the last two children in captivity along with their mother and their dad. we pray for their safe return. these families are all waiting, praying their names are on the list -- >> and talking about the exchange of babies, hostage babies and young women versus the exchange of palestinian prettiers who have murdered people -- prisoners. i'm so grateful that these women are smile being. they're in the arms of their mothers right now, which is where they should be. >> some of those palestinian prisoners with life sentences. these were innocent one young women, a baby, nine months old. imagine that, taking a baby who is nine months to old. we pray for the return of the rest of the hostages. what a joyous moment, these three women in the arms of their mothers. a long-awe waited moment has tom to fruition. now here's "america reports." ♪ ♪ >> thanks so much.

president-elect donald trump headed to arlington national cemetery in virginia very soon for a changing of the guard and wreath laying at a the tomb of the unknowns now less than 24 hours before he was sworn in as the 47th president of the united states. and we are in the cat bird seat today. [laughter] hello, i'm john roberts. [laughter] >> let me just say, d.c. is electric right now. there are crowds everywhere. people are just elated all over this city that this day is coming, and we're now just hours away from that happening. john: there are people p as you pointed out, or all over the streets. this is outside the cap capital arena where there's going to be a huge rally this afternoon with a lot of entertainment. sandra: these streets look like this all over washington, and the crowds will continue the grow. i'm sandra smith. welcome, everybody, this is a special inaugural edition the of "america reports."

after this the trump will be heading to a make america great again rally in downtown d.c. we have seen huge crowds like these outside of the capital one arena all day, and they've been building, as the trump agenda a takes shape. the president-elect teasing his day one executive actions. john: he is making big news on tiktok and china, mush more on that just -- much more on that just ahead, and the breaking news in the middle east, three young women new back in israel 15 months after being kidnapped by hamas. the trump administration inheriting a much different world with conflicts in europe expect middle east. will the 47th president be able to stay true to his slogan, quote, no new wars? sandra: let's kick it to the lucas tomlinson live in arlington as we await the president there. he's got more from there for us. lucas, it is a tradition for the incoming president the visit arlington national cemetery, and that is what we are about the see. to see to. >> reporter: that's right, sandra. good afternoon.

this is manager that president-elect donald trump did eight years ago to the day before being inaugurated, coming here to the sacred grounds of arlington national cemetery, the final resting place for 400,000 americans including many killed in action. we are awaiting trump's motorcade to leave the blair house. there's already hundreds assembled here. also in attendance with the president and vice president are gold star families including those who lost loved ones at a abbey gate during the hasty withdrawal from afghanistan. one day before becoming commander in chief, president-elect trump will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier which dates back to 1821. on the tomb here in arlington is the inscription, here rests an honored glory, an american soldier known but i to god. the tomb is guarded by soldiers from the 3rd infantry regiment. the sobering ceremony comes one day before donald trump becomes commander in chief, a reminder

hat world has a become a much more difference place than the one e left four years ago. there's a new stronger axis, russia, china, iran and north korea. many republican lawmakers want the boost dependence if spending. trump himself has called for nato members to spend 5% of their economies on u.s. the -- on defense. the u.s. is currently spending 3.4%. events can happen rather quickly. just over a week after taking office in 2017, a member of seal team six, ryan owens, was killed in action in yemen, and today many would like trump to ramp up airstrikes in yemen against the houthi rebels. less than throe months into his term -- three months into his term, two warships launched 59 cruise missiles in syria. they did it again the following year, and u.s. forces killed 500 syrian and russian troops when americans came urn attack in 2018. trump, of course, ramped up the war against isis, crushing the caliphate. tens of thousands of isis

detainees remain in syria as well as 2,000 american troops. trump ordered elite commandos in the ranger regiment to kill al-baghdadi in 2019 and cast semisuleiman knit. while trump has made it clear he does not want to see the u.s. get involved in foreign entanglements, as we just learned, sometimes they find him. sandra? sandra: lucas tom lynnson with the latest from article -- arlington. john: let's bring this in katie the pavlich. such a different one than trump left behind in 2021. one that this will likely be far more different in the weeks and months ahead. >> well, and when we see the president laying the wreath, it's a reminder of the most solemn duty the commander in chief has, which is to understand the sacrifice of our troops when keep us safe, understanding what it means to put them in harm's way and making very serious, sober

