companies are coming back in our country. many of you who i know are coming back in with your plants and factories, thank you very much. america's new found prosperity is undeniable, unprecedented and unmatched anywhere in the world. america achieved the stunning turn around not by making minor changes to a handful of policies but by adopting a whole new approach centered entirely on the well-being of the american worker. every decision we make on taxes, trade, regulation, energy, immigration, education and more is focused on improving the lives of everyday americans. we are determined to create the highest standard of living that anyone can imagine and right now that's what we are doing for our workers the highest in the world. and we are determined to ensure that the working and middle class reaped the largest gains, nation's highest duty is to its own

citizens. honoring this truth is the only way to build faith and confidence in the market system. only when governments put their own citizens first will people be fully invested in their national futures. in the united states we are building an economy that works for everyone restoring the bonds of love and loyalty that unite citizens and powers nations. today, i hold up the american model as an example to the world of a working system of free enterprise that will produce the most benefits for the most people in the 21st century and beyond. a pro-worker, pro-citizen, pro-family agenda demonstrates how a nation can thrive when its communities, its companies, its government, and its people work together for the good of the whole nation. as part of this new vision, we passed the largest package of tax cuts and

reforms in american history. we doubled the child tax credit benefiting 40 million american families and lifting 650,000 single mothers and their 1 million children out of poverty and out of poverty quickly. we passed the first ever tax credit for employers who provide paid paternal leave for employees earning $72,000 or less annually. and passed paid family leave for government employees as a model for the country. we make child care much more affordable and reduce or eliminated child care weightless all across the nation. our child care reforms are supporting working parents and ensuring their children have access to high quality care and education, all of which they very much deserve. we lowered our business tax from the highest in the

developed world, down to one that's not only competitive but one of the lower taxes. we created nearly 9,000 opportunity zones in distressed communities where capital gains on long-term investments are now taxed at zero and tremendous wealth is pouring into areas that for a hundred years saw nothing. the 35 million americans who live in these areas have already seen their home values rise by more than $22 billion. my administration has also made historic investments in historically black colleges and universities. i saved hbc youths. we saved them. they were going out, and we saved them. we are removing road blocks to success and rewarding businesses that invest in workers, families, and communities. we have also launched the most ambitious campaign in history to reduce job killing regulations.

for every new regulation adopted, we are removing 8 old regulations, which will save an average of american households about $3,100 per year. it was going to be for everyone we do two. but, we were able to lift that to 8 and we think that's going to go quite a bit higher. we still have a way to go. today i urge other nations to follow our example and liberate your citizens from the crushing weight of bureaucracy. with that you have to run your own countries the way you want. we are also radi restoring the constitutional rule of law. essential to economy, our liberty, and our future. and that's why we have appointed over 190 federal judges, a record, to interpret the law as written. 190 federal judges. think of that and two supreme court judges.

as a result of our efforts, investment is pouring into our country. in the first half of 2019, the united states attracted nearly one quarter of all foreign direct investment in the world. think of that. 25% of all foreign investment, all over the world came into the united states and that number is increasing rapidly. to every business looking for a place where they are free to invest, build, thrive, innovate and succeed, there is no better place on earth than the united states. as a central part of our commitment to building an inclusive society, we established a national council for the american worker. we want every citizen, regardless of age or background, to have the cutting edge skills to compete and succeed in tomorrow's workplace. this includes critical industries like artificial intelligence, quantum

computing and 5 g. under ivanka's leadership, who is with us today, our pledge to america's workers has become a full-blown national movement with over 400 companies committing to provide new job and training opportunities to already very close to 15 million american students and workers. 15 million. america is making sweeping changes to place workers and their families at the center of our national agenda. perhaps the most transformative change of all is on trade reform where we are addressing chronic problems that have been ignored, tolerated or enabled for decades. our leaders did nothing about what happened to us on trade. before i was elected, china's predatory practices were undermining trade for everyone. but no one did anything about it except allow it to keep getting worse and worse and worse.

under my leadership, america confronted the problem head on. under our new phase one agreement, phase 2 is starting negotiations very shortly, china has agreed to substantially do things that they would not have done, measures to protect intellectual property, stop forced technology transfers. remove trade barriers and agricultural goods and on agricultural goods where we were treated so badly. open its financial sector totally. that's done. and maintain a stable currency. all backed by very, very strong enforcement. our relationship with china right now has probably never been better. we went through a very rough patch, but it's never ever been better. my relationship with president xi is an extraordinary one. he is for china. i'm for the u.s. but other than that, we love each other.

[laughter] additionally, china will spend an additional $200 million over two years on american services, agriculture and energy and manufactured goods. so we will be taking n excess of 200 billion. could be closer to 300 billion when it finishes, but these achievements would not have been possible without the implementation of tariffs. which we had to use and we are using them on others, too. that is why most of our tariffs on china will remain in place during the phase 2 negotiations. for the most part, the tariffs have been left and we are being paid billions and billions of dollars a year. as a country. as i mentioned earlier, we ended the nafta disaster. one of the worst trade deals ever made. not even close. and replaced it with the incredible new trade deal, the usmca. that's mexico and canada.

in the nearly 25 years after nafta, the united states lost one in four manufacturing jobs, including nearly one in four vehicle manufacturing jobs. it was an incentive to leave the country. the nafta agreement exemplified the decades long failures of the international trading system. the agreement shifted wealth to the hands of a few, promoted massive outsourcing, drove down wages and shuttered plants and factories by the thousands. the plants would leave our country, make the product, sell it into our country. we ended up with no jobs and no taxes. but by other country's product, that doesn't happen anymore. this is the wreckage of others elected to clean up. it is probably the reason i ran for president more than any other thing because i couldn't understand why we were losing all of those jobs to other countries at such rapid rate. and it got worse and worse.

i think it's probably the primary reason that i ran there are other reasons, also. to replace with a new system that puts workers before the special interests. and the special interests will do just fine. but the workers come first. our brand new usmca is the result of the broadest coalition ever assembled for trade agreement. manufacturing, agriculture and labor all strongly endorsed the deal. and as you know, it just passed in congress overwhelmingly. it shows how to solve the 21st century challenge we all face, protecting incident rec actual property, expanding digital trade. lost jobs and ensuring wages and living standards. the united states has concluded a great new trade deal with japan, approximately $40 billion and completely renegotiated

our deal with south korea. we are also negotiating many other transactions with many other countries. we look forward to negotiating a new deal with the united kingdom. have a wonderful new prime minister and wants pretty much to make a deal as they say. to protect our security and our economy we are also bolding embracing american independence. the united states is by far the number one producer of oil and gas in the world by far. it's not even close. while many european countries struggle with crippling energy costs, the american energy revolution is saving american families $2,500 every year in lowering electric bills and numbers that people said couldn't happen. and also,very importantly, prices at the pump. we have been so successful

that the united states no longer needs to import energy from hostile nations. with an abundance of american natural gas, now available our european allies no longer have to be vulnerable to unfriendly energy suppliers either. we urge our friends in to europe use america's vast supply and achieve true energy security. with u.s. companies and researchers leading the way, we are on the threshold of virtually unlimited reserves of energy, including from traditional fuels, lng, clean cool, next generation nuclear power. and gas, high grade technologies. at the same time i'm proud to report the united states is among the cleanest air and drinking water on earth and we are going it keep it that way. we just came out with a report that at this moment it's the cleanest it's been in the last 40 years. we're committed to

conserving the majesty of god's creation and the natural beauty of our world. today i am pleased to announce the united states will join 1 trillion trees initiative being launched here at the world economic forum. 1 trillion trees. [applause] and in doing so, we will continue to show strong leadership in restoring growing and better managing our trees in our forests. this is not a time for pessimism. this is a time for optimism. fear and doubt is not a good thought process. because this is a time for tremendous hope and joy and optimism and action. but to embrace the possibilities of tomorrow we must reject the perennial profits of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse.

they are the heirs of yesterday's foolish fortune tellers. and i have them and you have them and we all have them. and they want to see us do badly but we don't let that happen. they predicted an overpopulation crisis in the 1960s, mass starvation in the 1970s, and an end of oil in the 190s. these alarmists always demand the same thing, absolute power to dominate, transform and control every aspects of our lives. we will never let radical socialists destroy our committee, wreck our country or eradicate our liberty. america will always be the proud, strong and unyielding bastion of freedom. in america, we understand what the pessimists refuse to see, that a growing and driving market economy focused on the future lifts the human spirit and excites creativity strong enough to overcome any challenge, any

challenge by far. the great scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century from pencil loan to high yield wheat to modern transportation and break through vaccines from lifted living standards and saved billions of lives around the world and we are and we are continuing to work on things that you will be hearing about that even today sitting here right now you wouldn't believe it's possible that we have found the answers. you will be hearing about it. but we have found answers to things that people said would not be possible, certainly not in a very short period of time. but the wonders of the last century will pale in comparison to what today's young innovators will achieve because they are doing things that nobody thought even feasible to begin. we continue to embrace technology, not to shun it.

