donald and melania trump arrived at the white house. presidenten saying welcome home, a tradition that trump did not honor for the bidens. two presidents leaving together, sharing a ride to the capitol. at the capitol, congress, cabinet nominees, trump's family and the nation's top tech executives, all billionaires, including the world's richest man, elon musk. donald trump promising to be a peacemaker and unifier, but deeply critical of the former administration. that final moment of the transfer of power, the new president escorting former president biden and the former first lady to a waiting helicopter. flying over the capital the last time, ending a decades long political career. then a rally at the capital one arena, the president then signing more than 200 executive actions, on the border and energy and pardoning every person in the riot. and what he found in the note that president biden left for him, another tradition. and president trump and the first lady are on their way at this hour, set to celebrate with supporters at three inaugura

president trump trusts the judgment of speaker johnson. he trusts the judgment of john thune, i have different opinions, but i'm just one in the crowd and we're going to fight very intensely for these things. president trump makes the ultimate decisions and that's why i think the first most important fight right now is on -- it's not just a process fight, it's a fight how we go forward. that's why i think the one versus two reconciliations is probably the most important fight that we're going through right now and we'll set the tone for not just the first year of president trump's second term, but i think we'll set the tone for actually how we finance this country and this government going forward. >> i mean, on tax policy, for example, there's a lot of talk about lowering the corporate tax rate, again, these ideological differences. do you think that focus on corporate tax risks alienating the working class that you talk about. >> well, this is why i'm one voice among many. like i said, just another, and however, this is quite critical why

congressional republicans are more cohesive now than when president trump won in 2016. >> president trump: the republican party has never been unified like it is now. they want to save our country. we'll more than save it. we'll make it greater than it's ever been before by a lot. >> top gop leaders meet with the president today. it is about the math. there are now only 218 house republicans, michael waltz resigned to become national security advisor. still republicans believe the narrow majority prevents political freelancing. republicans will try to trim the size of government via doge, cut taxes and cleave the deficit. >> it is a different trump. he is talking about unity. he has already met with the senate three times and giving a shout-out to mitch and susan, to lisa. we wouldn't have had this majority if it wouldn't have been for the president. >> the tight margins means the gop may need help from democrats on avoiding a government shutdown and raising the debt ceiling. however, democrats could find common ground on border security. >> while president trump and i often disagree, i s

trump in the oval office last night. >> president trump: venezuela, big abuzer. >> iran, syria? >> president trump: countries you don't think of, more than south america. >> lucas: trump vowed to cut off funding to get sanctuary cities to comply with law. >> president trump: trying to get rid of them and end them, people in their communities don't want them. >> sean: would you cut off their money? >> president trump: i might have to do that. >> lucas: 1500 soldiers and marines will deploy to the border after trump declared national emergency. u.s. military trans port plans will fly deportation flights. >> carley: lucas tomlinson live in washington, thank you so much. fox news alert. notes good news for california. two new wildfires breaking out in the los angeles area, flames from the fire burning 20 acres along the 405 freeway into bel air, evacuation orders in bel air and brentwood and scorching 10,000 acres since yesterday and is 14% contained. 41,000 residents are under evacuation orders or warnings. >> i had to high tail it home to get my animals and

>> president trump: they could be. every rich person has called me about tiktok. >> why did you change your mind? >> president trump: because i got to use it. remember tiktok is largely around young kids, of china will get information about young kids i don't know. to be honest i think we have bigger problems. but when you take a look at telephones made in china and all the other things made in china, military equipment made in ch china. tiktok i think is not that big of a problem. but there is big evaluating tiktok if it's approved, if not has no value. if we create that value why are we not entitled to half? does biting ever do news conferences like this? how many news conference has he done like this? stew went none ten. >> none. >> zero. >> president trump: entered will be for the next infinity zero. >> will you help implement the executive orders? elon musk? >> president trump: you and musk as of a busy sending rocket ships it to various places with satellites on them. marco rubio? he is in maco. i think he is a gr

