>> yuck. >> an email from a guy named michael. kale, not food. it's what food eats. >> have a great day. >> enjoy your kale today. it's good for you. >> we'll be back on the couch. until then time for "america's newsroom." >> bill: we're watching two big initiatives from the trump white house. first the administration undoing the obama administration guidelines on transgender bathrooms and now we're getting new key details to the executive order on immigration. we're watching that. i'm bill hemmer. bream is back. >> shannon: i'm shannon bream in for martha maccallum. president trump's revised order definitely -- the white house gets rid of federal guidelines on transgender bathrooms in schools put into place by president obama saying it will be up to the states to decide.

chief white house correspondent john roberts joins us now. what's the latest on the president's revised executive order on the travel ban? >> with the caveat, we have to issue that, it could come tomorrow as expected. we're told it won't be next week until we hear the president's new executive order on the travel ban and also being told in terms of its contents a lot of similarities with the initial executive orders but lots of differences that are very important as well in terms of passing legal muster. first of all here is the similarities for you. the temporary visa ban extends to the same seven countries as the original executive order. it also initiates a temporary suspension of refugees from all countries and reduced the 2017 refugees admissions to the united states to a maximum of 50,000, some 35,000 of which have already entered the country according to the white house and established a system

of extreme vetting to be put in place down the road. the important differences. you mentioned this. it drops the language of an indefinite suspension of syrian refugees. the courts had a real problem with that and excerpts legal permanent residents and current visa holders makes clear as well it's aimed as blocking admission of people from the seven named countries who have no previous status in the united states and are currently overseas. other references to establish security determinations that have already been made as a rational for the president doing this. the white house confident when the final order is written this will pass legal muster, shannon. >> shannon: that is one. john, what about the white house what they're saying about the roll back on transgender guidelines to schools across the country? >> a small but noisy protest as the white house rescinded

guidance to allow transgender individuals in schools to use the bathroom of their choice. the gender they identify with. with a case pending at the supreme court on this issue the white house wanted to make clear its position they believe the federal government has no place dictating to states and local school boards what to do on this issue. here is kellyanne conway from this morning. >> it's all about state's rights. the president believes m federalism and each state has the right to decide what the right with respect to this issue. >> the human rights campaign lashed out at the campaign. the consequences with no doubt be heartbreaking. this is a civil rights issue. children deserve protection from bullying no matter what state they live in period. betsy devos, who is the education secretary was said to be uncomfortable with this idea of rescinding the guidance but in a statement last night saying this is an issue best that the state and local level but added to that, we have a responsibility to protect every

student in america and assure they have the freedom to learn in a safe and trusted environment. at my direction the office for civil rights remains committed to look at all claims of bullying and harassment against those most vulnerable in our schools. yesterday the press secretary sean spicer was asked about a split between betsy devos and the attorney general jeff sessions over this issue. we're not told the entire back story and how they came to a resolution of it but we're told that betsy devos was 100% on board with this decision, shannon. >> shannon: that language from her letter is identical to the guidance documents. they got on the same page. >> bill: we're getting ready for president trump to give his first address to congress on tuesday and the white house telling us the president will use that speech to pass the ball to congress. we pass the ball to chris stirewalt, our own tailback. maybe a full back. good morning to you.

let's discuss. in turn you say congress is waiting to take its cue from the president. explain that. >> you come out of huddle, that's great. congress wants him to call the play. when you have a president who has a gift for correcting members of his own party as donald trump does, they don't want to get out of sync with him. they don't want to be running a play he doesn't want for fear a tweet or he will lash out at them and they'll find themselves in trouble in a primary. they want to know what he wants and they want to go execute it. paul ryan has been working very, very hard with trump and with his cabinet secretaries who are just now coming into place to figure out what is it that the administration wants in policy particulars. >> bill: we aren't even at the speech yet. yet if you listen to kellyanne conway. she is not the only one now. earlier today on fox even the president referred to this

in the first hours of his administration when he talked about the long game. >> i'm focused on why we're here. i'm focused on the president's agenda, what he has entrusted all of his on his senior team to do for him and this nation. he will be here for eight years and we recognize that there will be people who will be trying to throw crocodiles in our way. >> bill: look out for the gators. let's not take the metaphor any further than that. you report there is progress on obamacare, correct, on behalf of congress? >> yeah. >> bill: gaps on tax reform and border security. first of all, any one of these is a big deal. what can you tell us today about where they are or not? >> we know that tom price, former member of congress, former member of the congressional leadership, is working well with the team in the house to put together what is the repeal and replace plan. what they basically settled on

is repeal as you go and replace as you go. take out a chunk and replace it with something else. as you talk about, though, that won't be fast. that doesn't go quickly. people probably don't like it if you go too fast or seem like you are hurried dealing with health insurance but they'll do that first. after that they do taxes and then after that all of that is done then they do the infrastructure plan with border security laid over all of that and now it gets to be summertime, now it gets to be august, now it gets to be fall. this is going to be -- if the trump administration is interested in playing the long game, they will have an opportunity to do it this year because he is going to have to shepherd all of that through a noisy, boisterous congress month after month after month. >> bill: sean spicer said we'll be really busy in march and april. the other thing he said on tuesday, we'll tell you where we've come and where we're going. that's the purpose.

>> the vision thing as george w. bush. donald trump has to describe a place where he sees the country three or four years from now. these are the material gains, concrete things that he wants to do, yes, but also a vision for what the country is like after his tenure. and by the way, if i were kellyanne conway i would quit being so cock sure about eight years. i would have a little humility and deference. >> bill: she is not the only one talking that way. the president talks that way, too. >> they ought to step it back and say we hope we earn your trust for a second term, not we're going to have one so shut up. >> bill: steven miller will write the speech. another barn burner like the state of the union? >> we have not seen another style from him. the administration promises that we will hear something different this time. but if this is blood and soil and the dark knight of the american soul, then they think they have a problem. i think they're more optimistic than that and you'll probably

hear is speech for visionary, more optimistic. >> bill: two days only four tweets. >> congress is breathing sighs of relief. >> shannon: don't get ahead of yourself on that. you've just unleashed. >> bill: wise words. tomorrow at this time we'll hear president trump appear at cpac, a collection of mostly younger folks and a conservative hard core part of the party. how he is met there and how they receive him and what he says is something that we'll all be watching for. that's live tomorrow here on "america's newsroom." >> shannon: we'll talk to jonah goldberg on that coming up and a lot more. secretary of state preparing to meet the president of mexico. can rex tillerson mend fences with our southern neighbor as president trump gets ready to

build the wall. >> there is no place in america for hatred or acts of prejudice or violence or anti-semitism. >> bill: that's mike pence backing up the words after the vandalized jewish cemetery. what the administration is saying about that now. and there is this. >> shannon: tensions boiling over at another string of rowdy republican town hall events across the country. are these crowds simply angry constituents or is there something more well-organized and well-funded going on as well? our panel will debate that fair and balanced. >> it is not a representation of a member's district. it's a small group of people disrupting something in many cases for media attention. and lasts up to 12 hours. tums only lasts up to 3. for longer lasting relief...in one chewable tablet

