supporters of president trump gathering this hour in melbourne, florida, where we are awaiting the starta rally. his first since taking office. hello and well only to -- welcome this hour inside america's news headquarters, i'm laura ingle in for julie banderas. kelly: i'm kelly wright, and of after nearly a month of reported turmoil in his white house and strained relations with the media, president trump is getting back to his campaign roots. a large rally paid for by his campaign full of fans who share his viewpoints x it's set to begin in about an hour, and we are there, and that rally will be taking place in an airplane hangar in melbourne, florida. and here you can see the very long lines. look at the -- that's a hot of people. at least 8500 people waiting to get through security, it stretches as far as the eye can see, and guess who's there? our very own steve harrigan is live. steve, how would you describe the mood there? >> reporter: kelly, the mood feels very much like trump rallies during the campaign. there's loud rock music, and there are very energetic and excited crowds. t

air force one landing in melbourne, florida. we'll be right back.oms know their kids need love, encouragement and milk. with 8 grams of natural protein, and 8 other nutrients to provide balanced nutrition. moms know kids grow strong when they milk life. and now we unleash it onwerful your taxes.pecies has created. hello my name is watson. yep. h&r block and ibm watson together. creating a future of more money going back into the pockets of more families. welcome to taxes won. h&r block with watson. come see us and get your taxes won. >>> any moment now, president trump will address a crowd of supporters in melbourne, florida. and what the white house is calling a campaign rally. thousands of people are waiting to hear the president speak in an airport hangar after a tumultuous week in washington. trump is searching for a new national security adviser to replace michael flynn who resigned after misleading the vice president about his preinauguration calls with the russian ambassador to the u.s. james comey also briefed the senate intelligence committ

just hours away from his campaign-style rally in melbourne, florida.ll bring it to you live as it happens. and retired lieutenant general keith kellogg, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. john bolton and lieutenant general hr mcmaster. this comes after the president asked for the resignation of michael flynn. cnn's washington correspondent ryan nobles. according to a senior administration official, john bolton is gaining the support of trump staffers. tell us more about these candidates. >> i think it's safe to say that john bolton is the front-runner to replace michael kelly as the national security advisor but the same officials telling us that bolton is rising up the ranks, they're saying nothing is official until donald trump formally makes that decision. bolton has the resume for the job, the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations and former assistant attorney general but he's a little controversial. you remember when he was appointed during the bush administration, it was done through a recess appointment because democrats were very much op

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 trump better than his first campaign manager corey lewandowski. >> he loves to hear from the people who helped elect him and so what you'll see today is him reminding people by bypassing the mainstream media, the campaign promises he made are what he's following through on and that's the most important thing. >> another important thing, of course, finding a new national security advisor and president trump is expected to meet with many so of the candidates here at mar-a-lago this weekend. one of the meetings definitely taking place is with his acting national security advicer g

they are packed into this hangar in melbourne, florida. the lines this beginning began at 4:00 in the morning. 13 hours before the speech. if you walked from beginning to end, it people out here to show their support for the president. when you talk to people in line, you hear a sense of frustration, not with the president, but how he's being portrayed in the media. >> we see a lot of negative fake news out there, and we are not seeing people supporting i am every day. like we see all these people here and we have so many supporters for him, we want to show him we are there and we are so thankful he's looking out for the american people. reporter: it's not clear if the president wants to push any single issue or if it will be something like we saw during a campaign rally. it is being sponsored by the campaign committee to re-elect president trump. arthel: steve harrigan in melbourne, florida awaiting president trump's arrival. eric: the president will choose a new security advisor after flynn's resignation earlier this week. general pef tr

in fact i'll be in melbourne, florida, 5:00 on saturday, and i heard just heard that the crowds are massive that want to be there. i tirn on the tv, open the papers, and see stories of chaos. chaos. yet it is the exact opposite. this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine. despite the fact that i can't get my cap nbinet approved. and they are outstanding people. like senator dan coats. one of the most respect men in senate can't get approved. how do you not approve him? he has been a colleague, highly respected, brilliant guy, great guy, everybody knows it. we're waiting for approval. so we have a wonderful group of

