textbook example of obamacare's failures. here in the blue grass state, premiums skyrocketed an average of 24% last year with some plans spiking by 47%. nearly half of the state has only one health insurer to choose from and next year, humana, headquartered right here in louisville, is pulling out of kentucky's obamacare exchange. today, one third of the state is on medicaid. and as your governor has said over and over again, it's unsustainable and medicaid here in can enken is threatening to bankrupt this state. folks, in just can't continue and i promise you, it won't. [applaus [applause] >> since the day that kentucky helped send president trump to the white house his top priority has been to repeal and replace obamacare with something that actually works

and we've already made incredible progress. the house released the repeal and replace bill and it passed with unanimous support in congress. one of which congressman guthrey sits on and i want to thank you for your support to repeal and replace obamacare. [applause] >> now, i know that not every politician in kentucky supports our plan to repeal and replace obamacare. i know your former governor steve beshear is defending obamacare all over america and he might have something to say about my appearance here today. i welcome the debate. i really do. steve beshear is a friend of mine, i worked with him while i was governor of indiana to promote growth. i'm proud of the ohio river bridges. aren't you? [applause] >> the great story about collaboration between our two

states, the abraham lincoln bridge and lewis and clark bridge i think will support growth throughout this region for generations, but your former governor is wrong about obamacare. [applaus [applause] >> obamacare has failed the people of kentucky, it's failed the people of america, and obamacare must go. [applaus [applause] >> now, the plan the president outlined in his joint address to congress is the plan we're working on. we're going to repeal and replace obamacare once and for and we're going to replace it with health care that will improve the lives of every american and strengthen our economy. the truth is ordering every american to buy health insurance, whether they wanted it or not, was never the right solution for health care in this country. so, we're going to start out, we're going to repeal the mandates and taxes and penalties of obamacare.

[applause] we're going to end obamacare's individual and employer mandates. we're actually going to get rid of more than $500 billion in obamacare's tax increases. [applause] >> and we're going to give americans more choices. we'll expand health savings accounts, we'll give americans a tax credit that will help people buy plans that they need at a price they can afford. we'll make sure that americans with preexisting conditions still have access to the coverage and the care that they need. and to all the parents here, we'll make sure you can keep your kids on your plan until they're 26 years of age. and most significantly, in my view, we'll give states like kentucky the freedom and flexibility with medicaid to meet the needs of your most vulnerable in the way that works here in kentucky. [applaus [applause]

>> the bill moving through the congress today is going to give governor bevin a chance to reform medicaid to better served the underprivileged in your state with better health and better outcomes like the governor said uniquely designed for the people of kentucky, a little like we did in the hoosier state not too long ago. i'll never forget being here for governor bevin's inaugural address. anybody remember that, a sunny day? [applause] >> as i was sitting there listening on the governor announced reforming medicaid using some conservative principles that we used in indiana. he said then he was inspired by indiana's reforms, but he was pretty sure kentucky could do better than indiana and i'd like to see him try. [laughter] >> in fact, president trump truly does believe that giving states like kentucky, like indiana, like every state in

the union, the resources and flexibility to improve their health care programs and medicaid, it's the american way to meet the needs of our most vulnerable and we're going to make it happen. [applaus [applause] >> competition between the states will give the american people better health care choices. and under president trump's leadership, we're actually going to finally allow americans to purchase health insurance across state lines, the way you buy life insurance, the way you buy car insurance. [applaus [applause] >> president trump and i both know the way to lower the cost of health insurance is to create a national marketplace and give americans the choice to have the insurance they want not that the government mandates. let's be clear, it's going to be a battle in washington d.c., for us to steez this

opportunity to repeal and replace obamacare once and more, we need everyone in congress, and including kentucky. president trump and i know after the end of the day, after a good and vigorous debate, we know that kentucky will be there and we will repeal and replace obamacare once and for all. [applause] >> and let me say, let me say one more thing, despite some of the fear mongering by those on the liberal left, i want to assure the people of kentucky who might be looking on this morning, we're going to work with the congress be and work with our agency at health and human services and we're going to have an orderly transition to a better health care system that makes affordable, high quality health insurance available for every american. [applaus [applause] >> in a word, we're going to make the best health care system in the world even better. while i came here to talk about obamacare, it's just the start