then president-elect trump arriving with his wife melania. president biden telling him welcome home. the incoming and outcoming first couples standing for the traditional photo op. inside the capitol, dignitaries arrived with the leaders of top tech companies and past presidents, too. back at the white house, two men when an intense war of words, together inside the limo for the ride to the capitol. >> the honorable donald john trump. >> reporter: then the first time in decades, a swearing-in ceremony indoors. first, the first millennial vice president. >> i do solemnly swear -- >> reporter: four years after his electi loss when he faced fierce bipartisan criticism for his actions on january 6th, after running against two democratic opponents and surviving two assassination attempts, trump taking the oath for the second time. >> raise your hand and repeat after me. i donald john trump do solemnly swear. >> i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> the office of president o

trump administration. during the conversation he also touches on elon musk's influence on president-elect trump, hosted by political playbook. >> thank you steve for being here we appreciate it. >> thank you politico for having me. >> start with some of the headlines you been making recently there's a new voice and president trump's ear, elon musk. you are not happy about it, is president trump too close to musk. >> is not that i'm not happy about it, elon musk i think i'm the first one who built a narrative he came in basically in the spring and early summer and most importantly, he backed our flag which is going to be maga plus selection. base plus dissonant mom, school boards. people have tried to moderate n president trump being on the campaign trail so elon musk came in a totally back to the populist maga play he didn't return $150 million of ÃÃhe then returned $150 million of checks to back. i said from the beginning both the united states he deserves a place the table. in europe i said i think politico is covering pretty well that he holds the two technical mutual weapons of modern politics which is

>> oh my gosh you know what guys, i will go help president trump in washington dc. pplause] that is what i'm going to do. i will help president trump. i want to do as much as i can to make sure we get the country turned around. thank you. heather. >> one thing i love about you is so many people run for office. you ran and fought in the courts when they stole the election from you. i believe they did it twice. what do we have to do to restore election integrity in arizona? if election integrity is a state issue, how can the trump administration, the federal government impact election integrity on a state level? kari: thank you. we are not where we need to be on elections. that's one of the reasons i don't want to run again. why put yourself through the torture again? we know the movement in arizona. if you live in arizona, you get what is going on. we are not there yet. president trump was too big to rig. i have not given up on election integrity. i want you to know that. [applause] i haven't. but it is really hard to fight for election integrity when you have corrupt

president jd vance. he is the first cabinet member of the new trump administration and has reiterated president trump's visionrican first party. sec. rubio: president trump was elected to keep promises, and he's going to keep those promises. the priority of the united states department state will be the united states. it will be furthering their national interests of this country. he's given us a very clear mandate. president trump has made a very clear, everything we do, to a government but especially the department of state, everything we do must be justified to the answer to one of three questions -- doesn't make us stronger, does it make us safer, and as it make us more prosperous? if it does not do those -- one of those three things, we will not do it. caitriona: marco rubio is the first person of hispanic origin to serve as a nation's top diplomat. he was a long-term member of the senate formerly in sand intelligence committees, and he's known as a harsh critic of china as well as an ally of israel. he said anymore in ukraine, both sides will have to make concessions to end the conflict. for more on sec

give that to rfk jr. >> yes are. >> president donald trump: okay. -- yes, sir. >> president donald trumpdent temporarily lost the citizenship order due you have any reaction? >> president donald trump: obviously we will look and put it before a certain judge in seattle i guess. and there is no surprises without judgement. >> mr. president senators now said they will vote against pete hegseth. are you worried about his confirmation in your reaction? >> president donald trump: no surprises there is to bed. you know, the way it is, to bed. >> make recess and appointments mr. president . >> president donald trump: john cooney is doing a fantastic job -- fan has to jump moving along. the democrats are trying to delay government as they always do pair they can't help themselves. even john ratcliff who is very strong and popular and liked by the democrats. i guess he gets a lot of democratic votes. it's taking a long time and it shouldn't be. they are maxing out everything so they can delay everything as much as possible. >> reporter: is their support and an effort to use recess appointments cl