when people are free to innovate, millions will live longer, happier, healthier lives. for three years now america has shown the world that the path to a prosperous future begins with putting workers first, choosing growth, and freeing entrepreneurs to bring their dreams to life. for anyone who doubts what is possible in the future, we need only look at the towering achievements of the past. only a few hundred miles from here are some of the great cities of europe, teeming centers of commerce and culture. each of them is full of reminders of behalf human drive and imagination can achieve. centuries ago at the time of the renaissance, skilled crafts men and laborers looked upwards and built the structures that still touch the human heart. to this day, some of the greatest structures in the world have been built

hundreds of years ago. in italy, the citizens once started construction on what would be a 140 year project, the florence, credible, credible place. while the technology did not yet exist to complete their design, city fathers forged ahead anyway. certain that they would figure it out someway. these citizens of florence did not accept limits to their high as expirations and so the great dome was finally built in france another century long project continues to hold such grip on our hearts and our souls that even 800 years after its construction when the cathedral of notre dame was engulfed in flames last year, such sad sight to

watch. unbelievable sight. especially for those of us that considered it one of the great, great monuments and representing so many different things. the whole world grieved. through her sanctuary now stands scorched and charred. and a sight that's hard to believe when you got used to it, to look at it now, hard to believe. but we know that notre dame will be restored, will be restored magnificently. the great bells will once again ring out for all to hear, giving glory to god and filling millions with wonder and awe. the cathedrals of europe teach us to pursue big dreams, daring adventures and unbridled ambitions. they urge us to consider not only what we build today but what we will endure long of

after we are gone. testified to the power of ordinary people to realize extraordinary achievements when united by a grand and noble purpose. so together we must go forward with confidence, determination, and vision. we must not be timid or meek or fearful, but, instead, we must boldly seize the day and embrace the moment. we have so many great leaders in this room, not only business leaders, but leaders of nations. and some are doing such a fantastic job. we work together very closely. we will draw strength from the floors of the past and make greatness our common commission in our future. together we will make our nations stronger, our countries safer. our culturers richer. and people freer and the a

world more beautiful than before. we will forever be loyal to our workers our citizens and our families. the men and women who are the backbone of our economies, the heart of our communities, and the soul of our countries, let us bring light to their lives one by one, and empower them to light up the world. thank you very much, god bless you. god bless your countries and god bless america. thank you. thank you very much. [applause] steve: well, we have been listening to the president make remarks at the world economic forum davos, switzerland. if you have been listening, essentially it's been a pitch to the world elite. the united states economy is on fire. go ahead and invest a lot of money in the country because everything is humming,

invest in us. build your factories here. you are looking right there at a close schwab he is the founder of this organization. very shortly the president is going to sit in those two chairs that we saw and kloss is going to ask him three questions. ainsley: the president athrived not even 24 hours ago. it's interesting the stark contrast. you are seeing him there meanwhile washington is embedded with impeachment. the democrats want to impeach him. the president is there with the smartest, wealthiest, most elite people in the world. pete: yes. but a consistent message from the president, which he often does in these moments with elites on a global stage, he emphasizes the american worker, american sovereignty, citizenship. ainsley: america first. pete: trade to energy. we look at them through the lens of everyday workers and american citizens. maybe the world should take a cue. steve: they bypassed the chairs.

where are they going? we understand they are supposed to take a lunch. that could be where they are going right now. because we were told kloss was going to ask him a couple questions. ainsley: being told they decided not to do the q and a. steve: the president did answer a couple questions as he was going in to make that particular speech. he probably feels like i have talked enough for right now. i will talk more later. coming up in about two hours, i will be having a bilateral meeting with the president of the european commission and he will take that lye as well. ainsley: meanwhile, in washington, the senate impeachment trial will begin today at 1:00. the president added 8 house republicans to his defense team. we will get into that. doug collins is one of those who is going to be presiding over this, because he is very familiar with it. all 8 of them are very familiar with the facts and evidence. that's why they wanted to add them to their team. we will talk about that in a minute. john roberts is live with the president in davos. i guess it's not morning there. lunch time. >> it's just afternoon here. good morning, ainsley, steve

and pete. a little bit of a surprise there because we thought that the president was going to sit down and take some questions along with kloss schwab. that's what we understood going into all of this. i guess the president decided he wasn't going to take them. what we have noticed with the president over the last couple of weeks is with, you know, impeachment sort of knocking him out of the headlines on everything and he lamented the other day that the u.s. china trade deal was going to get knocked out of the headlines by impeachment. he has kind of avoided interaction to the degree that he used to have before because he wants to stay on message here with economic prosperity. and he doesn't want people asking him a bunch of questions about impeachment the president at the world economic forum is here to get business for america. he tweeted out this morning on air force 1 before he landed in zurich he was going to speak with world leaders and business leaders about bringing more investment into the country. hundreds of billions of dollars as he put it on

twitter. you heard the president there saying investment is coming into the united states. he really wants to makes the united states sort of the pinnacle of global investment. to invite more people in because for so many decades companies had been fleeing america to go to cheaper places for manufacturing. and now he wants to bring all of that back. when the president ran in 2016, he ran on a platform of cutting taxes, cutting regulation, really spurring economic growth. here is what he said in his speech a short time ago. >> i knew that if reunleashed the potential of our people, if we cut taxes, slashed regulations and did that at a level that's never been done before in the history of our country in a short period of time. fixed broken trade deals and fully tapped american energy that prosperity would come thundering back at a record speed. >> the president also spoke

sort of obliquely about the 2020 american election with so many candidates on the democratic side running to the left and so many other democrats promoting socialist ideas, members of congress like alexandria ocasio-cortez the president saying we will never let radical socialists ruin our country and here's the message that he had to america and the world about marketed economy versus socialism. listen to what he said. >> we will never let radical socialists destroy our economy, wreck our country or eradicate our liberty. america will always be the proud, strong, and unyielding bastion of freedom. in america, we understand what the pessimists refuse to see. that a growing and vibrant market economy focused on the future, lifts the human spirit and excites

creativity, strong enough to overcome any challenge, any challenge by far. >> and the president is going to be meeting with -- the president is back. i guess they are taking the q and a. steve: all right it. looks as if the president has stopped in the hall. there he is with kloss right there. sounds like he is talking, if we could turn up the microphone, we will hear what they are saying. there is no sound. ainsley: i see ivanka in the background. steve: there is sound right there. steve: too late. ainsley: climate change. someone asked him. he said in the speech that he is concerned about that. steve: all right. john roberts, thank you very much. sorry about that abrupt ending but such live tv. let's see if they talk here. >> givings all of the

answers, questions we have. [inaudible] emphasis on inclusion. [inaudible] i was particularly impressed by i think we have too much pessimists in the world. provided an optimistic perspective. [shouting] >> i think the speech was very well received. you had 200 of the biggest companies in the world. you had numerous leaders of major countries. and i think it was very well received. everything i hear. many of those people will be coming and making investments at a very large number as you know. big investments in the

united states. that means jobs. it means economic development and we're doing well. we have never done this well before. and we're going to do a lot better. thank you very much. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> we are doing the 1 trillion trees together with lots of other people and lots of other countries and i'm a very big believer in the environment. we are right now doing extremely well in the united states. what i want is the cleanest water, the cleanest air and that's what we are going to have and that's what we have right now. thank you very much.

steve: we want clean air and clean water it. sounds like that the extent of the environmental answer the president is going to give. you know, they are flying by the seat of their pants. we don't know what they're doing there we do know they are going to lunch. don't know when they've stop and talk to the cameras. claus can do what he wants because he founded the economic forum. >> thank you very much. steve: a lot of thank yous. now we believe they are going to lunch. ainsley: you never know, steve. he might stop and talk to more reporters. continue to watch it. pete: one of the things claus talked about optimism there was mess michelle about the global economy. the recession is on the horizon. the president pointing out that free market enterprise has lifted. he pointed out paychecks rising faster for high schoolers than college students. 2 million jobs for

millennials, 5% wage increase. 10 million americans lifted off of welfare based on the dignity of work. basics of free world economics and how successful they are. steve: very helpful because the president is running for re-election. the only complaint he had about the u.s. economy was about the fed. he said they raised them too fast and lowered them too slowly. other than that, it was a campaign speech. ainsley: we are going to talk about what's happening in washington, impeachment. another fox news alert. president trump's impeachment trial is set to get underway with new legal enforcements. congressman doug collins is one of the president's defendants and he is going to be here live next. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it -

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steve: this is a fox news alert. 1:00 this afternoon the senate is going to start the impeachment process against the president of the united states in earnest. let's talk to congressman doug collins ranking house member and member of the judiciary committee and yesterday he was named as one of the 8 house republicans to be added to the president's legal team. defense team i should say. congressman, good morning. good morning, everybody. how are you all? steve: good. what are you going to do for the president of the united states? are you going to be appearing on the house floor or are you going to be appearing on television. >> we will be in all media

and working. we have been working with the president's attorneys and teams ever since we have been in the house and coming out of the house after the articles were done and we have been helping get the facts out. this is the biggest thing that is the most unusual part of this is whole impeachment expers previous impeachments there was really frankly multiple years involved coming up into this process. and this you have as little as 78 days. 71 of which the president never had any opportunities in his team to be a part of it. providing the insight into the sham that was the house process and how bad these two articles of impeachment and flimsy these articles of impeachment are. pete: getting a look at the rules that mitch mcconnell is laying out. two days of opening statements from both sides. they have 24 hours split up over two days. when you look at how it's laid out considering it stars at 1:00. are we looking at a couple

days offer weeks that go late into the night? how do you see it unfolding. >> senator mcconnell has laid out a rather expeditious process here. i think you will see both cases laid out this week? i think you will probably not see both sides use all of their time. i think they will use most of it. this is going to be a great time for the american people when the adam schiff and the other house impeachment managers get up to lay thought very flimsy case in which they are going to try distract. they will talk about innuendo, they're going to talk about hearsay and everything except the true fact that they don't like this president. you will hear the white house counsel get up and lay out the case in a format. this is about a house majority that did not like this president that did not want him to continue and they also needed it for next year's election. couldn't be a better contrast. this morning you heard the president give a speech. which this is what this president does. he talks about the contrast of what president is and his people. contrast with the pettiness of impeachment this afternoon in which speaker pelosi just tried to get at

him ever since she became speaker last year. ainsley: listen to what chuck schumer is saying calling this a national disgrace. watch this. >> it is now certain that leader mcconnell is going along with president trump's cover-up hook, line, and sinker. on something as important and serious as impeachment, senator mcconnell's resolution is a national disgrace. senator mcconnell repeatedly promised the senators, the public, the press, that his rules for the trial would be the same as the rules in the clinton impeachment. nothing could be further from the truth. ainsley: are the rules different than they were when president clinton was impeached. >> i think they are different in some ways. you get the basic gist of the way these rules roll out. senator schumer complaining about having to do a trial in which this has been set up before. what he should be complaining about is the

