president trump's joint address to congress. we will begin at 8:55 eastern. to preview the speech. the address begins shortly after 9:00. obviously the president will be walking down the center aisle in the house chamber. zeal post speech analysis from our panel and then the democratic response from senator alissa clot kin from michigan until 11:00 p.m. sean hannity takes over special time spot for post address analysis. tomorrow on "special report." president trump threatens to pull funding from schools that allow what he calls illegal protests. we will look at that remember, if you can't catch us live. set your dvr 6:00 p.m. in the east. 3:00 p.m. in the west coast. thank you for inviting us in your home tonight and every night. we will do it fair, balanced and still unafraid. "the ingraham angle" in a new spot. starts now. >> good evening, everyone. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" from capitol hill. and trump takes the hill. that is the focus of tonight's

angle. all right, we're just two hours from president trump's first address to congress in his second term in office. now, we will see standing ovations from republicans. sitting scowls from democrats. maybe some boos from the squad and stunts from real radicals like jazmine crocket. >> as far as i'm concerned, he is an enemy to the united states. when you are literally putting us at risk all because of what -- because you want to convince your followers that you should be a dictator, too. >> we had an opportunity to have a woman lead this country and i promise you she would have let us to the promise land. but instead we got somebody that seems like he wants to take us to hell. >> laura: oh, bless her heart, i don't think that woman ever takes an actual breath. well, tonight as democrats perform their tragic act for the cameras pretending they suddenly care about the economy and national security, president trump is going to lay out his blueprint for restoring america,

the america they wrecked. our economy, our border and foreign affairs, it's going to be focused toward america first. he'll enter the house chamber with what looks like a clear win in his push for peace with ukraine. zelenskyy seems like he realizes his attitude in the oval was supremely ill advised. in a statement today, he said he is ready to work with trump fast to end the war. and said the meeting didn't got way it was supposed to, that it was regrettable. and that he is ready to signed minerals deal any time and in any format. now, this is good news. peace is inevitable. so, why aren't the democrats -- didn't they use to be for peace? what is their alternative for ukraine? i'll tell you what it is, it's the same old, same old. >> they have cut off all aid to ukraine, which basically puts them in league with the russian brutal invasion of ukraine. i think it is disgusting. >> i see the vice president and

the president acting very directly as agents of putin and russia in the so-called negotiations. >> laura: now, let me get this straight, you're pro-putin when you're for peace? these people are sick. of course, the president will hail the work by doge, what they done, and his agencies, what they've done to begin to cut the fat, the waste, and the fraud out of government. how do democrats respond to that? let's check in with a woman whose every utterance wreaks common sense. >> we cannot allow our country to be undermined in the way that it is being done. as a matter of fact, what they are doing is a gangster move. >> y. >> they are moving gangster way on america. >> laura: yeah. there are democrat leaders who pretend. on board with cutting government under the right circumstances. do you think there are places in the government that should be

cut? >> oh, absolutely. i sent a letter to elon musk right at the beginning of the administration when he said he was setting up doge. you got to focus on where the fraud and abuse is for example, with medicare advantage program. this is the privatized half of medicare. >> laura: okay. elon, go for it. work with pocahontas. the public seems to be on board with streamlining things after all. 72% according to a new harvard c.p.a.'s harris poll said they liked the idea of agency focused on efficiency. plunged level not seen in 25 years. yell yes. the del rio sector eagles pass routinely saw 3 to 4,000 a day under joe biden.

according to bill melugin there were 43 yesterday under trump. as dhs and tom homan are working to deport as many of the worst criminal aliens as possible, what are the democrats up to? well, of course, they are trying to keep the criminals here because we need more of them. and republicans on the hill are hauling sanctuary mayors to congress tomorrow. right here cannot wait to see this, because these people are literally aiding and abetting vicious criminals and what they are doing to protect them. the president is also going to reaffirm thinks commitment to girls and women's sports tonight. as democrats, well, they are lining themselves with people like a state rep from minnesota who wants to keep boys in girls locker rooms. >> you aren't going to stop being transgender because you strip them from sports or housing or healthcare. make no mistake this is another version of state sanctioning bullying and genocide. and i don't say that loudly --