it is sand. >> president trump: can it be built on? >> yes. >> president trump: can be be built on? ent trump: the house is totally gone? >> no the house is totally down. they came in and muded it. everything in it was completely destroyed. i think we're at a point where people have forgotten about asheville. everything has stopped. thank you, sir. >> president trump: take care of them. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i'm from the church down the road. we had only purchased in may. it's a big church and we are a small congregation, and people said what are you going to do with the big building and i said only god knows. and we had the dedication and the storm came next week, and the outpouring of people, my son brought the first load of supplies and from there -- i stayed there for about 3 months. i slept on the floor for about three weeks because the need was so great. the people were so devastated. i said i want to be here for them, and they were coming in just day and night. so there's really no need for me to go home. but we had people from kentucky, tennessee, texas, indiana, okl

years to an application. >> president trump: can't do it. coastal commission also. >> he waved that. >> president trump: we are going to have to override the coastal commission. i have dealt with that for a long time and they are the most difficult in the entire country. and we can not have them play their games and wait 10 years to give someone a permit. i will override them, and not let them get away with their antics. thank you. thank you. >> mr. president, thank you for your leadership on california water policy. you made it a priority on day one. we have wild fires, california is a wild fire prone area. ensuring stable water supply is critical. your leadership and executive order, moving more water and maximizing flows, building more water storage and more conveyance. >> it would have an unbelievable impact on your area. >> absolutely. we want to thank you for making it a priority. >> president trump: even beyond the fire stuff, the farms. i was driving up with congressmen a few years ago, because they were complaining they didn't have w

>> president trump: could happen. stranger things have happened. >> the bulky bunch of day one orders who pardons and commutations for 1500 people convicted of crimes during the capitol riots. >> president trump: they've been in jail for a long time already. i see murders get two years, one year, no time. they've already been in jail for a long time. >> the press pool was let into the oval office a couple minutes after the president returned and we learned that he didn't even have enough time before we came in to check on a long-standing tradition that presidents pass along to their successors. >> did president biden leave you a letter? >> president trump: he may have. wait. don't they leave it in the desk? i don't know. oh. thank you, peter, it could have been years before we found it. wow. thank you. >> say anything on the outside >> president trump: maybe we should all read it together. i'll read it first and then make that determination. >> sounds great. >> president trump: peter, thank you very much. i may not hav

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>> president donald trump: now, did somebody say that? >> i read it somewhere. ou left him a letter, mr. president , did joe biden leave you a letter? he did and you left him one but you never disclosed either one of them. >> president donald trump: a lot of people -- a lot of people thought it was a set up. i have a lot of respect for peter do see but he asked me a question about the letter, and i remember, like a custom you leave it in the drawer. that beautiful desk alongside the wall. i opened it up and i gave the letter to peter. >> he got to read it? >> president donald trump: i guess. >> before we get into this, there are so much substance, you are inheriting a lot of problems. a lot of things are scaring me. i want to get to all of that but i want to -- >> president donald trump: they are all solvable problems. we can get our country back, but if we did not win this race, i really believe our country would have been a lost -- would have been lost forever. >> was there moments lips as i know you signed this declaration about the weaponization and we know t

a cornerstone of president trump's political identity. gutierrez with that story. >> reporter: tonight, president trump taking sweeping action on immigration. >> and i will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country. >> reporter: the in the executive orders, trump declaring a national emergency at the u.s.-mexico border, reinstating the remain in mexico policy, which requires asylum seekers to wait outside the u.s. while their cases are processed, designating drug cartels foreign terrorist organizations and trying to end birthright citizenship, those that's exacted to be fiercely challenged in court. the fourth amendment says anyone born in the u.s. is a citizen. >> we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. >> reporter: the trump administration has promised major enforcement operation soon. possible targets washinon, d.c., philadelphia, los angeles, denver, and chicago. >> we're doing everything we can to explore ever sin

