jenna? >> jenna: it may be type to enforce laos marijuana. in states that let it be grown and sold. a look at the story just ahead. i'm all the techy stuff you got crammed into your brand-new car. i'm so sexy, you can't keep your hands off me. do it again. there you go... i can do whatever you want. except keep your eyes on the road. now would be a good time to have new car replacement. so get allstate and be better protected from mayhem, like me. it's good to be in good hands. >> jenna: the obama administration did not enforce federal laws criminalizing marijuana. the white house signalled it may enforce the law. colorado, the first such state where marijuana is a profitable industry and the state is benefitting from it as well. a lyssa. >> reporter: there was swift reaction after the white house press secretary sean spicer said this. whether the government will enforce the federal law. >> press secretary spicer: i believe you will see greater enforcement of it. >> reporter: eight states in the district of colombia legalized recreational mar

it jenna? >> jenna: john, thank you. a store and after yesterday's vote confirming that u.s. secretary. jeff sessions has taken heat over his civil rights record and it didn't start last night after senators shut down elizabeth warren of massachusetts were reading a letter criticizing sessions. that letter written sometime ago by caretta scott king, the widow of the slain civil rights leade leader. >> john, republicans revealed one way they can counter democratic plans to slow things down and that's just to make democratic senators sit down. this happened last night while senator elizabeth warren was making her case against her colleague, jeff sessions who she does not think should be attorney general. when warren included text of a letter from dr. martin luther king's widow, she was told to stop talking for being out of order. >> i ask leave of the senate to continue my remarks. >> is their objection? >> i object. >> objection is heard. the senator will take her seat. >> they confirmed that senator warren it should not be allowed to speak for the rest of the debate. she is a

. >> jenna: and i am jenna lee. they are banning travel from same several nations but with changes. it will be a tighter and more stream lined version ready to address the concerns of the court. we'll go to john roberts. when do we expect to see the new order. >> reporter: things could change here. we expect the president will sign the new executive order on friday. he has to speak to cpac so they will work around that. white house attorney and folks in the doj and dhs working together to put the final touches on this. this is what it will likely include. the same seven countries. iran, iraq, syria, libya, sudan and somalia the way the original executive order d. but include the temporary ban on refugees entering the country but dropped the indifferent ban on syrian and they may be included in the 120 day ban. and creating specification for vis holders and so people can go visit and return in the united states. in the early days, people reentering the country are were told you can't come back in you have to go home. according to stephen miller. they are making the changes to it take

welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i am jon scott. >> jenna: hi, everybody, i am jenna leeesident trump laying out his plan for middle eastern peace saying he will work very vaguely but gently on it and that is up to israel and palestine. as it comes to that one state or two-state solution, he says he will do whatever is agreed on. also the iran nuclear deal and its impact on israel. >> the security challenges faced by israel are enormous, including the threat of iran's nuclear ambitions. my administration has already imposed new sanctions on iran, and i will do more to prevent iran from ever developing, i made ever, a nuclear weapon. >> jenna: live at the white house, the president was asked about the two-state solution, what did he have to say about that? >> good afternoon, the white house set the table on this one yesterday, senior administration officials saying the president necessarily is not seeking a two-state solution, rather he is seeking peace. whichever avenue that takes to end up getting to that position. here at the white house earlier this afternoon, the pres

. >> jenna: and i am jenna lee. the administration is pushing forward with a homeland security plan to get more aggressive on deportation and hire additional immigration and border patrol agents. the white house released the plan. john roberts has more. >> reporter: good morning to you. these are implementation memos and instructions to the immigration enforcement and border patrol on how to implement the executive orders that he signed back on january 25th. what they would do in terms of border security. hire teb 10000 immigration enforcement and 5000 border agents. it would end the catch and release. this is where they come across the boarder and handed a slip of paper and go stay with people they know until their case is adjudicated. there is a carve out by the way unaccompanied minors. under the age of 18, children are treated differently. and the secure community's program and any time people are arrested, their fingertips are checked on the dat base. and removal of criminal illegal. if anyone can charged with

