things to get moving in washington also, there is this to consider today. >> the american people are so happy he has taken this corrupt media on every day. because you have an all left

propaganda media and have proven they can never be trusted. they lie, mislead, distort and has been an agenda. >> bill: a growing story in america today. our next guest talk about the war of words with the media by president trump. fox news alert. u.s.-backed iraqi forces making major headway has they battle to take mosul from isis fighters. there are americans near and in some cases on the front lines of this battle. the challenges they will both face as they move into the western part of that city. back in moments here.

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70 miles an hour. it knocked several carriages of a train off the tracks. >> bill: we're awaiting the president possibly at the national african-american history museum. he is getting a tour right now. we didn't expect to see the podium. perhaps there is a comment offered in a moment here. while that's happening you'll get the new immigration roll-out from the white house, too. once that's lifted from its embargo we'll bring those details to you. in the meantime former deputy secretary to president bill clinton rich lowry and fox news contributor. good morning to both of you. if we get interrupted understand, is that a deal? let's talk about the crackdown on illegal immigration and illegal aliens. criminal aliens. rich, what is the effect of what we're hearing right now with 10 to 15,000 more agents added to this cause. >> clearly across the board there will be more resources and energy and effort devoted

to interior enforcement in a way we didn't see during the obama years and didn't see during the george w. bush years. so this is a big change. it will focus on criminal aliens, but the net will also potentially be cast much wider and the message is going out that it will be much riskier and more uncomfortable if you're an illegal alien to try to make a life in this country. that should prompt the most loosely attached legal aliens in our country to leave and fewer people to come. you might see the beginning of the government actually getting a handle on this. >> bill: you say the mere talking of it could have an effect. >> the message itself is very important. >> bill: what is your view, david, as we stand here today? >> sure. i think the biggest story here is that the judicial system under our constitution has never been stronger than it is right now. it is a great day in america for that. by that i mean the original

executive order, think of it what you will, had problems under the law that courts identified. and what the white house is doing now is issuing a new executive order that conforms to what the court says the law is. that is how our constitutional system was set up to work. i say bravo and i commend the white house for going back to the drawing board. looking at the judicial decisions, redrafting the order to conform to the law and issueing a new one. that's how the system is supposed to work. white house staff probably has learned as well the importance of vetting an executive order with the agencies charged with enforcing it ahead of time before you release it. that's something i did for president clinton. we would circulate an executive order to the people both in and outside the white house who would be involved in it. issue spot things and make sure everybody got a chance to comment and issue an executive order. process leads to better substance. you have a better process. >> bill: on the executive order the eo for shorthand now is being reworked and talking to

boris 30 minutes ago he wasn't showing his hand. this white house believes the deck is stacked against them because of sanctuary cities and protection of illegal aliens there. rich, i anticipate significant pushback in certain parts of the country. this could get ugly. >> there will be a war over immigration enforcement and the left and immigration advocates will attempt to break the trump administration on this. you will have people -- you've already had high level people in mexico saying they urge every illegal immigrant to try to flood the immigration courts and overwhelm the system and stop this from happening. this is a very big moment. the trump administration has the law on its side but the fact is we developed a culture of lawlessness in this country when it comes to immigration where broad swagts of the law have simply been ignored.

>> bill: on that point. do you believe any of these cities, counties or even states in some cases will back away from their previously-stated position on being a sanctuary? >> i keep coming back to the law. i'm sorry to sound like such a nerd but it is fascinating to me to see the federalism issues at work here. when obamacare was first passed a lot of republican attorneys general in states sued saying you are exceeding your authority or better example is when the executive order on dreamers came out and republican attorneys general sued the federal government and won. and said, you know, you don't have the authority to do this. this will play out, i think, in the courts just like the executive order did and that's how this is supposed to work. i also think let's be clear, there are other federalism issues that will come up. take marijuana for example. think of all the states that have legalized recreational use of marijuana even though federal law says that's illegal.

what will happen? this is a really interesting time we're living in. >> there is a difference between the president of the united states telling people in his administration to ignore the law as the obama administration did. that people will fight it is an extraordinary thing. >> bill: the computer will cut us off. >> you blame it on the computer, bill. all show is run by a computer? i thought you were in charge. >> bill: the commander-in-chief may be out in a moment. i think he is in charge. >> shannon: a california police officer with 28 years on the job killed in the line of duty. how the chief of police says it could have been prevented had it not been for a recent change in the law. i've found a permanent escape from monotony.

