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

in. caution, you are about to enter the "no spin zone." "the factor" begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> bill: hi, i am bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us and i do. about one hour from now, president trump will deliver his first address before congress, laying out his vision for the country. no matter what he says, though, some americans, including many in the press, will oppose. but it doesn't really matter. his economics will determine the success or failure of the trump administration. the big question tonight, what is the real state of the union? and that is the subject of this evening's "talking points" memo. the economy is getting stronger. wages are still rather stagnant. a tax cut for working americans might change that. consumers would likely increase spending, leading business to expand. the more labor needed in the marketplace, the higher wages

will go. if president trump announces a big expansion of the infrastructure, construction projects, that will stimulate the market, as well. so, across-the-board tax cuts and spending on roads, et cetera, is what is needed right now. of course, that will drive up the national debt. we will get to that shortly. on the national security front, the president is committed to building up in military, which is necessary, but must be done methodically. he is essentially correct when he says the usa is that mike has squandered about $6 trillion ine middle east. i mean, what have we achieved there? isis and other jihadists still a major threat paid millions of refugees now need care. iran remains a huge and army, iraq and afghanistan are chaotic. took a president tried and failed to bring stability to the middle east, using american blood. the goal was noble, the plans are flawed, to say the least. the truth is, president bush's confrontation of

president obama's retreat did not make things better in that brutal region. donald trump -- can donald trump to better? no one knows. also, on the security front, there will be a partial wall on the southern border, plus, increased enforcement of immigration law. the law is largely a symbol, the enforcement, a message. the trump administration will not accept open borders and violators of federal law. as with the middle east, immigration policy must be enforced methodically. with explanations given to the american people about why things are happening. the open borders dictionary folks have the media with them, so, to counter that, the president has to expand how his policy benefits the entire country. he should also be humane in this area, desperate, hard-working people do not deserve harsh punishment. this congress needs to get off its collective and pass updated immigration law. issue is so intense that it's a nice beach, some democrats are bringing undocumented folks as

guests, while president trump has invited families, his loved ones were killed by illegal alien criminals. after immigration, the economy, insecurity, terrorism, the problems get smaller, except for the data. it will continue to rise well past $20 trillion, can you believe it? until health care and social security spending are redefined. donald trump knows he has to run up even more debt to accomplish his agenda. add cuttings and programs is not going to balance things out for the president hoping that prosperity will eventually bring in more tax money for that is part on the road. eventually, in order to bring down the massive debt, the government will have to restructure social security and medicare payments for younger americans. the cutoff date will be 40, 45. mr. trump wants no part of fact. finally, if mr. trump is a successful inducing wages, the cultural stuff will be good to go his way. socialists like bernie sanders

and elizabeth warren will be crushed if capitalism makes a comeback. and so will many of the nanny state proponents. americans are tired of political correctness and left-wing totalitarianism. most of us have had it with it with extremism on both sides. the truth is, if this country remains a citadel of opportunity as common sense views held by regular folks, but that profile has been smothered by big government zealots, ideological, and the media that promotes a pc culture. the president's version brings increased prosperity and security. he will trounce his enemies. if economic opportunity rises in america, all the class warfare b.s. will be harder to celebrate it harder for that to happen, america needs to be unleashed. that is the memo. now, for the top story reaction, darting us from washington, lisa boothe and juan williams. juan, that i did leave anything out that the president should address tonight? >> before i say that, bill, you

got a heart. i mean, the idea that you would embrace significant immigration reform of four hard-working people, humane immigration reform, to use your language, i think that is terrific. push trump away from damming these people as rapists and murderers. i think that is -- >> bill: he hasn't done that. he just delved into the propaganda machine. >> oh, stop. >> bill: wait, juan. listen to be. do you think that singh on worldwide television that donald trump has demonized all illegal aliens as vicious criminals, do you think you saying that does you any good? >> i wasn't concerned about me. >> bill: do you think -- totally false, does anything good? >> out on the it is false. >> bill: do you think that the president united states has called every illegal alien in this country a heinous criminal? is that what you think?

