blake burman at the white house whether the markets will run out of patience waiting on the tax plan. >>> on wall street, nothing patient about the nasdaq. it is on pace for a record close again as the markets head into a holiday weekend with gains for the week. let's start the "countdown". we're less than an hour to the closing bell this friday. . liz: breaking news, japan's softbank which owns sprint is saying it's prepared to give up control of the wireless company to force a merger with t-mobile. reuters is reporting that sprint is willing to do this to retain minority stake in the merged companies. both of the companies are jumping at the moment. sprint moving higher 3.5%. t-mobile 4%. softbank is run by masayoshi son, he promised to bring thousands of jobs to the u.s. after meeting with president trump. as you look at shares, stay on the story, keep our eye on it, there could be a merger between two serious rivals. speaking of mergers. your ben & jerry's with a side of heinz ketchup not something you want to eat and unilever either. the consumer giant says no thanks to $143 bill

lauren: blake burman, thank you. lea: president lea: and this thing on immigration. plan will not include an executive order in of the travel ban pope will include the approval on memos from the department of homeland security. aggressive measures to target critical illegal immigrants. lauren: president trying to the u.k.'s break in a heated debate in the parliament. hundreds of protesters marched outside his lawmakers argued inside. >> these problems, every particular area. >> would you agree with me there is something common there is something quite refreshing about a politician actually doing what they said they'd do. lauren: of refreshing. nearly 2 million people calling on prime minister theresa may to resent her invitation. no date has been set for president trumps this it. lea: u.s. troops in iraq operating closer to the front lines in mosul. the u.s. commander in iraq says the troops no longer faced restrictions in the second largest city. this defense secretary james mattis visit to iraq to meet with the military and political leaders. >> will accommodate an

blake burman is covering it for us. blake joins us now from that east room.se as you all know turned into quite the white house correspondent star in first few weeks administration. so much so, we played a sound bite, this hour of you asking sean spicer that key question yesterday in the briefing room, not formal setting as today. i'm told from good sources, i wouldn't use my name, if you get a question in east room news conference, i think you can march in ask for a raise. i think. good luck with that. maybe give us a preview. reporter: it is funny, connell, we're asking around who is getting a question here. we don't know. we'll see. viewers i do not have connell on the payroll. thank you for the -- connell: doing great. obviously you have to have a question ready. what is the focus going to be today, do you think? reporter: look i was talking with a senior administration official, connell, about this, basically asked why it is the president decided to have shinzo abe here at white house, this early, the japanese prime minister? this is just the second visi

blake burman has more. >> resident trout visited the cia. department of homeland security and defense department. monday he headed the u.s. central command. the president holding a special operation at mcgill air force base. he also met with members of the armed forces. resident trout rallied to build a military while also asking nato members to open up their checkbooks, too. >> will make an historic financial investment in the armed forces of the united states. we strongly support nato. we ask that other nato members make their full and proper financial contribution to the nato alliance which many have not been doing. reporter: the president briefly addressing the legal battle surrounding his executive order and extreme fighting, saying we need strong programs. back to you in new york. lauren: blake burman, thank you. global market action overnight. in japan indicate down a 31%. in china, shanghai to attend the 1% and hong kong hang seng down 10th of 1%. checkout was going going on in europe. all of paris. the cac up one 10th of 1% in 10th

so, again, blake burman who now joins me from the white house that was in the press briefing room, soissues were covered, blake, but investors really wanted to hear about when we're going to get that tax proposal. correct me if i'm wrong, he said within the next couple of weeks. >> repoer: yes. and that's been the position of the president and the white house here for a little bit of time already, that they will put this tax reform package out at some point in the next few weeks, the timeline that we are being led to believe is that this will be this early march. and so that led to my question, cheryl, about one of the central issues about this, the border adjustment tax, whether or not it will be in or if it will be out. up on capitol hill, house republicans are pushing for it. senate republicans, many of them, are saying it is dead on arrival. lindsey graham the other day said it can't get ten votes in the senate. when push comes to shove, will it be in, will it be out? the president said earlier this year, in january, he said it was, quote: too complicated. so that led to my questi

david: blake burman at the white house. blake, you drove the story even further to your question with sean spicer, not only when it might happen, but what might be in a tax reform package. go ahead. reporter: david started with the sound bite earlier from the president today which he talked about tax reform coming but it was really about the business side he was talking about in that meeting with airline executives. so at the white house press briefing few hours later early this afternoon, i asked sean spicer the press secretary if the president was talking about business tax cuts, what about the individual side? is the business side ahead of individual side and that is where he stopped and really broke the news saying it will be indeed a comprehensive tax package, both individual and business that the administration is working on, he says we'll outline upcoming weeks. there is mr. spicer from earlier this afternoon. >> we're looking rolling out line of a comprehensive tack plan we work with congress on that addresses both

