quickly and that can become a very dangerous situation. >> the storm the way it was coming up the coast. good sized. janice was telling us about it yesterday. >> i hope you feel better. "happening now" starts right now. >> jon: more on this, a dangerous winter storm classified as a bomb cyclone is now slamming the northeast dumping up to a foot and a half of snow with fierce 55 mile-per-hour winds. has forced 3,000 flight cancellations already after knocking out power to tens of thousands of people across the southeast. we'll be monitoring the situation throughout the hour. the bombshell new book on donald trump's white house making waves beyond washington as the white house now moves to block publication of michael wolff's explosive book. i'm jon scott. >> i'm melissa francis. good to be back with you.

>> jon: glad we both made it in. >> fire and fury inside the trump white house paints a picture of a president who never expected to win the election in its former white house chief of strategist, steve bannon. the white house statement when he was fired he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. steve had very little to do with our historic victory which was delivered by the forgotten men and women of this country. steve doesn't represent my base. he is only in it for himself. kevin corke is following the story from the white house and kevin within 24 hours steve bannon has commented on the president. >> we will share a bit of those comments in just a bit but clearly the white house is hoping to stop the publication of this book "fire and fury". but let's be honest, a smoke

screen, right? make no mistake about it, this would be wrought with peril in discovery and any deposition that might come out ofist to say that no federal judge will side with the president's lawyers to try to stop publication of this book. a lot of material already out there. i think this is more of a smoke screen than anything but that's what they are going to do. this simply ratchets up the story. the more they talk about how they don't want to see the book released. does it make you want to go buy the book and see what's in it? the issue of steve bannon. his comments in that book. a cease and desist letters that the president's lawyers put out. it is happening. they are accusing him of violating the terms of helps separation including comments attributed to him in the book. comments that by the way really run the gamut and drew this response from the president. steve was rarely in one-on-one meetings with me and only

pretends to have had influence to fool a few people with no access and no clue. whom he helped write phony books. an obvious shot at his former chief strategist. bannon says he is still committed to the trump agenda. >> don't worry, there will be no daylight between the agenda, donald trump and the folks at breitbart and this show and the website. >> the president of the united states is a great man and i support him day in and day out going through the country given the trump miracle speech or on the show or website. you don't have to worry about that. >> as for some of his more explosive comments like describing the infamous meeting at trump tower before he joined the campaign as treasonous and unpatriotic. >> people say whatever they say.

let's go verify it. at the end of the day some of it may be true, some of it may not be true. but i have to say this, if he did say it, he should get out there and walk it back. >> all this, of course, melissa as there are even more excerpts out there again the more they talk about it, the more it makes the cycle in washington and the more we have to talk about it as well. it will be that kind of day. i'll be here for you nonetheless in the snow. >> michael wolff is a hired gun. when they saw him they have to know what he writes is never flattering. >> any time you have a writer around you expect something to come out. sometimes you don't get exactly what you bargained for. >> with him never. it is always like this. interesting stuff. good fodder, thank you. >> jon: and now the president's lawyers are sending author michael wolff and his publisher a letter demanding they stop

publication of "fire and fury". they sent a letter to steve bannon claiming he violated a non-disclosure agreement by speaking to wolff. for more on this let's check in with the hill's editor in chief. we've really got three primary players here. you've got the president, you've got steve bannon but also michael wolff whose stories have been -- the accuracy of them have been challenged in the past. >> i think that will be continually some questions about this reporting and then it's a question of okay, what do you have on audio tape? certainly we haven't seen bannon dispute that he said these things. this -- jon, this is a shakespearean soap opera. the biggest intraparty fight you've seen since obama versus hillary clinton in 2008 and somewhere mitch mcconnell is smiling because remember, bannon will go after republican incumbents. this is more likely that trump is going to side with mitch