president trump finishing off a whirlwind week. the president wants to see the aftermath of the storm damage in north carolina and the wildfire disaster in california as he remains critical of federal and local response. he will be ending the day in nevada to thank voters for his election victory there. >> dana: the trip capping off a busy week of bold actions marked by executive orders, border crackdown and government reform. more on the actions we've seen from the white house. >> it has been non-stop. president trump's multi-stop state tour today caps off a busy week of executive actions reshaping the federal bureaucracy as well as the people working in it forcing many federal workers to have to get back to the office as soon as possible. as you and bret mentioned today is all about making sure talking to the americans who lost everything. the president was on air force one getting back into office for the first time. today the president and members of north carolina's congressional delegation will get a briefing on the hurricane

president. >> donald trump's second term. at the helm. >> will be press secretary. >> karoline leavitt. >> she will. >> likely face a barrage of questions as. >> the. >> president works to dramatically reshape the federal government. since his return to office, trump has issued an avalanche of. executive orders. >> and made sweeping changes with far reaching impacts. >> the latest. >> freezing federal grants and. >> loans. >> a. >> move that puts. >> into question. critical programs and. >> resources that millions. >> of americans rely on. we'll get to that in. >> just a moment. but first, let's get you straight. >> to the white house press briefing room with. cnn anchor. >> and chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. caitlin, what can we expect from this press. >> briefing today? >> boris? >> that's the question. and that remains. >> to be seen. >> obviously, white. >> house. >> briefings were a. >> huge. point of interest in the. >> first. >> trump administration. >> and i can tell you it seems to. >> be the way tod

you see president trump, the first lady. there's baron trump. elf, so for baron to tower over both his mother and father tells you just how tall baron is. 21 years old now, a student at nyu. we're expecting to hear the final remarks of the day in sort of an official capacity for president trump. he will speak to the crowd, presumably about the action he will take late this afternoon. he promised action on day one, a number of executive orders he's expected to sign. there is a desk with the presidential seal flight on the platform that he's expected to then sign his executive orders on day one. that was one of the vance children dancing. steve witcoff helped negotiate the cease-fire deal between israel and hamas. donald trump giving him consider credit, as he should. even the biden administration recognized he help get them over the finish line, to have two separations spea administrations speaking as one. >> i was appointed by president trump to be the special envoy for peace in the middle east. [ applause ] >> and i'd like to describe to you som

it's now headed to president trump's desk. one of the first bills president trump signs into law. joining us now from house judiciary congresswoman laura lee. congresswoman a pleasure to see you again great to have you on. how important is the laken riley act to america's safety? can you tell us about it? >> it is critically important. so what this act requires is that the department of homeland detain illegal immigrants who come into this country and commit crimes, like theft, like burglary, like offenses that involve hurting or killing other people, and it sounds so obvious but the reality is that for years under the biden administration, this wasn't happening, and the consequences we see in cases like the tragic case of laken riley, we've seen the staggering statistics. the millions of people coming across our border but this bill is an important reminder this is not a crisis of numbers. it is a crisis of people, of lives of americans that have been lost he hands of these criminal aliens so your coverage is exactly right. w

president trump, we're showing a live shot sorry, joe. president trump arriving inside the capitol. e president now walking with first lady melania trump. there's a lot of excitement happening right now, joe, thank you for joining us we're staying on this breaking news. president trump, he's meeting with top gop senators to talk about rapidly enacting the trump agenda. he is now speaking now. let's take a listen. >> [overlapping speakers] liz: he's going to move quickly, get the senate to move quickly on his agenda. we're going to stay on this story. it's happening right now. trump is on capitol hill. let's listen to this news. >> well i like one big beautiful bill and i always have, i always will but if two is more certain, it does go a little bit quicker. liz: okay, breaking news. president trump just arrived on capitol hill. he's talking to senate republican leadership to move the trump agenda rapidly. we're on this top of the situation but first we've got this story. >> we don't need their cars. i'd rather make them in detroit. we don't need their lumber. we don't need their dair

