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sean: that scary. that is insidious and in many cases can be outright evil. before i get to you, paul sperry, let me plate sean spicer talking about this very topic. >> not just in this administration but going back to the bush administration, we have an issue where classified information is handled in such a way that it is being given out and i know in some cases, it is a good story. i understand that, that is your responsibility to some degree. but there's also a story here, with the amount of leaks that are coming out, people that are entrusted with national security secrets, classified information are leaking it out. that is a real concern for this president. when he was talking on the phone with a world leader, when he is making key decisions in protecting this country that we have to wonder whether or not people who work for our government who are entrusted with classified information and material are leaking that information out. that i do believe it's a big story that should be reported. i also believe that the president is rightly so very, very concerned about this because it

done in '06. >> the problem we had was that obama was our president since '06. >> sean: more of my sitdown interview with paul ryan and also tonight... >> there has been a tremendous >> sean: it was supposed to be done in '06. >> the problem we had was thatn obama was our president since '06. >> sean: more of my sitdown interview with paul ryan and also tonight... >> there has been a tremendous surge of optimism in the business world, which is something much different than what it used to mean. now it means that is good for jobs. >> sean: the president, shaking things up here in washington, d.c., and getting the american people back to work it, we will show you more highlights from his press conference and alsok tonight, while in washington i sat down for an interview with thee israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. that is coming upup in this edition of "hannity." benjamin netanyayayayaya you found the love of your dreams... and together, you had the kid of your dreams. now you can put them in the car of your dreams... for a lot less than you might think. with a certified pre-owned mercedes-benz, you can

i also want to think -- for their support through this process particularly sean brimley. paullauren, neil, jarrell and kevin, my research assistants on this. thank you all very much. ron thank you for being here today for all of your support during this process. we are also going to have ambassador jim cunningham here but he was at a last-minute family emergency so unfortunately he could not make it. i also want to thank the working group, they are listed in the report but they provided a tremendous amount of support, challenged all of my ideas and made this whole process better. so in terms of the report, i am a true believer in afghanistan. i'm a true believer in the people of afghanistan and a true believer in the future of afghanistan. but i also know that we are not going to get there from here. and the situation has evolved and developed such that without a significant change in strategy, we're going to continue to have problems in afghanistan that are just going to make the situation worse. overall the situation in afghanistan is an unstable stalemate.what i mean by tha

and replace obamacare. >> sean: announcing the preparation to repeal and replace obamacare, i went to the nation's capital where i am now, to talk to the speaker of the house, paul ryan about the president's plan to repeal and replace obamacare and much more. take a look. >> welcome to the capital. >> sean: this is your ceremonial office? you were the biggest donald trump supporter in the campaign. but the relationship seems to have gotten better. you want to weaken and ineffective to fine wine and a good partner. what if you miss -- do you regret not going in deep before and how do you feel now? >> they decided to go to michigan at the last minute, they thought they had a shot at michigan. they will back michigan. what i did not see and i said that's my press conference, donald trump heard something that nobody else heard. he connected with people in this country unlike everybody i'd ever seen before running for president. remember, i ran for vice president in the last election. i basically thought about the election the way we thought about 2012. what he did was mix up the constituency, the vote coalition, he spoke to people that felt like they hadn't been spo

ashley: paul, sean spicer said the number one priority secure the border. 11, 12, million illegal immigrants country. seal the border. make sure it works best you can. deal with those legally already, beginning with the deportation of criminal illegal aliens. and that i guess criminal illegal, undocumented, i think is what some people call them. they're here i will really. bottom line, they're committing violent crimes they should be gone. that is where they need to begin, right, paul? >> absolutely. not one word of those memos or anything since he has been president says he is going to evict 11 million people. that is not the direction this is going. this is enforcement of the law. it is starting with criminals. not sectoring off people as protected groups. about the border security, for years my border patrol friend have been telling me the main thing is needed enforcement of the laws, not jerking them back and forth on enforcement of the laws, and technology and other stopgap measures along the way. one more thing, ashley. ashley: yeah he. >> when the message is sent that the united state