>> no, he is characterized? >> bill: that's what you just said! >> when he came down that escalator last year -- >> bill: oh, juan. >> he said they are not sending us our best, they are sending murderers and thieves. let me just tell you what i think you left off, bill. i think that we -- where's all this money coming from? we talked about infrastructure. remember, not one republican -- >> bill: it is going to run up the debt, juan. >> he is going to say we are going to make all this money. i don't know where this money is coming from. >> bill: you would rather pass on infrastructure and military spending and keep it the way it is. >> no, military spending, tax reform, he wants to cut services to the poor, to the elderly in our country, that is tough. i can't agree with that unless you tell me, here's where the money is coming from. >> bill: go ahead, lisa. >> bill, the most important thing you said is regarding the economy. everything else, what juan is saying, he just becomes -- a president trump can succeed on

economic growth and getting people back to work. that is what he has promised and that is what he needs to delive deliver. >> bill: is that what he should talk about tonight, lisa? >> that is the most important that you talk about, bill. the reason being, the audience he has tonight, those of the staples. he needs those members of congress to achieve that economic success, whether it is obamacare or tax reform. he has a captive audience tonight to those individuals. he also has an unfiltered ledge of the american people that he also needs to convince about -- >> bill: he won't persuade democrats to support them. they want support him. he's got enough votes in the house and senate to get what he wants through. let's talk about tone. i think it would be better, juan, for the president to show a little sense of humor tonight, maybe a little self-deprecation, try to sell himself, not to the pinheads in congress, again, that is going to be partisan lines all the way through, but to the folks. he needs 10% more of the american people to get on board

with him, got about 45% now, he needs 55%. i think maybe he would be the warm kind of guy tonight, that would help them, no? >> that is good advice. that is legit advice. with his numbers, his poll numbers are down. 40, 45. he is the least popular president after a month that we have seen in the modern era. >> bill: that is because he is blowing up the swamp, you know that. >> i think he is creating anxiety and nervousness, even among people who may have voted for him, bill. >> bill: are you nervous? i'm not nervous. i think he is doing exactly what he said he was going to do. >> i say poll the other day that said 66% of americans think he could start a war any minute. that is nervousness. >> bill: "the walking dead," they think it zombies are coming any time. are you nervous, lisa? are you frightened? if you are, we will get someone down here to help you. >> i am not but i disagree with you that president trump has the numbers to get the things done

that he needs to get done. i disagree with that point. i don't think he does. right now, there has been his perception that has been driven by both the left on the media that president trump is not in control, that this job is too big for him, that he is not prepared for this job. >> bill: he has a majority in the house on the senate. >> he only has 52. there is limitations to that number of what he can get done. i also don't think that he necessarily has the republicans forward, even among those 52 senators. >> bill: he can persuade his own party but it looks like he is pretty much in sync with the party leadership. >> but bill, the point i was going to make earlier, the fact when you're talking about tone, what is important tonight for president trump to project is that confidence of the leadership that, the fact that he is ready for this job. he is driving the ship. he is going to get to those things accomplished because he does need to convince, not only members of the party, but senators, as well. >> bill: with confidence, i don't think donald trump -- >> leadership. >> bill: he can be tough guy trump or he can be nice guy.

i hope he is the nice guy but we will see. >> i like the nice guy but i want to see him do what you talked about, redefined social security, redefine health care. i don't see him doing it, bill. that is a little much. >> bill: i will suggest he comes to your house. [laughter] next on the run down, what should president trump's tone be tonight? we'll continue that discussion. then, later, why is the governor of washington state allowing his own police to be investigated over treatment of criminal illegal aliens? this is a shocking story. "the factor" is coming right back. ♪ people just can't get enough of me and my discounts.

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historian, first of all, did i leave anything out in the talking points that mr. trump should address tonight? >> i think one thing that he could say and it may or may not do any good, it probably won't come up with why not get the points for doing it, it's income outlook, we are all americans. he needs to, i think, put himself in the presidential tradition, began with jefferson, run through reagan, kind of a bighearted optimistic vision fo. i think his supporters would say he has that. many of his opponents, however, fervently believe, as you know, that he doesn't share that view. >> bill: you think you should try to persuade everybody to give him a chance? doesn't that look a little weak if he does that? >> >> you are president of united states. you are not going to look weak if you make an assertion of americanism come of national identity. it actually flows from his basic worldview. i mean, why not argue that the

people who are out protesting me are, as american as i am. and my job, as your president, is to convince enough of you that what i want to do to make a great again is the way to do t. >> bill: you would be conciliatory toward his opponents. there are haters out there. if i were him, i would stay away from the press tonight. it is not the right for them to go after the press. the fake news thing, not in front of congress. but let's be honest here. i don't think that whatever he says is going to persuade any democrats to support him. i mean, it is a really polarized capital right now. to speak it absolutely is. but that is why you might get some points. it is not going to hurt. i don't think it will make you look weak. he's got a strong base in the house. he has 52 senators who are going to be with him, certainly, right now, and going forward.

