myrtle beach and north myrtle beach. a smaller fire has consumed about 350 acres near the town in state south carolina. no homes or businesses are threatened in this rural and wooded area. winds are expected to continue under very dry conditions there could be relief in sight in the form of rain tomorrow. bill. >> bill: okay. our best to them. let's get that rain in there. jonathan serrie back in myrtle beach, south carolina. i can hear the siren. dana. >> dana: we are counting down until president trump addresses a joint session of congress tonight. he will lay out his common sense plans to renew the american dream as steep new tariffs take effect today. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. miss you, about bill.

>> bill: miss you, too. have a great time tonight. i'm bill hemmer. economy playing a big part in the president's plans now. he is imposing a 25% tariff an ole imparts from mexico, canada, extra 10% from china. look at the reaction on the big board today. the dow at the moment is down 1.4%. you add that to yesterday and you are about 2.8% off in two days of trading. the nasdaq is down even more. it is about 3.6% overall. in just two days. trump is saying there is no room left for negotiation. this is a deal that is set. the markets starting in the red today. sharp sell-off yesterday as i just mentioned there. wow. >> dana: and treasury secretary scott bessent says that big picture, the president's plans will turbo charge the economy and help improve the lives of everyday americans. watch. >> it's a focus on main street, wall street has done great.

wall street can continue to do fine. but we have a focus on small business and consumers. so we're going to rebalance the economy, bring manufacturing jobs home, we're cutting red tape and regulations and we are going to get bank lending going again. >> dana: fox team coverage hillary vaughn on capitol hill. let's go to edward lawrence at the white house. good morning. >> good morning. we'll see how long the other countries will hold out. president trump betting the u.s. consumer can hold out longer than consumers in china, mexico and canada. at the foundation of all of this is president wants the flow of fentanyl to stop coming into the united states. to incentivize that he slapped a 25% tariff on all goods coming from mexico and canada. energy from canada is 10% tariff. the goods on china goes to 20%. >> president trump: it will be very cost lie for people to take

advantage of this company. they can't come in and steal our money, take our jobs and businesses and expect not to be punished. they are being punished by tariffs. it is a very powerful weapon. >> chinese followed suit with the world trade organization slapping a 15% tariff on u.s. chicken, wheat, corn and cotton adding 10% tariffs on other foods imported to china like soybeans. canada firing back imposeing 25% tariffs on 20 billion of u.s. imparts with that number going up to 100 billion under 25% tariff in 21 days. mexico will announce sunday what retaliation tariffs they will impose. reportedly a call with president trump from the mexican president coming up. democrats warning what might come. >> when donald trump starts a trade war with canada and mexico it means rising costs for

produce, groceries, cars. even ordering take-out and happy hour. it is unbelievable what they are doing with these tariffs. it could mean restaurant owners in states like mine could be forced to close down as food prices go up. >> president trump will lay out tonight how he believes he can fix what has happened under the biden administration that led to inflation. we'll see how this plays into the price increase pressure we'll see. back to you. >> dana: we'll see. president trump expected to tout doge's estimated 105 billion in savings for taxpayers as democrats mount their resistance to the department's cuts. let's go to hillary vaughn from fox business live on capitol hill with more. good morning to you as well. >> president trump is coming to capitol hill with a list of accomplishments. on the top of the list is doge,

the department of government efficiency. in his joint address he will brag about the savings that doge has brought the american people with savings over $1 hundred billion so far. just one of the economic achievements president trump will highlight tonight. >> he will highlight some of those accomplishments and also going to talk about his plans to fix the economic mess that was created and left for him by joe biden in his administration. >> is the president worried about disruptions? >> frankly, the democrats should applaud some of the things president trump will be talking about. >> democrats are planning their own protest over doge tonight. many members are bringing federal workers who have been fired to the address as their guest. senator elizabeth warren bringing a former employee of the national science foundation. i'm bringing doug to force trump to confront the federal workers he fired. the people who make this country

run. the guest list is not the only protest democrats have planned. >> we shouldn't be surprised if we see walk-outs. shouldn't be surprised if we see the kind of coordinated effort in dressing a certain way to send a message. we shouldn't be surprised if we see people might even verbally react to some of the lies that we know he is going to tell. >> the president received a lot of pushback from federal workers for him asking them to email what they did last week. president trump is coming here to the hill with a list of what he has done in the past month and a half. >> dana: it has been a full packed six weeks. >> bill: from the white house counsel to the president alina habba. thank you for coming back and good morning to you there. i want to ask you to give us a surprise but i don't think i'll get very far on that.