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a moment here. apparently during his tour where he was accompanied by dr. ben carson and others he offered comment to nbc and in that comment he was asked about anti-semitism and the attacks on some of the jewish cemeteries across the country. he denounced them saying quote, i will tell you that anti-semitism is horrible and will stop. it has to stop. that in an interview with nbc. >> shannon: also today, of course, we're awaiting these new roll-outs of executive actions we've been telling you about having to do with illegal immigrants now in the country. prioritizing who will be deported, how they will be handled. it is not a change to the law, the white house says. it is fully within the president's interpretation of the law the way that the laws will be enforced. what we're waiting on that guidance, the formality of those things to roll out we know a lot about what they will say, about how cases are handled. people who are here illegally whether they have committed specific crimes or simply

subject to removal order and have stayed in the country. there are all kinds of things fleshed out soon. we wonder if he might speak about that. >> bill: you are an attorney in your previous and present life. the debate that rich and david were having a moment ago is rather relevant. you can issue these orders and you can expect just like we saw 10 days ago, shannon, there will be a court fight over it. >> shannon: absolutely. you can't expect they will be rolled out and there won't be some kind of backlash. yesterday i said there are groups who are very keyed in and these are their issues and advocacy and they have things already drawn up. maybe like a mad lib, where you fill in the missing parts and the lawsuit is ready to go. i wouldn't be surprised by that at all whether it's to do with the executive actions on those here illegally or the travel ban that stops people coming into the country. you can predict the lawyers and courts will be kept busy. >> bill: the one point we had during the discussion there. if you have sanctuary cities or counties or in some cases

people will argue sanctuary states, if you are going to go in there with a federal force, there could be significant pushback. if that's the case we'll see this thing play out before the cameras. watch that. in addition, sometimes this is a two-minute warning when they come out and put out the papers on the podium. maybe it is, maybe it isn't. they'll tell us if it is. there is a call for 10,000 additional ice officers and agents. in addition, 5,000 new hires at the border protection agency, u.s. customs and border protection. both of those would suggest that you are going to get greater enforcement not just at the border but also you are going to get ice officers who would go into these cities to arrest criminal illegal aliens today. >> shannon: you remember when there was guidance from the former administration to ice officials about who they could prioritize for deportation. there was a lawsuit by ice agents who said we aren't able to do our constitutional duty

to up hold the oath we took when we swore into the office. for many of them they're saying they're getting the ability back to do their job and some of them had argued and filed a lawsuit against the previous administration saying they weren't able to enforce the laws as they were written and a constitution. a new day for them and talk as well there may be a beefing up of immigration judges because there is such a massive backlog of cases that if they can't process people and they're held for months or years at a time that's another issue. >> bill: in the meantime at the white house you have a bit of stabilization happening now with the appointment of the national security adviseor from yesterday. the army lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster. a man widely respected. democrats, republicans. well-known within defense circles, shall we say. a man who has served his country in significant ways. iraq and afghanistan. even going back some 20 years

where he wrote a book called dereliction of duty and challenged robert mcnamara and president johnson about their handling of the vietnam war. he is a man of enormous resume as we now wait on president trump. let's go. >> president trump: beautiful morning. what a job they've done like few others have been able to do. i am very, very proud of lonnie bunch, the work and the love that he has in his heart for what he has done is -- i always talk about you need enthusiasm and you need really love for anything you do to do it successfully. lonnie, you are where, come on. lonnie should be up here. david, we have to get david up here, too. david skortin was singing lonnie's praises all morning long. two should be here. we appreciate it very much.

and david ruebenstein, come on, david, you have to get up here. you certainly deserve it. he is a very, very successful guy who spends money doing great things and he has been a great help to so many different groups and this one in particular. thank you. it is a privilege to be here today. this museum is a beautiful tribute to so many american heroes. heroes like harriet tubman, frederic douglas, booker t. washington, rosa parks, the greensboro students and the african-american medal of honor recipients, among so many other really incredible heroes. it's amazing to see. i went -- we did a pretty comprehensive tour, but not comprehensive enough. lonnie, i'll be back, i told you that. i could stay here for a lot

longer, believe me. it is really incredible. i'm deeply proud that we now have a museum that honors the millions of african-american men and women who built our national heritage, especially when it comes to faith, culture, and the unbreakable american spirit. my wife was here last week and took a tour, and it was something that she still is talking about. ivanka is here right now. and it really is very, very special. it is something that frankly if you want to know the truth, it is doing so well that everybody is talking about it. i know president obama was here for the museum's opening last fall and i'm honored to be the second sitting president to visit this great museum. etched in the hall that we passed today is a quote from spottswood rice, a run away slave who joined the union army.

