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>> brian: wow. the chill is not because of weather, things are exciting. today is the day. we're expecting to see president-elect leaving blair house departing that building that was once home to harry truman, they did not have the real white house. this is president trump's second inauguration day, he knows the drill. >> lawrence: that's right. >> steve: president-elect will head to st. john's episcopal church for a service any minute now. you'll see his arrival before joining jill and joe biden for tea at the white house. he will then go down to pennsylvania avenue, in we presume with a limousine with

mr. biden and take oath of office for second time, this will happen 11:00 eastern hour this morning. >> lawrence: mother nature is having a role today. inside for the first time in 40 years thanks to snow and freezing cold. >> carley: that is not slowing down donald trump. he plans to sign 200 executive order s, everything from border security and energy independence to government efficiency. >> brian: we will see major action, we have details that bill melugin was given a look at, what is happening at the border. it will be unprecedented and not just happen in the cities, it will happen at the southern border and northern border won'ting ignored. >> lawrence: 60% of country still support mass deportation and the president will not hold

back when it comes to executive order. >> ainsley: terminate e ev mandate, end catch and release, withdraw from the paris climate accord. we'll cover it all. >> steve: blair house is right there on pennsylvania avenue. white house is across the street. not to be ignored in 11th hour of presidency, joe biden, breaking news is he's pardoned dr. anthony fauci, mark milley, liz cheney and others. i read it all. what he says is essentially he's turned the president's constitutional power of forgiveness into a protective shield for those people and joe biden does not believe they committed any crime but worry the new administration would come after them, he does not

want to cause them to get lawyers, he issued the pardons at last minute he could as president. >> brian: pretty amazing, is this a president you want? you want to do a protective shield around people? >> lawrence: truly way to end presidency after he promised to restore norms. i will not pardon my son and does it anyway. four hours before scheduled to leave office he releases this. >> ainsley: i wonder if he'll pardon his brother? four more hours until donald trump is sworn in. looking at st. john's church and blair house. there is a tent in front of blair house, we will probably not see melania and president trump. keep it on fox news all day long, we'll have everything step by step for you and your family

so you can be part of history. we have live team coverage, alexandria hoff is live at that d.c. church. >> lawrence: first to rich edson as we wait for trump to kickoff his big day. rich. >> good morning, day begins here and for president-elect it will end for president trump. history of blair house is incredible. harry trum an lived there four years as president of the united states when they were renovating the white house. the interior is largely 1940s construction. it became a guest house during world war ii because president roosevelt had foreign dignitaries come by and they needed it for the white house and winston churchill was staying at the white house and

wandering loudly looking for roosevelt and they said maybe you will be more comfortable across the street. it has become official guest house of the white house. that is the original 1824 building, it is now the complex taking over 60 to 70,000 square feet, a large complex. state department runs it, the chief of protocol. they say it is like a luxury hotel. since jimmy carter, president-elects have stayed there night before inauguration, they sign official guest book, get in the car and drive around lafayette park and diagonal is st. john's church. place where president-elects have stayd and dignitaries from queen elizabeth, margaret thacher, vladamir putin have

signed the book there and trump should circle soon. >> brian: president trump and president biden will limo together over to the capitol, that should be interesting. >> that is right, we have seen conversations with president-elect and former president obama, who knows if it will be that warm, we'll find out soon. >> ainsley: did the family stay at the blair house, hoo? i saw pictures of family members and the bedrooms looked gorgeous. curious if they were there. >> that is how it works, it is luxury hotel experience, staff of 18 people who tend to their every need, luxury food and all that. they definitely put on the works for president-elects and foreign dignitaries. >> steve: rich, they refer to it as world's most exclusive hotel, it belongs to the white house. the reason he respondent the

night there, it is about security, safest place in washington, d.c. are u.s. capitol and white house because this is across the street, they can control everything. >> absolutely, this street is locked down. you have massive large scale fences they were putting up for the parade, that won't be in use now. this complex is locked down and getting around the capitol to get across town, this place is locked down. steve >> steve: it is. great report in the cold. 20 in washington, d.c. >> lawrence: interesting tea, they have something to talk about. >> steve: good tea after that tea. go to alexandria hoff. they are expecting

president-elect and vice president to arrive any moment, they refer to that as church of the presidents, every president since 1816 has gone into through those doors for a service. >> alexandria: it is called church of the presidents and this historic day begins here as it has for most since roosevelt started 92 years ago. brief moment of solace, from the pomp and pageantry. st. john's rektor will be leading, reverend robert fishers today's service will be paired down, fewer attendees and no sermon, allowing for scripture and hymns. he mentioned it is nonpartisan.

