do it. this movement is growing stronger by the day. remember who we are and our principles and values and let's go get it. jillian: if you could predict the future i would want you to buy my lottery ticket. tomi lahren, thank you. we appreciate it. "fox & friends" starts right now. will. todd: bye. >> as i prepare to hand power over to a new administration, i want you to know that the movement we started is only just beginning. >> in his final hours president trump issuing the 1 pardons and commutations. among them some notable names. >> in hours joe biden will become the 46th president of the united states. >> he is going to be a president of all americans, including the 75 million americans that voted for president trump. step up as a leader and represent the whole country. >> you will have thousands of people coming across the border in a migrant caravan what message do you want to give those folks. >> there is a commitment to follow our asylum laws that means to provide humanitarian

relief. >> hr loves sending emails about what a horrible country this is one man decided he had enough of that. >> want to call out violence call it out, do it year around. don't wait until it's convenient for you. >> we built the greatest movement in the history of our country. it was about america first because we all wanted you to make america great again. steve: good morning, everybody. it is wednesday, january 20th, 2021 we start with a fox news alert. overnight president trump at 1:00 in the morning signed the paperwork and handed down 143 pardons commutations in his final hours as president of the united states. ainsley: it comes as the united states prepares for president-elect biden's inauguration today. will: and as always with the latest is griff jenkins live on the national mall with more on our big day ahead. griff? griff: good morning, will, ainsley and steve. i can tell you as we look forward to the end of the day one day is the inauguration

size. it is certainly going to be a unique one indeed. because of thousands of people here on the mall you see all those flags behind me and we're just six hours away from the swearing in pretty much being done. but, of course, before that we will see president trump departing the white house. one last time. he will do so around 8:00 a.m. and head to mar-a-lago. in the wake of his final hours, issuing those 73 pardons and 70 commutations you mentioned, steve, let's take a look who is on that list. steve bannon the president's long time campaign strategist. elliott brode the deputy finance chair of the rnc. two rappers, lil' wayne and bill capri more commonly known as kodak black. paul erickson and two former members of congress steve cunningham and. he taped a farewell address reflecting on his presidency and it national greatness. as we await biden's speech he

has a tall task facing covid the racial division along economic uncertainty. the theme is america united and he gave us a little bit of a preview last night. listen. >> to heal we must remember. it's hard sometimes to remember but that's how we heal. it's important to do that as a nation griff griff and, of course, the story that has surrounded this inauguration security still on high alert. i went through hoops to get in here to this position. they are secured down. we also got the news yesterday 12 national guard members removed from duty poor possible ties to extremist groups although the commanders say they are not worried. they intend and are confident of a safe and secure inauguration. so let me show you the one thing that will look very similar although it will be a much smaller size, i'm going to push if you can, push up there to the stage, this is the west capitol

front where inaugurations take place and like times past traditionally you will have former presidents obama, bush and clinton and current and former members of congress. now, vice president pence will be in attendance but, of course, president trump saying he will not. chief justice john roberts will swear in biden and harris and lady gaga will deliver the national anthem right there on that stage. one note we have learned just in the last hour though, guys, that is when president biden hits the ground running he intends to issue and sign today at some point some 15 executive orders that will do, among other things, issue a national mask mandate on federal property. the it will revoke president trump's ban on muslim majority countries. it will roll back president trump's new oil and gas leases, drilling in the alaska national

wildlife refuge and it will halt that keystone pipeline. going to be a very busy day as things get underway here around, i believe, 11:00 we will first see some movement up here. steve: all right, griff, we thank you very much for that live report from capitol hill. by the way we should point out that will cain is with us today. brian is working the prime time shift this he can would. it's good to have you here will. will: thank you so much steve and ainsley. steve: you hear that number the president granted clemenciy to 143 people. i had no idea. how many do you think clinton did his last day? 140. they are in the ballpark. it's interesting what griff said regarding the president did not, as it turns out, pardon himself or anybody in his family because his attorney, pat cipollone said you can't really do that without naming a potential crime. and because they haven't been charged with anything, they said that would set a bad president. the one thing that the culture

world was looking for was a pardon for the star of the netflix show tiger king joe exotic got no pardon. [laughter] ainsley: so today is going to be a day full of the inauguration festivities down in washington and we're going to also bring you live when the president leaves. he is going to leave at 8:15. he is actually going to have a ceremony at joint base andrews. and then he is going to board air force 1 at 8:35. we will bring that you live. at is 1:30. he will land down at palm beach international airport in west palm. he is going to be living at mar-a-lago. there were moving trucks seen there on monday moving boxes into the house. and i hear there is a renovation in the private quarters where the family lived there in mar-a-lago. as far as the future of the republican party there are millions of people that voted for president trump. and this was our last morning show to be able to say that we are -- that president trump is our president because tomorrow morning it will be joe biden.

but dan quayle made a good point he said you have to separate the policies of the party and trump's personality. he said a freight number of republicans support what he has accomplished. there aren't deep division in the party on policies it's more about the personality of trump and senator tom cot to be said 74 million americans ought not to be slandered of based on the actions of a couple thousands to participate paved in the violent mob at the capitol. will: absolutely. so much attention as you put out and dan quayle put out goes to president trump's personality and quaker. over the next four years. over of the coming four years we will be talking about a lot what trumpism means. the direction of the republican party. that's going to focus back in on the ideas. i think we will have a lot of conversations about economic populism. about the forgot' man in capitollism. i think there is two main points that actually president trump hit on last night in his farewell address. he released a video where he talked about what he thought his administration stood for. and there is two main points

that he really highlighted. one, is to be proud of who we are as americans. it is to remember we have values we should stand strong in support of. tonight be timid. freedom of speech and religion. we should be proud of history as americans. the other is that he represented an outsider. did he not come from a political background. here is what he had to say about that. >> four years ago i came to washington as the only true outsider ever to win the presidency. i had not spent my career as a politician, but as a builder looking at open skylines and imagining infinite possibilities. i ran for president because i knew there were towering new summits for america just waiting to be scaled. america had given me so much and i wanted to give something back. together with millions of hard-working patriots across this land, we built the greatest political movement in the history of our country. we also built the greatest

committee in the history of the world. it was about america first because we all wanted to make america great again. we restored of the principle that a nation exists to serve its citizens. steve: so where do we go from here, aside from the president going down to mar-a-lago? well, apparently, according to the "wall street journal," there is an item in there today that says that in the last couple of days, of the president has been talking to aides and other allies about maybe starting his own political party. essentially to take the trump base as he sees it and start a new party. and, in fact, he has even testing a moniker he is calling it the patriot party. dan bongino was talking about it last night with sean hannity and he said the problem is, you know, you have got the two parties already established. they have the infrastructure. and it takes time and money obviously as you know and dan said essentially it's easier to

build support for candidates in the republican party who share your values going forward. presidential. ainsley: yesterday, was a lot of talk about imforeign relation because they had some of these confirmation hearings, at capitol hill. one of the individuals who was interviewed was al hand dr. maokas will nominee for homewill security sect. he weighs asked about it. listen to what he said. >> this is not the first caravan that is apparently approached theward over the last four years. >> it's not. >> or last 12 years. i think president-elect biden and people who will be joining his incoming administration have spoken about the fact that there is a commitment to follow our asylum laws, to enforce our asylum laws and that means to provide humanitarian relief for

those individuals who qualify for it under the law. it will take time to build the infrastructure and capacity so that we can enforce our laws as congress intended. ainsley: there is a commitment to enforce the current laws. one of the willing my grants was interviewed. will: this comes on a day joe biden plans to put in place 17 executive action far outpaces anything done in the past. the previous four administrations, four administrations together passed two executive actions on day one. but separate from executive action, joe biden is also looking at putting legislation forward when it comes to immigration. of course, all of this pays a price. it comes with a price when it comes to immigration and migration as ainsley pointed out on our border. lindsey graham knows this and he pressed alejandro mayorkas.

ill will will read along with us: steve: we have seen these senate confirmation hearings before and he said exactly what he wanted to say if you are a senator okay, we are going to follow the law. the problem is the way the law is written right now. if the person be who is knocking on our southern door says, you know, i'm here and i'm a refugee from honduras, then we have got to let him in. let that person in. and so that is the call because over the last couple of years because donald trump has been such a hardliner when it came to our southern border, a lot of people just stopped coming. now, you know, woe have shown you the picture over the last several weeks 6,000 people from

honduras coming our way because joe biden said in my first 100 days nobody is going to get deported. so they figure we are going to get in there in the first three months, 100 days and that's why they are coming. although the biden officials we have quoted in the past, ainsley, and will, have said now is not the time they don't want that picture of people coming across the bridge in el paso. ainsley: hold on this is day one. john flores the president of new mexico state and he sent a letter to all the faculty and we all have a copy of this letter after the riots at the capitol in d.c. this was penned on january 8th. well, there is a professor, a law professor there named david clements in 2014. he says to the president why were you silent last summer when there were all these fires, when

there are stores being burned down and our communities were being down. steve: the president of the university. ainsley: he calls out the double standard. listen to david clements. he was on tucker last night. >> my students are in the throws of depression, they're despondent. and they are afraid to speak and it really doesn't matter whether i voted for trump or biden, i'm not going to treat my students differently based on who they voted for but they need to know when they get into my classroom, they are going to be treated fairly. they are going to be taught to think critically. they are not going to be told what to think. and there is just an absence of that going on in our university system right now. and it's worth speaking up about. '. will: one thing you might be able to guess is that the show doesn't stop when we go to commercial break, the conversation continues. steve: you should see what we talk about. will: i have been able to pick steve's brain about his kids and where they go to up college i

know have you had kids go to smu and boston college. this is a great debate for me. i'm not interested in spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for my kids to go to indoctrination factories where they do not get exposed to both sides. i want my children to hear opinions very different than theirs. even if they are opinions that i disagree with. if college can going to continue to become a place where you only hear one side and the other side is said to be evil or banished from campus, you can accept my y kid from that kind of program and dollars. steve: have you considered home school college because that would probably be a lot cheaper. one of the things that drove this professor clements to respond to the president of the university was the fact that he had also seen on twitter so many people talking about the people who were involved in the. ainsley: the riots. steve: the riot, the looting, everything at the cap top on january 6th. in particular, state

representative liz thompson, a democrat in new mexico, wrote on twitter that trump voters, trump voters should be forever branded with a scarlet letter for seditionists. now. ainsley: scarlet s. will: that's the university president? steve: this is a state representative. will: oh, wow. steve: it would be one thing if you brand the people who broke stuff and hurt people at the capitol with the scarlet letter s. because they broke the law. and it was terrible. but to say anybody who voted for trump should be branded with that scarlet letter s, that's extraordinary. >> 74 million people she is trying onto ostracize 74 million people? maybe. but that's not the way it works. ainsley: they want a voice 74, 75 million people who voted for trump want their voices heard. steve: they didn't do anything wrong. ainsley: exactly. four years ago remember

