>> big talk with janice dean this afternoon. >> have a good day, bye. >> bill: good morning, everybody. we've got a very big week now for president trump and the country as we near the first milestone of his young administration, healthcare, government spending, tax reform all on the agenda this week. so we'll be cooking with gas. i'm bill hemmer. >> shannon: the weekends go so quickly. we're back in business. i'm shannon bream. president trump will mark 100 days on saturday. his administration says it's pushing forward with a bold agenda. newt gingrich dismissing critics. >> i think he's done very well so far. he will have had, i think, 29

or 30 executive orders, the most since world war ii. he has gotten a lot of things done. he has a strong cabinet in place. the meetings he is having today are a sign of that. i would say you have to give him pretty good grades, an implementer of a direction that's very different for the country. >> shannon: good morning, john roberts. what are the expectations for the white house this week? >> a very busy week. a lot expected to come down the pike. the president calls it a ridiculous standard he would like to get legislative points on the scoreboard why the white house is working so hard this week to try to get a vote on the healthcare bill. it is possible that could be voted on by saturday which is the 100th day. the president trying to avoid a government shutdown offering a deal to democrats saying he will maintain obamacare

subsidys if they give him money for a wall and more ice agents and more for defense spending. the president tweeted, the wall is a very important tool in stopping drugs from pouring into our country and poisoning our youth and many others. i think there is a second tweet coming. he says if but we haven't heard anything for 30 minutes. maybe we will. jeff sessions was appearing on "fox & friends" and here is what he said about the importance of the border wall and getting funding. >> they have to do this. it will be a tough fight it looks like. i'm amazed we're seeing some of the resistance we are but the president is determined and the american people need to speak out. we have to get this done. >> the border wall is described as the president's top priority. it may also be expendable. an interview with the associated press asked if he

will insist on funding for the border wall be in the new spending measure the president said we'll see. shannon, it may come down to the idea if he gets everything he wants except for money for the border wall, that might be a difficult deal to walk away from. the president is also going to lay out some principles in his tax reform plan on wednesday. our understanding is it won't be anything that looks like legislation just yet. >> shannon: the trump white house is calling the 100 day standard ridiculous on one hand but -- >> he has a big rally in pennsylvania saturday that happens to be as you look at video from last year, happens to be the same night the white house correspondent's association dinner is happening and the president won't attend it. the first time since reagan in

1981. he skilled it because he was recovering from a gunshot wound. president trump doesn't want to go to a dinner with people he thinks are treating him unfairly. >> shannon: it's fun the jabs and applause. thank you. >> bill: all this week we'll look closely at president trump's accomplishments and what he needs to get done. the president reforming our nations school. given that a top priority. we'll talk with education secretary betsy devos as we look forward to that, how should we measure the first 100 days in office? my next guest today says he has accomplished what he said or as much as he could do without congress. the washington examinener byron. he is a fox news contributor. welcome back to new york, sir. always better in person, right? you say quote if trump wanted

to have a signature legislative achievement in his pocket in the first 1 -- 100 day mark -- it's an unrealistic measure. congress acts on its own scheduled and do they ever. >> back in october he issued a contract with the american voter. a single page of paper. it listed a bunch of promises of things he would do on executive authority as president. the back page listed things he would introduce, bills he would introduce into congress and basically the bottom line is he has done well on the front page of the contract. he has done a lot of things he promised like appointing a supreme court judge. getting out of the trans-pacific partnership, cutting regulation. he has done a lot of the things he promised he could do on executive power. congress it ain't happening. >> bill: its own schedule as

you write. trump hasn't ignored 100 days. he has talked about it a lot. i think the question here is relativity. how do we look at the first three months of a new administration? it started with fdr in march of 1933. chris wallace had this exchange with karl rove. it is very telling. >> this is completely phony measure derived from franklin delano roosevelt. he was inaugurated march 4th. 60 members of the senate. 35 republicans. he had 322 democrats to 109 republicans and the country was in the middle of a depression. >> you did not know i was going to ask that question. >> this is completely phony. >> bill: he is making the case the standard is whack. is it? >> we have to remember trump

has majorities, republican majorities in the house and senate but they're not dominant majorities. what karl was saying in the new deal just as in the great society years in the 1960s you had democratic presidents with filibuster majorities in the senate. that's not the case here. the other thing, though, we should be fair here, trump has not even introduced bills he said he would. he is focused on executive authority and taken a shot and so far failed at repealing and replacing obamacare. he will talk about tax reform this week. release some sort of guidelines or something on tax reform. my guess is by the end of the week, by saturday, the 100th day he will be able to say i'm making progress on the two most important legislative proposals i made. the bottom line is success on executive action, not a success on legislation.

>> bill: "washington post" president trump first 100 days disapproval numbers at 53%. supporting trump for president among his voters 96% believe that was the right thing to do. only 2% say they regret it. >> you've seen all these reports of voters staying with him. they are. the problem is it's not enough to get a lot done. there is a big factor in passing legislation and that is the president's job approval rating. when members of congress look at a president with a 55% job approval rating they tend to go along. when they see somebody in the 40s they think why do i have to do what this guy says? >> bill: interesting point. thanks for the analysis. good to see you in person. what's next, shannon? >> shannon: we have a fox news alert. violence erupting on the streets of france as far right candidate le pen advances in the nation's president election. violent demonstrators burning

cars and clashing with police overnight protesting her nationalist campaign. in favor of leaving the european union. macron is preaching open borders and hope. those two set for a head-to-head runoff in early may. coming up on "america's newsroom" we'll speak with a british politician and leader of the brexit movement. we've been waiting for months to see how it will shape up and we're down to two. >> bill: two-stage election in france. more to come on that. in the meantime we have this. defense secretary james mattis surprise visit in afghanistan. he is there now and expecting as you see right now this news conference. the visit comes as recent attacks kill more than 100 afghan military personnel raising questions of more u.s. troops on the ground. that in a moment and now this. >> what we've said from the beginning and continue to say

is the united states is not looking for a fight. so don't give us a reason to have one. >> shannon: words from nikki haley as president trump speaks with leaders of china and japan urging restraint with north korea as tensions continue to mount. >> bill: a professor becomes the latest american detained trying to leave north korea. what the regime hopes to gain by this and we'll talk about their latest threats. >> north korea for no reason is holding another american trying to have some sort of bargaining chip. they show what an irrational national player they really are. what if technology

