so bill hemmer, i want to start with you. just basically with this hearing, i think we were all perched thinking that we would learn lots of new details. it might be contentious. this was friendly. >> bill: i thought the biggest headline was from john mccain when he said, we have no strategy. here's a guy who just came from eastern europe, and they feel a threat on behalf of moscow all the time. what senator mccain said was, our nation has no strategy to deter cyber attacks bid we have no strategy. talk about radio free europe, and lindsey graham almost made fun of it, suggesting it was outdated. >> harris: he did make fun of it. >> lindsay was in a mood. >> bill: answer this, russia and china present the greatest cyber security threat to the u.s., but iran is trying to increase and spend more on its capabilities. one was that written? april, 2016. that was nine months ago. what are we doing as a government if they have already recognized that this is an issue, what are we doing to catch up? i thought that last part was very w

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom." >> martha: i'm martha maccallum. president-elect donald trump we acting to the news with a twitter tear of epic proportion. he says what are hillary clinton's people complaining about with respect to the f.b.i.? based on the information they had she should never have been allowed to run. guilty as hell, he writes. they were very nice to her. she lost because she campaigned in the wrong states. no enthusiasm, exclamation point. >> bill: big morning ahead. peter doocy reaction from mr. trump and the politics of this. we begin with catherine herridge in washington let's start with the reaction from the f.b.i. what do you have? >> the investigation's principle focus is f.b.i. director comey and whether he broke the rules when he sent the letters to congress. director comey notified congress he was reopening the clinton case after. the emails belonged to wiener's wife huma abadi. he said no reasonable prosecutor would take the case. on capitol hill comey said he acts independently. >> i hope i've demonstrated by now i'm t

howie: are you going to miss bill hemmer? >> i will miss working with him for a few months.hanks, howie. still to come, a few words about my own visit to trump tower. pick howie: on a personal note, i met with president-elect trump monday which means walking past the press corp. a chance to get a better idea of donald trump and his top aides was invaluable. he has the same blunt spoken style in private. and he closely monitors everything the meade yea says about him. even when he's dealing with weightier matters. he does not see himself each broiled in a permanent war with the press. and yes i asked for an interview. and i asked the vice president-elect for an interview as well. i'm howard kurtz. thanks for joining us. what did you think of the sean spicer interview? also, bat me around on twitter@howard kurtz. we'll be back after the inauguration. we'll see you sunday >> back here next week. >> see you then. "fox report" up next. harris: this is the week the inauguration of donald trump as the 45th of the united states, what will a president trump have? we have the answer f

howie: are you going to miss bill hemmer? >> i will miss working with him for a few months.still to come, a few words about my own visit to trump tower. pic. here you go. you wouldn't put up with part of a pizza. um. something wrong? so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day? you want the whole thing? yes, yes! live whole. not part. aleve. everything your family touches sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox. howie: on a personal note, i met with president-elect trump monday which means walking past the press corp. a chance to get a better idea of donald trump and his top aides was invaluable. he has the same blunt spoken style in private. and he closely monitors everything the meade yea says about him. even when he's dealing with weightier matters. he does not see himself each broiled in a permanent war with the press. and yes i asked for an interview. and i asked the vice president-elect for an interview as well. i'm howard kurtz.

i'm bill hemmer, welcome to "america's newsroom." it is only wednesday, shannon. >> shannon: it is wednesday. it's almost friday. we'll say it that way. i'm shannon bream. issues trump didn't back down on even at his inauguration. >> every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs will be made to benefit american workers and american families. we must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs. [applause] >> bill: that was from last friday and here is the schedule today. president trump visited the department of homeland security and new dhs secretary john kelly later today. more details on the border wall and the possibility that sanctuary cities could be included as well as immigration from terror-prone nations. >> shannon: the president also talking about voter fraud saying he is going to ask for an investigation into illegal voting. chief white house correspondent john roberts begins our coverage this morning. let's begin with

shannon: if he does, bill hemmer gets all the credit. bill: appreciate it. bill: guys.on: president trump's relationship with some member of the media with some reporters are rocky so far. they get a look at the big changes that could be on the way. howard kurtz with that. bill: james mattis making his first trip to the pentagon. we saw him arrive one hour ago. he has a big job ahead of him, so much respect for history and job he has done so far for the country. how will his appointment shape our nation's fighting force? a prime question for james mattis and the 45th president of the united states. >> i see my generals, our generals keep us so safe. they will have a lot of problems, the other side. they are going to look at, they are going to look at a couple of them, these are central casting, if i'm doing a movie, i pick you general, general mattis. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. with not food, become food? thankfully at pane

