>> i really appreciate that question. you know, she is a senior now. it's been a very lock time. and thankfully we were able to parent her through her confusion. and that's my message to parents is that if you are in this throws of confusion with your child, we can parent them through. this love them through this. healthy boundaries stand firm in what is true and real and love them through anything. january littlejohn thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. >> you are very welcome. all right, todd, president trump's first address of his second term in the books and a whole lot happening. >> apparently that was an effort to be bipartisan which i thought was. >> we are going to discuss it because i think it's maroon. "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪

>> six weeks ago i stood underneath the dome of this capitol and proclaimed the dawn of the golden age nothing but swift and unrelenting action to usher in the greatest and most successful era in the history of our country we are seeking permanent income tax cuts all across the board and get relief to americans hit especially hard by inflation. we quickly achieved the lowest numbers of ever recorded. thank you. [applause] the media and the friends of the democratic party kept saying we needed new legislation. we must have legislation to secure the border. but it turned out that all we really needed was a new president. [applause]

in january the u.s. army had his single best recruiting month in 15 years. three and a half years ago isis terrorists killed 13 american service members and countless others in the abby gate bombing during the disastrous and incompetent withdrawal from afghanistan. tonight i am pleased to announce that we have just apprehended the top terrorist responsible for that atrocity. now, for the first time in modern history more americans believe our country is headed in the right direction. [heckling] >> [gavel] >> members are directed to uphold and maintain decorum in the house and to cease any further disruptions. that's your warning. [shouting] >> mr. green, take your seat. take your seat, sir. remove this gentleman from the chamber. [applause] >> democrats sitting before me

for just this one night why not join us in celebrating so many incredible wins for america: for the good of our nation, let's work together and let's truly make america great again. [applause] >> brian: there you go. president trump giving historic address on the house floor. longest speech ever for the state of the union or address a joint session of congress. i'm live from our nation's capitol. and i believe we need a second source, it is ash wednesday. i like to take this time to say hello to my three anchors back in new york. >> steve: thank you very much, brian. >> ainsley: good morning, brian. >> lawrence: good morning, brian. >> steve: yesterday was mardi gras, fat tuesday, and a big celebration in that big round white building behind you, brian. yesterday we were talking. how long do you think the speech is going to be? i said probably -- what about --

probably, knowing trump and the applause he is going to get i said 100 minutes. i was off by 1. it was 99 minutes. it never lagged. and once again donald trump has cemented his legacy not only as the 47th president but as a president who understands the television medium better than anybody held that before. people were laughing. highs and lows, all about taking a victory lap so far. look ahead at a new golden age. >> lawrence: it was a missed opportunity yesterday. the president started the speech out saying certainly there is nothing i can do please the democrats. they won't unify, they won't do anything. he proceeds to story tell, tell these incredible stories. just things that aren't partisan at all. aren't political at all. just wins for the country, average day people and they did not stand up. you look at the polling that came after this. cbs did a poll with u gov, 76%

agreed with removing the congressman. 76% approved of the speech. and if you go down the list of all the issues when it comes to wasteful spending, immigration, ukraine, the russia war, over 70% of the country agree with what the president said during his speech. >> ainsley: it was a great speech. the president reminded the crowd that he has only been in office for 43 days and he says we are just getting started a loft people in the chamber, the republicans chanting u.s.a., u.s.a., u.s.a. when the democrats started to heckle, their voices actually overpowered the democratic voices. but he reminded everyone that the election was a mandate. he said we won all seven swing states. we won the popular vote by big numbers. he said 270 to 525, to map out that reads republican. and democrats were yelling and the republicans were saying u.s.a., u.s.a. >> steve: mandate. brian, you were there. >> brian: yeah. i was in the chamber. i will tell you the story was

really two countries. you could not have been more juvenile as a democrat. all you could see from up top is the democrats two rows basically mostly female writing down different things on erasable boards or deciding what circle sign to hold up. and then this other -- one congresswoman while he was walking in, was holding a sign that said this is not normal. and then a texas congressman grabbed it out of her hand. and then to see this guy al green who by the way sean duffy walked down the aisle, secretary of transportation. just talking to everyone. i don't know what he was talking -- i can't wait to ask him talking to green about, must have talked for 10 minutes. he stands up and yells. weird thing is the sergeant of arms goes to nancy pelosi first. why are you checking with nancy pelosi. he is standing up, screaming at the president of the united states. way to are you there? then he walks up, talks to him,

