down to our nation's capital tomorrow. an exclusive interview with president donald trump. brian just got out his metro pass. >> bill: good joe and good morning everybody. fox news alert. the ultimate blunder in front of millions. likely the biggest mistake in oscar history as the biggest award of the night went to the wrong movie. >> for best picture, ""la la land". >> there's a mistake. "moonlight," you guys won best picture. this is not a joke. this is not a joke. i'm afraid they read the wrong thing. this is not a joke, "moonlight" has won best picture.

>> bill: awkward. you had to wait until 12:15 in the morning for that. bill hemmer, welcome here. brand-new week of america's newsroom and off we go. >> shannon: steve harvey of miss universe wrong announcement fame. that's not how you want to win an oscar or lose one. "new york post" headline says this. fool's gold. while the producers of "la la land" are giving exception speeches. they announce the actual best picture film which was "moonlight." handing over the award they thought they had just won. >> bill: that's the moment that's getting all the attention. they took constant jabs at president trump throughout the night. matt drudge who doesn't tweet often said this. the most politically drenched night in thinks tree of hollywood. the commercials, abc prom owes, standing ovations for anything

and everything end tweet. jonathan hunt up early in los angeles there in "la la land", wow. how on earth did this happen, jonathan? >> what a night, bill. it seems it was very simple. the presenters of the best picture award they were given the wrong envelope. they keep two copies on either side of the stage. so they got a duplicate of emma stone winning best actress for "la la land". beatty seemed to think something was amiss. he had faye read out "la la land" and he explained what happened. listen. >> warren, what did you do? >> i want to tell you what happened. i opened the envelope.

and it said emma stone, "la la land". that's why i took such a long look at faye and at you. i wasn't trying to be funny. >> he wasn't trying to be funny. they issued a statement apologizing admitting it was the company's fault and ultimately though as jimmy kimmel said, it is just an award show. it wasn't the end of the world. >> bill: with millions on the line. how political was this last night? wow. >> you know, bill, i have to say i kind of disagree with matt drudge. i think i personally expected it to be a lot more political. yes, jimmy kimmel himself was very political in the opening. for instance, when he thanked donald trump for taking the focus off of the oscars and that controversy we've had over the last couple of years of oscars so white.

listen here. >> maybe this is not a popular thing to say. i want to say thank you to president trump. it seemed like the oscars were racist last year. >> and kimmel also tried to get donald trump involved by tweeting him live saying hey, at real donald trump. surprisingly for a president who likes twitter he didn't respond. but then the iranian film the salesman won best foreign picture. the director had refused to travel to the u.s. and had a statement read out on his behalf. listen here. >> my absence is out of respect for the people of my country and those of other six nations who have been disrespected by the inhumane law that bans entry of immigrants to the u.s. >> overall, bill, it was an evening of personal speeches rather than political and what

we'll all remember is that extraordinary flub at the end. quite a night at the oscars. >> bill: you can have them. thank you. you can see how this could happen if you have the same envelope on both sides of the stage depending on where the recipient of the award climbs the stairs. if you don't pass the envelope or change the stack, but it is your job to figure it out and they didn't last night. >> shannon: a moment that will go down in oscar history. meanwhile president donald trump preparing for his first address to joint session of congress. the president will make the short trip down pennsylvania avenue to capitol hill tomorrow night to lay out his vision for tax reform. rebuilding the military and repealing and replacing obamacare. what can we expect from the president tomorrow >> compared to the oscars, this white house is looking like the epitome of organization. a big moment for the president

tomorrow night to expand on the theme he laid down back on the 20th and give us more level of detail and plans for his agenda. the speech tomorrow night will fall into two broad themes. one will be public safety, the other which will be economic opportunity. first of all in the public safety front the president is expected to in his budget, the budget coming out the early part of may announce increase in defense spending and cuts to other agencies to pay for that. his pledge during the campaign and again to leave medicare and medicaid alone for now. he will focus on increasing border security, taking care of veterans. items he has either already begun to act on or promised in his campaign. on the economic opportunity front, the president will focus on tax reform, regulatory reform, which he has already taken steps on, education, job training and healthcare reform. the president is promising a plan to repeal and replace

obamacare sometime mid to late march. he wants to do that quickly becausestatutorily he has to do that first before he tackles his big ticket item, tax reform. >> shannon: there are reports that press secretary sean spicer tried to stamp out some leaks in his own office. separate fact from fiction for us on that one. >> this white house is concerned about leaks and the classified level. transcripts of phone calls the president has had with world leaders. there was an incident a while ago where there were 10 people in a room and they had a meeting and some details of that meeting leaked out. last tuesday the press secretary sean spicer called together everybody in that meeting. when they entered the room he said please put your phones down on the table and then he proceeded to go through with them the rules regarding the federal records act to say that apps like conspire and signal where you text somebody and after you read the text it

evaporates. he asked anybody who had those apps on their phones to delete them. he also asked to see personal phones as well. though he asked permission. he didn't demand it. was looking for a couple of particular phone numbers that people might have called as well to find out who in that meeting might have leaked information to the media. he had a member of the white house counsel's office with him there. the point was made can he ask for the personal phones? it was merely a request, not a demand. the work phones belong to the white house he is free to take a look at. they're worried about these leaks and trying to plug the holes. there are so many people throughout this administration who are only too willing to drop a dime on this president it will be very difficult to find all those people. >> shannon: we see more evidence of that every day. john, thank you very much. >> bill: want to bring in byron york, washington examiner. how are you doing? big audience tomorrow night. i'm thinking 60 million plus at the low end. what is your expectation for

the content of this speech? >> i think the speech will mark a transition from the executive order phase of the trump administration to a legislative action phase. and we have what john just reported and we also have an idea of how trump is going to do this because he just delivered a very long agenda-driven speech at cpac on friday. now, most of the press reports focused on his attacks on the press and that, but after that there was a long agenda. i counted a dozen bullet points. this was increased military spending, border security, infrastructure spending. violent crime initiative. one-on-one trade deals, repeal and replace obamacare. reduce regulations and he has previewed what he will do tuesday night. >> bill: i would call out nancy pelosi and paul ryan and chuck

schumer and mitch mcconnell and get them to shake hands. how do democrats react tomorrow night? >> they will oppose everything. the democratic party seems to have decided its base wants to hear opposition to everything the president does. republicans are running the capitol hill. i think what you'll see among publics who support a lot of what the president does, they will be able to say yes, we want increased military spending and yes, we support tax reform, and replacing obamacare. even if they don't like what he is saying on trade and a few other subjects. >> bill: thank you, byron. watch for the add libs tomorrow night. it might be the most interesting content of the evening. we'll be down in washington, d.c. for a big day of coverage there leading up to the prime time tomorrow night. >> shannon: i'm interested because of the press conference

he got that got so raucous and wild. will there be more audience participation tomorrow night? president trump set to meet with the nation's governors next hour. top of the conversation will be obamacare. will it be fixed or scrapped all together? if not, who takes the fall? >> first of all there has only been one month in office. he has four years. secondly, i think you have to take the man for his word that he wants to unify the country and we'll see whether he is able to do so. >> former president bush speaking out on president trump and travel ban, the first month in office. mike huckabee will talk about that live in a moment with us, stay tuned. >> shannon: the president will be a no-show at the white house correspondents dinner this spring. the white house blunt with the reasons why. >> i think it's kind of naive of us to think we can all walk into a room for a couple of