mcconnell on protecting republican incumbents instead of rogue primarily challengers. that's a big deal. the ramifications of this fight are enormous. bannon says he will play nice now. what about a month from now if the president continues to go after him? >> jon: interesting, too, that bannon says there were -- michael wolff says there were no ground rules for his time in the white house. that's where he supposedly picked up these stories. >> yeah. and the question of who he talked to, how often. we don't have the visitor log. we don't know that. and that's why i think the president is, as far as this legal threat, i do think and agree this is more of a p.r. move of going after it, the first amendment gives a lot of rights on books whether they are right or wrong. they will need to get off that book. they have to respond but then they have to move to their agenda. a big month for the trump white house. >> jon: but if you want to sell

a lot more books than you otherwise might have, isn't one method to try to shut down publication and go after the publisher with a cease and desist letter? >> exactly. everyone wants to read it. it seems like the most salacious stuff is out there. we don't know for a fact. i haven't read the whole book other than the excerpts. time will tell on this. trump having a great december. the tax cut bill was his biggest victory. he wants to move the momentum into this year. fighting with bannon, intraparty fights is what democrats love, honestly. >> jon: bannon was in that, you know, radio thing that he did on breitbart last night and he didn't sound particularly bitter toward the president. he sounded like a different guy than the one portrayed in the book. >> interesting to see people on the right will pick sides. do you side with the president? do you side with bannon? the drudge report, yesterday

tweeted that bannon is a schizophrenic. this will be who is on who's side. bannon said breitbart is his weapon. will he use it against the president? last night he indicated absolutely not. that remains to be seen. could bannon try to portray the president as becoming part of the establishment. bannon thought about running for president himself and he may try to grab that mantel of the air to the trump of 2016. >> jon: when bannon says as we heard him saying there is no daylight between the president's policies and what he will be advocating at breitbart, versus your point that mitch mcconnell's slate of mainstream republicans are going to be less challenged now by breitbart, it seems like this might have the net effect of sort of opening the arms of mainstream republicans to the

president. >> yes. i think that's a good point, jon. i do think that could happen because a lot of mainstream republicans are not fans of breitbart. remember -- of bannon. but bannon also reportedly in the book has gone after members of the president's family and why the president issued that unusual statement. so is there daylight? jon, what if there is a deal on the dreamers? do you think that bannon is not going to go after that deal later this month? i think he will. >> jon: i don't think he will be invited for thanksgiving at the white house any time soon. certainly not michael wolff. bob, we appreciate it. thank you. >> now to a fox news weather alert. a dangerous winter storm called a bomb cyclone certainly looks like that in that picture there, now bearing down on the northeast. the forecast calling for white-out conditions and winds as strong as 55 miles per hour. janice dean is in the fox

extreme weather center. she is inside now. you took off the hat. >> i had to redo my hair. >> jon: i liked that hat. >> it was great. >> the giants hat. go eli. we love you. you know what? the storm will be with uls for a while. i just got a report that all jfk airlines have been suspended at jfk airport because the winds are gusting from 50 to 60 miles an hour. we were thinking around this time the storm would wobble to the left. it did and brought us big snowfall totals. it started in north florida. went up towards georgia and the carolinas bringing five inches of snow to the coastal carolinas. now the bomb has exploded across the atlantic going over the warm waters of the gulf scream and rapidly intensifying. we call it a bomb. it's at its peak now.

a tremendous storm. tons of snow with this. in some cases 1 to 3 inches of snow an hour especially on eastern long island up towards cape cod and the islands. this is really the peak of the system. we'll see upwards of a foot or more especially eastern long island and eastern portions of new england. you can see it's really tough to see out there and that's why we have blizzard warnings in effect. people are urged to stay off the roadways. kids are off of school and non-essential folks need to be at home so we can get those essentials on the roadways to help if we need be. the wind gusts in excess of 30, 40, 50 miles per hour. visibility is poor, blizzard warnings. we have a quarter mile or less in visibility and winds of 35 miles plus for extended period of time plus three hours. that's the criteria for a blizzard warning. we have that. there is a blizzard in effect. nantucket the winds are gusting

at 46 miles per hour. overnight we saw hurricane force winds along the coastline. the snowfall forecast. we upped the totals. this is a snow day for eastern long island where we could see upwards of a foot of snow. boston upwards of a foot for you. bangor, maine, up to 18 inches. it is a quick mover and will be out of the way by this evening. however, the winds are still going to be blustery and difficult to get out there and travel. and as i mentioned they have just suspended all of the flights at jfk airport behind this, melissa. the coldest air we've seen so far. my concern is we're going to have power outages along the coast, right? and when we're dealing with forecast lows below zero like we are going to on saturday, that will be really dangerous, perhaps deadly. people need to know where their warming centers are. check on the elderly and kids and pets and make sure everyone is warm and inside. >> for people watching this in