lightly. >> banner, yes. protecting girls is genocide. i think they are just used to genital mutilation. that is who today's democrat party leaders cater to. not a single senate democrat voted for the bill this week that would have protected girls in women's sports teams. it would have protected their locker rooms even. that is shameful. finally with the economy still top of mind for americans, the president is going to address his decision to slap sizeable tariffs on mexico and canada and smaller ones on china. late this afternoon though after the stock market dropped 1200 points in two days trump's commerce secretary seemed to be already adjusting the tariffs downward. >> both the mexicans and the canadians on the phone with me all day today trying to show that they will do better. and the president is listening and we are probably going to be announcing that tomorrow. somewhere in the middle will likely be the outcome. the president moving with the canadians and mexicans but not

all the way. >> laura: well democrats are pouncing on this already arguing this is tantamount to the trump administration negotiating against itself. we seal how it plays out in the courts and also in the court of public opinion. and, of course, the press though, they reflexively describe tariffs as taxes totally dishonest. properly deployed as trump showed his first term, tariffs encourage more manufacturing in the united states, and create more jobs. when they're done in a targeted way. now, one thing is for sure. from the border to inflation to another endless war, skyrocketing trade deficits. democrats drove america into the dirt. donald trump is trying mightily to dig us out and rebuild. this will not be easy. you should see the protesters we had to cross tonight coming over to the capitol. these are astro turfers paid by george soros' group. but the trump administration is

going to have to be very smart and anticipate the moves of the globalists machine. they will be cranking out the anti-trump and anti-trump policy propaganda. but, remember, the goal that they have is to always amplify the negative to try to move public opinion against president trump. right now, here's where things stand. one survey shows trump up at 54% approval rating. another has him at 51%. and, according to an nbc report, his supporters, they are standing firm. >> i feel very good. is he doing what he said he is going to do. change is happening very quickly. >> i feel great and cautious. okay? i think he is doing a good job delivering what he said. removing that light speed. >> laura: as i said before, donald trump needs to stay popular. now, don't forget now brothers squawk in congress is wildly unpopular. the republic knows it takes

time. only in congress a month and a . what i say full steam ahead. that's the angle. joining me now is oklahoma senator markwayne mullin. great to see you tonight. it took him long enough as i mentioned zelenskyy is calling the oval office for, it looks like he wants a deal here. >> well, he messed up, fortunately it's going to work out in our favor, especially with the mineral deal. zelenskyy bit the hand that was trying to feed him. and when the president was ready to make a deal. zelenskyy, unfortunately, slapped the hand down. and now he is going to -- is he going to be negotiating from a point of weakness. the fact is, i felt like we did have some type of obligation to ukraine because budapest memorandum. at some point you got to pull the plug. three years of fighting with no end in sight, the president is right. let's make a michelle deal. let's negotiate peace and stop the killing. promises made, promises kept what the president has been

doing since he has been in office. >> laura: american people could have voted for as long as it takes. that was kamala. they decided to vote for donald trump that said i'm going to bring peace. >> that's right. >> laura: that's what they he want haved for. elbridge colby a long time friend of the show and under nominee for secretary of defense policy. testified in front of the senate today, this confirmation hearing. watch. >> if putin is perceived as being successful, and if he comes out of this feeling that this worked out in his favor, do you think that puts other european countries at risk? >> well, i think it's clear that european countries need to take more responsibility for their own security and i think that's already happening. we actually want to encourage that. >> laura: well, looks like he is going to be confirmed after democratic attempts to torpedo that nomination. >> bridge did a phenomenal job. as he was setting there he showed that he was very capable

of artic could you a little the message that need to be said. he also had a strong gas grasp n the issues. anyone oppose him their hatred for president trump. you can't can't get anybody more qualified than bridge colby it. doesn't happen. the fact that they are trying to push back on him, he diffused so many situations, unfortunately senator kelly, is he always looking for an opportunity to make himself feel smart. >> laura: let's move to doge because item wit eric swalwell, good friend of yours claims he is routing for doge, watch. >> i'm routing for efficiency. i want to see him save money. when you get rid of bird flu monitors as the price of eggs is going up. that doesn't help. get rid of fbi agents when terrorist attacks are happening that doesn't help. cut the faa when planes are crashing that doesn't help. show us the savings and show us how we are safe and i can root for that. >> laura: so, planes are crashing. you know, that's going to be the next thing. no one is getting their cancer treatment. this is what they are going to

