to talk about what is happened 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 a message of unity and strength.

yet it is a message deeply delivered from my heart. we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil and all of its very ugly forms. we are also taking strong measures to protect our nation from radical islamic terrorism. we must restore integrity and the rule of law at our borders. i am also calling on this congress to repeal and replace obamacare. america must put its own citizens first because only then can we truly make america great again. >> jenna: our chief white house correspondent john roberts on whether the shift could mark a beginning, new beginning perhaps for the administration. >> good morning to the immediate

effect if this was to delay the signing of the president's new executive order on the immigration ban. he was supposed to sign that last week. then it was delayed until today, but the white house was so happy with the way that this speech came off last night and a positive reaction that it is getting read that speech that it said, why the heck would we want to bring out a controversial immigration ban executive order the day after the speech? let's let it sit out there for a couple days than tomorrow, of course, the president has that big address of where the new aircraft carrier class the uss ford in norfolk, so they want to get all of that past and then probably signed the executive order on friday. if things continue to go really well, that could get delayed until the beginning of next week. you mentioned pivot point, and it really was. he finally left the campaign behind, the president is off to the business of governing the united states of america, promising the big ideas come unifying speech last night, certainly was one with a laundry list of populist promises that president trump urged both sides of congress to support. listen to what the president

said night. >> the time for trivial fights is but behind us. we just need the courage to share the dreams that fill our hearts. the bravery to express the hopes that stir our souls. and the confidence to turn those hopes and those dreams into action. >> the big question is whether the president can get any of this done. some of it he can do by executive order in some he has already done by executive order, but those big ticket items like repealing and replacing obamacare, tax reform, that is going to require both sides and both houses of congress to support. listening to what the democrats have been saying in the wake of the speech, it doesn't really sound like they are willing to come to the table just yet. here is the senate minority leader chuck schumer, listen. >> he has given a whole lot of speeches, and we have seen that the speeches in the reality do not match. i will say yes when he comes up with something that is really

helping working people and says i want to work with democrats, here is my solution. >> i think after the speech last night and the reaction to it, look at some of the snap polls that show the support the president has got in that address to the joint session of congress, democrats are going to be under a lot more pressure to at least listen to him if not work with him. then the other question, of course, is how long will this presidential president trump last? there has been nothing to provoke him so far, so it could last a month, could last a week, or somebody said something intemperate about him in the next hour, we could see a shift. [laughs] we will see and keep watching. >> jenna: right along with you, john, thank you very much. >> jon: we are all going to be watching. here with more on the president's address and what it will take to reach his goals, jake sherman, senior writer at "politico" and the author of the playbook. hope you were listening to bill hemmer because he was giving you big props on "america's newsroom hq" for the content and quality of your column overnight. you say president trump

succeeded in valuing his base. how did he do that? >> listen, i spent a lot of time on capitol hill, and up until yesterday at about 9:30, the republicans on capitol hill were divided. they did not know if donald trump had any idea what he was doing. his policy prescriptions were all over the place. his tactics were all over the place. he was popping off on twitter appeared he was picking fights with people, but last night, they heard a message that showed that -- but they took away from it was if they put an agenda out there, if they pass bills, there is a willing partner in the white house to sign bills and get things across the finish line. let me caveat that. donald trump has now said he wants to reform immigration, reform the tax code. build a wall that's the mexican border, and he wants to beef up military spending. i'm sure i'm forgetting if you, but he is basically saying he wants five years of legislative action. remember, the last time we did

tax reform in this country was the '80s, it took more than a year. i'm not sure where the white house is getting the timeline from. donald trump has some very smart assistance but they have no experience in government so i can see how they could get confused with how long things take. listen, republicans are feeling good this money, they feel like they have a message and like they have a leader who can get things done. >> jon: about me take you back to the campaign trail when an unlikely presidential candidate named donald trump was in pennsylvania and he said this. >> at some point, i'm going to be so presidential that you people will be so bored, and i will come back as a presidential person, and instead of 10,000 people, i will have about 150 people, and they will say, boy, he really looks presidential. >> jon: he had about hundred 50 people in the audience last night, members of the house and senate post those on the balcony took the number number up a lie