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>> bill: 15 minutes past the hour now. president trump meeting with members of the national governors association last night at the governors ball. the president vowing to keep his promise to repeal obamacare and a lot more. >> tomorrow we'll meet and we'll discuss things like perhaps healthcare will come up. i think everybody is different. every state is different and

different requirements. but i think we have something that is really going to be excellent. and as most of you know, the obamacare has had tremendous problems. i won't say in front of the democrats. i'll say it to the republicans. it doesn't work. >> bill: former arkansas governor mike huckabee out of florida this morning. governor, nice to have you on a monday. >> well, thank you very much, bill. i thought the president last night showed some great sense of humor when he talked about the fact that not everybody in the room would love what he said. that was a nice touch. >> bill: democrats in that room, too. you attended these meetings for 10 years, what are they all about? >> yeah. well, i believe it could be one of the most important assets that donald trump has that he doesn't yet really fully realize. the governors of the states have such an important role in shaping policy. far more so than congress and governors are pragmatists at heart. when you become a governor, you have to live within a balanced

budget. something congress doesn't even have to do. so if donald trump really wants some of the best ideas in america on solving everything from education, infrastructure, healthcare, all these issues. i suggest he take long, long visits with governors and talk to them. because they're the ones who are actually solving problems rather than making speeches like they do in congress. the best thing he could do >> bill: we'll have a lot of analysis over the next 36 hours as to what is anticipated in his speech but i just want the draw you back to the last hour. president bush is doing a round of interviews starting on nbc earlier today where he did a live interview with matt lauer. later in the week you'll see him on fox with sean hannity. he has a great book out given salute to warriors from iraq and afghanistan. he was asked a number of questions about president trump and the issues of the day and said the following at one point, governor. >> it's hard to compare times.

one thing, though, is for certain. the job is a tough job. everybody looks at the presidency when they campaign one way. they get in office and find out there is a reality to the job. and there has been times where we've been divided. it requires a lot of people coming together to try to make us united. >> bill: react to this. there was a lot in that interview for a man who held his tongue for eight years under president obama, governor. >> i still think george bush has shown us how to be a statesman from being an ex president. he did it again today. i don't think there is any doubt he has strong -- i mean strong disagreements with president trump about a lot of things. some of it was personal because of the campaign rhetoric that erupted with george bush's brother, jeb. but i thought he was gracious. what he said was true. it is true of any job, you run for the job, you think it's one thing, you get in and find out there is a lot more to it than you ever could have known.

it's not the fault of the individual but the reality of running for office. i thought he recognized that look, there are times we have to come together and times are different. they always are. i thought it was well said by president bush. >> bill: i thought the other comment he said hey, it's only been a month. he is going to have four years, governor. >> it's interesting. somebody on the democratic side was saying president trump -- the worst president in u.s. history. seriously, you can know that by having been in office for less than a month? come on. that's a little bit of a stretch. i think he is doing a terrific job. he is doing what he said he would do. that's what bothers a lot of the people on the far left, that he is doing what he said. but for many of us it's what makes us feel really good about the next four years and perhaps eight years is because he is saying look, here is what i campaigned on, this is why you elected me and by gosh, this is what i'm gonna do. >> bill: apparently steve

bannon has a list of things hanging on the wall in his office. it was said in the campaign and state of the union address -- inaugural speech and the address for congress tomorrow night. thank you for your time and we'll see what we get done here. governor, thanks, mike huckabee in florida today. 20 past. >> shannon: we're tracking another act of vandalism targeting a jewish cemetery. loved ones of the deceased heartbroken and shocked to find scores of headstones knocked over. the latest on that investigation and horror unfolds at a mardi gras parade as a driver plows right into the crowd hurting at least 28 people. more on that. >> i was feet away from that truck when he wrapped his engine. a lot of people jumped out of the way. they were lucky as well. go ahead, spoil yourself. the es and es hybrid. experience amazing.

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investigation to figure out who is responsible after more than 500 jewish grave sites were damaged in philadelphia on saturday night. people of multiple faiths coming together offering cash rewards for information leading to an arrest or more. the second time in a week now an american jewish cemetery has been the target. the first one from st. louis, missouri where vice president mike pence visited and helped clean up with volunteers, which is quite a moment there. strong image for the vice president in st. louis. we get so used to cameras being everywhere. not a lot of cameras in the cemetery. >> shannon: the bright side if there is one to this horrific act is we do see people of all faiths stepping up saying we want to help and make this right. that's the silver lining if there is one. police say the driver accused of plowing into a massive crowd celebrating mardi gras in new

orleans had a blood alcohol three times the legal limit. 23 people were injured on saturday. witnesses describe the fightening moments. >> first calm, then what's going on. then just chaos. >> the first thing we heard was the revving of the engine. looked back behind us and the driver was swerving. >> shannon: we're live. what do we know about this driver so far? >> witnesses say he was reckless and out of control after the wreck and that he was in a fetal position when he was pulled out of his truck. he had had blood alcohol three times over the legal limit when he was driving in his truck in the parade saturday night. he lost control. hit a couple of cars and plowed into the crowd. dozens were injured including a

1-year-old. 21 people had to be taken to the hospital. it was a chaotic scene. many thought it might be terror inspired. >> a lot of the people here had been scared of not knowing what really happened because they couldn't all see it. there were so many people around. >> but the witnesses and authorities realized this was a drunk driving situation. now the man has a $125,000 bond and faces a number of felonies. a lot of the people around here feel like it could have been a lot worse. >> shannon: with that in mind and of course the first thing that people think about is terror in these situations. why are cars allowed so close to the parade there? >> well, they had a massive parade on canal street last night and they have a lot of orange cones out here and a number of barriers just like this. the parade on saturday night

was in a different part of the city and they didn't have barriers separating the public right here. the city says that they will look into that moving forward and mardi gras ends up culminating on tuesday. >> bill: is new threat emerging in the fight with isis. the latest weapon and the threat it might pose to u.s. forces. we'll update you on that. >> shannon: pressure continues for -- one republican committee chairman says he doesn't want it to turn into a witch hunt. >> i ran the campaign. never, ever did i or anyone i know of have communication or contact with anyone from russia or the russian government whatsoever. look, i can tell you this. i have the utmost confidence in attorney general sessions. if he believes there is something there he will investigate that.

