be. >> steve: finally today, ladies and gentlemen, president-elect donald trump makes his historic return to the oval office four years after leaving the white house. and he will be sworn in as our 47th president of the united states in exactly five hours. >> ainsley: the president-elect will attend a service at saint job's episcopal church next hour before heading over to the white house for tea with jill and joe biden. he will take the oath of office for a second time around 11:40 eastern time this morning so keep it here on the fox news channel. >> brian: we know where he is going to be living in about five hours. and mother nature is playing a big role today sending the swearing in ceremony inside for the first time in 40 years thanks to the snow and freezing

cold. it is cold on our back side. >> lawrence: it is cold. but that is not slowing down the president-elect donald trump. he plans to sign more than 200 executive orders before the day is done and everything is on the table from the border to energy independence to government efficiency. >> that's right it is a very, very big day. welcome to washington, d.c. we have the whole gang here and you feel the energy, it's palpable. as i said in hour number one is d.c. has been imagine magaed. it's incredible. i haven't picked that up on the street a lot. it doesn't pay to be in a car. it does remind me. number one president trump is a big sports fan he know what is a comeback is and unlikely comeback is and unthinkable comeback is and it's the latter. the thing is when you are somebody who is watching your team in the super bowl.

you don't expect to see the quarterback. you don't expect to see anybody because they are hold up in their hotels. but you are here to be a part of the celebration i wish have woo have went. still have your ticket. and number two, i'm part of the movement. i'm meeting people all across the country. nobody is from washington. you get the spirit of the team. and it reminded me, too. when he walked out and they chanted u.s.a., u.s.a. they are not chanting trump. because they feel as though he is fighting for the country that they love. >> well, brian, i have spoken to a number of people who are frustrated and disappointed that they will not have the parade. and right now outside,. >> brian: dr. drew of anchors because i can't get that emotion out of him. >> steve: i was on a little plane with people flying from newark here they were disappointed. yesterday i went to a couple of receptions here in the district of columbia. they brought it inside because

it was going to be historically cold. outside it's only 20 degrees. there is a little wind. can we look out the back window right here. this is one of the most stunning views we have ever had on "fox & friends." >> ainsley: it is beautiful. people are asking on our social media sight because we posted a picture of brian with this huge space heater back here. we all have our space heaters they said why do we have the door open? the reason is there is a reflection. first of all we want to see the capitol and it is a glass -- we will close in a litigation while once the sun comes up but there was a declare. we wanted you to see what the capitol looked like behind us. we will suffer. >> steve: it's not that bad. >> ainsley: not bad at all, brian. it's not that bad. >> brian: we did post something on social media we will reveal. >> ainsley: not bad for us because we have heaters. if you were outside after hours and hours of standing out there, it would be pretty miserable. >> steve: so let's go to people who are actually standing outside right now. we have team coverage on this historical day. chad pergram is live on capitol hill break down all the congressional action on trump's

agenda. today, you know what? they're both inside. look at that. >> ainsley: first we will go to aishah hasnie who is also inside the ruffle rotunda where trump will be sworn. in hey, issue sexual harassment. >> thank the lord for it. i was out there 10 minutes and i thought no way i'm glad i'm inside. thank you president-elect trump for bricks us all inside. we are much safer in here. it's going to be a jam-packed day here at the capitol. not only are we going to see the swearing in inside the capitol rotunda. the president-elect soon-to-be president is going to sign a bunch of executive orders here into capitol. actually senator chuck grassley's idea to hit the ground running before he gets into the white house. we are told he might actually sign even more executive orders at capital one arena. we are learning more, you guys this morning about what he is going to say in his inaugural address. he will talk about ushering in the golden age. he will talk about biden policies. how those policies hurt every day americans.