push. >> mr. fang fang here is trying to show some type of credibility because the truth is, no one is leading the democrat party right now. that's why you are having all these messages. they try to resonate hillary clinton. that didn't work. joe biden was not cognitively there harris couldn't lead herself out of a paper bag. now you have a bunch of people all dish in for 2028. for some reason swalwell thinks he can do it this time even though he failed miserably four years ago. >> laura: senator, great to see i here in your home turf. you have to hand it to the democrats though. because, they make up and in predictability what they lack in originality. >> [bleep] that ain't true. that's what you just heard since day one of donald trump's presidency, prices aren't down they are up. >> [bleep] it ain't true that's what you just heard since day one of donald trump's presidency, prices are up, not down. >> [bleep] it ain't true, that's what you just saw. since day one of donald trump's presidency, prices are up, not

down. >> laura: echos of irrelevancy. it wasn't just those democrats. you have to count the boxes, 24 of the democrats released videos using that same language this morning. [all playing at the same time] >> laura: they now care about prices. well, the angle asked all of them who came up with this lame, embarrassment of a script? turns out it was senator cory booker, sorry, corey, also the chair of the democrat strategic communications committee. these guys really must like losing. over in the house, a half dozen democrats gave axios a sneak peek of their plans for tonight. discussing a litany of options to protest trump tonight, including through outright disruption. that's what they said. joining me now florida congressman, gubernatorial candidate byron donalds.

congressman, great to see you. now, so the protest, we understand, include noise makers, signs, empty egg cartons, oh, okay. funny. hand clappers, they are trying to turn this into mike mardi gras celebration. mardi gras, wearing my purple. what do you hear? >> quite frankly i don't care what they do. it demonstrates how their agenda was when they were in charge. also demonstrates they have no plan. they have no strategy of how to make the lives of the american people better. if you are going to brings egg cartons and foolishness, they you are not ready for "primetime." that's why donald trump his polling numbers all time high. that's why he is leading on the world stage going through the federal bureaucracy like a president should cleaning it up and leaning on the agenda the american people want. >> i know you are not interested in colleague ilhan omar. unseriousness of the democrats they are throwing stones at trump, she gave us a preview, watch. >> we shouldn't be surprised if we see walkouts, we shouldn't be

surprised if we see the kind of needed effort in addressing a certain way to send a message. people might even, you know, react to some of the lies that we know he is going to tell about the work that his administration is doing and the harm that it's causing. >> south carolina. >> laura: remember when joe wilson of south carolina said you lie? biden. >> it was to obama. >> laura: that was like a war crime when he did that all of a sudden egg car stolen, screaming walkout. trump, suey general rest situation. smash trump like that and disrespect him because he is trump. >> if you walk out it's going to be a okay more room in the chamber for the rest of us. i don't really care. what i am focused on is securing our border. democrats failed. i care about sending back to home countries. getting out of wars on the world stage. they failed. donald trump is doing that.

he is focused on the american people. if they want to get up and walk out, that's their business. it will demonstrate how childish they are and how serious they have not been about the business of america. >> laura: chad pergram is reporting that the national congressional committee is telling members to hold no in person town halls because democrats have been hijacking them? is that the. >> i'm doing a town hall in a couple of minutes. i would tell any democrat that wants to come out there and turf my town hall bring it. we're going to talk the truth and what is really going on. i'm not afraid of you. about time we get down to business in d.c. >> laura: i don't want to pile on here i thought that was lame. look, tea party showed up at the democrat town halls and we complained that we were thrown out. so now you're going to say don't show -- i say let them show up. see exactly who these people are when you engage them in conversation, respectfully, oftentimes they can't back up what they are saying with real arguments. charlie kirk has found that out. you found that out on the trail.