in melbourne, florida, today, it's back to the future. ♪ proud to be an american >> reporter: it looks lot like 2016. the only difference -- that's air force pulling up to the event. the same campaign songs. the same huge crowds. as trump takes on the same target -- the press. >> i also want to speak to you without the filter of the fake news. >> reporter: trump's adamant that his administration is off to a roaring start. >> the white house is running so smoothly. >> reporter: but he's facing real challenges. the fbi's investigating his administration's possible ties to russia. his national security adviser forced to resign. his travel ban sparking controversy and confusion. across the country, republican lawmakers are facing the backlash. at town halls, angry protesters demanding answers. from new york. >> we need to get russian thing out of the political arena. this is america. >> reporter: to south carolina. >> do you support an immediate and independent investigation into the administration's unprecedented russian ties? >> reporter: in florida today. >> thank you, donald trump, for

host: the president holding his rally yesterday in melbourne, florida.ould be a series of rallies we see in the coming week or so. the district work period for members of congress. lots of town halls around the country. huffington post" reporting yesterday. "constituents of tom reed flooded two town halls on saturday to confront and boo the congressman." here is cooper, texas. independent line. margaret, welcome. caller: i am democrat, but thank you. good morning. host: good morning. caller: i would just like to say 20, i havejanuary held back. i have not made judgments against trump. i tried to give him a chance. is the media the enemy? kidding? this is amazing this is amazing to me. i don't understand how people cannot see there is a serious situation in this country. is that i am going to do this, i am going to do that. you have the house, the senate. start doing already. we are with you. we want you to do whatever you say you're going to do. start doing it. i am tired of this. somewhere yesterday that those people were charged like seven dollars to g

rally in melbourne, florida. trump taking a break from the white house to talk to his many supporters. going back to his comfort zone. of being at rallies and on the campaign trial. now, aing president. his options for national security adviser as well. after firing general michael flynn, will discuss his picks. to ease concerns abroad, mike pence is with the message to world leaders. hold russia accountable for its actions. our team of reporters is covering this story from all angles. let's begin with the president's, the president rather who is expected to meet with his top three players to replace michael flynn this weekend on the list, retired lieutenant general, keith kellogg, john bolton and lieutenant general hr mcmaster. cnn correspondent ryan nobles has been following the story. your first official says bolton is gaining support, tell us about the potential candidates to head the nsc. >> we are getting reporting from our steven collins that within the white house, there is some sort of a push for john bo

. >> i'll be in melbourne, florida. the crowds are massive. >> no, we are not ready for another campaign. you're like somebody who wants a birthday month. your birthday is over. get to work. >>> good evening. it has been a tough month for trump. he lost a national security adviser and labor secretary. help wanted sign for a new national security adviser are not drawing top talent and the core question facing president trump, whether he has been bullied or tempted into a krupp alliance with russia has only intensified as it is determined it should be investigated through an investigation. there are people working hard to distract, attack and bully you away from following the threat. let's keep our eye on the ball. the big question here is how the government is running, if the government is running and whether russia is fully investigated. so with those priorities in mind, let's consider how president trump spent his time on this workday. [ cheers and applause ] >> i love south carolina. i love it. >> it is pretty fashion

these are live pictures from outside the trump rally in melbourne, florida. see the trump supporters meeting the trump protesters right there with police in the middle. that rally has wrapped up. and as you see on the other side of the screen, the president, the first lady, melania trump, back in palm beach, florida, going down the steps there moments ago. well, he's been in office for less than a month, but president trump is already back on the campaign trail, as we saw there today. he wrapped up that rally in florida just moments ago, and from the very beginning, he made it absolutely clear why he was there. >> i'm here because i want to be among my friends and among the people. i also want to speak to you without the filter of the fake news. >> let's bring in cnn's athena jones. she joins me live from melbourne. athena, what else did we hear from the president? what stood out to you? >> reporter: i think what stood out, pamela, is that we heard a lot of the same things we've been hearing from him for the last year and a half. a lot of the same rhetoric we

kenneth craig, cbs news, melbourne, florida. >> the president also looking at four possible candidateso replace his national security adviser. but sources tell cbs news the president's choice for navy secretary is on the verge of withdrawing his nomination. >>> republican leaders say their plan to replace obamacare will be unveiled before the end of the month. but democrats are bracing for a fight. kpix 5's da lin was at one of many rallies today to save the affordable care act. >> reporter: to say house minority leader nancy pelosi is disgusted with president donald trump is an understatement. she wouldn't even say his name. >> that this -- person who occupies the white house on occasion from one day or another -- [ laughter ] >> this isn't about i respect the office of the president. i don't know what the current occupant respects the office of the president. [ laughter ] >> reporter: pelosi and house democrats froms across the country organized a national day of action today to try to save the affordable care act. or obamacare. >> to make america healthy instead of make america sick