trump to implement the tiktok band. i want to get your take what will president trump do with the chinese own company. >> president trump is looking at ways to save tiktok he has said repeatedly that tiktok is an app that tens of millions of americans are expressing their first amendment rights and the federal government cannot shut off the first amendment right and violate the constitutional right of tens of millions of americans who are expressing themselves freely on the app. with that said the best outcome for everyone is for an american company to own the app. president trump is exploring options to find a solution to save this app for the tens of millions of americans that use it and enjoy it use on the campaign president trump launched a tiktok account and it was wildly successful. >> isn't this a national security threat. >> certainly china has used tiktok to purvey the information of the making people president trump is aware of that that's what i said the best solution and best outcome is for american ownership of the company. that something was very interested. maria: fireworks on capitol hill. a dozen of tru

president trump has brought up using recess appointments but hasn't pulled the trigger yet. >> president trump: i would be willing to use recess appointments. it's up to john. we'll see. john thune is a great senator, knows his stuff inside and out and backwards. i would use recess appointments if he wants to do that. absolutely. the democrats are just delaying. they always delay. >> more hearings have been put on the senate schedule for some of these more controversial nominees, rfk junior on wednesday and tulsi gabbard and kash patel on thursday. busy time in the senate. >> bret: thanks. >> dana: want to bring in ohio republican senator bernie moreno. you will be working through the weekend and happy to do so to get the things done. president trump has pushed forward quickly on the immigration crackdown. call for number two here, by thursday there were 373 criminal arrests. 165 non-criminal arrests, 16 gang members picked up and 1,000 removals. donald trump said this the other night. >> president trump: you look at people pouring into this country and you know being report evidence you

president trump is planning — stance. president trump is planning to _ stance. to withdraw - stance. president trump is planning to withdraw from | stance. president trump is i planning to withdraw from the world health organization, the us being the guest owner to it, what will that mean for the programme is that it runs in african nations? it programme is that it runs in african nations?— african nations? it is very scary at _ african nations? it is very scary at this _ african nations? it is very scary at this moment - african nations? it is very scary at this moment a i african nations? it is very| scary at this moment a lot african nations? it is very i scary at this moment a lot of people — scary at this moment a lot of peoriie on— scary at this moment a lot of people on social media are reacting _ people on social media are reacting that news. over half of african _ reacting that news. over half of african countries rely on external_ of african countries rely on external donors for over 20% of their— external donors for over 20% of their health budgets. th

trump newest advisor, in the house as well. president trump is scheduled to be speaking at this event tonight, he is understandably running behind which is just fine he has had a busy day and the temperature outside right now, the wind has been kicking up so i think a lot of the people inside of this party tonight or happy to not be outdoors! >> trace: that's an understatement, alive for us in washington, thank you. -- live for us in washington, thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> after being criticized by the liberal media for her appearance at the ceremony carrie underwood killed it. following a musical mishap in the inauguration, let's bring in senior editor in the conservative partnership institute vp of programs. thank you both for coming on. unbelievable, you look at that and she is like, join in if you want but i'm going in alone and she was exceptional. >> absolutely, class e is the word i used, leno but in a high-pressure moment when something goes wrong with the tv and audio it can be stressful, she did a fantastic job, invited everybody to

