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president's original plan sparked initia international pr, joining me right now senator james langfordood to see you, sir. >> glad to be with you. maria: president, wants to address the concerns raised by federal appeal court judges who blocked that travel plan. what do you say would be necessary to narrow that down? what are you expecting next week? >> the judges that looked at it, they look add way ta was rolled out in lack of clarity on things like glea green ward card holde. that needs to be corrected. in first economist order -- executive order. all these act wayin accusation e left out there, there is suspicion it may be religiously motivated. these are muslim countries. but these are same 7 countries that obama administration and u.s. congress, had identified as state sponsored of terrorism with now functioning government. this is an acted of terrorism moving into u.s., the econom exe order i assume will clarify that as well. isis specifically targets shia muslims. maria: you think that a more narrow executive order on immigration to come it week will pass muster in terms of the

in his opening statement, james langford talked about the long wait applicants face when applying for jobs in the government. he says that's turning off the st >> 2016 it took an average of 100 days to fill an opposition in the federal government. in 2015, it took 90 days. the problem is getting worse. >> senator langford says less qualified workers are applying for government jobs because the hiring process takes so long. >> activists are in richmond to protest a vote to defund planned parenthood. the measure passed the house of delegates by a party line vote of 60-33. now that bill goes to a state senate committee. planned parenthood said the loss of funding would significantly undermine services and its clinics across the state. >>> the winter olympics if you can believe it are now one year away. today the olympic torch was revealed and we're going to tell you about the unique design element and introduce you to a newcomer to the u.s. olympic team that has a special >> and the app that will help you plan for valentine's day. >> protesters tried to take matters in their own hands to

we are joined by senate intelligence committee member senator james langford. and form earn army vice chief of staff, general mike keen. also mercy dees schlapp, fred barnes, and many, many more. it's an important night and we'll be taking up many topics. president trump addressing a joint session of congress. billing it as solving real problems for real people. repeal and replacement of obamacare. tax cuts, job creation, making the workplace better for working parents. fox news learned the president will make a push for quote an immigration bill. where there is compromise on both sides, we don't know any more about that. but we expect to find out much more the president's address tonight. some of the money to pay for a $54 billion increase for the military and defense will come from rising revenues that result from his policies. >> i think the money will come from arrested upconomy. we'll probably gdp a little more than 1%. and if i can get that up to 3 or maybe more, we have a whole different ballgame. and that's what we are looking to do. lou: joining me to

amendment which was introduced yesterday with steve scalise majority whip in the house, jody hice and james langfordator of oklahoma was there when we introduced the bill again. religious freedom needs to flourish in this country. our country's ability to flourish was contingent upon that. >> shannon: the johnson amendment makes most churches and religious leaders feel like their hands are tied. if they express endorsement of a particular religious position, party or person who is running for office they risk their tax exempt status. he pledged to do that during the campaign and it sounds like he will follow through on that. you know there are plenty of those out there worried when he starts talking about these issues of religious freedom. there are reports about a particular order that has been drafted the white house says they have nothing to announce. but it is called i understand establishing a government-wide initiative to respect religious freedom and will offer some protections to businesses and organizations so that they are able to express their religious views even if they aren't popular a

oklahoma senator james langford chairs this two-hour hearing. >> good morning and welcome. sub committee hearing entitling the work force and the sub committee will work to find solutions to the recognized challenges from effectively serving the american people. federal agencies employ some of the best and brightest individuals this country has to offer. every day federal civil servants help protect our communities and keep our airports running safely and smoothly and military running extremely effectively. we are grateful and interested in their ideas and concerns. the important work of our federal employees is often obje obstructed by a culture. a culture does not differentiate between those who excel. they often complain harm workplace moral and raise concerns that compensation is not related to one's job performance. the office of federal employee viewpoint survey found 22% of employees agreed with this statement. pay raises depend on how well employees perform their jobs. while the government failed to compensate basd on employment managers face additional challenges.

. >>> the chairman of the subcommittee on regulatory affairs is james langford waiting for other members of the subcommittee to join him to hear from a number of witnesses about the civil service the federal work force, one of those witnesses the head of the american federation of government employees, jay david cox. this is the senate gaveling into session resuming on the debate of nomination of congressman tom price to head health and human services after last night approving senator jeff sessions as the new attorney general. and the new attorney general, by the way, will be sworn in this morning at the white house. and his replacement named by the governor of alabama is alabama attorney general luther strange and the new senator will be sworn in on the senate floor this afternoon. >>> good morning and welcome.