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>> bill: we have yet again sad news to report at the fox news channel. fox news contributor and frequent guest here on "america's newsroom," allen colmes, has passed away. his family releasing the statement moments ago. allen colmes passed away this morning after a brief illness. he was 66 years old. he leaves his adoring and devoted wife. he was a brilliant guy. brilliant, hysterical and moral, fiercely loyal and the only thing he loved more than his work was his love with jocelyne, his wife. the family has asked for

privacy during this very difficult time. end quote from the family there. want to take a look back now at a friend of ours, allen colmes and some of the many, many memorable moments here at fnc. >> his quick witt and quick talking style brought him into the hearts and homes of americans across the country. >> see how i've aged you. >> he was born september 24th, 1950 in new york city. the bright lights of the big apple would one day lure him into a life of entertainment giving way to a life as a hard hitting newsman. a 1971 graduate of hofter, university he got his start as a stand-up comedian. a career that eventually launched him into a thriving radio career, his big break in radio was in 1984 with the

drive time slot on new york based wabc. >> that's traffic. >> in 1987 allen moved to wnbc in new york, it announced its raido division was closing its doors. allen giving the final sign-off on the great wnbc. >> thank you, god bless you. for the last time this is 66wnbc. >> in 1996 he had a television career. >> the economy is doing well. >> teaming up with me to launch hannity and colmes. when the show ended hannity and colmes was the number one show in its time slot on cable news and one of the top-rated shows on cable. as the banter sometimes grew a bit contentious. >> because you are lying. >> you are lying here.

>> alan would use that great sense of humor to combat some of his tough critics, but off the air alan found love. >> i haven't called a guest honey since newt gingrich. >> in june 2003 she married jocelyne crowley a professor at rutgers university and another milestone four months later his debut non-fiction view red, white and liberal. never one to back down to controversy his hard hitting interview style made him greatly admired by both political parties. alan lived to entertain you, the american people. telling the news how he saw it and taking his audience through some of the most significant moments of our time. today the fox news channel lost a very dear member of our family, one of the nicest, kindest, friendliest people and

the dear personal friend, our friend, alan colmes. >> bill: our friend sean hannity releasing this statement as well. the fox family, dr. jocelyne colmes, monica crowley and me have lost one of life's most wonderful people you would ever want to meet. with we started hannity and colmes there wasn't a day that we didn't see we were the two most fortunate men on television. we forged a deep friendship. alan in the midst of great sickness and illness showed the single greatest amount of courage i've ever seen. and through it all he showed his incredible wit and humor that was alan's signature throughout his life. i'm heartbroken with the loss of a dear friend. our thoughts and prayers are with jocelyne, monica and his entire family. he will be dearly missed. that from sean a moment ago. i can't emphasize that enough. alan was a great guy. i loved to talk with him. i loved to debate him. i loved to get his opinions on

everything under the sun. and he was a neighbor of mine in greenwich village in new york city and shared a great love for the neighborhood and the restaurants and life of new york city. our best to his family and tough week around here when you think about brenda buttner from the other day and now we've lost two really dear colleagues. >> shannon: so amazing both of them and so different in their personalities and the way they tackled life. with alan, no matter where you were with him on issues, he always stuck to his point and defended it with gusto and a great sense of humor, able to laugh at life and himself as well. i felt like smiling. >> bill: you think about what they created with sean and alan together. it's a great loss around here and to alan in the heavens at the age of 66, we say so long until another time and i reminder along with the passing of brenda, just how precious life is every day.

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>> shannon: kellyanne conway one of the headliners kicking things off at cpac. she is being interviewed right now. president trump will speak there tomorrow. you may recognize her intervaoeer mercedes schlapp. a lot of expectation ahead of the president's speech tomorrow and a lot of speculation about how he will be received by the crowd. he was there in 2015 to convince them he was running for president. 2016 didn't show up. didn't do so well in straw polls but he has done a lot of things that would make conservatives happy with his

quick action on a number of fronts. some others still to work on. we'll see how he is received tomorrow. we'll cover it live when it happens on friday. >> bill: reince priebus on the stage as well. secretary of state rex tillerson meeting with mexico's president later today. he and john kelly already getting a chilly reception from mexican leaders. here is the quote now. on screen. coming up. mexico's foreign minister. we'll meet with secretary tillerson later today. we don't have to accept provision that one government aoun -- wants to impose on another. nigel, good morning to you. you've got experience in these international matters. how do you think it will go? >> the mexicans have to say they can't change their policy.

ultimately if somebody has illegally entered your country, you have every right to send them back to that point. frankly, there is nothing mexico can do about it. they are always saying that given that over half the people that cross that border and get stopped come from other countries and say mexico is sort of acting as a conduit. in saying what he said he sounds rather like somebody from a rogue state. >> bill: here is my feeling on this. take this one. even without action, even if he were just to take the words of the memo coming out a few days ago, you are sending a message that things are going to be different. and you are going to face them one-on-one to explain things without a filter. you aren't going to hear this based on a report or rumor. we'll come and tell you what the deal is. that this is, nigel, a departure from what the rules have been over the past several years. >> which is straight shooting.

going straight to the mexican government, explaining exactly what you are going to do, how you are going to do it. it is good, honest politics and i think the mexicans have to understand frankly they have no choice in this. >> bill: they have no choice. we'll see about that because part of this memo means even if you're not from mexico you'll be returned to mexico. but in order to do that you have to have some sort of holding center. none of this has been established, right? that takes some time. >> maybe it does, but compare that to the situation now where people come over the border from mexico, be they mexican or not and simply disappear. that isn't going to happen. and mexico should not want to be acting effectively as a trafficking center for people from south america that want to get to the u.s. that isn't good for them, either. >> bill: the bigger point you touched on it here. you want to discourage those from trying to make the trip

from honduras, guatemala, stretches that go several hundred if not thousands of miles to make sure they know the open door policy will not continue. that's pretty much the meaning for the trip. >> the message is simple. if you try to get to the usa illegally through mexico, then you are firstly going to be caught and secondly you will simply not be allowed to stay. that may well -- perhaps america will have to -- that may well present mexico with one or two problems and there are, as you say, some technical measures that will be needed to get people out of mexico. that's perhaps a project the two countries could work on together. the overall message if you come in illegally you will not be staying, that's the important thing. >> bill: one more point. how do you think this whole discussion on the wall will go? >> well, let's be honest about it. previous american presidents have built fences, a wall is