>> president trump: about who? ration. >> president trump: i am fine with legal immigration, i like it. i'm absolute fine with it. we needed to because they a lot of companies coming in to avoid tariffs. if you do not want tariffs, you duceppe to build a plant so we will have a lot of workers come again but we will have to have eagle immigration is. >> what about the china tariffs? >> president trump: 60%? >> the china tariffs? >> president trump: as you know up a large tariffs on china and they were forced to leave them, if now we would not have one steel mill into this country because they were dumping massive amounts of steel, hundreds of billions of dollars, and they were unable to terminate the tariffs put on china, because it was too much money and the largest or not work. we will have meetings and calls with president president xi jinping, i spoke with him as a unocal did you know that? very good phone call. nater has to pay more money, -- nato -- has to be 5%. the ukraine war, $200 billion more than they did

president trump is clear this war has to stop. nk should be on board with that in fact, zelenskyy even is walking into the room now saying we are ready to work with you, president trump, to stop this war. it's a killing field. this was a world war i trench warfare with literally a meat grinder of people running across these open fields in eastern ukraine but with world war iii escalation consequences. it's expanding, with north korea sending intensive thousands. south korea very upset, talking about getting involved in some way. this conflict needs to end. president trump has been very clear about that and he's determined to do it. >> margaret: iran. they are closer than ever to nuclear breakout according to u.s. intelligence assessments. mr. trump didn't get a diplomatic deal in his first term. also didn't go to war with iran. what's his position? would he support an israeli strike on iranian nuclear facilities which would require u.s. assistance and help and weaponry? >> not going to get ahead of those decisions. however, iran is

number one, president trump. yone is talking about new leadership in america and the incoming policies that we are going to see president trump execute. in fact, i spoke with the president of microsoft earlier, brad smith. he said they now have executive order envy in europe because they don't have executive orders and they all want to adopt trump's policies of deregulation in particular. so european leaders are looking at what's going on in america and president trump's leadership and they want to adopt similar strategies to get their economy moving. many people told me they have never seen the kind of optimism that they see today in america. you know that president trump has announced $1.1 trillion of new investment in america in the first four days. 600 billion from the saudis and a $500 billion star gate project around artificial intelligence, a.i. the two topics being discussed in davos, number one, president trump. number two, a.i. with the major $5 hundred billion project. they are talking about deregulatio

now on the first day of president trump's presidency, moments after taking the oath of office, presidentld trump's golden age is not for the working and middle class. his golden age rather is for the special interests, for the wealthy elite and the corporate insiders he promised to take on as president. just look a lot his first day in the white house, which shows exactly what i am saying. on day one, president trump pd in his executive orders made it harder for americans to save on prescription drug costs. prucht cleared the way for big oil and polluters and halted leasing of offshore wind farms. he took steps to make it harder to enroll in the aca and made medicaid less generous. he removed the united states from the paris climate accords. nothing the president did on day one lowered grocery prices. nothing helped americans achieve their dream of owning a home. nothing will help working families earn more and save more. their drug costs will go up. the cost of buying and maintaining a home will go up. the cost of health care will go up. the cost of energy will go up. so who is exactly

so president trump with a warning for vladimir putin and the war in ukraine for payback and consequences. the president posting on true social short time ago i'm going to do russia whose economy is failing and president putin a very big favor. settled is now. settled this ridiculous war or it's only going to get worse. let's get this war which never would have started he says if i were president over whether we can do it the easy way are the hard way and the easy way is always better. it's time to make a deal. no more lives should be lost he said. with me now former secretary of state and cia director mike pompeo. a treadmill contribute or. always good to see if. thank you for joining us. obviously during the course of the campaign cocked president trump said, you know, we can do this very quickly within days. now he is talking about a slightly longer time frame but wanting obviously to get this negotiation started quickly. what's your response to what he said there? >> i am not surprised at the statement period there is always a bit of the story somehow he was soft on russia the whole n

