>> run to the radio if you have to run from the tv. kilmeade and friends.com. >> he has another three hours. you like to talk. >> have a great ash wednesday. see you tomorrow. >> bill: we start with this fox news alert. good morning and shift in tone at president trump promises a new chapter of american greatness. his line from last night in his first address to congress. we've got a lot to get to today on the morning after the speech. i'm bill hemmer, good morning to you at home and live in "america's newsroom." here we go. >> shannon: good to see you. i'm shannon bream. president tumble talking about immigration, border security and obamacare. many are saying he struck a kinder, gentler tone that we are used to hearing. >> president trump: i'm here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength and a message deeply delivered from my heart. we may be a nation divided on

policies. we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. [applause] we will soon begin the construction of a great, great wall along our southern border. [applause] we're also taking strong measures to protect our nation from radical islamic terrorism. [applause] i will be asking congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in infrastructure of the united states financed through public and private capital creating millions of new jobs. i am also calling on this congress to repeal and replace obamacare. [cheering and applause] the time for small thinking is over. the time for trivial fights is

behind us. our citizens deserve this and so much more. so why not join forces and finally get the job done and get it done right? i am asking everyone watching tonight to seize this moment, believe in yourselves, believe in your future, and believe once more in america. america must put its own citizens first because only then can we truly make america great again. [cheering and applause] >> bill: that speech timed exactly to one hour last night and then about 30 minutes ago we get the first tweet of the day, the first since that speech and it's simple two words, thank you. >> shannon: short and sweet. john roberts is live at the white house this morning. how are they feeling about last

night's speech there at 1600 pennsylvania avenue? >> the white house couldn't be happier. to say they are thrilled to be an understatement. you never know how these things go until they were delivered and they were very happy with the way it came off last night. it is a much-needed reboot for an administration under siege for the last 35, 40 days with so many problems besetting it. it moves them from the phase of the early days of thministratio into the opportunity to get through some of the president's big legislative items. pretty clear last night from the reaction of the democrats that repealing and replacing obamacare is going to be fought every step of the way. getting his tax reform proposal through also is going to be a heavy lift. the president really surprised everyone yesterday, we found out about noon yesterday when he said he was going to ask congress to tackle the idea of immigration reform. listen to what he said last night. >> president trump: i believe

that real and positive immigration reform is possible. we are guided by the well-being of american citizens that i believe republicans and democrats can work together to achieve an outcome that has eluded our country for decades. >> the president didn't go into any level of detail in his speech last night but we're told he is open to a potential path for legal status for all of the people -- not all of the people but many of the people who are in the country illegally and for the so-called dreamers, the children who were brought here by illegal immigrants the president may actually be open, shannon, to citizenship for those folks. we'll -- this is going to be a controversial issue and will require a lot of compromise by both sides. the president says he wants to get it done. >> shannon: something heated during the gop primaries. the candidates took shots at each other. we'll see where they end up on that. in the meantime what's the latest on the immigration or

travel order we're waiting on? >> we were told the president was going to sign that new executive order today. they don't really want to step on the afterglow of the speech. they thought it went so well last night they don't want to make the pivot into something that's controversial and draw a lot of fire. they decided they'll delay the signing of that executive order until friday. don't forget the president also has a big appearance tomorrow afternoon on the uss ford in norfolk, virginia. and one other little change, iraq is not going to be removed from the list of seven countries that are covered by the visa plan but placed into a different category. iraq has a different relationship with the u.s. than the other countries do. >> shannon: thank you. >> bill: let's get analysis from the guy who knows these speeches. marc thiessen, a fellow at the american enterprise institute. good morning.

you were the lead writer on two addresses, state of the union. score it from last night. how did you hear it? >> i can speak with some authority on this. this was not just a good speech for donald trump, this was one of the best addresses to congress that any president has given. not saying it is good for trump. it was a terrific great speech. he was hopeful, positive, optimist i can. he laid out a positive vision for the country. where he wanted the lead us and what america looks like when america is great again. i love the technique of using the upcoming 250th anniversary of our independence and asking americans what do we want our country to look like when we celebrate that? he disarmed his critics by reaching out across the aisle and asking democrats to join him in a bipartisan effort to tackle these problems like finding healthcare who are under collapsing obamacare. immigration, infrastructure and helping our inner cities. i think that was disarming.

before last night the democrat strategy, the motto was resist. it looks petty when the president is saying let's work together to help poor people struggling in the inner city and find healthcare for all our citizens. they look increasingly small and petty if they don't go along with it. >> bill: we're trying to piece it together how it came together and how they made the decisions they did. what leadership he provided for the team there. politico has a good write-up. one of the lines they talk about in the politico piece is he thought his message was mischaracterized. what you did not have, mark, was the line about american carnage that you had in the inauguration speech 40 days ago. a lot of suggestions that the white house wanted to make sure you didn't capture one of those lines so that was the stand-out attention-getter. >> sure. >> bill: that did not happen. i'm wondering as a speech

writer, are you aware of that? what is the intent there? what is the purpose behind all that? >> i think they responded to the reaction to the inaugural address it was described as dark. i thought it was more optimistic than people gave it credit for. using words like carnage overshadowed some of the uniting message of that speech. i hope what he learned from last night's experience was he doesn't need the tactics of the campaign anymore. he is the president of the united states. those things were great for getting elected. attacking the press and critics. he has a tool that's far more powerful now, the power of the presidency, the power of the bully pulpit. he used the bully pulpit last night to rise above his critics and the media and to unite the country behind an agenda. if he continues on that path and the democrats don't go along and the media continues with the hysterical criticizing of everything he does, then they will look small and petty

and irrelevant. so i think he has a more powerful tool. the bully pulpit is more powerful than twitter and i hope he uses it. >> bill: i chose the following moment. the story about the harley davidson exectives at the white house two weeks ago when he said the following. to our viewers at home. capture the last line in this comment here. watch. >> president trump: they told me without even complaining because they have been so mistreated for so long that they've become used to it. that it is very hard to do business with other countries because they tax our goods at such a high rate. they weren't even asking for a change but i am. >> bill: they were not asking for a change, but i am. that captures his moment today, mark. that's what i think. >> no doubt. i think you're 100% right. one of many terrific moments in this speech. the moment where he also was talking to the widow of our fallen hero who fought in yemen.