he will talk about the economy, immigration two key topics that he won on in november. and then he will lay out his plan, including knows executive orders on how he plans to fix it. let's talk about the rotunda and how this is all very different. first time in 40 years. we actually got a sneak peek at it from house speaker mike johnson last night. he posted this video. take a look. it was very nice of him. he turned into a correspondent for us. and he showed us the rotunda. you can see the hundreds of black chairs wrapped around the rotunda. a platform stage where the president-elect sworn in by chief justice john roberts. bret kavanaugh will swear in j.d. vance. first indoor ceremony in 40 years. >> i know there are a lot of people disappointed because they wanted to be out on that national mall. we would have had hundreds of thousands of people. but we had to do it this way. and i think it's better as president trump said because of the weather for everyone in their best interest. >> and, remember, the rotunda

can only hold 600 people max. fox is told that going to be family. those who have tickets to the presidential platform and members of congress. spouses, not likely to be welcomed inside that room. but i'm hearing that they might be seat in emancipation hall today. possibly along with some others who had tickets. there is that. trump has also invited tech giants like elon musk, jeff bezos, mark zuckerberg, tiktok chew will be there. we will see them inside the rotunda along with trump's cabinet. as for those folks who were planning to be at the national mall just to get a glimpse of him. i have been talking to a bunch of these folks and they tell me that they are bummed but they will be here and find some kind of a bar or some place to watch this today. back to you guys. >> brian: when in doubt find a bar. the mantra of america. >> steve: yesterday they were talk about restaurateur today in

washington it could be bigger than any super bowl they have ever had. >> aishah: i believe it. >> steve: 200,000 people in town and not able to go to the parade or any official event, they are going to go to a sports bar. they are going to go to some place with a tv on to watcher the event. and they are probably going to drink some of those $18 glasses of wine. >> aishah: irmet some of them. they were in the capitol yesterday taking tours because the senators came in and opened their doors because they have nothing to do. they were actually walking around and taking pictures and taking selfies, lovely, lovely visitors. >> brian: yeah. thanks so much, issue sexual harassment check in with you again. now go over to chad pergram who is live on capitol hill. what congress can do to get the president running -- maybe on a running start, a kick start. chad we are hearing about somebody, at least one getting confirmed as early as today. >> yeah. we might have one cabinet nominee confirmed today. president-elect trump should have a major bill to sign right

away though. action starts immediately on his agenda. the senate teed up a vote at 5:30 p.m. eastern time to pass the laken riley act. it mandates detention for illegal immigrant around for minor crime. >> this will be one of the first things we do. we will ultimately get it to his desk so his influence, his agenda his vision has already influenced the republican senate and we are doing things better and differently and it's a new day. >> about a dozen democrats, including john fetterman are expected to join all republicans voting yes. moderates support this package. the bill goes to the president for signature turley after the house soyinkaings up this week. republicans are focused on the border. >> they are going to be game-changing. we're going to start securing the border day one. we're going to start deportation operations day one. we're going to start looking for over 300,000 missing children day one. all three day one in the is

expected to confirm one cabinet member tonight that's likely marco rubio as secretary of state. two other committees scheduled meetings to prep other nominees for the floor today that includes john ratcliffe as via director and christie mommy for homeland security secretary. there is an informal meeting by the armed services committee. to address the nomination of pete hegseth as defense secretary today but his nomination likely needs floor debate and a procedural vote to break a filibuster. guys? >> brian: fascinating. rubio could get through today has been ratcliffe has a shot today. do you think nome is a possibility. >> chad: possible. it might depend how much time they want to spend on the floor the other vote with the laken riley act first. members have to go to balls and have constituents in town. we would have to see what the floor traffic works out to be. i would expect nome at the latest later this week and also pam bondi the judiciary

committee has announced a markup on her nomination for wednesday. so that is something they can consider this week. kendall jackson guys, if anybody needs scotch to stay warm. you know, steve, we have talked about this last week. i'm the guy. >> steve: it's in your living room? ed that chad that's right. s j. >> i got another question for you. each member of congress got 300 tickets that they could distribute as they wanted to. so none of those 300 ticket holders gets to go to the event inside. how many phones on capitol hill are ringing off the hook where it's like a big donor or somebody who has been consequential in the life of that member of congress is saying you got to get me into something? i came to town. i need to see something. >> it's been going on midday on friday when they announced they were moving in indoors. it's been constant. where staff and members have been trying to figure out what to do.