and blake burman has this from washington. that was a the message from the white house on thursday. in a meeting with airline executives they first set a business tax plan would be rolled out. it would be will be a comprehensive package including both business and individual relief. >> we are looking at rolling out the comprehensive tax plan. it will address both the business side of the tax ledger as well as the individual race. something we haven't seen since 1986. the window for tax reform begins. they will talker -- target repealing and replacing. >> president trump has removed an obstacle that was standing in the way of relations with china. the white house said they spoke on the phone and agree to honor the one china policy. they had questioned the policy. they would use as a bargaining chip. when it came to economic issues insecurity. you may remember trump upset the chinese two months ago when they spoke with the leader of taiwan on the phone. >> east will meet west today. they're arriving at the joint base at the air force's basic last night and he will be the second foreig

we go now to blake burman who explained from the white house.eporter: president transcending the morning tuesday to senate democrats. the president suggested majority leader mitch mcconnell would have his blessing to use the so-called nuclear option for the vote of the supreme court nominee, neil gorsuch is out in the possibility that democratic filibuster, but further heightened partisan tensions on capitol hill is. >> if you can, go nuclear because that would be an absolute shame if the man of this quality was caught up in the web. reporter: -- on space at the administration would be comfortable going down the path if necessary. >> i ask would be held to the same standard democrat susan matt nominee is. the president made very clear that the decision is something we would rather not go down, but ultimately up to senator and i went to operate. reporter: the 60-vote threshold is the right thing to do. schumer is leading the opposition of the gorsuch nomination. lauren: thank you. nicole: one of america's closest allies a stray off to a rocky sta

blake burman at the white house with more.orter: president trump says an increase in defense spending will be a top priority in his first budget. while meeting with governors at the white house, the president promised spending on infrastructure and law enforcement. the budget to be fully crafted by a man with a blueprint in the coming weeks. department of defense to receive a $54 billion news. >> the budget will be a public safety and national security budget very much based on those two with funny if other things come up with very strong. it will include an historic increase in defense name to rebuild the depleted military of the united states of america at a time when most needed. >> still unresolved whether entitlement cuts might be on the table. during the campaign, president trump retained the shutdown the possibility. back to you in new york. lauren: fox business love live coverage of the president's speech. it all starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight. nicole: don't miss it. the senate confirming billionaire investor wilb

blake burman. by the way, donald trump will be addressing the nation next week and probably spelling this out tuesday. the next morning, we're going to regroup with the treasury secretary again, steve mnuchin and get his views on what the timetable will be. the wind at our back and they hope behind their back will be the fact that the president will have just spelled out to the nation that timetable. i stress that timetable. look what happened to the markets. they were up to record territory again. the tenth straight day running. even delayed, they're not denying. they're not red or blue. they're about green. the more money they make, the happier they are. they seem to like the idea they're on the table and still likely a 2017 event. what isn't known and this really didn't come up with exact details at the white house pow-wow, with all the fortune 500 manufacturing ceos, about a dozen of them, was whether that roll-out will be retro active. in other words, the tax cut will be retroactive to the beg

ross, will lead the negotiations and for the very latest and boy, he's been kept busy these days, blake burman at the white house. blake? >> reporter: the new normal indeed, ashley, yes, russia and iran back in the news at this hour. let's start with russia. president, the administration at the white house, are saying by no means have they eased the sanctions against russia. the official line coming out from the white house this hour. however, there has very clearly been a change or a modification of a certain part of sanctions that were originally put in place against russia by the obama administration. this deals with a specific carveout dealing with the licensing of cybersecurity equipment to the fsb, which was the successor of the kgb. so what it aslous basically for the export of this very specific part of that industry, now allowed by the treasury department, and then there's iran. as you know, the white house, quote, put iran on notice yesterday, and the president was asked about this a little while ago and basically said every single option is on the table. want to play for you a very

blake burman is live at the white house. a lot going on as well as meeting with the intel ceo who has a tough line to straddle. he was here at the white house. a little while ago. this was unannounced really. at least in the days prior. just a few hours before and it was for the unveiling of that new plan. they say it will be 3,000 jobs added with a potential up to 10,000 jobs. no incentives were given rather they say that intel have been looking at doing something like this for several years. they contend it was the business environment and the climate of fewer regulations and potential tax cuts down the line as to why this would happen. i ask an administration asked an administration official earlier today if a specific timeline was discussed today. i was told that was not the case just the general environment. then as you mentioned there was a press briefing in which many questions were asked about this executive order. that still hangs over the heads here at the white house and what they may or may not do. a decision on