decisions about where those troops are going to be placed around the world. and when it comes to in terms of conflicts, when it comes to what a we're seeing today in the news as well,, we're seeing this hostage release coming out of israel, american hostages are still at this moment being held by a hamas terrorists in the gaza strip. as a result of this deal, a number of palestinian terrorists-killed americans are going to be leased and, of course, there's the issue of -- released -- and the issue of the biden administration who have been funding the iranians. then you go to russia and ukraine. of course, general keith kellogg has been appointed the special envoy to bring that war to an end and come to terms with some kind of ceasefire and deal there. the red sea has been inundated with attacks from the houthi rebels who have shut i down shipping which is a commercial, economic, global issue there. the president can deal with that as well in terms of iran backing those rebels. there's a a lot going on over the world. the president has made clear he

wants to reestablish deterrence, strength and looking at the way that world leaders have behaved, wanting the get the mar-a-lago to have meetings with him and including enemies having phone calls over the course of the last couple of months since he got elected. a lot of people want to work with him this time around in europe and other places because they saw i what what it was like under his leadership versus the weakness of the biden administration. sean: sandra: taking in these beautiful live pictures at arlington as we await president trump. it is a rainy day here in washington, d.c -- >> it is. sandra: to your point about what we heard from voters many november about the middle east, this is some of the fox news polling showing americans are extremely or very concerned about the war in the middle east. 65% of respondents said so, katie. and now you have at least some of these hostages starting the, released, and there will be a lot debated over the timing of this happening. obviously, president trump really owned this when we first heard of the ceasefire deal

being reached. biden said this was the deal he put on the table in may. one would ask, well, what changed? >> right. sandra: there was a big election in november, obviously. trump owned it saying it was an epic ceasefire agreement that could have only happened as a result of our historic victory in november. now we are left wondering what happens next. >> that is the big question. hamas has been playing games over the course of the last three days when the ceasefire agreement was agreed upon. the envoy to the hostage crisis for the united states has been in the middle east for a couple of months now trying to get this to happen both on the biden side and on the trump side. but when it comes to what the president's going to do in his second term here, he has repeatedly said i want no new wars. but a the has not prevented the president from going after a bad guys who want to start wars. so or you know, there's a lot of people who think that means total isolationism. he's happy the take out terrorists and others who are willing to hurt americans

overseas to go after our troops, and and he made it clear two weeks ago that if these american hostages in particular are not home by his inauguration which is tomorrow at noon, there will be hell to pay. and and that can come in a number of different forms. they're keeping details close to the vest. john: everybody is ready at arlington national cemetery for the laying of the the wreath, we're just awading don and maine if land ya trump's arrival. there's a little bit of breaking news here and that is regarding tiktok. this morning people who went on tiktok were greeted by an announcement that tiktok was, service was suspended. well, now apparently they're back in business because donald trump has indicated that he is going to give tiktok a reprieve. >> so the president through this bipartisan legislation that was passed to force tiktok to take themselves away from sending data back to the chinese communist party -- it's not necessarily a ban, it was an effort to make them divest. they didn't want to divest because it's not about money.

they've had offers if people like kevin o'leary, $20 billion cash on the table to buy the app. it's not about making money for them, it's about getting day data. john: [inaudible] >> exactly. however, the $20 the billion cash is an interesting offer. the president has looked at in this through the lens of there's a lot of young americans who want this app the stay, lots of businesses who have lobbied to keep it. but the fact is that it is a national security concern, it's a national security threat and the fact that bytedance didn't want to divest from the ccp shows that that's exactly what the app is used for, and the president's trying in the next 90 days which is allowed in this legislation to try and come up with some kind of solution the take away that spying ability -- sandra: want the get your final thoughts as we do prepare for his next presidency. this was a wall street journal headline on friday. i it says can trump do better the second time. it asks the question but also says it's he's stronger now, but his brand of political

disruption has limits. what did you think of that? >> you compare the first term to the second term which hasn't started in terms of personnel, personnel is policy. the trump campaign and transition team for a hong time the has been looking at the things they didn't fill in terms of positions all over the federal government. so a lot of obama holdover toes were working under the first trump administration trying the sabotage his first term in terms of agenda. and also they threw a lot at him, two impeachments working against him -- this time starting off with a higher approval rating, and he won in a landslide with the electoral college and popular vote, is he's definitely starting on a better foot this time. john: looking outside at the capital one arena where there's going to be a grand celebration the afternoon, lots of entertainment on tap including kid rock and lee greenwood is going to be singing live, the song we heard introduce donald trump at literally -- sandra: and he'll be here in a bit. john: yes. [laughter] in just a little while.

