>> remember, if you have your own, be sure to tweeted at us at fnc. that's it for this week show. thanks to my panel and thanks to all of you for watching. >> hope to see right here next week. >>. >> paul gigot: president trump giving his first major policy speech. this is over 48 hours from now. this is the white house repairs to announce version 2.0. the travelban . hello everyone. i am eric shawn. thank you to the headquarters. the president takes his war with the media to new heights. breaking with presidential tradition by announcing that he will not be attending the white house correspondents dinner, an annual event that they call a

celebration of the first amendment. >> vice president pence holding tonight. it's being held at the white house but is in honor of the nations governor. on today's developments, >> these are a few days for president trump tonight. he is hosting is big social event here. it's on the first joint address to congress where he lays out the legislative agenda on wednesday. he is expected to sign a revised version of his executive order on immigration. there's a lot goingon. hanging over all of it are these ongoing investigations by the fbi with two congressional committees . whether or not the trump campaign were in contact with russia. the fbi is investigating already but now, the top republican on capitol hill comes and it's calling for an independent special prosecutor to investigate.

here is how he explained why president trump should be open to it. >> this is a man who i trust understands that businesses run on truth and government needs to on truth. i want to make it clear, i want investigation because i want the administration to be different than the last one that did not want investigations for anything. >> he is essentially saying that the attorney general should recuse himself because he is a trump appointee. the former campaign manager cory lewandowski disagrees. >> i have the utmost confidence and general sessions. if he believes there is something there that he will investigate that. he is completely capable and competent to do that. he is a man of integrity and i would leave it in his capable hands. >> president trump response told us on twitter. he tweeted out therussia talk is fake news played out by the media. he ordered the big election defeat . he may need to let go of that

divisive language. at least for tonight. his first lady put out a statement about the annual governors ball tonight saying , tonight we come together as one nation leaving political labels and partisan interests behind >> tonight , all right kristin. we will look at that call. the prosecutor will will have an analysis. >> the republican governors are helping in the effort to repeal and replace obamacare. the loaded leaders of the gop states are meeting to work on a new proposal to present to congress. finding themselves split on the medicaid expansion. garrett joins us in d.c. with more on this. >> reforming medicaid is a key part of the congressional plan to replace obamacare. the problem is figuring out how to do that while keeping everyone happy. under obamacare, 31 states expanded medicaid to cover more

people and the federal government covered almost the total cost for the 11 million people to gain coverage. the governors of the state say they can't afford to continue covering those people if they drop the funding. you have a 19 other states that refuse to expand medicaid under obamacare and they don't want tobe shortchanged by their own party . both sides plead their case and it's working to find some kind of a compromise. whatever the medicaid reform looks like, one thing they agree on is if they gave the state more freedom and flexibility to set up and run the program, it could be done cheaper and more effectively. governor scott walker made the point at lunch with the president yesterday. he repeated it today. >> we think one of the best things the president said was that it's time to take the power to washington and give it back to the people. when it comes to this issue, one of thebest things is to empower the states that's more

accountable to people to be at the front . >> and tomorrow, governor walker and others will head up to capitol hill to share the ideas with the members of congress. >> garrett, thank you.>> it's now new orleans police that identifying the suspect the driver of the pickup truck that careened into a mardi gras parade crowd last night. identified as nelson rizzuto. he was booked on multiple charges in the crash. injured 28 people. outside the justicecenter in new orleans right now where he is being held . >> hello, eric. he is set to make his first court appearance in the next few hours. it comes as authorities just confirmed to us that his blood-alcohol content was almost 3 times the legal limit. he is now facing charges for being behind the wheel of a

pickup truck that plowed through the crew and the mardi gras parade last night. it's one of the most popular and one of the biggest parades that they have here and mardi gras. there was thousands of people watching and thousands participating in the parade. around 648 p.m. hit several cars and shot through the crowd. witnesses say thetruck not people over like bowling pins. the one-year-old and the police officer were hurt . all 21 people were taken to a local hospital after the crash that residents say was simply terrifying. >> it was pretty dramatic. a lot of the people here had been scared of not knowing what really happened. there was so many people around. >> you have large parties and