fox business's blake burman standing by live at the white house. blake, what can you tell us? reporter: ashley we had the treat from president trump a little while ago he was meeting with the generals and he said quote, it was very interesting. all of sudden president trump reveals before the cameras at mar-a-lago reveals his election for his new national security advisor, that being lt. general hr mcmaster, a career officer in the united states army of 30 plus years. currently in charge of the army's capability integration center. he will be the new national security advisor after the departure of lt. general michael flynn. you know that story. general keith kellogg, who was the acting nsa, acting national security advisor will go back to his role as chief of staff of the nsc. listen to president trump moments ago in florida. >> so i just wanted to announce, we've been working all weekend, very diligently, very hard that general hr mcmaster will become the national security advisor. it is a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. i watched and read a lot over the

blake burman stand buying at the white house. this is a fascinating situation because you have sanctions, needless to say, against iran, which a lot of people were thrilled to see donald trump do, and yet, russia is really good friends with iran. it's amazing what's going on here. >> and it's part of the equation that the president is dealing with here relating to national security, liz, in the third week ins on. think about it for a second, made national security getting out of the white house and field trips a priority. been to dhs, cis and dod and makes it into florida and heads to u.s. central command. he met with special operations leaders, lurch with the troops there. gave a brief speech to members of the military and met with the florida governor rick scott. while he is there in florida, part of the focus was on that meeting. the other part, what you were just talking about, what's going on, on the other coast out in california, as we await the briefing or the brief, rather, that his administration is set to file, and the

blake burman hopped out of the spicer daily briefing at the white house. where saving taxpayer dollars was topic number one, and adam shapiro whether the dow can cling to gains considering the fed stepped on the dow's fingers. to this breaking news, is the deadline going to be the deadline. moments ago, 3:00 p.m. eastern was the deadline for hundreds of activist to vacate the area or face arrest. let's get right to it, despite a court order, they're still cling, this is energy transfer partners, the group building the pipeline can complete the final stretch and pumping oil as soon as two weeks from now? take a look at pipeline stocks, all down right now. william la jeunesse in the middle of the ashgsz cannonball, north dakota. william, show us and tell us what's happening. we saw there was a fire at one of the camps. we're five minutes past the deadline. >> reporter: several things, to explain the fires, the protesters setting the structures on fire rather than having them bulldozed and taken out by dump truck or the state or other cleanup crews and consid

blake burman at the white house right now. obviously these kind of things are hush hush ahead of the fact until word gets out. do we know how this all came about with the president getting the family's permission to come or how it all broke down? >> you're right. a very secretive thing here at the white house throughout the day. the family has requested privacy. so we believe at this point when president trump gets to dover if he's not there already, we don't believe this is an event that will be captured on video. the family has requested privacy. of course, we in the media and everybody can imagine why that would be respected at this time. the president left here at the white house aboard marine one, probably within the last hour. it is not a far trip to delaware up the east coast. the details on this throughout the day have been kept very quiet. clearly we expect the president to be back here at the white house at some point. we don't know how long he will be there on the ground in delaware as the body of mr. owens, his rem

to break it all down, let's go to our very overworked blake burman, never a dull moment at the white house these days. blake, what have you got? >> not working as much as you, but it is friday. i'll take it, ashley. two more executive orders just signed a little while ago by president trump. one of them as y jus outlined dealing with dodd-frank. now, because this is an executive order, this doesn't deal with massive portions of the law itself that congress would need to get into. instead, it deals with regulations that the president says he wants studied in the up coming months. he wants the treasury secretary, regulatory agencies to come back to him with to what regulations are viewed as burdensome. there was another executive order sign dealing with the fiduciary rule that the obama administration had put in place that would have been rolled out in april so a couple of months from now dealing with the asset administration. that too coming in the next coming months. the president has been a busy guy here at the white house today held meetings throughout and spoke about dodd-frank in

fox business's blake burman at the white house with the very latest. ome real surprises in this plan, blake. reporter: there were two memos, david, from the homeland security and press secretary sean spicer, who broke it down in his press briefing. he said customs and border patrol agents over the last several years have been shackled being able to protect it. there were too many carveouts in obama administration policy. what dhs trying to do now, essentially trying to insure those that pose a threat to public safety and those illegal immigrants who committed crimes are the priority for dhs, legal enforcement officers to go after at the border. the memos spell out that 15,000 more agents will be put at the border between customs and border patrol and immigrations and customs enforcement. which led to a question at the press briefing this afternoon, who will pay for all of that. take a listen here to spicer. >> right now i.c.e. and dhs in particular as well as cpb are looking hat this is going to cost and how much in putting a request together. and figur