he doesn't stop talking for a second. doesn't sit and starts yelling again. it takes the speaker to get somebody else to come in and toss him out. and then they talk to nancy pelosi again. did she approve of this behavior? do you need her to sign off on this? was she asking is this your new hip? to me if you were going to sit there and text and hold up signs i would almost matter you do what aoc did stay home. >> ainsley: some were holding up paddles that said false. someone had a whiteboard kept erasing and writing new messages on there. >> lawrence: rashida tlaib. >> steve: ultimately the democrats, and there you can see the little round signs brian was just talking about. the democrats just looked small. because the message of trump was big. and it was for all americans. and a couple of times he talked a little bit about how we need to unite and get stuff done. but the democrats did sit on their hands. even when they had emotional and very special guests like these.

>> alexis, i promised we would always remember your daughter. across galveston bay where jocelyn lived in houston you will find a magnificent national wildlife refuge. moments ago i formally renamed that refuge in loving memory of your beautiful daughter jocelyn. the very first bill i signed into law as your 47th president mandates, the retention of all dangerous criminal illegal aliens. it's called t laken riley act. we will never ever forget laken hope riley. nearly four years ago amid rising tensions, a history teacher named marc fogel was detained in russia, but last summer i promised his

95-year-old mother mall feign that we would bring her boy safely back home. my life was saved by a fraction of an inch but some were not so lucky. corey comperatore was a firefighter, a veteran, a christian, a husband, a devoted father. we're joined by corey's wife helen who his high school sweet heart and two beloved daughters alison and kayleigh. our first lady is joined by two very impressive young women. haley ferguson who benefited from the first ladies for terg the futures initiative and elseston berry who became the victim of an illicit deep fake image. he tragically lost his dad who was a los angeles county sheriff's deputy when he was just a boy. and now he wants to carry on the family legacy of service. and his greatest dream is to

attended u.s. military academy at west point. [cheers] i'm pleased to inform you that your application has been accepted. you will sooning joining your core cadet. [cheers] >> d.j. daniel is 13 years old, and he has always dreamed of becoming a police officer. [cheers] and tonight d.j., we're going to do you the biggest honor of them all. i am asking our new secret service director, sean curren to officially make you an agent of the united states secret service. [cheers] >> ainsley: stand up. at least be bipartisan on those issues. >> steve: brian, when my wife and i watched d.j. daniels hug the new director of the secret service. we both had tears coming down our faces out of our eyes.

it had to be like that at least half of the chamber that you were in last night. >> brian: people went crazy. i looked over to the left this is going to be the moment where people have to clap. >> lawrence: you have to. >> brian: for a kid who is supposed to be dead at 5. sitting there at 13. overcoming cancer, how can you sit instead they sat and looked indifferent. to me a lack of organization. i don't think hakeem jeffries set everyone sit down and ignore kids with cancer, really? you are ignoring kids with cancer? you are ignoring the survivors of a murdered teen? you can't clap for the naming of a park? it was astounding, i think it was embarrassing but also sad a group of people not going to do anything for four years. you saw them walk away from girls in sports bill three days ago. they didn't show up half of them. 14 walked out.

look, 14 walked out. >> ainsley: 17 boycott. 14 walked out. ted cruz says i have never seen such a disgraceful display as the democrats have put on. i have been to 13 state of the union addresses. i have been to every one. i never missed one. every time joe biden walked into the chamber i stood up and clapped. >> this is a radical party that is full of rage and hatred. >> lawrence: somewhere down the line the democrats lost their way. the things that were discussed, i understand. some of them were -- had political messages. but when you have a kid that survived cancer, they didn't even -- maybe they did, but, from the view of the camera i did not see them cheer when they got the guy that killed 13. >> steve: they didn't. >> lawrence: killed 13 americans in afghanistan. and i mean i don't understand where they go from here this is an opportunity to put the partisanship away.