when you look eight years ago, inauguration day, president-elect arriving here under same circumstances, he had a different service, reverend robert jeffers provided a service to president-elect trump and the sermon was lengthy and centered around god's chosen leaders. st. john's is episcopal, presidents of all denominations have worshiped here. he was raised presbyterian, and now considers himself to be no nondenominational. he has profound expression through policy, protectionings he's put into place.

he said after surviving the assassination attempts he believed in god, but he became more of a believer because of that day. today will be brief moment to reflect on the past presidency and express personal and internal prayers for example the next four years, something interesting to find out will be to see if president-elect will sit in the president's row, row 54. there has been rumors today he might sit in the front row. >> ainsley: really? >> brian: if he gets there first, any seat he wants. madison chose that seat because other pews were rented by members of congregation, which provided church with revenue and he did not want to interrupt. >> ainsley: row 54, the president's row. >> steve: like studio 54.

>> ainsley: go to studio 54 and then go ask forgiveness. >> steve: when we lived in washington, that church is open to the public, we look at blair house. st. john's is open to public and you can go to services and you never knew when a president might drive or walk across the street and see secret service activity and next thing you know, there is george bush sitting next to you. >> alexandria: i don't know if it is best intention to attend church for thatten ra, i'm sure many do. i know somebody where we lived in d.c. who attended today's church. i reached out, i heard there is this memo and reverend released some details to members of the church, so there are benefits being a member. >> lawrence: i'm curious, is it

cordoned off or supporters are outside waiting or they can't get on the street? >> alexandria: we're about two layers deep at this point. we don't have supporters here. you can't see through fence. there are distinguished guests staying that have already been thr through. >> steve: landmark hotel, a lot of people from out of town. if you are staying at a hotel inside a frozen zone, how did you get in? >> alexandria: you already have to have a specialty pass. we know at this hotel, if anybody tried to come outside to take a peek or see if they see activity, being told to get back inside. it is not traditional experience inside red zone.

there is more movement throughout the city than i am exciting. it is winding. people are trying to find their way around. if an out of towner would have been here, it will take several hours to get inside. >> ainsley: the lincoln bible, he will have two bibles stacked on top, one is lincoln bible, barack obama used twice and donald trump used in 2017, only used those three times other than lincoln nomination. and the other bible is what he received from his mother to mark his graduation at first presbyterian church. it is embossed with a portion of the cover with his name on it and it is signed by the members of clergy that were there for

his graduation ceremony, very special. his mother's hands picked that out and gave to him as a gift. >> steve: alex is talking about security zones inside security zones. to get here, we had to go through two. there is an iron curtain across the street that keeps us from getting into the kap capitol. i will not tell you which guest was unable to appear today, you have to run the guantanamolet because security is amazing ly tight and somes suggestion why they cancelled the event. couple days ago they were calling for snow and sleet and ice and wind was going to be whipping. >> ainsley: could it be for security reasons and we don't know about it. >> steve: absolutely. 21 degrees, wind chill of 11.

you have seen our reporters. if you have people coming in and band members and parade marchers, people will wind up with frost bite. it is too cold, watch on tv. they have something like 10,000 people scheduled to march in the parade including veterans groups, first responders, high school bands. they will march through the capitol one center. >> brian: couple of things. two things going on, ceremony, pomp and circumstance and tradition that we'll witness or watching it has not slowed down action, executive order actions worked on since september executive orders, mix them in. john thune is in senate working

to get marco rubio through, then kristi noem, pete hegseth? or will it be john ratcliffe? president has to staff up, they are going to work saturday and sundays to get people confirmed and break this slowdown. we talked to mike huckabee and t tillman fritite. they will put their life on hold and deputy secretaries, multiple paths happening today. i love the pomp and circumstance and tradition and bringing up madison, i'm more into what is happening same time, finding out. ceasefire deal could blowup any moment. >> ainsley: lawrence, want your opinion. when senator scott was here, he said after our interview during the break, you did not hear it. he said be'eri we're going to

