thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that is good for "special report." it is fair, balanced, and unafraid. a little rainy, but still unafraid. "the first 100 days" hosted by martha maccallum starts right now. >> martha: the biggest breach of president trump's administration to date is here t 100 days. good evening, everybody, i am martha maccallum, reporting for the nation's capital. just over an hour from now, we expect the president will depart the white house on this very rainy night en route to the capital. aides are suggesting that this evening speech will be bright, optimistic in tone, that is the goal for him this evening. president trump highlights the campaign promises that he has been filled, he wants to enumerate those. he also, mike looks forward to talking about the goals he hopeo achieve with the hopes of congress. they are the main audience tonight as well as everybody watching at home. one of which we are learning

could include item migration bill of comprehensive nature. we have a huge show lined up for you tonight, including a preview of the speech with kellyanne conway. epa administered under scott pruitt joins us. we are also going to hear from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, who i sat down with earlier today, and house homeland security chairman mike mccall. we begin tonight with chief white house correspondent john roberts. give me green, john. >> good evening to you. we are still awaiting excerpts from the president speech tonight. i was told that i would have them in five to 10 minutes about an hour ago. one thing we do know that the president is going to talk about tonight, as you said, this push for immigration reform. not just some tinkering around the edges, comprehensive immigration reform. here is with the president told a gathering of the network news anchors and sunday show hosts at lunch today. he said "the time is right for

an immigration bill, as long as both sides are willing to compromise." there is no specifics, no details on this yet. we are told that there may be some legal status for many of the people in this country illegally, and potentially, citizenship for the so called dreamers who were covered by the deferred action for childhood arrival. the president, you see roads and bridges, he will talk about infrastructure tonight on the campaign trail he said he would like to create a $1 trillion fund for infrastructure become a joke today at lunch that he expects to get standing ovations from democrats when he talks about infrastructure. he is also going to reach out to the middle class tonight with his push to create more jobs, grow the economy, tax and regulatory reform. better education for people, creating the conditions to keep jobs here as opposed to allowing them to move overseas and to bring back american manufacturing. he is also going to reach out to poor communities to tell them that with his administration,

help is on the way. a safety and security will be a big topic, as well, tonight, border security, removing terminal illegal aliens. he signed executive order back at the end of january that would do that. also, protections for law enforcement officers. a few of the special guests tonight, they will echo that theme. he has the widows of a couple of police officers who were killed by an illegal immigrant. the father of a high school student who is killed by it and illegal immigrants. all of this talk about immigration, too, is rather ironic in its timing. tomorrow the president is expected to sign his new executive order on the immigration ban. that is expected to draw an avalanche of criticism from democrats, in terms of immigration reform, we will see what foti gets on tonight or tomorrow. >> martha: thank you so much. earlier, just a little while ago, i talked to kellyanne conway, counselor to president donald trump with some details on what we can expect to hear specifically in just under

two hours. watch this. >> martha: ready think the president's main goal is this evening? what does he want people to walk away from the speech with? >> martha, thanks for having me. it is a big night for president trump, a beautiful speech that will be delivered from the heart. he has written and rewritten passages of it over time. i think he seeks to do a few things tonight. one is to detail his accomplishments that he has had in the first few weeks of his early administration. to show that he has cap the promises made to the american people. then, to preview what is to, for a man who really does take action and have an impact on a day-to-day basis. he'll talk about health care, the border, the relations around the globe. he will talk about education. he is honoring some of his special guests tonight, i had occasion to meet with a number of them today. very exciting day here. he will be honoring megan crowley, who has pompeii's disease, and affliction, a rare disease, where young people were not affected past the age of

five. she is 20 years old at a sophomore at notre dame. >> martha: in terms of the communication, he said this morning that he feels that he or his people have not explained what he do clearly enough. what is said that he needs to fix? what does he want to fix in that regard tonight? >> the president has said many times, martha, that he is surprised the coverage never got better for him when he was a candidate to when he was elected. the president of the united states. he has a point. not everywhere, not with everyone. but we just -- he just wants fair coverage. i would also argue for full coverage. he has, including today, he has put forth close to 30, probably 25 are so executive actions of some sorts. one or two have gotten all the coverage. just today, hr 321, the inspire act, that encourages nasa to include young girls. he is very excited about it. we just want full coverage of everything he is doing.