he believed his fellow african-americans looked to the united states as the promised land of universal freedom. today and every day of my presidency, i pledge to do everything i can to continue that promise of freedom for african-americans and for every american. so important. nothing more important. this tour was a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry, intolerance and hatred in all of its very ugly forms. the anti-semitic threats targeting our jewish community and community centers are horrible. and are painful. and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil. i want to thank a great friend of mine, dr. ben carson, and his beautiful family, candy and

the whole family, for joining us today. it is very special to accompany him and his family for the first time seeing the carson exhibit. the first time. i love this guy. he is a great guy, really a great guy. and he can tell you better than me, but i'll tell you what, we really started something with ben. we're very, very proud of him. hopefully next week he will get his approval about three or four weeks late and you are doing better than most, right? but the democrats, they'll come along. i have no doubt they'll come along. ben will do a fantastic job at hud. i have absolutely no doubt he will be one of the great ever in that position. he grew up in detroit and had very little. he defied every statistic. he graduated from yale and went to the university of michigan medical school and became a

brilliant, totally brilliant neurosurgeon. saved many lives and helped many, many people. we're going to do great things in our african-american communities together, ben will work with me very, very closely. and hud has a meaning far beyond housing. if properly done, it is a meaning that is as big as anything there is. and ben will be able to find that true meaning, and true meaning of hud as its secretary. so i just look forward to watching that. he will do things that nobody ever thought of. i also want to thank senator tim scott for joining us today. a friend of mine, a great, great senator from south carolina. i like the state of south carolina. i like all those states where i won by double, double, double digits. those states. but south carolina was one. tim has been fantastic how he represents the people. they love him. i also want to profoundly thank

alveda king for being here. as we saw her uncle's wonderful exhibit, and he certainly deserves that. ms. king, i can tell you this personally because i watch her all the time and she is a tremendous fighter for justice and so thank you very much for coming. i have been watching you for so long and you are so incredible. i wanted to thank you for all the nice things you say about me. not everybody says nice things but she is special. thank you. appreciate it. so with that, we are going to just end this incredible beginning of a morning but engraved in the wall very nearby a quote by the reverend martin luther king senior in

1955, he told the world we are determined to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. and that's what it is going to be. we are going to bring this country together, maybe bring some of the world together. but we're going to bring this country together. we have a divided country. it has been divided for many, many years. but we are going to bring it together. i hope every day of my presidency we will be honoring the determination and work towards a very worthy goal and for lonnie and david and david and ben and alveda and everybody, i just have to say that what they've done here is something that can probably not be duplicated. it was done with love and lots of money, right, lonnie?

lots of money. we can't avoid that. but it was done with tremendous love and passion and that's why it is so great. so thank you all very much for being here, i appreciate it. congratulations. this is a truly great museum. thank you. [applause] >> bill: so during this black history month, president trump at the african-american history museum there in washington, d.c. he opened his comments with some commentary about the threats leveled against jewish community centers across the country. the jewish cemetery in st. louis where 100 headstones had been knocked over and the president referring to that as hate and prejudice and evil. so those are the comments that we're getting from president trump on this early day. he is back in washington, d.c. after a three-day weekend at the southern white house in palm beach. four minutes past the hour. brand-new hour now begins with shannon bream.

>> shannon: we're still waiting for the official release of the major new push to enforce our nation's immigration laws and tighten up the borders. welcome to a brand-new slightly belated hour of "america's newsroom." i'm in for martha maccallum. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. how are you? living the dream, right? john roberts getting his hands on a draft copy last hour. a praoefsh yu of what they'll call for. hiring 10,000 customs enforcement agents plus another 5,000 border patrol agents that also restores the secure communities program which will prioritize the removal of criminal illegal aliens. the program will target those convicted of any criminal offense or those charged with a criminal offense that has not been resolved. plus anyone who has abused public benefit programs and those subject to a removal order but still in the country. >> shannon: guy benson is a fox