they couldn't do it. we will be talking about it later on in the show and d.j. is going to be on the show. their explanation of why they did not clap, some in the mainstream media is lunacy. you didn't have to politicize that moment at all but you got nicolle wallace who used to be a republican. lost her way. >> ainsley: rachel maddow. >> lawrence: said the reason why they didn't clap or the reason they didn't celebrate is because the president has cut cancer funding. this is just nonsense. >> steve: we just saw the little boy, the 13-year-old boy officially become a secret service agent right after the kids who was announced that he was going to west point, the brand new secret service agent came over and gave him a high five. it was absolutely terrific. but and d.j., and his family his father are going to be with us coming up in the 8:00 hour of "fox & friends" i was reading a little bit about him this

morning and his story. and when he found out that he was going to die from the brain cancer, he made it his quest to try to get sworn in to different police departments all across the country. in fact, right there, he is wearing the uniform of the houston police department. now, of course, as he hugs sean curren, the director of 9 secret service he is -- look i never seen the guy smile. he one of the guys to tackled when the bullets flying. if you have a heart. >> ainsley: poor child. think about what he has been through. probably chemo, radiation, surgery. >> steve: half the chamber, democrats sat on their hands when that happened right there. do you have a heart? they sat on their hands when they recognized the family of laken riley. or, and brian. >> lawrence: jocelyn. >> when they announced the

capture of the master behind behind the 13 killed at the kabul airport. they just sat there these are winning. >> lawrence: for the country. >> steve: not for republicans. for america, for the world. >> ainsley: we did notice that overall it was a common sense speech. it was a great speech. he talked about what he is going to do for america. i think we just need to give him a chance. it's been five or six weeks. come on, america. best line what we played at the beginning of the show when he is talking about the border. the media and our friends democratic party kept saying we need new legislation turns out all we needed was a new president. >> lawrence: that was the line of the night. >> ainsley: 14 minutes. brian do you want to say anything. >> brian: nancy pelosi didn't stabbed for that either. that didn't surprise me. >> steve: it was a relaxing night for her. none of them really did much. >> ainsley: elizabeth warren caught up on all of her texts. that was so rude. >> steve: she was called out. >> ainsley: 15 minutes after the top of the hour, swing state democratic elissa slotkin

delivered the rebuttal. >> lawrence: lucas tomlinson joins us from d.c. with more. good morning, lucas. >> good morning. welcome to washington. democrats remain seated except al green not the singer interrupted president trump's speech promptly tossed out by the house speaker. democrats refused to stand as you just mentioned, even when trump honored that young man admitted to west point and trump made 13-year-old battling cancer an hand area secret service agent. trump said there is nothing they can do to win him over. elissa slotkin delivered the democratic response. she said ronald reagan must be rolling over in his grave right now don't for one moment fool yourself that democracy isn't precious and worth saving? how do we actually do that? i know a lot of you have been asking that question. first, don't tune out. it's easy to be exhausted. but america needs you now more than ever. if previous generations had not fought for this democracy, where

would we be today? >> lucas: as you all mentioned some democrats were a no-show. aoc sat this one out instead chose to do posting and live streaming. many female democratic lawmakers wore pink claiming it's the color of protest. democrats also did not arrive empty-handed as you all mentioned since we did this segment already. many carried signs which said save medicaid or musk steals fact-check during donald trump's address to congress. the longest in modern presidential history. a long way from george washington's 833. trump locked in at around 9800 last night. the president also claimed wokeness is dead and as you mentioned democrats claimed for years new legislation was needed to fix the southern border. last night trump said the only thing that was needed was a new president, guys. >> brian: i would like to say this, lucas, as i walked in today, guys, lucas was holding that sign that said this is not normal. and it hurt my feelings. [laughter]