parades. thousands of people in the streets. with this crash comes into question, why were cars allowed to be so close to the parade last night? some people in the area say they have been raising that question for years.concerned that something like this might happen. the city is now saying it's looking into the incident. rizzuto faces several charges including one felony that brings a sentence of up to five years. he was curled up in the fetal position. >> on another note, what a difference one day makes. many areas did a chill after the unseasonably warm weather. we have had it last few days. in the pacific northwest, they are about to see somerain. severe thunderstorms are also in the forecast. and by midweek , matt adam was live in the fox weather center with more details andit's getting close here in new york . it's down to the high-30s. it's

a huge different makes. winter is returning and is february. we are seeing lot across the eastern half where it's incredibly warm. currently 42 degrees in new york and 42 into the cleveland area. you talk about how nice it was yesterday and this is a 24 hour temperature difference. how much are we drop? 18 degrees and 20 degrees in the boston area. it brings us back to reality. with the cooler temperatures, little bit of moisture moves in and is turned into light snow flurries. we see that and the upstate new york areas and further to the north and the upper great lakes regions. it will be low-pressure system it's running in the pacific northwest. this brings rain back into any portions of oregon towards washington.maybe someportions

of northern california . here's the forecast of precipitation. notice the decent amount of rain along the coast. you get to the higher elevations and we could talk about another couple of feet of snow. it's obviously good for skiers and yes, as we move to the middle of the week, it will be the big story as we track some severe weather arriving on tuesday. get ready for that severe weather. >> it's definitely going to be a very busy week in washington. congress has back to the hill after a little break. president trump prepares to pay lawmakers a visit. we look ahead to the meeting. some generous people are proving love does conquer all. how they are helping families heal after a terrible patriot changes their lives forever. >> a republican lawmaker going down on his request to investigate interference in the elections. is it truly necessary?

we asked them next.

welcome back. time for the headlines making news.

president trump will begin the first speech in congress tuesday night. judge joseph walken are has died at the age of 97. he found fame in the 80s reality show after two decades. he was known as roles in the terminator , aliens and titanic. training day. bill paxton was just 61years old . >> am i going to continue to not request but do everything i can to demand transparency by this administration and expect my friend, the president and my longtime friend, vice president

to cooperate and to help us, absolutely. >> congressman darrell today ã america's news headquarters. investing russia's infiltration of the presidential election. the allegations of repeated contact between top trump campaign officials and russian operatives. already investing all of this ã the senate intelligence committee is asking if any direct record is related to the russian intrusion. as it looks into moscow's tie to the campaign and what is the next step in all of this? joining us is the editor-in-chief for the daily caller. what is theprospect that this could go to a special prosecutor.>> mark . >> it seems unlikely will do that. if it comes to trump appointing one, doesn't seem likely.

you need at least a mild bit of evidence to suggest trump or anyone in the orbit were attempting to sabotage the 2016 election. in order to hurt hillary's chances. you watch the election. president trump was sabotaging his own chances, nevertheless going after hillary. if you are going to gin up enough outrage to get people to say, we need a special prosecutor it would be helpful if you had evidence that trump people were trying to push the russians to influence the election. >> what about those reports as it's been said of constant or repeated contact and run reports, they say there is no evidence of any collusion or colluding between the russians and the trump campaign at all. >> exactly.

alleging that was constant contact between officials and people within the trump campaign. what then proceeded to happen was interesting. if it's bs, would you go out and say it's bs because we are getting heat for this? he said, we can't do that. we can't just comment on ongoing investigations. >> do you think they stepped over the line of that? i shouldn't of done that? >> i think it's a questionable behavior. you come to evidence and exonerates the guilt. in the pages of new york times but the trump people were

sabotaging the election. no evidence. there is none. they always say there is no evidence of wrongdoing. the headlines themselves have led to dramatic hyperbole and it's directed at trump that the fbi, house all seem to be focused on whether or not and how russia was able to convince to turn over their passwords to raid the in boxes and share them with the public. the principal focus. >> basically, refuting that. i can tell you this. i have the utmost confidence if he believes there is something there that he will investigate that.