. >>> hundreds of american diploma diploma diploma diplomats sean spicer suggested those who disagreed with the policy should resign. paul ryan admits the executive order could have been ruled out but supports the order from seven must decide majority countries >> there is an issue with respect to terrorists trying to infiltrate the refuge population. there is nothing wrong with making sure we have the proper vetting standards >> officials throughout the muslim world warned u.s. diplomats this has given isis a life line. the trump administration is facing more legal action over that policy, the aclu of pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of families denied entry at philadelphia international airport saturday. relatives of the asuli family were sent back even though they had a visa. the mother of who sisters was send back. border agents allowed the mother to pass on gifts she bought for them. identical gold next classes. >> it is a comfort and a reminder of a sad experience at the same time. we wanted it. >> the executive order violates the first and five amendments. attorneys request the government reinstate t

. >>> hundreds of american diploma diploma diploma diplomats sean spicer suggested those who disagreed with the policy should resign. paul ryan admits the executive order could have been ruled out but supports the order from seven must decide majority countries >> there is an issue with respect to terrorists trying to infiltrate the refuge population. there is nothing wrong with making sure we have the proper vetting standards >> officials throughout the muslim world warned u.s. diplomats this has given isis a life line. the trump administration is facing more legal action over that policy, the aclu of pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of families denied entry at philadelphia international airport saturday. relatives of the asuli family were sent back even though they had a visa. the mother of who sisters was send back. border agents allowed the mother to pass on gifts she bought for them. identical gold next classes. >> it is a comfort and a reminder of a sad experience at the same time. we wanted it. >> the executive order violates the first and five amendments. attorneys request the government reinstate t

. >> sean: very good question, sheriff. i was asking paul week and he said all of this will be done in 200 days. >> 200? [laughs] they said they had a plan ready to go. that's a snail pace that congress works at. they've been saying that for the last years, it will be 300 days, next thing the thing will get mired. in the gridlock and nothing will happen. >> sean: i certainly hope not. >> larry, there is a short window here. >> there really is, every president has usually a honeymoon period, this one will not have one but generally speaking, the other side wants to accommodate the new president. you got about a hundred days, maybe 200 days to get stuff done. i think it's been pretty remarkable, already a nominee to the supreme court was an originalist just as donald trump said. the travel ban issued, i know that was slapped down but they will reissue another one and make it more narrowed and tailored. they are already talking about submitting a plan to repeal and replace obamacare sometime early in march. i think it is extraordinary that he h

seeing is we have an establishment faction, like sean spicer, and then the populist faction that sees people in congress, the leadership in congress, paulll, as sell—outs who have failed their wing of the republican party. the number of leaks we are seeing is people jockeying for power. it could be an explanation for what happened to flynn. with his back against the wall, trump will need to rely upon republicans in congress to push through his agenda. tonight, his pick for labour secretary dropped out because of a lack of that support from his own party. in politics, as in life, in london, washington, dc, wherever, the more mud you throw around, sooner oi’ later some of it will stick to you. let's talk now to democrat congresswoman jackie speier, who sits on the intelligence committee in the house of representatives. it is hard to know where to start. let's begin with that word illegal, employed by the president to describe the passage of information from who knows where into the hands of american newspapers, with regards to general flynn. do you recognise his description of criminality, illegality? let's go further back, to when sally

here is what the house speaker paul ryan told sean hannity just yesterday. >> the plan is to repeal andeplace this law. we ran on a plan to repeal and replace it. tom price helped write that plan he is now the secretary of health and human services. >> here is my question. i just listed his agenda what he ran on for the forgotten men and women that voted for him. >> that's the agenda we're working on right now. >> bill: my next guest one of several republicans meeting with president trump yesterday at the white house. new york congressman chris collins. the first to endorse on the house side president trump as a candidate. sir, good morning to you and thanks for coming back here. mike emanuel just informs us a 19-page report has been given to all republicans in the house to go home and digest it and talk about it with their constituents. what is in that 19-page report, sir? summarize that? >> let's call it a 19-page power point presentation how obamacare is failing, has failed and with humana pulling out of the 2018 market we have to step in and provide healthcare for americans that wil

