griff jenkins live with exclusive preview of what we can expect. good morning, griff. >> hey, heather and clayton. the renewal of the american spirit to president delivering his first speech before congress, it's his day 40, by the way, the white house calling this an optimistic speech and a look forward for the next four years. the president will begin by recounting promises made and promises made on campaign trail. he will keep and dig in policy agenda and talk about protecting the american people. that protection includes building the wall on the mexican border, something that president trump talked about when he sat yesterday for an exclusively interview airing later today. >> all i can do is speak from the heart and say what i want to do. we have a really terrific, i believe, healthcare plan coming out. we have to understood obamacare has been a disaster, it's way out of control. i will be talking about the military and talking about the border, remember this, on the border and throughout our country, we are getting the bad ones out, the bad pe

. >> griff jenkins live in washington with a busy week ahead.heather: outrage grows over the so-called fake news stories flooding out of the white house. >> the white house more determined than ever to plug the leaks which officials say are putting national security at risk. kelly wright is live with the latest on this. kelly, i hope you left your phone outside. [laughter] >> there's a good reason for that question and we are going to tuck about it right now, good morning to you both and to all of you. at the white house steps are being taken to stop the leaks, what administration tells fox news is that white house secretary sean spicer called two dozen staffers to his office and check out what he did, spicer told the staffers to put evidence of leaks, warned the initial search would be recess compare today what could happen if the source of leaks is not found. president trump tweeting disdain about alleged connections to russian president vladimir putin, saying russia talk is fake news put out by the dems and played out by the media in order to

griff jenkins. >> good morning, heather and abby, issuing new dhs guidelines in that revised executive order you mentioned it's imminent perhaps coming all but today speaking exclusively on the first hundred days programs and white house adviser steven miller weighed in on it. >> the reality is that the seven countries, look at yemen, look at syria, look at the conditions in these countries, this is an assessment based on the threat they pose today and going into the future. we've had dozen and dozen terrorism cases, case after case after case. >> now, those new dhs guidelines include prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens, hiring 10,000 new ice agents and 5,000 border patrol agents expanding the 287g program which allows local police to act as immigration agents, building that new border wall and ending the catch and release policy that's been in place for the last years, this is nothing more than a plan for mass deportations. senate majority chuck schumer issued, no matter how much they denied

let's get live to griff jenkins live in washington, d.c. with more, good morning. >> good morning, heather and clayton. just hours from now, 8:00 a.m. the white house expected to order immigration launch that would give dhs more manpower and increased authority on the border, this is the implementation of two memos sent by dhs secretary john kelly, it comes ahead of revised immigration executive order targeting criminal aliens, all this on the heels of the president's announcement yesterday of new national security adviser lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster. >> a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience, highly respected by everyone in the military and we are very honored to have him. >> mcmaster is a highly respected battle-tested, decorated officer and military strategist, he served in first gulf war, afghanistan, and iraq. ph.d in military history and he says he's ready to answer the call. >> i just like to say what a privilege it is to be able to continue serving our neigh, i'm grateful to you for that opportunity and i look for

our own griff jenkins was there he said this was the line that got the large e. room. he pointed to the back of the room press people griff felt he was pointing at him, no, no, no. going after the mainstream media and of course yesterday we hear about the press gaggle that was the meeting with sean spicer and certain news outlets are being kept from meeting with the white house. what's your take on all of that? >> well, i worked of in the white house for five years with the secret service. there was different levels of access. many of you have been there. this is not particularly unusual what happened yesterday at the white house. i know some in the media that he are trying to paint this as some kind of war there will try to paint it that way. when he does these off the record, on the record gaggles not in the official bread pressroom and side office they invite in who they he want, there is nothing unusual about this. this battle against the media, i think this is a winner for trump. there is two schools of thought. first school keep it going, it's working. secon

fox's griff jenkins has ithas it latest. >> reporter: a deadlydealy hostage siege insideside delaware's biggest prison. priso it started with the report oforf an uprising around 10:30 a.m. wednesday when staff responded. three guards an female counselor were taken hostage.e . one hostage 47-year-old steven s floyd was killed.l >> this is a very sad day ay across the state of delaware. >> reporter: as the ordeale orde was unfolding, floyd, ad, a veteran corrections officer, alerted his ll prisoners were staging a trap ultimately saving lives.lis. >> lieutenant had come in toanto the building to enter into the building and sergeant floyd sere yelled to them and told them th that it was a trap, get out oftf the building. >> reporter: stilthlll investigating authorities say inmates were able to take control using "sharp objects"s" during negotiations twotia corrections officers were released.. the ordeal ended thursday withsh police using a large construction back low to pushon their way insid beac the onethee building inmates were able toabo take over.o >> sergeant steven floyd was found u