have obama standard, less than two weeks, we'll have people confirmed. it took 42 days maybe -- >> lawrence: you had cabinet members that did not get confirmed until almost next year. there is more organized approach this go around. the president is working with them, trying to get through the committee process and you have johnson working on bills to get approved and stephen miller leading policy initiative in white house getting executive orders done. they are attacking from three different poens of view and that is because president-elect knows washington and understands process. >> brian: and chicago and new york getting hit with ice. >> lawrence: final deportation order, already ajudindicated or

criminals with warrants out. >> steve: looks like marco rubio will be confirmed today. brian brought it up, will it be next pete hegseth or john ratcliffe? chad pergram said with pete, democrats won't speed things up. chad pergram said look for filibustering, could take weeks for that. >> brian: the chairman said pete will be up and he said try to get through and they will break the filibuster. >> steve: senate later today, good news for president-elect because he's been behind us, senate will finish work on laken riley act and send to the house and to the president who could sign it with lightning speed. >> ainsley: the clock is 8:19,

8:00 a.m., j.d. vance supposed to arrive at the church and trump was supposed to arrive four minutes ago, yet to leave the blair house. >> lawrence: president-elect will not return to the house, probably making we released three clips from the speech, i presume he is working on final touches of the speech, probably last time to review it before he gives it. >> ainsley: he has to do inaugural address, the ball speeches and the parade speech. >> steve: and he's going to -- exactly, it will be interesting to see we have heard that apparently in addition to the fact we know that on day 1, he's going to sign executive orders and executive actions, sounds like he will sinaloa them at different venues.

never know, may sign in the rotunda, could sign the tiktok executive order in the rotunda, bite dance is an invited guest. could sign things at lunch with members of congress, and that will be def vised and could sign during the parade. he might sign something tonight at one of the balls. donald trump is a showman and people love this stuff. >> brian: president-elect trump about to sign executive order to deploy troops to the u.s. mexico border and direct dhs and dod to finish the border wall construction. boom, get it done. this is with electronics, surveillance and tech equipment. >> lawrence: some democratic governors did not want to be cooperative. now being commander in chief he

is, he will send people to the border immediately. that will take so much pressure off ice and border patrol and texas dps. we have officers there guarding border that should be patrolling the street. >> brian: trump will dezsignate cartel foreign terrorist organizations and order declare groups national security threat. the federal government will have tools to go after them, allowing for target action including sanctuaries, penalties, illegal for anyone to provide resources for that terrorist group. >> ainsley: he's going to start cons constructing great iron dome defense missile and visit california, fire communities on

friday and will withdraw paris climate accord abolish green new deal, terminate ev mandate, pause all offshore wind leases. >> brian: what do you think about elon musk, probably not happy about it. >> lawrence: brian, first administration, he wanted to designate people in cartels as t terrorist organizations. he got pushback from mexico president and the military. you have someone in pentagon that supports this. why is this important? president wanted to green light military operations when it came down to combating cartel in foreign land. >> steve: will have lunch with congressional leaders, later today republican leaders got briefing by stephen miller, one of the president's top advisors

and stephen was able to give them a game plan on what sort of stuff they wanted to try to get done immediately. it sounds like executeive actions, we've been talking about border, also energy and federal workforce. they are preparing executive orders that could be implemented within days and rest power from career government employees. >> brian: make it easier to fire them. >> steve: it will be some ways, roll back regulation preventing some drilling, roll back regulation on dei, declare crisis at the border and do eo's they think will reduce cost of living, which a lot of people would like to see and climate change stuff. >> lawrence: ainsley, one

executive order on order and not announced is president plans on mandating all federal employees working from home come back to washington because we have management buildings here. >> ainsley: stark contrast to what we were reporting on when progressive aides on the hill want 32 hour workdays because it would help their morale. >> brian: one more thing before we move on to the next guest who is dressed fantastically. >> ainsley: very patriotically. >> brian: doge will be sued within minutes of inauguration, lawsuit claiming the department violates federal transparency, 30 page complaint obtained by washington posts. they will have to sue to cut back on expenses, how appropriate.