. >> in fact one of them linebacker paul wore low of the falcons who went to concord high school in delaware. when he finished he didn't have scholarship offer. seanhas his story. >> with yesterday being national signing day in college football this let's you know that five star rating stuff means nothing. it's not about where you start, it's about where you finish. paul war low walked on the university of delaware and he's now playing in the super bowl. war low wasn't drafted hadn't to prove himself all over again he signed with the falcons in 2013 and then he went on to lead the team in tackles for three straight years. this guy has been the definition of hard work and perseverance and concord high school coach says students like this -- he's been like this since day one. >> the guys that usually get all the glamor or the guys that run the 4.4, 6-foot five, 300. paul didn't reach any of that. but yet with the work ethic that he had, he made himself as good as he could possibly be, and darned if it wasn't good enough. and it is. >> it certainly is. coming up later in sports, we'll take further look at where paul came from and a couple of his form

i do believe that paul ryan is going to be a helper and a friend to president trump. >> sean: lisa, i very critical of republicans, they are spineless, vision list, i was so frustrated that they never actually used their enumerated power to battle obama. i walked away feeling a lot more optimistic after interviewing the speaker yesterday. am i being naive or did you feel the same way? >> no, i don't think you're being naive, as he outlined in the interview, there some big ticket items up ahead, think that this country desperately needs, whether it is reform, obamacare repeal and replacemen replacement, or things like just getting a lot of the deregulation, these various things that we need, tax reform, all of the stuff needs to get done. i think it is important to hold speaker ryan to the fire. >> sean: lisa, i'm sorry, we have a time crunch and i want to make sure i get the same. i'll start with you, lisa. do they do it? into hundred days, do you predict it will be done, most of it, the legislative side? >> i don't know about 200 days. i think it is holding majority leader mitch mcco

to the press but the real test is what he does and you're talking also about the interview paul ryan gave to sean. i was concerned about that to be honest. >> why? >> if you listen to what he said, there are a few things that were problematic, one ryan gave himself politician wiggle room. maybe, we really want to get it done this year. that's the first thing. he actually didn't promise to do it in 200 days. the second thick and this is what i just don't get about washington, is this idea that you can't do more than one thing at a time that we have to the regulatory stuff now and then obamacare and then the tax reform. why? what are they doing down there? why can't they do more than one thing at a time? why do we have from ryan and the republicans in congress business as usual -- ainsley: a rule that's set up. a rule that you have to first do obamacare before you can do the tax reform. >> why? ainsley: why do we have that rule? >> people who are desperate for a job and pay rise, they elected trump to cut taxes, do infrastructure, get rid of regulation to boost the economy and it feels to me that y

today, house speaker paul ryan's office released a picture of him touring the border area. white house spokesman sean spicer downplayed the tension, calling relations with mexico "phenomenal." >> i think that secretary tillerson and secretary kelly are going to have a great discussion down there and to walk through the implementation of the executive order. >> reporter: now, this is the first high-stakes trip for tillerson, who has largely been silent during his almost three weeks on the job. anthony, state department officials insist he's in close contact with the president and point out that they met earlier today. >> mason: margaret brennan, thanks, margaret. today, vice president mike pence visited the jewish cemetery outside st. louis that was desecrated by vandals over the weekend. after sharing a prayer, he helped clean up the sacred ground where more than 150 headstones were damaged. pence denounced the vanity limp and said the outpouring of support for the jewish community have inspired the nation. republican members of congress holding town meetings with constituents are facing loud protest

then, for example, sean spicer at the white house yesterday. house speaker paul ryan. what's going on? >> very different tone. extraordinary to some degree, hallie. he really sounded off on this appeals court which is currently weighing his travel ban. sentially said this is common sense. i doen't want to call the court political, but it seems like this has become political. really extraordinary and sharp language, hallie, to use as this court decides the fate of this very controversial executive order, which he has passed. take a listen to what a little more of what he had to say in terms of the timing and why he didn't give congress, other folks, a whole lot of heads up before passing the order. >> we did things right. but the law enforcement people said to me, oh, you can't give a notice because if you give a notice that you'll be really tough in one month from now or one week from now. i suggested a month. i said what about a week. they said, no, then people are going to pour in before the toughness goes in. >> hallie, yesterday, of course, i had a chance to ask th