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>> bill: 9:30 at the white house this is what we're waiting here. president trump meeting with the national governors association there. the winter meeting taking place at the white house. we'll get a taped play-out in a moment. the crew goes in and they turn the cameras on and we get a couple of minutes of talking between the president and the governors. when it's ready to be queued up and played back we'll watch it together. that's happening at the white house right now. >> shannon: in the meantime new calls from lawmakers for both sides of the aisle for an independent investigation between contacts of president trump's campaign and russia during the campaign. >> we have said that we'll undertake a bipartisan fashion an inquiry into everything russia tried to do in our election process last year. if that leads to potential contacts between trump associates and the russian government, then we'll explore those as well. >> let's have the investigation and find out the truth and

we've been calling -- we have 100 now plus 1 republican on the bill for an outside independent commission to study the personal, political and financial relationship between president trump and the russians. >> shannon: president trump continuing to downplay the reports on russia tweeting this. russia talk is fake news put out by the dems and played up by the media in order to mask the big election defeat and illegal leaks. let's talk about it with mary ann marsh and katie pavlich. good to see you both. let's talk through a lot of fluff. the fact is when there were issues on the other side of the aisle that democrats said it was ridiculous to investigate any of this stuff that the committees in charge of them were doing a good job. no need for outside counsel. they fought it again and again and again. you do have investigations underway on the hill right now

with republicans and democrats calling out potential links. why is that not enough for you, or is it? >> well, two things. shannon. there has been an investigation into donald trump. many of his campaign associates and some people in the administration for 18 months now. a serious investigation. you are a lawyer and a high bar to get. number two, a congressional investigation would be fine except for the revelation this morning that the chairman of the senate intelligence committee and the house intelligence committee were both recruited by sean spicer on the phone to refute reports in the "new york times" and elsewhere with other outlets and he was on the phone with them as they did that. it is impossible for them now to conduct these investigations in any objective, fair way and why we need a 9/11 bipartisan commission to investigate this serious matter. >> shannon: my understanding of the phone calls. the f.b.i. came to the white house and said this story is not accurate and complete b.s. i will edit what they actually

said and so the f.b.i. also said we aren't going to come forward and shoot down this story. and there were members of congress who were fully briefed and it may have been the administration said what can you say publicly? >> it's not unusual but i think it's important to point out over the weekend general isaas called for a special prosecutor. i think this is refreshing to see republicans despite holding the oval office being willing to hold people accountable. democrats were never willing to do it under barack obama despite serious scandals, irs, fast and furious or benghazi. russia doesn't have the best

interests of republicans in mind and democrats. the attacks on our system, on democracy. the undermining of the faith in the system during the presidential election is an attack on all americans and everyone on capitol hill should take it seriously. >> shannon: i think it should be reassuring for the american people both sides are calling it out. we'll see. i want the talk new polling numbers out from nbc news and the "wall street journal." very interesting talking about president trump right now as far as job performance. 44% approve, 48% disapprove. tomorrow night he will speak to congress and to the nation. does he have a chance of turning those numbers around? >> maybe. to me the most concerning number in that poll for donald trump in the "wall street journal" poll was the 59% personal unfavorability rating. that is important. that number leads to trust. people need to low and like you before they trust you.

donald trump has doubled down on his base and he has to deliver the goods for them to trust him. if he doesn't deliver on some of these promises which we'll hear much about tonight and later today in his budget that number will haunt him. he has to improve his personal favorability rating and get his promises carried out. there are fights going ahead on russia. >> shannon: an analysis of those numbers it was sort of the flip of what we saw with president obama. people would really like him personally but not necessarily love his policies. you dig into the numbers here and there aren't a lot of people say i want to be best friends with donald trump but a lot of them say i like his policies. can he build on that? >> exactly. i don't think president trump is interested in being friends with people, either. it goal is to get results. he said he will keep campaign promises.

i think waffling a little bit on obamacare has brought the number down. when you give him more time moving forward and delivering one promises he gave during the campaign trail is going to turn those numbers around. there is a big difference between personal favorability and policies. when you drill into the specifics the majority of the country supports his travel ban on these seven terror ridden countries we've seen over the past three weeks be a big point of contention with the media. when you talk to people they approve of that and that's what the polling shows. we'll see moving forward if he can expand his base as mary ann talked about when he discussed the state of the union tomorrow night and getting things done through executive order and working with congress. >> shannon: covering washington that's where the rubber meets the road. an interesting look at his attributes. this is where he came out with positives where people thought he was good at certain things. being firm and decisive. straight forward and direct.

i don't think people would argue with that whether they like or hate him. changing business as usual. being effective in getting things done. dealing with the economy. mary ann, those people give him a thumbs up. >> you've seen a flurry of activity in the last 30 days but much has been executive orders, the equivalent of a press release. now you have to come down with tangible results and i think katie's analysis has been spot on. there is a direct correlation between personal favorability and trust. and many people if you look at polls will say i love this candidate on these issues but i don't like him and i won't vote for him. that's the first bar. you see that historically. donald trump has to deliver on the promises, improve his personal favorability to continue to have trust with more than 38, 37% of the electorate, which is his real base and he will have all along. he needs to broaden that to get some of these things through congress. >> going back to the election which really isn't that far

away. when you look at the exit polling there. the truth is that neither candidate, whether it was donald trump or hillary clinton, had favorable ratings. americans voted against a candidate rather than for a candidate. i think we're still seeing some of that. it will be up to president trump to turn those numbers around and get away from the election and away from the hard choice people had to make against one or the other and gain that trust. but they've said this they will keep their promises and if they do the numbers will turn around. >> shannon: interesting to see the numbers. people are more hopeful an optimistic than we were a month ago. we'll see where it leads. good to see you both. thanks. >> the bridesmaid of the daytona 500. turn four for the final time. from las vegas the 2004 champion of the series kurt busch for gene haas and tony

stewart. >> bill: he finished twice in second place at daytona. now he is a winner. remarkable finish for that race, too. kurt busch took the lead during the last lap. chaotic race. several crashed. others ran out of gas. the first daytona victory for busch and where the winner led for a single lap. >> shannon: that's all that matters, though. the final lap. you have to lead on that one. >> bill: a lot of coordinate with the folks in the pit crew. congratulations to our folks at fox, too, great coverage of a fantastic race. >> shannon: always fun. president trump set to meet with the nation's governors any moment now as his administration faces criticism for not providing enough details for a to repeal and replace obamacare. we'll get reaction from former new hampshire governor john sununu. >> skipping the correspondents