president trump: i have to see what it is. reporter: are you disappointed senator schiff hasn't joined you on this trip? it's reported you invited senator schiff on this trip and he was too busy in? president trump: i was told schiff would travel with us to california. i wasn't thrilled to be honest with you. i saw him last night on television and it looked like he got hit with a baseball bat or something. what happened to him? something happened to him. looked like he got hit or beat around. i'll ask caroline to find out what happened to him. if he wanted to come out, i would have done that but i don't know. somebody said he wanted to come on the plane but i think he's staying back for the votes. there's some pretty good votes going on. reporter: president, what is your time line to getting rid of fema? president trump: for this one? reporter: you possibly looked at getting rid of fema. president trump: here you're talking about, to start, we'll start immediately time line. and to finish, it's going to be a period of time, you

president trump will never give up on you. thank you to god bless you. ident trump and god bless the united states of america. thank you very much, cpac. thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ thank you. thank you speaker o'connor for your kind introduction and for inviting me here today. mr. speaker, mk my shaved paws, mk danny lewis, distinguished guests and dear friends, i am profoundly honored to speak in the hallowed halls of your knesset and your eternal capital the holy city of jerusalem. at this time of historic consequence for israel and the jewish people. today i stand before you as a lifelong admirer, supporter and true friend of israel and the jewish people. i'm lucky to have had the privilege of traveling here many times before but i must confess that this time feels different, the stakes are higher, our sense of moral patriotic duty field heightened, renewed. 226 days ago we witnessed the most vicious and brutal attack on israel and the jewish people since the holocaust. a barbaric terrorist attack that claimed more than 1200 innocent lives. civilian women, child

president trumps he could adjourn power if they continue to slow walk his nominees. >> president trump: i would be willing to use recess appointment, it is up to john, john thune is a great guy, great senator, knows his stuff, i would use recess appointments if he wants to do that, absolutely. democrats are just delaying, they always delay. >> madeleine: senate did approve second appointment for trump's administration, voting 74-25 to confirm john ratcliffe as cia dir director. his swearing in took place yesterday. full senate vote expected for kristi noem sometime this weekend. back to you. >> carley: maddy, thank you. roughly 150,000 pro-life marchers expected at 52nd day march for life in washington, d.c. vice p vice president vance will deliver remarks and president trump will deliver a video message to rally goers. yesterday the president partnered 23 pro-life activists who were imprisoned for protesting abortion clinics. >> todd: fox news alert. today hamas will give israel names of four hostages they will release tomorrow as part of their ceasefire deal. the hostages are expecte

biden telling trump, welcome home. president trump delivering his inaugural address to the nation, saying he wants to be a peacemaker and unifier and promising to completely and totally reverse the work of the biden administration with joe biden and kamala harris sitting right next to him. and after five decades in politics, president biden tonight leaving washington for the last time. the moving moment flying over washington, the capitol, and the white house one final time. president trump wasting no time setting the tone for his next four years in office, his plans to sign at least 100 executive actions, declaring a national emergency at the southern border tonight. abc news has learned he plans to issue sweeping pardons for prisoners convicted in the january 6th attack on the capitol. what we've learned tonight. meantime in his final hours in office today, president biden issuing last-minute pardons to dr. anthony fauci, retired general mark milley, former congresswoman liz cheney, and members of the house committee to invest

comes out, plus we've got more details on president trump's major blast of executive power, obliterating the biden era and that dark period. florida congresswoman maria salazar joins us to react to that and president trump vowing to fix every single crisis biden and democrats put america through. also this tonight. >> [overlapping speakers] >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> mr. president, can you tell us about the hacking of cabinet officials by china and the threshold of concern you have about it, sir? liz: that was former president biden, literally avoiding reporters but president trump has not even been in office for 48 hours and president trump already has been more open and transparent than biden was in four years. american majority ned ryun will take on what you can expect in the refreshing, bold new world of the transparent trump presidency. plus, new details coming in on president trump's historic action to shut the border to keep americans safe. also this story. >> is that a thing? preemptive, what is it? preemptive blanket pardo