absolute disgrace of the house function and getting these articles to the senate. what he should be complaining about is that they did not do their job in the house and now the house and speaker pelosi are sending it over to the senate to do the job if they wanted to do they could have done themselves. here's the problem. when you are actually setting it up to say that if the senate doesn't follow the democrats' rules. the senate doesn't do exactly what adam schiff or jerry nadler or speaker pelosi wants them to do. they're saying it is an illegitimate process. that is a height of saying i don't have a case so we are going to blame the other side. pete: we have had cover-up. >> it's no a cover-up. pete: how do you respond to that. that's the charge they are making now for 48 hours. this is a cover-up. >> how can it be cover-up when the sham has been played out in the process the last four months. can't be a cover-up when you are blaming the senate for your own bad work. put this honestly, the house democrat majority wanted to impeach the president because they don't like him. they don't like what he stands for. they don't like that he can

go give a speech talking about american exceptionalism and how well doing in the world. they have a election in november and they don't like it. talk about how bad their articles are how weak their articles are and how they didn't do their job. they want to blame the senate. to say well, it's aoverup if you don't let us get our way. that's the height of a temper tantrum. ainsley: you brought up good points in "wall street journal" op-ed. i read it this morning. you said the articles of impeachment, nancy pelosi, the ones that she transmitted, they failed to meet her own criteria. you remind us of what nancy pelosi said about impeachment. she said it has to be compelling, overwhelming and bipartisan. and just in case for the folks at home, they haven't seen her say that. watch. >> i have been saying this for two years he shouldn't be impeached. get the facts to the american people through our investigation may take us to a place unavoidable in terms of impeachment, or not. but we're not at that place. > impeachment is not on the table. >> is he not worth it to

divide the country this way. >> if a majority of the caucus wants to go forward with an impeachment inquiry, would you go for it. >> it's not even close in our caucus. >> but eventually. >> why are we speculating on hypotheticals? nothing as divisive in our country in my view than impeachment. pete: what changed? what changed, congressman? >> yeah, nothing changed. in fact, there is nothing compelling in this case. definitely not overwhelming. only interesting thing about this bipartisan, bipartisan against it. here is what changed. she looked at the field of democratic candidates and said we are going to lose in november next year. we have to tag impeachment on him. if you don't believe me look what said last week when we transmitted the articles what she and others have been saying about now is he impeached for life. he can't get rid of it. they are talking about it more as a political stain than actually something that should be seriously taken into account that the founders said this the ultimate test of a congress

and a president if they have done something so bad they have to be removed. they are overturning the will of the people in the last election. steve: congressman, you know how politics work. right now to pete's point, they are using the talking point that it's going to be a cover-up unless the senate calls witnesses the job of the senators is to simply act as jurors and hear the evidence gathered by the house. if there was a cover-up, it was in who the democrats decided to call as witnesses. ultimately, because that's where you call witnesses. and they did not call mick mulvaney, they did not call john bolton because they knew there would be court fight and executive privilege would be expressed and they would be right back where they started. >> you are exactly right. i mean, that's the issue right here. for all these folks now in this faux outrage i hear about john bolton needs to testify then why didn't adam schiff subpoena him. he never subpoenaed john bolton. steve: was that a cover-up,

congressman? >> i think it's a cover-up that adam schiff is a fact witness. adam schiff does not want the american public to know how much he and the whistleblower knew about issues going forward. once it was found out he had contact with the whistleblower. all of a sudden the whistleblower became oh we don't need the whistleblower's activity? why? because it shinsd a light on his activities which were wrong in the process. pete: absolutely. congressman doug collins thank you so much for joining us. ainsley: thank you. >> always good to be with you all. steve: good luck with your new job. pete: important morning but that did not feel like the right word. ainsley: very somber. steve: there is other news and jillian joins us. jillian: that's right and good morning to you. overnight a memorial grows for two officers murdered in a shootout in hawaii. tiffany enriquez and can a licky kalama. he had a history with

police. police believe he died after setting his home on fire. at least four people now confirmed dead from the new carona virus in china. the disease can spread from human to human stoking fears as many travel for the new year. passengers will be screened new york, san francisco and l.a. the vaccine is being developed but it would take more than a year until it is available. 2020 hopefuls joe biden and bernie sanders are making amends. biden says he accepts sanders' apology about an op-ed written by a campaign surrogate claiming biden had a, quote, big corruption problem. biden tweeting, quote: thanks for acknowledging this, bernie. these kinds of attacks have no place in this primary. let's all keep our focus on making donald trump a one-term president. sanders says he does not believe biden is corrupt. tim tebow is officially a married man. look at this. normer nfl quarterback tying the knot to debbie peters in

her town of south. posting this photo with the caption forever. and the miss universe 2017 winner sharing this photo of the two walking downtown aisle. those photos, oh my goodness. ainsley: beautiful. go look at all his videos on his instagram page. jillian: tables and chairs. reception and welcoming party with all the pink flowers. gorgeous. steve: congratulations tim tebow a friend of this show. ainsley: the media predicted doom and gloom for the gun rights rally in virginia. it turned out none of that happened. griff jenkins is "fox news live" richmond next. democrats just getting started.

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steve: thousands yesterday flooded virginia state capital to peacefully protest anti-gun bills being considered in the commonwealth of virginia. pete: event coming days of

speculation by the media of possible violence. ainsley: griff jenkins was at that event and he joins us now from richmond, virginia. was there any violence, griff? >> not a bit, ainsley, pete, and steve, good morning to you. they came, some came from neighboring counties, others across the country. they all carried the same message, leave our guns alone. we have exact numbers. officials estimate about 22,000 total. 6,000 in that capitol square area where no guns aloud. 16,000 in the surrounding area there. there was one arrest. a 21-year-old woman for wearing a mask in public. they asked her to take it off. she did not. she was arrested. we talked to a lot of the rally goers. here is what they had to say. >> if you can't protect yourself and your family, what do you have left in this world? >> if virginia falls, the rest of the country is going to fall. >> stop trying to make us criminals. this is not about safety. you are trying to disarm us. >> you would have a better chance of laying in a creek and kiss ago copper head then you would getting the

firearms from virginians. >> well, after that rally, there were people actually picking up trash and, of course, the governor putting out a statement thanking law enforcement saying, quote: we are all thankful that the day passed without incident. the teams deescalated what could have been a volatile situation. i was also able to talk to the president of the virginia citizens defense league van cleve who organized this entire thing. he has been doing it since 2003. yesterday he says was remarkable because of all the people. listen. >> we had people across the country coming here, as far as away as california and washington state to come here just to stand side by side with fellow gun owners. the united states is viewing virginia as the canary in the coal mine. we have had so much freedom when it comes to gun rights. >> it doesn't stop there van cleve putting email alert to supporters overnight that says that at 8:30 this morning just a few hours they will be taking up here

in the house public safety subcommittee about 12 bills dealing with gun control. guys? steve: hey, griff, how many people of the thousands in attendance yesterday, were from virginia and how many were from out of state? any idea? >> just a pure guess, steve, but i would say about 70% were virginians or local area. you know, you had a lot of people in the neighboring states, georgia, north carolina, that came, but there were quite a number. there was one group, a very strong contingent of folks from texas that showed up. they had the biggest flag. perhaps because everything is bigger in texas. [laughter] steve: don't mess with texas. ainsley: pete said yesterday he had some friends texting him we are in our trucks and on our way. pete: a lot of them frustrated by the way democrats and other liberals were framing this that this was going to be a white nationalist charlottesville 2.0. did you ask people about

that frustration? because they were there for the second amendment. >> they were very frustrated. that's a good point, pete, about how they were characterized and the fact that governor northam declared a state of emergency because of the threats but, of course, we did see three people arrested with ties to the white supremacist group delaware and maryland men arrested last week; however, what is interesting is they came from other states and so far away many of them told me they perceived what the democrat candidate mike bloomberg is trying to do here. they see this as a national threat. not just a virginia threat on their gun control, on second amendment rights, rather. steve: griff jenkins reporting second day in a row live from richmond. thank you, sir. we have a fox news alert. another one, big one. impeachment trial against the president starts today in the senate. and the president's defense team is urging the senate to reject the articles calling the case frivolous and

dangerous. a brazen political vendetta. >> and here to weigh is fox news judicial analyst and host of liberty file on fox nation judge andrew napolitano. you said you read both the legal briefs. >> one is 111 pages long and the other is 110 pages long. very standard in a trial for the court say for the prosecutors and to defense counsel, lay out your argument for me and for each other. and in the real world, that does not go to the jury. in this case it does. so the senators have had the opportunity to read this as well. there is nothing new in either of these arguments, but there is such a tremendous disconnect it's like each of them is writing about another world. to the house managers, the president is a monster who is destroying democracy who can't be trusted with the powers of the president -- presidency. to the president's lawyers, the house is the monster, who has created a false story against him and there ought to be dismissed at the outset. in the middle of this is the

chief justice, who, of course, is a very skilled and intelligent person. he has not been a trial judge. he was an appellate judge and then the chief justice. he has not presided over a trial before. this is a heck of a baptism by fire. his first trial. so, what we're going to see today is arguments about the rules. and the senate can turn the cameras off if they want when they want to start negotiating about the rules. it looks as though the rules will be two days of oral argument and then the senate will decide whether or not it wants to hear live witnesses. the oral argument will consist of each side taking statements that were maded in the house and arguing. this is why he should be impeached. this is why he shouldn't be impeached. and, of course, chuck schumer, we played the soundbite a little while ago. a cover-up. a national disgrace because of the proposed organizing resolution that mitch

mcconnell floated around yesterday which you were talking about right there where they are going to testify for 12 hours a day and go on and on. >> somehow more information unpleasant to the president came out after the president voted the impeachment. those are the witnesses that the democrats want the senate to hear and it's entirely up to 51 senators as to whether or not they to hear that. steve: i have a feeling with a republican majority that could be a no. watch this it's maxine waters. she is suggesting that the end would will not stop. whether or not that leads to another impeachment activity. i don't know. i know we must continue with the work that our constituents have elected us to come to congress to do. >> support the argument republicans are making. replacing elected president? >> it does underscore that

she is outlier here. i can't imagine that the democratic leadership of the house would want to go through this again. the political blow back would for sure make them the minority party after 2020 which would be their worst nightmare. she can give this a try but i don't think it will go anywhere. ainsley: we didn't think it would go anywhere yelling impeachment. >> three years in the white house and now enduring. this. steve: go up to your office and take a nap you will be very busy. [laughter] steve: ahead talking about the impeachment. with us kevin mccarthy, newt gingrich and charles payne. ainsley: and peter schweizer. steve: that's right. coming up ♪ ♪ [sneezing]