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>> laura: democrats are determined to not learn any legislative from the election. >> what issue part of your problem with working class voters? >> i mean, i guess my question would be what does the word problem mean? i think the republicans did a really effective job of making this an issue and, frankly, of scaring a lot of people. >> laura: republicans, of course, didn't scare anyone. the biden administration's open border policies sure did though. and we're still dealing with the consequences of a daily basis. take the two illegal jordanian nationals arrested last year for trying to enter marine corps base quantico. we covered this extensively at the time. biden released these illegals on bail even after one former quantico staffer described this as possibly being a dry run for

a terrorist attack. we hit it on the angle at the time. well now one of these illegals hassan has reportedly been arrested by ice agents again. now, it's unclear what he is accused of this time. i would like to know. now, would this meet the aoc definition of a problem or not? joining us now missouri senator josh hawley. senator, thanks for stopping by. like, again, at the time i think you might have been even on the show. apparently approaching quantico and they ended up getting let go. >> yeah, it's unbelievable. laura, this goes to show you what the chaos we had under joe biden, president trump is now bringing an end to this. is he closing the border. is he cracking down. is he carrying out these deportations. the democrats resist, resist, resist. they have got nothing to offer. i think listen, already this country is safer because of his 35 days in office and is he just getting started. >> laura: now, the problem for the trump team it seems to me on

the immigration front isn't the border. they have locked that down, it's awesome news on the border. it's the deportations, we were at gitmo last week. amazing people doing their very best, incredible base by the way. we got millions and millions of people here. and then have you got these sanctuary mayors who are, you know, obviously they are just going to do everything they can to keep as many illegals here as they can. how do we ramp this up to the tens of thousands a week which is necessary? >> congress has to do its job, laura. we have to pass funding. >> laura: is he going to ask for it tonight. >> he needs to get it and get it fast. we also got to stop the leaking. within ice, within the fbi we are seeing leaks against the raids, preleaking about raids, tipping off people. this has got to stop. i hope that the attorney general and others will say listen, we have zero tolerance for this. these aren't whistleblowers we are talking about here. thee are leakers endangering law enforcement. that needs to stop. ice needs to be fully funded. the president needs to keep going full speed ahead. >> laura: chuck schumer decided to rewrite history.

watch. >> democrats last year said that require legislation to secure the border last month border numbers were down significantly. was that true? was legislation necessary? >> president biden's numbers went down the month before as well. they have been down the last few months. and he implemented on his own when we couldn't pass it some of the things we proposed. >> laura: senator, crossings went down under biden? they went down only because they knew trump was coming. the trump train was coming down the tracks. >> they went down at the very end because trump had been elected. listen, can you look on the year on year. a year ago the border was completely overrun. now, it's basically closed. that's all because of donald trump. biden said for years oh, i can't do anything about the border. this is congress' fault. wow, donald trump in 30 days has the border closed. he has got deportations going like crazy. what changed? a president changed. that's all it took. >> laura: the economy is top of mind for everybody. prices still too high. trump has been in there six weeks they are bringing egg

cartons tonight to make their point because biden, i don't know, didn't he oversee the killing of, what, 2 million chickens or something because of the bird flu. completely overstated threat? but now we are dealing with the brunt of what biden did but it's trump's fault. >> whose fault is that. this is joe biden. we are dealing with the biden fallout. this is why trump's energy prices getting energy prices down. >> laura: already started to happen. i filled up my gas tang today. looked pretty good. >> taking regulations off farmers. get back to work producing, producing, producing. these policies are going to work. president is on the right track. he has to keep going. >> laura: great to see you, senator. democrats repeatedly refusing to protect women's sports. we have reaction and an update, next. ♪ ahead of the rest of your day. oh hey guys, i was just recording some new stuff for hallow. lent this year is going to be awesome. look, you■ve all heard about hallow. you know how much i love it. my wife loves it. our whole family loves it. give it a try. maybe you have. and you've fallen off. that's all right.

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>> laura: well, the curtain is finally being pulled back and the old dinosaur media are admitting that, of course we were right all along, joe biden had no business being in the white house. >> he shouldn't have run for president. i completely got so angry at joe biden the man when i read the transcript of the hunter biden trial and when i realized that not one, not two, but three biden children -- and i count beau's widow were all dealing with drug problems in 2018 and joe biden and jill biden said now's a perfect time to run for president. there is this mythology about joe biden that the man cared so much -- it's all bull [bleep]. >> laura: well, it's a phony mea culpa of sorts. admitting the truth? he is not going to apologize for his own role in the failed biden cover-up.