i want to bring in fox business's blake burman. he is standing by at the white house with the latest from the white house. blake? reporter: chairman, this is the third major meeting that the president held on this day. the legislative strategy session ongoing right now. and that comes off of two different budget meetings he hello earlier this afternoon with members of his senior staff. a lunch meeting. then another one in the oval office. the president today when talking about the budget described it as a moral issue an once again, he and the folks here around the white house are saying this. it will be in terms of the big-ticket items here, obamacare going first. and then tax reform coming after that. take a listen to the president and the white house press secretary from earlier today. >> health care is moving along nicely. it is being put into final forms. as you know before we do the tax which is actually very well-finalized, but we can't submit it until the health care statutorily or otherwise, so we're doing the health care. a

blake burman. fox. blake burman. >> thank you, mr. president. i would like to pick up where daniel left off, if you don't mind. you said earlier this week -- and i'm quoting. you said i have learned a lot in the last two weeks, and terrorism is a far greater threat than the people of our country understand, but we're going to take care of it. based off of what you have learned and now knowing that your executive order is at least temporarily on hold, do you still feel as confident now as you have been at any point that you and the administration will be able to protect the homeland and mr. prime minister, says thank you. i would just like to pick off again what daniel had asked about tpp. do you feel it's a mistake that the united states has at least signalled its intelligence to withdraw from the deal? thank you both. >> i feel totally confident that we will have tremendous security for the people of the united states. we will have extreme vetting, which is a term that i developed early in my campaign because i saw what was happening, and while

i want to go right now to our own blake burman who got one of the first questions there. blake, great to see you. great to get one of the first questions of the president. i just want the viewers to see it. so let's take a pause here and watch blake. >> i've learned a lot in the past few weeks and terrorism is a far greater threat in our country. but we're going to take care of it. based on what you have now learned and now that your expect order is at least temporarily on hold, do you still feel as confident now as you have been at any point that you and the administration will be able to protect the homeland? trish: all right. that was break burman asking one of the first questions. >> well, the comment i gave was a speech he gave earlier this week to law enforcement groups here in washington d.c. that comment kind of caught my eye with the president basically saying, hey, look, i've learned a lot here. and terrorism is a big issue. so that was the reason for asking that question. wanting to know, especially with the extreme vetting order on hold. do you think that you c

fox business's blake burman at the white house with the latest. you got a question in there yourself, blake. >> you mean there was a labor secretary nominee today? david: we all kind of missed that, didn't we? >> i thought that was off the top. this thing lasted i think, i went back and looked at it, roughly an hour and 15 minutes, the president's first solo news conference. he mentioned alexander acosta will be his labor secretary nominee. he went on to tout what he sees as the first accomplishments of the first few weeks and then it got to russia, from there it all unloaded. the president saying he believes basically any story relating to russia is fake news, x for the leaks. he says he called on already the department of justice to investigate that. so i asked the president the question i got in was as follows, if this is fake news russia, you believe, however there is also a segment of the country that believes it isn't fake news, what would you say to those folks anything that you learned that might ease of the tensions they have over this bei

blake burman working on this president's day as well. thank you, blake. well, as blake just reported, the new executive order on immigration is eminent. not today, it's a holiday, but we do get it. and president trump is not backing down on his promise to keep americans safe and keep terrorists out. watch him here. >> i take decisive action to keep radical islamic terrorists the hell out of our country. here's the bottom line. we have to keep our country safe. you look at what's happening. we've got to keep our country safe. cheryl: well, joining me now for more analysis, texas attorney general. sir, it's great to have you here in particular when we're talking about immigration. >> thank you, cheryl. happy president's day. cheryl: happy president's day to you too. let's talk about this. it this new executive order, we're starting to get a sense of what we believe is going to be in it. this new one is still going to have the same seven countries within it but let americans in at that these -- it seems to be a little bit more forgiving. in particular with t

fox business' blake burman is in dc. of course blake is the guy whop and his advisers just can't avoid. keeps picking you, blake. >> yeah. we got another question today too, david. this one directly from the president himself. just one of two american journalists to be able to have that honor on this day. and i ask the president about the executive order that is hanging out there. there was a comment that he made earlier this week that caught my eye when he was talking to law enforcement officials in which he said that he has quote learned a lot in the last two weeks and terrorism is a far greater threat than the people of our country understand end quote. so it was that basis and the basis that his executive order on extreme vetting being put on hold. i asked him are you as confident now when you were at any point when the homeland would be protected? and this was his response? >> i feel totally confident that we will have tremendous security for the people of the united states. we will be extreme vetting, which is a ter

our own white house correspondent blake burman is here and going to explain what this is all about.n. >> reporter: let me try here, trish, last night there was an e-mail sent out that put out the daily schedule here, and it included on-camera gaggle, on-camera session with the white house press secretary sean spicer. at noon today that was changed from being in front of the camera to off-camera, and it was called an expanded pool, meaning certain people who cover the white house on that day, designated, by the media and some other outlets. when it got time to meet with mr. spicer for the gaggle, folks within the media were told you weren't invited. others were told come on through, you're a part of this list. we're led to believe it was 20 or so reporters in there which leads to the question why were some allowed in? why were some not allowed in? i asked the white house folks within the press office about it, spoke to one person a little while ago, and their argument is this, trish. they say that this is a gaggle-type situation that they do often. they argue it was actually expanded