heather: griff jenkins live for us in washington, griff, thanks.ng top republicans on a mission to plug the potentially criminal release of information. now calling on the feds to find and even prosecute those responsible. >> we are going to identify all of these leaks that have occurred over the last 60 days and we are going to let the fbi know that we want to have an assessment on this. heather: now the most alarming release we were told came amid reports conversations between flynn and the russian embassador. national security officials, constitutes serious crime raising red flag to threat to national security. the president is vowing a major crack-down this month after reports of a heated phone call between the leaders of australia and mÉxico were released without white house consent. >> president trump says the nation's financial system is in great hands thanks to his pick for treasury secretary. >> i share your economic vision and goals and committed to working with you to enact policies, to grow the economy and make better economic opportuni

griff jenkins with a show of conservative unity, griff. >> hey, rob and heather, the secret service stilllding, getting ready for president trump's trump speech a little after 10:00 a.m. and i will tell you, it's very exciting talking to the folks here because it's historic that president has spoke in first term since ronald reagan. reagan you dance with the one that brung you, a clear reference that i'm with you, conservatives, i believe in what you believe in, we will see if donald trump can do that today. his vice president mike pence fired up the crowd last night. >> you have elected a man for president who never quits, he never backs down, he is a fighter, he is a winner and i promise you he will never stop fighting until we make america great again. >> i spoke already this morning to mercedes schlapp who is the wife of matt schlapp and said that pence's speech was symbolic because it signifies coming together to get president's agenda done and we had a rare appearance from steve bannon, the white house adviser, here is what he had to say about all of that. >> all he's doing right no

clayton: griff jenkins live in washington, d.c.t on that story. >> it wouldn't be president's day unless there was a fight between the president and the press. a particular tweet on friday has official washington in a furry, the president writing, quote, the fake news media abc, cbs, cnn is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the american people. the pushback has been widespread and yesterday republican senator john mccain fired back suggesting this is how dictators get started. >> if you want to preserve democracy as we know it you have to have a free and many times adversarial press and without it i'm i'm afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. that's how dictators get started. >> but white house chief of staff reince priebus defended the president on the sunday shows. >> there are certain things that are happening in the news that just aren't honest and we are not talking about everyone chris, we are not talking about all news, but we are talking about something that he has termed as fake news. >> n

griff jenkins. >> the federal government defends travel ban executive order before the ninth circuitourt of appeals. relying on expressed statutory authority to suspend entry of any class of aliens, the president directed temporary suspension and countries previously identified link to increase risk of terrorist activity. and in central command yesterday the president was met with cheers. >> we need strong programs so that people that love us and want to love our country and will end up loving our country allowed in. not people that want to destroy us and destroy our country. [cheers and applause] >> as you mentioned, he also took a shot at one of his favorite targets, the dishonest media. >> you've seen what happened in paris and nice, all over europe it's happening. it's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported and in many cases the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to. >> aboard air force one sean spicer was forced to defend those comments. >> he thought members of the media don't always cover some of those events to the extent that other events get covered. prot

right to griff jenkins with the very latest. what are you hearing this morning?, abby and administration concern, first the administration says russia has deployed nuclear ground launch cruise missiles in violation of 1987 range nuclear forces treaty, a move that senate armed services committee that john mccain calls a significant military threat. russia denies they have violated the inf treaty, the second move a russian spy ship in international waters just off our coast of delaware. it's not the first time this has happened. the timing is unusual nonetheless, the officials in final provocation happened, russian jets buzzing the uss porter over the course of several hours in the black sea coming within 200 yards of our ship as it sat in international waters off the coast of romania, fox news contributor retired general jack ceen telling martha maccallum, the moves appear to test president trump. >> what they're trying to do martha is humiliate and embarrass the united states, unrat el them, give them the impression that the united states isn't the strong militar

griff jenkins live in washington, d.c. with what to expect. >> good morning, guys.t of appeals held the suspension of the ban last week. yesterday senate minority leader chuck schumer weighed in with advice to the president. >> i think he ought to throw it in the trash. this executive order is so bad and doesn't make us safer and doesn't focus on the areas where we need to tighten up. it's just un-american and unconstitutional. the president vowed new action speak ago board air force over the weekend. >> we will win the battle but we also have a lot of options including filing a brand-new order. >> the senior adviser steven miller speaking to chris wallace reinforced the message. >> we are contemplating new and additional actions to ensure that our immigration system does not become the vehicle for admitting people into our country who are hostile to this nation and its values. >> this comes in the heels of major crack-downs by immigration officials sparking protests nationwide and in mÉxico and prompts the aclu to create what they call rapid response teams to confr