deplorable comments? it didn't help. president trump won because people felt like they didn't have a voice in middle america and down in the south and people that liked his policies and he was strong and a businessman and not a politician and he want would to drain the swamp. they have to be careful with this rhetoric because in four more years republicans have to chance to vote again. interest they are fed up. steve: like deplatforming. ainsley: de-programming? steve: exactly. they just want to now that they won they never want to hear from the 74 million again. ainsley: our country needs to hear unity and i hope he gives that message today. hand it over to jillian for headlines. jillian: the pfizer vaccine appears effective against the covid-19 variant found in the u.k. the highly contagious strain has spread around the world including here in the u.s. new study show the lab results show the vaccine is likely to be effective against the variant. the research was published but has not been peer reviewed. the woman accused of stealing

nancy pelosi's laptop during the capitol hill riot is hit with new charges. reilly williams is charged with others helping others to embezzling steal. after video shows her instructing a man to put on gloves before touching the laptop in pelosi's office. williams walls arrested in pennsylvania earlier this week. she is still charged with illegally entering the capitol. barstool sports founder dave portnoy opens up about his fund helping small businesses during the pandemic. >> you see their reaction, how much stress there i haven't slept in six months. i don't tell my wife the stress or vice versa. you real liz what a difference it's making and how crazy it is that is happening. jillian: so far the barstool fund has raised $27 million and helped 153 small businesses and counting. are you feeling lucky the jackpot is up to $730 million. meanwhile the mega millions grand prize up to 970 million

bucks after no jackpot winners overnight. however, 11 tickets did match five numbers including two-million-dollar winners in florida. the next drawing is friday. send it back to you. steve: thank you for reminding me it will. ainsley: we can pull our money. jillian you can participate? will: the media going biblical ahead of will bind's inauguration. >> how many people out there are hearing hallelujah is about the changing of the guard. >> reminded of the psalmist he healed the broken hearted. will: fan fair not stopping there media opinion columnist our friend joe concha next. ♪ ♪

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>> how many people out there are hearing hallelujah and thinking that is not just about the coronavirus. it is about the changing of the guard. >> i'm reminded of the psalmist he healed the broken hearted and pindz up their wounds. >> those lights that are just shooting out from the lincoln memorial, it's almost like extensions of joe biden's arms embracing america. steve: all right. well, as you can hear right there some media fanfare in full swing as joe biden officially takes office less than five and a half hours from right now. it didn't end there a "new york times" editor taking heat after

tweeting i have chills as joe biden landed at joint baste baseandrews yesterday. here to react is fox news contributor and media columnist for the hill joe concha. i think that editor has since deleted that thing about chills. that's very similar to thrill and something else we heard from another guy over at a channel about what was that 12 years ago? >> up a leg i believe, right? so thrills, chills, it rimes. i'm a poet and didn't know it. look, i saw that one clip and from david talking about the arms being extended to america from joe biden. david runs cnn's political unit. this is the same guy, steve, back in 2012 said that republicans were rooting for black people to drown during the republican national convention. so, of course he has been promoted since. that makes complete since. when you hear it aaron so,en

typesque commentary coming from a posing as a journalist. nice clip of the media we will be getting 2021 until 2024 cotton candy questions from the biden administration. that gets old in a hurry and you have to start doing your job as journalists which is to hold the powerful accountable without fear or favor for party. let's see if all these outlet that were speaking in those such glowing terms around the biden administration which was a stark contrast of the trump administration. next throw our four years. i will will have a feel it's going to be challenging. steve: seeing a morphing in the media because the people that really tough questions for donald trump are now the march marshmallow media, is that what you call them? >> marshmallow media or they have left the stage. i was really looking for a jim acosta doing what he did with white house press secretaries under trump or to the president himself in trump with the biden administration. suddenly he has been taken off

the white house correspondents pete peter alexander nbc. in fact mostly female in the pressroom hey that's the good thing we like diversity in terms of the press secretary. most of the white house comms team is female most are female with the exception of peter doocy the congratulations. one of the few people in that room who will be asking fair, tough questions of this administration. steve: don't you think the people watching these press briefings during of the day and i think jen psaki is going to have the first one tonight at 7:00 and probably see portions of it right here on fox. don't you think people at home are going to go and where are the hard questions? where are the questions about this, that, and the other thing that they would have asked a week ago but fast forward to january 20th and where are they now? >> and there are plenty of good questions to ask, steve. around all these executive orders being used day one by the biden administration. you say trump did executive orders, too.

but in this case i'm sick of people looking backwards instead of forwards as far as covering this administration and, look, day one executive orders means executive orders are supposed to be used when congress and senate can't come to a compromise and the president has to step. in joe biden is not even waiting for that even though his party controls of the congress and the senate around the xl pipeline, the keystone around obviously immigration. all of these executive orders we are going to go will without using congress and the senate. that's a crying shame there, steve. steve: it begins today at noon. folks will see it all here on fox. joe, thank you very much. >> all right. good to see you, sir. steve: meanwhile the district of columbia on high alert with 20,000 national guard troops ahead the inauguration. a first-hand rook at the security operation coming up next. ♪ na na na na na ♪ yeah, this is my town ♪ na na na na na ♪ yeah, this is my it

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suspected killer was released from jail two weeks before the shooting. he was serving time behind bars for a violent kidnapping thanks to a soft on crime approach he was able to walk free by only paying $2,000 of his original $200,000 bail. the shooting happening on a philadelphia street corner one week ago. 25-year-old lokar was out for a walk with his dog when he was approached by two men. the entire philadelphia police officer says the city's d.a. has blood on his hands. >> the sole reason lokar is dead is because of larry crazer and his failed social experience. he might as well stood in front of milan and pulled the it interest trigger himself. this is a violent career criminal let out onto the streets of philadelphia to terrorize its citizens. >> in a statement larry crowdner saying this violent act robbed a young man of his life and future. it's not fair nor is it just or

but sadly it is directly related to firearms outnumbering people in a vacuum of reasonable regulation. will police have identified a second person of interest in the murder but have not yet released the name. ainsley: all right. thank you, todd. will, over to you. will: thanks, ainsley. washington, d.c. is on high alert with just hours until joe biden's inauguration. the largest security presence in history patrolling the street to protect the nation's capitol. let's bring in our law enforcement panel retired secret service agent jeff james, retired dallas police officer and dr. darrin porcher. gentlemen, thank you so much for being with us. jeff, let's start with you. you have been there. you are a secret service agent. give us an idea how much has gone into the preparation for this day. what kind of threat. everything that's gone into this day? >> well, the preparation for this started a year ago as it typically does for inaugurations with the secret service. plans have gone into place. modifications are made as intelligence is gathered later in the game. but for the most part these preparations started a year ago

who we are bringing in from outside agencies, what agencies we are going to work with. and excuse me, every contingency has been planned for from drones to release of chemicals to the lone gunman. and i always tell people if you can think of a way a tack the president, the secret service has already thought of it and put mitigations in place. todd: but, simone, i have to say this one looks different than any we have seen in the past. 25 national guard troops. 4,000 u.s. marshals deputized. you have thousand metro police officers on duty. 3,000 police officers from around the country coming in. subway stations closed. all across washington, d.c. it's almost impossible to get in and out of that city center. i think the obvious question many would ask simone despite the event we saw on january 6th. >> is all of this necessary. >> good morning, will, thank you for having me. this is a sad time for our country, for our nation.

in my opinion, i don't think anybody should be celebrating when you have 25,000 troops at our nation's capitol on american soil. who in their lifetime would have ever thought that they would see this. more troops in the united states capitol than in afghanistan, you know, personally, i think that this speaks of biblical proportion. we talk about it. we hear about it, you know, brother against brother, nation against nation. this is what we are seeing now. and it's absolutely scary. so i'm not understanding, you know, i understand the celebration but i don't understand why we are celebrating. we really just need to pray for our nation. we have had officers. i think we have had 6 officers and one k 9 animal shot in the last few days across our nation. it's just a very scary situation. and it we are completely disunited and personally i just think our politicians just need to get it together. will: it's a stunning visual. it truly is a stunning visual who see such a military presence and overwhelming force if you will right there in the nation's

capital. dr. porcher what are do you make of it all. >> remind me of being a lieutenant in the nypd when i worked the u.n. general assembly. far more manpower in connection with what's happening in washington today. however, the security parameters are very similar. one of the things that we need to take note of the secret service is going to be at the apex of this. therefore, the unification and chain of command is essential. you have different agencies that are going to be working together but result 3459ly everyone should be answering to the secret service. many times we have these types of inaugurations or the u.n. general assembly and it can be a level of confusion. but when we have 25,000 troops on the ground i can guarantee you we won't have a problem moving forward. it's necessary in the wake of what happened at the capitol a couple weeks ago. will: we will begin and end with the secret service. jeff, come back to you as the retired secret service service.

you dan bongino called it a box inside a box inside a box. do you agree with dr. porcher then? whatever the visual might tell the nation you can rest assured this is going to be a secure and safe inauguration today? >> absolutely. there may be demonstration activity outside of the secure area, but nothing is going to get inside that inner perimeter without needing to be there. and if something attempts, to again, the secret service is going to have mitigations in place for it. will: all right. our law enforcement panel giving us insight and comfort on what this day might be like. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> thank you, have a good day. >> thank you. will: president trump prime minister delivering full-time address to our nation. mike huckabee previews the future of the first amendment though coming up next. ♪ keep on talking it ♪ please don't stop the music ♪ ♪

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are >> only if we forget who we are and how we got here could we ever allow political censorship and blacklisting to take place in america. shutting down free and open debate violates our core values and most enduring traditions. america is not a timid nation of tamed souls who need to be sheltered and protected from those with whom we disagree. that's not who we are. it will never be who we are. ainsley: part of the president's farewell message yesterday. let's bring in mike huckabee, fox news contributor and former arkansas governor. good morning to you. >> good morning, ainsley, will, steve, great to be with you guys. ainsley: great to have you here. he also said he prayed for the success of the biden which i thought was very nice.

