you're watching "fox & friends first" on this tuesday morning. good morning, to you i'm heather childers. clayton: end of the month. almost march madness. just hours from now president trump making his first major address to congress. heather: prime time message to the world will center around renewing the american spirit. griff jenkins live with exclusive preview of what we can expect. good morning, griff. >> hey, heather and clayton. the renewal of the american spirit to president delivering his first speech before congress, it's his day 40, by the way, the white house calling this an optimistic speech and a look forward for the next four years. the president will begin by recounting promises made and promises made on campaign trail.

he will keep and dig in policy agenda and talk about protecting the american people. that protection includes building the wall on the mexican border, something that president trump talked about when he sat yesterday for an exclusively interview airing later today. >> all i can do is speak from the heart and say what i want to do. we have a really terrific, i believe, healthcare plan coming out. we have to understood obamacare has been a disaster, it's way out of control. i will be talking about the military and talking about the border, remember this, on the border and throughout our country, we are getting the bad ones out, the bad people, gang members, drug lords and in some cases murderers. >> the president's guest include maury scalia, megyn crowely, jessica davis and susan oliver,

widows of california police officers killed in line of duty by illegal immigrant. p. steve bashir, strong supporter of obamacare will deliver the democrats rebuttal. heather: i heard the democrats will bring guests of their own. clayton: president trump sat with steve and brian at the white house in an exclusive interview. take a look. >> you ran on repealing obamacare -- >> i think that paul ryan and his whole group have been terrific. i just left paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. you know, health care is a very

complex. if you do this, it affects 15 things. don't forget, i have only been here four weeks. he hasn't done health care, they have been working on health care for 30 years, i have only been here, what is this, my fifth week, we are set to propose a plan and i will be talking about it as you know, tonight but we are all set tonight a plan and i think it's going to be something that's respected and really -- i think a lot of democrats -- well, if it were a fair process. >> watch more of that exclusive interview with president trump on "fox & friends" throughout the morning this morning. heather: wilbur ross will be sworn in today. ross has already been advising president trump on economic policy and helping him craft ways to rewrite that tax code.

now, the senate also ending debate on interior secretary nominee ryan zinke, his confirmation vote expected for tomorrow. clayton: cheryl casone from our sister network, to set big boost, cheryl. cheryl: good morning, a guys, one to have largest increases in history for defense spending. 54 billion-dollar increase in military spending. military boost, the plan to offset the increase with cuts found in other parts of the federal government. all of this a part of its upcoming budget plan. white house budget director mick mulvaney confirmed the move. >> allows the president to keep his promise to undo military sequester, america first budget. cheryl: mulvaney later confirmed

they want an overall defense budget, nondefense spending cuts, 54 billion and eliminate, quote, programs that don't work. a final proposal is set to be released in the march of month. according to the latest fox news poll, 45% of the survey says we are spending too little on the military while 25% say it's the right amount or too much. after the news broke, shares of defense company, boeing, look heed martin all rose as the dow hit 1@record close. haven't seen that, by the way, in 30 years. clayton: more money for them. heather: thank you very much, cheryl. fox news alert for you, a trip to disneyland taking a horrific turn. one of the victims on board crawling out pleading for help with her clothes on fire. kelly wright has been following the latest developments. what's the latest on this.

>> five people including a husband and wife spent cheer leading event and as they were planning to fly back at san joée something went horribly wrong. moments after taking off, the aircraft, they were flying in crashed into two homes in the riverside residential area, three people were killed and two others injured, one survivor was crawling on the ground seeking help with her clothes on fire the entire neighborhood is now dealing with the aftermath of this fiery crash. >> also when we got here a lot of things were panicking, we saw the back house of the neighborhood, a man exiting, firefighters taking people to safety. >> look at this, cell phone video capturing capturing the ps decent as it burst before crashing into the homes. firefighters responded to the crash site the hard

