kevin corke in the briefing room gets into the details of the proposals. chief white house correspondent john roberts starts us off with the latest developments. >> good evening. event after event on the campaign trail, candidate donald trump pledge to rebuild the u.s. military into a fighting machine no nation would ever dare challenge. today he pledged to put the taxpayers money where his mouth is. unveiling his budget blueprint to the national governors association today, the president pledged an additional $54 billion for the pentagon. an increase of nearly 10% over the current budget. >> it will include a historic increase in defense spending to rebuild the depleted military of the united states of america at a time we most need it. >> and his address to a joint session of congress, president trump will outline his plans to rebuild the military, increase bill order sip. -- increased border security, and take care of americans ames veterans. his big ticket items, to repeal a replace obamacare and reform the tax code. >> the tax cut is going to be made.

correspondent kevin corke reports. >> hardly a day goes by without one, a tweet from the president of the united states. mr. trump's put her fascination is raising concern among some lawmakers who wonder if his use of an older, personal android phone could expose the nation to security threats. in a letter to the secretary of defense, democratic senators asked if the phone the president is using is encrypted and they suggest that commander-in-chief dipped his personal device. writing "while it's important for the president to have the ability to communicate electronically it's equally important he doesn't want a manner that's secure. and ensures the present invention -- preservation of presidential records." >> a personal device, it's important the devices have the latest encryption. >> encryption is one of many concerns spelled out by experts. they believe without modification hackers could access the device, turn on my camera and microphone, even tracked the president's location. >> i made a mistake using a private email. >> mr. trump's critique of hillary clinton's use of a private

traveling with the president in tampa, florida, kevin corke. >> bill: more deaths in chicago. two 15-year-old boys shot and killed on the south side. this is the type of violence that's been repeated over and over in the windy city. as many debate what to do there about it, a new study suggesting civil leaders and the aclu might be the ones to blame. >> chicago's carnage and murder isn't slowing down in 2017. 51 people were killed last month, an increase from january 2016. >> i'm tired of doing funerals. i'm tired of seeing mothers standing over children. >> police say they could fix the crime if they weren't drowning in politics. >> politics is a cancer to good policing. we are seeing the results right now. >> gary mccarthy said he was thrown under the political boss and fired by mayor rahm emanuel. the mayor initially backed police over this controversial shooting video but flipped his position after it was released. mccarthy's time as the top cop was now without blemish but he was credited with significantly reducing crime. mccarthy blamed the spike in murders in part on th

back to you. >> tucker: kevin corke.s ago, the trump administrator retracted and obama era guideline that claimed the 45 year old title ix e law required all public schools to let transgender students use the bathroom in the locker room of their choice. the white house as bathroom issues are properly concerned of state and local governments, a position that the obama -- julian weiss is -- to announce that as nonsense. thank you for coming on. >> thank you for having me. >> tucker: i believe whatever it is worth and politeness and decency in not making people can control, especially children. i have four. i believe in honesty. i want to get at exactly what this means. i am a 47-year-old man. i think that's pretty obvious. if i were to decide tomorrow that i was a 47-year-old woman, should i be allowed to go shower in a women's t locker room? >> the idea that there is no objective factors to be considered in who is transgender and how we determine bathroom use is really not the way that this works. the fact that these peop

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 muslims from coming into the country as evidence that this is just an attack on islam. >> there are statements we have quoted in our complaint that are rather shocking evidence of the intent to do this against muslim. >> it is extraordinary for a court to base this determination on some newspaper articles. >> president trump as you can imagine is following it al

. >> kevin cork shows us the president delivered a strong message about defeating isis but didn't offer new details about his strategy. >> reporter: the contrast couldn't have been more stark. a raucous full throated welcome to the commander in chief making his first visit to central command. the exchange was lighthearted and brief with u.s. personnel. the visit itself was punk you the waited by a sobering resolute address that laid bare the challenge facing the defend verse freedom the world over. >> today we deliver a message in one very unified voice, to these forces of death and destruction. america and its allies will defeat you. >> reporter: the president's tone seemed reflective of the briefings he received today from centcom charged with degrading and destroying isis. his remark seemed to echo the memorandum in which mr. trump called for a comprehensive strategy to defeat isis. a review of any recommended approach. details to cut off the financial support to the group and a detailed strategy to fund the plan, one that his defense secretary doesn't believe will require a major sh

. >> jon: kevin corke is live with a map of today's events. >> get to talk to you, my