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these are media organizations from washington and new york city. they converge in our nation's capital in april, may or june, whenever it's scheduled and they bring politicians and the politicians mingle with the media and vice versa. the function for this evening allegedly is to give scholarship money to deserving college students and they do that. i think it's about $100,000. does that sound about right to you? >> that's about right. >> bill: then you have, howie, billionaires in the audience sitting at each table. nearly each table and give $100,000. your position is no big deal. explain. >> this is what people inside the beltway are buzzings about. this is like our oscar. i'm not surprised. why would president trump want to spend hours at the washington hilton hanging out with a bunch of people he doesn't like leading to a

comedian skewer him and say something nice about a free press. the war -- the escalation of the war between the two sides has made this not going to happen. >> bill: some of these media organizations had cancelled their parties. >> that's part of this. "vanity fair," bloomberg, "the new yorker" because of trump have cancelled these big bashes that they hold and why a lot of celebrities come to town. the whole thing has been criticized for being too celebrity obsessed and not getting away from the real purpose of honoring white house correspondents. >> bill: he got railed on by president obama a few years ago. do you know if media organizations have cancelled the tables that they buy? >> i haven't heard that. this just happened over the weekend. i do know that there was some talk of journalists and organizations not fans of this president saying well, maybe they aren't going to show up. now some people may not show up because the president is the star. that's what gives this whole

thing -- elevates it into a big spectacle carried live on television. so i think this might be the decline of what had been this big glitzy event. >> bill: i don't know if the president is getting on top of this. i'm a contrarian. i would have done the event and i would have written a check for a million dollars. not $100,000. that would show the hypocrisy of the entire evening. give the college kids a million dollars in money. >> that would have been a great move and a missed opportunity for donald trump with a little self-depry indication and poke fun at yourself. one guest predicted he will do something else that night that will draw attention away from this dinner. we'll see if that happens. >> bill: on the gaggle on friday that was closed door, however you want to characterize it from the white house that wasn't on camera. what was behind that or what

sean spicer did or did not do. >> the optics were terrible because it came hours after president trump had spent part of his cpac speech ex coreiateing the media. what i understand from my reporting, this was a pooled event. therefore the information is shared with everybody. spicer decided to invite a few extra folks. but he also had cbs and nbc added and ran out of room. you have it in your office you can only fit 20 to 25 people. the white house contention is the fact that "the new york times," politico and cnn were excluded was kind of a coincidence. if that's not the case there is a really important principle here and i'll have a sign in front of the white house protesting. it was poorly handled. not well explained but not quite a chest beating outrage. >> bill: more to come on this or is it over for now? >> i don't think we'll see more on this. there is still a lot of tension

between sean spicer, his office and the press. we see this at the daily briefings. i don't think this -- i don't think he will be barring these organizations. he takes questions from them every day. >> bill: has the media tweeted president trump fairly. 51% think they've been too critical. last word on that. >> there isn't any question about it the most negative coverage of any new president i've seen in my lifetime. a partisan split. most republicans think it's unfair, most democrats think it's fine. >> bill: a lot of coverage tomorrow night. 60 million plus at the minimum. >> shannon: mourning the loss of a well-loved hollywood headliner. a look back at the life of actor bill paxton and questions surrounding his death. >> it's reading five right now.

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>> shannon: fans mourning the loss of actor bill paxton who died at the age of 61 over the weekend. he was part of some of the months loved films of our time. titanic, apollo xiii and twister. the cause was complications from surgery. we have more from los angeles, hi, william. >> fellow actors say he was like the parts he played on television, a nice guy. he went in for heart surgery on saturday and died a short time later of a stroke according to tmz. we don't know many details as the family has asked for privacy and most are respecting that. now last month, however, paxton told his friend that he was nervous about his surgery but would be ready the play the part of sergeant ferrell in a sequel to the movie edge of tomorrow. thanks for the good wishes, he said in this email. it will help me face the ordeal. don't worry, sergeant ferrell will be ready to report for

duty. paxton appeared in a string of hits including twister, titanic, aliens. he won an emmy for the hatfields and mccoys and was in the cbs series training day. last night at the oscars jennifer aniston got choked up about his death while samuel jackson said he was a joy to work with. >> as was beloved actor and friend who left us just yesterday, bill paxton. all were loved and all be will missed. >> bill was a wonderful person. i worked with him a few times. he was always, you know, compassionate and wonderful guy to be with. >> apollo xiii stars shared their feelings on twitter. some of my favorite memories are floating around in that tiny vessel with big-hearted, hilarious, bill paxton. sad day, said kevin.

hank said bill paxton was a wonderful man, a wonderful man. the actor is survived by two children and wife of 30 years. his final film, the circle. is scheduled for release in april. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: thank you very much, william. >> bill: what a life, huh? >> shannon: like he was concerned. but across the board what you're hearing from people is he was really a great guy, better than he was an actor. >> bill: 61 is too young. some classic lines we heard from great, great movies. our best to his family remembering him today. waiting on the president. he is meeting now with the governors association in the white house. we'll play it for you when it becomes available. also getting ready to lay out his priorities. first address to congress tomorrow night in prime time. what will he say on infrastructure, obamacare and on and on and on? it will be a big night when we continue top of the hour right here in "america's newsroom."

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>> shannon: the president preparing for his highly anticipated joint session address to congress tomorrow. the televised speech, which is expected to focus on healthcare and the economy, is a chance to hit the reset button after a rough couple of weeks for the trump administration. it is highly anticipated. we'll bring you all the news leading up to that and taking a road trip. we'll be there. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm shannon bream. >> bill: you road trip every day. you were in washington everyday, new york today, washington tonight. good morning, everybody. rare commentary from former president george w. bush. here is what he had to say about the travel ban, whether or not it helps in the fight against terror, etc. >> i think it's very hard to fight the war on terrorism if we're in retreat. the enemy is good be exploiting weakness. we need to project strength.

whether or not the domestic politics helps them or not. >> bill: are you for or against the ban? >> i'm for an immigration policy that is welcoming and upholds the law. >> shannon: ed henry is live in washington what did the former pet have to say about the current president trying to unify the country? >> it's interesting. on the "today" show today he was asked the context being you came to power when the country was very divided after that close 2000 election. how much do you have see the country being divided now? how much worse do you think it may be now? former president george w. bush didn't want to go there and compare the two election cycles and didn't want to look like he was criticizing the current president. as you know he has gone out of his way not to do that either about barack obama or about donald trump but it was clear he has differences on the approach to immigration and other matters and said he wants to give president trump a

chance especially with this big speech to the country. >> secondly, i think you have to take the man for his word that he wants to unify the country and we'll see whether he is able to do so. it is hard to unify the country with the news media being so split up. >> he had some advice for president trump on that. basically suggesting that power can be intoxicating and it is good to have a media be a check on power suggesting maybe that turn the temperature down on that fight with the press. >> shannon: what about the new administration's take on the fight against terror in the middle east? >> this is something where president bush is clearly more aligned with president trump on than he is on the travel ban, immigration reform. more broadly. in terms of the president and this budget that is going to put a lot more into the military, it is clear that former president bush thinks it's a good idea and he also did an interview with our own sean hannity in which he seemed to back up his approach to the war on terror.