news contributor. a busy day. a topic we knew the president would be active on. wore waiting for the official new orders but a list of those in this country now illegally that will be prioritized for deportation and a lot of folks aren't happy about it. >> i think that's going to be a tough political sell for them. president trump campaigned on a couple things when it comes to immigration. one was beefed up border security, another one was enhanced internal enforcement within the united states and then third was a prioritization continuing on president obama's priority of people here illegally who have also committed additional crimes. those are policy pursuits that i think enjoy vast support from the american people. not just support from donald trump's base. and so people who oppose him will come out and make their case. i think it will be a tough one for them, though. to my ear -- i'm not a hard liner on these issues. they make sense to me. >> shannon: you know it takes one person or maybe one judge

to bring these things to a halt. we know legal action is one of the things that the left relies upon and thinks they have to make their case and help them stop this president who they see at odds with all their values and the things they hold dear. so if they judge shop and find one person to put a stop to these executive orders what then for the president if everything that he tries to release is immediately subjected to a legal challenge and possibly a little action in the ninth circuit where the judges don't like president trump. not all of them, but some of them. >> there might be other judicial decisions in other circuit courts or other district courts that might go the opposite direction. the left is going to sue. in fact, the right did a lot of suing in president obama's time as well. this is one of the tactics that people use to push back on what they view as policy overreach or policies they don't like. the issue here is, though, you know this, shannon, under our laws, under the constitution the president and the executive

branch has a lot of power and discretion on these matters. the obama administration made that case repeatedly about enforcement discretion and again i think particularly on what we just heard there, the outline from john roberts, that is going to have a ground swell of public support. i think public opinion will be at the back of the white house and president on this one. >> shannon: i know something that has gotten a lot of attention of those being prioritized those abuse public benefit programs. this was something that then senator jeff sessions, now attorney general jeff sessions talked about a lot during his tenure on the hill talking about the fact for most benefit programs if you're hear illegally you aren't supposed to be able to tap into them. we've been reporting here on fox they've investigated in places like florida and people were benefiting but being coached on how to benefit from these programs and there are those who now say listen, that's going to be the basis for which you remove people

from this country. they will argue it's heartless and doesn't look good. >> it's outrageous, i'm sorry, and not heartless. if you come into the country in violation of our laws and you're here and you want to stay here and yet you are going to u.s. taxpayers, hard working taxpayers and saying these are programs for which i'm not eligible but i will draw down on tax dollars for my benefit. to put an end to that and say you can't do that and to say that is grounds for your removal on top of your illegal status here, that's not heartless, that is enforcement of our laws. we have a spending problem. we have a debt problem and immigration problems. if we're going to say we can't take people out of the country drawing down on our resources in ways that are illegal. what are we doing? that is to me absolute common sense. >> shannon: we wait for these to officially roll out. we think we know what's in there. thank you for helping us break it down. >> bill: also from overseas,

iraqi forces making significant gains in the offensive to retake mosul from the hands of isis. this is jennifer griffin reports. american forces near the front lines of this ongoing fight. military spokesmen saying troops have captured 47 square miles south of the city since sunday including areas around the airport and the main highway. troops must now move into more densely-populated areas in the western part of the city. isis militants driven out of the eastern half last month. >> shannon: president trump putting the finishing touches on his security team. mcmaster is known as one of the best military strategists there is. general jack keane has known him for years. we'll get his thoughts about that appointment next. >> bill: despite media reports of massive raids on illegals, only a handful have been picked off the streets. we'll take a closer look at the numbers and put that question

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more border patrol agents. so the movement is afoot as candidate trump said back in july that he will be the law and order president. this is part of that now as we begin month two at the white house. it's official now. that word from the white house moments ago. >> president trump: h.r. mcmaster will become the national security advisor. he is a man of tremendous talent and experience. >> i would like to say what a privilege it is to continue serving our nation. i'm grateful to you for that opportunity and i look forward to joining the national security team in doing everything i can to advance and protect the interests of the american people. >> shannon: president trump introducing his new national security advisor h.r. mcmaster. see one of the military's best known strategists and well-known by our next guest general jack keane.