>> brian: hurt my feelings and way out of bounds. >> turning on the lights here is normal, brian. >> steve: what was not normal? getting up at 2:00 in the morning to carry a speech that ended at 11:00? >> brian: nothing normal about that. that's what we do. >> steve: lucas, thank you very much. >> ainsley: hand it over to carley. she has headlines. >> carley: happening today. mayor also testify before the house oversight committee about their policies that encourage noncooperation with ice. the hearing could last over six hours. and some of those blue cities have spent big money on hearing prep sessions and legal fees. listen to these numbers here. boston mayor michelle wu spent $650,000 preparing for today's hearing. and denver mayor mike johnston spent over million bucks. see if that money swell spent. authorities confirming there were no significant gaps or carbon monoxide leaks at the home of gene hackman.

that assessment coming after expanded search of the house. hackman and his wife were found dead inside that home last week. officials believe the two had died several days before being found. still a mystery there. pope francis resting well overnight after sleeping with ventilation mask. the pope had no further respiratory episodes overnight. doctors say he is stable. the vatican says his outlook is complex and prognosis remains guarded as a pope spends a third week in the hospital after he was admitted for double pneumonia. today italian cardinal preside over the ash wednesday service as the pope recovers. today marks the first day of lent. and ginn stefani and chris pratt are the latest celebrities to invite christians to join them in the -- in prayer on the hallow app. hallow partner and investor mark wahlberger sat down with benjamin hall about why he is so open about his faith. >> people are always like well,

if i had the opportunity to, you know, star in movies and all this stuff then i would do that i would work that hard, too. people don't realize it's because i work so halder that i have gotten to the position that i'm at. you know. i was never supposed to be in this position. if you look back throughout the 30-some odd years of my career. when i always talk about who is the next guy? this is the next guy. i was never in the conversation, you know. i just kept my head down and kept working. and, you know, i realized why am i so blessed? why am i so fortunate? you know. it always came back to one reason, you know. god chose me to utilize me in the way that he wants me to conduct and carry myself and to do his work. so, you know, finding out what that is, i mean, i'm still in the process of that every day. i still pray for that every day to fulfill the potential that he sees in me. >> carley: great stuff there. more mark wahlberg comp up here on "fox & friends" this morning.

do you not want to miss it. again stephanie and chris pratt as well, guys. how cool is that? >> ben sat down with mark wahlberg making a movie, ben is the perfect person to do this interview because i have learned through the person who sat this up, sally doocy, ben looks at the hallow app. and reads a prayer every morning if you have been through what he has been through i get it. >> ainsley: losing his legs, his experience literally being blown up in ukraine his story is amazing. he and his wife just had another baby. i'm so enspider that these celebrities are coming forward and talking about their faith. >> steve: that's nice. >> ainsley: that inspires you too, lawrence, because your faith means so much to you. the hallow lap is wonderful. the guy who plays jesus in the chosen is part of that as well and we have interviewed him a few times. >> steve: all right.

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>> ainsley: we are back with a fox weather alert. strong winds and multiple tornadoes tearing across the south yesterday, damaging houses and businesses in multiple states, including texas and louisiana during mardi gras. high winds causing the roof of a dallas area warehouse to collapse, no injuries were reported. the severe weather also caused odessa storms in texas, turning your sky, lawrence, orange in that area. more than 100,000 people across the state are still without power. so let's check in with our senior meteorologist janice dean for our fox weather forecast. hey, j.d. >> just as predicted. we had over 100 severe storm warnings and 37 tornado warn storms. thankfully, no loss of life. we still have the threat today as that cold front pushes across the southeast, the panhandle of florida up towards the mid-atlantic. and then we have that area of low pressure over the great lakes, strong winds are going to be the biggest component here. we could see isolated tornadoes and some hail, heavy rainfall, but the winds are going to be in excess of 60 miles per hour for a lot of these big cities all up

and down the i-95 corridor. and that is through thursday afternoon. so 60 mile-per-hour winds, plus. in all of these areas from d.c. up towards south of the new york city area. and then we had strong winds across the plain states as well. you saw the video images out of texas with the dust storm and blizzard warnings still in effect for parts of the midwest and the great lakes where we have snow still coming down and blowing winds that is going to make travel difficult, if not impossible in some of these areas. fox weather.com for all of your latest details. steve doocy over to you. >> steve: lots to talk about on this ash wednesday. thank you very much, j.d. trump laid out common sense revolution vowing to end wokeness and dei across the nation. >> we have ended the tyranny of so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion policies all across the entire federal government and, indeed the private sector