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paul d. ryan who has said any sensible long-term budget needs to include -- sean: i think the president understands the commitment that was made to seniors in particular. it's a psych red bond and trust -- it's a sacred bond and trust. let me get back oun specifics, but he made a commitment to the american people. one of the things that i think the president continues to get high marks on is regardless whether you voted for him or not, agree with his policies, he's a man of his word. he has followed up on the promises that he made to the american people. and i think that's important. again, i think that we will continue to work with congress. but the president understands that we have commitments that we have made on the entitlement side. in particular. and especially on the senior side with respect to social security. that need to be maintained. he's going to keep his word to the american people. reporter: you talk to some economic analysts, especially concerning medicare won't be there. sean: i think that -- for right now i think the budget we're letting out deals on the correctionary -- discreti

sean spicer? >> given what we now know on the basis of the new reporting, seems difficult to square that with new reports. what i wonder about is paulwho was chairman of the campaign, who we now know in "new york times" reporting is one of the people who seems to have had some contact. he said who knows who are russian intelligence officials? if you're working for victor yan oaf itch, the ukrainian president installed by the russian, to the extent when he was deposed he ran to russia and fortunes protected by the russian government, strikes me you're working for the russians. >> republicans, very few say it on the air, but behind the scenes. if this were democrat in office with this sort of relationship with russia and this many questions raised, all hell would be breaking loose from the republican side. we should hold investigations. >> they -- it would be called treason if that happened. think about benghazi where if you think about the rhetoric and language used about benghazi and compare to -- which was case of basically mistake or negligence, things like that, as opposed to -- >> wasn't intentional. >> here what appears to be i

paul ryan. the next thing i knew i was kissing sean hannity. >> tell me about your twitter bio. >> it says liberalismillness. >> whoa, i just got retweeted. >> by who? >> you know i love my daughter ivanka and her husband jared. they always keep me so calm and make sure i don't do anything too crazy. >> they don't work on shebot. >> perfect, when the jews are away the -- will play. send in steve bannon. ♪ >> ever since alec baldwin began that portrayal of now president trump on "saturday night live" last fall real donald trump's twitter page has been a critic of the show. and yet clearly the president keeps watching. tonight, alec baldwin is hosting "snl" which probably means more trump parody and more angry morning-after tweets. "snl" has been lampooning the occupants of 1600 pennsylvania avenue since gerald ford when it debuted in 1975. but it's never gotten such immediate feedback on how its satire is viewed by its target. joining me now one of "snl"'s presidential impersonators, he played ronald reagan among many other memorable characters, joe piscopo, currently a talk radio host on am 970, the

paul mana thefort who served as trump's campaign chairman for several months. >> nothing to conclude anything has change with respect to that time period. >> reporter: white house sean spicer denied any preelection contact tuesday amid a barrage of questions over michael flynn's abrupt resignation as natalie security advisor, former lieutenant general was ousted monday night over conversations with the russian ambassador back in december about u.s. sanctions. >> the white house counsel reviewed, determined that there is not a legal issue but rather a trust issue. >> reporter: that decision came three weeks after the fbi and justice department notified the white house flynn have lied about the interactions. democrats and republicans remain divided over whether the issue calls for a public hearing. >> intelligence committee has been looking at this all along >> if there is any emergency at this moment in the history of this country this is the moment. >> reporter: president is expected to name a new national security advisor by end of the week. >> brendon boyle released this statement saying quote this is outrageous and slap this is face to the american people and the