chairman of the institute for the study of war and fox news military analyst. good to see you, sir. let's talk about mcmaster. you know him better than the average person out there and you know what kind of guy he is. he has had praise across the board. see an independent thinker and not afraid to mount his own strategy when he thinks he has a bead on what the best course of action in is any particular situation. >> that's absolutely one of his strong characteristics. he is incredibly bright, very articulate. he has a strong personality and he truly speaks his mind. he fights for his own ideas. it doesn't mean he wouldn't execute his boss's policies if they were different from him. of course he would. the best thing that illustrates this. when he was in iraq that is in the news again. he departed from the army strategy in iraq and instituted a counter insurgency strategy to protect the people in the town. brought the violence down to

extremely low levels. his bosses were military leaders were very frustrated with him because his departure from the strategy but they tolerated it because the results were so well. interesting enough, when president bush made a decision to change the strategy in iraq in 2007, it was indeed a counter insurgency strategy that was recommended to him to put in play. the very same thing that then colonel mcmasters did in tall far. >> shannon: the "wall street journal" are pointing to the book based off his doctoral these is. his book criticized the high-ranking officer in the vietnam era for not doing enough to challenge mcnamara and lbj. if he wants a yes man, he has picked the wrong general. >> that's true. i'm not -- i would characterize

it as mr. bannon having that much influence over general mcmasters to begin with. i think the "wall street journal" and others have got the whole thing and the white house completely off charts in terms of who is doing what to who but listen. it is true he will argue very per swaysively for his views but execute the president's policy at the end of the day. >> shannon: how critical is it to have opposing voices on issues from the south china sea to isis? >> the national security councils t. principles in that go from the president of the united states to major cabinet leaders. secretary of defense, secretary of state, c.i.a., etc. general mcmaster as the director of the nsc coordinates that body. so when you bring those

principals together. there is often disagreement. that's good government, shannon. to have these leaders represent differing views and then make certain that the president gets to hear all of those views so he can make a proper decision. so i see disagreement as something that is welcome. >> shannon: general. we're almost out of time. i understand you may have given a little advice to general mcmaster before he went in to have this discussion with the president about possibly taking on this new role. anything you can us? >> he said got any advice for me? i said yeah, just energy there and be yourself. you have a larger than life personality. let them see the 800 pound gorilla sharing a room with him. he laughed. >> shannon: apparently your advice worked, sir. good to see you. >> bill: we call keane boss,

too, around here. >> shannon: for good reason. >> bill: the man at the center of the controversy over ukraine peace plan that may or may not have been presented to the white house is speaking out amid allegations that he has links to russians who tried to influence the u.s. presidential election. we'll sort that out for you in a moment. >> shannon: the lives of six teenagers saved after falling through the ice here in new york city. two skateboarders share frightening details about that rescue. >> the first two jumped straight on top of me and i literally had to grab them and throw them over to him. i turned around and there were still five more. >> i pointed it out. this guy standing on the ice. as he came back around i could hear them screaming. v8 or a powdered drink? ready, go. ahhhhhhhh! shake! shake! shake! shake! shake! done! you gotta shake it! i shake it! glad i had a v8. the original way to fuel your day.

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yes. communications between the trump team and russian intel officials before the election. felix, seen on the right of president trump in a red tie, is a new york real estate developer born in russia. he is speaking out only to fox news about his involvement with the possible ukraine peace plan and allegations about russian involvement in the election. eric sean spoke to him in an explosive interview. eric, what did he say to you about all this? >> in that interview fell yix denied any wrongdoing trying to pitch the ukrainian peace plan as he said i was only trying to help. he is a new york state real estate developer who had worked for years with the trump administration. you see him there with the president walking with him back in 2005. he says he embarked on the peace proposal because, quote, what could be wrong in helping stop a war and trying to achieve peace? i've done so much for my country and thought that

promoting peace was a good thing. people are getting killed. it's a war. you know that plan would have offered russia a lease on crimea in exchange for dropping the russian sanctions, the crimean government rejects that concept. >> bill: what about the allegations of russian influence in the election? was he part of that? >> not at all. he blames his russian heritage for any suspicion about that. sauter told me he wasn't a part of that at all saying i was absolutely not a link between the trump campaign and the russian government. i have no contact with anyone in the russian government. i have no idea. i don't have the fogiest notion about the russians were or not doing. i have no business interests in russia or the ukraine. i just hoped i could help stop a war. i didn't do anything wrong, he says. the press refers to me as a russian businessman. i came here when i was seven

years old. i'm an american businessman of russian descent who was born in russian. he bristles at the mention of a guilty plea in 1998 that was a mafia-related stock scheme and serving time for a bar fight slashing. former attorney general loretta lynch praised him for helping prosecutors in the new york in the 1990s saying he provided valuable information about those cases and national security. he told me he hasn't yet been contacted by law enforcement or any investigators looking into the allegations about russia. >> bill: interesting development there. thank you, eric. eric shawn here in new york. >> shannon: immigration raids arresting hundreds of illegal immigrants. is that a big deal when there were nearly a million facing deportation orders still at large? plus we're breaking down enough details from the president's new immigration memoranda. arizona governor jan brewer will join us for that. >> bill: if you build it, will