just a slightly bigger fence. and again, it's america's right to do that. >> bill: do you think they've backed down from the tough diplomatic speak that was a month or two ago? >> yes, i do. and i think that the mexicans know that trump is serious. he is going to build a barrier of some kind. whether it's a big, beautiful wall that he talks about, whether it's a great big fence, i don't know. you don't know. but trump has to deliver on this. it was one of his key election pledges. it matters. >> bill: with a big, beautiful door. >> absolutely. >> bill: thank you for coming on today, nigel. >> shannon: there has been a turn in the battle for mosul as we learn american troops have been injured in the fight there. what else we're learning from the pentagon plus this. (chanting) >> bill: the town halls are

kicking in as republicans face a lot of questions on a lot of issues, especially obamacare. is this outrage coming from the grassroots or is it coming from somewhere else? depends on who you ask. >> i think some people are clearly upset. there is a bit of professional protestor manufactured base in there. uh-- wha-- woof! eeh-- woof! wuh-- [silence] [engine roars to life] [dog howls] ♪ dramatic opera music swells from radio ♪ [howling continues] they carry your fans shpassions, hopes, and dreams.s. and maybe, a chance at greatness

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>> bill: we showed this to you a moment ago 9:32 in washington, d.c. kellyanne conway kicking off cpac. she is being interviewed as the conference continues and kellyanne conway addressed president's trump speech that will happen tomorrow. >> by tomorrow this will be tea pac here, no doubt. every great movement ends up

being a little bit dusty after a time and i think they need a new infusion of energy. in the case of candidate trump and president elect and nominee trump, he went right to the grassroots and brought you along. he made people feel from the beginning they were part of this movement. and being part of the movement means you aren't just witnessing a campaign externally but the way a lot of activists felt over the years. >> bill: she said t-pac. it streams live. later today reince priebus and steve bannon are on stage together. the moderator is matt schlapp. mercedes husband, he runs cpac. we'll talk to him next hour and find out what's going down then. stand by. streaming love on fox news.com.

>> shannon: republican town halls growing hostile. several more members of congress facing angry crowds including arkansas senator tom cotton. people fired up from everything from healthcare to the border. here is a sampling. [shouting] >> you work for us. >> will you commit to replacement in the same way that you have committed to the repeal? >> a couple more questions about healthcare. >> i think every president has a right to put their cabinet into place and i support the cabinet put into place. that doesn't mean -- >> i live here. [chanting]

>> shannon: a fox news contributor and former advisor to president bill clinton. and a communication director for marco rubio's presidential campaign. welcome to you, gentlemen. this looks like what we saw in 2009 about healthcare then. but the result was very different. it was the democrats on the receiving end. so listen, it looks like they took notes. >> i think they did and indeed there has been a document written by some former congressional aides explicitly saying their mobilizing techniques are built on what the tea party did in 2009 and 2010. this is authentic grassroots anger. it is not just liberal anger. there is a lot of that from democrats. these are people who are mad at congress and it is coming in red areas. so i think the trump administration would be loath to ignore it. >> shannon: alex, to get into other facts we have about these

events as they've gone on. one of the first ones to get our attention was in utah with chaffetz. the police said some people weren't from utah. we know the group that doug mentioned indivisible is organized online. how to disrupt events. they say record everything. essentially suggesting that you provoke these members of congress. they partnered with move on.org. you know, they aren't making any bones about where they're coming from. it is working and they're getting a ton of attention. >> there is a huge difference between what is happening now and what happened in 2009 with the tea party. in 2009 it was conservatives showing up at republican town halls telling them they didn't like the direction of congress and they needed their republican members to stand up to the president. now it's liberals and democrats showing up at republican town halls. the people that were yelling at tom cotton. those people didn't vote for him.

they didn't vote for donald trump. it is no surprise that hillary clinton supporters are angry about the outcome of the election and they're turning that anger into going to all these town halls and being incredibly disruptive. are they angry? yes, is it authentic anger? yes. it is highly organized and doesn't reflect the political reality in america now. >> shannon: i want to play what mitch mcconnell had to say showing up and confronting these folks and listen it's a free country and great to see people protesting and speaking their minds whatever it is. this is his summation of where we are now. >> they had their shot in the election. in this country when you win the election you get to make the policy. winners make policy and losers go home. >> shannon: that's what happened in 2009. tea party people showed up furious about obamacare. the democrats heard them. went back to capitol hill without a single gop vote and passed it.

is this going to change policy in a way that they didn't back in 2009 with the same tactics? >> i think the republicans and the democrats were wrong in 2009 and 2010 not doing obamacare on a bipartisan basis. the republicans would be wrong to try to do the replacement of obamacare without substantial democratic input or on a bipartisan basis. donald trump did win the election, no doubt. but he got 45% of the vote. i don't say that to criticize but we've typically governed in this country when we do big measures like civil rights and medicare on a bipartisan basis. with this hostility shows we need to govern our country in a different way. whether democrats or republicans in control. >> shannon: i want to put up a tweet coming from republican congressman imash in a response from a tweet to the president.

he says they are fellow americans with legitimate concerns. we need to stop acting so fragile. i'm proud to defend liberty and the constitution and glad to show up to the meetings and thinks people on both sides need to do more of this and stand up and take the heat. >> if you want to pass big lasting change in congress you need democratic votes. you need in the senate you need 60 votes. that means we need eight democrats to vote for replacement for obamacare and vote for an overhaul of the tax code. you won't earn those democratic votes if you don't try to talk to real people. i give tom cotton, imash, chaffetz. all these congressmen holding town halls i give them so much credit. they're doing the hard work that is necessary to win support to pass big legislation. >> shannon: doug and alex, great to see you both. ♪

♪ when the rain gets in and tops my mind from wandering ♪ >> bill: an unusual sight in northern california. a giant hole opening up inside the lake. it's west of sacramento. the hole is created by a manmade spill way used to drain off excess water after heavy rains. the first time it's happened in a decade. the spillway can suck down millions of gallons of water per minute and they've got more water than they need right now. >> shannon: after so much drought and the land really drying up and unable to receive everything that's coming in so quickly. where i grew up in tallahassee, florida, we have a lake that disappears for years at a time and comes back. that's just all natural. nature is amazing. >> bill: there is another storm rolling through out there in the west just yesterday, too. the skiers and snow borders

love it. this has been an epic winter for the mountains. a lot of other folks with rising waters not so great. >> shannon: they need relief. meanwhile this is what we know. the white house is cracking down on illegal immigration this week and president trump is making it clear he does not want criminals in this country. especially if they're here illegally. once they're out we know they don't always stay out. can you address that problem? we'll take with a sheriff on the front lines next. >> it's not a problem, it is an epidemic. our primary goal has got to be to get the illegal alien committing felonies out of this country and keep them out.