and our military. [applause] and our country will be woke no longer. >> steve: here to discuss the fact that we are woke no longer. we woke him up early, fox news contributor guy benson. hey, guy. >> guy: good to be awake, steve. >> steve: it is, indeed. we have got a graphic. last night he went down essentially, many of his 100 executive orders and 400 executive actions and three of them terminate dei programs in federal workforce and military recognize that there are two sexes, male and female and banning men from playing in women's sports. and that -- that last one is something that the democrats simply do not get on board with. >> no. those are all popular. and they are all things that are controversial to the democrats and to the news media who are on the opposite side of a 70/30 to

80/20 issue. depending which one you look at. the best line of the speech big issues securing the border. trump went back, called back to the campaign. the democrats said over and over again whether it was harris or biden or anyone else. we need a bill. we can't do anything. we can't fix this crisis we created without a bill from congress and trump killed the bill and he then he said look at the actual results over the first six weeks turns out you didn't need new legislation. you just needed a new president. absolutely fact-check true. >> steve: the democrats wouldn't like that the emotional highlights little boy who had brain cancer and the boy who got into west point and people murdered by people in this country illegally. the democrats sat on their hands, raised the little round signs like they were in a game show or something like that. they just looked so small.

auction paddles, stone faced. trump needled the democrats half joking they would never clap for anything he said. they proceeded to prove him entirely correct. the speech was designed as a game. a game show. will they clap? all right. let's move to the next one. kid with cancer? will they clap? no. all right, here's a guy who just got into a military academy. will they clap? no. here's the family of someone tragically killed, will they stand and acknowledge? no. it was quite a showing by the opposition party. >> steve: will they clap for guy benson, no. but i will. [applause] guy, thank you very much for getting up early. >> guy: you bet. >> steve: indeed. 29 minutes before the top of the hour on this a ash wednesday. president offered high praise for defense secretary pete hegseth. we know him. there he is. he's lye. hey pete, you're next. ♪

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>> steve: our service members won't be activists and idealogues. they will be fighters and warriors. they will fight for our country and, pete, congratulations, secretary of defense, congratulations. [applause] he's not big into the woke movement. i can tell you. [laughter] i know him well. i'm pleased to report that in january, the u.s. army had its single best recruiting month in 15 years. and all armed services are having among the best recruiting results ever in the history of our services. >> brian: they are not supposed to be smiling and clapping just so you know. that was president trump talking about u.s. defense secretary pete hegseth. and he did it right in front of him. and i just -- we just watched that together because pete is in the studio. secretary of defense great to see. >> brian: great to see you. what a start have you had. what did that feel like to have the president one thing you always focused on. let's build up the military and

find out what is going wrong with recruitment. he said already a difference in seven weeks. >> brave men and women of america. when they see what his focus is, back to basic, war fighting standards, accountability and readiness. they are ready to raise their right hand and join the u.s. military. from the marine corps to the army, to the air force, to the navy, we have seen record numbers across the country of americans saying i want to serving under the commander-in-chief. president trump. so it was a cool moment to hear him announce that there. the military has responded. it's a renaissance in the pentagon for sure. and it was an historic night. the president gave historic, strong, america first speech. and it was surreal right to be in the front row watching. >> brian: go onto the issues just for you personally to walk down the aisle as a member of his cabinet and to sit in that front row. we all watched it and covered it the next day what was it like for you. >> peter: it was an honor. and i don't mean deflect. more of an honor front seat watch him to be president of the united states in the oval office

almost on daily basis making decisions on what we are going to focus on and what we are going to prioritize and how we are going to bring peace. his commitment to following through on campaign promises is historic. nothing surprises me about what he delivered last night and i was proud to be there. >> brian: you are going to go after this go to the border with the vice president. you are also bringing more troops to the border. the numbers are staggering. your thoughts about what is the mission right now? is it down to zero? >> almost. not quite to zero yet. 97% drop, brian. historic lows of crossings. the deterrent effect is there. we brought in the hirlgt alongside tom homan and secretary nome. >> brian: look at the numbers. >> 98.8%. talking about got-aways in the single digits, brian. president trump gave us a charge. 100 percent operational control of the southern border. border security is national security. over 20 million people as the president pointed out last night poured in across our open border