i looked up yesterday and jim mcgovern who is the democratic congressman from massachusetts, he had a bunch of constituents who came in to get their tickets. couldn't do anything with the tickets. so he was giving them a tour. there was a lot of that going on here yesterday. >> brian: lastly, go ahead, ainsley. >> ainsley: real quickly. what about the media? is it going to be a pool shot? are they allowing reporters to go into the rotunda? >> it's going to be pretty limited. probably a pool my original assignment was to be inside the rotunda. and i was hearing another reporter who has been around here for four decades they called him the morning of 1985, he was the pool for a magazine and said hey, do you want to cold front inauguration and just sat kind of off to the side on a rafter. you know, in 1985 when president reagan's inauguration was moved inside due to the weather. it's not quite like that this time around. taps little more formal. it's going to be pretty limited in terms of access inside the rotunda. they had 1,000 people in the rotunda in '85 for reagan. only about 600 today.

>> brian: chad, i have a report that there is three words you have never said and that is i don't know. because you seem to know everything. i'm going to try to get a second source on that. appreciate it. >> ainsley: any time we have a question we text chad. >> ainsley: i was in the bureau his picture was up. >> brian: he had that demand. >> steve: one thing he did not know and nobody knew until 10 minutes ago when officially three excerpts from the president's inaugural address were released to the public. and we are going to show you what we have seen so far. >> brian: big beautiful speech? >> steve: this is going to be -- well, it's in the eyes of t the bee holder. it hasn't been described that way today. we have three little snippets in getting us interested in watching the whole thing.

>> lawrence: president-elect is going to focus on optimism wells unity in the country. this is one of the clips that we got excerpts that we got from the president-elect. he says i'm going to return the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at a start of a thrilling new era of national success. a tide of change is sweeping the country. >> ainsley: all right. i love that another one day i will sign a series of historic executive orders with these actions we will begin the complete restoration of america and the revolution of common sense. >> brian: i like that. >> ainsley: like common sense. >> common sense, baby. my message to americans today is that it is time. time for us to once again act. act with courage. bigger and the vitality of history's greatest civilization. i kind of delivered it as if i was giving the speech. >> ainsley: yes, you. did you added a few extra words.

>> lawrence: one day, brian. >> ainsley: i could act and then you said act on blah blah blah blah blah. >> brian: i shouldn't have done that. >> ainsley: delivered very well. >> steve: we have been looking forward to today -- in fact yesterday at the event, don jr. said at the rally he said how many people have looked so forward to a monday morning? he is talking about what is going on today. there's a lot going on today. not only the inauguration, it is also a federal holiday. it's martin luther king day. it is the college football championship. it's ohio state vs. notre dame. there is something for everybody. but in maga world. i have heard some people say today is liberation day. >> brian: absolutely. >> lawrence: that reminds me of the president-elect, you know, he heard us continuing to say his victory, his victory. he said it's the people's victory. it's not my victory. this is what the people have gotten washington back on track.

they were rejected. their viewnts weren't listened to. and now they are going to finally be back in charge. >> brian: one thing, peter baker story in the "new york times" today. and i always think peter is fair but most of the stories are negative about trump. and that's just his view. well, today his view is defined is out. deference is in. trump returns to a different washington. and now the other story we're not going to talk about that much today but in the weeks and years to come is who hid joe biden's cognitive decline on the inside and who in the media knew it was happening and didn't tell us. hakeem jeffries got that question yesterday and he had a pause and schumer's story a couple of days ago that came out and talked about how he had to explain to him how bad his poll numbers. >> lawrence: we knew once the end was over. >> steve: absolutely. >> lawrence: then people were going to start singing. >> steve: one at a time and then the flood greats are going to open. as of noon today, the flood gates will open.