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for this place, for the jewish community in missouri, and i want to thank you for that inspiration. >> shannon: vice president mike pence condemning anti-semitic attacks while visiting a jewish cemetery in st. louis where more than 150 headstones were tipped over. he is helping to clean up some damage. he was joined by missouri's governor and others, one day after president trump spoke out against anti-semitism. >> bill: good for him. >> shannon: people like to see folks on the ground doing something. >> bill: no question about it. 15 minutes before the hour now. the trump administration ramping up its push for -- one of those who has been quite vocal is with me now.

polk county sheriff grady judd. good morning to you. i heard you use the word epidemic the other day. you aren't shy to throw around that word. is it truly at that level in central florida of all places? >> it is at that level across the united states. there isn't a day goes by that we all don't arrest a lot of illegal aliens that are out here preying on the people in this country. they are committing felonies, violent felonies and they are trafficking in narcotics. if that's not enough, we deport them, they come back and pick up doing the same thing again. >> bill: sheriff, what is your solution in this? >> my solution is simply this. if you went home this afternoon and there was water flowing in your house, would you start mopping it up or would you first turn off the source of the leak? we have to turn off the source of the leak. we have to get these illegal

criminals, illegal aliens out of this country and keep them out. they are preying on our people. >> bill: you have to do it right, you would agree with that, correct? >> absolutely. >> bill: what is the correct way, sir? >> the correct way is simply this. we already have the laws in place. all we have to do is have the will of the federal government and for the first time in many, many, many years we have that will. we're seeing a total different attitude by immigration and customs already. and what we have to do is pick them up, keep them locked up until they are deported to their home country of origin. and i can tell you this, the community will be safer. less drugs will flow on our streets. and there will be less weapons violence. every day my detectives go out and they seek out and arrest people for violating the drug laws. many of those folks are illegal

aliens here with guns posing a specific danger to our deputies, to our law enforcement officers and to the community. but i have a simple question for those who think there is a problem with that. why don't you take them home with you. why don't you rent them a home next door to you. they are living next door to somebody in our community and they are terrorizing them. if you are here illegally, you have to go. >> bill: others have focused on the economy. do you think we take a hit economically if you get what you are talking about today? >> i absolutely do not think we take an economic hit. i come from a community that's both suburban and rural. a lot of farmers. the people we arrest aren't harvesting any vegetables or any citrus. the only thing they are doing is bringing narcotics into this country, main lining methamphetamine from mexico through texas into florida.

and as a result, they have to go. i can give you example after example when we arrest them, we send them to prison. they deport them and they come back. one lady not only had a meth deal going when we deported her after her prison sentence, she came back, the federal government gave her $900 in federal assistance. do you hear what i'm saying? >> bill: i get it. they reported on that story the other day. quickly, the white house just this week was talking about the carve-outs in the obama administration and how the law changed and morphed over the past several years. if you go back to what you're describing now, what do you think america looks like? >> i think america looks exactly like it does today except for the serious felons who have crossed into this country illegally to terrorize and commit crime in this

country. that's the message we have to get across. there is this illusion that everybody is going to have to leave. everyone in this country illegally is not committing felonies, is not committing crimes, is not preying on our children, is not sexually battering our children and selling drugs by the pound. but the ones i'm talking about are. and they have to go. >> bill: you're talking about the criminals, right? the crime. >> absolutely. >> bill: thank you for your times. we'll see what happens. it won't be easy. thank you for your time today. >> we can do it, though. >> shannon: president donald trump reportedly dropping language on syrian refugees from that revised executive order on immigration after so much scrutiny and chastisement from the courts. so is the new makeover going to help it pass the legal test? former state department spokeswoman marie harf will join us live.

>> bill: ivanka trump taking her 5-year-old daughter to a field trip yesterday. they went as guests to the u.s. supreme court. that's cool, right? they saw the court announcing three decisions and the first daughter tweeting out a picture that read this. meet the supreme court today. thankful to hear about the judicial system and our country firsthand. cool. arabella is a young shannon bream. >> shannon: she is on her way. if you can go and sit and watch the arguments, coolest thing in the world. no cameras allowed. i encourage all americans to follow arabella's example. a fox news alert on the oil pipeline protest in north dakota. the governor giving a few remain hold-ups the chance to go home without arrest. this comes after an army corps

of engineers deadline to clear a camp yesterday. some demonstrators set fires as they left. what is the game plan today? >> in just about 10 minutes crews will begin cleaning up those camps. we've seen a lot of heavy equipment go through this checkpoint. protestors who want to leave can and they won't be arrested. if they get in the way they will be. so right now we have a rolling eviction but the governor said last night that 20 to 50 protestors remain in the camp. the state offered them the olive branch yesterday, hotel, bus ticket in the u.s. a courtesy photo op being arrested for your facebook page. instead they taunted the cops, 10 were arrested. another group of 75 to 100 went to tribal land where the sheriff doesn't have jurisdiction but bia agreed not to let them back into the camps. >> we don't have of course any way to know exactly what that

is. between 25 and 50 people may be staying overnight. again, people are free to leave at any time. >> so right now we're 10 miles north of the camp and the police are complaining our satellite trucks got in the way. i appeal to the governor and state police and it got nowhere. as for the protestors yesterday you mentioned they burned down several structures, maybe a dozen all total. the governor said last night those were ceremonial burns and yet no one in that press conference of state officials would explain to me what that meant. we did hear several propane tanks explode. a 17-year-old was taken to a burn unit for treatment including one being airlift evidence to minneapolis. cleanup it is a cess pool of human waste and cost $1.2 million to get it cleaned up and rehabilitated to get it to

where it was before the protestors arrived. >> bill: there is controversy surrounding president trump's undoing transgender bathrooms in public schools. his administration says it's about state's right. we'll talk about that at the top of the hour. [dong] [rocket launching] skip the bank, skip the paperwork, and go completely online. securely share your financial info and confidently get an accurate mortgage solution in minutes. lift the burden of getting a home loan with rocket mortgage by quicken loans. [whisper: rocket]

>> shannon: protests breaking out at town halls across the country. [chanting] >> shannon: well, welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm shannon bream in for martha maccallum. >> bill: no yelling i'm bill hemmer, good morning. emotions running high as republican leaders face the music from the crowds in their hometown like this. so those voters demanding answers in a movement reminiscent of the tea party push we saw years ago against democrats and president obama and obamacare.