of what our administration is doing to make america great again. let me give you a quick preview of that before i head back on that airplane. first off, after we get this done, we're going to cut taxes across the board for working families, small businesses, and family farms. [applaus [applause] >> we're going to keep slashing through red tape and rein in unelected bureaucrats so they can't cripple that from the taxpayer-funded desks in washington d.c. we're going to do more like we did with those bridges, we're going to rebuild america so we have the best roads and bridges and highways and airports that america has ever had. [applause] >> but making america great again doesn't stop just there. this president has no higher priority, i promise you, safety and security of the american

people and he's working every single day to protect our nation and our way of life. this is a president, i can tell you, who appreciates the men and women of our law enforcement communities and he is standing every day with those who protect and serve our country in law enforcement. [applaus [applause] >> president trump as i mentioned has also taken steps to strengthsen our borders and enforce our laws and as the president said we're working through immigration and customs enforcement with close contact with law enforcement in every community and taking in his words, the gang members, drug dealers and those who threaten and prey on our citizens off the streets of kentucky and off the streets of our country. [applaus [applause] >> and while we talk about those that serve in the

uniform, as the proud father of a united states marine, let me tell you how grateful i am that in president donald trump, we have a commander-in-chief who will rebuild our military, resore the arsenal of democracy and give our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guard, the resources and training they need to accomplish their mission and protect our nation. [applaus [applause] >> and by nominating judge neil gorsuch to the supreme court of the united states, president trump kept his word to appoint a justice to the supreme court who will keep faith with the constitution and uphold the god-given liberties enshrined in our bill of rights. [applaus [applause] >> my friends, friends, let me tell you, president trump is a man of his word and a man of

action. i believe he will make america great again. you know, i think we've come to a pivotal moment in our nation's history, i truly do. in this moment, we need every freedom-loving american to join with us in this effort to make america great again. we need all of you to stand up, speak out, let your voice be heard. there's no time like the present. we need you to tell the world that we can do better, we can do better on health care, do better with a growing economy, we can stand tall and strong, in the world again. we can restore this countries and put it back to a path to a brighter future. and i know we're going to do this. i truly do. you know, one of my favorite verses in the old book is book of jeremiah. it hung over the mantle of our home since i first was elected 16 years ago and now over the

mantle in the vice-president residence, reads, for i know the plans i have for you, plans to prosper you, not to harm you. plans to give you hope and a future. you know, in november, the people of kentucky voted to give america a president with strength and the courage and the vision to make america safe again. he voted to give us a new leader who i believe will make america prosperous again and give us a fresh start on health care and economic growth. so i truly do believe, with all my heart, that with your continued faith and support, and with god's help, together we will make america great again. thank you very much for being here on a saturday. god bless you and god bless the united states of america. [applaus [applause] >> vice-president mike pence wrapping up a listening session and then remarks in louisville,

kentucky at a company called harshaw train, an energy management and energy consulting business there, talking primarily about the republicans' plan to repeal obamacare, says that all of the promises of obamacare had been broken and was pretty short on details in terms of what the republican health care plan would do to fix those problems. he did talk about the one place that's been a sticking point for a number of republicans, as well as almost all democrats, and that's the issue of medicaid, saying that the governor there, governor bevins kentucky, would under the republican plan, control to remake medicaid to work for kentuckiens, rather than have a top-down approach from washington. we also got a lot from the vice-president as we see the camera coming down there, in terms of a little bit of a list of accomplishments for the past 50 days, talking about the 235,000 new jobs that were created in february. we've heard about that from the president yesterday through his

press secretary, and vice-president pence touting that number as well today and then making a lot of promises for the next 50 days, including talking about cutting taxes for small businesses and farms, a key point in the midwest. and with that, we have another fox news alert. we can confirm now that last night right in the middle of the night, an intruder was arrested at the white house after somehow breaching the security there. and based on the scheduling, we don't have confirmation from the secret service as of yet, but based on the white house schedule and reports, we do believe that president donald trump was home in the executive residents at the time. we're starting a little early today, i'm leland vittert in washington for america's news headquarters, nice to be with you and nice to be with you. >> thank you so much. i'm laura ingal in for elizabeth prann. we've got kristin fisher.

