kristin fisher is at the white house with details. >> reporter: the white house continuing its fight against the media. working to combat reports that senior staff asked fbi officials an lawmakers to rebut news stories linking the trump campaign to russia. they believe they are worth investigating and want a special prosecutor to do it. >> there are a lot of investigations into this. i can't see a special prosecutor being appointed at this point. there is not a lot of evidence there is anything going on. a lot of this i think is politically motivated. >> reporter: meanwhile, president trump took to twit tore say "i will not be attending the white house correspondence association dinner this year. please wish archaeal everyone well and have a great evening." >> a few days ago, i called the fake new it is enemy of the people. they are the enemy of the people. because, they have no sources. they just make them up when

we get more kristin fisher. >>reporter: a ahead for president trump beginning am the white house where he's hosting his annual governor'ser ball. we're going to have it fixed and we're going to repeal and replace and i think you're going to see something very special. tuesday will be president trump's first joint session of congress. his efforts to repeal and replace obama care. the president is expected to sign a revised order of hess executive of immigration despitt backlash from the country. john kelly said they were he focusing their efforts solely on illegal immigrants and criminals. he made it very clear that theat only folks they were going after ice agents were those who hado come into thecountr illegally and had been involved in a criminal enterprise. if you were here juicy legally, then they are not going after you. president trump president obama, the congress clearly identified there were at least seven nations this government under g the previouovs administration ts they couldn't get confident that

and with that, we're going to head the west palm beach and kristin fisher. from there? >> reporter: well, you know, north korea launched this missile just about an hour before president trump and prime minister abe were sitting down for this big dinner at his luxury resort, mar-a-lago, after a day of golf. they clearly discussed this during dinner, and then afterwards they quickly called reporters to come to mar-a-lago and then they delivered this really stunning late night statement at mar-a-lago resort in which president trump said that the u.s. stands behind japan and its defense 903%. -- 100%. a very strong show of support for this ally of the united states. now, let's just kind of look back historically speaking here. this is the first time that north korea has launched a missile since president trump took office, and it's likely no coincidence that this happened while prime minister abe, the prime minister of japan, was here in florida as president trump's guest. japan has already come out and called this an act of provocation. the south korean militar

elizabeth: kristin fisher reporting live on a working weekend. appreciate it. >> foreignness of fox news contributor, jack king. good to see you, sir. hard to imagine the timing is a coincidence here. >> not at all. prompted clearly by secretary mattis visit to the region and the prime minister's visit to the united states. leland: not only his dinner, but his golf game with news of a missile test. the journalists i know pretty well described north korea as the ultimate shakedown machine or extortionist if you will. what do they want out of all of this? you want to test president trump or they want them pay off or both? >> first of all, the nuclear weapons guaranteed the regime, in other words, there's not going to be a conventional attack of north korea as long as they have nuclear weapons. that is what i believe saddam hussein wanted in other countries in the world as well. what ballistic missile as they are trying to achieve, and intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach the united states of all things. are they thinking about firing

kristin fisher reports. >> and president trump sat down with african-american leaders for a listening session, he heard one idea that stood out. darrell scott, a pastor, said he had been contacted with some top gang thugs in chicago for a sitdown parade >> lowering the . >> totally out of control. >> president trump double down on his twitter pledged to send in the feds of chicago doesn't fix their carnage. >> they are not going to solve the problem and what you are doing is the right thing. we're going to have to do something about chicago. >> it may mark a turning point for president trump with african-americans, when he tried to head home in his inaugural address. >> mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities. this american carnage stops. here and now. >> it was a more polished version of a line he trialed on the campaign trail in michigan, one that got him in trouble with some african-americans. >> you are living in poverty. your schools are no good for you have no jobs. 58% of your youth is unemployed. what the hell do you have to lose? >> mr. -- today's meeting