task of distinguishing the fire plus searching for victims and survivors. >> all victims from this incident were from the aircraft, we have no residents that were involved, that was verified by the residents coming home and verifying all parts of their party have been accounted for. >> and one of those homes in that fire completely destroyed and five families nobody are now homeless, the national transportation safety board ntsb will be on the scene later this morning to try to investigate this crash but a horrific and sad ending for three lives, clayton. clayton: awful. thanks, kelly. city officials demanding how a suspect admitted opening fire on

expressway can accidentally be released. glove was being held on separate robbery charges. brand new bomb shell of the murder of dnc staffer, republican lobbyist says he has evidence that death was assassinateed. he was tipped off from intel officer. he's calling on congress to investigate. police say they have no suspects or leads. heather: more than 20 jewish schools evacuated for bomb threats. teachers pushing toddlers to safety. look at that. similar scenes playing out in school in florida. the fbi is now investigating the threats, all of this coming one day after vandals damaged 500 head stones at a where he wish cemetery in philadelphia. according to antidefamation league, there's been 90 delays around jewish centers in the country this year.

remember the man who scaled trump tower with suction cups and bizarre attempt, he's not going to jail. that's how it ended before police yanked him inside as part of the plea deal he must undergo mental health treatments and not allowed near trump tower or the president. >> getting to the bottom of biggest oscar blunted thermos re, handed the wrong envelope was tweeting moments before the mess. >> there's a mistake, moonlight you won best picture. >> emma stone three minutes earlier and smiled for a selfie on the red carpet.

the accounts firm taking responsibility for the human error they are calling it. ratings taking to the lowest in nine years according to nielson. more than a million less than last year, it could be because nobody watched any of the movies. heather: they need to do something about that. today last day of carnival season known as fat tuesday, the day before ash wednesday. lots of beds, marchs and parties in the streets, more than a million people expect today celebrate in new orleans alone. people go all out before lint begins tomorrow and plenty of unusual site like this, line of parade floats rolling down an interstate, that happens every day. clayton: that's got to be safe. outrage and discussed over new photos shows veterans left in

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clayton: press secretary sean spicer doubling down on remarks of david nunes saying that trump aide has regular contact with russia. julian assange could be served with eviction notice, the front runner the ecuadorian presidential election vow to go send the wikileaks founder packing from embassy in london. the presidential candidate saying people in his country have been paying a cost they shouldn't have to bare, assange is wanted for the u.s. government for releasing classified information back in 2010. the new president takes office in may. heather: president trump's justice department by dropping a crucial objection. the state passing law on fraud passing one of the most restrictive laws in the country, requires photo id before casting a ballot.

the obama administration sued claiming that it discriminated against minorities. the bomb shell report from the secretary of state showing 385 illegal immigrants registered to vote and more outrageous, 82 of them actually cast illegal ballots in at least one election over the past year. the state now saying that it is ready to crack down and turning all of those 82 people, those names over to law enforcement agencies. clayton: time is now 25 minutes after the hour and jimmy kimmel targeting president trump at the oscars the other night. >> i want to say thank you to president trump, i mean incident remember that's year when the oscars were racist. [laughter] clayton: the president just responded in exclusive interview you'll only see here on fox. heather: next mission to the moon could be next year. the round ticket that are out of this world.

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>> this dark morning on tuesday morning, good morning, everyone, you're watching "fox & friends first". heather: i forgot about lewis. thank you for joining us. president trump to press a bold agenda in congressional address. clayton: expected to enter around the american spirit. griff jenkins to renew our american spirit, at the nation's capitol with preview. lift us up, griff. >> ri knew the american spirit, it is, of course, speech before congress, looking ahead to the next four years and the president sad down with brian,

ainsley and steve to talk about it. >> we have a really terrific, i believe, health care plan coming out. we have to understand obamacare has been a disaster. it's way out of control. i will be talking about the military, i will be talking about the border. on the border and throughout our country we are getting the bad ones out, the bad people, gang members, drug lords, in some cases murderers. >> we are told the president will begin by recounting promises made and promises kept in campaign trail, he will hit hard economic opportunity and dig into foreign policy agenda and talk about protecting the american people. his guest sitting with first lady melania will include maureen scalia, widow of supreme court justice and megan crowely, where she is quay davis and susan oliver, the widows of police officers killed in line of duty by illegal immigrant.