>> ainsley: i'm curious. how do you feel at home? write us and let us know at foxnews.com. would you rather them move forward and move on and not go back and drudge up the past and say. >> steve: can you do both. >> ainsley: or would you rather move forward and let him go live his life now? >> brian: i would like to look back for a second. fdr, this moment, 1933, on the cusp of entering world war ii, seven years prior to pearl harbor. coming out of a depression, watch. >> ainsley: behind the scenes what is it like when you are moving back in the white house? what's different this time? >> the difference is i know where i will be going. i know the rooms where we will be living. i know the process. the first time was challenging, we didn't have much of the information. the information w withhelds from us from the previous administration.

this time i have everything. i have the plans. i can move. in i already packed. i already selected, you know, the furniture that needs to go in. so, it's very different transition this time, second time around. >> brian: that wasn't fdr. >> lawrence: we can roll with the first lady, too. >> ainsley: brian was talking about some of the past speeches and some of the historic moments so maybe we will be able to get that in just a second. up about then the next topic after that we were talking about is melania moving back into the white house the second time. she says it's a lot easier the second time around she described had her book how challenging it was the first time they wouldn't letter go in and see the lay of the land how to decorate. moving vans, all these guys that come in and out. i'm sure they have vans. it's the staff that doesn't. it's the butlers, housekeepers. they go through and move them out. bidens out and melania and

donald trump in. >> lawrence: not to pivot too far off. what did you make of the designers. first go around they wouldn't address ivanka they wouldn't address melania. this go around a lot of the designers dress ivanka, melania as well as valentine's day j.d. vance's wife usha vance, how do you feel about the change of course with these designers? >> ainsley: several things of course as a woman and serious we need to talk about what is happening here from the history standpoint. but we also loved the fashion aspects because there is something special about that. that dates back to jacqui o. dates back to the beginning of time. it was always nice to see the royal family in england. to say see our first family how they dressed what they are going to wear. articles are written about it and women are interested in it especially. yesterday i was looking through my instagram and ivanka trump was posting her gorgeous dresses with oscar day lauren that. so thank you so much did not

want anything to do with this family. when michelle obama. everyone was trying to address her. i hope melania is on the front cover of some of these magazines she is the first lady of the country it's a coincidence she happens to be drop dead gorgeous. >> steve: what we have been talking about how the entire tech world is now behind him. the business world is behind him. american culture is behind him now to a certain extent he named the three to hollywood. being on the trump train is cool. >> brian: maybe blowback for some entertainers today. >> ainsley: one more thing about this? moving it indoors now we get to see what melania is going to wear. i'm sorry everybody can't. she would wear a coat. she is going to be indoors. >> brian: doesn't need a heated

vest. it's a fox news alert. president biden just came across just issues new pardons for dr. anthony fauci -- call me. >> emily: ive pardons, dr. anthony fauci, retired four star general mark milley. this just happened moments ago. also includes the members of congress and staff who served on the select committee. and the u.s. capitol and d.c. metropolitan police officers who testified before the select committee. this as trump prepares to take the east of office. >> ainsley: would that include liz cheney select which i in yes. >> brian: what does it say in mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of chief of staff under both biden and trump, you know that what he has done in the past. you know he was calling china trying to publeg putting down president trump. >> lawrence: what are they

afraid pete hegseth going to see when he goes to the defense department and looks at the files and data. there has been no talk of going after anthony fauci. interest may have been senators. the president himself has not said he wants to prosecute anthony fauci. >> steve: absolutely right. here's the thing you pardon somebody who has been convicted. they haven't been convicted -- they van van haven't been charged. it will be interesting to read the exact language it hasn't broke we haven't seen it yet. when hunter biden was pardoned by his father. the language was extraordinary because it essentially we know some things happened during certain time periods. but this was a 10 year window. anything he did during those 10 years was essentially get out of free jail card. so it will be interesting to see the language perimeters of what time we are talking about and talk about what he has pardoned

them from. >> ainsley: hunter wasn't on that list. he has four and a half hours to pardon his brother. >> brian: i know that's going to get done. 51 session said that laptop was fake. executive orders is going to. >> lawrence: take their security clearance away. so interesting to me this is occurring right now, i mean, has that ever happened? >> lawrence: four hours away. brian has it ever happened before that a preemptive pardon was pushed? a preemptive pardon just in case i do something or you find something you can't do that? >> ainsley: we're getting some breaking news. this is a fox weather alert a potentially life-threatening polar vortex is covering major parts of the united states with dangerously low temperatures. and heavy snow, sending the presidential inauguration indoors for the first time in 40 years. >> brian: check in with senior meteorologist janice dean for our fox weather forecast.

