somebody might walk out the back door. jillian: i don't know why things are so amazing these days. rob: that does it for us it is wednesday. enjoy your day and she'll see you tomorrow. jillian: where are you going? rob: i'm out of here. >> president trump insisting he is not going to play favorites with immigration. >> i want them to come in from everywhere. >> what the american people want, have a right to and what's good for america is a lawful system of immigration. >> the president's language during that thursday meeting was front and center as his dhs secretary took the hot seat. >> apologies, i don't remember specific words. >> i have been very patient with this line of questioning. i'm here to tell you about the threats our country faces. >> white house physician dr. ronnie jackson gave the most detailed assessment of a president's health anyone has ever seen. >> he had great findings across the board. the one that stands out to me is the cardiac health. his cardiac health is excellent. >> he is border line obese

couldn't characterize that and excellent health. >> does he take any sleep aids. >> just reveals the absolute absurdity that we have reached in terms of people going after the president. >> the dow jones industrial average eclipsed the 26,000 mark for the first time. >> a lot of records. breaking another one today. the stock market is way up. jobs are back. ♪ ♪ ♪ these are the days of america. steve: this is the 17th day of january, 2018. welcome aboard, folks. it's "fox & friends." thanks for joining us. ainsley: good morning to you. i hope you are having a great start. brian: one thing we decided to do we have the medical records of all three of us u

we are going to expose all our medical records and take questions for an hour from the crew who do not think we are normal anyway. ainsley: yesterday the white house doctor if you missed it. brian: incredible. ainsley: grilled by the media because he had the president had an excellent health report that was not enough for the reporters. >> can you assess the president's mental fitness for office? >> i had absolutely no concerns about his cognitive ability. >> tell me how a guy who eats mcdonald's and kentucky fried chicken and diet cokes is as in good a shape as he. >> genetics, i don't know. >> is there anything you are keeping from us for privacy reasons. >> nothing. he sleeps four or five hours a night. that's why he is so successful. he is one of those people who doesn't require a lot of sleep. i told the president if he

had a healthier diet over the last 20 years he might live to be 200 years old. i don't know. brian: a lot of people are disappointed the president is healthy and will survive. steve: not just healthy but he is not crazy. i would hope after dr. jackson out 25th amendment thing would go away. if you look at the crazy stuff that was asked. they asked him is he obese. health problems? is he a germ phone. does he have a bone spurs, do i beat, ocd? ainsley: dentures. brian: the answer is no by the way. steve: one of the a.p. reporters asked the doctor do you have a like expectancy? in other words, when will he die? brian: that was mike pence which was inappropriate. steve: it was not. it was a.p. reporter. then somebody from bloomberg asked why did potus slur his words? he probably needed a drink of water because the dr. had given him a sudafed.

that was something the media had blew up something matter with the president. as it turned out he took a sudafed. ainsley: three other things shocked me the president told the doctor answer as many questions as they asked. the doctor wasn't going to do this a cognitive assessment of his mental state. the president said check me out so i can tell reporters i'm healthy. the doctor did that and he routerred to them everything is a okay. the third thing that struck me this is the same doctor that gave the physical exam for president obama. it doesn't seem that he is partial to one of these are the presidents. brian: by the way he is an admiral he accomplished something along the way. i have think that shows accomplishment. his ten you're started with the administration with george w. bush who he examined. he also gave president obama a bunch of them and now he has president trump. people have no problem with how he examined president obama. gave him a two page memo after. josh earnest released it? anybody have any questions? this yesterday i actually thought they should have played circus music underneath it. steve: but, at the same time, i think for the white

house press corps this was probably the single most disappointing day at the white house the president is not crazy and is he in good health. if i was at mcdonald's today i would be saying can we get a clip of that doctor and saying the president? excellent health. ainsley: eating mcdonald's and kfc and diet coke. joe con shah who works for the hill he said something funny on twitter i would like to think this analyst by medical professionals should put this matter to rest, right? we shouldn't hear anything about it again. that would require ologic and impartiality. not going to happen. steve: if you watched the briefing yesterday you probably have an opinion. if you saw the way depicted it you probably have an opinion. tweet us or facebook us as well. brian: meanwhile, there is always four major things going on every day. along with the president exam being exposed.

of course we have to look for a lockout that could be happening in 48 hours. we stop funding the government. the last page yesterday's big news was that steve bannon went in capitol hill. subpoenaed twice. gives 11 hours of testimony. at which time he mysteriously at one point takes executive privilege and stops asking questions. he says at the direction of the white house we will get into that later. trey gowdy joined tucker last night. he has to be the most logical people republicans and democrats on capitol hill. he sees i do coa dichotomy the y bengals was approached and this president and the rush approach. ainsley: he says they want to drag out the russian collusion until the end of the year for the elections. deep interest in russia because they don't like this president. listen. >> the mainstream media can

give a damn less in what happened in benghazi. they are more interested in what happened in russia in part because they don't know anybody who voted for donald trump. they are still trying to figure out how this election occurred and how his election occurred. so the mainstream media is the biggest difference to me between investigation did i a couple years ago and the one we are doing now. steve: so what did we learn yesterday really? if you were watching tv and brian you are absolutely right there. are always three or four big stories. yesterday we learned the president is healthy and he is not crazy. we learned through the stock market the economy is roaring it touched 26,000 for a while. when the department of homeland security secretary kristin nielsen made it very clear the border is a place we need to keep secure. watch this. >> my priority is to increase border security and to build that wall that will work. walls work. we have examples of that. we have documented data. and i don't know about

anyone saying it's last generation technology. 2006, as you know we had a bipartisan agreement and secure fence act which senators obama, clinton, and schumer all voted for. 92% of those that were arrested and taken into custody by ice were criminals, i believe that we can and should do better for the american people to ensure that those who come here are able to contribute, willing to contribute, and to assimilate into our communities. i'm happy to work with any member and every member who would like it work on this with the department of homeland security. it's a very, very important issue. steve: she's right. ainsley: if you wonder who is coming over the border. democrats will make you believe it's families coming over. steve: then there is that. ainsley: that does happen. but she just said more than 90%, i believe see said, 92% of those coming over the border are criminals. those arrested by ice she says. brian: and 70% other than mexicans. mexicans are letting them go

right through. it's not necessarily mexicans, others coming right through. ainsley: 70% are not coming from mexico. brian: they are not just mexicans u going through it to get to us. steve: for her to make those comments that's extraordinary. because, remember, she has not always been on the trump train. she supported jeb bush, she was more of a traditional mainstream bureaucrat and now she is 100 percent behind the president. however, that's where she was talking about border security. so unfortunate of her testimony was where she was at the receiving end of things like this from corey booker who was unhappy that she could not remember the president of the united states using that language last week. >> the commander-in-chief in an oval office meeting referring to people from african countries and haitians with the most vile and vulgar language. that language festers in

ignorance and bigotry is allied with power it is a dangerous force in our country. your silence and your am nish shah is complicity. steve: can you tell he is running for president. ainsley: is he angry. brian: she was not wrattled at all by that she wanted to talk about homeland security how to fund it and structure it they wanted to talk about a meeting that took place last thursday that brought up a huge controversy which plays in tobleg lockout in the next 48 hours because everyone wants to talk about what happened on thursday. not many people want to talk about funding the government or immigration reform or some type of solution to daca. steve: i was talking to a senior white house official who was in the room last week on thursday. and they told me that the reason the president rejected the proposal is, first of all, it was amnesty. also, it didn't undo chain migration. it didn't undo the visa lottery program. and it was going to let in over 150,000 people from other countries each year

from countries included in the list of sponsors of terror and those countries on the terror watch list. the president apparently said that is a terrible deal. i'm not going to go along with that if you think about it it's amnesty. can you understand why did he it. ainsley: i'm curious to find out how you at home feel like is he yelling at her. i understand wants to have that conversation with the president. i would disagree with because i think you need to have respect for the commander-in-chief. if he wants to have that conversation have it with the if he is worried about those alleged comments. not her. she a woman. she handled herself in a beautiful way. very classy. i wanted to see her facial express. she did not budge. she let him finish. she didn't make any facial expressions why is he acting like this. she listened to him and responded i don't recall hearing him say that word. brian: senator blumenthal did not take it you will

hear from him in two hours. steve, to your point, that meeting, i understand it wasn't where the president wanted, to my feeling is lock the door and tell these bipartisan republicans and democrats too moderate, too weak whatever it is. okay. what do you need? i want this. maybe can i give you dick durbin or tom cotton. steve: mr. president this is it and he looked at it and said that's amnesty. i can't do that. brian: according to yesterday's testimony he spoke to lindsey graham and dick durbin 10:30 come on over. he was optimistic on it senator lindsey graham said i want to hoop 10:30 by the time we walked in the door? steve: could there be a government shut down on friday night. right now the answer is maybe. ainsley: 12 minutes after the top of the hour. new warning from homeland security to sanctuary city leaders, cooperate or you could face criminal charges. former trump hispanic advisory council member

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♪ >> my question is whether dhs is currently working with the justice department to bring section 8 usc 2413 charges or any criminal charges against the state or local officials. >> the department of justice is reviewing what avenues might be available. the context of this is of course not only putting my ice officers at risk, but also finding an efficient and effective way to enforce our immigration laws. brian: wow, the head of homeland security secretary warning sanctuary city leaders who do not cooperate with federal deportation laws they could face criminal charges. they could be arrested. so how would that work? here to weigh in fox news contributor and former trump hispanic advisory council member steve cortes. steve, what message does that send to local

officials? will it change their stance let's say in california? >> right. i sure hope so. governor brown out in california. mayor emanuel here in chicago. mayor de blasio in new york. a lot of these leaders they have brazenly defied federal law. they have neglected the safety of the citizens that they are supposed to be serving and as secretary nielsen pointed out they are putting ice officers at risk. the honorable men and women of ice who do so much to protect us and to keep our homeland secure. so their brazen disregard for federal law needs to be called out. and i think there needs to be a personal price paid and criminal charges may very well be in order. you know, they call these sanctuary cities and sanctuary states. i even hate that term because it sure isn't a sanctuary for the law enforcement officers who have to deal with known criminals who hide in plain sight it sure wasn't sanctuary for kate steinle, brian. brian: talk about the arrest of some officials and that will be sensationalistic. the brand new governor taking over for chris

christie come one, come all illegals, we'll protect you. what kind of message is that? >> isn't it amazing? he wants to use taxpayer funds by the way to protect and promote the interests of illegal immigrants to new jersey rather than the citizens of new jersey last time i checked these place are not anywhere vanna. they don't have to worry about their own citizens and take care of illegal immigrants that don't belong there in the first place. i would say, this hournl i talk a lot about america first to the citizens of new jersey. how about new jersey first? how about let's first take care of the citizens, the legal citizens of whatever creed, race, color. brian: whatever, he just got elected. general kelly is going to go meet with the congressional hispanic calculation to try to get them to move when it comes to this budget dead lock. they have sparred before in the past. do you expect success today? >> you know, i hauer hope so, here's the good news,

too. when it comes to hispanics. hispanic unemployment, as well as african-american unemployment just hit an all-time low. so things are getting better. demonstrably better for hispanic americans. the economy is growing. we can solve this issue regarding daca. we need a grand deal which i think we are going to achieve. what i would say to my fellow hispanics is democrats have taken you for granted for decades. donald trump is the opposite of that. he is actually delivering on his promises to make your lives more prosperous and safer. so believe in him and let's make a deal. brian: let's see what happens. thanks, steve. coming up straight ahead we change gears. deadly flu epidemic striking again. the latest victim a 10-year-old boy. chilling warnings for this morning all parents have to see. media attacks on president trump's health just hit a new low. tomi lahren says the left and media have come select n.i.v. outrage. she joins us next. >> do you keep a tally of how much golf the u.s. president plays? >> do you have any evidence