we'll with talking to the him from the capital one arena. sandra: we have got a jam-packed, awesome show coming up. the governor louisiana's here -- jan kwan yeah. and the senator from alabama coming up. katie britt9. sandra: katie, thank you very much. john: now this. ♪ >> reporter: it goes for blocks and blocks. they're excited to hear the soon-to-be inaugurated president trump. >> go trump. man, can't wait for the next four year. >> welcome to the party. it's only going to be better from there. the feeling's everywhere in the things he's said that he's going to get done, it's excitement. >> to people, i'm, singing, like, ymca and the songs. >> are you excited? >> yeah. >> you're going to hear president trump talk about how we are entering a golden age of america. >> do you believe trump will unite the country? >> yes, absolutely, trump will unite the country. i'm certainly hoping to --

hoping so. >> let's make some change. sandra: all right, so you get a sense of the enthusiasm. and you don't have the go far. the second you walk out your cooker your hotel room, people are everywhere, and there's just excitement building all over the city. john: i was at a small gathering, medium-sized gathering on friday night, got a chance to talk to marco rubio -- sandra: nice. john: pete hegseth, morgan ortagus, tulsi gabbard showed up, and among all the people at this event, you got a sense that this is going to be much different than it even was in 2017. donald trump jr. was there, said hi the him briefly. he gave a quick little set of remarks in which he said that over the past four years donald trump has had a chance to sit back and reflect a little bit on what kate a city was talking about this if terms of -- katie was talking about in terms of picking the right people to be in his administration rather than taking people who were of washington's advice. and he knows where the pitfalls

and the traps are. he's going to try the avoid them this time around. and it could arguably be said he's coming into this with a greater head of steam than he would have had he gone into a consecutive second term -- sandra: a lot of talk about that. a completely different situation in the middle east right now. also, historic inflation is still out there and on the table. you still see prices are up 20 the, 25% at the grocery store. we're going to talk to steve moore about that. he's obviously very tight with the trillionth. -- with the president. they've had a lot of conversations about how to tackle inflation. in one thinks this can happen in a quick amount of time, but president trump says he's the guy to do it. we'll see if he can bring down prices. we mentioned lee greenwood coming up, the the governor of louisiana, jeff landry, is here. we have a lot to the talk to with him and a whole lot of others. this is, like, just washington bonanza here. john: it really is. and taking a look, again, at the backdrop behind us here. unfortunately, today won't be

using this for the actual inauguration -- laugh monomonda- [laughter] monday, tomorrow afternoon at 12, with but we get a chance to look at it all amp. sandra: it really is lovely. and great to be with you, john. >> president trump is going to deliver on if many of the promises that he made to them within the first 24 hours of his taking back to value office. sandra: all right. president-elect trump if his team are preparing to get down the business on day one. coming up, louisiana governor jeff landry, as we just mentioned, is here on the changes he hopes the see. john: plus, thousands of supporters braving the cold the attend president-elect trump's victory rally though we should say today it's pretty mild out there. a little bit of rain, snow later on, but we're going if to get a closer look at the crowd that's traveled from far and wide coming up next. >> trump, just do what you promised like you did last time, and we'll be okay. er guys. we design and test our own tools

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sandra: all right, fox news alert, we're about 20 the minutes past the hour. we have been anticipating the aa rival of president trump at arlington national cemetery where we are going to see see a-laying ceremony, cuts testimony -- see a wreath-laying ceremony. we've seen his family assembling on the steps for a few minutes now, and we do expect we will see president trump arriving along with the first lady shortly. john: should be sometime in the next few minutes. sandra: we will bring you that live as that begins, and as we do that, hah governor jeff landry joins us live in washington. great to see you. >> great to be here. sandra: first, just your thoughts on the day. >> look, i think it's befitting president starts off at arlington thanking and, basically, paying respect to those who have paid the result

sacrifices for the freedoms we enjoy here in america. countless veterans who have put a lot on the line to to ensure america is a free country, and i it's a great way to start the draw. john: what's your sense of washington, d.c., and i ask that question because kid rock was up here earlier on "fox & friends" and said this about how he thought the environment in washington was. listen here. >> it feels like the rebirth of our nation. this overwhelming sense of, you know, you've heard it a million times, that america's back. john: what do you think? >> yeah. look, i echo those words. look, i think the one thing that separates america from the rest of the world is that people that come here and become a part of an american culture, they end up with a certain dna that understands and appreciates liberties and freedoms. and for the last couple of decades, we seem to have gotten off that track. and i can tell you, i mean, when you think about it, president trump received 210 million votes over an 8-year period.