watch. >> you've heard both presidents after my time say we'll degrade and defeat isis. i say go get them because they can be degraded and defeated. it is very important in my mind that we do so so that people know they can rely upon us and the people not only governments, but people on the ground, people who want to be free. >> we'll get a lot more details from the trump administration today in terms of his approach to the federal budget and what he wants to do to beef up the military. >> shannon: thanks, ed. catch the full interview with president george w. bush tonight on hannity. they'll discuss the new administration and president bush's new book, portraits of courage at 10:00 p.m. eastern on the fox news channel. including his artwork, his take on foreign leaders. >> bill: the tribute he gives to the wounded warriors is awesome stuff. i'm looking forward to seeing sean's interview. two things that struck me about

the interview earlier today. he said there were only three of you when i was president of all the media outlets all over the place especially with social media. the other thing is when you have fought for these gains in iraq, he made it pretty clear you just don't turn tail and run. finish the job. i would expect to hear more on that. >> shannon: he gave the last president room to do his thing and now he is speaking out. >> bill: you'll see that in prime time on fox. in the meantime you'll see president trump in a matter of moments taking on healthcare meeting this hour at the white house with the leaders of the insurance industry talking about the best way to replace obamacare. he is also consulting with the nation's governors who will play a key role in the effort to reform healthcare. a lot of states took the subsidy. the president talking about his plans last night during the governors ball at the white house. >> tomorrow we'll meet and discuss things like perhaps healthcare will come up. we have something that will be

excellent and as most of you know, the obamacare has had tremendous problems. i won't say in front of the democrats, i'll just say it to the republicans. it doesn't work. but we'll have it fixed and we're going to repeal and replace and i think you'll see something very, very special. >> bill: that from last night. we await the news this morning. peter doocy is covering that live from the hill. what about the guarantees from the governors. the republican governors, what do they want from the president from this meeting in washington now? >> before these governors head home it sounds like a lot want clarity about what is going to happen to all this extra medicaid funding that a lot of states got as part of the affordable care act once the president and congress moves to repeal and replace. is that money that they took going to stay? or is it going to go away? >> we have -- people who took the expansion for medicaid and inherited expansion of medicaid and others who didn't take it at all. we're trying to find a balance

where we do no harm. no harm no reward for states that did or didn't take the expansion. >> ohio's governor john kasich is the most outspoken republican. he made his case to president trump behind closed doors for that. but elsewhere in washington that is not playing well with some republicans. republican congressman jim jordan is pushing back at governor kasich, saying the promise republicans made was not to repeal some of obamacare and leave the expanded medicaid program in place. jordan says the plan was -- the promise was to repeal it and that's what they'll do. >> bill: what are you hearing from democrats? concern and i imagine it's significant, peter. >> not every democrat in washington is that concerned about obamacare getting repealed even though it was the last democratic president's signature legislation.

minority leader nancy pelosi says the reason is she doesn't think republicans have anything to replace it with. >> the republicans have been baying at the moon for seven years. in march it was seven years since the president signed the bill. they've been baying at the moon they had a better idea. they've come up with nothing. they say repeal and replace. that has alliteration but that's all it has going for it. they don't have a replacement. >> she also speculated she doesn't think republicans have enough support. they don't have the votes, she says, to repeal it yet. >> bill: she is calling them out. very interesting. peter, thank you so much. peter doocy live on the hill. >> shannon: the white house facing criticism for what some see as a hands-off approach to replacing obamacare. the trump administration accused of delegating too much of the responsibility to capitol hill. lawmakers across the country have been weighing in in recent days. here is jim jordan. >> we have to repeal it.

we told the voters we would do that. we have to repeal and replace it. the american people were sold a bill of goods on this thing. i tell people they were sold the caribbean cruise and got the titanic. this thing is a mess. >> shannon: governor, good to see you this morning. this is a question for capitol hill because the way i remember watching obamacare originally be passed, we on the hill covering it jokingly called it pelosi care. it seemed like the folks on the hill did all the heavy lifting with the policy, getting it drafted and passed. and that there were democrats back then complaining the president wasn't more interactive with them. so is this the kind of job that really should rest with folks on the hill? >> no, i think it's a cooperative effort. any big piece of legislation like that has to be brought about with presidential leadership, with leadership from the key departments.

tom price, secretary of health and human services is actively involved in this and that's the mechanism that the white house is using to interact with the hill. he is talking to members of the house and senate constantly and i think you'll get a pretty good piece of legislation. i think last night there was one clue that you didn't include in the trump comments you played. he said he recognizes that all states are different and that we have to have something that has flexibility in it that deals with the difference in the states. >> shannon: what do you make of critics who say they haven't gotten enough detail from the administration yet? there was a lag in getting secretary price into his position. but there are others who say we need more from the white house and want more from the white house. >> they'll get it. price has been operating for two weeks now. let's understand this timetable that the media has created that everything can be done overnight is ridiculous. the president i'm sure will say something tomorrow in the state of the union address.

and i'm sure that the interaction between health and human services and congress will continue. the governors are going to give him some specifics. i think he was smart waiting to hear from the governors in this conference and having a chance to talk to some of them. i think he is hearing from a lot of the republican governors that they do want block grants, they do want flexibility. i think the kasich meeting the other day was an outlier. he bought into the medicaid expansion. but most of the republican governors don't want to go that route. they want flexibility and block grants. >> shannon: kasich said he heard my concerns and suggestions. he will meet with the insurance ceos today at the white house. thank you for your time. >> bill: waiting on that from the white house with the governors. stand by for that.

when president trump addresses congress why michael goodwin is predicting a shock and awe blow out of pure trumpism. >> shannon: the white house is trying to crack down on leaks to the press. efforts to find out who is responsible and what happens if they do find someone? >> bill: we saw a divided democratic party during the election. now they have new leadership. what they say they have learned from the vote last november. >> we have to rebuild our party. in the 50 states and the territories and that's exactly what we're going to do. my bladder wake me up

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>> shannon: the newly elected national chairman of the democratic party tom perez pledging the rebuild the party by reaching out to rural americans who felt forgotten in last year's election. efforts to protect social security, medicare, promote job growth and pushing back what he calls president trump's chaos and carnage. >> bill: white house press secretary sean spicer focusing on his own staff and a crackdown on the internal leaks collecting phones at one point to check them for any possible suspicious activity. former campaign manager corey lewandowski was asked about that on sunday. >> i don't speak for the administration and speak for myself. any information being leaked out of this administration needs to have a lid put on it and hard to do when you have career bureaucrats. >> bill: judge napolitano has

been looking into this. good morning. we may get interrupted by the governors and white house. would types of leaks. >> one is when members of the intelligence community selectively reveal or conceal information that is of a classified nature like what general flynn said to the russian ambassador. highly classified, released in order to embarrass, taunt, humiliate or control the president of the united states. that's a felony. the type of leaks that corey lewandowski was talking about, however, somebody inside the white house telling somebody in the press of a communication from within the white house while a pain in the neck for the president and understandably frustrating for him, is not a crime. those are the leaks that sean spicer is looking for. >> bill: but he mentioned the presidential records act, right? you have to preserve everything. >> that's where the generation

below you and me comes in where they -- some of them are using certain apps on their iphones or their mobile devices which which to communicate such that once the communication, the communication disappears. that violates the presidential records act which says when you work for the president, you have to retain and maintain every communication, every official communication you have so you can't use that kind of an app. it violates the act. is the violation of that act a crime? you can get fired for it but not prosecuted for it. >> bill: they're trying to figure out who is talking. >> correct. every administration has this problem. >> bill: can you say depending on who is talking that it's a crime or does it depend on the information they are sharing? >> it depends on the information they're sharing. if they are sharing classified material to a person that does not have a classified clearance like a reporter, that is a crime. it is not a crime for the

reporter to receive it and to publish it. but it is a crime for the leaker to leak it. if they are leaking confidential information. i was at a meeting between reince priebus and the number two person at the f.b.i. this is what went on at the meeting. it might be fireable offense but not criminal offense. >> bill: can they find the source or send a message? >> i think they're sending a message. the people looking for the source are themselves expert at leaking when they want information out there that is unsourced. it is an art form in washington >> bill: thank you, judge. on cue here is the president and the governor's meeting at the white house. a big night. stop on in now. >> he is a real talent. a real guy and he is central casting, do we agree?