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♪ steve: fox news alert. president trump just less than an hour ago took the center stage at the world economic forum touting america's booming economy. did you miss it? here he is. >> celebrating the dignity of work is a fundamental pillar of our agenda. this is a blue collar boom. ainsley: the president will encourage world leaders and business executives to invest in america over that two-day trip to switzerland. pete: meantime, 4,000 miles away in washington. president trump's impeachment trial will officially begin today. we have live team coverage, kevin corke is at statuary hall with a preview of the senate trial. first we go to john roberts

live in davos, switzerland, the president's latest remarks. good morning? really three things. world leaders here. talk to the business leaders who are here. this is in some ways a election year speech and the president also wanted to draw a contrast between him being here at the world economic forum trying to sell investment in america to the globe while at the same time back in washington, d.c. cut him off at the nieces. the president mention usmca. senate. likely sign that next week. the u.s.s.-china trade relationship phase one of that deal and as well as the new trade deal with japan. unspoken there was the president continued problem with the european union in trying to craft a new trade deal. the president also selling america's allies on the idea of buying american energy

since the united states has become the world's leading energy producer. the president also addressing the environment which is a big topic of discussion here. listen to this. >> with u.s. companies and researchers leading the way, we are on the threshold of virtually unlimited reserves of energy, including from traditional fuels, ln. >> clean coal, next generation nuclear power and gas, hydrate technologies, at the same time i'm proud to report the united states is among the cleanest air and drinking water on earth. the president also addresses criticism from the democrats policies he ran on candidate back in 2016 pursued ever since designed to benefit the wealthy. the president says it's exactly the opposite of that. listen here. >> celebrating the dignity of work is a fundamental pillar of our agenda.

this is a blue collar boom. >> taking a swing at people like senator bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, alexandria ocasio-cortez, and others saying he will never allow socialism to ruin our country. so the country there with a speech this morning that serves a number of different purposes for him. he has got a number of different meetings today. he is meeting with business leaders. he is meeting with. so world leaders who are here. tomorrow he meets with the prime minister of iraq and then heads back to the united states to take head on what's going on there on capitol hill. and, pete, ainsley, steve, can i just ask you a favor before guy? >> never ever send me here again. it's just awful. [laughter] steve: john, this is the magic of tv. you could be standing there with a suit top but you could have ski pants and standing in skis right know

and as soon as you are done you could turn around right down the mountain. [laughter] >> i have my ski boots on, steve right after i finish with you folks i am going. ainsley: have so much fun. hope you can hit the slopes. pete: you have earned it, john. >> it would be nice but there is no time. all right, steve. steve: i know you are busy. i just read a hamburger in davos is $42. pete: $43 for a hot dog. steve: okay. there you go. pete: that's what happens when you are elite. kevin jork joins frokevin kevins from capitol hill. >hamburger here 8 bucks. we anticipate the sergeant of arms michael springer reprise his role a week ago and bringing to order the u.s. senate. allow me to lay out the rules aso proposed by the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, not terribly complicated over the next couple of days.

make their case wednesday and thursday, 12 hours a day. president's defense team will do the same 12 hours a day. after four days of opening arguments, senators would be allowed up to 16 hours for written questions for the prosecution and defense. that would be followed by four hours of debate. and only then would there be votes on calling other witnesses and that would likely happen some time next week and then at the end of deliberations, the senate would then vote on each impeachment article. >> so this is going to be a great time for the american people when the adam schiff and the other house impeachment managers get up to lay out this very flimsy case in which they are going to try distract. they will talk about innuendo, they will talk about hearsay and talk about the true fact that they just don't like this president. >> congressman doug collins there of the great state of georgia. in fact, he is one of the new members of the president's legal team. we are talking about members of the house here. you see mike johnson, jim jordan of ohio, debbie lesko of arizona.

mark meadows, john ratcliffe, elise stefanik and lee zeldin. it would take about 20 republicans to break ranks. highly unlikely but we will be watching it all from our perch right here. for now back to you. steve: all right. kevin corke live in statuary hall where it's a little noisy. thank you very much. ainsley: let's bring in newt gingrich, former speaker of the house. fox news contributor and he writes a newsletter available at newt gingrich 360.com goorgets, good morning. ainsley: the legal briefs are out. what are they called the house managers oh the democrats and then trump's team. so president trump's legal. >> the president's team. ainsley: that's right. his team says the articles themselves and the rigged process that brought them here are brazenly political act by house democrats that must be rejected. the democratic house legal brief says the opposite. president trump is engaged

in the trifecta of constitutional misconducted. warranting removal. he is the framer's worst nightmare come to life. what do you think about these? >> sure. i think doug collins in the quote you just said, sort of captured, look, democrats, particularly partisan democrats, hate donald trump. they get up every morning knowing that they hate donald trump. they watch him tweet something and hate him even more. what they know is he ought to be impeached because is he donald trump. this is the first time in american history that we have had a purely political impeachment. much like you would have in a british parliamentary system if you had a vote of no confidence. there is no provision in the american constitution. for a vote of no confidence. presidents are elected. they serve four years. in fact, alexander hamilton worried in the federalist papers that we would have something like this kind of idiotic behavior by the

democrats. the fact is they have no case. if you think about it, the president was initially attacked over dealing with russia, which turns out not to be true. after months of investigation, mueller had to issue a report that said there is nothing here that is impeachable. then you have the current mess where the president of ukraine has said he certainly didn't feel pressured. the actual transcript of the telephone call does not indicate any kind of pressure. they end up with a whistleblower who doesn't exist. who they are afraid to bring out in public. all the time they had in the house they could have brought the whistleblower in. so this entire current fantasy of theirs is built around a person they were afraid to bring public because he would have been annihilated by the facts. so, i think where you are at is pretty straightforward. if you don't like donald trump, you will love the house brief. if you have an open mind, you are going to think the house brief is crazy.

steve: newt, you know there are not 20 republican senators who are going to vote to impeach this president and throw him out of office. so, why is nancy pelosi doing it? it looks like, you know, and we have heard from the president's team a brazen political vendetta. it looks like a brazenly political act because she wants to preserve her speakership and the one accomplishment, this november, she is going to be able to say is, you know, the base wanted an impeachment and we delivered. you can't blame the senate. they didn't follow us. >> well, first of all, gallup reported 93% of republicans favor trump. amazing number. none of the republican senators in the end are going to decide to commit suicide by voting against the president. and i think the president frankly was brilliant to go to davos so the opening day

of the senate trial he is in davos with other world leaders making a great speech on the economy, which is clearly his biggest strength. and i think the counter program something pretty good. i think there are two possibilities with pelosi. one is that the passion on the left is so enormous that she doesn't have any choice. that to not have moved it would have led to such a rebellion in her own party that she had to go. the second is more cynical that they desperately hope they can scar trump. cbp reported the strongest numbers they have had since last march for trump. part of it was a hope that they could scar him up enough to defeat him this fall. i think, in fact, they vaccinated him and even more likely to win now than he was before this started. pete: i have seen some suggest that the delivery of the papers to the senate was actually delivery of the

re-election papers across to the other body. today is split screen moment. washington why the president is doing the bidding of the american people. goes to chuck schumer as the democrat minority leader in the senate. is he yelling about the rules and how unfair they are in the senate. here's schumer yesterday. >> it is now certain that leader mcconnell is going along with president trump's cover-up, hook, line and sinker. on something as important and serious as impeachment, senator mcconnell's resolution is a national disgrace. senator mcconnell repeatedly promised the senators, the public, the press, that his rules for the trial would be the same as the rules in the clinton impeachment. nothing could be further from the truth.

pete: so yelling about the rules and saying it's a cover-up. what's the strategy from senate democrats here, mr. speaker? >> well, look, you have to start with the simple reality. mitch mcconnell currently has more capability of leading the senate than anybody in my lifetime. so, take, for example, the very crucial issue of judges. it's 187 judges plus two supreme court justices to zero for schumer. so, from the standpoint of schumer, every week he gets up, he goes, in mcconnell dominates all week long. and then after the weekend, they go back and they do this again. the most that schumer has going right now is whining. he doesn't have a case to make. so he is going to whine for a while. you can't blame him. he has got to do something or people won't think he is their leader. steve: that certainly at play, it seems like. when you get into the way back machine, newt, and you look at what a letter from senator schumer regarding

president clinton's impeachment, chuck schumer said let us shake hands and say we are now going to forego bringing down people for political gain. this is such delicious irony. let us understand that our leaders have foibles and though we must be held to a higher standard, let us not make it a sport to expose those witnesses. do you think he still feels that way? >> look, i think that impeachment is an extraordinarily political act and was designed to be an extraordinarily political act. the founding fathers basically said if you have a president who is so terrible that they are a threat to the republic, you do have a mechanism to get rid of them. and every time it's been tried, it's failed so far. we were put in a position by ken starr's report where he said on 11 different topics that clinton clearly had done things that had to be

interpreted as serious. including perjury, which is a felony, you can go to jail for it. the problem the democrats have had is that their big moment, their ken starr moment was the muriel report. and mueller report was the opposite of the ken starr report. mueller said in the end gosh, i couldn't find anything. they went out and made this up. and i think that puts them in that very difficult position and schumer knows. this i mean, i'm sure if you could ever get him quietly off the record sit down and have a drink some time they will tell you candidly he is playing a terrible hand as well as he can. pete: so true. speaker newt gingrich, thank you very much for your insight this morning. we appreciate it. >> good to be with you. ainsley: hand it over to jillian who has headlines for us. jillian: following a number of stories. we begin with this. the teenager suspected of killing two people at a san antonio club did not use his right to remain silent. instead, the suspect told everyone to check out his social media.