other parts of the country it has a different feel to it. it is whipping around you. it is not like a normal snowfall that can be delightful and no big deal. this is attacking you as you walk across the street. >> a true blizzard, a true nor'easter and one of the strongest we've tracked for some time. >> we have to go. thank you so much, janice. >> jon: a fox news alert and republicans will control the virginia house of delegates after all. this is one of the weirdest elections you will ever see. the recent election turned out to be a tie. there was a recount and a legal battle and finally they decided under virginia law they would flip a coin to decide whether the democrat or the republican won. that coin has just been flipped. i believe that's the secretary of state there that we see but at any rate they flipped the coin and it went to the republican. it would have -- the state

house was tied up to and including this tie election and now the state house of delegates in virginia will be controlled by republicans as a result of this coin flip that took place just moments ago. right after the new york stock exchange opened the dow reached another major milestone. president trump is weighing in on that. look at that. 25,000 plus. mitt romney wasn't shy when it came to criticizing donald trump. now the former republican presidential nominee might run for the senate. our next guest says the media portrays him in a much more positive light these days. >> if the president can compromise with mitt romney, he can pretty much compromise with anyone. it's resourceful.

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street. the dow hits 25,000 for the first time and keeps on going. that's the seventh 1,000 point mark reached and surpassed since the presidential election. president trump tweeting about it just now. dow crashes through 25,000. congratulations. big cuts in unnecessary regulations continuing. we'll continue to keep an eye on the dow which is up more than 150 points right now. >> mitt romney is back. the former gop nominee for president and trump rival now gearing up for a senate run in utah it appears. our next guest howard kurtz says romney is getting better treatment by the press this time around. obviously a presidential candidate draws tougher media scrutiny for someone running for one of 100 senate seats and candidate romney made his

mistakes but the media -- now that he is poised to take on donald trump rather than running against president barack obama. romney is getting a far warmer media reception. mr. kurtz host of media buzz joins us from washington, d.c. so it seems like there is a lot of evidence for your argument so far. >> it is a strange new respect in the press for mitt romney. you roll the tape back to 2012. he was portrayed as a rich car, binders full of women, him strapping the family dog to the roof of the car for vacation. media by and large portrayed romney as an insensitive plutocrat and strange guy. first when he was a critic of candidate and president trump and could win the utah senate seat vacated by orrin hatch he is being treated differently.

>> he made it seem like a rich guy could never win. he ran baine capital, which in addition to amassing a fortune for himself he created a lot of jobs and never able to come out and sort of defend that and say look, we got rid of waste, we put companies together. you could have quantified how many jobs he created. he never did that. president trump came in and defend a less job creating record and had the opposite luck with the same sort of rich guy on the right portrait. how was he able to do it differently? >> donald trump was a better candidate with a stronger personality and more of an instinctive feel for communicating with the media. romney got saddled with the layoffs and not taking credit for the positive parts of his record. you can tell how excited is press is at the prospect of a

senator romney here in washington and being a critic potentially of this president given the tense relationship. cnn says romney could be a new champion of the republican opposition and i love this msnbc headline. hatch retirement opens up to trump nightmare. >> you make that point. it might not be a nightmare. >> real quick romney is a conservative public and represent a conservative state in utah. it will be in his interest to vote with the president on many, many policy issues even if he disagrees with him on things and uses his voice to point out when he thinks the president is acting badly. >> thank you so much, howard kurtz. >> jon: japan's prime minister speaking out against north korea what he says the regime should do and how japan will pressure the north to stop its testing of long range missiles. morning on the beach was so peaceful.