. >> jenna: hello, everyone. i am a jenna lee.alking the agenda with trade. 75% as canada's exports, and 90% of the oil goes into the united states. president trump and prime minister trudeau, talking about women in the white work force. and a whole bunch of different topics today. >> jon: does not like it is like any other day at the white house, right? always 1 million things. the prime minister justin trudeau came just a few minutes ago. he was parked behind us for about five or 10 minutes. he gave us a wave, we gave him a wave back. he is often the white house to meet with the president. by the way, 40-mile an hour gusts of wind were blowing through, for the ceremonial guards having trouble with things flying off into the flags around their faces. it will be meeting with women ceos as they walk the task ports together. it is going to be called the u.s.-canada advancement force. they will also talk about immigration. the president's executive order on immigration may in fact violates canadian law. the reason why is because u.s.

. >> jenna: mr. trump is a site to sign off on more executive orders before he gets ready for one of the biggest political speech is due date, and address to a session of congress where he is expected to unveil an agenda. kristin fisher is live at the white house with more for us. >> the word we keep hearing over and over from the white house is optimistic. it's a phrase that stuck out from the inaugural address, the theme for tonight's address is going to be the renewal of the american spirit. president trump has really been influenced by all the listening sessions he's been holding at the white house with health insurance ceos, law enforcement officials, coal miners, union reps. the two big themes, economy and security. he is expected to start with a look at what he is already accomplished, promises cap and promises made, reviving those two oil pipelines. even though he ran into problems in the courts, it's still promises kept to his supporters. he is expected to lay out his agenda. he'll talk abou

. >> jenna: hi, everybody. i'm jenna lee.he president will decide which noncitizens can enter the country in the interest of our national security. opponents say the troubled man violates the cons dish and because muslims. we are awaiting the start of those arguments a little later on this afternoon. it let's get the latest from our chief white house crest on it, john roberts. it john? >> there's no question about the legal maneuvering around here. at a call, 6:00 p.m., as a president and justice department try to get get a temporary restraining order overturned and to get his extreme betting program reinstated. it let's take a look of the starting lineup tonight of judges. a three-judge panel at the ninth circuit court of appeals. at william kami will be on the telephone for phoenix. he was a carter pointy, richard clifton will be on the phone in hawaii. she was appointed by barack obama in 2014. a few minutes ago, the president said he will take the fight to reinstate his order as far as he needs to go. listen here. >> it's

. >> jenna: i'm jenna lee. he provided inkrebg information to the white house about the phone calls in which he offered to relax sanctions posed on russia. we do not know the content of the calls. there's a big question about who does. those calls taking place before mr. trump's inauguration and before flynn was apparently authorized to discuss such things. all of this raising new questions about the president's ties to russia. our chief white house correspondent john roberts has the latest from the white house. john? >> reporter: jenna, good morning. departure of the lieutenant general michael flynn not a tough decision for the president to make because you have to protect the presidency. simply a tough thing for him to do. michael flynn was one of his most loyal and trusted lieutenants. i was at campaign events across the country for months and months during the primary and general election. many times general flynn would introduce donald trump on stage. sunday night it looked like he might survive, skate thr

you don't want -- >> jenna: what changes that, though?e keep on kind of heightening the tension on all sides, so how do we get back to a better-functioning government? >> well, eventually people have to ask themselves, what did the people sent me here to do? and i don't think people were sent to washington to obstruct. it's a pretty clear message from the people. we don't expect to run on a court that is understaffed, and this is not a major change in the courts composition. this judge would replace judge scalia and restore where the court has been. it's something that i think americans expect to happen, they don't want an understaffed court, they expect the court to operate fully, and this is an opportunity for them to make good on the direction that the american people have indicated they want the country to go. >> jenna: it's a good reminder to us that although we are watching this from the outside looking in, we actually do have a role, and the people do have power in our government, and it's a good reminder of that. great to have you