>> steve: chad pergram is across the street from supreme court on capitol hill. you are getting good idea what is going to happen today, right? >> chad: absolutely, you talked about where they will sign executive orders, there will be toggling around, some on capitol hill, some at the white house whatnot. you were asking about guests they mieth have here. probably 14 to 1600 that will be in emancipation hall. real buzz this morning has been on last minute pardons. statement from brendan boyle, representative from budget committee. someone who strongly advocated for these pardons, i applause president biden for making this bold and righteous decision. we will have one or two-hour

news snippets today. we'll get through this and get to inauguration and get to what he signs during lunch and then on to legislation and confirmation of nominees, they will vote and pas 5:30 eastern time, laken riley act. that will be ready for president-elect trump to sign later this week. there were changes made so it has to go back to the house, because the piece of legislation originated in senate and they will go into confirmation at minimum to not, they will probably try to confirm marco rubio, senator from florida right now as secretary of state and maybe a couple others later on. >> lawrence: chad, real quickly before we move on to breaking news of the pardons, who is going to be in attendance today? just doing math, some

representatives decided not to attend from democratic party. big numbers talking about house, senate and spouses, that takes up a large portion of the real estate there. who will attend after that? >> chad: 541 total people if you include nonvoting delegates from guam and so on, they will not be there. members of black caucus indicated, saying it was not show of disrespect, it was m.l.k. day. some are not attend ing out of protest, you are the right. if you're a member, you can go >> does a spouse probably get in? maybe a few, just depends on numbers. big dignitaries andeck tech people, about 600 people.

i was told over the weekend, that figure was pushing it. i don't know how they got 1000 people in for reagan. if you look at the video of reagan video, it was set up much differently with this red carpet and platform and stand. he was standing off to the side and they could fill the rotunda more fully in 1985. there is more structure to the s setup. >> brian: chad, senator tjohn thune tsdz he will keep senate on nights and wednesdays. they look to work tuesday, wednesday and thursday, could schumer say no? >> chad: not really. what you will see, you mentioned pete hegseth, he probably faces filibuster, it is something they can overcome. in 2013, harry reid threw

something called nuclear option, able to lower the threshold for cabinet officials from 60 to 51. filibuster will happen, they will probably burn a couple days off the clock. you could see if they bring that nomination to the floor and i was told earlier today, you could have an informal meeting and john thune could file closure and tee it up later this week. i would not be surprised if they have weekend sessions to run the clock over the weekend or something. >> steve: sure. i was talking to a member of congress last night, it sounded like he was not able to take a plus one to the event, i am sure a number of steamed members of congress. get in the way-back machine. donald trump starts next

administration today in earnest, this is much different than in 2017. in 2017, he had a republican congress but they were not all on the same page. he and speaker ryan were not always in unison and he is speaker johnson, running the house now, they are singing out of the same mhiminal. there is st. johns church there. >> chad: that is right, look back at old majority in the house in 2017, they were 241, they lost six seats going into that year. you might remember one first thing they were trying to repeal and replace obama care. failed vote in i think spring, they did it a month later and failed in senate with late j

mccain voting against it. this is maga house of representative. he had a couple die-hard republicans for him, chris collins, duncan hunt er jr.. and other republicans went along. you saw support grow during his term. it grew when he was out of office. numbers are narrow. jared moskowitz said they will rely on us, meaning democrats. they are down to one-seat majority, we expect michael waltz, picked to be national security adviser, not a confirmable position, maybe to resign today, takes you down one. elise stefanik from upstate new york has to be confirmed,

probably an easy one, maybe they did it this week or next. you are down to one seat for several months, can you muscle that through with 217 house republicans and house and senate not always on same page, that is another thing to watch. >> ainsley: we're watching the blair house, if people are just joining and right-hand side is st. john's church. we are waiting on melania and president trump to walk out of blair house. they will arrive at the church. j.d. vance supposed to arrive first and donald trump after that. we were told they were to arrive 8:00 and 8:15. it is normal to run 20 minutes late? >> chad: time is not on swiss,

export for the swearing in, that will happen on time. i've seen them runway behind, never early. four years ago because of covcovid. >> lawrence: if you don't mind standing by, we want to go to bryan ilenas ooutside of capita one arena. a lot of folks out there, probably only shot to see president-elect. next time he'll be president of the united states. >> bryan: exactly right, that is why people have fought dangerously cold temperatures for hours. we'll give bifrd eye view, this line goes for blocks. interesting thing here, this po point, people have arrived 4:30, that is part of line we are to.

it is first come, first serve. folks are feeling lucky, they are one of 20,000 who will be inside having a viewing party to see the inaugural ceremony together and then the president-elect or at that point president trump will come here and host the inaugural parade inside. folks have come from all over the place. if folks don't get in, there is pennsylvania avenue, not going to be that outdoor parade. there is opportunity to see the motorcade drive by. that is another opportunity for folks who will be unable to get inside. what time did you get here? >> i think around 6:00 a.m.