first to blake burman, if he's ready for us, he was in the room watching all of that unfold. blake, you're still in the room, of course. how is everyone digesting it? because it was certainly an onslaught. he went after the media for their bias very, very hard. >> reporter: i think everybody needs a cup of tea or decaf coffee after that one, trish. this was pretty remarkable what we just saw. the president giving his first solo news conference, and talked probably a dozen or so questions, if not significantly more than that. and the topic one after the next as you might imagine, and d the connections there, what may or may not be there, which he insists there is nothing. questions about general michael flynn, and whether or not this is fake news. and the president made the point very clear that he thinks this entire story, no matter what angle you come at him with it, whether it's michael flynn, whether it is his potential connections which he says there are none. everything, he says this is a fake news story. so that led me to believe, and i believe we have the sound bite. le

blake burman keeping up with all the fast-changing events and those beatings at the white house. blake? reporter: incredible scene here at the white house. two dozen ceos in the manufacturing industry who have been here better part of two, three hours t started this morning over at the executive office building, just behind my camera, adjacent here to the west wing. they broke up into different groups with senior administration officials, discussing among themselves things like tax cuts, things you talked about, regulatory reform and job creation. then you see all them seated around the table together and the president talking about manufacturing and jobs, trying to keep jobs here in the country and there was a few, a few light exchanges i guess you could describe it between the president and some of the ceos. one being the ceo of united technologies who is the parent company of carrier. you know that story. listen to this here. >> ceo of carrier. >> did you bring back more of those jobs from carrier? one thing you did, i said you were given so much credit for, and i heard two day

ahead is blake burman in the white house. what is in store here. little unusual, blake, what they're doing here? reporter: this is inverted, neil. because theç press conference s happening first. you're watching as they about to make their way over here to the white house. after that the luncheon and discussion between two leaders, president trump and prime minister benjamin netanyahu. what we expect here during this press conference is a little bit of a table-setter. keep in mind these two have not yet spoken face-to-face on this day just yet. so they will come in here. presumably make some opening statements, take a couple questions from the meaded yaw. from there those two will go on about their afternoon in discussing policy. this obviously, neil. neil: is a major news event for a couple different reasons. the first, taken at face value, you have got the prime minister of israel coming here to the white house for his first meeting with president trump just in his fourth week in office, and all issues that go with that. the two-state solution o

in blake burman has more from the white house. blake. trait and the economy once again tapping the topping the president's agenda. president trump also met with the top congressional leaders on trade. as he has for months president trump about it to tackle the makeup of nafta. maybe you do a new one. you know the f is for. later today to hear the white house they will host the policy forum. back to you in new york. the government is out with the january jobs report this morning. it will be the first jobs report issued under president trump. it's expected to increase by hundreds hundred $75,000. up from a hundred 56,000 and december. we will have complete coverage and analysis of the january jobs and data with jobs in america on mornings with maria. let's get you caught up on the global market action that we've seen overnight. it is down is down a half of 1%. it's flat after bond buying. they bought some in the morning and people were disappointed not enough they added on. they ended up relatively flat. they also made the move. let's chec

blake burman has a latest from the white house. >> the white house is not yet throwing its full support behind the border adjustment tax. however it took a small step in that direction on thursday. president trump gave an interview in which he said the following. it could lead to a lot more jobs in the united states. sean spicer then follow followed that up by talking up its merits. it will be the companies were overseas who had chosen to move out of the country that will face higher costs. they spent hours at the white house on thursday with top administration officials. others offered their reservation. the official tax plan is expected to be unveiled next nth in uoming weeks. meanwhile in mexico city. secretary of state rex tillerson sought to smooth strained relations. >> in our meeting we jointly acknowledge that in a relationship built with vibrant cut --dash colors. they will have differences. contrary to reports they would not be used to police the border. let me be very clear. there will be no mass deportation no use of military force in immigration operations. kelly's assuranc

blake burman was inside with sean spicer at that very interesting time, i thought sean spicer not as angry as he can be -- [laughter] bottom line was the message from the white house, blake, was look, he lied. that's why he was fired, he lied. it's not what he did or talked about, we simply lost trust. >> reporter: a couple things here, and you're right, ashley. on the one hand, the argument that the administration was putting out today was over time the president had lost trust in michael flynn, and that was the reason for asking for his resignation. not because there was anything that was done illegally, but that there was a trust issue, and that's what led to the occurrences yesterdayment the other part of the point that sean spicer was trying to get across was the whole timing of everything, and he laid it out saying january 13th the justice department was made aware that there could potentially be some sort of an issue here. spicer said fast forward 13 days to january 26th, that's when the white house counsel was head aware of this situation, and at that point the administration