higher. "the new york times" piece this morning, glenn thrush wrote of the president's speech, he said in president trump's world, boring is disruptive because i guess he was maybe boring last night, and it got everybody talking. >> jon: by his standards, he probably was boring. i heard you ask john on the other side of our talk here whether this is a pivot. i am not personally ready to say this is a pivot because as you kind of noted they are, donald trump, if you remember during the campaign, he had many pivots, he said we are now seeing the general election donald trump, now seeing the professional donald trump and he always went back to who he was which is not a bad thing, it won him the presidency obviously. listen, for this moment, donald trump has a lot of momentum. he did not do anything that was particularly offensive to republicans, and he has democrats on their heels now. democrats come on the other

hand, the one miscalculation that democrats are pointing outs that as much as he might not want to admit it, donald trump needs nancy pelosi. i know some of your viewers may not want to hear that, but nancy pelosi bailed out george w. bush, bailed out barack obama on things like raising the debt limit, funding the government, all sorts of things like keeping the governments lights on. these are necessary. nancy pelosi is in the minority, deep minority, but she still has 190 votes at her disposal and a lot of conservative republicans may not want to do some of the hard things that need to be done to keep the government's lights on. nancy pelosi has a lot of power at her disposal at times like that, and donald trump, before saying he wants to put petty fights aside, called her incompetent. >> jon: you say he has a lot to learn in navigating the ways of washington, d.c. you might want to drain the swamp, but he needs to learn his way around it first. >> he does, and remember barack obama said he was going

to change washington, d.c. what a lot of people say on capitol hill is that washington was here before you even will be here after you. changing a city and its ways and entrenched political class is a lofty goal, but it is just that, a goal. i don't think the city is ready to completely change, 535 members of congress and one president. that is important to keep in mind when someone says they're going to change the way the city works. >> jon: he also come you say, spoke like a practiced politician. this was kind of a new donald trump. >> it was. he did not get too far into specifics, but he did talk about some things he believes in. he showed some legs, so to speak, on what he believes on healthcare reform, tax reform, house republicans were happy that he embraced the key element of their tax plan called the border adjustability tax. he gave a nod to it, very important in the coming months as congress turns to tax reform. listen, donald trump may not want to say he is a politician.

he is a politician because the president of the united states, and one mistake a love democrats say barack obama made is he wanted to play a different game than everybody else. that is why he got laughed, he was not able to get a lot done on capitol hill. donald trump, republicans tell me that's all the time off the record, he would be wise to get very good at playing the inside game. he's been a shrewd businessman for years, if he gets good at playing the inside game, he will be a lot more successful. >> jon: every time they took the podium shot with the president, vice president and speaker behind them, i wanted to know what the cartoon thought bubble over paul ryan's head was saying. great to talk to you, jake sherman, author of "politico playbook." >> as always, thank you. >> jenna: were getting some news from capitol hill now from the senate. they have confirmed congressman ryan zinke to be our interior secretary. the vote 68-31. previously thought there might be a closer vote, but ryan zinke

now officially part of the president's cabinet. what we will be watching for next is the vote for ben carson to be secretary of housing and urban development. that will be the next cabinet position we are going to be waiting for and watching for, so that will be something yet to do as the president still continues now to put together his team. >> jon: hard to believe it has been this long and the cabinet is still not in place. an urgent manhunt to tell you about and houston after two police officers are shot and wounded, one of them in critical condition now. the reward offered for information on a suspect the police are calling armed and dangerous. plus, powerful and deadly storms tear through the midwest, leaving a trail of destruction. we are live with that story.