the fact is we're going to be doing a lot more missions like that under donald trump. we'll go after these guys with special operations forces on the ground and americans will get ready for a much more aggressive fight against terror. but he was -- it was bipartisan, he sided with the american people against the elites but did it in a positive, hopeful way. if he continues to take a positive. hopeful approach. if you were an american out there looking at this. supporters loved it, they loved the campaign tactics. if you're looking saying can i get behind this guy as president? i'm not sure what i think of donald trump. last night you looked and said i can follow this guy. i can do that. that's very powerful. >> bill: mark thiessen. good analysis. 10 minutes past the hour. now they'll hit the road. we don't have the schedule. not sure where they're going but when john roberts get it from the white house we'll fast it to you. >> shannon: a lot of talk about unity last night.

the democrats aren't on board with most of these ideas. a very special guest at the address last night. [applause] we'll take a look at easily the most emotional moment of the evening, a tribute to the widow of fallen navy seal rhino ryan owens. >> bill: the president promising to build a wall on mexico. how did it go over inside the room. texas congressman mike mccaul is live on that moments away. >> shannon: deadly tornadoes ripping through parts of the midwest. we're live from one of the hardest-hit areas. >> it's a disaster. it looks like a bomb went off. had to get in the bathtub to survive and my whole street is wrecked. got an estimate in 24 hours.

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>> president trump: by finally enforcing our immigration laws we'll raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions of dollars and make our communities safer for everyone. we want all americans to succeed but that can't happen in an environment of lawless chaos. we must restore integrity and the rule of law at our borders. for that reason we'll soon begin the construction of a

great, great wall along our southern border. >> bill: half the room applauded that. the other half did. a hard line stance on immigration in that address. days ahead of his new executive order set to be announced friday and iraq as a country will be dropped from that ban. texas congressman mike mccaul with me now. good morning to you. thank you for your time. take us inside the chamber. what did you observe last night? >> a very strong performance. kind of like a lion in the chamber, commanding presence. the most presidential speech he has ever given. and i think it played not just to the republican party, bill, but he was president to all americans. i think all the issues he brought up last night jobs, manufacturing, infrastructure, but also my issues related to national security, the military, securing the border,

protecting america, and, of course, when the navy seal widow was recognized was one of the most powerful moments of the evening. >> bill: no question about that. are democrats in a tough spot here? marc thiessen was saying how they may look petty if the whole resist movement continues. do you have a view on that right now? >> it was very difficult for them not to agree with a lot of the points the president made. in fact, they did stand up and applaud for most of what he was saying although you did see, you know, pelosi and others that would not applaud. but i think it will be very difficult. this speech was received at 76% favorability by the american people. i think that really speaks volumes about where he was going into this speech and where he is coming out of it. >> bill: what did you not hear? i know your reviews say -- you're a republican as well, i get it. what did you want to hear that you did not hear perhaps?

>> we did hear a lot. i didn't hear anything about cybersecurity, which i think is one of the most critical national security issues that we face right now. iran, he did get into that to some extent. >> bill: he mentioned it but did not say we'll tear the deal apart. is that significant at all do you think with regard to iran? >> it was not a bilateral negotiation. it was multi-lateral and it makes it difficult for him. but you know iran, we know the ambassador of iraq is worried about the shia militias driven by iran going into mosul taking off iraq. when i brief him on the campaign we talked about the idea that iran may take advantage of the situation to move in and take over iraq. and so he is very much cognizant of that fact. i thought it was an incredible speech last night. >> bill: what do you make of the word from the white house

taking iraq away from the travel ban? >> i met with the president of iraq at the munich security conference and he was very worried about this travel ban, what it meant for his country. i think iraq at the end of the day is an ally. we do have an embassy there. i think that could be a positive step recognizing that isis is still very present in iraq, and syria. and most of these countries are there because they're state sponsors of terror or failed state without any governance. in terms of reaching out to an ally where we really need to work together to defeat isis, that may be a good approach. >> bill: let me get to one more thing. the new program announced where you as an american can call a phone number or report to a website if you are a victim of crime from an illegal immigrant. it's called voice. this is what happened. then i want you to tell us about the reaction specifically.

let's roll this. >> president trump: the office is called voice, victims of immigration crime engagement. we are providing a voice to those who have been ignored by our media and silenced by special interests. >> bill: now in the middle of that statement you heard the growns -- groans from the audience. what did it sound like to you? >> one of the most vocal moments in opposition to what the president was saying. he is talking about a voice within the department of homeland security to give victims of illegal immigration criminal aliens attacking them a voice with the united states government. i think it's a great idea. i'll look at my committee at proposing legislation to authorize this office within the department. i think the democrats are probably thinking it will be a voice for the immigrants. he is talking about the voice

of victims of illegals in this country. he is trying to do two things. secure the border and get criminal aliens and drug traffickers and human traffickers out of this country. >> bill: the reaction was interesting. so thank you for your reaction today. mike mccaul. thank you, sir, from the hill. thank you. what's next? >> shannon: president trump unveiling clues about his plans for education reform. >> these families should be free to choose the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or homeschool that is right for them. >> shannon: one of last night's guests once a struggling student is the face for success based on school choice especially for those who can't afford the option. she is going to join us live. >> bill: looking forward to that. repealing and replacing obamacare is part of last night talking about one of his main objectives. can republicans agree on how to do it? >> president trump: we now know that all of those promises have

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>> president trump: as a young girl denisha struggled in school and failed third grade twice. but then she was able to enroll in a private center for learning. great learning center with the help of a tax credit and a scholarship program. today she is the first in her family to graduate not just from high school, but from college. later this year she will get her masters degree in social work. we want all children to be able to break the cycle of poverty just like denisha.

>> shannon: president trump inviting denisha merriweather to last night's speech highlighting education reform and school choice. she joins us live after a quick night of sleep last night. good to see you and congratulations on your forthcoming masters degree in may. what was it like to be there last night in that room as the president spoke and singled you out? >> thank you so much. i'm so honored to be here. it was such an honor and privilege to be invited to the white house to meet him beforehand. him and the first lady and i was just honored to represent all of the thousands of students who have benefited from education option to be there and represent them. >> shannon: i read a little bit about your story. very inspiring. you talk about the fact that you were struggling in elementary school like so many kids do. your family didn't have the option of saying we'll put you in a fancy private school but through tax credits and scholarships you were able to go somewhere different and talked about it was a totally

different atmosphere. people believed in you and expected you to succeed. how did it make all the difference for you? >> yeah, most definitely. going to that small, private school in jacksonville, they felt like a family to me, you know? before i went to school, i really hated going to school. felt like a nightmare of punishment. i say that all the time but it really did. i dreaded going there. after going to a private school on the step up for student scholarship. they became a family. they helped me pay for college entrance exams, they took me to school and to basketball practice. every gap that was there that my family couldn't fill, my school was there to fill it. and that's what it is all about. kids spend most of their time in school and so why not send them to a great one? >> shannon: i know you're friends with governor jeb bush who education has been a big topic for him and you