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jillian: good wednesday morning. welcome back to some headlines. a fox news alert. a former cia agent under arrest for stashing classified information may have been spying for china. accord go ahead to the "new york times," officials think gary chung chin lee could have played a key role in imprisoning informs. he had top secret clearance until he left the agency in 2007. in 2012 found secret meeting locations and contact information for covert offices in a notebook in his hotel room. the 53-year-old was arrested at new york's jfk airport.

also breaking right now, two naval commanders facing negligent homicide charges after two deadly incidents last year. commander led the uss fitzgerald when it collided with a commercial ship off the coast of june killing seven sailors. 10 were killed in august when the us is john mccain led by sanchez crashed into an oil tanker in southeast asia. a quick look at your headlines. i will see you back here in a little bit. brian: thanks, jillian. ainsley: we showed you some of this earlier the media on a new tear to push narrative president trump unfit to lead despite his doctor saying he? excellent health. >> do you mental fitness. >> i did do cognitive exam. i had no intention of doing one. it was driven by the president's wishes. >> do you believe is he fit for duty. >> absolutely is he fit for duty. >> there have been reports that the president has forgotten names. that he is repeating himself. are you ruling out things like early onset alzheimers?

are you looking at ghen that like symptoms. >> the fact that the president got 30 out of 30 on that exam, there is no indication whatsoever that he has any cognitive issues. brian: wow. our next guest says many on the left the so-called mainstream media have become selective outrage machines u fox news contributor tomi lahren joins us now. you were pretty amazed by that press conference like most of us went on for about an hour where basically people are questioning the credentials of the doctor by the end. >> i think that the time why have been better spent having that doctor assess everyone are in that room. if they watch this, and really watch, these journalists they watch this back and don't think there is any issues with the way they behave. we have a major problem here. steve: looks like out doctor gives good news. said the president he does take cholesterol medicine, he takes a couple of other things, multivitamin and stuff like that. i think after he gave the

good news. they were digging really hard just 40 bad news. outcome. enough with the good news. tell me the bad stuff. and, in fact, at one point the cnn reporter said is there anything you are hiding essentially. >> well, look at these people. we have two groups of people in the mainstream media. we have got one half of these people that are actually ignorant and they believe that the world can be run on unicorn dust and oprah winfrey's hugs. then you have the second half know that's not the case but they are so upset that this president is winning for the american people because it invalidates everything they have been saying for the last two years. they are upset. and either way it's laughable. it's disgusting, and really a disservice to the american people. ainsley: reporters were asking about that yesterday. they were also asking about the comments he made last week about different countries. calling him racist. jim acosta actually got thrown out of the oval office. brian: get out. ainsley: this is the media

slamming the president. >> the harshest words are coming from the president of the united states. degrading immigrants and their countries of origin with vulgar language. >> donald trump appears, does he not, determined to drag us back, not 30 years ago, but 100 years ago. >> just caucasian or white countries sir or do you want people to come in from the other parts of the world where this are people of color. >> we have a man-child deranged add. >> what's your reaction, tommy? >> well, listen to these people, they are so offended by a word. and that is really the tale of the last year of this presidency is watching these people be offended by words. meanwhile the american people, they are looking at what this president is doing for them economically and you also looking at what he wants to do for immigration which is merit-based immigration. the fact that we're still foe kissing on a word goes to show that the democrats want to deflect and divert all of the attention away from actually doing something about immigration because then the american people would be looking to them and saying what are you

actually doing for immigrants? what are you actually doing for those that want to come into this country and the measures that are already here that want to be safe and secure in their own country. they would actually have to do something. that's why they want to focus on a word. brian: if the government shuts down, tomi, who do you think is going to get blamed friday. >> of course it's going to be entrepreneurship and of course think have themselves to blame for this. the president has been very clear what he wants. something the american people want as well. which is why we have donald trump sitting in the white house and not hillary clinton. we want secure borders. we want an economy that works for the american people. we wants other countries to play fair. that is what this president. >> . if these democrats want to shut down the government over it, then that is their choice. we will hold them accountable. i know fox news will hold them accountable and the american people at the end of the day will hold them accountable. steve: all right, tomi lehner joining us from the west coast today. thank you very much. ainsley: thank you. brian: 30 minutes before the top of the hour. here is what we have in the next hour and a half.

companies nationwide spreading the wealth thanks to the president's tax plan. one ceo wanting to make sure his employees know exactly who to thank. putting the president's name on bonus check. he joins us live. ainsley: pete is having breakfast with friends. is he in ohio? hey, pete. >> good morning, guys it's so cold i'm warming my hands on the coffee pot. we are at momma's west main cafe. it's been packed since the beginning. asking how the president is doing what they think about a government shut down no. shut down here. lots of coffee and some amazing food. steve, over to you. any questions you want, email them to me but i won't give you my email address. steve: will do. happy birthday to richie known as kid rock. he has 47 candles on his cake and he will have a coors light. i just know that for a fact.

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♪ ♪ >> we have a country that's on the right track, we are working on immigration and immigration reform and hopefully at some point we will be able to solve that problem. if the democrats really wanted to, they could. but they really sometimes don't want to. steve: okay, so what will happen to daca? pete hegseth is having breakfast with friends at momma's west main street cafe in hillsborough, ohio. be careful there is a cop behind you. pete: i feel safe because there is a cop behind me. one of the sheriffs in the county. this is trump country. 73% of this county, high land county. >> highland county. pete: went for donald trump. editor here said the big media should come out to the real people and get a sense why they support the president.

that's exactly what they are doing with breakfast with friends this morning. i'm here with melissa a small business owner. first of all, you feel like the tax plan that was passed is very significant for you. >> absolutely. being a small business owner, we have three different businesses and also a farm operation. and we were just elated. i think small business people are going to see that impact the quickest more than a larger corporation. it's definitely going to effect our bottom line and help. pete: absolutely there is a looming potential government shut down. what do you make of that. >> i think they need to grow up and get their act together. pete: who is they? >> congress. pete: you don't put it on the president. you say congress can't? >> he can't even get his cabinet elected. it's time to work together. pete: a lot of obstruction. melissa, i will let you eat your eggs now overeasy. pete: three generations jamie, kenneth and kelly. you are a small business owner, again, how has president trump affected your bottom line? >> just helping with tax

bracket. that really helps out with the small business and. pete: what do you make of what's happening on capitol hill and how they are working against this president? >> i think they need to try to get their mess somewhat put together and stop being a stumbling block and do what the american people. pete: who is they? >> the republicans. i'm a little more upset at them than i am the democrats. pete: why. >> because of the obstruction. stumbling block. pete: do you think they will get the wall and good deal on daca. >> i hope. so i hope so. i hope they can get together and work something out. pete: we will see. what's the biggest priority for you as a trump supporter who still supports him, what dew points to see him get done? >> my biggest priority for voting for donald trump was drain the swamp. i'm tired of the 30 and 40 and 50-year-old old people that have been in office doing things since 1950 that haven't changed. it's the same thing. it's a new generation. it's 2018. let's move on. let's get up and catch up with the times.

pete: why do you think washington resists him as you said not just democrats but republicans? >> because he is not a politician. that's the other reason why i elected him. i didn't want another politician in the office. pete: kenneth, i have got to ask you, as you a carpenter by trade. >> right. pete: what is it about this administration that you like. >> he is keeping his promises to the people. is he a common man. and i think he loves this country. more than most. pete: polsters will say his poll numbers are low. what do you say to that? >> pay no attention to them. keep plowing. it will come up. we will reap the harvest. pete: what gives you the assurance that that will happen? >> i just think he is a different made man than what we have had in there in the past. i think he is honest. sincere and wants to grow this country. and he is not in there because he needs the money. pete: that's for sure. that's for sure. momma's west main is in it for the money to so make sure you pay your checks,

all right? >> yes. pete: great, great folks. as if he has been environment we have had. bring the people to you steve, brian, and ainsley. no the pundits. brian: work day obviously. having a quick breakfast before a day of work. ainsley: i love that family. camouflage, sweat shirts and hats. steve: breakfast looks so good. brian: if you saw jillian on the weekend that's how us dress hat on backwards and familiar fallujah. jillian: that's how i come to work. flannel, plaid shirt and jeans. brian: untuckit shirt off the television. jillian: no one cares. steve bannon feeling the fire and fury. former white house advisor slapped with subpoenas after refusing to answer questions during a 10-hour hearing behind closed doors. special counsel robert mueller and intel committee chair devin nunes both using the legal pool just the

latest in the investigation. bannon set to return to the hot seat tomorrow afternoon. the deadly flu virus strikes again. this time a 10-year-old boy. niko died the same day he was rushed to the hospital. coming home from a hockey tournament in upstate new york. health officials say he also had pneumonia. the cdc says at least 20 children have died from flu-related illnesses in the u.s. this season. experts urging everyone to get the flu shot. the virus is now widespread in every state except hawaii. heart stopping video shows the moment fishermen jump overboard to escape death. just stop what you are doing and watch this. >> hey, hey. >> oh my god. jillian: wow, that boat obviously show nothing signs of stopping, plowing right into the small boat in oregon, one the quick thinking fishermen now suing the driver of the other boat claiming they were speeding

and distracted by a cell phone. the fishing boat is wrecked but no one is seriously hurt. that's one of those videos, guys, it's hard to watch. steve: it is hard to watch. those boats go very fast and there are a lot of people in the water and have you got to be careful. ainsley: what is watt reason for the boat going that fast? steve: cell phone. jillian: speeding and distracted by cell phone. ainsley: oh my word. so scary. brian: i would expect that in a movie with a stunt man fast and furious. steve: all right, jillian, thank you very much. if you are outside in the northeast you know there is a dangerous winter storm stretching from the northeast all the way down to texas. ainsley: drivers in kentucky stuck in their car for nearly five hours after that pileup involving several tractor trailers and a greyhound bus. brian: here is a look at the conditions live in atlanta right now. nearly 100 flights out of the airport there. the world's busiest. they have been cancelled. steve: that storm now here in the northeast. senior meteorologist janice dean is here tracking it and janice, in front of our

building, it is currently raining a couple of miles away it's snowing. janice: you are correct. that's because along the coast we have got above freezing temperatures. look at this 35 in new york. 36 in raleigh. look at new orleans, 32. 27 in san antonio, 15 in dallas. it's currently coldner dallas, texas than it is in parts of alaska. here is your wind chill what it feels like with the winds, minus nine in minneapolis. 5 in dallas. you get the picture. some cases they have seen more snow this season across the gulf coast than they have in decades. several systems affecting part of the deep south, the gulf coast, and the southeast. that's the past 12 hours. we saw snow in houston, texas yesterday. now seeing snow and sleet and freezing rain across the panhandle again of florida. up towards georgia, in atlanta. south carolina, north korea, schools are closed. winter storm -- north carolina, schools are closed in virginia. not a ton of snow.