quite the spectacle as the president with sup the crowd in melbourne, florida. look at this. they pulled air force one ride to the crowd. we are told some 9000 people turned out to show their support. many of them spent the entire day waiting in line to get the security. when the president got to the podium he repeated his attacks on the media and vowed to keep jobs in america. >> you want low-cost american energy also. this means lifting restrictions on oil on shale and natural gas and on clean coal. we are going to put the miners back to work. the miners will go back to work. you want to enforce immigration laws and to defend our borders. you want their trade deals end of level playing field. we don't have a level playing field. you understand that the american workers win, america as a country winds and winds bid and every country over the last long period of time has been taking it a niche of the stupidity it of our politicians. it's not going to happen any longer. [applause] you want lower taxes, less regulation, and millions of new jobs and more products stamped with th

. >> sreenivasan: at his rally in melbourne, florida, last night, the president continued his attack on the news media. in an interview broadcast today, senate armed services committee chairman john mccain said mister trump is wrong to call the media an "enemy of the people." >> if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. and without it, i am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. that's how dictators get started. >> that's how dictators get started, with tweets like that? >> with-- no. they get started by suppressing a free press. in other words, a consolidation of power, when you look at history, the first thing that dictators do is shut down the press. and i'm not saying that that's, that president trump is trying to be a dictator. i'm just saying we need to learn the lessons of history. >> sreenivasan: the white house is also drafting a new immigration executive order to replace the one blocked by courts that banned immigration from seven predominantly muslim countries. iran, iraq, li

kenneth craig has the story from melbourne, florida. >> reporter: president trump was back in his comfort zone rallying supporters at an airport hangar in florida. >> i hear your demands. i hear your voices. and i promise you i will deliver. >> reporter: president trump was qu month in office as he ramped up his attack on the media. >> the dishonest media which has published one false story after another with no sources, even though they pretend they have them, they make them up in many cases. >> reporter: thousands of president trump's supporters waited in the blazing sun for hours to attend the rally. gene hubert was first in line at 4:00 this morn. >> he made all these promises to us and he is doing every single promise. what president trump says is going to happen. >> this is not the first time the president has rallied here at this airport. thousands of citizen supporters showed up in september in a county and state that helped him secure the presidency. >> this is my 14th rally. and i have been to three mike pence rallies. >> why so many? >> i just like to support donald donald trum

he told melbourne, florida, audience that news accounts of his administration are not true. insisting that the white house is running, and i quote, so smoothly. >> in malaysia, police are looking for four new north korean suspect ns the death of north korean leader kim jong-un's half brother, they fled north korea the same day he was killed at the airport. >>> russia says the cease-fire between pro-russian rebels and ukrainian troops is set for monday in eastern ukraine. russia's foreign minister says the troops also deal with the withdrawal of heavy weapons. the latest peace effort reportedly has the backing of germany, france, and ukraine. >> the operation to retake western mosul from isis, has already started after forces recapture all of the eastern part of the city. iraq's prime minister call teeing a new dawn and the new chapter in the liberation of mosul. that city is the last major isis strong hold in iraq. >> u.s. vice-president mike pence arrives in brussels for talks with belgian's prime minister. he and his wife made a sombre visit to the foreigner nazi concentra

air force one, you see it there, pulling into the hangar in melbourne, florida, the site of previous rallies in support of candidate trump. the president reveling with the well-wishes from fans. at this unusually early 2020 campaign event. just about one month into his new presidency. but tonight he's explaining why he's out there. the president who was introduced by first lady melania. taking new aim at the press, saying he wants to deliver his message directly. a welcome distraction from the turmoil the president faces back at the white house on numerous fronts. abc's mary bruce is in florida with the president. starting us off. >> reporter: tonight, president trump making an appearance as candidate trump. >> it's so great to be here in florida, my second home with you. >> reporter: just four weeks in, and with his new administration being tested, trump is trying to change the conversation. speaking directly to the american people at his first campaign rally of the 2020 election. in melbourne, florida, today, it's back to the future. ♪ proud to be an american >> reporter: it looks