interviewed him for a podcast and talked about the fact. he said just because people are poor and don't have all the advantages financially doesn't mean they're stupid and it is patronizing for people to say you shouldn't be able to make your own choices about education because you don't have money in the bank. >> that's the thing that really like rages me down to my core. there are a lot of people that say well, these poor people aren't able to make an intelligent decision about where they want to send their kid. i'm an example of how my godmother not having a lot of money, still not having a lot of money, was able to make an informed decision about where she wanted to send me to school and i graduate with my masters degree in may. it's really demeaning to say that just because you are poor and don't make a lot of money that you are not intelligent enough to send your kid to a very good school or to send your kid to a school that you think is best for them. >> shannon: the president said last night he considers this is

civil rights issue of this century. is that overstating it for you? >> not at all. i have had the honor and the privilege to become close friends with reverend h.k. matthews. this is a moral issue. students and parents should have the opportunity to choose the best education for them and not aligned by politics at all. i'm an independent and i think politics don't have a place in education. >> shannon: you are making a difference as a voice and i know with your masters degree in social work you'll get out and make a difference in real lives as well. great to have you on. >> bill: love her, wow, well done. 9:30 in new york and the heated debate over the travel ban. >> president trump: it is not compassion but reckless to allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur. >> bill: the new order will come later this week. we're told it is changing as we

speak. we'll tell you how. plus there is this. [cheering and applause] >> shannon: an incredibly emotional moment last night honoring the widow of fallen navy seal ryan owens and his memory as well. what the president had to say about her great husband. [applause] micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day.

>> bill: here is another shocker. the dow 30 has now crossed 21,000 for the first time. get this now. in less than four months, we have moved more than 3,000 points at the new york stock exchange. this is all about taxes, it's all about regulations, it's all about how american and international companies who do business in america and overseas believe this government under president trump will change the tax laws

and change regulations in america, which would make in turn american companies more profitable and american workers with a bigger tax break. all this is moving right now but 21,000. eight points up on the positive side by almost 200 points in the first four minutes of trading. that is absolutely -- you can wait another generation before you see another move like this. this is big. back to that in a moment. >> shannon: white house is now set to issue its revised travel ban on friday. that new executive order is expected to be met with fierce resistance from democrats who spent much of last night sitting during the president's address. >> president trump: we will look back on tonight as when this new chapter of american greatness began. the time for small thinking is

over. the time for trivial fights is behind us. i am asking all citizens to embrace this renewal of the american spirit. i am asking all members of congress to join me in dreaming big and bold and daring things for our country. >> shannon: joining me now former massachusetts senator scott brown and former ohio congressman dennis kucinich. good to see you both today. you both have sat through these speeches and know there is usually on almost everything a partisan divide where half is sitting, half is standing. i want to start with you, congressman. the president talked a lot about unity last night and talked about places he hoped they could work together. democrats didn't stand during that. was it an olive branch, enough of a reach to them? >> first of all let's talk about the american people. the american people want unity. they want deeds to match the words but they want unity. it is not about agreeing on issues, it's about seeking a

common purpose. and that's where i think the american people are. >> shannon: we in some polling see that upwards of 70 into the almost 80% feel it was a positive speech, a good speech. senator, a lot of people think it's a different speech since they have seen from the president before. do you think he changed any minds last night? >> i think so as evidenced by the polling you referenced. it was a hopeful, patriotic speech full of opportunity for those who wanted to grab it and work with the president and his agenda. the thing that struck me and dennis and i have been to three, dennis has been to more than me, but the thing that kind of stood out just sitting back and watching it with my wife was that there were so many opportunities for the democrats to smile, nod, give a little clap on things like school choice, like securing our border, like improving our military and they didn't do it.

it resonates with the american people watching. >> shannon: somebody who will be critical of things getting done on capitol hill is chuck schumer, a bit of his reaction what he said a short time ago this morning. >> with donald trump the speeches don't mean very much because what he says in his campaign, at the inauguration, last night aren't attached to reality to his own reality. his speeches are populist aimed at the working folks who supported him. his governing and what he does is hard right favoring special interests over the working class. actions speak louder than words. he hasn't done anything to unite. >> shannon: he said there was nothing in the speech he could support last night. he said that standing up and praising law enforcement and the military is all he could do. but there were things, infrastructure and others. would you expect democrats should be able to praise something in the speech?

>> partisan thinking has its limitations. i would agree with what scott said earlier. the whole thing about governance is we understand that we don't agree on everything but we have to show the american people our capacity to be able to work together. that's what people are looking for. i would hope that as we go forward, we realize that what happened last night was that president trump made a shift. and he not only looked and sounded presidential, but there is an opportunity here and an opening to try to bring this country together. we won't agree on everything but we are all americans and we have a common purpose as a nation. >> shannon: that's how he closed. he said we bleed the same blood, salute the same flag, created by the same god. final word to you. >> i thought that he nailed it. unfortunately chuck schumer went back to the democratic talking points. this is an olive branch to the democrats and he doesn't have a full cabinet, shannon. so when they announced his

cabinet was coming in i chuckled. it's 3/4 of a cabinet. give him the cabinets and the tools to do his job. let the democrats and republicans work on the things that they agree on and save the other stuff until later. the american people are demanding it. they did it in the polls. they did it in the elections. they want a different direction. and here we have an opportunity to do it. let's grab it and move. >> right. >> shannon: thank you, you can agree on that and we like that. good to see you both. >> bill: like those guys. one of the more emotional moments last night was the recognition of ryan owens. president trump acknowledged him last night. that moment prompting a standing ovation that lasted well over two minutes. ryan owens was on his 12th deployment. he was 36 years old and the father of three children. >> president trump: ryan was a part of a highly successful

raid that generated large amounts of vital intelligence that will lead to many more victories in the future against our enemy. ryan's legacy is etched into eternity. thank you. [applause] [cheering and applause] make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products.