. >> sean: welcome to "hannity," we are coming to you tonight from our nation's capital, tonight, speaker of the house pauls really prime minister benjamin netanyahu will both join us but first, and a must see epic beat down, president donald trump called out the extremely dishonest propaganda media and that is tonight's opening monologue. so, last night we explained in great, great detail about how the abusively biased left-wing press is doing you, the american people such a great disservice by not telling you the truth, by having an agenda and in turn, they have created what i called

paul manafort says this season true. at least about me. i didn't talk to any russians and you have sean spicer that yesterday said i don't know of anything that would make me think we had any exchange and then this from mike pence talking to chris wallace. listen to this. >> was there any contact in anyway between trump or his associates and the kremlin. >> of course not. why would there be any contacts between the campaign? chris this is all a distraction and it's all a part of a narrative to delegitimate the election and question the legitimacy of this president. >> do you think that there's -- what is your confidence in the reporting versus all of these stark denials. does this go to the sufficient of the reporting or who is in the loop in the trump side of the equation. >> i have zero doubt we have multiple officials. current and former from multiple agencies in washington, law enforcement, intelligence and administration telling us this and as you know we at cnn take this stuff seriously. we don't go to air with stuff unless we're very confident so we believe very strongly there is

melissa: white house press second sean spicer getting grilled on details for the new plan to crack down on illegal immigrion. former arizona sheriff paul babeu, says the days of ignoring immigration laws are over. we'll speak to him next. >> the message from this white house and from the dhs, those people who are in this country and pose a threat to public safety or have committed a crime will be the first to go and we'll be aggressively making sure that occurs. so what else is new? how's your mother? umm..she's doing good. she needs more care though. she wants to stay in her house. i don't know even where to start with that. first, let's take a look at your financial plan and see what we can do. ok, so we've got... we'll listen. we'll talk. we'll plan. baird. at angie's list, we believe there are certain things you can count on, like a tired dog is a good dog. [ dog barking, crashing ] so when you need a dog walker or a handyman, we can help you find the right person for the job. discover all the ways we can help at angie's list. this is one gorgeous truck. special edition. oh, did i say there's only one special edition? because, actu

paul manafort who served as mr. trump's campaign chairman for several months. >> there's nothing that would conclude me anything different has changed with respect to that time period. >> white house press secretary seanpicer denied any pre election contact tuesday amid a barrage of questions over michael flynn's abrupt resignation as national security adviser. the former lieutenant general was ousted monday night over conversations with the russian ambassador back in december about u.s. sanctions. >> the white house counsel reviewed and determined there is not an illegal issue but rather a trust issue. >> that decision came at least three weeks after the fbi and the justice department notified the white house. flynn may have lied about the sg all along. >> if there was any emergency at this moment in the history of this country this is the moment. >> the president is expected to name a new national security adviser by the end of the week. >> officials also tell "the new york times" they have yet to see any evidence the trump campaign excluded with russia to impact the outcome of the election. anne marie. >> hannah daniels, thank you so much. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," we will talk to cbs news p

sean spicer was insisting tuesday that the president has been tough on russia on the subject of kcrimea and ukraine. why do you think he being tough on australia? >> is it they contact -- particularly paul man for who was the campaign director who was dropped because he was liability to trump. he had idea in trump's head but a strong man alliance with putin and trump was going to be a good way to present foreign policy. this is a mystery why trump moved into this direction. he did make statements about the ukraine trump criticizing them to some extent. we should not totally ignore that. but the it's been hard on china, toughing tough -- talking tough with australia. there's speculation going to come from there. if the phone conversation between trump campaign officials and senior government officials there's explosion news for us all. >> joining us from sydney, australia. >> my pleasure. >>> spokesperson told press wednesday will not be returning kri crimea to ukraine. the comments came dug during the weekend press conference. we'll keep an eye on any more development. >>> president trump will be welcoming u.s. israel by abandoned u.s. doctrine. details straight ahead. >>> a warm welcom