central casting? he has been great. [applause] good morning and welcome back to the white house. the first lady and i were very, very happy last night to host you. we saw some real talent, military talent musicians who were fantastic and everybody enjoyed it. [applause] i'm very proud to have so many former governors in my cabinet, vice president pence, as you know, big governor from a very great state, a state i like very much, indiana. nikki haley at the u.n. is nicki here someplace? i think so, yes. we have rick perry going before. we're trying to get people approved. we can't get them out. but rick is going to do a fantastic job. sonny purdue will be joining the cabinet soon. terry bran stad will be our

ambassador to china. every time i spoke in iowa, terry would say please don't say anything bad about china. i said what do you mean? what do you mean? he said i like china and we do a lot of business with china. and really just don't -- i said hum, when it came time to pick an ambassador i called him up. you like china. i can tell you china is happy with that choice. we made everybody happy. [applause] right? these governors -- thank you, thank you, terry. these governors have been bold reformers and their success shows why we need to make states the laboratories of democracy once again. many of you have shared past frustrations with waiting for permission from federal government and agencies. and i understand that and i've had many people tell me about it. and it has been catastrophic for some of your states. you know your citizens and you

know they want things done but they don't get things done and it is not your fault. sometimes it's your fault, but they understand that. but sometimes it's not your fault. we'll speed it up. because that's not how a partnership is supposed to work. the government should not stand in your way in delivering needed reforms and services and it won't. we'll move very, very quickly environmentally, with scott and so many others that are involved in the process of regulation. we are going to be cutting and doing the right thing. we're going to be protecting people environmentally and safety-wise but we are going to be moving it quickly, very quickly. [applause] speaking of that, i know many of you and i spoke to some of you last night about it, have many projects that are just literally tied up because of environmental concerns and it has been in for years and years and years, the project your state wants.

great for employment. everybody wants it and they couldn't get them out of environmental protection and we'll get them out. that doesn't mean they will be approved. but they will be rejected quickly one way or the other. they will either be rejected quickly or get approved. i would say most will be approved but you won't wait nine or 11 years, some of the horror stories i've heard. under my administration we'll have a true partnership of collaboration and cooperation. we'll get to the answers and we'll get them quickly and the flexibility you need to implement the reforms that you are going to have in order to make decision-making proper and decision-making fast. so we'll do both those things. proper and fast. one of the most important responsibilities for the federal government is the budget of the united states. my first budget will be submitted to the congress next month.

this budget will be a public safety and national security budget. very much based on those two with plenty of other things but very strong. and it will include a historic increase in defense spending to rebuild the depleted military of the united states of america at a time we most need it. [applause] and you will be hearing about that tomorrow night in great detail. this is a landmark event. a message to the world in these dangerous times of american strength, security and resolve. we must insure that our courageous servicemen and women have the tools they need to deter war and when called upon to fight in our name only do one thing, win. we have to win. we have to start winning wars again. we have the say when i was young in high school and college, everybody used to say

we never lost a war. we never lost a war. you remember. some of you are right there with me and you remember we never lost a war. america never lost. and now we never win a war. we never win. we don't fight to win. we don't fight to win. you either have to win or don't fight it at all. where we are 17 years, almost 17 years of fighting in the middle east. i saw a chart about a month ago, $6 trillion we've spent in the middle east. $6 trillion and i want to tell you, that's unacceptable and we're less than nowhere. the middle east is far worse than it was 16, 17 years ago. there isn't even a contest. we've spent $6 trillion, we have a hornet's nest. it is a mess like you've never seen before and we're nowhere. so we'll straighten it out.

this defense spending increase will be offset and paid for by finding greater savings and efficiencies across the federal government. we are going to do more with less. i got involved in an airplane contract and got involved in some other contracts and we cut the hell out of the prices. we saved a lot of money, tremendous amount of money beyond anything that the generals that were involved they said they've never seen anything like this before. on one plane on a small order of one plane i saved $725 million. and i would say i devoted about all the calls probably about an hour. so i think that might be my highest and best use. if we can do that our budget will be -- might be my highest and best use. [applause] and there are many other places. it's all the same. and in one way that's a good thing because we have an answer. david is going to do a

fantastic job. david is shaking his head. stand up, david. [applause] so we can't get our people through cabinet but he went through 95-0. how did you do that? boy, oh boy, he must be good. you were the one. 100 to 0. shows you we can do it. but we have quite a few cabinet members and they're in limbo. it is like obstruction. it is obstruction and -- but eventually we'll get them and they will put their people in and we'll get those agencies to work. we are going to do more with less and make the government lean and accountable to the people. we can do so much more with the money we spend. with the $20 trillion in debt -- can you imagine that? -- the government must learn to tighten its belt. something families all across the country have had to learn to do, unfortunately.

but they've had to learn to do it and done it well. my budget increase in all spending for federal law enforcement also and activities having to do with law enforcement will be substantially increased and we will fight violent crime. you look at what is happening in our cities. you look at what is happening in chicago. what is going on in chicago? we will fight violent crime and we will win and we'll win that one fairly quickly once we give the local police, the local law enforcement the right to go in and fight it. and we back them monetarily and also otherwise. we'll win that one. we'll win it fairly quickly, i believe. my budget also puts america first by keeping tax dollars in america to help veterans and first responders. so important. this budget follows through on my promise to focus on keeping americans safe. keeping out terrorists. keeping out criminals.

and putting violent offenders behind bars or removing them from our country all together. and i must say that we've been treated very well -- very, very well on the job that general kelly has done at the border. it is tough, it's strong. i was talking last night to terry mccaul -- mcauliffe. he said you have to mention this. he met with general kelly and i think i can say you were impressed with general kelly. he said you have to get the point out that they are removing the bad ones. that's where our focus is. it's the bad ones. we are getting owe very bad players out of this country. drug lords, gang members, killers, murders. that's what we're focused on. the press isn't covering that unfortunately but it is something that's very important. we're getting the bad ones out. that's always where i said i was going to start. i was going the start with the

bad players, they are bad, rough and tough and we're getting them the hell out of our country and bringing them to where they started out. let their country do what they have to do with them. so the budget, which is going to be a very big part of tomorrow night's speech, is going to be i think a budget of great rationality but it is going to have to do with military, safety, economic development, and things such as that. great detail tomorrow night. we're also going to do whatever we can to restore the authority of the states when that is the appropriate thing to do. we are going to give you back a lot of the powers that have been taken away from states and great people and great governors and you can control it better than the federal government because you are right on top of it. you have something that is controllable. so i think that's going to be very important. you see that already taking effect. we have to let the states

compete and to see who has the best solutions. they know the best how to spend their dollars and how to take care of the people within each state. states are different. people are different. so the governors will have a lot more decision making ability than they have right now. all states will benefit from our economic agenda. we'll reduce taxes very, very substantially. and simplify the tax code. we're also going to make taxes between countries much more fair. we're one of the only countries in the world that can -- people can sell their product into us and have no tax, no nothing and they get rich. and yet if you want to do business with them, you'll have taxes i've seen as high as 100%. so they sell into us, no problem. we sell into them because we don't sell them because the tax is so high they don't want us to sell into them.