people can criticize it, they can ask tough questions. but it ought to be covered. that he gave himself a letter a for effort and accomplishment. he knows every single day he wakes up and he is determined to fulfill more of those promises. for my communications perspective, also, i think the president is his blackest spokesperson. when he goes out in that joint session, when he does things like the rally in florida come over and he gives a press conference, 77 minutes long, that is donald trump at its finest. he is the one connecting, communicating like no one else can with the american people. tonight's come at the joint sessions, certainly come a great opportunity. >> martha: it is indeed. we look forward to it. one last question, one of the hottest stories as you sitting on the couch with your shoes dug into the back of the couch. you want to explain anything about that since it seems to be everywhere today? >> i heard it went viral. i really, i have to think of marisa manna called, she gave up

all the quotes about the situation there to "the washington post," at least, where i was asked to take the picture. we had a crowded room, we never had so many people in the oval office and this young administration, gathering of men and women at one time to take a picture. so, as she pointed out, there was no where to stand the press had come in and a couple of them had asked me to take pictures. i did that. i just napped at that angle. i needed to get a better angle, i hope people are showing that. i texted it to a few of them. then, it was over in a matter of very quick moments. i of course respect the office of the president and its current document. i'm glad there is such a renewed interest in showing respect for the office of the president. let's hope that trend continues. obviously, i meant no disrespec disrespect. what actually qualifies as news on a day when there is so much of it. i would really implore people to look at the substance of what the president is doing with

historically black colleges and universities. i had occasion to meet with a number of them yesterday and today. i really want to applaud their work. we were honored to have them here. >> martha: thank you very much, kellyanne. good to see you. big night of course, we will be watching with live coverage. thanks for being here tonight. in the run-up to the speech tonight, president trump at a very busy day. at as you have seen, signing an executive order that did away wh one of the most controversial environmental rules of the obama era. watch. >> a few years ago, the epa decided that navigable waters can mean nearly every puddle or every ditch on a farmers land or anyplace else that they decide, right? it was a massive power grab, the epa's regulators are putting people out of jobs, that is today's executive order, i am directing the epa to take action, paving the way for the elimination of this very

destructive and horrible rule. >> martha: joining me now, the new head of the environmental protection agency, scott pruitt. so good to have you with us tonight. welcome. >> thank you, martha. >> martha: i know farmers are very happy about the beginning of the rollback that this regulation. tell us why. >> i think it is farmers and ranchers and oil and gas producers, those who build subdivisions. economic development has been impacted because it is waters of the united states rule, martha. what you had happened, the epa a couple of years ago created a rule that literally said to the dry creek beds and puddles in certain parts of the country were considered a water of the united states. that is just not consistent with the history of the authority of the clean water act of the authority of congress. historically, navigable waters have been interstate related. obviously, that is important because the interstate commerce clause. you had a power grab that was taking place at the epa, they were trying to insert jurisdiction over land use

divisions that were being made by private property owners in cities and towns and states across the country. the president is keeping his promises. he has promised regulatory rollback. he has promised that we are going to pass rules and regulations that are consistent with the authority granted to the agencies by congress. this executive order today is exactly what we need to deceive to send that message to farmers, ranchers, oil and gas producers, economic developers, the economy and jobs across country, that were not going to operate within the rule of law. >> martha: you now run an $8 billion agency with 16,000 employees, many of whom disagree with you on a lot of these topics. now, you will be asked, as is every other agency and the government, nonsecurity agency, to cut 25% of your spending and a number of your employees. how is that going over at the epa? >> this process, as you know, martha, it's very early. this is the beginning, not the end. we have already communicated to

our employees internally and we are having conversations with omd and other organizations to send a message that we need to protect her grants as an example come about half of the epa budget is grant related, goes to infrastructure. clean up superfund sites in portland, oregon, and chicago and other places in the country, butte, montana. we are going to continue to have a discussion, continue that as part dominant congress passes the budget, it interacts with the executive branch and the white house, our agency, they know the priorities to make sure we achieve clean air and clean water. also, with a commitment of finding the balance between the economy and being a good steward of the economy. >> martha: it will be a tough challenge in many ways for you. now, head of the epa. there was another story that bubbled up concerning you that claims that you did not tell the truth in your senate testimony when you said that you had only used the oklahoma government email for state business.