hey, janice. >> janice: this is really historic event not only for d.c. but across the gulf coast. extreme cold warning for millions of folks really from the modern plains down towards the gulf coast. setting the stage for a major winter storm stretching from texas through louisiana, mississippi, alabama, florida panhandle up towards the southeast. and then that artic blast especially tomorrow when the cold air really settles in. we will feel temperatures negative live 48 in international falls, feels like negative 2 in new york. here is d.c. so the temperatures will be in the 20's. but here's the wind chill forecast. and that's when it's really dangerous. people cannot be outside for a great length of time. and that's why i know they are taking those measures because they have big groups of people when you have a wind chill of single digits like 4 degrees. that's going to cause frost bite and maybe even worse conditions. continue to keep you up to date fox weather.com covering all of the above. california wildfire danger today through wednesday back over to d.c. over to you guys.

>> brian: right. still not out of the woods in los angeles. it's unbelievable what is going on with those winds. >> steve: currently. >> ainsley: president trump is going on friday. >> steve: currently 20 degrees with a wind chill of 15. >> brian: that's going to be big news. going to get more details on that. something else happened yesterday that was published on social media that needs to be addressed. >> lawrence: evolved on an issue. >> steve: what happened? >> ainsley: so i caught brian in front of one of these. >> steve: there it is right there. >> ainsley: look how big these are. everyone is counting on them. the one in fox in the city. >> steve: it is little. >> ainsley: we each have one. blow torch. it's 100 degrees. >> brian: i have lost the hair on my chins. i have lost consciousness because it's so hot. because ainsley has her space heater but then you caught me actually enjoying your space heater yesterday. >> ainsley: i know. brian this has caused an uproar. everyone on social media is

writing why do you have the door open? because the glare. we will close in a little while until the sun comes up we need that to be open so you can see the capitol. >> brian: homage to you one time in my career where i really feel as though your body temperature has benefited me. >> steve: yesterday on the set you were wearing like a sweater. >> ainsley: i know under his jacket i liked. >> brian: starting to lose the feeling in my extremities. >> ainsley: allison ashton says they all come around eventually. marie on north said i knew he would give. in independent texas woman, lawrence, the famous space heater spax it debut nice one from someone else who appreciates space heaters. rent it out to him by the hour i have a lot of those. kathleen taylor said brian is so cute. glad he came around. warm is good. >> lawrence: what happened to you, brian? >> ainsley: thank you to awful you who commented. >> brian: between space heaters

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>> ainsley: president-elect donald trump is getting ready to leave the blair house very soon as inauguration day festivities begin. it's going to be a long gay for him but i know he is excited. rich edson is outside the house and joins us now. good morning to you, rich. >> rich: good morning, ainsley. just like in 2017, president-elect trump is preparing for his inauguration at blair house it's that complex that is right behind me here on pennsylvania right across the street from the white house. it's the official guest house of the president of the united states. now, typically what president-elects will do they will wake up in the morning and work on inaugural speech. they will also then sign a new guest book. because it's the official guest house of the white house, it really begins a chapter of that administration where all the official guests and foreign dig any tears who stay there will

fill out that guest book after that. so after the president-elect does that typically, then he will head across lafayette park right across from the white house and go to st. john's church. it's the church of the president. and come back and have tea and a breakfast with the current president of the united states. now the state department actually runs this. blair house became a larger complex of about 70,000 square feet. it's actually bigger than the white house. so that the white house could host foreign dignitaries. state department describes it. actually pretty nice a team of chefs who offer the best of american cuisine featuring locally sourced food and best of american wine. the last point is lost on the president-elect who doesn't drink. but you have had a number of people say this ever since it's become the official house guest house of the president, including charles de gaulle and harry truman the president lived here in the 1940s and 50's