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>> jon: japan promises to work with the u.s. and south korea. prime minister saying japan will help its allies pressure north korea to stop rambling up its nuclear weapons program. greg palkot is live in london following this story. >> yeah, more on that tough talk coming from japanese prime minister abe in a moment. let's get to a couple of breaking developments in the past couple hours concerning tensions on the korean peninsula. fox news can now confirm that president trump has agreed to a delay in joint u.s./south korean military exercises until after the winter olympics in south korea are over. that has been requested by south korea. north korea in general opposes those drills.

the u.s. had been a bit receipt sent to say yes. it was agreed to in a phone conversation between south korean president moon and president trump. moon is now offering direct talks between north and south korea after kim jong-un called about sending the north korea agent lets to those games. still no commitment to those talks. however, president trump in a tweet claimed credit for them and i quote, with all of the failed experts weighing in does anybody believe that talks and dialogue would be going on between north korea and south korea now? if i wasn't firm and strong. in pyongyang the masses were sent out in support of the message of kim jong-un this week. yes, he was talking about make nice moves towards south korea but again he had threats against the u.s. and said 2018

would be spent building up an arsenal of canucks -- nukes and missiles. abe said that japan would build up its defenses and the security is as bad as it's been since world war ii. >> jon: scary stuff. >> melissa: it's a bomb cyclone of a snowstorm. an up close look at why this particular storm is so dangerous. can the white house bring democrats to the table on immigration reform? would an agreement on daca and border security, what it could look like? >> we would like to make a deal securing funding for the border wall as well as ending chain migration and interior enforcement program.

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snowstorm. >> hi, well, i tell you what, the people of long island are a hardy breed. i live out here and can attest to that. however, even this winter storm has given us such a wallop out here it kept people away. we're at the long island railroad, a major huge hub where you usually see a ton of people. rob will pan to show you. this is what it looked like all day. we've been here since 3:00 a.m. it is usually a very busy platform full of people. not today. everybody is heeding the warning that was given just overnight and really over the last few days saying if you don't have to be out there, really be careful. it is a difficult and dangerous situation on this commute. we were just out on the roads moving our cars around a little bit. it is a total white-out condition situation right now. the snow is coming in strong and sideways and with such force it feels like you are getting hit in the face with

icicles. new york governor cuomo has declared a state of emergency for three major areas. if you don't have to be out in this, then don't. >> we have done everything that we can do in terms of preparing for the storm. this is not our first rodeo. the storms have been getting worse. extreme weather is a reality. we're seeing storms of a severity we've seen before. we have made significant changes over the years. >> and as the frigid cold continues to bear down and snow as well in the northeast many travelers hoping to get out on a flight are finding out that they are facing major challenges today. listen. >> all of the region's airports, jfk, laguardia are

open but operating at highly restricted flight capacity. but there are very, very significant flight cancellations. 2/3 of all flights across the three airports have been canceled. >> we have just learned that all flights right now at jfk have been suspended. you can see why. the wind is absolutely wicked. pushing people around out here and we'll continue to bring you updates as we get them. listen to janice dean hoping this thing will go as fast as they said it would. >> melissa: laura engel braving the wind. get inside. >> jon: she has been out there since 3:00 a.m. let the woman come inside. >> priorities on what we would hope to have in any immigration bill and any daca deal haven't changed. they would include securing the border with a wall, ensuring interior enforcement, eliminating the visa lottery program and ending chain migration. that's still the same. >> jon: the trump

administration trying to tackle responsible immigration reform. right now president trump is hosting a meeting on the topic with a group of republican senators. but the gop will have to reach across the aisle to get anything passed. democrats are insisting on the fix for the so-called daca program. the white house says that will not happen without funding for the border wall. let's bring in isaac wright, a partner at forward solution strategy group and marc lotter, former assistant to president trump and thank you for being here. what about just a pure trade? we fix daca, allow the so-called dreamers to stay and you build a border wall. what's wrong with that idea? >> i think that's what democrats have pushed for is a fix to daca. >> jon: many of them have said no wall no way. >> i think what we're waiting on is president trump's promise