white house press secretary h sean spicer later clarified the president's military operation, saying that he was using that as an adjective. yesterday, speaker of the house pauloured the u.s.-mexico border, and joining me now is one of the lawmakers that was with speaker ryan yesterday, chairman of the house committee on homeland security, congressman mike mccaul, think serving on the graham demise. what did you see on your tour of the border yesterday, did anything that you see impact or change your opinion about what's necessary? >> well, it was a very productive trip to have the speaker come down, he's never seen it before. you really have to see the border to understand it. he sought from the air by black hawk helicopter, by river patrol boats, and by land on horseback. i think of a lot of what we saw, most importantly, is the morale of border patrol has increased exponentially since the last time i was down there. i think that's because they now have a president in thent white house that supports them, and we now have the political will to finally get this done. and i just can't emphasize that enough. i think one of the greatest takeaways also, kimberly,

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priebus is doing a great job because as paul ryan's closest friend, he is donald trump's chief of staff too. they are gradually coming together. that's a big deal. >> sean days you think is a real possibility in terms of the time frame. listen, i am willing to take the speaker at his word but i was surprised that a fellow congressman, republicans, i will keep an eye on it. i will hold them accountable. >> no, no. we should. let me say this. mcconnell and ryan are both strong, mature personalities. they centralize things more than i would but that is their style. they are now working with trump and they are getting to know each other better and better. these are three really determined people. i suspect that 200 days fits exactly within where the trump team wants to be and you know me, this stuff breaks down, i will be on the show saying it is breaking down. i am not going to cover for them. but i am moderately optimistic. >> sean: i was more optimistic than when i talk to him than after. newt gingrich, he will be back with us tomorrow night. we will be in d.c. at 11:00 p.m. eastern. we will be reacting to president trump's address. the fox & friends tea

white house press secretary sean spicer later clarified the president's military operation, saying that he was using that as an adjective. yesterday, speaker of the house paulyan toured the u.s.-mexico border, and joining me now is one of the lawmakers that was with speaker ryan yesterday, chairman of the house committee on homeland security, congressman mike mccaul, think serving on the graham demise. what did you see on your tour of the border yesterday, did anything that you see impact or change your opinion about what's necessary? >> well, it was a very productive trip to have the speaker come down, he's never seen it before. he came down by black hawk helicopter, by river into patrol boats, and by land on horseback. a lot of what we saw, most importantly, is the morale of lborder patrol has increased exponentially since last time i was down there.as i think that's because they now have a president in the white house that supports them, and we now have the politicalre will to finally get this done. and i just can't emphasize that enough. i think one of the greatest takeaways also, kimberly, is when you look at what you call the wall or infrastructure to

paul ryan advised president trump not to lift any sanctions against russia. shep? >> shepard: trace, thanks. the white house pushing back on this. we heard sean spicer mention it. >> sure, yeah, the white house says point blank this does not represent a shift in policy. instead, they're calling it a routine adjustment saying the fix was already in the works during the obama administration soon after the sanctions were put into place. here's the press secretary. >> it's a fairly common practice for the treasury department after sanctions are put in place to go back and look at whether or not there needs to be specific carve outs for different either industries or products and services that need to be going back and forth. >> the former director of the russian federal security service or fsb, the new kgb, says he believes this will lead to more cooperation between the u.s. and russia when it comes to the war on terror as well. shep? >> shepard: thanks, trace. the senate may have something to do that its never done before. confirm president trump's education secretary nominee betsy devos. a senate committee is set to move ahead with her nominati

paul manaford. he dismissed the accounts labelling them as absurd and stating he in never knowingly spoke to russian intelligence officers. sean spice arr whether anyone h contact with the russian associates. >> he said nobody had been in contact with the russians. today, can you still say definitively that nobody on the trump campaign, not even general flynn had any contact with the russians before the election? >> my understanding is that what general flynn has now expressed is that during the transition period, we were very clear that during the transition period he did speak with the ambassador. >> i'm talking about during the campaign. >> i don't have -- there is nothing that would tell me anything changed. >> the fbi and white house declined to comment on the story. nbc news has not verified "the new york times'" reporting. now there is new insthigt morning on when federal agents began interviewing michael flynn over his phone calls with the russian ambassador. for that we want to bring in pete williams. >> it turns out the fbi interviewed michael flynn shortly after the inauguration but senior officials say they do not