that public search unearthed some 2013 exchanges with lobbyist groups in the oil industry and fossil fuels industries and petroleum industry. they see that as a big problem. did you not tell the truth in your senate testimony, sir? >> martha, we provided all the information with respect to the advocacy that i engaged in as an attorney general, the state's interest. that issue was about fracturing, and the regulatory regime that oklahoma has in respect to that issue. you had steps being taken by federal agencies who were trying to displace that. it was not on behalf of a company, not on behalf of anyone other than the state of oklahoma and i will regulatory environment that we had to sinc. those things have been provided for a number of years, actually. that information is out there. >> martha: but do you wish that you will how to answer that question differently and the testimony, given that what has not been released? >> i think the response i provided was exactly right. we provided information, all those emails were reviewed, both

private and public for you so, that information has been reviewed. over 7,000 pages, as i understand it, martha, that have been provided by the state of oklahoma. this has been -- i have answered a thousand questions post confirmation hearing. we answer more questions in our senate confirmation hearing than any administrator in history. six and a half hours of more information. this has not been about information, it is political theater. tonight, the focus should be in with the president is going to be talking about, the importance of regulatory reform. >> martha: thank you very much for being here tonight, scott pruitt, look forward to speaking with you again. president trump got a lot of attention earlier today when he was asked about reports that president obama was working to undermine the trump of administration. to see what happened there. we will show you that a sound bite from this morning. plus, hillary clinton going after president trump on twitter earlier. we will show you why when marc thiessen and mo elleithee join a straight ahead. hot controversy right after this. ♪

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president trump will speak to congress and to the nation on the hole, of course, charting the road ahead for his administration. before he does, mr. trump today talked about the last administration and reports that president obama and some of his loyalists are making trouble, he believes, for his presidency. here is president trump on "fox and friends" this morning. watched. >> do you believe president obama is behind it and if he is, is that a violation of the so-called onside presidents code? >> no, i think he is behind it. i also think it is politics. i think president obama is behind it because his people certainly are behind it. some of the leaks, possibly come from that group. some of the leaks, which are really very serious leaks because they are very bad in terms of national security. >> martha: joining us now, former clinton campaign spokesperson. welcome. good to have you here tonight. what do you think about that? >> that is ridiculous. americans have the right to speak out and to say if they disagree with something of the

president is doing. i think that is what you have been seeing all over the country, for example, in these health care townhouse, where people are raising concern. >> martha: talking specifically about the leaks that happened from phone calls that he had with foreign leaders, i know is one of the things that he is most upset about, the thinking is that some of the agencies who still have a lot of holdovers, that nobody would have any access to those transcripts, people who work inside the government, that is what he was referring to. >> again, i think that is ridiculous. what we have seen reported is that people have real concerns about the way this president, to the point where mr. flynn actually had to step down, the way they have been conducting themselves. to make those kinds of suggestions, i think, is a real distraction from the real issue, which is, we know that i hostile foreign government tried to impact our election. we know that members of his inner circle have had communications during the election with members of a hostile foreign governments. it is fair to say, we want to

know what it where the nations are those communications. what did the russians do what with the information? >> martha: there has been no direct line drawn. >> certainly, we all learn -- hopefully, they will. the fbi is investigating. >> martha: they have been for quite some time. >> the fbi is investigating. >> martha: i don't think -- >> we want to know the information. the very fact of that happened, president obama has nothing to do with that. >> martha: these are separate issues. we are talking about the leaks, the presidential discussion, which could only come from his people are holdovers. the only two people. >> he was probably talking about leaks. out of that conversation, he had been talking about that in the context of these conversations with the russians. certainly, talking about that when flynn stepped down. my point here, this is an