i think -- i don't see -- >> bill: he does have the votes. to get most of the stuff done. i think he will get the supreme court justice in, judge gorsuch. and i think that at this point, he has got to get 10% more of the folks. when he speaks, again, i wouldn't be speaking to the republicans or democrats. i am using this to talk to the folks. you got it up -- got to get it out to about 52, 55% job approval. it is doable. you're not that many people hating him. >> there is the diminishing center, there are many people there, 10%, 12%. i think that would a lot of people, folks, worry about is that he is too pugilistic. he is too quick to punch back. i take the point that he is punching back as opposed to unilaterally punching on the front end. but i think the tweets were a people, i think the fake news

people worries people, and i think you are not going to get any democrats. he has what, 85% or more of re strong base there. he has enough oxygen to reach out. >> bill: let me take issue for a moment. he got elected being pugilistic come of verbally pugilistic. he got elected. it is based wants him to lash out at the people who not only hate him, but hate anybody who supported him. that is the difference, you know, i didn't used to like president obama when he got into office or even when he left. i certainly didn't dislike people who voted for him. but now, they do. they think, these trumpians, people who supported donald trump, are the basket of deplorable is that hillary clinton described. there is a anger on the part of trump supporters. they don't want him to be too mellow. if he gets to be too mellow, they aren't going to like that. >> i'm not suggesting he walks over to nancy pelosi and sings kumbaya, which i think is

unlikely tonight. what i am suggesting is that historically speaking, you know this, great presidents don't simply gather and don might govern for their base. they govern for the base plus. you look at ronald reagan, who came in, we look at the 1980 election as a big line side, it ended early that night, as you know. he grew that number. >> bill: '84 was a big landslide prayed >> he did it by convincing a lot of people that he was not, as he himself put it -- >> bill: i think donald trump will be very wise to follow the arc of ronald reagan, who had a rough two years, obviously, shot. then, he was able, by a mostly his presence, his personality, and the improving economy, but it didn't take off until the second term, okay, to get 49 states. because people said, you know what, this guy looks like he is working out for me. of trump would be smart to look

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♪ >> bill: >> bill: "the factor" y segment tonight, president trump's address will involve a number of writers, including mr. trump. the question, how was his speech put together? turning is from washington, dana perino. so, your former boss, president bush the younger, how many speechwriters would do his date of the unity, for example? >> he did have the lead to speech writer, president trump's case, that is steve miller. but you would have your

speechwriter, then, a team of two or three people. they would usually come at least in our administration, they break up this region 23 areas, foreign policy, the mystic policy, miscellaneous. then, junior aids would write a rough draft. then, one of the things president bush very much wanted for his speeches to be logical, easily explained, so, the themes had to fit together. then, they would take it to him, they had a very heavy pan. he was a heavy editor. then, they would go back and he like to keep things pretty short, i think, 45 minute speech for him was long. then, after that, you would have the parade of cabinet officials that wanted to come in and make sure that they are packed project was the speech. >> bill: i didn't know that. president bush would let them read the speech before deliberative? >> it not necessarily --

sometimes, yes. especially, for example come on condoleezza rice with the secretary of state, dealing with the iraq war, heavy on for a foreign policy, she would have a hand on that. i don't think that they send a speech to every cabinet agency. they know, bill, what is it going to be in the speech based on the budget that they just god. that happened this week for president trump. two days ago to the agencies, their blueprints, he said, this is what i'm going to offer you in your budgets for this year. that tracks with the state of the union or the joint sessions of speech because your budget is your policy documents. >> bill: okay. did you come as a press secretary, did you get a look at the speech? did you have input? >> towards the end of the process, what i was looking for, what were the news items in the speech. what were the lines that i thought were going to get applause or laughter or memorable lines, like the axis of evil, for example. because those are the news items that i knew i was either going

to have to drive our talk about in the coming days. >> bill: so, you got a peek at it. >> yes. >> bill: for president bush the younger, there were about four people who crafted it, including himself, vcs agitating and suggesting. i assume it would be the same for president trump, right? i think president obama had a few more people helping him do it. the president doesn't sit there at the computer and knock it out himself. he doesn't do that. >> no. [laughs] we would all be so lucky to have that type of great writers. the other thing, my favorite part, bill, after it was locked down, president bush would make sure that that was finalized 48 hours before the speech, which meant nobody comed couldn't have even been condoleezza rice, she could could not get anything else in the speech. practice in the family theater. >> bill: the family theater and the white house, he's got a teleprompter, he is reading it,g him to say --