when they were renovating the white house. back to you. >> ainsley: thank you so much, rich. we have a fox news alert. president biden just issues new pardons for dr. anthony fauci and retired general mark milley just moments ago it. also includes the members of congress and the staff who served on the january 6th select committee. and the u.s. capitol in d.c. metropolitan police officers who testified before the select committee. this as donald trump prepares to take the oath of office in just a few hours. south carolina senator tim scott is here with reaction. tim, that means liz cheney, right? >> absolutely. here is what it really means it. means that joe biden continues this march towards weaponizing the justices, even on his last day. think about fauci, specifically. dr. fauci lied to the american people over and over and over again. thank god for president trump who helped develop the vaccines and the things that were necessary for us to move this country forward. at the end of the day, we should expect nothing less than the

continuation of the weaponization of justice. what is he doing right now is most of us as americans find disgusting. >> ainsley: do you think he will pardon his brother? we have four and a half more hours? >> why wouldn't he at this point. i don't understand what they, the liberals don't understand about empowering the american people to make good decisions. putting the blindfold back on lady justice. that's not happening in the last four years. but thank god almighty that today is a new day for america and we're going to see the scales of justice balanced. >> ainsley: pam bondi even said there will not be an enemy's list which was refreshing. >> she did a good job during her hearing. more important than that congratulations on your engagement. you and sean make a wonderful couple. may the lord bless and keep you and shine down his grace upon your relationship and the

greatest nation on the planet. >> ainsley: amen. >> i will say, this yesterday at the blair house, president trump acknowledged the lord four or five times. >> ainsley: really? >> he understands that near death experience he had may be providential. he may be called for a time such as this to make sure that america remains the city on the hill. and he was very, very committed to doing so. he has more energy than anybody i have ever seen. >> ainsley: had you breakfast with him all the republican senators. >> all the republican senators there. and he talked about what he was going to do on day one. today is going to be one amazing day go down in the history books. i bet he has 200, 300 executive orders to right the ship. because joe biden, he was shooting holes of the boat of our own ship. >> ainsley: sun coming up. last night he said when the sun sets we will have a different america when it comes to immigration. >> amen. >> ainsley: today is mlk day. we want to honor him and his legacy what does it mean to you.

>> think back some of the powerful words dr. king, the art arcof the universe bends towards justice. think about the first four years of president trump's administration. he corrected so many wrongs from the criminal justice system in his first step act. think about the funding for historically black colleges and universities, made it permanent. you think about the unemployment rate for african-americans going below 6% for the first time. but he didn't do that through identity politics. he did that by understanding that all boats rise when the water does. and that's a president we have today in just a little while. a president who understands identity politics celebrates americans, bringing the country together with a working class coalition of african-americans and hispanic, majorities, asians and native americans. that's the president we have today. >> ainsley: i'm seeing so much unity this time. >> absolutely. >> ainsley: our country is moving in that direction alveda king says our blood saul the

same color. >> 100 percent. >> do donald trump has vowed ise going to make the records relating to the assassinations, of dr. martin luther king jr., jfk, and robert kennedy, publicly available. >> great news for all americans. >> ainsley: thank you very much, senator from the great state of south carolina. >> hallelujah. >> ainsley: president-elect donald trump getting ready to depart the blair house any moment and we will have a live report. stay with us. ♪

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begun over the next 42 days of the prisoner hostage exchange. trey? >> brian, good morning. the cease-fire between israel and hamas appears to be holding after exchange overnight with three israeli hostages. we are getting the first images of those young women reuniting with family members hospital in central israel. such emotional moments after waiting 470 days for this to happen. all the women are up and walking on their own from the west bank we also got some of the first image thats of palestinian prisoners being released from israeli prison. 90 were exchanged overnight. people gathered around buses escorted from the red cross and waived hamas flags while exanting. wait six days until the next exchange for. girl four people expected to be released from gaza. the entire middle east waiting right now for the inauguration of president-elect trump.