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>> shannon: secretary of defense james mattis speaking moments ago in kabul. general michelson is also there making a stop in afghanistan today promising support for the government there. there was an afghan army base -- tia kyle will join us on the secretary's visit and a possible new phase in america's involvement in afghanistan. >> will he sign a government funding bill that does not include funding for the border wall? >> i think you saw his answer in your lead-in. we don't know yet. we're asking for our priorities and we're offering to give democrats some of their priorities as well. they've made it clear they want

these cost sharing reduction payments as part of obamacare. we don't like those very much but we offered to open the discussions to give the democrats something they want in order to get something we want. >> bill: there is wiggle room in that answer. mick mulvaney with chris wallace on sunday hoping to do a deal with democrats. administration wants a budget in place that includes partial funding for a border wall. a government shutdown looming largely over all of it this week. we'll bring in katie pavlich and mary anne marshall. i've heard mulvaney say we don't know yet whether or not they demand funding for a border wall. jeff sessions will make those decisions, referring to the president. and the president himself i don't know yet. it appears the negotiation is active. what is your view on that? >> it is certainly active. what we have heard from the white house is that they do not

want a government shutdown. that certainly is not something they want politically in the first 100 days of this new administration and not something they want to have to defend if that should happen. this is a partial funding. 1.5 billion. something that can be negotiated later and maybe they'll get the funding. one thing here that they can tell democrats is a lot of you voted for the 2006 fence act. that gives us the authority to build this wall. how about we negotiate and trade favors in terms of the budget to get our partial funding underway? >> bill: what seems to be at play here is healthcare provisions, too. why not take that deal, mary anne? >> there is no need if you're a democrat. trump has shown his hand and he is desperate to put a win on the board for his first 100 days. he is willing to hold the government hostage and try to get the american people to pay for a wall they don't want and the mexican government would pay. there is not one congressional

member republican or democrat, representative or senator who represents the border who wants this wall. so there is no need to negotiate. the problem for donald trump is republicans run everything now. the white house, house and senate. yet he hasn't been able to deliver on anything yet and now he will try to -- >> bill: compromise would be a wonderful thing in this world, would it not, 2017, mary anne? i gave you an opportunity. the door was wide open to say of course we'll go ahead and do it and talk poll numbers go through the sky because the american people tell us for years that is what they're looking for, wow. katie, that did not happen. >> it did not happen. mary anne is correct she says republicans are in charge and they're the ones who will have to come up with the funding for this. mitch mcconnell, senate majority leader has already promised that president trump will get his wall and as president trump promised on the campaign trail, americans won't be paying for it. they do have the responsibility to put that solution on the

table. but that being said, to say that the trump administration has had no wins on the board throughout the first 100 days is not true. there are a number of things they've done to roll back regulations, keystone pipeline, creating jobs, there are a lot of things they've done that are outside of legislation and big reforms like tax reform and obamacare repeal can certainly be considered wins that people are excited about out in the country and people who voted for him and for hillary clinton. >> bill: the issue of the border wall. tweet one and tweet two. the democrats don't want money from budget going to border wall despite the fact it will stop drugs in the ms-13 gang members which are prominent in long island, new york and responsible for a lot of killings and violence. mexico will be paying in some form for the badly-needed border wall. and then you have this interview with the associated press in which he said the following.

on the dreamers, here is what they can hear, the dreamers should rest easy, i'll give you that. the dreamers should rest easy. seems to me again, mary anne, that he has given an olive branch based on what was said during the campaign. why not grab it and run with it and get something done? >> to things. one is donald trump says one thing and does another. he is consistently shown things he said on the campaign trail he hasn't done in office. democrats and republicans are skeptical number one. the democrats have learned from the republicans. they spent eight years opposing every thing barack obama did when he was president and yet look at them now. they're in the white house, they have the house, they have the senate. democrats look at the polls, look at what the republicans did and said you wouldn't work with us on anything and now you run everything. why should we work with you on any of this? the problem for donald trump is he hasn't put together a record of keeping his words or his commitments. last point. the way he is offering to bill this wall and pay for it is

exactly how he did development deals. put up someone else's money. someone else would pay for it. when the money wasn't there he would walk away. he would leave the american people with a wall they didn't want. >> bill: how about getting along. >> all of a sudden democrats seem -- >> bill: we'll do that tomorrow. thanks to both of you today. mary anne, thanks for your time on a monday. katie, great to see you. 20 past the hour right now. >> shannon: fox news alert on north korea. the rogue regime threatening to strike an american aircraft carrier. north korea could be up to more than just idle threats. >> bill: a terrifying moment caught on video. a toddler falling out of the back of that moving bus. what two good samaritans did to help that child who is doing just fine today.

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>> bill: former president barack obama stepping back into the public eye today holding an event billed as an open conversation with six young americans at the university of chicago. his first public appearance since leaving office about three months ago. a lot of that is focused on community organizing and where he really got his start in politics back in the south side of chicago years ago. >> shannon: he said he wouldn't speak out against the current administration. we'll see if he has any other critiques for the current administration. >> bill: chicago is the first stop. see where he heads after that. president trump talking with leaders of china and japan. the chinese president urging the president to diffuse the situation. north korean officials are

making new threats to sink the uss carl vinson, an american aircraft carrier in the pacific. nikki haley says the threats are a result of the u.s. turning up the heat. >> kim jong-un is testing his muscles. he is trying to show his strength to the people of his country. >> shannon: let's bring in julian turner, fox news contributor. good morning. i heard dhs secretary kelly say something this weekend i haven't heard others say. he said essentially he believes that north korea will have a nuclear missile, something capable of reaching the u.s., before president trump's second term if there is one. he said this term before it's over he will face that actual threat. >> it's a very real possibility

and that's part of the reason why we're seeing this escalated military tension but also over the last week to 10 days we've reached this kind of rhetorical apex where president trump is being really tough trying to get out in front of this. likewise the north koreans are as well kind of flexing some muscle as ambassador haley said. president trump is not really listening to the chinese, to the japanese and the calls this morning both foreign leaders abe and xi advised him to not escalate the pressure. he is launching new military exercises off the korean peninsula. he is doing what he thinks is in american national security interests and that's a bold move. >> shannon: yesterday senator