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responding to a burglary. the gun remains at large after fleeing the scene. a suspected accomplice was shot and killed during the pursuit. one officer is said to be in critical condition after one bullet is lodged in his spine. a $20,000 reward is offered now for information reading to an arrest. if you know any information about this case, call the houston crime stoppers at the number on your screen. the search is underway for whoever it shot those two officers, there is a $20,000 reward offered. >> jenna: in the meantime, we turn to this fox news weather alert. at deadly tornadoes in the midwest from arkansas to missouri and illinois. and fact, and ottawa, illinois, one person died after being struck by a tree that was uprooted by the powerful winds. he joins us with the very latest. matt? >> good morning, jenna. we are about 90 miles west of

south chicago. you can see families returning to their homes right now, what remains of their houses to collect some of their belongings. this is still a very dangerous scene, there lots of down electric lines and wet roads. first responders are arriving to see if there are any potential victims left, to shut utilities, to shut off gas lines. this neighborhood has dozens of homes destroyed. we spoke to some neighbors who say there are fortunate to be . >> it was just like you see in the movies. we were in our living room, or in our bathroom in the bathtub, we could see daylight in the bathroom, then it got dark. we were in the eye of a tornado. >> what was running through your mind? >> we were going to die? i don't know. you don't ever expect this to happen.

>> the governor of illinois expected to hold a press conference at any minute. we spoke to the home owner, she said she didn't want to go on camera, but she hid in the closet in the bedroom with the pink walls and when she came out this is what remained. she is fortunate to be alive. jenna, back to you. >> jenna: wow. thank you, matt. >> jon: no trouble for hershey's, what the chocolate maker is announcing for its workforce and what impact it could have here and around the world. also, president trump still calling for a border wall in his address last night, but also taking a surprising new stand on immigration reform

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>> jon: right now we are awaiting new details from the hershey company about a restructuring plan that could cut 15% of its global hourly workforce. their layoffs said to occur mostly outside the u.s., where the chocolate maker has eight factories. the company says is part of a plan to improve the profit margin through streamlined operations and reduce administrative expenses. hershey employees only 20,000 workers worldwide. >> jenna: trump, making what some would describe as a major shift on immigration reform last night. we'll show you what he actually said so we can dig into that, well still repeating calls for a border wall and warnings of criminals is thinking into the country. president trump also called for returning immigration policy to a merit based selection. >> president trump: switching away from this current system of lower skilled immigration and adopting a merit-based system,

we will have so many more benefits. it will save countless dollars and help struggling families including immigrant families enter the middle class. >> jenna: immigration attorney who counts mrs. trump as a client. also former federal somatic pro. we've visited with both of you in the past weeks. han, focusing on merit, flush that out for us a little bit. what did you hear in that statement? is that any different than what we have right now? >> it sure is, and it's a very wise idea. we get around half a million, low skilled, poorly educated immigrants every year. they are a net drain on the american economy. if you take into account the taxes they pay, versus the amount of benefits they will get

from the government over their lifetime, it's about $400,000 deficit over ten years, that's $1.75 trillion eventually over the lifetime of immigrants. it merit-based system is a much better idea. that's the kind of system that canada and australia have. >> jenna: michael, how do you see it? >> thanks for having me back. unfortunately, i disagree. i spend my day toiling on merit-based visas, the old me so classifies the talent and business -- starting a new business narrative and having a lot of money. we already have a system in place that protects american markets. the petitioning process of family visas hailed from the u.s. citizens or u.s. employers. as a full -- >> jenna: should

we be expanding it, michael? >> yes. immigration is full of family visas, of work visas. we need people of the top tears, we need fashion models and stars, and we need people to pick blueberries and we need to have a robust market and talent that's available for everybody. i think the president is looking to australia, to canada, to make sure that we mirror some of the shades of gray that we have. we are putting a band-aid effectively on every broken immigration law. congress can't do a reform or a conference of reform well. that's something that i'm beginning to see, but the deafening silence in washington has left us with a broken system. if you just take the fashion industry, for example, you can bring models during fashion week. as a misnomer to allow a system not to meet the merit of a system.