kristin fisher, thank you, elizabeth has more on this from cpac. >> that's right.ing me to talk more about what we can expect from donald trump's speech on tuesday night and what cpac means, usa today says washington bureau chief. thank you so much for joining us. >> great to be with you. >> you know, i want to preview what you foresee on tuesday but before i do, i want to talk to you a little bit about cpac's past and what is your take away from cpac last year. >> ronald reagan was the last president to go to cpac in his first year as president, that was 1981. the first cpaci covered and the difference in cpac is pretty remarkable. it was seen as a wing of the republican party and republicans at that time were a wacky wing. one of the interesting things that, i think, we saw president trump's speech here the degree to which he is putting his own stamp on the conservative movement n. some ways on trade and some other issues, donald trump does not have the traditional conservative position on the issues and yet no protests with him. he got an extremely enthusiastic

[applause] kelly: kristin fisher is live at the white house with more details on this. kristin, what are you hearing about what the president will say in his fist address to -- first address to congress in. >> reporter: well, the white house has said it will likely be more optimistic than what we heard during his inaugural address, and n., a tweet that president trump posted this morning may give us a preview of what we can expect to hear on tuesday night. he said that, quote, great optimism for future of u.s. business and jobs with the dow having an 11th straight record close. big tax and regulation cuts coming. now, president trump will also likely stress the early achievements of his administration just like he did yesterday at cpac where he talked about the nomination of judge gorsuch to the supreme court, the executive orders that he's signed on regulatory reform and the next version of his immigration order which he's expected to sign possibly on wednesday. and, of course, he could continue to rail on the media. listen to what he said about them just yesterday. >>

our team coverage continues now with kristin fisher. what are you hearing about the latest on the search for the national security advisor? reporter: laura on his way to the rally on board air force one he said the process of finding a new national security advisers going very well and had hoped to announce his decision about who is next national security advisor will be in the next couple of days. with the last two hours we have learned president trump is going to be meeting with four candidates tomorrow at mar-a-lago and their west point superintendent lieutenant general robert kaplan acting security adviser keith kellogg or mia in a bus with her jumbled and lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster. there is potentially more meetings with more candidates in the pipeline but for now those are the four names that are definitely meeting with the president tomorrow. also happening tomorrow president trump is going to taking calls with three more world leaders and he's also going to be sitting down with several members of his senior staff and heal

control of the party hanging in the balance tonight as kristin fisher picks up the story. >> how bad is it to be a democrat at the start of the trump administration? the head of the party in south carolina explained it like this. >> jesus christ came back in south carolina and ran as a democrat and some of these congressional districts, he would not win. that's how bad it is right now. >> jamie harrison is 1 of 10 people hoping to lead the democratic national committee away from the crushing losses of 2016 and into a future that can capitalize on the mass protests against donald trump's presidency. saturday in detroit the candidates provided postmortems for why democrats lost november and what they would do different as chair of the dnc. >> if we had made more housecalls and persuasion in michigan, ohio, wisconsin, pennsylvania, we would have won these elections. we ignored the basics. >> we start with the idea that the democratic party is the party that fights the working people all the time and never lets up. >> keith ellison and tom perez have emerged as the two front runners in a

let's get to kristin fisher live on the ground in west palm beach, florida. o be you, but you have what's coming up with the president. >> i do. so tomorrow president trump is going to be holding this big rally. so why he is holding a campaign-style rally this early in his presidency? probably for the same reason he gave for the press conference. he enjoys it. he has a good time doing it. so at this event tomorrow, which is a chance for him to reconnect with his supporters, a chance for his campaign to continue collecting data on those supporters in the important battleground state of florida because in order to attend, you have to give your e-mail address and other personal information. hundreds and thousands of people are expected to attend. listen to how president trump characterized the crowd size that he's expecting yesterday. >> a lot of people happy about it. i'll be in melbourne, florida, 5:00 saturday. i just heard the crowds are massive that want to be there. >> so we're really seeing a return to candidate trump. have the boeing event today, the epic