senator tom cotton in arkansas making headlines with this exchange in his home state. >> i can tell you members of my family, including me, that would be dead, dead, and homeless if it was not for aca. you have angry constituents. you work for us. >> bill: ed henry has more on this now. a lot of protests haven't had a sense of cohesion, do these or not. >> it being about obamacare or aca as in the affordable care act. the president and his allies have been calling it the unaffordable care act. he suggested that at the big news conference at the white house last week. the question will be what do

republicans at these town halls and the president do about it moving forward. do they dismiss it or do they take it into account and show that people are still angry? people are angry on the other side of all of this and that's why they in part elected donald trump in the first place. now republicans have to pay attention to this because there was a lot of heat on tom cotton on the issue of obamacare. watch. >> everyone in this room has been hurt or helped -- >> i have only been helped. obamacare saved my life, senator. >> nobody here -- nobody here has not been affected by obamacare. >> because it saved by life, senator. >> bill: you can hear that woman saying it saved my life. president trump at that news conference last week said he will have a plan on the table not just to repeal but to replace obamacare by mid-march. so that is a sign that he is listening to some of this. >> we've heard from the

administration they believe this outrage has been manufactured. what is the explanation? >> what's fascinating about that you have sean spicer and others at the white house saying it is being gymed up by others on the left that maybe paying people to get out there and go to these town halls and make up the outrage. when you use the word manufacture, which sean spicer did, it's something that the obama white house said about the tea party as well in 2009. watch. >> i think some people are clearly upset. there is a bit of professional protestor manufactured base in there. >> i think what you've seen is they have -- they have bragged about manufacturing to some degree that anger. >> you see the exact same language used by two different white houses, two different parties. the obama white house wasn't paying full attention to the tea party. dismissed it and said it was manufactured. the key will be how does the trump white house react.

>> bill: what a throwback, ed. good to see you. ed henry in washington, d.c. >> shannon: a trump administration throwing out guidelines for transgender rules across the country. they revoked the rules saying they'll leave it to the states probably to decide how to handle this issue. >> this is very consistent with a president who promised to bring power back to the states. that which is not reserved to the federal government belongs to the states. >> shannon: bret baier is anchor of special report. one of many executive actions by the administrations. i want to read it so people know what we're talking about. they said decided to rescind the guidance documents and this doesn't leave students without protections from

discrimination, bullying or harassment. the office for civil rights will continue its duty under law to hear all claims of discrimination. this is something we've been waiting on and now we have it. >> the trump administration is saying to schools around the nation and specifically a message to the supreme court ahead of this transgender case out of virginia, that this administration does not side with the memos sent out by president obama's administration, guidelines to schools saying that transgender students should be able to choose the bathroom they use by their gender identity as they see it, not by the sex on their birth certificate. and that guideline was a federal guideline that was sent out in memos by the obama administration. the trump administration is saying they had to get on the board here before this case from virginia goes to the supreme court and they had to say that this administration sides with states and local communities to make that decision. and it is not a federal

decision based on what they see until the law is completely litigated through the courts, namely this supreme court case. >> shannon: that case is set for the end of march. it's right upon us. if it will be withdrawn from the calendar or parties come to an understanding that has to happen soon. meantime we're also waiting on an executive order maybe into next week on the immigration and travel ban. there have been discussions about what may change about it. stephen miller one of the top policy advisors say it will be fully responsive to the courts. they know they have to draw up something that is bullet proof. groups have said we have litigation ready and drafted and we'll file it when we get the new order. >> you'll see a cleanup on aisle two on executive the first roll-out and this will be bullet proof in the courts. i assume that they will take back that challenge once this

new executive order is going to be rolled out. it didn't seem like president trump was ready to stop that fight on the first one but now that the second one is coming out likely monday, you are going to see this effort to change the focus. listen, it could have been done this way to begin with. it could have been all the agencies and everyone involved briefed before yand but we've gone through how that roll-out maybe did not go as they planned. >> shannon: also next week the president will have this joint address to congress. something like we see with the state of the union, but we know that message will be going beyond that room and to the rest of america. what do you think will be his message or what would you like to see on that night? >> not from what i would like to see but for what i hear from the trump administration is that they are going to lay out these priorities, say what they've done and also what they are going to be doing. remember, you have some big ticket things that will happen very soon, shannon. the tax reform roll-out.

eventually you'll get a blueprint on how infrastructure is going to work. these are big things not only that, but the obamacare replacement is expected to be rolled out in coming days. that will probably be a focus. i would imagine the tone is more optimistic and he got criticized for being not as optimistic in the inaugural. it was plain spoken and very trump the candidate. now trump the president will lay out his agenda. i would assume much like many state of the unions. >> shannon: i think it will be really interesting. we cover this in washington that the people who are not supposed to go in safe seats members of congress do it, though, many of them. they want the aisle seat to shake the president's hand. it will be interesting to see if they do that with president trump and what the crowd mood and reaction is to him in that room as he gives this speech. i'm going to watch for her because she is one of the offenders on that no reserve seats rule every time.

we'll see you at 6:00, bret. thank you. >> bill: off we go now south of the border to two secretaries now in mexico amid tensions of enforcing immigration laws at home. the foreign minister slamming the plan. let's go to rich edson traveling in mexico city for the latest there. mexico is already responding to the new trump immigration order, rich. >> good morning, bill. mexico is responding. this is secretary of state rex tillerson, he is on his way to meet with his mexican counterpart. the foreign secretary responding to the policy saying basically of that policy to the united states could deport non-mexican citizens to mexico? he says basically that the people of mexico do not have to accept the measures unilaterally imposed on them by another government. despite all this back and forth

and previewing the trip the two secretaries of state and dhs coming here to mexico, the white house basically says the relationship between the united states and mexico is fine. >> i would argue that we have a very healthy and robust relationship with the mexican government and officials and they would echo that same sentiment. the president has echoed that as well. i think the relationship with mexico is phenomenal right now and unbelievable and robust dialogue between our two nations. >> senator ben cardin, he and a number of other democrats came to mexico a couple days ago to meet with people here and have just written a letter to the two secretaries, secretaries tillerson and kelly saying, quote, president trump's commentary during the campaign and since his inauguration is damaging this critical bilateral relationship and endangering u.s. national security. we'll hear from both delegations the u.s. and mexicans in a couple of hours.

>> bill: we await that. more headlines then. rich traveling there in mexico city. >> shannon: the trump administration revising the president's travel ban to drop its rejection specifically of syrian refugees. is it enough to silence the critics? we'll ask marie harf. >> bill: also some breaking news. an explosion leaving several people dead in pakistan sparking concerns of terrorism. investigators say it may have been a tragic accident. we'll get to the bottom of that in a moment. there is this. check it out. >> shannon: outrage over a video that appears to show an off duty police officer firing his gun into the air during a scuffle with teenagers. what's next for the officer and what are the facts of that case? >> when you come and see what they've done to this person's house who wasn't directly involved.