you heard omar. how will the heckling be managed by the president? >> what else is new? the president expects it. these are the same people, we had nancy pelosi tearing up papers making a mockery of the room. we have seen time and time again they use this as their platform to look like disrupters themselves. all they are doing is disrupting america. we have such momentum now. president trump is ready to speak about how much he has done in just shortly over a month. it is an extensive list. i don't know how he will fit it in the short amount of time he has but we literally had to condense it. there is so much good done. to the hecklers and people that refuse to stand up and clap for america not just donald trump. shame on you. we know you are coming but america's polls and what they are saying about president trump now and his crazy numbers on how much approval he has is an all-time high and speaks for

itself. >> dana: good morning. hakeem jeffries was talking about yesterday that they are with the american people. the majority of the american people want what the democrats want. watch here. >> the american people are with us all across the country. people a rising up to push back against the assault on the economy. the assault on hard working families. the assault on our democracy and the assault on medicaid. we don't need paid protestors. the american people are with us. >> dana: i know he is the leader of the opposition right now along with chuck schumer. it does seem they're struggling to figure out a way to contrast with president trump. >> the assault on the economy, it's comical. where do i even begin? i'm not sure why they are always

playing the victim card. it doesn't speak to america. we're patriots, what president trump has done is cut waste. get rid of fraud. the only people screaming and upset are the ones whose pockets aren't being lubricated through federal government ngos. if they want to come tonight. we heard they will bring people who lost their jobs, yeah, you get fired. you get fired when you don't show up to work or when you are taking taxpayer dollars and not working for the federal government and double dipping. that's this administration. the hard working americans he is speaking about, they work their butts off to make up for the amount of fraud and waste that we've had in this country. we're trying to get that money back to them. they can cry wolf all day long. i don't feel sorry for them. they should get back to work for the american people like president trump and this administration. >> doge savings $105 billion

that doubled in a week. border encounters down 95%. nominees confirmed at 22. market sold off two days in a row. they don't like the tariffs. peter navarro is coming up. what is the challenge right now in trying to make this work and not send the economy in a tailspin? >> i think hon evidently we're trying to fix it as fast as possible. tariffs are good for the american people. we demand to be treated the way they treat us. called putting america first but equality and fairness across the globe. we want to continue to do business in a fair manner. we have a different issue. biden's administration was killing chickens and thought it would help the avian flu. now we have an egg problem. we're still correcting problems economically and we need to bounce back. it will take time and we're

working really hard at it. >> dana: alina habba, thank you. >> thank you, see you tonight. >> dana: president trump inviting a special group of everyday americans to his joint address tonight. among them the widow of fallen nypd officer jonathan dilhr killed in the line of duty last year by a career criminal. mark fogel. american teacher released from russian prison last month are invited and the family of corey comperatore, the firefighter killed during the attempt on president trump's life in butler, pennsylvania and more excellent choices that we'll see later this afternoon. >> we couldn't even get the ukrainians to a point where they could talk about the peaceful settlement. i get the frustration and rage and it is their country, not our country, but you have to accept cooler heads have got to prevail. this thing cannot go on forever.

>> dana: the trump administration to haveening its stance on ukraine. the president paused american aid and he will give an update during tonight's address. we'll see. plus an accused cop killer released by a democratic judge due back in court today. it is prompting out rage even among democrats. >> it is unheard of that a capital murder defendant charged for murder, charged gets a bond -- low bond out on the streets.