what were your thoughts after you heard the message? >> i thought he perfectly spot on both in tone and content. i'm so glad he addressed the issue of open speech and freedom and liberty. the things that we value. this is a president who has championed those things. so many people have wanted to clamp down on the ability of people to speak freely. but it's the hallmark of who we are as a country. we may not always like the things that other people say in america, but we have always had this idea that we would defend to the death their right to say even the offensive things. that's why i really believe that one of the greatest threats to our country, to our future, to our children's future is this idea that if we don't like an idea, or we don't like something someone is saying, let's get in their face, shut them down, close their businesses, make it go away. that's not the america that has been the shining light to the world. will: governor, as i was watching that speech last night it made me wonder what part of

president trump's message, what part of trumpism will be the flag that others carry on. there has been so many will explanations for what resonated. what president trump stood for. american values being proud of them. being a fighter against a cultural assault. economic populism, the forgotten man, if i asked you the one thing, the one issue or the one symbol. the one message that whoever takes up this mantle in the patriot party, the republican party, what individual, whether a is that flag they need to pick up? what is the number one thing? >> it's america first. and it was so very evident that throughout his campaign and his presidency that this is a president that never apologized for america. we know we have got some sores and wounds and some other things in our past but basically we are also the one nation in the history of civilization that has opened up prosperity and possibility for not just ourselves and our own people but for people arranged the globe. and this president didn't

apologize for who we are and where we have come from. i often said during the campaign of 2016 that you could go into a waffle house and see four guys sitting around drinking their coffee, kind of huddled in close where no one else could hear them and they would talk about the things they really believed. in donald trump would go to the podium and in a microphone in front of 25,000 people say what those guys just said. and people celebrated he was speaking for working class people. and for the common guy are. he has launderinged a movement. that movement isn't going anywhere. people may say he the message and principles upon which he built his presidency not the personality and you made, i think, a great point distinguishing that a few minutes ago. miss message of building the country and putting american people first that ain't going anywhere.

steve: governor, there are some who are using this occasion to say we have got to just essentially change all those people who voted for trump, we were talking about it, the new york -- rather, the new mexico state university professor who had had it up to here and was on tucker last night and was quoting that state legislator. james comey pretty much responsible for the mueller investigation of the president said this to the guardian newspaper. he said the republican party needs to be burned so is that good add advice? just burn it down? >> here's from the arsonist of

the fbi who nearly burned down the institution of the federal bureau of investigation single-handedly who destroyed it reputation for being a professional organization that sought for justice equally. i doubt many americans care what james comey has to think about how we're going to fix the republican party and conservative movement. he is neither republican nor conservative. and frankly i'm grateful that in america he can express himself but we will take that under advisement. which means we will put it under a blanket and think about it no more. ainsley: governor, thanks for being with us. >> good to see you guys. ainsley: good to see you too. steve: now i want to go to the waffle house and have coffee and pecan waffles. ainsley: my dad does that with his friends. will: that's right. ainsley: caused $2 billion of damages this summer. why is the "new york times" calling the blm will isolated incidents? a reality check from david webb

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the summer's isolated incidents of looting and property destruction. former new york magazine columnist andrew sullivan is calling out the "times" tweeting that's how the "new york times" describes one to two billion dollars of damage this summer in a news story the biggest in u.s. history. here to react is fox news contributor and radio talk show host david webb. good morning, david. >> good morning, ainsley. good to see you. ainsley: thank you. good to see you. first start with the "new york times." what's your reaction to what they said? >> we are going to get to them in a second but if i could let me say this to donald trump, president trump, his family, to the administration, thank you for all the work you've done for four long and arduous years four tumultuous years and certainly over the last year to keep this country standing when others are were shutting it down. now, let's get to the context or lack of it in the media. the fact is that you just cited some of the numbers. billions of dollars in damage,

economic destruction, lives and livelihoods destroyed. over 2,000 police officers hurt. six times as many officers that were killed as in the capitol the people that died rather in the capitol during the riot. by the way, that riot was also wrong. and whoever carried it out matters. an important context, the left and their allies carried out these riots over the last year, black lives matter', antifa, anarchists, whatever form they want to call themselves. and they were even supported by a presidential and vice presidential candidate biden and harris' staffers, campaign staffers who raised money to bail rioters out of jail versus a peaceful call that was violated when people went into the capitol. i don't care who you are, that was also wrong. so rather than just in broad context let's look at it for what it is and the end goals of those who have destroyed neighborhoods around america and by the way, still at this point to do so because they were

righting in portland last night and in other areas around the country. ainsley: what happens to the republican party? how does that heal going forward? >> the republican party needs some more introspection. of the party has evolved and expanded. donald trump had 11-plus million more voters than he did in 2016. they voted down the ballot. so the republican party needs to be fixed in some ways. interest are some good people there. but, if we are going to move forward on republican values, we have got to do the hard work and, again, to the family, the administration, take a break, a well-deserved rest and then rejoin the maga fight, because this movement is not over. ainsley: david, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. ainsley: you are welcome. tom of the hour are bill hemmer and dana perino are going to join us. k.t. mcfarland, dan crenshaw and martha mccallum are going to join us so stick around. ♪

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biden's inauguration. griff jenkins is live at the national mall and peter doocy is at the white house. steve: start with david spunt joint base andrews where the president will give farewell remarks and where we are expecting him to arrive in about two and a half hours, terrified. >> good morning to you three. it's a snowy morning here at joint base andrews. president trump will leave the south lawn of the white house one final time on marine one at 8:00. it will take about 10 to 15 minutes to get here to joint base andrews. at that point he will land here. he will give some remarks to some close supporters. but some big news coming out of the white house overnight. the president issuing 143 pardons and commutations. some of the big names on there, republican donor elliott brode also steve bannon his long time campaign strategist. two rappers lil' wayne and bill capri more commonly known as kodak black also receiving those and one person tied to the russian probe paul erickson. once arriving at joint base

andrews the president will make those remarks about 10 to 15 minutes worth greeting supporters before boarding air force one for the final time. this is unprecedented for a president to take air force one on inauguration day. the reason normally it's not called airs one when the president will because they are no longer president when they leave washington. they usually sit through the successor's inauguration ceremony and say goodbye before boarding a helicopter from the capitol and a plain home. president trump is the first president since 1869 not to attend his successor's inauguration. andrew johnson skipped town before general ulysses grant was sworn. in john adams did the same to thomas jefferson and his son john quincy adams left before andrew jackson took over as the 7th president. president trump will take off from where president-elect joe biden and his family landed yesterday here at joint base andrews for decades presidents have flown n and out.

president trump will take the nuclear code. it's called the nuclear football with him. typically will, ainsley and steve, the nuclear football is transferred just before the inauguration but since president trump is heading down to florida, those codes will go with him. they will become inactive at 12:01 p.m. and i can imagine the president looking forward to getting down to florida because just a few minutes ago it was snowing and it's very windy. back to you. will. ainsley: thank you, david. griff jenkins live at the national mall with preparations on security measures there. hey, griff. griff: it is windy down here as well. one thing history will remember about this inauguration is certain liver the security. there behind me in the distance, on the west front, the inauguration will take place. joe biden sworn in as the 46th president here in about 5 hours. donte capitol more fortified than it ever has been perhaps in its history. this is unbelievable the amount of the security we had to come

through here with the national guard here with everyone. and, of course, the difference it looks with the flags. thousands of flags you see behind me along the mall. thousands of americans we usually see out here are gone because the mall is closed. closed also incoming bridges to the city. they are on lockdown and they're on high alert now we did hear yesterday the report that 12 guard members, national guard members were pulled from duty because of what commanders called potential ties to far right wing extremist groups. but, commanders also saying they feel that it's very secure and safe. they are not worried about that. it's quiet, it's calm down here. almost surreal, ainsley, but one thing is for sure. we expect a peaceful transfer of power. a little later today and it's going to happen under security preparations we have never seen in the nation's capitol. guys? steve: that is an under statement. griff, thank you very much. now, peter decembery is live

outside the white house with president-elect had joe biden's plans on this big day for him. peter? >> good morning. and biden's events yesterday were somber. today we expect to see him celebrate but he has been waiting a long time for this. so we also expect him to soak it all in like he did when he said goodbye in delaware, yesterday. >> look, you know, you have all -- this is kind of emotional. [applause] for me. >> first order of business for 46 by the close of business today stopping border wall construction. rejoining the paris climate accord, ending the travel ban on countries from majority will launching a 100 day masking challenge requiring masks on federal property or traveling across state lines happen with a 17 series of executive actions or orders for can will take

action this afternoon. following a 20 to 0 minute speech the biden officials tell us look forward but fold in some of the lines that work well for him on the campaign trail. he has also invited some republicans like mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy to join him for a private mass at saint patrick's cathedral dupont circle. this is a strange few hours in the 1600 block of pennsylvania because joe biden is across the street at blare house. there are biden harris signs all along the fence line at the white house. but, president trump is still in there. you can see the light are on. so, president trump here, joe biden just a few hundred feet away. and they are going to trade places or at least joe biden is going to come on in here in just a couple hours. ainsley: peter this is the first time i have have talked to you since you got the big job congratulations. >> thank you, ainsley. ainsley: we are proud of you, especially that guy to my right. steve: can you tell? can you see my head getting

bigger. ainsley: bring in dana perino and bill hemmer co-anchors. >> good morning. >> good morning. ainsley: bill, you are outside on the platform. the inauguration will happen behind you. i hear it's snowing there. >> it was snowing about 4:00 this morning. you are right about that. we are in a bit of a whipped tunnel right now. guys, i want to emphasize to you how remarkably different this affair will be today. this is a sixth inauguration i have covered going back to 2001. normally when you show up to predawn hours, there are thousands, if not tens of thousands of people who are waiting to clear security. you see none of that. the mall has been closed off. and the seats behind me here in the west side of the capitol they are par televisioned primarily in groups of two for members of congress and a guest. 6 feet apart. social distancing, and it goes back about 100 yards and that's it. this is going to be a remarkably different affair for the american people to watch at home throughout the country.

will: you know, dana, of the message today reportedly from joe biden is one of unity. i can't help but wonder over the last several years if not just ears but backs have been turned to each other in this country. we are so divided. quite honestly the biden-harris campaign delved into a lot of those divides whether or not they were racial or political. now we are hearing talk of de-programming is there anything that joe biden can say today, dana, to really turn people toward a focus on unity? >> actually, ainsley, i get to be across the street from the white house. in 2009 on this day, all those years ago, i was here saying goodbye to president bush, saying goodbye to the press. and at that time also, will, everyone was talking about the need for unity. i do think that the polarization has definitely gotten worse and barbara bush used to say that one of the best ways for a marriage to succeed but she also said this for the country is

that both sides have to be willing to go 65% of the way there. i have a tough time with goodbyes. i cry at all of them. i also love hellos. today is going to be the most important speech of joe biden's public service. and he will talk about unity. kamala harris plans to talk about unity. tans historic day. they are not going to unify the nation in one day on one speech. but we will see what they can do with their -- putting their first foot first responder best step forward as well. steve: as we look at the capitol with the sun coming up in the distance. ainsley: beautiful. steve: distance out there, bill, you know, this is going to be different than anything we have seen in our lifetime. i have actually been around long enough -- this will be my tenth inauguration that we have covered. unfortunately this is the first one i'm not in washington which is completely different. but then again, the president of the united states, donald trump, will not be in washington as joe biden takes the oath, dayna.