i know that's always been a point of contention but to me it's just fair. it's just fair. it's reciprocal. we'll do a lot of work on that and it is becoming a very important factor, fairness. because i believe in free trade. i want so much trade. somebody said maybe he is a total nationalist. i am in a true sense, but i want trade. i want great trade between countries. but the word free is very deceiving because it is good for them, not good for us. i want fair trade. and if we're going to be taxed, they should be taxed at the same amount, the other countries. and one of two things is going to happen. we'll make a lot of money or the other country will get rid of its tax and that's good, too. now the product, like harley davidson. i was talking to them. the product will now flow into other countries where right now they can't do it. we'll make it easier for states to invest in infrastructure and

i'll have a big statement tomorrow night on infrastructure. we spend $6 trillion in the middle east and we have potholes all over our highways and roads. i have a friend in the trucking business who said my trucks are destroyed going from new york to los angeles. they're destroyed. he said i'm not going to get the good trucks anymore. he prided himself on buying the best equipment. he said the roads are so bad that by the time we make the journey from new york to los angeles or back, he said, the equipment is just beat to hell. i said when has it been like that before? he said it's -- he has been in business for 40 years. he said it's never been like that. 40 years never been like that. so we'll take care of that infrastructure. we'll start spending on infrastructure big and not like we have a choice. it is not like oh gee, let's hold it off. our highways, bridges are unsafe. our tunnels -- we have tunnels in new york where the tiles are

on the ceiling and you see many tiles missing and you wonder -- you are driving 40 or 50 miles per hour through a tunnel. take a look at the lincoln tunnel and queens mid town tunnel and you see all this loose material that's heavy. it was made many years ago and it's heavy. today it's light. used to be better. the problem is you have to hold it up. i say to myself every time i drive through. i wonder how many people are hurt or injured when they are driving at 40 or 50 miles per hour through a tunnel and a tile files off and there are so many missing tiles. and such loose concrete. so we have to fix our infrastructure. it is not like we have a choice. we have no choice and we're going to do it and it happens to means jobs, which is a good thing. we'll repeal and replace obamacare and get states the flexibility that they need to make the end result really,

really good for them. very complicated issue. we have tom price just got confirmed sitting here. [applause] stand up, tom. and i spent a lot of time with governor walker and governor rick scott the other day talking about it. they are really very expert on the subject and i want to thank them. they spent a lot of time with me. governor christie, where is chris. thank you. so we have a lot of talent and a lot of expertise here that i will tell you. we have come up with a solution that is really, really i think very good. i have to tell you, it's an unbelievably complex subject. nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated. statutorily and for budget purposes we have to do healthcare before we do the tax

cut. the tax cut will be major, it is going to be simple, and the whole tax plan is wonderful but i can't do it until we do healthcare because we have to know what the healthcare is going to cost and statutorily that's the way it is. for those people that say gee, i wish we could do the tax first, it doesn't work that way. i would like to do that first. tax cutting has never been that easy it is a tiny little ant compared to what we're talking about with obamacare. and you have to remember -- i say this to democrats in the room, of which we have many -- obamacare has failed. if you go to minnesota, where they had a 66% increase, and the governor of minnesota, who is with us today, said obamacare, the affordable care act is no longer affordable, something to that effect. i think that might be it exactly. but the affordable care act is no longer affordable, obamacare has failed. i say to the republicans, if

you really want to do politically something good, don't do anything, sit back for a period of two years because 17 is going to be a disaster. a disaster for obamacare if we don't do something. let it be a disaster because we can blame that on the dems that are in our room and we can blame that on the democrats and president obama. let it implode. and then let it implode in 18 even worse. don't do anything and they will come begging for us to do something. but that's not the fair thing to do for the people. not the fair thing. politically i think it would be a great solution because as soon as we touch it, if we do the most minute thing, just a tiny little change, what is going to happen? they'll say it's the republicans' problem. that's the way it is. but we have to do what's right because obamacare is a failed

disaster. and it is interesting. you see it with with politicians and with president obama. when you know he is getting out of office and the clock is ticking and he won't be there his approval rating goes way up even though, you know, not that active in the last period of time. the approval rating goes up. that's almost everybody. i see it happening with obamacare. people hate it but now they see that the end is coming and they're saying oh, maybe we love it. there is nothing to love. it's a disaster, folks, okay. you have to remember that. and very importantly we are going to work to restore local control to our nation's education system. betsy is here someplace and she is going to be, i think, fantastic. [applause] i think she is going to be fantastic. stand up.

she feels so strongly and has had such support from so many people. you don't see that too much. you see the anti-, you never see the positive. i got so many calls while she was going through the tough, nasty process and she hung in and was as strong as you get. so many people were calling betsy saying you'll do such a fantastic job once you get it. it is like sometimes i would say it's much tougher to get into harvard than it is to stay there. does that make sense? it is tougher to get into the wharton school of finances. if you get in, it's fine. you get through, right? i think you'll do a fantastic job and we're very proud of you and you took a lot of heat but you'll do great. she wants to bring decision making powers back to parents, back to the families, and back to the states where they can really control education. just finally i'm looking forward to working with you on these projects and so much more. we'll do these projects and so many more. i thank you all again for being here.

it is going to be a really productive discussion. so productive i'll ask the press to start leaving because i wouldn't want them to see any great productive session. but they will be seeing it. >> bill: that was 22 minutes in length. some of the headlines now. fox news confirms $54 billion request in additional request spending in the budget offset by other cuts in government like the epa is what we're learning. tomorrow night my budget, he called it, america first. he continued great detail tomorrow night. big statement on infrastructure and repeal and replace of obamacare. those are the headlines. significant preview of the address tomorrow night. my next guest writes this in the "new york post." in advance of president trump's speech random busybodies are urging him to tone it down. one advisor suggests he be humble and inclusive. sweet. i'm betting humble pie isn't on

the menu. it will be a shock and awe. a fox news contributor, good day to you. what is this inauguration day 2.0? >> that's a good example. people urged him then to be inclusive. bring the country together. at some point donald trump definitely wants to bring the country together. right now he is trying to get his agenda moving forward so i think tomorrow night he will have the biggest audience since the inauguration. i don't expect that he will do anything other than what he has been doing which is trying to drive home his key points. the reason he was elected. the things he is trying to do. i don't expect him to go mild or to back off. >> bill: i don't think you're wrong about that. here is what i would do. republican, democrat, doesn't matter. i would walk down that aisle. i would call up paul ryan and nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer and