that is not good for those. >> jenna: where is the line then?bamacare now, republicans do keep some of the parts of the law that seem to be good or popular, does it become trump care, they also on the victory but is there always the obamacare with the friction of branding about who owns this, and who benefits from it? >> i think it depends on his message you believe. certainly the president is very good at putting his name on things, he likes that, likes to take credit for things, but the reality is this again will not be a plan they get rid of and replace it with. david, to your earlier point, the reason we needed the reformation was not just economic, it was also for the health, literally, every nation peered the reason we have 70 hospitals closed is because we had so many people entering the emergency room, that was bankrupting the medical care system but also we did not have enough healthcare providers to take care of those people that were ill. as our senior population continues to grow -- >> obamacare does not replace any of that. >> they

i stand up for australia in every form. >> jenna: the u.s. and australia at odds. could it put this longtime alliance on the rocks? plus... >> instead of being think what to the united states in these agreements, iran is now feeling emboldened. as of today, we are officially putting iran on notice. >> jenna: the pentagon weighing in on the cryptic warning as president trump doubles down on twitter. and this... riots forced a major university to cancel a speech by a conservative commentator. what that figure is now saying about free speech. it is all "happening now" ." >> jon: we begin with a day of pitched battles over president trump's leadership team, two cabinet nominees approved by senate committees with democrats walking out of 1 of those events. welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i'm jon scott. >> jenna: everything is going swimmingly on capitol hill as always. i am jenna lee and press secretary sean spicer wrapping up his daily white house briefing moments ago where he addressed in a wide variety of issues including the president's extreme vettin

. >> jenna: what a day for a news conference, right? hi everybody, i'm jenna lee. at the president will no doubt face some tough questions. "the new york times" reporting american intelligence officials intercepted calls between chum campaign staffers and russian officials write about the same time that the recovered evidence of a russian meddling the election. the report, although headline grabbing, is not specific. "the new york times" admits it does not know the content of the call. these allegations come right after the departure of national security advisor michael flynn who misled it vice president pence about his conversations with the ambassador. the problem is whoever leaked the intelligence to the media and will try to pull all of this together. john roberts is live at the white house with more force now. >> a lot of fast-moving details this morning. one of the people who has been identified by the fbi and is under investigation is paul manna ford, who was a campaign manager until the end of july. i just got off the phone with him who told me unequivocall

about it, i am jenna lee.resident trump had a meeting this morning with airline executives or he took on the nation's air traffic control system calling it out of date, in this as well from the oval office. >> i, jeff sessions, do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> jenna: alabama jeff sessions taking the oath of office as the brand-new u.s. attorney general after the confirmation session in the senate, lots to cover, kevin corke as we await press secretary sean spicer's daily press briefing. >> i have to tell you that was one heck of a punch thrown by the president just as we saw at the end of "happening now," that will be a major story line today but on a day when you pointed out literally thousands of flights have been canceled nationwide due to bad weather in the northeast, airline executives were here today at the white house paying a visit to the president. listening session lastin

i'm jon scott. >> jenna: i'm jenna lee and we are waiting reaction from the white house where the daily news briefing is set to start in 45 minutes. today's vote historic one because of two republican defections, there was a 50/50 tie, and vice president mike pence had to catch the boat. first time a vice president has been the tiebreaker for a cabinet pick in our country's history, we have life coverage, mike emanuel standing by but we begin with kevin corke at the white house on the presidents very busy day. >> very busy day indeed. we are really watching the unfolding drama over on capitol hill with great interest here at the white house, obviously part of a very busy day as you point out for the trump administration. we will also be talking later throughout the day about this event involving the ninth circuit court of appeals. that plus the immigration debate, but clearly we are all waiting to see what would happen with the new secretary of education devos. meanwhile the president's cabinet picks are now slowly making their way over the proverbial finish line, also here this morning

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it very unlikely story. >> jenna: what are you watching for next? >> i'm watching for some clarity on the two state, one state solution thing. there's one thing that came out yesterday which is benjamin netanyahu asked for president trump to recognize sovereignty. >> jenna: interesting. what that means about both of their stances towards syria and whether it remains an intact country is probably part of the bigger picture they are. you very much. be 21? >> jon: new information in connection with the murder of the north korean leaders brothe brother. plus a new strategy when it comes to the future of obamacar obamacare. i've been blind since birth. i go through periods where it's hard to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. learn about non-24 by calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com. companies across the state are york sgrowing the economy,otion. with the help of the lowest taxes in decades, a talented workforce, and world-class innovations. like in plattsburgh, where the most advanced transportation is already en route. and in cornin