policy which created recklessness, death, drugs for our community. we are sending those folks loam and we are not letting any more in. you are seeing that right now. >> brian: hearing that mexico is cracking down, too. they evidently arrested 900 cartel members. they seem -- on their southern border. are you seeing enough cooperation? >> i mean my message to mexico san leaders and mexican military leaders we want to cooperate with you. we will cooperate with you. but, if you don't police up the cartels on your side of the border, then we will be forced to do it for you. we don't want to do that so, right now, we have historic cooperation. military to military. but, we're letting them lead, it's their country. it's their fight. we want them to lead that fight. so far they have stepped up, which is a very good sign. >> brian: if we hear about isis and al-qaeda leaders anywhere we are taking them out. if the cartels are now a terror group. we look at them as terror group, will we take them out just like they are in yes, ma'am member just like they are in sudan and

syria? >> you heard the president of the united states last night like i did. a designated terrorist organization. we will not accept them controlling that border. poisoning our people with fentanyl. which those numbers have not gone down enough. which is why the president has continued tariffs on mexico. we are all options as i have said are on the table. we would prefer that the mexican government handles it themselves. we are partnering with them. >> brian: as the speech wrapped up this was posted by the chinese embassy, quote, if war is what the u.s. wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war, or any other type of war, we're ready to fight until the end. as secretary of defense, how do you take that? >> well, we're prepared. those who long for peace must prepare for war. we are -- that's why we are rebuilding our military. that's why we are reestablishing deterrence in the warrior ethos, we live in a dangerous world with powerful asen dent countries with very different ideologies. you mention defense spending.

they are rapidly increasing their defense spending. modern technology they want to supplant the united states. if we want to deter war with the chinese or others we have to be strong. president understands peace comes through strength. he has a great relationship with that gentleman too xi jinping to where we can partner. where we can cooperate to recognize that we don't want war with china. we don't seek that war. we will and the president has sought historic peace historic opportunity. my job as the secretary of defense is to make sure we are ready we need the defense spending, the capabilities, the weapons, and the posture in the indo-pacific. >> brian: china has said up defense spending 7.2%. that's supposedly with the struggling economy. getting mixed messages on that. as secretary of defense, you always want more money. at the same time, doge is in there cutting back and speeding up the system. making it more efficient. how much money are you asking for when you talk to the president or when you talk to treasury secretary in this

budget? how much more do we need? we watched it -- the defense spending was not even keeping up with inflation over the last four years. >> my message has been i'm a fiscal hawk and defense hawk. i think america first represents both peace through strength. doge is going to cut fat where we need to and reprioritize on the right thing. it's not about a fixed dollar amount, brian, it's about addressing the president's priorities, golden dome. southern border, modernization, hypersonics, uuvs, ua. >> haves, the fight of the future against china. they know we are serious and building for that. >> brian: let's talk about the big announcement yesterday mastermind behind the abbey gate bombing injured so many and killed 13, captured, coming here special thanks to pakistan. what could you tell us. >> special tanks to pakistan indeed. cooperate with us. this started, i want to be very clear, under this administration. we had our leadership, director ratcliffe and others in centcom

and in the military, passing information to the pakistanis who helped us action it. after this president was elected. so this is a president who saw what happened. the debacle in afghanistan, and said when i'm president, i will make sure those held accounts -- those who perpetrated the death of 13 americans and injury of dozens of others. we will find them. we will keep our word. we partner with the pakistanis, based on intelligence we provided. they nabbed him. positively identified him. we have known that for a few days. he is on his way, i believe already in the united states. and will face justice. you see, what has the biden administration done? it happened and they wiped their hands of it and said best airlift in american history. not going president trump never forgot you are doing your own investigation into what went into the decision to evacuate that way in afghanistan? >> brian, no one was held accountable. one of the biggest disasters in american history. embarrassment, a black eye to our country.