>> there is an investigation michael flynn , we know what happened there. paul had clients. the candidate with carter page having a dealing with the russians. they have denied any wrongdoing. it's not any discussion with the russian televisions. not that they know of. where does this go? >> all of those people say it's not out of the norm to international rome to have conversation with people of russian descent. that's the extent to which we know so far. paul says he has no idea if they are involved in the russian intelligence. it's not explicitly clear that they do.they are embedded to the industry.

i find it totally interesting. is rideable to the point at the us government, in any capacity, should appoint a special prosecutor to go after the trump administration? i don't think anyone has made that case successfully. they ruled this out what was that about? how is he a friend of president trump if he is rolling out in this environment where it's like explicitly liberal shows. >> you never know where news can be made. the most unexpected places. you just said two words. russian descent. he is the american businessman who is part of that push for the ukrainian peace plan. it was by michael cohen who was a lawyer. i am an american. i came here when i was seven years old and i said watch this. i was not a link between the trump and therussian government.i had no contact with anyone in the russian government .

i don't have the most obvious notion. i have no business interest in ukraine. clearly, there's a lot of speculation. a lot of articles. people out there are saying, where there is smoke and there is fire but there has to be something to this. >> unquestionable. every country in the world would hope to influence the election of countries who politics matter to them. the united states regularly declares who they want to not lead countries and russia since the 20s has been trying to influence the elections. what we don't have now is the evidence that russia itself did influence the outcome. here we are trying to assess whether trump was involved in something that we don't even know that was a real thing. it questions his viability to be the president of the united states. he wasn't rightfully elected. >> any sense of where this is

going? >> i don't think it will go to bed anytime soon. if they are intimidated by the new york times or going on in town halls where they feel like they are being pressured to take on president trump ãi think all of that is leading to forces that are making sure that this investigation and tying it to president trump will continue. that's why expect that we will see more president trump to these types of public rallies where he shows he has support from the american people. members of congress need to be convinced that there is constituency out there who thinks it's nonsense. >> at the meantime there is at

least three major investigations. the fbi has the major intelligence committee. good to see you, thank you.>> president trump marks his first night in office after members are still missing from the cabinet. only 14 of 22 total cabinet seats have been filled. they continue to drag their field heels on all the president's nominees. lauren has more on the story from washington. >> the president is setting a record that he likely does not want. the cabinet is taking far longer to be confirmed in the last six administrations. president bush had his entire cabinet confirmed in two weeks. now we have five weeks out and still eight members are hanging in limbo. >> our administration runs with greatefficiency. even though i still don't have mycabinet . >> nobody mentions that . >> it'sjust a delay , delay, delay. it's really sad. >> here's a look at the nominees still waiting.

they passed through committees and need a full senate vote. purdue and acosta have no hearing at all. the senate has been out but the labor secretary nominee is scheduled for a vote tomorrow night. dragging their feet on every nominee. they have been in the party line and democrats about to continue the slowdown because they say the cabinet doesn't have the average american'sbest interest in mind. >> president trump talks about the party of working people . he certainly put together administration of working people. he has more millionaires and billionaires in his cabinet administration in any president in history. we also expect the senate to vote to break a filibuster. congress and zinc he was up for the secretary. >> iran's military.

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>> while god's love might be free, the vatican says as a copyright on pope francis. t-shirts and trinkets reportedly hire mckenzie to check the image as intellectual property. iran's navy carries out military drills off the coast. the today exercise taking place and you know that's where nearly one third of all the world's oil goes to the sea. >> it's iran's first show military for sons president trump took office. connor powell is live with the details on what the iraniansare up to . >> eric, these are annual neighbor drills. in tensions between america and the iranians and it comes three weeks after the trump administration say they are

putting them on notice for the ballistic missile a month ago or a month ago. they said in the co beaumont they are being helped to improve the readiness. getting threats like piracy and terrorism. the drills include iranian helicopters and will take place at 2 million square kilometers in the area. nearly one third of all oil traded is strategic areas. it's also a scene where they have clashed several times. just last month the american destroyer fired several warning shots at four iranian attack as they approach the american ships at high speeds. no doubt, eric, these are going to be closely walk watch by the trump administration. president trump the candidate vowing to take a hard line against iran in the administration has been falling through for sanctions.

it's also talked about ripping up the us and iranian nuclear deal that was assigned by president obama.there's a lot on the line and a lot of mistrust between the us and iranians now. the drills will no doubt be very closely watched. eric? >> thank you so much. >> joining us now with an inside about the drill is chuck nash. welcome, good to see you. >> let's talk for a moment about the drills. since mr. trump is taking office ãwhat do you make of this? i am glad he was clear to point out that this is a regular drill. it just so happens that it occurred in the timing of when president trump took office. i don't think the navy is taking the as a provocative action. the aircraft carrier is in the mediterranean now .i think the united states navy is comfortable and allowing the iranians to conduct their