and so that is something that is different. donald trump has decided to go ahead and he is going to leave for west palm beach just about an hour from right now. >> dana: is he going to give farewell ranchts 8:00 hour here. he released a video yesterday in which it was a farewell message to america talking about the accomplishments. he prayed for the next administration. and he did also talk about unity. but, you are absolutely right, steve, this will be something to see. everyone should stay tuned, watch this because you are are going to want to talk about this with your children and grandchildren, it's historic. it was a very consequential four years. president trump came in as a disrupter and he disrupted. he accomplished a lot, but he also left a lot of people wondering about this unity issue

but the policies -- i don't know if you will see too much changes on some of the things like foreign policy, for example, i know that they are talking about a few changes, but, i got to tell you when it comes to the abraham accords in the middle east and even frankly the relationships that president trump was able to form with mexico to make sure that our border was secure, i think those are going to stick around. ainsley: dana, when you worked for president bush what was it like la night night so many people that voted for president trump that have a hole in their heart this morning. what is he going through, do you think this morning? >> well, you know, it's true that a lot of people are heart broken, disappointed in the election results. but there are also, you know, 81 million that are delighted that their president won. that their candidate won. and so i think that the other thing to remember is that things change, right? so four years ago, president trump won. and four years later joe biden

wins. and america can show over and over again that we can do these transitions. we can be a bee con of hope for the world. and i think that for staff inside the west wing today it will be a skeletal staff. there is very few people left there in the west wing. it's typical. not just this administration on this day. few people left. i'm sure they're a little bit tearful. one of the hardest things, aviansly, is saying goodbye to your teammates, your friends. those relationships that you build in the white house are forged in fire. and they will be friends for the rest of their lives. but it's also hard to see your president unhappy and disappointed. and hopefully they can feel some measure of success and hold their heads high as they leave today. you know, i marlin fitzwater the press secretary to george h.w. bush. he told me on the day they left the white house on that january 20th. that he felt -- they felt so

decorrected and so sad. it wasn't too long after that that that they were able to see that they accomplished a lot but that they also had, you know, a lot of pride in what they did. so i think that people can have a lot of mixed emotions on a day like today. but here's the thing that president bush told me when i said i would miss him. he said we don't have a choice. we have to leave at noon. they are going to turn the lights off on us. you are either going to be pulled out of the white house kicking and screaming or you are going to go peacefully and joyfully with me. i chose the latter option. steve: i don't think anybody in your administration actually pried the ws off the word processers which i think happened once upon a time. >> no. steve: i have to ask you, dana, people leaving the administration, particularly the west wing, we have been reading in the last week or two about some people on the political left are trying to punish people who worked at the administration and keep them from ever getting a job again. >> it's so wrong for a couple of reasons.

one, it's wrong because people that want to serve their country can go forward with pride that they did that, right? whether it be in the obama administration, the trump administration, the bush administration. now, if companies decide they don't want to hire them, that's fine. here is the other reach i think it's very shortsighted, steve. if you are a company and dealing with tough issues or crises, there is nobody more battle-tested than the people that worked in this administration. and i think that make just give this a few days. maybe a week and i think they could succeed i would never want to shut off someone's opportunity because of somebody they worked with before. it's not good practice and also i think it's cutting off their nose to spite their face. will: well, america pauses to embrace ceremony. we embrace this transition of power. the news doesn't stop. issues keep forming. they keep mounting at the doorstep quite literally when it comes to immigration deign fmla

talked about immigration policy. there is a migrant caravan that has been mounting and moving north as we speak. jen psaki the president's incoming press secretary. contagions varying around of the world not the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel. in response to that john cornyn the it will does that include caravans of migrants coming from central america? we have bill hemmer back with small technical difficulty. i would love to get your response on that, bill. >> bill: this day is off to a flying start, guys. good morning. again, the sun is not even up yerkts i tell you and the winds are from the northwest and they are sustained at about 15 miles per hour. going to go higher. i will tell you on the west side of the capitol everybody behind me from joe biden, to kamala harris and the chief justice john roberts, they are all going to feel this thing today kicking up through the morning here around the 11:00 and 12:00 noon

hour which will be the high point for this day. with regard to immigration, it is clearly one of the biggest tests for the incoming administration. we will see how they handle it. we know what the executive orders will bring. and we know what the immigration orders could bring ultimately, 8, 10, 12 years down the road. buff how they deal with this caravan will be a test of what they have done in the past week is try to signal to the central american government was to tell the people on the move that they will not be the first priority. there are thousands on the southern side of the mexican border who have been waiting essentially in line to have their opportunity come to the united states. they are the first ones that will be given that nod if and when that day comes. the caravan won't the effect of that is those made their way up through mexico many by the hundreds if not thousands have returned to their home countries. we will see what they do not just over the coming weeks and

months and over the coming year and how the administration handles that. steve: ainsley? ainsley: dana, what was your reaction to that you were the press secretary and you were in her exact spot jen psaki's. what was your reaction? >> dana: one of the reasons she tweeted that initially president trump said he was going to lift restrictions on people coming from a few of the countries. i think brazil was one of them and a couple of others. and the biden administration, incoming administration is saying we don't think that's a good idea. that is not going to happen. but i do think this is not only going to be a test for the biden administration. it will be the first flash point for this new congress. and now you have a slimmer majority in the house for nancy pelosi and the democrats. and you have a 50/50 split in the senate. so, i think getting anything done is absolutely going to have to require compromise. this will mean very tough votes for the democrats early on. i know -- we're just on inauguration day but, belief me, they are already thinking about the midterms in 2022 with the

slim majorities in the house and the senate. they have know that they are on limited time in order to try to get a lot done with the bipartisan group here. it. steve: bill hemmer, quickie answer, what about a senate trial? is it going to happen? >> bill: i think the question was about a senate trial. i apologize, guys. but, off to a flying start here. i don't know how the rest of this day is going to go. the impeachment trial, i would expect we're going to have some movement by the end of the week from chuck schumer to give us an idea as to how they would likely proceed. that would be my best guest as of this morning. will: bill hemmer, dana perino, "america's newsroom" at 9:00 before that we will check back in with the both of you. >> bill: see you then. will: about one how from now. >> dana: thanks, guys. steve: get some hair spray, bill. will: russia collusion narrative is back. listen. >> i would love to see his phone records, to see whether he was talking to putin the day that

the insurgency invaded our capitol. do you think we need a 9/11 type commission to investigate and report everything that they can pull together and explain what happened? >> i do. i don't know if putin has on him politically, financially or personally. will: that's hillary clinton and nancy pelosi calling for another congressional investigation into president trump's ties with putin. even after he has left office. so, is the left interested in healing or just plain revenge? joining me now deputy national security adviser k.t. mcfarland. k.t., good morning to you. well, it's back. russia collusion here once again this time when it comes to the events of january 6th. what do you think? >> i think these two ladies are like dogs with a bone and they just can't give it up. they still think well there must have been russian collusion with something. they will try to figure it out what it is later there must have been russian collusion in the 2016 election or with donald trump or i guess it must be now. i mean, come on. let's just move on.

there is nothing there. there is no there there. and if they think there was russian collusion that the russians knew about the january 6th rights january 6th riots, didn't seem to know there was a problem coming. then we really have an intention failure. will: k.t., what do you attribute the obsession. to say a senate investigation, a house investigation, media obsession, special prosecutor investigation. every which way this has been looked into and yet here is hillary clinton saying let's bring it up again. whether a is the obsession about? >> i don't know. i mean i guess talk about the ultimate sore losers. here is what i think that the foundation of it is. will, is that the democrats particularly hillary clinton, the biden administration, the obama administration go back. they never saw china as the real threat. they always thought well it's russia or it's terrorists or middle east or climate change and it was like a willful blindness not to accept the real issue is cline.

i think that continues today. if hillary clinton and nancy pelosi still think that it's vladimir putin and the russians that present the greatest strategic threat to the united states technology, military, economy, they are making a grave mistake and a grave mistake for the nation because the chinese threat is in front of us. it's looming and chinese have every intention of replacing the united states as the dominant military economic cyber technological whatever power within the decade. will: it's a seemingly birth right expectation of hillary clinton to have been president of the united states and she still can't believe she lost. there must be some other explanation for that happening. let me ask you about something you know something about deeply. and that is the iranian nuclear deal. there are reports out there in israeli media that there is already quiet talks happening between officials and the incoming biden administration and the renegotiating this iran nuclear deal. and take a look here at some of the biden cabinet members.

biden officials who were part of the original iranian negotiation. you have john kerry, special presidential convey. william burns, concernedy sherman deputy secretary of state. jon finer principle deputy national security adviser and jake sullivan national security adviser. what do you make of this real approach to iran? >> it's a huge mistake for a couple of reasons. number one, you know, there is nothing that speaks to the hypocrisy of washington more than the way the democrat media con glom rat and the democrats are approaching biden administration officials talking to iran throughout the trump administration, throughout biden administration transition period compared to how they dealt with president trump during his transition. of the whole russia hoax was launched because they accused trump and general flynn and myself and others of talking to the russians during the transition. well, now the democrats are openly and brazenly bragging about talking to the iranians. so there is the hypocrisy issue. but, will, there is a second issue which is iran.

why empower iran right now? you know, it's teed up for biden to have great success in the middle east and to allow iran once again to be enriched, once again to pursue terrorist activities, once again to develop missiles, once gotten develop nuclear weapons i think would be a terrific strategic mistake in the middle east and the only thing it would do is launch a nuclear arms race in the most dangerous part of the world. will: k.t. mcfarland former deputy national security adviser. thank you so much for your perspective this morning, k.t. >> thanks, will. will: coming up, president trump delivering his farewell to our nation ahead of his final stair money as president later this morning. rob smith and joey jones reflect on his america first legacy next. ♪ taking care of business ♪ everyday ♪ taking care of business ♪ every way ♪ i've been taking care of business ♪ it's all right ♪ taking care of business ♪ working overtime ♪ work out ♪