no elected person in the history of this country has ever had that big of a statement. that's 210 million votes of change. people were saying, you know what? the road that america was on was not one that it was founded on. so i agree with kid rock. [laughter] sandra: while we're going to hear from lee greenwood, we'll have him give us his characterization in just a moment. meanwhile, governor, or you are not afade to grab a headline, that is for your -- afraid. and the latest is you've decided to fly the maga flag for trump's inauguration from the governor's mansion in louisiana. what went into that decision? >> it's pretty easy. of when you look at the number of votes cast for donald trump this year and in 2016, that it's an -- that's an easy call for us. we completely love and support the president. we appreciate the policy he put in when he was first in office and -- sandra: what's your reign with him -- relationship with him? >> oh, it's great. look, we have had a great

relationship. he reached out, look, after the terror attack on new year's day, he reached out and said, hey, what can we do? how can we help? we have had a great relationship. you know why? because louisiana basically benefits when donald trump is in office. john: so here's a what the "wall street journal" said about trump's return to the office, how maga is taking back the culture. instead of taking a knee, america fl players are doing, quote, trump dance. mainstream entertainers, carrie underwood and smoop doug agreed to perform at donald trump's inauguration. a new generation of trump-friendly comedians and wellness influencers is populating youtube and other social media. january 20th, 2017, it was all about resistance the trump. now it seems to be among the opposition, acceptance, that this is happening and they've got to deal with it. >> well, i think what you see is an overall cultural shift of people that are ready to get america back to its greatness,

its exceptionalism. when america's exceptional, america's a fun place. our quality of life rises above anywhere else on the globe. so people are, like, hey, we just want to get back to normal, having fun, making money, enjoying ourselves, taking care of people, being neighborly. i think that's what you're seeing. sandra: speak of which, we hope to never see, as you just mentioned, what happened on the streets of the french quarter just a short time ago, it feels, again. and i know you are setting out on a mission to make sure that is the case. the the fbi assistant special agent in charge of the new orleans attack, said it was not a terrorist event, has been reassigned but not let go. still, will be in the physicianer bi. i was wondering what your -- fbi. wondering your reaction because that was a significant movement as we have the make shower we do not see another terror attack like that on american soil to. >> absolutely. one of the reasons i'm so excited is that tomorrow when donald trump is sworn in, his

number one goal is public safety. he has always had the back of law enforcement. he has always stood behind our men and women in uniform irrespective of that, and i believe america is going to be a safer place. look, what we saw on new year's day was, ultimately, tragic, and it was evil. at the end of the day, the only way to stop evil is the absolutely crush it. here's what we know, the reason i'm in this town is to support, kristi noem needs her confirmation, pam bondi as attorney general, kash patel. those are the three most important people for public safety in this country, and i is a tremendous amount of confidence in him and donald trump to keep america safe. john: as we see the trump family assembling, that that means the president-elect is moments away. the super bowl, huge event on february the 9th. are you confident that the security will be what it needs to be? >> look, we are working 24 and 7. every day i'm getting updates, every day we're talking about how we're hardening the city even more looking at some of the

gaps that were in place during newier's eve and caused us to basically fail there. we are working, we put on the sugar bowl right after successfully. here's why, that is exactly why kristi noem needs to be in place as quickly as we can, pam bondi as well, so they can come down to new orleans so we can brief them. look or when there's a big game on the line, we want the know who the quarterback's going to be, right? and so the quicker we can get them in place, the quicker we can continue to ensure that the super bowl event is one of the greatest ever in the state of new orleans. -- in the city of new orleans. after 9/11, the super bowl was hosted in new orleans, and so it's interesting that here we had a terror attack on new year's eve, and new orleans is going to host the super bowl again, it's going to be safe. we want everyone to come to new orleans and enjoy it. sandra: you speak of the president's incoming team, and we see bottom left of your screen, pete hegseth and his wife as they assemble on the steps.