>> yes. >> bill: you were there. who also? >> that was my favorite part. really, my favorite part of the job was to be there listening because when you work for someone as closely as a president, you know their voice, you know when they might pause, you know what applause lines are going to need a little bit more time to breathe. so, you might suggest, mr. president, you might pause there, let that sink in. >> bill: how many people were there? >> ten to 12. >> bill: they were watching him doing it. how many times would he run through it? >> well, i would say, probably, six to ten. >> bill: i don't know if trump has the patience for that. [laughs] i don't know. >> also, they said the speech will be at least an hour and 5 minutes long. it will be a lot of practicing. >> bill: a lot of popcorn. i have the butter ready. iced tea. >> do you put milk duds and there? >> no. i think that is an abomination.

that should stay by itself. milk duds should stay in the other room. dana perino, everybody. >> i could try to convince you. >> bill: know. plenty ahead as "the factor" moves ahead this evening. mcguirk and gutfeld with some suggestions on the state of the union. we are not exactly sure why. next, disturbing story out of washington state. police are being investigated for upholding the law of the land. we hope you stay tuned for those reports. ♪

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♪ bill: "factor followup" segment. the clash between those who want immigration law enforced and those who do not. in washington, a state trooper who has not been publicly identified under investigation because he informed i.c.e. about an illegal alien convicted felon. fox news correspondent dan springer pick up the story. >> it was a routine call for the washington state trooper, a collision around at her state 5 in tacoma, one of the driverso chavez. a standard track of his driver's license revealed a warning from immigration and customs enforcement. he was an illegal immigrant, convicted of felony drug trafficking and deported four times between 1996 and 2,000. the trooper called i.c.e., who arrested chavez at the screen. he is now at the imitation center awaiting deportation. the trooper is under investigation by his own department for possibly violating policy. >> our troopers are into federal

immigration officials and they are there to protect the roadways, to ensure everybody on the roadways are safe. >> it is the new hypersensitive gray area in which the men and women in blue now find themselves working, sanctuary cities and states seem to want to know cooperation with i.c.e. upending a century old police ethos. >> i think they feel like the bad guys. either they are not getting support from above or the people are not coming to their defense. >> it is also happening in oregon. the sheriff's department is investigating a deputy who called i.c.e. to let them know an illegal immigrant facing domestic violence charges would be showing up at the courthouse. back in washington state, the democratic governor defense protecting undocumented criminals from deportation. >> there was not a federal criminal warrants for the arrest of this individual. he may have had a previous conviction for that is very different than a federal criminal warrant. >> i.c.e. usually doesn't issue arrest warrants basic because deportations are an administrative process, not

something that is tied up in criminal courts. >> i am concerned that this administrative investigation of this trooper will have a chilling effect, not just on this trooper, but another trooper it's another law enforcement personnel. >> bill: dan springer joins us from seattle. if actions taken against this trooper, he could sue the state of washington, he is just doing his job. this is the mandate for the president of the united states. in an executive order to remove criminal illegal aliens. we really have a situation here that will get very intense. >> he was doing the same job that law enforcement officials across the country do every day. 1.4 million times in 2015, cops just like this trooper called into i.c.e. and said, i got this guy and they want to run his name. over 112,000 i.c.e. agents went out to scenes just like that and to, and made arrests. >> bill: here is the problem. he works directly for i.c.e.,

the governor, jay inslee. the governor. he obviously doesn't want his state troopers informing us i.c.e., even if there is a deportation order or a guy that has been convicted of a felony and defy deportation four times. he doesn't want come of this governor doesn't wanted. these guys work directly for hi him. >> governor inslee seems to be making the distinction between an arrest warrant that comes from the federal government, and we will respond to those, but we will not respond to deportation requests or information requests or hey, this guy has a bunch of convictions on his record, he has been deported, he has come back, they don't want the troopers. >> bill: this is on a collision course. this is crazy stuff. let us know happens to this trooper. because this is a fascinating story. dan, thank you. when we come back, gutfeld and mcguirk on her back on how america is doing. are we on trouble or are we on