support and sell support. >> dan merika thank you very much for your reporting on the ground in melbourne, floridas taken off from palm beach and is en route to the rally in melbourne. >>> coming up we introduce you to the guy responsible for "saturday night live's" newest star that would be the high-powered podium. >> you don't have a chance! and it keeps my investments fully mobile... even when i'm on the move. sign up at etrade.com and get up to six hundred dollars. but everybody gets dry skin. feel moisturized without feeling your moisturizer with lubriderm. absorbs in seconds. moisturizes for hours. lubriderm. every body care. i've been fortunate enough to win on golf's biggest stages. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit... even the smallest things became difficult. so i talked to my rheumatologist... and he prescribed enbrel... to help relieve joint pain and help stop further joint damage. enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis... lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disord

in melbourne, florida. as all of this is going on, james comey held the closed door briefing on russia with members of the senate intelligence committee meeting and would not say a word but marco rubio did tweet this. he said, i am now very confident, intel committee, i serve on will conduct thorough bipartisan investigation of putin interference and influence. bob, what do you make of that tweet? >> the intel committee's panel, you hide information there. you don't get the full story. they are meant to protect sources and methods. at this point, we need a bipartisan independent committee outside of the intelligence committees. possibly a special prosecutor, if indeed general flynn did lie to the fbi. and we have to get to the bottom of the russian contacts. it's very unusual for a campaign to have telephone and direct contacts with a foreign intelligence service and there's been multiple contacts and we need an explanation. if there's a whitewash, which they have over the years, i for one, satisfied. >> an

cbs news melbourne, florida. >>> president trump plans on issuing a new executive action on immigration in a matter of days. that's according to homeland security secretary john kelly. the original order that was blocked by federal judges was designed as a temporary pause. kelly says the president has a chance to roll out a new plan that ensures no one is caught in the system. however any new order is likely to be challenged in court. >>> a bizarre security breach leaves a man dead at honolulu airport. the man forced his way through security checkpoint in the airline terminal. he was quickly detained. then became unresponsive and later died at the hospital. authorities say he was not armed. no word yet on the cause of death. >>> islamic cleric from egypt convicted of plotting acts of terror in new york city has died. or are -- omar abdul rahman was known as the blind shake. lead him to the bombing of the world trade center in 1993. he was found guilty of guiding a separate conspiracy. he died today in a federal prison serving a life sentence. he was 78. >>> the woman at the center of th

data point stands in stark contrast to the practice only folks in this part of florida, and melbourne floridast and an important swing state, central florida matters a lot in elections. with these folks were willing to get in line for hours to listen to the president speak. that is a big deal and i think what it shows is that some of the campaign trail promises that he made towards the end and also promises he made on inauguration day. that he would bring the country together. that very much has yet to be brought out. i think in fact, good contrasting, this event that he had with the antitrust women's marked a couple of years ago in washington d.c.. people are more engaged in politics than they have in any moment in recent decades. so fiercely supportive and fiercely opposed is a moment with extraordinary decision. >> there hearing that the russian probes are heating up with the letters. asking for information about what happened and any potential contacts during the campaign. which have been denied by the trump team of course. but look, during the values that he talked about his executive or

the epic press conference yesterday, and the big rally, billed as campaign rally in melbourne, florida, about two hours north of here, tomorrow morning, and you know these huge rallies were a hallmark of his campaign. we saw some of them, a little taste of it during the thank you tours during the transition. this will be his first big rally as president of the united states. listen to how he characterized this trip yesterday during that press conference. >> i'll be in melbourne, florida, 5:00 on saturday, and i just heard that the crowds are massive want that to be there. >> reporter: and we're expecting thousands of people to be there at that hangar in melbourne, florida. and after that, president trump is going to be returning to winter white house, mar-a-lago. his third consecutive weekend spent at mar-a-lago, and one of the main things he is likely going to be doing this weekend is meeting with potential candidates to replace michael flynn for national security adviser. and our john roberts spoke with a senior administration official and here are the candidates that are believed to