marco rubio said essentially at this point there are no good options. if we believe that north korea is moving ahead with a nuclear missiles and long-range missile tests here is more of what he said about the situation and going beyond north korea. >> there are people starving to death in north korea. that government is putting virtually every dollar they have left over into the development of these long-range missiles. ultimately if they want a long-range missile and continue and we do nothing about it they'll acquire that capability and they potentially have some of it now. one of my big concerns about iran as well. they'll follow the same track. >> shannon: how we handle north korea a message to iran as they continue down the same path? >> yeah, also the lynch pin here is really with north korea and the united states is china. we won't negotiate anything with the north koreans that does not involve a pass through the chinese government. and the problem here, the reason why president trump is

frustrated and americans are frustrated by china's lacks approach they share some of our interests and some they don't. it presents a graver threat to the united states, japan, south korea than to the chinese. they're the firewall between north korea and the rest of the world. they have vested interests in keeping the national economy keeping it floating and stable. they would rather see a north korea with a nuclear weapon that is financially viable than seeing refugees and all kinds of difficulties there and it is important to hedge those. i think president trump is coming up between a wall and a hard place and is really understanding that fully for the first time. he has only been president a couple of months. seems he is learning the hard truth now. >> shannon: he talked about how china has been working with the u.s. on this threat. although he has tweeted and

said other things if they don't do it we'll take care of it ourselves. a long north korea saying we'll blow your ships out of the water, this quote as well. the ministry at nrk saying we'll react to a total war to a nuclear war with nuclear strikes of its own and surely win a victory in the death-defying struggle against the u.s. imperialists. we hear they may have taken what we believe would be a third u.s. citizens into detention there. is china having a conversation with them that is making any headway? they sound more defiant than ever. >> china is moving ahead slowly but not putting the financial pressure on the north koreans that the united states would like to see to bring an issue.

to get back to your earlier question of the parallels between iran and north korea nuclear programs they're both heavy on this tough rhetoric. they like to get out in front of the issues. both state medias are talking to their constituents constantly and the evils of the united states. there is a parallel. north korea is probably willing to take this all the way to fruition. >> shannon: we'll find out. a lot of folks worried that's where this is going. thank you very much. >> bill: remember they took a third american. arrested him this weekend and don't forget about a 22-year-old college kid that was pulled off a plane at the airport. all this is happening in the back drop of these nuclear concerns. >> shannon: not so subtle. >> bill: chaos in the streets of paris. protests as the runoff is set in france threatens to turn the political order in europe on its how. how will it go?

similarities between le pen and trump on borders and immigration. the man who helped lead the charge on brexit nigel farage joins us live. >> shannon: the co-author of the book shattered is probably not surprised. we'll talk to her about the poll numbers coming up and remember this exchange from the presidential debates? >> from everything i see has no respect for this person. >> that's because he would rather have a puppet as president. >> no puppet. you are the puppet. >> it's clear you won't admit --

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presidential election. le pen and macron will face off. the fate of the entire european union could be on the line is what they say. what is on the line now, greg? >> hi, bill. they had made pretty interesting choices on their way to selecting a new president. this unhappy electorate was deciding between 11 different candidates. the to top vote getters will go on to the runoff election in two weeks' time. for the first time in modern french history candidates from neither of the two major parties will be involved. the top vote getter was macron. he has never held elected office. he says he is for reform. he is calling for change, but he is also embracing a lot of the institution here in europe including the european union. also through fire brand populist far right le pen.

she wants to ditch the european union and the euro. at least renegotiate the terms of france between them and brussels institutions. this a way to try to invigorate a stagnant economy and calling for slapping import taxes on a variety of items. she is tough on security, too. she is calling on tightening the borders and ticking out terror. macron is a more inclusive tone. mixed and colorful reaction on the streets of paris today. >> i'm happy for macron. >> how about le pen? >> he is younger but we don't know if he will be good. >> it is the same, trump versus clinton. same thing. >> we escaped the worst. >> polls have le pen winning by

a fairly good margin over le-- over le pen in the runoff. they're gathering around macron paying to some themes that le pen is working. she claims that she is the real change candidate. it will be an interesting two weeks. >> bill: greg pal ko*t in paris. >> shannon: very interesting election in france. president trump tweeted yesterday. le pen shares many of his views on trade and immigration. nigel farage led the brexit campaign. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. let's talk about your take on the parallels between trump and le pen. are they an exact match? how is that viewed there in france? >> it's very interesting. the way the media are

portraying this macron is a centrist, nice, cuddly and the good way. he was minister in a hard left social list government. le pen is painted to be far right. the origins of the front front national may have been far right but she dragged them a long way from that. in terms of security, in terms of believing in sovereignty and many of those things, she has a huge amount in common with the brexit campaign and secondly with president trump. >> shannon: so you're saying that much of the media in france functions like it does in the u.s. and president trump tweeted another terrorist attack in paris after the tragic shooting say the people of france won't take much more of this. big effect on the presidential election. now that we're down to two how does the issue factor into the may 7th vote? >> there are two weeks to go

and 21 terrorist attacks of varying size that have happened in france since 2015. so the odds of another one happening between now and may 7th are quite high. i've seen obama backing macron, mrs. merkel backing macron. the european commission backing macron. the polls say she is 20 points behind. this man, macron, has never been elected to anything, never been tested under fire. i listened to his speech last night and it was -- he had no policy at all other than to say he will defend the status quo and i'll make one prediction. the 20-point gap will narrow considerably over the course of the next two weeks. >> shannon: you have been good at reading the people despite the polls. the polls were off in our presidential election.