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d.c. cadillac one or the beast, the armored vehicle that takes him to capitol hill. you can see him reading over parts of the speech kind of hammering home the final words or points that he wants to make on that last run-through on the very short ride. you only have a minute or two. when they clear that road for the president especially there is no traffic. >> bill: i don't need to red lips for a living. if you go back and watch it again, we'll make america great again. one of the first lines he got set to deliver on the first half of the speech but there is a great piece in politico how trump's disciplined speech came together. i don't know if other people are writing about it. the first accounting i've seen of it. some great details about what they were doing yesterday. >> shannon: there are tweaks until the last minute. >> bill: this went up to 6:15 last night. it is really intriguing piece. if you want to check it out for

more insight. we roll on to obamacare and more. >> president trump: tonight i'm also calling on this congress to repeal and replace obamacare with reforms that expand choice, increase access, lower costs and at the same time provide better healthcare. mandating every american to buy government-approved health insurance was never the right solution for our country. the way to make health insurance available to everyone is to lower the cost of health insurance and that is what we are going to do. [applause] >> bill: rousing response from fellow republicans on that. promising to deliver on plans of repeal and replace. how do you do that? tennessee republican marsha blackburn with us from tennessee. late night, early morning. let's start with your first impressions there. by the way, the dow still above 21,000. we're in uncharted territory

yet again. last night what did you think? >> i thought the speech was very disciplined, very presidential. he built a great framework and now it is up to us to fill in the picture, if you will. and to put some legislation forward and that's what we intend to do. >> bill: let's fill in the picture now. obamacare repeal and replace. >> yes. >> bill: that's a big lift. will it happen? >> yes, it is going to happen. we'll start with reconciliation. we'll allow dr. price to do some things through the rules process at hhs. you know, obamacare gave the authority to the secretary of hhs 1400 times in the 2300 page bill and we'll come forward with legislation. we have a lot of legislation, bill. last congress we had over 100 bills that would have improved healthcare delivery and brought about the patient-centered reforms that we as republicans have talked about since before

-- >> bill: 100 bills. maybe that's the problem. maybe there are too many ideas. i ask you that because mitch mcconnell just yesterday said there is not a cohesive plan to paraphrase his comment. >> i heard what leader mcconnell said. i disagree with him on that. the way you bring about consensus is by putting different ideas on the table and saying let's do this and let's not do that. my hr314, which is the across state line purchase of health insurance and the president mentioned it last night, that is legislation others worked on prior to 2008 and i have worked on it since that time. some things take a little while to get right. we have legislation. what we're doing now is not arguing over how you want to go a certain direction. what we are doing now is the finish work, the details, just deciding are we nuanceing this way or another way and you are

going to see us move forward quickly on this. health subcommittee at energy and commerce, we're meeting today at noon and we're rolling. >> bill: whether it's obamacare, tax reform or immigration, you throw a dart. just pick one of those and it's a big job. >> yes, indeed it is and why we're working every week and four and five days a week here in d.c. and then going home and working two days on the weekend, not taking a day off. but we have a window to get this done. >> bill: you do have a window. how long do you think that is >> i think we have a window of about six months to put some things forward that will put the legislative framework in place and then begin the phasing out of obamacare, the phasing in of something new. laying the pathway to move for reform in the individual tax

rates and also the corporate tax rates. and then also to deal with the infrastructure issues. >> bill: that's another big one, too. it takes you right up to labor day. >> yes. >> bill: if that calendar sticks. what do you think last night did to all of that? >> i think what last night did was to set forth the way the president is going to view this. i viewed last night as a challenge to congress to move forward, put some bills on the floor, pass these bills, send these bills to him. allow us to do that work that is necessary to stabilize the health insurance marketplace. obamacare is imploding. you have a third of the country that only was one insurance provider at this point. five states, total states, one insurance provider. this thing is in a death spiral. it has to be dealt with. so the president laid forward the challenges of the big issues, but i love the way he

ended the speech. started and ended talking about the 250-year challenge and dreaming big dreams and working to make those dreams come true. that's the spirit of america. >> bill: we shall leave it there. thanks for coming back. marsha blackburn from tennessee. thank you for your time. >> shannon: deadly tornado ripping through the midwest. at least three people killed. we're live from one of the hardest hit towns. >> bill: grading the president's speech republicans weighing in. democrats weighing in. we'll tell you about that. how they score it and what is next? >> president trump: millions lifted from welfare to work is not too much to expect. and streets where mothers are safe from fear, schools where children learn in peace, and jobs where americans prosper and grow are not too much to ask. [applause]

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>> shannon: at least three people killed after strong storms ripped across parts of central u.s. tornadoes ripping through several states in the upper midwest and northern arkansas flipping over cars on highways, just up rooting trees. minor injuries reported as well as the deaths. 90 minutes outside of chicago in illinois was hard hit. what's the latest you are hearing about the storms? what are you seeing? >> the very latest shannon is the sun came up a few hours ago. first responders are combing through this neighborhood to look for potential victims and shut off utilities and gas lines. you can see the home behind me. the homeowner says when this storm came she hid inside of

that bedroom closet with the pink walls and when she came out this is all that remained. her home was shifted off the entire foundation. we spoke to some neighbors in this community who described the terror and say they are fortunate to be alive. >> it was terrifying, absolutely terrifying. we were trying -- we don't have a basement accessible from the inside so we were in the bathroom. the tornado went right over the house. window blew in on my 2-year-old and my wife. >> it happened so quick. everything was just thrown around banging off everything. then it just quick as it got here it left. >> this is still a very dangerous scene. downed power lines everywhere. many of them laying on the wet roads and the wet materials. there were tornadoes reported across the midwest in southern states including missouri and arkansas and this rare february storm system.

the illinois governor scheduled to be here to tour the damage shortly. the storm system not over moving through the northeast as far as boston and the south. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: those visuals tell the whole story. >> bill: tough night for those folks there. meantime now comes the hard part. president donald trump calling on congress to unite behind his agenda from last night. who will deliver on some big promises? new reaction top of the hour. right here. >> president trump: we're one people with one destiny. we all bleed the same blood. we all salute the same great american flag. and we all are made by the same god.

>> shannon: president trump calling on congress to unite behind his agenda now it's up to the republicans to carry out

his ambitious plans from immigration and infrastructure, he laid it out last night. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." >> bill: good morning, big night last night. a lot of reaction, too, overall the president getting high marks for that address. laying out his plans for immigration, healthcare, tax reform, jobs in america. mr. trump handing congress a full plate and topping the list repealing and replacing of obamacare and that went down this way last evening. >> president trump: remember, when you were told that you could keep your doctor and keep your plan. we now know that all of those promises have been totally broken. obamacare is collapsing and we must act decisively to protect all americans. [applause]

action is not a choice, it is a necessity so i am calling on all democrats and republicans in congress to work with us to save americans from this imploding obamacare disaster. [applause] >> bill: so now chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel from the hill. what are you hearing first from republicans after the speech last night? >> good morning. i ran into a number of republican lawmakers here in statuary hall last night and they thought president trump hitting a home run. those working on replacing and repealing obamacare they were glad he spent a good deal of time on healthcare and looking at the best ideas of healthcare and getting it done in congress.