>> all go follow me on instagram. upcoming artist. i do realize my charges. i regret everything that i did. no lie. i do. >> williams is facing capital murder charges. but he says he acted in self-defense. williams was scheduled to perform at the bar where the shooting took place. violent riots break out at the mexico guatemala border. thousands of central american migrants clashing with mexican police as they tried to reach the united states. some migrants seen throwing stones at officers who are responding with tear gas. the showdown comes after the mexican government prom milled to clamp down on migration flows heading to the u.s. border. protesters demand the governor of puerto rico resign after disaster relief supplies meant for hurricane maria victims are found in a warehouse untouched.

[chanting] thousands, look at this, cases of water, food, and supplies just discovered inside that warehouse. hurricane maria killed nearly 3,000 people in 2017. governor juan vazquez fired three government officials in the wake of the discovery. the national guard will deliver some unused supplies to areas affected by recent earthquakes. overnight, prince harry arriving in vancouver to begin a new life in canada with wife meghan and baby archy. earlier the duke of sussex made what could be one of his last official engagements as a senior royal. the prince insists he had no other option but to step away from his royal duties which end in april. here's the interesting thing, netflix could be the couple's next project. executive says the streaming service would be interested in talking to the couple. i'm sure they are going to have plenty, oh, yeah, options to consider. steve: it's already a reality show. what's next?

ainsley: if they do a reality show, that is taking this to a totally different level. jillian: i would watch. pete: do you know why we are going to watch? because it's not going to end well. i want to wish them well but i just don't see it. ainsley: i know. hopefully they will stay together and it will be -- they will be happy because they have a baby together. isis fired up about new york sanctuary laws. now, they have put out a list of their most wanted fugitive illegal immigrants. a former ice special agent takes us inside this move coming up next. pete: what do michael avenatti and chapo have in common? steve: i know. pete: don't share, steve. answer coming up. ♪ fire ♪ dancing through the fire ♪ i am a champion ♪ and you're gonna hear me roar ♪ louder ♪ louder than the lion

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making you safer and they are not. results speak for themselves. here are the people who have been released. here is what they have done subsequent to release. you can decide and then obviously change can come at the ballot box. ainsley: the day our police ask for immigration status is the day people stop reporting crimes. that's why he says they are not going to honor these requests. >> i think there is a lot wrong with that statement. number one, ice is not targeting victims or witnesses. i was the agent in charge of the new york office for six years. i authorized temporary legal status here for hundreds of people during that time who were victims or witnesses at the request of the nypd, other federal agencies, that's not what trying to identify people either remain or enter the united states. it's stunning, stunning this is controversial: priority for administrations both democrat and republican for

decades. it's really an interesting fight to pick. and i don't think it's a winner. ainsley: what are your agent friends saying the ones working with ice in new york city. obviously new york is the latest. we have seen this throughout the country. we have seen a number of jurisdictions. if you look at the ice website. there is dozens of examples of individuals that they have tried to arrest. cities have said we are not going to cooperate. and really at the heart of this, because when he mentions counter-terrorism, the whole purpose of the creation of the department of homeland security, one of them, one of the main ones was to foster cooperation, information sharing amongst law enforcement agencies that to fix that environment to occur. what the cities and states doing rebuilding row blocks led to those terrorist attacks. ainsley: thank you so much for being with us and thanks for your service. >> you are welcome. ainsley: thought. [buzzer] that wa -- thought burismawas b.

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♪ pete: our next g. guest is investigative reporter who has been investigating corruption in politics for years. new book profiles in corruption. finances and secret deals of some of our most famous politicians on the left. and one he says stuck out the most joe biden. he says he helped five of his own biden family members get rich off of his power. joining us is author and investigative reporter peter schweizer. period, thank you for being here this morning. congrats on the book. >> thank you, pete. pete: let's start with the bidens, people hear hunter biden your research goes deeper than that. >> hunter is the tip of the ice beg. biden five. like the jackson five although this case it's corruption. five biden family members that got very, very good deals while joe biden was vice president of the united states. hunter, material in the book how he got taxpayer grants from the obama administration. we have his brother james. we have his other brother

frank, we have his sister valerie and his daughter ashley as well, all of them cashed in while he was vice president. pete: pretty bombastic stuff. they knew the currency of the biden name. >> exactly. pete: and would throw it around. >> that's right. they got taxpayer backed loans in some cases. they got grants. they got access to the white house. ashley biden's husband basically launched his business from the oval office. joe biden set up a meeting with barack obama. joe biden later went and briefed those investors in the company privately as vice president of the united states. very brazen stuff that i dare say if the trumps were doing which, of course, i would also oppose, there would be outrage in the media if they were doing it. pete: some campaigns are buying the book now and digging through it. you got some criticism for this and books like it. i can write a book about i think research. >> all forensic research there are no anonymous sources in this book. everybody can retrace our steps. we use corporate documents. financial records, court

files. in seven different countries. it's easy to replicate and what essentially happens critics will try to that you at some detail. follow the money. who got money and when and how they got the money those issues are never in dispute. pete: those are things people can find for themselves if they need. >> to that's right. pete: we reached out to the biden campaign and we have not heard back. it's about progressive politicians who have been involved in this kind of corruption. the "new york times" just endorsed klobuchar and warren in a sort of do you duplicitous confusion move poet of them. >> elizabeth warren for example three layer cake of corruption as i call it beginning with elizabeth warren herself. she was actually a government consultant paid by the u.s. congress in the mid 19990s to rewrite our bankruptcy laws that was fine and good. she did the typical washington crony move. she cashed. in after she rewrote those laws, what did she do? she went to the corporations who would benefit from the law and said hire me and i

will help you interpret the law i wrote. she made millions of dollars. she has a daughter setting up a business. setting up that business while elizabeth warren was on the head of the tarp oversight committee and what ends up happening is the daughter gets her business financed and gets it from the very investment banks that elizabeth warren's tarp committee bailing out. pete: amy klobuchar not a name you think of corrupt. >> she was a prosecutor before a u.s. senator. very selective. did not go after people who were donors of hers who were clearly engaged in corruption. as a u.s. senator, she has mastered the art of shaking down contributors and pushing their legs. there are instances where instances three year period will give her a donation and literally a few days later she introduces legislation on their behalf. pete: interesting stuff. congratulations. the book is profiles and corruption abuse of power by

america's elite. we move on with a fox news alert. president trump praising america's economy during his speech in switzerland. >> the united states is by far the strongest economic power in the world. it's not even close. i see such tremendous potential for the future. pete: texas governor greg abbott was there he joins us live from switzerland to react coming up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ everything your trip needs for everyone you love. expedia.

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rediscovered our spirit and reawakened the powerful machinery of american enterprise. america's thriving. america is flourishing and, yes, america is winning again like never before. steve: well, that's the president about 90 minutes ago live from davos, the world economic forum talking about how the american economy is on fire. it's a good time for those -- the elites gathered there to invest their money in the united states. if you need a good place to build a factory, build it in the united states and, in particular, our next guest would say, build it in texas. ainsley: you don't have to pay taxes. pete: bring in texas governor greg abbott live in davos, switzerland this morning which is afternoon there governor, thanks for being here. the president's message can be doublabled down even further if you add in texas. what is your message with the elites this morning? >> a couple of things, texas

is the fastest growing economy in the united states. we have the number one gross domestic product among all the states. because like the president, we truly embrace the value of capitalism. we want businesses to come to texas. we fewer regulations, lower taxes. we want to make it easy for businesses to be able to succeed because we understand something in texas that it seems like some other states do not. that is when your business succeeds in texas, we, as a state, succeed. that's the message that president trump delivered today. he didn't come here to davos and apologize for american exceptionalism. he explained why american exceptionalism is so powerful and how it empowered the economies of everybody in our country. and he said he will never allow socialism to destroy the american economic miracle. steve: absolutely. it's all -- and down to ainsley's point, no state income tax there i know a

couple years ago in the state of connecticut. it's not on fire like texas is, the general electric democralengeneraraise taxes gen. a lot of these politicians just don't get when you are in business you want it makemakeas much money and keep s much money as possible. ainsley: another example, governor, is what aoc remember it was amazon that was going to be building here in new york. they there were protests against amazon building here. >> exactly. so, it makes no sense. and we have seen it mathematically impact all these states. you may have seen this report showing that last year, 700,000 people fled california. when you consider the beautiful climate out there. hard to imagine 700,000 people flee, illinois, new jersey, other states, trying

to get away from the things that hamstring capitalism and hamstring to start and grow a business. i have got to tell you who benefits as much as anybody else is the employees. steve: absolutely. >> we as a nation and we as a state. we have record low unemployment. wages are rising. as the president point out what is true there is true in texas. that is the top 10% of the people benefiting the most from all of this are the bottom 10% of wage earns. wages going up more than anybody else. this is benefiting everybody along every political and democratic spectrum in texas as well as the united states. steve: yeah. apparently you reportedly you sent a letter to mike pompeo, the secretary of state regarding refugees. not long ago. and texas essentially closed for business. regarding refugees. you don't want to take any more. in but now there are a number of texas groups ha are asking you to reconsider. can you explain where you are on this and why?