jamil and denisha, first person in her family to graduate from high school and college. former kentucky governor who is a stronger supporter of obamacare will deliver the democrats rebuttal and by the way, guys, he will be busy sign two bills this morning about women and sciences and he will launch a historically black colleges and universities initiatives, so busy day for the president. clayton: griff jenkins lifting our spirits. heather: good job. the president sitting down with steve, ainsley and brian for an exclusive interview. the president opening up about the attacks against him during the affect -- oscars and decision to skip white house correspondent dinner. >> when they create sources, sometimes the sources don't exist and sometimes they do

exist, i'm not saying that all sources are made up, a lot of the stories are made up, i believe a lot of the stories appear fiction, they pull it out of air, now, with all of that being said, i just thought it would be better if i didn't do the dinner. i just thought it would be better if i didn't do it. ainsley: the oscar awards, jimmy kimmel was tweeting and saying crude comments and he tweet that had he insinuated at least that you were racist, what's your response? >> it seems the other side when -- they are losing badly they always pull out the race card and i have watched it for years, i watched it against ronald reagan and so many other people and they always like pulling out the race card. the fact is i did pretty well, much better than past people in the republican party in recent election having to do with hispanics, having to do with african americans, i did pretty well or i wouldn't be sitting here. if i didn't get numbers that

were at least or better, i wouldn't be sitting here. heather: that's true, don't miss more of the interview on "fox & friends" throughout this morning. clayton: parents watch out, the pentagon officially presenting the president with brand-new strategy, new plans could open the door for increase ground troops as well as greater involvement in syria. the president wants to take out the terror group within a year. they are also looking beyond the middle east to tackle terrorism on a global scale. we learn about a disturbing terror rest overseas, police say suspect is an electrician, designing a high-tech long-range missile, he's accused of developing a laser system to warn isis about incoming attacks. the man was arrested after 18-month investigation. he likely worked alone and wasn't planning attack in australia. heather: carnival, a dozen people are hurt after a float

collapses under the way of its dancers creating a disaster in río de janeiro parade, this comes after a separate float collapsed that hurt 20 others, you can see the party goers running for their lives as the floats swerved on a crowded street before slamming into crowded people along the fence. >> clayton: would you takia vacation in the moon. >> two, one, ignition and liftoff. >> the week-long trip is set for late next year. no word on who the space travelers are or how much they are paying, no one has been to the moon, by the way, since 1972. clayton: what do you pack when you're going to the moon?

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clayton: back now with fox news alert. horror as plane crashes into a home killing passengers returning from disneyland. the impact rocking the river side neighborhood, police confirming three of the people in the plane have died. two other survived. both ejected from the airplane into the home. witnesses describing a horrifying scene. >> the plane was still going when they took the body out and i saw the body get dragged out, it was pretty dramatic scene because the head was back. clayton: passengers were on the way home from cheer leading competition. ntsb is headache -- taking over investigation this morning. >> it's like an exstream roller coaster ride. >> there was definitely times

when i considered that i might die up here. heather. heather: president trump preparing for first address to joint session of congress tonight to lay out his vision for tax reform, rebuilding the military and repealing and replacing obamacare amongst other things, what does the president need to say? joining us now to discuss, gop strategist and democratic strategist bryan. >> good to be with you, heather. >> thank you. heather: long day, long night because we will be watching. bryan, how specific do you expect the president to get when it comes to obamacare, the military, rebuilding the border, that type of thing in. >> well, if you have seen some of the town halls that a lot of republicans are dealing across the country, unanswered