what do we know so far? >> cnn broke the story an hour ago and officials confirmed to fox. here is what we know, a man wearing a backpack jumped the fence on the south side of the nor north. and a man with a backpack jumped the fence and made the way to the south portico entrance to the white house. if you've ever seen president trump board marine one, the helicopter, that's the entrance he uses to board marine one and also the entrance right by the white house residence. according to cnn is where president trump was when this happened. and it happened shortly before midnight last night. now, these officials say that president trump in no way was in any immediate danger, but at some point, this intruder, and president trump, were probably only a few hundred yards apart. so, the secret service was able to arrest this man. we don't know his name yet.

as for that backpack, right, so officials say that they weren't able to find anything dangerous or hazardous inside that backpack. they did search and screen it, and then they searched the entire grounds here at the white house, but so far, found nothing. so, this raises a lot of questions, right? was this just somebody who this is their idea of a good time. seeing if they can breach the fence at the white house and see how close they can get to president trump or is this something a lot more serious? were there other people potentially involved or was it perhaps is dry run for another attempt to potentially harm president trump? so some very serious questions. the secret service, white house officials and a lot of other folks trying to answer here, leland and laura, i can tell you i got to the white house at about 10:00 this morning, so about ten hours after the incident took place. there were zero signs anything happened. by all appearances it looks to be business as usual, but

anytime you have an intruder this close to the president, it's not business as issue. >> and that's a good clip, to get over the fence and across that lawn. you know, i think everybody would like to think that there are secret service, obviously, we know they're there, but maybe perhaps not right at that position where that guy got over the fence. what can you tell us about the personnel that's usually on the grounds as we look at the map and you can see the overhead looking at how far that person did get. you know, obviously, they were a pretty good runner. >> well, a pretty good runner or perhaps they were moving at a more stealthy pace, we don't know exactly how long this person had been on the white house grounds. was it a quick jump over the fence run to the south portico entrance? we don't know. >> it's not the first time there have been fence jumpers at the white house. i believe in 2014, somebody made it very close to president obama.

so it does happen. there have been internal reviews how they handle the matters. for an intruder, wearing a backpack to get this close to not just to the white house, but to the actual residence where president trump sleeps at night. it's a very big deal. >> it was back in 2014, it was omar gonzalez, you may remember that name, jumped the fence and ran up and walked through the front door of the white house. the front door wasn't locked. we're told that these days the front door is locked. kristin, you touched on an important point, when you showed up this morning, there was no evidence of any kind of, shall we say, greater security around thing. as you've talked to the secret service agents as you walked in, have you gotten a sense over the past months or so, how they're feeling about the situation? 50 days into the first port of the administration they had

riot gear out in some of the guard shacks because they were worried about the protests. has that subsided? do you think that things are back to normal in a general sense, as today? >> all i can say i didn't notice anything as i game through the north gate of the white house today. i made some good morning jokes with the secret service agents that were there. and the one thing that is different though about this white house right now, is there's still a lot of the barricades and the perimeter that was set up for pt inauguration for the parade and all of that. usually that comes down pretty quickly, but they've left it up longer than usual, so it actually feels as though the security presence here is more intense right now than it was back during the obama administration, but again, from being here just last week, before the intruder, to being here this morning, you would not be able to tell that anything had happened. >> things go back to normal pretty quickly and they're