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greg gutfeld. all right, gutfeld, let's read the migrate to the country. you give it? >> i give it an a+. i grade on a curve. when you couldn't bear to the other countries of the world, t, you are gold. bad america beats a stellar france. that is why there is a line to line ticketed not a line to get out. >> bill: an a+. >> an a+. our awfulness is preferable to the world mediocrity. >> i give it a b minus. you have to maintain a perspective. things are not that bad. we are not involved in a hot war anymore, thousands of people dying. the crime rate is actually way down. there is food aplenty. i mean, the side effect of poverty is obesity. that is a good problem to have. and most liquor stores are open on sundays. >> bill: that is so true. making a lot of progress. pretty soon we will have the pot shops everywhere open on sunday, too. we can all be intoxicated seven

instead of just six. >> we are divided politically, racially. >> bill: that's what i want to get out. you of the country at this point in history, you have got civil war. social civil war, gutfeld. have you noticed, i don't know? >> i think it is healthy that people are taking it out on each other verbally and on line because what is happening, we are shifting away from violence. violence is actually reduced overall. that is because we are being such jerks to each other online. >> bill: you put the switch blades away so you can just nice people verbally. >> you murder them -- >> bill: that is progress to you. >> he is right about the violence. at this point, it is just verbal violence is what it is. also, on the downside, the real unemployment rate, very high. but overall, bill -- >> bill: it is not that high anymore. is around 5%, 5.5%. but the jobs aren't great. you can earn a lot of money. that is what president trump has to get him a break out from. >> quality of life, fantastic.

you can have -- work at mcdonald's on still buy a car at this point. >> bill: not a good car. >> i job share. >> bill: i'm a little surprised here. you look very bullish on the usa as it stands now, even with all the acrimony, which is a big word that i know you know. >> yes. >> i do, too. >> that's true. in order to have a great country, you have to have a safe country. i tnk that, tonight, the message it should be security guarantees freedom. >> bill: that is a monster tonight for you. >> it should be. he should stress has america first message, an inclusive message. >> bill: inclusive. >> black americans, latino americans, muslim americans, white americans, christians, an inclusive message. it has been distorted as some sort of hateful sentiment. he should stress that fact, somehow or another, he should get that across to the people. >> bill: and safe spaces for

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vice president pence right here as pop-up would say. i am bill o'reilly. please, remember, that "the spin stops here." we are looking out for you. now, let's hand things over to bret baier and martha maccallum, warming up for the president >> bret: you are looking live inside the house chamber in capitol hill. we are minutes away from watching president trump's first address to a joint session of congress. good evening from washington, i am bret baier. >> martha: and i am martha maccallum. arguably delivering the most important speech of president trump's young presidency, he will lay out a optimistic vision for the renewal of the american spirit. that is the theme of the evenin evening. the forgotten man and women of the country, he will promise

them that help is on the way. >> bret: also promising a bold agenda, tax reform, defense spending, dismantling obamacare, adding a risk placement. and now a new push. not only for border security but a comprehensive immigration reform bill as long as there are compromises on both sides. >> martha: here to take all of us through the evening, brit hume. chris wallace. dana perino. also cohost of the five, juan williams and host of "tucker carlson tonight" ," tucker carlson. >> bret: these are always interesting moments where you have all the different elements coming in that were coming in before the president is announced. some years you see the posting up along the aisle, we don't

know if you will see that. sheila jackson lee, it doesn't look like very many are doing them at the moment. >> the writer that has to do this speech, this is always a murderous speech because you don't know whether to go through the process and reach for poetry, many times presidents try to do a little bit of both. think of how many have covered so many of these. how many of us can remember anything we said in one of these addresses to congress, whether it was a formal state of the union address -- hard to remember many of them. >> martha: many of the democrats are wearing whites tonight, they are proclaiming they will not be pushed backwards. it represents the suffragettes. that is them expressing their views tonight. >> we tend to overstate the