kristin fisher live at the white house. thanks, kristin.more. >> yeah, certainly a lot of conversation so here to weigh in on the president's decision not to attend the white house correspondence dinner and tense relationship the media reporter joe, joe, thank you so much for joining us, sir. ic that is a little bit better. my first question to you is this tweet from donald trump, selective outrage or warranted that you think it's not attending? >> selective outrage on the media's part quite frankly. we didn't hear anything about boycotts from certain outlets or threats of boycotts when, for instance, the obama justice department seized phone records from the associated press. more than two months of it. there were no boycotts when, i don't know, reporters were spied on like james rosen from this network or when the obama administration rejected a freedom of information act, there was no outrage for the actions of the administration against the press but now because donald trump's rhetoric may be offensive to some, same with president nixon

first, we head though to kristin fisher south along the florida coast outside of mr. trump's vacation house at mar-a-lago, the winter white house. kristin, how is it going? >> hey, leland. well, two big things on president trump's calendar this weekend, the big rally and then meeting with candidates for his national security advisor and this is the president's third weekend in a row that he's been down here at mar-a-lago and he wants to make it very clear that these are all working weekends. he posted on twitter this morning, quote, we'll be having many meetings this weekend at the southern white house. big 5:00 speech in melbourne, florida, a lot to talk about. so you've got this big campaign rally today, paid for by his campaign, according to the white house, thousands of people are expected to be there, and then yesterday we saw another campaign style event at a boeing assembly plant in south carolina where president trump talked about jobs, trade, lower taxes on american businesses. so what we're seeing is really a return to candidate trump and know knows candidate

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 votes needed to defeat a democratic filibuster of his supreme court nominee, would he encourage them to invoke the nuclear option, the controversial procedural tactic that would require only 51 votes. today, president trump said without hesitation that if he needs to go nuclear, do it. >> if we end up with that gridlock, i would say if you can, you should go nuclear because that would be an absolute shame that a man of this quality was caught up in the web. i would say it is up to mitch, but i would say go for it. >> last night, president trump said he felt that after defense of our nation, the most important decision a president can make as the appointment of a supreme court justice. we now know that decision-making process started back in november with a list of 11 judges, expanded to 21 before being narrowed down to six finalists, but as soon as

we are taking it all the news, interesting point as we take in reports by kristin fisher and mike emanuels well that there is some questions about the white house, but there also governments trying to function. what do you think is the biggest question that sean spicer will have today? speak of the biggest question he will confront his went president trump new that michael flynn could have been potentially blackmailed by the russian government. was that withheld from president trump given that we now know that the acting attorney general at the time contacted his counsel and the white house and told him that at least weeks ago? did it ever get to trump or did it not? >> jenna: why is that significant to you, why do you think that is the most crucial question now? >> this is about trump's leadership. it is not unprecedented for early in an administration for a stafford you have to leave because of some controversy. we have seen this and prior administrations, and the obama administration even back to the bush administration. most americans still don't know who michael flynn is. we in the b

kristin fisher, thank you so much. eric: as kristin just mentioned, the trump administration could be gearing up for a double legal battle. the white house vowing to fight for president trump's controversial travel ban that, as you know, was suspended by the ninth circuit while also considering that new executive order on immigration and travel. the new one could come as early as day after tomorrow. garrett tenney is lye in washington with the latest on what the administration is planning. hi, garrett. >> reporter: hey, eric. the goal is to get president trump's temporary immigration ban back in place as soon as possible, and we're also told the white house still has not complete hi ruled out the possibility of appealing this case all the way to the supreme court. most legal experts agree, though, that that option does not seem very promising right now given the high court's 4-4 split. and what's more likely is the administration goes back to the district court in seattle where this challenge originated and argue the me

kristin fisher in west palm beach. kristin? >> president trump came down here with one main goal.emen, he had these meetings about obama care and the big rally in melbourne. his main goal was to find a new national security advisor. president trump has done just

kristin fisher in west palm beach. kristin? >> president trump came down here with one main goal. gentlemen, he had these meetings about obama care and the big rally in melbourne. his main goal was to find a new national security advisor. president trump has done just that. he met with four candidates over the weekend at mar-a-largo. one man has won out. that's h.r. mcmaster. he's a career army officer. he graduated from westpoint and served in iraq an afghan stand currently the director of the army capability center. he's now president trump's next national security advisor. >> a man of tremendous talent and experience. i watched and read a lot the last two days. he is highly respected by everybody in the military. we're very honored to have him. >> mr. president, thanks very much. i'd like to say what a privilege it is to continue to serve our nation and look forward to the national security team and protect the interests of the american people. >> two of the other finalists also got job offers today. lieutenant general keith kellogg who had been serving as the acting national s