is mexico would pay to the wall. wouldn't add to the deficit republicans added with the tax bill. we need to see the check come through. >> jon: mark, what about it? >> we have to have democrats to offer to compromise other than more resistance. the president and american people want stronger border security, end to chain migration, end to the visa lottery program. the president, they have a partner in the president who wants to deal with the daca issue. but democrats will have to offer something and able to reach an agreement. we won't just do an amnesty deal to get a deal done. >> the president created the daca issue but rescinding what we had until his election. that was already an illegal program that had already been declared illegal by the courts and it would go away. >> jon: you could say president obama created it, deferred action. nobody wanted to deal with this mess in washington >> it was working until trump

deferred it back to congress and said okay, we're scrapping the plan as it exists from the obama administration that was working. we're looking at losing 460 billion in economic activity over the next decade from the loss of 800,000 dreamers that are about to be deported. 760,000 who have jobs now will lose the jobs. it will cost employers 6.3 billion. for everything that republicans have done to the economy so far with the -- taurk bng the deficit so far with the tax bill. here the other losses, economic losses and business losses to main street america we're facing. why not come to the table with democrats and find a solution? right now durbin is working with graham because of the failed white house leadership. democrats and republicans in the u.s. senate who are preparing to offer their own bipartisan solution bill. can the white house get behind that? >> jon: we go back to -- we're going in circles here. we go back to the thing i

talked about at the beginning. this president campaigned on the idea of a wall, building a wall along the southern border. was elected on that regard and i think if that's what his -- if that's what those who elected him want, why should he not push for that as part of these negotiations? >> absolutely. the american people spoke and want tougher border security. this might come as a shock to the obama administration but congress makes the laws and that's why the daca program was never legal in the first place because it was done without the approval of congress. it was blatantly illegal. let's get together and work on a deal. if you can get something done on the dreamers, if you can get something done on border security and chain migration, the lottery, visa program, we can have a deal. a deal can be done. we need democrats willing to come to the table to work with this president to be able to deliver for the american people. >> president trump promised the american people the wall would

not cost american taxpayers a dime and mexico would pay for it. we wait to hear how his negotiations are going on that front. >> jon: isaac wright and marc lotter. gentlemen, thank you. >> melissa: president trump expressing support for the protestors in iran. why the latest demonstrations could give trump an advantage on a nuclear deal. a man is apprehended after his wife is found murdered. while news about his missing children has police breathing a sigh of relief. >> you can imagine that -- how excited we are the fact that terry miles was taken into custody in colorado and lily and lulu were found safe. honey? can we do this tomorrow? (grunts of effort) can we do this tomorrow? if you have heart failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain.

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>> jon: texas police breathing a huge sigh of relief after

apprehending suspect terry miles and finding his two missing children safe and sound in colorado. their mother was found dead. the girls had gone missing. the police chief made finding those girls his top priority. >> many, many hours went into insuring these girls were found safe. like i said earlier our goal was to bring these two sisters home. >> jon: miles was the roommate of the girl's dead mother. police calling the woman's death suspicious. according to police miles criminal history is extensive and they plan to interview both miles and those two girls. >> melissa: deadly protests in cities across iran putting more pressure on president trump to decide what to do about the iran nuclear deal reached during the obama administration. a deal he has often threatened to tear up. the state department spokesperson says concerns continue to grow.

>> they expected to get something out of the iran nuclear deal. the leaders there of that country promised that that money would benefit all the citizens but yet we have seen iran take that money and funnel it into the rebels in yemen, we've seen them spend money in syria and outfit hezbollah. they aren't spending their money on their own people. that's a concern of ours. >> melissa: joining me now is the director of foreign policy research at the brookings institute. you know, on top of what heather nauert just said lifting the sanctions are supposed to win the hearts and minds of people in iran with iphones and coca-cola. instead the price of eggs are up 50% in the last year. what happened? >> iran's economy has been poor for a long time partly because, as you said or as the state department spokeswoman said

they divert funds to places they shouldn't. a system of government not set up to be efficient. there is a lot of corruption and inefficiency. a quick injection of funds isn't necessarily going to solve the fundamental problems. there may be an opportunity in the sense that we've all known president trump doesn't like the iran nuclear deal, wants to push back hard against iran and its broader behavior and it is hard to rip up the deal. if we do that we could be cutting off our own nose to spite our face. the rest of the world will blame us for the deal's demise. maybe president trump is better off pushing hard on these kinds of issues like freedom, politics, you know, iran's regional behavior, pushing harder and harder, developing better policies to support reformers and all -- allies in the middle east and claim to have really pushed hard against iran's government. that's what i'm hoping may happen. >> melissa: it is a different