obviously, quite a moment, just hours from inauguration day and the swearing in of president trump. john: t going to be quite a day, there's no question about that. just back to the point about security in the super bowl and the urgency, you believe, to get kristi noem confirmed and pam pam bondi confirmed. you were behind kristi noem in the hearing the other day. how do you think she did? >> oh, she did wonderful. i left the committee room actually shocked. the questions that came from the democrat side were shocking as a well. i think they're starting to understand that the number one issue on americans' minds is immigration, right? and so you saw some pretty, i would say, decent questions out of there. i think she's going to do fine. i think she's going to get a large number of democrat votes. in fact, she should get them all. when you think about the issues that are important to the american people today and the public safety that we need in this country and how important it is the reduce crime and keep america safe, she's got the number one job.

and she needs to get in as quickly as possible e possible. sandra: huge task at hand for her, for sure. >> huge. because every major with event that happens in this country runs through homeland security. there's so much on her shoulders. and so we hope to get her in -- sandra: governor, great to see you. [laughter] john: governor, great to see you, hope you enjoy the inauguration. everything from the secret service to the coast guarded, so many aspects of national security run through dhs. we're joined by katie pavlich again and missouri senator, eric schmitt. we're about to see the the incoming commander in chief lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown. >> it is historic, culmination of the greatest political comeback probably in the history of our country, and he was with the senate republicans this morning at breakfast. everyone's excited. i think one of the underrated aspects of leadership is understanding the the moment that you're in, and we're in a

pretty unique moment in time right now with the house being in republican hands, the the senate in republican hands and the white house, a reform agenda that was outlined pretty clearly through the course of this campaign. he swept the the battleground states, and now it's up to us to deliver for the american people. sandra: can you give us a sense of what the tone was at that -- >> a lot of standing ovations. [laughter] everybody's excited. it's pretty incredible. i spent a lot of time with president trump on the campaign trail, and his stamina's just unbelievable. you'd be at these rallies, you'd go from one and the next, get in late at night, and the next morning he'd do it all over again. that kind of determination and fight, certainly the iconic image in butler when he stood up is one of the sort of -- i between, it'll be blazed in the memories of every american alive today and in the history books. we're getting ready for tomorrow when he puts his hand on that a bible ask and gets sworn in. you mentioned some of the confirmation hearings that a began in earnest, pete hegseth, i thought he did great.

pam bondi is a former colleague of governor landry now. he and i were a.g.s together and fought the good fight. but she's going to be great. she's going to be the incredible. i had the honor of introducing her. of is she's tough, she's smart. this rare combination of backbone and heart. pam bondi's going to be great. john: looks like they've got the door open in anticipation of president-elect trump and the first lady, melania trump, to enter the area at arlington national cemetery. governor, we talked about this earlier in the hour, that donald trump comes into his nonconsecutive term potentially with a greater head of steam than he would have had had he gotten consecutive terms because the country was still mired in the covid pandemic. the economy was almost in freefall, and now he's had a chance over the last four years to reflect on the problems that he had in his first term. the country, much of it is, is anxious for a change. do you think he's in a better position now than he would have been four years ago? sandra: here's the first lady

walking through now. are we going to -- senator, real quick, final thought. >> look, he's ready to roll. he's going to have a flurry of executive actions on day one. i think the congress is so to deliver. and we, you know, when he talked about saving this country, i think we're going to do much better than that. it's going to be a golden age -- sandra: katie, final thought. >> usha vance along with the first lady, melania trump. the tomb of the unknown soldier symbolizes the sacrifice of war in the past and modern day, and you mentioned pete hegseth, incoming defense secretary if he gets confirmed, you also saw the national security adviser, incoming, formerman michael waltz, also u.s. army veteran. they are veterans of the 9/11 generation. and with the backdrop of afghanistan of and how horrific and catastrophic that was and the demoralization of the military and the american gold star families and anyone who really has sun in the military who's -- someone in the military

who served in afghanistan; what that did, there's a hot of damage there, and it's something that the current president, joe biden, who is leaving tomorrow never recovered from politically. and it's something that president donald trump has focused on as a result of what the consequences were for that. so there's some rebuilding to do with the morale of the military, and it's interesting the see the people he's brought into his administration, veterans of the 9/11 generation, to help right those wrongs. john: you mentioned afghanistan, the last time president trump, then-former president trump, was at this area, the tomb of the unknown at arlington, was in august when he was observing the the third anniversary of the horrific bombing at abbey gate in kabul. he later went the section 60, which he is going to do again in about an hour and maybe a little less than an hour, he's going to visit section 60 again which is mostly people when who gave the ultimate sacrifice in afghanistan and iraq are. the vice president and the president-elect coming in now.