>> this notion that because there are five different ideas is a sign of weakness is ridiculous. should we all be listening to whatever they mandate down our throat and voting for a law and find out what's in it after we pass it the way the democrats did a few years ago? it's a good thing there are a lot of different ideas. >> other republicans told us they didn't think the president spoke like a member of the gop. he sounded like a proud american who tried to inspire the american people and wants to help move the country forward, bill. >> bill: what's the criticism from democrats? what are they saying this morning, mike? >> they don't love that obamacare criticism. they continue defending it. on russia democratic lawmakers said they wish the president said he had nothing to hide and he wanted to call for a special prosecutor or independent investigation and also those critical of the president's call for a probe into victims of immigrant crime. >> i think that office is ridiculous. obviously we want to go after

all criminals. the overwhelming majority of immigrants are law abiding and want to be part of the american dream. to put an office like this out there shows how anti-immigrant this president is. >> it was striking to see many democrats rush out of the house chamber last night. a sign of how polarized things are here on capitol hill. >> bill: early to bed. mike emmanuel live from capitol hill. >> shannon: fox news politics editor chris stirewalt. how are you, chris? >> i feel like you were just here? >> shannon: the magic of planes, trains and automobiles. it's magical. also a lot of people thought the speech was magical last night. not democrats, though. we've heard from the senate minority leading saying he can't agree with anything the president laid out. when the president talked about obamacare he did give specifics. the five things he is planning to do or wants to see done and then at the end of it said let's all agree we can work together for the love of

country, the love of our people, and it was crickets chirping on the democrats' side. >> whatever chuck schumer says he loves the idea of borrowing a trillion dollars and spending it on infrastructure more than most republicans do. there will be places where this president who delivered not a bipartisan speech, a trans partisan speech. the dark populism we heard in the inaugural address took a different tone and he pointed out some of those places where democrats will like what he is saying a great deal. infrastructure spending is their bag. the obamacare thing is huge. lost in the speech and reviewing it as a piece of political theater was the fact the president laid down a huge marker. we've been talking about how the president needed to get specific. he got specific on obamacare, the first order of business for congress. and they have to do it before they do taxes. they have to do it before they do anything else because of the interlocking nature of everything.

he laid out a really, really, really conservative plan on obamacare and it is going to be fascinating to watch them fight this through. >> shannon: he talked about covering pre-existing conditions, tax credit and expanded health savings account so people can buy the insurance they want to buy. not what's mandated for them and talked about giving state governors flexibility with medicaid and reforming things like getting down drug prices which got applause from democrats and people said people should be able to buy across state lines. he didn't talk about people staying on their plans until 26. doesn't mean it won't be part of the plan and making sure every person gets covered. there were some tweaks to what we've heard in the past. >> i was going to try to parse out what he said specifically it sounds like there will be a bail-out of the insurance industry to try to get over into next year because if you don't, a lot -- million else of people will lose coverage. he will try to get congress to cough up dough for the

insurance industry it sounded like. on the other side of that the biggest thing he said was no more mandates. if there is no mandate, think about it. if there is no mandate the only quote, unquote fiscally responsible part of obamacare was the mandate by compelling people to purchase insurance if they didn't want to to bring young and healthy people into the risk pool to bring down the costs for older, sicker people and bringing fines for individuals who don't do that was the fiscally sound part of it that moderate democrats wanted. if you blow that up things will get really expensive really fast or you've got to come up with some alternative that we haven't heard of yet. >> shannon: he also for the democrats gave them something i saw people from both sides of the aisle cheering for, paid family leave and that concerns a lot of people who say other mandate on business owners talking about rolling back regulations, a burden on people to figure ou how to pay for it but something he was offering across the aisle.

>> you have only been gone from washington a few hours. you haven't forgotten the only time deficits matter is when the other party is in power. yes, the paid family leave concept is adding a new entitlement is not something republicans expected to be hearing from their president if they won this time. donald trump has proven again that he is not a republican, not a democrat. he is trump and he is for himself and for his supporters who believe in him and that may include adding a new entitlement program to the federal government even before he addresses the groaning impending bankruptcy of the existing entitlement programs. >> shannon: we had a copy of the speech and he stuck to the script and bill and i are sitting debating how the things came together. it is so different than what we've heard from him before when even you have folks on the left side of the aisle saying it was a good speech, you know, you have to give him cud --

kudos for that. >> shannon: great to see you, chris stirewalt. >> bill: check this out. the stock market is going to places it has never gone before. for the record, in three months and three weeks time we're up more than 3,000 points in the dow index today, up 242 points already. wow. now we were hovering around 18,000 on election day. what a difference now. so much of it centered on the talk about tax reform, corporate tax reform. american business loves this idea and they are reacting in kind. that's something else. >> shannon: the uss enterprise. is that the one that boldly went where no man went before. >> bill: remember election night when trump won and the futures overseas were down 850 points the morning of the election and turned around and finished over 200 points the

day after. all this right now. investors like what they are seeing. they like what they are hearing and now you have to put the words into action, too. we'll see. they like to forecast six months in advance. >> shannon: so far so good for the markets. >> bill: 18,000, wow. fox news sunday anchor chris wallace giving president trump high marks for the speech last night when he said this. >> by far the best speech i've ever heard donald trump give. it was one of the best speeches in that setting i've ever heard any president give. >> bill: did the skeptics and the president give the skeptics enough to give him their trust. karl rove will react in a movement and he is life in austin. >> shannon: mr. trump getting set to sign a revised executive order on immigration. why it looks like the president may be making a couple of big changes in this next 2.0 version. >> bill: the president calling for a major shift in the fight against isis. what it means for our troops and allies in the region