meanwhile, the president is getting ready for a rally today in melbourne, florida, and he says in a tweet that he has a lot to talk about. >>> we're gauging the impact of the devastating rainstorm in the state of california that's already claimed the lives of four people. >>> but first. >> they pay for mammograms and birth control. you cannot just -- >> where can you and i agree that we can provide those services -- >> planned parenthood, less than 3% of the services they provide is abortion. none of that 3% is funded by you! [ cheers ] [ cheers and applause ] >> angry constituents at town hall meetings in new york and elsewhere voicing their concern over the repeal of obamacare. this is one in asheville, new york. republican congressman tom reid is hosting a number of them today including one in great valley. beth fouhy is there right now. she was also in asheville earlier. what's the mood? is it similar in great valley to that in asheville? >> reporter: good afternoon, sheinelle. we are here in great valley. lots of people have already shown up. we are still an hour away from congressma

you can see in this picture right here, melbourne, florida, about 5:33 p.m.pect president trump to be arriving very soon. a crowd of about 9,000. on the phone watching this for us is mariana atencio. i guess a question for a lot of folks who have been there for a bunch of hours mariana is where is donald trump? >> that's a question that many people are asking here, especially those who came in from other states, drove for hours to be here. a lot of elderly people, families with little children who i'm just looking around here are starting to get antsy because they have been here for hours and they want to hear from president donald trump. i can tell you that the first person in line when we got here has been here since 4:00 in the morning. a lot of people spend a long time outside of the hangar. it's not air conditioned. in the state of florida, that obviously is a problem when you have -- [ loss of audio ] >> reporter: but the music and the momentum occurring right this second, a lot of people are thinking it might be for president trump. a lot of people --

president donald trump will hold his first campaign style rally as president this afternoon in melbourne, florida. an event described by some as a kickoff to the 2020 election, just four weeks into his presidency. a new study shows that americans are stressed out about the future of the nation, the american psychological association study found that 57% of americans say the current political climate is a significant source of stress. ,e are asking our viewers today is the current political climate stressing you out? republicans can call 202-748-8001.democrats --202-748-8000. callendence can 202-748-8002 or reach us on social media on twitter at c-span wj, and on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. thes look a little more at study that talks about the , they levels of americans are bipartisan according to the american psychological association report, democrats are more likely than republicans to report the outcome -- of the 2016 presidential election as a significant source of stress, a majority of republicans, 59%, said the future of the nation was a significant source of stress for them, compared

and in melbourne, florida, where president trump is expected to hold a campaign-style rally, just two is a rally that we will carry live, right here on msnbc. while the president speaks to reporters here in the u.s., vice president pence as well as defense secretary james mattis and secretary of state rex tillerson are overseas in germany, trying to ease our allies' concerns over the new administration and its so-called america first approach. meanwhile, for the fifth straight weekend, anti-trump rallies are taking place all across the country. we'll go live to one of those rallies just minutes from now. but we begin, just two hours fr

he's going to be holding one of those rallies in melbourne, florida. you've already heard the president saying he's expecting huge crowds there. in terms of the crowds here, i've had an opportunity to speak to a number of people here, some of those not entirely happy with his performance at the press conference yesterday. they liked the fact that he went after the media but didn't like the fact that he didn't talk enough about economics. i think that's why so many of the people i spoke to here in the crowd today, kate, are happy that he's here, talking about the 787-10, talking about building jobs, talking about keeping manufacturing companies like boeing creating their products here in the united states instead of outsourcing it to overseas. one supporter here, trump supporter, telling me, he said, quote, he should stay in his lane when it comes to economics, stop with all the other stuff, kate. >> when you're president, they're all your lanes, when dealing with all this stuff. is it supporters, is it employees, is it a mix? >> reporter: right now wha

quite the spectacle as the president with sup the crowd in melbourne, florida. look at this.they pulled air force one ride to the crowd. we are told some 9000 people turned out to show their support. many of them spent the entire day waiting in line to get the security. when the president got to the podium he repeated his attacks on the media and vowed to keep jobs in america. >> you want low-cost american en

cheering] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tomorrow, president trump speaks to supporters at a rally in melbourne, floriday being held by the president since the inauguration. our live coverage begins at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. president c-span as donald trump delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. >> this congress is going to be the busiest congress we have had in decades. 28 --e tuesday, every february 28 at 9:00 p.m. eastern. it has confirmed scott pruitt to the administrator of the environmental protection agency the vote was 52-46. the swearing-in ceremony took place in the white house three room with supreme court justice samuel alito administering. thank you, it is a pleasure for me to be here to administer the oath to scott pruitt upon his confirmation as the administrator of the epa. , ande in a beautiful venue a historic one. this is called the tree room and important treaties have been signed here over the years,