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john: solemn ceremony there concluding at arlington national cemetery, the tomb of the unknown soldier, the laying of four wreaths by the president and the incoming president and incoming vice president. and it is the to remember those who have sacrificed, given the ultimate sacrifice, the ultimate measure of devotion to this nation. in protection of our freedoms, so that we may all live free. something that, again, will be driven home at 12 noon tomorrow with the inauguration of the 47th president of the united states. sandra: an absolute american moment that we all watched and took in there and also in addition to the president and the vice president were gold star families present, just a reminder why we are all here and what this day is all about. john: and with gold star a families, the president will be

visiting section 60 of arlington national cemetery which is mostly dedicated to people who have given the ultimate sacrifice in the wars in afghanistan and iraq. sandra: all right. and once he departs arlington national semitaxer boy, does he -- cemetery, boy, does he have a big day. his make america great again rally will begin at 3:00 eastern time. we are going to have to be carrying that live here on if -- the fox news channel. john: kid rock, lee greenwood, the village people and billy ray cyrus -- sandra: i wonder if when lee greenwood joins us, maybe we can have him sing a tune for us. john: do you think he might if sing god bless the usa? [laughter] sandra: maybe. john john he could also sing god bless canada, because the canadian embassy is just down street as well. as we come back out to the folks here, we have got the former attorney general, now-senator

from the state of missouri, eric schmitt, along with katie pavlich and governor john landry from louisiana. katie, this was symbolic today because with tomorrow it will be cemented in the reviewing of the troops at the capitol after he is sworn in, but this is going to be the commander in chief of the u.s. military. >> despite the official outside inauguration ben being canceled and moved inside, you do see d.c. full of people who are very excited to be here. this is such an american moment, and has certainly highlighted at arlington cemetery. it shows america's unique place where it is the only place in the world it happens exactly like this. and while people are going to balls and parties and seeing their friends, we're reminded of the sober moment that this is. the world is a very dangerous place. president trump survived two assassination attempts over the course of the past year, but he's resolved and ready to to take it on. and tomorrow at noon we will see what he has in store for the country and the world.

sandra: beautiful thought. governor landry, want to bring you back in. boy, this town is filled with energy right now. i came in last night, and there were balls and parties happening on every block. >> there is such -- john: like new orleans. [laughter] >> almost like coming to new orleans, you know? it's like mardi gras comes to washington once every four years, but certainly special for president trump. look, again, i think starting off today in remembrance of those that have lost they are lives for the ultimate price of freedom and also for the scars of war as well, follow the gold families, gold star families out there. but people who still have that fought over 20 years we have fought terrorism on foreign soil. so that that we don't have the fight it here domestically. hook, i think that part of -- look, i think part of the excitement is the fact that people believe they're going to be the safer, that the standard of living is going to increase, that we're going to have economic opportunity, that there's going to be the more liberty are, more freedom.

things that both eric and i fought for when we were attorney generals over the last eight years. and so i think that's the level of excitement. it was a pent-up frustration that tomorrow they can release it, and we can get america back to being great -- john: yeah. louisiana and missouri partnered on a number of important pieces, a number of important court cases. senator, let's go to you because getting the national security team in place as quickly as possible is always very important in any administration. typically in the first day we'll see the secretary of state, secretary of dhs, defense, maybe one or two others confirmed. doesn't look like that that's going to happen tomorrow. >> well, i think we're going to move very, very quickly. we had the first tranche of the confirmation hearings this past week. pete hegseth for department of defense, pam bondi, you had marco rubio who's going to -- marco might get 100 votes, i don't even know. john: probably 96. >> yeah, we should have an over-under line on that probably. you're right, we need to get the