questions and it's surprising to me that after all the years of trying to repeal obamacare that the republicans still have yet to find their own plan that they can coalesce around and regardless military issues, are we going to send ground troops in syria, we have to speak about that, what does that mean for the debt, how much money we have to spend particularly when he's going to cut taxes at a huge rate and i thought we were going to build the wall, i guess that's going to be taken off the table now and then what happens when you look at his infrastructure job's bill, that's why people voted for him in middle america, they didn't vote for tax cuts for the wealthy. heather: we heard a little bit insight and talking about a speech tonight. he did say, in fact, he would talk about border security, he would talk about economic opportunity and protecting the american people. >> look, i had never been one

word in your program, this is one of the most important speeches in the trump presidency. what he has to do instill in congress to get things done which is not an easy task in broken town like washington, d.c. no matter what trump says or does, the democrats are going to hit him hard. the question is whether or not he connects with the american people who in t on the back of congress. what he has to do is convince the american people he's on their side -- heather: stick to what got him in the first place. what about the russia investigation, problems with the media, do you expect that he will address that bryan? >> i hope he does. right now the republicans are looking to call for a special prosecutor on the president. i never thought i would see that not even a month into his administration. and, you know, it is really incredible to see how much time is focused by him and sean

spicer on the quote, unquote bad media. every president has dealt with the media. that's what we want media to do. heather: to this extent this early in this administration, as he mentioned he's only be -- this is his fifth week. >> by the way, he lost national security adviser a number of people -- >> what bryan is doing right now is if trump has to connect with the american people because if he doesn't, democrats are going to obstruct all the way to the 2018 ballot box. the media has been way too critical of donald trump. >> that is true. >> stop talking to the russians. >> want to see democrats work with donald trump. >> what's his agenda?

>> if you want to get things done -- >> guess what, you're going to pay the price at the ballot box. >> we will see. heather: thank you both for joining us this morning. boy, you're both awake. [laughter] heather: let's chief with steve doocy to see what is coming up on "fox & friends", very important and exclusive interview. >> that's right, heather. yesterday afternoon we spent much of the afternoon with the president of the united states, why, to tuck a little bit about the joint session to congress. that is going to be tonight, you leave it right here on fox news channel. we talk about that and, in fact, in addition to that he gave us a little tour around the new house he's living at here. >> you have a nice place. >> it's a good place. >> do you know where you're going yet? >> i do have it figured out. we are going downstairs and you may have a surprise downstairs,

you may have a surprise. >> of course, the big topic is the speech tonight, it's all about the renewal of the american spirit. today on "fox & friends" live from the nation's capitol, former speaker to have house, laura ingram and we have the president of the united states, can't beat that. full three hours kicks off 14 minutes, heather, from right now, right here the channel folks trust for their morning news. heather: absolutely, i can't wait to see what the surprise is, left us hanging. thank you so much, steve. we will tune in and we will be right back. stay with us th, but once!! uh, excuse me, waiter. i ordered the soup... of course, ma'am. my apologies. c'mon, caesar. let's go. caesar on a caesar salad? surprising. excuse me, pardon me. what's not surprising? how much money matt saved by switching to geico.

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heather: welcome back, disgusting scene in va facility. gut wrenching pictures showing

two veterans waiting in agonizing pain for hours. the heros who fought for our freedom trying to get help in a hospital in durham, north carolina, one of the veterans seen in the pictures describing his pain as unimaginable. >> somebody in real bad pain should be seen, i feel like railroad spikes are going through my foot. it's one of the worst pains you have ever felt in your life. heather: the man on the ground was trembling, begging for help but say that the nurse was ignoring him. the director of medical center say that is the employee had been removed from patient care while they investigate. clayton: horrifying. listen to this. this is not surprising news. urgent health warning telling friends to never let their kids use medical marijuana. the american academy of pediatrics say the drug can hurt young brain, using week ten times a month can affect ability, frequent use by teens