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i'm shannon bream. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning.ransition focusing on confirmation hearings as they map out priorities for the first 100 days. president-elect donald trump taking -- tweeted this. people are pouring into washington in record numbers. bikers for trump are on their way. a great thursday, friday and saturday. end tweet. chief white house correspondent john roberts is live in washington, d.c. at the trump transition office and where we begin this hour. john, good morning. >> good morning to you. the business of putting something a government goes on the feud between donald trump and john lewis continues. he tweeted john lewis said about my inauguration it will be the first one i missed. wrong or lie. he boycotted bush 43 also because he thought it would be hypocritical to attend bush's swearing in. he doesn't believe bush is the true elected president. sound familiar? courtesy of the "washington post" which reported back in 2001. we report evidence that last night, by the way. on special report. now to the business of pu

i'm martha maccallum. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer, good morning. from the top secret intelligence report on russian hacking. some has been leaked to the media even before mr. trump received his briefing later today. he has expressed his displeasure and he continues to question the evidence not yet made public. the trump team blasting the leak earlier today. >> what's disappointing is having leaks in the media before we actually have a report on the alleged hacking. it has been very confounding to us and certainly to the president-elect why this report, if it wasn't prepared until yesterday, why operatives were expelled and why punishment preceded actual conclusions. >> bill: catherine herridge has been working the story. what is the bombshell from the leaked report. what have you found? >> fox news confirming the classified intelligence report does identify who provided wikileaks with the information. the director said yesterday russian adopt fake online per sonias to hide their trail. he will be briefed by comey who oversees the 16 agencies james

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i'm bill hemmer on wednesday. welcome to "america's newsroom." >> martha: good morning, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will get the wheels in motion. sets up a boat that would be procedural. mike pence saying it is just where they'll start. >> we'll focus on repealing and replacing obamacare. we'll look forward to legislation that will give us the tools to roll back the avalanche of red tape and regulation that have been stifling american jobs and growth but president-elect has a clear message to capitol hill. time to get to work and it's time to keep our word to the american people. >> martha: mike pence on his way to the hill this morning. mike emanuel there already for us today. mike, what are the expectations for this visit today from the vice president-elect. >> he is expected to rally house republicans on repealing obamacare, something many of these republicans ran on during the campaign. the vice president-elect will have a variety of meetings on capitol hill starting on the house side first and join republican senators today with the

so here we go and good morning, i'm bill hemmer live in "america's newsroom." >> shannon: i'm shannon bream in for martha maccallum. chelsea manning is transgender was known as bradley at the time of her arrest, three days before president obama leaves office for good. republicans are blasting the move saying the president should not have aided a person who betrayed their country and put american lives at risk. >> chelsea manning committed grave crimes and no doubt this is demoralizing for our intelligence and military community. i can't imagine anyone in the military chain of command or intelligence agreed to commute the sentence of chelsea manning. very disappointing and harmful to our national security going forward. >> shannon: it seems like it cost most of congress offguard. >> they seemed stunned. he was serving a 35 year prison sentence for leaking national security secrets to wikileaks. sensitive documents, both military and diplomatic documents that were very embarrassing to the nation. and what speaker paul ryan is saying in particular is that he believes this will encourage

better than all of our primetime competitors, so way to go, bill hemmer. have a great day, everybody. ♪ >> jenna: congratulations to bill and martha, great numbers, in the meantime we will go to the top story today, new follow from a total meltdown at across the country on one of the busiest travel days across the year. timing is everything, that is what they say. hello everybody, i'm jenna lee. >> and i'm in for jon scott this morning. it was a travel nightmare, and it unfolded when a processing system went down for about four hours last night, untold travelers were trying to get home to try to get ready for the beginning of the work week. that snafu forced customs officials to manually process passengers who were returning from international trips, and that sparked massive delays for thousands of folks heading home after the holiday we can. >> a very long wait, longer than our actual flight, over two hours in line once we got here. >> well, we found long, long lines. very long lines, and they weren't letting the kids, families with kids go through, none o