>> brian: cool. where did you come from? >> indiana 4:30. >> naples, florida. >> bryan: people from all over, they are strict in terms of what you can bring in, hats off, they have to drop off bags, folks with expensive bags, they hope to get after the ceremony. they go through to view history together. >> brian: thanks, bryan. bring in kellyanne conway. eight years after she helped donald trump beat all odds and win the presidency, he's back in office and you're back with his famous red, white and blue outfit. what is main difference as we watch tradition and pomp and circumstance play out?

>> kellyanne: main difference, political insurgent and an incumbent. i think washington is bending to his will. chad pergram had a discussion with you. i was there when -- said we don't have votes to replace ob obamacare. president trump hosted house freedom caucus, that 40 plus seat margin was distorting. now with slim margin, you saw the speaker not a squeaker vote. they all came together. what did president trump say to them? look, it is disrespectful to people, they gave us mandate for security, prosperity, safe streets, affordability, get this done for them. as much as what is different, a

lot is the same. when i went to blair house, eight years ago, it became real to me. sitting there about to go to the church. after the inauguration, we went right to work. he called press into the oval office so america could see it in realtime. tomorrow, america wakes up and things feel differently, we're out of paris climate, dei nonsense is gone as much as can be done with the pen. deportations and things will look measurably different. >> lawrence: right now what is he doing? reviewing the speech? is he making phone calls still? he likes to have personal contact with people, is he working on executive orders? >> kellyanne: probably in

breakfast room, with his family and senior staff ready to go to church, probably has hard copy of the speech and a sharpie. maybe taking calls, probably watching fox news. >> steve: we think that will be j.d. vance. >> kellyanne: wonderful. he takes that sharpie and makes and moves things around. that could be the case. it is nice to wake up on the blair house and see your family members there and senior staff will come in with you. that is the scene eight years ago, i'll bet it is right now. >> ainsley: senators will be working all day. what is going through their mind and what is happening, the bidens are leaving, do you think they are emotional saying goodbye to the staff? >> kellyanne: america is ready

for that to be over with, respectfully. leaving office like a blip between the trump two services. it is emotional. joe biden thought he would run successfully for a second term. donald trump indicted and impeached he thought he would coast through. seven months ago he was turned out of his own party. there is vice president and one of the youngest we've had. >> lawrence: and his lovely wife walking into the church. >> brian: running 40 minutes late, supposed to walk in 8:00. we expect president-elect and melania to follow 15 minutes after. >> steve: they're coming. last number of weeks since the election, this has been probably

most consequential pre-presidency in 3modern history, virtue of social media and public appearance, able to shape how the world looks at america. stock market has reacted, social media reacted and he knows so much more about what he is about to do than eight years ago. everybody is behind him, business behind him. >> lawrence: presidential motorcade. >> steve: it is a two-minute drive around the block. this will be quick. he stacked deck in his favor. >> kellyanne: he did. list of campaign promises is governing blueprints, as well. >> ainsley: this is president-elect motorcade, we're being told. >> lawrence: you will not see

president come out for security measures. that grien tent is for the president. >> brian: looking to rent a black suv, you will be trouble. >> lawrence: pretty soon he'll be in the beast. >> brian: they have this appalling suv, decoys. >> ainsley: what are we seeing? >> kellyanne: that is neighborhood, aerial shot and st. johns. st. johns church is tradition forking presidents to go to m mass. this is the one protesters put on fire and i remember talking to president trump late sunday night and he walked over with others two days later and held up the bible. this man has been shot in the face. that changed him. this is credibly important

moment for president trump to begin his day three hours and change before becoming 47 th president to reflect in should house of worship. we have talked about that experience and know what he said publicly many times about it. he's going to reflect and respect this aspect of this presidential tradition. we know he says i'm superstitious, he loves tradition. today is filled with tradition. >> steve: one thing different from eight years ago and you brought it up, guy has been shot. two assassination attempts on him. security is different. >> kellyanne: certainly is. it feels that way. we're worried about his supporters, they don't have security. they are a piece of this, even though they know there is no