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we begin with kristin fisher at more lago estates with the president finishing up a very busy weekend. >> as president trump wraps up his secretary, another key member of the administration might be on the ropes. several democrats say that national security advisor michael flynn should be suspended for discussing sanctions with the russian ambassador to the us. and for telling mike pence that it did not happen. >> i think what the general did withthe vice president , misleading hear them giving him wrong information Ãit's not the type of person you want to have around you giving advice. i think he is very much questioned his credibility and i think we need to get to the bottom of it. >> more troubling is the fact that the white house could have defended him several times. the senior policy advisor was onseveral shows but he says the white house wouldn't give him any talking points . >> it's not for me to answer. it's a sensitive matter. he has served his country admirably and with distinction. ilook forward to having a conversation once you had a chance to talk with the airport . peop

kristin fisher is covering it all from palm beach, florida.i, kristen. >> president trump played a couple holes of golf this morning before getting down to business. and that included an in-depth strategy session to discuss their strategy to repeal and replace obamacare. his health secretary and bun the director flew down here to palm beach to meet with them at mar-a-lago for this meeting. he took two more calls with world leaders. he took a call from the people of panama and trin did and tobago -- trinidad and tobago. the big thing that happened at winter white house. these interviews, face-to-face interviews. and they were west point superintendent lieutenant general robert caslen. keith kellogg. john bolton and h.r. mcmaster who is a well-known military strategist. president trump had to fire his first security advisor for lying to the vice president about his conversations, but not for having the conversations in the first place. reince priebus tried to hit that point home during an interview on "fox news sunday." >> what the president is

elizabeth: kristin fisher reporting live. thank you so much, we appreciate it. leland?ell, as liz certainly knows, one of the big applause lines at cpac during president trump's speech was about, you guessed it, building the wall. he says they're going to start building it soon. we've already herald from our will carr that there are requests for proposals out in terms of exactly what this wall will look like and the cost to do it. he says that there is going to be a construction project beginning ahead of schedule. a big part of that wall is going to be some 1600 miles long, goes along the border with the great state of texas, and the governor of the great state of texas a friend of the show, joins us now. governor abbott, nice to see you, sir, from washington. >> you too, leland. it was great to see you in houston, now i'm here in d.c., and you're in atlanta. leland: you know, for some reason i just don't think this is going to be as much fun for either of us than that weekend at the super bowl, but we'll press on with the news as it were. this week so much happened on

. >> bill: kristin fisher leads us off live at the white house. good morning to you. final preps are underway. what more can you tell us and what will be in the speech tonight? >> bill, the white house says this speech can be divided into two parts. the first part promises made and promises kept. the things he has already accomplished. things like repealing and withdrawing from the tpp, reviving those two oil pipelines. immigration order. even though it ran into problem in the courts it's popular with his supporters and the second part is laying out what he plans to do on things like tax reform, infrastructure spending and healthcare. >> all i can do is speak from the heart and say what i want to do. we have a really terrific, i believe, healthcare plan coming out. obamacare has been a disaster. it's way out of control. doesn't work. doesn't cover very many people. does not cover very many people relative to what our population is. >> now, the white house says the same group of writers who wrote the inaugural address are writing this speech. this one is expected to be