president reagan shifted the responsibility to employers for the economy. it's a burden to us to have employers meet the metric that they have it for their wares and their workforce and then punish them if they don't police immigration properly in their workforce. best job of the government. >> jenna: there's a lot there to unpack as well. quite frankly, it is a big topic, immigration. do you also agree with michael that reform might be out of reach, that we will not see the sweeping reform that president trump encouraged congress to try and drive towards last night? >> well, i think that's going to require members of congress to agree on how legal immigration should be reformed. if, in fact, there's a push for amnesty for illegal immigration, that would be a distraction from the real issues here. the priority of the administration ought to be, and it apparently is, border

enforcement, and enforcement of our interior immigration laws. any talk about amnesty for illegals, which is not occurring in the speech last night, was a distraction. >> jenna: i want to point that out. at the president can hold these conversations, sometimes they're on the record, sometimes her off the record ahead of his address. that was where there was apparently reporting that he may be open to citizenship. again, you're coming from reports from the inside of this conversation. he did not included in his speech, michael, last night directly. that leaves some wondering where does he really stand on this and could he be open to it and is there the ability to compromise? >> i know the trump organization in memory of the family members, i know them to be extraordinary, compassionate people. if they recognize that america's workers have family members and you get a much better worker, whether it's an extra ordinary talent or somebody working in the field, when they're motivated by their family

members and family reunificatio reunification's. i believe in my heart that this president -- there are 820,000 people, but for the grace of god and their parents, were brought to our shores and are swearing their allegiance to the united states. if they don't have accents and they are fighting in our military. at >> jenna: hans, what do you think about that? would that be a deal breaker for you? if you found out that president trump is actually open to pathway citizenship, and some form or another, and may take several years and we don't know how long the pathway would be. would that be a deal breaker or could you get behind something like that? >> i'm not in a position to make deals, but i would point this out. twice in the last two decades, we've had two different presidents with two different parties, propose amnesty for illegal aliens, congress both times rejected that. >> jenna: right, but it's

timing. speak out yet, but right now, this president made a promise of securing the southern border and finally enforcing our immigration laws. >> jenna: hold on one second. if he does that, because that's in a caveat by conservatives, we need a secure border. if conservatives and see it while going up and they see a secure border, will they be open perhaps to something that looks like a pathway to citizenship in the effort for immigration reform? >> i think it's too early to talk about that. we have to first see -- >> i disagree with that. we're going to shut on the front door when we have in our backyard, 11 million people here. our homeland is just as vulnerable to the terror cells. the bottom line here is, we are at risk with a broken immigration system, we are not

embracing the extraordinary inventory resources that immigration gives our economy, and you have to work both. you want to build a wall, build a wall that's proper, that admits legally people, and embraces all the diversity end of the same time, fix the on't have enough handcuffs, airplanes, beds, and detention centers to fedex people out of this country. >> jenna: a big, beautiful wall, i should mention. the question we are asking is whether that's the paradigm shift. if that's the shift in the conversation, if that wall starts going up, doesn't present a different environment that hasn't been presented the last several administrations, to move forward with reform. was >> that is one is the steps, the other step has to be interior enforcement of our immigration laws. by the way, that means enforcement against employers, who knowingly hire illegal aliens. if you start doing that, huge numbers of the illegals who are here will start to -- they can

get jobs and they can't get money. >> jenna: the president did reiterate that, he set me to uphold laws and defend our borders. >> and respecting the laws in the book are important, but books were written in 1952, 19625, and in 1986. there is no normal now and we should be embracing the diversity and the robust contribution that immigrants -- >> jenna: i feel like you two are warming up to each other. it might be a signal of the change in the debate. it's a gut feeling. >> only you can bring a fair and balanced a dialogue. >> jenna: great discussion, obviously rich with a lot of different perspectives. thank you. >> jon: we can make you secretary of immigration. >> jenna: i don't know about that, i don't know if i'm qualified. >> jon: get working. it president trump saying words that president obama would not

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>> jon: fox news alert now on the end of a nationwide manhunt. police arresting in kansas. he was wanted in connection with two killings in mississippi. he's also expected of shooting a convenience store clerk in kansas and kidnapping to hikers in mexico. the sheriff's office and ellsworth, say they apprehended the 28-year-old at a chase about 80 miles from the clerk was sho shot. >> president trump: we need to serve, protect, and defend the citizens of united states. we are also taking strong -- speak to my stomach >> jenna: in last night's address, the presidents of the u.s. needs to be open to making new friends around the world, even with former enemies.