. >> jenna: sometimes victories come in the early morning hours. hi everybody, i'm jenna lee.t the ninth circuit court refused to reinstate mr. trump's travel ban from seven predominantly muslim nations. the president calls it a political stunt. what's the next move here? we'll talk about it with john roberts whose live on the north lawn. >> there trying to figure out what to do next. it behind me, you can see that the color guard here is practicing for the arrival. a press conference this afternoon, it will be our first opportunity on camera to ask president trump about what happened yesterday at the ninth circuit court of appeals. clearly, the president is frustrated. he tweeted out. lawfare: "remarkably, in the entire opinion, the panel did not bother even to cite this (the) statute." a disgraceful decision! and also, see you in court, the security of our nation is at stake! after the ruling came out, kellyanne conway laid down what happen at the ninth circuit. >> this ruling does not affect the merits at all. it is in interim ruling and we are fully confident that we will

welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i'm jenna lee. >> jon: i'm jon scott. we are awaiting new executive action from president trump before delivering what could be his biggest political speech to date as he addresses a joint session of congress for the first time. he is set to tout the progress is his emaciation has made while laying out his legislative agenda including plans for obamacare, the federal budget, and tax reform. we have team fox coverage, chief congressional correspondent emmanuel is alive on capitol hill with what lawmakers will be listening for, but we begin with chief white house correspondent john roberts. >> good afternoon, the theme for this speech is a renewal of the american spirit, the present will lay down abroad agenda to put forth a vision he laid out in his inaugural address a little more than a month ago, there also billing this as real solutions for real problems facing real people, things like job creation, regulatory reform to improve the economic picture here in the united states, repealing and replacing obamacare which the p

hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee.he president announcing neil gorsuch's nomination last night. >> justice scalia passed away last january, i made a promise. if i were president, i would make the best judge supreme court. i would select someone that respected our laws and was represented by our laws and respected our constitution. today i'm keeping another promise to the american people, by nominating judge neil gorsuc gorsuch. >> this process now most of the senate, i look forward to speaking with members on both sides of the aisle. to answer their questions and to hearing their concerns. i consider the united states senate the greatest body of the world. i respect to the fact that in our legal order, it is for congress and not the courts to write new laws. it is a role of judges to apply, not alter the work of people's representatives. a judge who reaches unlikely outcomes is a bad judgment mr. president, i'm honored and i'm humbled. >> jenna: there's judge gorsuch visiting capitol hill this morning. democrats insist

thank you both. >> jenna: >> jenna: fox news alert now from the middle east.conducted a missile launch yesterday. this comes a week after the trump administration put new sanctions on iran for previous tests. michael flynn said the administration was "officially putting iran on notice." what do we do now? >> first of all, let's understand what's happening. the big picture is that simple. for the last six years, the iran regime was expanding. the obama administration was only concentrating on the agreement. now over two weeks or ten days, the trip and administration changes direction. as you just mentioned, national security advisor flynn put them on notice. the war room against iran has to make a decision. they cannot just stop their policy. that decision is they will come close to international waterways which would be near yemen, or they will respond with these tests. that's what they're doing. they have not completed their analysis of how we react, so they have to escalate somewhere. >> jenna: february 10th, which is tomorrow, the anniversary of the iranian

i am jenna lee. >> jon: i'm jon scott. we are awaiting a key decision that could come down any moment now after the administrated made its case to a federal appeals panel to reinstate the president's order on immigration including a temporary ban on travelers from several muslim majority and agents. we have fox team covering this with kevin corke at the white house but we begin with dan springer at live in seattle with the latest on the appeal. >> a ruling could come at any time, we are certainly expecting one this week. at yesterday's telephone hearing, two main topics dominated. first, does the state of washington have legal standing to sue president trump over his executive order? many experts say the state has not been injured, is a third party and therefore has no right to interfere with the president's power to keep americans safe from attack. the other big issue was the motivation for the travel ban. trump says national security, but washington state's attorney is trying to use the trump campaign pledge to ban all m