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were just stored inside that building in eastern pakistan. >> shannon: we are going to hear from the president. we're awaiting some remarks. he has had a meeting today with some ceos. he has enjoyed putting together the business groups and leaders. we expect we'll get read-out from that meeting. we'll take you their live or bring it to you on tape as soon as we get it. we're learning now details on revisions to the president's executive order on immigration. they say it will drop language that suspended acceptance of syrian refugees indefinitely. marie harf. you and i have talked about this before. it was one of your main contentions that you thought was problematic with this order. if that changes, are you okay with the rest of it? >> we'll see. we don't have many more details about what the new order might look like. i do think we have to wait and see. there is also some reporting saying that while the syrian refugees might not be singled out that all refugees might

still be temporarily suspended from coming to the u.s., which i think a lot of people are concerned would turn into a permanent prohibition on any refugees coming here. we'll see what the language looks like. that could be a step in the right direction. could be. >> shannon: let's talk about what we think we know. until it is officially released we're speculating a little bit. this is what our reporting has been from the white house. drops the indefinite suspension of syrian refugees and excerpts legal permanent residents and visa holders, it blocks the admission of people with no previous status in the u.s. currently. stephen miller top policy leader at the white house who helped graft it said it will be responsive to the courts. they're going through the critiques they got from the courts trying to redesign it. if it's focused on the specific countries were set aside for special treatment under the obama administration, they take away that specific exception dealing with syrian refugees and get the same order with

legal permanent residents and visa issues and green card holder issues, is that workable for you? >> we'll see. i do think obviously steps to make sure legal permanent residents are not included in the order is a no-brainer. that's a good step. it should have been made clear originally. the seven countries, though. the obama administration we didn't say they couldn't come to the united states. they had to apply to visas. we were allowed to travel to the united states. we have to look at all the different legal arg thaments have been made. a couple. not all exactly the same. if the trump administration responds to the legal questions in a serious way, we'll have to take a look at it. it could be a step in the right direction. what we haven't heard from the trump administration, though, is how this will make safer and what extreme vetting means. that's the key. if they suspend refugees until they can put their vetting in place we already have pretty strict vetting. three years for most refugees.

what changes will they make so they can allow refugees again if that's what they want to do, which i would argue they should do. >> shannon: what we hear from members of the administration, they aren't willing to let people in when there isn't appropriate vetting on the other end. if the gofrments can't provide accurate information about people we have no obligation to let them in because of course this country is one that wants to help people who are in dire straights and desperate, but if we can't be sure that's exactly why these people are coming, there is no obligation constitutional or otherwise to let them in. i want to play a little bit of what charles krauthammer said. >> the fact is, trump ought to pull an obama and say if you have a visa, keep the visa. we'll honor the visa. none of this stuff that happened in the first roll-out happens. i don't think they need to suspend anything. they probably will out of pride.

>> shannon: your take. >> i completely agree with what charles said. and look, what we did in the obama administration was put in place very tough standards that the u.s. government could use to vet people. we don't rely on other governments to vet people for us. we wouldn't do that on any kind of immigrant. in someplace like syria we don't trust or work with the government to vet refugees. it doesn't mean we can't have on our end really strict rules, really strict vetting to make sure we know who is coming into this country. i don't think the argument that we can't work with these governments on the other side to vet people holds water. we don't do it on any other kind of immigrants and why we do it for the most vulnerable people in the world. >> shannon: you sound you're there for district vetting and scrutiny. we can do it on our end and maybe that's a point of agreement for troublesome spots around the world. good to see you today. >> bill: the annual conference

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>> the nomination in a way that was bottom up instead of top

down. he replaced this fiction of electability with this revelation of electricity and brought people in. also i think donald trump, because he is not a legacy candidate, not a bush or clinton, he is the first candidate of his type, that non-politician, true outsider, who is coming to shake up the system. >> bill: that was from last hour. kellyanne conway during an interview at cpac, the conference is well underway in maryland. vice president pence speaks later today. president trump takes the main stage at this hour tomorrow morning. so what's that going to be like? matt schlapp, chairman and running the show. matt good morning to you and thank you for your time. kellyanne conway called it t pac last hour. a play on president trump's name here. a lot of young people at cpac, a lot of conservatives. what is your anticipation for

the reception they will give president trump tomorrow? >> i think it will be good, bill. he has come for five years or so and always had a good reception. this one is particularly special because he is coming in his very first year of his presidency. the last president who came to cpac in his first year was ronald reagan in 1981. it is paying respect to the conservatives here. to the conservative movement. it is the heart and soul of the republican party. donald trump is now the standard bearer of the republican party. >> bill: later today you have the honor of sitting in between reince priebus and steve bannon. i don't know if they've appeared in public like this before. you'll moderate an interview based on what i understand. what are you going to talk about, matt? >> there is this misconception or improper conception that maybe these guys the rivals and read they try to fight each

other. i think it's a great coup they are coming together. i think they're finding a way to work constructively together. they're very different people. the former head of breitbart with the former head of the republican party. the function also of what the trump presidency is. it's a coalition of interests being pulled together. i want to try to pull something out of them that gives us insights as to how they are working together. >> bill: reince priebus on sunday told chris wallace he is sick and tired of reading about stories of he and steve bannon not getting along and went out of his way to make sure the audience knew that their relationship is strong. we'll see this play out here. i think the point, though, is that we see priebus a lot. we rarely see steve bannon. >> that's exactly right. it's purposeful. he doesn't court public opinion. people say terrible things about it. he is a friend of mine. i told him he needs to defend

himself. he is not interested in that. he is more interested in creating all this change by helping donald trump. he is a really interesting intellectual, smart guy who has had a diverse career and i would like people to get to know him better. >> bill: we are looking at governor scott walker on stage for our viewers. taking stage now at the moment. one final question for you. have you gotten a preview from the white house yet about what president trump's message will be tomorrow? >> i talked to people about it. i don't know if there is anything special in terms of policy. i think what they want to try to do is make it really clear that they appreciate the work everybody did across the country. what cpac is, a collection of activists, not elitists from across the country. there were some never trumpers in this group but they're

pleased. the most conservative cabinet in history. neil gorsuch, on and on. what the president will do is say i respect you and thank you for everything you did. >> bill: it will be different. wait until tuesday night on the hill. thank you, matt schlapp for your time today. good luck at cpac over the next couple of days. >> shannon: we're waiting to hear from president trump. that can happen any time. you are looking live inside the white house. he will meet this morning with manufacturing ceos there and we expect we'll hear from him in just a few minutes. when that happens, we will take you there live to the white house. plus this. >> this worked for us. >> bill: so they're fired up, some of them. town hall crowds reeling over obamacare, the border and a few topics in between. who are the protestors? will all the noise lead to any

changes in policy? we'll have a look at that and this. >> shannon: off duty police officers fires his gun into the air with a scuffle with a group of teens. what the lapd is saying about this video.