enough snow to cause problems on the roadways. school closings and we are certainly tracking those airline delays and cancellations as well across the northeast and all up and down the coast line. back to you. steve: also beware of black ice around here. stepped out there was black ice in front of my house. ainsley: a lot of the schools are closed kids are to make it up it either creeps into spring break or end of the year. brian: end up going to school on easter sunday. ainsley: doubt that will happen. brian: could happen. stay tuned. ainsley: won't happen. steve: some conservatives are so sick of some liberals in one state they want to break away and create a new state. tell you where it is at. brian: careful. they are at all times talking about that. steve: what kind of a tease is that. ainsley: stay tuned. brian: might be california. might not. you heard that nancy pelosi what she thinks about the president's cuts, right? >> crumbs that they are giving to workers to kind of put the schmooze on is so

pathetic. it's so pathetic. brian: pathetic to get crumbs like thousands of dollars. not crumbs to our next guest is he giving out 1,000 buck bonuses to employees and putting president trump's name ons check. ainsley: just a scapegoat, brian. brian: scapegoat when a got goat escapes ♪ she works hard for the money ♪ so hard for it honey. ♪ she works hard for the money ♪ so you better treat her right try metamucil, and begin to feel what lighter feels like. when a achoo!alls... ...answer it. with zicam cold remedy. it shortens colds, so you get better, faster. colds are gonna call. answer them with zicam! zicam. get your better back. now in delicious fruit drops.

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software development company that is based down in tampa, florida, thank you so much for being with us and thank you what you are doing for these employees. tell us what made do you this and why you put that in the memo. >> okay. well, thanks for having me first. steve: good morning. >> good morning. i would say what i was hearing about the different companies like at&t and bank of america and some very large companies giving thousand dollar bonuses to their employees, it inspired me. it made me think well, you know, i can do the same thing and everything i was seeing or hearing about were these large companies who were giving out bonuses and i thought well what about its smaller companies. companies with less than 100 employees or less than even 50 employees we can do the same thing. i want to do it because i'm excited about the new tax plan from trump and the g.o.p. and i wanted to share the wealth as they say and my

employees are mostly generation xeres and millennials not particularly in to politics it impacted them when they got in their hand a check for $1,000 that plainly said this is why you are getting this check because of the change in the new tax plan. steve: sheldon, the way you describe many of the employees have you got there, millennials not in to government stuff may not be fans of the president of the united states but they got to feel like this is great. >> yeah. yeah. exactly. they were all very happy about it. and, yes, they thought, you know, i don't think they are particularly fans of president trump. but nobody was complaining. they were all happy. steve: i bet. ainsley: some of these lawmakers that have a lot of money in their bank accounts they are calling the thousand dollar bonuses crumbs. nancy pelosi said that what's your reaction? >> well, i have heard that a

lot from the center or left of center people. and it really amazes me that anybody can find something wrong with the the fact that millions of employees, probably 80% to 90% of the workforce are going to be able to keep additional funds that they were giving to the government. i mean, it's a great deal but, again, as you know, you know, the liberals and liberal media will try and make something bad out of anything that happens. but this is a particularly great, you know, great deal for everyone and it's going to help everyone. and regardless of what you are hearing from the other side so to speak. steve: yeah. we had heard from people to the political left that it was just going to impact rich people and big corporations. but sheldon, you are showing us today that it is impacting people up and down the economic. ainsley: people trying to put food on the table and kids in college and be the best that they can.

i'm sure had you some tears from your employees when you gave them a thousand dollars that could help someone. >> yeah. they were very excited. steve: have a wonderful day in tampa sheldon. have a good day. >> okay. thank you for having me. steve: he served 16 years in congress and ran for president twice. dennis kucinich has a big announcement about his next political move. you will see it on "fox & friends" coming up in the next 20 minutes or so. ainsley: when a crisis strikes, who do the atheists turn to? they turn to god. what does father john think about that? he is going to tell us next ♪ won't matter ♪ mom and dad got a new car... with the extra third row of seats. they think it's theirs. look at them, they have no idea! it's not theirs. it's mine.

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♪ ♪ >> i thought you believed in me. >> that's just an expression. >> more than that. >> my hand. i exist. ainsley: classic comedy. [oh god "comes to earth has a hard time convincing will. four ione in four agnostics pray despite believing in religion. father jonathan morris is here to weigh in on this. >> good morning, ainsley, that is my pleasure. ainsley: why do you think that is one in four agnostics calling out to god when they face a crisis? >> i think it's because doubt is really a part of our whole experience of faith. and so if i ask somebody on the street do you know in god? some might say, i don't

know. or i don't think so. but, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are an activist atheist. and so when it comes down to being in a situation in which we can't really come up with an answer that is important during hard times about what this all means or what -- is there an after life well then there is an openness to faith. that's through my own experience. let me tell you, ainsley, whenever guy visit a pa liberalner, for example, in a hospital, i usually ask the nurses is there nibble here who has no family. anybody else here in the hallway? they almost always say yes. why don't you go stop by this room or that room i return into people agnostic. not a single one has refused. i would prefer you don't pray with me. in times of trouble, certainly there is an openness, i think, to god and his love for us. ainsley: that is so great do you that for other people. according to gallup poll more than 70% of prayers do mention family members.

they are praying for family. in your experience, what do most people pray for? >> well, i think we do spend a lot of time praying for things. my recommendation especially for somebody who has doubt listen. quiet your soul and listen. not like the voice from that movie from that comedy but will speak to our soul. hey, could this. avoid that. experience the presence of god in your life. yes, we can ask god for things. but try listening. quieting the spirit and allowing god to speak. ainsley: that's valuable information. i remember asking someone how do you pray? i don't know how to talk to god. how do you do that? they say just have a conversation with him. it's really easy. just like you talk to your best friend. thanks, father jonathan. god bless you. >> thank you. ainsley: this illegal immigrant is charged with murdering cops in cold blood. he wishes he had actually killed more he says. what he just told a judge is going to make you sick to your stomach.

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the perfect position seat in the lincoln continental. ( ♪ ) ♪ >> president trump insisting he is not going to play favorites with immigration. >> i want them to come in from everywhere. >> bu the american have a right and have a right to and good for america is a lawful system of immigration. >> the president wants language during that thursday meeting was front and center as his dhs secretary took the hot seat. >> apologies, i don't remember specific words. >> your silence and your amnesia is complicit. >> i have been very patient with this line of questioning. i am here to tell you about the threats our country faces. >> the media on a new tear to push their narrative that president trump is unfit to lead despite his doctor saying that is in excellent health. >> he had great findings across the board. the one that stands out more than anything to me is his

cardiac health. his cardiac health is excellent. >> is he border line obese. you characterize that as excellent health. >> does he take any sleep aids? >> the time would have been better spent having that doctor assess everyone in that room. >> the dow jones industrial average eclipsed the 26,000 mark for the first time. >> broken a lot of records. we're breaking another one today. the stock market is way up. jobs are back. ♪ ♪ ♪ we were born ♪ come on and get off your feet ♪ steve: the guy's from jerusalemy, bon jovi, here on this wednesday morning where it's snowing outside in new york city. ainsley: already snowing? steve: a little bit. ainsley: i see umbrellas out there. not sticking yet it looks like it. will though. brian: bon jovi used to do our show. we should call them and get them back on.

steve: that would be great. full are watching. brian: he might be watching. ainsley: did you watch the president's doctor talking about his health? brian: this should have been the most boring press conference ever. ainsley: he says our president is in excellent health. brian: how dare he. ainsley: first listen to this and we'll get into the good stuff. >> the president's overall health is excellent. cardio performance during the expect very good. he continues to enjoy the long-term cardiac and health benefits that come from a lifetime of abstinence from tobacco and alcohol. all clinical data indicates that the president is very healthy and will remain so forth duration of his presidency. i went through and looked at the cognitive assessments available, most of them very simple and very short. we picked one of the ones little bit more involved. it was longer, the more difficult one of all of them. it took significantly longer to complete but the president did exceedingly well on it. so that was not driven at all by any clinical concerns i have. it was driven by the

president's wishes and he did well own it. brian: this was so serious. cnn had to bring a doctor to examine the doctor. they had to we'll out gupta, this can't be true. steve: they were going to get to the bottom of it. this was going to be their chance. media looks at donald trump eat kentucky fried chicken and mcdonald's. he is easy. turns out his health is excellent according to the doctor. and, for the first time we believe in presidential history, the presidential doctor did a cognitive test, did the montreal test on him and the president scored 30 out of 30. keep in mind, the media looking for something bad and they did not disappoint him. that's what they were looking for. brian: let's take a listen. >> test the president wants mental fitness to office. >> president appeared to slur his words while giving andreas. did you look into what the cause of that might have been at all? are you ruling out things like early on set

alzheimer's? are you looking at dementia like symptoms. >> on what basis would you and this is just a philosophical question, advise the cabinet that the president is unable to discharge his duties? how is that bar get met. >> when you analyze cognitive ability or neurological functions that is not the same thing as psychiatric exam or psychological exam. >> it is not. >> you mentioned you gave the president a cognitive test, was that the mini mental state examination? if not, can you tell us what specific cognitive test you gave him given that there is scrutiny what was overlooked at the time with the reagan in terms alzheimer's he was then known to suffer from at a later date. can you say whether the test you ran would exclude any of those things? >> given his age and continuing his physicals in the future, will you also continue the cognitive test? >> you say that the president was the one who requested the cognitive test, that it wasn't necessarily needed for someone of his age, did he tell you why he wanted it