opportunity. back in 2009 there were three million protestors the elites in the cities. this is younger people in the suburbs. smaller in number. the problem is if there is a regime change or they push back on those in power, then who is in charge? how do we know it won't be worse? >> i don't think it is very likely there will be regime change. this is not like the shah in 1979 where it was a weak, brittle government and a leader who lost legitimacy with his own people. in this case even though the government doesn't have much legitimacy with its own people it is a police state and strong, deep police states don't usually lose their grip on power because of popular uprising. you never know, of course. i'm not trying to say it's impossible. what i'm hoping for here is a path towards greater reform and also a path towards greater empowerment of the elected president. we know that president rouhani

who was elected, he is not our cup of tea exactly but better than the ayatollahs over the years and the people who were promoting unrest throughout the broader middle east in the iranian security forces. we want to see that part of the government more empowered. i hope the hard line parts, if they feel nervous they will allow more of that to happen. >> melissa: i want to turn to north korea. yesterday was the talk about my button is bigger than your button. maybe a case of good cop versus bad cop with the president and the talks going on between north korea and south korea. the president tweeted fail experts weighing in. does anybody believe talks and dialogue would be going on between north and south korea if i wasn't firm, strong and willing to commit our total might against the north? fools. talks are a good thing.

>> i'm not going to necessarily quarrel with president trump. i don't think he deserves primary credit for where we are. if he wants to take credit, fine. we're not at a stable outcome and haven't reached any kind of deal, any kind of meaningful pullback from the crisis. we see the glimmers of a little bit of hopefulness. so sure, give him the credit for that. now we have to deliver and figure out how to take the next steps. a colleague of mine here have written how we can try to take the potential thaw. we need to keep the pressure on north korea. i hope president trump will continue with that. >> melissa: what happens next to get to that point? >> the north koreans have to stop testing weapons, especially big missiles and nuclear weapons. we can delay our exercises and maybe slightly scale back their size once they resume as long

as the north koreans know we won't to in any way reduce our overall military preparedness. those are the two basic things going in. then you have to go for a freeze on north korea's nuclear and missile testing and production of new capability. that's the kind of deal we should try to negotiate. if we delude to think we can completely denuclearize them i don't think there can be a deal. we need an interim deal without giving them too much along the way. that has to be the goal once the talks get going whenever they do. >> melissa: thank you for your time today. we appreciate it. >> jon: a change in policy on marijuana could be coming to several states. fox news has learned attorney general jeff sessions could be planning a federal crackdown on so-called legal pot. what does this mean for recreational users in states where marijuana is currently legal? plus new information on a fatal plane crash in australia.

it happened new year's eve killing a family. could there be a link to another crash decades ago? >> from the time that the wreckage was brought on the barge, we saw there was severe damage to the plane and it happened that there had been quite an impact on hitting the water.

>> coming up on "outnumbered". more fallout from the bannon bombshells. the white house demanding a halt to any further publication of that tell-all book. not to mention an apology and a full retraction. this as critics say we may need to take some of what's in there with a grain of salt. >> paul manafort filed a lawsuit claiming robert mueller went beyond the bounds of his

russia probe. what it may mean for the special counsel going forward. >> "outnumbered" at the top of the hour. see you then. >> melissa: wreckage is recovered from a deadly plane crash in australia that slammed into sydney river new year's eve. killing a businessman, family and pilot. an aircraft with the same serial number was also involved in a deadly crash in the 90s. the wreckage is being examined by specialists. >> jon: attorney general jeff sessions cracking down on marijuana. fox news has learned he is expected to change current policy which does not enforce federal law banning marijuana in states which have made pot legal. we're live from the washington, d.c. bureau with more on this. >> jeff sessions has never been a fan of legalizing marijuana. as soon as he became attorney