public event. >> lawrence: there is donald trump right there walking out, quick pause, waiting for melania trump. >> brian: think about what he must be thinking about had. a year and a half ago dealing with legal challenges and field building up to challenge him for the republican nomination. >> ainsley: he's thinking it is worth while. >> brian: comeback about to happen. >> ainsley: melania is wearing a hat, beautiful. talking to reverend, that must be robert fisher who will reside over the service. >> lawrence: last time he was in that church, he was preparing to take the oath the first time. >> kellyanne: it was remarkable. they had traditional tea with president and at the time she

said she was emotional because her daughters spent half their lives there. that is emotional. i think this is a moment also to put aside partisanship, the people, biden pardoning folks and preparing lawfare document brian told us about with doge, they look small today. the never trumpers have been dismissed, america is rising up. give donald trump space and grace in early days of his presidency. >> brian: on the pardons, general milley said i'm deeply grateful for not having to worry in his last days. bring in bill hemmer. your reflection? >> bill: good morning to you, my seventh inauguration. they are all unique. they are all original.

none more than this one. not only because of last-minute changes to go indoors, off the shuffling happening in washington, d.c. steve, you are right about security, this is a level, we go to major events, never been like this anywhere in america. until we came here to washington, d.c. now it has been 132 years since we've seen a moment like this today, last time u.s. president in office, ran for reelection and lost and ran for reelection again and won, that is late 1890s in america and donald trump has done just that. this church, for viewers at home, if you have been to washington, so small in the skyline, so intimate and beautiful and so appropriate to begin day like today. so wonderful to see j.d. vance and incoming president there a moment ago.

where we are here, we are in emancipation hall. this has been a scramble. we are usually on capitol steps outside or somewhere in the mall where people come from all over america tomp my right, there are number of seats on the floor, we don't know who gets in and who does not. rotunda holds 600. reagan held 1000. where do others go? big-time donors and members of house and senate? house of representatives will be to my right, other seats are unmarked. it is a guessing game who we see inside here. coming up on our program in a matter of minutes we'll lead coverage with new senate majority leader john thune. a lot of things will happen in the white house today and with congress today. you could get possibly first three confirmation votes later

today, we'll talk to that you know that you know about that. dana and i will follow the pomp and circumstance. you were talking about how short the drive is from blair house, you could walk there in 20 seconds. if you could pass through the fencing and concrete, pas lafayette park and be in the white house within minutes. we'll watch that procession and the two men will drive to capitol hill and what i think is important to remember, trump's first drive with barack obama, he told him, his greatest security challenge would be north korea. think about that eight years ago now north korea, russia, china, iran, new axis of competition and axis of the world that has formed over the past few years.

what did biden and trump say to each other, at some point, maybe we'll get a read-out on haor idea what biden says in his letter he left for trump. we never knew what trump said to biden years ago. >> steve: wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall. dial in ben domenech, couple of minutes. i've heard certain members of maga world refer to today as liberation day. been waiting for today, today is liberation day. >> over the last years, increasing consternation and way his story is ending is travesty for the country and nothing caps that more than these pardons being issued today which is

indictment and admission of guilt in ways we did not anticipate. negative effect from the fact these people have been pardoned including dr. anthony fauci, mark milley, j-6 committee member and their staffs, this will lead to a situation where more questions are going to be asked. you'll have more pressure from rand paul on the fauci front, jim jordan, et cetera. you can't take the 5th because you have been pardoned. you can't have a situation to escape consequence of lying under oath, it does not address forward things. how are people lobbying especially from president who has been adled, mentally absent at times. >> lawrence: the moment is

divisive. why go out like this. he said he would heal the country. what does donald trump need to do in the speech to start the process healing the country? >> as former speech writer myself, the thing he needs to do is bring in americans who would not tune in last night. people who do not feel they were pare of the trump team, who now, when we look at fox news polls, they indicate more americans are supporting donald trump than voted for him in this election. he has support of enormous amount of americans he up with catholic vote after halved it. inviting them to come in is what he can achieve with this speech, saying look, we may have had our division in the past, we've seen what came out of this person who

promised normalcy. >> lawrence: how important are first 100 days with executive orders, the big, beautiful bill, how important is that? >> hugely important and hugely important he get cabinet he wants and deserves. last time around, not a single democrats broke with joe biden to oppose. this time they have questions about pete hegseth, and kash patel and r.f.k. he deserves the cabinet he wants, if republicans hold the line, he has every advantage he did not have last time around. he had opposition on capitol hill. he had leadership that was surprised he was there and did not deal well. this time around more unified republican party, more advantage when it comes to getting legislation through and there is going to be equal opportunity. >> lawrence: optimism when it comes to cabinet nominees, so