: i am jenna lee.elcome and reducing the president will address senior commanders at command center in tampa, major hub of the fight against terror, that is where we find our correspondent kevin. >> you are right, the president as you pointed out, vexed to say the least about some of the polling that has been put out there as people talk about his so-called travel ban, just want to share a couple tweets before we talk about why he is here today. his tweets were making it very clear he does not believe some of the major pulling out there. "i call my own shots, largely based on an accumulation of data, and everyone knows it. some fake news media, in order to marginalize, lies!" he goes on to tweet once more: "any negative polls are fake news, just like the cnn, abc, nbc polls in the election. sorry, people want border security and extreme vetting." of course, the president is here to meet with central command leaders to talk about the ongoing battle against isis and other threats throughout the entire mi

welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i am jenna lee. >> jon: i am jon scott. the president's nominee for the supreme court heads to capitol hill today, neil gorsuch meeting with lawmakers and vice president mike pence as they vote to approve tom price of secretary of health and human services and bangor steven mnuchin as treasury secretary without democratic support. there nomination now goes to the senate for. for it. meanwhile choice for secretary of state rex tillerson also moves closer to confirmation after some democrats crossed party lines to approve him this week. there probably will not be the scene kind of bipartisan support for mr. president three trump's supreme court nominee, he will tell senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to "go nuclear," that is a reference to changing the rules on any filibuster attempt. we have fox team coverage on all of the action for capitol hill, we begin with kristin fisher life at the white house. >> about an hour ago, our john roberts asked president trump if senate majority leader mitch mcconnell cannot get the 60 v

. >> jenna: hello, everyone. am jenna lee crating and holding on the travel restrictions, people entering from seven majority muslim countries. that is a part of the executive order. and the rolling could come as early as this afternoon. john roberts is live at the white house this morning. >> good morning to you. the white house is arguing that it is a president who has the authority over immigration and national security and not a federal judge in seattle. also arguing that it is a president who has the intelligence about threats facing the country. we will take you back a little bit on friday. at the federal judge in seattle, james robillard, a bush era appointee. a temporary restraining order which restrained many of the critical parts of the executive order on extreme vetting. the judged opens up the territory to things that are not within our best interest at heart. they have instructed homeland security to check people coming into the country very carefully. the courts are making the job very difficult. no

welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i am jon scott. >> jenna: hi, everybody, i am jenna lee. the daily white house press briefing such as darts and moments from now as we also awaits president trump and congressional republicans next steps on obamacare. earlier the president met with healthcare company ceos and next hour he is such a sit down with house speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader paul ryan. all of this as president trump gets ready to address the joint session of congress tomorrow night. our chief congressional correspondent john roberts is there now. speak speak of a big headline coming out of the white house today from the joint session with congress, the president plans on asking congress for a rather substantial increase to the defense department budget, the president says that he's going to ask for an additional $54 billion. of course, the president brought the campaigns that he was going to rebut u.s. military to be the biggest and strongest in the world. he believes the reagan doctrine of peace through strength come he's particularly worried about ag

john roberts, thank you. >> every day. >> jenna: great explanation, thank you. james freeman is joining us, editor of "the wall street journal" editorial page, topics all having to do with immigration. let's start with the guidance we receive from the white house today, guidelines on many pre-existing laws or executive orders when it comes to immigration peer what stands out most to you about the actions taken by the white house putting forward these guidelines today? >> for someone who thinks immigrants add a lot to this country, and i do, and someone who wants to see us continue to have a path for people to come and add to our community, i think this is very good news. it is basically, despite the big overreaction we just heard about from the aclu, it is not about mass deportation, it is about prioritizing criminals. i think we realized that one thing americans said they wanted in last year's election was the rule of law at our borders. that is what this is focused on. >> jenna: how do you think this fits into broader immigration reform? do you see it as somet