rob: griff jenkins live at national harbor maryland, what this means for the conservative agenda, bigng, there's a barn above the stage behind me, theme reclaiming america's promise, this is by far the largest gathering of conservatives anywhere in the country. it's their super bowl and this year is significant. consider this, last year candidate donald trump skipped this conference because he was worry that had the folks here felt he one conservative enough, he wasn't one of them, fast-forward one year, president trump will be the first president since ronald reagan in 1981 to address this crowd in their first year as president. on top of that, he nominated niel gorsuch to the supreme court, the conservative's favorite to fill that swing position and vice president mike pence is a huge star for many years here. in fact, the american conservative union mo puts on the cpac rates republican's cabinet and said this one is by far the most conservative they have ever seen in history. we spoke to acu's chairman to learn a little more about the significance of this year and what we can see c

griff jenkins latest with the latest on immigration crack-down. morning. >> you're right, a hard stance with new dhs compliance to address the problem. it includes prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens, hiring 10,000 new ice agents and 5,000 border patrol agents expanding the 287g program which allows local police to act as

let's get live to griff jenkins live in washington, d.c.good morning. >> good morning, heather and clayton. just hours from now, 8:00 a.m. the white house expected to order immigration launch that would give dhs more manpower and increased authority on the border, this is the implementation of two memos sent by dhs secretary john kelly, it comes ahead of revised immigration executive order targeting criminal aliens, all this on the heels of the president's announcement yesterday of new national security adviser lieutenant general h.r.

abby: griff jenkins at cpac.bby, steven, and pete. it's not a town hall. this is truly the wood stalk for conservatives largest gathering of conservatives. kellyanne conway will kick it off on the stage behind me. we suspect she will address rumors of fake news. there was reports that she had been sidelined by the white house as counseled from going on television. she took to hannity last night to address those reports. >> i don't think i have to explain myself if i'm not going to go on tv for a week. i'm out with four kids for three days looking for houses and schools. a lot of my colleagues aren't trying to figure out how to be a mother of four kids. i assure you. five% of what i'm being asked to do in this white house counselor role is tv. that's about right. he is the president now. he is his own best messenger. >> reporter: now, we are in the 44th annual cpac. it's been going since 1973. what's really special is that president trump is speaking -- he will be the first president since ronald reagan to address

griff jenkins. >> the federal government defends travel ban executive order before the ninth circuitrt of appeals. relying on expressed statutory authority to suspend ent

griff jenkins live with exclusive preview of what we can expect. ning, griff. >> hey, heather and clayton. the renewal of the american spirit to president delivering his first speech before congress, it's his day 40, by the way, the white house calling this an optimistic speech and a look forward for the next four years. the president will begin by recounting promises made and promises made on campaign trail.

fox's griff jenkins has ithas it latest. >> reporter: a deadlydealy hostage siege insideside delaware'sprising around 10:30 a.m. wednesday when staff responded. three guards an female counselor were taken hostage.e . one hostage 47-year-old steven s floyd was killed.l >> this is a very sad day ay across the state of delaware. >> reporter: as the ordeale orde was unfolding, floyd, ad, a veteran corrections officer, alerted his ll

i think our own griff jenkins interviewed you.y: from the airplane. clayton: that's my guy. you got there, why so early? >> because i wanted to make sure i was number one. that was the reason. abby: well, you were, gene, you were number one, and you were really the star of the night. tell us about you. gene, what do you do, and what is it about president trump and during the campaign that was so attractive to you? >> when president trump talks, i'm glued to that tv. he has common sense, he's smart, and he knows what he's doing. look at what, look at what he's created, a billionaire. he's smart, and this is what we need in our country. he speaks the truth from the heart, and that's the most important thing that really grabs my attention with him. clayton: speaking of grabbing -- >> yeah. but each day of the two years, it just grew on me every single day, the love that i have for our president. abby: and now it's bigger than ever. [laughter] clayton: and speaking of grabbing, we know off camera when the president was calling you, th