general he initiated a review of the justice department's enforcement policy. under federal law the production, distribution, sale and use of marijuana is still a crime. under the obama administration the justice department took a much more hands-off approach to enforcement and allowed states to operate as long as they met certain conditions such as preventing the drug from migrating to states where it was still illegal and keeping it out of the hands of drug cartels and children. the attorney general said his department was taking a hard look at that policy. >> we'll have to be focused on all the things and challenges we face working our way to a rational policy. i don't want to suggest in any way that this department believes that marijuana is harmless and people should not avoid it. >> under the obama administration policy 29 states and the district of columbia have legalized medical

marijuana and eight others have made it recreational. a lot of republicans say they are not happy about this move. jon. >> jon: thank you. live to washington now. the president meeting with republican senators. >> president trump: i think daca will befer i -- terrific. we have had people working on this issue for a long time. we're at a point where i think we can do something spectacular for the people on the border, people coming through. we have to be careful because there is a drug epidemic the likes of which we've never seen in this country. we need protection and we need the wall and all of those things and i think a lot of democrats agree with us when they see what is happening and they see the kind of problems we're having at the border, they really understand it. whether they will vote that way is another situation but they really understand it. so we want to thank you all for being here. we have a great spirit going in the republican party. i think it can be bipartisan.

i hope it will be bipartisan and we can take care of a lot of problems. take care of a lot of problems. it would be really nice to do it in a bipartisan way. thank you all very much. >> did steve bannon betray you, mr. president? >> he called me a great man last night. he changed his tune pretty quick. thank you all very much. thank you. i don't talk to him. i don't talk to him. that's just a misnomer. thank you. >> jon: and with that they hustle the press out. room. that's the president there meeting in the white house with several republican senators. the topic of the day for the senators, at least, is what to do about the immigration situation. as you know we carried earlier in the hour our report on how the president would like to build the border wall that he has so long advocated. democrats would like to come up with some plan to keep

the so-called dreamers in this country, the children who were brought here illegally by their parents. that's what the president is meeting with some of these republican senators about today but steve bannon very much the topic. >> melissa: that was very much the topic. if we could work in bipartisan way there is a deal to be done. implying there is some sort of deal between fixing the daca problem and he said also fixing the trouble at the border. he would like to work together. of course, that's what everyone always says that they would like to work together. but then it moved on to steve bannon. >> jon: as you know, the federal government is about to run out of money. they keep month after month they keep doing these short-term fixes. membership mcconnell, the majority leader in the senate, the republican says that there is some movement, i guess, toward agreement from both sides, both parties would like to get a budget deal done that prevents this brinksmanship where the government is always in danger of running out of money. >> melissa: running out of our money. when they run out of our

money. also talking about steve bannon, the book, that is one of the big topics of the day and of course, that's what reporters were screaming about the second he was done. one reporter screaming "has he betrayed you?" he said no, he called me a great man last night so he changed his tune quickly. he sort of brushed that off. other big story of the day though we must mention is the weather which have you seen behind us all day this cyclone bomb that's out here in the northeast just whipping all around us, jon. >> jon: this is video from maryland where the storm, i think, has pretty much passed. i mean, it's -- still got the led and gray skies up in the new york city area and boston and beyond, this thing is really hammering coastal cities right now. it's going to be doing so for a little while to come yet. >> melissa: absolutely. outside our window it's whipping in a circle around us. it's one of those days when you look out the window and see it snowing sideways and sideways in the other direction. it's really sort of -- i tried to cross the street

earlier. i felt like the snow was attacking knee from every side. just attacking. >> jon: those ice pellets hurt the eyes. stay warm, stay safe. thank you for joining us. >> melissa: outnumbered starts right now. ♪ >> sandra: a fox news alert. new fallout from soon to be book trump presidency. scathing comments made by former strategist steve bannon. experts already released bannon calls that june meeting with the russians in trump tower unpatriotic and treasonous and says investigators will crack donald trump jr. like an egg. now president trump's lawyer sending a letter demanding a halt to the book's publication. this is outnumbered. i'm sandra smith in here today. harris faulkner. the editor of town hall.com katie paf accomplish, former deputy spokesperson for the state department marie harf and joining us on the couch trump hispanic advisory me