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>> as i conclude my term as the 45th president of the united states, i stand before you truly proud of what we have achieved together. we did what we came here to do and so much more. we restored american strength at home and american leadership abroad. i took on the tough battle, the hardest fights, the most difficult choices because that's what you elected me to do. will: here to react the host of rob smith is problematic podcast and army veteran rob smith and fox news contributor and marine veteran joey jones. good morning, gentlemen. >> good morning. >> good morning. will: let's start with you rob. what was your reaction to president trump's farewell address? >> i thought it was a very, very strong farewell address. in some ways i have to be honest i wish we could have heard more of this tone over the past two months. what you think is the most important about this address is that president trump talked

about the things that have been accomplished over the past four years be very specific about criminal justice reform about the amazing economy. the precoronavirus economy that we had. and a lot of amazing things that he did in terms of cutting regulation. the most important thing was that he said we a lot. he said we, we, we. because this america first movement this maga movement obviously president trump is the leader of it, but it's going to take a lot of us who are his 75 million voters to bring the movement forward. and there are a lot of people who feel a little bit nervous about what is to come next and a lot of people feeling very much in the wilderness right now. if we come together, we can take things back and i think that is the optimistic tone of his farewell speech. i thought it was very, very good. steve: joey, speaking of what is next according to the "wall street journal" the president has been talking to some friends about maybe starting another party. to essentially mobilize the trump base he would call it the

patriot party but ultimately, you know, with a party you need infrastructure, you need money, you need time. >> yeah. i don't know if that's really the answer. i don't know if that's really all that possible right now. i think americans are going to sit here and even ones who think the election was stolen and look at the fights that are going to be right in front. the democrats will come swinging and get something done in the next two years. we will know who the republicans are that are going to stand by as american citizens and voters believe in freedom and quite frankly if mitch mcconnell and others if we feel like we let us down then many voters may be looking for another party. i think that will need to happen first. you know, as far as last night's are address goes, this was one for the history books. it was something to write down and put on record and say the right things. i think if what happened at the capitol we would get a trump demeanor rally speech and that's more his style and disheartening to me that we didn't get that i this the situation right now

dictates a more solemn tone. he said a lot of the right things. when he talks about strength in leadership, nothing stronger on national defense than a strong economy. and that legacy is something he can own. right now today, we have a strong economy despite all the reasons we shouldn't. i talked to people in the marketplace all the time and they are even baffled by it. and if we can survive through and it not have some bubble burst out from under us, then that is a legacy worth hanging his hat on and one we should praise him for. ainsley: what you do you expect in florida today he leaves at 8:45 and president trump will arrive in florida 8:30. do you think he will get a warm welcome down there. >> absolutely he will get a warm welcome down here. look, i love the great state of florida. moving here 8 months ago was one of the best decisions i ever made in my life. this is a very republican maga friendly state. so i think he is going to get a very, very warm welcome down here in florida. you know, i had to escape new york. i'm pretty much a political refugee but i love it here. i think that florida loves president trump, too.

will: you know, i think this ended up being inevitable. some point when it came to the national anthem. debates when it came to sports stars should you criticize an athlete that kneels. second do you have to unequivocally support the idea of kneeling. eventually get to the point where if you stand for the national anthem you will be subject to criticism. we got there this week. carli lloyd, u.s. women's national team soccer star stood for the national anthem and thus the criticism ensued. here's what carli lloyd said, guys, after thee stood for the national anthem. >> i think the beauty of this team is that we stand behind each other no matter what. and you know, players decided to kneel. some players decided to stand and at the end of the day we have each other's back. will: criticism came, joey she said they had each other's back and they supported each other. apparently for many offering up criticism that means you do what everyone else does in this case kneeling.

>> criticism comes in abundance but courtroom is seldom. it takes courage to be on that team and stand for the anthem. i have a good friend that was on that team when they won the medal. just understand it's not easy. there is a lot of peer pressure there. there is a lot of toxic energy there if she says they have each other's backs then she needs teammates to speak up and say as much. as a proud measure, i can't thank her enough. i don't know anything about her politics or orientation or anything like that and quite frankly i don't care. she san american. someone i love because of it. and i appreciate her standing up and letting us know that she appreciates this country. ainsley: guys, thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. ainsley: you are welcome. you are welcome. joe biden set to unveil a sweeping set of executive actions today. so just how different will america look in these next 100 days? our panel byron york, lisa booth, lieutenant colonel allen west are going to weigh in next. ♪

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couple of hours. this year is going to look a lot different because of the pandemic and people are being told don't come. jacqui heinrich is live on capitol hill with more. but, jackie, there are, i understand, something like 2,000 people they are expecting? >> that's right. good morning to you, steve from the east front of the capitol this morning. president-elect joe biden was already part of the largest inaugural ceremony to date. that was president obama's inauguration back in 2009. but today will look a whole lot different about 2,000 people total are expected, now, usually the inaugural committee will give around 200,000 ticket to lawmakers to distribute to their constituents. this year they are getting just one for themselves and one more for a guest. there will be several vips though in attendance. we will have former presidents clinton, george w. president bush and obama here with their spouses. they will accompany joe biden after his swearing in to arlington national cemetery where he will have a wreath

laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier. but a number of traditions have been scrapped either because of the pandemic, because of security risk or because of general political turmoil. president trump will become the first president in more than 150 years not to appear alongside his successor to commemorate a peaceful transfer of power. and that means that another tradition that's entoured since 1837, the inaugural ceremony, the ride from the white house to the capitol and the procession will not happen with biden and trump together. that has endured since 1837 when martin van buren road with jackson wooden carriage made from u.s. ss constitution. it has gone on since with very few exceptions since then. a number of other tradition also continue. biden is going to be continuing his personal tradition of attending church before a very

significant event that will happen this morning and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is going to accompany him, steve? steve: a very busy morning. jacqui heinrich up on capitol hill. thank you very much. let's bring in fox news contributor lisa booth. let's also bring be in texas g.o.p. chairman, former florida congressman lieutenant colonel allen west and fox news contributor byron york. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> hi, steve. steve: lisa, let's start with you. so joe biden, as we have heard, is going to have something like 17 executive actions and orders on day one and to his base it's going to look like look at this guy. this something all presidents do the first day. is he just doing a lot of them. >> yeah, if you look at his priorities they don't make our lives better. they make our lives worse. and if you look at something like even the paris climate accord, president trump pulled out of it because he said you know what? i represent pittsburgh, i don't represent paris. enough to we have got a guy in the office who cares more about

paris, even if you look at some of the climate proposals that he supports, they take us away from things like national guard which is the entire reason why we have been able to reduce climate emissions and become more energy efficient. what it does is ultimately sends jobs overseas while kowtowing to countries like china, even a priority of his he says that he wants to increase the minimum wage to $15. that's a kick in the teeth to small businesses that are already struggling because of leftist lockdowns and closures. or even his desire to give amnesty to almost 2 million illegal immigrants in this country rewards law-breaking at the expense of the american worker. so none of these policies, none of his priorities whether it's the executive actions he wants to take or the policies that he has laid out that are important to him, they all hurt the american worker. the american people. steve: right. as we look at joint base andrews right there the 747 air force one in the background. the president, we believe, will be on board within the hour.

you will see him leave the white house in about 20 minutes. lieutenant colonel allen west, what do you make of what we have seen so far about joe biden's agenda for day one? >> well, joe biden's agenda does not help the people here in the great state of texas as lisa articulated. we have seen about 8900 small businesses that lost their vitality and viability and this last year and we don't want to have a $15 minimum wage mandate come down upon our small businesses that are struggling. you talk about oil and gas industry which is the bread and butter of texas, texas is the largest exporter coming out of port our their texas of leg leg divide national guard. the united states of america is energy independent and net export of energy resources because of the policies of president trump and his administration. and why we want to go backwards and make america subserve janet

once again to opec countries which are not exactly friendly to the united states of america. and of course we share a very large border. we have to be concerned about the open border policies. and be welcoming of millions of illegal immigrants into the united states of america. we don't want to see that as well here in the great state of texas. steve: byron york, how much of president trump's legacy that he achieved through executive order will joe biden be able to erase? >> a lot of it. actually, what we are seeing is a continuation of a process. barack obama did a lot of things by executive authority because he couldn't get them through congress daca, the immigration program being one of those things. then president trump tried to undo those. and president trump ran into a very hostile court system. his opponents tried to stop the president, president trump from using his executive authority.

they cited something called the administrative procedures act, which basically said president trump failed to dot all the i's and cross all the ts in his executive order and stopped president trump from using his executive authority to undo what barack obama had done by his executive authority. so now comes joe biden. i'm guessing but i don't think biden will face a lot of the opposition that trump did in the courts and will have an easier time of it undoing the president's executive authority legacy. he is going to stop construction on the border wall at noon today. and do a lot of other things and probably will not face the opposition that trump did. steve: sure, absolutely. lisa, we saw the president make his farewell address by video. although we do see a podium set up at joint base andrews. we believe he will address the people who are assembled there within the half hour or so after he leaves the white house.

one thing about donald trump over the last two months we have heard a lot about the election, but during his four years he was able to get a lot done. lisa: yeah, absolutely e got a lot done and, again, he really kind of had a more america first agenda focusing on the american people right here at home and those days are gone. and one of my biggest concerns is part of the reason people elected donald trump because of folks like joe biden, the people that have been in washington for decades who have contributed to the problem there and they really sought an outsider. now we have someone who has really been part of the problem who is engrained in the swamp who only knows the same failed policies of the people who came before him. so i think we are just going to continuation of that brokenness and my biggest fear, too, is the weaponization of government against political opponents like what we saw under the obama administration the going after

conservatives. weaponizeing the doj and fbi to spy on the trump campaign, spy on, you know, the press and people that they don't like. so i really have a concern that joe biden is going to do that but worse. steve: all right. colonel? >> well, to identify echo those same sentiments. when you look at what just recently happen with the fbi vetting national guard troops, that's very disconcerting for me because if we're going to start plift sizing our military, what's next? political officers and cam zars in our military to make sure they are voting along a certain ideology? are you going to trolling and reducing their free speech. they take an oath to the constitution not a person and we don't take an toyota a political party. we sit on freedom's ramparts to protect this great nation. steve: byron, i will give you the final word, quickly. >> president trump's farewell video yesterday really did lay out an enormous number of

accomplishments, going to read a view creating jobs, cutting taxes, killing regulations, new trade deals, a tougher stance toward china, rising wages, criminal justice reform, border security, energy protection, three supreme court justice. 300 other federal judges, the destruction of isis and middle east break through. it's enormously positive record and a lot of people were hoping that the president would spend the last couple of months highlighting that record instead of his election challenges. steve: in fact, he will be leaving the white house in the next 15 to 20 manipulates. lisa and colonel and byron, thank you very much. >> thank you. steve: joe biden clearing the pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal imgrant. retired acting ice director tom homan on what that means for american security coming up next. ♪ one foot in front of the other ♪ ♪ one foot in front of the other

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♪ presidential. ainsley: one of the biden administration first order of business today he immigration reform bill including a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants. what will these policies mean for the border let's bring in retired are ice director and fox news contributor tom homan. hi, tom. >> good morning, ainsley. ainsley: what does a pathway look like in a biden administration. >> look, i think he sent a message to the rest of the world not only going to give amnesty are 11 million closer to 20 million we have been talking 11 million for close a decade. enter this country illegally you won't be detained. no ice detention. you won't be deported put a moratorium on deportations. end remain in exin co-program asylum seekers don't qualify based on the data the last few years can come to the country and coming back to catch and release. the border will be porous and we will once again have a border in chaos.