steve: griff jenkins is live in d.c. with the latest. iff, tell us what happened on the phone. >> good morning, guys, no day off here in washington. the ninth circuit of appeals deciding any minute now on merely whether or not the president's travel ban should remain in effect. not on the larger issue of the con stiewrkt of the executive order. the hearing got heated last night as a three judge panel pressed attorneys for washington state and minnesota to prove harm exists. >> executive order itself caused irreparable harm. >> what's irreparable harm to the state of washington? >> we had students and faculty at our state universities stranded overseas. we had families who were separated. we had long-time residents who could not travel overseas to visit their families without knowing that they would be able to come back. >> and the judge has hammered away at the administration's attorneys over their motivation for the ban. >> has the government pointed to any evidence connecting these countries with terrorism? >> in 2015 and 2016, both con

steve: griff jenkins, thank you very much. abby: a lot of excited young people.e brought down the house at cpac yesterday with this message for those defying president trump. >> time for you to demand an end to the criminal enclaves that are known as sanctuary cities. [applause] steve: judge jeanine pirro from fox news channel is talking about her speech. pete: this sign here, real men provide, real men appreciate. abby: what? pete: the billboard creating a social media firestorm. abby: pete? talk about this. pete: no, back to cpac. ♪ you wouldn't believe what's in this kiester. a farmer's market. a fire truck. even a marching band. and if i can get comfortable talking about this kiester, then you can get comfortable using preparation h. for any sort of discomfort in yours. preparation h. get comfortable with it. watch. [lure drops into cup] k-ching fish like a pro at the bass pro shops' spring fishing classic with huge savings. plus free seminars by local pro anglers this weekend. ♪ steve: got quick friday moring headlines for you. pope francis calling out hypoc

his name is griff jenkins.lls us in on what could happen as early as today. >> a major immigration push coming from the white house and could come as early as 8:00 a.m. it's is the implication giving dhs more manpower and increased authority on the border with the focus of illegal aliens convicted of criminal offenses. the actions will include return of immigrants on the border. expedited deportation hearings. the hiring of 15,000 additional ice and border patrol agents and aggressive new measures targeting criminal aliens. parents, who pay to small their children across the border may also be prosecuted. the effort will target those who have unresolved charges. as well as those who have abused public benefit programs. now, t the white house is calling that a big immigration launch is not the revised executive order or travel ban that. we expect that may come any day it will target those same seven countries and have exemptions for visas, green card holders and dual citizens and not have automatic ban on syrian

in a separate area griff jenkins is covering that story. if i can get a brief description from you. i may interrupt you as soon as we see president trump step off that plane. reporter: if you can see me now, that's the hangar where president trump has landed and we are waiting for that speech. free speech, first amendment. there are a couple protesters. the orlando chapter [inaudible] >> the way he's tweeting our weakest and most vulnerable is disgraceful. i'm here because i'm afraid of our president and what he has done. women, gaze, everyone. -- gays, everyone. to stay here. arthel: as we wait to see president donald j. trump step off air force one in melbourne, florida. eric: bob kusack is joining us from "the hill." there will be a huge anticipated cheer from the supporters in the hangar. what do you expect him to say over the next hour or so. he's quite a showman. he feeds off crowd. we saw that on the campaign trail in 2016. this is a state on november 8 that he won. that was the first indication, wow, hillary clinton may not be the next president. when we won florida it was t

griff jenkins in washington with the latest. hey, griff. >> no break for the president at the white house, expecting a new executive order on immigration, this one more narrow, possibly as soon as today, certainly within the next few days. the president reinforces intentions at the rally you mentioned on saturday night. >> i listened to these judges talk and talk, so unfair. we will be doing something other in the next couple of days, we don't give up, we never give up. i think you will be impressed. let's see what happens. here is the bottom line, we have to keep our country safe. >> a draft of the revised travel ban target it is same seven countries and exempts travelers who have a visa to travel to the u.s., we are also learning that some other actions may include new procedures to speed up foration hearings giving agency more authority to detain and deport illegals, hiring 5,000 border patrol officers and hiring 10,000 ice agents. texas congress month weighing in that this will be a good thing. >> they're going to tailor that

ainsley: griff jenkins is live in d.c. why this might be seen as a standoff in the supreme court. fore the ninth circuit of appeals later today. the federal government will argue that the travel ban is all about national security. the states will argue that it's unconstitutional. the president was making his case yesterday at central command in tampa. >> we need strong programs so that people that love us and want to love our country and will end up loving our country are allowed in. not people that want to destroy us and destroy our country. [cheers and applause] >> in a file yesterday, the department of justice argues that the president has, quote: expressed statutory authority to suspend entry of any class of aliens to protect the national interests. and it says that the purpose of the ban is to permit an orderly review and revision of screening procedures to ensure that adequate standards are in place to protected against terrorists attacks. president trump also took to twitter yesterday, making his case writing: the threat from radical islamic terrorism is very real. just look