bill hemmer and shannon bream will take you and we continue now with the president of the united statesrines call him mad dog, but not so keen those without the

things that are bad for the country. >> bret: thank you, mark and katie. >> martha: let's go to bill hemmer trump, doesn't like to work from behind when it comes to his daily schedule nonetheless. that's where we find ourselves right now. we're on pennsylvania avenue in lafayette park, across the street from the white house. i'd say in about 15 to 20 minutes, we should see things move toward our direction on pennsylvania avenue. off to my right, past the department of the treasury, we can see some of the color guard moving in here that will be here to greet the president and the haven't and their families. we've watched the bleachers get set up throughout the day. they're starting to fill up. clearly behind, directly behind me. this is a bleacher that extends 15 rows and is empty right now. whether or not that fills up in the coming moments is any one's guess. i think they have to go a long way in order to fill that amount of seats. we've seen buses come in here dropping off people, vips and other folks that were at the capitol building. and on my left, past the white house. in front of the

. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. ad a good time in washington last week. >> shannon: i did. >> bill: we love your shoes today, shannon. we want to make sure we make mention of them. >> shannon: a splash of color. >> bill: last hour the president promising to cut taxes and regulations. he said a lot in the nine-minute read-out, level the playing field for international trade. >> we want to start making our products again. we don't want to bring them in, we want to make them here. we do trade, but we want to make our products here. and if you look at some of the original great people that ran this country, you will see that they felt very strongly about that. we'll make our products again and there will be advantages to companies that do indeed make their products here. so we've seen it. it is going to get -- it will be a wave. >> bill: business leaders from all over the country in that meeting. it is still going on based on what we understand and two key cabinet nominees may get confirmed later today. the senate meetin

i'm shannon bream. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. u.s.mmigration and refugee policies front and center. president trump turning his protection to protecting america against the global scourge of terrorism. this from last night. >> obama and hillary clinton and kerry have allowed tens of thousands of people into our country. the f.b.i. is now investigating more people than ever before having to do with terror. it's from the group of people that came in. look. our country has a lot of problems, believe me. i know what the problems are. even better than you do. they are deep problems. they are serious problems. we don't need more. >> bill: more on the president's refugee plans. jonah, good morning to you. first i want to begin with peter doocy live in philadelphia. republicans gather there and see the president in a couple of hours. what do we expect to hear? good morning there. >> we expect it to be pretty straight forward. president trump needs congress to write the laws to help him make campaign promises come true and he needs them to pay

. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer, good morning. growing rift over russia kicking off a critical week in the presidential transition. the cia report pointed directly at vladimir putin saying he tried to sway the u.s. election away from hillary clinton. now julian assange, wikileaks founder who transmitted or printed the emails calls the intel report nothing more than an emba ed, good morning to you. what is assange saying about this today. >> this is quite a controversial figure. some call him a traitor, some a patriot. he wants to fire back because the u.s. intelligence report last week suggested that the intelligence community has a high degree of confidence that russian military intelligence officials were able to take these emails that had been hacked from the dnc and other democratic officials like john podesta and pass them on to assange so wikileaks could put them out there and influence the u.s. election. he fired back a moment ago in this audio press conference and said it is all nonsense. watch. >> it does not have the str

i'm bill hemmer. good morning. what could be a fresh start scheduled for tomorrow. kremlin revealing president putin plans to congratulate president trump and talk about the future of u.s./russian ties. president trump telling sean hannity just yesterday he welcomes the chance for an open, positive dialogue. amy kellogg picks it up from moscow with more now. amy. >> hi, bill. as a prominent russian political scientist said to me with donald trump it is deal or no deal. he said president putin very much wants a deal. in terms of what president trump wants, he really may be wanting to get putin on board as far as we understand the fight islamic extremism and isis. putin goes after terrorists with a heavy hand. president trump might be right on his page. many say president putin has achieved what he wants with crimea and ukraine and syria and many say he wants those sanctions lifted and to be back on good terms with the west particularly with the usa. to those who have suggested that putin may have trump somehow eating out of his hand or feel he has the upper hand, her

