cheryl: mehek, what do you expect to see first today? think you and every single american has waited 40 -- four years, sounds like 40 but four years of peace, prosperity, and excitement for president trump to get back to that white house and i expect a lot of executive orders but the one thing that every single american has asked for is making sure that our border is secure. we are looking for that executive order that shuts down the border, remain in mexico policy and then we're going to start pushing to end birth right citizenshop. those are very important and critical issues and mass deportations. people are celebrating this because we're going to have less criminals in the united states of america so we can start focusing on what matters the most. america first, americans first. and i also have to say, cheryl, president trump will do his work in terms of executive orders. but i am counting on congress to ensure that they pass laws to make his efforts permanent. this can't be all for nothing where president trump does a lot of work th

adam, mehek and lily. thank youment if stay with fox business. "varney & company" picks it up now.eryone. how do you downsize a unionized federal bureaucracy? answer,

joining to the conversation already long, broken frontier strategy ceo ed attorney mehek cooke bullseye enjoyed refund and portfolio manager adam johnson. former trump administration official republican strategist tricia mclaughlin. "mornings with maria" is live right now. ♪. maria: kick it off with a hot topic of hour pretrip officials offering expanded state and local tax deductions at mar-a-lago meetings this weekend and exchange the salt republicans fall in line behind trump's agenda included the tax bill likely coming later this year. this is all the expectation that lawmakers have been telling me that has been the salt lawmakers that are holding congress hostage to getting a deal done on spending. political rights this one proposal being discussed would allowed married couples to deduct $20000 of the state and local taxes from their federal income taxes under current law married couples can deduct only $10000 which is the same for single taxpayers. republican lawmakers have been holding out for a potential move like this in with a razor thin house majority they have more influence

adam, mehek and lily. thank youment if stay with fox business. "varney & company" picks it up now. stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, everyone. how do you downsize a unionized federal bureaucracy? answer, you offer buyouts. that's what the trump team is doing. last night e-mails went out to 2 million government workers. if you don't want the come back to the office, resign before february the 6th, and you will be paid many if full untilseptember. the the offer converts union jobs to the at-will jobs. it saves money, maybe $100 billion. the trump team expects 200,000 government workers to take the offer. a that's how a business guy like trump downsizes the federal government. however, a judges has issued a temporary block on trump's order to freeze federal grants and loans. it would not have affected government payments to the individuals, but senator schumer said the freeze was illegal. a judge agreed. >> to the markets. how are we doing after the big selloff on monday? let's start with nvidia. trump's a.i. czar says there, quote, substantial evidence that that china's a.i. s