let's get to blake burman standing by life at the white house. blake, the president's choice was controversial from the start. is he backing out. >> as we know at this hour they are telling fox that the ceo expected to withdraw his nomination as a labor secretary. the hearing was scheduled for tomorrow technically it is still on the books for tomorrow but what sources are telling fox is that he is expected at some point here very soon to officially withdraw his nomination. this was very controversial from the beginning. there were questions about his past personal life with his wife . that she has since retracted. there were comments that he made about his business in employees one of them has said we hire the best of the worst during this whole process of trying to become the labor secretary it turns out that he has revealed at one point he had hired an illegal immigrant. you have all of that up. and republicans it appeared did not have the numbers were willing to give him the numbers to get over that hurdle. we do expect him to withdraw his name

blake burman with more on that. >> pharmaceutical leaders getting their turn to sit down and talk with the president. tuesday at the white house the president could mean top pharmacy is about to drive down cars. >> lower the job prices. the competition in key to lower drug prices. a lot of time the competition dissipates. all oppose anything that makes it harder. smaller younger companies take the risk of bringing the product to the competitive market. reporter: asked press secretary sean spicer asking where he can proceed writers have not. spicer appointed to the president's background. >> they're top-notch negotiators. several people tried to get the cost of playing down cover the cost of the 35 and air force one for a couple he did it. reporter: upcoming trade policy will help the pharmaceutical companies deal with developing new chairs here at home. back to you in new york. trendy san francisco using the trump administration over its executive order targeting sanctuary city. the first challenge of the theater which threatens to cut efforts to capture and documented immigrant. the a

blake burman was there in the thick of it all. he joins me from the white house. there is too to a very clear it seems. in the course of the hour and 15 minutes. by president trump. here at the white house the first team anything to do with the insinuation between his administration or his campaign at any point between them and russia is fake news. consistently blasted the storyline as fake news. in the second he went after the media. for much of this. it was contentious between himself and several reporters in which he blasted the dishonest media as he called it. listen. i simply didn't win by listening to you people. but i'm having a good time. tomorrow they will say donald trump rants and raves. i'm just telling you. it was just a slice of it. seventy-five minutes long. this approximately ran. he was kind of enjoying it. it was almost vintage 2016 i guess you could say. perhaps president trump was enjoying it. when the president left in that room the colleagues into these folks who are going to have to deal with president trump over the next four years may be e

now to blake burman on what else transpired today. hey, blake. >> thank you for that present, neil. >> neil: you got it. >> my question was about the border adjustment tax. the tax reform package is expected to be rolled out from the capitol hill in the upcoming weeks. whether or not the border adjustment tax might be in or out on this day. several of the big name manufacturers and the manufacturers are the ones that favor this, wrote to capitol hill saying they want the border adjustment tax a part of this overall tax proposal. take a look here from the ceos of boeing and merck and pfizer. here's what they wrote. at the white house press briefing, i asked sean spicer, the white house press secretary, after he mentioned the white house ceos would come here thursday, if the administration has a preference for the border adjustment tax or not. as you'll see, they're not ready to reveal their happened. watch. >> i'm not going to get in front of that while the ceos are here,s that an opportunity for them to express what some of those polic

blake burman at the white house with details. >> federal budget coming wednesday with president trump calling it a mess. the president met throughout the day with top aides and advisers for budget discussions. the president was promised more defense spending, tax cuts and infrastructure spending that to make it smaller and equated that to a moral issue. the white house as tackling up on the care will have to come before a tax reform rollout. >> health care is moving along nicely. as you know, before we do that tax, which is actually very well finalized. we can't admit it statutorily or otherwise. moving along very well. sometime during the month of march, maybe mid to early march will be submitting something that people will be very impressed by. >> obama carried the budget and tax reform. it will be a very busy march and april for a paper than continuing to work with congress to make sure that's implemented. reporter: the president and vice president will meet with the group of ceos involved with manufacturing. back to you in new york. lauren: another busy day. treasury secretary ste

the cap special counsel norm eisen and blake burman who was in the room during president trump's press conference. this was a very significant news conference on many different levels. there were so many issues that he tackled. you had been inside the white house. thank you for having me. it's nice to be with you in person. in new york. i think when every presidency faces these leaks and particularly at the beginning of the presidency when you have a transition. i think it can be nerve-racking here where you had allegations of criminal conduct going in both directions. in the president today raising questions about whether laws are violated in sharing this information. i can tell you it makes for a pretty tense atmosphere in the white house digestion a little less good in the white house. indigestion. he stuck up with general flynn even though he fired general flynn. i asked for his resignation but he did nothing wrong. regardless this only adds a huge block of ice it would seem between the intelligence community into the president at this point. what jumped out at you in this news con