>> sure. texas is broad t proud to be the number one state in the united states for the last year and last decade in accepting the number of refugees. texas has done more than its share and led the nation in doing its share. understand, this the texas decision will not have any refugee from receiving refugee status in the united states some people like north texas people misstatements making people think we are denying refugees the ability to escape whatever they are trying to escape from. that is false. anyone who is trying to seek refugee status in the united states will not be hindered in their ability to too so because of the texas decision. i am putting my citizens first. we have challenges that must be addressed by these very same nonprofit organizations. number one, we have a growing homeless population in the state of texas.

and i refuse to allow the state of texas to go down the same pathway of what we have seen in california. have these nonprofits helped out with the homeless? yes. have they done enough? no. the problem is big and we need these nonprofits to focus on the growing homeless population in texas. then the second thing i will mention and that is last year alone why had more than a half a million people, migrate across our border and many of those people who migrated across the border are having to deal with these very same nonprofits. we need those nonprofits to be prepared with that migration as it occurs once again this coming year. we will once again in the future be leaders in the refugee process. right now we need to take care of the issues and challenges that texans are facing. pete: governor, common sense move from the trump administration. if you have got refugees, the counties and the states that are receiving them should at least have a voice in the process. that's simply what you are doing in texas at this very moment. you are a long ways from texas this morning. we thank you very much for taking time to chat with us

on "fox & friends." ainsley: thanks, governor. >> thank you all. god bless texas. ainsley: god bless texas. and america. and jillian. jillian: that's right. good morning, guys. talk about this story for a second. a 3-year-old boy is in the hospital after getting attacked by this mountain lion. the animal grabbing the boy by the neck while he was out hiking with a family at a park in southern california. it only let go after the boy's father threw a backpack at it. california officials evacuated the park before putting the cat down. the boy is in stable condition. disgraced lawyer michael avenatti waking up inside the same jail cell that housed chapo. working to get him out of solitary confinement as he awaits extortion and bevment. the cell temperature feels like the mid 40's and sleeping with three

blankets. senator klobuchar saying she was wrong when she voted to make english the official language of the united states. >> we have learned a lot since then, including why we don't want that to happen because it would be such a problem for immigrants trying to do everything from access government to vote. so, as you know, i don't agree with that position. jillian: klobuchar apologized 2007 vote at a forum in des moines. overnight ufc fighter conner mcgregor president trump. calling him quote a phenomenal president. quite possibly the u.s.a. goad with the emoji. he sits on top of shoulders of many amazing giants that came before him. he returned to fighting this past weekend. winning his match in about 40 seconds. the president attended a ufc event in september. back to you. steve: a lot going on. pete: he won that match

decisively. steve: that's a nice way to put it. janice dean is amazing to watch when she is out on the fox square with folks who gather about her on cold days. janice: what's your name. >> sally. >> benjamin. >> new york. >> yes, ma'am. >> memphis, tennessee. >> are you having fun what's your fame. >> tommy pierce. >> my wife's 40th birthday catherine. >> she is in the hotel keeping warm. national hug day so stand by. we will do that in just a moment. take a look at the maps. i have warned you the hugging is coming because it is cold outside for national hug day. temperatures feeling like the single digits and teens across the northern plains here in the northeast. we are watching this next storm system move into the west coast. heavy rain along the coast and mountain snow. and some of that energy is going to get into the central u.s. bringing a wintry mix for parts of the central u.s. over the next couple of days. i promise that is not for me. the police are not coming for me. would you like to give me a

hug on national hug day? [cheers] i love it that's how we keep warm. ainsley: national hug day. who knew? janice: thank you for coming. steve: if the banks are closed today it's because it's national hug day. [laughter] j.d., thank you, meanwhile the media predicted the first for the second amendment rally yesterday in richmond, virginia. >> hate groups protest on the virginia state capitol. >> many demonstrators are in fact heavily armed. they look like soldiers there. steve: as it turns out, nothing bad happened. griff jenkins is at the rally. he has firsthand account. also joining us gun right activist spoke there and has the real story of what happened? richmond. do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging?

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pete: thousands of people fled virginia state capital to protest anti-gun legislation. coming after days of speculation about possible violence. ainsley: griff jenkins was at the event. he spoke with the protesters and he joins you now from richmond, virginia. was there any violence. >> not a bit pete, ainsley, good morning to you. there were nothing but peaceful. nonviolent folks out there. there was one arrest a

woman. 21 years old who wouldn't take a mask off her face breaking the law. all in all they all came from you as far as california carrying the same message which was leave our guns alone. we talked to several of the rally goers. let me give you the numbers real quick. the estimates from law enforcement was 22,000. 6,000 the capitol grounds where there were no guns. 16,000 in the street. the rally goers we spoke to though were quite passional. listen. >> you can't protect yourself and your family, what do you have left in this world? >> if virginia falls, the rest of the country is going to fall. >> stop trying to make us criminals. this is not about safety. you are trying to disarm us. >> you will have a better chance of laying in a creek and kiss ago copper head then you would getting the firearms from virginians. >> ralph northam declared state of emergency all thankful no incident.

the team deescalated what could have ban volume still situation. today the legislature will take up as many as a dozen bills involving gun control. guys? pete: heard from many people thankful for your coverage on the ground there, griff. great job. appreciate it. ainsley: thank you, griff. steve, over to you. steve: thank you, ainsley and pete. next guest was at the gun rally. gun owners of america spokesperson antonia okafor. good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: so what did you make of, you know, the things we heard before the rally? essentially they were painting it was the potential charlottesville 2.0 or a gathering of white supremacists. i saw that as well. you were there. what do you think? >> yeah. ainsley, steve, pete, this was by far hands down the worst white supremacist rally i have ever seen.

there were people shaking my hand. i mean, they even let me speak for goodness sake. over 20,000 people there. it's almost as if mlk's dream to see that people judge people based on the content of their character and not the color of their skin had actually become reality. steve: sure. this was just exemplifying that whole thing. steve: antonia, while you were traveling to the event, there was a lot of coverage of it. listen to this. and then i will get your reaction. >> thousands of gun rights activists, white nationalists, militia groups all swarming the virginia state capital. >> extreme i.s, white supremacists could spark violence. >> white nationalists and far right militias across the country. >> a lot of concern about the potential for violence. >> our militia, white nationalist groups. >> far right extremists, white supremacists. >> white nationalists are rallying in virginia's

capitol. >> a lot of people who were there said we are here because we want to make sure that of what the commonwealth of virginia does regarding their constitutional second amendment rights. and, yet, the media narrative was, it sounds like there could be trouble when you get all these people with guns in one place. >> right. if you were just listening to msnbc or cnn, you would be, you know, sensed that you were going to have some type of violence there but the reality is the last 18 years, they have had this rally on mlk day and there has been no issue at all. the fact of the matter is that the left wants to divide this country. and you know, the right is not going to stand for it. i saw all walks of life there and that was the beautiful thing, seeing over 20,000 people all americans coming together over one issue and that is to protect our god-given rights.

which obviously with governor northam in virginia, he is not doing and so we are just here to keep him accountable. that's what those people were doing. for me, as a gun owner and being with fellow gun owners, gun owners are, you know, i feel safest when i'm around other gun owners. i'm excited to be a fellow at the fall creek center liberty university. we cannot divorce god and politics and that's what we are seeing rite now. steve: all right. antoniia, okafor cover, we thank you for joining us live. >> thank you so much. steve: big final hour of "fox & friends." looky there. geraldo, charles payne, mark meadows and kevin mccarthy coming up.

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screen moment. ainsley: exactly, star contrast, live team coverage, kevin corke at statuary hall with preview of the senate trial but first go to chief white house correspondent john roberts with the president and latest remarks, good morning, john, good afternoon to you. >> just in the afternoon, ainsley, steve, pete, good afternoon in beautiful davos where the sun is shining and the president gave a speech this morning which was a sales speech for economic and saying it's time for optimism and not pessimism, we need to reject profits of dome and predictions of apocalypse because many times in the past they said it was coming and never arrived and now says the united states is enjoying unprecedented economic prosperity and record low

unemployment, the president with slap back to democrats who say that his economic policies are geared toward benefiting the rich, the president says, no, this is all about the middle class and blue-collar workers, listen here. >> by adopting a new whole approach centered entirely on the well-being of the american worker, every decision we make on taxes, trade, regulation, energy, immigration, education and more is focused on improving the days of everyday americans, our nation's highest duties is to citizens, only when governments put their own citizens first will people will be fully invested in national futures. >> and the president selling the world on the unprecedented economic growth saying if you're looking to invest, america is the place to do it, listen here. >> the first half of 2019 the united states attracted nearly one quarter of all foreign

direct investment in the world, think of that, 25% of all foreign investment all over the world came into the united states and the number increasing rapidly. to every business looking for a place where they are free to invest, thrive, innovate and succeed. >> and what the president is doing here at davos is studying contrast, the president meeting with world leaders, global business leaders at the same time in capitol hill this afternoon democrats will try to take him down, steve, ainsley, pete. steve: you're probably right about that, john roberts on assignment, you're welcome in switzerland. [laughter] ainsley: all work and no play, he's busy, kevin corke joins us live with preview of the president's impeachment trial, good morning to you, kevin. >> good morning, guys, a lot what you will see is more or less process, the trial begins officially at 1:00 p.m. eastern time by rule, now at that point we will see a swearing in of

senator of oklahoma, you may remember he had a family emergency and wasn't sworn in with the other senators last week and after that the majority leader to officially unveil proposal and release them. we have been talking about, let me share to folks at home what we are expecting the process to play out particularly on wednesday and thursday that's when we expect house managers to go ahead and have 12 hours to make their pitch that the president should be removed from office and the president defense's team will have a chance to rebut on friday and saturday 12 hours a day after 4 days of opening arguments, senators allowed 16 hours for written hours for prosecution and defense followed by 4 hours of debate, then and only then would there be votes calling on other witnesses, at the end of deliberations, the senate would vote on each impeachment article. >> this is going to be a great time for the american people when the adam schiff and the

other house impeachment managers get up to lay out this flimsy case in which they will try and distract, talk about innuendo and the president. >> doug collins, among the house members, 67 votes needed to remove from office, highly unlikely because it would require about 20 republicans to break ranks. steve: live in statuary hall in congress. >> thanks, kevin. steve: let's bring in kevin mccarthy who has an office not too from where kevin is standing, can you explain the politics because everybody knows there are not 20 republicans senators that will vote to throw president trump out of office and nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are doing their best to make it seem like that is going to happen, explain the politics, who is holding them to the fire?