done? >> what is your take of all the doctors and clinicians all across the country who have said in this president they see symptoms of this, that, and the other? >> symptoms more like? >> well, symptoms of dementia? brian: well, it's amazing. he even got crazier, say he doesn't drink or smoke but did you look into drug addiction. >no he is not addicted to drugs. some of his friends have called him a germ phone. do you have problem with how much he uses twitter. they asked the doctor do you have a problem with how often he uses twitter? what is wrong with these people. >> if he has bone temperaturspurs andwears dentur. this is the same doctor that examined president obama. brian: and president bush. ainsley: and president bush many times. steve: they wanted to get into the bone spurs there was during times of the vietnam war there were deferments because of bone spurs. did you see any? we didn't look for them. why was he sniffle ling? well, i gave him one too many sudafed. common answers to big

mysterious kind of conspiracies that we have seen in the media. tomi lahren was with us just about 45 minutes ago. she watched from california. this was her observation about what she saw in the briefing room. >> the tom would have been better spent having that doctor assess everyone in that room because that's the point we have gotten to. listening to that, if they watch this, if they really watch this, these journalists, they watch this back and they don't think there is an issue with the questions that they asked or the way they behaved, we have a major problem here. steve: here's the whole thing, it's as if they did not trust the president's doctor. so later in the day, barack obama officials came out on twitter and elsewhere and defended the doctor, susan rice, valerie jarrett dan pfeiffer said essentially that the doctor was phenomenal. doctor really great guy as well. all defended admiral jackson. ainsley: i don't know if it was this president's decision to use the same doctor. i think that was smart because he knew the media would do.

this interesting told the doctor answer as many questions as you want. he also said give me tests for the cognitive test because i will prove i'm not crazy. brian: name the animals through a cube? did that ever come up as president? steve: we need a cube, quick. get the president. ainsley: talking about. brian: one of the questions make a cube. make the square like this and just draw the line. steve: in fact, can you take it jakub line. their website was really busy yesterday. we got all sorts of comments from you, chris emailed this. it was an utter embarrassment to the media and country that these reporters asked some of the most asinine, objective and ridiculous questions i have ever heard about a president's health. ainsley: leann on facebook said did i enjoy watching their spectacle ridiculous questions designed at taking pathetic digs at trump. what i enjoyed more is the doctor shooting them down with every response. brian: the media questioning the president's doctor remind belief the parade of the lem mings into the see.

don trump will be in later. saw him on the campaign trail. i also thought interesting. when he it comes to his weight 2389 pounds 6'3". if is he 6'2". he is way over weight. is he 6'2" or 6'3". is that the question you have on your mind. steve: the white house press corps accepted the results of the president's cognitive test yesterday the same way they did the outcome on the 2016 presidential election. what? brian: blame the russians. steve: meanwhile let's talk a little bit about this. yesterday the secretary of the department of homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen confirmed that the department of homeland security has asked federal prosecutors to see if they can actually lodge charges against leaders in sanctuary cities. if sanctuary cities are not going to conform to federal

law, essentially they are trying to figure out whether or not they can lock them up. brian: so de blasio, rahm emanuel, mayors in major cities. steve: philly, california, los angeles, cook county, illinois. and chicago are already on a last call list. ainsley: senator kamala harris had this conversation on this topic. >> acting director homan said he asked the justice department to quote look into criminal charges for elected officials with sanctuary policies as they are harboring illegal aliens according to 8 usc 1324. this comment was specifically about california elected officials u after the enactment of the california values act. my question is whether dhs is currently working with the justice department to bring section 8 usc 1324 charges or any criminal charges against state or

local officials. >> i believe the request was made the department of justice is reviewing what avenues might be available. brian: maybe one of those avenues is arresting the officials. which would probably be a pr mistake because seeing rahm emanuel in handcuffs inspire people on the left to do more. steve: think about this. the department of justice already issued a final warning to those cities and said, you know, if you don't cooperate, don't know what's going to happen, now i think we know what could happen. ainsley: let us know what you think about that issue. let's hand it over to jillian who has headlines for us. jillian: good morning to you guys. fox news alert. get you caught up. a former cia agent under arrest for stashing classified information may have been spying for china. according to reports, officials think jerry chung chin li could have played a key role in imprisonment of u.s. informants. li left the agency in 2007. in 2012 agents found secret meeting locations and contact information for

covert operatives in a moat book in hotel rooms. the 53-year-old was arrested at new york's jfk airport. 22-year-old andrew coffee, a students at florida state university, died of alcohol poisoning in november. a fellow pledge found him unresponsive after a frat event. no one called 911 until 11 minutes later. coffee had a blood alcohol level more than five times the legal driving limit. tomorrow the fbi director's chief of staff will testify in front of congress as part of the investigation into hillary clinton's use of a private email server. "the washington examiner" reporting that jim will meet with the house oversight committee tomorrow. the committee also requested interviews with the agency's lawyer, lisa page and deputy directorrage drew mccabe who testified last month. solg how about this? a meteor lighting up the night sky startling drivers across the midwest.

>> what is that? what is that? jillian: that's scary. many people reported hearing booms and house shaking as the fireball flew by. it was most like lay meteor. emergency alert informing people there was no need to call 911. some of those images you see how bright it gets. i would be petrified if i saw that. ainsley: caught on the ring doorbell. brian: you have to keep challenging it. my only challenge. ainsley: anyone can walk in your house right now because it's not charged. brian: you porch package thieves can go grab everything you want. ainsley: if you are a robber, just take the batteries out of the camera? brian: wired to your house. steve: you have simply chosen. can you run hard wires into

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steve: this is a fox news alert. let's talk politics. let's go out to cleveland, ohio right now joined by former u.s. congressman and former two time u.s. presidential candidate dennis kucinich. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. great to be with you. steve: good to have you as well. the banner underneath of us right now big political announcement on "fox & friends." what is it? >> told i'm having formal announcement for candidacy, i'm running for governor of ohio. democratic nomination. i'm really charged this morning. and i'm very excited to take this big step forward on behalf of the people of ohio. steve: you are officially announcing later today. you are a democrat.

you are a liberal democrat. you know, during 2016, dennis, i don't have to remind you, donald trump won the state of ohio with 71, 72% turnout. it would appear the donald trump message resonated a year ago. why do you think the people in ohio your message more to the left of president trump's is their ticket going forward? >> i think i represent the mainstream and aspirations for jobs and healthcare and education and for a better environment and all kinds of economic progress in the state. but, the one thing can i do, steve, i know there is another democrat in ohio who could run for office and do. i can reach out to the people who voted for president trump, can i show them that there are democrats who stand solidly for economic progress. who want to protect our markets, who want to stand up for everyday americans. so, you know, to me, that's my constituency, too. and i'm reaching out and i'm

not going to leave anyone out of picture. steve: well, when we were in cleveland last summer, a year ago in 2016 it was very clear you everywhere beloved by cleveland. you were a congress. you were also a councilman initially. you were the mayor as well. were you frustrated, dennis, when you were in the u.s. congress as a member from ohio it's hard to get things done from washington. from the state house you will actually be able to impact more lives. >> well, you know, having had that experience on a federal level is very valuable because it's enabled me for 16 years to be able to build collisions. i have beecoalitions can i work with people on both sides of the aisle. can i do that in columbus. as the governor you are the head of a state of 11 million people. with the experience that i have, look, i'm going to be announcing a platform today

about a can do kind of approach which is inclusive, brings people in, which is sustainable. has vitality. i'm ready to go. steve: i can tell. you want to tell us just one thing from your platform? >> yeah, i want rebuild ohio's infrastructure totally there are billions of dollars needs here. we want to get people back to work building, building, building. i think we are looking at some of your official promotional materials there. dennis kucinich later today officially declare he wants to be the next governor of the great state of ohio. thank you for joining us from cleveland. >> thank you very much to awful you. thank you. steve: good luck to you. 7:20 here in new york city now. this illegal immigrant is charged with murdering two police officers in cold blood. he wishes he killed more. what he just told a judge will make you sick. and some conservatives are so sick of some liberals in california they want to break away and make a new state. new california. steve hilton just moved to

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ainsley: we have quick headlines for you, two illegal immigrants facing deportation after border patrol agents found them stuffed into a trunk in arizona. they were arrested along with a driver and passenger also in the country illegally. and ice is reportedly planning massive immigration sweep in california. agents planning to arrest up to 1500 illegals there despite california being a sanctuary state. the campaign centered in the bay area could happen within weeks and is expected to be the biggest immigration ebb forcement action under president trump. steve: meanwhile, could the

united states stil soon see a 51st state. so fed one liberals running their state they are pushing to break away and form a new california. >> well, it's been ungovernorrable for a long time. high taxes, education, you name it we are rated really i think 48th or 50th from a business climate. brian: here to react is a guy new to california at least to the los angeles area next revolution host steve hilton he moved to california after serving strategy director former u.k. prime minister cammeron and joins us live. steve, this is a debate. do you think this is a debate worth having? >> i will tell you what a debate worth having is the complete mess that the liberal coastal elites that run california have made of the state not just the last few years but the last few decades. look what's going on. highest poverty. there is a housing crisis. people can't afford anywhere to live. brian: rash of illegals

homeless situation. >> just where i live in san francisco, suspects so embarrassing to walking around a city such wealth from the tech industry they can't run the basics of a city. can you understand why the people are fed up with it. ainsley: they call this california exit like brexit. >> i feel like cal exit, could new health drink. steve: sounds delicious. steve, if we could put that up graphic once again that shows the part of the coastal california. >> yeah. steve: that's the part that predominantly votes super lefty. >> yes. steve: it's the balance of the state is the rural portion of the state they want out? >> exactly because their needs aren't being properly represented. because have you got the people on the coast who have complete lock on the state legislature. have you had a democratic governor for a long time over a decade now. issues aren't being addressed whether that's people working in the farming community.