lead to lower iq scores, never to use marijuana in front of their children. heather: and market milestone, the dow closing at a record high for 12th straight days. so what can we expect after the president's speech tonight. clayton: cheryl casone from our sister network with a look, good morning, cheryl. cheryl: we haven't seen these kind of numbers night after night since 1987. actually great to see 30 years. let me show you, there's the s&p, 2369 and so all the markets are gaining, if you look at thes since donald trump was elected as president, we are talking $2.9 trillion have been added in market value. now, what do we want to hear tonight as far as investors, more details on taxes, what is he going to cut, trade, what is

it going to look like. the plans for growth and, of course, infrastructure spending, you hear good news tonight, you will see a good market run tomorrow, for sure. clayton: from politics to toys, toys leaking recordings? cheryl: yeah, they have a rabbit, cat, dog, a stuffed bear, basically you can talk, go to the app and then you can record your voice that talks to your children through the animal, well, unfortunately somebody hack intoed the system and got a hold of all of it trying to ransom the company that get ahold of information, the problem is the company is not admit to go several technology websites that are going after them that they actually were breached, so if you have these animals you see on your screen, you need to maybe change your password. heather: amazing the stuffed animals are becoming. ford, they have a new car accessory involving travel pillow. cheryl: they follow a patent

where they would follow, there you can see it on your screen, basically, yeah, the head rest will come up and for pillow will come out so you can have a comfortable -- clayton: you can look over at your wife fast asleep while you drive four hours board. [laughter] cheryl: hopefully not too much. heather: thank you. we want to know what america thinks, is the most important problem that needs to be solved in our country? clayton: jesse watters went to the daytona 500 to find out. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> kirk bush wins the daytona 50. >> so what's nascar all about?

>> intense, you can't beat it. >> i know nothing about nascar. >> i can't -- i don't know nothing about nascar either. >> what's the biggest problem facing the country right now? >> absolutely the fake news. >> what are we going to do about fake news? >> turn the channel, how about that? >> i think immigration is the biggest concern. >> how are we going to solve the illegal immigration issue? >> we are going to build a wall. >> we are all american, right? >> i love this plan. i'm excited to be a part of it. let's do it. >> isis. >> tell them how you really feel. >> in your opinion what's the biggest problem facing the nation today? >> the snow flakes. >> you mean global warming? >> a little bit softer than that. >> tell me about it, sweetheart. >> people need to change attitudes and have the right attitude and get things done. everyone complains too much. >> a bunch of winers in the country.

>> a bunch of babies. >> what are we going to do about the babies? >> make america tough again. >> do you guys know who i am? >> watters and this is his world. >> got it. >> you need some of those overalls. clayton: that's what i wear while doing my farm work out in the back. heather: take a if i picture. clayton: no, no, no usaa gives me the peace of mind and the security just like the marines did. the process through usaa is so effortless, that you feel like you're a part of the family. i love that i can pass the membership to my children. we're the williams family, and we're usaa members for life.

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heather: time now for the good, the bad, and the ugly. up first the good. a real seal hug ago toy version of itself. this is at a zoo in japan. clearly love at first sight. the seal let its friend take a ride on its back. it's been shared 23,000 times on line. clayton: next up the bad, ecigarette exploding inside a man's pocket. see the flames as he tries to put out the fire. the man suffered third degree burns. heather: finally the ugly. a furry bandit caught trying to steal food from a kayaker. you can see the man stealing the food off of her board. she was finally able to shoe him away with a paddle. clayton: fox news channel with all the analysis for the

president's speech tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern the join us back here tomorrow morning at 4:00 a.m. for a special edition of "fox & friends first." heather: very early. let's keep talking about the president's speech. what do you hope to hear from him tonight? weigh in on facebook page #keep talking. fox and friends begins right now from dnc. heather: bye-bye. ♪ i want to rock ♪ i want to rock ♪ rock ♪ i want to rock ♪ brian: that's twisted sister opening up live today. are they live here now? steve: i hope not because they would wake up the president of the united states. that's a live picture as "fox & friends" kicks off today's special coverage tonight. the president of the united states is going to address a joint session of congress right back there in that building in the house of representatives side. and we have been here for the last about 15 hours and we