>> president trump: america is willing to find a new friends and form new friendships and shared interests align. we want stability, not war and conflict. it want peace wherever peace can be found. america is friends today with former enemies. some of our closest allies, decades ago, fought on the opposite side of these terrible, terrible wars. history should give us all faith in the possibilities for a better world. >> jenna: paul is a at debbie's to president obama, currently a professor at georgetown. michael wallace is a former green bay green beret. rarely do we have two individuals on at the same time with such extensive background in service to our country at crucial moments in our history. we thank you for your service,

we appreciate your perspective on major parts of the speech. it collin, i'd like to get your thoughts on this. we look back on president obama's address to congress, and he did not use that term "radical islamic terrorism." how do thing that will or will not impact his goal to have peace? >> i think president obama is where president trump's, the term is not helpful. it's legitimizing the enemy and alienating friends in the muslim world that we need to help us fight al qaeda and the islamic state and others. i don't think we should get hung up about three words. the key is not the three words, it's how it integrates into a broader strategy. i'm just confused as to what trump's strategy beyond banning citizens from majority countries from coming to united states. his homeland security even will make us safer and risks alienating iraqi's that fighting side-by-side with us right now. i'm more inched in the strategy

them three words. >> jenna: i want to ask you both about the strategy, but i want to go back to what you said about general not liking the term "radical islam." a we haven't found evidence of him using that. it colin, do you have a relationship with him? do you know that to be true, that he doesn't like that term? >> i've known hr going back for a number of years, we are not close, but i did a lot of work on a rock, i've taken over 20 trips on iraq since 2006. i knew him in 2005 in that context when he was fighting al qaeda and iraq. i've heard from multiple sources inside the national security council that in his first all hands meeting, with the national security council staff, hr mcmaster went out of his way to say he thinks the term radical islamic terrorism is not helpful, because the enemy there fighting does not represent islam and it risks alienating the very people we need in the fight. i have that on good authority.

>> jenna: who is telling you that? >> multiple sources. you won't find a single person on the security staff who will deny that he said that. >> jenna: current staff? >> yes, ma'am. >> jenna: michael, you have been on the ground in afghanistan, let's talk a little bit about the strategy and how that term fits in or perhaps doesn't to the broader strategy, what we are trying to achieve, which is ultimately peace. >> i think defining our enemy is important. look, we have a group and a series of groups, whether it's the leaders of al qaeda, the taliban, now i says, that are vaster rising and distorting and otherwise peaceful religion. i think calling them extremists and calling them out for who they are is extremely important, something that's been missing the last eight years. he knew imagine truman or eisenhower not calling a communist a communist? that's .1, and it two, i agree

with collin. we do need a long-term strategy to defeat this idea of islamic extremism. it's easy to obama tank, or even kill a bad guy. a very difficult to undermine the legitimacy or idea. it's that longer-term strategy that i'm looking forward to seeing as well. how do we empower girls and women to undermine this ideology. what hour the intelligence initiatives, what are the economic initiatives? we need a longer-term effort here and it's about time to get that in place. >> jenna: let's talk a little bit about the plan that mark president trump mentioned and describe it last night. here's low bit more sound from his speech. it was before as promised, i directed the department of defense to develop a plan to demolish and destroy isis. a network of 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 those vile enemy from our planet. >> jenna: building a coalition is a something president obama talked a lot about. as you reflect on your time during the obama administration, what do you think when you reflect back? mistakes that were made that can now be improved upon? >> i think it two things are really important. at one, we put together a coalition of about six dozen countries to go after iraq and syria. there was a real triumph of diplomacy and it's having real effect on the ground as our forces are helping iraqis arching about moles old. i want to pick up on something that mike said. if you're going to have defeat the ideology that empowers groups like al qaeda and isis, we have to have a whole government effort. our military knows that. yet, president trump says let's give the military $34 billion, but they don't need to defeat isis and takeaway 377% of the