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>> shannon: the white house revealing a major immigration overhaul targeting criminal illegal immigrants. many of them physically deported more than once, yet they return repeatedly, a situation critics call a resolving door of crime. we're live in jacksonville, florida to tell us more. >> you can feel the outrage when you talk to law enforcement officials who say they're arresting the same people over and over again. mug shots tell the stories in brief. first degree murder, aggravated assault, heroin. the bigger story involves the resolving door of undocumented

aliens. mexican national hector gutierrez has been arrested for dealing meth and deported from the u.s. seven times. >> it's not a problem, it's an epidemic. >> for those on the front line the frustration is evident. >> our primary mission and goal has got to be to get the illegal alien committing felonies out of this country and keep them out. >> doing so will be a balancing act for the new administration. >> if they don't do it properly and oats not executed properly there will be a backlash against the administration. >> deported, came back. >> that means keeping out people like this woman. she has been arrested and sentenced to 27 years in jail for dealing meth and also getting $900 a month in food stamps. >> shannon: these new orders are all about that, steve. thank you for the real life stories. >> bill: a series of

immigration raids making headlines last week. only a tiny slice of illegal immigrants facing deportation orders are ever picked up. last may there were 950,000 illegal immigrants on the deportation list. the recent raids picked up 680, less than 1/10 of 1%. former arizona governor jan brewer is front and center on this issue. thanks for coming back here. good morning to you. >> good morning to you, bill. >> bill: the order has been signed. what do you think about what the effect will be, governor? >> i think it will make a dramatic change in what we're dealing with in the united states. i know in arizona we're fed up and finally have a president that will enforce the law, which we all legal people have to abide by. unfortunately with the illegal criminal aliens, they get arrested. come across in our country illegally. commit crimes, get arrested and then they're released out into our communities and go and

commit other crimes and they're never going to court. they don't have to report. they aren't wearing ankle bracelets and they commit another crime. get arrested and released again. the sanctuary cities that we all have heard about are absorbing them and keeping them in and making it much more difficult in my opinion and i think in law enforcement's opinion of arresting these people. it is very dangerous and a horrible situation. i am thrilled. >> bill: do you think the sanctuary cities will push back? >> i do. i think san francisco will, i think new york will and other cities will. but i believe our federal administration and the direction of donald trump that they will find a way. you know, i support taking the federal dollars away from them. they need to enforce the law. >> bill: could get ugly, right? >> it could get very ugly. but we have a country, we need to protect it and protect our borders and need to protect the law-abiding citizens of the united states.

>> bill: apparently in this order and just reading through this and news agencies are going through it as we are here, you know about the 10,000 border agents request, you know about the 5,000 ice workers that have been requested as well. apparently the dreamers, those children who were born here or came here illegally born to parents who are here illegally will not face deportation. i know this is something i'm just telling you for the first time. are you surprised by that based on candidate trump and what he had talked about previously? >> well, i believe -- i believe and i think people will agree with me that our main concern are the illegal criminal aliens, the people that are committing crimes here. unfortunately for the dreamers, i think that's an issue we need to take under consideration. that is not my top priority. if they're behaving and going to school, you know, not getting into trouble, working here, we need to deal with that

to make sure that we know who they are and what they are. at this point in time we're more concerned about all the criminal aspects of all this illegal immigration. we're tired. we live in fear. a lot of people live in fear in certain neighborhoods because the drug cartels, the criminals. it's just a revolving door. the data we get is absolutely unbelievable sometimes. we live it and we breathe it. the data that they have given us in the past doesn't correlate. i am so grateful. >> bill: let me show you data to show you how big a job this is. 11,000 is not even 1% of the 950,000 plus that were ordered for deportation. you go ahead and tackle that job and tell us how big it is. >> it is a huge job but if we have law enforcement out there, the increase in the ice patrol agents and the border patrol, all that will make a huge

difference. and i think if we can get the 487g enacted again, which was taken away from my law enforcement here in arizona. >> bill: what is that again? >> the 287g so law enforcement locally can access the data system of the federal government of those who are criminals would make a huge difference again t. obama administration took it away from arizona. >> bill: i'm also reading here about the construction and funding of the border wall. the comprehensive study, border security. this is moving forward here. do you believe that there will be a border wall in the first term of this presidency? >> i would really hope to believe that. i think that they will do everything in thei successful. >> bill: that's not a yes. >> i think it will be real difficult in some areas that a