we handed over billions of dollars of equipment to the taliban. we counted on them for our security and then we got people killed. we gave away bagram air base and no one in military leadership was fired? nah nah, that's not going to sell against president trump. we are doing a full investigation of what happened in afghanistan. those who were involved and made the decision to put our troops at risk will be held accountable. i have stated that before and continued to be committed. >> brian: j.d. vance was misinterpreted 20,000 soldiers helping out ukraine haven't fought a war in 20 years is not going to be helpful. u.k. says it looks like you were putting us down as fighters. and that's making a lot of international news. you fought with the british. you have told me before you have great respect for those fighters. >> j.d. vance incredible vice president. just been fantastic. he has said what i said is that nato needs to step up, french, british, others we have fought with in certain conflicts i have served in afghanistan with great british soldiers. the question is will their government step up and provide

that security guarantee with european troops in the vice president recognizes the necessity of that as do i and we are hoping they will step up. >> brian: mr. secretary, thanks for first stop en route to the border. >> good to see you, brian. >> one secretary i know can handle early morning hours. great to see you. >> say hi to everybody in new york. >> we miss you a lot but you are doing a great job. coming up in an hour, see if michael.being forced off the hoe floor. did this resonate with anyone

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♪ >> lawrence: democrat resistance on full display as they remain seated, refusing to clap and holding up signs even as the president doubled down on partisan issues. bipartisan issues that interacts all americans. the senate just passed the take it down act. thank you all very much. all three savages charged with jocelyn and laken's murders were members of the venezuelan prison gang. i officially designated this gang along with ms-13 and the

blood-thirsty mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. [applause] [applause] >> next phase of our plan great cannest economy in history is for this congress to pass tax cuts for everybody. but i know this group is going to be voting for the tax cuts. [cheers] three and a half years ago isis terrorists killed 13 service members and countless others in the abbey gate bombing during the disastrous and incompetent withdrawal from afghanistan. i am pleased to announce that we have just apprehended the top terrorist responsible for that atrocity and he is right now on his way here to face the swift sword of american justice. [cheers] >> >> lawrence: former clinton adviser mark pence says this

makes democrats look install and he joins us with more. good morning, mark. >> good morning. >> my only calculation maybe planned response before they listened to the speech and they did not pivot because a lot of this stuff was unifying, right? >> they didn't know how to applaud when you are expected to applaud. i participated in many states of the union, the republicans knew when this sit there and when to applaud when something was really unifying that they are supposed to applaud to. look, what's been happening is that the president's ratings have been inching up in my polls. he had many popular policies in that speech. democratic ratings have really tanked. they have hit record lows this behavior underscores why ratings are tanking.

amateurish it really turns the public off. the actual democratic response itself, however, was not so bad, it was a pretty good response. but the performance in the hall when people were watching really turned viewers off. >> let's play some of that response from elissa slotkin from michigan? look the president talked a big game on the economy. always important to read the fine print. so do thinks plans actually help americans get ahead? not even close. president trump is trying to deliver an unprecedented give away to his billionaire friends. >> lawrence: i mean, everybody loves tax cuts. so, i get what you are saying it wasn't as bad as the democrats that were in the chamber. but, again, did she listen to the speech? did she feel the message that was there, the tone and respond in that fashion? it doesn't look like she did that though. >> look, i have seen a lot of

responses. it's a really difficult thing after the president of the united states with both houses of congress has given a speech. i thought she gave a good response. it was intelligent. she joined on some of the main issues. she gave a real democratic response. she was intelligent in that response. not a lot of people saw it. it didn't have, obviously, the emotional power that the president had people in the audience. 12-year-old can cancer who recovered. the president gave an excellent speech. as responses go. she gave a very credible job. she raised some serious issues. it was intelligent. democrats have to do more of that and less of what they did in the hall. >> lawrence: they have lost the ability to tell a good story. and i was a democrat. it was the inspiration that drew me in. all the negativity has to go and they have to figure a way to inspire the country.

they are just not doing that right now, mark. i hope they can get back to it. thank you for joining the program. >> thank you. >> lawrence: a big show on "fox & friends" this morning including mark wahlberg on ash wednesday so don't go anywhere. ♪

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