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>> president trump: i am asking all citizens to embrace this renewal of the american spirit. i'm asking all members of

congress to join me in dreaming big and bold and daring things for our country. i am asking everyone watching tonight to seize this moment, believe in yourselves. >> shannon: president trump wrapping up his first address to joint session of congress by declaring a new chapter of american greatness. fox news sunday anchor chris wallace said it was a pivotal moment. >> i feel like tonight president trump became the president of the united states. he got 35, 38, 40 days ago when he was sworn in. but so many democrats didn't recognize. i think nont whether they agreed or didn't agree he became the president of the united states and everyone will have to accept that. >> shannon: karl rove, a fox news contributor. good to see you today. >> good to see you. >> shannon: chris wallace said democrats didn't recognize the

president. a lot of republicans who said they didn't recognize this version of him either and they liked it. >> look, it was a different donald trump who shut up last night. disciplined, focused, optimistic, contrast this tone with the dire picture that he painted in his inaugural speech. this was a tone the americans like to see in their president, aspirational, positive, optimistic. describing bill challenges and grave problems but doing so in a spirit of optimism and looking forward. i thought it was a very good speech and chris was absolutely right. this is the moment that donald trump truly became the president of the united states. >> shannon: every president has a different way of bringing it together with speech writers and a team. until the last minute they were tweaking. that's often the case. the tone was so different. do you think -- there is no way for us to know yet, there are different influences, writers, voices helping to put this together for him? >> it doesn't sound like there

were a lot of different people putting this together compared to the inaugural speech but they heard the response to the inaugural speech. allies, people close to the president personally, shared with him their belief it was too dire and pessimistic and too harsh and they urged him to take a more optimistic tone and they listened to those critics and responded. the opening was, i thought, very artful. i was on a briefing call with senior white house officials and they said pay attention to the opening. we want to set a tone. we want to make it clear that we're reaching across the entire political spectrum and trying to unify the country. i thought that was well done and the close i thought was very good to talk about the promise and optimism of what america could become as we come close to the celebration of our 250th anniversary as a nation. >> shannon: you mentioned the

inaugural speech. the reaction to the two has been so markedly different. do you think the president, that will impact him moving forward? because even his critics, people begrudgingly saying this morning it was his greatest speech. he was positive, upbeat. he was presidential. do you think it will change the tone moving forward? we only have one tweet from him this morning and all caps thank you. that's it. do you think he will respond to the positive reinforcement he got because of this speech? >> we've already seen it. that was direct response. i happened to be watching "fox & friends" and he tweeted shortly after some comments were made in a very positive vein about what he said and did in the speech. success begets success. a president who finds if they hit their stride and people respond to it, we're likely to see more of that and i hope we do. look, even his -- there are a group of people in america for whom he can never do any wrong. there are another group of people in america some of whom didn't vote for him. most who did, who say drop the

tweeting. be presidential. and that group which includes supporters and non-supporters got what they wanted last night. and then there are some people who are against him but they had to begrudgingly admit that was the tone they were looking for in the president of the united states last night. >> shannon: how tough is it to carry it to the hill and carry out the things he proposed last night? >> very tough. i'll write about it on thursday. last night was a very robust agenda. one difficult to enact in any circumstances but given both the divided nature of congress. you saw it last night. the democrats barely stood when he came in. many of them did not applaud even when he condemned hate and evil in all of its forms a lot of democrats who sat on their hands stony silence. they did applaud for mrs. trump. she got more applause than he did from the democratic side. we had them going thumbs down at certain points and when he talked about obamacare in the

back been muchers were all going like this. the only times they really stood up and cheered were paid family leave and then when he talked about nato and republicans and democrats both stood up. it is a very deviceive atmosphere and there are big challenges. >> shannon: i'll duly note they stood for law enforcement and military as well. >> and then that moment with mrs. owens. you could just see the pain and anguish. when she was talking to her husband and telling him that she loved him i just -- your heart just went out to her and her entire family. >> shannon: the entire country was with her in that moment, certainly. all right, karl, thank you so much. good to see you. >> bill: 20 minutes past the hour. great comments there, karl. thank you. the white house still fine-tuning that temporary travel ban but there appears to be big changes in store. we'll tell you what we're learning about that just this

morning in a moment. >> shannon: speeding up the fight against isis. how did the president's battle plan go over with those in the chamber last night? >> president trump: we'll work with our allies including our friends and allies in the muslim world to extinguish this vile enemy from our planet.

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>> bill: white house this morning is getting ready to roll out president trump's new executive order on immigration. including a travel ban targeting about seven countries. in fact, john roberts reporting iraq will stay on the list but will move to a different category. we'll see how that is defined. the president last night defining his immigration plans on his own and putting a high priority on securing our nation's borders.

>> president trump: by finally enforcing our immigration laws we'll raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions and billions of dollars and make our communities safer for everyone. [applause] we want all americans to succeed but that can't happen in an environment of lawless chaos. we must restore integrity and the rule of law at our borders. >> bill: there is a argument. judge napolitano, senior judicial analyst to debate it here with us. you've read all the judicial opinions, four of them exist at the moment. you boil it down to two categories. is there a rational basis for selecting the countries they selected, and does this unfairly target muslims? go. >> right. look, the government always has to show a reason for what it does. so where did the seven

countries come from? the government goes look, the obama state department identified these countries as places where americans are hated and that hatred has been manifested by violence and likely places where isis would send terrorists here. but trump -- >> bill: damage government for four or five years in so many places like libya. >> there are a variety of justifications the government can come up with. the question is should the president be forced to do this? this is an area that is exclusively his under the constitution foreign policy. congress has given him tools. the plain language of the tool is you can suspend immigration from any country you want and you don't have to justify it to a court. so if he does justify it without revealing classified information, that will remove this from the judicial objection list. if he can't justify it to the judge's satisfaction judges

will have to look through some documents they will have to produce to ground his decision in these seven. john roberts told is iraq will be in another category. that tells me this executive order will be more thoughtful and address countries differently and more uniquely on the basis of the hard core evidence from each country. that will make it more likely to pass. >> bill: point number two. administration would argue it is not a ban against muslims because 85% of the muslims in the world are not affected by this. does that argument fly? >> in my view it does fly. in my view this is a ban on people from geographic areas where america is hated. the hatred has been manifested with violence and isis has control over portions of the population. the court will say well, it falls disproportionately on

muslims but 90% of these countries are muslims. the courts have never done the functional equivalent purpose, effect, application with respect to foreign policy. they've only used it with respect to domestic policy like school desegregation and legislative districts. >> judicially what is the challenge if this is the first time they're looking at it like this? >> the challenge is to persuade the court the purpose effect test, the purpose may be to ban dangerous people. the effect is banning a religious group should not be applied in foreign policy for two reasons. one, this is temporary. it is only 90 days. two, this is an area uniquely the president's that he has to rely on the most sensitive intelligence information available to them that he shouldn't have to display to the satisfaction of the judge. >> bill: another point. if you drop the valid visa holders and green card holders. >> it makes it much easier for this to hold water. absolutely.

under the law, when a person receives a visa you can't take it away from them unless they do something wrong. you can't change the rule once you give it to them. those 60,000 visas that were cancelled by dhs all reinstated. >> bill: last point. if you rework it to the satisfaction you are describing today, there still is a legal challenge, correct, that could impede and ultimately take it to the supreme court or not. >> as brilliant as he was last night. there still are the haters and they'll file legal challenges but it will be more difficult to get judges to en join the enforcement meaning the ban would stay in place during the pendency of the challenge. now it's on ice during the pendency of the challenge. >> bill: we'll need you on friday if that's when it comes. >> john roberts says it's coming. they want to bask in the glow of this great speech last night and they don't want to inject

controversy until the end of the week or early next week. >> bill: thank you, judge. >> shannon: the president softened his tone in last night's speech. leading democrats say i'm not buying it. are they still refusing to accept the reality of a trump presidency? we'll debate that fair and balanced next. >> the american people heard straight from the president about the progress we've made, about the challenges we face, broad shoulder optimism believes there is no challenge, no problem that can't be solved. you're here to buy a car.