trump has become the 47th president of the united states. appearing just a short time ago at the presidential parade, seated at a desk in front of some 20,000 supporters, mr. trump signed a sweeping set of executive orders, a rebuke to his predecessor who he help usher on to nighthawk 46 earlier in the afternoon. earlier, the peaceful transfer of power. the culmination of mr. trump's extraordinary political comeback after defeating kamala harris and overcoming a range of legal obstacles that so dominated his years out of office. the inauguration in the house rotunda bringing together both former presidents and prominently tech titans, occupying an informal but prominent role in the new administration. the same capitol that was the scene of the violent attack by his supporters four years ago. after his swearing in, mr. trump declaring that america's decline, as he put it, is over. and painting a dark picture of the government and the country. the bidens then departing by plane, symbolizing the end of an era, and donald trump's stunning return

both president trump and vice president j.d. vance took the oath of office surrounded by their friends and family, polupporters and tech titans. and will, to the best of my ability and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend, preserve, protect and defend. an historic inauguration. the ceremony in the parade held inside for the first time in four decades. because of the harsh, cold weather in d.c, president trump got right to work after officially taking of signing a series of executive orders, which include pulling the u.s. from the paris climate accords, a temporary hiring freeze for federal workers all in pursuit to undo acts, he says, from the previous administration. our sovereignty will be reclaimed, our safety will be restored, the scales of justice will be rebalanced. from this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. at this hour, president trump is in the oval office signing more executive orders. one of those designating cartels as terrorist organizations. a

>> president trump: maybe we should all read it together. >> let's read it. >> president trump: maybe i'll read it first and then make that determination. >> sounds great. >> president trump: peter, thank you very much, i may not have seen this for months. >> i hope it helps in the passing of the torch. >> i left him one in the desk. >> so we didn't get to read it altogether on monday. we did get to read it altogether on wednesday around lunch time. we know the president will continue to sign executive orders today while he waits for congress to figure out how to put together a spending bill. they want one big bill with all his priorities stuffed in there and while they try to overcome democratic objections to key national security-related confirmations including the ciman director radcliff. >> bret: peter, thanks. it's quite something the hand-over of power and passing the torch. we've seen it time and again and this is one that's coming out public. there have been others. president biden did not put president trump's letter out public found in the resolute desk. >> sandra: thank goo

. >> president trump: america's decline is over. after all we have been through together we stand on virge of four greatest years in american history. >> brian: there you go, president wasting no time signing several dozen executive orders in front of a packed arena. 20,000 people and reporters in the oval office for an hour before taking questions. he did it while he was signing, too. amazing. >> ainsley: and threw out pens to the crowd. >> lawrence: that is a first. another first, press secretary karoline leavitt will take our questions for first interview on the new job. >> steve: country super star jason aldean joins us live after last night's inaugural ball performance. ♪ ♪ >> steve: that's right, the final hour of this four-hour "fox and friends" live from capitol hill starts right now. ♪ >> ainsley: happening today, the president will meet congressional gop leadership as confirmation for his choices are set for 10:00 a.m. >> steve: jacqui heinrich is on the north lawn of the white house. it is 10 degrees, she joins us live. >>

president- elect trump with vice president-elect jd vance sitting in the pews, the vice president, a member of the millennial generation. donald trump's completely skipping over gen x, going right to the millennials. >> can i make one other point, if we go back to -- sorry, control room, we're driving you crazy, the fact is that eight years ago, ivanka and jared were going into the white house. this time they have made it very clear they are going to be members of the first family, and they are not going to officially go into the white house. she talked very openly about how difficult it was. >> you see right there in between jd vance, the vice president-elect and the president- elect is usha vance, the incoming second lady. it looks like she is smiling at first lady to be melania trump, smiling back and forth and on the right side of the screen, the first couple's son who is a college freshman. >> this trump family, as dana was pointing out, the last time around too, two members of the trump family came into the white house in official positions, but one of the differences now also i