ainsley: we are looking at marine one right now. the president is going to have a ceremony at joint base andrews around 8:15, 8:20 we are being told. and then he is going to get on air force 1 and depart for florida. we will continue to watch this. tom, when was the last time you talked to the president and how is he doing? >> look, he's a strong man. i don't know any man stronger. to put up what he put up for four years, the attacks against him and his family. he has done more -- i have said this many times, many times. i have worked for six presidents started with ronald reagan and no one has done more. more president has done more to secure this border and protect this country than donald trump. and that's just a stone cold fact. i was with him last tuesday. we air force one to go look at the 150 miles of wall. what a great and historic accomplishment. he built a wall. the wall that the men and women of border patrol wanted. have been begging for. a wall if you look at the data. every place they built a border barrier has resulted in decreased illegal immigration and decreased illegal drug flow.

walls work, walls save lives. the president listened to the experts and he gave the expert what they needed to do their job more effectively. >> as you see what's happening here, knowing that the president is about to leave the white house for the final time as president of the united states, what goes through your mind? i know you are a staunch supporter of his. >> well, it's a sad day for me, look, i'm going to respect any president elected why the american people. again, i have worked for 35 years on immigration enforcement and border security. this president was heads and shoulders above anybody. you got to understand, this pat year immigration was down 80% until illegal immigration because of this president and his bold action. congress fought him every step of the way. there is not enough president out there that i ever worked for that had that kind of success, especially when members of congress fought against you. the courts fought against him. he has agreements with central american countries and mexico to help us secure our border. it's a sad day in america when

the country of mexico does more to secure our border than the democrat controlled congress. ainsley: speaking of that we showed the video yesterday and this morning of these thousands of migrants that are in this caravan and they are heading to the u.s. border. what will biden do about that when they reach the united states? >> well, he said he is going to delay the actions. as far as too little, too late. he knew exactly what he was doing when he set these enticements out he said he was going to put a moratorium. end remain in mexico and free healthcare. fy 14 and 5 president went to give a briefing on border surge at that time. what's causing the border surge and how you fix it. he knows what causes border surges and what fixed it. consequences deterrence, detention. what's he doing now? my opinion he was more interested in winning an election and catering to the left to say the things he said knowing it would cause a surge. but he wanted to put his own political interest ahead of that of the country, which is sad.

so now that the fire is lit and you are not going to be able to put that fire out. people are coming from all the world to enter this country because of the promises that he has made. ainsley: tom, thank you so much for being on with us. >> thank you for having me. ainsley: you are welcome. :55 on the east coast. you see marine one at the white house waiting for the president to board the helicopter and then go to joint base andrews for his final ceremony as president of the united states. let's bring back in steve and will, steve, i will start with you, your thoughts? steve: well, you know, this is one of those things we have never seen in our lifetime where the president of the united states is actually going to leave town before the inauguration. but, you know, for covid and a variety of other reasons, it is a much different inauguration. and president trump, even though yesterday in his farewell video, where he was defiant and he was unapologetic, he nonetheless wished the incoming administration well. he said this week we national inin gnawingrate.

we want them to have luck. he also condemned the january 6 a tack on the capitol. said political violence can never be tolerated. and as you see up at the top of the screen, the southport co, you see the red carpet right there. the president and the first lady will come out of that door probably within the next couple of minutes as you can see at the top underneath where it says the white house. that's where the white house press pool is gathered. and normally, on the right side at the top is where supporters would be. but, today the supporters are out at joint base andrews. and so after he takes a quick 10-minute flight from the south lawn, he is going to go to joint base before he gets on air force 1. and that is where everybody, all of his supporters, cabinet members, things like that who have assembled on this

inauguration day will give him a fond farewell. >> looks like two people are walking across the run a right now. will: as you point out, steve, one of the most abnormal inaugurations. one of the most abnormal in history dating back to the 1800s when we have not had a sitting president of the inauguration ceremony of incoming president. expectation for our viewers, steve, you began to lay it out right there. any moment now in the next five minutes, 10 minutes president trump should make his way out of the white house on to marine one. he will then fly over to joint air force base andrews where a ceremony is expected to take place there at about 8:15 eastern time. we are looking at the president to give some remarks at that ceremony and then as you point out head to florida. meanwhile, there in washington, d.c., we'll then begin again one of the most abnormal inaugurations with the entire city shut down, a military presence, a police presence, and very, very as you pointed out, steve, few supporters present.

i think the number right now suggested is about 2,000 potential supporters there. >> steve: for joe biden. ainsley: i guarantee there will be a lot of trump supporters in florida. we will keep the shot up so when the president and the first lady walkout that will be ready to go. we are covering what is happening in washington. steve, peter doocy, david spent is a joint base andrews. what is it looking like? >> reporter: i just saw white house chief of staff mark meadows here and other chief of staff, they won't be making the right over with him on marine one but behind me there is a pen reserved for supporters and dependent empty. things may be running behind. we were told the president may

be speaking at 8:15, 8:20. it is a short ride, 10 or 15 minute helicopter ride from the south lawn of the white house to joint base andrews. things may be running late, supporters coming here in the president getting closer to arriving, donald trump will speak for 10 or 15 minutes to those supporters, make remarks before boarding air force one for the final time. this is unprecedented for a president to take air force one on inauguration day. normally it is not called air force one when an outgoing president leaves because when they leave they are no longer president. they have gone through their successor's inauguration before boarding helicopter, taking a tour the n taking a ride home. donald trump is the first president since 1869 not to attend his successor's inauguration. andrew jackson skipped town before general ulysses grant was warning, john adams to the same to thomas jefferson, john quincy adams did the same to

andrew jackson. the president will take off from where president-elect joe biden and his wife landed yesterday. for decades presidents have flown in and out of maryland basin donald trump says he's leaving while still commander-in-chief and take what is called the nuclear code, the nuclear football in case there should be any kind of emergency, he still has access to that until president-elect biden becomes president. biden at 12:01:00 pm after the inauguration ceremony those codes are deactivated. behind me you see a stage set up, air force one behind me, mark meadows and other staff members, no supporters but i suspect they will be coming soon. todd: a beautiful background, donald trump's exit, peter doocy live outside the white house with president-elect biden's planes. >> reporter: i want to deck out the photo you see of the south

lawn the camera angle you almost never get at the top of the washington monument they only put up there on special occasions, today being one of them. when you see donald trump, a lot of things will happen very quickly. we understand all of the biden belongings are in moving trust, takes the oath and is sworn in. as soon as the president and first lady walkout of the white house out of the last time, he will round up anything they might have left behind to go with them and the place we are told is going to be sanitized for the bidens, start moving all their things in. we understand the president,

the next president, joe biden, is not going to go right to the residents, he will stop at the oval office first to undo a couple of major trump agenda items. he's going to stop border wall construction, rejoin the paris climate accord and the travel ban on people coming into the country from majority muslim countries and launch a 100 day masking challenge for everybody on federal property or traveling across state lines. he sent immigration package to congress hoping to shorten the pathway to citizenship from 13 years to eight years. when we were walking out here, i noticed all eyes on the north lawn are over the west end because people want to see the historic helicopter ride. the president-elect into the next president has a long presidential size motorcade lined up because he's right across the street, he we expect him to make a trip to

connecticut avenue to dupont circle and private mass at st. matthew's cathedral with congressional leaders he is hoping will help him among republicans, mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy will be there. joe biden on pennsylvania avenue north side of the white house, donald trump the south lawn, taking a car to church, the other will take a helicopter to a plane to a florida house, to you. will: let's bring in dana perino and bill hammer, coworkers of america's newsroom. as we look at these images and you used to work in the west wing of the white house, i will ask you to be doctor phil for a moment. what is going on in donald trump's head regarding the fact that he is going to walk through the south portico very

shortly and leave that house that he had dreamed of living in for so many years and worked so hard to get there and did so much over the last four years and a number of minutes it will all be over? >> reporter: hopefully in time to come donald trump will let us know exactly what he is feeling. i never set someone on account and imagine what it is like for them, it is a bittersweet moment. all that it symbolizes, at the convention speech, wanted to be there, the people's house and it is a hard place to leave. as i said earlier this morning president bush told me we don't have a choice, we have to leave on january 20th at noon and i think one of the things donald trump has been able to do is look back through his farewell address, you will hear from him again in this hour at andrews

air force base to take stock of a consequential four years. it is not how he wanted to leave but he leaves with the first lady, milania trump and they start a new chapter and he has a lot of energy, a lot of backing, a lot of support, a loving family, they adore him and he will go forward and have quite a lot of influence whatever way he decides to channel that energy is yet to be seen. ainsley: what do you expect the president to say at joint base andrews? >> my feeling is he will reflect on what the speech talked about yesterday. if i could paz for a moment so many historical references come to our minds. i remember in january of 2009 when barack obama was sworn in on capitol hill and george bush and the first lady on the

helicopter, as you can guess all the supporters on capitol hill were strongly in support of barack obama and gave a strong salute goodbye to president bush and eight years later, across the street from the white house you see barack obama make the same trip in a similar helicopter, going down to the white house, almost as if one final goodbye from the outgoing president, to see the white house below. a remarkable moment. don't know what path marine one takes, my guess is straight to joint base andrews. with regard to his message today i thought his speech on video yesterday was quite effective to talk about the accomplishments, welcome to the new administration, everything he got done the past four years. he also went to the message he delivered four years ago for his inauguration speech.