. >> jenna: i'm jenna lee, i'm waiting for news that president trump has assigned those documents which was expected within the past hour, they will address the dodd-frank reforms and rollback regulations for financial planners to work in the best gist of their clients. after a strategy and policy forum meeting this morning, president trump tweeted his satisfaction with the discussio discussion: "meeting with biggest business leaders this morning. good jobs are coming back to u.s., health care and tax bills are being crafted now!" let's get to the latest to talk exactly about what the executive orders, it's hard to generalize until we see them in writing, but what do we know? >> some of these burdensome, and his view, burdensome regulations enacted in the aftermath of the 2008 recession. regulations that the white house maintains are absolutely strangling the bank's ability to lend money. today, the white house trotted out its director of economic counselor to describe how some of these banks especially small banks are really being strangled by the regulations. >> all banks have been un

jenna?> jenna: republican lawmakers are facing a sea of angry constituents at town halls this weekend, bill cassidy dealing with a raucous crowd yesterday in new orleans. >> that accomplishes the president's goals. [crowd shouting] >> jenna: constituents or attendees creating these issues confronting lawmakers about obamacare and the environment, et cetera. it is a long list, quite if you think they have issues with. >> very simple way to do it, you did it perfectly. what is interesting is that voter anger is what fueled the republican rise to power, not just for president donald trump but also they have the house in the senate and as you suggest, maybe now it is boomer ringing on republicans. largely about obamacare, one of the latest examples we see is senator tom cotton, the republican from arkansas. had a very contentious town hall last night, hundreds and hundreds of people turning out, many of them talking about obamacare, pushing back on the senator and suggested that the benefit to o

. >> jenna: i am jenna lee, that news conference set to start and a half hour following a bilateral meeting of the two. you sought live on fox news they met in the oval office, he says he wants to but a relationship with mr. trump come up with trade one of the issues near the top of the president's agenda. >> jon: kevin corke is live with a map of today's events. >> get to talk to you, my friend. as you know, usa and japan are two of the largest economies in the world so where possible and make sense to work collaboratively. that said, i want to share with you just to give you a window into the thinking of president trump as it relates to the relationship between the united states and japan. take you back to what then candidate trump had to say about japan back in april of 2015. he said this about tpp, the trans-pacific partnership is an attack on american business. it does not stop japan's currency manipulation. this is a bad deal. that is obviously relevant, it gives you a look into the mindset the president has about what he believes is an uneven relationship between these two economic j

>> jenna, i think, jimmy carter came in as an outsider and it's difficult to come in. there's a so much to institution there as an outsider, it's just going to take time and i think jimmy carter had a rough start, but now he's look back on as a good president. it's going to take time to learn how the inside works. >> will give him a little time. governor, thank you so much for your time today. >> congressional lawmakers outside the beltway back home and they are getting it from constituents. what might it mean politically for both sides of the aisle? we are monitoring the speakers at cpac, stage left, you see somebody there speaking on stage right. stephen bannon coming up on the second hour of happening now. they will take the stage for a unique conversation >> congress is in recess, so a lot of those lawmakers are back home, but some are avoiding town hall meetings. at those who do show up are getting an ear full. >> will take a couple more comments or questions about health care. [chanting] [chanting "do your job"] >> i am doing my job. [chanting "you work for us"]

i am jenna lee. >> jon: that will be most watched tv, i am jon scott.xpected to talk more about the agenda including overhauling obamacare and the tax code printed this morning the white house is holding a meeting with the nation's governors coming a day listening session with health insurance and victims. this all comes as we talk about how the white house is cracking down on staff who could be leaking information to the media. chief white house correspondent on more on that. >> the president's address to the joint sessions of congress tomorrow night is a big opportunity for him to move the ball forward. so far what has been coming out of the white house has been a lot of executive action, now the president is taking aim on the legislative side of things telling congress that he wants a chance to fill in a lot of the blanks from his and a girl out of the dress back on january the 20th, we are told that tomorrow night's address will really pursue two themes, one on public safety. the other is economic opportunity. here's what he told the governor's asso

understatement. >> jon: hard to keep up. >> jenna: hi, i am jenna lee.ife looked at the white house waiting for press secretary sean spicer to appear in the briefing room where he is sure to get a lot of questions about the resignation of national security advisor michael flynn amid the growing controversy over his conversations with the russian ambassador and how he characterized them to vice president pence. new members of president trump's cabinet are now sworn in, we have tim fox coverage with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel lived on capitol hill but we start with kristin fisher who is life at the white house with more. >> sean spicer is going to have the work cut out for him when he stepped to the microphone in a few minutes. key questions now are was michael flynn acting on his own when he discussed sanctions with the russian ambassador or did he have the president's blessing? put another way, what did the president now and when did he know it? the land is especially important given the news that former acting attorney general sally