remember how he covered the hur report describing biden as an elderly man with a poor memory? >> this is sort of the narrative of a death by a thousand cuts. the public is drawing their own conclusion. and in this report, feeds a narrative. you have got to fix this. is it fixable? we're going to find out. >> laura: it wasn't. joining me now byron york chief political correspondent and a fox news contributor. all right, byron, great to see you. would he be saying any of this if biden was able to limp along to the finish line and win biden -- byron or if kamala won? >> i'm sorry, i'm not buying any of this. >> laura: i'm not buying any of this. i want no credit going to chuck todd and my banner? >> the thing to remember this is not some sort of dark secret hidden inside the white house. joe biden was appearing in public all the time. giving off signs that he had

serious problems. not little senior moments. signs that he had serious problems. in the two or three weeks before the big debate with donald trump, he had three incidents, it was that visit to d-day the memorial wandered off. there was the hollywood fundraiser where he wandered off and obama had to get him. >> remember the classic? >> laura: which he froze. he froze for two minutes. something was obviously wrong. >> laura: i thought my tv had biden for biden. >> everybody could see it. >> laura: this was going on for years, byron. we talked about this. >> we did. >> laura: you and i in 2020 the few times that he emerged from the basement, doing a number on him. last week, tapper announced that he is releasing a new book about the biden cover jump. but this is how he covered biden's mental decline, watch. >> obviously suffers from a

stutter, is he sharp physically -- i mean mentally. >> false claims from the "wall street journal" about president biden's mental fitness and acuity. >> he is 81 and his memory, you know, it doesn't seem great. it's not horrible. but i don't understand the outrage. >> laura: well, recently as juny better than all the rest of them in covering biden. but, it wasn't exactly like he was on it. johnny on the spot. >> this was a situation where if you were a journalist covering the white house you were just covering your eyes. you were averting your face, you were doing something. >> laura: there was never any accountability. if you are wrong repeatedly for four years or refused to kind of admit what is right, you didn't have to do investigative reporting as you said. you just had to watch. >> no. >> how are you still a, quote, journalist? how do you qualify as a journalist? >> i'm sorry, i don't have an answer to that question. >> laura: you are a real journalist. >> did i write a story in the

spring of 2019 and the headline was joe biden is too old to be president. >> laura: you just had must be smarter than the rest. >> there you go. >> laura: the joe biden projecting their own conspiracies onto the trump administration. watch. >> what we are looking at is state tv. what we're looking at is what russia is doing. what we are looking at is what north carolina is doing. and we are doing that -- they are attacking the fiber of the freedom of the press. they are destroying it. because they want to be covered in a friendly way. >> laura: byron, what is going on here? i mean, this is -- this is it. she is describing what the biden administration did. >> well, do you expect the story to change? >> laura: no. >> no. exactly. if you were in karine jean-pierre was all four years of the biden administration, and there was a story and they're gonna stick to it, at least until somebody writes a tell-all memoir. we haven't had one of those yet

by the way. >> laura: at this point, anyone who still seems to cling to this idea that kamala harris had the smarts to be president, seeing some of her post election appearances, or that joe biden could have won this. >> yeah. >> laura: again, at some point you have to hang up your journalist credentials and say i'm going to go into a different line of work. >> i think the more rational democrats are angry at joe biden for not saying around the midterms of 2022 saying that, you know, i have been that transitional president that i talked about and i'm not going to run for re-election and giving the party two years of an opportunity to find someone, not necessarily kamala harris, to run for president. >> laura: you even brought your egg cartons? >> i have not. >> laura: the democrats are bringing and telling all our guests. i saw egg cartons scattered all other the ground outside. byron, this is what it comes to. he kills the chickens and now they are coming home to root on

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close enough. you are taking it back. i love it. >> absolutely. they don't get to own anything. especially when they are unwilling to stand up for female, stand up for young girls and do the right thing. can you believe literally not

one democrat voted for that bill? not one. it is an 80-20 issue. 80% of america says we do not want biological boys in women's sports to they are still do cowardly to stand up for young women. yeah, we are taking it back and going to do the right thing. >> laura: the stunts have so predictable. we are laughing earlier with byron donalds tonight that they went nuts long before you came to the hill they went nuts when joe wilson screamed you lie. went crazy. breaking decorum. how dare you? now they are going to do staged walkouts. the clappers they are going to have. done the color thing before. >> the mainstream media won't hold them accountable. they won't point out breaking of tee core rum is coming directly from them. at the end of the day, donald trump won in a landslide victory. america wants him vision. they want it enacted and they deserve to hear they're president speak the truth. >> laura: when i'm watching the confirmation hearings today of chris landau, who is up for