how far off are they? can she stage a come from behind victory in your opinion? >> i did call it for trump a couple months before the election of the november 8th. i am not yet calling it for le pen. but i would suggest to you that the gap is probably more like 10 points than 20 points and there is still all to play for and given last year brexit brought all sorts of surprises. don't write this off. there will be a real debate. france is having a referendum on its european project membership. this is a big, big battle of two huge cultural ideals. one the globalists who believe in open borders, the other those who believe in nation state and protecting their people. it will run a lot closer than most commentators in paris are saying. >> shannon: a lot of folks thinks the u.s. president shouldn't weigh in at all. he hasn't endorsed a candidate. he has said things positive

about le pen's positions. here is what his chief of staff reince priebus said yesterday when asked about that. >> has the president taken sides in the french election. is he unofficially hoping le pen gets the runoff? >> not at all. no matter who wins our relationship with them will continue. >> shannon: if president trump is viewed at favoring one candidate over another in this election is it a plus or minus for that candidate? >> he is being careful. i doubt the president will go any further than he has gone. he pointed out le pen the tough on terrorism. that's all he will say. >> shannon: we're glad it's as interesting there as it is here. always good to see you, thank you. >> bill: there has been an enormous and lethal attack in

afghanistan. well over 100 soldiers are dead prompting a surprise visit by secretary james mattis on the ground moments ago in afghanistan. are there more u.s. troops on the way? >> shannon: the horrifying scene, a 4-year-old girl falls out of a church bus onto a busy street. details on how she is doing now. better than you would expect. we'll tell you how it happened. booking.com gets it. they offer free cancellation if my plans change. visit booking.com. booking.yeah.

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to accept that? what do you believe now today? >> i think the question has to be mcmasters and mattis has to do evaluation. we can't judge there is an attack by terrorist and we react and change policy. they are getting information on the ground. there are 40% taliban control there still. the president is doing a good job with 60% majority but we need to determine if they can control terrorism or if they will be overtaken by it. if they'll be overtaken by it we do need more forces there. if they can stand on their own, that's good. >> bill: i agree with everything you just said. you have isis, al qaeda, the taliban. is this a war we can win? >> that's the question. i don't know. i used to ask chris about that too, right? sometimes it's like there is a cancer. we're cutting it back but never getting rid of it. it will continue to grow. we have to cut it back.

we have to be active against it or it will overtake the whole body. how do we eradicate it without civilian lives being killed in the process? we can't clear out the middle east to get rid of terrorism. it is nt just in the middle east. there are good people who live there, too. it's a very difficult problem. >> bill: we have the watches and they have the time is the long-held phrase in afghanistan. you can tell us when you'll leave and that's okay because we'll still be here. >> they'll wait it out. i was talking to my friend senator and he served with mcmasters and keeps him in high esteem and the perfect guy to make these decisions for us and develop policy. president trump has the right people there. one of the points he was making world war ii germany was able to stand on their own and we could withdraw forces in 10 years. we're 16 years out from 9/11

and afghanistan, pakistan, iraq, is that area ready for us to pull out and can they control terrorism? >> you can argue does afghanistan even have a structure? >> pakistan is all tribal. we do need a presence there. how much? i don't know. >> bill: you had the deadline with the past administration. we're 9,000 forces on the ground. michelson said this about the current fight there with james mattis. >> we're sending a clear message to isis. if they come here to afghanistan, they will be destroyed. keeping with the secretary's intent they will be annihilated. this continuing pressure on isis achieving that effect and

we'll keep it up. >> bill: we're sending a clear message to isis. they listen, watch and react. >> i don't think they'll ever bow down, right? we have to be a strong force because these are not people you'll talk to. they won't be people you negotiate deals with. the show of force is all they understand. the strongest force wins. we have to have a strong force. >> bill: do you have a sense what mattis will say and the new commander-in-chief will do? >> i think they're there gathering information. mcmasters and mattis are strong enough to fight terrorism. they won't pull back and say we don't need to do anything. trump is listening and has the right people on the ground to make the decisions or advise him on what needs to be done. i'm optimistic they'll take a tough line. >> bill: nice to see you. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate it. >> bill: 10 minutes before the

hour. now back to shannon. >> shannon: we're expecting the president at the top of the hour set to make something of a long distance phone call, a really long distance phone call ahead. a live report from the white house with all the details. remote moisture sensors use a reliable network to tell them when and where to water. so that farmers like ray can compete in big ways. china. oh ... he got there. that's the power of and.

>> bill: want to share this terrifying scene caught on camera. state of arkansas, a 4-year-old girl somehow she is able to get out the back hatch of a school bus and takes a tumble on that road. the driver was filming this rushed to her aid. paramedics soon rushed her to the hospital. she has a broken jaw. she will need surgery but expected to make a full recovery. four years young and hit that pavement hard but good to know that good samaritan was there and she will be all right. when you see it, it takes your breath away.

>> shannon: i can't imagine how terrified she was. so good those folks were there to scoop her up and trying for her mom. they were there to comfort her before there was worse compounding tragedy there. >> bill: was the latch put on properly or was she able to get it from the inside? don't know just yet. she will be okay. >> shannon: good news. we are now awaiting an historic event in the oval office. at the top of the our president trump is scheduled to call astronaut peggy wittson to congratulate her on being the longest in space. what are we hearing from nasa today about the focus of the call? >> i'm make it simple for everybody watching. you're right. the president will make a very special earth to space call in about 20 minutes or so we're told to congratulate wittson

for his record breaking stay on the international space station. 535 cumulative days in space tops the mark held by jeff williams. congratulations to him. she is the first woman to command the space station not once, but twice and holds the record for most space walks by a female astronaut. the white house is inviting schools across the country to be on the call to encourage students in stem. i'm looking forward to it myself. >> shannon: fascinating. can you tell us who else will be in the oval office for this call? >> i mentioned a moment ago stem. that is an important advocacy area for the president's daughter, ivanka trump and she will be on the call as will nasa astronaut kate rubeins who is a great person. this is all a chance to encourage school-age children

to see what what space research and exploration will be for the world's future. youngsters, if you're at school turn on fox and watch with us as we take in the president's call. >> shannon: i did better on some parts of stem than others. we want to see boys and girls alike tackling that. >> bill: we'll have more on this historic moment playing out on board the international space station as we await president trump's call to the astronaut peggy wittson. stand by for that. education secretary betsy devos is with us live. how will this administration make schools in america great again? tlands, too.