>> shannon: we're standing by to hear from president trump. you are looking live inside the white house. he has had a meeting with manufacturing ceos, we expect to hear comments from him. he talked a lot about and done a lot about rolling back regulations, they're working on reforming the tax code and about creating jobs and makes the business community happy. so more of that activity this morning. we'll take you there live as soon as we hear from the president.

[chanting] >> we'll take a couple more comments or questions about healthcare. everyone in this room has been hurt or helped -- [crowd shouting] >> bill: that's how it went for tom cotton in arkansas. rowdy crowd last night. he is one of many republicans facing questions over the president's agenda. some of those protestors are democrats still reeling from the election, kellyanne conway from today. >> i don't hear a lot of solutions. that's what concerns me. protesting is covered on the first amendment, that's fine. come up with your solution. the opposition party is that these days. they belly ache and money and complain but i haven't heard any solutions. donald trump, that the not donald trump. that's not a message. if you listen to some of these folks some are articulating

fears that are unfounded. >> bill: so then leslie marshall, rachel duffy. fox news contributors. the left and right to go at it now. good morning, ladies. thank you for coming back. leslie, sore losers on the left. is that what it is? >> actually, no. i was hearing a report and i've heard on my radio show from people that are constituents, many of which are republicans, some are democrats. still constituents to these gop congressional members throughout the nation who are actually offended by not only the president but others saying that they are paid. there are people out there that have concerns whether it's over healthcare, whether it's over russia, release of tax returns, immigration policies, travel bans. because most of these people who did elect donald trump elected him to create jobs and they really just don't feel that the gop is necessarily doing its job and some people are really like it when you see

the polls. >> bill: 34 days, take a breath, okay? rachel, i'll play you a quick clip from charles krauthammer that you can address. as to whether or not republicans have answers. roll this from the doctor. >> the republicans have no answer. this is a casualty of the delay. as long as the republicans talk about repeal without having a replacement, people aren't going to imagine they'll lose their healthcare or they'll lose their doctor, republicans have to have an answer and the bleeding will continue until they put something on the table. >> bill: what is the answer then, rachel? >> look, you have to get healthcare right. leslie and the democrats know it's very complicated. so i think the republicans are willing to take a little more heat by not doing it right away and rushing into it, which by the way is the mistake the democrats did with obamacare. and trying to get this right. in the next -- the victory comes with getting it right, not in the timeline.

so they will take that heat right now. look, in the next two weeks thg bill that is going to roll back regulations and deal with the taxes in obamacare. tom price has just been our cabinet secretary of health and human services for less than two weeks. a lot of obamacare regulations were done because there was wide discretion given to kathleen sebelius. she did a lot of stuff herself through her position as secretary of health and human services. he will be able to roll back a lot. 70% of it is going to be done with those two measures alone. if you think the town halls are raucous now, republicans know they will be more raucous if they don't repeal obamacare or if they get it wrong. they'll take it slow and i'm

sure they were -- you want to get this right. healthcare is too important not to. >> bill: march and april will be busy, that's what sean spicer said yesterday and it's quite clear. can these rallies, these raucouss, whatever you want to call them, protests, can they exact change when you have no power? and the only power you have when you don't have a majority in any branch of government is the power of resistance and that's what this amounts to so far. >> well, first of all we're alleging that these people are paid and alleging that they're democrats and liberals. that's not the facts bear out. they show their i.d.s and showing the district that they live in and many of these people voted for these individuals. to say they have no power, i don't agree because if these people that are protesting actually show up and vote, whether they are democrats or republicans, many of these republicans who are up in a couple of years could lose their seats and you watch how

fast they actually go to save their job over the fight against the affordable care act. >> i would say, leslie, we have our first -- >> bill: make it quick. do they have power or not? >> this is our first ex-president come moun tee organizers. a lot of this is being organized. not people who voted for donald trump and angry that donald trump is elected. this isn't very organized. in terms of their issues. it is a lot of stuff and mostly that they don't like donald trump. >> bill: i'm out of time. thank you for yours, rachel and leslie, we'll talk next week. appreciate it, ladies. >> shannon: police departments are investigating after an off duty lapd officer fired his gun during an altercation with a group of teenagers. the officer getting into a

scuffle with the teens beforehand. no one was injured but that incident sparked protests. hundreds of people demonstrating in anaheim. you can see some of them there and marching to the officer's home. jonathan hunt is live. walk us through what happened here. >> well, shannon, the video that we've seen doesn't show exactly how the incident started but according to police, it appears to have been a situation where the off-duty officer had had enough of teenagers walking across his lawn. the video then shows him grabbing one of those teenagers, a 13-year-old and that teenager protesting that he, the teenager, did not threat en to shoot the officer. watch and listen here. >> get your hands off me then.

>> two of them as the teenager scuffles, they push the officer, he falls down. we then clearly see him reach into his waistband. pull out a gun and you hear a shot fired. it's important to point out that no one was hurt in this. but after this video went viral last night several hundred protestors were on the streets very near that officer's home, 24 arrests were made. the anaheim police department put out a statement on their facebook page which said in part, quote, the videos posted online do not depict the entire event. our job is to collect all the facts and evidence to present the clearest and most accurate information to the district attorney's office as they make their decision on the filing of criminal charges. the anaheim p.d. wanted to point out the officer is not part of that police force. he is actually a member of the lapd. they are also investigating, shannon. >> shannon: there is video of everything these days.

jonathan, thank you. >> bill: the trump team now planning to keep the detention center open at gitmo. this as we learn a former detainee recently went back to the battlefield. is keeping that facility open the right call? a former green beret commander gives us his take on that next. >> shannon: talk about having a golden ticket. some lucky lotto player is waking up today a multi-multi-millionaire. did you buy a ticket, bill? >> bill: not this time. >> shannon: it's not us, then. ♪

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>> bill: as we reported last hour here on america's newsroom a sad day for the fox news family. our friend and colleague alan colmes has left us too soon. his family releasing a statement that reads the following. alan colmes passed away this morning after a brief illness. he was 66 years old. he leaves his adoring and devoted wife jocelyne crowley.