deputy secretary of state. elbridge colby another top position. matt whitaker these are people of real substance and wheel experience. and to see these senators like one after the other after the other. i just thought it was appalling. >> isn't it like -- i had to take a step back in the hearing. they are totally gaslighting. all of the things that they're accusing these people of, i'm like wait a second, this is what you have been doing for the last four years. you have weaponized the justice system. you have literally taken a backseat to what is good for america. and the truth is that these men and women that are filling these cabinet positions. they understand donald trump's plan. his vision, and they are ready to execute. and they are not afraid of things that people in the past have been. they are going to achieve results for the american people. no matter what. >> laura: now, we have been hearing that some republican senators, especially with big agricultural basis. alabama has a lot of agriculture burning up the white house phone lines today about these tariffs. now, i happen to be very

pro-tariff. maybe i would have done it differently. china probably would have got more than 10%. >> that may be coming. >> laura: that may be coming. nevertheless, ron johnson and others were saying this is going to kill us on the agriculture. let's approach this a little differently. what are you hearing? >> look, agriculture is obviously huge in the alabama economy. one in five jobs are connected to agriculture. we know food security is national security. our farming community also understands that donald trump is going to put them first. look at the biden administration, they went over 500 days past the time they were supposed to actually pass a farm bill, laura. and actually fight for our farmers. they kicked the can down the road relentlessly. donald trump put farmers first last time. they know the end result good for them. they know that is what will be achieved here now. >> laura: maga supporters are standing firm. do these things in order to make sure america is in position of strength that we keep americans safe and secure and that we

actually achieve peace across the globe. people are sick of the status quo. donald trump is anything but that people are excited to actually have someone that will fight for them. >> laura: our trade deficit under biden skyrocketed. >> oh, absolutely. >> laura: china from 2022 to 2023, absolutely catapulted upward. we see it across the board. so, when he they say oh, a tariff is a tax. not necessarily. that's such a way of looking at it. american jobs created. that's what he wants. bring the pharmaceutical home, which is what elizabeth warren said she is for i'm for bringing pharmaceuticals home. donald trump wants to do that. what are you going to do? >> dry up american wages. you just nailed it. china has undercut american workers time after time after time again. and we have not had a leader. >> laura: trump is going to do that. >> on shore jobs. if you look back at 2020 and three shows on just that. >> laura: you bet. >> we know that the one thing that is evident we have to secure our political supply chain. donald trump being announced

that's what he was going to do yesterday. more investment in america creates the american dream and that opportunity for people from coast to coast. it's going to be a good night tonight. it's going to be lights out. i can assure you that. >> laura: i'm looking forward to it. i'm glad you started to take that color back. >> i'm sick of them owning things. they don't get to do it. we're where america is particularly on this issue. we are going to keep fighting to make sure that president trump's executive order of keeping biological boys out of women's sports. we're going to fight to make that law. >> laura: by the way, it was fun seeing you at the inauguration. your husband is hilarious. awesome couple. great people. senator, thank you. >> thank you. >> laura: president trump's address to congress just an hour away. what to expect, next. ♪ you're really close with your brothers and your sisters that are in the military with you. and when you get out of the military, you kind of lose that until you find a new family. we can talk about our struggles and the things that we did overseas and not everybody can do that. adam! how's it going, brother?

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>> laura: in about an hour, president trump will be here in capitol hill. of course interesting both chambers of congress. for the first time since he took office for the second time. right now he's still in the

white house prepping for tonight. peter doocy standing by with all the details. peter, what's the president doing to get ready for tonight? >> you mentioned that he's prepping and yes, he has been involved with crafting the speech and overseeing the edits to make sure that everything is in his own voice but there's no formal speech prep and officials in here are calling back to the biden days were we know that they would either set up a podium here at the white house or at camp david ahead of a big address and they would have advisors standing around telling him how to say things and how to stand, how to prepare for possible interruptions which we know he did last time when marjorie taylor greene interrupted about lakin riley. but there is no formal prep like that happening and karoline leavitt told me that she thinks president trump could do this speech in his sleep. something the columns team has according to a post i just went out, at least 20 may doubles. they've got a huge order of mcdonald's inside. there it is.