>> it's not really politics, it's a nightmare, this is what they campaigned on, this is the agenda, remember, they selected committee chairs based upon who they thought would face impeachment with nadler, you jeffress, number 3, he voted for impeachment a year ago before the phone call took place, so this is all that they're about, you were correct about the contrast, here is the president overseas promoting america and they're going to be over in the senate promoting this nightmare even further, but it's such a weak case they will start this whole argument about that the case is weak, we need to change it. there's no change that needs to take place, if it's based upon the phone call, we all have the transcript, we don't need much time to go through it, nothing in there that's impeachable,let get back to do what the american public wants us to do, the business at hand. >> every single day it's been a contrast, we saw last week the

front cover of the post, in the morning show, nancy pelosi withism peachment -- with impeachment and now he's over in davos trying to make deals with other companies and putting america first, is the country so sick of impeachment? from what i'm hearing from folks downtown, middle america, they are so tired of this, they want the president to be able to do his job and lawmakers to focus on what's important to them and it's not impeachment. >> i think it's further, california and new york, i'm getting stopped with people saying just that, you are correct, september 24th when the president at the un general council when all world leaders are around, that's when nancy pelosi walked out and did press conference and said she was moving forward with impeachment. you went to december 4th, when the president was in nato, they went out and did the same announcement, they had the professors come in. they have timed each and every time to try to upset this

president, to try to talk about something else than what congress should be working on, but the great thing about this president, he never lets that get to him and we have the strongest economy in the history of america in the last 50 years. >> absolutely, the president is touting that in davos, we are covering unlike a lot of networks. steve: covering or covering up? >> we heard the shiny objects democrats have used throughout the process, if they don't have evidence they have to have a new talking point, what appears chuck schumer and the senate has landed on another one, this is not close enough to clinton process, it's a cover-up, here is chuck schumer yesterday. >> it is now certain that leader mcconnell is going along with president trump's cover-up hook line and sinker as something as important and serious as impeachment, senator mcconnell's resolution is a national

disgrace. senator mcconnell repeatedly promised, the senators, the public, the press that his rules for the trial would be the same as the rules in the clinton impeachment, nothing could be further from the truth. pete: all right, so that's what he said yesterday, let's rewind 2 years ago under the clinton impeachment, here is what chuck schumer, here is the tune he was singing when there was a democrat facing actual crimes and charges, chuck schumer said this, let us shake hands and say we are now going to forego bringing people down for political gain, let us understand that our leaders have -- we must be held to higher standard, let us not make it a sport to expose those weaknesses. well, what changed for chuck? >> i don't know what changed for him because even the beginning, or tend of last year when i sent the letter to nancy pelosi to ask her to have the same process

as bill clinton, where the minority could ask for witnesses, where we could cross examine and the president had a say, there was silent then, pelosi didn't want to do anything then. they realized their case is so weak, they are asking for now witnesses who they wouldn't even subpoena themselves, they know what the end result here is, what's going to happen one more time, the bipartisan vote is going to be opposed to this. this is exactly what alexander hamilton warned us about, the democrats apiecing the socialist wing of the party, the fear i have if they were to stay in power this is -- steve: you could be right about it continuing, it never stopping, listen to your fellow congresswoman maxine watters yesterday on msnbc, listen.

>> we will not stop whether or not that leads to another impeachment activity, i don't know, but i know we must continue with the work that our constituents have elected us to come to congress to do. steve: apparently that's what she was elected to do and you in another part of california elected to do something else. if the first don't succeed, try it again. >> they voted 3 times, almost half of them voted for impeachment before the phone call took place, they have more issues, more subpoenas than they created laws, this is their agenda and only agenda they have, that's the sad part, america is so much bigger than this. we could do so much more in congress. ainsley: some are saying this is a backfiring, we will know in november if this backfires, if they continue to push this and try to come up with more evidence and bring this to the house again, another impeachment, how is the country going to retook into account --

react to that? >> i think the country is tired of this, i will go back and take one moment in time, if you look at john turley who is a democrat, he said it's the weakest, thinnest impeachment in american history, he said the only abuse is if they move forward with it, the sad part here is only promise i will make, if we change power here, which we do have the ability to do, we will not use it just because of the animosity we have for somebody on the other side, we have to be above this and that's the sad part about this, they have demeaned what impeachment means and what the rule of law in america means and i don't think that's a republican or democrat view, that's a view that americans want to have and want us to start on lowering prescription drugs, make this economy even stronger than we are today so at the end of the day the next century is america, if the democrats continue to just impeach, that will not be the

case. pete: channeling former first lady michelle obama, they go low, you go high, well done, kevin mccarthy, thank you for your time. >> thank you. steve: impeachment kicks off at 1:00 o'clock this morning. special coverage kicking off at 12:30 today on fox. ainsley: in the meantime more headlines and for that we will turn to jillian. jillian: good morning to you, we are following this story overnight a memorial broke for two officers murdered in shootout in hawaii, tiffany enríquez and kaliki kalama were killed after being call today stabbing, jerry attacked landlord after being evicted body camera video shows he had a history with police, police he died after setting home on fire. the u.s. embassy in baghdad on alert after 3 rockets hit nearby

. so far no one claimed responsibility for the rockets in the green zone where government buildings are located, no reported deaths, comes as antigovernment protests in baghdad are escalating, at least 3 protestors were killed monday. at least 6 people now confirmed dead from the new corona virus in china, the disease can spread from human to human soaking fears as millions in china travel for the lunar new year, passengers will be screened for symptoms at new york, la and the national institute of health working on vaccine but we are told it could take more than a year until it is available, that's a look at your headlines, i will send it back to you. pete: thanks, jillian. well, hillary clinton opening up about bernie, what she's saying now that will make you go whoa. steve: i have to hear that.

ainsley: impeachment trial in dc, president trump campaign manager says americans are tuning out the democrats, bill hemmer spoke to him and he joins us next.

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commissioner, also the man who world economic forum. ainsley: he was talking about hoax and witch hunt, i assume he's talking about what happened in dc, bill hemmer, bill hemmer report, yesterday was your first day, you did an awesome job, bill. >> thank you, we started the day off, guys, not that picture but

this picture on the couch with you guys. >> that's right. >> i thought we looked like we liked each other. [laughter] steve: now we have sequestered you in washington, d.c. because the impeachment kicks off at 1:00 o'clock this afternoon, a great guest to kick off your premier show, the president's campaign manager, here is a flashback to yesterday, bill is talking to brad about how this actually helps the president. >> right now the american people are tuned out because honestly what's happened with impeachment and everything else, they've shut down, they are enjoying the super bowl, they are watching football games and enjoying the country's great economy, they are not sitting around and watching this stuff. steve: i believe what we saw moment ago may have been a tape. >> okay. steve: bill, back to you. >> good, i think that what he's addressing overall was this question about whether or not they are under water with suburban water and under water

with suburban women, we went through polling, they were under water to suburban women by 24, he discounted that and the effects of the impeachment have worked in reverse because it helped drive fundraising numbers, i think what you'll hear over the next 10 months is any time there's challenges happened with suburban voters or suburban women they will say that president trump was not on the ballot in 2018 or not on the ballot when poll was taken in 2019, that's going to be the argument, we will see whether or not it hold up in november. pete: bill, your question here, overall independents say polls have shown that independents are she want school of -- skeptical of the impeachment, is either side, concerned of a move that could change the current, change the narrative amongst independents and the people watching? >> that's a great question. i think that's still to be determined, pete, i think we will get a sense of that as we move throughout the day today and into later in the week, a couple of things that will keep

an eye on for today, i flew down last night, senator blumenthal, senator of connecticut was on my flight, we talked for several minutes afterwards, you will hear from leading democrats that mitch mcconnell is trying to operate unfair trial and rush the process given the 12-hour sessions submitted by the rules, keep an eye on the theme, you will hear a lot, the other thing that i thought was interesting, 2 points, in 1999 the evidence from the house was automatically entered into the record, it's not in this case. steve: no. >> in all likelihood will have to be voted on. that gives you a sense about how mitch mcconnell and how they feel the house prosecuted the case, the other thing late last night, mitt romney came out with a statement, the rules align with 1999, mitt romney is one of the 4, 5 senators that everybody will be watching, if he believes

that now and if the rules comes up for vote later today possibly, those one or two democrats cross over, does joe manchin or doug jones vote with republicans and how does that change, a few things to keep your eye throughout the day. ainsley: starts at 1:00 o'clock, your news show start at 3:00 o'clock, we will be watching. >> thank you, bill. don't miss it. ainsley: thousand of second amendment supporters flooding virginia, was it filled with violence like the mainstream media projected, griff jenkins was there and he joins us live next. steve: protestors growing after warehouse of supplies with hurricane maria was uncovered, they were supposed to have it years ago, they were in aware house, geraldo is coming up

