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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

. >> 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

. >> 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

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 unequivocally the following "i never had any connection to pollutant o

i'm jenna lee. >> jon: one of the number of phone calls today to the middle eastern leaders, that is just part of what's on his agenda. details emerge from a private meeting between sub cream court nominee no course edge and richard blumenthal of connecticut. he called it disheartening and demoralizing. it lashing out at senator blumenthal via twitter. senator jeff sessions was confirmed last night after a long and bitter battle in the senate. the next confirmation showdown, tom price to be health and human services secretary. mike emanuel is on capitol hill, but we begin with john roberts. >> good morning to you. already a busy day here at the white house. the president absently going off today. after blumenthal started dishing on a private meeting he had yesterday with neil gorsuch. listen to what he said. >> certainly expressed to me that he is disheartened by the demoralizing comments made by president trump about the judiciary. >> blumenthal said gorsuch encouraged him to go public. they say gorsuch did acknowledge the attacks as disheartening and demoralizing, but he did not sa

hi everybody, i'm jenna lee. at the ninth circuit court refused to reinstate mr.rump'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 get our day in court. >> the white house isn't formu

. >> jenna: i am jenna lee, that news conference set to start and a half hour following a bilateral meeting 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

i'm >> abby: i'm abby huntsman n for jenna lee today. >> jon: the search for a replacement for michael flynn is still underway after president trump's first choice, harward turned it down the job. a month into his term, mr. trump unleashing on the news media, leakers, and his predecessor. >> president trump: i inherited a mess. it's a mess. at home and abroad. it's a mess. the leaks are absolutely real, the news is fake because it's so much of the news is fake. it's zero chaos. this is a fine-tuned machine. half of his job is putting out lies by the press. >> jon: this is a brand-new pole, he finds the president's job approval rating at 39%. our fox news poll taken last weekend proves 47% disapproves. glenn hall is news editor for "the wall street journal." it would you guess that american public opinion has turned south on the president that quickly? >> i think different polls and at different times. what we've seen consistently is a sense of a divided nation, and we saw that through the election and i don't think it is changed that quickly. >> jon: what about the press conference yes

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

i am jenna lee crating and holding on the travel restrictions, people entering from seven majority muslimountries. 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. now we have court cases on two parallel tracks here. the ninth circuit is going to take up this issue that w

. >> 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

. >> 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

. >> i am an am emperor jenna lee present today. nice to be here.he senior white house officials saying that mr. trump executive order which could be signed as early as tomorrow will target the cms have been mostly muslim nations as the first one. a green card holders and dual citizens of the nation will be exempt. >> jon: one big difference, the new draft will no longer single out syrian refugees. more from south florida where the president spent his weekend. >> well, according to secretary john kelly, the new executive order will likely be tighter and more streamlined. a very similar to president trump's original travel ban. over the weekend president trump at this big rally in melbourne, he said that in terms of timing we can expect the new executive order to be rolled out sometime over the next couple of days. he told her supporters that they think they will be impressed with this. the goal stays the same. keeping america stay safe. they are trying to tweak it to uphold in court. by this time second kelly says that he will be more involved in th

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.

justin trudeau said to hold a press conference an hour from now, second hour of "happening now," i am jenna lee. >> jon: i am jon scott, president trump will take questions surrounding the future of his national security advisor michael flynn in his role in the administration. the future of president trump's temporary travel ban, president suggested he could roll out a new executive order as soon as today as well as the fate of multiple cabinet picks and his supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch. mike emanuel is following those key confirmation votes on capitol hill, but we begin with the white house. >> following the very successful series of meetings with japanese prime ministers abe over the weekend where the two men apparently hit it off quite famously, some slightly larger questions are now looming about today's series of meetings with canadian pay minister justin trudeau. the two leaders come from very different ends of the political spectrum, one example is while trump has been calling for extreme vetting of syrian refugees and other refugees from six designated terrorist countries, p

. >> 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

we are making more "outnumbered," quick break we will see jenna lee with what is happening in the seconding now." >> everybody knows what is happening. next, white house press secretary sean spicer is about to hold his daily briefing, what will he have to say about the president's new immigration order or what we should expect this week? we want to give their life, plus a new border wall could cost more money than anticipated. while the government have to seize private property? interesting question and also terrifying video of the deadly plane crash, what brought a plane down in australia, it is quite the site. we will have that "happening now." >> harris: we will see you at the top of the hour, thank you. >> sandra: some people still rejecting the notion that president trump won the election fair and square more than three months later. former clinton campaign manager mook said russian interference may be to blame for his candidates lost, watch. >> this is the key, no campaign manager or candidate should ever sit at a table like this on a news program and say i don't know, russians may