yearly exercise and basically, not be somewhere you could precipitate the unwanted action. >> nonetheless, do you think it's a way for iran to show the world that got its own arsenal there or want to remind people of that? we did not see the elite guard take part in it doesn't send a message? >> it does. this is part of the stagecraft and a lot of it is for the neighbors but it's also for the internal consumption. the iranians regime needs to show the people that part of the reason why the standard of living is and as high as it should be is because they are maintaining this strong defense force and i talk about how the whole world is out against them. they constantly keep this threat in front of the iranian people and i think they are smarter than that. i think they realized that this

is staged and the united states and israel will not attack iran. it's all them. >> you think the iranian people are knowing what the government is up to. meanwhile, we have the interesting development with former president writing to president trump about his thoughts and the newly elected leader of the unitedstates. he's getting advice and in fact , he says he states that mr. trump won the election while he described the system and the electoral structure as corrupt. what is the point in pointing this out to the president who will probably just dismiss anything has to say. >> i think it's just poached poking him in the ribs. one of the other things that he said that i thought was very telling was when he said that

basically the united states belongs to the world. this happens that the government of the united states is the current caretaker. words to that effect. that is what the regime in iran believes. it is an islamic resolution in a parasite on the body. the politic in the land of iran. he sees this and he put in the same context. it is that they are a worldwide revolution of islam and the fact that they just sit inside of iran right now is just a matter of circumstance. >> he has written to the past. it is interesting that the ayatollah does not want them to seek office. he is encouraging them not to go forward. even though he may have to have his sights set on that to go forward and be back in the

public eye. >> i don't know that they really got along. the fact of the matter is that the mall is entire and allow people to run for office. this is in a popular thing. you have a candidate who has a lot of popular support so each side stands for the election. number the rulers in iran figure out who would be allowed to run and the people get to choose from that group . >> why would they publish the letter in the newspaper. >> i think it talks about the american system being rigged and all the things that you pointed out earlier. it's just a way to sustain the mantra that the regime puts out to the people. it fits the narrative that they want the people to believe.

that is that the unitedstates is a great state . it's absolutely corrupt and it's that you can't wait to get his fangs into iran. >> it's fine to go ahead and publish it because it was a former president? >> admits the us look bad. there you go. >> in this letter going forward he did not mention anything about the nuclear deal. i guess it's not surprising but certainly it's probably one of the only things that the president would stand up to take a closer look at if he did mention it. >> i think he would be steering clear of that on purpose. that is such a high level politics. it's inside tehran.he wouldn't dare interject himself and not because if it were to precipitate the us action then he would get the blame for it. he would stay on the length from that and at the same time

trying to keep his political political irons near the fire. they don't want them in the fire then they won't be.he is going to try to stay on it. >> thank you, colonel for your insight. >> all the big demonstrations that we have sinned against trump ãlawmakers in a dozen states are looking for new measures that will crackdown on certain types of protest. is it and an american restriction on rights for the assembly or something they need to ensure public safety?

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considering bills to crackdown a certain type of protest on public property.it comes as millions of people have taken to the streets to protest trump and his policy.

social media makes it easier to organize quickly. lawmakers in 18 states have reduced measures that include banning protesters and protest that do turn violent or for protesters who block traffic. we need a way to stop violations and they say they are infringing on our right to free assembly and political dissent. joining us is david bruno. the criminal defense attorney and is himself a trial attorney >> david, let me start with you. is it appropriate? >> the first amendment is not absolute. protection of the person's right to protest. united states say they are allowed to regulate as long as its content neutral. regulation is what?how many you can be put? the critics say it goes

further. they can regulate against violence. a person in traffic. there is no first amendment rights for those. there are lots of bills being sent up unless the protection of traffic, commerce and the economy. >> they are all lawful. >> are authority laws on the books? blocking traffic resisting arrest? >> absolutely. as a red-blooded american. hearing him talk like this freaks me out. i'm interested in less government regulations and not more. especially when the government regulation is trying to regulate stocks and ideas. they might blanket under this thinking that we are trying to protect traffic but there are already laws on the books to do that. it's a crime to black traffic. it's a crime to trespass.