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>> shannon: fox news alert rising tensions with north korea. world leaders urging president trump to exercise restraint as the rogue regime threatens to sink one of our aircraft

carriers along with things like all-out nuclear war. >> bill: it will be a very busy week around her. president trump speaking with the leaders of china and japan last night. nikki haley says it's a watershed moment in u.s. foreign policy. >> it's a new day when you have china and the united states working together on a statement to condemn north korea. they've put pressure on him. he feels it, what we have said from the beginning and what i'll continue to say is the united states is not looking for a fight. so don't give us a reason to have one. >> shannon: we have live fox team coverage. we'll begin with benjamin hall from london. tell us more about this phone call now between president trump and china's president as well. >> hi, shannon. a couple of phone calls this week by president trump to leaders in the region. two very different phone calls. president xi of china was

urging restraint saying dialogue was first step to be taken. japan's abe was happy all options were on the table and it was a resolute alliance that would continue going on. on sunday two japanese destroyers began joint exercises with the u.s.s. carl vinson after north korea threatened to sink it. the ships continued their journey. more naval and military hardware is being mobilized in the region. over the weekend north korea issued more threats saying, quote, north korea had access to a powerful nuclear deterrent to defend itself and would react a nuclear war with nuclear strikes. tomorrow is the anniversary of the founding of their military. so many people say maybe tomorrow they're expected to test missiles or nuclear bomb. all eyes on tomorrow and what happens then. >> shannon: we'll all be watching with you. >> bill: a moment ago, the

astronaut is having a phone call with the president. drop on in. >> president trump: they're watching this conversation from the classroom and all over we have astronauts and we have everybody. we're flying right now 17,000 miles per hour. that's about as fast as i've ever heard. i wouldn't want to be flying 17,000 miles an hour but that's what you do. peggy, jack and kate. i know american students are thrilled to hear from you. first i want to say this is a very special day in the glorious history of american space flight. today commander whitson, you have broke the record by the time spent in space by an american astronaut. 534 days and counting. an incredible record to break and on behalf of our nation and frankly on behalf of the world

i would like to congratulate you. that is really something. and i would like to know how does it feel to have broken such a big and important record? >> well, it's actually a huge honor to break a record like this but it's an honor for me basically to be representing all the folks at nasa who make this space flight possible and who make me setting this record feasible. so it's very exciting time to be at nasa. we're all very much looking forward, as directed by your new nasa bill, we're excited about the missions to mars in 2030s and so we're actually physically have hardware on the ground that's being built for the sls rocket that will take us there and of course the hardware being built now will be for the test flights that will eventually get us there. but it is a very exciting time and i'm so proud of the team.

>> president trump: great. what are we learning from having you spending your time up there? i know so much research is done. i'm getting a glimpse of some of it here in the oval office. what are we learning by being in space? >> i think probably the international space station is providing a key bridge from us doing -- living on earth to going somewhere into deep space. on those mars missions we need to better understand how microgravity is affecting our body and need to understand it in great detail. many of the studies are looking at the human body and looking at things that involve operation of a space vehicle and the technological advancements that will be required. for instance, on a multi-year mars mission, we'll need to be able to close the life support system and that means we right now, for instance, are taking

solar power that we collect and using it to break apart water into oxygen and hydrogen. the oxygen we breathe, of course, we use the hydrogen and combine it with the co2 and make more water. but water is such a precious resource up here that we also are cleaning up our urine and making it drinkable and it is really not as bad as it sounds. >> president trump: that's good. i'm glad to hear that. better you than me. i would say, colonel fisher, you just arrived. how was your trip, complicated, easy, how did it go? >> sir, it was awesome. it made even my beloved f-22 feel underpowered. i launched in a russian vehicle with my russian friend from

kazakhstan. got the immediate perspective change as we got to orbit and i saw that frail thin blue line of life around the earth. six hours later we're docked to the station. the next day i install an experiment in the japanese module that will be looking at new drugs and how we can make those drugs for muscular dystrophy, alzheimer's, multi-drug resistant bacteria, all sorts of things. a couple hours later i watched our crew mate, a frenchman, drive a canadian robotic arm to capture a spaceship from virginia carrying 3 1/2 tons of cargo and science that will keep us busy for the next few months and dock that to the station. sir, it's amazing. oh and now i'm talking to the president of the united states while hanging from a wall. it's amazing. the international space station is by far the best example of

international cooperation and what we can do when we work together in the history of humanity. and i'm so proud to be a part of it. it's also just cool. like yesterday i had -- there you go, there is our resident space ninja doing the gravity demonstration and yesterday morning i had my coffee in floaty ball form and sir, it was delicious. so it's awesome. >> president trump: tell me, mars, what do you see a timing for actually sending humans to mars? is there a schedule and when would you see that happening? >> i think it will be approximately 2030s. as i mentioned we are building hardware to test the new heavy launch vehicle and this vehicle will take us further than we've

ever been away from this planet. unfortunately space flight takes a lot of time and money, so getting there will require some international cooperation to get it to be a planet-wide approach in order to make it successful just because it is a very expensive endeavor. but it is so worthwhile doing. >> president trump: we want to try to do it during my first term or at worst during my second term. we'll have to speed that up a little bit, okay? >> we'll do our best. >> president trump: you will. i have great respect for you folks. it's amazing what you do and i just want to introduce another great one kate rubins is with us today and so impressive in research and so many other things having to do with nasa and kate, i understand you are the first person to sequence

dna in space. can you tell us about that? >> that was actually just this last summer and it is a real example of what we can do with technology and innovation. we've gotten a sequencer down to the size of your cell phone and able to fly it on the space station and sequence dna. not just a demonstration but we can actually use it to do things like detect microbes on the space station, look at astronaut health and easily use that in earth-based settings to look for disease outbreaks and to do rural healthcare as well. >> president trump: that's fantastic. i saw some of the work and it is incredible. i've been dealing with politicians so much, i'm so much more impressed with these people. you have no idea. now speaking of another impressive person ivanka you've been very interested in this program. >> hi, first of all congratulations on your incredible milestone. my father recently signed the

inspire women act to encourage female participation in stem fields across all aerospace areas and really with a focus on nasa. so encouraging women and girls to pursue stem careers is a major priority for this administration and today we are sitting with an amazing example of that, dr. rubins, and you, dr. whitson. what was the impetus for you to get involved in the sciences? >> when i was 18 i went to a conference on dna. and that was very inspiring for me. it was sort of the beginning of dna and the exposure to scientists and the kinds of things you can do with science and technology innovation. >> dr. whitson? >> for me it was the apolo program was my inspiration and