thank you for coming to our location in melbourne, florida twice. president trump: absolutely. >> thank you. >> thank you mr. president. nucor corporation. chairman and ceo of international paper. president.u mr. , representings the service industry in the manufacturing for him. -- forum. >> i'm andrew from dow chemical. thank you for bringing the language of business back to the white house. president trump: i want to thank you for your help. nobody knows -- say it again? >> 3m. president trump: great company. >> michael dell technologies. >> good morning. general dynamics. president trump: great companies. jared, i will let you take over for a little while. we will then go through the room very carefully. we will find out how we bring more jobs back. thank you to the press and the media. we really appreciate it. thank you very much. >> we will hear more from president trump tomorrow live at cpac at 10:10 a.m. eastern here on c-span. president c-span as donald trump delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. president trump: this co

that's what you are seeing in trump scheduling a campaign-style rally in melbourne, florida saturday.he idea trump felt he's been too boxed in washington. he's letting other people, including the press, set the agenda for him. he wants to get back to the way he was in the campaign where he could communicate more directly with people. i think you will see more of that. a performance like we saw today. you don't do it every day. trump hasn't had a news conference like that. but i do think it's very effective periodically, and certainly all the bad news he has had this week, it was a smart thing to do. >> everything about saturday's rally is driving the mainstream media crazy. there will be thousands of people that go to melbourne, florida this week. >> there is a real point in that rally. he has done a lot of things already. the trans-pacific pipeline, obamacare, immigration, federal regulations. accomplishments that got lost in this fire holes of activity it's time for him to go out and sell and try to build support for what he's done. tom: excellent point. roll the video. this is -- t

trump spoke at a campaign style rally in melbourne, florida. this is just under hour. >> ♪ from new york to l.a.. there's pride in every american heart it's time we stand and say i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i'll gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today cause there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the usa i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i'll gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today cause there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the usa from minnesota to the hills of tennessee across the range of texas from sea to shining sea from detroit down to houston and new york to l.a. there's pride in every american heart and it's time we stand and say that i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i'll gladly stand up next to you and defend her

he's shifting gear one day after that campaign-style rally held in melbourne, florida.e left it in the first place to the right house. the administration tells us the president focused on national security dealing with foreign fighters in the middle east. he also held job interviews for candidates vying for one of the most influential positions in the white house. president trump we are told sat down with these four candidates, the job open of course following the resignation of general michael flynn. kristin fisher is covering it all from palm beach, florida. hi, 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. t

. ♪ >> today president trump speaks to supporters in a rally in melbourne, florida. first rally being held by the president since the inauguration. our live coverage begins at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. sunday on c-span's "washington journal" the results of our third historian survey of presidential leadership. joining us for the discussion are historian douglas brinkley, howard university history professor edna medford and richard norton smith. the survey was completeded by 91 historians and ranks the presidents in 10 categories like public persuasion, crisis leadership, recommendations with congress, and moral authority. join us live sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. eastern to see which u.s. presidents received top billing in the presidential leadership survey on c-span's washington journal." >> defense secretary james mattis discusses the u.s. commitment to nato earlier today at the security conference in germany. this is general mattis' first trip abroad since becoming the head of the pentagon. this is 10 minutes. >> thank you. thank you very much. and excellentcies

. >> today he is hitting the campaign trail in melbourne, australia, melbourne, florida.e is going to be down there in florida basically going back to the rattles that got him elected in the first place. it is a hard thing once you win an election because you don't have an enemy, he was able to run against hillary clinton, it is a smart strategy going after the media, pointing out their dishonesty, in front of these reporters saying you paint totally different story from what was actually done but the other side of this, the media plays an important role which vice president pens learned mike flynn lied to him because of the media and he was fired because of it. abby: we are in an all-out war. we will see this continue to play out for the next week 4 years, the media is actually my enemy at as you can imagine the media jumped all over this. >> saying the media is the enemy of the american people, of course the media react like the petulant privileged children they are they think they are above criticism, no one is shutting them down or censoring them or telling them what