importance of these pieces as bret indicated. i think is a very important speech for donald trump, for two reasons. one, there is a lot of division on the republican side about some of the main articles of this legislative agenda. specifically talking about obamacare, tax reform. i can tell you republicans in the house and senate are definitely looking for some guidance. some general guiding principles about what the president wants to see. something they can all get behind, and that they know the president will protect them on. a president can do a lot by executive action. there are limits to how much he can accomplish. we are seeing that now is president trump undoes president obama. he will get some of this legislation through, but he will need democratic support on some of this. he has made it easy with a very sharp line for democrats to say no, i think you will see an

effort tonight to reach out to democrats and say let's work together on some things. bret mentioned comprehensive immigration perform. something you might see an appeal for bipartisan cooperation. >> bret: you see vice president pence, speaker of the house paul ryan. they are friends. you see the announcement of the next group of people coming in. those are the justices of the u.s. supreme court. they will make their way to their seats. d as, you saw a lot of these. press secretary behind the scenes. >> america is energized, whether they are hopeful, president trump will have a clean slate with congress. he has nominated neil gorsuch to be a supreme court justice, that is all he has done so far. justice roberts, one supreme court justice. he was in president bush's term.

president trump has the one, neil gorsuch. he probably will get another. you'll probably hear a little bit of that tonight. the voters that came out for him really love that choice. >> martha: juan, emma kratz have been pretty dug in about the resistance movement for the most part. we get the feeling that president trump will reach out in some way and open the door to them. what are the areas that you think there is possibility that they might meet him halfway on? >> it's an interesting conundrum, martha. on infrastructure spending, there were only three votes in the senate back in '094 obama stimulus package. i don't think there were any in the house. now you come with something like an infrastructure spending deal, you can anticipate that democrats might say yes, the question is what will republicans, given their

orthodoxy, say to that kind of stimulus coming from a republican president? >> i think he can do some outreh to democrats but would he really has to do at that moment is say i am here as a republican to the republicans in congress. and try to keep them in line. he cannot afford -- he has the republican majority in the house, senate, if he can enforce party rule. he can get some legislative accomplishments down the. >> bret: the neon blue ties. we are waiting for the first lady, melania trump, to be announced. >> it will be interesting to see which tie the president wears. that is something to wait for. >> bret: tucker, your thoughts thoughts. >> look, the president -- there is a pretty large overlap between what he wants to do on

policy and what democrats have said for decades that they would like to do. one, he has delivered a lot in the last couple of months. we squandered billions abroad. he is saying we should spend at home. our democrats going to respond to that? no, we are against that? >> bret: listen to the house chamber as the first lady walks in. >> martha: melania trump, taking in her moment. the first time for her as if she comes into the chamber to watch her husband give this very important speech tonight. there is ivanka trump and her husband, jared kushner. he has a senior advisor to the president. these people are getting used to watching them live. kind of getting used to a very new situation for everybody,

applauding the family as they come in. a number of guests that have joined them. many are victims of immigrant violence. in some cases, one is a person who has a rare disease. she is joining melania trump there as well. she has had a little bit of a difficult initiation but she is spending more and more time in washington. she says she plans to move here soon. >> mr. speaker, the president's cabinet. >> bret: being announced on the house floor, the problem is they are not all seated yet because they have not all been confirmed by the u.s. senate. there still some cabinet members who have not come out there. rex tillerson, behind him steven mnuchin, elaine chao. also the wife of mitch mcconnell. chris, we were at the white house today.

lunch with the president. most of it was off the record. melania trump, the first lady was there. she came and greeted us. it was an interesting moment, the president and first lady are getting there legs about them as far as how to deal with this town. >> it was very interesting because we were all surprised, we did not expect mrs. trump to show up, there's been this narrative that she is uncomfortable in the white house and as first lady. she could not have seemed more comfortable and gracious. after all of us crowded around us and said hello to her, she said she had a lot of work to do so i have the sense that she will be much more engaged than some of us have been led to believe. >> bret: the designated survivor is out of the city in case the worst possible thing

happens. >> martha: it takes on a whole new meaning. as we prepare for this moment, we watched paul ryan and vice president mike pence getting ready. ♪ >> martha: it is standing room only in the house chamber tonight. we are moments from donald trump's first address, it is called a joint session of congress tonight. it is his first time as president, good evening from washington, everybody. i am a martha maccallum. >> bret: he will be introduced by the sergeant of arms, to address lawmakers and of course the american people. chief white house correspondent is live on the north lawn. >> good evening to you, bret. the las