arthel: kristin fisher, thanks kristen.uild the nation's military. this as kristen told that the vice president was in munich today. we are pre-affirming america's commitment to nato which as you recall the president called obsolete. the vice president they are reassuring allies that russia will be held accountable for its aggressive actions. this is the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is firing back saying the west dominance in world affairs in his view is ending. >> now this, the united states will continue to hold russia accountable even as we search for new common ground which as you know president trump believes we have found. >> the whole history states post-cold war order has come to an end. we are convinced by the failure to apply the cold war institutions to the new reality. the world world became neither west oriented nor more secure and stable. it is obviously if we look at the results of the democratization in the middle east region and in north africa and not only there. eric: sergei lavrov the u.n. used

at the white house, i'm kristin fisher, fox news. >>> police are searching for the driver who hit a woman then drove away. it all happened overnight around 1:30am on the 400 block of wyoming avenue. police say the driver hit a 30-year-old woman then drove northbound to fifth street. the victim was taken to temple university hospital. she's in stable condition tonight. >>> in camden county, police have named a suspect in a more than month old sexual assault ton night they need to find him. police are looking for this guy 32-year-old. ke fitzpatrick he sexually assaulted and robbed a woman at seventh and sherman streets in camden on january 15th according to police. if you have seen him or have any information on his whereabouts, camden county investigators want to hear from you. >>> philadelphia police are piecing together clues following an early morning shooting in kensington. investigators arrived to the 800 block of east allegheny avenue about 2:30 this morning. that's where they found a 40-year-old man shot several times. medic rushed the victim to temple university hospital where he

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 about tax reform, infrastructure spending, health care, he'll also have to explain how he plans to pay for the $54 billion increase in defense spending and he gave us a preview of where he thinks the money will come from this morning on "fox & friends" ." >> i think the money is going to come from a revved up e

first, kristin fisher at mar-a-largo in florida where they're -- the president is headed with japan's prime minister. what happens now? kristin? >> not only did president trump said he has no doubt that he will win in court, he also hinted that something else on national security, perhaps another executive order, will be coming next week. the president says he's doing what he believes is necessary to keep the country safe. to that end, see what he told blake burman earlier today. >> do you still feel as confident now as you have at any point that the administration will protect the homeland? >> i feel totally confident that we will have tremendous security for the people of the united states. we will be extreme vetting. we'll be going forward, we'll be doing things to continue to make our country safe. it will happen rapidly. we will not allow people into our country who will looking to do harm to our people. >> attorneys for the justice department argued that the court should have little to know role in reviewing matters of national security. the ninth circuit court rejected that arg

harris: kristin fisher is live for us outside the white house. how intense was this search, the cell phones, turn them over? >> reporter: harris, it was pretty intense it. included both government issued and certainly cell phones, this goes to show you the extent which white house press secretary sean spicer is willing to go to plug the leaks that keep coming out of the white house. here's what we know. according to senior administration official, last week spicer called nearly two dozen staffers and asked them to hand over their phones to prove they had nothing to hide. they weren't the leakers, and reportedly warned all the staffers that round one of this was quote, unquote recess compared to what would happen in round two of the investigation. here we have a leak about a meeting to stop leaks. harris? harris: part of the leaks the press secretary is unhappy about have to go into the investigation into russian interference into the presidential election. where do the investigations stand right now? >> reporter: the fbi and two congressional com

kristin fisher is here with some big news in science. >> this is huge news. the astronomers haven't just found a new planet. they have found an entirely new solar system. seven planets and every one of them could have liquid water which is a key component to life and at least three of them followed to what's called the holy grail category. that means they sit within the temperate zone that could support alien life. two of the planets were first discovered last year by the trappist telescope in chile. then the spitzer space telescope discovered five more. initially it was tough to tell how many there were because the planets are so close to one another, so close that if you are standing on the surface you would easily be able to see the other planets in the sky. some would even love twice as big as the moon dust from earth. they are much closer together than the planets in our solar system. but the scientists say the similarities to earth are striking. same size, rocky surface, orbiting around a single star just like earth. >> with this discovery was made and

first, kristin fisher at mar-a-largo in florida where they're -- the president is headed with japan'sister.