. >> jenna: hi, everybody, i am jenna lee.sident 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 presi

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 vetting order as well as religious liberty. this money, president trump spoke at the national prayer breakfast, right now we are awaiting details on his meeting with harley-davidson executives set for this hour at the white house. after their meeting in wisconsin was canceled because of protests. in the meantime, senate committee has approved two of the presidents cabinet nominees, scott pruitt, a vote that democrats boycotted over his longtime opposition to the epa vision and with peter doocy on capitol hill, we will pick that up. >> we are seeing now a big part of the democratic strategy to slow trump cabinet nominations down is to stop showing up for other nominations. the democrats did it again today, they boycotted the committee vote on epa secretary nominees scott pruitt rules of e required to members of the minority party to be in the room to vote, there were zero members of the minority party ther

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

. >> i am abby in for jenna lee.uring that facility today, he will also speak at the debut of the new aircraft production. >> jon: ahead of the trip, the president tweeted: "going to charleston, south carolina, in order to spend time with boeing and talk jobs! look forward to it." chief white house correspondent john roberts live in north charleston for us now. >> you would love to be here as they roll out the new version of the 787, it is the ten version, 18 feet longer than the last iteration, and they have not found one yet so they are looking forward to seeing it left off from the airstrip just outside the hangar where we are. interesting to note that just on wednesday, some 3,000 eligible voters, employees rather here at boeing voted 74% in favor of not joining a union, even though their union members in washington can make the same plane according to them, they make 34% less, they are in a right-to-work state and want to keep their status. president trump trying to fill out another position in his administratio

. >> jenna: 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

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

fox news alert, major develops it development at home and abroad, welcome to happening now, i'm jenna lee. >> jon: i'm jon scott, very busy morning already, we are about an hour away now from the white house briefing with press secretary sean spicer, following president trump's remarks at the national prayer breakfast this morning upholding the tradition going back to president eisenhower, where mr. trump reiterated one of his key campaign promises to evangelicals. >> it was the great thomas jefferson who said the god who gave us life gave us liberty. jefferson asked, can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of god? among most freedoms is the right to worship according to our own beliefs. that is why i will get rid of and totally destroy the johnson amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution, i will do that, remember. >> jenna: we will talk a little bit more about that, in the meantime president trump is grappling with confirmation battles over several nominees, also fo

. >> jenna: i am sure we will hear more 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

welcome to the second hour of "happening now" i am jenna lee. >> jon: i'm jon scott. new homeland security directives issued that just this morning as we expect a revised presidential order on immigration and travel affecting the same seven predominantly muslim countries. chief white house crisp on john roberts joins us live from the north line. >> good afternoon, we should also say this is the first sean spicer briefing and almost a week because with the press conference last week than the president was in south carolina bent away yesterday, a lot of questions pending particularly on the new immigration crackdown, this falls out of double executive orders that the president signed back on the 25th of january, one to enhance border security, the other to improve public safety in the interior of the united states. this will hire an additional 10,000 immigration and customs enforcement agents, additional 5,000 border patrol agents and expand what is known as the 287g program which is a partnership between the federal government and local law enforcement. doesn't matter

slapping new sanctions on iran after a band ballistic missile test, welcome to "happening now," i'm jenna lee. >> jon: and i'm jon scott, the new sanctions just unveiled cover a broad range of targets, including more than a dozen iranian individuals and companies, as the president meets with his economic advisory council right now. and mr. trump is expected to sign executive orders today rolling back financial regulations, including a full review of dodd-frank rules. this after senate republicans cleared the way for a final vote on education secretary nominee, betsy devos, early next week. we've got fox team coverage with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on the cabinet confirmation process, but let's begin with the chief white house correspondent, john roberts, live on the north lawn. >> good morning to you, it was the treasury department right next-door here to the white house that unveiled these latest sanctions against iran, here they are, 26 individuals and companies, most of the individuals are in iran, a couple are chinese, most of the companies, as well, are iranian, but