team confirmed as quickly as possible. we're very committed to the that as senate republicans. the american people are optimistic by nature, but i think what you're seeing in this town is a level of optimism i'm not sure i've seen because we've endured the last four years, and we've seen high inflation, we've seen an unsecured border, and president trump, i think, is going to deliver on the -- john: do you think hegseth and tulsi gabbard are going to make it across -- >> i do. i think it'd be exceptionally rare for that not to happen. there's only been three no votes since bill clinton. when you have the president and the senate. of the same party. so i think we have got a job to do, and we're going to get it cone. sandra: so nice to spend this time with all of you. john: it really was. thank you. enjoy tomorrow. all right, now this. >> there's a lot to be done in this country. we've got to get our border under control, inflation under control, the economy. john: voters eager for republicans to use their mandate to turn the economy around. what will be the first move for

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john: all right. so people are looking for success when donald trump takes office tomorrow at noon. he's talked a lot about the economy and how he's going to turn things around, but now is when the rubber meets the road. sandra: yeah. hi, steve. john: steve moore knows what the 45th and now 47 president can do. do you think the biden administration's made the economy better or worse, 28% said better, 5 2% said worse. >> wow. john: donald trump's got tough work to do. >> he does. i talked to him, i said, can you do it? he said, steve, i to can do it because i've done it before. that that's the right answer. we had a boom in his first three years in office a, then we had covid. the answer to your question is, yes, he can do it. the only question how long will it take. i want to make sure people understand, he's inheriting a mess. this is not a good economy right

now. you and i were talking, inflation's ticking up again -- sandra: because people want to know, whether those -- will those prices come down. historically, it's difficult to bring them down. >> the most important thing is to stabilize the prices so they don't keep coming up. gas prices are $3.50 a gallon again -- john: i paid $2.99 the other day. >> you did? where? [laughter] john: i'll let you know. i don't want to broadcast it, because there'll be lines down the block. >> my point is, it's a heavy lift. but i'll tell you this, john, he is going to hit the ground running, you know? within the first hour of him taking the oath of office, he's going to start signing those executive orders promoting american energy, deregulating the economy and better trade deals. sandra: what about taxes? what's going to happen there? >> well, that's a big one, you know, because he has to do it. because if he doesn't do it, all the tax cuts expire. the average american will face a

$3,000 a year tax increase if we don't act. so we're to going to get this done. i like what trump said, let's get this done by memorial day. and, by the way, the longer you wait, the longer it's going to take the expansion going because businesses want to know tata these tax cuts are coming -- that these tax cuts are coming and they're going to get the relief they need. by the way, that tax cut was a huge successful. john: but there's a thorny issue with the tax cuts, state and local tax, s.a.l.t., as it's known. >> yeah. john: so many governors and local officials across the country who want to the raise the cap on s.a.l.t. deductions -- >> yes. john: trump wants to play ball,s but to what degree can he without i blowing up the deficit? >> let me just say this, if we were to bring back the state and local tax deduction, that would be the biggest tax cut for the top 1% in the american history. now because we doubled the standard deduction, only 9% of

americans item eyes their deduction, is that s.a.l.t. deduction isn't even relevant. it's only relevant to rich people in states like california and new york. [laughter] sorry. people in hollywood and silicon valley, people in manhattan. why should we give a big tax break the those folks? in -- if they're concerned about taxes, they should take it up with state and local people. sandra: do you know what people are hungry for? a business-friendly environment. >> yes. sandra: small business is the engine of america. they're the engine of our economy, and they want to think somebody's on their side. and above all else, they don't want any surprises, you know? if there's going to be a change in the tax code, let us know it's coming our way. do deregulation is going to be huge in promoting growth. >> sandra, you just mail -- nailed it. one of the things businesses want to know, every time they're a assessed, the government isn't hitting them with a baseball bat over the head. we want our companies to be successful, we want america's industries to be number one --

sandra: thank you, steve. john: great to meet your lovely wife on friday. sandra: all right. a make america great again victory rally for president trump is about to be underway, is how the president-elect is celebrating his return to the oval office. we're going to break that down with trump-vance senior adviser jason miller. he'll join us live just ahead. n e so you can get back to your monster to-do list. e super helpful. see if you can save money at progressivecommercial.com. thank you. here's to getting better with age. here's to beating these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need, and the flavor you love. so, here's to now... now available: boost max!