that was when it became a dream to become an astronaut. i don't think it became a goal until i graduated from high school when the first female astronauts were selected. seeing those role models and with the encouragement of my parents and various mentors in college and graduate school and when i started working at rice, that's what made it possible, i think, to become an astronaut. it took me a lot longer to become an astronaut than i ever really wanted it to take but i do think i'm better at my job because of the journey. >> you're an incredible inspiration to us all. i would also like to ask you one more question. i'm incredibly curious, as i'm sure all the students across the country are, to know what a day in the life in space is like? can you share what a typical day looks like and what the challenges are, just any special moments? >> a typical day, we wake up

and look at the messages from the ground because we have a huge ground team that's working overnight to prepare changes or the details of the tests that we'll be performing over the course of the day. so first thing i do is check out that and see what's changed. but on any given day it can be so dramatically different. one day we might focus on science. another day we might be repairing the carbon dioxide removal system. another day soon jack and i will do a space walk. we talked about last saturday we did robotics operations. i love the diversity of the different activities that we do, plus, you know, we have over 200 investigations ongoing on board the space station. there is also just the living and on board the space station, it is such a unique and novel environment. nothing we're used to on the ground and it is so special to just be in zero gravity.

jack is the new guy here and he can probably give you a better perspective on what that's like? >> bill: peggy whitson has been in space more than 500 days. you have to miss home after that. congratulations to her. a little surprise in the question about how we're keeping our water clean up here. what did the president say, better you than me? >> shannon: we take for granted this phone call. it's amazing technology. >> bill: betsy devos secretary of education will talk about encouraging young men and women in america about education and the science, technology, engineering, math, all that stuff. we'll get to her in 20 minutes. >> shannon: as the trump administration ramps up immigration policies attorney general jeff sessions weighs in. >> we'll never target anybody but the law says that any person who enters the country unlawfully and then is

convicted of a crime should be deported and shall be deported. >> shannon: that comes as president trump is pushing to fulfill his campaign promise to build a border wall but would the government shut down over that? >> bill: there is a surprise visit underway in afghanistan for james mattis only days after that deadly attack left more than 140 soldiers dead. we're live with a nation seemingly in chaos in a moment on that. >> shannon: if president trump and hillary clinton had an election rematch right now who would win? the results could surprise you. i don't know why i didn't get screened a long time ago.

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>> shannon: a very hectic week ahead on capitol hill. congress returns from a two-week resource. as the white house pushes for a border wall and tax reform and steve, they're back from recess. they've got a lot on the plate. where do they start? the president is vowing to get all these things done. maybe one can happen this week, maybe two. they have to keep the government open. >> we're heading into what could be the most consequenceal week. avoiding a government shutdown. you have the president making big promises about revealing the tax reform plans on wednesday and there is the white house pushing republicans

on capitol hill to move forward with another vote on healthcare reform. so this is the kind of thing that president trump has been pointing to since his earliest days in office. he is dispatched with many of the kinds of executive actions we might have expected him to take in the first 100 days. now this will test whether he really can perfect the art of the deal, work with congress, work with republicans and democrats. >> shannon: much of the spending issue has been set up as funding for obamacare that the democrats want versus funding for the border wall that the republicans want. here is what senator marco rubio about running the risk of having a government shutdown. >> we cannot shut down the government right now. we have a potential crisis brewing with north korea. we've seen what's going on in syria. the last thing we can afford is to send a message to the world that the united states government, by the way, is only partially functioning. >> shannon: that back drop of funding for obamacare versus the wall against that we hear

from chuck schumer, senate minority leader spokesperson said in order to force american taxpayers to foot the bill for a wall the president said would be paid for by mexico is a complete non-starter. will they need democrats to get this funding done? >> they will. they'll need democrats in the senate to get it done. practical concerns about a government shutdown but political ones for republicans as well. they control the government. even though they'll need some democrats to join them, republicans are going to own this. once again if the government shuts down. that's why you have republicans particularly on capitol hill saying we're not interested in a government shutdown. paul ryan said it in a conference call over the weekend. you've heard senators and others out on sunday shows making that same case. republicans are trying to make clear, the ones on capitol hill, they aren't interested in

a government shutdown now. >> shannon: the president asked by the associated press this weekend said he is not sure he would sign a bill that doesn't have funding for the border wall. then what? >> you have a great irony. president trump campaigned about building a border wall and having mexico pay for it. now you talk about shutting the government down if congress doesn't make the u.s. taxpayers pay for it. i don't think it would look good if the president refused to sign something that made his way to his desk if the other issues are resolved. >> shannon: we'll watch it play out with your help this week. >> bill: a new report showing press secretary sean spicer's job security is not in jeopardy and now earning approval from president donald trump. tell you what he said about that in a moment. >> shannon: we'll talk about the president's approval ratings. surprising findings as we get close to 100 days. finding time to get things done isn't easy.

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>> i think mostly because president trump had an easier time bringing people home. there were a lot of people who said they wouldn't vote for him but ended up voting for him. secretary clinton on the other hand had problems with that. there were a lot of bernie sanders supporters who refused to support her. a lot of them came around and catapulted her to win the popular vote, but even now i'm hearing from people who read the book who said yeah, i supported her but i really did it because i had to. i didn't really believe in -- i believed in bernie. i didn't really believe in her. it is not all that surprising. >> shannon: a lot of folks i talked to at the democratic convention who were bernie supporters and her. a lot of them didn't know where to go. some said they would vote for trump and they couldn't pull the lever for her. another number i thought was

interesting. 96% who voted for the president said they would vote for him again. 85% said they would vote for her again. >> she does better when she is out of the political realm. even when she was secretary of state her popularity was way up. people still kind of associate her, she is just coming off of the presidential election, people still view her in a political lens. so i think that is actually hurting her as well where i think if you interviewed people maybe six months or a year from now when she is doing something or active for something or promoting something, it could be a little bit better. >> shannon: i want the read an excerpt from your fascinating book. in her ear the full-time and never admit to anything was her husband. neither clinton could accept the simple fact that hillary had ham strung her own campaign and dealt with the most serious

blow to her own presidential aspirations. how so? >> it's interesting. she was -- she had the fog of the whole email controversy hanging over here. she was the one who set up the email server and who went out and made public speeches at banks like goldman sachs. these are all things that she did even before the campaign even began and they all kind of ham strung her. my co-author and i felt. bernie sanders pushed the narrative that she was in cahoots with the banks and did damage. a lot of his support didn't really come around and support her because he kept hammering home that message particularly in the spring when it was getting a little bit close. he kept kind of drilling home and hammering it away. i have think that really hurt her. >> shannon: amy, thank you very much. very interesting book. good luck with it.