administration where they have leaks. look at what sean spicer had to do in terms of asking people to turn over their phones. look at the reports and we have seen members of the administration, people who came in with president trump, communicating with each other using these encrypted apps on their phone. let's take a look. >> martha: quickly, before i let you go, if he brings up emigration tonight, is that an area where you think democrats and republicans can come together? >> it is possible but it depends on the details. to the devil is in the details. how much detail will he go into? we are talking about the second-class citizen status. a path to legalized status but not citizenship, what does that really mean? what does it mean for the daca children and their parent specifically? it really depends on the details and how will he pay for it? so much of what he is going to talk about tonight, for what we have heard, it will depend, how will he pay for it. >> martha: karen, thank you very much. good to have you here on this

rainy night and of our tent. here now with more on this, bill bennett, host of the "bill bennett show." good evening, good to have you with us tonight. >> thank you very much. great to be with you. very exciting evening. >> martha: it is. before we get into the big picture, your thoughts on what president trump said this morning, he believes that there are a obama administration holdovers that may be trying to make things difficult for him in the form of these leaks. do you give it any credence? >> yeah. i rented apartment, the department of education. i was taking over from a republican. it was really a reagan republican. there were a lot of holdovers from liberal administrations from earlier. they tried to put every obstacle in my path that they could. of course they are, they are there. they have been there for eight years. whether barack obama blew the whistle and gave the orders, i don't know if he did or not. but he can sure stop this. if you told people to cooperate,

which he said in some abstract sense, it would probably work. he also told people not to disrupt these town hall meetings. i think that will be a good message. it was all kumbaya when he met with donald trump. maybe what he is saying is futile. they love him. i don't know that he can give orders anymore. >> martha: we'll see. he'll be back in washington, living here. he will be right around the corner. in terms of tonight you like t? >> well, you know, it is a great speech, reaching out, maybe we will see another dimension, martha, of the art of the deal, where he states that a position over here, then, moves to the middle. i will be very interested to see this whole immigration thing, if it becomes what we are hearing. it will be really quite something. i understand democrats are upset, karen probably would object to his suit and tie. you know, if he comes up with

something that both sides can live with, where everybody has to compromise a little, remember, the willingness unprincipled to compromise is fine. if the to compromise on principle is not. i am watching. i think this could be one of the most important speeches of his presidency, early as it is. >> martha: we were expecting a transcript. i think they may still be burning the nighttime oil over there, making some adjustments, as they go along, which we know has happened in the past. we will see. bill bennett, always good to see you, sir. thank you very much. >> thank you. can i tell my cohort to search itunes for the "bill bennett show," if you don't know what that means, find a millennial. >> martha: okay [laughs] weil said. our exclusive and interview with mitch mcconnell. we got into that with him this afternoon, fascinating stuff. plus, after bomb threats at jewish centers across the

country, some on the left are attacking the president for not giving enough. we are going to show you how hillary clinton is leading the charge there. she is back in the story coming up next. ♪ to esurance could save hundreds. so if you switch to esurance, saving is a pretty safe bet. auto and home insurance for the modern world. esurance. an allstate company. click or call.

>> martha: it is getting pretty exciting around here. live pictures in the capital. you can see everybody milling around her there. we just saw a motorcade of buses, as members of congress were carried up to the hill. maybe you can hear the sirens going behind them. mr. trump, of course, getting his speech completely ready at the white house, will be arriving shortly, as well. he faces a lot of pressure throughout the last few weeks and into tonight. following new reports on a lot of fronts, actually. reports of hate crimes and anti-semitic threats around the country. hillary clinton took to twitter to call out her former rival, writing this. "with threats & hate crimes on rise, we shouldn't have to tell @potus to do his part. he must step up & speak out." for more on this, we turn to trace gallagher and the west coast newsroom with a background. high, trace. >> hi, martha. along with your comment on twitter, she also linked to a story in the canton started dart

dart -- in a kansas city suburb. witnesses say the shooter yelled "get out of my country." one of the man was killed, the other severely injured, a third man who tried to stop the shooter was also wounded. the wife of the man who was killed said she wants answers from the government on how it will stop hate crimes. though president trump has not commented or tweeted about the shootings, the right hosted today acknowledge the incident does appear to be racially motivated. all the press secretary sean spicer says drawing correlations between the shooting and the president's rhetoric is absurd. new york mayor bill de blasio, who is running for reelection, that more than just draw a correlation between trump and the uptake in new york hate crimes, saying, "the horrible hateful rhetoric that was used in this election by candidate trump and buy a lot of his supporters directly connects to an increase since the election and anti-semitic incidents, anti-muslim incidents, and