kristin fisher is outside the florida residents in west palm beach where he left this afternoon to return to the white house. he took a swipe at the media as he left palm beach. >> he did. this location, the media the media staging area right outside of a mar-a-lago attracts a lot of supporters and protesters. as the presidential motorcade rolled out of here president trump and tweeted out", just leaving florida, big a crowd of big a crowd of enthusiastic supporters lining the road. the fake news media refuses to mention. very dishonest. we looked into it. the best we can tell, the big crowds of supporters that were lining the roads were mostly made up of protesters. they're holding signs that read "no pipestone and save our water". there were some supporters in the mix but most appear to oppose that the president's policies. tomorrow, president trump will meet with canadian prime minister justin trudeau. he will host the israeli prime minister on wednesday. that after a a full weekend of golf with japan's prime minister. by the end of this week, president trump will have hosted for world

at the white house, i'm kristin fisher, fox news. >>> voters in delaware have decided to democrats willent stephanie hanson is now -- she won special election yesterday for the vacant senate seat. fellow democrat bethenny hall long left the position when she was elected lieutenant governor last year. all right. heads up. septa schedules start today. most changes are minor. buses impact the most. broadway subway line and norristown high speed line will see a few changes. half dozen trolley lines also affected. you can check all of the new changes on fox 29.com. solar eclipse will be taking over the skies in the southern hemisphere. this will leave a small amount of sunlight at rim of the moon's shadow as it passes between the earth and the sun. the moon will be too far from earth to block the sun entirely. nasa says the annual eclipse can be seen in mazes like chile and argentina. i've never been that girl that runs outside takes the picture. wants to see it. i don't know why. >> um-hmm. >> it's pretty interesting. yeah. >> only the southern hemisphere. so south america, also africa, als

his border wall and criticism of the legal system in the wake of his travel ban court loss and kristin fishers following the president at mar-a-lago and palm palm -- palm beach florida. what do we know about what happened out on the golf course? >> julie the white house is describing it as a relaxing and productive day. they say president trump and prime minister abe quote had great conversations on a wide range of subjects and the president looks forward to further discussions with the prime minister at dinner this evening. yesterday they spoke publicly about all the things they agree on that the u.s. will continue to defend japan in japanese companies will invest more in the united states create more jobs but they didn't go into all the things they disagreed on and there is plenty to talk about. president trump withdrawing from the transpacific birders aboard japan's huge trade surplus with the u.s. which the president has promised to level out. so maybe they tackle those issues today. the white house won't say ignore what they say the one that everyone wants to know, right? julie: that's a

we begin with with kristin fisher. she is in palm beach florida as the president wraps up a busy weekend. >> president trump is on his way back to washington. he left mar-a-lago about an hour ago after a weekend weekend of golf and great conversation, that's how the white house is characterizing it with japan's a prime minister. next week president trump is set to meet with tumor world leaders, the prime minister of canada and the prime minister of australia. now back to d.c. he is facing several key questions as he enters his fourth week in office. what is he going to do about more north korea? while he respond to that missile launch? what about the national security adviser, michael flynn who is seen boarding air force one quest mark will he be suspended for possibly discussing sanctions with russian investor? what is he going to do about the immigration order? on friday, the president that he he is considering signing an entirely new executive order on immigration to counter what happened with a controversial first

. >> jon: kristin fisher, thank you.o the white house plans a new version of president trump's travel ban, and homeland security secretary kelly promise that this will be a streamlined executive order. >> the president is contemplating releasing a tighter more streamlined version of the first. and we will have this time and opportunity to work a rollout plan. in particular to make sure that there is no one in a sense caught in the system of moving from overseas to our airports. which happened on the first release. >> jon: for more on mr. trump's immigration policy. let's bring in karl rove, former senior advisor and executive chief of staff to george w. bush. and a fox news contributor. thank you for being here on this presidents' day. "the wall street journal" has given us some indication of what is expected to be in the executive order on travel, one point would be that individuals from the same seven nations, the same muslim majority nations are going to be effective. that's going to affect those who have work visas o