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>> bill: this is a bit of a surprise on the hill. jd vance will be there twice today. this is number one. there to introduce bridge coal by. he said a moment ago he wanted

to make sure that senators understood how important this position is to national defense and security and to the president. go ahead and roll this clip, guys. >> good morning, everybody. obviously i'm hear to talk about my friend here. i think he will make a great policy lead and i want to be here to give a word of encouragement and approval and lend my reputation to bridge's confirmation. he is a really important person for us to have at the department of defense. we have gone for too long letting our industrial base get degraded. allowing troops to not have the munitions they need to fight wars of the future. president trump believes in peace through strength. a core part of peace through strength is ensuring our troops have the weapons they need in order to fight the next war if god forbid it comes. bridge is an important part of that defense policy. i think the senate will confirm him and glad to be here and speak on his behalf. happy to take a few questions if

you guys have them. [inaudible question] >> what the president has said clearly about the ukraine policy is that he wants the ukrainians to come to the negotiating table. we want the ukrainians to have a sovereign and independent country. we think their troops have fought bravely but at a point where neither europe, united states or ukrainians can continue this war indefinitely. it is important that everybody come to the table. the president is trying to send a very explicit message. ukrainians have to come to the table and start negotiating with president trump. >> do you have hope for the mineral deal. do you think it can be reached with ukraine? >> i certainly do. the president is interested in the mineral deal and heard some positive things. not yet the signature from our friends in ukraine. look, the mineral deal is an important part of the president's policy. number one, the american people have got to get some payback for the incredible financial investment we've made in this

country. a lot of aid that the europeans have sent has come in the form of money that is getting repaid to them. it is ridiculous and frankly an insult to the american people that the europeans are getting a better deal than the american people. the president is just trying to insure that the american people get a fair deal while simultaneously making sure we have access to minerals and resources that are important to the economy of the future. >> when zelenskyy changes his pass -- was that a long-term pause with aid? >> the president has been clear he wants the ukrainians to come to the negotiating table. when they come to the negotiating table, everything is on the table. >> what do you need to hear from president zelenskyy. >> the most important thing. a lot of people have made this about public statements. president zelenskyy needs to say he is committed to the peace. president zelenskyy needs to apologize to the president. the public stuff doesn't matter nearly as much as what are the ukrainians doing to meaningfully

engage on what a peaceful settlement would look like. we need to ukrainians privately to come to us and say this is what we need, this is what we want. this is how we'll participate in the process to end this conflict. that's the most important thing and that lack of private engagement is what is most concerning to us. >> you bring not much pressure on russia. do you expect that maybe more sanctions on russia or any other -- [inaudible] >> i don't think that's right. we still have a number of sanctions that are placed on the russians. we do believe the russians economically are struggling because of this conflict. we believe it is russia's best interest and united states and ukraine best interest to bring this conflict to a close. we believe applying pressure to everybody to stop the killing. that's what the president's policy is. >> president trump talked it about a deal being a long way

away. what are we talking about timeline here? how fast? >> president trump said that or zelenskyy. >> i believe president trump had characterized it as being a deal a long way away. >> i know that president zelenskyy said that. what i think the president has said is we can make a deal here. the russians can't continue this thing forever. the ukrainians can't continue it forever and most importantly united states can't continue it forever. a lot of details to be worked out and questions about territory and everything else. we want that conversation. we aren't saying we're committed to one pathway or another. we're just saying you can't bring the peace to the forefront if the ukrainians aren't willing to negotiate in good faith. right now they haven't been willing to. hopefully that changes. >> do you think european peacekeepers are the non-starter for the kremlin. >> i won't speak for the kremlin. i don't know what is a none starter or not for the kremlin. we appreciate this. the british and french have offered to step up in a big way.

that's very important. fundamentally, the question of what is a non-starter for this or that party is part of the negotiated settlement we have to come to. we can't really start that negotiated process in earnest until the ukrainians led by president zelenskyy come to the table. >> what do you need to see from canada? the u.s. could tolerate or continue -- [inaudible] >> number one the president has been clear he doesn't want to tolerate a nuclear armed iran. i don't know what mr. colby wrote in the past. every person that we nominate to a position will have at least one thing that they disagree with the president about. that's okay. the president's policy is extremely clear. we cannot tolerate nuclear proliferation especially in iran. that will be the policy of the administration. it was during the trump administration. >> what do you need to see from canada to roll back the tariffs. >> the president will have conversations with the canadians.