[boos] >> jenna: euros by why the press secretary was asked about this today. the president dismissing those events in a tweet, writing: "the so-called angry crowds in home districts of some republicans are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal activists. sad!" let's bring an barbecue set, editor-in-chief at "the hill." we are sitting the table for why the question was asked a few moments ago, this is what has been transpiring over the last several days. what do you make of it? >> i think sean spicer said the right thing, there are a lot of angry people but also artificial grassroots. remember, this is the democratic playbook for what happened a few years ago to democrats in 2010, the rise of the tea party, we saw the town halls when obamacare was being crafted and passed. i think it is a combination, the election of 2016 was a very angry one. the left, i think, is still trying to come to grips with the fact that they lost. and you have these very, very difficult decisions that are facing republicans that dominated the sean spicer press conference

>> what is different today, jenna, is the war of ideas.uring this whole panel that we had this morning, during all of cpac, we have been talking about the defense of american ideals. freedom, democracy, liberty. i thinker that's really what's different. were talking about how we were not whipping to say what was happening, but now we are willig to use the right labels, and that's critical. because you can't beat them unless you also have oo war of ideals and you fight it as well. >> gordon, do you believe that the conservatives at cpac have embraced that? in the past year, it wasn't just democrats who didn't want to use certain terms. >> yes, of course, it's not just the last eight years, it's realy the last 16 years. so this is a change in the mentality, i think, of the conservative movement. we are not fighting islam. we are fight jihadists, and that was made clear by a number of people on the panel. this is the united states. we have been so unwilling to tak about american values. someone from the audience shoutd out you can't win a bat

. >> jenna: there's a lot of news to get to. we'll get to it all and our next hour. >> jon: "outnumbered" starts now. >> fox news alert. just moments from now, president trump meet with a group of senators, including several red state democrats which he hopes will support his supreme court picks and other agenda items. at this is day after his choice for neil gorsuch calls his choices disheartening. here today, sandra smith, harris faulkner, eboni williams and geraldo rivera. sir, you are outnumbered. >> harris: happy snow day. >> meghan: we have a lot to get to. judge gore such as nomination, including six democratic senators minutes from now. for those democrats, all up for reelection in states resident trump won handily. judges gorsuch disagrees with his choices. richard blumenthal met with him yesterday. >> my strong hope is that he will be more vehement publicly. he expressed to me that he is disheartened by the demoralizing and important comments made by president trump. >> meghan: this morning, president trump blasting th

>> jenna: i don't remember any of your guests being shy.e are going to get an update on this breaking story we've been watching the last hour or so, the mardi gras parade in gulf shores, alabama, was canceled after a driver plowed into a marching band injuring 11 people. also finding out what happened there. steve pays on what he thinks will will come from donald trump tonight. >> harris: we will be glued. thank you, jenna. >> eboni: president trump is continuing his attacks on mainstream media, saying in an interview on "fox & friends" that he turns to twitter to get his message out for a reason. >> it does allow me to to go ad dishonest media. i don't have to go around you folks, i don't have to go around a lot of the media, but i do have to go around some of the media. the following is a so large between twitter and facebook, there are so many millions of people, it allows me to give a message without necessarily having to go through people where i'm giving them a message and they're putting it down differently from what i mean. >> eboni

>> jenna: all right. see you back here in an hour. "outnumbered" starts now. >> megan: flynn is out. president trump will have to find a new national security adviser following last night's stunning resignation of michael flynn. the retired lieutenant general stepping down after reports that he misled white house officials about his contacts with russia. this is "outnumbered. i'm sandra smith." here today harris faulkner, megan mccain is here and former deputy press secretary for the state department, marie hart is here. >> jumped the gun on me. happy valentine's day. >> host is outnumbered. good to have you. >> glad to be here. lot of news. >> you brought some sparkle pink for valentine's day. girl after my own heart. i love them. so much going on, let's get right to it. president trump's national security adviser michael flynn resigning after apologizing to president trump and vice president pence for misleading them and other white house officials on his calls with russia's ambassador to the u.s. the vice president after being brie