going to look how to reinforce the fence, spikes on the fence, anti-climb measures and talking about making it taller. we'll get back to you in a minute. thank you. >> thanks. >> now joining us on the phone, former fbi assistant deputy director danny colson. danny, good to hear from you. >> good morning. >> as kristin pointed out, we have no idea what this guy was up to. was it a college prank, something more sinister, mental problems that often times the fence jumpers do. putting aside not wanting to speculate on motive that we don't know right now, it's still surprising after all of these times people have jumped the fences and all of these new security procedures put in place by the secret service, lo and behold, 11:00 at night, the president's fast asleep presumably and somebody is still able to get over the fence. >> well, the purpose of a fence

in a permissive environment is not to keep you out is to alert you that people are trying to get in. we're not talking about a wall, we're not talking war time, we're talking about the president's home. the purpose of the fence is to alert secret service somebody in in an area they're not supposed to be. i like the comment from the reporter, there's not a lot going on. and the best security is security you don't see. and the secret service is ready to go hands on with the guy and if it's more sinister, they would use lethal force. there's a lot of security we don't see. the secret service brought us down and tried to penetrate the security of the white house, they learned a lot about that, and we did. our business was to get into places and theirs to get out. i think there's a change in the secret service from the former administration, they're allowed

to be more forceful like they should be. and i'm not surprised it happened. it's going to happen again, the key to it is that the secret service is the best in the world at what they do and i go all over the world for security assessments. with we have the best, but we're in a permissive environment and they're going to be where they're not supposed to be. what happened here, i'm not particularly upset about it, i think it's probably a good drill for them. the big concern that i would have is that this is a dry run to see what they do. and i think they-- and i know they're concerned about that, too and very alert for diversion, somebody jumps a fence in one spot and the real attack comes from another spot. but, that's what they're trained to do and in this case, they're training, the preparation work. >> this is laura jumping in here. >> hi, laura. >> if you were to be consulted on this job, so to speak, what would you tell the white house and secret service if they

asked how to improve the fence line or what could be done? what would you suggest at this point? it's happened before and now happened again, obviously, we don't want to see it happen anymore times. >> well, and i'd have to look at it, laura, first of all. i've looked at it in the past, i haven't looked at it for several years now, but, i would remind them that training is very important. the last administration cut down their training a lot, and they cut budget and they put it in places they shouldn't. what i would suggest to them, you need to practice this stuff. you need to have people, role players, do things like this. they have a great training facility at beltsville and i would intensify the training up there and they may be doing it anyway. okay, somebody jumps the fence, what are you going to do and you have three guys jump the fence, what are you going to do? and one of the things is the principal. someone like donald trump, all this confidence and ability and sometimes getting the principal

to do what you want them to do, i go did $what i'm saying is i'd want a sit-down with mr. president trump and his staff, if they tell you it's dangerous, believe them. in my business, we have heads of state and sometimes that's the problem. >> danny, a quick question from an overall standpoint picking up where laura left off. we were looking at video, so our viewers understand, of some of the security procedures that the secret service goes through after there's a fence jumper. they walk arm in arm across the lawn to try to sweep and see if anything is seen, depending on the situation and we think back a year or two ago, someone was shot outside the white house by a secret service agents, appeared to be a suicide by cop. and then were high powered rifles and shotguns and pushed the perimeter back, but you brought up an important point here, we're not in a time of war.

we are in the nation's capital. this is the people's house. it would be ease to keep everybody out, build a 50 foot wall and put up machine gun turrets, and nobody would come to the white house. on the other hand it would look different and feel different and the people's house would perhaps no longer be the people's house and have the beautiful view from lafayette park. it seems they're taking that calculated risk. yes, somebody may get over the fence, but at the same time we're still going to have a beautiful look at the north lawn. >> well, i think you just nailed it. we don't want to live in a world like that. we don't want to live in a world where we have a bastille. we're a free people and we want to be free and we like the idea that he's our president and we want to be able to see our house: that white house belongs to me and you and to the people of america and i think that's what makes the secret service job so hard. they want to make it appear inviting and friendly and still

secure. that's what makes their jobs so hard and why they're the best in the world. >> danny, we're now 12 hours into this story. we only learned about it about an hour ago, but we're 12 hours from the time this guy jumped the fence and was taken down by the secret service. the secret service hasn't said he was taken peacefully, but we didn't hear he was in any way harmed. but he was arrested and they picked up the backpack and searched that and nothing nefarious in the backpack. you take those two data points and put it together with what kristin fisher said, she walked into the white house today and everything was normal. you go through security, but the perimeter wasn't pushed out, lafayette park wasn't closed, the dogs weren't out of the cars, for example, all of these things that you get trained to look for. you connect all of those dots and seem as though the past 12 hours, the secret service had time to go through their procedures and talk to whoever they arrested.