we need to see real engagement on the fentanyl drug issue. that's the underlying element of the tariffs. we think the canadians have not been serious about stopping the drug trade. people will sometimes say well, if you look at the numbers the mexicans send way more fentanyl into the united states than the canadians do. canadians from allowed a lot of fentanyl to come into the country. it is not a defense that more has come from mexico. >> bill: the last thing about colby the third in charge of the pentagon. some republicans question his approach to iran. see how the hearing goes. a lot is about ukraine, what happened last week, what comes forward yet again and the vice president saying we need to hear from them. tell us what you need, tell us what you want. that goes on and on, dana. >> dana: it was also interesting to see vice president vance. tonight is a little bit of a contrast when you look back to the previous administration and kamala harris didn't take many opportunities to go to the hill or maybe wasn't given many

opportunities. any time she did off the cuff conversation with the press it did not turn out like that. so we will watch for more tonight. there is not a question he is not able to answer, that's true. thanks, bill. meredith mcgraw, "wall street journal" white house reporter and following the potential deal with zelenskyy. as i sat down before the vice president spoke i thought they might be an announcement today. when i heard vance talking there it seemed to me he is not seeing the deal is that far away. we want success for the ukrainian people. what do you think about tone today? >> it makes clear the white house wants to get the deal done and what i have oh he heard also privately from white house officials. the ball is in ukraine's court in the administrations eyes. they've said that publicly. the white house believes it is a great deal for ukraine and zelenskyy needs to drop the security guarantees. a big argument from the white

house that we've heard is this mineral deal in and of itself is a form a security guarantee. they believe ukraine is already getting that. it does seem like potentially we can have a deal. i don't know what the timing looks like. >> dana: they may be on more of the same page than the blowup in the oval office allowed at the end of that long meeting. president trump on the minerals deal. >> is the ukraine minerals deal dead >> president trump: we are making a speech. i will let you know tomorrow tonight but no, i don't think so. >> it was an interesting response from president trump. it hinted that he is going to be laying out to the american people exact will i what he is hoping to hear from president zelenskyy and how he wants zelenskyy to come to the table here. but also that shelby said the white house doesn't see the door being shut on a potential

minerals deal. they really feel it could be a key deterrent for future conflict. >> dana: shorter segment than we anticipated. a quick thought. is there something you are watching tonight that maybe i'm not paying attention to yet? >> i am focused on what the president will say about the economy. notable because of these tariff announcements today. a lot of americans and republicans who are going to have to face voters next fall that's what they will be looking for. >> the economy is key here. president trump likes an element of surprise and he is very aware of television and the attics around that. i'm sure there is a lot we don't know is coming. >> dana: there is a very impressive group of americans invited to the first lady's box. i'm sure that will be integrated into it. great to have you here. thank you both. >> the theme is the renewal of the american dream. the renewal of the american dream under way already. look at all that president trump

has accomplished in his first month as president. >> bill: karoline leavitt is fired up at the address before congress. trump is expected to tout the billions of dollars of investments he brought. his tariffs take effect china, canada and mexico vow to retaliate. peter navarro will defend it. he reacts on that next. and the son and the holy spirit. my soul proclaims the greatness of the lord. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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a transition period. i get that. but do the american people? if not, how do you tell them? >> look, bill, the important thing to understand today is that we've had a very large number of americans dying. super bowl full number every single year. it's over a million now over the last ten years and it is fentanyl. it is fentanyl from communist china that comes over in 50 gal an drums. made by mexican drums not just fentanyl but lace the heroin, cocaine. i don't think this is well-known. prescription drugs. let's say that you are struggling to buy your prescription drugs.