anti-lgbt incidents." why the president has condemned a rash of bomb threats at jewish community centers and vandalism at jewish cemeteries, a host on an msnbc also decided to point fingers. watch. >> look what is happening with these bomb threats at jewish community centers. >> why are you blaming the bomb threats and the president? >> i didn't blame it on him. >> the fact is, it has always existed, for example, in 2014, 2015, the fbi tallied more than 1200 hate crime incidents targeting jewish people. martha. >> martha: thank you. joining me now with more, marc thiessen, american enterprise institute fellow and mo elleithee, founding director of georgetown institute of politics and public service. both are fox news contributors. gentlemen, welcome. good have you here. mo, let me start with you. in terms of hillary clinton's statement had much address her there, what do you think?

>> you can't blame the president for anti-semitism. anti-semitism has existed for centuries. having said that, i do believe that during the campaign, donald trump -- i wouldn't say most of his supporters are anti-semitic -- but he dashed his campaign ended up being a home for the most fringe elements of our society. people like david duke and the ku klux klan. that said, we finally have someone who supports our agenda. we are in a really tough spot right now. i think as president has an opportunity that i don't think he is quite seizing, to use his position to try to heal some of those divisions, to speak up more forcefully, to speak up a little bit earlier than he has in some of these cases, whether it is the desecration of these at jewish cemeteries, or whether it is the terrible shooting of the two indian man. it taking days for him to show any sort of reaction. i think he could be more

forceful if you truly wants to be a president, get past the stigma that he is divisive. he has an opportunity now that i just don't think he has been taking. be one marc. >> i love mo, but to say that donald trump's campaign was a home for david duke is exactly the problem we are facing today. there is this anti-tropez stereo. anything that happens has to be blamed on donald trump and some way. donald trump is the least anti-semitic president we have ever had. he is a best friend of israel we have ever had. his closest advisor as it an orthodox. his daughter converted to judaism. barack obama gave millions of dollars to the iranian regime to call for a second holocaust, that doesn't make them anti-semitic. just today, two police officers shot in houston. is that because hillary clinton embraced black lives matter is during the campaign and had hateful rhetoric that sent a dog whistle that it is all okay to shoot police? of course not. it is ridiculous to blame these incidents -- >> martha: the call for him to

react more quickly, is there any validity to him needing to say something? >> i think presidents should say something when there is a rash of incidents. he has. he has spoken. it is also on the presidents drop job to comment on every single crime that takes place. his job is to run the country and lead our nation. >> martha: you heard it on msnbc, oh, is anyone surprised as this is happening? that sort of tone. i think it's dangerous, mo. >> i also think it is dangerous when you see reports like the one one that came out today, where the president speaking to the state attorney general who gathered in washington and met with him, and this issue came up. he reportedly said to them, loo look, sometimes, it is the reverse. i think that was his quote. sometimes, there are people out there who do things like this to make other people look bad. leaving it an insinuation that it might be some sort of false

flag incident. that is certainly is not helpfu helpful. a president does not have to react to every single crime that takes place. if we are seeing this kind of a rash and's such a college attorney. lack of time, there's something happening out there, and the president has a responsibility to be a healer and showed try to bring the country together. i don't think the president has taken the opportunities that are available. >> martha: thank you very much much. again, we are expecting big news from the president on immigration and homeland security chair mike mccall just back from a visit to the southern border. he is just ahead on what he learned there and what we could see in a possible immigration bill, which was kind of a late start this afternoon. rumblings we would get something new and different tonight. also, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell about to play a huge role in what happens next. i sat down with him earlier today on capitol hill. that is coming up.