remember when he talked about american carnage and the forgotten men and women across america his message was you will not be forgotten again as long as he is president. went back to some of those themes yesterday and i thought what if you could rewind the hands of time to the week of november 9th and what if after the election that week the president called and oval office speech in a primetime message all the networks would have covered and could have delivered that same message we would not have seen what we saw two weeks ago to this day january 6th in the capital behind me. i think about his legacy and what could have been had that moment not taken place here in washington. to the rear view mirror for the moment, i think he has a future ahead of him in the party or a new party that perhaps he wants

to start, we will see where that goes or where it does not go but the message outgoing yesterday was effective and expect a similar message. will: peter doocy pointed out in a christmas forget dance with donald trump exiting through one door, a short time later president-elect, then president biden entering through another. peter told us he will go straight to the oval office to get to work before going to other parts of the white house instead of making himself at home, joe biden is no stranger to the white house. what is this day like? everyone usually has to find their way around a new house and a new job. how much do you expect joe biden to the ground running? >> reporter: they were telegraphing he will go to the oval office first, joe biden is not going to rest, he has a big agenda, lots of promises he made and making good on those

promises today. even though he had the opportunity to be in the white house for many years has never been in the oval office, never been commander in chief and i believe that feeling is quite different. george w beach -- george w. bush has been in the oval office with his father george h w bush, there is something special and that years later 41 joined and the father of president in the oval office and i will tell you the weight of responsibility that any person field in the oval office is majestic and beautiful and powerful and very weighty and you realize you have sworn an oath to protect the united states of america, uphold its constitution and there is gravity in that. i think this pomp and circumstance, the tradition and

ceremony we are about to see as this takes place at joint base andrews and the capital can also be very unifying, america is a resilient nation, we have patriotism. i hate goodbyes but hellos can be welcomed. steve: it is 8:11 in the east. the white house sent out this morning a schedule, the president should have landed at joint base andrews in helicopter by 8:10, still on the ground in the south lawn. as we did see a number of the president's supporters, to make sure everybody was in place. i will ask another question and that is about the unofficial transfer of power. as people who live in that house, the bidens come in, one of the questions is the outgoing president leaves a

note in the drawer of the fancy desk so the incoming - when the new guy comes in leave a note. president bush left one for president obama, i wonder if donald trump is going to leave one for joe biden. >> reporter: we will see. i have a feeling donald trump will have done that. i do think, much the disruptor as he was he did respect a lot of the traditions. if he doesn't leave a note, joe biden said one of the things he and donald trump agreed on was donald trump should not come to his inauguration. it is as i said a bittersweet day, i hope by the end of the day all of us can feel we are turning the page and feel a little more sweet than bitter

and wish this outgoing president very well and to root for the new one. at least it gave him a chance to see what he could do to unify the country. ainsley: he extends best wishes to the biden administration, said he was praying for them and their success. they are coming out now, zooming in. steve: let's just listen. ♪♪ ♪♪ [inaudible conversations]

steve: you do not have a microphone but you see how the president turned and opened his arms up pointing at the white house probably talking about that being his last trip out as president of the united states talking to assembled press members and making this final walk to marine one. he will get on many more helicopters in his lifetime but he will never get on marine one. will: watching the president get on marine one and head over to joint air force base andrews where we expect a ceremony to take place and at that time we should hear the president of the united states for the last time as president of the united states making his way to florida. ainsley: milania has very

audrey hepburn look, she is wearing black, she looks gorgeous as always. steve: is it takes a couple minutes to get things going and they go through the back door of marine one what is different about this particular transfer of power is because the president is going to be en route to west palm beach on board air force one or rather on board currently marine one is military aid with the nuclear football and in the president's pocket is this card called the this get which has the codes because the president is flying to palm beach, they are going to activate at high noon a separate nuclear football, they will have that on the west front of the capital and joe biden will get the card as well.

the first time, they say they figured it all out, the car the president has in his pocket deactivate at noon and joe biden, making this a different kind of inauguration day. >> united states marine, pulling the door behind him. they will be off in just a moment. it is unusual the president of the united states is the president until he knew one is sworn in. it is important america be protected and safe at all times. with the current commander in chief. ainsley: your thoughts? >> the blair house across from the white house, the residence for guests of the president to stay and that is where joe biden stayed last night and were donald trump and the first lady spent their first night, swearing in the following day

four years ago. the way the schedule is set up he is expected to deliver his remarks at joint base andrews which is an unusual you have this in the past the presidents speaks to a small group of supporters on the way out off the tarmac and into private life but the way the schedule is set up he is suspected to land in palm beach at the same moment lady gaga sings the national anthem on the steps of the capital. we will see if the timing happens throughout the day as scheduled. we are told based on that timeline air force one could be in the air at 8:55 eastern time which is 35, 40 minutes from now, the same time we will see joe and jill biden emerge from the blair house and drive 6 blocks north to catholic church at st. matthew for morning mass. this has been a tradition for a

long time for the incoming president to spend time in church. unfortunately the church across lafayette park, you would be quite amazed to see the condition of that park, that church were rioters set fire in the basement, the president made a walk across the street. it was heavily debated whether there was the right move or not. they will not go to st. john's episcopal church. st. matthew will be the destination. will: on rhode island. let's take a look. here he goes leaving the white house on marine one, next stop joint base andrews.

>> a beautiful shot, god bless donald trump, milania trump, their family and god bless the biden family, historic day and we are watching history in the making.

thanks for joining us. we will watch at the top of the hour. let's bring in -- will: the trump hotel, he should be landing at joint base andrews in 5 minutes. ainsley: what is your reaction? >> this is a moment the 40 fifth president of the united states to the 40 fifth president of the united states leaving the white house, it is not traditional how we do things, with all the palace intrigue, donald trump would leave the white house, he is doing it and i thought he gave a very unifying speech yesterday, talked about prayers for the incoming president, joe biden and that is a beautiful moment, we can debate what happened two weeks from the day

all day but what we are doing now is the american way. as the 40 fifth president goes back tomorrow lago and gives this new president, joe biden, the chance to implement his policies we will start to talk about the legacy of donald trump, the comparison of the personality some agreed with and a lot of people disagreed with, versus the policy and what he was able to implement and there will be this moment of seeing which one weighs more in the minds of the american voter. do you want to feel good or do you want policy that is going to get you lower taxes and stronger military, america first agenda, that will be the debate but the first hundred days, joe biden has a lot of things he promised a lot of people, progressive side and

those moderates but 100 days, you get one agenda, one policy you are able to implement and there is divided government, control of both houses republicans gained 20 plus seats, you have 50/50 in the senate and it will be kamala harris, the vice president, a lot of tied votes. this is a big moment for the country and we are doing it the right way. a lot of debate whether we are able to do that. >> a stage is set up for his ceremonial remarks, waiting to hear from the president on the left side of the screen you see marine one heading over to that base. just left the south lawn of the white house, headed to joint base andrews. >> we did not have a microphone

open this is what he said, the president said to the press great honor, honor of a lifetime, greatest home in the world, amazing four years, we live the american people, something very special, thank you, then he turned and got on the helicopter. ainsley: we know he is angry, he is sad but do you think there is a little bit of relief when the president finally realizes and he might still be but maybe i'm not going to be the center of all the media talk, the weight of the world is not on my shoulders? >> from the leadership standpoint, he still has the nuclear football as steve pointed to but once that pressure, having the weight of the country on your shoulders and 3 single day, there's a little bit of relief.

michelle obama said the most rewarding things she can finally let down the window. the secret service would not allow them, there's some relief in that aspect but i do think donald trump has this big media presence before he was president of the united states and i don't think that's going to leave him. we are still dealing with the they facto leader of the republican party even though there is a split and identity crisis between the republican party, a lot of republicans that trust him, that feel like he has their voice. what will be debated now is will there be a moment of silence for the outgoing president? will he take this moment and reflect on his leadership?

will he reemerge? that debate will continue. will: always enjoy your perspective, thank you. let's bring in gop congressman from texas, former navy seal and -- dan crenshaw. in a very divided time it is almost a try ballistic time in our nation. in my estimation he represented a very independent voice, wonderment by principal. as you look at an outgoing president and an incoming president both delivering remarks to the nation, what do you hope to hear? >> i want to hear some action behind this talk of unity especially from biden. i want biden to act with a sense of humility and acknowledge a key fact which is a lot of americans voted for him were not voting for him because of his radical policy agenda. they like being left alone, we

want to keep more of our money, we want our borders secure, we don't want to destroy the energy sector, destroy american energy independence and give everything the chinese want. that is not what we want. so secure our borders, don't kill small businesses by raising the minimum wage, don't put our country to unsustainable debt, don't cancel the keystone pipeline, don't do what china wants and put us back in paris climate agreement, just leave americans alone and let us self govern. >> because the federal pipeline of coronavirus has slowdown, get as much vaccine out as possible. nothing else in america can go smoothly until the vaccines are flowing fast. one of the things he said during his farewell address by videotape although we will see another one very shortly is he

took on the tough battles and he certainly did. one of the other thing is regarding the press he never got a break and yet as we see marine one heading toward joint base andrews he has got to be a little steamed that nobody in the history of the american presidency has ever been beaten up as badly as donald trump has been over the last four years. >> that is absolutely right. i would be frustrated, even more frustrating as you watch the press go back to the obama era and talk about what kind of shoes joe biden is wearing or ice cream he wants. >> can he take his pelican into the white house? >> it is so ridiculous. they find over these democrat politicians as if they are celebrities in us weekly or people magazine. it is very frustrating but conservatives are used to it,

we can complete -- complain about it or get our act together, unify and do what we need to do to fight and fighting means persuading people, means winning elections, you can't just in your circle and get mad about it. you've got to take the fight to them, that makes the argument that it shouldn't be that hard. steve: 74 million people voted for the guy in that helicopter. what happens to the republican party starting this afternoon? >> i think what i just said. we got to unify, learn what it means to fight and that means redefining it a little bit. we got to persuade voters, show them democrats were serious, you did not believe me when i was saying this leading up to the election that the democrats mean what they say and will change your life fundamentally, hurt your business, your pocketbook, destroy your

borders, do all that and they are about to show you. it is up to us to explain that to people and get back to this end when the next election. we can't let them destroy the country with these radical policy agendas. >> i like your redefinition of the word fight, transition into persuasion, debate, winning the public over. who is best poised to take up that mantle, to fight for conservative ideas in the incoming four years? >> we all have to be part of it. i will give you my favorite candidates instead of what you are doing. >> what i'm doing is asking who do you find most persuasive in trying to win people over to conservative values? >> we have a lot of people.

and ask your typical conservative who was thought leader of the conservative party. and we wouldn't have that long a list. and on social media, and when walking -- talking to young people. thousands of kids show up in here conservative ideas. there is a lot now to be optimistic about. we channel that into persuasive means and have a good strategy going forward. >> that is the family and they are waiting for donald trump and milania to get off of marine one and board air force one, the family will go with

them. have you heard anything about that? steve: i think i read dan crenshaw, ivanka and jared bought a new house in miami. ainsley: don junior is looking at the jupiter island area. >> and step onto the stage, back to congressman crenshaw. about persuasion. what do you hear from donald trump who sets the stage. >> and all the accomplishments over the last few years. i think we will hear a lot of the same message.

to be unified and optimistic and wish him well and god bless him. will: we thank every public servant for their service to the country. the rotors finally stopped and the door will pop open in 30 seconds. one of the things about him, congressman, even though the last couple months we have been hearing a lot about the election and things like that and the attack on your business place, the congress, donald trump and four years got a lot done. >> absolutely did. leading up to the election, what we should have been talking about more, the left will continue to try to tell us donald trump's presidency is what caused this economic

meltdown in the global pandemic, this is factually untrue and we are not going to stand for this rewriting of history. the facts are that policy under this administration and the republican party was the best economy and almost a century, led to the highest wage growth and lowest earners ever. it was phenomenal what was happening. this growth, low unemployment, people's lives were getting better, putting america first, our borders were all but secured and rivers all these things, the best way he can unify the country is to stop that nonsense was another way to unify the country is to look at these national guardsmen in the eye and say you know what? i don't care what some of my colleagues have said or what your skin color is, you are here to serve the country. >> please welcome the president

and first lady of the united states, donald j trump and milania trump. [hail to the chief] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

>> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. we love you. this is an incredible four years, we have accomplished so much together. i thank my family and friends and staff and so many other people for being here. thank you for your effort and hard work, you have no idea how hard this family works, a much

easier life. i thank all of you. i thank mark meadows who was here and it is something very special. we have accomplished a lot. our first lady a woman of great grace and beauty. so popular with the people. >> being first lady was my greatest honor. thank you for your support. it would be my thoughts and prayers, god bless you all, god bless the family and god bless this beautiful nation.