much noise about the nominees, they crushed it in the hearings and we're hearing from our sources we're expecting full corn confirmation. >> i believe all of them will be confirmed because when they meet with people, even if they are outsiders or have not lobbied senate before, they are imprim impresive as people who can communicate the agenda. critical for donald trump, i don't think conservatives or republicans should expect this honeymoon to last. they should not have illusion when he starts implementing policy, all people with him today will be with him a month from now. but that is being00. policies are important and if they don't have optight for deportations, it does need to happen for sake of the country.

>> lawrence: ben domenech, we are watching president-elect and j.d. vance there families enter in the cathedral for traditional prayer and sermon, as well. turnover to brian, steve and ainsley. >> ainsley: thank you, lawrence. >> steve: this is part of presidents for a very long time have done this on day they are sworn in. it is go ing according to tradition. trace gallagher joins us. four years ago was different inaugural. donald trump did not show up. we start peaceful transfer of power, everybody is on board. >> trace: it is going back to tradition. big for president rump to go back to traditional things. let's get military back to where we were in world war i and world war ii. st. john's thing goes back to

madison. lincoln used to pray in st. john's. you talk about the rector for franklin roosevelt who wrote a prayer for the inauguration and elanore roosevelt would cite the prayer every night for a long time. that is the push, trying to get back to tradition and america back to the great times of years ago. >> ainsley: fascinating to learn stories and history of what happened in that building. it survived the fire and protesters. it was fascinating to learn about james madison, he chose row 54 for first inaugural day celebration at the chufrn. parishioners were renting pews to make money for the church. >> trace: for 200 years, some

choose to do it, some do not, you had barack obama, george w bush, inauguration was at st. john's. listen, this is where trump did not do it the first time and now he is doing it. there is this push for normalcy, we are veterans, we've been here before, we know how it is done. >> brian: the president has done this before, now the most experienced president. you have interviewed him, i think he's different now. >> trace: i do, too. >> brian: he's still donald trump. as a leader and person and everything he has been through and what he survived, i feel he will be different entering the oval office. >> trace: just his body movement, he is more confident,

he is smiling, he would take pictures with everybody and go downstairs and they would say, we have somebody who did not get a picture taken, he would walk back and do pictures for another 15 or 20 minutes. >> ainsley: more measures, too, not angry and not tweeting out. >> trace: right. go back to he was on television and running businesses and that is guy you see now. >> lawrence: he also talks about the near death experience drew him closer to god, he looked at faith as quite private, but this was public. i talked to him day after assassination and he said, he is up there watching after me and there was calmness. >> trace: i think he drew strength from that. you talk to him now and hes it was very close, he does not look

like he does the head thing. he says, i did this, if i stayed like this i wouldn't be here today. he does that again and again. from that, not that he's afraid, it made him stronger and feel like there is a reason he's in the position he's in. >> steve: look live from u.s. mall, this shot from washington monument at the capitol, normally there are hundreds of thousands gathered there, starting to gather for 12 noon inaugural. they cancelled all of that. inside, though, mayor adams of new york city will be in attendance along with thousand or so people who will be there. >> ainsley: and carrie underwood will be there. >> steve: big show. going back to donald trump of eight years ago, everybody had a different expectation what he'd be able to do. we knew him from the tv show and

knew he was a successful business developer and real estate magnet. eight years later, we see what he's done in the past and people have expectations about the future. >> trace: experience has given h him strength. he had advisors that would say this is a good guy, get him. okay, bring them in and he trusted everybody. you can't trust everybody, everybody is not on your team. >> ainsley: even melania said that, i have noticed a change in her. she says she was misunderstood before. she was burned and now choosing people more wisely. >> trace: choosing people they believe are right for this administration and country regardless what you think about. >> brian: prediction for you,

hear more of the trump team and less from president trump. i think he will enable and enact them to make tough decisions. >> trace: yeah, these people, karoline leavitt has been on the show a long time, grew up on our show. we talk about some of the elizabeth pipco's and people working into the administration, young people who will run next campaign. >> brian: and pete hegseth and marco rubio, great communicators that can talk about policy. >> ainsley: we close out our show, when we are on air with you, we'll have a new president. >> steve: you are watching live on fox.