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>> martha: breaking tonight, president trump will be heading to capitol hill shortly. earlier today, i sat down exclusively with one of the main men who will help push the president's agenda through congress. in fact, he may be the most important one. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. we discussed the goals moving forward, including what to do about obamacare. watch. >> martha: we heard president trump in the speech the other day say that the time of empty talk is over. this is the era of action. do you agree with him? >> i do. i do. everybody talked about last year's election being a change election. actually, it wasn't, for congress. american people realized that annette.mike republican senate and republican house gave us a president that will sign a rigi. i really like with the president is doing. i think the cabinet appointments have been terrific. the supreme court nominations, truly outstanding.

he is beginning to move on deregulating and overregulated america. of course, we are going to fix the health health care system a tax reform. we are excited about having somebody who will sign into law the things that we have been advocating for years. >> martha: you sat down with him yesterday at the white house, you and speaker ryan. what was your sense of what his top priority of the things you just mentioned mentioned? >> first, we are going to move with fixing health care. repealing replacing obamacare. but in the meantime, we are also taking regulations that have overregulated the economy off the books, both through his own actions, and other actions that we can initiate and he can sign. >> martha: that he express any frustration that there isn't a repeal plan ready to go from republicans? there is frustration out there. >> i don't think so. this is hard. this is not easy.

we are working together with the administration. to come up with something that we think will replace obamacare. >> martha: you have constituents out there, republicans across the country, who say, you had seven years to think about this. >> but we didn't have a president -- >> martha: to come up with your plan where there wasn't a whole lot going on, frankly. so, why did you not come to the table, now that you have the president in place and say, here we go, mr. president? >> i don't think this is taking a whole lot of time. this is the end of the second month of the administration. we couldn't have moved any quicker to address this issue. then if all republicans had agreed. now, we have a person who will sign whatever we passed into law. the president's decision on this is what gives us the way forward. it is not an exercise in futility anymore. in other words, what we are going to do will actually become the law of the land. >> martha: do you think tonight he should reach out to

democrats? you may need ten democrats to pass this new version of health care, whatever and ends up looking like. do you want to hear that from him? does he indicate? >> i would like to see an optimistic address tonight. i think that would be more appealing to a broader number of americans. if the people who were protesting at home are active democrats. they have a right to protest, no question about it. but they never voted for donald trump or mitch mcconnell in the first place. but there are numbers of independent voters and more open-minded democrats who i think would like to see the country move forward. and to do that, they have to deal with a republican house, republican senate, republican president. >> martha: who is driving the process? on president obama did it, he left it up to congress to formulate that plan. he was criticized for that. where is it coming from now? the white house or capitol hill? >> the secretary of health and

human services, under the law that was past eight years ago, has a lot of discretion. we are working with the new secretary, tom price, to stabilize health insurance market. some of the things he can do on his own, some will require legislation. we are working hand in hand to come up with a better health care system that we have now, which is completely and totally unsustainable. >> martha: do you feel you can get the more conservative members of the senate and the house, eventually on the same page without? >> well, here's the deal. you are either forward the president will sign or you are for the status quo. and i don't think there are many republicans who think we were sent here on obamacare for the status quo. and i think the only way the status quo will ever change this with a presidential signature. so, the arbiter of this debate is the president of united states and his team. they will tell us what they are for and if we want to change the status quo, that is what will happen. >> martha: senator mcconnell, thank you very much. >> thank you, martha. >> martha: it is all up to the

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intelligence briefing, also, about the threat from the drug cartels. also, potential terrorist coming into the united states. that is why this campaign promise of the president is fulfilling is so important to protect the homeland. >> martha: we are getting winded that there will be some sort of outreach on immigration, perhaps comprehensive immigration reform tonight. what he think about that? >> i think it would be almost like nixon going to china. for this president, who ran on a very strong anti-immigrant platform to be able to open up, i think with the american people want, when i talked to my constituents, they want the peace of mind of security being performed at the border, which he is starting to do now. we'll be working with him on that. the deportation of criminal aliens that pose a public safety threat to americans. i think once that come with a seat if that is being done, they may be more open to that conversation. we will wait and see with the president says. >> martha: he will get a lot of backlash from his staunch

supporters. >> potentially. but only he i think can propose such an idea to move forward. i don't think this can take place until americans feel safe and secure at the borders, taking care of the dangerous people here in the united states are departed. and that terrorist can't enter the united states through other pathways. >> martha: mike mccaul, thank you. joining us now, democratic response, new york congressman joe crowley, the house democratic caucus chairman. good to have you with us. welcome, sir. >> thank you. >> martha: your thoughts and what we are talking about here, and the potential for an outreach to democrats and republicans to get together on comprehensive information reform. we have heard about whole lot. >> it is hard for me to give an analysis when we don't know what the details are. in this case, the devil is in the details. we would welcome the notion or idea or of giving peace of mind to millions of people, daca children who were born here by their parents at a young age.