get them to shake hands on the main podium and stand behind them. i would walk up to the microphone and say how hard is that, america? the image is there and the point is made. republican or democrat, doesn't matter. it has never been done before and you want to bring that town together, that's the first way to start. >> that could work but i think fund mentally the democrats are in total obstruction mode. anything he says tomorrow night. classic state of the union. one side of the building standing, the other side sitting on its hands the whole time. i'm amazed at the democrats we haven't heard of a boycott. the democrats now realize they're into the serious part of this game and going to have to negotiate with the president. they can only say no to everything for so long. but look, even today there at the speech we just witnessed at the governor's association he singled out terry mcauliffe. close to the clintons. he does want to reach across

the aisle for the big projects but he is not going to let that stop him. he is not going the say well, okay, i won't do what i want if you'll be nice to me. that's not how he plays and i don't think there is any percentage in that for him. >> bill: business taught him and politics reinforced lowering your sights too soon is a losing proposition, timing is key to the art of the deal. he will compromise if he must at the end, now he will go full speed ahead guns blazing. >> he saw hifm -- him in the campaign. when he got into trouble he backed off and stuck to the issues. the same thing now. it's very early. five weeks into his administration. he is not in trouble. all the noise and thunder makes you think it s. he is not really in trouble and i think he will stick to his guns and he will make the deals at the end of the game. that's how he has lived his life. he is a gambler. he will make the deals at the end and knows how to negotiate. that's what he is doing.

>> bill: thank you, michael. we'll all be watching. michael goodwin, thank you, sir. shannon. >> shannon: the president is meeting with health insurance ceos today at the white house as the nation awaits movement on the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. we're tracking all the developments from the white house.

>> bill: so you know we're waiting on this meeting with the ceos of the largest insurance companies in america meeting with president trump right now. there will be a tape play-out of that. the 22-minute address before the governor's at the white house and gave us a preview of tomorrow night's address before congress. fox confirms there will be a request in the president's budget for a $54 billion increase in defense spending. that will be offset in the budget with some cuts to the federal level including the epa, etc. look for those headlines. >> shannon: we got the

footnotes today. aleppo, syria, a young girl pulled from the rubble still alive after nearby air strikes killed at least 11 people. now new reports suggest isis is using weaponized drones in syria further complicating that seemingly endless civil war. catherine herridge is live in washington with more. >> thank you. over the weekend isis used drones armed with grenades against iraqi forces and two leading security firms have issued reports warning about the widespread use of drones and the implications for western security. growing evidence that isis is deploying weaponized drones on the battlefield in iraq and syria. they were distributed by isis and show drones taking out an iraqi army tank.

analysts agree isis wants to export this technology to followers outside the region and in late january a 40-minute instruction video was released on social media. >> shannon: is the impact being felt by homeland security and f.b.i. >> they told fox news drones are the most significant security government in the last four years. the secret service did intense training in the event drones were used to disperse a chemical agent or explosive. clancy put it this way to fox. >> are there new security challenges this year you haven't seen before? >> i think every year there is new developments. the emerging threat as you've heard the term so many times. i would say in the last inauguration we weren't as concerned about the drones. uass, unmanned ariel systems. this year we're very concerned about those. we have plans if place and a number of people looking at that. but that would be something new.

>> secret service and f.b.i. said they have the ability to identify and take drones down. but even a failed plot would create panic and hysteria and that's one of the goals for isis, shannon. >> shannon: catherine herridge for us in washington >> bill: critics pointing to hypocrisy see oscars. a director of iran boycotting the awards because of inhumane treatment from the united states. have you had a look at iran's human rights record lately? we shall next.

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>> shannon: one iranian director sending a message from overseas winning best foreign language film for "the salesman" but boycotted the

event. the first female iranian astronaut read this. >> shannon: i am sorry i am not with you tonight and for my country and other six nations who have been disrespected. >> shannon: lisa boothe, contributor for the examiner. julie roginsky. good to see you both. okay. julie, interesting because these seven countries that are under the travel ban as we believe it will be under the new one as well. these were countr singled out by the obama administration. yet we didn't see this kind of outrage back then. >> no. not quite. nobody was banned from those countries from coming here. >> shannon: they were singled out. these are the countries the trump administration picked because the obama administration set them aside. >> understand what this director was trying to say,

essentially that people like him who certainly i don't think are terrorists or involved in terrorist activity as far as any of us knows as least, would not have been able to come here and accept his award in person because he happens to be of iranian extraction and happens to live in iran. under the terrorist ban that would not have been able to happen. from his perspective. why would somebody like him who received movie's highest award has been banned and punished because donald trump decided that all of iran is evil and not any person from iran from that country could come here because all of them, including this man poses a terror threat. i understand where he is coming from. >> shannon: lisa, you can tackle that. >> i think it's important to note the reason why the seven countries have been identified. the country like iran is the biggest state sponsor of terrorism and been a sponsor of state terrorism since 1984. all those countries on the list have either been designated as

state sponsors of terrorism or safe haifens. they've been identified and there has been a lot of hyperbole what the trump administration is trying to do. he is talking outside of syria a 120 day temporary pause or 90 day pause for visas. we're talking about a small period of time. so we can really reflect on the process. when you look at what is happening with isis and across the world right now at least 143 either inspired or coordinated isis attacks and 29 something different countries. that's the reason why president trump wants to look at this process and make sure we're doing everything we can do. it was actually the high level officials from the obama administration that talked about the difficulty in vetting refugees from places like syria, war torn countries where they don't have the documents we want to be taking a look at. john brennan talked about the

fact that isis was going the try to infiltrate the west through migrants. >> shannon: we're out of time but i want to read this from human rights watch. under iranian law, many non-violent crime, are punishable by death. julie, you understand some people don't want to feel like they're being lectured from somebody that kind of country how messed up our country is. >> i was born in the former soviet union. i subscribed do that belief of somebody who was little, did my family ascribe to that? we did everything we could to leave that regime and come here. when you paint an entire people with the broad brush of where they come from or what their regime stand for i take offense of that and any immigrant should. all of us came here because we believed this country is the greatest country on earth. >> shannon: we can all agree on that and we have to leave it there. thank you both.

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>> bill: shall be go to washington? >> shannon: yes, we are going to go down. i will entertain you. we will see you there tomorrow. >> bill: you got it. >> shannon: poor faye dunaway! >> bill: it was not their fault. pray to see tomorrow! ♪ >> jenna: a busy week and getting underway in washington, requesting an increase in defense spending. be prepared to address the joint session of congress. hello, everybody could hope you are off to a great day so far. i am jenna lee. >> jon: that will be most watched tv, i am jon scott. expected to talk more about the agenda including overhauling obamacare and the tax code printed this morning the white house is holding a meeting with the nation's governors coming a day listening session with health insurance and victims. this all comes as we talk