three boxes of 20 chicken mcnuggets. 16 fries. i will go and check after we are done chatting to see if that is all but we can here the motorcycles from the motor pool revving their engines as the roads around here close and president trump gets ready to take the very quick trip to capitol hill. you will see him soon. laura. >> laura: all right, nice job on fox and friends, i watched you over the weekend. >> thank you. >> laura: excellent job. >> usually we get about a minute to say what we know about a story. eight hours over two days, i don't know how you guys do it. it took a lot of time. >> laura: you sounded just like your dad when you said that by the way. nice job. you are fabulous. thank you peter. joining me now, florida congressman cory mills. also molly had -- mollie hemingway, townhall.com

editor, both fox news contributor's. other than it being really hot in here, it's going to be hot in there in the chamber because there will be lots of protest, lots of stunts, lots of histrionics. what do you expect? >> i expect exactly what you said. the president will read his message. 600% increase when it comes to i.c.e. apprehension, 62% approval rates for president trump when it comes to how he's handling immigration, one of the top things on the ticket. president is looking at a economy, on tariffs, not just on canada, mexico and china but taking back the panama canal. renamed the gulf of america. he's done more in his first couple of days then joe biden did in his first four years. >> laura: we've been hearing reports and reading reports that a senator from kansas, ron johnson also saying look we are with you, totally maga, but these tariffs work -- will kill us and that there will be some compromise in the end. >> i disagree. is someone who worked in the private sector, what you see is that tariffs are a momentary

pinch point. what happens is american industry has to increase their productivity because it balances out the cheap products from china. the economy scales that increase because we have to build more american products. we need to have americans consumer products for americans. >> laura: the media are suddenly really worried about the economy. you knew that was going to happen though. but president trump has a vision for the country, does he not? we must bring manufacturing back to the united states and started humming. >> that was his comment. he said if you want to come from any of those countries, mexico or canada, and build in america, the tariffs are not a problem. just like with carrier from mexico in his first term back american industry, american jobs, american products for americans. >> laura: molly, your view on this tariffs kerfuffle over the last 48 hours? you saw a growing number of democrats coming up criticizing the tariffs, some republicans

getting wobbly on the tariffs. what can we expect? >> people are nervous but not as nervous as they were when he first started proposing them in his first administration, when you had nearly universal outcry. because some of those tariffs went well, some go better than others, and because they are being used to shore up building in the country, you are seeing more people open to it but he still needs to make the case for it and explained to people what the result is going to be. he's got that opportunity tonight and i would not be surprised to see him talk about it a little bit. >> laura: katie, the market dropped about 1200 points in two days. but elissa slotkin we know is that to rebut trump's address. certainly she will go to that point. they will try to go all in on the economy. her goal apparently is to level with the american people during her speech. that's always a brutal thing to have to respond to any sitting president, but she's going to

level with the american people, because they were so honest about biden's condition. >> i don't think democrats have much -- right now. trump can make the case that his economic agenda has not even past, we are still living in the biden economic agenda and that's why things don't feel like they are getting better. he's going to be in front of republicans and democrats in front of congress, he can call on them to say let's turn the page on a new economic path forward, get my agenda in place and push forward with the trump tax cuts and growth for the american people. one thing that has been under discussed with this whole tariff argument and debate is that president trump's vision for tariffs is to eventually remove the income tax from america and replace the way that we pay for the federal government with tariffs. that's a deep principled belief that he has. so he can put that out there, get through the first steps of the legislation he needs right now from congress, but moving forward he has a lot of unfinished business and he plans to ask congress to help them get

it through. >> laura: congressman, that's congress. congress has to step up. but there is an addiction to spending in this place, in both parties. trump had to deal with the pandemic which was a huge amount of money but beyond that biden exploded the debt and he did not have a pandemic to deal with. >> exactly right. we can't cut our way out of this. we have to grow our economy. president trump has a growth strategy. the pricing stink -- pre16th amendment, let's get back to taking care of americans. >> laura: how would that do for the economy? panel, thank you. that's it for us tonight. stay tuned to fox for all of the coverage all night long. of president trump's a growth -- address to congress and remember thank you for watching, it is american now and forever, we have a lot of cool stuff behind the scenes up on social media. ♪ ♪ >> jesse: fox news alert, we are an hour away from the president's first joint address