it's so -- makes so angry because they don't have a proper voice. that's what behind. brian: used to live out there. the stories we used to do is north and south there was a difference. now it's coast and i guess east of. >> everything else. exactly right. brian: frustration new yorkers feel. upstate new york a little more conservative. they are hostage to new york city. >> personally i don't really agree with this. i don't like the idea that we can divide ourselves into smaller and smaller groups and stick with the people that are like us. the real answer like this actually is to revive the california g.o.p. which has been nowhere for years it doesn't really have a strong presence it doesn't make the populist argument that president trump won on in 2016. the people of california. steve: they are trying to do it by the books. exactly the way west virginia did it and got out of that all right. ainsley: tell us about your op-ed nancy pelosi. >> you have been featuring

it on the show quite rightly with the crumbs. i mean, but it really catches something really important a big political shift that's happened it used to be the case democrats were the party for working americans and the republicans actually struggled with this idea that they were for the rich. donald trump has completely turned that around. brian: as a billionaire. >> now it's the trump administration that is winning and doing practical measures for working people more money in their pocket, more jobs, practical steps to improve their lives. when you have the democrats basically sucking up to rich friends and donors obsessing about identity politics. the kind of things that are said in meetings. just completely off on a different planet from the real lives of working americans. steve: when barack obama was president, she famously was talking about this great tax cut for the average american. it was $40. whereas this one, which impacted a lot of people starting very shortly with holding and a lot of

thousand dollar bonuses. $2,000 bonuses that's just crumbs. >> you haven't seen the whole effects of this. this is are mead effects from the tax change and bonuses. over time you will see the economic impact generally in the economy that will raise wages across the board even where you haven't had these bonuses. brian: without any media or marketing the tax plan is beginning to convert people. even on page 8 of the "new york times" today. people are feeling the impact. sales tool in plan works. and it seems to be working. >> what's interesting to me is the democrats keep making these mistakes and reveal themselves to really be party of the rich sneering at working americans. smearing at the force. smearing of a their life. their values and things that matter to me in favor of the elites that they spend their time with. ainsley: they are out of touch. steve hilton on outnumbered at noon. brian: watching the next revolution on sundays as we

always do. ainsley: congratulations on your show. so good. new jersey's new governor just sworn in and now he is getting down to work protecting illegals and making pot legal. that's your state, steve. steve: thank you. ainsley: what else is on his radical agenda? that's coming up. brian: pete is having breakfast with friends in ohio. pete? pete: we are at mommas here in hillsborough. i don't put my fingers on the scale very often but i love hillsborough. great folks and great food. i didn't even ask them to clap. this is the breakfast beef. number two largest on the menu. sasquatch is even bigger. i might try that next hour. coming up next, we are talking to real folks here. stick with us on "fox & friends" ♪ only in america ♪ relief. a small size... that's fast, 'cause it's liquid.

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♪ falling for her ♪ she seems to have a physical attraction steve: what is he doing? it's our shot of the morning senator orrin hatch caused a social media firestorm when he reached up to take off his glasses. well, they weren't there but he pretended anyway. apes apes that's great. he kept going. the utah senator looking absolutely unfazed with the senate judiciary hearing with homeland secretary kirstjen nielsen. brian: tweeting this out you mean his invisible glasses. they are new. you probably never heard of them. ainsley: hoping no one saw him. he didn't even act like anything had happened. brian: it's good. ainsley: you know those glasses that pull apart right there at the -- in the front or something. steve: glasses like these they sore light. ainsley: do you think he wears regular glasses? looked like magna advertised imt

magnetized. steve: peter is at momma's west main cafe diner dude. pete: that's a title i will run with forever. thank you, steve. great to be here in hillsborough, the intersection of america you might say, 62 goes north south, 52 goes east coast to the west coast canada down to texas or florida i believe it is. we are in the center of america talking to trump supporters, the reason we are here is the editor of the "times" gazette wrote come to trump voters. you saw the spectacle of the white house press corps interviewing the president's physician. what did you make of that. >> i was disappointed but not surprised. pete: why not surprised? >> they don't have any sense of perspective. they wouldn't have treated previous presidents this way. asking him if he would step on a scale to verify his weight. that's just crazy.

pete: if twitter affects his mental capabilities. why do they tweet him this way vis-a-vis other presidents? >> because he was an outsider from the beginning. they don't know how to deal with him. go ahead. >> he goes over their head. pete: you voted for trump. how do you feel like the president has done so far. >> he doing what he said he was going to do. he doesn't get much cooperation from republicans or democrats. pete: you are a navy veteran. thank you for your service. nancy pelosi says $1,000 is bread crumb is it a bread crumb. >> folks getting it doesn't think so. thousand dollars goes ha long ways for some folks. pete: sure does. how do you feel the president is doing so far. >> doing great. doing what he said he would do and hopefully keeps going. pete: scary proposition a politician doing what they said they were going to do. >> is he not a politician. pete: i stand corrected. well done. gentlemen, thank you for your service. appreciate it we will move to another table here.

the bank is not open this morning in hillsborough because the local bank. the bank manager is diana. thanks for being here. >> thank you. pete: you had an interesting statement about the president and his disposition. share. >> i typically stay out of politics only because there is way too much drama going on right now. i hate to say it, but the people cannot handle the truth and unfortunately, donald trump is the truth. and he has no filter. and unfortunately the people, like i said, cannot handle it. pete: why do you think they can't handle it? why can't the white house press corps handle that? >> because they don't like change. and unfortunately i mean not unfortunate but donald trump is coming in with change. pete: he sure is absolutely. gary, we want to get you. you are the editor of the "times" gazette you wrote op-ed hey big media come to trump country rather than characterize them as racist or any other labels. why did you write that and what's it like to live here? >> well, as someone living

in trump country so to speak or parts of it, you know, you just get tired of how we get characterized by other media and other parts of the country. you know, it's as though you think when you come to places like this you are going to have to come through a waffle confederate flags and a bunch of hill billies making moon shine on the back porch or something. people here are intelligent. they are complicated. the reason they supported president trump are a lot more complicated than what you tend to read in the rest of the media. i wanted the opportunity to point that out. i have been critical of the "the washington post." i appreciate the post giving me the opportunity in some columns to present a different point of view. pete: briefly highland county went 73% for the president. >> 76. pete: 76%. i stand corrected. do 76% still support him today. >> i think so. in my opinion nothing has changed. if anything, maybe the support has gotten stronger as they see how hard they're attacking him all the time. pete: the so-called

mainstream media will points to his approval rating. imagine if there was actually any positive press at all for this president and, again, pointing at polls has always been a bad thing to do if you are betting against president trump. no doubt about that. >> you are right. pete: gary abernathy of the times gazette. thanks for writing it we will send it back to you. steve: pete hegseth talking with people about main street on main street in ohio. brian: president will be spending time in pennsylvania. he has a special election he wants to win. tell those people i haven't pot forgotten you in pennsylvania especially in scranton where is he really looked up to. steve: peeking of pennsylvania jillian is from pennsylvania. jillian: did i i went toyota university of scranton for two years. brian: what happened? jillian: i left. another story store another day. good morning guys. get you caught up on headlines right now. illegal immigrants charged with killing two cops seen smiling and show nothing remorse in court. he even admits he wish he killed more. >> i get that [bleep],

[bleep] jillian: he has been deported to mexico twice before. accused of killing a sheriff's deputy in california in 2014. man responsible for setting off time bombs injuring 30 people in new york city is reportedly trying to radicalize other inmates in prison. prosecutors filing new documents claiming ahmad real herminey materials with other prisons while making light of the 2016 attack. as a result he should be sentenced to life when a judge decides his fate next month. mitt romney dodging questions about whether he will run for u.s. senate despite giving a campaign worthy speech in utah. >> great speech. people that give great speeches would look great in the u.s. senate. have you ever thought about that? [laughter] >> i have nothing for you on that topic, natalie. >> are you planning an announcement soon. >> i have nothing for you on that topic.

i'm sorry. >> former presidential nominee staying hush about the race to replace senator orrin hatch. in his speech romney spoke about policy issues ranging from the economy and debt to immigration and family values. that's a look at your headlines. i will send it back to you guys. steve: thank you very much. brian: 19 minutes before the top of the hour. so cold in russia people's eye lashes are freezing over. russian eye lashes. look at that. ainsley: russian eye lashes. temperatures in siberia plummeting. brian: is that real? ainsley: 88 degrees below zero. brian: why wouldn't they go inside? ainsley: this happening in the place known as the coldest place on earth. steve: senior meteorologist janice dean is outside our world headquarters. janice, it's a little rainy and sleety, we are having a storm. janice: it's sleety right now. a mixture of rain and sleet and freezing rain. but i got my weather man umbrella shout out to rick reichmuth. take a look at your maps right now. because we do have this clipper system.

this is not a bomb cyclone. it is bringing snow from the gulf coast to maine. can you see ahead of this artic front by the way 5 in chicago. you know, it is getting colder but it's still not cold enough for snow, pure snow in new york city. north of us and west of us it is snowing to beat the band. we are also getting snow across the florida panhandle again my friends. and then in to central georgia and the carolinas, again, this is not going to be a big snow maker but it is going to cause big travel delays on the roadways and in the air. by this afternoon, it will be out of here. thank goodness. then it warms up this weekend which there is the good news. back to you inside. steve: a slow go to work and school this morning. janice: be careful out there. ainsley: thanks so much, janice. a little bit for everyone some people like the cold and some people like the warm. steve: snowing in new jersey according to my wife. new governor. among things on his docket protecting illegals and

perhaps making pot legal. what else is on his agenda? we will talk to eric trump about that next. brian: it's the anti-chris christie agenda and maxine waters says she is boycotting the state of the union, remember? >> i wouldn't waste my time sitting in that house listening to what he has to say. brian: okay. i take that as a no. she is not showing. one verb sent her a tweet saying he wants her seat. did he get a response? we'll talk to him. ainsley: first, the trivia question of the day, born on this day in 1922. this gold' girl star is the oldest person who ever host "saturday night live." who is she? be the first to email us at friends@foxnews.com. quick, quick, quick. steve: she has been on this show. brian: we did it. ainsley: i didn't tell you who it is. brian: no, not yet ♪ ♪

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ainsley: he is the darling of the left and became new jersey's 56th governor. brian: phil murphy the garden she is referring to. making the state a sanctuary. creating a program to protect illegals, finally. steve: tell us more about this guy todd piro tell us what we can expect from governor phil murphy. >> good to see you. you live in this state i'm from this state. could phil murphy be the new poster boy for progressivism. vowing to be antagonist of the president. mainstream media happy to see the democrat replace former republican governor chris christie. >> new jersey has a new governor. democrat phil murphy and murphy's inauguration means a departure of the garden state's tough talking chief executive for the last 8 years. republican chris christie who leaves office having earned the dubious distinction of the lowest approval rating for a governor in decades according to the quinnipiac poll. >> so what do we know about phil murphy former goldman

sachs was long apposed the white house agenda and president trump to nazis. he plans to establish a state agency to answer questions from illegal immigrants as part of his larger goal of making new jersey a sanctuary state. and, he supports offering state identification, drivers licenses, and financial tied illegals. fox news contributor steve cortes joined us earlier on the show and weighed. in take a listen. >> he wants to use taxpayer funds by the way to protect and promote the interests of illegal immigrants to new jersey, rather than the citizens of new jersey. you know, last time i checked, camden new jersey, trenton, newark, these places are not exactly nirvana. not like everything is well there and they don't have to worry in new jersey about their own citizens and they can take care of illegal immigrants who don't belong there in the first place. >> the former ambassador to new jersey under the obama administration also said he supports legalizing recreational marijuana, raising the minimum wage and raising taxes on millionaires adding he wants

the garden state to become quote a progressive beacon. this may just happen guys with murphy's inauguration. democrats now have full control of new jersey state government. steve: but for new jersey to be a sanctuary state. i live in new jersey. i don't know anybody in my neighborhood who thinks that's really a good idea. todd: when i told my parents i was doing this story today. why are you talking about him? he is going to make this a bad state and this is the general consensus. also you heard steve cortes talks about our cities. our cities are not the best. we should focus on our city first and then worry about other issues. brian: if you listen close you can hear the taxes going up. good to hear the president is going to have another antagonist. he was out. ainsley: tell your parents hi. steve: they are watching. ainsley: what does president trump think of the new new jersey governor. eric trump will join us at the top of the hour. steve: maxine waters says she will boycott the state of the union two weeks from now. one veteran said she will take her seat. did she respond?