at the moment we are getting to blake burman. with today's economic moves by the president and look at this marketplace. the nasdaq in the s&p having a great day. the best day since december here for some of these indexes. tumor executive actions. the one is an executive order. it was the headliner here of course that dealing with dodd frank. they hadn about this. it not a rolling back of dodd frank. it just an executive order that is asking of the treasury secretary regulatory agencies to examine it and come back in the next few months with a list of basically regulations that the administration might see as burdensome. either way that's part of what is driving in the market on this day. it was issued by the present here dealing with the fiduciary role. it was put in place by the obama administration. was supposed to be rolled out in april dealing with client investment and brokerage accounts. the president also putting that on hold as well with the stroke of a pen today. just a little while ago from the white house. we are assi

blake burman was there in the thick of it all. he joins me from the white house.

blake burman has details from washington.ter: another job announcement from the white house and the white house, this time from an hour. ceo ran percentage meeting with the president wednesday and i'm feeling to the public a plan to create 3000 manufacturing jobs in arizona say it also could lead to an additional indirect 7000 more jobs as well. crediting the biggest environment surrounding the new administration. >> really in support of tax and regulatory policies that we see the administration pushing forward the really make it advantageous to be manufactured in the u.s. >> a potential time and for tax cuts was not discussed at that meeting. later today, representatives from the airline industry will be coming to the white house. back to you in new york. >> airline executives discuss issues including jobs in international competition. >> iran continues to testify missiles. iran launched another missile yesterday from the same launch pad where conduct did a missile test last month. yesterday's launch was a short range surfac

blake burman, thank you, very, very much. reporter: thanks. ke was touching on with the tax cut talk, that came up, i sound like a broken record with this. bears repeating. not a right or left thing, or red or blue. it is green and money like wall street likes to see a lot of, this wall street considered a republican bastion celebrated wildly under bill clinton presidency, didn't do that bad under barack obama presidency under notion anything that looks good for their profits they're all for. this idea of tax cut are back on the table and look to be sooner rather than later, the fact is the administration went out of its way, as a number of prominent republican leaders in the senate and house to say this is not back burner issue. i talked to a very prominent figure in this debate echoed the same, saying something will be done, probably by the summer. it could be depending on the timing of this, even sort of backdated to take effect from the beginning of the year. a tax cut comes to fruition then would be backdated to january 1, maybe not. wall

to blake burman at the white house on the very latest. blake? >> speaking with the white house official earlier today, i was told simply that the theme on this day was jobs. keeping them in this country, developing them in this country. that's exactly what we heard from president trump on his trip to boeing to that plant there in south carolina. listen. >> just look at what's going on today in our country. you look at what is happening with jobs. you look at what is happening with plants moving back into our country. all of a sudden they're coming back. they're going to be very happy about it, believe me. >> there in south carolina, the president touted other commitments from companies like general motors, ford, fiat chrysler and intel. this was the first trip by a president to a company, leaving washington d.c. and going to a company across this country. i'll submit to you it's not coincidental. it's a company that deals with manufacturing. neil? >> neil: amazing. all right. i'll tell you, blake, it's getting wilder and wilder by the second. wh

blake burman now on how the white house is responding to this. blake? >> hi, neil. when you listen to the president, he touts how companies are keeping their manufacturing plants here in the u.s. investing here in the u.s. and creating jobs here in the u.s. the house minority leader, nancy pelosi levels a new criticism saying where is the jobs bill? i started this morning. president trump and his team began to unveil their budget blue print that will be released in the upcoming weeks. as that was unfolding, pelosi and her team fired off a statement ending with the following. she said "five weeks into his administration, president trump has not introduced a single jobs bill." so earlier this afternoon, at the white house press briefing, i asked sean spicer, read him that quote and asked him to respond. listen. >> you've heard the companies come in over and over again. the automakers, airlines, sprint. the list goes on and on of people saying to the president because of your agenda, because of your vision, we're willing to commit to hiring additional people to manufac

fox business's blake burman is at the white house with the latest on this one. blake? reporter: melissa we've dean drumbeat of ceos and today it was the health insurers turn. a dozen ceos came here and the biggest leaders of health insurance industry. among them, leaders of aetna, cigna, anthem. this is one of the main theme. this and the budget at white house, repealing and replacing the affordable care act is the first big ticket item that the white house is hoping to roll out hire in the up coming weeks. earlier today the president also met with the nation's governors as well. it was a big topic, obamacare then as well. take a listen to president trump on his promise, what he told insurers earlier today. >> i'm asking secretary price to work with you to stablize the insurance markets and to ensure a smooth transition to the new plan. the new plan will be a great plan for the patients, for the people and hopefully for the companies. costs will come down. i think the health care will go up very, very substantially tortoriello so -- reporter: governors were here around