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. >> jenna: it's only noon? how many hours have passed as far as breaking news goes. >> jon: we have had a lot of developments just within the last hour, more to come. >> jenna: we will see you back in an hour. >> jon: "outnumbered" starts right now. >> we begin with a fox news alert, we are awaiting the start of a white house press briefing any moment now, as u.s. diplomatic relations take center stage, this after the trump administration put you ran officially on notice following some provocative actions by the country. this is "outnumbered," i'm harris faulkner, here today is sandra smith, meghan mccain, cohost of "after the bell" on fox business, melissa francis, and today's #oneluckyguy, the political editor of town hall.com, guy benson, and he's outnumbered. good have you. >> thanks for having me. >> you were excited about what we are dealing with, because this is sweet spot for you. >> a lot of news and politics and we are jumping in. >> let's do it. this hour we are waiting for press secretary sean spice

let's bring in jenna johnson for "the washington post" and miles sinaj.enna, how's the white house looking at the strategy behind the rallies if there are more to come? do they see it as a reset entering the sec month in office? >> yeah. as a reset and also as an opportunity for the president to get a breath of fresh air, to be reminded that outside of the washington beltway a lot of his proposals are a lot more popular. there are still a lot of american voters who believe in him, who love what he's doing. and i think the white house staff just wanted to remind the president of that. you could see him just kind of feeding off the energy of the crowd last night. >> miles, i want to play for you what he said after an extraordinary moment. a supporter up on stage. take a look. >> i wouldn't say that secret service was thrilled with that. but we know our people. right? we know our people. so many others, i see others. being interviewed. i see them over here. they started. they came at 4:00 in the morning. the media will give them no credit. the media, as i to

turns out home for center jenna is just outside surf city, north carolina. >> everyone is connected.n's quest for answers was mainly driven by hopes of filling in her family's medical history. her adoptive parents cathy and jim cochran constantly encouraging and supportive. >> i would never deny her the right to find out her roots. >> the cochrans are set to meet the combs in may. megan looking forward to meeting a second sister and grandmother during a trip next month. >> it's really been quite a whirlwind. >> a family story with quite a few chapters yet to be rwritten. >> bye, love you guys. >> she waited 30 years to be able to say that. >> yes. >> they still have a lot of catching up to do. >> police say a suburban thief who breaks his roof top and repells into businesses is stuck again. >> the latest break-ins were at a montgomery county grocery store. earlier this month police say the same suspect hit the costco at least four businesses have been burglarized and in each case the thief repells right through the roof. we'll be right back. >>> for those people that love mild and wa

welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i am jon scott. >> jenna: i am jenna lee, that news conferencet and a half hour following a bilateral meeting of the two. you sought live on fox news they met in the oval office, he says he wants to but a relationship with mr. trump come up with trade one of the issues near the top of the president's agenda. >> jon: kevin corke is live with a map of today's events. >> get to talk to you, my

. >> jenna: outnumbered starts now. >> harris: fox news alert, confirmation showdown could we make it a front row seat to history and a first. at the senate is set to hold an up or down vote on betsy devos for education secretary and it's expected to be a type. vice president mike pence way to cast a vote to break the tie. if that happens, it would be the first time avp has decided a cabinet nomination in our nations history. this is outnumbered. i'm harris faulkner. sandra smith, meghan mccain, and abby huntsman. today's #1luckyguy very funny. antonio sabato, jr., is outnumbered. >> meghan: i love you documented your flight here. >> antonio: it's a movie. >> sandra: i feel lucky that i'm here when you're on. when you're on, people crowd the screen. >> harris: welcome for the first time. it's such a big news day. let's do the news. with that potential tie vote as i mentioned in the senate, vice president mike pence may have to cast the deciding vote. here's how we got here. two republican senators of maine and alaska announced they would not support her. at that place in with the demo

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