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of the union just about two weeks from now. >> take my time to go and sit and listen to a liar? i don't appreciate him and i wouldn't waste my time sitting in that house listening to what he has to say. he does not deserve my attention. brian: wow. one veteran said okay, who served by the way in the army 10 years and deployed to afghanistan twice. idea for the congresswoman quote this i would like to take maxine waters seats at the state of the union address. if she doesn't want to go, this military veteran would gladly go. i will tell the president how much he means to myself, my family, and my military and all of his supporters. steve: well that tweet was from army veteran ricky taylor who joins us now from our nation's capital. good to you. >> good morning thank you for having me. steve: by could you call yourself deplorable vet as your handle on twitter? >> well, i think, you know, so many people, you know, hillary clinton she is the one that called us

deplorable and i think, you know, one thing that we did do and us deplorables is we just kind of ran with it we just kind of said, you know, we are going to be his supporters and we are just going to run with it. you can call us what you want but we are still going to support our president. brian: you all of a sudden hear what her stand is. you know she wants the presidents impeached and gets big amaze lines for that what bothers you is waters acts like she speaks for all black people. >> she goes on tv and just because she is black, she thinks that she speaks for all black people. well, you know, i have you know black family members. you know, i'm half black, half puert puerto rican. there are so many trump supporters out there that are minorities and he has the support of them and you know, she doesn't speak for everybody. she surely doesn't speak for me. steve: rickey, we have over on the big screen a number of the democrats who are going to be skipping the state of the union. you have tweeted out to maxine waters that if she doesn't want to take her

place there in the hall that you would love to take the seat. have you heard from her office yet? >> no. i haven't heard anyone, i think maxine kind of, she does this for publicity stunt. she does it to pander to her audience. and you know, i just thought it was extremely disrespectful for her to say that about the president. so you know, how he doesn't deserve her attention. so that's why i tweeted that. brian: people really responded. you were stunned and you tweeted it. and it went viral and shows how many people feel the way you feel. it's an honor to sit in the chamber. it doesn't matter hot president. >> oh, absolutely. like i have gotten so much support from, you know, all the conservatives out there on twitter. you know, just saying i hope you get the seat. i hope it helps. i just wanted to bring attention, you know, because the mainstream media, they don't want to -- they don't want to portray his supporters. they want to have us hidden. i thought it was a good things. steve: it went viral. gout a lot of attention. rickey, thank you for your service and thanks for

stopping by today. >> all right. thank you. brian: two tours in afghanistan. the president's doctor just gave him a clean bill of health that wasn't enough for some in the media. steve: the president's son, eric trump, as you can see, he's up next ♪ good, good, good with expedia, you can book a flight, then add a hotel, and save. ♪ everything you need to go. expedia . . . . .

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♪ >> president trump insisting he is not going to play favorites with immigration. >> i want them to come in from everywhere. >> what the american people want have, a right to, what is good for america is a lawful system of immigration. >> the president's language during that thursday meeting was front and center as his dhs secretary took the hot seat. >> apologies, i don't remember specific words. >> your silence is accomplice night i've been very patient with this line of questioning. i'm here to tell but the threats our country faces. >> the media on a new tear to push their narrative that president trump is unfit to lead despite his doctor saying he is in excellent health. >> he had great things across the board, one thing that stand out to me, his cardiac health,

his cardiac health is excellent. >> he is borderline obese. you would characterize that as excellent health? >> the time would be better spent having that doctor assess everyone in that room. >> dow jones industrial average eclipsed the 26,000 mark for first time. >> broken a lot of records. we're breaking another one day. the stock market is way up. jobs are back. ♪ steve: toby, thank you. welcome to the curvy couch. eric trump. ainsley: running the company. brian: first time we've seen you since he went ahead and became a dad. >> amazing. ainsley seen me couple times. the kid is the love of my life. he has trump hair.

has a big mohawk. he is great, great -- ainsley: what is hardest part about being a dad? >> honestly trying to balance work and kid. i leave so early from the house. i go to work very, very early. i come back very, very late. you miss him. ainsley: best part what he smiles with him on your lap. he is the greatest. steve: i'm sure you saw yesterday turns out your dad is in excellent health. according to rear admiral dr. dr. ronny jackson. he did the physical at walter received. he did the cognitive test. you saw the questions from assembled media. they were extraordinary. watch this. >> can you assess the president's mental fitness for office. >> the president appeared to slur his words giving an address. >> did you look whoo. >> what the cause of that might have been? >> are you ruling out early on set alzheimer's?

are you looking at dementia-like system. >> do you keep a tally how much the golf the president plays? do you consider that exercise. >> how a guy that eats mcdonald's, fried chicken, diet cokes, never exercises is as good a shape as you say he is in. brian: this went on and on. >> does he use drugs? brian: that he is addicted. >> my father has never had a sip of alcohol in his life. he talking about this some times. he never had a cigarette in his life. he has one of the cleanest life-styles -- is the president -- they lost their mind. they have lost their mind. steve: what about the question what is the life expectancy? >> think about the question. >> when is he going to die? >> think about the question, does he eat ice cream? where is the coverage of the economy at 26,000? where is the coverage of unemployment being the lowest ever. consumer confidence being highest ever. 4% gdp growth. i could go on and on.

how about the fact isis for all intents purposes gone? three or four thousand isis terrorists, less than a thousand. he wiped them out. talking about how many scoops of ice cream. jonathan karl asking does he eat mcdonald's. ainsley: can't this help him? can't this backfire on the mainstream media? one thing if they were talking policy. but it is obvious they are in the tank for the democrats or anyone that would run against your father? >> hasn't it already? how trivial is this nonsense? people are smart. people look through this, right? people see one thing. they see green in their wallets. that is what people care about. they care about the 401(k)s. they care about their kids, their education, how they're living. vacations they get to go on. the businesses is doing. if they're employed? overall quality of life. they don't care if somebody has a scoop of ice cream. it is insane. steve doctor says he is in good

health and good cognitive function that flies in the face of narrative they are trying to establish he is crazy. >> anybody who knows my father, tell you has more energy than any human being. the guy has more energy than anybody i ever met at my age at 35. he is unbelievable. he doesn't stop. he is absolute machine. i was saying this last night. i have never seen my father with a cold. the man is really, really incredible a. anybody that knows him, speaks to him, knows how sharp he is. knows, you know, listen, he is, he is incredible up there. that is what gotten him to the success he always had. brian: look at lifestyle change. usually somebody, has the same office for years, right. the same place for years. so his life-style changed radically at age of 70 plus. so what has it been like when you talk to him off-line, away from the cameras, catch him at an event? when you say, dad, what is it like doing these things while being divorced from the organization? what does he tell you? >> when i say his spirits are

high that is an understatement. he is having a great time. he is doing unbelievable job. the proof in the pudding, nonsense and chatter and little sound bites and sensational reporting. he is doing unbelievable job. brian: 48 hours from a shutdown, that is stressful situation. what does he tell you about that? >> i actually try not to is him about government. i don't. i keep very strict wall right there. but i can tell you his spirits are incredibly high. he is doing phenomenal job. everybody i see on the street telling me what a great job he is doing for them. he is doing a great job for the country. he is delivering promises. people are so sick of politicians not delivering promises they ran on. he got tax reform. economy is booming. bringing jobs back to this nation. bringing manufacturing back to the nation. the country is becoming wealthy again. he is doing what he promised to do. ainsley: what is your reaction

with the people getting $1000? a man putting on the check it is because of tax cuts. >> if i was democrats i would be scared of that. major companies giving to tens, tens and thousand of employees. people have gotten major unexpected bonuses because of the tax plan they put through. that is an incredible thing. that means this system is working. people are reinvesting in their employees. that is exactly what my father wanted to happen. he wanted wages to go up he wanted unemployment to go down. america is being successful again. america is attracting businesses again. steve: yesterday briefly the dow touched 26,000. ended lower by the enof the day. you can see the dow milestones as your father has been president of the united states. that is something tangible. there is more money in people's pockets. there are more people with jobs. >> steve, literally a week ago we talk about how we hit 25,000. two weeks before that how we hit

24,000. a couple weeks before that how it hit 23,000. you open up the 401(k)s, up 30% right now. steve: that is 701-k. >> think about how great that is. how positive it is for america. you have these people talking about ice cream. i have mean it is, it's insane. brian: talk about too the theme since last thursday has been, your dad, according to people in the meeting said some thing about race and that people who are calling him a racist for the last five or six days. i know you don't agree with that but is there anything you can bring to the conversation that is important? >> my father sees one color, green. that is all he cares about. he cares about the economy. he is least racist person i ever met in my entire life. it is total nonsense. at same time they are saying that, they will never report african-american unemployment is lowest it ever been, lowest ever been if this country. won't give him any credit. he campaigned on that. but will call him racist.