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chess board. china comes out and they are adamant we'll fight to the end. that was their rhetoric. that's not useful rhetoric. the rhetoric from china should simply be we'll stop the fentanyl. bill, you and i both know that communist china is capable in 24 hours of stopping all of the fentanyl production from reaching these shores because it is an authoritarian country. they aren't doing it. the mexican cartels have infiltrated canada and taken control of mexico. people have died. that's what it is about. >> canada and an mexican government the american drug demand has to subside as well. let me give you one last comment. the canadian premier out of ontario, quick comment. watch here. >> if they want to try to

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to shave off at least a percentage point from the inflation rate and allow the federal reserve to start lowering interest rates would lower mortgage rates and allows this economy to prosper. things are really good with the trump economy. trust in trump. he is trying to stop you and your children from being killed by fake fentanyl showing up in your prescription drugs. that's the battle we're fighting today. it is not a war, it is simply defending ourselves. >> bill: $2.65 a gallon in ohio this past weekend. we'll watch for the address tonight. peter navarro from the north lawn. >> looking forward to it. thanks, bill. >> bill: thank you. >> dana: the fight for fairness in women's sports hits a brick wall after democrats block a pub republican-led bill. >> where are all the democratic women who stood up for this so long? the republicans are the party of women and want to advance

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>> bill: we have some news with regard to zelenskyy and ukraine crossing right now on x. zelenskyy saying a lot of things. here are a few head lienls. ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible. says about the clash in the oval office, it is regrettable that it happened that way. he says it is time to make things right. so that is the word out of kiev. we do believe he is back in the country as we speak. watch the headlines for more flout the day and see if there is reaction from the white house. back to d.c. we ride with dana. >> dana: that is interesting. plus this. president trump is set to

address congress and that's one day after senate democrats blocked a bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing in women's sports. that bill stalling in the senate. the vote was along party lines and it comes despite a number of recent high-profile controversies involving biological men beating girls in women's sports. martha maccallum is here. the democrats over there all voted as a block against this. it is shocking. >> i think you saw -- i saw your conversation with majority leader thune. a coordination. an effort days before the address to the joint session of congress to try to push this through and the democrats filibustered it which says we don't want to touch this thing. it can be interpreted as a no vote. they didn't allow it to move forward. it is shocking given the number of americans and independent voters who clearly are in favor

of a more common sense approach to this issue. not allowing people born male to not compete against women in sports. across the country this issue people are pretty squared away on. i think it will be very difficult for them to understand why their democrat senators couldn't just step forward and say yes it doesn't make sense, i will vote for that. >> dana: "the new york times" poll that 79% of americans say this shouldn't happen. in the first lady's box tonight will be a young woman who got spiked in the head with a ball in a volleyball game and got a traumatic brain injury from it. she will be there. all the democrats who voted against it will be there as well. >> 64% of those who approved of essentially this senate measure making it law that people born male cannot participate in female sports. 64% of independents support this.

that's an election right there. it is amazing to me that more of these democrats -- i think you brought up -- aren't reading the writing on the wall and saying i live in a state that's a swing state and this is something that ought to be a little bit easier for them to go along with. >> dana: the other thing is a lot of democrats will try to bring people to the speech tonight that have been recently laid off. governor hochul, governor of new york said i will try to recruit them. watch here. >> they call themselves putting american first. give me a break. they know nothing about the functions of government. they don't know who it serves, they don't care about the tireless public servants who keep it all running. the current regime in washington may not recognize your talents but i can assure you, new york state does. we don't vilify public servants, we value you and cherish your

contributions and do want to welcome you to the new york family. >> dana: what do you think of this? >> all i keep thinking about is the elon musk, joe rogan podcast that said i couldn't believe what we find in terms of layers of bureaucracy that exist. there will be some valuable workers cut. they will be brought tonight. i think the example is when you look at the way -- these folks, musk and trump are running this more like a corporation. and corporations do sometimes cut to the bone and then they look around very quickly usually and say excuse me, this person is really valuable to us. can you come back to work? we'll give you more money than you were working before and that could be getting something back into reasonable sense. >> dana: so many new yorkers moved to florida and ron