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>> shannon: the president saying he wants to speed up the fight against isis. >> president trump: as promised, i directed the department of defense to develop a plan to demolish and destroy isis, a network of lawless savages that have slaughtered muslims and christians and men and women

and children of all faiths and all beliefs. we will work with our allies, including our friends and allies in the muslim world, to extinguish this vile enemy from our planet. [applause] >> shannon: national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live from the pentagon. what did the president do as far as unveiling plans to boost it? we keep hearing about that this week. >> i promised to fix the military's readiness problems repairing ships, planes after 16 years of war. >> president trump: finally to keep america safe we must provide the men and women with the united states military with the tools they need to prevent war if they must, they have to fight and they only have to win. >> but the republican chairman of the powerful senate and house armed services committees say trump's plan to increase military spending by $54

billion doesn't go far enough and won't allow the navy to build 82 new ships and submarines. president trump's defense budget is $603 billion but senator john mccain and congressman thornberry want $640 billion to rebuild the force. more than 100 retired admirals and generals signed a letter warning against slashing the state department budget and foreign aid to boost the defense budget. jim mattis cautioned four years ago if you don't fund the state department fully then i need to buy more ammunition. >> shannon: the pr also using the phrase radical islamic terrorism despite some pushback on those specific words, right? >> that's right. his first national security meeting president trump's new national security advisor mcmaster called the phrase unhelpful because it aids terrorists recruiting by painting the fight against a war against islam. some thought the president would avoid the phrase last night but he didn't. >> president trump: we're

taking strong measures to protect our nation from radical islamic terrorism. >> now we're learning when president trump reintroduces his travel ban on friday he will put iraq in a separate category showing he is listening to his military advisors, lieutenant general steve townsend will be addressing the pentagon press corps from iraq in 30 minutes time. >> shannon: jennifer griffin live from the pentagon. >> bill: want to bring in adam kinzinger, good morning and thank you for your time. you were in the room last night. what did you -- let's start with your observations. what did you see and hear? >> i thought it was an incredible speech. nobody knew what to expect. walking into that speech, seeing him begin and you knew from the very beginning this was going to be a very different speech than he has given in the past, very presidential. uniting and very bold. i think to build it around the idea of the 250th anniversary of the country gave him a

singular focus, reminded america of our history and pride, and i have to tell you it was a home run, a touchdown, a three-point shot. all those. >> bill: did you speak to any democrats, colleagues in the house or senate? what did they say? >> they said we may not admit it publicly. it surprised us and it was a really good speech. we don't necessarily agree with all the things he outlined, of course, i sat through president obama and didn't agree with a lot of what he said but they were pleasantly surprised at his tone and hopefully this is beginning of a new working relationship in their minds. >> bill: it is kind of like christmas night, right? you get your big list together and santa, i want all this stuff. it comes out that way. did you hear anything that -- did you not hear something that you had wished to hear last night? >> it was a jam-packed speech. there was a lot -- to put much more in there would have extended it beyond. what i wish i would have heard a little more about was syria.

he talked boldly and correctly how to defeat isis. the problem is syria itself. the civil war going on. russian involvement, the murderous assad regime. he needs a post isis plan in syria. >> bill: what would you do? what do you think the plan should be? >> every day that goes by there were fewer options. when it comes down to it you had to begin to return the refugees back to syria because these are the very people that will be needed to secure syria in the future. >> bill: it seems as if he is open to safe zones. i don't know how you do it but he seems open to it. >> i think he is. and i think he has talked about it in the campaign and to say look, it will take some military involvement but the hope is actually to bring our partners in the region, i was impressed he talked about our allies and partners in that region to be part of the fight. america can't carry this burden alone. we're blessed with the ability

to do things other countries can't but we need to bring coalitions together to win the global fights. you saw the beginning of him talking about this last night and affirming nato last night. >> bill: if america doesn't protect the safe zones, who will? >> look, there will probably be some american involvement but you have the saudis that have said they're willing to be involved. the turks have said they're willing to be involved. the jordanians. i think building this coalition is where you'll get a lot of those ground troops. will there be some american involvement? sure. a fact we have to recognize. i think we can do a lot more to leverage our allies' help who have a broader stake in the region than even we do. >> bill: comprehensive strategy to beat isis, you're big on that and i know you don't like iran and that deal. you didn't hear anything about that last night. is it significant?

>> significant from the campaign maybe. but i think he recognizes the reality and so do i. to come back in and throw the deal out and assembly the kind of sanctions you had from europe you won't do that. i think to watch this deal like a hawk. i think it's what the president will do and say any violation, even when it comes to missile testing, any violation of the nuclear deal could lead easily to it being gone and the next step whatever that next step is. i think he has made that clear. >> bill: thank you for your time. i'm out of time. thanks for coming back live there on the hill. shannon. >> shannon: president trump extending an olive branch to democrats in last night's speech. >> president trump: everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. every problem can be solved. and every hurting family can find healing and hope. >> shannon: was his change in tone enough to bridge the

partisan divide? we'll debate that fair and balanced. plus this. >> bill: that is unbelievable to watch. heart stopping video captures the moment this high-speed police chase takes a terrifying turn. wow.

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>> bill: big day on the religious calendar. today is ash wednesday and millions of catholics around the world observe ash wednesday starting today. live pictures out of rome. pope francis taking part in some of the ceremonies. the start of lent. a 40-period for reflection, prayer and fasting ahead of easter sunday. saint patrick's today in new york city is like a catholic factory. if you're in the area check that out. off we go on ash wednesday.