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tomorrow, president trump seeks to supporters at a rally in melbourne, floridarally being held by the president since the inauguration. live coverage begins at 5 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>/please been as president donald trump delivers his first address to congress. if congress is: going to be the busiest congress in decades. february 28 at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org, and listen live on the free c-span radio app co. -- radio app. >> the senate has confirmed epat pruitt to be the -- administrator. the swearing-in ceremony took place in the white house treaty room with supreme court justice samuel alito delivering the oath. >> thank you. it is a pleasure for me to be here to administer the oath to scott pruitt upon his confirmation as the administrator of the epa. andre in a beautiful venue, historic one.this is called the indian treaty room , and very important treaties have been signed here over the years. that includes the grant and agreement establishing the international monetary fund, peace treaties with some of the axis powers after world war i

he spoke at a rally in melbourne, florida.'s estimate 10,000 people attended the rally and waited all day. the notorious terrorist the blinds sheikh died at the age of 78. his followers carried out the 1993 world trade center bombing. he was sentenced to life in prison. residents of california getting slammed with torrential rain this weekend. tens of thousands are without power. crews working to shore up the breach at the largest dam in the country, the oroville dam. jesse: this is a fox news alert. president trump holding his first rally since taking office. campaign trump was back in melbourne, florida. >> the dishonest media which has published one false story after another, with no sources, even though they pretend they have them, they make them up in much cases, necessity just don't want to report the truth and they have been calling us wrong now for two years. they don't get it. but they are starting to get it, i can tell you that. you want lower taxes. less regulation, millions of new jobs, and more products stamped wi

he told his supporters in melbourne, florida, that he wanted to speak to americans "without the filtero keep america "safe" and said the country would "have strong borders again". while reaffirming his commitment to prevent islamic militants from entering the country, he reiterated his plan to build a wall along the mexican border, saying building work would start very soon. we've taken historic action to secure the southern border, and i've ordered the construction of a great border wall, which will start very shortly. and i've taken decisive action to keep radical islamic terrorists the hell out of our country.

thank you for coming to our location in melbourne, florida twice. president trump: absolutely. >> thank you. >> thank you mr. president. nucor corporation. >> chairman and ceo of international paper. president trump: bob kraft is a big fan of yours. >> thank you mr. president. ceo of live ops, representing the service industry in the manufacturing forum. president trump: good, we will. >> i'm andrew from dow chemical. thank you for bringing the language of business back to the white house. i am here to make chemistry sexy again. president trump: i want to thank you for your help. you have been great. thank you, andrew. >> good morning, mr. president. president trump: thank you also. great company. >> michael dell technologies. >> good morning. general dynamics. president trump: great companies. jared, i will let you take over for a little while. we will then go through the room very carefully. we will find out how we bring more jobs back. thank you to the press and the media. we really appreciate it. we will see later. -- see you later. thank you ve

the >> president trump: i'll be in melbourne, florida, 5:00 on saturday and i just heard that the crowdsve. >> harris: that was president trump promoting his upcoming rally at an airport hangar in melbourne, florida, tomorrow evening. that's the same place that you may remember he held the 2016 campaign rally. with less than a month in office, there are some speculators out there that mr. trump is already kicking off his 2020 presidential run. it is that happening or something else? "the new york times" wrote this. "it is not abnormal for a sitting president to hold a rally in the month after an election. members of congress are still 20 months away." >> john: i think "the new york times" should take its newspaper roll it up and stick it in its ear. these people watched eight years of obama holding one political rally after another, well before any campaign season. he got out of washington every chance he could. maybe he was filled with the recruitments of a rally, but they were campaign appearances. do i like a four year long presidential campaign? not particularly, but barack obama per

we are going to get an update ie just a minute, but we want to begin in melbourne, florida m where president trumpelbo is. really, really hurting our workers. we're going to end it. within a few days of taking the oath of office i've taken steps to begin the construction of the keystone and the dakota access pipelines. anywhere from 30 to 40,000 jobs0 and very importantly as i was about to sign it i said who makes the pipe? who makes the pipe? something this audience understands very well, right? h simple question. the lawyers put this very complex document in front. i said who makes the pipe. they said, sir, it can be madede anywhere and i said not anymore. i put a little clause in the bottom, the pipe has to be made in the united states of america if we're going to have pipelines > we believe in two simple rules and i can tell you everybody in this massive -- this is a massive hanger. this is for the big planes. and by the way, do that one media group back there, that one network will show this crowd not one, not one? they won't show the crowd. you know, coming in on the planp and that pla