understanding there will be a new set of foreign policy in the region. brian? >> brian: all right. thanks so much. trey. and for play laying the groundwork for next guest former nato secretary stoltenberg joins us now. great to see you. >> thanks so much. >> brian: your reaction to phase one of the deal on the books in june with sinwar dead they felt this was the time with transition of power to do it. what do you think of the phases. >> this is a great achievement. this is extremely important the fact that hostages released. first step. we need to hope this will continue after months of warfare, after months of hostages being in captivity. >> brian: we hope to get them all out. two americans supposed to be in 42 days. as you look at the middle east. when the regime changes in

syria. it directly effects what is happening because the iranians were given the russians through the reports those deadly drones. and it changed the complex of that battle. >> what happens in ukraine as much broader picture and than europe we see providing drones. north korea ammunition and soldiers now fighting on the battlefield in ukraine. and then we have china propping up the russian war economy. so if putin wins in ukraine, it's not only leaders be in north korea and also in china. >> brian: you pointed out to me you and president trump did get along and respect each other you wouldn't be here today, number one. number two it was president trump who gave zelenskyy and

ukraine the ability to fight off the russians. he said forget about blankets and mres but here is javelins and tanks. >> i remember pretty well when president trump lethal aid of weapons to ukraine. that was back in 2017 or '18. and that was extremely important. because javelins made a huge difference when russia invaded. >> brian: tank killers. >> been effective. the united states has provided significant military support by the u.s. congress. and the thing is that we need to make the ukrainians strong so they can. >> brian: lastly president trump says i'm going to get these guys. going to talk. call putin right away. in your estimation, do you think that this is the right time for ukraine and russia to talk?

>> it's for ukrainians to decide when conditions are met. that will not bring peace. the war ends in a way where ukraine pervades sovereign independent nation. the only way to get there to convince putin that he will not win on the battlefield. he has to sit down and negotiate a deal. >> brian: always great to talk to you. good see you here. the international flavor. and good luck on your job incoming chair of the munich security conference taking place in a few weeks. great to see you, mr. secretary. >> thank you. >> brian: thanks for putting this on your punch card. crowds funneling in the capital one arena for presidential parade. as president-elect trump departs from the blair house. live in washington in moments.

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steve as we await the president-elect is he about to depart the blair house. going to be departing in moments. thousands are actually gathering outside of the capital one arena again today in advance of an inauguration viewing party and

also a parade outside the arena where people have been waiting all night. hey, brian. >> hey, steve, lawrence, bryan, that's right. for the last 45 minutes people have been streaming in to the capital one arena. start off with the people behind me. look over and see it goes all the way down ninth street. at the intersection of ninth and g. folks at the front of the line 8:00. we spoke to one of those an hour ago named jacqui brown. these folks have been out here in dangerously cold temperatures just for a chance to see one of the 20,000 to go inside of capital one arena to see the president-elect who will be the president when he comes here for that inaugural parade. they are asking folks here to take off their hats, no bags or purses. there have been people dropping their purses and their bags on the ground. not even thinking twice just for

a chance to make sure they can go inside. they are taking their hats off. unzipping their jackets and go through the magnetometer. this is what security looks like for this inauguration. no longer the center of the national mall now indoors for the first time in 40 years. it is first come, first serve. do you not need a ticket. people who -- the 200,000 plus people who have the inauguration tickets have kept them as commemorative tokens at this point. and those -- that is why people are waiting all night long because it is first come, first serve from states all over the country. not sure when they will stop the line. but i will tell you this line wraps for blocks as people are going to get a chance to get a pretty intimate look at this. usually you don't when you are on the national mall. for those 20,000 folks get a unique opportunity guys.

>> brian: very exciting, brian. i feel like i'm tossing for you new year's eve. >> ainsley: going to see the president-elect coming out of the blair house very soon to go to the church very soon. coming up, kel kellyanne conwayd bill hemmer. ♪ no. ♪ -no. -nuh-uh. ♪ yeah. oh. yes. ♪ oh yeah.

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