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mattis making a surprise trip to afghanistan meeting with the country's president in kabul. it comes days after taliban forces killed more than 140 afghan soldiers, an attack that led to the resignation of the country's defense minister. connor powell joins us live with more on the story. >> secretary mattis's trip to afghanistan comes with questions about america's policy toward afghanistan. the war effort is a stalemate against the taliban. a few days ago they launched a massive attack killing 140 afghan soldiers as they were praying at a mosque, in an area relatively stable in comparison to the rest of the country. the taliban were able to get onto the army base and kill dozens of afghan soldiers. forced out afghan secretary of defense. they are trying to court the american trump administration to more resources to the war in

afghanistan. that is the big question, though, is whether or not the trump administration will do that. that's what we're waiting to find out in the next several weeks. >> shannon: connor powell live in jerusalem. thank you. >> bill: encouraging women to study science and technology, engineering and math front and center the topic today at peggy whitson gets a phone call on board the international space station. you saw it 15 minutes ago from the oval office and president donald trump. the secretary of education betsy devos is with me live from the north lawn. welcome here to "america's newsroom." good morning to you. >> thank you, bill. >> bill: i have a number of topics. tell us about the push for education, science, etc. what do you want america's young men and women to know? >> well, it was a very exciting moment marking peggy whitson's 535th day in space. she broke the record for any human being's time in space and it was notable in that a woman

did it. and one of the things that we're trying to encourage is young women who pursue science, technology, engineering and math studies. there are so many students, space being one of them. but it was a really good and important moment the highlight the opportunities available and the real look to the future. thousands, if not millions of young people across this country were tuned into the broadcast, to the interview, to the live phone call, and we hope that many of them will be encouraged to pursue these subjects. >> bill: classrooms across the country. you were in ohio last week at a public school and a lot of public school administrators and teachers saw you as toxic. how were you able to let them know that perhaps you are their friend, or have you? >> well, as i've said al along, bill, i support great

schools and great teachers and we want every child in this country to have the opportunity to get the best education for them possible. the trip to ohio was very wonderful. we were there all day long and toured all the schools. as you know, it is a small, rural town and it has just about 2,000 students. they are meeting the needs of those students very well and they have a lot of innovative things going on there. >> bill: i ask you that. on february 10th you were at a public school in washington, d.c. that got a lot of attention. you know the atmosphere upon which your nomination was received. yet you said the following and i'll quote you from two years ago. we are the beneficiaries of start-ups, ventures, innovation in every other area of life but we don't have that in education because it's a closed system. a closed industry and closed market. a monopoly, a dead end. as long as education remains a

closed system we will never see the education he quif lens of google, facebook, amazon, pay pal, wikipedia or uber. how does that fit into 2017 knowing that you want to help, some would argue, others would suggest you are hurting education, but how you want to changed -- education in a modern era like ours? >> we continue to maintain our focus needs to be on each and every student and doing what's right on their behalf. empowering parents to make the decisions that are best for their children knowing their children best of anybody and to be able to find the right educational environment for each child is the focus of this administration. >> bill: when it comes to common core, will the administration withhold funds for states that pursue common

core education in order to get them to change their mind? >> as you probably know, the every student succeeds act, which is in the process of being implemented now does away with the whole argument about common core and it leaves up to the states and empowers the states to be able to make decisions on the behalf of their students that is going to be right for that state. we are in the process of receiving their plans now. and i'm very hopeful that many states will be setting -- all of the states will be setting very high expectations and aspirations for their students. >> bill: i know what your position is on common core and what the president said during the campaign. will you make a move to cut off funds if a state pursues common core? >> there really isn't any common core anymore. each state can set the standards for their state. they may elect to adopt very high standards for their students to aspire to and work toward. that will be up to each state

to be able to ascertain what is right for that state. we hope that all of them will have very high expectations. >> bill: final questions here and you know how big this was during the campaign when president trump talked about it as a candidate. when you have conversations with him after your confirmation, do you believe that education in america is on a track that will be fitting for an age where perhaps artificial intelligence could come and take the jobs of million -- millions of americans? can you educate the young men and women of america and get them ready for this new age? what is your view. >> we clearly have a lot of opportunity and many students are doing well and many students are proceeding down a path and track to be able to assume the mantel of opportunity. there are others that are being left behind. and we just need to work to ensure that every single child

has an opportunity to get a great education and to develop into everything they individually are meant to be. >> bill: betsy devos, thank you. you're welcome here every time. the education secretary from the north lawn. thank you for your time today. >> shannon: the debate over immigration rages on with president trump pushing new policies and funding for that long promised border wall. could the fight over that spark a government shutdown? we'll discuss just ahead. >> we'll treat everybody lawfully but overwhelmingly all people want to see lawfulness return, i believe, to the immigration system.