he was a brilliant guy. hysterical and moral. fiercely loyal and the only thing he loved more than his work was his life with jocelyne. he will be missed. the family has asked for privacy during this very difficult time. that from the family. sean hannity was his friend, his teammate, his sparring partner. sean is on the phone now. sorry about this, sean. tough, tough stuff. peel back the curtain about your friendship and relationship with alan with us. >> i have to tell you, it's like a part of me left today. it has been a really tough day. i first want to say, you know, his wife, he worshiped and adored her. he loved monica. by the way, he loved everybody. and, you know, what's really, really amazing is alan and i every day when we first got hired by fox, neither one of us had a lot of tv experience. and every day we would sit

around and look at each other and say we're the two luckiest guys on the face of this earth. i know a lot of people remember us from our political disagreements, but what they may not know is he was just not only a guy with the greatest sense of humor but a guy that had a human level of decency and love and kindness and humor. one of the funniest guys i ever met. and he started his career as a stand-up comic. he was the radio man, a passion for a microphone. we had a deep, abiding friendship. it was never personal when we disagreed ever. >> bill: i think what captured your professional relationship in such a public way is alan was a true believer. and he would not give an inch, sean. >> to this day, he wrote a

book, red, white, liberal, which is a best seller. one of the chapters was o.j. simpson innocent. and every single day, you know, i said you don't believe this. you don't believe this. his office was next to mine, you know, up until today. we talked on a regular basis. i want the audience to know one thing. when he first got sick and i don't want to get too detailed into what had happened, he came in my office. we had a long, really deep personal chat. we talked about our deep friendship. we talked about our blessed we were. we talked about what good friends we had. and the one thing -- this i think captures alan. he said, what i'm most worried about is jocelyne, his wife. and he is like, i know she is going to take this harder than me. and meanwhile he was facing a very difficult uphill battle.

and it just captures the type of man he was. he wasn't thinking about himself. he was thinking about his wife. he was thinking about his family and he kept saying i don't want to put her through this. when i say he worshiped, idolized and adored his wife, i know because he told me. he would often use the phrase she is my soul mate. and i know that this has been a very difficult time for him and for monica and for the whole family. but, you know, for our fox family, bill, i want people to know this was a good man with a great, huge heart who, you know, to be perfectly honest, i have a hole in my heart today. i'm just devastated. and i have known that this is coming for some time, to be honest. i was hoping and praying for a miracle. i just want people to remember that in terms of human decency.

we're living in a time of great incivility, alan was civil and kind. the staunchest supporter of freedom of speech. that was one area we agreed on. i talked to monica earlier today and she wrote a beautiful tribute to him on her facebook page. i can just say that every single person i know in that building, including you and everybody, you know, there is a lot of infighting in television. everybody loved alan. everybody liked and respected him and everybody knew he was funny and nice and kind and you know what? the world is a little darker place today because a really great human being left us. >> bill: sean. thank you for that. sean hannity. >> our thoughts and prayers, his wife is really struggling and we're praying for her. we're praying for monica and for his family. and it's been a really tough day.

>> bill: life is precious and life is short. alan colmes has left all of us at age 66. thanks again, sean.

>> bill: we've been waiting on this event here. president trump meeting with a group of ceos at the white house and we'll drop in there in a moment. we expect it live. when it happens you'll see it on "america's newsroom." in the meantime, however, more to get to with shannon. >> shannon: there is outrage over former guantanamo bay detainee returning to terrorism. he is identified as an isis terrorist who blew himself up in an iraqi army base earlier this week. the trump administration said it intends to keep gitmo open.

good to see you today. this is not the only formerly detained terror suspect at gitmo who has returned to terror. >> that's right. in this case, sadly he became a suicide bomber, but we have a huge rate where these released detainees rejoin the ranks of terrorists and in most cases they become leaders in their various movements. these guys once they're released from guantanamo are rock stars in the jihadi world. my own personal experience in afghanistan, a man released to the afghan government and they released him and he became the taliban's military leader leading the attacks against troop surge at the time. this is something that we have to stop. unfortunately, you know, i think actually -- fortunately we'll keep guantanamo open. in good options from a policy standpoint but to keep it open and keep putting these guys

there. >> shannon: during the brief sean spicer said the president believes guantanamo bay serves a healthy purpose. another top advisor to the president says the president says it is an important tool. the previous administration the president vowed to shut it down and said it was a recruiting tool. your response. >> i don't think there is an option here to this argument. we don't have a choice, either you bring them here to the united states where they are subject to the rights of our courts or you release them to third countries where they are often then released out into the global population and turn against us. so we don't have a choice to keep it open. it is unfortunate but we have to. let's not forget, shannon, the taliban five, the five leaders that were exchanged for bowe bergdahl, who knows what they're up to right now. >> shannon: good question. michael. we're seeing the president live. we have to let you go. thank you so much for joining us to talk about gitmo. >> bill: so as he works the

room, these are manufacturing ceos, his son-in-law, jared kushner. we're told it was kushner's idea to talk about reform, infrastructure, workforce of the future. it's all now under discussion. let's drop in. president trump from the white house. >> president trump: some of the great people in the world of business, many of you i know, many of you i know from reading all of our wonderful magazines and business magazines in particular. so it's an honor to have you with us today. bringing manufacturing back to america, creating high-wage jobs was one of our campaign promises and themes. and it resonated with everybody. it was really something what happened. states that hadn't been won in many, many years came over to

our fold. a lot of it had to do with the jobs and other reasons, but jobs. and i'm delivering on everything that we've said. in fact, people are saying they've never seen so much happen in 30 days of a presidency. we've delivered on a lot. i think mark can explain and mark can probably say some of the things we're doing for the auto industry and we'll be doing that for many of the industries. as you know, the united states lost one-third of our manufacturing jobs since nafta. that's an unbelievable number and statistic. and 70,000 factories closed since china joined the wto. 70,000 factories. when i used to give that statistics i talked about it and i thought it was a typo. has to be a typo. i say wilbur, it can't be right. think of that. 70,000 factories. you say what are we doing?

my administration's policies and regulatory reform, tax reform, trade policies, will return significant manufacturing jobs to our country. everything is going to be based on bringing our jobs back. the good jobs, the real jobs. they've left. and they're coming back. they have to come back. you've already seen companies such as intel, ford, mark has been great, gm, wal-mart, amazon, fiat, they came the other day they'll make a tremendous investment in the country. carrier and many others announced significant new investments in the united states. for example, ford is doing $700 million in michigan creating 700 new jobs as a vote of confidence. it was actually stated a vote of confidence. we have many other companies doing the same thing. carrier, as you know. i got involved very late almost by two years later late but

many of the jobs leaving for mexico they're bringing back, at least 800 jobs they're bringing back and they actually never got to leave. i have no idea what they did with the plant in mexico but we'll have to ask them. it was largely built. general motors is investing $1 billion in u.s. plants, adding or lockheed martin has 18, they've just announced 1800 new jobs, and u.s. plants are doing a great job, we started negotiating with them a little bit, they've cut their price a little bit. thank you very much. she's tough. but it worked out well, i think for everybody. we appreciate everything you've done. she cut her prize, over 700 million, right?