with me right now, that man, gene huber in melbourne, florida.s for being with us. >> hi, brian. >> on a saturday afternoon. >> first off, let's re-create the scene. you had a goal for your third trump rally. what was the goal? >> my goal was to be the first person online at president trump's rally. it was a mission of mine and i completed it. >> you said the first rally you went to, president trump's you were third, the next you were sixth and this one you were first. >> yes. >> that's when the news crew started finding you and interviewing you? >> brian, i felt like a king, i couldn't walk anywhere, i was like, wow, this is wonderful. and you know one of the introduce from fox, actually, you know, i mentioned i love president trump, and that's what the president heard. when he was flying on the plane to melbourne, he heard me say about that. that's how it all started, brian. >> he sees and you spots you in the audience, he points to you and what does he say? >> he goes come on up here! you know how he does. that points at you. he's like come up

he will be in melbourne, florida tomorrow for an actual campaign event. this is not a white house event. this is a campaign event. although you can imagine there will be white house and tax payer funded resources brought to bear to make this event happen. it's the campaign event website, the campaign e-mail system blasting out advisories for this. and this is once again an attempt, as we saw yesterday to some extent going after the news media, they know that's what works for him, to get him out away from the white house, away from all of these problems and potentially back to a fresh start after what has been a turbulent four weeks in office. you mentioned the national security job hanging outside that office in the west wing. but senior administration official tells us, brooke, the president is expected to meet with some of the candidates for that position down at mar-a-lago this weekend. >> all right. good. jim acosta, thank you very much at the white house. a bigger conversation on everything, jim. i have alex burns for the "new york times", matt lewis

he told his supporters in melbourne, florida that he wanted to speak

. >> together in melbourne, florida, the president joined by first lady melania, reveled in the moment. >> i will always stay true to myself and be truthful to you. no matter what the opposition is saying about me. >> from a crowd that waited in line for hours, trump supporters frustrated by setbacks and protests against the president say give him time. >> instead of mouthing off with friends and saying isn't this terrible, i wanted to be here showing support. >> it doesn't matter at this point. democratic or republican, i do support him. i plan to keep my support. >> just four weeks in office, this was not a white house event but organized by the president's campaign committee. calling out the media as his current opponent. >> i also want to speak to you without the filter of the fake news. >> while this trip got the president out of the washington bubble. today in germany the vice president represented the united states at the annual munich security conference where mike pence met with the heads of other nato countries. >> the united states will continue to hold russia accountable. e

we just finishing covering the president's speech in melbourne, florida.bbed here a campaign event, not related to what he does during the day, if you will, as president of the united states. that wraps up our conch of president trump's rally in florida. stay with us throughout the night here on msnbc. i'm richmond louis. thank you for staying with us. i've found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced, our senses awake, our hearts racing as one. i know this is sudden, but they say: if you love something... set it free. see you around, giulia ♪ the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says, "you picked the wrong insurance plan." no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with new car replacement™, we'll replace the full value of your car plus depreciation. liberty mutual insurance. their leadership is instinctive. they're experts in things you haven't heard of - researchers of technologies that one day, you will. some call them the best of the best. some call them veterans. we call them our team. i just want to find a us

kenneth craig, cbs news, melbourne, florida. >> a white house official told the "associated press" that president plans to interview two possible candidates to replace his national security advise this weekend in palm beach. >>> people marched in los angeles. they gathered right in front of city hall. many held signs and chanted. it was peaceful. no arrests. >>> the president's plan to repeal and replace obamacare also came under fire today. here in the bay area, kpix 5's da lin shows us congressional democrats are digging in their heels and calling on constituents to resist. >> reporter: to say house minority leader nancy pelosi is disgusted with president donald trump is an understatement. she wouldn't even say his name. >> that this -- person who occupies the white house -- on occasion -- from one day or another -- [ laughter ] >> this isn't about i respect the office of the president. i don't know what the current occupant respects the office of the president. [ laughter ] >> reporter: pelosi and house democrats from across the country organized the national day of action today to t