state department budget. >> jenna: is not the same number that president obama was suggesting for 2018? as with "the new york times" said yesterday an editorial. i'm curious, reflect on the budget, but also reflect on your time in government. what mistakes do you think have been made that we cannot make this time around for a better result? >> to the point of the coalition, absolutely we need a coalition, but we need our allies to not be there in name only. they need to step forward with their own defense budget. i absolutely agree with having our nato allies step up to the plate. in the broader golf coalition or the islamic coalition to take on the islamic state, i worked on the ground with the jordanians and they agree that these are islamic extremists, we have to call them out and we have to on

the one hand, defeat them in the short term militarily, but put the longer diplomatic intelligence in places -- pieces in place in the long term. in terms of the budget, i'm with general mattis on this. he famously said in 2013, the fewer diplomats we have, the more ammo i need to buy. we need our military forces and are diplomats working together to keep us safe. it you have to have both of those pieces in place. i think that's getting a little bit lost. the broader approach from a president here is that we cannot afford or continue to carry the burden on our own and part of that is our allies and stepping up financially and part of that is cutting back on a bloated federal bureaucracy. >> jenna: that was again to the money. the term administration is proposing is a slightly higher than what president obama was suggesting in that budget. everyone's looking for more money, the question is how do you get it? will have much more on this

conversation. thank you both very much. >> jon: one thing president trump did not mention last night, russia. what that could mean for u.s. russian relations going forward. will discuss that coming up

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>> jon: last night, president trump's first address to the congress was closely watched around the world while mr. trump made no mention of russia, he did refer to our nato allies. joining us now to discuss all of this, james project, a fellow with foreign policy. it is kind of your area of concentration, russia. were you surprised that the president did not bring the russians up and his speech? >> it was a little surprising, considering all the unanswered questions that seem to still exist between president trump and russia. there is the ongoing investigations we have in

congress, the former national security advisor, mike flynn, who had to resign over the content of some phone calls that we don't really know much about and i think there's a lot of people, not just democrats who opposed president trump, but also republicans. senators mccain and graham who are very concerned about the russian interference in our election. i think it would have been a good idea, had president trump at least talked about this, said something, to maybe put the issue to rest. >> jon: not to disagree with you, but to play devil's advocate, the speech did go an hour, he mentioned things like potholes and american roads, you could argue that that is of more concern to the guy who is out trying to put bread on the family table. >> it may be, but again, there is these lingering questions around people are still talking about it. if there is an ongoing investigation in congress. i think there's this sort of

cloud hanging over donald trump and people may want to support him and might be inclined to agree with him on some issues and be sympathetic, but there's this feeling that there's a something you don't get about donald trump and russia. there's something missing here. it there's a missing piece. why does he always go out of his way to defend vladimir putin? there's something strange about it. i really wish that he had mentioned it at some point, and it lets hope that he'll say some thing about it in the future. >> jon: after suggesting the campaign that nato was overrated and sort of suggested that it might be dispensed with, that he did bring up nato last night. were you heartened by that? >> he did, and i thought his comments about nato were excellent, actually. it was refreshing to hear him say some thing positive about nato for once. he's been attacking it for the past year and a half, and he said some very good things about why nato exists and its importance and winning the cold war, basically.

it was good to hear that. there's this weird kind of good cop, bad cop relationship towards nato with mike pence, playing the good cop and donald trump, playing the more bad cop. mike pence was in munich a couple weeks ago and settle the right things about supporting nato, whereas donald trump is more focused on nato allies paying their fair share of defense costs. i'm glad to see donald trump come more in this direction i'm speaking positively about nato, which is great for america. >> jon: just 30 seconds left. europe is in real trouble right now. this big oh, yeah, i think they're worried about the russians, and must not forget, there is war going on in ukraine, it's been going on for 3 years. they're spending a fortune in building up a larger military and yes, our allies and eastern europe are quite worried about what the future holds for them, which is why again, it's very

important to express our support for nato and reinforce it in that part of the world. >> jon: james, will get you back on again soon. thank you. and were back with more "happening now" in just a moment when it comes to medicare,

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