perhaps said something or she said something or perhaps they didn't. at least they seem pretty confident based on data points that this wasn't a dry run. there's not more people ready to jump the fence in the next hour, there's not some threat they can at least right now identify. >> well, that's a really good point. i think one thing to consider, it's not just them interviewing him. i tell you the fbi was all over this thing. the fbi has a great relationship with the service and i promise you, they were doing data base checks. if this guy had been an isis guy or a baca haram guy, or things look differently. i think what happens behind the scene is almost the most important thing. i'm not surprised they got him at all, be shocked if they didn't, but the important thing to remember is that everybody's trying to protect the president of the united states and the secret service works very closely with the fbi and they

were vetting him with crazy with every data base they have and obviously came up with a conclusion, the reasonable one, that this guy wasn't a big threat, not a big deal. >> danny. >> yes, ma'am. >> i know that obviously what we are told about security, you know, we're not told everything, as you had mentioned, but when we talk about the fences, i'm just reminded by many people have a home security system at their house and when the door opens, you hear a chime. so, i'm just wondering, when it comes to a fence line and somebody getting over a fence, are there any triggers or any kind of alert that happens, somebody if they don't see it, back is turned. you see in the movie, the security guy who turns around and somebody hops a fence. i know that secret service works much better than that, i'm thinking if somebody gets over the fence, is there something that alerts, some kind of sound, some kind of alarm that we know of? >> absolutely, there are.

cameras today don't just record images, they also give you alerts. the type of security we use for our clients, you don't have to look at the camera to know something happened. the camera will tell you there's an intrusion here. secret service has that capability so he was monitored by cameras that will tell you there's a problem. it's not dependent upon you watching the camera, they do that and sound alerts, there's also sensors on the ground. you're not going to get into white house unless somebody falls asleep at the same time and that's not going to happen. there are shifts and well-rested and prepared for this. again, the most important thing is is train for this, be ready for this, just to be doing a security job all the time when nothing happens is very difficult to keep your senses alert, and keep you so you can respond, but to answer your question, yes, that camera tells you you've got an issue and so it's not just watching the camera. >> how should we look at this. we obviously, the secret

service is rightly held in high regard, but there have been a lot of issues with the secret service over the past few years, whether it was the fact that the door at the white house was unlocked when omar gonzalez got through. whether it was the scandal in ca carthena. and the list goes on. is it right to lump this fence jumping incident into a list of secret service failures or lack of progress or in the last 30 seconds, business as normal? >> no, no, i think what you have here, some individual, either intoxicated or goofy, jumped a fence and they did their job. they did exactly the way they should have. they shouldn't have shot him or taken him down with deadly force. they responded in a measured fashion and one last thing, security is based on layers, and he only got through the first layer. there are many more there. you know.

the secret service had their issues and fbi had its issues, we all do because we're human. they do a great job and i'm sure president trump is proud of him. >> we're proud of them at all and we've had an opportunity to see them at work. danny colson, we appreciate your time. more in just a second. and this is a fox news alert. noon eastern here, roughly about 12 hours, 12 hours and 20 minutes after an intruder jumped the fence at the white house last night. we understand that this was on the southeast corner of the white house complex, came over the fence and made their way to the sort portico of the white house. you can see a picture there. he so, roughly where the line, it says, white house, where that line ends is the south portico and that's where the president either walks out to marine one or the president greets foreign dignitaries when they arrive at the white house. as of now, we're told by sources that this person never made it inside