we are anxious to hear with those details are. quite frankly, we just don't know what to expect from this president. he has been very erratic. time will tell. >> martha: what about on obamacare? if he says that democrats tonight, look, there are issues with this plan, are you willing to work with me on that? a file set out there, wouldn't it be difficult to shut down and say, we want to talk about it? >> we are in the minority in both houses. the president have to make those overtures to us. as president obama said and i have said and members of the democratic caucus have said over and over again, if the presentation is an opportunity to keep people who have insurance now on a plan, improve that plan, keep the cost down, keep the quality of that plan where it is, if not better, that is something we can look at and be supportive of. we haven't seen anything like that coming out for congress, nor, quite frankly coming out of

the white house. >> martha: in terms of the mood that democrats walk in there with tonight, are we going to see a lot of sitting on their hands or perhaps shouting out a response to the president? will what is the democratic mood? >> i am in my 19th year in the house. the only time i've ever heard of member ever shout out to a president was a republican member from south carolina a number of years ago who shout out to president obama. i have never witnessed that before. i don't suspect that democrats will do that now. we respect the office of the president. we may not agree with him on anything, quite frankly. but we do have a healthy respect for the office itself and we are hoping that what he says tonight is positive and not negative. >> martha: congressman crowley, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> martha: the moment is fast approaching. a little bit more than an hour until president trump delivers his most important address since his inaugural. brand-new details. we are getting a look at some parts of what we may expect to hear tonight.

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>> martha: now, we are about an hour away from president trump's first address before a joint session of congress denied. the vip attendees are already shuffling through the halls of congress. we have seen their buses go by, they are looking for their seeds in the house chamber. for more on the special guest that we expect to see, we turn to our chief national correspondent, ed henry. good evening. >> good to see you, martha. joining first lady melania trump in the house chamber tonight, all to make political points, including 20-year-old megan crowley come as a child, she was diagnosed with a rare disease, overcame it after her father fol company. the start-up now has 100 employees. denisha merriweather will be here, a big school choice a partner, as well as the wider justice antonin's antonin scal. then, to highlight the crackdown on illegal immigration, the

first lady will have three guests who lost family members and killings by undocumented immigrants. jessica davis and susan oliver are widows of police officers killed by illegals. meanwhile, some democrats, like maxine waters, boycotting, while eliot engel, who for nearly 30 years, arrived hours in advance to get an ioc to shake hands of democrats and our publicans, says, nope, not tonight. >> this goes beyond ideological and political differences. the president needs to work with all people. therefore, i will listen to what he has to say today but i will not greet him and shake his hand. >> meanwhile, many democrats bringing guests, muslim immigrants, daca kids who got protection by the obama administration. tried to make a lot of political points tonight, martha. >> martha: as always, ed, thank you so much. bill o'reilly is coming up next. then, sta for president trump's address to congress. by prayer and i will be covering it all for you. watch the entire speech right

here on on fox news, followed y experts inside. he won't see it anywhere else. i am martha maccallum. see you in a bit. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on tonight. >> i think that president obama is behind because his people are certainly behind it. some of the leaks possibly come from that group. >> bill: president trump talking about leaks, but tonight he will talk about his vision for the country in front of congress. "talking points" has plenty to say about that. >> there was not a federal criminal warrant for the arrest of this individual. they have had a previous conviction but that is very different than a federal criminal for end. it >> bill: the governor of washington state not supporting his own police for enforcing the law. you will not believe this story. also, i had come a dana perino on how presidential speeches are written. and got filed in mcgurk on the alternative universe they live