wall gets built. but some type of technology. some method of securing it so that we know who is coming across whether it's boots on the ground, technology, air surveillance. we need something out there en masse to make sure our borders are secure and a wall. >> bill: you are giving just a little bit of breathing room for suggesting the definition of a wall will not necessarily be a wall everywhere. >> with what we're dealing with now, bill, any improvement is going to be a major, major improvement and donald trump is going to deliver on that promise. he understands it. the people of america, they want to be secure. they want our borders and we have all these left wing people out there talking about immigration reform which basically what they're talking about is open borders. they don't want any borders whatsoever at all ever. >> bill: governor, thank you for your time. we'll bring you back here as this issues continue to move through. thank you. quick reminder, martha is live

in florida later tonight. town hall discussion on immigration 7:00 eastern time. "first 100 days." check it out. >> shannon: you remember this. actress meryl streep slammed president-elect trump at the golden globes. one of many celebrities lining up to insult the president. are all the celebrity slams hurting or helping people on the left. >> bill: they made off with medals he earned. and now we have a rather incredible ending to this break in next. >> it blew me away. i couldn't believe people could be so cruel. >> all about the people that didn't get through and what it brings back.

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colorado as dozens of wildfires that broke out yesterday and earlier today. one fire growing destroying three buildings along the way. that smaller fire has since been contained. >> shannon: big names in hollywood continue to pile on to president trump. we've seen it in several awards shows. the big one, the oscars is this weekend. so will there be more trump bashing there as well? are the anti-trump celebrities good or bad for the left? a democratic stage gist and former clinton pollster. john mccormick is a senior writer for "the weekly standard". bernard, what do you expect this weekend from the red carpet to the acceptance speeches? you think we'll hear about the president? >> we will. these are extraordinary artists should be able to speak their mind and criticize the president and whoever else they want to criticize whether on the right or the left. frankly, you know, the idea that it's just celebrities who are concerned about the president's behavior and the press conference and concerned about his time in office is

absurd. there are tens of millions of americans across the country upset about what is going on and a number of anchors and journalists across the country including two on this network shep smith called the behavior crazy at the press conference. chris wallace called him out for crossing the line talking about the media being enemies of the people. what really concerns me is the behavior of the trump administration is so similar to totalitarian regimes that distract attention to change the conversation. if you look at people that use the terms enemies of the people it is people like stalin, lenin, nazis, this is dangerous. i hope the actors and actresses call him out for it. >> shannon: are actors and actresses giving voice to people that have the same concerns that bernard does or are they separating and further dividing the country into middle america who is not on

board with these folks and thinks they just didn't get it on november 8th? >> they're doing more harm than good if their objective is to criticize trump and convince the american people he is bad for america. they aren't helping. look back at meryl streep's speech at the golden globes. she had a fair criticism of trump and some of his ugly rhetoric he used. it was lost in the fact it was a self-pitying speech. then she made comments remarks. people i think are sick and tired of politics getting into every aspect of american life whether it's the super bowl, commercials, award shows. americans want to laugh and watch something entertaining. i think if people in hollywood want to do that focus on making good art that tells that story, not being hectoring and didactic and not over the top language. i think it was ugly, that trump referred to the press as the

enemy of the people. i thought it was ugly when barack obama that said latino voters should punish republicans that were their enemies. we have opponents and adversaries, not enemies. >> shannon: a little agreement dpr the two of you on that remark. you talked about entertainment. a lot of people -- there is a resurgence for saturday night love because people love what they are seeing there and they had a meltdown when this weekend it was a rerun instead of when they felt there was a lot of fresh material, the left did out there. a couple of tweets. snl has a rerun because they aired their new episode this thursday referring to the trump press conference. can we all agree until this national nightmare is over snl cannot air reruns? it helped their ratings. the left loves to go after this guy. >> it's such great material. such easy material. frankly, i need a break from politics and i'm delighted that snl took a break so we could

talk about something else. trump is doing so favors for himself either. look at his record low approval ratings from gallup. it is not fake news, it's real and there is a new poll out from pew that shows that only about 1/3 of the people think he is trustworthy and well informed. a third of the people think see a good communicator. his strategy isn't working and he would be well served to change it. he is playing to the minority of people that voted for him. >> shannon: when you put him up against the press corps he pulls ahead as being more favored and trustworthy. if those are the comparisons we're making, he edges them out. >> that's true according to some poll. people trust donald trump more. what's unfortunate we descended into a pure form of tribalism. what side are you on. not asking what's actually true. the media have gotten plenty of things wrong but so has donald trump.