it is very sad. a race to the bottom. they stoop very, very low. the reason they do that they don't have their own message. what is the message on the democratic side? who are the front runners? what do they stand for? they don't stand for anything. they have been obstructionists. tremendous amount of money, no matter come out if he would solve cancer tomorrow they would criticize for it. that is very, very sad. that is not a winning recipe. the reason he won the election, he had a message resonated with people of this country. he quite frankly delivered on. it really scares them. ainsley: how do you think message resonating in new jersey, folks that live in the great state, you have businesses there, he wants to establish an agency to protect illegal immigrants? >> the new governor was former ambassador to germany. if you look the problem germany has with illegal immigration, even merkel came out and said if they were to do it again they wouldn't do it what they did. brian: might cost her government

and her future. >> cost the country tremendous amount of money. there are serious, serious problems. the person who came from germany saw what happened there trying to enact saks same thing that failed. whatever happened to learning from past experience? learning lesson. ainsley: go from chris christie to this? complete opposite? >> i think chris was a great man and he was obviously very supportive of -- steve: very liberal state. >> no question about it. no question about it. when do we get back to -- i'm a product of immigration. my mom was born in different country. there is difference. there is legal immigration and illegal immigration. when do we put the emphasis on legal immigration and make illegal immigration much tougher. sound like they're doing exact opposite. steve: your dad was not crazy about the deal last thursday. it was essentially amnesty. brian: how are you adjusting as

parent what is it like you and your brother running an organization seeing that office empty? what is the trump organization like? >> we're doing great as a company. we have the best hotels in the world, best government courses, great commercial buildings. we have so much fun. i love working with don every day. there is element you miss. i miss seeing ivanka every day. i miss seeing my father. we trade notes back and forth. we absolutely love each other. we fight for each other. we do anything for each other. you miss that little part. every time i look up, i'm watching fox and i see him up there i'm proud of him. i'm proud of everything he accomplished. he has done an unbelievable job. he is far exceeded every expectation i have of him. i knew he would do and i incredible job. steve: only year one so far. brian: you did break news. you're watching fox at the trump tower. i did not know that. >> a lot of fox at the trump tower. i wouldn't disappoint you. brian: good job, eric.

steve: right behind you is jillian he has some headlines. jillian: morning. morning to you as well. get caught up with headlines and this fox news alert. a former cia agent under arrest for stashing classified information may have been spying for china. they think he could have a played a key role in the imprisonment or execution of informants. he left the agency in 2007. in 2012, the agency found secret information and covert operatives information in a notebook in his hotel room. he was arrested at new york's jfk airport. to extreme weather. nearly 100 flights at world's busiest airports in atlanta canceled as a dangerous winter storm heads east. it doesn't look too bad at this point. you see snow on the side of the road. in boston there is inch of snow on the ground already. here is upstate new york. some cities and towns there could see up to a foot of snow.

former u.s. congressman dennis kucinich is running for ohio. the democrat made the big announcement right here on "fox & friends." he said he can appeal to the state's trump voters. >> i can show them there are democrats who stand solidly for economic progress. who want to protect our markets. who want to stand up for everyday americans. so to me, that is my constituency too. jillian: kucinich will announce his official platform later today. stay tuned for that. that is a look at headlines. send it back to you guys. >> steve: busy, busy day. brian: i'm sorry. ainsley: he didn't know where to look. >> look this way. brian: senator cory booker lashing out at homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen on capitol hill. >> festers when ignorance and bigotry allied with power your silence and amnesia is complicity. brian: is that okay? your emails are pouring in. we'll share them. ainsley: videos are insane.

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steve: so the secretary of homeland security was up on capitol hill answering questions from u.s. senators yesterday, it was contentious t was learned, and this was interesting, when queried a number of times about use of the president's language earlier on thursday where he made some comments that have angered a lot of people, she revealed there were a number of people in that room using the same kind of language. ainsley: that's right. her name is kirstjen nielsen. she was there to talk about the threats that our country faces as the dhs secretary. well cory booker who is a senator, sits on the jeffrey committee was in the room and he wanted to question, there were five senators questioned her, five democrat about the president's language last week when he was talking about other countries. instead of talking about border security, he wanted to question her about that and really yell at her about that listen to this. >> the commander-in-chief in an oval office meeting referring to people from african countries

and haitians with the mosul and have far language. language festers when ignorance and bigotry is allied with power it's a dangerous force in our country. your silence and your amnesia is complicity. brian: he was angry because she said she didn't remember the president saying it. brian: almost every democratic senator wanted to know what was going on in the meeting. we were not talking about immigration reform, border security or what was needed. steven writes this about cory booker reaction. he is running for president. he did the same thing, grandstanded with senator sessions wasn't acceptable to be attorney general. he said this, i was not sure if he was auditioning for "snl" or shakespeare in the park. one thing he was not auditioning for was part of a u.s. senator. ainsley: that is pretty funny. shakespeare in the park.

steve: mac emailed, his display is what is wrong with politics. we want to hear solutions to problems, not partisan banter. ainsley: ron, demand respect from others? theatrical showboating at. i have a problem if you said what he said and you talked to the president about it. this that is doing to the lady of secretary of homeland security. steve: he had questions. she didn't answer them to his liking apparently. ainsley: that was pretty funny. keep emailing us. steve: 8:20 here in new york city. ainsley: we have serious topic to talk to you about. it involves the flu. the deadly epidemic is striking again. look at newest victim, he is a cute 10-year old little boy. the chilling new warning this morning. steve: time is running out for congress to avoid a government shut down on friday. stuart varney said let it shut down, go ahead. ainsley: let it happen!

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brian: doing the headlines by myself even though i could get help. a father suffering a massive heart attack minutes after a false missile alert in hawaii. the honolulu star reports that sean shields got violently ill during the panic, calling his kids he thought was final good-bye. he drove to the hospital had emergency heart surgery. he will be okay. a plastic surgeon accused of showing up drunk for a procedure. they're theodore girstel, if he is a your doctor, switch out. he walked out of the hospital after the staff confronted him. he was arrested for public intoxication.

plastic surgeons should be sober. i always said that. 24 minutes after the hour. bring a man i talk to a lot, stuart varney, on 9:00 to noon. you want a shutdown, stuart varney? >> it is in my opinion a national interest to fix immigration and military spending. those are national priorities. i don't care who gets plame for a shutdown. it would bang head together. get this done. make compromise. that is what politicians are supposed to do. fix the mess. steve: who is on your side. the house freedom caucus. they look a look how things are as of last night. they said we can't vote for the thing right now, continuing resolution to fund the government. essentially the same thing. spending too much money, not fixing things. >> what is wrong with a deal that says build a wall, end chain migration, end the lottery system but let "dreamers" stay. that is compromise on both

sides. steve: that is what president trump wants. >> that is what he wants. you shut the government down, put great deal of pressure on people in congress, get it done. ainsley: 401(k)s are looking good. stock market hit a record high yesterday. >> have you seen all the smiles around this building and in other big corporations in america? that's because in the first couple of weeks of january big companies have to report to their employees the status of their 401(k)s. they open up the 401(k), the pension plan. boy, oh, boy, are they smiling because most people are up, between a quarter and a third because of this stock market rally. and by the way, when the market opens one hour from now, we're going to make another run at 26,000. brian: i was stunned to see as i was going through "the new york times" today, a story should been on page one, was on page 9 at the billion. about the tax reform passed. look at quote. falling unemployment, surging stork market made americans

increasingly positive about their own finances in the overall economy. buried in the paper, and credited to primarily from the tax plan. >> yeah, yeah, i read it. brian: what is your take on burying the lead that is actually a legitimate story? >> it is par for the course. we've seen this over the past year. anything that might be considered positive for president trump is relegated either to the back page or no page at all. steve: credit the previous administration. >> credit the previous administration. this is wrong. the president reversed the failing policies of president obama. he reversed all of this regulation. he reversed the tax situation. and we've got growth. we've got strong economic growth and a big stock market rally. that is largely because of president trump. case closed. steve: you know, stuart, for the people who don't have stocks, feel like they're not involved in that, their company did not give them 1000 or 2,000-dollars bonus, coming up in the next

month they fell less wii holding taken out. they get a raise right there. >> everyone paying income tax will get a lower rate come february. everybody who pays federal income tax will get a higher paycheck. this stock market rally, this economic boom is pointing towards prosperity. that is what you have to look forward to. when walking down that road, we're on that road. we're not going to divert from it. we have got tax cuts. we have got deregulation. we have got growth, prosperity, full speed ahead. brian: don't need marketing plan. you need people to feel the difference. >> you need a media which is honest, which reports what is going on to the important points in our lives! since when has the economy and prosperity not been important to all of us? ainsley: readers know that. the readers know that. they know when they see it on the bottom of page 8 that should be a lead story. steve: this barrage of distraction from what is really going on -- who could miss it,

for heavens sake! brian: fairness to the media, they got bad news of the president will survive. ainsley: they're very disappointed this morning. >> i think they are actually. they got a black eye from the press conference. i think they did. ainsley: pretty obvious. brian: keep in touch. steve: meanwhile companies nationwide are spreading the wealth thanks to the president's tax plan as we were just talking. one ceo is making sure his employers no exactly who to thank, putting trump's name on the bonus check. look at that. down in the memo line, trump tax cut and jobs act. brian: pete hegseth are eating with friend in ohio. we're checking with him next. ♪ ♪ upbeat music

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♪ [cheering] ainsley: that's so cool. shot of the morning. buzzer beating these high schoolers are never going to forget. fans absolutely going crazy as they storm the court. steve: the game had been tied 50 each with three seconds to go. brian: with that star player stealing ball last possible second. made it sweeter. the teams are crosstown rivals. we'll follow the entire season. steve: remember that young man's name. brian: he knows his name. wherever he is watching. steve: there you go. we know pete hegseth's game. he is at mama's cafe in hillsborough, ohio, having breakfast with friends. good morning to you, pete. pete: it has been a great morning here. talking about great people. great country. high land county went 76% for president trump in the election.

editor in the newspaper said come out to trump country and talk to voters. what we're doing all morning long. we have a great group here. sue works at walmart. alex is a realtor. larry own as construction business. daphne is a nurse. all trump supporters with message this is morning. nancy pelosi said that bred crumbs are what these 1000-dollar bonuses are. what does a 1000-dollar bonus mean to real people? >> for one thing it's a very big deal f you work for a company, they want to give you a thousand dollars because our president gave us a tax break, that to me is a big deal. we've been called deplorables and everything else. this deplorable appreciates the bread crumbs. pete: you had something to say about the disrespect for president. >> the disrespect shown our president. i prayed about this many, many times. i wasn't an obama fan but i

never treated him with disrespect. no matter who your president is he deserves respect. peeve peeve absolutely. alex you say there is amy understanding especially in the so-called mainstream media about rural america. >> mainstream media and the left on university campuses and liberal elite there is huge misunderstanding of rural america and frankly white america. i know we have unpleasant factions hon both sides, the average, normal person in this area in the hard land so to speak is not preoccupied with race. that is not what we get up and talk about if at all, ever. we're talking about the economy. we're talking about jobs. how to make america safe. how to make america great again. that is what we want. the only color we're occupied with is green, the economy. not these racial differences that so often the liberals want to pit us against each other. pete: great point. larry, in addition to being small business owner, your wife owns this fantastic restaurant. you talked about the dinner

table. what conversations are being had by regular americans? >> a lot about jobs. the fact that in the last seven, eight years, workers have been pretty hard-pressed to come by and it is just like the doors have opened up on work. there is a lot more work. as a matter of fact, our local lumberyard here, they have fox news on all day long. pete: thank you. give them a shout-out, who are they? >> kemper's lumberyard. pete: thank you very much. >> when you come in behind the counter there is huge big-screen tv. fox is on all day. they're supporters of you. they're supporters of trump. one of my big beefs is this wall. to me is trying to protect us as a people and i see the democrats protecting illegal aliens and what they don't understand about the word illegal is confusing to me. pete: last time i checked, illegal. daphne as a nurse, what are the issues you want to see happen most out of this president?