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

. >> 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 agi

. >> jenna: i am jenna lee.he president chief strategist steve bannon and chief of staff reince preibus both participating in an upcoming panel, you can see right there. sit down happening as rumors swirl about a contentious relationship between the two, but admittedly, those rumors have swirled for a long time including during the campaign. it will be interesting to see how they interact with each other. the president himself will speak at the conservative conference tomorrow, so a lot to watch there. associate editor for "the wall street journal," nsb mentioned, we have live news event we are waiting in mexico, so a lot going on this hour. appreciate your time. what are you going to be watching for when we see these two key players in the white house come together on this stage today? >> what do they say and how they make up and how they defined themselves as conservatives. the conservative political action conference where they are speaking is primarily made up of the social conservatives. trump did not even

. >> 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

. >> 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 at the white

hi everybody, i'm jenna lee. at the president will no doubt face some tough questions.times" reporting american intelligence officials intercepted calls between chum campaign staffers and russian officials write about the same time that theecer

. >> i am an am emperor jenna lee present today. nice to be here.use officials saying that mr. trump executive order which could be signed as early as tomorrow will target the cms have been mostly muslim nations as the first one. a green card holders and dual citizens of the nation will be exempt.

. >> jenna: and i am jenna lee. they are banning travel from same several nations but with changes.ghter 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.

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fox news alert, major develops it development at home and abroad, welcome to happening now, i'm jenna lee jon: i'm jon scott, very busy morning already, we are about an hour away now from the white house briefing with press secretary sean spicer, following president trump's remarks at the national prayer breakfast this morning upholding the tradition going back to president eisenhower, where mr. trump reiterated one of his key campaign promises to evangelicals. >> it was the great thomas jefferson who said the god who gave us life gave us liberty. jefferson asked, can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of god?

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. >> bill: in a moment here jenna lee comes on next on "happening now." >> president trump is happy abouthe amazing run for stocks but unhappy with the media. the latest on what is the promise of an investigation of the leaks springing from washington, d.c. plus the new debate about the future of obamacare and are you safe driving over your local bridge? a surprising report and not in a good way. top of the hour. >> bill: that's something to think about. thank you, jenna. secretary of state rex tillerson is on the job and meets face-to-face with his russian counterparts as questions continue in washington over ties with moscow, where can the u.s. and russia work together? that report is next. >> shannon: a military mother in arizona is demanding answers after someone destroyed the american flag that was hanging outside her home. mary eklund says she has had 16 family members serve in the military and the disrespect to the flag has her fighting mad. >> we need to stick up for what we believe in. look what somebody did to the flag. and i just about went beserk. >> shannon: she plans to use

. >> jenna: and i am jenna lee.n 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

slapping new sanctions on iran after a band ballistic missile test, welcome to "happening now," i'm jenna leed i'm jon scott, the new sanctions just unveiled cover a broad range of targets, including more than a dozen iranian individuals and companies, as the president meets with his economic advisory council right now. and mr. trump is expected to sign executive orders today rolling back financial regulations, including a full review of dodd-frank rules. this after senate republicans cleared the

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i'm jenna lee. >> jon: one of the number of phone calls today to the middle eastern leaders, that ispart of what's on his agenda. details emerge from a private meeting between sub cream court nominee no course edge and richard blumenthal of connecticut. he called it disheartening

i am jenna lee crating and holding on the travel restrictions, people entering from seven majority muslimries. 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 pr

i am jenna lee. >> jon: that will be most watched tv, i am jon scott.d 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

jenna bush hager. kathie lee gifford. >> because of me? young lady has a huge instagram. 3.3 million people. look what she's doing here. dangled 1,000 feet over the streets of dubai. no tether. no safety devices. just the grip. >> stop it. >> some guy holding her over the edge. her followers loved her. dubai police didn't. >> oh, my. >> they brought her in, right? >> they made her sign a statement. >> this is crazy. >> insane. >> just the grip of this friend. i hope she didn't use lotion this morning. >> just a friend. >> i don't know. >> i mean, he's got to mean something to her, no? >> just to hold her up. >> tom cruise is like, i didn't do that stunt. >> that's the same building he did that stunt. >> i know. >> police were not happy. she says, they should thank her for exposing some security issues with that building. >> that was her main thought. yeah. whistleblower. >>> i'm going offscript here for a second. a lot of people have noticed that hoda has been fwon forgone while. she was gone last week. and taking a few more days. but duri