i'm bill hemmer, welcome live at "america's newsroom." >> martha: good morning, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. this is the first of two big confirmation hearings we'll watch today. alabama senator jeff sessions the pick for attorney general. he will go before the judiciary committee about a half hour from now and then you have the homeland security nominee john kelly on the hill this afternoon. >> bill: senator sessions will face tough questions by democrats about his record on civil rights and face questions from republicans on illegal immigration and how does he view the justice department of the last eight years. mr. trump saying he is not concerned about confirmation. >> they're going great. confirmation is going great. i think they'll all pass. i think every nomination will be -- they're all at the highest level. >> do you have concerns about jeff sessions in particular? >> no, i think he will do great. a high-quality man. >> martha: john cornen will join us in a if you minutes and peter doocy standing by at trump tower and here is mike emmanuel leading the coverage

i'm bill hemmer, welcome to "america's newsroom." >> martha: i'm martha maccallum. this shocking story breaking in chicago and we want to warn you this video is very disturbing to watch. it shows an 18-year-old victim who was tied and gagged. the suspects put a knife to his throat at different points in this video. they make him drink from the toilet. they shout expletives against white people and president elect. this torture goes on for more than 30 minutes. listen. >> bill: from chicago police have arrested four so far. matt finn is live there to begin our coverage. let's talk about charges. when will they be filed? >> police tell us the four attackers are in custody now and charges filed later today. they think the mentally challenged teen is from the suburbs and was driven into the city in a stolen van. police say he was held captive for up to 48 hours and then released. he was found wandering in the cold. here is how the chicago police superintendent responded to all this. >> it's sickening. it makes you wonder what would make individuals treat somebody like t

i'm bill hemmer. good morning.udges neil gorsuch and thomas hardiman seen as the leading candidates. president trump speaking out about his choice about an hour ago. here is what he said on that from the white house. >> we have a big decision and -- that i have made, a very big decision on the united states supreme court that is going to be announced tomorrow night from the white house at 8:00. a person who is unbelievably highly respected and i think you'll be very impressed with this person. >> bill: chief washington correspondent james rosen live. let's talk about the finalist here. what is the conventional wisdom as it stands this hour? >> you know that to to be my specialty. the president is down to two final prospects but we're also cautioned that could change given this president's executive style. judge neil gorsuch serves on the 10th circuit court of appeals in denver. confirmed by a voice vote meaning he wasn't controversial enough to provoke a recorded vote in 2006. he hasn't authored a decision on the s

. >> bill: for the next 45 minutes i'm bill hemmer along with shannon. new day in washington and the nation awaits a new president. we have seen some images already that we will never forget. donald john trump promising a change for the better when he assumes power two hours from now. >> shannon: carl cameron with a bird's eye view of the platform. we begin with fox news political analyst brit hume. your impressions of the morning so far? >> it looks like a lot of other inaugurations. the ceremony on the steps of the white house is a familiar scene. it is remarkable the spirit that comes to exist between the outgoing president and the incoming president and his family. and we saw that replayed again here today. all among those people, all the partisan feelings, rancor and election is set aside for the purpose of saying to the american people, this is how we do things in the united states of america. this is how we transfer power. it is with goodwill we do so and conveys a powerful message to the people. >> bill: brit, how much have you stopped to think a

i'm bill hemmer, shannon, good morning in washington >> shannon: i'm shannon bream live today from the u.s. supreme court. at 8:00 p.m. eastern president trump will announce his choice to sit on the high court after the death of justin antonin scalia. president trump is getting his chance 12 days in. we'll have more on the frontrunners in just a moment, bill. >> bill: first president trump removing the acting attorney general only hours before a senate committee votes on jeff sessions who is president trump's choice for the job. sally yates dismissed after sending a letter ordering federal attorneys not to defend the president's executive order on immigration and travel. the vote for jeff sessions set for the bottom of the hour 30 minutes from now. as we await that, kristin fisher starts our coverage live at the white house. good morning, there. the president took to twitter already. what is he saying this morning, kristin? >> president trump is furious with democrats for what he sees as their delaying the confirmation process for his nominee for attorney general senator jeff sessions.