>> i think the president is honoring his promise to end the lawlessness at the border. the first thing we need to do is to stop additional flow of illegal people into our country. >> shannon: that was jeff

sessions striking a slightly different tone from president trump. he said dreamers can rest easy. joining us now a former dnc staffer and maria, co-founder of the remembrance project. good to see you both. is this good cop/bad cop? the president has come on softer on dreamers and many times he has been that way. the attorney general is saying law and order is back in town and people are here illegally they may have to go. >> he is right, shannon. and president trump has his priorities. he is very wise in not being distracted and he is building the wall. he is removing criminal illegal aliens. so i think he is on the right track keeping his promise to the people. >> shannon: he did pablo make this promise many times to big cheers on the campaign trail. democrats saying it is complete non-starter if he wants money

to build the border wall in the bill they have to get done by friday night. the democrats don't want money from budget going to border wall. your response. >> i mean, it's not just democrats that don't want a border wall. it is every single congress person who lives in a border district has refused to support this funding request for the border wall. the reality is most of the people who come to this country undocumented don't go over the border anyway, they come through an airport and overstate the visa. it's a big waste of money. it won't be effective. now the difficult you are against you mentioned between president trump's position and jeff session's position is troubling. we saw a dreamer who had deferred action through president obama was deported over the weekend. now, donald trump has said he

will proceed with the dacha kids with heart and i think that's the right move. there was a time in this country that i'm sure president trump remembers when conservatives was the movement of compassion. compassion for immigrants, compassion for well coming their neighbors. what jeff sessions has said yeah, of course, dreamers aren't a priority and deny he knew anything about this dreamer who was deported but at the same time he says but everyone who is here undocumented is subject to removal. they need more clarity on this. otherwise communities will live in fear. that kind of fear and instability -- >> shannon: my understanding that case if you're referring to the one out of oregon. there is contention he violated terms of the deal and part of the reason he was deported. >> this is a more recent one. >> shannon: for many of these dreamer kids they were told many of them come out of the shadows, we'll help you with work permits and get information from you but you'll be safe. so that was under a previous

administration. only fair to uphold that deal now for those who did come forward? >> shannon, we all know what obama did was unconstitutional and i have this to say to anyone who obstructs president trump's effort in keeping his promise to the people is this. whether you are a mayor, legislator, a police chief or sheriff, you know, go home and gather your family and choose which one of your family members that you will sacrifice to an illegal alien wielding a machete or driving wildly drunk or one who seeks to rape your daughter or viciously murder one of america's children. that's what we need to concentrate on. president trump. this is a matter of national security and president trump is on the right direction. >> shannon: maria you aren't saying as a class that that is how all illegal immigrants operate in this country. you're pointing to specific cases.

>> absolutely to specific cases. i never said all. president trump never said all. his words when he announced his presidency was that mexico is not sending their very best and the -- >> they're also not sending money for a wall. >> shannon: there is debate about that. the president tweeted about that and the attorney general has said how mexico could indirectly pay for the wall. in the format of this funding showdown. thank you both for your time. >> bill: 12 minutes before the hour. the russian investigation about interference in our election hasn't been settled. what are we learning today. the head of the c.i.a. and head of the saa getting ready to go to capitol hill. stay tuned for all of that next.

>> president trump: just think about what we can accomplish in the first 100 days of a trump administration. on november 8th americans will be voting for this 100-day plan to restore prosperity to our country, secure our communities, and honesty to our government. >> bill: remember that from late october? president trump, candidate trump sharing place for opening months in office. as we approach 100 days, former new hampshire governor john sununu and with us now out of new hampshire. good morning to you. take us back to january of 1989. was it a big deal for h.w. bush then? >> the 100th day or the very beginning? the 100th day we were all criticizing. the "washington post", "new york times" were suggesting that this president, george

herbert walker bush didn't know anything about foreign policy and how wrong that turned out to be. i'm not worried about what we're seeing in the press about this administration. in fact, the public has sent a pretty clear message in the "washington post" poll. they pointed out this president after 100 days would beat hillary clinton again. >> bill: we mentioned that last hour. this is a tweet from last week. show this and we'll go to the byron york quote here. then byron writes this. this is not the new deal of the great society. when there were huge filibuster proof majorities in conference and giant bills coming one after another. in today's atmosphere trump will do well to get one big thing past, end quote. i don't know if you agree or

disagree with that. >> i do agree with that. the process of passing legislation has gotten longer and longer over the years. the 100 days which might have been or 40 years ago as some kind of a standard really in my opinion in terms of legislation is meaningless. but the most important thing the president has done is reestablish u.s. international leadership and that's not a trivial thing. that is a very significant thing and i think he deserves credit for that. and frankly, the deregulation activity that has come about with executive orders and his cooperation with congress on the cra. that has made a huge difference. you are seeing it with private sector investment appreciating the reduction of those stifling and choking regulations that cause problems. >> bill: on that answer you see this as favorable. would you offer a grade if you were professor sununu? >> yeah, i give this administration in terms of

substance an a minus, b plus in terms of handling the chaos of the press i give them about a c and in terms of understanding that the biggest mistake they've made is not getting their appointments through this -- i give them a c. i think they have to be more aggressive on getting their appointments through even to the point of trying to figure out how to name acting people in the agencies in order to get their policies implemented. bring people up from the bottom of the ranks that they trust, put them in an acting position and start making the changes that will force the democrats to start doing the approvals. >> bill: maybe that's the next page, the next chapter. we shall see. thank you, governor, appreciate you hanging out with us today on a monday. john sununu up there in new hampshire. >> shannon: as you know a hectic week ahead in washington white house pushing for a border wall, healthcare bill

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brand-new time primetime lineup starting tonight, tucker carlson moves to 8:00 p.m. eastern, "the five" come you know and love them, 9:00 eastern, sean hannity remains at 10:00 and kicking it all off, martha maccallum will continue to anchor at 7:00 p.m. eastern. about to be done, but it will be called "the story." there are a lot of stories out there right now. >> one really big story, one gigantic story in washington, d.c., so we continue to follow that as we always do. how was your weekend, by the way? >> went to citi field to see the mets play my nationals, i don't want to say the words sweep, but it was. it was cold and chilly, beautiful field, it was fun.

>> summer is really not here until the first of june, we get a lot of fakes. >> you can still play around. not going to stop him. >> have a great day everybody, "happening now" starts now. ♪ >> jon: kicking off a crucial week in our nation's capital as congress returns from spring break. good morning to you, i am jon scott jon scott. >> jenna: i am jenna lee, lawmakers have just days to reach a deal on the federal budget and avoid the government shutdown that so many are talking about. the president says it is full steam ahead on tax reform and health care, also high on the agenda as president trump closes in on 100 days in office. our chief white house correspondent john roberts is alive with more. >> good morning to you. the president has dismissed the first 100 days as a ridiculous standard but still the white house is planning a flurry of activity between now and saturday which marks the 100th day.