>> what else has to be said? what we have done is true. what we have done has been amazing by any standards. we rebuilt the united states military, we created a new force called space force was that in itself would be a major achievement for a regular administration. we are not a regular administration. we took care of the vets, 91% approval rating, they never had that before, the us has given us the va, the vets have given an approval rating which has never been before. we took care of our vets and beautiful vets. and and great service and pick up the bill and they could go out and see a doctor if they have to wait longer. we got it so that we sadly get

rid of people who don't treat our vets properly. we didn't have any of those rights before. our people are happy, military is thrilled. we got tax cuts, the largest tax cut and reform in the history of the country by far. hope they don't raise your taxes. if they do i told you so. if you look at this regulations, regulation cuts to be more important, had such good job members, absolutely incredible. they would have had numbers that never would have been seen, numbers are the best ever, look what happened until february a year ago. numbers were at a level nobody had seen before and even now we

built it twice, got hit, nobody blames us for us, the whole world got hit and we built it again and the stock market is the substantially higher than it was a point prior to the pandemic, we built it twice and you are going to see incredible numbers coming in if left alone, be careful, you will see some incredible things happening and remember us when you see these things happening if you would because i am looking at elements of the economy set to be a rocketship up. we have the greatest country in the world, the greatest economy in the world and as bad as the

pandemic was, just like the entire world was hit so hard, places the didn't get away with it, suffering right now but we did something really considered a medical miracle, they are calling it a miracle and that was the vaccine, the vaccine developed in nine months instead of nine years or 10 years, a long time, it was supposed to take many years to develop a vaccine, another one coming almost immediately, it was a great achievement. we see great numbers over the next few month, we see those numbers skyrocket downward, we worked hard, left it all as the athletes would say we left it in the field.

and we never say, and we were carter. a lot of obstacles, you went to the obstacles and you get 75 million votes in the history of sitting presidents. it is an all-time record by a lot by many millions, really just an honor. one of the things we are proud of is the selection of almost 300 federal judges and three great supreme court justices, a very big number, a record setting number, we have done a lot and there are still things to do. first thing we have to do is pay our respects and our love to the incredible people and

families who suffered so gravely from the china virus. it is a horrible thing, we all know where it came from but it is a horrible horrible thing so be very careful, be very very careful. we want to pay great love, great love to all the people that have suffered including families who have suffered so greatly. with that i just want to say you are amazing people, this is a great great country, my greatest honor and privilege to be your president. [crowd chanting]

>> i will always fight for you. i will be watching, i will be listening and i will tell you the future of the country has never been better. i wish the new administration great luck and great success. they have the foundation to do something really spectacular and in a position like it has never been before despite the worst plague to hit since i guess you would say 1917, over 100 years ago. despite that, the things we have done have been just incredible, couldn't have done

it without you. just a goodbye, we love you, we will be back in some form. and i want to thank our vice president, mike pence and karen, i want to thank congress, at least certain element of congress, we really did, so much done that nobody thought would be possible. i thank all the great people of washington dc. all the great people who work to put this miracle together. have a good life, we will see you soon. thank you very much. will: now based at the village people music just like at the rally.

and after many supporters. and and and his friend the danes starting a new political party may be called the patriot party. if they raise your taxes, i told you so and this guy was a long shot, nobody thought he could win the presidency. he was a businessman, not a politician. he ran for president and won his first election and ran as a disruptor and on this inauguration day, joe biden,

the president briefed his family, a high-grade there. he will be a disruptor in so much as he's not going to attend the inauguration of joe biden. he's leaving on his terms. >> he has a wedding to plan, his are tiffany just got engaged, her new life with her husband, soon to be husband. milania said it has been the greatest honor of my life, thank you for the love and support, you are in my thoughts and prayers and god bless this great country and will and i giggled, have a good life, see you soon. will: with an alternating sense of finality when he said have a nice life to his supporters but also left the door open, we will be back in some form of. that is the great question.

what role does donald trump play over the next four years? he touted his accomplishment, talked about rebuilding the military, talked about space force, the economy. he often returns to the role of the coronavirus and what it did in his mind, clearly was his reelection hopes, he referenced the china virus numerous times also talking about operation warp speed, getting us in 9 months to a vaccine but when reflecting on his administration. steve: as he walked on the tarmac through joint base andrews to board air force one he salutes the military guard and let us watch the final time the president of the united states, the 40 fifth in the first lady mounted the stairs on air force one.

steve: when you are on air force one flying somewhere they diverged all the traffic so nobody is in your way so the president and the first family taking off for palm beach, a little less then a 2 hour flight from where they are so it looks as if the president will show up a little before 11:00 this afternoon. i've got to imagine although we

don't have it on schedule whether or not there's going to be any sort of pbi in palm beach but don't be surprised. screen right what you are looking at is saint matthews cathedral which is on rhode island in the dupont circle area because joe biden is attending morning mass there with his top four leaders in congress including mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy. they did not go to the president's so long joint base andrews. instead they are there at saint matthews. when i lived in washington dc my wife and i used to go to this particular church. peter doocy was baptized at the church. ainsley: the reason he is choosing saint matthews is he's catholic. st. john is an episcopal church. you see on screen right, that is green left. will: that is blair house, they are going to saint matthews. ainsley: the family spent the

night there and they are heading to the church which is a tradition for the president because screen right, donald trump's family just finished, the board air force one, they are heading tomorrow lago -- mara lago, they are putting boxes in the private quarters where the family lives which we understand is renovated as well. he will arrive in palm beach 11:30 this morning. there will be a huge crowd and he will have some remarks. will: let's bring in martha maccallum, host of the story at 3:00 pm eastern time. we have martha with us. >> reporter: good to be with all of you on this historic morning. i'm always moved by inauguration day. they mark the end of a chapter

in the beginning of another. all of us as americans, the presidency marks our whole lives as well as our chapters in our own lives as well and this is a turning point, a presidency that is one term in the presidency interrupted and donald trump wanted very much to stay for another four years. he had a lot he wanted to accomplish over a eight year term. one of the things that struck me during what i was a very gracious >> joint base andrews was you wonder what is the next chapter in his american life? i think back to president bush, to president obama, statesman, author, painter, none of those things we will see donald trump doing, he is an active energetic man, he has unfinished business and unfinished work. it will be very interesting to see how he chooses to spend the

coming years with his family in florida. we will never look at each other, left it all on the field. will: we heard the words we will be back in some form from donald trump on that stage at joint base andrews. what do you expect? what kind of rolled to you expect donald trump to play in the political landscape the next couple years. >> as we look at how he settled in to a post presidency period, and in difficult ways for this country. we finish this on a more

gracious note but when he watches everything unfold and thinks about what personal commitment it would make to start some sort of patriot party which has been discussed or to put his own personal capital into 2021-22, there are some 2021 races across the country. does he wants to play the role he played in georgia? how does he see the future of the republican party? he is still the leader of a party and that is the way it is for post-president until someone else takes the role. there is a son -- a ton of strife in the party right now that needs to be resolved if they want to win any election going forward. there will be a little thinking at mara lago as the process was a come about in the last four years. >> you see saint matthews cathedral, the vice president

and first lady, the harris party arriving can't tell who the people are, but if somebody would turn around a lot are wearing masks. we were talking earlier about how the president, donald trump, feels today. it has got to be bittersweet. when you think about the 74 million americans who voted for donald trump and wanted to see him on the west face of the capital today, sworn in for a second term, the presidency interrupted as you aptly put it a moment ago. what about those people who voted for him? this is not the guy they wanted but nonetheless we are a country, this is how it works and we've got to go forward. >> i think about the georgia

election, they are very unhappy, and not sure, and forgotten men, the 2016 campaign, where do these, a nation that remembers values and he rose and i think about the statues being torn down over the summer, the fact that he wanted to build a garden of heroes. these are things that resonate very deeply with those 74 million people across the country. look at how that void gets answered. people want to hang on as values of the united states of america who were spoken about and articulated, wanting to make america great again.

that is a void, and joe biden could go a long way to do that. i know we different policies, we are all americans, he will be praying, and he was worshiping at a roman catholic church. they it would be there, at saint matthews this morning. >> the second american president, the first was john f. kennedy. that is where they had the funeral for john f. kennedy and it was on the steps in the front that his tiny son, john

f. kennedy junior turned as the casket was carried out of the cathedral, that is the location, with that. >> we are watching on the right-hand side of the screen air force one taking off with donald trump on it for the very last time as president of the united states. what were your thoughts when you were listening to him speak and saw his family look very emotional, the crowd is chanting, he is back in some form. >> this has been a real family presidency, the closest core group around this president has always been his family, primarily his daughter ivanka trump. a lot of people discussed whether she had a political future. jared kushner worked very hard to bring together these middle east peace deals which are historic in nature and very

interesting to see what happens in the middle east. it is very fitting. they will fly together to florida here to figure what the next move star, like the bushes and other family dynasties. and members of the trump family sort out with your future looks like and potentially political future looks like. will: the expectation for joe biden's message will center on unity. i wonder if that is a possible task. this nation is incredibly divided, the democratic party, the party joe biden has presented played no small role in that was there has been divisiveness in every single line in our country, racial, socioeconomic, talk of the programming people in the last couple days and they helped contribute. is it an impossible task? what can joe biden say to unify the country.

>> i hope he doesn't talk about the programming. i doubt he will. we heard a lot of it, a catchphrase in summary is talking point but on fire over the course of this week, deeply divisive way to talk about trump followers as a cold, no way to unify the country. i do think you will hear the kind of language we heard from joe biden throughout which is he loves the country, wants to unify the country, everybody who has known or interacted with joe biden knows that he is a nice man. he will hear a nice speech today but the first action to end the xl pipeline, reenter the paris climate record, stop further building of the wall are going to be somewhat divisive actions and that is what he is going to do as he enters the oval office in his first move. laura: one it all starts at noon for joe biden at all ends right now at joint base andrews.

let's go ahead and watch air force one taking off for the last time. >> dana: special coverage. the