blake burman is at the white house with more. >> one of the things that president trump complained about in records to nato, split put, some of the nato countries just need to pay their fair share. at issue, an agreement struck by the 26-minute nation that goes as follows. they need to contribute 2% of their gdp for defense. it's believed only the united states and four other countries have so far met that goal. in brussels, vice president pence standing alongside the nato secretary general delivered a two-fold message. that the united states still stands behind nato and secondly that the u.s. wants to see progress. >> as a candidate for office, president trump actually called attention to the fact that for too long, for too many, this burden has not been shared fairly among our nato allies. that must come to an end. >> jon, the president saying that president trump wants to see real progress by the end of this year. >> jon: and this invitation to visit the united kingdom for the president, what is the status of that? >> this got interesting at british parliament. british parliament disc

blake burman has more on what's on the line nor the president tonight. hey, blake. >> hi, neil. a busy day for the president. he signed four executive orders throughout the afternoon. now he gets to turn his attention to this major speak before congress about five hours from now. grabbing the headlines at this hour leading to the speech tonight is the possibility that the president could make a push for an immigration bill, one that would require both back and forth on both sides of the aisle. we talked about taxes and what we could hear from the president tonight in regards to that. i spoke to a white house official a little while ago asking what the president might say tonight in regards to taxes. i was told when the president brings it up, talk about it in more broad strokes versust in p. neil? >> neil: thanks. and steve is here with us, the majority whip. congressman, we don't call this a state of the union address. it's the first opportunity for this president to address a joint session of congress. already we've got an indication out of some, hardly all democrats, who will

blake burman has the details on this. blake? reporter: well, melissa, let me separate this for a second. earlier today the national security advisor michael flynn came into the press briefing room. read off a prepared statement which he said iran would be put on notice for a couple of provoker to actions. one being a recent missile launch. one being the houthis trying to attack a ship in that area. separately from that, that was very public. separately from that white house officials now tell us they have kind of rolled out a little bit more exactly what being put on notice would mean. while military action was not specifically or is not specifically being put on the table i should say, when asked by reporters a little while ago in a briefing, senior administration officials also said it wasn't necessarily being taken off the table either. they say there was a quote, range of options and that the u.s. will, quote, respond appropriately. the white house saying and i'm quoting here, from the senior administration officials, quote,

with more, we go to blake burman at the white house. hey, blake. >> reporter: two major, big ticket items under discussion here and really as the president set to med to capitol hill tomorrow night to lay out his vision before congress. that being the budget and to replace the affordable care act. talk about the details, at least the thousand foot view stuff the president wants to focus on spending. officials at the office of management and budget said $54 billion increase as it relates to defense will be a top priority for the president. there is a little bit of discussion just how big that is. whether that is 3% or 10 peers depending how you look at the numbers. either way it's a an increase. the president unveiled the start of what is expected to be a major infrastructurealso his dee spending as it relates to law enforcement. on the affordable care act side, another day with the ceos coming in to the white house to meet with the president. it was health insurers earlier today. we believe they are still here with discussions. among the

fox business's blake burman is at the white house with a details. blake, a lost feathers ruffled here. tell us the real story. reporter: what has some people upset, the white house press office in earlier today, off-camera briefing with the white house press secretary sean spicer told some organizations you're in. come on back. sit down with me we'll talk. other organition many of them cover the white house here, were left out. among those that were not invited into this briefing? just to name a few, "the new york times," cnn, fox business, cnbc "time" and the associated press, just to name two of them. ended up boycotting this all together, melissa, because some organizations were allowed and some were not allowed in. many of the networks were allowed in know. this whole concept, you can go in, you can't come in, has a lot of folks upset. name a couple of them. "new york times" put out a statement, the editor highly object what happened here. white house correspondents association and "wall street journal" just said moments ago, had they known this

blake burman, a rock star in the at the white house. congressman ron desantis.has been pushing it though that would offer some of the same restrictions the white house is looking for in its immigration order. but in sticking to the log, obviously not to invite the wrath of judges come he joins us right now. thomas mahon, good to have you. >> i'm not singing subsite for you. good to be here. three gigabyte, congressman. 9/11 you're here. do you like adele? >> she's very talented. i did not watch it. i fell asleep. neil: okay, i'll let that go. congressman, very nice to have you here. you are trying to make write something from the judges in the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco made wrong. how do you hope to do that? >> it is interesting that you mention the bill because this is something we did last congress and we did in the right countries like somalia, libya, syria. countries were never picked out of thin air. they were countries that congress had determined. the obama administration had identified as countries that readers as sponsors of terror