>> president trump: we just need the courage to share the dreams that fill our hearts. the bravery to express the hopes that sear our souls and the confidence to turn those hopes and those dreams into action. from now on, america will be empowered by our aspirations, not burdened by our fears. >> shannon: president trump seeking to win over skeptical democrats. let's talk about it with matt schlapp, and chairman of the american conservative union and joe trippi, good to see you both. joe, i want to start with you. because this morning the senate minority leader says there is nothing in the speech that he could support. now some of his other colleagues are saying there might be a few things. keith ellison said if he wants to work on infrastructure and brings us a legit plan something we can do. >> i thought it was the best

speech he has given since he was president. he wish he had given this as his inaugural speech instead of the scar tissue that got laid out the first 40 days. there are some things to disagree with. democrats aren't going to fall in line off one speech. but i think, you know, look, there is no way to challenge that it was his best speech since he was president. for him this was something that had to happen. i think the most important thing wasn't democrats, it was republicans were starting to get really wobbly and there was relief in the room among republicans that hey, maybe we can hold together here and get something done with this guy. i think that's important. >> shannon: matt, how much was this an encouragement to those house members and senators who have been home and gotten an earful at the town halls for the president to lay down again these markers on what he is committed to, how he expects to work with them. that he has to back them on

tough issues? >> these are big moments. you had a big tv audience and he has everyone from congress in the house. i think he hit a home run. he hit the right cords. he didn't back around from the issues that got him elected. those issues put together a very interesting coalition on the right which allowed him to win the blue states of ohio, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, so this whole idea that he is not able to reach out to democrats is really bunk. he has put together a really interesting coalition. i think he gave a great speech. i'm partial at cpac and i think he gave a great speech here. slightly different audiences and i think he is on a real roll. >> shannon: joe, there were moments there and there will be the partisan divide no matter who the president is you'll have the half standing and sitting and most points. a few things on the military and law enforcement that they could stand up and be together on that. there was one point in which there were members who were making the thumbs down sign while the president was talking about some of these things.

it doesn't sound like one speech will clear things up on the hill. >> look, if they will repeal obamacare you'll have democrats say let's see what the plan is. again, i think this was totally something that was very helpful to him. i agree with matt this was a very good speech in terms of tone. but there is still going to be very big issue divides in which he has to keep republicans with him because he is not going to have very much or any support by democrats for repealing obamacare. the tone question is can matt talk him into giving up twitter for 40 days for lent? >> shannon: too late. we got a tweet this morning. >> this is the whole problem. how long does this last? >> shannon: the tweet this morning was all caps thank you. different tweeting for lent. i don't know. he laid out a number of things that could work across the

aisle with infrastructure, paid family leave, giving governors more flexibility and going after high drug prices and we saw a number of democrats stand and applaud very quickly to their feet on that particular issue as well. >> these are issues i'm not wildly uproarous about. paid family leave and it's an interesting coalition. it was jarring when he talked about our support for the state of israel and our desire to rid the globe of isis, you know, i think those are moments when everybody in the chamber should stand up and applaud. i do think the democrats -- come on, this is your president, it's a little bit for show but stand up and give him some support on the things that we can all work together on and i thought they overplayed their hand and looked too partisan on those things. on the agenda sometimes to the republican chagrin there are a lot of things they can work

together on. >> shannon: we have seconds left. give me a one-word answer. how would you grade it a to f, joe, start with you? >> it was a b. but it was good. >> shannon: matt, you can work with that. your grade? >> a minus. he can still do better. >> shannon: within a couple points on the scale. great to see you both. >> bill: work it out, fellows, happy ash wednesday, matt. jon scott is coming up next on "happening now." >> we'll continue to dissect the president's address to congress last night including one thorny issue he didn't bring up, russia and while he is still talking tough on borders is the president shifting his immigration policy to open the door to skilled workers? and we'll get the latest on the investigation into the bizarre assassination of the half brother of north korea's dictator kim jung nam. >> bill: securing the border

and building the wall. what those living by the border have to say about that and the president's big idea? >> president trump: we must restore integrity and the rule of law at our borders. [applause] for that reason we'll soon begin the construction of a great, great wall. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you.

>> shannon: some incredible video of what could be something from an action movie. check it out. wow, a truck in louisiana taking flight that vaoers off the road during a high speed chase with police. he ended up landing on top of another car with someone inside. the woman in the car says she saw it coming. she actually moved over as

quickly as she could and somehow she walked away just fine. the driver of the truck as you would imagine was eventually arrested. >> bill: wow, what a story. they're all okay. he has some issues. border security is central goal of president trump's agenda. folks near the border reacting to his message last night this morning. william is south of san diego along the u.s./mexican border. william, good morning to you. >> in the 1980s san diego was ground zero, 2,000 apprehensions a day. now it is under 100. trump has a plan for the rest of the border. the question is will voters buy into it? this is an ethnically diverse working class neighborhood in san diego. the manager agreed to say no

religion and no politics. he would enforce immigration law. if you're here illegally you've got to go home. >> i'm torn with that because i kind of agree to a certain extent. i have no problem with ice rounding up people who are in the country illegally. jaywalking you don't get sent home. we're talking little things like that. a home invasion, yeah, you go home. >> anyone here that's illegal alien that's a criminal needs to go. >> if you committed a violent crime no matter if you're a citizen or not there needs to be some sort of detention. >> i think a wall would be nothing more than a symbolic gesture at this point. >> i don't think it makes financial sense. first of all i'm not a big fan of it. >> no reason to say building a wall is going to stop anybody coming in. >> if we limit illegal immigration, wages in the united states will rise. >> no. >> that's the corporations. i don't know how many illegals are there. not like the people picking lettuce. i don't see any trump

supporters signing up for those jobs. >> here is the challenge. illegals can get over the 10-foot steal interference. cross the no man's land and cut a hole in the fence in a minute and a half. in places trump wants to build a wall. there are 550 holes in the fence each year. it's a full-time job repairing it. >> bill: ongoing as it does. >> shannon: president trump laying out an ambitious agenda but is congress going to cooperate? as the president's former campaign manager says the speech has gone a long way toward unifying a divided country.

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to bill last night, but we appreciate he is here this morning. >> i appreciate that, you got nailed by the train, made by the plane. college of talladega college on the plan, he was in the oval office yesterday, he was over the moon because of fox viewers who ponied up the money to send his band for inauguration day. rate afternoon, everybody, "happening now" starts now. ♪ >> jon: president trump unveils an ambitious agenda and reaching out to unify the nation in his first address to a joint session of congress. good morning. welcome to "happening now," i am jon scott. >> jenna: hi, everybody, i am jenna lee. that speech marking a major shift in tone according too many people saying he made his pivot to the presidency, outlining broad objectives touching on immigration, jobs, infrastructure and national security. >> i am here tonight to deliver aesge