kristin fisher fox news. >>> president trump's pick for navy secretary withdrew his nomination today. citing concerns about conflict of interest. he took himself out of the running because he did not think he would secure senate confirmation due to his business interest in china. earlier this month the billionaire decided not to accept the nomination for the army secretary due to his extensive financial holdings. >>> the father of the fallen navy seal is demanding the trump administration to investigate the circumstances that led up to his son's death. chief special war fair officer ryan owens was killed last month during an anti-terrorism raid on a suspected al qaeda compound in yemen. the officer's father bill owens sr. refused to meet with president trump when they both came to dover air force base to receive the casket carrying his son. the senior said he requested a private ceremony. he also questioned the timing of the mission that killed his son, which happened one week after president trump took office. >>> he really struggled, so to see him not only get through the program, b

for more details, let's head ho the sundstrand state where we find our correspondent kristin fisher.> hey, ed. president trump moved into the white house exactly four weeks ago today, since then, we've seen a lot of him, phone calls, seen him signing executive orders. but we haven't really seen him in his element, or at least the element we grew accustomed to during the campaign. those big rallies, tons of supporters, sparring with reporters -- until yesterday. yesterday was his first solo press confidence conference as, and he was classic candidate trump. he attacked the press for being dishonest, attacked leakers, called them criminal, attacked democrats for delaying his confirmations, even attacked hillary clinton. he mentioned her 12 times in about 80 minutes. and president trump really enjoyed it. he even said he was having a good time. then today, he stopped by what really could have been a camping event in south carolina. stopping by the boeing assembly a plant to talk about the new 787 dreamliner, to create jobs, improve trade, and lower taxes on american business. >> this pl

kristin fisher at the white house where all eyes are on the administration and next move.d morning, chris citizen. >> reporter: good morning, guys, even though president trump has been playing nice with russian president vladimir putin. there have been three major provocations by russia just over the last week. first, as you mentioned, right now there is a russian spy shilpa controlling off the east coast of the united states for the first time during the trump administration u delaware in international waters. it is armed with surface to missiles according to u.s. missiles. for russian jets buzzed a u.s. navy destroyer in the black sea. highly provocative. third, yesterday we learned that back in december, after president trump had won the election, the kremlin secretly deployed a new cruise missile inside russia. apparent violation of arms control treaty signed at the end of the cold war. you add it all up and according to general jack keane russia is clearly trying to test the new president and see what he will do, if anything. >> what they're trying to do, martha, is h

kristin fisher, live, thank you so much. leyland: back here at the white house, the president's national security advisor faces incoming fire over what he may or may not have said to the russian ambassador and perhaps more importantly, what he may or may not remember. >> had to extreme case when he did all of these things. he thinks he was above the law or there was an integrity violation. leyland: that was general mark hurtling who served with national security advisor and required general michael flynn during the worst days of the war in afghanistan. what flynn said to russian ambassador about economic sanctions before the inauguration and what he told the vice-president and others has him in the cross-harris. politically and potentially legally. lauren blanchard with the general's evolving memory and what it means. >> hi, leland, if national security advisor michael flynn did discuss things with the ambassador before mr. trump was sworn it, it's a violation of the logan act, with citizens interference with foreign policy.

kristin fisher is live in d.c. and she is going to break it all down for us. >> good morning, guys.advisor ever. just 24 days. but the problems aren't over yet for flynn or for this the house intelligence committee is still investigating flynn's communications with the russian ambassador to the united states and the top democrat on that committee, congressman adam schiff he released a statement saying that, quote, the trump administration is yet to be forthcoming who was aware of flynn's conversations with the ambassador and whether he was acting on the instructions of the president or any other officials or with their knowledge. complicating matters even more for the white house this morning is a report that the justice department, specifically the acting attorney general at the time. you remember her, sally yates. she had warned the white house that flynn was possibly vulnerable to russian blackmail attempts. yet, they did nothing about it what next? lieutenant ray kellogg has been acting security advisor that happened last night before he had been serving as chief of staff for th