. >> heather: kevin corke, thank you for joining us. >> jon: next hour of happening now, the presidente board about though a foreign trade policy. we live with that. and a story that we talked about here on "happening now," life has thrown some wild curveballs at this married couple from kentucky, but their determination has inspired people from all across our country to give them a hand. we will tell you about the latest outpouring of support for them. hello, i'm an idaho potato farmer and i finally found our big idaho potato truck. it's been touring the country telling folks about our heart healthy idaho potatoes, america's favorite potatoes, and donating to local charities along the way. but now it's finally back home where it belongs. aw man. hey, wait up. where you goin'? here we go again. >> do you have another hour left in you? >> i think i do. >> we will see you back in an hour. >> thank you for joining us today, fox news alerts, general james mattis taking his first trip to iraq as defense secretary, the battle to reclaim mosul from isis is raging on. and to the campaign promi

. >> 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 juggernaut spirit keep in mind japan has a trade surplus with the u.s., $59 billion last year second only to china. contribute into that u.s. trade deficit, so you can expect trade to take center stage in a conversation but also security. u.s. and japan have had a long and complicated relatio

. >> tucker: kevin corke, thanks a lot.o, the trump administration retracted an obama era guideline that claimed a 45-year-old title ix law required all public schools which transgender students use a bathroom of their choice. it's a concern for state and local governments a position that's giving the administration savage and left. julian weiss is director of transgender legal fund, they denounce the states rights position as nonsense, julian whites joint is now. i believe for whatever it's worth and politeness and decency and i'm not making people uncomfortable, especially children, i have four. i also believe in honesty. i want to get exactly what this means, i'm a 47-year-old man come i think that's pretty obvious. if i were to decide tomorrow if i were a 47-year-old woman, should i be allowed to go shower and women's locker room? >> the idea that there is no objective factors to be considered and who is transgender and how we determine bathroom use is really not the way that this works. the fact is that people makes th

attorney general after the confirmation session in the senate, lots to cover, kevin corke as we awaitress 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 lasting about an hour looking to find ways to improve the industry. executives said it was very productive and plenty of agreement on the need for modernization, tax and regulatory reform. meanwhile, shortly before swearingen attorney general jeff sessions as you just showed, the president announced the signing of three executive orders related to crime to directing the department of justice in homeland security to take all necessary action to "break the backs of criminal cartels that have spread across our nation." additionally, he called on the

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 house is the president having a an important series of meetings including one with the sheriffs from across the country. they are the front lines of the illegal immigration debate, the subject of which came up today, specifically the ninth circuit's attempt to stop the president's so-called travel ban. >> we are going to take it through the sys

kevin cork is live from the north lawn. will bannon remain on the committee?the 64,000 dollar question. i think you hit the nail on the head. it will be the president's call ultimately but also his national security advisor's call. now that he has this newly minted national security advisor general mcmaster some people are wondering what will happen with steve bannon? will he stay on the committee, not say on the committee? let me share this. press secretary sean spicer was asked that question yesterday. if the general would have full discretion to select his own team. >> he will have 100%. president has been very clear with that. he is the national security advisor and he will have whatever he needs to implement a successful team. >> a team that for the moment includes bannon, a veteran and remains a close confident to the present. >> abby: what's the controversy? what are people up in arms about? >> some people feel he isn't qualified and also leads the strategic initiatives group. another subset within the nsc and a lot of people are wondering what is this

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white house correspondent kevin corke is live in tampa with the latest. what's the president likely to hear and learn this morning about the fight against isis? >> good morning to you. you may remember it was actually back on january 28th when the president issued that memorandum calling for a full review of and any recommended changes to existing u.s. engagements all over the globe including the fight against isis. that will be part of the unique experience for the president here today at central command. he will meet with his commanders directing the effort on the ground. as for the wholesale changes in the fight against isis, we aren't sure about that. defense secretary mattis said nothing is off the table but smartly he added this. >> i don't see any need to increase the number of forces we have in the middle east at this time. that is not in the cards right now. we always have the capability to do so. but right now i don't think it's necessary. >> what was that? sort of a broad brush for public consumption answer, right? the president and his briefin

ainsley: kevin corke is live from the white house with details of the new rules. : good e good morning guys. you're when a candidate say you will work with the administration. we talk ad bit what will be happening at border. they have made an emphasis on insuring and increasing public safety there. this is an issue for decades, acutely so over past eight years. this is they're talking about doing, hiring thousands of new agents. 10 to 15,000. that number could rise. accelerating the deportation hearing process and expanding the priority list for illegal immigrants. let me share a quote from dhs secretary-general john kelly, quote, the surge of illegal immigration at the southern border has overwhelmed agencies and resources and created a security vulnerability to the united states. that is the key, a national security vulnerability. as you point out they are talking about a lot of things they have gotten done. lots about job creation. they have done that saving taxpayer money. remember the f-35 fracas? trying to get the prices down a little bit, less government, fe

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