>> the biggest thing to me is border security. i have a 21-year-old, 18-year-old going to college. one is getting ready to move to houston. i want to know that they're safe. if we don't stop constant influx of illegal immigrants coming in, i agree with you, i don't understand why they don't understand that is illegal, just them being here is illegal. pete: especially a lot of things the president is pursuing are common sense the type of things that resonate with regular folks. >> yes. pete: i have to say, we do a lot of these diners, hillsborough, you're awesome. thank you very much for having us here. [applause] a ton of common sense from these folks. the folks that say president trump's approval rating gone down, don't believe them. sounds fake news to me. enthusiastic here. this is the sat quach. this is one pound of beef, the sasquatch.

very nice. oh. ainsley: looks so good. big burger. brian: fake news award are tonight, aren't they? do we have been a outfit picked out? have we rented a tucks. steve: i wonder if there will be trophies? ainsley: i will make the popcorn. steve: if you are not watching we'll have the winners or losers on the show. brian: a woman not a loser. winner. jillian: thank you, not today. get you caught up on the deadly flu outbreak. it is crazy. this time a 10-year-old boy, nico died the same day he was rushed to the hospital coming home from hockey tournament in upstate new york. he also had pneumonia. cdc says 20 children died from flu-related illnesses. experts urging everyone to get flu shots much.

the outbreak is widespread in every state except for hawaii. stop what you're doing. watch this video. >> hey! hey! hey! >> oh, my god. jillian: wow, that boat showing no signs of stopping right into the small boat in oregon. one of the quick-thinking fisherman suing driver of the other boat and claiming speeding and distracted by the cell phone. fishing boat is wrecked but no one seriously hurt. companies across america spreading the wealth. one small business owner letting employees know where their bonuses came from writing in the check's memo, trump tax cut and jobs act. sheldon wolf, founder and ceo of spellex, a software development company, talked to us earlier. >> i was excited to do it and excited about the new tax plan

from trump and gop and i wanted to share the wealth as they say. jillian: most of his employees are not fans of president trump, no one complained. you guys talked to him earlier. steve: that's right. he was a small business guy but saw big corporations giving out the dough, you know what? we can afford that. brian: thank you very much, jillian. with this tax cut i got janice dean a brand new umbrella from rick reichmuth. janice: my new umbrella from rick reichmuth. i hope i get a percentage t matches my outfit. how about that? this is wintry mix with snow and sleet and rain mixed in. this is not the greatest of all weather to be traveling in. look at the map, shall we. i will show you the temperatures around the freezing mark in new york city, 33. behind us is the arctic cold front where it is 15 in dallas, 20 in new orleans.

with indchill it is colder that than that. 11 in san antonio. we actually had snow across the gulf coast including houston, texas, yesterday. now into the panhandle. new orleans and coastal mississippi and alabama. in toward the carolinas and mid-atlantic and northeast where we're on the cusp of the snow in new york. not a lot of snow along the coast but it is north and west of new york city where we could get the jackpot there. also parts of north carolina getting a lot of snow as well. not a big "bomb cyclone," my friend. but it is going to cost problems on the roadways. be careful. are you accessorying yourself, ainsley? ainsley: i have to pull it down. janice: things we have to do, my friend. ainsley: don't feel sorry for me. you're in the elements. steve: she is four feet from the door. ainsley: come on in. steve: new warning from the department of homeland security for sanctuary city leaders. cooperate or you could wind up

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♪ brian: homeland security making it clear what could happen to the sanctuary city leaders, the mayors, harboring illegal immigrants in a sanctuary city. >> my question whether dhs is currently working with the justice department to bring section 8 usc 1324 charges against state or local officials? >> the department of justice is reviewing what avenues might be available. the context of this not only

putting my i.c.e. officers at risk, but also finding an efficient and effective way to enforce our immigration laws. brian: jeff sessions talked about that with tucker carlson last night as attorney general. so how would that work? could there be arrests of mayors and sheriffs? kansas secretary of state chris cobach helped president. do you see rahm emanuel, mayor de blasio in cuffs? >> well, it is certainly possible. there is a section in our criminal code dealing with immigration that makes it a crime to encourage or induce an illegal alien to remain in the country knowing he is illegal alien or with reckless indifference to the fact that he is probably an illegal alien. that is the actions by these city councils to create these sanctuary laws, actually would fall within that crime. now it is up to the justice department to decide whether they want to charge them with it. this crime has been on the books since 1952.

in the past it has been used to charge, say a business owner who provide incentives for illegal aliens to remain and keep working for him. that, he is helping maybe four or five illegal aliens. these city leaders are helping 4 or 500,000 illegal aliens. so the gravity of their actions is far greater than people spending time behind bars have done. brian: ultimately you have to wonder if you want tax dollars going to people who got here illegally or to people who need it who are here illegally paying into the system, even if sometimes illegals do pay in some way a degree of taxes. chris, with the raging debate the democrats want daca. the republicans say in exchange for legitimate border security and end of chain migration, end of the lottery system. we'll be looking at a lockout because no one can agree. what is your solution? >> you know, talk cat, amnesty for nearly a mill illegal aliens, the average age is 24. their criminality is twice that of comparable american

population. we saw a study out of arizona. it is bad for america. if you grant daca amnesty all the things you outlined and president mentioned. e-verify is only mandatory in a few states. you have to make it mandatory to make sure flood of illegal aliens, every time we have amnesty, brings in another flood of illegal aliens, make sure they are not stealing jobs from americans as well. would you have to have e-verify in addition to other law enforcement measures. the democrats are not willing to give anything. at this point i don't see how there is any deal on the table. brian: for people in kansas, should they worry about that ever becoming a sanctuary state? >> we actually do have three sanctuary counties in our state but we're working on trying to end that here in kansas. hopefully we will. brian: kris kobach, thanks so much. >> thank you. brian: illegal immigration still raging in this country. when will re reform the system? one state rallying to wage the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

will that do more harm than good? former labor secretary nominee andy puzder is up next. talk to sandra smith making minimum wage. she is talking about what going on her show next two hours. hemmer has to sign off on united states he got to the set. thankfully for that. just couple days left to get an immigration deal to fund the government. congress working hard to get some sort of deal done. will they, with what i will look like? steve bannon speaking to the house intel committee yesterday for 12 hours? corey lewandoski is on deck to be grilled today. what will we learn? congressman trey gowdy joins us live. congressman mike lee is here here as well. finally chairman of the house armed services committee, mac thornberry joins us live immediately following a meeting at the pentagon. we'll talk military strategy and funding the government with him. big two hours coming up.

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♪ steve: this week as part of a fight for $15 rally in maryland two lawmakers proposed legislation that would raise the state's minimum wage to 15 bucks by the year 2023. if that happened, maryland would join california, new york, and the district of columbia, all set to reach $15 within the next couple years. ainsley: but do wage hikes actually inflict more harm than good? andy puzder, policy advisor for america first policies. he is former nominee for secretary of labor and former ceo of cke restaurant group which is carl's, jr. and hardee's. >> always great to see you guys. ainsley: is minimum wage hikes, can that be bad? >> it is really common sense. when wages go up where they

impact the profits of a business, these are people going into business to make a profit, they want to keep their costs down, when minimum wage goes up beyond what they pay with the current structure, they have to reduce people's hours, what happened in seattle, there is study showing they went down $125 a month. or they automate. automation hurts young people, elderly people, african-americans. it really does hurt. competition is much more effective at driving wages up because if people believe that the economy is going to grow, and at same time, with the republican and president trump's tax bill and deregulation, businesses now have more money. they want to invest in the future. they believe it is going to grow. you have seen people automatically, you have seen banks and stuff go to 15. walmart went to 11. what walmart said is, the market is now about $11. there are places where it will be lower. places like seattle and san francisco it will be higher but the market is at 11. if you raise your wage up to 11 you're probably not hurting

anything. you go above 11 to 15 you will see very negative consequences. steve: i'm sure you travel around the country. how many places where you have been to there is fast-food place, there is ipad, you punch out your order, comes out 90 seconds real fast. here in new york city they're talking about replacing cashiers. activists think, okay we have real leverage here, they actually don't. >> no. steve: easier to buy automated system than to hire people. >> for years it was more expensive to buy the machine. you didn't have the personal touch. with millenials moving up, they do everything on i phones and digitally, you see more acceptance of the kiosks. they have come down in price. labor gone up they are more competitive. mcdonald's wendy's, talking about putting hundreds if not thousands in. ruby tuesday laid off people in their restaurants. they have on the table ordering. this is spreading fast, wide, unfortunate, because young people need those entry level jobs. my first entry level job was at

baskin rob bins. i tell you what, you learn so much in short period of time. people need enentry-level jobs to get experience. this minimum wage hike is killing them. a very negative thing for the country. ainsley: tax reform putting green in everybody's wallet? >> this tax reform is amazing. i was doing interview on vice, they were laughing at me i thought wages would go up second quarter of next year, 2018. i ended up quiting guy who was laughing, i sid second quarter, i didn't know they would go up by the second day, 4hours they would start to go up. reaction has been tremendous. optimism historically high among the business community. ainsley: andy got the last laugh. >> thank you both. steve: we'll step aside. more "fox & friends a couple minutes away.

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cornyn and the winners or losers to the president's dishonest media award. >> and the mega morning deals. >> what if the world comes to an end? >> see you tomorrow. >> oh, brian. >> bill: thanks, guys, good morning, everybody. watch the clock because it is ticking. there is a couple of days to go. president trump and congress racing to iron out an immigration deal and keep the o. two big items on the agenda as we say good morning midweek on wednesday. bill hemmer live inside of "america's newsroom." how are you doing? >> sandra: here we go. beware of ice is my lesson of the morning. i'm sandra smith. lawmakers working out a deal as both sides dig themselves in. republicans want border security, stricter immigration reform. democrats want to protect the dreamers. another busy day in washington >> thank you