sfx: clap, clap, ding >> sean: welcome back to "hannity," we are at sea pack 2017 and we continue, i want to stay on this issue. i did feel better after i interviewed paulnd he promised me into hundred days, legislatively things are going to get done. in fairness to them, we've got to deal with reconciliation because of the way the health care bill was passed. it's got to pass, it's got to be revenue neutral. there are challenges to do it. the reality is i want the venting, i want the economic plans that the president talked about, i want energy independence, i wanted all. he said it legislatively into 200 days he thinks that could happen. it >> this is the congress has been working on these issues for years. look at repealing and replacing obamacare. something preparing for we never had a chance because president obama was not going to repeal obamacare. now you have secretary price who wasn't in congress all those years, you have director mulvaney who was in congress all these years, these are folks who are working with their former colleagues, and i'm very confident that legislation will be there. it >> sean: how about general kelly? he's been great.

today, house speaker paul ryan's office released a picture of him touring the border area. white house spokesman seaned the tension, calling relations with mexico "phenomenal." >> i think that secretary tillerson and secretary kelly are going to have a great discussion down there and to walk through the implementation of the executive order. >>> republican members of congress holding town meetings are facing loud protests from opponents of president trump. the administration claims professional outside agitators are partly congressional correspondent n nancy cordes went to metairie, louisiana to look into it. >> reporter: if professional agitators were lurking in the line outside the jefferson parish library today, we didn't meet them. >> look at us. >> yes. >> do we look like loud individuals? do we look like paid protesters? >> reporter: this group of mostly retired women, brought homemade signs, umbrellas for the sun, and a newfound sense of activism. >> i'll be in this until i die, if that's necessary. >> there you go. >> reporter: really, you feel that strongly? >> i feel that strongly about it.

paul ryan last week. we discussed this for a long time in detail. you have to repeal obamacare before you pass tax reform in order to -- charles: sean spicer, mandate,ake a long time. it is complicated. some of these things people were salivating for, lower taxes that may not happen this year? >> i believe it is going to happen this year, happen through a series of, very complicated series of steps they need to go through. first repeal obamacare. second is pass tax reform and third is replace obamacare. you can repeal obamacare on reconciliation and pass tax reform on reconciliation. charles: that will happen soon. thank you very much. >> best thing if the president with executive order rescinding congress's exemption from obamacare. that would light a fire. charles: that would light a fire. thank you very much. just a few minutes senator jeff sessions will finally get his vote to become attorney general. so stay with us. ♪ ♪ charles: we are just moments away from the long-awaited senate to confirm jeff sessions as our next attorney general. joining us are -- and rich lowery. a lot of detail. this is outrageous. it's almost over. we will have to vot

paul manafort was in touch with russian officials before the election. the publication of the expose came only hours after white house press secretary sean spicer denied anyone from the trump campaign was in touch with russia before the electction. during t the press conferencnce, spicer also refused to say when trump became aware of the contents of flynn's phone call with the russian ambassador, saying instead, flynn had simply lost the president's trust. >> we got to a a point not babad on a legal issueue, but a trust issue, with a level of trust between the president and general flynn had eroded to the point where he felt he had to make a change. amy: while the white house has a knowleledged trump knew about flynn's discussion of sanctions after former acting attornrney general sally eight warned the administration weeks ago, many are questioning whether trump in fact new at the very time of the call. and december 30, the day after the call, trump tweeted -- onon tuesday morning, presidentt trump ininitially responded to michael flynn's resignation by tweeting -- lawmakers are now calling for an investigation. michigan commerce and john conyers maryland c