i'm bill hemmer, welcome to thursday's edition. >> martha: good morning, i'm martha maccallum. big day today to be sure. general james mattis for secretary of defense. that process begins today at 9:30 eastern. pompeo has his big moment before the committee nominated for cia director and dr. ben carson for secretary of housing and urban development starting at 10:00 a.m. of the latter two. we'll take you first to the mattis hearing and when it gets started we'll carry it live. >> bill: president-elect trump now squaring off with reporters in a must-see news conference that did not disappoint. mr. trump taking swings at the intel community and the journalists asking a questions there. president-elect aiming his fire over a leak of an unsubstantiateed report about alleged and unverified connections to russia and this is how part of that went. >> i think it's an absolute disgrace and pretty sad when intelligence reports get leaked out to the press. it's pretty sad. first it's illegal. these are classified and certified meetings and reports. i'll tell you what does happen. i have m

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom." >> martha: i'm martha maccallum this story is rapidly developing today coming ahead of a very important day for the trump team. the confirmation hearing for rex tillerson. the buzz is palpable. he will sit at that table moments away as he tries to become secretary of state for our country. that's getting underway. he is the exxon-mobile ceo who will undoubtedly face tough questions from both sides about his ties to vladimir putin. >> bill: jeff sessions is the next pick to be attorney general. democratic senator cory booker becoming the first sitting senator to ever testify against a colleague. that will happen today at some point. >> martha: big stuff. at 11:00 a.m. we'll hear from donald trump, the president-elect himself, on this very controversial day. mr. trump will hold his first news conference since winning the election. the last one was 167 days ago since reporters gave him open question. >> bill: we don't know if he will address the reports a

i'm bill hemmer on wednesday. welcome to "america's newsroom." >> martha: good morning, everybody. the wheels in motion. sets up a boat that would be procedural. mike pence saying it is just wh

i'm bill hemmer, welcome live at "america's newsroom." >> martha: good morning, everybody.ig confirmation hearings we'll watch today. alabama senator jeff sessions the pick for attorney general. he will go before the judiciary committee about a half hour from now and then you have the homeland security nominee john kelly on the hill this afternoon. >>

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom." >> martha: i'm martha maccallum.ews with a twitter tear of epic proportion. he says what are hillary clinton's people complaining about with respect to the f.b.i.? based on the information they had she should never have been allowed to run. guilty as hell, he writes. th

i'll bill hemmer, welcome here. >> martha: happy friday. i'm martha maccallum.day here on capitol hill. so in which james clapper as we all witnessed, the director of national intelligence held pretty firm asked

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i'm bill hemmer, welcome to "america's newsroom." >> martha: i'm martha maccallum.arn you this video is very disturbing to watch. it shows an 18-year-old victim who was tied and gagged. the suspects put a knife to his throat at different points in this video. they make him drink

i'm bill hemmer, shannon, good morning in washington >> shannon: i'm shannon bream live today from the antonin scalia. president trump is getting his chance 12 days in. we'll have more on the frontrunners in just a moment, bill. >> bill:

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hemmer: one of the big projects of my book was 2-d center bill buckley when it came to conservative media. when i look at buckley, i see an iconic last. i see someone who can be kind of all over the place. yeah, he is a conservative, but he is also a bit of an imp and he is a contrarian. that puts him positionally , but he is also someone willing to compromise. bill buckley gets on that nixon train ride away. they are like, i don't know, he does not seem like a conservative. why would we give ourselves over to richard nixon, when he is never shown himself to be a pe?servative of our stri i putting buckley to the background, i think we get a better sense of what the -- by putting buckley to the background, i think we get a better sense of what the conservative media landscape looks like. when you look at the conservative movement, when you look at the grassroots conservatives, where you look at where a lot of conservative media figures were, they were at -- they were to the right of buckley. they did not want to compromise the way buckley did. was not their lodestar in the same way he woul