that's what we as citizens, every american should be focused on. we've seen the broad sides from trump. it was about him firing general flynn. the media didn't fire general flynn. donald trump did. that's an issue he has to deal with. >> shannon: no snl this weekend but there are the oscars. so we'll see if folks tune in or tune out. good to see you both. >> bill: 12 minutes before the hour. the space race to mars is going to a new level. there is a new country that says they're in the game, folks. what it plans to do on the red planet next. so tell us your big idea for getting the whole country booking on choice hotels.com. four words, badda book. badda boom... let it sink in.

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>> shannon: coming up on "happening now" we'll talk with green beret commander and talk to him about his experience and what kind of impact he could have on the war on terror. new concerns a border wall would force the government to seize private property for public use. a fair and balanced look at that side of the story. it's all top of the hour on "happening now." >> bill: a colony on mars. the united arab emirates says they are in the space race to win. looking to build a mini city on the red planet by 2117. giving them lead time. the prime minister showed how designs might look. former nasa astronaut and senior advisor for space programs and the author of

space man in atlanta today. how are you? >> doing great. good morning. >> bill: we have images that the government of uae put out. to me it looks like the lounge of a virgin airlines terminal perhaps. so a country now wants to get in the game. is that necessary, mike? >> i think it's good news. i think that a new country new to the space program anyway, the united arab emirates, has some resources that can be very useful and used to help pay for this and support this. a lot of talented people that can be involved as well. the united states has been talking about going to mars, nasa talking about going to mars for decades. and we know a lot about it. we know -- i think we know how to get there and what the challenges are. but the resources to do that are pretty immense. i think it will take a pooling of an international community and a country like the uae if they're interested in partnering with nasa and other

countries and companies of the world that might be the thing we need to get there. >> bill: they aren't talking about just going to mars. they want to build a sustainable town there. what they call a mini city. that could take 100 years, right? >> it's a long time. i don't think i'll make any reservations to stay there. that's a long time from now. but 100 years may in some ways be optimistic. before you can build a city like that, you'll have to know a lot about living there. you'll have to know a lot about the resources there as far as what you could use to build. to take all the materials from earth to mars we'll need a huge lift vehicle to do that. you'll need a big heavy lift vehicle to get a lot of stuff there but also want to use some of the resources that are there. it will take a lot of work and a lot of planning and a lot of exploration before you can get to that point. i think 100 years is a long time but they'll be busy. >> bill: some say do it in 40 years. that's ambitious. >> but i think that's what it

will take. we've been talking about this for a long time. we need to get to the point where we're putting some real dates on this. when i became an astronaut, they were talking about sending my astronaut class to mars. new astronauts came back from the space station a year ago was visiting me in new york and said the new class they're talking about sending them to mars. they talked about sending my astronaut class to mine and 20 years ago they talked about that with my class. someone visionary like musk, a country like the uae, even though it's a long time from now. having these countries and companies saying they want to go will help nasa get there as well. we've been talking about it for a long time. >> bill: thank you, mike. thank you, sir. see you in new york. shannon. >> shannon: can we commute? the trump administration issuing new immigration guidelines minutes ago. what it means for protecting

our borders live from the white house next.

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priority : you >> a vietnam veteran whose war medals were stolen from his home got them back. he was evacuated after concerns over the spillway. thieves took his medals including a purple heart. they were returned and he was overjoyed. >> it was like a extremely good christmas and we were overwhelmed at the effort. >> shannon: police arrested three suspects in that theft. how dare you take the medals. they can't be worth much on the open market. >> good news he got them back. later tonight, eight hours from now start the clocks. here comes the countdown. and martha is going to host that in jacksonville, florida.

and the news we are talking about on the immigration orders and board security, we'll get to that. >> shannon: see what real folks think. it is a hot issue. >> have a great day, everybody. we'll see you at noon. >> jon: in the meantime, the white house rolling out measures to crack down on illegal immigration. i am jon scott. >> jenna: and i am jenna lee. the administration is pushing forward with a homeland security plan to get more aggressive on deportation and hire additional immigration and border patrol agents. the white house released the plan. john roberts has more. >> reporter: good morning to you. these are implementation memos and instructions to the immigration enforcement and