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could be very troublesome, joins us from richmond, griff, not so bad. >> no trouble whatsoever, steve, ainsley, pete, good morning to you, it was nonviolent, it was peaceful, they all had the same message, leave our guns alone, they came from california, texas and all across the country, we have the numbers, law enforcement officials say there's an estimated 22,000 people turned out here, 6,000 were on the capitol ground but no guns outside, 16,000 flooded the streets, only one arrest, 21-year-old for refusing to take a mask off her face, we talked to some of the supporters out there, here is what they had to say. >> you can't protect yourself and your family -- >> if virginia falls the rest of the country is going to fall. >> stop trying to make us criminals, there is not about safety, you're trying to disarm us. >> you will have a better chance in laying in the creek and kissing a copper head than you

would get firearms away from virginians. >> after governor declared state of emergency of credible threats saying we are thankful that today passed without incident, we were able, guys to speak to the man that organized the entire rally of the virginia citizens defense league, here is what he had to say. >> people from across the country coming here as far away from california and washington state to come here and standby side with fellow gun owners, the united states is sort of viewing virginia as canary in a coal mine. >> and guys, continues in literally just about ten minutes, the lawmakers will take up at least a dozen gun control measures today. steve, ainsley, pete. >> all right, let's see if the lawmakers down there were listening, if it had any impact,

griff, thank you. more protests in puerto rico and now calling for the governor to call it quits, doing a terrible. ainsley: this comes after video emerged of a giant warehouse with untouched supplies for hurricane maria in 2017. pete: at least two officials have been fired. ainsley: what is your reaction, you are from puerto rico? >> i'm actually from new york city but my family is from puerto rico, my dad was born 17 children, i have 100 first cousins, i'm deeply connect today puerto rico n2017 i still owned property there, you know, the -- the corruption and disfunction in puerto rico is so endemic, i was screaming after covering the hurricane for 2 weeks at how little the local government was doing to help the people, then president trump came down, president trump then became the focus of all of the

criticism, he got blamed for everything in a way that in my little voice was saying, wait a second, that's not fair, he just got here, what about the people that put the rotten telephone poles, what about the people that didn't trim the trees over the wires, what about the people that had worst crude oil -- steve: geraldo, apologies, here is the president of the united states as you can see, he's taking a couple of questions. >> it's a great honor and we will be discussing things also and we will be discussing trade deal between ourselves and essentially europe is something that we all want to be able to make. so thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you very much for having me here, it's a pleasure, first time here in davos and i think what we never should forget that we have a long history of common foundation.

>> yes. >> business contacts, friendship, exchange, science culture since way more than 70 years so -- >> that's right. >> the american people and the european people are good friends and we have issues to discuss and we will negotiate but i'm looking forward to relationship, thank you so much. >> very nice, great honor. thank you all. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. >> mr. president, can you say motion to dismiss when the federal trial begins? >> the whole thing is a hoax, goes nowhere because nothing happened, the only thing we've done is a great job, we have the strongest country in the world by far and we are going in the wrong direction, we have the greatest economy we've ever had in the history of our country and i'm in europe today because we are bringing a lot of companies into our country with thousands of jobs, millions of jobs in many cases, so that whole thing is a total hoax, so i'm sure it's going to work out fine, thank you all very much.

thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] >> come on, guys, let's go. press, let's go, you are finished, guys, let's go, back up, let's go, come on, we are done. steve: when they turn out the lights you know it's over. ainsley: time to go, he's sitting with the president of eu commission, the president there talking about being at the summit but, of course, a lot of the questions are about impeachment, geraldo. >> i feel awful for him, this is an economic summit, the american economy is envy of the world, civil rights leader, especially yesterday on martin luther king day, why, african american unemployment lowest it's ever been, latino lowest it's ever been, the rising tide, the rising tide is lifting all boats, we should be celebrating, instead he's fighting this -- this, you know, cage match.

steve: it's political. >> impeached by only democrats, now republicans presumably will save him, but here is the way i think if i may just give you one minute on impeachment. i believe that to move to dismiss the case right now. what's this? [laughter] >> you are supposed to be on the show now. >> to move to dismiss before the presentation of opening arguments would be a mistake, but there's a parallel to a trial, you present the case, you present the rebuttal and then i think you can make a motion, that's the -- that's the juncture, do we go more, witnesses, the prosecution of the united states of the president or more of the same, for instance, if you have a witness who lays out the president did such and such and such, i think the republicans say, everything happened just the way the democrats said it did, does this measure up, is this a high crime and misdemeanor, we were just in washington, era and i visiting

isabella who is working in dc, we saw the actual constitution of the united states, the 14-year-old read article 2, section 4, all right, daddy, the presidential be impeached for high crimes misdemeanors including treason and bribery, is it treason or bribery, no, what is this, this is something so much less than that. the motion to dismiss should be granted once the opening 48 hours is complete. steve: hit the kill switch, real quickly, the great thing about you you have seen everything, we are celebrating with a series over on fox nation. >> thank you. steve: the very thing that you covered on abc here in new york was willow brook, the conditions

there were deplorable, geraldo changed a lot of laws, here is a clip from it, watch this. >> the doctor invite med to see the conditions he was talked about, unannounced and unexpected by the school administration we toured building number 6. i was totally unprepared for what i was to see. they told me it would be bad, it was horrible. the most horrifying thing i had ever seen in my life. ainsley: geraldo, who tipped you off to that? >> the doctors working in the institution. you know my friend with cerebral palsy, he was wrongly committed as so many disabled people were at the time, perfect intellect and warehoused with the people who were developmentally disabled that so many were, deplorable conditions, the stink, the neglect. now you have a system half a

century later, now you have a nationwide system of community based residences, homes where they live normal lives developmentally disabled, they are potentially as maximize, given job training, they have -- second work, education, job skills, they can live in a normal environment they live normal life expectancies, this is rare examples where expose resulted in positive change. people gave me high fives, my cousin, my daughter, now they live a wonderful life where they did and it is something that i walked through life proud that i did that, you know, i had my al capone volt and i had my nose broken and so many stuff that people remember, i remember the foundation stone and i thank my brother craig for producing it. >> now you can watch on fox

nation. thank you, appreciate it. steve: good luck to isbalella working at the other -- she worked here for a while. thanks, geraldo. ainsley: thank you. steve: president trump hailing america's economy, charles payne says this morning's speech was the president's best economic speech yet, okay, that's me saying it, he will be saying it next. ainsley: hey, charles (whistling)

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was about what he said over the course of half an hour in switzerland that had you -- charles: we had clips of it right there, this is not about what i did, it's about what is happening to this country, a lot of it is as a result of president's policies, the line that stood out for me the most, the time for skepticism is over, i came here 2 years ago, you told me it wouldn't work, you told me tariffs don't work, lower taxes don't work and lower regulations, let me read the litany of things that have happened since then, here is the interesting thing, i think the next thing president trump should start talking about is shared prosperity, democrats talk about it a lot on the campaign. when a tide goes up all the boats go up as well, but this particular time and this particular moment the lower-income folks are doing better than those at the top. their tide is rising higher and faster, this is rare occurrence

in this country, i have to tell you something, the data goes on and on and on, you know in the last year every single month nonwhite wages grew significantly faster than white wages. i mean, this is a racist president. think of the things that are happening here, here is the thing i will say, we have a ways to go, for instance, in 2018 black household median income was up, in fact, rose faster than anybody else except asians, it's still below 2,000, so a lot of things have happened and a lot of people now being rewarded but the question is do we derail what's happening now and try something different or do we let this tide continue to rise? pete: do any of the haters ever get the message? >> no, haters are haters, two buckets, those who have bought into economic belief systems like for instance conservatives that trump shouldn't use tariffs, i haven't had one come on my show and admit they were

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>> we are back with fox news alert, all eyes on capitol hill where hours from now the impeachment trial begins, excuse me. ainsley: white house adding 8 house republicans including our next guest to the president's defense team, gop congressman mark meadows joins us now, good morning to you. >> good morning, great to be with you. ainsley: great to have you, we've got the list, what exactly will your roles will? >> well, we have institutional knowledge obviously some of us have been in the depositions, i attended each and every deposition and so help with the defense team, we are going to be there as advisers and certainly from a communication's standpoint be on deck as well, probably the biggest thing, ainsley, is this, you continue to hear stuff from chuck schumer, how this is a cover-up,

how actually things are not going the way that he wanted them to go, i can tell you when we were in the house it was an unfair process there, where were democrat senators, they were on the senate side at senate lunchroom sipping lattes congratulating themselves on unfair process. we want to bring the truth to the american people and when they see the truth they will know that the president not only did anything wrong but certainly did everything right as we see with the speech in davos, switzerland right now. pete: absolutely, certainly a contrast, congressman it's hard to find the evidence that they are using but not hard to spot every talking point and you alluded to it, a cover-up, this is what chuck schumer is talking about, we heard it in the media the last couple of days, how will they try to frame the argument in their advantage and what is the president's team like yourself going to push with? >> well, they are going to suggest that they actually need more witnesses and that, you

know, what is there to hide, i can tell you, i don't know of a single democrat senator who has personally read each deposition and all the evidence that's actually before them, i can tell you the republican senators are real serious, we've actually been meeting, providing them information from the house, but yet what we do is we have this outrage from democrat senators suggesting that somehow they need a plethora of new information, we've already had 5 people that said there was not a crime and actually democrats say there was not a crime, why do we have impeachment fiasco, it's all about democrats in the house. ainsley: we will be covering it, we wish you all the best this week and next week, thank you so much, congressman. >> thank you for joining us, sir, appreciate it. we have more "fox & friends" i'm told. ainsley: all right, stay with us

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>> ed: fox news alert, today's one who split screen days. we started our day live in dumbo switzerland. there is the president of the world economic forum, talking about how america is booming and we are open for business. >> that's right, he's been asked about what's going on in washington multiple times, dismissing it quickly, giving a big speech about how the american economy is booming. charles payne, we had them on comes that he's one of the best speeches he's ever

given. >> then it switches to washington, d.c. special coverage of the impeachment trial kicks off at 12:30, during "outnumbered." you will see it live at fox news. in the meantime, back here on the couch. >> have a good day! >> sandra: history in the making today, for just the third time ever. the president of the united states will face in the impeachment trial in the senate and lawmakers are gearing up for what is likely to be a contentious battle. good morning, everybody. i'm sandra smith. >> ed: and i'm ed henry, good to be back. a lot of news to get to. all this happening for the real economic form, declaring america is winning like never before, but the specter of impeachment hanging over the events they are as we count down to the start of this trial, 1:00 p.m. eastern. the debate over the trials ground rules reveal last night republican leader mitch mcconnell come of that resolution needs a simple majority to pass. 51 votes, opening arguments could then begin tomorrow.