desantis said i want to doge the state. >> governors have to do that because they need a balanced budget. they are running a business in each state across america. they understand this better. kathy hochul isn't worried about adding to her bureaucracies. >> dana: i assume you have a big day in washington and long night. look forward to joining you. what about 3:00? >> we'll talk to lee zeldin this afternoon what's going on at the epa. a lot of people are interested in the money that were the gold bricks thrown off the titanic. how that investigation is going. why did an organization that got $1 hundred in revenue get $2 billion from the biden administration. where is that $2 billion? we'll talk to him about that and have a preview of tonight as well. >> dana: one of the things that many did for some other climate groups they bought ads to support kamala harris. >> some of these groups if you

look at the websites anti-trump across the top and getting federal dollars. we'll see you tonight. >> bill: in the meantime we have a fox news exclusive. health and human services secretary rfk junior sits down with the good dr. mark segal. it's next. >> it can cause death. it can cause pneumonia and blindness. we are doing everything we can to make sure that doesn't happen again.

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>> harris: when president trump addresses the nation his theme will be the renewal of the american dream. something everybody could get around, right? not democrats. they want no part of it. we'll look at their plan to actually try to derail trump tonight. plus the liberal political party finding a new way to ignore

american voters. every single democrat voted no on a house bill to protect female athletes. state department spokeswoman tammy bruce, senator marsha blackburn and jim trusty. "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> bill: see you in a few moments. now this exclusive. hhs secretary robert f. kennedy, jr. sitting down with fox news about the ongoing measles outbreak in parts of the u.s. and more. dr. marc siegel joins us now. what did you learn? >> i sat down with rfk junior, secretary and he talked to me about what is going on on the ground in west texas and what hhs is doing there. take a look. >> what we're trying to do is really restore faith in government and to make sure that we are there to help them with their needs and particularly do what they ought to be doing.

right now we have -- we're delivering vitamin a. we are providing assistance if people need ambulance rides. gaines county where most of the cases occurred is a very remote -- >> i asked him about the current government response to the measles outbreak and he said more is being done and sending cdc boots on the ground to texas. >> they have treated most of the patients actually, over 108 patients in the last 48 hours and they are getting very, very good results. they report from -- a steroid, a third year old steroid and cod

liver oil which has high concentrations of vitamin a and vitamin d. >> according to the texas department of state health services mostly unvaccinated children are the ones becoming infected with the most recent cdc data showing vaccination exceptions for kindergartners during the 2023-2024 school year were at a long time high. he has questioned vaccine but hhs has sent 2,000 doses of the mmr to texas. kennedy acknowledged the role the measles vaccine plays in community immunity. the decision to vaccinate remains a personal one. with a startling number of patients being treated in the past two days kennedy spoke to me about other measures in addition to vaccination. >> we will do what's right for the american. we'll be honest with the american people for the first

time in history about what actually -- about all of tests and studies and what we know and what we don't know. we will tell them. that will anger some people who want, you know, an ideological approach to public health. >> kennedy says there is a critical need for vaccines for community immunity but says it is a matter of personal choice. he completely debunked the story in "politico" that says his communications director resigned because of a personal conflict with him. he says he never even met the guy, bill. >> bill: more to come on that and see what he says from here on out. doc, nice going. thank you. >> dana: well, bill, a democratic judge in houston facing intense criticism after setting bond for a suspect charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a deputy. that suspect set to appear in court by posting bond and walking out of jail.

>> there are a lot of questions right now about why this democratic judge in houston did not deny bond to begin with. the suspect in this case, 27-year-old francis here, expected to appear in front of that judge again for the first time since posting his $1 million bond allowing him to walk out of jail. francis is one of two suspects charged in the capital murder of harris county sheriff's deputy last summer. the judge who set the bond faced scrutiny before for letting repeat offenders out on bond. now judges cannot comment on these ongoing cases but we did reach out and we have not heard back from them, dana. >> dana: brooke taylor, thank you for the update. bill hemmer, great to be with you today. see you on "the five" and special coverage. it is a big day here. glad to be with you. here is harris. >> harris: fox news alert.