to do this we will have a chilling effect. it will not pass constitutional muster because they need to make very clear that they make no law for a bridging them to peacefully assemble and petition the government and advise them of their grievances. that's what this is trying to do here. to try to say that it's anything else is outrageous. >> it doesn't just make my spidey sense tingle but it blows the roof off of it. >> for example, what are you concerned about? one of the laws that would prohibit is a facemask. you saw a lot of rest in washington with people who dressed in black. another one for example would expel students. involved in violent protests. what is your reaction? >> my reaction to the one that excels students as if schools have their own code of conduct and someone is making a law thenthey are convicted of breaking the law. the school could enforce the

code of conduct . there is a reason these laws and bills are on the legislation floor in it says a lot of the legislation just died a couple weeks ago trying to do this. it because the legislators believe we still live in america and it's not appropriate to try to regulate ideas and that's what this is. >> eric, listen. just because there is a law out there that exists andprohibits the obstruction of traffic does not mean that it's serious enough . that is not a good argument from the left. the fact of the matter is that the government is able to make amendments to these laws and to deal with them appropriately. when the books is not effective. this is a problem in all the states across the united states. >> it's absolutely effective. hundreds of thousands of women march on washington a couple of weeks ago and not a single arrest was made because there was no violence. people behaveinappropriately

there are ways for the police to handle it . they can charge them with a crime and arrest them andpunish them appropriately. to start to allow police to go out there and say , i don't like the look of them or i don't like the thoughts that are beingpassed around like what these people are saying , they are being a little loud with their thoughts here invoices ãlet's lock them up. >> we are down a very slippery slope. >> they would say being loud isn't part of the statute they are talking about or violent situations. in the 200 some odd protesters in the district of columbia controversially over what occurred in the inauguration. >> violence occurred because they are protesting. when they are allowed to peacefully assemble as the women's march data couple weeks ago that shows you that it's something that's working. it's a fundamental right to the democracy to be able to

petition the government of the grievances and do so peacefully. if you start to regulate this will give the police the right to regulate it you are letting the police in your thoughts and ideas i am just grateful that the founding fathers are smart as they were to protect us from this baloney. >> what do you think will happen. >> it will be challenged. that's why we have a support system and there is a checks and balance.the legislators have the bill and the judges analyze it from a constitutional protection standpoint. there are some bills that are struck down like the masks. i don't agree with that. i think it's overbroad and i think it will be unconstitutional but when you talkabout obstruction of traffic or violence on a police officer , it will be lawful. >> it's already illegal to do that.>> it's not anargument for you, sorry.

>> that's the argument and the debate . it will go on, not just in legislatures but in courts. the first amendment will protect everyone which is great. >> thank you rachel and david. >> lots of people getting set for the biggest night. stars are getting red carpet ready for the oscars. how many of them are getting political at the podium? the recent review of what to expect, after this. >>

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the pope culture, sore. it's the biggest night of the year the 89th annual academy awards are kicking off later tonight . it's in lala land. it's the biggest favor for best picture or the academy setting up a big surprise. how political could those speeches likely be?michael tomorrow is the senior vice president of marketing and entertainment. he is here and he is in the entertainment headquarter on the red carpet in hollywood. michael, what is it like right now? are people getting excited? >> the red carpet is about to heat up. the crowd is fired up to get ready for politically hammered

speeches tonight. it's the moment we've been breaking up to. the case in this instance ã it's what you will expect tonight. >> as the countdown to the oscar continues, the musical phenomenon is nominated in 14 categories and considered the favorite to win the best picture. >> this year, lawley and doesn't have a lock but it's like a deathlike grip on this best picture category. don't you think i have dreams and hopes? the supporting actor category continues her winning streak and moonlights for her taking home the goal for the moonlight. >> the crisis happens but i think he is getting an enormous traction. i think jeff bridges is still a possibility. i can't be the guardian. >> as for his category it's

down to two front runners. >> you could peek and casey affleck made a peak too soon. he was considered the front runner for a long time. suddenly, he wins the screen actors guild award.there is a negative campaign. denzel now has the momentum. >> they are both extraordinary performances. i must dome plays a more sympathetic character. >> all the nominees could celebrate and the films generate hollywood's biggest night . >> something we haven't seen in quite some time.it's not one,

two but three with over $100 million this year. we go out on a limb for the predictions i will say meryl streep will upset merrill stone and mark the moment back to her speech. >> there will be really interesting to see. you are looking quite dapper there. we look forward to seeing the wins tonight. >> thank you, michael. >> by, michael. >> any guesses or bets? i still think denzel should take home the award for best actor. >> that does it for us. >> we are back in one hour from now. 6:00 p.m. eastern. the news will continue here on the fox news channel. see you in an hour. >> .

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